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The sheerest folly

2006-09-06T12:21:00.000-05:00

How exactly are AQ mutt's covered under the Geneva Convention? Who is the signatory for AQ to the convention. When has AQ ever acted in a manner deserving of Geneva Conventions.
Bush has given up on the WoT in his second term, and now his fumbling lack of vision or quality of will have damned the men and women who beleived enough to fight to a war of politaclly expedient dumbfucking cluelessness.

Bush to announce transfer of CIA detainees: ABC | Top News | Reuters.com: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will announce that about a dozen top foreign terrorism suspects held at secret CIA prisons will be transferred to Department of Defense custody and granted protections under the Geneva Conventions, ABC News reported on Wednesday.

Quoting an unnamed source familiar with the president's announcement, the network said the change would apply to all prisoners now being held by the CIA, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks and senior al Qaeda leader Ramzi Binalshibh.

The source said there are 'about a dozen' prisoners now being held by the CIA.

Up to now, the U.S. government has not officially acknowledged the existence of the CIA prisons, which were revealed by the Washington Post last year, sparking international criticism of the Bush administration."

As h. Dean would say.... YEEEAAAARRRRGG!!!! The next season of BSG is coming in october

2006-07-21T22:14:00.000-05:00

KURU Lounge: Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Preview: "Preview of the best show out there."

Pray or die, Somali sheikh tells Muslims - Yahoo! News

2006-07-08T09:02:00.000-05:00

Pray or die, Somali sheikh tells Muslims - Yahoo! News: "MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A leading Mogadishu sheikh said on Friday Muslims who do not pray five times a day should be put to death -- the latest sign of a fast-emerging hardline face to Somalia's newly-powerful Islamists.
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The sheikh's statement -- which he confirmed to Reuters after it was broadcast on local media -- caused consternation among residents and will fuel foreign fears the Islamists are planning a hardline Taliban-style rule.

'He who does not perform prayer will be considered as infidel and our sharia law orders that person to be killed,' said Sheikh Abdalla Ali, who runs a sharia court in the Somali capital which the Islamists took last month."

When is enough, enough? Why is the el-Presidente holding the Israeli's back?

2006-06-29T07:31:00.000-05:00

Gaza militants say fired chemical-tipped warhead | Reuters.com: "GAZA (Reuters) - A spokesman for gunmen in the Gaza Strip said they had fired a rocket tipped with a chemical warhead at Israel early on Thursday.

The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the claim by the spokesman from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement.

The group had recently claimed to possess about 20 biological warheads for the makeshift rockets commonly fired from Gaza at Israeli towns. This was the first time the group had claimed firing such a rocket.

'The al-Aqsa Brigades have fired one rocket with a chemical warhead' at southern Israel, Abu Qusai, a spokesman for the group, said in Gaza.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army had not detected that any such rocket was fired, nor was there any report of such a weapon hitting Israel."

Why el-Presidente Arbusto is full of shit on immigration

2006-06-21T08:24:00.000-05:00

WTOV9.com - News - Illegal Immigrants Free To Go: "llegal Immigrants Free To Go
Local police said they intercepted 20 illegal Mexican immigrants, but were ordered by immigration officials to let them go free.

Belmont County Sheriff Fred Thompson said his officers were instructed by federal immigration services to let all 20 illegal immigrants go free, and said his department has no choice but to follow the orders from immigration officials.

Thompson said officers stopped a van at 3 a.m. Tuesday which was traveling the wrong direction on Interstate 470 in St. Clairsville.

The officer discovered 20 illegal Mexican immigrants inside the van, including three who were previously deported. The officer immediately contacted immigration officials, who told him to let all 20 immigrants go.

'Once we find out they are illegals, it's like pat them on the back of the head and tell them, 'Go on down the road; you'll probably get stopped again,'' Thompson said.

The immigrants told the officer they were traveling through Ohio to obtain work in Manassas, Va.

Calls to Citizenship and Immigration Services as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement have not been returned."

Paratroopers could fly 200km with new wings system

2006-05-31T11:43:00.000-05:00

Paratroopers could fly 200km with new wings system: "A new military parachute system which fits wings on soldiers could enable them to travel to 200 kilometres (124 miles) after jumping, Jane's Defence Weekly defence magazine said Friday.

The system, which involves the development of new modular carbon-fibre wings, will mean that aircraft can drop parachutists from 30,000 feet (9,150 metres) into an area of operations without flying into a danger zone.

Trials of the modular wing are being developed by the German firm Elektroniksystem und Logistik and Draeger. They are due to finish by the end of 2006, with the entire parachute and wings combination expected to be available during 2007."

DJ Drummond and PoliPundit can, as Cartman would say it: ‘Suck Mah Balls’!

2006-05-11T15:21:00.000-05:00

It seems that one of the co-bloggers DJ Drummond has a nasty habit of randomly deleting posts he doesn’t agree with. Not posts that were abusive or foul mouthed, just not in agreement with his ‘fellate-at-all-costs’ policy toward supporting the President, right or wrong.

A site with an open comments policy that deletes comments that are not in lock-step can go pound sand up their collective asses.

W00T! This needs to get wider press. Although I bet the 76 illegal’s get released back into society.

2006-05-11T11:59:00.000-05:00

The Cincinnati Post - 80 arrested after probe: "Four supervisors for Fischer Homes were among 80 people arrested Tuesday as part of a two-year probe into the use of illegal immigrant workers in the home construction industry in Northern Kentucky.

The supervisors were charged with hiring illegal immigrants. The other 76 persons arrested were charged with being in the United States illegally."

Dog bites man, Saudi National in attempted infant molestation ring.

2006-05-01T09:14:00.000-05:00

Vallejo Times Herald - Home: "Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian tourist at a Vallejo motel Thursday night after he allegedly arranged online to molest an infant girl.

Nabil Al Rowais, 37, was arrested after he arrived for the visit with a man he thought was the 21 2-year-old girl's father, officials said Friday. The girl doesn't exist and the 'father' was really an undercover agent who corresponded with Rowais over e-mail."

State Senate Endorses the Reconquista of Azatlan

2006-04-28T08:26:00.000-05:00

cbs5.com - State Senate Supports Immigrant Walkout On Monday: "By a 24-13 vote that split along party lines, the California Senate approved a resolution that calls the one-day protest the Great American Boycott 2006 and describes it as an attempt to educate Americans 'about the tremendous contribution immigrants make on a daily basis to our society and economy.'"

Bush continues to abet the reconquista of Azatlan. Asshole

2006-04-27T14:24:00.000-05:00

May 1 immigrant boycott aims to 'close' cities | Reuters.com: "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pro-immigration activists say a national boycott and marches planned for May 1 will flood U.S. streets with millions of Latinos to demand amnesty for illegal immigrants and shake the ground under Congress as it debates reform.

Such a massive turnout could make for the largest protests since the civil rights era of the 1960s, though not all Latinos -- nor their leaders -- were comfortable with such militancy, fearing a backlash in Middle America.

'There will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the streets in Los Angeles alone. We're going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno,' said Jorge Rodriguez, a union official who helped organize earlier rallies credited with rattling Congress as it debates the issue.

Immigration has split Congress, the Republican Party and public opinion. Conservatives want the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants classified as felons and a fence built along the Mexican border."

Tell me again why the Catholic Church did not deem it necessary to broom out the Priesthood?

2006-04-27T08:14:00.000-05:00

Retired priest facing more molestation charges - Boston.com: "HINGHAM, Mass. --A retired Roman Catholic priest already awaiting trial on child rape charges is facing new charges of molesting a mentally retarded person, prosecutors say."

Our 'allies' the Russian's

2006-04-20T11:22:00.000-05:00

RIA Novosti - Russia - Russia will deliver air defense systems to Iran - top general: "MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - The chief of the General Staff said Wednesday that Russia would honor its commitments on supplying military equipment to Iran.

'We discussed supplies of military equipment to Iran, including the Tor M1, in the framework of bilateral cooperation, but it does not fall into the category of strategic weapons,' Army General Yury Baluyevsky said after talks in Moscow with NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General James Jones.

'And I can assure you it will be delivered under the control of the relevant organizations,' he said."

Democrats and Voter Fraud, two things that just go together

2006-04-20T08:08:00.000-05:00

Tennessee Senate Votes to Oust Member - Yahoo! News: "NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Republican-controlled Senate voted on Wednesday to unseat one of its Democratic members, agreeing that her 13-vote win was tainted by questionable ballots from felons and dead voters.

An investigative committee, which has been at work since the September special election, recommended Memphis Sen. Ophelia Ford be ousted after finding the election was suspect because of 12 improper ballots.

Two ballots were cast in the names of dead people and others came from felons and people outside the district, the committee said.

Ford has contended attempts to oust her are motivated by the Republicans' slim 18-14 majority in the Senate."

Gateway Pundit has a long and detailed post on the 'Peace mom's" lies. Never Ever Trust a Leftist

2006-04-20T08:07:00.000-05:00

Gateway Pundit: Busted! Cindy Sheehan's Story Hits a Snag!: "On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, Cindy Sheehan wrote:

* Her son arrived in California in a cardboard box
* Her son was carried over to the dock by a forklift
* Her mortuary refused to pay the cemetery
* Her son was treated as an over-sized piece of luggage

But... Now we know none of this is true!"

The duplicitious Donk's

2006-04-20T07:33:00.000-05:00

Wasn't it all during the run-up to the '04 elections that the Donk's were whining about "Cowboy Diplomacy" and "failure to consult with our allies" how J. F'n Kerry would be able to sway the French and the German's etc etc.
For right or wrong GW tapped the EU to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue. Predictably it was a complete cluster-fuck.
Now that time has just about run out on the Iranian issue, the Donk's now want the US to act unilaterally and without a huggy-kissy coalition of our 'allies' (those that maintain trade relationships with Iran).

Las Vegas SUN: Reid blasts Bush during Reno visit: "RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Bush administration is relying too heavily on other countries in the international effort to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, according to Sen. Harry Reid.

Reid, D-Nev., said the administration should be taking the lead, but instead is relying on Germany, France and Great Britain to convince Iran to end its uranium enrichment program.

'It is hard to comprehend,' Reid said Tuesday in Reno. 'We should be involved at trying to arrive at a diplomatic solution. ... Not just these three countries.'"

BooYA: 'Bob' the Indian Call Center Drone gets uncomfortable sitting in someone elses job listening to their shit

2006-04-19T15:11:00.000-05:00

Impact Lab - Australians Fed Up with Indian Spammers: "'Australians are tired of having their privacy interrupted by people trying to sell them things they didn't want in the first place,' she said.

James Organ, director of Australian research organisation Callcentres.net, said 'lots of poor innocent Indian workers' were abused regularly by Australians.

'Some companies are regretting outsourcing this business to India because of the damage it does to their products' reputation,' he said.

'Its a cultural thing – the moment an Australian suspects the call is coming from India they can get uptight. "

Can it be that Yahoo is more complicit in the oppression of free speech than Google. A shitty race toward the bottom IMHO

2006-04-19T14:59:00.000-05:00

Yahoo accused of helping jail China Internet writer | Reuters.com: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. may have helped Chinese police to identify an Internet writer who was subsequently jailed for four years for subversion in the third such case, an advocacy group for journalists said on Wednesday.

News implicating Yahoo in the imprisonment of Jiang Lijun in 2003 surfaced on the eve of a summit between Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Bush in Washington.

It was the third such case involving the U.S. Internet giant."

YES! about frickin TIME!

2006-04-19T09:13:00.000-05:00

BREITBART.COM - McClellan Leaves White House Press Office: "White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush's administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet.

Appearing with Bush on the White House South Lawn just before the president boarded a helicopter at the start a trip to Alabama, McClellan, who has parried especially fiercefully with reporters on Iraq and on intelligence issues, told Bush: 'I have given it my all sir and I have given you my all sir, and I will continue to do so as we transition to a new press secretary.'"

Georgia governor signs sweeping immigration law | Reuters.com

2006-04-18T07:59:00.000-05:00

Georgia governor signs sweeping immigration law | Reuters.com: "ATLANTA (Reuters) - The state of Georgia approved a sweeping measure on Monday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the people who hire them as a passionate debate on immigration heats up in the United States.

The law could fuel a national controversy as the federal government and other states consider how to deal with millions of undocumented workers while immigrants, many of whom are Hispanic, are displaying their political power through mass demonstrations in cities across the United States.

The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue, denies many state services paid for by taxpayers to people who are in the United States illegally.

It also forces contractors doing business with the state to verify the legal status of new workers, and requires police to notify immigration officials if people charged with crimes are illegal immigrants.

'It's our responsibility to ensure that our famous Georgia hospitality is not abused, that our taxpayers are not taken advantage of and that our citizens are protected,' Perdue said before signing the law.

Other provisions of the law prohibit employers from claiming a tax deduction for wages of $600 or more paid to undocumented workers, impose prison terms for human trafficking and limit the services commercial companies can provide to illegal immigrants.

Hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated at rallies in major U.S. cities in recent weeks demanding rights for illegal immigrants in the United States."

Asshole gets dose of Instant Karma

2006-04-15T16:02:00.000-05:00

NewsNet5.com - News - Girl, 9, Uses Judo To Fight Attacker: "A man suspected of attacking a 9-year-old girl is in jail Friday morning, NewsChannel5 reported.

Cleveland police plan to charge Michael Goza, 30, with aggravated burglary and attempted rape of a child.

Officers said Goza broke into the girl’s West 179th Street home in the middle of the night on March 26.

The police said he tried to rape her in her bedroom, but the girl knew Judo and fought him off."

100 extra Jackbooted Asshats at taxpayer expense. That is a bigger deal than their assholish tactics in local bars.

2006-04-13T11:50:00.001-05:00

abc13.com: News from KTRK, around Texas - the Lone Star State: "More than 2,200 bar patrons or workers have been arrested or issued citations since August. The purpose is to stop the sale of alcoholic beverages to people who are drunk and, as a result, cut down on the number of drunken drivers.

Public intoxication is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500.

But media reports about the program after a sting last month in the Dallas suburb of Irving prompted criticism that the arrests could prove bad for business if they drive away conventions and other tourists.

Beck said the commission had been considering the suspension after the flood of complaints related to the Irving stings.

The commission has not set a date to reinstate the program.

'We're just delaying the operations until we've had time to go through the information we received,' Beck said.

The Monday hearing will continue as planned and will also include the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, Beck said.

The commission has been doing stings in bars since 2001, but began doing more over the summer after getting additional funding from the Legislature for about 100 more employees."

100 extra Jackbooted Asshats at taxpayer expense. That is a bigger deal than their assholish tactics in local bars.

2006-04-13T11:50:00.000-05:00

Presumption of Criminal Behavior - Welcome to the JackBoot of Texas

2006-04-10T13:41:00.000-05:00

nbc5i.com - News - Controversial TABC Arrests Result Of Funding Increase: "One bar owner, who asked NBC 5 not to use his name for fear of retaliation by the TABC, said those arrested were not causing a disturbance.

'I can understand if we had somebody laying in a booth and they were basically passed out and drunk, I could understand for them to go in with the flashlights and take them out of the booth and arrest them, but these people were standing and doing fine,' he said.

TABC officials said they have no plans to change the program."

France Surrenders: Withdraws the CPE

2006-04-10T08:35:00.000-05:00

France scraps youth job law - Yahoo! News: "PARIS (Reuters) - French
President Jacques Chirac on Monday scrapped a planned youth job law that provoked weeks of protests, in a climbdown opponents celebrated as an unqualified victory.

The move was a personal blow to Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who had championed the First Job Contract (CPE) and seen his popularity slump with the mass opposition and unrest.

In a televised statement, Villepin said he regretted that weeks of strikes and protests showed the CPE could not be applied but gave no details about his own political future, on the line over his handling of the dispute.

'The necessary conditions of confidence and calm are not there, either among young people, or companies, to allow the application of the First Job Contract,' Villepin said, adding he would open talks with unions on youth employment.

Students had planned fresh marches for Tuesday and it was unclear if they would call off their strikes and a blockade of many universities and high schools after the announcement."

We Gots 2 Learn English

2006-04-06T14:32:00.001-05:00

I don't know wether to be more offended that an English teacher would write this illiterate a sentence, or that this junior race-pimp is using school kids as proxies for his political axe grinding.

Chron.com | Coach disciplined for distributing immigration protest flier at school: "Rios, who still retains his duties as an English-as-a-second-language teacher, was copying and distributing a flier that read: 'We gots 2 stay together and protest against the new law that wants 2 be passed against all immigrants. We gots 2 show the U.S. that they aint (expletive) with out us (sic),'"

We Gots 2 Learn English

2006-04-06T14:32:00.000-05:00

I don't know wether to be more offended that an English teacher would write this illiterate a sentence, or that this junior race-pimp is using school kids as proxies for his political axe grinding.

Chron.com | Coach disciplined for distributing immigration protest flier at school: "Rios, who still retains his duties as an English-as-a-second-language teacher, was copying and distributing a flier that read: 'We gots 2 stay together and protest against the new law that wants 2 be passed against all immigrants. We gots 2 show the U.S. that they aint (expletive) with out us (sic),'"

Welcome to our new Illegal Alien Overlords

2006-04-05T12:03:00.000-05:00

Freedom Folks: Mexitude: "'It upsets me that we cannot support our troops, the military,' said Kirsten Golgart, an eighth grader who was told she'd be suspended if she didn't change her clothes. 'We can't support our country. If we're American, I think we should be proud to be an American.'"

Welcome to America Where Patriotism is Verbotten

2006-04-05T10:16:00.000-05:00

NBCSanDiego.com - Local News - Schools Ban Patriotic Clothes, Flags: "SAN DIEGO -- In the wake of last week's immigration-reform protests, one school district is taking drastic measures, banning all symbols of patriotism, both U.S. and Mexican."

RTWT: This is why I spit when I think of Dem's and National Security

2006-04-04T15:39:00.000-05:00

Philadelphia Daily News | 04/04/2006 | DEAR CONGRESSMAN MURTHA...: "My son's life, and the lives of all the men and women fighting this battle are too precious to be endangered by politicians who give aid and comfort to our enemy in order to score rhetorical political points.

If you will not desist, I can only hope that responsible members of your party will repudiate your dangerous rhetoric and condemn your assistance to our enemies."

Welcome to America where all displays of patriotism are strictly forbidden, for your 'safety'

2006-04-04T14:26:00.000-05:00

cbs4denver.com - Tensions Change Dress Code At Local Middle School: "Students at Shaw Heights Middle School are no longer allowed to wear anything that's patriotic, including camouflage pants, because they have become a political symbol for a version of patriotism.

'It upsets me that we cannot support our troops, the military,' said Kirsten Golgart, an eighth grader who was told she'd be suspended if she didn't change her clothes. 'We can't support our country. If we're American, I think we should be proud to be an American.'

A letter went home to parents last week that explained for student safety, no clothes were allowed with political messages or flags of any sort.

Myla Shepherd, the principal, said that tensions over the immigration issue were apparent when more than 20 students came to school wearing camouflage jackets and pants, apparently to show what they call their patriotism and American pride."

Soon-to-be el-Presidente for like. Hugo seizes control over the oil fields.

2006-04-04T09:36:00.000-05:00

Telegraph | News | Chavez grabs oil field to fund anti-US campaign: "Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez yesterday seized control of a French-run oil field, strengthening his control of the country's vast oil wealth, the lifeblood of his 'Bolivarian Revolution'.

Total SA confirmed from its Paris headquarters that the state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, 'took control of our operations' during the weekend after it refused to turn the site over to a state-run joint venture.

Mr Chavez has decided to redefine the terms under which foreign companies can operate in Venezuela, which has the largest oil reserves outside of the Middle East."

Race Pimping in Style, racist actors and everything

2006-04-03T10:15:00.000-05:00

CNN.com - McKinney: Race sparked tiff with police - Mar 31, 2006: "The 51-year-old legislator was surrounded by more than two dozen supporters at the Friday news conference, some carrying handwritten placards that read 'Recognize our congresswoman' and 'Is Cynthia a target?'

During the conference, held at historically black Howard University in Washington, civil rights attorney James Myart said his client was 'assaulted' by a Capitol Police officer, whose name the department refuses to release.

'Because she was assaulted and placed in impending fear of her safety, she responded,' he said. 'This case has just begun and we're going to fight, and we're going to use the U.S. Constitution.'

Myart said McKinney would seek a criminal investigation against the officer, and a civil lawsuit against both the officer and the Capitol Police is being explored."

Rascist Race-Pimp Spewage

2006-04-01T11:27:00.000-05:00

BREITBART.COM - Lawyer Says McKinney a Victim in Scuffle: "A lawyer for Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, says she was 'just a victim of being in Congress while black.'

McKinney awaited word Friday on whether she would be charged for apparently striking the officer after she entered a House office building this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked.

Two law enforcement officials said it was unlikely a warrant would be issued this week. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly."

Democracy 1, Race-Pimps 0

2006-03-28T09:11:00.000-05:00

BREITBART.COM - Judge Refuses to Delay New Orleans Vote: "A federal judge Monday refused to delay New Orleans' April 22 mayoral election, but told lawyers on both sides of the case to identify any problems that might hinder displaced residents' ability to vote and then solve them.

'I recognize that there is still room for improvement in that electoral process,' U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle said. "

The solution to Bird Flu and Mad Cow

2006-03-27T23:16:00.000-05:00

If *and I have no doubt* this process can be perfected, you are looking at a solution to World Hunger, Mad Cow, Bird Flu, etc. Being able to 'grow' meat *yes this sounds very Bene Tleilax* allows a community to have unprecedented control over their food sources.
Color me as thinking this is big.

globeandmail.com: "Scientists can grow frog and mouse meat in the lab, and are now working on pork, beef and chicken. Their goal is to develop an industrial version of the process in five years.

If they succeed, cultured or in vitro meat could be coming to a supermarket near you. Consumers could buy hamburger patties and chicken nuggets made from meat cultivated from muscle cells in a giant incubator rather than cut from a farm animal.

Home chefs could make meat in a countertop device the size of a coffee maker. Before bed, throw starter cells and a package of growth medium into the meat maker and wake up to harvest fresh sausage for breakfast.

You could feel good about eating a healthy breakfast; the meat would have the fat profile of salmon, not pork. One day, the truly adventurous may be able to grow ostrich, wild boar, or other game."

Fuckwits selling the country out.

2006-03-27T22:10:00.000-05:00

: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee approved sweeping election-year legislation Monday that clears the way for 11 million illegal aliens to seek U.S. citizenship, a victory for demonstrators who had spilled into the streets by the hundreds of thousands demanding better treatment for immigrants.

With a bipartisan coalition in control, the committee also voted down proposed criminal penalties on immigrants found to be in the country illegally. It approved a new temporary program allowing entry for 1.5 million workers seeking jobs in the agriculture industry."

The Religion of Poisoning Soccer Fans

2006-03-24T22:20:00.000-05:00

BBC NEWS | UK | Accused 'talked of poison plot': "'He could not understand why all these UK brothers were coming over to Pakistan. They could easily do jihad operation in England,' he said.

He said Mr Mahmood had said: 'You could get a job in a soccer stadium as a beer vendor.

He said you could stand on street corners selling poison burgers and then just leave the area
Mohammed Babar

'You just put poison in a syringe, injecting it in a can and put a sticker on it which would stop it leaking and give it out.

'Or you could get mobile vending carts - all those vans going round selling burgers. He said he had done it. I didn't believe it.

'He said you could stand on street corners selling poison burgers and then just leave the area.'"

The JackBoot of the Lone Star State (via Ace)

2006-03-22T16:11:00.000-05:00

nbc5i.com - News - Bar Sweep Sparks Controversy: "The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week.

TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving.

North Texans interviewed by NBC 5, however, worried that the sweep went too far."

The State of Kansas don's the JackBoot.

2006-03-22T16:05:00.000-05:00

Kansas City Star | 03/22/2006 | Pulled over in Kansas? Get ready to show your license, registration — and fingerprints: "If you are stopped by police in Kansas, don’t be surprised if the officer pulls out a little black box and takes your fingerprints.

The gadget allows officers to identify people by fingerprints without hauling them to the police station.

Over the next year the Kansas Bureau of Investigation will test 60 of the devices with law enforcement agencies around the state. State officials said similar tests are being planned for New York, Milwaukee and Hawaii.

“This is definitely new,” said Gary Page, Overland Park Police Department crime lab. “It’s been talked about, but as far as I know they are not in use anywhere in the metro.”

The tests in Kansas are part of a bigger $3.6 million upgrade to the KBI’s statewide fingerprint database, unveiled Tuesday by the KBI and Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline."

I for one have lost hope that this Admin will do anything about this.

2006-03-07T09:59:00.000-05:00

ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Iraq Weapons -- Made in Iran?: "intelligence officials tell ABC News that they have caught shipments of deadly new bombs at the Iran-Iraq border.

They are a very nasty piece of business, capable of penetrating U.S. troops' strongest armor.

* Anatomy of a Bomb

What the United States says links them to Iran are tell-tale manufacturing signatures — certain types of machine-shop welds and material indicating they are built by the same bomb factory.

'The signature is the same because they are exactly the same in production,' says explosives expert Kevin Barry. 'So it's the same make and model.'

U.S. officials say roadside bomb attacks against American forces in Iraq have become much more deadly as more and more of the Iran-designed and Iran-produced bombs have been smuggled in from the country since last October."

Is it too soon to be reserving a prime seat at the upcoming civil war? We couldn't get lucky enough for these mutts to kill each other to the last man

2006-03-06T16:01:00.000-05:00

Palestinians Vote to Strip Abbas of Powers: "Hamas headed into a full-blown confrontation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, voting to strip him of powers he was hastily awarded by his Fatah Party in the last session of the outgoing parliament.

In Gaza City, an Israeli missile strike killed two Islamic Jihad militants and three bystanders, including two young boys.

The Hamas-Fatah conflict has been simmering since Hamas swept Fatah out of office in January parliamentary elections, ending four decades of unchallenged rule by the party of the late Yasser Arafat.

Hamas has 74 seats in the new parliament and Fatah just 45, and the first order of business for Hamas was to cancel the powers the outgoing parliament gave to Abbas, the Fatah leader, authorizing him to cancel laws passed by the new parliament and appointing Fatah officials to key positions.

In the West Bank administrative capital of Ramallah, Fatah delegates walked out, accusing Hamas of twisting the rules to weaken Abbas' authority.

About 15 Fatah gunmen marched on parliament in Gaza City, firing into the air. The gunmen eventually headed to a Fatah meeting, where they demanded their party stay out of the government Hamas is setting up and threatened to kill any Fatah official who joined."

The unvarnished truth of the 'Moderate Muslim'

2006-03-01T15:11:00.000-05:00

FrontPage magazine.com :: Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant by Debris Trail: "I used to know a man whose family were German aristocracy prior to World War Two. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he gave has stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever since.

'Very few people were true Nazis' he said,

'but, many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'

We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace."

Dogg Bites Man: Shooting at Rap Concert

2006-03-01T13:06:00.000-05:00

BREITBART.COM - Two Ushers Shot During Kanye West Concert: "Two concert-hall ushers were shot during a Kanye West show, police said Wednesday.

West Midlands Police said the men were wounded at the National Exhibition Center, near Birmingham in central England, on Tuesday as several people were being ejected from the venue for trying to get in without tickets.

'Firearms were discharged and two stewards were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds,' police said in a statement. 'Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening,' police said in a statement."

The Religion of Murder and Torture: Justice (?) edition.

2006-02-28T15:31:00.000-05:00

Middle East Times: "ABIDJAN -- A Paris gang leader was arrested overnight in Abidjan and has confessed to the kidnap, torture and murder of a young French Jewish man, Ivorian investigators said on Thursday, in a case that has horrified France.

Youssouf Fofana, 25, who fled to Ivory Coast shortly after the dying Ilan Hamili was found on February 11, could be extradited back to France by the end of the day, according to French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.

'He has French nationality. He has been arrested by the Ivorian police. [French] police investigators are on the scene, so we believe he could be repatriated to France in the coming hours,' Villepin told Canal Plus television, referring to Fofana. 'This is an odious crime, and it is therefore important that justice be rapidly carried out,' he said. "

Traitor in motion

2006-02-28T13:50:00.000-05:00

El Khabar: "In an interview to El Khabar, former British Labour Party MP, George Galloway considered the Arab Magreb countries as being under US umbrella. He indicated that US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sought, through his last visit to Arab Magreb countries, to convince them to sent forces to Iraq to save America from the sticky wicket in which they put themselves in, there.
Galloway asked president Bouteflika not to accept the American offer because the Algerian people has historical relations with Iraqi people... in case Bouteflika accepted the US proposal, Bouteflika would have committing its biggest mistake in his life, he said.
The speaker affirmed he was not surprised by the cartoons the Danish newspaper published... for the west has started a series of attacks against Islam, some years ago.
They began by insult, then military occupation and now they are offending the Prophet Mohamed (PBUH). This incident is more serious than the 9/11 attacks on the US and those of London.
Muslims so have the right to express their anger and to defend themselves and their religion, George Galloway affirms adding that Denmark is the only country in Europe, and in the world, where there is still racism. Emigration system in that country is the worst, besides, there is no single mosque in Denmark, he notes.
George Galloway said the controversial cartoons are detrimental to prophet Mohamed (PBUH), and considered a real insult against Islam and Muslims that he highly condemned, pointing out that the west seeks to take hold of Muslim's oil, whatever the price."

I love ewe

2006-02-28T12:40:00.000-05:00

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat: "Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.

'When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up'.

Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.

'They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife,' Mr Alifi told the newspaper. "

Yesssssssssssssss! /Dean

2006-02-28T10:58:00.000-05:00

Wired 14.03: START: "Cofounder Yet-Ming Chiang, a materials science professor, succeeded in shrinking to nanoscale the particles that coat the battery's electrodes and store and discharge energy. The results are electrifying: Power density doubles, peak energy jumps fivefold (the cells pack more punch than a standard 110-volt wall outlet), and recharging time plummets. Going nano also solves a safety problem. Regular high-capacity Li-ion batteries tend to explode under severe stress, like if they're dropped from a ladder."

Weak and ready to collapse. The next Islamist stronghold.

2006-02-24T10:06:00.000-05:00

BREITBART.COM - Philippines President Declares Emergency: "President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency Friday as she struggled against a reported coup plot and a possible repeat of the protests that ousted two of her predecessors.

The announcement came after the military said a general had been arrested in connection with a coup plot and as people defied a ban on rallying at a shrine of the 1986 revolt that ousted Ferdinand Marcos. Clashes erupted as police tried to disperse the protesters.

Arroyo said her action was the result of ongoing efforts by the political opposition, along with both the extreme left and the extreme right, to bring down the elected government.

'I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation,' a defiant Arroyo said in a taped, nationally televised statement."

That 'Tiny Minority' of Extremists Again

2006-02-22T15:34:00.000-05:00

KNOE TV8: "TV 8 News has learned the FBI and local law enforcement authorities are conducting a statewide raid of service stations and businesses owned by Middle Easterners. Agents executed search warrants today at businesses from Tallulah to Ruston and in Monroe. The FBI says the raids are part of 'an ongoing criminal investigation.' Police sources tell TV 8 News the raids target possible money laundering and counterfeiting in connection with suspected domestic terrorist activity and homeland security. TV 8 News will have details at 5, 6,and 10. "

Man bites dog

2006-02-22T14:32:00.000-05:00

Sunday Times: Christian mob kills Muslims [ 23feb06 ]: "AN enraged mob of Nigerian Christian youths has slaughtered dozens of Muslims in two days of rioting in the southern city of Onitsha.

Rioting broke out in the lawless trading town on the banks of the Niger River yesterday when members of the Igbo tribe launched revenge attacks in response to an earlier massacre of Christians in the north of the country."

Will the last Jew to leave France turn off the light

2006-02-21T15:43:00.000-05:00

With a never ending spate of terror attacks targeted at France's Jewish community. French Jews have been emigrating at an ever increasing pace. Not that I honestly think the French will shed a tear for the loss of their Jewish community. Having them leave on their own will save this generation's Vichy the hassle of rounding up and turning their Jews over to their soon to be Islamist Overlords.

The ironic thing is that the Jewish community added to the culture of France (books, science, music, etc). The new Vichy have traded that for a festering wound of racist terror wannabe's who do not contribute, nor do they assimilate.
As asp clutched to the bosom of France.

title: "PARIS - The French police arrested late Thursday night most of the members of the gang that abducted, tortured and murdered Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Jew from Paris.

Hundreds of SWAT officers raided apartments in Bagneux and arrested 12 people. Another suspect was arrested in Belgium.

'They acted with indescribable cruelty,' the judiciary police chief leading the investigation said. 'They kept him naked and tied up for weeks. They cut him and in the end poured flammable liquid on him and set him alight.'

While the citizens of France were shocked by the unbridled violence of the gang, Halimi's family claims that the murder was motivated by anti-Semitism.

'We think there is anti-Semitism in this affair,' Rafi Halimi, Ilan's uncle, told the press.

'First, because the killers tried to kidnap at least two other Jews, and second, because of what they said on the phone,' Rafi Halimi added. 'When we said we didn't have 500,000 euros to give them they told us to go to the synagogue and get it,' Rafi said. 'They also recited verses from the Koran.' "

Not even a real country anymore. It's a shame if they were left on their own to defend themselves.

2006-02-21T15:33:00.000-05:00

TheStar.com - Time running out on Canada's Hercules planes: "OTTAWA—Old age has claimed another Hercules transport aircraft — considered the lifelines for Canadian troops abroad — fuelling fears the military may soon 'fall flat on its face' when called on to respond to an international crisis, experts say.

Air force officials confirm that for the second time in the past year, they've taken a decades-old Hercules out of service because it has 'run out of hours,' meaning it cannot fly without a costly, time-consuming retrofit to its airframe.

The military also expects two more Hercules, also known as C-130s, will be grounded for the same reason over the coming year, leaving just 28 of the transports for flying duties at home and abroad.

Already, the Canadian Forces rely on leased civilian transports to ferry the tonnes of supplies needed by Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

Deterioration of the Hercules fleet only adds to the pressure on the new Conservative government to find a replacement for the venerable C-130s, and fast."

Let them all face the Jihadi HeadChoppers on their own and let's see how well that turns out.

2006-02-21T15:31:00.000-05:00

I am rapidly losing faith in the US's ability to effectively manage Iraq. Hampered by the tiny darts of endless opposition to the War, the US's momentum seems to be waning.
As for those little trumped up turban wearing savages; They should be thanking the US troops on a daily basis who through their blood keep these ungrateful barbarians safe.
How long would Karbala last without the US shield, one could hope that the US force commander would make an 'example' out of Karbala and leave them to the tender mercies of the headchopping pigfucking Jihadi's.

ABC News: Iraqi Province Cuts Off U.S. Forces: "KARBALA, Iraq Feb 20, 2006 (AP)Â The governing council of Karbala province said Monday it was suspending contact with U.S. forces over the behavior of soldiers during a visit to the governor's office two days ago.

The decision followed similar moves by leaders of Maysan and Basra provinces, which have frozen ties with British forces in southern Iraq.

Karbala provincial spokesman Abdel Amir Hanoun complained that U.S. soldiers brought dogs inside the building when their commander visited provincial Gov. Aqeel al-Khazraji, considered an insult by the council.

They also blocked roads leading to the governor's office, preventing council members and the governor from parking cars outside the building, Hanoun said. The governor instructed the council to suspend contacts until U.S. forces apologize, he said.

The Karbala council is controlled by the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the country's largest Shiite party, and Dawa, the party of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari"

And it begins

2006-02-21T15:26:00.000-05:00

Soon to be Dictator for Life, Chavez lay's the groundwork for the final abolition of Democracy in S. America.

Venezuela`s Chavez may seek stay in office: "CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) -- Venezuela`s president, already running for another term this year, he may let voters decide whether he should be able to run for re-election in 2012.

In a six-hour, weekly TV show Hugo Chavez rebutted U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice`s assertion that the populist leader is a danger to Latin America.

The BBC reports Chavez -- elected to office in 1998 and 2000 and the survivor of a 2002 coup attempt he said the United States played a hand in -- is seeking re-election this year and wouldn`t be allowed to run for office when his term expires in 2012.

He is floating the idea of a referendum to see if voters want to skirt the constitutional ruling and keep him in office."

When you get Dhimni Carter on your side, you know you are truly stuck in the stupid patch. First Meir's, now this, WTF??

2006-02-21T12:57:00.000-05:00

MiamiHerald.com | 02/21/2006 | Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations deal: "But he got a boost Monday from an unlikely source, frequent critic and former president Jimmy Carter, who downplayed fears that the deal poses a risk.

''The overall threat to the United States and security, I don't think it exists,'' Carter said on CNN's The Situation Room. ``I'm sure the president's done a good job with his subordinates to make sure this is not a threat.''"

Wizbang

2006-02-21T09:58:00.000-05:00

Jay Tea lays our Sharia and the fate for those trapped under it's weight.

Wizbang: "Yesterday, I caught a bit of flak (and a whole lot more support when I tossed off a line at the end of a posting where I implied that I thought Sharia law was uncivilized. That was an error I deeply regret.

I should have said it explicitly.

I believe any legal system that permits a man to complete a divorce by reciting 'woman, I divorce you' three times, but gives no such option -- in fact, hardly any option -- to the woman is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that gives women almost no say in who they marry, when they marry, is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that makes such private, consensual acts as homosexuality, adultery, and fornication capital offenses is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that includes such penalties as physical maiming is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that requires an allegation of rape to be supported by at least two male witnesses is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that punishes women who claim to be raped, but do not provide those two witnesses, to have confessed to adultery or fornication and punishes them as above is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that values the rights and testimony of the adherents of one faith over others is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that mandates women to cover as much of themselves when in public is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that mandates women be accompanied at all times by a male relative is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that mandates adult women of any age need their male guardian's permission for ANYTHING is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that presumes that men are filled with uncontrollable lusts that can be unleashed by the slightest provocation by a woman is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that blames the woman for provoking those lusts in a man is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that is based purely on the tenets of a religion, and mandates that all must obey those tenets regardless of their beliefs, is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that says men may marry outside the faith, but women cannot, is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that tolerates "female circumcision" -- the removal of the clitoris and, occasionally, other tissue -- is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that makes apostasy -- leaving one's faith -- a crime and punishes it with death is uncivilized.

I believe any legal system that punishes those who proselytize any faith besides Islam, and rewards those who promote it, is uncivilized.

Again, I apologize for any confusion that I may have caused."

The Religion of Peaceful Co-Existence. Law-fare edition

2006-02-13T15:01:00.000-05:00

The Islamist fullcourt press against the West continues.
In no other country (except the multi-culti infected West) would an immigrant expect their host to abandon all principles that guide their society. So that the tender sensitivities of the widdle Muslims won't be offended.

Muslims may sue over cartoons: "The head of Calgary's Muslim community is considering a civil lawsuit against two local publishers for reprinting controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad -- images that have sparked deadly riots overseas.

Syed Soharwardy, president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, said the cartoons have caused Muslims in Calgary, and worldwide, unnecessary stress and heartache.

'We are, on Monday, going to see lawyers. We will try to find out if there is a possibility to have a civil lawsuit. That's what we're going to explore,' Soharwardy said Sunday.

'We see these cartoons as racist. We see these cartoons as hurtful, and we see these cartoons as against our religion. There has been damages towards the Muslim community for their losing their peace of mind, and creating stress on people's heart.'"

Remember kiddies, it's only a hate crime if the victim is a minority. If these had been 'black' churches it would be 24/7 media frenzy

2006-02-13T11:16:00.000-05:00

'Bosom buddies' suspected as 10th church set on fire: "'It's definitely arson,'' said Ragan Ingram, a spokesman for the state fire marshal's office, which was investigating whether the fire was connected to the other blazes that have destroyed or damaged nine churches since Feb. 2.

Saturday's fire was the only one that wasn't set in the pre-dawn hours.

Investigators have said they don't know a motive, but there is no racial pattern. Five of the churches had white congregations and five black. All were Baptist, the dominant faith in the region.

Last week, Gov. Bob Riley said the nine earlier church fires appear linked, as investigators checked out witness reports of two men in a sport utility vehicle near a number of the fires."

Doing it to ourselves. If we won't take a stand here, what will be do when the wolf is at our door?

2006-02-13T09:37:00.000-05:00

Toon-deaf Europe is taking the wrong stand: "If I were a Muslim, I'd be 'hurt' and 'humiliated' that the revered prophet's name is given not to latex blowup males but to so many real blowup males: The leader of the 9/11 plotters? Mohammed Atta. The British Muslim who self-detonated in a Tel Aviv bar? Asif Mohammed Hanif. The gunman who shot up the El Al counter at LAX? Heshamed Mohamed Hedayet. The former U.S. Army sergeant who masterminded the slaughter at the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania? Ali Mohamed. The murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh? Mohammed Bouyeri. The notorious Sydney gang rapist? Mohammed Skaf. The Washington sniper? John Allen Muhammed. If I were a Muslim, I would be deeply offended that the prophet's name is the preferred appellation of so many killers and suicide bombers on every corner of the earth.

But apparently that's not as big a deal as Mustafa Shag."

The Islamists 'own' the streets of France. Police fear to tread.

2006-02-12T21:46:00.000-05:00

Â¡No PasarÃ¡n!: Islamic Protestors in Paris Come Face to Face with an Unexpected Counter-Protest: "'I will show you my ID 10 meters from here' says the plainclothes cop. 'They are going to lynch you!' she adds, as she leads us into another street (in the movie taken by our valiant camera team, you can briefly see her wearing a brown coat, right after a bearded guy in white cap and tan jacket says 'They are provoking us' and the camera turns).

'Sons of adultery!' 'Hey, you two sons of the whore!' Uniformed policemen join us and start rushing us, more and more quickly down the street (I don't want to run, I tell them), with a growing crowd quickening their steps. A police van's door opens. 'Go! Go!' shouts a policeman to the driver, 'Foncez!' as sirens wail and the van rushes ahead.

'Are you out of your minds?!' ask the two officers. 'Do you know how many of them there were?!' 'Somebody's got to stand up for free speech', replies the French protestor."

While it's not my flying car....damn, that is cool

2006-02-12T15:28:00.000-05:00

Impact Lab - Microwave-Drill Technology: "he drill bit is a needle-like antenna that emits intense microwave radiation. The microwaves create a hot spot around the bit, melting or softening the material so that the bit can be pushed in.

But the drill can't bore through everything effectively. Sapphire's melting point, for instance, is too high. And steel conducts heat too well for a hot spot to develop. But the device works fine on rocks and concrete. In fact, the heat may even strengthen holes' walls in ceramics by welding together the fine grains in the material.

To use the drill, workers would have to be shielded from the intense microwave radiation it produces. The inventors claim that a simple shielding plate put in front of the drill bit is enough to meet common safety standards. "

Dhimni at KFI

2006-02-09T15:24:00.000-05:00

Chalk up another win for the terror apologists and head of the US 5th Column movement at CAIR.

With the bit firmly between their teeth the asshats at CAIR are knocking down media figure after media figure. Employer after employer. Proving that ethic-religious victimology trumps free-speech everytime.

It's a tragic shame that corporate media masters don't have the stones to support their employee's in the face of open intimidation and racial demagogory.

To put things in short simple terms:

Handel you are a pussy.

Clear Channel you suck, rolling over and showing your belly in the face of domestic Islamist agression/intimidation is disgusting and pathetic.

KFI Host, Clear Channel Apologize To Muslims: "After attracting world-wide attention, Clear Channel talk KFI Los Angeles morning man Bill Handel and Clear Channel have apologized to Muslims for comments Handel made on his Jan. 12 show.

The Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced that Handel and the station have apologized for mocking the deaths of Muslims on Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Handel has also been reprimanded in writing by the station for his 'insensitive remarks.'

As previously reported, CAIR had demanded that Handel apologize and be disciplined. "

The Jooooooo's are behind the Bird Flu according to the geniuses in Syria

2006-02-09T15:09:00.000-05:00

Ynetnews - News - Syria: Israel behind bird flu: "he state-run Syrian daily al-Thawra lately hinted that Israel developed the bird flu virus to harm the genes of its Arab neighbors.

An article published by the newspaper argues that Israel spread the virus in the Far East to mislead the world.

The newspaper backed its suspicions by citing a 1998 report in the Sunday Times that Israel is developing a biological Âethnic bombÂ that would kill Arabs and not Jews.

According to the Times, Israeli scientists are trying to identify genes characteristic to Arabs and then develop viruses that attack these genes. The newspaper said the program is being carried out at the Institute for Biological Research in Nes Tsiona near Tel Aviv.

ÂThe question being asked today is whether the virus chosen by the Zionist for their Âethnic bombÂ is bird flu?Â the newspaper wrote."

The infamous Mohammed cartoons, dancing to a catchy beat. Get down with your infidel selves.

2006-02-09T14:47:00.000-05:00

Mohammed Dance: "The Mohammed Dance!"

The 'American' Whore of the day

2006-02-09T13:59:00.000-05:00

My Way News: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. provided evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of an Internet writer, lawyers and activists said on Thursday, the second such case involving the U.S. Internet giant.

The latest storm over Western Internet companies in China comes just weeks after Web search giant Google Inc. came under fire for saying it would block politically sensitive terms on its new China site, bowing to conditions set by Beijing.

Writer and veteran activist Liu Xiaobo said Yahoo had co-operated with Chinese police in a case that led to the 2003 arrest of Li Zhi, who was charged with subverting state power and sentenced to eight years in prison after trying to join the dissident China Democracy Party.

Yahoo gave public security agents details of Li's registration as a Yahoo user, Liu said in an article posted on U.S.-based Chinese-language news portal Boxun, citing a defense statement from Li's lawyers.

A spokeswoman for Yahoo said the company was looking into the matter.

'As in most jurisdictions, governments are not required to inform service providers why they are seeking certain information and typically do not do so,' spokeswoman Mary Osako said.

'We would not know whether a demand for information focused on murder, kidnapping or another crime,' she said by phone from California, adding Yahoo thought the Internet was a positive force in China.

But media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said the argument that Yahoo simply responds to requests from authorities did not hold water."

Tell me again why Shadeeg was such a horrible idea?

2006-02-08T10:41:00.000-05:00

Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C.: "Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was elected House majority leader last week, is renting his Capitol Hill apartment from a veteran lobbyist whose clients have direct stakes in legislation Boehner has co-written and that he has overseen as chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee.

The relationship between Boehner, John D. Milne and Milne's wife, Debra R. Anderson, underscores how intertwined senior lawmakers have become with the lobbyists paid to influence legislation. Boehner's primary residence is in West Chester, Ohio, but for $1,600 a month, he rents a two-bedroom basement apartment near the House office buildings on Capitol Hill owned by Milne, Boehner spokesman Don Seymour said yesterday. Boehner's monthly rent appears to be similar to other rentals of two-bedroom English basement apartments close to the House side of the Capitol in Southeast, based on a review of apartment listings.

Milne's clients -- including restaurant chains and health insurance companies -- hired him to lobby on issues at the heart of Boehner's work, including minimum-wage increases, small-business tax breaks and tax-free savings accounts to help cover insurance costs, congressional lobbying records show.

In the weeks preceding last week's GOP leadership elections, Boehner acknowledged his close ties to the lobbying community, but he assured Republican lawmakers that all of his relationships were ethical and he campaigned on a platform of change and reform. Seymour reiterated that message last night.

'John Milne does not lobby John Boehner on any issue and has not lobbied him on any issue during the time period in which John has been renting the property,' he said."

Asshat

2006-02-07T10:21:00.000-05:00

US News Article | Reuters.com: "NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Shortcomings in aid from the U.S. government are making New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin look to other nations for help in rebuilding his hurricane-damaged city.

Nagin, who has hosted a steady stream of foreign dignitaries since Hurricane Katrina hit in late August, says he may seek international assistance because U.S. aid has not been sufficient to get the city back on its feet.

'I know we had a little disappointment earlier with some signals we're getting from Washington but the international community may be able to fill the gap,' Nagin said when a delegation of French government and business officials passed through on Friday to explore potential business partnerships.

Jordan's King Abdullah also visited New Orleans on Friday and Nagin said he would encourage foreign interests to help redevelop some of the areas hardest hit by the storm.

'France can take Treme. The king of Jordan can take the Lower Ninth Ward,' he said, referring to two of the city's neighborhoods."

Lunatic just aching to become a glass parking lot

2006-02-06T16:00:00.000-05:00

Iran cuts trade with Denmark: Iranian minister - Yahoo! News: "TEHRAN (Reuters) -
Iran has cut all trade ties with Denmark because of the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Iranian Commerce Minister Massoud Mirkazemi was quoted as saying by the Iranian student news agency ISNA.
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'All trade ties with Denmark were cut,' he was quoted as telling a news conference.

He said from Tuesday Iran would stop any Danish goods from entering its customs areas. Iran imports $280 million worth of goods from Denmark a year."

Dogg Bites Man: Shooting at Rap Video, ahem shoot

2006-02-06T14:15:00.000-05:00

News Story - NCBuy: "A star-studded music video shoot was interrupted by gunfire that killed a bodyguard for rapper Busta Rhymes, police said.

Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes and G-Unit members including Lloyd Banks were scheduled to be filming on a ninth-floor soundstage when violence erupted outside the Brooklyn building early Sunday, said police Sgt. Kevin Farrell.

Israel Ramirez, 29, was killed with a single shot to the chest, Farrell said.

Some 500 people were gathered for the Busta Rhymes video, and it was unclear how many had been outside when shots were fired.

Investigators took possession of a nearby parked car that was hit by the gunfire. They were still trying to determine early Monday what led to the violence, Farrell said."

Our divided foriegn policy

2006-02-03T15:10:00.000-05:00

I had hopes for Condi after she took over State. However, that was rather short lived. You have DOD able to recognize a threat, with State, aching to suckle the unit of Chavez.
ABC News: Rumsfeld Likens Chavez's Rise to Hitler: "WASHINGTON Feb 3, 2006 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Adolf Hitler, reflecting continuing tension in relations between the United States and the Latin American government.

Rumsfeld, asked during a National Press Club appearance Thursday about indications of a deteriorating general relationship between Washington and parts of Latin America, said he believes such a characterization 'misses the mark.'

'We saw dictatorships there. And then we saw most of those countries, with the exception of Cuba, for the most part move towards democracies,' he said. 'We also saw corruption in that part of the world. And corruption is something that is corrosive of democracy.'"

Weak and feeble response from State (again)

2006-02-03T15:06:00.000-05:00
When Chavez finishes his alignment with Iran, AQ, and the rest of the standard back actors, the US is going to be in a world of hurt.
Rather than squishing this cockroach while he si a minor pain. The US will wait until he has aligned most of the S. American countries into an anti-US bock. When we start getting Hispanic terrorism, then that will certainly be an interesting day.
CNN.com - U.S. kicks out Venezuelan envoy in tit-for-tat move - Feb 3, 2006: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States on Friday ordered a Venezuelan diplomat to leave after the government of President Hugo Chavez expelled a U.S. naval attache for alleged espionage.

U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Jeny Figueredo Frias, whom he identified as chief of staff to the Venezuelan ambassador, was declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave the United States.

On Thursday, Chavez had said that Venezuela was expelling naval attache John Correa for allegedly passing secret information from Venezuelan military officers to the Pentagon.

McCormack said the U.S. action was a direct response to Correa's expulsion.

'We don't like to get into tit-for-tat games with the Venezuelan government like this, but they initiated this and we were forced to respond,' he said."

The United States of Dhimni

2006-02-03T13:31:00.000-05:00

Having read the official position of the United States government regarding ‘sensitivity’ versus free-speech, I for one am disgusted with the snivling belly-crawling tripe being served up by the State Dept.

You have papers all over Europe willing to finally take a positive stand on the Islamist issue and you yank the rug out from under those Europeans not so ridden with socialist apathy that they actually took a stand in the face of Islamist aggression.

At one fell swoop the US could have co-opted all of Europe into taking a side, and the US chooses to back the ravening hordes of 7th century fanatics eager to burn civilization to the foundations.

It’s been obvious for years that the State Department has an independent agenda from the Executive Branch.

Way to sell out and squander our best chance of bringing all the actors out onto the same stage at the same time, and ending this farce.

Do you think that EU countries are going to more willing to support the US after we leave them twisting in the breeze, alone?

Shame on you, Shame.

Blovis

BREITBART.COM - US blasts cartoons of Prophet Mohammed: "The United States blasted the publication by European newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as unacceptable incitement to religious or ethnic hatred.

'These cartoons are indeed offensive to the beliefs of Muslims,' State Department spokesman Justin Higgins said when queried about the furore sparked by the cartoons which first appeared in a Danish newspaper.

'We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility,' Higgins told AFP."

The Dhnimnis in the State Department

2006-02-03T12:24:00.000-05:00
US sides with Muslims in cartoon dispute - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of the Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.
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By inserting itself into a dispute that has become a lightning rod for anti-European sentiment across the Muslim world, the United States could help its own battered image among Muslims.

'These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims,' State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question. 'We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable.'"

'American' actors cashing in on anti-American fervor in Turkey

2006-02-02T19:07:00.000-05:00

TKS on National Review Online: "In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother.

They kill dozens of innocent people with random machine gun fire, shoot the groom in the head, and drag those left alive to Abu Ghraib prison where a Jewish doctor cuts out their organs, which he sells to rich people in New York, London and Tel Aviv.

Valley of the Wolves Iraq, set to open in Turkey on Friday, feeds off the increasingly negative feelings many Turks harbor toward their longtime NATO allies: Americans.

The movie, which reportedly cost some $10 million, is the latest in a new genre of popular culture that demonizes the United States. It comes on the heels of a novel called Metal Storm about a war between Turkey and the U.S., which has been a best seller for months."
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The movie's American stars are Billy Zane, who plays a self-professed peacekeeper sent by God, and Gary Busey as the Jewish-American doctor

As Michele is fond of saying "Whatever you do just don't question their patriotism"

WTF??!

2006-02-02T12:59:00.000-05:00
MiamiHerald.com | 02/02/2006 | Bush aides clarify statements about oil: "WASHINGTON - One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic advisor said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.

What the president meant, they said in a conference call with reporters, was that alternative fuels could displace an amount of oil imports equivalent to most of what America is expected to import from the Middle East in 2025.

But America still would import oil from the Middle East, because that's where the greatest oil supplies are.

The president's State of the Union reference to Mideast oil made headlines nationwide Wednesday because of his assertion that ''America is addicted to oil'' and his call to ``break this addiction.''

Bush vowed to fund research into better batteries for hybrid vehicles and more production of the alternative fuel ethanol, setting a lofty goal of replacing ``more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.''

He pledged to ``move beyond a petroleum-based economy and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past.''"

D'oh!

2006-02-01T15:54:00.000-05:00

BREITBART.COM - Papers Accidentally Release Customer Data: "The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette said slips containing the names and credit card numbers of as many as 240,000 subscribers of both newspapers were accidentally delivered with bundles of papers last weekend in Worcester.

Officials of the newspapers, both owned by the New York Times Co., said Tuesday they were notifying customers of the mistake.

'We deeply value the trust our subscribers place in us and we are working diligently to remedy this unfortunate situation,' said Richard H. Gilman, publisher of The Boston Globe, in a written statement. 'Immediate steps have been taken internally at the Globe and Telegram & Gazette to increase security around credit card reporting.'

The Telegram & Gazette said the slips also contained routing information for 1,100 of its customers who pay by check.

The financial data was on the back side of paper that had inadvertently been recycled and used for routing slips in 9,000 bundles of the Sunday Telegram & Gazette distributed to retailers and new"

Can the EUnuchs have found a battle they are willing to fight?!

2006-02-01T13:23:00.000-05:00

This could be big; I don’t think will be, however I guess I am just a cock-eyed optimist. Ignoring the fact that Europe’s standing military forces are a hollow mockery of an Armed Forces; the European’s are adamantly unwilling to engage the Islamist threat directly in the first place.

However we are seeing paper after paper running the reprints of the Danish cartoons that started the whole thing.

Michelle Malkin is mirroring the offending cartoons here.

Once/if the majority of the papers in the EU have run the cartoons, what will the permanently aggrieved Arab Street do? Either they are going to have to completely divest from doing any business with any country that ran the cartoons, or just sit and grumble in their beards and shake their fists at the evil infidels.

While I am in moon-eyed optimist mode, how about Bush’s initial toe dipping into the waters of ME oil independence? Setting a goal of independence from ME oil by the year 2025.

I have incredible doubts as to the Fed’s ability to change the course of domestic energy consumption. However the concept is solid, and rather bold for an oil man.
IF the West can develop a new core energy source to replace oil as our de facto source of energy. Well then, it would be quite nice to let the Islamists sit back and eat their oil. Leaving them to their own devices and justly deserved fates.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Muhammad cartoon row intensifies: "Newspapers across Europe have reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to show support for a Danish paper whose cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage.

France Soir, Germany's Die Welt, La Stampa in Italy and El Periodico in Spain all carried some of the drawings.

Their publication in Denmark has led to protests in Arab nations, diplomatic sanctions and death threats.

Islamic tradition bans depictions of the Prophet, but media watchdogs defend press freedom to publish the images.

Reporters Without Borders said the reaction in the Arab world 'betrays a lack of understanding' of press freedom as 'an essential accomplishment of democracy.'

'Sense of sacred'

In Berlin, the prominent daily Die Welt ran a front-page caricature of the prophet wearing a headdress shaped like a bomb.

30 Sept: Danish paper Jyllands-Posten publishes cartoons
20 Oct: Muslim ambassadors in Denmark complain to Danish PM
10 Jan: Norwegian publication reprints cartoons
26 Jan: Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador
30 Jan: Gunmen raid EU's Gaza office
31 Jan: Danish paper apologises
1 Feb: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain print cartoons

The paper argued there was a right to blaspheme in the West, and asked whether Islam was capable of coping with satire."

I wish Johnny were still alive so we could ask him what he thinks about this, however, in this case I think I captured the essential message he would want to communicate to the Religion of Peaceful Co-Existance.

**update:
Junkyard Blog makes an excellent observation regarding the previous groups that had been intimidated into submission by the Islamists.

LGF finds Italy and Spain are jumping on the wagon as well.

Tammy Bruce has some cogent obervations also.

The ROP has phoned in another bombthreat to the newspaper.

****updated update
The French have pre-emptively surrendered to the Islamists, so we can count them out.

LGF points out what passes for civilized satire amongst the 'mainstream muslims'

Nope, not a single reason to militarize our border is there?

2006-01-30T13:20:00.000-05:00
KPHO Phoenix - Mexico arrests four undocumented, U.S.-bound Iraqis: "MEXICO CITY Mexico says its arrested four Iraqis who were trying to sneak into the United States without the proper documents.
Mexico's Attorney General's office says police -- acting on an anonymous tip -- found the four aboard a bus in the northern city of Navajoa (nav-ah-HO-. That's about 375 miles south of the Arizona border.

The statement says the Iraqis were in Mexico illegally.

Officials are investigating the background of the four and trying to determine how they got into Mexico."

FOXNews.com - Views News - Tongue Tied - Target Colors, Black Betty Blackballed

2006-01-30T12:43:00.000-05:00

You ever read one of those things that make you think your head is just going to explode off your shoulders and kill everyone within a 25 foot radius from the sheer indignation over-pressure wave.

FOXNews.com - Views News - Tongue Tied - Target Colors, Black Betty Blackballed: "Police in Tampa, Fla. are now using colored targets on their shooting ranges because they fear the traditional black silhouettes on a white background might be sending a racist message, reports the Tampa Tribune.

Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy, whose agency switched to 'Smurf Blue' silhouette targets from black ones two years ago, said: 'Nowadays, you can never be too sensitive.'

Companies that make the targets report that the trend, which started in Florida, has spread nationwide. Blue and green targets, as well as full-color images, are less likely to be criticized as racially insensitive, they say."

Cox & Forkum: Thugocracy

2006-01-27T08:18:00.000-05:00

Cox & Forkum: Thugocracy: "Former President Carter said Thursday the Palestinian elections were 'completely honest, completely fair, completely safe and without violence.'

Carter, who led an international observer team from the National Democratic Institute, also said he hoped that the Hamas Islamic group would act responsibly now that it appears to have been elected to power in Palestinian elections.

'My hope is that as Hamas assumes a major role in the next government, whatever that might be, it will take a position on international standards of responsibility,' he told a news conference in Jerusalem."

Colombia says busts al Qaeda-linked passport ring

2006-01-26T22:05:00.000-05:00
World Crises | Reuters.com: "BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Colombia arrested 19 members of a passport-forging ring with links to Islamic militant groups Hamas and al Qaeda that enabled foreign nationals to travel in the United States and Europe under false documents, the attorney general's office said on Thursday.

'Some of the suspects are wanted for extradition by the United States for collaborating with terrorist groups Hamas and al Qaeda,' Deputy Attorney General Alberto Otalora told reporters.

Three members of Colombia's Administrative Security Department, or DAS, the state intelligence agency, were arrested in the sweep. An employee of Colombia's National Registry, which provides official identification documents, was also among those arrested.

'This network since 2002 has been dedicated to falsifying documents in order to permit foreign citizens to travel as Colombians through Europe and the United States,' a statement issued by the Attorney General's Office said.

Citizens of Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt sent information to the ring in Colombia, which used that information to create false Colombian passports, the statement said."

The invasion continues apace

2006-01-26T14:51:00.000-05:00
BREITBART.COM - Mexico Halts Border Maps Hand-Out: "Mexico will suspend its plan to distribute maps to migrants wanting to cross the U.S. border illegally, but an official said Thursday the decision was not made because of American pressure.

Miguel Angel Paredes, spokesman for the federal Human Rights Commission, said the government wanted to 'rethink' its plan because human rights officials in border states expressed concern that the maps would show anti-immigrant groups _ like the Minutemen civilian patrols _ where migrants likely would gather.

'This would be practically like telling the Minutemen where the migrants are going to be,' Paredes said. 'We are going to rethink this, so that we wouldn't almost be handing them over to groups that attack migrants.'

On Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the United States opposed the plan 'in the strongest terms.' He said the effort would lead more people to cross the border, 'leading to more migrant deaths and the further enrichment of the criminal human trafficking rings.'

Paredes was asked if the Mexican decision was a response to U.S. pressure.

'No, we are not responding to that,' he said. 'We have not taken that into account.'"

A big old F.U. to non-wife killing citizens everywhere

2006-01-26T14:09:00.000-05:00
Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles has renamed a public school after Johnnie Cochran, the late criminal defense lawyer who helped clear 'Trial of the Century' murder defendant O.J. Simpson.

School district officials voted unanimously for the name change on Tuesday, saying Cochran, who attended the former Mt. Vernon Middle School as a boy, was an 'extraordinary, superb lawyer with movie-star celebrity status.'

But the sister of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, whom the former star football player and actor was charged with stabbing and slashing to death, said she was stunned by the move.

'It's in bad taste,' Denise Brown told Reuters. 'Yeah, he was a great defense attorney. But what about your moral obligation to children and society?'

Cochran, who died last year of a brain tumor at age 67, was the lead attorney for Simpson. He accused Los Angeles police of framing his client because he was black and famously told the jury, 'If it doesn't fit, you must acquit,' in reference to a bloody glove found at Simpson's house."

Hamas Wins Landslide 76 Seats - Yahoo! News

2006-01-26T13:39:00.000-05:00
Hamas Wins Landslide 76 Seats - Yahoo! News: "RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Islamic militant Hamas won a landslide victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections, winning 76 seats in the 132-member legislature, election officials said Thursday. The rival
Fatah Party, which controlled Palestinian politics for four decades, won 43 seats.
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Hamas supporters raised their flag over the Palestinian parliament and rushed into the building amid clashes with Fatah loyalists a day after winning parliamentary elections.

The two camps threw stones at each other, breaking windows in the building, as Fatah supporters briefly tried to lower the green Hamas banners. The crowd of about 3,000 Hamas backers cheered and whistled as activists on the roof of the parliament raised the Hamas banner again.

It was the first confrontation between Hamas and Fatah since the Islamic militant group won parliamentary elections on Wednesday.

Palestinian leaders huddled to determine what role the Islamic militant group will play in governing the territories.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will ask Hamas to form the next government, with his defeated Fatah Party weighing whether to form a partnership or serve in the opposition.

A Hamas government, without Fatah as a moderating force, would greatly complicate Abbas' efforts to restart peace talks. The Islamic militants, who carried out dozens of suicide bombings and seek
Israel's destruction, have said they oppose peace talks and will not disarm. Israel and the United States refuse to deal with Hamas."

Not even the lowly bowl of soup is safe from the baleful glimpse of the PC crowd.

2006-01-25T13:14:00.000-05:00

BBC NEWS | Europe | French crackdown on 'racist soup': "A leading French anti-racism movement has urged Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to ban pork soup give-aways throughout the country.

Bernadette Hatier, vice president of the Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples, said the scheme was a ploy to drum up far-right votes ahead of 2007 presidential elections.

'Nothing illegal'

Many local authorities have said they are powerless to intervene as the groups are not breaking the law.

National Front spokesman Bruno Gollinisch said that people had the right to be charitable to whomever they want.

He described moves to ban the pork soup kitchens as 'revelatory of authorities' alienation from the French people'.

Dominique Lescure, head of the Nice-based group Soulidarieta, said pork was a traditional part of French cuisine"

Great moments in French naval design

2006-01-24T21:23:00.000-05:00

Recalling recent achievements the French apparently came to their senses and subcontracted their carrier design to a country that can at least get one to float. Not that British carriers are something to shake in your boots at. A ski-jump for Harrier's just isn't that fearsome.

I would however like to take a moment to snicker about all the former great French mariners that are now rotating at approximately 90hz in their coffins at the thought of the English taking over construction of the French navy. (insert evil cackle here).
France joins naval project for Â£140m - Financial Times - MSNBC.com: "France has agreed to pay Britain as much as Â£140m to develop and construct an aircraft carrier based on the design of those being built for the Royal Navy. It is the first concrete step towards what would be the biggest joint military programme in a generation.

The deal, hammered out in London by John Reid, defence secretary, and MichÃ¨le Alliot-Marie, his French counterpart, would see France pay Britain as much as Â£100m in three instalments over the course of this year for the rights to the UK design."

More from the Statesmen of Palestine

2006-01-24T16:27:00.001-05:00
Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World: "A leader of the ruling Fatah Party in Nablus was shot to death Tuesday in violence related to upcoming elections for the Palestinian parliament.

Nine gunmen, also affiliated with Fatah, pulled up in two cars to the house of Abu Ahmed Hassouna, 44, around 1:30 a.m. and began firing at posters of election candidates on his house, relatives said.

Hassouna leaned out a window, shouted at them to stop, and they shot him in the head, they said. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died shortly after. The gunmen fled, some by car and some on foot, after one of their cars broke down, relatives said.

Early this month, a Hamas supporter was killed in a firefight that erupted while rival factions were hanging election posters in Gaza City. Hamas blamed the ruling Fatah Party for the shooting."

The true 'culture of corruption'

2006-01-24T16:27:00.000-05:00
RealClearPolitics - Commentary - The Media's Double Standard in Covering Scandals by Bruce Bartlett: "By my count, there have been 70 different members of the House who have been investigated for serious offenses over the last 30 years, including many involving actual criminality and jail time. Of these, only 15 involved Republicans, with the remaining 55 involving Democrats.

I have no doubt that any poll of the American people asking which party had more frequently been the subject of House ethics investigations would show an overwhelming majority naming the Republicans, when the truth is that Democrats, historically, have been far more likely to have been investigated.

The reason is that the liberal media harp on Republican misdeeds monotonously because to them the subject never gets boring. By contrast, Democratic wrongdoing tends to be treated in a perfunctory manner, with no follow-up. This imbalance of coverage, which is unrelated to the seriousness of the charges, naturally tends to make people think Republicans are more corrupt, when a reasonable person reviewing all the evidence would have to conclude that Democrats are much more likely to be corrupt."

Never, Ever, Ever, trust a peace 'activist'. The only side they care about is the enemies.

2006-01-24T16:22:00.000-05:00
Telegraph | News | German hostage had ransom money: "A German archaeologist kidnapped in Iraq last year was found on her release to have some of the ransom money paid to her abductors in her possession, according to investigators.

Susanne Osthoff, 43, was released after a month in captivity on Dec 18. While she took a shower in Germany's embassy in Baghdad, officers from the BND, its intelligence service, found 'several thousand dollars' fastened with rubber bands in her clothes, according to one of the investigators. Their serial numbers matched those on notes paid to secure her release.

While the German government has refused to comment on whether it paid a ransom, it is widely speculated that the equivalent of £3 million was handed over to secure her freedom.

Politicians and the public were yesterday asking new questions about her ordeal. Many have lost patience with Miss Osthoff, a convert to Islam, since she declared her intention to return to Iraq and failed to thank them for their efforts to free her."

Damn that Global Warming

2006-01-24T16:07:00.000-05:00
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Records shatter as arctic weather grips Europe: "VIENNA, Austria – Vienna's subway tracks cracked, German authorities shut a key canal to ships after it iced up, and a zoo moved its penguins indoors Tuesday as a deadly deep freeze tightened its arctic grip on much of Europe.

The killer cold wave, which has been blamed for more than 50 deaths in Russia, claimed at least 13 lives in the past five days in the former Soviet republic of Moldova, where authorities said another 30 people – many of them homeless – were hospitalized with hypothermia.

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Romanian authorities reported 15 deaths in the past few days, five of them homeless people, after temperatures dropped as low as minus 22 degrees.

Parts of Austria felt more like Siberia, with the mercury plunging well below zero. The bitter cold hit an all-time low of minus 24 degrees in the Lower Austria town of Gross Gerungs, while in the beer-making town of Zwettl, it was minus 12 – the chilliest Jan. 24 since 1929."

Hypocrisy knows no bounds

2006-01-24T15:39:00.000-05:00

MPAA admits to unauthorized movie copying: "What happens when an organization that is best known for inveighing against the unauthorized copying of movies gets caught doing exactly that? The Motion Picture Association of America was caught with its pants down, admitting to making unauthorized copies of the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated in advance of this week's Sundance Film Festival.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated looks at the motion picture ratings system created and run by the MPAA. Director Kirby Dick submitted the film for rating in November. After receiving the movie, the MPAA subsequently made copies without Dick's permission. Dick had specifically requested in an e-mail that the MPAA not make copies of the movie. The MPAA responded by saying that 'the confidentiality of your film is our first priority.'"

Crying because they wouldn't give poor little Johnny his ball back. What a wanker!

2006-01-10T15:44:00.000-05:00

Man sues over chatroom humiliation | The Register: "An Ohio man who claims that he was humiliated by two other participants in an AOL chatroom has sued the two men for causing emotional distress and the ISP for failing to stop the alleged abuse, according to a report from Law.com.

The case, which is due for a hearing in an Ohio court today, is said to be the first of its kind.

According to Law.com, Medina County resident George Gillespie sued Mike Marlowe of Alabama and Bob Charpentier of Oregon after the two men began teasing him online.

Reports suggest that the teasing then ventured out of the chat room and into the real world, with Marlowe travelling from Alabama to Ohio in order to disrupt GillespieÂs mail service by handing a change-of-address form into a post office.

Other reports suggest that Gillespie was himself indulging in a little ÂbanterÂ in the chatroom, making fun of CharpentierÂs girlfriend, and posting a picture of CharpentierÂs home online.

'This guy is just a character, and his BS finally caught up with him,' Charpentier told the Akron Beacon Journal. 'This lawsuit is just another form of harassment.'

'I'm so flabbergasted with this because this has been blown out of proportion,' Marlowe told Law.com. 'We just made fun of the guy.'

AOL has not commented on the action, other than to point out that it has a code of conduct governing the behaviour of its members, and that this is strictly enforced."

Bundling malWare for distribution, what could possible go wrong?

2006-01-10T15:43:00.000-05:00
Malware on tap scheme draws flak | The Register: "A Dutch-firm's plans to sell malware samples to corporates have drawn a barbed response from members of the anti-virus industry and a penetration testing firm.

Dutch security Frame4 Security Systems plans to go live with a malware distribution project, dubbed MD:Pro, from 1 February. The service is promoted as offering 'developers of security systems and anti-malware products a vast collection of downloadable malware from a secure and reliable source'.

The subscription-based service will cost from Â1,000 a month and will be restricted to security developers involved in analysis, testing, research and development, according to Anthony Aykut of Frame4 Security Systems. Aykut said Frame4 had more than 6,500 files in its system and predicts it might have 120,000 downloadable malware samples by the end of 2006. It claimed many of the samples would be 'undetectable' by anti-virus products

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at anti-virus firm Sophos, questioned the benefits of the service. He said that researchers in the anti-virus industry have worked closely together for years, sharing malware samples between trusted experts and analysts without ever charging money."

The Religion of Peace (via LGF)

2006-01-09T13:55:00.000-05:00
MEMRI TV: "Following are excerpts from a rally of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, and on Al-'Alam TV, on January 9, 2006.

Crowd: Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Man: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.

Crowd: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.

Man: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.

Crowd: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.

Man: (Chopped off) from the land of the believers.

Crowd: From the land of the believers.

Man: The Audience will now split into two groups: One group will settle the score with America, and the other will settle the score with Israel. This group now: Death to America!

Crowd: Death to America!

Man: Death to Israel!

Crowd: Death to Israel! Death to America!

Man: Death to America!

Crowd: Death to America!

Man: Death to America!

Crowd: Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!

Man: All together now: Death to America! Death to Israel!

Crowd: Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!"

Mouse thrown into fire sets home ablaze - Boston.com

2006-01-09T09:44:00.000-05:00
Mouse thrown into fire sets home ablaze - Boston.com: "FORT SUMNER, N.M. --A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it.

'I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house,' Mares said from a motel room Saturday.

Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.

No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed."

Let no aspect of a citizen's life go unregulated

2006-01-09T09:42:00.000-05:00
Guardian Unlimited Business | Business latest | In Norway, a woman's place is in the boardroom: "The 500 companies listed on Norway's stock exchange face being shut down unless they install women on their boards over the next two years in a radical initiative imposed by a government determined to help women break through the 'glass ceiling'.

After a week in which the Equal Opportunities Commission in Britain has warned that it would take 40 years for women to break into the ranks of the FTSE 100 in the same way as men, Norwegian companies face a two-year deadline to ensure that women hold 40% of the seats of each company listed on the Oslo bourse. New companies have to comply now with the rules and the government is considering extending the law to family-owned companies as well."

The Religion of Biological Warfare

2006-01-09T08:08:00.000-05:00
SundayMirror.co.uk - News - HIV BOMBERS: "EXCLUSIVE Al-Qaeda's plot to infect troops with AIDS virus
By Rupert Hamer Defence Correspondent

AL-QAEDA is recruiting suicide bombers who are infected with the AIDS virus, according to documents revealed to the Sunday Mirror.

Terror chiefs are also targeting fanatics who suffer other lethal blood diseases such as hepatitis and dengue fever in order to increase their 'kill rate' from an explosion. The chilling new threat is revealed in papers distributed to British military camps in Iraq and across Europe.

Under the heading 'HIV/Hepatitis' the document states: 'There is evidence that terrorists might be deliberately recruiting volunteers with diseases that are spread by blood transference.'

Experts have found that bones and other blood-spattered fragments from a suicide bomber could penetrate the skin of a victim 50 metres away and infect them."

Wizbang Carnical of the Trackbacks

2006-01-07T22:11:00.000-05:00
Wizbang: "Carnival of the Trackbacks XLV"

I'm not saying... I'm just saying....

2006-01-07T22:05:00.000-05:00

WorldNetDaily: Sharon targeted with 'death curse': "Fringe activists held a midnight kabbalistic ritual in an ancient cemetery calling for angels of death to kill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and thwart his Gaza withdrawal plan, participants in the ceremony told WND.

The same individuals used the ritual against Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin one month before his assassination in 1995.

The activists said they performed a 'Pulsa Dinura' – a kabbalistic ceremony in which God is asked to curse a sinner, usually an enemy of the Jewish people – and prayed for a death curse to be placed on Sharon."