Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Post, For It Is Thursday


China the filthy:


The hand of a worker involved in the clean-up of the Dalian oil spill is seen at Nanhaitun in Dalian, Liaoning province July 21, 2010. Oil imports were still blocked at the major Chinese port of Dalian on Tuesday following a fire and oil slick, while authorities recruited an additional 500 fishing boats to help with the clean-up.

[Picture taken July 21, 2010. ]



I want to hear again how the Alberta oilsands are ruining the world.


Visit Alberta.


See things our way and your kids won't get hurt. We mean it.

Throw out the idea that traditional marriage is the way to go (not shacking up or "common-law" or some such ridiculous set-up for people who can't commit to real adult relationships) and watch people become a snarly bunch of fascists.


Speaking of fascists:


The Virginia man who warned on a radical Islamic website that the creators of the cartoon series “South Park” will be targeted for death for their caricature of the Prophet Muhammad has been arrested on charges that he provided material support to the terrorist organization Al Shabab, federal officials said Wednesday.


Zachary Adam Chesser, aka Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, admitted to federal agents that he attempted on two occasions to travel to Somalia to join Al Shabab as a foreign fighter. After he was stopped from boarding a flight from New York to Uganda on July 10, Chesser, 20, allegedly admitted that he intended to travel from Uganda to Somalia.


Chesser, of Fairfax County, Va., attempted to board the plane with his infant son; court records allege he intended to use his son as part of his cover to avoid detection.



Wow. A real coward.


Not a surprise, really:


Daniel Levy of the Century Foundation noted that Obama’s “non-official campaign” would need to work hard to discredit Palin. “This seems to me like an occasion when the non-official campaign has a big role to play in defining Palin, shaping the terms of the conversation and saying things that the official [Obama] campaign shouldn’t say – very hard-hitting stuff, including some of the things that people have been noting here – scare people about having this woefully inexperienced, no foreign policy/national security/right-wing christia wing-nut a heartbeat away …… bang away at McCain’s age making this unusually significant …. I think people should be replicating some of the not-so-pleasant viral email campaigns that were used against [Obama].”


This says more about the fears and hopes of the journalists than it does about Mrs. Palin. Whatever your feelings on Mrs. Palin may be, think about this: someone had zero faith in the abilities of the guy they backed that they would smear his opponent to an unbelievable degree.


And now, enjoy this picture:



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