UPDATES: Pilots Declining, Telephone Peeing, Presidents Dancing, Somalis Prostituting,Professors Gorging, and Obama Bad-Mouthing
Harry S Truman profoundly said,“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” I’m not exactly sure of what the 33rd president meant by that since there are any number of things, events, developments, updates in the world that strike me as pretty new and I know them.
I think.
DrudgeReport.com featured a slew of them on Monday, most of which have previously been discussed here and all of which are definitely “new,” some of which baffle me, some of which I don’t care a flying fig about. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=2577)
Showing posts with label somalis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label somalis. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Nervy News #7: Ham Sandwiches
Nervy News #7: Ham Sandwiches
When is a ham sandwich or sammich not a ham sandwich or sammich?
Well, obviously when the sandwich/sammich becomes a hate crime!
At least that’s what the nitwit administrators at Lewiston Middle School in Maine think. I’m almost certain the Fourth Earl of Sandwich didn’t envision his creation would ever gain the status of a hate crime back in the eighteenth century.
It seems some Lewiston Middle School kid who I’d have to guess was about 12 or 13 thought it would be amusing and crack up his buddies to put a ham sandwich on a cafeteria table where Somali students happened to be chowing down their lunch.
The ham must have made the Somalis retch since most Somalis are Muslims and Muslims regard even being in the same room as a pork product as the equivalent of being denied their 72 virgins after they move on up to Muslim Paradise after killing infidels.
The hate-criminal, (presumably a boy since young girls would never commit a hate crime), was summarily suspended by officials at Lewiston even though the ham sandwich was in a brown bag. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1720)
When is a ham sandwich or sammich not a ham sandwich or sammich?
Well, obviously when the sandwich/sammich becomes a hate crime!
At least that’s what the nitwit administrators at Lewiston Middle School in Maine think. I’m almost certain the Fourth Earl of Sandwich didn’t envision his creation would ever gain the status of a hate crime back in the eighteenth century.
It seems some Lewiston Middle School kid who I’d have to guess was about 12 or 13 thought it would be amusing and crack up his buddies to put a ham sandwich on a cafeteria table where Somali students happened to be chowing down their lunch.
The ham must have made the Somalis retch since most Somalis are Muslims and Muslims regard even being in the same room as a pork product as the equivalent of being denied their 72 virgins after they move on up to Muslim Paradise after killing infidels.
The hate-criminal, (presumably a boy since young girls would never commit a hate crime), was summarily suspended by officials at Lewiston even though the ham sandwich was in a brown bag. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1720)
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest
. . . Dumbest: We all bite off more than we can chew once in a while but Somali pirates bit one huge mouthful when they decided to hijack and hold for ransom an American guided missile frigate, the USS Nicholas.
In the understatement of the month, British piracy expert Roger Middleton commented, “They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should . . . It’s also quite possible that they don’t have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money.”
No kidding, Rog! . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1606)
In the understatement of the month, British piracy expert Roger Middleton commented, “They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should . . . It’s also quite possible that they don’t have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money.”
No kidding, Rog! . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1606)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Screwballs in the News
Screwballs in the News
Culling out the most ridiculous features of recent news items is always a challenge, what with all the absurdities and screwballs in the competition, but here are some of the best:
Swede Charged With Hate Speech: Swedish Democratic Leader Jimmie Akesson published an opinion piece in Aftonbladet asserting “that the spread of Islam represents the country’s ‘greatest external threat since World War II.’ “
Assertion of the obvious is apparently frowned upon by some in Sweden.
Akesson was roundly condemned and ”reported to Sweden’s highest legal official by the Centre Against Racism.”
No refutation of Akesson’s position was offered but the head of the Centre did say, “We are of the view that the article agitates against Muslims when it points at Islam as the greatest threat to Sweden:” http://bit.ly/UOwlP.
What with the continuing worldwide jihad being waged against Western Civilization by Islamic Fundamentalists, Akesson’s contention seems to hold great credibility. His critics failed to present any other viewpoint on what does pose the “greatest external threat” to Sweden if it is not Muslims.
Bra-less Somalis: Masked, unthreatening Muslim men in Somalia are publicly whipping Muslim women who dare to wear bras because they are practicing “deception.”
To further humiliate the Somali fair sex, “After the public whippings, the women are forced to remove their bras and shake their breasts.”
As one Muslim woman complained, “They first banned the former veil and introduced a hard fabric which stands stiffly on women’s chests. They are now saying that breasts should be firm naturally, or just flat.”
The hardline Islamic group Shabaab which amputates the feet and hands of robbers “has also banned movies, musical ringtones, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer:” http://bit.ly/mG8Fq.
Drunk Man Stabs Son: Seemingly infuriated and inebriated Vermonter, Nazeih Hammouri, allegedly stabbed his 19 year old son in the stomach with a corkscrew following an argument over a clogged toilet. . . .
(Read the rest at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1275)
Culling out the most ridiculous features of recent news items is always a challenge, what with all the absurdities and screwballs in the competition, but here are some of the best:
Swede Charged With Hate Speech: Swedish Democratic Leader Jimmie Akesson published an opinion piece in Aftonbladet asserting “that the spread of Islam represents the country’s ‘greatest external threat since World War II.’ “
Assertion of the obvious is apparently frowned upon by some in Sweden.
Akesson was roundly condemned and ”reported to Sweden’s highest legal official by the Centre Against Racism.”
No refutation of Akesson’s position was offered but the head of the Centre did say, “We are of the view that the article agitates against Muslims when it points at Islam as the greatest threat to Sweden:” http://bit.ly/UOwlP.
What with the continuing worldwide jihad being waged against Western Civilization by Islamic Fundamentalists, Akesson’s contention seems to hold great credibility. His critics failed to present any other viewpoint on what does pose the “greatest external threat” to Sweden if it is not Muslims.
Bra-less Somalis: Masked, unthreatening Muslim men in Somalia are publicly whipping Muslim women who dare to wear bras because they are practicing “deception.”
To further humiliate the Somali fair sex, “After the public whippings, the women are forced to remove their bras and shake their breasts.”
As one Muslim woman complained, “They first banned the former veil and introduced a hard fabric which stands stiffly on women’s chests. They are now saying that breasts should be firm naturally, or just flat.”
The hardline Islamic group Shabaab which amputates the feet and hands of robbers “has also banned movies, musical ringtones, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer:” http://bit.ly/mG8Fq.
Drunk Man Stabs Son: Seemingly infuriated and inebriated Vermonter, Nazeih Hammouri, allegedly stabbed his 19 year old son in the stomach with a corkscrew following an argument over a clogged toilet. . . .
(Read the rest at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1275)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Kudos to Obama!
It isn’t often–indeed, I have never done it before–do I toss congratulations, and a deep-felt thanks, to our president-in-training, Barack Obama but when kudos are deserved they should be accorded.
On this Easter Sunday, Obama sent bunny hugs to the family of Captain Courageous Richard Phillips, skipper of the Maersk Alabama, by (apparently) authorizing four of our equally brave Navy Seals to rescue him from captivity by Muslim Somali pirates.
Of course, kudos should be spread around among Captain Phillips, the Seals, U.S. Naval Central Commander Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, the crew of the USS Bainbridge, and everyone else involved in the rescue effort. However, as Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces, Obama deserves our plaudits.
Reports indicate that Captain Phillips heroically dove overboard from the small boat on which he was being held captive by the pirates who had tried to seize his ship, which was the second time within 3 days that he tried to escape. This time, Seal rescuers were at the ready and used the opportunity to stage an assault on his four Somali captors, killing three and capturing one in the ensuing firefight.
Vice Admiral Gortney “paid tribute to ‘an incredible team effort’ and said he was ‘extremely proud of the tireless efforts of all the men and women who made this rescue possible.’ ” President Obama chimed in by saying, “He was very pleased that Capt Phillips had been rescued and that his courage was a ‘model for all Americans.’ “
You can say that again, Mr. President! He added that “he was resolved to deal with the threat of piracy in the region:” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7996087.stm.
We will have to see how that resolve plays out but as of now it must be admitted that Obama showed more gumption than anyone could have reasonably expected. Former President Jimmy Carter would probably have dithered, waffled, and negotiated for a year before screwing everything up. Fresh off his “Apology Tour” of Europe, Obama may have learned something, namely that sucking up and kissing ass only leads to loss of face, dignity, and national pride.
All in all, it was a commendable rescue on the part of everyone involved even if the message of dispatching naval warships and demonstrating that America still believes no one should try treading on us in the future may not immediately register with soul-less Islamic terrorists/pirates.
Let’s hope that if their acts of piracy on the high seas don’t cease, our president will summon up the additional gumption and emulate President Thomas Jefferson by sending our navy and marines to the shores of Mogadishu to wipe out piracy as Jefferson did on the shores of Tripoli.
May the good captain’s wife Andrea Phillips and all the rest of his family and friends enjoy a very Happy Easter! They deserve it.
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