Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Britain’s New Navy......................
The Royal Navy is proud of its new fleet of Type 45 destroyers. Having initially named the first two ships HMS Daring and HMS Dauntless, the Naming Committee has, after intensive pressure from Brussels, renamed them HMS Cautious and HMS Prudence.
The next five ships are to be named HMS Empathy, HMS Circumspect, HMS Nervous, HMS Timorous and HMS Apologist. Costing £850 million each, they meet the needs of the 21st century and comply with the very latest employment, health and safety, and human
rights laws.The new user-friendly crow’s nest comes equipped with wheelchair access.
Live ammunition has been replaced with paintballs to reduce the risk of anyone getting hurt and to cut down on the number of compensation claims. Stress counsellors and lawyers will be on duty 24 hours a day and each ship will have its own industrial tribunal. The crew ratio will be 50/50 men and women, balanced in accordance with the latest Home Office directives on race, gender, sexual preference and disability. Sailors will have to work only a maximum of 37 hours a week in line with Brussels Health and Safety rules, even in wartime. All the vessels will come equipped with a maternity ward and nursery. Tobacco will be banned throughout the fleet, but cannabis will be allowed in the wardroom and ratings’ messes.
The Royal Navy is eager to shed its traditional reputation for “rum, sodomy and the lash”, so out has gone the occasional rum ration which is to be replaced with sparkling water. Although sodomy remains, it has now been extended to include all
ratings under 18. The lash will still be available but only on request.
Condoms can be obtained from the Bosun in a variety of flavours except Capstan Full Strength. Saluting officers has been abolished because it is deemed elitist, and
is to be replaced by the more informal “Hello Sailor”. All information on noticeboards will be printed in 37 different languages and Braille.
Crew members will now no longer be required to ask permission to grow beards or moustaches, and this applies equally to women crew members. The MoD is working on a new “non-specific” flag because the White Ensign is considered to be offensive to minorities. The Union Flag has already been discarded. The newly re-named HMS Cautious is due to be commissioned soon in a ceremony conducted by Captain Hook from the Finsbury Park Mosque, who will break a petrol bomb over the hull.
She will glide gently into the water as the band of the Royal Marines plays “In The Navy” by The Village People. Her first deployment will be to escort boat loads of illegal immigrants across the Channel from France to ports on England’s south
coast.
The Prime Minister said “While these ships reflect the very latest in modern thinking, they are also capable of being up-graded to comply with any new legislation coming out of Brussels”.
His final words were “Britannia waives the rules”
H/T 45 Govt
Magic act..............from Rico
While I subscribe to John William's Shadowstats appraisal of the actual US unemployment number running near 22%, making the numbers in this cartoon a little low, it still makes a very valid and pithy statement about how the Government via BLS performs its magic act of asserting that unemployment is 'only' 8.3%.
The pain in the economy and workforce is real, however, and not an 'illusion' to the almost 1-in-4 who want and need to work, but aren't.
Brotherhood Leverages Oslo, Use Israel as Hostage................by Dan Friedman
Our Ivy League diplomatic corps is taught to button their suit jackets when they stand up, which serves them well at embassy dinner parties. But when they venture out into “the field” they encounter a diabolical game that they are totally unprepared for. (Or willfully trying to lose as long as Israel’s losses are greater.)
JPost, 2/12/12
'If US cuts aid to Egypt, we'll alter Israel peace deal'
Senior Muslim Brotherhood official Essam El-Erian tells 'Al Hayat' if the US cuts aid to Egypt, it would be violation of 1979 peace accords; poll finds 7 in 10 Egyptians want to cut off US assistance.
US aid to Egypt is guaranteed by the Camp David Accords and stopping it would be a violation of that treaty, a high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker said Sunday.
Related: Obama proposes $800 million in aid for "Arab Spring"
Dan Friedman
NYC
News.............
LA V.I.P. yacht ‘renovated’ with stimulus money
Notre Dame faculty calls Obama so-called accommodation “grave violation of religious freedom”
NATO supply resumption: Parliament to make final decision, says Kayani
The Embarrassment that is NAFTA Newt
AQAP's Ansar al Sharia executes 3 US 'spies'
Shariah's Police?
North Korea using old, US-made drones
Moody's says U.K., France debt outlook 'negative'
Hostages
Nasa budget slashes Martian funds
Media Matters head coordinates with White House, builds super PAC
Occupiers Prepare to Check ALEC Off the Left's Shopping List
Israeli attack on Iran would be complex operation
Obama budget plan to tax the rich
Inflateable Date
Icelanders Avoid Inbreeding Through Online Incest Database
Hurricanes pose risk to offshore wind farms
When Charles Dickens fell out with America
On Valentine's day, a museum for broken hearts
At least your money can live like a millionaire
Some say Greek debt deal will make things worse
World War I Belongs to Literature Now
Obama's spending plan leaves debt bomb ticking
Greece won’t see a cent of the great bail-out
Syrian troops launch 'brutal shelling' attack on Homs
A new terror threatens Syria
Britain being overtaken by 'militant secularists', says Baroness Warsi
Syrian revolution comes to Damascus as rebels openly patrol the streets
India vows to track down Israel attack suspects
Lloyd's of London puts Thai flood costs at $2.2bn
Man fined £500 for mooning the Queen
Saudi Arabia beheads two drug traffickers
Bangkok rocked by two explosions
Jail holds no fear for Pakistan's political leaders
The world is obsessed with the US presidential poll, but the congressional elections matter more
'The Troika's Policies Have Failed': European Doubts Growing over Greece Debt Strategy
Australian warship seizes 240kg of drugs
The Global Warming Hoax is Now Killing People
By Friday, February 10th, an estimated 500 Europeans had died from the freezing weather gripping the continent. This is the price they and British citizens are paying for embracing the global warming hoax, spending billions for wind power when they should have been building coal-fired and other sources of energy to heat their homes and businesses.
As the British daily, The Telegraph, reported on Friday, “Serbia has started implementing power cuts in a desperate bid to stave off the collapse of its national grid as the country suffers the effects of days of freezing temperatures.”
I and others have been warning for years that the Earth has been cooling since 1998 and that the planet is on the cusp of a new ice age because the average length of an interglacial period of warmth between such ages is now coming to an end after the passage of some 11,500 years.
All aspects of global warming legislation and spending programs must be utterly reversed if we are not going to see huge losses of life and the disruption of entire economies.
The Ottawa Citizen published an Agence France Presse article on Friday reporting that “Thick ice closed vast swaths of the Danube on Thursday, crippling shipping on Europe’s busiest waterway, as the death toll from bitter cold across the continent rose…as it has every day for nearly two weeks.” The report noted that “Navigation was impossible or restricted in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria, as ice covered the river or formed dangerous floes in shipping lanes.”
No shipping means no delivery of coal and oil and no shipping of food and other necessities. Europe is freezing over as the United States has been experiencing an unusually mild winter thus far. That, too, is likely to yield to the increased cooling of the planet and then, maybe, Americans will realize the threat to their lives that the closing of coal-fired plants, instigated by the Environmental Protection Agency, really means.
In England, the Mail, reported on Sunday, February 12th, that large numbers of its elderly citizens are being “frozen to death as fuel bills soar: hypothermia cases among the elderly double in five years.” England, now gripped by foolish green notions of renewable energy, has covered itself with wind turbines, despoiling its countryside and coasts while proving unreliable and incapable of meeting its energy needs.
Figures showed that “1,876 patients were treated in hospital for hypothermia in 2010-2011, up from 950 in 2006-2007” reported the Mail. “Three-quarters of victims were pensioners, with cases soaring among the over-60s more than any other age group.”
In Europe, other news organizations reported that “Many of the dead were homeless people, who literally froze to death as the temperatures dropped to minus 50 degrees in some parts of the continent. Their bodies were found in the streets buried under snow, in rivers, and in doorways. Dozens of people were also killed in weather-related accidents.”
Writing in a Turkish newspaper, the Hurriyet Daily News, Sophie Quintin Adali, an analyst for a project of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, said, “As if the debt crisis weren’t bad enough news, the climate freeze sweeping across Europe is wreaking havoc by severely disrupting travel, business and people’s lives. Local authorities, indeed whole countries, are caught poorly prepared.” Turkey is experiencing record snowfall and low temperatures.
“The lack of readiness should come as no surprise because for decades the sensationalist message of global warming has dominated the public area,” said Ms. Adali.
“Politicians and decades of political environmentalism have a lot to answer for,” said Ms. Adali. “The man-made climate theory…is still supported by a mighty European Union bureaucracy and a green network addicted to public funds.” Even now, the Green Climate Fund “through which millions of taxpayer’s money will still be disbursed” is threatening the lives and the economy of people worldwide.
The current freeze is not just affecting Europe, but reaching across the Mediterranean to North African nations. And at some point America will feel it too.
We have not built a single new nuclear plant in America since 1978. EPA rules are forcing the closure of coal-fired plants throughout the nation. The national grid for the distribution of electricity is in need of upgrades.
The nation’s policies are controlled by the most environmentally insane administration in its history, wasting billions on so-called green energy. Its new budget raises taxes and proposes a trillion-dollar deficit without any significant effort to cut the spending that has left this and future generations in debt while the price of gas soars to new heights.
America and the rest of the world have been horribly deceived by the United Nations Intergovernmental Climate Change Panel that continues to drive the global warming hoax. The lying scientists who got on the global warming gravy train, the politicians that embraced it, and the media that misled millions are all culpable, all responsible.
They should be driven from office, defunded, and chased through the streets like villagers in pursuit of Frankenstein.
People are freezing to death in their homes and in the streets. What will it take to drive a stake into the heart of the global warming monster?
© Alan Caruba, 2012
Editor's Note: You can learn more from Robert W. Felix's article, posted here.
Revealed!! Kate Upton is Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Cover Girl 2012
Well, here at last.
See: "Kate Upton 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Cover."
I think the novelty's worn of from Upton's debut last year, but she's still looking pretty hot. Good for her.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Video: Douglas Murray at his best - Israel & Nuclear Iran
Probably Douglas Murray's finest speech delineating the inane moral fetor emanating from Western academicians on the Iranian nuclear crisis (and the hapless Jewish state Europe hates).
H/T Amnon
Israel Keeping Obama in The Dark...................by Dan Friedman
Is it just me, or has Israel decided it doesn’t trust Barack Hussein Obama?
JPOST.COM, 2/13/2012
'Mossad chief Pardo probed US reaction to unilateral Iran strike'
Mossad chief sought info on Washington's reaction if Israel were to unilaterally strike Iran, 'Newsweek' reports.
In his recent meetings in Washington, DC Mossad chief Tamir Pardo aimed to discover how the US would react were Israel to unilaterally attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Newsweek reported Monday.
According to an unnamed source in the report, Pardo asked if the US was ready to bomb, and if not, "What does it mean if [Israel] does it anyway?"
The report also said "Israel has stopped sharing a significant amount of information with Washington regarding its own military preparations" over the Iran nuclear issue.
Senior intelligence officials and a military officer said that Israel stopped sharing significant information with the United States for about four months after US President Barack Obama called for the Green Line to be the basis of peace talks with Palestinians.
Despite resuming information sharing, the report says, Israel still withholds a "top layer of information" on Iran.
Despite some differences, Newsweek wrote, the US and Israel have an implicit understanding on covert operations, with Israel carrying out those that the US is legally bound to avoid.
According to the report, Obama is "willing to come at the Iran problem from every possible angle: from behind, from the sides, overtly, covertly, diplomatically, and economically."
Dan Friedman
NYC
The difference................from Rico
Many Americans are debating whether there is any difference between Romney and that Barry Soetoro guy who calls himself Obama.
- Most have already concluded that there is NO difference between them (Obamacare, Romneycare...they are both BIG Government supporters).
On the other hand, I think I have discerned ONE difference between the two men:
- Barry smokes
Late News..............
Bird brains
Nicki Minaj mocked the Catholic Church, but more importantly she violated their copyrights
Obama’s Attack Watch returns as … “Truth Team”
EagleSpeak: Iran and its man-guided bomb boats
CDR Salamander: .... and the Red Team smiles ...
With Bahrain home to 5th Fleet, US faces dilemma over crackdown on protests
Juvenile Recidivism « Neptunus Lex
CNN Tilts East, Fires 4 Jewish Journalists in Jerusalem
Barack Obama: In the Footsteps of Twentieth Century Despots
Global SOF Alliance « Neptunus Lex
It's Not Personal: Why We Resist Obama's Power Grabs
The case for WH incompetence, Episode XXIV
McConnell: I’ll put Obama’s budget up for a vote
and finally...........
Major Joe Schofield, who has died aged 90, wore the SAS Badge and Wings for a continuous period of close to 40 years; he also had the distinction of being the only soldier to serve with five SAS regiments.
Afternoon News...........
Syria, Russia: It all looks different from out there
Air Commandos march for children of fallen heroes, only 445 miles to go
US Admiral Says Forces Prepared to Confront Iran
Conservatives dumb, liberals mute?
Around Her Hair She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. . .
Mark Steyn: Obama goes Henry VIII on the church
Mass murder in Paradise remembered
Life on the front lines: Extremely rare colour photos of U.S. troops before and after D-Day show World War II in brand new light
Warren Buffett?.............
Some time ago I concluded that the "Oracle from Omaha" had become a mere shill for the currrent 'structure' and/or New World Order.
The DJIA is currently 'up' 13x since 1965.
- $20 mn in 1965 = $260 mn today.
Yippee-ki-aye!
BUT
Gold bullion, with that very same $20 mn (@ $600/0z) equals $1.035 mn today.
- Yeah, I know, spot's closer to $1,700 right now, making this number even higher......
If you do the math, Warren is simply and completely full of shite.
Juicing another bubble?...............from Rico
The FED is juicing another 'bubble' ...it's good at that.
The 'illusion' of a market rally is just that, an illusion, and is the result of massive monetization which has inflated another bubble.
- Look at price vs earnings for a moment. This will not end well.
There is the outward 'appearance' of vitality (important in an election year), but it's neither 'real' nor sustainable, or in any way substantive...this is a hollow illusion, and when THIS bubble bursts its going to be far worse than the popping of the housing bubble.
I think Clint Eastwood was wrong. This is NOT America's halftime, but instead the "two minute warning."
Buckle up!
News................
BLACKFIVE: What Does Victory in the GWOT Look Like?
Just how Republican is the military?
Facebook and Guns
Halt attacks on Pakistani military: Siraj Haqqani
U.S. Navy staying the course in Panhandle amid defense cuts
White House begins public push for Obama budget
Undie runners descend on Fremont
White House calls Syrian government collapse inevitable
Less cash to lend in China
Obama birth control battle: When did Catholics ban contraception?
Falkland Islands: A shortage of eggs
81 Mexicans die of swine flu
US Customs Dreading Valentine's Day
Peru Shining Path leader Comrade Artemio captured
Liberal Professor Makes it Official: Chicago Most Corrupt
What if Greece had to get a new currency?
Death by Flavored Vodka
Obama pitches middle while GOP eyes base
UAE bans groundwater export
Obama enjoys the GOP campaign while he can
100,000 Supporters Line Up to Back Sheriff Joe Arpaio – Petition Says DOJ Investigation Nothing But Political Attack
Komen's 'Race for the Cure' is a misnomer
Why housing demand defies real estate fundamentals
Greece passes crucial bailout vote as country burns
National Trust comes out against 'public menace' of wind farms
'Cannibal relatives ate boy alive'
South Koreans to launch leaflets on Kim Jong-il's birthday
Bali bomb 'mastermind' goes on trial
Hugo Chavez faces presidential challenge from state Governor Henrique Capriles
'Mossad chief probed US reaction to unilateral Iran strike'
US Navy: Iran's prepared suicide bomb boats in Gulf
and finally.......
Icy roads? Undo the seat belt and get in the back — says Jeremy Clarkson
Full-scale tank built from more than 5,000 egg cartons and 26 litres of glue
Sunday, 12 February 2012
New Documentary: 'Hating Breitbart'
Al-Qaida Wooing Syria's Rebels................from Dan Friedman
From the AP today:
“Al-Qaida chief al-Zawahri called on Muslims to support Syria's uprising, saying they cannot depend on the West for help. In a videotaped statement released late Saturday, he asked Muslims in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to join the uprising against Assad's ‘pernicious, cancerous regime.’ All four states border Syria.”
You know what this means? Any port in a storm. In the absence of a meaningful Western response to stop the Syrian regime’s atrocities, the country and its uprising may well be driven into Al-Qaida’s arms. - DF
Britney Spears and Kim Kardashian at Pre-Grammy's Party at Beverly Hilton (PHOTOS)
And for some reason London's Dialy Mail has a problem with this?
Look, Whitney Spears died. Okay. But you don't have to cancel the party --- life goes on, and in style too. Those are some unbelievable shots of Kim Kardashian, and of course, Britney's my favorite.
Talk about plunging necklines!
See: "Photos From the Pre-Grammy's Celebrity Party at the Beverly Hilton On the Night Whitney Houston Died."
Becoming East Berlin.............from Rico
I very well remember East Berlin when it was behind the "Berlin Wall" and also Eastern Europe when it was behind the Soviet "Iron Curtain."
- Not at all fondly. It was an ugly place. (I was 'there' a few times and speak from first-hand experience.)
It was ugly NOT because of the people (who are actually quite charming), but because of what their Government made it.
- All "legally" mind you, just as the Stasi and KGB were 'legal' (as Hitler's Germany came about by 'legal' means).
Orwell was a prophetic writer of fiction and Solzhenitsyn documented life under Government run amok, and both are sadly prophetic of our present.
- Click the link fellow 'inmates'.....welcome to the Gulag!
The US is Morphing Into East Berlin
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