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Filed under: Open Thread — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on May 8, 2007 @ 8:58 am CEST
Posting will resume later today. I was not able to post much last week, apologize for that, from now on I will be able to post more again.
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1 C Stanley
May 8, 2007 @ 1:18 pm CESTHave you seen the story about the terrorist cell infiltrated in NJ?
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/cq050607.cgi/9912
Apparently the tip off was that these guys made a video of their training and rants against the US, then went to a retail store to have copies made on DVD.
Is there a Darwin award for jihadists?
2 Alan
May 8, 2007 @ 1:32 pm CESTI knew Michael wasn’t around much when I posted that comment on Holland being smaller than the Illinois corn fields and he didn’t respond.
3 C Stanley
May 8, 2007 @ 1:33 pm CESTLOL, well, Alan, maybe he’s just not obsessed with size.
4 Alan
May 8, 2007 @ 2:20 pm CESTPerhaps.
While we’re on the subject, perhaps it should be noted that Merrye Olde Englande has 1/4th the population of the US and 1/38th the land area, meaning it also has a quite high population density.
In a related note, given it’s small size relative to the US, you’re actually more likely to experience a tornado in England (the most tornado-prone European country) than in the US, which has far more of them but far more land as well.
Just some interesting facts.
5 mvdg
May 8, 2007 @ 3:59 pm CESTI am very confident, thank you.
I did not see it I fear. I am back and able to post more now again.
CS: thanks for the link!
6 Alan
May 8, 2007 @ 9:38 pm CESTNo need to lack confidence—the corn field of Illinois are very big (which I can personally verify) and there’s no need for any country to feel inferior for being smaller than them.
Now wearing wooden shoes, that’s what I’d be uncomfortable about…;)