Galloway Sets a Record

You knew it would only be a matter of time before the anti-war left connected the London bombings this morning with Britain's participation in the war on terror and the democratization of the Middle East. Leave it to British MP and union yob Gorgeous George Galloway to be te first, in what I believe to be record time for this sort of thing.

(Via Instapundit)

As Democracy guy notes, London was a target for terrorism before 911. I believe the IRA have dibs, in that it's been one of their premier bombing targets since the '70s.

My take is that these bombings resemble the Palestinian (or for that matter IRA) efforts more than Al-Qaeda, in that civilians (on civilian transport) were targeted rather than some big, spectacular symbol of the evil and corrupt West. Like the Palestinians, these bombers are looking for European moral equivalency to justify their actions. George Galloway's response will do nicely.

UPDATE: scratch that. The planning was co-ordinated on an Al-Qaeda-like level.

Live 8 Non-Tangential Question No. 1

I started a thread over at SciForums about this concert wherein I voiced all of my opinions about it, so I won't rehash here.

I only discovered the existence of Pete Doherty about a month ago, when I purchased Cool Britannia, a compilation of new rock from England. Do Google image search for him to learn about everything you need to know.

Anyhoo, he performed with Elton John at the concert this morning.

I had originally thought that if I ever had a chance to ask Pete a single question, it would be something along the lines of "So, how does a crack-addicted wad of cheese like you get to boink Kate Moss?"

This question has now been superceded by, "So, does Sir Elton's mouth taste like ass, or what?"