Wednesday, 22 December 2010
News..........
Obama Welcomes Hermaphrodites,Transvestites to Redecorate The Green Berets
Heathrow Airport Shutdown: What’s the Real Cause?
Medieval warfare was just as terrifying as you might imagine The battle of Towton
APNewsBreak: Nearly 1 in 4 fails military exam
Catholic Priest and 86 Pro-Lifers Still Face Criminal Charges for Praying at Notre Dame
Missouri Ahead of the Game in Dealing with Illegal Immigrants
Yet to turn
New twists in the story of a mysterious and sophisticated cyber-weapon
ATF Uses Invading Mexicans as Excuse to Crack Down on Gun Sales
How a freak diversion of the jet stream is paralysing the globe with freezing conditions
U.S. buffets and salad bars 'threatened with poison attacks’ by Al Qaeda group behind 'ink cartridge' bomb plot
Vintage VC10 pressed into service with RAF's transport fleet
South Korea to hold large live-fire exercise close to border
Giant Christmas tree stokes tensions on Korean peninsula
French village which will 'survive 2012 Armageddon' plagued by visitors
Curry crisis as India suffers onion shortage
Iraq's Christians plan a simple Christmas in the shadow of violence
US military commanders push for ground raids on Taliban in Pakistan
Reporter dressed as bunny causes scandal in Ukraine's parliament
Lukashenko's Belarus: Coming to Terms with a European Tyrant
and finally......
Christmas road test: Packard-engined Bentley
Top Gear in Iraq: bullets, The Stig and 'a few wars’
WTF!!! Where is my 9-16ths wrench?
Arabic doctor pulls wrench out of this guys mouth. How it got there is another matter.
H/T Old Dude
The World's Largest Army?
Here's a news item from the editor of The Tribune, a weekly published in North Carolina.
The World's Largest Army. American Hunters?
The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000 hunters. Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world -- more men under arms than Iran ; more than France and Germany combined -- deployed to the woods of a single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay. But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan 's 700,000 hunters have now returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world. America will forever be safe from foreign invasion of troops with that kind of home-grown firepower.
Hunting - it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security!
The World's Largest Army. American Hunters?
The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000 hunters. Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world -- more men under arms than Iran ; more than France and Germany combined -- deployed to the woods of a single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay. But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan 's 700,000 hunters have now returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world. America will forever be safe from foreign invasion of troops with that kind of home-grown firepower.
Hunting - it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security!
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
News............
Kiwi-gate, the final chapter
Stockholm Bomber's Mosque Website Links To Extremist Imam...Funny so does the Islamic Information Society of Calgary
Just Say NO to New START
Charleston's 'secession ball' a contentious start to Civil War's 150th anniversary
Dog in Germany gives birth to 17 puppies
Loaded Gun Boards Houston Plane
Anti-terror police arrest 12 people in nationwide raids
Price of hot chocolate to soar
Belarus strongman brutally suppresses post-election uprising
North Korea steps back from war with South
Merger of Somali militants could mean more attacks
Hugo Chavez's rejection of US diplomat 'has consequences'
Berlin's Lack of Vision: Europe Turns against Germany
Man beats neighbour to death with snow shovel
and finally......
7 gifts not to get your girlfriend this Christmas
Ten of the Best Movie Opening Credits
Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past from 2000
'They Won't Hold Up Well in Combat' — North Carolina Marines Voice Concerns on DADT Repeal
Actually, just a couple of dozen of 'em, but interesting nevertheless. At NYT, "Backing ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal, With Reservations":
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Pfc. Daniel Carias, a Bronx native who is just weeks from graduating from Marine Corps infantry training at Camp Geiger near here, says he has known plenty of gay men since high school and feels completely comfortable around them.RTWT at the link.
He thinks Congress did the right thing in repealing the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, a policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But Private Carias, 18, has one major concern: gay men, he says, should not be allowed to serve in front-line combat units.
“They won’t hold up well in combat,” he said.
That view, or variations on it, was expressed repeatedly in interviews with Marines around this town, home to Camp Lejeune, and outside Camp Pendleton in Southern California on Sunday.
Most of the approximately two dozen Marines interviewed said they personally did not object to gay men or lesbians serving openly in the military. But many said that introducing the possibility of sexual tension into combat forces would be disruptive, an argument made by the commandant of the Marine Corps a week before the historic repeal was passed by the Senate on Saturday and sent to President Obama for his signature.
Many concerns — and possible solutions — are outlined in a Defense Department plan for carrying out the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Officials said they did not yet have a timetable for adopting the change. Under the terms of the legislation, the Defense Department will not carry out the repeal until Mr. Obama, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, certify that the military is ready to make the change.
Yeah, pfft, what do these guys know, right? It's an unrepresentative sample, of kids, really, mostly just out of high school.
By contrast, surely the editors at NYT know best, for example, at today's editorial, "At Long Last, Military Honor":
The Senate vote on Saturday afternoon to allow open service by gay and lesbian soldiers was one of the most important civil rights votes of our time. The ringing message of the decision to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law will carry far beyond its immediate practical implications. Saturday may be remembered as the day when sexual tolerance finally become bipartisan.Hmm... Actually the Pentagon's report was a bit more complicated that the editors let on. And interesting how we can see that DADT repeal will help "erase the last traces of prejudice" in American life. Well, no. We'd have to totally erase human nature to eliminate prejudice — but reason isn't the basis for the policy change. Politically correct emotionalism is.
Sadly, the vast majority of Republicans remained on the benighted side of the party line. Senator John McCain disgraced his distinguished military career by flailing against the vote, claiming it would be celebrated only in liberal bastions like Georgetown salons. But to the surprise even of supporters of repeal, eight Republican senators broke with party orthodoxy and voted with virtually every Democrat to end the policy. Fifteen House Republicans did the same on Wednesday. By focusing on history and decency, they took a stand of which their states can be proud. Perhaps a new moral momentum may even help them erase the remaining traces of prejudice in public life, including Washington’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriage.
PREVIOUSLY:
* "Gay Rights Militants to Push for Same-Sex Marriage Following DADT Victory."
* "'Deal With It' — Straight Troops to Shower With Gays Under DADT."
* "Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — BUMPED AND UPDATED!"
And more from Stephanie Gutmann, at National Review, "Rhetoric on DADT Was Overblown."
My award for schmaltziest lede of the year goes to the New York Times for kvelling in an editorial yesterday that “More than 14,000 soldiers lost their jobs and their dignity over the last 17 years because they were gay, but there will be no more victims of this injustice.” Can we have a little reality here, please?Via Memeorandum.
Cross-posted from American Power.
Monday, 20 December 2010
Charlie the Wal-Mart Greeter
Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time.
Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies.
One day the boss called him into the office for a talk.
"Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang up job,but your being late so often is quite bothersome."
"Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it."
''Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear.
It's odd though your coming in late. I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say if you came in late there?"
''They said, "Good morning, Admiral, can I get you some coffee, sir?'''
One day the boss called him into the office for a talk.
"Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang up job,but your being late so often is quite bothersome."
"Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it."
''Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear.
It's odd though your coming in late. I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say if you came in late there?"
''They said, "Good morning, Admiral, can I get you some coffee, sir?'''
Hamas Terrorist Attempts to Fire His AK-47
According to Weasel Zippers. I need more context, actually. Fascinating though:
And no ambiguity here. Best to shoot this guy in the head too, ASAP. Via Jawa Report:Cross-posted from American Power.
One Gay Rights Battle Won, Activists Shift Sights
See the full entry: "Gay Rights Militants to Push for Same-Sex Marriage Following DADT Victory."
More commentary and analysis at American Power.
'Deal With It' — Straight Troops to Shower With Gays Under DADT Repeal
According to a Stars and Stripes report, December 1st:
ARLINGTON, Va. — Should ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal become a reality, the message that the Pentagon’s working group sent to straight troops Tuesday was clear: Deal with it.And today at CNS News, "Straight Troops Must Shower With Gays, Says DOD Working Group" (via Memeorandum).
The working group concluded that integrating openly gay troops into the military would best be achieved with complete immersion, rather than hindered by separate rules or facilities. And straight troops who oppose the decision, with very rare exceptions, should not be granted special accommodations.
And at Black Five:
I think back to the best speech I have heard regarding lawyers, liberals and problems like this and the defense of the nation...PREVIOUSLY: "Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — BUMPED AND UPDATED!"And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.
We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!
Thanks Col. Jessup for your supportive words. I have always said I don't care what you do or with whom you do it, but don't demand that I think that it is normal or OK. And mark my words, there are going to be problems.... Huge problems....
So libturds, you might think that you have given us a kinder gentler military that is more fashion conscious and sensitive. All you did today was weaken a country.
Cross-posted from American Power.
Charge Of The Light Brigay'd
"...When can their glory fade? Oh, the wild charge they made!"
Kinda like the DA/DT repeal.
While unit cohesion is certainly a concern, the real 500lb device in the room that no one dares to EOD is the fire and effect such egalitarian tolerantarianism detonates.
Consider - it's fairly Catherine obvious that certain elements located in many of CENTCOM's AO's are not so fond of politically erect memes au courant. And, if it's true that Great Satan must take into account time traveling 7th century mindsets in determining mission requirements, such flaming audacity could result in self inflicted damage to America's voltiguers.
Pic -"C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre."
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