Fear-Mongering Toad Peter King Has Bulging Hard-On For Irish Terrorists

• With his AHH, MUSLIMS! hearings scheduled to begin this week, unfortunate Congressman Peter King has allegedly received numerous death threats and angry phone calls -- more irrefutable evidence which proves Muslims are Extreme like the X Games, Q.E.D. The hearings will proceed as planned of course because when you don't waste taxpayer dollars investigating radical bogeymen in America, what you're really doing is letting the terrorists win. But what's this? Oh, the Irish Republican Army made Peter King's nipples hard, back in 1980. According to the New York Times, King once said, “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.” Yeah, only Muslims kill civilians, right Peter? That's why you need hearings? [ NYT / The Hill ]

• The United States government is facing a class action lawsuit for infecting 700 Guatemalans with syphilis many years ago. The plaintiffs are hoping to settle out of court, but obviously it will be a Hanukkah Miracle if they see a single penny. [ CNN ]

• Meanwhile, in Cairo: Sectarian violence killed eleven people and wounded more than ninety. What good is a military junta if they can't even keep the streets safe? [ NYT ]

• Phil Collins is retiring! Oh noes! [ AP ]