Hat tip Ace. Some explanation here. We at the Burg are not known for hyperventilating, and this post at the Military Times blog provides us facts to use as we stay calm.
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04/19/2013 00:00 ||
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Hummm. Read the comments. You might start hyperventilating all over again.
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DHS is a massive umbrella agency, with over 100,000 armed law enforcement personnel according to a DHS spokesperson.
Umbrellas are supposed to protect US from the reign.
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"Massive umbrella agency" - STOP THE SEARCH, RECALL THE BLOODHOUNDS, METHINKS WE JUST DISCOVERED WHERE THE "MORTON SALT" GIRL'S MISSING UMBRELLA DISAPPEARED TO!
By the way, did I miss Bob Costas reporting Jovan Belcher's toxicology report and criminal history? He was reporting fast and furiously, could have missed it.
[MEMRI.ORG] Dr. Muhammad Nahed Al-Kuwaiz, a columnist for the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh, wrote that the Muslims must acknowledge the existence of Islamic terrorism, which stems from an ideology of extremism and takfir (accusing others of heresy), and called to purge Islam of this ideology:
"When one person carries out an attack we call him a terrorist or a retard or a psychopath. When two people carry out an attack we say they are both terrorists and lunatics. But when ten people carry out an attack we [start] wondering about their motives. So when hundreds of members of the same religion [carry out] bombings all over the place -- in mosques, markets, hotels, [public] gathering places, planes, and [subway] tunnels -- and are later identified as Muslims, we have no choice but to admit that this is Islamic terrorism.
"Some are angered by the equation drawn between Islam and terrorism, and argue that Islam is a religion of love. This is true of the real Islam, but today's Islam is infected with the virus of zealotry, extremism, and terrorism -- not just [the Islam] of the terrorists and murderers, but [the Islam] of those who sympathize with them and support them. We must admit that Islamic terrorism exists, and that the faith needs to be purged of the ideology of exclusion and takfir. Denying this reality will not bring change, but pitch us into total ruin.
"I will not [try to] anticipate the findings of the investigation of the Boston attack, because there are sufficient [examples]. Not long before the Boston attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Pakistan, murdering dozens of worshipers, including children. Another blew himself up in Iraq, causing similar devastation. Tomorrow will bring with it more of this Islamic terrorism, since Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Syria [also] have Islamic suicide bombers who act out of extremist ideological inclinations... All this is done in the name of Islam by religious Muslims who believe they are close to Paradise and want to shorten their path there.
"Considering the ease with which young boys and girls are recruited to put on suicide vests and sacrifice themselves, [do we need] to ask why? Will we [not] find the answer in the sermons and religious curricula in Southeast Asian countries, or in the words of sheikhs who encourage strife in the media or on TV channels that purport to support peace?
"The important question is, when will Islam recover from the virus of terrorism?"
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04/19/2013 11:49 ||
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] More than 500 people were killed in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... last year. Yet Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel still found time to berate the fast-food franchise Chick-fil-A for not sharing "Chicago values" apparently because its founder does not approve of same-sex marriage.
Two states have legalized marijuana, with more to come. Yet social taboos against tobacco smoking make it nearly impossible to light up a cigarette in public places. Marijuana, like alcohol, causes far greater short-term impairment than does nicotine. But legal cigarette smoking is now seen as a corporate-sponsored, uncool and dirty habit that leads to long-term health costs for society on the lam in a way homegrown, hip and mostly illegal pot smoking apparently does not.
Graphic language, nudity and sex are now commonplace in movies and on cable television. At the same time, there is now almost no tolerance for casual and slang banter in the media or the workplace. A boss who calls an employee "honey" might face accusations of fostering a hostile work environment, yet a television producer whose program shows an 18-year-old having sex does not. Many colleges offer courses on lurid themes from masturbation to prostitution, even as campus sexual-harassment suits over hurtful language are at an all-time high.
A federal judge in New York recently ruled that the so-called morning-after birth-control pill must be made available to all "women" regardless of age or parental consent, and without a prescription. The judge determined that it was unfair for those under 16 to be denied access to such emergency contraceptives. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... if vast numbers of girls younger than 16 need after-sex options to prevent unwanted pregnancies, will there be a flood of statutory rape charges lodged against older teenagers who had such consensual relations with younger girls?
Posted by: Fred ||
04/19/2013 14:18 ||
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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