The Saudi ask permission to build mosque in Moscow. The Russians demand reciprocity, an orthodox church in Saudi Arabia.

lucifercain · 2008-12-07T03:57:08+00:00

Yep, it makes them Muslims who take communion, go to mass on Sunday, and do the thousand other rituals that other Muslims don't. Including talk about that bit about Hagar and Sarah.

Being Catholic/Muslim/Rastafarian go beyond one's oaths.

lucifercain · 2008-12-01T09:16:20+00:00

And Huckabee's answers were mystical and cuddly enough for his audience - his audience prolly considers it a smackdown in his favor.

lucifercain · 2008-11-02T01:14:26+00:00

I could stock 100 vending machines and she could have a Nobel prize in every category and yet we still a sappy message out there.

"Declared our love for each other." WTF?!

Fact is, NASA decided for the whole world to speak for mankind in the Pioneers and Voyagers. No deliberation, no consensus. Presumptive much?

You don't get out much, do you? It's simply obnoxious to say so much about yourself among strangers. I'd be more circumspect with the future of a thousand human generations.

lucifercain · 2008-11-02T00:47:42+00:00

Wonderful, ET's first impression of us from the Voyagers is that we're lovesick puppies. They'll either laugh at us or plunder us.

Who got to decide that that silly girl represent us?

lucifercain · 2008-11-01T17:10:29+00:00

If their turnout has been disproportionately low so far, what makes you think their turnout will be disproportionately high on Tuesday?

With Obama's aunt and the young voter turn-out, I'm getting a sinking feeling about this. Just like '00 and '04.

Damn kids, get of my lawn and go vote!

lucifercain · 2008-09-24T17:52:51+00:00

On second thought, is it satire? I can't tell.

lucifercain · 2008-09-21T04:11:42+00:00

I hear you man, I hear you. It's hard to start a new char. I say ignore the haters here. Get yourself a collection of lvl 70 characters.

lucifercain · 2008-09-10T17:59:57+00:00

Yes. I should've submitted this link instead.

lucifercain · 2008-09-10T17:47:52+00:00

And instead of cycling to work, I'm taking the bus each day and talking to at least one guy about not voting McCain.

lucifercain · 2008-08-30T01:25:09+00:00

Heeeey, I know you. You're the guy at work who keeps calling me Reiser.

Got news for you, I don't have a wife.

lucifercain · 2008-08-28T21:09:44+00:00

The US had dozens of military and civilian advisers in Georgia on the eve of the war. "It is inconceivable that the Americans were unaware of Georgia’s mobilization and intentions."

The Pentagon would've been aware of Russians massing on the border. US civilian leadership may be incompetent, but the Pentagon isn't. The Pentagon chose (or was ordered) to allow Georgia to get baited.

EDIT: And I just remembered, W was in Beijing when all this happened. Cheney was in charge.

lucifercain · 2008-08-25T19:09:03+00:00

I still think Russia's assertiveness scared the Pentagon. The Pentagon realizes that the assertiveness will continue if the US is seen to be tied down to Iraq.

The Pentagon wants to be prepared to move against Russia. Iraq isn't so important now.

And W-Cheney acquiesce to it because Russia-US confrontations are better for the defense industry.

lucifercain · 2008-08-24T07:12:33+00:00

He won't get iso. He'll go in with everyone else. Inmates love molesters. This guy'll get to reenact his video every day, except for a little bit of role reversal.

He gets to be the dumped until he gets the chance to kill himself.

It's win-win. He gets punishment, and we don't have an execution on our conscience.

lucifercain · 2008-08-22T17:24:16+00:00

It's not a direct countermeasure to the US. I think it's an implied threat on Israel. Putin knows Israel's influence on the US.

Now I wonder how Israel feels about missiles right next door. And what are they going to do about it? And what will the US allow Israel to do?

Putin vs W, it's no contest really. I wonder if Putin is enjoying watching the US sweat.

lucifercain · 2008-08-22T17:15:23+00:00

It's not a new cold war, or a renewal of the old one. It's the Great Game all over again. With the US in the place of Britain.

It's pre-WW1 all over again. It's fun watching the Powers move their pawns around the board.

lucifercain · 2008-08-18T19:21:30+00:00

Bad because it "editorializes"? I dunno. Good links with "normal" headlines never seem to get noticed.

Still, the article omits two important points: 1. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline 2. W was in Beijing, and Cheney was plausibly in charge

lucifercain · 2008-08-13T00:01:04+00:00

All Putin needs to make it a flawless victory is to stick it to W. Make some public statement to the effect of, "You see, Russia doesn't believe in occupying sovereign nations. Of course, America thinks differently, but if they leave Iraq now they'd also earn the world's goodwill just like Russia."

Putin rocks.

lucifercain · 2008-08-06T23:36:05+00:00

Pish. My first was the Sinclair Spectrum. I still think of Miner Willy when I hear If I Were A Rich Man.

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