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July 1, 2009
Lost at Sea
The only problem with coastline is that some foul flotsam can wash up from the sea.
The Israeli navy took control of a boat that violated an Israeli blockade and crossed into Gazan waters Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said, while a Gaza group said the ship was carrying humanitarian aid, a former U.S. congresswoman and a Nobel laureate.
The boat's crew included former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, according to the Free Gaza Movement, a human rights group that sent the boat it calls "Spirit of Humanity" from Cyprus.
Along with McKinney, who served six terms in the House of Representatives from Georgia and was the Green Party's presidential nominee in 2008, Israeli authorities took 20 people into custody, the group said.
Also aboard, the group said, was Mairead Maguire, who co-founded a group that worked for peace in Northern Ireland. Maguire and co-founder Betty Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for their work.
Betty Williams is a peace activist known for repeatedly shrieking about her desire to kill President Bush.
IDF said the Israeli navy contacted the boat, which it called the Arion, while it was still at sea and warned the crew they would not be allowed to enter Gazan waters "because of security risks in the area and the existing naval blockade."
Disregarding all warnings, the boat entered Gazan coastal waters, IDF said. An Israeli navy force intercepted, boarded and took control of the boat, directing it toward Ashdod, Israel, IDF said.
The boat's crew, the military said, would "be handed over to the proper authorities."
The proper authorities have donned their white coats, taken up their butterfly nets, and set off from Bellevue to collect their new wards.
On a tip from mega.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 1, 2009 9:23 AM
Comments
But they're just giving the Pallies the nessesities of life so that their leaders will have the money to spend on BOMBS, ROCKETS AND PROPIGANDA.
Posted by: KHarn at July 1, 2009 9:45 AM
This, again?? Isn't this the second time these nuts have been asked to stop by Israelis and refused to, necessitating them being taken into custody?
Posted by: Sarah at July 1, 2009 9:47 AM
shoot first, ask questions of the survivors....makes things a lot less complicated
Posted by: blue at July 1, 2009 9:57 AM
Blue,BAMBAMBAMBABAM, what survivors? ;)
Posted by: Farmer Ted at July 1, 2009 10:04 AM
Yeah, if there are survivors you didn't do the shooting right.
Posted by: Mr Evilwrench at July 1, 2009 10:16 AM
Its Buckwheat!
Posted by: JamesJ at July 1, 2009 10:20 AM
Dear Israel,
Please sink this boat.
Hugs and Kisses,
Mark
Posted by: Mark at July 1, 2009 10:24 AM
Mossad is putting mentholatum under their noses at this point.
Posted by: Fiberal at July 1, 2009 10:26 AM
(put the arms down)....
From the pic, Mckinney must be describing why she wants to visit Hamas.
Posted by: Fiberal at July 1, 2009 10:28 AM
What a cutie!
Posted by: Max at July 1, 2009 10:32 AM
VtheK:
Please, please, please, NEVER use this picture on a Thursday.
Posted by: Viking04 at July 1, 2009 10:41 AM
McKinny:
"...and the muzzle of the gun pointed at me looked THIS BIG!"
Posted by: KHarn at July 1, 2009 11:18 AM
Are you sure McKinney wasn't jetsam?
Posted by: Judith M. at July 1, 2009 11:32 AM
Warn them once, then blow them out of the water if they don't stop. Bet'cha none of their fellow Moonbats will EVER try blockade-running again.
The alternative route (handling these situations with kid-gloves), which Israel is unfortunately now pursuing, means national suicide (kinda like us on November 4, 2008, eh?).
Posted by: jc14 at July 1, 2009 11:37 AM
JUST SIT RIGHT BACK AND YOULL HEAR A TALE A TALE OF A FRUITLESS TRIP THAT STARTED FROM THE LIBERAL PORT ABOARD A SCREWBALL SHIP THE MATE WAS A LIBERAL MOONBAT MAN THE SKIPPER NOT SO SURE SOME LIBERAL SET SAIL THAT DAY ON A WACKY WAD TOUR ON A WACKY WAD TOUR THE WEATHER STARTED GETTING ROUGH THE TINY SHIP WAS TOSSED IF NOT FOR THE SILLINESS OF GOOFY CREW THE MOONABAT WOULD BE LOST THE MOONBAT WOULD BE LOST THE SHIP SET GROUND ON THE SHORE OF THIS UNCHARTED WEIRDO ISLE WITH WEIRDO WAD THE MOONABT TO THE TREE HUGGER AND HIS WIFE THE ABORTIONIST THE VEGATARIAN AND THE MONKEY TO HERE ON MOONBATTY ISLE
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at July 1, 2009 11:43 AM
^-- LOL
Posted by: xantl at July 1, 2009 11:52 AM
With regard to McKinney as flotsam, I am reminded of a wise saying, "The cream always rises to the top, but never forget that the odd turd can float."
Posted by: Viking04 at July 1, 2009 12:50 PM
I'm amazed she's not the President.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 1, 2009 1:20 PM
LOL Spurwing!
Do decent or productive people ever win Nobel Peace Prizes? It seems more like the Notable Protester Publicity award.
Posted by: mandy at July 1, 2009 1:21 PM
So what kind of weapons did they find.
Posted by: Killroy1776 at July 1, 2009 1:24 PM
All she needs in that picture is a pair of cymbals. Wind her up and watch her go!
Posted by: Josey at July 1, 2009 2:09 PM
She certainly doesn't LOOK crazy.
*snicker*
Posted by: Jimbo at July 1, 2009 2:46 PM
I tell you one of dem somali pirates had a slong dis big and I got this bug eyed when he told me what he was gonna do with it!
Posted by: Bill at July 1, 2009 3:17 PM
Posted by: White Cane at July 1, 2009 3:59 PM
Ok, let\'s try that again:
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbpunDU0KeY
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOE5TlPxKR0
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvE5_F1bfU
4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzRYMdUh-o
5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Kzpr00toA
6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9L5CRd60s
Posted by: White Cane at July 1, 2009 4:02 PM
Stick her in a cell with some Hamas crazies. After they circumcise her and cover that face with a canvas burkha she'll be singing hava nageela and donating cash to B'nai B'rith!
Posted by: Shooter1001 at July 1, 2009 4:22 PM
Allow all human members of the crew to leave, then blow the ship out of the water with cynthia and her bunch lock in the hold.
Posted by: grayjohn at July 1, 2009 5:09 PM
McKinney and a boatload of crazies trying to sneak past the Gazan blockade! Wow! Its deja vu all over again!
Looking at the "glass is half full" side of things, at least it got her out of the country for a while!
Posted by: GEJ at July 1, 2009 6:27 PM
Six terms in the House, folks... six terms. Democracy just doesn't work.
Posted by: PabloD at July 1, 2009 6:48 PM
Praying harder for the asteroid!
Posted by: Sylvia at July 1, 2009 7:25 PM
She's from the sensible wing of the Democrat Party.
Meanwhile: Shooter for President!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 1, 2009 8:03 PM
You'd need Perseus to slay that Gorgon.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 1, 2009 8:16 PM
The term 'peace activist' is so Orwellian.
'Peace activists' oppose Israeli efforts to defend their citizens from being murdered by palestinians who wouldn't know what peaceful negotiations were if they bit them in the ass.
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O/T but this was interesting, via Jim Treacher's twitter feed:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/30/white_house/index.html
Even Glenn Greenwald, the notorious democrat shill, is getting creeped out by the Obama admin.
Posted by: mandible claw at July 2, 2009 4:03 AM
Spurwing,,,,, yo killin me. Thats great.
I'm all in favor of puttin em in with one of their "friends" and no translation from "psssst, they think alla is wearin a dress."
Posted by: czuch at July 2, 2009 7:04 AM
I humbly accept the position of POTUS.
OK, get the Joint Chiefs' asses in here, NOW. Call Bibi and tell him to get his ass ready to hit Iran tomorrow! We'll supply the logistics.
Affirmative Action is illegal!
Racial profiling is now policy.
Students, sit down & STFU! Question? Raise your hand and wait till you're called on. If you can't pass the grade you do it over, 50x if need be! Homework counts.
No Burkhas in public!
Sell drugs? Jail the first time.
Possess drugs? Rehab! Once! Next time, jail.
Illegal immigrant? Adios! Your baby is an American? Take him with you or we'll take care of him, now get on the fuckin bus.
YOU, call those Exxon guys and Palin too. I'm cuttin off foreign oil imports 10% a month startin now. They better start drillin PDQ. Tell Palin she's in charge!
What else we got here?
Posted by: Shooter1001 at July 2, 2009 7:54 AM
Wow she looks like a primate.
Posted by: Dave at July 2, 2009 1:20 PM
Now I know why pig is not Kosher.
Posted by: Yankees at July 2, 2009 6:51 PM
As if she wasn't embarrassing enough as an elected aparatchick, now she continues her smear campaign against the sane world.
Posted by: Bill S at July 4, 2009 5:07 AM
