2010

I just thought I should post something this year. Hey I have like 437 posts, you think I'm gonna keep this up forever?

Tinfoil Hats and Connecting Dots

From the Dept. of Conspiracy and Overall Bad Vibes That There Is More Than Meets The Eye:

Not too long ago I remember their being a terrorist attack in Iran in which about 42 people were killed including many high ranking Republican Guard officers. The U.S., Britain, and Pakistan were explicitly blamed by the Revolutionary Guard and Government of Iran. They claimed to have documents proving the connection. The following quote is taken from a NY Times article entitled, "Iran Blames U.S. and Britain in Attack"

Mohammad Ali Jafari, the Guards’ commander in chief, told the semiofficial ISNA agency on Monday: “Behind this scene are the American and British intelligence apparatus, and there will have to be retaliatory measures to punish them,” adding that Iran had documents proving their and Pakistani involvement." President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised “that those who committed such criminal and inhuman acts will receive their response soon,”

On November 5th, 2009 a muslim Army psychiatrist "snapped" and killed 13 people at Ft. Hood army base in Killeen Texas. According to news reports he is now,

"awake and talking."

Then, just the other day, came reports of a suicide attack on the Pakistani Intelligence Agency.

Today, Nov. 12th, the U.S. seized 4 mosques and a high-rise office building said to be owned by Iran, whose rental income funded the mosques and Islamic schools connected to the mosques.

Also today, the U.S. signed a military cooperation deal with Yemen.

Our dear old friends in Yemen have, according to the news report,

"... accused religious institutions in Iran of funding and backing Shi'ite rebels in northern Yemen..."

Oh also in today's news from our dear old friends in Yemen:

"A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.

All of this makes me wonder what the Ft. Hood shooter is "talking" about now that he's awake. Anyway, if this doesn't make any sense to you just click the links and read the related articles, maybe then you'll see where I'm coming from.

The question I'm raising is: is there a connection between the attack in Iran, the Ft. Hood shooting, the military cooperation deal with Yemen to go after Shiite rebels etc...

Update: As of today, the U.S. is now saying there is no military cooperation deal with Yemen, and Iran is once again beginning to cooperate on shipping nuclear fuel out of the country. Maybe they got their revenge and are back to doing business? Who the fuck knows. But everything we try to do in that part of the world ends up a disaster and comes back to bite us in the ass big-time. So maybe we should just leave them the fuck alone?

Scary F'ing Thing

Back Home On The Ranch

It's An Adjustment

This recession, which in my opinion is now a DEPRESSION, is really neither. It is an adjustment... a correction if you will. It is almost exactly like a baseball slugger coming off of steriods. For a few years he seems almost unbelievable in terms of his production. Meanwhile, the rest of us quickly come to accept this new, superhuman standard as the norm.

Then, for whatever reason, he comes off the juice and his numbers nosedive. At first people call it a slump, then they begin to speculate if there's some kind of injury, or if it's just age, but really we all know it's that he's not taking 'roids anymore.

Our economic system has been on steroids for years now. Decades. Everything that I find repulsive about American life is a byproduct of this era.

(For more details on things I find repulsive about American life please see this entire blog.)

In a way it could ultimately lead to a more balanced, stable world, though one less uber-dominated by the United States.

I for one welcome less corporate influence in our lives.

John Stewart Hits The Nail On The Head

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

CNBC Gives Financial Advice

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Joke of the Day

This entire episode is a must watch. Someone finally digested the financial mess and put a bow on their explanation. Cick title for link to entire episode.

You're Sitting In A Chair In The Sky...

Click the link for a funny ass video.

The Amen Break

Great video about the origin of drum and bass.

Radiohead

Radiohead filmed their new video without cameras using lasers to record data etc... It's really cool and you can play around with the images and change them up. Click the title for the link to play around with it. It's also an awesome song.

Is Anyone Paying Attention To This?

I'm not sure what the sign says but I think it's something along the lines of "Dear Jews, Fuck you - Turkey." If you click the title and follow the link you will read about a conference of Muslim clerics planning the next jihad or front in the war FOR terror. All of this takes place in Turkey which most people think will be admitted into the EU shortly. I hope somebody in our intelligence services has taken note of this.