Time for a diaper change: Somebody at LGF drank too much coffee
By Thoreau
I know that the insanity of America’s far-right hawks is not exactly news, but nonetheless I never thought that the bedwetter brigades would see imminent dhimmitude in a Dunkin’ Donuts ad.
Guys, it’s a striped scarf worn by Rachel Ray at the behest of some stylist for the ad agency. Get over it.
To show my defiance of the bedwetters, I’ll go one better than eating at Dunkin’ Donuts: I’ll eat some baklava. If the terrorists take control of our country and force Giada DeLaurentis to wear a burka, you know whom to blame.
Comment by JP —
May 28, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
I’ll eat some baklava.
–The Cypriot lobby got to me, too.
Comment by Tony P. —
May 28, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Now wait a minute! I was practically weaned on baklava and, to coin a phrase, it’s Greek to me. Okay, maybe it’s Turkish. But Arab Muslim Extremist? Nah.
Falafel — now there’s a dish to tempt the terrists with.
– TP
Comment by Derek Copold —
May 28, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
As a self-confessed Islamophobe, I have to agree. This is a stupid fight, a pyrrhic victory, if ever there was one.
Comment by Thoreau —
May 28, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
I understand that it’s a Turkish specialty, although it’s found throughout the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean. I’ve had baklava in Lebanese restaurants, but it wasn’t as good. I think Armenians and Persians also make it.
My wife isn’t from that part of the world, but she makes baklava, and a Turkish friend gave it a score of 9 out of 10. Coming from a person born and raised in the world’s baklava capital, that’s a high compliment.
Falafels are awesome: Deep-fried beans!
Comment by Thoreau —
May 28, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
I have just received disturbing reports that Yasser Arafat used to wear pants, shirts, underwear, and shoes. Clearly, anybody who wears such clothing is a terrorist sympathizer.
Comment by Dave W. —
May 28, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
T., do you have a secret crush on Rachel Ray?
Comment by kid bitzer —
May 28, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
i think uo as a blog should make an even stronger statement:
change your background from the yellow and green vertical blocks to paisley.
the paisley will then look to malkin and co. as though it is a checked table-cloth, and this in turn will convince them that you are islamofascist anti-semite defeatocrats. or something.
meanwhile, have some baklava. always a good time for that. (though i myself prefer galaktobouriko).
Comment by talkin malkin —
May 28, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
I just wish Michelle Malkin would stop wearing those slanted eyes. Doesnt anyone remember Pearl Harbor?
Comment by Tom Scudder —
May 28, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Hm. Lebanese baqlawa totally kicks Turkish baklava’s ass.
Comment by Karen —
May 28, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
Texas Halal is my favorite brand of chicken. I am a fan of Rachael Ray. (I have kids and a full-time job. Rachael’s recipes make it possible for us to eat together on weeknights.) I own one houndstooth jacket and at least two black and white checked scarves. Clearly, I am worse than any of you.
Comment by Just a Quick Question —
May 29, 2008 @ 2:14 am
Well, that’s some huge sacrifice your makeing there. You gonna down the baklava with some hoighty-toighty european sounding coffee too?
Actually the real question is, does anyone think that the idiots raging over Rachel Ray’s scarf wouldn’t have a fit over something as Islamic-sounding as baklava?
Comment by ajay —
May 29, 2008 @ 5:47 am
Pretty much every soldier in the British Army takes a shamagh (or keffiyeh, or whatever you want to call it) on operations. Clearly they are On The Other Side…
Comment by Lister —
May 29, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Let’s be grateful that Rachel Ray shaves more often than Arafat.
Comment by Lister —
May 29, 2008 @ 9:23 am
.. Or has less stubble, that is! That didn’t sound right, did it?
Comment by Timothy —
May 29, 2008 @ 9:35 am
I’d boycott Dunkin’ Donuts for hiring Rachel Ray. Hates her I does.
Comment by Andromeda —
May 29, 2008 @ 10:56 am
Congratulations, Michelle Malkin, on the seemingly impossible: getting me to sympathize with Rachael Ray.
(Though seriously, run the ad but fire her stylist. That is an ugly scarf and a dire t-shirt. Yet again dhimmitude distracts people from the *real* issues.)
Comment by Lister —
May 30, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
The ad has been pulled: JSF.