The latest OBL tape has been released and as expected there is no new image of Bin Laden. Instead we are treated to a still image over an audio message of what would appear to be Bin Laden’s voice. Video at the Jawa Report.
What is not expected is that there are no English subtitles, which Rusty over at Jawa’s says is significant because Adam Gadahn is believed to be Sahab’s chief English language propagandist and translator. So where the hell is Gadahn? Rusty:
Either Adam Gadahn is dead, or he is in a much more dangerous position than that of propagandist. I’m sure intel types are all over this, but sometimes this kind of info has a way of not filtering down to the troops on the field or those manning the border. So, be on the lookout for this man either on the ground in Afghanistan earning some street cred with al Qaeda or trying to infiltrate Europe or the U.S. using a false identity.
Adam Gadahn before and after he discovered cholesterol.
The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism.
Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult.
They have introduced courses for priests to combat what they call the most extreme form of “Godlessness.”
Now fellow moron, Gabriel Malor seems to be poo pooing the rite of Exorcism, if I’m reading him right…
I worked for a Catholic church from high school through college. In my first week I got a call that started like this: “This is going to sound strange, but I’m totally serious. Can you send someone over for an exorcism?” He then proceeded to explain that things were moving on their own and the house was making sounds and that it had been going on for a few weeks. He was nominally Lutheran, but they wouldn’t do anything about it. Heh. We didn’t either.
P.S. I just noticed some unintentional (?) humor in the Daily Mail URL to this story. it ends with “Satan=Santa.” Hmmmm.
More: I meant to add this as part of the post earlier, but got distracted by my 13-month-old niece, who I’m visiting in Virginia.
The Vatican is particularly concerned that young people are being exposed to the influence of Satanic sects through rock music and the Internet.
AOSHQ commenter, Vercingetorix had this to say:
“…influence of Satanic sects through rock music and the Internet.
“Eh, actually, that is not as prudish as it might seem. I used to listen to Ozzy, yadda, yadda, but also the Detroit rapper ESHAM (the Unholy) and his group NATAS (Satan, backwards, in case I need to spell it out), also the 3-6 Mafia, or as they were first named, the Triple Six Mafia. You hear more of this, and less of the Gospels, well, you figure out what philosophy becomes more important to you.You can only watch X number of Taratino films, slasher movies, listen to “KKKill the Fetus”, bang so many chicks, drink, use drugs, fight, etc, and miss Y many days at church before you start playing for the other team. There’s a reason why Earth isn’t paradise and why people suggest that Hell is jampacked, and Heaven has great parking.
I concur. I have no idea if Vercingetorix actually believes that demonic possession is possible, like I do, but he certainly has a good handle on how evil is perpetuated.
Anyway, I’m glad the Pope is doing what he’s doing.
The Vatican is denying reports it plans to install more exorcists around the world so possessed people can get help quickly.
“Pope Benedict XVI has no intention of ordering local bishops to bring in garrisons of exorcists to fight demonic possession,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told reporters in Rome Friday.
A two year old girl, Teagan Gislason, from Farmington MN, spent nearly a week at the Mayo Clinic after accidentally stabbing herself in the eye with a screwdriver during a church service. Teagan’s father was with his three girls at the church when she began to get restless, so he:
went into a room where children have adult supervision during the church service. Teagan somehow found a screwdriver, and a fellow church member saw it sticking out of her left eye socket.
“I ran over to her, and she was standing up and walking around and not crying,” said Neil Gislason. “It was very heart wrenching to see that. Cause it was deep. And I knew it, but I didn’t want to believe it. And I was hoping and hoping and praying and praying.”
An X-ray shows the screwdriver penetrated Teagan’s eye socket, five centimeters into her brain. Doctors removed it after four hours, with virtually no bleeding.
“I would have complete breakdowns where I couldn’t even keep myself standing,” said Katie Gislason, Teagan’s mother. She was at work when the accident happened, and found out when she got a phone call.
I can only imagine!
“I just could not believe this. This is the phone call that no parent wants to get,” she said.
Neil Gislason said his best guess is that Teagan found the screwdriver, and tripped with it in her hand. No one actually saw the accident, so no one is quite sure what happened.
A ll I kept thinking was I don’t care about scars, I don’t care about loss of movement, I don’t care about loss of vision, I don’t care about her speech. I just want her alive,” said Katie Gislason.
One week later, Teagan is home with her family, acting like a normal 2-year-old. Her vision appears to be fine, and the only remaining mark from the incident is a scar on her eyelid.
“She’s our Christmas miracle,” said Katie Gislason.
The little girl is taking antibiotics to make sure the eye doesn’t get infected, and will be getting regularly checked out by doctors to make sure her vision is okay, but her prognosis is very good. It looks like she will have no lasting effects from having had a screwdriver penetrated five centimeters into her brain!
