31 December 2009

Bad Fort Hood Follow-up

Somebody at Fort Hood Should Be Walking the Plank   [Andy McCarthy]
See the whole article at the title link.
Someone in the US military hired an instructor and sent him to Fort Hood, Louay Safi, an official with Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) the umbrella group for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Was with International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Gave a check to the victims of Maj. Hasan, blood money.
ISNA was identified by the Justice Department at the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing conspiracy trial as an unindicted co-conspirator.  An organization that was funding Hamas.


Safi was caught on tape with a known terrorist fundraiser in 1995.


More on him herehere, and here.


Amy Alkon covers it here.

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29 December 2009

Neil Stephenson's "Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out"

An interesting comment in an email pointed me to this Slashdot story, which was good but I have no strong opinion either way on it.  It did have an interesting link to a Neil Stephenson article from 2005, Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out.

It is a critique of a Star Wars movie that was just released.  His criticism was more toward the movie itself not having much "geek" in it, all veg.  Maybe a little more of a critique of the method.

Post Origional 3 SW movies all sorts of TV shows, books and other products were produced that developed a rich background for the movies to be based on.  Neal describes an early scene in one of the newer movies where the Jedi board a ship and fight a lot, then take the ship over.  The problem he notices is that noplace in the movie is it revealed who owns the ship!  I caught the theme of Socialism vs. Free Market from Neal'sdescription, but that is a different issue.

Full disclosure, I am a fan of Mr. Stephenson, Snowcrash is one of my favorite books ever.  I am not a Star Wars follower, but I have seen the first two movies.  I was unaware that the movie franchise had done what Neal describes so extensively.

Something I did with the Suki Series was put the background to the story online, but I was trying to avoid what Neal describes in his article.  In the books I think I have enough descriptions of gadgets, cars, clothes and the general environment to have complete stories.  I also began this blog and got Suki to help (she helped with everything and is too modest about it) to get into the super geeky details.  She even started her own blog for ultra geek things related to the books.

For example, I think I describe "gogs" well and I never bothered to Google the term.  It just seemed like an appropriate term for glasses with a view screen, but I didn't want to take up pages of book space for it, so the details are here and at SukiSite.com.  I wanted the story to be focused on the characters and their relationship.  Very little of it is affected by world events, in the beginning, so that stuff is here and on the website too.  When world events invade their lives that is in the books and not much mention of it here.

Anyway, go check Neal's article.  It is very good, just like everything else he writes.  I am hoping that the method I used is beneficial to the readers.  The bits of feedback I have gotten so far are mostly positive and yes, I know the SukiSite.com page is "plain and ugly," it is supposed to be that way ;)  Fast loading, clean, etc.

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28 December 2009

NYT and LAT Morning Whine

Spotted in this Slashdot story:


Sorry, Shoppers, but Why Can’t Amazon Collect More Tax?

Amazon has found a way to put portions of its business into the tax-haven equivalent of reservations. By creating wholly owned subsidiaries for the parts that are treated separately for tax matters, Amazon is under no obligation to collect sales tax. This legal technique is called “entity isolation,” said Michael Mazerov, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.
They are following the complicated laws in an efficient manner, with the help of some very expensive lawyers. What's the problem?

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27 December 2009

House Guests

A tied-for-best-friend and her guy arrived earlier today.  More help for straightning the mess that I call home.  Maybe.

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SukiSite.Com Updated with all the books and current pricing

Updated SukiSite.com, current prices, new links, all the book covers.

Don't forget the $10 Discount Code for Suki V: The Collection paperback, only good until the end of December 2009: GHXYSXR5

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Flood at Reagan National Airport

Water main break at Reagan National Airport has all USAirways flights cancelled until 1000.

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Poor, Downtrodden Terrorist News

Amy Alkon has some great comments and her readers offer some too.

From her linked article in the Independent: Abdulmutallab, 23, had lived a gilded life, and, for the three years he studied in London, he stayed in a £2m flat.


Jesse Walker has this at Reason: 



Security Theater: A New Show Opens In Detroit

With the Bruce Schneier money quote: Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know now to resist hijackers.

Also at Reason, Tim Cavanaugh with:



Open Thread: TSA To Keep Us Safe From Nigerian Terrorists, Bankers' Sons, 419 Scammers


Since everybody seems to want to talk about the latest inTransportation Safety Administration foolproofitude, here's your chance.
Possible topics:
Liquids banned. Solids banned. Will gases be banned next?
If you're not allowed to keep anything on your lap, do barf bags and in-flight magazines become attractive nuisances?


Other reports mention that Abdulmutallab hid his PETN explosives in his underwear.

If you were looking for Hijab porn, look here.  Not Safe For Work!


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25 December 2009

Terrorist Act Last Friday


Federal authorities say a Nigerian passenger on an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight tried to blow up the airliner, which landed safely. The would-be bomber is injured.

Too bad the jerk is not dead.  Maybe he was just 'stressed out' like that Army Major at Fort Hood last month?


Plane incident called an act of terrorism




The suspected would-be bomber suffered burns as the result of his attempt, and two of the other 277 passengers reported minor injuries, authorities said. FBI agents were investigating the incident, which a White House official said was believed to be terrorism.




"He was trying to ignite some kind of incendiary device," said a federal anti-terrorism official, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. "He lit himself on fire and he's suffered some burns."

Maybe it was all the pressure of a failed Jihad?  Could have just had a bad day.  Yea, right.


President Obama was briefed on the Christmas Day incident during his Hawaii vacation and was receiving regular updates.
Oh, thank GOD we are safe now!  Briefing to Hamas, just to be fair, to follow.


Update 12/27/09: He had PETN hidden in his underwear.


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Christmas News

The Pope was attacked by the same woman who attacked him last year.

Taliban releases propaganda  video of captured US Soldier Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl.  They say he will be released soon.

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merry christmas

Merry Christmas. (Not Safe For Work)

For your viewing pleasure Two Lesbian Babysitters. (Not Safe For Work)


Back to sleep for me.



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24 December 2009

22 December 2009

FBI Probes Hack at Citibank


FBI Probes Hack at Citibank


The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer-security breach targeting Citigroup Inc. that resulted in a theft of tens of millions of dollars by computer hackers who appear linked to a Russian cyber gang, according to government officials.
The attack took aim at Citigroup's Citibank subsidiary, which includes its North American retail bank and other businesses. It couldn't be learned whether the thieves gained access to Citibank's systems directly or through third parties.
Citigroup is denying the attack happened.

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21 December 2009

Amazon Kindle Available for PC

Read Amazon Kindle books on your PC!  Check the Amazon page for details on how to read Kindle books on your home computer.

The Kindle application has been available for a while for iPhone and iPod touch.

Suki I for Kindle $0.99
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Suki III: Never Let Us End for Kindle $0.99
Suki IV: Finally A Vacation (War With Iran) for Kindle $0.99

Get all four in one book for only $3.69!  Suki V: The Collection for Kindle 


Prefer paperback?  Trade paperback (6" x 9") of Suki V: The Collection is available now. $22.69 with discount codRVBEFUNN (if you don't use the code it will be $26.69) from the Create Space eStore.

Suki V paperback is available from Amazon for $26.69 now.

Sarah's fan fiction story is available on Kindle now.  John and Suki: Vacation Fun, for Kindle $0.99

My fan fiction based on the story is on Kindle too.  Suki: Settling the Score, for Kindle $0.99

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