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Sunday, 25 April 2010
The Sunday Best.............
Article on Schumer, CRL and Soros profiting from Indymac Bank collapse
Oregon Obama Zombies Protest Sarah Palin With 'Hope She Chokes' Sign
A Tale of Carriers
Barack -- The Wrath of the Conned!
ObamaCare to Cost More Than Expected? Where Have I Heard This Before?
Ministers apologise for insult to Pope
General Election 2010: Labour civil war as support slumps in new poll
Iceland volcano: eruption 'could just be rehearsal' for worse ash chaos if Katla blows
South Korea raises sunken warship
Britain needs the Navy to provide firepower – not a ferry service
'Vote for the sake of our troops', says former head of the Army
Thailand is close to civil war as its British-born PM rejects deal with angry Red Shirts
Iran strikes secret nuclear mining deal with Zimbabwe's Mugabe regime
A hung parliament cannot deliver on defence
Hyperfast missile to hit anywhere in an hour
UK home to 1million illegal immigrants
Jet refit left Met Office in dark over ash from Iceland volcano
Greek meltdown in danger of spreading
Slum clearance, South Africa-style
the Clarkypoos Bit..........
Watford minds the polling gap
Three minutes and these guys will have Camilla pole-dancing
BMW X1 sDrive20d SE
and little Jimmy May.........
Hark, the first Moto Guzzi of spring
ANZAC POEM
He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the RSL,
Telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his mates;
They were heroes, every one.
Although sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his mates listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Bob has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.
He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife..
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.
He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.
When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?
The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.
While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.
It's so easy to forget them,
For it is so many times
That our Bobs and Jims and Johnnys,
Went to battle, but we know,
It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.
Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?
Or would you want a Soldier--
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.
He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honour
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days..
Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
H/T DML
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CHANGE.................from Rico
Now this is some CHANGE you can believe in. Sadly, you just won't hear the talking-heads of Financial TV, any of the MSM, or any politician who covets reelection to their spot at the public trough talking about.
The first chart shows:
- in 1980 US residential mortgage debt was $1 billion
- by 1990 it was $2 trillion
- by 2000 it was $5 trillion
- by 2008 it was $10 trillion
....can you spot the trend? [Read: debt now exceeds equity]
The second chart shows that in 1945, total hoe equity vs. value was about 80%...pretty high. Today it is pretty bad, having reversed/inverted.
WHAT HAPPENED?
- Inflation happened. A significant percentage of the Dollar's purchasing power has been eroded by inflation. One dollar in 1914 = $21.95 in 2010 in terms of purchasing power.
- Stupidity happened. The "worst generation" (boomers) have managed to kill the system...the golden goose...that was left to them by the "greatest generation." Smugly stupid best describes the behavior of my generational cohort...but I'm trying to use polite words here and not say things like "what were you thinking you dope-addled dumbshits?"
Saturday, 24 April 2010
It's The Devil In London
London, England
Top UK political blogger, Devil's Kitchen in London's Oxford Street for Jeremy Jacobs' Movin' Up series on You Tube. DK chats about the forthcoming UK general election.
Here's DK's latest blogpost
News.............
The Next Chapter in Space
Anti-Islam party posters show Mohammed naked
Ray Grayston, one of last British Dambusters, dies
Photos from the Icelandic Volcano
Robbers kill couple's last child
Baby fights for her life after attack
Afghanistan: US wants British troops to leave Helmand
Killer to face firing squad
Second navy Seal cleared of any wrongdoing
Kandahar: lawless centre of Taliban resurgence
Real IRA may be planning fresh bombing campaign on the UK mainland
Wall St regulators spent hours watching porn instead of monitoring crisis
Viktor Shenderovich blames Russian security services for sex sting
US flies in 11 Somali 'pirates' to stand trial in Virginia
It will never............from Rico
It will never be the same.
When your currency is only worth a fraction of what it used to be worth, and when inflatin sets in on top of that...nothing will ever be the same for you again.
...but it's the transfer of governmental crime to street crime that'll really surprise you AND bite you in the ass!
"It might be depressing to move from the 1st world to the 3rd world. Bummer, man."
- Nancy Pelosi
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Friday, 23 April 2010
News from the Reb
Irish Cicero on Porn Lawyers, Constitutional Giraffes, and newscasters who go "What The?!"
Peacekeepers 4 Palestine?
Oh! It's true Bay Bee!
“There should be no doubt that peacekeeping in a future Palestinian state would be fraught with difficulties, not simply because of the unique history and circumstances of the region but also because the international record of such operations is mixed."
Any chance for a magically Nakbah free Palestine "...involves a dizzying array of complicating variables."
A wonderful op for gay militaries to spread the love, tolerance and coexistence with peacekeeping activities?
Pic - "An examination of four scenarios, by CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marc Lynch" from GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
HAT TRICK
Iran War Games Begin in the Persian Gulf with New 'Ultra-Fast' Speed boats, Thursday, 22 April 2010.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has stepped up its presence in Latin America, especially in Venezuela, according to a Pentagon report Thursday, 22 April 2010.
A deepwater oil platform exploded, burned for more than a day then sunk in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday, 22 April 2010.
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