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May 09, 2008

Guns kill people, man...

He'll be soothing the sting of that spanking, for at least a week...

Rob... thank you for asking that particular question.

The picture you refer to... is of a Colt Government Model 1911 pistol that was given to my son's great-grandfather by his father... right before the former took a few years unscheduled vacation in bloody, muddy France... shortly after the turn of the 20th century.

It does indeed have a couple of bodies on it... the result of a trench raid by its intrepid owner.

Perhaps you could also take a moment Rob, to reflect upon the fact that... were it not for horrible, evil guns... you might not be sitting around at your computer trolling Conservative websites... you might instead be chained to a workbench in a concentration camp making industrial products for the Greater German Reich.

But again... thanks for asking.

Then again, the thing that I am concerned about is not so much whether guns kill people, but whether they are being used against the right people...

Can you hear me now?

I have a VOIP service through Primus, which I absolutely love.  For $35/month, I get call display, call waiting, voicemail, unlimited l/d within North America and virtual access to all my phone controls along with email notification of any voicemail left.  I have been using this service for the better part of 5 years and have never been tempted to change -- even though our new house also comes with a year's worth of Rogers Home Phone service (which we are not intending to hook up).

Although Primus' VOIP service is fairly comprehensive, there is one element sadly missing, simply due to the technical limitations inherent to the technology -- 911 service is not available.

I was told from the very start, that I could not use 911 service because my phone number did not have a physical location for emergency dispatch to refer to.  I was told that...and every month I receive a bill which reminds me of that.  Still, when faced with the sudden and troubling disappearance of my 3-year-old daughter from my home, in the middle of a Sunday afternoon, I instinctively ran to the phone and frantically dialed those 3 faithful numbers, to no avail.

Fortunately, I had nothing to fear -- other than my daughter's savage independence -- when I found that she had not been insidiously scooped up by some interloper with ill intentions, but had rather quietly slipped on her shoes and taken herself on the short walk to the park, instead of waiting for me to get out of the bathroom.

I was very lucky.  Apparently, some have not been so lucky...

Edmonton's emergency services have issued a warning about the use of voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) phone service following the death of a Calgary toddler.

Eighteen-month-old Elijah Luck died after his family called 911 over a VoIP phone and the ambulance was dispatched to their former home in Ontario instead of their current home in Calgary.

Something like this is genuinely such a senseless tragedy.  I certainly understand this family's feeling of helpless futility, in the face of their son's death.  But it is important to keep in perspective that the company providing the family's phone service was not negligent or in any way responsible for what happened here.  His parents had the same responsibility as I had, when I made my own ill-fated call -- to ensure no time was wasted, getting emergency service on behalf of their child's safety. 

After the furor surrounding my daughter's disappearance had died down, I spent a lot of time berating myself for the momentary lapse in memory which inadvertently delayed emergency assistance --a lapse which could have made a significant difference in the outcome of my daughter's safety.  I knew the limitations of my service.  I was constantly reminded of it.  And in a moment of panic and desperation, I lost my head and forgot the one thing that could make all the difference.

It is for this reason, I am disappointed to hear rumblings of blame and warning about the service.  As if additional regulations or encouraging parents to avoid using a service which is inexpensive, versatile and effective when used properly, would compensate for what amounts to nothing more than lack of diligence.  Instead of placing the onus on technology companies to accommodate to the 911 system, perhaps the time has come for the 911 system to make some changes to bring them up to speed with rapidly changing technologies -- in much the same way as was done when cellular use became commonplace.  And while we are at it, why don't we continue to encourage consumers to educate themselves about the services they rely on and train themselves to remember the limitation of those services -- and modify emergency plans to accommodate?

Or perhaps we could simply train 911 operators to confirm the address first, before dispatching an ambulance, which would have made all the difference for Elijah and his family.

Bask in the global warmening!

I had to check the date twice, when I read this one...

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for amounts of up to 20 centimetres in Calgary, and more in the Rockies and foothills.

That's almost 8 inches, for all you non-Metric types.  Of snow.

In May.

Attention-grabbing headline of the day

Great Tits Cope Well With Warming

Well, I know mine respond well to warm touches and warm kisses...and warmth from friction.

May 07, 2008

Post Mortem

I missed the circus last night, while I was doing "Mom" stuff with the rest of the Cadet moms, but Mikey watched it and I am not-so-patiently waiting for The Agenda to post video.  Kind, faithful readers who catch it before I do...do please be sure to give me a heads up ;)

Mark Steyn debriefs (and the mind wanders...) here:

A free society shouldn't have an official ideology, but, if it has, I certainly reserve the right to object to it. If I'd lived in Italy 70 years ago, I would have objected to their official ideology (Fascism), and I object to Canada's, notwithstanding its touchy-feelier name. And she looked at me as if I was bonkers. I feel rather bewildered at meeting graduates of an elite institution in one of the oldest settled democracies on the planet who seem to think just because Pierre Trudeau cooked it up it's chiseled in granite.

My eldest son, who has legal career aspirations, has asked me which law school is best and although Osgoode Hall has always traditionally been regarded as the best in the country, each day I see or hear these 3 (nee 4) shining examples of Osgood education, I weep for his future options -- and the thousands of dollars being squirreled away to pay for them.

For those of you who have no idea what the heck I'm talking about, go here.

I am sadly disappointed that I will not be able to attend Mark's Indigo appearance tonight -- more "Mom" stuff.  Who decided to have all these kids, anyway ?!  I'm sure Kathy and Wendy will be there -- with bells and pearls on.  Do pass a few fluttery eyelashes along from me, will you girls?

May 06, 2008

Voluntary Dhimmitude

Loathe as I am to send you to the HuffPo, this one is a must read...

There is an uncanny irony here that many have noticed. The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you. Of course, the truth is often more nuanced, but this is about as nuanced as it ever gets: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we peaceful Muslims cannot be held responsible for what our less peaceful brothers and sisters do. When they burn your embassies or kidnap and slaughter your journalists, know that we will hold you primarily responsible and will spend the bulk of our energies criticizing you for "racism" and "Islamophobia."

[..]

Only Muslims hound and hunt and murder their apostates, infidels, and critics in the 21st century. There are, to be sure, reasons why this is so. Some of these reasons have to do with accidents of history and geopolitics, but others can be directly traced to doctrines sanctifying violence which are unique to Islam.

h/t

Respected scientist or politician?

I find it staggering that a publication which purports to be in the interest of exploring science, sees no conflict of interest in wading into the realm of political influence and policy-making.  Under the heading...

Why the Next President Needs a Powerful Science Advisor

...Nevertheless, hopes rose with the appointment of the well-regarded physicist and former head of Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. “As both scientist and administrator, John H. Marburger III tries to bring needed perspective into a White House not thought to be particularly interested in science,” read a headline for a profile published in Scientific American in June 2002.

In the ensuing years, Marburger has disappointed. Much of his public persona has been as an apologist for the Bush team, trying to rebut charges from scientists, Congress and the media that the administration has engaged in a “war on science” by systematically distorting or suppressing science-related reports and politicizing federal advisory committees.

Bush’s first appointed EPA administrator, former New Jersey Republican governor Christine Todd Whitman, resigned in 2003, amid this politically charged atmosphere. Mystifyingly, the ever dutiful Marburger, a registered Democrat, has spent more time as science adviser than any of the dozen or so men who have served before him.

Marburger continues to plow ahead with elaborate rationales that acknowledge in one breath the reality of global warming and in the next explain why “adaptation” to rising temperatures (think pineapple farming in North Da­kota) needs to receive more attention. He has also assumed the role of the disembodied, neutral voice that quietly corrects the boss’s gaffes. Yes, evolution is the “cornerstone of modern biology.” No, intelligent design is not a scientific concept (comments he made the day after Bush twice said that both should be taught in schools).

We can only hope that the next president, whether Democrat or Republican, will not relegate the science adviser—and the entire scientific endeavor—to the status of afterthought. Once elected, the new chief executive should hire a leading scientist, perhaps one with Marburger’s credentials though not with his compliant, technocratic demeanor. In collaboration with the rest of the community, the official should be allowed to assume a prominent, unimpeded role in helping to influence the crafting of policies that address climate change, missile defense and stem cells. The war on cancer—and a host of other research initiatives—should once again take precedence over the war on science.

Does anyone doubt that if the editors of Scientific American had their way, the top candidate for the position of scientific collaborator and line-towing flunky of popular pseudo-science dogma, would be Al Gore?

May 05, 2008

Canada's Post-Partisan Pundit

That's the tagline of "one of Canada's top five political minds"...a moniker he wears almost as well as those snazzy ties of his ;)

And he's got a fancy new website.

Truly a renaissance man, that Gerry.

Vegan = MURDERER!

The folks from PETA had better watch their backs because the logic-absent morality club they've been using to flog the carnivores among us, is about to be used against them...

A "clear majority" of the panel adopted what it called a "biocentric" moral view, meaning that "living organisms should be considered morally for their own sake because they are alive." Thus, the panel determined that we cannot claim "absolute ownership" over plants and, moreover, that "individual plants have an inherent worth." This means that "we may not use them just as we please, even if the plant community is not in danger, or if our actions do not endanger the species, or if we are not acting arbitrarily."

via John, who provides a hysterical pic that I recommend as the first spokesposter in the fight against the newest global travesty...herbicide!

One has to wonder how many innocent trees were thoughtlessly slaughtered, to author this report on plant murder...

May 03, 2008

Free Speech Pinup

Usually, my pinups are a compilation of interesting links I've come across over the last week.  This weekend however, I have only one thing important enough, to dedicate the entire pinup to -- the ongoing fight to preserve freedom of speech and thought in this country.

Eden Connie Fournier, of Free Dominion has requested that anyone who wants to lend their voice to this fight, compose a letter to interested parties, requesting their intervention in a constitutional challenge to section 13 of the Human Rights Act -- the one being used to punish Ezra Levant, Mark Steyn and Maclean's magazine for the crime of being critical of Muslims.

I shall impose on every reader who clicks here this weekend, to pay me back for all the sultry skin (and a few laughs, I hope) I've given you over the last 2 years, by composing a letter to the following organizations, requesting their help for the cause -- THIS GOES FOR MY AMERICAN READERS, TOO!!...

THE CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION A. ALAN BOROVOY, GENERAL COUNSEL:  mail@ccla.org

BC Civil Liberties Association, Jim Braunagel: jim@bccla.org

PEN Canada: info@pencanada.ca

The Canadian Association of Journalists, Algonquin College, John Dickens, Executive Director: canadianjour@magma.ca

And here is a copy of my letter, sent this morning...

Good morning.

As engaged Canadian citizens, it is in all of our interests to ensure
the right to free and open expression be preserved in this country.
Such fundamental freedoms, long taken for granted in this country, are
currently under insidious attack from forces who seek to stifle
opinion and criticism, and vilify those with whom they disagree.

You are currently in a position to lend your influence to the mounting
fight to stop them in their tracks.

Please consider intervening as an interested party, in the Warman v.
Lemire Challenge of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, to
ensure that those of us who value our freedoms will still be able to
engage in them, in the future.

Thank you for your consideration.

Eden_knots_2

May 02, 2008

Girls and Boys -- mixing up the lace and string

Further to yesterday's foray into the realm of sexual confusion, David Thompson reveals a schism in the grievance crowd, seemingly centered around one question...Can a man, who is really a woman -- whether he wears a dress or not -- be included in the womyn's solidarity movement?  Or are feminists offended and insulted by the mere presence of a penis, even if it exists only in the past tense?

And if so...what does this do to marginalize lesbians with strap ons?

This is all so very confusing.

For a man with the last name "Cumming"...

An invitation to joint the planet Earth.  The real one, where we live...

Actor Alan Cumming has said the media's attitude towards homosexuality is scaring off gay actors from coming out.

[..]

"There is a lot of homophobia in the world - but in Hollywood definitely."

What was that?  I couldn't hear you over the Brokeback Cowboy, grunting in the closet.

May 01, 2008

Just lop off my penis...

But please leave my pension intact...

Emma, who was born Martin Packer, had to annul her 30-year marriage to her wife to be legally recognised as a woman after a sex change.

This left them facing a financial blow as they would have had to forfeit certain tax and pension rights.

They therefore decided to take part in the civil ceremony, despite admitting they are no longer in a sexual relationship.

[..]

"But, to get my gender recognition certificate, we had to get our marriage annulled.

"When that happened we would have been liable for inheritance tax but it also messed up life insurances and pensions rights as well."

And under "ironic statement of the day"...

"The annulment is only a legal loophole. How can you say a 30-year marriage didn't exist?"

Probably much the same way you can say that 60 years of living as a man is null and void.  The last sentence adds a little extra spice of the bizarro...

Liberal Democrat mayor Jenny Bailey and her partner Jennifer Liddle were both born men before having operations to become women.

Men.  Who became women...only to be lesbians.  Does this make them gay or straight?

***Update -- The original article included this last bit, but has since had it edited out.  I'm not sure why they'd bother.

Excuse me, while I go scrub my hands...

Bloggers should pay special attention to this little nugget...

Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats.

Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson said a keyboard was often "a reflection of what is in your nose and in your gut".

During the Which? tests in January this year, a microbiologist deemed one of the office's keyboards to be so dirty he ordered it to be removed, quarantined and cleaned.

It had 150 times the recommended limit for bacteria - five times as filthy as a lavatory seat tested at the same time, the research found.

Should somebody have a cold in your office, or even have gastroenteritis, you're very likely to pick it up from a keyboard

The equipment was swabbed for bugs, such as those that can cause food poisoning like E.coli and staphylococcus aureus.

And for the ladies...

They also found that, compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area.

Theatre of the absurd

You guys were worried that the sock puppets and their Machiavellian masters would make a sweet overture from which Maclean’s could not – in all good conscience – walk away from.

I however, quietly suspected that after a dozen or more op-eds, letters, TV appearances and press releases, the sock puppets would not be so eager to compromise on their demands and trade it all in for a quiet life in the country.

Yesterday’s stunt reminded me a lot of something Brittany Spears would do, to reignite her dwindling career based on talentless hype.  It doesn’t matter so much that the stunt makes them look stupid and frivolous.  It doesn’t even matter that they got absolutely no traction from it.  In their puny – and as Kathy put it, fifth-rate – minds, no matter the context, as long as we’re all still talking about them that is all that really matters.

And it absolutely does not register how pathetic and spiteful it makes them look.

April 30, 2008

Smile pretty, for the camera...

With 3 little girls in the house, we have been thoroughly saturated in Hannah Montana lore and all moral indignation about the morality of Miley Cyrus posing seductively for Vanity Fair aside, when I look at the picture in question, something a little different comes to mind...

Cyrus_2

She has that smudged, unkept look of a little girl who has gotten into Mommy's makeup and the photo looks like something a pedophile would snap while he's "babysitting".

April 29, 2008

Stone the infidel whore Barbie

Coming to an Iranian toy store near you...

Stoning_barbie

April 28, 2008

How do you solve a problem like Jeremiah?

I have to commend the unique spin being put on the latest racist rant from Barack Obama's spiritual mentor, by the candidate's camp.  First, he wasn't there to hear the "God damned America" thing and he didn't know about the "white people invented AIDS to kill black people" conspiracy crap...

Now, the fact that Rev. Jeremiah Wright has flown completely out of his tree with his latest bigoted scourge of verbal bile is ultimate proof that the campaign does not coordinate with him?

Well, it's a political maneuver after a fashion.

Mikey thinks maybe the good Rev. and his grievance crowd are deliberately trying to sink Obama's run, so they can claim proof that racist white America will never vote for a black man.  Tossed under the bus for the cause, as it were. 

I can't say the theory doesn't have merit.

I tend to prefer floggers and paddles...

But for the do-it-yourselfer with an inclination towards leather, here is a valuable resource.

Those with a little less heart for suffering can use these instead.

Getting off with a free ride

Listening to the radio this morning, there is a lot of relief that the beleaguered public seems to not be taking their frustrations over last Friday's reckless and irresponsible job walkout, out on the front line workers.  My question is...why shouldn't they?  The front line workers saw fit to take their frustrations out on the unfortunate members of the public whom they were happy to strand in the middle of the street at midnight, on Friday.

I don't care much for litigiousness, but I would find it more than appropriate for a class action lawsuit to be launched against all players in this fiasco.  From the union executive leadership, down to each and every single bus driver and train operator who left their seats on Friday and recklessly endangered the safety of every rider who was not expecting to have to walk home in the middle of the night.

Here are a few details of the deal they turned down as not sweet enough:

  • Term: three years, expiring March 31, 2011 Wages: April 1, 2008 -- 3 per cent; April 1, 2009 -- 3 per cent; April 1, 2010 -- 3 per cent
  • Vision Care: $300 every two years; plus $50 for exams
  • Dental Care: major restorative, including implants up to $2,500
  • Orthodontic: up to $4,000 (50 per cent TTC coverage)
  • Physio & Chiro: $1,000 max ($35 per visit)
  • Long-term Disability: $2,550 max, per month

Now I ask you...how many of you get $4,000 worth of orthodontic coverage?  How many get 100% salary top up on long term disability?

How many of you could simply walk out on your job in the middle of the shift, carelessly discard your customers and endanger their safety, and still be able to go back to work 2 days later without so much as a by-your-leave...and probably look forward to getting granted with an even sweeter deal for your efforts?

Life is good when you're a unionized parasite, living off the life's blood of those of us who actually work for a living.

April 27, 2008

Sunday Funny Pinup

My move has slowed me down the last few weeks, so in order to keep the weekly Pinup and Sunday Funny tradition alive, I have to combine them this week.  I will be back on regular schedule next weekend, I promise!

Stupidity_2 ~ Vandals paint the word "traitor" on the mausoleum of the not dead enough Pierre Trudeau.  I swear, I have an alibi.

~ What would you do if a unionized bus driver stranded you in an unfamiliar neighbourhood at midnight, as part of a surprise strike to reject an already overly-generous deal?  That is the question many riders had to answer, late Friday night.  And if some young woman had been assaulted because she was left to walk 20 blocks at midnight..?

~ Mikey's sister came for dinner last night, fresh with stories of the circuitous detours she had to take, to get around the latest batch of militant indians, to commandeer a public thoroughfare -- with the full cooperation of the OPP and Dalton McGuinty's Liberals.  Ask yourself this question:  If a gang of white people had an armful of pylons and a grievance, would the police stand by and allow them full reign to close off streets and invade private property?

~ I hate litterbugs.  I mean I really hate litterbugs.  So my children have all been trained under the rule that nothing goes on the ground, unless it is something the birds can eat.  Banana peel or candy bar wrapper?  No... Apple core or half-eaten donut?  Yes... etc.  Common sense, right? Don't tell that to the "environment crime unit".

April 25, 2008

Much like a wanker who visits from Pollara...

Don't make fun.  They're just being honest about what they do all day...

Ogc_2

h/t

A Legacy of Slaughter

In his farewell video to his daughter, mindless psychotic slaughterer, Siddique Khan, can be seen cooing over his baby girl and expounding on the virtues of his chosen quest to incinerate dozens of hapless commuters for the crime of not being Muslim...

"Look, I absolutely love you to bits and you have been the happiest thing in my life. You and your mum, absolutely brilliant. I don't know what else to say.

"I just wish I could have been part of your life, especially these growing up... these next months, they're really special with you learning to walk and things.

"I just so much wanted to be with you but I have to do this for our future and it will be for the best, Inshallah [God willing] in the long run.

"That's the most important thing. You make plenty of dua [prayers] for you guys and you've got loads of people to look after you and keep an eye on you.

"But most importantly I entrust you to Allah and let Allah take care of you.

Let Allah take care of you...unless you get yourself a white boyfriend or take your hijab off in public, at which time may Allah strangle every last breath from your impure body -- you know, since I won't be there to do it, myself.

Of course, I'm just paraphrasing...

Shake those pom-poms!

Morality police to peep up cheerleader's skirts to check for decency.

One can assume punishment for violations would be spanking with a cricket bat.

April 23, 2008

Support the Right-Wing Hate Machine!

The Weakest Pimp Hand EVER and his adoring sidekick -- in their mission to protect Canadians from the threat of harsh language! -- have picked a fight with the blogosphere and every free speech loving Canadian.

Luckily for us, there are a few brave souls taking the heat to protect the most valuable freedom we have, and a few reliable hatemongers to step in and help them out.

This is where you can cash in and run away with some juicy Steyn goodies and make a contribution to the fight against censorship.

Mark Steyn offers Warman Wednesday!

Mikey and I are ordering Passing Parade and Lengthened Shadows, mostly because they are just about the only Steyn books we don't own yet.

I've been generally quiet about this ever since the stuff hit the fan, mostly because I've been busy moving and because so many others have piled on and already said everything I would have.  There is one thing I wonder, though...

If the roles were reversed and it was Lucy and Special K with their backs against the wall, would their plight generate the wellspring of support and publicity as has been lavished on these 5 marginalized hatemongers?

April 22, 2008

What is the time in Mecca?

Because the whole world revolves around them and their psychosis...

Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.

[..]

The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice.

[..]

A prominent cleric, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawy, said modern science had at last provided evidence that Mecca was the true centre of the Earth; proof, he said, of the greatness of the Muslim "qibla" - the Arabic word for the direction Muslims turn to when they pray.

Apparently science and global reference to time, are the kind of things we can just make up to whatever suits us.  Does Stephen Hawking know about this?

The meeting also reviewed what has been described as a Mecca watch, the brainchild of a French Muslim.

The watch is said to rotate anti-clockwise and is supposed to help Muslims determine the direction of Mecca from any point on Earth.

Just more proof that Muslims do everything backwards.

Did they hold the door for him, too?

Dangerous offender status is a hard designation to get.  Only the worst of the worst get labeled with it, because the burden of proof is so extraordinarily high -- as it rightly should be, when indefinite incarceration is the practical result.

Which is what makes me wonder how a convicted murderer, kidnapper and rapist, designated as a dangerous offender, managed to secure himself an endless term in a minimum security facility from which he could simply walk away...

Corrections Canada officials refused to say Monday why a dangerous offender with a history of rape and murder was kept in a minimum-security institution.

Spokesman Dave Lefebvre said Correctional Services of Canada would not discuss why individual inmates are kept in various levels of security.

Blane MacDougal, 60, walked away from the minimum-security Ferndale Institution in Mission on Saturday.

MacDougall has a long history of criminal violence reaching back to 1969 and has been convicted of rape, kidnapping, unlawful confinement, indecent assault, sexual assault with a weapon and murder.

It also makes me wonder why Corrections Canada released a statement yesterday, indicating that Blane MacDougal was "considered a low risk to the public".

Happy Earth Day

Better known in my household as "Slap a Communist Day"

Dead_communist

April 21, 2008

And if you play it by candlelight...

You can celebrate your socialist credentials by burning your Monopoly money in the candle flame and nationalizing the whole board in the name of income redistribution for the proletariat...

The celebrated 73-year-old board game is ditching Water Works and Electric Company in favour of Wind Energy and Solar Energy in its first world edition, called Monopoly Here & Now, which is to be launched this fall, owner Hasbro Inc. said Monday.

Next thing you know, the Community Chest will include cards like "Get arrested in an anti-seal hunt protest.  Go directly to jail" or " National election stolen by Republican candidate.  Pay $200 tax levy" and the makings for your very own batch of Kool-Aid.

This brings to mind an experience my son had while attending an Environmental Club function for school.  They played a similar game and included with it, was the perfect currency for Monopoly's Here & Now edition...

Counterfeit

"President" Al Gore...Sore losers, all.

Islam is slavery

From the cult which would rather have you slaughtered like an animal, than allow you the freedom to choose your own life...

The first his parents heard of his conversion was when they saw Ziya on the national news being described as "an evil missionary" intent on "brainwashing" Turkish children.

His parents decided they would rather tell people that he was dead than acknowledge he was a Christian. And Ziya, who now lives in the UK, is not alone in this experience.

[..]

But it's too easy to say this is just a cultural problem. Dig a little deeper and you find that there is a theological argument which advocates the death penalty for apostates, which has serious implications for British society.

Last week, British teacher Daud Hassan Ali, 64, was shot dead in Somalia. His widow, Margaret Ali, said her husband was targeted by Islamists who "believe it is ok to kill any man who was born into Islam and left the faith".

Because the backward nihilists of Islam simply cannot conceive of the possibility that a person would want a life which does not consist of slavery and submission to the psychotic ramblings of a long-dead goat-humping pedophile.