Category Archives: WTF!?

Saudi Arabia: No country is more committed to fighting terrorism than us Reply

by • Anti-Imperialism/Foreign Policy, Military, News Updates, Religion and Philosophy, WTF!?

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Joke of the Week Award goes to Saudi Arabian foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir for this knee-slapping declaration:

“We are doing everything we can to fight extremism.

“I don’t believe there is any country in the world that is more committed or more determined or has expended more resources and more effort to do this than the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

He added: “We cannot allow people to hijack our faith. We cannot allow people to take a peaceful religion — all religions are peaceful — and turn it into a way to justify violence.

“At the end of the day, Saudi Arabia is at the cross hairs of these extremist organisations because Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and the Two Holy Mosques.”

And here I was thinking that the best way for the House of Saud to fight terrorism would be to collectively choke on a dick!

~MRDA~

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Omar Mateen is an actor with an IMDb profile 3

by • Culture Wars/Current Controversies, Electoralism/Democratism, Police State/Civil Liberties, WTF!?

This is getting weird.

Truth Axis

Omar Mateen, the suspected gunman behind the Orlando Pulse Nightclub massacre, appears to have an entry in the Internet Movie Database. The entry gives him credit for appearances in two movies. In 2012 he appeared as himself in The Big Fix, a documentary that examines the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Footage of Mateen can be seen on Streamable. Mateen was apparently a security guard at an oil spill clean up site where he told film makers “no one gives a shit here. Everybody is just out to get paid. They’re hoping for more oil to come out and more people to complain so they’ll have jobs. Because once people get laid off it’s going to suck for them. They want more disaster to happen, because that’s where their money making is… it’s all about the money.”

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Omar Mateen as himself in the documentary The Big Fix


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There’s a petition to make Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” into the U.S. National Anthem Reply

by • American Decline, WTF!?

What could be more appropriate?

Dangerous Minds

 

Who’s your favorite candidate for the presidency? The one who plans to carpet bomb ISIS? The one who wants to murder the families of terrorists? Or the architect of our disastrous intervention in Libya, who once threatened to nuke Iran? Whose saber-rattling do you think demonstrates the blithest disregard for civilian lives?

While bellicose enough to reflect our leaders’ thirst for human blood, our current national anthem has a few deficiencies. No one can sing it, its melody is ripped straight from “To Anacreon in Heaven,” and it has a truly awful third verse that disses slaves.

One Shannon Madden of Birmingham, Alabama, has proposed an elegant solution: replace “The Star-Spangled Banner” with Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.” This is an idea whose time has come. For starters, you can sing it. “Satan, laughing, spreads his wings” is a more realistic image of the aftermath of our merry adventures than “our flag was still there.” And though I seldom take in a game of sports, on those rare occasions when I do, I would rather lend my voice to an Iommi, Osbourne, Butler and Ward composition than a song by a slave-holding anti-abolitionist. Wouldn’t you?

Sign the petition here.

Why the Term ‘Psychopath’ is Racist and Ableist Reply

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By Lydia Brown

Black Girl Dangerous

I have become used to being told that I do not have feelings, that I am innately incapable of relating to other people as human beings or having any empathy at all, that this is a core component of what it means to be autistic. I have become used to hearing this said constantly by so-called professionals, dramatically by television personalities, clinically by journalists and academics, and casually by friends, acquaintances, family. But I have never become used to the feeling of absolute devastation weighing somewhere deep in my chest each time I find myself on the receiving end of this accusation.

Empathy is what makes us human.

It’s no wonder that the idea of psychopathy is terrifying. If psychopathy means the inability to experience empathy, and empathy is what makes us human, then psychopathy is literally the dehumanizing condition. Psychopaths populate crime dramas, horror films, murder mysteries, and thrillers. It’s the casual diagnosis for mass murderers, serial rapists, and child abusers.

But it is also deeply personal, profoundly ableist and sanist, and rooted in a complex, interlocking web of structural racism, ageism, and sexism.

In 1944, the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger published a paper describing a condition that he called “autistic psychopathy.”

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Charles Manson Today: The Final Confessions of a Psychopath Reply

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Rolling Stone

Charles Manson at Corcoran State Prison.
MansonDirect.com

In California’s San Joaquin Valley, about halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno, on the outskirts of the fly-infested, windblown, stink-soaked, dry-mouth town of Corcoran, sits the squat, sprawling expanse of Corcoran State Prison, where Charlie Manson is serving out the rest of a life sentence for his part in the peace-and-love-era-ending Tate-LaBianca slayings of 1969. He has just entered the visiting room.

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Nearly 30 million people in slavery Reply

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Reuters

Nearly 30 million people are living in slavery across the globe, many of them men, women and children trafficked by gangs for sex work and unskilled labor, according to a global slavery index released on Thursday.

The index by anti-slavery charity Walk Free Foundation ranked 162 countries on the number living in slavery, the risk of enslavement, and the strength of government responses to combating the illegal activity.

It found that 10 countries accounted for 76 percent of the 29.8 million people living in slavery – India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Modern slavery was defined as human trafficking, forced labor, and practices such as debt bondage, forced marriage, and the sale or exploitation of children.

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New Jersey dad wears Nazi uniform in court during custody hearing 2

by • Law/Justice, WTF!?

Raw Story

'Hitler's Order' founder Heath Campbell in court appearance. Image via WCAU-TV.

The founder of a New Jersey Nazi group insisted his wearing an accompanying uniform should not impact his chances of regaining custody of his four children, WCAU-TV reported on Monday.

“I’m going to tell the judge, I love my children,” “Hitler’s Order” leader Heath Campbell said to the station before a closed-doors hearing in Flemington, New Jersey. “I wanna be a father, let me be it.”

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Texas legislator drops marijuana cigarette while speaking on floor Reply

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Tribune Herald

Texas HouseWhile speaking during the Texas legislative session, representative Tom Alvin (R) Altruria, dropped something unexpected on the House floor. Upon picking up the item, cameras caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a marijuana cigarette.

He quickly put it back in his pocket as legislators looked on and then continued to speak. Several DPS officers were on hand but did not seem concerned about Rep. Alvin’s possession of an illegal substance.

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Hate crimes to include attacks on punks, goths and metallers 4

by • Culture Wars/Current Controversies, Law/Justice, Political Correctness/Totalitarian Humanism, WTF!?

Victim status? I don’t want to live that way!

From The Telegraph.

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A punk rocker enjoys the fun of the fair on the south pier

By Martin Evans, Crime Correspondent

Greater Manchester Police is to become the first force in the country to officially record such offences in the same way as those based on disability, race, religion and sexual orientation.

The move means victims of crime who feel they have been targeted because of their distinctive clothing, hairstyle and even musical tastes will receive special support from the police.

At the moment courts only consider hate as an aggravating factor when sentencing if it is based on religion, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation.

But campaigners want the law to be broadened to include a much wider range of groups and subcultures. More…

Norfolk police officer sues garage after trip on 999 call 2

by • Law/Justice, WTF!?

PC Jones, ‘sow’ is such a fitting epithet for you.

Reminds me of those numpties who sue McDonald’s after spilling piping hot coffee on their crown jewels.

From BBC News

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Steve Jones at kerb where PC Kelly Jones alleges she was injured

A police officer is suing a petrol station owner after apparently tripping on a kerb on his property when called to reports of a suspected break-in.

PC Kelly Jones, 33, says she injured her leg and wrist at the filling station in Thetford, Norfolk, on 25 August last year.

She was not available for comment. Petrol station owner Steve Jones said he found the case “shocking”.

Police said the claim appeared to be “instigated privately” by the officer.

Mr Jones said PC Jones tripped and fell and that he helped her up, but did not think she was hurt.

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More People Have Access To Cellphones Than Toilets Reply

by • Economics/Class Relations, Science and Technology, WTF!?

news.yahoo.com
Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News

A new United Nations study has found that more people around the world have access to a cellphone than to a working toilet.

The study’s numbers claim that of the world’s estimated 7 billion people, 6 billion have access to mobile phones. However, only 4.5 billion have access to a toilet.

At a press conference announcing the report, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson announced the organization is launching an effort to halve the number of those without access by the end of 2015. More…

See No Evil: The Case of Alfred Anaya Reply

by • Law/Justice, WTF!?

wired.com
Brendan I. Koerner

Alfred Anaya was a genius at installing secret compartments in cars. If they were used to smuggle drugs without his knowledge, he figured that wasn’t his problem. He was wrong.
Illustration: Paul Pope

Alfred Anaya took pride in his generous service guarantee. Though his stereo installation business, Valley Custom Audio Fanatics, was just a one-man operation based out of his San Fernando, California, home, he offered all of his clients a lifetime warranty: If there was ever any problem with his handiwork, he would fix it for the cost of parts alone—no questions asked. More…

New North Korea video shows White House under attack Reply

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Agence France-Presse via rawstory.com

North Korea has produced another video showing the United States under attack, this time with the White House and the US Capitol literally in the crosshairs.

The four-minute video titled “Firestorms will rain on the Headquarters of War” (http://y2u.be/DyapeCiOl9A) was posted Monday on the YouTube channel of the North’s official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media. More…

Pit Bull Insurance Law Would Require Owners To Purchase Policies For Dangerous Dogs 1

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inquisitr.com

Pit Bull Insurance Law Would Require Owners To Purchase Policies For Dangerous Dogs

A pit bull insurance law proposed in Tennessee would require owners of the controversial dogs to purchase a $25,000 policy for liability against possible attacks.

The proposal has brought controversy among those who work with and own pit bulls. Wendy Jackson, founder of East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue, said pit bulls are given an unfair reputation and don’t deserve to be targeted.

Much of the problem comes from the owners, Jackson said. Pit bulls tend to attract abusive owners drawn to the “thug mentality” and image, she said. More…

University’s Advice On How To Stop Rapists: Pee Your Pants 1

by • Culture Wars/Current Controversies, Political Correctness/Totalitarian Humanism, WTF!?

Political Outcast

I have never been called a gun nut by a liberal, nor do I think I ever will  be. I’m just not one of those types. I definitely plan on getting a gun soon and  learning to use it, but I, like many liberals writing our gun laws, do not know  the difference between a clip and a magazine, what makes an assault rifle an  assault rifle, or whether “bullet” and “round” are interchangeable.

That’s not to say that I don’t support gun nuts; I do. And being a gun nut is  certainly better than being an idiotic Democrat who fails to comprehend that  guns do not make good people into bad ones, but rather, bad people make good  guns into bad ones. I’d take being a gun nut over what I am dubbing a dumb  nut.

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Police Lock Down High School After Food Fight Reply

by • Police State/Civil Liberties, WTF!?

CBS

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A number of police cars responded to Minneapolis South High School Thursday after an alleged food fight escalated into a melee involving 200 to 300 students.

The school posted a note on its website stating the it went on a precautionary code yellow lockdown due to “a food fight that escalated into a physical fight.”

The school said Thursday night that classes are still scheduled for Friday.

Sgt. William Palmer, of the Minneapolis Police Department, said no weapons were involved in the incident. However, four people were taken to the hospital following the melee.

Those taken to the hospital were a school staff member, who was hit in the head with a bottle, and three students, who suffered injuries unrelated to the fight, the school said. It did not elaborate on what injured the three students.

Twelve people complained that they had been sprayed with mace. Police at the scene said they had to use chemical agent to get the crowd under control as they were being pelted with objects as they tried to break things up. More…

Federal prisoners use snitching for personal gain Reply

by • Law/Justice, WTF!?

usatoday.com
Denny Gainer, Jerry Mosemak and Brad Heath, USA TODAY

At least 48,895 federal convicts — one of every eight — had their prison sentences reduced in exchange for helping government investigators, probe shows.

ATLANTA – The prisoners in Atlanta’s hulking downtown jail had a problem. They wanted to snitch for federal agents, but they didn’t know anything worth telling.

Fellow prisoner Marcus Watkins, an armed robber, had the answer. More…