“By their fruits ye shall know them. Oh, and chaps are a dead giveaway, too…”
August 15, 2007
a haiku that, for no reason whatever, imagines Jesus Christ as a modern-day conservative
“Orang-utans home destroyed for bio-diesel”
Uh-oh. Now they gone and did it. Clint Eastwood is going to be, like, so pissed! From the Telegraph (UK): The Orang-utans of Borneo are facing an unprecedented threat as their habitat is destroyed to satisfy increasing global demands for bio-fuel. As jungles are rapidly replaced by palm oil plantations, the great apes starve and are hunted, mutilated, burnt and snared by workers protecting their crops.At a rehabilitation centre run
From Russia with Love
And likely a whole boatload of potato vodka. To, you know — set the mood. — Or dull the pain, if your wife happens to look like a female Yakov Smirnoff.
“U.S. agents accused of aiding Islamist scheme”
From the Washington Times: A criminal investigations report says several U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees are accused of aiding Islamic extremists with identification fraud and of exploiting the visa system for personal gain. The confidential 2006 USCIS report said that despite the severity of the potential security breaches, most are not investigated “due to lack of resources” in the agency’s internal affairs department. “Two District Adjudications Officers are allegedly
The Mystery of the Encased Rounds
Which, of course, is not really a “mystery” at all. In fact, if stories like this were any less surprising, then we’d have something to be surprised about. Of note: those most likely to believe these kinds of stories are those in the West who have little experience with firearms, but a whole lot of experience decrying their evils. Which is precisely at whom propaganda pieces like this are aimed
“Al Qaeda in Iraq Has Lost 75% of Civilian Leadership”
At least, so says Major Abed Alkariem Khalaf, speaking the Iraqi defense ministry, in this translated account from Buratha News: “Smuggling mobs from Alrumailah area have been arrested after they were spotted by these surveillance plans.” Khalaf added, “Alqaida elements have lost their offensive capabilities and have become defensive. This is because Alqaida in Iraq has lost over 75% of its civilian leadership due to daily attacks and ambushes carried
