Friday, June 30, 2006
Hands-free cell not safer than drunk
A new study has just come out saying that cell phone use in cars, even hands-free, is as unsafe as driving drunk. (Detroit Free Press)
This is not news; this has been well documented for years. Studies were done before the first state or city banned handset cell phone use in vehicles. That's why it was laughable when politicians passed those laws. They knew, as we (people who read newspapers) did, that it wouldn't make anything safer. The brain operates slightly differenty when talking on the phone regardless of handset or hands-free.
Politicians who argued in favor of hands-free-only laws were trying to make themselves look good, not make the public safer. This is known.
Dumb Shaved Apes.
This is not news; this has been well documented for years. Studies were done before the first state or city banned handset cell phone use in vehicles. That's why it was laughable when politicians passed those laws. They knew, as we (people who read newspapers) did, that it wouldn't make anything safer. The brain operates slightly differenty when talking on the phone regardless of handset or hands-free.
Politicians who argued in favor of hands-free-only laws were trying to make themselves look good, not make the public safer. This is known.
Dumb Shaved Apes.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Hamas mad at U.S.
Hamas is mad that the U.S. is backing Israel on their Gaza military action (BBC). Ah, Hamas, if you don't kidnap IDF soldiers, there will be no military action. Hello? I don't think anybody's home at the terrorist organization.
Or are they that fucking stupid?
Or are they that fucking stupid?
Flag burning amendment fails
Flag burning is still allowed by the U.S. Constitution after a push for an amendment fails by one vote. Bloomberg.
I'm going to apply some liberal logic, just for fun:
Flag burning must remain legal, or the practice will return to dark alleys.
I'm going to apply some liberal logic, just for fun:
Flag burning must remain legal, or the practice will return to dark alleys.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Israel finally crushing the terrorists?
BBC:
The Israeli air force has attacked three bridges and a power station in the Gaza Strip amid heightened tension over the capture of an Israeli soldier.
It is not yet clear if there are any casualties but the strike on the plant has plunged much of Gaza into darkness.
Israeli tanks have been gathering on the border following the capture of Cpl Shalid Gilad by militants on Sunday.
Left still afraid of 'military-industrial establishment'
I thought the hippies might let it lie, but a quick look at Democratic Underground showed me they're still smoking the same joint.
DU: "In both cases, the American military-industrial establishment hunkered down in its paranoia until some event could be seized upon as justification for expanding an already bloated military."
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have been born in the United States, to have been educated and raised here, enjoying the benefits of a strong economy and a freedom-based system, and then, at some point or turn of events, to decide you hate it bitterly and believe everything the government does is designed to hurt you personally. What an awful life it must be, believing that.
When these kooks go to the local DMV, or Social Security Administration office, do they believe that the folks behind the counter have it in for them? Do they parse every word of Bush's speeches for secret messages being sent to the "military-industrial establishment"? Do they actually believe Bush launched what is considered a major war to enrich his buddies? It would be self-torture to believe in these kinds of things.
Todays' DU diatribe talks of the "military-industrial establishment's" paranoia. I think the far-left crowd DU appeals to may be better served by looking in the mirror on matters of paranoia because the bottom line is this: the government, while imperfect, is not out to get you.
DU: "In both cases, the American military-industrial establishment hunkered down in its paranoia until some event could be seized upon as justification for expanding an already bloated military."
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have been born in the United States, to have been educated and raised here, enjoying the benefits of a strong economy and a freedom-based system, and then, at some point or turn of events, to decide you hate it bitterly and believe everything the government does is designed to hurt you personally. What an awful life it must be, believing that.
When these kooks go to the local DMV, or Social Security Administration office, do they believe that the folks behind the counter have it in for them? Do they parse every word of Bush's speeches for secret messages being sent to the "military-industrial establishment"? Do they actually believe Bush launched what is considered a major war to enrich his buddies? It would be self-torture to believe in these kinds of things.
Todays' DU diatribe talks of the "military-industrial establishment's" paranoia. I think the far-left crowd DU appeals to may be better served by looking in the mirror on matters of paranoia because the bottom line is this: the government, while imperfect, is not out to get you.
Asteroids and snakes
Five items to make you run and hide...
5. A large asteroid will pass close to us on July 3. It won't hit the earth, but since it was discovered only a year and a half ago, it demonstrates that a life-ending event (ELE?) could be just around the corner. If the asteroid's orbit was bound for earth, what could we have done in 18 months? We can't even get a shuttle off the ground in that much time.
We'll have to leave earth at some point if we're to survive as a species. And if you think people are fat slobs now, just wait until gravity is gone.
Space.com.
4. BBC headline: Snake displays changing colours. What was Hillarious Clinton doing in a Borneo rainforest?
3. Drudge links to the Powerline blog, which is a little odd considering Matt Drudge doesn't like blogs and takes issue when people refer to him as a blogger. Powerline found a September 2001 New York Times article lecturing the Bush administration on the proper methods of combating terrorism. On the list is going after terrorist financing. The liberals shamelessly change their opinions when a Republican is in charge. Powerline via Drudge.
2. The BBC has an interesting story about the marsh Arabs, the subculture of Iraqis that Saddam Hussein obliterated. Liberals were in favor of that. BBC.
1. USA Today headline: Poll finds Americans proud of military, economy. Liberals, of course, are ashamed of both, and that explains why they have no political power. I hope it stays that way.
5. A large asteroid will pass close to us on July 3. It won't hit the earth, but since it was discovered only a year and a half ago, it demonstrates that a life-ending event (ELE?) could be just around the corner. If the asteroid's orbit was bound for earth, what could we have done in 18 months? We can't even get a shuttle off the ground in that much time.
We'll have to leave earth at some point if we're to survive as a species. And if you think people are fat slobs now, just wait until gravity is gone.
Space.com.
4. BBC headline: Snake displays changing colours. What was Hillarious Clinton doing in a Borneo rainforest?
3. Drudge links to the Powerline blog, which is a little odd considering Matt Drudge doesn't like blogs and takes issue when people refer to him as a blogger. Powerline found a September 2001 New York Times article lecturing the Bush administration on the proper methods of combating terrorism. On the list is going after terrorist financing. The liberals shamelessly change their opinions when a Republican is in charge. Powerline via Drudge.
2. The BBC has an interesting story about the marsh Arabs, the subculture of Iraqis that Saddam Hussein obliterated. Liberals were in favor of that. BBC.
1. USA Today headline: Poll finds Americans proud of military, economy. Liberals, of course, are ashamed of both, and that explains why they have no political power. I hope it stays that way.
Rush: Viagra and Oxy Contin
Rush Limbaugh, survivor of the Oxy Contin media flare-up, is now under investigation for having a bottle of Viagra in his luggage without a prescription (or the bottle didn't have his name on it, or somesuch).
Oxy Contin and Viagra? I think we know what Rush does with his evenings.
Oxy Contin and Viagra? I think we know what Rush does with his evenings.
Monday, June 26, 2006
The awful weather of Southern California
The little sun image is smiling and happy, but he's not smiling because of happiness. He's cooking all 19 million people of the Los Angeles area, and the evil bastard gets a charge out of it.
But it's a dry 90 degrees! My favorite temp is where I set my thermostat, and it sure ain't 90. I would go to the beach and cool off, but if I jumped in the water a shark would bite off my foot. How would I move from couch to fridge and back? I may have to summer in Anchorage.
Sunday's racing was best of 2006
It was a fantastic Sunday for racing. My favorite drivers won in three of the four series I follow.
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Jeff Gordon got his first win of the year at Sonoma, moving him back into the top 10 in points. As usual, Robby Gordon and Tony Stewart smashed into a dozen cars between them. These guys are talented, but they are clownish hacks at the same time.
ChampCar: AJ Allmendinger won for the second time in a row, this time at Cleveland. Amazingly, AJ was fired from Russport three races ago after criticizing a pit stop. Since moving to Forsythe Racing he's won twice. The Cleveland win marked the first back-to-back win for an American driver since Michael Andretti. As a bonus, AJ broke an 8-year-old track record.
Also, yesterday's race was absurd from beginning to end. A turn one crash saw Paul Tracy's car launch into the air, falling directly on the head of Sebastien Bourdais, the 2005 series champion. On the last lap rookie Dan Clark dive-bombed Dominguez on turn one, was crossed by Dominguez on the exit, then Clark lost control and took out both cars.
MotoGP: Nicky Hayden beat Colin Edwards on the last lap to win the TT Assen, and increased his championship lead to 42 points. Hayden passed for the lead, went wide into the kitty litter, while Edwards oscillated onto the ground. It was the best MotoGP finish of the year.
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Jeff Gordon got his first win of the year at Sonoma, moving him back into the top 10 in points. As usual, Robby Gordon and Tony Stewart smashed into a dozen cars between them. These guys are talented, but they are clownish hacks at the same time.
ChampCar: AJ Allmendinger won for the second time in a row, this time at Cleveland. Amazingly, AJ was fired from Russport three races ago after criticizing a pit stop. Since moving to Forsythe Racing he's won twice. The Cleveland win marked the first back-to-back win for an American driver since Michael Andretti. As a bonus, AJ broke an 8-year-old track record.
Also, yesterday's race was absurd from beginning to end. A turn one crash saw Paul Tracy's car launch into the air, falling directly on the head of Sebastien Bourdais, the 2005 series champion. On the last lap rookie Dan Clark dive-bombed Dominguez on turn one, was crossed by Dominguez on the exit, then Clark lost control and took out both cars.
MotoGP: Nicky Hayden beat Colin Edwards on the last lap to win the TT Assen, and increased his championship lead to 42 points. Hayden passed for the lead, went wide into the kitty litter, while Edwards oscillated onto the ground. It was the best MotoGP finish of the year.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Bush broke the Hubble telescope, and other stuff
Five items superior to any Aaron Spelling TV show...
5. No mercy for AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre: "Whitacre's latest gem comes from a Senate hearing this week, where he defended the changes to AT&T's privacy policy by saying it was merely meant "to make the policy easier for consumers to read". That's funny, Ed, since it really looks like it's intended to cover AT&T's butt should its questionable data-sharing come to light again." TechDirt.
4. TechDirt chronicles a very dumb teen suing MySpace for not protecting her from internet predators, and the equally dumb man accused of statutorily raping her. Both are after money, of course.
3. The Hubble's main camera has stopped working, NASA says. It's Bush's fault! If he had signed the Kyoto Protocol, none of this would be happening! How was my imitation of a stupid hippie liberal? Space.com.
2. Aaron Spelling, creator of horrible TV shows, died in his home yesterday at age 83. Or did you think Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, Love Boat or 90210 were good shows? Seattle Times.
1. A new study says blacks hear better than whites. This is not true. Have you ever heard two black women speaking? Even if they're standing right next to each other, they yell at the top of their lungs. My theory is that black women don't hear as well as men or white women. Why else would they yell so loudly? Health Day.
5. No mercy for AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre: "Whitacre's latest gem comes from a Senate hearing this week, where he defended the changes to AT&T's privacy policy by saying it was merely meant "to make the policy easier for consumers to read". That's funny, Ed, since it really looks like it's intended to cover AT&T's butt should its questionable data-sharing come to light again." TechDirt.
4. TechDirt chronicles a very dumb teen suing MySpace for not protecting her from internet predators, and the equally dumb man accused of statutorily raping her. Both are after money, of course.
3. The Hubble's main camera has stopped working, NASA says. It's Bush's fault! If he had signed the Kyoto Protocol, none of this would be happening! How was my imitation of a stupid hippie liberal? Space.com.
2. Aaron Spelling, creator of horrible TV shows, died in his home yesterday at age 83. Or did you think Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, Love Boat or 90210 were good shows? Seattle Times.
1. A new study says blacks hear better than whites. This is not true. Have you ever heard two black women speaking? Even if they're standing right next to each other, they yell at the top of their lungs. My theory is that black women don't hear as well as men or white women. Why else would they yell so loudly? Health Day.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Dems fractured, weaker than ever
The 86-13 loss the hippies suffered this week is showing fractures within the Democratic party, even at the leadership level, according to an AP story released today.
"It is, I think, a tribute to the Democratic Party at this moment in time that we are honestly and openly struggling with a lot of the difficult issues facing our country," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, another potential Democratic presidential nominee, said Friday.
In the end, the GOP-led Senate defeated the two Democratic plans for pulling out U.S. forces but only after two weeks of haggling that left the party fractured on Iraq and even caused divisions in the leadership ranks, pitting Reid against his top lieutenant, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois.
Bush reforms emminent domain, and other stuff
Five items worthy of your attention...
5. According to AP, "President Bush ordered Friday that the federal government cannot seize private property except for a public use such as a hospital or road. The move occurred on the one-year anniversary of a controversial Supreme Court decision that gave local governments broad power to bulldoze people's homes to make way for private development."
4. A new study says we're getting more and more lonely. I recommend an adult DVD. AP.
3. As predicted by every non-liberal, the finding of WMDs in Iraq is too little, too late, and even too old to satisfy the hippies who think Bush lied. If Bush lied about WMD, why would he not lie about finding WMDs right away? He's only willing to lie to make himself look bad, but he's unwilling to lie to make himself look good? That's liberal (il)logic for you. Seattle Times.
2. Yesterday and today I saw news stories saying the earth is at its warmest in 400 years, 1000 years, and 2000 years. As the days go by the figures get more and more outlandish. Straight away, if we're the warmest in 2000 years, that means we were warmer in the year 6. Were there any "greenhouse" gases at that time? Were there any smokestacks? Global warming and cooling is cyclical, and I have neither seen nor heard a single shred of evidence to suggest it's anthropogenic. None.
Have you noticed the liberal trick of renaming something when it starts to get old? The dreaded greenhouse effect became global warming. When they realized nobody cared, they renamed it "climate change." George Carlin has a list of others, although because he's a hippie liberal he neglected to credit liberals with the changes: swamps became wetlands, illegal aliens became undocumented immigrants, etc.
These are the same hippies who told us the oil pipeline in Alaska would decimate the caribou population, when the opposite occurred. It's the same hippies who told us we'd run out of oil by 1980, when we've discovered more since 1980 than we ever thought possible. These are the same hippies who told us in the early 1970s that the world is cooling! The best advice you can give your kids is, "Don't listen to hippies."
Environment News Wire
1. Drudge: "Saddam Hussein believes the Americans may reinstall him as president of Iraq, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Sunday, newsroom sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT." This is obviously a delusion, but it brings to mind the concept that Muslim nations are generally brutal dictatorships or insane theocracies. Why might that be? Drudge.
5. According to AP, "President Bush ordered Friday that the federal government cannot seize private property except for a public use such as a hospital or road. The move occurred on the one-year anniversary of a controversial Supreme Court decision that gave local governments broad power to bulldoze people's homes to make way for private development."
4. A new study says we're getting more and more lonely. I recommend an adult DVD. AP.
3. As predicted by every non-liberal, the finding of WMDs in Iraq is too little, too late, and even too old to satisfy the hippies who think Bush lied. If Bush lied about WMD, why would he not lie about finding WMDs right away? He's only willing to lie to make himself look bad, but he's unwilling to lie to make himself look good? That's liberal (il)logic for you. Seattle Times.
2. Yesterday and today I saw news stories saying the earth is at its warmest in 400 years, 1000 years, and 2000 years. As the days go by the figures get more and more outlandish. Straight away, if we're the warmest in 2000 years, that means we were warmer in the year 6. Were there any "greenhouse" gases at that time? Were there any smokestacks? Global warming and cooling is cyclical, and I have neither seen nor heard a single shred of evidence to suggest it's anthropogenic. None.
Have you noticed the liberal trick of renaming something when it starts to get old? The dreaded greenhouse effect became global warming. When they realized nobody cared, they renamed it "climate change." George Carlin has a list of others, although because he's a hippie liberal he neglected to credit liberals with the changes: swamps became wetlands, illegal aliens became undocumented immigrants, etc.
These are the same hippies who told us the oil pipeline in Alaska would decimate the caribou population, when the opposite occurred. It's the same hippies who told us we'd run out of oil by 1980, when we've discovered more since 1980 than we ever thought possible. These are the same hippies who told us in the early 1970s that the world is cooling! The best advice you can give your kids is, "Don't listen to hippies."
Environment News Wire
1. Drudge: "Saddam Hussein believes the Americans may reinstall him as president of Iraq, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Sunday, newsroom sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT." This is obviously a delusion, but it brings to mind the concept that Muslim nations are generally brutal dictatorships or insane theocracies. Why might that be? Drudge.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Saddam ends hunger strike
Saddam gave up his hunger strike after missing one meal. Who's the chef at the facility housing him? Reuters.
Email follies
I've railed about this for many years, so why not once more? I received an email this morning that looked legitimate. It was from my bank. Since I don't open suspicious emails (my bank has never emailed me before), I looked at the information in the "from" and "subject" lines, then went to the bank website. Front and center, in bold red type, was an alert about an email phishing scam. I clicked the link to find out that anyone who opened the email and followed the instructions, which was to give out personal information, had just been victimized by the scam.
Without trying to sound arrogant, why can't everybody do what I did? Never open any emails that seem strange? Open only emails you are expecting, or from friends and co-workers who regularly send you email. No exceptions. I wonder how many people stupidly lost their personal info by opening that supposed bank email, and how many of them will now lose their identity, credit, and who knows what else.
Ultimately the scammer is to blame, but the idiot Shaved Apes (you, we) need to take responsibility for our own computer security. As I've said before, these kinds of scams are in their second decade. How can anyone not know how to avoid them? I have ZERO pity for anybody who falls for a phishing scam. None. Nada. Zed.
And my second issue of the day is my bank's link to more information about the scam. It was red and eye-catching, as it should be, but when I clicked on it I was stuck with a PDF file. This is such a strong pet peeve of mine it's included on my list of things that piss me off. What idiot web developer thought it was OK to link to a PDF without a warning? I despise PDF files as worthless crap. Whenever I load one my processor pegs at 100% for 1-2 minutes, and I lose control of my browser (and entire PC) for about three minutes. This is infuriating. Fuck PDFs once and for all.
To recap: If you get a virus or fall victim to a phishing scam via email, you deserve it because you are a dumbass. You have no brain, so you probably think with your colon. If you don't do what I did above, you just can't learn so you should give up technology. And, if you design or manage websites, put a note that a link leads to a PDF file or I'll never return, and hopefully a few million of my buddies will do the same. It's common courtesy. Besides, what information can't be served up in HTML, which is fast and mostly free of problems?
Without trying to sound arrogant, why can't everybody do what I did? Never open any emails that seem strange? Open only emails you are expecting, or from friends and co-workers who regularly send you email. No exceptions. I wonder how many people stupidly lost their personal info by opening that supposed bank email, and how many of them will now lose their identity, credit, and who knows what else.
Ultimately the scammer is to blame, but the idiot Shaved Apes (you, we) need to take responsibility for our own computer security. As I've said before, these kinds of scams are in their second decade. How can anyone not know how to avoid them? I have ZERO pity for anybody who falls for a phishing scam. None. Nada. Zed.
And my second issue of the day is my bank's link to more information about the scam. It was red and eye-catching, as it should be, but when I clicked on it I was stuck with a PDF file. This is such a strong pet peeve of mine it's included on my list of things that piss me off. What idiot web developer thought it was OK to link to a PDF without a warning? I despise PDF files as worthless crap. Whenever I load one my processor pegs at 100% for 1-2 minutes, and I lose control of my browser (and entire PC) for about three minutes. This is infuriating. Fuck PDFs once and for all.
To recap: If you get a virus or fall victim to a phishing scam via email, you deserve it because you are a dumbass. You have no brain, so you probably think with your colon. If you don't do what I did above, you just can't learn so you should give up technology. And, if you design or manage websites, put a note that a link leads to a PDF file or I'll never return, and hopefully a few million of my buddies will do the same. It's common courtesy. Besides, what information can't be served up in HTML, which is fast and mostly free of problems?
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Liberal politics tracked
If you haven't seen discoverthenetwork.org yet, give it a whirl. It's a handy tool for keeping track of the liberal political machine.
Liberal cowards and other stuff
Five items to raise your stress level...
5. A second lawyer for Saddam Hussein is murdered, prompting the dictator to launch a hunger strike. This is the only mass murderer that I don't want to die by suicide. He deserves Iraqi justice after 30 years of brutality, including more than 70 mass graves. Times of London.
4. USA out of World Cup thanks to formidable opponents -- Ghana and the referees. BBC.
3. Thirteen Senate liberals believe U.S. troops should abandon Iraqis in January 2007. Kerry and Feingold, two of the most rabidly liberal Senators in the country, sponsored the doomed amendment. They were calling for "redeployment," the new liberal word for "run away." Keep in mind that Blackhawk Down, the chronicle of a liberal run-away strategy, was Saddam Hussein's favorite movie. Hussein even gave copies to his top secret policemen and his army generals.
Here are the extreme liberals who voted "yea" to the "run away" amendment:
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Boxer (D-CA)
Akaka (D-HI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Wyden (D-OR)
Senate.gov
Fox News
2. Southern California due for a huge quake according to Scripps scientist. Living in Long Beach, Calif., I'm not too comforted by the news. I learned from the Katrina victims, though. I won't stockpile any supplies, and when the "gubment" can't immediately bring me a peanut butter sandwich, I'm going to cry racism. AP.
1. The most common nouns in the English language are "time," "person," and "year," according to the Oxford University Press. I was sure "dumbass" would claim the title. AFP.
5. A second lawyer for Saddam Hussein is murdered, prompting the dictator to launch a hunger strike. This is the only mass murderer that I don't want to die by suicide. He deserves Iraqi justice after 30 years of brutality, including more than 70 mass graves. Times of London.
4. USA out of World Cup thanks to formidable opponents -- Ghana and the referees. BBC.
3. Thirteen Senate liberals believe U.S. troops should abandon Iraqis in January 2007. Kerry and Feingold, two of the most rabidly liberal Senators in the country, sponsored the doomed amendment. They were calling for "redeployment," the new liberal word for "run away." Keep in mind that Blackhawk Down, the chronicle of a liberal run-away strategy, was Saddam Hussein's favorite movie. Hussein even gave copies to his top secret policemen and his army generals.
Here are the extreme liberals who voted "yea" to the "run away" amendment:
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Boxer (D-CA)
Akaka (D-HI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Wyden (D-OR)
Senate.gov
Fox News
2. Southern California due for a huge quake according to Scripps scientist. Living in Long Beach, Calif., I'm not too comforted by the news. I learned from the Katrina victims, though. I won't stockpile any supplies, and when the "gubment" can't immediately bring me a peanut butter sandwich, I'm going to cry racism. AP.
1. The most common nouns in the English language are "time," "person," and "year," according to the Oxford University Press. I was sure "dumbass" would claim the title. AFP.
Fuck World Cup Soccer
I remember why I don't care about soccer, plus I have a new reason not to care. No. 1, it's boring as all fuck. A bunch of guys run around on a huge field for 90 minutes. If you're extremely lucky there will be a single goal. You can see all the action in the 20-second update on the nightly news. No. 2, at this World Cup, the officials are clearly against the U.S. I watched most of the USA-Italy game, and I'm half way through USA-Ghana, and it's the exact same thing.
True, the USA isn't playing very well. We're just not a good team. That said, the officials are penalizing the USA when no foul is committed. A bad call just gave Ghana a goal from a penalty kick and, since scoring is almost a non-factor in soccer, they will probably win because of it. In this game the announcers are saying the same thing they said in the previous games: "Are the officials watching the same game we are?" Officials penalize the USA for absolutely nothing, when the opposing team gets called for perhaps half of their fouls.
And, where is the physical play I saw at the last Olympics? This is cowardly, chicken-shit stuff, for the most part. These guys should be in Hollywood, not Germany. Bunch of babies. Why not play a sport where there's actual danger?
Fuck soccer, fuck World Cup.
UPDATE: Ghana just drove for the USA goal and I was wondering how a guy got through our lines. The commentator cleared it up for me: Ghana was offside and the officials didn't call it. Less than 60 seconds later, the USA drove for Ghana's goal -- offside! Fifteen seconds later USA drives for Ghana's goal again, and ... offside! I'm turning off the TV now.
True, the USA isn't playing very well. We're just not a good team. That said, the officials are penalizing the USA when no foul is committed. A bad call just gave Ghana a goal from a penalty kick and, since scoring is almost a non-factor in soccer, they will probably win because of it. In this game the announcers are saying the same thing they said in the previous games: "Are the officials watching the same game we are?" Officials penalize the USA for absolutely nothing, when the opposing team gets called for perhaps half of their fouls.
And, where is the physical play I saw at the last Olympics? This is cowardly, chicken-shit stuff, for the most part. These guys should be in Hollywood, not Germany. Bunch of babies. Why not play a sport where there's actual danger?
Fuck soccer, fuck World Cup.
UPDATE: Ghana just drove for the USA goal and I was wondering how a guy got through our lines. The commentator cleared it up for me: Ghana was offside and the officials didn't call it. Less than 60 seconds later, the USA drove for Ghana's goal -- offside! Fifteen seconds later USA drives for Ghana's goal again, and ... offside! I'm turning off the TV now.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Head-sized burger
This amazing creation comes from a Southern California burger joint. It is the size of a human head.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Dems say we'll lose war on terror, and other stuff
Five items to crush your spirit...
5. In a political stunt, House Repblicans passed a resolution stating that "the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary." Stunt though it was, 149 Democrats, an overwhelming majority of them, voted "nay." I don't like political stunts, but what I like less are liberals who think we're going to lose, or at best, think we're not at war. House.gov, via Drudge.
4. I have met three Iraqis in the last two years -- the only three I've ever met. One is a Kurd from Mosul, another is from Basrah, and another from a town in the west of the country. All three have different religious-ethic affiliations. All believe the Iraq War was a wonderful thing. Last night the guy from the western part of Iraq said that under Saddam if you were caught with a cell phone or satellite dish, you would be killed. He also said he would never forget what the U.S. military did for his country. He kissed his fingers and held his hand up and said, "Freedom is a great thing."
This is a sharp contrast to the words of Hillarious Clinton, who recently called the war a "strategic blunder," and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who called it a "grotesque mistake." San Francisco Testicle.
Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Leader
3. Help me with this. How can Iran, a nation that violated the NPT by enriching uranium in secret for a minimum of three years, and says it will use a 'nuclear defense' to any attack, be doing anything other than developing nuclear technology for weapons? AP.
2. Cynthia McKinney is off the hook. What happens if you or I strike a police officer? AP.
1. World Cup: Angola and Mexico in 0-0 tie. Do you remember a story that came out a few years back, which said there were more land mines in Angola than people? I wonder if that's why Angolans are getting good at soccer. They're used to running around the mines. AP.
5. In a political stunt, House Repblicans passed a resolution stating that "the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary." Stunt though it was, 149 Democrats, an overwhelming majority of them, voted "nay." I don't like political stunts, but what I like less are liberals who think we're going to lose, or at best, think we're not at war. House.gov, via Drudge.
4. I have met three Iraqis in the last two years -- the only three I've ever met. One is a Kurd from Mosul, another is from Basrah, and another from a town in the west of the country. All three have different religious-ethic affiliations. All believe the Iraq War was a wonderful thing. Last night the guy from the western part of Iraq said that under Saddam if you were caught with a cell phone or satellite dish, you would be killed. He also said he would never forget what the U.S. military did for his country. He kissed his fingers and held his hand up and said, "Freedom is a great thing."
This is a sharp contrast to the words of Hillarious Clinton, who recently called the war a "strategic blunder," and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who called it a "grotesque mistake." San Francisco Testicle.
Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Leader
3. Help me with this. How can Iran, a nation that violated the NPT by enriching uranium in secret for a minimum of three years, and says it will use a 'nuclear defense' to any attack, be doing anything other than developing nuclear technology for weapons? AP.
2. Cynthia McKinney is off the hook. What happens if you or I strike a police officer? AP.
1. World Cup: Angola and Mexico in 0-0 tie. Do you remember a story that came out a few years back, which said there were more land mines in Angola than people? I wonder if that's why Angolans are getting good at soccer. They're used to running around the mines. AP.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Religious idiocy, dead flies, and other stuff
Five items to further erode your faith in humanity...
5. Two new species of fly are discovered in the Scottish Highlands. Great. Catalogue them, photograph them, collect a bit of DNA, and then ERADICATE THE FUCKERS. Times of London.
4. AP headline: FEMA funds spent on divorce, sex change. In addition to a sex change, $1.4 billion in bogus FEMA payouts after Katrina and Rita included "season football tickets" and "a tropical vacation." That's government in action. AP.
3. Indonesia gave an early release from jail to Abu Bashir. Idiots. Idiots. Idiots. He had been jailed for conspiracy in the Muslim Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people. Do you think he'll continue preaching hate and death to his Muslim following? Hopefully his asshole is bigger now than it was prior to the jail term. AP.
2. Have you heard about the religious idiots who are banning World Cup soccer viewing? First (Breitbart), Islamic courts in Mogadishu, Somalia stopped residents from watching, which resulted in riots and death. Second (Toronto Star), Buddhist monks in Cambodia have been allowed to watch, but cannot cheer or get excited. These are just idiots.
1. A new virus, Yamanner / Ajax, has hit the world's largest email provider, Yahoo Mail. As usual, the user has to be a COMPLETE DUMBFUCK to trigger the virus. Has nobody ever heard that it's bad to open an unsolicited email? Bunch of dumb Shaved Apes. Anybody who gets an email virus is sorely deserving of one. I mean, come on! It's 2006, people. Pull your collective heads out of your puckered asses and wise up. We've known about these things for a decade now. Information Week.
5. Two new species of fly are discovered in the Scottish Highlands. Great. Catalogue them, photograph them, collect a bit of DNA, and then ERADICATE THE FUCKERS. Times of London.
4. AP headline: FEMA funds spent on divorce, sex change. In addition to a sex change, $1.4 billion in bogus FEMA payouts after Katrina and Rita included "season football tickets" and "a tropical vacation." That's government in action. AP.
3. Indonesia gave an early release from jail to Abu Bashir. Idiots. Idiots. Idiots. He had been jailed for conspiracy in the Muslim Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people. Do you think he'll continue preaching hate and death to his Muslim following? Hopefully his asshole is bigger now than it was prior to the jail term. AP.
2. Have you heard about the religious idiots who are banning World Cup soccer viewing? First (Breitbart), Islamic courts in Mogadishu, Somalia stopped residents from watching, which resulted in riots and death. Second (Toronto Star), Buddhist monks in Cambodia have been allowed to watch, but cannot cheer or get excited. These are just idiots.
1. A new virus, Yamanner / Ajax, has hit the world's largest email provider, Yahoo Mail. As usual, the user has to be a COMPLETE DUMBFUCK to trigger the virus. Has nobody ever heard that it's bad to open an unsolicited email? Bunch of dumb Shaved Apes. Anybody who gets an email virus is sorely deserving of one. I mean, come on! It's 2006, people. Pull your collective heads out of your puckered asses and wise up. We've known about these things for a decade now. Information Week.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Liberals lament death of Zarqawi
Five items for your pleasure...
5. Newsbusters has compiled the top 20 political blogs -- using data and estimates.
MOST POPULAR POLITICAL BLOGS
(Based on SiteMeter data and Alexa estimates)
1. Huffington Post 530,000*
2. Daily Kos 490,261
3. National Review 355,000*
4. Raw Story 354,152
5. Free Republic 255,000*
6. Crooks and Liars 177,634
7. Instapundit.com 142,855
8. Michelle Malkin 131,645
9. Eschaton 115,447
10. Talking Points Memo 110,000*
11. Common Dreams 105,774
12. America Blog 101,450
13. Little Green Footballs 100,098
14. Firedoglake 65,888
15. Power Line 65,723
16. NewsBusters 54,899
17. Wizbang 48,475
18. Washington Monthly 43,642
19. Hot Air 39,779
20. Hugh Hewitt 35,976
4. Teens have a cell phone ring tone that adults can't hear. Doesn't the vibrate setting make this unecessary? AP.
3. If you're like me, you have been wondering why the left is more upset over Zarqawi's death, particularly whether or not he was beaten to death by U.S. forces, than any of the civilian beheadings ordered by Zarqawi. Do you still think Democrats / liberals / socialists are on our side in the war on terror? AP.
2. Tropical storm Alberto, who is rumored to be an illegal alien up from Ole Mexico, is prompting mass evacuations in Florida. Hey, Floridians, we don't want to hear about it any more. You chose to live there, and you can be quiet about it. AP.
1. Liberals are calling for the closure of GTMO over the three recent suicides. Are they calling for all U.S. prisons to be closed? Suicides are not uncommon in prisons. This headline at Huffington Post speaks volumes: "At Gitmo: Death Before Dishonor." These pukes are on the side of the terrorists. There's no other conclusion to be made. Reuters.
5. Newsbusters has compiled the top 20 political blogs -- using data and estimates.
MOST POPULAR POLITICAL BLOGS
(Based on SiteMeter data and Alexa estimates)
1. Huffington Post 530,000*
2. Daily Kos 490,261
3. National Review 355,000*
4. Raw Story 354,152
5. Free Republic 255,000*
6. Crooks and Liars 177,634
7. Instapundit.com 142,855
8. Michelle Malkin 131,645
9. Eschaton 115,447
10. Talking Points Memo 110,000*
11. Common Dreams 105,774
12. America Blog 101,450
13. Little Green Footballs 100,098
14. Firedoglake 65,888
15. Power Line 65,723
16. NewsBusters 54,899
17. Wizbang 48,475
18. Washington Monthly 43,642
19. Hot Air 39,779
20. Hugh Hewitt 35,976
4. Teens have a cell phone ring tone that adults can't hear. Doesn't the vibrate setting make this unecessary? AP.
3. If you're like me, you have been wondering why the left is more upset over Zarqawi's death, particularly whether or not he was beaten to death by U.S. forces, than any of the civilian beheadings ordered by Zarqawi. Do you still think Democrats / liberals / socialists are on our side in the war on terror? AP.
2. Tropical storm Alberto, who is rumored to be an illegal alien up from Ole Mexico, is prompting mass evacuations in Florida. Hey, Floridians, we don't want to hear about it any more. You chose to live there, and you can be quiet about it. AP.
1. Liberals are calling for the closure of GTMO over the three recent suicides. Are they calling for all U.S. prisons to be closed? Suicides are not uncommon in prisons. This headline at Huffington Post speaks volumes: "At Gitmo: Death Before Dishonor." These pukes are on the side of the terrorists. There's no other conclusion to be made. Reuters.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Gore 'engaging,' Murtha's plan, and other stuff
Five items to make you shrug...
5. Three more terrorists croak. Whenever a terrorist kills himself without taking others with him, it's a good thing. These three amigos offed themselves at GTMO, leaving three fewer voices to whine that the air conditioning is too cold. BBC.
4. Murtha plans to run for House Majority Leader if Dems retake the House in November. Now we know what's behind his anti-American rhetoric: an appeal to his pathetic, far left base in an attempt to increase personal power. It is crystal clear now. LA Times.
3. Israel is not allowed to make a mistake. Hamas called off their truce with Israel after Israeli bombs mistakenly snuff a Palestinian family at the beach. Get ready for little kids to march with bomb vests. Boston Globe.
2. A new beheading video from Iraq should cheer liberals, who suffered a defeat this week with the annihilation of Zarqawi. AP.
1. Detroit Free Press says "Gore proves engaging in climate film." What? Gore couldn't engage a gnat.
5. Three more terrorists croak. Whenever a terrorist kills himself without taking others with him, it's a good thing. These three amigos offed themselves at GTMO, leaving three fewer voices to whine that the air conditioning is too cold. BBC.
4. Murtha plans to run for House Majority Leader if Dems retake the House in November. Now we know what's behind his anti-American rhetoric: an appeal to his pathetic, far left base in an attempt to increase personal power. It is crystal clear now. LA Times.
3. Israel is not allowed to make a mistake. Hamas called off their truce with Israel after Israeli bombs mistakenly snuff a Palestinian family at the beach. Get ready for little kids to march with bomb vests. Boston Globe.
2. A new beheading video from Iraq should cheer liberals, who suffered a defeat this week with the annihilation of Zarqawi. AP.
1. Detroit Free Press says "Gore proves engaging in climate film." What? Gore couldn't engage a gnat.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
U.S. giving Iran nuke technology
Perhaps we should give Iran our nuclear technology. Ahmadinejad can keep all the nuclear technology he can find in the rubble.
Detox for gamers, border webcams, and other stuff
Five items for your relaxation...
5. A new 'detox clinic' has opened in Europe for video game addicts. Where was this when I needed it? The venerable Atari 2600 was a gateway game system for me. Breitbart via Drudge.
4. Babs Streisand is going on a climate change tour. That seems fitting, seeing as the climate on the end of her Everest-like nose is different than what surrounds the liberal crooner. She cited an "urgent need for private citizen support to combat dangerous climate change." Wow. Algore really got to her. Reuters.
3. Liberals are not on our side. If you need even more evidence than CNN or ABC-NBC-CBS, try this on for size.
2. Reuters offers this headline: NATO vows to boost Afghan mission despite violence. Despite? Violence is a great reason to expand the mission. Now you know why Reuters is dubbed "al-Reuters". They, along with European socialists and U.S. liberals, think that when things get tough, we should run away.
1. Texas's governor wants to install webcams on the border. I think the idea is terrific. It would be great entertainment, and the people of America can get a look at the problems along the border, since hearing about 1.5-3 million illegals flooding in every year isn't doing much. AP.
5. A new 'detox clinic' has opened in Europe for video game addicts. Where was this when I needed it? The venerable Atari 2600 was a gateway game system for me. Breitbart via Drudge.
4. Babs Streisand is going on a climate change tour. That seems fitting, seeing as the climate on the end of her Everest-like nose is different than what surrounds the liberal crooner. She cited an "urgent need for private citizen support to combat dangerous climate change." Wow. Algore really got to her. Reuters.
3. Liberals are not on our side. If you need even more evidence than CNN or ABC-NBC-CBS, try this on for size.
2. Reuters offers this headline: NATO vows to boost Afghan mission despite violence. Despite? Violence is a great reason to expand the mission. Now you know why Reuters is dubbed "al-Reuters". They, along with European socialists and U.S. liberals, think that when things get tough, we should run away.
1. Texas's governor wants to install webcams on the border. I think the idea is terrific. It would be great entertainment, and the people of America can get a look at the problems along the border, since hearing about 1.5-3 million illegals flooding in every year isn't doing much. AP.
Zarqawi snuffed
Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, al-qaeda's chief in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike. This is a great day. USA Today story here.
I've read and seen a lot of responses to the terrorist's death, including a few strange ones:
+ Fox News brought in a Christian priest to make people feel guilty. "We should not be gloating over the death of another," he intoned. Nonsense.
+ Allies were upbeat, with Bush, Blair, and Howard giving guarded, positive statements. Bush said it's an opportunity for the Iraqi government to turn the tide. Poland and Italy also had positive responses.
+ Nick Berg's pacifist father seemed sad about Zarqawi's death. Getting sad and fearful rather than getting angry is the typical liberal response. The guy is "sad for (Zarqawi's) family."
+ A family member of another dismembered U.S. citizen had this response: "My initial thoughts are that the world has rid itself of a very evil person - if a person at all. He's a specimen, that's what he is," Bigley told the AP. "I hope they catch the others ASAP." He also hoped that Zarqawi would "rot in hell."
+ John Kerry's statement included something about radicals hijacking religion. (Sigh.) It's more of the same garbage we saw during his failed presidential campaign.
+ The BBC and Reuters managed to publish stories without calling Zarqawi a terrorist. That's difficult to do, and probably cannot occur accidentally. Even The Turdian got it right.
+ CNN is talking about the stock market, while MSNBC is telling me about TiVo favorites from last night. Fox News has decided to cover Zarqawi in-depth.
+ The worst is this compilation of comments from liberal blogs. Via LGF. The classic "but" pattern is found in nearly every one of these posts. A few sentences are devoted to saying it's a good thing Zarqawi is gone, "but"... Then they go on to bash Bush, the war, righties, etc., etc. How did these people come to hate the U.S. so much? (hint: Vietnam hippy influence)
I've read and seen a lot of responses to the terrorist's death, including a few strange ones:
+ Fox News brought in a Christian priest to make people feel guilty. "We should not be gloating over the death of another," he intoned. Nonsense.
+ Allies were upbeat, with Bush, Blair, and Howard giving guarded, positive statements. Bush said it's an opportunity for the Iraqi government to turn the tide. Poland and Italy also had positive responses.
+ Nick Berg's pacifist father seemed sad about Zarqawi's death. Getting sad and fearful rather than getting angry is the typical liberal response. The guy is "sad for (Zarqawi's) family."
+ A family member of another dismembered U.S. citizen had this response: "My initial thoughts are that the world has rid itself of a very evil person - if a person at all. He's a specimen, that's what he is," Bigley told the AP. "I hope they catch the others ASAP." He also hoped that Zarqawi would "rot in hell."
+ John Kerry's statement included something about radicals hijacking religion. (Sigh.) It's more of the same garbage we saw during his failed presidential campaign.
+ The BBC and Reuters managed to publish stories without calling Zarqawi a terrorist. That's difficult to do, and probably cannot occur accidentally. Even The Turdian got it right.
+ CNN is talking about the stock market, while MSNBC is telling me about TiVo favorites from last night. Fox News has decided to cover Zarqawi in-depth.
+ The worst is this compilation of comments from liberal blogs. Via LGF. The classic "but" pattern is found in nearly every one of these posts. A few sentences are devoted to saying it's a good thing Zarqawi is gone, "but"... Then they go on to bash Bush, the war, righties, etc., etc. How did these people come to hate the U.S. so much? (hint: Vietnam hippy influence)
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Idiocy in the news
1. After Afghanistan and Iraq, I was firmly in Bush's corner. But after immigration, funding Hamas, and now an offer to give Iran nuclear technology, I'm not sure the guy is sane. WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING HERE? Were all those speeches about rejecting the appeasement of dictatorships pure bullshit, applying only to overthrowing Saddam Hussein?
2. A UN errand-boy has accused the US of not standing up for the UN domestically. It's time I stopped getting angry about a corrupt, inept, and generally fetid UN, and just begin laughing at these occasional stupid outbursts. Bolton hasn't yet told them that the US doesn't give a damn about their idiocy any longer. They mean nothing.
3. Indecency fines in the US are poised to rise immensely. We live in a peculiar society where extreme violence is acceptable, especially in hip-hop music and in the movies, but showing a .0001-second glimpse of a pair of cans will cost you millions of dollars. It's Ashcroftian. I'm really getting tired of this "culture".
4. Headline: Gitmo detainee says clash involed Qurans. Shouldn't that be "Koran," or "Qu'ran"? Whatever the little books are called, TAKE THEM AWAY AND TELL THE DETAINEES TO FUCK OFF. Put them in sound-proof rubber rooms and drip gruel down on them at noon each day. Terrorists deserve nothing better.
2. A UN errand-boy has accused the US of not standing up for the UN domestically. It's time I stopped getting angry about a corrupt, inept, and generally fetid UN, and just begin laughing at these occasional stupid outbursts. Bolton hasn't yet told them that the US doesn't give a damn about their idiocy any longer. They mean nothing.
3. Indecency fines in the US are poised to rise immensely. We live in a peculiar society where extreme violence is acceptable, especially in hip-hop music and in the movies, but showing a .0001-second glimpse of a pair of cans will cost you millions of dollars. It's Ashcroftian. I'm really getting tired of this "culture".
4. Headline: Gitmo detainee says clash involed Qurans. Shouldn't that be "Koran," or "Qu'ran"? Whatever the little books are called, TAKE THEM AWAY AND TELL THE DETAINEES TO FUCK OFF. Put them in sound-proof rubber rooms and drip gruel down on them at noon each day. Terrorists deserve nothing better.
Monday, June 05, 2006
The face of the devil
The x-ray photo below is from the Yahoo News photo section. The caption said it's a duck with a broken wing. I saw something different. Could the mysterious, devil-like head within the duck's skeleton be a coincidence on the eve of 6/6/6? I think not.
The caption also said the x-ray was part of a story on bird flu. Could this mean bird flu was sent by the devil to eradicate all mankind? I hope so.
Here is the original:
And here I've magnified the devil's head, festering malignantly inside the duck:
The caption also said the x-ray was part of a story on bird flu. Could this mean bird flu was sent by the devil to eradicate all mankind? I hope so.
Here is the original:
And here I've magnified the devil's head, festering malignantly inside the duck:
Stop fiddling with constitution, conservatives
As a practical libertarian with anti-liberal views, I sure wish the conservatives would cease and desist trying to ban gay marriage in the federal constitution. The document is too important to contain views on who can marry whom.
I don't really support gay marriage. I don't care what gays do. I'd like to know why there is any legal privelege for heteros to get married. Whether or not you believe gays should be allowed to marry, leave this petty, unimportant argument out of my constitution.
It reminds me of the time hunters in Minnesota tried to get a "right to hunt" clause inserted in the state constitution. It was idiocy doomed to failure. There are better ways to combat stupid, hyper-emotional liberals than fiddling with the documents that form our system of government.
I don't really support gay marriage. I don't care what gays do. I'd like to know why there is any legal privelege for heteros to get married. Whether or not you believe gays should be allowed to marry, leave this petty, unimportant argument out of my constitution.
It reminds me of the time hunters in Minnesota tried to get a "right to hunt" clause inserted in the state constitution. It was idiocy doomed to failure. There are better ways to combat stupid, hyper-emotional liberals than fiddling with the documents that form our system of government.
San Diego airport too small, city too stupid
The Navy and Marines have pleaded, asked, told, and finally gave a firm, "No." But San Diego just won't listen. They want to share or take over a military air station for civilian flights. My pleasant neighbors to the south are too dumb to grasp the basic concept enshrined in the simple word, "No."
The San Diego International Airport (Lindberg Field) is too small, with no room for expansion. It is the busiest, single-runway airport in the country, serving the five million people of San Diego County, plus a good many from Orange County, Tijuana, and parts east.
So the morons down in San Diego (I think Diego was the saint of good weather) have been considering alternative airport sites for many years. The obvious choice is to build a new airport 40 minutes east of town in the barren, lifeless desert. But that might displace a single stalk of tumbleweed! the environmentalists cry. So, the airport commission has been eyeing two large military air stations, one of which is the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station made famous by the movie "Top Gun".
The military keeps asking the commission to stop looking at the bases for shared-use flights, and the commission keeps spending millions of dollars to consider them. Today the commission listed Miramar as its No. 1 choice.
Fools.
The San Diego International Airport (Lindberg Field) is too small, with no room for expansion. It is the busiest, single-runway airport in the country, serving the five million people of San Diego County, plus a good many from Orange County, Tijuana, and parts east.
So the morons down in San Diego (I think Diego was the saint of good weather) have been considering alternative airport sites for many years. The obvious choice is to build a new airport 40 minutes east of town in the barren, lifeless desert. But that might displace a single stalk of tumbleweed! the environmentalists cry. So, the airport commission has been eyeing two large military air stations, one of which is the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station made famous by the movie "Top Gun".
The military keeps asking the commission to stop looking at the bases for shared-use flights, and the commission keeps spending millions of dollars to consider them. Today the commission listed Miramar as its No. 1 choice.
Fools.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Canadian Muslims 'relieved'?
The A1 story at CAIR's website says 'Canadian Muslims Relieved Terror Attacks Averted.' I want to believe! There is evidence to the contrary, however. Robert Spencer notes that one of the leaders of the Toronto Mosque, the largest in North America, was involved in the recent terrorism bust.
It doesn't matter if he was an imam or a "freelancer." He was on the Board, which gave him a certain weight in the community. His views were, in other words, not held up as heretical and rejected by the mosque leaders. He was one of those leaders.
The bust yielded three tons of ammonium nitrate. Were Muslims going to use the chemicals (the same used to destroy the federal building in Oklahoma City) in their public relations campaign? It looks like a case of asking us to believe words, but ignore deeds. This practice was perfected by the pioneer of Muslim terror, Yes Sir Arafat.
LGF has this commentary:Well, as details emerge about the suspects, the shocks just keep on comin’. Because amazingly, astoundingly, in some inexplicable way that surpasses all understanding, some of the suspects were probably radicalized in a mosque.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Liberal cowardice, a corrupt coffee cup, and other stuff
Five items to make you wonder why...
5. UK journalists are calling for a boycott of Yahoo for helping China oppress its population, and I applaud the move. We should boycott Google, too, and any other company (or country, like France) that places profits above even basic human rights. Reuters.
4. When the going gets tough, you can count on liberals to run away. Liberals are, after all, cowards, hippies, socialists, and elitist bastards. Remember when Bubba Clinton ordered the U.S. military to run away after one helicopter was shot down in Mogadishu? The most recent example of liberal cowardice is John Kerry's plan to call for the total recall of all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
Another facet of the liberal mindset is a desperate need to be liked by others. This was the hallmark of the Bubba Clinton presidency, and also of Kerry's failed presidential campaign. In a new round of personal attacks againt Bush, Kerry reveals he is still scared that Bush's foreign policy has "hurt the United States' standing around the world." Somebody needs to tell John-boy that leadership is not, and never has been, a popularity contest.
If anybody thinks making other countries like us should be part of U.S. foreign policy, please raise your hand so we know who you are.
LA Times
3. An LA Times article says China Invites the West to Look Behind the Curtain." No, thanks. We already know what's there -- censorship, no free press, no freedom of religion, and people disappear if they criticize the government. Remember Tiannenmen Square. LA Times.
2. His Corruptness Coffee Cup Annan says the world is losing the battle against HIV. Of course this is true, considering Africans are afraid of condoms and believe that raping a virgin will cure HIV. Now if that first African guy had used a condom when he schlocked that monkey... NY Times.
1. An Hispanic supremacist who, through some monstrous example of liberal political correctness, runs a public charter school in Los Angeles, has attacked and threatened a whitebread reporter. LA Times.
5. UK journalists are calling for a boycott of Yahoo for helping China oppress its population, and I applaud the move. We should boycott Google, too, and any other company (or country, like France) that places profits above even basic human rights. Reuters.
4. When the going gets tough, you can count on liberals to run away. Liberals are, after all, cowards, hippies, socialists, and elitist bastards. Remember when Bubba Clinton ordered the U.S. military to run away after one helicopter was shot down in Mogadishu? The most recent example of liberal cowardice is John Kerry's plan to call for the total recall of all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
Another facet of the liberal mindset is a desperate need to be liked by others. This was the hallmark of the Bubba Clinton presidency, and also of Kerry's failed presidential campaign. In a new round of personal attacks againt Bush, Kerry reveals he is still scared that Bush's foreign policy has "hurt the United States' standing around the world." Somebody needs to tell John-boy that leadership is not, and never has been, a popularity contest.
If anybody thinks making other countries like us should be part of U.S. foreign policy, please raise your hand so we know who you are.
LA Times
3. An LA Times article says China Invites the West to Look Behind the Curtain." No, thanks. We already know what's there -- censorship, no free press, no freedom of religion, and people disappear if they criticize the government. Remember Tiannenmen Square. LA Times.
2. His Corruptness Coffee Cup Annan says the world is losing the battle against HIV. Of course this is true, considering Africans are afraid of condoms and believe that raping a virgin will cure HIV. Now if that first African guy had used a condom when he schlocked that monkey... NY Times.
1. An Hispanic supremacist who, through some monstrous example of liberal political correctness, runs a public charter school in Los Angeles, has attacked and threatened a whitebread reporter. LA Times.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Iraq no more violent than D.C.
Andrew Walden has written an article for FrontPage Magazine (via TROP) about the rate of violence in Iraq. He shows, thanks to comprehensive research, that it is more deadly to live in Washington, D.C., and pre-Katrina New Orleans than Iraq.
Another interesting statistic is the number of deaths under Saddam Hussein verses post-Saddam. It's fairly cold to compare death stats like this, but reality is reality. A certain number of civilians have perished as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation, but more would have died if Saddam had been allowed to continue his brutality of the population.
I highly recommend reading the entire article at FrontPage. It's not very long, and includes a link to the research quoted in the material. Go here for the story.
The remnants of Saddam’s socialist dictatorship in alliance with al-Qaeda are still able to kill Iraqi civilians in sufficient numbers so that their leftist allies in the U.S. can get the video footage they need to blame Bush—but fewer than they killed under Saddam.
Another interesting statistic is the number of deaths under Saddam Hussein verses post-Saddam. It's fairly cold to compare death stats like this, but reality is reality. A certain number of civilians have perished as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation, but more would have died if Saddam had been allowed to continue his brutality of the population.
I highly recommend reading the entire article at FrontPage. It's not very long, and includes a link to the research quoted in the material. Go here for the story.
Hans Blix offensive, Michael Moore defensive, and other stuff
Five items to make you angry...
5. Robert Spencer questions those who oppose resisting jihadis. ... "It is abundantly clear from cases such as that of Maher Hawash and Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar -- both of whom were harmless citizens with Muslim names for many years -- and dozens of others that there are no trustworthy identifiable signs that distinguish a Muslim who will at some point kill for Allah from one who will not. Self-proclaimed peaceful Muslim groups have done little to eradicate jihadists from their ranks, or to institute programs teaching against the jihad theology and ideology." Jihad Watch.
4. Hamas's weekly newspaper, Risala, published a cartoon of a little boy urinating on the Statue of Liberty. LGF has the cartoon.
3. LGF has been battling a Muslim who made a death threat to the blog. It appears -- key word is "appears" -- to be Inayat Bunglawala, a Reuters employee who is also "media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain." LGF.
2. Just when you thought Hans Blix had disappeared into some liberal utopia, not to be heard from again, he bashes the United States once again. This is the same Blix who was central to the UN's machine of corruption and ineptness for appeasing and coddling Saddam Hussein for 12 useless years. The idiot is now saying the U.S. is impeding worldwide efforts to limit nuclear arms proliferation. NY Times.
1. Michael Moore is getting sued for lies and distortions in "Fahrenheit 9/11". It's about time. I'd recommend seeing Moore's little film, then seeing "Fahrenhype 911" to appreciate the scope of Moore's deception. LA Times.
5. Robert Spencer questions those who oppose resisting jihadis. ... "It is abundantly clear from cases such as that of Maher Hawash and Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar -- both of whom were harmless citizens with Muslim names for many years -- and dozens of others that there are no trustworthy identifiable signs that distinguish a Muslim who will at some point kill for Allah from one who will not. Self-proclaimed peaceful Muslim groups have done little to eradicate jihadists from their ranks, or to institute programs teaching against the jihad theology and ideology." Jihad Watch.
4. Hamas's weekly newspaper, Risala, published a cartoon of a little boy urinating on the Statue of Liberty. LGF has the cartoon.
3. LGF has been battling a Muslim who made a death threat to the blog. It appears -- key word is "appears" -- to be Inayat Bunglawala, a Reuters employee who is also "media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain." LGF.
2. Just when you thought Hans Blix had disappeared into some liberal utopia, not to be heard from again, he bashes the United States once again. This is the same Blix who was central to the UN's machine of corruption and ineptness for appeasing and coddling Saddam Hussein for 12 useless years. The idiot is now saying the U.S. is impeding worldwide efforts to limit nuclear arms proliferation. NY Times.
1. Michael Moore is getting sued for lies and distortions in "Fahrenheit 9/11". It's about time. I'd recommend seeing Moore's little film, then seeing "Fahrenhype 911" to appreciate the scope of Moore's deception. LA Times.
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