Isaac Schrödinger

Incompetent Technician

I hate it when that happens.

What It Takes to Insult Muslims

Reason #72359423 why Islamic teachings are idiotic.

It's a devil! Hey, Muhammad said so and he's never! wrong.

Mesmerized by the Mirror

You have to admit; it is pretty.

Glorious Light

Rick Lee: Horse Farm.

Read the comments there for good advice about the time of day.

Respect the Sign

Otherwise, it'll beat you up.

SILENCE!

A poor victim of premature detonation.

Bears Do What!?

Just wrong.

Those Tender Feelings

Indigo Jo Blogs:

The BBC have reported that a sister named Bushra Noah, who was refused a job as a hair stylist because the potential employer regarded her headscarf as being incompatible with the funky image of her salon and thought a hair stylist should have her own hair on display, has won £4,000 compensation. The compensation was for hurt feelings produced by a 15-minute interview

From now on, I'm sure, employers will have a greater incentive to hire headscraf-clad women.

The salon owner said she could not understand why someone who was against the display of hair would be in the hair industry, which strikes me as odd, because Muslims are not against the display of hair per se - just its public display.

Yeah, that would have satisfied the salon owner. "But my hair is so spectacularly beautiful ... in private."

A Depressing Collage

Observe. Link via Muslimah Media Watch.

I Didn't Know They Were Edible

But I'm convinced.

Blogging Overload

Hunh. I usually just write "< p >". It's neater than using line breaks.

Mini --

I didn't say it!

A Topic of Importance

The first dress ain't bad. The second, however, is quite hideous.

Saving the Master

KETV via The Corner:

A Labrador retriever lived up to its name Friday when he plucked his 12-year-old owner out of the Platte River, near North Bend.

What an incredible creature.

Jake got a very big bone for efforts and was forgiven for every hole he dug and all the mud he tracked into the house, the Baileys said.

He should be forgiven for all the mud he'll bring in the future.

Woofstock!

Four classic captures.

Light, Camera, Action

The Fire Ant Gazette:

my finger was on the shutter button at the right time

Indeed.

He Doesn't Like You

The lack of eye contact makes it very spooky.

That's Mean

Plus, who buys that on ebay!?

Be a Virgin, Again!

IHT: For Muslim women in Europe, a medical road back to virginity.

Ain't technology grand?

"In my culture, not to be a virgin is to be dirt," said the student, perched on a hospital bed as she awaited surgery Thursday. "Right now, virginity is more important to me than life."

I don't get her mindset. Why did she choose to not remain a virgin? And after having made that choice, why is she marrying within a culture and a family that would consider her true self to be dirt?

One 32-year-old Macedonian-born Muslim said that she had chosen the surgery to avoid being punished by her father after her relationship with her boyfriend of eight years ended.

"I was afraid that my father would take me to a doctor and see whether I was still a virgin," said the woman, who owns a small business and lives on her own in Frankfurt. "He told me, 'I will forgive everything, but not if you have thrown dirt on my honor.' I wasn't afraid he would kill me, but I was sure he would have beaten me."

Apparently, beating one's 32-year-old daughter is honorable behavior.

Link via Lisa Schiffren who writes out my thoughts perfectly here:

Call me a romantic, but just how great a marriage can be built on a lie about chastity, fear of exposure, and the resentment that must follow the neccessity to undergo that surgery?

Burning Power

Past few days have been hot here but still I haven't seen this.

I wake up a bit too late for it.

So Pleasing

Just a few drops of water.

Here's another photo and some explanation.

The Muslim Immigrant

Achelois:

I am not pro assimilation. I support that people be seen as different parts of mosaic that together forms a beautiful piece with various colours and backgrounds. I don’t want to assimilate into a foreign culture and I don’t want to force them to assimilate into mine. I never wanted to assimilate into a Christian British culture; British culture today is so varied that there can and does exist a prominent Muslim British culture. When the colonists came to East India they did not start wearing a dhoti kurta. They did not assimilate and there is no reason why people from various ethnic backgrounds should be asked to assimilate blindly into the Western cultures. But the British were the colonists and not immigrants. There is a difference.

It seems that the last two sentences undercut the whole point of the paragraph.

Later on in the post:

In the past three months, four friends have said they have lost their spirituality. I am terrified.

Only four had the courage to come forward and admit that they refuse to be Allah's slaves. The true number is likely higher. Be very terrified!

Calm

See it.

Artwork of Blasphemy

The last photo is supremely distasteful.

I would never disrespect McDonald's like that.

A-Style!

I wonder how much money they paid for it?

HDR Craziness

The overdone look suits this photo.

A Grand View

Well, it is the King's College Circle.

Warmth and Menace

This photo conveys both.

It's Alive!

Do not attempt this.

Shedding the Load

Daylight Savings Time introduced in Pakistan. The photo in the post is humorous.

Potent HDR

Nice image. The sky looks like glass.

Caturday Post

• FREEDOM!
• Totally owned.
• Very concerned.
• Seems like a trick SAT question.

A Serene Place

Take a look.

Feeding

Nice capture.

"Sun Seeker"

It figures.

They Look So Cute ...

... when they're young.

Bubblicious

One doesn't get many chances to take such a photo.

Must Have!

Got milk, seriously.

Too Blue

Sunlight would have enhanced the shot; still, even without it, the photo looks good.

Invisible Luxury

You will never never find me complaining about unfairness.

Huskies!

Cute family.

Dedicated Photographer

She is quite skilled.

It Pops

It really does.

Mmm

I bet it tastes sweet.

Warmth

What a beautiful capture.

The Only Thing Missing ...

... is an Indian movie song.

They've Got Two!

I've never seen one in person.

3-Shot HDR

Awesome sky.

I Am Not Naughty

I swear!

A Lapel Pin for Obama

It's quite funny.

So Not Cool

And not romantic.

I Can't Say No

The question doesn't matter.

A New Week Begins

Okay, it's not a sunrise but it's close.

Deadly Love

On cousin marriages in the United Arab Emirates:

a haemo-globinopathy specialist says that “many couples were going ahead with their wedding plans despite discovering they were thalassaemia carriers. “We found most of the couples coming just a few days before their wedding day. During this time, whenever you try to explain to them - there is already a sort of bond between this couple. To break this bond, in our culture, it will not be accepted easily,” he said… health officials said they were still receiving babies born with thalassaemia, adding they did not notice a drop of new cases since pre-marital genetic testing became a requirement in the UAE in 2006.

The spineless reaction of the UK government is not much different.

A Hub of Power

It looks like it.

A Scene from Paradise

Observe.

Fishy View

Exhibit A.

Exhibit B.

Catastrophe

The murderer should get life at the minimum.

That Sky is Evil

See it for yourself.

Oh. My. God.

This is horrifying.

I can only manage 23.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Can you feel The Rhythm?

A Waste of Time

BBC via IBA:

Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.

That's a cute proposal, coming from a people who can't even make a watch.

I Wouldn't Live There

A bit too ostentatious for my taste.

It's Quite Shiny ...

... but the core is still rotten.

Photogenic Jack

The brown-white combination is a killer (check out the last one).

Piling On the Zzzz

Busy day ahead. Get some rest.

Easy Question

Rainbow asks in the comments:

tell me if the Islam is mistreated the women like u said ..how come there alot of women all over the world r converting to Islam?

Because they're dumb and/or ignorant.

American Oppression

Shabana Mir:

American women need help. They are so victimized that they suffer themselves to be treated like objects and toys, desiring no change. Their false consciousness prevents them from criticizing their situation. They should aspire to be protected rather than exposed, clothed rather than stripped naked for every purchaser. They should expect to be given privacy from the hunter-male gaze.

We have to liberate them. We have to let them know that their way of life is evil at its core. Years of subjugation and conditioning have rendered them incapable of desiring something better. We have to empower them to hate their civilization, their culture, their people, their norms of gender and sex.

It's supposedly satirical.

Slightly Off Target

Is he kissing the nose?

Insta-Orgy

LFG: The Breasts and Thighs of the Black-Eyed Virgins of Paradise.

There is no god but Allah. He told us that if you entered one of the palaces, you would find ten black-eyed virgins sprawled on musk cushions.

Ten!? What happened to the other 62?

Still, it doesn't do it for me. I like brown or green eyes.

LOL Awareness Day

Please, think about the kittehs.

This. Is. Canada!

True madness on display.

So Lean

This photo reminded me of Doctor Zhivago.

The Evils of Math

A Muslim girl says:

"I grew up too quickly," she said. "From 11, I was studying maths all the time. I didn't have any friends."

She added: "I don't have any regrets."

She has been very naughty:

MATHS genius turned hooker Sufiah Yusof reveals how she drives men wild... by reciting EQUATIONS to her clients as they have sex.

Mmm, equations.

Link via Achelois.

Leave It Alone!

This is just mean.

More!

• CPR gone horribly wrong.
• What exactly are we to do now?
• When adults embarrass.
• I would have asked for Beethoven.

Non-feline:

• The Geico mafia?
• Those budgies can sure hold a grudge.

Fighting Words

Sandmonkey: Texans are wussies!

A commenter says:

Texans don’t need guns! They have chuck norris!

True.

What is Illegal?

Tambi Dude emailed this link and asks, "Can you believe this?"

Nope. It's like something out of The Onion: Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives.

Aged Look

He looks like an old fellow.

Barefoot and Naked

Daily Mail:

On a clear day, the view from the top will take in the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Ocean - providing you've a head for heights.

Plans for a mile-high tower in the Saudi Arabian desert have been unveiled by the billionaire owner of London's Savoy Hotel.

Austrolabe provides a prophecy from the time of Muhammad:

…Barefoot, naked, shepherds compete in building tall structures. [Sahih Muslim]

See, the building of such structures shows that the prophecy is coming true.

Two problems:

1. The people who want to construct these buildings aren't barefoot, naked, shepherds.
2. The building of "tall structures" has been going on for centuries. Given the wording, this prophecy has been coming true for all that time!

Anyway, some think that the project is a waste of money. A commenter says:

This tower is being built by a private company, Walid Ibn Talal has given money in the past to the Palestinians and to the poor in Lebanon, when Jenin was demolished by the Israelis he helped fund the rebuilding of the camp, this is why Mayor Juliani of NYC in 2001 refused his donation to help the victims of the attacks.

It's amusing how 1400-year-old garbage is treated with reverence but the true meaning of a recent event is perverted.

Another Caturday

• There's something Avada Kedavra about them.
• I have to agree; that looks a lot like Garfield.
• What a pose! A catty cat.
• A different kind of feline.

Earth Hour Celebrated

This guy is so full of energy.

Link via Tim Blair.

Soaring Beyond

A simple image can convey so much.

Oxen Craig

This shot reminds me of Sergio Leone.