July 20, 2005

The Dick Was Half Right

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.

Cross posted at Vince Aut Morire

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And Now A Sandcrawler PSA

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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A Simple Biopsy on Winds of Change

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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What Forces Abdullah to Murder People?

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."

That's a good question Mr. Bungalwala. Almost all of the factors you mentioned have been cited as problems for several American minorities, most notably blacks and hispanics. Oddly, however, we Yanks haven't developed any black or hispanic "homegrown" suicide bombers.

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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UK Setting Up Global Extremists List

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 Yemeni Tea Party

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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I've given you all I've got Captain

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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WTW "ladies first"

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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July 19, 2005

Halleluja!

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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SCOTUS Nominee Revealed!

Exclusive: Must Cite Jawa Report

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

Here!

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Egypt: el-Nashar an Innocent Lamb Wrongfully Accused

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."

So there.

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.

I'm sure there's a logical explanation for these seemingly contradictory reports. After all, it's not as if the Egyptians have a history of lying about terrorist incidents or anything.

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto.

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Supreme Court Nominee

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.

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"Yellow-cake Joe" Mystery Solved (Sort Of)

By Demosophist

There are still lots of mysteries associated with this so-called issue, including why there's an investigation without a crime in the first place, but the thing that has always stumped me was why the Bush Administration just didn't undermine "Yellow-cake Joe's" authenticity by pointing out that his report said just about the opposite of what he was claiming in his NYT Op-ed, and on CNN. Well, it turns out the Administration couldn't have taken that direct route to clarity by referring to what was in his report, because he didn't write one. more...

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Around the blogosphere

Ah yes what to post today. Well cool It looks like that has been taken care of by our good friends around the blogosphere. Thanks guys.


Elisa at Boxer Watch sends us these.

As we noted in this post, Senator Boxer is circulating a petition demanding a "strategy" and a "timetable" for the mission in Iraq. At the time of this posting, 35,352 people have signed her petition.

We need to make sure that President Bush hears the OTHER side - our support for his efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East in a realistic way.

We have posted a petition at PetitionOnline.com - you'll find it here


Romeodelta sends us this tidbit on the Germany releasing yet another terrorist

His post is based on this AP story.

Indeed one of my favorite words is now off limits. Gee hope I donÂ’t have to cough up 5 GÂ’s for that. Well like they can get blood from a turnip anyway.

Thanks to Glen Reynolds for his one.

Also President Bush will Announce Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement at 9:00pm EDT.

I think she will be confirmed easily.


Updated:

I've noticed people commenting on old threads a lot lately. Check out this one


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Baseball Coach Arrested on Beaning Allegations

(North Union Township, Pennsylvania) A local youth baseball coach was arrested and charged with bribing one of his boys to intentionally throw at an autistic player.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Eric Forsythe, who heads the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League in North Union Township, said he was shocked when Mark Downs Jr., 27, of Dunbar was charged last Friday with bribing player Keith Reese, 7, with $25 to hit teammate Harry Bowers Jr., 9, in the face with a baseball to keep him from playing.

When hitting Bowers in the ear with a ball didn't keep him off the field, he intentionally hit him in the groin with another throw, state police charged.

The boy went to an emergency room and was treated for swollen red marks on his ear and groin. Specific charges Downs faces include criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault, corruption of minors, criminal conspiracy to commit simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person.

If the allegations prove true, Downs obviously doesn't possess the moral and ethical qualities suited for leading youngsters and it's beyond me what he could have been thinking.

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Sexy Teacher Debra Lafave Still Crazy

(Tampa, Florida) We have fresh news regarding teacher Debra Lafave, the stunning 24-year-old who mixed it up with a 14-year-old student. At a hearing yesterday, it was announced that plea negotiations broke down and Lafave is scheduled to be tried in December. Her lawyer indicates that she will plead insanity.

Companion post with new pic at Interested-Participant.

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Kill 'Em All, Let Allah Sort 'Em Out

A Congressman shows his nads.

The Kossacks go all sissy over it.

So I ask the Jawa faithful, after reading the above, what should we do if a single, or multiple WMD attack occurred in the U.S.?

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July 18, 2005

Shameless Nepotism Dept.

Something both sides of the political spectrum can agree on.

This is disgusting.

(in the interest of full disclosure, I feel compelled to inform you that the Merri of Merri Musings is, unfortunately for her, my wife)

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Festival of the Forgotten Fatwas (Do it yourself)

Have an interesting post? Want the Shura Council of the Queer Mujahadin Foo Fighters to issue a fatwa? Then link your most fatwa worthy post to this one and we will dispatch the Chris Byrne-Salmon Rushdie annhialation squad to get you! Blasphemy is still a crime on Tatooine.

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Carnival of Liberty #3

Carnival of the Liberty #3 is up.

Check it out!

Calm down, greg, it's the Carnival of LiberTY, not LiberAL, you probably wouldn't like it.

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