Logic & Sanity

Ahmadinejad to come to NYC

Breaking on Drudge:

FLASH: Islamic Republic News Agency reports that Ahmadinejad intends to travel to NYC, speak at UN on Sept. 19; same day as Bush and day before Hugo Chavez... both Ahmadinejad and Chavez will fly from Havana where they will see Castro... Earlier, Ahmadinejad said he was ready for debate with Bush at UN General Assembly... Developing...

Can't we simply deny him the visa due to his ties to Hezbollah - a group that's on our terrorist list?

Europe blockades Israel

A number of European states are refusing to allow El Al cargo planes carrying Israel Defense Forces equipment from stopover landings in their airports.

The refusal came from states considered friendly with Israel, including Britain, Germany and Italy, according to Captain Etai Regev, the chairman of El Al's pilots' union.

Well, this will do wonders for the peace in the middle east. You have the state of Israel, which is constantly getting attacked by (muslim state supported) terrorists. Most of the muslims in the area deny its right to exist and call for its destruction, and now Europe is actively working to undermine its defenses. Europeans refuse to talk about sanctions when it comes to Iran, yet they are quick in punishing Israel.

Shouldn't someone out there worry about Israel (which has nukes, by the way) getting radicalized? Something tells me that Israel just might treat Lebanon as Russia did Chechnya in the next conflict. Perhaps they should.

Tip-toeing along the line of the world opinion hasn't done them much good so far...

Say cheese!

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Must see!

March 7th, 1996. Grozny, Chechnya.

Around 30 russian troops have spent the night in the "Minytka Square" area. Their casualty rate is great. This video is of another group trying to go in and retrieve those dead and wounded. The video was, obviously, shot by an amateur and puts you right in the middle of things. Its perhaps the most dramatic war footage I've ever seen. This is a must see for everyone, but understanding russian definately helps.

In the beginning, the camera operator explains what's going on, but also adds that what was broadcasted on the news, the night before, is a lie. The army is not engaging the enemy in the area, he says, it's all SOBR - which is basically just the russian SWAT.

Boxing: Toney vs. Peter - tonight!

James Toney takes on Samuel Peter tonight on Showtime. While Toney is way to slick for Peter, the nigerian is just too big to get knocked out by Toney. Hence, I predict the fight going the distance. Toney will get the decision.

UPDATE

As I've predicted, the fight has went the distance. Tony was robbed, though - the decision went to Peter. The fight went exactly as I've predicted. Tony was too slick for Samuel Peter, but Peter was too big for Tony to knock out (Tony hit him with some huge punches). I saw Tony winning this fight by at least three rounds.

Mark Steyn on Washington Journal

One of my personal heros, Mark Steyn, was on C-SPAN's Washington Journal today. As always, he did not disappoint. You can see the whole thing here (bottom link). Mark Steyn comes on in the second hour (just fast forward).