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BREAKING: Hostage Situation In Sydney, Australia
Lot of confusing reports but there are multiple people (reports say there are up to 50 but no one really knows) being held in a coffee shop in Sydney. There are reports of multiple gunmen but we know how those things go.
The scary part of this is the hostage taker(s) has had some of the hostages hold up a black Islamist flag. Updated: Australian TV saying the writing on the flag is the "Shahada"...one of the pillars of Islam: "There is no god but the God, Muhammad is the messenger of the God." So yeah....Methodists.
Remember it's Monday morning there and this is apparently a busy part of downtown Sydney.
Livestream of Australian TV.
Added (7:55 EST):NSW Police + AFP are raiding several homes in Lakemba right now. More #martinplacesiege #sydneysiege #sydneycafesiege (@PMOnAir)
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) December 15, 2014"> Reports of police raiding multiple homes related to this event.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 07:48 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 07:48 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Local Imam Akbar bin Loafin at December 14, 2014 07:49 PM (DLu2s)
Posted by: --- at December 14, 2014 07:50 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 07:50 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 14, 2014 07:50 PM (MPK82)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 07:51 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2014 07:51 PM (Rx8ML)
And thoughts and prayers to the hostages and their families.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 14, 2014 07:51 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 14, 2014 07:51 PM (MPK82)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 07:52 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 07:52 PM (vPh3W)
stop jihad now for the school shooters
Posted by: Sally Clogenstein in Battleboro, NH at December 14, 2014 07:52 PM (uF6Is)
Posted by: otho at December 14, 2014 07:52 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 14, 2014 07:52 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: otho
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Double caffeine Grandes..., with chocolate sprinkles.
This may still be too soon...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 07:54 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 07:50 PM (doBIb)
Agreed. A thousand times. There is no place on this planet for these savages.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 14, 2014 07:54 PM (tAoev)
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at December 14, 2014 07:55 PM (IvTw6)
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2014 07:55 PM (Rx8ML)
Posted by: Taqyia2Me at December 14, 2014 07:55 PM (PiGvm)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Warlord of the Western Wastes at December 14, 2014 07:55 PM (wGgL6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 07:56 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Curtis LeMay at December 14, 2014 07:56 PM (LoIJo)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 07:56 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Curtis LeMay at December 14, 2014 07:57 PM (LoIJo)
I am thinking pissing off the Aussies is a bad idea.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2014 07:51 PM (Rx8ML)
You'd think that, but really, no.They drive planes into buildings, but the West wages half hearted wars, apologizes for them and moves on.They shoot up Canadian Parliament, but my government loves them more than they tolerate me.And
what would Australia do. A frank discussion on Islam? Start moving the
filth out of the country. No. It's, sadly, just another day.They murder and kill. We put up with it.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 14, 2014 07:57 PM (AC0lD)
how did the hostage taker get a gun?
pretty soon everyone will have a gun !
Posted by: Sally Clogenstein in Battleboro, NH at December 14, 2014 07:57 PM (uF6Is)
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2014 07:55 PM
Ah, that sounds more realistic. 50 people in that joint on a monday morning is a bit of a stretch. Was thinking they must have gone outside and rounded up some passer bys or something.
Posted by: otho at December 14, 2014 07:57 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2014 07:57 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 07:58 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Fritz at December 14, 2014 07:59 PM (dVmLD)
Posted by: Sally Clogenstein in Battleboro, NH at December 14, 2014 07:59 PM (uF6Is)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 14, 2014 07:59 PM (PD6iL)
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2014 08:00 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 14, 2014 08:00 PM (MbqmP)
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Probably joos.
Posted by: John Kerry at December 14, 2014 08:02 PM (IvTw6)
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In Texas six would have been carrying. Just saying, Australia.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 14, 2014 08:02 PM (MPK82)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:02 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 14, 2014 08:03 PM (A1Dcl)
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Another lamentable instance of workplace violence?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 14, 2014 08:03 PM (MPK82)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 14, 2014 08:03 PM (PD6iL)
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:04 PM (ENczY)
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2014 08:04 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:02 PM (vVSOO)
Wait until economies collapse because of debt level. It's one thing to pretend to like people that hate your guts when you think times are pretty good.
But when the spigot of 'free sh!t' is turned off, I'll bet people get testy.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 14, 2014 08:04 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:05 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 14, 2014 08:03 PM
Ah, ok. Thanks.
Posted by: otho at December 14, 2014 08:05 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 14, 2014 08:05 PM (A1Dcl)
Posted by: ALH at December 14, 2014 08:06 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: Comanche Voter at December 14, 2014 08:06 PM (wdHk6)
i blame the NRA for this.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 14, 2014 08:07 PM (lsWof)
Posted by: eman at December 14, 2014 08:08 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 08:08 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JeepGirl at December 14, 2014 08:08 PM (SUcNO)
Posted by: Ronster at December 14, 2014 08:09 PM (9vrWU)
Anyway , that scene would not play out well in parts of Texas for the hostage taker.
As a matter of fact, that would definitely be bad for the Hadji in some suburbs of Caucasian controlled Detroit.
Posted by: Desmond Dekker at December 14, 2014 08:09 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 14, 2014 08:10 PM (QCo5R)
They lost their minds and handed out citizenship to a bunch of Lebanese Muslim "refugees".
Who repaid the Aussies' hospitality in the typical muzzie manner. With a boom in welfare dependence, and a wave of criminal violence to include gang rapes of kuffar Australian women.
There were a bunch of the Lebanese gathered on a beach in Sydney on a sunny weekend afternoon. Beaches there are quite popular and get quite crowded. Occasional accidental incursions happen. Australians normally take this in stride. No worries, mate.
So when a ball from a game of beach volleyball landed amidst the Lebanese, the Aussies responsible went over and apologized. Not good enough. The Muslims immediately started a FREAKING KNIFE FIGHT right there on the beach, which ended up with several people in the hospital in serious condition.
When a particular group of people can't get along peaceably _anywhere_ in the entire world, including in one of the calmest and most hospitable places you can find, it's a sign that maybe the rest of us should stop trying to make them welcome, and start working to keep them the heck away from ourselves, for our own safety.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 14, 2014 08:10 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Neil Tyson at December 14, 2014 08:10 PM (QCo5R)
not true: we have a planet that's about 75% ocean, etc... lots of places to dump them so they can re-enter the food chain.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 14, 2014 08:10 PM (lsWof)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:11 PM (2cS/G)
Deport everyone. Newly minted Citizens or whatever. Those who do not assimilate vote with the bastard people. Mohammedans are incapable of citizenship in a civilized country. The whole Commonwealth should throw all the bastard people out.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:11 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:12 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 14, 2014 08:12 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 14, 2014 08:12 PM
She's on the north side, I think, in Sydney.
Posted by: otho at December 14, 2014 08:13 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:13 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: pep at December 14, 2014 08:14 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Joe Medicine Crow at December 14, 2014 08:14 PM (QCo5R)
Posted by: Curtis LeMay at December 14, 2014 07:57 PM (LoIJo)
...would that be... "kill them all?"
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:15 PM (HRo7B)
Posted by: Bill Maher at December 14, 2014 08:15 PM (4G/mD)
Posted by: Barack Almighty at December 14, 2014 08:16 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:16 PM (ENczY)
Posted by: John Kerry at December 14, 2014 08:16 PM (IvTw6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:16 PM (2cS/G)
But... but... they have gun control there, so that's unpossible!!1!
Posted by: Gun Control Nitwit at December 14, 2014 08:17 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:17 PM (h4a9G)
Have the stream going, saw the guy with a backpack on, apparently moving hostages to one side of the room. Fucking shoot him.
Posted by: Lincolntf
He might have a deadman's switch, or is that too Hollywood?
Posted by: pep at December 14, 2014 08:17 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:17 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Gun Control Nitwit at December 14, 2014 08:17 PM (lN8KC)
right? Idiots.
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:18 PM (HRo7B)
Posted by: John Kerry at December 14, 2014 08:18 PM (IvTw6)
Counterproductive if he has a bomb on a dead-man switch.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Warlord of the Western Wastes at December 14, 2014 08:18 PM (wGgL6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:18 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:18 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:17 PM (h4a9G)
We breach and lose maybe 40% of the hostages. That's a good day!
Posted by: Russian hostage negotiator at December 14, 2014 08:19 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: --- at December 14, 2014 08:20 PM (MMC8r)
Pairs of terrorists could off each other. Win-win!
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 08:20 PM (FcR7P)
Hostages are being forced to hold an Islamic flag against the window of the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place after at least one gunman stormed the premises.
Terrified customers in the cafe could be seen holding an Islamic flag - which is black with white writing on it - up against the glass window. The flag appears to be a Shahada flag, not an Islamic State flag, but is associated with Islamist and jihadist movements.
www.smh.com.au
So, generic Islamic terrorist flag, rather than a specific Islamic terrorist flag. As if that made a dime's difference.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 14, 2014 08:21 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:21 PM (ENczY)
Posted by: Mel Gibson at December 14, 2014 08:21 PM (gwG9s)
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Ummm.....probably not. That's just wishful thinking.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:21 PM (vVSOO)
Better be sure, or there are going to be some pissed off families at the inquest.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Warlord of the Western Wastes at December 14, 2014 08:22 PM (wGgL6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:22 PM (2cS/G)
make some extra money on scalps and ears.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:23 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:24 PM (HRo7B)
I thought OZ was New Zealand and Australia was down under. I don't keep up with these things. Confused am I.
Posted by: Ronster at December 14, 2014 08:09 PM (9vrWU)"
No. OZ is in Australia and Middle Earth is in New Zealand.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 14, 2014 08:24 PM (PD6iL)
Posted by: --- at December 14, 2014 08:20 PM
Yeah, possibly. Could be real, too. Either way, drop the bastard. If it's fake, no worries. If it's real, he's probably going to detonate it anyway. Depends on what the back and forth with the creep is like. If it's all still a mystery, it's not a good sign. Ventilate now, I reckon. and finish it.
Posted by: otho at December 14, 2014 08:24 PM (tBSrv)
yeah, but the football game started..
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:25 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:22 PM (2cS/G)
This is straight out of "Swordfish". Hopefully it won't end up the same way.
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:25 PM (doBIb)
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Ummm.....probably not. That's just wishful thinking.
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I wouldn't bet money on the suicide vest if it's just based on journalist accounts. Possible that he's just wearing something and they made that jump.
Kinda like how whenever something happens here the guy is always wearing a bulletproof vest except he isn't.
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at December 14, 2014 08:25 PM (IvTw6)
Short of utter annihilation of whole populations, I'm not sure what you can do to people like this, since they value nothing more than torture and murder.
It bears remembering, though, that this could be a homegrown wannabe jihadi Aussie for all we know.
Posted by: pep at December 14, 2014 08:26 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 14, 2014 08:26 PM (W5DcG)
All terrorists and associates will be lit up soonest. Bad news for you, Abdul.
Prayers for the hostages.
Posted by: yankee aussie at December 14, 2014 08:26 PM (JLUHV)
Posted by: pep at December 14, 2014 08:27 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:27 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:27 PM (2cS/G)
And from the www.smh.com.au reports, this looks to be going on in the heart of the government, shopping and business district. State Parliament, courts and such cleared.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 14, 2014 08:27 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 14, 2014 08:26 PM (W5DcG)
Submit.
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:27 PM (ENczY)
how about that Johnny College Football??
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:27 PM (4rYv4)
That's got to be chaos. Martin Place isn't quite in the center of the city, but it's not far off. Our police force is pretty capable, so I'm hoping for a good outcome here, but we won't know until it actually happens.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 14, 2014 08:28 PM (2yngH)
Posted by: JoeF. at December 14, 2014 08:29 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: Professor Ben Edelman at December 14, 2014 08:29 PM (4G/mD)
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:30 PM (ENczY)
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That all infidels must either submit or die. No other options. I think they prefer the die part.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:31 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 08:31 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 14, 2014 08:28 PM
Yeah, for him to have picked Martin Place is setting off alarms for me. I smell an allah ackbar finish planned for this.
Posted by: otho at December 14, 2014 08:31 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 08:31 PM (3B+O8)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:31 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Your MSM Betters at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Ronster at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (9vrWU)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 14, 2014 08:28 PM (2yngH)
Unleash the hamsters, and it'll all be over soon.
Posted by: The Unleashed Hat at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (lN8KC)
All terrorists and associates will be lit up soonest. Bad news for you, Abdul.
Posted by: yankee aussie at December 14, 2014 08:26 PM (JLUHV)
I hope so...this would make me happy.
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (HRo7B)
All cultures equally beautiful or some shit.
Posted by: HR trinkt Bier at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (ImIut)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:33 PM (h4a9G)
Wisdom from our Wise Leader.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 14, 2014 08:33 PM (MPK82)
Shortly after the siege began, the US Consulate sent an "emergency message" to its citizens. The message read: "U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to review your personal security plan, remain aware of your surroundings including local events, and monitor local news stations for updates. Maintain a high level of vigilance and take appropriate steps to enhance your personal security."
Those appropriate steps? Beats us. Islamic terrorist situations aren't exactly the State Department's strong suite.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 14, 2014 08:33 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 08:31 PM (FcR7P)
I thought he was a cyber construct myself.
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:33 PM (ENczY)
Do they water board in OZ?
Posted by: Your MSM Betters at December 14, 2014 08:32 PM (XzRw1)"
Even worse. They feed them Vegemite until they talk. It usually takes one meal. Two at the most.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 14, 2014 08:34 PM (PD6iL)
The livefeed is very choppy for me.
Posted by: @votermom at December 14, 2014 08:34 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: rickb223 - FMJP at December 14, 2014 08:34 PM (d9heq)
@Chris_1791 3m
As jihadis took hostages in Sydney cafe, police were doing outreach at mosque http://bit.ly/1zSY12I
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 08:35 PM (dxTxt)
Posted by: Neil Tyson
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Possible thread winner.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 08:35 PM (vPh3W)
Seriously though, here's hoping the hostages come through unharmed.
Posted by: SGT York at December 14, 2014 08:35 PM (zh7yG)
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at December 14, 2014 08:36 PM (IvTw6)
An American guy I know went to live and work in London for a while as an expat contract specialist.
He says that younger Britons who have matured in the years since handguns were all confiscated by the UK government are absolutely irrationally terrified of the things, and attribute supernatural powers of evil to them. All it would take would be for a perp to briefly display a gun, he said, and they'd instantly comply with whatever was demanded.
I'd be surprised if it worked any differently Down Under.
Especially among affluent urbanites in Sydney, who are a whole world removed from the sorts of tough working-class rural Australians who live and work on remote sheep stations or down mines.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 14, 2014 08:36 PM (noWW6)
@Chris_1791 3m
As jihadis took hostages in Sydney cafe, police were doing outreach at mosque http://bit.ly/1zSY12I
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 08:35 PM (dxTxt)
please.....no.
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:36 PM (HRo7B)
@Chris_1791 3m
As jihadis took hostages in Sydney cafe, police were doing outreach at mosque http://bit.ly/1zSY12I
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 08:35 PM (dxTxt)
Oh fer fuck's sake. They should be "reaching out" for the sole purpose of deporting them into shark-infested waters.
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:36 PM (ENczY)
Posted by: Vendette at December 14, 2014 08:36 PM (ImLfb)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:37 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:37 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:37 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:37 PM (XzRw1)
Even more reason the Left wants them banned-- a more compliant populace to armed authority.
Posted by: --- at December 14, 2014 08:38 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 14, 2014 08:38 PM (MPK82)
Anyone want to wager whether Barky Obumbles is penning a love letter to the hostage takers mosque yet?
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 14, 2014 08:38 PM (0IhFx)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/ is good for me, even on a slow DSL line.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 08:38 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:37 PM (vVSOO)
It's a matter of "when", not "if".
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 08:38 PM (3B+O8)
11:35am: Sydney's Muslim leaders have expressed their concerns and a number of organisations have offered to help in any way they can.
*twirls finger*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 14, 2014 08:39 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Mohammed Muhammed at December 14, 2014 08:40 PM (IvTw6)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 08:41 PM (NxXS8)
I'd be happy to take them up on that, and promptly queue them up to be baptized.
Oh! I guess they're NOT ready to help "in any way".
Posted by: torquewrench at December 14, 2014 08:41 PM (noWW6)
handguns were all confiscated by the UK government are absolutely
irrationally terrified of the things, and attribute supernatural powers
of evil to them.
Kali-ma
KALI-MA!!
Posted by: younger Britons at December 14, 2014 08:41 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 08:41 PM (3B+O8)
Did the word "backlash" figure prominently?
Posted by: pep at December 14, 2014 08:42 PM (4nR9/)
Eh, the number of hostages taken exceeds the population of the nearest 'city', if you can call it that.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at December 14, 2014 08:42 PM (zauWW)
Posted by: tbodie at December 14, 2014 08:42 PM (l3dK3)
Posted by: gp at December 14, 2014 08:43 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 08:43 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:44 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 14, 2014 08:44 PM (MbqmP)
I'll say this, though: Muslims are everywhere. In every corner of the globe; in every city; and in every community.
From Oklahoma to Australia to London to New York City.
Islam is a rapidly spreading cancer on this Earth.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:45 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:44 PM (h4a9G)
Does Australia have Common Core?
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:45 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Barakhenaten I at December 14, 2014 08:46 PM (SIFoC)
https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/25772594/sydney-cafe-holdup/
Posted by: klondikes at December 14, 2014 08:46 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:46 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: gp at December 14, 2014 08:46 PM (mk9aG)
So...how long until we finally hear the real reason for this muslim terrorist act?
You know what I'm talking about...US torture.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:46 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget
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Petticoat Junction?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 08:47 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:47 PM (4rYv4)
Why should they be kept safe. These kinds of situations are in part due to the likes of the stupidos in the State Dept. Let them suffer the consequences of their idiot policies. Don't let them run away from the monsters they excuse and pander to.
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 08:47 PM (3B+O8)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:48 PM (2cS/G)
Australia is on high alert for attacks by citizens returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to high and undertaken a series of high-profile raids in major cities. "One of the intercepts, heavily reported by Australian media leading to the raids, was an alleged plot to carry out a beheading in Martins Place," Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas said.
aljazeera.com
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 14, 2014 08:48 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 08:48 PM (l3vZN)
FTFY.
Posted by: gp at December 14, 2014 08:46 PM (mk9aG)
FIFY...again.
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:48 PM (HRo7B)
https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/25772594/sydney-cafe-holdup/
Posted by: klondikes
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Good coverage, video.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Gmac- who is tired of all this at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (baiNQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Hillary at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Samuel Oliver Caleb Kingsley at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (jucos)
Posted by: The FacePalming Hat at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (lN8KC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:49 PM (h4a9G)
And the said could be same of young people in certain areas of the US (the northeast, California.) It is amazing what a little bit of societal engineering can do to a populace. For make no mistake, the statement we read with horror and bewilderment is what the original law makers WISHED to happen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (zauWW)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Barakhenaten I at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (SIFoC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (h4a9G)
Tony Abbott is no apologist to Islam. Give credit where it's due.
Posted by: pep at December 14, 2014 08:51 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 14, 2014 08:51 PM (ZPrif)
Guess this was plan B.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:51 PM (ABcz/)
it'll be interesting to see, if we should we live long enough, what happens when you sprinkle lots of Somalians on Minnesota..
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:51 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: The Face
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Puzzling..., very puzzling.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Manolo at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (myV+q)
And shredded chi,
if you're around I missed your question the other day so here is the answer:
Maker of Pecan Pie Whiskey is Pie-Oneering
Yea, I had to read that 2x to be sure I got it correct.
And for any grammer Nazi's out there: Pie-Oneering Whiskey is the correct spelling. any oTher misspelling iS bCaUaSe - Pecan Pie Whiskey. FTW
Posted by: tbodie at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (l3dK3)
Ya think?!?!
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Barakhenaten I at December 14, 2014 08:50 PM (SIFoC)
heh.
Posted by: ALH at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 08:52 PM (jucos)
it'll be interesting to see, if we should we live long enough, what happens when you sprinkle lots of Somalians on Minnesota..
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:51 PM (4rYv4)
Cold Somalians?
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:53 PM (ENczY)
So you can imagine that a terrorist incident in Martin Place just before Christmas is going to be causing a fair amount of chaos.
Channel 7, one of Australia's big three TV networks, has its Sydney office and news studio right on Martin Place, directly opposite this cafe. That may well have played a part in choosing the location.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 14, 2014 08:53 PM (2yngH)
The "social engineers" knew exactly what they were doing when they installed Muslims onto Sweden and the Netherlands, just like they know what's gonna happen in Minnesota.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:53 PM (4rYv4)
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Lessee, Jihadi flag - Check. Jihadi headband - Check. Hostages - Check. Possible backpack bomb - Check.
I know, they are pissed that they don't get the jello salad at the mosque.
*head-desk, head desk, head desk*
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 08:53 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:54 PM (XzRw1)
- at least one asshole on MSNBC tomorrow.
Posted by: Hamilton at December 14, 2014 08:54 PM (a3+wd)
Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2014 08:54 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:55 PM (h4a9G)
Martin Place is a pedestrian mall that runs from George Street (busiest
street in the CBD, offices and shops) to Macquarie Street, which is
where the NSW state government buildings are. It's a very nice
location, with lots of 19th century sandstone buildings (used to be the
banking hub of Sydney) so it's popular with tourists.
So you can imagine that a terrorist incident in Martin Place just
before Christmas is going to be causing a fair amount of chaos.
Channel 7, one of Australia's big three TV networks, has its Sydney
office and news studio right on Martin Place, directly opposite this
cafe. That may well have played a part in choosing the location.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 14, 2014 08:53 PM (2yngH)
Sorta like Ottawa.
Posted by: Vendette at December 14, 2014 08:55 PM (ImLfb)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 14, 2014 08:55 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: The Face
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Puzzling..., very puzzling.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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If only I had been trained in Critical Thinking, I could work this out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, celebrating 6 months in Camp Banhammer at December 14, 2014 08:55 PM (vPh3W)
"Why should they be kept safe. These kinds of situations are in part due to the likes of the stupidos in the State Dept."
Have no fear!
Secretary of State Lurch Neckbolt is on the job!
Wearing his "lucky hat".
You know, the hat he wore on his sooper top secret mission into Cambodia at Christmas of 1968. The one that Kerry says President Nixon authorized and then denied, even though Nixon wasn't the President until a month later.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 14, 2014 08:55 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Vendette at December 14, 2014 08:55 PM (ImLfb)
Yeah. Makes you wonder if these "lone wolves" are being coached.
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (ENczY)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (jucos)
Guess this was plan B.
Posted by: Lizzy
There were two raids I think. One was due to a jihadi planning on kidnapping someone and decapitating him at the Martin place area.
at the DailyMail.co.uk
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (dxTxt)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (l3vZN)
- at least one asshole on MSNBC tomorrow.
Posted by: Hamilton
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Crusades!
Posted by: Sissy Mathews at December 14, 2014 08:57 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 08:57 PM (dxTxt)
Posted by: ALH at December 14, 2014 08:57 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (XzRw1)
I feel safer already.
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:57 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2014 08:57 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Thin
-------------------------
By whom? Al-Jezeera?
Posted by: Sissy Mathews at December 14, 2014 08:57 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2014 08:58 PM (SIFoC)
Posted by: @votermom at December 14, 2014 08:58 PM (0FJ9K)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (XzRw1)
Big sigh of relief here.
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 08:58 PM (3B+O8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 08:58 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (XzRw1)
***********
Praise Allah.... Now I can go back to taking my dump now that Teh JEF is on the case.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 08:58 PM (jucos)
Posted by: joncelli at December 14, 2014 08:58 PM (ENczY)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 14, 2014 08:59 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 08:51 PM (4rYv4)
Wife from MN....it becomes Somalia.
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:59 PM (HRo7B)
Are you serious?
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:59 PM (doBIb)
Damn, Australian TV (ABC) is just as bad as US TV.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:00 PM (NxXS8)
office and news studio right on Martin Place, directly opposite this
cafe. That may well have played a part in choosing the location."
American journalistas yawned through brutal Islamic terror attacks for years -- those were "local crime stories" of no broader interest or import -- until the 9/11 attacks in the nerve center of American journalism, New York City, at which point it was suddenly TOTAL SHRIEKING HYSTERICAL PANIC TIME from America's media class.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 14, 2014 09:00 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2014 09:01 PM (SIFoC)
Posted by: Billy Blaze at December 14, 2014 08:59 PM (HRo7B)
***********
There are areas of Minneapodishu right now that are "no go" zones for the locals. Cedar Riverside is a perfect example of a Somali Ghetto
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:01 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 09:01 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 09:01 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (3B+O8)
Their entire marketing department must be shitting bricks.
Posted by: HR trinkt Bier at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (ImIut)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (NxXS8)
Paul Verhoeven paulverhoeven*
Islam and terrorist extremists are about as similar as Christianity and the KKK. So stow the blanket hatred. If you say "they want to kill us" and you mean "muslims" as opposed to "the people specifically taking hostages" then you're an asshole.
*Writer. Host of Steam Punks. Professional Game critic for TheVine and MMGN.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (vVSOO)
Yes, and so am I. It's like someone sayin, "The event was in a Flour Shop" or a napkin shop.
I can't imagine having a brick and mortar building just to sell chocolate to humans walking into it. It's like having a Walnut Shop, or a Tampon & Earwax Removal Kit o-Rama.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (scgac)
Damn, Australian TV (ABC) is just as bad as US TV.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:00 PM (NxXS
It is, it means the cops have some time to work with. Not much you can do if they cook off as soon as they are sure the networks are covering it.
Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:02 PM (NxXS
Then the hostages can leave anytime, right?
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:01 PM (h4a9G)
**********
Charlie Browns Dildo
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: --- at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (MMC8r)
Have you slept through the last 400 years of Western Civilization?
Posted by: HR trinkt Bier at December 14, 2014 09:03 PM (ImIut)
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 09:05 PM (doBIb)
Are you serious?
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 08:59 PM (doBIb)
Are you serious? Are you serious?!!
Posted by: Willie Wonka at December 14, 2014 09:06 PM (uSAVP)
Posted by: Mrs See at December 14, 2014 09:06 PM (SIFoC)
Why?
Posted by: Bob's House o' Banana Slicers at December 14, 2014 09:06 PM (4nR9/)
thanks
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 09:07 PM (l3vZN)
TV speculation that it should not inflame vigilantes
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:07 PM (NxXS8)
Totally unrelated except there are muslims involved.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (uSAVP)
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (SIFoC)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (h4a9G)
Whoa, hold your festering anger there.
Let me guess, you're from a place that is very built-up and long-settled, yes?
I'm 50, lived west of the Mississippi for all my life in 8 states and I have never, ever, not once seen a store that just sold chocolate. Ever.
I'm not some unreconstructed 17th Century hobo and I furiously resent the implication. Some places don't have brick and mortar shops for chocolate because that's pretty specific - you can buy chocolate from the GROCERY STORE.
Now untwist your garments and quit implying that anyone outside of a huge city is a medieval, uncivilized barbarian. Thanks.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (scgac)
via Verizon DSL in Virginia
Shows Ch 7 video sometimes
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (PIX+b)
Are you serious?
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (doBIb)
251 I can't imagine having a brick and mortar building just to sell chocolate to humans walking into it.
Why?
Posted by: Bob's House o' Banana Slicers
Splitter!
Posted by: Bill's House o' Slicers for Bananas at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (SIFoC)
************
Ridiculous..... Almost as crazy as wanting to build an amusement park dedicated to a couple of mice.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:10 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 14, 2014 09:10 PM (rldyO)
I think I went to one once at Epcot Center as a kid.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 14, 2014 09:10 PM (rldyO)
There's always more of them. That's the problem.
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (l3vZN)
This may boomerang back to the Aussie Muz population.
Is that fair ?
No, neither is life.
Posted by: seamrog at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (lbdIT)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:11 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Virtuous Garner Protester at December 14, 2014 09:12 PM (XO6WW)
https://www.sarriscandies.com/OUR_STORE.ASPX
Cannot have a box around the house, or I'll eat them until their gone and I'm ill from hyperglycemia
Posted by: Jen the original at December 14, 2014 09:12 PM (k10kD)
Why?
Posted by: Bob's House o' Banana Slicers
Splitter!
Posted by: Bill's House o' Slicers for Bananas at December 14, 2014 09:08 PM (4nR9/)
*************
SPLITTERS!!!!!!
Posted by: Als House for Devices That are Effective at Slicing Bananas at December 14, 2014 09:12 PM (jucos)
Ron Paul, please, not now...
Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 14, 2014 09:12 PM (XO6WW)
that's pretty specific - you can buy chocolate from the GROCERY STORE.
Wellllll, if you want to call that "chocolate". **arches eyebrow knowingly**
Posted by: Effete hipster with pinky extended at December 14, 2014 09:12 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:13 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 14, 2014 09:13 PM (uSAVP)
Posted by: @votermom at December 14, 2014 09:13 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:13 PM (h4a9G)
Except for college, I've never lived in a city with fewer than a million people. And yet I've never been in a chocolate shop as an adult.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 14, 2014 09:13 PM (ZPrif)
what happens when you sprinkle lots of Somalians on Minnesota.
I only saw them gathered in a huge group once, a bunch of teenagers around my apartment complex. Ayaan Hirsi Ali in "Infidel" describes how they are raised, to attack in groups, like animals.
That pretty much summarizes the 'pack' I saw that day.
I denounce myself. Nah, screw it. Animal behaviour.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 14, 2014 09:14 PM (AC0lD)
I mentioned that stupid store that sold Batteries a while back.
Now they've branched out to Batteries and Bulbs. What a stupid store.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:14 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: ALH at December 14, 2014 09:14 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 09:14 PM (dxTxt)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at December 14, 2014 09:15 PM (ZPrif)
What was the other store in the mall that sold only cookies?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:15 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:15 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 14, 2014 09:15 PM (uSAVP)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 14, 2014 09:16 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 09:16 PM (3B+O8)
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2014 09:16 PM (LkLg4)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 14, 2014 09:16 PM (XO6WW)
Yeah, and they had the giant cookies for birthdays and such. I always wanted to buy one to just nibble on for a while.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 14, 2014 09:16 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:17 PM (h4a9G)
speaking of attacking in packs...
watched The Grey last night
it was more of a navel-gazer than an action flick
-- written by a woman, so, yeah, of course
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:17 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: @votermom at December 14, 2014 09:17 PM (cbfNE)
Well that's just weird.
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 09:17 PM (3B+O8)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:17 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 09:17 PM (FcR7P)
01.35 Our man in Sydney, Jonathan Pearlman, says the siege comes months after Australia's biggest ever counter-terrorism raids and follows repeated warnings by ASIO, the domestic spy agency, of the growing threat of a homegrown domestic attack.
"Much of the concern has focused on disaffected Muslim youths in the outer suburbs of Sydney and other cities. About 90 Australians have travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight with Isil and other extremist groups, with about 20 known to have died."
Just two weeks ago, the government passed new security laws, including the declaration of "no go zones" in Syria. Any Australian who travels to the zones could face 10 years in jail.
The raids in September apparently thwarted a plot to conduct public beheadings on the streets of Sydney.
Australia has about 500,000 Muslims, with large populations in Sydney and Melbourne.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:18 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:15 PM (4rYv4)
**********
Fanny May
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:18 PM (jucos)
Chocolate cafes. They've become a thing in Sydney over the past decade or so. Melbourne too. Don't know about elsewhere; I don't travel that much.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 14, 2014 09:18 PM (2yngH)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:18 PM (4rYv4)
territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American
attack.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 14, 2014 09:18 PM (AC0lD)
Ghiradelli has 23 shops....
Sorry, chocolate, mmmm......
Posted by: Jen the original at December 14, 2014 09:19 PM (k10kD)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:19 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 09:19 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 14, 2014 09:19 PM (3B+O8)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 14, 2014 09:20 PM (A1Dcl)
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2014 09:20 PM (LkLg4)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:15 PM (4rYv4)
**********
Fanny May
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:18 PM (jucos)
Mrs. Fields.......Fanny is a chocolate maven....
Posted by: Jen the original at December 14, 2014 09:20 PM (k10kD)
...And that's how we know one caused the other!
Posted by: t-bird at December 14, 2014 09:21 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 14, 2014 09:22 PM (A1Dcl)
Decadent.
I'll take Safeway, Hershey's, and be perfectly happy. Every Christmas and Feburary they have boxes of chocolates that have stuff shoved in'em. In the other times, I can get a Mars Bar.
I don't need gold-covered snotrags, satin-terrycloth asswipes and I don't need to go to a special store for a hershey bar.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 14, 2014 09:23 PM (scgac)
oops, you guys are right -- Fannie Farmer was a celebrity
Fanny May is the chocolate store.
Fanny Mae is the corrupt govt institution.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:23 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: ChrisP at December 14, 2014 09:23 PM (Lg/s5)
Posted by: Fudgie the Whale at December 14, 2014 09:23 PM (LkLg4)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 09:23 PM (ABcz/)
er, Fannie Farmer was a cook from a long time ago; she wrote cookbooks.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:23 PM (4rYv4)
Says that the bomb scares, to-date, have been false alarms.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:24 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:19 PM (4rYv4)
******
Serious..... I remember 2 mall shops from when I was a kid. There was Fannie Farmer and Fanny May. The stores were somewhat similar as well. Bright white and very well lit.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:24 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at December 14, 2014 09:24 PM (kgEaX)
The best pecan pralines I've ever eaten came from Factor's Walk.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 14, 2014 09:25 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Fudgie the Whale at December 14, 2014 09:25 PM (LkLg4)
Why do chocolate companies have the name "fannie" in them, as in fannie farmer (no not Barney Frank) and fannie mae?
does the weight go right to the rear ?
Posted by: seamrog at December 14, 2014 09:26 PM (lbdIT)
wow, you're right -- there used to be Fanny Farmer Candy stores
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:26 PM (4rYv4)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:26 PM (NxXS8)
I know, right? I can't believe ISIS is murdering Muslims who don't pray correctly, either!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 09:26 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:27 PM (jucos)
In England a Fanny Farmer means something entirely different.
Posted by: Fudgie the Whale
Don't keep us in suspense. What does it mean?
Posted by: Colon Bowel at December 14, 2014 09:27 PM (4nR9/)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at December 14, 2014 09:28 PM (jucos)
this is no longer the top post..
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 14, 2014 09:28 PM (4rYv4)
331
In England a Fanny Farmer means something entirely different.
Posted by: Fudgie the Whale
Don't keep us in suspense. What does it mean?
Posted by: Colon Bowel
Yeah, tell us.
Posted by: Roger Yercrack at December 14, 2014 09:29 PM (4nR9/)
Political correctness and the usually accompaniment of socialism seems to require a suspension of all logic and semblance of disbelief. It boggles my mind how the state once infected by this crap loses its ability to use power to defend the citizenry will becoming quite apt and proficient at using that power AGAINST the citizenry.
The response to the Rotherdam rapes in the UK probably being the most appalling example of this.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 14, 2014 09:30 PM (A1Dcl)
But really, never have seen a shop and wondered how - like Costanza Defense - they would have so many people in there.
Do they usually sell soup or coffee or some sort of sit-down thing like tea?
Or is it like a auto-parts store with just the product and no tables/accessory food service, etc?
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 14, 2014 09:30 PM (scgac)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:31 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:32 PM (h4a9G)
we sold retail and quantity discount. lines out the door, and only 8 registers at max.
Posted by: north and judd at December 14, 2014 09:32 PM (ytyH/)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 14, 2014 09:33 PM (scgac)
Posted by: --- at December 14, 2014 09:33 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 09:34 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 08:56 PM (XzRw1)
Aaah! Now it's in good hands.
Posted by: there aren't enough sarc tags in the universe at December 14, 2014 09:35 PM (8Fl6F)
02.40 So we are now more than three hours into the siege, with little clearer idea of what is happening. There may be as many as 50 hostages in a Lindt café. A black flag was held up to the window, believed to show the Islamic Shahada - a declaration of the unity of God - but there is no stated motive or any demand from the hostage taker.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:39 PM (NxXS8)
"One of the hostage-takers has made
contact with officers saying that he has 'devices all over the city' and
'wants to speak with the prime minister live on radio', according to
Ray Hadley, from 2GB."
Sounds like a "demand" to me...
Posted by: ChrisP at December 14, 2014 09:43 PM (Lg/s5)
Wonder how long it would take to figure out if he had displayed a flag with a cross, and the statement "God is supreme." Also wonder why that never seems to happen.
Posted by: Splunge at December 14, 2014 09:43 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 14, 2014 09:44 PM (rldyO)
I read it as a declaration of the supremacy of Islam, but maybe that's just me.
Posted by: rickl at December 14, 2014 09:45 PM (sdi6R)
Ooh, can we have one of those?
Posted by: Splunge at December 14, 2014 09:45 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:46 PM (NxXS8)
I read it as a declaration of the supremacy of Islam, but maybe that's just me.
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure it's also the exact sentence you need to say to declare yourself a Muslim. So one reasonable translation would be "I, the hostage-taking asshole, am a Muslim, and that is the most important thing you need to know about me, so that's why I brought a flag saying that."
Posted by: Splunge at December 14, 2014 09:48 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 14, 2014 09:50 PM (uSAVP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:51 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:53 PM (NxXS8)
I thought I saw him on camera, through a window. How have they not had contact? Specifically, how have they not had high-velocity lead contact?
Posted by: Splunge at December 14, 2014 09:55 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 09:55 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at December 14, 2014 09:56 PM (lOPsG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 09:56 PM (h4a9G)
The news feed just indicated the JEF has been notified.
********
For God's sake why? An input from JEF is a disaster in the making. On the other hand, it's possible ValJar knows the hostage takers personally. So, there is that.
Posted by: gracepmc at December 14, 2014 09:57 PM (xvd51)
Posted by: @votermom at December 14, 2014 10:01 PM (mSXvg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2014 10:02 PM (h4a9G)
Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius
BE
SURE
TO
DRINK
YOUR
OVALTINE
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 14, 2014 10:07 PM (dxTxt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzpSvyyZis
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 10:13 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 14, 2014 10:14 PM (l3vZN)
TV people are idiots all over the world.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 10:27 PM (NxXS8)
Generally they get 95% out alive.
But he said negotiation with ISIS and Al Queda is useless. Their goal is death and nothing else. Hope this guy is not that far gone.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2014 10:35 PM (IybuU)
Posted by: ABC News at December 14, 2014 10:41 PM (FcR7P)
SURE
TO
DRINK
YOUR
OVALTINE
You mean I have my balls wired to an IED and that's the secret message?!!??!!
Posted by: islamic asshole at December 14, 2014 10:43 PM (0b722)
Posted by: Meremortal at December 14, 2014 10:44 PM (1Y+hH)
Me: If just one "armed offender" it is hard to see how this can be a lengthy siege.
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 10:44 PM (NxXS8)
Did he say the people in the chocolate shop acted stupidly yet?
Posted by: Meremortal at December 14, 2014 10:46 PM (1Y+hH)
Yeah. I said that thing at Mass this morning.
Ohhhhhh...wait a minute...no........
Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at December 14, 2014 10:47 PM (lOPsG)
Posted by: Ambassador Stevens at December 14, 2014 10:48 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 10:50 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Meremortal at December 14, 2014 10:50 PM (1Y+hH)
-----
Yeah, they wanted to know if he wanted to pass on an order for hot chocolate or something to his buddies who took over the place.
Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at December 14, 2014 10:51 PM (lOPsG)
Gonna guess the commisioner's nickname is not "Speedy Gonzales."
Posted by: Splunge at December 14, 2014 10:51 PM (qyomX)
Professor Lewis said the siege may have been plotted and carried out by as few as two or three people and possibly triggered by Monday morning's terror raids in Sydney.
"It's certainly an interesting coincidence that there was terrorism raid this morning and now this action is taking place," he said.
"What's happened in the last couple of months is that Islamic State has sent its messages around to supporters and potential supporters around the world and asked them to act - to do things that they have been planning or thinking about doing...
"It is a time when Islamic State is encouraging these kinds of more random approaches to action."
It is not yet clear whether the gunman, or gunmen, are associated in any way with Islamic State or any other proscribed extremist group.
Professor Lewis said extremists also used acts of terror to promote their cause and demonstrate their power to potential supporters.
"They want to threaten the people who they regard as their enemies - that is the people of Australia and the government of Australia - but also to promote and attract supporters...or potential supporters," he said.
In September, the government raised Australia's terror threat from medium to high, meaning an attack on home soil was considered "likely".
Posted by: doug at December 14, 2014 10:52 PM (NxXS8)
Posted by: Null at December 14, 2014 11:06 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 14, 2014 11:33 PM (zOTsN)
ABC just announced tactical police have been crouched 25 meters from the cafe for the last few minutes.
ABC is mind-boggling lefty and openly sympathetic to Muslim terror.
And paid for with Australian taxpayers' dollars.
Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 14, 2014 11:58 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: Meremortal at December 15, 2014 12:02 AM (1Y+hH)
Esther Price chocolates are good stuff, too. Unfortunately most of the stores are closed, but you can buy them at the grocery store or go to the factory store and get a better selection.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 15, 2014 12:08 AM (ZJVQ5)
Posted by: gracepmc at December 15, 2014 12:13 AM (xvd51)
It's funny that you say that. My mother's side (Greek!) started with and still own a wonderful candy/chocolate store, in Ohio. I have a wonderful memory of sticking my (freshly washed) finger into a giant fountain of tempered chocolate there as a child...
Posted by: JeepGirl at December 15, 2014 12:39 AM (SUcNO)
Posted by: Vic at December 15, 2014 02:31 AM (u9gzs)
Posted by: Tina at December 15, 2014 04:23 PM (Ni+YE)
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