GAME CHANGED!!!!

VP pick for McCain is Sarah Palin! Nice choice! Real nice!

A real deal conservative that will rally the base and a real reformer.

Makes Obama and his Biden pick look like a staus quo candidate.

Not to mention as a mayor and Governor, she's got more executive experience than all of the candidates.

Cute too!

Game on!

Game changed!

HOPE! CHANGE!

YEAH!

JUST WHEN I THINK I'M DONE, THEY PULL ME BACK IN

Mexican Rocket Launcher

McCAIN MAKES OBAMA LOOK LIKE THE GOOFY RETARD HE IS AT SADDLEBACK CONFERENCE

Stark STARK differences in the ability to address the issues of the day. Obama stutters and stammers while trying to recall his canned talking points. McCain answers forcefully and with obvious knowledge. Obama is a straight up retard.

WHY DID FRANCE FALL IN LOVE WITH McDONALD'S?

Cheeseburger Royale...

Whisper it quietly, but McDonald's is doing rather well in France. In fact, for the last three years "McDo" as the Parisians have it, has posted double-digit growth on average, culminating in profits of around €3bn from 2006-7. So how did the land of cordon bleu come to love the golden arches?

"It has been tough for us to become integrated in the French market," admits Eric Gravier, vice-president, corporate affairs, of McDonald's France. "The focus we had at the beginning was to open more stores and to get suppliers, and we were attacked because we had this image of globalisation."

To dispel this, says Gravier, French McDonald's restaurants have dropped the "flashy yellow and red and lights" and become "a cosy place with nice, warm colours with free wireless, where you might like to stay for an hour."

As well as removing the "fast", McDonald's France has also changed the "food" element. In addition to the familiar Big Macs and french fries (for obvious reasons they're not called french fries in McDo) there are some more Gallic-friendly offerings: salads, local cheeses, yoghurts, fruit compotes and, of course, croques monsieurs. However, it's the Royal Deluxe that Gravier says sums up the way the McDonald's concept has been translated so successfully into French.

"It's not a gourmet burger but it's a big slice of beef with an old-fashioned mustard sauce, which is stronger than the standard English or American sauces and closer to the traditional French mustard tastes. It was only introduced as a test, but it's never been off the menu and it's second only to the Big Mac now."

So there you have it, if you want to make a splash in the French food market, beef up your mustard.

GERMANY INVADES RUSSIA: AMAZING COLOR FOOTAGE

The Nazi-Russian duel of WWII was the biggest land battle humanity has ever seen, involving more than 8 million men on both sides. The Germans tried to conquer a nation that was 17 times bigger than Germany itself.

The frontline was the equivalent of starting in Montreal,Canada and ending in Texas.

DRUNK AND ARMED COP PASSES OUT ON SUBWAY

From Russia. Where else?

MOOKIE WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL

Mookie promises to disarm the remaining 5 members of his army if the US withdraws. Something the US is going to do anyway. Memo to Mookie. You got no street cred.

The Mehdi Army of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr would disarm if the United States withdraws troops according to plan, a spokesman said.

Iraqi negotiators have proposed a timetable of US troop withdrawal by October 2010, although Washington has not yet agreed to it, a senior Iraqi official said on Friday.

"We feel there's a serious intention by the American forces for a withdrawal timetable at the very least," Sadr's spokesman Salah Al Ubaidi said on Friday.

"It should not be considered an end to the Mehdi army, but it's a halfway step to dissolving the Mehdi Army. If the US began to implement a withdrawal timetable we shall complete the path to dissolution," Ubaidi said.

At least 144,000 US troops remain in Iraq.

RUSSIA INVADES GEORGIA!

The return of the evil empire. How's that army set to defend itself EU?

Russia sent troops and dozens of tanks into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia today, throwing the two former Soviet neighbours into a sudden yet undeclared state of war.

In the most serious regional crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at least 50 tanks – and possibly many more – rumbled through the Roki tunnel, which cuts through the Caucasus mountains separating South Ossetia from the Russian province of North Ossetia.

"One hundred and fifty Russian tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other vehicles have entered South Ossetia,” President Saakashvili of Georgia told reporters in Tbilisi. “This is a clear intrusion on another country’s territory. We have Russian tanks on our territory, jets on our territory in broad daylight."

Mr Saakashvili added that Georgian forces had downed two Russian jet fighters over Georgian territory.

Georgia mobilised its reservists yesterday and launched a military offensive to regain control over South Ossetia, which broke away from Georgia after it gained independence.

Fighting raged today around the city of Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital, as Georgian troops backed by tanks and warplanes pounded separatist forces, who are mostly Russian citizens backed by Moscow. This afternoon as the Russian tanks rolled in, Georgian officials declared that they had secured the city.

I don't know, these Georgians look like they mean well, but...

NEW OBAMA CULT SALUTE STOLEN FROM STAR TREK "SPACE HIPPIES" EPISODE

And I'm not kidding...The new Obama salute was stolen from Star Trek's "Space Hippies" episode. It's just scary how similar this episode is to the Obama cult. They even speak of "The One".

Here's the new sign for Der Fuhrer Obama:



And here is the space hippie salute:





This salute surfaced in the Star Trek episode "The Way to Eden". Here's a bit of the plot line from that episode:

On stardate 5832.3, the USS Enterprise is in hot pursuit of the stolen spacecraft Aurora, which is on an unauthorized heading into the dangerous Romulan Neutral Zone. The Enterprise locks onto the ship with a tractor beam, but the Aurora tries to flee. With the craft already straining with pushed engines, the vessel begins to break up.

Captain Kirk orders the transporter room to lock on the passengers and beam them aboard immediately. As the Aurora explodes, the six humanoid passengers are safely brought aboard the Enterprise. Kirk heads down to meet with them and is shocked by their wild appearance. The six beings are barefoot, dressed in lavish robes and colorful tunics. Despite their close brush with death, they appear completely calm and relaxed as if nothing has happened.

The group identifies themselves, starting with Tongo Rad, (the son of the Catuallan ambassador, and whose presence must be handled carefully, owing to the delicate relationship between the Federation and the people of Catualla), Irina Galliulin (a Starfleet Academy dropout and a former love interest of Mr. Chekov's), Dr. Sevrin (a noted communications and electronics researcher from Tiburon, who specializes in the theories of sonic manipulation), Adam (a popular musician), Mavig (the blonde who later sings with Adam) and another, unidentified woman.

The group quickly shows a disrespect for authority and demands to be taken to a planet they call "Eden" (a reference to Garden of Eden). Eden's existence is believed to be a myth however. The group refuses to cooperate with Kirk, calling him "Herbert", an insulting reference to his rigid and limited ideals.

The group is impressed by Mr. Spock however, who gestures with an oval "symbol of peace" the party makes with raised hands, and speaks of "The One".

Seriously. Replace Herbert with George Bush and cast Obama as "The One" and what do you have? America in 2008.

Tell me this clip doesn't remind you of some Obama supporters you know.



h/t Gateway Pundit

PREACH IT BROTHER!

I could share a bunk bed with him, yo.

OBAMA THROWS AMERICA UNDER THE BUS

The stuttering doofus doesn't want to raise his children in today's America.

AJ STRATA TEARS APART OBAMA'S "FILL YOUR TIRES WITH AIR" ENERGY PLAN

Like Obama knows anything about putting air in tires. From the Strata-Sphere:

Over the years I have learned that some Ivy League degrees are not so much a representation of intelligence, but more a training program for the elite to hide how dumb they are. Barrack Obama seems to fall into this category because there are times when he makes statements I would expect out of a 4th grader, not a alumni of Harvard.

For example today we have the tire inflation issue. Obama is out trying to defend is ridiculous claim that America can save up to 4% on our oil imports by inflating our tires. How stupid can this be? Well, let me do a simple analysis to assess the potential for savings and explain why folks who rely on C+ HS math skills should stay away from numbers to make their case.

4% is the maximum potential savings in mileage an individual can obtain through correct tire pressure. That assumes the tires are so far away from their optimal pressure fixing the problem will generate the maximum result. However, most people are not driving tires massively off in their tire pressure. So let’s makes some ridiculously pessimistic assumptions on the nation’s tire inflation status and determine the maximum potential benefit regarding our oil consumption.

Realize a vast majority of cars are serviced regularly, and all commercial transportation systems are highly regulated and checked. If I was to draw the worst case scenario I would say 50% of the nation’s cars and trucks do not have properly inflated tires (I will avoid the math the discusses how many tires of a potential number, which varies from cars to commercial transportation vehicles like semi-trucks).

In addition, not all of those out of spec will be 100% out of spec. So let’s assume 25% are only half out of spec, with a potential to increase mileage by 2%, while the other 25% can benefit at the maximum level possible. This means instead of saving 4% across the nation, we only save (.25*.02) + (.25*.04) = 0.015, or 1.5%. That is the realistic potential maximum savings the NATION could expect from the tire pressure magical cure due to gasoline used for driving.

Obama and his liberal media math-challenged groupies keep claiming it is 4% and they just take that off the entire national oil consumption numbers. But of course, as anyone with more than 2 IQ digits to rub together knows, gasoline is not all this nation uses oil for. We use it for heating and other oil-based products. But again, let’s just assume 80% of the oil in this nation is used for transportation (this is a complete WAG BTW). This drops the 1.5% maximum potential savings from Obama’s tire inflation ‘program’ towards energy independence to a national maxim potential savings of 1.2%.

And I am fairly confident I am over estimating this by at least 50%. So all Obama’s anger at being called out this ‘issue’ is his own ignorant fault. The fact someone with a Harvard degree failed to do a simple sanity check such as this on his silly claim is just another indicator Obama is fairly clueless and simply packages up juvenile sound bites in response to polls.

Of course, I am now an evil, anti-American, rabid conservative for actually applying my brain and knowledge to a serious issue. OK, fine with me. I am not an Obama fan because when the man speaks I see someone struggling to grasp the basics of reality. Folks, the lesson in all this is don’t let the school system ruin your kids’ future. Math is important to discern reality from the hucksters (who typically avoided math because it was ‘too hard’). Don’t let your kids grow up to be an Obidiot.

Bloggers have bigger brains.

THE REALITY OF CHINA'S ISLAMIC TERRORIST THREAT

I've been saying this for some time now. China is the world's public enemy #1. Accept no substitute.

Shi Dagang, a senior Communist party official in Kashgar, claimed yesterday that China faced a long struggle against terrorism, perpetrated by local and foreign separatists seeking to establish an independent state of East Turkestan in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province. "They are trying to turn 2008 into a year of mourning for China," he said. "This is the reality that we have to face, a combination of internal and external forces, jointly coordinating a series of attacks."

As ever with terrorism, militancy and counter-terrorism, particularly when it comes to statements by officials or politicians, "reality" is a relative term.

The threat apparently came from groups called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and the East Turkestan Liberation Organisation. But the exact nature of these groups is unclear.

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Beijing joined a long list of repressive governments with Islamic minorities (or indeed majorities) around the world who suddenly discovered al-Qaida in their back garden. This of course was an extremely opportune find, as it diverted attention from any domestic causes for local violence while simultaneously releasing a flood of diplomatic and economic advantages from Washington, where President Bush's administration was in full first-term "you are with us or against us" mode.

However, desultory violence and resistance by a small minority of Uighur Muslims in China's south east had long predated 9/11. There were more than 200 attacks between1990 and 2001 in the region – all relatively low level but often lethal nonetheless. In the autumn of 2001, American troops captured 22 ethnic Uighur from China in Afghanistan and, despite denials that they were Islamic militants fighting for the Taliban or enrolled in al-Qaida, incarcerated them in Guantánamo Bay, where Chinese intelligence experts were among the first to interview them. Five were later released. Evidence against at least some of the others is not, according to at least one recent US court judgment, strong.

Nonetheless in January 2002, a Chinese government study reported that the ETIM has received money, weapons, training and other logistical support from al-Qaida. Certainly scores of Uighurs left China to fight for the Taliban in Afghanistan in the late 1990s and it seems likely that ETIM leader Hahsan Mahsum was killed in raids on camps linked to al-Qaida in 2003. However, evidence of recent collaboration is difficult to find. The latest intelligence is that there are scatterings of Uighurs in Afghanistan or in the Pakistani tribal areas, but none have any rank within or even any real contact with al-Qaida proper. This is unsurprising given that Osama bin Laden and al-Zawahiri have never showed much interest in Chinese Muslims. But officials are right when they talk about a long struggle. The last decade has seen ideology of Islamic militancy spread in the southeast of China, leading to a spike in violence of a very fragmented, disorganised nature. The Olympic games and the media attention they attract are an incentive to strike, or at least threaten to.

The amateurish and unfocused nature of the attacks seems to confirm the unstructured nature of Uighur militancy. Of course, given the fearsome efficiency of China's security services, any greater organisation would probably be suicidal, but given the distances and lack of communication it is probably impossible anyway. They can only survive in small self-forming units which remain "below the radar" until launching their strike. If there are international ties they are as likely to be with members of what was once known as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (and is now the Turkistan Islamic party) than anyone from the Middle East. The East Turkestan Liberation Organisation appears to be a new name – and an odd one given its 1960s nationalist, third-world sound. Claims of responsibility, videos full of boastful rhetoric and the occasional attack do not reveal much of the reality of what is going on in Xinjiang. Nor, sadly, do the claims of government officials.

NATIONAL ENQUIRER TO RELEASE PHOTO OF JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS LOVE CHILD

National Enquirer releases photo of Father of the Year award winner John Edwards with love child:

McCAIN GIRL AND THE ENCHANTED REPUBLICAN FOREST

I prefer this wholesome young lady over that Obama skank any day.

CAN BRITAIN SURVIVE MULTICULTURALISM?

A shocking report. The fear of Islam in Britain.

HELLO MARTYR...HELL FATAH

Comical...

POLICEWOMEN GET BULLET PROOF BRAS IN GERMANY

Alright then...

Thousands of German policewomen will receive what media have labeled "bullet-proof bras."

Made of white cotton and featuring the word "Polizei" (Police) along the seam, the bras are meant to better protect police women who wear bullet-proof vests.

"There was a slight safety risk for women wearing normal bras with metal parts underneath a bullet-proof vest," a police spokesman in the northern city of Hanover said.

"If the vest is hit by a projectile, this can have an impact on the metal bit in the bra underneath and cause injuries."

Some 3,000 police women working for Germany's federal police will be equipped with the new bras which feature no metal parts and look like sports bras, the spokesman said.

IOC CLAIMS SMOG OVER BEIJING IS ONLY MIST

Chocolate rain:

As Beijing's polluted air came close to exceeding levels even the Chinese consider dangerous yesterday, one of the International Olympic Committee's most senior figures dismissed the yellow-grey haze that periodically hangs over the city as mist, and blamed the media for overstating pollution problems.

Air quality in Beijing remains a big cause for concern three days before the start of the games. Members of the US athletics team arrived in the city wearing face masks yesterday and organisers are preparing to postpone or relocate endurance events including the marathon and road cycling if smog levels reach dangerous limits.

"The mist in the air that we see in those places, including here, is not a feature of pollution primarily but a feature of evaporation and humidity," he told the IOC's annual session. "We do have a communication problem here. Once the misconception has become sort of established in the minds of people, it's not that easy to get the right message through.

OBAMA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY

I guess. At least that's what this video implies. Initially, Obama said we shouldn't tap the strategic oil reserves unless there is a "genuine emergency". Now he says we should sell 70 million barrels of the oil. What happened Obama? What's the emergency? Oh, I get it. You're dropping in the polls like a rock. That's the emergency.

IRAN: YOUNG PEOPLE SEARCHING OUT PORN ON THE INTERNET IN DROVES

I can verify this report myself. You should see some of the search terms from Iran that lead to my site. Good to see. The first step to freedom is a burning desire to get your freaky deak on.

A government-linked youth organisation says that 55 percent, or 12 million Iranian young people access hard or soft porn websites daily in Iran.

This is the conclusion of the report by Houshangh Fakhrzarin for the National Youth Organization, a group affiliated to the Iranian presidency.

The report came amid a bill currently being examined by the Iranian Parliament which make punishable with death the creation of websites with "sexual" content or content deemed to be "against Islamic morals."

The report says that despite the blocking of the websites by the government: "Many users find ways to circumvent the ban by using powerful proxies."

A proxy site or proxy software can be used to get through computer 'firewalls' and filters to access blocked sites.

Over 200,000 websites are banned or censored in Iran.

According to the report, the websites most visited by Iranian youth contain nude females, followed by 'candid camera' websites and famous actresses in provocative poses.

The administrators of these sites are "international powers" and "enemies of the Islamic Republic", according to the report. It claims they want to "weaken the basis of Iranian society with the aim of creating the conditions for a soft revolution."

COWARDLY BRITISH CUT DEAL WITH AL SADR AND LEAVE AMERICANS HANGING

Yeah...I see how it is, we lose thousands of men getting their back in WW II, and these cowardly limeys can't even knuckle up side by side with us against a ragtag bunch of Shiites. And a new American chant is born. "Remember Basra!...Remember Basra!"

A secret deal between Britain and the notorious al-Mahdi militia prevented British Forces from coming to the aid of their US and Iraqi allies for nearly a week during the battle for Basra this year, The Times has learnt.

Four thousand British troops – including elements of the SAS and an entire mechanised brigade – watched from the sidelines for six days because of an “accommodation” with the Iranian-backed group, according to American and Iraqi officers who took part in the assault.

US Marines and soldiers had to be rushed in to fill the void, fighting bitter street battles and facing mortar fire, rockets and roadside bombs with their Iraqi counterparts.

Hundreds of militiamen were killed or arrested in the fighting. About 60 Iraqis were killed or injured. One US Marine died and sevenwere wounded.

US advisers who accompanied the Iraqi forces into the fight were shocked to learn of the accommodation made last summer by British Intelligence and elements of al-Mahdi Army, the militia loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shia Muslim cleric.

The deal, which aimed to encourage the Shia movement back into the political process and marginalise extremist factions, has dealt a huge blow to Britain’s reputation in Iraq.

Under its terms, no British soldier could enter Basra without the permission of Des Browne, the Defence Secretary. By the time he gave his approval, most of the fighting was over and the damage to Britain’s reputation had already been done.

Senior British defence sources told The Times that Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, who ordered the assault, and high-ranking US military officers had become disillusioned with the British as a result of their failure to act. Another confirmed that the deal, negotiated by British Intelligence, had been a costly mistake.

Pathetic weasels.

ILLEGAL OBAMA DONORS: MIDDLE EASTERN ARABS

I can't prove it, but I'm convinced this is only the tip of the iceberg. There is no way Obama's huge internet donations are coming from his American political base. Absolutely no way.

Palestinian brothers inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are listed in government election filings as having donated $29,521.54 to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign.

Donations of this nature would violate election laws, including prohibitions on receiving contributions from foreigners and guidelines against accepting more than $2,300 from one individual during a single election, Bob Biersack, a spokesman for the Federal Election Commission, told WND in response to a query.

The contributions also raise numerous questions about the Obama campaign's lax online donation form, which apparently allows for the possibility of foreign contributions.

Last week, the Atlas Shrugs blog outlined a series of donations in 2007 made to Obama's campaign from two individuals, Monir Edwan and Hosam Edwan, totaling $29,521.54.

In an online form on Obama's campaign site, the Edwans listed their street as "Tal Esaltan," which they wrote was located in "Rafah, GA."

Rafah is not a city in Georgia. The Atlas blog immediately raised concerns that the money may have been donated from the Gaza Strip town of Rafah.

The Edwans' donations are listed in both FEC filings and other election filing sites, such as CampaignMoney and donordata.org.

Monir made 20 donations ranging from $717 to $2017.50 from October through November 2007. His donations totaled $24321.41. Hosam made seven donations ranging from $508.63 to $1725.96, totaling $5,200.13, all in October 2007.

A WND investigation tracked down the Edwans, who are brothers living in the Tal Esaltan neighborhood of Rafah, a large refugee camp in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

The Edwans are a large clan that include top Hamas supporters.

Speaking to WND, the two brothers praised Obama and admitted giving the money online to his campaign. They said they are not U.S. citizens or green card holders but are citizens of "Palestine."

VINTAGE: OBAMA PLAYED RACE CARD OVER HURRICANE RELIEF

In the video he asks whose Christianity will they be teaching in their schools? He asks if it's "James Dobsons or Al Sharptons." Perhaps he'd prefer Jeremiah Wright's or Rev Michael Pfleger's? Apparently it doesn't really matter as long as it isn't "White."

ISLAMIC CLERICS KILLED WHILE ASSEMBLING BOMB IN MOSQUE

Religion of peace working its wonders in Afghanistan:

In Paktika province, which adjoins Ghazni, two men were killed when a waistcoat they were packing with bombs for use in a suicide attack exploded, the government said.

"Two mullahs (prayer leaders) were killed when a suicide vest they were building went off prematurely," said Zemarai Bashary, spokesman for the interior ministry, which handles police matters.

The pair was in a mosque near the border with Pakistan, he said.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE POINTS TO DEATH OF AL-ZAWAHIRI

From The Strata-Sphere:

From some discussions with folks who are tied into the intelligence community I have learned that there does exist circumstantial evidence that Ayman al-Zawahiri was injured and/or killed recently, most likely in the July 28th strike in South Waziristan Agency. Like others with sources into the IC, I am hearing there is a serious lack of solid collaborating evidence, but that lack of solid evidence is in both directions. It neither proves Zawahiri is fine or otherwise. Therefore the circumstantial evidence that Zawahiri is injured, dying or dead still stands, albeit unproven either way.

I have been noting the quiet over this matter, which tells me the evidence is strong, but not bullet proof. Everyone in the IC and in the media seems to be keeping their powder dry, waiting on something firm one way or the other. The more likely it is Zawahiri is hurt or dead, the more solid the evidence needs to be before people get up in front of the world to announce his demise. This is a fact of life, no one needs to claim Zawahiri has been taken out until there is solid proof.

And solid proof is hard to come by when the bodies have been recovered and controlled by the enemy. But there are ways which take days to work through. I suspect we may know for sure if Zawahiri was present at the strike site very soon.

HADITHA MARINE FATHER GOES OFF ON MURTHA

WHY OBAMA IS AVOIDING TOWN HALL DEBATES WITH McCAIN

Startling incompetence when forced to speak without a teleprompter.

NASA BRIEFS WHITE HOUSE ABOUT POTENTIAL LIFE ON MARS

Rumors of life:

They stem from an article in Aviation Week and subsequent pickup on Slashdot and elsewhere indicating that the White House had been briefed on the potential for life on the planet.

"The White House has been alerted by NASA about plans to make an announcement soon on major new Phoenix lander discoveries concerning the "potential for life" on Mars," wrote Craig Covault, citing anonymous sources on the Phoenix Lander's wet chemistry lab team.

Covault's article showed some restraint, though, and made sure to note that "sources say the new data do not indicate the discovery of existing or past life on Mars."

I call dibs on the ocean front property.

GREAT WHITE SHARK ATTACK FROM 1964

Not for the squeamish.

BRITISH FORCE MUSLIM COMMANDER TO LISTEN TO PORN

Talk about torture. He can hear the porn, but he cannot see it. Oh the horror!

British soldiers forced a Shia militia commander to listen to pornographic videos, deprived him of sleep, repeatedly beat him, and kept him in solitary confinement for more than five months, according to fresh damning allegations against the conduct of UK troops in Basra.

A detailed account of the latest claims of unlawful treatment by British soldiers are contained in a 20-page witness statement, seen by the Guardian, of Ahmed Jawad al-Fartoosi, a leader of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr's militia, the Mahdi army. The Ministry of Defence said yesterday that the military police were investigating the allegations. Fartoosi was detained for more than two years, including nearly six months in solitary confinement. He was arrested in his Basra home in September 2005 and released late last year after British forces agreed to an Iraqi-sponsored deal with the militia.

He says he was beaten with rifle butts and blindfolded before he was put in a tank. For 12 hours he and his fellow detainees given no food and were prevented from going to the toilet.

He says he was taken to the British base at Shaibah, on the outskirts of Basra, where he spent 72 days in solitary confinement in a small cell with no ventilation, though he says he was provided with three cooked meals a day. On the third or fourth night, he says, soldiers brought a laptop and placed it on a window sill just outside his cell.

"After a short period of conversation in English it became clear to me that the DVD was showing porn. It was playing at the loudest possible volume. Thereafter for the next month the porn movies were played all night." He says soldiers left porn magazines for him to see by the sinks and toilets. "It was very humiliating for me to be treated in this way by the British army. If they expected me to give in to my basic instincts they did not realise that I am not that kind of man ... I was determined not be sexually aroused by this but it made me physically sick."

Oh get over it Ahmed. Sometimes you just got to grip it and rip it.

BUSH WARNS OF SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OVER PAKISTAN'S AID TO TALIBAN

That's right! Serious action! No more 7-11 job exchange program.

The United States has accused Pakistan’s main spy agency of deliberately undermining Nato efforts in Afghanistan by helping the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants they are supposed to be fighting.

President George W Bush confronted Yusuf Raza Gillani, Pakistan’s prime minister, in Washington last week with evidence of involvement by the ISI, its military intelligence, in a deadly attack on the Afghan capital and warned of retaliation if it continues.

The move comes amid growing fears that Pakistan’s tribal areas are turning into a global launch pad for terrorists.

Bush warned that if one more attack in Afghanistan or elsewhere were traced back to Pakistan, he would have to take “serious action”.

THE WAY WE WERE: WACKY PACKAGES

Hard to believe we were ever so amused by these things. But don't lie, we were.

OUTRAGE: TYSON FOODS DROPS LABOR DAY HOLIDAY FOR MUSLIM HOLIDAY

Suddenly, I don't feel much like buying their meat products.

Workers at Tyson Foods' poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day, but will instead take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.

A recent press release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) stated that a new contract at the Shelbyville facility "implements a new holiday to accommodate the ... Muslim workers at the plant."

The RWDSU stated that "the five-year contract creates an additional paid holiday, Iidal Fitil, a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan."

Tyson's Director of Media Relations, Gary Mickelson, stated that while the new contract does not provide an additional holiday, as the union claimed, "the new contract includes eight paid holidays, which is the same number provided in the old contract."

"However, the union leadership did request and receive Eid al-Fitr (which is apparently spelled various ways including Id al-Fitr and Eid ul-Fitr) as a paid holiday in place of Labor Day," Mickelson confirmed in an e-mail to the T-G.

Boycott Tyson! It's easy to do.

WORLD WAR II STORIES: KILROY WAS HERE

There was one person who led or participated in every combat, training or occupation operation during WWII and the Korean War. This person could always be depended on. GI's began to consider him the "super GI." He was one who always got there first or who was always there when they left. I am, of course, referring to Kilroy Was Here. Somehow, this simple graffiti captured the imagination of GI's everywhere they went. The scribbled cartoon face and words showed up everywhere - worldwide. Stories (some even true) abound. Its origins are unknown, but it is widely speculated that its spread was began by American GIs during World War II.

Here is one version of its origins:

This Legend of how "Kilroy was here" starts is with James J. Kilroy, a shipyard inspector during WWII. He chalked the words on bulkheads to show that he had been there and inspected the riveting in the newly constructed ship. To the troops in those ships, however, it was a complete mystery — all they knew for sure was that he had "been there first." As a joke, they began placing the graffiti wherever they (the US forces) landed or went, claiming it was already there when they arrived.
Kilroy became the US super-GI who always got there first — wherever GI's went. It became a challenge to place the logo in the most unlikely places. It was said to be atop Mt. Everest, the Statue of Liberty, the underside of the Arch de Triumphe, and scrawled in the dust on the moon. An outhouse was built for the exclusive use of Truman, Stalin, and Churchill who were there for the Potsdam conference. The first person to use it was Stalin. He emerged and asked his aide (in Russian), "Who is Kilroy?"

WWII UDT (Under Water Demolition - later Navy Seals) divers swam ashore on Japanese held islands in the Pacific to prepare the beaches for the coming landings by US troops. They were sure to be the first GIs there! On more than one occasion, they reported seeing "Kilroy was here" scrawled on make shift signs or as graffiti on enemy pillboxes. They, in turn, often left similar signs for the next incoming GIs.

The tradition continued in every US military theater of operations throughout and following WWII.

In 1946 the Transit Company of America held a contest offering a prize of a real trolley car to the person who could prove himself to be the "real" Kilroy. Almost forty men stepped forward to make that claim, but James Kilroy brought along officials from the shipyard and some of the riveters to help prove his authenticity. James Kilroy won the prize of the trolley car which he gave it to his nine children as a Christmas gift and set it up in their front yard for a playhouse.

Here's another version of its origin:

The way I understand it, Kilroy was an Admiral during WWII. During an inspection of the fleet he noticed that bolts on the ship had seven or more threads extended from the nuts. When he saw this he issued orders to cut the bolts to a maximum of three threads. This resulted in saving tons of metal for other uses during the war. Thereafter, when GIs went aboard a ship and saw that the bolts had been cut down to three exposed threads, they knew Kilroy had been there - "Kilroy Was Here." I hope this information with assist in finding out where Kilroy came from before he "was here."

Here's another account:

During WWII we were turning out Liberty ships very fast and of course they all had to be inspected. Plumbing inspections, electrical inspections, etc, etc. There was one inspector named Mr. Kilroy working in a shipyard in Boston. Upon completion of his inspection tour, if the proper people and papers were not there for him to sign he would just scrawl on the bulkhead "Kilroy was here" And then move on to his next inspection. That was the sign that he was there, inspected and passed the ship. Most of the ships were built so fast that not all surfaces had time to be painted and thousands of soldiers saw his little notes on the bulkheads. That's how "Kilroy was here" got it's start. If not, at least it is a good story.

That's a whole of information about something you probably didn't care about in the first place. Read more explanations here.

FROM THE FRONTLINE

This edition features stories on Marines from Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment working security instead of their usual role in fire support and Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, E Company, 2nd Platoon checking up on operations at a distribution center and with local shop owners in Karmah, Iraq.

UFO CRASHES OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS

Hope and change falling from the sky?

BRAZIL: MUSLIM TEEN TOOK PICTURES OF BRITISH GIRL AFTER KILLING HER AND CHOPPING HER TO PIECES

Let me go ahead and recommend a punishment. Place him with the general prison population until that fuc*ing smile comes off his face.

The dismembered body of a 17-year-old British girl was found in a suitcase after she was murdered in Brazil, allegedly by a man who had hoped to marry her.

The torso of Cara Marie Burke, from Southfields, southwest London, was identified by her mother from a photograph of a distinctive tattoo that said “Mum.”

Mohamed D’Ali Carvalho dos Santos, 20, allegedly admitted photographing Cara’s dismembered corpse on his cell phone after killing her in Goiânia, central Brazil.

Dos Santos, a Brazilian of Turkish heritage, is believed to have been living in Britain illegally and had told friends that he wanted to marry Cara to obtain British citizenship.

THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA

Almost 14-minutes of MUST SEE TRUTH about OBAMA!

MUSLIMS PUNK WIMPY EUROPEAN MEN IN THEIR OWN HOME

European men are such pussies. Mega-pussies!

BRITISH MUSLIMS FIGHTING WITH THE TALIBAN

Don't anyone in Britain act surprised.

British Muslims are part of the Taliban militia fighting against UK security forces in Afghanistan, a top British commander, who served in the restive country, has said. "There are British passport holders who live in the UK who are being found in places like Kandahar," said Brig. Ed Butler, who spent six months commanding British forces in Afghanistan.

UK security forces have found evidence that British Muslims are actively supporting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in attacks on coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, Brig Butler was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday.

According to the report, the commander said British Muslims are helping the Taliban force fighting against the country's troops deployed under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan. Earlier this year, it was revealed that RAF Nimrod spyplanes monitoring Taliban radio signals in Afghanistan had heard militants speaking with Yorkshire and Midlands accents, the report said.

THE OBAMA TWO-STEP ON REPARATIONS: HE WANTS IT, HE DOESN'T WANT IT

Watch the weasel squirm.

Here's Obama on Monday:

"I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged," the Democratic presidential hopeful said.

"I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds."

Now, anyone who isn't a foaming at the mouth Obama supporter can't interpret that statement as to mean anything other than that he in favor of reparations. But here's Obama today:

"I have said in the past — and I'll repeat again — that the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed," the Illinois Democrat said recently.

Obama says an apology would be appropriate but not particularly helpful in improving the lives of black Americans. Reparations could also be a distraction, he said.

Sure Obama, you're half-white, go ahead and offer half an apology.

OBAMA SAYS HE WASN'T PLAYING RACE CARD: HIS CHIEF STRATEGIST SAYS HE WAS

Amazing inconsistency from Planet Obama. On the same day even. At least one person among the Obamabots has the balls to tell the truth.

Background:

Senator John McCain’s campaign accused Senator Barack Obama on Thursday of playing “the race card,” citing his remarks that Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out that he “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”

Here's Obama early in the day yesterday:

In an interview with the St. Pete Times and Bay News 9 for Political Connections, Barack Obama brushed off the charge from the John McCain campaign that he was injecting race into the campaign.

"I was in union, Missouri which is 98 percent white - a rural, conservative. and what I said was what I think everybody knows, which is that I don't look like I came out of central casting when it comes to presidential candidates. But that I think that what people are really concerned about, what they're looking for is fundamental change on the economy, things that are going to help their families live out the American dream.

'There was nobody there who thought at all that I was trying to inject race in this. What this has become I think is a typical pattern from the McCain campaign, whether it's Paris Hilton or Britney or this phoney allegation that I wouldn't visit troops. They seem to be focused on a negative campaign what I think our campaign wants to do is focus on the issues that matter to American families."

Here's Obama's Chief Strategist saying it was all about race.

Sen. Barack Obama's chief strategist conceded that the Democratic presidential candidate was referring to his race when he said Republicans were trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

A key strategist for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says the candidate's reference to faces on the dollar bill was indeed an acknowledgement of race and its role in the presidential campaign.

The comment had triggered a charge Thursday from Sen. John McCain's campaign manager that Obama had "played the race card... from the bottom of the deck."

Obama's camp initially denied the remark was a reference to Obama's race.

His entire staff is pathological.

ISLAMIC RAT PEOPLE FORCED TO BEG ON THE STREETS OF PAKISTAN

The Big Feed provides the best coverage of Islamic rat people on the internet.

Background:

The legend goes like this: when infertile women came to a local shrine and asked that they be blessed with children, the wish might be granted. However, the first child will be a ‘chua’, or what is referred to by residents as a ‘rat person’ due to the skinny face, sloping forehead and protruding teeth. This firstborn must be given to the shrine or else the woman will only produce chuas.

And this is how the religion of peace treats the rat people:

Outside a Muslim shrine in this dusty Pakistani city, a "rat woman" with a tiny head sits on a filthy mattress and takes money from worshippers who cling to an ancient fertility rite.

Nadia, 25, is one of hundreds of young microcephalics -- people born with small skulls and protruding noses and ears because of a genetic mutation -- who can be found on the streets of Gujrat, in central Punjab province.

Officials say many of them have been sold off by their families to begging mafias, who exploit a tradition that the "rat children" are sacred offerings to Shah Daula, the shrine's 17th century Sufi saint.

"These are God's children. We are proud to look after her," said Ijaz Hussain, the shrine's government-employed custodian, as Nadia shrieked unintelligibly and put coins in a battered wooden box at her side.

Hussain said Nadia was just a young child when she was dumped at the shrine 20 years ago in the dead of the night. Her parents were never traced, he says.

"Since that day we have taken care of her, she is like family to us. People come here for prayers and seek fulfilment of their desires but they are respectful towards her," added Hussain, 56.

Pakistan's government says it has tried to crack down on exploitation of the "chuhas" (Urdu for rats) and says it plans to set up a shelter in Gujrat to rehabilitate them.

The shrine stopped officially accepting microcephalics in the 1960s when the government took over the site.

But not only does it still keep Nadia at its gate, the town's beggar masters also keep the superstition alive.

"Get lost! I don't want to talk to you," shouted a bearded beggar master in Gujrat's main bus station, grabbing a microcephalic woman by the hand and leading her through the crowds when asked to comment on his actions.

Bus passengers gave the woman money, as many believe it is bad luck not to.

Another microcephalic man stood with his handler in the wilting afternoon heat, staring into space.

The high incidence of microcephalics in Gujrat, an industrial city of around one million people, has long been a bone of contention.

The popular belief among many Pakistanis -- that cruel beggar gangs clamp the children's heads in infancy -- is strongly denied by government and advocacy groups, who say there is no evidence to support this.

"The myth of the chuhas has been exploited by beggar mafias and religious groups," said Nasiruddaula, a former science professor in his 70s.

"They roam the villages and if the real chuha is born they give them some money and they take them," he said.

"But what kind of saint would really curse issueless women with the 'blessing' of deformed children?"

"Some of these children, the handicapped ones especially, are accompanied by relatives," he told AFP. "But begging gangs also look for poor parents who will sell them because they are a burden to feed and shelter."

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THE MONTAUK MONSTER

A monster? Or Teddy Kennedy on a Friday night?

CHINA HIT BY THIRD BUS BOMB IN A WEEK

Fight the Han:

Chinese media are playing down reports of a third bus blast in southwestern Kunming tonight – exactly a week after two explosions killed two people in the city.

A witness said he heard a loud blast shortly before 9pm local time and saw police and ambulance staff gathered around a damaged vehicle only 200 metres from the scene of one of the previous incidents.

In a video obtained by an terrorism watchdog this weekend, the little-known Turkestan Islamic Party -- thought by some analysts to be another name for the East Turkestan Islamic Movement -- claimed responsibility for last week's explosions and several other incidents.

They included a bus blast in Shanghai in May, in which three people died and 12 were injured. It was blamed on a passenger carrying "flammable materials".

ATTACK MAY HAVE KILLED AL-ZAWAHIRI

Breaking news:

An online report says U.S. government sources are trying to confirm that an airstrike in northwestern Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman Zawahiri.

According to the subscription report at Stratfor, the airstrike was on July 28, and sources were reporting that an announcement from the U.S. government is expected soon.

The report said the attack was carried out by a U.S. Predator attack plane.

According to the blog Jawa Report, officials had said earlier "the hunt was on" in Pakistan for a "big fish."

UPDATE: From Fox News:

Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be injured or even dead, according to a CBS News report based on an intercepted letter that urgently requests a doctor to treat Zawahiri.

CBS News says it obtained a copy of the letter from sources in Pakistan, where Zawahiri, second only to Usama bin Laden, is thought to be hiding.

The letter, reportedly written by a local Taliban leader and dated Tuesday, says Zawahiri is in "severe pain" and his "injuries are infected," according to the report.

A missile strike Monday in Pakistan’s tribal areas reportedly killed Al Qaeda operative Abu Khabab al-Masri, considered a "Top Ten" target as the terrorist organization’s top expert on chemical and biological weapons.

That strike also killed five others, though it isn’t clear whether Zawahiri was at the scene or in the area.

OBAMA FLIP FLOPS ON OFF SHORE DRILLING

Pull his string and he'll do a little dance. Obama damn near breaks his neck reversing position on off shore drilling:

This was Obama on June 20, 2008:

At a stop in Jacksonville today, Sen. Barack Obama plans to tell reporters that he continues to support the federal ban on off-shore drilling. His Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, said this week he would like to lift the ban and let states decide whether to drill.

“And when I am President, I will keep the moratorium in place and prevent oil companies from drilling off Florida’s coasts,” Obama says. “That’s how we can protect our coasts and still make the investments that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and bring down gas prices for good.”

And this is Obama today:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that's what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy to foster fuel-efficient autos and develop alternate energy sources.

"My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post.

"If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage — I don't want to be so rigid that we can't get something done."

That's all code for..."Damn!...The polls favor off shore drilling 75% to 25%!?!?".

Let's not give any politician credit for what will soon be the reality of off shore drilling. The American people deserve all the credit for this one.

REVOLT ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE

The democrats opted to go on vacation rather than address the energy crisis Now some hearty Republicans have set up a revolt on the floor of Congress....in the dark.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m., and they are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess.

At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark. But as Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz..) was speaking, the lights went back on and the microphones were turned on shortly afterward.

But C-SPAN, which has no control over the cameras in the chamber, has stopped broadcasting the House floor, meaning no one was witnessing this except the assembled Republicans, their aides, and one Democrat, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who has now left.

"This is the people's House," said Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.). "This is not Pelosi's politiburo."

Democratic aides were furious at the GOP stunt, and reporters were kicked out of the Speaker's Lobby, the space next to the House floor where they normally interview lawmakers.

"You're not covering this, are you?" complained one senior Democratic aide. Another called the Republicans "morons" for staying on the floor.

GERMAN POLICE LIKE LITTLE GIIIIRLS!

Like France earlier, Germany is now facing a society within a society that does not want to assimilate. Much like France, the police are powerless to do anything about it either.

Buh-bye Europe. (Click title for full Frontpage.com article)

In Germany, the problem neighbourhoods are often located within the city and not on the outskirts. Like in France, though, urban anti-societies have arisen, but in Germany they consist mainly of Turkish and Arab immigrants, many from Lebanon. In their districts, German laws and values now have little, if any, validity, while their culture of lawlessness does.

Police complain that when they conduct routine checks in these neighbourhoods, they are met with angry crowds and often risk assault. Even when a policeman is carrying out a simple duty, like inspecting someone’s identification, out of nowhere suddenly appear 20 to 30 men, yelling wildly, who push and shove him. They assemble quickly after having been contacted by cell phone.

Oh and even the kids are gettin' it on too! Great!

But even immigrant children as young as eight are committing illegal acts. Police report of an Arab neighborhood in Duisburg, a city in the Rhineland, where such youthful miscreants “kick old ladies, demand sexual intercourse from women, throw water-filled balloons against business windows and deliberately cross streets at red lights to create traffic jams.” Their aim, police say, is to generate fear among outsiders.

OBAMA IS BUSTED!: YET ANOTHER LIE

The man really thinks he can just say whatever he wants:

Nice job by Gateway Pundit:

Yesterday, after the rapper Ludacris released his filthy rap on B**** Hillary, paralyzed McCain and mentally handicapped Bush, the Obama campaign came out with this statement:

"As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t want his daughters or any children exposed to," said spokesman Bill Burton.

Of course, you don't have to go back to far to hear Barack Obama talk about one of his three year-old girl's favorite rap songs- "Drop It Like It's Hot":

Here are some of the lyrics to that song his daughter liked so much:

I'm a Bad Boy, wit a lotta ho's
Drive my own cars, and wear my own clothes
I hang out tough, I'm a real Bo$$
Big Snoop Dogg, yeah he's so sharp
On the TV screen and in the magazines
If you play me close, you're on a red beam
Oh you got a gun so you wanna pop back?
AK47 now nigga, stop that!
Cement shoes, now I'm on the move
Your family's crying, now you on the news
They can't find you, and now they miss you
Must I remind you I'm only here to twist you
Pistol whip you, dip you then flip you
Then dance to this motherf*cking music we crip to
Subscribe nigga, get yo issue
Baby come close, let me see how you get loose!



Obama is a bad parent. And a liar.

GONE FISHING: DEMOCRATS ELECT TO TAKE VACATION RATHER THAN DEAL WITH ENERGY CRISIS

The Pelosi House Democrats voted for a five week vacation in August and September without taking any action to lower gas prices. Here's the roll call.



No House Republicans joined the Democrats in their vacation vote. GOP.gov issued this statement:

Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement shortly after the House of Representatives voted 213-212 – with no Republicans voting in the affirmative – to adjourn for five weeks in August and September without taking action to lower gas prices and break our dependence on foreign oil:

"The Democratic Congress should be held in contempt for voting to skip town without dealing with America’s energy crisis.

“Democrats are out of touch, out of excuses, out of support and out of time. Americans are hurting. Independent polls show they overwhelmingly support House Republicans’ all-of-the-above energy solutions.

“It’s time Democrats put their boarding passes back in their pockets and get to work by voting on the American Energy Act.”

The NRCC released this video:

LEAVE BARACK ALONE

Well done...

3 YEARS LATER, FEMA STILL HOUSING KATRINA FREELOADERS IN HOTELS

Last night I got a call from a friend who decided to stay overnight in Biloxi, Mississippi on his way to Texas. He had reserved a room at a Ramada right across the street from the ocean and right in the heart of Biloxi's casino district. On the way to check in, he is panhandled by 2 different people. Later, after complaining about the general mayhem going on in the hotel, he learned that 75% of the hotel is being occupied by FEMA recipients. 3 years after hurricane Katrina, taxpayers are still paying to house these shiftless losers in a resort hotel.

THE BIG DRINK: McWHISKEY SOUR

3 oz Jameson® Irish whiskey
3 oz Sprite® soda
1 1/2 oz lemon juice
2 tsp powdered sugar

Mix whiskey, Sprite, and lemon juice together with ice and pour into sour glass. Add powdered sugar and mix with spoon. Serve in sour glass with lime slices.