Tuesday, September 30
Muslim who killed his daughter over her Western lifestyle:
"When Abdalla Yones learnt that his 16-year-old child, Heshu, had begun seeing a Christian teenager he stabbed her 11 times. After breaking down the door of the bathroom where she had barricaded herself in, he slit her throat leaving her to bleed to death."
Yet another example of the fine, peace-loving Islamic faith.
"When Abdalla Yones learnt that his 16-year-old child, Heshu, had begun seeing a Christian teenager he stabbed her 11 times. After breaking down the door of the bathroom where she had barricaded herself in, he slit her throat leaving her to bleed to death."
Yet another example of the fine, peace-loving Islamic faith.
Friday, September 26
Fool.com: 10 Great Quotes [Special] August 14, 2003:
"Famous dad Bill Gates, Sr.
On the estate tax: We just feel like it is not a healthy thing for our country to have a huge amount of inherited wealth in the hands of a small number of people. It seems like a very just and appropriate point in time to, in effect, reimburse the government for the benefits of living in this country and enjoying all the wonders that are provided by a country such as ours."
Besides being pure unadulterated Socialism straight out of Communist Manifesto, this has to be definitely one of the stupidest things ever said. The fact that there are too many people in America -- they're called Democrats -- who believe that the Imperial Federal Government (IFG) is the be-all end-all, and who believe that American people have a responsibility to serve the IFG, disgusts me! Now, if Mr. Gates wishes to voluntarily make the IFG his primary beneficiary, that is his business. However, the wealth that I work so very hard for all my life should go to who *I* decide and not go feed an insatiable monster that is the IFG. What Democrats don't understand is that government exists to serve the people. Government's role is to facilitate the people to achieve what they desire. The people do not exist to facilitate the IFG from achieving what it desires.
"Famous dad Bill Gates, Sr.
On the estate tax: We just feel like it is not a healthy thing for our country to have a huge amount of inherited wealth in the hands of a small number of people. It seems like a very just and appropriate point in time to, in effect, reimburse the government for the benefits of living in this country and enjoying all the wonders that are provided by a country such as ours."
Besides being pure unadulterated Socialism straight out of Communist Manifesto, this has to be definitely one of the stupidest things ever said. The fact that there are too many people in America -- they're called Democrats -- who believe that the Imperial Federal Government (IFG) is the be-all end-all, and who believe that American people have a responsibility to serve the IFG, disgusts me! Now, if Mr. Gates wishes to voluntarily make the IFG his primary beneficiary, that is his business. However, the wealth that I work so very hard for all my life should go to who *I* decide and not go feed an insatiable monster that is the IFG. What Democrats don't understand is that government exists to serve the people. Government's role is to facilitate the people to achieve what they desire. The people do not exist to facilitate the IFG from achieving what it desires.
Jonah Goldberg: Recall election shows too much democracy is dangerous:
"As I've said before, the people of California elected Gray Davis and now they must be punished."
"As I've said before, the people of California elected Gray Davis and now they must be punished."
Aging Actor Tony Randall Fantasizes About His Funeral:
"He said his 6-year-old daughter, Julia, is old enough to appreciate the subject of death, and actually revels in it.
'She loves to talk about death,' Randall said. 'She loves stories about death. If I start a story, she says 'Does anyone die in this?' and I say 'No,' she doesn't want to hear it.' "
"He said his 6-year-old daughter, Julia, is old enough to appreciate the subject of death, and actually revels in it.
'She loves to talk about death,' Randall said. 'She loves stories about death. If I start a story, she says 'Does anyone die in this?' and I say 'No,' she doesn't want to hear it.' "
Wednesday, September 24
:
"Computer virus W32. Swen. A has afflicted more than 100 PCs in Viet Nam"
Wow! That's almost all of them!
"Computer virus W32. Swen. A has afflicted more than 100 PCs in Viet Nam"
Wow! That's almost all of them!
Yahoo! News - U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List:
"A federal court in Oklahoma has blocked the national 'do not call' list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, one week before it was due to take effect."
WTF?! How can any reasonable, sober person be against people opting-out of receiving telemarketing calls? This is clearly NOT a First Amendment issue. As much as we would like them to go to Hell, nobody is putting the telemarketing industry out of business. They only can call those who actually WANT to be disturbed at all hours of the day, during dinner, during Jerry Springer, etc. Why should we pay for a phone line if we have to receive unsolicited junk phone calls? If they wanted to pay my phone bill for me, that is one thing. I wonder what the judge was smoking when he made his ruling. Hopefully a non-stoner judge will see the truth and make the correct ruling and overthrow the telemarketing industries whining and tell them to get a effing life.
"A federal court in Oklahoma has blocked the national 'do not call' list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, one week before it was due to take effect."
WTF?! How can any reasonable, sober person be against people opting-out of receiving telemarketing calls? This is clearly NOT a First Amendment issue. As much as we would like them to go to Hell, nobody is putting the telemarketing industry out of business. They only can call those who actually WANT to be disturbed at all hours of the day, during dinner, during Jerry Springer, etc. Why should we pay for a phone line if we have to receive unsolicited junk phone calls? If they wanted to pay my phone bill for me, that is one thing. I wonder what the judge was smoking when he made his ruling. Hopefully a non-stoner judge will see the truth and make the correct ruling and overthrow the telemarketing industries whining and tell them to get a effing life.
Tuesday, September 23
Belafonte urges the poor to vote:
"Harry Belafonte, lecturing at a community organizing workshop, told participants the only way out of poverty is through the voting booth."
Naturally! Education won't get you out of poverty. Good choices in life won't get you out of poverty. Hard work won't get you out of poverty. The only way out of poverty is to use the police power of the Imperial Federal Government to take money away from those do have an education, do make good choices, and do work hard and drag them down closer to poverty with you.
Any chance we can deport Harry Belefonte to Cuba or North Korea or California where his hairbrained ideas have improverished and oppressed the people and driven the economy into the ground by stifling achievement?
"Harry Belafonte, lecturing at a community organizing workshop, told participants the only way out of poverty is through the voting booth."
Naturally! Education won't get you out of poverty. Good choices in life won't get you out of poverty. Hard work won't get you out of poverty. The only way out of poverty is to use the police power of the Imperial Federal Government to take money away from those do have an education, do make good choices, and do work hard and drag them down closer to poverty with you.
Any chance we can deport Harry Belefonte to Cuba or North Korea or California where his hairbrained ideas have improverished and oppressed the people and driven the economy into the ground by stifling achievement?
Fifth Column II - The Washington Times: Commentary
A Muslim Army chaplain has been arrested for espionage. Do you remember Sgt. Asan Akbar? He's the Muslim who rolled a grenade into his commander's tent in Kuwait. It has been suggested he could have been influenced by a Muslim chaplain. Did you know that there are 14 Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military, and nine of them were trained in an institution supported by the Saudi government? Did you know that this Saudi-supported institution has reported ties to Islamic terrorist organizations?
A Muslim Army chaplain has been arrested for espionage. Do you remember Sgt. Asan Akbar? He's the Muslim who rolled a grenade into his commander's tent in Kuwait. It has been suggested he could have been influenced by a Muslim chaplain. Did you know that there are 14 Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military, and nine of them were trained in an institution supported by the Saudi government? Did you know that this Saudi-supported institution has reported ties to Islamic terrorist organizations?
Wasting a good opportunity - The Washington Times: Commentary:
"The Democrats' approach has been to deny the existence of government waste. A high-ranking appropriations official recently claimed cutting waste is impossible because every entitlement dollar goes to a legitimate recipient. In other words, not a dollar is lost to administrative waste or efficiencies, and no one is cheating federal programs."
(And I have oceanfront property in Arizona.)
"The Democrats' approach has been to deny the existence of government waste. A high-ranking appropriations official recently claimed cutting waste is impossible because every entitlement dollar goes to a legitimate recipient. In other words, not a dollar is lost to administrative waste or efficiencies, and no one is cheating federal programs."
(And I have oceanfront property in Arizona.)
Saudis bar 'Jewish' Barbie doll - The Washington Times: United Press International
This is explains why Barbie is blond and WASPish. Yet another example of the "peace-loving" and "enlightened" Islamic faith.
This is explains why Barbie is blond and WASPish. Yet another example of the "peace-loving" and "enlightened" Islamic faith.
Monday, September 22
Town guru stays up late to kill computer virus
You know you live in a small town when... you are referred to as "the town network specialist", ala the town apothecary.
You know you live in a small town when... you are referred to as "the town network specialist", ala the town apothecary.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
"These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."
In other words, all these rights and freedoms, including "life, liberty and security" (as opposed to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), can only be exercised in such a way that it is approved by the United Nations. BTW, this is the same document that William Jefferson Blythe Clinton said is the greatest document ever written by mankind -- presumably greater than the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution.
"These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."
In other words, all these rights and freedoms, including "life, liberty and security" (as opposed to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), can only be exercised in such a way that it is approved by the United Nations. BTW, this is the same document that William Jefferson Blythe Clinton said is the greatest document ever written by mankind -- presumably greater than the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution.
Independent Florida Alligator - NEWS:
"Three patrol vehicles and one emergency medical service vehicle all had their lights flashing when Rodrigo Andres Forero, 21, drove into the back of one of the stopped vehicles. "
How drunk do you have to be to not see three EMS vehicles with their lights flashing ahead of you?
"Three patrol vehicles and one emergency medical service vehicle all had their lights flashing when Rodrigo Andres Forero, 21, drove into the back of one of the stopped vehicles. "
How drunk do you have to be to not see three EMS vehicles with their lights flashing ahead of you?
Tow truck driver faces daily harassment from locals :
"[SFCC junior Martha] Lowe said they thought their cars were parked legally.
Watson’s Towing drivers said the cars were parked on the lawn of a resident, who called to have them towed."
That's the problem with living in a small redneck town. With all the cars parked on the front lawn, many of them on blocks, everyone thinks it okay to park anywhere they can.
"[SFCC junior Martha] Lowe said they thought their cars were parked legally.
Watson’s Towing drivers said the cars were parked on the lawn of a resident, who called to have them towed."
That's the problem with living in a small redneck town. With all the cars parked on the front lawn, many of them on blocks, everyone thinks it okay to park anywhere they can.
Cheaper Doesn't Mean Better. Ask a Canadian (washingtonpost.com):
"The system that produces cut-rate Celebrex and Vioxx may look attractive if you're seeking to save your constituents a few dollars on prescriptions, but it comes with a pretty severe, and rarely mentioned, side effect: It restricts Canadians' access to the newest cutting-edge drugs."
"The system that produces cut-rate Celebrex and Vioxx may look attractive if you're seeking to save your constituents a few dollars on prescriptions, but it comes with a pretty severe, and rarely mentioned, side effect: It restricts Canadians' access to the newest cutting-edge drugs."
Friday, September 19
Independent Florida Alligator - EDITORIAL:
"Next we send a close-enough-to-California-for-madness DART to Seattle voters who supported caffeine dependency with a vote against a 10-cent tax on espresso drinks to pay for expanded pre-school programs."
Here, once again, as with the Dale Earnhardt autopsy photos, the Liberal Elite get it 100% wrong. It is a good thing that voters in Seattle voted down yet another tax on the "rich". So many expensive spending programs and confiscatory taxes are levied "for the children" against the "rich". With the Liberals removing so many people from the tax rolls and placing increasing tax burden on the productive segment of the economy, most people don't have a problem with this because they don't pay taxes anyway.
The voters in Seattle finally realized that if they drank coffee -- and not the el-cheapo rot-gut variety -- they are "rich" and deserve to have their money taken away from them "for the children." When the tax man came knocking on their door, they said "No!". All we have to do now is get the rest of America to realize that taxes are bad and that taxes hurt the economy.
"Next we send a close-enough-to-California-for-madness DART to Seattle voters who supported caffeine dependency with a vote against a 10-cent tax on espresso drinks to pay for expanded pre-school programs."
Here, once again, as with the Dale Earnhardt autopsy photos, the Liberal Elite get it 100% wrong. It is a good thing that voters in Seattle voted down yet another tax on the "rich". So many expensive spending programs and confiscatory taxes are levied "for the children" against the "rich". With the Liberals removing so many people from the tax rolls and placing increasing tax burden on the productive segment of the economy, most people don't have a problem with this because they don't pay taxes anyway.
The voters in Seattle finally realized that if they drank coffee -- and not the el-cheapo rot-gut variety -- they are "rich" and deserve to have their money taken away from them "for the children." When the tax man came knocking on their door, they said "No!". All we have to do now is get the rest of America to realize that taxes are bad and that taxes hurt the economy.
Brent Bozell: Superheroes for saving Saddam?:
Superheroes for saving Saddam?
"It was only a matter of time, I suppose. Comic-book superheroes have gone into the liberal political indoctrination business."
Superheroes for saving Saddam?
"It was only a matter of time, I suppose. Comic-book superheroes have gone into the liberal political indoctrination business."
Thursday, September 18
Fool.com: Steal This Column [Commentary] September 12, 2003:
"America Online, despite serving as a high-speed hub of P2P commiseration, is part of the same AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) media giant that owns Warner Music, one of the five major record labels. It's a conflict of interest that became notoriously transparent when the RIAA's list of 261 violators reportedly didn't include a single AOL subscriber."
"America Online, despite serving as a high-speed hub of P2P commiseration, is part of the same AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) media giant that owns Warner Music, one of the five major record labels. It's a conflict of interest that became notoriously transparent when the RIAA's list of 261 violators reportedly didn't include a single AOL subscriber."
'60s radical Boudin free - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics
Lesson learned: If you are a Liberal and you happen to murder three people, including two police officers, the worst that will happen to you is just a 22-year slap on the wrist and then you will go free as a bird.
Lesson learned: If you are a Liberal and you happen to murder three people, including two police officers, the worst that will happen to you is just a 22-year slap on the wrist and then you will go free as a bird.
Biden wants rich to pay for Iraq -- The Washington Times:
"'They know it's right; they know it's fair,' [Sen. Joe Biden] said of the wealthiest 1 percent, who paid 37 percent of the nation's personal taxes in 2000. 'No one has asked anything of them.' "
Yeah, no one has anything of them... except pay 36% more than their fair share of federal income taxes. Mind you, the wealthiest 25% (aka the rich... making fore than $55K) pay 84% of the taxes. And the wealthiest 50% pay 96% of the taxes. If you have a job and are productive, pay up. The government has to pay people on welfare to not work and watch Jerry Springer Show all day.
"'They know it's right; they know it's fair,' [Sen. Joe Biden] said of the wealthiest 1 percent, who paid 37 percent of the nation's personal taxes in 2000. 'No one has asked anything of them.' "
Yeah, no one has anything of them... except pay 36% more than their fair share of federal income taxes. Mind you, the wealthiest 25% (aka the rich... making fore than $55K) pay 84% of the taxes. And the wealthiest 50% pay 96% of the taxes. If you have a job and are productive, pay up. The government has to pay people on welfare to not work and watch Jerry Springer Show all day.
Tuesday, September 16
Money Man' Tosses Cash Into Fla. Crowd (washingtonpost.com):
Understatement of the day: A guy instigates a riot that result in a dozen people being injured, six of whom were taken to the hospital, and "a mall spokeswoman said the event was being evaluated to determine if anything should have been done differently."
Understatement of the day: A guy instigates a riot that result in a dozen people being injured, six of whom were taken to the hospital, and "a mall spokeswoman said the event was being evaluated to determine if anything should have been done differently."
New license law may spell trouble for Democrats
A year ago Gray Davis vetoes a bill that would allow illegal aliens to get driver's licenses in California. Last week he was facing a recall and, knowing that illegal aliens vote in California, he went ahead and signed that bill. Uh oh, it looks like Davis may have ticked off some more Californians. Note how this story from the San Francisco Chronicle refers to these folks as "undocumented immigrants." Gawd, this PC BS drives me just nuts. They're freaking illegal aliens, dammit.
A year ago Gray Davis vetoes a bill that would allow illegal aliens to get driver's licenses in California. Last week he was facing a recall and, knowing that illegal aliens vote in California, he went ahead and signed that bill. Uh oh, it looks like Davis may have ticked off some more Californians. Note how this story from the San Francisco Chronicle refers to these folks as "undocumented immigrants." Gawd, this PC BS drives me just nuts. They're freaking illegal aliens, dammit.
Thursday, September 4
Fool.com: Qwest Still Looking [The Motley Fool Take] September 3, 2003:
"We joke here at the Fool about the real cause of rising gas prices. Is it the money-guzzling oil companies, the tax-guzzling government, or the gas-guzzling SUVs? "
"We joke here at the Fool about the real cause of rising gas prices. Is it the money-guzzling oil companies, the tax-guzzling government, or the gas-guzzling SUVs? "
Wednesday, September 3
Johnny Depp Likens U.S. to 'Dumb Puppy'
Any chance we can have his citizenship revoked so he can stay in his precious surrender-loving Liberty-hating tax-and-spend frog-land forever? It's not like we are forced to watch his movies. We can choose to send him a message in a way he might understand, with our wallets.
Any chance we can have his citizenship revoked so he can stay in his precious surrender-loving Liberty-hating tax-and-spend frog-land forever? It's not like we are forced to watch his movies. We can choose to send him a message in a way he might understand, with our wallets.
Symantec Enterprise Solutions:
"'It would be a great idea if the software industry had to pay attention to [the] product safety and security liability laws that other products have to adhere to,' said Dennis Treece, director of corporate security at the Massachusetts Port Authority in Boston."
IMHO, it would also be a great idea if users would use their brains for a second and think before opening an unexpected file attachment from a stranger. Blaster is not as tricky as Klez. Klez uses a double-dot file extensions to make malicious files look innocuous. Blaster sends PIF and SCR files, which are red flags for malicious code. Yet tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people reflexively open these files.
"'It would be a great idea if the software industry had to pay attention to [the] product safety and security liability laws that other products have to adhere to,' said Dennis Treece, director of corporate security at the Massachusetts Port Authority in Boston."
IMHO, it would also be a great idea if users would use their brains for a second and think before opening an unexpected file attachment from a stranger. Blaster is not as tricky as Klez. Klez uses a double-dot file extensions to make malicious files look innocuous. Blaster sends PIF and SCR files, which are red flags for malicious code. Yet tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people reflexively open these files.
Symantec Enterprise Solutions:
"The attacks disrupted service at some large companies. On Aug. 20, Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX Corp., which owns the largest rail network in the eastern U.S., had to halt passenger and freight train services—including the morning commuter trains in metropolitan Washington—as a result of Blaster. The worm caused 'significant slowdowns' to major applications, including dispatching and signal systems, according to a note on the CSX Web site.
Air Canada's reservation and airport check-in systems were similarly affected by Blaster, causing the Saint-Laurent, Quebec-based airline to delay and even cancel some flights on Aug 19."
"The attacks disrupted service at some large companies. On Aug. 20, Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX Corp., which owns the largest rail network in the eastern U.S., had to halt passenger and freight train services—including the morning commuter trains in metropolitan Washington—as a result of Blaster. The worm caused 'significant slowdowns' to major applications, including dispatching and signal systems, according to a note on the CSX Web site.
Air Canada's reservation and airport check-in systems were similarly affected by Blaster, causing the Saint-Laurent, Quebec-based airline to delay and even cancel some flights on Aug 19."
Tuesday, September 2
Bruce Bartlett: Gasoline price controls would be a disaster:
"Last week, Mr. Cruz Bustamante proposed amending the California state constitution to allow the Public Utilities Commission to regulate gasoline prices. “Californians are being gouged,” he charged. His proposal would require oil companies to justify price increases and regulate their profits in the state.
...[I]t will lead to gas lines as oil companies export gasoline production from California refineries to other states and reduce imports of gasoline from Canada, the Caribbean and others places that now serve the California market."
What Gov. Gray Davis did for electricity market in California -- remember the rolling blackouts they occasionally have? -- Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante wants to do for gasoline. I may be dating myself, but I still remember the gasoline crisis during the late 1970s. I remember "even/odd days" when cars with license numbers ending with an even number can only buy gasoline on even numbered days, similarly for odd numbered license numbers and odd number days. I remember the flag system used by gas stations indicating their fuel supply; green = have gasoline, yellow = running low, red = no gasoline. The Democrats and Liberals want to bring back those joyous days of sitting in mile-long lines waiting for an opportunity to buy gasoline, assuming they had any left by the time you got there.
"Last week, Mr. Cruz Bustamante proposed amending the California state constitution to allow the Public Utilities Commission to regulate gasoline prices. “Californians are being gouged,” he charged. His proposal would require oil companies to justify price increases and regulate their profits in the state.
...[I]t will lead to gas lines as oil companies export gasoline production from California refineries to other states and reduce imports of gasoline from Canada, the Caribbean and others places that now serve the California market."
What Gov. Gray Davis did for electricity market in California -- remember the rolling blackouts they occasionally have? -- Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante wants to do for gasoline. I may be dating myself, but I still remember the gasoline crisis during the late 1970s. I remember "even/odd days" when cars with license numbers ending with an even number can only buy gasoline on even numbered days, similarly for odd numbered license numbers and odd number days. I remember the flag system used by gas stations indicating their fuel supply; green = have gasoline, yellow = running low, red = no gasoline. The Democrats and Liberals want to bring back those joyous days of sitting in mile-long lines waiting for an opportunity to buy gasoline, assuming they had any left by the time you got there.
