In Passing

In Passing

I found people in lots of trouble

Someone, please help her “ The Underlying Tragedy The first of those truths is that we don’t know how to use aid to reduce poverty. Over the past few decades, the world has spent trillions of dollars to generate growth in the developing world. The countries that have not received much aid, like China, have seen tremendous growth and tremendous poverty reductions. The countries that have received aid, like Haiti, have not. Home Stretch We’re in the home stretch, but this race is far from over. Two full days for dirty tricks ahead, on top of the president’s last-minute Hail Mary pass. Massachusetts a Game Changer On Democratic donors — it would discourage them from opening their checkbooks. On Republican donors — the impact would be electric in kindling their interest and generosity. On Democratic incumbents seeking re-election — But Wait! -read the comments and see what's worrying people raht now! The Cook Report -- Colossal Miscalculation On Health Care- It's the economy stupid. Could joblessness still be above 9 percent when the 2012 presidential election year begins? Obama Stumbles at Coakley Event Broken teleprompter? After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), speaking with a gaggle of reporters after the event, said that while state Sen. Scott Brown (R) offers voters a quick fix, in reality, the problems created by "George Bush and his cronies" are not so easily solved. Scott Brown: Obama Is A Bastard Well - Where is the Marriage Certificate? POTUS issues reserve order -the military’s reserve , to be called up in support of relief operations in Haiti. This is what Dems think the military is there for ... Didn't take him three months to think about either. ”

5 guys

OMG - 5 guys

Media

Avatar Pile-ons

Times Straights

Next Announcement - 2013 Rupert Murdoch buys .... ?

Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Published: September 18, 2007 The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight tonight. The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or $7.95 a month, for online access to the work of its columnists and to the newspaper's archives. TimesSelect has been free to print subscribers to The Times and to some students and educators. The Times said the project had met expectations, drawing 227,000 paying subscribers -- out of 787,000 over all -- and generating about $10 million a year in revenue. ''But our projections for growth on that paid subscriber base were low, compared to the growth of online advertising,'' said Vivian L. Schiller, senior vice president and general manager of the site, NYTimes.com. New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers January 17, 2010 Comment 60Comment  Sulzberger Jr.Photo: Getty Images New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. appears close to announcing that the paper will begin charging for access to its website, according to people familiar with internal deliberations. After a year of sometimes fraught debate inside the paper, the choice for some time has been between a Wall Street Journal-type pay wall and the metered system adopted by the Financial Times, in which readers can sample a certain number of free articles before being asked to subscribe. The Times seems to have settled on the metered system.  "But our projections for growth on that paid subscriber base were low, compared to the growth of online advertising, '' says it all.  The Times circulation has dropped precipitously, and must be at the point where $10 million a year looks pretty good.   Well done Pinch.

Pre-Scripted

"I always say Hollywood only has 10 scripts.

This illustrates that perfectly. "-mary

Test Results

In Passing

Passing Gas

Ain't we lucky? “ The Coming Fury of an Angry America It cost 1 billion dollars and four years to have .9% of the earth elect the President of the United States in 2008. It took a similar amount of time and money to be the guy that lost. Hundreds of millions more are expended to elect the 535 people who make up the United States Congress. (Rantburg) Cape Cod Times Scott Brown for Senate Sarah Palin a Vessel for Mounting White Discontent? Sarah Palin a Fame Monster? Re NYT Blow job -- The author is dismayed that a "plurality" of Whites consider George W. Bush a better president than Barack Obama. He thinks Whites who did vote for BO did it because he was "Negro-Lite." Does this mean that we'uns are better informed, and way, way smarter than these canker blossoms? Yes.  Yes it means just that. Tigerhawk Collection of Today's Retractions Retraction #1 Goddamn. If you read the whole thing it is clear that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was wholly unprincipled and unprofessional in its glacier "science." If that is the quality of work coming out of the IPCC, the Climategate email hack is just the tip of the iceberg. As it were. Retraction #2 U.S. intelligence agencies are quietly revising their widely disputed assertion that Iran has no active program to design or build a nuclear bomb. OMFG! The New York Times Connects the Dots ... the connection between a former Gitmo detainee and the Christmas Day bomber. The medical secret behind Mona Lisa's smile? This stuff cracks me up.  She had too much cholesterol. ”

Gangland Tourism

For $65, tourists get peek at Los Angeles gangland

“ LOS ANGELES (AP) - Only miles from the scenic vistas and celebrity mansions that draw sightseers from around the globe - but a world away from the glitz and glamour - a bus tour is rolling through the dark side of the city's gang turf. Passengers paying $65 a head Saturday signed waivers acknowledging they could be crime victims and put their fate in the hands of tattooed ex-gang members who say they have negotiated a cease-fire among rivals in the most violent gangland in America. [Full story] ” Most of what I know about the Hell's Angels MC came from reading Hunter Thompson's book. So it was prolly there that I learned that one initiation rite for new members, and the right to wear the " colors,"  was to perform public cunnilingus on a menstruating women.  Pretty ghastly stuff, wot?  It surely was in 1966. I've learned, from watching numerous documentaries on the various Hitler Channels, that pretty much all gang members today are tattooed with the signature of the gang they belong too. If you tat yourself thusly, without being a member, the best you can hope for is having it removed with a razor.  The initiation rite today will usually require the prospective member to murder someone in a rival gang.  Are you following? If I'm aghast, and I am, that Pakistan has entire regions of the country where even the army is afraid to venture, guess how I feel about the same thing in California?  This is the kind of Tour Bus that ought be transiting LA streets.  Interaction: Every male between the ages of 14 and 60 rounded up, and inspected.  Gang colors etched into skin are prima facie evidence of murder, and offenders will be charged.  Then, summarily made to disappear from the USofA, by whatever means the public will stand for.  If they're  already in prison, well... it's easy. Don't blame me.  I'm not part of the Liberal culture that brought this nation to it's knees in so many, many ways.  I'm just a messenger, in the good way of course.

Botched Surgery

Thanks Obamacare Clone!

“ A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it 'cancelled four times'. Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit. The father-of-three today hit out at the NHS for the 'unacceptable delays', but East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust said Mr Eeles had his operation cancelled on 'only' two occasions on clinical safety grounds. His left arm has hung limply by his side since he fractured the humerus bone in December 2008. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218927/Plumber-shattered-arm-left-horrifically-bent-shape-operation-cancelled-times.html#ixzz0ct4GOgGK ” Sigh.  If the Martha Coakley story doesn't demonstrate just how much Americans hate the idea of National Health Care,  nothing will, so this story is pretty much coal to Newcastle.Sigh again. ThoR

Mommy, where did I come from?

"Naughty, but Cute" Hardcrab A woman went to her doctor for advice. She told him that her husband had developed a penchant for anal sex, and she was not sure that it was such a good idea. 'Do you enjoy it?' The doctor asked. 'Actually, yes, I do. ''Does it hurt you?' he asked. 'No. I rather like it.' 'Well, then,' the doctor continued, 'there's no reason that you shouldn't practice anal sex, if that's what you like, so long as you take care not to get pregnant.' The woman was mystified. 'What? You can get pregnant from anal sex?' 'Of course, ' the doctor replied. "Where do you think people like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi come from?"

The Big Guns

Why We Win!

American artillery can destroy a parked car with the first shot from twenty miles away.  No sniper has ever lived who can shoot so well.

General Kim says this Michael Yon picture essay, Spitting Cobra, is why we win, and a USA UAS USA moment!  You'll swell with pride.  Hell, I even  felt my pride move.

Obama and Rezko

Mother of Mercy, Is This the End of Rezko… or Only the Beginning?

If you think Chicago crook and long-time Obama buddy Antoin Rezko is serving out his jail sentence, think again.

This is a great presentation. It looks like Brietbart has borrowed Doug Ross's technique to good effect.  SondraK says this one  from  "America is a Obamanation"  is "the best evah! She might be right. "

Fly Catcher

Today's Great Invention Acme Fly Catcher

Why We Win!

Who Matters To Whom

"Democrat Insiders"

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Jummy - while I can

Fond Memories

This is one of my fondest un-photochopped Jummy pictures.  Below, among my all time favorite sentences in the wide world, along with "Clinton Impeached."  The President was reported to have burst into tears as he returned to Washington on board Air Force One. He was told by his staff that "it was all over." [Guardian Wednesday 5 November 1980] ” That's all.  I can't read Pat Caddell's (Jummy's pollster) name without thinking of JumJum.  Since Mr. Caddell retired from pollstering, he's made a decent living, I imagine, by telling the truth about Democrats.  This has, as you can imagine, made him unpopular in some circles.  Here he is, with Douglas E. Schoen, a very influential Democratic campaign consultant, taking a whack at people taking a whack at Rasmussen.  Actually, if you've read this blog for, oh, even two weeks, you could write this article yourself.   I needed a reason to run a Jimmy Carter salute.

Weasels up!

Just like the old days.  The names of ace sycophant "Joe Conason," and "Bill Clinton" tied to an impossibly ridiculous assertion Clinton: Take back the Tea Party!

Lazy

Climate Religion Hooey

ex-cathedra - thank God

This is a 4:38 minute clip.  G. Gordon Liddy discusses with AIM's Cliff Kincaid his article "Pope Continues Global “Green” Crusade for World Government."  The good news is, as Liddy points out, Pope Benedict is not speaking ex-cathedra (from the chair of Peter) with his recent encyclical that embraces man caused climate hooey.  Kincaid closes out my snippet with, "it's almost as if he was a socialist."  What you don't hear (but can here) is Liddy then taking a very cheap shot. "Well why not?  He was, as a youth, conscritped into the Nazi Army ... and they were socialists!"  Aside from being misleading in its implication, that was way beneath you, G-Man. Other than that, Liddy speaks for me. I am now speaking ex-a sedia del re reale della Francia I have before observed that there is a very thin line between a devout observance of "love one's brother,"  and trying to codify into law your version of what that means.  Just as socialists are defined (by me)  as communists without guns, well meaning people, but with an overwhelming , sometimes Bleulerian sense of self, are socialists.  It's okay to believe in God, but not okay to act as though you are Him.   If player doesn't work, direct play.

Bristol's promise

Heh.  How?

Bristol Palin- who gave birth to a son after a pre-marital romp with Playgirl-posing flop Levi Johnston, now says the experience has made her a born-again virgin. "I'm not going to have sex until I'm married. I can guarantee it." Guarantee? As the man asked, when told a thermos bottle kept things hot, or cold - "But, how do it know?"

Helping?

Snail better get off dem tracks

Not being a Bat Stater, and unfamiliar with Scott Brown's story, I found this WaPo article interesting [Democrats scramble in Massachusetts to retain Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat].  Especially the "but it kept the results to itself" part. The fundamental dynamic of the race fell in place months ago, when Brown set off in a pickup truck for the only campaign the Republican could afford: retail, door-to-door. The campaign was so strapped for cash that aides described the $40,000 spent in the primary as a major hit. Brown could not afford to mail out absentee ballots, often so crucial in a close race. "So our program consists of e-mail and Facebook and Twitter," said Eric Fehrnstrom, a campaign official. In mid-December, the National Republican Senatorial Committee conducted a poll that showed Brown trailing by only 13 points, but it kept the results to itself. Coakley continued operating on the assumption that for all intents and purposes she had won the seat with the Dec. 8 primary, a common assumption in the state known as the bluest of the blue. ” Could be I'm reading into this stuff that validates my own impression of the Rockefeller-winged GOP leadership, but, wtf?

Hope-ocalypse!

Liberal Panic: Brown Win Would Mean 'End of Change As We Know It!' Hope-ocalypse.

A senior Democratic official on Friday described Ms. Coakley’s as “within striking distance” of Scott Brown Top House Dem warns: If the American people throw a hissy-fit thinking they can stop us from doing what we want, they have another thought comeing! Leftist Poll - only 62% of voters said President Obama was born in the United States   Them's a lot of birthers.

Bank Heist

The big bank tax: Obama's fee fraud

Comrade Obama does his stand-up Lenin routine

“ The bulk of TARP's estimated $117 billion in losses will come not from banks, but from the auto industry ($80 billion), AIG and government-chartered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Obama's tax will apply to AIG, but not the others, even though Fannie and Freddie are expected to cost U.S. taxpayers more than all the TARP losses combined. Instead of applying to the firms that owe the taxpayers money, Obama's tax will apply to about 50 big financial institutions, many of which never took a dime in TARP money. Administration officials told The Washington Post that the real goal of the tax is to reduce compensation at large Wall Street firms. The President hopes they will absorb the tax by cutting pay. [Story] ”

Coverup in progress ?

Subject: Orwellian NOAA Prior Commitment to Global Warming Summer of '09

Subject: Orwellian NOAA Prior Commitment to Global Warming Summer of '09 I have been using NOOA weather maps for years.  Their mission is to report and support weather programs related to forecasting and preparation.  It appears now that last summer that w/o public or private input they are now on a mission to eliminate supposed US contributions to Global Warming.  This is happening by our Government with our monies and with little, skewed or, arbitrary information at best and under our noses w/o our knowledge.  We are systematically and immediately losing control of our Government.  I'm sorry but, it is very frightening to me.  I do agree that we need to eliminate pollution as a major cause of environmental damage but, the scheme that Al Gore (carbon setabacks and credits), and his followers have worked up is very dangerous and only exists to make them huge sums of money and, will effect our economy in such a way as to make us a third world country overnight. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090616_climatereport.html Sent from my iPhone Cuzzin Ricky

Axelrod's broken record

Axelrod’s missing facts

"If Democrat Operative is going to take issue with _AMERICAN  numbers, then Democrat Operative  should have the decency to actually cite what specific facts AMERICAN got wrong." This so elementary a response, when dealing with those people, that it should be hard-wired into the brain of any would-be defender of the faith, or guardian of the Republic. . Alex Conant demonstrates.  “ In a personally scathing piece today in the Washington Post, David Axelrod defends President Obama’s budget management, saying that Karl Rove’s recent criticism are factually inaccurate: There’s an old saying that everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts. The next time Karl Rove would like to offer us some advice, I’d urge him to take that to heart. I know the Obama Administration is eager to pick fights with their predecessors, in part because they still like the Bush-Obama comparisons. But if Axelrod is going to take issue with Rove’s numbers, then he should have the decency to actually cite what specific facts Rove got wrong. But he doesn’t do that; no where in the article does he say what facts Rove got wrong — probably because every fact cited by Rove was 100 percent accurate. ” Read Axelrod's haughty, condescending Post article, and notice what the real message is.  Blame Bush.

Answers

Answers

WHY WOMEN CAN'T SLEEP Have you ever wondered how a woman's brain works? Well.....it's finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration: Every one of those little blue balls is a thought about something that needs to be done,  A decision or a problem that needs to be solved. Man has only 2 balls and they consume all his thoughts. Easy, wot.        C/R  There's another reason why so many of us can't sleep.  Our gummint. Politics. Democrats. The economy.   I know three women & a  dude who've  stopped reading blogs altogether ( if I named them, so do you). They can't stand to read the news any more. At least one is under doctor's orders to stay away. Besides me. This  post will be the first one mirrored in my new sidekick blog, Boned Jello  It has the same layout as C&S, save for the header.  All links to political blogs are gone (only survivor is Agent BedHead), but I have more to add. Every day I have two or three posts that are news neutral, and it's thosethat I'll also put in Jello. Boned Jello .  No politics.  No Swearing.  Emphasis on Happy. You're Welcome. I boned the Jello so you don't get hurt.

I forgot Joe Kennedt was running ...

Suffolk University Poll

“ Another surprise -- The Kennedy family's endorsement may have actually hurt Coakley. With 27% said it makes them less likely to vote for her... 20% more likely. "The Kennedy endorsement resonates among registered Democrats, but registered Democrats are spoken for," Paleologos said. And here's one more surprise. While Brown is beating Coakley head-to-head, 64% of voters we surveyed say Coakley will win the election. "People don't believe that the rest of the state of Massachusetts will vote for Scott Brown, despite the fact that they personally will vote for Scott Brown," Paleologos said. If -- repeat if -- Scott Brown wins next Tuesday, it is no exaggeration to say he will change the world of politics as we know it. ”

WAR

Editorial: War with Iran nears

Today's WaTimes editorial makes the case. Yesterday's assassination of important Iranian scientist alerts to more bloodshed ahead The Obama administration's diplomatic outreach effort is dead, Last month, top-secret technical notes from Iran's nuclear program were leaked that detailed research on a neutron initiator, the triggering mechanism for an atomic bomb. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the Obama White House a year to make progress with Iran, and instead, the situation has grown worse. This week, a biological-warfare-preparedness exercise is being held in Tel Aviv and other cities. Starting late next month, gas masks will begin to be distributed to every Israeli citizen; America is doubling the value of emergency military equipment stockpiled in Israel, which will be available for Israeli use in the event of an emergency. “ The coming conflict will not be an overnight air strike followed by bellicose language, like the Israeli attack on the Syrian nuclear site in September 2007. Disrupting Iran's nuclear program will require Israel to undertake a sustained campaign. Iran will launch reprisal attacks through its proxies in Gaza and Lebanon, encourage Syria to respond, foment chaos in Iraq and Afghanistan and potentially order terror attacks on Western targets. ” Editorializing the Editorial. “We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.  ~Jeane J. Kirkpatrick” Obama has shown some independence from the hard left surrender monkeys who engineered his election.  If I'm him, I'm thinking "my entire presidency is already verging on failure, so what can I do to turn it around?"  Well, someone will mention to Obama (I doubt he is that familiar with US History) that it was war, not FDR's New Deal, that ended the Great Depression.  He will also be told that WWII unified the nation in a balls-out effort to win it, so what the hell? Win-win, for him, right?  So. Obama's question is, would he end up being FDR, or LBJ?  The answer: The United States can never, never ever, win any war as long as Democrats have any say in its execution.  It's LBJ/All the Way.  Sorry.

Yeah. Encabulator.

Understanding the Turbo Encabulator

"All those words you said make perfect sense to me, but maybe you should explain it again more simply so other people understand." NEXT: The Snuggie D-Lux NSFW C/R

On second thought

In Passing

In Passing ...

I see weird stuff going on out there

Reminds me of the time at Timonium Drive In ... “ Rick Perry - Great American, Great Governor, Schweppes Man! Texas Says No Thanks to Federal Education Funds  First Chrysler, now Segway NH transporter maker Segway acquired by UK company (Prolly put a Rolls-Royce Merlin in it, and win the war!) It's a Good Thing for Martha Coakley That There Are No Catholics in Massachusetts   Oh. Wait. There are a few, aren't there?   Phony Fruits in the Obama White House Garden Well, of course. They’ve stocked health care town halls with partisan goons and benefactors. They’ve provided lab coats to doctor donors to make their health care lobbying look more authentic. And they’ve treated soldiers, in President Obama’s own words, as “pretty good photo ops.” Kombiz Lavasany Twitter i think that's the first time I've seen john stewart taking a shot at maddow Actual funny lawyer TV ad (Hell, I think they're all hilarious.  I mean that in the bad way. Five Best DVD-Ripping Tools I use DVD Shrink (Windows, Free) Eye test that spots Alzheimer's 20 years before symptoms: Middle-aged could be screened at routine optician's visit Let's Hope These 4 Things Don't Happen World famous economist Cuzzin Ricky "bets 3 of 4" will happen.  Can you make an argument against them? China Shoots Down Missiles domestically developed and manufactured HQ-9 anti-aircraft system had successfully shot down a ballistic missile. ”

Snow in DC

Snowstorm at the White House?

The Save Jersey blog stitches together some fascinating detective work that begins with a discussion thread at 4chan. [Doug Ross]

The difference between this and rampant drug use in the Clinton WH is - Blogs.  This story will see the light of day.