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1 Now there's a rogue's gallery of murderous despots if I ever saw one. But you forgot Attila, Ghenghis Khan, Tamerlane, Idi Imin, Nero, and a few others I could think of if I took the time.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 31, 2005 02:49 PM (rUyw4)

2 Don't forget the Clap.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at October 31, 2005 02:56 PM (5ceWd)

3 wheres the pictures of hillary,bill,al gore,john kerry,harry reid,and other liberal demacrats i mean hillary as the wicked witch of the west

Posted by: sandpiper at October 31, 2005 02:58 PM (Zy1Y5)

4 Hey, I found a picture of a freaky two headed monster It won ugliest over at my site. Scurry over to view at your own risk. It may be to scary for children.

Posted by: thirdee at October 31, 2005 03:52 PM (Na40F)

5 Don't forget that on January 4th, 2005, in Pasadena, California...the Trojans will slaughter the Longhorns.

Posted by: Steve Sharon at October 31, 2005 04:21 PM (an9zb)

6 Don't forget that on January 4th, 2006, in Pasadena, California...the Trojans will slaughter the Longhorns.

Posted by: Steve Sharon at October 31, 2005 04:21 PM (an9zb)

7 You could add the UN logo to that list.

Posted by: Graeme at October 31, 2005 04:28 PM (MmTiX)

8 Wait! You for got Hallyburtin! He's responsible for millions in hios thirst for sweet, sweet, oil! Or at least thats what the Democratic Underground tells me!

Posted by: Dan S. at October 31, 2005 04:29 PM (TA+BL)

9 Steve, The Horns will kick V. Tech's ass in the Rose Bowl. The Trojans, like spent condoms, will wilt to UCLA.

Posted by: menenzes' ghost at October 31, 2005 04:52 PM (TVaWo)

10 There's a picture missing from your rogue's gallery. It's a sweet little old lady from America who may be responsible for more deaths than Hitler: Rachel Carson. Who is she? She wrote the infamous book Silent Spring, which led to the banning of DDT and a huge increase in the yearly death rate from malaria. Most of those deaths are in Africa, and the majority of them are children.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 31, 2005 07:18 PM (CJBEv)

11 Add Mureen Dowd (photo at Drudge) - does 100 million bored count? I know bored is not the same as killed but ...

Posted by: hondo at October 31, 2005 07:21 PM (ymtSt)

12 My Gawd! Scumbags slaugthering gentle bovines! PETA! where are you!

Posted by: hondo at October 31, 2005 07:24 PM (ymtSt)

13 Since things done in Mohammeds religions name seem to count as acts of Mohammed, where's Jesus with his huge body count from Aztecs, Incas, [enter every Native-American tribe from South/Middle-America], heretics, "heretics" (most of your ancestry, non-catholic Americans), pagans, atheists, the people of Israel, Jews (notice the difference and yes, Catholic church hunted Jews, as in people wandering to Europe in hordes from the Russian Khazar kaganate whose king made 'em become Jewish so that they didn't have to pay the church or mosque or be obviously Russian by becoming Orthodox, in case you didn't know from my previous rants), both civilian and militant Moors across Europe and North-Africa, peoples of Middle-East, slaves and workers submitting to pain and death in fear of Gods wrath if they opposed their Christian masters instead of heavy labor, and of course all the European casualties from kings, queens, popes and emperors leading nations to power and glory with strenght and will from Christ? Oh yes, devout christians... Never mind. (Did you already go to "ignorant, eurotrash, liberal, communist, dhimmiscum. ignore context, ignore context, God bless America, Jesus loves me, Long live Führer Bush"-mode?)

Posted by: A Finn at November 02, 2005 06:34 AM (cWMi4)

14 Ahh Finn, Still looking backwards and playing the blame game just like my Senator DICK.

Posted by: Howie at November 02, 2005 09:05 AM (uThLp)

15 Perhaps, but that was meant to point out that you can't blame Mohammed for everything Muslims do unless you also blame Jesus/Pope for everything Christians do...

Posted by: A Finn at November 03, 2005 04:16 AM (cWMi4)

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Due to incredible demand for links and also due to my crushing will it never end schedule another linkfest. LetÂ’s see gotta do that and this and this and that too. IÂ’m also on Chili & Trick or Treater detail tonight. Whew!!! I swear I wonÂ’t do another one till Friday.

Israel vs Islamic Jihad.

FOXNEWS: Israeli forces encircled a house in the West Bank town of Qabatiyeh after sundown Sunday in pursuit of two militants linked to a deadly homicide bombing in central Israel last week. The two men opened fire on the troops and tried to flee the house, so the soldiers opened fire and killed them, the army said

Iranian opposition calls Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a Moron. Ok so I can agree with that.

FOXNEWS:Ahmadinejad's remarks harmed Iran. It was irresponsible and illogical," said Rajabali Mazrouei, a prominent reformer and former deputy. "We can't be more extremist than Palestinians themselves".

Paris Riots Continue. Nope Jihad Watch is not down.

UN Security Council passes resolution against Iran.

CNN:The resolution is under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which holds open the ultimate possibility of the Security Council considering the use of force with failure to comply. Speaking in Monday's meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the resolution "made it clear that failure to comply with these demands will lead to serious consequences from the international community." She called the Chapter 7 resolution "the only way to compel the Syrians" to cooperate

Yahoo trolls Howie to click on this with the title “Iraqi VP’s Brother Killed”. Actually it was a bunch of MSM whiny crap.

Michelle Malkin has a Trick or Treat bag full of Info and links on Judge Alito. See Balloon Juice on the upcoming debate that is going to happen like it or not.

In case you are wondering about the gang of fourteen He sure don't seem extraordinary to me so far.

Is Joe Wilson a lying troll? Up yep looks that way.

Hat Tip: Jawa Readers.

Scary!!

Califonia Conservative: a mighty coalition consisting of Jacques Chirac, Gerhardt Schroeder, George Galloway, Cindy Sheehan, Michael Moore, Sean Penn and Martin Sheen, all led by the U.N.’s Kofi Annan, would’ve written some very forceful correspondence using the strongest language known to diplomacy — maybe even produced an accompanying music video.

Really Scary.

Dear readers, itÂ’s a time to puke.

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Yes yes more reader love mail here.

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Uh pull the trigger. Was this a trick question?

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CNN and MSNBC are reporting that President Bush will formally nominate 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court. Judge Alito has a strong conservative record and is often compared to Justice Antonin Scalia. Expect a battle from liberals during confirmation.

[Update 0700 EST]

According to this report, President Bush will make the announcement of his nominee at 8am EST.

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(New Delhi) The number of dead from yesterday's three near-simultaneous bombings at locations (map) in New Delhi has grown to over 60 with around 200 injured, some seriously. Investigators have detained over 20 suspects in raids of small hotels around New Delhi. It is now known that two of the bombs exploded amid large shopping crowds at Paharganj and Sarojini Nagar. The third bomb, however, was on a bus at the market of Govindpuri.

Police said they were looking for a man in his 20s who refused to buy a ticket on a bus and got off in the Govindpuri neighbourhood, leaving behind a large black bag. When some of the 40 passengers raised an alarm, the driver and bus conductor examined it and threw it out just as the blast occurred, injuring them both.

A man saying he represented the terrorist group "Islamic Inquilab Mahaz," or "Front for Islamic Uprising," took responsibility for the bombings in a call to the Kashmir News Service in Jammu and Kashmir. The little-known group is tied to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, the most feared terrorist group in Kashmir, police said.

The caller, who identified himself as Ahmed Yaar Ghaznavi, said the attack "was meant as a rebuff to the claims of Indian security groups" that terrorist fighters had been wiped out by military crackdowns and the October 8 South Asian earthquake.

The group that has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s serial blasts in Delhi -- Islami Inqilabi Mahaz -- is neither unknown nor unfamiliar in India. According to terrorism analyst Ajai Sahni, it is just another name for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is based in Pakistan under the influence of ISI and is the best known successor organisation of Al-Qaida.

From the Mumbai Mirror:

A day after the deadly blasts shook the Capital, the security brass indicated it had reasons to believe it was the handiwork of familiar jehadi module -- Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence operatives.

[ ... ]

Notwithstanding Islamabad's prompt denouncement of Delhi's serial blast, the government agencies said they have compelling evidence to prove that ISI modules are working with official Pak patronage. "We had the information that three or four modules -- each module consisting of a group three or four men -- had entered the country some time ago."

Although the investigations of the bombings in New Delhi are ongoing, I believe some certainties have surfaced:

- The bombings were terrorist acts by a radical Islamic group,
- The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency is linked to the bombings,
- The ISI wields power largely independent of President Musharraf,
- The Indians are restless and expect a forceful government response, and
- By calling the group responsible for the bombings as 'little-known' or 'unknown,' the media demonstrate that they didn't do their homework.

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France wasn't always filled with cheese eating surrender monkeys.

In October of 732, Charles Martel ("The Hammer") and his Frankish horde stopped cold the onrushing cavalry of Allah's finest, halting Islam's desire to break out from Spain and subjugate the rest of Europe.

Creasy argues also that the Martel victory "preserved the relics of ancient and the germs of modern civilizations ." That is, in a Moslem Dominion, the ferment of the Middle Ages, which sparked the Enlightenment with all of its scientific, economic, and political fruits, would never have occurred. Look at the modern Islamic world: backward, unfree, poor--in sad fact, scarcely modern at all. This could be the state of all humankind if not for a Europe where, as Strauss notes, "church and state were [often] at loggerheads," helping form a culture that was, "compared to Islam, decentralized, secularized, individualistic, profit-driven."

Half-educated Christophobes who think the faith contributed nothing but superstition and inventive torture to the human story should ponder Strauss' words. So should modern zealots who would happily marry church and state.

Without the victory at Tours, there would be no suds-swinging Oktoberfest, no Halloween (because no All Hallows Eve), indeed little fun now or at any other time of the year under a Shari'a, or religious law, not noted for winking at petty vices.

Victor Davis Hanson notes the Battle of Tours, or Poitiers, as he refers to it, as one of the landmark battles in Western civilization in his book "Carnage and Culture."

Pray for Europe. But save a few prayers, too, for a band of bearded, coarse, but faithful men who stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a cold dawn and faced proven death galloping full-speed toward them--only to unhorse that grim rider and break his bones to bits.

Which is to say that if in the next life you can't find the Pearly Gates, just follow the sound of the loud German drinking songs. You'll get to the right place.

So when you're out running around having a fun Halloween, stop for a moment, look up, and thank a Frank.

Stein hoist to Clarity and Resolve.

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Well, I was sympathetic to the Miers nomination for no better reason, really, than that it brought back my youth a bit. But to be honest, except for the fact that I was young my youth wasn't especially noteworthy. The decision made here is going to be between one guided by cronyism (or loyalty/friendship, to put it in a softer light) and outright elitism. Harriet was probably a 700 or so on the scale of logic, but not much more than a 500 in verbal ability, so she's tanglefooted. The next nominee will be at least a 700 in both verbal and logic/math, which is a good thing for the country. But at that level bear in mind that he/she won't be very cognizant of the common weal. Said nominee will have been in special classes from the time he (it will be a "he") learned to read, and may not have actually bought a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk in quite awhile. Sobeit; it's the very essence of the Jeffersonian ideal whereby the country is informed and led by a meritocracy composed of exceptional leaders and scholars emerging from the mass of humanity.

It is, a turning point.

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Just so you know how I end up where I end up despite being frightfully human and imperfect. I read lots of stuff and post lots too. I've not read anything better than this all week.

Ecc Chap 9 start vs 9:Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

No one knows what tomorrow will be for any of us. Today I will drink the wine of my labor and see and visit with the family. It is the labors of life and the time spent laughing with friends and family, these are the true gifts of life that have been given to us. Tomorrow any man including myself may find himself as a blade of grass or he may be allowed to take joy in the vanity of his labor and see the sun once more. Be both confident and humble, live for today and do the best you can. You will succeed and fail both equal gifts in the long road to wisdom.

Chap 3 11 – 15 :He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Updated: In other words I have no idea. Chance most likely.

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(Poso, Indonesia) Three Christian girls walking to school were beheaded earlier today by men in black clothes and masks near the Muslim town of Poso. The town lies about 1,000 miles northeast of Jakarta and is in a region of considerable Muslim-Christian strife. This story makes me sick.

From TheStar.com:

National police spokesman Aryanto Budiharjo said up to six men in black clothes and masks attacked the students in Bukit Bambu village, on the eastern island of Sulawesi.

"The perpetrators wore black attire and veils and they used machetes to slash (the victims)," he told reporters in Jakarta.

The three headless bodies of the high school students, dressed in brown uniforms, were left at the site of the attack. Three heads were found at separate locations two hours later by residents.

Earlier, a police official in Poso gave a different account, saying two men wearing helmets on a motorcycle attacked the 16-year-old students.

He said the student who escaped said the attackers wore helmets and carried a two-way radio.

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1 now to work out who did it out of the usual suspect list: Quakers, Mormons, Christians, Jews. Just kidding!!!

Posted by: dave at October 29, 2005 05:01 PM (CcXvt)

2 I'm going to put my money on the "religion of peace".

Posted by: slug at October 29, 2005 06:04 PM (XRVMG)

3 Damned. Jehova's. Witnesses.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 29, 2005 06:43 PM (0yYS2)

4 You can go to Dog Pundit and see the photos of these girls who were slaughtered by the ROP. It would take an animal to do something as inhuman as this.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 29, 2005 07:38 PM (rUyw4)

5 Happy Ramadan! Pieces on earth

Posted by: SheriJo at October 29, 2005 10:26 PM (zwdDy)

6 There are photos (graphic) here: http://dog-pundit.blogspot.com Suck fucking Muslims.

Posted by: Ariya at October 30, 2005 01:33 AM (noCGr)

7 For the umpteenth time in the last 1,100 years the "Religion of Peace" proves to be as honest as "we support the troops". And once again the MSM/DNC pretends it did not happen.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at October 30, 2005 05:04 AM (R3FcZ)

8 More news: Muslims riot in Paris because two young hoodlums electrocuted themselves. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051030/wl_afp/franceriotpolice_051030022906 Not only is islam incompatible with civilization, muslims themselves are clearly little more than wild animals that should be sent back to their filthy deserts.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 30, 2005 08:59 AM (0yYS2)

9 Maybe the French government should help these fine people out and make their community safer: shut off the electricity, demolish the sub stations and for good measure shut off water and telecom services too. You know, so this doesn't happen during future chases.

Posted by: Graeme at October 30, 2005 09:56 AM (z+vaK)

10 IM: Whether they were being chased or not, people don't instinctively run from police if they haven't done anything wrong. And then they try to hide out in a high voltage area? And people riot over their stupidity? After reading several accounts of the riots and the descriptions of the tough neighborhood this took place in with "soviet-style" public housing and gang activity, I'm surprised France has, so many times, had the nerve to criticize us.

Posted by: Oyster at October 30, 2005 10:11 AM (YudAC)

11 my sentiments exactly, funny its always the innocent people who run from the police.. In respect of this thread i am disgusted at what these animals have done

Posted by: Sparky at October 30, 2005 10:21 AM (F1nba)

12 They are still barbarian they are unclean uncivilized and evil and one day they will get thiers maybe a missle will find them and KABOOM blow them to smithereenies

Posted by: sandpiper at October 30, 2005 01:11 PM (jAP6C)

13 The killings were probably the work of the American trained Koppasus regiment, some of whose officers are Christians. Koppasus are the Gestapo of Indonesia. You can see the work of Koppasus ninjas in East Timor and in Java in 1998.

Posted by: Boyce at October 30, 2005 01:12 PM (gGGF7)

14 Yeah this couldn't be the work of Jemaah Islamia they're meek as lambs (apart from killing hundreds of people in the name of Islam thing.) instead it's the American trained crazy beheading Christian Nazi Stormtroopers. Who did the Bali bombings Boyce, the in-Jesus's-name Christian Choir Special Weapons, and Tactics Group? Reality Check, on Isle 1 please.

Posted by: dave at October 30, 2005 02:17 PM (CcXvt)

15 No, Dave, I believe it to be the work of the Mormon Liberation Front. Or could it be the Baptist Jihadist Network? You know, the guys who are beheading all the Buddhists in Thailand. Oh, that's the Islamists. And it's the Islamists who slaughtered these poor girls in such a vile way. They are animals and Boyce and his liberal friends are their stooges and useful idiots.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 30, 2005 03:01 PM (rUyw4)

16 It's the People's Front of Judea! Or is it the Judean People's Front? Either way; bloody splitters.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 30, 2005 03:10 PM (0yYS2)

17 Yep. always the same story from the Left's reasoning: The Dictator / terrorist or paramilitary was either funded / backed or trained by America. Not surprising when their thought process consists of America being ran by Dr. Evil (Rove), and Minime (Bush) that America has to have a hand in all the evil, somehow.

Posted by: dave at October 30, 2005 03:50 PM (CcXvt)

18 Great, now the world has to worry about rogue conservative ninjas. The CIA had better start keeping an eye on the shaolin monks of the Rove Tiger Claw Monastery before they go crazy too. For shame America!

Posted by: Graeme at October 30, 2005 04:40 PM (Uq3LX)

19 Yet another example of muslim cowardice. Killing little girls is really brave, you gutless muslim wankers. No conspiracy here Boyce you moron. Look at the world and wake up...all muslims are vermin who beg for mercy when the coalition troops kick their butts but are so brave when butchering civilians in their little groups of masked pussies.

Posted by: Jester at October 30, 2005 04:52 PM (QKZX5)

20 Unholy screaming GI TORTURERS!!!! As reported on Frontline, BUSH'S Dishonourable GIs are invading Iraqi homes and torturing people! SMASHING BONES with axe handles, BURNING flesh with lighters and hummvie exhaust pipes, angry dogs, savage thug BEATINGS... Shipping containers used as portable torture chambers! NAZIstyle hypotermia TORTURE near Icy DEATH Is it a lie? No! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/interviews/lagouranis.html SHAME ON TORTURERS AND THEIR BOSSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at October 30, 2005 10:09 PM (Buic0)

21 >>>Shipping containers used as portable torture chambers! NAZIstyle hypotermia TORTURE near Icy DEATH Is it a lie? No! Down Syndrome, Personally I hope they torture the shit out of those jihadis. They can do it in a shoebox for all I care.

Posted by: Carlos in Jesusland at October 30, 2005 10:24 PM (8e/V4)

22 Note topic thread and DSM remarks - the only conclusion one could make is that DSM fully supports the beheading murder of schoolchildren as a valid justified response to his absurb over-the-top counter-charges

Posted by: hondo at October 31, 2005 01:06 AM (ymtSt)

23 Boyce said: "The killings were probably the work of the American trained Koppasus regiment, some of whose officers are Christians." The girls were on their way to a private Christian high school. So naturally we would deduce that Christians were behind it. Right. Good job, Boyce.

Posted by: Oyster at October 31, 2005 06:46 AM (YudAC)

24 Jihadis could be right in the middle of sawing a Liberal's head off and said Liberal would find a way to die excusing it. His buddies would then find a way to blame christians somehow. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Posted by: Carlos in Jesusland at October 31, 2005 08:09 AM (8e/V4)

25 I wish these idiot liberals would go ahead and start their precious revolution, I want to start my skull collection dammit!

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 31, 2005 08:50 AM (0yYS2)

26 DSM and his stooges approve the murder of all Christians, no matter who does it. They support all manner of barbarity, including head chopping, throat slitting, burning alive, etc. That's why no one listens to them when they alledge torture, because they condone murder using the most barbaric methods and apparently want to return to the Dark Ages. DSM is a psychopath and a proven liar.

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 31, 2005 08:53 AM (rUyw4)

27 After what I saw this weekend, Maximus, I'm about ready to join you. The depravity of these people is beyond anything I have ever seen. I've had it!

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 31, 2005 08:55 AM (rUyw4)

28 We're locked and loaded here in the Texas hill country. I might be too far from the action when it starts though Plug a few of them for me.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at October 31, 2005 09:23 AM (8e/V4)

29 Don't be too sure of it Carlos, those dangol' Christian ninjas may come after you!

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 31, 2005 10:28 AM (0yYS2)

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(New Delhi, India) Three powerful bombs were detonated today in crowded shopping areas (map) of the capital city. The first blast occurred about 5:40pm IST at the main market in Paharganj, a popular meeting area for foreign tourists and backpackers. Another explosion followed in Sarojini Nagar, a busy shopping area popular among the middle class and foreigners. Soon after, the teeming market of Govindpuri was attacked. Police, fire brigades, bomb disposal teams, and anti-terror squads rushed to the scene as the whole city was placed on security alert.

Thus far, reports on the number of casualties have been sketchy. The dead and injured are expected to be numerous. Most places were unusually crowded due to the upcoming Diwali festival, a major Hindu holiday during which families exchange gifts, light candles and celebrate with fireworks.

It's unclear who is responsible for the blasts, but Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal stated that the attacks were "handiwork of those who were backed by anti-India elements."

"From preliminary observations, it can be said the explosives were kept in a cycle rickshaw or a motorcycle. At least 40 are injured and six to eight people have expired," Delhi Police Commissioner KK Paul told reporters in Paharganj.

The Guardian reports that a bus was bombed in addition to the shopping areas.

Rediff India reports that 50 people are dead and 70 are injured. Also, the blasts are suspected to be the handiwork of banned Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba outfit.

HindustanTimes.com reports that:

- 48 are confirmed dead,
- Police raid hotels in Paharganj,
- Home Ministry says RDX was used in blasts,
- Two suspects arrested at New Delhi Railway Station,
- Blasts being blamed on an intelligence failure.

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From the Associated Press via Yahoo!News:

WASHINGTON - The lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide is outlining a possible criminal defense that is a time-honored tradition in Washington scandals: A busy official immersed in important duties cannot reasonably be expected to remember details of long-ago conversations.

Having once been interrogated by a former FBI agent and his partner regarding suspected union activity while in federal employ (they were on the wrong track, but that's a different story that I'm not at liberty to discuss), I can speak to some of the techniques possibly used. I can't tell you if these are standard FBI interrogation techniques, but people usually revert to their training, even when in new positions. more...

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Dear President Amalamaramalamadingdong or whatever your name is, of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Permit me to release 25 years worth of pent up rage and frustration by saying:

I believe the Islamic Republic of Iran must be wiped off the face of the Earth.

Apologies to the majority of Iranian citizens who are pro-American, perhaps we can work together to just wipe your government from the face of the Earth.

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If schadenfreude is delighting in watching someone else's misery, what's the word for taking delight in watching someone else's misplaced joy?

You'll know what I'm talking about if you read the leftie blogs.

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1 I know what you mean but I don't know the word for it. The leftards are just bursting with happiness right now because they've got 2000 dead American soldiers and a man named "Scooter" has been indicted. Whenever they get around to their precious revolution, I'm going to build a wall of their empty skulls.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 28, 2005 07:18 PM (0yYS2)

2 Vinnie: Thank you for not linking to anything in particular. I always feel so dirty after I go there.

Posted by: Oyster at October 28, 2005 08:14 PM (YudAC)

3 I'm not sure what the word is, but I think it's the same one that describes the feeling you get when you go into the monkey house and see the monkeys committing the sin of Onan.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at October 29, 2005 12:59 AM (RHG+K)

4 How about "blue balls?"

Posted by: j.d. at October 29, 2005 12:10 PM (1skgY)

5 The real partying won't begin unless Rove or Cheney are indicted. What are you guys afraid of? Powerful, corrupt people being bitch-slapped by justice? The current administration gives true Republicans a bad name. Most politicians don't represent the hardworking, honest people of America and it's a total sham that they get away with as much as they do. If they have violated the law, let the hammer fall.

Posted by: osamabinhiding at October 29, 2005 12:46 PM (pzxxR)

6 I think it's a phrase you're thinking of, like "dog in the mangerish" or "sour grapes." Personally, I prefer crapweasel.

Posted by: tee bee at October 29, 2005 01:10 PM (q1JHF)

7 Who cares what the worms do? I don't pay any more attention to them than I would a piss ant. I don't go to their blogs, I don't watch their news, I don't mingle with any of them, and for all intents and purposes they don't exist in my life. I feel a lot cleaner that way!

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 29, 2005 02:09 PM (rUyw4)

8 osama you are subhuman scum and I would like to watch you bleed out slowly while I remove your skin with a shard of broken glass. Have a nice day!

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 29, 2005 03:08 PM (0yYS2)

9 Osama, not to worry. There's a new election coming up in three years and you can start bitching soon enough after that about the new admin. as well. What you should be rooting for is a clean sweep of the CIA, FBI and DoD much more so than even the executive branch. Doesn't matter who's in the Oval Office as long as those departments remain infested. Porter Goss sure caused a shake up, didn't he? I'd like to see more of that.

Posted by: Oyster at October 30, 2005 06:11 AM (YudAC)

10 Ah, nothing like IM to spice things up. I'd rather you use the lid from a rusty sardine can to cut my flesh...but only if you stop the bleeding enough to keep me alive and let me savor the torture. Oyster...I'd like our whole "gubbamint" to be turned upside down and cleaned out. I think voting is an illusion. Merry FItzmass!

Posted by: osamabinhiding at October 30, 2005 03:22 PM (0MmSd)

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And as last week a big thanks to all the guest posters and regulars who have helped out this week. I linked you all here last week. Well except Jane. If IÂ’ve missed anyone please email me. LetÂ’s all pat ourselves on the back. ItÂ’s hard to find people who will work for Republic credits. Did anyone else have problems with those at the bank? They ran me off. Something about they only take Imperial credits now.

If you have a post you want attention for link this post and send a trackback. The Jawa Report will issue a Fatwa on you and boom link city.

Woman Fired as Husband is Deployed.

How nice of you to relieve her of that silly job she had now she can worry about her hubby seven days a week 24 hours a day.

Nose On your face Halloween fun and why Harriet Myers wonÂ’t be trick or treating at the Whitehouse.

Eight lives left.

Hellvis, Rock & Roll!!

Sulu is bad gay. All those looks of fear were generated by forcing him to look at Nurse Chapel.

A must read from the La Times.

LA Times:Be warned, senator: If Democrats become the "let's treat Iraq as we treated Vietnam" party, the public will turn away in revulsion, and the Democratic Party will die. It's not in such great shape anyhow.

Halloween hanging.

Reader Love mail: A Turkey from Turkey ItÂ’s been a week or so lets surprise him if his email is valid.

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I just got done listening to Fitzgerald's press conference.

I believe that in addition to Scooter Libby, the following people should be forced to resign in the wake of this scandal:

Ari Fleischer
John Ashcroft
Colin Powell
Paul O'Neill
My mailman
The grumpy lady at the social security office
The entire staff of the Internal Revenue Service

One final thought. Now that he has copious amounts of free time, perhaps Mr. Libby can track down the person who nicknamed him "Scooter" and kick his ass.

Ok, I gotta go back to work now.

UPDATE:

Howie says his parents nicknamed him. Well then, that explains how he turned into such a hardened criminal.

And while we're on the subject, I must announce that I am asking Rusty to refer to a special prosecutor in order to investigate WHO LEAKED MY EMAIL TO FILTHY ALLAH! Who, btw, is cooking beef stew today.

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ItÂ’s official blogs have graduated from the interesting oddity of the day to a real threat to established power. The first indication is Denny Hastert has started a blog. Now Forbes Magazine has taken notice. Yes blogger power is uncontrolled, untamed. No matter left or right ordinary people are not supposed to be able to speak. It bucks the system and the system wants control. This is not a left or right issue it is a freedom issue.

I've one thing to say here: Well F*ck you very much Forbes!!!

Others: Micropersuasion, La Shawn BarberÂ’s Corner and Damianpenny.

Below I will list my qualifications to post here. If you are not taking part in the greatest revolution in speech since the US constitution, better get with it. The powers that be donÂ’t like it. It will not be Denny they will want to silence.

1 : username.
2 : password.
3 : balls.

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1 Forbes can sniff filthys jock.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at October 28, 2005 10:54 AM (5ceWd)

2 real balls not required. Only metaphorical ones.

Posted by: caltechgirl at October 28, 2005 11:03 AM (2i1hl)

3 Yes yes that's what I meant.

Posted by: Howie at October 28, 2005 11:09 AM (D3+20)

4 I knew before opening the comments on this post that Howie was going to get chastised for number 3.

Posted by: Matt at October 28, 2005 11:12 AM (3TuFG)

5 Very funny, Howie. I think the three qualifications for blogging will be referred to often around here.

Posted by: See-Dubya at October 28, 2005 11:48 AM (ElgOt)

6 it is a revolution in speech, thats very true. its also a revolution in community and provides and remedy for the atomization of society. and all it takes is the big three components of blogging

Posted by: Jane at October 28, 2005 12:01 PM (M7kiy)

7 Don't forget electricity and some sort of computer type device. That's about it. Yep.

Posted by: Impatient Girl at October 28, 2005 12:48 PM (ftixA)

8 And grammar. Dude, I hate bad grammar.

Posted by: Oyster at October 28, 2005 01:06 PM (fl6E1)

9 Well it would be more dangerous if we lived in a democracy, but fortunately we live in a republic.

Posted by: john Ryan at October 28, 2005 02:39 PM (ads7K)

10 Damn right it's dangerous. Dangerous to the status quo. Dangerous to the mainstream media. Dangerous to the people who want to control every tiny little thing, like freedom of speech, for example. FOAD Forbes(sorry for the inappropriate language, but nothing else seemed to fit).

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 28, 2005 03:17 PM (rUyw4)

11 Right on!

Posted by: slickdpdx at October 28, 2005 03:33 PM (MjGRu)

12 What's FOAD?

Posted by: Oyster at October 28, 2005 04:16 PM (fl6E1)

13 FOAD = Fuck Off And Die. Don't look at me that way, we're all adults here. Except for Filthy.

Posted by: Vinnie at October 28, 2005 04:19 PM (Kr6/f)

14 Blogging is what the internet ought to be about. it's a lot less dangerous that the favourite passtime of the internet browsers: pornography. it brings real free speach around the whole world & allows people to hear different opinions/ideas that they would never come across otherwise. there is nothing they can do about it (other than route all access through state servers as in N. Korea/China - and even that is regularly broken), so screw them.

Posted by: Mrs Aginoth at October 28, 2005 04:41 PM (cZrVc)

15 True Mrs. A., but without porn, we'd all still be using AOL on 14.4 dialup modems. Games have always driven computer hardware development, and porn drove website development. In any event, porn is still not as dangerous as Everquest.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 28, 2005 05:36 PM (0yYS2)

16 Of course, number 3 isn't even required metaphorically. Simply make your public id not related to your actual self, and don't blog about personal stuff or your job.

Posted by: Jeff Medcalf at October 28, 2005 06:02 PM (eer2X)

17 Speaking of balls

Posted by: Oyster at October 28, 2005 08:37 PM (YudAC)

18 For a chick, you've got some set of balls! Ah, the immortal Diceman. Another victim of PC, whose like we shall not see again.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 29, 2005 12:14 PM (0yYS2)

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After Wednesdays display of stupid by IranÂ’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad followed almost immediately by Islamic JihadÂ’s bombing in Israel. Tony Blair has had enough. Islamic Jihad is supported by Iran and has headquarters in Damascus Syria.

Times of LondonTimes of London: Ending a one-day European Union summit, the Prime Minister called the explosive declaration by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday a disgrace. Promising discussions with Washington and other allies over how to react, Mr Blair said that he had often been urged not to take action against Iran. But he added: “If they carry on like this the question people will be asking us is — when are you going to do something about Iran? Can you imagine a State like that with an attitude like that having nuclear weapons?”

As Rusty just said Iran is raising the stakes. I think they are betting the US and Britain canÂ’t muster a response. With George W Bush and Tony Blair in the mix along with emerging democracy on two borders and an internal democracy movement I feel itÂ’s a bad bet. Yes itÂ’s time to deal with Iran and Syria. The struggle against intolerant nations will not be easily won. As you can see appeasement does not work. The EU has been trying that and Iran has thumbed their nose at all of us. If we fail to act they will only become more emboldened and dangerous.

Others: Captain Ed and USS Neverdock.

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Patriotism is not the last refuge of a scoundrel, antisemitism is. The great unifying theme of the Islamic world is hatred of Israel. Thus, when the President of Iran calls for a final solution for the Jewish state in the Middle East, and then reiterates that position again today, it is not simply an act of antisemitism, it is an act of desperation. It reveals the weakness of the Iranian theocracy's position.

Change is coming to the Middle East. Like the smell of ozone after a lightning strike it is in the air. The mullahs in Iran sense it is coming and they are afraid. Very afraid.

And what do those who have a stake in maintaining power do to distract the masses from their own plight? Blame the Jews.

There really is no "Middle Eastern culture", only "Middle Eastern cultures". Persian, Turks, Kurds and Assyrians speak different languages and have unique traditions and cultures. The "Arab street" does not exist, but there are "Arab streets". Hip-hop music, I am told, has become the language of protest for young Gazans, and while terrorist videos are sold in markets throughout the region sales of pornography are much higher.

But, if there is one thing that can unify the many Middle Eastern cultures and the many Arab streets, it is antisemitism. Nasser did not become an icononclastic hero in the Middle East for the Aswan project, he became a hero because he "stood up" to Israel.

Secular liberals, Islamists, nationalists, and even Christians in the Middle East all agree that Israel has no right to exist. Some realists might believe that peace with Israel is inevitable, but not that it is right. In the eyes of the secular left in the Middle East, and like their European and American counterparts, Israel is the last bastion of Wetern colonialism and imperialsim. To Islamists and nationalists it represents a sort of emasculation to the collective psyche. And to the long-oppressed Christians of the region it represents a source of destabilization used by their oppressors as another excuse to crack down on them. Israel, it is widely believed, is the source of injustice in the region.

So, when the President of Iran calls for the destruction of Israel the reaction from the street is a foregone conclusion: they will support him. He knows this. He is not stupid.

Iran has dreams of becoming a regional superpower. They seek nuclear power, for instance, not because the oil-rich nation really needs it, but because nuclear power represents something bigger. It puts Iran on par with the "big boys" of the industrialized world.

Iran's main disadvantage for a regional hegemony is that it is an Islamist nation unlike the larger Islamist movement. It is Shia, and compared to the Islamist theories of bin Laden or Zarqawi relatively progressive. So, what can the bin Ladenists and the followers of the Ayattolah agree upon? The destruction of the "Zionist entity."

More than this, the mullahs of Iran aren't simply trying to elevate themselves among the jihadis, they are trying to elevate themselves in the eyes of the the entire Middle East. The move to a theocratic state is probably not a great unifying theme among a region as diverse as the Middle East, but a move to wipe-out Israel is.

Even if it is only rhetoric, it is powerful rhetoric. It is the kind of rhetoric that unifies. It is the kind of rhetoric that moves people to admiration and adoration. It is the kind of rhetoric that gives power both within a country's own borders and beyond. And when a regime feels itself vulnurable, its first move will be to bolster its power.

Expect more anti-Israeli speeches in the future. As the tides of change sweep through the Middle East we should find such rhetoric more and more common.

The last resort of the scoundrals that dominate the region will be to verbally attack Israel.

[PS-still on blog sabbatical, but felt this needed saying]

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