Saturday Totty....

Cartoon Round Up.........by Mark Scott

Rico Writes.....'Anyone "miss" the Fwench?'

Many folks were no doubt surprised to hear tha Fwance had decided to rejoin NATO, never noticing that they had withdrawn in the first place (think Charles DeGaul 1966; Cold War).

I wasn't surprised. It's been almost two decades since the Iron Curtain collapsed under the weight of Communism, and the efforts of Maggie Thatcher and Ronnie Reagan, so they might have figured it was safe to come out from under the bedcovers now.

I'm certain the Germans didn't miss them one bit, nor the British Army of the Rhine.

I KNOW I did not miss them.

Trivia question: What popular TV show describes them as "cheese eating surrender monkeys?"

Early Bedtime Totty....

Live vote on Obama.....

Give President Obama a grade. I think you may need to allow cookies for this to work. The results as standing make for good reading.



H/T Chad

A Parable for modern times...........from Rico.

Little Zachary was doing very badly in math his parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face.
He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner.

To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.

Finally, little Zachary brought home his report Card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, His Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, Little Zachary got an 'A' in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?' Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no.

'Well, then,' she replied, 'Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?'

Little Zachary looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around.'

Rico writes: 'It's amazing what results you can get when people KNOW you're not fooling around. I imagine our feckless politicians would perform muchMUCH better if they ever got the message WE were no longer fooling around!'

Cartoon Round Up.........by Mark Scott

Ohhhh....

Eco-blogging.....

Borrowed from Maggie's Farm

Great Pic...

H/T DML

Quote....

'In a stunning announcement, Citigroup showed a profit and had its best quarter since 2007. They made $8 billion dollars in profit.

That just shows you: If you give a company $45 billion in government bailout money, they’ll show you how to turn it into $8 billion in profit.' - Jay Leno


H/T DML

Steven Crowder on Torture & Gitmo.......

Got to be fake!

Wow! That's a proper crash.....

News....

As Britain slides into depression, the EU insists on TREBLING maternity pay. I doubt if the EU will survive the year in it's present form.

Migrants queue up to reach 'Promised Land' UK. So seal off the ports properly. And jail anyone found to be helping them.

Mandelson keeps his cash hidden in blind trust. Not an honest bone in his body.

The deadly cost of tying police hands in Northern Ireland...by Colonel Tim Collins.

Apache pilot shortfall threatens frontline. WTF!! Once again the MoD has ballsed up.

Warships enter service without vital defences. A f**king pedalo would be more use. Heads must start to roll at the MoD.

Chinese premier 'worried' about US debt. Not nearly as worried as most sane Americans.

Barack Obama approves sending armed destroyers to protect US ships in South China Sea. Good. For someone who hates the military Obama does like to use the a lot. The megolamania has set in early. Tony Blair was the same. Sadly these are more token deployments that will sound good in the press rather than scare the crap out of the Chinese.

'Special relationship' strained: US criticises UK's vow to talk to Hezbollah. The Foreign Office is full of islamoloonie sympathisers. Looking after Britain's best interests abroad is not in their psyche.

Horse bites off one of man's testicles. Could have been worse.

Roy Bennett 'shared Zimbabwe cell with 5 dead bodies'. Mugabe has to be removed by force. This power sharing is a sham.

'Weak' Barack Obama loses another nominee. The wheels have come off.

Charity pulls out of Darfur after rebels seize Western aid workers. Time to send it 'Western' troops.

Happy Red Nose Day......

H/T DML

Trailer: the Obama Deception.....

H/T Paul

Friday Fillies......

Garage Sounds.....

In 1950, General Motors condensed the sounds of car trouble into seven types:

The Rattle. A series of hard, sharp sounds in rapid succession, like a hard object being shaken around in a metal container. This noise usually indicates a loose or broken part striking against another.

The Thump. A dull sound, generally made when a soft part strikes against a hard part. An example is the noise made by a deflated tire on the road.

The Squeak. A sharp, shrill, piercing noise, generally made by two dry metal parts rubbing together. The sound may be sharp and erratic, or drawn out — a squeal. Lack of lubrication causes many squeaks.

The Grind. This is a continuous crushing sound like a part being crushed between two revolving parts. Such a sound might come from the transmission.

The Knock. This is a sharper and more distinct sound than a thump. It's generally associated with a loose rod or crankshaft bearing. (Not to be confused with the "knock" or ping of a labouring engine.)

The Scrape. A grating or harsh rubbing sound, often made by two pieces of material rubbing together. The sound of a dragging brake could be described as a scrape.

The Hiss. This is like escaping air or steam or the sound of water on a hot metal part.

The idea was to simplify conversations between mechanics and customers. "Besides telling what the noise is, the driver is expected to report where it comes from and when it happened," explained Popular Science. "With this report, the mechanic has a good start toward learning why it happened."

H/T DML