Godspeed, Discovery!

A breathtaking launch, wouldn't you say?

Behind the Scenes of "White And Nerdy"

For those of you who, like me, can't get enough Al:

Follow God Or Vanish: A Note From Iran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the West yesterday that we should "Follow the Path of Allah or vanish from the face of the Earth."

Hmm... It sure looks like Mahmoud isn't too interested in that whole Separation of Church and State concept, huh? Isn't it amusing that while the ACLU and their ilk are ripping plastic manger scenes off of courthouse lawns to protect us from feeling uncomfortable around the presence of Christianity, Ahmadinejad is telling us to get in line with his religion or die.

"We hope to have the big nuclear celebration by the end of the year (March 2007)," Ahmadinejad said.

But hey, let's not pay attention to that, let's pay attention to the Iraq Study Group, who wants to have a cozy little sit-down with Iran and Syria.

A Day Which Will Live In Infamy

Nothing I could do today would be an adequate tribute to those who did not survive Pearl Harbor, and those who did.

I have decided to offer a video montage of sorts.

First, the battle scene from the movie Pearl Harbor:



Next, two survivors of the infamous sneak attack:





Thank you. We will always remember.

Forget Snakes... Imams On A Plane!

Hat tip to Angel at Woman Honor Thyself for this fantastic find!



Kind of says it all, huh?

Crazy Christmas Roundup

It's December, and the all-out assault on Christmas is in full swing!

In an effort not to discriminate or offend 'other' religions, Christmas is being banned and swept under the rug in a holiday version of affirmative action: Discrimination to avoid discrimination, and offense to avoid offense.

In the UK, Christmas decorations have been banned by fully 2/3 of all employers, doing away with tinsel and trees. Such festivities are "unprofessional," according to a law firm in Peninsula.

Were Dickins alive today, he could modernize the Christmas Carol by replacing old Ebeneezer with these fools, and at the end NO lesson would be learned.

In Vienna, Austria, St. Nick has been banned in the city's kindergarten.

Is this dhimmitude to the large Muslim population in Europe, or simply "psychology," as municipal officials claim, who argue that Santa is scary to many small kids.

Now, I don't know about you, but two of my kids who are old enough to see Santa at the mall got over that fear at age three.

In Austria, there is a counterpart to St. Nicholas: Krampus. He is a horned, hairy man who gives out coal to the naughty kids, and whips those who will not be good with a switch.

My kids could use a visit from the latter at times...

From Fox News:

For child psychiatrist Max Friedrich, the ban is "total nonsense." He described Nicholas as a "positive figure who encourages and rewards children," in comments Wednesday to the daily Oesterreich.

Officials in several Austrian provinces said they had no plans to banish St. Nick from their kindergartens. In the U.S., some schools celebrate all major religious holidays, using them as a learning experience, while others don't have any observances in order not to offend any group.

Grete Laska, the councilwoman who holds Vienna's youth portfolio, says both Krampus and St. Nick "create fear (and) have no place" in city kindergartens, particularly when parents and schools encourage children not to accept gifts from strangers. The kindergartens can hold Christmas parties- but without St. Nick.

Such arguments don't hold with people like Anna Seiler, with two grandchildren in kindergarten.

"One of them was all sad recently, saying that Santa won't be visiting this year," she said. "I think the parents should get together and complain."

A pediatric nurse, Seiler dismisses arguments that children fear St. Nick. A surgeon dressed as St. Nick "comes every year to the kids on our ward," she said. "They love it."

"I think it's for ethnic and cultural reasons," said Seiler, suggesting it was in deference to Vienna's Muslim population: 400,000 and growing.

And finally, St. Albans, West Virginia has opted to put the baby Jesus in the manger this Christmas after massive public outcry, but without Joseph or Mary.

City officials had erected a purposefully empty manger scene in order to avoid offending other religions, specifically, to uphold the mythical concept oseparationon of church and state.

The display has shepherds, camels, and a star, but no Holy Family. Talk about LITERALLY taking the Christ out of Christmas!

Of course, the city could always contract the University of Texas students to set up a politically correct display:

Click to enlarge.

Forget Snakes... Farts On A Plane!

Hey, no one ever accused this of being a high-class blog!

American Airlines flight 99 made an emergency landing after passengers reported smelling struck matches, and FBI and TSA agents responded to the flight.

After a second thorough inspection of the plane, the passengers and all the luggage, bomb-sniffing dogs found burnt matches.

The FBI questioned passengers until one admitted to 'lighting up' in order to cover embarrassing body odor, and claimed she has a medical condition.

I wonder what 'condition' that would be?

The flight resumed, sans the flatulent woman, who has been banned for "a long time," according to Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.

I wonder how long it will be until the gaseous lady files a discrimination lawsuit... Boo-hoo.

She probably should've looked into one of these:

Tolerate The Intolerant, Infidel!

This post to remain at the top for a couple of days.

Hat tip to Kevin at The Amboy Times for this amazing video clip.

British Mullah Anjum Chaudri condones the killing of non-Muslims because "When we say innocent people, we mean Muslims.... As far as Muslims are concerned, you are innocent if you are a Muslim.... I must have hatred for everything that is non-Muslim."

He goes on to assert that "As far as Muslims are concerned, their allegiance is always with the Muslims, so I would never condemn a Muslim for what he does."

Chaudri then follows up by saying that the entire world is a legitimate target for terror attacks
because it is Dar-al-Harb.

We cannot tolerate the intolerant, ladies and gentlemen.

Merry Christmas...

Or, as Putin would say: с Рождеством Христовым, santa пункт, наблюдайте вашу спину!

Moon Base In Our Future?

NASA hopes to have a permanent moon base on the lunar southern pole staffed by 2024.

Deciding to do less for the time being with the now questionable shuttle program, NASA will look back to go forward, adapting and improving on the Apollo technology to get back to the moon's surface.

NASA also hopes that once the moon base is established, the natural hydrogen, oxygen and other resources can be harnessed to help sustain the station, and turn oxygen 'refueling' over to a commercial supplier. They also hope to contract other countries to participate and even adapt to consider commercial interests.

Astronauts would pull six month duty stints.

Read more here.

Here's a desktop to celebrate with; click for a larger image.

The Audible NeoCon, #8

I've decided to change the way I do podcasting... It's difficult to keep a schedule and find a moment of quiet around my house!

I did make a short one today, though... Here it is.


It should play as a Quicktime file.

Ahmadinejad Threatens Israel... Again.

Mahmoud Amadinejad and the Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh had a little pow-wow on Friday in Doha, Qatar.

This will come as no surprise to you, but Ahmadinejad threatened Israel yet again.

The Islamic Republic News Agency reported Ahmadinejad as saying, "As everybody knows, the Zionist regime was created to establish dominion of arrogant states over the region and to enable the enemy to penetrate the heart Muslim land."

He went on to say that Israel was "inherently a threat," and is "on the verge of disappearing."

Gee, I can't wait until this freak job has nukes, can you? So much for that letter to the U.S. that claimed he was a seeker of peace...

But Ahmadinejad didn't take all the press time; Haniyeh had a couple memorable quotes of his own:

"The Intifada of the Palestinian nation will continue until the cause of the Palestinians is materialized and Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem) is liberated."

Wha... You mean to tell me that the 'Palestinian' people support the outright attacks on Israel?

Ahmadinejad finished up the little get-together with these touching sentiments:

"Today scores of Western politicians are in doubt as to the future of this illegitimate regime and its existence has come under question.

"There is no doubt the Palestinian nation and Muslims as a whole will emerge victorious,"

"The continued commission of crimes by the Zionist regime will speed up the collapse of this fictitious regime," said Ahmadinejad.

It kind of gives you a fuzzy feeling right in the pit of your tummy, huh? Oh, wait... I think that's nausea.

Seinfeld: The Lost Episode

Hat tip to Joe Gringo for this hilarious piece!

Ahh.... Dreams.

This is my dream car. One day, I will get one...

Busy...

I'm pretty busy with errand-type stuff today, so I'll be making the rounds on Saturday night (Yeah, I have no life.) or Sunday afternoon!

See 'ya then, and I'll catch up with your stuff soon!