ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND EVIDENCE THAT PARTS OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WERE CLEAR CUT NEARLY ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE PROOF THAT 700 YEARS AGO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS CIVILIZED/POPULATED AND NOT A VAST "PRISTINE" TROPICAL JUNGLE:

With the aid of satellite imagery from Google Earth, soon archeologists in Brazil will be finding more and more large geometric designs carved into the ground in the Amazon rainforest.

The geoglyphs are believed to have been sculpted by ancient people from the Amazon region around 700 years ago, though their purpose is still unknown. So far, nearly 300 geoglyphs have been identified, but with advances in satellite imaging--and increased clearing of the jungle coverage--scientists are hoping to discover many more of these strange, geometric designs.

One of the factors that contributed to so many geoglyphs being undetected prior to the aid of satallites is their enormous size. According to leading geoglyph scientist Alceu Ranzi, his latest discoveries--five sets of geometric shapes, with circles, squares and lines--can measure more than a mile from one extreme to another.

You do not see them in field. There is a difference in the color of grass but is very thin. If there were no satellite images, there would be no possibility [of making these new discoveries].

Because they've been so hard to find, the first geoglyphs weren't discovered until the 1970s. Since then, scientists have been trying to piece together what significance they may have had to ancient Amazonians.

ANOTHER ECO-NUTSIE MYTH BITES THE DUST.

THE IDEA THAT ANCIENT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE EARTH, AND THE EVIL WHITE MAN COLONIZER/IMPERIALIST WAS BAD IS BS.

THE IDEA THAT THE RAINFOREST IS PRISTINE AND WAS ALWAYS UNTOUCHED IS BS, TOO.

UH-OH: UN MOVING FOREIGN STAFF OUT OF PAKISTAN

THEY MUST KNOW THINGS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE:

The United Nations is moving as many as 60 foreign employees, or about one-quarter of its international staff, out of Pakistan for at least six months over safety concerns, a United Nations official said Thursday.

... The move is the latest sign of foreigners’ fears raised by intensified terrorist attacks in recent months throughout the country, including in better-guarded interior areas like the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the capital, Islamabad.

Militants based in northwestern Pakistan have escalated their attacks in retaliation for a Pakistani military offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area that began this fall. Two months ago, the United Nations said it was withdrawing international workers from northwestern Pakistan.

The presence of Western organizations in Islamabad has already declined significantly, and most diplomats and aid workers no longer venture out freely even in the tightly controlled capital.

I THINK BUSH SHOULD HAVE DROPPED A FEW SMALLISH NUKES ON TORA BORA IN 2001.

NOW, I THINK THE PAKISTANIS SHOULD DROP A FEW IN THE FATA.

UPDATE: SCOOPED MEMEORANDUM BY A DAY.

SEND OBAMA, REID AND PELOSI A MESSAGE: SCOTT BROWN FOR SENATE

GUARANTEED NOT PHOTOSHOPPED: OBAMA 2010: OUT WITH THE YOUNG AND IN WITH THE OLD

The duties of the office have a way of aging you...


One day, Obama will look back and regret his election as much as most of those who voted for him.

I WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPIEST AND HEALTHIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS OF NEW YEARS!

MAY YOUR JOYS BE MULTIPLIED AND YOUR SORROWS CONSOLED!

MAY YOUR WISHES COME TRUE!

UNBELIEVABLE: "...the airborne fraction of carbon dioxide has not increased either during the past 150 years or during the most recent five decade!"

BOMBSHELL: THIS ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY AND UTTERLY DEMOLISHES THE ENTIRE AGW/CO2 THEORY.

THE CARBON TRADING BUBBLE WILL BURST AND CARBON MARKETS WILL COLLAPSE ON MONDAY.

(VIA PROFESSOR REYNOLDS.)

OBAMA AND HOLDER ISSUE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR CIA BOMBER'S BOSSES

The attacker killed 7 CIA agents including the station chief- a mother of three.

Obama and Holder probably want the bomber's bosses arrested, charged with murder and brought to trial in Chicago. TPM DOES.

The GOP would be happy if he and all his comrades were killed asap using all appropriate force.

What do you want?

VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

PS: BETWEEN THIS AND THE KNICKER-BOMBER, ONE MUST SAY THAT PANETTA IS DOING A HECKUVA JOB!

I GIVE HIM A SOLID B+!

WHY FOX IS #1 IN THE RATINGS - BY FAR: THE NINE NEWS STORIES THE MSM IGNORED, BUT FOX COVERED

VIA GLENN: THE 9 BIG STORIES THE MSM IGNORED.

BUT FOX COVERED THEM ALL.

AND - AS A RESULT - FOX GOT MORE VIEWERS THAN THE REST OF CABLE NEWS COMBINED.

AND THEY HAVE ALL 10 OF THE TOP TEN RATED SHOWS.

YOU'D THINK THE SHAREHOLDERS OF GE AND DISNEY AND CBS WOULD BE ANGRY AT THE MSM EXECUTIVES WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY PUTTING POLITICS AHEAD OF NEWSWORTHINESS.

Europe not out of the woods: Spain and Greece teetering

NYT:

Day by day, fears are growing that Greece or another weak country may default on its sovereign debt obligations, forcing the richer countries in Europe to ride to the rescue or risk having one or more of its most vulnerable members leave the 16-nation euro zone.

Many European economists discount such a fracture as a remote possibility. But that doesn’t mean Europe has safely emerged from crisis.

... France and Germany have already emerged from the recession. Business confidence in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has hit a 17-month high.

Yet on the periphery, the hangover from more than five years of a credit-infused boom shows little sign of diminishing.

Ireland, the first economy to stumble, has taken the most severe fiscal action, cutting public wages sharply. A new Greek government, punished by the rough treatment of bond investors no longer willing to countenance soft promises of reform, is just now promising steep spending cuts. But it is not clear whether the political system in Greece will accept them.

Meanwhile, Spain, to the frustration of many major lenders, seems to be putting off difficult fiscal questions in the hope that its economy will soon recover.

Critics of the euro zone contend that weak governments in the peripheral economies, facing high unemployment and restive voters, will not have the stomach to hold down wages, pensions and public expenditures.

I THINK MUCH OF EUROPE WILL DO BADLY IN 2010 - THE PINKEST PARTS WILL DO THE WORST. TOO MUCH SOCIALISM YIELDS STAGNATION AND A TOP HEAVY GOVERNMENT - WHICH BECOMES A BALL AND JACK.

WHICH IS WHAT OBAMA DREAMS OF, REALLY. DREAMS FROM MY FUHRER AND THE AUDACITY OF MUSSOLINI, MARX AND GRAMSCI.

IT'S THE PROGRESSIVE WAY, DONTCHYA KNOW... TURN LEFT, AND KEEPING WALKING UNTIL YOU FALL OFF A CLIFF.

I THINK OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES WILL ATTEMPT TO ENLARGE THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT UP UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

THEN, THE VOTERS WILL GIVE THEM ALL A RUDE AWAKENING.

INDIAN ASTROLOIGICAL PREDICTIONS FOR 2010 - hey: it's more accurate than the models used to predict AGW!

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I wish you all a great, happy, healthy, prosperous and safe New Year!

BRRRRRRR!: EVEN BBC PRESENTER ADMITS 2010 IS GONNA BE FREEEEEEEZING!

PIGS FLY:

It's going to be a cold 2010

Andrew Neil | 11:27 UK time, Wednesday, 30 December 2009

As much of the country braces itself for further snow falls and freezing temperatures word reaches me from several US forecasters that the whole of the Northern Hemisphere is in for a very cold start to 2010. Apparently there's been a strong downspike in something called the Arctic Oscillation Index and the North Atlantic Oscillation Index is also strongly negative.

This alignment in both atmospheric circulation patterns in a downward direction has led some forecasters in North America to predict a bitterly cold snap for the first half of January for North America and Northern Europe. One AccuWeather senior meteorologist called Joe Bastardi is even forecasting

"cold of a variety not seen in over 25 years in a large scale is about to engulf the major energy consuming areas of the northern Hemisphere. The first 15 days of the opening of the New Year will be the coldest, population weighted, north of 30 [degrees] north world wide in over 25 years."

THE FACTORS CAUSING THE COOLING OF GLOBAL CLIMATE IN 2010 ARE REAL; THOSE WHICH WERE SUPPOSEDLY CAUSING AGW ARE NOT.

END OF STORY.

UPDATED - IBRAHIM SHKUPOLLI, DRUG DEALING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MURDERS 5

Ibrahim Shkupolli, an illegal immigrant from Albania, ended his life today after a shooting spree in a shopping center in Finland which followed the murder of his ex-wife. Ibrahim was known to the police in Finland:

The 44-year-old man who today went berserk with a gun in a shopping center at Espoo in Finland, also killed his ex-wife before [THE] shooting, says Finnish police to TV 2 News.

The 44-year-old Kosovo Albanians killed a total of five persons. Four o[IN] the mall and his ex-wife.

The 44-year-old man is already known to police.

He is among the second known to have come illegally into the country and for drug-related crime, said Parlee Lehmus Helsinki police to TV 2 News.

UPDATE:

Denmark's TV2 reported that the gunman had killed his ex-wife in a nearby apartment building before continuing on to the mall.

Mika Pettersson, editor in chief of Finnish news agency STT, said the gunman opened fire at Prisma supermarket in the shopping center.

"People saw a gunman, calm, walking out of the grocery store after shooting," he told CNN. "People first thought it was fireworks that had been exploding, but after they realized what had happened, there was a panic."

RELIAPUNDIT ADDS: MSM IS ALREADY BLAMING THE GUN AND HIGH GUN OWNERSHIP RATE IN FINLAND: FROM THE BBC'S COVERAGE:

There is a long tradition of hunting in Finland, which has vast areas of forest and wilderness, but until recently gun crime has been rare.

But two deadly shootings in recent years focused attention on gun laws in a country where young people were permitted to own and use a firearm at 15 years of age if they had parental consent.

AP/DAILY NEWS, AGAIN:

Finland has a population of 5.3 million and is one of the top five nations in civilian gun ownership, with 1.6 million firearms privately owned, The AP reported.

The country has a history of shootings in schools. In both 2007 and 2008, student gunmen opened fire on their schools, killing several and then shooting themselves. Oddly enough, the students bought their .22-caliber handguns from the same store.

NOT A SINGLE MSM OUTLET IN THE USA IS MENTIONING HIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT STATUS, HIS ETHNICITY, NATIONALITY OR RELIGION.

THEIR DENIAL, THEIR PC - LIKE OBAMA'S, LIKE ALMOST ALL ON THE LEFT - IS LITERALLY GETTING US KILLED AS IT KILLED THOSE AT FORT HOOD.

EXAMPLE OF POC IN THIS CASE, (NYT/AP):

Speaking at a news conference, [POLICE SUPERINTENDENT] Kaski also refused to discuss Shkupolli's nationality, but Finnish media reported he was an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo.

THIS IS INSANE.

WE NEED PROFILING AND WE NEED IT NOW.

AND THE PROFILE TO WATCH OUT FOR: RADICAL MUSLIM. (THAT IS, A MUSLIM WHO STRICTLY ADHERES TO THE KORAN, THE SURA, AND THE HADITHS.)

SCOOPED GATEWAY BY AN HOUR - HE NOW HAS ADDITIONAL LINKS.

Scooped The American Thinker, too.

1/1/10 - UPDATE:

Officials say the 43-year-old Albanian came to Finland in the 1990s, but could not obtain Finnish citizenship because of his criminal record, which includes illegal possession of a gun.

WE REPEAT: A MUSLIM WHO COULDN'T GET CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE OF HIS CRMINAL RECORD.

NYTIMES AGREES: AVATAR IS RACIST

THEY DON'T EXPLICITLY SAY IT, BUT ONE CAN INFER THAT THEY ACCEPT THAT THE NAVI ARE AFRICANS/BLACKS:

Designing to an Afro Beat

From left: Tina Tyrell; Béatrice de Géa for NYT; 20th Century Fox

From left: Suno, Rodarte, and the Na’vi in “Avatar.” More Photos >

THIS PROVES WHAT MANY CRITICS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE MOVIE: ALL THE BAD GUYS ARE WHITE MALES AND ALL THE GOODIES BLACKS.

THAT'S RACIST.

POLL: AMERICAN'S ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE RISING

WSJ:

U.S. consumers in December turned more optimistic as expectations rose to a two-year high, according to a report released Tuesday.

The Conference Board, a private research group, said its index of consumer confidence increased to 52.9 this month, from a revised 50.6 in November, which was originally reported as 49.5. The current month's reading was close to economists' projection of 53.0, according to a survey conducted by Dow Jones Newswires.

The present situation index, a gauge of consumers' assessment of current economic conditions, fell to 18.8 from a revised 21.2 in November, originally reported as 21.1. The December reading was the lowest since February 1983, the board said.

Consumer expectations for economic activity over the next six months increased to 75.6 from a revised 70.3, first reported as 68.5. The expectations index is at its highest since December 2007, the start of the U.S. recession.

"A more optimistic outlook for business and labor market conditions was the driving force behind the increase in the expectations index," said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board Consumer Research Center.

Sentiment about the current labor markets was little changed from November's showing. The percentage who think jobs are "hard to get" fell to 48.6% in December from 49.2% in November. And those who think jobs are "plentiful" slipped to 2.9% from 3.1%.

The employment outlook showed a bit more improvement. The percentage of consumers expecting more jobs in the months ahead rose to 16.2% in December from 15.8%, while those expecting fewer jobs fell to 20.7% from 23.1%.

Repeat:

The present situation index, a gauge of consumers' assessment of current economic conditions, fell to 18.8 from a revised 21.2 in November, originally reported as 21.1. The December reading was the lowest since February 1983, the board said.

People think that things really really suck right now. But that things should get better next year.

WHY?

The hate Obama's policies, but think they will be tempered next year.

AS EXPECTATIONS INCREASE THAT THE GOP WILL RETAKE CONGRESS IN 2010 AND PUT A BREAK ON OBAMA'S SOCIALIST "TRANSFORMATION" OF AMERICA, CONFIDENCE IN OUR ECONOMY WILL SOAR.

OBAMA SO FAR: NOT EVEN ONE YEAR IN, AND ALREADY TWO SUCCESSFUL ENEMY ATTACKS IN THE HOMELAND

OBAMA'S WATCH ISN'T YET A FULL YEAR OLD, AND THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TWO SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS BY THE ENEMY ON OUR SOIL:

• FIRST, FORT HOOD,
• AND SECOND THE KNICKER-BOMBER, (ONLY A FAULTY DETONATOR STOPPED THE ATTACK).

BECAUSE OF THEIR ROLES IN THE "SYSTEMIC FAILURE" BLAIR AND PANETTA AND NAPOLITANO SHOULD ALL BE FIRED.

BUT LIBERAL OBAMA AND LIBERAL PC ARE ALSO TO BLAME.

LIBERALS BETTER CHANGE FAST.

OBAMA HAD BETTER CHANGE FAST.

OR THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ATTACK.

PC MOVES - LIKE DECREASING OUR SECRECY RULES - ARE EXACTLY THE WRONG THING AT THE WRONG TIME.

AS ARE PROSECUTING NAVY SEALS AND CIA AGENTS.

THEY DE-MOTIVATE THOSE ON OUR FRONT LINES.

IF OBAMA IS SERIOUS ABOUT DEFENDING US THEN HE WILL RESCIND THESE THREE MOVES.

THEN AGAIN, IF OBAMA REALLY WAS A CRYPTO-MUSLIM AND/OR A RADICAL LEFTIST WHO WANTED THE USA TO LOSE, WOULD HE BE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY?

NOPE.

CHENEY AGREES:

"As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He seems to think if he has a low key response to an attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of 9/11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won’t be at war.

“He seems to think if he closes Guantanamo and releases the hard-core al Qaeda trained terrorists still there, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gets rid of the words, ‘war on terror,’ we won’t be at war. But we are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe. Why doesn’t he want to admit we’re at war? It doesn’t fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It doesn’t fit with what seems to be the goal of his presidency – social transformation—the restructuring of American society. President Obama’s first object and his highest responsibility must be to defend us against an enemy that knows we are at war."

OUR ALLEGEDLY AMERICAN ALLEGEDLY CHRISTIAN ALLEGEDLY INTELLIGENT ALLEGEDY LOQUACIOUS PRESIDENT ALLEGEDLY MADE THESE REMARKS

Text of Obama’s prepared remarks:

Good morning, everybody.

I wanted to take just a few minutes to update the American people on the attempted ALLEGED terrorist attack that ALLEGEDLY occurred on Christmas Day and the steps we're ALLEGEDLY taking to ensure the safety and security of the country.

The investigation's ALLEGEDLY ongoing.

And I ALLEGEDLY spoke again this morning with ALLEGED Attorney General Eric Holder, the ALLEGED secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, and my ALLEGED counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, John Brennan. I ALLEGEDLY asked them to keep -- continue monitoring the situation to keep the ALLEGED American people and ALLEGED members of Congress informed.

Here's what we ALLEGEDLY know so far: On Christmas Day- ALLEGEDLY, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was ALLEGEDLY en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit. As the plane ALLEGEDLY made its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a passenger allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on his body, ALLEGEDLY setting off a fire.

Thanks to the ALLEGEDLY quick and heroic actions of passengers and crew, the ALLEGED suspect was ALLEGEDLY immediately subdued, the fire was ALLEGEDLY put out, and the plane ALLEGEDLY landed safely. The ALLEGED suspect is now ALLEGEDLY in custody and has been ALLEGEDLY charged with attempting to destroy an aircraft.

A full investigation has ALLEGEDLY been launched into this ALLEGEDLY attempted act of ALLEGED terrorism, and we will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable.

Now, this was a serious reminder of the ALLEGED dangers that we ALLEGEDLY face and the ALLEGED nature of those who ALLEGEDLY threaten our ALLEGED homeland.

Had the ALLEGED suspect succeeded in bringing down that ALLEGED plane, it could have ALLEGEDLY killed nearly 300 ALLEGED passengers and crew, ALLEGEDLY innocent civilians ALLEGEDLY preparing to celebrate the holidays with their ALLEGED families and friends.

The American people should be assured that we are doing everything in our power to keep you and your family safe and secure during this ALLEGEDLY busy holiday season.

Since I was ALLEGEDLY first notified of this ALLEGED incident, I've ALLEGEDLY ordered the following actions to be taken to ALLEGEDLY protect the ALLEGED American people and to secure air travel.

ALLEGEDLY THIS IDIOT IS GONNA BE POTUS OFR THREE MORE YEARS.

I HOPE WE SURVIVE UNTIL NOIVEMBER 2010!

NIGERIAN KNICKERBOMBER A WAKE UP CALL FOR OBAMA AND HIS ACOLYTES

OBAMA AND HIS ACOLYTES ACTUALLY BELIEVED MERELY ELECTING OBAMA PRESIDENT WOULD MAKE US SAFER.

• OBAMA SAID AS MUCH DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN A RADIO INTERVIEW;

(LINKS TO VIDEO BY NAKED EMPEROR NEWS VIA HOT AIR WHO HAS COMMENTARY AND THREAD).

IDIOTS.

• AS IF WW4 WAS OUR FAULT - A REACTION TO OUR POLICIES OR ISRAELS.

IDIOTS.

• AS IF THE FACT THAT OBAMA WAS HALF-BLACK OR HALF-AFRICAN OR HAL;F MUSLIM WOULD MAKE EVERYONE LIKE US MORE AND REDUCE THE JIHADO-TERROR THREAT.

IDIOTS.

• IF THEY HAVEN'T WOKEN UP NOW, I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT IT WILL TAKE.

FREUDIAN SLIP ALERT:

IN THIS CLIP OBAMA SAYS "MUSLIMS KNOW I MAY BE A CHRISTIAN" NOT "MUSLIMS KNOW I AM A CHRISTIAN."

UPDATE: WE CALLED IT A WAKE UP CALL ON TUESDAY, JEFF JACOBY AGREED ON WEDNESDAY.

Tuesday night lullaby

TIGER IN REHAB FOR SEX ADDICTION

WOODS IS GETTING HELP.

HE NEEDS IT. AFTER ALL, WHAT KIND OF MAN HAS SEX WITH AS MANY WOMEN AS HE HAS!?

ANSWER: ONLY THOSE WHO CAN. ER UM... ARE SICK AND NEED HELP.

WE'LL KNOW HE'S CURED IF, WHEN HE COMES OUT, HE SAYS HIS NAME IS ELDRICK.

THE VERY DEFINITION OF OPTIMIST: AFTER 11TH DIVORCE, MAN LOOKING FOR 12TH WIFE

OR MASOCHIST. OR IDIOT.

UH-OH: MAGNETIC POLAR SHIFT ACCELERATING

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:

Earth's north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles (64 kilometers) a year due to magnetic changes in the planet's core, new research says.

The core is too deep for scientists to directly detect its magnetic field. But researchers can infer the field's movements by tracking how Earth's magnetic field has been changing at the surface and in space.

Now, newly analyzed data suggest that there's a region of rapidly changing magnetism on the core's surface, possibly being created by a mysterious "plume" of magnetism arising from deeper in the core.

And it's this region that could be pulling the magnetic pole away from its long-time location in northern Canada, said Arnaud Chulliat, a geophysicist at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France.

The magnetic north pole had moved little from the time scientists first located it in 1831. Then in 1904, the pole began shifting northeastward at a steady pace of about 9 miles (15 kilometers) a year.

In 1989 it sped up again, and in 2007 scientists confirmed that the pole is now galloping toward Siberia at 34 to 37 miles (55 to 60 kilometers) a year.

... Scientists had long suspected that, since the molten core is constantly moving, changes in its magnetism might be affecting the surface location of magnetic north.

Although the new research seems to back up this idea, Chulliat is not ready to say whether magnetic north will eventually cross into Russia.

"It's too difficult to forecast," Chulliat said.

Also, nobody knows when another change in the core might pop up elsewhere, sending magnetic north wandering in a new direction.

NO WONDER OUR PRESIDENT HAS HIS HEAD UP HIS ASS!

UNSEALED PAPERS SHOW THATCHER WAS A VISIONARY ON MASSIVE IMMIGRATION - AND A FRIEND OF THE SHAH

THE SCOTSMAN:

MARGARET Thatcher complained bitterly in private about the numbers of immigrants coming to Britain from south Asia . .

Papers released to the National Archives at Kew, west London, under the 30-year rule cast fresh light on the former prime minister's attitude towards race and immigration.

They record a meeting in July 1979 between the premier, foreign secretary Lord Carrington and home secretary William Whitelaw to discuss the plight of hundreds of thousands of "boat people" fleeing communist persecution in Vietnam.

According to the minutes, Lord Carrington, who had visited refugee camps in Hong Kong where some refugees were being held, gave a "vivid account" of the conditions he found and suggested Britain should accept 10,000 over a two-year period.

He expressed concern that if the UK did not come forward with a significant offer, there would be a "damaging reaction" both at home and abroad. Anything less than 10,000, he said, would be "difficult to sustain internationally".

The suggestion drew an angry response from Mrs Thatcher who said that there were already too many people coming into the country.

She said that "with some exceptions there had been no humanitarian case for accepting 1.5 million immigrants from south Asia and elsewhere. It was essential to draw a line somewhere".

Mr Whitelaw weighed in, saying it was a mistake to mix up immigrants and refugees. He further antagonised Mrs Thatcher by adding that his postbag was showing a shift in opinion in favour of accepting more boat people.

"The Prime Minister said that in her view all those who wrote letters in this sense should be invited to accept one into their homes," the minutes noted.

"She thought it quite wrong that immigrants should be given council housing whereas white citizens were not."

Mrs Thatcher then raised the question of the implications of such a move in the light of the expected exodus of the white settler population from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) once majority rule was established.

She added, however, that she had "less objection to refugees such as Rhodesians, Poles and Hungarians, since they could more easily be assimilated into British society".

SHE KNEW ASSIMILATION WAS NECESSARY AND THAT UNBRIDLED SOUTH ASIAN (THE SUB-CONTINENT, PAKISTAN) IMMIGRATION WOULD LEAD TO CULTURAL SUICIDE.

IT HAS.

THERE'S PLENTY MORE; USE THE LINK.

YAHOO/AFP:

Britain was desperate for the shah of Iran not to move near London after the 1979 revolution despite previously supporting him, even planning a cloak-and-dagger mission to the Bahamas to put him off.

Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was "deeply unhappy" that Britain could not offer sanctuary to a "firm and helpful friend".

But her predecessor James Callaghan and officials had already decided before she was elected in May 1979 that the shah's would pose a huge security risk and damage relations with the new regime, secret files released Wednesday showed.

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi left Iran on January 16, 1979 and in February, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile in France and became supreme leader of the Islamic republic.

Meanwhile, the shah moved between a series of countries including the Bahamas while desperately trying to persuade someone to give him a permanent home. On February 9 1979, a freelance journalist close to the shah called Alan Hart contacted Downing Street to say the deposed royal was interested in living full-time at his lavish estate in Surrey, southwest of London. Hart said "he had been asked by the Shah... to make an informal approach to the British authorities to sound out their reaction to the possibility that he might seek to come to the UK to settle more or less permanently," according to a letter from Downing Street to the Foreign Office.

In response, a senior Foreign Office official wrote to Downing Street that any such move "would be bound to complicate and very likely damage our relations with any successor government", plus "saddle us with an enormous security problem". Callaghan, who was still in office before being ousted by Thatcher later that year, echoed this analysis. "He is an intensely controversial figure in Iran and we must consider our future with that country," Callaghan wrote in a note on the situation on February 19. "He will need to make interim arrangements."

Within a few months, though, Thatcher was in Downing Street and voicing discontent about the situation.

"The prime minister made it clear that she was deeply unhappy about the Government's inability to offer sanctuary to a ruler who had, in her view, been a firm and helpful friend to the UK," a letter from Downing Street to the Foreign Office revealed on May 14.

In the meantime, officials were plotting to send an emissary, the former ambassador to Iran Sir Denis Wright, under an alias to the Bahamas to discourage the shah. "His cover will be breaking a business trip to spend a weekend with an old friend -- yourself. Your old friend's name is Edward Wilson!" another former ambassador, Anthony Parsons, telegrammed to Britain's high commissioner in the Bahamas on May 16.

After travelling between countries including Egypt and Morocco, the shah headed to the US for cancer treatment. Once he arrived, Iranian students took 63 hostages at the US embassy in Tehran in November 1979, demanding that the Shah return to Iran to face trial in the 444 day-long Iran hostage crisis.

He died in Cairo in 1980.

SHE WAS RIGHT AGAIN.

THE BRITS NEED ANTHER THATCHER; SO DO WE!

INSTEAD, WE EACH HAVE CLEMENT ATTLEE.

***UPDATED*** Dealing In Terms of Days Until the Mullahs Fall

They're not just talking in terms of days; they're acting in terms of days.

According to Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah, ordinary Iranian citizens have been photographing museums, precious relics, priceless artifacts, etc., all over Iran because they expect the mullahs to make a last-minute plunder before they flee.

Note how the lefty host presents her own fable of pro-regime protesters all over the place. Those are paid regime forces. Pahlavi says that even the Basij are defecting, which is an understatement. They are out-numbered to the point of near-uselessness now.*

I have been hoping to see Reza Pahlavi as the head of Iran under a constitutional monarchy for quite some time and it looks like it will happen very soon.

This comes after Planet-Iran broke the news this morning of a published document stating that the mullahs have plans to flee to Russia, apparently even more imminently than I, and I think most other people, had realized.

It reads:

Re: Response to a letter number [redacted] written on the 5th of Dey (December 26th).

Salam Aleykom

With respect, we would like to inform you of the inspection, check up and preparation of the aircraft, destination Russia, for the purpose of transporting the Supreme Leader, his esteemed family and various officials of the Revolutionary Guards. Should the commanding forces lose control, direct your attention to the attached permit, number [redacted] of the National Security Agency and the Bureau of Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence Security in order for the necessary steps to be taken.

Va al-salam

Office of the high assembly of the Islamic Republic’s national security

Commander, Brigadier-General, Revolutionary Guard

Stamped by Secretary General of the High Assembly of the Islamic Republic’s National Security

Stamped by Dr. Saeed Jalili

How amazing would it be if the Iranian people took back their country before Israel would have to strike militarily? They have to overthrow the mullahs or they will become cannon fodder for them.

The Iranian people will save us all from a thousand years of darkness. May God be with these brave souls.

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UPDATE: Khamenei's plane is on stand-by and it's undergoing a check-up. (Via Gateway Pundit.)

*Update II: Correction: there was mullah astroturf.

WALLS AND DOTS AND STOPPING TERROR

It's often said that in today's interconnected/globalized world you cannot build a wall to keep all the bad guys out.

And you cannot possibly have good enough intel' to learn about every single plot. Or to always connect the dots in time.

So, there are bound to be a few successful plots or near successful ones.

But framing the problem this way is intrinsically defeatist - nay self-defeating.

It makes the perfect the enemy of the good.

If better intel' and some big impenetrable walls - and even profiling - could make it tougher for the enemy to stage a successful attack, mustn't we deploy them!?

YES.

Not to do so is dereliction of duty.

Allow me to put it this way:

If - way back in WW1 - you had an anti-rocket system which was only 80% effective, and could only stop 80% of the incoming bombs, would you deploy it!?

YOU DAMN BETCHYA. You'd save many MANY lives and limbs. Not all, but some. So you do it.

SO... this means a few things: we MUST deploy NMD as fast as we can and in as many key areas as we can EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT 100% EFFECTIVE.

And it means we MUST start profiling.

And it means we MUST build a physical wall on our border with Mexico - and insist that the EU stop whining about Israel's wall with Gaza and the West Bank.

And I don't wanna hear one effin word about how profiling MUSLIMS and ARABS and PAKISTANIS (for starters) is racist and unfairly smears them.

WHAT SMEARS THEM IS THE TERROR, NOT THE ANTI-TERROR.

IF THEY WANT TO BE FREE OF SUSPICION THEN THEY SHOULD DO MORE TO COMBAT THE TERRORISTS IN THEIR OWN LANDS.

If Obama doesn't get serious about protecting us, then he should be impeached.

BLUE HAWAII FOR OBAMA?

OH NO. SORRY. JUST PHOTOS OF OBAMA GOING THROUGH A BODY SCANNER IN THE OAHU AIRPORT.

(YOU KNOW, IF YOU PUT A TAIL ON HIM HE COULD PASS FOR A NAVI!)

NEYTIRI JOLIE!?!?

IMHO, the Zoe Saldana character was modeled on ANGELINA JOLIE.

TAKE A LOOK AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF:






























































































I THINK ANGELINA JOLIE SHOULD SUE JAMES CAMERON FOR USING HER LIKENESS WITHOUT PERMISSION.
































THE BLUE VERSION OF ANGELINA IS MADE SIMPLY BY INVERTING THE COLORS OF THE UNTOUCHED PHOTO IN PAINTSHOP.

WHICH IS PROBABLY HOW CAMERON CHOSE THEIR COLOR: IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF "EVIL CAUCASIANS."

BWT: I think it's pretty obvious that the name of the character, Neytiri, was meant to evoke NATURE.

Ooo, how FREAKIN brilliant!

AN INVASION OF RIFQA'S PRIVACY

Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs report that the people involved in the Rifqa Bary case have agreed that she have her guardian ad litum review the mail she's getting. Now is that not running the risk of invading someone else's privacy, in a way?

The CAIR lawyer for the parents even wants to bar discussion of Islam in the further trial hearings, and Pamela feels that the defense lawyers are not handling the case properly. The next hearing is on January 19. If there's to be a rally for her then, make sure to be there. And you can send her a Happy New Year card at the address Pamela provided.

A friendly warning to all jihadists: WHAT WOULD MOHAMMED DO?

Mohammed PBUH had no PETN - therefore you are forbidden to use it.

Mohammed PBUH had no autmatic weapons, either; therefore you are forbidden to use them.

Mohammed PBUH had no cellphones; therefore you are forbidden to use them.

Mohammed PBUH had no TV or radio or telephones or autmobiles or mopeds; therefore you are forbidden to use them.

Mohammed PBUH had no bombs or IED's or missiles; therefore you are forbidden to use them.

Mohammed PBUH had no microwaves, or antibiotics or refridgerators; therefore you are forbidden to use them.

Mohammed PBUH had no internet, no email, no computer; therefore you are forbidden to use them.

IF YOU USE THEM IN HIS NAME YOU WILL GO TO STRIAGHT HELL, DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT 72 VIRGINS.

GREAT LITTLE INTERVIEW OF JOHN YOO...

GREAT LITTLE INTERVIEW OF JOHN YOO HERE. EXCERPT:

• Were you close to George Bush?

No, I’ve never met him. I don’t know Cheney either. I have not gone hunting with him, which is probably a good thing for me.

• Weren’t you invited to the White House Christmas party during your two years at the Department of Justice?

I don’t think so. That’s the way the government works. There’s the attorney general, then the deputy attorney general and then an associate attorney general. Then there’s the assistant attorney general, who was the head of my office.

• So you’re saying you were just one notch above an intern, you and Monica Lewinsky?

She was much closer to the president than I ever was.

WHAT IF THE NIGERIAN BOMBER HAD REMOVED HIS UNDERWEAR IN THE BATHROOM FIRST, AND THEN...

... AND THEN IGNITED IT - ALONE IN THE BATHROOM?

THERE WOULD'VE BEEN NO INTERVENTION AND IT WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP.

• DITTO THE SHOE BOMBER: IF HE DONE IT IN THE BATHROOM.
• THEY DO IT IN THEIR SEATS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE NEAR THE GAS TANKS.
• IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ENEMY MIGHT ADJUST THIS PART OF THEIR STRATEGY.
• KEEPING PASSENGERS IN THEIR SEATS FOR THE LAST HOUR OF A FLIGHT WON'T MAKE US MUCH SAFER.
• AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE COURAGE AND VIGILANCE OF OTHER PASSENGERS ALONE.
  
• WE NEED PROFILING AND WE NEED IT NOW - AND THAT'S JUST FOR STARTERS.

WHAT'S THE CHANCE THE LIB OBAMA WILL CHECK OFF ON THIS?

ZERO.

AGAIN: PC WILL TRUMP SANITY.

MORE HERE.

TALKING PICTURES: ANGELINA JOLIE CHILLS OUT

CAMERON'S AVATAR: A PROPAGANDISTIC EXERCISE IN HYPOCRISY AND FASHIONABLE NONSENSE

BWAHAHAHA: CRU 2000: "BRITISH SNOWFALL A THING OF THE PAST"

WUWT:

Richard North from the EU Referendum writes of a curious juxtaposition of forecasts, then and now. I thought it worth sharing here since it highlights the chutzpah with which CRU botched their forecast in March of 2000. At least they didn’t claim that UK snowfall was in a “death spiral”.

From The Independent on 20 March 2000 we got the headline: “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past”. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”.

THEY WERE AS WRONG ABOUT THAT AS EVERYTHING ELSE. WALES WILL GET 12 INCHES TODAY.

WUWT THAT HAS LOT MORE ON THE ISSUE - INCLUDING HILARIOUS SCREE-GRABS OF THE 2000 CRU PREDICTIONS.

AGW = BS.

CHINESE ADMIT THAT $35 BILLION WAS STOLEN FROM GOVERNMENT - LAST YEAR

NYT/AP:

Chinese officials misused or embezzled about $35 billion in government money in the first 11 months of the year, according to a national audit released this week.

The announcement is the latest indication of how widespread corruption has become among government agencies and how difficult it will be for Beijing to root out.

THIS IS LIKELY JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. I MEAN ICE-CAP!

• THIS IS HALF OF WHAT IS STOLEN FROM MEDICARE/MEDICAID EACH YEAR.

• THIS IS A MAJOR REASON WHY SMALL GOVERNMENT IS BETTER: THE SMALLER GOVERNMENT IS, THE LESS THEY CAN STEAL.

• AND ANOTHER THING: THIS PROVES THAT THE PROBLEM IS HUMANITY-WIDE, NOT ETHNIC, NOT CLASS, NOT NATIONAL. IT'S HUMAN NATURE.

• THAT'S WHY EVERY GOVERNMENT NEEDS CHECK & BALANCES AND COMPETITION WITH OTHER LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT, IE LOCAL AND STATE VERSUS NATIONAL.

• IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE BASTARDS FROM STEALING EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.
• BTW: THIS $35 BILLION NUMBER DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE SWEET INSIDE DEAL/LOANS AND INSIDER DEAL THE BIGSHOTS GET.

• IF YOU ADDED UP UP THAT'S EMBEZZLED AND THE LIKE FROM GOVERNMENT BY POLITICIANS, IT WOULD PROBABLY COME TO A FEW TRILLION A YEAR WORLDWIDE.

• YES: MORE THAN THE DRUG TRADE.
  

U.S. GOVERNMENT ORDERS 200 MILLION ROUNDS OF AMMO FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

From Paco:

The Department of Homeland Security has placed an order for 200 million rounds of pistol ammunition (.40 caliber, hollow-point) over the next five years for use by its Immigration, Customs and Enforcement division.

Let's see now, ICE has approximately 15,000 employees. Not all of them are licensed to carry firearms, but just to keep the math simple, we'll divide the whole shebang into 200 million. That works out to a little over 13,000 rounds per employee over five years, or approximately 2,600 per employee per year.

Now, in case the entire population of Mexico tries to cross the border over the next five years, this would be enough to shoot everybody twice; however, this event seems unlikely, and would represent a pretty harsh response, anyway.

So, what's it all about, Janet?

CARDIOLOGISTS SUE SEBELIUS OVER IMPENDING MEDICARE CUTS

THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOLKS; UNDER OBAMACARE THE ENTIRE USA MEDICAL SYSTEM WILL COLLAPSE.

USA TODAY:

Heart specialists on Monday filed suit against Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in an effort to stave off steep Medicare fee cuts for routine office-based procedures such as nuclear stress tests and echocardiograms.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, charges that the government's planned cutbacks will deal a major blow to medical care in the USA, forcing thousands of cardiologists to shutter their offices, sell diagnostic equipment and work for hospitals, which charge more for the same procedures.

DOCTORS WILL JUST STOP ACCEPTING PATIENTS WITH BAD INSURANCE POLICIES.

I SUSPECT OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES KNOW THIS.

THEY ARE EMPLOYING ANOTHER CLOWARD-PIVEN STRATEGY: THEY WANT TO WRECK THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM SO THEY CAN EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IT ALL OVER.

ONE YEAR TOO LATE, WASH POST ACCURATELY DESCRIBES OBAMA'S SEC OF EDUCATION: A MISERABLE FAILURE

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

ONLY... SINCE ALL OF MUNICIPAL CHICAGO IS A MISERABLE FAILURE AND UTTERLY CORRUPT IT'D BEEN NICE IF ANYONE IN THE MSM HAD COVERED OBAMA'S ROLE IN THE MACHINE MORE CLOSELY.

BREAKING NEWS: ANDREW SULLIVAN ACCURATELY DESCRIBES HIMSELF!

THE DAILY DISH:

she acts so often out of spite, anger and with no solid grasp of the full consequences you never know what she might do next

OKAY, RANDY ANDY THOUGHT HE WAS DESCRIBING SARAH PALIN, BUT HE WAS PROJECTING.

IT'S THE CLEAREST EXAMPLE OF PROJECTION I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.

VIA MEMEORANDUM.

HERE'S WHY ANY SHALIT SWAP IS A BAD DEAL:

JPOST: Hamas threatens another kidnapping

The warning came in an interview given by senior Hamas official in Lebanon Osama Hamdan to Hizbullah's Al-Manar television network.

Hamdan also said that the terror group was currently discussing Israel's counter offer and that its response would be given at the conclusion of the talks. He said Israel had several reservations concerning the prisoners on the list and the criteria for their release.

Despite his threat, Hamdan emphasized that even if Israel does not respond affirmatively to Hamas's decision, negotiations would continue. He went on to confirm that Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti and PFLP chief Ahmed Sa'adat were on the Hamas list.

THE PRICE IS TOO STEEP AND ANY SWAP ONLY ENCOURAGES MORE OF THE SAME.

HAMAS IS AN EVIL BUNCH OF VILE JIHADO-MANIACS WHO NEEDS TO BE ERADICATED NOT APPEASED.

CHARLIE SHEEN - LEFTIE/TRUTHER/GREENIE - THREATENED TO MURDER HIS WIFE

UNREAL:

Actor Charlie Sheen put a knife to his wife's throat and threatened to kill her in a fight that began over Christmas, she told police.

The star spent much of Christmas Day in a cell after he apparently attacked Brooke Mueller Sheen when she asked him for a divorce.

Arrest papers quote Mrs Sheen saying the Two and Half Men star had straddled her on a bed and held her down.

The 44-year-old denied threatening his wife with a knife or choking her.

According to the police document, during the attack, Sheen said: "You better be in fear. If you tell anybody, I'll kill you.

"I have ex-police I can hire who know how to get the job done and they won't leave any trace."

However, the star told officers they had slapped each other on the arms and he had snapped two pairs of her eyeglasses in front of her.

He also told officers that he had become "very upset with this threat [of divorce] because of prior experiences."

He went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with his previous wife, actress Denise Richards.

An ambulance went to the house, but no-one was taken to hospital.

Police on Saturday said the star was suspected of assault, menacing and criminal mischief. He was released on $8,500 (£5,300) bail.

Mr Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of actor-director Emilio Estevez.

AUDIO OF HER 911 CALL HERE.

MANY LEFTIES ARE LIKE THIS: HYPOCRITES - DO-GOODERS IN PUBLIC WHO ADMONISH US, BUT WHO ARE SCUM IN THEIR OWN PRIVATE LIVES.

BARRY AND MICHELLE OBAMA COME TO MIND...

NETANYAHU TO CAIRO...

BBC:

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are due to meet in Cairo, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

The Palestinians refuse to restart negotiations unless Israel stops all building in West Bank settlements.

A former Israeli peace negotiator has said Israel and the US are close to agreeing principles for the talks.

The visit comes as Egypt is trying to negotiate the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

I BETCHYA THE MFA RECALL HAS MORE TO DO WITH WHAT BIBI AND HOSNI ARE CHATTING ABOUT THAN IRAN.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CROSS LENI RIEFENSTAHL WITH AL GORE, GEORGE LUCAS AND SMURFS?

YEAH YEAH YEAH: THROW IN DANCES WITH WOLVES, TOO:

AVATAR.

• WITHOUT THE EFFECTS, IS THERE A HIT MOVIE IN THERE?

• NOPE.

• WITHOUT THE PROPAGANDA, IS THERE A STORY?

• NOPE.

AVATAR IS A REFLECTION OF TWO THINGS:

1. HOLLYWOOD'S DESPERATE EFFORT TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF WHAT IT FEELS IS IT'S REAL COMPETITION: COMPUTER GAMES AND PORN.
2. AND ITS NEED FOR GLOBAL MARKETING.

THAT'S WHY I EXPECT HOLLYWOOD TO PRODUCE MORE OF THIS CRAP.

EVEN A FEW PREQUELS AND SEQUELS.

WHITEWASHING THE BLACK PANTHERS: OBAMA AND HOLDER FIRE THE DOJ SECTION HEAD WHO BROUGHT THE CASE AGAINST THE BLACK PANTHERS

THEY DROPPED THE BLACK PANTHER CASE IN JUNE.

NOW, THEY'VE "TRANSFERRED" THE DOJ SECTION CHIEF WHO BROUGHT THE CHARGES!

UNBELIEVABLE. IMPEACHABLE. HOLDER THAT IS. AND THEN BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

AND TO TOP IT OFF, IT WAS ONLY REPORTED BY 6 MEDIA OUTLETS.

NOT A SINGLE ONE A MAJOR MSM PLAYER:

Justice transfers Panthers pursuer out of DC office

Washington Times - Jerry Seper - ‎49 minutes ago‎

The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against ...

Obama Black Panther coverup goes further with dismissal of career attorney

Examiner.com - Eric Holder - ‎11 hours ago‎

AP Wire Photo Veteran Civil Rights Division attorney Christopher Coates is no longer chief of the Voting Section, according to the division's Web site. ...

Justice Department Subpoenaed In New Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case

Personal Liberty Digest - ‎20 hours ago‎

The US Civil Rights Commission recently subpoenaed the Justice Department in an effort to understand why they dropped charges in May against three members ...

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He added, "I have written Attorney General [Eric] Holder on six occasions asking for an explanation for the dismissal of this case. To date, I have received no response from him." more by Frank Wolf - 20 hours ago - Personal Liberty Digest (5 occurrences)

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Black Panther case: Has a head rolled?

Washington Examiner (blog) - David Freddoso - ‎22 hours ago‎

Main Justice reports that Christopher Coates, head of the Justice Department's voting rights division, has been removed from his post and replaced. ...

Voting Section Chief Out Amid Controversy

Main Justice - Ryan J. Reilly - ‎Dec 27, 2009‎

Veteran Civil Rights Division attorney Christopher Coates is no longer chief of the Voting Section, according to the ...

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DOJ Voting rights chief fired. Prosecuted New Black Panthers

American Thinker (blog) - Clarice Feldman - ‎13 hours ago‎

Main Justice.com reports there's been an unceremonial removal from office of the Civil Rights Division's Voting Rights Section chief, Christopher Coates. ...

ACE:

He wasn't fired outright; just transferred due to "controversies" he caused. And frictions with the leadership of this unit, which apparently didn't like having the voter intimidation division investigating actual voter intimidation.

Good Lord. They don't even care. They don't even care.

I guess you can afford not to care when the media's biggest FAQ is "how might I better pleasure you, Master?"

REFRESHER:

FNC's O'Reilly Interviews Liberal Attorney Who Witnessed Black Panther Voter Intimidation

On Friday’s The O’Reilly Factor on FNC, host Bill O’Reilly interviewed liberal civil rights attorney Bartle Bull about the Justice Department’s recent decision to drop charges against Black Panther members who engaged in voter intimidation in Philadelphia polling place last November. Bull – who worked for both Robert F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter – was an eyewitness to some of the intimidation, and charged that Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision not to pursue the case was "100 percent politically motivated."

VIDEO:

WE'RE GONNA IMPEACH HOLDER IN 2011. FOR STARTERS, JUST AS AN APPETIZER!

Cutting to the chase in the NYTimes airline security debate

THE NYTIMES ASKED 3 SUPPOSED EXPERT ABOUT AIRLINE SECURITY:

Room for Debate

What’s Missing in Airport Security?

Can safety rules be tightened without clogging up air travel?

YES: JUST USE PROFILING!

OF COURSE: NOT ONE EXPERT THE NYTIMES FEATURED EVEN USED THE WORD PROFILING.

LIBERALS ARE FREAKIN' INSANE.

PC IS NOT A PRESCRPTION FOR SOCIAL HARMONY; IT'S A RECIPE FOR COLLECTIVE SUICIDE.

MORE ON PROFILING HERE.

Bush Released Two Plotters of Northwest Flight 253 Bombing From Gitmo in 2007

But, but I thought it was just a lone wolf with a little firecracker.

Turns out that they went to jihad rehab and then planned to kill a bunch of Americans on the holiest Christian holiday.

Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.

American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.

Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.

[...]

"The so-called rehabilitation programs are a joke," a U.S. diplomat said in describing the Saudi efforts with released Guantanamo detainees.

Saudi officials concede its program has had its "failures" but insist that, overall, the effort has helped return potential terrorists to a meaningful life.

One program gives the former detainees paints and crayons as part of the rehabilitation regimen.

A similar rehabilitation program in Yemen was stopped because so many of the detainees quickly joined with al Qaeda or its affiliates, the official said.

How shocking that finger painting would fail to change the worldviews of murderous jihadis. Even more shocking is the fact that these men went all the way from Saudi Arabia to their next-door neighbor, Yemen. Good thing we shut down the finger painting summer camps in that terror haven! (Drenched in sarcasm, of course.)

Thank goodness for Holland's excellent airport security, which allows terrorists on planes without passports. Without them, our diligent intelligence services, and our trustworthy Saudi friends this would be really scary and outrageous. Good thing we stopped releasing the Gitmo terrorists. Oh, wait...