Mr. Baradei, call your office.

And the hits just keep on coming

re: #1 Gang of One

Mr. Baradei, call your office.

He's egyptian ya know?

And Mohammed El-Baredi of the IAEA has already declared that Egypt is not trying to make nuclear weapons. Then he stuck his head back in the hole.

This is a bigger DAMN than Aswan.

And thus, the centrifuges did spin, and there was little rejoicing.

I'm sure the administration will have no problem with nuclear power plants in Egypt (or Iran for that matter).

It's nuclear power plants in AMERICA that they'll fight to the death to prevent.

Ah nuts, we're f*cked now.

re: #4 Kosh's Shadow

And Mohammed El-Baredi of the IAEA has already declared that Egypt is not trying to make nuclear weapons. Then he stuck his head back in the hole.

Does that mean 6 more weeks of nulcear winter?

:-(

I think Israel should build a few more bombs.

Egypt using nuclear energy = good
America using nuclear energy = bad
- Obama

From department of bad ideas...
Now think of ikhwanis taking over the place. Talk about disaster...

From Tom Lehrer:

Egypt's gonna get one, too
Just to use on you-know-who
So Israel's getting tense
Wants one in self defense
The L-rd's our shepherd says the psalm
But just in case, gotta get the bomb

Meanwhile back in the USA, we're following a strict energy policy of utilizing unicorn farts as a low pollution alternative to anything that works.

It's a shame Egypt can run off of sand energy.

Ain't nothing worse than a nuclear powered pyramid scheme!

re: #3 Nevergiveup

He's egyptian ya know?

Yes, I know. He should then call home.

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

My, but he's limber.

Well i hear he goes down alot?

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

My, but he's limber.

Probably wonders why he always has the taste of Vitalis in his mouth...

What could go wrong? Keeping all their eggs in one basket, for one.

Crikey!

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

My, but he's limber.

I was more envisioning an ostrich, but yours is funnier.

I’m sure this has absolutely nothing to do with Iran’s nuclear program.

You know it, and I know it, and yet Obama has absolutely no problem with the whole region developing nuclear programs. As long as he's able to keep the lines of dialogue open, which, he thinks, will cause all the terrorist-supporting jihadists in the area to feel all warm and fuzzy inside, so that they voluntarily decide not to detonate their nuclear bombs.

The man is extremely dangerous.

ElBaradei has other concerns right now

ElBaradei, who has welcomed Obama's break from longtime U.S. zero-real-growth funding policy, said penny-pinching imperiled the agency's credibility.

"What you are reaping today is what you have sewn for the past 20 years (of tight funding)," he said in unusually undiplomatic remarks betraying frustration of IAEA staff trying to uphold a mandate covering non-proliferation inspections and aid for nuclear security, safety and peaceful uses of the atom.

"The whole idea that we now have to borrow money or stretch out our hat and say please give us money to do security, safety, is really a bastardization of an international organization that is supposed to be a spearhead of peace and security," ElBaradei said on a tape of his speech obtained by Reuters.

I think the IAEA's reputation has more to do with its leader being a total and complete fucking idiot than any funding issues.

Any convergence of issues here?...

Egypt: International Community's Caution is Sending the Wrong Message to the Iranian Regime

In its June 18, 2009 editorial, the Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram criticized the international community's cautious stance on the unfolding events in Iran. According to the editorial, this caution gives the Iranian regime the impression that the international community will overlook the crackdown on opposition protests so as not to adversely affect talks on the nuclear issue.

Following is a translation of the editorial in full:

"Events in Iran have followed in close succession since the announcement that fundamentalist candidate Ahmadinejad was elected to a second term in the presidential elections. Between the mass demonstrations [of the reformists] decrying electoral fraud, and the counter-demonstrations accusing the reformists of allegiance to the West, the international community has stood confused about what position to take towards this democratic outpouring in a country that is on the threshold of acquiring nuclear capabilities, something all international and regional actors consider an unwelcome development.

"The caution that has characterized the position of the principle international actors towards the abuses occurring in the streets of Iran, up to and including the killing [of protesters], may be sending the wrong message to the ruling powers there. The upshot of this message is that the strong desire to reach a political resolution to the Iranian nuclear crisis and to avoid a clash with the Iranian authorities is a goal that supersedes all other considerations - even if these other considerations be support for international principles and human rights, and the urging of the [Iranian] government to stop the violence and bloodshed and to lend an ear to the views of the Iranian opposition. [This opposition] has expressed its rejection of the election results and its resistance to a second term for the current president, primarily for domestic reasons, and principle among them [Ahmadinejad's] failed management of the economy."

Well, this is marginally better than reactors in Iran, but only marginally. Sooner or later, though, Mubarak and his kid are going to be shoved out of power and then all heck is going to break out in Egypt. I'm not really looking forward to seeing what happens then.

I can't take it. The world is insane. America elected a radical novice with no experience in doing anything.

I told you fucking so.

Time to dust off those bomb shelter plans! We can get Americans working again!

re: #29 Buster

Time to dust off those bomb shelter plans! We can get Americans working again!

Time for America to dig deep, literally!

re: #28 Racer X

I can't take it. The world is insane. America elected a radical novice with no experience in doing anything.

I told you fucking so.

Come on now if he organizes a couple of the right communities over there all will be well.///

And how are they going to pay for it? With the millions in AID money the USA send them.

re: #4 Kosh's Shadow

And Mohammed El-Baredi of the IAEA has already declared that Egypt is not trying to make nuclear weapons. Then he stuck his head back in the hole.

Linky

an international organization that is supposed to be a spearhead of peace and security"

The IAEA? Seriously? Spearhead of peace and security?

re: #31 soxfan4life

Come on now if he organizes a couple of the right communities over there all will be well.///

Well, maybe not Obama, but someone, since Obama does... well... nothing.

Is it any coincidence that a huge boom (no pun intended)in nuclear proliferation is happening under the watch of the most anti-nuclear president?
I think not.

re: #24 Last Mohican

You know it, and I know it, and yet Obama has absolutely no problem with the whole region developing nuclear programs. As long as he's able to keep the lines of dialogue open, which, he thinks, will cause all the terrorist-supporting jihadists in the area to feel all warm and fuzzy inside, so that they voluntarily decide not to detonate their nuclear bombs.

The man is extremely dangerous.

He has a problem with Israel's nuclear program, I'd suspect.

re: #30 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You've made the Vice President sooo happy.

re: #34 buzzsawmonkey

If they started converting their sand into computer chips, they could become an IT powerhouse.

Let them start by finding a few of them smuggling tunnels the Palestinians are building right under their noses, then we can move on to high tech.

re: #4 Kosh's Shadow

And Mohammed El-Baredi of the IAEA has already declared that Egypt is not trying to make nuclear weapons. Then he stuck his head back in the hole.

Not gonna say it...NOT gonna say it...NOT GONNA SAY IT!

re: #32 Buck

And how are they going to pay for it? With the millions in AID money the USA send them.

That's billions per year, not millions. The U.S. sends more aid to Egypt than to any other country except Israel. Despite the fact that Egypt's people all hate us, its government-owned media are constantly broadcasting "kill the Jews and Americans" propaganda, and they support terrorism, except when they're afraid it's going to spill over and destabilize its government, which most Egyptians see as not radical enough.

And thus the Middle East nuke race begins.

Saudi Arabia will be next.

re: #26 Pianobuff

Since Iran either has or wants the bomb, the rest of the Mideast wants the bomb as either defense or retaliation. They're scared of Ahmadinjehad.

re: #41 VegasRick

Not gonna say it...NOT gonna say it...NOT GONNA SAY IT!

WHOSE HOLE WAS IT?

Hooray! Let's save them the trouble and just donate a couple of nukes to every country in the world, no matter who they are. It's only socially just and fair.

/

re: #43 looking closely

And thus the Middle East nuke race begins.

Saudi Arabia will be next.

Well they are lazy pieces of shit, so they'll just buy a few

re: #42 Last Mohican

That's billions per year, not millions. The U.S. sends more aid to Egypt than to any other country except Israel. Despite the fact that Egypt's people all hate us, its government-owned media are constantly broadcasting "kill the Jews and Americans" propaganda, and they support terrorism, except when they're afraid it's going to spill over and destabilize its government, which most Egyptians see as not radical enough.

That is what I was saying, but with fewer words...

re: #43 looking closely

And thus the Middle East nuke race begins.

Saudi Arabia will be next.

I think they've already declared their interest in a nuclear program. I'm sure we'll hear something soon.

re: #25 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

ElBaradei has other concerns right now

I think the IAEA's reputation has more to do with its leader being a total and complete fucking idiot than any funding issues.

Isn't it part of the UN? Is there a UN leader that isn't an idiot or completely corrupt or both?
The IAEA was ineffective under Hans Blix, and unless the system changes, will be a waste of money under its next leader.

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey

Saudi Arabia needs nuclear power! It's not like they have oil, or a solar option, or anything.

/

or Filipino maids?

It's almost like the world is saying "We have got to do this now while this boob is in office. The American people will catch on and he will be canned in a few years. Let's hurry up and get nukes while we can!"

re: #47 Nevergiveup

Well they are lazy pieces of shit, so they'll just buy a few

Doesn't Russia have some for sale?

re: #37 Baier

Is it any coincidence that a huge boom (no pun intended)in nuclear proliferation is happening under the watch of the most anti-nuclear president?
I think not.

Sure. They see the end of mutually-assured destruction.
And the end of the US's nuclear "umbrella". So they're getting their own.

Obama, pick up the phone.

re: #54 Honorary Yooper

Doesn't Russia have some for sale?

let me check e-bay

re: #46 Oh no...Sand People!

Hooray! Let's save them the trouble and just donate a couple of nukes to every country in the world, no matter who they are. It's only socially just and fair.

/

Catch!

re: #52 Nevergiveup

or Filipino maids?

Those poor girls...

re: #46 Oh no...Sand People!

Hooray! Let's save them the trouble and just donate a couple of nukes to every country in the world, no matter who they are. It's only socially just and fair.

/

/exactly rather than dismantling our nukes, lets just hand them out to everyone. We must be fair, above all else.

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

WHOSE HOLE WAS IT?

Was his whole ass or just his asswhole? THERE you made me go and say it!

I think you guys are probably taking this too seriously. The proliferation risk depends on the type of reactor. Unfortunately, it doesn't give the type in the article, but if the reactor is a modern light-water variety it won't produce any Plutonium that would be usable in a bomb. Since the reactor is being built by Australians, not say, the Egyptians themselves, or the North Koreans, it's probably safe to assume it will be a design with a reasonably low proliferation risk.

re: #26 Pianobuff

When even the Egyptians are standing up to the Iranians and our Ear Leader is just an empty suit...

What could go wrong?

re: #24 Last Mohican

yup...people need to get a grip here

re: #11 Racer X

Egypt using nuclear energy = good
America using nuclear energy = bad
- Obama

america using any energy is bad.
we are just going to have to turn those thermostats down.

re: #65 nyc redneck

Put on a sweater...

Watch for buses

Obama's Doctor Knocks ObamaCare

Scheiner, 71, was Obama's doctor from 1987 until he entered the White House; he vouched for the then-candidate's "excellent health" in a letter last year. He's still an enthusiastic Obama supporter, but he worries about whether the health care legislation currently making its way through Congress will actually do any good, particularly for doctors like himself who practice general medicine. "I'm not sure he really understands what we face in primary care," Scheiner says.

re: #62 jrleek

I think you guys are probably taking this too seriously. The proliferation risk depends on the type of reactor. Unfortunately, it doesn't give the type in the article, but if the reactor is a modern light-water variety it won't produce any Plutonium that would be usable in a bomb. Since the reactor is being built by Australians, not say, the Egyptians themselves, or the North Koreans, it's probably safe to assume it will be a design with a reasonably low proliferation risk.

Your probably correct, but what fun would that be?

I want a nuke plant...where's mine?

re: #44 Honorary Yooper

Since Iran either has or wants the bomb, the rest of the Mideast wants the bomb as either defense or retaliation. They're scared of Ahmadinjehad.

Yup... I saw a video from an Arab nations summit last year and the concern over a nuclear Iran was palpable, although it was bizarre hearing Qhadaffi call Dinner-jacket a madman.

re: #69 albusteve

I want a nuke plant...where's mine?

Go for it! No one will stop you...no one.

re: #69 albusteve

I want a nuke plant...where's mine?

Just get me my "Mr. Fusion" and I'll be happy.

re: #63 MikeAlv77

When even the Egyptians are standing up to the Iranians and our Ear Leader is just an empty suit...

What could go wrong?

That's what it appears to be, IMHO. They could care less about Israel at this point. The Israelis would never nuke them, and have little interest in their territory. The mullahs of Iran and Ahamdinejad on the other hand would nuke them in a heartbeat.

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

WHOSE HOLE WAS IT?

Full Moon over the UN...

If only the Palestinians had their own state they could be producing clean nuclear energy as well. Light the world with peace.
///

re: #70 Pianobuff

Yup... I saw a video from an Arab nations summit last year and the concern over a nuclear Iran was palpable, although it was bizarre hearing Qhadaffi call Dinner-jacket a madman.

Now that is bizarre. It's not like Qhadaffi is entirely sane, but to hear him call Ahmadinejad a madman says something.

re: #70 Pianobuff

Yup... I saw a video from an Arab nations summit last year and the concern over a nuclear Iran was palpable, although it was bizarre hearing Qhadaffi call Dinner-jacket a madman.

They say it takes one to know one.

re: #72 MrSilverDragon

Just get me my "Mr. Fusion" and I'll be happy.

this is what I want...why not?

[Link: www.hyperionpowergeneration.com...]

re: #46 Oh no...Sand People!

Hooray! Let's save them the trouble and just donate a couple of nukes to every country in the world, no matter who they are. It's only socially just and fair.

/

like the Archie Bunker cure for sky jackings..give everyone on the plane a pistol as they get on the plane, and get it back when they land..that way the high jackers don't have any advantage over anyone else on the plane. lol...hey wait a second, that's just crazy enough to...ah nevermind...

re: #75 jorline

If only the Palestinians had their own state they could be producing clean nuclear energy as well. Light the world with peace.
///

Well sure when they are not killing and eating rare Mediterranean turtles.

I have been thinking about Prometheus lately. Perhaps he got what he deserved...

re: #63 MikeAlv77

When even the Egyptians are standing up to the Iranians and our Ear Leader is just an empty suit...

What could go wrong?

It's 2 AM my time and that just struck me as hilarious...I'm in one of those moods...

BWAAHAAAHAAAHAAAH!

re: #71 Baier

Go for it! No one will stop you...no one.

Not exactly true... Obama would stop anyone in the USA from building one...or a coal plant for that matter.

re: #80 Nevergiveup

Well sure when they are not killing and eating rare Mediterranean turtles.

mass erections?

re: #83 buzzsawmonkey

Two of a trade never agree.

Knocking the competition.

re: #81 Justabill

I have been thinking about Prometheus lately. Perhaps he got what he deserved...

I'd rather be in control of destroying my liver than have an eagle doing it for me.

/booze ON

The problem isn't that Egypt wants nuclear power. The problem is who is going to provide for their fuel cycle needs. GNEP was a program Bush tried unsuccessfully to build up. GNEP's purpose is for this very example. Member states (USA, GB, France, etc.) would provide fuel fabrication and disposal services for less developed countries. It would have effectively, despite the oppositions claims, made null the proliferation argument. Of course, like the rest of nuclear power, GNEP's achilles heel was the politicization of the waste. There is a scientific consensus on disposition of spent nuclear fuel. The politicians don't want to listen.

If the Shia have the bomb then the Sunni need the bomb.

re: #88 USCMSNE

The problem isn't that Egypt wants nuclear power. The problem is Egypt wants nuclear power. who is going to provide for their fuel cycle needs. GNEP was a program Bush tried unsuccessfully to build up. GNEP's purpose is for this very example. Member states (USA, GB, France, etc.) would provide fuel fabrication and disposal services for less developed countries. It would have effectively, despite the oppositions claims, made null the proliferation argument. Of course, like the rest of nuclear power, GNEP's achilles heel was the politicization of the waste. There is a scientific consensus on disposition of spent nuclear fuel. The politicians don't want to listen.

/ sorry, couldn't resist...

NIH Funds $423,500 Study of Why Men Don't Like to Use Condoms
In what government watchdogs are calling a waste of taxpayer money, the National Institutes of Health is spending nearly half a million dollars to determine why men don't like to wear condoms during sex

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

Half a mil to figure that out ha?

re: #87 MrSilverDragon

I'd rather be in control of destroying my liver than have an eagle doing it for me.

/booze ON

Probably less painfull, of course yours won't regenerate...

According to a recent magazine article (Sci AM, maybe) Egypt has been catching up with the region in terms of their own oil/natural gas production. I'll go do a quick search, but the "nuclear power for energy only" theory always strikes me as a bit off when dealing with countries who are theoretically 100% independent already. Plus, the stability of any government in that neck of the woods can shift wildly with a quickness. Today's "moderates" could end up being out on their ears in a few short years.

re: #89 Rancher

If the Shia have the bomb then the Sunni need the bomb.

I got their B.O.M. right here...

/then at least they'd just be screaming at each other over R rated movies and caffiienated drinks...

Is there an Atoms for Peace program somewhere that the USA could embrace, in case we should run out of our own oil supplies someday?
/

I predicted that something like this would happen with the election of a Democrat. Only the Democrat in question was Hillary and the region I predicted this action was the Pacific Rim.

Imagine for a moment that Hillary Rodham Clinton, someone who could be reasonably expected to be Beijing's bitch, were elected in 2008.

Would it be safe to assume that any democratic nation on the Pacific Rim would remain safe under a nuclear umbrella controlled by an American President whose party is known to have taken money from the masters of Communist China?

No. Of course not.

If Hillary, or any other Donk, wins the White House in 2008 we can be certain that there will very shortly be new members of the Nuclear Club.

Say hello to a nuclear armed Japan.

Say hello to a nuclear armed South Korea.

Say hello to a nuclear armed Taiwan.

Say hello to a nuclear armed Australia.

Who knows, perhaps the folks governing New Zealand may even pull their collective heads out of their collective asses on matters of national defense.

And all this will happen because all of these nations will have no other choice.

Any American citizen who is truly concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons can only follow one logical course of action. Vote Republican in 2008.

re: #42 Last Mohican

That's billions per year, not millions. The U.S. sends more aid to Egypt than to any other country except Israel. Despite the fact that Egypt's people all hate us, its government-owned media are constantly broadcasting "kill the Jews and Americans" propaganda, and they support terrorism, except when they're afraid it's going to spill over and destabilize its government, which most Egyptians see as not radical enough.

Yeah isn't it like $2B a year we send them. Heck, that pays for everything then...

John McCain's helping PBO with the NoKos...USS John McCain.

U.S. Military Set to Intercept North Korean Ship Suspected of Proliferating Missiles, Nukes

The USS John McCain, a navy destroyer, will intercept the ship Kang Nam as soon as it leaves the vicinity off the coast of China, according to a senior U.S. defense official.

Will Obama agree to board?

re: #95 abolitionist

Is there an Atoms for Peace program somewhere that the USA could embrace, in case we should run out of our own oil supplies someday?
/

Yes it's called vote Republican

re: #98 jorline

John McCain's helping PBO with the NoKos...USS John McCain.

U.S. Military Set to Intercept North Korean Ship Suspected of Proliferating Missiles, Nukes

Will Obama agree to board?

NO

re: #95 abolitionist

Is there an Atoms for Peace program somewhere that the USA could embrace, in case we should run out of our own oil supplies someday?
/

That would be the administration's "Clean Safe" nuclear power program where all the reactor vessels are made of Unobtainium.

re: #34 buzzsawmonkey

If they started converting their sand into computer chips, they could become an IT powerhouse.

their sand will be converted to glass long before they worry about computer chips

re: #93 Lincolntf

Here's an article from last year abouit Egypt/oil. Not the one I originally read, but pretty much the same.

Egypt's energy situation

The first step towards proliferation. Given Obama's studied indifference to an Iranian nuclear device, probably a sensible, self-interested idea.

re: #100 Nevergiveup

NO

I agree..we don't want to be seen as bullies and upset Little Kim.

If I were Israel, I'd build more bombs

re: #104 quickjustice

The first step towards proliferation. Given Obama's studied indifference to an Iranian nuclear device, probably a sensible, self-interested idea.

They are thinking, "Iran is THE biggest threat right now...and he will do nothing...hell, we have a free pass..."

re: #101 CIA Reject

Hey CIA...long time no see, hope all is well.

it looks like biden understated what was coming.

I'm sorry Charles, but this doesn't actually have anything to do with Iran's nuclear program.

Iran's nuclear ambitions are multifold, but here they are in sum:
1) Iran is building or has built nuclear reactors;
2) Iran is building or has built enrichment equipment sufficient to sustain nuclear weapons development and procurement and is unrelated to Iran's nuclear reactor needs
3) genocidal rhetoric combined with missile tech = enemies of Iran succumbing to nuclear blackmail
4) nuclear facilities are being built in secret/underground/hardened facilities to thwart airstrike or knowledge about true intentions of program.

Point two and four are the key differentiators.

Iran is building an entire infrastructure to enrich uranium, which is unnecessary to the building of nuclear reactors since Iran could obtain such materials from nations like Japan, Germany, France, Russia or China without having to invest in the construction of underground bunkers to build centrifuges to enrich said uranium.

Claims that the Iranians are doing so to expand their domestic civilian program make little sense because of the tremendous costs involved, to say nothing of the secrecy surrounding the Iranian program.

In contrast, Egypt is pursuing the purchase and construction of a civilian reactor from foreign sources. It is not a nuclear weapons or proliferation issue - and is separate from any intentions Egypt may have to pursue a nuclear weapons program.

where are all the BO supporters?...we need some balance here...they only seem to show up on the Letterman threads

re: #109 nyc redneck

it looks like biden understated what was coming.

a shoe in genius...didn't want to alarm anyone

Of course Egypt has expressed interest in nuclear power since the 50s.

re: #111 albusteve

where are all the BO supporters?...we need some balance here...they only seem to show up on the Letterman threads

Off to the left wing sites to get their talking points?

re: #62 jrleek

I think you guys are probably taking this too seriously. The proliferation risk depends on the type of reactor. Unfortunately, it doesn't give the type in the article, but if the reactor is a modern light-water variety it won't produce any Plutonium that would be usable in a bomb. Since the reactor is being built by Australians, not say, the Egyptians themselves, or the North Koreans, it's probably safe to assume it will be a design with a reasonably low proliferation risk.

All LWR's produce plutonium. Some more than others. One of the bombs in WWII was a Uranium bomb (Fatman? I think). It's been a while. So... plutonium may have it's benefits but it's not the only way to skin this cat.

The problem is closing the security gaps in the fuel cycle. Who's doing their enriching? Who's disposing of the waste? Are they reprocessing it or are they simply dumping it?

Despite what many people would like to believe, you can't exactly fold up a spent fuel pin and stick it in your back pocket. The engineering controls to handle and reprocess it are enormous and beyond the abilities of a single individual or small group.

re: #106 Nevergiveup

If I were Israel, I'd build more bombs

Faster, please.

OT-Concerning Khameini's Friday Prayer speech, I have one major question, who is giving orders to the Guard and Basiji?

People have been killed from ordinary people and the Baseej. Who's responsible? The issues is that some people have killed Baseeji forces and killed other people, who should address this issue? Who should react? Attack at universities. Good students were beaten up not the ones who were involved in riots. Then they chant slogans of supporting the leader. Then you become unhappy and your heart is hurt to see all this. Street wrestling is not acceptable after the elections, this is challenging democracy and election. I want both sides to put an end to this.

Khamenei is supposed to be in charge of the military but it sounds like he's throwing responsibility for the shootings on Ahmadenijad.

re: #116 MandyManners

Faster, please.

IfIwereIsrael,I'dbuildmorebombs

They need Nuclear power because the evil Jews often cut power to their country!

/not really sure I need this because I am betting 5 bucks some LLL will say it.

re: #115 USCMSNE

You're on the right track. LWR require reprocessing, and this particular deal doesn't include that. The Australian firm is handling the operation and construction, and the reason that Betchel didn't get the deal was because their costs were higher on the operations side. That suggests that this project isn't going to be fully in Egyptian hands. If they're going to keep the fuel cycle secure, then this isn't the risk that the Iranian program is.

re: #115 USCMSNE

Fatman was the implosion bomb, first tested at Alamogordo, using Plutomium.

re: #106 Nevergiveup

If I were Israel, I'd build more bombs

We're all Israel

re: #111 albusteve

where are all the BO supporters?...we need some balance here...they only seem to show up on the Letterman threads

[Link: bighollywood.breitbart.com...]

speaking of which

re: #118 Nevergiveup

IfIwereIsrael,I'dbuildmorebombs

ifiwereisraelidbuildmorebombs

Egypt's the crappy backward country that slaughtered 300,000 pigs belonging to Egyptian Christians who grow pigs & collect trash for its lazy moslem Egyptian population.

Mohammed Atta the Hamburg-based Egyptian "architecture student" who flew a passenger plane into our World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001, won't be working to bring peaceful nuke power to Egypt now.

I don't trust Egypt.

re: #121 abolitionist

Fatman was the implosion bomb, first tested at Alamogordo, using Plutomium.

Alamagordo is a town...it's still there dude

re: #124 MandyManners

ifiwereisraelidbuildmorebombs

Wiseass

re: #119 johnnyreb

They need Nuclear power because the evil Jews often cut power to their country!

/not really sure I need this because I am betting 5 bucks some LLL will say it.

Maybe they should just harness power from those Zionist hair rays!

re: #124 MandyManners

ifiwereisraelidbuildmorebombs

New acronym. IIWIIBMB

re: #123 pat

[Link: bighollywood.breitbart.com...]

speaking of which

10k words and a timeline of this historical event!...spit

re: #129 MandyManners

Maybe they should just harness power from those Zionist hair rays!

Gotta power the buzzing prayer rugs somehow!

re: #128 Nevergiveup

Wiseass

Whatcher' point?

re: #110 lawhawk

And somehow I don't believe Iran's nuclear plants would be built according to the strict construction standards required by Iran's seismic survey.

/More likely a half-ass, home grown design...

re: #127 albusteve

Alamagordo is a town...it's still there dude

They took it out of town.

re: #134 MandyManners

Whatcher' point?

I never have a point, that's my charm

To paraphrase Sandmonkey's commentary on the subject "we can't even run a bus service in this country without killing hundreds of people, and now you want to build a nuclear reactor? WTF?"

Might be time for a bit of music.

i really wish we had a strong leader.
the world needs a strong american president too.
we have a vacuum for evil to flourish w/ a metrosexual,weak, fop like o.

re: #136 The Other Les

They took it out of town.

Road trip!

re: #137 Nevergiveup

I never have a point, that's my charm

Not even on your drill bits?

re: #136 The Other Les

They took it out of town.

get that thing oughta here!

I'm sure the Emvirowackos and Dems will do their best stop this, just like they do when someone wants to build a Nuclear plant in the US. Oh wait, nuclear is only bad for the US not others. Silly me.

With all the disparate Islamist orgs over there who are occupying places like Lebanon, and running places like Iran, which state do you think will be most attractive to them in the future? Maybe the one with the "peaceful" nuclear reactor?
It also seems like they're paying an awful high price (both in cash and diplomatic capital) for a country that genuinely doesn't need energy (at least not as much as they need other things).

re: #143 MandyManners

Not even on your drill bits?

Depends on whether I like the patient or not?

re: #120 lawhawk

You're on the right track. LWR require reprocessing, and this particular deal doesn't include that. The Australian firm is handling the operation and construction, and the reason that Betchel didn't get the deal was because their costs were higher on the operations side. That suggests that this project isn't going to be fully in Egyptian hands. If they're going to keep the fuel cycle secure, then this isn't the risk that the Iranian program is.

Extracting the Plutonium from a used fuel rod is a chemical process,. This is much easier than enriching Uranium, which is a mechanical process, relying on a small difference in mass (

re: #133 Iron Fist

Were I Israel, I would (at all costs) build more prevent the building of bombs.

UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.

re: #130 VegasRick

New acronym. IIWIIBMB

* * * *
Rmember it was John McCain who sang the Beach Boys "Barbara Ann" song in response to what to do about Iran.

Does Israel have an EMP bomb?

Egypt’s Electricity Ministry said last month it dropped US construction giant Bechtel as a consultant for the project without giving reasons. But local reports suggested the deal stalled over operation terms.

I assume this American company had the deal for while. Wouldn't Bush have objected?

re: #153 MandyManners

Does Israel have an EMP bomb?

Nope, but the US does. Somewhere in storage with the Neutron bombs the UN said we couldn't have, but we forgot to dismantle.

re: #151 Iron Fist

Hey, Obama is a strong leader. Just look at his pecs. I bet he can bench press 150 pounds...

And suddenly the Charles Atlas song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show comes to mind...

re: #132 Mithrax

Gotta power the buzzing prayer rugs somehow!

they could take them to Mecca and walk around the rock a few times. Wasn't it an egyptian doctor who said that walking around the rock was extremely fortifying?

OT:

Just got the following e-mail:

Dear Colleagues,

It has come to our attention that the anti-Israel groups under the umbrella of the "U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel" recently sent form letters to Trader Joe's headquarters demanding the company stop carrying Israeli products as these products "help fund an economy based on illegal occupation and apartheid."

The Anti-Defamation League Central Pacific office sent a letter to Trader Joe's and received a response from Jon Basalone, Trader Joe's Senior Vice President of Marketing. He wrote, "We have received a few letters [threatening a boycott] like this via our customer relations email. Our response is that we sell products, and do not use our products as political tools or to make any statements about any political causes. We have no intention of removing any products based on pressure from any group, no matter what they support or don't support. As always, we believe our customers are smart, and they are capable of making decisions about what they purchase."

Anti-Israel activists in Pittsburgh walked into a Trader Joe's and proceeded to pull Israeli goods and distribute misinformation materials to customers before being removed for trespassing. Additonally we have heard word about this from the JCRCs in Nashville and Silicon Valley.

The anti-Israel groups have called for a national day of de-shelving Israeli products from Trader Joe's stores on Saturday, June 20, World Refugee Day.

re: #120 lawhawk

You're on the right track. LWR require reprocessing, and this particular deal doesn't include that. The Australian firm is handling the operation and construction, and the reason that Betchel didn't get the deal was because their costs were higher on the operations side. That suggests that this project isn't going to be fully in Egyptian hands. If they're going to keep the fuel cycle secure, then this isn't the risk that the Iranian program is.

The issue will be the stability of Egyptian governments. If the Muslim Brotherhood gains power, and then nationalizes the operations.

Then, it's an much bigger issue.

re: #156 Killgore Trout

I assume this American company had the deal for while. Wouldn't Bush have objected?

I would think he would have prefered to be able to keep an eye on it, but that is just my guess.

Interesting background...

Nuclear Weapons Program

The Egyptian nuclear program was launched in 1954. Egypt acquired its first nuclear reactor from the Soviet Union in 1961. The two megawatt reactor was opened by President Gamal Abdel-Nasser at Inchass, in the Nile Delta. The Soviets controlled the disposal of this small nuclear research reactor's spent fuel, which in any event was not capable of producing a significant amount of weapons-grade material. Egyptian nuclear ambitions were discarded following the 1967 defeat at the hands of Israel. Egypt signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968 but delayed ratifying it, presumably because the government had evidence that Israel had embarked on a nuclear weapons program. Subsequently, Egypt lost many of its nuclear experts who had to travel abroad to seek work opportunities. Some emigrated to Canada and others joined the Iraqi nuclear program.

Lots of US involvement too.

re: #162 jcm

The issue will be the stability of Egyptian governments. If the Muslim Brotherhood gains power, and then nationalizes the operations.

Then, it's an much bigger issue.

jcm ... well, they were at the speech ... guess they were taking notes ...

re: #153 MandyManners

Does Israel have an EMP bomb?

EMP effect is easily obtained by detonating a conventional nuclear warhead in the upper atmosphere.

/Good times. Great for parties...

re: #145 mattm

I'm sure the Emvirowackos and Dems will do their best stop this, just like they do when someone wants to build a Nuclear plant in the US. Oh wait, nuclear is only bad for the US not others. Silly me.

* * * *
You SAID IT! Solar Power the mullahs have plenty of already. Heck, they could corner the world supply of Solar Power if they wanted to.
Why isn't the moslem world Pres. Obama appeases to all day long, build solar power plants & products?

Why should radical islamic regimes get nuclear power plants, but not US?

re: #148 Justabill

It may be easier, but it isn't necessarily easy. Japan has had issues with reprocessing.

re: #161 Iron Fist

Unknown. Any sufficiently powerful nuclear bomb can be used as an EMP weapon. IIRC, it is the altitude that you detonate at that matters. High enough and powerful enough and you get the EMP effect.

not the kind of thing you would want to use on you next door neighbor though...

re: #154 Iron Fist

That'll work too. Israel lives in a rough neighborhood.

I understand it is not unusual to hear rocket fire in the streets at night. Kinda like gun fire in detroit.

re: #167 alegrias

* * * *
You SAID IT! Solar Power the mullahs have plenty of already. Heck, they could corner the world supply of Solar Power if they wanted to.
Why isn't the moslem world Pres. Obama appeases to all day long, build solar power plants & products?

Why should radical islamic regimes get nuclear power plants, but not US?

because, as o says, 'we have to sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice and be patriotic and pay ever increasing taxes.

Who is shocked? ... really ... who here is shocked at anything that has happened since Obama took office? ... he is doing exactly what he said during the campaign ... whether it was by his words or his actions or inaction ... by his relationships with his friends whether they were the ones he conveniently threw under the bus for the time being or not ... I am NOT surprised at one single thing ...

there's a bathroom on the right...

re: #169 Iron Fist

I've never seen Rockey Horror. My friends when I was a kid figured I'd wind up shooting someone, so they'd never take me.

Next you'll tell us you never smoked pot.

re: #160 Creeping Eruption

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Boycotting bankrupt California's successful businesses, such as Trader Joe's, on behalf of terrorist parties, what a great idea, liberals! NOT

re: #160 Creeping Eruption

No Trader Joe's here but I'm proud of the them anyway.

Will the group target WalMart. WalMart carries many Israeli made products.

re: #171 Eowyn2

I understand it is not unusual to hear rocket fire in the streets at night. Kinda like gun fire in detroit.

Unless you live right on a border, yeah that is kinda unusual.

re: #176 alegrias

* * * *
Boycotting bankrupt California's successful businesses, such as Trader Joe's, on behalf of terrorist parties, what a great idea, liberals! NOT

The e-mail asked everyone to (1) go and buy as many Israeli products as possible before tomorrow and (2) call or write Trader Joes execs to thank them for their stand against this stupidity.

re: #175 Spare O'Lake

Next you'll tell us you never smoked pot.

I've seen that movie either...as for the pot, I have indulged
(but I did not inhale)

re: #177 Eowyn2

No Trader Joe's here but I'm proud of the them anyway.

Will the group target WalMart. WalMart carries many Israeli made products.

LOL. Good luck with that one.

re: #167 alegrias

* * * *
You SAID IT! Solar Power the mullahs have plenty of already. Heck, they could corner the world supply of Solar Power if they wanted to.
Why isn't the moslem world Pres. Obama appeases to all day long, build solar power plants & products?

Why should radical islamic regimes get nuclear power plants, but not US?

Because they haven't figured out how to harness the waste from solar power into a bomb yet.

re: #173 JacksonTn

Who is shocked? ... really ... who here is shocked at anything that has happened since Obama took office? ... he is doing exactly what he said during the campaign ... whether it was by his words or his actions or inaction ... by his relationships with his friends whether they were the ones he conveniently threw under the bus for the time being or not ... I am NOT surprised at one single thing ...

* * * *
You're right, yes he did promise to meet with terrorists without preconditions.
And Blame America First.
And Tax America to death.
For its sins.

This is Reparations, Big time.

re: #176 alegrias

* * * *
Boycotting bankrupt California's successful businesses, such as Trader Joe's, on behalf of terrorist parties, what a great idea, liberals! NOT

Trader Joe's has real Israeli products on sale? Well now I'm going to have to swing buy and pick some up. Thanks for the info.

PS: FUCK YOU, YOU TERRORISTS SUPPORTING FUCKERS

re: #182 Eowyn2

Because they haven't figured out how to harness the waste from solar power into a bomb yet.

Big Solar is ripping off the Arabs! It won't give them the stuff to make bombs!

re: #180 albusteve

I've seen that movie either...as for the pot, I have indulged
(but I did not inhale)

For a moment, I thought you were going to say that you never exhaled

[Channeling PCU]

re: #151 Iron Fist

Hey, Obama is a strong leader. Just look at his pecs. I bet he can bench press 150 pounds...

* * **
Even wheelchair bound, Pres. Roosevelt fought America's enemies better than basketball jones Obama.

re: #169 Iron Fist

What do you think of this. Piece be with you.

Trader Joe's is yummy!

re: #190 unrealizedviewpoint

Trader Joe's is yummy!

urvp .. and cheaper than the other big organic store ...

re: #191 JacksonTn

urvp .. and cheaper than the other big organic store ...

Whole paycheck?

I have this incredible urge for a nice pork schnitzel and some fried potatoes. And there ain't a place here in CT to get any.

Now that Saddam is gone, there is not a single Arab nation that can realistically develop a nuclear arsenal. Not a single one. There's not much Israel can do about Iran, but Israel can easily take out any nuclear infrastructure in the Arab world should the necessity arise.

But it won't come to that because we have a head start and most of the Arab world lies in the shadow of the EU.

Worry about Iranian nukes, the prospect of Arab nukes are just a paper tiger.

re: #187 Iron Fist

I'd never tell you that. It wouldn't be true. But I only dropped acid twice...

* * * *
Yesterday at Ronald Reagan National Airport I saw a guy full of tattoos, I wondered if it was you! Too scary!

re: #178 Nevergiveup

Unless you live right on a border, yeah that is kinda unusual.

lets not forget the bus bombs, human bombs, and industrial equipment attacks.

re: #189 KenJen

What do you think of this. Piece be with you.

Oh, bitter and clingy...

///

re: #176 alegrias

* * * *
Boycotting bankrupt California's successful businesses, such as Trader Joe's, on behalf of terrorist parties, what a great idea, Islamofascists and liberals! NOT

fixed

Have a great afternoon, Lizards!

re: #198 jcm

Oh, bitter and clingy...

///

"don the armor of the lord!"
pass the ammo

re: #200 MandyManners

Have a great afternoon, Lizards!

MM .. I hope your mother is okay ...

re: #181 Creeping Eruption

LOL. Good luck with that one.

wouldn't it be precious?
The walmart employees calling in the night 'stocker brigade' to deal with the riff raff.

re: #195 Iron Fist

I love it! I'd like to see open carry become the norm again. I think we'd be a safer nation if it were.

* * * *
Cowboy Country again.

I'd like that America: Blazing Saddles' America!

re: #197 Eowyn2

lets not forget the bus bombs, human bombs, and industrial equipment attacks.

Yeah of course, but you made it sound like you hear explosions all the time. I've been in Israel over 25 times and aside from the one time I was on a border Kibbutz near Lebanon, I NEVER heard any gunfire,explosions, or any terrorist activity.

re: #177 Eowyn2

No Trader Joe's here but I'm proud of the them anyway.

Will the group target WalMart. WalMart carries many Israeli made products.

Marshall's is the only store in this area that sells Israeli Dead Sea cosmetics.

It couldn't have anything to do with Obama's barely coherent response, could it?

Man I can almost picture all of those nuclear-hungry sociopaths wringing their hands, drooling, grinning and waiting for Obama's response with baited breath.

And when they got their answer I can almost hear the loud speaker:

"GOOOAL! God willing!"

re: #208 Iron Fist

I kant spel. Halp me Jon Cary...

* * * *
It's all the pinpricks from your gazillion tattoos giving you carpel tunnel syndrome!

re: #208 Iron Fist

Off to da re-ed kamp fer yous.

The anti-Israel groups have called for a national day of de-shelving Israeli products from Trader Joe's stores on Saturday, June 20, World Refugee Day.
I say, Go ahead, BUT, they must replace the Israeli products with Palestinian made products of equal value...but then again, how much is "Hate In A Jar" worth?...'cause there ain't any other export coming out of there 'cept those stupid Arafat scarves.

/

re: #212 IslandLibertarian

The probably Have those scarves made elsewhere as well.

OT: So its been raining cats and dogs for the last day (break right now) humidity is in the 80's-90's and it is getting pretty warm. Thankfully there is a problem with steam tunnels in downtown Milwaukee right now and there are just huge billows of steam blowing out of the man hole covers all over the place. Couldn't this happen when it was -10 below zero?

re: #212 IslandLibertarian

The anti-Israel groups have called for a national day of de-shelving Israeli products from Trader Joe's stores on Saturday, June 20, World Refugee Day.
I say, Go ahead, BUT, they must replace the Israeli products with Palestinian made products of equal value...but then again, how much is "Hate In A Jar" worth?...'cause there ain't any other export coming out of there 'cept those stupid Arafat scarves.

/

And those are made in Taiwan!

re: #183 alegrias

* * * *
You're right, yes he did promise to meet with terrorists without preconditions.
And Blame America First.
And Tax America to death.
For its sins.

This is Reparations, Big time.

america owes reparations to the world.
interesting how none of the massive amt. of monetary aid we have given the world, counts for anything w/ o.

re: #206 Nevergiveup

Yeah of course, but you made it sound like you hear explosions all the time. I've been in Israel over 25 times and aside from the one time I was on a border Kibbutz near Lebanon, I NEVER heard any gunfire,explosions, or any terrorist activity.

My comment was regarding the tough neighborhood. I'm sure there are even safe areas of Detroit! I should have used a sarc tag.
85 to 90% of my comments are going to be sarcastic anyway.

re: #209 equable

It couldn't have anything to do with Obama's barely coherent response, could it?

Man I can almost picture all of those nuclear-hungry sociopaths wringing their hands, drooling, grinning and waiting for Obama's response with baited breath.

And when they got their answer I can almost hear the loud speaker:

"GOOOAL! God willing!"

* * * *
Watch Osama's #2 man, Dr. Al Zawahiri who helped kill Egypt's Anwar Saddat in 1981 with the Moslem Brotherhood, return to Egypt with Al Qaedans in tow. Look how Al Zawahiri & Mohammed Atta used their medical & engineering degrees to attack America on September 11, 2001.

Mohamed El Baradei's Egyptian, and what a great nuclear watchdog he has been for the International Atomic Energy Commission, on the Iran watch!

What could go wrong indeed, as Charles Johnson asks?

re: #212 IslandLibertarian

The anti-Israel groups have called for a national day of de-shelving Israeli products from Trader Joe's stores on Saturday, June 20, World Refugee Day.
I say, Go ahead, BUT, they must replace the Israeli products with Palestinian made products of equal value...but then again, how much is "Hate In A Jar" worth?...'cause there ain't any other export coming out of there 'cept those stupid Arafat scarves.

/

The only thing the people from the imaginary country of "Palestine" seem to be able to produce are those intricately and expensive-looking printed posters they love to wave around so much. Perhaps that's why they're the largest welfare state in the world?

Aside from that, all they do is eat, poop, make little Israel-haters, poop some more, rinse/repeat.

Hey maybe I should open a print shop there. I'd rake in the bucks.

Nuclear arms race? What nuclear arms race?

but, hey, at least we have ACORN conducting our census. No problems there, either.

re: #219 Equable

The only thing the people from the imaginary country of "Palestine" seem to be able to produce are those intricately and expensive-looking printed posters they love to wave around so much. Perhaps that's why they're the largest welfare state in the world?

Aside from that, all they do is eat, poop, make little Israel-haters, poop some more, rinse/repeat.

Hey maybe I should open a print shop there. I'd rake in the bucks.

And keys. Dont forget the lucrative Palestinian Key market

re: #207 Alouette

Marshall's is the only store in this area that sells Israeli Dead Sea cosmetics.

I've purchased plastics and other items from Wallyworld that were made in Israel.

re: #221 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And keys. Dont forget the lucrative Palestinian Key market

Also popular in Moslem North Africa ... but they have to be BIG.

re: #216 nyc redneck

america owes reparations to the world.
interesting how none of the massive amt. of monetary aid we have given the world, counts for anything w/ o.

* * * *
Reparations payments are a popular goal among Obama's supporters I heard this morning on radio.

"We didn't get the promised 40 acres and a mule" so reparations are due now.

re: #160 Creeping Eruption

Interesting the gentleman' name is Jon Basilone, There was another John Basilone, a medal of honor winner they called Manilla John. He was a great Marine.

re: #225 Iron Fist

Does this make thme nuclear arms racists?

You can't hug the 12th Imam with nuclear arms.

/

re: #218 alegrias

* * * *
Watch Osama's #2 man, Dr. Al Zawahiri who helped kill Egypt's Anwar Saddat in 1981 with the Moslem Brotherhood, return to Egypt with Al Qaedans in tow. Look how Al Zawahiri & Mohammed Atta used their medical & engineering degrees to attack America on September 11, 2001.

Mohamed El Baradei's Egyptian, and what a great nuclear watchdog he has been for the International Atomic Energy Commission, on the Iran watch!

What could go wrong indeed, as Charles Johnson asks?

Oh! Absolutely nothing at all! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! Now one moment whilst I insert my head back into ... well, you get the idea.

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't disagreeing with Charles; I rarely do, and I've been reading LGF since September 12, 2001. I was just adding one of my dopey side notes is all.

re: #213 BlueCanuck

The probably Have those scarves made elsewhere as well.

and smuggle them in with the milk.

BREAKING!

The House passed a measure in support of Iranian demonstrators by a 405-1 margin. Ron Paul voted no. Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and Dave Loebsack of Iowa voted "present."

[Link: clerk.house.gov...]

re: #224 alegrias

* * * *
Reparations payments are a popular goal among Obama's supporters I heard this morning on radio.

"We didn't get the promised 40 acres and a mule" so reparations are due now.

We'll see about reparations when we get a thank you for waging the Civil War.

re: #230 medaura18586

Heh. I just read that. Verrry interesting.

re: #230 medaura18586

Ron Paul is a disgusting creep. The palecons seem to be in favor of every theocracy real or imagined, whether it be Christian or Muslim, despite their "anarcho-capitalist" rhetoric.

re: #224 alegrias

* * * *
Reparations payments are a popular goal among Obama's supporters I heard this morning on radio.

"We didn't get the promised 40 acres and a mule" so reparations are due now.

fine, then i want the welfare payments back.

OT - Walter Cronkite Gravely Ill
[Link: blogs.usatoday.com...]

re: #233 medaura18586

Ron Paul is a disgusting creep. The palecons seem to be in favor of every theocracy real or imagined, whether it be Christian or Muslim, despite their "anarcho-capitalist" rhetoric.

Paul is a paleocon?

So Paulians are paleocons?

?

re: #218 alegrias

* * * *
Mohamed El Baradei's Egyptian, and what a great nuclear watchdog he has been for the International Atomic Energy Commission, on the Iran watch!

What could go wrong indeed, as Charles Johnson asks?

Indeed. That's like asking the fox to guard the hen house. Hell, it's like asking Colonel Sanders to guard the hen house.

re: #5 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Thanks for the LOL cat!

re: #231 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So when do I get my reparations check from the U.S. government for my four uncles killed at Gettysburg on the Union side? Or maybe I could get the descendants of the freed slaves to kick in some reparations money out of sheer gratitude?

re: #198 jcm

Oh, bitter and clingy...

///

There is something vaguely unsettling about armed clergy.

There's nothing scary about a civilian nuclear reactor. The low grade fuel is useless for fission weapons.

/the uranium has to be enriched to 95%+ before it becomes a problem

re: #231 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

We'll see about reparations when we get a thank you for waging the Civil War.

* * * **
You and I know neither party to that conflict is still alive! Sadly, for many idiots, it's forgotten.

As for reparations demanded by racialists and leftists, think about this:

President Obama's already perpetrated his massive giveaway from our Treasury's productive side to all sorts of people, as reparation to his supporters.

re: #224 alegrias

* * * *
Reparations payments are a popular goal among Obama's supporters I heard this morning on radio.

"We didn't get the promised 40 acres and a mule" so reparations are due now.

I agree with his supporters. He should pay reparations to all Americans for the harm he's done.

re: #235 Mad Al-Jaffee

OT - Walter Cronkite Gravely Ill
[Link: blogs.usatoday.com...]

He was a great newsman before his brain rotted.
"And that's the way it is..."

the descendants of slaves should go after reparations from the moslem countries that brutally rounded africans and sold them into bondage.
lots of americans had nothing to do w/ slavery except to oppose it and get killed doing so.

re: #246 buzzsawmonkey

I wish Hoops were here. He's on a fission trip, and if he's been cleaning his catch he might have some insight into our President's gutless pronouncements.

As well as the scale of those pronouncements

re: #212 IslandLibertarian

The anti-Israel groups have called for a national day of de-shelving Israeli products from Trader Joe's stores on Saturday, June 20, World Refugee Day.
I say, Go ahead, BUT, they must replace the Israeli products with Palestinian made products of equal value...but then again, how much is "Hate In A Jar" worth?...'cause there ain't any other export coming out of there 'cept those stupid Arafat scarves.

/

How much do you want to bet that most of the scarves are made in China?

re: #224 alegrias

* * * *
Reparations payments are a popular goal among Obama's supporters I heard this morning on radio.

"We didn't get the promised 40 acres and a mule" so reparations are due now.

Hey I am all for reparations.

Every surviving slave-owner should repay every surviving slave from that time.

By the way I am half-Irish, where's my reparations for indentured servitude?

Oh wait, my reparations are the fact that I am here in my beloved United States - and damned grateful to be so.

re: #251 Iron Fist

The waste could be used in a dirty bomb, though. That is my first concern with a nuclear reactor in Mohammedan hands.

/you can get nuclear waste at any hospital

I'm not here for long...But I want to say when Charles made a couple of private threads with the new code... It was so much fun the last couple of days hanging with the Dear Lizards and just chatting...
Nobody got booted..We all enjoyed the Company without global meltdown injecting itself...
I have really enjoyed the company...The Lizards Rock...

re: #246 buzzsawmonkey

I wish Hoops were here. He's on a fission trip, and if he's been cleaning his catch he might have some insight into our President's gutless pronouncements.

I am going to cast some doubt on that statement.

re: #248 nyc redneck

* * * *
American Abolitionists fought hard to free people from the tyranny of slavery.

Iranian Freedom Fighters mistakenly thought Pres. Obama was an abolitionist of tyranny.

Pres. Obama is ANTI-abolition of tyranny. He's willing to meet without preconditions such as abolishing terror.

re: #254 HoosierHoops

Catch any fish?

re: #241 Spare O'Lake

There is something vaguely unsettling about armed clergy.

Wouldn't been nice for a few of those church shootings.

re: #248 nyc redneck

the descendants of slaves should go after reparations from the moslem countries that brutally rounded africans and sold them into bondage.
lots of americans had nothing to do w/ slavery except to oppose it and get killed doing so.

Perhaps Obama should pay reparations. They were slavers on his fathers side in Kenya.

re: #249 Creeping Eruption

As well as the scale of those pronouncements

That would be an interesting angle.

re: #255 VegasRick

I am going to cast some doubt on that statement.

I will not get hooked into these fish puns.

White House Responds To Iran's Supreme Leaders Statements

re: #261 KenJen

I will not get hooked into these fish puns.

Baiting you.

re: #265 jorline

Baiting you.

Some chum you are.

re: #261 KenJen

I will not get hooked into these fish puns.

As if I'm gonna swallow that line.

Big red letters at Drudge. No real timetable that I can see, but interesting look at how it might go down.

Coming to a head with NK