Here he is trying to make sure the band have no more sales in the US. You see he blames 9/11 on the Americans and thinks it an “inside job”. Well at least he doesn’t blame it on the Jews…

At least he is against the Lisbon Treaty; too bad he is a complete loon.

There are more links to Jim expressing his paranoid thoughts on You Tube.

Someone French has made a version of Missile Command that has you defending the Twin Towers. Now its upset O’Reily, who is paranoid about the internet anyway, and probably some other people. I don’t think its that offensive. It would be offensive if you were supposed to blow up the towers not defend them. Head over and see what you think.

Like many in blogosphere I am rather enamoured of Ron Paul’s domestic ideas, however I am rather perturbed by his foreign policy stance and idea. Chief among those is his ideas on 9/11. Daily Pundit has found quite a good summation of this concern.

Ron Paul has become the most visible exponent of that malignant view of America. In my mind, his blowback excuse for 9/11 and excuse is exactly what his explanation amounts to is sufficient to completely disqualify him for any American public office, let alone for the role of commander in chief of the U.S. military.

That pretty much sums it up for me.

A good discussion of this over at AMG.

Joins Martin Sheen in publicly doubting 9/11 official story, slams Commission as “illegitimate”.

“No shaving or showering till Bush ‘fesses up”, swears the actor.

LAPD: “To avoid casualties, in a month we’ll have a policeman escorting him to warn citizens not to get too close”.

No response forthcoming from the BAU (Baffled Actors Union). “I am still baffled”, was the message from Martin Sheen.

SimplyJews

Cry Freedom
(Dodge/Haithwaite)

Doncha run, just cry freedom
Dont let the bastards grind you down
Doncha run, just cry freedom
Theyll never take that from this town

Dont let fear get in the way
Courage will be there
Tellin you, tell you to stay
When things are too much to bear

They want us to be afraid
To live life all scared
Freedom is to be paid
Coming to those who dared

Band together in the face of fear
Rally round and be counted
Stand up for what is dear
We will not be routed

Doncha run, just cry freedom
Dont let the bastards grind you down
Doncha run, when you cry freedom
Theyll never take that from this ole town

Doncha run, just cry freedom
Dont let the bastards grind you down
Doncha run, when you cry freedom
Theyll never take that from this ole town

Hear it all its glory on Garageband. The song was written as a two-fingered salute to all those who would stop us living our lives the way we please. Its in memory of those who have died to Islamist violence where-ever they may be, but especially in New York & London. Its also a tribute to all those who day in day out go out and do their best to protect us from Islamist terrorism both official and unofficial; whether in Iraq, Afganisatan or our home countries.

Stay vigilant, stay safe and stay alive…

Update: Kesher Talk has a nice collection of posts; as well as one on Flight 93. David examines how the Germans tastefully remember 9/11. Ex-Muslims have used the date as well.

In my experience (and that of many rationalists), conspiracy theorists have a habit of claiming that they’re “just asking questions?; this term is then abbreviated, by said rationalists, to “JAQ? and further corrupted to form its own neologism: “JAQing off?.

Damian found this interesting piece on a blog I have never heard of called 26h. I think I will add the blog to the blog-roll if this is quality of stuff we can expect to find on the blog. No matter how au fait you may think you are with the top blogs; one comes along to surprise you.

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I rather wish I didn’t read the press bumf that accompanied the movie screening I saw last night (reviewed below) as it contained something that was either bad or hilariously lame. It seems one of the main characters is voice by uber moron Jeneane Garofalo, you know the one who is convinced that Bush perpetrated 9/11 and other conspirazoid lunacies. She was also a host on the lead balloon that was Air America on a show Majority Report (obviously it wasn’t or more people who have listened).

The amusing bit of her bio is that she lists her time with Air America despite the fact it was a complete failure and hosts like her drove it to bankruptcy. She also lists her talent as a comediane…hrm does that require you to be funny? Has anyone actually laughed at heir caustic bill-filled ranting?

That said she voices a stereotypical young French woman in the movie. I am sure her French fans who loved her anti-American bile on Air America, might be a bit purturbed by the fun at the expense of the French.

I guess her career took precedence over her left-wing lunacy.

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.

Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.

CNN:

A computer simulation of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, posted on the Web site YouTube by Purdue University researchers, shows how hijacked planes crashed through the twin towers, stripping fireproofing materials from the steel columns and eventually leading to their collapse.

The 3-D animation, part of a Purdue study that took 2 half years to complete, could help engineers design safer buildings, researchers said.

“When the developers of the World Trade Center first designed the complex, they did take into account of an accidental plane crash,” said Christoph Hoffman, one of the study’s lead researchers. “The only thing they didn’t anticipate is the fire. If the crash impacts the water line, then a fire can burn for a long time.”

I don’t think this is the entire animation, but it shows the initial moments of the jets hitting, primarily from a viewpoint inside the towers. It’s about five minutes long. There aren’t any sound effects, but there is some narration.

Speaking of criminals, O.J. Simpson’s (ghostwritten) fantasy memoir, If I Did It was leaked a few days ago (by O.J.? I wouldn’t doubt it.) to the celebrity gossip site, TMZ.com, apparently in violation of a court order granting rights to the manuscript to the father of the murdered Ron Goldman.

That page disappeared following the filing of new papers charging contempt of court. But this being the Internet age and all, mirrors are popping up like mushrooms. You can download (Warning: PDF) a copy here. (Scroll down to the bottom-third of the page, where the download is indicated by a flashing red arrow.)

Or you might just want to read this excerpt at TMZ (the page has now reappeared). Warning: Language.

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Colby has discovered this little page of fun called What I learned from 9/11 Conspiracies that would be far funnier if people didn’t actually believe much of what he has listed as total fact. This one is covered by the you’‘ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hurl type of warning.

Update: Does it shock you that morons who believe this crap tend to be 9/11 deniers as well?

David Icke the nutter who claims that the illuminati that runs the world are part of a reptilian bloodline used an hour long documentary to tell us we are living in a police state where the media is controlled. One does have to wonder that if this were the case is he able to have a show on a major terrestrial channel instead of on some dodgy cable channel. This loon also claims that Bush & Blair are the world’s biggest terrorists and that 9/11 was a set-up. And yet there was no sense of irony is his tone. Oh and one other small thing. His paranoid ranting about the “media” didn’t contain anything about blogs or podcasts. He seemed to be claiming that he was the only alternative to the MSM.

As my beloved quite rightly declared what a nutter.

By South Park naturally. Gives new meaning to the term “full of shite.” Hat-tip Damian.

This is no time for pious or learned articles from me. Today is a terrible anniversary. The 9/11 attacks on the United States are acts of infamy that I will never forget, nor can forgive.

May the souls of the victims rest in peace.

Judith suggests looking to Jewish traditions of remembering their dead.

And its spot on if you ask me. Well done Flea for putting it in plain English.

Penn & Teller eviscerate some of the moronic 9/11 conspiracy theories with extreme force. Well done to Hot Air for getting the video out to all. Yes, I know none of you are stupid enough to believe this crap but the video is still worth watching.

Last night I attended a dinner organised by the Defence and Security Forum at which the speaker was Prince Turki Al Faisal, the Saudi Ambassador to the UK. The Ambassador showed obvious ease with his audience, speaking to a Eurocentric viewpoint, as opposed to an Atlanticist one.

He felt free to criticise America policy in the Middle East, stressing how counter-productive he believed it to be. In paticular he repeated the Saudi wish for the US to pull its troops out of Iraq to be replaced by a wholly Muslim peacekeeping force and his disappointment that the US is not keen to explore this possibility. (It seems the Americans are not too keen on entrusting the defence of Iraq’s fledgeling democracy to a group of countries where democratic elections are deemed superfluous.) The Saudis have a very enlightened royal family who rule by the consent of the governed. Any Saudi subject can attend one of the King’s open forums and bring any subject to the attention of the King. Presumably this includes Saudi women too. If they can get their husbands to drive them to the forum.

Thanks to Murray for allowing me to use this graphic.

Are we bored to death with the war on terror?

This picture over at Radley’s says a great deal. So does this one on Heretical Ideas.

Interesting piece in today’s Guardian, trashing, almost, Fahrenheit 9/11 as little more that intellectually-bankrupt dishonest emotional masturbation. Although not in such terms.

‘Moore’s defenders say that, if not factually correct, then his film is in some way “essentially” true.’

Just like the pictures in the Mirror were ‘representative’ of events. At least Piers Morgan went…

“In the latest warning that al-Qaida terrorists are preparing to attack the United States before the November elections, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge yesterday alerted Americans that the terror group was readying a large-scale strike. ... The warning caused some skeptics to ask whether it was politically motivated to help President Bush’s re-election chances. And Senate Democrats used Ridge’s warning to criticize Republican leaders they said had put off Senate consideration of important homeland-security legislation to take up other bills important to the conservative business and social agenda.” (07/09/04)

This bit of depressing news comes via Rational Review. I would not be surprised if there was at least one attempt to cause some spectacular before November. TCS has a piece on the closure of five ports in the US. Of course the odd thing is that they won’t tell anyone which ports are being looked at and why. Wonderful way of making you feel secure isn’t it?

From the CBC:

EDMONTON - Thirty Canadian soldiers received Bronze Star medals from the United States for bravery and meritorious service in Afghanistan during a ceremony in front of 700 troops.

Glad to see the CBC’s finally got it right, on its website, at least. Last night on TV, it was claiming that the soldiers had earned “Bronze Cross” medals.

If I were the suspiciously-minded type, I’d think the CBC was attempting to conflate the Bronze Star and Iron Cross.

But never attribute malignity where simple ignorance will do.

The CBC — the entire Eastern elite, really — are so contemptuous of the military that they can’t be bothered to fact-check what they know in their hearts to be true:

Medals-schmedals; they’re all the same, right?

I suppose I should say something about Ah-nuld, but all I can think of is:

Hooray!

The CBC’s David Halton was on the National last night, wandering the corridors of Sacramento, making big frowny faces. These crazy Americans, this . . . democracy.

I happen to think that California’s rights of referenda and recall are a critically important check on arrogant politicians, judges and bureaucrats. Would that Canadians had similar options.

We instead have an ossified — if, for the moment, benign — dictatorship, and nothing short of bullets and bayonets will remove it. No, I am no Paul Martiniac. (Yes, A Fearful Symmetry, you owe me a link for that one.)

But you didn’t come here for my opinions on Canadian politics. All I’ve got to otherwise offer is this lame joke, which I heard yesterday:

“Did you hear about the new pirate movie?

“No! What about it?”

“It’s rated Aaaahhrrrr!”

It seems the German media has a total lack of decency as well. And for good measure, some arsehat manages to use the ole’ “Bush stole the election” line in the comments section. What a tosser.

Damian reports that an article in Der Spiegel does its best to fisk the conspiracy loons. So not all Germans have gone off the deep end in their anti-Americanism.

It will be no shock to most of you that Mike has written an excellent post on 9/11. I would suggest that you would be well advised to read it. His advice on VDS’ piece is spot on too.

Petone Esplanade,
Wellington
New Zealand
Sept 11, 2003

This is one of many pictures I took yesterday.

Be warned, this piece might make uncomfortable reading for some. I have not indulged anyone’s feelings on the matter. I call it how I saw it and still do.

Today’s Telegraph leader reflects a similar viewpoint.

Mike, not surprisingly, has written one of the best pieces you will ever read on 9/11 and the threat we face. No po-faced sentimentality here. Just telling it like it is… Kill or be killed. The reasoning for the timing of the attacks is covered in a comment. It was on this day that the last Islamic attempt at overthrowing the West was curtailed at the games of Vienna.

We are, in fact, at war with Islam (or rather its adherents) and it is up to Muslims the world over to convince us otherwise. The co-operation we have gotten from the “Islamic street” since 9/11 speaks volumes. It speaks louder than all the “Islam is a religion of peace” bleating put together.