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Carl in Jerusalem informs us that we all need to be on the lookout for Rage Boys all the world over. Mark your calendars for this Friday, because:

"Israel Radio reports that Hamas has called for a 'day of rage' in Jerusalem on Friday to 'protect' Jerusalem. Magen David Adom - Israel's version of the Red Cross - has raised its alert for Friday to the highest level possible."

To which I refer you to my good friend DayLife. If y'all see anything mockworthy, please don't hesitate to call!

Heh, it would seem that the rageocity has spread to Indonesia, the self-proclaimed "most-populous Muslim state."

Fresh from the wires is this little declaration of joy. I couldn't possibly hope to put his deep and well-considered position to words, so if you would allow me, I'll just quote this paragon of thought directly below:

GEERT WILDERS IS THE CHRISTIAN TERRORIS !!!

Words of wisdom, folks. Words of wisdom. Peaceful wisdom, at that.

As an aside, these guys look like the same people that came out for the anti-Rushdie day of rage, and for the anti-Israel day of rage, and for the anti-Annapolis day of rage—but without being able to show you the pictures, you'll just have to take my word for it.

Never underestimate the media's power of laziness when it comes to showing the same set of protesters time and time again.

Hmm, there is one other thing worth mentioning here. Consider the following caption, which is typical of those sent across from this event:

A member of a hardline Islamic group attends an anti-Dutch protest in front of the Dutch embassy Monday March 31, 2008 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Scores of police stood guard as about 40 demonstrators from a hardline Muslim group called for the death of a Dutch legislator for producing a film critical of their faith at a protest Monday in the Indonesian capital.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)

It took millions of dollars in Western technological development to bring about the Associated Press and all of the other related wire services.

And now, after all of this advanced technological development, said services have been reduced to transmitting photographs of a group that is a small fraction the size of a small church congregation here in the States.

I guess this is that "progress" my left-leaning friends are always harping about.

See? What'd I tell you about news taking a while to travel around the world? Indonesia has finally chimed in on the current Muhammed-printing outbreak in Denmark. Better late than never, right?



I'm not sure about this week, but if this news keeps spreading, we may be up against the bestest "Day of Rage (and puppies)" ever by the week after.

Many thanks to Lawhawk for pointing this little shin-dig out. I've got more photos beyond the fold, as usual! Continue reading »

ISLAMIC RAGE BOY IS HERE!!!!!



I'll be scanning the wires all day—I'm fully expecting a roasted effigy or two, a dozen and a half burnt-to-a-crisp Danish flags, and more misspelled protest signs than one can shake a stick at before today's done. Keep checking back here for updates as the day progresses.

AS A REMINDER—For my more "progressive" readers (I know there's at least two of you out there!), these mindless masses are raging in the streets and burning stuff over this. Given that, what do you suppose their reactions would be to something more like this?



Update: Looks like the "worldwide" part of this protest was pretty much a dud. We heard from Pakistan, Kashmir, and Gaza—three of the most extreme outposts of militant Islam out there—but were met with silence in places like Indonesia, Egypt, and Yemen.

Perhaps the fires of rage aren't at their peak on this little event, and we need another week for the worldwide ummah to hear about the sins of the Danish? Or maybe, they're starting to figure out that the rest of the world isn't really all that enthralled with their continual rage?

Heh, as if! I'm sure we'll be seeing more fires a-burning next week. Hopefully with a reprise of the World-Famous Professional Protester, to boot!

To make up for the lack of "worldwide-edness" of this particular protest, here's a flashback to rage-ier times for you. Back before we even knew Rage Boy for the awesomeness that he is.

Which reminds me.... If any of y'all come up with some good Photoshop material of our little buddy, be sure to post it down in the comments section! Who knows—your parody just might be the winner of the next Offending Rage Boy contest!

Hahaha—The AFP chooses to blame Denmark for all of this "unrest?"

Yeah—What good has that whole "freedom of speech" thing done for the world, anyway?

See-Also: Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin, Astute Bloggers, Atlas Shrugs, Hot Air, The Pirate's Cove, Dogfight at Bankstown, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch (now he taunts me!), Geenstijl, Dumpert, Not Ready for my Burqua, Wind in the Wires. Continue reading »

Friday's WORLDWIDE DAY OF RAGE is in full swing, and it's complete with Islamic Rage Boy sighting!

When you're already out in the streets burnin' stuff, why stop at just one issue? It would seem that our worldwide protests of RAGE! against the ever-brave Danish newspapers have begun in earnest:



I'm not sure what the Pope has to do with this, but hey—I'm sure they're just doing their best to share the Raaaaage.

As usual, I expect we'll see the most intense rage (evuh!) on Friday, the traditional day of RAGE. We'll have the pictures here, of course, so be sure to keep checking back!

Don't forget to show your sammenhold, folks—If you don't defend your free speech now, you may not have it later!

More: The Jawa Report (These kinds of things are never boring to me, Rusty. You've just got to find the right motivation!) Continue reading »

February 5 marks the day that Pakistan celebrates "Kashmir Day," which we're told is a day in which everyone marches in the streets in "solidarity" with the "freedom fighters" in Kashmir and their quest for "independence."



Of course, by "freedom fighters," we mean "terrorists."

Oh, and by "independence," we mean "annexation by Pakistan of a non-Muslim-majority territory." In fact, from what I understand from an Indian friend who grew up in Kashmir, it is some of the most fertile land in all of India—Which, of course, explains why the Islamic supremacist rabble in Pakistan feel so compelled to annex it.

With all of that in mind, let the day's festivities (and RAGE!) begin!

Aww shucks, linkage from The Anchoress? Always a pleasure, ma'am! Continue reading »

The Muslim world is exploding in a series of protests against the "heartless" Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, even though (a) the blockade is entirely justified (and largely self-inflicted), and (b) Israel has already chickened out and partially re-opened the borders. Here's a round-up of the raging peacefulness of the international ummah, just for the record. Feel their rage! After all, it is all they have to offer the world.



I'll be rounding up these pictures as the day progresses. There'll undoubtedly be an excess of rage that'll need to be burned through before news of Israel's capitulation puts the kibbosh on these little outbursts of peace and tolerance.

Update: Here's some sheer brilliance on the notion of "humanitarianism," courtesy the ever-eloquent Soccer Dad. Continue reading »

Gee, who would've guessed that George W. Bush was a vampire?



How original. Like we've never seen this tired old meme before... Continue reading »

I've noticed a number of bloggers recounting their top stories of 2007, and not wanting to be too much of a spoilsport, I reckon I can do the same.

In 2007, we wrote somewhere around 966 articles, excluding the handful of articles that never made it past the "planning" stages. Of these articles, the ones that caught the most attention were:

#1: Professional Protester, Jihadi-Style (118,298 views)
The world got introduced to Shakheel Bhat, courtesy a bit of much appreciated traffic from Christopher Hitchens. This story even managed to get Snapped Shot to appear on NPR and CNN International (via IBN Live), not that either appearance was anything earth-shattering.

#2: Rage Boy Parody Roundup (25,922 views)
No photography-related story is complete without a photoshop contest, this being the contest for the story above. I was swamped for probably 2 weeks solid receiving and sorting through the contributions I received for this, courtesy Michelle Malkin's interest in the contest. And I am quite proud to say that this contest was judged by Rage Boy himself.

#3: Professional Protester, Palestinian-Style (23,483 views)
Rage Boy fans were elated to learn that there was a pretender to the throne in the Palestinian terror-tories. Or at least, Geenstijl readers seemed pretty excited about it. Oh, and the same rule as above applies here as well. Get your entries in today! Continue reading »

Palestinian Media Watch has found yet another instance of the Palestinian thugocracy openly revealing their desire to completely annihilate the State of Israel: (courtesy LGF)



For those of you out there who still think this is an isolated incident—and I'm mostly speaking to Dr. Rice and her merry band of buffoons at this point—please see beyond the fold, where you'll find plenty of examples of terrorists from around the world using this exact same map to describe their perfect, Jew-free world. Continue reading »

It's that time of year again, and the celebrations have begun! If you're not familiar with it, "Al Quds Day" is a day set aside by the Ayatollah Khameni and the Islamic Revolutionary government in Iran as a day for Muslims to march against "Western" "oppression". Never they mind the oppression brought upon them by their leaders, of course. The stability of their dictatorships depends on them directing their peons' anger externally, does it not?

Notice that Al Quds Day falls on the last Friday of Ramadan, a day in which all Muslims are encouraged to go to their mosques for prayer. It is in these mosques that the "Islamic public" is so easily whipped into a rage by their radical imams. So, in effect, this is the largest canned protest of the year.

Be sure to check back here all day, I'll be doing my best to keep up with the fun and games!

And here are last year's celebrations, so you know what to expect.

Update: This year's theme, parroted by every single group of brainwashed demonstrators, is "DOWN WITH ISRAEL."

If only International A.N.S.W.E.R. had as loyal a following as Tehran does, huh?



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Other bloggers discussing these festivities: Power Line ("Biran?" Heh!), Atlas Shrugs, Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin

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From last year's Day of Rage over Pope Benedict XVI's "controversial" speech, 15 September 2006:



From last Friday's Martyr's Day protest in Srinagar:

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Today's the day we've all been waiting for! I'll be documenting the worldwide rage from the Ummah here as photos come in, so be sure to check back every now and then!

VICTORY! It seems that Islamic Rage Boy is joining the anti-Rushdie festivities after all!



Remember folks, these photos will be coming in all day long. I'll be doing my best to keep up with the flow, but be sure to keep checking back here and reloading every now and then for fresh fun and excitement!



In case you get bored, be sure to check out the growing collection of Serial Outrager Parodies, featuring our little friend above!

Status: As of 14:30 EDT, the hottest fires are burning in Pakistan and Kashmir and now, Londonistan. We've also seen a few pictures from Iran, and a brief mention of Indonesia as well, but no big protests so far.

Update: I think this comment, which was just posted to the Day Two thread, is the best:

BOO HOO HOO! MY WITTWE FEEWINGS ARE HURT!

the most tragic and really grave incident of this century... is attacks on a religion,directly or indirectly..the focus is just islaam..n the people who highlight and say about this fact are termed as fanatic..
the action starts from 9|11 attacks ,only blames with no evidences..it was definately a bad incident... but actions n just actions on islam..we can only protest and even if we try that..who doesnt want to sacrifice hislife for his religion and,what is the use of those eyes which cannot stop other devil's eye on his religion..that hand which cannot stop otheR attacking HAND....
to raise a voice for just is right on all religion..killing other person for self defence is not a crime in any relifion so how can defending one's religion is crime anywhere...
we are called as fanatist,terrOrorist...
we are attacked various times verbally or by different means.. we respect all religions...
still the topic is unrevealed to you...i m surprised..
the innumerable attacks... including the latest one.GREAT BRITIAN AWARDS SALNAN RUSHDI TILE OF SIR... AMAZING..FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
THE SAME PERSON WHICH HAS TO BE GIVEN PENALTY OR HANGED IS BEING AWARDED...yeah..forgiveness...only comes to muslims..our religion teaches love ANYONE for ALLAH AND HIS prophet,hatred for ALLAH AND HIS LAST BELOVED Prophet..
I HAVE NOT KNOWN AND HAVENT SEEN HIM BUT GOD IS EVIDENT I DONT EVEN WANT TO SEE HIM...I PRAY TO GOD I MAY NEVER SEE HIM.. AT MY PIOSITION ANY ONE WOULD SAY THIS..
WE MUSLIMS COULD HAVE ASKED FOR HIS PENALtY and killing for the devil's companion..but look at us we are just saying not to award him the title "sir'...can't we be granted as that ..y we are being treated like that..give me any example when a muslim Ruler has done this to any other reiligion AWRDING A PERSON WHO HAS ATTACKED OTHER RELIGION ???? still we are fanatist..
in the consequences..sir title would be seen as the most devilish title and people who have got this and will be given..if they would have love for their religion..which is obvious..would never accept it.. people respect other religions..
it is not the world matter... religion is not a personal matter now its for all....IF THIS IS WAY OF GETTING THE TITLE OF "SIR"USE BAD LANGUAGE FOR OHTER PROPHET AND GET A TITLE IS THE RULE????
we muslims are most respectful to other religions...but we dont have tolerance for wrongdoings. religion..
musilm's eyes brought in tears for years...
not an opology would work for it,a promise from all to all people never blame other religion,never use BAD WORDS FOR OTHER PROPHET,..and people who do this would be given penalTy,SEVERE PUNISHMENT just one law to practice,n peace,love for ALL....IT BRINGS TEARS OF BLOOD.....

WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THIS INCIDENT"REWARDING A DEVIL TITLE OF SIR" .THEN IT IS A TIME TO WAKEUP..N SEE HOW GREAT BRITAIN REWARD PEOPLE WHO ARE FANATIST AND TERRORIST..IS IT MY PERSONAL OPINION??? SEE,LOOK WITHOUT BEING BIASED..
I CANNOT EVEN SAY WHAT IF SOMEONES DOES TO UR RELIGION
N HE IS BEING WARDED LIKE THAT...??TO ME ITS EVEN VERY HURTING..BUT ONCE THE FINGER IS AT UR POSITION..U MIGHT HAVE WRUITTEN MORE THAT THAT... BUT MY IDEA IS NOT TO MAKE ANY ONE FURIOUS,MY BELIEVE IS THAT THE WORDS I HAVE WRITTEN MAYBE MY WAY OF CLOSER TO ALLAH'S PROPHET,HIS LOVE..AS IT IS WRITTEN THERE
WHEN HAZRAT ABRAHIM{A.s}WAS BROUGHT TO FIRE ,TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THERE WAS A BIRD WHO HAD A WATER IN HIS BEAK TO EXTINGUISH FIRE,HE SAID I MIGHT NOT ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE,BUT WHEN ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT GOD WOULD ASK FOR MY WORK? WHERE WAS I? I CAN ANSWER I HAVE MY CONTRIBUTION TOO...
SEE THIS IS A SMALL DROP..BUT REALLY THE DROPS MAKE SEA..ONE DROP BY ALL OF US WOULD STOP SUCH EVILS FOREVER....

Lay off the caffeine, good sir. It'd do your heart some good.

See-Also:

Day Four, Day Three, Day Two, Day One

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Update:

Guess what? Islamic Rage Boy has been sighted again on Friday the 22nd of June--The Worldwide DAY OF RAGE (Salman Rushdie Edition). Be sure to check the latest sighting out!

Update again:

This has gotten so popular, that I'm making a game out of spotting Rage Boy. If you run across him in your local newspaper and/or friendly website, be sure to let me know!

Update: Rage Boy hits the BBC. CAIR responds, as they are wont to do.

Major Update: Rage Boy has made it to NPR! I'll have the audio and transcript shortly.

Update: Rage Boy has been published in The Daily Mail (UK). Snapped Shot's reaction and commentary is here.

Big kudos to AMDScooter at P.C. Perspective for pointing this out. I can't believe I missed it!

Today:



Last year:



For the record, the photo in question is a photoshop. The original is a slightly different angle of this photo, from this Snapped Shot classic, which describes last year's violent protest over Pope Benedict XVI's [Ed.: Sorry about that, my Catholic friends. I really am quite dense sometimes...] "caustic" comments:



Great work, Scooter! Be sure to get your ISLAMIC RAGE BOY gear over here! (Background on how he got his name over here as well.)

Update: Just ran into another couple of photos of Rage Boy in the Getty AFP archives. See 'em all beyond the fold!

UPDATE: I am truly humbled to have contributed a small part to a story by hizzoner sir Christopher Hitchens. His is truly a voice of sanity in a world gone batty, even if he is somewhat mistaken (in my most humble opinion) on the question of theism. God Bless, sir! Continue reading »