Tuesday, 13 July 2010
News.............
No habla Ingles? DWI laws don't apply to you!
The End of Britain as We Know It
An index of posts on self defense .... & original sources
DaleyGator DaleyThought: Forgeting our Founders
Giant unmanned airships to patrol Afghanistan skies for up to three weeks at a time
Nato chief: Afghanistan timetable puts British troops at risk
Long-range Taranis drone unveiled
Murderers 'to escape' automatic life sentences
A New Zealand man is recovering from surgery after being shot in the buttock by his dog.
Fidel Castro returns to Cuban TV
Chinese rating agency strips Western nations of AAA status
Secret gold swap has spooked the market
Female Czech MPs pose for calendar
Drunk tourist hospitalised after attempting to ride crocodile
and finally....
World's best appetizers
The 7 types of guys that ruin pick-up sports
Amazing Videos of Movie Scenes and Video Games Recreated Using Lego
10 Scenes in Sports Movies That Really Jack You Up
A new, updated, Dr. Seuss book.
I do not like this Uncle Sam,
I do not like his health care scam.
I do not like these dirty crooks,
or how they lie and cook the books.
I do not like when Congress steals,
I do not like their secret deals.
I do not like this speaker, Nan ,
I do not like this 'YES WE CAN.'
I do not like this spending spree,
I'm smart, I know that nothing's free.
I do not like your smug replies,
when I complain about your lies.
I do not like this kind of hope.
I do not like it, nope, nope, nope!
H/T Nebraska Bob
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Retirement...different THIS time?...............from Rico
For many, retirement WILL be very different this time. It will be 'worse' for them than it is now!
In the "Great Depression" at least people were situated to be somewhat self-sustaining, quite a chunk of the population lived on farms and had the skills to be able to continue eating.
In todays "Recovery" very few people live on farms, and even fewer can manage to grow a pot of petunias in a window-box, much less feed their family (or anyone else).
So when I hear the talking heads and teleprompter readers saying "we're fine, it's DIFFERENT this time" I have to agree. It WILL be very different indeed. It will be far worse.....
The latest reserch by the EBRI (employee benefits research institute) indicates that:
- one third of workers have NO retirement savings.
- one third of workers have less than $25,000 in retirement savings.
Put another way, for two thirds or more* of the working population (as in post-Rhodesian Zimbabwe) the new royalty will be the relatively scarce effective farmers.
- I say 'or more' because even IF you have saved paper money for retirement, devaluation-debasement and/or hyperinflation will equate to: "you can burn piles of paper, but not eat it."
Monday, 12 July 2010
Sunday Afternoon at Bill Barber Park in Irvine
That's Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park, actually.
I love the place. I took my youngest boy out to play for a little while yesterday afternoon.
At Colonel Barber's Wikipedia entry:
I love the place. I took my youngest boy out to play for a little while yesterday afternoon.
At Colonel Barber's Wikipedia entry:
William Earl Barber (November 20, 1919 – November 30, 2002) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps awarded with the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. With only 220 men under his command, Barber held off more than 1,400 People's Republic of China soldiers during six days of fighting. Despite the extreme cold weather conditions and himself suffering a bone fracturing wound to the leg, Barber refused an order to leave his position fearing that a retreat would trap 8,000 other Marines. Barber and his limited number of men killed over 1,000 enemy troops; only 82 of his men were able to walk away after eventually being relieved.Below, at the heart of the facility, is the hill-top flagpole memorial. And the weather was breezy and mild:
Latest Episode:
Top Gear's latest offering with the Aston Rapide, Maserati Quatroporte, and Ugly Porsche thing. Also a couple of hot muscle cars.
Watch it here
Moving backward...............from Rico
"Back to the Future" was a cute movie, but 'back to the past' is a hard economic reality, and it's NOT cute.
Great "recovery" we have going here kids!
- Well, at least FTV and the MSM along with the current mis-Administration call this a recovery.
It sure is "change"...just not the kind you dummies thought you were going to get when you foolishly put a Marxist-Muslim manchild into the pResidency!
We are about at the same level as 12 years ago economically....ah, the marvels of socialism.
The S&P is now 31% belowits Oct 2007 peak.
Oct 2007 was 33 months ago...almost 3-years for the fiddytooer's.
Nice work knuckleheads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Five of the best sentences you'll ever read
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the
wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must
work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government
does not first take from somebody else.
4. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work
because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the
other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because
somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear
friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.
5. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
H/T 45 Govt
Before and After Pictures........
Broken Bow Nebraska. This is what hail and high winds can do to a crop.
H/T Nebraska Bob
News..............
Al-Shabab's first attack outside of Somalia? Could it spell their doom?
Hezbollah Takes Southern Lebanon Hostage
Live Blogging Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant
Bombers Moon – Ghost On World War Two Bomber
Holder Floats Possibility of Racial Profiling Suit Against Arizona
Criminals 'can't be kept in jail just to protect public'
'Floating bunker' plan to help Queen escape nuclear attack
Republicans could win control of Congress, White House admits for first time
Britain's top general in Afghanistan admits 'courageous restraint' must change
Libyan aid ship vows to break Israeli blockade of Gaza
Historians locate King Arthur's Round Table
and finally......
What’s Inside Worcestershire Sauce? Fermented Surf for Your Turf
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Debt remains THE problem...
Being 'thenthitive' (and a bit obtuse) you will hear the term 'leverage' bandied about when what is REALLY being discussed is DEBT.
Debt remains the problem. For governments. For individuals.
There are many 'measures' of debt, but any measure of DEBT vs. GDP tells the tale.
Debt is a problem. THE problem.
News From the Reb
No Sheeples: The Living Hologram
Gates of Vienna: Constructing the 21st Century Socialist State
Friend Fuchs examines Obama's character in We're Fluxed? Pretty good piece of writing!
Is He? Walking Horse asks, What Makes Him Tick? and provides a startling answer.
A collection of dystopian links: Sunday, Rebel Sunday
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Hot Sunday Blogging!
I've been burning up the net over at AmPow!
Here's the morning's entries:
* "Hooters Liveblogging!"BONUS BLOGGING: At Blazing Cat Fur, "Dancing at Auschwitz....", GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD, "Military Rule 2.0," and Political Byline, "Some Words of Wisdom from Ronald Reagan."
* "Weekend Cartoon Roundup!"
* "MSM in Lockstep with DOJ on New Black Panther Party."
* "New York Times Wants to 'Keep Gun Possession to a Minimum'."
* "Raoul Moat Story Dominates Britain's Sunday News."
* "July Gloom?"
* "World Cup Championship Final Today."
* "'Club Girls'."
EXTRA BONUS BLOGGING: At Right Wing News.
Sunday Morning Hooters Blogging?
I was kinda surprised myself!
See, "Hooters Liveblogging!"
In related news, Linkmaster Smith rolls early with a Sunday Rule 5 extravaganza. And MAinfo breaks into the big leagues of babe-blogging!
And don't miss all your hot Sunday blogging at American Power.
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