The Christmas Day Jihadist

(Note to family and friends: The most recent update on Mr. AOW is here, updated December 12. Also see this post).

Infidel Bloggers Alliance has extensive coverage of yesterday's attempted attack. Excerpt, citing Fox News:

U.S. officials say a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of Al Qaeda when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.

One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.

The passenger was being questioned Friday evening.

Both of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

The motive of the Christmas Day attack was not immediately clear.

"He appears to have had some kind of incendiary device he tried to ignite," said one of the U.S. officials.

Authorities initially believed the passenger had set off firecrackers that caused some minor injuries....

Read the rest of the posting at Infidel Bloggers Alliance.

The motive for trying to blow up the airliner wasn't clear? Gimme a break! What will it take for the West to understand that the Medinan verses of the Koran are the motive? 9/11 wasn't enough?

Did yesterday's attempt have any connection to what reportedly happened aboard Air Tran flight 297 back in November? See THIS and THIS. You may not have heard about Air Tran flight 297, so check out the story at the two foregoing links.

Also see this posting at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS. Excerpt:

MIGHT [THE CHRISTMAS DAY JIHADIST] BE CONNECTED TO THE CHUNNEL CLOSING OR TO THE CLOSING OF NYC'S PENN STATION?

WERE THESE CLOSINGS BECAUSE OF SOME SKETCHY INTELLIGENCE ABOUT AN IMPENDING ATTACK ON MASS TRANSIT? AND WAS TODAY'S EVENT THE ACTUAL ATTEMPTED ATTACK?

WE NEED THE MSM TO ASK THE QUESTIONS SO WE GET SOME ANSWERS...

ALSO: HOW WERE THESE CHEMICALS SMUGGLED ON-BOARD?

COULD THESE CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CATASTROPHIC "CRASHES" OF ADAM AIR FLIGHT KI 574 AND/OR AIR FRANCE 447?

Yes, there is some speculation in this post. That's what happens when the lamestream media is derelict in reporting events.

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Celebrate The Birth Of The Christ

(Note to family and friends: The most recent update on Mr. AOW is here, updated December 12. Also see this post).

From Handel's oratorio The Messiah, with the choral score for sing-along if readers are so inclined (hat tip to Mustang):


The timeless message of the Incarnation:

And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this Child.

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Merry Christmas!
Recommended reading for this Blessed Season...The Carnival of Christmas 2009: Gloria!, personal perspectives on Christmas from all around the blogosphere and hosted at CatHouse Chat. I submitted this post for the carnival.

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The Obama Family Christmas Tree

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The following is not a joke!

One ornament on the Christmas tree in the White House Blue Room depicts Mao:

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See this post at Infidel Bloggers Alliance for more details and more outrage, including photos of one ornament depicting legendary transvestite Hedda Lettuce and another depicting BHO as part of Mount Rushmore.

"Hope and change," huh?

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ObamaKare 101

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Graphic below from this post at Nice Deb:


In his essay "Obamacare Will Save Me a Ton of Money," satirist supreme Snarky Basterd of Feed Your ADHD makes a personal observation about ObamaKare, particularly for those of us who have private health-insurance policies:

I pay about $350 a month for a “low premium” plan, or in essence I pay for the right to have a high in-network deductible, $3,500 per individual and $7,000 per family. In other words, aside from getting free oxygen and often free germs when one of us visits the doctor, I pay ALL of my healthcare costs … in addition to the right to have insurance if I have a heart attack or one of my kids falls out of a tree (which is why I’ve sold all the ladders and sheared all of the low-hanging limbs from the trees around the homestead and threatened to sell my children to the King of the Moonbat Zombies — their term for Obama — if they ever break a bone).

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I also put away about $200 a month in a health savings account to cover normal medical expenses like trips to the doctor for colds and for purchasing medicine and for buying lottery tickets, and then rollover what we don’t spend annually, earning something like .0000000002 percent interest, a Ben Bernanke special.

So, all told, my happy little family, during a given year, spends about $8,100 on healthcare, when you add up the premiums (or the right to a high deductible) and health savings account deductions from my earnings and actual healthcare expense payouts. That’s about four times more than we spend on, say, actually taking time to have a nice vacation and relax and forget for 17 seconds that we’re slaves to just about everything except the pursuit of our own life, liberty, and happiness.

Now.

Under Obamacare (or, at least, under the Senate version that will pass on Christmas Eve) I’ll be paying $13,100 come the year 2016 just for family health insurance....

Read the whole thing to see how Obamacare will save Snarky Basterd, and possibly you, big bucks. Heh.

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To My Faithful Commenters

And even to the occasional ones.

You will note that Always On Watch has a new commenting system.

I had no choice but to upgrade to this new system called Echo as Haloscan was converting over on January 2. Had I not upgraded and paid an annual fee, all previous Haloscan comments would have been lost forever!

This new commenting system does allow for various kinds of sign-ins. After much frustrating trial and error, I found that signing in via Blogger enabled my avatar.

If any of you commenters are having difficulty navigating this new system of comments, please let me know. I do enjoy conversing with you and don't wish you to be discouraged from commenting merely because the system of comments here has changed.

If you find that you cannot post your questions in the comments section, my email addy is available toward the top of the right sidebar.

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Major Snowstorm!

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Unlike so often, the weatherman appears to have gotten this forecast correct. We are under a blizzard warning until tomorrow morning with this classic Nor'easter slamming the D.C. area.

This storm could well set a record for December snowfall in the area!

So far, here at this house, we have a full six inches, possibly eight since the last time I ventured out the door to sweep off the front porch. Because of the direction the snow is blowing, the front porch was covered all the way up to the front door.

Yesterday, all the grocery stores were madhouses as I discovered to my regret when I had to go to the nearest grocery-pharmacy to pick up Mr. AOW's eye drops.

In the past, I've ridiculed Washingtonians' love-hate relationship with snow. This time, however, people were wise to stock up. A few days may pass before the streets are fully navigable.

My biggest concern is losing electricity with the winds expected to kick up later today even as the heaviest snowfall moves in and blizzard conditions ensue.

A friend has called to tell us, "I'll be over on Sunday to shovel off the wheelchair ramp." In that case, we won't be isolated for long.

Here's to hoping that I don't have to move Mr. AOW's hospital bed across the room so as to start a fire in the fireplace!

Note: Please scroll down for the weekend-humor post.

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Weekend Humor: "Muhammad, The Night Before Christmas"

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From this post at Feed Your ADHD, a little Christmas humor and satire on Islam. SPEW ALERT!

It was the night before Christmas and Muhammad was confused.

Should Muslims have fun holidays like the Christians and Jews?

8 days of Hanukkah or a fat Jinn in a red suit,

Who used reindeers not camels to carry his loot?

And what kind of presents would Muhammad think best?

Barbies in burkas and suicide vests?

It had to be something the kafurs would envy

Teddy bears named Muhammad or something trendy

But that’s too much work for a man who had fits

With angels who’d scare him out of his wits.

It would have to be simple and easy to do

And try not to get sick with that kafur swine flu

So he laid on his bed, the left side of course,

Couldn’t lay on his back considering the source

Of Sharia and Hadith and all those rules

Can’t have kafurs thinking we’re fools.

As he laid on his left side, trying hard not to sleep,

When in crept a dog without making a peep.

He said to Muhammad, such an idea I have

I’d tell you now, but we’re forbidden to laugh

Muhammad was startled by the sight of the dog

They’re considered impure if you read all the blogs

But with the crescent moon setting he had to decide

Listen to the dog or forget the yuletide.

So the dog said to Muhammad this has to be done right

Or the Sunni and Shia will start a big fight

And that damned winged horse that flew to the sky

That screwed up the prayers, is it 3 or is it 5?

But Muhammad disagreed; the dog be can’t be right

I’ve given them holidays for at least a few nights

Like Ramadan to starve them from sun up to sun down

A billion hungry Muslims all running around

A month of No sex, food, or water, from dawn until dusk

And then the celebration of Eid, where they can pig out and lust

They can eat lots of dates and wear all their best clothes

And visit a gravesite … before they’re blown up by their foes.

They can ask forgiveness and even pray for more wives

It’s all about sex, haven’t I given them good lives?

Plus, the angel Gabe descends with white clothes

For Muhammad’s grandsons, all dead, but who knows

We eat lots of food on all 3 days

And pay zakat to the poor but not if they’re gay

I have already given them this holiday you see,

But only when the moon is sighted by three

And it’s never the same time, so they have to remember

Like this year it fell on the 21 of September

And the dog said to Muhammad, 30 days of fasting, 3 days to overeat

If that’s the best you can do, they’ve got you beat.

The kafurs give presents, charity and good cheer

And it’s always the same month year after year

Besides, said Muhammad, for 1400 years it’s been a tradition

To make fun of the holidays of the Jews and the Christian.

We can’t change it now, it’s gone on far too long

Plus Sharia forbids us from singing a song

But what of the treaty of Hudaibiyya, argued the dog with skill

Where you denied you were a prophet so you wouldn’t be killed

If you could fake it then you could fake it now

Say Happy Holidays to the kafurs and don’t have a cow

Tell Muslims to be tolerant or go back where they’re from

Or they’ll be eating the fruit of the Az Zaqqum

To celebrate life’s mysteries should be each human’s right

It shouldn’t be a reason for Muslims to hate or to fight.

Forget it said Muhammad, as they’ve ignored much that I’ve said

They follow their scholars and the Hadith they’ve read.

And they made up the Quran long after I was dead.

Good luck to you all, I’m going back to bed.

And that’s your Muslim winter holiday. And to all a good night

And of course we all know the dog was right.

The above was written by Az Zaqqum, Islamic scholar to the Kafurs. Visit his site to see more about the humor of Islam.

Is the ridicule too acerbic, too insensitive?

Well, apostate Ali Sina of Faith Freedom.Org believes that ridicule is key:

Why we must continue the campaign of humiliation and ridicule? It’s because we must destroy that false image of Islam to which the Muslims cling for their identity. That idol must be smashed. When that false image is destroyed there would be nothing left to cling to and only then the Muslims will be able to find themselves and recover their lost selfhood. The co-dependant must see that his narcissist, the object of his adoration, is not that great but a fraud, a loser, a clown. This can't be done through logical argumentations alone.

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This Week on The Gathering Storm

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Listen to The Gathering Storm Radio Show, hosted by WC and Always On Watch. The show broadcasts live every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time.

The call-in number is (646) 915-9870.

Callers welcome!

Our scheduled guest this week is General Paul E. Vallely (RET).

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Listen to the December 18, 2009 edition of The Gathering Storm Radio Show, live or later, by CLICKING HERE.

UPCOMING SHOWS:
December 25 and January 1: No show those dates.
January 8: Sammy Benoit, aka Yid With Lid
January 15: Midnight Rider and Az Zaqqum
January 22: IQ al Rassoli

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Jimmy Carter's Idiocy

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Jimmy Peanut's idiocy continues to grow by leaps and bounds — just in time for Christmas. Maybe all the Merry Christmases and Christmas lights set him off this time.

Is his timing accidental? I doubt it.

Anyway, you can't make this stuff up!

From this posting at Weasel Zippers:

In an address to a gathering sponsored by the World Parliament of Religions (PWR) last Friday, former US President Jimmy Carter has once again blamed traditional religion, particularly Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics, for “creating an environment where violations against women are justified.”

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“Their continuing choice provides a foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world,” said Carter. Carter goes on to list horrific violations against women such as rape, genital mutilation, abortion of female embryos and spousal battery.

Not even a hint of a mention of the misogyny of Islam. Of course.

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Even The ACLU Objects To "Gitmo North"

(Note to family and friends: The most recent update on Mr. AOW is here, updated December 12. Also see this post).

A very short post as Mr. AOW and I are getting ready to go to the shopping mall this morning....From this at the ACLU web site:

"The Obama administration's announcement today contradicts everything the president has said about the need for America to return to leading with its values. American values do not contemplate disregarding our Constitution and skirting the criminal justice system. After detaining hundreds of individuals without the basic due process rights that define our justice system for almost eight years, it is time to charge suspects where evidence exists and repatriate and transfer the rest to countries where they won't be tortured."

Read the entire article.

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When Friends Step Up

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We had a special Christmas blessing Saturday evening when one of my former clients stopped by with her family.

They brought four meals of "soul food": fried catfish, fried chicken, mac and cheese, cornbread, greens, cabbage, rice, and green beans. Mr. AOW and I feasted and, bellies full, fell asleep early.

But the food wasn't the best part of the visit.
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This dear family also brought in Christmas decorations and decked out our living room. We have a tabletop fiber-optic tree and lighted garland over the mantel. Now when Mr. AOW looks around the room, it's festive for this Christmas season. Having proper Christmas lights means a great deal to Mr. AOW.

Our visitors also brought stockings stuffed with gift cards for grocery stores and take-out food.

In addition to the above, we were presented with a certificate for a laundry service which picks up the dirty linens and clothes and returns same a day later! I now see some respite from all the loads of laundry I've been doing since Mr. AOW returned home on November 25.

Saturday night was Christmas morning two weeks early!

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Some Weekend Humor (Two Videos)

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Political satire with a Seasonal twist:


One more below the fold.

Via Moonbattery:

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What Are Your Children Reading?

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The screen shots below are lifted from one of Midnight Rider's posts at Infidel Bloggers Alliance...

WARNING! The hot link below the fold contains very graphic material!

These are some titles Kevin Jennings would suggest:

Please read this at Right Truth to get an idea as to what Kevin Jennings advocates. WARNING! GRAPHIC MATERIAL! Yet, this material is what Jennings advocates that fourteen-year olds and those even younger be exposed to.

What kind of President chooses a man like Jennings as an education czar, specifically, the safe-schools czar?

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This Week on The Gathering Storm

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Listen to The Gathering Storm Radio Show, hosted by WC and Always On Watch. The show broadcasts live every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time.

The call-in number is (646) 915-9870.

Callers welcome!

Our scheduled guests this week are Nonie Darwish and Elisabeth of Austria. Please see this recent information about Elisabeth.

Video from Nonie Darwish's Former Muslims United below the fold.

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UPCOMING SHOWS:
December 18: General Paul E. Vallely (RET)
December 25 and January 1: No show those dates

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Europe And The Minarets

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With a hat tip to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS for the below-the-fold link from Vlad Tepes....

Likely, you've heard of the recent referendum in Switzerland, the referendum which voted a ban on building more minarets.

From this article in the Los Angeles Times:

...The minaret "is a political symbol against integration; a symbol more of segregation, and first of all, a symbol to try to introduce Sharia law parallel to Swiss rights," Ulrich Schluer said in a telephone interview. Schluer is one of the leaders of the Egerkingen Committee, which authored the bill, and a lawmaker from the conservative Swiss People's Party.

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By taking their proposal to a national vote, the Swiss People's Party and the Federal Democratic Union bypassed lawmakers' attempts to shoot down the bill as discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Many such proposals in Switzerland's system of direct democracy are turned down, but Sunday's approval by 57.5% of voters illustrated an anxiety that the political establishment had underestimated, said analyst Lukas Golder of the political think tank gfs.bern.

"This is a sign that the issue was only covered on the surface, and now it has come up, and the political elite can see that the broader public perceives real problems about the integration of Muslims in our society," Golder said....

How do other European countries feel about those minarets?

According to this over at Vlad Tepes, along the same lines as Switzerland. Even Spain!

Of course, a referendum reflects the will of the people and can be upheld or denied according to those sitting in the seats of political power. Thus far post referendum in Switzerland,

In a statement, the Swiss Federal Council, a seven-member executive body, said it respected the decision of voters.

"Consequently, the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is no longer permitted," it said, adding that the four existing minarets would be allowed to stand and that there was no prohibition on the construction of new mosques.

The ban will face legal challenges. Manon Schick, Amnesty International representative in Geneva, said banning minarets violates international law and guarantees of religious freedom.

Meanwhile, most of the West's political leaders continue to go down the same kumbaya path of making nice-nice with Islam, even as Moslems in the West attempt to take methodical steps to establish Islamic supremacy in Dar al Harb.

According to this statement from Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, minarets mean the following to fundamentalist Moslems:

[Erdogan] publicly read an Islamic poem including the lines: "The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers..."

Leaders of Western nations need to pay attention to Islamic symbolism, especially the symbols representing jihad.

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Video: The Myth of Islamic Spain (With Addendum)

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As a Spanish major, I found of particular interest the video below from Vlad Tepes. First, you will see a clip from the BBC, a section which whitewashes Islamic rule. Then, you will see two clips which present some inconvenient facts. Please watch the entire video:


As pointed out by Vlad Tepes:

[The BBC] seemed to imply that Spain would be better off under another 700 years of brutal racist oppressive sharia law and Islamic rule.

And at taxpayers' expense, no less.

Furthermore, if you look at most world history textbooks, you will find a glorification of the 700 years of Islamic rule in Spain. Indeed, those years are often referred to as a golden age.

Don't believe it! Don't let your children believe it!

Not all during the period of Islamic rule in Spain was light and beauty.

Balance the whitewash with the truth.

Addendum (some factual reading): The Persistent Myth of Andalucia

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This Week on The Gathering Storm

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Listen to The Gathering Storm Radio Show, hosted by WC and Always On Watch. The show broadcasts live every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time.

The call-in number is (646) 915-9870.

Callers welcome!

Our scheduled guest this week is IQ al Rassooli. The topic of our discussion is below the fold.
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UPCOMING SHOWS:
December 11: Nonie Darwish
December 18: General Paul E. Vallely (RET)
December 25 and January 1: No show those dates

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A Just-For-Fun Post (More or Less)

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With a hat tip to Cube of The BLOG...

Check out this innovation with envelopes: bacon flavor!

Additional information below the fold:

Technology has given us a lot lately. The car. TV. X-rays. The refrigerator. The Internet. Heck, we even cured polio. But what have our envelopes tasted like for the last 4,000 years? Armpit, that’s what.

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So, after thousands of years and kajillions of horrible tasting envelopes licked, we’re happy to report that J&D’s Bacon-Flavored Mmmvelopes™ are here to save the day. No longer will envelopes taste like the underside of your car. You can enjoy the taste of delicious bacon instead.

That’s right, bacon. It’s not real bacon, mind you, so you won’t have to start storing your envelopes in the refrigerator. But it really does taste like bacon....

The only good reason for an infidel to buy an Eid stamp. Heh.

Now, how long before some Moslem working for the post office complains?

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