The Invisible Library

The great Terry Jones has taken a stand for Armageddon:

Those of us who have long been supporters of Armageddon have naturally been greatly cheered by way the president of the United States has been embracing our cause. Our desire to bring chaos, death and destruction to a greater swathe of humanity has, in the past, often been frustrated by peacemakers and do-gooders of all shades of the political spectrum.

For too long, our aspirations have been derided and criticised. In fact, to be blunt, for more than two millennia we have had to put up with opprobrium and vilification, but now all that will be a thing of the past, for in George Bush we have found an ally - indeed, we have found a leader. A man who is prepared to place himself at the head of the forces of destruction and misery, and who is unafraid of the opinion of the rest of the world.

George Bush has finally put Armageddon firmly on the political agenda, and it is likely to stay there for the foreseeable future.

This means that we Armageddonists need keep to the shadows no longer. Bush and his colleagues in the White House have given us credibility and respectability. They have made our goal their goal, and death, disease, war and famine are now the most likely fate for more people in the Middle East than we Armageddonists had ever dared to hope for.

Hat tip to Bob Harris.

Elvira’s sister, Naomi was here for a visit last week. she and Elvira were doing some creative sewing, restitching a few T-shirts and making clothes. Naomi decided that Rupert needed a scarf, which I was morally opposed to on the grounds that I never want to be one of those people who puts clothes on their pets. That’s a level of depravity I want nothing to do with. Weird thing is, he liked wearing it and didn’t want anyone to take it off of him.

Two Jordanian women resign form Fox News. I bet Bill O’Reilly won’t get it.

Gods and Monsters! Christopher Hitchens actaully makes a good point. OK, it’s ony about Mel “Are you a Jew?” Gibson, but still:

Whether Gibson tries this last catch-penny profanity or not, it is time to lower the boom on him. Those who endorsed his previous obscene blockbuster are obliged to say something now or be ignored ever after. But this should not be yet another spectacle of the “offensive” and the “inappropriate,” swiftly succeeded by rehab and repentance and perhaps—who knows?—a joint press conference with Elie Wiesel. Gibson did not “misspeak”; indeed according to many trustworthy reports, he nearly copped the customary celebrity “get out of jail free” card and had his remarks stricken from the record. (When will the sheriffs decide to release the evidence?) No, he spoke his “mind,” and in case anyone wants to burble about political correctness, it should be added that he spoke this way because of his religion, not just his warped personality. Let him keep the fortune he made from a pogrom movie, and let him by all means continue to sponsor his Latin Mass sectarian church in Malibu, where sinners are thick on the ground. But there was another touch of in vino veritas when he tearfully told the cops that “my life is f—ed,” and this inadvertent truth ought to be remembered in all charity as the last words we ever want to hear from him.