Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Numbah Ten!.......from Rico
The FTSE, DAX, S&P, and NIKKEI have all been chugging along, seemingly 'flat' or slightly negative if you do not consider the debasement and devaluation of their fiat currencies.
Central Banks, however, seem to understand that the 'jig' is up and have suddenly reversed-trend and have stopped selling physical gold.
And meanwhile, back at the ranch the American retail investor (Mom & Pop) still believing that USG debt is the safest place to be right now are buying bonds to the endless drumbeat from the FTV (CNBC, MSNBC) chanting "We're #1! We're #!!" quite oblivious to their real world ranking as #10 safest sovereign debtor.
- Some of my Vietnam-era colleagues may remember the expression "numbah ten" which meant very bad, the worst.
This is "numbah ten" defined, and it's gonna get worse from here...
WORLDs YOUNGEST FOUR-STAR GENERAL
"Glorious Leader! This is what we can do to piss off the round-eyes!"
North Korea's Kim Jong Il made his elusive youngest son a four-star general . . .
Sean Linnane has acquired exclusive imagery of the world's youngest general officer . . .
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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.
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