Sunday, March 31, 2013
Let's Play a Game! Change the Word "Aryan" to "Islamic" In This Story
[Texas:] Kaufman County’s district attorney and his wife were found slain Saturday, raising fears that their deaths may be part of a plot that included the death of one of the county’s assistant district attorneys in January.I don't see how this is any other than domestic terrorism, for they are striking at the foundations of civilized society. The killers have taken a page from the Mexican cartel's playbook, sending a not-so-subtle message of "fuck with us and we will play by Chicago rules."
Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh and other officials confirmed that Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, had been shot at their home near Forney.
Their deaths followed the Jan. 31 slaying of Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse. ... In December, the Texas Department of Public Safety had issued a statewide bulletin warning that authorities had received “credible information” that the Aryan Brotherhood was “actively planning retaliation against law enforcement officials” who helped secure indictments in Houston against dozens of members, including the gang’s leadership.
If law enforcement is going to deal with this, then the FBI will have to give up its fetish of trying to persuade nineteen year old Muslims to become wannabee terrorists and go after the real bad guys. But that's going to imply that the FBI is willing to seriously go in harm's way, as the Aryan Brotherhood has far more reach and is far more vicious than some stupid kid who was persuaded by a fast-talking agent-provocateur that modeling clay is C-4.
And as for what the media reaction would have been if the killers were followers of Mohammed, rather than of Hitler, well, I don't really need to riff on that, do I?
UPDATE: Wasn't the Aryan Brotherhood, just a corrupt fuck of a justice of the peace. Bastard didn't even get any jail time, but because Hasse and McLelland prosecuted said corrupt fat fuck, the asswipe and his wife killed them. Which means that, around 2025, they'll be executed.
Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise
Turboprops count, if they're big enough. And they didn't come bigger than the Tu-95!
The Tu-95 was the Soviet equivalent of the B-52. The Russians plan to fly it about as long as our Air Force plans to fly the B-52.
The Tu-95 was the Soviet equivalent of the B-52. The Russians plan to fly it about as long as our Air Force plans to fly the B-52.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Cypriot Banks and the Eurozone
It appears that the Germans European Central Banksters are making the Cypriots confiscate 60% of all bank deposits over €100,000.
I'm wondering if anyone with significant funds that they'd like to have on deposit somewhere will now think twice about depositing that kind of cash in a bank anywhere in the Eurozone.
I'm wondering if anyone with significant funds that they'd like to have on deposit somewhere will now think twice about depositing that kind of cash in a bank anywhere in the Eurozone.
Caturday, "Oh, Hai!" Edition
A blast from the past: Gracie was peeking out from under a chair.
This photo was taken in 2001, well before she began to suffer from arthritis.
This photo was taken in 2001, well before she began to suffer from arthritis.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Kremlinology and the Supreme Court
Back during the Cold War, there was a little discipline called "Kremlinology". The idea was to try and see who was influential in the Soviet hierarchy. This form of analysis included things such as the number of public comments any given member of the Soviet leadership made (whether they were military or members of the Politburo. The analysts looked at who stood next to whom during the parades on Red Square, who was mentioned in articles in Pravda and Izvestia, who made what other public appearances, who made foreign trips and whether those trips were to places like Bulgaria or France.
It was kind of like garbology. And, in retrospect, it was often laughably wrong.
The analysts who try to predict how the Supremes will come down on an issue based on the oral arguments seem to be practicing a version of Kremlinology. And they often get it spectacularly wrong.
You want to know how the Court will rule on Prop 8 and DOMA? Wait until the rulings are handed down, most likely in June.
Until then:
It was kind of like garbology. And, in retrospect, it was often laughably wrong.
The analysts who try to predict how the Supremes will come down on an issue based on the oral arguments seem to be practicing a version of Kremlinology. And they often get it spectacularly wrong.
You want to know how the Court will rule on Prop 8 and DOMA? Wait until the rulings are handed down, most likely in June.
Until then:
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Friendly Warning to Other Bloggers
I am trimming the blog rolls. If you have not made an entry in your blog in the last 2.5 years or longer, then I'm probably going to zorch the listing.
So far, I've found at least three blogs which had their own domains and those have expired. One on Blogger appeared to have been either hacked or transferred.
A couple won't be deleted, because the bloggers have passed away and their blogs are nice memorials to them. Jon Swift and William the Coroner come to mind.
So if you are one of the latent bloggers, post something!
So far, I've found at least three blogs which had their own domains and those have expired. One on Blogger appeared to have been either hacked or transferred.
A couple won't be deleted, because the bloggers have passed away and their blogs are nice memorials to them. Jon Swift and William the Coroner come to mind.
So if you are one of the latent bloggers, post something!
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