Theo Spark

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Pic Dump..........

Uh Oh, Assad's In Trouble Now...............from Dan Friedman

[Yesterday, Assad’s latest production slaughtered 90 innocent people including 32 children. Today, the reviews are in and the “international community” is hopping mad. df]

"flagrant violation of international law"
-Kofi Annan

"indiscriminate and unforgivable".
-UN mission head Maj-Gen Robert Mood

"appalling crime"
-UK Foreign Secretary William Hague

"the Government of Syria [must] immediately cease the use of heavy weapons in population centers".
-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

"The United States will work with the international community to intensify our pressure on Assad and his cronies, whose rule by murder and fear must come to an end"
-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

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[What did I tell you? The heat is really on. df]

The Sunday Best...........

Memorial Day 2012

Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship

How will scorching heat affect Sunday's Indy 500?

Obama campaign goes on the defensive on spending, debt

Movie sex scenes: Good, bad and downright ugly

20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried moms

If God was gay… singing hymns would be mandatory

Arpaio posse aims to throw final blow

Shabaab abandons Afgoye as Somali, African Union troops advance

30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'

Navy plane which sunk the Nazis to perform flypast at Queen’s Jubilee pageant

Archbishop selection panel 'dominated by liberals’

All pain, no gain: the Irish backlash that could mean a 'No' to Europe's austerity plans

Police called to reports of bloodied man find crew shooting zombie film

American Way: Why Barack Obama now has a battle on his hands for the 2012 election

United Nations ceasefire in tatters after 92 killed in Syrian violence

Syria analysis: Will the Houla massacre prove a throw of the dice too far for the Assads?

TA troops 'too poorly trained to make up for Army cuts’

Obama Ditches the Press

'US pressing Russia to support deal to remove Assad'

and finally........

House MD: End of a cantankerous era

Sunday Totty............

Kimberlin Allies Think Anthony Weiner Was Framed

Here's the post, "Weiner Truthers."

You may have noticed that Ron Brynaert, one of Patterico's Kimberlin stalkers, was in large part motivated by the Anthony Weiner scandal. Sure, progressives no doubt got screwed on that one, but it's literally insane to dismiss WeinerGate as a manufactured conspiracy to bring down a Democrat congressman. But these people so criminal it's f-king crazy, so it's no surprise....

One of the outlandish claims at Patterico's post was that Patterico's wife --- who is also an L.A. County ADA --- was one of the accusers against Anthony Weiner, that she was one of the women on Twitter who claimed Weiner sent explicit pictures. That's the kind of criminal crackpot sh*t you see with these people. Crazy, but genuinely diabolical and calculating as well. (And note that these freak conspiracies in no way absolve these assholes of their crimes. Kimberlin and his criminal allies are out to destroy political enemies, first and foremost. So don't let BuzzFeed's "truther" meme minimize the significance of what's happening. Charles Manson was criminally deranged, but he's still serving a life sentence without any practical chance of parole.)

More at the link.

RELATED: "'Cold Fury' Responds to Patrick Frey's Post on the Left's Criminal Harassment Network." (It's gonna be a hot war before you know it --- gird your loins conservatives!)

A North Carolina Company's Costly Stand for Gay Marriage

Costly, and stupid.

See: "Bob Page, Replacements Ltd. CEO Who Turned Firm Into Pro-Gay Campaign Outlet, Now Concerned His Radical Politics Could 'Hurt Our Business'."

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Greece economic debacle: Et tu Spain?...by Mike Haltman at TPC

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Loose translation: Greece is on the brink, how about you Spain?

Politicians, banks and regular people around the world are worried about the endgame for Greece and the impact or ripple effect a bad outcome there could have on some of the weaker Eurozone economies like Spain.

The fact of the matter is, however, that Spain is in trouble all on its own due to some of the same indiscretions as Greece, and a bad outcome in Greece might just accelerate conditions on the Iberian Peninsula (including Portugal) that would at some point have come to a head anyway.

Read the rest of the article at The Political Commentator here.

Romney Campaign: Stories from the Obama Economy

Winston Churchill On Islam

The River War, first edition, Vol.II pages 248-250

H/T Amnon

Late News..........

Obama, Romney try to play it safe in 2012 gamble

Pope's butler held for Vatican leaks

‘Yo ho ho and a bottle of root beer': Kindergarteners embark on dolphin cruise with pirates

Texas man gets 20 years for al Qaeda ties

A man of the left? Barack has trampled over left, right and centre

More poisonings seen from miniature laundry detergent packets, doctors say

As 'pink slime' plant closes, workers mull their options

New Steak on the Block

Optimist Club Fishing Rodeo Local girl catches amberjack (or was it the other way around?)

33rd Fighter Wing steps up F-35 flights

PayPal Now Marketing In-Store Payments to Consumers

Students get to play with $1.5 million robotic arm

2012 Memorial Day and Memorial Weekend-- Video tributes

Actually, Mr President, I disagree

Police kill gunman in western Mosul

AP fact-check blasts Obama spending claims

A Single Image

The enduring legacy of Elizabeth Warren's tribal roots

BLACKFIVE: Memorial Day 2012

With a nose like that...

Bradley Manning trial clearly too secretive or something

Illinois to fix Medicaid shortfall by promoting smoking

Afghanistan's fabulous ruby mines plundered by thieves

Saturday Night is Bath Night...........

As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt

I'm gonna have a lot of Memorial Day blogging.

This one needs no commentary.

Just click through for the heart-rending images: "Katherine Cathey Grieves for Her Fallen Husband in 2005."

Every Day is #BrettKimberlin Day

It was a big day yesterday, with the massive blogburst for #BrettKimberlin day.

See: "#StandYourGroundConservatives! — May 25th Solidarity Blogburst Stands Up to Brett Kimberlin and the Left's Intimidation Network."

I deal with threats and intimidation every day, and I sometimes link to my reports over here.

On the eve of the #BrettKimberlin blogburst I got another death threat.

See: "Progressives at 'No More Mister Nice Blog' Issue Death Threat: 'I Haven't Killed Anyone Since 'Nam...'"

I'll have more on this all weekend --- there were too many excellent posts to link and summarize all at once. The main thing is for folks who've never experienced this stuff --- for folks who've got no idea how high the stakes --- to stand up in solidarity and spread the word. I'll be writing more on what all of us can do. Check back for updates.

Gerald R. Ford 3-D Build Sequence

H/T Amnon

WoW!!

WoW - the Watchers Council - it's the oldest, longest running cyber comte d'guere ensembe in existence - started online in 1912 by Sirs Jacky Fisher and Winston Churchill themselves - an eclective collective of cats both cruel and benign with their ability to put steel on target (figuratively - natch) on a wide variety of topictry across American, Allied, Frenemy and Enemy concerns, memes, delights and discourse. Every week these cats hook up each other with hot hits and big phazed cookies to peruse and then vote on their individual fancy catchers. Council Winners

*First place with 3 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit – What Does Peace Mean Anyway?
Second place with 2 2/3 votes – The Razor- Geert Wilders: A 21st Century Canary in a Coal Mine
Third place with 1 2/3 votes – The Right Planet-Marx Is For Hippies
Fourth place with 1 vote – Gay Patriot-Is there anything Barack Obama doesn’’t politicize?
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room- The Fiction of Barack Obama
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Simply Jews- Tombstone and Mexican spotted owl
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Bookworm Room- Is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, a 1978 case rejecting academic racial quotas, the smoking gun behind Obama’s Kenyan identity? *UPDATED*
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey –Still More Narrative Fail
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Mellow Jihadi –The Biggest Loser, Navy-style
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Professional Malpractice By North Carolina Social Studies Teacher
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Glittering Eye – The Enforcement Deficit
Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Political Commentator –It’s 8:00 AM, do you know where your tax money is going?

Non-Council Winners

First place with 4 2/3 votes! – The Other McCain- Brett Kimberlin Saga Takes a Bizarre Turn, Forcing Me to Leave Maryland submitted by Rhymes With Right
Second place *t* with 2 votes – Mark Steyn –Eternally shifting sands of Obama’s biography submitted by The Noisy Room
Second place *t* with 2 votes – Andrew McCarthy – Western Sharia submitted by Joshuapundit
Third place with 1 vote -Melanie Phillips The BBC Is Using Taxpayer’s Money To Spread An Ancient Racial Libel submitted by The Razor
Fourth place with 2/3 vote Israel Hayom -A Worthless Piece Of Paper submitted by The Political Commentator
Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote -PJ Media/Roger Kimball Who Is Barack Obama? The Question that Won’’t Go Away submitted by The Right Planet
Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote - The Texas Scribbler – Lynching A Black Man submitted by Simply Jews
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Paul Miller/Shadow Government –Obama’s legacy on Afghanistan submitted by The Glittering Eye
Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Center for Defense Studies –Rushing for the Exits: The Wrong Lesson of Afghanistan submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -FrontPage –Chicago Braces for Leftist Violence and Mayhem submitted by The Independent Sentinel
Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Publius Forum–VIDEO: Violent Union Thugs Using Ball Bat on Effigy of SC Gov. Nikki Haley! submitted by VA Right!
Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Gatestone Institute –Apartheid: The Big Lie submitted by The Watcher

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Barack Obama prepares for his traditional observance of Memorial Day.

H/T Stilton Jarlsberg

Egypt: Another BIG Obama foreign policy and national security failure!...by Mike Haltman at TPC

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Egypt Round 1 election results are in and the winners are....?

The "Arab Spring" in Egypt has turned into what will most likely be a summer of discontent and possible violence as the choice for leader will revolve around the Muslim Brotherhood and the prior Mubarak regime!

Remember how President Obama and the rest of the left fell over each other demanding that Mubarak step down so that the "Arab Spring" uprising could usher a new era of democracy into Egypt...

Read about just how wrong they were there and how they are likely wrong elsewhere at The Political Commentator here.

Life of Duty: Memorial Day 2012

On this solemn Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation's safety. Those who fought for our freedom, our children and for their brothers in arms shall never be forgotten. Thank you for your service.

H/T Alyssa

Cartoon Round Up....

Bonus Babe...........

Pic Dump............

Saving Facebook: Who Is to Blame for the Facebook IPO Disaster?

The Facebook IPO fizzled. Who's to blame? Investment banks? Irrational investors? Poor regulation? Find out as Allen Barton talks to Terry Jones of IBD, and Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute, on this Front Page.

Life of Duty: Respect for the Fallen

Patriot Guard Riders
Nothing can prepare you for the sight of a military staff car and the sight of casualty notification officers approaching the door and uttering the words every spouse, parent and child of a fallen warrior dreads the most.

H/T Alyssa

Zucked up?................from Rico

OK, I know already...Face Blewie has been 'covered' to the point of obsessive-compulsive.

BUT, here are a few things getting little attention beyond the number of people sueing FB & friends approaching the number os users of FaceBook.

Face Book Shnooks:

Citigroup's 'Automated Trading Desk' (ATD) has announced trading losses of ~$20 million.

Knight Capital Group has announced trading losses of ~$30 million.

Citadel Securities has announced trading losses of ~$35 million.

UBS so far hasn't commented.

We're not close to being finished with the roll call of losers yet. (Don't forget Margin Stanley).

It appears the pro's were lnly half-honest, with the other half being incompetent, so now it's not just the NASDAQ but possibly even Wall Street is 'toast' as a result.
- Mom & Pop (the 'muppets' according to the wise guys) have abandoned the playing field to the HFT algo's, and the hedgies will be playing "toss the hot grenade" with themselves.

Oh, yeah...almost forgot. FB closed down another 5.2% yesterday...

Kylie Minogue - Timebomb

News............

Managing the in-between space

Let's face it: Most forms of entitlement reform are theft

Thou Shalt Not Steal. Unless You Have To

Movie Review: "For Greater Glory"

What Does Vocabulary Say About Your Dating Life?

Dead Tree Alert: Law & Order: DVR; or, Confessions of an Ad-Skipping Thief

'The Demise of Guys': How video games and porn are ruining a generation

Nobble Mugabe Trial hope as Yard quiz henchman

Barack Obama is facing his Jimmy Carter moment

At the heart of Europe’s crisis is the abolition of the nation state and the attempt to impose monetary union

Diamond Jubilee: Queen won't let health and safety mess up hair majesty

UN finds evidence of 27 per cent uranium enrichment in Iran

'What happened to the revolution?' Egypt left facing choice between Islamists and Mubarak's last prime minister

Syria crisis: Houla 'massacre leaves 88 dead'

Poland Emerges as a Central European Powerhouse

Analysis: Egypt’s revolutionaries have hopes dashed by election

Obama Hires his Personal Murder Czar and Dems continue to Threaten SCOTUS

Obama to Host the Bushes at the White House

and finally......

The Top Ten Reasons Biden Will Stay on the Ticket

Saturday Totty...........

Eurozone Crisis Quote.............

Credit Suisse quote: "The market is currently like a strapless bra; half of us are wondering what is holding it up and the other half are waiting for it to drop so they can grab the opportunity with both hands".

H/T 45 Govt

Chinese Proverb Updated Version 2012..................

Chinese proverb

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Updated Version 2012:

Give a man a welfare check; free cell phone with free monthly minutes; cash for clunker autos; food stamps; Section 8 housing; free contraceptives; Medicaid, a hundred weeks+ of unemployment checks; a 40-ounce malt liquor; access to drugs and designer Air Jordan shoes; and he will vote Democrat for a lifetime (Or, at least on November 6, 2012, which is all Obama really cares about anyway).

H/T Shelly