Police brace for Temple Mount violence

Bracing for possible violence, Jerusalem police will be on the highest state of alert Sunday on the Temple Mount, barring both a group of Jewish ultra-nationalists and Arab men from entering the bitterly contested holy site due to fear that an altercation between the two sides at the compound will send the country spiraling into violence.

Hizbullah leader warns against Temple Mount attack

Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Friday released a warning message that if extremist Jews target al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, the retaliatory action would be painful.

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Jeremy Jaynes, 30, is the first person in the US to get a prison term in a spam case. He is said to have been the world’s eighth most prolific spammer.

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Calls for sainthood as Pope laid to rest

THE LA Times this morning had about twenty pages this morning on the funeral, complete huge photos and in-depth articles on anything even tangentially related. Um, aren’t the calls for sainthood just a teensy bit overblown? Rumors they will evacate the the coffin and open it on Sunday to see if he’s risen to heaven are, as yet, unconfirmed.

The Royal Wedding should monopolize the media for the next several days. Hey, Charles didn’t marry a bimbo decades younger than him. He married a woman his age and took huge hits for doing so. That should count for something.

Once the media has spent themselves on the Pope and the wedding, it’ll be back to crucifying Michael Jackson. He may be guilty, however the media seems intent on destroying him.  Adam Curry has repeatedly said on his podcast, isn’t it innocent until proven guilty, and I agree.

What happens when Jackson takes the stand? No bodyguards to run interference for him then.

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A raging Maoist insurgency. A wobbling, increasingly dictatorial government. For now, the cities are relatively calm, the countryside less so. Getting news is difficult. Here’s two good sites for Nepal news

http://nepalnews.com

http://www.kantipuronline.com

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I just rediscovered this song by Motorhead. It’s one of the truly great rants in rock and roll, plus the music is the band at their most ferocious, and that’s saying something.

Orgasmatron

I am the one, Orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand
My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name
Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law
My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore.

I twist the truth, I rule the world, my crown is called deceit
I am the emperor of lies, you grovel at my feet
I rob you and I slaughter you, your downfall is my gain
And still you play the sycophant and revel in your pain
And all my promises are lies, all my love is hate
I am the politician, and I decide your fate.

I march before a martyred world, an army for the fight
I speak of great heroic days, of victory and might
I hold a banner drenched in blood, I urge you to be brave
I lead you to your destiny, I lead you to your grave
Your bones will build my palaces, your eyes will stud my crown
For I am Mars, the god of war, and I will cut you down.

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