An Austrian Archduke, assaulted and assailed,
Broke Belgium’s barriers, by Britain bewailed,
Causing consternation, confused chaotic crises;
Diffusing destructive, death dealing devices.
England engaged earnestly, eager every ear,
France fought furiously, forsaking foolish fear,
Great German garrisons grappled Gallic guard,
Hohenzollern Hussars hammered, heavy, hard.
Infantry, Imperial, Indian, Irish, intermingling,
Jackets jaunty, joking, jesting, jostling, jingling.
Kinetic, Kruppised Kaiser, kingdom’s killing knight,
Laid Louvain lamenting, London lacking light,
Mobilizing millions, marvellous mobility,
Numberless nonentities, numerous nobility.
Oligarchies olden opposed olive offering,
Prussia pressed Paris, Polish protection proffering,
Quaint Quebec quickly quartered quotidian quota,
Renascent Russia, resonant, reported regal rota.
Scotch soldiers, sterling, songs stalwart sung,
“Tipperary” thundered through titanic tongue.
United States urging unarmament, unwanted,
Visualized victory vociferously vaunted,
Wilson’s warnings wasted, world war wild,
Xenian Xanthochroi Xantippically X-iled.
Yorkshire’s young yeomen yelling youthfully,
“Zigzag Zeppelins, Zuyder Zee.”
– John R. Edwards
H/T DML
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Poem: The Great War, A to Z
Signs She's Getting Bored of Sex with You........
- When you request sex, she replies, "Wait 'till the Nyquil kicks in."
- Gets very upset when the ashtray falls off your ass.
- Actually answers when you ask, "Who's your daddy?"
- Only moans during commercial breaks.
- Keeps trying to set you up with her friends.
- Runs for vacant Senate seat in New York.
- You find yourself sitting backstage at the Jerry Springer show.
- You begin to suspect she is only "playing" dead.
- Her moans of delight discovered to actually be a WAV file.
- Instead of asking to leave her shirt on, she wants to leave her pants on too.
- Keeps asking, "Are you SURE you're not gay?"
- Holds up a picture of the Playboy centerfold to hurry you along.
- She yells out her own name.
- Bangs her head on the headboard BEFORE you begin.
H/T DML
The Road to Zimbabwe...........from Rico
Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, and Bing Crosby made seven "Road to" movies back in the 1940's. Perhaps the "Road to Utopia" most closely resembles Obama's current road movie.
Hmmm...would Obama and Biden be good casting for the "Road to Zimbabwe" or would
Bernanke and Geithner be better? In either case, Bawney Fwank is perfect for Lamour's part.
Now, setting aside painful realities for a moment, take a look at the attached chart and have a good laugh!
- Invert this chart and you have a perfect illustration of the death of a fiat currency over a few short years.
Don't believe me or the history of Weimar Germany? Go to Zimbabwe where an ounce of gold is not available at ANY price due to massive money printing.
Our "progressives" ecoonomics guru Keynes (setting Marx and Michael Moore aside for a moment) said that LOANS, TAXES, and PRINTING MONEY were the only sources that could meet the 'needs' of government.
- See any similarities to today here?
My guess is that the FED will have to manage at least a 14-year* devaluation of the US Dollar - by as much as 50% - with the goal of partly inflating-away a portion of the USG's huge and still growing debt.
* 14 years approximates a 4% inflation rate, which is NOT Weimar or Zimbabwe hyperinflation by any means...but in this best-case scenario it gives gold another 14 years of bull market conditions. Better prospects than the US Dollar or Treasuries have before them.
Of course, I could be wrong, and idiots like Joe Biden and Team Obama could 'blow' this one very badly with much worse consequences for all of us. Looking at how things have been going this past 9 months, Vegas-odds are not optimistic of a positive outcome.
News...................
The Twin Towers Hit Back.
El Baradei says nuclear Israel number one threat to Mideast: report
General Sir Richard Dannatt reveals Government's Afghanistan troop refusal.
Barack Obama cancels meeting with Dalai Lama 'to keep China happy'.
Extravagant monuments cannot hide the grim reality of North Korea.
New threat to travellers from al-Qaeda 'keister bomb'.
North Korea can unleash 13 types of biological agent, South Korea says.
Top Gear in America's redneck country
There's no such thing as too big to fail in a free market.
and finally.......
Totally Badass Sergeant Kept Fighting Taliban With Shrapnal In His Head
Australian fans face booze limit
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Monday, 5 October 2009
Doing. Being...............from Rico
To DO is to BE. Descartes
To BE is to DO. Voltaire
Do Be Do Be do. Sinatra
News.........
Afghanistan: Thinking Through the Basics.
2.6 million on incapacity benefits to face tough new Tory tests.
Taxpayers lose billions in deal to sell Armed Forces homes.
25 terrorists to be released early this year.
Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan.
UN praise for Iran over nuclear inspections.
US diplomat claims UN tried to gag him.
Iran could make an atom bomb, according to UN report's 'secret annexe'.
A Thought:
Why is it when your wife becomes pregnant all her female friends rub her tummy and say congratulations. But none of them rub your dick and say well done.
H/T DML
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Stimuless works, and STOP that now........from Rico
VP Joe Biden says:
"[the $787bn stimulus is] doing more, faster, more efficiently, and more effectively than most expected."
Now look at the chart Team Obama prepared to 'sell' the Porkulus Plan and connect the dots. The reality won't even buy cheap dollar store toys.
- Have I mentioned yet that Joe Biden is an idiot? No? Well you elected him, I didn't. He is.
And just STOP that now!
You should all STOP comparing Dear leader to Hitler now.
- At least Hitler got the Olympics to come to Berlin. 
THE ORIGINS OF STORMBRINGER
. . . a bleak stretch of sand in southern Victoria . . . the most famous naked lady in Australia . . . the Mighty Magpies . . . and . . . PENGUINS ? ? ?
. . . the strange origins of STORMBRINGER
Sunday, 4 October 2009
CAPTURED IDF SOLDIER SEEN IN RELEASED VIDEO
After over three years in which IDF Staff Sgt. Gilad Schalit has been held in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Israel breathed a sigh of relief on Friday afternoon after video footage of the captive soldier was released to the media and aired on Israeli television channels.
Gilad Schalit, you are not forgotten!
- STORMBRINGER
Lucy of 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' fame dies
Rock music critics thought the Beatles' classic song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was a veiled reference to LSD, but John Lennon always claimed the phrase came from his son, not from a desire to spell out the initials LSD in code.
Lucy Vodden, primary schoolmate of Julian Lennon, provided the inspiration. Lucy Vodden died after a long battle with lupus. She was 46.
Not military news, other than the fact that the Beatles assumed military regalia for their iconic album cover. Even though I tend more toward the blues I always liked that album, every song on it - I wore grooves in my original vinyl copy - and I honestly believe it changed the course of our collective culture.
Any chronic disease is a hard cut of the cards; Lucy's ordeal is over, now she really IS up there in the sky, with diamonds.
- STORMBRINGER SENDS
