January 10, 2012

Prayers for Stable Hand **Sticky**

12/20/2011 Update by SH: Thank you all very much for your continued prayers. I will be back.

Merry Christmas and Chag Chanuka Sameach to all.

Oh, and Xariif, I have a special holiday message to you and your followers. It's below the fold:

01/06/2012 Update by SH: Happy New Year everyone and again thanks for your prayers and well wishes.

Yes, Xariif, I will be back.

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By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 11:58 PM | |

January 07, 2012

Overnight King

There can be only one.

By the way, I have the 45 rpm on the Sun label. You know, the first record Elvis ever recorded and sold. If you're interested in making an offer.

Nah, just kidding, keeping it in the family.

By Vinnie at 12:35 AM | |

January 06, 2012

45 Pages Of Pure Awesome

Can be seen here. This is just an appetizer:

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By Vinnie at 06:35 PM | |

Third Pakistani Sentenced for Helping Pakistani Taliban

This is the third conviction in the scheme to help the Pakistani Taliban smuggle their agents into the US. DOJ press release:

WASHINGTON – A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 50 months in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Two co-defendants were sentenced for the same charge in December 2011 to 40 and 36 months in prison.

The sentences were announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security Lisa Monaco; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. for the District of Columbia; John Morton, Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Miami Division.

Irfan Ul Haq, 37, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates. On Dec. 21, 2011, Judge Bates sentenced Qasim Ali, 32, to 40 months in prison, and Zahid Yousaf, 43, to 36 months in prison. On Sept. 12, 2011, each defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. As part of their plea agreements, the defendants agreed to a stipulated order of removal to Pakistan upon the completion of their criminal sentences.

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By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 04:06 PM | |

US Troops In Israel?

Does this remind you of the scene from Braveheart where they flash the Fookin English?

Hey Iran, check out the size of these nuts*!

Thousands of US troops began descending on Israel this week.

*Debka so please use some salt grains or something.

Ministry of Irony: Threatened US Carrier Group Rescues Iranian Ship from Pirates

CNN:

U.S. Navy ship rescued 13 Iranian sailors from pirates in the Arabia Sea, a military spokesman said Friday.
The destroyer USS Kidd responded to calls for help from the Iranian-flagged dhow Al Molai, which had been hijacked by pirates two months ago, Navy Capt. John Kirby said.

A Navy team boarded the ship, took 15 pirates into custody and sent the dhow on its way, Kirby said. A dhow is a type of sailing vessel frequently used for commercial transits in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.

The Iranian captain thanked the crew of the Kidd for their help, Kirby said.

The destroyer who saved the Shia Iranians from the Sunni pirates is part of the carrier group that Iran warned not to return to the Persian gulf last week.

I'm glad the Iranian sailors are safe. To the Iranian regime, You're very F*cking welcome.

Update: More delicious irony topping! The commander of the USS KIDD is a woman, CDR Jennifer L. Ellinger.

Sweet!

Hat Tip: James.

Another Reason To Hate The 1%

Those rich bastards! Using up most the resources, accumulating most the money, and now, they are using most the bandwidth!

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The 99% becomes the 1%.

The world’s congested mobile airwaves are being divided in a lopsided manner, with 1 percent of consumers generating half of all traffic. The top 10 percent of users, meanwhile, are consuming 90 percent of wireless bandwidth.

Below the fold, more images of the selfish 1% using up most the bandwidth.

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By DMartyr at 10:46 AM | |

DHS Sets Up Heavily Armed ID Checkpoint At Social Security Office

You know, to catch those right-wing veteran gun-toting Bible-thumping domestic terrorists we hear so much about...

Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals.

“With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building,” reports the Daily Commercial.

The activity was part of Operation Shield, an unannounced drill conducted by the DHS’ Federal Protective Service centered around “detecting the presence of unauthorized persons and potentially disruptive or dangerous activities.” (Source)

It makes sense, really. If you want to catch terrorists, where better than a Social Security office where they go to pickup those retirement checks? I mean, you wouldn't want DHS wasting time harassing patriotic Americans in places like Zuccotti Park, Dearborn Mosques, or Border Checkpoints. Yeah, you wouldn't find any "unauthorized persons" or "potentially disruptive or dangerous activities" at those places.

BTW, on behalf of the Obama Administration, the DHS would like to point out that this armed show of power has nothing to do with the impending declaration of martial law. This was just a test.

By DMartyr at 10:21 AM | |

Islamic Buzzkill Fatwas

A cleric in Egypt has declared that bikinis are bad for men? Well that's because men aren't supposed to wear them dumbass!

And also firecrackers.. Fireworks. You know any explosion that doesn't kill people is a waste of time.

January 05, 2012

Proof That Blasters Make Sound

ars technica:

To shake things up, the researchers sent sound waves into the laser. The sound waves repetitively strain the quantum dots, which temporarily modifies their energy levels. As a result, more of the quantum dots spend some time with energy levels that correspond to the wavelength of light that the laser is able to emit.

The result was a laser power that was 200 times higher than the laser without the sound waves, which is a pretty spectacular increase in efficiency.

Eureka!

All is again right with the Galaxy.

Hat Tip: Ace.

Is This a Koran Desecrated in Pakistan?

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Actually, its not. Its the New Testament. The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

A few days after the attacks, American photographer Gary S. Chapman visited the area with his wife, Vivian, to document the aftermath.

“I want people to see my images and feel both discomfort and compassion at the same time,” he said recently. “I want them to try and see themselves in the situation I am witnessing.”

More here...

Tell me again why anyone thinks Pakistan is our friend? It escapes me most of the time.

Jesse "We Deserve to Lose a Few Guys" Ventura Gets Punched in Face by Navy SEAL Who Disagrees

I always thought Jesse Ventura was an asshole, but I didn't think he was this big of an asshole. The kind of asshole who deserves to get punched in the face. Apparently, I was wrong.

If you meet this real life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, buy him a drink and put it on my tab.

H/T: Ace

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 05:20 PM | |

Terrorists Return Body of Murdered Civilian

How civilized of them:

The Iraqi militia that kidnapped five Britons in 2007 has said it will hand over the body of the last missing man, who it said was "killed in a clash".

UK authorities had suspected Alan McMenemy, from Glasgow, was dead.

The bodies of fellow security guards Jason Creswell, 39, of Glasgow, Jason Swindlehurst, 38, of Lancashire, and Alec MacLachlan, 30, of Carmarthenshire, were released in 2009. The men were kidnapped on 29 May 2007, from the ministry of finance in Baghdad where Mr Moore was working on a new IT system under the protection of the private security guards....

They were overpowered and taken hostage by a group of 50 to 100 armed men who entered the building that morning disguised in police and military uniforms.

Mr Swindlehurst, Mr MacLachlan and Mr Creswell were later shot dead by their captors and their bodies taken to police stations in Baghdad in 2009.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 04:01 PM | |

Radical Islamists: Ignoring Call To Islam Justifies Jihad

"Conquest through Da’wa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! Not through sword but through Da’wa."
~Yousef al-Qaradawi , Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader

Stop Radical Islam has an interesting article on what it means for you to ignore Da'wa:

The Arabic word ‘Da’wa’ means the “call to Islam.” But do not think that Da’wa is the same thing as an invitation to an optional holiday event. The classical Islamic doctrine of jihad mandates that enemies must be given the opportunity to convert to Islam or pay the jizya tax before it is permissible to attack them. This obligation is compulsory because it is written in the Qur’an as a divine order.

Recommended reading: Covenant of Security

By DMartyr at 01:38 PM | |

Bad News: Rusty is Back

1k words on the annual family vacation in California.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 01:14 PM | |

Islamist Group Declares War On France

The French government is embroiled in a massive battle as leaders fight to raise a white flag.

The Mauritanian Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou, presumed leader of an armed Islamist group active in west Africa, has again threatened France with war in a video seen Tuesday by an AFP journalist.

"We again declare war on France, which is hostile to the interests of Islam," Kheirou said in Arabic, wearing dark glasses and with his head wrapped in a turban. "The jihad [holy war] will be exported everywhere it is necessary and for God, we must be ready for anything." (Source)

Little known facts about the French:

A Frenchman will fight viciously and without regard for his own life if you stand between him and a white flag.

Rumor has it that the French don’t like bathing. This rumor comes from them smelling.

To get with modern times they have adopted a stance of pre-emptive surrender.

During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.

They like to sell weapons to enemies of America. But come on – what kinds of pansies use French weapons?

Their language not being quite as effeminate as they would like, they also wear berets.

The Eiffel tower was constructed so that they would have something very tall to wave a white flag from in case of attack.

In ancient times, primitive Frenchmen surrendered to thunderstorms.

They actually have a military, though what purpose it serves is unknown.

By DMartyr at 12:41 PM | |

Dubai Uses Image Of Auschwitz For Weight Loss Advertising

The catchphrase for the Auschwitz campaign: "Say Goodbye To Your Calories."

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(Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit)

I was so inspired by this advertising campaign, I've taken the liberty of creating a few ads myself. If the Circuit Factory would like to use one or more, please contact me via email.

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By DMartyr at 12:00 PM | |

Sandcrawler PSA: Rusty Delayed Again

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This time by the Florida Highway Patrol...

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was attacked in Orlando early Thursday by a man wearing a Darth Vader mask, authorities said.

he attemtped to punch and kick the trooper, who deployed his Taser, according to the FHP. Officials said Vader's[sic] thick jacket prevented the Taser from working, so the trooper used pepper spray to subdue him.

Hat Tip:LaZrtx.

Video as well at the link.

Your Kung Fu is Not Strong

The Blaze:

We’ve covered our fair share of wild brawls in the United States, but how about a chair-throwing melee at a Chinese restaurant in Canada? We can now check that off our list.

On New Year‘s Day in Montreal’s Chinatown, patrons at New Dynasty restaurant started arguing. But what started out as verbal quickly became physical. The National Post in Canada explains:

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The owner of New Dynasty restaurant, a mainstay in Montreal’s Chinatown, said “it was just a regular night” until an exchange between two tables, who didn’t know one another, erupted into a fight that snowballed into a spree of chair throwing, table tossing and glass smashing.

“It was dangerous, of course,” said the man who identified himself as the owner, but would not give his name. “You can see that [from the video]. It was out of control.”

And he’s right about the video, which has just started to surface. Check it out yourself:

The New Face of Libya

During this feel good story about Libyan rebels treated for injuries here in the US. First yes its good that these men are learning what a civilized country is and that American's are helping them but this troubles me......

JARED BOWEN: Of Moammar Gadhafi's violent public death, Ali has no remorse for what his countrymen did.

BELGASSEM ALI (through translator): When we captured him, we didn't show any mercy toward him. He get the same fate -- the same way that he oppressed us, we oppressed him.

Exactly! Why fight and die for a revolution that brings a new form of oppression. They are becoming what they sought to become free from. I mean not that that's unpredictable for so called Arab revolutions. Just saying.

FOXNEWS:

The Arab Spring may quickly become an Islamist Winter in Libya, reads a new report circulated among federal law enforcement and written for policymakers on Capitol Hill.

An advance copy of the report entitled "A View to Extremist Currents In Libya" and obtained by Fox News, states that extremist views are gaining ground in the north African country and suggests a key figure emerging in Libya formerly tied to al Qaeda has not changed his stripes.

"Despite early indications that the Libyan revolution might be a largely secular undertaking ... the very extremist currents that shaped the philosophies of Libya Salafists and jihadis like (Abd al-Hakim) Belhadj appear to be coalescing to define the future of Libya," wrote Michael S. Smith II, a principal and counterterrorism adviser for Kronos LLC, the strategic advisory firm that prepared the report.


al-Qaeda Murders 57 More Muslims in Iraq

There's no question that al-Qaeda has been waiting to try and destabilize Iraq. The only question is now if the Iraqis can weed out these sleepers in an efficient manner. You can tell its al-Qaeda when the solution to an issue is always indiscriminate murder.

AP: BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber targeting Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq killed 30 people, just hours after a wave of bombings hit Shiite areas in Baghdad and killed 27 others, officials said.

The coordinated attacks targeting Shiites bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaida and added to a deepening sectarian crisis in Iraq that exploded just as soon as the last Americans troops left in mid-December. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

January 04, 2012

Topless Women's Basketball

(New York City) A topless women's basketball team is being put together by the Headquarters Gentlemen's Club in New York. Former NBA notable Dennis Rodman came up with the idea and will coach. He is currently recruiting "talent."


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"Talent" for basketball

No experience is necessary but it's believed that expertise at free throws is a plus. An image of talented dribbling (NSFW) is displayed in the extended entry. (More….)

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By Mr. E. Blogger at 03:37 PM | |

Good Gun Control

Is a mother with a shotgun that knows how to use it.

I got one more in the chamber. I'm going to shoot again.

Good boy!

Such a nice man, giving those boys a break by just shooting them in the legs like that. He could have blown their heads clean off.


Purple Jihad

By the power vested in me, Darth Odie Dark Lord of the Sith, I hereby issue the coveted I Will Cut Your Neck Fatwa against Mark for....

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Arab Crime Report

See what activities are crimes in a morally superior society. All are from Arab Times Online:

Sorcerer in sports car: Police have arrested an Iranian man for practicing sorcery, reports Alam Alyawm daily. The sorcerer was driving in a sports car on the Restaurants Street in Salmiya and appeared confused when police approached him. He then stepped on the gas pedal and escaped. Police chased and arrested the man and seized from him different types of amulets and strange objects. Police records also show the man is a violator of residence law.

Girl admits sex: The Salwa police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing by her family, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. During interrogation the teenager said she had eloped with her boyfriend of her own free will and had sex with him several times. Police are looking for the youth.

Call for sin: An unidentified Arab woman has filed a complaint with the police accusing a citizen of luring her to commit immoral act, reports Al-Anba daily. According to the complainant the man followed her wherever she went in a shopping mall and finally entered the same shop where she went and offered her a chewing gum. On the chewing gum paper was written a telephone number and when she called him he allegedly invited her to his apartment to have ‘fun’. When the police summoned the man for interrogation, he denied the allegation and said it was the woman who asked for his number and he gave it to her secretly because she was with another woman and he did not want to embarrass her. Police investigations are continuing.

More below the fold.

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By DMartyr at 01:05 PM | |

The Devil Of Ramadi

(Hat Tip: Pat Dollard)

From the New York Post:

From 2,100 yards away from a village just outside of Sadr City in 2008, he spied a man aiming a rocket launcher at an Army convoy and squeezed off one shot from his .338 Lapua Magnum rifle.

Dead. From more than a mile away.

“God blew that bullet and hit him,” he said.

Get Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's book at Amazon.com.

By DMartyr at 12:56 PM | |

If Terrorists Hold A Peaceful Protest And No One Is Around To See It, Is It Still Peaceful?

HAMAS leader defends violence against Israel because there are no Israelis in Gaza to peacefully protest against.

Kenny has more.

In comments to an article about "Fighting Hate... With Hate?" (Lol, oh the irony!), Jillian C. York, protector of anonymous bloggers, who stood by while Dick Silverstein went on an obsessive witch hunt to expose Aussie Dave, asks, "...what else could Gazans possibly do to resist?"

Why shouldn't terrorists use violence when, clearly, they have so much support from the leftist movement in America?

Update: Below the fold, I found this video of a very rare peaceful protest in Palestine. The peaceful protest spontaneously erupts when two Israeli women are spotted in a car.

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By DMartyr at 11:18 AM | |

Afghanistan Arrests Two in Torture of Child Bride

NYT:

he case of the young girl, Sahar Gul, 15, has caused something of a sensation in Afghanistan, underscoring the unfinished business of advancing women’s rights here.

Her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law were arrested last week, officials said. Her father-in-law was arrested on Monday evening, according to Rahima Zarifi, the provincial director of women’s affairs in Baghlan.

The police are still searching for her husband, Ghulam Sakhi, 30, a soldier in the Afghan National Army who served in Helmand Province, the Interior Ministry said. He had fled, officials said.

Jawa Iowa Caucus Wrap-Up

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Romney 25%
Santorum 25%
Paul 21%
Gingrich 13%
Santorum actually comes out with one extra delegate?

It appears that Bachmann and Perry are calling it quits although not quite officially yet.

Update: Bachmann out; Perry apparently hanging in..