The Return of the Cartoon Jihad

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Yesterday in Denmark, a Somali armed with an axe and a knife was shot after trying to break into the home of the cartoonist who drew the infamous cartoon of Mohammed with a bomb for a turban: Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist.

(CNN) — A Somali man was shot as he allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard — known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad — on Saturday, police said.

The 27-year-old man, who was not identified, wielded an ax and a knife and cracked a window at Westergaard’s home in Aarhus, said police spokesman Morten Jensen. A home alarm alerted police to the scene at 10 p.m., and they were attacked by the man, he said.

The officers shot the man in the right leg and left hand. He was hospitalized, but was not seriously injured, police said.

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184 comments
1 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:44:51am

Never heard of security alarms?

2 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:47:31am

The officers shot the man in the right leg and left hand. He was hospitalized, but was not seriously injured, police said.

Uh, shoot for the chest.

3 jdog29  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:48:33am

How dare you suggest my religions encourages violence. I’m so outraged I’m going to try to attack you with an axe.

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode of the guy who tells the truth about break ups. He tells Elaine she has a big head and initially it has no impact, but then she wants to stab him with a fork.

4 laZardo  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:48:34am

Also from the BBC…

Jakob Scharf, who heads the Danish intelligence service Pet, said the attack was “terror related” and that the suspected assailant has close contacts to Somalia’s al-Shabab group.

He had been under surveillance for activities unrelated to Mr Westergaard, Mr Scharf said.

5 van helsing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:48:51am

Now why do you suppose his choice of weapons were and axe and a knife?
Hmmm…..

6 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:48:54am

re: #1 ggt

Never heard of security alarms?

He had one. That’s why the police responded.

7 laZardo  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:49:23am

re: #5 van helsing

Now why do you suppose his choice of weapons were and axe and a knife?
Hmmm…

No ridiculously-oversized sword on hand?

8 _RememberTonyC  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:49:24am

i posted this yesterday on LGF. good thing the cartoonist had a security system in his home. but that alarm system will not protect him out on the street.

9 jdog29  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:50:14am

re: #8 _RememberTonyC

i posted this yesterday on LGF. good thing the cartoonist had a security system in his home. but that alarm system will not protect him out on the street.

dead man walking

10 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:50:29am

re: #5 van helsing

Now why do you suppose his choice of weapons were and axe and a knife?
Hmmm…

Islamofascist haven’t figured out how to use a chainsaw?

11 sffilk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:51:09am

It’ll be interesting to see how those who support the “religion of peace” react to this, if they do.

12 jdog29  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:51:10am

re: #10 Cannadian Club Akbar

Islamofascist haven’t figured out how to use a chainsaw?

don’t you mean “isolated extremist” //

13 _RememberTonyC  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:52:12am

re: #9 jdog29

dead man walking

we should offer him asylum if he wants it. he has a better shot at living out his life in a country like ours. the Theo Van Gogh experience taught us that much.

14 SixDegrees  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:52:40am

The fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie by Ayatollah Khomenei is still in effect more than 20 years after it’s issue, and with the fatwa’s originator long dead.

15 ratherdashing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:53:07am

re: #2 Cannadian Club Akbar

Aim for center mass, but be pleased with whatever you get.

16 _RememberTonyC  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:54:57am

re: #15 ratherdashing

Aim for center mass, but be pleased with whatever you get.

they clearly didn’t want to KILL the jihadi with their shots ….. this is their big mistake in dealing with islamonazi terrorists.

17 laZardo  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:55:33am

re: #15 ratherdashing

Is that the DeviantArt “fella” mascot in your avatar?

/click my nic :D

18 jdog29  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:57:29am

We should lock this assailant up for the rest of his life and jump through every possible hoop so he can still practice his religion in prison, you know, special food, etc. etc. etc.

oh wait, that IS the strategy… aaarrrggghhhh

19 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 7:58:33am
20 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:00:21am

re: #2 Cannadian Club Akbar

The officers shot the man in the right leg and left hand. He was hospitalized, but was not seriously injured, police said.

Uh, shoot for the chest.

Some place in the states he’d have taken a dozen rounds or so.

21 ratherdashing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:03:01am

re: #17 laZardo

Is that the DeviantArt “fella” mascot in your avatar?

/click my nic :D

It is! Nice catch. I browse there on occasion for new desktop backgrounds. I enjoy the work over there.

22 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:05:33am

re: #20 Semper Fi

Some place in the states he’d have taken a dozen rounds or so.

But, but, he only had a knife and an ax!!!
/anti-gun nut, off.

23 sattv4u2  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:08:12am

re: #20 Semper Fi

Some place in the states he’d have taken a dozen rounds or so.

And how soon would the police come under attack for using excessive force to stop the “yute”!

24 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:08:39am
25 van helsing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:09:44am

re: #20 Semper Fi

Some place in the states he’d have taken a dozen rounds or so.

I’ve never understood the concept of ‘disproportionate response’.

26 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:10:59am
27 jdog29  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:11:33am

re: #22 Cannadian Club Akbar

But, but, he only had a knife and an ax!!!

…and he is only an alleged suspected possible person of interest.

He hadn’t actually hurt anyone and was there just to reason with the good doctor.//

28 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:11:50am

re: #25 van helsing

I’ve never understood the concept of ‘disproportionate response’.

Never bring an ax and a knife to a gunfight.

29 jdog29  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:13:18am

re: #26 Cannadian Club Akbar

I knew that. That’s why I said it.:)

I knew that you knew that I knew…/

30 van helsing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:14:24am

re: #27 jdog29

Yes and the undie bomber is still ‘alledged’ to have attempted to detonate his fruit of the booms.

31 humpty dumpty was pushed  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:14:53am

So apparently they were fresh out of exploding underwear at the jihadi shop and this poor bastard had to improvise as best he could. The infidels are simply not cooperating with the whole dhimmi thing these days.

32 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:16:04am

We need to invent the “Pork Samich GunTM” to sell in Denmark.

33 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:16:12am

re: #30 van helsing

Yes and the undie bomber is still ‘alledged’ to have attempted to detonate his fruit of the booms.

Yes, and that had to h-u-r-t.

34 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:16:30am

re: #1 ggt

Westergaard did have a security alarm, which he pressed before going to a safe room built in his apartment for this very purpose.

And the Somali man who attacked apparently has ties to al Qaeda and another terror group, and appears to have carried out terror attacks in East Africa as well.

35 Obdicut  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:16:58am

re: #34 lawhawk

The safe room is reassuring to hear about.

36 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:18:22am

re: #5 van helsing

He was probably hoping to behead Westergaard. But then again, you probably already knew that from a whole host of others killed by jihadis over the years.

37 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:19:16am

re: #35 Obdicut

But it does little good for him and his family when they’re away from home. It’s a sorry way to live when you’ve got religious fanatics who call for your death.

38 van helsing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:20:40am

re: #36 lawhawk

He was probably hoping to behead Westergaard. But then again, you probably already knew that from a whole host of others killed by jihadis over the years.

BEHEAD HIM??? But, but isn’t Islam the religion of peace?
/as if

39 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:20:53am

Nap time before work. See ya’ll tonight.

40 Obdicut  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:21:07am

re: #37 lawhawk

Salman Rushdie transformed it into debanoir flair and even better writing. Maybe this gentleman’s cartooning is improving.

41 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:21:19am
42 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:25:19am

And then there’s this…
[Link: www.reuters.com…]
Bye again.

43 van helsing  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:26:51am

I truly hope the Danish courts can convict this useless puke for attempted murder and get the maximum sentence. Sadly, I don’t think it will be enough. Too ‘enlightened’…

44 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:26:52am
45 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:26:54am

re: #40 Obdicut

The interesting thing about Rushdie is that the Satanic Verses were virtually impenetrable and incomprehensibly dense and most of those who sought his death never even read the book. The same for the cartoons, though they were much easier to distribute to the mullahs seeking to rally people to their cause.

46 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:27:26am

re: #42 Cannadian Club Akbar

Carbeque!

47 Big Steve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:29:45am

re: #33 Semper Fi

Yes, and that had to h-u-r-t.

I have heard him referred to lately as the “Eunuch Bomber”

48 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:30:02am

re: #42 Cannadian Club Akbar

And then there’s this…
[Link: www.reuters.com…]
Bye again.

Makes me wonder if auto fire insurance is even obtainable in France.

49 Obdicut  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:32:02am

re: #45 lawhawk

Yeah, I actually think the Verses are the weakest of all his books.

50 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:33:01am

re: #47 Big Steve

I have heard him referred to lately as the “Eunuch Bomber”

Funny, but I don’t think prison will be very nice for that young man.

51 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:33:46am

re: #45 lawhawk

From the Danish Imam who pimped Cartoon Gate across the ME.

“The Muhammed controversy was a sign from Allah and a test for the believers. The whole case has been good for the Muslims because it has revealed the infidels, hypocrites and the arrogants. It has also given us, the Muslims, an opportunity to profile ourselves”, imam shaykh Raed Hlayhel stated during his Friday Prayer.
52 keithgabryelski  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:35:46am

my graven emoticon of Muhammad: O:-(

53 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:36:05am

re: #48 Semper Fi

Makes me wonder if auto fire insurance is even obtainable in France.

If so.. I’m tripling my coverage and parking it in the Paris slums for New years eve for the night..Probably spray painting something like Allah Sucks on it, Then car Shopping at the Beemer dealership the next day..

54 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:39:52am

re: #30 van helsing

Yes and the undie bomber is still ‘alledged’ to have attempted to detonate his fruit of the booms.

Meh, it’s just a technicality. All news organizations that follow AP Style use “allegedly” when the person has not yer been found guilty by court of law, even when it seems clear as day that they are guilty.

55 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:39:53am

re: #43 van helsing

I truly hope the Danish courts can convict this useless puke for attempted murder and get the maximum sentence.

We just had a guy try to blow up an airplane full of people in and he was only charged him with trying to destroy the airplane. By that logic, the guy in Denmark would only get charged with breaking and entering.

56 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:40:07am

re: #51 Mich-again

From the Danish Imam who pimped Cartoon Gate across the ME.

I suppose this translates to, ‘whatever’ is OK if it contributes to the greater good?

57 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:40:40am

It’s amazing to think that these guys are going to live their entire lives in fear all for drawing a cartoon. At least Salman Rushdie is rich and gets hot chicks. These cartoonists are just normal folks.

58 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:41:59am

re: #53 HoosierHoops

If so.. I’m tripling my coverage and parking it in the Paris slums for New years eve for the night..Probably spray painting something like Allah Sucks on it, Then car Shopping at the Beemer dealership the next day..

Now there’s a plan. The paint would burn off.

59 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:44:10am

re: #5 van helsing

Now why do you suppose his choice of weapons were and axe and a knife?
Hmmm…

Anyone familiar with the gun laws there? Is it possible the perp couldn’t get his hands on a gun at all? (Not being snarky or anything, just curious.)

60 karmic_inquisitor  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:45:46am

From CNN

Danish intelligence officials said the suspect is connected to al-Shabaab, al Qaeda’s ally in east Africa.

al-Shabaab is also in the business of piracy. For some reason, however, the US wants to look past and tolerate that source of funds for Al Qaeda.

Somali pirates currently hold 14 vessels.

61 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:45:48am

re: #56 Semper Fi

More from their dossier they sent around to whip up support for a Cartoon-gate reaction from the Ummah.

* Even though they [the Danes] belong to the Christian faith, the secularizations have overcome them, and if you say that they are all infidels, then you are not wrong.
* We [Muslims] do not need lessons in democracy, but it is actually us, who through our deeds and speeches educate the whole world in democracy.
* This [Europe’s] dictatorial way of using democracy is completely unacceptable.
62 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:47:23am

re: #59 Soap_Man

Anyone familiar with the gun laws there? Is it possible the perp couldn’t get his hands on a gun at all? (Not being snarky or anything, just curious.)

Was it lawhawk who earlier mentioned he had ‘beheading’ on his mind. I’m thinking his choice of weapons points in that direction. Wonder if they get brownie points for a killing like that?

63 Obdicut  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:48:59am

re: #55 Mich-again

What is the penalty for a charge of attempting to destroy an airplane?

64 rwmofo  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:49:21am

A 27 year-old takes an axe to fight a 74 year-old? That’s one girlie terrorist.

Thank God Westergaard and his granddaughter are OK.

65 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:49:39am

re: #43 van helsing

I truly hope the Danish courts can convict this useless puke for attempted murder and get the maximum sentence. Sadly, I don’t think it will be enough. Too ‘enlightened’…

And the maximum sentence in Denmark is what? 10 years?

66 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:50:16am

re: #62 Semper Fi

Was it lawhawk who earlier mentioned he had ‘beheading’ on his mind. I’m thinking his choice of weapons points in that direction. Wonder if they get brownie points for a killing like that?

That’s a good point.

67 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:50:22am

¿Qué ?

68 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:50:26am

re: #63 Obdicut

What is the penalty for a charge of attempting to destroy an airplane?

20 yrs

69 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:50:34am

re: #63 Obdicut

What is the penalty for a charge of attempting to destroy an airplane?

I don’t understand why it is not 270+ counts of attempted murder.

70 Odahi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:51:05am

re: #59 Soap_Man

I have read that some Brits have taken to going across the Channel to purchase and (highly illegally) bring back firearms, handguns in particular. I’m sure it would be even easier for someone to acquire a firearm elsewhere and bring it into Denmark, as there is no water border to cross.

71 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:51:47am

re: #59 Soap_Man

Anyone familiar with the gun laws there? Is it possible the perp couldn’t get his hands on a gun at all? (Not being snarky or anything, just curious.)

I wonder about a lot there…Guy is carrying a axe and Knife breaking into a house.. He gets shot in the right knee?
Maybe the police backups brought Coffee and Donuts to the scene…
I know one thing..I haven’t lived here that long But if you break in to a house in Indiana you will most likely be on the business end of a shotgun and your right knee will be the least of your worries…

72 jordash1212  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:52:07am

It’s a shame they have a panic room, but I suppose it saved their lives. But it’s becoming apparent from this that Europe transforming into a multi-cultural society. This transformation has some bad effects.

73 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:53:12am

re: #61 Mich-again

More from their dossier they sent around to whip up support for a Cartoon-gate reaction from the Ummah.

Amazing!

74 reine.de.tout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:53:34am

re: #67 Killgore Trout

¿Qué ?

“shaved ice”?
We call ‘em snoballs.

Daughter is an expert snoball maker; having worked 2 summers at a snoball stand. Maybe next summer she’ll get to serve the President?

75 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:54:10am

re: #72 jordash1212

It’s a shame they have a panic room, but I suppose it saved their lives. But it’s becoming apparent from this that Europe transforming into a multi-cultural society. This transformation has some bad effects.

That should be multicultural societies.

76 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:54:31am

re: #71 HoosierHoops

A couple years back, cops in Detroit shot and killed a mentally challenged man in his parents driveway who had a shovel in his hands. As for a guy with an axe and knife breaking into a house? Lets just say there would be a lot of drywall repairs to make.

77 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:55:08am

re: #74 reine.de.tout

“shaved ice”?
We call ‘em snoballs.

Daughter is an expert snoball maker; having worked 2 summers at a snoball stand. Maybe next summer she’ll get to serve the President?

A hot summer day with cherry flavored shaved ice…
Heaven on earth

78 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:55:41am

re: #71 HoosierHoops

I wonder about a lot there…Guy is carrying a axe and Knife breaking into a house.. He gets shot in the right knee?
Maybe the police backups brought Coffee and Donuts to the scene…
I know one thing..I haven’t lived here that long But if you break in to a house in Indiana you will most likely be on the business end of a shotgun and your right knee will be the least of your worries…

it’s typical in NM to heave your property walled off with entrance gates, of course…then another walled courtyard entry to the door…all that speaks for itself….there is no mistaking an intrusion…everybody knows the score

79 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:56:25am

re: #78 albusteve

They don’t call it Duke City for nothing!

80 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:56:25am

re: #69 Naso Tang

Here are the potential charges, and the penalties for same.

It’s a maximum sentence of life in prison for attempting to blow up an airliner, not just 20 years.

It is easier for a prosecutor to show the attempt to blow up the airliner than trying to prove 250 counts of attempted murder.

And that doesn’t count lesser included charges…

81 reine.de.tout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:56:52am

re: #77 HoosierHoops

A hot summer day with cherry flavored shaved ice…
Heaven on earth

Cherry flavor?
Boy are you dull.
Best is silver fox.
Or wedding cake.
With cream added.
Yummy.

82 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:57:51am

re: #74 reine.de.tout

“shaved ice”?
We call ‘em snoballs.

Daughter is an expert snoball maker; having worked 2 summers at a snoball stand. Maybe next summer she’ll get to serve the President?

I have heard that the Hawaiians actually put black beans on their snowcones. Not Kidding. I’ve never had it but I hear it’s actually really good.

83 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:58:41am

re: #71 HoosierHoops

I wonder about a lot there…Guy is carrying a axe and Knife breaking into a house.. He gets shot in the right knee?
Maybe the police backups brought Coffee and Donuts to the scene…
I know one thing..I haven’t lived here that long But if you break in to a house in Indiana you will most likely be on the business end of a shotgun and your right knee will be the least of your worries…

True, but I don’t think that the man’s wounds are an indication on whether or not the cops were going easy on him, so to speak.

It’s possible that when they first saw him, the cops had a bad angle and were only able to get a few shots off. Then when they got closer saw that he was already injured and was no longer a threat to anyone (at least not at that moment.)

If you shoot a guy with a knife and he is on the ground, he is only a threat to people right by him. Just keep your gun on him and he is not a threat because he will have to actually get up before being able to go after anyone. You will still have plenty of time to shoot him again.

If he is shot and on the ground, but is still holding a gun, well, that’s completely different.

(My uncle was a cop and he talks about stuff like this a lot. He is one of the minority of officers who actually has shot someone.)

84 pharmmajor  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:59:14am

I’m thankful that Westergaard wasn’t hurt. Hopefully he won’t be threatened by any more lunatics.

85 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 8:59:25am

Instapundit claims that the Obama shoeshine photoshop isn’t racist because Rush Limbauh shined shoes as a kid. Oh, well.

86 Obdicut  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:00:37am

re: #69 Naso Tang

Because that’s a prosecutorial nightmare. The single charge was invented in order to be comprehensive and avoid having to charge individual attempted murders.

87 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:00:56am

re: #71 HoosierHoops

I wonder about a lot there…Guy is carrying a axe and Knife breaking into a house.. He gets shot in the right knee?
Maybe the police backups brought Coffee and Donuts to the scene…
I know one thing..I haven’t lived here that long But if you break in to a house in Indiana you will most likely be on the business end of a shotgun and your right knee will be the least of your worries…

Hallelujah

88 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:01:34am

Ambiguous headline alert:

Yemen sends more troops to al-Qaida strongholds

For which side? /

89 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:01:48am

re: #80 lawhawk

Where did you see that the charges carried a potential for life imprisonment? The charges I read said a maximum of twenty years.

90 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:02:38am

re: #78 albusteve

it’s typical in NM to heave your property walled off with entrance gates, of course…then another walled courtyard entry to the door…all that speaks for itself…there is no mistaking an intrusion…everybody knows the score

I have motion lights for security…My biggest mistake..Buying a house with a really long driveway..It really sucks when you get a foot of snow overnight in Indiana…Looking out the window at 7am holding a cup of coffee and thinking ’ This sucks’

91 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:03:03am

re: #89 Mich-again

Under 18 USC 2332f and pursuant to the sanctions under 18 USC 2332a, Mutallab could face life in prison.

He attempted to blow up an airline, which qualifies as a crime under 18 USC 2332f(a)(2). That’s punishable by up to life in prison.

92 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:03:26am

Patterico is in a snit this morning too.

93 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:03:43am

re: #79 Mich-again

They don’t call it Duke City for nothing!

charming nickname eh?…there have been several instances where promoters have tried to find a better, more lively nic for ABQ…the A….Q2…nobody is interested

94 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:03:44am

re: #90 HoosierHoops

I have motion lights for security…My biggest mistake..Buying a house with a really long driveway..It really sucks when you get a foot of snow overnight in Indiana…Looking out the window at 7am holding a cup of coffee and thinking ’ This sucks’

Can’t do that here in Chicago. Our lots are way too small.

95 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:03:58am

re: #72 jordash1212

It’s a shame they have a panic room, but I suppose it saved their lives. But it’s becoming apparent from this that Europe transforming into a multi-cultural society. This transformation has some bad effects.

It’ll really get bad when, instead of setting cars on fire, the ‘youths’ come knocking on doors.

96 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:04:11am

Proof of fascism: Goosestepping

97 The Sanity Inspector  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:05:11am

re: #82 Killgore Trout

I have heard that the Hawaiians actually put black beans on their snowcones. Not Kidding. I’ve never had it but I hear it’s actually really good.

You can get ice cream bars made out of red bean paste in Korea. It’s a little surprising, when you’re expecting a dairy or fruity taste, but it’s good.

98 Political Atheist  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:05:50am

re: #25 van helsing

re: #24 jdog29

Where on earth is the antipode for Mecca?

That would “face” Mecca…

99 WarBicycle  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:06:11am

It was a mistake to wound him as he can now claim he is now longer able to work and demand a pension for life.

100 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:07:04am

re: #90 HoosierHoops

I have motion lights for security…My biggest mistake..Buying a house with a really long driveway..It really sucks when you get a foot of snow overnight in Indiana…Looking out the window at 7am holding a cup of coffee and thinking ’ This sucks’

when I lived up north I sorta liked blowing snow

101 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:07:43am

re: #94 Soap_Man

Can’t do that here in Chicago. Our lots are way too small.

Love Chicago..Great music up there…We transfered from Napa to Indiana..
Got a cool house out here in the country..But the long driveway was a big mistake.. It freaking snows here!

102 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:07:52am

re: #100 albusteve

when I lived up north I sorta liked blowing snow

That’s the kind of thing you can only like in retrospect. :)

103 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:08:08am

Budget director Peter Orszag just got engaged to a real looker, who also happens to be an ABC News reporter.

104 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:08:34am

re: #91 lawhawk

Yes, but that wasn’t the law cited in the charges, at least not in the ones I read. here. It mentions 18 USC 32.

105 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:08:47am

It is too bad the cops were a bad shot.

107 Soap_Man  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:09:34am

re: #101 HoosierHoops

Love Chicago..Great music up there…We transfered from Napa to Indiana..
Got a cool house out here in the country..But the long driveway was a big mistake.. It freaking snows here!

I’m guessing you live in northern Indiana. My cousin moved there from here about 10 years ago for a job. She expected it to snow less. She was wrong.

108 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:10:12am

re: #101 HoosierHoops

It freaking snows here!

Who could have saw that coming?

109 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:10:32am

re: #102 Soap_Man

That’s the kind of thing you can only like in retrospect. :)

the cold never bothered me, back then…you need to dress properly and it’s no problem

110 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:10:52am

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

111 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:11:52am

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested three people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked a deadly uproar in the Muslim world two years ago.

Two Tunisians and a Dane of Moroccan origin were arrested in pre-dawn raids in western Denmark, the police intelligence agency said. The Dane was suspected of violating Danish terror laws but likely would be released after questioning as the investigation continues, said Jakob Scharf, the head of the PET intelligence service. The two Tunisians would be expelled from Denmark, he said.

The agency did not mention which cartoonist was targeted. However, according to Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published the drawings on Sept. 30, 2005, the suspects were planning to kill its cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. “There were very concrete murder plans against Kurt Westergaard,” said Carsten Juste, the paper’s editor-in-chief.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

112 Spare O'Lake  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:11:57am

re: #72 jordash1212

A B&E with an axe and a knife has nothing to do with multiculturalism and everything to do with disrespect for law and disregard for civilized behaviour.

113 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:13:13am

re: #104 Mich-again

You’re right - those are what the prosecutors in Detroit have put forth, but I think those aren’t the appropriate charges under the circumstances as the attempt to blow up a plane can be provided as I linked above. I hadn’t seen the actual complaint against Mutallab until now.

114 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:13:57am

re: #112 Spare O’Lake

A B&E with an axe and a knife has nothing to do with multiculturalism and everything to do with disrespect for law and disregard for civilized behaviour.

And a whacked out religion.

115 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:14:14am

re: #107 Soap_Man

I’m guessing you live in northern Indiana. My cousin moved there from here about 10 years ago for a job. She expected it to snow less. She was wrong.

No…Central Indiana..But I’m not used to snow..Word is I’m transfering to Singapore in springtime…

116 The Sanity Inspector  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:14:52am

We call it: “Islamic terrorism”, “Islamofascism”, “Islamism”, Islamonazism”, “man-made disasters” (spit), “misunderstandings of Islam”, etc.

They call it: Islam

Sure do hope we’re right…

117 rwmofo  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:15:19am

re: #103 lawhawk

Budget director Peter Orszag just got engaged to a real looker, who also happens to be an ABC News reporter.

OK, but what the hell is that on top of Orszag’s head?

118 Political Atheist  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:15:34am

re: #103 lawhawk

That may be the hottest “conflict of interest” evah!

119 tradewind  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:16:00am

And in a semi-related story, it just wouldn’t be New Year’s in France without a good carbecue.
[Link: www.reuters.com…]

120 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:16:16am

re: #113 lawhawk

I think its possible they are waiting till later to file more charges based on how well the perp cooperates. But its possible they just want a simple, quick trial so they went with charges that were easy to prove.

121 countrygurl  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:16:19am

I wonder if Helen Thomas would now admit that “so-called terrorists” actually do exist. Hello Helen, knock knock. There’s a religious nut at your door with a knife and an ax and he doesn’t like your brand of humor……

122 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:16:29am

re: #99 WarBicycle

It was a mistake to wound him as he can now claim he is now longer able to work and demand a pension for life.

Bought a handgun about 15 yrs ago. My first.
An x-cop checked me out with it at the gun range also providing a little question and answer session. Scenario: A burglar is in the house. Don’t use that kind of ammo in the house, Semper, the round will go right thru him and if he’s not dead you may be paying his medical for a long time. Use your Black Talon ammo and shoot to kill. That was 15 yrs ago. Maybe doesn’t apply now or maybe it’s even more so?

123 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:17:31am

re: #122 Semper Fi

More so.

124 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:18:15am

re: #122 Semper Fi

Bought a handgun about 15 yrs ago. My first.
An x-cop checked me out with it at the gun range also providing a little question and answer session. Scenario: A burglar is in the house. Don’t use that kind of ammo in the house, Semper, the round will go right thru him and if he’s not dead you may be paying his medical for a long time. Use your Black Talon ammo and shoot to kill. That was 15 yrs ago. Maybe doesn’t apply now or maybe it’s even more so?

I have a 12ga….for the shred effect

125 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:19:22am

re: #122 Semper Fi
I used to keep buck shot for the first round in my sawed off 12 guage, no more, it is 12 rounds of double odd now.

126 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:21:08am

re: #119 tradewind

And in a semi-related story, it just wouldn’t be New Year’s in France without a good carbecue.
[Link: www.reuters.com…]

Are mashmallows haraam?

127 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:21:36am

re: #124 albusteve

I have a 12ga…for the shred effect

I have a really cool James Bond gun.. A PPK that has never been fired..
Sit’s in the nightstand in a really expensive holster.
I have never bought a box of shells for it..9mm
I need to get around to that one of these days

128 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:23:20am

re: #125 filetandrelease

I used to keep buck shot for the first round in my sawed off 12 guage, no more, it is 12 rounds of double odd now.

I had a pistol picked out last year, then my leg fell off…I didn’t by it and I regret it now…a vintage 1911circa 1943 by Colt….800$ in perfect working order

129 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:24:31am

re: #127 HoosierHoops

I have a really cool James Bond gun.. A PPK that has never been fired..
Sit’s in the nightstand in a really expensive holster.
I have never bought a box of shells for it..9mm
I need to get around to that one of these days

I love shooting pistols…you can get pretty good in a hurry

130 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:25:04am

Mandy

Now that it is a new year, and we have some history, do you still feel your infamous shout out is on the money regarding the Won?

131 lawhawk  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:25:20am

re: #120 Mich-again

That’s a possibility. While the charges are up to the discretion of the prosecutor, I figure that those charges will be superseded with a follow up complaint listing the stronger charges.

132 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:25:59am

re: #123 filetandrelease

More so.

Thought it might…

133 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:26:39am

re: #130 filetandrelease

Mandy

Now that it is a new year, and we have some history, do you still feel your infamous shout out is on the money regarding the Won?

Yep.

134 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:26:48am

re: #124 albusteve

I have a 12ga…for the shred effect

I’ve been thinking it’s a good idea too.

135 Mich-again  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:26:53am

re: #119 tradewind

Never park the car in the Banlieue no matter how many euros the lots charge downtown.

136 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:27:31am

re: #133 MandyManners

Come on then, help me start out my new year, give it to one time!!

137 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:27:44am

re: #86 Obdicut

Because that’s a prosecutorial nightmare. The single charge was invented in order to be comprehensive and avoid having to charge individual attempted murders.

If, per Lawhawk, the penalty in either case is life, I suppose it makes little difference what charge is used, although I don’t see what is hard about calling it 250 attempts at murder, other than possibly having to read each name out 250 times.

138 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:27:54am

re: #125 filetandrelease

I used to keep buck shot for the first round in my sawed off 12 guage, no more, it is 12 rounds of double odd now.

I’d go that way too but, ‘sawed off’??

139 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:28:20am

re: #127 HoosierHoops

I have a really cool James Bond gun.. A PPK that has never been fired..
Sit’s in the nightstand in a really expensive holster.
I have never bought a box of shells for it..9mm
I need to get around to that one of these days

Want to sell it?

140 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:29:05am

re: #138 Semper Fi

I am not a very good shot, and my understanding is that most shots fired inside a home are at pretty close range.

141 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:29:52am

re: #125 filetandrelease

I used to keep buck shot for the first round in my sawed off 12 guage, no more, it is 12 rounds of double odd now.

Not smart posting that you have one of those. Charles could be given a subpoena to say who you are.

142 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:30:42am

re: #141 Naso Tang

Not something I will lose sleep over.

143 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:31:14am

re: #138 Semper Fi

I’d go that way too but, ‘sawed off’??

I want a sawed of 20ga auto feed…the ultimate home D weapon

144 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:32:01am

re: #143 albusteve

Go for the pump, the most feared sound to a home intruder.

145 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:32:39am

re: #127 HoosierHoops

I have a really cool James Bond gun.. A PPK that has never been fired..
Sit’s in the nightstand in a really expensive holster.
I have never bought a box of shells for it..9mm
I need to get around to that one of these days

I’ve a HK 7P M8. Don’t know much about them but I like the safety feature.

146 sattv4u2  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:32:51am

re: #144 filetandrelease

Go for the pump, the most feared sound to a home intruder.

next to the gutteral growl of a dog!

147 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:33:16am

re: #144 filetandrelease

Go for the pump, the most feared sound to a home intruder.

I have the P350
[Link: www.stoegerindustries.com…]

148 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:33:57am

re: #142 filetandrelease

Not something I will lose sleep over.

Personally I think the “shotgun” laws are a stupid hangover from other times, when one can buy much smaller and larger load handguns legally, not to mention reload speeds.

149 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:33:58am

re: #146 sattv4u2

next to the gutteral growl of a dog!

what if your wife’s not home tho?

150 sattv4u2  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:34:35am

re: #144 filetandrelease

re: #146 sattv4u2

next to the gutteral growl of a dog!

Detective
“Sir, can you describe the person who broke into your house?”

ME
“Yes I can. He was 6’0”, about 180 lbs, and he has a dog’s teeth attached to his ass”

151 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:34:45am

re: #140 filetandrelease

I am not a very good shot, and my understanding is that most shots fired inside a home are at pretty close range.

Yes, close range. I agree.

152 sattv4u2  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:35:22am

re: #149 albusteve

what if your wife’s not home tho?

I said dog, not she-crab!

153 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:35:28am

re: #147 albusteve

Very nice. Mine has an exchangeable grip, pist, rifle, tried the pistol for a while, it was too much, I prefer resting the rifle butt on my shoulder or hip.

154 albusteve  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:35:39am

re: #148 Naso Tang

Personally I think the “shotgun” laws are a stupid hangover from other times, when one can buy much smaller and larger load handguns legally, not to mention reload speeds.

ever see one of these?….45acp and .410 in one
[Link: www.gunsandammomag.com…]

155 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:35:54am

I HOPE EVERYONE WHO REFUSED TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN BECAUSE HE WASN’T CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH IS FUCKING HAPPY NOW!

156 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:37:13am

I love you Mandy! Happy new year!!

157 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:37:42am

re: #143 albusteve

I want a sawed of 20ga auto feed…the ultimate home D weapon

That weapon has to be very formidable.

158 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:38:57am

re: #144 filetandrelease

Go for the pump, the most feared sound to a home intruder.

I think it a very distinctive sound. Unmistakeable.

159 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:38:57am

re: #156 filetandrelease

I love you Mandy! Happy new year!!

Happy New Year to you, too, filet!

160 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:39:00am

re: #157 Semper Fi

That weapon has to be very formidable.

Shoot me in the right knee! Please!

161 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:39:57am

re: #160 HoosierHoops

Shoot me in the right knee! Please!

Stand still.

162 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:40:18am

re: #160 HoosierHoops

Shoot me in the right knee! Please!

LOL, with a sawed off and double odd, yeah, go ahead and aim for the knee.

163 Semper Fi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:40:58am

re: #160 HoosierHoops

Shoot me in the right knee! Please!

You’d lose the leg.

164 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:41:59am

12 32 caliber bullets in one shot. But officer, I was just trying to wing him, honest.

165 filetandrelease  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:43:14am

For the record, my sawed off is one CM legal.

166 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:50:56am

re: #154 albusteve

ever see one of these?…45acp and .410 in one
[Link: www.gunsandammomag.com…]

How about one of these?

H&R Handy Gun

Your post illustrates how stupid the law is since if a rifled handgun can take a .410 shell then it is even more dangerous than a smooth bore short gun as the indiscriminate spread is even worse, and who is going to illegally use a single shot .410 when an illegal 12 gauge can be acquired by anyone who owns a hacksaw?

167 Achilles Tang  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 9:53:06am

re: #165 filetandrelease

For the record, my sawed off is one CM legal.


Record noted :=)

169 Ojoe  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:24:22am

Why do outhouses have crescent moons in their doors?

170 jaunte  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:26:44am

re: #169 Ojoe

“The woodshed was often a lean-to attached to the schoolhouse, but the most accepted arrangement was to place it between the schoolhouse and the privy, with a fence separating the boys’ entrance from the girls’. The ancient designation of privy doors was to saw into them a sun (for boys’ toilet) and a moon (for girls’ toilet).” Eric has supplied a sketch of both versions, showing the familiar crescent moon for the girls and a radiant sun for the boys.”
Eric Sloane: The Little Red Schoolhouse: A Sketchbook of Early American Education.

171 gregb  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:35:00am

News from yesterday, Iranians were burning Korans in protest. I guess those Somalis will have to break into those houses too?

[Link: www.ft.com…]

172 Stanghazi  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:36:43am

re: #168 Ojoe

Here’s the cartoon. At least you can still find it on Google.

Check out Andrew Sullivan’s response - he posted all the cartoons:

[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]

173 Stuart Leviton  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 10:45:59am

re: #171 gregb

News from yesterday, Iranians were burning Korans in protest. I guess those Somalis will have to break into those houses too?

[Link: www.ft.com…]

Just to note: the report of burning Koran’s according to the article comes from the Iranian govt.

The regime has responded by accusing them of being disrespectful to the holy day by whistling, clapping hands, setting the Koran on fire and destroying state property.
174 Filala  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 11:08:05am

re: #20 Semper Fi
Probably better to keep him alive so he can be interrogated until he gives up the names of others like him.

175 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 11:09:11am

re: #172 Stanley Sea

Check out Andrew Sullivan’s response - he posted all the cartoons:

[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]

So did I:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

176 krypto  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 11:15:49am

re: #137 Naso Tang

If, per Lawhawk, the penalty in either case is life, I suppose it makes little difference what charge is used, although I don’t see what is hard about calling it 250 attempts at murder, other than possibly having to read each name out 250 times.

Perhaps part of the explanation why there have been no attempted murder charges for the Nigerian underwear bomber is that federal officials are handling it, and only state law covers murder and attempted murder of ordinary people. Federal laws regarding murder and attempted murder apply only to things like trying to kill a federal employee during the exercise of their duty.

Timothy McVeigh, for example, was convicted of various federal explosives charges and only eight charges of murder, for the eight federal law enforcement officers he had killed. He could not be charged under federal law for the remaining 160 people he killed because that fell under the jurisdiction of the state of Oklahoma. (Probably that could have been done later by Oklahoma if he hadn’t been executed on the federal charges.)

But I had read somewhere that the main reason was that these were just preliminary charges to hold him until prosecutors work out what they really intend to do. They would want to proceed carefully.

177 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 12:42:18pm

re: #2 Cannadian Club Akbar

The officers shot the man in the right leg and left hand. He was hospitalized, but was not seriously injured, police said.

Uh, shoot for the chest.

European forces have different rules on that. The Russians are required to fire a warning shot, for instance.

178 The Sanity Inspector  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 12:44:35pm

re: #177 SanFranciscoZionist

European forces have different rules on that. The Russians are required to fire a warning shot, for instance.

During the Soviet era, sometimes their second shot was the warning shot.

179 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 12:47:09pm

re: #85 Killgore Trout

Instapundit claims that the Obama shoeshine photoshop isn’t racist because Rush Limbauh shined shoes as a kid. Oh, well.

Such is the power of the Rush.

Look, I eat a watermelon a day sometimes in the summer, but that doesn’t mean all these crap photoshops going around the Internet with Obama eating, wearing, or otherwise posing with watermelon aren’t racist as hell.

180 drool  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 12:57:50pm

Looks like these cops need to go back to the range for some training. On the other hand the guy is alive and maybe he’ll sing like a canary as many of these jihadis seem to.

181 shai_au  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 1:55:28pm

Sheesh… the cartoons aren’t even that funny at all. They’re pretty stupid, actually. All of this fatwa death threat bullshit has only given them far more attention than they otherwise would have deserved.

182 jordash1212  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 5:51:35pm

re: #112 Spare O’Lake

A B&E with an axe and a knife has nothing to do with multiculturalism and everything to do with disrespect for law and disregard for civilized behaviour.

I don’t think you understand. There’s no doubt that European societies such as those in Paris and London are becoming just as Islamic as they are Western. London already implemented sharia into its legal system, and France has something like 7million Muslims (around 10% of the population), which means Muslims have significant political force.

I’m not asking anyone to be sensitive to the multicultural nature of these Muslims who have no respect for the law and for others culture. On the other hand, I would ask for sensitivity to the culture of those moderate Muslims who believe that militant Muslims do not represent their religion.

183 gregb  Sat, Jan 2, 2010 5:56:13pm

re: #40 Obdicut

Salman Rushdie transformed it into debanoir flair and even better writing. Maybe this gentleman’s cartooning is improving.

Or Cat Stevens?

184 sully33  Sun, Jan 3, 2010 5:36:39am

I’m retaliating with another cartoon…. that’ll show ‘em.


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