H/T Old Dude
Thursday, 6 October 2011
News...............
Ontario's Choice
I am gonna make a come back ...
Congressman: With Fast and Furious, administration officials might be accessories to murder
University of Wisconsin retreats from censorship
Ever more obvious: Opposition to Obama grows and solidifies
Terminus « Neptunus Lex
IRAQ THE MODEL: Can't keep the guns and the money
Getting It Right: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example
Statement by the Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta on Stationing Aegis Ships at Rota, Spain
The Defeaning Silence « Neptunus Lex
'Fed Up with Lunch' exposes worst school meals
Republicans stuck with current field
Obama Jewish Support Ebbs in Key Swing State
How Obama Is Jeopardizing Medicaid
Service sector expanded at slower pace last month
Obama, the Hitman: Killing Due Process
US stocks higher on Euro debt hope
'The Black US Attorney Has Common Cause with the Black Criminal'
More parents finance their kids' mortgages
Secret of the Taliban's success
IMF warns that countries may need to reverse cuts
Obama's call for jobs vote requires Democrats
Big name, big bucks, big questions
Why bailouts are bad
Yom Kippur 2011 for Jews and the World
Israel warned over lone strike against Iran
Senate Dems want millionaire tax in Obama jobs bill
More guns, fewer murders
Apartheid Israel
The ‘Hunger’ Hoax
Justice Department Betrays MLK’s Dream
Vladimir Putin diving discovery was staged, spokesman admits
Household spending at lowest level for 10 years
Palestinian state quest wins first victory in UNESCO vote
Storm over 'English' term WC on roadsigns in Wales
Hamid Karzai: Plot to kill president foiled by Afghanistan intelligence
UN Security Council turns ugly over Syria
Tony Blair is of 'no use at all' says Palestinian leadership
Drunken Dutch motorists to have special lock on their cars
So when exactly will Greece default?
Life..................from Rico
Life punishes stupidity.
- If you are still trading 'futures' on the CME you are a moron.
Figure out the CFTC/CME shtik yet?
- Read this and get a clue....
CME margins:
1 Silver contract $24,975
1 Gold contract $11,475
1 TBTF insolvent Bank contract $3,500
This is a LOT like Belgium pretending to be Switzerland. [read: desparation, fraud, blatant]
BREAKING: Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President!
A full report, including Governor Palin's interview on Mark Levin's show, where she made the announcement: "Sarah Palin Won't Run for President in 2012."
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Bloody Smashing!
WoI's Rocktober Fest is kicking off with more hot stuff!
Lt General Barno unleashes "Hard Choices" - DON"T MISS THE FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES (America fans will totally love it!)
Plus - make your brain more bigger with the hottest fact sheet in the entire Military/Defense/Intelligence World with the daily Wings Over Iraq Brief
Pic - "Hyperpuissance! It's funny cos it's true" via the military wing of GrEaT sAtAn"s gIrLfRiEnD
Israeli Intelligence Report..............from Dan Friedman
From time to time I am briefed by an Israeli friend who is close to the action in Israel. This is his latest dispatch.
Re: Obama’s Relapse
The short of it.
Panetta was sent by Soetoro and he arrived with the "isolation" gig on tow.
The duo "forgot" that Israel and Jews have lived in isolation since before 1948 with only a putative and short lived pause with the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
Isolation is nothing new for us except that this time it is plainly orchestrated by... the US administration.
While we have been "isolated" Israel has turned into a major financial center and industrial powerhouse.
Panetta was sent to meet with Barak for a while. Panetta must have been briefed on that Barak is a wipe out.
Netanyahu met Panetta on a Knesset side room for about 10 minutes. Everyone here including the SHUK vendors knows about the Syrian threat of rocketing Tel Aviv, etc, if anyone attacks Assad. Just as much, everyone here knows what will be the retaliation by Israel.
Netanyahu came out of a Cabinet meeting reviewing a report presented by a commission set up to propose financial re allocations.
Panetta then met with General Gantz and Israeli intelligence.
He gone.
The US-EU received Israel's acceptance to meet with the Abbas. No further talk on this.
NO PRECONDITIONS.
We will see what pops as days go by.
Chaim
Dan Friedman
NYC
On a Lighter Note..........by Dan Friedman
What makes this exchange interesting is the Israelis took the Syrian threat seriously enough to shoot back one of their own. Personally, I doubt it’s the end of the world. That won’t happen until Iran gets their suicide hydrogen bomb. NYUK, NYUK, NYUK.
Report: Assad threatens to attack Tel Aviv in case of NATO strike
'Israel warns Assad: Attack us, we'll hit you personally'
Dan Friedman
NYC
Arab Spring: Open Season on Christians...........by Dan Friedman
Did I hear someone say “ethnic cleansing?” First the Middle East Muslims threw out the Jews. Now that the Muslim lands are Judenrein (rid of Jews), the Muslims are coming for the Christians.
Running for Their Lives
Dan Friedman
NYC
News............
From this day forth, i will write no more forever ....
Video: Michael Coren's Arena: Meir Weinstein - JDL Had Nothing To Do With Alleged Bomb Plot!
Reid resists McConnell’s move to take up the president’s jobs bill
Iraqi leaders want US trainers but reject immunity
CBS journalist: White House, DOJ officials yelled at me over Fast & Furious reporting
House GOP calls for special prosecutor to probe Holder on perjury allegation
Cut the Army, Forget Counterinsurgency
Jillian Michaels: From Biggest Loser to Life Coach
Michael Totten » Who Are the Alawites?
Documents Suggest Holder Knew About 'Fast and Furious' Earlier Than He Claimed
Fannie Mae knew of foreclosure abuses, gov't report says
'Solar-coaster' hits as sun sets on federal subsidies
Somali pirates face hard time in US prison
Cervical cancer virus fuels oral cancer type
Congress Is About to Make It Legal to Robocall Your Cell Phone
House Republicans Request Special Counsel to Probe Holder on 'Fast and Furious'
‘Suspended Election Revolution’ by Barry & the Obamunists; Does it Play?
The President of Contempt
Bernanke warns Congress not to cut too much now
Obama to blast Cantor for blocking jobs bill
If NATO attacks Syria, we'll fire missile...
ESPN mum as Hank Williams Jr. says sorry if he 'offended anyone'
Can the left stage a tea party?
Israeli cave: World’s first ...
World's Scariest Perp Poses For Yet Another Nightmare-Inducing Mug Shot
Biden Promotes Racial Hatred
Who Are You Calling "Soft"?
Brits can’t live without tissue paper
Moody's cuts Italy's bond ratings credit rating by three notches
Obama Carpet Bagging: Daughters "Senior Staff"?
Nepal Telecom's deal with Chinese firms worries India
30-year-old topless photo haunts Spanish duchess on wedding eve
Put your hand down, kid: UK school bans hand-raising
Missing dot threatens corporate email
Search Engine Poisoning Used To Scam Internet Users
Russia and China veto UN resolution to punish Syria
Somalia: al-Qaeda-linked group claims 82 lives in bomb blast
The Simpsons facing cancellation after actors' pay dispute
Saudi Arabia: Police 'open fire' on protesters
Spain's white elephants – how country's airports lie empty
Gaddafi forces turn Sirte into military nerve centre
Second Pacific island running out of drinking water
Vladimir Putin wants Soviet-style power bloc to rival EU
Profit Warnings and Greek Debt: European Banks Show Signs of Ill Health
The Puppet President: Medvedev's Betrayal of Russian Democracy
Ten spectacular reasons to climb Mont Blanc
Haqqani network poses a threat to NATO forces in Afghanistan
Western effort to end Assad’s crackdown fails
We were blindfolded, handcuffed and tortured: Bahraini medics
Pure political Viagra
Another Day Another Smart Car Tragedy
The Great Stagnation in the UK
Homecoming Queen and Winning Field Goal on the Same Night
A great story.
See: "A Homecoming Queen With a Helmet."
Roseanne: Behead the Bankers
Croos-posted from American Power: "VIDEO: Roseanne Barr Wants Guillotine for the Rich."
*****
At Hot Air, "Great new idea from the Hollywood Left: Behead the bankers."
BONUS: Additional reading at Larwyn's Links.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Unemployed Imbeciles Gather to Protest Wall Street
By Alan Caruba
I confess I have not paid much attention to the Occupy Wall Street protest. Watching New York cops arrest whole bunches of them on the Brooklyn Bridge for obstructing traffic was briefly entertaining, but it occurred to me I had no idea why they were protesting except for the fact that they were mostly young, mostly unemployed, and mostly led by the usual demonic Communists that have a beef with American exceptionalism.
As a sign of the times, Occupy Wall Street has a spiffy website, but it is filled with the most ignorant nonsense right out of the Communist Manifesto. Apparently the protesters have identified banks and corporations as the enemy. If you ask bankers and Wall Street folks, they will tell you the enemy is the federal government and they would be right.
In the case of the most recent financial crisis, the government got into the home mortgage market back in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Fannie Mae and later Freddie Mac were set up to purchase mortgages from banks in order to “stimulate” the housing market.
You can read the U.S. Constitution from beginning to end and not find the words “housing market” in there anywhere. The house of cards the federal government created, combined with the pressure brought to bear on bankers to make “ninja” loans (no job, no assets) resulting in the 2008 meltdown when the “bundled” mortgages turned out to be worthless and generally untraceable. Wall Street didn’t create this, Washington did.
Of course, none of this means anything to those protesting in Zuccotti Park and elsewhere. It’s not a protest. It’s an excuse to party. Occasionally Leftist celebrities show up and shake hands with “the people” to give them a thrill. Then they go back to their tenured university faculty jobs, making movies and being hideously overpaid for doing so, and looking for a dictator to hug.
Journalists who have tried to determine what the protest is about have come up empty. Brad Knickerbocker, writing for the Christian Science Monitor, noted that “there’s no 10-point list of demands to be nailed Martin-Luther-like to the business and media establishment’s door.”
Cornell West, a Princeton University professor said, “It’s impossible to translate the issue of the greed of Wall Street into one demand or two demands. We’re talking about a democratic awakening. We’re talking about raising political consciousness.” Yada, yada, yada.
West is apparently unaware that the political consciousness of Americans has already been raised by the worst presidency in the history of the nation or that Republicans are heatedly debating who they want to elect to replace it. Democrats, too, because quite a few are looking at Mitt Romney with something close to affection.
Andrew Goodman of The Wall Street Journal reported that “Many of the protesters are young. Joblessness seems to be a persistent theme.” No surprises here. Goodman reported that a list of grievances has been circulating among the protesters and, “Among the complaints: bank executives who received ‘exorbitant’ bonuses not long after receiving taxpayer bailouts” and, even I would be happy to protest that.
An October 3rd Gateway Pundit report has listed 13 Occupy Wall Street demands and they read like an Obama-inspired wet dream. They include a universal single payer healthcare system, guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment, free college education, a trillion dollars in infrastructure projects, a trillion dollars in “ecological restoration”, open borders migration, and the immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all.
They are the demands of imbeciles.
You can find a lot of them camped out in lower Manhattan these days. Just wait until the nights turn really cold. They will go home to mommy and daddy.
© Alan Caruba, 2011
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