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February 08, 2011
Charming: Hearing on Loyalty of Muslim Americans
Just saw this on the NYT
Rep. Peter King Rejects Criticism of Homegrown Terror Hearings - NYTimes.com
Brilliant, why we just shall have some fine hearings. I though this sort of thing went out in the 1960s....
Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York, said he would rely on Muslims to make his case that American Muslim leaders have failed to cooperate with law enforcement officials in the effort to disrupt terrorist plots — a claim that was rebutted in recent reports by counterterrorism experts and in a forum on Capitol Hill on Monday
This is a dangerous thing to pursue as a public hearing. It is scapegoating and it can lead to very nasty things. If there is real concern, it is best left to the intelligence agencies.
Posted by The Lounsbury at 01:31 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
December 27, 2009
The Madness of USofA Security Overreaction
While understanding that Americans are sensitive creatures unused to risk, and sympathising with being rattled by the incompetent Nigerian cretin who failed in his terror attempt (but seems to have done a fine job in burning his inner thighs, I hope with the proper results to his privates as well insofar as reports suggest the materials were in his undies areas):
What kind of lunacy is this: New American flight rules, no getting up from seat during last hour of flight and no electronics.
No more than one carry on, including handbags. The reports from others flying into the US of A seem to confirm this hysteric over-reaction in now in place.
What the logic of this is escapes me insofar as no reports indicate any electronics were involved, the explosives (same failed method as that Jamaican sneaker-non-bomber cretin) were power sewed into his pants.... and the mere fact he did it in the past minutes of the flight seems to have fuck-all to do with methodology.
Well. I for one am cancelling my plans for a business meeting in New York. Let the fuckers come out here, damned if I am going to spend 9 hours on a flight without my laptop.
And for the US TSA: get some fucking ball you cowardly gits. All the Al Qaeda people need to do now to send America into a hysteric tizzy is to yell boo for fuck's sake.
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September 16, 2009
Entertaining Algerian Scandals: Or speaking too bluntly in confidential memos
One has to take this online news source's articles with no small pinches of salt, but this is an amusing article even allowing for shoddy journalistic standards (some things don't read quite right for a DG of a private company, some seem rather Algerian...): Le DG français du concessionnaire Diamal compare Bouteflika à un parrain et accuse Ouyahia d'être «maqué» avec Sovac (The French Director General of the Diamal concession compares Boutflika to a Godfather and accuses Ouyahia to be pasted on Sovac.)
Ah this is fun.
Serge Gurvil est le directeur général de Diamal, un concessionnaire automobile algérien filiale du groupe français CFAO. Dans ses notes internes adressées régulièrement à sa hiérarchie à Paris, il ne se contente pas de commenter les résultats financiers de sa société florissante - 146 millions d'euros au premier semestre 2009. Ce directeur commente également la situation politique en Algérie et émet des commentaires sur les personnages clé de l'Etat algérien, notamment le président Bouteflika.
Dans une note datée du 15 avril, dont TSA s'est procurée une copie, Serge Gurvil commente les résultats du premier semestre de Diamal. Mais la première partie du document est consacrée à l'évolution de la situation politique en Algérie au lendemain de la réélection du président Bouteflika pour un troisième mandat, le 9 avril dernier.
« La crise n'est pas encore officiellement arrivée en Algérie, puisque la confiance est là, traduite par 74% de votants et 90,24% de pro-Bouteflika. Le monde continue donc de tourner autour de la planète Algérie et ceux qui nous gouvernent de se faire la guerre sur leur console Nintendo, absolument pas préoccupés des dommages collatéraux - augmentation terrible du coût de la vie résultant de la dévaluation du dinar et de l'absence de contrôle des prix, renforcement des tracasseries bureaucratiques pour les sociétés organisées et en même temps embellie de l'informel et de la corruption à tous niveaux (à commencer par l'Etat), malaise social profond ... De nombreux partisans du Président sont amers, considérant que c'est le mandat de trop », écrit-il à l'adresse de ses responsables à Paris.
Et de poursuivre, plus dur à l'égard du pouvoir algérien et du président Bouteflika : « Le fait est, que l'homme (ndlr : le président Bouteflika) est de plus en plus isolé (et fragile ?) et que dans son ombre les règlements de compte saignent l'économie, le personnel politique et les cadres, avec un arbitraire sidérant (certains magistrats sont aux ordres). Le Président est devenu ventriloque, en Juillet 2008, disant le contraire de ce qu'il affirmait précédemment : depuis, le Chef du Gouvernement se prend pour lui, assenant l'exécutif de directives assassines trop riches (et trop pauvres de contenu) pour être mises en oeuvre. Et maintenant : « same player shoots again » ? En l'attente du changement de gouvernement annoncé, impossible de se faire une idée sur la ligne à venir - s'il y en a une. »
....
Mais, dès le 1er août, Serge Gurvil récidive dans une autre note. Il compare le président Bouteflika à Don Carleone, le personnage du célèbre film « Le Parrain ». « Nous sommes dans une période, où l'Algérie peut imploser - Don Corleone semble dépassé, dans son entourage chacun est armé, pourtant on entend tirer pas très loin (recrudescence du terrorisme dur depuis Mai) ! la chorba n'a plus de goût, à force de cuire et recuire ; où est passée la mama ? », écrit-il.
TSA a tenté de faire réagir l'intéressé, mais il n'a pas répondu à nos appels téléphoniques.
Les propos de Serge Gurvil ne constituent pas le premier dérapage du patron d'un concessionnaire automobile français en Algérie. En mai dernier, le DG de la filiale algérienne du groupe GBH (représentant de Citroën) était au coeur d'une polémique après avoir traité les agents algériens de sa marque de « terroristes » et de « moutons ». Quatre mois après les faits, l'homme est toujours en poste.
(emphasis added)
I'll just translate the juicy and amusing parts of the supposed document (as bolded above):
"The crisis hasn't yet officially arrived in Algeria, insofar as confidence is in place, translate by 74% of voters [voting] and 90.24% of [tehm] pro Bouteflika. [i.e. in the elections] The world continues to turn around Planet Algeria, and those who govern us continue making war on their Nitendos, absolutely not at all concerned by collateral damage - terrible increase in the cost of living resulting from the devaluatin of the dinar and absence of price controls, reinforced by the bureaucratic bother for formal sector companies, at the same time making the informal sector and corruptoin more attractive, at all levels (starting with the State), profound social malaise ... Numerous partisans of the President are bitter, considering the [pres.] term one too many.Actually, in my read, while not diplomatic, this is pretty much spot on. I have serious doubts, however, this note is (a) real and (b) if real, not "augmented" from the actual original.
... "The fact is, the Man ... is increasingly isolated (and fragile?) and that in his shadow the score settling is bloodying the economy, policy staff and managers, in staggering arbitrariness ... Waiting for the announced change in goverment, impossible to have an idea on the [political] line coming - if there is one.
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August 31, 2009
Ben Ali Foreever!
I am sure everyone is absolutely behind another Five Years of Ben Ali-ism Vive Ben Ali. No doubt his upcoming reaffirmation of coronation of Ben Ali Bey, Beylerbey of Tunis will achieve it's usual results: AFP: Tunisie: Ben Ali dépose officiellement sa candidature à la présidentielle
And of course, after this upcoming triumph, hopefully even at age 80+ the Tunisians will be blessed with another occasion in 5 years to reaffirm the Beylerbey of Tunis.
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August 15, 2009
Algeria & Chinese in Algeria: the riot & fallout
I was somewhat bemused to find Global Voices Online post on Algeria & the Chinese incident although the choice of contrasting blogs was.... interesting (insofar as one is just an ignoramus blithering on without a bloody clue and the other was Moor Next Door). The summary notes
The influx of Chinese immigrants to Algeria ignited a face off between the immigrants and locals in the Algerian capital Algiers. About 100 residents and migrants clashed, using knives and bludgeons, sparking a debate over whether this incident would impact Chinese investments in the North African country
Leaving aside the first blog cited, which is merely stupid, Kal's commentary deserves some further thought. I am going to leave aside the geopolitical relations side of this - which deserve comment as Kal's characterisation's has a slightly .... well I think too much focus on the macropolitics, which in most respects is not the interesting angle.
Also picked up in French:Global Voices en Français » Algérie : Après les affrontements entre Chinois et Algériens
L'opinion algérienne semble considérer que les chinois sont responsables des tensions : ils « ne respectent pas les mœurs locales », ils « boivent de l'alcool », et si l'on en croit Kimo, drogue et prostitution ne tarderont pas à arriver avec les « chinetoques ».
Au-delà de ces réactions, cet incident fait se poser la question de savoir s'il aura un impact sur les nombreux investissements chinois [en anglais] en Algérie.
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January 20, 2009
Obama Mania
Not a MENA subject per se, but travelling on business, and I have to say in every damned country I have passed through in the past 72 hours there is an Obama fever going on. It's damned impressive. Really it is damned impressive. The US is going to benefit from this so long as Obama is moderately competent (if he is excellent, it's a damned revolution in image).
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September 12, 2008
Noted for the record: West Bank confiscations
Not much to comment other than not really news and not particularly likely to have a real impact on expropriations.
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June 23, 2008
Algerian Youth arties in New York Times
Of great interest to the Aqoul community as it were, an interesting (if flawed) article on Algeria, Youth, Employment and Radicalisation, and attendant Expert Commentary.
I shall try to generate some commentary on this.
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February 23, 2008
Obama & Image, MENA chatter
I have found myself oddly fascinated by the US election cycle of late, shared I have noted of late among the educated circles. Nevertheless, I have begun to hear odd things, such as an otherwise quite well educated Maghrebine financier assert Obama converted to Xianity late in life. Not said with rancor, rather as trivia.
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September 08, 2007
Idiot Journo Blither: Bin Laden and Dyed Beards
I find the whole calling on Americans to convert thing boring, stereotypical and even comical, although I am sure it will provoke the usual hysteria. For the moment I am more irritated by idiotic journo rubbish
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September 06, 2007
Cold water for Eurabia and similar silly idiocies
I shall find time to return to this, I promise, but let me draw attention to The Financial Times' ongoing series on Muslims in Europe which has to date collected a fine series of articles.
By the way, who was the cretin who coined Eurabia?
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Appropos of Moroccan Elections
I am tempted to tell my Casablanca office that I am giving them the day off to vote, as it would be of greater utility than their latest efforts at development of our network.
But that might be too cruel.
Well, I fly out again shortly, I shall have to set some unreasonable goals. Rather like expecting democracy to bloom while barring unfortunate political movements that are clearly majority.
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March 13, 2007
Iran Hype & Intel Ops
Not of the greatest real interest, but I thought I would share the following two artys from the FT on the recent blithering on about a claimed (in certain places) Iranian 'defector' which are mostly of interest to me as how spin works given the second hand adequately if credulously summed here. In particular given how an underlying Arabic arty (if I read the right one) reporting Israeli intel spin, got spun into an Arab report....
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October 29, 2006
France, Immigration: On Delusions & Ignorance
Clive Davis has drawn my attention (in some ways I curse him) to a new round of utterly idiotic ignorant American whanking on about the problems in the French immigrant and native-born ethnic minority ghettoes.
While the violence infesting the immigrant and native born ethnic minority ghettoes is clearly reaching grotesque proportions, I have to question the sanity (or in the alternative honesty and/or intelligence) of writers that can send off missives characterising this as an issue of "Islamic militias" or of mass (white) emmigration to North America (the later proposition rather clearly racist).
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October 14, 2006
A Fine Illustration of MEMRI Mendacity
Quickly, an item illustrating MEMRI's mendacity and clear game of agitprop. We at Aqoul have touched on this, and myself for the past several years.
Beware ye who rely on the lies of interested parties.
Posted by The Lounsbury at 01:43 AM | Comments (2) | TrackBack
October 11, 2006
Movie Myths and Intel Sadness
Reading the Washington Post this morning, I cam across one of the typical articles on the American intel and security services bemoaning the fact that "[a]gents Still Lack[...] Arabic Skills"
In short, the Hollywood image of super sleuths with language skills etc. is entirely fictitious, no surprise there. However, I find continuing American puzzlement over their own lack of capacity to be, well, rather dim witted. Let me quote the key item:
"It is easier to get a security clearance if you don't have any interaction with foreigners, which is not what you want if you want better interaction with foreigners," Byman said.
I have time and time again heard from friends in the US services that it is well nigh impossible for persons with overseas experience and connexions to get clearances in any good time (not impossible to obtain, but in good time, meaning candidates move on), and difficult regardless.
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August 16, 2006
The Lebanon Debacle First Lessons
Lessons may be to big a word, perhaps "preliminary observations approaching lessons" would be better.
The most remarkable item from this fiasco is the manner in which the current American administration unerringly executes near-perfect bicycle-kick own-goals. It's breathtaking in its consistency, and the sheer deluded pig-headedness of it all. Only a year or two I passed over in polite silence or sneered at American Left whinging on that the Bush Administration is the worst in living memory; I confess I am sliding towards a similar opinion now in light of the simply extraordinary incompetence on display and the bizarre inability to learn from its own goals. The "Neo-Con" block is truly Bolshevik in its elevation of its ideological precepts over all fact and ample evidence of failure of its most radical precepts.
The night before last in particular in watching on one of the arab sats the Bush speech with my partner and friends I was Almost taken aback by the depth and intensity of the reaction to his speech, and this among, as I noted at Lounsbury, a crowd tending to the liberal (free market) and not typically anti-American (my JV partner being the sole person who I might characterise as "pro-American" at some level) but certainly typically pro-West. Bankers and the like.
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May 21, 2006
A Personal Note on Islamophobia, Lies, Spin and Whanking
Thanks to insomnia brought on by Chemo side effects (ototoxicity and feeling one's ears go wrong, just some thoughts for the odd reader), some personal thoughts on my small rant about Islamophobia and recent idiotic and/or gullible whanking and hysteria.
A confession: such things (as the discussions, such as they are, highlighted, or the Dhimmitude rot) actually rather seriously get under me skin in a very personal fashion. I indulge then in a semi personal blithering on of no particular profundity nor even originality:
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May 09, 2006
Why 'Aqoul - Muslims can't be good citizens
Well, there is the About page, which I wrote and find amusing, but this is really why 'Aqoul exists (thanks to The Glittering Eye for the reference and Dean's World where an excellent and patient commentary is on a piece of tripe entitled Can Muslims Be Good Americans?. Dean did an excellent job.
One can read the same thing in Europe as well.
'Aqoul is here to fight this sort of thing.
And indulge in my expansive ego.
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American News Media
An amusing observation from Greg Djererian that matches my own feelings since my American exile began, oft expressed: watching domestic CNN is a painful, nightly train-wreck, lacking even the brasher theater of the absurd comedy Fox affords... (See http://belgraviadispatch.com/ - post has fuck all to do with the Media overall)
I confess at some level I am puzzled at how truly mediocre and painfully tabloid American media has become. I hardly liked it the last time I was in country, but bloody hell I don't believe it is merely my snobbishness.
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Moussaoui Asks to Withdraw Guilty Plea
In case you needed further proof the man is completely delusional.
It appears he's disappointed he's not going to get to be a martyr so he wants to reboot.
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April 29, 2006
The Whinging of the Over Privileged
I read with a mixture of amusement, irritation and contempt the collective whinging on of Americans recorded in this New York Times arty on petrol prices.
Poor babies. So oppressed by "big Oil" that they can't continue stunningly wasteful habits. It's a bloody good thing that high prices are slowly knocking some sense into them. Long term inefficient lifestyles and habits need to change, and a bit of investment in alterntatives as well as, horrors, more efficient socio-economic habits is a good thing.
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April 27, 2006
Immigrants and an off the reservation comment
A quick comment on the US, domestically, breaking my rule of avoiding that topic. I noted on BBC and picked up on Reuters, this piece of insanity.
I have no idea what these "activists" (always the bloody ideologue activists....) are thinking, but this is simply a terrible idea. I don't believe I care fundamentally what the US decides to do on illegal immigration, but this sort of idiotic nonsense will certainly cause a backlash among citizens. What morons could think May Day 'general strike' and manifestations by non-legal immigrants is a good idea with positive benefits? The American activist Left are among the most deluded fools on this planet. What bloody losing whankers.
[ADDED]
An added observation. From my dear JV partner, when she was in the United States. It was her characterisation (which rather startled me) after some time, that there were "too many of the short Spanish immigrants." She meant the Central Americans (Mexicans, etc) by that. It was a queer observation, unprompted certainly by me. She added as well that she was sympathetic to the US controlling immigration more now, having seen that there "are too many Spanish immigrants."
Factually speaking, well, I have no idea what on earth too many is. I share this for ... well I am not sure what value it is, other than the reaction of a visitor to the US without immigration intent, after perhaps a month or so. I should expect that the 'native community' might have equally strong reactions deep down.
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February 26, 2006
US-Arab Cham of Comm Statement on DPW
Afraid still fighting some illness at present, stupid white cells. Regardless, sharing the statement by Nat US Cham of Comm on the Dubai Ports World, in part, as I liked it.
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February 20, 2006
Ports & Soft Bigotry: A Commentary I Wish I Had Written
Pity I have real work to shoe horn into my moments of lucidity (stupid pain meds), as I would have loved to have written this comment (ex some of the US domestic politics).
I like it so much, a bit of a commentary on the comment Playing The Muslim Card: Dubai Ports World at the blog Dennis the Peasant, a reference which pleases me immensely having had the online signature referring to cheese makers.
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February 19, 2006
More Nonsense on Ports
Lawmakers Decry Ports Takeover
By WILL LESTER
The Associated Press
Will expand on this if I get a chance, work calls. However, the key takeaway is the fundamental ignorant, fearful bigotry behind statements like this:
Sen. Barbara Boxer, on CBS' "Face the Nation," said, "It is ridiculous to say you're taking secret steps to make sure that it's OK for a nation that had ties to 9/11, (to) take over part of our port operations in many of our largest ports. This has to stop."
So much for the Left's posturing with respect to the nasty evil Bush administration being mean to Muslims, Arabs. Given the political calculation....
Of course the Emirates have "ties to" 11 Sep in the same way London and Hamburg have ties to 11 Sep: underground cells. It is fundamentally dishonest to use this spin to smear DPW.
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More Mendacious Madness: Lawsuits & Merely Quoting (Updated: Requested comments on AP Article)
I can see this is going to be hard to keep up with. I shall let our Editor in Chief decide if this should be copied over to 'Aqoul with my work in progress as well, but I can't resist a bit of commentary on the latest piece of incoherent madness coming out of the US of A with respect to DPW acquisition of P&O.
The essence is, the Port of Maima management operating partner is suing to block DPW on 'security grounds.' I shall leave legal analysis to any of my lawyer readers but on the madness (Firm Sues to Block Foreign Port Takeover) some fun:
(Also see in 'Aqoul: MENA Investment & FDI: Oh my, they control our ports (Updated: Dubai & US Ports) and Lounsbury: Oh the poor sensitivy Lefties: Fearful of Ay-rabs and Fearful of Lounsburies)
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February 18, 2006
On Ports, Prejudice & Research Assistance for Lounsbury
My mildly addled mind is presently struggling with the fine combination of an excellent resurgence in my grinding bone pain, with all its fine clarifying effects (such as the clarity that comes from realising that one can feel individual bones aching if one concentrates) , and my new equally fine narcotics which oddly do not eliminate the pain, merely make it queerly disassociated.
This aside, it is my intention to bang on a bit, once I clear out some work, in substance about the Ports, Prejudice and Cartoons issue. The aim is to have an anti-idiocy page (see Michelle Malkins typical bit of ill-informed bigotry, how did that little fila slut twerp get to be so profoundly stupid?)
I thought I might ask any of the suffering readers to share any data/interesting materials or substantive information on the following subjects w me here or via email (the yahoo one):
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February 17, 2006
Oh the poor sensitivy Lefties: Fearful of Ay-rabs and Fearful of Lounsburies
Well, a rough and tumble discussion has me banned from "The Democratic Daily Blog" for the sin of robustly questioning the logic of one author's whinging on about the Dubai Port World takover of P&O and management of six US East Cost Ports. I simply stated it was mere bigotry to be getting one's diapers in a bunch over DPW's takeover for its sole sin of being Arab.
Afraid some of the more amusing exchange was deleted by the hysterical author in question, who got herself all up in a lather for being questioned as to her logic and thought processes, but what remains is here:
Latest ill-informed nonsense
The prior ill-informed nonsense
Astounding how thin-skinned some twits are when their self-contradictory idiocies are pointed out. The twit in question kept repeating it wasn't bigotry to quote others (well if one is doing so approviingly, and the comments are bigotted...) and her problem was the fact the Ports were going to be under foreign control. Never mind the Ports in question are already under foreign management. But I guess my UK brothers are not so scary as them Arabs.
Of course, my longish exposition on the bigotry lurking behind the sudden solicitude as to the ownership of the Port management, the illogic and the pure idiocy of trying to make this about 'Bush Adminstration' when the buy-out is itself between a UK and a UAE entity that have, in grosso modo, fuck all to do with the Bush Administration, well it was deleted.
Stupid fuzzy headed leftist twits, get all upset when their own xenophobia is pointed out. Cowardly behaviour.
By the way, I am very interested in seeing if there is any coherent anti-DPW argument to be made that does not ride mere xenophobia.
Updater: an excellent commentary at The Business of America is Business with some interesting commentary on the various parties of influence.
Updater II: US Sen Hilary Clinton has come up with an atrocious bit of pandering with a suggested bill to ban for government ownership of US ports. specifically aimed at DPW. Well, what lovely sentiments. Let's go after a friendly company from a friendly nation, for the sole cause of their ethnicity. I had some vague respect, once upon a time, for this woman. This rather removes that last remaining speck of that respect.
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Amusing Whingers
I thought for amusement value I would point towards a small conversation between myself and the axe-gridner as 'scholar' Martin Kramer chez Abu Aardvark, in Abu Aardvark's Ulema Petition.
Enjoy.
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February 15, 2006
Technorati - Finding Idiots
One of the fine things I have learned from our Editor in Chief is using Technorati, and specifically using this little search to see what 'Aqoul is doing.
Via that I found this fine piece of semi-literate idiocy with respect to my Open Discussion: MENA, Muslim Minorities & Moderation:
Not so much. The main concern isn't so much that we want "moderate" Muslims to be "just like us" as we would prefer they not be a danger to us.
Amusing. Of course the sub-literate confused a discussion about moderates with his own religious bigotry and paranioa that all Muslims are out to get him. I was amused by the comments and the 1 billion versus 5 in his wishing for anti-Muslim global pograms, I suppose the deluded hay-seed actually thinks the rest of the planet would want to get caught up in his little jihad.
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February 13, 2006
Theatre as News (or the other way around)
As my exile to the land of fat hamburger eaters continues, I was bemused today by the coverage of the US Vice President's minor hunting accident. I should never watch political commentary shows, but having made the mistake, I have to say that reading significance into a silly little hunting accident is possibly one of the most shallow idiocies ever.
ADDED: Re this quote: "Let's just be clear here," Gregory said. "The vice president of the United States accidentally shoots a man and he feels that it's appropriate for a ranch owner who witnessed this to tell the local Corpus Christi newspaper and not the White House Press corps at large or notify the public in a national way?"
Poor baby.
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February 06, 2006
Moussaouie
Seeing this arty in the Washington Post on Massaouie and his latest antics, I have to say I felt a twinge of pity for the fellow.
He definately should be locked away. That is clear. I don't care for the idea of executing him, as he never managed to do anything, and further, I have to say, the fellow is quite clearly seriously mentally ill. Sad, really, in many ways.
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January 30, 2006
The Wooley Looney Forum (Anti Davos)
The other thought that comes to mind, are there any amusingly mockable manifestos coming out of this absurd waste of time? I'm too lazy to read through the website. I am moderately puzzled about the Iraq connexion, although I suppose the typical Lefty crypoconspiracy nuttiness with respect to Iraq as a global capitalist plot is the running story.
I suppose these events are why I have never been particularly excercised about the Far Left. They're too absurd and chaotic in general to be a threat to my liberties.
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January 05, 2006
Rather pointless: on foriegn language, business and the like.
Rather pointlessly I thought some might enjoy my small hobby of berating Lefty idiots whinging on about foreign langauges and engaging in magical thinking on the same
(Of course you can also use this as my traditional customer/readers service blah blah note, but I have cancer so I am dropping the pretence of service and merely being abusive because it amuses me)
Ah yes, also apologies to those I have promised or hinted I might call. The narcotics seem to improve my paranioa.
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December 28, 2005
Otherwise, to prove some fools never learn
This item from the wires: Munich mastermind spurns Spielberg's peace appeal wherein one of the planners of the Munich terror attack on the Israeli olympic team shows himself to be every bit the idiot he was 30 odd years ago.
The cretin, in keeping with his long career of shooting Palestinian interests in the back with cretinous morally warped idiocy, gave the stereotypical, just unpacked from the 1970s Black September rant (no wonder King Hussien had to crush the fools).
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