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Iran injects fuel into first reactor, nothing to see here.

Posted: October 26, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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The economy is driving this election but the world’s crises haven’t taken the election off:

Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first atomic power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start up of a facility that leaders have touted as defying of international efforts to curtail the country’s nuclear ambitions.

So Mr. President how’s that new respect around the world thingy working for ya?

Update: It might be worse then it sounds, talked to a scientist friend who said that this will give Iran an easy source of Plutonium for a bomb with a lot less effort or industrial need than a simple Uranium bomb. The only way to strop it? Blow it up! Paging Israel!

Jihad? Moi?

Posted: October 26, 2010 by datechguy in war
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It looks like yet another member of the Religion of Peace The Flemish Menace has discovered a way to attack the US:

A New York-born man tried to join U.S. forces so he could desert and “wage war” against them for the Taliban or other radical groups abroad, according to the FBI.

Abdel Hamdeed Shehadeh, 21, who now lives in Hawaii, has been charged with lying to federal agents by denying that he wanted to do fighting against the U.S. military, NBC News reported.

Well yeah Abdel Hamdeed Shehadeh may SOUND Islamic but dig deep enough and I’ll bet you will find his real name is Jooris Cornelis Gheeraert de Thoseyn or something.

And did you know that Jihad is actually a Flemish term? Nothing at all to do with anything remotely Islamic.

So don’t let people fool you. There is no such thing as radical Islam, it’s the Flemish menace I tell you!

Your guide to the Flemish Menace!

After all this post doesn’t sound like any kind of a Joke. Does it?

Babalu is exactly right, Pelosi’s problem isn’t not getting credit…

Posted: October 26, 2010 by datechguy in doctor who, politics
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…Pelosi’s problem is that she and the democrats get ALL the credit for what they have done…

…it’s just that the voters don’t like it and never liked it.

“In my era, equality is a given, so we can hit anyone!”

Posted: October 26, 2010 by datechguy in oddities, politics
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One of my pet peeves is politics is the idea that you can’t be tough on a woman in a debate or candidate forum. I’ve seen questions and commentary for years where people go after men for being too tough on a woman during a debate, in an attack ad etc etc etc.

This just drives me nuts. If a person is competing for a political position, they are competing for a position, not as a “man” or a “woman” but as a citizen. I expect any candidate running for public office to be able to take it. This isn’t beanbag, a public office is a public trust and nobody is going to hold your hand when the going gets rough.

You can either serve in the office or not, you can either take the heat or you can not and if you can’t then do something else.

(BTW the quote above is from an issue of the Justice League from the 80’s. There was a character called Booster Gold who was from the future. During one of the fights of heroes vs villains, a female villain is cornered by Booster Gold, strikes a very feminine pose and asks: “You wouldn’t hit a woman would you?” He says, well you see… the next panel is the word BAM and the third panel is him giving that explanation in the title to the now floored villain who groggily answers: “Thanks for explaining that to me.”)

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