Chickenhawks and ChickenMartyrs

Just in time for Eid, we have this cinema verite:

Al-Zawahiri says: "I urge you, in [the name of] the duty of jihad, which is incumbent upon every Muslim, to hurry and pursue martyrdom in order to kill the Crusaders and the Zionists." An armed individual calls: "[Oh] defenders of the faith, hurry and prepare [for jihad], this is no time for [internal] disagreement." Another individual, sitting under a banner that reads, "Expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula," asks: "Are there no men in this nation?" and a masked individual declares: "Jihad is ancient, and the fate of [all] infidel leaders is one and the same: to be slaughtered."

The video then shows a scene in which a man is beheaded. This is followed by another beheading, even more grisly, in which the severed head is waved in the air. (Both scenes, and another graphic scene, have been omitted from the version of the film posted here, but are available upon request).

Forgive my curiosity, but if martrydom is incumbent upon every Muslim, and Al-Zawahiri is a Muslim, then isn't martrydom incumbent on him? And on Osama as well, for that matter?

Do you think any of the martyr wannabe's are asking how come the old goats are still hanging around if martyrdom is incumbent upon all Muslims? Do you think the Islamic left is bitch-slapping Osama and Al-Zawahiri with the ChickenMartyr smear?

The Leopard's Spots

For those with short memories of Rae's gross mismanagement of Ontario, here's a reminder: The (Red) Star:

Liberal leadership candidate Bob Rae says drivers will have to pay higher parking fees and congestion charges if Canada is to reduce gridlock and pollution.

I've watched Ontario waste it's productivity in its inadequate road system for 30 years. The daily cost to the economy of people and resources sitting in traffic around GTA is incalculable. Bob Rae's answer? Tax them. Stick, not carrot. Heavens no, don't build a road (or if you do, give it to your Teacher's Union to support their fully indexed pensions while the rest of us suffer wage deflation). Don't establish conditions for effective and efficient rapid transit; no, protect the unions that hobble our rapid transit systems.

And, what's good for Bombardier is good for Canada, no?

Would Rae have us ride bicycles the 30 miles to work? Wind powered bicycles?

How often do you think Bob Rae uses the GTA rapid transit system. Apparently Bob Rae's wrecking ball isn't finished with Ontario.

Only Right Wing Pregnant Teenagers Do This

The Telegraph:

Pregnant teenagers are deliberately smoking in the hope of giving birth to smaller babies, making labour less painful, a Government minister claimed yesterday.

So, my question is how do the moonbats parse this one? It's fine if you want to abort (kill) the fetus, but not fine if you just want to poison it? As long as you don't do it in a pub or restaurant or at the office or at the bus stop? Is another skirt or T-shirt needed?

Civic Duty is Forever

other recent motivational posters available here

Print, Frame, and Hang at Work

Finally, the antidote to those cloying motivational posters that are displayed in proportion to how lousy a place is to work.

This is going to be way too much fun. We'll all overdo it and burn out.

See what I mean?

We Can Only Hope

The Australian:

"Many concerned friends have called me, (saying) that because I said 'devil' over there (at the UN), they have sentenced me to die. They will not kill me, I have much faith in life"

Let's hope this one is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Simple Argument Escalates to 10 Church Burnings in Nigeria

It started like a typical exhange in the comments of a blog, but escalated rather seriously.

Joseph Hayab, of the Christian Association of Nigeria, told Reuters that the woman's comment was a tit-for-tat remark after a derogatory comment was made about Christianity.

"Her comment was in retaliation to uncomplimentary remarks made by her colleague about Jesus," he told the news service. The woman was detained briefly by police, then released, and that's what triggered the rioting, he said.

Barnabas Fund:

On 19th September in the city of Dutse, in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa, a mob of Muslim youths set upon the Christian minority in the city. St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral was burnt to the ground and the Bishop’s office destroyed. Initial reports speak of between 4 and 10 other churches as well as shops, vehicles and homes belonging to Christians having been set ablaze. There are believed to be 15 churches locally, so 10 would amount to two-thirds of all the churches in the area. Several people were injured. According to some reports the state governor was himself attacked when he tried to calm the mob and was hurriedly taken away from the area. The mob was only quelled when hundreds of heavily armed police began belatedly began to patrol the city.

OBL Dead of Typhoid? Disinformation?

Yahoo News:

PARIS - The French defense ministry on Saturday called for an internal investigation of the leak of an intelligence document that raises the possibility that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid in Pakistan a month ago but said the report of the death remained unverified.

LCI

Il aurait contracté le 23 août "une très forte crise de typhoïde" alors qu'il se trouvait au Pakistan, et y aurait succombé.

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No Option But Theocracy

The Times:

AI: You have misunderstood the reality. As a Muslim I believe Allah…created whole universe; he created the UK. It doesn’t belong to you, it doesn’t belong to the Queen, it doesn’t belong to the Anglo-Saxons…Allah has put us on the planet earth to live wherever we want and implement the Sharia rules.

JH: You want Sharia law in this country? ….If you want to change the way this country functions, why can you not do it in a democratic way…?

AI: Democracy means sovereignty for man; and as a Muslim, we believe sovereignty for the Sharia, therefore I would never take part in democratic principles. Rather I will work to change society in accordance with Islamic methodology.

JH: You will not observe the democratic process?

AI: We observe Islamic rules wherever we are.

JH: The Islamic process but not the democratic process?

AI: That’s right, yes.

Taliban Jack wants us to negotiate with these people.

Religion of Peace Reaches Out To Catholics

Sign on right reads, "Let's crucify the Pope".

Walmart Making Healthcare Affordable

AP via Yahoo News:

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to slash the prices of almost 300 generic prescription drugs, offering a big lure for bargain-seeking customers and presenting a challenge to competing pharmacy chains and makers of generic drugs.

The drugs will be sold for as little as $4 for a month's supply and include some of the most commonly prescribed medicines such as Metformin, a popular generic drug used to treat diabetes, and the high blood pressure medicine Lisinopril.

This has to be wonderful news for fixed and lower income individuals and families. What an excellent service Walmart is offering the public. Walmart's efficiencies and smart labor practices no doubt contribute to their ability to offer these badly needed pharmaceuticals at very affordable prices.

h/t: Scrooge

The CBC Redeploy From Afghanistan to Darfur Agenda Again

CBC was at it again last night. Same format as the night before. First a carefully chosen clip from a press statement from Corporal Shane Keating's mother (no mother should lose a son, but they omit the part where she says his sacrifice was worth it - doesn't fit the agenda), more about how are losing and cannot possibly win in Afghanistan. Finally, more Darfur. Towards the end of the Darfur segment, a man from Darfur pleading for the west to come and protect them.

I am still waiting for the CBC "news" segment with an analysis of the consequences of the Taliban regaining control of Afghanistan. But we'll never get such an analysis from the CBC, because they have their heads firmly shoved up their behinds.

Turn off the taps to the CBC. I don't want to pay for this anymore. I won't have a government funded priviledged media outlet working at odds with our democratically elected government. Especially when their agenda puts us at risk.