Logic & Sanity

  Here's an exerpt from a troubling report from the picture editor at Mumbai Mirror who happened to take the photo on the left:

But what angered Mr D'Souza almost as much were the masses of armed police hiding in the area who simply refused to shoot back. "There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said. "At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back."

 So there you have it. The Indian government has failed in protecting its citizens (and guests) and it has prevented them from acquiring tools to protect themselves. Here's an interesting post on gun ownership in India.

Massacre in India

Indian commandoes fought Thursday to wrest control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center from suspected Muslim militants, a day after a chain of attacks across Mumbai left at least 119 people dead and the city shellshocked.

Gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the day and night from the besieged headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch and the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, two of the top gathering spots for the Mumbai elite. Throughout the day, commandoes brought hostages, trapped guests and corpses out of the hotels in small groups while fires erupted periodically and firefighters battled the flames.

State officials said 119 people had died and 288 were injured.

This and other similar terrorist attacks could've ended up with a lot less innocent casualties if the governments would allow their citizens to own and carry weapons. There's absolutely no reason why so few should be able to kill and hold hostage so many. The law that was intended to protect the lawful has aided those who are not.

Mikaeel Jackson???

NY Daily News:

 Michael Jackson has reportedly converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel after one of Allah’s angels.

Whoa, really?

The king of pop pledged allegiance to the Koran in a Shahada ceremony (the Muslim declaration of belief) presided over by an Imam in the Los Angeles home of musician Steve Porcaro, the UK’s The Sun is reporting.

Well, it kind of does make sense, both Muhammad and Michael Jackson did like them young...

Call of Duty: World At War

 I've been a huge fan of the Call of Duty series ever since the very first one came out. It had superceded Medal of Honor as my favorite WW2 shooter. The second installment caused me to upgrade my video card. The third one made me cry, as I've switched my gaming platform from PC to a PS3, and the PS3 version had technical issues, so I didn't even bother getting it.  Call of Duty 4 is definately an amazing game with awesome graphics, sound, and gameplay. I didn't even bother finishing up the single player mode until over a year after I got it (though it is super!) - I am all about the multiplayer. I could only hope that Call of Duty 5: World At War would be at least 80% as good as the Call of Duty 4. Anyway, the latest installment is awesome. I only played the single player for about 2 hours, and the multiplayer for about as much, and I can already tell you that the game beats the previous one. Multiplayer has a more tactical feel to it, probably because the maps are bigger and are very sniper friendly, with a lot of places to hide. The fact that WW2 era weapons are not as accurate as the modern ones in COD4, decrease the chance of you pwning 2-3 n00bz with a single burst. Anyway, this one is definately worth the $60 I shelled out for it. And in this economy, if you decide to spend the night at home killing nazis, instead of going out and killing your liver -it's money (and liver) saved.

Back!

That's right, I am back! Got a bit tired with dealing with all the spam and etc., so I've decided to migrate to TypePad.com. The guys there were super helpful with helping me import my old data. I will end up doing some minor design tweaks in the coming few days... but anyways, my first post in almost half a year, so kudos to me :P