Thursday, 19 March 2009
They get it right in Texas....
A woman was called in front of a Texas grand jury for manslaughter after she shot a mugger 6 times in the back as he was running away with her purse. He grabbed the purse and ran, she had her hand on the gun in it, and was left with the revolver in her hand. When asked by the grand jury why she shot the man 6 times in the back as he was running away, she replied under oath: “Because when I pulled the trigger the 7th time it only went click”
Acquitted all charges.
H/T DML
Video: Presidential Jeopardy on Jay Leno.....
H/T DML
also Obama to make history with Leno as he becomes the first sitting president to appear on chat show. Spin before substance. The autocue girl will have to be very quick.
MUGABENOMICS at the FOMC..........by Rico
The FOMC decided to buy Treasurys....well, to buy just about anything...today. The FED will expand its balance sheet by $1.15 trillion dollars!
[read: printing more money we do not have a.k.a. devaluing the dollar some more]
"We're not even close to the bottom and therefore the Fed is engaging in massive quantitative easing." William Poole, former Pres. of the St. Louis Fed
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields post biggest decline since records started being kept in 1962. Bloomberg 3-18-09.
Oh yay, Team Obama. Every pauper a trillionaire, just like Zimbabwe. Great plan!
News....
Guilty as Hell, Free as a Bird (for now). Will justice catch up with Bill Ayers?
Missouri police given chilling instructions. Conservatives under surveillance!
As Labour refuses to pay for veterans' return to Normandy beaches, an invitation to go into battle for our D-Day heroes. Goes to show what a bunch of scum Labour are.
The great jobs divide: Public sector still recruiting with big pay rises as unemployment hits two million. Votes for jobs.
£15,000 a month for suspended boss of 'Third World' NHS hospital... as wall of shame reveals shocking death toll. He should face criminal charges.
I'm standing up for Britain, says Sri Lankan postmaster who won't serve migrants who won't learn English. Good man.
£20bn replacement for Trident submarines in doubt as MPs warn US missiles may not fit. So make them fit!
ANC to shift to the Left after South Africa's presidential election. Another Zimbabwe in the making.
US 'to expand Pakistan air strikes targeting al-Qaeda and the Taliban'. MOAB the mothers.
Fed to buy $300bn of government debt. What with?
North Korean officials cross the border to arrest US journalists. North Korea needs a slap.
The Knock on the Door. The Cult of Obama. Kim il Jong has nothing on Barack when it comes to 'organising' his support.
Hai’a in combat with sorcerers, magicians. WTF!
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Quotes....
'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.' - Samuel Johnson
'Love doesn’t make the world go around,love is what makes the ride worthwhile.' - Franklin P. Jones
'Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.' - Franklin P. Jones
'Our task is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.' - John F. Kennedy
'It may be those who do most, dream most.' - Stephen Leacock
'Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.' - Abraham Lincoln
'Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.' - John Lindsay
'Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, grasping and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.' - Walter Lippmann
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Experiment in Socialism
An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. The class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism."
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided that since they could not make an A, they studied less. The second Test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All failed to their great surprise and the professor told them that socialism would ultimately fail because the harder people try to succeed the greater their reward but when a government takes all the reward away; no one will try or succeed.
H/T Shelly
Idiot in Chief.....
A teleprompt blunder has led to Barack Obama thanking himself in a speech at the White House in a St Patrick's Day celebration. He truly is a muppet! But who has their hand up his ass?
H/T Nebraska Bob
More from Rico....
Anthropomorphic Global Warming (MMGW) had been the very best hobgoblin/boogeyman ever created by the 'progressive' left to terrorize the population into surrendering what wealth and liberty that had not already been swindled from them by government. The lefties refused to abandon such a winner (even in the face of scientific fact) until they found an even better boogeyman/hobgoblin.
They have it now.
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is the replacement for MMGW. Thanks to the GFC government(s) have managed to burrow more deeply into the private economy due to the economic meltdown than it ever could have hoped to do via MMGW. The left will now allow MMGW to die a quiet death while it concentrates on this 'new' opportunity to enslave the people and pick their pockets.
And remember: if you're still a taxpayer, you're still rich...you won't be 'safe' from Team Obama until you're broke and on permanent government welfare/the dole. If you don't believe me, just listen to any of the Marx brothers when they speak...listen very closely.
also...
Had Enough FRAUD America?
H/T Jeff H
Rico Writes.......
Incandescently clueless. Intentionally so, or merely inept beyond belief? I remain undecided which it is, while the end result is exactly the same.
Obama's snub of Great Britain or the Hildebeast's recent Middle East fiasco...as a former (now deceased) Army SFC buddy of mine would have observed: Nothing good can come of this!
Who knew this about vodka?
1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive.
2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.
3. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.
4. Prolong the life of razors by filling a cup with vodka and letting your safety razor blade soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.
5. Spray vodka on wine stains, scrub with a brush, and then blot dry.
6. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores.
7. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo. The alcohol cleanses the scalp, removes toxins from hair, and stimulates the growth of healthy hair.
8. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle with vodka and spray bees or wasps to kill them.
9. Pour one-half cup vodka and one-half cup water into a Ziploc freezer bag and freeze for a slushy, refreshing ice pack for aches, pain or black eyes.
10. Fill a clean, used mayonnaise jar with freshly packed lavender flowers, fill the jar with vodka, seal the lid tightly and set in the sun for three days. Strain liquid through a coffee filter, then apply the tincture to aches and pains.
11. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth to rub vodka on your chest and back as a liniment.
12. To cure foot odor, wash your feet with vodka.
13 Vodka will disinfect and alleviate a jellyfish sting
14. Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy to remove the urushiol oil from your skin.
15. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth. Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain.
H/T Andi B
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News....
20 ridiculous complaints made by holidaymakers. Funny. (H/T Andi B.)
A third of military families living in sub-standard accommodation, says NAO. The government should have the construction industry fix this ASAP. It will keep builders etc employed and would be money well spent.
Unemployment poised to breach 2m. Make that 6-7 million when all the other forms of 'unemployment' are added up.
English is a second language for one in seven school pupils. How the f**k was this allowed to happen. No wanna speeeka da language, so f**ky offy.
NHS 'Third World hospital' where patients drank out of flower vases: Report reveals appalling care. Jail those in charge and sack all staff who failed in their jobs and make sure they lose their pensions as well. There is no accountability in the public sector and this must change.
UK recession 'worst of all': It will be the only major economy still in a slump next year, predicts IMF. And the year after. Our economy is based on the public sector, finantial double dealing and the high street. Without any form of private wealth creation we are screwed. The last decade was built on debt with no planning for the future.
The Scots pilot suing for racism after being told: 'Your country's a welfare state paid for by the English middle classes'. That's not racism it's a statement of fact.
Russian PM vows to increase nuclear arsenal on the day Gordon Brown says he wants to reduce ours. We might want to increase defence spending and not just for this reason. This century is going to get bloody.
Queen Elizabeth 3 cruises back to the golden age of ocean liners with blazers, boaters, tea dances... and £365m of luxury. Woo hoo.
Ken 'zero-tolerance' Livingstone escapes fine after being caught 'dodging train fare'. Socialists always look after one of their own.
The great betrayal: How the Government is treating the 65th anniversary of D-Day with utter disdain. This government hates our military and it's veterans.
President Barack Obama: Perhaps he can't fix it. . . That's because he hasn't a clue.
YouTube 'spammed by US Congressmen'. You would have though they have better things to do.
Gordon Brown plans to take Barack Obama to Jamie Oliver restaurant Fifteen. Payback for the CDs. Don't think Jamie has many socialist tendencies.
Britain threatens North Korea over planned "missile" launch. What are we going to do? Take them off the Christmas card list.
Wily Tibetan messengers outfox censors of 'Great Firewall' of China. Good for them.
March public order charge dropped. WTF!!!
and finally......
Golfing birdie is sporty star. (H/T DML)
'Bang Bang'......
This video is much better quality than this still suggests. There again if you are not a fan of bikinis and automatic weapons you won't mind.
Dear President Obama,
Thank you for helping my neighbors with their mortgage payments. You know the ones down the street who in the good times purchased their house for no money down, refinanced it several times, then bought SUV's, ATV's, RV’s, a pool, a big screen plasma TV, two Wave Runners, a boat, and a Harley.
I was wondering, since I am paying my mortgage and theirs, could you arrange for me to borrow the Harley now and then?
Signed:
"Concerned in USA"
P. S. They also need help with their credit cards, when do you want me to start making those payments?
P. P. S. I almost forgot - they didn't file their income tax return this year. Should I go ahead and file for them or will you be appointing them to cabinet posts?
H/T Shelly
Site of Interest.....
Lost Liners is for those with an interest in Maritime History. It's fun and worth a look.
H/T Nebraska Bob
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Quotes.....
'Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.' - Anna Freud
'When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I Think only of how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.' - Buckminster Fuller
'The service we render others is really the rent we pay for our room on Earth.' - Sir Wilfred Grenfell
'Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has invented for its own destruction.' - Adolf Hitler
'Many of the insights of a saint stem from his experience as a sinner.' - Eric Hoffer
'Nothing in the world, not all the armies, is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.' - Victor Hugo
'Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.' - Aldous Huxley
'In nature there are neither rewards or punishments; there are only consequences.' - George Iles
'I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.' - Thomas Jefferson
'The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.' - Thomas Jefferson
