Article
The sale of organs taken from executed prisoners appears to be thriving in China, an undercover investigation by the BBC has found.
Organs from death row inmates are sold to foreigners who need transplants.
this is so wrong , in just so many ways ... starting from why those prisoners were on Death Row in the first place (activists for a more democratic china) to the very concept of death row in a totalitarian state in the first place ...
(ring ring)
Excuse me.
Hello , Doctor ? Whats that you say ? I need a new liver in six months or I'm dead meat ? Thanks I'll get back to you on that.
Now where were we ? Oh yes.
It is a fine and generous example of chinese society to provide this much needed service of organ donation to the world at large at such a reasonable cost, really it is ! honest !
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
2002: Security Now Job One
Microsoft Corp. puts out fix for a security flaw in its Internet Explorer
...because computer users could come under attack just by visiting a Web site that had been manipulated to take advantage of the flaw. That, in turn, would give an attacker complete control of a user's computer,...
In other words, visit the wrong web site , poof ! Infected, emails stolen ,credit card numbers stolen , you now have half a dozen virii on your computer, and you didn't even get a warning or a little pop up window asking for your permission.
In 2002 Bill Gates stated that Security was Now Job One.
It's 2006. He's had 4 years. You're still at the point where you wander off the beaten path on your computer on the internet explorer and you could potentially lose your life savings , your bank account emptied of the rent, your personality stolen , your house sold from right underneath you, and more, just because you're 10 year old hit the wrong web site.
This is not acceptable.
Get off the internet explorer.
getfirefox.com
...because computer users could come under attack just by visiting a Web site that had been manipulated to take advantage of the flaw. That, in turn, would give an attacker complete control of a user's computer,...
In other words, visit the wrong web site , poof ! Infected, emails stolen ,credit card numbers stolen , you now have half a dozen virii on your computer, and you didn't even get a warning or a little pop up window asking for your permission.
In 2002 Bill Gates stated that Security was Now Job One.
It's 2006. He's had 4 years. You're still at the point where you wander off the beaten path on your computer on the internet explorer and you could potentially lose your life savings , your bank account emptied of the rent, your personality stolen , your house sold from right underneath you, and more, just because you're 10 year old hit the wrong web site.
This is not acceptable.
Get off the internet explorer.
getfirefox.com
Friday, September 22, 2006
OK , I'm confused ...
Article
Hezbollah won't disarm till Lebanon can defend itself, leader says
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says the militant group won't disarm until the Lebanese government can defend the country.
Umm... I'm confused. Hezbollah is a muslim insurgant organization backed by other nations in the middle east with the purpose of overthrowing the lebanese democracy.
What was that again that just popped out of your mouth ?
Nasrallah addressed thousands of cheering supporters in Beirut Friday, his first public appearance since Israel attempted to dislodge the militants from southern Lebanon in July.
If Hezbollah disarms, the government led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is so weak that Israel will be able "to kill and detain and bomb whoever they want, and clearly we will not accept that."
Umm... the only people the Isralie's are trying to bomb are the Hezbollah, mostly because you're attacking them, firing rockets off at them, kidnapping their soldiers , etc etc ....
Hezbollah will talk about disarmament "when we build a strong and just state that is capable of protecting the nation and the citizens," Nasrallah said
You know , I was just watching a Television special yesterday about Islam. It kept constantly mentioning that Islam was a "Just" religion. You don't think their notion of a Just State is a non - democratic islamic one , do you ?
Lebanon protested against the Israeli attacks, but Hezbollah fought the incursion, winning what Nasrallah called "a great divine, historic and strategic victory" over Israel in 34 days of fighting in southern Lebanon this summer.
Ummm... Lebanon was never attacked. Only the Hezbollah were. and for a victorious army you got a lot of blown up buildings and pretty much little or no enemey casualties to point to. (40 israeli citizens killed by rockets fired at random into israel. )
Who wrote this confused pro-terrorist diatrabe anyways ?
Last Updated Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:55:39 EDT
CBC News
Figures.
Hezbollah won't disarm till Lebanon can defend itself, leader says
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says the militant group won't disarm until the Lebanese government can defend the country.
Umm... I'm confused. Hezbollah is a muslim insurgant organization backed by other nations in the middle east with the purpose of overthrowing the lebanese democracy.
What was that again that just popped out of your mouth ?
Nasrallah addressed thousands of cheering supporters in Beirut Friday, his first public appearance since Israel attempted to dislodge the militants from southern Lebanon in July.
If Hezbollah disarms, the government led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is so weak that Israel will be able "to kill and detain and bomb whoever they want, and clearly we will not accept that."
Umm... the only people the Isralie's are trying to bomb are the Hezbollah, mostly because you're attacking them, firing rockets off at them, kidnapping their soldiers , etc etc ....
Hezbollah will talk about disarmament "when we build a strong and just state that is capable of protecting the nation and the citizens," Nasrallah said
You know , I was just watching a Television special yesterday about Islam. It kept constantly mentioning that Islam was a "Just" religion. You don't think their notion of a Just State is a non - democratic islamic one , do you ?
Lebanon protested against the Israeli attacks, but Hezbollah fought the incursion, winning what Nasrallah called "a great divine, historic and strategic victory" over Israel in 34 days of fighting in southern Lebanon this summer.
Ummm... Lebanon was never attacked. Only the Hezbollah were. and for a victorious army you got a lot of blown up buildings and pretty much little or no enemey casualties to point to. (40 israeli citizens killed by rockets fired at random into israel. )
Who wrote this confused pro-terrorist diatrabe anyways ?
Last Updated Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:55:39 EDT
CBC News
Figures.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Jordanian Suicide Stupidity
Article
Jordan sentences female would-be bomber
AMMAN, Jordan - A court sentenced an Iraqi woman to death Thursday for her role in an al-Qaida-led triple hotel bombing that killed 60 people in Jordan's worst terror attack ever.
IDIOTS !!!
You don't sentence someone to death for deciding not to kill someone ! And you certainly don't sentence a failed suicide bomber to death ! Are you trying to encourage them to go through with it ? Do you really want them thinking "I could try to ditch the bomb and run , but the government will execute me anyways ..."
That's just stupid.
You want these suicide bombers to cut and run and not go through with it. A lesser sentence and some kind of good treatment is clearly mandated in a situation like this , if only by common sense.
The law is supposed to protect the population , and that means convincing the suicide bombers not to go through with it , not telling them they might as well they're dead anyways !
"The harsh verdict today sends a clear message to all terror groups: Jordan's stability and security is a red line that can't be crossed," said Mahmoud al-Kharabsheh, a lawmaker who sits on the parliament's Legal Committee.
The hash verdict today sends a clear message to all terrorist bombers. Once the bomb is strapped on , you might as well do it , if the bomb doesn't get you the government will.
And is that a message you really want to send ?
Jordan sentences female would-be bomber
AMMAN, Jordan - A court sentenced an Iraqi woman to death Thursday for her role in an al-Qaida-led triple hotel bombing that killed 60 people in Jordan's worst terror attack ever.
IDIOTS !!!
You don't sentence someone to death for deciding not to kill someone ! And you certainly don't sentence a failed suicide bomber to death ! Are you trying to encourage them to go through with it ? Do you really want them thinking "I could try to ditch the bomb and run , but the government will execute me anyways ..."
That's just stupid.
You want these suicide bombers to cut and run and not go through with it. A lesser sentence and some kind of good treatment is clearly mandated in a situation like this , if only by common sense.
The law is supposed to protect the population , and that means convincing the suicide bombers not to go through with it , not telling them they might as well they're dead anyways !
"The harsh verdict today sends a clear message to all terror groups: Jordan's stability and security is a red line that can't be crossed," said Mahmoud al-Kharabsheh, a lawmaker who sits on the parliament's Legal Committee.
The hash verdict today sends a clear message to all terrorist bombers. Once the bomb is strapped on , you might as well do it , if the bomb doesn't get you the government will.
And is that a message you really want to send ?
Monday, September 18, 2006
The Matryr Pope
Article
Ok, so I'm an 80 year old man , rather religious, in charge of an entire religion, and I'm facing my own mortality. I'm pope now , and I'm gonna die pope , and it
isn't going to be a long reign because us 80 year old men, you know , we probably got a long list of illness's we're not telling anyone about already before we even became pope.
I put out a speach about how conversion by the sword is evil , and named Muhamad as guilty of it , even calling him evil.
The Muslim religion went wild.
And so there I am on TV. Wringing my hands, saying "I'm sorry , I'm sorry" while all these vile and evil clerics are making death threats at me , essentially proving my very point that they are evil.
I love it ! Yah gotta know , I did it on purpose !
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al Qaeda in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum vowing to continue its holy war against the West. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified.
The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross" saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (killed by) the sword."
Ok , so my speach to open dialogue on the merits of pushing your religious views by violence has received an answer. You beleive it's perfectly ok. (And you want to kill me for suggesting such a thing is evil).
Oh yes, this is just bearing fruit like I don't believe. I dont' have to say a thing, these muslims are stupidly putting on the horns and picking up the pitch fork all by themselves ! I love it !
The secretary-general of the Turkish HUKUK-DER law association submitted a request to the Justice Ministry asking that the pope be arrested upon entering Turkey.
The appeal by Fikret Karabekmez, a former legislator for the banned pro-Islamic Welfare Party, called for Benedict to be tried under several Turkish laws, among them obstruction of freedom of belief, encouraging discrimination based on religion, and inciting religious hatred.
Ho ho ho ! we won't discuss how Islam breaks all of those laws (freedom of belief and inciting religious hatred top the list) .
Instead , let us consider what happens if I show up in Turkey , and you arrest me , and I LET YOU DO IT !
Now you have a pope in a muslim jail cell, surrounded by angry muslims who are known for dishonesty. One small word in the wrong place by me , and these evil fools who can't control their own temper will cut my head off like they do all those captured jews. And no one is going to believe any story they make up.
And the religious storm that will cause will be like nothing you have ever seen. You think the west hates you now ? Try uniting all the various squabbling christian sects by assassinating a pope , and then you'll learn what hatred is.
If you have to check out ... what a way to go !
Ok, so I'm an 80 year old man , rather religious, in charge of an entire religion, and I'm facing my own mortality. I'm pope now , and I'm gonna die pope , and it
isn't going to be a long reign because us 80 year old men, you know , we probably got a long list of illness's we're not telling anyone about already before we even became pope.
I put out a speach about how conversion by the sword is evil , and named Muhamad as guilty of it , even calling him evil.
The Muslim religion went wild.
And so there I am on TV. Wringing my hands, saying "I'm sorry , I'm sorry" while all these vile and evil clerics are making death threats at me , essentially proving my very point that they are evil.
I love it ! Yah gotta know , I did it on purpose !
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al Qaeda in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum vowing to continue its holy war against the West. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified.
The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross" saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (killed by) the sword."
Ok , so my speach to open dialogue on the merits of pushing your religious views by violence has received an answer. You beleive it's perfectly ok. (And you want to kill me for suggesting such a thing is evil).
Oh yes, this is just bearing fruit like I don't believe. I dont' have to say a thing, these muslims are stupidly putting on the horns and picking up the pitch fork all by themselves ! I love it !
The secretary-general of the Turkish HUKUK-DER law association submitted a request to the Justice Ministry asking that the pope be arrested upon entering Turkey.
The appeal by Fikret Karabekmez, a former legislator for the banned pro-Islamic Welfare Party, called for Benedict to be tried under several Turkish laws, among them obstruction of freedom of belief, encouraging discrimination based on religion, and inciting religious hatred.
Ho ho ho ! we won't discuss how Islam breaks all of those laws (freedom of belief and inciting religious hatred top the list) .
Instead , let us consider what happens if I show up in Turkey , and you arrest me , and I LET YOU DO IT !
Now you have a pope in a muslim jail cell, surrounded by angry muslims who are known for dishonesty. One small word in the wrong place by me , and these evil fools who can't control their own temper will cut my head off like they do all those captured jews. And no one is going to believe any story they make up.
And the religious storm that will cause will be like nothing you have ever seen. You think the west hates you now ? Try uniting all the various squabbling christian sects by assassinating a pope , and then you'll learn what hatred is.
If you have to check out ... what a way to go !
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Prison Camps
Article
BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.
Captured on battlefields, pulled from beds at midnight, grabbed off streets as suspected insurgents, tens of thousands now have passed through U.S. detention.
But others say there's no need to hold these thousands outside of the rules for prisoners of war established by the Geneva Conventions.
U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan declared last March that the extent of arbitrary detention here is "not consistent with provisions of international law governing internment on imperative reasons of security."
Ok. so , you caught this guy , on the battle field , with a rifle in his hand , shooting at you. Only instead of killing him on the spot you got him to surrender.
And you want to do ... what ? Send him back home so the enemy can put another rifle in his hand and he can shoot at you a second time ? Is that what you're thinking ?
Or ... more entertainingly....
You pick up this suspect out of his bed at night , and question him for a while , and then let him go. But of course , you have to let him know why you picked him up in the first place, thats the LAW isn't it ?
"Your next door neibour Abdul turned you in."
Two days later Abdul's body shows up with his head cut off.
Yeah .... right.
"If you, God forbid, are an innocent Afghan who gets sold down the river by some warlord rival, you can end up at Bagram and you have absolutely no way of clearing your name," said John Sifton of Human Rights Watch in New York. "You can't have a lawyer present evidence, or do anything organized to get yourself out of there."
Afghan Warlords don't send secret messages to the western forces that you're a bad boy. They Just shoot you. And your whole family. And your whole village if they're really pissed off. Having you picked up by the wimpy westerner's who wont even touch your women and will probably release you in a few months or years is just the wrong message to send to a warlords enemies. A bullet to your head is the way to go , from their view point.
so what do I think of these detention camps ?
yah got two choices when you pick up someone off the field of battle with a rifle in his hand. shoot him , or make him a prisoner of war until the war is over. Turning him lose is like shooting at the western soldiers yourself, and thats negilgence causing death on YOUR part. Peace activists who believe otherwise need to spend some quality time in our prison system.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.
Captured on battlefields, pulled from beds at midnight, grabbed off streets as suspected insurgents, tens of thousands now have passed through U.S. detention.
But others say there's no need to hold these thousands outside of the rules for prisoners of war established by the Geneva Conventions.
U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan declared last March that the extent of arbitrary detention here is "not consistent with provisions of international law governing internment on imperative reasons of security."
Ok. so , you caught this guy , on the battle field , with a rifle in his hand , shooting at you. Only instead of killing him on the spot you got him to surrender.
And you want to do ... what ? Send him back home so the enemy can put another rifle in his hand and he can shoot at you a second time ? Is that what you're thinking ?
Or ... more entertainingly....
You pick up this suspect out of his bed at night , and question him for a while , and then let him go. But of course , you have to let him know why you picked him up in the first place, thats the LAW isn't it ?
"Your next door neibour Abdul turned you in."
Two days later Abdul's body shows up with his head cut off.
Yeah .... right.
"If you, God forbid, are an innocent Afghan who gets sold down the river by some warlord rival, you can end up at Bagram and you have absolutely no way of clearing your name," said John Sifton of Human Rights Watch in New York. "You can't have a lawyer present evidence, or do anything organized to get yourself out of there."
Afghan Warlords don't send secret messages to the western forces that you're a bad boy. They Just shoot you. And your whole family. And your whole village if they're really pissed off. Having you picked up by the wimpy westerner's who wont even touch your women and will probably release you in a few months or years is just the wrong message to send to a warlords enemies. A bullet to your head is the way to go , from their view point.
so what do I think of these detention camps ?
yah got two choices when you pick up someone off the field of battle with a rifle in his hand. shoot him , or make him a prisoner of war until the war is over. Turning him lose is like shooting at the western soldiers yourself, and thats negilgence causing death on YOUR part. Peace activists who believe otherwise need to spend some quality time in our prison system.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
I'm sorry , I didn't realize that you didn't you know you were evil.
Article
>>The worst crisis since Benedict was elected in April 2005 was sparked by a speech in Germany Tuesday that appeared to endorse a Christian view, contested by most Muslims, that early Muslims spread their religion by violence <<
Really ? Tell me again about all these Jihad's and 9/11 and all these Sunni's and Shiites assassinating each other in Iraq again ?
"Of course as we know the meaning of jihad can only be understood by Muslims," Budianto told the crowd. "Only Muslims can understand what jihad is. It is impossible that jihad can be linked with violence, we Muslims have no violent character."
So how many people did these no violent charactar muslims kill today ? It was 60 yesterday in bagdad. And not soldiers, but random civilians. Random Muslim civilians at that.
Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohammed Mahdi Akef also expressed anger over the pope's academic speech.
"The pope's statements come to add fuel to fire and trigger anger within the Muslim world and show that the West with its politicians and clerics are hostile to Islam."
The west is hostile to Islam ? but you're the one doing all the killing here ?
I'm sorry, didn't anyone tell you ? Killing is Evil. Lying is Evil. And the Clerics of Islam are doing both, and demanding of their worshippers to do both.
Hate to break this to you , but Islam is Evil.
>>The worst crisis since Benedict was elected in April 2005 was sparked by a speech in Germany Tuesday that appeared to endorse a Christian view, contested by most Muslims, that early Muslims spread their religion by violence <<
Really ? Tell me again about all these Jihad's and 9/11 and all these Sunni's and Shiites assassinating each other in Iraq again ?
"Of course as we know the meaning of jihad can only be understood by Muslims," Budianto told the crowd. "Only Muslims can understand what jihad is. It is impossible that jihad can be linked with violence, we Muslims have no violent character."
So how many people did these no violent charactar muslims kill today ? It was 60 yesterday in bagdad. And not soldiers, but random civilians. Random Muslim civilians at that.
Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohammed Mahdi Akef also expressed anger over the pope's academic speech.
"The pope's statements come to add fuel to fire and trigger anger within the Muslim world and show that the West with its politicians and clerics are hostile to Islam."
The west is hostile to Islam ? but you're the one doing all the killing here ?
I'm sorry, didn't anyone tell you ? Killing is Evil. Lying is Evil. And the Clerics of Islam are doing both, and demanding of their worshippers to do both.
Hate to break this to you , but Islam is Evil.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Pope 'meant no offence' to Islam
Article
The Vatican has denied that Pope Benedict XVI intended any offence to the Muslim religion, after a speech touching on the concept of holy war.
Speaking in Germany, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said the Prophet Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things.
I didn't mean to insult you , I just wanted to point out that your religion is the epitomb of evil.
quote from speach
The emperor, after having expressed himself so forcefully, goes on to explain in detail the reasons why spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable. Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul.
What you have is a long , reasoned debate that violence to forward religious ends is a bad thing (I agree), and repeatedly mentioning Muslims as doing precisely that.
Well....
Yup. Call a spade a spade. How many places around the world do muslims inflict violence upon non-muslims ? Lots.
The black cat complains it is colored black. This is the cats fault , not the observers.
The Vatican has denied that Pope Benedict XVI intended any offence to the Muslim religion, after a speech touching on the concept of holy war.
Speaking in Germany, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said the Prophet Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things.
I didn't mean to insult you , I just wanted to point out that your religion is the epitomb of evil.
quote from speach
The emperor, after having expressed himself so forcefully, goes on to explain in detail the reasons why spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable. Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul.
What you have is a long , reasoned debate that violence to forward religious ends is a bad thing (I agree), and repeatedly mentioning Muslims as doing precisely that.
Well....
Yup. Call a spade a spade. How many places around the world do muslims inflict violence upon non-muslims ? Lots.
The black cat complains it is colored black. This is the cats fault , not the observers.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Ok , I stole this ... but I like it !
Stolen from :
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are Unitarian Jihad. There is only God, unless there is more than one God. The vote of our God subcommittee is 10-8 in favor of one God, with two abstentions. Brother Flaming Sword of Moderation noted the possibility of there being no God at all, and his objection was noted with love by the secretary.
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States! Too long has your attention been waylaid by the bright baubles of extremist thought. Too long have fundamentalist yahoos of all religions (except Buddhism -- 14-5 vote, no abstentions, fundamentalism subcommittee) made your head hurt. Too long have you been buffeted by angry people who think that God talks to them. You have a right to your moderation! You have the power to be calm! We will use the IED of truth to explode the SUV of dogmatic expression!
People of the United States, why is everyone yelling at you??? Whatever happened to ... you know, everything? Why is the news dominated by nutballs saying that the Ten Commandments have to be tattooed inside the eyelids of every American, or that Allah has told them to kill Americans in order to rid the world of Satan, or that Yahweh has instructed them to go live wherever they feel like, or that Shiva thinks bombing mosques is a great idea? Sister Immaculate Dagger of Peace notes for the record that we mean no disrespect to Jews, Muslims, Christians or Hindus. Referred back to the committee of the whole for further discussion.
We are Unitarian Jihad. We are everywhere. We have not been born again, nor have we sworn a blood oath. We do not think that God cares what we read, what we eat or whom we sleep with. Brother Neutron Bomb of Serenity notes for the record that he does not have a moral code but is nevertheless a good person, and Unexalted Leader Garrote of Forgiveness stipulates that Brother Neutron Bomb of Serenity is a good person, and this is to be reflected in the minutes.
Beware! Unless you people shut up and begin acting like grown-ups with brains enough to understand the difference between political belief and personal faith, the Unitarian Jihad will begin a series of terrorist-like actions. We will take over television studios, kidnap so-called commentators and broadcast calm, well-reasoned discussions of the issues of the day. We will not try for "balance" by hiring fruitcakes; we will try for balance by hiring non-ideologues who have carefully thought through the issues.
We are Unitarian Jihad. We will appear in public places and require people to shake hands with each other. (Sister Hand Grenade of Love suggested that we institute a terror regime of mandatory hugging, but her motion was not formally introduced because of lack of a quorum.) We will require all lobbyists, spokesmen and campaign managers to dress like trout in public. Televangelists will be forced to take jobs as Xerox repair specialists. Demagogues of all stripes will be required to read Proust out loud in prisons.
We are Unitarian Jihad, and our motto is: "Sincerity is not enough." We have heard from enough sincere people to last a lifetime already. Just because you believe it's true doesn't make it true. Just because your motives are pure doesn't mean you are not doing harm. Get a dog, or comfort someone in a nursing home, or just feed the birds in the park. Play basketball. Lighten up. The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.
Brother Gatling Gun of Patience notes that he's pretty sure the world is out to get him because everyone laughs when he says he is a Unitarian. There were murmurs of assent around the room, and someone suggested that we buy some Congress members and really stick it to the Baptists. But this was deemed against Revolutionary Principles, and Brother Gatling Gun of Patience was remanded to the Sunday Flowers and Banners committee.
People of the United States! We are Unitarian Jihad! We can strike without warning. Pockets of reasonableness and harmony will appear as if from nowhere! Nice people will run the government again! There will be coffee and cookies in the Gandhi Room after the revolution.
Startling new underground group spreads lack of panic! Citizens declare themselves "relatively unafraid" of threats of undeclared rationality. People can still go to France, terrorist leader says.
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are Unitarian Jihad. There is only God, unless there is more than one God. The vote of our God subcommittee is 10-8 in favor of one God, with two abstentions. Brother Flaming Sword of Moderation noted the possibility of there being no God at all, and his objection was noted with love by the secretary.
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States! Too long has your attention been waylaid by the bright baubles of extremist thought. Too long have fundamentalist yahoos of all religions (except Buddhism -- 14-5 vote, no abstentions, fundamentalism subcommittee) made your head hurt. Too long have you been buffeted by angry people who think that God talks to them. You have a right to your moderation! You have the power to be calm! We will use the IED of truth to explode the SUV of dogmatic expression!
People of the United States, why is everyone yelling at you??? Whatever happened to ... you know, everything? Why is the news dominated by nutballs saying that the Ten Commandments have to be tattooed inside the eyelids of every American, or that Allah has told them to kill Americans in order to rid the world of Satan, or that Yahweh has instructed them to go live wherever they feel like, or that Shiva thinks bombing mosques is a great idea? Sister Immaculate Dagger of Peace notes for the record that we mean no disrespect to Jews, Muslims, Christians or Hindus. Referred back to the committee of the whole for further discussion.
We are Unitarian Jihad. We are everywhere. We have not been born again, nor have we sworn a blood oath. We do not think that God cares what we read, what we eat or whom we sleep with. Brother Neutron Bomb of Serenity notes for the record that he does not have a moral code but is nevertheless a good person, and Unexalted Leader Garrote of Forgiveness stipulates that Brother Neutron Bomb of Serenity is a good person, and this is to be reflected in the minutes.
Beware! Unless you people shut up and begin acting like grown-ups with brains enough to understand the difference between political belief and personal faith, the Unitarian Jihad will begin a series of terrorist-like actions. We will take over television studios, kidnap so-called commentators and broadcast calm, well-reasoned discussions of the issues of the day. We will not try for "balance" by hiring fruitcakes; we will try for balance by hiring non-ideologues who have carefully thought through the issues.
We are Unitarian Jihad. We will appear in public places and require people to shake hands with each other. (Sister Hand Grenade of Love suggested that we institute a terror regime of mandatory hugging, but her motion was not formally introduced because of lack of a quorum.) We will require all lobbyists, spokesmen and campaign managers to dress like trout in public. Televangelists will be forced to take jobs as Xerox repair specialists. Demagogues of all stripes will be required to read Proust out loud in prisons.
We are Unitarian Jihad, and our motto is: "Sincerity is not enough." We have heard from enough sincere people to last a lifetime already. Just because you believe it's true doesn't make it true. Just because your motives are pure doesn't mean you are not doing harm. Get a dog, or comfort someone in a nursing home, or just feed the birds in the park. Play basketball. Lighten up. The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.
Brother Gatling Gun of Patience notes that he's pretty sure the world is out to get him because everyone laughs when he says he is a Unitarian. There were murmurs of assent around the room, and someone suggested that we buy some Congress members and really stick it to the Baptists. But this was deemed against Revolutionary Principles, and Brother Gatling Gun of Patience was remanded to the Sunday Flowers and Banners committee.
People of the United States! We are Unitarian Jihad! We can strike without warning. Pockets of reasonableness and harmony will appear as if from nowhere! Nice people will run the government again! There will be coffee and cookies in the Gandhi Room after the revolution.
Startling new underground group spreads lack of panic! Citizens declare themselves "relatively unafraid" of threats of undeclared rationality. People can still go to France, terrorist leader says.
Layton again calls for Afghan pullout, in wake of deaths
Article
"This is the wrong mission for Canada," Layton said.
...
"It's not balanced. It doesn’t represent the equilibrium between humanitarian aid, reconstruction and comprehensive peace process that Canadians would want to see."
I noticed self defence is not one of the points of equilibrium being balanced out here. Those guys are threatening canadians. And they are producing opium which gets turned into heroin and sold on canadian streets....
Layton, who made the same call for withdrawal on Aug. 31, also accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government of toeing the line set by U.S. President George W. Bush and his team in Washington, D.C.
"We need a made-in-Canada foreign policy, not one that's ideologically imported that follows along the pathway that has been set by the Bush administration," Layton said.
Yeah ! Just because when bush gets kicked in the balls and decides the solution is to pound on the ones responsible for kicking him , thats no excuse. We're supposed to smile when get kicked similarily and do things differently.
Not quite sure how , differently ...but different. Somehow. Canadian type different, not american type kick 'em right back. You know...different ....
Yeah , right.
"This is the wrong mission for Canada," Layton said.
...
"It's not balanced. It doesn’t represent the equilibrium between humanitarian aid, reconstruction and comprehensive peace process that Canadians would want to see."
I noticed self defence is not one of the points of equilibrium being balanced out here. Those guys are threatening canadians. And they are producing opium which gets turned into heroin and sold on canadian streets....
Layton, who made the same call for withdrawal on Aug. 31, also accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government of toeing the line set by U.S. President George W. Bush and his team in Washington, D.C.
"We need a made-in-Canada foreign policy, not one that's ideologically imported that follows along the pathway that has been set by the Bush administration," Layton said.
Yeah ! Just because when bush gets kicked in the balls and decides the solution is to pound on the ones responsible for kicking him , thats no excuse. We're supposed to smile when get kicked similarily and do things differently.
Not quite sure how , differently ...but different. Somehow. Canadian type different, not american type kick 'em right back. You know...different ....
Yeah , right.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Montreal's homeless to be fined for sleeping in squares
The funny people and their funny ways.
Montreal's homeless will have to find new places to sleep or face hefty fines, as the city's downtown borough of Ville Marie bans overnight stays in public squares.
The ban takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, making it an offence to sleep in 15 downtown squares between midnight and 6 a.m.
The penalty is a fine of $141 for a first offence. If offenders can't pay the fine, they face jail time.
Ummm...I'm cold...it's -30 out here. I think I'll sleep down town where the cops can see me. Do I have $141 Cdn ? Ummm..no , I'm homeless.
Off to the NICE WARM jail for you !
ahhh...thats so much better.
Oh , and if I ever get a job, and they ask me why I was in jail for 3 months ? Vagrancy. I slept on the street where I wasn't supposed to and they arrested me ... unfortunately 3months is the maximum they keep you in jail so they booted me out of their nice warm jail with the free food after that.
yeah !
I can see how this law is going to work out REAL good.
Montreal's homeless will have to find new places to sleep or face hefty fines, as the city's downtown borough of Ville Marie bans overnight stays in public squares.
The ban takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, making it an offence to sleep in 15 downtown squares between midnight and 6 a.m.
The penalty is a fine of $141 for a first offence. If offenders can't pay the fine, they face jail time.
Ummm...I'm cold...it's -30 out here. I think I'll sleep down town where the cops can see me. Do I have $141 Cdn ? Ummm..no , I'm homeless.
Off to the NICE WARM jail for you !
ahhh...thats so much better.
Oh , and if I ever get a job, and they ask me why I was in jail for 3 months ? Vagrancy. I slept on the street where I wasn't supposed to and they arrested me ... unfortunately 3months is the maximum they keep you in jail so they booted me out of their nice warm jail with the free food after that.
yeah !
I can see how this law is going to work out REAL good.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Disability Application
I'm applying for disability.
Sort of.
I'm working the system. You see, you have to employ certain tactics or they'll turn you down. You have to ...
sometimes I wonder.
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "getting that pretty girl into bed"
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "get an ok job, maybe not a decent job , but an ok job..."
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "wheres the beer, bub , and dont' stand in my way to the bathroom you only rent this stuff you dont' buy it"
When did it start , that the primary thought every morning when I woke up was "You have 10 second of physical activity before your lungs fail you , how will you spend it ?"
When did it start "I have to go to the can ...you have ten seconds...are you ready yet ? "
When did it start "Yes, I can make it across the street. If I walk really really slow. If I deliberately breath heavy because I won't actually feel like breathing heavy until 10 or twenty seconds later, but by then it's too late if it gets that far start looking for a convenient place to fall down on because you messsed it all up..."
I have to seriously wonder.
Am I really plotting how to work the system ?
Or is the system working me ?
Sort of.
I'm working the system. You see, you have to employ certain tactics or they'll turn you down. You have to ...
sometimes I wonder.
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "getting that pretty girl into bed"
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "get an ok job, maybe not a decent job , but an ok job..."
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "wheres the beer, bub , and dont' stand in my way to the bathroom you only rent this stuff you dont' buy it"
When did it start , that the primary thought every morning when I woke up was "You have 10 second of physical activity before your lungs fail you , how will you spend it ?"
When did it start "I have to go to the can ...you have ten seconds...are you ready yet ? "
When did it start "Yes, I can make it across the street. If I walk really really slow. If I deliberately breath heavy because I won't actually feel like breathing heavy until 10 or twenty seconds later, but by then it's too late if it gets that far start looking for a convenient place to fall down on because you messsed it all up..."
I have to seriously wonder.
Am I really plotting how to work the system ?
Or is the system working me ?
Monday, August 28, 2006
Vixen's Delight
I play world of warcraft, an online game where you
share the game world with as many as 2000 other players.
I was running up a new charactar, so I stopped in goldshire , a city , to look for a guild to help my new charactar.
Some girl, Sharalanda I think , was with a guild called Vixen's Delight , and she was talking to another female player, trying to recruit her for the guild.
Apparently the point of the Vixen's Delight is to fast talk male players into buying them a drink (an in game drink) , and negotiate for an hour of their time where on they will do anything. She didn't actually say Cybersex, she said Dancing Girl , but I'd seen these girls in action around and about the place.
would somone one please ! Tell me ! Why anyone would pay $20 / month , plus maintain their own computer, so that they can go out and PRETEND to be a prostitute, in exchagne for game money , money they can't even spend in the real world ????
Next thing you know , we will have virtual cops chasing these virtual prostitutes, because, really , this is a game meant for 10 year old little billy , and Little billy might have a high level charactar with more money than he knows what to do with and his parents are going to get quite upset if they walk by the computer and see him having cybersex with some stranger ....
sheesh !
The world we live in.
And the virtual one we play in !
share the game world with as many as 2000 other players.
I was running up a new charactar, so I stopped in goldshire , a city , to look for a guild to help my new charactar.
Some girl, Sharalanda I think , was with a guild called Vixen's Delight , and she was talking to another female player, trying to recruit her for the guild.
Apparently the point of the Vixen's Delight is to fast talk male players into buying them a drink (an in game drink) , and negotiate for an hour of their time where on they will do anything. She didn't actually say Cybersex, she said Dancing Girl , but I'd seen these girls in action around and about the place.
would somone one please ! Tell me ! Why anyone would pay $20 / month , plus maintain their own computer, so that they can go out and PRETEND to be a prostitute, in exchagne for game money , money they can't even spend in the real world ????
Next thing you know , we will have virtual cops chasing these virtual prostitutes, because, really , this is a game meant for 10 year old little billy , and Little billy might have a high level charactar with more money than he knows what to do with and his parents are going to get quite upset if they walk by the computer and see him having cybersex with some stranger ....
sheesh !
The world we live in.
And the virtual one we play in !
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
This week in The Middle East
Amnesty International is accusing Israel of war crimes. They state that Israel deliberately targetted civilians in it's 30 day war against the Hezbolla in lebanon.
Ok , but the Hezbolla were deliberately targetting Israel , tossing rockets into israeli civilian area's.
Why arn't they accusing the Hezbolla of war crimes ?
Some canadian ministers of parliment visited the scene in Lebanon , and the invite of Hezbolla , and agreed there had been some kind of war crime commited here. They did not visit israel or survey the damage commited by the Hezbolla on israel.
Lets be blunt here.
You're dealing with an organization that , morally , makes the Klu Klux Klan look like saints. They don't hesistate to lie, and they want Israeli's dead. Their holy book calls all Israeli's dogs and pigs, and their Hadiths demand that every Israeli be killed.
And they teach this to their own children since before the kids learn to walk.
Yet people continue to treat them as if they were decent upstanding citizens.
Do you treat members of the Klu Klux Klan as decent people ? do you invite them to your dinner table so you can talk about the best way to kill and humiliat blacks ?
You most certainly do not.
yet , some how , yes we do.
This is our fault. Their behavior is totally unacceptable, yet people insist on overlooking it and treating it as if it was.
don't blame them. Blame us.
Ok , but the Hezbolla were deliberately targetting Israel , tossing rockets into israeli civilian area's.
Why arn't they accusing the Hezbolla of war crimes ?
Some canadian ministers of parliment visited the scene in Lebanon , and the invite of Hezbolla , and agreed there had been some kind of war crime commited here. They did not visit israel or survey the damage commited by the Hezbolla on israel.
Lets be blunt here.
You're dealing with an organization that , morally , makes the Klu Klux Klan look like saints. They don't hesistate to lie, and they want Israeli's dead. Their holy book calls all Israeli's dogs and pigs, and their Hadiths demand that every Israeli be killed.
And they teach this to their own children since before the kids learn to walk.
Yet people continue to treat them as if they were decent upstanding citizens.
Do you treat members of the Klu Klux Klan as decent people ? do you invite them to your dinner table so you can talk about the best way to kill and humiliat blacks ?
You most certainly do not.
yet , some how , yes we do.
This is our fault. Their behavior is totally unacceptable, yet people insist on overlooking it and treating it as if it was.
don't blame them. Blame us.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Apply for Disablity
Aug 4th , was my last day of work.
Work wants me to apply for disablity because my attenence sucks.
My attendence sucks, by the way , because I'm exhausted all the
time , and I really can't breath properly.
Apply for a doctor's appt on monday. OOps doc is on holiday , finally get ahold of him (his secretary actually) and get an apt for Aug 18
18th rolls around , My wife makes me almost late, I just arrive in time for the appointment. So there's no waiting in the waiting room I go right in and the docotr shows up right away.
No, thats not quite true.
What really happened is , I got off the elevator , on a wheel chair pushed by my wife , because it was a really long walk from the bus stop, checked in with the desk , and , gasping for breath as is my want if I've walked more than 25 meters, I was denied my usual 10 min of rest before seeing anyone.
The nurse who asked me the usual questions hustled out quick and almost dragged the doctor in so he could see me gasping away as if I'd just run a marethon. The doctor mentioned several times that if climing a flight or two of stairs did this to me I might not survive the operation so he was cancelling it (I never did get to tell him I never actually climbed any stairs to get into this condition) , and he sent me off to see a specialist.
And he kept the insurance forms. The ones I'm using to apply for short term disability ? HE KEPT THEM ! ARRRRg ! Rent is coming up soon and I ahvn't worked since the 4th of the month and now I have no source of income !
PHone around and find out there's some kind of Public Works or unemployment or whatever for a situation like this ,and so Now I'm gathering paperwork for an appointment with them on fri aug 25.
Call the doctor 20 times on monday , left 2 messages. No answer. Tues I get a clal for my appointment with the breathing specialist.
Sept 5.
Ahhh....this is taking forever !
I dread to think what happens if I get turned down. No savings , havn't worked in a month , credit card near maxed out ...
Work wants me to apply for disablity because my attenence sucks.
My attendence sucks, by the way , because I'm exhausted all the
time , and I really can't breath properly.
Apply for a doctor's appt on monday. OOps doc is on holiday , finally get ahold of him (his secretary actually) and get an apt for Aug 18
18th rolls around , My wife makes me almost late, I just arrive in time for the appointment. So there's no waiting in the waiting room I go right in and the docotr shows up right away.
No, thats not quite true.
What really happened is , I got off the elevator , on a wheel chair pushed by my wife , because it was a really long walk from the bus stop, checked in with the desk , and , gasping for breath as is my want if I've walked more than 25 meters, I was denied my usual 10 min of rest before seeing anyone.
The nurse who asked me the usual questions hustled out quick and almost dragged the doctor in so he could see me gasping away as if I'd just run a marethon. The doctor mentioned several times that if climing a flight or two of stairs did this to me I might not survive the operation so he was cancelling it (I never did get to tell him I never actually climbed any stairs to get into this condition) , and he sent me off to see a specialist.
And he kept the insurance forms. The ones I'm using to apply for short term disability ? HE KEPT THEM ! ARRRRg ! Rent is coming up soon and I ahvn't worked since the 4th of the month and now I have no source of income !
PHone around and find out there's some kind of Public Works or unemployment or whatever for a situation like this ,and so Now I'm gathering paperwork for an appointment with them on fri aug 25.
Call the doctor 20 times on monday , left 2 messages. No answer. Tues I get a clal for my appointment with the breathing specialist.
Sept 5.
Ahhh....this is taking forever !
I dread to think what happens if I get turned down. No savings , havn't worked in a month , credit card near maxed out ...
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Muslim World Demands Lebanon Ceasefire
Article
Muslim world demands Lebanon ceasefire, peace role
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Thursday sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation
>>But Israil isn't attacking Lebanon , they're attacking your fair haired Hezbolla (party of the muslim god) who's trying to over throw democratic Lebanon.
We must show preparedness to contribute forces for peacekeeping operations under the
United Nations banner," Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's prime minister and host of the conference, said in remarks prepared for delivery behind closed doors. "Malaysia is ready to do that."
>>You foisted those terrorists off on the Lebanon in the first place, now you want to step in and protect them. I really can't describe what a disaster this would be to Lebanon.
We don't want a clash of civilizations, but all over the Muslim world a very negative feeling is arising in the streets," Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri told reporters before the start of the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital.
>> The Muslim world is a world of dictators. The only feelings they have are the ones you dictate to them via highly biased news articles (like this one), and the frequent shooting of newspaper reporters who don't toe the line. It's not MY fault you pointed YOUR sheep in the wrong direction and got them all killed. Its YOUR fault , not to be too picky about it.
Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, arrived just before the opening session and declined any comment
>> aha. Cheif among the peace keepers is the main muslim warmonger himself.
On Wednesday, Iranian state television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in matters of state, as vowing unyielding support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
>> The only "lebanese resistance" in Lebanon are the terrorists you planted that are currently trying to overthrow the democracy of Lebanon. And currently getting their behinds kicked by Israel. The standing lebanese government actually has no control over that area since the Hezbolla kicked them out , and is basically telling Israel to "go for it" . I believe the result of their last "emergancy meeting" was to tell us that no one should attack their soilders (which are no where near the fighting) or they will defend themselves.
Who writes this drivel ?
--PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters)
Oh , the article is from a Muslim country.
Figures.
You want the muslims to stop hating us ? Bomb all the newspapers and radio stations out of existance.
Muslim world demands Lebanon ceasefire, peace role
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Thursday sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation
>>But Israil isn't attacking Lebanon , they're attacking your fair haired Hezbolla (party of the muslim god) who's trying to over throw democratic Lebanon.
We must show preparedness to contribute forces for peacekeeping operations under the
United Nations banner," Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's prime minister and host of the conference, said in remarks prepared for delivery behind closed doors. "Malaysia is ready to do that."
>>You foisted those terrorists off on the Lebanon in the first place, now you want to step in and protect them. I really can't describe what a disaster this would be to Lebanon.
We don't want a clash of civilizations, but all over the Muslim world a very negative feeling is arising in the streets," Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri told reporters before the start of the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital.
>> The Muslim world is a world of dictators. The only feelings they have are the ones you dictate to them via highly biased news articles (like this one), and the frequent shooting of newspaper reporters who don't toe the line. It's not MY fault you pointed YOUR sheep in the wrong direction and got them all killed. Its YOUR fault , not to be too picky about it.
Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, arrived just before the opening session and declined any comment
>> aha. Cheif among the peace keepers is the main muslim warmonger himself.
On Wednesday, Iranian state television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in matters of state, as vowing unyielding support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
>> The only "lebanese resistance" in Lebanon are the terrorists you planted that are currently trying to overthrow the democracy of Lebanon. And currently getting their behinds kicked by Israel. The standing lebanese government actually has no control over that area since the Hezbolla kicked them out , and is basically telling Israel to "go for it" . I believe the result of their last "emergancy meeting" was to tell us that no one should attack their soilders (which are no where near the fighting) or they will defend themselves.
Who writes this drivel ?
--PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters)
Oh , the article is from a Muslim country.
Figures.
You want the muslims to stop hating us ? Bomb all the newspapers and radio stations out of existance.
Good news for a change
My sisters's been getting into genology , and tracked down a cousing we're going to see this week.
Cousin had a Pulmonary Embolism , just like me.
In 2000. (6 years ago)
And she's emailing me from a government of canada email address. Which means from work. Which means she has a job. Which means she's well enough to have a job.
Oh these tiny things we cling to.
Cousin had a Pulmonary Embolism , just like me.
In 2000. (6 years ago)
And she's emailing me from a government of canada email address. Which means from work. Which means she has a job. Which means she's well enough to have a job.
Oh these tiny things we cling to.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Slow Summer Afternoon
A slow summer afternoon , nothing much to blog.
Israel invades Lebenon after those Hezbolla terrorists kidnap 2 soldiers. Lebenon basically lets it happen. Ho hum. The Arab nations demand Israeli stop it , but make no such demands about hezbolla stopping attacks on israeli. Pretty easy to see who's arab and who isn't just by one brand of nonsense they sprout.
Ottawa child pornographer gets caught. new twist. He got the little girls to photo themselves and email the pics back to him. Never actually entered their rooms or was alone with them. Hmmm... not sure how you would charge him with that , but he made threats so he's getting some jail time somewhere.
I can walk across the street , and then I have to rest. Thats as good as my health will ever get. Not too happy with that.
Everytime I look up Pulminary embolism on the internet , nothing but bad news. Turned up a new wonder drug that can detect when people with shortness of breath (the primary symptom of PE) will be in the 90% who die off in the first year or the 10% who make it a little longer. Hadn't known 90% die off in the first year. *depressed sigh ...count months since pe attack... now I'm really depressed !*
Talked to my nurse who visits twice a week. She said most of the people she ever treated with PE were 80 years old and she's been in the business 20 years. I'm 40ish so those stats don't really apply to me, I'm not your average pe sufferer.
*sigh*
I may suddenly and with out warning die sometime in the next two months (thats whats left of my year) but i still have to go to work now. This really sucks.
Israel invades Lebenon after those Hezbolla terrorists kidnap 2 soldiers. Lebenon basically lets it happen. Ho hum. The Arab nations demand Israeli stop it , but make no such demands about hezbolla stopping attacks on israeli. Pretty easy to see who's arab and who isn't just by one brand of nonsense they sprout.
Ottawa child pornographer gets caught. new twist. He got the little girls to photo themselves and email the pics back to him. Never actually entered their rooms or was alone with them. Hmmm... not sure how you would charge him with that , but he made threats so he's getting some jail time somewhere.
I can walk across the street , and then I have to rest. Thats as good as my health will ever get. Not too happy with that.
Everytime I look up Pulminary embolism on the internet , nothing but bad news. Turned up a new wonder drug that can detect when people with shortness of breath (the primary symptom of PE) will be in the 90% who die off in the first year or the 10% who make it a little longer. Hadn't known 90% die off in the first year. *depressed sigh ...count months since pe attack... now I'm really depressed !*
Talked to my nurse who visits twice a week. She said most of the people she ever treated with PE were 80 years old and she's been in the business 20 years. I'm 40ish so those stats don't really apply to me, I'm not your average pe sufferer.
*sigh*
I may suddenly and with out warning die sometime in the next two months (thats whats left of my year) but i still have to go to work now. This really sucks.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Coming soon -- mind-reading computers
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/06/26/mind.reading.pcs.reut/index.html
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people's minds.
An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and American scientists will be able to read an individual's thoughts by analyzing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings.
Not quite mind reading , but still , pretty good. Can you control a mouse with that ?
He and his collaborators believe the mind-reading computer's applications could range from improving people's driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to people's moods.
Stop !!!
You're going to read my mind and determine how best to SPAM me ??? This verges on mind control you understand. Subliminal Advertising has been illegal for a long time, but it seems we're now going for a new, high tech version of this.
"Our research could enable Web sites to tailor advertising or products to your mood," Robinson told Reuters. "For example, a Webcam linked with our software could process your image, encode the correct emotional state and transmit information to a Web site."
You're going to read my mind , and then tell any random business man or advertiser what I'm feeling, people notorious for breaking rules, and laws, in the persuite of profit ? This is what you plan on doing with your brand spanking new mind reading device ?
Hey ! The guy on channel four is thirsty ! Break out the beer ads ! Channel Six is hungry, break out the McDonalds High Transfat heart attack special ads, those things pay us the most ! Channel 7 the soon to be illegal viagra ads, we gotta move that stuff out before they discover it causes heart attacks and ban it ...
(edit)
Oh yeah , bandwidth issue !
you're going to take bandwidth from me , that I pay MY ISP for , so that you can read my mind and determine how best to spam me to death. You're going to make ME pay for your spam , in other words, AND you're going to make ME pay for YOUR breach of privacy.
Because Breach of Privacy is exactly what this is. No one in their right mind is going to let you read their mind for the soul purpose of spamming them more efficiently. The only way this works is if you trick them into agreeing to it or simply don't tell them you're doing it. No one agree's to get junk mail now adays, and certainly no one will agree to PAY to get more efficiently targetted with junk mail.
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people's minds.
An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and American scientists will be able to read an individual's thoughts by analyzing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings.
Not quite mind reading , but still , pretty good. Can you control a mouse with that ?
He and his collaborators believe the mind-reading computer's applications could range from improving people's driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to people's moods.
Stop !!!
You're going to read my mind and determine how best to SPAM me ??? This verges on mind control you understand. Subliminal Advertising has been illegal for a long time, but it seems we're now going for a new, high tech version of this.
"Our research could enable Web sites to tailor advertising or products to your mood," Robinson told Reuters. "For example, a Webcam linked with our software could process your image, encode the correct emotional state and transmit information to a Web site."
You're going to read my mind , and then tell any random business man or advertiser what I'm feeling, people notorious for breaking rules, and laws, in the persuite of profit ? This is what you plan on doing with your brand spanking new mind reading device ?
Hey ! The guy on channel four is thirsty ! Break out the beer ads ! Channel Six is hungry, break out the McDonalds High Transfat heart attack special ads, those things pay us the most ! Channel 7 the soon to be illegal viagra ads, we gotta move that stuff out before they discover it causes heart attacks and ban it ...
(edit)
Oh yeah , bandwidth issue !
you're going to take bandwidth from me , that I pay MY ISP for , so that you can read my mind and determine how best to spam me to death. You're going to make ME pay for your spam , in other words, AND you're going to make ME pay for YOUR breach of privacy.
Because Breach of Privacy is exactly what this is. No one in their right mind is going to let you read their mind for the soul purpose of spamming them more efficiently. The only way this works is if you trick them into agreeing to it or simply don't tell them you're doing it. No one agree's to get junk mail now adays, and certainly no one will agree to PAY to get more efficiently targetted with junk mail.
Guantanamo
Article
>>The court found that the trials — known as military commissions — for people
>>detained on suspicion of terrorist activity abroad do not conform to any act of Congress.
You know, I've always wondered about that. Those guys, these "enemey combatants" are out to tear down the US and destroy it. The us constitution is a document on how a group of people (known as us citizens) can live together. Since these people do not seek to partake of this agreement in the first place, indeed they seek to destroy it and all parties involved in it, why are they being treated as if they were members of the agreement in the first place ?
I mean , lets face it , the law of the land is for citizens of the land , not for forien soldiers intent on destroying / conquering the land and making up thier own completely different law of the land.
>>The court found that the trials — known as military commissions — for people
>>detained on suspicion of terrorist activity abroad do not conform to any act of Congress.
You know, I've always wondered about that. Those guys, these "enemey combatants" are out to tear down the US and destroy it. The us constitution is a document on how a group of people (known as us citizens) can live together. Since these people do not seek to partake of this agreement in the first place, indeed they seek to destroy it and all parties involved in it, why are they being treated as if they were members of the agreement in the first place ?
I mean , lets face it , the law of the land is for citizens of the land , not for forien soldiers intent on destroying / conquering the land and making up thier own completely different law of the land.
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