Tech Tuesday: Deepest Thanks to Deepest Sender

Before I post the “goodies” about Deepest Sender, let me give you WordPress bloggers (and LiveJournal bloggers!) a quick cattle prod:

Download and install the extension. Just do it.

I’m using Deepest Sender to create this post. It supports copy and paste of graphics as well as text, and manages to keep the formatting clean and neat. Try that with some other tool!

David Murray, wherever you are – you done good, son. We owe ya.

From the Firefox 2.0 addons (extensions) page:

Deepest Sender

by David Murray

 

More previews…

Deepest Sender is a client that will allow you to post to blogs from directly within Firefox. It is primarily a LiveJournal client, although it supports Blogger (Atom) and WordPress (metaWeblog) too, with support for more stuff to come. Note that the actual Deepest Sender website will always have the most up to date version.

Works with:

	Firefox	1.5 – 2.0.0.*	ALL
	SeaMonkey	1.0 – 1.1b	ALL

Go to David’s website and get the scoop on the neat features this Firefox extension provides – and then stop reading and install it!

– Cincinnatus

Thailand Compensates Muslim “Victims”

With thanks to Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch. This article from IslamOnline.net, “Thailand Compensates Muslims,” should be read after my prior post outlining what really happened at Tak Bai, because the families are being compensated for that incident.

Islamonline.net & News Agencies
BANGKOK — In a practical step in the course of addressing their grievances, the military-backed Thai government agreed Tuesday, November 7, to compensate the families of Muslims killed in army custody, while the world’s pan-Muslim body offered help to solve the conflict in the Muslim-majority south.

“My clients are happy about today’s outcome, which followed months of stalled negotiations with the previous government,” lawyer Peerawat Praweenamai told Reuters.

In October 2004, police and soldiers shot dead seven Muslim protesters as they dispersed a rally in front of the police station in the Narathiwat town of Tak Bai, near the Malaysian border.

Another 78 were crushed or suffocated to death after they were stacked “like bricks”, in the words of one survivor, in the back of trucks and transported to an army camp.

Families of the 78 victims have sued for compensation but the case saw little progress in a year-long court battle.

They would receive 42 million baht ($1.2 million) of the 107 million they had sued for, said Peerawat.

“They feel the government of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont is really trying to reconcile with the people after he made a public apology, which I think will convince people to be more cooperative with the state.”

Marking a departure from the hardline stance of his ousted predecessor Thaksin Shinawatra, Surayud has apologized to Muslims for years of abuse and ignorance.

In my previous post I summarized the Tak Bai incident as follows:

Up to 3,000 angry Muslims, some of whom were armed, spent a hot, sultry Ramadan day without food or water, demanding the release of six men properly charged with crimes and arrested, and who were to be released on bail the next day. Seeing their demands were not being met, they stormed the police station and attempted to take it by force. Some of the Muslims threw rocks and bricks at the combined police and military presence. The police and military attempted to quell the riot with tear gas and water hoses, but after some of the Thai security forces were injured they fired warning shots and then, as necessary, into the crowd, killing six of the rioters. After stopping the riot the Thai security forces released the women and children and arrested 1,298 rioters, ordering them to strip off their shirts (to avoid having rioters with concealed weapons), then handcuffed them and ordered them to lie down while they gained full control over a dangerous situation. For whatever reason, whether it was callousness, fatigue, poor judgment, short-sightedness, or a combination of all of the above, the Thai security forces ended up piling people like sacks on top of one another in their trucks and drove them to where they would be incarcerated. As a result, some 78 Muslim rioters died horribly, as a result of asphyxiation, dehydration, heatstroke, or a combination of these factors.

As I have said before, if you don’t want to suffer the horrible consequences of war, don’t start one. This was war against the police and military by the Muslims; it was a demand that the government concede to Shar’ia law, under which Muslims can only be imprisoned and tried by other Muslims and infidels are to give back their prisoners – or else.

Now that the Thai government has officially approved the tactic of Muslims using force to get what they want, expect to see it happen more often. They (the Muslims) know they will not be held accountable and will also be financially compensated for any negative consequences of attacking the Thai security forces.

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has also apologized to the Muslims for “years of abuse and ignorance.” Is he referring to the self-imposed ignorance of the Islamic community, which teaches its children to despise innovation, reject science, immerse themselves in a mind-numbing blind faith to Allah, Muhammad, and the Islamic leaders, with death during battle as their highest value? Is he referring to the abuse committed by the Muslims on the largely peaceful Buddhist communities when they riot, pillage, and burn – carefully avoiding Muslim-owned properties?

No, of course not. Chulanont is appeasing the Muslims, the enemies of peace and reason throughout the world. And we know where appeasement leads: directly (over time) to capitulation.

Thailand moves further down the path toward Islamic statehood through the use of policies which demonstrate a complete lack of moral certitude and a total defenselessness in the face of Islamic thuggery.

The future of Thailand continues to look more grim as the weeks pass by.

– Cincinnatus

“Appeased” Thailand Muslims Show Gratitude With … Bombs

Source: Reuters News “Karaoke bar bombs wound five in Thailand” via Thailand News.

BANGKOK, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Militants detonated three small bombs at karaoke bars and at a roadside in Thailand’s rebellious Muslim south, wounding five people including two policemen, police said on Sunday.

The latest attack in a nearly three-year-old separatist insurgency occured late on Saturday in the Tak Bai district in the province of Narathiwat, one of three provinces near the Malaysian border where more than 1,700 people have been killed.

This should not be surprising. On Friday, Nov. 3rd, just four days ago, I said:

The imposition of [or offer to impose] Sharia law to appease the Muslims in the Southern provinces will only lead to more violence and more demands for imposition of more Sharia law throughout the rest of the country.

Appeasing the enemy only emboldens them. The act of appeasement implies that the other party has a moral right to their claim, and that you have no moral right to deny the claimant. Appeasement is like offering a bank robber only some of the cash in the vault if he’ll just leave you alone; at this point you’ve surrendered the moral high ground to the thief and he should have no problem with coming back for more … and more … until he gets it all.

Appeasement does not work. This is a fact which which history is replete, along with many millions of corpses to match.

Notice also the targets: karaoke bars (where people sing and enjoy themselves) and policemen. According to Islamic law “It is unlawful to use musical instruments … or to listen to them.” (Except for the tambourine – at weddings, circumcisions, and other times.) Also, “singing or listening to singing is offensive except … at weddings and the like …” The consumption of alcohol is forbidden. For the karaoke bars, that’s three strikes. (I suppose they’ll all be bought by Target.) The policemen do not enforce Shar’ia law and are therefore acceptable casualties.

The target is the enjoyment of life. A life Islamic is a life lived in cast-iron chains, with most opportunities to achieve values and to know joy violently excised from one’s life.

This latest attack is far from the first. There have been far too many violent “incidents.” I have said before – and oddly, I don’t mind repeating myself – that the entire point of the Islamic violence in southern Thailand is jihad for the sake of turning Thailand into an Islamic theocracy.

I won’t just make the claim – I’ll do my best to back it up.

Father Convicted for Mutilating Daughter’s Genitals

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin, “Dad convicted for mutilating girl’s genitals.” The NBC news story, “Dad Convicted for Mutilating Girl’s Genitals” almost has the full story.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A jury Wednesday found an Ethiopian immigrant guilty of the genital mutilation of his 2-year-old daughter.

Human rights observers said they believe this is the first criminal case in the United States involving the 5,000-year-old African tradition. Khalid Adem, 30, was convicted of aggravated battery and cruelty to children. He could get up to 40 years in prison.

Sorry, 40 years is not nearly long enough. And I’ve got a few things to add to what is already a bloodcurdling report, so bear with it.

From a physiological standpoint, circumcision results in excessive stimulation to the sexual organ, which can result in actual sensations of pain during the sex act. I should know, I was circumcised shortly after birth. A circumcised sex organ may “look cleaner” but it is truly a mutilation, because the circumcised person, unless he or she is very lucky, is going to frequently have their sexual pleasure degraded because of this barbaric practice.

From a moral perspective, any optional change made to an individual’s physiology (such as circumcision, putting giant holes in the ears, big round discs in one’s lips) taken without the fully informed consent of the recipient is an immoral initiation of the use of force. By definition, a child is incapable of making such a fully informed decision and is totally dependent on the adults around him or her. If a responsible adult makes such a decision for the child, it is a gross violation of that adult’s responsibility to protect the child and constitutes the initiation of the use of force. In other words, it is wholly immoral and reprehensible.

As you might expect, I have an additional analysis that involves Islam.

Thailand’s Interim PM Takes Next Steps Toward Establishing Islamic Caliphate

As I had warned in my Sept. 20th post, “Will Thailand Become Another Islamic State?“, the stage is now being actively set for turning Thailand into an Islamic Caliphate.

The interim Prime Minister of Thailand has, according to this AP article, called for an “unexpected initiative” to implement Sharia law in the Southernmost provinces of Thailand. It is entitled “Thai PM apologizes for ex-govt’s tactics,” by AP Writer Rungrawee Pinyorat, and I quote:

Thu Nov 2, 10:23 AM ET

PATTANI, Thailand – Thailand’s interim prime minister publicly apologized Thursday for the former government’s hard-line policies against an Islamic insurgency, promising an investigation into allegations of human rights abuses by the administration deposed in a recent coup.

In an unexpected initiative, Chulanont Surayud also said he would urge the limited use of Islamic law in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south to settle some disputes, especially over inheritance and family affairs, he said.

Surayud was accompanied by army chief Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, a practicing Muslim who led the Sept. 19 coup. Previous governments have shown little acceptance of Muslim culture.

The southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat are the only ones with Muslim majorities in predominantly Buddhist Thailand. An insurgency in the three provinces has claimed more than 1,800 lives since January 2004. (emphases mine.)

Note the typical MSM spin on the facts: “insurgency,” not jihad; “Islamic law,” not Sharia; “claimed more than 1,800 lives,” but how? Why? Did Muslims having a peaceful “inner struggle” accidentally wander in front of maniacs with submachine guns? Of course not. They were rioting and committing murder in the name of Allah, but we don’t need to know these picky little details.

The interim PM’s move was not unexpected to me, nor to other jihad watchers, such as Robert Spencer and Hugh Fitzgerald, who plainly noted a lack of surprise: “Thai PM apologizes to Muslims for ex-govt’s tactics, calls for Sharia.“

Thailand’s interim PM Chulanont Surayud apologized (without saying it this way!) that the Muslims in the Soutnernmost provinces became so violent that military action taken to suppress their “inner spiritual struggle” resulted in the deaths of 85 “insurgents,” i.e., jihadists. Dozens asphyxiated after being bound and piled up in military trucks to be taken to detention. This was unnecessary and tragic, but after a military review they would have probably been executed anyway.

Do I sound unforgiving and heartless? Well, don’t expect me to shed a tear when the following happens:

• Jihadists start violence with their peaceful non-Muslim neighbors;
• The military is called in to quell the uprising;
• A large number are arrested because of their violent activities;
• And some die during transport.

If you don’t want to suffer the horrifying and tragic consequences of war, don’t start one. Thailand’s apology for what happened as their government was defending its peaceful citizens from violent attacks is astounding, pathetic, and unforgivable. The imposition of Sharia law to appease the Muslims in the Southern provinces will only lead to more violence and more demands for imposition of more Sharia law throughout the rest of the country.

In Thailand, the other shoe has officially dropped. (No, it wasn’t a Nike. It was a jackboot.) With this official policy of appeasement there can be no question that Thailand will convert to Islamic law; the only question left is how long it will take – and how many innocent Thais will have to die – before Thailand is officially declared an Islamic Caliphate.

You might not have read it here first – but you have now read it for sure. Hopefully twice.

— Cincinnatus

P.S.: Infrequent posting will continue so long as I am out of town looking after my sisters and mother.

On Hiatus

I know I’ve just gotten started with this Blog, but sometimes things don’t go as planned.  As of this date my mom is terminally ill with cancer, and between that situation and my job workload I just haven’t had time to update Global Vent as I’d like to.

As time permits, I have been continuing my studies of both Middle East and world history and both the inner workings of Islam and the history of its violent spread around the world.

I’ll be back.

– Cincinnatus

Iran is the Greatest Threat to the West (Duh!)

But finally someone had the guts to stand up and say it out loud where people pretty much had to listen to it, whether they liked it or not.

In this article published by the Guardian Unlimited, Israel Calls Iran Its Greatest Threat, the Israeli foreign minister’s speech to the UN General Assembly was plain talk even a 4th grader could understand. (Finally! Sheesh.)

The Israeli foreign minister on Wednesday warned that Iranian leaders pose the biggest threat to international values as they “speak proudly” of their wish to destroy Israel and pursue weapons to achieve that objective.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the annual U.N. General Assembly session that the international community must stand up against Iran, which she claimed is pursuing the weapons to destroy Israel, a reference to its suspect nuclear program.

“There is no greater challenge to our values than that posed by the leaders of Iran,” Livni said. “They deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now, by their actions, they pursue the weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and to threaten the world.”

Ahmadinejad has been saying it for years, but no one in the West seems to be listening. If you’re in Israel and it’s a quiet night, you can hear the nuclear weapons being constructed in Iran.

The sheer magnitude of the denial of reality by the madman of Iran (the Holocaust) is only rivaled by the deranged denial syndrome (DDS) by the MSM here in the US. If the MSM doesn’t wake up soon and start focusing on the dangers of nuclear weapons residing in the hands of people who want all non-Islamic peoples converted, subjugated, or dead, we will have our own Holocaust to mourn some day.

It’s not just Israel. It’s U.S., too. We be Infidels, one and all.

– Cincinnatus

Will Thailand Become Another Islamic Caliphate? (Updated) (Corrected)

And we wondered what the coup was all about.

Hint: There has been a Muslim uprising taking place in Thailand since at least 2004.

From Bloomberg News:

The Thai army has been trying to control insurgents in three mainly Muslim southern provinces fighting to establish an independent Islamic state. More than 1,200 civilians and government officials have been killed in attacks in the region since January 2004. About 90 percent of Thailand’s population is Buddhist. Sondhi is a Muslim.

The coup leaders broadcast that they have suspended the constitution and dissolved the Cabinet, Senate and the constitutional court. In most ministries, permanent secretaries will take over temporarily, they said.

Temporarily. I wonder how long “temporary” really is. We have to remember that according to Qu’ran, taqiyya - concealment of one’s true beliefs so long as one keeps Islam in one’s heart – is allowed whenever dealing with the infidel.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, who is known to be close to Thailand’s king and who is a Muslim in this Buddhist-dominated nation, will be acting prime minister, an army spokesman, Col. Akara Chitroj, told the Associated Press.

And why was Thaksin ousted? From the same article:

In recent months, political controversy has dogged [former Prime Minister] Thaksin, a billionaire businessman and former police officer who has led Thailand for more than five years.

Throughout his time in office, the gregarious prime minister enjoyed strong support from rural and middle-class voters, who rallied behind such economic programs as low-interest loans and inexpensive health care.

But opposition to his rule had grown among educated urban voters amid allegations that Thaksin had abused his position to enrich himself and his family.

Critics cited the prime minister’s sale of his family’s $1.9 billion stake in a holding company, which came days after parliament passed a bill making such a transaction tax-exempt.

The leader, who styled himself as Thailand’s CEO, also was criticized for his efforts to control the media and for the military’s brutal suppression of an Islamic insurgency in southern Thailand that has killed more than 1,700 people since 2004.

Which is to say, Thaksin was a secular individual interested in his life here on Earth. With the Muslim uprising in the southern provinces he had been directing the military to defend the nation against an Islamic takover the development of a separate Islamic state composed of the Southern provinces – a direct threat to the security of Thailand.

Sondhi has essentially ended all resistance to Islam with one fell swoop.

President Bush at the UN: Dhimmitude Mixed with Weak Ideas

In his address to the UN today, President Bush repeated the mistaken notion that Islam is a noble religion hijacked by a few extremists. He also expressed respect for the peoples of Iran and Syria. Now if he’d only pay the jizya he’d be all set with Islam. His kow-towing to mainstream Islam smacked of dhimmitude and I kinda wanted to slap the man back into reality.

He’s certainly on the right road in terms of keeping Iran from having nuclear weapons. For Islamic nations, the concept of “Mutually Assured Destruction” will not work: they are eager to die in service to Islam as it gives them an automatic pass to Heaven and 72 virgins. (Question: do the gals who die in service to Islam get 72 male virgins? Or do they just end up as chattel there, as on Earth? Inquiring minds want to know.)

Jihadists will not mind going out in a radioactive blaze of glory provided they kill infidels and further the cause of a world dominated by Islam. Sadly, our President does not grasp the need for action, now, before it’s too late. With huge reserves of oil, Iran has no legitimate claim or need for nuclear energy for electricity; the whole argument voiced by Iran is a joke. It has been reliably reported that Iran purchased cruise missles capable of delivering a nuclear payload within about a 1,500 mile range from one of the former Soviet republics in 2002. Ahmadinejad and his ruling party are intent on having nuclear weapons technology, and given time they will have it. This must be stopped before Tel Aviv vanishes in a nuclear flash and Israel retaliates with its own arsenal. Time is not on our side. It is on theirs.

One other problem: our cars aren’t equipped to handle radioactive gasoline.

Our illustrious leader did a fair job of stating that we will continue to advance the spirit of freedom (as mangled as that concept is in US Government legislative quarters) and implied that we will never yield. That part was good, but there was too much concessionary-sounding language in that UN speech. Putting on my “jihadi” hat, I’d say he sounded weak, and I expect there to be some protests and violence over his comments that Syria was being hoodwinked by Iran – among other things.

At least he walked out of the assembly alive and undamaged. Ahmadinejad is one unhinged dude.

– Cincinnatus

George Bush and Ahmadinejad at the UN: Uneasy, Nervous

The President and the ahMADman of Iran at the UN on the same day is a source of worry, at least for me. The West is viewed as weak and ineffectual by the Islamic nations. At home in Iran, Ahmadinejad’s message is quite different from the cream-puff talks he has given in the US. In Tehran, the madman of Iran talks of global jihad, genocide for unbelievers, Jews, and Americans, and the destruction of the West.

So will an assassination attempt be made on our President today, in the UN building or on the UN grounds, by some Islamic terrorist or even by Ahmadinejad himself? Fox News reports they will not be “crossing paths” but there are only one or two ways in and out of the area if you’re a dignitary. They certainly have motive, and with diplomatic status they likely have the means. The only question is if they have the will to do it today.

For all our sakes, I hope our President gets in and out of the UN building safely. I consider this a worrisome moment.

– Cincinnatus