Manifesto....

Twelve call for solidarity amongst free people to resist Islamism.

MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism

After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism.

We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all.

The recent events, which occurred after the publication of drawings of Muhammed in European newspapers, have revealed the necessity of the struggle for these universal values. This struggle will not be won by arms, but in the ideological field. It is not a clash of civilisations nor an antagonism of West and East that we are witnessing, but a global struggle that confronts democrats and theocrats.

Like all totalitarianisms, Islamism is nurtured by fears and frustrations. The hate preachers bet on these feelings in order to form battalions destined to impose a liberticidal and unegalitarian world. But we clearly and firmly state: nothing, not even despair, justifies the choice of obscurantism, totalitarianism and hatred. Islamism is a reactionary ideology which kills equality, freedom and secularism wherever it is present. Its success can only lead to a world of domination: man's domination of woman, the Islamists' domination of all the others. To counter this, we must assure universal rights to oppressed or discriminated people.

We reject « cultural relativism », which consists in accepting that men and women of Muslim culture should be deprived of the right to equality, freedom and secular values in the name of respect for cultures and traditions. We refuse to renounce our critical spirit out of fear of being accused of "Islamophobia", an unfortunate concept which confuses criticism of Islam as a religion with stigmatisation of its believers.

We plead for the universality of freedom of expression, so that a critical spirit may be exercised on all continents, against all abuses and all dogmas.

We appeal to democrats and free spirits of all countries that our century should be one of Enlightenment, not of obscurantism.

12 signatures

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Chahla Chafiq
Caroline Fourest
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Irshad Manji
Mehdi Mozaffari
Maryam Namazie
Taslima Nasreen
Salman Rushdie
Antoine Sfeir
Philippe Val
Ibn Warraq

Michelle Malkin has bios on the signitures. Though I know that Irshad Manji hosted Q-TV on PlanetOut several years back.

Atlas thinks heads are gonna roll. I suspect she's right.

Origami

Conceptual on Microsoft's elusive project. Check the video.

However, according to the Journal report, the device under development would be for a broad range of uses, not solely a music player, and be modeled after Microsoft's tablet PCs that use a pen-like stylus to input information.

If the ultra-portable pc is the model Microsoft is seeking, it's certainly not going to pan out as the PSP killer. Too expensive. Still, I drool.

This Can't Be Allowed to Happen....

It's time to rally the forces into action. This is unacceptable.

The United States will continue sending humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people even after a Hamas government is formed, a senior U.S. envoy told Palestinian leaders during the first high-level meeting between the two sides since the Islamic militant group's election victory.

Write. Write the whitehouse, write congress. We cannot finance the destruction of Israel (and ourselves).

Atlas has more.

What The Crap....

...Seriously. What the crap is this???

Never has an article made me blink with astonishment as much as when I read in yesterday's New York Times magazine that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former ambassador-at-large for the Taliban, is now studying at Yale on a U.S. student visa.


I suspect that the same Dem's who are behaving so shamefully regarding the port deal aren't going to demand that this man's visa be revoked. Shame. The only U.S. institution this man belongs in is Gitmo.

Muslim Madonna....

Really.

It Would Come From MoCo....

....Montgomery County Maryland is quite possibly the closest Maryland gets to California. They're both sanctuaries for the insane.

Middle school magnet programs in Montgomery County have traditionally operated as schools within schools, offering specialized curriculum to a few select students....

But this fall, educators decided to try a different approach. Instead of selecting a few hundred students for traditional school magnets, officials opened magnet programs at three middle schools to everyone.

As someone who had a magnet school education, I should explain that magnet schools are open to everyone. Students go through an application process, which involves submitting an application and going through at least one interview. Space is limited, and there's usually a lengthy waiting list for applicants who didn't quite make the cut.

The application process combined with the idea behind magnet schools (that students select an area they want to focus in ex. math and science, visual arts, performing arts, language emersion....) is designed to attract students who are not only gifted/talented, but motivated. I'm not really sure what more could be done to make it more open and still maintain the goals of the program.

The most laughable part of this, is that it's all being done in the name of diversity.

"In the future, where we want to move is where it's not so much identifying children as gifted and talented so much as getting them the services they need to reach their potential," said Martin Creel, director of the accelerated enriched instruction division.

Yeah, but some people have more potential than others and those people are gifted/talented. Let's face it, not everyone can be a neurologist. Though shouldn't schools be getting students what they need to reach their potential. Isn't that the goal of education. Diversity means that some students are gifted.

In Fairfax County, educators have created the Young Scholars Program, aimed at identifying kindergartners from underrepresented populations who have potential but might need extra support. The school system also has added expanded honors classes at its middle schools in hopes of giving a broader spectrum of students more opportunities, said Carol Horn, coordinator of gifted programs for the school system.

Or they could try to identify the actual causes of the "underrepresentation". Oh, but wait... that would mean they'd have to do work. Why bother to find an actual solution when you can just fling some half-assed effort around to appease the minorities.

Educators hope that the new approach will help them address why black and Hispanic students continue to lag behind white and Asian counterparts in achievement and why so few take advanced classes or are admitted into accelerated programs.

A worth while question that needs real answers, not the pointless show they're putting on.

Idiot Alert....

New York couple confessess via law suite to being to stupid to realize that their dog should chew food before swallowing it.

The maker of Greenies, the nation's best-selling dog treat that has been blamed by consumers in several pet deaths, plans to clarify feeding instructions and increase the print size on packaging, which included a small-print warning that gulping any item can be harmful and even fatal....

....A New York couple has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the company over the death of their miniature dachshund, Burt.

It gets better, because you know what's currently on the package?

....The directions tell owners which size Greenie is right for their pets' weight and instruct them to watch pets to ensure they chew the treat adequately.

But still too difficult to grasp.... Astonishing. I'd be embarrassed, but these asshats....

"If they did this with kids, they would be out of business," Tayman said.

I hope that doesn't mean this guy is shoving large chunks of food down his kid's throat.... Chew before you swallow. It applys to things with teeth. Dogs have teeth. Ergo, dogs should chew before they swallow. Simple, no?

The U.A.E. Port Deal Post

I've been pretty silent about the U.A.E. port deal so far. Really I just wanted to evaluate my reaction and take a good look at the information out there. It's a good thing too, because I'll be the first to admit that my initial reaction was pretty damn knee jerk. In fact I think alot of people's were (and still are in some cases). Don't get me wrong, I understand their side of things, and the MSM hasn't been helping.

Their outright hatred of George W. Bush has led to blatant and unashamed fear mongering on their part.

Opposing the U.A.E.'s deal is misdirecting effort. Yes, port security is a big deal, but the opperations that the U.A.E. will have control over don't include port security. We shouldn't be focusing on what country the people who hire (many times removed) the people who load and unload containers belong to. We should focus on fixing the fact that the eigth largest port in this country seems to feel that wood blocks on poles is a valid replacement for security cameras.

It's note worthy to see the liberals line up to support what amounts to nothing more than corporate racial profiling. I'm for profiling when it makes sense, but it doesn't in this case. The U.A.E. has been named as being an important and loyal ally in the WoT, and while they may not embody all the ideals of the west, they're further along than other Arab countries. We need to support countries that have moderate practices (at least, more so than their neighbors in an effort to see them become truly moderate), not penalize them over our inability to see beyond their geographical location.

Blocking this deal blocks U.A.E. economic growth and will only serve to distance us from a good ally. Not to mention, that as beacon of freedom and success we should be encouraging the independent economic growth of other countries. Even if it's only because we'll save ourselves trouble down the line. And I don't neccessarily mean terrorism. The more successful and free other countries are, the more likely their criminals are to stay there.

Update: Pamela over at Atlas notes an interesting connection between politicians opposing the deal and campaign contributions from the International Longshoremen's Association.

Update: Michelle Malkin is on the other side on this issue, but her reaction isn't what I would call knee jerk. And I agree with her on the changes that need to be made to CFIUS.

Sensitivity Training....

Apparently the UN feels that using swastikas to harrass an Isralie guard is something that can be fixed with a group hug.

The United Nations has reprimanded a security guard for drawing swastikas on a log sheet later seen by a guard from Israel, a UN spokesman said.

The guard who drew the swastikas was issued a letter of reprimand and was asked to attend sensitivity training for the September incident, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.

Maybe it's just me, but I think insensitive is kind of an understatement.

A UN official speaking on condition of anonymity said the guard had also made Nazi-like salutes to his Israeli colleague. The official, who was not authorized to disclose the information publicly, said the guard was from Jamaica.

I guess the UN would send these guys to sensitivity training too.

Charm City....

My home town's serving as an example....

At least one of the ports where DP World is set to operate, Baltimore, has been dogged by security shortcomings for years. A Baltimore Sun investigation in June 2005 revealed that the port's fiber-optic alarm system on the perimeter fence malfunctioned and was usually switched off, and that port police were so understaffed that their patrol boats often dry-docked because there was no one to operate them. The newspaper also found that a pair of "video cameras" guarding the entrance to one important marine terminal were actually blocks of wood on poles.

Last summer, a tour of the port, the nation's eighth largest, revealed gaps in perimeter fences, unattended gates, surveillances systems that didn't work and insufficient police patrols on land and sea. State officials have acknowledged security gaps and said they have been working to close them.

....An example of the laughable state of homeland security. Blocks of wood on poles.... It'd be funny if it wasn't true.

'06....

...By that, I mean 1906.

When the US acquired Mindanao after the beating Spain in the Spanish-American war, Americans came face to face with what came to be known as asymmetrical warfare. Here were attacks on civilians, beheadings, raids on schools. All the stuff of modern headlines. And in the pre-explosive era the ultimate weapon of Imams was the suicide bomber of the day: the juramentado.

Check out the whole thing at The Belmont Club.

Russian Thug-ocracy...

...Responsible for moving Iraq's WMD's before the war.

"The short answer to the question of where the WMD Saddam bought from the Russians went was that they went to Syria and Lebanon," former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John A. Shaw told an audience Saturday at a privately sponsored "Intelligence Summit" in Alexandria, Va. (www.intelligencesummit.org).

"They were moved by Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) units out of uniform, that were specifically sent to Iraq to move the weaponry and eradicate any evidence of its existence," he said.

Full WMD coverage at Pajamas Media.

I See No Hate Crime....

.../Sarcasm....

French police launched a wide-range investigation on Tuesday after a twenty three-year-old Jewish man was kidnapped and murdered....


Of course the fact that this crime was committed by a gang of muslims couldn't possibly make it a hate crime /sarcasm.....

A police source said the gang is a group of childhood friends who grew up in Bagneux, a suburb south of Paris. The gang includes Muslims of North African descent and is headed by Youssef Fofana, who has escaped police capture so far.

I don't like the idea of "hate crime", but if you're gonna have the legislation you need to apply it equally. LGF has more coverage, but Allison Kaplan Sommer sounded the wake up.

Emergency Pow Wow....

...Over cartoon riots....

This is THE big meeting of the OIC, the Organization of the Islamic Conference. So are they finally going to resolve the Darfur conflict, the Brown-Muslim-on-Black-Muslim genocide that has already claimed an estimated 300,000 lives?

Well, actually, no.


So of course you're wondering why this upstanding gentleman isn't on the link list, and all I have to say in response is, "he is now."

Danish Exports on the Rise....

And how....

Today's Jyllands-Posten says that the growth in 2006 in Danish exports to two countries alone is larger than our total export to the entire Muslim world. The two countries are Germany and USA, and the estimates are even made without considering the Buy Danish-campaigns, that are unfolding in these two countries. If they have an effect, it'll be an extra bonus.

Bwahahah! Frickin, woot. Keep buying Danish- boycott the boycott.

Couldn't Have Said it Better Myself.....

When asked whether he regretted his decision to publish the Mohammed cartoons, in light of the firestorm they unleashed in the Islamic world and threats against him, Flemming said it was like asking a rape victim whether she regretted wearing a short skirt.



Beautiful. Freakin' beautiful.

Bah Humbug....

I'm sure I'm not the only "clever" person to notice that Valentine's Day and Venerial Disease can be abreivated the same way. It's just that I'm not partial to the holiday. I think that it shouldn't take a calander edict to get a person to demonstrate to the one they love, that they hold a special place in their life.

My brother says that the holiday is simply a tool by which the tyrannical couple-ocracy reinforce their fist like hold on society. I suppose he has a point there.

At any rate, for those of you who fancy this blatant excuse for shameless PDA, have a happy one. For those of you who, like me, would rather wake up and have it be the 15th, my happy hour starts at 10:30pm because I work late tomorrow.

People Islam Should Be Proud to Have....

Growing numbers of moderate muslims in Denmark are speaking out in opposition to the cartoon riots and the goals behind them.

Moderates such as Kamran Tahmasebi say they have had enough of fanatic Islamism and its intimidation of the Muslim immigrants in Denmark. “It is an irony that I am today living in a European democratic state and have to fight the same religious fanatics that I fled from in Iran many years ago,” Mr Tahmasebi says. He came to Denmark as a refugee in 1989. Today he works as a social consultant and is very grateful for the life Denmark has made it possible for him to have. He says he no longer wants to keep a low profile to avoid attracting the attention of the imams. The cartoon affair was an incentive for him to stand up and warn against the Islamist imams in Denmark, whom he says are damaging the integration process with their misleading criticism of Danish values and norms.

We need more people like this. Their visability helps show what the two sides of this war really are. Not West vs Arabs, but freedom vs tyranny.

1984 Creepy.....

A company in Cincinnati.

A Cincinnati video surveillance company CityWatcher.com now requires employees to use Verichip human implantable microchips to enter a secure data centre.

Wave of the future or no, it's still damn creepy and I'll thank people out there to keep their creepy microchips from under my skin.

More Link News....

You may notice that the google news link is gone, but the rachel lucas link remains. That's because googel sucks and Rachel Lucas rocked like an all star. If only she were still blogging.....

New Linkage....

This guy is a must read. I strongly advise you to over and check out Che Guevara Lies. Now on the list.

Is It Too Late To Convert....

The Commissar may have just cured my atheism....

I am tired of the Muslim monopoly on unilateral declarations of blasphemy.

Therefore, I hereby declare George W. Bush to be the Prophet of a new religion, The Third Church of High Wingnuttery, also known as the ‘Religion of Two Can Play at This Game.’

Well hell, count me in.

Oh, Sweet....

Batman to kick al Qaeda's ass all over Gotham.

Miller proudly announced the title of his next Batman book, which he will write, draw and ink. Holy Terror, Batman! is no joke. And Miller doesn't hold back on the true purpose of the book, calling it "a piece of propoganda," where 'Batman kicks al Qaeda's ass."

"These are our folk heroes," Miller said. "It just seems silly to chase around the Riddler when you've got Al Qaeda out there."

I haven't owned a comic book in a while, but I am so gonna have to buy this one.
Michelle Malkin has more.

More Couragious Than CNN and NYT Combined...

No Apology, no appeasement is the message these guys want to get out.

We are proud not to take the route of the New York Times, Washington Post or other major newspapers which have not published the cartoons. Their decision to leave their readership uninformed on an issue causing riots, death and damage is irresponsible.

Free speech is all about more speech. We will not allow a hastily written, knee-jerk editorial to undo the work we have done for our readers or intimidate us from carrying that mission out from here.

These students need to know that we're with them.

Dhimmi-crats....

Tigerhawk has a few words for Mr. Gore.

He should be ashamed. But he won't be. The leadership of the Democratic party should disavow Gore's Jiddah speech. But it won't.

I've got a few words for Mr. Gore as well, namely, "Aid and comfort to our enemies in a time of war." Does anyone know what that spells?

Trials....

...of winter.

So this was my car around 8am. Obviously not going anywhere for a while. At least, not without shoveling the entire street (out of the question). Snow!

Now if only they'd plow my street so I can get to work....

Blizzard....

So it's still snowing. Meh.... Pictures tomorrow. Maybe.

Why!?!

Did I have to find this on my own!? Hot Girls, lingerie, and football? This was year three, why am I just hearing about it?
Clearly I am surrounded by worthless people.... Something must be done. But first I have to wipe the drool from my notebook.

Pathetic....

Srinagar, February 10: Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops Friday in Kashmir, burning Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say imposes Western values on Muslim youth....

...."We will not let anyone sell these cards or celebrate Valentine's Day," said Asiya Andrabi, the group's leader, as she held a burning poster in her hand. "These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."


They use these tactics because the stone age death cult that they call a culture can't win simply on its merrits. So long as we believe in western civilization, we'll win this thing because the natural direction of the human race is forward.

Michelle Malkin has more.

It Wouldn't Be Winter....

...without snow in Baltimore. I just looked out my window and sure enough, it's started. Estimated 1 to 3 inches. Yay sledding!!

*If by 1 to 3 inches, you mean almost a foot.

NCLB Can't Cure This....

Pamela at Atlas Shrugs has an excellent round up on the danger facing higher education. Islamofacist funding, what?

First Russia...

...and now the global capital of the spineless.

...France on Friday appeared to lend support to the Russian initiative, dealing another setback to Israeli and U.S. efforts to isolate Hamas until it recognises the Jewish state and renounces violence.

All we need is Germany and the Axis of Weasles will be reconstituted and back up to their old tricks.
But there's also this gem of a quote:

Israel has long ruled out negotiating with Hamas, which masterminded more than 60 suicide bombings against Israelis since 2000 but has largely adhered to a truce declared in March.


Are these guys for real?! I'm actually speechless.... Some things just break your brain, and "Yeah, these guys are murderers, but they really haven't killed that many people since March, so we should be cool with them." , takes the fucking taco, pal. Somebody get these folks some drugs STAT because they are clearly a danger to themselves and others.

Oh, but wait. We're not done yet....

When asked about Russia's invitation to Hamas, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Denis Simonneau said: "As long as we stay within the framework of the objectives and principles that we have fixed, we think that this initiative can contribute towards advancing our position."

"We share with Russia the goal of leading Hamas towards positions that permit reaching the objective of two states living in peace and security," Simonneau said.

Okay, lets see if we can understand this boys and girls. Hamas' charter- their reason for existing is to wipe Israel off the map. How in the hell are you going to get them to accept a two state resolution!?! How do we spell delusion? F-R-A-N-C-E.
Europe is doomed.

Kidnapping Update

There's a new Jill Caroll tape.

BAGHDAD -- Looking healthy and composed, the American reporter kidnapped in Iraq last month appeared on a new videotape aired on an Arab-language television channel today, urging supporters to do whatever necessary to obtain her release.

That's okay news. Even more so, as how they've pushed back the dead line already.

But It's A Bad Idea, Right...../Sarcasm

...President Bush said Thursday that spy work stretching from the U.S. to Asia helped thwart terrorists plotting to use shoe bombs to hijack an airliner and crash it into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast.

But it takes a Clue brick to teach a member of the LLL.

Shirts!

My favorite place for insensitive attire has three new shirts to make you awsome. Now you can wear your stance on the cartoon contraversy. (Well...only if you're a reasonable person who supports Denmark.)

EU Welcomes Its Muslim Overlords....

...with open arms and sealed lips.

In an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph, EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said the charter would encourage the media to show "prudence" when covering religion.

"The press will give the Muslim world the message: We are aware of the consequences of exercising the right of free expression," he told the newspaper. "We can and we are ready to self-regulate that right."

If you remember, the entire purpose behind the original publishing of these cartoons was to test the climate of self censorship in the EU press regarding Islam. Well, it looks like EU beaurorats are gonna eliminate the need for future inquery by laying it right out there in the form of a code of conduct for their media. Not surprising, but appalling none the less.

Not All That Surprising Really....

MADRID (Reuters) -
Russian President, Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he would invite Hamas leaders to Moscow, opening a crack in a wall of U.S.-led opposition to dealing with the Palestinian election winner until it recognized Israel.

After all this is coming from a country with a long history of anti-semitisim, which has been supplying the enemies of Israel with weapons for some time. After the strong arm tactics they tried with the Russia-Ukrain pipeline, it was clear that this Russian government is just thuggery in an expensive suit and red tape. Given all of that it's no wonder Putin is getting all dolled up to make kissy-face with the murderous Hamas.

Hello Pot, This Is Kettel....

Oh shock of shocks.... /sarcasm. More rage from unwashed masses over the cartoons.

A mass demonstration of 100,000 Muslims will take place in London next weekend as anger continues over publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Alright, this is just getting boring now. I mean isn't there anything else for them to protest yet? How about the fact that in the English language a 'q' is always followed by a 'u'?

Faiz Saddiqi, the committee convener, said: "It is a peaceful protest. We will not let it be hijacked by the fringe elements.

Okay dude, you are a fringe element. You live in a free democratic western society and you have your panties all up in a twist because that country refuses to act like the third world hell holes you and your 100,00 fellow jerkoffs hail from.

Oh, It's British...Thank God.

So I wound up with a free ticket to Imagine Me and You last night. To be fair to all involved, I went to this movie with my general philosophy that lesbian movies suck. And then the opening credits started and the movie turned out be British. Thank God. So instead of having to endure three hours of sloppy and superfluous camera work, ugly casting, and just all around shabby writing, I was treated to 90 minutes of plesant and charming. The cast is beautiful, the camera work is clean, the writing is good. The movie manages to be both laugh out loud funny, and honestly touching. I suspect that it's because the movie is just a good romantic comedy that happens to be about two women. Whereas, American lesbian movies are like "GAY! LOOK! IT'S GAY!". Then you get three hours of sunlight streaming through trees for no reason other than the director was like "Ooo, pretty...", and crazed bug-eyed aliens assaulting defenseless Earth women. (Note the insect beast in the center.) I enthusiasticly recommend seeing 'Imagine Me and You'- especialy if you think that most American lesbian films suck.

If By Most....

...you mean the MSM then I suppose this artical would be considerred "fake but accurate"?

Feb. 7, 2006 — While it's known that the blogosphere is growing fast, most people figured that the trend would stop or at least slow down.

Of course I'd also wager that by 'figured' they meant 'hoped'.

Recap....

So I've just spent the past few minutes going over my old sites. I'd like to think I've come a pretty long way since Skullcrusher and R.A.H. Skullcrusher was full of vitrol and rage, which was to be expected. I was 19/20 when I was writing it. Juvenile would be an understatement, yes?
R.A.H. was my first effort at real blogging and I think that at the beginning my admiration for the people I was reading (and for the most part am still reading with addition of a few new brains) drowned out my own voice on the majority of that site. I re-read my first post here at THoRA and while I've absolutely failed in keeping up my previous two sites, I think that I've succeeded in establishing my own voice for the most part. I think that I really just out grew Skullcrusher and R.A.H., so it's good that I'm no longer posting there. It'd only serve to hold me back. But one of the things that I haven't done here is talk about my home town. I'm gonna try to work on that. Don't get me wrong, I still want to get the hell out of this city, but it also has its good points. I'm going to try...not to be even handed,....but to be honest about it.
It's been an interesting ride so far, and if there's anyone out there (which I tend to doubt) thanks for sticking with me so far and I hope you stay around. I'm just warming up here and things are only gonna get better.
So if you're out there, thanks for stopping in. If you're not out there yet, I'm sure you will be, so thanks for stopping in.
-Candace

It Warms The Heart....

...To read things like this.

DALLAS (Reuters) - President Bush's call for the United States to end its dependence on Middle East oil has become "the topic of the hour" for Saudi Arabia and left the it wondering what the White House has in mind, the Saudi ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday.

Don't worry your terrorist funding little heads over it, amigos. You'll find out soon enough. Heheheh......

So I'v Kinda Been Slackin'....

The above is how the west handles a disagreement. This is how Islam handles it. RoPMA.

Meh heh....

The Folks over at SA have a delicious post today.
I give you the Anonymous Muslim Man Complaint Box.
Read and enjoy.

Video Goodness....

Charles at LGF has this little treat. Michelle Malkin has this piece of awsome-ness.

Watch 'em both. God Mrs. Malkin is so hot.

Another Asshat....

...who's perfectly willing to declare to the world that they're too stupid to take care of themselves.

Apple Computer’s popular iPod music player was facing a new legal threat after an aggrieved customer filed a class action complaint claiming the comany did not adequately warn customers about the potential for damaging hearing loss from playing its popular music player at full volume.

That's right boys and girls, apparently the fact that listening to loud things directly in your ears causes hearing loss is a news flash to this jerkoff.

RoPMA....

Michelle Malkin has an impressive collection of images from London. The sad part is that tons of people still won't get it- even after images like that.

Sign Of The Times....

Dr. Helen notices an upswing in Republican bashing on prime time. I just think it's another reason to watch Battlestar Gallactica and buy Firefly on DVD.

Fingers Crossed....

So this morning I had an interview for a new job. With any luck I'll be able to quit the fuck out of my current job very very soon.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. Better hours, more money, less burnout. I'll cut deals with the universe to get this job.

Call To Arms...

Boycot Citgo!
Apparently Chavez's Sheehe fueled nightmares have cause him to speak further insanity.
Indeed, he threatens to take down America using Citgo (as how the Venezuelan government is the sole owner).
Meh... silly commie. Capitalism is economic democracy and you're about to get voted the fuck out.
(Or at least taken down a notch or two.)
Atlas Shrugs has more.