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The New Ferry

These are some pictures that I have just taken of Colorlines newest ferry: Fantasy.

1. The view from my balcony.

2. The view from the bridge crossing the motorway

3. From the pier

4. From Christiania Roklubb

5. From Christiania Roklubb

Testing out my new digital camera

Aker Brygge yesterday afternoon.

Lasse Linner, Swedish painter, and a dear friend

Lasse Linner, preparing a cup of coffee

Aass website

I just discovered that Aass bryggerier has an american website. Aass has some very good beers especially Aass bayer.

But in English drinking Aass beer seems to allude to rather unfortunate connotations.

Mark Steyn on the Queens speech

Mark Steyn has written a thought-provoking article on multiculturalism and homophobia.

Simply delightful!

In response to the claim that black homophobia must be blamed on western colonialism, he replies:

If we hadn't enslaved these fellows and taken them to the West Indies to be our playthings under the Caribbean moon, they'd have stayed in Africa and grown up as relaxed live-and-let-live types like Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, who's accused Tony Blair of a plan to impose homosexuality throughout the Commonwealth; or Kenya's Daniel arap Moi, who attacked the "gay scourge" sweeping Africa; or Zambia's Frederick Chiluba, who has said gays do not have "a right to be abnormal"; or Namibia's Sam Nujoma, who accused African homosexuals of being closet "Europeans" trying to destroy his country through the spread of "gayism"; or Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, who proposed the arrest of all homosexuals, though he subsequently moderated his position and called for a return to the good old days when "these few individuals were either ignored or speared and killed by their parents".

Digital Camera

I just bought an Olympus mju mini digital camera. The battery is still loading...

Soon I will be able to do some photoblogging!!!

Jihad in Europe

A 103 page report entitled Jihad in Europe - a Survey of the Motivations for Sunni Islamist Terrorism in Post-millenial Europe by Petter Nesser is now available.

Once again I got this from reading Secular Blasphemy

I haven't read the report yet. But it looks interesting.

A nation of Pizza-eaters!

Norwegians: World leaders in Pizza eating

Bye, bye meatballs...

Soccer moms have a lot to offer!

The world can learn a valuable lesson from them

To find out exactly what: click here!

UPDATE: Strange how much porn a quick surf after "soccer moms" turns up! Thus: No appropriate illustrations. (Unless i started pornoblogging).

Counterterrorism blog

I just discovered a link to the counterterrorism blog by reading the Winds of Change. Both have been added to my linklist.

Omar Bakri: Join the Jihad or Die!

From United Press International:

The Speaker: Omar Bakri, founder of Hizb Al-Tahrir

Muslims living in Britain are facing two choices; either to migrate or to join the jihad, a key Islamic figure has said.

He urges them on to:

form a new coalition united behind al-Qaida with Osama Bin Laden as their leader.

Now, what about moderates who do not wish to kill british civilians. Answer:

"They are hypocrites, we don't believe they are Muslims," he told UPI. "In a time of crisis, who ever allies with them (the kuffaar -- non-believers) is one of them, so I don't believe they are Muslims in the first place."

"I doubt if one of them would dare to walk the streets of Mecca by themselves," he added.

At the meeting, these peacefull folks:

called for war against the kuffaar (non-Muslims) and lead chants as a projector screen showed images of dead American soldiers in Iraq.

Further:

As the infamous images of two planes crashing into the twin towers of the World Trade Center replayed again and again, the rapt watchers thrust their fists in the air and chanted "Allahu Akhbar! (God is great!)"

So, all in all, the message is: Kill all non-muslim Britons and any and all muslims who are not willing to fight the west in Jihad.

Just a little reminder, of past mistakes!

TOC, christmas and appeasement

Diana Mertz Hsieh has a fabulous post on The Appeasement Centers Christmas Op-ed.

Yule is under attack from all directions as I mentioned in November and December. This time it is not so much in the frame of the old style: the all-out co-opting attempt, but  namby-pamby wishy-washy appeasers trying too suck up to the fore-mentioned christian co-opters and thieves.

(Even so, this is in tune with the appeasers own co-opting agenda).

Well, Diana Mertz Hsieh won't let the appeasers get away with it, as she thoroughly demolishes the timid and majorly confused, Ed Hudgins. Congrats!

Iraqi Jihadists smuggled into Europe

Germans say militants in plot targeting Europe Excerpt: More than 20 alleged supporters of Ansar al-Islam have been arrested in Europe in the past year as authorities move against the group linked with Al Qaeda and Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has been leading attacks in Iraq. Ansar al-Islam is suspected of spiriting dozens of young Muslims to Iraq to join the insurgency, but the latest raids in Germany heightened concerns that the organization also could pose a menace outside Iraq.

Giving Aid: A Dangerous Business

Militant Islamists spook aid workers

Big Satan and Tsunami Relief

Mark Steyn has written an article entitled The coalition of the giving. Which is a truly marvelous read. (From the Weekend Australian.)

Some excerpts:

Regarding the Great Satan and charity:

But, as usual, when disaster strikes it's the Great Satan and his various Little Satans who leap to respond. In the decade before September 11, the US military functioned, more or less exclusively, as a Muslim rapid reaction force – coming to the aid of Kuwaiti Muslims, Bosnian Muslims, Somali Muslims and Albanian Muslims. Since then, with the help of its Anglo-Australian allies, it's liberated 50 million Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.

That's not how the West's anti-war movements see it. I found myself behind a car the other day bearing the bumper sticker, "War Is Costly. Peace Is Priceless" – which is standard progressive generic autopilot boilerplate, that somehow waging war and doing good are mutually exclusive. But you can't help noticing that when disaster strikes, it's the warmongers who are also the compassion-mongers. Of the top six donor nations to tsunami relief, four are members of George W. Bush's reviled "coalition of the willing".

What was it the Romans said? "If you seek peace, prepare for war." It's truer than they know. It's because Australia's prepared for war that it can do all the feelgood humanitarian stuff – such as landing 10 army engineers in Banda Aceh to attach a mobile filtration system to the decrepit mains pipes and thereby not merely restore the water supply but improve it.

On Saudia-Arabia and charity:

In fairness to the Saudis, they've just upped their pledge to $US30 million. But for purposes of one final comparison, consider this: a single Saudi telethon in 2002 managed to raise $US56 million. That was for widows and orphans of Palestinian suicide bombers, those deceased as well as those yet to blow. It seems nothing gets the wealthy elite of Riyadh and Jeddah adding the zeroes to the cheques like self-detonating on an Israeli bus.

Politically correct: Nope.

Aggrevating violent peaceniks: Off- the scale.

All in all, quite charming.

Cute & Vicious

Yepp! And not the least bit suicidal.

The true face of religion?

How can anybody be this twisted? (Precautionary warning: Don't click on this link if you are squeemish, pregnant,or have a heart-condition. This stuff is pure naked evil!)

I was made aware of this story and site by reading Secular Blasphemy

On the lighter side...

Top weird stories 2004

Battlefield Europe?

A four page article entitled Europe's Identity crises can be found here! The Author's name is Anna Mulrine, a journalist writing for U.S.News

Depressing stuff

Are we approaching Gehenna?

Well, folks, get off your knees and stopp praying. The west needs to regain faith in its own blessed resiliance. And we shall not succumb to der Untergang des Abendlandes.

If there is an impending doom, Ragnarok as it may be, we shall fight as in the olden days.

We Shall Never Surrender!

Robert Tracinski attacks National Review Online

Robert Tracinski, the editor of The Intellectual Activist, has written a poignant criticism of National Review Online's republishing of Whittaker Chambers malignant smearing of Ayn Rand. (Capitalism Magazine).

February 2nd sees the centenuary of Ayn Rand's birth. Now is this timing coincidental? I think not. Conservatives have always been spikefull, yet timid creatures.

The National Review is a conservative magazine and is a brimming hodgepodge mishmash of insights and misconceptions, which every once in a while actually publishes some notable pieces.

However this isn't one of these occasions.

Handball

Now, this is one of the reasons to enjoy womens handball.

Anita Gorbicz of the Hungarian national team.

Yeah!!!

New Years Eve

The New Years Eve party was a roaring success. Thanks to Trond, Bernt and Arne - the brilliant gourmet chefs.

The swordfish was amazing. That was the first time I had ever eaten swordfish. Thanks also to Dag Rune for baking the best ever chocolat cake with Rum and mint. Absolutely brilliant.

We were about 20 people and we all had an excellent time. It was the best new Years eve party I have ever been to. It took 2 days to clean up afterwards. I think that says it all...