NEXT!

(c) Balcer

TORONTO-NEW YORK

A week after the Boston Marathon bombing, Canadian authorities arrested Chiheb Esseghaier of Toronto and Raed Jaser of Montreal in an Al-Qaeda linked plot traced back to Al-Qaeda in Iran to derail a ViaRail passenger train.

A spokeswoman for the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique near Montreal confirmed that Esseghaier was a doctoral student at the research institute.  Both have been charged with conspiring to carry out an attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group. 

Kind of makes you wonder... If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day... If you teach a man to fish,  he'll kill you.

It's Time to Readdress Immigration

I know the story today is from Canada, but anyway, are we frigging stupid?  For example,  the DHS runs what is known as the trusted traveler program.  This program provides expedited entry into the United States for citizens from the following countries:  Canada, South Korea, Mexico and... SAUDI ARABIA!

That's just stupid!  It's obvious it's time to update that list and add Chechnya and Dagestan. Please feel free to....



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MEANWHILE

MSN reports that Dzhokhar acted alone but was motivated by religion.  How do we know?  That's what he told us. Let's try this again...



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So, am I the only one who thinks that name "Dzhokhar" could also be pronounced "Joker"?  As in some kind of sick and twisted Batman joke?  Screw it... from here on out refer to this (insert favorite epithet here) as The Joker... he doesn't deserve a real name, or the associated infamy. 

We're our own Worst Enemy    

 You seriously have to wonder about the competency of our  government at times.  Especially given the majority of terrorists would appear to be here, at least initially, legally.  It would seem that a greater percentage of terrorists are here legally than migrant farm workers.  One has to wonder,  why they even bother.

Thoughts?