Ah, What was That??

I present this without comment (which is easy to do when one is speechless):

At the same time the media is warning us that Mongolians are turning into neo-nazis.... OK then. 

Though I'd hate to lose his keen insight into all things anti-semitic, I'm afraid I have to urge America's national treasure, Abraham Foxman, to move to Mongolia and put a stop to all the hate emanating from that region. 
We'll be sad to see ya go, Abe... but remember: you don't have to pay any income tax for money earned overseas!

Another Anomaly

According to 'sources' within the FBI, the surviving brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, while hiding in the boat, very likely attempted to commit suicide while his gun battle with police and agents raged. 

Currently, Tsarnaev is not in good shape and lost a lot of blood, explained CBS News correspondent John Miller. The suspect has a bullet wound to what appears to be the back of his neck and another to his leg. But it's bullet wound to the neck that is actually pretty intriguing to investigators.

Of course, he and his brother were in a big shoot-out," said Miller. "But [investigators are] saying that wound to the back of the neck is very possibly a suicide attempt. They say it appears from the wound that he might have stuck a gun in his mouth, and fired and actually just went out the back of his neck without killing him. That's one of the reasons he's unable to communicate, but he can understand what they're saying. And they believe there will be a point where he will be able to talk to him.

As for what investigators hope to learn when Tsarnaev is able to recover and communicate with them, Miller said it will be to know three primary things: 'Did you do this alone? Is there anyone else out there? Is there another plot?'

One can hear sounds of the gun battle that, it is said, lasted for hours, on the video located at the link here.

The video here was taken via a police helicopter and shows Tsarnaev in the same position in the boat throughout the ordeal (laying down flat on the side of the boat that happened to be facing away from the police) yet somehow he apparently managed to engage in an hour long firefight with police...

Even more curious is the statement quoted in Miller's report above: "They (FBI) say it appears from the wound that he might have stuck a gun in his mouth and fired and actually just went out the back of his neck without killing him. That's one of the reasons he's unable to communicate.''

So - you are to believe Tsarnaev, already bleeding and injured before police were called (the boat owner, it is said, saw blood outside his boat and that piqued his curiosity) -  then engaged police in an hour long shootout while laying prone in the boat - and then exited the boat under his own power without first being handcuffed and stripped of weapons.... 

1) I don't believe for a second the police and FBI and Homeland Security agents on the scene would have simply allowed this murdering terrorist, the most wanted man in America, the freedom to stand up and walk himself out of the boat.

2) I find it stretches credulity to think a gravely injured and exhausted Tsarnaev managed to climb out of that boat under his own power and then, moments later, looked like this:

 

and this:

Governor Duval Patrick says: "I hope he survives because we have a million questions."

Yes, gov, we do have a million questions.  

All For Show or simply None too Bright?

Or simply not too observant ?

Make of this what you will:

Soul Power

In 1974 some of America's most popular negro musicians traveled together to Zaire to take part in Zaire '74 , an outdoor concert in Kinshasa that coincided with the 'Rumble in the Jungle', Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's epic boxing match. 

James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King and many others all flew together on a charter flight from NY City to the African nation. Many spent the flight singing and performing. Some of the musicians felt as if they were 'going home', returning to their roots. 

If you haven't yet watched (and listened) to Soul Power give it a play - the fashions and politics of that time (not to mention the first class music) will will take your mind off the B.S. of today. 

A Brief Intermission

If you are a clear thinking, responsible human, it's then likely you're a regular visitor to Mantiq al-Tayr's blog, and then you may have already seen this video.  If you are not a regular at Mantiq's, I'll kindly include a link under the video.  Use it.  You'll be glad you did (unless you're a raging zionist. If that's the case, don't go over there. It's not yet 'settled' like most of the WWW).

Now for a brief intermission, the beauty and wonder of the Creator's handywork: 

Amazing, eh?

Now, pay a visit to Mantiq's site and feel free to ask him if the rumors are true about him and Sandra Bernhard!

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