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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Utah Mall Shooting Caught On Video
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 15:04 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Love gone astray II

Police: Woman ties up lover, drinks his blood
You get the greatest stories on the day after Valentines Day...
Tiffany Sutton apparently wanted to drink up her lover on Valentine's Day - literally, authorities said.
Honey, I've got a surprise for you...
Police early this morning arrested Sutton, who they believe may have tricked her acquaintance into having "kinky sex" so she could drink his blood. The victim, 45, and Sutton, 23, were lying in bed naked at early Wednesday when Sutton asked if he wanted to be tied up and he consented, police said.
Oh-oh...wrong move.
But that's when Sutton reportedly pulled out a knife and cut the victim's leg, police said. Sutton reportedly told him that she "likes to drink blood" and made several cuts to his upper body, police said.
It's okay. Really. I do this all the time...
He also said Sutton drank a "little bit" of his blood, police said.
You gonna finish that?
He was able to break free, run out of his home, but Sutton reportedly followed with a pickaxe, police said.
Well, that clinches it. This bitch is crazy!
The victim passed out before his friend found him covered in blood called the police, police said. The unidentified friend also saw Sutton covered in a blanket with no injuries, police said.
I'll cut ya, man! I'll cut ya!
"She made very few statements, alludes to the fact that it was a very consensual encounter," said Sgt. Mike Horn, a Tempe police spokesman. "He admitted they were drinking and doing drugs."
Not just consensual, but "very consensual". Oh, I hope this is on "Cops".
The victim and Sutton were good acquaintances. Sutton is a transient who had been staying with the victim for two days in the 1000 Block of South Lola Lane, near Apache Boulevard and Loop 101 in a shed behind an unoccupied residence, according to what he had told police. Sutton told police she had been living there.
Sounds like he might've mistook her for Paris Hilton...
The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries and Sutton was booked into Maricopa County Jail on suspicion of aggravated assault, police said.
...and ruining the mood.
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/15/2007 14:07 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I've heard of dating a "vamp" before, but sheesh!
Posted by: Mike || 02/15/2007 14:35 Comments || Top||


Love gone astray

Lawyer, corrupt Jersey pol, screwing an active duty soldier in Iraq. He'll be tough to beat for Scumbag of the Year.
Today is Valentine's Day, a great day for lovers. But Tuesday was a very bad day for Cupid. To be more precise, Malik Cupid, a Corzine administration aide who was charged with straying down the lovelorn path to steal $1,400 from his old girlfriend's bank account.

Cupid, chief of staff to New Jersey's secretary of state, was charged with hacking into the former girlfriend's account while she was serving on active duty with the Army in Iraq, officials said. He was also charged with using subterfuge to illegally gain access to his ex-girlfriend's e-mail account and reading her private messages, said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the Westchester County District Attorney's Office in New York.

Cupid, an attorney, was arraigned Tuesday -- which was also his 31st birthday -- in a White Plains courtroom in Westchester County.
Happy birthday, asshole.
New York authorities have charged him with four felony counts, including grand larceny, identity theft and eavesdropping. If convicted, he faces up to 16 years in state prison. No plea was entered at his arraignment. However, his attorney, Jaime Santana, later said: "These are mere accusations. There was a relationship at some time. We're just asking for our fair day in court." He was released without bail until a May 15 court date.
I'll bet you are, counselor. I wonder how many skids are being greased at this very moment...
... shouldn't take more than two ...
Efforts to contact Cupid for comment Tuesday evening were not successful.
Maybe you could get him online? Use the ex-girlfriend's email...
A spokeswoman for Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells said her office would look into the incident. "We take charges like this seriously," said the spokeswoman, Caryl Lucas. "We are getting further information on this matter and will be reviewing it to determine what actions to take. We also must take into account due process of law."

Lucas declined to comment on whether Cupid will be returning to work at his ground floor office in the State House, where his salary is $102,350.
My guess...ummmmmmmmmmmmm...no. But it is New Jersey...
Cupid's arrest last Friday followed a monthlong probe by the White Plains police in Westchester, where his former girlfriend maintained a bank account, officials said. Cupid and the former girlfriend, Terra Melson, met in law school, a knowledgeable source said.
I'll show you! I'll show everybody!
Chalfen said that Cupid sent e-mails to his former girlfriend telling her that he had obtained her password and had assumed her America Online "persona." He informed Melson that he was reading her e-mails, Chalfen said.
What a smart guy. He must be a great lawyer...
He certainly has the hubris ...
Investigators followed the electronic trail, determining that Cupid had gained access to Melson's account and had transferred her funds to an account in his name, Chalfen said.
Yeah, he only makes 102G's a year. I'm sure he needed the 1400.
Cupid was first hired by Corzine in January 2006 and appointed to serve as a Cabinet liaison officer in the Governor's Office. He was appointed chief of staff for the Department of State on April 8.
10 months in won't get you much of a pension, Malik. But, like I said, it is Jersey...
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/15/2007 13:10 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
I'm seeing a Federal PMITA prison Cupid's future.... oh and Cupid watch the... uh, oh nvm.
Posted by: macofromoc || 02/15/2007 14:17 Comments || Top||

#2  I dunno. It's not as bad as the last time we had a lurid love triangle in the New Jersey Governor's Office.
Posted by: Mike || 02/15/2007 14:38 Comments || Top||

#3  New York City metro area? Scamming one of those criminals killing innocent Iraqis? I'm surprised charges were even brought - no way there will be a conviction.
Posted by: Glenmore || 02/15/2007 18:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Not exactly CARY GRANT in I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE now is it. We know DEAR JANE letters exist.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/15/2007 22:12 Comments || Top||


Chinese man to hang for ant scam
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/15/2007 13:01 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A Chinese company chairman has been sentenced to death for running a scam involving giant ants.

"An' jus' fer dat, we're gonna make 'im say 'Uncle!'"

[ducks]
Posted by: Mike || 02/15/2007 13:47 Comments || Top||

#2  There is no gallows in China (and no hanging).

He gets a bullet to the head, with the bill sent to his family.

Posted by: john || 02/15/2007 15:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Feed him to the ants.
Posted by: gorb || 02/15/2007 19:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Would this guy even do time over here?
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/15/2007 20:22 Comments || Top||

#5  All together now, loudly and wid feeling - ANTS???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/15/2007 22:15 Comments || Top||


Batman sighting puts schools on lockdown
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) To an Arizona middle school, Batman! Three schools in the north Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday morning after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert, Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said. The student described the person as 6 feet 3 inches tall and possibly male.
Can't be Bruce Wayne, he's 6' 2''.
"We're assuming it was male, although they did have a mask on," Clark said.

Officers combed the desert around the middle school. A nearby elementary school and high school also were on lockdown as officers sought the caped crusader. The result - no Batman.
Well, he IS a master of escape.
"It's just one of those interesting little stories that we looked into but we couldn't find anyone," Clark said.

Nedda Shafir, a spokeswoman for the Cave Creek Unified School District, said putting all the schools on lockdown was a precautionary measure. "We didn't want to take any chances," Shafir said. "We just don't want to put anyone at risk."
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/15/2007 10:53 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Next we'll be hearing about a lockdown caused by a chipmunk sighting.

By the way, I thought lockdowns applied to prisons. How ironic.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 02/15/2007 11:18 Comments || Top||

#2  http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/batman-az/
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/15/2007 15:09 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Anna Nicole Smith Awarded Sainthood by the Church of the SubGenius
February 14, 2007: The Church of the SubGenius has awarded posthumous Sainthood to late performer and actress Anna Nicole Smith.

The Church acknowledged Miss Smith's fey, outrageous lifestyle and agreed that it meets its standards for Sainthood. Church founder J.R. "Bob" Dobbs laid down a set of rules for members of the Church to live their lives, and Miss Smith's life has met the following criteria:

1. She spent her life Slacking Off, and did not conform to the expectations of others.

2. She achieved fame and fortune not through hard work or intelligence, but basically through dumb holy luck.

3. As seen from her many photos and TV appearances, she ate the hell out of her fair share of cheeseburgers. This meets the definition of a SubGenius commandment: "Don't just eat that hamburger, eat the HELL out of it!"

4. She was martyred by the "Pinks" (a SubGenius term referring to "normal people"), after being crucified in the press.

5. Like Saint Mary Magdalene of the Catholic Church, her child is a "Son of Man". Unlike Mary, who claimed that no mortal was the father of her child, it seems as though every male (and perhaps a few female) mortals are claiming to be the father of her child. The Church uses this as the basis for its prediction that Miss Smith's child shall be a prophet of the SubGenius.

6. The Church of the SubGenius encourages wholesome sexuality, which Miss Smith exuded to excess (at least during her prime years).

In the official Calendar of SubGenius Saints, the date of May 1st will be set aside for honoring Miss Smith. She will share this day with Saint Catherine I (The Great) of Russia, who also had Sainthood bestowed on her posthumously by the Church.

The Church of the SubGenius is a popular organization often seen as a "parody" of religious cults, including Scientology, the Raelians, and the Unification Church. It was founded in 1953 by a mysterious figure named J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, whose smiling, pipe-smoking image has been seen worldwide in chip art, graffiti, tattoos, and rock albums from performers ranging from Devo and George Clinton to Sublime. A number of celebrities are SubGenius ministers, including former Talking Heads singer David Byrne, Penn Jillette, late science fiction author Robert Anton Wilson, comic book artist R. Crumb, and Pee-Wee Herman.

In 2001, the Church offered a formal invitation to Miss Smith, for her to attend its annual End of the World celebration (X-Day) as a vacation from the stress of her daily life.

Anna Nicole Smith is not the first celebrity to be awarded posthumous Sainthood in the Church. In 1986, an official SubGenius minister ordainment was bestowed upon Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, a scant two weeks before his death. In his published autobiography, rock and roll singer Frank Zappa acknowledged his agreement with the Church's ideals, though refused to join the organization; a posthumous Sainthood was awarded to him by the Church shortly after his passing.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/15/2007 10:36 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And in other Anna Nicole news, here in Houston the gals at one of her old workplaces gathered to toast her memory.
Posted by: Angie Schultz || 02/15/2007 11:05 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder what Rick's charged her estate for the champagne?
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/15/2007 11:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Just FYI, the other Holy Days on the SubGenius calendar for the month of May:

May
1 St. Anna Nichole Smith (The Great)
2 St. Nina Hartley
3 St. Frank Zappa
4 St. Rodney Allen Rippey
5 St. Tiberius
6 St. Guiness (The Stout)
7 St. Peter Lorre
8 St. Buddha/St. Chivington (Delousing Day)
9 St. Medea/St. Oedipus (approximate)
10 St. John Holmes
11 St. Salvador Dali
12 St. Hugh Hefner
13 St. Judy Tenuta
14 St. Wonder Warthog
15 St. Jagger
16 St. Bismarck
17 St. Laval homeboy
18 St. Leonard Nimoy
19 St. Fats Waller
20 St. Edward II
21 Free Money Day
22 St. Elphinstone
23 St. Slim Pickens
24 Victory over the U.S. Day (Can.)
25 St. Stalin
26 St. Lenny Bruce (The Great)
27 St. Edward Teach/Pillage Festival
28 St. Pere Ubu (Roi)
29 St. Spike Jones
30 St. Winnie Ruth Judd
31 Desecration Day
Posted by: Anonymoose || 02/15/2007 11:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Hey, I was born on Saint-Stalin day. Weird.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/15/2007 11:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Like the bumper sticker says: "Slack Happens"
Posted by: xbalanke || 02/15/2007 12:25 Comments || Top||

#6  anonymous5089: Saint Stalin's Day should be easy to celebrate. Probably involves making omelets.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 02/15/2007 12:40 Comments || Top||

#7  Oh, and as I mentioned on the other thread, the sacraments for St. Anna Nichole Smith are Cristal champagne, the best $350 bottle of champagne you can buy at a truck stop, and pink Hostess sno balls.

Though I have no guess about the assorted rituals, which are probably pretty gross.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 02/15/2007 12:42 Comments || Top||

#8  I was thinking about killing a few pets from the neighbourhood, but that's ok too.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 02/15/2007 12:43 Comments || Top||

#9  Cool: I was born on St. Slim Pickens day.

14 St. Wonder Warthog

Should I be ashamed that I recognize this one?
Posted by: xbalanke || 02/15/2007 13:17 Comments || Top||

#10  xbalanke - it's sad commentary on today's edumacation standards when so many do not remember Wonder Warthog. "But I can still use my snout!"
Posted by: Spot || 02/15/2007 13:31 Comments || Top||

#11  Spot: it's sad commentary on today's edumacation standards when so many do not remember Wonder Warthog.

Agreed. Mr. Natural sez: "They really should have a feast day for St. R. Crumb."
Posted by: xbalanke || 02/15/2007 14:48 Comments || Top||

#12  St. R. Crumb is April 22nd, according to their calendar. I might add that I think he is a SubGenius Reverend, along with Paul Mavrides of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers fame.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 02/15/2007 17:57 Comments || Top||

#13  Thanks for the update, 'moose. I couldn't check the site from work [damn firewalls, filters, etc...].
Posted by: xbalanke || 02/15/2007 19:56 Comments || Top||

#14  I love it, being a Star Trek fan, and being born on Saint Leonard Nimoy Day. Beam me up.
Posted by: WolfDog || 02/15/2007 21:15 Comments || Top||


Europe
13-year-old bride used her sister's identity
Belgian police are currently investigating the marriage of 22 year old man to a 13-year-old girl. The wedding took place in October 2004 and only resurfaced recently when the older sister of the young 'bride' realised her identity had been stolen.

It wasn't a love match, the couple only lived together for one month and it seems that the mother of the girl arranged the illegal wedding.

The 'husband' had just arrived from Morocco and had no legal papers to stay in Belgium. The future wife pretended to be her sister, said she had lost her ID card and managed to fool the civil servants on duty.

The older sister was travelling through Europe at the time. When she came back she was surprised to see that her title had changed to 'Madame' on several letters issued by the city hall. She first thought it was a mistake but after receiving several letters she went to the city hall and found out that her sister had stolen her identity.

The investigation will establish who was involved in arranging the illegal marriage and who should be held accountable. Sexual intercourse between an adult and a child under 14 years-of-age is, by law, considered rape.
Posted by: tipper || 02/15/2007 18:06 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Odds are 50-50 the groom's name was Mohammed. More from the religion of pedophilia.
Posted by: Glenmore || 02/15/2007 18:31 Comments || Top||

#2  "13 year old" > was it a Barbie, Cabbage Patch, or other toy that signed and witnessed the wedding???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/15/2007 22:06 Comments || Top||

#3  "Under 14 years of age" > come on now, Belgium, I think you can go more years older than that.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/15/2007 22:08 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Franken Announces Minnesota Senate Bid, Assures Voters It's No Joke
Capping nearly two years of speculation, comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken on Wednesday announced he is challenging Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s 2008 Senate race. The longtime liberal activist used his announcement to immediately address what appear to be his biggest potential problems in his first bid for public office: Persuading voters that he is qualified to serve in the Senate, and assuring them that his bid is not a midlife lark after spending his adult life as an entertainer and satirist. “Minnesotans have a right to be skeptical about whether I’m ready for this challenge, and to wonder how seriously I would take the responsibility that I’m asking you to give me,” he said in a nearly nine-minute video statement posted on his Web site.

“Minnesotans have a right to be skeptical about whether I’m ready for this challenge"
He continued, “I want you to know: nothing means more to me than making government work better for the working families of this state, and over the next 20 months, I look forward to proving to you that I take these issues seriously.”

Though Franken brings a well-known name, publicity value and strong fundraising potential to the Minnesota contest, his viability as a candidate will be closely examined by Democratic strategists: They plan to make a top target of Coleman, who they considered highly vulnerable in a politically competitive state in which the Democrats are coming off a strong 2006 campaign.

Franken doesn’t appear to have the Democratic field to himself. Also running is attorney Mike Ciresi, who announced Feb. 11 that he would seek the Democratic nomination. It will be a second Senate try for Ciresi, who took 22 percent of the Democratic primary vote in 2000 in finishing second to Mark Dayton (41 percent), who went on to win the seat and hold it for one term before retiring. Coleman, a former St. Paul mayor and former Democrat, won his seat in 2002 by a 2 percentage-point margin over former Vice President Walter F. Mondale — who stood in as the nominee after the Democratic incumbent, Paul Wellstone, died in a plane crash in late October of that year.
This article starring:
Al Franken
Mike Ciresi
Norm Coleman
Posted by: Fred || 02/15/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  WHAT A FU*@IN'.......Words fail me
Posted by: ARMYGUY || 02/15/2007 6:41 Comments || Top||

#2  I thought the 80's were the "Al Franken Decade"?
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/15/2007 10:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Got tape of Al attacking a heckler from behind? Keep it handy, Norm.
Posted by: eLarson || 02/15/2007 10:41 Comments || Top||

#4  He's going to win.
Posted by: anonymous2u || 02/15/2007 12:23 Comments || Top||

#5  There isn't much fun in politics now, so this is a positive. I just watched his announcement speech on YouTube- waving hands, overactive facial expressions, and just a little INTENSE, OK? A couple of minutes in, he tells how his father set up a factory in a small town in Minnesota because it was on the railroad line, then found out that the trains didn't stop there... "That was my father, a great guy but a terrible businessman..." Pure gold.
Posted by: Grunter || 02/15/2007 12:27 Comments || Top||

#6  This punk is pure ego with a habit of physically threatening people. Wish I could remember who the journalist was that Franken literally called up and challenged to a fight. Franken commented later on, "he's kind of skinny so I knew I could kick his ass".

The interview was on google video and has since been taken down.

Comment on Keith CAIR cocksucker Ellison's office stunt yesterday. Something that should have been posted here but wasn't. Sadly, Tom didn’t beat him senseless with Jefferson’s Koran.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 12:34 Comments || Top||

#7  Strictly speaking, Al's candidacy *is* a joke. It is just not a funny one.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/15/2007 12:48 Comments || Top||

#8  Rep. Keith Ellison Issues Fatwa on Cigar Smoke -
By John Lillpop

Democrat Keith Ellison, the only Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, has decided to tackle issues that other politicians normally shy away from.

Rather than concerning himself with illegal immigration, global warming, the war on terror, trade deficits, the federal debt, and troop surge in Iraq, the Minnesota Democrat has issued a Fatwa on cigar smoke. (word is Franken has contacted Ellison requesting his love child)
More specifically, cigar smoke emanating from the office of Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). [TheHill.com]

As it turns out, Tancredo is allowed to smoke in his office according to the property management firm responsible for the building.

However, Ellison staffers dispute Tancredo's authority to "pollute the air," saying that building regulations are subordinate to Sharia law which specifically forbids smoking of any nicotine product within 100 yards of a sacred site of Islam.

In this case, Tancredo's office is within 95 feet of Ellison's office, which has been designated as a stoning sanctuary.

Under Sharia law, Ellison's office can be used as an execution chamber for stoning to death evil women who have dressed and behaved in a manner that has forced Muslim men to rape them. That makes the office a sacred Islam site.

Because of Sharia law, Tancredo is guilty of a sin against Allah every time the Representative lights up.

Nonetheless, Tancredo says he does not intend to stop smoking in his office.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 12:54 Comments || Top||

#9  Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, Mark Dayton, and now Al Franken? Wake the hell up, Minnesota! Governance isn't some kind of a joke, you know...
Posted by: gb506 || 02/15/2007 14:20 Comments || Top||

#10  Speaking of jokes, you forgot Jesse Ventura.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al || 02/15/2007 15:15 Comments || Top||

#11  However, Ellison staffers dispute Tancredo's authority to "pollute the air," saying that building regulations are subordinate to Sharia law which specifically forbids smoking of any nicotine product within 100 yards of a sacred site of Islam.

Is this from The Onion? Or life imitating The Onion?
Posted by: eLarson || 02/15/2007 17:14 Comments || Top||

#12  Larson it's By John Lillpop. Pretty good writer. I added the Franken bit.

When I look around the state I just can't figure out why we elect these nuts. Honestly I think it is the local dislike for regular polititions. Keith Ellison was a Minneapolis thing.

video of Frankenstein :
Franken gets skewered
01:56
An impersonator playing the role of Alberto Gonzalez on the Imus show has some fun with Al Franken, while Franken sits in the studio a few yards away!
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 19:09 Comments || Top||

#13  spending his adult life as an entertainer and satirist

When the hell did he do that? The "NO JOKE" headline describes his career to a "T".
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 02/15/2007 19:29 Comments || Top||

#14  One of my favorites, Colin Quinn hands Al Franken his own ass.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 19:30 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pak airline grounds ‘dull’, ‘scar-faced’ air-hostesses
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Court has asked national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to explain why it is forcing its air-hostesses to go on leave or retiring them at 45 because of their age and “dull and poor appearance”.

The apex court took notice of the cabin crew's complaint that the corporation subjected them to “derogatory and insulting treatment”. They were being asked to go on forced leave for “biased and absolutely meaningless reasons”. Elucidating, the complainants said the basis of their retirement included “dull and poor appearance, scars on face, gap in the front teeth and the age factor affecting looks”.

Deputy Attorney-General Nahida Mehboob Ellahi told Dawn newspaper that 98 women cabin crew members, through a complaint signed by six staff members, had invited the attention of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to the alleged discriminatory attitude towards them.

The complainants have pleaded before the court to direct the PIA to withdraw the “insulting remarks” as well as the letters of forced retirement and call the women to immediately join their duties. They also complained that while they were being pushed out of their jobs at 45, in violation of earlier court rulings, the PIA was filling up the vacancies with crew from Japan, Thailand, Kenya, Russia and Greece. The foreign women are paid $5,000, compared to Rs 15,000-20,000 ($1=Pak Rupees 60 approx) being paid to the Pakistani crew.

A majority of the foreign crew, they alleged, could not communicate in English and were thus unsuitable for the job.
Posted by: john || 02/15/2007 06:33 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  PIA is an interesting airline. One travel guide related how the sullen male flight attendants served food with cigarettes dangling from their mouths.
There are islamic prayers recited by the pilot before takeoff.
Posted by: john || 02/15/2007 6:43 Comments || Top||

#2  If they didn't throw acid in their faces, their faces wouldn't be scarred.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 02/15/2007 7:54 Comments || Top||

#3  John

You must be very brave if you flied in a Muslim airline (specially in hardline Pakaistan). I have read a report about the contents of the black boxes in the Sharm el Sheikh accident. Every couple sentences the Egyotian pilots were uttering Inshallah or invoking Mo. But they miss to ask several impoortant parms to the aircontrollers and fail to hold the mandatory briefing where the acting pilot informs the non-acting pilot about the route just after takeoff and the plan in acse there is motor failure before they clear the surrounding mountains.

What happenned was that after takeoff the pilot tried to switch on autopilot but failed and didn't check it was on (or noticed the absence of the buzz emitted when autopilot changes to active). Plane began banking. When crew noticed it tried to switch on autopilot but banking angle was now well beyond the autopilot limits so it didn't switch. And the crew continued trying, without ever thinking in forgeting the autopilot and doing things manually. Then the angles got beyong 90 degrees and the plane plunged towards the sea.

Plenty of gooffings but don't worry the crew didn't miss an occasion to invoke Allan or Mo in every sentence.
Posted by: JFM || 02/15/2007 8:30 Comments || Top||

#4  I have to wonder if anyone's yet realised that calling on Allah did NOT help them?
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 02/15/2007 9:16 Comments || Top||

#5  If this isn't an appropriate time for the burkha, then I don't know what is.
Posted by: ed || 02/15/2007 9:45 Comments || Top||

#6  A majority of the foreign crew, they alleged, could not communicate in English and were thus unsuitable for the job.

So I guess now they're qualified to become reservations agents for Delta...
Posted by: tu3031 || 02/15/2007 10:29 Comments || Top||

#7  They also complained that while they were being pushed out of their jobs at 45

Reminds me old joke about Soviet high end cabaret. Six months after opening managers have a meeting about the dismal attendance. They simply don't understand: they have best caviar in Russia, best champagne, best liquors, the best artists have deigned the decoration, Bolshoi choregraphers have designed the shows. The women? They are also outstanding: everyone has been a Party mem.eber for at least fifty years.
Posted by: JFM || 02/15/2007 10:42 Comments || Top||

#8  I flew Pakistan International Airlines back in 89. Nice airlines back then. At the end of a long flight from New York the male flight attendants handed us a sandal wood Cologne. I thought it was someone else's and tried to give it back. From what I recall they had good tea.

Times they have a changed.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 18:57 Comments || Top||

#9  Bout the same time that I flew them Icerigger. Mostly domestic (Karachi to Lahore and back) but did one international leg from Lahore to Frankfurt and it was quite nice. The allen prayer at the outset of flights in that region is a tad unnerving.
Posted by: remoteman || 02/15/2007 20:18 Comments || Top||


Couples beaten in Kashmir
A Muslim women’s group in Indian-held Kashmir burned greeting cards and beat young couples to stop people celebrating Valentine’s Day, witnesses said on Wednesday. The separatist Dukhtaran-e-Millat raided restaurants and showered blows on some couples and then burned cards during a rally in Srinagar’s centre. The group, along with the Forum Against Social Evils, regularly wage morality campaigns against movies and other emblems of Western culture. “We will not allow Western culture to take roots in Kashmir,” chanted several dozen marchers led by Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Aasiya Andrabi.
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Forum Against Social Evils
Posted by: Fred || 02/15/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
During her time at home, she started reading Islamic books and started to become influenced by the concept of militant Islam.


So she turned her frustration and resentment towards other people.
Posted by: john || 02/15/2007 5:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Shades of the Muzzy in Salt Lake City. The FBI is involved so we will never know what really happened.
Posted by: Icerigger || 02/15/2007 13:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Valentine Day History
There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.


Rewriting History with fire and beatings as we watch.
Posted by: rhodesiafever || 02/15/2007 13:16 Comments || Top||



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