Or at least, to all but the HD.

I’ll be on my loaner computer from now until I get this one back. That’s assuming I can get the hard drive out. It’s a little more difficult than I’d thought. And the tech drones in Mumbai are not all that much help.

Update: Yikes. IE v6.

So, I sent off my computer and copied all of the necessary files onto my new portable HD, except I forgot something important. Mom just went in for hip surgery and I forgot to print out the email with the contact phone numbers.

I hate when I do things like that.

Color me unsurprised.

Mullahs on Monday warned Arab countries not to make any concessions towards Israel. ‘The Zionist regime (Israel) is in one of its weakest situations, especially after the military failure in Lebanon which caused an earthquake within the regime,’ Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the Al-Alam television.

‘Therefore one should be careful not to make any concessions or grant any advantages to a regime which is on the verge of collapse,’ Mottaki said in the interview with the Arab-language news network affiliated to Iran’s state television.

He reiterated that Iran has in the last three decades refused to acknowledge Israel as a sovereign state and would do so in the future.

Sure! Let’s negotiate with these creeps. Let them get nuclear weapons power. They won’t use it for evil! Nope. Not at all.

Another quick Tigger movie for the catbloggers who read this site.

It occurs to me that I have been in Virginia far too long. My New Jersey accent is nowhere to be seen in this movie.

I really, really, really need to get back north for a few days.

They’re running scared.

A senior Hamas official said Tuesday that the group would consider talks on a cease-fire, if Israel first stopped its “mad attacks.”

“The aggression must stop so we can talk about a comprehensive cease-fire,” said Ahmed Youssef, an aide to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas. “The government is working on expanding the truce. This is a national interest.”

Hamas terrorists have turned off their cell phones and gone into hiding. The leadership is worried that there’s a Hellfire missile out there for each of them. Most assuredly, there is. If the idiots in charge of Israel let the IDF keep this up, you will see a lessening of the effectiveness of Hamas.

They don’t ask for cease fires unless they’re feeling the heat. This time, no deal, says Tzipi Livni.

Here’s hoping they mean it.

Sarah has the details. She also has Max, who has CF, and who drew this great picture of SuperDog.

If you were thinking of donating to a charity this month, I would suggest the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

They are making amazing strides in research, and seem to be quite close to a cure. Which will be great news for Max, because we want him around for a long, long time.

The AP can’t find the woman’s name, even though the Israeli press can. Her name was Shirel Feldman, and she was 32 years old. Her car was hit by a “crude, homemade” rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists. A man was hit by shrapnel. That would be sharp piece of metal and ball bearings, put in the rockets to create as much damage as possible. Seventeen rockets were fired at Sderot on Monday.

The AP headline and lead, though, are all about Israel “escalating” the “violence.”

Israel Hints It May Target Hamas Leaders
Israeli-Palestinian violence escalated dangerously Monday when Israel killed five militants in airstrikes and hinted Hamas political leaders could be their next target. A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli woman, inviting a harsh response.

The woman was the first Israeli to die in a Palestinian rocket attack since November.

Even before the fatal salvo, Hamas leaders feared for their safety. They turned off their cell phones, stayed out of official vehicles and reduced their movements as militant groups declared a state of emergency.

Notice the angle of the article: Hamas leaders fear for their safety at the hands of the vicious Israelis, who are rocketing them because “only” one Israeli has been killed by a rocket since November.

At sundown Monday, a Palestinian rocket hit a car and set it on fire in Sderot, about a mile from Gaza. The woman died en route to the hospital and two others were wounded in the attack. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

Deaths in rocket attacks often trigger a harsh Israeli response.

Because gee, what other nation would get upset when its citizens were being rocketed on a daily basis?

I hate the AP. And while I’m at it, Steve Erlanger and the New York Times suck, too. Notice the moral equivlance of this headline. Because terrorists murdering Israeli civilians is just like the Israeli army taking out terrorists trying to murder Israeli civilians.

Israel and Palestinian Militants Carry Out Deadly Attacks
The Israeli Air Force continued its strikes in Gaza on Monday, killing four members of Islamic Jihad who the Israeli Army said were preparing to launch rockets against Israel, and one member of Hamas at what it said was a bomb-making factory.

Notice that the Times doesn’t name the victim, either. Shirel Feldman. Her name means “God’s song.”

Hamas is now saying that they’ll stop the rocket fire if Israel stops targeting their terrorists in the West Bank. Repeat after me, Hamassholes: No. Effing. Way.

I wish the IDF the best of luck in targeting Hamas’ leaders.