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Opened minds in Londonistan × Des esprits ouverts en Londonistan
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Bombing attempts in London: a Mercedes loaded with petrol, gas cylinders and nails, and parked outside a nightclub - plus a second Mercedes with the same load in Park Lane. Both devices, according to the
Binladen Broadcast Company, are "similar" and "clearly linked". The money quote, however, goes to Scotland Yard:
"It is too early to speculate who might be responsible, and we are keeping an entirely open mind."
Could be, I don't know, The Brazilian Electrician Liberation Army perhaps?
Glad to know Scotland Yard is on the case. Would be a pity if we were to blame that poor Muslim community
again...
Update
That was fast. Reuters can't keep an entirely open mind and already hints at the poor Muslim community:
REUTERS. Car bomb echoes al Qaeda's "Gas Limos Project".
I'm very disappointed in you Mr. Reuters. That's hate speech and Islamophobia that is.
Deux bombes découvertes à Londres : une Mercedes chargée d'essence, de gaz et de clous, et garée devant une boite de nuit - ainsi qu'une seconde Mercedes avec le même chargement dans Park Lane. Les deux engins sont, selon la
Binladen Broadcast Company, "similaires" et "clairement liés". La parole qui tue (sans jeu de mot) va cependant à Scotland Yard :
"Il est trop tôt pour spéculer sur l'identité des responsables, et nous gardons un esprit totalement ouvert."
Je vois, disons, L'Armée de Libération des Électriciens Brésiliens — peut-être bien.
Content de savoir que Scotland Yard est sur l'affaire, tu vois pas qu’on s’en aille
encore blâmer cette pauvre communauté musulmane...
Mise à jour
Cela aura été rapide. Reuters ne peut pas garder un esprit totalement ouvert, et suggère que cette pauvre communauté musulmane est dans le coup :
REUTERS. les voitures piégées évoquent le "Gas Limos Project (Projet Limousines et gaz)" d'al Qaeda.
Il me déçoit profondément M'sieur Reuters. C'est du discours haineux et de l'islamophobie, voilà ce que c'est.

I've just begun reading
John R. Lott's Freedomnomics, and even though I'm not far enough in the book to pretend reviewing it, I'm enjoying a lot the no-nonsense, to-the-point tone and real life case studies — just for that, I would already urge you to read it.
Xrlq at
Damnum absque injuria has finished his reading, and has
a review, even though:
"I’m conflicted as to whether the reply was necessary, given that Freakonomics itself is more of a puff book than a serious economics treatise. That said, enough people apparently do take Freakonomics’s conclusions seriously enough to make a convincing rebuttal necessary"
No argument here, and even though I wouldn't bother to read Freakonomics (have more than enough Marxist-Leninoid literature, press and governmental applications and programs in my mother tongue without adding English speaking Idiotnomics on top, thank you very much) I'll enjoy the reply.
Incidentally, I ordered this book from a shop in Florida, it travelled to France through New Zealand and I received it in just a few days. The total was
much cheaper than what I would have paid if I’d bought it here.
Even before opening the book, I had a firsthand experience of "Why the free market works and other half-baked theories don't".
Lott also wrote a few books on the
right to bear arms. Considering what I've seen of Freedomnomics, I bet you there's a bookshop in Florida that has a bit of a profit coming up, alongside a couple of shipping orders to the Old World.
You don't need to theorize the superiority of Capitalism, you just live it.