So many topics, so little time. LOL

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Boston takes game 2, 2 - 1 ! !

Fascism still stinks.

DKos has a poll, "will you convert to Islam to stop terror". The only possible answer is yes.

Poll-

Will you convert to Islam in order to stop the terrorist threat?
*Yes, I will convert to Islam
100% 6 votes

Now I know that the Kos Kiddies are completely out of their minds.

Why is it that a Muslim can refuse any Western conventions, but it is always OK to screw a Jew or Christian, and even get extra credit? I am reading the University of Dhimmiware story.

I love American Thinker.

I will read that tomorrow.

Outta here guys, have a good night.

re: #4 Killgore Trout

Fascism still stinks.

I thought Killgore Trout Stinks?

:')

re: #6 DesertSage

Poll-Will you convert to Islam in order to stop the terrorist threat?
*Yes, I will convert to Islame
100% 6 votes

Fixed that for them :)

That Kos link is a hoot:

Sure, there are a few people here and there who take religion seriously, but they are in such a small minority that their protests can be easily ignored.

And by "hoot" I mean it makes me doubt whether I want to bring any more children into this world.

I hate Vonnegut. A moron pretending to be a writer.

At least a few commenters on that Dkos link said no, they would not convert. I wonder, though, if this is a spoof by a right winger. Probably not. It's probably one of the internet jihadists.

I wish I could hang out, but we have an early network cut tomorrow.

The panel situation, terrible. Writing a protest letter to Brookings fwiw.

DKOS: insane as ever.

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Daily Kos: A Simple Way to End the War on Terror. (Convert to Islam. Yes, really.)

OR convert all idiot Liberals into human shield to protect Mecca, but they must do it nakid while drinking Miller Beer and smoking a Camel while reading gay porn, all the while being loved on by their 4 pet dogs

Decision - Decisions

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re: #11 Cognito

Cog has Kids?

17 rugrats.

God love 'em.

I have a bit of experience with juries and looooong trials. What I observed was a tendency of many of the attorneys to make themselves look good "professionally" at the expense of clarity of presentation. In other words, they were looking to increase their reputation and standing amongst their peers rather than making things clear to the jury.

Let's hope the government learned its lesson with the HLF. Lord, they're lucky that they're being given the chance to retry the case.

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Cog has Kids?

Weird huh?

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Cog has Kids?

17 rugrats.

God love 'em.

You have 17 kids?!
And you're contemplating having more?

What's wrong with you?

This link should be on Drudge:

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re: #11 Cognito

Cog has Kids?

17 rugrats.

God love 'em.

You have 17 kids?!
And you're contemplating having more?

What's wrong with you?

Heck, I've got six more on the way at the moment.

;)

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re: #11 CognitoCog has Kids?

17 rugrats.God love 'em.

You have 17 kids?!
And you're contemplating having more?What's wrong with you?

Heck, I've got six more on the way at the moment.

;)

I thought we were talking about human beings.

Cog raises goats?

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Ann Coulter's latest. And very good and a bit serious. Hmm

Uma (Fox news reader) is looking a bit sexier, isn't she?

What?

No Lancelot Link?

Wow..Pamela at Atlas Shrugs is really digging into her defense of groups that Charles is suspicious about.

The truth may be somewhere in between.

Convert to Islam? (banging fist on forehead) why didn't I think of that? Just submit, yeah, that's it...

just as soon as my long dead Dad plays me that last game of checkers...

"Net neutrality" has nothing to do with free speech on the internet. "Net neutrality" is a BS issue invented by Google and other companies that are getting rich on free (or cheap) bandwidth. Owners of the networks have every right to charge heavy users more.

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OT - New U.S. Alert for Shoe Bombers

Following the seizure in Europe of hollowed-out shoes containing blasting caps, U.S. authorities have been told to be on the lookout for thick-soled shoes that could be used to conceal explosives, as infamously was the case with convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid.

According to a Department of Homeland Security-FBI bulletin issued Wednesday, Oct. 24, European authorities in September 2007 discovered a pair of shoes that were used to smuggle electric blasting caps across international borders for use in a terrorist attack...

[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

Okay, how long until we are required to fly naked?

This may sound like a lot to ask from the most religious country in the industrialized world. But of all the Christians in America today who profess to be religious, how many of us are seriously devout?

If you have to ask, you obviously don't have a clue.

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Time to eat da fish.
/G'nite, yall. We'll have a battle tomorrow.

re: #38 Killgore Trout

re: #36 zenren

Okay, how long until we are required to fly naked?

Pants is fascism!

But I have Utilikilt!

Don't trouser me, bro!

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Ok, now that there is an open thread, can one of you old-timers answer a question for me? When was the last time a certain blogger had a vacation?

I was thinking that one of you could open a paypal account, and if each of us chipped in $10 we could send him to Hawaii for a week.

Much as I hate to say anything positive about a Kossack diary, Yacka Jah Yacka's proposal that we all end the War on Terror by converting to Islam is patently satire - probably the first funny post "Screw 'em" has ever allowed into his hatefest. He must not have seen the point either. Charles at least has the excuse of having been preoccupied by his examination of the Swedish Democrats.

Bobby Calvan answers his fans.

[Link: blog.calvan.net...]

Daily Kos: A Simple Way to End the War on Terror. (Convert to Islam. Yes, really.)

I think they have now officially "jumped the shark".

Do i need to express my contempt for Daily Kos to understand it?

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Convert to Islam? (banging fist on forehead) why didn't I think of that? Just submit, yeah, that's it...

just as soon as my long dead Dad plays me that last game of checkers...

Sure, I'll convert to Islam. Just as soon as they renounce the teachings of the mad pedophile woman hating POS from Mecca and Medina, and accept the teachings of a true prophet, or rather group of prophets and the true maker, monarch, and Savior of all who will accept him.
When they behead me, will it be a slow sawing, or a swift strike to the back of the neck? But who am I to complain? I'm just the child of Monkeys and Swine.

"It should also be noted that the acquittal of the HLF itself doesn't let it off the hook...."

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

Well, yes and no. It's a mistrial, not an acquittal.

Let's be clear: In declaring a mistrial, the judge threw out all the acquittals except those in favor Mohammed El-Mezain, and even he still faces a charge of felony conspiracy. As a result, HLF is still very much "on the hook," as are all of the other defendants.

Regarding the Daily Kos article, it receives vast support throughout its comments. One pig-be-upon-him kid throve over the article and actually suggested that converting just for the sake of "ending the war" - isn't quite enough; there should be full on submission, as advised by the glorious KQ0r4N.

Unbelievably clueless with their moral equations.

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From the U of D story,

I am also not sure how I feel about being on the same panel with an Israeli soldier who was stationed in West Bank. Some people see IDF as an occupying force in the West Bank. I am not sure that I will be comfortable occupying the same space with him. It is not fair to spring this surprise on me at the last moment.

The fair and correct thing for them to have done would have been to write him back saying...
"We are sorry you feel this way and will understand if you do not wish to appear on the panel, however we will continue without you if that is what you wish."

Of course this is a University and "fair" and "correct" are not in their playbook.

Re: Islamofascist Awareness Week - Michael Medved was speaking at the University of Washington tonight - I haven't seen or heard anything about how it went, but I'm sure his show will be very interesting tomorrow.

[Link: www.my58.com...]

"School Bus Stolen From Roseville Parking Lot"
POSTED: 3:33 pm PDT October 25, 2007
UPDATED: 4:23 pm PDT October 25, 2007

ROSEVILLE, Calif. --

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "According to authorities, the bus has "Merryhill Schools" lettered on its side and has two identification numbers, "Unit #586" and "Fleet #N63989."

Anyone with information on the stolen bus is urged to contact the Roseville Police Department."

"Convert to Islam?" Because some big bad billionaire who lives in caves, if he's still alive, tells me to? Because my personal dedication, amongst 303 million other people, would ultimately save more more lives and resources from a supposedly pseudo-war on terrorism? These Kos members pride themselves on alternative thinking and logic, seeing through big lies big government throws at us. But that is just plain stupidity. To merely suggest that 300 million people ought to be subjected to a form of Islam that is so hateful and repressive disgusts me, as do the people that support that as a means to acquiesce these terrorists.

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'Night y'all.

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OT - New U.S. Alert for Shoe Bombers

Following the seizure in Europe of hollowed-out shoes containing blasting caps, U.S. authorities have been told to be on the lookout for thick-soled shoes that could be used to conceal explosives, as infamously was the case with convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid.

According to a Department of Homeland Security-FBI bulletin issued Wednesday, Oct. 24, European authorities in September 2007 discovered a pair of shoes that were used to smuggle electric blasting caps across international borders for use in a terrorist attack...

[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

Okay, how long until we are required to fly naked?

I'm afraid they'll make us fly naked, and let our enemies continue disguising themselves in burqas and the like.

Did anyone notice that the "poll" cannot come out anything other than 100%? There is no "no" option--just like in Islam.

Sorry, guys but that columnist is satirizing those seventh-century lunatics right under the nose of the people who let it be posted.

-T

I can't wait to see the Kos Kidz decked out in those knee-length shirts (men) and burkas (women). They should put up one of those temperature style gauges at the site, "Only 55,000 converts to go! Convert today and save the world! Don't ask, don't stone option for gays!"

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Wow..Pamela at Atlas Shrugs is really digging into her defense of groups that Charles is suspicious about.

The truth may be somewhere in between.

It really worries me to see this fracas, because it feels more emotional than rational, and we need each other for the coming catastrophe. Political alliances are more business relationship than friendship, and provide the venue for drawing people of shared interests into closer agreement on an ever expanding panoply of issues.

Coordination of effort with the Sweden Democrats should be based on current good behavior and shared interests, not past allegations. Our U.S. Democrats have no trouble putting a married mother, a draft dodger, a beer drinking union mechanic, a convicted felon, an illegal alien, and a naked homosexual with an exposed erect penis under the same tent. We can be true to our core beliefs while building a working coalition of the partially like minded.

While I appreciate Charles' abhorrence of racial hatred, this issue has somehow hit a nerve beyond what I am used to seeing, and something feels wrong about it.

Pray for unity in defense of our God given freedoms, human rights, and personal responsibility.

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re: #46 TomVeal

Much as I hate to say anything positive about a Kossack diary, Yacka Jah Yacka's proposal that we all end the War on Terror by converting to Islam is patently satire - probably the first funny post "Screw 'em" has ever allowed into his hatefest. He must not have seen the point either. Charles at least has the excuse of having been preoccupied by his examination of the Swedish Democrats.

Did you read his comments in that thread? Not a single hint of humor about them.

This was not satire.

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Code Pink are the real traitors

You gotta love Melanie Morgan

I think I will go to bed and laugh hysterically about how wonderfully the KosKids would get along as soon as they converted to Islam. Far left athiest communists in one of the strictest religions on earth. Hilarity ensues. I smell a sitcom!

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re: #63 Meremortal

I can't wait to see the Kos Kidz decked out in those knee-length shirts (men) and burkas (women). They should put up one of those temperature style gauges at the site, "Only 55,000 convertsreversions to go! Convert revert today and save the world! Don't ask, don't stone option for gays!"

There ya go, fixed it for ya!

re: #67 Charles

re: #46 TomVeal

Much as I hate to say anything positive about a Kossack diary, Yacka Jah Yacka's proposal that we all end the War on Terror by converting to Islam is patently satire - probably the first funny post "Screw 'em" has ever allowed into his hatefest. He must not have seen the point either. Charles at least has the excuse of having been preoccupied by his examination of the Swedish Democrats.

Did you read his comments in that thread? Not a single hint of humor about them.

This was not satire.

I agree with Charles on this one, the diarist thinks we can get away with 'cheating' and the terrorists will buy it.

re: #62 The Therapist

Did anyone notice that the "poll" cannot come out anything other than 100%? There is no "no" option--just like in Islam.

Sorry, guys but that columnist is satirizing those seventh-century lunatics right under the nose of the people who let it be posted.

-T

The difference is that satire is often funny.

Paging Al Gore....

Too many people turning in early tonight. Good morning to anyone out there.

All in all, converting to Islam would be a small price to pay for an end to the killing and maiming of our sons and daughters, not to mention the billions of dollars we could put to better use than fighting this perpetual war.

This is the dumbest thing I've seen all day. "Naive" for a tag is a bit of an understatement.

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[Link: www.my58.com...]

"School Bus Stolen From Roseville Parking Lot"
POSTED: 3:33 pm PDT October 25, 2007
UPDATED: 4:23 pm PDT October 25, 2007

ROSEVILLE, Calif. --

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "According to authorities, the bus has "Merryhill Schools" lettered on its side and has two identification numbers, "Unit #586" and "Fleet #N63989."

Anyone with information on the stolen bus is urged to contact the Roseville Police Department."

Thanks very much for posting this! I'm tracking the stolen school bus issue, and I'm still baffled about why they're disappearing. Doesn't look good that so few of the school buses missing from the Houston area have been recovered.

I blogged about it here:
Another school bus stolen - this time near Sacramento, CA

If you see this bus or have any information, please call Roseville police at (916)774-5000.

I was just reading a SF Chronicle piece that we must stop global warming to save the Arctic, the Polar Bears and the Penguins. ......?(lol)

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re: #32 FQ Kafir

Wow..Pamela at Atlas Shrugs is

re: #48 Yankee Division Son

Daily Kos: A Simple Way to End the War on Terror. (Convert to Islam. Yes, really.)

I think they have now officially "jumped the shark".

I understand the metaphor (nonsensical act, proving irrelevance) but disagree. With DKOS, it's more like bleeding on the shark.

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Internet/network interface security question. Oh sure I could Google it, but I think it'll be more fun to ask here. I think I know what it is.

What is a "man in the middle attack" and how much of a threat is it?

/no Googling

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Well, I certainly didn't mean to kill the thread.

/it won't kill me to Google it

re: #93 Killian Bundy

Internet/network interface security question. Oh sure I could Google it, but I think it'll be more fun to ask here. I think I know what it is.

What is a "man in the middle attack" and how much of a threat is it?

/no Googling

A "man in the middle attack" is a type of attack where an eavesdropper has been listening in on a supposedly secure conversation between two parties from the very beginning.

Because of this "the man in the middle" knows your secrets (passwords, encryption keys, whatever) and is able to intercept and read (or even surreptitiously alter) communications between both parties without their knowledge while both parties believe that their conversation is still secure when in fact their entire conversation has been compromised from the start.

That's it in a nutshell. The mechanics of a real MIM attack are much more complicated.

As for the seriousness of a MIM attack the degree of seriousness would depend on the nature of the compromised conversation beyond the troubling nature of someone eaves dropping on you without your knowledge. If you're simply having an innocuous internet chat not very serious at all. If you are the victim of a MIM attack while accessing your bank account then that's clearly not a good thing.

Killian,

Just FYI, in case you hadn't heard, Red Eye has been given a new Saturday show at 11 PM Eastern. New episode, not a repeat. I don't know why FOX News would put up a show in direct competition with a FOX Television entity, i.e. MAD TV, but maybe they're looking to drain viewers from the first third of SNL. I don't know. Set your DVR.

I thought you might want to know since FOX makes almost zero effort to push their own awesomely awesome show, for whatever reason people might conspire about.

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re: #31 Racer X

What?

No Lancelot Link?

You missed the video from Osama's secret lair.

re: #103 Killian Bundy

re: #100 Drogheda

Thanks, that's pretty much what I thought.

/what do you do or who (corporation) do you go to to protect from it?

That's one I really cannot answer for you beyond the usual advice of making sure that your computer(s) and network are free from spyware and trojans.

If you thought you being eavesdropped on in some fashion over the internet (packet sniffed) or something then changing your ISP might be a step in the right direction after making sure you're secured everything on your end.

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re: #109 Killian Bundy

re: #106 Drogheda

Corporate scale.

If I had to point someone somewhere for something like that it would probably be BT Counterpane founded by Bruce Schneier.

Rationally speaking, it doesn't make sense to convert to Islam now because:
1/that WON'T STOP Islamist's hateful, murderous actions against kffir; and
2/the Mahdi has already come in the Person of Baha'u'llah, Whose teachings are already changing the face of human culture, social interaction, legal dynamics and educational constructs.

Islam today is ONLY VALID inasmuch as it has prophecies and traditions legitimizing the Glory of God, and encouraging obedience to Him.

Which, strangely enough, allows no racism, no misogyny, no elitism, no homosexual-bashing, begging or mendicancy, laziness or sloth, no irresponsibility for one's life... so many of the things that Islamists hate America and the West for promoting are, in fact, allowed by the Glory of God.

re: #93 Killian Bundy

Internet/network interface security question. Oh sure I could Google it, but I think it'll be more fun to ask here. I think I know what it is.

What is a "man in the middle attack" and how much of a threat is it?

/no Googling

It's a vulnerability, particularly on local networks (ie, ethernet, simple WiFi) where a computer A in communication with computer B (not necessarily local) via packets which anyone can monitor at some point (particularly on the local net, wi-fi area, etc). Any third computer C can fib to both A and B, by pretending to be B (so far as A can know) and pretending to be A (so far as B can know), and can monitor, record (and even fudge) the content of the communications, in both directions.

At a local WiFi hotspot, for instance, when you think you've connected to the internet via the service provided by the establishment, you might actually be connected thru someone else's WiFi-enabled laptop nearby. And that means your communications may be recorded, spoofed, corrupted, or re-routed somewhere else (like China), in realtime.

Are you guys picking on Kos again? The site's down..."for maintenance"...

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