Sunday, October 16, 2016
Victories Of The Hildebeast...
"Creating an ambassador at large for women’s issues. Mrs. Clinton
remembers this well, even inviting her husband to vet the candidates for
the position. Unfortunately, she has no memory of discussing women’s
issues with major foundation donors from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the
United Arab Emirates, where women have only slightly more rights than
cocker spaniels."
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Hundreds of Seattle teachers to wear 'Black Lives Matter' shirts in class
More than 700 shirts have been ordered for the “Black Lives Matter to
Educators” event on Oct. 19, according to a news release sent by a
group of Seattle educators. The event isn’t sponsored by Seattle Public
Schools, but coincides with the district’s “day of unity” to bring focus
to racial equity as part of a larger campaign to eliminate opportunity
gaps.
In addition to wearing shirts, teachers and staff members will hold rallies before school and teach lessons on black history and institutionalized racism, according to the group, called Social Equality Educators.
The shirts say “Black Lives Matter” and “We Stand Together” and are similar to the ones teachers planned to wear at John Muir Elementary in September during a celebration called “Black Men Uniting to Change the Narrative.” More than 100 black men planned to gather outside and greet students as they walked into the building, with the goal of dispelling negative stereotypes about black men.
Hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
The goal of dispelling stereotypes eh? Which ones? And as far as Black Lives goes, it's nothing more than a money making scam, like all money making scams that rely upon race as the focus.
In addition to wearing shirts, teachers and staff members will hold rallies before school and teach lessons on black history and institutionalized racism, according to the group, called Social Equality Educators.
The shirts say “Black Lives Matter” and “We Stand Together” and are similar to the ones teachers planned to wear at John Muir Elementary in September during a celebration called “Black Men Uniting to Change the Narrative.” More than 100 black men planned to gather outside and greet students as they walked into the building, with the goal of dispelling negative stereotypes about black men.
Hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
The goal of dispelling stereotypes eh? Which ones? And as far as Black Lives goes, it's nothing more than a money making scam, like all money making scams that rely upon race as the focus.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Clinton Felons Answer With Similar Lies...Depending upon what *Is* is Of Course
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton said under oath in a court filing
Thursday that she can’t recall key details about her use of a private
email server or she refused to answer questions about it posed by a
conservative legal group.
Clinton lawyer David Kendall provided the Democratic presidential nominee’s sworn responses to 25 written questions submitted by Judicial Watch. The group has filed multiple lawsuits seeking copies of government documents from Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
Clinton’s answers provided no new information beyond what she told FBI agents during the recently closed investigation into whether she and her staff mishandled classified information.
In her responses, Clinton used some variation of “does not recall” at least 21 times.
For example, Clinton was asked when she decided to use her private email account to conduct government business and whom she consulted in making that decision.
Clinton said she recalled making the decision in early 2009, but she “does not recall any specific consultations regarding the decision.”
Asked whether she was warned that using a private email account conflicted with federal record-keeping rules, Clinton responded that “she does not recall being advised, cautioned, or warned, she does not recall that it was ever suggested to her, and she does not recall participating in any communication, conversation, or meeting in which it was discussed.”
Judicial Watch had sought to depose Clinton in person about the creation of the private server located in the basement of her New York home. In August U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan instead ordered the Democratic presidential nominee to respond to the group’s questions in writing.
In addition to her inability to recall the requested information, Clinton entered various legal objections to the formation or wording of 18 of the 25 questions. She also filed eight separate general objections to the process under which the questions were being asked.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the group’s lawyers will closely review Clinton’s responses.
“Mrs. Clinton’s refusal to answer many of the questions in a clear and straightforward manner further reflects disdain for the rule of law,” Fitton said.
Seriously now; how can an old cow...who faints and loses memory at the drop of a hat...be expected to be the holder of the LAUNCH CODES...
Clinton lawyer David Kendall provided the Democratic presidential nominee’s sworn responses to 25 written questions submitted by Judicial Watch. The group has filed multiple lawsuits seeking copies of government documents from Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
Clinton’s answers provided no new information beyond what she told FBI agents during the recently closed investigation into whether she and her staff mishandled classified information.
In her responses, Clinton used some variation of “does not recall” at least 21 times.
For example, Clinton was asked when she decided to use her private email account to conduct government business and whom she consulted in making that decision.
Clinton said she recalled making the decision in early 2009, but she “does not recall any specific consultations regarding the decision.”
Asked whether she was warned that using a private email account conflicted with federal record-keeping rules, Clinton responded that “she does not recall being advised, cautioned, or warned, she does not recall that it was ever suggested to her, and she does not recall participating in any communication, conversation, or meeting in which it was discussed.”
Judicial Watch had sought to depose Clinton in person about the creation of the private server located in the basement of her New York home. In August U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan instead ordered the Democratic presidential nominee to respond to the group’s questions in writing.
In addition to her inability to recall the requested information, Clinton entered various legal objections to the formation or wording of 18 of the 25 questions. She also filed eight separate general objections to the process under which the questions were being asked.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the group’s lawyers will closely review Clinton’s responses.
“Mrs. Clinton’s refusal to answer many of the questions in a clear and straightforward manner further reflects disdain for the rule of law,” Fitton said.
Seriously now; how can an old cow...who faints and loses memory at the drop of a hat...be expected to be the holder of the LAUNCH CODES...
Exclusive Photos Of The Recently Found 30-Ton Argentine Meteorite by Nancy Atkinson
A gigantic piece of the famous Campo del Cielo meteorite fall that was found on September 10, 2016
has been un-earthed, and is now on display in Gancedo, Chaco,
Argentina. Photographer Pelin Rodriguez shared some images with Universe
Today that he took of the newly found behemoth during a recent
“Celebration of the Meteorite.”
And
in a surprise finding during a weigh-in of both the new Gancedo
meteorite and another meteorite named el Chaco that what was thought to
be the biggest meteorite from the Campo del Cielo site, the Gancedo
meteorite may actually be bigger. El Chaco was originally billed as 37
tons, but a recent tip of the scales put el Chaco at only 28 tons.
Rodriguez said both meteorites will be weighed again in order to verify
the tonnage. If confirmed, that would make the Gancedo meteorite the
second largest meteorite chunk in the world after the 66-ton Hoba
meteorite discovered in Namibia, Africa.
Out in the open? Not inside some cosy and costly museum?
How
Hillary's Russian reset now has us on the brink of Armageddon in Syria
Hillary Clinton in the second presidential debate called for a no-fly zone in Syria, even as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has warned that would mean war with Syria and Russia and the Kremlin has warned it will shoot down U.S. war planes. Does Clinton want to go war with Russia that badly?
Hillary Clinton in the second presidential debate called for a no-fly zone in Syria, even as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has warned that would mean war with Syria and Russia and the Kremlin has warned it will shoot down U.S. war planes. Does Clinton want to go war with Russia that badly?
Of course she does not. She's just old and stupid.
WORSE THAN WATERGATE BUT NOBODY CARES...
On March 4, 2015, Congress issued a subpoena for Hillary Clinton’s private email server that illegally contained classified information.
The same day, thanks to Wikileaks, we know State Department officials were still discussing which emails to delete — apparently to avert the subpoena.
By March 10, 2015, Clinton had announced at a press conference she had deleted nearly 32,000 emails from a private server which could have been used for a congressional investigation. She claimed they had been deleted months earlier. But is that completely true?
While Clinton maintains that it was a simple mistake, the truth is it was a deliberate attempt to prevent imprisonment. Clinton destroyed evidence to prevent herself from looking bad, and it is the tip of the iceberg in a long list of deceitful and criminal activity on the part of the Clintons.
Nobody reads blogs and the Yellowstream media doesn't touch this stuff,
The same day, thanks to Wikileaks, we know State Department officials were still discussing which emails to delete — apparently to avert the subpoena.
By March 10, 2015, Clinton had announced at a press conference she had deleted nearly 32,000 emails from a private server which could have been used for a congressional investigation. She claimed they had been deleted months earlier. But is that completely true?
While Clinton maintains that it was a simple mistake, the truth is it was a deliberate attempt to prevent imprisonment. Clinton destroyed evidence to prevent herself from looking bad, and it is the tip of the iceberg in a long list of deceitful and criminal activity on the part of the Clintons.
Nobody reads blogs and the Yellowstream media doesn't touch this stuff,
Yeah; it WAS a .22
The 20-year-old Turkish Muslim immigrant who murdered five random people
in a Macy’s in a Burlington (WA) mall north of Seattle did so with a
very common .22 rifle had attempted to buy a handgun just hours before the shooting.
One look at the rifle in question led me to believe that it was a .22, but of course the cops and media described it as a "hunting-looking rifle" . Not that one cannot hunt with such a caliber. Squirrels. And small people if you keep pumping.
One look at the rifle in question led me to believe that it was a .22, but of course the cops and media described it as a "hunting-looking rifle" . Not that one cannot hunt with such a caliber. Squirrels. And small people if you keep pumping.
Chicago Man Charged With Murder Even Though He Didn’t Pull The Trigger
Around 3 p.m. on Monday, 20-year-old Jerry Greer and 23-year-old
Cortez Lloyd attempted to rob a man in the Chicago suburb of Maywood.
The victim fended off the two robbers with a gun, shooting Lloyd multiple times in the chest.
Lloyd was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:38 p.m.
On Tuesday, Lloyd’s accomplice, Jerry Greer, was arrested. On Thursday, he was charged with Lloyd’s murder.
And well done...
The victim fended off the two robbers with a gun, shooting Lloyd multiple times in the chest.
Lloyd was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:38 p.m.
On Tuesday, Lloyd’s accomplice, Jerry Greer, was arrested. On Thursday, he was charged with Lloyd’s murder.
And well done...
The Universe’s Galaxy Population Just Grew Tenfoldby Matt Williams |
Ever
since human beings learned that the Milky Way was not unique or alone
in the night sky, astronomers and cosmologists have sought to find out
just how many galaxies there are in the Universe. And until recently,
our greatest scientific minds believed they had a pretty good idea -
between 100 and 200 billion.
However, a new study produced by researchers from the UK has revealed something startling about the Universe. Using Hubble's Deep Field Images
and data from other telescopes, they have concluded that these previous
estimates were off by a factor of about 10. The Universe, as it turns
out, may have had up to 2 trillion galaxies in it during the course of
its history.
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Anything done by UK *Researchers* must be taken with a grain of salt, so eager are they to get back into discover modes without a pot to piss in.
Walmart: 'All Lives Matter' Bumper Sticker is Offensive
For the past nine months Domagron, a family-owned business, has been selling “All Lives Matter” bumper stickers on Walmart’s online marketplace.
But on Oct. 11 the company received a
notice from the nation’s largest retailer that the bumper sticker had
been removed from its marketplace.
The notice implied that the bumper sticker had violated the company’s “prohibited products” policy.
Owner Dominick Agron was stunned – so he
fired off an email to Walmart demanding to know why the “All Lives
Matter” bumper sticker was prohibited.
Some lower level employee made the call. And I betecha I can guess her nationality...
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The U.S. Army converged on Washington D.C. for the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting at the Washington Convention Center that kicked off Monday.
"General Dynamics unveiled its new concept for a new army light tank that weighs in at about 28 tons. The demonstrator dominated in that tank sort of way and was one of the big reveals.
Dubbed the Griffin, the medium-weight tracked vehicle demonstrator combines elements of the M1A1/M1A2 Abrams with the company’s Ajax Scout Specialist Vehicle. Elements from the Abrams include the main battle tank turret and 120 mm cannon – although this version of the turret is designed to be lighter. From the Ajax, the Griffin incorporates the AJAX chassis and power pack.
It was shown kitted out with the 120 mm XM360 gun. If the program progresses, other features like explosive reactive armor could be incorporated.
This new light tank has potential to provide a solution for rapid deployment and mobility with significant firepower and protection."
Gonna go look for a pic of this mini-me tank But to no avail. Seems that *Griffin Tank* describes a well-known vape and that's it.
"General Dynamics unveiled its new concept for a new army light tank that weighs in at about 28 tons. The demonstrator dominated in that tank sort of way and was one of the big reveals.
Dubbed the Griffin, the medium-weight tracked vehicle demonstrator combines elements of the M1A1/M1A2 Abrams with the company’s Ajax Scout Specialist Vehicle. Elements from the Abrams include the main battle tank turret and 120 mm cannon – although this version of the turret is designed to be lighter. From the Ajax, the Griffin incorporates the AJAX chassis and power pack.
It was shown kitted out with the 120 mm XM360 gun. If the program progresses, other features like explosive reactive armor could be incorporated.
This new light tank has potential to provide a solution for rapid deployment and mobility with significant firepower and protection."
Gonna go look for a pic of this mini-me tank But to no avail. Seems that *Griffin Tank* describes a well-known vape and that's it.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Gotta Find A Decent (and free) Anti-Virus Program
The headline says it all. And thanks.
Found one :D
Found one :D
Monday, October 10, 2016
The Debate
Sweet geez but didn't Mrs. C. look like she was decked out to play Little Sister Hilly of the holy order of thieves; a dead rap for the outfit Mother Teresa was buried in, but none of the piety.
Typical Democrat promises of a chicken in every pot but nary a genuine recipe.
Typical Democrat promises of a chicken in every pot but nary a genuine recipe.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
GLOBAL WARMING ALERT!!
Residents and visitors in the South for the Thanksgiving holiday will face the coldest Thanksgiving in years in the wake of recent heavy rain and thunderstorms. The turkey and landscape will be cold Thanksgiving morning with many areas having their lowest temperatures so far this season. A frost and freeze will reach into new territory for the season so far in the Deep South, reaching the Gulf coast and into portions of central Florida. Damn mankind for creating such rain..
Residents and visitors in the South for the Thanksgiving holiday will face the coldest Thanksgiving in years in the wake of recent heavy rain and thunderstorms. The turkey and landscape will be cold Thanksgiving morning with many areas having their lowest temperatures so far this season. A frost and freeze will reach into new territory for the season so far in the Deep South, reaching the Gulf coast and into portions of central Florida. Damn mankind for creating such rain..
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Captain Samuel Nicholas formed two battalions of Continental Marines on 10 November 1775, in Philadelphia as naval infantry.[11] Since then, the mission of the Marine Corps has evolved with changing military doctrine and American foreign policy. The Marine Corps has served in every American armed conflict and attained prominence in the 20th century when its theories and practices of amphibious warfare proved prescient and ultimately formed the cornerstone of the Pacific campaign of World War II.[12] By the mid-20th century, the Marine Corps had become a major theorist and practitioner of amphibious warfare.[13][14][15] Its ability to rapidly respond on short notice to expeditionary crises gives it a strong role in the implementation and execution of American foreign policy.[16]
Friday, July 12, 2013
The Zimmerman Kerfuffle
Wait. Never mind
Sorry about the spelling and all. Goggle is making impossible for me to post
Saturday, July 06, 2013
Tom Terrific
" What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion?
And what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not
warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to
facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a
century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
Thomas Jefferson 1787
Monday, May 20, 2013
Here Come The Judge
“The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid
stories of gun crime routinely do. But few saw the Third Reich coming
until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one
designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other
rights have failed – where the government refuses to stand for
reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the
courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However
improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is
a mistake a free people get to make only once.”
Judge Alex Kozinski
Judge Alex Kozinski
Monday, May 13, 2013
Big Punch In A Small Package
Feed it with any DoubleTap load, hold on tight, then watch things evaporate.
I prefer the 158 grain BONDED DEFENSE load that'll crank out the tube @ 1400 fps or thereabouts. And I had to replace the standard grips with oversize Hogues because my paws are too big and clumsy for the teensy weensy factory furniture.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Quick Quiz...How Can You Tell When You've Come To the End Of Your Usefulness
When no one remembers your birthday.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Browser Game: The Ways of History: Russian Civ Knockoff
If you enjoy playing glitchy, balky, annoying browser games that hurl popup windows at you every other nanosecond, then Ways of History is for you!
I've been testing this From Russia With Hate offering for the past 4 months and it doesn't deserve a genuine write-up, yeah, it's that poorly done.
But picture yourself wanting to give it a go, then landing smack dab in the middle of a country laden with Russians seething at the froth about losing the Cold War. You're going to be attacked without mercy, and poof, there goes your foray into detente shot to hell and back.
I held it together until the commissars decided to introduce popup windows after each and every mouse click, and that's too bad. Because for a glitchy, balky, annoying browser game, it was a way to pass the time on a boring day.
Free-To-Play as long as you really don't want to win. Then you need to purchase luck coins that can take an hour to arrive even though PayPal has sent you the confirming email 2 minutes after your purchase.
Don't bother, brother.
I've been testing this From Russia With Hate offering for the past 4 months and it doesn't deserve a genuine write-up, yeah, it's that poorly done.
But picture yourself wanting to give it a go, then landing smack dab in the middle of a country laden with Russians seething at the froth about losing the Cold War. You're going to be attacked without mercy, and poof, there goes your foray into detente shot to hell and back.
I held it together until the commissars decided to introduce popup windows after each and every mouse click, and that's too bad. Because for a glitchy, balky, annoying browser game, it was a way to pass the time on a boring day.
Free-To-Play as long as you really don't want to win. Then you need to purchase luck coins that can take an hour to arrive even though PayPal has sent you the confirming email 2 minutes after your purchase.
Don't bother, brother.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Michelle Obama Says She's A Single Mommy
She's the First Single Lady.
Michelle Obama slipped up and remarked that she's a "busy single mother" before quickly correcting herself in an interview.
The first lady was talking about healthy eating with a reporter in Vermont on Thursday when the topic of balancing work and family came up.
"Believe me, as a busy single mother - or, I shouldn't say single - as a busy mother," the first lady told CBS's Vermont affiliate, WCAX.
As many of the comments offered, Barry does spend far more time learning how to look like an idiot with a golf club than being a father to his children. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't be spending all that much time with Lady Lard either.
And as usual, the Kraken made these statements while speaking about "healthy eating", making it abundantly clear that the White House has no mirrors.
Michelle Obama slipped up and remarked that she's a "busy single mother" before quickly correcting herself in an interview.
The first lady was talking about healthy eating with a reporter in Vermont on Thursday when the topic of balancing work and family came up.
"Believe me, as a busy single mother - or, I shouldn't say single - as a busy mother," the first lady told CBS's Vermont affiliate, WCAX.
As many of the comments offered, Barry does spend far more time learning how to look like an idiot with a golf club than being a father to his children. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't be spending all that much time with Lady Lard either.
And as usual, the Kraken made these statements while speaking about "healthy eating", making it abundantly clear that the White House has no mirrors.
Friday, April 05, 2013
Barry Thinks Constitution Is "Constraining" Him
"...on Wednesday, President Obama took his gun control push a step further:
He admitted that only the Constitution stands between him and full gun
confiscation. Rejecting concerns that new background checks might be a
prelude to gun seizures, Obama suggested that worries about gun seizures
were empty, and were only designed to feed "into fears about
government. You hear some of these folks: 'I need a gun to protect
myself from the government. We can't do background checks because the
government's going to come take my guns away.' The government's us.
These officials are elected by you. ... I am constrained as they are
constrained by the system that our founders put in place."
No, Barry, the government is not "us" The government is you. We the people hire folks to run the day-to-day minutiae of acting important; like setting up tee-times at the golf course, or European vacations that cost millions, but, you see, Barry boy, you and yours are nothing more than well paid hired hands with an outrageous entourage.
And not for nothing, Barry boy, but the Founders made it perfectly clear that the right to keep and bear arms would NOT be constrained. They understood the difference between government and citizens, and wanted the citizens to be able to take up arms against tyranny whenever necessary.
Constrained. Think about that for a minute. Barry feels the Constitution to be constraining.
Perhaps he's confusing his past African constitutions with the American one.
No, Barry, the government is not "us" The government is you. We the people hire folks to run the day-to-day minutiae of acting important; like setting up tee-times at the golf course, or European vacations that cost millions, but, you see, Barry boy, you and yours are nothing more than well paid hired hands with an outrageous entourage.
And not for nothing, Barry boy, but the Founders made it perfectly clear that the right to keep and bear arms would NOT be constrained. They understood the difference between government and citizens, and wanted the citizens to be able to take up arms against tyranny whenever necessary.
Constrained. Think about that for a minute. Barry feels the Constitution to be constraining.
Perhaps he's confusing his past African constitutions with the American one.
True Patriots Have ALWAYS Understood The Concept Of Common Sense
“Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?”
Patrick Henry
Sound familiar? Sound just like what Chuckie Cheese Schumer and his gaggle of moronic Congressional soccer-moms have been spouting, seemingly forever?
Ya think Chuckie's security staff has low-capacity magazines, or must first ask permission to lock and load during a threat? Think they must first fire a warning shot, like national disgrace Joey Boy Biden suggests? Think Barry Soetoro's security people, aka the Secret Service, is limited to 9 or 10 round magazines?
Of course not. After all, royalty has it's privilege.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Obo The Grand Is Excoriated
In what universe is a human being, one called “president of the
United States,” who cannot be trusted to spend other people’s money
wisely – who is held to be rash and irresponsible when pushing
legislation to extend health-insurance coverage – who is regarded as
arrogant and ignorant for his support of greater government regulation
of financial markets – who is accused of being a dangerous social
engineer when he launches schemes to redistribute wealth – who is
exposed as a typical, high-on-hubris, popularity-grabbing politician who
never lets his incomprehension of matters soothe his itch to tax,
spend, and issue diktats all in ways that conservatives correctly
understand to be destructive – in what universe is such a person to be
trusted and saluted as Our Protector and as a paragon of prudence
whenever he turns his attention to deploying military force?
Like conservatives, I look with deep suspicion upon any politician who exercises authority to spend other people’s money, to regulate wages, or to plan a ‘green’ economy. Unlike too many conservatives, however, I look with even deeper suspicion upon any politician who exercises authority to kill.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
and
Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
This was in response to Obama's dictatorial, from-the-throne decision to sanction possible U.S. military force against American citizens.
Is it time for impeachment yet?
Like conservatives, I look with deep suspicion upon any politician who exercises authority to spend other people’s money, to regulate wages, or to plan a ‘green’ economy. Unlike too many conservatives, however, I look with even deeper suspicion upon any politician who exercises authority to kill.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
and
Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
This was in response to Obama's dictatorial, from-the-throne decision to sanction possible U.S. military force against American citizens.
Is it time for impeachment yet?
Germany's Green Energy Fiasco Comes Home To Roost...
Because renewable power sources have been so unreliable, Germany has
been forced to construct numerous new coal plants in an effort to
replace the nuclear energy it has taken offline. In fact the country
will build more coal-fired facilities this year than at any time in the
past two decades — bringing an estimated 5,300 megawatts
of new capacity online. Most of these facilities will burn lignite,
too, which is strip-mined and emits nearly 30 percent more carbon
dioxide than hard coal.
In other words Germany is dirtying the planet in the name of clean energy — and sticking its citizens with an ever-escalating tab so it can subsidize an energy source which will never generate sufficient power.
Now of course Merkle the Turkle is a libtard who did a full frontal kneejerk when the Japanese tidal wave wrecked one of their nuke plants, but doesn't she know that Germany doesn't get all that many tidal waves?
Wind turbines DO NOT WORK as advertised.
Guess not.
See more at Net Right Daily
In other words Germany is dirtying the planet in the name of clean energy — and sticking its citizens with an ever-escalating tab so it can subsidize an energy source which will never generate sufficient power.
Now of course Merkle the Turkle is a libtard who did a full frontal kneejerk when the Japanese tidal wave wrecked one of their nuke plants, but doesn't she know that Germany doesn't get all that many tidal waves?
Wind turbines DO NOT WORK as advertised.
Guess not.
See more at Net Right Daily
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Friday, February 08, 2013
LA Cops Go On Shooting Spree...Awaiting The Reaction From Nancy Pelosi
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of police officers throughout Southern
California and neighboring states hunted Thursday for a disgruntled
former Los Angeles officer wanted for going on a deadly shooting rampage
that he warned in an online posting would target those on the force who
wronged him, authorities said.
Police issued a statewide "officer safety warning" and police were sent to protect people named in the posting that was believed to be written by the fired officer, Christopher Dorner, who has military training. Among those mentioned were members of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The hunt for Dorner led to two errant shootings in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday.
Los Angeles officers guarding a "target" named in the posting shot and wounded two women in suburban Torrance who were in a pickup but were not involved, authorities said. It's not clear if the target is a person or a location. Beck said one woman was in stable condition with two gunshot wounds and the other was being released after treatment.
"Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," Beck said.
Minutes later Torrance officers responding to a report of gunshots encountered a dark pickup matching the description of Dorner's, said Torrance Sgt. Chris Roosen. A collision occurred and the officers fired on the pickup. The unidentified driver was not hit and it turned out not to be the suspect vehicle, Roosen said.
"We're asking our officers to be extraordinarily cautious just as we're asking the public to be extraordinarily cautious with this guy. He's already demonstrated he has a propensity for shooting innocent people," said Smith, the LAPD commander.
Just for a moment try to envision the response you'd get after shooting innocent people because they happened to be driving a vehicle resembling someone on a wanted list. Whoops, sorry about those bullet holes, just a case of mistaken identity, and what's an "errant" round or two between friends?
Teaching cops when, where, and how to shoot is really the only form of gun control needed. But they, you see, are the ones trusted to own and carry virtually any firearm in existence because their little boys club would otherwise pout if denied the right to shoot more innocent people than criminals.
Police issued a statewide "officer safety warning" and police were sent to protect people named in the posting that was believed to be written by the fired officer, Christopher Dorner, who has military training. Among those mentioned were members of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The hunt for Dorner led to two errant shootings in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday.
Los Angeles officers guarding a "target" named in the posting shot and wounded two women in suburban Torrance who were in a pickup but were not involved, authorities said. It's not clear if the target is a person or a location. Beck said one woman was in stable condition with two gunshot wounds and the other was being released after treatment.
"Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," Beck said.
Minutes later Torrance officers responding to a report of gunshots encountered a dark pickup matching the description of Dorner's, said Torrance Sgt. Chris Roosen. A collision occurred and the officers fired on the pickup. The unidentified driver was not hit and it turned out not to be the suspect vehicle, Roosen said.
"We're asking our officers to be extraordinarily cautious just as we're asking the public to be extraordinarily cautious with this guy. He's already demonstrated he has a propensity for shooting innocent people," said Smith, the LAPD commander.
Just for a moment try to envision the response you'd get after shooting innocent people because they happened to be driving a vehicle resembling someone on a wanted list. Whoops, sorry about those bullet holes, just a case of mistaken identity, and what's an "errant" round or two between friends?
Teaching cops when, where, and how to shoot is really the only form of gun control needed. But they, you see, are the ones trusted to own and carry virtually any firearm in existence because their little boys club would otherwise pout if denied the right to shoot more innocent people than criminals.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Women May Soon Be Drafted
Females may be included in the Selective Service and qualify for a
potential draft should one be ordered by the president, Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta said.
The U.S. military’s civilian leader lamented that he didn’t know who ran the Selective Service, but whoever does will “have to exercise some judgment based on what we just did,” Panetta said at a Pentagon press conference Thursday.
On Thursday, Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lifted the official ban on women serving in combat roles, removing gender barriers from jobs in the military.
There's a reason why women have their own sporting venues. Simply put, they cannot compete with men.
War isn't tennis or golf, and to dilute the combat efficiency of an all-male unit is nothing short of criminal.
Besides the fact that not one free nation in the world uses women in combat roles. A lot of this ludicrous hubbub began back when some Israeli gals from the steno pool hopped on a passing tank after the 3-day war, and a myth was born.
Draft them? Sure. Every unit could use some extra clerk-typists. But you all know what will really happen, now don't you. The standards will be lowered. As usual. Real life isn't some Hollywood war flick where oh so tough gals not only keep pace with but often exceed what their male counterparts are capable of.
Pardon my Fwench but bullshit. They are slower, weaker, and far more prone to become over emotional, and over emotional in combat means they'll get someone else killed and it isn't going to be the enemy. And forget the fact of what the moose-limbs do to the women they own. Be prepared for a video of Sally Soldier being tortured, raped, then beheaded.
Just another reason to despise the Obo administration.
The U.S. military’s civilian leader lamented that he didn’t know who ran the Selective Service, but whoever does will “have to exercise some judgment based on what we just did,” Panetta said at a Pentagon press conference Thursday.
On Thursday, Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lifted the official ban on women serving in combat roles, removing gender barriers from jobs in the military.
There's a reason why women have their own sporting venues. Simply put, they cannot compete with men.
War isn't tennis or golf, and to dilute the combat efficiency of an all-male unit is nothing short of criminal.
Besides the fact that not one free nation in the world uses women in combat roles. A lot of this ludicrous hubbub began back when some Israeli gals from the steno pool hopped on a passing tank after the 3-day war, and a myth was born.
Draft them? Sure. Every unit could use some extra clerk-typists. But you all know what will really happen, now don't you. The standards will be lowered. As usual. Real life isn't some Hollywood war flick where oh so tough gals not only keep pace with but often exceed what their male counterparts are capable of.
Pardon my Fwench but bullshit. They are slower, weaker, and far more prone to become over emotional, and over emotional in combat means they'll get someone else killed and it isn't going to be the enemy. And forget the fact of what the moose-limbs do to the women they own. Be prepared for a video of Sally Soldier being tortured, raped, then beheaded.
Just another reason to despise the Obo administration.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Iranian Nuke Facility Goes BOOM
An explosion deep within Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility has destroyed
much of the installation and trapped about 240 personnel deep
underground, according to a former intelligence officer of the Islamic
regime.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
When Men Were Men And Not Ashamed Of It...
It’s the soldier, not the reporter who has given us
Freedom of the Press.
It’s the soldier, not the poet, who has given us
Freedom of Speech.
It’s the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the
Freedom to Demonstrate.
It’s the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the
Right to a Fair Trial.
It’s the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and
whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who gives the protestor the right to burn the flag.
~Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC
The sniveling wimps who'd turn us all into campfire girls have not the slightest understanding of history, reality, or the inescapable fact that we exist in a dangerous world and must remain prepared to defend both life and liberty at the drop of a hat.
Freedom of the Press.
It’s the soldier, not the poet, who has given us
Freedom of Speech.
It’s the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the
Freedom to Demonstrate.
It’s the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the
Right to a Fair Trial.
It’s the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and
whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who gives the protestor the right to burn the flag.
~Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC
The sniveling wimps who'd turn us all into campfire girls have not the slightest understanding of history, reality, or the inescapable fact that we exist in a dangerous world and must remain prepared to defend both life and liberty at the drop of a hat.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Gun Control
Even the most simple of dullards has to realize that law abiding folks don't do UN-law-abiding things with any degree of regularity, but then again liberals are a species far beneath the dullard line. But if the Obama administration has been good for one thing it's been to lower the bar and "WE TOLD YOU SO".
They are coming for our guns. And this time they might get them.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
RIP Stan The Man
Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardinals star with the corkscrew stance and too many batting records to fit on his Hall of Fame plaque, died Saturday. He was 92.
Most of Stan's glory days happened before my birth or memory, but our Dad's raved about him which was unusual for an out of town player.
If Pete Rose hadn't perfected the swinging bunt, Musial would still be in the top 3 of real players who could hit a ton and then some. Musial's 3630 hits place him just behind Hank Aaron, two seasons behind Ty Cobb, and real men watched the game of baseball to see the bat being swung not pushed as if by a street cleaner's brush.
Most of Stan's glory days happened before my birth or memory, but our Dad's raved about him which was unusual for an out of town player.
If Pete Rose hadn't perfected the swinging bunt, Musial would still be in the top 3 of real players who could hit a ton and then some. Musial's 3630 hits place him just behind Hank Aaron, two seasons behind Ty Cobb, and real men watched the game of baseball to see the bat being swung not pushed as if by a street cleaner's brush.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Arms In Battle: The Gatling
Witnessing the assault on San Juan Hill, Col. Roosevelt decided to cross
the steep ravine from Kettle Hill to San Juan Hill to support the
fighting still going on there. Calling for his men to follow him, he ran
forward, only to find just five of the Rough Riders following him (most
had not heard his command). Roosevelt returned and gathered together a
larger group of his men, leading them down the western slope of Kettle
Hill, past a small lagoon, and up the northern extension of San Juan
Hill, but the fighting was over for the top of the heights. General
Summer intercepted Roosevelt and ordered him back to Kettle Hill
immediately to prepare for the expected counterattack. When he returned
his men were exhausted and his horse was again spent from the heat. A
counterattack directed at Kettle Hill by some 600 Spanish infantry was
stopped primarily by the fire of a single ten-barreled .30 Gatling Gun
manned by Sergeant Green of the Gatling Gun Detachment, which (according
to Spanish officers captured after the attack) killed or wounded all
but 40 of the Spanish attackers.[18]You read that right. Five hundred and sixty men mowed down by a single Gatling Gun isn't anything I'd normally take as gospel, but there's enough eye witness evidence to prove it. We really didn't have the rifles to compete with the Spaniards, but the Gatling's struck fear into them and well it should have.
Monday, January 07, 2013
Whoops
Just when I was on a roll the ambulance siren clamored for me to return to the hospital. Much as I despise quoting the Fwench, K sera sera.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
If I Had A Hammerrrr, I'd Kill More People Than Guns Do...If I Had A...
This is an interesting fact, particularly amid the Democrats'
feverish push to ban many different rifles, ostensibly to keep us safe
of course.
However, it appears the zeal of Sens. like Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) is misdirected. For in looking at the FBI numbers from 2005 to 2011, the number of murders by hammers and clubs consistently exceeds the number of murders committed with a rifle.
Think about it: In 2005, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 445, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 605. In 2006, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 438, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 618.
And so the list goes, with the actual numbers changing somewhat from year to year, yet the fact that more people are killed with blunt objects each year remains constant.
For example, in 2011, there was 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs.
Another interesting fact: According to the FBI, nearly twice as many people are killed by hands and fists each year than are killed by murderers who use rifles.
The bottom line: A rifle ban is as illogical as it is unconstitutional. We face far greater danger from individuals armed with carpenters' tools and a caveman's stick.
And it seems fairly obvious that if more people had a gun, less people would be inclined to try to hit them in the head with a hammer.
I knew it I knew it I FRICKING knew it. High time to arrest Chuck Norris and alla them home improvement douchebags who cause far more fatalities than my firearms.
However, it appears the zeal of Sens. like Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) is misdirected. For in looking at the FBI numbers from 2005 to 2011, the number of murders by hammers and clubs consistently exceeds the number of murders committed with a rifle.
Think about it: In 2005, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 445, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 605. In 2006, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 438, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 618.
And so the list goes, with the actual numbers changing somewhat from year to year, yet the fact that more people are killed with blunt objects each year remains constant.
For example, in 2011, there was 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs.
Another interesting fact: According to the FBI, nearly twice as many people are killed by hands and fists each year than are killed by murderers who use rifles.
The bottom line: A rifle ban is as illogical as it is unconstitutional. We face far greater danger from individuals armed with carpenters' tools and a caveman's stick.
And it seems fairly obvious that if more people had a gun, less people would be inclined to try to hit them in the head with a hammer.
I knew it I knew it I FRICKING knew it. High time to arrest Chuck Norris and alla them home improvement douchebags who cause far more fatalities than my firearms.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Message From J&G Sales...
Dear J&G Customer,
Today we wanted to send out a short notice about the current situation in the gun industry.
Today we wanted to send out a short notice about the current situation in the gun industry.
Most of you have heard of the panic buying that has been occurring since proposed gun control legislation has been discussed daily on the news. We wanted to try to keep our customers informed of what we see going on from our end, both bad and good.
First the BAD:
1. There are extensive shortages of several key items. Products that may be banned are often no longer in stock, such as mags over 10rds for AR-15, AK-47, popular pistols, and ammo in key calibers. The urge to stock up on these items continues to be very strong and we are unsure what supply will be like in the future. Manufacturers may not be able to keep up, some stating that future supplies will be limited for quite some time, especially on AR and AK rifles and magazines.
2. Prices are going up. This is a fact of life during shortages due to increased demand and short supply. If you browse gun auction websites you will see the value of items climbing daily. Luckily most of the prices at J&G Sales have not changed and remain stable, although some items have increased, or will soon. The increased prices are due to several factors, including:
A. Suppliers who have increased our costs when we order replacement stock.
B.
Suppliers no longer importing or producing certain items at all, making
what is currently available no longer replaceable and increasing its
value.
C.
Some price increases to allow items to be available to more people over
a longer period, preventing a few resellers from buying everything.
Now the GOOD:1. Many suppliers are ramping up production to try to get product to the dealers to restock as soon as possible. We are expecting AR-15 mags to continue coming in, as well as handgun mags, and ammo. Shipments will probably be smaller than previously, as manufacturers try to spread around the supply and not ship it all to only one or two dealers. Gun production is more difficult to increase, and many manufacturers were already running close to full capacity before the rush. We do expect more domestically produced guns, although AR style rifles will probably be available only in small batches. Unfortunately, we do not expect a steady supply of AK style rifles for some time.
2. Prices seem to be stabilizing a bit, although they will continue to be extremely volatile depending on the details of new legislation, and on continued word from manufacturers regarding future availability.
In summary, we hope these times will pass and enough government representatives will remember their oaths of office and keep our freedom intact. We at J&G plan to stick it out for the long haul and continue to supply our customers into the future. We pledge to you that we will not cave to outside societal pressure and will stay loyal to you and continue selling lawful items to law abiding citizens.
I still do all of my purchases from J&G, as they are top notch and super reliable. Yes, I've added to my collection of Curio & Relics, but just don't believe it is the right time to be giving potential villains thieves and scoundrels the impetus to come a'knocking'.
INTENDED Consequences...
Johnny the hardware boy can now be replaced by Juan who'll settle for pennies on the dollar. Then of course send his paycheck to parts unknown instead of pumping the cash back into our economy.
BLOOD RUNNING IN THE STREETS!!! Ummmmm...
Gunshine State Tops A Million Packers
Officials in Florida expected that the total number of Sunshine State concealed carry permit holders would exceed one million by the end of 2012.
Doubling since 2007, the number of concealed weapons license holders will top 5 percent of Florida’s 19.1 million residents in a state that is number one nationally in licenses issued, the News Service of Florida reported. Florida has been licensing concealed weapons since 1987, when state officials took over authority from counties that had a patchwork of requirements regarding who could carry and what was needed to qualify for a license.
Clearly it is a popular law and has been taken advantage of by a large number of Floridians who have acted responsibly, said Adam Putnam, commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the agency which oversees the state¹s concealed carry program.
Floridians who are obtaining these licenses are obtaining them for the right reason and are using them in an appropriate way.
At least one million...far too many forget to re-register...and not one criminal act committed. Except for forgetting to re-register.
Does your state have at least 5% of it's male population ready to step in when necessary to stop the slaughter?
If not, then get a CCW and convince your friends to as well. I know that a lot of people don't like asking for a permission slip to exercise a Constitutional right, but we have to continue showing the anti's that we're more law abiding than the average bear.
Officials in Florida expected that the total number of Sunshine State concealed carry permit holders would exceed one million by the end of 2012.
Doubling since 2007, the number of concealed weapons license holders will top 5 percent of Florida’s 19.1 million residents in a state that is number one nationally in licenses issued, the News Service of Florida reported. Florida has been licensing concealed weapons since 1987, when state officials took over authority from counties that had a patchwork of requirements regarding who could carry and what was needed to qualify for a license.
Clearly it is a popular law and has been taken advantage of by a large number of Floridians who have acted responsibly, said Adam Putnam, commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the agency which oversees the state¹s concealed carry program.
Floridians who are obtaining these licenses are obtaining them for the right reason and are using them in an appropriate way.
At least one million...far too many forget to re-register...and not one criminal act committed. Except for forgetting to re-register.
Does your state have at least 5% of it's male population ready to step in when necessary to stop the slaughter?
If not, then get a CCW and convince your friends to as well. I know that a lot of people don't like asking for a permission slip to exercise a Constitutional right, but we have to continue showing the anti's that we're more law abiding than the average bear.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Durnig And Klugman...
...died on Christmas eve. Back in the late 50's and early 60's, Klugman, 90, was everywhere on the new thing called television, and for my money was the best worst actor ever. Forever over-emoting, he made the small screen seem much bigger. Durnig, 89, was the character actors character actor, never turning down a role, and, unlike Klugman, never argued with a director or producer. Fact of the matter is they'd never stand a chance starting out in today's Hollywood that searches for feminine male clones and talent be damned. How else can you explain the continued theatrical employment of the Afleck-types.
Friday, December 07, 2012
Operation Hawaii...
...was what the Japs called the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.
What it really accomplished was to enrage America into entering World War II, ending the Empire of Japan as well as the designs of Adolph Hitler.
The day still lives on in infamy, and is a reminder of what it was like back when the U.S. knew how to fight a war.
"The base was attacked by 353[13] Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.[13] All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. Of these eight damaged, two were raised, and with four repaired, six battleships returned to service later in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship,[nb 4] and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,402 Americans were killed[15] and 1,282 wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured."
What it really accomplished was to enrage America into entering World War II, ending the Empire of Japan as well as the designs of Adolph Hitler.
The day still lives on in infamy, and is a reminder of what it was like back when the U.S. knew how to fight a war.
"The base was attacked by 353[13] Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.[13] All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. Of these eight damaged, two were raised, and with four repaired, six battleships returned to service later in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship,[nb 4] and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,402 Americans were killed[15] and 1,282 wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured."
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Happy 237th To All The Leathernecks Leathernecking About
Funny thing. I don't feel a day over 236.
SEMPER FI
SEMPER FI
Saturday, November 10, 2012
I'm still shocked to learn that after all these years Florida has truly gone to the dark side
50 to 49.3% voted for his highness. At this point in my life who'd a thunk I'd be living in a lefty state. I moved here in part due to the freedom afforded gun owners, but I guess these same 2nd Amendment devotees cannot see the forest for the trees when it comes to politics.
I'm embarrassed and apologize. Too many "students", too many lunatic teachers, too many easily swayed knuckle-headed women still in full frontal swoon over the Kenyon, too many dead folk still arriving at the polls.
Might be time to head for Texas.
I'm embarrassed and apologize. Too many "students", too many lunatic teachers, too many easily swayed knuckle-headed women still in full frontal swoon over the Kenyon, too many dead folk still arriving at the polls.
Might be time to head for Texas.
10 Million Fewer Voted For The Kenyon But He Still Beat Mr. Snooze
The following quote that has been attributed to either Alexis de
Tocqueville or Professor Alexander Fraser Tyler, made clear what happens
to a society on the road toward Socialism:
“A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always VOTE for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, and followed by a Dictatorship and then a Monarchy.”
Oh and by the way...Romney got less votes than McCain.
“A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always VOTE for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, and followed by a Dictatorship and then a Monarchy.”
Oh and by the way...Romney got less votes than McCain.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The Sweet Science Loses Emanuel
I've been a fan of boxing longer than I can remember. There just isn't a memory of mine not linked to appreciating the Sweet Science, but my recollection of bottle feedings are admittedly dim so who knows. Back in the late 50's/early 60's, my friend John and I would sneak into the old armory and watch club fights. Chance would have it that one of the ushers was a parishioner of our elementary school/church, and whenever the front rows would thin out he'd let us move down to ringside. He even taught us the old trick of bringing along the biggest paper bags we could find, then cutting eye holes before draping them over our heads. It was messy, very, very messy that close to the action, and going home with blood spattered shirts, hair and faces would mean the end of life as we knew it a nanosecond after our moms saw the carnage.
Emanuel Steward died last Thursday, October 25th to be precise, and I'll miss his contributions to HBO boxing.
Not the swiftest of repartee swappers, I often felt like he was a man not accustomed to split second chatter, and this, in my mind, led to his seeming to be, at times, clueless about the goings on right before his very eyes.
But he wasn't dumb, or slow. Just thoughtful, and thoughtful doesn't mesh all that well with television.
Emanuel Steward died last Thursday, October 25th to be precise, and I'll miss his contributions to HBO boxing.
Not the swiftest of repartee swappers, I often felt like he was a man not accustomed to split second chatter, and this, in my mind, led to his seeming to be, at times, clueless about the goings on right before his very eyes.
But he wasn't dumb, or slow. Just thoughtful, and thoughtful doesn't mesh all that well with television.
“One day I may be doing a broadcast and living in big hotels in New York and Las Vegas, and the limousine is picking me up, and I get involved in so many multi-million dollar situations. And then, when I get back to the gym the next day and take off those tuxedos, it keeps me connected with reality, that everybody isn’t living the big life. And when I go down to that little basement at Kronk, that’s where I’m the happiest, because I see all the little kids and the people who are older in life who have fallen through the cracks and are less fortunate and they’re there and they’re just happy to see me.”
–Emanuel Steward (July 7, 1944 – October 25, 2012)
Friday, October 19, 2012
Belated 100th Birthday Greetings To...
...Stainless Steel. Patented October 17 1912 by Messrs Benno Strauss and Eduard Maurer of Germany. A boon to all mankind. Until Frost Cutlery came along and convinced the Chinese to crank out Stainless look-likes that rust if you merely look at them with a tear in your eye.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Dead Men Flying
A “very, very disappointed” Gen. Patrick Brady has slammed the U.S. Army for
forgetting the lessons of the legendary “Dust Off” helicopter ambulance
program from the Vietnam War.
It was in
an interview on “Talk Back with Chuck Wilder,” that Brady, a recipient
of the Medal of Honor, explained that bureaucratic changes within the
Army are endangering wounded soldiers.
He’s also the author of “Dead Men Flying: Victory in Vietnam.”
Here's the scoop in a tough nutshell: The Army sends in its dustoff choppers replete with the ridiculous red cross symbol that serves as a SHOOT ME HERE advertizement. The helicopters are also weaponless, because the brass feel that arming a medical transport is contrary to the Geneva and Hague accords, which of courses is blatant nonsense as we are not fighting an enemy army that is signatory to either convention. Marines, on the other hand, dispatch armed to the teeth medevacs that can fight their way in and out of the mission, because the lives of Marines come before the Commander-In-Thief's demands that no Afghan citizen be denied the right to kill American servicemen. And instead of the pilots determining the go or no go, the brass furiously debate the politics of launching.
And, since it is that season once more, military transports are being diverted to ferrying Obama's election campaign which of course employs far more assets than ever. This doesn't effect the medevacs, mind you, just the arrival and departure of troops and supplies from theater in favor of debate and campaign venues.
Priorities.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sound Familiar?
WASHINGTON -- America's top military officer is opposing the demotion
of a four-star general who is accused of spending tens of thousands of
taxpayer dollars on lavish travel and other expenses in a case that has
been sitting on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's desk for weeks, U.S.
officials said Thursday.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is among those who believe that Gen. William Ward, the former head of U.S. Africa Command, should be allowed to retire at his full four-star general rank, the officials said.
A Defense Department inspector general's report released in mid-August concluded that Ward "engaged in multiple forms of misconduct related to official and unofficial travel." It said Ward "conducted official travel for primarily personal reasons," misused military aircraft and received reimbursement for travel expenses that far exceeded the approved daily military rate without authorization.
Seems like this Obama appointee emulated his commander in thief by spending taxpayer monies like it grew on trees.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is among those who believe that Gen. William Ward, the former head of U.S. Africa Command, should be allowed to retire at his full four-star general rank, the officials said.
A Defense Department inspector general's report released in mid-August concluded that Ward "engaged in multiple forms of misconduct related to official and unofficial travel." It said Ward "conducted official travel for primarily personal reasons," misused military aircraft and received reimbursement for travel expenses that far exceeded the approved daily military rate without authorization.
Seems like this Obama appointee emulated his commander in thief by spending taxpayer monies like it grew on trees.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Let The Stoning Begin
Kidney stoning, that is. Health issues rearing their dreary head again. Be back soon.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Shocking
GM loses $49,000 On Each Volt...Your Tax Dollars At Idle
Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds, according to estimates provided to Reuters by industry analysts and manufacturing experts. GM on Monday issued a statement disputing the estimates.
Yeah; GM is disputing the evidence because Reuters isn't including all the perks and freebies Odumber is kicking in to keep the UAW on his side of the bed.
Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds, according to estimates provided to Reuters by industry analysts and manufacturing experts. GM on Monday issued a statement disputing the estimates.
Yeah; GM is disputing the evidence because Reuters isn't including all the perks and freebies Odumber is kicking in to keep the UAW on his side of the bed.
Friday, September 07, 2012
Hostage Killed By NYPD
An innocent worker was shot and killed by cops after being taken hostage
two thugs inside a Bronx bodega, witnesses and family said. Reynaldo
Cuevas, 20, was inside the Natalie Grocery store on East 168th and was
taken hostage after two men entered the store around 2 a.m., Cuevas'
cousin told The Post.
After a couple hours (sic), one of thugs surrended (sic) to cops and was arrested at the scene.
Cuevas, who was not being held at gunpoint, ran out of the store and tripped on a fire hydrant before being shot by police, witnesses said.
Police "shot him [Reynaldo] right in the neck," Garcia said. "He didn't have his hands up. He fell to the ground and the cops grabbed him by the arm and dragged him on the street."
After a couple hours (sic), one of thugs surrended (sic) to cops and was arrested at the scene.
Cuevas, who was not being held at gunpoint, ran out of the store and tripped on a fire hydrant before being shot by police, witnesses said.
Police "shot him [Reynaldo] right in the neck," Garcia said. "He didn't have his hands up. He fell to the ground and the cops grabbed him by the arm and dragged him on the street."
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
States Up To Their Eyeballs In Debt...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Marines "Testing" Women For Combat Roles
WASHINGTON -- There may be some anxiety from male Marines as female
officers work their way into infantry and other combat jobs that
historically have been open only to men, Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine
Corps commandant, said Tuesday.
Amos said early steps to begin moving women into artillery, tank air defense and combat engineer units have been successful, but the more difficult tests lie ahead.
"Change doesn't come easy to the United States Marine Corps," Amos told an audience at the National Press Club. "But when it does, when it's rooted, it lasts forever. So I think we'll work our way through it."
A key challenge will take place next month as female Marine officers attend the grueling infantry officer school at a Marine Corps base in Virginia as part of an experiment to gauge whether women can handle the course's extreme physical and mental challenges. So far, two women have volunteered to go through the 13-week course, which historically sees attrition rates of 20 percent to 25 percent when only men are participating.
There has never been a female attached to a ground combat unit anywhere in the free world.
The Israeli's tried it and dropped it at once. The Brits tried it and said sorry old chappette, but maybe next time, and even our Army decided it was ludicrous to expect the average female to perform as well as her male counterpart.
Politically correct bullshit to please the likes of Barbara the Boxer. So of course they'll lower the standards which will result in having to requisition a lot more body bags.
Oh and lets not forget this little tidbit. Combat troops advance in rank a lot faster than office pogues, so look for them to eventually file a discrimination in the workplace lawsuit.
Amos said early steps to begin moving women into artillery, tank air defense and combat engineer units have been successful, but the more difficult tests lie ahead.
"Change doesn't come easy to the United States Marine Corps," Amos told an audience at the National Press Club. "But when it does, when it's rooted, it lasts forever. So I think we'll work our way through it."
A key challenge will take place next month as female Marine officers attend the grueling infantry officer school at a Marine Corps base in Virginia as part of an experiment to gauge whether women can handle the course's extreme physical and mental challenges. So far, two women have volunteered to go through the 13-week course, which historically sees attrition rates of 20 percent to 25 percent when only men are participating.
There has never been a female attached to a ground combat unit anywhere in the free world.
The Israeli's tried it and dropped it at once. The Brits tried it and said sorry old chappette, but maybe next time, and even our Army decided it was ludicrous to expect the average female to perform as well as her male counterpart.
Politically correct bullshit to please the likes of Barbara the Boxer. So of course they'll lower the standards which will result in having to requisition a lot more body bags.
Oh and lets not forget this little tidbit. Combat troops advance in rank a lot faster than office pogues, so look for them to eventually file a discrimination in the workplace lawsuit.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Man Bites Dog....
With Hollowpoints
After a dog owner lost control of her pit bull in Lewiston,
Idaho, the dog ran off her property and attempted to attack a husband
and wife out walking their dog. Recognizing the threat, the husband drew
a pistol and shot the animal, ending the attack. The pit bull was taken
to a local veterinary clinic, but later died.
Following the incident, Lewiston Police Department Captain Tom Greene
made clear to local media, “If you’re in fear of your life, fear of
your safety, and there is a well founded fear, you are able to defend
yourself.” The pit bull was known to authorities, having been labeled a
level one dangerous dog after it tried to attack a woman in 2011. (KLEW,
Lewiston, Idaho, 08/14/12)
Ignorant AND Stupid..Dorm Segregation Seperating Gun Owners From The Rest Of The Students
The University of Colorado may want to check with its law professors on this one. The university system is releasing new Plessy v. Ferguson-like rules that would segregate its gun-owning students from the rest of their peers.
The university system is apparently planning to house students who have Right-to-Carry permits in separate dormitories on its Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses. Guns would be prohibited in other dormitories, as well as at football games, concerts, and other ticketed events.
The university's action is akin to the response of the District of Columbia Council to the Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008). Miffed at having its beloved handgun ban struck down as a violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, the council adopted new gun control laws not covered by the Court’s ruling.
In the Colorado instance, the university is carving out a very limited exception for student permit-holders to comply with the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that a total gun ban on campus is impermissible.
Kudos to the editorial staff of the Colorado Springs Gazette on this subject. On Tuesday, the paper pointed out that mass murders typically take place in so-called "gun free zones." "Given these observations," the newspaper said, "it is beyond belief that members of the Colorado Board of Regents have indulged a publicity stunt that establishes new 'gun‑free' zones on college campuses. Their actions could get students killed. . . . Don't think for a moment they are just trying to protect the young students from violence. They are grandstanding at the potential expense of safety."
The university system is apparently planning to house students who have Right-to-Carry permits in separate dormitories on its Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses. Guns would be prohibited in other dormitories, as well as at football games, concerts, and other ticketed events.
The university's action is akin to the response of the District of Columbia Council to the Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008). Miffed at having its beloved handgun ban struck down as a violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, the council adopted new gun control laws not covered by the Court’s ruling.
In the Colorado instance, the university is carving out a very limited exception for student permit-holders to comply with the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that a total gun ban on campus is impermissible.
Kudos to the editorial staff of the Colorado Springs Gazette on this subject. On Tuesday, the paper pointed out that mass murders typically take place in so-called "gun free zones." "Given these observations," the newspaper said, "it is beyond belief that members of the Colorado Board of Regents have indulged a publicity stunt that establishes new 'gun‑free' zones on college campuses. Their actions could get students killed. . . . Don't think for a moment they are just trying to protect the young students from violence. They are grandstanding at the potential expense of safety."
Ya know, it isn't the guns or the gun owners that liberals fear, but the possibility of being ruled WRONG on anything. They know best, and to disagree with such sage know-it-alls should trigger (whoops!) a death sentence. Which is precisely what they are leveling upon the innocent by morphing them into defenseless sheep. And of course Colorado has long been a bastion of liberal stupidity, so why is this newsworthy.
Oh, and sorry about my problems with links lately. The new and improved Blogger has difficulties importing them. The above story was taken from an NRA email.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Stimulus Money Used To Fund Obama We-Love-Green Commercials
The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in
federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100
commercials touting the Obama administration’s “green training” job
efforts on two MSNBC cable shows, records show.
The commercials
ran on MSNBC on shows hosted by Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann in
2009, but the contract didn’t report any jobs created, according to
records reviewed recently by The Washington Times.
Spending
reports under the federal Recovery Act show $495,000 paid to McNeely
Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC, which the Labor Department hired
to raise awareness “among employers and influencers about the [Job
Corps] program’s existing and new training initiatives in high growth
and environmentally friendly career areas” as well as spreading the word
to prospective Job Corps enrollees.
The firm ultimately
negotiated ad buys for “two approved spots” airing 14 times per week for
two months on “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” and “The Rachel Maddow
Show,” according to a project report, which listed the number zero under
a section of the report asking how many jobs had been created through
the stimulus contract.
Marines Switching Back To 1911
Not that my Marine Corps ever really adopted the popgun Beretta, but at least now they don't have to cobble together reliable .45 ACP's.
In recent years, the Marine Corps has been building its own .45-caliber
pistols at a facility in Quantico, Va., using parts from existing
inventory of Model 1911 pistols and other commercial parts, said Barbara
Hamby, spokeswoman for Marine Corps System Command, which orders guns
for the Marines. The government, however, hadn't bought new handguns
from Colt for decades. That changed this month with the first order of
up to 12,000 Colt pistols, starting with 4,036 right away
Friday, August 10, 2012
Letters...We Get Letters...We Get Lots And Lot Of Letters
Anyone know anything about Answers.com?
Received an email from them and am wondering if this is nothing more than yet another spam/and or viral attack. Since my email gets hacked once a month or thereabouts, suppose I'm becoming gun shy. Then again, there's a person I think I know who recommended a comment I made there a while back. If it's you, you know who you are. If it's not you, then who am I. One thing I do know for a fact is I'm not the gardener I once was.
Simple yes or no will suffice.
Received an email from them and am wondering if this is nothing more than yet another spam/and or viral attack. Since my email gets hacked once a month or thereabouts, suppose I'm becoming gun shy. Then again, there's a person I think I know who recommended a comment I made there a while back. If it's you, you know who you are. If it's not you, then who am I. One thing I do know for a fact is I'm not the gardener I once was.
Simple yes or no will suffice.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
71 Year-Old Marine Chases Would-Be Gangstas While Popping Some Caps In They Ass
"A 71-year-old Florida man is being hailed as a hero after he pulled out a gun and shot two men as they tried to rob an Internet cafe in Ocala. The foiled robbery attempt was captured on surveillance video.
The Florida State Attorney’s Office told The Gainesville Sun that it is unlikely Samuel Williams will be charged.
“Based on what I have seen and what I know at this time, I don’t anticipate filing any charges,” said Bill Gladson of the State Attorney’s Office for 5th Judicial Circuit."
Follow the link to a video showing one of the funniest Amos & Andy impersonations I've seen in a while. The gangsta wannabes entered all hell bent, then ran like scared little girls when Mr. Williams began filling them full of JHP's.
Florida is a stand your ground state. And I do believe that this senior Marine stood taller than most men would have if faced with the same situation. At the very least he chased them away before the police arrived, and, after establishing a safe perimeter from which to cower behind, risked the lives of all inside by spraying and praying then warming up a Leer Jet to whisk the miscreants away to the tropical island of their choice.
What puzzles me is what, so otherwise a stout and well met fellow, was doing in an "internet cafe".
What puzzles me is what, so otherwise a stout and well met fellow, was doing in an "internet cafe".
Barry Once Again Shows His True Anti-Fiream Stripes
“A lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals,”
Barry Soetoro in speaking to the "Urban League" on July 25th.
Barry Soetoro in speaking to the "Urban League" on July 25th.
And who exactly are these gun owners who agree with such preposterous nonsense? Civilian-legal AK clones are not the same weapons that are used "on the battlefield" and anyone with a lick of common sense would know that. It is akin to saying that a Hummer is a military vehicle and a lot of car owners would agree that it belongs on the battlefield, not in the hands of "criminals", and doesn't it just make you all warm and fuzzy to know that your president believes you to be a criminal for owning an semi-auto AK lookalike.
The hits just keep on coming from this anti-gun, anti-Constitution, anti-Liberty, anti Freedom fraud.
A lot of Patriots would agree that the White House belongs in the hands of the American people and not a gang of hooligans like the Soetoro clan.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Borgnine Dies At 95
Borgnine, who endeared himself to a generation of Baby Boomers with the
1960s TV comedy "McHale's Navy," first attracted notice in the early
1950s in villain roles, notably as the vicious Fatso Judson, who beat
Frank Sinatra to death in "From Here to Eternity."
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Independence
And isn't it a shame that Adams proposed the holiday be remember with gunfire, when in most states even firecrackers have been outlawed.
Thank you, soccer moms.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Hollywood Marine Wannabe Dies After Fitness Test
SAN DIEGO -- A former Army Reserves specialist
who died after taking a strength test at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San
Diego was identified Monday as a Sacramento resident.
Marine Recruit Darnell McCowan III, 22, became unresponsive Friday
morning after completing a test that consists of three pull-ups, 44
crunches and a 1.5-mile run, according to Maj. Michael Armistead.
" The Marine Corps Recruit Depot extends its deepest condolences to the
McCowan family," according to a statement issued by Marine officials.
"We are saddened by this sudden loss and our thoughts and prayers are
with them at this difficult hour."
Here we go again with the tired old sobriquet "hearts and minds". My Marine Corps has no heart and is basically mindless of but one thing; the enemy must die. And an ounce of prevention would have saved this obvious fatty, because any 22 year old incapable of performing so easy a test did not belong in a Marine uniform, so that should have been apparent from the get-go.
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