Not So Fast

Making a little money off the enemy (let’s just admit China is our enemy, shall we? Sooner or later something will have to be done with them if they don’t collapse under their own communist weight).

Washington (the state, for those of you east of the Mississippi) company to print Communist paper for China. Or maybe they’re just so liberal they love that communist stuff in Washington. Or maybe it’s nasty conservatives thinking of nothing but the bottom line. Hard to say, it reaches across so many political denominations.

Jewish-run countries force Muslim to apologize for saying Jews run the world.

Please forget about anti-Semitism,” Syed Hamid told reporters.

He added that Mahathir’s “message is to stop violence, which is not the answer for us to succeed in our struggle. People may not be very happy but this is the reality: the Jews are very powerful.”

Stop the violence by killing off all the Jews.

Mahathir said the world’s “1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews,” but suggested the use of political and economic tactics, not violence, to achieve a “final victory.”

And what is “final victory”, praytell? That might not be the solution the rest of the world is looking for.

A Christian general in the US military. Someone shut him up, quick.

In January, he told Baptists in Florida about a victory over a Muslim warlord in Somalia, who had boasted that Allah would protect him from American capture. “I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real god and his was an idol,” Gen Boykin said.

Also:

Few outside the Pentagon noticed when Gen Boykin, a 13-year member of Delta Force, the top-secret commando unit modelled on the SAS, was promoted this summer, with responsibility for speeding the flow of top-secret intelligence to commandos hunting bin Laden and other high-value targets.

Now, if they start promoting or not promoting based on religion, which clearly they haven’t in this case, wouldn’t that be illegal?

Taikonaut also a spy!!!! China isn’t our best friend? What?

Finally it’s here. I’d try it to see if it works, but our wireless is down and I’m not downloading nothing on this lousy dial-up connection. Try it and let me know what happens.

Interesting, but pointless I think, discussion on whether Asimov’s rules for robots are moral or not.

via Instapundit

Apparently it isn’t grace, we are saved by staying out of the government computers.

George Bothwell told a packed press conference in Toronto on Wednesday that the Book of Revelations warns that any such use of an individual’s image automatically aligns him with Satan.

Gold, Jerry, that’s gold.

Averting his eyes from a bank of cameras throughout today’s press conference, Mr. Bothwell anticipated the question on every reporter’s lips.

“I feel a little uncomfortable with the technology presently in this room, because I assume you are using digital cameras and recorders,” he said. “But that technology is not the danger.”

The problem arises not when photographs are taken, but when they are stored and potentially used for unknown purposes.

“The danger is when the central authority captures digital identifiers from people and stores them in a central data base for any authority with the right technology to access,” he said.

Hoist on his own petard, methinks.

via Juan Gato

I had no idea.

For your convienence. Monsanto pulling out of European cereal business.

Monsanto’s announcement that it wants to sell its cereal development stations at Cambridge and in France, Germany and the Czech Republic, follows hardening resistance to GM crops throughout Europe.

I don’t want to hear any complaining in the future from them when their crops are wiped out by some disease or they just can’t produce enough.

UPDATE: This from Juan Gato

I’m not convinced you should be saying stuff like this aloud:

“Our military forces … depend very, very heavily on space capabilities, and so that is a statement of the obvious to our potential threat, whoever that may be,” he said.

The rest of the article is interesting too.

via DrudgeReport

More critical patches available for immediate download. Get them now before the next worm strikes.

The taikonaut, Yang Liwei, has landed safely.

This is interesting.

It could happen.

Art, my eye. If this is the state of painting these days, how can anyone take it seriously. Of course, I think they should have quit after Baroque period. It’s been downhill since then.

Well I just downloaded Opera 7.21. Seems to be running fine. Not that I had a problem with 7.1. I recommend it.

His feet are going to drag on the ground. I saw him play live once. It wasn’t pretty.

Well, good news for me and my tax burden:

In other words, with or without the trust fund, when the expenses of Social Security and Medicare exceed the value of our contributions, our budget is suddenly going to have more holes than a warehouse full of Jarlsberg. And when does this happen? According to the Social Security trustees, Medicare’s expenses start to exceed benefits in 2013, less than ten years from now. Social Security follows suit in 2017. 2040 isn’t the date when we need to start worrying; it’s the date when we finally give up pretending that Social Security is anything other than a gigantic Ponzi scheme, and the suckers revolt.

via Instapundit

Stupid line of the Article:

Many MTA passengers are the working poor whose income averages around $15,000 a year, making cars and parking difficult to afford. Some are illegal immigrants who have not been able to obtain drivers licenses.

They’re i-l-l-e-g-a-l immigrants. they shouldn’t be able to obtain driver’s licenses. If they want a driver’s license, the will have to go back to Mexico or become legal. Why is this so hard to grasp?

This was my first question:

Another unresolved question: Will VTV air reruns of V, the 1980’s sci-fi series about rodent-eating aliens who take over the earth? They should! That is, if their deal with Universal isn’t Vaporized.

China says they have launched their taikonauts. Enjoy that green tea guys.

Okay, I have to add this:

China invented gunpowder and legend holds that a Ming dynasty (1368-1644) official named Wan Hu attempted the world’s first space launch. He strapped himself to a chair with kites in each hand as 47 servants lit 47 gunpowder-packed bamboo tubes tied to the seat.

When the smoke had cleared, Wan was found to have been obliterated. But the dream was not.

Keep those dreams alive.

What the heck was that???

For sale on Ebay. Hold on to those mutant snacks, kids.

None of the restrictions would apply in time of war.

Good.

Too lazy to eat right.

Steve Martin will be the next Inspector Clouseau. End of Civilization as we know it?

The Register, never a fan of blogs, has this to say about Trackbacks and Google.

Fiji villagers apologize for eating missionaries. Because, manners matter.

Indigenous Fijians are today avid Christians, although mostly of the rival Methodist sect.

Methodists? They’re Methodists?

Dissed by AOL. But who cares about Boise? No one.

China launch broadcast tape-delayed.

Fear of public disappointment and criticism if the mission fails could be the reason behind the decision, analysts say

No! Man, can I be an analyst? I bet they make more money than I do, and all they have to do is say obvious stuff.

I think this is what they mean when they talk about US culture taking over the world.

Advice from the Financial Times.

via Volokh Conspiracy

Israel now has sub-based nuclear missles.

I would like to say hi to all those whose search for “i hate oklahoma” has led them here. Who knew how many there were out there. Oklahoma, as you know, is OK. Also, it is the home of the Sooners. And, Oklahoma is where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Well, that’s the depth of my Oklahoma knowledge. I hope you’ve enjoyed this glimpse of Oklahoma.

A great reason to only point guns at things you want to hit.

I NEEEED one of these. And anyone that has had to drive through Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls will agree with me. I don’t know who the idiots are that designed the light-changing schedule, but clearly they never actually drive anywhere.

If you live in Miami.

Now ignoring the fact that it’s not even Halloween, much less Thanksgiving, here’s what the tykes will be getting. I’m worried for the future.

Foot? Looks more like a mountain lion to me.

Arr, matey!

Interesting article on Slate about misperceptions of the Religious Right.

via The Corner, who is taking Columbus Day off. Like that’s a holiday. Geez.

Having trouble fighting the rising tide of spam. And blogging. Slashdot’s article here.

This takes skill. Or nursing is more common sense than anyone wants to admit.

via Fark

By men, for men

“Publishing is sexist. Brad and I are not terrible old sexists, but we are happy to get back to a healthy antagonism between the genders.”

Lawsuit in 5…4…3…2…1…

Somebody likes us. Here’s a good guy, Wes.

And speaking of Muslim persecution of Christians here’s a symposium.

via LGF

Three days after a Princeton graduate student posted a paper on his Web site detailing how to defeat the copy-protection software on a new music CD by pressing a single computer key, the maker of the software said on Thursday it would sue him.

Microsoft will be next for allowing people to disable Autorun at all.

UPDATE: Or not. (reg.req.)

VDH

My thoughts on this are, “Ehhww.”

The far left are the only ones wise enough to lead us, apparently. Heh. That’s the way to win a majority vote…

Some level-headed advice on the wisdom of suing your customers.

via Slashdot

Possibly.

The definitive checklist.

Whacked out liberal if…

You should go make sure these don’t apply to you.

via Inoperable Terran

Er, about religion.

The paper quoted noted Nobel-watcher Stein Tonnesson as saying: “2003 was the year of the war in Iraq. The biggest world personality who immediately came out against the war without doubt was the pontiff. His opposition prevented the war being transformed into a new Christian Crusade against Islam.”

Geez. Surely, you can’t be serious.

Unrelatedly, I am convinced “surely” should be spelled “shurely”. Stupid microphone makers.

It could just be the flu. Or SARS, or Ebola, or Anthrax, or Dengue Fever or West Nile Virus, or gosh, anything.

“Whether the virus comes back this winter or not, we will be dealing with SARS,” said Dr. James Hughes, director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “When people start showing up with respiratory diseases, physicians will be thinking of SARS.”

They will? Why? SARS hasn’t crossed my mind in ages. What are they talking about? Has there been an unreported outbreak or something?

via Drudge Report

New, contradictory, naturally, news on the Chinese launch.

“Complicated things can be unsafe,” he said.

This is probably available for download by now. But here’s a photo-journalism tip. Take off the lens cap next time you’re being mauled by a bear.

AT&T bug on FTC Do Not Call website.

For spoofing email addresses. What does murder get you these days? Don’t get me wrong, I’m as against spam as the next person, but, uh, perspective here people.

via Slashdot

For launch. Their taikonauts are due to orbit Earth once and land.

“They’ll be able to eat shredded pork with garlic sauce and kungpao chicken,” China.com said. “It will be more tasty than Western food. After the meal, green tea will be available to increase the astronaut’s spirits.”

Please, it’s a 90 minute flight. What do they have to be worried about? Except, possibly, reentry.

From the Telegraph (reg. req.):

A team from Cancer Research UK claims today that the reason why children are particularly wary of meat, fruit and green vegetables is because, for early man, meat carried a high risk of food poisoning and toxins in plants made eating fruit and vegetables potentially dangerous.

What’s left?

I hope it’s not a secret (reg. req)

Up to 2,500 fighters are in Baluchistan province preparing to cross the border on motorcycles and attack United States and Afghan government forces, according to Western and Afghan intelligence officials.

That’s easy, string a wire across the road. I learned that from Great Escape.

“We have the American forces and the puppet regime of [President Hamid] Karzai on the run. They will collapse soon” said a Taliban mullah in Pushtunabad bazaar.

Uh-huh.

Itz Talk Like Ahnuld Day, apparently. That’s all you’re getting from me.

But not sickly enough.

Israeli officials say the Palestinian president’s health is not a factor as the government considers whether or not to carry out its threat to exile, or even kill, Mr Arafat. “It would be very convenient if nature were to take its course,” said an Israeli foreign ministry official, Jonathan Peled. “But Mr Arafat is a cat with nine lives and we do not believe he has used all of them yet.”

I hope he’s right, sort of. As long as we don’t turn into one of those countries that has 15 parties and are always worried about “coalition” government and “no confidence” votes.

via Instapundit

Do Not Call list back on again.

I heard that!

CD protection defeated. Hold down the shift key.

Am I the only one that discovered lately that Roy’s last name was Horn? And it’s just a bit disappointing.

This is why it’s important to teach your parrot to speak. If you have one of those hellspawn, of course.

Pope still not dead.

We’re hunting Saddam.

You have a problem, you find a solution. It’s the American way.

“The (crime) family would put the body of the murdered victim below the regular customer, thus disappearing forever,” Rotondo explained to prosecutor Michael McGovern. “There would be six grown men carrying someone’s 80-pound grandmother, and they looked like they were having a problem.”

On the senior offical leak. Yeah, fascinating stuff I know.

Well, he’s got an opinion. (reg. req.)

I bet he hangs on a while just to annoy the world. I also predict at his funeral there will be rioting and bloodshed.

Why do I keep hearing the Phoenix office of the FBI in relation to terrorism?

While President Clinton was trying to broker an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the FBI was secretly funneling money to suspected Hamas figures to see if the militant group would use it for terrorist attacks, according to interviews and court documents.

The counterterrorism operation in 1998 and 1999 was run out of the FBI’s Phoenix office in cooperation with Israeli intelligence and was approved by Attorney General Janet Reno, FBI officials told The Associated Press.

via WorldNetDaily

Along with all the Democratic presidential hopefuls’s. Bush-Cheney ’04 blog. Woo.

It’s a wacky place.

The dog, whose coat caught fire when the owner’s vehicle backfired, ignited a grass fire just off U.S. Highway 95.

Firefighters doused the grass fire and reported the dog was unhurt, only smelling of burnt hair.

“I have been in firefighting for many years, but I have never seen anything like this happen,” Culdesac Fire Chief Gary Gilliam said.

It happened Saturday when a motorist who ran out of fuel put gas in the tank and then primed the carburetor. On restarting, the van backfired, throwing sparks into the cab and igniting the dog’s fur.

A passenger let the dog out, and it rolled in dry grass, putting out the flames on its coat but setting the grass afire.

From John Kerry:

KERRY: Five thousand years ago, Moses said, “Hitch up your camel. Pick up your shovel. Mount your ass. I will lead you to the promised land.” Five thousand years later, Franklin Roosevelt said, “Light up a Camel. Lay down your shovel. Sit on your ass. This is the promised land.” Today, George Bush will lay off your camel, tax your shovel, kick your ass and tell you there is no promised land.

via BestOfTheWeb

True or False?

Wizbang remembers the good old days too.

Bonus points for bringing Larry Himmel into it. San Diego at Large Rocked!

And just so you all know, I was at the game Steve Garvey got thrown out of, for the first time in his career.

I’m thinking if this keeps up the FTC or FCC or FEC is just going to take away everyone’s phones and set them in corners until they can all play nicely together. Or the 9th Circuit Court is going to decree phones to be a violation of the Establishment Clause because people can say “God” to strangers, possibly atheists, on them.

Dave Barry vs. The Telemarketers, part, what, III or IV now.

The Post vs. Moveon.org.

Yeow!

via Instapundit

Teenagers in Wales don’t know it’s illegal to smoke pot in public.

via Fark

There are no more? good ideas for reality TV.

But in Connecticut? C’mon I would think there are other places pestilence would be rained down first.

John Hawkins interviews David Limbaugh.

I don’t normally look at the ads in Opera, but this one caught my eye. BTW, the new Open Office is available for download.

Remember, white space, it draws the eye.

Brought to you by The Bleat:

We always think that people from the past would be AMAZED! at our gadgets, but they had sci-fi back then, too. If you headed to the past and wanted to find someone who could truly understand the world 50 years hence, look for the clerk who goes to the drugstore for his lunch break and reads Tales of Mars, not the guy who reads the New York Times.

Teach them well and let them riot in the streets for no good reason.

The riot came in the aftermath of an afternoon homecoming football game at the school stadium where Minnesota State, Mankato, lost to North Dakota State University 20-9.

Quit telling everyone they’re winners all the time and teach them how to take a loss without causing chaos. It’s called “building character”.

Will DivX be the next great video compression scheme? Stay tuned.

This is sooo sad. I’ll leave it to you to find the chronological, logical, and factual errors, also the hypocrisy.

via LGF

Those news people.

via Inoperable Terran

Microsoft wants to integrate Windows into the BIOS.

Microsoft has expanded its relationship with BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies in a deal designed to more closely integrate the basic building blocks of the PC with the Windows operating system.

Not only will your OS be unstable, your BIOS will too! Oh joy.

A BIOS, or basic input/output system, is the software that ties the operating system to a PC’s hardware. Traditionally, it has carried out basic tasks such as hardware and system configuration, and has been standardised and simple enough to allow the installation of alternative operating systems, including Linux.

And

The BIOS would also allow better control of unauthorised devices connected to a system, Microsoft said.

So nothing on your computer unless Bill says it’s okay. Yeah, good idea.

via Slashdot

Something about people quacking from “amphibious duck boats” upseting shoppers. I don’t understand. It’s an East Coast thing, I think.

via Fark

Well, yeah, they are all about to inherit a ton of money.

It’s not always so great to be chosen. Tevye said it best, ” “I know we’re the chosen people, but just for once couldn’t you chose someone else?!”

Er, copyright violators. Senator seeking to lower penalties for copyright violations. They are currently $75,00-$150,00 for each song.

Actually these are fun word problems.

via Joyful Christian

They have lots of plans, but they miss a vital point. Citizens aren’t allowed to defend themselves. No wonder everyone’s nervous.

It’s Friday! This is the best line:

Second, President Bush, whatever one thinks of him, is, well, let’s face it, a strange sort of president.

You can’t argue with that. He certainly isn’t what I expected.

No, not a gameboy game, little tracking devices. How long till that is hacked? “No really, I was at the mall! You can check online!”

Michael Jackson, not content with freaking adults out, had started scaring small children.

via Drudge Report

I was watching some ball game and there was the Carl’s Jr. star but it said “Hardee’s” on the banner. Are Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. the same restaurant or what?

UPDATE: A-ha. What, Carl’s Jr. didn’t poll well in some places so they changed the name?

A giant dorito for sale on Ebay. But look at the price. What is wrong with these people? If you have such a desperate need to waste money, please, just send it to me.

Man finds his stolen truck and steals it back. Of course, he didn’t get the new truck he was going to buy, that’s a bummer.

But tasty. If only they would evolve into something that can survive, like humans.

“National Enquirer accuses Rush of ‘drug abuse’” Exactly, the National Enquirer also thinks Big Foot has been seen recently. And by Big Foot I don’t mean Janet Reno.

Clearly I haven’t been following baseball closely, because it has just come to my attention that it it conceivable that the Red Sox could play the Cubs in the World Series. Obviously the Four Horsemen would follow the last game of that series.

Remember the good old days when the Cubs were the only team besides the Braves that the Padres could beat? Yeah, good times.

North Korea making Atom Bomb! On the other hand, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to later find out they are lying about it all.

via DrudgeReport

Smuggled chemical, bio warheads.

via The Corner

How to Twirl A Pen. Hey, these things are important. To me. Sort of.

A definitive dictionary with all the sounds we normally use in conversation translated into words. Like “yeah” and “hmm” and others that I can’t spell, darn it. Could someone get on that please. Thanks.

And all that.

Dave Hunt on homosexuals and the Church.

Utah legislators can’t figure out their own laws.

Hilarious cat movie. Don’t download at work unless your coworkers don’t care about you laughing out loud.

Clearly I’ve been reading too much Fark.

Or so it seems. China wants to develop Open Source, after stealing Windows, now India is giving MS the cold shoulder. So much for the global hegemony.