Hamas Sandwich

this is why i'm such a staunch isolationist on occasion.

i still don't grok why these obviously-divided nations bother trying to stay together (look at eastern europe and the former soviet union, currently populated with several different flavors of Whathefuckistan and Miscellurbia) - these people hate each other, why continue to try and force them to get along? and, similarly, if these people want to kick one another's ass over some godforsaken desert. . . why are we stopping them?

i mean, the united states is taking such an -active- role in curtailing the genocidal hostility in africa... [/sarcasm]

"this war is not about oil." wtfever.

[this is also my response to the talk on NPR about the shiites, kurds, and sunnis all being ticked off at and trying to kill one another in the wake of the iraqi elections.]

I am so sick of this "my god can beat up your god" bullshit that i'm finding the option of letting them try to settle it via body count less and less onerous. iirc, israel has nukes, and the palestinians don't. that, to me, makes it sound like it will be a very short and one-sided engagement if Hamas decides to be truly egregious asshats.

File under "Duh."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/mexico.tunnel/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Authorities have found what they call the largest tunnel running into the United States along the U.S.-Mexican border.

About 2 tons of marijuana were inside the tunnel, the Drug Enforcement Administration said, indicating that it appears to have been used to transport drugs.

These are the folks conducting the war on drugs, kids. I'm glad it's in such capable, keenly-observant hands.

Frankly, my issue with border security has more to do with illegal workers, not illicit substances. The drugs should be legalized, and the illegal immigrants (fuck that "guest worker" doublespeak bullshit) sent packing. The fact that the latter can then be given health care when honest to goodness American citizens can't, due to both the drain on services that comes from treating non-citizens, as well as the reluctance of employers to provide it because they can get under-the-table labor from the selfsame border jumpers). . . yeah, that chafes me a little bit.

The human rights weenies screaming about the shoddy treatment of these folks really gets up my nose. Hello, they're breaking the fucking law, why shouldn't they be treated like criminals?

Illegal immigration is Mexico's second-biggest business, folks. They have government-sponsored programs on how to do it. And yet people are up in arms when the United States has the temerity to try and secure its borders.

[Hooray, Death!] Another Wailing Cavern Run

Two more chances to get our butts kicked by lizards, plants, and a big goddamned Murlock!

This Sunday, January 29th, at 2pm, and again next Sunday, February 5th at 1 or 2pm (before the Super Bowl - consider this the ultimate pregame warmup), the Deathies are going to try and kick some Wailing Cavern booty.

There were some compromising situations the last time we ran it, and plenty of compromising photos taken on the Goth Cruise, though I must say, we are one damn fine looking bunch of geeks and freaks.

Some new members are also apparently joining the ranks, so make sure to make yourselves known, and you can be included in the multifarious shenanigans.

Hooray, Death!