That's OK they will, and it's going to be an education they'll never forget.

72 virgins, anyone? Allah is no fool, neither are the people manipulating the poor fools who buy into this 'reward'. You kill, you go to hell. You martyr yourself, you get 72 virgins that last about as long as the pleasure they provide. By the way, suicide is a sin in Islam, just like it is in the Christian world. In fact, committing suicide is one of the greatest sins that Islam banned. Committing suicide is a greater murder and sin than killing another person. Therefore ulama (scientists, knowers) even disputed whether the janazah prayer of a person who committed suicide could be performed or not. No kidding. So yeah, welcome to hell.

'Credible institution'? You mean like a government school or something? Is that where you got your education, a government institution where only the ideas and knowledge approved by the government is allowed to be disseminated? When I blame 'government' for many ills in the world, I don't say that people should not organize for their own security and welfare, what I say is that on a larger scale, these organizations we call national governments are more trouble that they're worth. How do you suppose governments are instituted? Did you sign up to be a part of this government controlled society or were you born into it? I didn't sign anything and I don't know anyone who did.



I haven't read the book by Hannah Arendt, though a Wikipedia synopsis never mentions the causes or bases for wars or conflicts. She distinguishes three sorts of activity (labor, work, and action) and discusses how they have been affected by changes in Western history. Nothing about 'war'.

"All wars are caused by human beings coveting the possessions of other human beings." Not so. Not even close. When was the last time you invaded someone else's home, killed the occupants and helped yourself to their possessions? Never? Me neither. When was the last time you even killed another human being? Never? Me neither. The majority of wars throughout history have been fought over religion. Politics comes a close second. Of all the deaths caused by governments and their wars, Communism wins hands down.

Ever notice how those in government who start wars and pick fights with other governments are never the ones who have to go and do the fighting? What if one government declared war with another government and nobody showed up? What if they were forced to do their own fighting and killing? No, my friend, wars are not started by those who do the fighting, they are caused by those who sit back and count the profits, which are immense. I stand by my original statement, if there were no governments, there would be no wars.



Indeed, and so there should be. I imagine the more successful the group, the better able to defend themselves and their possessions they will be. There is nothing wrong in being part of a group or organization whereby safety and security is a shared concern. Question: Would this group go looking for other groups to attack and make war on or would they mind their own business unless provoked? A successful group is a smart group. Smart people try and avoid confrontation whenever possible. It's bad for business, unless you're a mercenary...



Indeed. And therein lies the problem. No longer do you have people working to organize their own groups to ensure each others' individual safety and security, now you have a group of strangers making these decisions for you. Now you have 'leaders' who have their own goals and ambitions, often with resulting wars and conflicts they are planning for but not telling you about beforehand. No, the best 'organizing body' is you and those around you. You know what's best for you, not some bureaucrat sitting in an office hundreds (or even thousands) of miles away.



No, you didn't go too fast, you've just been seriously misled in the origin and purpose of government. It is the existence of government that precipitates wars and conflicts. Without government, there would be no legislative body to demonize people from other regions, and no reason to fight them. We would all live in a more peaceful and subsequently more successful world. Think about that next time some TV talking head accuses the 'Russians' of hacking the election or the 'Muslims' for 9/11. When they blame a large group for the actions of a few, well, let the 'warmongering' begin...

I too find little girls more of an annoyance than anything, but a nice, mature, wholesome woman, now there's something to sink your teeth into, and no having to deal with the petty crap young women throw up. A good mature woman knows what she likes and isn't shy about getting it. (Oooooh, be right back...)

This whole 72 virgins thing is all a sham anyhow. Imagine this: You do the deed and martyr yourself in the name of Allah. You blew yourself to little pieces and took a whole bunch of infidels with you. You're dead - forever. No backsies, no mulligans, just dead. Forever. So far so good. You show up in heaven where Allah makes a big deal of you and awards you your 72 virgins. Sounds pretty good, right? So you get into your 72 virgins and 3 days later, no more virgins (OK, maybe 4 days, but let's face it, if you killed yourself for it, you must be pretty desperate). So now what? You still have eternity to go and no more virgins. How's that going to play out a million years later when you still have eternity to go and those virgins are completely worn out? Well, lets say you're smart about it and you only deflower one of your virgins every, say, 1000 years. After 72,000 years, you have no more virgins and you still have eternity to go. 100 million years from now, there you are, bored out of your skull with these 72 women who haven't been virgins in a very long time and you still have eternity to go. Not only that, but they're not really that 'into you' any more and Allah says you're slacking in the 'production' department. A billion years later and you're still stuck with these 72 nagging pains in the ass and you still have eternity to go.

Was it really worth it?

"Idiocy", you say? Simple challenge. Prove it wrong. If you can't, then a nice loud heartfelt public apology would be in order.

Suicide bombers in Britain are set to begin a three-day strike next Monday in a dispute over the number of virgins they are entitled to in the afterlife. Emergency talks with Al Qaeda have so far failed to produce an agreement.

The unrest began last Tuesday when Al Qaeda Central announced that the number of virgins a suicide bomber would receive after his death will be cut by 25%, from 72 to only 54, effective immediately. The rationale for the cut was the increase in recent years of the number of suicide bombings and the subsequent shortage of virgins in the afterlife, coupled with other factors contributing to a decline in the virgin supply. The suicide bombers' union, the British Organization of Occupational Martyrs (or BOOM) responded with a statement that this was unacceptable to its members and immediately balloted for strike action. General Secretary Mustapha Fook told the press, "Our members are literally working themselves to death in the cause of Jihad. We don't ask for much in return but to be treated like this is like a kick in our teeth."

Speaking from his shed in Tipton in the West Midlands in which he currently resides, Al Qaeda chief executive Osama bin Laden explained, "We sympathize with our workers' concerns but Al Qaeda is simply not in a position to meet their demands. They are simply not accepting the realities of modern-day Jihad in a competitive marketplace and a difficult economy. Thanks to Western depravity, there is now a chronic shortage of virgins in the afterlife, which is not helped by the downturn in the economy which is driving virgins to cash in their chastity. It's a straight choice between reducing expenditure and laying people off. I don't like cutting compensation, but I'd hate to have to tell 3000 of my staff that they won't be able to blow themselves up."

Spokespersons for the union in Newcastle, Middlesborough, Wales and the entire Australian continent stated that the strike would not affect their operations as "There are no virgins in our areas anyway."

Apparently the drop in the number of suicide bombings has also been attributed to the emergence and popularity of that Scottish singing star, Susan Boyle. Now that Muslims know what a virgin looks like, they are less keen on rushing to paradise.

"You think it's hot here?" - God

'Nation'? Certainly not. Nations only exist because of the governments that rule over them. Someone drew a line on a map, called it a 'border' and a 'nation' was born. People? Most certainly. The existence of people is in no way dependent on the existence of government. See the difference? Nations need government to be perpetuated, people do not.

Without nations there would be no governments. Without governments there would be no wars. Without wars there would be only peace. But how, then, do we defend the national border if there is only peace? How's that for an oxymoron?

How about a NO tax? I like that one best of all. If I ever find myself in a position to run for president (doubtful), that's going to be in my platform. #1: Abolish the IRS.

Not so. True there were localized market crashes and recessions that occurred sporadically from 1781 through the 19th century, however, the current 'business cycle' began in 1913 with the Federal Reserve Act of the same year. Only since 1913 have we seen a regular occurrence of 'boom and bust' with such predictability that it is referred to as a 'cycle'.

This was exacerbated in 1972 with the severing of the last link between the US dollar and the gold that it represented. Once the last restraint to unlimited money creation was removed, the business cycle has boomed and busted with monotonous regularity as the central bank has created trillions of dollars from thin air and the Federal Government has spent it into the economy.

There is a growing consensus that the next bust may well be the last. That remains to be seen.

And what does any of that have to do with a rigged Democrat Presidential primary?

That's a new one to me as well, so I 'googled' 'pumpkinfuhrer' and the word apparently doesn't exist. However, the 'pumpkin' and 'fuhrer' do, so here's what we see:

pump·kin
[ˈpəm(p)kən]
NOUN

a large rounded orange-yellow fruit with a thick rind, edible flesh, and many seeds.
informal
used as an affectionate term of address, especially to a child.
the plant of the gourd family that produces the pumpkin, having tendrils and large lobed leaves and native to warm regions of America.

And:

Führer is the German word for leader. The word Führer is most often used to name Adolf Hitler. Hitler was the German Chancellor during the Third Reich. The dictator Adolf Hitler used the word Führer for his title Führer and Reichskanzler of the Third Reich.

So it appears the word 'pumpkinfuhrer' is a slang term referring to either the Adolf Hitler of pumpkins, or affection for Adolf Hitler. Take your pick. I don't get it either.

Ssshhhhh! That doesn't fit the narrative. We must focus on the killings, not the prevention of further bloodshed. If word gets out that the killer was stopped by a guy with an AR15, what would that do to the narrative? AR15, bad. Unarmed and vulnerable, good. That's the narrative.

OK, I read it again. Twice. It still says the same thing as the first time I read it. You're grousing about that 'popular vote' BS. By all means, tell me how wrong I am about that, after all it's your comment so you should know what it says...