"All Your Base Are Belong to Us!" What a scream!

Thanks so much to Fat Kid for pointing out this totally new internet funny!

Okay, look, I know I seem to have missed a few internet bits over the past couple of years, but come on, I know All Your Base Are Belong to Us, for crying out loud.

Though it's still funny, I think.

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Looks like a false alarm.

I should have said, in the original post, if this turns out to be anthrax, will the FBI reconsider its dogma that the 2001 attacks were domestic?

Quick response whether a real threat or not.

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Rachel Corrie's parents are suing Israel and the IDF for apparently lobotomizing her as a child and making her a positive moron.

Or something. Who knows their theory.

* Where? It's from a little-known but very well done movie you should probably rent if you've never seen it.

The Answer Update: It's from The Assignment, starring Aiden Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kinglsey. One of the best somewhat-realistic spy thrillers I know of. To be honest, the film sort of falls apart in the very last reel -- with a very unsatisfying conclusion -- but it's so damn exciting, funny, odd, and interesting until that point the lame ending is easily forgiven.

The beginning is great and the middle is great. Two out of three ain't bad.

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Philip Bennett, the Washington Post Managing Editor quoted in a Chinese newspaper making what seemed to be anti-American remarks, seems to have been the victim of editing by the Chinese newspaper in question. Whether or not that editing changes the tenor and meaning of remarks is open to interpretation.

As Hugh Hewitt reports, by including the man's version of his remarks, he's still ambivalent about the concept of American leadership, but wasn't as emphatic about that as the edited remarks made him sound.

On the other hand, Powerline thinks he's still basically implying American leadership is some sort of colonialist or imperialist rule.

The quotes as reported were in error, and I, showing my amateurism, trusted a state-run communist rag. Whether or not Bennett comes off any better in the accurate transcript is for you to decide, but I blew one here-- this is just the sort of thing the MSM complains about with regard to bloggers' failing to check what they're linking.

And I apologize for that.

Thanks to KCTrio for the tip.

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3000 troops, the fourth-largest contingent, to begin departing in September.

Domestic opposition to Italy's involvement in Iraq intensified after the killing of an Italian agent by US troops in Baghdad earlier this month.

The surprise announcement came as Italy's lower house of parliament backed a recent Senate vote to extend the country's military presence in Iraq beyond June.

I guess the communist journalist got what she wanted. It is, as they say, a war of opinion as well as of bullets.

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Not like I'm breaking news.

Two points: Will the FBI finally admit the 2001 anthrax attacks were most likely due to foreign Islamic terrorists? Will they admit that Steven Hatfield had nothing to do with them-- unless they posit he's still cranking out the anthrax, despite being watched all the time?

And: These things are going to happen. It's the new normal. But I am heartened by what appears to be a fairly quick detection and aggressive law enforcement/public health response.

Our security has improved.

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By which I mean "Jews."

Their newest cause is putting heat on kosher slaughterhouses, objecting to the ritual bloodletting that's part of a kosher slaughter.

PETA

Working hard to annoy the bejeesus out of every human being in the world. Consider it a public service.

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The picture's from Montreal, hit with -15 degree temperatures. The man's name is Mario. The dog's name is, ahem, Spliff.

Thanks to GregS.

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A vicious gang consisting chiefly of Central American illegal aliens, MS13, whom I've only heard about via Michelle, is hit by a major law enforcement sweep.

100 members nabbed. And they're no sweethearts:

"MS is not a gang, it's an army," said Officer Frank Flores, a gang expert with the Los Angeles Police Department, who says MS-13 membership numbers in the tens of thousands nationwide. "Within the United States, these guys pose as much a threat to the well being of ordinary citizens as any foreign terrorist group."

And maybe we're waking up:

One problem with dealing with criminal illegal immigrants, law enforcement officials say, is that cities like Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York have either written or understood "sanctuary" policies that prohibit their law enforcement officers from asking a suspect about his immigration status. This makes it difficult for police officers to work with federal immigration authorities until an illegal immigrant commits a crime.

The thinking is that illegal immigrants who lead normal and productive lives would be unwilling to approach the police as witnesses if they feared that they, too, would be deported.

The problem is especially acute in Los Angeles, where gang members often return after being deported. Local police officers may know a criminal by face, but until they catch him in an illegal act, he is allowed to remain on the streets.

But a new era may be dawning in the fight against gangs, as police departments like Los Angeles's share street intelligence with the federal authorities.

"You think an immigrant Hispanic family who is here illegally would mind if we targeted the violent criminal?" Capt. Michael Downing, commander of the Hollywood precinct, asked. "I don't. But every time you mention it, they say it's a slippery slope and so the violent criminal is tolerated."

And check out Kaus and 4 Cowboys. Seems the LA Times reported this story, but "forgot" to mention that MS13 had been allowed to function in the US with cities serving as a sanctuary, and this sweep seems to indicate a strong law enforcement response to that.

Vid Update: Trey has video of Malkin talking about MS-13.

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I will admit that this story does call the demonstration in Beirut perhaps the largest ever staged in the Arab world. (Thank you, Corner, for that tip.)

But let me quibble over that headline:

Thousands March Against Syria in Beiru

And the sub-hed?:

Biggest Anti-Syria Rally Yet in Beirut Draws Hundreds of Thousands of Demonstrators

Ummm, why is the "Hundreds of Thousands" relegated to the sub-hed? Is "hundreds of thousands" too difficult to work into a headline?

How about "Almost One Million"? Because the article later cites differing estimates between 800,000 and over one million.

Anyway, blame that on the editor, not the writer. The writer seems to have well understood the story she was reporting:

The rally, perhaps the biggest anti-government demonstration ever staged in the Arab world, was the opposition's bid to regain momentum after two serious blows: the reinstatement of the pro-Syrian prime minister and a huge rally last week by the Shiite group Hezbollah.

Protesters some bused in from across Lebanon jammed Martyrs' Square and spilled into nearby streets. They chanted, sang and shouted in a mix of the Arabic accents of the country's regions, demanding Syrian troops depart and that their government be purged of Damascus' influence.

The turnout was broader than earlier opposition protests, with more Sunni Muslims in particular joining the Christians and Druse who have formed the bulk of past anti-Syrian rallies. Even some Shiites joined in.

"We came to liberate our country. We are coming to demand the truth," said Fatma Trad, 40, a Sunni woman wearing a headscarf. "I've been watching it all on television for the past month. Today, I wanted to be a part of it."

and:

In recent days, opposition ads for Monday's rally have been running on television, and activists in towns and villages arranged buses to the capital. E-mails and telephone text messages referred to Prime Minister Omar Karami's claim that the Hezbollah demonstration showed the government had the support of the majority.

"Prove him wrong," the messages flashed across cellphones and computers.

...

Many in the crowd Monday also demanded the removal of President Lahoud.

"We want freedom. It is now or never!" said Rose Touma, a 55-year-old Christian, raising the Lebanese flag in one hand and, in her other, a picture of Hariri. "I thank God that I'm alive to witness this beautiful day."

As others have remarked: Not In Our Name? That's right, it's not in your name.

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