Tuesday, 5 January 2010
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Terror alerts.......a repost
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to a "Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was during the great
fire of 1666.
The Scots raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards" They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the frontline in the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide". The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France 's white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country's military capability. It's not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert. Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout loudly and excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."
The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose".
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes, on all of their allies, just in case.
And at a local level...
New Zealand has also raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA!". Due to continuing defense cutbacks (the airforce being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister's bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is "Shit, I hope Austrulia will come and rescue us". In the event of invasion, New Zealanders will be asked to
gather together in a strategic defensive position called "Bondi".
Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be right, mate". Three more escalation levels remain, "Crikey!', "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend" and "The barbie is cancelled". So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.
H/T Rodney
News........
A Letter Of Grief And Hope From Kandahar: "Their Spirit Will Live On Forever."
Accusations of war crimes risky for Liberals
Oz bank thinks it's 2016
Boy calls dog who fought off cougar his 'guardian'
Britain facing gas shortages as freezing weather continues
Mr Bean stands in for Spanish PM
Six trucks of explosives 'disappear' in Yemen
Thieves in Sweden steal left shoes to match stolen right shoes from Denmark
Bankruptcy hanging like a cloud over Labour's election campaign
Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight
Wootton Bassett tells extremist Muslim group: keep your march out of our town
Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet
and finally......
Its a Wrap: The Most Underreported Stories of 2009
Movie Review: 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'
Short Review: You have Wolverine, the coolest of all superheroes. You have him in his own origin movie completely unleashed from those stupid X-Men movies. How do you screw this up?
Full Review Here
Aphorisms.......
APHORISM: A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE EXPRESSING A WISE OR CLEVER OBSERVATION OR A GENERAL TRUTH
1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense.
4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
7. Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
9. Scratch a cat and you will have a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the boy who wants to buy a car.
11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number.
13. No one ever says 'It's only a game' when their team is winning.
14. I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.
15. Be careful reading the fine print. There's no way you're going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that in about 20 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? (And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!)
18. Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Yugo.
19. After 50, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead!!
20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones who mind, don't matter...
H/T Shelly
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Something is going on..........from Rico
I watch the US Dollar Index pretty closely.
"Something" is going on with the dollar. The divergence of the "traders" spread as positions are taken for the 'new' year 2010 concerns me (ignore the puny private traders, the blue line, which seem covinced a few points from the latest "low" means the trade is bullish again).
While I am convinced that the dollar carry trade remains intact for 2010, this chart bothers me.
I just have the 'feeling' that this will end badly. I'm still trying to figure out the details....
- And WHY does Soros propose that developed countries make IMF loans to the rest of the world (collateralized by the sovereign gold holdings of their central banks in the event these loans 'default'...hahahahaha). Translation='hock' our national gold reserves to the IMF to secure dubious loans to places like Somalia, et al, to 'save the planet' from global climate change? Sure smells like Socialist "wealth redistribution" to me.
PROFESSIONALS WANTED
We knew what we DIDN'T want; we DIDN'T want to be with people who didn't want to be there. We were professionals.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . STORMBRINGER
Monday, 4 January 2010
Star of David Kafiya
Hijacking the Arab Symbol of Nationality / Solidarity
Introducing the Star of David Kafiya
for Jews and Supporters of Israel
Available at your local quickie mart.
Made of tiny interlocking stars of David, in Israeli Blue...More at DoubleTapper
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