Caliphate Summer War

Iraq fighting rages after Sunni militants declare caliphate

 

Alarming regional and world powers, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed universal authority when it dropped the local element in its name and said its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as leader of the Islamic state, was now caliph of the Muslim world — a medieval title last widely recognized in the Ottoman sultan deposed 90 years ago after the First World War.
"He is the imam and caliph for Muslims everywhere," group spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani said in an online statement on Sunday, using titles that carry religious and civil power.

 Dang. I had such hopes for this group. If Iraq was such a corrupt dive of a country , maybe the muslims would solve the problem and make their own , stable nation. 

But now , with this declaration that they rule the world , and all muslims should obey and all non-muslims need to die , I see the truth. 

This is a Summer War. 

What is a Summer War ? 

In europe , in the napolionic era , when there was no birth control , guess how they cut back the population ? They got all the young men all hot and bothered about some cause or another , and sent them off to war , deliberately seeking to get them killed off. Commanders actually had orders not to return until they had gotten rid of a certain amount of their command. 

The other muslim countries are not going to cow tow to some upstart, that much is certain. And the west certainly isn't going to stand back and let some islamic super power come into existance with the publically stated coal of brutally murdering anyone not following their particular brand of islam.

This is a summer war. It's just to get all the young men fire up , and then kill them off. A flash in the pan. It's going no where. 

This new email-tracking feature gives salespeople NSA-like powers

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Cirrus Insight email tracking allows users to receive real-time notifications when someone opens an email; view the time/date, location, and device on which email opens occurred; and log email tracking-information to the activity history in Salesforce.

 So , you open a spam message , and before you even finish reading it you get a phone call from the guy who sent it . And he knows where you live , because you probably checked it at home , and he's in the neibourhood he'll be right over to talk to you about it , in fact , that's him knocking on your door right now ...

Yeah. That's not going to be good for me.

I see a lot of "weak willed" shall we say , people  ,who are too polite to be dealing with aggressive salesmen , they'll lose their shirts , it's like throwing a lion in with a lamb.

Lot of people going to stop checking their email entirely , and maybe even get rid of their cell phone , if this thing goes big.

Won't bother me though. If you arn't one of like five or six people I want to talk to , I don't answer the phone I reject the call. And I have no problem with just not opennign the door , demanding "who is it ?" before I let them in , and if it isn't a cop in full uniform , they aint getting in.

Dollar vs Bitcoin

Just a Funny Picture.
PS: I still think bitcoin is a scam and you'll lose your shirt if you deal in it.
Unless you're a drug dealer , in which case losing 15% or more on each transaction is cheap for money laundering.

'Nother words, go Harper ! Feel free to ban the currency as illegal , you'll be doing everyone but the drug dealers a favor.

Mind-controlled exoskeleton kicks off World Cup

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A young man whose legs are paralyzed will be the first person to kick a soccer ball at the World Cup in Brazil today.
During the opening ceremonies of the World Cup, which start at 3:15 p.m. in Brazil (2:15 p.m. ET), eight paraplegics wearing robotic exoskeletons will walk onto the field, by controlling the technology with their brain waves. One of the eight will be chosen to make the first ceremonial kick


Remove tinfoil hat from head.
Fold it up into the shape of a paper air plane. 
Send it flying off away ...


 

Metro - At McArthy and Paul Anka , Ottawa

Am I bonkers or what ?
That is two cases of lighter fluid (techincially , Zip brand fire starter fluid for barbeque's) and a whole stack of charcoal.
Where is it ? It's just under the edge of the check out counter for the 8 items or less line at the Metro. A high traffic zone.

Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe it's perfectly legal to store such an *EXPLOSIVE*  combination of goods in a high traffic area. But if it is ... that law needs to be changed. Because ... *BOOOM*