This will be touted as a Mookie victory by the MSM.

If this actually happens it will crush the hopes and dreams of the DailyKos kids.

Wait, didn't he just humiliate Maliki? Is somebody lying to us about the situation in Iraq?

Mookie Wilson is bailing? What?! I must have missed that.

Oh wait, you mean Mookie Sadr, the prospect from Basra by way of Tehran.

Yeah, looks like he's about to throw in the towel by means of fatwa - get the leading Shi'ite clerics to weigh his options and give him an honorable out, despite the fact that he really ought to be dancing from the end of a rope for all the misery he's inflicted on those living in Basra.

Hasn't he called for hudna (I mean dialogue) before?
It never meant he was bailing before, did it?

Islamic tactic of calling for peace when one is militarily weak? I smell taqiyya.

But...but...Harry Reid already declared that the war was lost.
This makes no sense.

He always surrenders when he's losing. Than he rearms and makes his move. This is what? His third uprising he's lost?

Remember, they like to call for a 'truce' for a day or two to regroup. Isn't that how ben layinglow got out of Afghanistan?

Funny, I didn't get this read from all the Sunday talk shows. Everything sounded so bleak.

Sounds good. Let's wait and see.

So long Mookie. Don't forget your 175gr. door prize.

Al-Maliki, you magnificient bastard!

What does this mean?
What does this mean for our troops?

But wait, didn't the MSM tell me Mookie won? Why throw in the towel if you're ahead according to the MSM?

/Do I really need this tag?

Aides to Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for dialogue to resolve a violent standoff with the Iraqi government, saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior religious leaders ordered it.

What a noble leader to place responsibility at the feet of others! This way- if they tell him to disband- he can tell his followers it wasn't his idea. What a coward.

Is Mookie Bailing?

No, he's just so successful he's decided to retire.
/

"Mookie bailing". Sounds like a new rap song and dance.

re: #16 Honorary Yooper

/Do I really need this tag?

Yes !
Reuters is still checking
4 Today alone

"See? They want to talk! The Surge failed! Pull the troops home now!"

- your local Democratic congressman

"face a ban some jail time"

Mookie just needs to re-arm, get some fresh funds from Iran, find some new suicidal recruits, and he'll be back. Rinse and repeat.

He ran the British Army off, but the US trained Iraqis beat him into submission (no matter how MANY times the MSM plays that video of hooded gunmen with a captured Hummer).

If I were the British I'd be pretty humiliated.

Al-Sadr plans to hold a "million-strong" anti-U.S. demonstration on Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the fifth anniversary of the capture of the Iraqi capital by invading U.S. troops.

I don't like the sound of that.

re: #21 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

- your local Democratic Islamic congressman

Funny thing. My Pastor called for our Methodist brigades to disband just this last Sunday. We are all now to focus on the political wing to extort what we want from the government. Besides, the Olson Bridages just did not sound that formidable.

Does this mean we can't shoot him? :(

re: #28 buzzsawmonkey

They were already humiliated when their sailors surrendered to the Iranians.

OK, If I were the Brits I'd be extremely humiliated.

Nobody rues Britannia..

re: #25 mama winger

Al-Sadr plans to hold a "million-strong" anti-U.S. demonstration on Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the fifth anniversary of the capture of the Iraqi capital by invading U.S. troops.

I don't like the sound of that.

Isn't that where Obama met his wife? Or Hillary escaped sniper fire? I can't keep up. This election is so confusing.

What is so funny is that we all know what is up to by 'bailing', but will those in charge see through him?

I wouldn't get too excited; he's been doing things like this for nearly a year now.

The wrting in this piece is so obscurantist that it's difficult to interpret who said what to whom:

BAGHDAD - Aides to Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for dialogue to resolve a violent standoff with the Iraqi government, saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior religious leaders ordered it.

Who called who and what did they promise?
/Who blow up da Mook?

Aide Hassan al-Zarqani said from Iran that al-Sadr will consult Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

Interesting... al-Sistani is about as good as Shiite clerics get, in terms of actually being moderate. (I know that's not saying much, but...)

re: #4 lawhawk

ROTFLMAO! Mookie Wilson indeed! No Met would ever be a bad guy!

_{[I think!;)]}

/Mookie Sadr could be used for batting practice.

Aides to Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for dialogue to resolve a violent standoff with the Iraqi government, saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior religious leaders ordered it.

Who are these senior religious leaders, and why are they still alive?

re: #23 EC Marm

Mookie just needs to re-arm, get some fresh funds from Iran, find some new suicidal recruits, and he'll be back. Rinse and repeat.

That's why the corpulent Mookie needs to be "disbanded" along with any turdlet Mookieytes clinging to his remnants.

Kinetic justice is permanent.

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

I heard that the Methodists are terrifying berserk fighters--hence the phrase, "there's a Methodist in their madness."

Fueled by putluck fare and weak coffee you betcha. It would be enough to push anyone over the edge.

re: #25 mama winger

I don't like the sound of that.

God willing it will turn out to be like the "thousands" of pro-Iran demonstrators expected when Ahmadjinadad visited. A big bust. God willing.

Mookie's looking for a golden parachute...probably trying to see he how much he can extort from al-Maliki or other shiites.

re: #37 NY Nana

/Mookie Sadr could be used for batting practice.

/Mookie Sadr should be used for a batting tee.

re: #25 mama winger

Al-Sadr plans to hold a "million-strong" million man march
anti-U.S. demonstration on Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the fifth anniversary of the capture of the Iraqi capital by invading U.S. troops.

Obama Style

re: #44 LeftJustAintRight

Al-Sadr plans to hold a "million-strong" million man march
anti-U.S. demonstration on Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the fifth anniversary of the capture of the Iraqi capital by invading U.S. troops.

Obama Style

That just gave me shivers.

In Iraq they call it "disbanding the militia", in the US we call it "losing the primary". Poor Mookie ain't got no super delegates...

saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior religious leaders The New York Times ordered it

re: #29 harrylook

Does this mean we can't shoot him? :(

Yep, but seeing him trying to remain relevant without a militia, failing to do so and then fading into well-deserved obscurity would be even better. He's a zero, let him be forgotten.

re: #23 EC Marm

Mookie just needs to re-arm, get some fresh funds from Iran, find some new suicidal recruits, and he'll be back. Rinse and repeat.

Taqiyya, indeed. It's too bad we didn't take this guy out long ago. Now he's a pain in our collective asses.

re: #43 jaunte

/Mookie Sadr should be used for a batting tee.

/How about both? Multitasking!

He's not going anywhere. he is the Iranian presence in Iraq, he is the Iraqi Hezbollah, the Iraqi HAMAS. He's a puppet terrorist.

re: #49 Dark_Falcon

Don't agree...he's developing a cult of personality just like Saddam!

Cut off his head.

Otherwise he will be back in a few months starting up shit again.

They always do.

re: #41 wolfie

A big bust. God willing.

A little early for a b00b thread, don't you think?

I heard the Al-Sadr is thinking of rebranding himself with a hook or maybe blinding himself

/did I say that?!

. Obama will dialogue with Muq-taaaw-daaaw.

Strange.

According to the BBC he's been kicking our ass.

Shouldn't that be "kicking our asses?"

the that

As a child, I had a cat named Mookie. He, too, ran away. Of course, to the best of my knowledge, he wasn't muslim.

How many jelly donuts did we have to give him?

All I can think to say is good ridance to bad rubish.

re: #58 Ben Hur

OT: I was wondering what you would do with your avatar. He will be missed. May he rest in peace.

Hopefully there is an A10 Warthog out there with "Dialogue" on the side. Then Mook can have some "Diaglogue".

re: #62 Peacekeeper

How many jelly donuts did we have to give him?

/He settled for 2 cases of beer.

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

Groooan...

Mookie.

Refugee.

re: #64 NY Nana

Thank you, and all others that have commented.

re: #65 kansas

Hopefully there is an A10 Warthog out there with "Dialogue" on the side. Then Mook can have some "Diaglogue".

Actually, shouldn't there be one called hope, and another called change?

/Part of the arsenal of democracy after all...

re: #47 buzzsawmonkey

So, are you gonna fill me in on why Wrath got a time out?

I recall a few years back in an interview with a western reporter, "Mookie" said "I want to teach Americans about God."

But now who is doing the teaching?

Let's all relax.

He gets his orders from Tehran.

They had a reason to pull him back during the surge, they have a reason for this as well.

(and whoop-ass isn't a reason)

re: #72 Ojoe

I recall a few years back in an interview with a western reporter, "Mookie" said "I want to teach Americans about God."

But now who is doing the teaching?

Perhaps we should upstage Mookie, and send him to meet God.

Can I haz venison?

Maybe he does not that a primary is not the election
He is under the impressin Obama is the POTUS

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Awww... :)

re: #62 Peacekeeper

You owe me one jelly donut (full metal jacket).

re: #74 rabidsquirrel

There's some USMC saying about arranging that meeting.

Why don't we just whack Mookie?

re: #5 buzzsawmonkey

You disband your band
I'll disband my band
We'll no more battle
Over Iraq-eye sand
Instead we'll join in
To the elections
And build Iraq democracy.

--Wudi Al-Guthri

As I was chompin' a baconburger,
I saw above me a U.S. chopper
I saw behind me an Iraqi copper
Its time to build Iraq democracy.

THREAD ALERT!

I AND MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID THIS FROM THE BEGINNING.

OF COURSE IT WILL GO IGNORED, OR WRITTEN OFF AS NEO-CON/ZIO-NAZI AXIS PROPOGANDA.

'Report on Sept. 6 strike to show Saddam transferred WMDs to Syria'

An upcoming joint US-Israel report on the September 6 IAF strike on a Syrian facility will claim that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein transferred weapons of mass destruction to the country, Channel 2 stated Monday.

Furthermore, according to a report leaked to the TV channel, Syria has arrested 10 intelligence officials following the assassination of Hizbullah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh.

GRAIN OF SALT ALERT!

IT'S ISRAELI MSM CHANNEL TWO.

re: #30 Peacekeeper

OK, If I were the Brits I'd be extremely humiliated.

Nobody rues Britannia..

No, but apparently Brittania can be pwned. Or did you really mean "rues"?

re: #82 Ben Hur

hmmm...we'll need more info but I'm skeptical.

re: #82 Ben Hur

It does not take a genius to understand that Saddam knew we were going to arrive months before we did, and that he had more than enough time to move anything he wanted to move.

The 'no WMD' chant is annoying to anyone who actually uses their brain.

re: #85 Killgore Trout

hmmm...we'll need more info but I'm skeptical.

I agree.

The Israeli MSMs are always trying to out Watergate eachother.

He forgot about the peace scarf.

Americans! I want to negotiate!

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Thanks for the smile! :)

-- Ann

re: #82 Ben Hur
Transferred to syria in all those TRUCKS!

re: #75 Killgore Trout
They always look so adorable after they've eaten hundreds of dollars of azalea and rhododendron down to the nub. Or, you've just shelled out a 500 dollar deductible to get your fenders straightened. But I live in Pennsylvania where, allegedly, more deer now reside then in Billy Penn's days.

re: #92 EC Marm

The area I'm moving to has a lot of moose (mooses? meeses? moosen?). Gardening is going to be a challenge.

re: #69 Ben Hur

There were a lot of tears shed the other night when LeePro posted that Charlton Heston was dead.

I don't think we will soon see another man like him.

re: #92 EC Marm

Have a friend who got one car totaled after a run in with a deer. After picking up the rental replacement to head back home, he again had a deer run into him - totaling that car.

His nickname thereafter? The Deer Hunter.

Unfortunately, no trophies to add to the case.

re: #93 Killgore Trout

The area I'm moving to has a lot of moose (mooses? meeses? moosen?). Gardening is going to be a challenge.

One - moose.
Two - run.

re: #93 Killgore Trout

The area I'm moving to has a lot of moose (mooses? meeses? moosen?). Gardening is going to be a challenge.

Moose is the correct terminology. They become very unpredictable when in rut as well. Be careful.

re: #94 NY Nana

There were a lot of tears shed the other night when LeePro posted that Charlton Heston was dead.

I don't think we will soon ever see another man like him.

Had to fix that for you, Nana.

NATO men romp in Afghan brothels

NATO men are romping nightly with prostitutes in Kabul – while Our Boys die on the front line.

The Sun filmed civilian workers visiting illicit brothels in the Afghan capital for sex with Chinese hookers.

They glugged down contraband beer as they leered at £70-a-night girls before leading them off to gloomy bedrooms.

Nato chiefs say one in five civilian staff use brothels and warn it must stop for fear of outraging Muslim Afghans and derailing the security mission.

Uh-oh.

Don't get too excited. Mookie always bails (as he's done in the past), but returns like a bad case of hemorrhoids (usually with the Iranians in tow).

Maybe he's actually seen the error of his ways and sees that his lust for personal power had destroyed the lives of all who've followed him.

But seriously, nice to see another muslim strongman groveling for mercy before the awesome vanguard of democracy. Brought to his knees by the terrible fury of an armed populace longing to be free. (I sound like Lincoln's speechwriter. Cue majestic music please.)

Mainstream media will definitely spin it like he's being the good guy who's been reasonable all along.

"Mookie: Peace-loving good guy or just a well meaning pacifist?

Muqtada al-Sadr should have been maggot chow 3 years ago.

Another example of putting off dealing with a problem until its biting you on the ass.

OT:

Pulitzer prizes awarded today.

The photo of missiles raining down on Palestinians didn't win. A photo showing the Myanmar police killing a journalist did.

re: #73 Ben Hur

I think you have hit the proverbial "nail" on the head; and since Muslims speak in a way so as to confuse and confound those they consider to be the "enemy," there's something going on that only Iran and those in Mookie's regime could understand.

re: #97 Truck Monkey

Are they delicious?

This is not another list for you ‘to do’ things.
This time I’m sending out a wish list to all the little fairies in the universe and hope they will make the following things happen:

Email from Mrs. Hur.

Now you understand.

re: #92 EC Marm

I'm in Lower Delaware, and a few days ago, while I was cleaning some debris out of the veggie garden, I saw 18 of them coming from the west field, across the road, and head into the woods to the east (rear) of the house. And there are deer tracks visible every time we walk the dogs out back to and along the tax ditch.

Fortunately for my garden and flowerbeds, the deer usually stick fairly close to the woods, grazing on whatever's been planted that season!

-- Ann

re: #99 Ben Hur

That's their personal business! Have we learned nothing from the Spitzer affair?
/

re: #102 maddogg

Muqtada al-Sadr should have been maggot chow 3 years ago.

Another example of putting off dealing with a problem until its biting you on the ass.

agreed, to a degree. I think if he had been taken out, he would have achieved martyrdom and his followers would only have been more violent and more numerous. Allowing him a way into the gov't and, to use an old Japanese term, to "save face" will result in a lot less bloodshed overall.
(and yes, I'm aware how much bloodshed his sick followers have caused in the past, but each time they took one in the nose and came back less willing to go the long haul)

Michael Ramirez won for editorial cartooning. Good on him.

re: #93 Killgore Trout
Seriously, find out what they eat, and try not to plant it. We had a fairly mild winter (snow cover wise) so most of my shrubs only lost about 10-30% of their foliage.
But I gotta have my rhododendrons. I've even run out the door in the middle of winter, fry pan in hand, to try to scare them off. They run about 100 feet, turn around, and laugh at me. Later on the same night, I hear their racks up against the siding of the house as they eat the ivy.
I'm not much of a hunter, I only shoot to kill the dangerous, rabid animals. Can't say I like the taste of venison.

re: #111 lawhawk

Michael Ramirez won for editorial cartooning. Good on him.

He got the scarf wrong.

I saw this earlier at Hot Air and thought allahpundit had a great analysis.

Update: One of the commenters notes that Sadr is studying to be an ayatollah as we speak and may have some sort of glorious Khomeini-esque return to Iraq in mind within the next few years. If it’s personal power he’s after, then ingratiating himself with the religious authorities by deferring to them may be more useful than keeping his army, which will exist in some fashion anyway via Iranian management and can always be reconstituted later. The question is simply what’s the fastest way to the top at this point, religious legitimacy or brute military strength?

It's a confusing move, and it's going to take a little time to figure out if Mookie's really that desperate or just plotting and scheming his own moves up the religious ladder.

Mookie keeps effin' up his insurgencies, he might be afraid to go hiding in Tehran. Could be a lot safer for him to try to figure out a way to save face & stay in Iraq.

Actually, "whoop ass" is exactly the reason.

After just five days of this most recent "uprising" Mookies militia had lost almost 10% of it's armed manpower and much of its heavy equipment, (crew served weapons, rockets).

Maliki's Iraqi Army committed four infantry brigades, two Special Operations battalions, and two police battalions just to the Basrah province region.

One of those infantry brigades was from the newly formed 14th Division. One of the battalions of that brigade, just five weeks out of basic training, broke early on. So did one of the police battalions. The rest fought on. The Sadr militia disintegrated under the onslaught.

[Link: www.longwarjournal.org...]

[Link: www.longwarjournal.org...]

[Link: www.longwarjournal.org...]

Mookie is a fat man in a very small hole.

STUCK,
R

re: #112 EC Marm

Seriously, find out what they eat, and try not to plant it. We had a fairly mild winter (snow cover wise) so most of my shrubs only lost about 10-30% of their foliage.
But I gotta have my rhododendrons. I've even run out the door in the middle of winter, fry pan in hand, to try to scare them off. They run about 100 feet, turn around, and laugh at me. Later on the same night, I hear their racks up against the siding of the house as they eat the ivy.
I'm not much of a hunter, I only shoot to kill the dangerous, rabid animals. Can't say I like the taste of venison.

Have you ever tried putting dog hair or dog urine around your plants to protect them from deer?

re: #105 Killgore Trout

Are they delicious?

Actually they are if prepared correctly. Moose jerky is the best that I've had.

On the face of it, the Dalai Lama and Wright would seem to have precious little to do with each other. Scratch the surface just a bit, though, and a relationship emerges. Although the nature of their rhetoric is quite different, one serene and the other angry, each man is a member of a historically aggrieved minority group who has condemned the behavior of a powerful ethnic majority in his society

Uhhh...What?

[Link: www.iht.com...]

(Via hotair)

re: #119 Truck Monkey

Actually they are if prepared correctly. Moose jerky is the best that I've had.

I'm not sure I even want to KNOW what part of the moose is the 'jerky"!

re: #120 Ben Hur

Sorry, Via Gateway Pundit.

re: #110 sattv4u2

agreed, to a degree. I think if he had been taken out, he would have achieved martyrdom and his followers would only have been more violent and more numerous. Allowing him a way into the gov't and, to use an old Japanese term, to "save face" will result in a lot less bloodshed overall.
(and yes, I'm aware how much bloodshed his sick followers have caused in the past, but each time they took one in the nose and came back less willing to go the long haul)

I agree in principal with much of what you have said. However since martyrs are a dime a dozen over there, I would rather have seen him pushing up daisies already.

re: #110 sattv4u2

Allowing him a way into the gov't and, to use an old Japanese term, to "save face" will result in a lot less bloodshed overall.

I disagree. That sonofabitch doesn't want into the government, he wants to BE the government. If he and enough of his followers were eliminated, that problem would subside, just like AQ in Iraq. They are most cooperative when they have assumed ambient temperature.

re: #98 rabidsquirrel

Had to fix that for you, Nana.

And you did! Thank you.

re: #108 buzzsawmonkey

Moonbat artists rejoice at the death of Charlton Heston.

That cartoon is pretty much on the same level of anti-semitic cartoons in the Nazi's textbooks. Way beyond ordinary moonbattery. The work of Stan.

re: #116 Render

agree ,, thats my point in 110. He keeps geting his beard handed to him, he has less and less influence. By disbanding and "joining" the gov't, he comes out on top

You know, you guys don't have to be so cynical. I fully support the idea of dialogue with Sadr. As long as his portion of the discussion begins with "I surrender". Any words other than those should be immediately translated as "Please continue to wipe out my followers."

re: #123 Nevergiveup

I agree in principal with much of what you have said. However since martyrs are a dime a dozen over there, I would rather have seen him pushing up daisies already.

that they are ,,, but HIGH PROFILE ones tend aren't

re: #120 Ben Hur

Shit, that's some serious moral relevatism the IHT has going on there. If Wright's like the Dali Lama, then I'm Admiral Yamamoto.

re: #118 mama winger

Have you ever tried putting dog hair or dog urine around your plants to protect them from deer?

I've heard that they are afraid of human urine. So, one year I peed all around the border of my corn at great risk of imprisonment for indecent exposure. The deer stayed away but some groundhog got a tremendous woodie and ate every ear. Can't win.

Video: The 100 Years of War Lie

Give me your shoe!

re: #120 Ben Hur

Uhhh...What?

[Link: www.iht.com...]

(Via hotair)

Why not? Aren't Mohammed and Jesus more or less the same?
/sarc

re: #112 EC Marm

Get "Deer Off". It's a combination of cayenne pepper, garlic, and putrescent egg solids. Yep -- smells awful for the first day, then it subsides. It'll last through a rainstorm or two as well.

re: #108 buzzsawmonkey

Moonbat artists rejoice at the death of Charlton Heston.

Another example of the disdain those same artists feel
for those they label 'haters.'

re: #132 EC Marm

I've heard that they are afraid of human urine. So, one year I peed all around the border of my corn at great risk of imprisonment for indecent exposure. The deer stayed away but some groundhog got a tremendous woodie and ate every ear. Can't win.

NOT TO SELF ,,, when invited over to EC's house for 4th of July BBQ, do NOT eat the corn on the cob !

re: #129 sattv4u2

that they are ,,, but HIGH PROFILE ones tend aren't

But the lession to be learned here is to take action ASAP. He was NOT such a big deal when we first started touring Iraq. The first time he raised his ugly head, we should have handed it to him.

To state the obvious, he's "disbanding" because he's having his ass handed to him.

IE, he's losing the war in the conventional sense, and now he's just asking for cover from his sponsors in Iran to withdraw without complete personal humilation.

IMO, he's already led armed rebellion against the new gov't of Iraq and US soldiers, and its not too late to make an example out of him.

***NOTE *** PIMF

re: #137 jaunte

Another example of the disdain those same artists feel
for those they label 'haters.'

And yet, we, the conservatives, get called rascist or nazi or fascist. Never mind most of us have little but respect when one of theirs dies, and they feel the need to dance on our graves.

re: #131 Honorary Yooper

Shit, that's some serious moral relevatism the IHT has going on there. If Wright's like the Dali Lama, then I'm Admiral Yamamoto.

Hey, lizards! Clue to Yooper's secret identity: he is not...I repeat, NOT...Admiral Yamamoto! Now we've narrowed it down!

re: #131 Honorary Yooper

I really don't like the "If you scratch the surface" BS.

re: #140 Nevergiveup

But the lession to be learned here is to take action ASAP. He was NOT such a big deal when we first started touring Iraq. The first time he raised his ugly head, we should have handed it to him.

actually he was,,, he was a strong opponent of Saddams even before we went into there. he was also one of the 1st spiritual leaders to sit with the new gov't to come up with solutions. The fact that he didn';t like what his cut would be at the time led to his rallying his people

re: #132 EC Marm

I've
heard that they are afraid of human urine. So, one year I peed all
around the border of my corn at great risk of imprisonment for indecent
exposure. The deer stayed away but some groundhog got a tremendous
woodie and ate every ear. Can't win.

So it's an early spring if a groundhog sees his... never mind.

Hudna

A particularly famous early hudna was the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah between Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe, ending with Muhammad marching on Mecca along with 10000 men, two years after the hudna was signed, and taking over the Quraysh.

"if Muslims are weak, a truce may be made for ten years if necessary, for the Prophet made a truce with the Quraysh for that long, as is related by Abu Dawud" ('Umdat as-Salik, o9.16).

Mookie knows his Koran.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned al-Sadr on Sunday to disband his militia or face a ban from politics

How about a ban on breathing?

re: #108 buzzsawmonkey

Buzz,

What I would like to say about that would be [deleted].

This is what I posted Saturday night about Charlton Heston and his generation.

It was when I was a kid...he was a true mensch.

re: #136 mongrel19

Get "Deer Off". It's a combination of cayenne pepper, garlic, and putrescent egg solids. Yep -- smells awful for the first day, then it subsides. It'll last through a rainstorm or two as well.

Is it cheaper to just get a dog?

re: #143 ploome hineni

take pictures

of the BBQ ,,, or of EC peeing on the corn ?

re: #147 sattv4u2

actually he was,,, he was a strong opponent of Saddams even before we went into there. he was also one of the 1st spiritual leaders to sit with the new gov't to come up with solutions. The fact that he didn';t like what his cut would be at the time led to his rallying his people

He was a second tier Imam.

re: #19 MandyManners

"Mookie bailing". Sounds like a new rap song and dance.

You probably remember L.L. Cool J: Dear Yevette

Verse 3.

re: #146 Ben Hur

I really don't like the "If you scratch the surface" BS.

Neither do I. It reeks of moral relativism. Claims the Dali Lama's struggle against Communist China is the same as "Reverend" Wright's racist diatribes in his "church". It's a huge hunk of smelly manure.

re: #152 Cheeseland

Is it cheaper to just get a dog?

Or get day old huevos rancheros.

re: #154 Nevergiveup

He was a second tier Imam.

in a place where many of the top teir ones had fled from saddam.

re: #144 Honorary Yooper

And yet, we, the conservatives, get called rascist or nazi or fascist. Never mind most of us have little but respect when one of theirs dies, and they feel the need to dance on our graves.

Save this link, and email it to Steve Brodner when the Iranians tst fire their first nuclear device: [Link: www.motherjones.com...]

re: #157 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Or get day old huevos rancheros.

Before or after they've been eaten?

re: #112 EC Marm

Deer repellent that works:

Take 1 dozen eggs, blend them in 1 gallon of water, pour through a cheesecloth to filter out long strand proteins that would clog your spray nozzle. Spray on your plants with a standard insecticide sprayer. Use it all up as it won't keep in the refrigerator more than a couple of days.

This was told to my dad by a game warden when the deer kept eating all the leaves off of his young fruit trees, and it works.

re: #159 jaunte

Save this link, and email it to Steve Brodner when the Iranians tst fire their first nuclear device: [Link: www.motherjones.com...]

why did you make me open that link ,, now I need to a shower

re: #159 jaunte

Save this link, and email it to Steve Brodner when the Iranians tst fire their first nuclear device: [Link: www.motherjones.com...]

Interesting. Is that a rocket in his fly, or is he just happy to us?

re: #160 Honorary Yooper

Before or after they've been eaten?

while

re: #163 Honorary Yooper

Interesting. Is that a rocket in his fly, or is he just happy to see us?

PIMFx1000

re: #132 EC Marm

I've heard that they are afraid of human urine. So, one year I peed all around the border of my corn at great risk of imprisonment for indecent exposure. The deer stayed away but some groundhog got a tremendous woodie and ate every ear. Can't win.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA

re: #163 Honorary Yooper

Interesting. Is that a rocket in his fly, or is he just happy to us?

I think it's the new one ,,, the SPITZER

Maybe the CIA can recruit him to test out their new C4 suppositories.

re: #99 Ben Hur

NATO men romp in Afghan brothels

Uh-oh.

Yep, the Muslim Afghans are pissed that they are missing out on such fun! Can't have that.

re: #169 ploome hineni

whichever will create more havoc

:P

Actually I was thinking that some footage of the groundhog towing around his load would've made a cute home video.

I like Sadr's nickname at Rantburg; Tater! haha it's perfection.

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

I heard that the Methodists are terrifying berserk fighters--hence the phrase, "there's a Methodist in their madness."

Buzz, keep your day job. lol.

(shaking head)

"...throw in the towel..."

heh heh heh...

I heard that as a good will gesture Mookie has invited Maliki over for the second Sadr.

re: #173 buzzsawmonkey

Thanks, Buzz. It is strange, actually, that in a time of world war, we were in a more wholesome environment. And our heroes were our military, not drug addicted little 'stars'. Movie 'stars' enlisted, went to war, while others did benefits here, and also took so much time off to go into the war theater to entertain. The USO, which still serves our military was always there. When the war ended? Times Square was what was seen in all of the USA in various ways..parades, name it.

I'll check YouTube.

Now? My heart breaks, as it has since 'Nam.

re: #132 EC Marm

Mountain Lion urine is a sure-fire repellent.

Collecting it is the hard part.

re: #161 maddogg

If the egg repellent doesn't work, I've heard you can use Dial Soap -- drill a hole through the soap bar, use fishing line and suspend from a tree branch (or put the soap in a cheesecloth bag and suspend from tree branch).

Uh, doesn't this mean that if they want to talk, that they are losing - big time?

re: #181 calcajun

Uh, doesn't this mean that if they want to talk, that they are losing - big time?

Nothing ever gets finished in the Middle East.

re: #180 J.S.

If the egg repellent doesn't work, I've heard you can use Dial Soap -- drill a hole through the soap bar, use fishing line and suspend from a tree branch (or put the soap in a cheesecloth bag and suspend from tree branch).

Do you leave the hook sticking out or do you bury it in the soap?

re: #180 J.S.

If the egg repellent doesn't work, I've heard you can use Dial Soap -- drill a hole through the soap bar, use fishing line and suspend from a tree branch (or put the soap in a cheesecloth bag and suspend from tree branch).

Tried it, no effect. Deer ate the leaves right up against the soap. Egg mix is the only thing we tried that worked.

re: #70 lawhawk

re: #70 lawhawk

Actually, shouldn't there be one called hope, and another called change?

/Part of the arsenal of democracy after all...

I'm thinking two missiles, one called hope, the other change, on the A-10, and delivered as part of the dialogue. I'd hope that would make Mook change.

re: #184 maddogg

O no...too bad soap couldn't be a repellent -- it'd be another cheap way of keeping them out (not so good, though, if the soap acts as a lure/bait, I guess).

re: #118 mama winger

Have you ever tried putting dog hair or dog urine around your plants to protect them from deer?

or go to the local zoo and get some quality Carnivore dung.

DON'T use that around your garden for food though. Some parasites can get into your food from the Tiger/lion poo.

re: #36 Occasional Reader

Interesting... al-Sistani is about as good as Shiite clerics get, in terms of actually being moderate. (I know that's not saying much, but...)

Actually, Ayatollah al Sistani has been a very good friend to the US in many ways. From the very beginning, he told the Iraqi people not to resist the American occupation.

Unlike his Iranian counterparts, Ayatolah al Sistani believes that clerics have absolutely no business interfering in government. He draws a very strick line between mosque and state. Had he wanted to, he could have pre-empted al Maliki's government at any time since the invasion, and the Shiites of Iraq would have supported him because they respect him. Instead, the Ayatollah has chosen to retreat to a holy city (can't remeber which one), and confine himself to religious matters.

I would venture to say that without the Ayatollah's restraint in the face of American occupation, the US would be in the very toilet the Dems and MSM say we're in.

Deer are not stupid. They are not afraid of dog poo, human urine, or any kind of hair. The egg mixture repels them, it does not scare them.
give them some credit, they wouldn't be afraid of great white shark poo or Yeti piss either.

Set out a salt block. they are readily available at any feed store. After about 1 week pour 1-2 tbsp of ethylene glycol antifreeze on it per day. In 1-2 weeks the deer problem will be resolved.

re: #52 Peacekeeper

He'll be going somewhere eventually... just a matter of time...
Mookie's just looking to rearm and come back for the next round and will keep doing so until he takes a dirt nap...

re: #156 Honorary Yooper

Neither do I. It reeks of moral relativism. Claims the Dali Lama's struggle against Communist China is the same as "Reverend" Wright's racist diatribes in his "church". It's a huge hunk of smelly manure.

Dennis Prager had a recent column about liberal churches comparing Wright to an Old Testament prophet.
Dennis took issue with that, obviously.

If you can't keep the deer from eating your veggies why not include venison in some recipes to make up for it?

How do you say "chicken shit" in Arabic?

re: #191 ROPMA

NO, NO, NO. I do not recommend anyone do this. You'll get yourself into trouble. How do you know that only deer will be consuming the toxic poison? Dogs and cats could also be attracted. I've read that dogs which consume anti-freeze (if not taken to a vet within hours) die a horrific, painful death -- due to kidney failure.) Don't do this.

re: #65 kansas

Hopefully there is an A10 Warthog out there with "Dialogue" on the side. Then Mook can have some "Diaglogue".

"kan" -

Sounds a bit "Stalinist" - as in - "MAN PROBLEM? - NO MAN NO PROBLEM!"
Agree or disagree?

-S-

Mookies "Tet" offensive took it on the chin. His bosses in Qom are not amused with him

re: #199 Airedale

Mookies "Tet" offensive took it on the chin. His bosses in Qom are not amused with him

re: #199 Airedale

Airedale -

#1. Good Breed, though my Melech is a Shepherd.

#2. Perhaps his bosses in Qom will exercise their "Managerial Perogative" after this "botz."

-S-

re: #200 Dr. Shalit

re: #199 Airedale

Airedale -

#1. Good Breed, though my Melech is a Shepherd.

#2. Perhaps his bosses in Qom will exercise their "Managerial Perogative" after this "botz."

-S-

#2. Wouldn't it be a hoot if al Sadr returned not to a million man march welcome but a ball and chain reception followed up with a good beating and then thrown into "the cooler".
lol
They still have an arrest warrant out on him for murder in that holy city of Najaf...

#1. My Airedale screen name is a navy nickname, a stereotype reference to aircraft carrier folk but yes, that breed can be counted on as a big, strong, loyal and trusted friend

They should have tried this two years ago...

that pig should have been roasted a long time ago.