As if the American media didn’t have enough to do with demonizing the U.S. military and all, they feel the need to join the just as whiny if not sometimes whinier Israeli left in bashing and demonizing the Israeli military. Okay, so what else is new... nothing, really.

In this Washington Post article, titled 'Breaking the Silence' on West Bank Abuse --
Israeli Soldiers' Exhibit Depicts Mistreatment of Palestinians by Troops, Settlers in Hebron, we are told of the plight of three poor young reservists (sniff...sniff...) who are questioned by the evil military regarding an exhibit they have organized that depicts the mistreatment of Palestinians by IDF soldiers using photographs and videotapes.

A statement issued by the military said the three men were ordered to provide testimony as part of an investigation into the "allegedly violent crimes against Palestinians and damage to Palestinian property" depicted in the show.

Yes. That’s because the IDF, just like the American military, investigates anything and everything that comes up that appears to be out of sync with their strict code of ethics - duuuh

Oh, but what are those big mean Israeli soldiers doing, really?

"The army wants to keep us quiet and scare us away," Micha Kurz, 22, said after what he described as seven hours of questioning by investigators. "They're not going to shut us up, because we have a lot to say, and they're not going to scare us off."

Here’s a clue for you, Micha: if the ID freakin’ F wanted to shut you and your friends up they would have done so already and you wouldn’t be talking to the nice reporter.

[Micha]Kurz, Yehuda Shaul and Yonatan Baumfeld, who finished their mandatory three years of active duty three months ago, assembled more than 80 provocative photographs taken by troops assigned to the volatile West Bank city of Hebron and created a video of soldiers describing humiliation and abuses suffered by Palestinian civilians at their hands, as well as those of Jewish settlers.

The article goes on, of course, to describe various and sundry evils committed by these soldiers against (of course) poor innocent minding-their-own-business Palestinians. Of course, it is never mentioned that the IDF always investigates any report it receives regarding one of its own abusing his or her “power” as a soldier (as I mentioned before) and the fact that only a miniscule portion of the Israel military ever does these sorts of things is completely glossed over. This obviously should remind us Americans of something.

Something sortof recent.

And, just like the brave American men and women fighing in Iraq and Afghanistan... what are our Israeli friends really doing that isn’t getting much mention?

How about stopping a homicide bombing from occurring - saving who knows how many lives. Yeah, that was Tuesday over there – the day before the three amigos were questioned about their little exhibit.

In a joint operation of the GSS and the IDF on Tuesday, a suicide bombing was thwarted in Jerusalem, after a Tanzim cell that was directed by the Hizbullah was exposed.
Yesterday (Wednesday) following concrete intelligence information, 3 Tanzim operatives were arrested in a joint operation of the GSS and IDF forces: Basal Pathi Metalek Hamdan, age 24, resident of Atzira Kbaliya, Alla Tzbiah Araff Aliwi, age 23, resident of Nablus and Ibrahim Ayash Ismail Abu Alaish, age 18, resident of the Balata camp.
.....

Following intelligence and operational activities, on June 22, 2004 a taxi was stopped at the Akraba checkpoint, near Nablus. During searches conducted by the forces inside the taxi, the forces uncovered a school bag which contained an explosive device weighing 10 kg, which was supposed to reach the suicide bomber. Traveling inside the taxi was the terrorist Muhamed Mufid Muhamed Abed Rabah, 23 year old, resident of Nablus.The explosive device was detonated in a controlled manner by sappers.
The terrorist- Abed Rabah told investigators in an initial interrogation in the area, that he was asked by a Tanzim operative from Nablus to transport the explosives to the A-Ram area for 500 Shekels.

Let’s see... Ten kilos is roughly twenty-two pounds. Put that on a crowded bus full of kids going to school or people going to work and I wonder just how many would be dead if the IDF and Israeli intelligence hadn’t been doing their jobs. Just how many deaths would that 500 shekels have bought? ucch. Neanderthals.

Yes, let’s focus on ten soldiers out of thousands who get their kicks out of being mean and nasty while the rest of the bunch risks their asses so that leftist idiots can endanger soldier’s lives with their drivel. Yeah. That’s right. And I’m not the only one thinking this way, either. And you know I’m not just talking about Gush whatever (sheten) over there across the pond. I’m talking about every last damn American whiner who gets their panties in a twist over a few soldiers harrassing (cause that wasn’t torture, people) some terrorists while the majority of the military is making us proud by doing its duty honorably. Hey morons.... how about remembering what happened three years ago one morning in September. It wasn’t a bunch of Americans flying those planes, you idiots. Do you want another three thousand people dead in a burning heap of concrete and steel? I didn’t think so. So shut the hell up and let these nice soldiers do their jobs. And you over there with Micha and his friends: shut your trap and be thankful you aren’t in pieces. Thank you.
  ¶ 7:08 PM

  Inimicus Delenda Est

(or something to that effect)


As Al-Qaeda scum ratchet up the kidnappings and brutal killings of innocent people we all need to take a lesson from the Afghani militia:

Kabul — A senior Afghan militia commander alleged Wednesday that troops from Afghanistan's U.S.-trained national army beheaded four Taliban fighters to avenge the similar slaying of an Afghan soldier and a military interpreter.The killings occurred Monday in southeastern Zabul province, said Naimatullah Khan, the commander of government militias in the region. U.S. troops were not present at the time, Mr. Khan said.Afghan National Army troops sent to look for an interpreter and soldier who became separated from a combined Afghan-U.S. force found their corpses and severed heads on a mountainside, he said. Four Taliban fighters were later caught in a search of the area, he said.“The ANA soldiers did the same thing. They cut off their heads,” he said. He said the corpses of the suspected Taliban were left where they lay. He had no further details.

I hope to God a pack of dogs has crapped in unison on every last one of them.

You know, I recall not too long ago sitting up late one night watching the History Channel -- can't recall the name of the show -- but it had to do with terrorism... anyway... It just so happens that about 30 years ago (or so) there were some Russian diplomats who were kidnapped by a few knuckle-dragging terror monkeys. And what did the Russians do? Negotiate? Beg? Make promises to the evil scum bastards? Nope. They sent a few intelligence agents to find a relative of one of the terrorists and said terrorist received the hacked-up body of said relative via special delivery. Russian diplomats were released. Enough said.

So... enough stupid girly crap already. I want to see AP photos of Al Qaeda members running scared like little girls as our troops open up serious cans of whoopass on their turban-covered heads. I want these evil scumbags to be AFRAID of us. I want these terrorists crying for their mommies as we destroy every last one of them. I want every ounce of firepower we possess opened up on the whole lot of them -- and I at this point do not give a rat's ass who the cowards hide behind or what holy freakin' shrine they hide in: they must be destroyed. Period.   ¶ 4:12 PM

  Donald Rumsfeld did WHAT?? Oh no he didn't! No, really...he didn't. But here's the headline from the linked-to story that originated (I believe) in USA Today (oh, there's an unbiased news outlet for ya.):

Rumsfeld OK’d harsh treatment of suspects in U.S. war on terror

Oh, the horror! the shock! (collective gasp from the crowd)

Just look at the evidence, will you??

In an extraordinary disclosure of classified material, the Bush administration released 258 pages of internal documents Tuesday that portray harsh interrogation techniques -- including stripping terror suspects and threatening them with dogs -- as a necessary response to threats from al-Qaida terrorists.

I can't believe my eyes!! That's absolutely horrible. How could the evil Bush administration do such a thing.

Oh but wait a minute.... maybe he really didn't:

Though some of the memos argued that Bush had the right to approve torture, the administration said it had never done so, and pointed to techniques it said fell far short of torture. In a separate press briefing Tuesday, the Justice Department backed away from a memo written in 2002 that appeared to justify the use of torture in the war on terror. That memo argued that the president’s wartime powers superseded anti-torture laws and treaties.

Bush made his most explicit comments yet about the issue Tuesday: "We do not condone torture. I have never ordered torture. I will never order torture," Bush said.

Yeah. What he said. Travel all the way down to the last paragraph of the piece.... The evil memo in question was dated Nov. 27, 2002, and was one " in which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved interrogation techniques that included "removal of clothing" and "inducing stress by use of detainee’s fears (e.g. dogs)."

hey wait... not finished...

Eventually, after military officers raised moral and legal concerns about the techniques and the Pentagon conducted an internal review, Rumsfeld issued revised rules for Guantanamo in April 2003 that omitted the stripping and use of dogs.

There. Told you he didn't.  ¶ 3:53 PM

  Speaking of things that irritate the hell out of me - take a look atthis little gem in which the United States has been once again forced to bend over and kiss Kofi Annan's ass. Oh, yippee. Now all of our so-called friends should be happy now that our soldiers will not be exempt from being tried as war criminals at the whim of whoever hates us enough that particular day. William Pace, head of the Coalition for an International Criminal Court, called it "a victory for international justice" and said U.S. concern about prosecution of American peacekeepers "was always exaggerated." Well, isn't that speshuuullll.


  ¶ 3:42 PM

  Looks like good things really can happen to people who have spent most of their lives living in a drug fog: Bob Dylan has received an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from St. Andrew's University. oh, wheeeeeee. Let's take a look at just how honored Mr. Dillweed was to receive this degree....
Dylan, who received his doctorate alongside Harvard philosopher Hilary Putnam and biologist Cheryll Tickle, arrived 50 minutes into the 90-minute ceremony and did not address the audience of 180 graduating students and their relatives. But his silent — and sometimes yawning — presence onstage brought a strong dose of star power to the university's wood-paneled Younger Hall.
Dylan sat motionless and showed no reaction as a university choir performed a version of his early classic, "Blowin' in the Wind."

I guess the quaaludes had kicked in right about then.


  ¶ 3:31 PM

  Regarding the ads at the top of my blog:

I'm ready to kick somebody's ass.

(If references to Mr. Ketchup are still up there, I'm sure you all know what I mean)
  ¶ 9:29 PM

  As we all expected (and not in a good way), Paul Johnson, Jr.’s time ran out on Friday, June 18th and, therefore, his captors brutally murdered him in the same manner that the same sort of evil, vicious cretins murdered Danny Pearl and Nicholas Berg as well as countless others that have had the misfortune of ending up in the hands of one islamofascist group or another. I was just finishing my lunch Friday when I heard the news on the radio. What a horrible feeling to hear a story like that and get that sick feeling in a pit of your stomach because of what has happened, and then also get a twinge because you knew all along that it would probably happen even though you really didn’t want it to, and you feel like dreck because of the fact you knew about this horrible horrible thing – that it was going to happen - and that even though you and everybody else probably knew this man – this father, grandfather, brother, friend, and coworker - was going to be dead on Friday June 18, 2004 just two days before Father’s Day there was nothing you or anybody could do except wait for it to happen because what we were dealing with and what we are still dealing with now is something so evil it cannot be reasoned with, cajoled, stroked, coddled or peace-protested into backing away from its desire to destroy whatever and whomever stands in the way of its goal of being the controlling and dominating force on the planet.

Not Apache helicopters killing muslims. Not Israel occupying Palestinian land. Not a few soldiers out of hundreds of thousands “abusing” prisoners. Not any of those things, even though they are stated as such by these monsters, is justification for what they have been doing for so long to people like Mr. Johnson. Not even they themselves believe their own putrid little lies that this or that has caused muslims around the world pain and suffering and this is why they must kill us all. Even they themselves know that even if we sat on our hands and kept our mouths shut like good little sheep they would slaughter us one by one and laugh and shout praises to Allah as they did so.

Which is why today when I saw the news that there had been an airstrike in a neighborhood in Fallujah and there had been possibly twenty killed I felt no compassion for whoever it was that had died, because the house in question had been used by a terrible evil man who I wish had been in the house when it was turned into a smoking crater. The evil disgusting slime and his slime friends used the house – among innocent men, women, and children, no less - to store explosives and had most likely even used the house as a facility to use said explosives to build bombs which were killing our soldiers. I say too bad it wasn’t an Apache that delivered the strike. The strike was obviously aimed at al-Zarqawi, who has been responsible for hundreds of dead including the 35 dead in the most recent (as of this typing and posting) car bomb aimed at innocent Iraqis, but already the rumor mill has been churning and this precision strike has been labeled “revenge” for Paul Johnson, Jr. (so what if it was) and here: “Residents, however, accused the United States of striking twice - the second time after rescuers moved into the site trying to pull out victims.” our soldiers as well us all of us Americans here at home are being set up to play the part of “monster” yet again.

Yes, aren’t we all a bunch of horrible evil monsters. How dare we target a house sheltering terrorists who are building and planting bombs to kill our soldiers and innocent Iraqis. How dare we attempt to destroy evil terrorist scum whose goal it is to murder every last “infidel”. How dare we Americans and our gang of mean bully friends use whatever is in our power to fight and destroy them before they destroy us. Yes, we should all sit peacefully and blissfully unaware in our living rooms watching American Idol or some other ignorant-ass show while men in black masks sneak around planting bombs and looking for another throat to cut.


  ¶ 9:29 PM

  I have an observation (or perhaps more than one) to make regarding the recent announcement from the 9-11 Commission that “there is no credible evidence that links Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda and the September 11th attacks”. I have noticed that, first of all, evidence that could clearly be used to prove that there was such a relationship has been ignored or dismissed (eg – the Al-Qaeda-style terrorist training camp complete with airplane fuselage), and, second of all, that in none of the subsequent “news” stories or editorials have there been references to any direct quotes from President George W. Bush that specifically state that there was or is a link between Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda and the attacks on September 11, 2001. Why is that? I wonder. I do recall President Bush referring to Hussein as a madman, a dictator, a thug, one who supports terrorism and harbors terrorists. It seems to me that Saddam fit all the criteria for somebody that needed to be wiped off the face of the earth – that is, under the rules of the new “war on terror” which was not launched by us, but by those who attacked us. So why is it, that in one editorial after another, this commission is hailed as a bunch of heroes (out to save us from the evil Bush regime, no doubt) for pointing out the “truth” to the American people while the actual truth has been diluted, twisted, and even swept under the rug?

For example, in today’s Cinncinati Post (online) there is a blatantly and nauseatingly leftist editorial which opens in this manner: "The final report of the Sept. 11 commission is important on several fronts, not least of them its unflinching conclusion that the United States had no proof of a connection between Saddam Hussein, al-Qaida and the 9-11 terrorist attacks when President Bush decided to attack Iraq.
The commission report does say there was at least one meeting and perhaps more between Osama bin Laden and an Iraqi official in Sudan in the 1990s. But, it concluded, Iraq declined or ignored a request by bin Laden for assistance."

First of all, why would one call such a conclusion so “unflinching” if evidence to the contrary seems to have been so blatantly ignored? We all recall when President Bill Clinton authorized the bombing of what we all later thought was just an innocent pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. But hard evidence obtained by intelligence has shown that there were traces of a chemical – a precursor to nerve gas – in the soil at the site of the plant. This chemical was the type known to be used by only one country: Iraq. And just who was using the facility to possibly manufacture deadly chemical weapons? Al Qaeda. Perhaps such evidence does not directly link Saddam, Al Qaeda and the September 11th attacks, but it certainly does point to at least a link between the dictator and his regime and the terrorist network. Which is what President Bush talked about in his speeches before the war: not what this 9-11 Commission and its apologists are screaming about today.

In another oh-so-unbiased editorial in the online edition of the San Francisco Chronicle the writer states the following:

In other words, one of the arguments used to justify the invasion of Iraq is fiction. In the months before the war, the White House nursed public misconceptions that Osama bin Laden and Hussein were in league. President Bush exploited this misconception -- by continually linking Iraq and Sept. 11 in speeches -- to help built support for the war.

The writer of the editorial provides no quotes from any of President Bush’s speeches to support his statement. This writer merely makes an accusation and makes no attempt whatsoever to back it up with fact. On a separate but somewhat related note, the writer ends with a paragraph which begins with the following statement:

But the work of a respected, independent, bipartisan commission is valuable only if the people in power are willing to accept findings that conflict with their preconceptions.
(Respected by whom?)

I should point out something I found that seemed rather peculiar when I did a Google(tm) news search on this topic: these editorials along w/ others came up under “top stories” and were not labeled as “editorials”...causing them to appear at first glance to be actual legitimate news stories. The opinions of these people who apparently have their heads in the sand are being, in a way, presented as the gospel truth and are being forced down our throats until we accept them as fact. Paragraph after paragraph of various versions of the “Bush lied” and “we hate Bush” mantras are being distributed with the usual lack of supportive factual evidence. And all the while those of us who know the truth are being forced to sit and wait our turn like good little children.
  ¶ 7:13 AM

  When I was a very little girl, my father served in the Army National Guard. I'm not sure what is was that he did - I know that he spent time at Fort Polk in Louisiana, and whatever it was had something to do with helicopters. Okay, so maybe that subject needs to be broached next time I have a chat with dad. Anyway, this was right in the middle of the Vietnam War. My mom and dad were newly married, had one child (me) and more little ones were soon to follow. Dad would have to leave home on weekends from time to time for what I assume were training excercises, during which mom wasn't too happy about the fact that he had to leave. I don't remember much about it and, because I was so young, I didn't have any concept of why those weekends were so important, or what was going on overseas or even what was happening in my own country. It seems that these days we have too many people with the same ignorance - except the people of which I speak are not 3 year old little girls.

One specific memory about that period of time stands out in my mind. I remember being about three years old, standing in my mother and father's bedroom and my father saying to me, "Don't tell mommy, but daddy has to go ride in a helicopter." A short time later, my mother walked in the room. The first thing I do is blurt out, "Daddy's gonna go in a helicopter!" Being just a little kid, I had no idea why daddy having to "go ride in a helicopter" was such a big issue. I had no idea why such a thing might upset my mother. But now, as an adult, and especially because the U.S. is in the middle of yet another war, I understand completely why even National Guard weekend training excercises are a cause of concern for wives, mothers, and children. I have an appreciation for those weekends my dad and other dads spent in fatigues and combat boots while their wives and children were at home wishing dad was home so they could go to the lake or to the park instead.

Unfortunately for the weekend-soldier dads and the full-time soldier dads of today there is not enough appreciation for the time they are giving in service to our country. There is not enough emphasis being given to the excellent work our soldiers are doing overseas that directly affects the security of our nation or the work that they have done that has tremendously helped the people of (for example) Iraq or the people of Afghanistan. No, too many people have their mind in "three-year-old-girl" mode. They swallow just what is given to them by the mostly biased-against-Bush-and-the-war media and do not take it upon themselves to learn and understand just what is really going on overseas and why such events affect them here at home. They know that a bunch of guys (and gals) are riding around in helicopters, tanks, hummers, jeeps, and APC's, but they don't take the time to understand where those guys and gals are going, what they are doing, and how much they are risking their lives and for what and why. They don't take the time to consider the fact that while they choose to dismiss the sacrifices husbands and fathers and brothers and sons and even wives, daughters and sisters are making both here and abroad, they are as ignorant as three-year-old girls of the fact that those sacrifices are being made for their own benefit.

My hope is that more people will gain an understanding and appreciation of the sacrifices made today as well as those made in the past. I hope that all the three-year-old little girls out there will grow up to appreciate what either their dads or other dads have done to serve this country and ensure our freedom and way of life. I hope that the ignorance so many seem to have chosen gives way to knowledge, and I hope it gives way to the urge to fight in even the smallest way for what this country stands for and what a bunch of dads will be fighting for overseas this Father's Day.  ¶ 8:46 AM

  Dear God, please, oh please I beg you do not let this woman become first lady of my country. Thank you.

Amen.

Unfortunately, it appears that most of the media is working against that wish... case in point this piece here by Emily Fredrix of AP regarding an upcoming interview which apparently aired tonight (ha! I didn't watch it!! ha ha ha) in which nurse fuzzy-wuzzy (gag) has a chance to stand on her soapbox and heap praise upon herself and her husband (hurl) and which makes no attempt to hide disdain for our president and vice president...

First by stating that Senator Max Cleland of Georgia was treated poorly by the Republican party because they "raised questions about Cleland's patriotism because of his position on legislation to create the Department of Homeland Security." Buried right after that statement one learns that Cleland wanted to add provisions to the bill that had nothing to do with homeland security.

Heinz-Kerry laments over Cleland's snubbing, who is described in the article as an Army captain who lost both legs and one arm in the Vietnam War, stating "Three limbs and all I could think was, 'What does the Republican party need, a fourth limb to make a person a hero?' And this coming from people who have not served. I was really offended by that. Unscrupulous and disgusting," No, what's really disgusting is that I can actually hear her voice in my head saying that -- and I haven't seen or heard the interview. Ms. Fredrix goes on to point out, in her unbiased and professional manner... Neither Republican served in Vietnam. Bush served stateside in the Texas Air National Guard, and Cheney received five student deferments from service during the war.

Kerry volunteered to serve in Vietnam and earned three Purple Hearts, and Silver and Bronze stars for his efforts commanding a swift boat on the Mekong Delta. Earlier in the campaign, opponents of Kerry had raised questions about his military service and whether he deserved the military honors.

(Somebody needs to remind Ms. Fredrix that it wasn't merely Kerry's opponents raising questions about his service but Vietnam Vets who served alongside him.)

Oh but wait. It gets better. I think this is what will cause pharmaceutical stock to rise sharply in the morning....

In the interview, John Kerry is asked about criticism of his wife, who has a reputation for being blunt and outspoken.


"When it's silly stuff, and a lot of it is incredibly unfactual, I get angry about it," he said.


Asked for three words to describe his 65-year-old wife, who is five years his senior, Kerry said: "Saucy, sexy, brilliant."


She responded: "I'm cheeky, I'm sexy, whatever. You know, I've got a lot of life inside."

aggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!





  ¶ 5:30 PM

  Dear Blog....

I suck. I'm sorry I have ignored you for so long - but shit happens, and I have a life.

Not wanting to clog up the web with musings on the last 2 1/2 months that I have neglected, I will just ramble on about the last few days or so....

Let's see... found a story in the Washington Post: "Stern Warning on Sex With Minors
Pregnancies Spur Va. Campaign Aimed at Men" (Chris L. Jenkins - June 15, 2004) sorry, no link -- but you can find it on their online site today, if you register. Apparently, authorities plan to use taxpayer dollars to distribute cocktail napkins, coasters, postcards and maybe a few billboards with slogans like "Isn't she a little young?" emblazoned on them, to discourage men from having sex with underage girls. Yeah, like that's gonna work.

Virginia health officials said they became alarmed when they reviewed state studies showing that in 1999 and 2000, 219 babies born to 13- and 14-year-old girls were fathered by men over age 18. They also cited nationwide statistics that show that men older than 21 are three times as likely to father children with junior high school girls than are junior high school boys. And they want to curtail this problem in Virginia by handing out cocktail napkins?

Oh, and try not to spit coffee on your monitor while reading what this guy has to say...."What we're hoping is that men will start to check each other and basically say, 'Dude, she's 16 -- you shouldn't be with her,' " said Robert Franklin, male outreach coordinator for sexual violence prevention at the Virginia Department of Health. Franklin helped initiate the campaign.
Hey, somebody get me one of those coasters ... I need something to set my drink on.

Another Washington Post story: "For Freed Iraqis, Mixed Emotions" (Jackie Spinner - 6/15/04) describes the scene at Abu Graib prison as more Iraqi detainees prepare for their scheduled release. Many clutched elaborately woven bags made of the plastic packages of ready-to-eat meals. Some called out farewells to relatives and friends who would remain behind. Military police officers joked with the detainees and shook their hands. One MP gently warned, "I don't want to see you again, brother."
Finally, they walked out of the barbed wire enclosure, dumping weathered blankets and orange-and-rose-colored prison jumpsuits in separate piles and accepting $25 in cash intended to help them get back on their feet. Then they waited for the buses that would take them away from a prison that has become a dark shadow over the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.

I think I'm gonna hurl.
With new regulations in place and new soldiers on guard, many of the detainees said Abu Ghraib was not the same prison it was when reports of abuse by U.S. guards surfaced more than a month ago. Certainly, they said, it bore no resemblance to the institution where thousands of Iraqis were tortured and executed by former president Saddam Hussein's security forces.
"The Army is good now," said Satr Sim Mohammad, 23, who wore a black fez with red stitching. Asked why he had spent time at Abu Ghraib, Mohammad smiled and shook his head. "I don't know," he said. "I have a small problem." What? builds small IED's instead of big ones?

Other Iraqis did not consider US guards and the US in general so praiseworthy... but since they don't matter (because they suck, IMO) I won't reprint their quotes here. Go to the WPOST site and do that registration thing to read those.

And buried in somewhere toward the bottom of the article, we read an example of what our soldiers have to put up with while guarding these prisoners: As a female military police officer, [army specialist Elizabeth] Nierman has not had an easy time in the compounds. Shortly after she arrived in February, she said, she had a piece of brick thrown at her, splitting open her lip. About a week ago, someone hurled a container of urine at her. Spec. Nierman is 19 years old, by the way.
Victoria's Secret is having a big sale right now. Don't know why I threw that in.

And here's one that surprised me....really.... I mean, who'd of thought something like this would happen in Cuba? The uninitiated should keep this quote from Chris Perez of South Fla's Cuba Free Press Project fresh on the brain while perusing the paragraphs..."Keep in mind that nothing gets published in that newspaper without Castro's personal authorization," Well said, amigo.

And in our "BOOYAH" file we are pleased to find that ISRAELI FORCES HAVE SMOKED ANOTHER TERRORIST LEADER: An attack helicopter fired missiles at a car carrying Khalil Marshud, head of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. An aide was also killed.

Of course, there's always the reaction... "In this assassination Israel eliminated all possibilities for a cease-fire. We won't abide by any cease-fire agreement, and we will avenge our leader's death," a spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said. Cease fire agreement? Oh, yeah... those are always rock solid.

More from the knuckle-dragging terror monkeys: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have threatened to kidnap and execute Israeli soldiers and civilians, including women and children, to avenge a life prison term given to former West Bank Fatah chief Marwan Barghouti, Haaretz reported.
In a statement faxed to Reuters last week, the network said: "We urge all our fighters to kidnap Zionists, children, women and soldiers and sentence them to death."

I urge the IDF to think of these assassinations like Pringles (tm) potato chips.... "ONCE YOU POP, YOU CAN'T STOP."

In other news... Bush has said "No" to an official White House endorsement of June as gay pride month. Homosexual activists are fuming. No, wait... I think the word is flaming.

Our friends the Saudis are at it again. They have imprisoned and tortured a Catholic worker from India for allegedly "preaching Christianity". Catholic officials say O'Conner, 36, has been tortured and threatened with death if he does not renounce his faith and convert to Islam. sick assholes. I have nothing more to say about that.

I don't really want to talk much about the Iraqis who danced in the streets around charred corpses after a car bomb exploded and killed five foreign workers (including one American) and 9 Iraqis. They need to be forced to scrape the burnt flesh and blood off the streets and what's left of the surrounding buildings with their fingernails.

A Somali-born man has been charged in a plot to blow up a U.S. shopping mall.
The four-count indictment, returned by a grand jury in Columbus, charges that Nuradin Abdi, 32, conspired with admitted al-Qaida member Iyman Faris and others to detonate a bomb at the unidentified shopping mall after he obtained military-style training in Ethiopia.
Abdi is also charged with fraud and misuse of documents by claiming that he had been granted valid asylum status in the United States. In fact, prosecutors say, he obtained that refugee document under false pretenses. I'd like to thank the people at Immigration and Naturalization Services for allowing me and my friends and family to feel safe and secure in our own nation.











  ¶ 7:30 AM

  Reaction to Yassin's death (ding dong the sheikh is dead) has been cautious, squeamish, disapproving, and even condemning.... In this article Israeli Security Minister Tzahi Hanegbi makes no apologies for the squashing of a really big bug.

"PA Chairman Yasser Arafat is not immune; no one is immune anymore. We should stop apologizing for defending ourselves,"

Reaction from Arafat and the PA is not surprising...

They've declared 3 days of mourning... Schools are closed.... flags are at half-staff....

And Arafat is really worried.
Earlier Monday, about 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Arafat's headquarters, screaming for revenge and demanding to speak to the Palestinian leader. Arafat remained inside, apparently fearing he too might be targeted by Israel.
"He is like a man who was hit on the head because they killed Yassin and now they could kill him," said an aide to Arafat, speaking on condition of anonymity. "He feels his turn is next and he is sad and worried."

AWWWWWW BESS HIM WIDDLE HOWAT.   ¶ 7:22 PM