It's Wednesday.....

happy hump day

That's Pugsley's sister, btw.....

That picture of General Nagin made me lose my breakfast. And it was a decent breakfast too. Drat!

Ah...some elbow room!

Is it just me, or does he look like a young Idi Amin?

So this is what the unencumbered habitat of an open thread looks like. Curious.

I wonder what would happen if I tried to say something like 'first.' Naw, that would be too cliche. Or maybe flog the ol' blog. Again, also cliche.

So what's a poor lizard minion to do? Await Ed the Weatherman's latest weather report on the oncoming NYC snow?

Gun talk?

Ponder why Ground Zero is still such a mess that there are still concerns over issues that were supposedly settled last year?

Or why Bush does best when he doesn't clue in the media until after he's already in the air that they're heading for a trip to Afghanistan to meet and greet Karzai and some US troops all while reiterating that the US is committed to getting OBL dead or alive.

The New York Times gives Saeb Erekat a full page OP-ED.

Gag.

Yeesh. The Marines must be playing with their toys up at Quantico again. My windows are rattling.

Ahmadinejad claims he hears the voice of the 12th Imam!

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

"They just don't get it," he told an audience in Bushehr earlier this month. "They think that because they pass a resolution, everyone is obliged to obey it. Our message is simple: Pass resolutions until you are blue in the face! We are guided by what the Hidden Imam tells us, not by what you dictate in your resolutions."

A guy hearing voices from a dude dead 12 centures who has the flimisiest grasp of modern history and has supervised the contract killing of poltical oppenents wants nuclear weapons.

. It's time to move on and put this 'bitterness' behind us.

Swamps! I beatcha!

:D

/that's what you get for drinking margaritas without me! hmph! (and on the beach no less!)

Does anyone else find it odd that as the United States increases its military presence in the Middle East the Arab Princes just seem to get wealthier and wealthier while they leverage said wealth to control assets in the United States(ports, universities)?

These autocracies have little incentive to quell violence while the United States acts as their protective order.

How can we get more people to read Martin Kramer?

#8 davesax:

I saw that earlier today and posted on it. To the NYT, fair and balanced means giving terrorists an open forum to spew their nonsensical ravings.

Erekat's op-ed boils down to blaming Israel for all the PLO and Palestinian Authority's woes. The fence, the targeted attacks against the terrorists who launch missiles, rockets, and send suicide bombers to kill Israelis. All Israel's fault.

Livingstone: Jews are using "New McCarthyism" against me

Can Red Ken just step off a bridge and die?

Paragon of Ethics, DEMOCRAT John Conyers gives new meaning to the term "Kulture of Korruption"

MSM yawns.

Halliburton! Libby! Abramoff! SQUAWK!

Puke

#10 Ayatollah Ghilmeini: Does this mean that Atrios is going to have 10 open threads every day about Ahmanijedad's eschaton dreams?

Just heard this on Rush:

Former Conyers Aids Press Ethics Complaints

I demand a mock impeachment hearing in the basement!

Indiana, my Indiana!

#10 AG

A guy hearing voices from a dude dead 12 centures who has the flimisiest grasp of modern history and has supervised the contract killing of poltical oppenents wants nuclear weapons.

You forgot "What could go wrong?"
/snark

Just posted this on another thread, but it is urgent. This is a far greater violation than a few cartoons.

Tajikistan demolishing their only synagogue.

The mikve and several of the classrooms have already been torn down, with all the structures due to be demolished by June to make way for a new presidential palace.

Bush makes classy gesture, roundly criticized.

BDS comes to India. It just never ends.

Busy day today.

#18 loppyd: Spring is almost here. Let's host it on the lawn in front of Capitol Hill.

Cocktails and Witnesses: The Conyers Barbeque!

12Z NAM says NYC mixes with sleet and freezing rain for a time, which cuts down accumulations but adds to the fun, tomorrow morning.

Note 12Z NAM also suggests Philadelphia walks a fine line between liquid rain and freezing rain, and if it is mostly freezing rain, could be close to an inch of ice, sufficient to at least snap some tree limbs and power lines, plus make for a heckuvan exciting morning commute. Best ice odds North and West of town.

12Z GFS says NYC is mostly snow. Maybe 20 cm. NYC has had, IIRC, 4 straight years of 40 inches plus snow at Central Park, which has never happened before. This would be 5 straight years, a sure sign of global warming.

Notice that BOS gets only light, perhaps almost no, snow. Just a tad too far North.

New 12Z GFS also suggests about 1 week, maybe, to first semi-widespread Kansas-Oklahoma-Texas tornado outbreak of Spring Tornado Season 2006.

#22 Jamie

BDS comes to India. It just never ends.

Time to close down all those call centers/help desks we outsourced.

#14 Lawhawk:

Thanks for posting that. What's most disturbing is that the Times says that all Op-Eds are checked for factual accuracy. Obviously, they are not.

Who was that writer a couple of years ago who described her herendous experience of trying to get a pro-Israel OP-ED written in the Times, only to give up because they kept changing it? It's somewhere on the net...it was pretty big news in the blogosphere.

loppyd

demand a mock impeachment hearing in the basement!

Im in! Is there a ping pong table?

How's this excuse for aiding & abetting illegal immigration:

Catholic bishops on immigration reform
Monday's editorial "Churchmen and coyotes" misrepresents the position of the Catholic Church on immigration reform generally and the Housed-passed version (H.R.4437) specifically. Your readers deserve the facts.
The Catholic bishops opposed the House bill in December for numerous reasons, including that the legislation would for the first time in our nation's history criminalize those here without authorization and those who would "assist" them......... (read whole thing in link below, 3rd letter down)

MARK FRANKEN
Executive director
Migration and Refugee Services
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Washington

[Link: www.washtimes.com...]

Oh joy! I'm number 4 and you weren't. I hereby claim all privileges and benefits that are afforded to those like myself that are in the all-powerful and omnipotent top-five! Gawd, that felt wonderful. Excuse me while I pat myself repeatedly on the back. pat..pat...pat....

#9 Flipflop,

Yes, I to have noticed a great increase in window rattling of late. Makes one wonder if something is up?

Or maybe it's just the newest crop of OCSers in training.

NZ Palestinian Terror Supporters' Club urge Israel to accept Hamas.

Key Line:

Israel must be brought to respect international law and to abandon its practice of an extremist ideology, which is unacceptable in today’s post- apartheid, multicultural world.

Pssst - don't mention Saudi Arabia.

22 JammieWearingFool

"The only way that Bush can honor Gandhi is by ... showing greater compassion for the poor people of the world and not by laying a wreath at his memorial," he said in a statement released by the Washington-based Institute for Public Policy.

I'd like to shove the wreath up this idiots arse.

More BDS in India.

The usual suspects:

On Tuesday, about 1,000 Muslims demonstrated in Bombay, some waving placards reading "Devil Bush Go Back," with caricatures of Bush as a cross between Superman and Satan — dressed in the superhero's red-and-blue costume with devil's horns and clutching a missile.

Some mosques in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, where Bush will visit Friday, have already unfurled banners protesting his arrival and plan to chant verses from the Quran in hopes that it will drive him away.

Muslim groups also have called for a daylong strike to protest Bush's visit to Hyderabad, a key center of India's booming information technology industry. Muslims account for nearly 40 percent of the city's 7 million people.

Members of the leftist Students Federation of India and the Communist Party of India burned effigies of Bush at three intersections in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

The communists, who are key allies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, also plan to protest Thursday at India's Parliament in New Delhi, a few miles from where Bush and Singh will meet.

"Up to 50,000 people will take part in the march, and we have the police permission to express our feelings," said Pushpender Grewal, secretary of the Communist Party of India.

"We will protest against the U.S. policies, especially the inhuman atrocities in Afghanistan and Iraq, a likely invasion of
Iran and its continuing support to
Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine."

Communists and Muslim groups have criticized New Delhi for backing a U.S. move to report longtime ally Iran to the
International Atomic Energy Agency over allegations Tehran is developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

24 Axiom

Cocktails and Witnesses: The Conyers Barbeque!

Sounds like a Kennedy trial to me.

28 TMF

Im in! Is there a ping pong table?

Beer Pong!

Can someone clue me in on this,

illegal aliens pay taxes

How? Don't you have to have a social security number and don't you have to have a birth certificate to get a social security number?

I'm not talking about legal immigrants with work visas.

NEWS FLASH!

Denmark Apologizes!

(Be sure to right-click the headings at the top.)

Perhaps the only redeeming trait of 'V is for Vengance' is that the audience could imagine Ken Livingstone and a spandex-clad Goerge Galloway in parliment as it's being blown up dramatically as we've seen in the trailers.

34 JammieWearingFool

The commies hate Bush? That's a shockah!

Addendum to previous post - "Israel must abandon its 'extremist' ideology" but Hamas can keep theirs?

The jokes keep on coming.

38 newsjunkie_ky

illegal aliens pay taxes

In what context did you read this?

#15 lykeios

Because Red Ken, like the Islamists, fall back to the old standard:

"No matter whose fault it is, blame the Jew."

At least there is come good news today: Israel/Palestine-Fueled Solo My Name Is Rachel Corrie Won't Reach NY in March

An expected Off-Broadway transfer of the London solo, My Name Is Rachel Corrie penned by actor Alan Rickman and journalist Katherine Viner, about the death of an American protestor killed in the Gaza Strip, will not see the New York stage this season.

The work was never announced or listed as a consideration by New York Theatre Workshop but had been planned to reach the downtown Manhattan stage in March.

Well thank goodness! Oh but:

"We always try to minimize the distractions around the production so our constituency can hear the artist's voice. This takes a great deal of planning and listening to accomplish. In the less than two months we had to mount the proposed production of the Royal Court's My Name Is Rachel Corrie, we found that there was a strong possibility that a number of factions, on all sides of a political conflict, could use the production as a platform for their own agendas. We were not confident that we had the time to create an environment where the art could be heard independent of the political issues associated with it."

So you mean they can show this play giving their point of view, but anyone who doesn't like it is using it as a platform for their agenda? Give me a break!

There is no way to seperate the play from the politics when the play is a freaking political LIE!

#19

Meanwhile in the Contradiction State (CT), our erstwhile "legislature" has now seen fit to enact a law protecting us from the inherent evils of colored handguns.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING COLORED HANDGUNS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2006) (a) No person shall 1 manufacture, distribute, transport or import into the state, possess, 2 offer or expose for sale or give away any handgun that is coated with a 3
color other than chrome, military camel, black, gray or nickel. 4 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 5 handguns used by the Department of Public Safety, police 6 departments, the Department of Correction or the military or naval 7 forces of this state or of the United States in the discharge of their 8
official duties. 9 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections: Section 1 October 1, 2006 New section Statement of Purpose:
To ban the possession, manufacture or sale of handguns that are coated with various colors.

WTF?

newsjunkie_ky

illegal aliens pay taxes

I suppose it means if they're working they must be using somebody's social security number, so there would be taxes withheld, but no tax return ever filed...I suppose.

#38 newsjunkie
They pay taxes when they purchase products. They do not pay into the system which suports the programs they take advantage of through payroll taxes. If Neal Boortz and Congressman Linder could get the congress to take up The Fair Tax plan this could be addressed

#19 Rightwingprof

Indiana is having some problems.

Not your Indiana

#22 JWF

Note the last paragraph:

It is customary for all leading international guests to lay a wreath at the memorial, where Gandhi was cremated after he was shot dead by a Hindu rightwinger in 1948.

It's those eeeeeeevil rightwingers again! Haliburton must have a time machine....

#8 davesax 3/1/2006 09:28AM PST

Did you notice that he never once mentioned any Palestinian obligations toward peace in the entire article?

#46 m

Nah, that's liberal tribespeak for, "We want to try to obfuscate the fact that Rachel was aiding and abetting terrorist sympathizers. Unfortunately, a thorough study revealed no one will buy that... or buy a ticket for that."

47 GotFrags

That's f-d up. Maybe gang related?

Greetings from MA, BTW!

Disgusting!

#38 newsjunkie

Illegal aliens use ITINs (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) to pay taxes and also to buy houses and such. ITINs were designed for some other purpose (I forget what) but are now used illegally for the nefarious purposes of foreigners.

Can banks profiteer from illegal immigration with impunity?

46 m

Maybe they were afraid THIS PHOTO would be part of the debate.

44 loppyd

Everytime there is a discussion about illegal aliens those arguing for the illegals bring this subject up and no ever questions them about this statement.

Thanks for the thoughts redstate and just_a.

This subject has always bugged me.

Israelis ask Oscars to drop suicide bomb film

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A group of Israelis who lost children to Palestinian suicide bombings appealed on Wednesday to organizers of next week's Academy Awards to disqualify a film exploring the reasoning behind such attacks.

Good luck.

Oh good Lord:

"Our war with the Jews is over land, brothers. We must understand this. If they had not plundered our land, there wouldn't be a war between us," al Qaradhawi said in a television program broadcast Saturday on Qatar TV. A translation of his comments was provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

"We are fighting them in the name of Islam, because Islam commands us to fight whoever plunders our land and occupies our country," al Qaradhawi said. "The Muslims of that country must carry out the resistance, and the rest of the Muslims must help them. If the people of that country are incapable or reluctant, we must fight to defend the land of Islam, even if the local [Muslims] give it up."

I didn't realize the [bigoted word]s were all peaches and cream until 1948. *yeah right!*

Al Qaradhawi said he issued an Islamic religious ruling saying that "martyrdom operations" (suicide bombings) are permitted as part of a holy war between Judaism and Islam.

"They fight us with Judaism, so we should fight them with Islam. They fight us with the Torah, so we should fight them with the Koran.

"If they say 'the Temple,' we should say 'the Al-Aqsa Mosque.' If they say: 'We glorify the Sabbath,' we should say: 'We glorify the Friday.' This is how it should be. Religion must lead the war. This is the only way we can win," said al Qaradhawi.

Al Qaradhawi's comments -- that Muslims from different countries must fight "under the banner of Islam"-- take on added significance, given the fact that Hamas soon will dominate the Palestinian government.

Well there it is in a nutshell.

link

#53 Indefatigable

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :D

G-d bless Charles and all you lizards for providing and maintaining an oasis of clarity, strength and humor in what's becoming a most crazy, mixed up woyld (apologies to Bogie).

I don't post much, but I truly appreciate all of y'all...

58 newsjunkie_ky

Everytime there is a discussion about illegal aliens those arguing for the illegals bring this subject up and no ever questions them about this statement.

The libs love to use that phrase and never get called on it.

Here in MA that was thrown around during the debate on whether to extend in-state tuition to illegal aliens. The bill was defeated, thankfully.

#31 semper gumbi

Are you in shock-wave distance of Q as well?

Can there be an OT Topic on an Open Thread ?

Has there been any news of Norman Kember and the other piece hostages, given that it is over three months since they were "abducted".

#57 loppyd

I would HAVE HAD to make a trip to NY just to protest these assholes. And that picture would make a niiiiiiiiice sign :D

55 Grand Junctionite

There are no words.

May G-d bless and keep his family.

Any lawyers on the thread? I have questions about the legality of aerial photography.

#62 Jimbouie

aawww! Well you should certainly post more often!

/flattery will get you everywhere :D

#47 GotFrags?

To ban the possession, manufacture or sale of handguns that are coated with various colors.

WTF?

There may be two reasons for this:

1) They don't want "camoflage" colored guns because they can be used for "paramilitary" purposes; or

2) They want their police to be able to better differentiate if a person is holding a real gun or a toy gun. Toy guns are generally in bright colors, sometimes multi-colored, so that an officer under pressure can quickly determine if the gun holder really is a threat or not.

I don't know which it is, but it's a stupid law either way. If it's because of #1, then it won't change anything. If it's because of #2 then there is a better way. Just reserve one color for toy guns, one for bb/pellet guns, and prohibit those two colors from being used in real gun manufacturing.

loppyd

The idea that illegal aliens would get in-state tuition burns my butt.

Did CA block this practice also?

There's some ugly news on Fox this morning.
Illegal aliens are being provided lawyers through the mexican government to sue American land owners who "harrass" illegals tresspassing
on private property. One ranch has already been
sued and is now owned by socalled protected illegal aliens. So we're being told again as tax paying citizens we have no rights or protections against those are illegally invading this country. Now they are using our justice system to steal from those who pay the taxes for those who come here to suck us dry.
If I were the original owners of that ranch stolen by the mexican governemt via illegal aliens, I'd salt the whole thing where nothing would ever grow.

I always drink too much on Wednesday nights.

#54 loppyd

Hi Neighbor! Have enjoyed reading yours past posts. Keep up the good work.

I was imagining a gang connection as well, but couldn't fathom any gang having the audacity to carry pink handguns. Guess anything is possible.

C/

An expected Off-Broadway transfer of the London solo, My Name Is Rachel Corrie penned by actor Alan Rickman and journalist Katherine Viner, about the death of an American protestor killed in the Gaza Strip, will not see the New York stage this season.

My favorite Alan Rickman scene was seeing him fall to his death from the Nakatomi Building in Die Hard.

If only life really imitated art.

74 GotFrags? 3/1/2006 10:03AM PST

code pink, perhaps...
-- DRG --....
;>P

68 flip flop

paralegal here....what state are you in?

REPOST

I thought I'd distract those who are interested by linking to the latest Thing That Pisses Me Off.

Not like a movie's going to bring down our government, but all the moonbats and wingnuts in Hollywood are going apeshit over the forthcoming V FOR VENDETTA. Here's a discussion on V from a site that I used to like, until about three years ago when its entire staff began to reveal themselves as left-wing firebrands at heart...

[Link: www.chud.com...]

I mean, WTF? You read this very carefully, you start to understand the magnitude of what we're up against. Fuck the Muslims, can we talk about the Fifth Column here?

#70 kayawanee

Maybe related to some/all of your points. More likely, it's a "death by 1,000 cuts" strategy. I'll look up the legislative history to see the justification.

C/

Speaking of Mexico, anybody heard about this American family kidnapped my Mexican military or para-military?
Link

Bay Area Americana Report

SF is nuts, but I want you all to know that not everybody I the SF Bay Area is an LLL. I want to tell you about last night’s city council meeting here in Concord, in the East Bay area.

They opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, and they didn’t leave out “under God”. I saw several flag lapel pins.

Then they had a presentation about our local VFW-affiliated drum corps (marching band, I guess) which just won the international drum corps championship, which was held in Holland a few weeks ago.

Casey Sheehan’s uniform is on display at our veteran’s hall, by the way.

Then they had a birthday proclamation for a man’s 102nd birthday. He immigrated from Italy in 1923, worked at first as a day laborer, eventually built up his own produce business in SF, then retired to Concord in 1969. He has spent the time since doing lots of volunteer work with local youth. His family was there, there were pictures taken with the mayor, etc etc.

Then they got down to the serious business of what the heck we are going to do with the 5,000 acres we are getting control of when the Port Chicago Naval Weapons Station closes in a few years. People who work for the city told how lots of times foreign developers have come in to city offices and demanded(!) that the land be sold to them. City officials reported that this time (as opposed to last time), the gov’t has given the city total say in who the land is sold to, as long as it is for a fair market price. Yeah!

Yeah for the city for caring more about city than about the money, and yeah for the feds for giving us local control.

Okay, that’s all. My longest post ever.

#46 m

' My Name Is Rachel Corrie Won't Reach NY in March '

. When I heard that the play about Rachel wouldn't be staged in New York this season, I was crushed.

#77 loppyd

Virginia. Photographs would be taken over a rural, but privately-owned area.

RTLM

I always drink too much on Wednesday nights.

A practice encouraged by "hump day" specials at bars.

Quark, have you read this?

The Second Mexican War

Didn't Mexico recently say that the USA should stop treating illegals as, well, illegals? Does anybody have a link to this?

Hit me FlipFlop

Here is a link to an article about the cartoon "unveiling" in Irvine, CA last night, from a newspaper that

decided that printing them was not necessary to an understanding of the news story and would "serve no useful purpose" while needlessly offending members of the community.

And here is another from a paper with which I am unfamiliar. It has a photo I have not seen elsewhere, of a person who was ejected from the event being "held" (restrained?) by another.

#73 RTLM:

Well, at least you wait until night.

*hic*

#60 m

"We are fighting them in the name of Islam, because Islam commands us to fight whoever plunders our land and occupies our country

What you have to realize, and you do, is that "All your lands are belong to us".

Hey, whats PETA and ELF's take on the murdering of 1000000s of innocent chickens in China, India and elsewhere?

you'd think they'd be on the front lines of this tragedy of Holocaust proportions.

Cartoonists Sign Danish Flag for Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

HANLEY’S HOSTS DANISH FLAG-SIGNING EVENT FOR CBLDF
Press Release

On Wednesday March 8, Jim Hanley’s Universe will be hosting a special “Flag Signing” for the CBLDF, where we want your autograph. Cartoonists and industry professionals are all invited to sign a flag of Denmark as a show of solidarity with the cartoonists being persecuted as a result of the still raging Mohammed cartoon controversy. The flag will be auctioned at a later date to support the free speech advocacy work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The event will begin at 6:00 PM.

The brainchild of Colleen Doran, the large vinyl Denmark flag has been signed and drawn upon by a wide variety of comics’ finest talents at last week’s New York Comic-Con. Signers so far include: Colleen Doran, Jim Lee, Neal Adams, Kevin Smith, Frank Miller, Joe Quesada, Todd McFarlane, John Romita, Jr., Kevin Nowlan, Kevin Eastman, Paul Gulacy, Kevin Maguire, Larry Marder, Shannon Denton, Walt Simonson, Terry Austin, Scott Hanna, Rags Morales, Erik Larsen, Chris Eliopolous, Bob Wayne, Paul Levitz, Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Carlos D’Anda, Joe Staton, Jim Salicrup, Carl Potts, Bill Sienkiewicz, Irwin Hasen, Jim Steranko, Mark Bagley, Frank Cho, Michael William Kaluta, John Lucas, Daniel Vozzo, Ale Garza, Garth Ennis, Esad Ribic, Mike Lilly, Dean Yeagle, and many others.

CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein says, “The violent fundamentalist outbursts raging as a result of the Danish cartoons are chilling to everyone who values Free Expression. Everyone who loves comics understands the power of images, and most of us are aghast at how the lines these cartoonists put on paper has provoked violence rather than dialogue. When Colleen put this flag together, it was intended as a way for American cartoonists and comics professionals to express their solidarity with the Danish cartoonists facing persecution, and to emphasize the value we all place on freedom of expression. It’s our hope that with this first signing event at Jim Hanley’s that we’ll be able to gather the signatures of every creator in our community that values Free Expression and the power of the images we create.”

Both Brownstein and CBLDF Deputy Director Greg Thompson will be on hand at the event to greet signers and gather new CBLDF memberships.

Jim Hanley’s Universe Manager and Events Coordinator, Vito Delsante, says, “Hanley’s is a huge supporter of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. You can’t put a value on the work they do every day to protect the First Amendment. I hope to see all my fellow comic creators here next week for this important event. In a time like this, I think it goes without saying that we need to show our support for this incredibly important cause.”

Jim Hanley’s Universe is located at 4 West 33rd Street (opposite the Empire State Building). For more info, please call 212-268-7088.

Today's the anniversary of the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas...
The Bamiyan Project

I recomend you visit here for a virtual tour of the site (quicktime required). It takes a few minutes to load but well worth it.

#86 ayatollah

on the way!

All day there has been a kertuffle (is that a real word?) over who was first. Well here is a newsflash for the [bigoted word]s. First there were Jews, then there were Christians, and then there were Muslims. So basically they are trying to take a wildcard berth in the playoffs and ride it to the championship.

71 newsjunkie_ky

I don't know about CA.

Here in MA it was considered a major victory. The dems were caught off guard by the outpouring of anger by their usually LLL constituency over it.

84 redstate

A practice encouraged by "hump day" specials at bars.

Sounds like a good reason for a law suit.
"I can't quit drinking because of the "hump day" specials at all the bars." Then I get home to the wife on "hump day" and can't get it to work. I demand "hump day" be changed to "no hump day".

Heh
:)

#8 davesax - Hi guy! Good to see you posting again - how are ya doing?

@85 Fjordman

Thanx for the link. I haven't read that.
Living in a border state myself, I'm tired of reading taxpaying property owners being run over roughshod by two governments.
I also ask, what court/judge allowed such a civil case to into court against someone actively defending themselves and their property? Another land owner, wheelchair bound had several charges of murder filed against him after 32 illegals attacked him and his family. They live in a remote area. Then he was sued in civil court trying to wrest his property from him because he was had all the charges dropped or diminished. It cost him 100,000 dollars to defend himself in court! He should file a massive lawsuit against the mexcian government.

#64 Flipflop,

Closer than you. I live in South Stafford. Frankly, I'm amazed the shock wave reaches into Spotsy.

#100 semper gumbi

*ah* OK. I thought you were out in King George Co. You're probably only a few miles north of me, but definitely closer to the range.

I don't know if anybody else is featuring this book, but y'all might want to take a look at the new illustrated Bush-bashing cartoon book.

My take: Hmm… Novel Idea: Republicans as Pigs

I'm assuming, based on the reader reviews, that this is what passes for great humor on the Left. Well, I find it to be a hoot, but for other reasons...

#94 just a grunt:

It's kerfuffle. And yes, it's a word.

Don't Diss Mo, but Bush desecration syndrome is A-OK, healthy & encouraged "free speech" by the usual suspects

Members of the leftist Students Federation of India and the Communist Party of India burned effigies of Bush at three intersections in Hyderabad on Tuesday

#99 rayra
Congrats on the hard work and good job. The only mention I saw of this event was on the crawl at the bottom of the screen on Fox news before leaving for work. I guess with no burning cars there just wasn't any "news" worth reporting.

# 85 fjordman

Mexico has been essentially saying for years that our casa is their casa. Something like 60 percent of Mexicans believe that the US southwest belongs to them, so therefore (in near-Islamic logic) they don't need to follow American immigration laws.

The Bush administration is in agreement, more or less, and is working to "integrate" the North American continent.

CFR's Plan to Integrate US, Mexico and Canada

The Council on Foreign Relations' planning document is quite a jaw-dropper for us citizens who still believe in borders and sovereignty.

#15 lykeios

Livingstone: Jews are using "New McCarthyism" against me

Is that the "New, Improved McCarthyism" that I've been hearing about?

#99 rayra

Outstanding...looking forward to the completed work.

25 Ed Mahmoud abu al Qahool Martyr Brigade -
"12Z GFS says NYC is mostly snow. Maybe 20 cm. NYC has had, IIRC, 4 straight years of 40 inches plus snow at Central Park, which has never happened before. This would be 5 straight years, a sure sign of global warming."
Either you forgot a sarc tag after "a sure sign of global warming" or I'm gonna have to rethink my position on global warming! LOL!
I think your IIRC is correct - we seem to get snow later each year ( a White Christmas was a given 35 years or so ago) now we don't seem to even start getting snow at all until mid- to late January but we do get it less frequently, but when we get it, WE GET IT!
Thanks again for your weather updates.

#99 rayra

this was a segregated protest

Hilarious. Whilst waving signs and chanting "Mohammad is a protector of women," they were standing at the "back of the bus."

Bill Bennett pens a strong, eloquent argument against the UAE ports deal.

At NR Online

Hard to refute.

This looks like the right thread to bring this back up, with highlights:

More Americans abducted along Mexico border than in Iraq

Twenty-six Americans are now officially listed as missing in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo region of the U.S.-Mexico border—in addition to the more than 400 Mexicans reported to be suffering a similar fate.

The number of American civilians missing or kidnapped in Iraq since the beginning of the war is 23 as of last September, the latest figure released by the State Department

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On Jan. 3 there was a harrowing standoff with heavily armed suspected cartel paramilitaries in the hamlet of El Cenizo, about 15 miles south of here.

An alleged smuggler drove a van pursued by sheriff’s deputies into the Rio Grande and used his cell phone to call in reinforcements.

“They arrived within minutes—all clad in black, all with AK-47s—and took up positions on the Mexican bank,” recalls Mr. Flores. “They shouted to us in English—and I convey these words literally—‘You wanna play, mother f…rs? Let’s play!’ Unfortunately, we could not engage them across an international boundary.”

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“They don’t even court women anymore. They abduct them at gunpoint and give them as presents to their bosses,” Mr. Flores says, shaking his head. “Here, beauty can be a curse.”

That is what happened, many believe, to U.S. citizens Yvette Martinez and Brenda Cisneros, who disappeared in Nuevo Laredo in September 2004

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Coincidentally or not, Laredo police and federal agents busted in early February what amounts to an underground factory for manufacturing improvised explosive devices comparable to those used in Iraq, seizing about half a dozen ready-made bombs and materials able to make almost 100 more.

A puzzling incursion, local officials said, was witnessed in the middle of the night 20 miles south of Laredo about a year ago.

About 20 physically well-trained men, all dressed in black with automatic rifles slung over their shoulders, crossed the Rio Grande and headed into the U.S., carrying oversized duffel bags.

“They were intercepted by the Border Patrol further down. But to this day, we don’t know what was in these bags,” one of the officials said. “Whatever the cargo, these men appeared to be ready to pick up a major fight to protect it. And that’s very unusual for a drug smuggling operation.”

A request for information left with the Border Patrol still remains unanswered.

Man, I can't even HOPE to keep up around here when I have to work. It ain't fair.

/whine

#99 rayra

"Mohammad Protector of Women" ?!?

Except Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Oriana Fallaci, of course.

74 GotFrags?

Some of the gangs here (Lowell, Lawrence, Springfield) here drive really funky neon color cars...maybe they getting guns to accesorize?

:)

#103 lawhawk and #94 just a grunt

There's even a blog called Kerfuffles. I recommend it.

@85 Fjordman

I'm sure you remember the fairy tale of the goose who laid the golden eggs. Well we're the goose, and they are in the process of killing the layer of golden eggs. Who they going after next, Canada?
They want to control the whole of North America? There are huge expanses of Mexico under no control, and they speak they can control this country? Good luck on that. What they'll get is whole lot of useless weeds, after the goose is long gone.
Nothing like a bunch of fools, other than a bunch of damned fools.

Cartoons a Califormia College Create "Chaos"...
University Panel Discussing Muhammed Cartoons Ends In Chaos

IRVINE, Calif. -- A student panel discussion that included a display of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons descended into chaos, with one speaker calling Islam an "evil religion" and audience members nearly coming to blows...

Tensions quickly escalated when the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of the conservative Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, said that Islam was an "evil religion" and that all Muslims hate America.

People repeatedly interrupted the talk and, at one point, campus police removed two men, one of them a Muslim, after they nearly came to blows.

Later, panelists were cheered when they referred to Muslims as fascists and accused mainstream Muslim-American civil rights groups of being "cheerleaders for terror."

"I put out a call to Muslims in America: Put out a fatwa on (Osama) bin Laden, put out a fatwa on (Abu Musab) al-Zarqawi," said panelist Lee Kaplan, a UAC spokesman. "Support America in the war on terror."

Who saw this coming?

#114 religion of bacon
Or 15 y/o rape victims of diminshed mental capacity

flip flop

It's legal in MA. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy of the land/home owner.

#116 Baron
Clicked on your link and Sgt Hester was on Fox and Friends this morning recounting her story. It would help if the people asking the questions knew what to ask or how to lead the guest. They jsut seemed to be overwhelmed by her more then they are congressmen and other such big shots.

#118 Killgore Trout

Later, panelists were cheered when they referred to Muslims as fascists and accused mainstream Muslim-American civil rights groups of being "cheerleaders for terror."

LLL professors are apparently slacking on the job at UC Irvine.

Sounds good to me.

#50 GJ

Another friend, Bill Swaggerty, says there is more than vandalism for the family to deal with. They're calling here and saying, 'I'm glad your son is dead' and it's wrong."

The anonymous phone calls to the grieved families happens more often than people realise.

#6 RedHeadedMenace

I think that he's going for the Generalissimo Hugo Chavez as Fidel Castro/Che' look. Afterall, he is/was running a commie-like, eight generation welfare state, he has his get-out-of-coup safehouse in Dallas at the ready, and like all good La. lefties you can bet he's got some good bank accounts.

#47 GotFrags? WTF, indeed! What other colors do guns come in (oh wait, maybe some of the Hollywood anti-gun Women who pack heat anyway, have had them colored "pink" or "plum" or some such to go with the handbags they carry them in).

India has always appeared as a fairly level-headed country that understood the volatile nature of Islam, in my opinion. Probably had something to do with the British influence and the resulting prosperity. But, America's enemies know no bounds and have no ethics and no integrity. BSD is just another manifestation of ASD (America Derangment Syndrome) of even FSD (Freedom Derangment Syndrome).

#122 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
It's nice to see this laudry aired out in LLL stronghold. Let's hope the trend continues.

#115 loppyd

Yep, nothing better to establish strong street creds than sporting your new pink Glock. (:->)

C/

#118 Kilgore Trout

"The agenda is to spread Islamophobia and create hysteria against Muslims similar to what happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany," said Umarji, an electrical engineer who graduated from Irvine last spring.

Well, at least he's not a Holocaust denier...

#120 loppyd

OK, that helps some. Thanks!

The Knesset started its inquiry into last month's events at 'Amona' today. This post also links to video footage from the scene and will teach you what a Mondanock baton is. It's not a pretty thing.

Is Palestinian statehood still a viable option? It might be, but it certainly won't solve anything.

IHTGBTWN.

48 redstateredneck and newsjunkie_ky - well if they're not using phony social security cards/numbers, maybe it means they pay sales tax?

#78 jakewashere

Yes, yes, that's the ticket for Hollywood to regain attendance at the movie theatres: another "fascist" movie (with thinly-veiled references to the BusHitler regime)! Yay, what courage, what a way to fight the powers that be! I mean, nobody's ever done a move that makes us question the BusHitler regime and "conservatives", right? It's a profile in courage! A masterpiece, a film for the times!

Geez...

/wondering if Hollywood is going to make a film about the Soviet Gulag or the Chinese political prisoner camps.

#121 Just_A_Grunt

I'm assuming you mean the kerfuffles link.

Well, at least Fox put her on the air. The other networks would be busy with Cindy Sheehan or army deserters or some such.

3 Earth2moonbat

That's Pugsley's sister, btw.....

originally to be name Pubert but it got PCed

I find the Anna Nicole Smith trip to SCOTUS amusing. I also think she's beautiful (at times). Then again, if I were a Cowboy...

#92 killgore trout

Bamiyan Buddhas Gone Boom by Taliban Day!

Strangely enough John Fund of the Wall Street Journal was on Hannity & Colmes last night recalling how the new Yalie student & former Taliban spokesperson met with him and other WSJ folks some time before September 11th in New York.

This Yalie Talib defended blowing up the Budhhas, stoning women, and other atrocious actions of his parasitic government in Afghanistan with full conviction. Fund said he realized then he was staring at evil personified. Fund also said he remembered the Yalie Talib looked up strangely at the World Trade Center towers visible from the Wall Street Journal offices.

#95 loppyd
#71 newsjunkie_ky

I don't know about CA.

Unfortunately I do. If the legislature in this state could get its colllective head out, my blood pressure wouldn't rise when this topic comes up.

If they had their way, illegals would have driver's licenses (because you know, they'll buy insurance then), sponsored tuition (that's already in place, sorta) and Jah only knows what else.

If I could move, I would.

Orange colored guns are safer?

#99 rayra aka *I Rant ∴ I Am*

great pictures, noticed the women didn't have their heads covered as I could tell, best poster 'mohammad protector of women'

#118 Killgore Trout 3/1/2006 10:30AM PS

"I put out a call to Muslims in America: Put out a fatwa on (Osama) bin Laden, put out a fatwa on (Abu Musab) al-Zarqawi," said panelist Lee Kaplan, a UAC spokesman. "Support America in the war on terror."

that would certainly speak volumes, however...
-- DRG --....
;>P

#134 mitthrawnurdo

wondering if Hollywood is going to make a film about the Soviet Gulag or the Chinese political prisoner camps.

Doubtful. The only way I could see one being made would be if it focused on the "forbidden" relationship between a gay guard and prisoner.

They are working on a Che Guevarra bio-pic as well. From the looks of it, they seem to be glossing over the whole "Psycho mass murderer" aspect of his personality.

#68 flipflop - Yup I'm a lawyer - if you want to e-mail me your questions I'll let you know if I can help answer them.

#118 Killgore

I was going to take issue with the fact that the article seems to only cite the negative things said about Islam

descended into chaos, with one speaker calling Islam an "evil religion"

and skipping things such as the poster shown on rayra's site calling the College Republicans the KKK and all the versions of posters that called supporters of free speech haters.

But then I thought technically the writer is correct.

I'll bet CHAOS (or even disorder) didn't descend when the Free Speech side was insulted. Just when Islam was.

55 Grand Junctionite

they try to make it look like our resident A-Hole Fred Phelps (the leader of the group picketing soldiers funerals) may have had something to do with this.

I don't think so. Fred may be a major a-hole, but he isn't stupid. His clan always stay within the law no matter how offensive they are.

realwest @133
brenda said @ 56 that they also use ITIN's Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers.

#141 rayra

That article gives a false impression of raucousness.

Somehow, I suspected that.

Which is why I put disorder after chaos in my #145.

For a good article on Sgt Hester who became the first women to receive the Silver Star since WWII go here Women Silver Star Winner
When they did the interview with her on Fox this morning they showed the video they captured from the insurgents who were filming the ambush.

Regarding the ports deal - Sec of Treasury Snow has a serious conflict of interest but continues to push the deal as best for the country. See linked article that mentions his former job as CEO of CXS Corp when DP World had formerly acquired CSX.

And now R. Dole has picked up a contract to PR for Dubai.

[Link: logisticstoday.com...]

#99 rayra
Nice work! I like the empty seat they left for CAIR. Looks like they had three of the mohammad cartoons. The turban/bomb one looks modified in some way. Is it just a camera effect?

#144 realwest

It's on the way...thanks!

#136 Keepandbear

originally to be name Pubert but it got PCed

Wasn't the new baby born in Addam's Family Values named Pubert?

#137 Baldy 3/1/2006 10:41AM PST
I find the Anna Nicole Smith trip to SCOTUS amusing. I also think she's beautiful (at times). Then again, if I were a Cowboy...

I think Anna Nicole went to the Supreme Court to do some future hubby shopping...

#143 Kragar

They've already done that. It's called THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES.

And my guess for the Wachowski/McTeigue version of V FOR VENDETTA is that they've adapted the original satire on Thatcherite England (it was written in 1983) to a satire on Bush's America. Among the differences is that the totalitarian government that took over in the book was a white-supremacy coalition, as opposed to the religious fundamentalists of the film. This isn't the only change from the book, but it's a representative example; there are so many changes that V's original creator, Alan Moore, asked to have his name taken out of the credits.

UAE: More Mohammed Madness - Dist. Pulls "Mad" Magazine Over Cartoon of Mohammad's Face on a PANCAKE

...But other readers said the comic was famous for satirising everything controversial. Usman Al Shaikh Hassan, manager of Dar Al Hikma, which distributed 120 copies, said the country's censors approved the magazine. While Hassan said he did not believe the images were intended to offend Muslims, he would try to withdraw remaining copies from the market. Hassan said sensitivities were running high because of the Danish cartoon controversy and feared people were misunderstanding the magazine's satire....

#99 rayra - just went there for a quick look -see and added it to my fav's!
I'm having too much fun rushing around with my spanking new broadband (after 8 years of dial-up) to really read it, but will later when you get more
up on it.
Oh and congratulations for forming Rayra.Net!

OK, this belongs on the earlier thread, but it might get missed there:

Israeli Missile Strike Kills Islamic Jihad's Gaza Strip Leader

March 1 (Bloomberg) -- The leader of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip was killed today by an Israeli missile fired from a military drone, a Palestinian doctor said.

Nice to see the press following the Pali media rules.

71 newsjunkie
That fact that illegals can legally obtain driver licenses is an outrage as well.

#145 Silhouette
Thanks for directing me to Rayra's post, I didn't see that one.

#99 rayra
Nice work.

#158 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
That good news already has its own thread. I love the way they say it was a missile strike when Israel denied it.

#124 Buckeye Abroad

The anonymous phone calls to the grieved families happens more often than people realise.

The enemy within. I think we all have a pretty good idea as to the origin of these calls.

131 flip flop

anytime.... :D

#155 jakewashere

"Motorcycle diaries" was his early life. This new one is supposed to be about his life "fighting for the people".

Guerrilla

An epic about Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, who fought for the people.

To translate Hollyweird-speak; its a slob job.

#62 Jimbouie aawww! Well you should certainly post more often! /flattery will get you everywhere :D

I'll remember that!

153 Semper Gumbi

Wasn't the new baby born in Addam's Family Values named Pubert?

yes that is correct. But by then bare a$$es were showing on Mainstream TV so it was acceptable to have pubert name in a PG movie

155 jakewashere
What bothers me about that is that Natalie Portman (born in Jerusalem Israel in 1981) should know better who the enemy really is.

Third Infatada declared:
[Link: www.worldnetdaily.com...]

I'm reading the bio of this guy: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson.

He sounds like the kind of leaders we need today in America to fight the cancer of islam.

Where are todays leaders? So few. Guiliani better run in 2008 and Condi Rice as his running mate.

#161 Joel

I love the way they say it was a missile strike when Israel denied it.

I know. That was my point. The entire thing, other than one line, completely supports the Palis side of the story.

I'm giving up hard liquor for Lent, only Beer and Wine for me. I think I'm going to cry!

No Shots, no mixed drinks, no MARGARITAS! I will save some money though.

Half a day down, 39.5 more to go!

Rayra, I think this is the wizard behind the curtain....the muslims want us to believe that this is such a terrible thing, without letting us actually seeing what the fuss is all about.

Once the people see what the fuss is about, they will disgusted at all the outrage by the muslims.

#99 rayra

Thank you for documenting what happened at last night's UC Cartoon event on your rayra.net. Hope Charles updates the event with your info & pictures.

Thanks to College Republicans for helping make this happen at UC. That takes courage by civilian young people, like that of our young people fighting abroad.

MC Hamza - chip off the old hook.

Or should that be hooker?

From NRO:

Who are the moderate Muslims, and why do they not speak up?" After being asked this question over and over again, we decided to propose the following

A Muslim Manifesto

Sorry for the drive by, I'm back to work now

#150 Lorraine

Sec of Treasury Snow has a serious conflict of interest but continues to push the deal as best for the country. See linked article that mentions his former job as CEO of CXS Corp when DP World had formerly acquired CSX.

No conflict of interest. Secretary Snow was confirmed in 2003. He would have had to divest all interest in CSX. DP World didn't buy out CSX's international division until 2004.

This is just like claiminmg Haliburton gets special treatment because the VP used to be the head of Haliburton.

#157 Realwest

I'm having too much fun rushing around with my spanking new broadband

It's da bomb, ain't it? Sort of like the difference between a moped and a Harley. ;) Enjoy!

Saudi Arabia - Diversity Fair with SCARRRY CREEEPY LADY RUG Merchant Photo

In the Qassim village, a particularly surreal spectacle stood out as a woman completely veiled in the Bedouin burqa sat on a floor covered with hand-woven carpets. Next to her was a loom containing an unfinished woven carpet. “Sing for us, Umm Shugaa,” said one woman. “We hear that you know the old songs. Please sing for us,” said another. Then the old woman began singing and several women started clapping in syncopated Bedouin rhythms that left visitors clapping clumsily along.

I STRONGLY suggest your click this link. It will freak you out. Even the Arab News thought it bizarre...

#169 Joel

Yeah, that struck me too. However, I knew from 2004 that she turned into a moonbat (or was one all thie time) when I saw her hacking for Kerry.

All the comments I've heard about her are basically that "she's hot". That she may be, but as the great philospher Obi Wan said, "Your eyes can deceive you - don't trust them." I apply this philosophy a lot when it comes to women...

Cartman,

A Harley? Darn things are so slow, they can't even get out of their own way.

Try a nice Beemer bike. Or a Ducati.

158 Kragar (proud to be kafir)
I wouldn't want to miss a fresh Car Swarm

#162 Cartman

I think we all have a pretty good idea as to the origin of these calls.

Yup. They vandalized the family's house as well, so the community should just keep its ears open when these punks start bragging about it.

Then knee cap them. In both knees.

Did you all already discuss "Valley of the Wolves" the Turkish blockbuster movie portraying US/Israel as evil that's got moviegoing Turks in Germany cheering against Big Satan and Little Satan (you know, us)? Front page article in today's [Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

139 RedHeadedMenace

I think the tide has changed ever so slightly in MA. But that could change in a heartbeat.

In recent months there have been several serious car accidents caused by illegal aliens which have been widely publicized. In one instance, a woman who was gardening in her front yard was mowed down and killed, in another a police officer on a traffic detail was struck and seriously injured and the most recent involved a pedestrian being struck and killed in my town.

In all instances the driver of the car was here illegally from Brazil - in fact, the last one I listed used to work at the Dunkin Donuts I stop at most mornings. How he got a job without a social security number is a good question.

People here seem to be fed up.

A Harley? Darn things are so slow, they can't even get out of their own way.

Uh oh. Cato the Elder has thrown down the gauntlet. Prepare for heavy seas. :)

#182 mitthrawnurdo
She may be "hot" but anyone (particularly a Jew who was born in Israel) who thinks that the US government (or British) is the enemy and not the Islamofascists is a moonbat. Yes I remember her in a Kerry T-Shirt.

#169 Joel

She seems to have unknowingly fallen into the Chomsky pattern of blaming one's own race for problems externally instigated. Why, why, WHY do Jews do that to themselves?

#68 flipflop

Any lawyers on the thread? I have questions about the legality of aerial photography.

I was a lawyer's roommate. But more to the point, one of my friends is a helicopter pilot.

Before you start your grow, take a ride in a helicopter. Yes it is legal for people to hover inches above your property. Including LEOs. You will learn that growing outdoors is foolhardy.

And indoors too: if these folks can get popped, anybody can.

You might want to consider transitioning to legal crops, like phalaris and divinorum.

AssPress photos;

Dozens of Muslim students and supporters protested at the University of California, Irvine, against plans by organizers of a panel discussion on Islamic extremism to show controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad first published in Danish newspaper.

The protest began when about 200 Muslim students, many wearing green armbands, placed mats on the barricaded street and said a prayer.

No dogs were injured in the offering of this prayer.

Here's the mess of Ass Press photos.

#177 Jim in Virginia
Nice find.

189 Semper Gumbi

Hah!

I had a friend that used to ride a Kawaski of about 750cc or so IIRC. He said that he could out run the Harleys of the day for about 5 miles. then he'd better find an exit because the Harleys had a lot more top end.

/either that or the Harley riders were braver than he was but I don't really believe tha cause my friend was a freaking nutcase.

#147 redstateredneck - read the whole link, even the IRS PDF files and it clearly can only be obtained by legal aliens so I sitll don't get it except maybe for the sales tax).

Hello Lizardoids,

I saw a picture in yesterday's paper of some "Palestinian youths" (i.e., Arab youths) throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers.

The rocks they were throwing looked more like small concrete bricks, or tiles. They had a rectangular shape. They weren't rocks that you would just stoop down and find on the ground. They were more like building materials.

Does anyone know where the "Palestinian youths" get these "rocks" that they throw all the time? Can anyone help me out?

Wild Olive

Looks like questions about the OU Suicide Bomber aren't going away. There's some new information out, but the $64,000 question still can't be answered with any certainty - namely what was he doing, what was his intent, and where did he intend to blow up that bomb?

Joel

IIRC Natalie Portman had a rep as being a haughty little b*tch while at Harvard. She was ragged on regularly in the Herald's Inside Track.

Natalie Portman should know better. But I should know better than to put any trust in Hollywood when looking for smarts. I'd boycott her films, but I boycott all films.

#194 Terp Mole

"AssPress"..lol, I like it. Although when I first saw it, I thought was an exercise.

#183 rayra

Gotta post & run.

Thanks!

Your effort was well worth it, and is much appreciated...makes me feel like I've been able to penetrate the PC shield of the MSM.

Thanks again!

#184 Cato:

I'll take a Harley over a crotch-rocket donorcycle any day. After all, nothing compares to a Harley for accomplishing the primary purpose of any motorcycle.

Time to WDTSBFMAD

Hope I don't get hit by an illegal...)

188 loppyd

I think the tide has changed ever so slightly in MA. But that could change in a heartbeat.

The ONLY thing that's given me any hope of late is the pending extradition of Armando Garcia. After four years that rat b*stard is going to go on trial for shooting an LA County Sheriff.

Unfortunately, that's coming from the federal level, not the state.

Harking back to previous posts, here in San Diego county, those that live in the outlying areas are constantly bombarded by "immigrating" illegals. So far, they're not totally hampered by the lack of ability to defend their property - although that could be next.

#201 Beagle

Yeah, and her "acting" skills are vastly overrated. The only movie I liked her in was Episode III, but that's only because Anakin/Darth Vader choked her *oops, spoiler alert..hehehe*.

#68 flipflop

I have questions about the legality of aerial photography.

It's legal.

Breaking: Jordan says foils al Qaeda suicide bombing plot

Jordanian intelligence foiled an al Qaeda plot to mount a suicide attack against a key civilian target using 4 kg (9 lb) of explosives, state television said on Wednesday.

"The intelligence department have foiled a terrorist plot of a group belonging to the al Qaeda network, of Iraqi, Libyan and Saudi nationals, to execute by a suicide bombing an operation targeting a critical civilian installation," state television said.

The authorities did not name the installation that was targeted.

#184 Cato the Elder 3/1/2006 11:05AM PST

A FATWAD OF HD REAR TIRE TREAD UPON YOU

HD-ACKBAR !***-O)):~{>
-- DRG --....
;>P

#193 toddhisattva 3/1/2006 11:08AM PST

Way too much information.

204 Jheka

I'll take a Harley over a crotch-rocket donorcycle any day

ROFL!

Now I'm going. Took me all this time to layer up for the artic blast.

#186 Buckeye Abroad - Hi buddy - did you get the e-mail I sent last night?

#139 redhead

If they had their way, illegals would have driver's licenses

On a bright note, Tennessee seems to have suspended its program that issued driving certificates to immigrants who could not prove they were here legally.

Nicely says the program was good "in theory," but there have been issues with how it was implemented.

Lunch Time! That can only mean I get to join in at LGF!

#158 Kragar

The leader of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip was killed today by an Israeli missile fired from a military drone, a Palestinian doctor said.

Never mind that the Israeli military denies it, A Palestinian doctor said it, so it must be true. I wonder if he was a "pediatrician" like the last leader of Hamas. (Apparently, treating children's illnesses while preparing them to blow themselves up is not a contradiction or conflict of purposes in the Islamic world.)

Ok, it's an open thread, so I'm gonna vent. Sorry.

My next-door neighbor is dying of cancer. He's a real peach of a guy. He wants to stay in his own home as long as he can. His kids are doing everything possible to respect his wishes. Hospice is involved, and he seems to be relatively comfortable, and working out his own way into the great beyond. I check on him every day, and he seems at peace.

OK...the neighbors to the other side of his house are flaky, to be kind. They both work, and their 20-something daughter lives at home. This punk has a habit of blasting hip-hop in the middle of the afternoon, when the 'rents are away. It's the dead of winter here, and I can freakin' hear (feel) it plain as day two doors down. I ask my neighbor if it bothers him. He just says "nah, it's OK...I guess". Bullshit. I'm sure he rests or sleeps a lot, trying to preserve what strength he has left.

The cops have been called, and there's just the "please turn it down, young lady" thing. She does, but then cranks it up the next day. Whadda ya do? I want to fly over there and (non-violently) teach this pissant some manners, but as we all know that could have some major legal implications for me.

Any suggestions?

/end of rant

CNN spins UCIrvine protest;

Mohammed cartoons inflame U.S. campus

No, it only "inflamed" a visiting Islamo-fascist mob on campus.

Campus remained (amazingly) flame free.

Everything in privacy law is determined by "reasonable expectation of privacy." The courts have ruled you have no expectation of privacy from aircraft, which makes sense.

Leading case is (not surprisingly) FLORIDA v. Riley

JUSTICE WHITE, joined by THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE SCALIA, and JUSTICE KENNEDY, concluded that the Fourth Amendment does not require the police traveling in the public airways at an altitude of 400 feet to obtain a warrant in order to observe what is visible to the naked eye. California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207 - which held that a naked-eye police inspection of the backyard of a house from a fixed-wing aircraft at 1,000 feet was not a "search" - is controlling. Thus, respondent could not reasonably have expected that the contents of his greenhouse were protected from public or official inspection from the air, since he left the greenhouse's sides and roof partially open. The fact that the inspection was made from a helicopter is irrelevant, since, as in the case of fixed-wing planes, private and commercial flight by helicopter is routine.

...and so on, and so forth, yadda, yadda.

#168 rayra

All the muslimas are to the right of the orange cones

Orange cones......mmmmm, they respect orange cones. Gives me ideas. Couldn't be that easy though.

#215 rayra

So now the AP does Fake but Accurate math--300 or 400 moslems can be "represented" by the less threatening number 12.

Cartman-

Does the city you live in have a noise ordinance? Are there problems for the home owners if the police are called to that location too much? Because I would talk to the parents. Tell them to keep their daughter's noise down or you'll continue to call the cops until this is resolved.

That, or buy her head phones.

#184 Cato

Try a nice Beemer bike. Or a Ducati.

The difference between dial-up and broadband are not that pronounced. ;)

But if I was trying to beat a search from the air, I'd sieze on this dicta:

As far as this record reveals, no intimate details connected with the use of the home or curtilage were observed, and there was no undue noise, and no wind, dust, or threat of injury. In these circumstances, there was no violation of the Fourth Amendment.

So it's POSSIBLE a search from the air could be contested successfully.

#181 Baldy

From your link:

Nevertheless, women and children had a blast at Janadriya yesterday. This Arab News reporter attended the festival in the eastern Riyadh suburb and immediately got lost among a crowd of women and children who explored the nine showcase villages representing distinct cultural regions of the Kingdom.

Splodeydope demonstrations?

Anti-Bush Democrat "Journalist" from the NY Times, Elisabeth Bumiller to write bio of Condi.

Lemme guess- to be released just before the 11/08 pres election (if she runs?)

#219 Terp

It does seem odd to use 'inflame' to mean merely exciting emotions when the cartoons did literally inflame places all across Dar El Islam. Or more correctly, angry Muslims set things on fire.

#198 Wild Olive

Most tiling in Israel is square, marble actually.

When lefties argue that so and so can't work together because they are so ideologically different, I always refer them to Hitler and Stalin.

They got along great until 6/22/1941!

Extremists have no problem working together: the IRA and the PLO
Mugabe and Iran

There is a story that a very great young Rabbi met another Rabbi, I think in Paris, when the old Rabbi met the young one, he took his gloves off. Holy knows holy; and murdering scum know murdering scum.

#218 Cartman

I think the best thing to do would be to call the editor, or the reporter of your local newspaper who writes the lifestyle, or family or health beat, or even on social issues.

Write up a very brief summary of the situation with a header that says 'Paliative Care Patient Can't Find Peace Even In His Last Days'. Put yourself as the contact person. Believe me-when the parents of that idjit start to get media calls, the music will be shut off. Send a copy to the local chapter of the cancer awareness or support society.

That will fix 'em!

Hey, Harley fans: I worked in a Harley shop in Darlington, Maryland, for a while. They're great bikes, and nothing beats them for customizability.

But out of the box, they're slow. You have to spend an extra five grand or so on top of the already inflated price to get them to breathe right.

For speed and handling right off the lot, nothing beats a Beemer if you want a big bike.

R1100RT Ackbar!

In all instances the driver of the car was here illegally from Brazil - in fact, the last one I listed used to work at the Dunkin Donuts I stop at most mornings.

Fight illegal immigration - eat at home. Restaurants are the major offenders, so why give them your business?

#197 realwest

#147 redstateredneck - read the whole link, even the IRS PDF files and it clearly can only be obtained by legal aliens so I sitll don't get it except maybe for the sales tax).

Beats me, then.
I remember years ago when I worked as a waitress, we had a dishwasher (illegal) who was using someone else's social security number, so technically, he was paying taxes as he had withholding taken out of his check.

#218

Tell her the truth. Just because she's 20 and blasting her tunes during the day - doesn't mean she won't be sympathetic to your shared neighbor and his situation. If you handle it properly you'll probably be surprised at her response. If she's a good person she will be more than happy to put the head phones on!

/from one who has many 20 something friends with a propensity for blasting tuneage.

#206 red headed

You are right about self-defense being the next thing to go. Fox News reported a little while ago that a bunch of Mexicans are suing Roger Barnett for protecting his own property.

Roger has a 22,000-acre ranch near Douglas AZ and keeps close track on who is trespassing there. He has been known to sit 'em down until the Border Patrol shows up.

Now the Mexican government is going after him because he is well known and won't take any crap from them.

Haven't read the whole thread but if you are interested:
12 candidates to challenge Nagin
If that link hasn't already been posted. I thought I would share. I know I will be watching this race, I love New Orleans. Well, it's the French Quarter I truly enjoy.

Leftist idiots fantasize ...

200 loppyd
Maybe the price of accepatance in Hollywood is changing forma smart person to a stupid person. See Jodie Foster.

#222 alegrias
They pad anti bush protest numbers and Cindy Sheehan's book-signing numbers,too so they have this "fuzzy math" down pat.

realwest
More on illegal use of ITIN's.

#218 Cartman

I would continue calling the police. If it is disturbing you in your house, it has to be breaking some noise ordinances.

al Qaeda's back in the Sudan game.

Sudan came up in regards of al Qaeda quite a few times over the years - it was where OBL called home and the US refused to bring him in during the Clinton years. The raid on the drug factory.

More recently, Sudan has been home to the genocide in Darfur, where Muslim militias (janjaweed) have been slaughtering animists and Christians as part of a much longer Sudanese civil war. The Sudanese government refuses to stop the violence. They get China and Russia to cover for them.

Secretary-General Annan's envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk, warned yesterday that Al Qaeda terrorists are already entrenched in Khartoum, and that if the current force composed of African Union troops in Darfur is replaced too quickly with a more robust force under the U.N. banner, Al Qaeda could "retaliate" against it.

President Bush has suggested NATO could get involved to protect victims of genocide in Sudan. Earlier this month the Security Council backed in principle an American proposal to create a U.N. force capable of halting the atrocities against villagers in Darfur. Estimated at more than 20,000 troops, this force will replace the current 7,000-troop contingency that was sent to Sudan by the African Union.

This is a bad situation in a failed state that is only going to get worse.

And terrorists love nothing more than failed states to set up shop or dictatorships that provide sanctuary. Sudan is both.

218 Cartman

Any suggestions?

There may be a bylaw in your town about it. You could check with City or Town Hall...file a formal complaint.

Silhouette @ #228: It does seem odd to use 'inflame' to mean merely exciting emotions when the cartoons did literally inflame places all across Dar El Islam

Odd, unless CNN merely indulges their usual wishful thinking.

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Okay I Feel a little better.

/Why do I like smacking my head agianst the wall so much?

/ don't answer that it was a rhetorical question

#227 TMF 3/1/2006 11:30AM PST

Anti-Bush Democrat "Journalist" from the NY Times, Elisabeth Bumiller to write bio of Condi.

Lemme guess- to be released just before the 11/08 pres election (if she runs?)

I think anyone who wants to read a bio of Condi will run fast from anything by a NYTimes reporter.

What do they plan to call this hitpiece?

I can see it:

Neo-Condi: How the Most Accomplished Black Woman in History Isn't Really Black

#229 WriterMom

Do they vandalize in order to get these tiles, or are they just lying on the ground somewhere?

#238 Jheka

And as long as I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony.

Bad Penny, why eat in restaurants?

Er, maybe because cooking for one is both depressing and fattening?

Jheka-

Impeachement of Chimpy and Cheney. President Pelosi. Massive UN support in Iraq once Chimpy is out of the picture.

Delusional isn't a strong enough word...

239 Joel

Maybe the price of accepatance in Hollywood is changing forma smart person to a stupid person. See Jodie Foster.

With a scant few exceptions they are all stuck on stupid in Hollyweird.

I met Jodie Foster when I was in college. She was very nice, but then again we didn't talk politics.

#230 Ayatollah Ghilmeini 3/1/2006 11:32AM PST

I'd like to append Chavez & Sheehan to your examples.

For all of you Port-Gaters, let me direct your attention to a real national security threat...Russ Feingold.

As we speak, he is attempting fillibuster the Patriot Act. The hypocrite is actually reading the constitution on the Senate floor. This must be the first time he has bothered to study the document, considering his abysmal track record on defending the 1st and 2nd Amendments.

If Senator Frist could ever find his family jewels, he could use Port-Gate to the Republicans advantage. Think about it. The Democrats are desperately working on improving their image regarding national security and have seized on upon the Ports issue as a means to gain some momentum. How could a Democrat, who so vocally has called out the Administration on Port security, vote against real immigration reform (not the crap that will hopefully be defeated tomorrow)? The Patriot Act? A referendum on Iran?

Good afternoon everyone.

Wow. Rayra.

Don't know if this has been posted but here goes.

While Canadians are committed to welcoming diverse immigrants from around the world, newcomers must understand that they are expected to accept core Canadian values, the report says.

The paper proposes that those who apply to immigrate to Canada should be told "what is expected of them and that, if they fail to live up to our expectations, they will be removed from Canada."

Make immigrants take oath of loyalty

Now, I'm no schoolmarm by any stretch of the imagination and have propably forgotten most of my grammar, but I counted 7 "shoulds" in this article. "Should" is passive voice, is it not?

And I've noticed many more in countless other publications.

I just bugs me. I want action - not passivity.

/snark
//apologies to schoolmarms

{loppyd} {Joel}

I've missed you guys!

Joel- the last I heard Daunte wanted to stay, but the Dolphins and another team were interested...

#235 zyg

If she's a good person she will be more than happy to put the head phones on!

The entire family knows that their neighbor is ill. I guess I'm sounding like an "old fart" here, and lord knows that's not "hip". I'll let it go. I just don't understand how "youthful exuberance" excuses common courtesy and decency. Oh, well...

Cato the Elder
My hubby's got one of these ordered.
:-)
Used to have an R1100ST; sold it and rode Harley Ultra Classics for a while; back to the Beemer now.

The Harley's were better two-up bikes, but we don't get to go on many long trips together, so...

Sane-

For all of you Port-Gaters, let me direct your attention to a real national security threat...Russ Feingold.

ROTFLMAO! I'd add Rockefeller to the list, too.

254 SaneInMN

As we speak, he is attempting fillibuster the Patriot Act. The hypocrite is actually reading the constitution on the Senate floor.

He's the darling of the Moonbats these days.

#232 Cato the Elder
The second bike I ever dumped was a beemer.(D0 Not try to cut donuts with one of those, road rash ensues) The first was a BSA with a broken spark retarding cable. You could get an uplifting kick from that beauty!

257 Cartman

I guess I'm sounding like an "old fart" here, and lord knows that's not "hip".

Not at all. You are sounding like a decent, caring and compassionate neighbor.

I'm in my thirties and it pissed me off!

#231 WriterMom

An excellent suggestion. Thanks much!

{Dubs}

I'm going to email you a picture of the Holy Smokes kid in a few. You will DIE! :)

What the Fwench would really riot over.

#241 redstate

provided an ID vehicle that advocates hope will be used to "regularize" illegal aliens; and

That meshes well with this comment from an immigrant upset at Tennessee for insisting on proof of legal status before issuing drivers license.

"It's very important for the department to open doors for every immigrant because they want to work. They have to drive to work. Every immigrant wants to stay here legally."

In other words, it is important the department provide this service for them to aid them toward legality.

#26 Just_A_Grunt 3/1/2006 09:38AM PST
"#22 Jamie
BDS comes to India. It just never ends.
Time to close down all those call centers/help desks we outsourced."

It might just surprise you that India and Israel were the only countries in a recent poll where more than 60% felt that the USA was a true friend. Not even Kuwait or Afghanistan (the Bangladeshes of USA) were in that category.

259 W-Lover

I'd add Rockefeller to the list, too.

In one of my fantasies he gets frogmarched out of Congress for leaking the NSA surveillance story to the NYT.

(ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease)

Cartman 218

The cops have been called, and there's just the "please turn it down, young lady" thing. She does, but then cranks it up the next day. Whadda ya do? I want to fly over there and (non-violently) teach this pissant some manners, but as we all know that could have some major legal implications for me.

Any suggestions?

You're city should have a noise ordinance...check on the web. If so, and asking her to her face to knock it off, and she does not. Call the cops each time. Many places will start fining a house for being called more than a couple of times for the same thing.

This is a pet peeve of mine. People are total assholes about their music nowdays. Especially in their cars. I can hear some car stereos now from 2 blocks away. I consider then all audio terrorists. Number one complaint now in cities is NOISE (read stereos).

Against the law to hear a stereo from a car in Calif from over 50 feet. Cops do not enforce it though. Won't until somebody goes beserk and shots somebody for playing 50 cent too loud.

Burbank Calif started enforcing it though a couple of years ago. First offense $250, second I think is $500, third offense you loose your car! Burbank is real quite now.

Just more of the slow drip, drip, drip, of degradation of society...nobody notices until it has become entrenched and extreme. It's all about personal freedom...you know!

#254 SaneInMN

If Senator Frist could ever find his family jewels, he could use Port-Gate to the Republicans advantage.

If [fill in political hack] could ever [find jewels, use brain, quit stroking lobbyists, etc.] he could use [any issue] to the Republicans advantage.

Yeah, I'm underwhelmed by the Republican brain trust, which has no brains, and I don't trust.

TFK

You put your lock step in
You put your lock step out

You do the locky steppy
And you shake it all about...

Jheka:

Al Gore & John Kerry, backed by troops loyal to the constitution..
Storm The White House, and drag Dead-Eye Dick & Maggot-Boy off to Gitmo.

Has anyone told them about the March 15 storming yet? I'd hate for their to be any confusion.

"OK, if you are an anarchist, please assemble to the right, behind the guy in the Rage against the Machine T-shirt. Liberals, please assemble to the left, naturally, behind the guy in the Che shirt. Members of the pots and pan drum corps cooperative in the midddle"

And from the Austin Powers files - DARPA is working on neural implants with sharks to turn them into stealth spies.

Next thing we'll have frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams.

PETA could not be reached for comment - their collective brain exploded at the thought of sharks being used in this manner.

Cato

maybe because cooking for one is both depressing and fattening?

Yeah, true dat. I wish there were some way to know which, if any, places are in compliance with the law. It just grates at me when I hand over money to a business I know is employing illegals.

Eating at home appeals to my inner skinflint, anyway, so I'm trying to do it more.

75ºF (24ºC) in Martinsville, Virginia.

50ºF (10ºC) in Richmond.

Hmmm, a potent warm front lies between the short tracks, which is why Philadelphia may just rain, or may get close to an inch of tree limb snapping, powerline downing ice. (Or maybe split the difference, with DISASTER in Northern and Western suburbs and just a cold rain in the city.).

If NYC stays all snow, 20 cm. A little freezing rain, rain and sleet mixing in could cut down on that, but still an exciting drive home.

BOS may be just a tad too far North for serious fun.

252 loppyd
Jodie Foster seems to have gone over to the dark side. And John Hinckley tried to kill President Reagan in order to impress her?

#236 brenda

Pfft! I think I'm getting close to a keep-like outburst (but that would cause an adverse reation at work).

I can make the logic leap that allows one state to sue the individual of another, but usually that's when a crime's been committed!

I.don't.get.it.

So much my head hurts...