Here's a followup to the timely entries from Howie and Mad Dog Vinnie. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Australian Prime Minister John Howard spoke. The following is a paraphrasing of the news conference.

(Blair) I met with the police commissioner. We just need to act calmly. We hope to get the rest of the transport system up and running as soon as possible.

(Howard) Australia sympathizes with and supports the British people. Terrorism is the enemy of all free people.

The response of emergency services in London and Great Britain have been quite remarkable.

Reporters to Blair:

Question: What would you say to those who would not want to go into London?

"It's important that we keep to our normal lives."

Question: Who is responsible?

"The police are best to let you know who is responsible. Terrorist attacks are meant to frighten people. It's important we react calmly."

Question: Do you feel your policies have put us in this position?

The people responsible for doing this are responsible for this situation.

The roots of this are deep. Terrorist attacks go back over 10 years. What they want us to do is say we're responsible. The people that carry out these attacks are the terrorists.

Update at 11:22 EDT

Investigators apparently have found that the explosive device used on the bus in today's event is similar to that which was used in the terror bombings on July 7.

From Sky News:

There has also been an incident on a bus in Hackney, East London.

Police are reportedly examining a rucksack left on the top deck.

Tube stations at Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd's Bush have been closed.

Chemical searches at all four sites have proved negative.

Armed police officers have entered University College Hospital in Bloomsbury close to Warren Street station.

An internal memo to staff at the hospital warned them to be on the lookout for a black male, possibly of Asian origin, about 6ft 2ins tall, wearing a blue top with wires protruding from the rear of the top.

Across London, a man was arrested at gunpoint by armed police at the gates of Downing Street.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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Fox:

Sky News TV reported that police were searching for a man with a blue shirt with wires protruding. Officers asked employees to look for a black or Asian male, 6 feet 2 inches tall, wearing a blue top with a hole in the back and wires protruding.

Scotland Yard said there have been two arrests, one at Downing Street and one at greater Scotland Yard, but officials are stressing the arrests may not be related. There will be a police briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT.

There was also an incident at 10 Downing Street, where the British prime minister's offices are located. Two police officers trained their guns on a man before leading him off the premises; his shirt was unbuttoned in the front.

Yup, just another isolated incident.

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Sketchy reports are coming in from London that several minor blast have occured one on a bus and the rest in outlying areas of the London tube system. The BBC is reporting the exposions were detonators only and lack the exposives needed to cause heavy damage. However there was some panic and there are reports of people being trampled trying to evacuate. Also reports of men threatening to blow themselves up and one man reported running from one of the trains just after the like I said minor explosion. The windows on the upper deck of one bus were blown out. Some lines have been closed. This attack came about midday in London. This is a developing story. Guest posters feel free to update this thread I will check back about 12:00 cdt. Also so far one minor injury had been reported.

Also see this story from sky news which has some more details including that police were also using chemical protection suits. It's not known at this time if that was just a precaution or if there was some other reason. I'm sure as the day goes by we will have a better idea of what has occured in London. My support goes out to all Brits.

Update:

An initial chemical search of all four sites has proved negative sky news is reporting.

The BBC reports that:

"Tests for chemical, biological and radiological weapons proved negative".

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Islamic terrorism is all because of Iraq, right? So, the problem is simple, the Islamists are only carrying out a troops-out movement, they're only demanding nothing more than a withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq and justice for the Palestinians?

If you buy this line, you must have never asked yourself "if Al Qaeda cares so much about Iraqi civilians then why is it killing so many of them, including children, through suicide bombings?" Or "why did the Madrid cell that staged last MarchÂ’s train bombings continue to plan attacks, even after SpainÂ’s new government had begun withdrawing from Iraq?" Why the bombing of a nightclub in Bali?

We conservatives should avoid hiding our heads in the sand and thinking that Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism, because it does. As Jonathan Freedland suggests in his article appearing in the Bahrain Tribune Daily, "Iraq’s connection to the London bombers is the obvious one: it has served to anger and radicalise a generation of young Muslims across the globe." However, Freedland reminds those that think it's all about Iraq, that "those who monitor Islamism in Britain say that the big surge in growth of extremist groups came not after 9/11 or Iraq but in the mid-1990s – with Bosnia serving as the recruiting sergeant. In the same period Chechnya, Kosovo and Israel-Palestine all came into play – again predating Iraq."

Iraq has been used as a rallying point for a plan that al-Qaeda was following with or without Iraq, and the terrorism was already occurring long before Iraq. All of us on both sides of the political spectrum need to recognize the role of Iraq in terrorism, but by no means is it all about Iraq. And damn it, there is never an excuse for terrorism in the mind of a rational human being. But, of course, we're not talking about rational human beings, we're talking about Islamofascists - Muslim extremists seeking to force all non-believers into submission under Islamic domination and rule, and under Islamic law.

From Freedland we are offered a credible explanation of what the Islamofascists are after, one that even the anti-war/anti-American mentor, Juan Cole, agrees with. Freedland suggests that "central to al-Qaeda's ideology is the "reint in Spain, Morocco, north Africa, Albania, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines." Al Qaeda' agenda predates and goes beyond Iraq. It seeks to end all western presence in those lands it deems Islamic, and place those lands "under Islamist rule as part of the yearned-for caliphate." It seeks to have all of these lands (perhaps only part of Spain), under the rule of Islamic law and the caliphate.

Rule all these lands under Islamic law and a long yearned-for caliphate? As Freedland concludes, "What it adds up to is a more mixed picture than either Blair (or the Bush administration) or the anti-war movement has allowed. Iraq has played a key part – of course it has – in angering large numbers of young Muslims, pulling them towards an extremist message once confined to the lunatic fringe. But that message is not only about Iraq, Afghanistan or even the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza – and we delude ourselves if we think it is."

But you say that Freedland is wrong, and the anti-war left is right, it's all about Iraq. So let's hear what Juan Cole, an anti-war mentor, a liberal Islamist-loving, anti-American, U of Michigan professor, has to say about the matter in the following excerpts from his piece, "Bin Laden's Vision Becoming Reality:" more...

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She doesn't know who she is...do you?

"Her name is Sophia Marleen Michl, she is now in Germany with her relatives."

Thanks Linda

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In the time it took to write this post, Egypt could have denided that it's citzens were involved in at least three acts of terror. Becaus as we all know, Egyptians never are involved in terrorism. Especially not al Qaeda linked terrorism.

Lying pieces of shit.

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Hey all, I made it to Kalifornia. It's still here. Seriously. All of it. The land of my birth. Kalifornia, uber alles (ten points for any punk-rocker-wannabe who can succesfully differentiate the major difference between the first version of the song just alluded to and the later remake).

Last night was spent at a Holiday Inn Express. Very nice. The pool was great and the people even more so for not laughing at my pasty-white skin. And you know the best part about staying at your average middle-class motor-lodge?

No European banana-slings around the water!!

Seriously, don't ever stay at a Hostel in the summer. Ever. The only thing worse than a twenty year-old German in a speedo and Birks are a 40 year-old German in a speedo and Birks.

Oh, and the difference between your upscale urban hotel and the hostel? The 40 year old German in the speedo and Birks is actually pretty thin, has a pony-tail, and has recently been bikini waxed.

If you're a red-state American, it's safer to stick with your freeway accesible motor lodge. more...

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DENVER (AP) - A few weeks ago, two police cars and two animal control vehicles pulled up at the home of Stef'ny Steffan looking for her beloved 4-year-old pit bull, Xena. Seven officers hauled the animal off to the city shelter, putting her on death row. Xena became an outlaw after Denver won a court fight and reinstated one of the toughest pit-bull bans in the nation.

Since May, more than 380 dogs have been impounded and at least 260 destroyed - an average of more than three a day.

Can you name another animal that's been known to kill humans, is hunted by the authorities, when caught is locked up, but, despite its viciousness, doesn't get the death penalty, unlike these dogs?

Yup, you guessed correctly. The Wild Jihadi.

Shouldn't the dogs get the ACLU lawyers and the terrorists get put to sleep?

(note: I have no opinion on the pit bull ban in Denver. I don't live there)

Post crossed at I Am A Shameless Link Whore er Vince Aut Morire

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Dick Durbin was partially right. There IS torture at Gitmo:

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two Afghans released from Guantanamo Bay claimed Wednesday about 180 Afghans at the U.S. detention facility were on a hunger strike to protest alleged mistreatment and to push for freedom.

Habir Russol and Moheb Ullah Borekzai, who said they left the prison camp on Cuba on Monday and were flown to Afghanistan before being freed, said they did not participate in the hunger strike. They did not say how they knew others were refusing to eat.

The problem is, of course, that the terrorists have figured out a way to torture themselves.

No one ever said that terrorists were all that bright to begin with.

Now, if we could just convince the rest of Jihadi Nation to starve themselves for Allah, we could end this war right quick, and turn our attention to the important things.

Like the Paris Hilton/Nicole Ritchie feud.

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1 Wasn't there a report that they were actually gaining wait? This is just a communal diet, nothing more. Ah yes, here it is: http://slate.msn.com/id/2083612/

Posted by: Ariya at July 20, 2005 11:11 PM (noCGr)

2 Oh this gives me an idea. Have the guards set up tables just a few feet away from the cells, and lay out a HUGE feast, then chow down. I'm talkin' fried chicken, lasagna, ice cream, cake, you name it. Of course curried goat eyeballs might turn these hajjis on more, but whatever. Then after dinner, a show. Fly in some strippers for jello and whipped cream wrestling to entertain the troops, all in sight of the goathumpers. Keep the smell of food going around the clock, and put up fans to get it right in to them. Make the bastards suffer.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 21, 2005 12:20 AM (0yYS2)

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Look, kids, I love you all.

But nothing is more irritating than spending the time to blog about a particular subject, to only then see the first comment on that post is about something totally unrelated to the post.

It's even more irritating to find that the comment is 10 paragraphs long, and the person leaving it doesn't have a blog of their own.

Granted, once the comments on a post reach a reasonable number, it's expected that they'll drift off-topic. But please, have some common courtesy for at least a little while. Is that too much to ask?

Bear in mind that I can edit your comment, on any post, to make you say what I want you to say. You may find yourself agreeing with things you didn't think you would.

thatisall

Ah, to hell with it, I've got more important things to worry about.

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By Demosophist

Armed Liberal asks what ought to be a simple question about the Wilson/Plame/Rove affair:

So here's where I get stuck, and could genuinely use some help.

It looks to me like Iraq did make an attempt - at least a desultory one - to buy uranium.

That's what they were accused of.

Wilson, in his original oped, slams the Administration because

In September 2002, however, Niger re-emerged. The British government published a ''white paper'' asserting that Saddam Hussein and his unconventional arms posed an immediate danger. As evidence, the report cited Iraq's attempts to purchase uranium from an African country.

Then, in January, President Bush, citing the British dossier, repeated the charges about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Africa.

The next day, I reminded a friend at the State Department of my trip and suggested that if the president had been referring to Niger, then his conclusion was not borne out by the facts as I understood them.

So I'm puzzled...it seems that the facts as he knew them supported the claim that Iraq was trying to buy uranium.

So help me understand this gap. Too many smart people don't see it as a gap for me to just assume there is one.

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From the Associated Press

British Islamic leaders Wednesday called for a judicial inquiry into what motivated the bombers.

"The scale of disenchantment amongst Muslim youth is very clear to see," said Inayat Bungalwala of the Muslim Council of Britain.

"Various factors are at play: underachievement in education; a high rate of unemployment; discrimination in the workplace; social exclusion, and also the government's own policies, especially in Iraq. The process of how we get four homegrown suicide bombers must be understood and that is why we are calling for an inquiry."

Hmmm...what could account for this discrepancy? Could it be...oh, I don't know....ISLAM?

Seriously, Mr. Bungalwala, if you want to be seen as contributing to the solution, rather than exacerbating the problem, you need to encourage your fellow Muslims to actively expose the monsters hiding within your community.

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto.

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The UK plans to establish a global extremist database. The database would list "unacceptable behaviors" like radical preaching, websites and writing articles intended to foment terrorism. British Home Secretary Charles Clarke also plans to expand the definition of 'direct incitement' to include 'indirect incitement to terrorism.' The new definition "targets those who, while not directly inciting, glorify and condone terrorist acts knowing full well that the effect on their listeners will be to encourage them to turn to terrorism." Getting listed could mean expulsion from the UK [correction: expulsion isn't an option yet] or being denied entry into the UK:

BBC—The UK is to set up a global database of extremists who face automatic vetting before being allowed in, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has told MPs.

He said the database would list "unacceptable behaviour" such as radical preaching, websites and writing articles intended to foment terrorism.

Individuals' presence on the list means they may face exclusion from the UK.

Hopes for an international conference on Islamic extremism were also outlined by Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Mr Clarke told MPs he wanted to apply more widely the home secretary's powers to exclude an individual from the UK if their presence is deemed "not conducive to the public interest". [. . .].

Story cross-posted at OpinionBug.com

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The long suffering populace of Yemen is mad as hell and they're not taking it anymore.

Jane, as per usual, has the details.

Why should we care? Because despite what we've been told, the government of Yemen is not our ally in the GWOT. They brought the Cole bombing conspirators in through the front door, then smuggled them out the back when no one was looking.

Just like in Iran, there is a democracy movement in Yemen that should be encouraged mightily by the free nations of the world. Maybe these riots will make them sit up and take notice.

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You know Scotty always had just a bit of power left for the good Captain. I note this AM that James Doohan our beloved Scotty has died this AM at 5:30 at his home in Redmond Washington.

Good bye Scotty We'll all miss you and thanks for all the good times.

Updated:

A few more notes on Mr. Doohan. He was a WWII D-Day vet with the Canadian army. He took six rounds loosing a finger and was saved by a silver cigarette case when one hit him in the chest. So not only did he play tough he was. He was born on march 3rd 1920 in Vancouver BC. He is to be cremated and his ashes launched into orbit. Mr Doohan suffered from Alzheimer's and Pneumonia upon his death at age 85. Last year he was given a star on the walk of fame.

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1 He was beamed up to the great starship in the sky. He will be missed.

Posted by: Carlos at July 20, 2005 01:06 PM (8e/V4)

2 Aww, damn. *sniffle* Poor guy had nothing to live for since B&B frackin KILLED Star Trek. You bastards! Kracko: I got rights! Scotty: You got nothing. You mind your place, or you'll be wearin' concrete galoshes. Kracko: You mean cement overshoes? Scotty: Aye. A Piece of the Action . . . /Scotty's classic, but Trip makes my engines shake! *PURR*

Posted by: Princess Kimberley at July 20, 2005 01:28 PM (LNA9X)

3 As a Star Trek purist (it's not really "Star Trek" without the original cast) this is sad news to me indeed. Godspeed, James Doohan.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at July 20, 2005 02:15 PM (RHG+K)

4 The engines they can not take the strain ahh HE,S DEAD JIM

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My first nominee is Melissa Irene Tanner, 37 of Oklahoma. I nominate her for drinking and giving birth while drunk. The baby was born with fetal alcohol syndrome. At the time of birth her BAC was .29 and her daughter .21. Source AP.

LetÂ’s not for get Stephanie McMullen age 29 from VinnieÂ’s post yesterday for Munchausen by proxy.

I’ve go one more “lady”, waiting on news director from WKMS.

OK lets move on to politicians.

William Carr a Murphysboro Ill. Alderman for driving drunk. Hey itÂ’s fair buddy.

"charged with driving under the influence and three other traffic violations. The 25 year old was elected to represent Murphysboro's Ward One this past April"

Note the story has rolled off but I'll post a link anyway for credit.

I nominate the entire country of Egypt for this. Hey dumb asses the evidence is in England.

London Mayor Ken Livingstone.

"Livingstone, who earned the nickname "Red Ken" for his left-wing views, won widespread praise for a defiant response which helped unite London after the bombings. But he has revived his reputation for courting controversy in recent days".

Drug companies I saw a commercial for Humira on TV. You can slow your arthritis but at what cost. Just read the side effects that include lymphoma. Yes always wanted to trade my joint pain for a good old case of lymphoma.

Just read the list of awesome artificial drugs that together might be of help you if you just have the money.

Kind of explains this.

Lewis Kuykendall for being an ass or getting too much ass IÂ’m torn on one hand way to go dude on the other well heÂ’s an ass.

Holy cow IÂ’ve got more.

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I mean, really, no offense to our readers from the Greatest Generation.

But could this nation handle a Supreme Court Justice named "Edith?"

Besides, what squeaking lib couldn't confirm a guy with two first names?

"John." It's so...ordinary American, doncha think?

No Supreme Court Justice with two first names would have ever voted in favor of the Kelo decision, I can tell you that right now.

I'll leave the intelligent analysis to the other co-bloggers.

UPDATE: It's Rove's fault!

UPDATE 2: The inmates weigh in

UPDATE 3: Noted lard eating fat bastard Michael (GET INNA MY BELLY!!!) Moore is....advertising? We'll, um, check back with him later, when he sobers up and realizes he's a Rich White Kapitalist.

UPDATE 4: Confederate Yankee says the bad gay attack squad is out in force. Although this time, their target is a tad on the small side.

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Exclusive: Must Cite Jawa Report

8 minutes left and the new SCOTUS nominee is....

Here!

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Magdy el-Nashar, the Leeds scholar who was arrested in Egypt following the London terror bombings, has been absolved of any wrongdoing by the Egyptian government. From The Guardian:

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt said Tuesday that a detained chemist wanted by Britain for questioning about the London bombings had no links to the July 7 attacks or to al-Qaida.

Government spokesman Magdy Rady said in a statement that a Cabinet meeting Tuesday reviewed an Interior Ministry report that "made clear that there is no link between Egyptian chemist Magdy el-Nashar with al-Qaida or the (London) bombings."

Of course Egyptian officials offered no explanation for this inconvenient report from CNN:

(CNN) -- The explosive TATP was found in connection with the investigation of the London bombings, three knowledgeable sources have told CNN.

One of the sources said that investigators found the TATP in the Leeds apartment rented by Magdy el-Nashar, an Egyptian biochemist detained for questioning Thursday in connection with the London attacks.

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1 All 5 of these guys were framed. Can you say psyop?

Posted by: greg at July 19, 2005 04:42 PM (3D/yw)

2 This is a fine example of what happens when everybody dances together. CNN and The Guardian pretty much waltz together, but they screwed up on this story. Good post.

Posted by: Mike at July 19, 2005 04:44 PM (6krEN)

3 "All 5 of these guys were framed." Why do you think this, Greg?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at July 19, 2005 05:16 PM (VLVlH)

4 Off topic, but I finally found the report I mentio0ned a few days ago. Here is the report I heard on the evening of 9-11. My first impression was that Flight 93 was shot down, a prudent action under the circumstances. This report was never repeated. It went into the 'memory hole'. Why has this been covered up? Why shoot down the one plane in which the passengers were taking control? Were they about to discover the secret of 9-11? Google 'Globalhawk'. "We got the call about 9:58 this morning from a male passenger stating that he was locked in the bathroom of United Flight 93 traveling from Newark to San Francisco, and they were being hijacked," said Glenn Cramer, a 911 supervisor. "We confirmed that with him several times and we asked him to repeat what he said. He was very distraught. He said he believed the plane was going down. He did Hear Some Sort Of An Explosion and Saw White Smoke Coming From The Plane, but he didn't know where. "And then we lost contact with him." http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010912crashnat2p2.asp

Posted by: greg at July 19, 2005 05:18 PM (3D/yw)

5 The Washington Post reported that leaders of Congress -- including Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. -- were told at a briefing by the Capitol Police that the hijacked plane might have been bound for the Capitol or Camp David, the presidential retreat in Thurmont, Md., 85 miles southeast of the crash site, according to participants in the meeting. The participants discussed a possible shoot down of the aircraft, said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. "The question I heard asked was: 'Who has the authority to order a commercial jetliner shot down by the military?' " Pence said. However, the congressional leaders soon learned that the plane had already crashed.

Posted by: greg at July 19, 2005 05:24 PM (3D/yw)

6 YBP:"All 5 of these guys were framed." 'Why do you think this, Greg?' YBP, I discussed that in the Caption Contest. I thought about you today. I hopped the Eurostar from Rome to Florence. (Man this tourist business is hard work. It's so hot, I drink 5 liters of water a day and piss like a Russian race horse). But that's not why I thought of you Inter alia, I saw Donnatello's, Mary Magdalene (sp?) at il Duomo dell Santa Maria di Fiore Museum. Unlike all the other statues, it's carved from wood. The gnarls in the wood provided him with the perfect medium to depict her as a twisted wretched whore. Have you read, 'The Da Vinci Code', by any chance. What do you think of Brown's claim that Mary Magdalene was Jesus' wife and that there are living descendents of Christ? Was Donnatello's work part of a smear campaign by the Church to stifle that theory? I don't necessarily agree with the theory, but Rabbi's were expected to marry. It is thought provoking. I know the Church thinks the book is heresy. What say you? It's nearly 1 AM here. Got to go.

Posted by: greg at July 19, 2005 05:43 PM (3D/yw)

7 Was the Egypt Air transcript ever released? If not, why not? You (Bluto, NOT GREG) piqued my interest.

Posted by: slickdpdx at July 19, 2005 05:55 PM (MjGRu)

8 Good-grief, what's with all the blithering static? Framed or fooled and murdered by some terrorist with speed-dial, like the car-bomb drivers in iraq who's slight and sticky remains have been found handcuffed to the steering wheel, or the guy so dop[ed-up on narcotics he forgot to pull the pud-plunger, or whereever they hide the trigger.

Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at July 19, 2005 06:27 PM (vbPWL)

9 No no no, it was five Jooooooooz who swooped down in their Black Helicopters™ and caused greg to have a small penis, low IQ, and subsequent inferiority complex due to gettin' no love from the ladies... uh I mean they blew up the buses. Yeah, that's what I meant to say.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 19, 2005 08:05 PM (0yYS2)

10 Greg: Without getting into the sordid lies in the book, I'm familiar with its content but consider it blasphemous lies. Rabbi's were expected to marry, but certainly Jesus did not fit the mold of a typical rabbi. I loved Florence. Are you visiting Venice? If so, make sure you visit Harry's Bar in Venice (a Hemingway haunt), but don't wear shorts.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at July 20, 2005 07:25 AM (x+5JB)

11 YBP, As a good fellow Catholic boy, I value your opinion. It's good fiction though. I forgot to mention that I read the book at my last confession. I'll mention it next time. I expect to get about 23, 'Our Fathers' and 32, 'Hail Marys' I may go to Venice tomorrow. YPB:'but don't wear shorts.'- Is it a gay bar? I know, lot's of Holy places don't allow shorts above the knees or women to have exposed shoulders. But a bar? A Hemingway haunt? YBP:"All 5 of these guys were framed." 'Why do you think this, Greg?' Please read my 2 new posts regarding this subject on the "Halleluja" string.

Posted by: greg at July 20, 2005 09:29 AM (3D/yw)

12 Wanderin' Greg: Europe, for how "progressive" it is (not always a good thing), is still old-fashioned in many ways. I guess there " No Shorts" rule is an attempt to maintain some sort of dress code. Of course they wouldn't have dared throw "Papa" out! I'm not sure I would use the words "good fiction," though. It's misleading. Something that may be technically well-written is not enough for me to want to taint my mind with it. I think that in many ways, the ideas behind something are more potent than word choice. Only 23 "Our Fathers" and 32 "Hail Marys"!!! That's lettin' you off easy, my friend! The pillory! The rack! Or both! At the same time! (In these liberal times, let's hope its not required reading at the seminaries.) Will read those posts. Stay well, and don't eat any coconut from street venders. YBP

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at July 20, 2005 09:58 AM (x+5JB)

13 He was just released, thank (insert your god here). His life is most probably ruined over this. Do a web search for Aafia Siddiqui, she wasn't so lucky.

Posted by: asad behim at August 10, 2005 05:32 AM (CDzbl)

14 I BELIEVE THAT IN THESE TOUGH TIMES AMERICA NEEDS TO LEGALIZE GIRLS GONE WILD VIDEOS TO MINORS. JUST KIDDINNN! now ON a more serious note what is happening today all over the world. people (NATIONS) are getting to scared of brittian and america. unless they have specific rights that stand out. like in this case there isn't an extraditoin treaty between egypt and great brittian. under this assumption was mad on to a giochemist who "fled" britan just a week BEFORE the bombings took place. and so the supposed "MASTERMIND" was arrested in egypt. now what does he do. HE COULD GO BACK TO LONDON AND GET ARRESTED AND QUESTIONED, OR STAY IN A PLACE THAT WILL NOT GIVE A PROPER JOB AS A BIOCHEMIST WITH A PHD. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. just kiddinnn. NOW HIS REPUTATION HAS BEEN DROUCHED WITH SUCH HARSH ACCUSATIONS. I personally think that he would have liked to be made famous over spectacular research that will help mankind. insted he becomes famous over being called the "MASTERMIND" of a killing spree. NOT A VERY GOOD THING TO BE CALLED AFTER JUST RECIEVING A PHD. now I AM FINISHED RAMBLING ON IN THIS SUBJECT MATTER. AND SO GOOD NIGHT FELLOW BLOGGERS.

Posted by: OSAMA YO MAMA at August 11, 2005 08:52 PM (W78Em)

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The announcement has been made that President Bush will reveal his nominee for the Supreme Court at 9pm EDT. My thought is that whoever is selected to go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a thorough grilling has to be presently puckered, knowing full well that every single wart will be discussed and debated. It will be a professional and personal beating.

That is, except for one person, Dick Cheney. He's the only person that probably needs a couple weeks to unpucker from his recent, reported globally in 30 minutes, proctological exam. It seems that he would be a logical choice since he's been immunized to the personally penetrating process.

So, if President Bush desires to minimize pain in the confirmation process, he'll nominate Dick Cheney. And, what fun there would be.

Posted by: Mike Pechar at 03:44 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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