Iran: Iraq Part Deux

1. An obstinate Middle Eastern leader issues threats to its neighbors and engages in schizoid saber rattling with any nation willing to engage.

2. Upon learning said Middle Eastern country is developing weapons of mass destruction in secret, Eurocratic and UN weapons inspectors are invited, and then ejected.

3. Repeat No. 2.

4. Repeat No. 2.

5. Repeat No. 2.

6. The UN debates referral to the Security Council, with objections raised by Russia and China. Eventually Russia softens, and the matter moves to the SC.

1-6 could describe pre-war Iraq or the present situation with Iran. Will Iran's path follow Iraq as we move forward?

7. Watered down by China, sanctions are imposed, whilst the obstinate Iranian leader increases the flow and volume of unhinged rhetoric.

8. Years of sanctions ensue, costing UN member nations billions and billions of dollars. No end in sight.

9. Iran ignores more than 20 consecutive UN Security Council resolutions.

10. UN responds by issuing another resolution.

11. Led by France and China, many nations deal with Iran in secret, amounting to the largest instance of fraud in human history.

12. The United States liberates the people of Iran, simultaneously removing the threat posed by the leadership. Democratic elections are scheduled.

13. When chrome-plated, nuclear bombs are not found lying around in Tehran's town square, the socialist world and their liberal cousins call U.S. president a "liar".

14. Just prior to U.S. elections, and more than 18 months after major combat operations have concluded, Kojo Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, declares the Iran War illegal.

15. Just prior to U.S. elections, Michael Moore II launches documentary film showing Iranian children flying kites alongside a peaceful river, omitting scores of years worth of brutal tortures and some of the most oppressive conditions humans have ever been forced to live under.

16. Just prior to U.S. elections, a CBS News Anchor smears president with invalid documents. He is forced into retirement. Others are fired.

17. U.S. president re-elected.

18. Moonpuppet Sheehan, grand daughter of Cindy Sheehan, camps outside the president's home, professing anger that the president won't meet with her. Sheehan omits the word "again". She is championed by the liberal press and Venezuela's chubby, megalomaniacal leader, Hugo Chavez, Jr.

'The cold and casual "hi"'

Saying "hi" to someone is cold and casual, is it not? What about hello?

I found an interesting story at Islam Online, written by a guy named Sherif Quinn. He's a Brit who went to Saudi Arabia and other points in the Middle East, and realized that Islam is much better than Christianity.

For instance:

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Hurtful tabloid newspaper gossip is alien to Muslim countries. The highest standards of courtesy are found in daily interactions: as-salamu `alaykum ("Peace be upon you") is the recurrent greeting, compared to the cold and casual "Hi."

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I don't know about this "hi" business being cold, but the lack of tabloids in Muslim countries is attributable to something less than noble. There are precisely ZERO examples of free press in the Middle East -- save the ones that sprang up like wildflowers after the U.S. liberated Iraq.

Sherif should probably keep that in mind when he extols the virtues of Islam and the less than free societies that cling to it.

And, not to be outdone by the nutjobs at Islam Online, IslamiCity has a piece about terrorism becoming the official law of the land in the Palestinian territories.

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The elections mark a new beginning, one in which Hamas will take another step in its transformation from a popular liberation movement into a legitimate political party. It is a fresh start - both for the party and for the Palestinians - and marks the beginning of a new reality on the ground. The sooner Israelis, Americans and Europeans accept this reality, the sooner we can move toward resolving differences, and avoiding further conflagration.

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And, MPAC all but threatens a long, dark night if the U.S. stops supplying money to the Palestinians. I'd like to make my solitary voice very clear: If Bush gives any of my money to terrorists, Hamas in this instance, I will take out my anger on his policital party for the next 20 years. That can be taken to the bank.

There have been "martyrdom" operations eminating from the Palestinian territories for decades, fomented by the late terrorist-in-chief Yes Sir Arafat. I am fucking tired of it. My money does NOT go to these people. And I DO have a say in it.

From MPAC:

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If the U.S. imposes sanctions, anyone who does business or humanitarian work in the occupied territories will be endangered. Additionally, withdrawing any funds from the Palestinian Authority as a result of this election would be counterproductive, would wrongly punish the Palestinian people for voting their conscience, and would hinder democratization in the region.

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No American money for Hamas

I had been worried about this, until now. The U.S. gives a lot of money to the Palestinians, and now that their parliament is comprised of terrorists, the flow of cash will change.

From AP:

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LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday ruled out any American financial aid to a Hamas government in the Palestinian territories and said Washington wants Arab nations and others to cut off money as well.

Humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, many of whom are poor and unemployed, is likely on a "case-by-case basis," Rice said. She indicated that the Bush administration would follow through on aid promised to the current, U.S.-backed Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Cindy Sheehan considers Senate run

From the bowls of Venezuela, a nation run by a megalomaniac Bush-hater, the radically unhinged Sheehan said she may challenge Diane Feinstein for one of California's Senate seats. (News story here.)

Sheehan lacks the intellectual cunning to dream up nonsense like this. I'd say her 15 minutes of fame went to her head, but, sadly, her fleeting moment went to others' heads.

The whole affair reminds me of the time Al Franken was considering running for a Minnesota Senate seat. Do you laugh, or just shake your head in mild bemusement?

Pelosi on the wiretapping case

Nancy Pelosi is asking questions about the wiretapping matter. Ooooooh, aaaaaaaaah. Another morbid creature of the left hisses and flicks its tongue.

Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

Skiing Kerry calls for filibuster

John Kerry, the big loser in the 2004 presidential vote, called for a filibuster against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito -- from a ski resort in Switzerland. This guy, along with most of the left, has zagged so far to the left he's closer to Mao Tse-dong or Joseph Stalin than the great moderates of American history. (News story here.)

Muslims at the gate

Question: What do you get when you combine AK47s and nuclear technology with 8th century fundamentalist ideals?

Answer: A big, big problem in the form of the modern Muslim radical.

Palestinians have elected members of an armed terrorist organization to fill numerous seats in parliament.

Iran threatens to block 25% of world's oil.

Let's swat these gnats. Even some liberals concur that wiping out the Nazis -- believers of a radical ideology -- was okay. Perhaps some will understand that radical Muslims are the new big problem facing the world.

Holy crap! I just found this misguided socialist (read: idiot) news outlet romanticizing Hamas elevation to the Palestinian parliament. My gawd.

From The Toronto Star:

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RAMALLAH, West Bank—They got through it with flying colours, Fatah yellow and Hamas green, in a day that saw the two defining movements of the Palestinian people mesh as one.

And watching from the sidelines, you couldn't help but think this apparent triumph of ballots over bullets was really just the easy part.

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What a complete, fucking idiot the author, Mitch Potter, must be. Every last person in the world concedes that Fatah and Hamas are terrorist organizations, with the blood of little kids and other innocent civilians on their hands.

Google conspires to oppress people of China

In the span of less than 10 days Google refuses a U.S. government order to turn over search records, presumably because it would infringe on American expectations of privacy (i.e. freedom and civil liberties), and Google accepts government censoring in China.

This is a troubling double-standard.

In America, anyone can criticize government, and the people have a long list of rights guaranteed by an iron-clad constitution. While the U.S. government occasionally overreaches its power, as may be the case when it asked for Google's search information, Chinese people have NO RIGHTS.

The Chinese have no freedom of speech, no free press, no freedom of religion, no freedom of assembly, or any other basic freedoms. Any Chinese citizen standing on a street corning declaring against the government will disappear, never to be seen again. Don't be fooled by the new Formula 1 race or the Shanghai tennis tournament. This is a sad system of government and a dubious place in which to live.

Searching for "oppression in China" won't be allowed at Google China. Here are the results the Chinese government doesn't want the people to see.

So why does Google agree to conspire with the communist Chinese government against the people of China, but won't help the U.S. government find Al Qaeda cells within the USA?

Well, Google, we're waiting for an answer.

In the news: Google says "yes" to China; "no" to America.

Palestinians still fucking themselves

Fatah, the terrorist organization founded and formerly led by the late king-of-all-terrorists, Yes Sir Arafat, shot and killed one of its own leaders today in the Palestinian territories.

Shaved Apes, I'm sorry that I have to be the one to break this to you. The Palestinian terrorism problem is not caused by poverty, the United States, or Israeli occupation. It's cultural.

From AP:

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NABLUS, West Bank - Palestinian gunmen linked to the ruling Fatah movement killed one of their party leaders Tuesday, increasing tensions on the eve of parliamentary balloting and raising doubts about a new pledge by armed groups in the West Bank and Gaza to hold their fire during the vote.

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Alito goes to full Senate

The Senate committee tasked with giving an initial "yay" or "nay" to send Alito's confirmation to the full Senate has voted "yay" along party lines. Every Democrat voted against Alito because he wouldn't swear he wouldn't try to overturn Roe v. Wade. I laugh at these single-issue nays -- these far-left whackjobs like Kennedy and Schumer who care only about Roe-Roe-Roe.

I'm pro choice, and I could give a rat's ass.

Idiot blog comment filtering

I tried to post the following on a blog entry about Canada's elections:

"I didn't know what to make of Canada's elections. I'm glad the anti-American crowd were beaten, as they always are in the end, but I'm so disappointed with Canada as a whole that I really don't care."

My comment was rejected due to "questionable content." WTF? Idiot.

"Fuck off and die" didn't fare any better.

50 things that surprise us, somehow

The Huffington Post, the malformed, retarded creation of Bush-hater Ariana Huffington, has finally published something didn't cause me to a) puke, b) laugh in a derisive manner, c) crap, or d) all of the above.

Excerpt:

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3. Almost all books that are published as memoirs are initially written as novels, and then the agent/editor says, this might work better as a memoir.
4. Beautiful young women sometimes marry ugly, old rich men.
5. In business, there is no such thing as synergy in the good sense of the term.
6. Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.
7. Nothing written in today's sports pages makes sense to anyone who didn't read yesterday's sports pages.
8. There is no explaining the stock market but people try.

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No hope for Africa

It's quiz time! Which continent is unique in that it is completely fucked? If you answered 'Africa', you were correct. Give yourelf an enema.

African leaders just voted Congo to head the AU, followed by Sudan in 2007.

Here is what Congo has achieved recently, according to globalsecurity.org: "The International Rescue Committee says that since 1998 up to three-million [sic] people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Millions more have become internally displaced or have sought asylum in neighboring countries."

Next year's head of the AU, Sudan, has a genocide in progress -- which everyone knows.

Shaved Apes, Africa is fucked, and African leaders don't give a damn. If they don't even care, how can we?

Castro and the 'gross provocation'

Castro has called the electronic, scrolling billboard at the U.S. embassy in Havana a 'gross provocation.' The billboard lets all Cubans know that they still have 'freedom of thought.' (ABC News story here.)

And my response to Castro's response: Fuck yourself, sad little "Latin" dictator. You're the last of your breed, and nobody gives a damn about you or anything that leaks from your pie hole.

Cana-duh looks right

Canadians, apparently tired of corruption scandals, or just ready for a change, ousted the ruling liberals in favor of conservatives. This will probably bode well for U.S.-Cana-duh relations. I have so little faith in anything Canadian, except Molson, Labatt's Blue, and perhaps the ISS's Canadarm, that I'm doubtful a Canada lacking its French-socialist majority will be any boon. We'll have to see.

From the BBC:

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"Tonight, friends, our great country has voted for change," (Canada's prime minister-elect Stephen Harper) said.

He pledged an immediate 1% cut in national sales tax, a new vigour in fighting crime and gang violence, and a re-evaluation of relations with Washington, which have become strained in recent years.

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Perhaps the best one can say about Canada's elections is that Michael Moore failed, once again, to swing an election toward the left. And to think Moore used to be funny. He and Sean Pean (mean weight 300 lbs) should make a film together where a failed socialist actor and his failed socialist director hang themselves in a dank, Mexican hotel room. I'd pay to see that, especially if it was based on a true story.

UCLAprofs.com

A conservative group dedicated to outing radical leftist professors at UCLA is taking some flack lately. I'm not going to get into much detail right now, as my laptop battery is at 10%. Go here for a taste of the controversy.

I will say that it's damned entertaining to read the biographies on these professors. Here's a sample from the bio of Douglas Kellner:

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“Philosophy of Education” professor Douglas Kellner is something of a buried treasure on the UCLA campus. While in public not much of a fire-starter, especially compared to the roustabout behavior of his more active radical colleagues, Kellner is an absolute tiger on paper. A close look at Kellner’s personal history and theoretical background reveals a professor whose political views are a witch’s brew of worldwide conspiracy, Marxoid theory, “critical pedagogy,” and an overwhelming dose of anti-Bush hatred.

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Goto UCLAprofs.com to check out everything.

Muslim honor killings in Europe

This Boston globe story will make your stomach turn. Free registration is required -- it is well worth your time. Trust me.

From the story:

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Britain opened a review of the suspicious cases after a Kurdish immigrant from Iraq, Abdullah Yones, held his 16-year-old daughter over a bathtub and slashed her throat in 2004 after discovering that she was trading love letters with a boy in her high school class in London. In court last year, Yones insisted that his daughter brought her fate on herself. On the day he was sentenced to life imprisonment, dozens of approving Kurdish men came to court to show solidarity with Yones, according to media accounts.

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And this:

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In Neukoelln's largely immigrant Thomas Morus school, not far from the place where Hatun Surucu was murdered, students greeted news of her slaying with loud approval. Her brothers were hailed as local heroes.

The principal, Volker Steffans, was so disgusted by the display that he sent a letter to parents, to be read and signed, explaining what he had always regarded as obvious -- that girls should not be harassed for refusing to wear head scarves; that girls should not be attacked for wanting to pursue careers; that women should not be murdered for expecting tolerance and equality in a Western society.

''A murder happened nearby; a young woman was killed. She died because she wanted to live freely," Steffans said. ''But we are shocked by the fact that students approve of this murder and say [Surucu] deserved to die because she 'lived like a German.' "

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And to the anonymous commenter on this post, we know. We know all about this culture, and most of us are sickened. Tolerance in this country was low to begin with, and 9/11 made it flat-line. After the Madrid and London massacres, many other examples of Muslim murder, and dozens and dozens of honor killings, understanding is dawning, albeit slowly, on Europe.

Anyone still think this is Bush's fault?

Hat tip: TROP.

OBL, Hillary, Jacques Strappe Chirac, Pakistan

It was an interesting week for international events, to say the least.

1. Osama bin Laden has offered a long-term truce to the United States. John Kerry, had he been elected president, would be jumping out of his skin to sign a treaty with the world's most notorious fuckhead.

I would make a truce, too, as follows. Once every fanatical Muslim, especially the Dark Age ones pining away for a diseased "caliphate", are beheaded, burned, and dragged through the streets of Washington, D.C., then the U.S. will stop knocking off their little countries one by one.

2. The Cuntess Hillary Clintoon is bashing Bush over Iran, saying he "outsourced" diplomacy. Let's see if I understand this correctly. The same bitch who criticized the president for attacking Iraq without having the approval of every last human being on the globe, is accusing him of sitting this one out?

"The Whitehouse chose to downplay the threat," said Hillary.

Bush knew from the get-go that the "president" of Iran and the Mullah strings that pull on his mouth and limbs aren't rational enough for diplomacy -- and he was proved right. Sit back, let the EU3 (France, Germany, and the UK) fuck around and fail miserably, and see what happens. It would be an utter waste of time to talk to Iran. Listen to the crap that bubbles from their "president's" mouth! Hello? Are there any intelligent Democrats out there? Anyone? Please stand up. I, an idiot blogger with a bigger mouth than brain, predicted this precise scenario long ago, but Hillary didn't see what would happen? It's fucked, people.

To clue in Hillary and her fellow liberals: the UN is the next step, and it will produce no results. See Cambodia, Rwanda, Iraq, Bosnia, and countless others. Iran's "president" laughs at the thought of the UN's ineffective Security Council getting involved. So do I. So does Bush.

To further clue in Hillary and her fellow liberals: the UN will do nothing. Russia and China will block anything that has a remote chance of success. Israel will have no choice but to crush Iran like the maggots they are. Watch. See if I'm right.

The No. 1 job of non-liberals is to keep her Hillary Clinton out of the White House. I'd rather see Sirhan Sirhan released from prison and given the office of the president than see Ms. Nationalized Healthcare become president.

3. Jacques Strappe Chirac announced this week that France reserves the right to use non-conventional weapons in the event the country is attacked by terrorists. He's pulling a Hillary. The French are finally tiring of failed socialist policies centered on ignoring major world problems and keeping English words out of the French language. Recognizing this, Chirac opened his ancient lobster hole and spouted off, giving a bone to the few Frenchmen who aren't cowardly and arrogant.

4. Pakistanis are angry that U.S. missiles obliterated a flyspeck village hosting a luncheon for some of the world's most notorious terrorists. Each and every whining, pathetic scumbag can summarily fuck off. Tip for next time around: don't harbor enemies of the USA, and JDAMs won't come in the night. It's just as simple as that.

Hamster and snake living together

A hamster was fed to a snake in a Japanese zoo. The snake refused to eat the rodent, and instead became friends with it. Hell, I'll eat it.

27 new species found in California caves

The AP is reporting that "27 previously unknown species" have been identified living in caves in California:

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The discoveries included a relative of the pill bug so translucent that its internal organs are visible, particularly its long, bright yellow liver. There was also a daddy long legs with jaws bigger than its body, and a tiny fluorescent orange spider.

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Kill them.

Roe, Roe, Roe your boat

Roe, Roe, Roe your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a scheme.


Kennedy, Feinstein, and fellow far-left liberals only care about one thing regarding Alito's confirmation hearings: Roe, Roe, Roe!

Never mind that the relatively young Alito will have a multi-decade career at the Supreme Court. Few -- if any -- cases heard will involve abortion.

Al Gore calls for wiretapping investigation

Failed politician and Class B idiot Algore said the prez broke the law with warrantless NSA wiretaps. Today the Bush administration fired back, noting that the Clinton-Gore administration conducted warrantless searches.

Why is Algore demanding an independent investigation in the first place? Would no legitimate Democrat politician step forward? Algore making the demand is similar to Bono advising Canada to increase international aid donations. Why not ask the local high school janitor what he thinks?

Gore will huff and puff, but he'll never sit in the Oval Office. He'd be better off walking into the sunset with the other massively unhinged Demo-mouth, Howard Dean.

If, as a country, we want to limit the president's power to conduct warrantless searches, let's pass some legislation, or tack on a constitutional amendment. That would be more effective than Algore's huffing and puffing.

Supreme Court upholds Oregon assisted suicide law

Conservatives believe they can dictate the fundamental control one has over one's own body. Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas voted to quash Oregon's Death With Dignity law, which allows a doctor to prescribe life-ending drugs. The trio not only believe individuals do not have the right to make a life-ending decision, they believe states shouldn't have their own laws concerning it. (BBC story here.)

Pathetic!

This is one of my primary gripes about conservatives and Republicans. They know what's best for you, even better than you do. I presume this is due to their religious beliefs. Well, score one for those of us who understand the importance of keeping religion away from law and justice.

I'm very happy Oregonians suffering with deadly disease can still legally terminate their lives rather than waiting for a painful, sad ending. It's a good option for some.

Two gay movies sweep Golden Globes

Ordinarily I don't give a swollen, brown crap about movie awards. I follow directors and writers to an extent, but awards mean little. A gay cowboy movie and a documentary about a gay writer sweeping the Golden Globes can only mean one thing: gay Hollywood is patting itself on the ass ... I mean ... back.

What percentage of the U.S. population is gay? Is it as high as 4%? There's no earthly explanation for movies appealing to this miniscule slice of Americana winning so many awards. None. These movies hold little for us heterosexuals, especially Bareback Mount.

The awards make me consider that Michael Savage may be right about gays, which is they're trying to take over the country. Historically this has been a subject on which I stronly disagree. After all, I specifically asked a gay friend of mine if he was trying to take over the country, and he replied, "Not today." I hope Savage is wrong, but the Golden Globes suggest otherwise.

Sassygate and the downfall of a terror-loving journalist

My instincts were proved correct when I ranted against a commentary writer for The Guardian last July. The writer, one Mr. Aslam, was revealed (by blogger Scott Burgess) to be a member of Hizb Ut Tahrir, "an Islamist organization which calls for the destruction of Israel and the rule of a world-wide caliphate."

The terror-loving Aslam, along with an editor, were fired by The Guardian. I'm surprised, since the paper (al-Qaeda's PR office for the UK), pays the bills through promoting terrorism while condemning the USA.

The whole affair has become known as "Sassygate." I wish I'd discovered this before today. Still, I feel a little better about the world knowing I'm not the only one who thinks rousting terrorists from Fallujah does not justify blowing up innocent people commuting to work in London.

I'm also glad to hear that some Brits, Mayor Livingstone not included, were angry about the bombings, and decided to blame those responsible, as opposed to blaming the foreign policies of Blair and Bush.

The story that cost Aslam his job appeared shortly after the London Massacre in July 2005, where -- get this -- Muslims blew up some ordinary folks going about their ordinary lives. He said essentially, that the Iraq War, and Fallujah in particular, justified acts of terror on London's mass transit systems.

Piece of dung.

I said in my July post about Aslam: "If Mr. Aslam thinks, as I believe he's implying, that the London massacre was justified by Fallujah, he is terribly misguided."

I discovered Sassygate at Honest Reporting.

Also see Scott Burgess's The Daily Ablution blog for commentary and links to video of Galloway's antics on British TV.

Blaming Israel for Iran's nuked ambition

For every problem in the world, there are a thousand Muslims laying blame at the feet of Israel. Today it's Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal. From the BBC:

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Prince Saud told the BBC that the West was partly responsible for the current stand-off with Iran over its nuclear policy because, he said, it had helped Israel develop its own nuclear arsenal.

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Now consider that I'm not Jewish, nor Christian nor Muslim nor Arab, and my response to these Muslims should have at least an ounce of weight: shut the fuck up. I am tired of hearing Muslims bitch about Israel. The country is not leaving -- it is not, as Iran's "president" suggested, being relocated to Alaska.

Peacefully living alongside Israel requires only that Muslims stop blowing themselves and Israelis to pieces.

I'm not 'Maddox'

I've received several emails over the months from Shaved Apes who claim I'm some guy called "Maddox". I'm not, you sons of bitches. Leave it be.

Judge Cashman must go

Judge Cashman of Vermont has sentenced a convicted child rapist to 60 days in jail. Yes, you read that correctly. Sixty days. The victim was a 6-year-old girl.

Send a comment directly to Vermont's governor, Jim Douglas, here. Be civil -- we're not a nation of barbarians.

I saw a piece on the infamous Cashman on Bill O'Reilly tonight, and am thoroughly disgusted by the liberalism exhibited by this guy. He holds the typically liberal view of prison: it's for rehabiliation, not punishment. In my view, jail and prison should be used to remove criminals from society, whether it's permanent or temporary. I don't care whether they get rehabilitated or not. Get them off my streets, away from my kids, and out of my neighborhood.

Tonight I'm polishing my voter registration card in eager anticipation of the next election -- where I'll dutifully vote to kick out any and all liberals. I have had enough. I hope you have, too.

Iran winds down existence

Yesterday Iran removed UN seals on its nuclear materials.



The UN will completely fuck the Iran situation, and everybody knows it. Remember 800,000 dead in Rwanda, or the more than 300,000 dead in Iraq? People like Iran's current "president" have been taught that defying the UN carries no consequences.

China and Russia, who have lucrative economic dealings with Iran over the nuclear materials and technology, refuse to go along with the other Security Council members in a strongly worded statement to Iran. Hmmmmm. Sounds like the invasion of Iraq all over again.

We need somebody with backbone to give Iran an ultimatum. "Give up all nuclear programs, peaceful or military, or be destroyed." Shaved Apes, there is only one such country with the rocks to make such a needed declaration. You know the one I'm thinking of.

Poor 'ole France

World War II was the only time France was on the right side. A pity we liberated them. The Nazis could have kept them in check. Lately we get to hear them continually drivel on about the wonders of Red China, and, of course, the would-be nation of terrorists - Palestine.

It's absurd. I spent six years learning French, and I now consider that a complete waste of time.

From Le Monde Diplomatique:

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Worse still, the Gaza withdrawal is portrayed as a significant gesture by Sharon. It has reinforced his credit in the United States and Europe (and opened the way for a grand official visit to France). Yet, as the United Nations points out, Gaza remains an occupied territory: the army is still carrying out frequent incursions and the Israeli government has even decided to impose a security zone inside Palestinian territory, evacuating part of the population to do so.

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Gee, do ya think the "frequent incursions" have anything to do with rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza? What the FUCK is wrong with the French? What disease do they suffer? I believe it's called socialism.

Today's Muslims compared to yesterday's Germans

When a large and vocal Nazi group took shape in the USA in the mid to late 1930s, German Americans were alarmed and angry. They formed counter groups, and staged protests when this Nazi group, known as the Bund, rallied. Their protest signs read, "Germans Against Hitler," among other clear statements of positions. They were really angry about Germans who sided with Hitler.

More on the Bund here and here.

In the days, weeks, and years after 9/11 I didn't see any Muslim groups form, and rally with signs reading, "Muslims against Osama bin Laden." Nor were there any picketers with signs reading, "Muslims agains terrorism." Did you see any?

On the contrary, Muslims have a "safety kit" during this "time of crisis." Check this out.

All Muslims have to do to abate the crisis is to a) stop blowing innocent civilians to bits, and / or b) come out against such people. And carefully worded statements of condemnation appearing on the websites of CAIR and MAS are full of shit, and everyone knows it.

The first "fatwa" (try not to laugh at this cartoonish relic from the 8th century) against OBL was from Spanish Muslims. It was issued some time after their 3/11 massacre, which scared Spain into leaving Iraq. This was several years after 9/11.

Miners' last words

This is heartbreaking:

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"Tell all I (will) see them on the other side," read the brief note found with the body of 51-year-old mine foreman Martin Toler Jr. "It wasn't bad. I just went to sleep. I love you. Jr."

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Iranian "president" hopes for Sharon's death

The Iranian people are long overdue for liberation. I hope we get there before the Israelis.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
From Ireland Online:

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Iran’s ultra-conservative president said tonight he hoped Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would die.

It was the latest anti-Israeli comment by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has already provoked international criticism for suggesting that Israel be “wiped off the map”.

“Hopefully, the news that the criminal of Sabra and Chatilla has joined his ancestors is final,” he was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Iranian Students News Agency.

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Pat Robertson
Of course, religious whackos aren't limited to Islam:

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NORFOLK, Va. - Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."

"God considers this land to be his," Robertson said on his TV program "The 700 Club." "You read the Bible and he says `This is my land,' and for any prime minister of
Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, `No, this is mine.'"

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Internet USA under attack

The title to this post is wild, unconfirmed speculation. Can you even confirm speculation? Some nights I have trouble reaching certain websites. After a year of the up-down nature of this stuff, I may have spotted the pattern.

All the servers that I believe are housed in the USA are slow or completely unresponsive. All the servers I believe are housed outside the USA are fit as a digital fiddle. I spend a lot of time on the web, as you do -- at work, at home, and even in the car (it's a long story). I also bang against a regular set of uberservers (such as Google and BBC). These are puppies that should be lightning quick and mirrored beyond belief.

The gaping hole in the theory is that I'm sitting in the USA while surfing around the quick, non-USA servers when the USA slowdown occurs.

Interestingly enough, I can publish (like right now), but I can't call up any Blogger blogs. Are the servers housing the data for Blogger offshore, but the rest are in the USA?

Who can figure this out?

Justice

"If justice cannot be done by society then an individual has the right to his or her own justice."

--attributed to A. J. Quinnell, author

AJQ is a life-long donut baker and a sodden beer-drunk. He's the son of the son of the remnants of a very global British Empire. Through family connections he has made numerous likewise sudsy friends who have inspired a baker's dozen stories, or so. (Just kidding...)

And...

Justice, as defined by Merriam-Webster.

Main Entry: jus·tice
Pronunciation: 'j&s-t&s
Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Old French; Old English justice, from Old French justice, from Latin justitia, from justus

1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b : JUDGE c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity

2 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b (1) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) : conformity to this principle or ideal : RIGHTEOUSNESS c : the quality of conforming to law

3 : conformity to truth, fact, or reason : CORRECTNESS