Happy [expletive deleted] Birthday, Charles!

/I think...

littleoldlady
Wikipedia says that Charles was born on the 13th ;)

Once again, Happy Birthday Charles.

/have nothing pithy to say at this time.

My URL appears to have changed after posting a spinoff link. o_O Weird. Should be fixed now.

Hey, I finished reading "Caliphate" by Tom Kratman yesterday. A good read, but all the information in it is old news to all here. I may have to do a book review on it.

Birthday songs abound, but this is still my favorite....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Maz Jobrani

re: #2 MigueldowninMexico

His birthday is on wikipedia?! WOW. Is today the 13th?

/I hope so. I could use the renewed faith in my memory. ;-)

re: #7 littleoldlady

His birthday is on wikipedia?! WOW. Is today the 13th?

/I hope so. I could use the renewed faith in my memory. ;-)

It is :)

Where did everybody go?

every moment’s an ambush.

Great line!

/a tad paranoid, but useful for some days.

Morning

re: #11 storagemanager

Morning

Easy for you to say.

re: #9 BlueCanuck

Where did everybody go?

Present teacher! :)

Now a little music for the Sunday morning open thread.

re: #11 storagemanager

Morning

Hello there, storage ;)

re: #11 storagemanager

Morning

storage, your clock is slow. It's afternoon here.

re: #10 littleoldlady

Maybe a tad paranoid, but even paranoids have enemies. Tend to live longer too in certain situations.

FOR CHARLES' BIRTHDAY.

IsraelNN.com) Nearly 60% of Israelis say the Israeli government is secretly negotiating the division of Jerusalem with the Palestinian Authority - despite government attempts to blur the existence of such talks.

This and other findings were the results of a survey carried out by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Bar Ilan University. The official numbers will be presented this Tuesday at a special seminar at Bar Ilan. The Guest of Honor will be Trade Minister Eli Yishai, the head of the government coalition member Shas Party. Yishai has stated frequently that the moment it becomes clear that Jerusalem is being negotiated, his party will quit the coalition.

[Link: www.israelnationalnews.com...]

I jusre: #16 rightwinger3

storage, your clock is slow. It's afternoon here.

Are you in Oz? :)

(Australia)

re: #17 BlueCanuck

As the shrinks like to say, "Paranoia always has a basis in reality".

;-)

Nice Canuck, I always Pink Floyd. I got to see them in the Superdome, the Pulse tour I believe... the best concert I ever saw.

re: #20 RTLM

Germany right now, Australia in a couple months.

rightwinger3! :-)

storage! :-)

RTML! :-)

(IsraelNN.com) Iran, disgraced and censured, is nonetheless seeking to obtain a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council to represent Asia for the 2010-2012 term, when Indonesia completes its rotation.

The Islamic Republic, thrice sanctioned by the very body on which it hopes to secure a seat, brazenly applied nonetheless for the privilege, despite facing three pending resolutions against it. At least two are calling for more sanctions in response to its ongoing defiance of demands by the body on which it wishes to serve, that it halt its nuclear development program.

According to a report by Haaretz, however, it is likely that Japan, "not only a central and respected UN member but also [which contributes] the largest sum after the United States to the UN budget" will beat Iran for the Asia seat.

[Link: www.israelnationalnews.com...]

re: #23 rightwinger3

Germany right now, Australia in a couple months.

Dass ist gut, mein Herr.

re: #24 littleoldlady

rightwinger3! :-)

storage! :-)

RTML! :-)

Howdy all !

re: #26 MigueldowninMexico

Yes it is. You know Germans do not make crappy beer. I've been trying to find a crappy German beer and have not succeeded!

re: #25 storagemanager

That'll actually be hard to call. The only Middle Eastern nation besides Israel to get the Angry Statement Treatment wants a seat on the Security Council, but faces opposition from Japan.

It's like Venezuela versus Guatemala from a couple years back.

re: #24 littleoldlady

morning littleoldlady. Another good thing about being in Germany is reading the dead thread in the afternoon instead of being wide awake at 2 in the morning!

Good morning, Lizards.

(Good morning, littleoldlady! :-))

And Happy Birthday to our gracious host.

As for the quote, here's a good answer;

To avoid surprise, remain in Condition Yellow.

-Col. Jeff Cooper

cheers

eon

Happy birthday, Charles!

Did you ever in your wildest dreams as a child think that you would one day create a place where thousands of freedom-loving people from all over the world would gather to share news, exhange ideas, and help one another muster the courage to face down evil in the world? Did you ever imagine yourself as a superhero?

If you didn't...you should have. Because you are.

It's Charles' birthday?!?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES

/my ol' standby, but it's a perfect fit imho. :)
//oh, and TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP.

Good morning everyone!

Iran to the rescue...have no fear...Iran is here.........

..Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that Iran is preparing a package to help resolve the regional and international problems.

He made the remarks in a joint press conference with his visiting counterpart from the Philippines, Alberto Romulo.

"Since the Middle East region and the entire world are suffering from a variety of crises, Tehran is preparing a package to put forward for the settlement of regional and international problems and present it publicly," Mottaki noted.

"We think all sides, including the Group 5+1 would make use of the package."
The Group 5+1 -- United States, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany -- are to meet in Shanghai, eastern China, on April 16.

The meeting, to be held at the level of political directors of the Group, is expected to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West.

[Link: www2.irna.com...]

eon! :-) Howdy!

My coffee can not kick in fast enough......

Happy Birthday, Sir Charles

re: #30 rightwinger3

I'm jealous. :-/

re: #34 storagemanager

So that's where our diplomats have been. =_=

Chai, a bright shiney new thread, dead threaders and some tunes... a nice way to start a Sunday.

Now where's Real with his donut run (I want an apple fritter but would have to go 11 miles in my pajamas to get one)?

gettinby! :-)

Ohhh! How perfect!

/I remember! I bookmarked it way back when you first posted it...somewhere. :-/

re: #37 littleoldlady

I'm jealous. :-/

littleoldlady, bad thing about it is I've gained 10 lbs eating bratwurst and drinking beer, my fault but I can't get enough of it!

re: #28 rightwinger3

Yes it is. You know Germans do not make crappy beer. I've been trying to find a crappy German beer and have not succeeded!

Then the pass word is:
Trink! ;)

littleoldlady! { {to you} }

I like the 'No mortal can deter this individual' line with regard to what Charles accomplishes with this site.

How have you been doing?!

O Light-Seeking Zombiesque One: I've posted the MP3 of Obama's "Bitter Hillbilly Morons" speech at the ever-popular I Call BS!

Good stuff, O Zomboid One! :D

re: #42 MigueldowninMexico

Then the pass word is:
Trink! ;)

Yep! The "secret" password is: We are going to Klosterkreuzburg "to see the monks"

re: #42 MigueldowninMexico

Bernard Trink used to write a regular column in the English-language Bangkok Post...

Do we hafta check with HIM first?

JEDDAH, 13 April 2008 — A private initiative by three Saudi women activists to raise awareness about children’s rights is facing problems of “bureaucracy and misunderstanding,” resulting in officials halting public lectures to be held at a Jeddah mall last weekend.

The organizers of the campaign, entitled “Saudi Arabia’s First Campaign to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect,” said that they had secured official approval before its launch at the beginning of this month.

The three women organizers include Amal Al-Khalifa, a psychologist at King Faisal Specialist Hospital; Souad Al-Shammri, a lawyer; and Fatimah Al-Ansari, a children’s rights advocate.

Al-Khalifa, who is also a member of Amnesty International, said they chose April as “it is internationally considered the month of prevention of child abuse.”

To the three women’s shock and surprise, the most crucial part of their campaign, which involved lectures for parents at Sawary Landmark Mall, was suddenly stopped last weekend.

The lectures, which were to be delivered by the three women, were to be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the mall throughout April.

“I can’t explain what I don’t know,” said Al-Khalifa, commenting on why the lectures were stopped

ISLAME! [Link: www.arabnews.com...]

re: #43 gettinby

littleoldlady! { {to you} }

I like the 'No mortal can deter this individual' line with regard to what Charles accomplishes with this site.

How have you been doing?!

Yes, that whole thing is so...Charles!

Me? Everyday is an ambush. ;-)

How's by you?

re: #38 laZardo

So that's where our diplomats have been. =_=

Morning, storage. Morning, Lazardo.

Yes, and considering the nations involved, and the area in question, I'm trying (over breakfast) to figure out why the meeting is being held in Shanghai and not, say, Geneva?

Thinking.

Thinking.

Thinking.

Nope, nothing yet. But my cognitive dissonance is setting in.

Hello, G-5 + 1?

China?

Tibet?

Major arms supplier to Iran?

Is anybody getting a raging clue here?

/somehow, I don't expect anything they "decide" will affect the PRC's sales posture toward Dinnerjacket & Co.

cheers

eon

re: #33 gettinby

It's Charles' birthday?!?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES

/my ol' standby, but it's a perfect fit imho. :)
//oh, and TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP.

Good morning everyone!

Good morning, gettinby! :)

Good morning, lizards.

The Telegraph is reporting that the Pope will pray for Islamic jihadis to convert to Judaeo-Christianity when he visits Ground Zero. The prayer is for God to "turn to Your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred."

The seething will be deafening.

You mean China is linked to Iran?...falls down in shock.

re: #43 gettinby

littleoldlady! { {to you} }

I like the 'No mortal can deter this individual' line with regard to what Charles accomplishes with this site.

How have you been doing?!

Wow, that was impressing!

re: #45 rightwinger3

Yep! The "secret" password is: We are going to Klosterkreuzburg "to see the monks"

LOL

re: #46 Karridine

Bernard Trink used to write a regular column in the English-language Bangkok Post...

Do we hafta check with HIM first?

Why not?
If he has good booze ;)

re: #17 BlueCanuck

Morning Lizards.

Just because you are parinoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get ya.

Istanbul %u2022 An Italian woman artist who was hitch-hiking to the Middle East dressed as a bride to promote world peace has been found murdered in Turkey.

The naked body of Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, known as Pippa Bacca, was found in bushes near the city of Gebze on Friday.

She had said she wanted to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. Turkish police say they have detained a man in connection with the killing.

Very sorry to say..you found the answer and you were wrong. [Link: www.thepeninsulaqatar.com...]

re: #51 godfrey

Good morning, lizards.

The Telegraph is reporting that the Pope will pray for Islamic jihadis to convert to Judaeo-Christianity when he visits Ground Zero. The prayer is for God to "turn to Your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred."

The seething will be deafening.

Hi godfrey!
I'm afraid you're so right...

re: #49 eon

Good morning, eon :)

re: #48 littleoldlady

My new residential property management job is like 'being ambushed every second!'

There is one particular family giving us most of the headaches right now...their kids are unruly and bullies to the other kids, they are hateful to their neighbors, they have threatened to kill one of their neighbor's little fluff doggie (police were called), etc., etc.

/you can guess, probably successfully, what peaceful religion they adhere to.

This is going to become a very interesting situation. LOL

re: #56 Bubblehead II

Morning Lizards.

Just because you are parinoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get ya.

LOL! That's right!
Good morning :)

re: #56 Bubblehead II

Morning Lizards.

Just because you are parinoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get ya.

True. Like the old saying goes, even paranoids have enemies.

They just have trouble telling the real ones from the little voices inside their heads, is all.

/old Abnormal Psych joke

cheers

eon

re: #60 gettinby

Oh boy.

/not good! :-(

re: #57 storagemanager

I feel very sorry for Giuseppina, but she was a perfect dhimmi.

I'll leave it at this considering her fate.

re: #53 MigueldowninMexico

'Morning Miguel!

Impressive

You're so right.

That's a good word to describe not just Charles, but most of the posters who find their way here, doncha think?!?!

/pats on back and hi-fives to those posters. :)

Ry Cooder, The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Will Make You Poor)

re: #56 Bubblehead II

Heh, heh, everyones out to get me. :)

re: #60 gettinby

Welcome to property management...we are a special breed..lol

re: #59 MigueldowninMexico

Morning, Miguel. How's the weather?

We're maybe-sort of -kind of looking at spring here in OH. It's still down in the low 40s (F) at night.

cheers

eon

re: #60 gettinby

Wow, I hope things manage to be kept sane, or at least not to insane.

re: #60 gettinby

May God protect you always.
God, those people are truly insane aren't they?
Always violent! :(

re: #65 gettinby

'Morning Miguel!

Impressive

You're so right.

That's a good word to describe not just Charles, but most of the posters who find their way here, doncha think?!?!

/pats on back and hi-fives to those posters. :)

Hahahahaha.

Ok I second that!

re: #63 littleoldlady

Yup. My boss called me after my first week to ask how things were going.

I casually mentioned that I may have gotten us into a war with the middle-east; but other than that, all was well.

Heh.

re: #68 storagemanager

Welcome to property management...we are a special breed..lol

Perfect description!

/Don't believe I've ever been referred to as a 'special breed.' LOL

re: #69 eon

Morning, Miguel. How's the weather?

We're maybe-sort of -kind of looking at spring here in OH. It's still down in the low 40s (F) at night.

cheers

eon

It's pretty mild here. Our small and not cold winter is practically over.
We have the advantage of never being really cold, and the disadvantage of not having all those things that have to do with snow and a cold winter ;)

I never saw mention of this: Gunmen blow up British cemetery monument in Gaza in April.

Palestinian gunmen blew up a monument in a British-run cemetery for foreign soldiers in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday, witnesses and British diplomats said.

"Gunmen." With explosives. Well, whatever. They're angry at Britain's capitalist imperialist crusading infidel past. Who isn't? Serves those dead soldiers right! /

I wish we had a delete button.... take two
The Very Thing That Makes Her Rich (Will Make You Poor) - Ry Cooder

*Hic*
(excuse me while I back away from the key board).

*blush*

re: #74 gettinby

Perfect description!

/Don't believe I've ever been referred to as a 'special breed.' LOL

How many unit's do you have?

re: #77 The Albatross

LOL, Yeah I have done that before.

/last week in fact and I was as sober as a judge.

re: #77 The Albatross

If you're going to make a mistake, do it on the Dead Thread.

/most of us are either too tired or too drunk to notice.
//if neither of the above, too polite to point it out. ;-)

Blue Canuck!

What a great Sunday brunch spread you did.

Thanks.

Also, did I read about an adjustment you made to your 'tude-o-meter for your job?

Good on ya!

re: #62 eon

Want to find out how paranoid your neighbors are? Put a surveillance camera up pointing in thier general direction. Not kidding. Had the people across the street complain to the park manager that I was "spying" on them when I replaced a old CRT camera with a newer CCD one. The manager just laughed. That particular camera had been up for more than 5 years before they moved in.

re: #80 littleoldlady

If you're going to make a mistake, do it on the Dead Thread.

/most of us are either too tired or too drunk to notice.
//if neither of the above, too polite to point it out. ;-)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Great comment! LOL

re: #76 godfrey

I never saw mention of this: Gunmen blow up British cemetery monument in Gaza in April.

"Gunmen." With explosives. Well, whatever. They're angry at Britain's capitalist imperialist crusading infidel past. Who isn't? Serves those dead soldiers right! /

Those 'gunmen' are really into desecrating graves, Godfrey. They desecrate Baha'i graves in Iran monthly... along with other pogromite efforts...

re: #73 gettinby

LOL!

re: #81 gettinby

Why thank you. And yes I did. It has done wonders for my sleep. :)

re: #75 MigueldowninMexico

It's pretty mild here. Our small and not cold winter is practically over.
We have the advantage of never being really cold, and the disadvantage of not having all those things that have to do with snow and a cold winter ;)

Lucky you. Up here, we define snow as "that white s**t that paralyzes the state at least five times every year between October and May".

/seriously, we got hit with enough snow to declare a level 3 emergency (only emergency vehicles moving, anyone else gets ticketed) in the middle of March

cheers

eon

Good morning all and Happy Birthday to Sir Charles. Thank you for an intelligent (usually) forum to ponder current events.

Prominent Qatar-based Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has sparked controversy by issuing a religious law allowing Muslims to consume tiny amounts of alcohol, which is banned in Islam.

"The latest fatwa caused confusion among people... We could have done without it," the editor of the Qatari daily Ash-Sharq, Abdullatif al-Mahmoud, wrote on Thursday.

In his fatwa published on Tuesday in the Qatar's Al-Arab newspaper, the Egyptian-born Qaradawi said that consuming drinks containing small quantities of alcohol that is "constituted naturally through fermentation" did not violate Islamic teachings.

"The presence of alcohol in a proportion of five in a thousand (0.5 percent) is not banned because it is a minimal quantity, especially when it is produced by natural fermentation. Hence there's nothing wrong in consuming such a drink," Qaradawi said

[Link: www.alarabiya.net...]

re: #84 Karridine

Those 'gunmen' are really into desecrating graves, Godfrey. They desecrate Baha'i graves in Iran monthly... along with other pogromite efforts...

{Karridine}
Extensive to all your people...

re: #78 storagemanager

How many unit's do you have?

I'm part of a corporate-team-management-situation with a company that has about 10,000 units (apartments and manufactured home communities).

Still getting used to the team concept. I've always been pretty much a one-woman get'r done kind of manager.

Actually, at my age, this team thing is fun...

/sharing the responsibilities means blaming the other guy? LOL

re: #84 Karridine

The desecration of graves has been taboo since the dawn of humanity. How do they even attempt to justify it?

re: #87 eon

Lucky you. Up here, we define snow as "that white s**t that paralyzes the state at least five times every year between October and May".

/seriously, we got hit with enough snow to declare a level 3 emergency (only emergency vehicles moving, anyone else gets ticketed) in the middle of March

cheers

eon

Wow, it's been a cold year.
Let's notify Gore ;)

re: #89 storagemanager

About time someone over there got a clue and a dash of common sense.

/wonder when there's going to be a fatwa on him.

re: #88 tappin52

Good morning all and Happy Birthday to Sir Charles. Thank you for an intelligent (usually) forum to ponder current events.

Good morning :)

re: #92 godfrey

The desecration of graves has been taboo since the dawn of humanity. How do they even attempt to justify it?

So right.

re: #92 godfrey

Ummmm... Because they are infidels, thus the sons of apes and pigs?

re: #82 Bubblehead II

I had a neighbor whose paranoia was close to Fox Mulder levels once. She used to call the sheriff claiming I was shooting over her house (about 1/2 mile from mine). How could she tell? She claimed she could hear the shot from my shotgun hitting her roof.

The desk sergeant's response?

"Ma'am, it's raining."

And it was, too- I was inside, curled up in front of the TV, with a cup of coffee, a good book, and Forbidden Planet.

I've moved, so has she, and I have no idea where she is, now.

/don't care, either

cheers

eon

Morning, Miguel.

re: #51 godfrey

Viva Il Papa!

Some believe the group, known as Jundallah, is linked to al-Qaida. Jundallah, or God's Brigade, has waged a low-level insurgency in southeastern Iran.

Fars said the mosque's cleric gives a weekly speech denouncing the Bahai faith and Wahabism — an austere brand of Sunni Islam practiced mostly in Saudi Arabia. Such speeches are not unusual in Iranian mosques

[Link: www.weaselzippers.net...]

re: #80 littleoldlady

the "ding-age" is very moderate on the Dead Thread.

re: #101 storagemanager

[Link: www.weaselzippers.net...]

Wow! And I thought that Wahabbists were the only extremists pushing the ticket right now.

God, I'm so glad I'm not a muslim...

re: #102 BulgarWheat

the "ding-age" is very moderate on the Dead Thread.

Like I said...too tired or too drunk. ;-)

'Morning, Bulgar! :-)

Hey Bulgar! :)

godfrey! :-)

Have I told you that I love your tie?

/also LOVE that movie!

re: #104 littleoldlady

Howdy Lil'Ol! Looks like it's going to be a pretty nice day down here in North Carolina.

re: #105 MigueldowninMexico

Hey, Miguel! How you doing?

re: #101 storagemanager

Someone explain what the Shiites have against the Baha'i. Specifically speaking.

re: #93 MigueldowninMexico

Wow, it's been a cold year.
Let's notify Gore ;)

Nahh, he'd just say it was the Bush-Cheney Orbital Weather Control Laser Satellites being used to discredit him.

Of course, if the people who don't believe in Global (Gorebull) Warming think the Earth is flat, too, logically, they wouldn't attempt to launch satellites because it would be illogical for them to be able to acheive orbit around a "pancake".

/picturing Mr. Spock raising one eyebrow in disbelief, as he surmises that Gore's brain is in a tight orbit around his lower intestine.

cheers

eon

I am a newbie
But...
Happy Birthday Charles !
Without you we would have had Algore or John F-ing Kerry as POTUS and we are forever grateful and in debt to you !
David

re: #108 BulgarWheat

Hey, Miguel! How you doing?

I'm doing ok, thanks!
How about you?

Happy Birthday, Charles!

re: #98 eon

hehehe... What made it even funnier was that the focal point was on the back door of my home. it wasn't even aimed at thier place.

And with that I have to get ready for work.

I am not parinoid. I am just security concious.

re: #109 laZardo

Someone explain what the Shiites have against the Baha'i rest of the human race.

re: #109 laZardo

Shiites hate eveyrone who isn't shiite. If you ask me that's a little narrow minded and "shiity"

re: #89 storagemanager

[Link: www.alarabiya.net...]

Great. All we need are hung-over jihadis.

Mike Gravel is back!

/new moonbats are out early this year

re: #110 eon

Nahh, he'd just say it was the Bush-Cheney Orbital Weather Control Laser Satellites being used to discredit him.

Of course, if the people who don't believe in Global (Gorebull) Warming think the Earth is flat, too, logically, they wouldn't attempt to launch satellites because it would be illogical for them to be able to acheive orbit around a "pancake".

/picturing Mr. Spock raising one eyebrow in disbelief, as he surmises that Gore's brain is in a tight orbit around his lower intestine.

cheers
LOL!
eon

re: #107 BulgarWheat

Bulgar,

I'm tempted to put away the winter coat...finally.

/may be premature. only a high in the 50's today.

re: #101 storagemanager

Some believe the group, known as Jundallah, is linked to al-Qaida. Jundallah, or God's Brigade, has waged a low-level insurgency in southeastern Iran.

Biting the hand that feeds them
Kind of a pattern of the Islamicnuts

'Morning, Mandy! :-)

re: #116 BulgarWheat

Shiites hate eveyrone who isn't shiite. If you ask me that's a little narrow minded and "shiity"

GMTA ;)

"Shiity"! LOL

re: #116 BulgarWheat

Pieces of Shiite. Seriously though, why'd they pay special attention to the Baha'i?

re: #110 eon

Winston could remember when the world was cooling, and that it needed to be warmed. Then there was a period when the Goracle decreed that the world was warming and needed to be cooled. But he couldn't remember which period went where.

re: #115 MigueldowninMexico

Uhhh- we exist?

cheers

eon

re: #123 MigueldowninMexico

are you following the Popes visit to the US?

re: #124 laZardo

Pieces of Shiite. Seriously though, why'd they pay special attention to the Baha'i?

re: #110 eon

Winston could remember when the world was cooling, and that it needed to be warmed. Then there was a period when the Goracle decreed that the world was warming and needed to be cooled. But he couldn't remember which period went where.

The Baha'i come originally from Iran (Persia). That makes Iranian Muslims, usually shi'ia; very uncomfortable.

Karridine can correct me if this is not correct ;)

re: #122 littleoldlady

Good morning, lol!

re: #127 MigueldowninMexico

Yep, Karradine is our resident member of the B'Hai faith. He'd be the person who would know, LaZardo.

re: #126 BulgarWheat

are you following the Popes visit to the US?

I will, as soon as information starts rolling.
Right now there's practically no coverage yet.
This time -obviously- the biggest coverage will be in the USA.

Iran: It Was An Accident!

[Link: www.alarabiya.net...]

A work accident, perhaps? (;

re: #110 eon

Winston could remember when the world was cooling, and that it needed to be warmed. Then there was a period when the Goracle decreed that the world was warming and needed to be cooled. But he couldn't remember which period went where.

And it's based on real science, too!

Sort of like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is.

Eon's First Law of Gaming;

Never Trust Any Game World In Which Gunpowder Doesn't Work.

/because if that form of combustion is verboten, the Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics just went out the window, and took life processes with them.

cheers

eon

The Saudi Interior Ministry says authorities have beheaded two Nigerian men convicted of drug trafficking.

The two Nigerians, identified as Mohammed Qodous and Idris Abdul-Ghani, were convicted of swallowing sachets of cocaine to smuggle it into the kingdom.

The Interior Ministry says Sunday's beheadings took place in the Red Sea coastal city of Jiddah.

Drugs...let's not lose our heads over them. [Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #131 laZardo

......munitions left at the site...................?

I don't think I've ever encountered munitions at any church I've ever attended. Maybe I was looking closely enough though.

re: #132 eon

I like that gaming law. Now in 3^rd edition you can actually have flintlocks.

re: #57 storagemanager

Very sorry to say..you found the answer and you were wrong.

I linked to an article last night in the BBC that said they found the guy who killed her. Initials M.K.

Local media identified the suspect only by the initials MK and said he had a previous conviction for theft.

I'm thinking Mike, or Miguel, or Manny? I mean, hitchiking through Turkey, what else could it be?

Bomb explodes at Catholic church, officials say it was an attack

Just posted in spin -off links.

re: #137 storagemanager

I think I posted that earlier under terrorism. Also hit a cafe nearby.

A co-irker yesterday commented on how hard it is to find anything on the news about the Democratic primary. I asked her if she watched Fox, CNN, et cet.. She said she never heard anything about HRC or BHO.

Sidestepping that nonsense, I told her that the Internet is full of coverage. She said she didn't have time to get on the computer, that she was working too much. (This is her second job. She works at a bank FT.) She went on and on about how Americans work too much, don't have time to become informed.

A few minutes later, she started bitching about getting notice to serve on a jury. Hoo, boy. She really started bitching about not having time to put up with that, about how no working people should have to serve on juries and only retired people should have to serve.

At that point, I wanted to screech, "JUST WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES DO YOU HAVE AS A CITIZEN? YOU REFUSE TO INFORM YOURSELF AND NOW YOU WANT TO REFUSE TO DO YOUR DUTY AS A JUROR?!"

Instead, I found a table full of fine-guage knits that needed to be fluffed and folded, and walked away.

re: #134 BulgarWheat

All churches have WMD's and IED's in the basement
Thats why they are so safe

re: #138 BlueCanuck

I think I posted that earlier under terrorism. Also hit a cafe nearby.

I post all my links under Islam...as Islam is terrorism.

re: #137 storagemanager

And this was where?

Speaking of which, have the results come in on the Bali Bomber's corpse yet?

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I see that some folks in Israel are waking up to the fact that Hamas is trying to foment another humanitarian crisis - fakery at its finest. My response? No kidding. They've been trying this for years. The difference is that the media and government is finally starting to wake up to this nonsense and responding preemptively.

US Ex-President? Or Ex-US President?

You decide.

re: #141 storagemanager

Well I used the 24 hour rule since no one at the time laid claim to the bomb. Any random bombing in my opinion is terrorism.

re: #140 LeftJustAintRight

Hmm? That could lead to some memorable and explosive revivals I guess.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter said he feels "quite at ease" about meeting Hamas militants over the objections of Washington because the Palestinian group is essential to a future peace with Israel.
Carter, interviewed Saturday for ABC News' "This Week," airing Sunday, also said he would oppose a U.S. Olympic boycott and hopes all countries will join in the Beijing games.

He spoke from Katmandu, Nepal, where his team of observers from the Carter Center monitored an election that appeared likely to transform rule by royal dynasty into a democracy with former Maoist rebels in a strong position, judging by incomplete returns.

Several State Department officials, including the secretary, Condoleezza Rice, criticized Carter's plans to talk in Syria this week with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in the first public contact in two years between a prominent American figure and the group. Carter said he had not heard the objections directly, although a State Department spokesman said earlier that a senior official from the department had called the former president.

"I feel quite at ease in doing this," Carter said. "I think there's no doubt in anyone's mind that, if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, the Palestinians, that Hamas will have to be included in the process."

Although he said the meeting would not be a negotiation, he outlined distinct goals.

"I think that it's very important that at least someone meet with the Hamas leaders to express their views, to ascertain what flexibility they have, to try to induce them to stop all attacks against innocent civilians in Israel and to cooperate with the Fatah as a group that unites the Palestinians, maybe to get them to agree to a cease-fire—things of this kind," he said.

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

re: #139 MandyManners

Who are you and what have you done with the real Mandy?

re: #139 MandyManners

co-irker

Cute! :-) Not to worry. She "won't have the time" to vote.

re: #146 BulgarWheat

But of course, haven't you heard?

re: #145 BlueCanuck

Well I used the 24 hour rule since no one at the time laid claim to the bomb. Any random bombing in my opinion is terrorism.

I understand...I just meant...when I know it is Islam...I use that tag.

re: #151 storagemanager

No problem. Just explaining my reasoning, not disagreeing.

re: #150 BlueCanuck

Thanks Blue! What was I thinking?

Palestinian higher education takes another hit.

The administration of the Islamic University in Hebron decided Saturday to suspend studies until further notice following fierce clashes on campus between students affiliated with Fatah and Hamas.

The clashes erupted after students belonging to the Hamas-affiliated Islamic List distributed leaflets accusing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's forces of arresting four of their colleagues.

Several students were wounded during the riots, eyewitnesses told The Jerusalem Post. They said the rioters also damaged furniture and equipment.

Sources close to Hamas accused the Fatah students of instigating the clashes. "They have been provoking our supporters on campus for a long time," the sources said. "Members of the Islamic List were only trying to stage a peaceful protest against the arrest of their colleagues."

re: #148 laZardo

Who are you and what have you done with the real Mandy?

I got her tied up and locked in a filing cabinet.

re: #149 littleoldlady

Cute! :-) Not to worry. She "won't have the time" to vote.

Oh, yes. She will. She's voting for McCain.

My sister, the lesbian with moonbattish tendencies, has never voted before but, she got registered and will vote for McCain.

re: #147 storagemanager

Well, of course Carter feels at ease with this. He's had no problem over the years trying to do all he can to improve the terrorists' odds of success. Lending his image and prestige as a former US President does that. It provides legitimacy where none is deserved.

Now that Olmert says that he wont meet with Carter, expect Carter's camp to spin this as though Israel is intransigent and unwilling to compromise.

re: #135 BlueCanuck

I like that gaming law. Now in 3^rd edition you can actually have flintlocks.

Finally. The original AD&D (which I was playing when it was still called Chainmail- yes, I am that frickin' old), was so heavily biased toward "magical" characters and races by fiat rules like the "gunpowder is useless junk" one that there was no way that humans could ever have been anything but the serfs of every other race, all of whom were either faster, stronger, tougher, meaner, had more magic potential, were longer-lived, and/or two or more of the above. Gygax & Co. apparently were so enamored of pre-gunpowder monarchial societies that they failed to "work out the implications" as John W. Campbell always said.

The punch line was, that to redress this imbalance, and give the "baseline" human character classes a chance of not just victory, but plain survival, against all the nasties they also created, they had to make "rare" magic items that could be used by anyone who picked them up so common that in later years it seemed like every third soldier in a local defense militia had a +3 sword of some type and/or a quiver full of +2 arrows and a +4 bow or crossbow to launch them. And of course, they ended up treating crossbows like guns; always loaded, rapidly reloadable, and unbelievably accurate and powerful. As a long-time primitive weapons hobbyist myself, my response to that is; fat chance.

Or IOW, the "gunpowder prohibition" caused both the undefeatabilty of mass armies of even peasant levies by anything- and the infamous "Monty Haul" campaign.

And to redress that, they began giving magical races invulnerabilities to darned near everything.

That was when I bailed, and started playing Shadowrun. At least there, you can stop a dragon.

With a gunship.

Third Edition, hmm? Thanks- I'll have to check that out.

cheers

eon

re: #156 MandyManners

Oh, yes. She will. She's voting for McCain.

My sister, the lesbian with moonbattish tendencies, has never voted before but, she got registered and will vote for McCain.

And this is not just out of disillusionment from her Democratic candidate of choice not getting (or at this point in time, not very likely to get) nominated? o_O

$64 million ....'Huge' order
Investigators shared that view. "The suspects know that the huge order of AK-47s is destined to fulfill not only the needs of the Libyan army ... they are aware that part of the order will be forwarded to third parties,'' anti-Mafia prosecutor Dario Razzi in Perugia, a city in central Italy, wrote in requesting the arrest warrants for the group.

The Italians made trips to Tripoli and China, arranged for six sample guns to be sent to the North African country and got as far as organizing a trip to Libya for the Chinese middlemen to sign the final contract.

On Feb. 12, 2007, police across Italy arrested four of the alleged arms traffickers: Moretti, Squarzolo, Massimo Bettinotti and Serafino Rossi. A fifth member, Vittorio Dordi, is believed to be in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he apparently is involved in the diamond trade.

going to war?
[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

re: #156 MandyManners

Oh, yes. She will. She's voting for McCain.

My sister, the lesbian with moonbattish tendencies, has never voted before but, she got registered and will vote for McCain.

Now THAT'S what I call HOPE and CHANGE! :-)

re: #154 lawhawk

Palestinian higher education takes another hit.

They need a Dante's, the bar in Seattle's University District that has dollar-pitcher night on Thursdays. Perhaps if the Muslim *cough* scholar in No. 89 is successful, near-beer will one day be okay.

Anti-Americanism will disappear as Europeans realise how much better it was to have a world super power that was a democracy (however flawed) not a dictatorship.China the real Master of the Universe
Good read

The Phillipines affiliate of Al Qaeda has bombed a cathedral there. No injuries reported.

Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants bombed a Roman Catholic cathedral compound and a building housing a government office Sunday in the southern Philippines, police said. No one was injured in the blasts.

Police have been placed on the highest level of security following the dawn explosions in Zamboanga city, regional police Chief Superintendent Jaime Caringal said. Government troops and police had already tightened security in the town for a weeklong national sports festival and a medical conference, he said.

Zamboanga, about 860 kilometers south of Manila, is home to US troops providing counterterrorism training to Filipino soldiers. The military says the region is home to more than 300 armed members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group.

Caringal said a mortar round, concealed in a box, exploded under a car in the parking lot of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, damaging two cars, a concrete wall and two steel gates.

re: #159 laZardo

And this is not just out of disillusionment from her Democratic candidate of choice not getting (or at this point in time, not very likely to get) nominated? o_O

She thinks HRC is a lying socialist and BHO is, too. But, BHO scares her in ways she cannot put her finger on.

re: #161 littleoldlady

Now THAT'S what I call HOPE and CHANGE! :-)

It took her a while to get to the point of pulling the lever for a Republican. At first she was just gonna' boycott elections again but, once she checked out the situation (with my encouragement and assistance), she realized she'd have to be pro-active.

Funneling arms to Iraq?
However, in Iraq, there have been accusations that Libya is funneling arms to insurgents.

In January, a top Iraqi security official in Anbar province, police Col. Jubair Rashid Naief, accused Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the eldest son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, of aiding a group of 150 foreign and Iraqi fighters responsible for several attacks in the area. Gadhafi has not commented on the allegation.

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

Islam trying to take over the world
China taking over the world at the same time
Hmmmm...
Could it be that China will handle the Islamicnuts for the rest of the world?

re: #154 lawhawk

There was an ad for the Doha Debates on BBC World yesterday, where Tim Sebastian went and asked:

"Are Palestinians becoming their own worst enemy?"

/fat chance getting a yes from Doha Qatar, though I'd at least like to see that...

re: #166 MandyManners

Mandy,

One.Vote.At.A.Time.

That's what I've been working on, too. :-)

re: #138 BlueCanuck

I think I posted that earlier under terrorism. Also hit a cafe nearby.

In what country was that?

re: #165 MandyManners

Mandy, maybe she's just a bitter Typical White Woman. Yeah, that's the ticket.

This news story in and of itself is tragic

...but I found the 1st comment following the story interesting in that it sounds like a lizard with a good sense of lizard sarcasm?

MINNEAPOLIS — At least 23 people in 14 states have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal, the federal Food and Drug Administration said Saturday.

Officials in Minnesota are investigating whether a case in that state might be linked to the cereals produced by the Minneapolis-based company, the state health department said.

Malt-O-Meal voluntarily recalled its unsweetened Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereals April 5 after finding salmonella contamination during routine testing. The affected bags were produced in the past 12 months in Northfield.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

re: #166 MandyManners

In other words - and I'm guessing here - she figures another 4 years of Bush (as it were) should really get a good liberal candidate up on the podium?

/though such a possibility would escape me. How BHO scares her even I wouldn't understand.

re: #163 LeftJustAintRight

Islamic fundamentalism or communism?

Tough call.

"Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious?
Guard himself as he may, every moment’s an ambush."

Horace must have spent some time in Iraq, then known as Mesopotamia and likewise subject to Persian subversion.

re: #173 gettinby

If it wasn't for all the foreclosures, this wouldn't have happened. If we weren't in Iraq, foreclosures wouldn't be happening. If George Bush wasn't president, we wouldn't be in Iraq. If Al Gore was president, guns would be outlawed and there would be no more shootings. If Al Gore was president, poor folk in the ghettos wouldn't have to rob each other to survive.

I hope it is sarcastic

re: #160 storagemanager

1 million Type 56s plus 50 million rounds of 7.62 x 39mm works out to 50 rounds/rifle. Not nearly enough for military use (standard in most armies is five magazines in the web gear = one unit of fire), but more than sufficient for most terrorist uses, which generally consist of a Chicago-style spraying of one or two magazines-full into a cafe', etc., followed by an immediate bugout.

Involving the Italians looks to me like an attempt to maintain deniabilty and create a dead-end in the paper trail (with the end-user certificates).

Remind me again- Qaddafi was supposed to have given up this kind of stuff after we took down Saddam, right?

/don't bet the ranch on it

cheers

eon

re: #170 littleoldlady

Mandy,

One.Vote.At.A.Time.

That's what I've been working on, too. :-)

Each one, teach one.

BRITISH police and security agencies are monitoring 30 terrorism plots, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said in extracts of a newspaper interview released today. "We now face a threat level that is severe. It's not getting any less, it's actually growing,'' she said in an interview to be published tomorrow in News of the World.
"We task the police and the security agencies with protecting us ... There are 22,000 individuals they are monitoring. There are 200 networks. There are 30 active plots,'' she said....

Britain has seen a marked increase in militant Islamist plots since it joined the US in invading Iraq in 2003.

This reporter could just as easily, and more accurately, have written this: "Britain has seen a marked increase in militant Islamist plots since it embarked upon a policy of appeasement and see-no-evil, speak-no-evil, hear-no-evil regarding the Muslim community."

[Link: www.jihadwatch.org...]

re: #172 BulgarWheat

Mandy, maybe she's just a bitter Typical White Woman. Yeah, that's the ticket.

She's become more interested in politics as The Kid has grown up. She doesn't want to live in a socialist nation nor does she want her nephew to be left a bunch of crap.

re: #180 MandyManners

I think I got my Moonbat mother to consider McCain
She is suffering from BDS so bad that I had to explain to her that Bush was only the POTUS and not a dictator
She still does not believe me so I will keep trying

re: #175 laZardo

In other words - and I'm guessing here - she figures another 4 years of Bush (as it were) should really get a good liberal candidate up on the podium?

/though such a possibility would escape me. How BHO scares her even I wouldn't understand.

I think she read the article I sent her about BHO and Soros. And, she doesn't like socialism, and she thinks he's a crook.

re: #178 LeftJustAintRight

I'm pretty sure it is. He follows that up with...

So, did I sound like a liberal? I've been working on my impression for weeks.

/the sarc tag needs to become a more universally-used indicator.

re: #168 LeftJustAintRight

Islam trying to take over the world
China taking over the world at the same time
Hmmmm...
Could it be that China will handle the Islamicnuts for the rest of the world?

More likely, since they are so close to each other geographically and in available population, the two will end up as regional rivals- with both sides having nuclear weapons.

The result could all too easily resemble The Hundred Years War- except on a larger scale, and with a high background count.

Walter Miller's A Canticle for Liebowitz is looking less fanciful all the time. Unfortunately.

cheers

eon

Ok, got to go now.
Good bye and God bless all :)

re: #183 LeftJustAintRight

I think I got my Moonbat mother to consider McCain
She is suffering from BDS so bad that I had to explain to her that Bush was only the POTUS and not a dictator
She still does not believe me so I will keep trying

The power moonbats assign to Pres. Bush is amazing. If he's as powerful as they think, why haven't they been locked up in Halliburton-designed and -run camps? Why are they exercising their Constitutional rights? Why are we having elections in November?

re: #184 MandyManners

I think she read the article I sent her about BHO and Soros. And, she doesn't like socialism, and she thinks he's a crook.

I find Soros fascinating. As a longtime watcher (and oftentimes critic) of the James Bond movies, I still find it hard to believe that anyone in the real world could try as hard as he apparently has to base both their life and their business dealings on Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

I wonder if he has a white Persian cat with a diamond-studded collar that he strokes compulsively?

cheers

eon

re: #187 MigueldowninMexico

See you later, Miguel.

Take it easy, and God bless.

cheers

eon

Happy Birthday, Charles.

re: #188 MandyManners

The power moonbats assign to Pres. Bush is amazing. If he's as powerful as they think, why haven't they been locked up in Halliburton-designed and -run camps? Why are they exercising their Constitutional rights? Why are we having elections in November?

Exactly
I tried the simple explanation
It is a Democrat ruled senate
The Potus does nothing without the dems approval
I told her he has a short leash and does what he can
Then I told her He is the most moral man in there since Reagan
She is a real Moonbat

My attempt to rip-off Jeff Foxworthy.

You might be a Typical White Person if........

You understand that the Second Amendment wasn't written exclusively for hunters

You understand that islam is not a religion of peace

You choke up whenever you hear the National Anthem

You make it a point to thank people in uniform for their service to our country

You understand that Dhimmi Carter is a lunatic moonbat

You understand that Hillary Clinton is a flaming socialist/Alinsky-ite

You understand that Barack Hussein Obama is a flaming marxist/Alinsky-ite

You take responsibility for your actions

You know that 9/11 was an act of war, and that we cannot cut-and-run in Iraq

You appreciate what G-d has provided and are thankful to HIM for all that he has blessed each of us with

You understand that the MSM has been lying to us for years, and that the internet and blogs like LGF provide us with factual informaion. See comment above

Anyone see the Time Magazine front page and the article this week. It's about how Obamanation's mom raised him to be who he is. Reading the article it says mom was never there yet lauds Mom as a modern woman struggling with family. In between the gag reflexes I couldn't help but LOL.

re: #189 eon

I find Soros fascinating. As a longtime watcher (and oftentimes critic) of the James Bond movies, I still find it hard to believe that anyone in the real world could try as hard as he apparently has to base both their life and their business dealings on Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

I wonder if he has a white Persian cat with a diamond-studded collar that he strokes compulsively?

cheers

eon

Megalomania minus the delusions.

re: #183 LeftJustAintRight

I think I got my Moonbat mother to consider McCain
She is suffering from BDS so bad that I had to explain to her that Bush was only the POTUS and not a dictator
She still does not believe me so I will keep trying

You too? My 80-year-old mom behaves as though Bush invented evil, pain, and loud tv commercials. She has an excuse, I suppose: Her great-uncle was an extremely prominent Democrat and, in fact, she met FDR and many other Dem luminaries through him when she was a little girl (Eleanor was reported to have gushed about her beautiful blonde curls.)
I barely knew my great-great uncle but I am convinced he would belong to the GOP if he were alive today. Mom thinks this is blasphemy. Her mother, my grandmother, is more flexible and has voted Republican since 1980 (the Dem bigwig was on my grandfather's side).

re: #187 MigueldowninMexico

Hasta Manana, friend.

/weird console won't let me input the squiggly-n...

re: #184 MandyManners

Perhaps she's seeing that the guy's no more than what we label politicians here as trapos.

re: #195 MandyManners

Megalomania minus the delusions.

And that's what makes him a problem. It's the (relatively) reasonable-seeming ones that nobody spots until it's too late.

And with that, I have to go. It's been fun, like always.

See you later, Lizards.

Have a great day.

cheers

eon

re: #192 LeftJustAintRight

Exactly
I tried the simple explanation
It is a Democrat ruled senate
The Potus does nothing without the dems approval
I told her he has a short leash and does what he can
Then I told her He is the most moral man in there since Reagan
She is a real Moonbat

Did her head go *pop*?

A real moonbat would claim that Pres. Bush controls the Democrats, too, or that they're all in it together to produce OWG. If they go much farther, they're in Icke and Jones territory.

Jimmy Carter's descent into total insanity appears complete, based on his idiotic explanation justifying his upcoming meeting in Syria with Hamas leadership.

"I think that it's very important that at least someone meet with the Hamas leaders to express their views, to ascertain what flexibility they have, to try to induce them to stop all attacks against innocent civilians in Israel and to cooperate with the Fatah as a group that unites the Palestinians, maybe to get them to agree to a cease-fire — things of this kind," he said.

His brain is pancake batter.

re: #194 monsonman

Anyone see the Time Magazine front page and the article this week. It's about how Obamanation's mom raised him to be who he is. Reading the article it says mom was never there yet lauds Mom as a modern woman struggling with family. In between the gag reflexes I couldn't help but LOL.

How much mention is given to his maternal granny?

re: #199 MandyManners

Did her head go *pop*?

A real moonbat would claim that Pres. Bush controls the Democrats, too, or that they're all in it together to produce OWG. If they go much farther, they're in Icke and Jones territory.

Well, she wouldn't be far off in that there is such a thing as a reptilian secret society. n.=.n

/did I say too much?

re: #202 laZardo

Well, she wouldn't be far off in that there is such a thing as a reptilian secret society. n.=.n

/did I say too much?

You have said too much. No gamy buttocks for you at the next meet-up.

re: #197 laZardo

Her voice sounds strange when she mentions BHO.

re: #201 MandyManners

How much mention is given to his maternal granny?

You mean the bigot?

re: #204 MandyManners

Wowza. He must scare her that much.

Good Lack of Global Warming Morning Lizards.
There still remains a disturbance in the Obama.
He is now putting out , that he was only saying how justified their anger is.
Get it? Forget about the Bible thumping, racist, xenophobic, gun toting, rube stuff. You know, forget it like his middle name.
It looks like his campaign is really shook.I hope that they snd out Michelle , to straighten this all out.
An Charles, Happy Birthday!

re: #193 BulgarWheat

Pretty good stuff!

May I "borrow" it and send to many?

Love,

A Typical White* Person

*that I'm aware of, anyway. :)

BAGHDAD (AP) - minuteworld The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month's offensive against Shiite militias and criminal gangs in Basra, officials said Sunday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said 921 police and soldiers were fired in Basra. They included 37 senior police officers ranging in rank from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general.

The others were dismissed in Kut, one of the Shiite cities where the fight had spread.

Last month, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered the security forces to confront armed groups in Basra, Iraq's second largest city.

But they met fierce resistance and the attack quickly ground to a halt as fighting flared across the Shiite south and Baghdad.

Since then, government officials have revealed that about 1,000 members of the security forces—including an entire infantry battalion—had mutinied, on some cases handing over vehicles and weapons to the militias.

The majority of Iraqi soldiers and police are Shiites.

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

re: #198 eon

And that's what makes him a problem. It's the (relatively) reasonable-seeming ones that nobody spots until it's too late.

And with that, I have to go. It's been fun, like always.

See you later, Lizards.

Have a great day.

cheers

eon

I lahks ma crazies to be upfront.

Good morning fellow Sunday morning early risers. We're back to semi-winter weather here in central Ohio.

Mandy...Is young Mr. Manners looking forward to his summer vacation?

re: #188 MandyManners

The power moonbats assign to Pres. Bush is amazing. If he's as powerful as they think, why haven't they been locked up in Halliburton-designed and -run camps? Why are they exercising their Constitutional rights? Why are we having elections in November?

Reminds me of the story of the kid going to a protest against the Bush Administration taking away the right to free speech.

re: #203 shiplord kirel

;.=.;

re: #202 laZardo

Well, she wouldn't be far off in that there is such a thing as a reptilian secret society. n.=.n

/did I say too much?

Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

re: #205 storagemanager

You mean the bigot?

Yeah, that TWP.

re: #206 laZardo

Wowza. He must scare her that much.

He does.

re: #208 gettinby

thank you. as I mentioned, just ripping off Jeff Foxworthy. Hope I can avoid and army of Redneck Lawyers.

heh

re: #205 storagemanager

You mean the bigot?

Is grandma still under the bus, where Barry tossed her?

This is just the latest Carter Middle East mess. Expect him to make more, and he looks to all but endorse Obama by calling for Hillary to drop out of the race for the good of the party. Never mind that Obama would be bad for the country's foreign policy, or that Obama didn't see anything wrong with Carter's pending visit to Hamas, to say nothing of the fact that Obama considers Carter to be a private citizen, which ignores the fact that Carter is indeed a former President of the United States and carries power and prestige that being a simple private citizen doesn't have.

Good morning all, and happy Birthday to Charles! I had an extremely unpleasant experiance with Imeem last night, I clicked on a Led Zepplin song and got an immediate warning from my computer that several changes had been made to my registry, I then rebooted my computer and it would not boot, even in safe mode. I will have to rebuild the OS. I am not pleased at all to say the least.....

re: #194 monsonman

Anyone see the Time Magazine front page and the article this week. It's about how Obamanation's mom raised him to be who he is. Reading the article it says mom was never there yet lauds Mom as a modern woman struggling with family. In between the gag reflexes I couldn't help but LOL.

Any explanations on what his mother was doing while struggling in absentia?

re: #203 shiplord kirel

You have said too much. No gamy buttocks for you at the next meet-up.

Gamy buttocks are highly overrated.

re: #217 BulgarWheat

thank you. as I mentioned, just ripping off Jeff Foxworthy. Hope I can avoid and army of Redneck Lawyers.

heh

Not to worry. They'd just invite you over to their house for a good ol' redneck bar-b-que and a few beers with the families.

;)

re: #209 storagemanager

The numbers don't exactly break down how many were police - Interior Ministry, or the national army.

It's also important to keep in mind that despite those problems, the Iraqi government accomplished its objectives in Basra by taking the fight to the Sadr bunch.

re: #194 monsonman

Anyone see the Time Magazine front page and the article this week. It's about how Obamanation's mom raised him to be who he is. Reading the article it says mom was never there yet lauds Mom as a modern woman struggling with family. In between the gag reflexes I couldn't help but LOL.

Well, no. I am a Typical White Person from Small Town, Rural America. The y don't sell Time Magazine here at the corner store. And I'm too stooopid & bitter to read it if they did.

(dips a locust in some honey)

Teshuvah NOW

REPEEEEEEENNNT !

Listen:

RE = (Return)

PENT = (to the Pinnacle, to the HIGHEST STATE)

Return
to
your
highest
state.

ASAP.

This is WLGF!

re: #221 NoSubmission

Any explanations on what his mother was doing while struggling in absentia?

She was partying like it's 1999!

re: #211 Bobblehead

Good morning fellow Sunday morning early risers. We're back to semi-winter weather here in central Ohio.

Mandy...Is young Mr. Manners looking forward to his summer vacation?

Yes, he is. But, before then, he has to read a book at least 60 pages long with chapters and few pictures and write a report on it identifying the theme, the protagonist the like; construct a diorama; and, create a multi-media presentation on a certain country answering 16 questions. Bonus points for a PowerPoint element among other things.

re: #220 loflyer

It's Charles' BD?

Happy Birthday Blogfadda

re: #212 opnion

Reminds me of the story of the kid going to a protest against the Bush Administration taking away the right to free speech.

Oh, the irony! So deep you need waders.

re: #222 The Other Les

I prefer mine tenderized.

On April 7th, a year ago, Du’a Khalil Aswad, 17 years old, was stoned to death in Bashiqa, Northern Iraq. Some of her closest relatives beat, kicked and stoned her to death, pulverizing her face and body, finally killing her by dropping a concrete block on her face to uproarious cheering from a crowd of hundreds of men, followers of the Yezidi religion. Her body was then dragged around the town behind the back of a truck and buried with the corpse of a dog as a final gesture of contempt for her humanity.

In the crowd a small boy watches intently, brought along, presumably, to learn the responsibilities of a man within patriarchal culture: to learn how to rejoice in the beating, torturing and murdering of women, to learn how men’s power over women is founded in their unity and capacity for violence, and to learn to see the cooling puddle of blood streaming from Du’a’s broken face and to feel hatred rather than pity.

Du’a was worthless to the men of her family because she had committed what was, to her repressive community, a terrible crime: a crime which most of those reading this article would have imagined was a basic human right, even the pinnacle of human experience. She fell in love. Within a community tight-knit to the point of choking, where women are allotted to men by the decision of their male relatives, where families take pride in the submissiveness and subordinacy of young female relatives, to choose to love freely is a to become a dissident against the totalitarian doctrine of ‘honour’. Under the ‘honour’ system, women are a commodity to be traded and exchanged to maintain family and tribe solidarity, a commodity to be controlled by men, a commodity at the complete disposal of men’s desires. Women are expected to be asexual to every man except one chosen for her. Women who have no desire towards the man chosen for them may be forced to marry them despite their feelings; their relatives celebrate the first of many instances of marital rape with dancing and feasting. Women who desire men other the one chosen for them are beaten, tortured and killed with impunity. Women who do not publicly display the asexuality demanded from them, through liveliness of character, independence of spirit or supposedly ‘immoral’ dress or behaviour are beaten, tortured and killed with impunity. Women who demand to live and love like human beings are beaten, tortured and killed with impunity.

Women and girls are shot, beaten to death, stabbed, incinerated with kerosene, poisoned and electrocuted, because their relatives believe that if a woman is utterly and publicly subordinate to her male relatives, her only value is as a deterrant to any other female who dreams of breaking free from the circumscribed role of dutiful daughter, obedient wife, and self-sacrificng mother.

[Link: www.stophonourkillings.com...]

re: #226 BabbaZee

Just when I was getting used to the calm, you come marching right in. (:

re: #217 BulgarWheat

thank you. as I mentioned, just ripping off Jeff Foxworthy. Hope I can avoid and army of Redneck Lawyers.

heh

You might be a Redneck Lawyer if at least three of your paper-weights are cans of Kodiak.

re: #233 laZardo

I disrupt your calm?
Or your nothing?
;~}

{LaZee}

Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews.

Job Hunting
I feel for the guy

re: #229 BabbaZee

It's Charles' BD?

Happy Birthday Blogfadda

Very British! Don't have anything to throw back at you, my primary computer is trashed along with my favs, I am working on that right now....

All you sitting in high places
the rain is gonna fall on you

re: #228 MandyManners

Yes, he is. But, before then, he has to read a book at least 60 pages long with chapters and few pictures and write a report on it identifying the theme, the protagonist the like; construct a diorama; and, create a multi-media presentation on a certain country answering 16 questions. Bonus points for a PowerPoint element among other things.

From what I hear about him, he will accomplish this within a few hours!

/kudos to his mom for raising what sounds like a solidly good kid. :)

re: #237 loflyer

my primary computer is trashed along with my favs

Oh NOOOOooOOOooo!

re: #232 storagemanager

I'm considering focusing my blog on the treatment of women under Islam. Would you be offended if I use your articles about this? (I'd give a hat tip.)

re: #234 MandyManners

Heh, that's a good one!

Okay, I need you folks to answer a question for me. I ran across this story in the middle of the night and it is still there with the same headline, which reads Death of U.N. Policeman Marks Unrest in Haiti

Since when does the UN have "policemen"?

re: #241 MandyManners

You have a blog?

re: #228 MandyManners

Yes, he is. But, before then, he has to read a book at least 60 pages long with chapters and few pictures and write a report on it identifying the theme, the protagonist the like; construct a diorama; and, create a multi-media presentation on a certain country answering 16 questions. Bonus points for a PowerPoint element among other things.

Excellent! Remember to insist that he keep a journal of his summer activities. His "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" report will be the highlight of the next school year. LOL

re: #241 MandyManners

I'm considering focusing my blog on the treatment of women under Islam. Would you be offended if I use your articles about this? (I'd give a hat tip.)

Please do...I will find as many as you need...it needs to be told.

re: #243 galloping granny

UN Police? WTF?

UN Police, coming to a neighborhood near you.

re: #243 galloping granny

Okay, I need you folks to answer a question for me. I ran across this story in the middle of the night and it is still there with the same headline, which reads Death of U.N. Policeman Marks Unrest in Haiti

Since when does the UN have "policemen"?

The Blue Helmets
Y'know the ones that rape all the underage Christian and Animist girls in Africa

re: #235 BabbaZee

Sometimes, you can find calm in nothingness. Or whatever those Buddhists or hippies like to say. :P

They call them PEACEKEEPERS in true Orwellian fashion

re: #249 laZardo

Entirely different thing
lol

re: #240 BabbaZee

Oh NOOOOooOOOooo!

Just the OS, got a virus from Imeems. Not pleased at all, I loved the quality of Imeems, but I never got a virus from you tube even after thousands of streams.....

re: #248 BabbaZee

The Blue Helmets
Y'know the ones that rape all the underage Christian and Animist girls in Africa

Yeah, I knew what they meant by it and the story correctly references then as peacekeepers, but they absolutely are NOT policeman, so I am seriously wondering why Fox would make the attempt to characterize them as such.

The UN specifically has NO policing powers.

re: #250 BabbaZee

They call them PEACEKEEPERS in true Orwellian fashion

These are the guys who rape & steal & stood around & watched the slaughter in Rwanda.
We should get out of the UN. We are in bad company.

re: #252 loflyer

Imeems

eee-oooo
I was gonna check it out today.
Not going to now~

re: #254 opnion

These are the guys who rape & steal & stood around & watched the slaughter in Rwanda.
We should get out of the UN. We are in bad company.

I agree. At least we no longer send our military to be a part of that mess.