Late Toons...............

H/T Paul B

Know your rights......................from Rico

Many people do not know their rights, and TOO MANY people actually think that "rights" are granted by Government.

No. they. are. not.

Presented without apology...

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

You Just Can’t Make Some People Happy

A lawsuit filed in Virginia accuses the General Assembly of “racial gerrymandering” in an effort to pack black voters into 12 majority black House Districts. The suit alleges that the district lines were drawn in a way to meet a pre-determined 55 percent threshold which diminished the influence of black voters in the surrounding districts. The district maps were set in 2011, approved by Eric Holder’s Justice Department, and passed in the House of Delegates by a bipartisan vote of 63-8. Someone please cue the eerie music because I feel like I’m living in the Twilight Zone.    (continue reading)

Cartoon Round Up....

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

Censorship, "Mental Illness" Overrun France

The Ironies of Oil by VDH

Days Over 100º F Are Not Increasing in Iowa

Most cancers are caused by bad luck not genes or lifestyle, say scientists

Slaves endure 'a living hell' on remote South Korean islands

Saudi national airline may introduce gender segregation on its flights

Thousand Churches Destroyed in Nigeria

Obama’s 2015 gift for Israel and Mid East: Funding for a new Iraqi army – dominated by Iran’s Rev Guards

America; once the world’s greatest bastion of anti-communism now celebrates it

And unicorns are real....................from Rico

Once upon a time, when there were 'free' markets, end-of-year "squaring of accounts" and "painting the tape" were de rigeur. Normal, and expected.

This has CHANGEd under the new, centrally-planned economy, where there are NO markets but only interventions.
- Now the order of the day (and the Central Bankers) is to hammer bullion lower. Must. defend. fiat.

Who in the world did NOT know or expect the banking cartel would "raid" Gold and Silver bullion on a thinly-traded, semi-holiday (12-31)?

Happy New Year's eve!

The 'spot' price of Gold was artificially dropped below $1200, giving it a losing year for 2014.

At the CRIMEX....er COMEX close, Gold spot was $1183.90 (down 16.30) and Silver $15.56 (down $0.68).

Ya 'muddah!

Red Friday Totty...............

"Happy New Year, Al Sharpton"

"Everything we have, we owe to those who serve us and offer up their lives for us, whether in New York or Afghanistan or Missouri. We can never be grateful enough."

Nightmare Scenario Brewing In Iraq

Multiple sources in Iraq have reported that ISIS fighters in Mosul have contracted the Ebola virus, although the reports have not been officially confirmed. Mosul has been under the control of the Islamic State since June of last year. While some believe it is unlikely that the reported cases are actually Ebola, ISIS fighters have arrived in the area from a variety of countries, some of which are in Africa and are actively fighting the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization has reached out to offer assistance in containing any Ebola cases that might exist but have not as yet had access to the hospital in Mosul.           (continue reading)

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

Red Dress on Big-Breasted 21-Year-Old Hottie Saves Her Life in Car Accident

The dress was so tight it acted like a corset, protecting her vital organs.

Great dress, too. That chick's tits were just busting out of there --- and the dress saved her life!

See, "Super-Tight Red Dress Saves 21-Year-Old Woman's Life in Car Accident."

Boosting bazongas!

Trifecta Makes Its 2015 New Year's Resolutions..................

The guys of Trifecta want to change a lot in 2015. Bill wants to be less generous. Scott will delay his resolutions to 2017. Stephen Green seems to be the only one taking New Year's seriously, and makes a special resolution for PJTV viewers. Hear what it is.

Musical Chairs: Bad News for Feiglin....................from Dan Friedman

[The Myth of Sisyphus: Didn’t know that was in the Torah. df]

 

 

israelnationalnews.com,  1/1/2015

Initial Results Show Feiglin Won't Make Next Knesset

Polls show Moshe Feiglin may fall to an 'unrealistic' position on the Likud list; vows to 'continue no matter what.'

By Yaakov Levi

If They Really Want This Fight, Bring It On!

I don’t think the GOP establishment types know just how big of a fight they are starting. While most folks have turned their attention towards the holidays, the only big news they have followed has been the violence against police and the AirAsia crash. Lost in the mix is news that the establishment wing of the GOP has launched a quiet effort to purge conservatives from the party before the 2016 elections.           (continue reading) 

Happy 2015 Political Cartoons!...from TPC

These political cartoons represent the first, but certainly not the last, dose of political humor for 2015!

At The Political Commentator here and Theo Spark here.

Cartoon Round Up....

Thursday Totty................

Happy New Year to all our Readers................

Weather Forecast: 2014 Ends with Record-Low Temperatures

Denver is down to 26 degrees below zero.

Watch: Evelyn Taft's weather report for New Year's Eve, "Evelyn Taft on Year-End's Record-Low Temperatures."

Evelyn's the best. Sometimes her dresses are so tight her tits nearly pop out during the weather report!

Happy New Year everybody. Be sure to bundle up with some breasts!

Happy 2015 From the IDF!

Obama's Terrorist Revolving Door...................from Dan Friedman

[Reading this excellent piece by Daniel Greenfield, among other things, I had this thought: We’ve endured a lot of one-sided screaming about the treatment received by Gitmo detainees, but precious little information about why they were detained in the first place. Without that dimension - kept under wraps by the White House-controlled media - it’s been hard to form an intelligent opinion and evaluate the nature of their threat and the rationale for our interrogation methods. Greenfield should be applauded for partially lifting that veil. This all raises the question, “does Obama know the damage he’s doing?” After seeing Barack Hussein Obama in action for the last six years, I have little doubt that he does. df]

P.S. Have a Happy New Year - if at all possible.

 

frontpagemag.com, December 31, 2014

Obama Frees a Nuclear Terrorist

By Daniel Greenfield

Babe of the Year

She's hot, "Anais Zanotti: American Power's Woman of the Year for 2014."

Half French and half Italian, Ms. Zanotti definitely goes for the European topless look with spectacular frequency.

What a smokin' babe.

Ring out the old.....................from Rico

While Americans prepare to "ring out the old" they should reconsider whether or not to "ring in the new"...especially if it's going to more of the same bullshit 2014 brought them.
- Maybe better to call 9-1-1 and hope the EMT's at least show up. The cops? After Barry-Eric-Al & DeBlasio have pissed them off by taking a big public shit on them, well, I'd not expect much in the way of them showing up (not that you can blame them).

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

Late Toons..............

H/T Paul B

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

Astonishing List of 71 Top Bankers Dead and No Natural Causes!

Oil headed for worst price drop since 2008

Every Ship That Has Carried Humans Into Space, In One Chart

Palestinians join International Criminal Court

A Pivotal Year

The Philippine Navy’s Submarine Quest

F-35 stealth jet 'will not be able to fire its guns until 2019'

US police shooting deaths up 56 per cent this year

The West must continue backing Afghanistan in its battle against the Taliban

Geo-jihad: New Zealand militant accidentally tweets his Syria location

Liberal Judge Dumps Constitution - Orders Drivers Licenses Be Issued to Illegals

Terrorism and the Missing Southeast Asia Flights

TU Delft - Ambulance Drone...................

Each year nearly a million people in Europe suffer from a cardiac arrest. A mere 8% survives due to slow response times of emergency services. The ambulance-drone is capable of saving lives with an integrated defibrillator. The goal is to improve existing emergency infrastructure with a network of drones. This new type of drones can go over 100 km/h and reaches its destination within 1 minute, which increases chance of survival from 8% to 80%! This drone folds up and becomes a toolbox for all kind of emergency supplies. Future implementations will also serve other use cases such as drowning, diabetes, respiratory issues and traumas.



H/T Bob C

A Tale of Two Lifestyles......................from Rico

Americans have TWO different lifestyles.
- The BEST of times for one, the WORST of times for all the rest

ONE eats Wagyu beef at $100/# and takes a lot of million-dollar vacations because nothing is TOO expensive, or TOO good, for the beloved First Comrade, Dear Reader.
- Money is NO object, and there are NO worries about budgets...because it's not Dear Reader's money, it's the taxpayer's.

The OTHER lifestyle 'breaks the budget' by merely eating, and eating hamburger at that, not pricey and exotic steak. NO vacations for YOU tax-slave, now finish your beanie-weenies and get back to work.
- The average tax-serf spends all day worrying about how to pay the bills, and whether to shit or go blind. Not golfing.

Here is a diagram of exactly where Americans are today.
- Dear Reader kindly demonstrates for you how to "assume the position" ...I tell you, he gives-and-gives-and-gives, and still he is not appreciated for what he does.

The Big 2014 News Item No One Is Talking About

The last week of every year is the time you see the “Top 10” lists of news stories, movies, trendy words, and so forth. I have spent a lot of time watching or reading news stories, so the annual lists of news worthy events usually catch my attention, and this year is no exception. The lists I have seen contain most of the expected stories with a few variations depending on the author, but one of the biggest stories of 2014 has been overlooked – this was the year Democrats finally acknowledged that Barack Obama is a failure.            (continue reading)

Making Predictions

By Alan Caruba

If there is one thing pundits like to do it is to make predictions. If they turn out to be right you can always look back and quote them as proof of your prescience and if they are not, you can always ignore them.

The best ones, of course, are those filled with doom and I suspect they are the most prevalent. We all live to some degree in fear of the future. It is, after all, unpredictable and we are conditioned to believe something awful will happen. That’s what keeps insurance companies in business. Governments continue to create problems and then promise to solve them.

For example, at some point there will be a huge earthquake in California thanks to the San Andreas Fault and in a comparable fashion the Yellowstone National Park will have an even bigger event due to a huge volcano that lies beneath it. The loss of life and economic impact will be historic no matter when they occur.

What is predictable will be natural events such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but what is largely unreported is that both have been occurring less in recent years. As Weather.com noted this year, “the Atlantic basin, which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, produced the fewest tropical cyclones and fewest named storms since 1997.”  Worldwide, there are some 40,000 tornadoes and the U.S. averages some 1,200 a year. So the weather guarantees some unhappy news for some of us some of the time.

Blaming natural phenomenon on “global warming” which is not happening or on “climate change” which has been happening for 4.5 billion years is the way the merchants of fear keep everyone scared of real and imaginary weather events. The planet has been in a natural cooling cycle for the past nineteen years because the Sun is in one as well, producing less radiation.

As for climate, it is measured in units as small as thirty years and as big as centuries and millenniums. Nothing mankind does has any impact. The Pope is wrong. The President is wrong. And lots of others who claim that climate change is an immediate threat.

What interests most people is the state of the economy and the good news is that it appears to be improving although relying on government issued statistics is problematic because they are often mathematically skewed to show a favorable trend. There is a natural dynamism to the U.S. economy which would be even greater if the government would eliminate the hundreds of thousands of regulations that interfere with the conduct of business and stop issuing more. Less taxation would boost the economy as well.

I am hopeful people will stop being taken in by the talk about “income inequality.” If the economy improves there will be jobs and the marketplace will determine the salaries they will pay. By contrast, legislating minimum wage increases reduces jobs. We’ve been watching machines replace humans for a long time now.

Elsewhere in the world, the economy is very iffy. The drop in the price of oil will have a dramatic impact on nations whose economies are dependent on it. The Russian Federation will likely be less aggressive with neighboring nations. Venezuela is already in a world of trouble. The Middle East will feel its impact as well. The reason traces back to the increase in the technology of hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking. It had its beginnings in 1947 and today it is unlocking huge amounts of oil and natural gas. It will make the U.S. energy independent and that’s a very good thing. It will also continue to generate jobs and revenue.

Will there be wars in the world? The short answer is that there will always be conflicts because that is the nature of the world. Wars are very expensive and most nations want to avoid them. The big problem in 2015 will focus on two nations. North Korea is led by a mentally unstable dictator, a threat to others in its region thanks to its nuclear weapons, missiles, and huge army. Iran will be a threat if it is allowed to acquire the ability to make its own nuclear weapons. When that happens the threat level to Israel and the U.S. increases, along with every other nation its missiles can destroy.

What is entirely predictable will be the horrific attacks of Islam’s “holy war” on all other religions and, testimony to its lack of internal cohesion, its attacks based on whether Muslims are Sunni or Shiite.

It would be nice to predict that science will find cures to many of the ills of mankind and the fact is that it has been doing that for much of the last century and will continue to do so in this one. In 1973, life expectancy in the U.S. was 71 years of age and it is now up to 78. In much of the world people are living longer and that is having some interesting demographic impacts in nations that are trying to cope with providing care for a growing older generation.
 

In the sphere of U.S. politics the most encouraging trend as seen in the last two midterm elections has been voters—those who actually show up and vote—toward conservatism. The Republican Party has regained control of the Senate and expanded its control of the House. The majority of U.S. states have Republican governors. The Tea Party has played a significant role in this, but it is a movement and will continue to take the lead in seeking to reduce the size of the federal government that is far too large for a society based on the idea of freedom and liberty. In what is likely to be an increasing bipartisan effort, the new Congress will work to control as much as possible the damage Obama seeks to inflict.

It takes no great prescience to predict that Barack Hussein Obama will spend his remaining two years in office doing what his Communist roots and ideology has trained him to do; stir as much racial divisiveness as possible, encourage more illegal immigration, keep the increasingly unpopular ObamaCare alive, undermine our moral structure, degrade our military strength, and other such mischief.

Two years sounds like a long time, but he will be gone by January 20, 2017 when a new President takes the oath of office that he has ignored. One prediction about him is easy. He will be judged the worst President the nation has had and, in fact, that judgment has already been rendered.

What is not predictable are the directions the U.S. Supreme Court will take the nation in 2015. Despite its august name, it has made some supremely bad decisions in the past. Wouldn’t it be nice if it undermined ObamaCare after having helped inflict it on a health system that was the best in the world and is now suffering greatly from it?

If any of my predictions turn out to be true, I will claim bragging rights, but mostly what I intend to do is maintain my personal sense of hope, sensing that more people worldwide are discovering that others share their desire for less corruption and more freedom.

© Alan Caruba, 2014