Armageddon

The latest incident involving Islam is the case of the man threatened with death for converting to Christianity. Of course, we're all outraged. We bang the table and call for action. Blah, blah, blah. Useless.

Sadly, to be very objective, Islam will eventually prevail. They use your western values to infiltrate and surround you. Soon, you're outnumbered. Then, it's too late. The truth is, eventually, everyone will have to become Muslim (we're talking a few hundred years). As you can see, when Muslims are in charge, they make the rules. And what rules. What can you do about it? Nothing.

However, if you're a Christian, then that cannot happen. Ergo, Armageddon must intervene. I surely hope I'm not around to witness that. I fret that Iran's nuclear ambitions may be the trigger...

France Is Finished

Dominic De Vellepin is facing huge resistance in his attempts to reduce youth unemployment in France. Student protests, union strikes, violence. They should just put it to a referendum. After all, if the French want to destroy themselves, you can't stop them.

I've been playing Project Gotham Racing 3 on my Xbox 360. The online racing is very well implemented. It does a good job of player matching, taking into account the car you select. So races are quite evenly matched. And the races are very smooth. No warping that I used to get on Forza Motorsport on the old Xbox. Very exciting indeed.

Battery Smorgasbord

I was walking around a HDB estate near Hougang Mall yesterday when I came across one of those shops selling lots of cheap things. And boy did they have a huge selection of batteries. I spent $8 on 52 AA batteries, not including $1.20 for the 2 Akira akaline batteries. The bottom right is 'Bull' (50 cents, poetic actually, 50 Cent IS bull) and next to it is 'Garwall' (60 cents). Amazing. I've never seen these before. I'm sure most people who have ever used Nasonik know that it's crap. Those were $2.50 for 24. Haha.

Collected Xbox 360

I collected my Xbox 360 at the launch party on 15th March. Wasted my time. It was held at the Red Dot Museum (former police HQ on Maxwell Road). Firstly, the carpark was full and I had to circle round to park at the Ministry of National Development (missed the entrance in the dark).

Started at 8pm. After queueing for a short while, I realized some people were cutting queue. I showed them my preorder envelope and got in. They should have put up some signs.

Loud music inside. And they didn't even have the decency to give me an Xbox sticker (entitling one to beer). Only VIPs got one, which seemed like everyone else but me. If a buyer isn't a VIP, who is?

There were machines at the sides, showcasing the launch games. Of course, didn't get to touch them. The hostess was Denise Keller. They had some competition to give away Xbox 360 machines and games. Boring. I began to get a backache, and was coughing throughout. Thought it was due to too much standing. As it turns out, I was falling sick.

Finally, we could collect our Xboxes at 10pm, but the area was packed. So I decided to check out the games. At 10.15, I checked again. Much fewer people. I joined the queue and asked the last guy if this was the one for collection. 'Yes'. After wasting about 15 min, I'm told that I'm in the wrong queue. The girls in collection were twiddling their thumbs. Again, no signage! I have to say, it was pretty badly organized.

After collecting my Xbox, I was interviewed by MTV (don't think they'll air it, though). I went home and left the stuff in the boot. Too tired to even open it.

Ken Deffeyes has announced that Peak Oil occurred on 16 Dec 2005. I've been thinking a lot about it. I think things won't be as bad as many experts predict. As oil production falls behind demand, prices will rise. Most third world countries will be marginalized. Their people won't be able to afford it, and their governments won't be able to afford to subsidize the people. Ergo, there will be no shortage for us, just higher prices. Eventually, higher prices will lead to widespread use of alternative fuels and more conservation. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Unilateral Israel

I have advocated for many years, what Israel is only now doing. Building a wall between them and the Palestinians. It's impossible to keep suicide bombers out if you have Palestinians amongst you doing menial work. I said, build a wall, and hire Filipinos, or Indians, or even Chinese.

Now it looks like this might happen if Olmert wins. Not end of the story though, there are still many Arab Israelis. How to weed out the bad apples? Furthermore, I'm sure the Arab Israelis reproduce much faster than Jewish Israelis. That is a demographic time bomb that has to be solved.

I have a feeling that Dubai Ports intended to dump the US assets of P&O from the beginning. I can only imagine how difficult it is to run those ports, what with high salaries and rigid labour unions.

I'm glad they caught that evil cat torturer. Kudos to the people who put themselves at risk to do that. Let's hope something bad happens to him in prison. Bastard.

Brokeback Mountain Fails

In an uncommon occurrence, Brokeback Mountain garnered a best director award for Ang Lee but not best picture.

I guess it means that the screen actors guild felt that it was a good movie but didn't feel comfortable about giving the nod to a gay movie.

Bottomline, I don't care what they do to each other in private. Just make sure it stays there.

Frack It. Prophet Cartoons

I've been reading about the hardening attitudes towards immigrants in Europe. This in response to the over-reaction to the Prophet Cartoons.

It's about time. When you migrate to another country, how dare you dictate culture and norms to your host country? It's time to drop the non-discrimination. If it's your country, you make the rules.

France has the largest Muslim population in Europe. I predicted trouble years ago. Now Europe is waking up. One of the Nordic countries (can't remember which) is thinking of Aggressive Integration. Speak and behave like a local, or get out. Yeah. That's the way.

Australia has a looming problem too. Indiscrimate immigration policies and humanitarian policies are paving a road to hell. Lots of so-called refugees are screwing the welfare system. I have visited Australia many times. It's a great place. Some Aussies want to keep Australia white. I have always supported that stand. If you have too many asians in Australia, it wouldn't be Australia anymore, would it?

Another Test Video From YouTube

Another Test Video From YouTube