Glooomy.

No! Not gloomy...COOL.

It was so hot here today...

minus the good-lookin'-sand it could be western wa.

One of the Lomdon bombers was a teaching assistant at an elementary school:

Khan was a supply special needs teaching assistant who specialised in helping children with disabilities at schools around Leeds and Dewsbury, West Yorks.

Was married with a child and another on the way. Despite being 30 years old the MSM will try to portray him as a "misguided youth" From The Sun

#2 Bob's Kid

It was so hot here today...

116 here today in hell on earth, er, uhm, i mean phoenix. and to think i recently had a chance to leave. couldn't do it. it's absolutely fabulous here 9 months out of every year so i guess it's worth it... to me.

Typical late spring/early summer morning- heavy marine layer(uaually burns off by noon), 1-3 ft W/SW swell, nobody on the beach just yet. Wait a few hours. People show up. Kids out of school. Families. Beach towels. Tuna sandwiches. Lemonade and red fruit punch in gallon plastic bottles. Boogie boards and Coppertone. Someone playing the radio too loud, but it's KRTH oldies so no one complains. Annoying flies that sting before you can swat them. Driving home with sand on the brake pedal.
JWM

Playing Spot The Oil Tanker, I don't find one.

#4 Van Impe
I get it. An all-around good guy like he was obviously would never have done anything like this without a legitimate grievance.

Ah, an open thread. Perfect for covert posting from work !

In the summer, I like to take an early evening shower to wash off the worries of the day and then go outside in the cooler air while my hair is still trying to dry.

It is such a nice way to cool off!

#6 jwm

KRTH oldies

wow! i remember that station! it was playing the 50's and 60's in the 70's and 80's! i find it amazing that they haven't changed in all this time. i had forgotten what the station called and seeing it in your post brought back alot of memories.

VIDEO:

Frontline

Al Qaeda's New Front: Europe
[Link: www.pbs.org...]
 

Here's the Danish pizza guy currently sitting in prison for not serving Germans and French.

[Link: www.aagespizza.com...]

I didn't know French and German were distinct races, but he was jailed for racism.

Here's his story.

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

Is it a bullshit marketing gimmick? I don't know.

It hit 104 here today (Salt Lake). That beach sure looks good.

I see the Reuters headline off in the right column, "Annan advocates UN Council expansion now."

a.k.a. "let's dilute the influence of the US and UK as quickly as possible."

When I used to go to the beach as a kid, what I liked best was to put my toes in cool sand in the shade.

My Mom always had an umbrella up so we'd have a shady place to sit. The cool sand under that umbrella had such a wonderful feel to it.

The contrasts of a hot day at the beach with cool water and patches of cool sand were heavenly.

Interesting article by Stephen Schwartz who, if I recall correctly, visited here several times.
London: The Pakistani Connection

...According to the authoritative Muslim Council of Britain, the British Islamic population, totaling 1.5 million, has a plurality of 610,000 Pakistanis, with an additional 360,000 from Bangladesh and India, and 350,000 Arab and African. Unfortunately, Pakistan is the world's second most significant front-line state (after Iraq) in the global war on terror. Pakistan produced the Jama'at-i-Islami (Community of Islam) movement, founded by Abu'l Ala Mawdudi, a theologian who died in 1979, strangely enough, in Buffalo, New York, at age 76. Known as Jamaatis, the followers of Mawdudi have attained exceptional influence in the Pakistani army and intelligence services, and were a key element in the Pakistani-Saudi alliance to support the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. ...

...and of Pakistani unrest

...Gen Musharraf's efforts should not be dismissed out of hand. He has arrested hundreds of terrorist suspects and fed intelligence gleaned from them to the Americans. Several attempts on his life are testimony to his courage and the threat he poses to the radicals. But the links between the mullahs and the military in Pakistan are so deep-seated that the general is less impervious to Islamist pressure than might appear. In parliament he has entered into an alliance with the religious parties. And he knows that the arrest of bin Laden could provoke sufficient unrest to unseat him. ...

Quiz for your moslem friends.

Moonbat logic on display at al-Guardian:

We can't of course be sure of the exact balance of motivations that drove four young suicide bombers to strike last Thursday, but we can be certain that the bloodbath unleashed by Bush and Blair in Iraq - where a 7/7 takes place every day - was at the very least one of them. What they did was not "home grown", but driven by a worldwide anger at US-led domination and occupation of Muslim countries.

So in other words these British Muslims were so outraged by the daily killings in Iraq they chose to become suicide bombers. The only problem with this theory/explantion is that the people doing the killing in Iraq are muslim suicide bombers. Yes there is a July 7 every day in Iraq and the culprits are muslim terrorists. Link to entire moonbat column.

#18

All my muslem friends are very good at tests.

#10 rightasrain

Huh? So...what do the neighbors think about that?

Is there REALLY that large a calling for this type of thing?
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

#19 Van Impe

Jack ? Is that you?

Regarding #12, this is the first time I've seen video of the Madrid train bombings with sound.

Odd that.

Takes place at about 2:45 in the 'Chapter 1' video.

Do you think the "mainstream" media would suppress video with sound of terrorists wearing panties on their heads at abu ghraib?

MMMA.
 

#21 jbinnout

Huh? So...what do the neighbors think about that?

Well, I think most people have seen women's hair after a rainstorm - same thing. Being in nice clean clothes with hair still drying is a wonderfully cool feeling after a hot day, that's all.

Everybody hide!
Here comes American Soldier!
Ready?
3...2...1..
SURPRISE!

#22 RebTex
Maybe.
*shrug*
I wonder if the Outfest Legacy Project has enough "perpetuity" in reserve to keep it going.

Ta-da!

#23 justDanny

I'll bet it's Rexella. ;) I haven't watched that show in a long time, but I used to crack up when Jack would go off on some long apocalyptic diatribe about current events, including long and accurate quotes from Revelations and lots of grimacing and intense looks... then they'd cut to Rexella, who would look chipper and wide-eyed and say something like, "gosh, Jack, isn't that something!" and go into some happy-news story. They're sort of the Alpha and Omega of religious broadcasting...

What do u guys think? Will the mass killing of the Iraqi children by the piece of shit TERRORISTS today have any backlash FINALLY against the scumbags?

Tats66( with no "i")
Nope!

#30 tats66

Will the mass killing of the Iraqi children by the piece of shit TERRORISTS today have any backlash FINALLY against the scumbags?

None, whatsoever.

Reb- left you one more post on the Gitmo thread. The old vans were like flying. I set a Chicago speed record one night.

Re: Gitmo
Was trying to link to stickdeath.com, not working. Funny gitmo stuff there.

The torture of no A/C has gotten to me. Good night, lizards.

#29 religion of bacon

I find the Van Impes very entertaining. I didnt watch "religious tv" untill after I became an atheist. My favorites are shows around Southern Baptists are visiting Israel.

Check this doozy of an article I found just now:

Why Israel must go
By: Tess Lee Ack
From Socialist Alternative Ed: 72 November 2003

WHY WOULD ANY decent person support a state which began its existence with the dispossession, expulsion and murder of large numbers of the original inhabitants, and went on to create an undemocratic society which favours one group and discriminates against all others on ethnic and religious grounds; a state which invades and occupies territory outside its own borders, systematically terrorising the population and stealing their resources?

Israel is such a state. Yet Israel’s right to exist is defended not only by right-wingers, but by some on the left and even sections of the Palestinian leadership. Revolutionary socialists argue that the state of Israel should be destroyed and replaced by a multicultural, democratic, secular state.

Defenders of Israel argue that it is the product of a struggle for national liberation. According to the Anti-Defamation League, Zionism “is to the Jewish people what the liberation movements of Africa and Asia have been to their peoples.”

But the Zionist project has nothing in common with genuine national liberation struggles, in which masses of people fought to throw off the yoke of imperialism. On the contrary, Zionism has always been an enthusiastic partner of imperialism, and Israel today could not survive without the economic and military support of the United States.

For Jewish European settlers backed up by the big guns of imperialism to claim “national liberation” at the expense of the Palestinian people is a disgusting perversion of the concept.

As internationalists, socialists draw a distinction between bourgeois (reactionary) and revolutionary (progressive) nationalist movements. The issue for us is whether those struggles draw in the mass of the oppressed population and become a challenge to imperialism.

A racist settler state in the Middle East which acts as an agent of US imperialism is nothing but an expansionist, oppressive state. As recent events make clear, the Israeli state is hell-bent on a program of ethnic cleansing to fulfil the Zionist dream of an exclusively Jewish state, Eretz (Greater) Israel, expanded well beyond the 1948 borders.

Zionism and imperialism

Zionism is a product of European society in the age of imperialism. Capitalism, with its violent economic booms and slumps, created a climate in which Jews became easy scapegoats. Zionism was the response of a tiny minority of Jews in the late nineteenth century to a resurgence of anti-Semitism.

The founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, believed that anti-Semitism was inherent in human nature, so it was pointless to fight it. He accepted the anti-Semitic argument that Jews were an economic burden on society, thus provoking violence against them. The solution for Jews was therefore to form a state of their own.

Herzl argued that the Jewish state could only be built under the patronage of one of the imperialist powers. He and other Zionists accepted racist ideas about the “civilising” virtues of colonisation and “the white man’s burden”. They were open about what they stood for: not national “liberation,” but “colonisation.”

The reactionary character of Zionism is further demonstrated by its cosy relations with the worst anti-Semites of the time, with whom the Zionists found common cause in their hostility towards poor, working class Jews who were actively fighting oppression.

The revival of anti-Semitism had led to millions of Jews joining socialist organisations. It is not hard to see why. While Zionism meant a retreat from the struggle against anti-Semitism, the socialist movement argued that the fight against anti-Semitism by both Jews and non-Jews was central to the revolutionary struggle against capitalism.

ctd

#30 tats66

...making Iraqis even more wary of associating with Americans, and more anxious than ever to see them depart.

No, that's not a Reuters quote, I just made it up -- you can pretty much predict the media spin on this stuff by now.

I didn't realize just exactly how much I was missing by not reading Harper's.

Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005. From an email exchange between a retired New York City police officer and U.S. military officials. The emails were sent between March 14 and April 2 and posted on the website of the Information Clearing House. Originally from August 2003.
SourcesFrom: ***@aol.com
To: pao@centcom.mil
Subject: Simple Request

Dear Public Affairs Officer:

If possible can this be relayed to a Navy, Air Force or Army or Marine unit in the Gulf Region. A simple request from a Vietnam Veteran and Retired New York City Police Department Sergeant who lost his son on 911 at the WTC. Simply to have his son's name put on one of the munitions (bomb, missile, artillery shell) that will be used on the war on terrorism including Iraq. His son's name was Jason Sekzer, the father is Wilton A. Sekzer. Thank you. ...

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#25 rightasrain

Ok..agreed. How ever I understand that the rays eminating from uncovered hair has been known to drive ME men crazy. :)

I tend to agree...wishful thinking on my part as reports stated that the civilians were "cursing" the murderers responsible...ah well...

ctd

The Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann lamented: “The lion’s share of the [Jewish] youth is anti-Zionist …and I am not speaking only of the youth of the proletariat … Almost the entire Jewish student body stands firmly behind the revolutionary camp…”

Herzl argued that Zionism was the solution to Russia’s “Jewish problem”. In 1903 he told the Tsar’s Interior Minister Count von Plehve, organiser of countless pogroms: “Help me reach land sooner and the revolt will end. And so will the defection to the socialists.” Zionists in Russian unions argued against united action with non-Jewish workers.

The Jewish socialist Zhitlovsky responded: “We revolutionaries, even the most national among us, … do not believe that Zionism is able to resolve our problem. … [W]e will not renounce the … path of revolutionary struggle against the Russian government, which should also lead to the freedom of the Jewish people…”.

The rabidly anti-Semitic British ruling class had its own reasons for supporting Zionism. After World War I, Arab nationalism had emerged as a threat to imperialist domination of the Middle East, and Britain wanted to use the Zionists against the Arabs. As Winston Churchill said, “[A] Jewish State under the protection of the British Crown … would be especially in harmony with the truest interests of the British Empire.”

The Holocaust

Israel derives its most powerful claim to legitimacy from the Nazi Holocaust, which for many confirmed Zionism’s claims that anti-Semitism is inevitable. The governments of the world stood by and watched as Hitler slaughtered the Jews, not lifting a finger to help.

But the Zionists’ response to the Holocaust is equally shameful. They saw it as a vindication of their ideas and an opportunity to advance their cause.

Zionist leaders bluntly stated that they didn’t want millions of impoverished refugees from Hitler’s Germany in Palestine, but only young, healthy Jews who could work and fight and build the state. Some refugees were even sent back to Germany.

David Ben-Gurion, later the first Prime Minister of Israel, said: “It is the job of Zionism not to save the remnant of Israel in Europe but rather to save the land of Israel for the Jewish people…”.

This stance resulted in many instances of Zionist collaboration with the Nazis. One involved Rudolph Kästner, who was in charge of the Rescue Committee in Hungary. In exchange for safe passage for a “VIP train” of 1,685 Hungarian Jews (including his own family and friends), Kästner agreed not to warn the Jews of Hungary about plans for their extermination, not to take any action to protect them – and most despicably, to deceive them by convincing them that they were simply being “relocated” when they were going to the death camps.

It was Jewish socialists who fought to defend the Warsaw Ghetto; alongside other socialists, they also played a leading role in organising resistance to fascism. But the Nazis largely succeeded in wiping out the Jewish revolutionary left in Europe. The destruction of the anti-Zionist tradition allowed Zionism to get away with claiming to represent all Jews – and to paint anyone who opposed them as an anti-Semite.

The “two state solution”

To create an exclusively Jewish state with a Jewish majority, the Zionists had to destroy the Palestinian economy, steal the land and kill or drive out as many Palestinians as possible, all of which was done with extreme violence – and the blessing of all the great powers. (See SA#71 for a more detailed account of these events.)

Yet many who sympathise with the Palestinians still insist on Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. The best outcome, they argue, is for a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

But such a state could never be viable.

#34 justDanny

All I have to say is: "Robert Tilton."

ct'd

The map shows this graphically. The tiny patch of land that is the West Bank, plus the even tinier area of the Gaza Strip, would form the basis of a Palestinian “mini-state”. These small areas are further fragmented by ever-increasing Jewish settlements, a network of Jewish-only roads and a “security wall” which cuts through and into Palestinian land, dividing communities and cutting them off from the source of their livelihood. An elaborate system of checkpoints means it takes many hours to travel a few kilometres. And Israel diverts (i.e. steals) 70-80 per cent of the water for its own use.

In 1968, Fatah (the majority faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, led by Yasser Arafat) called for the dismantling of the Israeli state and the establishment of a democratic, secular state in which Jews, Christians and Arabs could live as equals – as they had done for hundreds of years.

As Arafat put it, “We were saying ‘no’ to the Zionist state, but we were saying ‘yes’ to the Jewish people of Palestine. To them we were saying, ‘You are welcome to live in our land, but on one condition – you must be prepared to live among us as equals, not as dominators.’”

But this was unacceptable to the Zionists and their imperialist backers. Tragically, the PLO looked to governments rather than to the working masses of the Middle East for support, and were of course disappointed. So they retreated to the “two state” compromise, although they kept this secret from their own people for some years, knowing it would be seen as a betrayal.

The problem for Arafat is that imperialism doesn’t compromise. The US poses as an “honest broker” for peace, but in reality neither Israel nor the US are interested in peace: they want total surrender.

Arafat’s likely successor, Marwan Barghouti, recently on trial in Israel for his part in the Palestinian resistance, talked of abandoning the “two state” compromise in favour of a fight for democratic rights within the whole area under Israel’s control.

Since there can be no justice for the Palestinians while Israel exists, such a change of position on the part of the mainstream Palestinian resistance would be a major step forward.

I am calling up the ACLU and see about the torture at work today. They are deliberately playing with the air-conditioner. One moemnt it is too hot the next cold. In addition to the one of guards was playing ABBA all day. I swear the next thing you know there will be dog leashes and panties on peoples head.(Probably at the christmas party.)

Love the picture at the top. Reminds me of my teen years at Longfellow Ave. in Hermosa Beach when my biggest concern was getting a zit.

/that was 45 years ago...

“On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress.”

Must be why there's no Muslim opera.

Sharia law link

Please forgive my typos in 43.

AmSo
A speed record?!
Sounds like fun!

#45 Victor

“On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress.”

Must be why there's no Muslim opera.

Actually, it must be why there's no Muslim joy.

#45 Victor

That turns out to be a mistranslation -- it's actually

"On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to Ashlee Simpson."

This is seen as further evidence of Allah's infinite mercy.

Traffic circle. Just say no.

Hmm, the article I posted seems to have been heavily sourced from this little number:

The Hidden History of Zionism

Please read-I normally don't do this, but this is hellofadoc

#45 Victor

I jam on Evanescence every chance I get. I hope I am when blAllah shows up toting his kettle.

To show that pic.. so very cruel of you.

It was at least 103 today in the air conditioned building I work in today. That is until the heat melted the glue and what-not holding the glass in the pane. When we went to look we saw a kid running into the street to go after a ball. As he got to the ball the combined heat of the direct sunlight and the blacktop cause the poor little spud to burst into flame. His ball melted into a puddle of latex.

While waiting for the light rail to come by and take me home a fight broke out. Some smarty arse did the unthinkable. He said "So is it hot enough for you?"

Several men and an elderly lady began to beat him while others began to shout "HANG HIM! Here, use my belt, theres a low hanging branch over here!"

You get the idea.

Complain about the heat in Phoenix? Well you live in a desert. Like Super Chicken said "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it"

But here, you're just close enough to the ocean that every once and a while you get what they call the 'delta breeze'. Its a little puff of cool air that sneaks in now and again from the bay area. Just enough to remind you how dam hot you really are and how nice it is just an hour away. Then it ends, dances away like it was never there and your are right back to the street buckling heat.

The strange thing with the summer heat in the Big Sac is you know just how long its going to last. October 30'th. In the nearly 20 years Ive been here the summer lasts until the day before Halloween, then on the night of the low dips down in the low 50's. In a roughly 50 hour period you go from sweating like a pig to shivering as you follow the kiddies through the neigborhood. Its like god throws a switch and BAMB the change is on.

Just Danny
What is that?
A Heli Pad?

helping children with disabilities...

This doesn't mean jack sh*t. I've met plenty of whack jobs in this line of work that would have been right at home (employed) at Auschwitz. Many others do it solely for the money, benefits and the low requiremnets for emploment.

pimf: employment

#57 leftover54

And I thought I was cynical...

#56 RebTex

Its a traffic circle. Three, soon four roads drive into it, then each driver tries to survive around a yield only no stop sign circle. Everyone entering yields to those already in the loop. No stops sign. No lights.

6 JRM and 11 Kirly

KRTH is generally called K-Earth.

On the onther hand, I'm old enough to remember when these hits were originally played on:

"K-F-W-B... Color radio! Channel 98!"

#55 Rayra 7/13/2005 09:49PM PDT

#35 Evan from NZ 7/13/2005 09:33PM PDT
Check this doozy of an article I found just now:

Why Israel must go
By: Tess Lee Ack
From Socialist Alternative Ed: 72 November 2003

Sweet. A ~60yr old Aussie Socialist Anti-Semite. Hope she gets killed by a pack of dingo.

Ah, so she has a reputation does she?

Note how she condenses an entire screed into her own little screed - see that link.

rightasrain #10, #16, #25:

Nice prose poem. Thanks.

Well these guys are back in business -- at least not with a U.S. hosting company.

"For 10 Euros you can support a terrorist"

[Link: www.antiimperialista.org...]

61 They are popping up all over the place here. I personally hate them.

Google ass see what happens.

#59 Rayra 7/13/2005 09:51PM PDT

Hey, Evan from NZ, hit the f'n Tip Jar for spamming that shit here. Especially pasting that screed into what is supposed to be the relaxing topic of the day.
A link will do / is all that's desired.

I tried to link, but the address apparently doesn't exist anymore.

whoops

#63 Mardukhai

What about KRLA?

#4 Van Impe:

Despite being 30 years old the MSM will try to portray him as a "misguided youth"

To paraphrase the great Willie Nelson, "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up... to be Muslims."

#61 justDanny

We could use some traffic circles around here. They would serve as "honeypots" that would attract and kill all the bad drivers. Just scrape 'em up every couple hours to clear the way for more.

ok, enough frivolity from me for now...

#62 Mardukhai

"K-F-W-B... Color radio! Channel 98!"

I also remember 'Radio 1110, KRLA!' and
'93 KHJ'.

61 Just Danny

Called a roundabout...

#50 justdanny:

Traffic circles are very common overseas, especially in former British colonies. Not one of the UK's finer post-colonial legacies. In fact, obnoxious. Please, tell me, they aren't gaining currency here in the States?

In 'Chapter 4' of the Frontline video, at about 5:00, they interview an islamofascist (Rida Sayam?) who lives free in Berlin, Germany:

Question: Bin Laden says muslims have to kill Jews and the crusaders, do you agree with this?

Sayam: Bin Laden doesn't say you have to kill this or that person, the koran says this.

[Link: www.pbs.org...]

Sorry, regarding #76, that's Chapter 3, not Chapter 4.
 

justdanny
Just up from where my son lived in Baltimore there was a traffic circle where no one ever had any problem. Here's a helpful hint: Position yourself so that you are hogging the road before you enter the thing and don't allow anyone in with you. FWIW.

#18 psyopsvsislam -

I took a quick look at your quiz and it triggered a thought and I'd like to put a question to Lizardoids in general.

Do you put God and family before your country?

Why I ask is summed up by this by conservative Tony Rubolotta.

God, Family and Country - I prioritize my loyalties in that order, and while I can't speak for all conservatives, most that I know share those priorities. This is anathema to the new social order offered by the left.

After thinking about your quiz (which asks muslims if they put country before God), I realize that I put country before God. That is, I have a greater value for rule of law over rule of God. Rule of God always requires men to interpret "God's law." You end up with a theocracy. The US system of government places rule of law as supreme, not the rule of God.

However, conservatives often will place the hierarchy as "God, Family and Country." Those conservative would fail your test, would they not?

I dont like them because anyone driving into them without an understanding of the rules, endanger people and property in the loop. When I come in from the east wanting to go south, I first slow and look at the plates of those around me. If there is an out of county plate, I slow down and stay away. Bad things will happen in that circle. In a no-outlet neighborhood where everyone knows the deal, it would be great I'm sure. Between three major county roads, dangerous.

#74 Amalie
Exactly.

75 gunslingah

Too late... traffic circles, which reminds me of crop circles are already in the West... they call them "roundabouts". We call them, other names, not so nice names and the persons who decided to put them in.

#0 Charles

Coool. Especially since it was 105 here today (pant pant).

#4 Van Impe

So the guy abandoned his wife and child to go off and murder strangers in a public place because he was promised a bunch of nookie and goodies? What does that make him?

#45 Victor

Sit and listen to the beautiful voice of a woman singing, and you are condemned by all Islam.

Well, they do say you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies.

#61 justDanny

Traffic circle, roundabout, stupid magnet, whatever. It was designed by someone who hated people. It's one of the reasons I don't go downtown anymore.

Roundabouts are collisions waiting to happen, they cause and do not relieve traffic jams, they add distance and time to journeys, they trap helpless small animals and make the baby Jesus cry.

I'm gonna go look at that cool beach picture and chill out now.

Regarding traffic circles, anybody ever driven in northeast Australia? There seemed to be no stops, just roundabouts that would be insane even without going the wrong way.

justdanny
That's one county road (or used to be) and two minor arteries. You can't drive 55mph on it like you used to be able to do when it was a straight shot. I saw where some fool took out a street light today.
*I'm sure the metro government will get right on it.*

J.D.

For people turning right its a breeze. Staying in the left lane to turn right across a lane of traffic that might not be turning, is going to hurt someone.

I have zero problem handling the circle correctly. Its Billy Bob and Betty Sue from Harrodsburg who are going to hurt someone.

I couldn't sleep, so I wrote an Op-Ed.

Who is Judith Miller protecting? That's the question not being asked by conventional media, and it is not being asked because they would have to ask it about one of their own and they would have to outgrow the notion that Karl Rove's head is waiting to be served up as today's blue plate special. They would have to take a new tack because a thoughtful examination of the possibilities means the likelihood is high it is not Rove.

First, why help Rove at all? Most conventional media writers have no love for this administration and Rove is seen as the linchpin of George W. Bush's success. The last thing they'd want to do is keep him in place. And then there's the matter of the effectiveness of concealing a source that is already revealed. Miller protecting Rove with her silence is like protecting chickens with a fox. Matt Cooper's notes put Rove's name out in public. Rove has publicly released anyone from protecting him. If the source is Rove, as the conventional media would have it, this means Miller is in jail for a principle, one of which the courts have already rejected the validity. With the cat out of the bag, a second revelation would put Rove in no worse position than he already is and Miller could be home watching the Real Gilligan's Island. If her source really is Rove, she is a stupid woman.

So one can gather that it is not, which is much kinder than saying she is stupid. But if it is not Rove, then who is it? Well, it is possible that it is another member of the Bush administration. But the question is similar to one one might ask about protecting Rove: why assist any member of the administration with "getting away with it" rather than going home and having a latte in the breakfast nook?

Which leads us to someone outside the administration. The possibilities here are rich: Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame (oops, I've blown her cover), Judith Miller herself ("I overheard her at a cocktail party"). There has been no digging done to reveal any clues that point to any of them. But if the media were even a third as fair as they think they are, they would do some looking.

Alas, "Basted Head of Political Advisor" is the only thing they can see on the menu, and they are not going to stop until they get served. However, judging by the statute under which this is all being pursued, it appears that all the conventional media is going to get is a good helping of crow.

#82 Amalie:

In certain areas, such as parts of East Africa and the Persian Gulf region, they have belatedly realized (after building a complete road infrastructure) that traffic circles/roundabouts/whatever simply don't work when traffic density reaches a certain point, so they have tried to "fix" the problem by installing traffic lights. Now, you have the absolute worst possible scenario, traffic circles with traffic lights. Ugh. Astonishingly irritating.

In the U.A.E., the last time I was there, they seemed to be trying to go in a whole new direction by replacing existing roadways and traffic circles with what we in California would call freeways; overpasses, on- and off-ramps, etc.

Why in the world, when others who have used them for years seem to have realized the futility of traffic circles, are we Americans beginning to embrace them? Makes no sense to me.

J.D.

Drive on Clays Mill between 7-9 am and then again from 4-6 pm on a weekday. Nicholasville Road is Highway 27, goes from Detroit to Florida. Harrodsburg at Circle 4 is the most dangerous intersection because of the high traffic. Those are busy roads.

The inexperienced people are my problem with the circle. In a ideal world the circle would rock.

#86 justdanny
I wonder what happened to the trees in the medians? On two (2) different occasions, someone has taken out 3 - 4 trees each time on a straight shot down the main road.

88 gunslingah

Reverse Logic... at it's worst. Lights in a traffic circle.. ugh! Some cities are so poorly planned and you wonder why, until you actually meet the City Council yahoos..

#73 Solomonpanting

'93 KHJ'.

i had forgotten. from the AM dial. ha!ha!

#75 gunslingah

The traffic circle I posted a link to in comment #50, is in Lexington Kentucky. Maybe we are a test market for an invasion.

#89 justdanny
Statistically, the most dangerous intersection is 27 and Man o'War.
And speaking of Clay's Mill, which I've driven at all hours of the day and night, have you noticed how dangerous it is when an ambulance comes down that road? Know why that is? Because the CAVE people fight widening it (within the boundaries of the existing right-of-way) every time the subject comes up. That is a problem.

#54 Mr. E Train:

There's a high-pressure system over Las Vegas, and a low-pressure system over Los Angeles, that together are blowing all that desert heat towards the Bay Area.

Y'all can stop sending it this way anytime. We already have enough hot air with Barbara Boxer and her ilk.

I remember years ago trying to cross a roundabout in France as a pedestrian. After realizing that traffic does not stop for pedestrians, I observed a local doing the same. The secret was to make sure the driver was aware of your presence. I only did this once, making sure that the next time I would walk blocks out of my way so as to avoid having to navigate that death trap again.

J.D.

I see a lot of marks on the high curbs and signs of people going off the road all up and down through there. Its a tricky bit there where the houses are so close to the road.

#93 justdanny:

Maybe we are a test market for an invasion.

My advice: stage a vigorous insurgency against this invasion. We declared independence from Britain 229 years ago. We shouldn't have their really terrible traffic-management ideas shoved down our throats now.

What's next? Driving on the left side of the road? Calling a "truck" a "lorry"? Calling the "trunk" a "boot" and the "hood" a "bonnet"?

Shudder

You people should have to drive through cattle and sheep drives on the highway... they still bring them through town.. at least we don't have a roundabout too... just large rocks and boulders that fall off the cliffs on you and ice on the roads in the winter, so some poor sods slide off the twisty turny roads and over the cliffs...

#94 J.D.

Three wide lanes from S Broadway to Man O War has got to happen.

A ramp onto west bound Circle 4 (inner loop) and a ramp off of 4 east bound onto Clays Mill. Limited access? yes. But very helpful in relieving the bulge in the area.

#97 justdanny
Call the mayor. She'll take care of it!
LOL!

98 gunslingah

lol lol

What's next? Driving on the left side of the road? Calling a "truck" a "lorry"? Calling the "trunk" a "boot" and the "hood" a "bonnet"?

I drove a Mini-Cooper a couple of weeks ago.. then a Toureg.. and a Volvo XC90...

Here is what I learned: don't buy a German car... the Toureg is a lemon... the Mini-Cooper has horrible road noise, the Volvo was ok, but if you buy any of these autos, you have to have it serviced at the dealer... or the warranty is voided!?!?!?!?!? That includes oil changes...

Sorry... don' t buy a European car...

regarding roundabouts...they installed not one but TWO on either side of the interstate on the road that is the exit to my little corner of the city. i was the biggest critic. i insisted that there would be a fender bender every day. i was completely wrong. they do get the traffic on and off the interstate quickly and efficiently as the traffic folks said they would but it is at the cost of the traffic moving along the other incoming road which quickly became a bottleneck.

when the roundabouts were completed but before the signage was installed, i saw a big construction/dump truck type of vehicle come barreling down the road and right up into the middle of the island in the center of the first circle he came to. i saw the driver sitting there looking from side to side. i thought he must be thinking "duh. what was that?"

Ok well night ya'll. I cant believe its almost 1:30.

J.D. what are you still doing up? Go to bed girl. Night.

#100 justdanny
The developer offered that option at her expense, but the "Small Area Planning Group" didn't want it. The development has improved traffic flow in the area enormously. I used to have the figures, but they're filed away now. You can't widen a road around here without a major battle. The council has been known to close roads to maintain the "character" of the area. Never mind emergency vehicles. Image is everything.

#102 Amalie:

Personally, I wouldn't buy any European car. If, on the other hand, someone wanted to give me a brand new Ferrari Enzo... well... I probably wouldn't say no.

#103 Amalie:

Sorry... don' t buy a European car...

Guess great minds think alike...

107 gunslingah

Okay... I wonder what the insurance would be on the Ferrari? I have never driven one... have you?

Roundabouts save tax dollars because they don't require the signaling equipment and associated maintenance costs. They also keep traffic moving which cuts down on fuel consumption and pollution. They can also be designed to create focal points and enhance a city's beauty.

That said, they are a pain in the ass.

Amalie
Look at an Acura TSX.
Sweet.

111 JD

That is sweet! Acuras just purr... I want something with power I can feel, with awesome handling ... quiet, smooth.. fast...

is that too much to ask?

#109 Amalie:

I wonder what the insurance would be on the Ferrari? I have never driven one... have you?

No, I never have driven a Ferrari. (sigh) And I'm sure the insurance costs would exceed my monthly salary. Oh, well, it's a fantasy kind of thing.

I'm actually a motorcycle kind of guy. I like fast bikes. Basically, for well under $10,000, you can blow away any $250,000 Ferrari or Porsche. And the Europeans do make some pretty nice bikes, if a bit overpriced: Ducati, Triumph, BMW has a new sportbike that seems impressive.

Sorry, I tend to get going when I talk about bikes.

Amalie
Then look at the Acura RL.
Extra sweet. All wheel drive.
We've had 3 Acuras (love 'em). My car is a Lexus RX300 (ho-hum). It's great in the snow, but the transmission went out just as the warranty expired. Needless to say, the last Lexus I will buy...

Amalie
I can tell you what it cost to insure a 15 year old in an exotic.
$375 a month
Basic liability.
PIP & UM

#62 Mardukhai #73 Solomonpanting:
We're seriously dating ourselves here. I remember that well: the three rock/pop stations were KRLA, KHJ, and KFWB. All on the AM dial. Ah, who rules: the Beatles or the Beach Boys? Let's don't get into the ten mile walks to school in the snow- uphill both ways. And yes, back then it did snow in Southern California. (But only on school days) ;)
JWM

Well, I've got to say that I feel very sorry for how Britain is reeling to discover that all four of their suicide bombers were British Nationals.

It's gotta hurt badly.

Best wishes to the Brits - I hope they do what needs to be done now.

113 gunslingah

I have never ridden on a motorcycle... this amazes me...

114 JD

Acuras are great cars... I used to drive a Legend... a long time ago.. I have had three Landcruisers... they have been good too.

#87 Lightning_Man

Nice op-ed, and I agree. I have wondered the very same thing myself. Why stay in jail when the cat is supposedly out of the bag and the supposed source has released you? Using that same reasoning Rush Limbaugh has gone out on the limb to predict that Rove is most definitely not the source that Miller is protecting.

And, if it was Rove, the NY Times would've given him up in a New York nanosecond. In an election year when they were actively working to defeat Bush no less? Are you kidding me? They'd have had the afterburners on to get Rove's name in blinking neon lights in Times Square, accusing him of being a criminal! And the fact that they didn't right there all by itself standing alone screams that Rove didn't do it, at least not in any way like all the leftwing nutjobs are having wet dreams fantasizing that he did.

And another consideration is that Rove is just too smart to get caught in a trap like this, especially in playing footsy with the NYT.

But all that derives from common sense and deductive reasoning. The truth is that the situation is just too fluid to know anything for sure right now.

115 Rebtex

Reb... you got to get that kid an old pickup truck... put a speed regulator on it...

RebTex
They let 15-year-olds drive where?

116 jwm

Beach Boys...

Amalie
He deserves the best I can offer.
.
.
J.D.
Texas
Under a hardship!

#112 Amalie  7/13/2005 10:39PM PDT

"I want something with power I can feel, with awesome handling ... quiet, smooth.. fast..."

Bubblemobile

#122 Amalie:
With Jan and Dean running a close second.
JWM

124 Victor

Wow...

Fabulous!

*How's Mother?

RebTex
15. Wow.

To bed!
G/night.

123 Reb

He's already got you as his Dad... that's pretty damn good!

Amalie
That's sweet of you.
Thanks
However, sometimes, I'm a hinderance.

Amalie
He's got himself a real chick-magnet car!

130 Rebtex

However, sometimes, I'm a hinderance.

That is your job as a parent. Someone has to say no.

131 Reb

That is some car...

Hey! This could be the source of future stories for our enjoyment. I found this site from this article.

Okay, I have officially killed yet another thread... with mundane posts...

Sincere apologies...

No, you didn't, Amalie!

There just aren't many people on LGF right now.

I'm heading to bed myself.

G'nite!

134 Solomon

Good Lord... we have been Zionized!

136 RAR

Night... RAR...

Amalie
Perhaps it was me.
Adios, Burbuja!

I thought I bought an Ionizer... but it's a Zionizer...

Zee Ionizer?!

#134 solomonpanting

yes that is a good site. Charles added it to his right sidebar awhile ago, I think he even had a thread about it. it is good to see what the rest of the world says about us. Some of it is amazing!

#142 Ak oilfield worker

Well, don't I feel foolish. I guess one has to get up pretty early around here. :(

Probably too late, but I'll chime in anyway. Traffic circles work great - under one condition. And that is that they be large diameter. There were a couple of whoppers years back in Doha and getting on or off one of those was like getting on or off a non-urban interstate in the US. But you're not going to see those in cities because of the space requirements. Some of the UK roundabouts have traffic signals also.

Ah, one last traffic circle post killed the thread, eh ?

#116 jwm
Stones. Period.

Looks like the Bushes knew even years ago what Islam was about.

I think it was dead before you got here Mike C. I take it you are still overseas?

#147 solomonpanting

Yep, Any bets on how long before the "Death Fatwa" aka Rushdie

# 148 Ak oilfield worker

I leave on the 21st - 1 more week to go. For this trip, anyway.

#150 Mike C

Keep your head down, and just to be safe I wouldn't ride the trains.

#149 Ak oilfield worker

I'd like to see Rushdie outlive the Mullah's hold over Iran and their demise.

152 solomonpanting

That would be SWEEET. The sooner the Mad Mullahs go down the better.

Thanks to all for your thoughts and ideas. 'Nite all.

# 151 Ak oilfield worker

Heh. My younger daughter e-mailed this AM to ask if I rode on trains. Hell, I wouldn't even ride on an inner city bus here. You'd have to be completely out of your mind to ride a train in this part of the world. The PRC was a different matter. Of course.

#155 Mike C

I can only imagine. Some peoples idea of normal is sure a lot different than ours. Stay safe, got to get back to work for awhile.

#144 Mike C.

Isn't that called the "Beltway?"

This is really funny and true . nice photo too

1. Quit Smoking By Drinking Beer

2. One In Three Americans, Divided By Ideology, Believes In Ghosts

Guess who believes in ghosts more - the liberals or the conservatives?

satire dot myblogsite.com/blog

#158 Hermes1LA

The address is either incorrect or site is down.

By the way, does the nickname reference a Krewe?

Lets all have a moment of silence this evening for all those who have paid the ultimate price as a result of violence:

All those in the USA, all those in Iraq, all those in England, all those in Spain, and of course the forgotten many in Palestine.

Peace, patience, and the love of Jesus to you all.

#160 Jay

Interesting how you conveniently left out Israel. Now one would have to hope it is simply an oversite on your part.

I guess what irked me most about the articles I linked above was the allegation that Zionism is not a "national liberation movement":

The web site of the Anti-Defamation League defines Zionism as:
[T]he Jewish national movement of rebirth and renewal in the land of Israel-the historical birthplace of the Jewish people. The yearning to return to Zion, the biblical term for both the Land of Israel and Jerusalem, has been the cornerstone of Jewish religious life since the Jewish exile from the land two thousand years ago... Zionism, the national aspiration of the Jewish people to a homeland, is to the Jewish people what the liberation movements of Africa and Asia have been to their peoples...a vindication of the fundamental concepts of the equality of nations and of self-determination. To question the Jewish people's right to national existence and freedom is...to deny to the Jewish people the right accorded to every other people on this globe.

We need to ask: What kind of national liberation movement allies itself in every case and at every moment in its history with the powers of world imperialism?What national liberation struggle built its very existence on the colonization of another people, on the obliteration of that people's history, their culture, and their land? The founding fathers of Zionism were much more honest about what they stood for. Over and over, one word appears in their writing: not national "liberation," but "colonization."

I guess one could say that the author does not consider Zionism a legit national liberation movement because it doesn't fit the Marxist stereotype of what such a movement should be i.e. "non-European" people vs. "European" interloper, "working class" vs. "bourgeois". Also, a "true" liberation movement can NEVER side with the big, bad US of A (and it's silly to think that the Brits were ever hand-in-glove with the Zionists, as the author implies)!
As for Zionism not being a national liberation movement because it "built its very existence on the colonization of another people, on the obliteration of that people's history, their culture, and their land" - this is, of course, the "Israeli Original Sin" of Palestinian propaganda. Never mind that Palestinian "history" and "culture" is almost indistinct from the Arabs of the neighbouring states, and that Zionism was intent on stealing "their land" (which largely belonged to absentee landlords) is patently false.
Anti-Zionists often allege that the Zionists' giving Hebrew names to cities and other landmarks (in fact a reversion to the orginal names) in the region is an example of Israel's "erasure" of the Palestinians' history. This is like arguing that Poland's acquisition of Eastern Germany after WWII and giving everything Polish names (eg. Gdansk for Danzig) is an evil "obliteration" of the German history in those lands. Like the Germans, the Arabs started the 1948 war, and therefore shouldn't be surprised if some of their land is taken and their people dispersed.

I don't even know why I bother...

Just popping in to say hi! Hope all is well with the LGF lovelies. I miss you all and will check in again soon.

xxx

Intereting Q&A to Victor David Hansen, for those who enjoy such things.

And I think part of our attraction and dilemma is that the United States is the wealthiest, strongest country in the world. It’s plutocratic. It’s not based any more on race or accent or birth. If you have money, you get instant prestige. It destroys all hierarchy over the world, and so it creates this appetite for this freedom. People want it — the culture — nobody puts a gun to a Frenchman and says, go watch Arnold Schwarzenegger, or go to McDonald’s or go to Disneyland. This was a free choice because this multi-racial dynamic society has one barometer of success, and that’s money. And anybody can participate in it, and it tends to destroy class, privilege, hierarchy, religious, political, and it makes people scared to death, even though they want to participate in it.

Link

that almost reminds me of Zuma Beach near Malibu.

a good thought to think about before sleep, my carefree days driving to Zuma Beach, and having nothing to worry about, except my curfew.

# 163 zulubaby

Hey ! And just where do you think you're going, young lady ? No fair doing 'hit-and-run' postings. Stand still and give us a decent shot.

Hiya Mike C.! I'm getting antsy. LOL. I'm at an internet cafe and can't stand being here for very long. I do think of you all very often and will try to visit more frequently. Okay, I'm out ... lots of love.

Can you imagine the UN "running" the internet? They can:

Beyond the usual levers of diplomatic pressure and public kvetching, Brazil and China could choose what amounts to the nuclear option: a fragmented root. That means a new top-level domain would not be approved by ICANN--but would be recognized and used by large portions of the rest of the world. The downside, of course, is that the nuclear option could create a Balkanized Internet where two computers find different Web sites at the same address.

Check out the comments too- it is, of course, Bush's fault:

The Bush administration spent the last 4 years cutting ties between the USA and all other major countries. It's no surprise his arrogant position once again makes all other countries uncomfortable with the idea of letting the US government regulate or cut off even their national TLD if it choose to do so for political reasons.

Too much of the world's economy depends on the internet to let a single country decide it all and become a global censor.

On the issue of spam, and at a time where Europeans and Australia are taking some legal steps, Bush's double meaning CAN-SPAM act is all about legalizing it to please his DMA campaign contributors. Why should the world accept it ?

Will the UN Run the Internet?

# 168 gonzo

Given the UN's record on running things, it may be time to stock up on tin cans and string.

Mike C.

Alot of the commentors there say the same thing.

How are things over there? You gotta be getting close to a return date, huh?

#167 zulubaby:

Bye! Sorry I missed you. Where are you anyway [probably gone now].

zulubaby, darling! I assume you're enjoying yourself? Wonderful to see you.

Is Rove the victim of factionalism at the CIA?

THE CIA VS THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE POLITICS OF WAR

The GOP is going to get blasted tomorrow, 'Doomed, I tell ya! They're doomed! ...about to implode!'

...but there's one trait that stands-out most about the Dem's, their reactionaries; if there's been a fire, it often times turns-out that their own members are playing with matches.

# 170 gonzo

I leave on the 21st. Heeheehee.

aboo-Hoo-Hoo, grreat nick!

Rove isn't going anywhere. Bush is too loyal to his subordinates, witness his loyalty to Rumsfeld during his tough times.
Loyalty to subordinates is a trait the Washington political junkies can't understand, but a trait much valued by those of us in the real world.
It's an aspect of leadership most politicians lack.

#175 Mike C

I can only imagine the need to scratch that itch! I hope your job/ consult/ gig/ whatever has the desired outcome and proves itself profitable.

My brother is a manager/engineer with one of the big oil outfits (Dutch owned, wink, wink) in N.O. I lament not following his lead when we discuss finances- it has been a good ride for him and his family. He really likes the company- despite mucho pc BS. He says he doesn't get to do much engineering anymore- he is up the food chain at this point.

Norm Geras - Apologists Amongst Us

Try the following, by way of a hypothetical example, to see how the exercise works and doesn't work.

On account of the present situation in Zimbabwe, the government decides to halt all scheduled deportations of Zimbabweans who have been denied the right to remain in the UK. Some BNP thugs are made angry by this decision and they take out their anger by beating up a passer-by who happens to be an African immigrant. Can you imagine a single person of left or liberal outlook who would blame, or even partially blame, this act of violence on the government's decision to halt the deportations, or who would urge us to consider sympathetically the root causes of the act? It wouldn't happen, even though (ex hypothesi) the government decision is part of the causal chain leading to the violence in question. It wouldn't happen because the anger of the thugs doesn't begin to justify what they have done.

The root-causers always plead a desire merely to expand our understanding, but they're very selective in what they want us to 'understand'. Did you ever hear a Jenny Tonge who empathizes with the Palestinian suicide bomber also understanding the worries of Israeli and other Jews - after the Holocaust, after the decades-long hostility of the Arab world to the State of Israel and the teaching of hatred there against Jews, after the acts of war against that state and the acts of terrorism against its citizens? This would seem to constitute a potentially rich soil of roots and causes, but it goes unexplored by the supposedly non-excuse-making purveyors of a root-causism seeking to 'understand'.

Doh!

[Link: www.samizdata.net...]

# 178 gonzo

I am not so high on the food chain, having been hit several times by the massive cutbacks and layoffs. But now, there are only us old farts to do this technical stuff. Young people saw hundreds of thousands tossed out in the street and decided to do something else, like get a JD or MBA. As a result, you can now listen to every manager and executive in the business bemoan the fact that they can't get help. Of course, they can get help, but us old guys are not any HR person's favorite choice. Self-inflicted wounds.

176 kifaya

Thanks. Named for the, hopefully more, reoccurring incidents of mooselum work accidents.

Karl Rove(Blessed, long lasting and all powerful be his strategies). ;-)

#181 Mike C

It's funny to listen to my brother talk about it.

For awhile there he did (and I guess still does) recruiting trips, etc. Here he is recruiting fresh meat and at the same time the company is letting go all kinds of people. The really strange thing to me, though, is that they evidently offer pretty large severance deals as they slash and burn, so in effect they're still carrying alot of payroll.

I can't imagine the savings are that great through the layoffs- hell, they have one every year it seems. But, like I said, they did (and do) take good care of him. He is hoping for one more promotion,which, as I understand it, which would place him in the sphere of the grand pobah for the Americas, or some such. More power to him- he's a lifer with these guys.

The Department of Homeland security has only been with us for about two years, and we're already looking to streamline it.
This brings to mind Parkinson's Fourth Law:

The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done

At least they're talking about the borders:

US Security Changes Aimed at Borders, Intelligence

Here is a quote from Belmont Club about creating a Cells inside radical Islam. I thought it to be very interesting. A pratice we should also use againts the Extreme Left inside the USA.
Bellmont Club

ogically, a large part of the War on Terror will consist of creating an insurgency within the insurgency. Fighting Islamic extremism must comprise organizing a revolt against Islam's internal oppressors. That would include waging intellectual war against Islamic fundamentalism within its own theological context -- a reformation -- it will include creating clandestine cells to strike at the gangs which beat women and intimidate men within the community. It will require all the skills of a resistance fighter struggling against bearded Big Brother. The Left has a word for such people: "Uncle Toms". That is how they've already characterized Hirsi Ali. That is to be expected. But many conservatives have also been blind to the urgent requirement of creating a liberation movement within Islam, in part because they half believe all Muslims are themselves the enemy; in part because they despair of Muslims ever rising up against the medieval institutions which constrain them; in part because they haven't thought about it. But they should. That pile of bloody children's slippers on an Iraqi street is a tally of spirits who were created to be free.

Iran's new dark side - ‘… the clerical regime hanged six people and sentenced another to death in the past week alone.’

Such a wonderful, liberal and progressive state. Maybe the Fwrench could even help them build some nukes.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!

Anybody see Smit today?

I hate mornings. My fever is back up, just in time for an exam this morning.

/so very grateful for LGF so the kiddo doesn't have to listen to me whine :-)

[How does one wish someone a good morning without saying "good"?]

Hi Sarah D. I'm very sorry to hear you're sick! Can you take anything for the fever? My drug-of-preference is Advil, if I don't have an antibiotic.

littleoldlady,

I took some Tylenol as the aspirin was starting to bother my stomach. I should have taken some last night, but I wanted to see if my fever would stay down on its own.

Now let's see if I can concentrate on this danged exam! Ugh.

(and thanks!)

Good Morning Sara D.

Try having seom ginger ale, it'll help settle your stoamch. I hope you feel better soon.

Hey Pamela!

Good idea, I'll get some Ginger Ale on the way to class.

I'm off folks, have a good morning!

Tylenol does borscht for me. Might as well take nothing.

What class is the exam for?

Biscuits are ready with cajun sausage gravy and black coffee. ;-)

/Good Morning Everyone!

Even for a dead thread, this is exceptionally dead.

(Where's my biscuits?!)

'Nam Grunt

You read my mind! (Or heard my stomach growling...) Good morning!

#196 littleoldlady,

Good morning how are you today?

'Nam

I'm okay. Hazy, hot and humid here in suburban Philadelphia. So far, I've got the hazy part down... ;-)

And you?

#198 littleoldlady,

Same here, I'm hoping we get some rain today. ;-)

OK
Everyone over to 'Nam's for breakfast.

After that

Breaks over, everyone back on your heads.

Whose side is Pakistani President Musharraf on?

PAKISTAN: WITH US OR AGAINST US?

# 201 Superhawk

Is Pakistan an Islamic state ?

¡EXTREME SOUTH TEXAS (SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI) NOT 100% SAFE, BUT HURRICANE EMILY APPEARS AIMED AT TAMAULIPAS!

Canadian Global, not linked, says Emily is a depression, heads into Yucatan, and dies. I suspect initialization issues.

UK Met Office Model says landfall near/just north of Brownsville.
UK Met text guidance

12UTC 19.07.2005 26.2N 94.5W STRONG INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY

00UTC 20.07.2005 26.5N 96.6W STRONG INTENSIFYING SLIGHTLY

The UK Met seems to be slightly biased north, but can't be completely ignored.

GFS appears to be a little weak on the strength of Emily, and then shows it barely surviving the Yucatan, but then again per the GFS is was only a tropical depression. Landfall south of Tampico. Stronger systems in the tropics will tend to drift just slightly poleward of the mean steering, due to the slight difference in wind speeds caused by the Coriolis force being just a hair stronger in the side away from the Equator, so if the GFS is right about everything but the intensity, it would be a degree or two too far south.

GFDL shows a former Cat 4 just a borderline Cat 2 to Cat 3 in the Gulf as Emily heads just north of due west towards landfall just south of the border.

Nightime color enhanced infra-red satellite loop of borderline Cat 1-Cat 2 Hurricane Emily.

# 201 superhawk

His own

# 202 # 17

Depends on what you mean by "Islamic state."

from Florida Cracker

July 13, 2005
Hollywood Mafia

I hope none of y'all own desirable property in the city of Hollywood. Their commission is eminent domaining to benefit a developer for the second time this month and they plan to keep on doing it:

When Commissioner Cathy Anderson asked what the public purpose was, City Attorney Dan Abbott did not hesitate.

"Economic development," he said, "which is a legitimate public purpose according to the United States Supreme Court."

The vote was unanimous. The city commission is getting very comfortable with making people offers they can't refuse.

Supreme Court Justices voting for the abuse of the Constitution which permits this outrageous land grab were: John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer

According to the Government of Pakistan, their constitution is

"The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan"

LGFers seem to be a little more knowlegeable about the beliefs inherent in Islam than most Westerners.

It appears that if one is a believer in Islam, that precludes genuine efforts to prevent terrorism against Kufurs.

I found this interesting, because the headline doesn't read 'Muslim Killed in Possible Backlash Against London Bombings' but 'First Muslim Killed in Feared Backlash Against London Bombings'. Quite an unhealthy angle.

If you like (or dislike) traffic circles/roundabouts/rotaries then look at this:

The Swindon Magic Roundabout

Wooo... Bush book incites controversy

…a 19th century biography of Prophet Mohamed authored by Reverend George Bush, a distant ancestor of US President George W Bush. Life of Mohamed: The Founder of Islam and of the Empire of Saracens has provoked a storm of controversy for its harsh criticism of Prophet Mohamed, whom it calls "an imposter". The book also occasionally refers to Muslims as "locusts".

Unfortunately the book evidently didn’t go far enough in exposing this Devil & its Cult of Death™

Censors at the Al-Azhar-affiliated Islamic Research Academy… concluded that the contested volume is "a piece of documentation which portrays a lively picture of Prophet Mohamed's life", and "praises the prophet in almost 80 per cent of its content."

Damn the bad luck… …no wait!

Bush Lied! Mohamed should be fried!

...in pig grease….

Dems move to right...try to look legit...Hillary supports troops...world stops spinning...no wait...nevermind...it's just another democratic PLOY.

Story -
Dems aim to increase army size

A team of Senate and House Democrats today are planning to introduce legislation today aimed at significantly increasing size of the U.S. Army.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) airland subcommittee, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), a SASC member, and Reps. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.), both members of the House Armed Services committee, are pressing for the passage of the United States Army Relief Act.

The legislation seeks to raise the cap of the Army’s end strength, said an aide to Tauscher.

The Army already is working on increasing its troop levels by 30,000. Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, has said on numerous occasions that it costs about $1.2 billion a year for every 10,000 people added to the Army.

Both the House and the Senate have called for an increase in troop levels in their 2006 defense authorization bill and it is likely that troop levels will be increased when the conferees meet.

Roxana Tiron

Right, and I'm acutally going to go to the movies and watch the remake of " Dukes of Hazzard ". NOT.

Oh, and MORNIN' LIZARD NATION! :)

#210 Owl

$1.2 billion a year for every 10,000 people added to the Army.

Why not make it an even 100,000 more troops? The Democrats will happily appropriate the money. The very wealthy Dems, everyone in power, will keep their base happy by supporting groups which fight military recruiters.

Owl

She somehow forget to mention that Hillary will demand the draft be reinstated.

By President Bush...

Now that wouldn't surprise me.

#208

Wow, that's quite a roundabout. Sadly, they are getting very popular here in Maryland, only they don't know how to do them right: They have 4 lane roads going into very tight circles. As a result, it's a demolition derby as no SUV can turn that tight.

Mutha F'in ED KOCH gets it.

Buy that man a corned beef special!

Morning all.

IMHO Prince Charles should learn to keep his trap shut, but this isn't news.

"Some may think this cause is Islam. It is anything but...

"We seem to be seeing a cycle, from Bali to Baghdad, from New York to London, of willing recruits sacrificing their young lives to slaughter innocent people in some inhuman cause."

Root out extremists, prince urges

This made me laugh:

A group of French speakers in Japan are suing the governor of Tokyo after he described French as a failed language.

Numbers in French can be complicated for beginners, especially combinations which make up numbers such as 94, which translates as "four 20s and 14".

Remind me never to learn French.

French outraged by Tokyo governor

So where's Mike C. when you need him?

Temporary drop in chinese oil demand

Mike...
Any insight into what this means?

Ugh...

A Saudi prince, Alwaleed bin Talal, who co-owns the ART TV network which includes the anti-American, anti-Semitic, pro-Jihad Arabic TV channel Iqra, has recently given millions to American groups, including $5 million to the Carter Center.

A Saudi's Millions in Gifts Vunderbar!{spit}

#217 Smit

A group of French speakers in Japan are suing the governor of Tokyo after he described French as a failed language.

Are the Japanese trying to start WWIII? There are some things I won't say to the French.

Hey kids, this is the Arabic Assasin

He is mad, because he was fired from his job as a TSA screener at Bush Intercontinental just because he is a Muslim that raps about hijacking airplanes.

Now, I doubt this guy is actually a terrorist, because he is useless if he announces his goals like he does, but if a Muslim Arab-American named Bassam Khalaf can get a job as an airport screener, anybody can, and if hijackers new what station this guy was x-raying bags at, well, it could mean more than just mace and box-cutters get on the plane.

# 217 smit

Heh.

# 218 VIA

I saw that headline on Drudge earlier, but have to admit I haven't read it, so I really don't know what the deal is. Let it age a bit and we'll see. Hard to believe their consumption is dropping, since their factories sure ain't shutting down.

knew, not new

¡PIMP!

Mike C.

Got it.
I trust your background and insight.
Let us know when you have some thoughts on it.

Now go get some supper, and a new laptop battery
(Yours usually dies right about this time)

I was just wondering, has Juan Cole said the invasion of Afghanistan caused the 9/11 attacks yet?

Hitch in the Weekly Standard from FrontPage

First out of the trap was George Galloway, the renegade Member of Parliament who has been Saddam Hussein's chief propagandist in Britain. Within hours of the atrocities, he had diagnosed their cause, or causes. These included the presence of British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, the photographs from Abu Ghraib, and the state of affairs at Guantanamo. This can only mean that Galloway knows what was in the minds of the bombers, and knows that it was these subjects (and not, say, the Wahhabi hatred of unveiled women, or their fury at the liberation of East Timor) that had actually motivated the attacks. If he really knows that much about the killers, he should be asked to make a full disclosure of his sources to Scotland Yard. If he doesn't know, he should at least have waited until the blood was dry before opening his ugly mouth. Scant chance of the latter.

Galloway is an open supporter of the other side in this war, and at least doesn't try very hard to conceal the fact. Far more depressing are the insincere and inauthentic statements made by more "mainstream" types. The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone--another Blair-hater and another flirter with any local Imam who can bring him a few quick votes--managed to say that the murders were directed at "the working class," not the "powerful." That's true enough, but it doesn't avoid the implication that a jihadist bomb in, say, the Stock Exchange would have been less reprehensible. Another dismal statement, issued by the Muslim Council of Britain in concert with something called "Churches Together in Britain and Ireland," got as far as proclaiming that "no good purpose can be achieved by such an indiscriminate and cruel use of terror." This is to say too much and too little. It still hints that the purpose might be ill-served by the means. Further, it fails as an ecumenical statement in that it was evidently not submitted to Britain's large Jewish community for ratification. Why do I think that there were some in both the Muslim and Christian leaderships who thought that, in their proud "inclusiveness," they didn't need to go quite that far?

On the other hand, I must say that the leadership of "Imaan," a "social support group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Muslims," managed to issue a condemnation that was not shaded or angled in any way, and consisted of a simple, unequivocal denunciation and a statement of solidarity with the victims. That's the stuff. At last, the Churchill touch!

222 Unkle Mikey

HeyHey! I'm with you. China is going through what is now considered it's version of the industrial revolution, with no signs of letting up. They are scoopin' up raw materials from all over the world, so I don't know if I believe this drop in oil consumption. Sounds like errant data to me.

hillary looking for an increase in the number of military - remember the two for one deal we got when bill was pres. wasn't it in the book by buzz patterson [reckless disregard] that we were exposed to the dynamic duos true feelings towards the military. balancing the budget on the back of the military. and speaking of politicos, i've heard for a second time about the latest zman's recording of encouragement to his minions. telling them to take heart because they're winning the war. he's finding comfort in the ramblings of our own legislatures. i heard mention of this by rush and then yesturday during an interview with the author of "inside the assylum". i don't think that the dems rearranging of the deck chairs on the titanic will be of help.

SMIT! I was looking for you earlier. I got distracted the other day with...um...'Nam's pictures (;-)...but I understand that you've finished your genealogical research, yes? I wanted to be the first (am I?) to welcome you to The Tribe.

Now, we must find a job for you. Mine is soy futures this month. How does the International Monetary Fund sound? (It's not too difficult - that was my assignment this past March.)

Always nice to have another helping hand to Run the World! Welcome!

#203 Ed

I'm taking that as a confirmed hit on Texas wreaking rainy and windy divine havoc over all the sinners who live there.

#221 Ed

How's that assimilation going? All it takes is one PC hire at an airport, as you said.

Oops - getting late. Time to relocate, so back in a while.

I've been researching some of the Wilson/Rove stuff and have discovered that everytime I get freaked out about some aspect leading to an obvious Rove conviction, that if I delve into the leftist theories I am less concerned. I went back and watched some of the Wilson video from CSPAN and found some intersting info. According to Wilson, straight from Wislon's mouth, the Niger mission he went on was not a CIA mission. It was a mission asked for (but not explicitly) by the office of the Vice President. According to Wilson, some staffer of Cheney asked a question about Niger which automagically put into effect an inquirey into the matter. The meetng he attended was at the CIA headquarters but was a meeting of the intel community, and not just the CIA. Which means that if Plame was outed as a source of the suggestion to have Wilson go to Niger, it does not mean that she was CIA. She could have been a brazilian coochy dancer for all Rove new when he said she recommended Wilson for the task.

#229 littleoldlady - Hiya & thankyou! - It seems the more research I do, the more Jewish I become... Currently discovered that my g*4 Grandfather was a jeweller born in Paris!

The IMF sounds good to me, as long as I can do a bit of credit card debt reduction...

Actually, I'm thinking Tampico gets it, but maybe, just maybe, borderline tropical storm conditions affect South Padre Island.

Welcome to South Padre Island, the Tropics of Texas. Along with a beautiful beach, excellent accommodations, good restaurants and friendly people, South Padre Island is only a few miles away from Mexico. Come south and enjoy this unbeatable combination.

Kind of scary that TSA hires Arab Muslims as screeners. That is like making Michael Jackson the head of Child Protective Services. That is like electing Charles Manson as sheriff.

Ann coulter zings Joes Wilson out of his lying pants.

[Link: www.townhall.com...]

#232 2X4

The key to the whole thing is Wilson's Editorial.

In it, he CLEARLY implies, by dropping Cheney's name multiple times, that the trip was arranged, authorized and requested by Cheney himself, and Tenet.

He was slick enough not to explicitly state so, but he was obviously trying to create this impression, to add credence to his "story".

He makes no reference in the ENTIRE editorial to his wife.

THat is the context for the Rove/Cooper conversation.

Anything else is spin, spin, spin.

Good Morning Fellow Minions!

I wonder if the Federal Government can legally deny employment in sensitive jobs to Muslims.

I'd bet money that Bassam Khalaf, aka "The Arabic Assassin", really enjoyed making nuns and 80 year old Chinese grandmothers go through strip searches at the airport.

#233 Smit

The IMF sounds good to me, as long as I can do a bit of credit card debt reduction...

Vuh den? (Now we get to teach you Yiddish, too. FUN! ;-) Of course we'd want any work you do to be personally beneficial!

{lil ol'lady, lops, AI}

group hug

So you guys were talking about trafic circles last night. Sorry I missed it.

'Cause I'm amazed to hear that they're being built in new places.

In NJ they built lots of them in the 50's. They proved incredibly dangerous and everybody hated them. In the 70's and 80's they were nearly all replaced with "jug handles." MUCH better and safer.

I think there's just one circle left in Somerville, and there are plans to get rid of that.

Good morning {paxnhymn}!

IDF soldiers kill militant as he meets with British national

By Haaretz Staff and The Associated Press

NABLUS, West Bank - Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed a Palestinian militant early Thursday as he was meeting a British national in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said.

They said soldiers broke into a house where Mohammed Alasi, 28, a local leader of the Islamic Jihad, was talking to the woman. Alasi tried to flee, but soldiers shot him dead and took his body, they said.

According to news agencies the woman was a reporter living in Nablus, but the IDF Spokesperson said she is a left-wing activist who has been assisting wanted militants in the town. Alasi was hiding at the woman's apartment with another militant, Matzem Aal, who was arrested by the troops.

RE: Rove/Plame:

"Despite the colloquialism being used on TV to describe the relevant criminal offense, the law does not criminalize "revealing the name" of a covert operative. If it did, every introduction of an operative at a cocktail party or a neighborhood picnic would constitute a felony. "Revealing the name of" is shorthand to describe what the law does criminalize: Intentionally revealing a covert operative as a covert operative, knowing it will blow the operative's cover.

Rove had simply said Wilson went to Niger because of his wife, not his skill, expertise or common sense. It was the clown himself who outed his wife as an alleged "covert" agent by saying he was not recommended by his wife, and thus the White House must have been retaliating against him by mentioning his wife.

Wilson intentionally blew his wife's "cover" in order to lie about how he ended up going to Niger. Far from a serious fact-finding mission, it was a "Take Your Daughters to Work Day" gone bad. Maybe liberals shouldn't have been so insistent about that special prosecutor."
--Coulter.

242 nonic

I think there's just one circle left in Somerville, and there are plans to get rid of that

Somerville, MA?

I live in MA and there are rotaries everywhere!

I drive through one at least twice a day to and from work.

Good Morning {Pax}!

#242 nonic

What are "jug handles"?

A. Infidel:

WTF? From the story:

Toensing believes Rove's waiver allowing reporters testifying before the grand jury to reveal him as a source – signed more than 18 months ago – shows the Bush strategist did not believe he was violating the law.

I didn't know he gave Cooper permission to reveal him as a source 18 months ago!

And the left is acting like he's been concealing this stuff? What a fing joke!

18 MONTHS AGO!

Someone has leaked the source of LLL superior intelligence

Someone said last night that Rove plays political 3-D chess.
Now the LLL's can fight back

"It also improves your planning when you're doing complex, chess-like problems. It makes you more reflective about a problem: you take a bit longer but you get it right

I'm not sure if they have it already, or need it to get past the election.

In the long term, drugs that can delete painful memories could also be used routinely. "We are now looking 20-25 years ahead," said Prof Robbins. "Very basic science is showing that it is possible to call up a memory, knock it on the head and produce selective amnesia."

Oh, never mind.
They definitely have it already.

"Many of these drugs hijack the learning processes of the brain and produce aberrant habits, which dominate behavior.

#208 Anne Elk: Are you familiar with the Tuesday Next books by Jasper Fforde? The Swindon Roundabout features prominently in them.

247 Free Speech

The whole thing still doesn't address the question.."What the hell is a COVERT analyst?" Wassupwidat?! An undercover desk jockey?!? Gimmee a break! Why hasn't anyone addressed this issue?

#251 tmf

i heard on the radio yesterday (might have been Rush) that Rove's release didn't name Cooper at all. It was a general release for all reporters that he had spoken to (i think) on this particular topic or at that particular time.

Caroline Glick hits the nail on the head
Our World: Scorched Earth Kulturekampf

I think that Glick has zeroed in on exactly why this plan has gotten such enthusiastic support from people normally hostile to Sharon. It certainly explains the way the public debate has been managed. The supporters of this plan have deliberately avoiding the issues of efficacy of the withdrawal and instead focused on the delegitimization of the religious public.

Just spilled a LARGE iced coffee.

AAARGGGHHH!

Of course I have to buy a new one because I'll be a b*tch on wheels if I don't have my fix.

Back in two shakes...

Does anyone ever notice that when the moonbats come up with an accusation to smear GWB and they all froth at the mouth to make it true, it always turns out to be a non story, This proves just how stupid they are, and it's quite comical to watch them trip over themselves. Idiots!

#237 TMF -- I got my best info from a CSPAN video of Wilson supposedly discussing the press and the the WMD question. Needless to say Wilson was not only not on topic but he was basically in attack mode, and the press panel was in support mode. I highly recommend the video. Go to CSPAN, and in the Video Search box type "Joseph Wilson". The cideo in question was a media panel on the question of WMD.

In the video Wilson claims that the reason Plame was outed was to throw fear into the hearts of other possible leakers. He insinuates but jokingly that Kelly, the UK WMD expert was killed over the issue of WMD.

He goes to great efforts to stress that his wife was no present at the meeting.

#254 pax

Exactly. The whole thing is MSM NYTimes woven half-truths in order slander Bush and Rove. Joe Wislon is the liar.

Ilan - I read this article and I agree with it 100%. It helps also to know that there are people in the secular world who see what is really going on.

I get a lot of encouragement from looking at the people in cars with orange ribbons - at least half are not religious (snap judgement, I know - but a man without a kippa and a woman dressed in a certain way tells you something in this country).

Are you coming on the "march" next week?

Well, well. Some Euros may have stones after all: Germany to begin greater surveillance of resident Muslims.

By what we have seen from the American left already, this profiling would have to be "racism" on the part of the Socialist-run (in Gerhard Schroeder and the SPD), multicultural society of Germany.

259 AI

I don't know if it had much to do with the Archdiocese covering up for the gay priests that liked 14 year olds (not much different from Massachusetts congressman Jerry Studds, (of course, a Democrat) who seduced a 14 year old boy working as a page), but I do suspect the Kennedy family's large donations might have had something to do with how a serial adulterer like Kennedy could get his first marriage annulled so he could re-marry in the church, and how he avoided criticism as a major supporter of abortion, which is against all Catholic teachings.

BTW, nothing happened to Studds. Whether it was because he was a Democrat, or gay, I don't know, but I suspect if Tom DeLay nailed a 14 year old intern he'd be run out of DC on a rail. Barney Frank allowed his boyfriend to run a gay call-boy ring from his home. Do you think any Republican could have gotten away with that?

Yet more evidence (as if any more was needed) that poverty and desperation is not the "root cause" of terrorism:

al-Guardian - Killers are motivated by quest for glory, experts say

'The suicide bomber is the smartest of smart bombs'

In the West Bank and Gaza, portraits of dead suicide bombers and graffiti extolling their deeds are plastered all over walls. Videos of their last interviews are on sale on street stalls. Their funerals are occasions for mass mourning.

That celebrity factor helps in the recruitment of suicide bombers, young men and women brought up in the occupied territories.

Anne Marie Oliver, an American academic who has spent years studying the phenomenon in the West Bank and Gaza, believes the "star factor" and the acquiring of glory could also have motivated the Yorkshire bombers. They will not have posters up in Britain or mass mourning, but they will attain glory on internet sites across the Muslim world, according to Ms Oliver, who has co-written with Paul Steinberg the newly published The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey into the World of the Suicide Bomber.

(...)

Ms Oliver said: "The motives are diverse: religion, nationalism, grievance, fame, glory and money, and, last of all and most important of all, they have to have an entire system that supports their actions (sympathetic groups round the world)."

(...)

For organisations, whether Hamas or al-Qaida, the motivation was the same: the suicide bomber is the most effective weapon available. "The suicide bomber is the smartest of smart bombs. He can look around and decide when he can maximise the terror, maximise the casualties," Dr Ganor said.

Even if he is caught, he or she can detonate the explosives, killing those trying to intervene.

The figures bear out Dr Ganor's assessment. According to Israel, it has faced 160 suicide bombers in the last five years: they account for only 0.6% of the attacks but half the Israeli casualties - 514.

Most of the bombers tend to be young, well-educated, and from lower middle-class backgrounds rather than those fighting for daily survival. An Israeli government study found that 23% of suicide bombers between 2000 and this year had been university graduates.

Marie Oliver makes some moonbat comments but overall not bad considering the article is in al-Jazeera's English equivalent.

Morning all *grin*

this is rich:

MSN has Ecards on their site, with a holiday associated with each. Here is the month of July. Look at what July 4th is, and note what that implies about America.

And, under the Stupidity File:

Bank Robbed through teller Window.

#268 American Infidel

Thanks. I read that Byron York article the other day (believe it or not, Drudge had it posted at the top of his front page)

Good questions. My 2 cents? While Judith sits in jail - it buys time for the DNC/MSM to play "quick - think of a lie to cover the precious Wilson so that we can continue to blast Bush and CO cuz that is the responsible left-wing - er I mean - moderate thing to do as a competent biased journalist".

In other words: CYA time for the MSM to get her story straight.

Im still in anticipation of what Novak called a surprise in the case. We still don't know who is being investigated. Novak seems to have dodged the bullet and yet at the same time has vindicated Rove. While people who have not reason to protect Rove are going to jail. Something tells me that the truth is something completely different. And I bet the left will not like it.

Looks like Joe Wilson is going to go toss soft-balls with the fine DNC "journalists" on the Today show. I'm sure Katie Couric will flash her cute smile and ask tough questions.

/NOT!

[Link: volokh.com...]

(from instapundit)

Say... has anyone heard from W-lover lately?

#267 Spiritualized

Yet more evidence (as if any more was needed) that poverty and desperation is not the "root cause" of terrorism:

Ah, alas, the left is not saying it's poverty that is the root cause of terror any more, but something entirely new - and more convincing!

According to Guido Steinberg, Islam scholar and terrorism expert for the German government, "blocked upward mobility" is the additional ingredient necessary in the creation of a terrorist. It's the feeling, he said at a podium discussion in Berlin two weeks ago, that one can't get to where one would like to be in this life.

Class warfare. Ah, that must be the solution: Western imperialism and oppression of these middle class Muslims in Europe itself do not allow Muslims to attain their career goals: that's why they are terrorists... nothing at all to do with religion. Nothing... at... all.

Der Spiegel: What do we really know about Islamist violence

#274 Free Speech

well, they're going to rant about Rove, and Wilson will again call for Bush to fire Rove, because it is an abuse of power to discuss his wife (but its OK for him to make money off of a book he wrote where he discusses her career, of which she hasn't been 'covert' for 11 years)

274 Free Speech Is Only For über-Libs

I'm sure Katie Couric will flash her cute smile and ask tough questions.

And I'm sure she'll show him some leg while she's at it...she's a witless tart.