Sen.Blutarsky

Judging by the penalty calls, luck went Michigan’s way yesterday. OSU beat us, in our own Big House, mostly due to the difference between the two sides in terms of their coaching philosophies. Tressle and his staff are committed to winning football games at all costs. Nothing else really matters to them, since they will be sacked by the OSU university community if they ever fail to “win enough” at this or that statistic, e.g., beating Michigan. The philosophy of Carr and Company is to run an efficient bureau, try to avoid losing, keep the program clean as compared with the other top programs, and stoke the football money machine. Carr’s approach placates our university community and we’ve decided to accept it for better or for worse, just like we did with his predecessors ever since Fielding Yost held the reigns. On the national scene, it’s pretty much widely acknowledged that “M Go Blue” has come to mean 10-2 with the “M” representing football mediocrity given the level of talent we recruit, you don’t even have to watch the movie “The Big Chill” (written by Michigan alum Larry Kasdan). If the Michigan mindset bothers somebody he can always register a complaint here: http://www.firelloydcarr.us. Good luck with that. There’s always next year … Bluto - former high school team mate of Mike Gillette, my quarterback, who was Michigan’s all-time highest-scoring player ever – AS A FIELD GOAL KICKER - 3d generation Michigan alumnus and football sufferer

Kallend appears to be familiar with the applicable meaning of this term, I bet the other Europeans will soon be gaining an appreciation for it as well: “lowest common denominator” The smallest number that can be divided evenly into two other numbers (see common denominator). When fractions with different denominators are added together, their denominators have to be made the same; thus, fractions with denominators of nine and twelve have thirty-six as a lowest common denominator. Seventy-two and 108 are also common denominators for fractions with denominators of nine and twelve, but thirty-six is the lowest. The term lowest common denominator is often used to indicate a lowering of quality resulting from a desire to find common ground for many people: “This fall's TV programming finds the lowest common denominator of taste.” Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/least-common-denominator Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Welcome future member state, just remember to check your speech at the border ... November 18, 2005 Publisher Sued Over Book Critical of Turkish State By SEBNEM ARSU ISTANBUL, Nov. 18 - A Turkish book publisher said today that the government was suing it for distributing a translated book critical of the Turkish identity, army, state and the founder of the republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The head of Aram Publishing, Fatih Tas, could face three years in jail for issuing the book, "Spoils of War: The Human Cost of America's Arms Trade," by John Tirman, which focuses on Turkey. It was published in the United States in 1997. Prosecutors contended that the book humiliated Turkish institutions by including the testimony of people who were subjected to human rights violations by the security forces during heavy fighting with the Kurdish Worker's Party, or P.K.K., in the country's southeastern region in the 1990's. Prosecutors also took offense at the book for saying that the founder of modern Turkey adopted a nationalism that was "a version of fascism." The case against Mr. Tas came as a surprise, although he has been sued many times in the past, because the Turkish government has reformed its penal code to favor further freedom of expression in order to qualify for membership in the European Union. Lawsuits still crop up, however, involving issues like Kurdish rights or state unity, topics that remain sensitive in the eyes of the judiciary. "The law is unlawfully open to interpretation," Mr. Tas said. "I'm accused of insulting the Turkish identity but the limits of what should be defined as an insult or criticism or scientific analysis are not mentioned in the law." Several other intellectuals and writers, including the acclaimed novelist Orhan Pamuk, face similar charges, which raise concerns among the members of the European Union about how well Turkey can adapt to the standards of democracy in Europe. "It's an outrage," said Dr. Sahin Alpay, a political scientist from Bahceshir University. "Nonviolent expression of opinion cannot be considered a crime in the new penal code, but it seems that it would take a quite long time for the authorities to adopt to these changes." Government officials acknowledge shortcomings in adopting the legal reforms but take an optimist stand in the face of severe criticism from mainly European countries. "I'll continue to do what I think serves democracy in Turkey and believe that Turkey will attain much better days in future," Mr. Tas said. Trials of Mr. Tas and Mr. Pamuk are both scheduled for December. The novelist is charged with insulting the state in his comments - appearing in a Swiss newspaper in 2005 - about the Turkish massacre of ethnic Armenians in the last century. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/international/europe/18cnd-turkey.html

I hadn’t met her in person since the funeral. Prior to that she was non-plussed on the lone jump we shared because she noticed our jumpsuits were nearly identical and I don’t cut quite the same attractive figure in mine as she does in hers. In fact, I bet she ordered a new one the very next day. But it was good to see her promoting the sport to her prime time audience, every little bit of positive spin helps. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

I suffered the misimpression that Jackie had taken leave of our sport until last night when, as I was enjoying a Guinness at my local watering hole, she filled the airwaves with a new feature about skydiving and the GKs. I thought it placed us in a positive light and the video certainly drew the attention of my fellow patrons. Thanks Jackie! Somebody else see this TV spot? Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Now we can travel to other planetary systems, leave crop circles and administer the anal probings to other life forms. Just don’t let my esteemed colleague, Ted Kennedy, drive it else I predict much interstellar trouble ahead. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Please do your fellow global travelers a favor and open up a dropzone in China. They have all those beautiful Mi-8s and Antonovs over there but they just don't know how to use 'em properly. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

It’s Chicago, try and look on the upside. For example, the wind improves the efficiency of my athletic training. I receive a tremendous cardiovascular _and_ strength conditioning workout when I run through the park system into the wind. There is that slight problem of my back aching because I’m forced to hunch over so that I am not blown into the lake hopefully to wash ashore next Spring. And I did catch a bit of whirling debris in my eyes, you know, automobiles, zoo animals, small families and such. I just view this as having earned the right to my local pub crawl for tonight, well, assuming Twin Anchors doesn’t fly into an adjacent state by the time I can get over to it. Then again, this _is_ Chicago … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

A few years ago I had to cancel a vacation so that I could instead spend my birthday at the funeral of the “unstoppable” dzo who had taught me skydiving. The loss was a sobering reminder this sport can kill you on any given jump for any reason or for no reason at all. While I can remember the dzo’s name, as well as the name of another jumper who was killed during a world record attempt at our dropzone, I can no longer recall with any degree of reliability all the names of the dozen other jumpers who have died while skydiving there since I began jumping in earnest. I’ve never even considered keeping track of the seriously injured, but I’m pretty sure the number is a significant multiple of the fatal cases. And that’s just a single large, modern and safety-conscious dropzone which is located a brief ambulance ride from a hospital. I tend to be low-key about disclosing my participation in skydiving to new people in my life, why that is I can only ponder … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Two Pakistan Churches Burned Associated Press Saturday, November 12, 2005 LAHORE , Pakistan — Hundreds of Muslims attacked and burned two churches in Pakistan on Saturday after reports that a Christian man had desecrated Islam's holy book. No one was injured in the blazes. A school, student hostel and the home of a priest were also torched by the crowd of about 1,500 Muslims near the town of Sangla Hill, about 80 miles northeast of Lahore, said police official Ali Asghar Dogar. The attacks were being investigated. About two dozen people had been arrested, Dogar said. The fires came a day after a local Muslim resident accused a Christian of burning a one-room Islamic school along with copies of the Quran. Dogar said the allegations were apparently leveled by people who lost money while gambling with the Christian man on Friday, but police had detained him and were investigating. Shahbaz Bhatti, head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance — which promotes the rights of minorities in mainly Muslim Pakistan, denied the charges and condemned the attacks on the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. "No Christian burned copies of the Quran," he told The Associated Press. "No Christian even can think of doing it. We have maximum regard and respect for the Quran and Islam's Prophet Muhammad." Bhatti accused local Muslim leaders of using mosque public-address systems to urge Muslims to attack the churches. Non-Muslims comprise just 3 percent of Pakistan's 150 million-plus population. The country's Christian minority generally coexists peacefully with the Muslim majority, but there have been occasional attacks on churches and Christian clergy by Islamic extremists railing against Western influence in Pakistan. Thousands of Pakistanis joined angry street protests this spring over the alleged desecration of the Quran by interrogators at a U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, Bay, Cuba. Desecration of the holy book carries the death penalty in Pakistan. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,175385,00.html Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Which is pretty sad when you consider what appears below in boldface text … Atrocity in Amman The Wall Street Journal November 10, 2005; Page A16 Yesterday's bombings of three luxury hotels in the Jordanian capital of Amman seem to bear al Qaeda's signature: coordinated, nearly simultaneous suicide attacks against politically and economically significant targets, extracting a large toll in lives and an even greater toll in fear. Westerners will now think twice before visiting Amman, previously considered among the safer and more accommodating destinations in the Arab world. It's remarkable that Jordan did not suffer a major terrorist atrocity sooner. Jordanian authorities have been generally effective in foiling terrorist plots, including an April 2004 attempt to destroy targets in Amman (the U.S. Embassy among them) with massive quantities of sulfuric acid. Had the attempt succeeded, casualties could have run into the thousands. If yesterday's attacks illustrate anything, it is that all Arab countries -- not just Iraq -- are threatened by jihadist violence, which is one good reason they should lend greater support to Iraq's embattled democratic leaders. Previously, the governments of Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have sought a middle course, affecting a pro-American foreign policy while using state-run media to feed anti-American flames and praise the Iraqi "resistance." That will no longer do. As for Jordan, the MEMRI media research institute reports that a Jordanian TV station last month aired a series, timed for Ramadan and originally produced by Hezbollah, which tells the story of the Jews, using the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" as its primary source. The Protocols, of course, are among the most enduring anti-Semitic tracts. Any country that suffers a terrorist attack as grievous as yesterday's deserves sympathy and assistance. But Jordan needs to think carefully about its own part in fostering the culture of hatred in which al Qaeda thrives. Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113158815641793153.html Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Thank you John Howard for not listening to the ostriches ... Osama's Aussie offspring Cameron Stewart and Nick Leys 09nov05 A MASSIVE terrorist attack on Australian soil has been narrowly averted after sweeping raids across Sydney and Melbourne led to the arrest of 17 members of a suspected terrorist cell. One of those arrested, Melbourne man Abdulla Merhi, 20, is said to have been impatient to carry out Australia's first suicide bombing but was refused permission by the group. Another, a former bit-part actor in a TV drama, Omar Baladjam, 28, was shot in the neck after allegedly firing on Sydney police. In the largest and most important anti-terror operation in the nation's history, hundreds of state and federal police officers in NSW and Victoria raided homes in the dead of night, believing an attack was imminent. Another man was taken away by police last night after federal officers and specialists from the hazardous chemicals and bomb squads hit another home in western Sydney. The earlier raids – the culmination of an 18-month investigation – uncovered stockpiles of chemicals similar to those used in the London bombings in July. Members of the group had also undergone military-style training, had guns and had downloaded bomb-making information from the internet, it was alleged. The spiritual leader of the alleged terror cell is an Algerian-born radical cleric from Melbourne, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, also known as Abu Bakr, who has publicly described Osama bin Laden as a great man and who supports violent jihad overseas. One of the Sydney men arrested in the pre-dawn raids, Mohamed Ali Elomar, has family links to a NSW southern tablelands property exposed as a terrorist training camp five years ago. All nine men in Melbourne were charged with intentionally being a member of a terrorist organisation between July last year and this month. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' jail. Mr Benbrika was also charged with directing a terrorist organisation. That offence carries a possible 25-year term. The seven men in Sydney were charged with conspiring to manufacture explosives in preparation for a terrorist act. The 17th suspect, Mr Baladjam, is now being treated in hospital and is expected to be charged. Police and governments said the massive operation had prevented a potentially "catastrophic" terrorist attack, although they said no specific target had been identified. "I'm satisfied that we have disrupted what I would regard as the final stages of a large-scale terrorist attack . . . here in Australia," NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said. Victorian Premier Steve Bracks said he believed police had disrupted "probably the most serious preparation for a terrorist attack that we have seen in Australia". In the Melbourne Magistrates Court, prosecutor Richard Maidment said the group had "no respect for human life". They believed "it is permitted in certain circumstances, in pursuit of violent jihad (holy war), to kill innocent women and children", he said. John Howard, who was accused by some last week of exaggerating the terrorist threat, said the emergency law passed by parliament last week had helped facilitate the arrests. "We were advised that the change would strengthen the capacity of the authorities to respond to the situation that had been identified, and it is the view of the two police commissioners and the Victorian Premier that that is precisely what happened," the Prime Minister said. However, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty admitted last night that he had been worried that the emergency changes to the federal legislation might upset the operations. Mr Keelty also warned that there could be more arrests. "The operation is a long way from being finished. This will take several months to put together in a form that will be required by the courts," he said. In police statements tendered in the Melbourne Magistrates Court, the Melbourne accused are said to have engaged in military-style training at a rural property near Kinglake, in northeast Victoria, and had referred on numerous occasions to an online bomb-making notebook, The Vortex Cookbook. Adam Houda, defence lawyer for the seven suspects charged in Sydney, described the arrests as "scandalous political prosecutions that shame this nation". "There is no evidence in these cases that terrorism was being contemplated by any particular person at any particular time or any particular place," he said. Mr Maidment told the Melbourne court that the group purchased "massive quantities" of bomb-making equipment including glassware, thermometers, Bunsen burners and beakers. According to police surveillance, Mr Merhi visited the home of Mr Benbrika in September last year to tell him he wanted to be a martyr for the cause of Islam and to ask if it was appropriate to engage in "jihad" in Australia. But Mr Merhi, who claimed he wanted to exact "revenge on the infidels" who were supporting the war in Iraq, was apparently told by Mr Benbrika to be patient, the court heard. Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said the terrorist threat was not connected to next year's Commonwealth Games, due to start in March, but said it had "the potential for great harm to be done to the community". In Victoria, nine arrests were in Dallas, Hoppers Crossing, Fawkner, Preston, Coburg, Yarraville, Meadow Heights and Hadfield. The eight NSW suspects were arrested in Lakemba, Belmore, Wiley Park, Greenacre, Illawong, Punchbowl, Hoxton Park, Condell Park, Ingleburn, Belfield, Bankstown and Kemps Creek. Last night, AFP officers and specialists from the hazardous chemicals and bomb squads were raiding another western Sydney property in Glenview Avenue, Revesby. The modest, fibro Housing Department home is rented by a young man, his wife and two young children. Armed police surrounded the property and waited for some time before the man emerged from the house and was taken away. Witnesses said police made him pull his shirt over his head. They said he co-operated with police was taken away in one police car, before his wife and two young children were taken away in a separate car. A tensions between police and local youths simmered in western Sydney late last night, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a police car outside the Auburn police station. No officers were in the car at the time, and the fire inside the vehicle was quickly extinguished. Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17187640%255E601,00.html Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

That's a shame you're choosing to leave now. I'm at my office on a Saturday night earning US$425 per hour but now I'll leave to find fun elsewhere. I plan to be back here bright and early, so give us a ring why don't you. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

It’s obvious to technically trained people that America possesses the means to incinerate all of Iran and convert it into a glass serving platter if need be. You question this ability on our part from a technological perspective? Perhaps you feel we lack the will to act as we did over Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Similary it’s obvious that Iran can visit no such violence upon the people of America inside America. Provide specific support for your position if you choose to disagree. I note that Europe is within striking range of Iran’s delivery systems, interestingly, which perhaps is why your tone is one of appeasement. I bet it sucks to occupy your position so near to fanatical Islam and with so many modernity haters in your midst. FYI I define "winning" against contemporary Iran as meaning they no longer have a capability to threaten American national interests, including our ally Israel or international petrol shipments transiting Hormuz and Sinai. We can take Iran down if need be, but that's largely up to certain state actors in Europe. I predict America will take unilateral action and I may support this however I am called upon. I truly wish it does not come down to this sacrifice, though. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

"Winnin"? That's a pretty weak stereotype at best. I believe America is succeeding in its war on terror. Far more goes on than is reported by the press and made available for consumption by dz.com posters. Not that you genuinely care, it’s much easier to poke sticks at the giant, you realize that he doesn’t consider ants to be worth his while most of the time. This depends on the level of cooperation we receive from others. If we are forced to take down Iran singlehandedly, for example, because Europe shows the Iranians no teeth, then more American lives will be lost. As JFK once said, “we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” So it depends. It’s not Grand Prix. Don’t naively anticipate that type of victory. No. Unlike with Vietnam the Iraqi’s will remain under American dominion for decades no matter which American political party controls the executive branch here. Thanks for the laugh !!! Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

You should consider polling your colleagues in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia as to whether there have been “not any terrorist attack” in those countries. Something got lost in the translation. I’ve witnessed you post more compelling argumentation Bottelines. Keep on trying. Are you referring to Indonesia and Morroco? These two countries are infamous for purchasing security from “AQ” after they are attacked, certainly neither country is taking proactive steps to quash Muslim insurgents as was suggested by my original post. Nah. The USA needs reliable partners who act despite their fears. Your type just lets the streets burn a la St. Denis and hopes for a good outcome. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Not in the USA. Which is what matters the most to me. There have been far fewer attacks here since President Bush responded to 9/11. A different result obtains, however, in certain countries where they seemingly have chosen appeasement ("peace in our time!"), which concerns me somewhat given I travel abroad frequently. Perhaps Europe will eventually get off its ass, address state-sponsored terrorism proactively, and abandon the delusion that is the contemporary welfare state with nannies and rattles for all. Edited to qualify "terrorism" by adding "state-sponsored." Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

No confusion here. They are one in the same creature. They are Borg, and you will be assimilated ... Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

I see this tactic all the time. Skyride is simply attempting to intimidate USPA into reversing stance on its group membership ruling against Skyride. It’s very common for defendants in intellectual property cases to counterclaim on antitrust grounds. In fact, there’s a two-volume treatise specifically about the interplay called “Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law” which was written by former boss and mentor, Bill Holmes. Still, assuming Skyride has skillful lawyers, it can force USPA to run up a hefty low-tens of thousands legal tab before discovery even commences. (Greenberg Traurig, defendants’ counsel in the Arizona case, can be highly competent litigators depending on which of their offices is handling a matter.) A decent plaintiffs lawyer should be able to survive a motion to dismiss solely by arguing USPA’s position in the relevant market and some favorable facts that are out there somewhere, so you can expect the case to survive through discovery, increasing USPA’s expense well into the tens of thousands, especially if it reaches the stage of actively involving expert economists, who cost a lot more than lawyers and law firms. Would somebody please direct me to the federal court where the antitrust suit was filed? I’ll pull down copies of the pleadings and forward them to the powers for public viewing if you do. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

"French Bashing" is practiced by Muslims in, of all places, France ... France Is Burning November 1, 2005: France is burning. For most of the last week, there have been nasty riots in the Parisian suburb of St Denis, complete with fires and many casualties. This area is home to about 500,000 Moslems. Many largely Moslem suburbs of Paris, and other large cities, have become no-go zones for the police, and anyone who is not of Middle Eastern origin. Over the last three decades, generous social benefits and immigration policies have left France with a Moslem population of some five million (about eight percent of the population.) High rise housing for them was built on the outskirts of major cities. Most of these Moslems did not try to assimilate, and by maintaining their old country culture and language, they made it more difficult for their kids to get jobs. Among the old school customs practiced is attacking, and even murdering, girls who do not conform to a “Moslem” style of behavior. While jobs may be lacking, crime and social welfare payments are not. So people can live without jobs, and make a little extra with some crime on the side. But when you have a lot of people participating in, or just condoning, criminal behavior, you have a very dangerous place for outsiders. Officially, the government condemns this sort of “profiling,” but a look at crime statistics shows that high rates of robbery, murder and rape tend to coincide with Moslem areas. There are unofficial maps on the Internet, where French citizens can check about where not to get lost the next time they go for a drive. Meanwhile, the high crime rates in the Moslem neighborhoods has been spilling over into non-Moslem areas, and there has been a major outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks on Jews, and Jewish targets (synagogues, cemeteries, Etc.). It’s not only become embarrassing for the government, but it’s become a political issue. So the Interior Ministry has established special police units to try and reduce the crime rate in the Moslem areas. That has led to the recent rioting, arson, injuries, and advice by French traditionalists to just ignore the French Moslems. Leave them alone. Ignore them. Just like France has been doing for decades. Let the counter-terrorism police take care of any hotheads. But for the moment, the Interior Ministry is run by law-and-order types, and they are determined to at least own the streets in Moslem areas. So France burns. Source: http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/pothot/articles/20051101.aspx Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Accepting for the sake of argument that everything you say is true I renew my invitation that any poster here provide examples of Indonesian Christians beheading and bombing Indonesian Muslims. List these events please, all of them you know, or post to a thread of your own devise. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Regrettably the singular Muslim response over time is blanket denial. "It's too complicated, you can't understand!" Yet the surviving members of my family would not reside in North American but for Muslim genocide against Christians. Like the Nazis, Muslims scapegoated the religion and economic success of another people (Armenians got retained to build the mosques for Muslims because Christians were cheaper and better, they only let off for a part of one day a week during a contract period and they could perform the geometry and maths directly). The Christian Armenians, and their Slavic cousins, know what they must do to survive from now on. You others can play osterich and apologize for those who cannot even fathom why there could be a need to apologize for exterminating others who don’t perceive the same beliefs. Good on ya attempting to reason with zombies. Your son or daughter, not mine. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Accepting for the sake of argument that everything you say is true I renew my invitation that any poster here provide examples of Indonesian Christians beheading and bombing Indonesian Muslims. List these events please, all of them you know, or post to a thread of your own devise. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Nope. He didn't provide a single fact on-point. I distorted no fact, I did present the facts in respect of Muslim on Christian violence. Nobody has presented analogous facts of Christian on Muslim violence for comparison. Thus far nobody has presented contra-examples, show the Christian who has beheaded Indonesian Muslim schoolchildren - that's what I requested. And each of you conveniently ignores the focus of this thread. It's not the teaching per se which causes atrocity, it's deliberate actions on the part of thinking human beings, which you defend. Show me where I said this, they're your words not mine. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

I have provided factual examples. Nobody has provided a single pertinent contra-example. Believe your own bullshit if you will, it's recognized as such by the rest of us. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!