The recent capitualtions by Iraq (allowing U2 flyovers, granting limited access to some scientists, etc) of course are a tactic aimed at stalling the US longer, since they have the possibility of giving more rhetorical ammo to the inspection-hawks on the UNSC. Some might take this as bad news, but I don’t really see it as very useful information about when a war could start. Rather, i think it tells more simply about Saddam’s own perception of the situation.
Firs off, everyone knows that Iraq would do everything possible to make sure that whatever concessions they make are as much for show as possible, such as telling their scientists to be interviewed by the UN: “Look of course we want you to cooperate with the inspectors, but if you divulge any information to them that is vital to Iraqi national security we’re gonna have to torture you and your family to death. And, by the way, anything relating to any WMDs is all considered vital to our national security. But by all means, cooperate with the inspectors, k?”
So really, there isn’t a huge probability that Blix and co. would garner anything truly important from the agreements recently made with Iraq. Yet, Iraq is still taking more of a risk in allowing the inspectors the kind of new access (hedged and dishonest as it may be) than they ever have before. Saddam’s capital in this escapade of his has always been the degree to which he was able to hold back any information from leaking out of Iraq about his weapons programs beastiality or bestiality. These recent moves amount to more spending of that capital than he has done since even before he agreed to 1441.
I think that’s significant, because it seems to reveal something about what the current mindset is for Saddam and for his small band of Tikrit thugs. Basically, I think that they are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, meaning that in some way, this current inspections game isn’t going last much longer. Some possibilities as to just what I think that light could be (from most to least likely):
1) Saddam sees the window for a US military campaign closing: Den Beste has said that “if there are no American soldiers patrolling the streets of Baghdad on May 1, we are all royally fucked.” That might be a little too stringent of an assessment, if not only because even if the attack started tomorrow there’s no guarantee it would be basically over by the 1st. But i think his statement is essentially correct if you replace “May 1st” with the “Ides of March.” That leaves us some time, but really only a couple weeks for the war to start before some of the seasonal issues start coming into play, as well as just the operational level of readiness would presumably begin to wear down, assuming it was past the point of top military readiness for our troops in the region (more on that below).
I think Saddam sees, in much the same way that Bill Quick does, that even now we’re coming close to (if we have not already reached and passed it) the point where the momentum for war slows down so much that it can’t be started up again. I personally have no idea if this is actually the case, but I think it is the perception that Saddam is working off of right now: Stall them just a little more males fucking dogs. Give them something that would really cause the inspectors to drool, even if it means putting the programs at risk. They’re almost on the verge of collapse. After they reach that point, it almost won’t even matter what the inspectors can find.
2) The US has reached, or will soon reach, ideal military preparedness for an invasion. I find this slightly less likely than the above because it first assumes that a) Saddam has any means of knowing (or at least thinking he knows) when the US would be at peak readiness and b) that he would think that making more concessions to the UN, and thus giving the French more of a (shallow) reason to carp about the viability of inspections, would actually forestall Bush from unilaterally giving the go-ahead.
Neither of these are really that unlikely as assumptions, but they’re by no means assured either.
With regards to a), the idea that he would have reliable information concerning the our forces’ preparedness that would be detailed enough to give him some hint as to when they would be most ready to attack seems pretty doubtful. However, there is a distinct possiblity, being surrounded by the kind of cowering yes-men that his personal eccentricities have engendered in his advisors, an environment where the messenger is very often shot, after the messenger’s family and friends have also been killed, he might very well think he knows a lot more than he does.
Saddam isn’t stupid, but he’s been living in what is eesentially a fantasy world for 20 years dogsex woman. It was that very environment that led to his disastrous missteps during the Gulf War, so it’s very possible that he’s been fooled into think he knows a lot more than he actually does.
As for assumption b), I predict that, at most, Bush and Blair will try to time their presenting of a new UNSC resolution authorizing military force to coincide with us getting everything ideally in place to launch an invasion. There would, at most, be a couple days of discussion, at which either they would either vote yes, and we would go, or they would vote no, and we would go.
But, as mentioned above, stalling the US after it’s reached prime readiness is a thousand times more important than trying to do so while we’re not even capable of attacking yet, and if this can be done for even 6 weeks, the liklihood of the invasion happening drops considerably. It’s concievable that Saddam (rightly or wrongly) thinks we’re nearing that point, at which point he would be more readily agreeable to taking risks so as to make concessions (or seem to) and thus maybe stall the invasion. And in the same way as before, it’s perfectly reasonable to suggest that his warped sense of the world would lead him to believe that such concessions could actually generate enough opposition in the UNSC to actually stay Bush’s hand.
And, even if he has a better grasp on reality than that and doubts the probability of his new stall tactics working in this scenario, the amount of risk involved in a US attack far outweighs the risk he’s taking in possibly exposing a few more secrets of his WMD programs.
3) Saddam is imminently close to getting a nuke: Easily the scariest possibility. It would mean the game would undergo a complete overhaul my aunt fucking dog. Not that it would completely shift to a North Korea-like scenario, where we have to suddenly be content with treating Saddam with some degree of legitimacy and dealing with him as more of an equal, but certainly the situation would move in that direction. Suddenly attacking would be a much more perilous proposition, meaning we might not do it at all, or if we did, it could very well mean some sort of catastrophe: either a spiteful, top-o-the-world-ma type of nuclear strike against Israel or Turkey, or one that could possibly kill thousands of advancing US troops. Even as spread out as the formations would necessarily be, with all the measures that CENTCOM would of course take to minimize the damage from such an act, I still think there’s a chance this could generate thousands of deaths among our troops. Luckily though, I find this to be somewhat farfetched. At least, I’m hoping it is.
So, for what it’s worth, I think these recent moves reveal at least something about what is going on in the Iraqi side of this game. The only problem is that Saddam has virtually no agency when it comes to deciding when the war will start, or even if there will be one at all. That’s Bush’s jurisdiction. You might be able to take his maneuverings as reactionary indications as to what we’re doing or going to do, but as I said before, the information he’s working off of might be much worse than the simple amount of un-knowledge that we all have to work with sheep sex.
As for myself, I’m sticking to the tentative hope that we’re going to attack within a few days after we reach the moment of being in the best state of readiness to do so, with or without UN approval.
When wil that happen?
Geez, I dunno. I’m just a stupid kid. Go ask Den Beste. He seems to know what he’s talking about.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that ofpsychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
cause, but I,
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
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
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
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
lap dance.
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
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
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
trying to get an education
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
again soon, didn't we?"
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
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vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
conflict.
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
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
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
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
trying to get an education
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
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
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I finally went and did it.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
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
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
that I hadn't thought of it first!
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
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
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
to penetrate.
rivals.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
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
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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
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on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I finally went and did it.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
A taste, just a taste...
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
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
about equal probability.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
rivals.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
computer systems.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
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
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
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
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
that I hadn't thought of it first!
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
computer systems.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
being the reaction described above.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
University or Diversity
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
hacky-sack?"
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Why are you still here?!
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
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