Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

sarcastic response of the South-East Asian Editor of The Encyclopedia of Islam obviously not called mohammed OTM

^fronting a bit because i have this thread bookmarked because i find this shit so fucking funny, and the Manzi post was thoughtful and an original line and kind of blew my mind for that, but steyn kind of has a victory over me because he's genuinely infuriating

he's been on the Mohammed kick for a while, this is from last August

Embrace Me, My Sweet Embraceable Mo [Mark Steyn]

The news that Mohammed is the most popular boy's name in the Netherlands's four biggest cities prompts what Tim Blair calls the most clueless headline of the week:

Dutch Embrace Islamic Name

Well, that's one way of putting it.

Incidentally, whenever one of these Mohammed-is-the-most-popular-boy's-name stories comes up, I always get a ton of letters from the multiculti types saying the statistic is entirely specious because they're combining "Mohammed," "Mohamed," "Muhammed," "Muhammad," "Mohamet," etc, all of which are entirely different names, as different as "Chip" and "Gaylord." So just for the record:

In The Hague, variations of the name Mohammed have taken first, second and fifth place in the table of most popular names for boys.

Which will be the first European city in which variations of Mohammed claim a straight sweep of the Top Five?

And, if you combine the Mohammedan spellings, you get an even sharper idea of where things are headed. The most popular names for newborn boys in Brussels, the capital city of the European Union, for 2006:

1) Mohamed
2) Adam
3) Rayan
4) Ayoub
5) Mehdi
6) Amine
7) Hamza

Adam? What kind of cockamamie name is that for a Walloon?

Let's take it as read that I and Martin Amis (an impeccably liberal novelist) and Claire Berlinski (a woman who chooses to live in Istanbul) and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a Dutch woman of Somali Muslim origin) and Bruce Bawer (a gay man resident in Scandinavia) and the rest of us are all xenophobic racist right-wing nuts suffering from psychosexual panic. There's a fascinating story here that even the squishiest multiculti pantywaist ought to be capable of seeing. Why leave the field to us loons?

There are at least 7 people named Mark who have written for The Corner over the last few years, and none named Mohammed. What are the odds!

Steyn missed an opportunity. The victims of the 4 Mohammeds were also called Mohammed, but I guess that wouldn't fit so neatly.

why doesn't he just post some statistics on birthrates in the netherlands? you think it'd be easy to figure out how many immigrant births there are, compared to those to native-born dutch, instead of trying to figure it out based on what baby names are popular. why doesn't he do that? because he's a racist, i guess! oh well.

OMG. Andrew McCarthy is speaking at my school next week.

This will not end well.

You WILL see him, right?!

Duh.

The colloquium whose hosting him brought John Bolton last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dFExiJ_4tU and Scalia a few years ago. Neither ended well.

where do you go to school?

hell itself?

Amherst

Carrie Prejean Gets Engaged [Maggie Gallagher]

At 22, Carrie Prejean just became engaged to St. Louis Rams quarterback Kyle Boller. Congratulations to Kyle and best wishes to Carrie and her family.

02/09 11:20 AMShare

squee!

Worst House Ever [Jonah Goldberg]

I thought last night's House was not only bad, but also a terrible sign. Fans of the show have long noted that the title of the series is House M.D., not Cuddy, Hospital Administrator. And yet last night we were treated to a thoroughly dull "day in the life" story of a bring-home-the-bacon-fry-it-up-in-the-pan supermom. The real problem here isn't that it was a bad episode, it's that it suggests the ensemble actors want their chance to shine. I certainly understand the temptation. But it is one that should generally be resisted. This sort of thing ruined M*A*S*H. In the later seasons, everyone would get a turn as the star of a specific episode as if there was a huge demand for more Father Mulcahy storylines. (If they listened to me, they would have made him a kickboxer!). It's also one of the things that made the later seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation so sucky.

Producer: "Gates McFadden wants to showcase her talents."

Writer: "Okay let's make Dr. Beverly Crusher the host of a conference on solar science that'll be fascinatingzzzzzzzzzzzzz," splunk head smashes the keyboard.

Getting back to House, I have no problem with giving the supporting actors more room to grow. But TV shows do not exist for the benefit of the actors. They exist for the benfit of me — and, yes, other viewers too. If they're going to focus on what makes Cuddy tick, they could at least have her explain why she dresses like she works for a super-classy escort service.

okay massive lol at that last line

jonah otm

seems like he knows more super-classy escort service girls than ppl in hospital admin if you ask me

All of that and he doesn't go into the whole "insurance company as bad guy" stuff? Dude's slipping. Pop culture ain't gonna politicize itself, Jonah!

All of that and he doesn't go into the whole "insurance company as bad guy" stuff? Dude's slipping. Pop culture ain't gonna politicize itself, Jonah!

That's what I was thinking!

If they're going to focus on what makes Cuddy tick, they could at least have her explain why she dresses like she works for a super-classy escort service.

otm.

eh. she's a babe.

she looks like a woman who works in an office, what the hell

not Jonah's office

you do have a point

At 22, Carrie Prejean just became engaged to St. Louis Rams quarterback Kyle Boller. Congratulations to Kyle and best wishes to Carrie and her family.

erm. trophy husband? didn't she know trent edwards is available?

okay so yes the Rams suck hardcore but to imply that a marriage between ANY NFL athlete and Carrie Prejean makes the athlete the trophy is mind-melting in the extreme

http://a.espncdn.com/i/magazine/new/boller_reid.jpg

not Jonah's office

http://www.nationalreview.com/images/pic_g-file_9-10.jpg

http://www.nationalreview.com/images/pic_g-file_9-10.jpg

I have never been more certain that a person smelled like ham just from a picture than I am regarding that one.

pictured typing something about sympathetic Palin coverage being "thoroughly dull", no doubt

"WHAT UP LADEEZ!"

that pic is always a lol. love the fogged up windows

That Jonah picture is the gift that keeps on giving.

the only disappointing part of that photo is that the dasani bottle isn't a 72 oz 7-11 fountain drink

don't think that matters since dude is obv. peeing in it

Josh Groban vs. Sarah Palin [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

The singer tweets:

Rain is on it's way...big vocal session today...lyrics all ready on my hand...feeling hopey changey that today is gonna be a good one.

so. McCarthy didn't show last night. dick.

i'm sure lots of yall have read this already but http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/02/14/haiti/index.html

I thought it was pretty obvious that we don't care about poor black people, especially if they lived in an island nation blessed with the knowledge that it will become America's newest aircraft carrier.

Apparently the only people in the group Allen knew prior to the trip were his cousin, Paul Thompson, and Thompson’s son. Thompson is a Baptist pastor from Idaho.

seems kind of unfair for greenwald to be unleashed on k-lo

like bringing a gun to a knife fight

evidence suggests she is deadly with a steak knife

http://i42.tinypic.com/est7ya.jpg

greenwald knocked it out of the park there

Get Your Hankies Out [John Derbyshire]

I have no doubt Corner readers will be just as shocked and grieved as I was on reading this story from England:

A prisoner has been accused of throwing boiling oil over an al Qaeda terrorist who planned to murder thousands with dirty bombs.

The attacker is described as a 22-year-old from Sunderland, up there by the wall in the windswept northeast of England. But who was the victim of this dastardly attack?

(Dhiren) Barot was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 30 years, for planning to plant radioactive, chemical or toxic gas bombs and pack limousines with nails and explosives in the UK and America … Barot was arrested in August 2004 and accused of conspiracy to murder. He admitted planning to bomb several targets including the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund HQ, and the World Bank.

The attack, we are told, left Barot with "excruciating burns." Poor fellow!

02/15 04:02 PMShare

I'm guessing this story made Derbyshire get his hanky out, but it wasn't for tears.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100217/capt.77012b742d394011ae23149ec4c62fcc.mount_vernon_statement_vaco111.jpg?x=400&y=302&q=85&sig=HRgLgdtLnHmQvxcYsjSKiw--

Kathryn Lopez signs the Mount Vernon Statement at the Collingwood Library and Museum in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. The document defines the principles, values and beliefs of the conservative movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

is that ben kingsley on the left?

I hope these people are embarrassed that they actually dressed like George Washington to make a statement.