At least 5,000 people gathered by the banks of a stream in the Bajur region to watch the grisly execution, which highlighted the power of local Taliban forces in the lawless tribal areas near the Afghan border…
Waliur Rehman, a local Taliban commander, told the crowd that the two men confessed to aiding in a suspected U.S. missile strike last month in the border town of Damadola that killed 14 people. The men revealed the names of others involved, and they would be killed as well, he said.
The accused, whose true crime was probably falling out of the local Taliban’s favor somehow, were then brutally murdered.
“Whoever, for the sake of money, for the sake of America, harms the interest of the Islamic world will meet the same fate,” he said.
Gunmen with daggers then pounced on one of the men – identified as 36-year-old Jan Wali – decapitated him and waved his bloody head to the cheering crowd.
Religion of peace! At least something good came of this otherwise tragic event:
The crowd erupted in cheers of “God is great,” and gunmen shot in the air in jubilation. The celebratory gunfire killed two bystanders and wounded six others
My goodness, if that isn’t karma… They killed as many of their supporters as they did “spies”.
Maybe we should start calling it the religion of collateral damage.
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What’s wrong with this picture? Hint: We’re all gonna die!
Answer: A double dose of fear mongering and blatant hypocrisy. The Truth website got to it faster than me and got a better screen capture, see here.
Hat Tip: The Truth
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A posse of drunken San Fran moonbats have taken it upon themselves to place an initiative on the ballot which would name a sewage treatment plant after our president. Though it’s supporters see this as a clever bit of satire befitting a shitty president, the true irony seems lost on them. Think about it – what does a sewage treatment plant do? That’s right, it cleans up other peoples’ messes. Bush’s attempts at cleaning up the messes that other presidents simply flushed down the toilet and forgot about is exactly why these leftist morons hate him so badly, and exactly why I like him more than I probably should based upon some of his other efforts.
So go right ahead and vote on what you intended as a dubious honor, moonbats. Those of us God gifted with critical thinking ability can imagine what our country would be like without sewage treatment plants and bold presidents both. And it’s terrifying.
Now, does anyone know of a mental institution in need of renaming? Because I think The Bay Area Institute for the Clinically Insane would be perfect for it.
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Liberals do not like being forced to compete in the market place of ideas, and thus will always true to use government to silence their opponents.
At a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, I asked Pelosi if Pence failed to get the required signatures on a discharge petition to get his anti-Fairness Doctrine bill out of committee, would she permit the Pence measure to get a floor vote this year.
“No,” the Speaker replied, without hesitation. She added that “the interest in my caucus is the reverse” and that New York Democratic Rep. “Louise Slaughter has been active behind this [revival of the Fairness Doctrine] for a while now.”
Pelosi pointed out that, after it returns from its Fourth of July recess, the House will only meet for another three weeks in July and three weeks in the fall. There are a lot of bills it has to deal with before adjournment, she said, such as FISA and an energy bill.
“So I don’t see it [the Pence bill] coming to the floor,” Pelosi said.
“Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’” I asked.
“Yes,” the speaker replied, without hesitation
I refuse to be a tool of liberal doublethink by referring to this nonsense as the “Fairness Doctrine.” It is pure censorship. It seeks to make speech of supported by the market unprofitable by encumbering it with speech not supported by the market rejects.
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This installment of “We’re All Gonna Die!” covers a bit more than just global warming, but this article was just too hysterical not to highlight.
Everything is seemingly spinning out of control
Is everything spinning out of control?
Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.
Horatio Alger, twist in your grave.
The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault. Eroding it is a dour powerlessness that is chipping away at the country’s sturdy conviction that destiny can be commanded with sheer courage and perseverance.
The sense of helplessness is even reflected in this year’s presidential election. Each contender offers a sense of order — and hope. Republican John McCain promises an experienced hand in a frightening time. Democrat Barack Obama promises bright and shiny change, and his large crowds believe his exhortation, “Yes, we can.”
Even so, a battered public seems discouraged by the onslaught of dispiriting things. An Associated Press-Ipsos poll says a barrel-scraping 17 percent of people surveyed believe the country is moving in the right direction. That is the lowest reading since the survey began in 2003.
Gee, I wonder why the public might be pessimistic. Wouldn’t have anything to do with the excessively gloomy and irrational news coverage, now would it?
If that opening paragraph doesn’t scream “we’re all gonna die,” I don’t know what does.
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The McCain and Obama camps have been trading accusations of flip-flopping in recent weeks. Rare as it is, they are both right. Both campaigns are flip-flopping around because both candidates lack principled political philosophies.
Barack Obama was molded in the tumultuous fires of Chicago politics, where words mean nothing and anything goes. This is why he could spend 20 years in a radical church in order to prove that he was “black enough,” only to deny that there was anything wrong with it one month and dump it like yesterday’s political trash the next once his presidential ambitions demanded it.
John McCain has long ago turned his political choices over to his ego, saying whatever will get it the most political stroking from the media. Now, however, he must balance that with the realization that, while running as a democrats gets the most media love, it won’t get him elected as a republican. He still seeks media accolades by pandering on issues like global warming and the demonization of the oil industry, but has flipped on drilling and the bush tax cuts, which he used to demagogue with the class warfare card.
Whichever candidate wins, we will have a conniving political animal as President.
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This is just too good. The headline proclaims: “Today’s Quakes Deadlier Than In Past.” The subheading: “Study: Seismic Activity 5 Times More Energetic Than 20 Years Ago Because Of Global Warming.”
New research compiled by Australian scientist Dr. Tom Chalko shows that global seismic activity on Earth is now five times more energetic than it was just 20 years ago.
The research proves that destructive ability of earthquakes on Earth increases alarmingly fast and that this trend is set to continue, unless the problem of “global warming” is comprehensively and urgently addressed.
The analysis of more than 386,000 earthquakes between 1973 and 2007 recorded on the US Geological Survey database proved that the global annual energy of earthquakes on Earth began increasing very fast since 1990.
Dr. Chalko said that global seismic activity was increasing faster than any other global warming indicator on Earth and that this increase is extremely alarming.
“The most serious environmental danger we face on Earth may not be climate change, but rapidly and systematically increasing seismic, tectonic and volcanic activity,” said Dr. Chalko.
“Increase in the annual energy of earthquakes is the strongest symptom yet of planetary overheating.
The link to the article is here. Yes, that is the real link, and yes, it leads to a 404 error page. That’s because CBS pulled the story. A screenshot of the story on CBS can be found here.
It turns out CBS was duped or, more likely, tried to pull a fast one. The article, which CBS claimed was an AP story (of which there is no evidence and AP denies), was an exact copy of a press release by Dr. Tom Chalko, the “scientist” whose alarming research was the feature of the story.
Dr. Tom Chalko turns out to be Dr. Nutjob. A simple google background check reveals a man who claims to practice telepathy and astral travel. His previous global warming claims included the hilarious declaration that the planet would explode. Of course, CBS is too busy to do this kind of fact checking, especially when something pops up to support their predispositions. They’d rather just copy/paste and falsely attribute the story to someone else. Do they take responsibility when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar? Nope. They just deleted the article as if it never existed, issuing no apology or retraction.
Oh I almost forgot, and this should probably go without saying, but the claims about increasing earthquake intensity are bogus.
One thing is for certain: whether global warming gets us all or not, the concept of responsible journalism is long since dead and buried.
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Democrats have responded to rising oil prices as one would predict: not by seeking to alleviate the primary cause of price increases (a widening gap between growth in supply versus demand), but by finding a new boogeyman to justify increasing government involvement in and control over markets.
The evil-doer behind the conspiracy to hurt average people at the gas station? Oil speculators!
Obama vows to crack down on oil speculation
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama offered new steps on Sunday to crack down on speculation in oil markets, saying his plan would help rein in runaway fuel costs.
A jump in gasoline prices above $4 a gallon has spurred consumer anger and is a top theme in the race between Obama and his Republican rival in the November election, John McCain, who has proposed more U.S. offshore oil exploration as a way to boost energy supplies.
“I think everyone believes there’s too much speculation in the oil markets,” said New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, an Obama ally who announced the proposals in a conference call with reporters. “A lot of the price of oil, I think, people put at the doorstep of speculators bidding up and holding supplies off the market.”
Corzine said Obama’s plan aims to close the so-called Enron loophole, which exempts some energy speculators who trade electronically from U.S. regulation. It takes its name from the now-collapsed energy firm that benefited from the law.
Obama would require U.S. energy futures to trade on regulated exchanges. The campaign also said he backed legislation that would direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the top U.S. futures market regulator, to investigate proposals such as increasing margin requirements in the market.
In addition, the Illinois senator wants to see more transparency and oversight of institutional investors in commodities markets.
“Too much speculation!” cries Corzine. These people are vultures, preying on the misery of average Americans! Or are they? To listen to democrats, you wouldn’t even know speculators served a valuable economic purpose.
Speculators correct false prices in markets, allowing them to function more efficiently. This is not to say that prices are always at the appropriate level in the short run. Irrational exuberance can drive prices to unjustifiable heights, as we’ve seen in both the 90’s tech-bubble and the recent housing-bubble. But both of these bubbles were popped, and price followed with sustained down periods.
Market critics often sight the alleged near-sightedness of capitalism. Speculators incorporate future considerations into the current price of goods. If a war is likely to break out in several oil producing countries, thereby disrupting supply, speculators who buy now, and thus increase current prices, in anticipation of selling when supplies are more scarce, give markets time to react to coming changes and encourage reductions in consumption. This behavior softens the blow of sudden changes in market conditions.
Whether or not the current prices are at the correct (most efficient) level remains to be seen, but central authorities don’t have the capacity to make that determination. People may want lower prices for themselves, but that doesn’t make such prices are the correct ones. Pressuring the market either through price controls or regulation to implement lower prices will result in greater inefficiencies such as shortages. If people really desire such prices, they should argue for increases in supply, not greater regulation or a disruption in the functioning of speculators.
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In case you needed more proof that Obama is auditioning for the job of Victim-In-Chief, the oppressed Senator said this at a Florida fundraiser:
“We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run,” said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. “They’re going to try to make you afraid. They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. ‘He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?’”
This is change? Looks like the same worn-out, democrat playbook to me.
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As the state gets ever bolder in supplanting parents, court cases like this could become common place in America.
First, the father banned his 12-year-old daughter from going online after she posted photos of herself on a dating site. Then she allegedly had a row with her stepmother, so the father said his girl couldn’t go on a school trip.
The girl took the matter to the court – and won what lawyers say was an unprecedented judgment.
Madam Justice Suzanne Tessier of the Quebec Superior Court ruled on Friday that the father couldn’t discipline his daughter by barring her from the school trip.The judge’s decision, made from the bench, applies only to the girl’s unusual circumstances, lawyers for both sides said, trying to dispel visions of grounded teenagers rushing to the nearest courthouse to overturn their parents’ punishments. Nevertheless, the case triggered an uproar in the Gatineau region of Quebec, near Ottawa, where the girl, her divorced parents and her stepmother live.
…Before Judge Tessier, she cited Sections 159 and 604 of the Quebec Civil Code, which allow minors in some circumstances to initiate court proceedings relating to the exercise of parental authority.
Ms. Beaudoin said Section 159 is normally used in extreme circumstances, for example when a child wants to be removed from negligent parents.
Now the nannies have the authority to second-guess your parental punishments.
Hat tip: Overlawyered
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