Archive for November, 2008

Apparently, the Malaysian Muslim ruling body is taking issue with the age-old practice of yoga. Sighting Hindu spiritual elements as corrupting influences upon Muslim faith, the council has proclaimed that it’s inappropriate for Muslims to practice the exercises.

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Even yoga practices that don’t include religious chanting or mediation has been condemned in the fatwa.

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You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!

- “Dr. Evil” in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997

We may not be able to put lasers on the heads of sharks yet but Northrop Grumman has just announced the for-real availability of a lasar weapon called FIRESTRIKE(TM).

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Fuck you, you bigotted, tiny-brained, hate-mongering, criminal bastard.

“America, the criminal, trespassing crusader, continues to be the same as ever, so we must continue to harm it, in order for it to come to its senses,” Zawahri said, addressing Muslims across the world.

“Its criminal, expansionist crusader project in your lands has only been neutralized by the sacrifices of your sons, the mujahideen,” he said in an audio recording.

Zawahri urged Islamists fighting U.S. forces and those of the Shi’ite-led Iraqi government to stay the course, saying that U.S.-led forces were being routed.

“The American people, by electing Obama, declared their anxiety and fear about the future toward which the policy of the likes of Bush was leading them, and so they decided to support someone calling for withdrawal from Iraq.”

In a similar message to Islamists fighting Ethiopian and government forces in Somalia, Zawahri urged them not to stop.

“America is gathering its wounds in Iraq, and Ethiopia is looking for a way out…don’t put down your weapons before the mujahid state of Islam has been set up in Somalia.”

-excerpted from “Qaeda scorns Obama, urges attacks on United States” on the Reuters website

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Anheuser-Busch

So here’s the setup:

Belgian brewing-giant InBev (Euronext: INB) bought America’s largest and most established brewery company, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BUD) in July, 2008. Take a moment to let that soak in.

Budweiser beer, folks … this is THE iconic American beer.

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Mezzemuff is a wonderful word. It’s liberating … serving to break the bubble of the brain-fart.

I made the word up one night. Really, I was drunk as hell and someone asked me a direct question.

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