Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Self-Sufficiency for [American] Islamic Women
*splork*
HANCOCK [NY]-- Saturday was a day of congratulations and goodbyes for 60 women who attended the 25th annual Banaatun Noor International Ladies’ Summer Retreat.
For the past 30 days, the women and young girls—ages 13 to 25—from all over the country learned about Islamic studies, cooking, knitting, embroidery, poetry, calligraphy, quilting and other skills.
...The retreat’s main purpose, Rashid said, was to teach skills the women could take home with them. “The concept is to be as self-sufficient as possible,” she said. “The simple things are often better."
Email!! I get Email!!!
sent out for verification [and fluff-dry]
To: All Commands
Subject: U.S. Navy Directive 16134
Ref: ComMidEast (mip://03620fb8) For Inst 16134//24 K All commanders promulgate upon receipt. The following T-shirts are no longer to be worn on or off base by any military or civilian personnel serving in the Middle East:A. “Eat Pork or Die”
[both English and Arabic versions]B. “Shrine Busters”
[Various. Show burning minarets or bomb/artillery shells impacting Islamic shrines. Some with unit logos.]C. “Napalm, Sticks Like Crazy”
[Both English and Arabic versions]D. “Goat - it isn’t just for breakfast any more.”
[Both English and Arabic versions]E. “The road to Paradise begins with me.”
[Mostly Arabic versions, but some in English. Some show sniper scope cross-hairs.]F. “Guns don’t kill people. I kill people.”
[Both Arabic and English versions]G. “Pork. The other white meat.”
[Arabic version]H. “Infidel”
[English, Arabic and other coalition force languages.]The above T-shirts are to be removed from Post Exchanges upon receipt of this directive. In addition, the following signs are to be removed upon receipt of this message:
A. “Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range at 0800 Daily.”
B. “Do we really need ‘smart bombs’ to drop on these dumb bastards?”
All commands are instructed to implement sensitivity training with respect to the above topics upon receipt.
You Know Who You Are
Handed out in San FranFreakshow
here’s yer sign . . .
Spotted Recently
on a college junior!
Cute gal, too.
Monday, July 30, 2007
ToDaZed Odd Little Knot
From the council of Foreign Relations comes:
Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson Center describes herself as a link in a chain of civil society groups intended to “shake the system” in Iran. Kian Tajbakhsh, an urban planning consultant for the Open Society Institute, talks about his role in creating a “rift between the rulers and the people” in Iran. Academic Ramin Jahanbaglou says straightaway his activities “served the interests of Iran’s enemies.” The three civil society activists were featured in an Iranian TV program on July 18 and 19. Their taped “confessions”—Esfandiari and Tajbakhsh remain held incommunicado—mark a new phase in the Iranian regime’s offensive to weaken internal voices for change and to make a case for a further crackdown on allegedly treasonous behavior.
...a “white” coup. ... vulnerable to sanctions. ... nuclear program ... a “fundamental reorientation of prevailing American policy discourse about the Middle East”...
Monday, July 23, 2007
It's ON!
passes popcorn
[wit’ reeeal buddah]
...The Democrats are the party of slavery and were the party that started every war in the 20th century, except the other Bush debacle. The Federal Reserve, permanent federal income taxes, not one but two World Wars, Japanese concentration camps, and not one but two atom bombs dropped on the innocent citizens of Japan—all brought to us via the Democrats.
Don’t tell me the Democrats are our “saviors” because I am not buying it ...
Sunday, July 22, 2007
"Baby Killers" to "Brain-Eaters" in One Generation
at least the MBs are predictable...
[obligatory shout of “Quagmire!"]
KILLITARY ...you just aren’t going to hear a whole lot about the training ground of killers that are bred to slaughter, maim, and torture and then dumped on our streets upon their return. ...
Kos Kidz—with all the integrity of teh Senate.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Bemember When?
Proud Days in America
*clicky*clicky*
A1
Thursday, July 19, 2007
ToDaZeD What I Found At Snafeway
puzzle me this
Taped up at every check out counter is a “poster” on regular typing paper made, clearly, by adolescent girls with stickers and stars and glitter and big, loopy writing, each with its own variation of “YOU Must Save the World” “YOU Must Stop Global Warming” “Please Recycle so we can LIVE!”
I hadda bite some lettuce to keep my peace.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
...speaking of sharia
does anybody really know what time century it is...
somebody toss a tablecloth over this mess
Monday, July 16, 2007
Today's Dumbass Comment
ninnyhammers
GLOBAL WARMING IS NOT JUST A FACT. IT’S A CHOICE.
EPA defines Environmental Justice (EJ) as “the fair treatment for people of all races, cultures, and incomes, regarding the development of environmental laws, regulations, and policies."
1994 10 years behind schedule
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Life in The Country™
red thumb!!
The FIRST ‘Mater! [a Cherokee Purple]
My nasturtiums went wild this year [as it’s one of the coolest Summers I’ve yet experienced ‘round these parts. *cough*]
Here’s the first squish! I let it go a little longer and, with its two brothers, sliced it, olive oiled it, added salt, pepper, basil and a touch of onion powder and whomped it on the grill while the tri-tip was resting. Oh. So. Goooood.
These are the weirdest little fruits. [for those not acquainted] these completely hollow lantern-like things grow from the flowers [like tomato flowers but prettier] and the green fruit grows to fill ‘em. When the skin busts, it’s ripe. Tastes like a mater/melon and adds quite a lot to fresh salsa [pico de gallo or chicken pecker Learned that from Sven, yanno...]
Just add tiny chopped maters of all colors, vidalia onions, a teeensy bit of celantro lime juice, a tad of lemon juice and salt.
Use “Taste of Lime” Tostitos.
"I'm sorry, I can't run for POTUS. I gotta go to rehab."
and here’s your Turtle Wax
First it’s the gay sweaters. Then your FL co-chair is busted offering to perform oral sex for $20.
Some days a fella just can’t catch a break…
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
"Dude. What is *wrong* with these people?!?"
lost the plot
An attorney who admitted leaking the confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds to the media in the BALCO case, asked a federal judge for leniency yesterday in San Francisco, noting that President Bush commuted I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence for a similar crime.
In doing so, Troy Ellerman joins a growing a list of defendants across the country who have made the same arguments for leniency since Bush said the former vice presidential aide’s 2½ -year sentence for leaking the name of a CIA operative bla bla bla...
...
Words!! We Need More Words!!
some of Merriam-Webster’s newest
So who has heard which of these?
1. agnolotti
2. Bollywood
3. chaebol
4. crunk
5. DVR
6. flex-cuff
7. ginormous
9. hardscape
10. IED
11. microgreen
12. nocebo
13. perfect storm
14. RPG
15. smackdown
16. snowboardcross
17. speed dating
18. sudoku
19. telenovela
20. viewshed
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