According to Stephen Pollard the BBC. Reuters and Sky are reporting Mel Gibson’s ‘regrettable remarks’ but they’re not reporting what the remarks actually were. Here’s the New York Times this morning:

The sheriff’s report, carried on TMZ.com, a Web site owned by Time Warner, said Mr. Gibson had demanded to know if the officer, James Mee, was a Jew. During an obscenity-laced tirade, according to the report, Mr. Gibson also said “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”

The U.S. lacks authority because of Iraq. Over the past few days, Israel has grown wary of getting into Lebanon, because it might have no help getting out. The Europeans, being the Europeans, are again squandering a chance to play a big role in world affairs. The “moderate” Arabs are finding that if you spend a generation inciting hatred of Israel you will wind up prisoner to groups who hate Israel more than you do. The U.N. is simply feckless.

The U.S. is right to resist the calls for a quick-fix cease-fire. But when you step back, you see once again the power of ideas. The terrorists are more unified by their ideas than we in the civilized world are unified by ours.

David Brooks, New York Times, (subscription required).

I came across this video of a martial arts performance group called Team Ryouko while searching for parkour videos on youtube. Not exactly parkour but just as impressive. What do you reckon dad, better than Tai Chi?

F*****g Jews… The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.

Mel Gibson, arrested for drunk driving yesterday and recorded by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department. (Via Stephen Pollard.)

UPDATE: Gibson apologizes for saying “despicable” things that he does “not believe to be true”.

The situation in Ain Ebel is unbearable. Thousands of civilians have fled to the village from nearby villages and more than 1000 rockets have hit the village, there is no more food neither clean water and diseases r spreading.

Now here comes the most sickening part:

Hezbollah has been firing rockets from the village since Day 1 hiding behind innocent people’s places and even CHURCHES. No one is allowed to argue with the Hezbollah gunmen who wont hesitate to shoot you and I’ve heard about more than one shooting incident including young men from the village and Hezbollah.

Urgent appeals have been done through phone calls from terrified people who wouldnt give out their name fearing Hezbollah might harm or even eliminate them.

This is the true image of our brave Islamic Resistance, putting the civilians and their homes as body shields to the Israeli bombardements.

Let the message spread and let those criminals move out of the village once and for all.
Free Ain Ebel from the terrorists !

A Lebanese Forces Blog (via Michael Totten)