From the Telegraph….

Rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army have murdered about 500 people in a series of massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The good news in all this is that Uganda army seems to have finally got its act together enough to kick Kony drive him far away from Uganda. They should have done that a long time ago. The bad news is that it is not likely that anyone in Congo will be able to deal with Kony. Unless Rwanda takes it into its head to do something about him, that is. But then, Rwanda has its own problems.

From Brussels Journal…..

But now, more than 500 years later, Spanish anti-Semitism is on the rise once again. According to a recent study published by the Pew Research Center, nearly half of all Spaniards have negative views of Jews, a statistic that marks Spain as one of the most anti-Semitic countries in Europe. According to Pew, 46 percent of Spaniards hold negative opinions of Jews, up more than double from the 21 percent of Spaniards with such views in 2005.

Spain is also the only country in Europe where negative views of Jews outweigh positive views; only 37 percent of Spaniards think favorably about Jews. By comparison, 36 percent of Poles have negative views of Jews while 50 percent have positive views; in Germany, 25 percent negative versus 64 percent positive; in France, 20 percent negative versus 79 percent positive; and in Britain, 9 percent positive versus 73 percent favorable. (According to Pew, 77 percent of Americans have favorable views toward Jews, compared with 7 percent unfavorable.)

Pew’s latest research about Spanish anti-Semitism corroborates the findings of other, similar surveys. For example, a report about European anti-Semitism published by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League says that 54 percent of Spaniards believe that “Jews have too much power in international markets.” And 51 percent of Spaniards believe that “Jews are more loyal to Israel than to this country.”

This article has a big flaw. It wants to blame antisemitism in Europe entirely on the left. This has no relation to reality in Europe. Go to any culturally conservative web site that is based out of Europe and I can just about guarantee you will find some seriously antisemitic comments. The Brussels Journal is no exception. Look at the comments at the bottom of the post that was quoted from above.

To be sure, the left in Europe is plenty antisemitic themselves. Indeed, antisemitism is far more common across the political spectrum in Europe than it is in the US.

In the US, we are prone to call anyone who is to harsh on Israel antisemitic. But over in Europe, a lot of people are out and out hostile to all Jews and they do not bother to hide it.

The channel can be found here. A sample is below. But over all the channel is not that interesting really. But it sure is kicking up a lot of fuss. Some clips have even been banned by You Tube as a result of complaints, although it is my understanding that most of them have been put back up.

When I watch the clip above, I can’t help but think of these boys.

From the Telegraph….

The former boss of the company at the heart of China’s tainted milk scandal has admitted selling contaminated products and failing to report the danger.

Tian Wenhua, former head of Sanlu Group, told a court she was informed in May that children were falling ill from Sanlu’s products but she did not alert authorities until August.

From the New York Times….

“These guys showed no remorse,” said the Pakistani official. “They were bragging. They didn’t need to be pushed, tortured or waterboarded” into making their statements.

From David Copperfield….

I’ve been out here for just over a year now and a few people have asked me what the main differences between policing in the UK and in Canada.

For those that don’t know, David Copperfield started the whole British police blogging thing. But he suited his actions to his words and left the UK for Canada. This is his comparison one year into his new job.

You could argue that he is still in his honeymoon period so he can hardly make a fair comparison. But what I found most striking was his comparison of the legal powers he had as an officer in the UK compared to what he has in Canada. With out spoiling the post, let us just say that more powers does not make for better crime fighting.

From Danger Room….

Hamas fired 60 rockets at Israel today — another bombardment in an aerial assault that’s totaled 6,300 rockets and mortars since Israeli forces left the Gaza Strip in August, 2005. But today’s weapons were different. These weren’t short-range, home-made Qassam rockets that make up the bulk of Hamas’ arsenal. Nor were they the longer-flying 122 mm Grad rockets, designed by the Soviets and made in Iran. Some of today’s rockets flew an alarming 22 miles, hitting an empty school house in Beersheva, the unofficial capital of the Negev Desert region. And they were made in China.

From Rod Dreher…..

Who’s crazier: Gov. Rod Blagojevich for actually appointing someone to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat — or the poor bastard who was foolish enough to accept that poisoned chalice?

This thing is just incredible. Senate Democrats say they’re not going to seat Blago’s pick, as well they shouldn’t. Still, you’ve got to wonder if Blago is some kind of Republican mole, for all the pain and embarrassment he’s causing his party.

As for myself, I am just thankful that Blagojevich has yet to go on TV all teary eyed with his wife at his side and ask us all to forgive him.

This week’s rant of the week has the awkward title of “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God.” It was written by Matthew Parris of the Times.

This week’s essay of the week is “The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep” by Matt Labash. It takes some time to get going (could have used more editing) but it is worth the effort.