At least according to a Pakistani newspaper's account of his remarks.

Mark in Mexico calls shenanigans, and cautions waiting for an actual transcript of his remarks before going too bananas over this.

I'm with Mark. Not only does Clinton try to say not much of anything, but this is really blatantly anti-American (jn spirit; I realize he's urging a European conviction here, if that's what he did).

Still... Bill does have a tendency to say precisely what his current audience most wants to hear, doesn't he?

Status: Total F'n' Bullshit: Mark can't find anyone reporting these remarks except for the Pakistan Daily News. Here's his guess as to the passage that was garbled in translation:

[The] religious convictions of the people should be respected at all costs and no media should be allowed to play with the religious sentiments of people of any faith.

They hear what they want to, I guess.

On Second Thought... That's some serious dhimmi pandering, isn't it? "Respected at all costs"? Really? ALL costs? Like, at the cost of freedom of expression?

What a douche.

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The filth keeps pouring into my in-box. Believe me, I'd like to post something about the War on Terror or earmark reform. But when I get sent links like this, how can I refuse?
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First base'll get you life on your third strike:

It may have been a borderline call, but it was still a third strike. The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ruling that sent Nicholas Meyrovich to life in prison under a 2001 three-strikes law. Meyrovich got his third strike, a felony sex offense, for delivering an unwanted kiss.

Meyrovich, in his appeal, claimed that a life sentence for the kiss violated the Oregon Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Meyrovich, 60, an exterminator, was inspecting the home of a Salem woman in October 2003 when he suddenly grabbed her and kissed her. The woman pushed Meyrovich away, but he took hold of her again and sucked her on the neck, stopping when a neighbor walked in.

Meyrovich was later convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, which under Oregon law requires the forcible touching of the "sexual or other intimate parts" of another person.

Meyrovich argued that the neck is not an intimate part of the body; the court disagreed.

"In ordinary social intercourse, one adult does not touch the neck of another adult outside of intimate relationships, at least not without some unusual but reasonable justification," Judge David Schuman wrote for the panel that decided the case.

The man plans to appeal to the Supreme Court arguing that it is cruel and inhuman punishment to lock him away forever for an unwanted kiss or, alternatively, if he's going to spend the rest of his life in prison, he should at least "get to grab up on [the victim's] pooter."

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Always thinkin', those crafty Jews are:

After extensive tests, the uncomplaining work-horse animals were found to easily out-perform donkeys. What's more, they need refuelling only every other day.

Military sources said the Israel Army plans to use llamas for reconnaissance and combat missions in enemy territory, Middle East Newsline reported. They described the llama as ideal for special operations missions in Lebanon against the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah.

"The llama is a quiet and disciplined animal that can carry huge loads," a military source said. "Vehicles make noise and need roads and fuel. We've tried donkeys and they are not suitable for such missions."

One drawback: It's sort of conceal one's identity as a special forces soldier while riding a llama, given that Israel does not, in fact, border on Peru.

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Once upon a time, there was a country called America...

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That statement? "Refill the ice-cube tray, fuckface. Or you get the business end of a 28 guage shotgun."

Lucianne.com has that as the headline for the story about Whittington making a statement.

Was the headline writer trying to suggest Cheney was trying to make a statement in shooting Whittington, or was he just incompetent at his job?

In the actual statement, Whittington actually apologized to Cheney and his family for causing them distress!

That's the definition of Ultimate Pimp Hand. You shoot someone, he apologizes for blocking the path of your birdshot.

Guage! Guage! Guage! Yes, I wrote "caliber" when I meant "guage."

So I'm a fairy.

But there is a .410 caliber shotgun, I think. So suck on that.

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‘In our opinion, the Legislature is where changes to marriages of the nature urged by plaintiffs should be addressed,’ Justice John Lahtinen said in the 5-0 decision….

Lawmakers? Making laws? What a retrograde notion. Did I fall asleep and wake up in 1943 Berlin?

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The Religion of Peace (TM), with occasional murder-for-hire contracts.

Pakistan - A Pakistani cleric announced Friday a $1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad, as thousands joined street protests and Denmark temporarily closed its embassy and advised its citizens to leave the country.

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In the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, prayer leader Mohammed Yousaf Qureshi announced the bounty for killing a cartoonist to about 1,000 people outside the Mohabat Khan mosque.

Qureshi said the mosque and his religious school would give $25,000 and a car, while a local jewelersÂ’ association would give another $1 million. No representative of the association was available to confirm it had made the offer.

“This is a unanimous decision by all imams (prayer leaders) of Islam that whoever insults the prophet deserves to be killed and whoever will take this insulting man to his end, will get this prize,” Qureshi said.

Are we clear yet?

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The Founding Fathers. Is there anything they can't do?

This guy thinks the pronoun "He" in reference to the President specifies that the office must be held by a man.

Hillary Clinton's spokesman Howard Wolfson responded to the newly-discovered constitutional gender restriction by saying, "I'm not envisioning that as a major problem."

Thanks to Allah.

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Kinda funny.

Thanks to ACP Amish.

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