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POPSTaliban in Pakistan bomb Irish-run school My aunt is back (thankfully) in Ireland now after serving for over 25 years as a teacher/principal in Pakistan. This violence is a frightening development, and so very sad for the people of Pakistan.
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POPSAngry Pakistani tribesmen attack Taliban after bombing Militants have unleashed a new wave of violence in Pakistan in recent months after the military launched major offensives against them in the rugged northwest including Bajaur and Swat regions. The mounting militant threat prompted the government to convene a closed joint session of the two-chambered parliament for a briefing by intelligence officials on internal security. The parliamentarians are due to begin debate on the situation after Pakistan's newly appointed intelligence chief briefed them this week on the militant threat. The growing violence comes amidst a stepped-up campaign by the United States against militant targets inside Pakistan
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POPSThe Tyranny of Paramilitary Police Raids and SWAT Teams Great article and podcast from CATO on police extremism (terrorism) that is akin to fascism and contrary to the principles of "proportionate" responses to evidence of crimes, etc. The recent example of a Mayor in Maryland being held at military-style gun point (with his wife and mother-in-law) , after they shot his dogs is what sparked this issue more. These "over the top" police tactics must be stopped. Police increasingly are "swarming", using their paranoid principle of "overwhelming force", which is overwhelmingly irrational, yet is supported by politicians who want to appear "tough on crime", while being ridiculous. They mention in the short podcast that what you see on TV is not representative of what really happens commonly in these SWAT and other raids.
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POPSAl-Qaeda breeding ground in Pakistan no international relief agency (United Nations, Red Cross, etc) is in sight. Some efforts made by the local government have also run aground by rampant corruption and lack of will to acknowledge the plight of these people at the highest government level. Worst of all, neither the Pakistan or American army, whose bombs have displaced thousands of children, women and old men, fail to acknowledge the consequences of their actions. To them the matter is closed and is not worth discussing. Let us write to our senators, congressmen, our national and provincial assembly members, our presidents and prime ministers and ask them one question. “We can authorize billions of dollars for the bombardment of the region, but can we also authorize a few bucks for the betterment of the local people?” I have said it before, and I will repeat again, “No amount of bombing can win the hearts and minds of the disgruntled populace.”
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POPSScientists find the secret to swatting flies Handily, the research suggests an optimal method for successfully swatting a fly. "It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter,"
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POPSResearchers Can Swat Flies "It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position," Dickinson said. Instead, aim for the escape route. And who didn't need to know that??? I'm curious, does anyone think there was a "need" to research on why it's so hard to swat a fly ?
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POPSSWAT OVERKILL: More Common Than You Think And, in a case that is now drawing national attention, 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston, who lived in a high-crime neighborhood of Atlanta, recently opened fire on police when they broke down her door while executing a drug warrant. They returned fire, killing her. It’s hard to believe any of this would have happened had the police taken a less aggressive approach in the first place.
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POPSAnyone on The Left Approve of This? Cont... by mucking up my comments section with posts that said nothing, but all used the same in-joke pseudonym. Next, the tiny little thugs started putting up comments in my name and regular commenters's names, even using the word "nigger" in one of those posts -- as if that commenter had said it. That's straight defamation, and completely disgusting. Finally, after I started deleting comments that were clearly from people sent over here to be part of a mob to punish me for speech unapproved by the liberalocracy, the tiny thugs started posting huge spam posts like the one above -- also in my name -- from proxy servers in Germany, etc. So, in favor of your fellow travelers, or not?
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POPSSWAT Raids Mayor and Wife, Kill Dogs Fascism! Their pet dogs were killed for "sport" and show! This is unbelievable, as if the mayor would turn and fight with automatic weapons and grenades. Excessive force and paranoia by the police department (vs a male and female), and ended up they were INNOCENT. But the worst for the mayor might have been this: The mayor, who was changing his clothes when police burst in, also complained that he was handcuffed in his boxer shorts for about two hours along with his mother-in-law, and said the officers didn't believe him when he told them he was the mayor. They did not know he was the Mayor? Ineptitude!
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POPSTwo Kidnapped Men Rescued In Oak Cliff, Texas Authorities declined to release the names of four of the suspects. However, police have identified the fifth suspect as Luis Owens Gonzales, 24. Mr. Gonzales and the kidnapping victim who escaped had served time together in a federal prison in Bastrop on narcotics-related charges, Sgt. Stressing said. Dallas FBI agents are also involved in the investigation. They referred all questions to Austin police, who plan to release more details Monday.
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POPSswat team on segways "...Headquarters this is unit seven, we have the terror suspects in sight...as long as they don't break into a brisk walk, we've got them...Over."
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POPSSWAT raids lose public support I doubt that many would have agreed to them in the first place if they had the facts.Fear is a powerful motivator and police used it to sell these para military raids on often harmless drug users.
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POPSLaw Enforcement: SWAT Run Amok While I am not anti-law enforcement (having two family members in law enforcement), I have been following this trend across the nation for some time. There does seem to be an increase in unwarranted police violence against citizens. Seems to be a by-product of the post-9/11 world we live in.
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POPSPakistan, Islamic Militants Agree To Peace Deal The North West Frontier Province's government is led by a Pashtun nationalist party which is a junior partner in the federal coalition and a key player in the peace effort. The ruling parties blame the more forceful tactics of President Pervez Musharraf, a stalwart U.S. ally, for stoking Islamic extremism and the spread of militant religious movements to previous peaceful area, such as Swat. But Western officials have expressed concern that any deals will be poorly enforced and simply allow Taliban and Al Qaeda militants to execute more attacks in Afghanistan and plot terror strikes in the West.
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POPSChild Marriage in America vs Texas Sect "Abuse"
Country star Lorretta Lynn was married at 13. History has been forgotten that marrying before 16 even was not entirely rare. Most States permit marriage at 16 with parental consent, some even less (e.g. 14). The news about the sect has largely been filled with inflammatory rhetoric, even fraudulent in an attempt to justify a CPS raid that looked like Waco. Now we hear that the raid was sparked by a fraudulent (CPS planted?) "informant", who was doubtfully involved in the sect at all since she was black. Even some conservative talk radio, like Michael Savage, termed it "Bush's Waco" when it broke--i.e. a news-creating distraction to many more important matters they would prefer to sweep under the public carpet. Modern democratic society hates and distrusts all religion, even marriage, and considers indoctrination of children (which actually everyone does) as a form of tyranny. Yet the Roman Catholic church, and Pope, were not raided over proven sex abuse with SWAT teams!
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