Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes a little time out to mock a Cephalopod

Nice to see the president of Iran can take a little time from his busy schedule of planning to destroy Israel, bring down western civilization and help bring back the hidden imam to mock a single octopus. From The Telegraph:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacks Octopus Paul

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian leader, says Paul the Octopus, the sea creature that correctly predicted the outcome of World Cup games, is a symbol of all that is wrong with the western world.

Published: 1:30PM BST 27 Jul 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacks Octopus Paul

The Iranian president accused Octopus Paul of spreading ‘western propaganda and superstition’ Photo: REUTERS/EPA

He claims that the octopus is a symbol of decadence and decay among “his enemies”.

Paul, who lives at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre, in Germany, won the hearts of the Spanish by predicting their World Cup victory.

He became an international star after predicting the outcome of all seven German World Cup matches accurately.

However, the Iranian president accused the octopus of spreading “western propaganda and superstition.” Paul was mentioned by Mr Ahmadinejad on various occasions during a speech in Tehran at the weekend.

“Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values,” he said.

Indonesian Muslims ‘praying in wrong direction’

 Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction, the country’s highest Islamic authority has said.

The Indonesian Ulema Council told the country’s Muslim populace in March to turn west when they offered their daily prayers. Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba, the religion’s most sacred site in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

At the time, the council said that the direction of Kaaba from Indonesia laid to the west.

Turns out, it didn’t. Africa did.

So, on Friday, the council issued a new edict: face northwest.

“After the first fatwa (edict) a few months ago that stated that the praying direction is west, we have announced that the correct direction for praying is indeed northwest, and we have issued a new fatwa (edict) to correct it,” said Ma’ruf Amin, the head of fatwa division in the Indonesian Ulema Council.

“This is important because facing west will mean that people were facing Africa when they pray,” he said.

Amin said the new edict does not mean that mosques in the country will need to be torn down. “They (those praying inside) just need to adjust their praying direction slightly,” he said.

Some residents of the world’s most populous Muslim country took the change in stride.

“I don’t really worry about the praying direction,” said Riza Irwansyah, an office worker in Jakarta. “The important thing is I prayed to Allah and I believe He will listen, no matter which way I’m facing.”

More insane appeasment of Muslims by Guantanamo

Thanks to Blazing Cat fur for the tip on this one.

Islam when it is asserting itself as dominant, and forcing infidels to feel themselves subdued and under willing submission, likes to destroy any representational art as its some form of superstition that any recreation of a living thing is insulting to thier god, who apparently cannot do anything for himself and has to have seventh century psychopathic lunatics do his work for him.

In that spirit… well watch the video.

An open letter to Burak Obama on NASA’s new role

Here is an excellent bit from Canada Free Press:

NASA Unveils New Plan for Muslims in Outer Space

By Daniel Greenfield  Tuesday, July 6, 2010

imageBarack H. Obama
666 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20006

Dear Sir,

I cannot tell you how much we appreciate your budget cuts, your cancellation of the space shuttle and any replacement launch vehicle for it, forcing us to rely on Russian Soyuz ships and their space program, which can’t even seem to dock with the ISS Space Station.

Your wise decision in this regard, as well as your cancellation of any return trip to the moon, has caused us to reevaluate many of our programs, including the search for intelligent life on earth. We understand of course that space exploration must take a backseat to more important matters, such as bailing out the car companies and banks who contributed to your campaign. And of course the White House entertainment budget. Your historic actions since taking office have truly challenged us as an agency. We can only hope to one day be able to return the favor.

After carefully reviewing your new priority for NASA, to reach out to Muslims and make them feel good about “their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering”, which consisted mainly of ripping off Greek and Indian science, and passing it off as their own, we have developed a comprehensive plan for utilizing the talents and abilities of Muslims to further the goals of this nation’s goals space program, which you so articulately described as “That Outer Spacey Thing”.

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Much ado about ‘note-ing’.

A few Israeli soldiers are apparently in deep trouble because of this video clip:

As I understand it, the soldiers actually did this dance to the Muslim caterwaul to prayer. Frankly I think they should get a medal. Mocking irrational religion, especially when it is forced on everyone else, should be rewarded.

The Mail Online has more on this non-story here.