Orbit Rain
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Friday, July 30, 2004
Victor Davis Hanson on World War II and the War on Terror on National Review Online
Victor Davis Hanson on World War II and the War on Terror on National Review Online: "The last two weeks I have been following the route of the American Army's drive from Normandy into Germany in 1944-5. It is quite something to visit Aachen, Mainz, the H�rtzen forest, Bastogne, Omaha Beach, and Pointe du Hoc, and then juxtapose such visits with the daily pabulum in the International Herald Tribune, CNN, and the European dailies. And after two weeks, I think most would prefer the wisdom of the noble dead to the ignorance of the shameful living."
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Her Virtual Prison - Carmen bin Ladin reveals the culture that produced her infamous brother-in-law.
"Carmen watched as Najwah pitifully tried to spoon water into the baby's mouth. Najwah would not use a bottle because Osama did not approve of this newfangled Western technology."
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Soft on Islam
Last Sunday a Methodist minister in Coquitlam BC urged his parishioners to go out and set fire to all the area’s mosques. On the same weekend, a Catholic clergyman in Yonkers, N.Y. rigged a couple of his altar boys with dynamite-laden vests and sent them out to blow up the headquarters of the Muslim-American Association of New York. A month previous, a Baptist minister in Atlanta, Georgia called for the eradication of all Muslims and told his church that if they died while engaged in the act of killing Muslim "Infidels", they would be guaranteed a spot in Heaven, at the right hand of Jesus. A Rabbi in Stockholm, Sweden urged his Schul to form up gangs and "smite Muslims, wherever they may find them".
Sound absurd? Of course it does, as no Christian or Jewish cleric today would dream of doing anything of the sort. However, that isn’t the case with the world’s fastest growing religion. Almost daily, Islamic clerics are calling for, among other things, the destruction of Israel, the destruction of the Great Satan, America, the killing of infidel tourists around the world and the death of all Jews.
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
N.Y. Times buries Berger story on page A-16
Among the articles the Times did feature on its front page was a story about how untucked shirts in the workplace are the latest fashion trend.
Ashcroft: Berger doc exposes security lapse
"'I certainly cannot say why the blueprint for security was not followed in 2000,' he said. 'I do know from my personal experience that those who take the kind of tough measures called for in the plan will feel the heat. I've been there; I've done that. So the sense of urgency simply may not have overcome concern about the outcry and criticism which follows such tough tactics.'"
Monday, July 19, 2004
Cover Main Feature
Canada, upon which Cuba’s tax system is based, maintains a much softer stance on the Castro regime. Not only was Cuba’s tax system built with the direct advice of Revenue Canada, Canada has been doing business with the island since 1959. Canadians, with an estimated 500,000 visits this year, make up the largest single tourist group to Cuba.
Funny, what you forget.
Go Ahead, Call Us Cowboys
"In all the classic Westerns the hero, by dint of great courage and competence, fights alone for justice, achieves it, and leaves without riches or fame, with nothing but honor."
..and we don't care if you think its wrong when we *know* it's right.
Sunday, July 18, 2004
International News Article | Reuters.com
"'We have to be accountable to Iranian citizens about this case not to a foreign country,' said Hamid Reza Asefi. "
...cool, so when your citizens decide your time is up, we will be right to lend them a hand...
Thanks!
:D
Quadrant Magazine
Quadrant Magazine: "Large-scale organised protests against visiting US leaders were nothing new; but something about these demonstrations was. The tone was new: not merely strident, but shrill, vindictive, intemperate; but most noticeably, the real target was new. The object of the massed demonstrators' fury was not America's foreign policies, nor its alliance with Australia, nor, it seemed, even the recent war. The target was the United States itself. It was not what the USA did that was the problem; it was what the USA was."
Quadrant Magazine
"a poor family lived there"
(from an abcnews radio report)
It occurs to me why militants/insurgents/terrorists tell such outlandish bullshit lies...it's because they know whatever they say, no matter how outlandish, it will be reported...it is...after all..."the other side"...
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Large-scale organised protests against visiting US leaders were nothing new; but something about these demonstrations was. The tone was new: not merely strident, but shrill, vindictive, intemperate; but most noticeably, the real target was new. The object of the massed demonstrators' fury was not America's foreign policies, nor its alliance with Australia, nor, it seemed, even the recent war. The target was the United States itself. It was not what the USA did that was the problem; it was what the USA was.hmmm...blockquote's...I need better blogging software
U.N. Staffer Gets 'Substantial' Payoff
One woman, whose name was not released, filed a complaint against Maria Ljungrenn, Nair's executive officer. Ljungrenn was offered what one source described as a "substantial" payoff to leave rather than face disciplinary action and Ljungrenn took the offer, sources said.
What happened and why it happened to Ljungrenn becomes more significant because of the sexual and financial misconduct charges that Nair is facing. Nair runs the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services.
Ljungrenn, in her position as Nair's executive officer, would have had direct knowledge of Nair's personnel decisions.
Saturday, July 17, 2004
TIME.com: 9/11 Commission Finds Ties Between al-Qaeda and Iran
...is it me or is it getting hot in here>..do I hear someone screaming?
Friday, July 16, 2004
Yahoo! News - Bush Touts Values While Taunting Kerry
"Bush's Michigan audience of political supporters groaned when Bush repeated Kerry's claim. 'I know, I know. Those were his own words,' the president said, contending that Kerry had been rated 'the most liberal member of the Senate, although he didn't identify his source. "
You are some conniving bitches at AP...either that or you have some of the worst wordsmiths of this time.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
OpinionJournal - Extra
"But the reporters covering science in America today are so wretchedly miseducated"
Replace the word "science" with "economics" and you have another true statement...in fact I bet you could replace that word with a whole bunch of others and still be right...It's funny, actually, having so many poorly and wrongly informed people telling us what is going on in this world.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Joint Declaration of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee
The 18th International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee Meeting was held in Buenos Aires, from July 5-8, 2004. This encounter, convened for the first time in Latin America, has been devoted to the subject of "Tzedeq" and "Tzedaqah" (Justice and Charity), in their theoretical aspects and practical applications. Our deliberations have been inspired by God's command to "love one's neighbor as oneself" (Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:39). Drawing from our different perspectives, we have renewed our joint commitment to defend and promote human dignity, as deriving from the biblical affirmation that every human being is created in the likeness and image of God (Genesis 1:26). We recall Pope John XXIII's advocacy of human rights for all God's children enunciated in his seminal encyclical "Pacem in Terris" (1963) and we pay special tribute to him for initiating the fundamental change in the Catholic-Jewish relationship.
Foreigners Face Slavery-Like Life in Saudi
The hard-hitting report called on de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Abdullah to set up an independent commission to investigate the abuses and publicize its findings.
What's it going to be Abdullah? Are you going to be telling everyone, including us, the same story? I hope it has a happy ending...
Yahoo! News - Ridge Says Warning Was Not Political
"Those who suggest otherwise have reached 'rather cynical' conclusions, he said."
lmao
...
"I want some assurances."
lmao, you're in denial if you think anything is 100%...we ARE at war with some nutballs in case you hadn't noticed...you want assurances...good luck with that one.
Pierre Rehov's Middle East Documentaries
There is no freedom of press under the Palestinian Authority, and no journalist can report honestly without risking is life.
Palestinians deserve a country and selfde-termination, but that will not happen as long as Israelis are described the way they are by most TV networks.
Filmmaker uncovers shocking Palestinian 'myths'
WND is just full of on target stuff today.
Hello America,
It's time to wake up
time to take notice
time to make right
we can't sit here asleep 12 months of the year
nine would be fine
but for a month
or a tear
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I'm thinking that the more people know about how those territories the Palestinians live in operate, the more they will realize what they need to do.
Let your people know...that you will only put up with so much bullshit before you snap.
WorldNetDaily: Euro-Nazis alive and well
Have Americans ever witnessed a better illustration of why we should never consider submitting ourselves to the authority of international, globalist agencies and organizations?
WELCOME TO SOVEIGNTY!!!
Monday, July 12, 2004
Arab League urges UN against hasty sanctions on Sudan
CAIRO, July 11 (AFP) -- The Arab League on Sunday urged the United Nations against slapping hasty sanctions on Sudan and pressed the world body to work with Khartoum to resolve the conflict in the western Darfur region.
The league called on the Security Council to "give all possible support in implementing the agreement between the Sudanese government and the UN," in a statement.
What is Sudan going to do to get these people back hoe and prevent the sort of ignorance going on over there? What do you recommend fellow princes? You might want to come up with some before I get to it.
The league also pressed the United Nations "not be hasty in passing a resolution that would have the opposite affect of this agreement and the current efforts of the African Union (AU)" to ease the conflict in Darfur.
so...let me get thsi straight...You want to let Sudan figure this mess out...
Here's the deal Sudan...We are going to be sending in the Blue helmets, or perhaps even ourselves once this election is over...unless you want a real patriotic war right before the elcetion, if one of you fools wants to kick something off, we can oblige...
you do know we can take action at any moment, don't you?
I know you're not fool enough to believe that we are really that short on troops now...
:-)
There was and is a time when people forget, people stop talking about...but we know when there is a hush...an "its supposed to be secret" as in...don't tell the media...
BWUAHAHAHAAAHAAAAAAA.........
I remember those days...You didn't think in your little world that there were people so close...so near by that wanted the destruction of the United States...that these whackos weren't somehow deviant.
Strange fellows...
...strange fellows indeed...
ahhh the brainwashed...so inculcated to be free...so happy are we...I'm sorry dear Flag, what did you just say? (heavy sarcasm)
...but I digress...
oh, back to the "world tensions"
Genocide, ethnic cleansing are right out...either europe will stand up for principle, or it won't...France continues to be exposed for the charlatan she is...We will come, we will wreak some more destruction...life will go on (well, except for a few of your peers)...
....blah blah blah....
happy days are here again...
except here in the United States, they've never really left...
:-)
edit...
so...I read more...
"The AU has said it plans to send a 300-strong armed protection force to Darfur, where it has already deployed observers to monitor a shaky ceasefire."
300 people, eh?
generous...at least the Sudanese have no fear of your "occupation force"
oh, that's right, they're not afraid of shit from you.
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
U.S. Removes Iraqi Nuclear and Radiological Materials;
"This operation was a major achievement for the Bush Administration's goal to keep potentially dangerous nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists," Secretary Abraham said. "It also puts this material out of reach for countries that may seek to develop their own nuclear weapons."
Twenty experts from DOE's national laboratory complex packaged 1.77 metric tons of low-enriched uranium and roughly 1000 highly radioactive sources from the former Iraq nuclear research facility. The DOD airlifted the material to the United States on June 23 and provided security, coordination, planning, ground transportation, and funding for the mission.
Monday, July 05, 2004
Saturday, July 03, 2004
The Oil-for-Food Scam: What Did Kofi Annan Know, and When Did He Know It?-From May 2004
I'll have to read this.
Roger L. Simon: Burning the UN in Order to Save It
What's amazing about human beings is their inability to see through cant or even to acknowledge the existence of information that disrupts their world view. Cognitive dissonance anyone?
Friday, July 02, 2004
Iraqi chemical weapons found by Polish troops
Polish troops in Iraq recently have discovered "16 or 17" warheads containing sarin or mustard gas, according to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
