Category Archives: Islam and war

Where Islam goes, deserts follow.

Indentured Servitude

In addition to slavery, the 13th Amendment outlaws “Indentured Servitude”, something your public school teacher probably didn’t teach you about.   Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall … Continue reading

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So is Alex Jones right after all?

So imagine you’re the king of Saudi Arabia…. you just imposed a ban on demonstrations – you’re terrified that you’re next on the hit list and your phone rings and it is Hillary Clinton. [or pick whatever person you like]… … Continue reading

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About Press TV

If you’re trying to figure out who is behind what, PressTV certainly has lots of clues. I just recently noticed it showing up in “News” reports. PressTV is an English language propaganda service from Tehran, Iran http://www.presstv.ir/ It’s available here, … Continue reading

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The Crusades – part II

The recap of history in the Defense vs Offense post is still very Eurocentric – while Homer was writing about the Trojan wars, China had its own civilization developing that wasn’t based on the Law of Moses. Nomads who had crossed … Continue reading

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Confusing Defense and Offense

Back on September 2nd [this has been loitering in my todo box for a while], Michael Savage turned history on its head again. He described the Crusades as “Spain and France repelling the Islamic Invasion of Europe” – that the … Continue reading

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Iran / Iraq cooperation – 2009

Lots of nuance here…. (note: Kurdistan) How much would it cost to build a 7000 foot tunnel if it was US contractors?

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Libya may be bigger than it appears in the mirror

If you don’t currently have a copy of Google Earth, it’s a great investment (It’s free!). While Google Maps is good, Google Earth renders in 3D and has lots of integration of things like photographs taken by people. Google Earth … Continue reading

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Libya’s Civil War

A portion of the country’s population is in insurrection due to the tyranny of the leadership.   The government has decided to use weapons to kill its own citizens.   Other countries have frozen  the assets of the country’s central bank.  World leaders are meeting to try impose … Continue reading

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Michael Savage – military strategist

So the Savage solution to pirates in Somalia… Send in 5000 paratroopers from planes launched from aircraft carriers. Let’s build a list of questions using Mr Socrates What is the largest airplane that can launch from an aircraft carrier? How … Continue reading

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Where have the good men gone?

The Wall Street Journal asked last Saturday here The article itself is little more than a rehash of things asked by women like Mareen Dowd of the New York Times – running out of time to become mothers and wives and … Continue reading

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Stunning

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_shale_oil_3 Where has this news been hiding?   “Fracking” also works for oil in addition to natural gas.   As a result, domestic oil production has been going up the last two years while consumption has been going down (because of the … Continue reading

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Remember the ‘Nam helicopter pilot “terrorist”?

Sit down. A week ago, I wrote about the Vietnam Vet Army helicopter pilot from Imperial Beach California who was arrested outside the Mosque in Dearborn, Michigan for having illegal fireworks.   After the war, he spent several years in Indonesia as a bush … Continue reading

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“You have the watches, but we have the time”

It is a serious mistake to believe that Muslims are stupid, that they don’t understand the West, or that we will prevail because your version of God can beat up their God. The leaders of Al Queda have become even … Continue reading

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Michigan returning to Mother Gaia

The past few days have been hard on Flint and Detroit.    There is a very strong windstorm in the area – with wide swaths of the city abandoned and little or no fire protection, the cities are burning and there … Continue reading

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More fodder for the Ground Zero mosque debate

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