LOL! This is hilarious, can it get funnier than this?

Emphasis in the body is mine.

Bin Laden comic mistaken for Canada diplomat – Telegraph

The security measures, the toughest ever imposed in Australia, include closing much of the city and erecting steel and concrete barriers around landmarks such as the Opera House. Snipers are in position on rooftops, counter-terrorism police have been deployed on the harbour and fighter jets patrol the skies while dignitaries, including US President George W Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, get down to the serious business of diplomacy. But eleven comedians, armed with a three black cars, two motorbikes, cheap Canadian flags and a lot of cheek, managed to beat security by convincing police they were an official motorcade carrying a Canadian delegation – despite the fact one was dressed as the world’s most wanted terrorist.

Someone’s head going to roll for this?

The economist is running an issue about Iran and of course a big part of it is about its foreign policy. Below is an excerpt from an article which is well written however has very questionable logic. Emphasis in the body is mine.

Nuclear proliferation | The riddle of Iran | Economist.com [no link]

Iran is a self-proclaimed theocracy. Yet it has conducted foreign relations since the revolution of 1979 in a way that seems perfectly rational even if it is not pleasant. Its president, the Holocaust-questioning Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is widely reported to have threatened to “wipe Israel off the map”. But in fact he may never have uttered those precise words, and there is both ambiguity and calculation behind the bluster. Look closer and Mr Ahmadinejad is vague about whether he means that Iran should destroy Israel or just that he hopes for Israel’s disappearance. Knowing that a nuclear attack on Israel or America would result in its own prompt annihilation, Iran could probably be deterred, just as other nuclear powers have been. Didn’t Nikita Khrushchev promise to “bury” the West?

So let’s see what’s this “perfectly rational” but “not pleasant” foreign policy include:

1. Illegally building a nuclear facility and lying to the world about it
2. Ignoring the UN
3. Supporting insurgency groups in Iraq and supplying it with weapons and training
4. Building a guerrilla terrorist  arm occupying the south of Lebanon to launch raids into neighbouring countries.
5. Kidnapping and holding captive British sailors from international waters
6. Threatening or “just” wishing for the annihilation of another country while pursuing nuclear weapons
7. Denying the holocaust and holding international conference meetings to discuss it “academically”
8. Finally, an American strike will lead to Iran firing hundreds of missiles at… Israel?

I think a pre-emtive strike against nuclear facilities in Iran is far more rational. Surely Iran can handle some unpleasantness too, no?

10-month-old gets gun permit

Howard David Ludwig of Chicago owns a gun permit and was even presented with a shotgun by his grandfather despite the fact that he is just 10 months old. His father, a 30-year-old columnist, revealed that his grandfather had gifted the 12-gauge shotgun to his son intending that they would one day be shooting clay targets. He said he filled an online application form and shelled out $6 after which the permit was issued. Howard Sr. said he was not expecting the permit to be issued to the infant nicknamed Bubba.

Weird. Growing up as a kid knowing there’s a gun waiting for you, one of the very first gifts you received, and you already have a license from the government to carry it around and shoot things..

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I find this video very interesting. It’s slightly long but worth watching and reflecting on for anyone who has an interest in human rights and how the UN “Human Rights” Council is spending its time and money.

Wah this 300 movie looks really nice. I used to read heaps of Ancient Greek themed novels a few years back. My favourite at that time was The Ten Thousand. Can’t wait to watch this although I might get quite disappointed if the historical accuracy of events, warfare, equipment etc. was compromised.

I received IB’s February monthly statement a couple of days ago. Returns have been really nice in Feb, record R’s and $ surpassed the record set in October last year. but what really caught my eye was that I paid a tad over $1,000 in commissions! I think IB should give out some freebies, like an umbrella which says something like “I help feed IB and Wall Street” ;-)

This is just unbelievable.

FOXNews.com – Saudi Kidnap, Rape Victim Faces Lashing for ‘Crime’ of Being Alone With Man Not Related to Her – Middle East Map | News | Crisis

A 19-year-old Saudi woman who was kidnapped, beaten and gang raped by seven men who then took photos of their victim and threatened to kill her, was sentenced under the country’s Islamic-based law to 90 lashes for the “crime” of being alone with a man not related to her.