Say Who?

“ OBAMA RATED 5th BEST PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY Washington, Lincoln, Coolidge, Reagan, and—  Obama? From a total of 44 US Presidents: Obama is rated as the 5th best President ever! The A&M's Public Relations Office released the following statement, "...after only 5 years in office, Americans have rated President Obama the 5th best President ever." The details according to TEXAS A&M #1. Reagan & Lincoln tied for first, #2. Twenty three presidents tied for second, #3. Seventeen other presidents tied for third, #4. Jimmy Carter came in fourth, and #5. Obama came in fifth! This appears to be totally reasonable . . . . . Don M ”

Decoder

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This is one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in a while. Someone out there Must be "deadly" at Scrabble.  Wait till you see the last one!  (Scroll) PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: I'M A DOT IN PLACE THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER AND FINALLY…. FOR THE GRAND FINALE: *PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA When you rearrange the letters: "An Arab Backed Imposter” Bet your friends haven't seen this one! cuzzin ricky

What the engineer spends

“	So here's what happens next. The engineer probably doesn't spend anywhere near what he earns. He incorporates in a low tax jurisdiction, has his fees paid to that corporation, takes out $18,000 / annum. To the extent any of that is illegal, he ignores the law and does it anyway. He's an intelligent man and gets good legal advice from a foreign lawyer and has so many cut outs, dead ends and silly nonsense in his paper trail that the risk is acceptable. he can do all this without telling one lie. I know. I'm the foreign lawyer. I used to do this regularly in Canada for Europeans, but now my lawyer buddies (I'm retired) tell me they are getting lots of American business. The USA loses taxes and a pool of capital, both of which wind up in Canada. # posted by  Anonymous Anonymous : 12/30/13, 9:50 AM Posted in reply to the Obamacare "Testimonial" post.	”

Fab 50

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I am humbled by my company here

MSNBC All-Stars Decoded

MSNBC All-Stars                                   Where a picture is worth 1000 tears Analogy and Allegory To The Rescue You're Welcome “ Pat Dollard introduced this video of leftists, wrathful over their failure to get Duck Dynasty thrown off the air, as "Typical Black MSNBC Racist Dyson Compares Phil Robertson To Sodomizer ..." Aren't we at the point where any commentary containing the  letters MSNBC in the lede is fair warning of what's coming?  A Mack Sennett silent film, replete with Keystone cops and people dangling from tall buildings?  The Three Stooges poking each other in the eye?  For me, this Michael Eric Dyson (also an MSNBC All-Star) statement is  the money shot of the entire imbroglio. "They have turned this into a matter of free speech;  the irony of that is they don't want more speech to counteract their negative vicious offensive and ..." Beauty. And they are obviously able to see truth in their own bizarre logic.  It was right about here that I thought of another perfect analogy.  Perhaps  the most well known and referenced  clip from Plato's Republic is the Cave Allegory.  It strikes me as the perfect explanation for today's cloistered left.  From Wiki: "Plato has Socrates describe a gathering of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe names to these shadows. According to Plato's Socrates, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality." When one of the chained is released into the real world, he is astounded.  When he goes back to the cave to tell his brethren that everything they've learned from the shadows is false, they would kill him if they could for questioning what they learned in Professor José Ángel Gutiérrez's classroom. ”

More Global Warmist Fun

GREEN CRAP 'Stuck in our own experiment':  Leader of trapped team insists polar ice is melting “ Dec. 27, 2013: In this image provided by Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy is trapped in thick Antarctic ice 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia. (AP) The leader of a scientific expedition whose ship remains stranded in Antarctic ice says the team, which set out to prove climate change, is "stuck in our own experiment." But Chris Turney, a professor of climate change at Australia’s University of New South Wales, said it was “silly” to suggest he and 73 others aboard the MV Akademic Shokalskiy were trapped in ice they’d sought to prove had melted. He remained adamant that sea ice is melting, even as the boat remained trapped in frozen seas. “We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” - Professor Chris Turney, leader of trapped expedition "We're stuck in our own experiment," the Australasian Antarctic Expedition said in a statement. We came to Antarctica to study how one of the biggest icebergs in the world has altered the system by trapping ice. We ... are now ourselves trapped by ice surrounding our ship. "Sea ice is disappearing due to climate change, but here ice is building up," the Australasian Antarctic Expedition said in a statement. Turney later told FoxNews.com the ice surrounding his ship is old, rather than recently formed, and likely from a particular 75 mile-long  iceberg that broke apart three years ago. Climate change may have prompted the iceberg to shatter and float into the previously open sea where the mostly Australian team finds itself stranded, Turney said. “The ice was swept across to this area by the South-East wind, its pieces creating a knock-on domino effect,” Turney told FoxNews.com, speaking from a tent erected on the stranded ship’s top deck. “We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” But the situation has global warming skeptics poking fun at the scientists. “Cute how these Warmists who hate fossil fuels take a trip to the Antarctic to show just how horrible fossil-fueled climate change is, then need rescue from their fossil-fueled trip by other fossil-fueled ships and helicopters, which still can’t rescue them,” wrote one blogger on Pirate’s Covehttp://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png. The website Newsbustershttp://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png said much of the media has bent over backward to avoid linking the ship’s current fate with its mission. “Somewhere far, far to the south where it is summer, a group of global warming scientists are trapped in the Antarctic ice,” read a post on the site. “If you missed the irony of that situation, it is because much of the mainstream media has glossed over that rather inconvenient bit of hilarity.” So far, ice breakers have been unable to get closer than 10 miles from the stranded ship, which is surrounded by ice up to 10 feet thick. Stuck since Christmas Eve, it is about 100 nautical miles east of the French base Dumont D'Urville, and about 1,500 nautical miles south of Brisbane. Turney‘s team is studying climate change, as well as how wildlife is adapting to it. He noted that numerous penguins have traipsed across the ice from the nearby mainland to curiously observe the explorers. A Chinese ice breaker was unable to reach the ship, and another vessel, the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, got to within 10 nautical miles of the stranded ship but couldn’t see it through a driving blizzard, and had to turn back to open water. Turney told FoxNews.com his team is in good spirits, though it only has 10 days of food supplies. Icebergs pose an even greater danger to the ship than the surface ice that now has the ship in its grip, because they can pierce the hull of a ship like the Akademic Shokalskiy, in a Titanic scenario . Lisa Martin, of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is coordinating rescue attempts from their New South Wales headquarters told FoxNews.com icebergs have been seen in the area. ‘There are icebergs around,” agreed Turney. “[The ship] is not a good position.” The Aurora Australis is standing by in open water about 18 nautical miles east of the stranded ship, and could attempt another rescue once weather conditions improve, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The best scenario for the scientists, agrees Turney, would be that the Aurora would be able to make a path through the ice, and somehow assist the Akademik Shokalskiy’s crew to turn their vessel around – not the easiest task when hemmed in by solid pack ice – so that it could follow the Australian icebreaker back into the safety of open water, and all the expedition’s passengers could stay comfortably on board. But indications are that the 74 will have to be evacuated. Turney says that the captain of the Aurora has already offered specialized storage space for samples collected during the expedition. And a helicopter from a nearby Chinese ship is standing by to land on the ice next to the stranded ship and transfer the team, sources say, probably to the Aurora. [FoxNews.com] "It is so funny to listen to these warmists, who have to be rescued from their own folly.  All the while insisting global warming is melting the very ice they are stuck in.  And now they have to rely on icebreakers powered by the fossil fuels they say is melting the ice!  I wonder who triple dog dared them to go there."  Skoonj Skoonj, this is the second most delicious thing I've seen all day!   Bravo. ”

Vaginal Knitting?

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Damn cat's all over me

Onions

Yes, It Matters What Kind Of Onion You Use Here’s a guide to what to use when.

Free iPads and Laptops. YAY!

Let me guess:  A Liberry in  ... Chesterfield Square in Los Angeles, or   West Chicago and Livernois Avenue in Detroit ?

Times Story Challenged

MASSIVE LIARS                      UPDATE 'Completely false': Sources on ground in Benghazi challenge NYT report Fifteen months after the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the narrative of the attack continues to be shaped, and reshaped, by politicians and the press. But a New York Times report published over the weekend has angered sources who were on the ground that night. Those sources, who continue to face threats of losing their jobs, sharply challenged the Times’ findings that there was no involvement from Al Qaeda or any other international terror group and that an anti-Islam film played a role in inciting the initial wave of attacks. “It was a coordinated attack. It is completely false to say anything else. … It is completely a lie,” one witness to the attack told Fox News. Sean Smith, a foreign service officer, and former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were also killed in the 2012 assault. The controversial Times report has stirred a community that normally remains out of sight and wrestles with how to reveal the truth, without revealing classified information. Fox News has learned that the attack on the consulate started with fighters assembling to conduct an assault. "Guys were coming into the compound, moving left, moving right…and using IMT (individual movement techniques). … That’s not a spontaneous attack,” one special operator said.  "One guy was shooting, one guy was running. There are guys watching the gates. … The bosses on the ground were pointing, commanding and coordinating -- that is a direct action planned attack." [full]

Obama Rewards Somalia

“ Obama Gives Somalia $1.5 Billion  – Somalia Government Bans Christmas The Somali Government has banned celebration of Christian festivities in the country. PREVIOUSLY I can't remember the name of this movie, I want to say it was a Michael Crichton book.  It opens in some African village, with  missionaries tending the sick.  A startling discovery is made.  It seems something like West Nile Viris, or Black Plague is  killing the people like flies. There's a monkey involved . Next scene.  CDC helicopters, maybe WHO too, descend on the village to take care of the afflicted.  Not  They seal the village off, after rounding up any who've wandered away, and napalm the village and its inhabitants to hell.  The ultimate quarantine. [Full] A directive released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs stated that no Christian festivities could be held in Somalia. The Director General of the ministry, Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow Aden, and the Director of the Religious Matters, Sheikh Ali Sheikh Mohamud alias Sheikh Ali Dhere, held a press conference in the capital Mogadishu, to make the announcement. The ban came just hours before Christmas Day, when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, their spiritual saviour. “We alert fellow Muslims in Somalia that some festivities to mark Christian Days will take place around the world in this week,” said Sheikh Ali Dhere during the press conference, adding: “It is prohibited to celebrate those days in this country.” [Gateway] If there is a geographic region more deserving of being turned into a sheet of glass than Somalia,  I cannot at the moment think of it.  I mean, at least the Chinese have good food, and the Russians pretty women .. .  ”

Viva!

STUFF THAT WORKS This year I took to ordering bulk items online from Wal-Mart.  Not only are the prices very competitive (and generally lower than our supermarket), there is no tax (so far), and delivery is free and quick.  I frankly don't know how they make money off this; my guess it's the early stage of  some master plan.  But to be specific today, VIVA towels.  Like most of you, I imagine,  I viewed paper towels as a commodity like salt; all the same, so go for the cheapest price.  One day I ordered Viva.  The first amazing thing we noticed was how soft and absorbent they are.  Next, I noticed that an awfully long time had passed before I had to buy more.  While each roll has a smaller diameter than the cheap store brand, they are so tightly wound that I want to say they are actually double in size.  But,  there's more.  Who among us do not use a sheet of paper towel to blow our noses into from time to time?  With Viva, it really is like using a fine soft cotton handkerchief.  Plus - and I discovered this by accident, if you throw the used paper towels into the clothes washer, they come out whole, soft, and reusable.  Too bad they are not flushable.  They are today's simple pleasure. You're welcome.

Year End Reverie

My Reverie I  want to acknowledge what my faith in God,  and the  strength of my family, and yes, my friends here, have meant to me this past year.  Despite daily financial assaults and insults heaped upon my family—by Gov. Martin O'Malley and his card carrying Liberal ass-faces—or  living in a nation led by Barack Obama, the living incarnation of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—but without the scruples;  And despite being an ardent fan of the worst team in the NFL, and of the worst coached college  football and men's basketball teams in the ACC,  if not the nation;  And despite the further insults delivered daily to my gentleman's nether region,  by mother nature as I progress into my dotage—despite all of that, I have not blown my brains out. Thank you for your support.

oBAMACARE - dOh AND dUH

“ A Testimonial I'm a 54 year old consulting engineer and make between $60,000 and $125,000 per year, depending on how hard I work and whether or not there are work projects out there for me. My girlfriend is 61 and makes about $18,000 per year, working as a part-time mail clerk. For me, making $60,000 a year, under ObamaCare, the cheapest, lowest grade policy I can buy, which also happens to impose a $5,000 deductible, costs $482 per month. For my girlfriend, the same exact policy, same deductible, costs $1 per month. That's right, $1 per month. I'm not making this up. Don't believe me? Just go to http://www.coveredca.gov/ , the ObamaCare website for California and enter the parameters I've mentioned above and see for yourself. By the way, my zip code is 93940. You'll need to enter that. So OK, clearly ObamaCare is a scheme that involves putting the cost burden of healthcare onto the middle and upper-income wage earners. But there's a lot more to it. Stick with me. And before I make my next points, I'd like you to think about something: I live in Monterey County, in Central California. We have a large land mass but just 426,000 residents - about the population of Colorado Springs or the city of Omaha. But we do have a large Hispanic population, including a large number of illegal aliens, and to serve this group we have Natividad Medical Center, a massive, Federally subsidized county medical complex that takes up an area about one-third the size of the Chrysler Corporation automobile assembly plant in Belvedere, Illinois (see Google Earth View). Natividad has state-of-the-art operating rooms, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, fully equipped, 24 hour emergency room, and much more. If you have no insurance, if you've been in a drive-by shooting or have overdosed on crack cocaine, this is where you go. And it's essentially free, because almost everyone who ends up in the ER is uninsured. Last year, 2,735 babies were born at Natividad. 32% of these were born to out-of-wedlock teenage mothers, 93% of which were Hispanic. Less than 20% could demonstrate proof of citizenship, and 71% listed their native language as Spanish. Of these 876 births, only 40 were covered under [any kind of] private health insurance. The taxpayers paid for the other 836. And in case you were wondering about the entire population - all 2,735 births - less than 24% involved insured coverage or even partial payment on behalf of the patient to the hospital in exchange for services. Keep this in mind as we move forward. Now consider this: If I want to upgrade my policy to a low-deductible premium policy, such as what I had with my last employer, my cost is $886 per month. But my girlfriend can upgrade her policy to the very same level, for just $4 per month. That's right, $4 per month. $48 per year for a zero-deductible, premium healthcare policy - the kind of thing you get when you work at IBM (except of course, IBM employees pay an average of $170 per month out of pocket for their coverage). I mean, it's bad enough that I will be forced to subsidize the ObamaCare scheme in the first place. But even if I agreed with the basic scheme, which of course I do not, I would never agree to subsidize premium policies. If I have to pay $482 a month for a budget policy, I sure as hell do not want the guy I'm subsidizing to get a better policy, for less that 1% of what I have to fork out each month for a low-end policy. Why must I pay $482 per month for something the other guy gets for a dollar? And why should the other guy get to buy an $886 policy for $4 a month? Think about this: I have to pay $10,632 a year for the same thing that the other guy can get for $48. $10,000 of net income is 60 days of full time work as an engineer. $48 is something I could could pay for collecting aluminum cans and plastic bottles, one day a month. Are you with me on this? Are you starting to get an idea what ObamaCare is really about? ObamaCare is not about dealing with inequities in the healthcare system. That's just the cover story. The real story is that it is a massive, political power grab. Do you think anyone who can insure himself with a premium policy for $4 a month will vote for anyone but the political party that provides him such a deal? ObamaCare is about enabling, subsidizing, and expanding the Left's political power base, at taxpayer expense. Why would I vote for anyone but a Democrat if I can have babies for $4 a month? For that matter, why would I go to college or strive for a better job or income if it means I have to pay real money for healthcare coverage? Heck, why study engineering when I can be a schlub for $20K per year and buy a new F-150 with all the money I'm saving? And think about those $4-a-month babies - think in terms of propagation models. Think of just how many babies will be born to irresponsible, under-educated mothers. Will we get a new crop of brain surgeons and particle physicists from the dollar baby club, or will we need more cops, criminal courts and prisons? One thing you can be certain of: At $4 a month, they'll multiply, and multiply, and multiply. And not one of them will vote Republican. ObamaCare: It's all about political power. [SOURCE] "While I applaud this guy for laying the facts out..... I am appalled by the fact that this will come as "news" to a lot of people (most of whom are Democrat voters). " Cuzzin Ricky, Schweppes man ”

Media Fantasy

MASSIVE LIARS                      “ EXCLUSIVE Saturday, December 28, 2013 2:14 PM EST No Qaeda Link Seen in Benghazi Attack; Interviews Show Militia and Insults to Islam Fueled Assault cuz rick ”

Church, Pie and sleep

CHRISTMAS 2013      Hope your Christmas was as nice as ours.  After two days of frenetic preparations, me and mo sup were crapped out on Christmas day. We did visit  the little grandkids to see what they got* from santa, and drove Greep and Joe to the airport.  The rest of my day was  eat  pecan pie and  nap.  Wake, whiz, eat some pecan pie; nap. We both did manage to watch a delightful movie,  that everyone else has already seen, called Fever Pitch; then it was back to pie and sleep.  I have bed head. * (this was interesting)

We be not here

Bit of a Conundrum ..  I was going to post this on Christmas Eve, but I was closed.  Sorry

I know how she's about to feel

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Christmas at Home

It's On!

As seen

Santa's Pit Stop

What I See                                                 HO HO-HO

Traditional Christmas

One Stop Hummers

Suck Dynasty

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General Petty Officer 5th Class Skyhawker Doug

Get to use the same card this year

The Johnson's Annual Greeting

Sauce Gilds the Lilly

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Sauce Gilds This Lily Getting ready for tomorrow's family Christmas.  Made the Indoor pulled pork recipe, with one change. The written instructions offer two sauces; this time I tried number 2,  and horry clap!  This stuff is so good that I could drink it,  except I'd get a UTI sure as hell.  I'm not going to pull it until tomorrow; hope it doesn't dry out any, because it's Five Stars as it is.  South Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce  ½ cup of defatted juices ½ cup white vinegar 1 cup yellow mustard ¼ cup packed light brn sugar ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp hot sauce 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper HO Ho HO

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Balls

art is everywhere I don't need no stinking art gallery Cream of Kerry I forgot who sent this cat playing with balls pic, but the caption was "Should Have Been a Norman Rockwell Cover," or some such.  Yes, had he lived it's probable that Mr Rockwell would have been influenced by our toxic culture.  Reminded my of the rollover that's hanging in the Loover,

The Duck That Got Way

When Democrats are in charge                                                Duck Dynasty: The Show That Got Away “ [...] This is what happened.  The whole idea of the show was to parade these nouveau riche Christian hillbillies around so that we could laugh at them. "Look at them," we were supposed to say.  "Look how backward they are!  Look what they believe!  Can you believe they really live this way and believe this stuff?  See how they don't fit in? HAHAHA" When the producers saw the way the show was shaping up, different than they envisioned it, they tried to change course.  They tried to get the Robertson's to tone down their Christianity, but to their eternal credit they refused.  They tried to add fake cussin' to the show by inserting bleeps where no cussword was uttered.  At best, they wanted to make the Robertson's look like crass buffoons. At worst they wanted them to look like hypocrites. They desperately wanted us to laugh at the Robertsons.  Instead, we loved them. [Full] Tangentially related .. this reminds me of the Clarence Thomas affair.  Aftermath polls showed that 66%—across the board; Blacks, Whites, Women, Men, Democrat and Republican—66% thought Clarence Thomas was being truthful and Anita Hill the liar.  Hollywood kicked in with references on TV sitcoms and stand up comedy about what a liar Thomas was, and before you know it, the polls reversed themselves.  Which of course demonstrates just how dedicated to the Liberal cause our media are.  And why we have this government.  Sir H ”

Hillary Hot Pants

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Big Splash

What I See “ This pic is just fantastic.  Don't think it's got a title or anything.  Just a great snap of a sunrise in Sweden someplace. First time I saw it I thought of Valhalla and Thor and all the Norse gods for some odd reason . .  prob'ly the Nordic connection. Majestic . . . like a giant throne or castle or something, compelling, a good use for the word awesome.  - Ron Metzger Nah ... ”

A head that looks like ... something

CAPTION

Hair Removal

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As seen

Ancient Japanese Matchlocks

Tails of the Gun (Hot Linked)              Keeping people on their toes

War and Boobys

“ BLUE FOOTED BOOBIES It’s not all about qualification. I’m speaking as a female Marine Iraq war vet who did serve in the combat zone doing entry checkpoint duty in Fallujah, and we worked with the grunts daily for that time. When I deployed, we’d hardly been in the country a few weeks before one of our females had to be sent home because she’d gotten pregnant All the branches still have different standards for females and males. Why? Because most women wouldn’t even qualify to be in the military if they didn’t have separate standards. Men and women are different, but those pushing women into combat don’t want to admit that truth. They huff and puff about how women can do whatever men can do, but it just ain’t so. We’re built differently, and it doesn’t matter that one particular woman could best one particular man. The best woman is still no match for the best man, and most of the men she’d be fireman-carrying off the battlefield will be at least 100 lbs heavier than her with their gear on. Women are often great shooters but can’t run in 50-80 lbs of gear as long, hard, or fast as men.  Military training is hard enough on men’s bodies; it’s harder on women’s.  And until women stop menstruating, there will always be an uphill battle for staying level and strong at all times.  No one wants to talk about the fact that in the days before a woman’s cycle, she loses half her strength, to say nothing of the emotional ups and downs that affect judgment. And how would you like fighting  ...  – From a Female Combat Vet James Webb's seminal argument (Women Can't Fight), about women in the military academies, covered much of the same ground in 1979.   Plebes do not "brace up" in the mess hall or in the corridors of Bancroft Hall. It is now a punishment, limited to fifteen minutes maximum, to require plebes to do what they once did as a basic activity for a year: stand at attention. ....one first-classman I spoke to was reprimanded by his company commander during the first week of academic year, traditionally the most rigorous week of the entire year for plebes, because he had "upset" a female plebe. JAMES WEBB The military banned the sale of that Washingtonian magazine, November issue,  at all military outlets. A Lt. Cdr friend, who was Naval Academy staff,  told me that the fallout had made it a career ending decision to even discuss women at the Academy.  Women in combat had yet to occur, but of course you could read the tea leaves.  Influential Democrat Rep Pat Schroeder had made full integration of women into all levels of military service her personal war. But that's not want to say about that picture. If you haven't already thought it yourself, the point is wasted.  That picture says everything. Think Blue Footed Booby at mating time The human male is in mating mode 365 days a year.  You (men) can almost feel the tensions created here.  You've anticipated the man-code violations that must be dealt with here.  The  problems are deep, and constitute a potentially dangerous situation in any combat theater.   If we must have women in combat for PC reasons, then form Amazon battalions.    Aside - Barn Army personnel are excluded,  and are encouarged to co-mingle when approoptiate. ”

The SEED

What I See That's Cosmic, Man

Waiting For Santa

Michelle Obama- Douche of the Year

“ Awarded to Michelle Obama  for urging women to " make it a Christmas treat around the table to talk about a little health care. You know, ring in the new year with a -- new coverage." What a douche. ”

Catherine Tate

At The Cinema                            Catherine Tate Show In her award-winning BBC sketch comedy show, acid-tongued British comedienne Catherine Tate's famous characters are on parade, including eyebrow-raising granny Joannie "Nan" Taylor, lazy youngster Lauren Cooper and more. I just discovered Catherine Tate and have been in immersion.  As talented as Tracy Ullman, IMO;  a nice lighthearted break from Obamaland.  I watch on Netflix (COMMENTS BELOW) , but YouTube offers several clips.  Brilliant. If you arent absolutely in love with this show by the second episode, you probably never will be. She is pure comic genius. 99 out of 99 members found this review helpful I love this show! Catherine Tate is hilarious! Please please please put it back on instant watch! 29 out of 29 members found this review helpful This show is awesome. Pulling it off instant is the perfect example of Netflix dropping the ball. Happens all too often. This show is SO good I recommend finding the seasons and BUYING them. Dont waste your time waiting for them in the mail. You'll probably end up wanting to own them any way. ...read more *It's back on Instant Watch

St Augustine Agonistes

La la la la la ..... "Always take the easy way" - Some Guy As seen Some years ago I confessed here that my attempts to read St. Augustine's "Confessions," were summed up by the margin notes in my text book (facsimile above).  I bought the Great Books of Western Civilization (ranked number one civilization in the world)  series many moons ago, and have been working my way through them for 40+ years.  Confessions is not the first, nor only work which greatness exceeds my ken (Ptolemy, Copernicus and Kepler evidently require an understanding of Algebra) , but dammit, St. Augustine? A few days ago I was looking for something else and landed on the "Spark Notes" page.  I got through high school using Cliff Notes;  and Classic Comics; Spark appears to be the same; difference being that Spark is free on line.  So, in a matter of a few hours I am able to pass Augustine's Confessions (Spoiler: he fornicated a lot  and stole pears)  You're welcome. (Srsly, it was worth the journey, now I can read the book- if I want). Next Road to Discovery adventure: How to Insert a Foley catheter in a woman