The Guardian is scared.
That’s what I gather at least, from their use of scare quotes (or “sneer quotes,” whichever you prefer) in this article’s headline, Israel seizes ‘leader of kibbutz raid’.
Perhaps someone more knowledgable than I could tell me exactly what journalistic standard is being upheld by constantly throwing into doubt any and all statements made by Israelis while accepting at face value the aggressive mendacity of Palestinian spokesmen.
As the article demonstrates, Israel just has “claims,” while Palestinians are always “witnesses” with no such words expressing subjectivity or doubt attached.
Careful al-Guardian, you’re letting your true colors show.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures hisI'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
the not-being-a-jerk department.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
A taste, just a taste...
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
I finally went and did it.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
being the reaction described above.
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
cause, but I,
the not-being-a-jerk department.
superiority.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
vulnerability.
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
nothing may stand in our way!
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
I finally went and did it.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Why are you still here?!
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Why are you still here?!
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
of fist.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
In your face, Space Coyote!
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
rivals.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
being the reaction described above.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
cause, but I,
the not-being-a-jerk department.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
vulnerability.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
hacky-sack?"
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
being the reaction described above.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
vulnerability.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
In your face, Space Coyote!
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
again soon, didn't we?"
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
hacky-sack?"
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
University or Diversity
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
vulnerability.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
hacky-sack?"
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
superiority.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
lap dance.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
trying to get an education
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
being the reaction described above.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Why are you still here?!
that I hadn't thought of it first!
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
again soon, didn't we?"
I finally went and did it.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
looks like a green light, no?
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
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