My dad use to tell me a story of the time he was in hospital in the early 60’s; that would have put him at about 30-35 years old, I suppose. And when he was recuperating from an operation and laying around on ward, some random guy came in from the street, offering everyone in the ward his unique service: tying ties.

Buddy charged $1 and taught the men on the ward how to tie a Windsor Knot, or whatever knot you wanted. The Windsor was the most popular at the time, so that’s what the men were getting at the time. My father told me tie-guy did a brisk business, most men were interested and gladly paid $1 for a chance to learn how to tie the “new knot”.

I asked my dad why he just didn’t Google how to tie a Windsor knot, and he told me that Google wasn’t even invented back then. I was shocked. Totally.

What have we learned today from The Mayor’s wonderful and eye-opening story? 1) If you have a popular service or product, you will always have work 2) In the 60’s men cared about their appearance to the point of paying for accessory tips, and 3) The 60’s were a terrible time to live in because they lacked powerful search engines.

Thank you for your time, it’s really great having a captive audience such as yourselves.

I think the key to beating your wife, as explained in the short video, is to not beat them like you would an animal OR a child. Because that would be wrong.

**Peace be to Ol Remus

I’ve struggled to find out whether it’s a joke, but it appears to be genuine. Barbie is getting a burqa. Wearing the “traditional Islamic dress” [which it isn't] writes the Daily Mail, the blonde doll is going undercover for a charity auction for “Save The Children”.

The exhibition is being backed by the makers of Barbie, Mattel, and the work has been done by Italian designer Eliana Lorena.

The company director of Laird Assessors from The Wirral, Cheshire, said: ‘Bring it on Burkha Barbie, I think this is a great idea.

‘I think this is really important for girls, wherever they are from they should have the opportunity to play with a Barbie that they feel represents them.

Yes indeed. Burqa Barbie can now share in mutual repression and misogyny with their owners. Clearly absent from the collection is Burqa Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, who was stoned to death for adultery. But Barbie’s husband, Abdullah, has forbidden her from leaving the house without being accompanied by at least two male relatives.

h/t SDA

After sending out invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend Fourth of July celebrations, the Obama administration decided late yesterday to take back that offer:

“As you all know many weeks ago the administration extended an invitation to celebrate the freedom that this country enjoys. not surprisingly based on what we see in Tehran, no one has RSVP’d,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

“Understand that July 4th allows us to celebrate the freedom and liberty that we enjoy. I don’t think it’s surprising that no one has signed up to come given the events of the last few days. Those invitations will be no longer extended.

So,  about three weeks ago the Obama administration sent Iranian diplomats invitations to celebrate the Fourth of July. The Iranian election was nearly two weeks ago. Since then, the Iranian government has ordered a crackdown on protesters, and many people have been brutalized as well as killed. As early as this Monday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelley said the invite would stand. Yet, not one Iranian diplomat has accepted the administrations offer. And now the Obama administration is rescinding the offer to attend the Fourth of July ceremonies that the Iranians have absolutely no intention of attending.

That’s some mighty fine Presidenting there, Obama. I guess it’s not only the Iranians that have hardliners in their government. “Hey Achmad, you really aught to stop beating, torturing, shooting and killing your citizens. And you really should try some of this arugula on your hotdog, it’s to die for.”

A few days ago I posted a quick review of the nations with a significantly high Muslim population versus those that do not. Since I had basically randomly picked certain nations to appear in the list and use them as examples, and seeing as I am home sick, I figured I would expand the study to include all listed nations. I also want to thank those at Innocent Bystanders for making the initial graph (as well as keeping me honest).

As you can see above, the graph is simply plotted by the Government Regulation of religion Index (GRI) score as established at the ARDA. The GRI score determines a score of 0 (absolute relgious freedom) to 10 (total state control of religion). The chart illustrates my earlier thesis that the higher the Muslim population, the more likely the higher GRI score. Some of the smaller nations (usually at 250,000 population or less) have been omitted, as have any nations that do not have a listed GRI score.

As you can note from the chart, there are quite a few nations that have very high Muslim populations and do well on their GRI score, and there are a few totalitarian nations with strict religious controls that score high on their GRIS (China, North Korea, India, and several former Russian or Soviet-occupied territories). The red line is my drawing, and I believe it demarcates the perfect example of a clashing of two concepts: cultural and political will. The enormous cluster in the upper right verus that in the lower left spells out the eventual clash of civilizations that awaits us in the future.

Many of you will remember Barack Obama’s inauguration speech where he offered an olive branch to Iranian leaders by saying, “we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.”

In response to Obama’s gesture, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded, ‘We have extended a hand toward Iran.’ What kind of hand is this? If the extended hand is covered with a velvet glove but underneath it, the hand is made of cast iron, this does not have a good meaning at all,”

In a statement released earlier this morning, Barack Obama responded to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei thusly: “I can assure you that underneath our velvet glove lays not a hand that is made of cast iron, but rather is constructed purely of angelic victory. If you just unclench your tightly wound fist, we will extend our angelic hand made purely of victory towards you.”

Later that morning, a telegram arrived from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed to Barack Obama with these words, “We talk to your hand, but I’m afraid we don’t understand. Your velvet glove, although sparkling in the sunlight and pretty in the moonlight, is masked by a granite fist that would smash our peaceful hands if given half a chance.”

Early in the afternoon, Obama penned this for Khamenei, “Your hands are delicate, this I understand, for they are delicate like mine. I’ll make you a deal: If you unclench your fist, I’ll open my hand and forget about all the American soldiers you Iranian folks have killed in Iraq, your state-sponsored terrorism, and all the tens of thousands of people your gang of thugs have massacred since your theocracy came to power shorty after Jimmah Carter turned his back on the Shah and let you Moslem extremists terrorize the Middle East and the world for the better part of the next 30 years.”

To which Khamenei immediatey responded, “That sounds good to us. Say, care to do lunch next Tuesday?”

Barack answered immediately, “Does 5ish work for you?”

True story, make sure to Twitter your friends about it.

*Please see updates at the bottom of this post.

Benazir Bhutto hasn’t been dead 24 hours yet and it appears that the world will never know the whole truth behind her murder. When the news first broke reports had it that she had been shot in the neck and then a suicide bomber detonated and bomb. This morning we were told by the AFP:

The surgeon who treated Benazir Bhutto says she died from a shrapnel wound to the head. Authorities initially said the slain Pakistani opposition leader died from bullet wounds. But Dr. Mussadiq Khan, a surgeon who treated her, said Friday that she died from shrapnel that hit her on the right side of the skull. He also says Bhutto had no heart beat or pulse when she arrived at the hospital and that doctors failed in their efforts to resuscitate her ( link ).

In the fog and confusion after this terrible incident I can accept that there would be some discrepancy between the reported facts. Numerous reports stated that a gunman with a Kalashnikov (AK-47) took aim and fired at Bhutto before blowing himself up. If Bhutto’s surgeon said there was no bullet wound then I can accept that, but now the Interior Ministry has an explanation for her death that it expects us all to believe:

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan’s interior ministry said Friday that Benazir Bhutto was killed after smashing her head on her car’s sunroof while trying to duck, and that no bullet or shrapnel was found inside her.

The ministry also said it had intercepted a phone call from a top Al-Qaeda figure congratulating a militant for the attack on her Thursday, and said there was “irrefutable evidence” the group was trying to destabilise the country.

Bhutto’s death after a suicide bomber blew himself up at her campaign rally has plunged this nuclear-armed Islamic nation into turmoil, but the ministry said she would have lived if only she had stayed inside her car.

“If she had not come out of the vehicle, she would have been unhurt, as all the other occupants of the vehicle did not receive any injuries,” ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said. He said the post-mortem on the populist opposition leader, whose funeral earlier Friday was attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners, found her mortal wound came when she tried to duck after the bomber attacked.

The bomber also apparently fired three times at her but missed, Cheema said. When she ducked, she hit the lever of the sunroof of the car that was to speed her away from a campaign rally as she was gearing up to contest parliamentary elections set for January 8.

“The lever struck near her right ear and fractured her skull,” Cheema said. “There was no bullet or metal shrapnel found in the injury.”( link)

I doubt I’m the only one who thinks this is total BS. The world of Pakistani politics is murky and dirty. While some people pointed the finger at President Musharraf he had no sane reason to have Bhutto killed. Indeed, Musharraf and Bhutto had a common enemy in the radical Islamists that are trying to control the country. Al Qaeda, specifically Usama bin Laden, had (in their warped minds) good cause to kill her (link) and the world would readily accept that they did this as we all know that Al Qaeda is capable of horrendous crimes.

So what is the world to believe? Do we accept confused first hand accounts, do we accept the word of Bhutto’s attending surgeon, or do we accept the word of Pakistan’s Interior Ministry? Malarkey like the above will not serve the cause of bringing Bhutto’s murders to justice and maybe that is exactly what the Interior Ministry wants.

which can be seen here, clearly shows a man shooting at Benazir Bhutto from point blank range as her vehicle slowly moves forward through the crowd. Momements later we see the explosion, her assailant was no more than a few feet from Bhutto’s vehicle. We can say now without hesitation that the assertion of the Pakistan Interior Ministry that Benazir Bhutto died from hitting her head on the sunroof is without merit. Benazir Bhutto was murdered, when will the Goverment of Pakistan stopping trying to deflect blame on itself and start hunting down the people responsible for this tragedy?

The Malaysian car company Proton has announced it is in negotiations to develop the first *Moslem car*:

The car could boast special features like a compass pointing to Mecca and a dedicated space to keep a copy of the Koran and a headscarf.

This car will run on the blood of infidels! Iyayayayayaya!!!

This is a great idea. And you know the car will be wonderful, based on all the other incredible products Islamic countries produce. Like…err…..that thing there…the uh….ya….oil…..and….ahhhh….FIGS!

There hasn’t been any mention of the name Proton has in mind for the new Moslem car, but the Proton *Kaboom* has a nice ring to it. All the extra features are what makes this car special. Like the extended back seat for filthy women, and an extra-big glove-box for all your bombing needs.

Yes, diversity certainly is our strength

Speaking from Australia, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, voiced his concern yesterday at the Elections Canada decision to let Moslem women wear their face-obscuring veil while casting a vote. Moslem convert and British journalist, Yvonne Ridley, had this to say about Harper’s comment:

“I see it as a feminist issue,” Ridley said. “I am outraged that there is an attempt to stop women from having a vote — even if it’s a tiny minority.”

Ridley, a Muslim woman who wears a head scarf, said the calls to prevent veiled Muslim women from voting are racist.

Correct me if I’m wrong, it could happen, but when did Islam become a race? I mean, Christianity isn’t a race, Hinduism isn’t a race, and I’m pretty sure Islam isn’t a race either. I’m curious that a western born journalist didn’t know that.

What has happened to this once great nation? Why are we even entertaining these completely ridiculous notions like letting people with masks vote?

How do we know who’s actually voting if we can’t see their face? If a person can’t come to terms with the way we do things in Canada, then fuck them. Don’t vote. You either play by our rules or you sit out. I’m completely fed up with this pandering and catering to people who have no respect for our values and customs.

We as Canadians bend over backwards to help those from different cultures, we go out of our way to make people feel secure. But the time has come to put our foot down. When people demand from us that we let them vote, even though they are wearing a veil, we have to say no. And then when they ask louder, we say no louder. Then when they scream to let them wear a veil, we say ,”HEY, fuck off, we’ve told you twice already, NO FUCKING VEILS”. Case closed.

This is Canada, there is one law for everybody. If you don’t like it, don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.

This is a no brainer. You want to vote? Remove the mask.

A one legged Moslem father of 78 is on a mission: To have 100 children by 2015:

Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman, 60, has already had 15 brides although he has to divorce them as he goes along to remain within the legal limit of four wives at a time.

“In 2015 I will be 68 years old and will have 100 children,” the local tabloid quoted Abdul Rahman as saying.

“After that I will stop marrying. I have to have at least three more marriages to hit the century.”

The women that marry and have children by this man are very lucky, he seems like such a grounded individual.

At this point of the show, I ask you to reflect on these words that you have heard, no doubt, many times before in your life: No one culture is better than anyone else’s, we are all the same.

Remember, you should respect this man and his culture, they are your future.

PBTA

Performing in Malaysia, Gwen Stefani put away her trademark slutty clothing and wore costumes that showed almost no skin, in an attempt to appease angry Islamic organizations:

The 37-year-old pop star wowed fans in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Tuesday, performing in costumes that showed almost no skin after Islamic critics claimed that her revealing clothes could corrupt the country’s youth.

In an interview with Galaxie, a local entertainment magazine, Stefani said she had made many changes for Malaysia, calling it a “major sacrifice.”

“I’ve been in the music industry for 20 years and this is the first time that I’m facing opposition from people who have misunderstood me,” she was quoted as saying.

You call that a sacrifice? They would have lopped off her head and pissed down her neck if she wore what she usually wears…now that’s a sacrifice.

The article goes on to explain what else the Islamics demand of its performers and what performers must do to appease the religion of peacenics:

Under government guidelines, a female artist must be covered from the top of her chest, including shoulders, to her knees. No jumping, shouting or throwing of objects onstage or at the audience is allowed. Performers also cannot hug or kiss, and their clothes must not have obscene or drug-related images or messages.

Those concerts must be a real hoot, I’m surprised they don’t make the women read from the Koran. Haha, just kidding, everyone knows women aren’t allowed to read from the Koran in Islamic nations.

I don’t actually have a problem with Gwen dressing down (or is it up?) to satisfy her Moslem overlords. When in Rome, as they say. But performers should remind themselves of this incident the next time they bash Bush and America and call their gov’t a bunch of Nazi’s and call America a land of fascists. Maybe it should be mandatory for every performer to go on tour for one year to Moslem lands and taste those sweet Islamic freedoms. That’ll shut their gobs up quick smart.

Another dhimmi for Allah

A Use My Computer pic

A top Dutch bishop has an idea to ease tensions between Christian’s and Moslems in the Netherlands: Christian’s should start calling God, “Allah”:

Catholic churches in the Netherlands should use the name Allah for God to ease tensions between Muslims and Christians, says a Dutch bishop.

Tiny Muskens, the bishop of Breda, told the Dutch TV program “Network” Monday night he believes God doesn’t mind what he is called, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported.

The Almighty is above such “discussion and bickering,” he insisted.

First off, besides the fact that this could possibly be the dumbest idea ever breathed out of any non-retarded mouth, the good Bishop may want to go back and have a look in the Bible and look up the part about the trinity.

You see, from what I’m gathering, Bishop Tiny believes that the Moslems and us Christian’s believe in the same God. Not true, of course. We both believe in a God, but the Islamic God (Allah) is completely different that our Christian God. This is actually a point that not many people seem to grasp. I hear this all the time: What difference does it make, we all pray to the same God. Mind you, that’s usually coming out of the mouth of uneducated simpletons.

Next time you speak to a Moslem, ask him how Islam views the trinity (father, son, holy spirit). You’ll quickly find out that the basis of Christianity is completely anethema to Moslems. Allah is Allah and can’t be three persons, it just doesn’t jive with Islamic teachings, it’s heresy, nowhere in the Koran is the trinity ever mentioned. You can’t have a personal relationship with Allah like Chirstian’s can with God. See, two distinct God’s.

At the end of the article, a Dutch poet says sure, let’s call God Allah, and then let’s call a church a mosque and pray five times a day. He seems to get it. I’d take it one step further though, let’s call Bishop Tiny “Dhimmi”. He’s well on his way.

Praise be to World Net Daily