Remember the zuchinni of chastisement?
Thanks, I think, to vastleft for drawing my attention to this:
Central to the investigation were some 300,000 FBI wiretap intercepts collected from 1993 to 2001, mainly involving Padilla’s co-defendants Hassoun and Jayyousi and others. Most of the conversations were in Arabic and purportedly used code such as “tourism” and “football” for violent jihad or “zucchini” and “eggplant” instead of military weapons or ammunition.
Well, shoot. Whoops!
Devilish cunning, what? With Thomas Pynchon, I ask:
Who put the glottal stop in steganography?
NOTE And the funny thing is, I've always disliked eggplant, and I'm not growing zucchinni this year, (a) because I don't like them, and (b) because everybody else also has too many of them, and I can't give them away.
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So as long as we are careful never to look up
the word for "z______i" in the language known as "A____c" we should be in the clear? At least as far as the NSA bots are concerned?
I am as a matter of fact surprised to learn that there IS an Arabic word for zucchini. Not that I am any kind of expert on middle Eastern cuisine or anything.
Oh, waitaminit...shit...finger get off that "post comment" butto
So I had to go check, CD ...
they make carpaccio with it ... and something that sure sounds like ratatouille!!
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
In other news
Terrorists frequently use the words "liberal" and "Democrat" to refer to their sleeper cells. "Voter registration drive" is a term of art for bombings and executions.
But I still believe
And I will rise up with fists!!
But I still believe
And I will rise up with fists!!
cable slug flash
The bass are in the lillies. The corndog has rolled under the truck. [repeat] she wears a teeny weeny itsy bitsy yellow microdot zookini. *
oh my gawd!!!
you all realize this means not only have they been recording all our emails and blog posts and putting them in the "first boat to gitmo" file, but that now we're in the "terrorist mastermind" and first to be waterboarded class!
WE HAVE ARRIVED.
I bow to you, Lambert. Your evil weapon of chastisement is fearful indeed. Only the full force of the MIC will stop you, that much is clear. I am honored to hate America in all your company.
...although, perhaps they'll just make lambert cook and eat zucchini for his torture.
"The bass are in the lilies."
Pass it on.
We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Microdot Zookini
Oh, farmer.