A: No, Shep, it’s not. Now, if there’s nothing else, I’d like to finish putting up the bunting and getting the 6’ sub ready for the party. Which, I decided to go with ham. Because I so enjoy the irony. **** (via Allah)
June 8, 2006
June 8, 2006
From the “It certainly could have been worse” files, #126
126. The plaintiff could have been a breeder of St. Bernards. Or a red-hot poker salesperson. So. Silver linings and what not. (h/t Beck)
June 8, 2006
Overheard inside a Baquba bunker, Thursday, June 8
First militant: “So…” Second militant: “So.” First militant: Second militant: First militant: “…Do you think he’s at least, you know—enjoying his virgins?” Second militant: “That depends, brother. Do you suppose Allah will permit him to saw their filthy heads off with a hunting knife once he’s done dribbling his seed on their bellies? Because otherwise, I doubt he’ll get much pleasure from them.” First militant: “Peace be upon him.” Second
June 8, 2006
Zarqawi: dead as a boot (UPDATED)
From CNN: A painstaking, weeks-long intelligence operation, acting on tips from Iraqi civilians, led to the U.S. airstrike that killed “al Qaeda in Iraq” leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the military said Thursday. The U.S.-led coalition’s most wanted man in Iraq was killed Wednesday in an Air Force attack on a safe house near Baquba, giving Iraq a chance to “turn the tide” in the fight against the nation’s insurgency, President