Some questions arise:

How and why was he allowed to live a life of luxury close to the capital city of Pakistan for such an apparently long time?
Why was he buried at sea instead of just being unceremoniously thrown overboard? (Preferably after having been cut into fish size bites.)
Who in Pakistan and in the government of Pakistan has been protecting him all these years and what will the consequences of this mean to them?

While we ponder these things, I’m celebrating with a jigger of the good Scotch.

Sometimes I think I’m the only one with a decent sense of smell left in this country. Never mind smelling the roses, try smelling what they’ve been fertilized with.

At the moment, there are over 160.000 people in Denmark without a job. Me included. Although that status may actually change within the next month if all goes according to plan. Fingers crossed, I may have found gainful employment. But that’s not what this is all about.

A month or so ago, our intrepid leaders announced that our welfare system is at breaking point. We don’t have money for hospital improvement, helping the aged or generally supporting those of us unfortunate enough to be in need. To prevent the eventual and unavoidable breakdown of society, we all have to work a few more years into our old age, give up our early retirement benefits, which we have paid into out of our own pockets with no chance of getting that money back, and that we should all work an extra hour a week. This would bring in an extra 15.7 billion Danish Crowns annually. Remember that figure. 15.7 billion Crowns.

Let’s look at the logic of the extended hours and years at work. Why should we work longer hours for more years? What about filling the apparent void by employing some of those 160.000 people that are out of work? And while we’re on the subject, how can there possibly be talk of a shortfall in working capacity, or workforce, with so many out of work as it is? So why are we told that we need to allow more immigration to bolster the workforce?  Somehow, it just doesn’t add up. How are we going to employ them with so many in the bloody queue already?

Our welfare system is falling to bits, they say. We can’t afford to improve the hospitals, help our pensioners or use more money on public health.

Hmmm. I wonder….

An overhaul of the hospital system will cost a great deal, but no money? How then, can it be, that when Pakistan got a little extra rainfall a few months ago, the Danish government could suddenly send (spend?) 172 million Crowns in foreign aid to a land that basically wishes us no well and is actually training people, who wish us only harm, in how to bring about our very destruction? That doesn’t add up either. I thought charity begins at home. Apparently not. It begins in the third world. Miraculously, we have money for that.

And while we’re on the subject of the third world, which is where this land is heading if we continue the present madness, what about that 15.7 billion Crowns?
You won’t believe it.
The third world is coming here and they’re doing it for free. You see, dear reader, today the cost of immigration to this nearly bankrupt society was made public.
It was quoted as being “almost 16 billion Crowns a year”.

“Almost 16 billion a year” is around “15.7 billion annually”.

Which, perhaps, is the real reason why we have to work harder and longer and why I think the Danish government should finally get a Bullshit Award.

His name is Lors Doukaev. He was, according to the police, attempting to send a TATP parcel bomb to the Jutland offices of Jyllands Posten in Aarhus. Apparently the bomb went off in the crapper while he was mixing the chemicals. He had a ticket to Belgium in his possession and it was dated for the 11th September, the day after his bomb went off unexpectedly.

Since then, the discussion has been based on his intent. Or rather, what the police believe his intent to be. Was this an act of terrorism? Or intended terrorism? Or personal grievance? Or idiocy? Is he a member of some terrorist group or not?

Frankly, I don’t care. The man meant to hurt someone with a parcel bomb of his own fabrication, nicely packed in plastic and ball bearings and the only reason he failed was that he fumbled the job in the shitter.

He should be charged with that in mind.

The way the investigation is going though, I get the impression that, in the end, he’ll end up being charged with vandalising the toilet, be given a fine and then released back into circulation.

See, we don’t have terrorism, or terrorists, here in Denmark.

And even if we did, we don’t know what to do with them.

Global warming?

My ass!

The Pope today warned priests against “activities which do not fully accord with the ministry of Christ” after he arrived at Fátima, one of Christianity’s most popular shrines, on the second day of his four-day visit to Portugal.

 

Why didn’t he just say, “Stop raping children.”..??

During our last annual inspections of all various bank accounts here in the Netherlands, My department found a dormant account with an enormous sum of US$ 6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar) which was deposited by one late Mr.Jerry R. Williams a British citizen.
>From My investigation I found out that the late Jerry R.Williams has no beneficiary or next of kin to claim these Funds.(US$ 6,500,000.00)and to the law of my country here in Netherlands when an account is dormant for more than eight 8 years the authority has every tendency to confisticate the account,this is why am contacting you to stand for me as the next of kin or beneficiary to this account deceast since you are not a Netherlands citizen, with all support proof documents to show for it with the help of my lawyer upon hearing from you.
I will need us to work together if you are interested,  and I assure you that I will provide all useful information’s and documentation that we enable us transfer this funds into your bank account legally without any problem.I would explain better to you on phone onversation upon hearing from you as I wait to hear from you soon.
Kindly write me directly with your contacts on my private email:freedhuisman@aol.com
Best Regards,
Freed Huisman

The text is brought here as received, spelling mistakes and all.

I hope I didn’t ruin your day Freed.

They’re right. We are generally fed up with the lot of ‘em and would rather see them deported. I couldn’t resist finding the report and having a quick read through for myself. The sections marked “Societal abuses and discrimination” caught my eye. Here’s what I found:

Societal Abuses and Discrimination (Netherlands)

There were some reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice. Jews and Muslims faced instances of abuse during the year, although the experiences of the two communities differed. The government repeatedly criticized any form of anti-Semitism or anti-Islamic activity and worked with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to combat such abuses.

Muslims, who numbered approximately 850,000, faced societal resentment, attributable to perceptions that Islam is incompatible with Western values, that Muslim immigrants have failed to integrate, and that levels of criminal activity among Muslim youth are higher than the national average. Major incidents of violence against Muslims were rare, but minor incidents, including intimidation, brawls, vandalism, and graffiti with abusive language, were common. The Registration Center for Discrimination on the Internet (MDI) noted that the highest instance of reported offensive expressions (346) in 2008 concerned hatred of Muslims.

Some right-wing politicians depicted Islam as incompatible with the country’s traditions and social values; however, the government continued a comprehensive outreach campaign to counter anti-Muslim sentiments and right-wing nationalism, including a 25 million euro (35 million dollar) grant for programs in neighborhoods and schools in 2008-11. These efforts raised public awareness and triggered debate, but concerns about the policy’s effectiveness remained. The government made clear that it would combat groups espousing violence in support of an Islamist extremist agenda.

Hardly a hotbed of rampant discrimination. And let’s face it; Islam is “incompatible with western values”. We don’t support honour killings, bigamy and a whole host of other things that Islam does. Even if one does happen to spend 35 million dollars of our taxpayers money trying to convince us otherwise.

So how did Denmark do? Here goes:

Societal Abuses and Discrimination (Denmark)

There were isolated incidents of societal abuses and discrimination, including anti-immigrant (mainly Muslim and African) graffiti, desecration of ethnic minority gravesites, and low-level assaults, as well as some denial of service and hiring on racial grounds. Societal discrimination against religious minorities was difficult to distinguish from discrimination against ethnic minorities. The government condemned the incidents, investigated several, and brought some cases to trial.

Reports continued of desecration of graves of the religious majority and those of ethnic and religious minorities; however, centrally compiled statistics are no longer available.

The Jewish population was estimated at 7,000 persons. There were isolated incidents of anti-Semitism, apparently perpetrated primarily by immigrants, according to victims’ reports. Most incidents involved vandalism, such as graffiti, and nonviolent verbal assaults. In 2008 there were nine reported cases of religiously motivated crime, at least one of which involved anti-Semitic graffiti.

Name calling and graffiti. How absolutely unforgiveable of us. Compared to the rape and other violent crime that gets directed at us, the Europeans, I can see we’re a cruel and heartless lot.

One needs to see something truly obnoxious to compare with all this. So here’s how wahibi islamic Saudi did:

Societal Abuses and Discrimination (Saudi)

The government continued to enforce its official interpretation of Islam. Accordingly, it condoned societal abuses and discrimination against adherents of Shia Islam, including limited employment and educational opportunities and underrepresentation in official institutions, as well as societal abuses and discrimination against Christians, Jews, and others. The Shia minority, between 10 and 15 percent of the citizen population, live mostly in the Eastern and Western provinces and in Najran in the southwest. The local government in the Najran area subjected members of the Sulaiman Ismaili minority (a branch of Shia Islam) to officially sanctioned discrimination in employment and in the justice system.

The government required noncitizens to carry legal resident identity cards identifying them as "Muslim" or "non‑Muslim." Unlike previous years, there were no reports that sponsors withheld pay and residency card renewal based on religious factors.

But it’s European discrimination we’re all worried about. Right?

Give me a break.

You can see how your country did by reading the report for yourself here.

It is a slow day in the small Minnesota town of Marshall, and the streets
are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is
living on credit.

A rich tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel,
lays a $100 bill on the desk and says he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs
before selecting one for the night.

As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next
door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to
the pig farmer.

The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier,
the Farmer’s Co-op.

The guy at the Farmer’s Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the
local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer
her "services" on credit.

The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel
owner.

The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich
traveller will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are
not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves town.

No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town
is now out of debt and looks to the future with a lot more optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how Stimulus works.