Wednesday - February 08, 2006

Peace

Do Democrats have no shame whatsoever? They can’t even bury a really decent woman without turning it into a media circus to promote their agenda. This is an outrage, people. Particularly, Jimmy Carter lashing out at the President with these snide remarks and insinuations intended to stir up the mob and nothing more. 

For these pernicious creatures to stand up there and use the podium that was intended to honor the life of Mrs. King as a platform to bash another guest at the funeral is outside the pale. You generally only see this kind of verbal assault on Jerry Springer’s show. Then again, Dummycraps are starting to remind me of trailer-park trash nowadays with their never-ending anger.

Like most Americans, I extend my sympathies and prayers to the family of Mrs. King. I regret that the Democrats present at the funeral couldn’t have saved their bile for a later time and just acted reasonable for a few hours. Mrs. King is now at peace ... something the Donks just don’t understand ...

Political Undercurrent Seen At King Funeral
February 7 2006 23:56
(FT.COM)

When Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968, Lester Maddox, the governor of Georgia, refused to attend his funeral in Atlanta, branding the civil rights leader “an enemy of the country”. So it was a sign of how much the US has changed over the past four decades that the funeral of his wife, Coretta Scott King, in the same city was attended on Tuesday not only by the state governor but also by four presidents.

George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter were among about 10,000 mourners at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, an arena-style megachurch in suburban Atlanta. Most of the six-hour ceremony was dedicated to celebration of Mrs King’s life, with President George W. Bush leading the tributes to “a woman who worked to make our nation whole”.

But there was a strong political undercurrent, with several speakers making veiled and in some cases open criticism of the Bush administration from a podium situated just feet from where the president sat. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin recalled how Mrs Scott hadspoken out against “the senselessness of war” with a voice that was heard “from the tin rooftops of Soweto to the bomb shelters of Baghdad.”

In an apparent swipe at the domestic eavesdropping programme authorised by Mr Bush as part of the war against terror, Mr Carter recalled how Mrs King and her husband had been the targets of secret government wiretapping. “It was difficult for them personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated, and they became the targets of secret government wiretapping and other surveillance,” he said.

Mr Carter also referred to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as evidence that the struggle for civil rights was not complete. “We only have to recall the colour of the faces of those in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi who are most devastated by Katrina to know that there are not yet equal opportunities for all Americans,” he said. Mr Clinton was joined at the podium by his wife, Hillary. When he said how pleased he was to be in attendance with the current and former presidents a voice in the crowd shouted, “and the future president”, provoking first laughter and then applause.

Rev Joseph Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Mr King, drew loud applause from the largely black congregation when he said in verse: “Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war, billions more, but no more for the poor.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 02/08/2006 at 03:17 AM   
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World War III

_{Petar Pismestrovic—Kleine Zeitung, Austria}

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   Tuesday - February 07, 2006

Under Siege - Part III

If you recall the saga of the little Cornish hamlet of St. Day, which is being overrun by feral yutes (see here and here for history) and the local constabulary’s refusal to assert any authority.  Well, today we have another installment.

Enter a gun-toting ten-year-old

Last week I met a young mother who’d been threatened by a 10-year-old boy wielding a so-called ‘BB gun’, a pistol that fires ball-bearings. He was wandering along the pavement, firing it at passing cars when she accosted him. He screamed at her and aimed the weapon - capable of killing at close range, certainly of blinding - at the six-month-old baby she was carrying in her arms. In the heat of the moment, she grabbed the gun from him.

“Three days after reporting it, the police called me and said: ‘Sorry, but we can’t do anything about it’,” she told me. “When I asked why, they said: ‘Well, it’s your word against his.’ “

Un-Freakin Believable.

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Why I Am Not The President

Reason #1: In light of the current situation, I would set off one of these over Teheran, Damascus and Pyongyang, then go on TV and give the world five little words: ”NOW SIT DOWN AND STFU”. If the rioting, burning and murdering didn’t stop within 24 hours, then Riyadh, Cairo and Tripoli would be next. I’ll stop when they stop. I have more cities on the list. Now that’s what I call detente. Any questions?

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Ice Age Conspiracy

Two stories to relate to you this morning. The first one comes from a scientist in Russia who says we’re about to enter another little Ice Age due to less heat coming from the sun. I just happened to see this right after getting my weekly updates from Scientific American (more on that below) ....

Scientist predicts ‘mini Ice Age’
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 7 (UPI)

A Russian astronomer has predicted that Earth will experience a “mini Ice Age” in the middle of this century, caused by low solar activity. Khabibullo Abdusamatov of the Pulkovo Astronomic Observatory in St. Petersburg said Monday that temperatures will begin falling six or seven years from now, when global warming caused by increased solar activity in the 20th century reaches its peak, RIA Novosti reported.

The coldest period will occur 15 to 20 years after a major solar output decline between 2035 and 2045, Abdusamatov said. Dramatic changes in the earth’s surface temperatures are an ordinary phenomenon, not an anomaly, he said, and result from variations in the sun’s energy output and ultraviolet radiation.

The Northern Hemisphere’s most recent cool-down period occurred between 1645 and 1705. The resulting period, known as the Little Ice Age, left canals in the Netherlands frozen solid and forced people in Greenland to abandon their houses to glaciers, the scientist said.

SPOTLESS SUN
(SPACEWEATHER.COM)

The sunspot number has been zero for nine consecutive days--the longest stretch of blank suns since October 1996. This is a clear sign that solar minimum has arrived. Solar activity should remain low, although surprises are possible. Scientists track solar cycles by counting sunspots—cool planet-sized areas on the Sun where intense magnetic loops poke through the star’s visible surface.

Very few sunspots were seen on the Sun from about 1645 to 1715 (see chart below). Although the observations were not as extensive as in later years, the Sun was in fact well observed during this time and this lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity also corresponds to a climatic period called the “Little Ice Age” when rivers that are normally ice-free froze and snow fields remained year-round at lower altitudes. There is evidence that the Sun has had similar periods of inactivity in the more distant past. The connection between solar activity and terrestrial climate is an area of on-going research.

Posted by The Skipper     on 02/07/2006 at 11:04 AM   
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The Official “We Wuz Robbed” Post

OK, Seattle fans! Here’s your chance to throw out the challenge flag and complain about one of the dullest Super Bowl’s in history. The NFL went to the replay booth upstairs, then huddled up to decide to stand by the officiating crew. Steeler’s coach Bill Cowher sums it up for you: “All I can say is: 21-10”. The Skipper says: “Just wait ‘til next year’s lingerie bowl, Bill”.

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Moosie Moron Follow-Up

Remember Omar Khayam in the “Meanwhile In London” post below? If you missed it, Mr. Khayam was part of recent demonstrations in London during which he dressed up as a suicide bomber to protest “those cartoons”. Well, it seems our little moron is in a wee spot of trouble today ....

‘Suicide Bomber’ Cartoon Protester Arrested
Tuesday February 7, 2006
(GUARDIAN-UK)

Omar Khayam, who dressed as a suicide bomber during London protests against the prophet Muhammad cartoons, was arrested today, Bedfordshire police said. The 22-year-old was pictured wearing a simulated suicide bombing outfit during protests against the cartoons outside the Danish embassy. The images satirise the prophet Muhammad and were first published in a Danish newspaper.

In 2001, Mr Khayam was sentenced to six years in prison for possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply. He is still on licence after being released, halfway through his sentence, last year. A Bedfordshire police spokesman said he was arrested in Bedford under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 this morning for breaching the terms of his licence. The arrest was carried out at the instigation of the Home Office.

Inmates released on parole can be returned to prison if they reoffend, breach specific conditions of their licence or fail to attend appointments with their probation officer. They can also be recalled for “bad behaviour” that causes concern to their probation officer and undermines their supervision in the community.

A source who knew Mr Khayam in prison told the Daily Mirror he had been influenced by extremists while in jail. “He was a very quiet guy and would only ever speak out when he was with other extremists,” the source said. Harry Fletcher, the assistant general secretary of the National Association of Probation Officers, said deciding whether to recall Mr Khayam to jail would be “very difficult”.

“You couldn’t have a condition of parole that you don’t take part in a protest about your faith,” he added. The student’s probation officers had to decide whether dressing up as a suicide bomber constituted bad behaviour, he said. Yesterday, Mr Khayam apologoised for his protest, saying he had not intended to cause offence to victims of the July 7 London bombings or their families.

- There’s even more to this moron’s story here ...

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Lost In Space

Man, I don’t know about you but this is creepin’ me out. Somewhere, hundreds of miles over my head is a creepy spacesuit, floating along, sending radio signals down to the allegedly intelligent monkeys below. Did we spend millions of years of evolution (or 6,000 years since Creation, depending on your worldview) to finally discover just how useless our brains really are?

They chuck this spooky suit out the airlock, it seems to be dead, then all of a sudden it comes back to life? Let me be perfectly clear on one thing .... if this thing starts speaking to us ("My God, it’s full of stars ..."), I’m outta here ...

Spacesuit Radio ‘Alive’ In Orbit
SOMEWHERE ABOVE EARTH (BBC)

An old spacesuit stuffed with a radio transmitter and old clothes is still emitting a weak signal as it orbits the globe, amateur radio enthusiasts say. Nasa had reported that the “SuitSat” device had ceased working within hours of its release from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. But a US amateur radio spokesman said weak signals had been picked up. “Death reports were premature,” he said.

The suit is meant to transmit messages in six languages to amateur radio fans. The makeshift satellite was tossed from the ISS by crew members Bill McArthur and Valery Tokarev as they began a six-hour spacewalk. Made from a decommissioned Russian spacesuit, the SuitSat contains a radio, transmitter and sensors to monitor temperature and battery power, with old clothes packed in to hold the equipment in place.

The idea was for radio operators to be able to pick up recorded messages for several days before the device re-entered the atmosphere and burned up. Images and lessons were also to be sent for schoolchildren. Reports from Nasa on Friday suggested the device had stopped working before the ISS crew had even completed their spacewalk.

However, members of the Connecticut-based American Radio Relay League (ARRL) report picking up a feeble signal on the 145.99MHz frequency in the days since. Spokesman Allen Pitts said the signals were “weak, cold and really hard to copy, but alive”. The group says the evidence points to a problem with the antenna fixed to the spacesuit’s helmet or the wires linking the electronics.

ARRL has appealed to amateur radio operators around the world to gather extra information by listening out for the signal and passing on their results. The spacesuit was nicknamed “Ivan Ivanovich”, after a lifelike Russian mannequin sent on a test flight shortly before Yuri Gagarin’s groundbreaking mission in 1961.

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Just Because

!Attention!


We interrupt all the bad news about idjits going to jail, burning down embassies, protesting fried chicken and especially those monsters claiming to be “intelligent Democrats” to bring you this gratuitous picture of last Sunday’s Lingerie Bowl.


Looks like a holding call to me.

Five yard penalty.

Still second down ...

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Idiot Du Jour

Now you all know good and well that governments (yours, mine, ours) are not very efficient at anything. They can’t protect us from terror attacks. They can’t stop protestors from raising hell. They can’t provide for our retirement. But as any idjit knows, governments do actually do one thing extremely well and if you mess with the taxman you’ll find out real quick just how efficient government can be.

Then again, what kind of moron runs an “organic farm”? Take three guesses ....

British Man Tried For Deducting Tax To Protest Iraq War
Mon Feb 6, 12:43 PM ET
LONDON (AFP)

A retired businessman appeared in a British court for deducting 10 percent from his taxes to protest against the deployment of British soldiers in Iraq in what he called an “illegal” war. “I have said I am very happy to pay the tax I owe provided they give me assurances that it will not be used for illegal purposes,” said Douglas Barker, a father of five and grandfather of 19, who runs an organic farm.

“I feel we were led into an illegal war on a false pretext, and being forced to help pay for something illegal is a violation of my human rights,” the 72-year-old told a court in southern England. “If I have to go to jail, I will,” Barker said, defying a warning that he faces a prison sentence if he continues to refuse paying the 1,142 pounds (1,670 euros, 2,000 dollars) that he owes the Inland Revenue.

Tax officials said they would seek authorisation to seize Barker’s goods to reimburse his debt. Barker and his 65-year-old wife have said several times that they will continue deducting 10 percent from their taxes until they have proof that not a single penny of their money will be used to support British troops in Iraq.

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This Has Gone Far Enough

All right. Enough is enough. It’s time to bring this whole “cartoon fatwah” crap to an abrupt halt. Burning Danish flags and boycotting cheese from Denmark is one thing. Torching a Danish embassy was reprehensible. But when they start murdering Catholic priests, it’s time to knock some sense into people’s heads. I ask the entire Muslim world: how does a silly cartoon justify killing a man of God? Be ashamed ...

Pope Prays for Priest Slain in Turkey
February 7, 2006, 2:14 AM EST
VATICAN CITY (AP)

Pope Benedict XVI said Monday that he hoped the blood shed by a Roman Catholic priest slain in Turkey over the weekend would become the “seeds of hope” to build a lasting fraternity between peoples.

Benedict sent telegrams of condolences to church authorities in Italy and Turkey following the killing Sunday of the Rev. Andrea Santoro, 60 (pictured at right), who was shot as he prayed in his church in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon, where he was the parish priest for a small Christian community.

Turkish police arrested a high school student as the suspected killer on Tuesday, Turkey’s semi-official news agency reported. Police refused to comment on the report. Police captured the suspect in a raid in downtown Trabzon and also seized a gun, the Anatolia news agency said. Benedict said he hoped “that the blood that he shed will become the seeds of hope for building an authentic fraternity among peoples.”

The gunman shouted “Allahu Akbar”—Arabic for “God is great”—as he escaped, police and witnesses said. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, suggested Monday the slaying was related to recent protests in the Muslim world over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, saying in a front-page article that the killing “fits into the climate of tension in recent days.”

Italy’s foreign minister, Gianfranco Fini, said he stressed in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, of the need to “isolate extremist elements” in Turkey following the slaying, particularly in light of the protests over the caricatures.

The Vatican newspaper reprinted a letter dated Feb. 11, 2005 that Santoro wrote to the missionary center of the Rome diocese, in which he wrote of the need to exchange the “spiritual gifts” between East and West, but also complained of an “emptiness” in the Middle East that needed to be filled by Christ.

Church officials and ordinary Italians have decried the slaying. A funeral for Santoro was planned at Rome’s main basilica, St. John Lateran, Italian news reports said.

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Blasphemy

_{Vince O’Farrel—The Melbourne Express (Australia)}

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   Monday - February 06, 2006

Today’s Featured Blogs

Of course, everyone is talking about the moonbattery of Islamic fire-brandishing over cartoons.  For some other stories, we invite you to visit these fine blog entries:

• Captain Ed talks about Gollum James Carville and Paul Begala’s new proposal for campaign reform.


• Brian Maloney looks into Weird Al Franken’s latest news


• Over at the Museum of Left-Wing Lunacy, we learn that Bush did not want to capture OBL after all.


• Finally, Greyhawk dispells another urban legend about women in the military

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Just Wondering

So I was listening to NPR the other day, and there was an ad sponsorship notice for the show (Weekend Edition, I think) from some organization that “seeks to alliviate the cause and crisis of homelessness” (recalling from memory, but that was the idea).  The thought struck me: They think that it is a better use of resources to sponsor the weekend news on NPR then actaully help a homeless person secure some housing.

How much does an NPR commercial sponsership cost?  Could they have helped a family or two with rent with that money?  Maybe someone can enlighten me as to why running an ad sponsoring an NPR news show would be a better use of funds for such a group.

Just wonderin’ is all.

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