International “high-5 a Muslim” day!! Now this is Funny

With all the flack about cartoons within the Muslim community comes or buddy Rusty at My Pet Jawa with, International “high-5 a Muslim” day. (You have to see this video. It is OK to laugh.)

Now this is funny. Sometimes we all just need to lighten up and see the humor and breath.

Because a nod just isn’t enough and a hug is, well, just too much.

Giving some slappy, makes everyone happy

Joran Van der Sloot, “On The Record”, Part Deux

Joran Van der Sloot continued his unedited interview with Greta Van Susteren Thursday night, Joran Van der Sloot, Part Deax. Whether this was his decision or a collaborated effort by Team Joran to paint him in a better light; one thing is for certain … its never a good idea to sit down and do a deposition style interview when the host is an attorney.

Greta Van Susteren does a brilliant interview. Her technique should be watched by many a host. What is it? She allows the person being interviewed to talk and talk and talk. Last night there were a couple of occasions where Joran’s initial quick answer turned into a rambling train wreck. Lawyers always tell their clients when doing a deposition to give quick, short answers and do not provide any more information than one has to.

VAN DER SLOOT: Well, there is a discrepancy there, and I did at one point say that Deepak took me home. But that was at the more point from (INAUDIBLE) we’d always said when we were at our house talking that we’d keep — that we’d keep Satish’s little brother out it as much as possible when we’d actually made up the story to say that we dropped her off at the Holiday Inn.

VAN SUSTEREN: Why did you want to keep Satish out of it?

VAN DER SLOOT: I didn’t want to. That’s what Deepak wanted. He said, yes, you know, whatever, you keep — you know, We’ll keep my little brother out of it, and that — yes. That’s what we agreed on.

Keep Satish out of what exactly?

VAN DER SLOOT: Oh, he called me and — and — he called me from his work and he’s, like, Where are you? And I said, I’m at the Radisson with some friends, because I was there with some friends, playing poker. And he said, OK, I’m coming to you. And so then, yes, he came there.

VAN SUSTEREN: Had you ever hung out with him two nights in a row before?

VAN DER SLOOT: Two nights in a row? Never, really, because he works a lot and — yes.

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Natalee Holloway Fatigue? The Numbers Say No

Thanks to the Joran Van der Sloot unedited interviews, Greta Van Susteren’s “On The Record” and Fox were #1 in that much sought after 25-54 demographic in all of cable news.

The program averaged 497,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo, topping The O’Reilly Factor and all the rest. In total viewers, Greta was second with 2,121,000 viewers — substantially above her recent nightly numbers, but still 200,000 short of O’Reilly.

Which can also explain why Bill O’Reilly and the O’Reilly Report has been doing segments with Geraldo Rivera discussing and previewing the Greta interviews.

Last week ABC’s Prime Time interviews with Joran Van der Sloot was the highest rated show that they have had in nearly three years.

The broadcast averaged 12.4 million total viewers. The news magazine’s 4.4 rating in the 18-49 demo beat CBS’s 3.8…

Part III of Greta Van Susteren’s interview will air Friday night. Greta’s unedited, deposition style interview format is a stroke of brilliance. Letting the interviewee actually speak, sometimes rambling too much is such a drastic difference between the many talk show hosts that sometimes like to hear themselves talk instead.

Next stop, Larry King Live. Looks like even CNN and LKL wants in the game even though the network has done little to no reporting on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, except by Nancy Grace.

Natalee Holloway fatigue? Hardly. It looks like Aruba has Joran Van der Sloot to thank for the increased rise in attention to the case. Many are thanking Joran for putting the disappearance of Natalee back on top. Millions are captivated by this story and as Beth Twitty begins her “Save Yourself” Program, many more will learn about Natalee Holloway and the dangers that exist out there when one lets their guard down in what are perceived as safe places.

Brendan Dassey,16, Nephew of Steven Avery Charged in Halbach Murder

In what can only be described as disturbing and beyond comprehension, the 16 year old nephew of Steven Avery, Brendan Dassey, has also been charged in the murder of Teresa Halabach. Teresa, God rest your soul.
(Please be warned this story is graphic and disturbing)
(The rest at Missing & Exploited)

A Pictorial “On The Record”: Joran Van der Sloot Left Natalee on the Beach … Let’s just go and leave her there.” And, I was like, “OK”

VAN SUSTEREN: In the early morning hours of May 30, Joran van der Sloot says the Kalpoe brothers dropped Natalee and him at the beach agreeing to come back later and pick them up. What happened on the beach could be the key to solving this mystery.

(Beach in front of Fisherman’s Huts)

VAN SUSTEREN: Did you drive past her hotel at that point or just drive right to the beach?

VAN DER SLOOT: No, we drove past her — past her hotel and then took the road right next to her hotel.

VAN SUSTEREN: And so when you go to the beach you then move down to the Marriott is that right? You went farther north of the Marriott?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, the Marriott is right next to it.

(Marriott, Aruba)

VAN SUSTEREN: So you got out of the car. Did you have sex with Natalee?

VAN DER SLOOT: No, no, not…

VAN SUSTEREN: How come?

VAN DER SLOOT: Well, we got at the beach. We walked up. I took off my shoes. We walked to the — to the ocean and that’s where we sat down as well. That’s where I left my shoes and then we started walking. And I asked her, you know, let’s — we can walk toward your hotel because there were a lot of people there too. And she wanted to walk the other way, so towards the — starting to go towards the lighthouse.

Video of Fisherman’s Huts area

And, so we started walking — walking in that direction, more towards the fisherman’s hut and, yes, we were holding hands, talking and kissing, just having a good time.

(View from Fisherman Hut’s Toward Marriott)

VAN SUSTEREN: Are you able to — are you able to estimate how long you were on the beach with Natalee?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, it was probably an hour, maybe not even an hour.

VAN SUSTEREN: So, besides walking north in the direction away from her hotel what else were you doing?

VAN DER SLOOT: Nothing really just holding hands and talking about, yes, everything.

VAN SUSTEREN: What was her condition?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, to me she seemed like she had — she had something to drink but she seemed fine. You know she knew — she knew what she was doing.

VAN SUSTEREN: What kind of stuff were you saying?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, I told her that — I lied to her that I was 19. I said that I was going to go study in the states at St. Leo (ph) University and, you know, I was just — we were just having casual talk talking about stuff.

VAN SUSTEREN: So you never had intercourse right?

VAN DER SLOOT: No, never.

VAN SUSTEREN: How come? I mean that was your intention and…

VAN DER SLOOT: Well, I mean when — when actually at the point that it did get down to that I didn’t have a condom with me and I’ve heard — I’ve heard people say “Oh, that’s strange. Oh, that makes absolutely no — no sense. Any 18-year-old or 17-year-old then when he doesn’t have a condom would have sex anyway.” And I mean that’s the truth though.

I didn’t have a condom with me and that’s why I didn’t have sex with her because I won’t have sex with a girl without a condom. I mean I’ve never — I’ve never done that before and I’m never going to do that either. It’s just something that — that I’ve always kept myself to. That’s important for me too.

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VAN DER SLOOT: Well, I mean I had — I had to go to school the next day. I was close to my exams to do my final exams and, you know, the bus was picking me up at 6:40 a.m. I mean I had to go home and I didn’t want my dad to go into my room and see I’m not there or anything like that, so I mean I had to go home. So, yes, at one point I told her, you know, it’s time to go back to your hotel and she was just like, “No, let’s stay here. Let’s look at the stars.” She was just saying, you know, “Stay here with me. Just stay here with me the whole night. Tomorrow I have to go back anyway” and, you know, that’s — that’s what we were talking about.

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(Roads to Beach, Fisherman’s Huts near Marriott)

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, so she was asking me to stay and I told her I really had to go so, you know, for me to bring her back to her hotel and then I said at the end, I said “OK, well I’m going to call Deepak to come pick me up.” And so, I walked right there. There’s the fisherman’s hut.

(Fisherman’s Hut, appears to be red cross painted on 3rd post in)

There’s a little — because there’s a lot of wind there on the beach, so I walked right next to that and that’s where I called him from. And I — I asked him — I asked him to come pick me up. Then it was his brother that came to pick me up but I asked him to come pick me up.

VAN SUSTEREN: Did Satish pick you up in his car or his mother’s car?

VAN DER SLOOT: In Deepak’s car.

VAN SUSTEREN: So, it’s the same car that dropped you off?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes.

VAN SUSTEREN: Did you say “Where’s Deepak”?

VAN DER SLOOT: Yes, that was — of course that was the first reaction when I — when I came there. I walked over and I sat in the car and I was like, you know, “Where’s Deepak”? He said, “Oh, he’s at home on his computer.” And that’s when I, you know, I told him, you know, the girl’s still on the beach and, you know, she wanted me to stay there with her and, you know, I want to go. I want to go home. What do you do?

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(Judge the distances between locations and times for yourself)

And he reacted like, you know, OK (INAUDIBLE) “Let’s go, you know, let’s go fast and let’s leave, you know, like, you know, not really caring about her. Let’s just go and leave her there.” And, I was like, “OK” so (INAUDIBLE) we really went without even saying goodbye to her or without even really seeing her and telling her at that point that we were going to go.

A couple questions remain, actually many: 1. Why would Deepak Kalpoe need to lie and come up with the security guard story if all Joran states Deepak did was drive Joran and Satish to Carlos N’ Charlie’s? Then drop Joran and Natalee off at the beach. 2. Why would Deepak and Satish need to lie at all and be implicated with Joran Van der Sloot to the point where they spent time in jail if all they did was be Joran’s chauffeur? 3. Why would Joran show up at Carlos & Charlie’s one half hour before closing, knowing that there was a group of girls there on their last night who had been drinking all day? He states his sole purpose was to hook up with one of them. If that is the case and within a half hour he has Natalee downing 151 rum shots after she had been drinking all day and his purpose was to have sex with her … he doesn’t because he forgets a condom? Because everything he has done at this point, including if we are to believe leaving he on the beach just screams of Mr. Responsibility.