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Alton Nolen DOC record matches Jah'Keem Yisrael Facebook tattoo photos

Tattoo photos in the Facebook profile of someone calling himself Jah'Keem Yisrael matches tattoos named in the Department of Corrections record of Alton Alexander Nolen, the man eyewitnesses say beheaded a worker at a food processing plant in Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday. A number of websites uncovered the profile and...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 29, 2014 1:47 AM

Remembering 9/11 and the enemy that still hates us and our freedom

I don't remember exactly what I was doing this morning at 7:46 a.m. Central time, eleven years to the minute after Islamic radicals flew a large commercial jetliner into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, but I was probably scrambling to find a working copier to copy the...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 11, 2012 10:43 PM

Fallin declines to reauthorize Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declined to issue the executive order necessary to reauthorize the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council, according to a story in the Oklahoman. Fallin had 90 days after she took office in January to decide whether to extend the life of the councils, which were formed...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 12, 2011 6:30 PM

A better SQ 755? "American Laws for American Courts"

NewsRealBlog has a piece by David Yerushalmi titled "4 Rebuttals to Critics of Oklahoma's Anti-Sharia Law," a defense of the thinking behind the constitutional amendment adopted by an overwhelming majority of Oklahoma voters on November 2 as State Question 755. Yerushalmi says that SQ 755 was poorly drafted (and explains...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 30, 2010 11:25 PM

YES on SQ 755: A closer look

NOTE: This is what I get for writing at 2 a.m.; I wrote no when I meant YES -- as in vote YES on SQ 755. Thanks to the observant reader who caught it. Oklahoma State Question 755 is another fine example of a proposed constitutional amendment that Ayatollah General...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 29, 2010 12:13 AM

Paul E. Marek: Why the "peaceful majority" of Muslims is irrelevant, possibly dangerous

An e-mail from a friend called my attention to this widely-circulated 2006 essay by Canadian blogger Paul E. Marek: "Why the Peaceful Majority Is Irrelevant." The title refers to the supposition that most Muslims are peace-loving, in contrast to the radicals who call for jihad against the West. Marek counters...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 7, 2010 9:02 PM

North Carolina jihadi cell busted

Counterterrorism investigative reporter Erick Stakelbeck has some thoughts on the terror arrests in North Carolina. It's a disturbing situation: Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this North Carolina jihad cell is that it was apparently made up of mostly white converts to Islam. Indeed, Daniel Patrick Boyd looked like your...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 28, 2009 9:46 AM

Daniel Pipes: "Vanquishing the Islamist Enemy and Helping the Moderate Muslim Ally"

My oldest son and I attended Tuesday night's speech by Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes, sponsored by sixthirtyone, TU's conservative student association and newspaper. The speech was well attended. There were no protesters. Four Tulsa police officers were there to keep an eye on things. Pipes's speech, "Vanquishing the Islamist...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 24, 2008 12:19 PM

A quick update: PLANiTULSA and Pipes

I attended the second PLANiTULSA workshop this afternoon as a participant (having been a facilitator Monday night). I found the experience exhausting, even a bit frustrating. Even having a clear idea about what to expect from Monday night's session, it was still hard to get all the ideas on the...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 24, 2008 1:02 AM

Daniel Pipes to speak at TU tonight

Middle East expert Daniel Pipes is speaking tonight at 7 p.m. at the University of Tulsa's Alan Chapman Activities Center (ACAC). The title of his speech is "Vanquishing the Islamist Enemy and Helping the Moderate Muslim Ally." (Naturally, the TU Muslim Students Association sought and was granted permission to protest...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 23, 2008 11:44 AM