[IF]
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
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2009-05-12
2009-04-03
Video of Taliban flogging girl draws anger in Pakistan
waitasec.. i thought the taliban was no longer in power?! and pakistan was supposedly our ally? how can this be allowed to occur?!
it is however disgustingly ironic that this happened in _swat_ valley... lol.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-pakistan-flogging4-2009apr04,0,7541311.story
Video of Taliban flogging girl draws anger in Pakistan
'We condemn the whipping of women in Swat'
Women carry placards that read "We condemn the whipping of women in Swat," during a protest in Hyderabad, Pakistan.
The 17-year-old was believed to have been punished for refusing to marry a militant commander in the Swat Valley. A human rights activist calls the whipping 'intolerable.'
By Mubashir Zaidi and Laura King
2:45 PM PDT, April 3, 2009
Reporting from Istanbul, Turkey, and Islamabad, Pakistan -- Face down before a crowd, the teenage girl shrieks and writhes, begging for mercy. But the three masked men holding her down merely tighten their grip while a fourth man whips her again and again.
The video of a 17-year-old girl being publicly flogged by the Pakistani Taliban in the Swat Valley has galvanized the nation, drawing protests from human rights groups, denunciations from the central government and expressions of revulsion from ordinary Pakistanis.
Taliban flogging girl(google video)
The video, shot earlier this year, surfaced Friday on Pakistani television stations and the Internet.
While reports of abusive acts by the Pakistani Taliban have filtered out of the northwestern valley for months, such brutal scenes are rarely if ever captured on camera and publicly aired.
"This is intolerable," prominent human rights activist Asma Jahangir told journalists in the eastern city of Lahore.
Jahangir said the girl was believed to have been punished for refusing to marry a Taliban commander in the northwestern valley, where the government in February struck a truce with Islamic militants to stem violence. The militants then accused her of immoral behavior and ordered 34 lashes as a punishment, Pakistani news reports said.
The video, shot with a cellphone, initially shows the girl, clad in an all-enveloping black burka, being held by men while another begins striking her. She can be heard shouting for help in the Pashto language, spoken by most in Swat, but is dragged to another location, held down and flogged. Several dozen people can be seen looking on.
"For God's sake, please stop, stop it," the girl pleads as the whip falls. "I am dying."
Off-camera, another militant gives orders: "Hold her feet tightly. Lift her burka a bit."
A Taliban spokesman, Muslim Khan, defended the public lashing, saying the girl had engaged in immoral behavior, but did not specify. "It happened two months ago, when we were at war with the government," he told reporters in Swat. But local people said the incident had taken place two weeks ago in the village of Kala Kalae.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani condemned the flogging and pledged an investigation. The government's former information minister, Sherry Rehman, requested a special session of parliament to discuss the incident.
"Such brutalities . . . cannot be allowed to take place under the leadership of a democratic government," Rehman said in a statement. "We cannot leave our citizens at the mercy of militants who are murdering and maiming our people in the name of Islam."
Under the February truce, the Taliban were to cease hostilities and in return the provincial government permitted them to set up Islamic courts to enforce their version of Sharia law.
Jahangir, head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, called the flogging a harbinger that the country and its leaders must heed.
"This is not just the flogging of the girl; it is an indication of what is in store for us," she said. "The Taliban are forcing their brand of Islam on us, and we have to resist that."
Despite widespread condemnations, some Pakistani religious leaders defended the public whipping.
"The flogging is Islamic, and the punishment is written in the holy Koran," a leading Muslim scholar, Mufti Munibur Rehman, said in a televised debate. "So how can we term it un-Islamic?"
Other influential religious figures, though, denounced the punishment. Amir Liaquat Ali, who hosts a popular Islam-themed program on Geo TV, called it barbaric.
Some provincial officials complained that it was unfair to portray the flogging as reflecting current conditions in Swat, 100 miles north of the capital Islamabad.
Stations that aired the video preceded it with a warning that it contained graphic imagery and children should not be allowed to view it. Word of it quickly spread, with horrified Pakistanis from across the social spectrum text-messaging friends and urging them to watch it.
The Swat accord was reached between the North-West Frontier Province government and a cleric named Sufi Muhammad, whose son-in-law Maulana Fazlullah leads a Taliban army that for nearly two years had held off army and paramilitary troops seeking to regain control of Swat.
The alpine valley was once a tourist haven, with stunning mountain scenery and a ski resort, which the militants burned down.
Over the last two years, they also burned down nearly 200 schools providing education to girls and beheaded dozens of local officials and paramilitary troops, terrorizing anyone who dared speak out.
The central government was not a party to the peace accord but signaled its approval and pulled back army troops. The Swat deal was viewed with concern by Western governments, but Pakistani officials defended it as a way of stemming bloodshed in Swat and said the brand of Islamic law to be imposed was not a particularly harsh one.
The video was reportedly obtained by a documentary filmmaker named Samar Minallah, who said she received it from friends in Swat. It had been circulating in the valley for some days, she said.
laura.king@latimes.com
Zaidi is a special correspondent. Special correspondent Zulfiqar Ali in the city of Peshawar contributed to this report.
it is however disgustingly ironic that this happened in _swat_ valley... lol.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-pakistan-flogging4-2009apr04,0,7541311.story
Video of Taliban flogging girl draws anger in Pakistan
'We condemn the whipping of women in Swat'
Women carry placards that read "We condemn the whipping of women in Swat," during a protest in Hyderabad, Pakistan.
The 17-year-old was believed to have been punished for refusing to marry a militant commander in the Swat Valley. A human rights activist calls the whipping 'intolerable.'
By Mubashir Zaidi and Laura King
2:45 PM PDT, April 3, 2009
Reporting from Istanbul, Turkey, and Islamabad, Pakistan -- Face down before a crowd, the teenage girl shrieks and writhes, begging for mercy. But the three masked men holding her down merely tighten their grip while a fourth man whips her again and again.
The video of a 17-year-old girl being publicly flogged by the Pakistani Taliban in the Swat Valley has galvanized the nation, drawing protests from human rights groups, denunciations from the central government and expressions of revulsion from ordinary Pakistanis.
Taliban flogging girl(google video)
The video, shot earlier this year, surfaced Friday on Pakistani television stations and the Internet.
While reports of abusive acts by the Pakistani Taliban have filtered out of the northwestern valley for months, such brutal scenes are rarely if ever captured on camera and publicly aired.
"This is intolerable," prominent human rights activist Asma Jahangir told journalists in the eastern city of Lahore.
Jahangir said the girl was believed to have been punished for refusing to marry a Taliban commander in the northwestern valley, where the government in February struck a truce with Islamic militants to stem violence. The militants then accused her of immoral behavior and ordered 34 lashes as a punishment, Pakistani news reports said.
The video, shot with a cellphone, initially shows the girl, clad in an all-enveloping black burka, being held by men while another begins striking her. She can be heard shouting for help in the Pashto language, spoken by most in Swat, but is dragged to another location, held down and flogged. Several dozen people can be seen looking on.
"For God's sake, please stop, stop it," the girl pleads as the whip falls. "I am dying."
Off-camera, another militant gives orders: "Hold her feet tightly. Lift her burka a bit."
A Taliban spokesman, Muslim Khan, defended the public lashing, saying the girl had engaged in immoral behavior, but did not specify. "It happened two months ago, when we were at war with the government," he told reporters in Swat. But local people said the incident had taken place two weeks ago in the village of Kala Kalae.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani condemned the flogging and pledged an investigation. The government's former information minister, Sherry Rehman, requested a special session of parliament to discuss the incident.
"Such brutalities . . . cannot be allowed to take place under the leadership of a democratic government," Rehman said in a statement. "We cannot leave our citizens at the mercy of militants who are murdering and maiming our people in the name of Islam."
Under the February truce, the Taliban were to cease hostilities and in return the provincial government permitted them to set up Islamic courts to enforce their version of Sharia law.
Jahangir, head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, called the flogging a harbinger that the country and its leaders must heed.
"This is not just the flogging of the girl; it is an indication of what is in store for us," she said. "The Taliban are forcing their brand of Islam on us, and we have to resist that."
Despite widespread condemnations, some Pakistani religious leaders defended the public whipping.
"The flogging is Islamic, and the punishment is written in the holy Koran," a leading Muslim scholar, Mufti Munibur Rehman, said in a televised debate. "So how can we term it un-Islamic?"
Other influential religious figures, though, denounced the punishment. Amir Liaquat Ali, who hosts a popular Islam-themed program on Geo TV, called it barbaric.
Some provincial officials complained that it was unfair to portray the flogging as reflecting current conditions in Swat, 100 miles north of the capital Islamabad.
Stations that aired the video preceded it with a warning that it contained graphic imagery and children should not be allowed to view it. Word of it quickly spread, with horrified Pakistanis from across the social spectrum text-messaging friends and urging them to watch it.
The Swat accord was reached between the North-West Frontier Province government and a cleric named Sufi Muhammad, whose son-in-law Maulana Fazlullah leads a Taliban army that for nearly two years had held off army and paramilitary troops seeking to regain control of Swat.
The alpine valley was once a tourist haven, with stunning mountain scenery and a ski resort, which the militants burned down.
Over the last two years, they also burned down nearly 200 schools providing education to girls and beheaded dozens of local officials and paramilitary troops, terrorizing anyone who dared speak out.
The central government was not a party to the peace accord but signaled its approval and pulled back army troops. The Swat deal was viewed with concern by Western governments, but Pakistani officials defended it as a way of stemming bloodshed in Swat and said the brand of Islamic law to be imposed was not a particularly harsh one.
The video was reportedly obtained by a documentary filmmaker named Samar Minallah, who said she received it from friends in Swat. It had been circulating in the valley for some days, she said.
laura.king@latimes.com
Zaidi is a special correspondent. Special correspondent Zulfiqar Ali in the city of Peshawar contributed to this report.
2009-03-25
chromium-browser (where google chrome is derived)
unstable as hell but man it goes like a raped ape!
2009-03-24
Footloose is now Zac Efron-free.
The teen dream has shimmied out of his Kevin Bacon-channeling role in the long-gestating remake of the classic '80s musical.
I think this is good due to Bacon's character liking GiRLS..
I think this is good due to Bacon's character liking GiRLS..
2009-03-17
executives of insurer American International Group
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said he wants “contrition” from executives of insurer American International Group Inc. for their company’s problems, after earlier saying they should follow Japanese tradition and “resign or go commit suicide.”
“Of course, I don’t want anybody to go commit suicide, but I do want some contrition,” Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said today in a Bloomberg Television interview.
Now, what I want to know is, Why the hell not, Mr Grassley, why would you backpedal on this?!? Absolutely they should commit Seppuku! With a dirty garden trowel, even!
2009-03-15
Cheney: unhappy
Cheney: unhappy Bush did not pardon his former aide
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By James Vicini WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday he was unhappy with then-President George W. Bush's refusal to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's onetime chief of staff who was convicted in the CIA ...
Awwww he should be glad HE isnt in a situation to require pardon.. He should be in the federal pen getting a cockmeat sandwich with scooter and jeff skilling and all the rest of those rightwing blowhards!
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By James Vicini WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday he was unhappy with then-President George W. Bush's refusal to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's onetime chief of staff who was convicted in the CIA ...
Awwww he should be glad HE isnt in a situation to require pardon.. He should be in the federal pen getting a cockmeat sandwich with scooter and jeff skilling and all the rest of those rightwing blowhards!
AIG's insistence on bonuses raises ire in Washington
AIG's insistence on bonuses raises ire in Washington
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- White House officials and some members of Congress reacted strongly Sunday to news that insurance giant AIG had intended to pay out $165 million in bonuses and compensation.
Fuk No! Those bastards can starve in the street! BOOO!!!! HISSSS!!!
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- White House officials and some members of Congress reacted strongly Sunday to news that insurance giant AIG had intended to pay out $165 million in bonuses and compensation.
Fuk No! Those bastards can starve in the street! BOOO!!!! HISSSS!!!
2009-03-14
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford...
...would rather "pay down his state's budget shortfall"(probably boost his own state bennies chipped away during 8 years of Harken Oil leadership as president) than educate children or help his unemployed... typical disagreeable white man.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/13/school.stimulus/
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=273203
I like what this person said....
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/13/school.stimulus/
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=273203
I like what this person said....
Captain Governor, the ship is sinking . . .
Posted by J Smithson, Pawleys - Friday, March 13, 2009 at 9:45 p.m.
Captain Sanford, the ship is sinking. And rather than accept life jackets to save the citizens onboard, the proud Captain Sanford proudly refuses any assistance so that our brave captain can look good for his photo op when he runs for president. "Oh captain, my captain," save the women and children at least! Oh, to clarify this request, save all the women and children please, not just the rich Republican ones. If you are afraid of debt (as your letter of explanation states), why were you not afraid during your 2 terms, as captain governor, to let the debt run up?
2009-03-10
gee dubs' medieval jeebus based policies
I wonder if he was aware that all of his re-gress (as opposed to PRO gress) would be reversed as soon as he and his kind were run out of office?!
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