tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post116195985056261174..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Telegraph Concerned About BBC YoutsDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1162000316666444412006-10-27T21:51:00.000-04:002006-10-27T21:51:00.000-04:00Rosebud...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rosebud" REL="nofollow">Rosebud...</A>buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161996343926166532006-10-27T20:45:00.000-04:002006-10-27T20:45:00.000-04:00I don't know, but I been toldKissin rosebud will m...I don't know, but I been told<BR/>Kissin rosebud will make you bold.<BR/><BR/>I don't know, but it's been said<BR/>STDs will make you dead.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161992259627489962006-10-27T19:37:00.000-04:002006-10-27T19:37:00.000-04:00Fire officials and the U.S Bureau of Alcohol, Toba...<I>Fire officials and the U.S Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm are investigating whether foul play was involved in a massive blaze at the Stern Oil Company on Thursday that took more than eight hours and a dozen fire departments to extinguish.<BR/><BR/>The blaze was called in by a neighbor who lived near the company, located at 18831 Applewood Road, just after 4:30 a.m., said Council Bluffs Fire Marshal Jeff Hutcheson, the on-scene spokesperson. The site is located off Interstate 29 near the Bellevue exit.<BR/><BR/>Hutcheson said ATF is a resource available to the state and local fire marshal's office, and has more resources than either office. <BR/><BR/>"They have fire investigators, they have equipment, and they have more resources than either one of those agencies has," he said, adding ATF is normally called in to assist on fires that cause a high-dollar loss. <BR/>...<BR/>"This is a tragic event," Stern said, adding "naturally there's great concern" about whether the fire was intentionally started. <BR/><BR/>Flames reaching nearly 100 feet into the sky could be seen from miles away, and a thick, black plume of smoke blew in a southwesterly direction. There were a number of explosions as firefighters battled the blaze, followed by massive fireballs shooting into the sky.<BR/>...<BR/>Eight employees work at the site, Hutcheson said. The last one left around Wednesday at 11 p.m., and the day shift employee was set to arrive at 6 a.m. All of the company's employees are accounted for.</I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161991152848152662006-10-27T19:19:00.000-04:002006-10-27T19:19:00.000-04:00desert rat,re: California wildfiresAs I recall, du...desert rat,<BR/><BR/>re: California wildfires<BR/><BR/>As I recall, during WWII the Japanese launched high altitude incendiary balloons with the hope of starting just such fires along the west coast.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161985436771671892006-10-27T17:43:00.000-04:002006-10-27T17:43:00.000-04:00On FOX, the CA fire, the first time I've heard it,...On FOX, the CA fire, the first time I've heard it, but not, I think, the last<BR/><B>"Domestic Terrorism"</B>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161984706922551302006-10-27T17:31:00.000-04:002006-10-27T17:31:00.000-04:00re: Scythians, Sarmatians, GothsDepending on whom ...re: Scythians, Sarmatians, Goths<BR/><BR/>Depending on whom you read, stirrups were invented in northern China, if not on the steppe or the Caucasus, sometime from the 4th Century BC through the 6th Century AD.<BR/><BR/>Stirrups may have traveled through China into the region occupied by the Scythians in their third imperial reincarnation. That could have been as late the beginning of the Christian era.<BR/><BR/>It does seem the Scythians were absorbed or displaced by the Sarmatians, who were, themselves, absorbed or displaced by the Goths.<BR/><BR/>Opinions vary as whether the Gothic cavalry at Adrianpole used stirrups. For many years it was thought they did, but that is now challenged. Adrianpole was fought in the year 378 AD. <BR/><BR/>EVERYTHING having to do with the invention and dissemination of the stirrup is in controversy. Therefore, Rufus, I don't know anymore, and thank you very much for the time spent in examining the matter. Right. <BR/><BR/>"Originally an Iranian people and speaking an Indo-European tongue, the folk known to history as “Sarmatians” (Sarmatae in Latin) were nomadic horse warriors related to the Scythians of ancient fame, originating to the east of the latter and ultimately displacing them."<BR/><BR/>"The “Alans” (Alani) whom one runs into occasionally in the history of late and post-Roman times were a Sarmatian people. Historian T. Peisker, writing in The Cambridge Medieval History, points out that for Scythians and Sarmatians, “both names covered the most medley conglomerations of nomads and peasants.” 1 <BR/><BR/>"The Sarmatians' nomad empire was eventually eclipsed in the 3rd century AD by the Gothic eruption from Scandinavia across the Baltic Sea and thence into eastern Europe, whence many Sarmatians enlisted as associates of the new Gothic confederation." <BR/><A HREF="http://impearls.blogspot.com/2003_12_28_impearls_archive.html" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/><BR/>For a lengthy examination of feudal cavalry, telling you all you want or don't to know, see:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/sloan.html" REL="nofollow">The Stirrup Controversy</A><BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/texts/strpcont.html" REL="nofollow">The Great Stirrup Controversy</A> <BR/><BR/>Linkallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161982241854875392006-10-27T16:50:00.000-04:002006-10-27T16:50:00.000-04:00ANNIHILATION FROM WITHIN: THE ULTIMATE THREAT TO N...ANNIHILATION FROM WITHIN: THE ULTIMATE THREAT TO NATIONS<BR/>Fred Charles Iklé<BR/>Columbia University Pressbuddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161981912114977342006-10-27T16:45:00.000-04:002006-10-27T16:45:00.000-04:00Fascinatin excerpt from a new "better get yo haid ...Fascinatin <A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/publicity/ikleexcerpt.html" REL="nofollow">excerpt</A> from a new "better get yo haid out yo ass, West" book.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161978951760029742006-10-27T15:55:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:55:00.000-04:00India or China where the stirrup was first used. D...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup" REL="nofollow">India or China</A> where the stirrup was first used. Damn--not those guys again.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161978641031316622006-10-27T15:50:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:50:00.000-04:00the Vandals fought in sandalsthe Vandals fought in sandalsbuddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161977275582842942006-10-27T15:27:00.001-04:002006-10-27T15:27:00.001-04:00no the synthians did not have stirrups. Saddle bla...no the synthians did not have stirrups. Saddle blankets, balance and "leg" were all they used.<BR/><BR/>They were the first light cavalry, mounting archers.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161977235285146892006-10-27T15:27:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:27:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161976996506811232006-10-27T15:23:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:23:00.000-04:00I read this over at Threatwatch.Here's my take on ...I read this over at Threatwatch.<BR/>Here's my take on it and a definition of our enemy. First Treatwatch:<BR/>"Here at ThreatsWatch we have been cautious – too much so for many – in both our tone and references to various aspects of the Islamic faith or the broader community of believers. Why? Because we believe, as we've stated before, that Islam and the average Muslim believer is also under attack by the jihadi and his ideological compatriots. And in order to defeat that enemy, the broader Muslim community must play a significant part – perhaps the critical part that has thus far been missing."<BR/> My take is the Occam's Razor approach predicated on the Qu'ran.<BR/>First, our enemy is Islam; the entire religion or as I prefer to call it a sociopathic ideology. Men,women,chidren. Why? Why can't I draw the politically correct line that defines the jihadi from the "ordinary Islamic". Well, first it would be incorrect from their religious standpoint. Islam DEMANDS obeisance to it's dicta, or death. Nothing can simultaneously be and not be as Schopenhauer stated. So there is no<BR/>division of the whole. It is Islam. It is the Qu'ran. They are the enemy.<BR/> What then must we do? Use overwhelming power to subjugate those who don't die in their cause. It means genocide or THEIR obeisance to the norms of the civilized nations of the world.<BR/> So far in their entire history THEY have chosen the sword and eschewed negotitation.<BR/> So far the "civilized" world has chosen to absorb the "death by a thousand cuts" rather than face that ugly word, genocide. By doing so demographic extrapolation tells us that within fifty years Islam will democratically take over the "West" including it's NBC arsenals. Then what? Dhimmitude,slavery,forced conversion, or death are our choices and democracy will pass into history in favor of 7th century philosophy... or striking first with devistating effect. Our choice. Tough world.Habuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161976785527681812006-10-27T15:19:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:19:00.000-04:00Scythian=stirrups=mounted knightsScythian=stirrups=mounted knightsallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161976726486331572006-10-27T15:18:00.001-04:002006-10-27T15:18:00.001-04:00No, Mr Bush goes to Turtle Bay, and waves Sanction...No, Mr Bush goes to Turtle Bay, and waves Sanctions Resolutions, well, his Ambassador and SecState, do.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161976698170654632006-10-27T15:18:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:18:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161976591187103872006-10-27T15:16:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:16:00.000-04:00buddy, everyone compares today with 1938 & 39.Not ...buddy, everyone compares today with 1938 & 39.<BR/><BR/>Not Mr Churchill's era, <BR/>but Mr Chamberlain'sdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161976529918740032006-10-27T15:15:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:15:00.000-04:00Ig GWB had gone to Kabul before 911, and had come ...Ig GWB had gone to Kabul before 911, and had come home waving a peace treaty document signed by bin Laden, then the event of 911 would've "Chamberlained" him, for sure.<BR/><BR/>But, that's not how the history actually goes, is it.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161975871900084952006-10-27T15:04:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:04:00.000-04:00As effective as England declaring War on Germany.T...As effective as England declaring War on Germany.<BR/><BR/><I>The debacle of the Allied campaign in Norway, which actually was an offspring of the never-realised plans to aid Finland, forced a famous debate in the House of Commons during which the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was under constant attack. A nominal vote of confidence in his government was won by 281 to 200, but many of Chamberlain's supporters had voted against him whilst others had abstained. The humiliated Chamberlain found it impossible to continue to lead a National Government or to form a government of national unity (in Britain often called a "coalition government", to distinguish it from Chamberlain's existing national government) around him. On May 10 Chamberlain resigned the premiership whilst retaining the leadership of the Conservative Party. </I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161975429046621802006-10-27T14:57:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:57:00.000-04:00Maybe. But some will see these past five years as ...Maybe. But some will see these past five years as an invasion of and an ongoing attempt to 'turn' two jihadi nations on the far side of the world, and will see that as no mean accomplishment.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161975132365833542006-10-27T14:52:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:52:00.000-04:00Well, buddy, it will get worse before it gets bett...Well, buddy, it will get worse before it gets better.<BR/><BR/>Mr Rumsfeld has discounted the possibility of Victory, as well as Defeat. So we will not win on his watch, nor General Pace's for that matter.<BR/><BR/>History will see the past six years as wasted, the Clash of Civilizations will be crystal clear in retrospect.<BR/><BR/>As it is clear to so many now.<BR/>Mr Bush's "Religion of Peace" mantra will be seen as the same simpleton type phrasing as "Peace in our time"desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161975033094993272006-10-27T14:50:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:50:00.000-04:00Iran made big announcement today--they've started ...Iran made big announcement today--they've started up their second bank of enrichment centrifuges. Tick--tick--tick.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161974671126533952006-10-27T14:44:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:44:00.000-04:00Depends on the outcome, rat. As you know.Depends on the outcome, rat. As you know.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161974473109821962006-10-27T14:41:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:41:00.000-04:00Funny, buddy, but I don't see history viewing it t...Funny, buddy, but I don't see history viewing it that way at all.<BR/><BR/>Your view of the opponents of the President will not make the historical distance, IMHO<BR/><BR/>The future will see six years of indecision, by a Republican Government. House, Senate & Executive.<BR/>A lack of focus and resolve. A failure to implement a viable strategy in the Mohammedan Wars.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid that history will view Mr Bush and his Administration much as we view Mr Arthur Neville Chamberlain and his Conservative Government.<BR/><BR/>Seeing the threat and attempting to placate it, rather than "biting the bullet".desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1161973754678463412006-10-27T14:29:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:29:00.000-04:00In re the Gateway link, about the "copperheads" --...In re the Gateway link, about the "copperheads" --last nite late, I wrote a comment to today's Henninger essay @ opinion journal. They probably won't use it, but here it is, for grins:<BR/><BR/>Comment:<BR/>I'm not sure that history is going to very kind to this president's domestic opposition. It's just a hunch, but I do believe that when the actual realities of this era--this war--will be examined in the coming decades, this particular opposition will be seen as having deliberately trivialized an existential enemy in order that instead a guerilla ideological war could be enabled and waged upon their own administration (and upon their own countrymen). <BR/><BR/>If these folks are lucky (meaning, if even despite them the war will have been won), their countrymen will forgive and forget their blind and naive but vital and sustaining support of the enemy, and will coin no new words (such as "copperhead" and "collaborationist") to brand onto their legacy, and will write and remember little history of their behavior.<BR/><BR/>Many, many of us are hoping and praying that this is how it will all turn out to be.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.com