Fish story

Some days you catch nothing; others, a 375-pound mako shark leaps right in the boat.

I'm not sure that's an improvement.

Otherwise, it was a perfect cover

Jihadists always make that one fatal mistake that gives them away. Major Hasan's was that he had business cards printed up saying he was a Jihadist.

These aren't the Jihadists you're looking for

Adding to the impenetrable enigma of why Major Hasan gunned down over two score people at Fort Hood while wearing Salafi garb and screaming "Allah akbar", we learn that the Major earlier tried to contact Al Qaeda. Why he would do such a thing certainly makes no sense to the FBI, who are so locked once again in 9/10 thinking that they couldn't track a bleeding radioactive elephant in the snow wearing a GPS tracker and a giant neon sign say "Hey, I'm an elephant".

It's enough to make strong men weep.

Fort Hood Shooting

ABC reports three gunmen killed twelve people and wounded 31 others at Fort Hood Army base in Texas. The US Army confirms that the three were all soldiers and at least one was an officer. One gunman is reported killed and the other two are in custody.

This is one of those incidents where the importance lies not so much in what as in who. Given that the officer has been identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan, I doubt if he's a Presbyterian and I'm provisionally marking this one down as Enemy Action. If that pans out, then my prediction of what would happen under Barack Hussein Obama has come to pass and we're in the worst mess the West has seen since September 11th.

This is one time when I would be very, very happy to be proven wrong.

Update: It seems now that Major Hasan was working alone.

Update: Major Hasan not dead.

Update: Meanwhile, the MSM are leaving no stone unturned–except one.

Update: Alleged quote by Major Hasan:

Muslims should rise up against the aggressors.

Somehow I doubt post-traumatic stress syndrome is involved.

Update: As night follows day, we're warned of the inevitable, yet never materialises "anti-Muslim backlash".

City of Domes

Now where have we seen this sort of thing before?

Phase IV

From Engadget:

Houston being overrun by electronics-killing ants

Great. And my hosting servers are in Dallas. To quote Basil Fawlty: Thank you, God. Thank you so bloody much.

A Cunning Plan

A man in Texas was caught trying to cash a forged cheque for $360 billion.

Amazingly, the bank teller was suspicious almost immediately.

Armadillo Ranch

There is a joke struggling mightily to get out of here.