You have to laugh - the midnight premiere of Twilight/Eclipse, a lo-o-o-o-ng line at the movie theatre, and - the BLOOD BANK van (The Bloodmobile) parked right at the entrance with flags flying.
Wednesday, June 30
Bloody Brilliant!
You have to laugh - the midnight premiere of Twilight/Eclipse, a lo-o-o-o-ng line at the movie theatre, and - the BLOOD BANK van (The Bloodmobile) parked right at the entrance with flags flying.
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Just Awesome
Tuesday, June 29
Monday, June 28
Governors lose in power struggle over National Guard
Is anyone keeping track? All the powers that are accruing to the Federal Government?
◼ A little-noticed change in federal law packs an important change in who is in charge the next time a state is devastated by a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.
To the dismay of the nation’s governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor’s head and call up National Guard troops to aid a state in time of natural disasters or other public emergencies. Up to now, governors were the sole commanders in chief of citizen soldiers in local Guard units during emergencies within the state.
◼ Obama 'Internet kill switch' plan approved by US Senate panel
◼ A little-noticed change in federal law packs an important change in who is in charge the next time a state is devastated by a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.
To the dismay of the nation’s governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor’s head and call up National Guard troops to aid a state in time of natural disasters or other public emergencies. Up to now, governors were the sole commanders in chief of citizen soldiers in local Guard units during emergencies within the state.
◼ Obama 'Internet kill switch' plan approved by US Senate panel
Sunday, June 27
Saturday, June 26
◼ Americans relate to Founders, not Progressives
...So when Susan Roesgen, then of CNN, upbraided a Tea Party protester in 2009 by reminding him that he was getting a $400 tax rebate thanks to the Democrats' stimulus package, she was met with utter dismissal. You don't sell out your property rights for a mere $400.
The polls and the post-2008 election results show that the purported beneficiaries of the Obama Democrats' programs are unenthusiastic about voting and people with modest incomes are trending heavily Republican. The only enthusiasm for the Obama Democrats' policies comes from David Brooks's "educated class": people who are or identify with the centralized experts tasked by the Obama Democrats with making decisions for the rest of us. Unfortunately for the Obama Democrats, they, unlike property owners, are not a majority in today's America.
h/t: Wild
...So when Susan Roesgen, then of CNN, upbraided a Tea Party protester in 2009 by reminding him that he was getting a $400 tax rebate thanks to the Democrats' stimulus package, she was met with utter dismissal. You don't sell out your property rights for a mere $400.
The polls and the post-2008 election results show that the purported beneficiaries of the Obama Democrats' programs are unenthusiastic about voting and people with modest incomes are trending heavily Republican. The only enthusiasm for the Obama Democrats' policies comes from David Brooks's "educated class": people who are or identify with the centralized experts tasked by the Obama Democrats with making decisions for the rest of us. Unfortunately for the Obama Democrats, they, unlike property owners, are not a majority in today's America.
h/t: Wild
Police Release Tape From Gore Accuser's Interview
◼ Police Release Tape From Gore Accuser's Interview
◼ Police release tape from Gore accuser's interview Those in the comments blame the messenger.
Weigel describes conservatives as using the media to “violently, angrily divide America.”
◼ E-mails reveal Post reporter savaging conservatives, rooting for Democrats Ahh, a nice honest, unbiased journalist, for once - uhhhh, wait....
Seriously, what is WRONG with these people?
And, this is...? just some nice liberals exercising their constitutional right to express themselves.
A little good news, though, the nice un-biased journalist has resigned: FIRST ON FBDC: FishbowlDC has confirmed that WaPo conservative-beat blogger Dave Weigel has resigned after a slew of his anti-conservative comments and emails surfaced on FishbowlDC and Daily Caller over the last two days.
A spokesperson for the Post said the paper will not offer additional comments but confirmed that the writer's resignation was accepted.
◼ The WaPo ombudsman is terribly terribly sorry Weigel got caught
If you take a look at the last paragraph of the piece in which WaPo ombudsman Andy Alexander tackles the Weigel imbroglio, it’s hard to escape the notion seems that he places most of the blame for the entire episode on the person or persons from Journolist who ratted Weigel out.... Alas, indeed. Clearly, Alexander would have preferred that Weigel and the WaPo have been allowed to go on pretending that Weigel was able to give conservatives a fair and objective shake, while remaining a man filled with hatred for them who saw fit to freely spew his bile only in the comfort of a (supposedly) private club of like-minded folks.
◼ Weigel resigns
◼ WaPo's Dextrosphere Reporter Has Highly Nuanced Take On Conservatives
◼ Dave Weigel's Tragic Expedition Into The Conservative Heart Of Darkness
UPDATE: JournoList founder Ezra Klein is now an exposed liar:
The way I explained Dave is that he’s the best reporter on the conservative movement beat,” Klein said, describing Weigel as “hard to characterize politically."
“I have not heard him express many policy opinions,” he said.
In public, Klein finds Weigel's politics a mystery. In private, Klein eats up Weigel's JournoList screeds.
Good thing.
Seriously, what is WRONG with these people?
And, this is...? just some nice liberals exercising their constitutional right to express themselves.
A little good news, though, the nice un-biased journalist has resigned: FIRST ON FBDC: FishbowlDC has confirmed that WaPo conservative-beat blogger Dave Weigel has resigned after a slew of his anti-conservative comments and emails surfaced on FishbowlDC and Daily Caller over the last two days.
A spokesperson for the Post said the paper will not offer additional comments but confirmed that the writer's resignation was accepted.
◼ The WaPo ombudsman is terribly terribly sorry Weigel got caught
If you take a look at the last paragraph of the piece in which WaPo ombudsman Andy Alexander tackles the Weigel imbroglio, it’s hard to escape the notion seems that he places most of the blame for the entire episode on the person or persons from Journolist who ratted Weigel out.... Alas, indeed. Clearly, Alexander would have preferred that Weigel and the WaPo have been allowed to go on pretending that Weigel was able to give conservatives a fair and objective shake, while remaining a man filled with hatred for them who saw fit to freely spew his bile only in the comfort of a (supposedly) private club of like-minded folks.
◼ Weigel resigns
◼ WaPo's Dextrosphere Reporter Has Highly Nuanced Take On Conservatives
◼ Dave Weigel's Tragic Expedition Into The Conservative Heart Of Darkness
UPDATE: JournoList founder Ezra Klein is now an exposed liar:
The way I explained Dave is that he’s the best reporter on the conservative movement beat,” Klein said, describing Weigel as “hard to characterize politically."
“I have not heard him express many policy opinions,” he said.
In public, Klein finds Weigel's politics a mystery. In private, Klein eats up Weigel's JournoList screeds.
Good thing.
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NO JOURNALISTIC ETHICS
Friday, June 25
80 miles from the border, 30 miles from the capitol
◼ New Jan Brewer ad: Here’s what Obama means by “border security”
From the comments:
At least Obama could have sprung for a robot that waves his arms and says, “Danger, Danger, Will Robinson.”
Daggett on June 25, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Consider this–Barack Obama has taken more vacation days in the last 18 months than Stan McChrystal has taken in the last seven years. Why? Stan put his mission above all else, including family. This stat alone tells you the difference between the General and the manchild who inhabits the White House.
This would all be one of the greatest black comedies, surpassing even Dr. Strangelove. Only it’s for real.
◼ Al Gore jumps twenty-five sharks
But what does this all mean in the real world? Al Gore has already made a mockery of the Academy Awards and the Nobel Peace Prize, not that these organizations’ voters didn’t make a mockery of themselves and not that the latter wasn’t already a self-parody of monumental Orwellian proportions.
But what does this all mean in the real world? Al Gore has already made a mockery of the Academy Awards and the Nobel Peace Prize, not that these organizations’ voters didn’t make a mockery of themselves and not that the latter wasn’t already a self-parody of monumental Orwellian proportions.
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Al Gore's insanity,
Global Warming?,
Junk Science
America is screwed
Drduge headlines:
NEARLY 2,000 PAGES: The legislation would redraw how money flows through economy...
Government would have broad new powers to seize...
DODD: 'No one will know until this is actually in place how it works'...
THE BIG GRAB
Chris Dodd and Barney Frank. The new face of America.
Thursday, June 24
when it comes to the DISCLOSE act, clean elections and free speech seem to be secondary considerations to getting Democrats elected
◼ House ’shreds our constitution for raw, ugly, partisan gain’ by vote of 219-206
...House Republican Leader John Boehner’s already declaring that the legislation will “Shred Our Constitution for Raw, Ugly, Partisan Gain.” Normally, I’d automatically dissmiss such a press release as hyperbole, but this time I’m not so sure. For one thing, the DISCLOSE Act does this:
h/t: wild
...House Republican Leader John Boehner’s already declaring that the legislation will “Shred Our Constitution for Raw, Ugly, Partisan Gain.” Normally, I’d automatically dissmiss such a press release as hyperbole, but this time I’m not so sure. For one thing, the DISCLOSE Act does this:
A Democratic amendment tucked into campaign finance legislation Wednesday night also drew fire from Republicans and their allies, who contend it gives special treatment to Democrat-allied labor unions. The language in question would exempt from disclosure requirements transfers of cash from dues-funded groups to their affiliates to pay for certain election ads. It was inserted into the bill by Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Administration Committee and a big union backer.So unions now get nearly unrestricted, undisclosed political spending. Further, the restrictions in the DISCLOSE Act only cut one way — against business. If you took TARP funds as a business, express political advocacy is now verboten...
h/t: wild
A "has to be done" post
It's stupid, because who cares? And who even wants to think about Al Gore as a ◼ 'CRAZED SEX POODLE' Agggghhh!!!! Brain bleach.
But he set himself up as so sanctimonious, preaching brimstone upon all who didn't go along with his "Inconvenient Truths" so it is only fair in this odd Orwellian way, that the inconvenient truth is revisited upon him.
We will suffer for years with the results of his crusade. Fees and policies have been enacted at every level of government by fools who bought into the frenzy, loved the power and the money that it promised. Luckily, emails were leaked and the whole charade has been exposed, stopping it before it got any worse. He, however has enriched himself beyond imagination. And apparently, arrogance inevitably took hold. He thought he, like Clinton and Edwards, and Kennedy, could act with impunity. Or so it appears. Unless she is lying.
But he set himself up as so sanctimonious, preaching brimstone upon all who didn't go along with his "Inconvenient Truths" so it is only fair in this odd Orwellian way, that the inconvenient truth is revisited upon him.
We will suffer for years with the results of his crusade. Fees and policies have been enacted at every level of government by fools who bought into the frenzy, loved the power and the money that it promised. Luckily, emails were leaked and the whole charade has been exposed, stopping it before it got any worse. He, however has enriched himself beyond imagination. And apparently, arrogance inevitably took hold. He thought he, like Clinton and Edwards, and Kennedy, could act with impunity. Or so it appears. Unless she is lying.
Rahm under the bus in 4, 3, 2....
◼ Rahm Emanuel, Obama's soon-to-be top aide, had called him to give him a list of four people that Obama would find acceptable as his successor in the Senate Blagojevich's corruption trial gets going. (And the server on that link is overwhelmed)
Wednesday, June 23
The Pelosi-Reid "leadership" team have "gone off the grid
◼ they expect voters not to notice, or care if they do notice, that legislators have not passed a budget for next year's federal spending....
we have quite unprecedented deficits --soaring, arching, never-seen-before gushers of red ink dwarfing Bush's 2007 deficit of $160 billion by nine or 10 or even more times that amount. We cannot know for certain how high the tower of borrowed money will even approximately rise because, well, there is no budget.
The new cliche is that such magical budgeting practices are "unsustainable." They are sadly much more sustainable when everyone in power agrees to pretend that they aren't there.
Thus do the Democrats steel themselves to face a furious electorate: "What deficit? We don't have no stinking deficit. We haven't even passed a budget yet."...
◼ Hoyer: Yeah, we’re punting the budget this year DEEM it passed? Is that it?
◼ Democratic Leadership: So Much Fail
◼ Cancelled: There Will Be No Congressional Budget This Year
***The Following Is An Important Fiscal Health Announcement***
Washington (Jun 22)
In light of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) announcement this morning that House Democrats will not pass a budget this year – failing to fulfill what he has called “the most basic responsibility” of governing – the following important fiscal health warning has been issued:
THE BUDGET HAS BEEN CANCELLED
WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS’ OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING SPREE.
AN APOLOGY FOR THIS BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE FORTHCOMING AT THIS TIME.
we have quite unprecedented deficits --soaring, arching, never-seen-before gushers of red ink dwarfing Bush's 2007 deficit of $160 billion by nine or 10 or even more times that amount. We cannot know for certain how high the tower of borrowed money will even approximately rise because, well, there is no budget.
The new cliche is that such magical budgeting practices are "unsustainable." They are sadly much more sustainable when everyone in power agrees to pretend that they aren't there.
Thus do the Democrats steel themselves to face a furious electorate: "What deficit? We don't have no stinking deficit. We haven't even passed a budget yet."...
◼ Hoyer: Yeah, we’re punting the budget this year DEEM it passed? Is that it?
◼ Democratic Leadership: So Much Fail
◼ Cancelled: There Will Be No Congressional Budget This Year
Washington (Jun 22)
In light of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) announcement this morning that House Democrats will not pass a budget this year – failing to fulfill what he has called “the most basic responsibility” of governing – the following important fiscal health warning has been issued:
THE BUDGET HAS BEEN CANCELLED
WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS’ OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING SPREE.
AN APOLOGY FOR THIS BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE FORTHCOMING AT THIS TIME.
Tuesday, June 22
rare aurora australis
Sometimes you're just at the right place at the right time. Astronauts aboard the ISS experienced just such a moment when they captured this captivating image of a rare aurora australis over the Southern Indian Ocean likely caused by a coronal mass ejection from the sun late last month
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Just Awesome,
science
BP and Chu
BP's gonna save the world (translated, they paid up the blackmail money)
◼ BP disaster started in February?
Has Anyone -- Including McChrystal -- Actually Read The Rolling Stone Article?
◼ Has Anyone -- Including McChrystal -- Actually Read The Rolling Stone Article? legalinsurrection calls it exactly right.
◼ Breaking: McChrystal resigns? (UPDATE 2: KLEIN CLARIFIES: McC “OFFERED” TO RESIGN)
◼ Time’s Joe Klein on CNN: McChrystal has Submitted Resignation (since updated multiple times)
◼ How to get Obama’s attention: insult him
◼ The General and the Empty Suit
Drudge headline, Bring in the clowns.
An interesting pattern, though - he didn't meet with McChrystal in the first place until embarrassed into what even then only amounted to a photo op - same then with BP.
◼ Breaking: McChrystal resigns? (UPDATE 2: KLEIN CLARIFIES: McC “OFFERED” TO RESIGN)
◼ Time’s Joe Klein on CNN: McChrystal has Submitted Resignation (since updated multiple times)
◼ How to get Obama’s attention: insult him
◼ The General and the Empty Suit
Drudge headline, Bring in the clowns.
An interesting pattern, though - he didn't meet with McChrystal in the first place until embarrassed into what even then only amounted to a photo op - same then with BP.
AMERICA: AT THE CROSSROADS - worth repeating
"In times such as these, we need only to look at world history. The ancient civilizations of Persia and Greece come to mind. One might consider the history of the British or Roman Empires; Napoleonic France or Spain; also the dynasties of the Chinese and Japanese Emperors, along with the Egyptian Pharos, or the Mayans and Aztecs. All of these republics, empires and dynasties have fallen upon the dust heap of history. Do these once great societies have any meaning in our present day? Oh yes! Big time!
The study of these civilizations was the basis and foundation for our Constitutional Republic. Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams and all our founding fathers studied how these civilizations emerged, evolved and eventually failed. Our founders answered these rises and collapses of past civilizations with the Great American Experiment; The Constitution of the United States of America; our map for continuing success.
Our grand document is based on the creation, evolvement and failure of every civilization in history. It was conceived through the wisdom of all the grand thinkers in world history. (Thinkers and philosophers who knew that their history would be important to some future civilization and they were intelligent enough to write it down or carve it in stone) Our Constitution is a document written to preserve individual liberty and to organize a union of separate states, into a Federal Union; The United States of America.
Why do we now fail our Constitution? Why don’t we teach more of it in public and private schools? Why do politicians and judges say it’s outdated? The reality is that we are at the crossroads between the success or failure of our Constitutional Republic. This Great Document needs to be honored and cherished dearly.
Our Congress; the Senate and House of Representatives, is now failing us by passing legislation that they do not read before they vote on it’s passage. Our President is failing our country by signing this unread legislation into law. We might call this a failure of their Oath of Office. Or we might call it a failure of our national identity. Either way, we can not continue to exist as a nation under these failures in government.
Ancient Rome is a prime example. Senators of the Roman Republic sat in their Coliseum seats, along with the Roman Emperors. They watched as slaves fought gladiators and cheered for blood. They watched as Christians were eaten by lions while the minions screamed for more blood. Those Senators allowed the decline of the Roman Republic by their lack of concern, accession and decadence. Eventually, their appeasements to the Caesars contributed to the decline of the Republic and the Empire. All was lost as hoards of barbarians over-ran a militarily-over-extended, over-taxed, Roman Empire.
That barbarism was unmatched until the 20th century, when Marxist/Socialist/Communism overtook Russia and Eastern Europe, culminating in the deaths of 50 million human beings. All of them murdered and starved by a mentally ill, psychotic-paranoid, Joseph Stalin; along with his secret police.
Adolph Hitler murdered 6 million Jews. Joseph Stalin murdered 50 million of his own Soviet people. The German people were compliant with Hitler and the Soviets with Stalin. They followed those leaders to their graves. The Roman Senators were compliant with the Caesars. Rome fell, as all great civilizations did in time. None of those civilizations had a living Constitution: a map for success throughout the ages. Our nation has one and it’s high time our Congress and our President start abiding by it.
The failure to follow our Founding Fathers’ map has lead America down the wrong road; to the crossroads we find ourselves looking upon. A “fundamental change in America”, we do not need. What we do need, is to return to a “foundation based on our Constitution”. We should command the respect due to us and the Oath of Office, from all our elected officials in city, county, state and federal government. Only that respect to their Constitutional Oaths and to the People, will save this country from the dust heap of history. We, as a free Nation, still have the right to demand that of our elected representatives. This is the duty and the requirement of all citizens of a Constitutional Republic. Demand it! Vote for it! Make it known to all!
If you are an American Patriot, then please, remember this on November 2, 2010. God’s Speed America!"
Jun 22, 2010 @ 02:59 PM Steve, Somers Point, NJ
◼ found in the comments - here
The study of these civilizations was the basis and foundation for our Constitutional Republic. Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams and all our founding fathers studied how these civilizations emerged, evolved and eventually failed. Our founders answered these rises and collapses of past civilizations with the Great American Experiment; The Constitution of the United States of America; our map for continuing success.
Our grand document is based on the creation, evolvement and failure of every civilization in history. It was conceived through the wisdom of all the grand thinkers in world history. (Thinkers and philosophers who knew that their history would be important to some future civilization and they were intelligent enough to write it down or carve it in stone) Our Constitution is a document written to preserve individual liberty and to organize a union of separate states, into a Federal Union; The United States of America.
Why do we now fail our Constitution? Why don’t we teach more of it in public and private schools? Why do politicians and judges say it’s outdated? The reality is that we are at the crossroads between the success or failure of our Constitutional Republic. This Great Document needs to be honored and cherished dearly.
Our Congress; the Senate and House of Representatives, is now failing us by passing legislation that they do not read before they vote on it’s passage. Our President is failing our country by signing this unread legislation into law. We might call this a failure of their Oath of Office. Or we might call it a failure of our national identity. Either way, we can not continue to exist as a nation under these failures in government.
Ancient Rome is a prime example. Senators of the Roman Republic sat in their Coliseum seats, along with the Roman Emperors. They watched as slaves fought gladiators and cheered for blood. They watched as Christians were eaten by lions while the minions screamed for more blood. Those Senators allowed the decline of the Roman Republic by their lack of concern, accession and decadence. Eventually, their appeasements to the Caesars contributed to the decline of the Republic and the Empire. All was lost as hoards of barbarians over-ran a militarily-over-extended, over-taxed, Roman Empire.
That barbarism was unmatched until the 20th century, when Marxist/Socialist/Communism overtook Russia and Eastern Europe, culminating in the deaths of 50 million human beings. All of them murdered and starved by a mentally ill, psychotic-paranoid, Joseph Stalin; along with his secret police.
Adolph Hitler murdered 6 million Jews. Joseph Stalin murdered 50 million of his own Soviet people. The German people were compliant with Hitler and the Soviets with Stalin. They followed those leaders to their graves. The Roman Senators were compliant with the Caesars. Rome fell, as all great civilizations did in time. None of those civilizations had a living Constitution: a map for success throughout the ages. Our nation has one and it’s high time our Congress and our President start abiding by it.
The failure to follow our Founding Fathers’ map has lead America down the wrong road; to the crossroads we find ourselves looking upon. A “fundamental change in America”, we do not need. What we do need, is to return to a “foundation based on our Constitution”. We should command the respect due to us and the Oath of Office, from all our elected officials in city, county, state and federal government. Only that respect to their Constitutional Oaths and to the People, will save this country from the dust heap of history. We, as a free Nation, still have the right to demand that of our elected representatives. This is the duty and the requirement of all citizens of a Constitutional Republic. Demand it! Vote for it! Make it known to all!
If you are an American Patriot, then please, remember this on November 2, 2010. God’s Speed America!"
Jun 22, 2010 @ 02:59 PM Steve, Somers Point, NJ
◼ found in the comments - here
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Say goodbye to the Constitution
Have you heard about swipebid?
◼ http://www.swipebids.com/landing1806B.php?catid=11
◼ Is Penny Auction Website SwipeBids.com Really Saving Consumers 75%-95% OFF Traditional Retail Prices?
If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is...
◼ Swipebids.com reviews
◼ Is swipe bids.com legit or not?
From the comments: '...I have been scammed by swipebids.com not just for the one unwanted membership but three separate charges of $150.00 each for a total of $450.00 instantly removed from my credit card account. I have been trying to think how I could have been so stupid as to authorize three identical membership charges but after reading complaints from others I know what happened. Three times on my first day at swipebids.com I visited the accounts area, three times when I was leaving that area to go to main auction area the window popped up that indicated to buy bids, and three times I closed that window with the X in the top right corner. THAT is how they tricked me and others that I have read complaints of and that is fraud on swipebids part plain and simple...
Read the reviews, it is a nightmare.
◼ Is Penny Auction Website SwipeBids.com Really Saving Consumers 75%-95% OFF Traditional Retail Prices?
If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is...
◼ Swipebids.com reviews
◼ Is swipe bids.com legit or not?
From the comments: '...I have been scammed by swipebids.com not just for the one unwanted membership but three separate charges of $150.00 each for a total of $450.00 instantly removed from my credit card account. I have been trying to think how I could have been so stupid as to authorize three identical membership charges but after reading complaints from others I know what happened. Three times on my first day at swipebids.com I visited the accounts area, three times when I was leaving that area to go to main auction area the window popped up that indicated to buy bids, and three times I closed that window with the X in the top right corner. THAT is how they tricked me and others that I have read complaints of and that is fraud on swipebids part plain and simple...
Read the reviews, it is a nightmare.
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Scams and Hoaxes
This was blatant dishonesty by the administration, on an Orwellian scale.
◼ Obama's thuggery is useless in fighting spill Read more at the Washington Examiner
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Oil Spill
Saturday, June 19
I blame Sean Penn
◼ Hugo Chavez Spearheads Raids as Food Prices Skyrocket
Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply is the latest battle in President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution.
Venezuelan army soldiers swept through the working class, pro-Chavez neighborhood of Catia in Caracas last week, seizing 120 tons of rice along with coffee and powdered milk that officials said was to be sold above regulated prices.
"The battle for food is a matter of national security," said a red-shirted official from the Food Ministry, resting his arm on a pallet laden with bags of coffee....
Chavez supporters are grateful for a network of cheap state-run supermarkets and they say the raids will slow massive inflation.
Critics accuse him of steering the country toward a communist dictatorship and say he is destroying the private sector.
They point to 80,000 tons of rotting food found in warehouses belonging to the government as evidence the state is a poor and corrupt administrator....
Much of the wasted food, including powdered milk and meat, was found last month in the buildup to legislative elections in September. The scandal is humiliating for Chavez, who accuses wealthy elites of fueling inflation and causing shortages of products such as meat, sugar and milk by hoarding food....
When he himself is hoarding it in order to create a crisis he can use to exert more power and kill more people.
But he has high-powered US PR firms to lie to people.
Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply is the latest battle in President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution.
Venezuelan army soldiers swept through the working class, pro-Chavez neighborhood of Catia in Caracas last week, seizing 120 tons of rice along with coffee and powdered milk that officials said was to be sold above regulated prices.
"The battle for food is a matter of national security," said a red-shirted official from the Food Ministry, resting his arm on a pallet laden with bags of coffee....
Chavez supporters are grateful for a network of cheap state-run supermarkets and they say the raids will slow massive inflation.
Critics accuse him of steering the country toward a communist dictatorship and say he is destroying the private sector.
They point to 80,000 tons of rotting food found in warehouses belonging to the government as evidence the state is a poor and corrupt administrator....
Much of the wasted food, including powdered milk and meat, was found last month in the buildup to legislative elections in September. The scandal is humiliating for Chavez, who accuses wealthy elites of fueling inflation and causing shortages of products such as meat, sugar and milk by hoarding food....
When he himself is hoarding it in order to create a crisis he can use to exert more power and kill more people.
But he has high-powered US PR firms to lie to people.
Friday, June 18
"One of the reasons Big Government is so helpless in the face of an actual crisis is that it never learns anything"
◼ The Helpless Titan - Dr. Zero
The current federal government of the United States is the largest, best-funded organization in human history. Our public debt has grown to over $13 trillion. We pay hundreds of billions per year just to service this debt. The federal government has over two million civilian employees. The Postal Service, all by itself, employs more people than any American company except Wal-Mart. Our government has shed almost every vestige of Constitutional restraint over the last few decades, exercising powers that would have shocked the Founding Fathers.
And yet, this federal titan is currently face-down in the oil-soaked waters of the Gulf of Mexico, its flabby arms twitching feebly. It has become too bloated to stand up. It can only lie there and scream threats at private citizens and corporations, until vast sums of money are shoveled into its maw, to sustain it for a few more years....
◼ A Snakebit President - Peggy Noonan
◼ MSNBC Trashes Obama's Address: Compared To Carter, "I Don't Sense Executive Command" Matthews,. Olbermann and Fineman
...Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. "I'll barf if he does it one more time."
Matthews: "A lot of meritocracy, a lot of blue ribbon talk."
Matthews: "I don't sense executive command."...
◼ ZUCKERMAN: World Sees Obama as Incompetent, Amateur...
◼ DER SPIEGEL: Will Obama Be the 'Jimmy Carter of the 21st Century'?
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America's Decline Under Obama
Thursday, June 17
not only this
◼ BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard
"The Coast Guard came and shut them down," Jindal said. "You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, 'Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.'"
Why?
The Coast Guard needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it had trouble contacting the people who built the barges.
Wednesday, June 16
Support SMALL government
◼ If you support Mike Lee in Utah, Ken Buck in Colorado, and stand with Sharron Angle, we really can send some small government conservatives to Washington. - Red State
◼ Republican senators wary of Sharron Angle's views - Politico
And the message and ideal of smaller government is a good one.
◼ Republican senators wary of Sharron Angle's views - Politico
But Angle tried to dodge the press Tuesday – as she’s been doing since becoming the party’s nominee – taking a side entrance on her way in and out of the lunch, and ignoring questions from reporters who trailed her outside in the rain on her way to a parked car outside the Capitol.Don't hide, don't back down. Cornyn is right.If your ideas are right, there is nothing to fear, in fact, in order for you to win, you have to appeal to all segments - if you can't and don't, no matter how good you might be, you do not deserve the position. Hillary Clinton should not avoid Bill O'Reilly, and conversely, no one on the right should fear even a Chris Matthews. You should learn from the Katie Couric stunt just how nasty and partisan the press can be, but there are ways to deal with it. Get a great press advisor, be honest, and get your message out there.
So far, Angle has given interviews strictly to conservative media outlets, ignoring even local news stations and newspapers in Nevada – but Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) suggested Tuesday that approach may have to change.
“It’s up to the candidate who they want to talk to, but obviously there’s going to have to be a more broader media engagement,” Cornyn told POLITICO.
And the message and ideal of smaller government is a good one.
Monday, June 14
Arrogance and disrespect for citizens, a new politician's hallmark
◼ Video: Etheridge expounds on virtues of civic engagement in politics
Then WHY?
◼ CONGRESSMAN ASSAULTS STUDENT ON WASHINGTON SIDEWALK
◼ Video: Etheridge expounds on virtues of civic engagement in politics; Update: Etheridge apologizes
HotAir updates: Update: Dave Weigel reports that Etheridge has issued an apology:
“I have seen the video posted on several blogs,” says Etheridge. “I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction, and I apologize to all involved. Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect. No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response. I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.”
Despite attempts by some to defend Etheridge, what he did was indefensible. He should have just walked away without answering if he didn’t want to “engage.” Instead, he physically attacked someone on the street who asked him a question.
Democrats have excused themselves from holding town halls since last summer because they accused protesters of fomenting violence. There is more violence in this video than at all of the Tea Party events I’ve attended. Just sayin’
Shades of Pelosi, welcoming her friendly Soros-based phony protestors, and calling real people who dared question her "Nazis" and "terrorists."
Sunday, June 13
Your survival guide for the new age UPDATED
Up is down.
Good is bad.
Bad is good.
Really bad is even better.
Real people protesting with handmade signs are astroturfers and nazis and racists.
Trillions of dollars are insignificant.
Record unemployment is recovery.
It's so easy. Once you get the hang of it.
Like these guys:
◼ Smitty at The Other McCain gives you the iOwnTheWorld Even Steven Contest Results
Contest rules: (a quick review:)
Headlines For Major World Events–If It Was Strictly A Liberal World
Example: Construction Halted on Hadrian’s Wall Pending Environmental Impact Study
or
Titanic Sinks. Told Ya So.
or
Oppressed Mexicans Defeat Imperialists at Alamo
Interpretation:
Entries should include a date or event taught in a reasonable school course, and thus are neither contemporary nor fanciful.
Entries should capture the “wrong is the new right” attitude so intrinsic to Liberal goofballery.
Stephanie A. Richer
AIRLINE PASSENGERS TAKE WRONG TURN IN NYC: TRAGIC ACCIDENT AT WORLD TRADE CENTER... much more...
Good is bad.
Bad is good.
Really bad is even better.
Real people protesting with handmade signs are astroturfers and nazis and racists.
Trillions of dollars are insignificant.
Record unemployment is recovery.
It's so easy. Once you get the hang of it.
Like these guys:
◼ Smitty at The Other McCain gives you the iOwnTheWorld Even Steven Contest Results
Contest rules: (a quick review:)
Headlines For Major World Events–If It Was Strictly A Liberal World
Example: Construction Halted on Hadrian’s Wall Pending Environmental Impact Study
or
Titanic Sinks. Told Ya So.
or
Oppressed Mexicans Defeat Imperialists at Alamo
Interpretation:
Entries should include a date or event taught in a reasonable school course, and thus are neither contemporary nor fanciful.
Entries should capture the “wrong is the new right” attitude so intrinsic to Liberal goofballery.
Stephanie A. Richer
AIRLINE PASSENGERS TAKE WRONG TURN IN NYC: TRAGIC ACCIDENT AT WORLD TRADE CENTER... much more...
Labels:
Just Funny
"President Obama is the best environmental president we’ve had since Teddy Roosevelt,” Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope
◼ Environmentalists give Barack Obama a pass on oil spill
Last week, it seemed, environmentalists were finally ready to let loose on President Barack Obama over the Gulf oil spill.
Actress Q’orianka Kilcher chained herself to the White House fence while her mother slathered the “Pocahontas” star in black paint meant to look like oozing crude.
Kilcher’s cause? Not the Gulf spill at all but oil-related abuses of indigenous people in Peru, whose president was visiting Obama that day.
As the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history has played out on Obama’s watch, the environmental movement has essentially given him a pass — all but refusing to unleash any vocal criticism against the president even as the public has grown more frustrated by Obama’s performance.
About a dozen environmental groups took out a full page ad in the Washington Post Tuesday — not to fault Obama over the ecological catastrophe but to thank him for putting on hold an Alaska drilling project. “We deeply appreciate your decision. ...” the ad says to Obama....
Incredible.
Last week, it seemed, environmentalists were finally ready to let loose on President Barack Obama over the Gulf oil spill.
Actress Q’orianka Kilcher chained herself to the White House fence while her mother slathered the “Pocahontas” star in black paint meant to look like oozing crude.
Kilcher’s cause? Not the Gulf spill at all but oil-related abuses of indigenous people in Peru, whose president was visiting Obama that day.
As the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history has played out on Obama’s watch, the environmental movement has essentially given him a pass — all but refusing to unleash any vocal criticism against the president even as the public has grown more frustrated by Obama’s performance.
About a dozen environmental groups took out a full page ad in the Washington Post Tuesday — not to fault Obama over the ecological catastrophe but to thank him for putting on hold an Alaska drilling project. “We deeply appreciate your decision. ...” the ad says to Obama....
Incredible.
Labels:
Activist Groups,
Environment,
HYPOCRISY in motion
Saturday, June 12
Friday, June 11
OK, so, if you ask me, silkscreening was alot easier, but...
◼ For those unaware, the little acronym above stands for Do-It-Yourself-Direct-To-Garment printing. In layman’s terms, printing your own shirts and designs. Commercial DTGs can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 which for the hobbyist who only wants a few shirts is ridiculous. So you would think this field of technology would be hacked to no end, but we’ve actually only seen one other fully finished and working DIYDTG. So we took it upon ourselves to build a DIYDTG as cheaply and as successfully as possible..... h/t: adam
The printer you choose is the most absolutely crucial part of this hack.
The printer you choose is the most absolutely crucial part of this hack.
60 SPILLION GALLONS LATER: OBAMA TO MEET BP CHAIRMAN
◼ BP chairman summoned to Obama meeting over oil spill
"..."As part of our ongoing communication, I request that you and any appropriate officials from BP, meet with senior administration officials on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 to discuss these timely issues," the letter said...."
◼ and then, neoneocon on obamacomedy
◼ Democrats to Raid Oil Spill Cleanup Fund to Pay for Pet Programs
"..."As part of our ongoing communication, I request that you and any appropriate officials from BP, meet with senior administration officials on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 to discuss these timely issues," the letter said...."
◼ and then, neoneocon on obamacomedy
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Ass Quest 2010 | ||||
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◼ Democrats to Raid Oil Spill Cleanup Fund to Pay for Pet Programs
Thursday, June 10
Snapshot
As usual, Drudge headlines capture the essence:
DEBT RISE TO $19,600,000,000,000 BY 2015...
Boehner to Obama: Find some 'ass to kick' on the budget deficit...
Bankruptcy filings are nearing record 2 million...
Yorke: Music industry on verge of collapse; Major record labels will 'completely fold' within months...
IMF: Risks to global economy have 'risen significantly'...
Jobless Claims Exceed Estimates, Indicating Firings Still Elevated...
May home repossession hits record...
Bernanke Puzzled by Gold Rally...
Warns of 'Unsustainable' Debt...
NY MAY SHUT NEXT WEEK: Paterson Warns Chaos, Anarchy...
NY?
DEBT RISE TO $19,600,000,000,000 BY 2015...
Boehner to Obama: Find some 'ass to kick' on the budget deficit...
Bankruptcy filings are nearing record 2 million...
Yorke: Music industry on verge of collapse; Major record labels will 'completely fold' within months...
IMF: Risks to global economy have 'risen significantly'...
Jobless Claims Exceed Estimates, Indicating Firings Still Elevated...
May home repossession hits record...
Bernanke Puzzled by Gold Rally...
Warns of 'Unsustainable' Debt...
NY MAY SHUT NEXT WEEK: Paterson Warns Chaos, Anarchy...
NY?
Wednesday, June 9
Year of the REPUBLICAN Woman
◼ >Republican Women Dominate Elections...
◼ Blanche survives [for now]...
◼ *WH official: Labor 'flushed' $10M...
◼ Whitman, Fiorina will challenge Dem icons in CA ...
◼ GOP picks NV tea party candidate in epic Reid battle...
◼ *Palin's backing pays off...
◼ RESULTS...
◼ I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR
I've never been one who will vote for someone just because they are a woman - or a republican for that matter - but this is fascinating.
Carly Fiorina will face Barbara Boxer, the bitchy three-term incumbent...
"This fall, she will have to answer to the people of California for her failure to stand up for our state," Ms. Fiorina said in a statement before addressing supporters in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday night. "Together, we will replace Boxer, take Washington back, make it listen and make it work."
Monday, June 7
Confession UPDATED
◼ Van der Sloot Confesses to Peru Killing
I thought you were kidding, bebes.
According to La Republica newspaper, Van der Sloot admitted during police interrogation that he broke Stephany Flores' neck in a rage after she used his notebook computer without permission and discovered he was involved in the disappearance of an American woman.
◼ Police: Dutchman says he knows Holloway location
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot told police investigators that he knows the location of the body of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, the chief of Peru's criminal police said.
"He let slip that he knew the place where this person was buried," Gen. Cesar Guardia told The Associated Press.
May this (male manifestation) black widow rot in hell.
I thought you were kidding, bebes.
According to La Republica newspaper, Van der Sloot admitted during police interrogation that he broke Stephany Flores' neck in a rage after she used his notebook computer without permission and discovered he was involved in the disappearance of an American woman.
◼ Police: Dutchman says he knows Holloway location
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot told police investigators that he knows the location of the body of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, the chief of Peru's criminal police said.
"He let slip that he knew the place where this person was buried," Gen. Cesar Guardia told The Associated Press.
May this (male manifestation) black widow rot in hell.
SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride (Parts 6&7)
A day late, but here:
◼ SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride (Parts 6&7)
...“Hello Anne, hey are the girls there? No… no they’re not. They told me they were staying at your house. Uh huh… Anne can you come over? Yeah, we need to talk in person.”
She hangs up the phone as tears begin rolling down her cheeks....
If you've missed the rest of the series: @ RedHeadedBlackbelt
◼ First: Growing Up in SoHum
◼ Second: Cheap Lesson
◼ Third: SoHumBorn Sunday: ToothFairy
◼ Fourth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Unexpected Company
◼ Fifth: Other End Of The Line (pt. 2 of unexpected company)
◼ Sixth: Bear Harbor
◼ Seventh: SoHumBorn Sunday: Weathering The Storm (Part 1)
◼ Eighth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Weathering The Storm (Part 2)
◼ Ninth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Weathering The Storm (Conclusion)
◼ Tenth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Tidy Bowl
◼ Eleventh: SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride Part 1-3
◼ Twelfth: SoHumBorn Sunday: The Ride (Part 4 &5)
◼ Thirteenth: SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride (Parts 6&7)
◼ SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride (Parts 6&7)
...“Hello Anne, hey are the girls there? No… no they’re not. They told me they were staying at your house. Uh huh… Anne can you come over? Yeah, we need to talk in person.”
She hangs up the phone as tears begin rolling down her cheeks....
If you've missed the rest of the series: @ RedHeadedBlackbelt
◼ First: Growing Up in SoHum
◼ Second: Cheap Lesson
◼ Third: SoHumBorn Sunday: ToothFairy
◼ Fourth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Unexpected Company
◼ Fifth: Other End Of The Line (pt. 2 of unexpected company)
◼ Sixth: Bear Harbor
◼ Seventh: SoHumBorn Sunday: Weathering The Storm (Part 1)
◼ Eighth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Weathering The Storm (Part 2)
◼ Ninth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Weathering The Storm (Conclusion)
◼ Tenth: SoHumBorn Sunday: Tidy Bowl
◼ Eleventh: SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride Part 1-3
◼ Twelfth: SoHumBorn Sunday: The Ride (Part 4 &5)
◼ Thirteenth: SoHumBorn Sunday:The Ride (Parts 6&7)
Labels:
SoHumBorn
Sunday, June 6
Remember when Hallmark Theatre presented the tearjerker of the week?
Back in the days when you used to have 2 channels to choose from, episodes were weekly, and summers were for re-runs.
Now we have a relentless onslaught of tearjerkers, no movie can be made that doesn't fit the formula, and the 'moral of the story' is now "you're guilty because you exist."
After the global warming blitz, the droning swine flu lectures, I feel like I'm living in a weird BladeRunner kind of world, and this is the latest fad, meant to depress us.
◼ "I believe we're on the threshold of a new era in which space weather can be as influential in our daily lives as ordinary terrestrial weather." Fisher concludes. "We take this very seriously indeed."
Maybe it is true. If it is, they should work on the technology. Why do I think this will get spun. And twsited into yet another excuse to clamp down and grab for power.
Now we have a relentless onslaught of tearjerkers, no movie can be made that doesn't fit the formula, and the 'moral of the story' is now "you're guilty because you exist."
After the global warming blitz, the droning swine flu lectures, I feel like I'm living in a weird BladeRunner kind of world, and this is the latest fad, meant to depress us.
◼ "I believe we're on the threshold of a new era in which space weather can be as influential in our daily lives as ordinary terrestrial weather." Fisher concludes. "We take this very seriously indeed."
Maybe it is true. If it is, they should work on the technology. Why do I think this will get spun. And twsited into yet another excuse to clamp down and grab for power.
Friday, June 4
No.
◼ Claim: Ellen being gay hurt 'Idol' ratings
It's that she has and had absolutely nothing to do with the music industry. It's a bad fit.
The whole idea was to simulate a real audition, with real people from the industry, with real knowledge of what it takes to make a go of it in that cutthroat world.
Substituting an actress/comedian or actor/anything violates the entire premise of the show. Invalidates it entirely, in fact. It means the show has jumped the shark. It's just another game show now.
Labels:
Just Stupid
Money can't buy you immunity from BDS
◼ Hailing from England and having earned no university degrees of his own, the Beatle (Paul McCartney) may not know W. was the first American president to earn a master’s degree in business administration. (The fact the MBA is from Harvard really irks the left.) Not to mention Bush is married to a librarian.
Political hatred taints everything.
◼ At Althouse IN THE COMMENTS: Commenters start naming Beatles songs that could have been sung to/by Obama. Mesquito begins it with "Taxman."... "Nowhere man" close second...
Political hatred taints everything.
◼ At Althouse IN THE COMMENTS: Commenters start naming Beatles songs that could have been sung to/by Obama. Mesquito begins it with "Taxman."... "Nowhere man" close second...
Labels:
Just Despicable,
Just disgusting
Thursday, June 3
Joran van der Sloot detained in Peru killing - CONFESSES
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
◼ Joran van der Sloot detained in Peru killing
◼ Van der Sloot Confesses to Peru Killing
Stephany Flores, 21, was killed in a Lima hotel on Sunday, five years to the day after Holloway disappeared.
The suspect, Joran van der Sloot, was escorted by three police officers as he was taken from a dark vehicle into a police office in downtown Santiago, Chile. He made no comment as he entered, walking calmly and without handcuffs as journalists shouted his name.
Wednesday, June 2
Against all odds
Karen Brooks is running for CA State Assembly. She will be challenging entrenched bureaucrat/career-politician Wes Chesbro.
It's time for new leadership and a new voice of common sense in Sacramento. Time for a real person. I know Karen, and I know she will be a vast improvement, our only hope to turn California around is to elect people like Karen, and get rid of the worthless politicians who have run California into the ground.
http://www.karenbrooks2010.com/
On Facebook: Karen Brooks for State Assembly
On twitter: @karenbrooks2010
Spread the word! Like so many others across this nation, Karen is running against all odds against a well-financed incumbent who has cheated the term-limits law for years. Without huge campaign bankrolls, getting the word out makes all the difference.
Labels:
politics heavy
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