...Republicans would demagogue domestic policy using the cudgel of "national security"....and they were right!
Well, kind of:
The Obama administration today told Congress to pass an omnibus spending bill containing $8 billion in earmark projects, even though just a few days ago the president said one of the lessons he learned from the 2010 midterm elections was to take more seriously the public’s disapproval of – and his pledge to oppose -- earmarks.
“We wish there were no earmarks and are troubled with their presence” in the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, an administration source told ABC News. “But Secretary Gates has told the President that the alternative bill” – a continuing resolution that for one year funds the government, which is due to run out of cash at the end of the week – “doesn't have the funding critical for several national security priorities.”
The same excuse Obama and his fetid wife used to pass the intrusive Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 - you know, the one which bans school bake sales on the grounds of "national security"....
With a hat tip to Instapundit, who coined the title phrase...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
NY Times Sports Editor Dies A Well-Deserved (Professional) Death...
....with a reassignment, described as lateral at best, a demotion at worst:
New York Times Sports Editor Tom Jolly will see his controversial eight-year reign come to an end next month when he moves upstairs to a new job.
His tenure was marked by the Times' widely criticized coverage of the notorious 2006 Duke University lacrosse case in which a stripper accused three players of raping her -- charges that were eventually proven false.
Jolly has since said he regretted the way the Times handled the Duke story at the time.
He also supervised the disappearance of many of the Gray Lady's most renowned sports columnists and the elimination of many of its beat reporters on local sports teams.
While Executive Editor Bill Keller sought to portray the new job of night news editor as a promotion, some insiders said it is a lateral move at best into a new job that is still not widely understood as the publisher merges its print and digital news operations.
Many on the sports desk, however, may be inclined to say good riddance.....
The New York Times attempted to rouse a lynch mob to hang (literally) four young Duke college students falsely accused of rape, and Jolly used the Times sports pages to advance that jihad. When the drunken stripper who levied the accusation admitted to lying, and the charges imploded, the players exonerated, and Michael Nifong disbarred, the sports section and "pundits" remained steadfastly silent.
Click on the link to see Tom Jolly's pathetic excuse, in which he blames the University and the prosecutor's aggressiveness for driving the tone of the Times' stories, while at the same time claiming his reporters were "engaged throughout". Unlikely, especially as the blogosphere smelled a rat in this case about five minutes after it hit the papers....
Not sure, either, if Jolly was involved in the Time's earlier fatwa against the Augusta National Golf Club in 2002 (around the time that Jolly became sports editor), in which they ran some 40+ articles condemning Augusta's male-only policies, and which culminated in a protest at the 2003 Masters tournament, at which Times-backed female radical Martha Burk showed up with...40+ protesters. But it sure seems like Jolly's style...
So good riddance to a poor sports editor who thought kissing up to his superior's radical liberalism would help both his career and the the Times' sports pages. Instead, the Times sports section - once great, now bereft of some of its best voices - is just another unread portion of an increasingly discredited newspaper.
Good luck on the night desk, Jolly Tom. Consider your new position well-deserved, and consider yourself lucky to have it. In a just world, you'd be barred from the profession, facing down a myriad of well-justified lawsuits...
New York Times Sports Editor Tom Jolly will see his controversial eight-year reign come to an end next month when he moves upstairs to a new job.
His tenure was marked by the Times' widely criticized coverage of the notorious 2006 Duke University lacrosse case in which a stripper accused three players of raping her -- charges that were eventually proven false.
Jolly has since said he regretted the way the Times handled the Duke story at the time.
He also supervised the disappearance of many of the Gray Lady's most renowned sports columnists and the elimination of many of its beat reporters on local sports teams.
While Executive Editor Bill Keller sought to portray the new job of night news editor as a promotion, some insiders said it is a lateral move at best into a new job that is still not widely understood as the publisher merges its print and digital news operations.
Many on the sports desk, however, may be inclined to say good riddance.....
The New York Times attempted to rouse a lynch mob to hang (literally) four young Duke college students falsely accused of rape, and Jolly used the Times sports pages to advance that jihad. When the drunken stripper who levied the accusation admitted to lying, and the charges imploded, the players exonerated, and Michael Nifong disbarred, the sports section and "pundits" remained steadfastly silent.
Click on the link to see Tom Jolly's pathetic excuse, in which he blames the University and the prosecutor's aggressiveness for driving the tone of the Times' stories, while at the same time claiming his reporters were "engaged throughout". Unlikely, especially as the blogosphere smelled a rat in this case about five minutes after it hit the papers....
Not sure, either, if Jolly was involved in the Time's earlier fatwa against the Augusta National Golf Club in 2002 (around the time that Jolly became sports editor), in which they ran some 40+ articles condemning Augusta's male-only policies, and which culminated in a protest at the 2003 Masters tournament, at which Times-backed female radical Martha Burk showed up with...40+ protesters. But it sure seems like Jolly's style...
So good riddance to a poor sports editor who thought kissing up to his superior's radical liberalism would help both his career and the the Times' sports pages. Instead, the Times sports section - once great, now bereft of some of its best voices - is just another unread portion of an increasingly discredited newspaper.
Good luck on the night desk, Jolly Tom. Consider your new position well-deserved, and consider yourself lucky to have it. In a just world, you'd be barred from the profession, facing down a myriad of well-justified lawsuits...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Liberals Love Incest !
Well, let's see...we've got 46 year old Columbia professor David Epstein, a Palin-hatin', Huffpost-contributin', ivory-tower Democrat, smushing with his 24 year old daughter. We've got outpourings of support for Epstein's perversion from his followers at the HuffPost , as well as from the lefties over at Slate, who wonder why his daughter wasn't charged as well. (Gee, I dunno, something about power, or perhaps the fact that it is unlikely the Perfessor waited until the day she turned 21 to start f*cking his daughter?).
Now it seems as if the nation-state of Switzerland - long known for its depiction of adult women in little-girl costumes - is changing their laws in order to "decriminalize" incest:
The upper house of the Swiss parliament has drafted a law decriminalising sex between consenting family members which must now be considered by the government.
Daniel Vischer, a Green party MP, said he saw nothing wrong with two consenting adults having sex, even if they were related.
"Incest is a difficult moral question, but not one that is answered by penal law," he said.
"Difficult"? Only for those with the warped morality of the Left, who disguise their hedonism, hatreds, and perversions in code words such as "cultural ambiguity", "nuance", and "she/he asked for it"!
Screwing your little sister, or your daughter, is just another taboo for liberals to break, with no concern over who will clean up the physical/psychological mess afterwards. It's a mentality that hasn't moved out of the 60's - if it feels good, do it, and let "the man" clean up the mess.
There is no gray area here; incest is a dark and dangerous sexual act that is illegal due to its destruction nature, of both the innocent individual and the family unit.
Two things, incidentally, that the Left has shown very little interest in preserving, only corrupting. Societal taboos that get in the way must be shattered. Any surprise that the left's newest hero is David Epstein?
Now it seems as if the nation-state of Switzerland - long known for its depiction of adult women in little-girl costumes - is changing their laws in order to "decriminalize" incest:
The upper house of the Swiss parliament has drafted a law decriminalising sex between consenting family members which must now be considered by the government.
Daniel Vischer, a Green party MP, said he saw nothing wrong with two consenting adults having sex, even if they were related.
"Incest is a difficult moral question, but not one that is answered by penal law," he said.
"Difficult"? Only for those with the warped morality of the Left, who disguise their hedonism, hatreds, and perversions in code words such as "cultural ambiguity", "nuance", and "she/he asked for it"!
Screwing your little sister, or your daughter, is just another taboo for liberals to break, with no concern over who will clean up the physical/psychological mess afterwards. It's a mentality that hasn't moved out of the 60's - if it feels good, do it, and let "the man" clean up the mess.
There is no gray area here; incest is a dark and dangerous sexual act that is illegal due to its destruction nature, of both the innocent individual and the family unit.
Two things, incidentally, that the Left has shown very little interest in preserving, only corrupting. Societal taboos that get in the way must be shattered. Any surprise that the left's newest hero is David Epstein?
And these folks claim to love mankind? When you hear them proudly label themselves "progressive", think of the society they want to create with their version of "progress"...
NAACP Admits, In a "Spinal Tap" Moment: No Racism In Tea Party
Well, they didn't actually say it, but....via The Daily Caller:
The NAACP hasn’t updated its teapartytracker.org website since October 20, and hasn’t tweeted from its special TeaPartyTracker handle since August 30.
This might mean the NAACP has decided the Tea Party movement isn’t racist after all. When the NAACP launched the website, which was meant to monitor “racism and other forms of extremism within the Tea Party movement,” it said, “our hope is that this site remains empty—that the Tea Party’s initial steps toward monitoring extremism within their ranks bear fruit. But if not, the NAACP will be there, as we have for more than one hundred years, to expose racism where it exists, in whatever form it takes.”
Well, there haven’t been any updates to the site since mid-October, and the website’s main video, one from the misleading “journalistic” duo of New Left Media, has held its place at the top of the site since late August.
So their hope was realized - the site remained empty, because the Tea Party did in fact "monitor extremism within their ranks" (would it be that the Left, and the NAACP, would do the same), or because there was never any racism or extremism there to begin with. Or because the election is over, and it isn't politically expedient to bash the Tea Party any more (if it ever was). Or perhaps realizing the power of the ascendant Tea Party, the NAACP decided to avoid any costly libel suits.
But the unattended site does seem to be in fact be a tactic admission by the NAACP that there is - and perhaps never was - any racist elements within the Tea Party movement.
Perhaps they should some clean, close the site, and admit the truth. But that may in fact put them knee-deep in a Spinal Tap moment:
David St. Hubbins: We say, "Love your brother." We don't say it really, but...
Nigel Tufnel: We don't literally say it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don't say it.
Nigel Tufnel: We don't really, literally mean it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don't believe it either, but...
Nigel Tufnel: But we're not racists.
David St. Hubbins: But that message should be clear, anyway.
Nigel Tufnel: We're anything but racists.
Uh huh...
The NAACP hasn’t updated its teapartytracker.org website since October 20, and hasn’t tweeted from its special TeaPartyTracker handle since August 30.
This might mean the NAACP has decided the Tea Party movement isn’t racist after all. When the NAACP launched the website, which was meant to monitor “racism and other forms of extremism within the Tea Party movement,” it said, “our hope is that this site remains empty—that the Tea Party’s initial steps toward monitoring extremism within their ranks bear fruit. But if not, the NAACP will be there, as we have for more than one hundred years, to expose racism where it exists, in whatever form it takes.”
Well, there haven’t been any updates to the site since mid-October, and the website’s main video, one from the misleading “journalistic” duo of New Left Media, has held its place at the top of the site since late August.
So their hope was realized - the site remained empty, because the Tea Party did in fact "monitor extremism within their ranks" (would it be that the Left, and the NAACP, would do the same), or because there was never any racism or extremism there to begin with. Or because the election is over, and it isn't politically expedient to bash the Tea Party any more (if it ever was). Or perhaps realizing the power of the ascendant Tea Party, the NAACP decided to avoid any costly libel suits.
But the unattended site does seem to be in fact be a tactic admission by the NAACP that there is - and perhaps never was - any racist elements within the Tea Party movement.
Perhaps they should some clean, close the site, and admit the truth. But that may in fact put them knee-deep in a Spinal Tap moment:
David St. Hubbins: We say, "Love your brother." We don't say it really, but...
Nigel Tufnel: We don't literally say it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don't say it.
Nigel Tufnel: We don't really, literally mean it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don't believe it either, but...
Nigel Tufnel: But we're not racists.
David St. Hubbins: But that message should be clear, anyway.
Nigel Tufnel: We're anything but racists.
Uh huh...
Monday, December 13, 2010
All Our Children Are Belong To Michelle Obama Now!
...because parents cannot be expected to teach and take care of their children properly, Michelle is going to step in and make sure the government does the job for them. Whether we want her to or not. Because she knows so much better than us about everything, including the best way to raise our children.
The latest attempt by the Obamas to force us to cede our parenting rights to the state are in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (as if the name alone could eradicate hunger) championed by Michelle and signed into law by Barack today:
The $4.5 billion measure increases the federal reimbursement for free school lunches by 6 cents a meal at a time when many school officials say they can't afford to provide the meals. The bill will also expand access to free lunch programs and allow 20 million additional after-school meals to be served annually in all 50 states. Most states now only provide money for after-school snacks. The new law aims to cut down on greasy foods and extra calories by giving the government power to decide what kinds of foods may be sold on school grounds, including in vending machines and at fundraisers.
While the government has long had nutrition requirements for the free and reduced cost meals it subsidizes, the bill would expand those requirements to cover all foods sold during school hours. It does not apply to after-school events. Bake sales and other fundraisers that don't meet the new nutritional requirements would be allowed during the school day as long as they are infrequent. The language in the bill is broad enough that a president's administration could even ban bake sales, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said that he does not intend to do that. The USDA has a year to write rules that decide how frequent is infrequent. Public health advocates pushed for the fundraising language, saying they are concerned about daily or weekly fundraisers that allow children to frequently substitute junk food for a healthier meal.
Yeah, right. When have you met a government official who was given the ability to interfere, and did not use it?
Remember when Obama said if we liked our doctor, we could keep him? Well, if even that key promise of "Obamacare" proved to be false, what hope to we have of keeping our bake sales?
Michelle vomits out a whole load of sh*t to back up her point, including her oft-repeated line that fat kids are a threat to national security. Well, the next time some overweight child gets his lights punched out for being unpatriotic, I suggest the parents sue Michelle Obama for enabling the hate crime.
And speaking of which:
She said it is ultimately the responsibility of parents more than anyone else to make sure their children eat right and get enough exercise, but that government has a role to play, especially when children spend so much of their time each day at school and when many of them get up to half their daily calorie intake from eating school meals. "It's clear that we, as a nation, have a responsibility to meet as well," she said. "We can't just leave it to the parents.
Read that last line over and over. That's what Barack and Michelle really have in mind. For our children to become good socialists, they can't be entrusted to parents who may or may not have the proper mind-set. That's where the parents-in-chiefs take over from us, and make sure our kids are properly "socialized"...
Incidentally - if your kid eats a nice sandwich every day on white bread, and now the school forces him to eat it on wheat, and he refuses because he hates the taste, won't we actually have more hungry kids than before?
Please - the Obamas don't really care about our children, they are stealing their upbringing so that they may feel better about themselves, and kill a few bake sales in the process. Our sicker, thinner kids are just collateral damage to the greater goal of collectivism under their inflated egos.
Wait for the unintended consequences. Don't believe me? Ask the hundreds of thousands of folks who have lost health care since the Democrats so magnanimously passed "reform"...
The latest attempt by the Obamas to force us to cede our parenting rights to the state are in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (as if the name alone could eradicate hunger) championed by Michelle and signed into law by Barack today:
The $4.5 billion measure increases the federal reimbursement for free school lunches by 6 cents a meal at a time when many school officials say they can't afford to provide the meals. The bill will also expand access to free lunch programs and allow 20 million additional after-school meals to be served annually in all 50 states. Most states now only provide money for after-school snacks. The new law aims to cut down on greasy foods and extra calories by giving the government power to decide what kinds of foods may be sold on school grounds, including in vending machines and at fundraisers.
While the government has long had nutrition requirements for the free and reduced cost meals it subsidizes, the bill would expand those requirements to cover all foods sold during school hours. It does not apply to after-school events. Bake sales and other fundraisers that don't meet the new nutritional requirements would be allowed during the school day as long as they are infrequent. The language in the bill is broad enough that a president's administration could even ban bake sales, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said that he does not intend to do that. The USDA has a year to write rules that decide how frequent is infrequent. Public health advocates pushed for the fundraising language, saying they are concerned about daily or weekly fundraisers that allow children to frequently substitute junk food for a healthier meal.
Yeah, right. When have you met a government official who was given the ability to interfere, and did not use it?
Remember when Obama said if we liked our doctor, we could keep him? Well, if even that key promise of "Obamacare" proved to be false, what hope to we have of keeping our bake sales?
Michelle vomits out a whole load of sh*t to back up her point, including her oft-repeated line that fat kids are a threat to national security. Well, the next time some overweight child gets his lights punched out for being unpatriotic, I suggest the parents sue Michelle Obama for enabling the hate crime.
And speaking of which:
She said it is ultimately the responsibility of parents more than anyone else to make sure their children eat right and get enough exercise, but that government has a role to play, especially when children spend so much of their time each day at school and when many of them get up to half their daily calorie intake from eating school meals. "It's clear that we, as a nation, have a responsibility to meet as well," she said. "We can't just leave it to the parents.
Read that last line over and over. That's what Barack and Michelle really have in mind. For our children to become good socialists, they can't be entrusted to parents who may or may not have the proper mind-set. That's where the parents-in-chiefs take over from us, and make sure our kids are properly "socialized"...
Incidentally - if your kid eats a nice sandwich every day on white bread, and now the school forces him to eat it on wheat, and he refuses because he hates the taste, won't we actually have more hungry kids than before?
Please - the Obamas don't really care about our children, they are stealing their upbringing so that they may feel better about themselves, and kill a few bake sales in the process. Our sicker, thinner kids are just collateral damage to the greater goal of collectivism under their inflated egos.
Wait for the unintended consequences. Don't believe me? Ask the hundreds of thousands of folks who have lost health care since the Democrats so magnanimously passed "reform"...
What does a 45,000 ton "carbon footprint" get you?
...that's the total estimated footprint of the 15,000 participants in the UN's just-completed climate conference in Cancun, BTW. Enough to run 8-9,000 households for a year. Cant' find a cash estimate for the cost, but I 'm sure it's many, many millions of dollars. Why not? For the most part, it's not their money...
So what did all this hot gas and burned cash get us? From the UN's site, this announcement:
The United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. It encompassed the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), as well as the thirty-third sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the fifteenth session of the AWG-KP and thirteenth session of the AWG-LCA.
Gives you an idea of just how much was accomplished. But wait, I see some press releases as well:
UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun delivers balanced package of decisions, restores faith in multilateral process
Really! And all it took was for UN officials and allied NGO groups to spend a week in a resort to make us all believers again in their own omnipotence...
And there's still more self-serving press releases:
The United Nations System delivering as one on climate change: supporting implementation
Well, I suppose if I spent a week at a Mexican beach resort with someone else's money, guilt would obligate me to make all types of grandiose statements about what type of life-affirming progress I made there. But I'd probably still feel some remorse about the lying, and stealing, and scamming....
Not these guys. I suppose the billions of dollars they've appropriated from the worldwide taxpaying citizenry has warped them to reality just a little bit.
And if the best they can come up with is what we've seen above, maybe it's time to stop paying into this diplomatic climactic Ponzi scheme. At least Madoff's suckers got some payoffs, all we get is someone else's vacation photos, while we can't even afford to to heat our homes anymore....
So what did all this hot gas and burned cash get us? From the UN's site, this announcement:
The United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. It encompassed the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), as well as the thirty-third sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the fifteenth session of the AWG-KP and thirteenth session of the AWG-LCA.
Gives you an idea of just how much was accomplished. But wait, I see some press releases as well:
UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun delivers balanced package of decisions, restores faith in multilateral process
Really! And all it took was for UN officials and allied NGO groups to spend a week in a resort to make us all believers again in their own omnipotence...
And there's still more self-serving press releases:
The United Nations System delivering as one on climate change: supporting implementation
Well, I suppose if I spent a week at a Mexican beach resort with someone else's money, guilt would obligate me to make all types of grandiose statements about what type of life-affirming progress I made there. But I'd probably still feel some remorse about the lying, and stealing, and scamming....
Not these guys. I suppose the billions of dollars they've appropriated from the worldwide taxpaying citizenry has warped them to reality just a little bit.
And if the best they can come up with is what we've seen above, maybe it's time to stop paying into this diplomatic climactic Ponzi scheme. At least Madoff's suckers got some payoffs, all we get is someone else's vacation photos, while we can't even afford to to heat our homes anymore....
Sunday, December 12, 2010
UN plans to party on 10th anniversary of 9/11 - in New York, of course...
And like the Ground Zero mosque, this is designed to offend us, to desecrate us, and to celebrate our agony:
September 2011, you see, also marks the 10th anniversary of the Durban Conference on Racism, a weeklong farce that accused Israel of being the world’s most racist nation and sought to undermine its very right to exist.
So last month Yemen sponsored a resolution calling for the anniversary meet-up. The idea is to create a forum for yet another round of Israel-bashing hate speech.
At the UN, the resolution passed 121 to 19, with 35 abstentions.
There’s only one reason the new conference will convene in New York in September 2011: to rub salt in the city’s wounds, to dance on the city’s graves.
Participants at the original conference, which ended three days before 9/11, openly celebrated Islamic terrorism.
Durban I became what Holocaust refugee and former Rep. Tom Lantos described as “the most sickening and unabashed display of hate for Jews I had seen since the Nazi period.”
The follow-up conference in 2009 was no better. Durban II actually began on April 20 — Hitler’s birthday — and was highlighted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s keynote address.
So it has become clear, ten months before the fact, how the UN intends to honor the greatest attack on American soil in modern history: By celebrating the moral philosophy which allowed it - nay, encouraged it - to happen.
Although Obama lacks the moral courage of the Canadians - who have already pulled out - he will likely do the same; with the 2012 election cycle a mere few months away from this dark anniversary, he can politically afford no other choice. But as the spawn of the man who claimed 9/11 was karmic justice, who declared it was about time that "the chickens have come home to roost", Obama will make this compromise with American morality reluctantly, and it will be as ugly and apparent as his recent attempt to compromise on taxation with those hostage-taking Republicans, who Obama sees as the real enemy.
Of course, real courage would dictate a stronger stand, one that would lead us to declare the UN could party any time they want, but not in our house, and not with our money, and not on our graves. And if they wished to do so, they could, but don't expect the United States to be there to welcome them with open arms when they come back with next morning with bleary eyes and clothes asunder, full of pious excuses but stinking of a night spent in close embrace with self-indulgent lies and a cheap but dangerous hatred.
Real courage. Alas, not a phrase I can apply to our current political leadership, nor a character trait I can expect any of them to display...
September 2011, you see, also marks the 10th anniversary of the Durban Conference on Racism, a weeklong farce that accused Israel of being the world’s most racist nation and sought to undermine its very right to exist.
So last month Yemen sponsored a resolution calling for the anniversary meet-up. The idea is to create a forum for yet another round of Israel-bashing hate speech.
At the UN, the resolution passed 121 to 19, with 35 abstentions.
There’s only one reason the new conference will convene in New York in September 2011: to rub salt in the city’s wounds, to dance on the city’s graves.
Participants at the original conference, which ended three days before 9/11, openly celebrated Islamic terrorism.
Durban I became what Holocaust refugee and former Rep. Tom Lantos described as “the most sickening and unabashed display of hate for Jews I had seen since the Nazi period.”
The follow-up conference in 2009 was no better. Durban II actually began on April 20 — Hitler’s birthday — and was highlighted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s keynote address.
So it has become clear, ten months before the fact, how the UN intends to honor the greatest attack on American soil in modern history: By celebrating the moral philosophy which allowed it - nay, encouraged it - to happen.
Although Obama lacks the moral courage of the Canadians - who have already pulled out - he will likely do the same; with the 2012 election cycle a mere few months away from this dark anniversary, he can politically afford no other choice. But as the spawn of the man who claimed 9/11 was karmic justice, who declared it was about time that "the chickens have come home to roost", Obama will make this compromise with American morality reluctantly, and it will be as ugly and apparent as his recent attempt to compromise on taxation with those hostage-taking Republicans, who Obama sees as the real enemy.
Of course, real courage would dictate a stronger stand, one that would lead us to declare the UN could party any time they want, but not in our house, and not with our money, and not on our graves. And if they wished to do so, they could, but don't expect the United States to be there to welcome them with open arms when they come back with next morning with bleary eyes and clothes asunder, full of pious excuses but stinking of a night spent in close embrace with self-indulgent lies and a cheap but dangerous hatred.
Real courage. Alas, not a phrase I can apply to our current political leadership, nor a character trait I can expect any of them to display...
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Bubba Tells A Whopper
In his first press conference in his unprecedented third term as president of the United States, Bill Clinton reminded some folks why they liked him:
On cable TV, Mr. Clinton’s presence in front of the blue backdrop with the White House logo was familiar, as were the wagging finger and the occasional bitten lip...
...while reminding other folks why they were happy to see him go:
He stretched credulity on a question about the deficit when he called himself a "depression-era kid." (Clinton was born during the postwar baby boom in 1946).
There he goes again. Just a little white lie, I suppose. Like so many he told in his first two terms as president (some before a grand jury). In front of a press corps who had to restrain themselves from applause and genuflection. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
So who's going to give the State of the Union address in February? Will it be Barack, or will he once again "gracefully cede" the stage, as he did yesterday, to go partying?
Bitten lip and wagging finger, or upraised nose and churlish peevishness? Pick your Democratic poison, America...
On cable TV, Mr. Clinton’s presence in front of the blue backdrop with the White House logo was familiar, as were the wagging finger and the occasional bitten lip...
...while reminding other folks why they were happy to see him go:
He stretched credulity on a question about the deficit when he called himself a "depression-era kid." (Clinton was born during the postwar baby boom in 1946).
There he goes again. Just a little white lie, I suppose. Like so many he told in his first two terms as president (some before a grand jury). In front of a press corps who had to restrain themselves from applause and genuflection. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
So who's going to give the State of the Union address in February? Will it be Barack, or will he once again "gracefully cede" the stage, as he did yesterday, to go partying?
Bitten lip and wagging finger, or upraised nose and churlish peevishness? Pick your Democratic poison, America...
Friday, December 10, 2010
Obama's Bizarre Choice Of Words...
...in his interview with NPR leads one to wonder exactly what decade, or century, he's living in:
You know, when — when families sit around the kitchen table, they say to themselves, what are the things we have to have? College education for our kids. Paying our mortgage. Getting the roof repaired. A new boiler.
A new boiler? Is that a word people use anymore? I haven't heard anyone refer to a "boiler" in my entire lifetime, save for perhaps some episodes of The Honeymooners or similar dated fare...
What next? A Mr. Burns-style outburst?
You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste!
Or:
Burns: Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 auto-gyro?
Kid: Uh, I better look in the manual.
Burns: [groans] Oh, the ignorance...
Of course, maybe Obama is looking towards the future - as this writer tells it, we'd save a lot more oil if only we all converted our home heating back to good old condensing boilers...which are great, I suppose, save for the fact they tend to blow up occasionally, while scalding any unlucky bystanders to death. Hope and change, I suppose...
Jeez, if you need me, I'll be at the malt shop in my two-tones....
You know, when — when families sit around the kitchen table, they say to themselves, what are the things we have to have? College education for our kids. Paying our mortgage. Getting the roof repaired. A new boiler.
A new boiler? Is that a word people use anymore? I haven't heard anyone refer to a "boiler" in my entire lifetime, save for perhaps some episodes of The Honeymooners or similar dated fare...
What next? A Mr. Burns-style outburst?
You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste!
Or:
Burns: Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 auto-gyro?
Kid: Uh, I better look in the manual.
Burns: [groans] Oh, the ignorance...
Of course, maybe Obama is looking towards the future - as this writer tells it, we'd save a lot more oil if only we all converted our home heating back to good old condensing boilers...which are great, I suppose, save for the fact they tend to blow up occasionally, while scalding any unlucky bystanders to death. Hope and change, I suppose...
Jeez, if you need me, I'll be at the malt shop in my two-tones....
"I Say, Charles, The Peasants Are Revolting"
Not sure if this is symptomatic of the general decline of the British social order, or more a preview of what is facing our politicians on this side of the pond if they don't get their sh*t together pronto.
Still, the look on Camille Parker-Bowles face is priceless:
A mob of angry protesters attacked the limo of Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, in London last night as the shocked royal couple were being chauffeured to a charity
concert.
About two dozen students, fuming about a huge tuition hike, kicked the Rolls-Royce and hurled objects at the car, smashing a rear passenger-side window and splattering the back of the limo with white paint.
Inside, Charles clasped his wife's hand as their driver sped away from the ambush on Regent Street, in the heart of London's shopping district.
Charles' office, Clarence House, said in a statement, "Their royal highnesses are unharmed, although we don't know exactly what happened."
Expect the statement above, as well as Camille's cartoonish expression, to be repeated in Washington DC by various Democrats repeatedly over the upcoming months....
Still, the look on Camille Parker-Bowles face is priceless:
A mob of angry protesters attacked the limo of Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, in London last night as the shocked royal couple were being chauffeured to a charity
concert.About two dozen students, fuming about a huge tuition hike, kicked the Rolls-Royce and hurled objects at the car, smashing a rear passenger-side window and splattering the back of the limo with white paint.
Inside, Charles clasped his wife's hand as their driver sped away from the ambush on Regent Street, in the heart of London's shopping district.
Charles' office, Clarence House, said in a statement, "Their royal highnesses are unharmed, although we don't know exactly what happened."
Expect the statement above, as well as Camille's cartoonish expression, to be repeated in Washington DC by various Democrats repeatedly over the upcoming months....
Craig Fergusen Exposes Richard Wolfee...
...funny stuff. While ex-MSNBCer Wolfee is expounding on Fergusen's shows about the tax-cut deal while pimping his new Obama tome, Craig interrupts, and the following exchange ensues:
FERGUSON: You’re a Democrat, aren’t you?
WOLFFE: I am a journalist.
FERGUSON: A journalist? Much the same thing, isn’t it?
Wolfee, left speeechless....
Better when you hear delivered so well in Fergusen's droll Scottish accent:
FERGUSON: You’re a Democrat, aren’t you?
WOLFFE: I am a journalist.
FERGUSON: A journalist? Much the same thing, isn’t it?
Wolfee, left speeechless....
Better when you hear delivered so well in Fergusen's droll Scottish accent:
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Obama's Approach To Middle East Peace Not Unlike Abbott & Costello's Approach To Baseball
...OK, that's being a little harsh. On Lou & Bud. At least they were intentionally funny, and the routine was even better once you were in on the joke. This scene, from a press conference by State Department spokesman P.J. Crowly, is only funny in a black-humor~ish, "Dr Strangelove" kind of way. Except instead of nuclear war, the conversation was on the Middle East "peace process", which is probabalyonly a few short years removed from nuclear war.
Start the circus music:
....Crowley himself was a little vague about where this is headed:
QUESTION: … you didn’t really say the direction you’re going.
MR. CROWLEY: Well, no. There’s a clear plan for this direction, Lach.
QUESTION: You have a plan?
MR. CROWLEY: No. I mean we think we have the right plan. We think we have the right strategy. We are just adapting the tactics in support of that strategy.
QUESTION: Sorry. What’s the plan again?
Crowley explained that the “moratorium avenue” had not borne fruit, so the administration was now “pursuing a different avenue, but the destination is still the same”:
QUESTION: Okay. What’s the avenue then? If we don’t ask about the plan, what about the avenue. What’s — I mean you seem to be leaving a gap here as to how you get from here to there.
MR. CROWLEY: That’s what we’re trying to figure out.
These are the folks the media repeatedly tells us are our intellectual superiors, and more equipped than any statists in their lifetimes to handle the myriad of crises now facing this nation, and the world.
Me? I prefer the comedy stylings of Abbot & Costello, although it is hard to tell the difference...the lines in red seem to have been stolen by PJ Crowley for his use in the aforementioned presser...:
Bud Abbott: Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
Lou Costello: That's what I want to find out.
Bud Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.
Lou Costello: Are you the manager?
Bud Abbott: Yes.
Lou Costello: Well then who's on first?
Bud Abbott: Yes.
Lou Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
Bud Abbott: Who.
Lou Costello: The guy on first.
Bud Abbott: Who.
Lou Costello: The first baseman.
Bud Abbott: Who.
Lou Costello: The guy playing...
Bud Abbott: Who is on first!
Lou Costello: I'm asking YOU who's on first.
Bud Abbott: That's the man's name.
Lou Costello: That's who's name?
Bud Abbott: Yes.
Lou Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Bud Abbott: That's it!
Start the circus music:
....Crowley himself was a little vague about where this is headed:
QUESTION: … you didn’t really say the direction you’re going.
MR. CROWLEY: Well, no. There’s a clear plan for this direction, Lach.
QUESTION: You have a plan?
MR. CROWLEY: No. I mean we think we have the right plan. We think we have the right strategy. We are just adapting the tactics in support of that strategy.
QUESTION: Sorry. What’s the plan again?
Crowley explained that the “moratorium avenue” had not borne fruit, so the administration was now “pursuing a different avenue, but the destination is still the same”:
QUESTION: Okay. What’s the avenue then? If we don’t ask about the plan, what about the avenue. What’s — I mean you seem to be leaving a gap here as to how you get from here to there.
MR. CROWLEY: That’s what we’re trying to figure out.
These are the folks the media repeatedly tells us are our intellectual superiors, and more equipped than any statists in their lifetimes to handle the myriad of crises now facing this nation, and the world.
Me? I prefer the comedy stylings of Abbot & Costello, although it is hard to tell the difference...the lines in red seem to have been stolen by PJ Crowley for his use in the aforementioned presser...:
Bud Abbott: Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
Lou Costello: That's what I want to find out.
Bud Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.
Lou Costello: Are you the manager?
Bud Abbott: Yes.
Lou Costello: Well then who's on first?
Bud Abbott: Yes.
Lou Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
Bud Abbott: Who.
Lou Costello: The guy on first.
Bud Abbott: Who.
Lou Costello: The first baseman.
Bud Abbott: Who.
Lou Costello: The guy playing...
Bud Abbott: Who is on first!
Lou Costello: I'm asking YOU who's on first.
Bud Abbott: That's the man's name.
Lou Costello: That's who's name?
Bud Abbott: Yes.
Lou Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Bud Abbott: That's it!
Iran Building a Missile Base In South America....
...which, when completed, will make it much more difficult for America to attack/defend itself from a nation that has been declaring "Death To America" for over 30 years:
Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article, an agreement between the two countries was signed during the last visit o Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Tehran on October19, 2010. The previously undisclosed contract provides for the establishment of a jointly operated military base in Venezuela, and the joint development of ground-to-ground missiles...
According to Die Welt, Venezuela has agreed to allow Iran to establish a military base manned by Iranian missile officers, soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Venezuelan missile officers. In addition, Iran has given permission for the missiles to be used in case of an "emergency". In return, the agreement states that Venezuela can use these facilities for "national needs" – radically increasing the threat to neighbors like Colombia. The German daily claims that according to the agreement, Iranian Shahab 3 (range 1300-1500 km), Scud-B (285-330 km) and Scud-C (300, 500 and 700 km) will be deployed in the proposed base. It says that Iran also pledged to help Venezuela in rocket technology expertise, including intensive training of officers
Venezuela has also become the country through which Iran intends to bypass UN sanctions. Following a new round of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, for example, Russia decided not to sell five battalions of S-300PMU-1 air defence systems to Iran. These weapons, along with a number of other weapons, were part of a deal, signed in 2007, worth $800 million. Now that these weapons cannot be delivered to Iran, Russia is looking for new customers; according to the Russian press agency Novosti[2], it found one: Venezuela.
Easy enough for even the most simple-minded liberal to understand: Iran can now defend itself by threatening to open up a three front war immediately with the United States - attacking our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, while threatening American cities with long-range (nuclear?) missiles. All materials supplied by our Russian friends, to whom "reset" had a completely different meaning than it did to Obama/Hillary.
This is designed, of course, to make it impossible to attack Iranian nuclear sites without risking a counter-attack on American soil. Allowing, of course, the Iranians to "wipe Israel off the map", as they have promised to do for decades, with little fear of retribution. And then turn their eyes towards "The Great Satan"...
How is Obama responding to this well-thought out Iranian plan for regional dominance and global political influence? By pushing Congress to kowtow to Russia via a new START treaty that hampers American security while empowering theirs, by continuing to blame Israel for the problems in the Middle East "peace process", and by continuing to beg the Iranians to please, please, please talk to us.
All while pointing a finger at the Republican party and calling them hostage-taking terrorists.
I would add another trillion dollars to the national deficit if I thought it could buy the president a clue...
Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article, an agreement between the two countries was signed during the last visit o Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Tehran on October19, 2010. The previously undisclosed contract provides for the establishment of a jointly operated military base in Venezuela, and the joint development of ground-to-ground missiles...
According to Die Welt, Venezuela has agreed to allow Iran to establish a military base manned by Iranian missile officers, soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Venezuelan missile officers. In addition, Iran has given permission for the missiles to be used in case of an "emergency". In return, the agreement states that Venezuela can use these facilities for "national needs" – radically increasing the threat to neighbors like Colombia. The German daily claims that according to the agreement, Iranian Shahab 3 (range 1300-1500 km), Scud-B (285-330 km) and Scud-C (300, 500 and 700 km) will be deployed in the proposed base. It says that Iran also pledged to help Venezuela in rocket technology expertise, including intensive training of officers
Venezuela has also become the country through which Iran intends to bypass UN sanctions. Following a new round of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, for example, Russia decided not to sell five battalions of S-300PMU-1 air defence systems to Iran. These weapons, along with a number of other weapons, were part of a deal, signed in 2007, worth $800 million. Now that these weapons cannot be delivered to Iran, Russia is looking for new customers; according to the Russian press agency Novosti[2], it found one: Venezuela.
Easy enough for even the most simple-minded liberal to understand: Iran can now defend itself by threatening to open up a three front war immediately with the United States - attacking our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, while threatening American cities with long-range (nuclear?) missiles. All materials supplied by our Russian friends, to whom "reset" had a completely different meaning than it did to Obama/Hillary.
This is designed, of course, to make it impossible to attack Iranian nuclear sites without risking a counter-attack on American soil. Allowing, of course, the Iranians to "wipe Israel off the map", as they have promised to do for decades, with little fear of retribution. And then turn their eyes towards "The Great Satan"...
How is Obama responding to this well-thought out Iranian plan for regional dominance and global political influence? By pushing Congress to kowtow to Russia via a new START treaty that hampers American security while empowering theirs, by continuing to blame Israel for the problems in the Middle East "peace process", and by continuing to beg the Iranians to please, please, please talk to us.
All while pointing a finger at the Republican party and calling them hostage-taking terrorists.
I would add another trillion dollars to the national deficit if I thought it could buy the president a clue...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Hanukkah Honey On The Eighth Night: A Tribute To The Girls of the IDF
(note: looking back at last year's tribute, I didn't want to change a word, just the pictures. So it may sound familiar, but likely will not look (too) familiar...)
They'll kill you with a smile, or they'll just...kill you. But a society where every young girl spends two years serving their country with a huge automatic weapon is a society that will never go down without a fight, no matter how much Barack Obama pleads with them to do so.
No Israeli supermodels, or actresses, or entertainers on the last night of Hanukkah.....Instead, I present your everyday Israeli female, beautifully attired in standard military fatigues, and all of them armed to the motherlovin' teeth:
(Dana is an instructer in the fine female art of long-range sniping, BTW...)
No, darling, we salute you, for the work you have done in keeping the only true democracy in the godforsaken Middle East safe, and for allowing Jews worldwide to have a place, should they ever have the need, to call home. The 8th night of Hanukkah is all about you. We honor and thank you for your service in the name of freedom, and we admire you for still looking stunningly, achingly
They'll kill you with a smile, or they'll just...kill you. But a society where every young girl spends two years serving their country with a huge automatic weapon is a society that will never go down without a fight, no matter how much Barack Obama pleads with them to do so.
No Israeli supermodels, or actresses, or entertainers on the last night of Hanukkah.....Instead, I present your everyday Israeli female, beautifully attired in standard military fatigues, and all of them armed to the motherlovin' teeth:
(Dana is an instructer in the fine female art of long-range sniping, BTW...)
No, darling, we salute you, for the work you have done in keeping the only true democracy in the godforsaken Middle East safe, and for allowing Jews worldwide to have a place, should they ever have the need, to call home. The 8th night of Hanukkah is all about you. We honor and thank you for your service in the name of freedom, and we admire you for still looking stunningly, achingly
beautiful while doing it.
May God bless you, and keep you.
Happy Hanukkah....
May God bless you, and keep you.
Happy Hanukkah....
(see here, and scroll to the bottom - take your time - to get links for the previous seven nights of sweet Hanukkah honey...)
New York Times Advises Democrats To Bend Over And Take it From Terrorist Republicans
Like any insane person, the New York Times editorial page can have a moment of lucidity. Alas, it is always but a moment, as the insanity tends to creep back in just when you were starting to appreciate hearing something other than the babbling of a madman...
Today's editorial, on the Obama/Republican tax-cut deal:
...the Democrats should vote for this deal, because it is the only one they are going to get. Mr. Obama made that case — strongly — on Tuesday, summoning an eloquence that is often elusive, as it was on Monday when he first announced the deal. Without this bargain, income taxes on the middle class would rise. Unemployment insurance for millions of Americans would expire. And many other important tax breaks for low- and middle-income workers — including a 2 percent payroll tax cut and college tuition credits — would not be possible.
If angry Democrats blow up the deal, they will be left vainly groping for something better in a new Congress where they will have far less influence than they have now. The middle class and the unemployed would be seriously hurt.
The president, and particularly Congressional Democrats, might not be in this bind if they had fought harder against the high-end tax cuts before the midterm elections. But that moment has passed.
President Obama was right to use the metaphor of hostage-taking to describe the Republicans’ tactics...
Well, the Times is right about one thing - for the Democrats (not the American people), this deal sucks, but they ain't gonna get a better one. And left unspoken is that if they do hold out, and the president refuses to sign a bill presented by the new Congress that is decidedly more conservative, it will be the president and his party that will be viewed as hostage-takers - as well as thief's, liars, con-men, and fools...
But back to he madness. Mr. Obama made that case — strongly — on Tuesday, summoning an eloquence that is often elusive...
Really? Jennifer Rubin, channelling her inner Comic Book Guy, called it The Worst Press Conference Ever. Over at Instapundit, the agreement is legion. John Podhoretz labeled it as one of the most bizarre political events of my lifetime....
And The Times calls it an elusive eloquence....well, I suppose it takes a madman to understand one, but encouraging the paranoid in their delusional fantasies is not considered wise counsel. (I'm not just talking about the president here, I'm talking about his few remaining True Believers as well). Nor is it especially "enlightened" to encourage an American(?) president to call his political opponents hostage taking bomb throwers.
Unless, of course, you take it in stride when your champion is called by the same names. Which will happen, surely as pride goeth before a fall. Let's see how enamored the Times is of the rhetoric it encourages when it is directed at their side...
Today's editorial, on the Obama/Republican tax-cut deal:
...the Democrats should vote for this deal, because it is the only one they are going to get. Mr. Obama made that case — strongly — on Tuesday, summoning an eloquence that is often elusive, as it was on Monday when he first announced the deal. Without this bargain, income taxes on the middle class would rise. Unemployment insurance for millions of Americans would expire. And many other important tax breaks for low- and middle-income workers — including a 2 percent payroll tax cut and college tuition credits — would not be possible.
If angry Democrats blow up the deal, they will be left vainly groping for something better in a new Congress where they will have far less influence than they have now. The middle class and the unemployed would be seriously hurt.
The president, and particularly Congressional Democrats, might not be in this bind if they had fought harder against the high-end tax cuts before the midterm elections. But that moment has passed.
President Obama was right to use the metaphor of hostage-taking to describe the Republicans’ tactics...
Well, the Times is right about one thing - for the Democrats (not the American people), this deal sucks, but they ain't gonna get a better one. And left unspoken is that if they do hold out, and the president refuses to sign a bill presented by the new Congress that is decidedly more conservative, it will be the president and his party that will be viewed as hostage-takers - as well as thief's, liars, con-men, and fools...
But back to he madness. Mr. Obama made that case — strongly — on Tuesday, summoning an eloquence that is often elusive...
Really? Jennifer Rubin, channelling her inner Comic Book Guy, called it The Worst Press Conference Ever. Over at Instapundit, the agreement is legion. John Podhoretz labeled it as one of the most bizarre political events of my lifetime....
And The Times calls it an elusive eloquence....well, I suppose it takes a madman to understand one, but encouraging the paranoid in their delusional fantasies is not considered wise counsel. (I'm not just talking about the president here, I'm talking about his few remaining True Believers as well). Nor is it especially "enlightened" to encourage an American(?) president to call his political opponents hostage taking bomb throwers.
Unless, of course, you take it in stride when your champion is called by the same names. Which will happen, surely as pride goeth before a fall. Let's see how enamored the Times is of the rhetoric it encourages when it is directed at their side...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
The 7th Night of Hanukkah Honey Brings Us...Freckles of Fire!
They don't call it the Promised Land for nothing, folks....out of Tel Aviv, the 25 year old Amit Freidman is a hot slice of Hanukkah Honey, a beautiful Israeli model with freckles of fire (and who knew there were so many website devoted to this particular, ah...taste in women?) and legs longer than a rabbi's memory. 
Amit's freckles are not the only thing golden about her, as she is best known in Israel for her work with Ami's Angels,a NGO non- profit public charity organization, dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe disabilities using the power of technology.
And she knows how to have fun, too:
She also loves surfing. In fact, the first thing she does every morning is to check the weather and the surf condition online. If she finds that the waves are good, she immediately makes her way to Tel-Aviv beach which is 10 minutes away from where she is living.
Nice.
Well, before we melt all of our candle wax prematurely, let's take a look at Amit Friedman, our penultimate Hanukkah Honey:
Amit's freckles are not the only thing golden about her, as she is best known in Israel for her work with Ami's Angels,a NGO non- profit public charity organization, dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe disabilities using the power of technology.
And she knows how to have fun, too:
She also loves surfing. In fact, the first thing she does every morning is to check the weather and the surf condition online. If she finds that the waves are good, she immediately makes her way to Tel-Aviv beach which is 10 minutes away from where she is living.
Nice.
Well, before we melt all of our candle wax prematurely, let's take a look at Amit Friedman, our penultimate Hanukkah Honey:
Egypt Blames Jewish Sharks In Red Sea Attacks
No, folks, there will never, ever, be peace in the Middle East - not when every single event that reflects negatively on the Arabs is attributed to the malfeasance of Israel.
You can hear a lifetime of propaganda, spend your days and nights listening to North Korean/Palestinian/Iranian/Russian/Venezuelan radio, and still never again here anything as insanely stupid as this:
Egyptian officials say they have not ruled out the possibility that a fatal shark attack in Sinai on Sunday could have been a plot by the Mossad.
“What is being said about the Mossad throwing the deadly shark [in the sea] to hit tourism in Egypt is not out of the question, but it needs time to confirm,” South Sinai Gov. Muhammad Abdel Fadil Shousha was quoted as saying by the Egyptian state news site egynews.net.
Israeli officials said the claims were too ludicrous to comment on. Israel has issued an advisory warning against travel to Sinai due to plots against Israelis by terrorist groups linked to al-Qaida.
The fatal shark attack in the Red Sea off the coast of the resort town of Sharm e-Sheikh killed a German tourist, just days after four Russians were mauled by sharks and Egypt declared that the waters were safe.
Experts said that despite announcements that Egypt had caught the shark, the one actually responsible for the maulings was still on the loose.
What next? "Egyptian officials blame last night's unusually heavy rainstorm on thousands of expert long-distance-spitting Jews lined up at the border. Trained by the Mossad, their foul spittle was the primary cause of the flooding in major cities yesterday, not an antiquated drainage system as dissidents - paid for by the Jews - have been charging..."
You have to laugh. Until you realize that this nonsense keeps a perilous portion of the world in a constant state of open warfare....
Artwork via Yid w/Lid
You can hear a lifetime of propaganda, spend your days and nights listening to North Korean/Palestinian/Iranian/Russian/Venezuelan radio, and still never again here anything as insanely stupid as this:
Egyptian officials say they have not ruled out the possibility that a fatal shark attack in Sinai on Sunday could have been a plot by the Mossad.
“What is being said about the Mossad throwing the deadly shark [in the sea] to hit tourism in Egypt is not out of the question, but it needs time to confirm,” South Sinai Gov. Muhammad Abdel Fadil Shousha was quoted as saying by the Egyptian state news site egynews.net.
Israeli officials said the claims were too ludicrous to comment on. Israel has issued an advisory warning against travel to Sinai due to plots against Israelis by terrorist groups linked to al-Qaida.
The fatal shark attack in the Red Sea off the coast of the resort town of Sharm e-Sheikh killed a German tourist, just days after four Russians were mauled by sharks and Egypt declared that the waters were safe.
Experts said that despite announcements that Egypt had caught the shark, the one actually responsible for the maulings was still on the loose.
What next? "Egyptian officials blame last night's unusually heavy rainstorm on thousands of expert long-distance-spitting Jews lined up at the border. Trained by the Mossad, their foul spittle was the primary cause of the flooding in major cities yesterday, not an antiquated drainage system as dissidents - paid for by the Jews - have been charging..."
You have to laugh. Until you realize that this nonsense keeps a perilous portion of the world in a constant state of open warfare....
Artwork via Yid w/Lid
Did You Buy GM Stock? If So, Consider Yourself Pwn'd !
Written on November 18th as the GM IPO was first issued, with breathless excitement by the government and the media:
...have you ever seen the media cheerleading a stock that has actually been a money-maker, or indicative of a strong company/sector? Yeah, me neither. They're all johnny-come-latelys that use other people's money to buy high, and sell low.
Stay away from this POS IPO. And hold on tight to your wallet...
Today, Mickey Kaus informs us we've been pwn'd:
Greetings, IPO Suckers! General Motors' cars are piling up on dealers' lots again, the result of an apparent production surge designed to force sales during September and October in order to make the numbers look good for GM's November IPO ... sorry, I mean in order to maximize shareholder value! ... P.S.: General Motors is actually down 0.8 in market share from last November, which was hardly a great month in itself. The company's press release boasts of a market-share gain because it only counts the brands GM hasn't discontinued or sold off. Well, all right then! ...
Here's the nuts and bolts of the scam, as perpetrated by GM - with the help of the U.S. Government - upon the American people:
It is obvious that beginning in July, GM has started an aggressive channel stuffing program whereby it offload tens of thousands of cars (over 110,000 since July) on dealer lots, hoping these will get sold somehow, at some price, all the while dealers enjoy taxpayer subsidized floorplan leases which allows them to hold nearly infinite inventory. If and when the liquidation event takes place who cares? After all the company is now public and has managed to massage it artificial sales numbers sufficiently to fool investors that there is actual end demand for its cars.
So what would have happened if in October GM had held its dealer inventory flat (not declining, just flat): well, the top line number would have been 21,000 cars less sold. Which also means that total sales would have been not 169k but 148k, and instead of a 11.4% increase, GM would have reported a drop of 2.4% in November sales YoY (year to year)....
Now if Wall Street perpetrated this fraud, the entire force of Eric Holder's office would have been called upon to frog-march out the looters and liars involved, and show trials would have been the order of the day.
But since the government is in on the scam, and taking a cut, well....then it's OK, I suppose, to screw the middle-class investor who is allegedly so near and dear to the Democrat's hearts...or perhaps it is that small reservoir of cash the middle class tends to clutch onto that makes them such an attractive mark...
What did I say about holding on tight to your wallet? The government, under the auspices of the Left, are as shifty as the transient carnies that come into town every spring with the town fair...
...have you ever seen the media cheerleading a stock that has actually been a money-maker, or indicative of a strong company/sector? Yeah, me neither. They're all johnny-come-latelys that use other people's money to buy high, and sell low.
Stay away from this POS IPO. And hold on tight to your wallet...
Today, Mickey Kaus informs us we've been pwn'd:
Greetings, IPO Suckers! General Motors' cars are piling up on dealers' lots again, the result of an apparent production surge designed to force sales during September and October in order to make the numbers look good for GM's November IPO ... sorry, I mean in order to maximize shareholder value! ... P.S.: General Motors is actually down 0.8 in market share from last November, which was hardly a great month in itself. The company's press release boasts of a market-share gain because it only counts the brands GM hasn't discontinued or sold off. Well, all right then! ...
Here's the nuts and bolts of the scam, as perpetrated by GM - with the help of the U.S. Government - upon the American people:
It is obvious that beginning in July, GM has started an aggressive channel stuffing program whereby it offload tens of thousands of cars (over 110,000 since July) on dealer lots, hoping these will get sold somehow, at some price, all the while dealers enjoy taxpayer subsidized floorplan leases which allows them to hold nearly infinite inventory. If and when the liquidation event takes place who cares? After all the company is now public and has managed to massage it artificial sales numbers sufficiently to fool investors that there is actual end demand for its cars.
So what would have happened if in October GM had held its dealer inventory flat (not declining, just flat): well, the top line number would have been 21,000 cars less sold. Which also means that total sales would have been not 169k but 148k, and instead of a 11.4% increase, GM would have reported a drop of 2.4% in November sales YoY (year to year)....
Now if Wall Street perpetrated this fraud, the entire force of Eric Holder's office would have been called upon to frog-march out the looters and liars involved, and show trials would have been the order of the day.
But since the government is in on the scam, and taking a cut, well....then it's OK, I suppose, to screw the middle-class investor who is allegedly so near and dear to the Democrat's hearts...or perhaps it is that small reservoir of cash the middle class tends to clutch onto that makes them such an attractive mark...
What did I say about holding on tight to your wallet? The government, under the auspices of the Left, are as shifty as the transient carnies that come into town every spring with the town fair...
Monday, December 06, 2010
Hanukkah Honeys: Is The 6th Candle Too Hot To Handle?
Well, our last few nights of "Hanukkah Honeys" have featured the Jewish girl played against type: the "bad" girl. Sure, they rock out, kiss other girls, and pilfer a few items from the local department store, but that's about as far out as a Hanukkah Honey will get, right? 
Well, ah...hmmm....let me introduce you to the sixth Hanukkah Honey, Miss Kendra Jade (Rossi). Kendra has made some 45 films, all of the adult variety. She bolted "the business" in 2001, and began touring throughout the country as the featured burlesque performer in gentleman's clubs. Kenda has appeared in music videos, radio (most famously on Howard Stern), print, and television (to be cured of her "sex addiction" by Dr. Drew Pinsky).
Kendra, earlier engaged to a nice Jewish boy, went off and married Canadian rocker Luke Rossi. A loss for every Jewish guy who wanted to bring her home and present their mother with the ultimate conundrum: A son staying within the faith, but not with the kind of girl you'd necessarily want to introduce to the rabbi. Oh, what to do, what to do...
Well, we'd know what we're going to do: Watch the sixth candle burn all the way down....
Well, ah...hmmm....let me introduce you to the sixth Hanukkah Honey, Miss Kendra Jade (Rossi). Kendra has made some 45 films, all of the adult variety. She bolted "the business" in 2001, and began touring throughout the country as the featured burlesque performer in gentleman's clubs. Kenda has appeared in music videos, radio (most famously on Howard Stern), print, and television (to be cured of her "sex addiction" by Dr. Drew Pinsky).
Kendra, earlier engaged to a nice Jewish boy, went off and married Canadian rocker Luke Rossi. A loss for every Jewish guy who wanted to bring her home and present their mother with the ultimate conundrum: A son staying within the faith, but not with the kind of girl you'd necessarily want to introduce to the rabbi. Oh, what to do, what to do...
Well, we'd know what we're going to do: Watch the sixth candle burn all the way down....
Elizabeth Edwards Says Goodbye
She deserved better. CBS reports:
Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, is resting at home with friends and family after doctors advised that "further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive," according to a statement from the Edwards family.
A source close to the family tells CBS News, "She is dying." The source said Edwards would likely die within weeks and possibly days.
Not sure if her husband is there, or with his girlfriend Rielle Hunter and their love child out on the West Coast.
But the dying will oft forgive all, seeing the Great Beyond over the horizon and perhaps glimpsing some truths that are hidden from those of us on this plane of existence. And so it appears Elizabeth has done so, based on a message posted on her Facebook page that seems to be a farewell to this mortal coil:
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces -- my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. It isn't possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel towards everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know.
Sorry, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, is resting at home with friends and family after doctors advised that "further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive," according to a statement from the Edwards family.
A source close to the family tells CBS News, "She is dying." The source said Edwards would likely die within weeks and possibly days.
Not sure if her husband is there, or with his girlfriend Rielle Hunter and their love child out on the West Coast.
But the dying will oft forgive all, seeing the Great Beyond over the horizon and perhaps glimpsing some truths that are hidden from those of us on this plane of existence. And so it appears Elizabeth has done so, based on a message posted on her Facebook page that seems to be a farewell to this mortal coil:
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces -- my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. It isn't possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel towards everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know.
Sorry, Elizabeth.
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