H/T DML
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
VBS TV: Detroit Lives VBS Part 1
The Motor City has been declared dead more times than Rasputin. But over the last few years, while The News Media (and Dutch tourists) were hemming and hawing over a few neglected streets that had started to look more like meadows, a bunch of creative badasses were quietly buying abandoned 9-story buildings, filling them with everyone they knew, and making Detroit actually pretty incredible. Johnny Knoxville paid a visit to the D to explore for himself.
News......
Day 81 – 28th September 1940
There's only a wall when it's the Church telling the State what to do
A demonstration of tolerance. Well not quite tolerance.
In Archie, Obama v. Palin
The 'Peace Through Strength' Pledge
UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer Debates U.N. Flotilla Report Today on English-language Russian TV
Illegal Immigration is No Joke (Video)
OAP jailed for beating Hell's Angel
EU warns Britain it can't stop thousands more migrants claiming welfare handouts
Revealed: Wind farm power twice as costly as gas or coal
Territorial Army faces deep cuts
Kim Jong-un appointed general, North Korea state media claims
Aliens are sabotaging nuclear missiles
Venezuela elections: Hugo Chavez's loses two-thirds majority
Congress prepares to punt, spend the fall campaigning
and finally......
17 extremely impressive examples of LEGO art
Unreal Movie Review: Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps
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Just say "NUTS!"...............from Rico
What a great way to start the week.
Buried in fawning stories from the lapdog media trying to convince me WHY and HOW "Health Care Reform" is not the steaming load of manure that it always was...and still is!
The AP, MSNBC, et al are running stories titled "Health Care Reforms Kick-in. What they mean to you."
- Well, let's call these 'stories' what they really are: fairy tales; propaganda; lies.
All these stories lie by omission, and artfully dodge pesky facts like:
- This has nothing to do with reforming heallth care or making it better, but shredding many of the articles in our Bill of Rights.
And while the Obamunists are busily wiping their kollectiv posteriors with our Constitution, all of you homeowners just lost another 3.8% off of the value of your homes!
- Yeah, ObamaCare TAXES 3.8% of the sale of your residences just at the time when many of them are paid for and 'boomers' are down-sizing into smaller homes for retirement purposes. The flaming Obamunists want their cut of your retirement fund$.
All is not lost. We need to repeal this unconstitutional and illegal 'law of the land' the Sozialist-Kommunist-Demokratishes Partei has imposed upon us right after we kick their "asses" (pun intentional, the Ass appropriately being the Party Logo of the Democrats (C)....well, until the 'new' one resembling a toilet bowl (D) anyway)!
- Remember the surrounded 101st Airborne at Bastogne in WWII and just say (as did they in response to the proposal they surrender): "NUTS!"
Monday, 27 September 2010
One in 10 Inmates in Britain’s Jails Is an Ex-Soldier
Domestic violence accounting for one in three cases . . . typical of post-traumatic stress disorder . . . but many went undiagnosed . . .
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News.........
Obama versus 'We the People'
MOLLIFYING MUSLIMS, AND MUSLIFYING MOLLIES
Rhino farm 'a slaughterhouse'
The secret battle: Little-known Battle of Graveney Marsh conflict - the last on British soil - finally commemorated
British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
Global Cooling and the New World Order
Defence Review: The Services have a fight on their hands – but who is the biggest enemy?
Defence review: arguments for air power must not be ignored
Defence Review: Cyber-war – another new frontier for conflict opens
The Bra That Doubles as a Gas Mask Is Now For Sale
and finally....
Vulcan bomber makes 'final flight'
Blonde Joke
I was in bed with my new girlfriend last night, and she said
"You've got the biggest willy I've ever laid my hands on"
I said "You're pulling my leg"
H/T Old Dude
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Sunday, 26 September 2010
Jeremy Jacobs is Mr Margate FC
London, England
It's always pleasant to be given a fitting epithet by journalists and bloggers. Earlier today, I was called "Mr Margate FC" by Stuart Fuller of "The Ball Is Round" website and blog. Firstly though, can I explain to our readers from the United States that I'm not referring to Margate, NJ or Margate City, FL but the original Margate in England. I'm also talking about football or soccer.
Democrats Unleash Ads Focusing on Rivals' Pasts
Cross-posted from American Power.
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At New York Times (via Memeorandum, iOWNTHEWORLD, and Pirate's Cove):
Democratic candidates across the country are opening a fierce offensive of negative advertisements against Republicans, using lawsuits, tax filings, reports from the Better Business Bureau and even divorce proceedings to try to discredit their opponents and save their Congressional majority.Well, it's not "plant doubts about them." It's smear and destroy them. Allen West had his Social Security number released by Florida Democrats. I like playing hardball, but that's especially sleazy. And Dems don't seem to be so concerned on "family values," and hence "divorce proceedings" wouldn't normally be something for a campaign ad buy. That is, unless you're totally desperate:
Opposition research and attack advertising are used in almost every election, but these biting ads are coming far earlier than ever before, according to party strategists. The campaign has intensified in the last two weeks as early voting begins in several states and as vulnerable incumbents try to fight off an onslaught of influences by outside groups.
As they struggle to break through with economic messages, many Democrats are deploying the fruits of a yearlong investigation into the business and personal histories of Republican candidates in an effort to plant doubts about them and avoid having races become a national referendum on the performance of President Obama and his party.
In Ohio, Representative Betty Sutton calls her Republican rival, Tom Ganley, a “dishonest used-car salesman” who has been sued more than 400 times for fraud, discrimination, lying to customers about repairs, overcharging them and endangering their safety. She warns voters, “You’ve heard the old saying, buyer beware!”More great blogging at American Power.
In Arizona, Representative Harry E. Mitchell accused his opponent David Schweikert of being “a predatory real estate speculator who snatched up nearly 300 foreclosed homes, been cited for neglect and evicted a homeowner on the verge of saving his house, just to make a buck.”
In New York, Representative Michael Arcuri introduces his Republican challenger, Richard Hanna, as a millionaire who “got rich while his construction company overcharged taxpayers thousands, was sued three times for injuries caused by faulty construction and was cited 12 times for health and safety violations.”
Seriously? Brown Leads Whitman 49%-44% in New Poll
Cross-posted from American Power.
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Last I heard Jerry Brown was running a shoestring campaign, but he's come up with the cash for a major ad buy with this clip, "Serious." And that's exactly what I'm thinking. Seriously? That's all he's got? A pledge for no new taxes without voter approval, just like the current governor. How'd that work out? And what's this part, "At this stage in my life that's what I'm prepared to do"? At this stage he should be retiring. We've already had a Governor Jerry Brown. Shoot. We had Governor Pat Brown before that. Maybe it's Christine Whitman? She's the most epic RINO to roll around in ages, and that's saying a lot for California, with Governor "Global Warming" Schwarzenegger leaving office after 7 failed years. This state is messed up.
See LAT (at Memorandum):
Democrat Jerry Brown has moved into a narrow lead over Republican Meg Whitman in their fractious contest for governor, while his party colleague Barbara Boxer has opened a wider margin over GOP nominee Carly Fiorina in the race for U.S. Senate, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has found.Obama's still popular in the state? Of course. He could be facing impeachment and folks would be still swooning. I give Whitman better odds than Fiorina. The former's going to plow millions more into the race, and if she can find a theme --- anything to spark some interest --- she may be able to pull out some kind of lead over the final stretch. I'll have more on Babs Boxer later. Incumbency is a powerful influence on reelection, especially on the left coast. But we'll see. Fiorina's an attractive candidate and a great debater. If she opens up her personal fortune for a big ad buy she might pull up even in the polls before November 2nd. That said, I'm not thrilled with any of the candidates, especially in the governor's race. And I'm still not sure how I'm going to vote. Maybe a third party candidate, which would be first for me.
The Democratic candidates were benefiting from their party's dominance in California and the continued popularity here of President Obama, who has retained most of his strength in the state even as he has weakened in other parts of the country. Support for Obama may play a key role in the Senate contest, one of a handful nationally that could determine which party wins control of the chamber.
At the same time, the survey showed, Republicans Whitman and Fiorina have yet to convince crucial groups of voters that their businesswoman backgrounds will translate into government success.
Brown, the former governor and current attorney general, held a 49%-44% advantage among likely voters over Whitman, the billionaire former chief executive at EBay.
Boxer, a three-term incumbent, led Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett-Packard, by 51%-43% among likely voters in the survey, a joint effort by The Times and the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Both Republicans were hamstrung by voters' negative impressions of them — particularly Whitman, who has poured a national record $119 million of her own money into an advertising-heavy campaign yet has seen her unpopularity rise, the survey showed.
Still, in this year of political tumult, the Democrats were facing stiff challenges too. As they do nationally, Republicans in California held a fierce edge in enthusiasm among likely voters. The poll defined likely voters based both on past voting history and enthusiasm about voting this year — a measure that projects an election turnout that is more heavily Republican than is typical in California. If the Democratic turnout ends up being even more sharply depressed, that would put the party's candidates at risk.
More great blogging at American Power.
New Book: 'Shakedown Socialism'
Oleg Atbashian ("Red Square" at ThePeoplesCube.Com) has written a short, easily-read, and fascinating book, Shakedown Socialism, that can help save America from her accelerating slide down the slippery slope of illusory equality leading only to the bottomless pit of Leftism (i.e., socialistic, collectivistic progressivism). How could this book do that?
The recent plethora of excellent, new books advocating restoration of limited government disciplined by constitutional guarantees of individual rights of life, liberty and property have, no doubt, strengthened the resolve and confidence of Americans already in liberty's "choir," But outside liberty's choir, such books generally have not gained readership-- i.e., among Americans considering themselves "liberal," "moderate," "independent," "non-political" or simply uninterested in politics. Continue reading
Nuggets of Wisdom...
1. If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.
2. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
H/T DML
Video: The Last Best Hope
" You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness." Ronald Reagan
H/T Shelly
The Sunday Best.......
Day 79 – 26th September 1940
How Privileged Democrats Pay for Their Houses
Colonel West and Obama on Islam
A thought for the year ahead...
Big Bird vs. First Lady
HMRC letters target taxpayers with Swiss bank accounts
Voting Rights Official Calls Dismissal of Black Panther Case a 'Travesty of Justice'
2,000ft up, the new 'barrage balloon' spying on the Taliban
The herocopter: Chinook notches up fourth Distinguished Flying Cross in its proud 28-year history
Barack Obama: the Great Unravelling of a One-Term President?
RAF 'grounding SAS’ over parachute training
Soldier wins Military Cross after saving wounded Afghan child
Khartoum 'will accept outcome of referendum on spilt of Sudan'
Poacher killed by great white shark
Australia skipped by Barack Obama for third time
UN uncovers new evidence of mass rape in Congo
and finally......
Sign language can't beat real words by little Jimmy May
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1% tax on all bank transactions HR 4646......from Rico
HR 4646. It's real.
These thieves, pickpockets, crooks and mendacious c*cksuckers seem unable and unwilling to keep their hands OUT of our pockets!
Taxes-taxes-taxes...so where's the CHANGE?
- How about STOP SPENDING, shrink Gooberment, LOWER taxes.....and let US decide how to spend the money we earn?
I am surprised that these kollectivists haven't seized upon the idea floated in 'Old Blighty' recently...that all checks should clear their tax service first (before the individual sees the money) so they can decide how much of your money you will be 'allowed' to have!
TEA = Taxed Enough Already!!!
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Mike Malloy, Leftist Talk Radio Host, Slurs Dick Cheney for Engineering 'Worst Attack on This Country Since War of 1812'
Via Chicks on the Right, "Mike Malloy ... should never be dressed in anything other than a straight jacket." And cross-posted from American Power.
Mike Malloy is an Atlanta-based talk radia host. His show used to appear on Air America Radio and he's a contributor at Huffington Post. Thus, there's no doubt of this guy's mainstream left-wing/Democrat Party creds. And that's the thing. How can such vile statements and what's essentially hate speech pass for "liberal" commentary in today's political world? This is absolutely stunning — 9/11 truthers gaining ground on the "mainstream" left. And that's to say nothing of the death chants for the former vice president. Newsbusters has the transcript.
Blake Lively at Interview
She's a beautiful woman, and she's moving up in the movie world. Ben Affleck talks with Blake Lively at Interview, c/o American Power.
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