Slate:

But if JI were rational, it wouldn't have attacked the bars and clubs and beaches of Kuta and Jimbaran in the first place. Indonesia is a mainly Muslim society, whose government takes a stern line against the war in Iraq and even Afghanistan

Ok so Hitchens has that part right why is he the only one on the left with his eyes open?

Dr. Sanity has a good explanation.

Hitchens is being logical. Hitchens is trying to appeal to the principles that he believes are the foundation for Leftist thoughtÂ…Â… He is able to see the essential truth about the Islamofascists, and has accordingly supported the war in Afghanistan and the removal of Saddam. He thinks he is supporting the principles of his ideologyÂ… Â… if he thinks for one moment that people like George Galloway and the members of ANSWER or the rest of the lunatic fringe of the Left give one whit for any rational arguments--he is deluding himself

Rational thought has never been a strong point of the Left or the terrorists. The terrorist will blow you up right in the middle of the apology and then dance on your broken body afterward. Trying to ascribe reason to an enemy that doesnÂ’t play that is just silly. The only reason to try and understand the terrorists is so you can kill them first. Oh yes they can use reason or emotion as a tool for the deception of the infidel. Let me be clear it's the terrorists and those who follow them. Don't want to be like evil or anything.

Others: Tim Blair and normblog.

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(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Embassies of eleven countries were subjected to security scares when envelopes suspected of containing anthrax powder were received. The first envelope arrived Tuesday at the Japanese Embassy at 1440 local time and, subsequently, envelopes were received by the Thai, German, Canadian, Singaporean, and Philippine foreign missions. Although emergency and hazardous materials teams were mobilized, apparently only harmless substances were found in the envelopes.

On Wednesday, the Australian, American, British, French, and Russian foreign missions in Malaysia received similar suspicious packages by mail. According to Abdul Aziz Bulat of the Kuala Lumpur Police, the parcels contained messages which "warned of retaliation for perceived injustices against the Muslim world."

From TheStar.com:

Kuala Lumpur Chief Police Officer Deputy Commissioner Datuk Mustafa Abdullah believed that it was the work of pranksters.

"We checked the first two parcels. I believe that it was just some harmless liquid, some kind of oil," he said.

He said the envelope addressed to the Japanese Ambassador, bearing a Kelantan stamp, had a note which read: "Now you have biological weapons. You deserve what is happening to you after what you have done to Muslims."

Companion at Interested-Participant.

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We seem to be having a lot of posters you know the kind that post on old threads and say stuff like this:

Falluja

gg@ww.com

victory to the islamic army and the army of the mujahedeen,,allahu akbar. good is great.

I doubt that email is a good one but I disagree good is just good not great.

Also a live one on this thread.

Although our motto is bit different he is still watching you.

Our contacts thread is also a good one.

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Here's some good news from FOXNEWS.

Some Pakistani officials said Latifi was arrested Tuesday, but the intelligence official said he was detained Sunday at a home in Quetta's Newi Killi neighborhood. The announcement of Latifi's arrest had been delayed because he was being interrogated about other Taliban leaders, the official said.

Latifi as you may recall is an if not accurate, common mouthpiece spouting Taliban propaganda.

Updated: Even better news.

Also see Chad Evans at In the Bullpen for news of the death of Al-Haj Othman. Leader of the islamic army in Iraq.

Hooray!!! The Jawa Report has extensive archives of the Islamic Army in Iraq's activities. Use the search MPJ with "Islamic Army in Iraq" and you will see just how good this is. Some question of the term Leader if not THE leader he was ONE.

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Beins thatÂ’s Ah is a reyud neyuk ah figured yall maht hayuv some idears on how we all cayun survahv three buck gayus. I baysiclly jest a mattr of supplahs ayund demayund.

1. Drive real fast. The longer the trip takes the more gas you burn.
2. Install bigger motor.
3. Add Holly 730 and racing cam.
4. Lift kit and big tires. The inverse square law states that the further from the center of gravity the less you are affected. Therefore less drag and better mileage.
5. When the light turns green floor it and get to the next light ASAP. The more time spent idling at red lights the less fuel used. Lights cannot ever be beaten the man has em all fixed to stop you anyway.
6.Add bush guard and roll bar both with extra lights point the top ones backwards and turn em on. The pressure of the light leaving the rollbar adds MPG. Girls like these first six which is important.
7.Marry early and often. You might want to start with Bobby Sue cause her daddy drives a fuel truck.Once you are married up start on that crop of teenagers they will be useful just donÂ’t let em drive unless itÂ’s a date with someone who works at the refinery, gas station, drives a school bus, etc etc.
8. Train yer boys to siphon. Girls donÂ’t need trainin, sucking fluid through a tube in the dark comes natural for em.
9. Host keg parties. Have the boys invite their friends but not the girls. Once the first keg is dry yer daughters can keep the boys busy while yer boys excuse themselves to get some fuel errrr take a leak.
10. Gets one of them there deep sea fishin outfits for long trips. Get up behind a rig and cast onto the bumper. Use that pair of wire cutters that always sticks out of yer back pocket to cut the line when ya gotta exit or get another beer.

In other words as long as your demand meets my supply no problem.

Supplahhh!!!! Honey can you gets Daddy another beer.

If you missed Sunday's Dilbert click here.

Hat Tip: Dave the cube neighbor.

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The Jawa Report once got a mention in Editor and Publisher. The same article mentioned a prominent Leftist blog. The Leftist blog was given a clickable link. This website was simply printed, no link. Subtle? Yes, but bias nonetheless.

Now E&P (notice, I linked the post I'm referencing? See how that works E&P?) turns a photo of Harriet Miers with President Bush into a partisan attack couched in journalistic terms. The article inevitably leads the reader to ask the question, "What did Miers know about bin Laden and when did she know it?"

Classy.

It's not so much that E&P is a liberal rag, it's that its a liberal rag masquerading as an impartial industry journal.

Confederate Yankee fisks the article further.

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Scroll down for high resolution photos.

Update: Paul from Wizbang and I essentially agree and the photos really tell the same story: Nagin is an idiot, he just thinks Nagin is a bigger idiot than me.

Something odd struck me about the photo posted by Paul at Wizbang this morning. It occured to me that this photo couldn't be accurate, since I didn't see any flooding. So I did a quick search and came up with an even higher resolution photo of the Algiers Bus Depot. What do you know, I found one. Paul's photo is correct, but another photo shows that the busses were eventually used to help evacuate the city.

This one was taken by the NOAA on August 31st of this year. It was done as part of an aeriel assesment of hurricane damage. You can see the original photo here to verify its accuracy. Compare it to the one that Paul has up, and you'll notice that it is the same depot by the large water stain. I'll assume he and Kevin are calling it the Algiers Bus Depot correctly.

Update: Paul tells me his photo was taken about 10:00 a.m., meaning my photo was taken sometime later that afternoon. So, just to be clear, some time after 10:00 a.m., somebody had the brilliant idea of taking a bunch of unused parked busses and gettting people out of Dodge on them. Yet, for some unknown reason, no one thinks to drive a couple of miles and start picking up people in desperate need and who's plight is all over the airwaves? Brilliant.

To put that date into perspective, Hurrican Katrina hit in the wee hours of August 29th (Monday morning) and the levies began to break at 11:00 that morning. This photo, then, was taken on Wednesday afternoon, 48 hours after the hurricane hit and smack in the middle of when news reports were coming out about the horrible conditions in the Superdome. Click below for larger version.

Now look at the photo. Carefully. Notice something about the busses? They are moving. It looks like three police vehicles are waiting to escort them. In the upper left corner you can see one police vehicle already moving. [Update: To put this into context this means that these busses were fully functional and could have been used at any time to help start the evacuations.] But do they go to the Superdome to help evacuate people? No. Then where are they moving to? Let's look at another piece of this very large photo. Click for larger image.

Yes, those are the missing busses from the photo. Yes, that is a large group of people getting on the busses.

Clearly, the busses were being used to evacuate people from Algiers. If you can positively identify this location, please e-mail me. I am told, and I have no reason to doubt, that this is Algiers Landing.

Gentle reminder to Paul and Kevin: There were refugees all over the city. It's possible, and indeed highly likely in light of this photographic evidence, that busses were evacuating people from Algiers at least. To where? I've no idea.

Update: On further reflection, where were these busses going and why did they not come back for those stuck in the Superdome?

Update II: It's important to realize, too, that the photos posted at Wizbang from the same day show a clear road between the Algiers bus depot and the Superdome. The busses could easily have driven to it.

So, on the one hand we know that busses were being used to evacuate people. On the other hand, why were these same busses not being used to evacuate everybody? Remember, this photo was taken on Wednesday and the Superdome was not evacuated until Friday. So, regardless if the effort was being coordinated properly, there were efforts to get people out of harms way.

If you have the time, now go to the NOAA photos of New Orleans here. How much flooding do you really see? What's really amazing about these photos is just how little flooding actually occured. From what I had gathered from TV reports, the entire city was flooded. Not so. Click around some.

In fact, my first impression was that I must have this wrong. That the dates must be wrong. But:

The date of the photography can be derived from the first 3 characters of the image name. Image names beginning with 243 were acquired Aug 30, 2005, those beginning with 244 were acquired Aug 31, and so on.

Where is all the freaking flooding?!?!! From the news it seemed as if the entire city was under water. That maybe a few places here or there escaped the rising waters, but the majority of the city was under water. Where is it all?

Was there flooding? Of course, pictures don't lie. Here is a picture of a flooded downtown, but that's one of a hundred or more. Others in the vicinity show some neighborhoods flooded, and others on the same street with almost no damage

Pictures do tell a distorted view of reality. Geraldo Rivera on a deserted street is not headline news. Geraldo Rivera floating down a street is. So, if you're a producer you find the areas of worst damage and then show those pictures. You don't show images of the other 75% of the city that wasn't damaged near as much.

And while most of the city was busy getting out, reporters were camped out broadcasting the worst images and the people in the worst conditions and acting as if it was a typical experience.

So, is Roy Nagin to blame as we earlier asserted? Yes, a little. Maybe even more than most. As I said before, New Orleans might be the worst run city in the worst run state of the Union. But, regardless of its lack of leadership it seems that somebody thought to get those busses moving. Perhaps the reason we didn't hear massive complaints coming from this neighborhood is that they got out, on busses.

More later.

UPDATE: After going back and forth with Paul, you know, I think he's right. If someone thought to use these busses two days after the storm hit, then why did no one think to use them the day before the storm hit? And why were these busses not used to evacuate the people out of the Superdome?

So, in summation, Nagin is an idiot. That is all.

PS-And I'm spent......

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1 Rusty you are so close yet so far.... The flooding was on the EASTBANK. (here is the confusing part, the river flows north at canal street so the EASTbank is on the WEST side of the picture) The westbank never flooded. That's the whole point. Go follow my link ... oh what the heck, here it is again look on the EAST side of the river (well west um, left) and you will see flooding. (and notice the Dome roof is ripped) I did not make the google map Rusty. NOW- As to your image. If you note, the images on google maps were taken at 10am. Look carefully at the shadows then compare the shadows in your picture. It is the same day but many hours later. (go look) Apparently they figured out they had the busses mid-day on Wednesday. But STILL did not use them to get people out the dome. Either way, they sat for 48 hours. Gentle Reminder Rusty... If you are going to say one of my links is wrong, you might follow it before you say it buddy. ;-) P

Posted by: Paul at October 04, 2005 07:50 PM (yVS2b)

2 As Paul said, you might want to find out if Algiers is a different municipality than New Orleans itself.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at October 04, 2005 07:55 PM (Gn9tM)

3 Um, but Paul's original photo is of Algiers... Paul, I didn't mean to imply that your photo was wrong (did I word that poorly?) only that the busses were actually being used, by Wednesday at least, to evacuate people.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at October 04, 2005 07:59 PM (JQjhA)

4 BTW- That is the Algiers ferry landing. I have no idea why anyone would be there during a storm... and remember this is 2 days later and there was no flooding in that area. (well I'm sure a few houses took water but I mean mass flooding) Clearly if the city figured out that they had busses, the Dome was a more pressing need than people who were in their own (relatively unscathed) neighborhood. So the "best" case for the mayor is that he let the buses sit for 48 hours then did not use them where they were needed most, all the while whining the Feds did not come bail him out. hmmmm Frankly Rusty, you damned him. Many people argued the busses might be broken or he could not get drivers. You took those 2 off the table.

Posted by: Paul at October 04, 2005 07:59 PM (yVS2b)

5 As I said in my post several times. Algiers is part of New Orleans. Those were Nagin's busses.

Posted by: Paul at October 04, 2005 08:00 PM (yVS2b)

6 You are quite correct. I wonder, though, if Nagin is to blame or the incompetent corrupt New Orleans system of government? And, after some reflection, I think maybe you're right. Nagin be damned!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at October 04, 2005 08:05 PM (JQjhA)

7 I have been saying this since right after the flood. Thanks, Paul, for a job well done. The pajamahadeen have struck again.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 04, 2005 08:20 PM (rUyw4)

8 BTW- I'm allowed to think he is a bigger idiot than you... I live here. P

Posted by: Paul at October 04, 2005 08:47 PM (yVS2b)

9 Spontaneous order To All, Welcome to the world of public service. I just retired after surviving 35 yrs in a So Cal law enforcement agency(300K daytime pop). Trust me you put too much confidence in the ability of government to perform in these situations. Fortunately in CA the emergency ops folks have their act together much better than apparently was the case within the New Orleans Region. We do have our four seasons here of floods, fires, earthquakes, and riots. We are currently in the fire season. You may have noticed the fire folks here do come together and seem to be able to coordinate their resources. It sounds like there was mass confusion with little prior preparation between the multitude of local and regional agencies that must interact when such a disaster strikes. On Rusty's discovery on the busses my guess is some low level public servant threw the book away and decided to tell someone to use the "GD" busses to move people out of the area. Probably violating a multitude of chain of command regs. No big surprise they were not used at the Superdome as the powers that be probably were unaware they had buses that were functional because the communication system went down earlier in the game. If I remember correctly the backup generators were powered by natural gas that failed because of other systems failing. There is a term for this: Spontaneous order RLS Link Also read my comments above and below this post

Posted by: Ron Wright at October 04, 2005 10:36 PM (3NBxL)

10 Some background: the NO school board discussed a plan to use school buses in an evacuation in June 2005, and the business managers of the school district says they weren't used because the drivers had been evacuated. People should start trying to find those who were on these buses or those who drove them to see what happened when.

Posted by: Katrina Coverage at October 04, 2005 10:40 PM (Z2PkX)

11 Who cares who drove the buses. In an evac scenario there's no need to worry about standard school bus driver training because the buses won't be stopping and red-flashing so kids can cross the road to get on the bus. In this situation anyone who can drive a stick is a bus driver, unions be damned.

Posted by: Captain Ned at October 05, 2005 01:24 AM (Acn6I)

12 Bullshit: (1) New Orleans is the worst run city in the worse run state. (2) Blame the officials in neighboring Gretna and Jefferson Parish Officials for protecting their city from looters and thugs. More bullshit. (3) Nagin is an idiot. His gross exaggerations left everyone running in circles not knowing what to believe. 20,000 dead. Bullshit. (4) There was plenty of high ground or areas of water less than a foot. Plenty of buildings downtown that were 50 stories high. Where you ask? Easy. Across the street from the superdome. In fact the Coast Guard's 8th district headquarters are on the 17th floor of a building across from the Superdome. Why didn't city officials open the thousands of rooms in fancy hotels on Canal street? Anyone ask that question? Hell they had generators. It's the law. And the majority are powered by Diesel. I have a friend who rode the hurricane out at the Marriott. They had emergency power. Why? Not to house the homeless but to protect it from the looters everyone expected. Anyone notice the pictures of the looters. Strange how easy they got around. Movement was easy for looters and hard for everyone else. Bullshit. (5) Poor leadership in New Orleans is what caused many police to become looters themselves. Of course only of high dollar items. Excuses will be made for them. (6) When New Orleans officials directed people to start walking in circles they were not even thinking about buses. The purpose was to make Nagin the idiot look good and the federal government look bad. (7) The entire government in New Orleans parish was elected, appointed and promoted for one reason and one reason only. Because they are black. Not on ability, experience or intelligence. Merely because they are black. New Orleans you got the leadership that you wanted. Now the rest of us will pay the bill. As usual. You have the worst education department in the country. Your city is unsafe. Your police department racist. Your school board is a joke. The judges you have elected are corrupt and your mayor is an idiot. Something that we in the surrounding parishes have known for years. I have one question that has risen. I cannot prove it but I have heard that school buses were available and ready to move and Fema would not use them because they were not air conditioned. If this is true, there is also a federal idiot involved. Probably afraid of getting sued. Many actions by the feds in my area of gulf coast Mississippi have been slowed by the feds. President Bush admitted that today and explained why federal equipment could not aid us on private land. Again, that can be blamed on greed and lawyers. People in New Orleans, piss, moan, complain and wail with their hands out. What needs to be remembered here is that while people in Orleans Parish stood on roof tops people in Mississippi didn't have a roof to stand on. The flooding was a slow process caused by leaks in the levees. Mississippi was hit by a wall of water 30 ft high all at once. I guess the difference is the Mississippians didn't have time to loot and complain and murder. One thing I would like to make clear. Seems like the rest of Louisiana acted different than the people of New Orleans. WHY? I would also add that there not a redneck in Mississippi who can't drive a school bus so that dog don't hunt. When a entire city relies on de govement instead of themselves they will be in trouble. In one day the roads to my farm were cleared of hundreds of trees. By whom? My neighbors. We pulled together and watched out for each other. The generator I purchased 3 years ago went to another family with a 92 year old lady in ill health. Others chipped in fuel. Fuel that was purchased when we were told the storm was coming. Food was shared and freezers that didn't have power were emptied for all. My driveway was cleared of 8 large trees by someone with chain saws and strong backs. I still don't know who. Difference in people I guess. Some are conditioned to support the Government and some conditioned to live on it. Some say they had no way out when evacuation was ordered. There was a way. On plenty of school buses, city buses, trucks, cabs etc: None of these were offered by the city of New Orleans Officials who saved their asses and got out. Some police acted as they should. Others only thought of themselves. I know of not one case of a coastal Mississippi police officer running away. I fact we had so many people running around with T-shites saying police and pistols on their hips that it was a bit scary. So much for my thoughts. I am still siting in St Louis, Mo. Nice place but not home.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 05, 2005 05:17 AM (ywZa8)

13 Just thinking of something. Why are the blacks in New Orleans relying on Bush. None of them voted for him. They voted for Nagin. They should rely on him. Ha. Vote for Nagin and scream for Bush when shit happens. There's some irony here.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 05, 2005 06:37 AM (ywZa8)

14 There is no doubt that someone should have commandeered anything with wheels to evacuate those that were trapped. But you should also remember, Gretna cops controlled the west bank of that bridge, and turned back those who tried to cross it, starting Monday the 29th. The chief of police said "Evidently, someone on the ground (in New Orleans) was telling people there was transport here ... There wasn't." Meanwhile, as the photos show, there was transport, and it appears some of them were used. So this isn't all on Nagin. It's obvious there weren't many people in power, from mayors to police chiefs, willing or able to do the right thing.

Posted by: Reid at October 05, 2005 07:17 AM (CnKub)

15 IMO, the definitive pictures of the NO flooding are the Global Security series (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/new-orleans-imagery.htm). They clearly show the areas that did and did not flood.

Posted by: Steve L. at October 05, 2005 07:26 AM (hpZf2)

16 I believe the pictures of the people at Algeries landing is of the St. Bernard parish evacuation. The people of St. Bernard were evacuated by ferry boat to the west bank. They were then removed by buses. The St. Bernard evacuation is a story of local people taking care of themselves without help from the Feds or State govt.

Posted by: RJ at October 05, 2005 07:38 AM (n6q58)

17 Reid, Other photos show the bridge where people were allegedly turned away. Only two cop cars on the bridge. Something is fishy about that story........

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at October 05, 2005 08:58 AM (JQjhA)

18 Lateat reports from NOAA now have Katrina hitting New Orleans as a strong Category ONE or weak Category TWO.The primary cause of the disater was that the levees broke. Could that have been prevented ? By whom ? Flood control has been Federal for 100 years. Pork. Pork.Porl.Gimmmie Gimmmie Gimmie. Bush approves and signs Bills but it is Congress who writes them. This is a direct result of the one party system. Checks and Balances ? Compromise? Accountability ? Under our Federal System ALL citizens of These United States have the right to "LIFE LIBERTY and the PURSUIT of Happiness" regardless of negligebt local government. Where was Fema in these pictures two days later ? Should the city of New Orleans had a better plan ? duh...... There is plenty of blame togo around. And of courseif all else fails we can always use the defense of last resort BLAME THE VICTIMS. The reporting was the worst tabloid journalism. Remember the shooting at helicopters ? NOT !!! Looting ? minor compared to what is happening now with the contracts.Were the "left" newspapers worse than the "right"papers? Hard to say for me.

Posted by: john Ryan at October 05, 2005 09:26 AM (ads7K)

19 That's because you're on the Left, John Ryan, and they could shit in a cup and you would take it for ice creme.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 05, 2005 10:09 AM (rUyw4)

20 That authority several seem to be searching for was sitting about 70 miles up the road in Baton Rouge. I start with the mayor but since he seems to be the overwhelmed Idiot that actually got HIT, I quickly go to the source that could have controlled the entire situation (and was not hit). Governor Blanco is more responsible in this fiasco than anyone else I can find. She had authority to control state police, Nat Guard, access into NO or out, permission slips for aide groups (Red Cross/Salv Army) and also access to enough school buses to bring her people out of NO. There is someone that has a name that was playing political chicken with the Feds. No other reasonable explanation because of the short distance between BR and NO. You got a better?

Posted by: owl at October 05, 2005 10:42 AM (60rrd)

21 Good job with all the photos and analysis! I think when a hole appeared in the top of the Superdome, that should have been their clue.

Posted by: RepJ at October 05, 2005 10:47 AM (6krEN)

22 I am tired of the asshole mayor and dipshit Gov. in La. blaming the Feds. First off they were the first line of government. They failed to act. They failed to ask for help. They failed as elected leaders. Its clear that the entire government of the state of LA. is corrupt, dumb and plain stupid. A majority of the residents are living off the federal and state government checks each month and just sit waiting for a hand out. So how can the Mayor even to begin to think they could follow even a simple disaster plan. And to make matters worse he spent the money for the plan on a roadway study. If I was sitting in a city 12 ft. below sea level with any type of hurricane coming toward me, it would be good by city. But no lets ride it out and then cry for help. Why is it we all watched the news converge on NO like stink on shit while you seldom saw any areas of Miss. Ala, Fl. Yeah NO go water, Miss. lost everything down to the concrete slabs but you did not see them robbing stores, stealing big screen TV's, and crying to the feds. If you even saw them, they were picking up the pieces, helping their neighbors and coping the best they could. Sorry but the plan to rebuild NO sucks, I would bulldoze and burn the damaged areas, pop the levees and make the area shoreline again. It would be the cheapest for us taxpayers, create wildlife habitat and clean up a blight. Just my thoughts and opinions! Jim

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2005 12:13 PM (w3g+6)

23 Just been browsing here - very interesting subject. Here is something I found a week ago that is also interesting concerning the drivers for the buses: Although many of RTA’s buses flooded in Katrina, the agency has enough to begin the limited run, Cook said. And staffing isn’t a problem, she said. Many bus drivers stayed at RTA’s Canal Street office during the storm and evacuated on the Tuesday after the hurricane for shelter in Baton Rouge, Cook said. “There’s no problem with getting personnel,” she said. Its from the Times-Pic, link is at http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09_30.html

Posted by: Jean at October 05, 2005 12:13 PM (oeKCc)

24 You said it all, prettymuch . . greyrooster . . . My only comment might be a telling comparison . . In N'awleens, 50% of the police(and other first responders) resigned or didn't show up . . apparently it was the 50% who showed up that looted stores and stole Cadillacs (so they could patrol? Quoting one of Nagin's statements) and the Firemen "had no water" to put out the fires that arsonists started, as they stood in knee deep water . . . Beside their pumpers . . . watching private property burn . . . While the Firemen in Galveston were fighting a fire in the downtown area IN THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE RITA! And the Police and other first responders never left any other hurricane impacted areas in Alabama, Mississippi, West Louisana, nor Texas . . . Or did I miss something? Perhaps one has to fail a basic IQ test to live in N'awleens . . .

Posted by: large at October 05, 2005 12:44 PM (Ny1Tj)

25 Good job and here is another task. Find the pics of buses in Baton Rouge-Aug 31. Then ask anyone that lives there how far it is to NO. If you don't listen to MSM or political talking heads, I think all this gets a lot simplier.

Posted by: owl at October 05, 2005 12:45 PM (60rrd)

26 the busses parked in the algiers point bus barn were used on wednesday not for evacuating the residents of algiers point (since most evacuated before the storm and the remaining ones stayed and protected their neighborhood) but for evacuating residents of st.bernard parish (chalmette more precisely), brought there from their completely flooded eastbank neighborhood. it is unclear still, but seems to me that they got there on the river, since they were at the ferry landing, and the only exit point from chalmette was their own ferry landing by paris road. i would like to find out if the ferry was used, or what other way they got there, but seems like the consensus among algerines is that they were chelmesian evacuees. more info on what happened in algiers, at polimom.com, directly from the folks who were there.

Posted by: the algerine at October 05, 2005 01:53 PM (B4hna)

27 You said it greyrooster. I think there were/are some people in NO that are doing what they can - we just aren't hearing about them. About a week after Katrina, I saw on either CNN or MSNBC, can't recall and can't find it now, about a lady in the 7th ward, I believe her name is Mama Dee, she is a community activist. She stayed during the hurricane and the flooding of her neighborhood. She was organizing everyone down to the kids. They had food they gathered together from each others fridges, water, ice and were rescuing people; they had found boats somehow. The military was trying to get her to leave but she wouldn't. They interviewed her again just prior to Rita and she was staying for that too. She was prepared for it. Also, the waters had receded and she and the residents were cleaning up the neighborhood, even around the houses of those that had evacuated. The military was again trying to get her to leave but was mainly just checking on her; she was giving them drinks and sandwiches ! If you search for her name, Mama Dee, you will find articles on it, mainly on activist sites that are a little strange but the articles on her are good.

Posted by: Jean at October 05, 2005 01:59 PM (oeKCc)

28 To the algerine. all three local ferries were used to evacuate st. bernard. the people of st. bernard were evacuated house by house by recreational boaters to the east bank levee and then by ferry to the algiers landing.

Posted by: rj at October 05, 2005 03:41 PM (n6q58)

29 Fantasic work Rusty and the blogs in general on this one. the media portrayed total destrution and selected the images that framed the whole hurricane story. You have just shattered that image. Rusty is the man I'll work for him for nothing as long as I can becuase it's people like Dr Rusty Shackleford that bring the truth to the people. Signed Howie: Unworthy Paduan beotch to the very good and totally not evil Dr. Rusty Shackleford.

Posted by: Howie at October 05, 2005 04:57 PM (D3+20)

30 I agree totally with Grey Rooster. This was the result of idiocy, panic and corruption at local level. Lots of the other buses we have seen pictures of should have been moved to higher ground before the storm - or rather, should have been used to help people get the hell out. Just get the people above sea level - even in the higher parts of the city itself, worst case. Noone should have been left below sea level, especially in those nursing homes. And I saw figures elsewhere that however many buses there were in NO, the state of LA has some 20,000 registered buses in total. All this is being mostly ignored by the press who were responsible for atrocious "reporting".

Posted by: JohninLondon at October 05, 2005 05:48 PM (0RlGL)

31 Hey, this post made #1 on Blogniscient's Top Conservative Politics Blog Articles list today ( http://politics.blogniscient.com ). Congrats to all and keep up the great work!

Posted by: reston at October 05, 2005 06:15 PM (SxyVn)

32 Regarding the Gretna/turned away incident, I believe the police chief says they were letting people through for a few days, until the WalMart was looted and that was the final straw. I'll let someone else see how that fits into the timeline of the pictures.

Posted by: Katrina Coverage at October 05, 2005 07:43 PM (kol+Q)

33 Reid: Had the people entering Jefferson Parish had been evacutees in buses, etc: the brave take charge major of Jefferson Parish would have allowed them through and helped all he could. But that wasn't the case. Who were the very few that were turned back? The officials of Jefferson Parish took charge and behaved like real leaders. If the people of New Orleans had a brain that would look to Jefferson Parish for their next Mayor and Chief of Police. But that will not work and you and I know why.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 05, 2005 09:02 PM (ywZa8)

34 JEAN: We will find Mama Dee. She deserves something good.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 06, 2005 08:29 AM (M7kiy)

35 Greyrooster: I'd bet there are others quite like Mama Dee, just no one paid attention to them . . they are the Human Element that makes humanity good . . problem is . . there's too few of them! How 'bout those mysterious chain saw weilders that cleared your street and driveway? heh, heh . . a hat to 'em all!

Posted by: large at October 06, 2005 03:23 PM (Ny1Tj)

36 Klanrooster, you are so racist, you give whitey a bad smell..

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at October 07, 2005 06:02 AM (A5eqb)

37 Keep flapping those purple lips. Rasmus.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 07, 2005 10:09 AM (M7kiy)

38 Downing Street Moron: How would you know what a white man smells like. No one in your family is one. Get them thar greens & hog jowls, Boy De white man caused de hurcane. Simple minded jungle bunny.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 08, 2005 12:10 AM (M7kiy)

39 I feel sorry for the people who have to use negative name calling (i.e. simple minded jungle bunny?) to express their opinions. It allows people to see how intelligent they are, NOT. I must admit that I am black but; I also believe that the situation days before Katrina and the first days after the storm, does fall on the sholders of the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana , with plenty of blaim for both of them. But let's be real, once you get pass day 2, 3, and 4 of Katrina and still No FEMA intervention has taken place for evacuations, or for the basics like water, food, for people or formula's for babies!!! It falls on the shoulders of the Government, and like it or not the Head Man in Charge is BUSH (the buck stops on his desk). The idiot that Bush had in charge of FEMA, Brownee, forgot to change hats; from being responsible for horses to being responsible for people. I don't blame Bush for Katrina, I don't blaim Bush for the flooding; but I certainly blaim him for what the people had to go thur after the storm. Babies, children and adults, who had to suffer the un-Godly conditions at the Super Dome and on the bridge for as many days as they did. You can say what you want, but; that was un-called for, no human being in this United States of America should have to live like that for days when it was not necessary. This United States can get food around the world quicker than they got water and food to these people. If the reporters could get in to take pictures, than FEMA could have gotten in to drop off water and food, and evacuate the sick. Please, try to understand that unlike the majority of people in the shore front property in Mississippi, the majority of people left behind in New Orleans did not have the means to evacuate, that does not make them stupid just poor and unfortunate. I wonder what Jesus would say our responsible to the poor is? Would Jesus say, Slander the victims,(call them stupid, idiots, or jungle bunnies) or bear false witness against them (claim that they have killed and raped hunreds or were shooting at helicopters) or would he say feed my people?

Posted by: j. colbert at October 11, 2005 02:17 PM (Z83bx)

40 J. colbert: That's your opinion and they are like assholes. I will not comment on further on your post. As from experience has taught us that you are just another Cindy Sheehan pie in the sky know nothing.

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Oh sweet serendipity! My two favorite pastimes come together: oggling Britney Spears' scantilly clad bosoms and hurricane relief! Britney Spears is auctioning off a diamond-encrusted bra on eBay, and it's all for charity. You can see the eBay auction here, but you'll have to cough up $16k for the current high bid. And with four days left this it's sure to go higher.

If Britney's bra isn't enough, you can own her bikini or even a pair of her boxer shorts. Britney Spears wears boxer shorts?

This actually looks like it is the same bikini as seen in a number of papparazi shots of Britney around the pool. Er, not that I've ever seen them before, or, er, not that I wanted to go surfing for these photos, but because I care about you, dear reader, I have a photo comparison below.

She's auctioning off a second bikini here, and a third bikini here, and a fourth....... wait, how many freaking bikinis can Britney Spears possibly own?!?!! Alas, no papparazi pics of her in the rest of them that I could find....and trust me, I looked! But that last one is going for $50, which is actually below retail. If it wasn't for the cootie factor I'd be inclined to buy that one for Mrs. Shackleford.....

And if price is a problem, why not buy this lovely Dolce and Gabbana nude halter top worn by Britney Spears? Did I just manage to work the word nude into the same sentence as Britney Spears?

What woman wouldn't want a shirt worn by Britney Spears that says 'Get Some' across the chest? Come on, that's class.....

And the cheapest item at the Britney Spears charity auction for hurricane victims? Drumroll please....Tuscan Garden Lavender Soap at just a few pennies over $15. So that you can wash all of Kevin Federline's DNA off of your hands after a day rummaging through your new wardrobe.

Breitbart:

US pop princess Britney Spears is giving her all to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in the US state of Mississippi -- even one of her bra's, the eBay auction site showed.

The 23-year-old former teen queen, famed for her provocative stage outfits, has donated a treasure trove of personal items -- including a two-piece sofa, a bikini and a jewel-encrusted brassiere -- to be auctioned off to help victims.

The "white-stone" undergarment, worn by the singer in one of her music videos, sports "a variety of sizes of round white stones and silver-tone beads in this intricately designed bra," according to online auctioneer eBay.

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Filthy Allah has a blog. Go wish Filthy the best.

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Who's fault is it that so many died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? Let me officially point a finger at Ray Nagin. He's not responsible for all the deaths in New Orleans, but 60 busses sitting idle? That goes beyond incompetence.

As a good friend of mine who grew up in the French Quarter recently told me, "There is no city in the U.S. that can even begin to compare with the corruption and incompetence of New Orleans." Indeed.

Or as I'm fond of saying, "New Orleans Parish. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

Kevin and Paul have the photos to back up the accusation.

CRITICAL UPDATE: I now have photographic evidence that proves the busses were used to evacuate people from New Orleans. Perhaps I was too hasty in this post. Please see this post here.

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All things being equal, John McCain willl be the Republican nominee in 2008. Why? It's about how the media is framing the issues.

For instance, the Tom DeLay scandal could easily be framed in a number of ways. A conservative might frame the issue as one of big government run amok--DeLay as a sympton rather than a cause. A Democratic partisan might frame the issue as one of Republican misdeeds--DeLay as cause rather than affect.

But how is the MSM generally framing the DeLay scandal? Corruption fed by campaign finance abuses.

The way you frame an issue inevetably leads to a solution. If the problem is big government, then the solution is making government smaller. This is the way I or other small government types might like to frame the DeLay issue. No one is buying this.

If the problem is Republicans in office, then the solution is putting Democrats in office. This is the way the Democrats are trying to frame the DeLay corruption charges. The media are generally too savvy to fall for this one.

Instead, the media seems to trend toward the campaign finance angle. And if the problem is campaign finance abuse then the solution is, and you see where this is going, John McCain.

So, it may be important to follow who is making trips to Iowa already (is John Kerry dellusional, or what?), but if the current media climate prevails for the next couple of years, it will be McCain in '08.

Unless of course the next big trend in political analysis will be to blame the growing deficit on fat people. In that case, Gove. Mike Huckabee is a shoe in.

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Yes Carnival Season is in full swing.

Carnival of Liberty XIV is up.

We have a new contributor this week. Warren Meyer, of the Coyote Blog has submitted an entry and I think his debut piece for the Carnival is a great one.

Also interesting see The Carnival of the Liberated. Iraqi bloggers by the dozen. Hosted by Dean's World.

The Carnival of Personal Finance a must read that I have not yet.

Hat tip: Glen Reynolds

I have reports that parade candy hauls are down this year. But there is still hope even though it's not a campaign year. So grab a sack and pack up the kiddies and the lawnchairs it's fall baby.

Updated: Carnivals make me think of stuffing my face and that reminds me. October 5th is Dine for America day. Proceeds go the the American Red Cross disaster Relief. Wait, so you mean I can pig out and help out at the same time? I love America.

Super Carnival link.

Hat tip enise

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You be the judge:

Is this Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers or is it Rachel Dratch in an SNL skit?

Is this Rachel Dratch or is this Harriet Miers guest hosting on SNL with Andy Richter and Lindsay Lohan?

Tough call, but this would explain a lot......

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It seems that the recent tirades against Paul Krugman and the New York Times have paid off. NRO reports today that the Times has just implemented a new corrections policy for it's editorial pages. Instead of allowing the columnists to run their own corrections and attempt to hide them either online or by couching them in the middle of their next article, the Times has began a new section separate from the editorials called "For The Record." This section contains all corrections to the factual content of the editorials, including Krugman attempting to claim, once again, that Gore actually won the 2000 election. So far, the corrections look to be good for more laughs than the columns themselves.

Op-Ed columns by Paul Krugman (Sept. 5 and 9), Maureen Dowd (Sept. 10) and Frank Rich (Sept. 1 said Michael Brown, the former FEMA director, was a college friend or college roommate of Joe Allbaugh, his predecessor. They went to different colleges and later became friends.

Personally, I can't imagine running a newspaper in which you had to run that many, and that kind of, corrections. If a columnist can't be bothered to get his facts straight, then he should be removed from his position. Of course I understand that firing Krugman and Dowd would send the liberal community into propaganda withdrawals, but that's just the chance we'd have to take.

I also wonder if this recent spate of misinformation has more to do with the Times attempt to sell their online content than was previously mentioned. I'm beginning to think that the Times was getting tired of being so mercilessly fisked by so many bloggers on a daily basis. Not that I know that for a fact, just simple speculation.

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So a nation's own flag is considered a racist symbol by some? Disgusting, to say the least--and I'm saying this as an American. Further, it's not like this is coming out of Ireland or some other foreign country with a national identity which is intimately tied in with anti-British feelings. Wakefield prison is in West Yorkshire--that's England for the uninitiated!

The Saint George's Cross is the official flag of England. The Union Jack, so familiar to us all, is actually the flag of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, and Wales. The Saint George's Cross remains the symbol of English national identity today.

IC Sefton and West Lancs:

Prison officers who wore a St George's Cross tie-pin have been ticked off by the jails watchdog.

The English national flag could be "misinterpreted" as a racist symbol, Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said in a report on Wakefield prison.

The pins had been bought by officers at the top security jail to support a cancer charity.

A section on race relations in Ms Owers' report said: "We were concerned to see a number of staff wearing a flag of St George tie pin.

"While we were told that these had been bought in support of a cancer charity there was clear scope for misinterpretation, and Prison Service Orders made clear that unauthorised badges and pins should not be worn."

As one of her formal recommendations Ms Owers said: "Staff should not wear unauthorised tie pins."

UPDATE: More from CNN via LGF:

Chris Doyle, director of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding, said Tuesday the red cross was an insensitive reminder of the Crusades.

“A lot of Muslims and Arabs view the Crusades as a bloody episode in our history,” he told CNN. “They see those campaigns as Christendom launching a brutal holy war against Islam.

“Muslim or Arab prisoners could take umbrage if staff wore a red cross badge. It’s also got associations with the far-right. Prison officers should be seen to be neutral.”

Doyle added that it was now time for England to find a new flag and a patron saint who is “not associated with our bloody past and one we can all identify with.”

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1 That's the consistent M.O. Find something you don't like and use a benign rule (like "no unauthorized pins") to enforce your opinion. I wonder, had the pin been a happy face, would they enforce the rule?

Posted by: Oyster at October 04, 2005 09:50 AM (fl6E1)

2 Sweden may be the first European country to fall to radical Islam, but Britain will be the second. I doubt there will even be a struggle in Britain, as one appeasement after another will one day give over to capitulation.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 04, 2005 10:21 AM (rUyw4)

3 So messed up! Call the Religious Policeman and see what he thinks of it.

Posted by: babs at October 04, 2005 10:48 AM (fAmiP)

4 England, Scotland, NORTHERN IRELAND, and Wales. ;-)

Posted by: Dean Esmay at October 04, 2005 10:54 AM (Fs6IG)

5 Don't ever call a guy from Wales English. I made that mistake once and was reprimanded for it, not harshly but if you suspect a person is from "England" ask them if they are from the UK instead.

Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at October 04, 2005 10:55 AM (5J2HH)

6 Dean, If I'm not mistaken, the Union Jack was adopted in 1717, before unification with Northern Ireland...

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at October 04, 2005 11:00 AM (JQjhA)

7 "there was clear scope for misinterpretation" What exactly would that be? I'm English? I'm from England? I love my country, which happens to be England? Or perhaps it's the ever-popular: In case you've forgotten, you're incarcerated in my country, England. I bet the charity is sorry for all the suffering it's caused. But they should still be forced to make a public apology.

Posted by: tee bee at October 04, 2005 11:06 AM (q1JHF)

8 tee bee, Are you serious or did you forget to put the sarcasm tag on?

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 04, 2005 11:26 AM (rUyw4)

9 And how do we purchase one of these racist pins (and support the charity?)

Posted by: Fred Fry at October 04, 2005 12:12 PM (JXdhy)

10 An English flag flying over an English jail is racist - to who? Apparently to non-English prisoners (these are common criminals right?). A possible simple solution - transfer said prisoners to jails in their own "homelands". Universally, jailers have little love for common scum - especially their own. Scots to Scotland, Welsh to Wales etc. I guessing but - "racist?" - maybe some of these prisoners are Carribean, African and Arab/Muslim. Fine! - same solution - serve their criminal sentences back home in a nice well regulated clean prison amongst their "brothers". Anyone want to venture a guess what prison conditions are like in those areas - especially for low-life criminal scum. just an idea.

Posted by: hondo at October 04, 2005 01:19 PM (4Gtyc)

11 What now will they declare old glory a rascis symbol and demand it be replaced with the earth in a rainbow flag like the eco-freaks like to tote around? how long will it be before they demand we replace the BALD EAGLE with a dumb pink chicken or replace the STAR SPANGLED BANNER with that stupid THE AGE OF AQUARUIS?

Posted by: sandpiper at October 04, 2005 02:35 PM (PObDu)

12 JJ, it's no fun if you always telegraph the joke. I'm surprised CAIR hasn't raised a fuss about it. Yet.

Posted by: tee bee at October 04, 2005 02:49 PM (q1JHF)

13 First the English give up their pigs, now they are talking about giving up their flag? Someone in England need to grow a pair. This would never happen in Scotland. Maybe they can borrow some from them.

Posted by: Maureen at October 04, 2005 03:44 PM (ny5O/)

14 I'm still trying to figure out what racist statement exactly this pin is supposed to be misinterpreted as.

Posted by: Oyster at October 04, 2005 04:50 PM (fl6E1)

15 Oyster: I'm guessing they reference the "cross of the crusader" I believe they said King Richard had it on his shield during the crusades? Just remember, if a revolution comes in the U.K it will be fought with clubs, seeing as guns are already restricted and long knives soon will be banned! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm The british nanny-state might also ban wooden impliments by that point though, and rocks, you've got to ban big nasty rocks.

Posted by: dave at October 04, 2005 05:04 PM (CcXvt)

16 case in point: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4284522.stm Cooing at new-born babies banned A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached and to reduce infection.

Posted by: dave at October 04, 2005 05:32 PM (CcXvt)

17 Holy cow. Cooing at babies - banned? I read the article and it said that "people sometimes touch or talk about the baby"? I'm confused. Maybe they do things differently there, but here, no one touches the babies but their mothers and nurses. (In some instances, other family members may also in the mother's room) If they're not in the mother's room, they're in a walled off nursery, sometimes with a big window for viewing. What are they doing? Putting them out in the hallways?

Posted by: Oyster at October 04, 2005 06:22 PM (YudAC)

18 Oyster: when I was in the U.K Hospitals, the babies were held in rooms with a viewing window similar to the U.S model. However even with the "touching" factor the headline was "over fears their human rights were being breached" before concerns of Germs I actually checked the URL of the story, to make sure someone hadn't made it look like bbc.uk site and posted it. I thought for sure someone was making fun of the British P.C culture till I saw it actually was the BBC

Posted by: dave at October 04, 2005 06:39 PM (CcXvt)

19 I rest my case!

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 04, 2005 08:28 PM (rUyw4)

20 England is lost. Imams will be calling for Friday prayers from the Tower Bridge in 5 years. Don't forget, it was Blair who appointed the new "advisor", a muslim who denies that Jews were systematically murdered in WWI and his wife who fought the prohibition of muslim clothing in the public schools.

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at October 04, 2005 11:53 PM (WOQ34)

21 Sounds like the English are going butts up to the muslim hoard they allowed in their country. Shame. I never would have believed it a few years ago. Shit they are making the same mistakes as we.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 05, 2005 06:06 AM (ywZa8)

22 Well its like what the NAACP are trying to co with the confederate flag its no different just your avrage PC crowd of fools looking for the attention of the liberal left-wing news media

Posted by: sandpiper at October 05, 2005 09:19 AM (XnXsx)

23 can i just say complete crap the english flag is racist i mean stupid can some people get its are herritage and now there trying to wipe that im very proud to be english or british what ever its damn stupid

Posted by: dean at October 07, 2005 10:09 PM (OYSfB)

24 Oh yea! Hondo is a genius.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 08, 2005 12:02 AM (M7kiy)

25 I can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $44238. Isn't that crazy!

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More of the Left's 'freedom fighters' doing the work of liberation exactly as our Founding Fathers did--you know, by murdering women and children.

BBC News:

An official of the Afghan border security force said a woman and a child died when a bomb exploded in a water pot near the border crossing.

The official said it was not yet known who was behind the attack.

The very next paragraph goes on to say that officials are blaming the Taliban--as if there is any doubt.

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UPDATE: Updated and related post Islamic Terrorism in Oklahoma Likely

The father of a University of Oklahoma student, Joel Henry Hinrichs III, that blew himself up on Saturday is denying reports that his son's death was somehow politically motivated.

However, both World Net Daily and the Northeast Intelligence Network are reporting that law enforcement agents found jihadi material in Hinrich's apartment. Included in the material were instructions on how to make bombs used in suicide attacks.

World Net Daily:

Doug Hagmann, a seasoned investigator, told WND he was informed by multiple reliable law-enforcement sources familiar with the investigation into the incident that authorities recovered a "significant amount" of "jihad" materials, as well as Hinrichs' computer.

Hagmann also said those same sources indicated police and federal agents "had pulled additional explosives from [Hinrichs'] house," including triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, "homemade explosive [that is] very potent but relatively easily manufactured."

The confiscated jihad documents "referenced bomb-making manuals and that type of thing," Hagmann said, who added Hinrichs' apartment in Norman, Okla., is "located near the Islamic Society [of Norman]."

However, if the WND/NEIN reports are true about jihadi material, but Hinrichs was not motivated by jihad, then think about what this is saying. If you want to blow yourself up, then who better to consult than the local chapter of the Islamic Society of North America? That's a pretty sad statement.

Hat tip to blog-son Eric from Vince Aut Morire who found it at Clarity and Resolve

UPDATE: Super-sikrit note to Bill Quick and Kevin Aylward. Maybe not jihadi, but if you're going to kill yourself why not consult with the experts.....

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Don't tell anyone, OK? Around the time I entered SMU Harriet was choosing her major as mathematics. I just barely remember her. And by the time I'd flunked calculus twice, Harriet was filling out her paperwork for the Law School, as my best friend's girlfriend's older sister finished SMU Law School and launched her career as a Law Professor by doing strip tease shows at Kappa Sig parties. (Or, at least, that's the way the breathless sophomores told the story. Probably total hogwash.)

During that same year I watched the first Superbowl: the infamous "Deep Freeze" that Dallas lost by a foot. Brrr....

So, you know... I'm kind of an expert. And I think Harriet will ultimately be a better Supreme than Sandra Day.

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If nothing more than to push that nasty-ass Caption Contest down the page, here's a short synopsis of the reactions of the right side of the b-sphere to Harriet Miers' nomination to Da Bench:

"Auntie Em it's a twister it's a twister!"

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."

"My brother's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill you and he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill us! ."

Now, from the other side of the right side:

"So what Jefferson was saying was "Hey! You know, we left this England place because it was bogus. So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too.""

"All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine."

"Just remember, if you hang in there long enough, good things can happen in this world. I mean, look at me."

My opinion?

"Hey Peter, man, check out channel 9, it's the breast exams. "

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Caption this photo of Rusty after hours at this year's APSA Convention (or was it Conference?).

Winner will be announced on Monday afternoon. Or not, I may not be alive after this one.

We have a winner, Stephen:

"I'm gonna show him my C3P Oh face."

Honorable mention, Howie, for:

"I seem to be made to suffer." (obligatory script reference. Nicely done)

Dishonorable mention, Dan, for:

"Rusty - Be sure and check your email I'm sending you something you'll want to see." (I'm not Rusty, but I checked my email anyway.)

Thanks to all the great entries, I'm going into hiding now.

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