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Friday, September 03, 2004

As anyone who has read this blog for any length of time can tell you, I really don’t care too much for trial lawyers.  But this guy is okay in my book.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, a bond trading firm that lost nearly 700 employees during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, has sued Saudi Arabia and dozens of other organizations for allegedly supporting al-Qaida prior to the attack.

In a suit filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Cantor asked for $7 billion for property damage from Saudi Arabia, a number of banks and Islamic charities. The firm said the banks and the charities had “knowingly and intentionally” lent financial and logistical support to the terrorists.

The charities were “not independent” of Saudi Arabia, but rather were “funded, authorized, supervised, directed, and /or controlled” by the government, several Saudi princes, and the Saudi High Commission for Relief, the suit said.

At the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida’s annual income was about $50 million and its assets ranged from $300 million to $500 million, the lawsuit said. It said the organization relies for income on a “global network of charities and relief organizations, banks and financial institutions, businesses, individual financiers, and illegal activity,” including narcotics trafficking.

The suit notes that its allegations are “substantially related” to a Sept. 10, 2003, lawsuit by a group of insurance companies that also named Saudi Arabia among companies supporting terrorism.

Hitting Saudi Arabia militarily is not in the best interests of the United States, but hitting the Saudis financially is, to me, a good move.  If the President or Congress does anything to prevent this, or otherwise insulate Saudi Arabia against this lawsuit, I’m going to come unglued.  If the Saudis want to invest their money in America at the same time as they sink funds into financing terrorism, then they can face their victims in a US court and pay whatever judgments are levied against them.

Hey liberals!  You know the Minutemen and revolutionaries who took those Russian schoolchildren hostage?

The three-day hostage siege at a school in southern Russia ended in chaos and bloodshed Friday, after witnesses said Chechen militants set off bombs and Russian commandos stormed the building. Hostages fled in terror, many of them children who were half-naked and covered in blood. Officials estimated the death toll at more than 200.

Early Saturday, 531 people remained hospitalized, including 283 children - 92 of the youngsters in “very grave” condition, health officials said.

Sixty-two hours after the hostage drama began during a celebration marking the first day of the school year, the Russian government said resistance had ended.

Valery Andreyev, Russia’s Federal Security Service chief in the region, said 10 Arabs were among 27 militants who were killed. The ITAR-Tass news agency, citing unidentified security sources, reported the hostage-taking was the work of Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who had al-Qaida backing. [Emphasis added]

It will be a good day indeed when the world’s stupid pacifists, leftists, and liberals finally pull their collective head out of their collective ass and recognize the global threat that radical Islamofascism presents to the world.  Unfortunately I’m not very confident that that day is going to come any time soon.

It’s all about the oil, right?  Idiots.

So I walk in, turn on the TV, and there’s Hillary Cliunton speaking outside the hospital where Bill is currently laid up.  Ugh.  I still harbor an odd, aw shucks, good-old-boy fondness for Bill Clinton, but his wife is pure evil.  I can’t even stand looking at her.

Update: At the end of her press conference she stuck in a political dig, saying something to the effect of, “I’m just glad we have good health insurance, and I hope that someday everyone has the same coverage that we have.” If by that she means “funded by the taxpayers,” then yes, I’m sure that she’d love to see that day.

The latest polling data show a huge lead for Bush.

New York: For the first time since the Presidential race became a two person contest last spring, there is a clear leader, the latest TIME poll shows. If the 2004 election for President were held today, 52% of likely voters surveyed would vote for President George W. Bush, 41% would vote for Democratic nominee John Kerry, and 3% would vote for Ralph Nader, according to a new TIME poll conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2.

There’s tons more data on the page linked above, but suffice it to say that this is a huge boost to Bush’s reelection hopes.

Bill Clinton has apparently gone in for emergency heart bypass surgery.

Former President Bill Clinton checked himself into a New York City hospital on Friday suffering from chest pains, Democratic party officials said.

Clinton canceled a two-day joint trip with his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, across upstate New York because of medical issues, another source familiar with the situation said Friday. Both the Democratic official and the source spoke on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, there were unconfirmed broadcast reports that the former president had complained of chest pains. ABC News and CNN reported that Clinton may have to undergo heart bypass surgery.

See, if we were left-wing asshat conspiracy theorists we’d all be raving about how this was all a set-up to distract from the RNC.  (Think I’m joking?  Can you magine what would have happened had Cheney needed bypas he day after the DNC?)

The sky is blue, water is wet, and the French are gutless pussies.

France on Thursday condemned the hostage-taking in Russia’s North Ossetia region and reiterated that the Chechnya conflict can only be effectively solved by political means.

“France emphasizes that the Chechnya conflict can only be durably settled through a political solution,” Cecile Pozzo diBorgo, spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, told a news conference.

Speaking of the hostage crisis in Russia’s North Ossetia, the spokeswoman said: “We call for the immediate and unconditional release of these hostages.”

The spokeswoman said Paris strongly condemns the hostage-taking in Russia calling it an unjustifiable event.

Armed terrorists take over a school and begin executing hostages, and France’s solution is political.  Do you know why?  Because in all likelihood Pootie Poot is going to go into Checknya and kick some terrorist ass, and the last thing France wants to see is someone else using force to deal with terrorism.  They have to maintain their Coalition of the Gutless at all costs.

Pootie-Poot doesn’t disappoint those of us who expected him to go and kick some ass.

The bodies of more than 100 people were found Friday in the gymnasium of a school in southern Russia at the end of a three-day hostage siege, according to the Interfax news agency.

Hundreds more were wounded during the siege and subsequent raid by Russian soldiers.

Commandos stormed the Beslan school and battled terrorists holding hundreds of hostages as crying children — some naked and covered in blood — fled through explosions and gunfire.

Earlier, The Associated Press reported that at least seven people were killed and 400 wounded; Interfax put the number of dead in the dozens.

But a British ITN News reporter said he saw about 100 bodies in the school gymnasium where the hostages were being held. The roof over the gym caved in during the violence.

Say what you like, but Pootie Poot don’t take no shit off nobody.

Even murderous Islamofascists like a good latte.

A Bali bomber serving a life term for his role in the nightclub blasts that killed 202 people was treated by police to an outing at an up-market shopping mall in the Indonesian capital, police admitted Thursday.

Ali Imron was spotted Wednesday sipping coffee at a Starbucks in the central Plaza Indonesia mall, where security has been tightened after a wave of bombings targeting Western interests in recent years.

He was accompanied by Brigadier-General Gorris Mere, who is involved in the Bali investigations, and a number of armed guards, who quickly escorted Imron to a waiting car and drove away after being spotted by reporters.

Police were initially unable to confirm Imron’s outing, but Thursday morning, after reports appeared in newspapers, the national police spokesman said the excursion was part of an effort to investigate terror cases.

“As long as it’s for the investigation, anything can be done. About the location, it is merely technical. If the examiner or investigator thinks it is necessary then it would be allowed. No problem,” said Inspector-General Paiman.

Other police officials said Imron had been brought to Jakarta in connection with another case. Paiman declined to say how long Imron would remain in the capital.

Really makes you wonder about just what kind of life this Islamist is actually serving in prison, doesn’t it?  I’m sure that the families of the Australian victims, who will never be able to enjoy a Starbucks coffee with their dead relatives, are going to be thrilled on hearing this news.

Over at MOOREWATCH, Jim has some astute observations about Michael Moore, being fat, and name-calling.  Now go read it, you stupid fat-asses!

Thursday, September 02, 2004

When Goober and Lurch were hijacking the news right after Bush’s speech ended, Goober said something peculiar.  He said something to the effect of, “We have George Bush, a man who never put on his nation’s uniform, questioning John Kerry’s patriotism.” A curious choice of words, no?  Last time I checked, Geore W. Bush did indeed put on his nation’s uniform on, and was honorably discharged after doing so.  Did Edwards simply have a slip of the tongue, or was this phrase chosen to deceive?  Edwards is a master orator, I don’t believe for a second that he ever says anything unintentionally.

George Bush Sr. is on Dennis Miller right now.  60 years ago today he was shot down over Iwo Jima.

Well, as usual I only caught the last ten minutes of the speech.  I loved what I heard.  What happened with the protesters that interrupted him?  I didn’t see or hear it, just heard mention of it.  Fill me in.

Update: What the fuck are Goober and Lurch doing on the tube?  This shows just how desperate their campaign is right now, that they can’t even respect the tradition of shutting their pie holes after the other party’s convention.

Meet the peace and love crowd.

Activists of the A31 Action Coalition and civil liberties groups complained that police have been over-zealous dealing with peaceful protests, sometimes arresting people who were passers by. But New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said officers had been restrained amid provocation from demonstrators.

Police said that among items confiscated from protesters were gas masks, homemade forearm pads and other types of protective gear, marbles, spray paint and razors and jagged-edged wooden poles.

Gandhi they ain’t.

Those who know vote Bush.

THE first lady walked in, and the room erupted.

Then the president walked in, and more than 100 New York City firefighters — everybody in the room wearing a dark blue polo/golf shirt with “NYC firefighters UFA Bush-Cheney ‘04” and the seal of the Fire Department — broke into the chant, “four more years.”

My lifelong pal Jimmy Boyle walked in with President Bush, along with UFA President Steve Cassidy, plus Karen Hughes, Condi Rice and many more.

I was already inside, along with Gov. Pataki and Rep. Vito Fossella. When the president got to me, he grabbed my shoulder and said, “Thanks — this was a great idea. These guys are the best — they’re the best, the best.”

Eventually, he made it to the middle of the room, and stood with Steve Cassidy, who started to talk — then lost his composure. The president put his arm around him.

Then Steve said it, “We’re proud to endorse” President George Bush for re-election. He talked about Sept. 14, 2001, the president’s visit to Ground Zero, and how much it meant to them, that day and afterward.

The president was pretty choked up, too — very emotional — as they presented him with a special firefighter’s helmet with the words “UFA Commander-in-chief Bush.”

When the president spoke, he kind of turned Steve Cassidy’s words around: He said the firefighters will never realize or appreciate what they did for the whole country in those days and weeks — or “what they did for me.” He said, “That day at Ground Zero has shaped my thinking forever.”

He spotted Bob Beckwith, the firefighter with him in that famous photograph, and grabbed him to shake hands.

Heck, he shook hands with everybody in the place — twice. He posed for pictures with everybody — and kidded around, too.

When one guy couldn’t get his camera to work, the president told him “Get that camera working — I’ll wait here all night.”

It couldn’t have been more human. Condi told me, “You have no idea what this is going to mean to him — this revs him up so much.”

I was glad to have my friend and neighbor Ken Haskell there. He lost two brothers — battalion chief Tom and firefighter Tim. He gave the prez a T-shirt that says “brothers in battle” — it shows two arms around the Twin Towers. After I introduced them, President Bush said to Ken, “Your poor mother, how is she doing? . . . Losing two sons, my God . . .”

An incredibly real moment.

There’s not really a whole lot you can add to this story, is there?

Check out this photo of Hurricane Frances from the International Space Station.  Click on the image for a larger version.

Hurricane Frances issued a press release today stating that it would kill any homos that didn’t call it Hurricane Psycho.