Clearly, the Zionist Plot proceeds apace.

• From the Washington Post (via the BBC): “A few weeks ago, 14 squirrels equipped with espionage systems of foreign intelligence services were captured by [Iranian] intelligence forces along the country’s borders. These trained squirrels, each of which weighed just over 700 grams, were released on the borders of the country for intelligence and espionage purposes. According to the announcement made by Iranian intelligence officials, alert police officials caught these squirrels before they could carry out any task.”

• Directly from the BBC: “British blamed for Basra badgers – …UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: “We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area… …One housewife, Suad Hassan, 30, claimed she had been attacked by one of the badgers as she slept. ‘My husband hurried to shoot it but it was as swift as a deer,” she said. “It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey,’ she told AFP.”

I think this proves the great diversity now afforded by the West. After all, for too long, following the doctrine espoused by the infamous Judeo-Christian World Zionist Plot, by Big and Little Americas (aka, Satan) – an ancient document dating back to the early 3^rd grade – only Zionist dogs and Zionist swine were permitted in the Western ranks. The inevitable children produced by the mixture of the noble legions were also allowed: the valued zionistische Schweinhünde. It brings joy to the heart to see the opportunities of Western decadence offered to an wider array of members of the powerful Phylum Chordata. In turn, this will secure dominance in the air, on land, and sea. Still, in light of these news reports, two things are clear.

• Iranians are better hunters than Iraqis. After all, the Iranians managed to catch squirrels alive, while the Iraqi could not manage to hit a 30 lb. dog-monkey. Come on guys, can’t Juma give you some shooting tips?

• The only animal sympathetic to the plight of Dar al-Islam is the the mouse. Walt Disney would be proud at how the image of mice has been rehabilitated. Once the mascot of the World Zionist Government, now the mouse too suffers under the oppressive heel of the Jewish conspiracy. (Though he seems to suffer from geographical issues as well; somehow “Tel Rabi” has moved to the soon to be liberated Jerusalem).

Well, there is no winning move. Play or don’t play, optimal checkers is a draw.

Yup, checkers is solved, and no one wins.

I’ve been religiously googleling “N800 skype” for two weeks now. I shouldn’t have bothered – I fired up tableteer on my N800 looking for the free Earthlink setup (not available in NYC, sadly) and it suggested an update to 2007.26-8 – with Skype, Flash 9 support, and (mainstream) SDHC support. Go and get it!

Still in Florida.

I’m trying my first serious post on my N800. I did bring my notebook along with me, and frankly, while the N800 can function in its stead -it is not quite to be recommended. See, like everything else, on the internet, there are producers and consumers. To wit, there are devices to match. Despite the fact that as Linux based “Internet tablet” the N800 has definite geek appeal, the Nokia is more browser than creator. For example – and an annoying one at that – the ability to cut and paste is slow at best and finicky (or even impossible) at worst.

So, at least for blogging, simple text posts like this are fairly easy, as long as you have an external keyboard. In fact, I’m finishing this post on the thing at the airport terminal in Fort Lauderdale. As for the rest, well, the N800 has come in dammned handy many times on this trip – particularly with maemo mapper – just make sure you have downloaded the maps you’ll need in advance. I have a (solar assisted) bluetooth GPS coming next week. If that works, and I can find a useable protective case, I may have found the ultimate* urban exploration tool.

*ultimate until the next model with WiMAX and municipal WiMAX deployment, of course. A better camera would be nice too.

Took my Florida approved, CWP prerequisite gun safety class yesterday. All that I have left is some paperwork (and a fingerprinting) Some would think this a celebratory act (or a sad reflection on America, given the impending fingerprinting), but it was merely practical – tomorrow I return to Manhattan.

With no sarcasm or irony – yay.

Now, a thought that crossed my mind the other day about democracy – even those who hold it as a nigh-religious value concede that the structure does not serve all purposes, neither in function or morality.  There are a couple of examples that spring to mind – the military is obvious, transplant list priority is another.  I am curious as to what other examples exist – I doubt that they are hard to find, just hard to see.

That being said, the stability of the American structure – and its pervasiveness throughout the world – is a testament to this Great Experiment beset by two oceans.

There will be those who snicker, those decry an “empire,” those who forsee – and will – doom.  However, the honest and objective, independent of outlook, can only concede that She truly is remarkable.