Monday, 11 April 2011
Priceless....from Rico
In "real" terms, the US equities market has not only been 'flat' but has actually 'lost' value over the past decade. It has NOT been a good investment.
- It doesn't matter how high the ticker tape prints, so long as the value [read: purchasing power] of the Dollar declines.
Doubt me?
Look at the 'value' of an ounce of silver over the past ten years.
- In 2001, you could buy 20 ounces of silver for $90.00
- By spot closing 08 April 2011 the same 20 ounces of silver cost $800.00
I try not to think of it as the value of precious metals rising, so much as the value of fiat paper currency dropping.
- And, no I do NOT think precious metals are an 'investment' but rather an insurance policy against gross malkfeasance and mismanagement on the part of the government. With a single-digit 'approval' rating of our feckless and completely useless Congress, I rest my case. Incompetence writ large.
There's plenty of 'credit' to go around Barry Soetoro, so no worries. Claiming 'credit' for one grain of sand on the beach of gooberment indebtedness [read: insignificant budget cuts?] is merely the kabuki theater American politics has devolved into.
- But hey, what do you care anyway? You're an Indonesian citizen*...
*foot note for Democrats(C): Even IF Barry had been born under the desk on the floor of the oval office, he'd still NOT be eligible to be POTUS. Under the Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, future Presidents are required to be born to TWO parents who are US citizens.
- Barry, you only had ONE US citizen parent, so it does NOT matter where you were born (but I don't blame you for stonewalling and hiding your birth certificate, it does serve asa good distraction from your REAL problem)!
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Video: Civil war veteran soldier footage, captured between 1913 and 1938
This rare War of Secession footage from 1913 is very interesting and moving.
Much of the footage is from the 50th anniversary reunion of soldiers from
Both sides at Gettysburg
H/T Canis 61
The Sunday Best...........
Gold for Greenwash
The evolution of Lisa Rinna's lips
Rule 5 Saturday Night: Oklahoma’s Carrie Underwood
Iraqi cleric threatens action if US forces remain
Keeping an Eye on the Long Game: Part XXXVI
A Worker's Compensation Defense Attorney Says He's NEVER Deposed An Honest Immigrant
Why Trump Is Surging in New Hampshire
Obama's Performance Explained
The Importance of Supporting Trump
Video: Navy Laser Sets Ship on Fire
RAF Harrier pilots given £100,000 pay-off...but their Navy counterparts will receive nothing
'Stunglasses' that can resist a shotgun blast from 16ft to be issued to 92,000 UK troops
Libya: cash, fuel and food running short in Benghazi
BBC attacked for 'covering up' Grand National deaths
'Non jobs' gravy train rolls on for councils
Ivory Coast: British Embassy evacuated after attack
Police foil plot to stage 'new Omagh massacre'
'Two dead' as Egyptian protesters barricade themselves in Tahrir Square
Somali pirates raise ransom stakes
Tea Party the real victor in American budget battle
What happens when the great fantasies, like wind power or European Union, collide with reality?
Libya: Ajdabiya under fire as rebels flee
US agencies confirm presence of Chinese troops along LoC in PoK
Irish Setter Dad: Whose children will succeed in life, Amy Chua’s or mine?
by PJ O'Rourke
Saturday, 9 April 2011
WoW Shots!
This week, Israel was very much in the news between the ramping up of the situation in Gaza and the UN’s infamous Goldstone Report that falsely accused Israel of committing war crimes being repudiated by its own author. This week’s winner, GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD in her own inimitable style took a look at attempts to deligitimize Israel in a wonderful piece entitled The Little Satan Posse, what all the "cool kids" use as code for Mearshimer and Walt’s “The Israel Lobby” :
We had a close match this week in our non-Council category, but Doug Ross pulled out the win with In the spirit of bipartisanship, Mr. Speaker, let the Senate Democrats shut the government down submitted by The Watcher
Council News:
Our own Bookworm’s new E-book, The Bookworm Turns: A Secret Conservative In Liberal Land is finally out, and is even better than I imagined it would be. Available at Amazon.
This week, Restoring Honor Starts Here, Monkey In The Middle and Maggie’s Notebook took advantage of my generous offer of link whorage and earned honorable mention status.
You can, too. Want to see your work appear on the Watcher’s Council homepage in our weekly contest listing? Didn’t get nominated by a Council member? No worries.
Simply a link at rmill2k@msn.com with the subject heading ‘Honorable mention’ no later than Monday 6PM PST to be considered for our honorable mention category, and return the favor by creating a post on your site linking to the Watcher’s Council contest for the week.
It’s a great way of exposing your best work to Watcher’s Council readers and Council members. while grabbing the increased traffic and notoriety. And how good is that, eh?
Honorable Mentions
- Monkey In The Middle – A New Definition Of Courage
- Maggie’s Notebook – Egypt: Salafist Muslim Brotherhood New Modesty Law – Egypt: Christians Must Submit to Islam
- Restoring Honor Starts Here – The Obama Narrative Part II
Council Winners
- *First place with 1 2/3 votes! –GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD-The Little Satan Posse
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Bookworm Room-“It’s always something — if it ain’t one thing, it’s another.”
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Razor-Why I Don’t Think The Government Deserves My Money This Year
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Noisy Room – The Descent Of Evil Over America
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Political Commentator – Is a government shutdown really a shutdown? Apparently it isn’t!
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – VA Right! – Obama Speech: ‘Lets Help Libya Just Like We Helped the Kurds’
- Third place *t* with 1 vote – The Colossus Of Rhodey – A perfect example of why Philly schools have the discipline issues they do
- Third place *t* with 1 vote – Joshuapundit – The Limits Of Forgiveness
- Third place *t* with 1 vote – New Zeal – Leading Marxist Manning Marable Dies – Once Wrote, Obama “Has Read Left Literature, Including My Works”
Non-Council Winners
- First place with 2 votes! – Doug Ross- In the spirit of bipartisanship, Mr. Speaker, let the Senate Democrats shut the government down submitted by The Watcher
- Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Declaration Entertainment/Iowahawk – Eat The Rich! submitted by Joshuapundit
- Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Melanie Phillips – Richard Goldstone Recants; What Price The Israel Witch-Hunt Now? submitted by New Zeal
- Third place with 1 1/3 vote - The Best Defense/Crispin Burke – How to deal with Libyan ambiguity: Define the problem, not the end state submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote -Gulag Bound – Nazi Political Biology: The Hotwiring of Power Politics, Naturalism, Environmentalism & Racism s submitted by The Noisy Room
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -The Foundry – Income Inequality, Round Two submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Phyllis Chesler/FrontPage – The Goldstone Recantation submitted by The Razor
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Big Questions Online – Multiculturalism and its Discontents submitted by Bookworm Room
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Dan Riehl – Can The Obama Administration Fairly Try KSM At Gitmo? submitted by Right Truth
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Liberty’s Spirit – Free Speech is Not Important: The Contest in Congress to be Dumb, Dumber or Dumbest submitted by The Watcher
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -The Investigative Project On Terrorism – Turning The Revolution Islamist submitted by Snapped Shot
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -James Pethokoukis – Paul Ryan’s revolution Would Finish Reagan’s submitted by Rhymes With Right
U.S. Army Pfc. Ben Bradley, left, a Bulldog Troop, Red Platoon scout from 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo., ducks away from small-arms fire, as fellow scout Sgt. Jeff Sheppard, launches a grenade at the enemy's position, during a combat engagement in northern Bala Murghab Valley, Baghdis province, Afghanistan, April 4. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace
H/T Marc
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