Sunday, February 28, 2010
Fertilizer + Air Movement Device
here it comes
Had this on my desk, but:
Rodgie does it better!
some 50,000 Greeks took to the streets of Athens to protest over austerity plans aimed at wrenching the country out of a debt crisis that has shaken the eurozone.
The 24-hour general strike grounded flights and disrupted services. “No sacrifices, the rich should pay for the crisis,”
Sound familiar?
"They took away the Greek gold that was at the Bank of Greece, they took away the Greek money and they never gave it back. This is an issue that has to be faced sometime in the future,” he said. “I don’t say they have to give back the money necessarily but they have at least to say ‘thanks’."
Wow. I like being in a new continent and a young country.
Meanwhile…
A secretive group of Wall Street hedge fund bosses are said to be behind a plot to cash in on the decline of the euro.
At the dinner, the speculators are said to have argued that the euro is likely to plunge in value to parity with the dollar.
The single currency has been under enormous pressure because of Greece’s debt crisis, plus financial worries in Portugal, Italy, Spain and Ireland.
But, it has also struggled because hedge funds have been placing huge bets on the currency’s decline, which could make the speculators hundreds of millions of pounds. ...
Mr Soros, who made more than $1billion by currency speculation when the pound was ejected from the Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday in 1992, believes the structure of the euro is ‘patently flawed’.
Srsly. RTWT—see the PS grafix. The cultural slurs are all over the euro-floor. [”...from a time when there (in Germany) they were eating bananas on trees” ?!??!] This cannot end well. And it’s spreading since the ‘move to end all war’ by interconnecting all countries financially has us tied by the neck to this sinking socialist stone.
Ya cannot legislate a change in human nature.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Skelitor from the Past
quick! a stake! garlic!! a mirror!!!
Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown is an un-reconstituted asshat. I remember him saying long ago, when he “quit” politics after his disasterous and embarrassing “governorship,” that the secret to politics was to gauge which way the people were moving and run ‘round front to pretend you were leading them.
Seems like ol’ Jerry has gotten older and slower.
So the CA Klown Possee [aka ‘legislature’] passed AB32 - our very own cap&tax law. According to various studies by groups on both the left and right, it will cost CA about 1,000,000 jobs—not to mention businesses, tax revenue, citizens legal and not, food production ...
Tom McClintock [who, if there were any sanity left in this state, would be our current governor] and Assemblyman Dan Logue, and other rational people, created the California Jobs Initiative for the ballot next time. It would suspend implementation of AB32 until unemployment dropped below 5.5%. [It’s now anywhere from 17% to 45%, depending on area].
The initiative process sends the proposal thru the Attorney General’s office on its way to gather the signatures have been gathered and validated, on its way to the ballot. Here’s what Attorney General [and Gubernatorial Candidate] Jerry Brown added to the initiative:
the initiative titled California Jobs Initiative
On 03 February 2010, was renamed by Attorney General Jerry Brown to:
Srsly?!?
Jerry "small is beautiful" Brown: Kaos Klown
NB: hadda read this from a Canadian paper…
Pat Riotic
QoTW
agita
Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is the second-biggest shareholder at Fox News [News Corp]. He claims “a very close relationship with Mr. James Murdoch,” saying, “ I would be the first one to nominate him to be the successor of Mr. Rupert Murdoch, God forbid something happens. I have full trust in him...”
James likes AGW and the Palestinians; much like the Prince.
Before entering his Murdoch association, Alwaleed gave a remarkably candid interview in 2002 about what Arab News described as his belief that “Arabs should focus more on penetrating U.S. public opinion as a means to influencing decision-making” ...
“Arab countries can influence U.S. decision-making ‘if they unite through economic interests, not political,’ (Alwaleed) stressed. ‘We have to be logical and understand that the U.S. administration is subject to U.S. public opinion. We (Arabs) are not so active in this sphere (public opinion). And to bring the decision-maker on your side, you not only have to be active inside the U.S. Congress or the administration but also inside U.S. society.’” ...
Alwaleed would seem to have hit on a Fox strategy some time after Rudy Giuliani refused to accept, on behalf of a 9/11-shattered New York City, his $10 million check-cum-lecture that essentially justified the al-Qaida attacks as having been a response to U.S. foreign policy. ...
Alwaleed has bragged that it only took a phone call to ensure that Fox coverage of Muslim rioting in France not be described as “Muslim” rioting in France, a boast News Corp. has never denied.
How does Alwaleed’s stake in News Corp. affect what Fox News doesn’t cover?
If they don’t report, we can’t decide. This, for a sharia prince, could be worth millions.
This, for a sharia prince, could be worth millions priceless.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Hawt Canadian Babes on Ice
IOC, with wadded knickers, to investigate
Careful fellas; these women can definitely kick yer arses.
The members of Team Canada apologize if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone. In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn’t have. The team regrets that its gold medal celebration may have caused the IOC or COC any embarrassment.
Bite of the Apple
bitten by Teh Apple
...Apple’s shareholder meeting Thursday…
Apple shareholder--some would say gadfly--who introduced himself as Shelton Ehrlich, stood at the microphone and urged against Gore’s re-election to the board. Gore “has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted,” Sheldon said, referring to Gore’s views on global warming. “If his advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn’t need to be re-elected."
Well, yeah…
This is the same Apple that supports California’s Global Worms/Cap’n’Tax ‘law,’ AB32. This is the same Apple who dropped out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce when the Chamber opposed climate change legislation. And the same Apple that is opening a ginormous server farm—in North Carolina, because the business environment is so hospitable there. And the electric bills 70-100% less. Yanno—sound business decisions. [???!?!!?!??]
So why are they supporting a law that will gut the economy of the nicest state in the Union? PC points in the marketplace?
Dang. I gotta learn UNIX…
Justice Delayed?
or the whiff of ratz leaving a sinking ship?
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers told me [Lynn Sweet] Friday she will step down next month…
“As we turn the corner on the first year,” Rogers told me, “this is a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world."
“Explore opportunities” Read: “I got nuttin’. No offers. No ideas. Nuttin’.”
Rogers told me it has been “an honor and a privilege to serve this president and First Lady, in what has certainly been a historic presidency."
“what has certainly been a historic presidency” Interesting choice of words…
"When I took on this assignment, we talked about the importance of creating the people’s house. My work was really to create this framework,” she told me.
“I think I completed that work. Our office has been able to lay the foundation for what will be known as the ‘people’s house’ and it has already taken shape."
Well, you could say that. Any people, any time, any ol’ which way just wander on in. Unless yer a Conservative.
ToDaZeD Golden State *facepalm*
nuthin’ f’n better to f’n do...
Lawmakers in California will have to watch their language next week because it’s been officially deemed “Cuss Free Week."
...The resolution is designed to promote harmony and good manners, according to Assemblyman Anthony Portantino,
DMFCS- La Canada Flintridge ...Portantino says the goal of the measure is to get people to realize that words do matter.
How about words like soul-sucking, multi-generational debt? or taxes, fees, levys, nickel-and-dimed to f’n death? or smelt not food? or smelt and 40f’n% unemployment? or 1,000,000 jobs lost for f’n NOTHING? or businesses fleeing obscene and absurd state regulation, f’n ridiculous workers’ comp costs, a legal environment dedicated to f’n businesses up the squeakhole, and draconian construction permitting requirements? or THIS being the fastest f’n growing business in the state? or releasing violent c/s’n felons with no g/d parole? or protecting nuckin futz legislators who oughta be wheeled out in a long-c/s’n-sleeved jacket to a m/f’n rubber truck? or witholding water, the stuff of f’n life, from farmers, ranchers and other FOOD producers? or basing job-f’n-killing regulation on a bullshitte made-up “study” authored by some f’n lunatic with an internet “degree”? or banning free f’n parking in a place where c/s’n public transportation is non-’fn-existant? or ....?
Yeah. You dickless buffoons concentrate on your junior-f’n-high cussin’ ban while you dork this state to f’n death. Maybe the few legal citizens who are left will take some f’n busses drive our own personal Giant SUVs of F’n Doom —and maybe some diesel f’n tractors and deliciously destructive ‘fn heavy equipment—to the f’n capitol and show you what rational f’n people think of you useless f’n corrupt c/sers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
WTF?!?
it speaks
The EU is in deep doo-doo. And the doo-doo storm is coming our way.
WTH is this guy’s angle?!?
So makeshift assistance should be enough for Greece, but that leaves Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland. Together they constitute too large a portion of euroland to be helped in this way. The survival of Greece would still leave the future of the euro in question. Even if it handles the current crisis, what about the next one? It is clear what is needed: more intrusive monitoring and institutional arrangements for conditional assistance. A well-organised eurobond market would be desirable. The question is whether the political will for these steps can be generated.
*clicky*clicky* to see who’s big idea this is.
FYI
act now or forever hold your ankles
Since climate legislation stalled in Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to circumvent the legislative process and pass rules to regulate carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act.
The EPA’s proposed plan is an attempt to control the economy. Virtually every person and every business emits carbon dioxide and the EPA is attempting to use the Clean Air Act to control it all.
Under the EPA’s rules, if a business emits more than the limit on carbon dioxide, it would be required to obtain a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit to build or a building.
These permits are costly and time-consuming. They will delay our economic recovery by stifling business development and will cause $7 trillion in lost economic activity, according to the Heritage Foundation.
...In order for the EPA to review and issue these new permits, it would require 17,320 full-time employees and the compliance costs would exceed $5 billion, according to information requested from the EPA by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Here’s the key phrase:
This is the most expensive and expansive environmental regulation in history and would bypass the legislative process completely.
Let me repeat that for the ‘Lympians in the crowd:
bypass the legislative process completely.
Why bother even mouthing the words “Democracy” or “Constitutional Republic.” If we allow this—no matter how stupid or how valid the reason behind it—we will have signed off on government by Board, Commission and fiat.
This, to my mind, is the most important issue of our times. If we don’t set up a howling to rival the demons of Hell over this, the Progressives will take as granted our permission to do any damned thing they wish.
Don’t be fooled: this is taking place on a state level all over this nation. We must fight those as well.
Luckily, there is still time to act. Once the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is published in the Federal Register, all members of the public can comment. You can tell the EPA this is bad for American businesses.
There is time for our elected officials to intervene. Congress can amend the Clean Air Act to ensure the EPA cannot regulate our economy. There are several actions that have been introduced in the House and Senate.
"It's your floor mats"
rly?
OR *clicky*clicky*
After repeated attempts to notify Toyota of a problem with its vehicles, Smith said the automaker eventually blamed them for incorrectly applying the brakes.
Great. I don’t have enough to worry about, now I gotta watch out for renegade Toyotas?!?
ToDaZeD Raaaaacist Post
permanent dependency
Black farmers – possibly over 70,000 of them – will get cash payments and debt relief from the federal government totaling $1.25 billion, in reparation for alleged racial discrimination suffered under the Department of Agriculture’s loan programs, the Obama Administration has agreed.
The president announced the deal on [2/18], applauding Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder for “bringing these long-ignored claims of African American farmers to a rightful conclusion.”
The Washington Post called the settlement “part of a wider effort by Obama and senior officials to dispense with lawsuits stemming from America’s checkered civil rights legacy.” ...The charges made by thousands of black farmers, with culpability finally accepted by Washington, accuse the USDA of decades of racist practices.
rly? I would think these lawsuits had been/are being processed through the courts and handled. If any “raaaaacist practices” were uncovered, wouldn’t there have been prosecutions? Or are the courts “raaaaacist,” too? [wouldn’t that generate another suit?]
Oh.... wait.
That $1.25 billion is only a fraction, however, of the sum that the reparations movement has called for to compensate for all the injustices committed against blacks in American history.
...The National Legal and Policy Center some years ago examined slave reparations activism and found one proponent calling for the federal government “to pay $500,000 to every slave descendant,” which would total “more than $15 trillion and require a surtax of roughly $50,000 on each non-African American man, woman and child in this country (the median family income is not even that high).”
Another estimate from a 1990s Harper’s magazine article calculated that reparations would cost $97 trillion – based on 222,505,049 hours of forced labor between 1619 and 1865, plus 6% compounded interest.
...According to the reparations mindset, therefore, President Obama’s $1.25 billion for 70,000-plus black farmers is hardly even a beginning.
wow.
"Fiscally Responsible"
Obama-style
The United States has unveiled plans for its new $1 billion high-security embassy ... — the most expensive it has ever built. ...
A moat ... 100ft wide and rolling parkland will separate the building from the main road...
Wow. Moat… Free fire zone… This must be in Baghdad, right?
um, no.
The State Department sought to play down the cost of security measures… But the price puts the London embassy above the US’s most fortified missions, including the Baghdad embassy, which cost $600 million but required a further $100 million of work on air conditioning, and the Islamabad embassy, still under construction, which has cost more than $850 million.
Isn’t a “moat” supposta go all the way around?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
*facepalm*OTUS
WASoF
In Milbank’s view, Obama’s real problem is his other confidants, Jarrett, Gibbs and Axelrod, whom he describes as “part of the cult of Obama”, believing he is “a transformational figure who needn’t dirty his hands in politics."
Timing is the Essence of Comity
*eyeroll*
While threats of utter collapse, martial law, riots, car-b-cues, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria are sufficient to unnerve many people, in some instances they are obvious hyperbole. Folks applying for a really big job oughta have their bullshite meter finely tuned.
In response to criticism from opponents seeking to defeat him in the Aug. 24 Republican primary, [John McCain] says he was misled by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. McCain said the pair assured him that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program would focus on what was seen as the cause of the financial crisis, the housing meltdown.
Is that like when Hillary! claimed to be “misled” by Chimpy McBusHitler? ...or even sadder?
Monday, February 22, 2010
Don't be Silly
of course we trust the gubbmint
Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people into giving up illicit drinking. Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people.
Why would anyone think otherwise?
...the FBI is investigating the school district’s webcam program, and district spokesman Doug Young suggests without claiming that Harriton High School student Blake J. Robbins’ webcam was activated only because the laptop had been reported stolen—in accordance with an established policy. The boy was charged with an undisclosed infraction based on an image the school picked up from his webcam. District superintendent Christopher W. McGinley, in an orotund statement, defends the program while canceling it. And just to make clear that we’re still in high school, Master Robbins appears to have gotten in trouble when he was photographed eating Mike and Ikes.
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