Saturday, May 10, 2008

Protesters waterboard each other, thereby proving my point


Do protesters who waterboard each other understand that every demonstration completely undermines their original premise?

Briefly stated, their repeated, moronic performances prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that waterboarding is harmless. And Deroy Murdock explains the inestimable value of its practice.

[Khalid Sheik Mohammed or] KSM, as intelligence agencies call him, directed the September 11 attacks, which killed 2,978 people and injured at least 7,356. “I am the head of the al-Qaeda military committee,” he told Al Jazeera in April 2002. “And yes, we did it.” KSM wired money to his nephew, Ramzi Yousef, who masterminded the February 1993 World Trade Center blast that killed six and wounded 1,040. KSM and Yousef planned Operation Bojinka, a foiled 1995 scheme to explode 12 American jetliners above the Pacific. While some doubt his claim, KSM reportedly said, “I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew Daniel Pearl in the City of Karachi, Pakistan.”

U.S. and Pakistani authorities captured KSM on March 1, 2003 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. KSM stayed mum for months, often answering questions with Koranic chants. Interrogators eventually waterboarded him — for just 90 seconds.

KSM “didn’t resist,” one CIA veteran said in the August 13 issue of The New Yorker. “He sang right away. He cracked real quick.” Another CIA official told ABC News: “KSM lasted the longest under water-boarding, about a minute and a half, but once he broke, it never had to be used again.”

KSM’s revelations helped authorities identify and incarcerate at least six major terrorists...

I never cease to be amazed at the stultifying stupidity of the average moonbat.

Hat tip: Will Manly

Steyn takes on all comers in the war on "thought crimes"


As a guest on Toronto's The Agenda, hosted by Steve Paikin, Mark Steyn takes on all comers in a no-holds-barred debate over his book excerpt in MacLeans.





Ironic: at the end of the show, Paikin previews the next night's show on Darfur.

Update: If you have trouble getting the video to work, jpm100 posted YouTube links in the comments section. Thanks!
Hat tip: Charles Johnson.

Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Obama 57 State Sauce


Suitably Flip unveils the Barack Obama patriotic flag lapel pin featuring all 57 states he's visited. Shush... don't discuss the fact that Obama could be losing his bearings.

Gateway Pundit exposes Hezbollah's war crimes in Beirut, Lebanon. Why the lack of mainstream media coverage? Remember, Sparky, only the US and Israel commit war crimes (hat tip: Nahanni).

Harper's Bazaar features the next First Lady -- Cindy McCain and her family service to America and ecology, though to read a newspaper you'd never know it. Michelle Obama, one supposes, is the wife of the anointed one, which explains the skewed amount of coverage.

Macsmind highlights ICE's busts of faked marriages in Florida -- Operation "Knot so Fast."

• And another GP must-read: this will be the year of the GOP. Watch for the ads that ask (and answer) the following questions regarding U.S. policy over the last 30 years.

Which party blocked the development of new sources of petroleum? -- Democrat

Which party blocked drilling in ANWR? -- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off the coast of Florida? -- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off of the east coast? -- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off of the west coast? -- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast? -- Democrat

Which party blocked building oil refineries? -- Democrat

Which party blocked clean nuclear energy production? -- Democrat
Which party blocked clean coal production? -- Democrat

If the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was the size of a football field, the portion from which we would extract oil would occupy the area of a postage stamp.

Not exactly legal in skeet shooting


Wired has a review of the AA12 automatic shotgun:

Meet the AA-12 (Auto Assault 12) automatic shotgun, a weapon that would be more at home in a first-person-shooter than in the real world. The 12 gauge gun will spit out 300 rounds per minute, and has a range of projectiles, including the Frag-12, which is more of a miniature missile than a bullet: it has a range of up to 175 meters (575 feet).

The AA-12 is designed for military use, and can survive below zero temperatures or a dunk in salt water thanks to its stainless steel construction. It uses a Tommy-Gun like cylinder to feed in the cartrides and is designed to operate with almost no recoil.

The AA12 can also use a sophisticated grenade projectile with a blast radius of nearly ten feet.

Daddy like.

More info:
Defense Review: the Auto Assault 12 (AA12) Combat Shotgun
YouTube: Operation of the AA12.

Friday, May 09, 2008

How to get a free meal


Email from Papa B -- subject: Free meal.

First take the tram up to the start of the trail.

Now follow the path.

Be sure to hold on to the 'railing'.

Keep an eye on the person in front of you.

Be very careful when passing someone going in the opposite direction.

Now just up a few steps (they are on the left in the picture).

It gets a little steeper here - so put your toes in the holes.

A few more steps to go.

Finally in sight!


This restaurant is in China
If you manage to reach the restaurant the food is free!
Let me know how the food is. I'm not going!

Jeremiah Wright feels good to be a gangsta


The lyrics from the Geto Boys' smash hit "Damn it feels good to be a gangsta":

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Gettin voted into the white house
Everything lookin good to the people of the world
But the mafia family is my boss
So every now and then I owe a favor gettin down
Like lettin a big drug shipment through
And send em to the poor community
So we can bust you know who

So voters of the world keep supportin me
And I promise to take you very far
Other leaders better not upset me
Or I'll send a million troops to die at war

To all you republicans, that helped me win
I sincerely like to thank you
Cuz now I got the world swingin from my n***
And damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Compare and contrast: the esteemed Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's "spiritual adviser" for 20 years.

The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people...

...We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye...

Looks like Wright has a future in gangsta rap. Who knew?

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Hillary puts her foot in it. Again.



The National Post quotes Hillary:

"You know, there was just an AP article posted that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans is weakening again and how the whites in both states (Indiana and North Carolina) who had not completed college were supporting me and in independents, I was running even with him and doing even better with Democratic-leaning independents. I have a much broader base to build a winning coaltion on."

Once again, I'll ask the question: Is there anything Hillary wouldn't do to get elected?

It's a rhetorical question, of course.

Watch your back, Barack


George Stephanopoulos says that Hillary would accept Obama's VP slot.

If Hillary ends up as VP, Obama better keep his head on a swivel. I don't give a crap how many Secret Service agents he'll have.

Let's face it, if the Clintons had an army, they'd have already launched a coup.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

He must have screwed up one of his votes


Hugh Hewitt has the low-down on "the most liberal senator of 2007".

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was the most liberal senator in 2007, according to National Journal's 27th annual vote ratings. The insurgent presidential candidate shifted further to the left last year in the run-up to the primaries, after ranking as the 16th- and 10th-most-liberal during his first two years in the Senate....

...Overall in [the] ratings, Obama voted the liberal position on 65 of the 66 key votes on which he voted...

...Barack Obama: The hardest left major party presidential candidate in American history...

...If elected, Obama will make Jimmy Carter seem like Truman.

And, truth be told, he will make Carter look like a successful president.

Inside Hillary's Bunker


Things are grim inside Hillary's Bunker.

Junior Cub Reporter Biff Spackle -- operating deep, deep, deep undercover last night -- snapped this photo using his Blackberry 8320 from T-Mobile. It may be one of the last photos smuggled out before the end.

Related: Against Hillary: Democrats quietly send word to Hillary Clinton it’s over.

Update: Denny has the must-watch video.

Barack Obama stars in The Matrix: Revolution


A Communist revolution, that is.

Hat tip: Atlas and Larwyn.

Mary Katherine Ham: The Audacity of Staging


There's a fine line between genius and insanity and that line separates what's behind the camera from what's in front. At Townhall, Mary Katherine Ham presents both sides of Barack Obama's rally last night at North Carolina State University.


In front of the camera


Behind the camera

Since the first photo's banner reads Change, maybe the second photo represents Hope.

Two suspicious Seattle ferry riders were "just businessmen"


Remember those two suspicious ferry riders that the FBI was hunting for? Seattle's KPTV reports:

Two men believed to be acting suspicious on a Washington ferry, thus prompting a terror scare, were just businessmen.


The FBI said the men appeared at a U.S. Embassy two weeks ago to identify themselves. They have since been cleared by officials... The men said they were on business in Seattle last summer, when they took some time out to be tourists and ride a ferry.

While the men took pictures of the area, other riders became suspicious and alerted the FBI.

KPTV dramatically understates the original concerns.

FBI and Department of Homeland Security sources tell me they're concerned about a strange incident in Washington state they fear may indicate terrorists are casing ferries for attacks. The FBI's Seattle division this week made the extremely rare move -- with full approval of the bureau's counterterrorism division in D.C. -- of releasing photos of two men who allegedly have been spotted on up to six different ferry runs...

...The pair, who have not yet been identified or apprehended for questioning, tried to access restricted areas on the ferries, which haul 26 million people a year [and] that the suspects were "taking photographs of doors not seabirds..."

...sources say that the suspicious actions of the men... is disquieting because of the present heightened threat this summer and the unresolved question of who the men are and why they were trying to photograph the ferries' inner workings and procedures. The case has risen to the top of daily intel briefings in recent days, including at the FBI field office in New York, a source said...

And just one question: which embassy did the pair show up in? And is there a reason KPTV failed to report that teensy little detail?

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Exclusive: Trinity United Church Kids Activity Book


Junior Cub Reporter Biff Spackle somehow located a "Kids Activity Book" from Barack Obama's church.






AlGore
AliAbunimah
ANWR
Auchi
BillAyers
CarbonOffsets
Change
ChangeYouCanBelieveIn
ChickensComingHomeToRoost
DisarmAmerica
Farrakhan
GodDamnAmerica
Hamas
HIV
Hope
Jeremiah
Leftists
Libya
LuckyStrikes
NoFences
NoNukes
Obama
Palestine
Pastor
PaulReyes
RailaOdinga
RealEstateDeal
Rezko
Retreat
Ripoff
Spin
Surrender
USKKKofA



Don't ask where Biff found these. He says he could never compromise his sources and methods.

Linked by: Michelle Malkin, Conservative Grapevine and The TIW Blog. Thanks!

Monday, May 05, 2008

Bahrain going green?


Trendwatching is tracking the "eco-icon" meme.

The Bahrain World Trade Center is the world's first commercial building to incorporate large-scale wind turbines into its initial design. It has three massive wind turbines that measure 29 meters in diameter and are supported on bridges between the BWTC’s two 240-meter-high towers. The turbines generate approximately 11–15% of the BWTC’s total energy needs.

Not bad!

Test your knowledge of Barack Obama!



1: This Obama fundraiser, fellow board member, friend and unapologetic terrorist was photographed in 2001 stomping an American flag for a magazine shoot:

A) Bobby Jindal
B) Marc Dann
C) Mariah Carey
D) William Ayers

2: This member of the Communist Party was an early mentor to Barack Obama:

A) Hervé Villechaize
B) Ernesto "Che" Guevara
C) Oscar de la Renta
D) Frank Davis

3: This Syrian-born politico was one of Barack Obama's first campaign contributors. He was later indicted on charges of wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and attempted extortion. He was also involved in a shady land deal with Obama that the latter politician subsequently apologized for, calling it "a mistake on my part."

A) Bianca Jagger
B) Hermann Göring
C) "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith
D) Tony Rezko

4: This cousin of Barack Obama is a controversial Kenyan politican who was allegedly involved in a plot to bring extremist Muslim law (Sharia) to Kenya.

A) Dikembe Mutumbo
B) Hakeem Olajuwon
C) Coco the Colon
D) Raila Odinga

5: This terrorist group -- responsible for hundreds of deaths -- explicitly endorsed Barack Obama for President.

A) Islamic Jihad
B) Hezbollah
C) Liberation Army against Freedom and Nachos
D) Hamas

6: Obama's pastor for 20 years, this man's incendiary quotes ("God damn America!"; "America is still the #1 killer in the world."; "We are doing the same thing that Al-Qaeda did with a different flag!"; "The government lied about the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color!"; etc.) badly damaged the politician's campaign.

A) Nick Nolte
B) Al Sharpton
C) Zebediah McFartley
D) Jeremiah Wright

7: This controversial leader of the Nation of Islam endorsed Barack Obama for president despite a troubling history of racism (""White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet."; "Hitler was a very great man."; ""Murder and lying comes easy for white people.").

A) Johnny Bench
B) Tonya Harding
C) Hershel "Krusty the Clown" Krustofski
D) Louis Farrakhan

8: This Iraqi-born billionaire was a friend of Saddam, an international fraudster, and business partner to one of Chicago’s premier fixers who gave Obama money to purchase his house. Without these funds, it's unlikely Barack Obama would have been able to purchase his mansion.

A) Nikki Hilton
B) Fudgy the Whale
C) Torquemada
D) Nadmi Auchi

9: One of Obama's 'close religious advisers', this Reverend and Illinois state senator blamed ""Hollywood Jews for bringing us Brokeback Mountain" and actively campaigned to defeat an Illinois LGBT non-discrimination bill.

A) Xzibit
B) Robert Conrad
C) Legendary producer Bruce Dickinson
D) James Meeks

10: This Palestinian propagandist claims that in personal conversations with Barack Obama, the politician expressed support for Palestinians and sympathy for Israel's critics.

A) Markos Moulitas
B) Al "The Tax Man" Franken
C) Irving Berlin
D) Ali Abunimah

* * *

Answers: 1-D. 2-D. 3-D. 4-D. 5-D. 6-D. 7-D. 8-D. 9-D. 10-D.
Key: 7-10 correct answers: Republican. 5-6 correct answers: Independent. 1-4 correct answers: Democrat. 0 correct answers: Progressive.


Hat tips: Audacity of Hypocrisy, RezkoWatch and Savage Politics.
Linked by: Don Surber. Thanks!

Gas price chickens come home to roost


The back-story is here.

Hat tips: Division of Labour, Vanderleun and Larwyn

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Wearable Protein


The Backcountry Blog describes the latest in outdoor apparel.

Kavu makes your secret vegan fantasy of covering yourself in tofu a reality...

...with their Soy Verde clothing. Kavu makes these hoodies and shorts from 54% soybean fiber, 44% organic cotton, and 3% spandex.

They say the eco-friendly fabric has a lush, almost greasy feel that’s unlike any other fabric.

If it really had a greasy feel, then it would definitely be unlike any other fabric. The truth is that it feels like thick, garment-washed cotton. Please don’t make any Lewinski jokes about wearing protein, especially if you get Kavu’s blue skirt (damn, broke my own rule).

Ewwwwww.

Did the Allies really ban the word 'Nazi' during WWII?


Did you know that -- during World War II -- the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) banned the use of the words Nazi, Reich and Führer when describing the enemy?

I'm guessing you never heard of such a thing. Because it never happened.

In today's politically correct environment, however, identifying the enemies of civilization is verboten.

Recent government policy memoranda, circulating through the national counter-terrorism and diplomatic community, establishes a new "speech code" for the lexicon in the war on terror, as reported by the Associated Press and now >available in the public domain .

These new "speech codes" recommended that analysts and policy makers avoid the terms jihad or jihadist or mujhadid or "al-Qaida movement" and replace them with "extremists" and by extension other non-specific terms. 

The use of these "new words" and rejection of the "old words" is ostensibly designed to avoid [legitimizing] al-Qaida and its followers while mollifying the sensitivities of the larger Muslim community.

Meanwhile, the Taliban is marketing its use of young people as martyrs to advance the cause of jihad (there -- I used the word).

In this Taliban video, a 14-year old learns how to detonate a truck-bomb.

The bomb explodes and reportedly kills Americans in the process.

And off he goes: the martyr is on his way to the afterlife and scores of virgins (or raisins, depending upon which interpretation you prefer).

But -- fortunately -- the government won't have to use discriminatory language in describing their foe in the global war on terror.

North Korean Motivational Posters


One of the world's most closed and secretive countries relies upon motivational posters to keep its citizens energized while they starve. A London exhibition of hand-painted North Korean posters features some unexpected slogans.

* “Let's create a social impetus for enjoying wearing our national dress”
* "Let's grow more sunflowers!”
* "Let's take revenge a thousand times on the US imperialist wolves!"

* "Nobody in the world can defeat us!"
* "Let's expand goat rearing and create more grassland in accordance with the party!"
* "Just as it began, the revolution advances and is victorious, through the barrel of a gun."

* "Let's be invincible in every fight."
* "Let's achieve even more supremacy."
* "Let's make wearing the beautiful and elegant Korean dress a lifestyle."

* "The reunified fatherland is at the tip of our bayonets."
* “Let's breed more high-yielding fish.”
* “In all institutions and workplaces, let's popularise basketball."

* “Let's not forget the blood-drenched hatred!” (regarding The Korean War -- or the Great Fatherland Liberation War -- as it is known in the North)
* "The world turns with Korea as its axis.”
* "Our missile program is a guarantee for world peace and security."

In a world exclusive, Junior Cub Reporter Biff Spackle discovered some other North Korean motivational posters on eBay.






Hat tips: Jammie Wearing Fool and Larwyn