Thats a lot of Bibles.

I guess this is better than a news story saying that Saudi Arabia released 520 people accused of terrorism /glass half full...

Then again, that particular kind of story is reserved for Yemen, which specializes in terrorist releases.

Gosh, maybe they found Bibles or Playboy mags on the arrestee's persons?

Yahoo has gotten entirely too verbose lately, dont' ya think?

Saudi Arabia announced today that they have arrested 520 people for terrorism. Of course, when they use the word “terrorism” it could mean almost anything, from mass murder to publishing cartoons.

How could they tell them from the rest of the population? Seems to me that it's SOP for the Saudi's

God help them if they have a Supreme Court over there.

a bet a tank a gas at least 25% of them are missionaries/evangelists...any takers.

Of course, when they use the word “terrorism” it could mean almost anything, from mass murder to publishing cartoons.

Given that their definition of "peace" is indistinguishable from a rational definition of subjugation, plunder, and mass murder, there are certainly grounds to believe that their definition of "terrorism" could be a bit slippery.

Snort, whose benefit was this for? We still detest you and only want you for your oil.

re: #3 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Gosh, maybe they found Bibles or Playboy mags on the arrestee's persons?

Yahoo has gotten entirely too verbose lately, dont' ya think?

Bibles would get them a higher sentence, while the Playboy mags just get confiscated, right?

I vote: No confidence in the Saudis.

Aren't you considered a terrorist for listening to music in public with the company of a woman?

Off with his head!

Of course, when they use the word “terrorism” it could mean almost anything, from mass murder to publishing cartoons.

I know exactly what it means. It means "people who don't like the House of Saud." That could range from Al Qaeda terrorists to democracy reformers to feminists to communists and beyond.

re: #10 Beobachter

Bibles would get them a higher sentence, while the Playboy mags just get confiscated, right?

With Playboy you get 700 lashes with whips and chains.

re: #11 DistantThunder

I vote: No confidence in the Saudis.

Unfortunately, our fearless leaders do not see it that way.

Of course, when they use the word “terrorism” it could mean almost anything, from mass murder to publishing cartoons.

Or promoting democracy. (like the Pali collaborators)

How do Saudi's define terrorists? Wahabbists who want to overthrow the House of Saud? They will be beheaded before we will ever know.

re: #10 Beobachter

Bibles would get them a higher sentence, while the Playboy mags just get confiscated, right?

I'm wondering when Playboy is going to run the Mattel Barbie Doll as the Playmate of the Month.

re: #14 DistantThunder

No. That's for Hustler.

A terrorist is one who threatens their existing order of a royal family and princes. A non-terrorist is one who either wages jihad outside Saudi Arabia and contributes money accordingly.

re: #18 The Other Les

I'm wondering when Playboy is going to run the Mattel Barbie Doll as the Playmate of the Month.

Barbie and G.I. Joe, right? Couple of the year.

Y'know, in reference to m comment #13: It never occurred to me until now that Charles (and the rest of us) have something in common with Osama bin Laden: we all hate the ruling Saudi family.

There is a key distinction, however:

For Osama, they're too moderate; for us, they're too extreme.

driving while female = terrorism in ksa

Notice how on the same day that our Supreme Court decides whether or not child rapists are eligible for the death penalty, Saudi Arabia comes out in favor of adult marriage to babies. Just another small difference between us and them.

re: #18 The Other Les

I'm wondering when Playboy is going to run the Mattel Barbie Doll as the Playmate of the Month.

Makes sense, their photos are so heavily air brushed I never got the feeling I was looking at real women anyhow.

Oh yes, killing the kaffirs is absolutelykosher.

It tough for me to give a damn about the Saudis. Let's just suck the last of their oil from the ground and let them return to their rightful place in history, last place. Camel [deleted] morons.

re: #22 zombie

That is so true!

Why the hell can't we drink Saudi Arabia's milkshake huh? And where the hell is D.D. Lewis when you need him?

Islamaphobia!

re: #24 Sizzlack

Notice how on the same day that our Supreme Court decides whether or not child rapists are eligible for the death penalty, Saudi Arabia comes out in favor of adult marriage to babies. Just another small difference between us and them.

hmmm....kinda makes you wonder who's the puppet and who's the puppetteer...

re: #1 maddogg

Thats a lot of Bibles.

Amen, brother.

re: #25 maddogg

Makes sense, their photos are so heavily air brushed I never got the feeling I was looking at real women anyhow.

You aren't, if you consider the amount of plastic in their breasts.

re: #27 EC Marm

let's just get our own oil, and let them drown in theirs

Terrorism means a particular thing, and has always meant a particular thing (like Anti-Semitism). Somewhere early down the line someone should have put an abrupt end to the muddying of the waters on this term.

re: #19 Cap'n DOC

No. That's for Hustler.

Maybe Larry Flynt will run a "Sluts For Obama " spread?

Waiting for him to offer a million bucks to any woman who claims she had an affair with McCain, too. Such a class act.

The Saudis rounded up a bunch of gays recently too...
Dozens arrested in Saudi "gay" raid
I'm sure the sentences for being gay are far more severe than terrorism.

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Maybe being gay IS "terrorism" in Saudi Arabia, as an offense against Allah

re: #37 Killgore Trout

The Saudis rounded up a bunch of gays recently too...
Dozens arrested in Saudi "gay" raid
I'm sure the sentences for being gay are far more severe than terrorism.

Well, most of the terrorists they arrest wind up getting set free in what, a few months? As for the gay Saudis, they get what, hanged from cranes too?

re: #24 Sizzlack

Notice how on the same day that our Supreme Court decides whether or not child rapists are eligible for the death penalty, Saudi Arabia comes out in favor of adult marriage to babies. Just another small difference between us and them.

Yeah, but correct me if I'm wrong, the differences get smaller and smaller each day!

JAFLW

McCain wants U.S. weaned from foreign oil by 2025

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday if elected he would set the United States on a path to wean itself from foreign oil by 2025, vowing to "break the power of OPEC" over Americans.

re: #38 WrathofG-d

Maybe being gay IS "terrorism" in Saudi Arabia, as an offense against Allah

Just what does it take to offend allah?

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Were they planning a march right through the heart of Mecca?

re: #41 Just Another Four-letter Word

Yeah, but correct me if I'm wrong, the differences get smaller and smaller each day!

JAFLW

Which is why Charles needs to buy an island somewhere in the Pacific, name it Little Green Island, and if Sharia law ever comes to the U.S., we'll all file on over there and rule our own little island.

Did you see the Saudi "Marriage" Official saying one year old brides are ok?

Today's at Fox website.

Even countless centuries ago, the (pre-Islamic) Arabs served as the middlemen between the Han Chinese empire in the East and the Roman Empire in the West, transporting silk, porcelain and other goods along the Silk Road. It becames so lucrative that these long-distance middlemen began to grow wealthy. Rivalries erupted and caravan raids became commonplace. When we read that Mohammed and his early followers has conflicts with "the merchants and traders," we can see that at the root of Islam are economic hardball tactics. Islam as a movement is essential history's largest caravan raid. Mohammed went for the whole ball of wax -- and got it. (Well, his successors got it.)

And here we are, millennia later, and the Arabs are still playing off the Chinese against the Western powers.

Amazing how some things NEVER change.

I read somewhere that these "terrorists" were planning to destroy the Saudi oil sites. No oil, no palatial life style for the royals. I can see why they would round them up. And can you imagine what would happen to the world economy if the Saudis started losing their oil facilities?

re: #8 taxfreekiller

OT

tfk says its a good thing

Its our country times a wasting on the take it back thing.
Got to take the first step, then it gets easy.

[Link: www.blowoutcongress.com...]

more later

CHANGE!

re: #45 Sizzlack

Plus, we'll all ride bicycles so we wont need any foreign oil.

re: #46 alegrias

Did you see the Saudi "Marriage" Official saying one year old brides are ok?

Today's at Fox website.

Mohammed married a 9 year old. What do you expect them to say?

OT: Rice paddy art in Yamagata Prefecture

[Link: www.pinktentacle.com...]

re: #51 offendi

Mohammed married a 9 year old. What do you expect them to say?

6. Didn't consummate till 9...supposedly.

re: #36 offendi

Maybe Larry Flynt will run a "Sluts For Obama " spread?

Waiting for him to offer a million bucks to any woman who claims she had an affair with McCain, too. Such a class act.

Larry Flynt is a nasty pervert. I can't stand the man. He makes my skin crawl.

But it's Bush using terrorism as an excuse!

Not China or Saudi.

And don't you forget it.

Women drivers, probably, that's a form of terrorism we've been fighting unsuccessfully in the west for a hundred years!

/ducking and running

re: #50 Sizzlack

Plus, we'll all ride bicycles so we wont need any foreign oil.

* * *
I agree many of our (chubby) children should ride bikes to school, where feasible. It would help with health & behavioral problems.

Be more like Charles Johnson!

re: #48 swampy

I read somewhere that these "terrorists" were planning to destroy the Saudi oil sites. No oil, no palatial life style for the royals. I can see why they would round them up. And can you imagine what would happen to the world economy if the Saudis started losing their oil facilities?

Which is precisely why we continue to put up with their offensive bullshit.

Oil fields are in Shia territory.

re: #40 Sizzlack

As for the gay Saudis, they get what, hanged from cranes too?

Article says public beheading.

re: #45 Sizzlack

Which is why Charles needs to buy an island somewhere in the Pacific, name it Little Green Island, and if Sharia law ever comes to the U.S., we'll all file on over there and rule our own little island.

We ain't buyin' no island.
We is fightin'

re: #52 Jewels (AKA Julian)
Cool pictures and site is interesting too. Thanks.

re: #54 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Larry Flynt is a nasty pervert. I can't stand the man. He makes my skin crawl.

You would have to look long and hard to find a sleazier character than Larry Flynt. He is everything you could want in a scumbag.

re: #42 Bubblehead II

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday if elected he would set the United States on a path to wean itself from foreign oil by 2025, vowing to "break the power of OPEC" over Americans.

If we could get a House and Senate to support such a position in some non-binding fashion, you'd see the price of crude begin to drop into a range that made some sense. But to do something in the best interest of the constituents is something from a bygone era, I'm afraid. Politics as "winner take all" and "bloodsport" is the new name of the game.

At least the "You can marry a one-year-old girl" story made the front page of Fox's Web site today. Spin that, NYT scum.

re: #61 Russkilitlover

Article says public beheading.

Ah...even more horrible. Which is amazing, because you'd think being hanged from a crane was about as bad as it gets. But no, the Saudis will find a way to make it worse.

520 arrested for terrorism? And how does that compare to the number of people they've funded to commit terrorism?

Saying a lot of the things that have been said and are going to be said on on this thread are more than sufficient to get one arrested for any number of things in the Magic Kingdom. Advocating governance by anyone who is not a member of the House of Saud or who is the wrong member of the House of Saud is a real good way to run afoul of the authorities. One really great thing about their system of justice though, everybody who receives a sentence has confessed to a crime, and they really do know how to get a confession.

The state Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice was acting on a tip off.

Here is one of the investigators at work on her computer.

Sand prison.

They love their coke, Ex, call-girls and whiskey when on leave.

re: #62 unrealizedviewpoint

We ain't buyin' no island.
We is fightin'

I'm right there with you, but the way the Supreme Court has been voting...

The state Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice was acting on a tip off.

My neighbor's wife has very thick eyebrows. Could you send someone to lift her burqa, please?

re: #61 Russkilitlover

Article says public beheading.

After the fall of the Taliban, documents were found indicating that the mullahs had been discussing whether gays should be crushed alive under a toppled wall, or hurled to their deaths from the tallest building in a city.

Hey, I'm about to buy a cheap comfort bike I can use for local errands and not be too upset if somebody cuts the cable and lifts it. Looking at the Schwinn Voyageur right now...

re: #65 EC Marm

If we could get a House and Senate to support such a position in some non-binding fashion, you'd see the price of crude begin to drop into a range that made some sense. But to do something in the best interest of the constituents is something from a bygone era, I'm afraid. Politics as "winner take all" and "bloodsport" is the new name of the game.

In four years, the left will select the Republican nominee and the right will select the Democrat. The two easiest to beat candidates. How did we get to this point?

re: #73 bosforus

The state Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice was acting on a tip off.

Pharisees Gone Wild^TM

re: #54 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Larry Flynt is a nasty pervert. I can't stand the man. He makes my skin crawl.

Proud liberal, I understand. Selling lewd pictures of young girls' body parts is certainly a totally noble defense of our First Amendment.

re: #75 Charles

I recommend the BMW R1100RT, its faster.

re: #75 Charles

well,if cheap is what you want,you can't beat huffy.
(ducks)

A tip off?

re: #82 WriterMom

A tip off?

Public beheading?

re: #74 Ward Cleaver

After the fall of the Taliban, documents were found indicating that the mullahs had been discussing whether gays should be crushed alive under a toppled wall, or hurled to their deaths from the tallest building in a city.

I wonder how many of our Bush-hatin', peace at any cost, Obama Kool Aid drinkin', leftist loonies are even aware of sharia and its implications for them.

Wow Pelosi just said yesterday she would block the Broadcasters Freedom Act. I'm kind of beyond words.

re: #65 EC Marm

A good start would be for Bush to rescind the Presidential order prohibiting off shore drilling. That would put the ball directly in the dem controlled House/Senate court and force their hand. But noooo....... He wants them to go first.

/F-ing kids

re: #83 Ben Hur

Heads are gonna lop.

re: #84 Russkilitlover

not many i'm sure.and if they have read anything,they probably believe it is only pro-bush propaganda.

re: #75 Charles
I have the worlds dirtiest 'dirt' bike. I never have to worry about anyone lifting it. Ten pounds of crusty dried mud may not make for top speed, but my calf muscles are pretty ripped.

re: #5 calvin coolidge

God help them if they have a Supreme Court over there.

Hanuman help them if Al-Kennedy's on their Supreme Court.

re: #86 Bubblehead II

A good start would be for Bush to rescind the Presidential order prohibiting off shore drilling. That would put the ball directly in the dem controlled House/Senate court and force their hand. But noooo....... He wants them to go first.

/F-ing kids

probably worried about his legacy just in case off shore doesn't work out
/

re: #83 Ben Hur

I was gonna put something more gross but then I decided against it.

OK, this is getting ridiculous. My internet connection speed over the last few weeks has gotten noticeably slower. It's happening right now.

Is Comcast already throttling the bandwidth of heavy users? Or is it just a pilot program somewhere? Or is it simply a plan for the future?

Because, to me, it feels like it's happening right now. Things at first are speedy as hell, and then after a bunch of YouTube watchings, software downloads and zombietime ftp-ing, the speed suddenly drops noticeably. Then, after a few hours -- back to fast again.

What is going on? Is this all psychosomatic? Or is Comcast really turning down the spigot when they detect too much bandwidth been sucked up?

I don't really ever do p2p file-sharing (who are supposedly the people Comcast and AT&T are targeting), so that can't be it.

re: #87 WriterMom

Heads are gonna lop.

Tips are gonna off.

re: #92 WriterMom

I was gonna put something more gross but then I decided against it.

That was my original point!

re: #87 WriterMom

Heads are gonna lop.

You called? LOL

re: #93 zombie

OK, this is getting ridiculous. My internet connection speed over the last few weeks has gotten noticeably slower. It's happening right now.

Is Comcast already throttling the bandwidth of heavy users? Or is it just a pilot program somewhere? Or is it simply a plan for the future?

Because, to me, it feels like it's happening right now. Things at first are speedy as hell, and then after a bunch of YouTube watchings, software downloads and zombietime ftp-ing, the speed suddenly drops noticeably. Then, after a few hours -- back to fast again.

What is going on? Is this all psychosomatic? Or is Comcast really turning down the spigot when they detect too much bandwidth been sucked up?

I don't really ever do p2p file-sharing (who are supposedly the people Comcast and AT&T are targeting), so that can't be it.

Your being spied on.

re: #6 paxnhymn

a bet a tank a gas at least 25% of them are missionaries/evangelists...any takers.

Missionaries in SA are like candy at a Halloween party. They'd better be really prayed up.

re: #76 debutaunt

In four years, the left will select the Republican nominee and the right will select the Democrat. The two easiest to beat candidates. How did we get to this point?

In four years? Didn't that just happen in this election?

re: #10 Beobachter

Bibles would get them a higher sentence, while the Playboy mags just get confiscated, right?

Bunnies burned in effigy

re: #42 Bubblehead II

McCain wants U.S. weaned from foreign oil by 2025

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday if elected he would set the United States on a path to wean itself from foreign oil by 2025, vowing to "break the power of OPEC" over Americans.

Now we're talking!

re: #93 zombie

I doubt it. I have Comcast at my dad's and I often download huge Linux iso images while watching Youtube and I've never had a problem.

re: #93 zombie

You are using more then your share and need be slowed/stopped.

The state Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice was acting on a tip off.

Somebody have their air conditioner on 72 ?

Oh, it's Saudi Arabia, never mind.
Had an "Obama presidency" moment there.

re: #48 swampy

I read somewhere that these "terrorists" were planning to destroy the Saudi oil sites. No oil, no palatial life style for the royals. I can see why they would round them up. And can you imagine what would happen to the world economy if the Saudis started losing their oil facilities?

Saudi Arrestees Plotting "Oil Attacks"
One of the men was reportedly found with a message from Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, urging him to raise money and saying the terrorist group would provide militants from Iraq, Afghanistan and North Africa "to target oil installations and fight security forces."

re: #42 Bubblehead II

McCain wants U.S. weaned from foreign oil by 2025

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday if elected he would set the United States on a path to wean itself from foreign oil by 2025, vowing to "break the power of OPEC" over Americans.

But, but...wont that offend OPEC? We can't hurt anyone's feelings...right?

/

re: #93 zombie

Comcast has been throttling bandwidth for awhile now and are being sued in (you guessed it) california.

Comcast Sued For Traffic Shaping

a lawsuit has now been filed in California, charging Comcast with violating federal computer fraud laws, their own user contracts and anti-fraudulent advertising statutes.

re: #71 Ben Hur

Sand prison.

They love their coke, Ex, call-girls and whiskey when on leave.

oh...and their..."bottoms"....

re: #74 Ward Cleaver

After the fall of the Taliban, documents were found indicating that the mullahs had been discussing whether gays should be crushed alive under a toppled wall, or hurled to their deaths from the tallest building in a city.

What, dint they know that a public disemboweling is much more popular?

re: #54 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Larry Flynt is a nasty pervert. I can't stand the man. He makes my skin crawl.

Even worse, he's a nasty old pervert. What young woman would want him? Ewwwwww.

re: #93 zombie

OK, this is getting ridiculous. My internet connection speed over the last few weeks has gotten noticeably slower. It's happening right now.

Is Comcast already throttling the bandwidth of heavy users? Or is it just a pilot program somewhere? Or is it simply a plan for the future?

Because, to me, it feels like it's happening right now. Things at first are speedy as hell, and then after a bunch of YouTube watchings, software downloads and zombietime ftp-ing, the speed suddenly drops noticeably. Then, after a few hours -- back to fast again.

What is going on? Is this all psychosomatic? Or is Comcast really turning down the spigot when they detect too much bandwidth been sucked up?

I don't really ever do p2p file-sharing (who are supposedly the people Comcast and AT&T are targeting), so that can't be it.

Why darlin, its the govmit, they's watchin you.

Do you know how hard it is to write code in ADA

re: #93 zombie
I have mixed feelings about Comcast slowing down the heavy users. Why should one person downloading movies all day suck all the bandwidth out of a neighborhood?
More likely, you're now in 'prime time' on the west coast and a lot of users are on at the same time.

re: #100 EC Marm

In four years? Didn't that just happen in this election?

Yes and it will be worse next time.

re: #112 Cygnus

Even worse, he's a nasty old pervert. What young woman would want him? Ewwwwww.

as an older woman, I can't even think of an older woman who would want him.

re: #108 Oh no...Sand People!

But, but...wont that offend OPEC? We can't hurt anyone's feelings...right?

/

* * *
It offends DEMOCRATS that Americans might be energy self-sufficient.

(Cuts into democrats' transportation tax revenues for porkbarrel projects such as roads to nowhere)

re: #92 WriterMom

I was gonna put something more gross but then I decided against it.

Thank you. I just realized what you wanted to say. Ouch.

re: #93 zombie

You didn't ask permission from the world community for your obscene energy usage.

re: #101 Eowyn2

Bunnies burned in effigy

Is it getting hot in here?

LOL

I'm off to Whole Foods Paycheck.

Have a good night, Lizard Nation!

re: #121 loppyd

Is it getting hot in here?

LOL

I'm off to Whole Foods Paycheck.

Have a good night, Lizard Nation!

Go get some nice hossenpfeffer.

re: #120 Russkilitlover

You didn't ask permission from the world community for your obscene energy usage.

* * *
Righto, remember the UN or some other body wants to wrest control of Al Gore's invention, for the world community to control, instead of US.

And democrats approve of sending control of our internet offshore!

Charles, I have a trek hybrid bike that everyone goofs on but it is perfect for urban errands.

zombie: you should call Comcast and ask them if your bandwidth is being throttled. It probably is. I'm sure the SF area has a lot of P2P going on.

New frontiers of political discourse.

OBAMA
OR
DIE

Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Encourages Jihadists to Obey al-Baghdadi, Before Embarking on His Suicide Mission"

[Link: talismangate.blogspot.com...]

YET
ANOTHER
RECIDIVIST,
R

re: #93 zombie

[Link: www.speedtest.net...]

WORTH
A
SHOT,
R

re: #109 Bubblehead II

Comcast has been throttling bandwidth for awhile now and are being sued in (you guessed it) california.

Comcast Sued For Traffic Shaping

a lawsuit has now been filed in California, charging Comcast with violating federal computer fraud laws, their own user contracts and anti-fraudulent advertising statutes.

Hmmmm, interesting. Thanks. So it is a possibility.

He who controls the spice, controls the universe.

re: #76 debutaunt

In four years, the left will select the Republican nominee and the right will select the Democrat. The two easiest to beat candidates. How did we get to this point?

I can't prove it, but I do suspect that open primaries have quite a bit to do with it. That, and party re-registration for that purpose, in states where one's own nominee is already set and the other party's isn't.

re: #81 Boondock St. Bender

well,if cheap is what you want,you can't beat huffy.
(ducks)

Don't remind me! I rode a Huffy 10-speed for years, for shopping, for all kinds of transport. Trust me, when I got a new, 21-speed trail bike, I flew.

Great training, pedaling that hunk of iron everywhere.

I recently spent a week in a training class for foreign licencees of our products/technologies. Generally good fun, spoiled only by a Saudi attendee. Going to dinner as a group we drove past a service station advertising gas at $4.13 per gallon. There was a vigorous discussion about current and future gas prices. "Saudi", the name we all used for him, simply sat and smiled, and smiled. He said nothing and nothing was said to him though it took my all not to knock him smartly in the nose.

And the dems continue to block all efforts for domestic energy E&P. Takes my all not to knock them in the nose too.

re: #125 Charles

zombie: you should call Comcast and ask them if your bandwidth is being throttled. It probably is. I'm sure the SF area has a lot of P2P going on.

I'll have to get up the nerve to do that. I sincerely doubt they'd tell me the truth, though. More likely, they'd just add my name to the "Throttle These People!" list, just for inquiring about it.

re: #128 Render

[Link: www.speedtest.net...]

WORTH
A
SHOT,
R

Now I just gotta figure out how that site works.

re: #129 zombie

Most defiantly. They have been up to this for at least a year. Here is another link about it.

Comcast rolls out brand new bandwidth throttles

Users who exceed an unspecified bandwidth threshold will have their connections slowed by an unspecified amount for an unspecified period of time.

I'm getting about 4,200 kbps download speed on Render's test site.

is that fast or slow? I have a cable modem.

re: #137 zombie

I'm getting about 4,200 kbps download speed on Render's test site.

is that fast or slow? I have a cable modem.

Mine showed 1177 and 323.

No idea?

Saudi Arabia has detained 520 people suspected of being involved in terrorism

I didn't think there were 520 Jews in Saudi Arabia.
/sarc

I hate gays and terrorists so this a win win.

..................

re: #137 zombie

I'm getting about 4,200 kbps download speed on Render's test site.

is that fast or slow? I have a cable modem.

I took the same test and got 3751kbs, Comcast, Penna. It's a little slow, but prime time (5:30 pm) here. After about 9:00 pm that will shoot up considerable. It's not a bad idea to bookmark that site, keep some post-it notes of average speeds at different times of the day for reference.

re: #137 zombie

Looks better than mine. I get 1370 kb/s download and 812 kb/s on upload. I am using a Cisco 678 ADSL modem through Qwest. But I also share it with 4 different computer on my network and 3 of them are currently in use.

re: #137 zombie

Very slow.

I'm getting 20196 down and 1897 up from Comcast east coast.

SOMETHING
BROKEN,
R

re: #140 U.S.S. Nixon

I can understand why someone would hate real terrorists, but you should take a long look in the mirror as to that other part of hatred. Could be that you are suppressing your true feelings.

re: #38 WrathofG-d

Maybe being gay IS "terrorism" in Saudi Arabia, as an offense against Allah

Oh, but according to the Toronto Star, it's not about religion, it's about culture.

According to a gay imam, Muslim feminists and gay rights activists have been working for gay rights longer than we have.

/Those Muslims, they're superior in every way.

(I posted it in the links under "Culture".)

re: #140 U.S.S. Nixon

You're at the wrong blog. I suggest you go to Blogspot.com, open an account, and set up your own blog. Only takes five minutes. Then you can get all the credit for writing about who you hate, and why.

Because you can't post here any more.

Thank you Stinky.

WHOOSH,
R

re: #144 Slumbering Behemoth

I can understand why someone would hate real terrorists, but you should take a long look in the mirror as to that other part of hatred. Could be that you are suppressing your true feelings.

SOMETIMES THOSE WHO EXPRESS THIS KIND OF HATRED TOWARDS GAYS are very weak on there manhood. might even be repressed gays themselves.

what concenting aduilts do in the privacy of there bed rooms is none of our bus. now i think people should keep it in there bedroom no matter if they are gay or streight or some mixture of the two. I think people are a lot more complex than one or the other.

re: #148 yochanan

I think you're right on both counts. That poster needs to do a lot of soul searching and come to terms with the source of that hatred. I would not be surprised to find that it stems from self-loathing.

re: #150 Slumbering Behemoth
It's fear.

re: #148 yochanan

SOMETIMES THOSE WHO EXPRESS THIS KIND OF HATRED TOWARDS GAYS are very weak on there manhood. might even be repressed gays themselves.

Or sometimes they're Mobys. If not, that's kinda scary.

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[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Moby and troll in one easy package.

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Good riddance. That piece of trash was here 57 days too many.

re: #51 offendi

Mohammed married a 9 year old. What do you expect them to say?

No, he married Aisha when she was six. He consummated the marriage when she was nine.

Yup. What an example of a "prophet", huh? Child-fornicator. Liar of the first order. Murderer. Worshipper of a rock.

But, theirs nothing wrong here, move along, little kaffir!

islam is a cult, not a race!

21 remain in custody.

They kept the cutest ones for the jailers.

and then there's this. Those whacky Saudis.....
/sarc alert/
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

re: #75 Charles

Hey, I'm about to buy a cheap comfort bike I can use for local errands and not be too upset if somebody cuts the cable and lifts it. Looking at the Schwinn Voyageur right now...

That looks as good as anything else in its price range. Or I should say "they," there are a few different versions. I'm still peeved at Schwinn for going to the mass-market channel and almost putting me out of business:

On September 11, 2001, Pacific Cycle, the nation's largest importer of quality bicycles, purchased the Schwinn/GT Corporation out of bankruptcy court, and united the two brands with the company's other "quality" [scare quotes added] lines like Mongoose, Mongoose Pro, Roadmaster and Pacific.

It was a combination of factors that hurt me, though, including my own lack of business skills. I used to be quite a Schwinn-o-phile. I still have my Anniversary-year-issue [1995] Schwinn mountain bike, which I use now as you are planning to do with your new acquisition.

The alternate I would suggest as a comparison is a Redline R510 or R520. Test ride before you buy!

re: #160 wrenchwench

It was a combination of factors that hurt me, though, including my own lack of business skills. I used to be quite a Schwinn-o-phile. I still have my Anniversary-year-issue [1995] Schwinn mountain bike, which I use now as you are planning to do with your new acquisition.

The alternate I would suggest as a comparison is a Redline R510 or R520. Test ride before you buy!

I'll check out the Redline too -- I know what you mean about the mass marketing thing. Not many smaller bike stores left in Los Angeles, they've all been bought out by Performance.

re: #161 Charles

My little brother has been a bicycle mechanic for 30 years, beginning in his teens, and he usually recommends Jamis for an everyday scoot-around-town bike.

Saudi Marriage Official Says 1-Year-Old Brides OK

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (FOX News)

Call it marriage, Islamic style.

Saudi marriage officiant Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi told Lebanese television viewers last week that it’s permissible for girls as young as 1 to marry — as long as sex is postponed.

Al-Mu’bi’s remarkable comments also included an explanation that “there is no minimal age for entering marriage.”

“You can have a marriage contract even with a 1-year-old girl, not to mention a girl of 9, 7 or 8,” he said. “But is the girl ready for sex or not?” What is the appropriate age for sex for the first time? This varies according to environment and tradition,” al-Mu’bi said.

I call it Islam LCF (lowest common factor).

Queers for Saudi Arabia anyone?

*Crickets*