Able Danger is heating up.

I'm going to make this an open comment thread. I would like to know what the Jawa faithful have to say about it.

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Nedd Kareiva of Stop The ACLU will be on WRWL Radio with Pastor Ernie Sanders to discuss the ACLU and how the Stop the ACLU bunch intends to thwart the ACLU's plans to crush America. Nedd Kareiva will be on at 9:30 PM EDT / 6:30 PM PDT.

For those not in the WRWL coverage area you can use this audio feed to tune in to the program.

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Stupid criminals, that is....

OMAHA, Neb. -- An Omaha police lieutenant and an officer said they were working at the front desk of police headquarters Monday night when they noticed people sitting a car parked in a handicap parking space.

When the pair walked up to the car, they smelled what they believed to be methamphetamine.

A search proved them right.

The suspect was taken to Creighton University Medical Center, where he agreed to have two small plastic bags of meth removed from his stomach, according to a police report.

Hey, at least they were parked in the right spot....

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Here is what I posted, last night, on my own blog, concerning media coverage of the Saddam trial. An excerpt:

Simply astounding. Here sits a man that is probably the last on earth who deserves any hearing whatsoever, fair or not. Here is a democratically elected government trying him in a court of law, even though he doesn't deserve it, and yet in the AP's eyes, if they don't dot every i, and cross every t, then poor Saddam is going to be abused.

Here is part of the transcript of today's Rush Limbaugh show:

Well, also today the Saddam Hussein trial started, and it's amazing to contrast the media coverage of a Saddam trial, who is a mass murderer, a man who's used poison gas and weapons of mass destruction on his own population, a man who had rape rooms and torture rooms, did not allow women any kinds of human rights or civil rights -- very few men had them in Iraq, either -- and yet when you listen to the coverage of his trial today, you would think that this guy is unjust like [sic] accused. You would think that he's brave and courageous.

CURSE YOU LIMBAUGH, GET OUT OF MY HEAD! LEAVE MY BRAIN ALONE!!!

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Check out Junkyard Blog on the "filmmaker" (read "leftist activist and shakedown artist") who is after Tom Delay, and who has Travis County DA Ronnie Earle for his production assistant:

What better way to end his anti-DeLay film, The Big Buy, than with that visual of Rep. Tom DeLay, until recently the majority leader in the US House of Representatives, with a number plate tucked under his chin? What better way to cast Republicans, enemies both of Earle and the far left agitator Jim Schermbeck, as corrupt than with that visual? And what better to get that visual than to abuse the power of a district attorney to make sure you have the opportunity to manufacture it?

More fine detective work from the JYB. This is just the newest exhibit in the phenomenon Michelle Malkin writes about in her column "All the News is a Stage". It shouldn't really surprise anyone that lefty documentaries are just as bad.

Hey, whatever floats your boat.

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The UK Guardian is reporting that its Baghdad correspondent, Rory Carroll, 33, is missing and it's believed he was kidnapped by a group of armed men. Carroll, an Irish citizen, is one of the more experienced journalists for the Guardian and he has been based in Iraq for the last nine months.

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Now lets watch this peckerwood try and enforce it.

A Spanish judge has issued an international arrest order for three US soldiers whose tank fired at a Baghdad hotel during the war in Iraq, killing a Spanish journalist, a court official said Wednesday.

Jose Couso, who worked for the Spanish television network Telecinco, died April 8, 2003, after the tank crew fired a shell at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad where many journalists were staying to cover the war.

The Spanish judge said he issued the arrest order because of a lack of judicial cooperation from the United States regarding the case.

US officials insist the soldiers believed they were being shot at when they opened fire.

Any doubt why President Bush has-quite rightfully-rejected the International Criminal Court?

Companion Opinipundit

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So I pulled a late one last night & get early boot up. Then some detectothingy says I have a bad file and needs to go. SoÂ’s I get rid of it. ItÂ’s a library. Errr..ooops. SoÂ’s I get to run that one forever program on that thar shiny winders disk. Then the little woman starts fooling with the breaker box(hair dry and what no that's this breaker dear??) and I get to run that blue screen stuff over my disk again! Yep now I gets to run winders update.

Please stand byÂ…..

(under breath mumbling %$$#%$# delays, delays get me dual boot or reload yer ass with Red Hat you %$%$# stupid detectothingy)

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The two most immediately rewarding things humans can do take place in the face of temptation: abstinence and indulgence. But the quality of the rewards are not comparable. Abstinence builds upon and reenforces the empowering conviction that the world is ultimately and universally just, whereas at best indulgence tolerates, and at worst promotes, the conviction that the world is ultimately unjust or indifferent to evil (or that there is no evil). This is why the writings of the Marquis de Sade, for instance, open with a longish philosophical argument that nature and the universe are indifferent to evil, and that therefore evil is merely a human convention.

Terrorism attempts to merge the near-perfect abstinence of the Stoics (the founders of genuine liberalism) and the Christian martyrs with the indulgence of de Sade... and winds up entirely on the side of de Sade. Veiled within the justifications and grandiosly posturing rhetoric of Qutb, Bin Laden, Zawahiri and Zarqawi, claiming that they represent the manifestation of God's righteousness, is the very real conviction that God must either be indifferent, or as evil as their own darkest lusts. It is the ultimate cynicism, and little wonder that on some levels it finds itself allied with the western philosophical and ideological tradition that created both les indulgents and les enrages.

(Cross-posted by Demosophist to Demosophia and Anticipatory Retaliation)

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(Sana'a, Yemen) In a report from last week, it was confirmed that the Yemeni government sold weapons to Somalia in violation of a UN imposed ban. Discussions of the issue between the UN Security Council Weapons Experts Committee and the Yemeni government have consisted primarily of bickering over semantics with no consensus. Furthermore, according to the Yemen Times, there will likely be no consequences.

The difference of opinion is getting Yemen into hot water, but with international resources already so overstretched international grumbling is unlikely to have any real teeth.

In summary, the government of Yemen knowingly violated a UN imposed weapons ban by selling arms to Somalia. When accused of the violation, the Yemeni officials merely argued, fully expecting no further action by the toothless United Nations. To add insult, the country's major newspaper publishes the fact that the UN is considered to be just a bunch of grumblers and there's no expectation that it will do anything.

I think the Yemenis are on to something.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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Great news, men (and our good gay counterparts)!

The opposite gender's most feared weapon of mass destruction has been disarmed!

We now can control the remote all four weeks of the month!

Arise, O men of the West!

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Ok if you are so far left that Berkeley don't want you to speak. Well I guess that says it all.

SunHerald:

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - (KRT) - Berkeley's Veterans Day ceremony, scheduled for Nov. 11, was abruptly canceled on Monday because the volunteer organizing committee split over the political content. At issue was a proposal by the chairman, singer/songwriter Country Joe McDonald, to have Bill Mitchell, a co-founder of Cindy Sheehan's organization, Gold Star Families for Peace, as the keynote speaker.

Others : California Conservative and Michelle Malkin.

Oh so this is Why CindyÂ’s in Berkeley. Also it looks like President Bush will have more than one Turkey this Thanksgiving.

Speaking of CC, What you really need to know to understand the Iraqi Elections and why the MSM doesnÂ’t tell you.

Related kinda Michael Yon is back in Iraq.

Terror hoax perp caught in Mexico.

CNN:

Mexican authorities arrested Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinonez, 34, early Saturday in Mexicali, a border city about 120 miles east of San Diego, the FBI said. A three-count indictment charges Beltran with perpetrating a terrorist hoax and making false statements about an alleged plot to smuggle a nuclear warhead into the United States from Mexico

The latest on the OK University bombing MSM VS blogs with Michelle and Mark Tapscott.

Jawa Report posts From Rusty on the subject here.

And that's the way it is or was or what I had time for.

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Good news on the cyberwar front: top Al Qaeda in Iraq web talent gets taken down in a US raid--which may be why the referendum weekend was so quiet.

Big Lizards got the story.

Jawa Report Value Added: BigLiz links to this MSNBC report of the capture, which contains this wonderful example of MSM wafflery, emphasis mine:

But, the news also circulates on a fascinating and, some would say, disturbing Web site operated by al-Qaida.

Some would say a site featuring graphic footage of suicide bombings and beheadings and assassination plans is "disturbing", yes. Some would.

UPDATE: Our own Howie linked this yesterday and for some reason I got it into my thick skull that it was a different website. Duhh. Well, it's still big news.

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I has just been revealed to me that now is the time for the Jawa Report to issue its unofficially official opinion concerning the vacant Supreme Court seat.

The officially unofficial opinion is thus:

We, the squeaky voiced short guys in the brown robes and cheap flashlights for eyes, do hereby vehemently oppose the nomination of John Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.

We now return you to your current psychosis, already in progress.

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Now, I'm using that word in its British slang meaning of "cigarette", so don't go all Andrew Sullivan on me.

Interesting story in the Guardian (h/t AmSpec Blog) about a secret cigarette factory deep inside North Korea operated by British American Tobacco. The factory is apparently pretty damned illegal and even if it's not, BAT needs to be run out of business for collaborating with Mordor.

The political implications of this, however, are potential dynamite. Kenneth Clarke is currently running to lead the do-nothing, useless British conservative party. Clarke is pretty much "conservative" in the same way Chirac's party in France is "conservative": maybe a little less statist than Labour at home, but anti-Iraq war and not pro-American either. And Clarke is, outside of Parliament, a paid apologist for British American Tobacco.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Clarke's in trouble over this issue; he's gotten burned doing the same thing in Burma. If this brings him down, good riddance.

It's a shame that Britain's conservative party isn't dedicated to conserving those wonderful British ideas that have brought liberty to so much of the world--Burke, Locke, Smith, Hume--but has (with the exception of Thatcher) embraced a snobbish version of socialism lite. They have recently gone through several new party chairmen and tried to remake themselves time and again, but the conservatism they espouse each time has much more in common with the effete, statist, snobbish continental conservatism than it does with a robust American-style vision of limited government, personal responsibility, and strong defense. Clarke is anti-Iraq war and pro-Europe, and would probably continue the Tories' disastrous streak.

Maybe it's time for a change, lads?

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Howdy. I've been in communicado for a while (Communicado, Okla., pop. 459) but it doesn't look like I've missed much. Miers is a cipher, steady progress in Iraq, media are weasels, Bush is on the ropes and flailing...

Oh. Wait. Looks like he's connected, with a strong right to the "Bush is a squishbag" conservatives:

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department aims without exception to expel all those who enter the United States illegally.

"Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch and release' enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions.

It's about time. If I were a real grouch I would say Bush doesn't get any points for this, since he's just agreeing to enforce existing law. And I'm still skeptical enough to "trust, but verify" on this statement. I want to see some how and when to back up the what.

But if this pans out, it's great news. Even better is that this news comes straight from the top at Homeland Security. While immigration-legal and illegal- is a complex problem, it is primarily a national security issue. It was important in peacetime, but after Sept. 11 there's no excuse for incentivizing illegal immigration--and failing to control the borders-- as we have done. Even the CIA has said so.

Just this rhetoric alone shows that the Norm Mineta racial pussyfooting that crippled aviation security doesn't still paralyze White House thinking.

PS I wonder whether this was in response to the Right's piling on Bush about Miers? Is this a sop to pacify his base? If so, sop me some more. Sop me real good, and sop me hard. Sop me like I've never been sopped before. more...

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A terrorist threat against tunnels along I-95 has prompted closing of said tunnels. Developing....

ABCNEWS:

Information about a potential attack, ABC News has learned, came from a previously reliable source two or three days ago. The city of Baltimore is in the process of taking some additional security precautions, while the federal government is analyzing the credibility of the threat.

We'll see, the terrorists like to spread threats. Threats are effective as a tool to upset the population. That is after you actually blow stuff up. Better safe than sorry eh.. In fact I'm so shaken I'm going to go eat and fill up my car or is that just Dave's lunch doing me that way.

Updated: I'm full as a tick and the tunnels have been reopened.

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Saddam set to go on trial Wednesday.

Some questions:

Will the MSM cover this like they covered Scott Peterson, or even Martha Stewart?

Can he make things easier on himself if he produces a Heisman Trophy and vows to go after the real killers?

If he's convicted, but gets spared the death penalty, will he still be isolated, or will he be placed in an Iraqi federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison?

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(Cairo) As a result of being a target for terrorists, the popular tourist destination of Sharm El-Sheikh will be a city surrounded by a security fence.

From ArabNews.com:

Egypt has started building a wire fence around Sharm El-Sheikh's tourist spots in a bid to prevent attackers from crossing into the Red Sea resort that was hit by deadly bombings in July, a security official said yesterday. "The fence aims to block cars from entering tourist areas except from four designated points and thus prevent possible terror attacks," the official said on condition of anonymity.

The fence would span 20 kilometers, stand one-and-a-half meters high, and be patrolled by security forces, the official said. He said work started on Saturday but did not say when it would end. Once the fence is complete, access to the city will be restricted to police-monitored entry points, equipped with state-of-the-art explosive detection equipment, he said.

Will these groups now also denounce the Egyptian fence? I think not. The opposition newspaper Al-Wafd in Egypt, however, did ask the question and remarked that the fence would only attract terrorists. We'll just have to wait to see how the rest of the critics respond.

[Update 10/20/05]

(From Ritzy) It seems that news of the fence was incorrect or plans have changed. According to this report, Governor Mustafa Afifi of South Sinai said that 80cm concrete walls are being constructed to keep out the camels and prevent accidents. Evidently, terrorists will continue to be allowed access to Sharm El-Sheikh as long as they don't travel by camel.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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Caption this photo of Iraqis counting votes in yesterday's Constitutional Referendum:

Fatwas will be issued Monday afternoon/evening.

Or mid-afternoon.

Or mid-late-afternoon.

Possibly early evening.

Even mid-late-early evening.

Or maybe at dusk.

Fatwas are hereby issued:

"Got a few absentee ballots here from some guys named Kos, Willis and Atrios. They're all marked 'No'. And they spelled 'no' wrong." by sortapundit

"Hey! This one says Hillary Clinton!" by Marcus Aurelius ("First principles, Clarice. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?" - Hannibal Lecter. sorry, couldn't resist.)

"Hey! What are we supposed to do with all these AOL CDs?" by Just Plain Joe

Honorable mention:

"Faisal, while doing his bit for democracy, secretly wonders and dreads how long it will take before someone notices his shirt matches the drapes." by Mr. Venom, who frightens me.

Dishonorable mention:

A off topic blatant link whorage by someone named Ritzy. Who shall henceforth be known as Ditzy.

Excellent entries from all, you're all number one in my book, and I gotta mighty thick book.

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