The 14th misunderstanding

YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ALREADY IN THE CONSTITUTION?

On one hand, we have noted legal expert Bill O'Reilly haranguing Donald Trump: "YOU WANT ME TO QUOTE YOU THE AMENDMENT??? IF YOU'RE BORN HERE YOU'RE AN AMERICAN. PERIOD! PERIOD!"  (No, Bill -- there's no period. More like: "comma," to parents born “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States “and of the state wherein they reside.”) Ann Coulter Based on the hysterical flailing at Donald Trump -- He's a buffoon! He's a clown! He calls people names! He's too conservative! He's not conservative enough! He won't give details! His details won't work! -- I gather certain Republicans are determined to drive him from the race. These same Republicans never object to other candidates who lack traditional presidential resumes -- Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain, to name a few. I'm beginning to suspect it's all about Trump's opposition to mass immigration from the Third World. Amid the hysteria, Trump is the only one speaking clearly and logically, while his detractors keep making utter asses of themselves. By my count -- so far -- Fiorina, Chris Christie, Rick Perry and the entire Fox News commentariat are unfamiliar with a period of the nation's history known as "the Civil War." They seem to believe that the post-Civil War amendments were designed to ensure that the children of illegal aliens would be citizens, "anchor babies," who can then bring in the whole family. (You wouldn't want to break up families, would you?) As FNC's Bill O'Reilly authoritatively informed Donald Trump on Tuesday night: "The 14th Amendment says if you're born here, you're an American!" I cover anchor babies in about five pages of my book, Adios, America, but apparently Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the scholars on Fox News aren't what we call "readers." Huh. In 1884, 16 years after the 14th Amendment was ratified, John Elk, who -- as you may have surmised by his name -- was an Indian, had to go to the Supreme Court to argue that he was an American citizen because he was born in the United States. He lost. In Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment did not grant Indians citizenship. [... they obtained citizenship in a law perplexingly titled: "THE INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 1924." Yeah, Trump's the idiot. Still, how could anyone -- even a not-very-bright person -- imagine that granting citizenship to the children of illegal aliens is actually in our Constitution? I know the country was exuberant after the war, but I really don't think our plate was so clear that Americans were consumed with passing a constitutional amendment to make illegal aliens' kids citizens. Put differently: Give me a scenario -- just one scenario -- where guaranteeing the citizenship of children born to illegals would be important to Americans in 1868. You can make it up. It doesn't have to be a true scenario. Any scenario! You know what's really bothering me? If someone comes into the country illegally and has a kid, that kid should be an American citizen! Damn straight they should! We've got to codify that. MORE -"YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ALREADY IN THE CONSTITUTION?" If I vote today, I vote for Trump.  Just because.

Leonore Goldschmidt

Hitler's Mustache

Steven Spielberg famously documented Oskar Schindler's defiance of Nazi Socialism (Schindler's List), and there have been others, like Leopold Socha's story (In Darkness).  I recently watched another—Smithsonian's documentary ("Goldschmidt’s Children – The Teacher Who Defied Hitler”) about German school teacher Leonore Goldschmidt.  Riveting stuff.  Surviving students recount how they were sent home from class for praying in class, or wearing tee-shirts emblazoned with the American flag ... wait—sorry; that's another story.  Anyway, after the Nazis decreed that all Jewish teachers be fired, Leonore pretty much "loopholes"  the Nazi bureaucracy and starts a school for Jews. She then cunningly stays one step ahead as the Nazi noose tightens.  You can watch all 42 minutes here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DKO50viOBg).

Da Bear Pool

Catharsis                      DA BEARS

Double Takes

Bada-Bing

art is everywhere

FANTOMWORKS http://www.velocity.com/leaking-like-a-pig-2/ I'm in a place where I do stuff that makes me feel good, and watching  FantomWorks is one I recently discovered.  Like Wheeler Dealers, FantomWorks do  restorations for the well heeled enthusiast.  That 1960 Lincoln Continental is a case in point. It was a one off boat that featured  power wing and rear windows.  Since there are like zero parts available, the FW crew had to manufacture what was needed for the restoration.  Nobody beats Wheeler Dealer's Edd China, IMO, but the FantomWorks guys film enough detail to satisfy me.   Here's a link where you can peruse cars they're restored.  Note: FantomWorks begins each show with  "There are three things we care about here, Cars, Country, and Cars." Owner Dan Short  retired honorably in 2005 as a Major in the Green Berets.  His shop is in Norfolk, VA.

So this guy walks into a bookstore ...

I was walking through the mall and I saw that there was a “Islamic Book  Store.” I was wondering what exactly was in an Islamic bookstore so I went in. As I was wandering around taking a look, the clerk stopped me and asked if he could help me. I imagine I didn’t look like his normal clientèle, so I asked, “Do you have a copy of Donald Trump’s book on his U.S. Immigration Policy regarding Muslims and illegal Mexicans?” The clerk said, “F*** off, get out and stay out!” I said, “Yes, that’s the one! Do you have it in paperback?” Stu Tarlowe

Jury Duty and Illegal Aliens

Mexican Invaders Jury Duty Surprise    Listened to Pat McDonough on WCBM this morning and heard this bombshell.  He was talking about Trump's promise to cure our illegal alien cancer ("How do you so that Mr. Trump?"  "You start!"),  and how the Democrat Party is so dependent on the illegal vote (no news there).   Democrats deny there are any significant number of illegals voting,  but it turns out that jury duty has brought the problem to light.  How?  Well, whenceforth the jury pool?  Why, the registered  voter rolls.  When more and more voters called for jury duty don't show up (as is the case in Maryland), an investigation showed it's the illegal voters who don't. Well, of course not; they're not stupid.  Ain't that a pussy!

HAWK AWK

What I See In the shadows

A movie with some Teeth

cinema à la carte

'If only I had teeth down there, ...' Unplugged! AWK! NSFW Rollover Was perusing Yideo yesterday and came across that summation for "Teeth."  Of course I was compelled to check it out ( Neflix).  Yes, it's as bad a movie as you'd expect.  In fact, so bad that had it been filmed in B&W,  one could easily believe it was a  companion to 1950's  Reefer Madness; acting and scripting are dead on.  We had a house full of company however, and host obligations forced me to tear myself away after 26 minutes (I only wanted to see the roll-over part anyway).  But, what a stitch!  Since Teeth was made in 2007, I think it quite possible that Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was the movie's inspiration, and that she herself was inspired by Lorena Bobbit.  The movie captures Feminazi thought beautifully, so I suspect whatever box office success Teeth  enjoyed was 90% was their doing. Finally, and this is very unkind, but  "I wouldn't f*** Dawn with your d***" ran constant through my mind, so I never could see myself as the victim, and hence was not really able to internalize any threat. Your mileage may differ.

2 squirts

Unplugged

SOLAR CONNECTED! (Vivent)

Techno Thrills

106 days. PS- That meter has now roll backward, meaning we're making more than we use! It took 106 days from presentation to a fully active solar panel system.  Our cost is nothing; our savings will be manifest on the next utility bill (although half that billing cycle will be pre-solar).  And, there's this. SunEdison and TerraForm Power Announce Definitive Agreement to Acquire Vivint Solar for $2.2 Billion I don't know how that will impact us (we have a contract vetted by a lawyer), but it does talk to legitimacy.  It will also make SunEdison-Vivent the largerst solar panel provider. Our guy told us that we project to generate 5.5 GW Hours (or something) which he says is very, very high.  A lot of that has to to with our house facing dead east (1°); and this. By the by; the incentive that several states are offering (to underwrite the solar panel expense) will end on Jan, 1, 2016. Any contract booked before that date will be honored.  If you're interested call Weston at 757-329 0115 (if you buy from him we make $100).  Thank you andMo Sup can afford these shoes!

Cali makes "Illegal Aliens" City Commisioners

Illegal Immigrants Appointed to City Commissions in California       Actual Headline Two Illegal Immigrants Appointed to City Commissions in California ... What your grandparents expected would follow Governor Reagan Sends National Guard into Huntington Park to Quell Insurrection Nest of illegal aliens take over government Flame Throwers and Huey Gunships Employed. You know how it's sometimes a blessing  when family members are so ill with an incurable disease that when they pass there's a sense of relief.  Their (and your) suffering is over.   I think God is preparing the nation for California sinking into the Abyss.

Marie's Blue

FOOD STUFF I INVENTED

Here's stuff I've slathered with Marie's Blue Cheese.  Someone said it's good on salad too! Nobody's ever  thought of this before. You're welcome.

Decomposing

The BEET GOES ON ..? A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears music.  Could it be Andre Rieu, he thinks to himself? He looks around but no one can be seen, so he starts searching for the source. He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave with a headstone that reads:  "Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770- 1827." Then he realizes that the music is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and it is being played backward! Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a friend to return with him. By the time they arrive back at the grave, the music has changed. This time it is the Seventh Symphony, but like the previous piece, it is being played backwards. Curious, the men agree to consult a music scholar. When they return with the expert, the Fifth Symphony is playing, again backwards. The expert notices that the symphonies are being played in the reverse order in which they were composed, the 9th, then the 7th,  then the 5th. By the next day the word has spread, and a crowd has gathered around the grave. They are all listening to the Second Symphony being played backward. Just then the graveyard's caretaker ambles up to the group. Someone in the group asks him if he has an explanation for the music. "I would have thought it was obvious,"  the caretaker says: "He's decomposing." Rick Michaelson

ARCHER VEXED

cinema à la carte

SOMETHING VEXING Vexed is a British television series broadcast on BBC Two in 2010, and again in 2012 . It is conceived by Howard Overman and set in a London contemporary. Toby Stephens is DI Jack Armstrong, and (first season) Lucy Punch is his partenr inspector DI Kate Bishop.  Jack is lazy and messy, but fascinating, while Kate is efficient and often exasperated by the behavior of Jack. (via Vexed serie televisiva). We tend to watch detective/crime/spook series at dinner time.  How exactly I discovered  "Vexed" is a mystery, but we began watching last week.  We both had pretty much the same reaction after episode one. "WTF   was that?" We decided to watch at least one more.      There are only nine episodes; three in season one, six in season two.  Here's my evaluation. Somewhere into episode two I found myself waiting for Malory Archer to stroll in—martini in hand—because DI Jack Armstrong is Sterling Archer  brought to life. And, his partners (new one in season two) are Lana Kane.  MoSup said she liked it because it was good to hear me laugh like that again.  So there's that. (she sniggered too.) NETFLIX

Medusa Benjamin; Cuntstrodinaire

Medusa Benjamin This is how far I'm behind.  Code Pink's Medusa Benjamin appeared on C-Span's Book Notes last Sunday.  Not yesterday; last Sunday. I stumbled across it and was forced to slow down and gawk while this bitch explained why she cannot trust media to tell truth about how despicable we Americans are, not even MSNBC!  No, she goes to  Al Jazeera America (Fact-Based, In-Depth News) and reads the Guardian for a modicum of truth about the United States' body politic. Hate is an awful thing;  it corrodes the soul and destroys the mind, but I do hate her guts. The worst appellation I can tag any women with is CUNT.  Medusa is a cunt.  I'm not really sure that Hillary Clinton is even a cunt, because I think Hillary has a pathology that renders her incapable of —strike that.  Hillary is too a cunt, but Medusa is a Cuntstrodinaire.  A traitor who urged our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq to kill their officers.  I would very much like to see her hanged one day after a proper trial.

What's His Name Again

People are always asking "what's up?"

. If I told you in 2008 that Barack Obama would negotiate a deal that he acknowledges will fund terrorism, you’d have thought me a conspiracy theorist.

Jim's Corpse

stuff I think about                                                           Time and Space Here's a story that Sister Edna, my 2nd grade teacher at St Francis Borgia, told us (to the best of my recollection). One Sunday afternoon, Jim was struck dead in his basement workshop.  Heart attack.  At the Pearly Gates he was remanded to purgatory for one year, in penance for various venial sins.  Having had a taste of what it would be like to be in the presence of God, Jim was crushed beyond words at being  denied HIS glory for so long.  If only he had gone to confession yesterday!  Too late now. Now, after what was certainly a period of 100 years, or more (certainly more than double the life he had lived on Earth) had passed, Jim was granted an appeal.  When he complained to St. Peter that a huge error had been made, St. Peter let Jim to see what was happening, in real time, back on Earth.  His wife Betty was just now standing over his body lying on his work shop floor.  She was sobbing while a rescue squad placed his corpse on a gurney.  So it was that we were introduced to time and space at a tender age.  I remember that when people attack the Genesis creation narrative.  JMJ

HOOMPH

HOOMPH!  A hint of The Perry Bible Fellowship.  But just a hint.

ENROLL NOW! MAKE MONEY

CAN YOU MAKE THE GRADE? WAS JIM RIGHT? IS THE CODE "57"?" WELCOME TO THE NSA!   CRAP

HOT STUFF

Terps Ranked #1 Preseason

TODAY'S KISS OF DEATH

GREENPEACE LOGIC

RES IPSA ....

obama poop

We call this poop Obamunism One of the hallmarks of the Obama administration has been the total corruption of the executive branch to serve Obama’s political agenda and interests. It doesn’t matter if innocent Mexicans and US Border Patrol agents are killed if gun control legislation can be expanded. US law can be flouted by the IRS to punish Obama opponents. Federal judges can be ignored to create a base of illegal aliens with documentation so large and diffuse that the damage can’t be undone. So is should come as no surprise that the men and women Obama has seen permanently ensconced in the Federal judiciary should have the same operating philosophy. [Wife of Obama-bundler judge, William Orrick III, is a pro-abort activist] Yes, we live in a Kafkaesque time loop where poop cannot be wiped away.  We call that poop Obamunism.

Ed Rendel

PA Democrat with links to former Gov. Ed Rendell one of the four indicted on corruption charges. BLAH BLAH BLAH (cont) It's a no brainer, unless you rely on MSNBC for news, that Ed Rendel is challenged only by Hillary as the most corrupt living Democrat pol.  Like Obama, everything he did as mayor and governor was "in your face."  As mayor of Philadelphia, a city ruled by mafia union thugs, he was to modern Dem presidential aspirants what Richard Daley's Chicago machine was to JFK , or  what Jim Wells County in Texas was to LBJ.  How many votes do you need?  You gottem!  Under Rendel, Philadelphia shamelessly increased voter rolls every year even when it meant the voter pool exceeded 100% of the city's population.  But like Hillary, whom he championed time and again, it will not matter that one of his fixers is tied to him.  He'll skate because he knows where all the dead bodies are buried.

PSA- WIN 10

Win 10? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphpLkmimVo On balance I'm thinking that W-10 can't be worse than 8.1 (which I'm just getting used to); but I'm glad to learn that I have a full year to procrastinate even though I'll be barraged with daily URGENTs  ! from HP and MS every time I restart. Your mileage may differ.

Another cultural abyss

—  You Utter Berks

Front Page Headline in Today's Local Rag Ways to prevent heroin deaths?  Well—Uh ... never mind. Carry on.

Addled-up here boss

A CAUTIONARY TALE Well this is a sumbitch.  After reinstalling Win 8 (in a pique I deleted  it a month ago-without a reliable backup because that's how pissed off I was). I used to do that all the time, and it was a piece of cake. No more.  Just a month ago I finished the June Mahjong Challenge (3 puzzles a day) with 100% for the third month in a row, although I did have a real problem with one, and took me at least a dozen tries. I really knew something was amiss when I started the June challenge beginning Jube 17th. Right off the bat I had problems with even some "Easy" ones.  July ended with three unfinished ga,es. Now, this is all about memory. You have to remember what tiles you missed, amd where they were. I can't do that in any depth now.  WTFF?  Mosup says it's sugar. Starting the New Year, I had a case of flu that lasted the better part of a month.  My daily 10,000 Fitbit steps a day plummeted to 6000.  Then I had what I thought was a torn knee cartilege.  No.  I have arthritiis in both knees.  Sawbones wants to do kneecaps;  No way, not while I can still walk and two Aleve's twice a day keeps them servicable, but  my steps went down to under 5000.  The poison ivy that turned into contact dermatitis was the killer. I spend the better part of the day watching movies and snacking.   I'm putting on weight which puts me in danger—warms MoSup—of getting Type 2 -- what the hell, I can't think of it (this is in real time)  ...  !Type 2 Diabetes, or worse.  My brain isn't snapping right. Diabetes is the worse disease you can have because it attacks every part of your body. That prospect scared the hell out of me enopught that I got my harmonica and began building my lung capacity back up(3 pack a day smoker before I quit 12 years ago).  Harmonica playing is only thing that works.  I'm learning Dixie.  It's already paying dividends—rode my bike yesterday. Today I turned another corner.  After watching Mountain Men for 6 straight hours I was really pumped! Turned  the AC  up to 75° (from 72°), the better to swaet. Went out to the garage, found my axe, and sharpened it!  Hoo-Rah!   I shot a mouse in the garage too.  I'm back!  Now, where that Eskimo woman I'm supposed to fuck?  Wait ... is that right? CRAP

Animal Catharsis cutting edge

SIPSONS-TAGE

STUFF FROM WHEN I STILL TIKED THE SIMPSONS

Stuck in the mud here boss

sTUFF i'M wORKING oN