Hamas talks out of its rump, world didnt expect any less

[Spiffor]

I do too. I put semicolons everywhere I can; generally, I put them in looooooong bracketed pragraphs... I can't lower myself to actually put dots in my bracketed pragraphs, and too many consecutive commas suck

[lord of the mark]

New York Times editorial, via Winds of Change

"Palestinian leaders have been promoting the illusion that Islamic radical groups will ultimately transform themselves into peaceful political parties. That fantasy was shattered on Tuesday along with 20 innocent lives when a Hamas terrorist blew up a Jerusalem bus. The bombing occurred at the very moment the Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, was meeting with Islamic radicals in Gaza. If anything positive is to come from this latest atrocity, it will be a conclusive realization by Mr. Abbas that organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad have no genuine interest in cease-fire agreements or two-state solutions and must be forcibly put out of the terrorism business. Only then will the American-sponsored road map for peace have a chance of delivering Palestinian statehood.
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Hamas described Tuesday's bombing as retaliation for the Israeli Army's killing of one of its militants in June. Hamas is a self-appointed gang of thugs with no right to kill anyone, Israeli or Palestinian. That is how it must be treated by Mr. Abbas and his security chief, Muhammad Dahlan."

[Dom Pedro II]

I don't really think "rump" was an entirely appropriate word to choose... the rump really refers to the flesh of the butt... I think when you're talking out your ass, it really refers more to the anus...