Real Art

What's unusual about this photo?

It's not a photo.  It's from this collection of  Hyperreal Paintings.  Wow. And me moi?  I too am a recognized artiste,but practice within the abstractness discipline.   Surprised?  Yup, I studied for 7 minutes that seemed like years at the Academie du Picasso.

Mr. Dondelinger?

In Passing

In passing ..

Almost 10 things

Mmmmm, Spam 1. The Dems' Deafening Silence On Tax Cuts Liberal leaders want us to believe Bush's tax cuts weakened the economy and created a climate of avarice. This fostered the speculative bubble that eventually burst, bringing down the financial sector and triggering the latest recession. - But just the opposite is true - 2. China warns US against selling F-16s to Taiwan Solution: Sell Taiwan F-22s, then lease them back 3. This Pop-up ad just popped , demonstrating: 1. The effectiveness of Firefox's pop-up stopper 2. Democrat's grasp of the concept of "insurance," or the free market system 4. Military Wisdom Sample: "Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." — Maritime Ops Manual 5  Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court "To the extent the State of the Union has degenerated into a political pep rally, I'm not sure why we are there" 6. Tigerhawk:A fantasy of my youth I'm fairly sure you are going to think less of me for this, but in my circle of friends, circa 1977, this would have made me the coolest dude alive. 7. Another innovation from the Netherlands: Assisted suicide for anyone over 70 who has simply had enough of life is being considered in Holland. Non-doctors would be trained to administer a lethal potion to elderly people who 'consider their lives complete'... [Mark Steyn] 7. Senator Graham Gets the Law Wrong . . . Again You can tell that the lawyers who've come to the aid of DOJ's al-Qaeda lawyers don't have a coherent case. Every time they open their mouths, they embarrass themselves. 8. Senators say energy clock ticking President Obama believes it is “critical” to have a price on carbon to grow the economy and create millions of jobs, Sen. John Kerry told reporters after their meeting Tuesday night. ...  Sen. Lindsey Lohan Graham emphasized job creation and pricing carbon in a business-friendly way. A comprehensive strategy is the only solution, he told reporters.  9. O'Krugman's Keynesian Blarney The columnist who worries about Washington not spending enough also blames the financial crisis on "free-market fundamentalism" and "letting bankers do what they want." When did Uncle Sam do that?

What's that word? Bitch. Yes, bitch.

“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it ... '

Nancy Whatsherface

Speaker Nancy delivered a speech this morning at the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties (NACo).  I blindly plucked a handful of some of  that speech (below).  It is the most audacious rhetoric I've heard since -- since  Bill Clinton told a Texas crowd that the congress forced the 1993 tax hike on him. Pelosi is a sick puppy. “ "Tomorrow, Congressman George Miller will introduce his local jobs bill, which allows for county governments and municipalities to retain workers. “Nobody knows better than you the strain on hospitals that never turned a patient away, and health care providers grappling with the challenges of the uninsured and shrinking reimbursement. You know as well as anyone, that our current system is unsustainable. “President Obama said, one year ago, when he called the first bipartisan, on March 5th of last year, the first bipartisan House and Senate meeting together with many outside stakeholders together at the White House, to find a way for us to come together. And at that time, he said: ‘Health care reform is entitlement reform.’  We cannot sustain the upward spiral of the increases in health care Imagine an economy where people could follow their aspirations, where they could be entrepreneurial, where they could take risks professionally because personally their families health care needs are being met.  “You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other.  But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket.  Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting.  “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.  Full ”

Dear Connie:

Best Divorce Letter Evah!

Click for letter I have no comment.  Ahem. PS - Here are the other pictures I considered using with the divorce letter.  Did I pick right?

Le-a

Just for fun stuff

Le - a “ A school teacher friend sent this to me. This is a child's name! "Le - a" How would you pronounce this as a child's name??? Leah?? NO Lee - A?? NOPE Lay - a?? NO Lei?? Guess Again. Are you resorting to tongue clicks yet?? It's pronounced "Ledasha" oh yes...you read it right. The dash is not silent. This child attends a school in Livingston Parish. (Louisiana) Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see something come across your desk like this please remember to pronounce the dash. When the mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said "the dash don't be silent." ” Frank & Evvy - Snopes says "undetermined,"  but it would not be that unusual - in the overall landscape.

Stop at McDonald

Gun Control, Judicial Restraint, and McDonald v. Chicago

made easy

Beauties McDonald v. Chicago seemed like a no-brainer.  What gave me pause is this [excerpted from Justices arm themselves with activism in Chicago gun ban case] ...   “ The only questions are: Which legal theory will the pro-gun majority use to arrive at the outcome it desires .... Justice Stephen Breyer needled the majority about its rather situational view of federalism when it comes to "incorporating" the Second Amendment to make it binding on states rather than just the federal government. "Without incorporation, it's decided by state legislatures," he said. "With, it's decided by federal judges." ” You see the dilemma. Reason magazine [Gun Control, Judicial Restraint,and McDonald v. Chicago] does a yeomanly job of backgrounding.   “ George Will argues that ... Now contrast that with National Journal’s Stuart Taylor Jr., who.... ” But, of all the things I've read on McDonald, this coffee klatch on Of Arms & The Law blog has been the most informative,  and enjoyable to read.  “ If Thomas had asked a question, the world would have exploded. That's no dig on Thomas, just pointing out that he asks questions about as often as the Earth explodes. Posted by: Ed at March 3, 2010 09:36 AM In my dreams, Thomas' question is: "Counsel, if we were to affirm the case below, what would be the... unintended consequences of that? Posted by: Davidwhitewolf at March 3, 2010 11:27 AM ”  After all of this, I'll  fall back on our family's adage, "There is no right way to do the wrong thing." Abridging the very clearly written  Second Amendment is wrong.  End of story. We'll hope the [expected] decision for McDonald  is expertly crafted, thwarting the bad guys from corrupting, and using it to justify more penumbra emanating clap-trap. But, if not, we'll have the promise of the Second Amendment to fall back on, so win-win.

Maybe Next Time

What Bloggers Eventually Think About

A bad divorce

In Passing

In passing ..

Stuff I found on the road to perdition

Liberalism Crushes The Human Spirit “ 1) Is the dreaded National Idea Card in our future? If Chuckles Schumer and Lindsey Lohan have their way, yes. 2) IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year National ID cards?  Gestapo tactics?  Is there a trend here? 3)Will anyone stand up to these monsters?  Yes. Amazon.com Inc. cut ties Monday with Colorado online businesses that help it sell products because of a new state law aimed at getting out-of-state, online retailers to collect sales tax. 4) Wisconsin AG charges five with election fraud, two from ACORN The state of Wisconsin faced serious problems of election fraud in the 2004 election in what some of us at the time called “The Silence of the Cheese.” 5) I hope it is Rachel Maddow. This ought to be fun.-  (comment) “Some are talking about you running vs Scott Brown in ’12. I’m Chair of MA Dem Party,” reads Walsh’s “tweet,” which goes on to list his e-mail and cell phone as contact information for the unnamed candidate-in-waiting. 6) Swiss voters reject giving abused animals a lawyer But, how did it get on the ballot, and who comes up with stupidity like this?  Has Hillary Clinton been in Switzerland lately? 7)  Is Justice Scalia abandoning originalism? ....  if the opinion Scalia joins in McDonald matches his signals at argument, the justice will no longer be able to call himself an originalist of any kind. He will have to turn in his O-card and leave Clarence Thomas as the only originalist on the Court. 8) Surprise.  Barbra Streisand's head not filled with green goo. 9) How do you say “chutzpah” in Mormon? Mitt Romney is out on a book tour insisting that Romneycare and Obamacare have very little in common. 10) The Vice Guide to North Korea - Part 4 of 14 Today's Primer ”

cognitive dissonance

cognitive dissonance

Barack Obama seems unable to face up to America's problems, writes Simon Heffer in New York.   But wait. It's not his fault. “ "Obama's big problem," a senior Democrat told me, "is that four times as many people watch Fox News as watch CNN." The Fox network is a remarkable cultural phenomenon which almost shocks those of us from a country where a technical rule of impartiality is applied in the broadcast media. With little rest, it pours out rage 24 hours a day: its message is of the construction of the socialist state, the hijacking of America by "progressives" who now dominate institutions, the indoctrination of children, the undermining of religion and the expropriation of public money for these nefarious projects. The public loves it, and it is manifestly stirring up political activism against Mr Obama, and also against those in the Republican Party who are not deemed conservatives. However, it is arguable whether the now-reorganising Right is half as effective in its assault on the President as some of Mr Obama's own party are. ”

Baconrama

STOP THE IN SANITY!

The beer mug, made by deep-frying strips of bacon and then wrapping them around wired mesh, offers a suitable, if obscenely indulgent, solution for baconistas who don’t know if they’re hungry or thirsty. The only con: who really wants cold bacon? ” Bacon is getting way too much love, which means that as we speak some Liberal scold is plotting a campaign to have it banned.  Well, not banned per se.  Taxed like tobacco.  Trust me, I know my Liberals. Enjoy the slide show though. TimW

Monkey Love

Warning

National Geographic Moment Rollover keep cursor in white area Momentary love is still real

Kids play wing on local team

Today's Soccer Mom

MSNBC's "leftist games"

MSNBC Political Analyst Craig Crawford Leaves, Won’t Be “Cartoon Player For Lefty Games”

“     i simply could not any longer endure being a cartoon player for lefty games, just gotta move on to higher ground even if there’s no oxygen     i have never and never will forgive Chris for calling me a racist after the West Virginia primary (the last time I will ever go on air with him). Probably should have resigned then and there, but better late than never. ”

Commie automaton

Yes we have traffic cam technorogy, but this way more beneficiar

Finally, tired of these punks

The Golden State's Me Generation

In the midst of the Great Recession California students protest in favor of themselves.

H/T Ka-Ching! The demonstrations did offer a certain sort of instruction, though not of the kind Mr. Patterson and his fellow protesters had in mind. They demonstrated the entitlement mentality and self-absorption that has come to dominate much of higher education.

Where's the sugar?

Felony Assault: Woman Charged With Using Her Boobs To Spray Milk At Jailer

Thor

Mouse poop and Democrats

Today's Beauty

With the weather warming (60º +), MoSup was excited to break out her gardening tools over the weekend.  What you see above is a bag of rat poison pellets that was stored in the garage.  She sticks the morsels down vole holes that riddle the yard.  The bag was unopened - by human hands.  There was however a hole chewed out.  Further inspection revealed that approximately 75% of the pellets were missing.  And lots of  mouse poop in the vicinity.  This is almost a metaphor for Obamacare, wot?

reductio ad McCarthyism

Scientists Gone Wild

That Paul Erhlich, Stanford's Ward Churchill,  is still active (being paid) in academia says much about the practice of "tenure."   But, I digress. I read the New York Times article first, last week, and thought it was too-too delicious.  Godwin's Law would be bullet-proof if it was instead reductio ad McCarthyism "  "McCarthyite"  is used as denouement by the hard left whenever one of theirs is caught red-handed.*snort*  "Nothing to see here, move on."   What did Sen. McCarthy  do to earn the left's enmity?  He charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists (not Hollywood, the State Dept.), which we know with certainty to be, if anything, a vast understatement of the truth.  Juxtaposed below, the ledes from the WaTimes and NYT. Washington Times Lede New York Times Lede “ Climate scientists to fight back at skeptics Undaunted by a rash of scandals over the science underpinning climate change, top climate researchers are plotting to respond with what one scientist involved said needs to be "an outlandishly aggressively partisan approach" to gut the credibility of skeptics. In private e-mails obtained by The Washington Times, climate scientists at the National Academy of Sciences say they are tired of "being treated like political pawns" and need to fight back in kind. Their strategy includes forming a nonprofit group to organize researchers and use their donations to challenge critics by running a back-page ad in the New York Times. E-Mails Show Scientists Planning Push-Back Against 'McCarthyite' Attacks on Climate Science U.S. scientists are planning to counter criticisms directed at them during the "Climategate" scandal and congressional debates, saying conservatives and industry groups have waged a "McCarthyite" campaign, according to e-mails exchanged by the researchers. The e-mails obtained by E&E show the scientists are considering launching advertising campaigns, widening their public presence, pushing the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to take a more active role in explaining climate science and creating a nonprofit to serve as a voice for the scientific community. ” As usual, Barn Army's chief climatologist Anthony Watts performed the necessary surgery.

Uranium Ore from Amazon

I think I found Ahmadinejad's Supplier

Astronomy

In Passing

In passing I found stuff

Hmmmm “ 1) WILL: There you have the premise of this legislation and the core of today's liberalism: the American people are such dopes they can't be counted upon to buy their own insurance. 2) Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a Loss Another core. 3) Internet access is 'a fundamental right' STOP IT! 4) Iowa  governor faces tough reelection as another state sours on incumbents WaPost means to say "sours on Democrats," but can't quite pull that trigger. Opens with: Republican Terry Branstad's lines have a familiar ring as he campaigns ... 5) Massa Blames Democratic Leaders, Omits Part Where They Used Gun To Make Him First  Democrat in History to Resign  After Being Charged With Wrong Doing. "Mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill and this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill, and now they’ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots."   Eric, read this book by Larry Craig. 6) The ACLU and Human Rights Watch Rally to Holder’s Defense “Many of us are shocked and concerned that right now, President Obama is considering reversing his attorney general’s decision to try the 9/11 defendants in criminal court.” 7) That Other Government Takeover: What else may go into 'reconciliation?' Everyone knows Democrats are planning to use the budget reconciliation process to get ObamaCare through the Senate. Less well known is that Democrats are plotting add-ons to that bill to get other liberal priorities enacted—programs that could never attract 60 votes. 8) New in Atlanta on the I-20 between Turner Field and the Georgia Dome 9) From the “oh dear” files IRS suspends one of Boston’s ‘Most Highly Regarded’ tax lawyers for 48 months for failing to file tax returns ”

Obama the Putz

Obama caught- lip syncs speech

What? You think he voted for Bush?

Mullah Haw-Haw

The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi.  Open and shut case that he share  Lord Haw Haw's  fate, wot?

A nice city tank

Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank Because you owe it to your family

“ The JL421 Badonkadonk is a completely unique, extremely rare land vehicle and battle tank. Designed with versatility in mind, the Donk can transport cargo or a crew of five internally or on the roof, and can be piloted from within the armored shell or from an exposed standing position through the hatch, thanks to special one-way steel mesh armor windows and a control stick that pivots up and down to allow piloting from the standing or seated positions. The interior is fully carpeted and cozy, with accent lighting and room for up to five people. A 400 watt premium sound system with PA is mounted to project sound both into the cabin and outward from behind the windows. The exterior is a steel shell with a rust patina, and features head and tail lights, turn signal lights, trim lighting, underbody lighting, fixed slats protecting the windows, and a unique industrial-strength rubberized flexible skirt that shields and protects the wheels to within an inch of the ground, while still allowing for enough flex to give clearance over bumpy and uneven terrain. Master power, ignition, all lighting, and stereo features are controlled from a single switchboard to the left of the driver, again accessible from either the seated or standing position. Standard drive is an air-cooled, 6hp Tecumseh gasoline (unleaded only) engine, with centrifugal clutch, giving the Donk a top speed of 40 mph. This vehicle is not licensed for use on public roads, and is intended as a recreational vehicle only. Badonkadonks are produced on an order-by-order basis, with each one having it's own unique set of features. With your order is included unlimited consultations with the designer and manufacturer concerning all relevant options (a representative from NAO will contact you shortly after your order). Price does not include shipping and handling.   Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank 1 new from $19,999.95 (Click link for more information) ” If you order from the link, I'll receive a modest commission that in no way effects your price.   Thanks.

SNL Spoofs Obamacare

SNL (Transcript)

Animals for 100 Alex

They don't bury things in Zimbabwe

This, my dear, is hungry

Zimbabwe (click for full pictorial) Last week MoSup challenged my statement that nobody in this country knows what hunger is.  No adult, anyway.  I stand by that.

handcuffed coffee?

In Passing

In passing I found 3 things only you will know tomorrow

It's in the DNA “ 1) I participated in my first Tea Party on December 16th 2007. One common thread throughout every Tea Party I’ve attended is a demand for our elected leaders to follow the Constitution and Bill of Rights. 2) Just for the record, the Pentagon shooter was a registered Democrat Liberal bloggers and the Christian Science Monitor paint Pentagon shooter, a 9/11 Truther and registered Democrat, as a "right wing terrorist." 3) I want you to kill me if I ever become Dylan Ratigan 4) Ruminations 1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. 5) Barack Obama has called an "entrepreneurship summit" with the Muslim world. I have a question: What could Barack Obama or anybody in his administration teach about entrepreneurship? 6) Ultimate WMD: laser mosquito zapper Including mosquito laser shootdown video *shudder* 7) Does this plane remind you of anything today? via Thor 8) Poll: voters would be less likely to vote for pro-life Democrats ... if they vote for Obamacare without the Stupak amendment. ”