Headlines
Man Robs Bank Armed with McDonald's Apple Pies
Police Arrest Naked Man Found Covered in Peanut Butter & Chocolate
Man Dies After Swallowing Dentures During Sex
'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius dead
James Farentino dies at 73
White Castle Considers Offering Beer and Wine(I thought is where people went when already drunk)
America is Drunk(someone needs to slap Dr. Keith Ablow or buy him a drink or two)
Occupiers Pissing on Churches Housing Them (Literally)
Riddle Me This
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, right?
Feel free to discuss in the comments.
Slippery Slope Becomes Greased Slide
Gah….and I was having such a good morning. I just had to go look at the news:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that the Department of Defense will begin allowing Muslim and Sikh students who wear an Islamic head scarf (hijab) or a turban to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC).
Now, I don’t have anything against Sikhs at all. But the whole point of JROTC is to help groom kids for a future in the military, a uniform military. But because one young woman had to transfer out of her ROTC class due to her hijab, CAIR had to make sure to exert influence.
CAIR requested constitutionally-protected religious accommodations for the girl and for future Muslim JROTC participants.
I know for a fact that Catholics cannot carry a rosary in their hands while in uniform. I have never seen a Jew wearing a yamulke while in uniform (please, correct me if I’m wrong). What I do know is that no complaints about that have ever been filed by Christians or Jews. But I guess this is where the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Soon enough, young men will be allowed to sport beards. Looking at the bright side, at least we will know who they are, and where to aim, if necessary.
I do wonder if they will let my kids show their crucifixes now.
Virtual Criminals
I really don’t know what is more screwed up: that playing a videogame may be grounds to charge one with a crime, or that it’s the International Order of the Red Cross that says so.
The Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun.
Now, I understand that this organization is tasked with observing and reporting violations of the Geneva Convention, but how exactly is a 14 year old sitting in his room, playing a game consensually with other like-minded people online violating a “humanitarian law” written for the express purpose of times of war?
Especially when the characters can be reset to life again??
In its daily bulletin, the ICRC&RC stated that “for the first time, Movement partners discussed our role and responsibility to take action against violations of IHL in video games”. Apparently they seem to think a kid who is a sharpshooter on Call of Duty Doing Modern Warfare During World at War with Black Ops while Reaching Halos is going to go outside and grab the nearest AK 47/uzi/P90 and massacre the entire neighborhood.
“While National Societies shared their experiences and opinions, there is clearly no simple answer. There is, however, an overall consensus and motivation to take action.”
You may ask yourselves why this very big, very influential organization is now worried about 600 million people playing war videogames. Well, they videogaming industry is a multi-billion dollar industry which has so far escaped the wrath of the global body to which the ICRC&RC reports Geneva Convention violations: The United Nations. And y’all just know they want a piece of that pie.
But like we in the real world understand, their is a difference between fantasy and reality. And the videogame industry, unlike governments, will not take this bent over while asking for a reach around.
Karma is Feeling Groovy
Oh yes…. Karma is quite the unrepentant bitch, and rightly so. Witness how she just gave Julian Assange a taste of his own medicide*:
The autobiography of Julian Assange is published today despite attempts by the WikiLeaks founder to suppress it after a bitter row with its publisher.
Oh, the rich, rich taste of that bastard’s tears!!
Actually, forget tasting them. Just go ahead and bathe in them.
“I have kept my own counsel about the matter until now,” he writes. “It will be difficult to keep anger out of this account, owing to the sheer level of malice and opportunism that has driven the case against me.”
Newsflash, you idiot: YOU brought this upon yourself. YOU were the one who insisted that EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD should be available to EVERYONE. YOU were the one who laughed at the concept of “privacy”. Now, you are making a mockery of yourself, pining for the same privacy that you felt no one and no country should ever have.
You wanted to play God on your terms, and forgot the other side of the coin, Assange. Welcome to Karma, and I hope you choke on that bitter pill.
*I speak Jive 
Update [ArmedGeek]: In honor of hilljohnny’s birthday, I present him with an array of asses.
What? Two is an “array”!
Remembering
Last Friday, I overheard a woman speaking to her friend how she just didn’t understand why we don’t move on and not think about 9/11/01 any more. To her, it was just so long ago, and we should just put it behind us. I admit, I was very angry. Forgetting is the first step in repeating, after all. But 9/11 was not “long ago”. Not when you have a gaping hole still seeping in the middle of New York City, one that wounds the Nation’s soul. A gaping hole that keeps being salted by the likes of political correctness. I ask you, how can you forget about this:
Courtesy of XbradTC
Remembering gives us hope. Remembering gives us a goal. Remembering honors those who were killed, and those who died to protect us.
Forgetting lets the terrorists win.
Crossposted in part at Sithy Things.
Just Words
Last night I happened to be lurking at The Rott, when I read something that really surprised me. One of the frequent commenters there, and an avowed liberal, opined that we support terrorists. He was speaking, of course, of the conservatives in Washington, D.C., not muslim jihadists. Several Rotties were rather incensed, including myself. Until I remembered the ol’ lefty trick of taking a word and changing its meaning to suit the need:
Pro-choice: leftspeak for abortion.
Liberal: leftspeak for socialist.
Progressive: leftspeak for communist.
And it clicked. This is indeed a compliment coming from a liberal. If standing up for the Constitution, wanting the gov’t to stop spending money it doesn’t have, wanting the gov’t to stop borrowing on credit from other gov’ts, and just plain trying to bring this country back from the brink of financial ruin makes me a terrorist, so be it.
Since most liberals can’t ever use that term against murdering islamofacist assholes who want to turn this world into their own personal hell, I’m happy to be called a terrorist.
It’s time to play their game against them, and never back down.
Heterosexual Pride!!
I’m not cheering for myself here. Although I guess I would qualify. No, I’m cheering for Brazil, of all places. In particular, the city of Sao Paolo. The city council has passed a measure calling for Heterosexual Pride Day!
The legislation’s author, Carlos Apolinario, said the idea for a Heterosexual Pride Day is “not anti-gay but a protest against the privileges the gay community enjoys.” As an example, he mentioned how São Paulo’s huge gay pride day parade is held every year on Paulista Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in this city of 20 million people, while the March for Jesus organized by evangelical groups is not allowed on the same avenue.
And what happens when you bring equality into the equation? The side who enjoys it freaks out.
“The celebration of heterosexual pride is inappropriate because it belittles the just cause of the LGBT community,” the statement added. “Unlike homosexuals, heterosexuals are not discriminated against simply for being heterosexuals.”
Newsflash: this isn’t about YOU!! This is about affording the same courtesy to all groups, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, or whatever the hell they call it now. I have no issue against gay pride parades. I have the choice to not watch and to not attend, just as they have the choice to not watch or not attend the March for Jesus. But when you have clear preferential treatment given to one group over another, as the example above shows, you have a problem. Brazil doesn’t have the same equal opportunity measures that we in the US enjoy, so this legislation is a huge deal for the clear majority. Yet the minority has to speak out against it, because equality is a one way street.
As though to drive home the reason why the gay community should be given superior rights, they play their trump card.
In a recent report, the gay rights group Grupo Gay da Bahia said 260 gays were murdered last year in Brazil, up 113 percent from five years earlier.
That statistic is tragic in and of itself, but pales in comparison to the crime stats for Brazil: under “murders committed by youths“, the total is 20,386. And 20,126 were heterosexuals. Who are the criminals really targeting??
Marvel-ling at Affirmative Action
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to relive your childhood. I used to read comic books when I was young, and loved how the good guys always won, and the bad guys were vanquished, and evil was held back for another day. And I always understood that heroes didn’t die, and by extension, neither did villains. Seriously, what would be the fun in that??
But now, Marvel has decided to jump the shark five times over. Because the first time was just too much fun.
[I]n the Ultimates series, Peter Parker gets killed at the hands of his nemesis the Green Goblin. But, being a comic book series, no hero stays dead for long. While Peter Parker may be gone, a new kid is stepping into the tights: Miles Morales.
Miles Morales is a half-black, half-Hispanic super-powered teen who gets into the hero game after being inspired by Parker’s death.
Yes, I know the Ultimate Series is different than the standard line. But not only do they kill of Spidey, his replacement has to meet Affirmative Action approval. Now, I could care less what ethnicity a superhero has. But I do care when suddenly, they start changing ethnicities and races of previous characters.
Nick Fury is now black.
Heimdahl, the freakin’ WHITE GOD, is now black.
Interestingly, previous characters that were black, have not been made into other races or ethnicities in the Ultimate Series, like Blade and War Machine. In the Marvel Universe, Affirmative Action is a one-way street.
Give Peas a Chance
A few days ago, cbullitt, AKA C Monster, AKA SOYLENT GREEN posted a flyer that I gratuitously and creatively borrowed for your perusal:
Here is a larger view, and complete poster for your viewing pleasure. Or retching. I was clicking around the internet trying to find out more information on this, when I happened to find a Seattle Area calendar of events for the month of October:
OCTOBER is LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX HISTORY Month.
OCT 2, Mohandas GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY.
OCT 11, National Coming Out Day is an internationally- observed day for coming out and conversation about GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) issues.
OCT 16, United Nations WORLD FOOD DAY.
OCT 22, NATIONAL DAY AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.
OCT 24, UNITED NATIONS DAY.
OCT 26, everywhere; INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY. (I was confused at this, until I read it was for hermaphrodites. Yep, they get a day, too.)
SUN OCT 31, UNICEF DAY.
And in between those there were plenty more days devoted to “democratic” actions, such as protesting the tenth anniversary of the Afghan War. The irony of their protest escapes them.
As to the flyer itself, there are no words. I found it especially galling that right under “Creating a more Democratic Classroom” they have “The Line Between Us: Teaching about the Border and Mexican Immigration” and “Black Student/ White School”.
It’s no wonder it’s derided as the Left Coast.
Gates of Hell
Color me oh, so shocked. Our esteemed Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates is touring Afghanistan on his last days as Sec Def, has basically sold out our military to the altar of politics.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Marines on Sunday that they won’t be able to opt out of their enlistment just because they disagree with a government decision to end a ban on gays serving openly in the military.
If that isn’t a slap in the face, I don’t know what is. I admit I was excited to see the President of Texas A&M University get picked to be Sec Def after Donald Rumsfeld retired (or was thrown under the bus). Gates had shown a lot of improvement at my alma mater, though some things struck an odd note with some Old Ags, like keeping the office of the Vice President of Diversity. And under Bush he did a fair job of being diplomatic. But in my opinion, he wasn’t chosen to be a diplomat.
And we he chose to stay under Prez Obama, I knew it was a problem. He chose to follow whoever is in office, rather than speak for the men and women of our military. And a man like that will not stand for anything.
“We have not given the Marines a chance to decide whether they wish to continue serving [without the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy]. Is there going to be an option for those Marines that no longer wish to serve due to the fact their moral values have not changed?” [the sergeant] asked.
“No,” Gates responded. “You’ll have to complete your … enlistment just like everybody else.”
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“[Y]ou don’t agree with each other on a lot of things,” he added. “But you still serve together. And you work together. And you look out for each other. And that’s all that matters.”
According to Gates, there is “training” underway to prepare the military for the new policy.
When I was going to school, we called that “re-education.”
Congratulations, Mr. Gates. You were the first one to screw our military under the new policy. Have a cigar.
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