For the second week, we are talking to David Horowitz of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He talks to Tom about the direction the Democratic party is taking and how this is rooted in the politics of the 1960's. They discuss the take over of the College Campuses and the importance (or not) of Europe.

In blog news this week we have a bit of thing for Sarah Palin. Well you can hardly blame us can you? Have you seen how many guns she has?

Meryl Yourish has some excellent work about Sarah Palin. This post by Atlas is also rather good: RNC Lynch Mob. The Roslin/Airlock '08 campaign would look like this.

For the imposition of Ramadan on unwitting Dhimmis, look to the Daily Mail.

Also from the Daily Mail comes the despicable story of rape in Calais.

Evan Sayet chats with Tom Paine about Obama's Greek Odyssey and you can find out more about Evan's monthly show, Right to Laugh, at the website of the Laugh Factory.

Doug Payton is also making a welcome return. Check out his site.

Douglas Murray, the Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion think tank, joins us for a talk about the latest report from his think tank. It's a bombshell report on the attitudes of Muslim students in the UK.

It makes for exceptionally disturbing reading

Douglas Murray says many of the Muslim leaders in Britain who constantly complain about their faith being depicted as being at odds with the country's values seem to not be aware that it's often they themselves who go out of their way to give people precisely that impression.

Do go to the center's website and download the whole report in PDF format.

In Blog News we talk about the difference in style between Obama and McCain when answering questions like, does evil exist. Obama is not sure what to do about it. McCain knows.

More jihadis are caught and convicted in the UK. World Yawns. 

Your humble host, Brian of London, signed the petition to ask the UK government to bin the EU "treaty". This week Gordon Brown said no:

The Irish government has made it clear that they need time to analyse the result and its implications, and to consult widely at home and abroad.  At the European Council on 19/20 June, EU Heads of State and Government agreed with the Irish Government’s proposal that they should reflect on the result of the referendum and then submit a report to the European Council in October.  In the meantime the Council, including Ireland, has noted that the ratification processes are continuing in all of the other Member States.

We have our regular chat with Evan Sayet and you can find details of his now regular comedy show at the Laugh Factory.

Doug Payton is back and talking about AQTV. Find his writings at his site.

This week our feature interview is with Anne Franklin, a spokesman for Clintons For McCain, Hillary Clinton supporters who are working overtime to defeat Barak Obama in November.

That's right, independents and Democrats who are so alarmed at the prospect of an Obama presidency that they're supporting Republican nominee John McCain.

Ann Franklin, herself an independent, tells SNN's in house spin doctor "Tom Paine" why Clintons For McCain feel America can't afford what would probably turn out to be a Dhimmi Carter second term.

In other news this week we take aim at the BBC's shocking, but unsurprising view that in drama, Christians can cut off the heads of Muslims. Way to go BBC. There are many links in Doug's blog post on this subject (which formed the basis for this news report): Beyond Parody.

The astonishing Hamas hand bunny chop clip has to be seen on Memri.

For the definitive puff piece on Obama, head over to The Onion.

This wee we are graced with pieces from Peter Glover and Doug Payton. Check out their own sites.

The final quote from Dan Gilerman can be found over at Israellycool.

Canada's Human Rights apparatus is at it again! We talk this week to Guy Earle, who committed the unpardonable sin of having a go at some hecklers at a show in Vancouver.

They were lesbians, and it turns out the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has decreed lesbians are permanently out of season and probably a doubly protected species (they're Gay and Women!), so now Guy Earle is in the same boat as Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant.

Read more about his impending legal fight at his website. If you're in Toronto on the 19th, do be sure to support Guy Earle's fight with the anti-free-speech bureaucracy by going along to the Comics for Freedom Rally at The Comedy Bar which is at 945B Floor West.

In Blog news this week we express our support for the left wingers (I know, I know) over at Harry's Place who are getting into a legal battle with Hamas. Well done for drawing them out into the open where the rest of us can snipe that them! More about those people who are withdrawing from IslamExpo can be found here.

The use of the term Black Hole (by anyone except Stephen Hawkins we assume) is now not allowed in racially hyper aware America. More details from Michell Malkin and Five Feet of Fury.

Despite what the NYT or Fox or any other mainstream outlets might say, the latest Fauxtography scoop came from LGF. The Iranian reports of Israelis fleeing Israel (which seem to be as trustworthy as their photographs) can be found on Ynet.

This week Meryl is discussing Pat Buchanan, Doug has a few things on his mind and Evan is talking about the implications of Guy Earle's prosecution in Canada.

This week we welcome Dr Mordechai Kedar, of the Arabic Department of Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv. While appearing recently on Al Jazeera talking about building apartments in Jerusalem, he decided not to take the role of a pinata as expected by the show's host.

He informed the Al Jazeera interviewer that what Israel does in its own capital was none of the Arab world's business as it has been the capital of the Jewish people for three thousand years, ever since the ancestors of the Arabs had been burying their infant daughters live, drinking wine and worshiping stone idols.

You can watch the exchange on YouTube. I should point out that this clip appeared online first in the original Arabic and it was with the help of Palestinian Media Watch that the clip was subtitled in English.

Also on the show this week we cover the extraordinary pronouncement by the most senior Judge in Britain that maybe Sharia isn't so bad. Melanie Phillips' (no relation) blog is a good place to look.

Eye on the UN produced the video of David Littman being shouted down by Egypt while trying to speak about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the UN Human Rights Council.

Barry Rubin wrote the tremendous piece noting the New York Time's 1924 headline: "Hitler Tamed By Prison; Released on Parole, He Is Expected to Return to Austria.". You can find his article here: Prisoner Rehabilitated; Fifty Million Die.

Two crazy kid stories out of the UK. Nursery teachers on the look out for nursery Nazis and teenagers who refuse to kneel and pray to Allah.

The short quote from Danny Gillerman comes from Israellycool Dave's blog. Find it here.

This week we are joined once again by Peter Glover speaking about Israel's flying pigs.

Evan Sayet would very much like you to know about his up coming show "Right to Laugh" in Hollywood on 22nd July. More details here.

Doug Payton is back and sounding better than ever.

This week's show is hosted by former tea boy, Doug Payton. The feature interview this week is with journalist Bill Bishop, author of "The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart".  He says America is increasingly divided, not just politically, but by basic, fundamental world views.

You can find his book at Amazon: The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart .

We have blog news this week, but you'll have to listen to the show to find out what's in it!

After a long period spent doing... who knows what, Damian Penny is back with a piece on the Canadian free speech fights.

Meryl Yourish turns in a piece this week on a wide variety of subjects.

Tom Paine has his usual chat with Evan Sayet. You can find his blog here.

Every now and then, someone in the Left takes a long look around and realises that there might be something in the state of  their movement. Latest in this distinguished line is Martin Bright the political editor with the left-leaning New Statesman magazine.

When Israel marked it's 60th anniversary recently, he decided to marek the occasion by publishing an article questioning the Left's increasingly hysterical assaults on the country, which have escalated from criticism of individual policies to an outright questioning of it's very legitimacy and existence.

The article was called "The Great Betrayal".

As regular listeners to Shire Network News will probably have guessed by listening to our previous chats with another UK left wing journalist Nick Cohen, who also raised these issues, Martin Bright found that the sky fell on him.

In blog news this week we take a look at a video that LGF linked to guessing what today's media might have said about the D-Day landings.

Are you in fact, not ready to be A Good Democrat and just pull the lever for Obama. There are some signs, as listed in the website "Don't Be a Good Democrat".

George Galloway supports Obama for president. What a surprise. Thank you Memri for bringing us more from this odious cretin.

EU allows privacy invasion of Americans. Another shock I know.

Doug Payton has sent in something this week about a lawless city. Can you guess where?

This week's guest is Patti Patton-Bader, founder of Soldiers Angels, which organises a surprisingly vast array of methods by which you, the ordinary civillian at home, can show real support for the troops.

Whether it be by sending care packages, baked goods, blankets and cards, providng practical assistance for soldiers families, assisting chaplains with their work, or even organising voice-activated laptop computers for wounded soldiers, Soldiers Angels can help you to help the troops.

Go visit www.soldiersangels.org. You will also find news there of the Mom of the Year award that Patti received on Mother's day in the US.

In Blog News this week we talk about Sheik Ali Al-Faqir's appearance on Al Aqsa TV as reported by Memri. Apparently main stream opinion in Islam is that the whole world should be conquered by Jihad. What a surprise.

Obama thinks there are 58 states in the US. It's all over the blogs.

For video of Jeremy Bowen under fire (and not by Israel either) you can look at the BBC site.

This week we have a contribution from Doug Payton. He's terribly worried by the changes in the weight of the standard Kilogram.

We have our regular chat with Evan Sayet and you can pre-order his new book on Amazon.

This week week's guest is Prof Barry Rubin, Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and Editor, Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal .

As we approach the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the modern state of Israel, Barry joins us to talk about his latest reprinting of "The Israel Arab Reader". The book provides over 300 original source documents and gives a massive amount of background into the Israeli Arab struggle.

In blog news this week we cover the news that Israel bombed a North Korean built nuclear bomb fuel plant in Syria last September. Click if you want to see the full lyrics of Bob Dylan's Neighborhood Bully.

The summing up of the US election race if from Red State Update. Genius. We found it via HotAir.

We also have work from Meryl Yourish, Doug Payton and Damian Penny. Be sure to follow all their blogs.

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Our interview this week is with Kate McMillanof Small Dead Animals and Kathy Shaidleof Five Feet of Fury, two of the Canadian bloggers being sued by former Human Rights Commission employeeRichard Warman.

Richard Warman has been caughtout by several Canadian websites using Canada's human rights machinery to make claims and collect money based onincitefulspeechposted on websites.

Speech which sometimeswas posted by...Richard Warman, using various pseudonyms.

In Blog News we look at the Hamasendorsement of Barak Obama. The audio clip we play is taken from the Powerline blog.

We speak about theAustralian Labor Government's 2020 conference. You honestly don't want to read any more about it.

For more on the weird Fatwa ofthe week,take a look at the reverential treatment the BBC give it.

DougPayton is talkingabout the illegality of refusing to photograph Lesbians. Sounds like a sensible law to me. More details here.

We have our regularchatwith Evan Sayet andyoucan pre-order his newbook on Amazon

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This week we have a deep and meaningful discussion that ranges across the political spectrum. Douglas Murray and Nick Cohenjoin Tom Paine to disucuss the failures on both Left and Right to come to terms with a Jihadi threat.

On the Right we have Douglas Murray, the director of the think tank, Centre forSocial Cohesion and the author of "Neo-Conservatism:Why We Need It".

From the Left, broadly speaking, as he's not on good terms with most of his former comrades just at present, is Britishjournalist Nick Cohen, author of "What's Left: How Liberals Lost their Way".

This is the first of a two part disucssion and should not be missed. They explore the failing of the left and of parts ofthe right to come to terms with the real enemy everyone is facing

In blog news this week we look at the case of the 8 men accused of trying to blow aeroplanes out of the sky. Naughty,naughty if you jumped to the conclusion that this might involve Islam.

We are also looking in to the sex scandal involving Max Mosley. You can do your own google search for the sex tape. Youdon't need my help.

I cover a little personal trip I took to a conference in New York. Details can be found here.

We have our regular chat with Evan Sayet and you can pre-order hisnew book on Amazon

Doug Payton is covering more Obama magic and makes reference to flying penguines. You can see the BBC footage of these bygoing here.

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Our guest this week is British Member of Parliament for Wells, David Heathcote-Amery. He is talking to Tom Paine about theprecarious state of democracy in Europe with a new European constitution (in all but name) being rammed down the throats of anunwilling populace. In the first of a two part interview he covers his feelings for Europe and what he would form he would liketo see European co-operation take.

Brian of London is back hosting the show this week. In blog news we cover the Church in North Carolina that doesn't thinkits right to teach crucification and resurrection to kids as part of the Easter story. More details here.

It's hard not to laugh at a story when police are called in to investigate the alleged racism of a stuffed animal.A hate crime for a stuffed toy, yeah.

In Melbourne a "priest" thinks that Easter shouldn't be a public holiday. I say "priest" but really.... moredetails here.

We have a piece from both DougPayton and our regular chat with EvanSayet. Be sure to take a look at their web sites from time to time. You can pre-order Evan's new book here at Amazon

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This week's feature interview is with former Green Beret Lt Col Gordon Cucullu, who says there's a growing cultural rift between the US military and civillian society, which is endangering preparedness to face unexpected challenges, such as the Venezuela/Colombia War of 2008.

What's that? You hadn't heard about that potential regional conflict which might drag the US in? Precisely the Colonel's point.

We look at how new technology is enabling private citizens to have their own radio programs on the internet, publish their own books, launch their own ballistic missiles...wait, back up a bit, what was that? It seems one Israeli who has found himself in range of surface to surface missiles from Gaza felt his government's response was too feeble, and decided to start his own artillery offensive.

Don't think it can't happen to you, some moron set off an IED in Times Square this week.

The UK continues it's rapid slide into cultural surrender by ordering RAF personnell near Peterborough to not wear their uniforms off the base. It seems some civillians had been abusing servicemen and women in uniform. The Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't seem to be involved in this story yet, but surely it's only a matter of time...

Barak Obama supporter and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am has released another video extolling the virtues of his candidate's political platform. It seems to involve assorted showbiz folk chanting "Obama" and claiming the world will be made better in some undescribed yet undisputable fashion. As the Internet is open to everyone, someone has responded with another video which points out some of the messianic tendencies inherent in the Obama campaign.

UK Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has discovered that British people are having fun singing patriotic songs at the Last Night of the Proms. Needless to say, she'd like to put a stop to it.

We also hear from Doug Payton who translates what Barak Obama is saying about defence, and Hollywood comedian and conservative activist Evan Sayet says Hillary is in it to win it, and the Democratic civil war will last right up to the convention. Mmmm, fighty Dems...Chicago '68...tear gas, Yippies...great days.

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Ezra Levant is our guest this week. Ezra is the former publisher of Canada's Western Standard newspaper, who was famously hauled up in front of some sort of bogus Province of Alberta Kangaroo Court for a variety of thought crimes.

Show Exclusive: Shirlene McGovern, tormentor of Ezra, has asked to resign from his case! 

He fought back by arguing against the entire process, and posting a video of his encounter with the interrogator on You Tube. You can find all his videos and much more on his own website ezralevant.com.

This was the first of another 2 part interview and we'll continue next week.

In blog news this week we travel back a few hundred years to the time of Chaucer with "Here Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Htte. An Archbishop of Canterbury Tale" borrowed from the satirist (oh how unworthy are we of that title) Iowahawk.

The news that there are witches in Saudia Arabia is not a surprise. I wish it were even a surprise that they plan to behead one, but alas it is not so.

You can find the amazing story of the Mosque, so enlightened that they are considering letting in a dog here at Europenews.

The magnificent Lord's Prayer comes from the Blue Like You blog and from the cartoonist MacKay.

More on China and the Olympics can be found in the Daily Mail.

We also have our regular chat with Evan Sayet. You can find more of his work at his own site evansayet.com.

Doug Payton is talking about the death of Nahoul the Bee and his replacement by a rabbit. You can also find my posts on Israellycool about that here and here. Dave's post on the modes of death for the rabbit is: Different ways to skin a rabbit.

Former SNN contributor, Andrew Ian Dodge's website can be found here.

From magnificent Canadian cartoonist MacKay:

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For the second week, Mark Steyn joins Tom Paine on Shire Network News to talk about all the ways in which he is currently under investigation. In the second part of his interview he continues where he left off discussing his prosecutions in Canada taking in no go areas in Britain and plenty of other topics on the way.

If you don't already have his book, America Alone, may we thoroughly recommend it and that you pass some time looking at his website. You can find part one here.

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In Blog News this week we look at the Archbishop of Cantebury's crazy remarks.... oh yes. Take a look at Melanie Phillips for a complete tearing apart of what he said.

For more on the crasy left, take a look at the National Post.

Comments on the first piece of real news to come out of New Zealand in a while can be found at Tim Blair's site.

Also this week we once again hear from Evan Sayet. Super Tuesday don't you know.

Damian Penny is wondering if Ann Coulter really is going to campaign for Hillary.

Doug Payton is pointing out some of the lesser known Super Tuesday facts.

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Jonah Goldberg is the guest on Shire Network News this week. His new book, Liberal Fascism, is causing a bit of a stir among liberals who don't understand. Just don't understand is how that sentence was meant to end. There is a whole blog about the books reception set up at the National Review.

You can buy his book from Amazon.com via the following link: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning.

This week's guest writer on Blog News is Right Wing Duck. You can sometimes find him on IMAO. Let us know what you think.

Also this week we once again hear from Evan Sayet who's got Bill and Hilary in his sights again.

Meryl Yourish is giving her liberal perspective on Fascism.

Doug Payton is considering what sort of culture bans ever reference to pigs. And Cowboy  builders. You can find background here.

This week's Winston Churchill quote is from The Gathering Storm:

Fascism was the shadow or ugly child of Communism... As Fascism sprang from Communism, so Nazism developed from Fascism. Thus were set on foot those kindred movements which were destined soon to plunge the world into even more hideous strife, which none can say has ended with their destruction.

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This week's show features an extended piece by Tom Paine on his thoughts of London and a three way chat between Meryl, Damian and Brian of London.

We've not really got Blog News this week so not much to link to. I do mention a new Egyption Coptic site, www.sonsofapesandpigs.org and we have a song at the end of a show that has a rather good video. Go and look at it: The Nose on your Face.

Tom used some spoof tube announcements from Emma Clarke. Go to her site to hear more and check out her hilarious spoof sat nav voice overs.

We will try our very best to be more regular next year. Honest.

You can find Meryl's blog here and Damian Penny posts here.

In the meantime thank you all for listening and for commenting and supporting us all year. We do it all for you and believe me, this is not a simple undertaking. I'm not complaining though, one comment saying we've opened someone's eyes is enough to cheer us all up for a week.

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This week we talk to two free-thinkers. One is from the UK and the other from the USA and both are trying hard not to be defined by the religion they were born into and have subsequently rejected. Shire Network News senior religious affairs correspondent Tom Paine speaks to two ex-Muslims - Sheila (not her real name for reasons which are probably obviuous) who lives in the United States, and Adil Zeshan from the United Kingdom. They talk about why they left, and why the fear the reaction from their former compatriots.

This week we also talk about the Spectator sponsored debate: We should not be reluctant to assert the superiority of Western values. You can find full details an a link to a recording at the Spectator's website.

The blogs are alive with stuff about Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize. Hitting Metal With Hammer is just one link to look at.

The Egyptian Sandmonkey has a post looking at a Pharonic Temple buried under a Mosque. What a surprise: Pharaonic Temple found inside Luxor Mosque

Ann Coulter is an Idot. It's just true. See every blog for more details.

Doug Payton is ripping into socialists.

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The show this week is anchored from Melbourne rather than London, in yet another sign that those uppity colonials think they're just as good as the Mother Country. Hmph!

"Brian of London" has the week off to do something nefarious, which he will tell us all about in due course. In the meantime, Shire Network News senior French judicial correspondent "Tom Paine" speaks to blogger and media analyst Richard Landes, about the latest developments in the Mohammed Al-Durrah case.

The photograph and film of a Palestinian boy apparently being shot dead in his father's arms by Israeli troops was used to fan the flames of hatred around the world, but was it real or staged? Why won't the French TV channel release the raw footage? Listen to Richard Landes and find out why this is such a critical test of media accountability.

In Blog News, we find ourselves sceptical about the message on the side of a London double-decker bus; cynical about the reasons why Iran's president insists there are no homosexuals in his country, at least not after treatment like this; and just plain depressed at the United Nations deciding to offer the repressed Burmese people all assistance short of actual help.

For blogger coverage of the major non-humorous events currently underway in Burma go here.

Remember the last Star Trek series, "Enterprise" with it's Temporal Cold War, in which history itself was a battlefield to be altered at will by the competing factions? Bad news, it's actually happening in Britain. Turns out you don't need a time machine to change the past. Just a publisher and a large, Orwellian-sounding government bureacracy.

Meryl Yourish is here to take a look at Feminism's impact in the Muslim world, as is Doug Payton, who enthusiastically agrees with Presedential candidate John Edwards, al least in his self-assesment that he (John Edwards) is not God.

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