Thursday - February 02, 2006

Chug-A-Lug For Denmark

Emperor Misha, the Sandmonkey and Mr. Christian (see below) are on the right track. If the MOOS-lims are going to boycott Danish products because of the recent kerfuffle over the Mohammed cartoons, we need to do our part.

As reported here several weeks ago, BMEWS sees no humor in the MOOS-lim’s anger. Therefore the Skipper has been studying the best way to get even with the sand monkeys.

A few minutes ago, a flash of inspiration overcame me. Super Bowl Sunday is coming up and that means salsa, chips and .... BEER. The latter being something MOOS-lims are forbidden to drink. What better way to smackdown the sandy sheetheads?

In accordance with that theme, the Skipper hereby proclaims this coming Sunday “National Danish Beer Day”. Go buy a truckload of either or both of the brands below. Now! And when you hoist a tall boy this Sunday, remember to shout Skaal (Skål) Bunden i vejret eller resten i håret (Bottoms up or the rest in your hair.)

  

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Let The Punishment Fit The Crime

The good news: The punishment was relatively light, albeit smelly. The bad news: PETA will be waiting to have a word with Mr. Huff later.

Punching Horse May Land Man In Deep Doodoo
February 1, 2006
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP)

A 24-year-old man could be shoveling horse manure as part of his punishment for punching a police horse. Butte County Superior Court Judge Stephen Benson sentenced Robert William Huff, of Chico, to 20 hours of community service and 24 hours in jail after he pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of assaulting a police horse.

The horse, named “Bailey,” was helping police control fraternity party crowds last Labor Day when Huff allegedly backhanded it in the face. Huff’s attorney, William Short, said the horse had stepped on Huff’s foot and was he was trying to get it off.

“There was never any malicious intent,” Short said. District attorney Mike Ramsey said he hopes Huff’s probation will be spent “shoveling horse manure at the Chico police mounted unit’s training grounds.”

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A Case Of Rabies

_{Mike Lester}—Rome (GA) News-Tribune

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   Wednesday - February 01, 2006

Buy a Danish

Via the ever-dilligent Darth Misha, we find that there are some sane Muslims after all...well, at least one: The Sandmonkey in Egypt.

He calls for a boycott of the boycott.  Beautiful. 

Let’s boycott the boycott

Even though the Danes have apologized repeatedly for offending muslims by having a cartoon of the Prophet, the muslim world seems to be enjoying its “newfound power” and relishing in its “victory” in appearing retarded and is refusing to end the boycott against danish products. People at the comment section in the Arabiya story have not only vowed to never stop boycotting Denmark, but called for boycotting Norway and any other european country that may follow suit (A newspaper in France, feeling the need to have Paris torched again, just reprinted them cartoons) . But so far it has only been the Danes and their products that have taken the brunt of muslim anger worldwide.

Fully knowing that it is retarded to punish a whole country and its products for what a Newspaper in that country did, I expected someone to start a movement to restore common sense our muslim brothers and demand a stop to the boycott, especially since the Danes have apologized over and over again. Then I figured, shit, why don’t I be that someone? It is kind of expected from me anyway. Not to mention, it will piss off all the right people and I am all for that.

So I guess I will start the official local campaign to boycott the boycott, and thanks to the efforts of Roba and Jameed, the campaign now has banners that you can get here, put on your website and show solidarity with Danish people, and your love for Danish cows, who have never hurt anyone- unlike their crazy british counterparts.

Posted by Drew458     on 02/01/2006 at 08:30 PM   
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Boo. Freekin. Hoo.

Cindy’s Upset with the way the Capitol Police dog-walked escorted her from the SoTU last night. 
(sorry for the link folks, but you gotta do what you gotta do to get at the news)

What Really Happened.
...a message from Cindy Sheehan

Dear Friends,

As most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before the State of the Union Address tonight.

I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we have lost in our country.

There have been lies from the police and distortions by the press. (Shocker) So this is what really happened:

[blah...blah...blah...didn’t really want to go.....blah...blah...felt pressure because of the media......blah...blah....decided to go anyway...]

I had just sat down and I was warm from climbing 3 flights of stairs back up from the bathroom so I unzipped my jacket. I turned to the right to take my left arm out, when the same officer saw my shirt and yelled, Bitch! “Protester.” He then ran over to me, hauled me out of my seat and roughly (with my hands behind my back) shoved me up the stairs. I said something like, “I’m going, do you have to be so rough?”

It’s killing me.  “Don’t be so rough.  bully!”   I sure do hope she runs for congress.

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First And Ten

Maxim Decides the Super Bowl

Actually, two half-naked, greased-up girls in a wrestling ring decide Super Bowl XL.

_{(do we really have to add that it is probably NSFW?)}

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Moster Ridiculous Item Of The Day (so far)

Let’s see. We have “most ridiculous” and now “moster ridiculous”. What are the odds we’re gonna find a “mostest ridiculous” item of the day before midnight? As fer this vampire, he may be a criminal but he darn sure makes more sense than most Democrats I’ve listened to lately. After all, he’s just a blood-sucker. Democrats are blood-sucking, parasitic leeches. Vampires leave their victims alive and undead whereas Democrats never leave their victims and continue to keep them poor and stupid until they die, which usually isn’t too long for anyone stupid enough to vote for a Democrat. I hope Sharkey beats the rap. We need more politicians who are open and honest about their blood-sucking lusts ...

Vampire Candidate Arrested On Indiana Charges
PRINCETON, Minn., Feb. 1 (UPI)

Self-described vampire and Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jonathan “The Impaler” Sharkey has been arrested on Indiana charges of stalking and escape. Sharkey is wanted in Indianapolis on the charges on which bond has been set at $100,000, the Princeton (Minn.) Union-Eagle reported.

Princeton police said their search discovered the May 2005 warrants that led to Sharkey’s arrest Monday. Sharkey, 41, a native of Elizabethtown, N.J., has lived in Princeton since October. A sheriff’s dispatcher in Indiana saw some news coverage of Sharkey’s campaign in Minnesota and recognized the name he used as a pro-wrestler, Rocky Flash.

Sharkey gained the limelight earlier this month with his Friday the 13th announcement of his candidacy for Minnesota governor under the Vampires, Witches and Pagans Party banner. Among his proposals was one that would use impalement to execute murderers, rapists and terrorists.

“As governor,” Sharkey said, “terrorists and criminals will live in fear of me, while the people of this state will be able to live fear free.” Specifics of the Indiana charges against Sharkey were not known immediately.

- Sharkey For Governor campaign web site ...

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Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day (so far)

Ah, me! Too much moonbattery and so many unanswered questions. Didn’t this old couple have anything better to do? How could the gals justify $320 per hour for their “services”? Why would they open up a joint like this right across the street from the police station? How come the police didn’t catch on until after the place had been in business for a year? How many cops knew and had after-hours “dates” to keep their mouths shut? How was this story finally “blown” (pardon the pun)? How many businesses have men coming in by themselves, staying a half hour and leaving with a huge smile on their faces? I sure ask a lot of stupid questions, don’t I?

Couple Pleads To Running A Brothel Near Concord Police Station
10:15 a.m. January 31, 2006
(SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE)

A married couple pleaded no contest to charges they ran a brothel across the street from a Concord police station, Contra Costa County authorities said. Debra Watts, 52, will serve one year of home detention after pleading to three felony counts of pimping and pandering, prosecutor Jose Marin said Monday. Her husband, Ernest Watts, 63, pleaded to one misdemeanor count of maintaining a house of prostitution, Marin said.

Investigators said the couple ran the brothel for a year in an apartment located a few hundred feet from the Concord police station and used the Internet to solicit clients. Police raided the apartment in January of 2005, six months after an informant tipped them off in exchange for leniency in a pending fraud case, according to a search warrant affidavit.

Surveillance of the apartment revealed a Monday-through-Friday operation in which women would arrive by 10 a.m. and leave by 7 p.m. Men would enter and leave throughout the day, staying for about 30 minutes at a time, according to the affidavit. The women charged $160 for every half-hour and Debra Watts would take half, according to the affidavit.

A third defendant, Michelle Secrist, 22, of Vacaville, pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of prostitution. The couple, who lived in Fairfield but recently moved to Las Vegas, will be prohibited from working in any business related to prostitution as part of their probation.

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Eur-Peon Spines?

Imagine that? Euro-Peon newspapers republishing cartoons poking fun at Mohammed to show they will not be cowed by MOOS-lim rioters and protestors. Is it possible that Jacques and Heinz have finally grown spines? Sacre bleu! Mein Gott! Will miracles never cease? In a related story, The Skipper is waiting with bated breath for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX to show the cartoons live on TV. They better hurry ‘cause The Skipper is waiting to exhale ....

Newspapers Republish Muhammad Caricatures
February 1, 2006 6:00pm GMT
PARIS (AP)

French and German newspapers on Wednesday republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have riled the Muslim world, saying democratic freedoms include the “right to blasphemy.” The front page of the daily France Soir carried the headline “Yes, We Have the Right to Caricature God” along with a cartoon of Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian gods floating on a cloud. Inside, the paper reran the drawings.

“The appearance of the 12 drawings in the Danish press provoked emotions in the Muslim world because the representation of Allah and his prophet is forbidden. But because no religious dogma can impose itself on a democratic and secular society, France Soir is publishing the incriminating caricatures,” the paper said. Germany’s Die Welt daily printed one of the drawings on its front page, arguing that a “right to blasphemy” was anchored in democratic freedoms. The Berliner Zeitung daily also printed two of the caricatures as part of its coverage of the controversy.

The Danish daily Jyllands-Posten originally published the cartoons in September after asking artists to depict Islam’s prophet to challenge what it perceived was self-censorship among artists dealing with Islamic issues. A Norwegian newspaper reprinted the images this month. The depictions include an image of Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb with a burning fuse, and another portraying him holding a sword, his eyes covered by a black rectangle. Islamic tradition bars any depiction of the prophet to prevent idolatry.

Angered by the drawings, masked Palestinian gunmen briefly took over a European Union office in Gaza on Monday. Syria called for the offenders to be punished. Danish goods were swept from shelves in many countries, and Saudi Arabia and Libya recalled their ambassadors to Denmark. The Jyllands-Posten — which received a bomb threat over the drawings — has apologized for hurting Muslims’ feelings but not for publishing the cartoons. Its editor said Wednesday, however, that he would not have printed the drawings had he foreseen the consequences.

Carsten Juste also said the international furor amounted to a victory for opponents of free expression. “Those who have won are dictatorships in the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia, where they cut criminals’ hands and give women no rights,” Juste told The Associated Press. “The dark dictatorships have won.” Demonstrations and condemnations across the Muslim world continued. The Supreme Council of Moroccan religious leaders denounced the drawings on Wednesday.

“Muslim beliefs cannot tolerate such an attack, however small it may be,” the statement said. In Turkey, dozens of protesters from a small Islamic party staged a demonstration in front of the Danish Embassy. About 200 riot police watched the crowd from the Felicity Party, which laid a black wreath and a book about Muhammad’s life at the gates of the embassy building. Despite the show of solidarity among Europe’s newspaper editors, not all Europeans appreciated the drawings.

Norway’s deputy state secretary for foreign affairs, Raymond Johansen, said they encourage distrust between people of different faiths. “I can understand that Muslims find the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the Norwegian weekly ... to be offensive. This is unfortunate and regrettable,” Johansen said on a visit to Beirut. There was also anger in France, which has Western Europe’s largest Muslim community with an estimated 5 million people.

Mohammed Bechari, president of the National Federation of the Muslims of France, said his group would start legal proceedings against France Soir because of “these pictures that have disturbed us, and that are still hurting the feelings of 1.2 billion Muslims.” French government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope struck a neutral tone, saying France is “a country that is attached to the principle of secularism, and this freedom clearly should be exercised in a spirit of tolerance and respect for the beliefs of everyone.”

France Soir, which is owned by an Egyptian magnate, has been struggling to stay afloat and bring in readers in recent years. French theologian Sohaib Bencheikh spoke out against the pictures in a column in France Soir accompanying them Wednesday. “One must find the borders between freedom of expression and freedom to protect the sacred,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, the West has lost its sense of the sacred.”

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Dictator’s Dilemna

What’s a hard-working, loveable dictator to do in today’s modern world? You can’t just shut down all radio, TV and internet access or you won’t be able to get out your message to the proletariat that they need to kill all of the (fill in the race) people, that America is the Great (fill in the evil demon) and that your dear leader (fill in the name) loves his people.

That pesky internet especially gets in your way as there are currently over 26 million blog sites around the world, not to mention a bajillion sites with true versions of history and science that contradict the version you’d like to force your subjects to believe.

And now, to make matters worse, the one man who has enough money to buy your average dictator’s country along with forty others just like it (out of his pocket change) says you need to let your beloved slaves people expand their minds with radical thoughts about freedom and democracy. If this keeps up, there won’t be any dictators left in a few years. What a pity ....

Gates Speaks Out Against Net Censorship
LISBON, Portugal (AP)

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday that attempts by governments to censor Web site contents were doomed, because banned information can seep out despite official injunctions. “The ability to really withhold information no longer exists,” Gates told a government forum on the Internet. Gates said his company must comply with legal requirements in the countries where it operates.

Late last year, Microsoft shut down the site of a popular Chinese blogger at Beijing’s request. The blog by Zhao Jing, writing under the pen name An Ti, appraised sensitive topics such as China’s relations with Taiwan and media freedoms in China. But the spread of free, private e-mail enabled users to disseminate information anyway, Gates said.

“You may be able to take a very visible Web site and say that something shouldn’t be there, but if there’s a desire by the population to know something ... it’s going to get out very broadly” via e-mail, Gates said. Some of Microsoft’s rivals, including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), also have hit problems with censorship in foreign countries.

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s top lawyer, said Tuesday the company was tightening its policies regarding blocking Web journals. The software company, based in Redmond, Washington, operates a popular blogging technology called MSN Spaces. Smith said the changes would include efforts to make the banned content available to users elsewhere in the world even if Microsoft decided it had a legal duty to block it in a particular country.

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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Whaddya know, Western Union gives up on the telegram. No more “candygram for Mongo”. It seems like it was just yesterday I was helping Sam Morse think up a message to send over the first wire. Or was that Al Bell and his “phone”? I’m gettin’ too old ....

Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
31 January 2006 10:17 pm ET
(LIVESCIENCE)

After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped sending telegrams. On the company’s web site, if you click on “Telegrams” in the left-side navigation bar, you’re taken to a page that ends a technological era with about as little fanfare as possible: “Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a customer service representative.”

The decline of telegram use goes back at least to the 1980s, when long-distance telephone service became cheap enough to offer a viable alternative in many if not most cases. Faxes didn’t help. Email could be counted as the final nail in the coffin. Western Union has not failed. It long ago refocused its main business to make money transfers for consumers and businesses. Revenues are now $3 billion annually. It’s now called Western Union Financial Services, Inc. and is a subsidiary of First Data Corp.

The world’s first telegram was sent on May 24, 1844 by inventor Samuel Morse. The message, “What hath God wrought,” was transmitted from Washington to Baltimore. In a crude way, the telegraph was a precursor to the Internet in that it allowed rapid communication, for the first time, across great distances. Western Union goes back to 1851 as the Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company. In 1856 it became the Western Union Telegraph Company after acquisition of competing telegraph systems. By 1861, during the Civil War, it had created a coast-to-coast network of lines.

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Face Off

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Anger Management

Good advice for the Angry Left: Calm down or you’re about to get an ass-whuppin’. Just think, it took a whole team of researchers to figure that out. They must be college professors ...

Researcher: Anger Common Before Injury
Jan 31, 5:54 PM (ET)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP)

Guys, watch out the next time anger threatens to overtake common sense. You could wind up in the hospital. That’s the conclusion of a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher who found that anger increased the risk of injury, especially for men, after interviewing more than 2,400 emergency-room patients at three Missouri hospitals.

The study, published Tuesday in the Annals of Family Medicine journal, found that people who described themselves as feeling “hostile” before getting hurt faced twice the risk of injury. And compared to women, men were more likely to injure themselves when angry. “When we men start to get angry, maybe we need to take a step back,” said Dan Vinson, a professor of family and community medicine and the study’s primary author.

Surprisingly, Vinson said he found no statistical connection between self-descriptions of anger and traffic accidents - a finding that suggests road rage may be more of an internal state of mind rather than an outward behavior with violent consequences. Previous studies exploring the links between anger and injury had a more limited focus, Vinson said.

“I thought it was a known fact that anger increases injury risk,” said Vinson, whose primary research interest is the relation between alcohol use and injury. “But when researchers look at people in the real world, studies are conflicting.” The Missouri study asked emergency room patients to describe their state of mind both immediately before and 24 hours before the injury.

Patients were asked to what extent they felt irritable, angry and hostile, with responses organized on a 5-point scale from “not at all” to “extremely.” Those 2,446 patients were compared to 1,533 random community residents interviewed by phone. The control group’s overall level of anger also came as a surprise to Vinson. One-third reported some degree of irritability, with 11.8 percent reporting feeling angry and 8 percent claiming downright hostility.

“We live in a very angry society,” said Vinson. The study was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Opal Lewis Fund for alcohol research, an endowment established by a University of Missouri donor.

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Hamas Under Pressure

Egypt is leaning on Hamas to recognise Israel and play nice. Meanwhile, Israel is withholding this month’s customs payment of $45 million to Paleswine. And in Chicago, Israeli intelligence agents are testifying against a man accused of laundering money to send to Hamas.

The noose is tightening ....

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