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Good News: Missing Found

They had been at sea much longer than that in an extraordinary story of maritime survival.

Mexican fishermen found after 11 months at sea

Three Mexican fishermen found drifting in the Pacific Ocean could have been lost for almost a year and two others were missing and presumed dead, the manager of a fishing company that rescued them said on Wednesday.

Early reports suggested the fishermen had been lost at sea for about three months and drifted more than 8,000 km (5,000 miles) before they were found by a Taiwanese tuna fishing trawler in waters between the Marshall Islands and Kiribati on August 9.

But Eugene Muller, manager of Koo’s Fishing Co. Ltd in the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro, said it now appeared they had been at sea much longer than that in an extraordinary story of maritime survival.

Oh, the (Vile) Irony!

A story about a vile female features an ad showing a female who would have been called vile not so long ago.

Here’s the headline I clicked on over at Covenant News: ‘Nightline’ Showcases Vile Female

And here’s a screenshot of what I got. (Click it for a larger view.)

A story about a vile female features an ad showing a female who would have been called vile not so long ago.

How the standards change!

Non-PC Safety

The Brits are entertaining a move toward a little common sense.

EXTRA! EXTRA!

The Brits are entertaining a move toward a little common sense.

Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown

The Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk.

The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background.

The system would be much more sophisticated than simply picking out young men of Asian appearance. But it would cause outrage in the Muslim community because its members would be far more likely to be selected for extra checks.

Outrage in the Muslim community. Oh boy.

Well, we’ll see if there’s political spine over there.

Meanwhile, how about some outrage in the Muslim community over somebody else’s racial and religious profiling.

Whose profiling might that be?

Those who plan and set out to execute suicide and homicide missions.

UPDATE I — 7:25 am, Pacific Time

Top Muslim policeman slams UK “terror profile” plan

Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Ali Desai, one of Britain’s top Muslim police officers, said of the plan: “What you are suggesting is that we should have a new offence in this country called ‘traveling whilst Asian’.”

“What we don’t want to do is actually alienate the very communities who are going to help us catch terrorists,” he told BBC Newsnight on Monday.

Muhammad Abdul Bari, general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, was eager to dispel a siege mentality, saying “If you treat a community as a problem community, you are not going to get support from them.”

Asked what he thought passenger profiling might provoke, he told Sky News: “It could end up in racism unfortunately.”

“If the profiling is done on the basis of race and religion, it will be wrong, it is not going to work.”

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Moon landing tape missing

NASA can’t find original tape of moon landing:

The U.S. government has misplaced the original recording of the first moon landing, including astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famous “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” a NASA spokesman said on Monday.

MennoBashing

Let's bash a few Mennonites for the misdeeds of an ex-Mennonite. Jones met Landis and found us all lacking. Being in the drink made him think. Good deal.

Columnist admits to going overboard:

The point is, I was trying to say in a snarky way that if you can’t trust the Mennonites anymore, who can you trust?

But that’s not the way it came out. It came out as a mass indictment of a group with which the cyclist should not really even be associated anymore. It was unfair.

So he caught on he went overboard.

Was his first clue the wet clothes?

Or the water in his nose?

Or the sharks nipping his toes?

Who knows.

Try This on Al-Qaeda Next

This is so absurd:

The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and authorizes the deployment of 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.

Would the US accept something similar to this for Iraq? Of course not!

Would the US accept the implicit equivalence between itself and Al-Qaeda? Of course not!

But this has to be good enough for Israel.

This gives an aura of legitimacy to Hezbollah.

And indulges the foolishness that cut-throat terrorists will abide by a new UN Security Council resolution.

Oh well. It appears the spineless lost and the Presidentially-labeled Islamic fascists won.

A Target-Rich Environment

I don’t know what airport that is, but it sure looks like an “acceptable” target to my non-terrorist eye.

May God choose to grant all security personal extra perception and protection.

And now, for a little context, from Breitbart:

Air travelers dumped their water bottles, tossed their suntan lotion and waited hours in ever lengthening lines Thursday morning as airports ratcheted up security and delayed flights after authorities uncovered a terror plot in Britain.

In major U.S. airports, guards armed with rifles stood at security checkpoints and passengers were met by signs warning that all liquids were now banned from carry-on luggage. In one terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, security workers opened every carry-on bag and all the flights were delayed.

“It’s better alive than dead,” said Bob Chambers, whose flight from Baltimore to Detroit for business meeting was delayed more than an hour. “It’s inconvenient, but we’ll make it.”

To stay abreast of developments, be sure to consult Wizbang and other new media!

Here’s some of Joel Rosenberg’s initial take:

Is there an Iranian connection to this plot? It is too soon to say. Early indications may be pointing to Pakistan. But consider the threat against the U.S. and England that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued on August 1st: “When I see the behavior of America, England, and their other accomplices in recent days, I get the impression that they are preparing even greater crimes. I warn them: Know that the fire of the wrath of the peoples is about to erupt and overflow. If you do not put an end to your crimes, know that the ocean of the peoples will soon rage. When the peoples begin to move, they will drag everybody to the defendant’s bench, and will remove them from the throne of power.”

Consider, too, the threat against the U.S. made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on August 2nd: “Today more than ever, the Muslim peoples are disgusted and furious with the Americans. The Muslim governments, including those governments whose political statements stem from restrictions [that are placed upon them], are disgusted by the insolent and arrogant oppression and are opposed to it. The American regime can expect a resounding slap and a devastating fist-blow from the Muslim nation for its support of the Zionist crimes and criminals, after it has so brazenly violated the rights of the Muslim peoples.”

As the investigation unfolds, it may turn out that Iran has no direct connection to this specific plot. But the threat is real and growing: the forces of radical Islam — many, though not all, driven by Iran — are engaged in a winner-take-all battle to liberate Jerusalem and liquidate Israel (the “little Satan”), and to annihilate the United States (the “Great Satan”). As the war against Israel continues to heat up, we must be especially vigilant for new attacks against America, Americans, and anyone who stands with us and Israel at this time. It is also time for the President and his top advisors to begin asking how much longer the Iranian threat in particular can go unchecked.