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July 21, 2006

Several and various items

I have here several post-worthy items but have decided to jumble them together for reasons of brevity and economy. Also, to test whether I could get bullet points to work now I am operating under a newer iteration of Movable Type. No dice!

KylieBullet.jpg The administrative mess and confusion of the Indian government's block banning of websites - including whole blogging domains such as Google's Blogspot - in the name of national security continues despite/because of their quick retreat from the position. It would be easy to overlook the fact that this retreat did not extend to a number of specific sites still banned in India including and especially Rusty Shackleford & Co.'s Jawa Report. The charge: Blasphemy.

We admit that the humor involved was tasteless. We also admit that we knew that it would offend some. But if you can't legitimately offend people engaging in riots, who advocate criminal penalties for blasphemy, and who wish your destruction, who can you offend?

You and I may think the whole Jawa "Report" project became too hoitee toitee and upmarket since the change from the days of My Pet Jawa but this is no excuse for the Indian government to ban the boys. Here is a thought: The next time religious maniacs murder a couple hundred of your citizens why not consider banning their websites instead of going after the people who mock them? Though in fairness it is true Rusty is more likely to poke fun at you than saw your head off for internet snuff video fans. "National security" is a phrase with so many meanings.

KylieBullet.jpg On a sunnier note, long time advocate of murder and mayhem and de facto British civil servant, Omar Bakri Mohammed has reportedly decided to have a go at reversing his pre-emptive and unilateral self-deportation from Her Majesty's kingdom of infidels, iniquity and state-subsidized people-movers. Apparently his jihad preaching was more of a do as I say not as I do proposition when confronted with the oportunity first hand. The Sun's uncharitable response is worth noting in its entirety.

Rat tries to join our ship

EVIL preacher Omar Bakri is desperate to flee war-torn Lebanon. Bakri, a welfare scrounging mischief monger, scuttled off to Beirut to escape public fury over 7/7. Now he wants the Royal Navy to ship him back.

Bakri helped create the vicious new mood of anti-Western violence among UK Muslims. His spiteful sermons are in tune with Hezbollah terrorists who have destroyed Lebanon’s dream of peace and prosperity. Nobody should wish harm on another human being. But in Bakri’s case we make an exception.

Any request from this hypocrite for British sanctuary should be given the short shrift it deserves.

Hear, hear.

KylieBullet.jpg Finally, some news is most promising for sf fans if not so much for the remnants of the Thirteen Colonies. That news being the Battlestar Galactica Season 3 trailer. I for one am alarmed by our toaster overlords (hat tip to Porchboy).

GBI Update: I just remembered the spectral Kylie button Jeff sent me the first time I tried this little experiment. Gut ja!

What could they possibly be thinking Update: Harvard University's Olin Institute and West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center have made an al Qaeda "strategic study" available on-line. The Management of Savagery by Abu Bakr Naji (2004) emphasizes the importance of the Western media as part of the jihadi battlespace and a contempt for "effeminate" Western militaries (via Greyhawk).

O people! The viciousness of the Russian soldier is twice that of the American soldier. If the Americans suffer one tenth of the casualties the Russians suffered in Afghanistan and Chechnya, they will flee and never look back. That is because the current structure of the American and Western armies is not the same as their structure during the colonial era. They have reached a stage of effeminacy that makes them unable to sustain battles for a long period of time, a weakness they compensate for with a deceptive media halo.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 21, 2006 12:17 PM

Comments

Friday bullet points are not the future - they are the future now...as in amongst us. Where are my silver jumpsuit and orange boots?

Posted by: Alan McLeod [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 21, 2006 12:56 PM

You still have the bullet points market cornered for as long as my tech issues continue! Hmm... now remembering something...

Posted by: Ghost of a flea [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 21, 2006 01:00 PM

That is a fabulous break-through in bulleting technology! The skies scream with the sound of a thousand commuter jetpacks, baby.

Posted by: Alan McLeod [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 21, 2006 01:35 PM

I have updated this post with a link to a jihadi strategy manual; for all your weekend morning reading needs.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 22, 2006 08:24 AM

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