Theo Spark

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Late Pic Dump.....................

H/T Jeff

H/T DJ Elliott

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

NATO Chief Warns Russia Might Invade Moldova Next

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. - Lions, and bears, and paper tigers, Oh My!

Malaysia: Flight 370 went down in south Indian Ocean - with no survivors

BLACKFIVE: A Toast: To The Fifty!

The Profound Arrogant Ignorance and Stupidity of Liberals in Charge

G-7 snubs Putin to meet on Crimea

Obama administration ignores eco-radicals, approves another natural gas export terminal Which hurts Russia buy reducing revenues - they are dependent on oil/gas exports to prop up their economy.

Note - the original funders of Greenpeace was the KGB.

The Great Escape 70 years on

Of Pre- and Postmodern Poseurs by VDH

Former TV judge Joe Brown arrested for contempt of court

Latest Hate Hoax: Grand Valley State University

Three More Palestinian “No’s” to Peace

Rogers: Snowden probably working with Russia

Obama, Tell the Saudis to Stop Oppressing Christians

Malaysian PM: MH370 flight ended in Indian Ocean, all aboard lost. No word on how it happened

Obama totes Muslim Brotherhood baggage on his Saudi trip

The Second Biggest Liar in America Accuses Koch Brothers of Lying About ObamaCare

Dozens of firms are invisibly tracking you online. Here's how to hide from them

Why China Needs the US in Afghanistan

What Happened to MH370? 'The Biggest Mystery Since Amelia Earhart'

Monday, 24 March 2014

New Maobama T-shirt...................

H/T Mike W

Don't Let BDS Groups March in the Israel Day Parade.....................from Dan Friedman

The “leaders” of the NYC Jewish community have decided to reprise the treacherous role their predecessor’s played during the Holocaust; this time setting their sights on Israel and materially supporting hard left American groups trying to undermine the Jewish state. One of the most effective ways to defeat their dangerous scheme is to bring it out into the open where most of the area’s Jews – overwhelmingly Zionist - can see what’s being perpetuated behind our backs and where our donation dollars are ending up.

This is a call to action. Something concrete we can all do to wrest control of our communal organizations from effete millionaire leftists.

Dan Friedman
NYC

Naches: My Son the Suicide Bomber......................from Dan Friedman

[One man's Harvard graduate is another man's martyr. df]

israelnationalnews.com, 3/24/2014

Watch: Syrian Parents Send Son to his Death

Syrian salafist video shows parents sending their son on a suicide mission, ends with his death.

Read the whole story and watch the disturbing video here

Bedtime Totty.....................

Liberal Logic 101: Inhale-to-the-Chief and 21 more! (Posters)...from TPC

22 posters depicting liberal logic including my favorite, 'Inhale-to-the-Chief'!

At The Political Commentator here.

Why Did Armed Officers Raid a Strip Club and Take Photos? Don't Cops Have Better Things to Do?!

Ten armed officers stand poised for action outside a building. What kind of hardened thugs might be lurking inside? Murderers? Rapists? How about unlicensed strippers?

The Green Scam of "Enangered Species"

By Alan Caruba

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal took note of what has occurred since the 1990s when some three dozen gray wolves were captured in Canada and transferred to the wilderness of Idaho. According to federal biologists, this was necessary to restore the ecological balance in a region teeming with elk and other creatures on the gray wolf food chain.

The article noted that more than 650 wolves roam the state today according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game which has been hearing a lot of complaints that the wolves “are wreaking havoc on Idaho’s prized elk and livestock, and prompted the governor’s office to embark on an effort to wipe out three-quarters or more of the population.”

So the federal biologists bring in the wolves and a few years later the governor’s office says kill them. Why? Because the elk population has fallen about 15% since the wolves arrived, along with 2,589 sheep, 610 cows, and 72 dogs.

Take a moment on contemplate how arrogant and unconscionably stupid it is to take gray wolves from Canada and put them in Idaho in the name of “ecological balance.” The only balance achieved was a significant imbalance in the elk population and witless destruction of sheep and cows which represent a livelihood to ranchers and dinner to the rest of us.

Throughout America we are all paying for the environmental notion of “endangered species” and the quest to “save” some from extinction. The problem with that conceit is that 95% of all the species on Earth have gone extinct over hundreds of millions of years. One paper on this noted that “Mass extinction of biological species has occurred several times in the history of our planet.”

The Endangered Species Act became law on December 28, 1973, just over forty years ago. It’s not about saving species. It’s about providing a vehicle to environmental groups to shut off access to vast areas of the nation in order to prevent drilling for oil and natural gas or mining them for coal and other minerals.

In a December 2013 Wall Street Journal article, Damien Schiff and Julie MacDonald reported that “A law intended to conserve species and habitat has brought about the recovery of only a fraction—less than 2%--of the approximately 2,100 species listed as endangered or threatened since 1973.”

“Meanwhile, the law has endangered the economic health of many communities—which creating a cottage industry of litigation that does more to enrich environmental activist groups than benefit the environment.”

“One reason the Endangered Species Act has spun out of control is that the federal agencies that decide whether to list a species—the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—no longer based decisions on what the law calls for: data. Instead they invent squishy standards like ‘best professional judgment.’”

The result of that can be seen in California’s San Joaquin Valley where much of the nation’s almonds, broccoli, onions, watermelons, lettuce and tomatoes have been grown. About 13% of all agricultural production in the nation takes place in the region where some 250 different crops are grown. That is, until the Natural Resources Defense Council won a lawsuit against California’s water-delivery system that they claimed was endangering Delta smelt, on the Endangered Species list since 1994. The result was a manmade drought for the valley’s farmers and ranchers. If you wonder why the cost of everything in the vegetable section of your supermarket costs more, you can thank the NRDC.

Lying about animal species is so much a part of the environmental movement that polar bears have become a fund-raising symbol over the years despite the fact that polar bear populations, said to be threatened by melting Arctic ice, have been thriving since the 1970s. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears worldwide, living in Canada, Greenland, the northern Russian coast, islands of the Norwegian coast and the northwest Alaska coast. Hunting them was banned in the U.S. and worldwide with the exception of Alaskan Natives for tribal needs.

Currently almost half the land west of the Mississippi river belongs to the federal government and environmentalists want to expand on that to prevent the nation’s booming oil and gas development. That development could make the U.S. energy independent, create many jobs, and its revenues could significantly reduce the tremendous national debt. At the heart of the environmental movement is an intent to destroy capitalism and reduce the U.S. among other nations to an era before fossil fuels improved life for everyone.

One way to do that is to increase the endangered list by a record 757 new species by 2018. Two species with the greatest impact on private development are range birds, the greater sage grouse and the lesser prairie chicken. Among the environmental groups who specialize in using the Endangered Species Act are the Wildlife Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity who have been party to more than one thousands lawsuits between 1900 and the present. The Center has made no secret of wanting to end fossil-fuel production in the U.S.

The Endangered Species Act should be repealed because it has a pathetic record regarding its goal over the past forty years and because it threatens the economic development of the nation. Unless or until this occurs, environmentalists will continue their assault on America.

Kol HaKavod Caroline Glick.............................from Dan Friedman

[Good to see Caroline Glick getting her message out to a wider audience. Her new book is an eye-opener that should establish her as a Zionist thinker of the first order. Ms. Glick has become a writer who not only influences minds but also produces concrete change on the ground. Yet her greatest contribution may be the smashing of the phony conundrums the left employs which leave no way out for Israel other than national suicide. df]

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE

March 20, 2014

Israel in the Lead

Caroline Glick proposes a one-state solution.

By Interview

At a time when almost all politics seems polarized, there is a strange consensus around a failed policy, Caroline Glick writes in The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East. The Israel Defense Force vet and Jerusalem Post columnist talks with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez.

Mystique & The Western X-Tra Bacon Thickburger at Carl's Jr.

Man up with 2X the bacon and watch Mystique devour the new Western X-Tra Bacon Thickburger. Served with onion rings, cheese, BBQ Sauce and 2X the bacon on a Fresh Baked Bun. Only at Carl's Jr. #EatLikeYouMeanIt

Can Congress get this one right?...from TPC/HAS

This article talks about short sales, debt forgiveness, taxes and the need for Congress to extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act so that underwater homeowners can do the transactions needed to clear inventory and keep the housing market recovery on track!

Read at HAS here.

Teatime Totty..............

NRA Life of Duty Patriot Profiles | “US C-SOG”

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

2015 Porsche 918 Spyder - Jay Leno's Garage

Daniel Eastman of Porsche North America walks Jay through the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder, the hybrid "race car you can drive everyday".

H/T Jeff

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

UK: Child Sex Slavery, Multiculturalism and Islam

European Elections Turn Nasty

America deserves better than Clintons

Fourth Anniversary of Obamacare Brings Billions in Costs to Economy

Egyptian court sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death

Pakistan: The Most Heroin-Addicted Country in the World

Exclusive - Study: Obama Most Well-Traveled, Expensive President In History Through Five Years

The "Chinese Martyrs' Brigade" and Malaysian Flight 370

Iran is building a mock-up of the USS Nimitz-class nuclear carrier near Bandar Abbas

Could the U.S. Face a Cruise Missile Threat from the Gulf of Mexico?

An independent Venice? Perhaps it's not quite as daft as it seems

Keep British army in Germany to send message to Putin, says Lord Dannatt

Israeli embassies shut doors as diplomats go on strike

Droning On: The Rise of Remote Piloted Flying

Cartoon Round Up....

Let Them Eat Rice Cakes

Monday Mopsies....................

Sunday, 23 March 2014

Late Pic Dump................

H/T Jeff

No Victory Lap in Europe For BHO.....................from Dan Friedman

Personally, I find this clip from a leading Belgian news outlet offensive, racist and politically incorrect. And you probably will too. Nevertheless, you still might find it of interest since it illustrates what some Europeans think of our president - despite Obama’s promises that he would restore our standing on the Continent.