Doggy Dhimmitude II

And just to show that sniffer dogs aren't the only ones running afoul of the Faithful, Muslims in Dundee are in a lather because a post card advertising a new police telephone number has a puppy on it.

For today's bonus round, did the Dundee police:

a) Tell the Muslims concerned that Britain is a dog-loving nation and if the offended don't learn to accommodate themselves to their host's ways, they'd best reconsider their decision to immigrate.

b) Issue an abject apology and promise never to do such a wicked thing again.

If you answered b, then congratulations! You are now the new chief constable!

Update: According to The Courier, the incident is a bit overblown due to an overzealous Muslim councilman and that Mahmud Sarwar, trustee of the Scottish Islamic and Cultural Centre and the Dura Street mosque, has said that the dog wasn't really offensive.

That's certainly a welcome development, but it does, however, miss two important points. First, the police should never have apologised for something that no reasonable person would be offended by and second, though their comments are welcome, it is not the place of the Scottish Islamic and Cultural Centre or the Dura Street mosque to have a say whether or not the Tayside police put dogs on their postcards and should have no bearing on any decisions.

Carts and Horses

Police in Strathclyde are recruiting Muslims so that they have a chance to show that moderate Muslims have a stake in this war and so that their knowledge and contacts inside the Islamic community can be used to hunt down and destroy Jihadist cells quickly and ruthlessly.

Just kidding. It's to,

(T)ackle Islamophobia and improve understanding of Islam.

Good to see that Scotland has got its head jammed firmly up its fundament.

Sir William Wallace, Call Your Service

Our masters in Brussels slap noise regulations on bagpipes.

The money quote directed at the clueless:

You can’t play the pipe quietly; they haven’t got a volume switch.

Fat Art

Your moment of culture: Ozzy Osbourne in lard!

I think I'm getting a migraine.

Painting the Forth Bridge

Network Rail has announced that it has found an alternative to constantly repainting the Forth Bridge.

I still say wallpaper was the better idea.

Nessie RIP

Veteran Loch Ness Monster hunter gives up search after 37 years, claiming that the creature is dead due to global warming.

He's serious.

Madrid of the North

In the wake of the Glasgow airport attack the NHS has leaped boldly and decisively into action... And banned doctors and health workers from eating at their desks during Ramadan because it might offend Muslims.

The rationale behind this comes from Meem, a Glasgow based Muslim consultancy group, whose senior consultant Na’eem Raza said,

In the current climate, people need to understand where communities are coming from and what people are feeling.

After the Glasgow attack this is very important. This is about educating people and making them more aware and more confident when dealing with issues surrounding the Muslim community.

People have stopped talking over the garden fence and we need to break down the barriers so that people can talk comfortably to each other.

It would never stir up resentment. Faith is an important issue. Why not have guidance on all of the issues that affect us, including different faiths?

Short version: Surrender, infidels.

Blacklash and Moonbeams

A convenience store in Glasgow owned by a "man of Pakistani descent" was vandalised by persons unknown who "set a fire" and the Al AP's Tariq Panja is there on the scene to triumphantly declare that it is a confirmed sighting of the Bigfoot of journalism: The Inevitable anti-Muslim Backlash.

Ignoring the fact that the identity and motives of the vandals are completely unknown to the reader, Mr. Panja not only claims that this is part of a wave of anti-Muslim attacks and implies that the BNP is behind it, he even manages a marvelous bit of alchemy by mixing in one alleged bit of graffiti at a mosque and less than two-dozen unspecified incidents that turn a vandalised shop into "fire-bombed businesses" (note both the plural and escalation of the offence) without need to cite any specifics.

Imagine if, during the Falklands War, the AP had turned a Saturday night dust-up at the Argentine Steak House in Aberdeen into an anti-Argentinian pogrom and you get the idea.

Now We Are Eight

The bombing arrest toll has risen to eight.

It also brings the number of doctors under arrest to three.

Update: Make that five doctors. This is starting to slip into surrealism.

Update: Six doctors and arrests in Brisbane. Surrealism achieved.

Net Widens

Two more men have been arrested in connection with the recent bombings, bringing the total to seven. The BBC describes the suspects as "not thought to be of British origin," so I presume that they are Lithuanian Buddhists.

Also reported, one of the people arrested in Cheshire is named "Mohammed." What are the odds?

Update: The connection between the Glasgow and London bombings is more of a unity, according to CNN:

Authorities suspect the two men who rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into Glasgow's airport on Saturday are the same people who parked two car bombs in central London a day earlier.

Damn It, Jim; I'm a Doctor, Not a Jihadist!

Five people from Glasgow to Cheshire to Liverpool have been arrested in Britain in connection with the recent bombing attempts with more to follow over the next few days.

Interestingly, two of the five are physicians.

So much for the "poor and disenfranchised" theory of Jihadism.

Still, it's perplexing that we keep finding so many people from such diverse backgrounds and over such a wide area of the country involved in terrorist attacks. I keep looking at the news reports for something that they all have in common, but it still remains a mystery.

Glasgow Attack

Two "Asian" men rammed a Jeep Cherokee into the main terminal at Glasgow airport with the vehicle bursting into flames. The men in the car and two others are reported to be under arrest by Strathclyde police. Eye witnesses say that this was no accident and that the driver deliberately swung the car into the entry way. According to Sky News, one witness said that the men were "throwing petrol around".

Who is behind this attack, what their motive might be, whether it is part of some larger events, if it is related to the failed London bomb attacks, if there is some religious element (Heaven knows what), or if anyone named "Mohammad" is involved remains an utter mystery and will remain so for as long as the major media outlets can manage.

Update: Sky News is now reporting that only two men have been arrested.

Update: Witness tells Sky News that one of the suspects shouted "Allah" while attacking a policemen.

Update: Fox News has reported that Britain's threat level has been raised to "critical", meaning that another attack is thought imminent. The BBC confirms.

Update: The BBC is reporting that two people have been detained in Cheshire in connection with the bombings in Glasgow & London. Looks as if the two incidents are part of the same plot.

Update: The Jihadist who was taken to hospital in critical condition from severe burns was wearing a suicide bomb belt.

Update: CNN reports that there may be a third Jihadist in the Jeep. Also, the burns of the bomb belt terrorist are explained:

Witness Jackie Kennedy told the BBC that after the crash, a passenger in the Jeep doused himself with fuel from a can and ignited it, then got out of the vehicle. Airport police used fire extinguishers on him, and he fell to the ground, she said.

"I realized that this was obviously deliberately done -- the fact that the guy was in flames and seemed to be enjoying himself, even smiling," Kennedy told the BBC.

How anyone can read this and think it's no problem if these madmen get their hands on nuclear weapons is beyond me.

William Wallace, Call Your Service

Scotland: A nation of an indomitable people whose proud heritage of fighting spirit has become a banner of liberty throughout the world.

Scotland: Land of the free and home of the brave.

Scotland: A people who will stand up for what is rightfully theirs even in the face of hopeless odds.

Scotland: Where you now need a licence for your sporran.

God help us all.

It's For Your Own Good... Really

Portrait of your friendly, neighbourhood Thoughtpoliceman.

Loch Ness Monster Found!

And it's amazingly disappointing.

A Telling Point

Fight to preserve the United Kingdom or just shrug, pack up the Tridents and move south-- guess which one New Labour is opting for.

Star Maidens

From the '70s: The Scottish-German sci-fi production that combines low budget with extreme pain.

The frightening thing is, it's out on DVD now.

Wolf at the Door

Scientists claim that reintroducing wolves into Scotland would help the ecology by controlling the population of red deer, sheep, red deer, chickens, red deer, cattle, red deer, children, red deer, Mrs. Purvis' cats, red deer, Mrs. Purvis...

On the other hand, we could just do what we've been doing since 1740 and shoot the bloody deer.

Stand By for Infinite Regression

In a beautiful example of disappearing up one's own backside, Scotland is now installing CCTV cameras to guard speed cameras from being vandalised.

Stay tuned for the announcement of a second batch of CCTV cameras to guard the first lot.

Kilt Shortage

It's hard times in the Scottish regiments as soliders are forced to share kilts. In Afghanistan, there's only one for every fifteen men.

British Army sources describe the situation as "chilly."