Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Who am I?...........from Rico
- I don't engage in accounting fraud.
- I don't 'miss' Quarterly earnings.
- I'm not affected by Obamacare.
- I don't lie about my balance sheet, or balance sheet problems.
- I don't chase stupid M&A deals.
- I don't go out of business.
- I don't need a bailout to stay in business.
- I don't need insider trading.
- I don't get front-run by HFT algorithm trading programs or in-house trading teams.
And I don't default.
I am bullion. Precious metals.
- Gold.
- Silver.
Hard-ons for "Democracy"...............by Dan Friedman
When someone whispers the word “democracy” into the ears of many neocons, their reaction brings to mind the mandatory yellow flag in Viagra ads:
“Priapism is an erection that continues hours beyond, or is unrelated to, sexual stimulation. Priapism is a medical emergency. So in the rare event of an erection lasting more than 4 hours, seek immediate medical help to avoid long-term injury.”
Judging by the current contretemps raging among conservatives, a lot of these stiffs arrived at the emergency room DOA. Recall, these were the same preppy pushovers who swooned over Israel’s exit from Gaza and pushed for – and got - free elections there. The unintended, though widely predicted, consequences are well known by now. Practically overnight, the Judenrein strip became Hamastan and led Israel into two costly indecisive wars. After that debacle, you’d think these “friends of Israel” would “whoa, down boy!” for a moment and entertain a few healthy second thoughts. But to my knowledge, they never have. In fact, their dean, Charles Krauthammer, still defends his support for disengagement and recently commended Obama for his handling of the “peace process” (a few days before it collapsed).
Now, the perpetually priapic crowd has heard the siren’s song again. They’re flogging the same formula for failure but want to apply it to Egypt, where the stakes couldn’t be higher for the region and the world. And as though to prove their fixations are bipartisan, this time around they have been lured into bed by a leftist Islamophiliac whose entire agenda (sans one item -“democracy”) is repugnant to each and every one of them. These are the symptoms of political nymphomania.
Nevertheless, the cooler heads among us should take a deep breath to remember that thanks to Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, and America’s largesse, the Egyptian armed forces are among the best-equipped and -trained fighters in the world. And when the ancien régime is history only a yellowing piece of paper will stand between Egypt, a shredder and a state of war with Israel. Those tanks in Tahiri Square look familiar, don’t they?
Finally, to bolster a paper-thin argument and assure us democratic stability is on the way to Cairo, much is made of the military’s Western leanings and the high regard the average Egyptian has for his army. But drill down one layer and you’ll find much of that esteem stems from the belief the Egyptian army won! the Yom Kippur War.
During this historic turning point, we simply can’t afford to fall into old traps or chase rabbits down a hole. Let’s think with our heads, not our nether regions. Neither America nor the Free World can afford blind passion to triumph over experience in the Middle East again.
News.............
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KARL ROVE: Head Snapping Hypocrisy From Reid and Obama On the Debt Ceiling
Mark Zuckerberg -- I Fear My Facebook Stalker
Man in China refused entry by wife for not bringing enough money home
New York slaughters 1700 geese to protect planes
The Maharajas and Their Magnificent Motor Cars - in pictures
Britain faces dementia catastrophe without 'aggressive' research drive
Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa?
North-South Korea talks stall
Belgian senator calls on 'sex strike' until political deadlock is broken
Donald Rumsfeld reveals pre-war Iraq strike plan
British woman dies after injections to enlarge buttocks
Finns to revive beer from 19th century shipwreck
Hitting the Slopes on the Roof of an Incineration Plant
Domestic car sales up 26%, bikes 15% in January
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Update on Palin Derangement — In the Mold of Ronald Reagan Edition
From the lead letter to the editor, at today's Los Angeles Times:
Only one ReaganThat's pretty classic Palin derangement, and it's especially interesting that the Times gave this woman's letter top billing in today's edition.
Re "Palin casts self in Reagan mold," Feb. 5
Sarah Palin's attempt to cast herself in the Reagan mold is laughable at best. Her anti-intellectual position is nothing more than another of the ad hominem, bandwagon, emotive arguments for which she is so famous, stirring up "mob mentality" by attacking the present administration.
The "small government" Palin advocates would be far more authoritarian than anything proffered by the Obama administration. Indeed, a Republican (or "tea party") government would basically annihilate Social Security, Medicare and the Environmental Protection Agency, remove a woman's right to choose and promote some extremist brand of Christianity, autocratically removing more and more of the freedoms we currently enjoy.
Palin stands for nothing more than promotion of Sarah Palin. The fact that so many people are actually convinced by her brand of argumentation is truly frightening. She is most definitely not Ronald Reagan.
Rebecca S. Hertsgaard
Palm Desert
Also interesting is the latest CNN poll out today, "CNN Poll: Republicans want winner over ideology in 2012" (via Hot Air and Memeorandum). And I'll be perfectly honest: If Palin's a candidate I'll personally pull out the stops for her to win the nominiation. Yet, while others might not say so, I do have some concerns about her general election viability. I spoke with my department chairman yesterday, mentioning that I was attending CPAC, and he didn't flinch in announcing Palin as his pick for the nomination. But we both agreed that she could have some problems winning voters at the middle of the spectrum. At any rate, the CNN survey shows some weaknesses for Obama. He's got just 25 percent of voters that would definitely vote for him, and a majority of 51 percent said they think he'll lose reelection in 2012. As for Palin chances, a new Rasmussen horse-race poll shows that right now Obama beats Palin 49 to 38. Of the prospective GOP hopefuls cited, only Mitt Romney currently leads Obama, 44 to 42 percent. See, "Romney, Huckabee Even With Obama, Other GOP Hopefuls Trail."
Bottom line: Obama's deeply vulnerable, and Sarah Palin would be a fool not to announce her candidacy. The electorate will sort things out, and there's still lots of time for things to develop.
More later ...
RELATED: "Heading to CPAC Tomorrow!"
Cross-posted from American Power: "Palin Derangement Syndrome — In the Mold of Ronald Reagan Edition."
GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP
General Giap was the brilliant, highly respected leader of the North Vietnam military. The following quote is from his memoirs currently found in the Vietnam war memorial in Hanoi :
"What we still don't understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi . You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battle of TET. You defeated us!
We knew it, and we thought you knew it.
But we were elated to notice your media was helping us. They were causing more disruption in America than we could in the battlefields. We were ready to surrender. You had won!"
General Giap has published his memoirs and confirmed what most Americans knew. The Vietnam war was not lost in Vietnam - it was lost at home. The same slippery slope, sponsored by the US media, is currently underway. It exposes the enormous power of a biased media to cut out the heart and will of the American public.
A truism worthy of note:
Do not fear the enemy,
for they can take only your life.
Fear the media,
for they will destroy your honor ! ! !
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
According to the Muslim Brotherhood, jihad,
that is, holy war against the infidels, is one of the fundamental
elements spread by the Muslim Brotherhood. The organization's ideology,
as it appears on its official website, regards "the Prophet Muhammad
as its leader and ruler, and jihad as its path." Jihad
has a global strategy beyond self-defense; it is the unceasing attack
on every infidel rule, intended to widen the borders of the Islamic
state until all mankind lives under the Islamic flag.
More on the Muslim Brotherhood here
Recovery charted!!!............from Rico
This chart is PROOF of the recovery! Just ask the people who GAVE it to us (the Dem's (C)).
- Thanks Joe & Barry!
- And let's not forget to WHOM we entrusted the reins [read purse strings] of Congress to in 2006, either...so swell job Harry & Nancy!
Look at the annual progress (compare February of 07-08-09-10 respectively) that has been made helping the little guy!
on the other hand
All this droning-on about 'recovery' is not much more than all FED QE "hat" and no systemic economic growth "cattle."
- The REAL economy (the one outside the D.C. Beltway) is so detached from the long discreditede media "managed perception" economy that all a sane person can retort with to the talk of a return to the 'good old days' from that remota island known as reality is "whatever" .....like sparrows farting in the general direction of typhoon.
News.......
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LIES, DAMN LIES, AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Reagan vs Obama
Huffington Post, AOL deal: why they did it
Swedish football star attacked by girl gang
Silver in complete backwardation.
How Obama Botched Egypt
Coming Apart
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After a bloated Super Bowl in Dallas, it's time to rein in big game
MoD halts helicopter deal as police probe 'irregularities'
Nato Brussels headquarters to cost €1billion
and finally....
The 10 funniest fictional drugs from TV and movies
My Five Most Embarrassing Media Confessions
Oh, and did I mention Iran?..........by Dan Friedman
[Don’t let the turmoil in Egypt obscure the inexorable rise of a nuclear-armed Iran. The two taken together can only compound and intensify the explosive situation already developing in the Middle East since Obama took office. So in the nick of time, PJTV’s Roger Simon reminds us of an important documentary which takes us inside the Iranian regime. df]
THE THREAT OF A NUCLEAR IRAN is looming over America and the world. Despite being party to the international nuclear non-proliferation treaty implemented more than 30 years ago, Iran's leaders are adamant about continuing their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Iranium, a new documentary film by Clarion Productions, depicts the danger behind the threat. The documentary will be available for free on Tuesday, Feb. 8, on its website. Click here to watch the trailer, and please tell your friends about this important film.
To really understand the severity of this issue, we must know the ideology of Iran's leaders. The 60-minute film uses rarely seen footage of them and interviews with 25 leading experts on Middle East policy, terrorism and nuclear proliferation -- including former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and PJM writer Michael Ledeen. The film, which also features Iranian dissidents, visually demonstrates the hatred and violence exhibited by Iran's brutal leadership.
The experts interviewed in the film also explain how Iran could use its nuclear arsenal to exert leverage in the Middle East, and it sketches various potential scenarios of an Iran with nuclear weapons. For example, a nuclear Iran would trigger an arms race in the Middle East and have a huge impact on the cost and availability of oil, which would reverberate across the world.
As the film explains: "What happens when a regime that openly desires the destruction of nations obtains nuclear weapons? The world may suffer unthinkable consequences."
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