BabbleFest

Headline:

Russia Ready to Deliver Fuel to Iran Despite Sanctions

Obviously another stellar outcome resulting from “smart diplomacy”.

I’m sure that this will turn out well:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65D0HG.htm

So what did Hillary know and when did she know it?

An interesting prediction from Madame Secretary:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/7/latin-america-clinton-warns-iran-stunt/

Much as I hate to link a Guardian article, I couldn’t find anything else on this yet.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/gaza-blockade-iran-aid-convoy

If true, we now have both Turkey (a NATO member state) and Iran offering to escort “aide” flotillas to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. If this sort of thing doesn’t lead to a “tense” summer in the eastern Mediterranean, I don’t know what will. Let’s hope that it’s all talk.

I know, silly question. I really meant it in a rhetorical sort of way.

Not only is the culprit Iranian, he’s an illegal as well! Two-fer!

http://www.newsregister.com/article/44432-arms%20cache%20tied%20mac

“Confronted there by agents, King initially agreed to let them search his vehicle. That search turned up two shotguns, two semiautomatic handguns and about 480 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition, which they believe he picked up in McMinnville.
When King revoked permission for any further search without a warrant, the agents obtained a warrant to search a storage unit he was renting at the facility. In it, they found a .50-caliber sniper rifle, two .308-caliber sniper rifles, three .300-caliber sniper rifles, eight law enforcement style .223-caliber rifles, three Glock semi-automatic handguns, 100 .223-caliber magazines, 3,800 rounds of .223-caliber ammunition, various high-powered scopes and other equipment.
Crabtree marveled at the find.
“Have you ever seen a .50-caliber round?” he asked. “That’s a big round — the stuff you shoot at airplanes and tanks. If a bunch off .50-caliber rounds started going off in McMinnville … ”

Quite a bit of firepower for a guy who just likes to hunt [infidels perhaps?].
So this sort of thing makes one ponder the possiblities of a more “practical” jihad that focuses on soft targets (shopping malls or D.C. sniper types of attacks) instead of the spectacular 9-11 variety.

I saw this news item on Tuesday or Wednesday…

Suntanned women and girls who are like “walking mannequins” will be arrested in Iran, Tehran’s police chief has warned. This just days after an Iranian cleric declared that scantily clad women were to blame for earthquakes.

And today, we have this:

UPDATE… this just in… UN representatives elect Iran to seat on UN Commission on Women’s Rights…

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/29/elects-iran-commission-womens-rights/

One is tempted to wonder if there’s a “suntanned women’s rights” subcommittee…