"A spiral of contamination"

Indeed.

Bush's Fault (tm)

Slightly OT:

Three guys -- a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden, and an American engineer are walking together one day.

They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it." I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes total" says the Genie.

The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm.

I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada."

Pooof! With a blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever made fertile for farming.

Osama bin Laden was amazed, so he said, "I want an impenetrable wall around Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran with all believers of Mohammad inside and all Jews, Christians, and other infidels forever outside our precious state."

Pooof! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.

The American engineer asks, "I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall."

The Genie explains, "Well, it is 5,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds these countries...it's virtually impenetrable.

Now what is your wish?"

The American engineer smiles and says, "Fill it with water."

Pooof!

WORLD PEACE!

I thought we're supposed to call them "terrorists who erroneously invoke the Muslim religion"

No wait, that's just the ones that get caught. The ones that get away with it are lauded by their religion as martyrs.

"you've betrayed the coutry that gave you every opportunity to betray the country"

/fixed

Ahhh...Just sittin' here recalling the good ol' days.

When the Brits thought "You must kill the infidels" was merely political rhetoric aimed at the Jews.

alooominium

wonder how she pronounces jooo?

Have a nice 40 years, arseholes.

I'm not impressed.

This five will be released well ahead of time, most probably as bargain for who knows what moonbat/s taken hostage in Iraq, Gaza, Afghanistan...

"you've betrayed the coutry that gave you every opportunity to betray the country"

I thought it was the Jews doing this!

Kasper is the friendliest ghost you know.

Let's hope they become prison Imams and use their knowledge of Islam to enlighten young prison inmates, about the peace of Islam and to promote understanding of Islam amongst the simpleton British who have yet to embrace multiculturalism

/

Kasper! Kasper! Kasper!

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!

/pumps fist

Police interogation tape of Salahuddin Amin...
Guilty Would Be Bomber On Tape

This video is of Salahuddin Amin, one of the five Britons, some said to have links to al Qaeda, who were found guilty on Monday of plotting to carry out bomb attacks across Britain using ammonium nitrate fertilizer. This is footage of Amin's interrogation by London police in 2005.

By the time 40 years is up, the UK will be under islam, and they'll be let out, and feted as heroes.

/fearless prediction

#1 Pierre

Hey, did you ever get that toilet fixed?

/the picture's gone

#7 akak

Ouch! Good one.

"And the word you wanted was 'aluminium'"

- pace Adam Duritz

Forty Years? MUCH faster than that, Ward. much.

Gotta go!

I congratulate the judge for his ruling.
Now, please, UK, keep the monsters locked up for as long as possible. After that, if possible, deport them back to their respective -stan countries.

can I get in on the "how many Hezzie flags at the Immigration parade pool"?

akak
Hey, I like betting.

I will wager you fifty quatloos.

respective -stan

-no such thing!

Qur'an 13:41 "Do they not see us advancing from all sides into the land (of the disbelievers), reducing its borders (by giving it to believers in war victories).

25 akak
Ain't gotta let that happen, darling. :)

What was that illegal alien Garcia doing with that mob?

Hezbollah: Winograd report is proof we were victorious

Hezbollah on Monday hailed a report into the Second Lebanon War, which accused the Israeli leadership of serious failures during the conflict, calling it proof that the guerilla group had been "victorious" in the summer fighting.

The 34-day war was triggered by a July 12 Hezbollah cross-border attack in which two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were abducted and eight others killed.

"The Winograd report stressed that Hezbollah was victorious and that Israel is beatable," a senior spokesman for the Iranian-backed group told the organization's Al-Manar television channel.

Since so many of Britains people and our own believe that we are not at war at all but instead it is just a big smokescreen for Bush and Blair to gain power, I don't see this as any big deal.

Kragar

/and Syria takes advantage today with strategic movements,but barely a soul knows or cares

Here's hoping all these 7th century savages become mop handle popsicles.

my how times change

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

"The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in a single attack by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening. The conspirators had then planned to abduct the royal children, (who were Protestant) not present in Parliament, and incite a revolt in the Midlands."

What was the penalty back then?

"Conspiracy to cause explosions"?

What the hell kind of charge is that? You can cause an explosion without hurting anyone. These guys were trying to explode people...

Is this PC at work (as in, is this an anti-terror law with a PC name?) OR is it just an arcane law with an arcane name?

I suspect the former...

A knowledge of Britain's culture and history would be a help in this matter too.

Of course, with teachers timid about teaching the Crusades and the Holocaust, this should not be surprising.

Hadrian’s Great Wall of China

Stonehenge was built by the Romans, and Hadrian’s Wall is in China – these are two of the misconceptions in the poll of 3,000 people commissioned by UKTV History. Nearly four in ten say that the bulldog is the animal that symbolises this country. That, of course, is the lion, part of the Royal Arms since the Plantagenets

Newspaper circulation plunging

Smugness only sells so much.

A bloodbath in Dallas.

OT

Remember tomorrow is the International Moonbat holiday of May Day.

Keep your ears and eyes open.
Anything is possible.

#37 St. Pancake
Ah, thanks for the reminder. Everybody should check their local Indymedia site for the festivities near you. Portland always puts on a good show.

OT
Sorry, but this HUGE for overburdened LEO's
Court rules police can't be sued in high-speed chase
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a police officer cannot be held liable for ramming a fleeing car during a high-speed chase, forcing the vehicle off the road and resulting in severe injury or even death for the driver.

By an 8-1 vote, the high court ruled the officer's conduct reasonable because the car chase initiated by the suspect posed a substantial and immediate risk of serious physical injury to others.

Justice Antonin Scalia said for the majority that an officer's attempt to end a dangerous high-speed car chase that threatened the lives of innocent bystanders did not violate the Constitution, even if it placed the fleeing motorist at risk of serious injury or death.

He said a police video of the incident "resembles a Hollywood-style car chase of the most frightening sort."

The Supreme Court took the unusual step of putting the video on its Web site, along with the ruling in the case involving a sheriff's deputy from Coweta County in Georgia. ([Link: www.supremecourtus.gov...] b).

Scalia said the video contradicted the suspect's version of events that pedestrians or other motorists faced little or no threat during the chase.

Of the nine Supreme Court members, only Justice John Paul Stevens dissented [agreeing with the ACLU]. He said less drastic measures, like using a device to flatten Harris' tires slowly, could have avoided "such a tragic result" that made Harris a quadriplegic.

38 buzzsawmonkey
*smile*

I do hope there is something charming for Zombie to photograph.

Heh - Palestinians storm Egyptian embassy in Gaza.

And Assad predicts that US vision for the Middle East is doomed to failure. Well, considering that he'd be one of the beneficiaries of the failure of the US policy, you can take it to the bank that he's doing everything imaginable to make that a reality. However, he's getting help - from the likes of Pelosi et al who think that the US should be talking to Assad. This runs counter to everything we know about Assad and the other dictators in the region that do nothing but destabilize Lebanon and Iraq along with support terrorist groups throughout the region.

37 St. Pancake

If Bush finds a pair, he could take the opportunity to round up Illegals at ONE of these events. One is all it would take.

Now they can go into the lax and lenient British prison system, as new Islamic preachers to spread the word to other prisoners, being afforded halal food and the best prayer rugs British taxpayer money can buy.

There's one other news item, however, that gives me a chuckle. John Edwards thinks that Congress must stand up to Bush on Iraq. You mean more than sending up a pork laden bogus funding bill that sets dates for defeat and retreat? You mean like threatening impeachment over policy differences? Heh.

Anybody notice how MI5, with its limited resources and manpower, got intel on this group?

It's the same way both French, Spanish, and the rest of the EU's law enforcment/intel keeps tabs on as many Islamic terrorists as they can...

Wiretaps.

IMAGINE
THAT,
R

# 37 St. P

One possibility I heard some of the Vens in the office discussing today was the possibility that it would be the perfect day for Fidelito to appear (at least on TV) to the Cuban public again.

Time to stop spending money on this nonsense.
Shouldn't the cops be going after real criminals?

# 40 cbinflux

Wow - hadn't heard that. Thanks for the update.

Hey, you know what? I just noticed- all these guys are moslems! What a coincidence, huh?

JWM

San Francisco Immigrant March

Portland

Vancouver

NY

San Diego

London

Chicago

Here is a site reminding us all of the moonbat holiday significance.

47 Mike C.
Heard that too. I believe it was Hugo who put that info out there for us all.

# 40 cbinflux
Wow!

Speaking of May Day, I wonder what kind of gala blog extravaganzas DKos, DU and HuffPo have waiting in the wings in remembrance and honor of their heroes?

Palestinians storm Egyptian embassy in Gaza.

/too what receive instructions from the Brotherhood?

#45 lawhawk - I've posted this on other threads but still don't have a link for it: on the Fox News ticker, John Fucking Murtha has threatened Bush, that if Bush does veto the pork laden, surrender appropriations bill approved by our Congress, that Bush will "never" get another military appropriations bill passed.
MoFo. Indeed a prominent member of the Disloyal Oppostion.

47 mike c.
My Eqs, Bols and Args told me, "Mierda de toro"

56 realwest

Too late to reopen ABSCAM..?

#42 lawhawk
saw the Egyptian embassy article...wonder who taught them that trick
how soon before they storm the embassy and take hostages?

"there is no terrorist threat."

--Michael Moore

Suspects? Bombs?

You'd think they were up to no good, the lads. Ah well, pour me a bit more port, will you?

/

realwest

Just checked my e-mail. I'm planning on a reply sometime this evening. Glad things worked out!

What now? Three hots, a cot, and a Koran to be mishandled? Aside from the obvious - these were Muslim terrorists - how does this shape anti-terror politics in the future? Here's the juice: it won't.

We've been bagging bad guys since the get-go, always the latest and greatest, yet our country donates money to terrorist sponsors and is going to be hosting al-Jazeera TV. We have mosques and visiting speakers entering our country spewing hate speech by the bucket.

Anymore, I don't give a rat's ass how many bad guys we capture, or the UK captures, or anyone warehouses. I'm concerned about re-shaping the political climate to pointedly show what awful bastards they are, and make killing them - not warehousing them like a butterfly collection - goal number 1. I want the hateful inmans run out on rails, and I don't want another nickel of American money funding terrorist assholes by way of the gaping political back door.

#58 cbinflux - Not for me, but I think the Statute of Limitations has passed on that one.
Sure wish we could find a way to get him out of public office though (legitimately get him out of public office, of course). Him, Edwards, Reid and Pelosi would be a nice starter set, don't you think?!

#62 Cartman - Hey thanks my friend! Take care of yourself, now, heah?!

#55 akak
The Palestinians are quickly becoming thugs who demand protection money from everyone, including fellow cultists. A rogue society.

realwest

BTW, big news on cancer this week, specifically prostate to bone.

sorry Pat,

totally disagree

OT
Mama Winger et al
An important expose.

Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Speaking of cancer, I'm glad to see that Tony Snow is back at work today.

Go get 'em, Tony. God bless you.

#70 cbinflux

Wow - you're psychic or sumpin! Just logged in and there you are with a note for me :)

cbinflux -

I had read a couple of weeks ago that they were using melamine to spike the protein count. they can use that to satisfy the minimum requirements although it adds nothing nutritionally. A cheap way to cheat.

Comforting, eh ?

11 rookie

Unless they're in solitary, they'll recruit and train dozens more.

#68 cbinflux - I'm not sure I want to hear it, cause now I'm dealing with significant hip/right femur pain (can't sleep, hardly at all, even with RX's sleeping pills) from what a CT Scan picked up as an "arthitic" cyst. But what's the news, anyway?

#70 cbinflux

For years, producers of animal feed all over China have secretly supplemented their feed with the substance, called melamine, a cheap additive that looks like protein in tests, even though it does not provide any nutritional benefits, according to melamine scrap traders and agricultural workers here.

Bastards.

73 mama winger

They're cheating on human foods too.

I hope that you get a chance to read that article.

#75 realwest

Have you given any thought into going to a pain management center? I've done some pain management (through psychotherapy - not a pain center) and I had some success with that.

Sucks to hurt, realwest. I'll remember you in my evening prayers.

76 Killgore Trout

Speechless. I am truly speechless.
Too angry to say anything else on this matter for now.

#76 Killgore

What you said.

#70 cbinflux - Yo, hey what's the news?

75 realwest
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

BBL

NBC News is doing a segment on carbon offsets. This dopey family is exhibiting extreme anxiety symptoms over the fact they are not carbon neutral. So they are 'paying it off' by investing in wind energy.

Dolts.

Ah, that's some fine news.

Although you know, if the tables were turned and it actually was a group of oh, let's say, Jewish Iranians who were plotting such a thing for Teheran, then you can bet that the land of "Allah the merciful" would not sentence them to mere life in prison. No, out of the Religion of Peace(tm) would come the deepest, darkest, most cruel torture-death they could imagine (and they obviously spend a lot of their time and days dreaming up such stuff).

#78 mama winger Thanks mama - but since I've been "officially diagnosed" with shingles I can't go to my oncologist (who's supposed to have received results of CT Scan from Sunday April 22 and hasn't called)nor can I visit the orthopedist I was supposed to see (CT Scan said
Arthitic cyst in right hip - and they were particularly careful with it cause of my history; apparently they can tell difference between cyst and tumor with that Scan cause it does show soft tissue) so going to a pain center isn't in the cards now, either. I'm basically quarantined - don't want to give anyone the chicken pox!
But thanks for your concern and prayers; both greatly appreciated.

Guilt, guilt, guilt.

It's not just for Catholics anymore. Neither is penance, it seems.

Dolts.

#85 realwest

I used somthing called Guided Imagery for pain managment. I could try to find some articles on it if you like. It helps me a lot. (I have chronic rheumatoid arthritis from my lupus)

I use religious imagery, but I think you can use anything that works for you.

Anyway, I will still pray. Count on it.

mama winger

I'm so glad to see you here tonight for I have a question concerning pet feeding you might kindly answer.

I've removed all soft foods for Lil Miss and she's now fed lean beef cooked in low sodium beef boullion, I add brown rice and fresh veggies (carrots, peas, green beans), and mix about 2 tblsp of this with a small handful of good kibble.

It's been about a month, her fur gleams, when she makes a deposit in her litter box it's never messy and the bony line down her back has disappeared and she feels like a more solid little dog than before. Also, her attitude/outlike is more spritely and she seems to be more energetic. My question: I understand that your professional time is valuable so I'll be brief, is this all right to feed her?

Thanks if you choose to address my question, mama winger.

#87 mamma winger

(I have chronic rheumatoid arthritis from my lupus)

Mamma winger - saw your post above. This may sound silly, but my vet. just told me my 5 year old blue doberman has lupus. What or how do you treat it?
Our vet. told us to start giving the doberman 1500 cc pills of vitiam B? something. I am not at home to look at exactly what it is.

#88 Miss Trixie

My time is your time , sweetie. Glad to help if I can :)

First of all, I am so glad your little pooch is doing well. A couple of modifications to her diet, though, may be in order.

Substitute regular beef for lean beef. Lean is good for humans, but dogs need the extra fat. Ratio of meat to other ingredients should be about 50 / 50. Too much protein is a hazard.

You could add a little potato too - it's good for vitamin C content.

Lastly, I would give her a good canine multi-vitamin every day, and perhaps a small rawhide strip as a snack to keep her teeth nice, since she is now eating primarily soft food.

Feel free to ask anytime - I love critters ! :)

OOPS - Miss Trixie !

One more thing - give your pooch a TUMS tablet once a day, just regular over-the-counter TUMS for people. It provides the calcium a dog needs.

#89 missouri boy

I am so sorry to hear about your doggie. I know several doggie friends with lupus. It has a good prognosis if monitored closely and medicated well.

It is an auto-immune disease, in which the anti-bodies in the blood decide to attack your dog's perfectly healthy organs. Often steroids are used to control it, along with supplemental care.

#82 cbinflux - Thanks a lot!

Soilent Green is made of Chinese PEOPLE

#93 mamma winger

Thanks for the info. We did do the steriod thing for about 6 weeks and now he is only on the vitiam. Somedays he seems fine ,but his nose is where you can see he is not well.
The Vet. said it is traits of blue dogs, especially dobermans.
It is always something! If not kids- it's the dogs.

91 buzzsawmonkey
Labor Day is our work holiday.

Yes, I know about Haymarket and other abuses very, very well.

May Day has been for way too long associated with anarchists, marxists, and whatever nefarious groups are around.

Therefore, I will do the "labor memorial thing" on Labor Day.

#96 missouri boy

You'd be surprised how many ailments and illnesses dogs share with people. The drugs are often the same too. Weird. I love my lupus dogs at the vet - we share a bond. I always keep a special eye on their bloodwork.

I hope your dog has much success with the treatment. It's a life-long thing.

#87 mama winger - Hey mama - I think that's what cbinflx link was to in #82, generally, but if you have or can get any info for me on Guided Imagery or anything else, it'd be much appreciated!
Feel free to use the e-mail - nic is in blue!

#99 realwest

Will do! It might be a bit though - I have some people coming over in a minute. Might be later tonight, hope that's okay. :)

Love you - bbl

mama winger

Thank you so very much! Potatoes are now on my grocery list and I'll buy some good multi-vits for her but Tums? :D That's the first I've heard of it. I will buy some of these too. Oh and BTW, she loves to gnaw her rawhides and her teeth are in great shape (contrary to the fact that yorkie teeth are notorious for being nasty) as I add "Suzie's Tartar Liquid" to her drinking water that keeps her teeth sparkly clean and sweetens her breath.

Thanks, luv, you're a peach!

:D

102 buzzsawmonkey
I would have to disagree with some of that.

The Women's movement in Britain is a classic example of how the radicals hogged the attention, but the real work for women was really done by the moderates. It is a myth to assume that only radicalism could bring changes. To get back to the suffregettes, they did live interesting lives, and therefore, more attention was paid to them. I mean, ladies such as Emmy Pankhurst and her two daughters were fodder for the press of the day.
I did not mean to give the impression that the suffragists were the only factor in women getting the vote. Clearly the role of individual politicians also played an important part in this. So did events such as the First World War (although I believe the impact of this – especially the reward of the vote as a result of women’s contribution to the war effort has been over emphasised).

There were many others involved in the desire for rights, and many were not bomb makers.

#1

Uh, freedom and islam are incompatible.

"exhaling"

basement
Ok, I feel better. I was really worried about you for a few.

I have merely pointed out that ideas such as women's suffrage were, indeed, radical in their day--until they were adopted by the society.

On example that I was alluding to clearly states my reasons why I get peeved at the constant attention given to the more radicals withintheearly political movements. I used Emmy Pankhurst and her two daughters as the example of the more radicals who hogged the attention. On the other hand, the more moderates do not get as much attention, even though they played a significant role. One group was the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). This group had over100,000 members. The suffragists, led by Millicent Fawcett, was this group that the government was really frightened of. It was an organization that refused to resort to violence. In fact, the tactics of the NUWSS were later adopted by Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The suffragettes were equivalent to the Blank Panthers.

At its peak, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) only had around 2000 members (Of these, over 1,000 went to prison). This was to fall dramatically in 1913 when it began its arson campaign. Several of its most important figures left at this point. They also disagreed with the WSPU’s new strategy of arguing in favour of a limited franchise (an attempt to get them the support of the Middle Class). This lost them the support of socialists like Sylvia Pankhurst who was fully committed to getting the vote for all women. By 1914 the WSPUfavor only had a few hundred members. It was a broken organization with all of its leaders either in prison or living in exile.

I am just stubborn in wanting those who did not resort to mass violence get the recognition that they deserve, a recognition they did not get while they were alive.
I do believe geographic maturation does play a roll in my stubbornness when dealing with labor unions, and the role they played in American society. Here, in the South, the unions didnot play a very strong role in society. Indeed, I would have to say that historically speaking, the South was dead-set against unions for several reasons. I stated those reasons before, but I ended up hurting feelings.
"sigh"

107 buzzsawmonkey

Great points.

I never have belonged to any Union, even a teacher's union. Their agenda runs deep, and contributes to groups which I have no interest in funding.

NEA contributions

I do not even belong to any Texas teacher groups.

Historically within the South, there was a fear of northerners "stirring" the mood of African-Americans. Southerners as a rule kept union influence out. Being anti-union became a part of Southern culture for generations. This tied in nicely with the Democratic Party goals for the South for generations.

If you wish to reclaim May Day, I wish you luck. I am now fifty. I grew up with the images of innumerable May Day parades on tv screens taking place in Red Square, Havana, Budapest, Tienanmen Square etc. The association with those knuckleheads will be hard to shake for many Americans for while, I do believe.

Durn, time to go to bed too.

Hope this type of intelligent conversation continues.
:)
Thanks!