I have no idea how this footage is getting out, if it is real. The translation of the title of the video is “Aleppo Ansari east 29 11 2012 full section of the massacre that killed dozens”.
Don’t watch this while you’re eating, or if you want your life to just be unicorns and fairy princesses.
Syria is off the Internet. Whether this is a result of the Syrian government disconnecting itself, or whether an outside group has disconnected the country in retaliation for the…conflict seems like too passive a word…remains to be seen. Given that Syria has cut off communications to the outside world in the past, I’m inclined to think it’s governmentally driven.
Using children (the rebels) and bombing civilians (the government) wasn’t horror enough to disconnect the Internet, so I’m wondering (except that I’m certain I don’t really want to know) what’s going on in Syria to precipitate this.
First up, I 
NY link. NYC has gas lines out the ying-yang, gas stations are running out of gas so people waiting an hour for gas don’t get any.
Gee, it’s a good thing NYCers voted Bloomberg into office again, after he and the city council decided by imperial fiat that the term limits Teh Peepul voted for did not apply to them. Now, not only can they not get a Big Gulp with extra salt, they can’t get gas to drive to someplace they can.
They have the gov’t they deserve. That makes me laugh.
Next up, remember how when our fine, political, intellectual, social and moral betters told us we had to raise the debt limit so they could get the fiscal house in order and it wouldn’t happen again? Remember when we said, “Fuck you assholes, stop spending our fucking money”?
Well, here we are again.
The United States will hit its statutory borrowing limit near the end of 2012,
I’m sure this time, this time!, they’ll work it out. I mean, they’re going to explain how they need to raise the borrowing limit but that’s just so they can’t the fiscal house in order and otherwise, we’ll be boned.
You know, cuz we’re so not boned right now. If we had been a little more boned a few years ago, we might not be so boned now. But it’s boned, all the way down.
Next up, Did We Lose The Fucking Cold War? link.
Police are allowed in some circumstances to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search warrant, a federal judge said yesterday.
Motherfuckers. Some time back I said that lately it’s been the worst part of the 90s with the added attraction that it appears we’ve lost the Cold War. I was exaggerating for effect. Now? Not so fucking much.
At one time I would have been sure the Supreme Court would not let this happen, that was before campaign finance reform that curbed the freedom of political speech that the Supreme Jackasses said was A-O-Fucking-Kay. Seriously, the whole fucking point of the First Amendment and it was shot to hell. The First Amendment isn’t just so you could stick a crucifix in a jar of piss, it’s so you can call the gov’t the assholes they are. Now, I can’t buy an ad tomorrow calling Obama an asshole because it’s 60 days before an election.
I went to a Lebanon Now! looking for a Syrian link, I found two that are fucking disturbing.
Ugh.
The West has raised fears Syria’s revolution is falling into the hands of Islamic extremists, but many rebels, and even some peaceful activists, say they are willing to tolerate jihadist fighters for lack of a better option.
In the wake of the recent murder of Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan in broad daylight in Ashrafieh, March 14 MPs have been frank in expressing their fears of further killings among their own ranks. Indeed, security sources have suggested that future attacks will target strategic opposition figures rather than cause widespread public panic with indiscriminate bombings.
The stupid motherfuckers have only themselves to blame, but it’s still no fun to fucking watch.
An Ontario judge has issued a restraining order against Iran’s property in Canada — including its embassy in Ottawa and a former cultural centre in Toronto — as the family of an American woman killed in a terrorist attack tries to collect a $13-million judgment by a U.S. court from a wrongful death claim against Iran’s security agency.
For 40 minutes, anyway. Of course, no one knows what it means…
A few months ago I had a question.
How much TNT does it take to blow up a pyramid?
and a wish
I just hope they put the explosion of the pyramids and Sphinx on youtube.
Since the Egyptians put everything on youtube (warning, unsafe, Daily Beast/folks who like the Twat and He Who Shall Not Be Linked or Named link, you can find better youtube vids just going there)
YouTube video has been a reliable source of news and images from Egypt. Here’s a look at some amazing moments caught live.
Well, it appears we’ll find out the answer to my question and I’ll get my wish.
Bahrain’s “Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs” and President of National Unity, Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud, called on Egypt’s new president, Muhammad Morsi, to “destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not.”
This is a reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s companion, Amr bin al-As and his Arabian tribesmen, who invaded and conquered Egypt circa 641. Under al-As and subsequent Muslim rule, many Egyptian antiquities were destroyed as relics of infidelity.
You know they’ll put it on Youtube.
How otherwise from people who demand they be given the credit for burning the Library of Alexandria?
While most Western academics argue otherwise, according to early Muslim writers, the great Library of Alexandria itself—deemed a repository of pagan knowledge contradicting the Koran—was destroyed under bin al-As’s reign and in compliance with Caliph Omar’s command.
Not really funny, but it’ll make the endy sort of entertaining.
We will also get sort of a vicarious potlatch feeling out of it, so we have that going for us too. I mean, how often do you get to see people destroy cool stuff that’s a few thousand years old? Thankfully not that often. What was the last time? Oh yeah, the last time Islamist nutjobs took over a country and blew up those cool, Buddhist statues.
Oh, and since we haven’t had a click on sloppy vagina for a long time and it’s not in our word-cloud in the sidebar.
Sloppy vagina pics below the fold.
There are three major wildfires and seven minor wildfires currently burning in Colorado. I’m classifying major vs minor primarily based on proximity to cities and large-scale damage. I’m not going to post pictures here; there are a million on the Denver Post and Colorado Springs Gazette websites and available on Twitter at the respective hashtags.
The Flagstaff fire (#FlagstaffFire) is currently burning on one of the mountains that overlooks the city of Boulder. The Flagstaff fire was started by lightning in a dry thunderstorm. Firefighters managed to contain the fire before it spread to the neighborhoods to the west of the fire, and have cleared firebreaks to prevent it from moving into Boulder. Assuming no freak weather occurrences like what happened in Waldo Canyon, the city should be safe despite the fire reaching within a mile and a half of city limits. If the fire does manage to come down the mountain, the National Center for Atmospheric Research is in its path. The fire has burned somewhere between 230 and 300 acres, depending on where you get your news, and is 30% contained.
The High Park fire (#HighParkFire) has taken a back seat in the news recently due to the more dramatic fires in Boulder and Colorado Springs. The High Park Fire is believed to have been started by lightning. It has burned over 87,000 acres (that’s over 135 square miles) but isn’t threatening much in the way of homes and businesses. Containment is at 75%.
The Waldo Canyon fire (#WaldoCanyonFire) is the fire you’re seeing on the news and on Michelle Malkin’s blog. The fire is starting to burn neighborhoods in Colorado Springs and is approaching the Garden of the Gods and the Air Force Academy. The Waldo Canyon fire wouldn’t be nearly as serious as it is if it weren’t for the winds; Tuesday the winds kicked up to 65 MPH and blew the fire across the two firebreaks that were protecting the city. The fire is at 18,500 acres with containment at 5%.
The Waldo Canyon fire is believed to have been caused by arson. There are a couple of interesting things about this. One is a Craigslist post by someone claiming to have seen the arsonist and claiming that calls to the tipline are not being returned. Another is the question of whether the arsons (both in Colorado Springs and in neighboring Teller County) are related to terrorism. The FBI is investigating the Waldo Canyon fire, but I’m not convinced there will be an announcement if there is something more than a garden-variety firebug at work.
Despite the objections of many of the locals, President Obama will be arriving in Colorado Springs tomorrow to gladhand and campaign survey the damage. I’m certain our President will be able to turn back the flames with the power of his mind, and won’t burden anyone at all with any security concerns.
Lee Stranahan has offered a $1,000 reward to whoever can provide the information leading to the arrest and conviction of the coward who SWATted Erick Erickson, Mike Stack and Patterico. Others have kicked in to bring the reward to over $8,000.
If you’re interested in committing to chipping in, you can do so at the link. If you’re convinced the douchebag will never be caught and are a gambling man, feel free to make a commitment along the lines of a million bucks, of course. You’ll look really good and may never have to pay up.
In case you’re wondering what this has to do with any of us, keep in mind that these twatwaffles have announced that they’re interested in revealing the identity of our Head Moron, just as they did to Aaron Worthing. Any of us who have delighted in the ability to blog without, well, getting SWATted, may consider this a personal attack.
Edited to move this to the top, as they deserve more recognition than a footnote: (BTW – this post is all the fault of the Stop Ron Paul 2012 Facebook group.)
Stupid question time…does this guy, identified by Fox News as Anthony Graziano of Lodi, NJ:
Look like this guy?
(I apologize for the eye-bleeding graphics – apparently Anthony Graziano’s taste in art is as stellar as his taste in politicians.)
That photo was screencapped from this Facebook page. Sure, there are probably a million billion Anthony Grazianos on Facebook, but the similarity is rather startling. Or am I suffering from a moment of “All those Eye-talians look alike to this poor redneck”? The 201 area code is New Jersey, the 982 prefix is for Hackensack, which is 9 minutes from Lodi – certainly close enough to be a mailing address mixup.
That same Facebook page has the following postings on its Wall:
and this…
Oh yeah, and this….
So…is this the same guy? I’m not 100% certain, but I’m fairly convinced. The only thing that’s holding me back is that there apparently are two “Decisive Images” photography companies, one owned by father Anthony P. Graziano, one owned by son Anthony M. Graziano. It’s within the realm of possibility, I suppose, that Daddy is the Paultard. In which case, I think the son might be able to plead an abusive childhood devoid of any moral guidance and support.
Via Doug Ross we find this report by Raymond Ibrahim at the Hudson Institute.
It discusses Egypt’s slaughter of Christians with links and vids. It’s even worse than I thought. I mean, I knew they were messing with the Copts, but I didn’t realize they were fucking slaughtering them.
“Slaughter” is an apt word. It’s too much to excerpt, but click the link. It shows the intentional disinformation that our fine betters in Minitrue uncritically pass along. I put one vid below the fold because it’s fucking brutal, but click the link and read and watch a bunch of vids of Egyptian soldiers running their armored vehicles into crowds, running over Copts and firing into the crowds.
I’ve never been a fan of Egyptian civilization under Mubarak, but its fall is a lot more endy than funny.
This is old but still, still perfect. Read it.
If you haven’t seen it, watch the 102 Minutes That Changed America. It is a collection of non-professional footage from 9/11. It is totally devastating. There are some calls to 911 from people in the Towers that are beyond painful to hear.
There’s a tiny bit of me that understands why the MFM doesn’t like showing the footage from that day. The Romans would be horrified by what I want to do in response right now.
