This coming Saturday is Halloween! C2 is celebrating all this week, by introducing after-pub posts with a fun, scary Halloween classic!
Looking back over the past Halloweens, you start to realize certain things.
It's astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness takes control...
Man I need to become creative with the FIRSTS.
ReplyDeleteSecond or third?
ReplyDeletePrimo plus 1.
ReplyDeleteor 2
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about the creativity Erik. :)
ReplyDeleteBambi owns stilettos and whips?
ReplyDeleteSomeone downstairs needed a whip?
ReplyDeleteHow does hand-braided kangaroo sound?
Hey, guys...what's new? I'm about to take a little spin through the latest news - I'll see what I can find. (Working on making the tiniest little icons you've ever seen...gah, my eyes!)
ReplyDeleteBambi owns stilettos and whips?
ReplyDeleteI hope.
I saw that, Pinkie! (I thought she was kidding though. But maybe not...you never know with those two. : ))
ReplyDeleteHow does hand-braided kangaroo sound?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the kangaroo might enjoy that.
Ahhh, I love that song. Brings back roller rink memories of my youth.
ReplyDeleteno sooner than I post a comment the new topic opens.....
ReplyDeleterepost here or not?
Posted where?
ReplyDeleteYes, Ayatollah - please do. I heard you were a great writer, by the way.
ReplyDeleteHi Ayatollah! Sure, repost :-)
ReplyDeleteHey, CC, just ran across this.
ReplyDeleteVenezuela to ration water in Caracas
Government officials have stated that the current water shortage was due to a lack of rainfall caused by El Nino and wasteful use by Caracas residents
Ve Vill Teash Zem A Lezzon.
Thoughts on Today
ReplyDeleteThe BNP might get 22% of the vote in the next British election, terror arrests and a shooting in Detroit, Iran told the world to pound sand, arrests of US citizens trying to kill Danish a cartoonist and Editor and lastly Hamas cancels the election called by President Abbas.
At the center of all of these stories is a great truth: the tide of radical violent Islam is still very much in business.
The surge of the BNP in the UK is hardly surprising. You have had the biggest demographic change in the history of England without a minute of debate in Parliament. Immigration is the single biggest issue in Britain today, there are towns and a neighborhood where being a non-Muslim is actually dangerous and the government policy is to subsidize the importing of still more socially unintegrated aliens. They don't even try to recruit people to be British; instead, the UK meekly leaves its own citizens to fend for themselves as the public spaces of the UK become ever more dangerous. With all the major parties ignoring this, the single most important issue of modern life, the BNP gains credibility it does not deserve for at least speaking on the topic. The BNP has already warned UK Jews to shut up or pay the price if they gain power. Not that it matters, either way the Jews of Britain should pack now because the Jewish history in Europe is ending fast.
The US domestic terror news shows that violent Islam is still here in our midst. As I always do, we must point out that some US Muslims have risked their lives to stop their violent brethren but it does not change the fact that there are violent cadres plotting to commit acts of mass murder and then shoot First Responders. Or kill the Jytlynds Post Mohammed cartoon creator and publisher or just violently set up an Islamic state in the middle of the USA.
Recently, I began reading "The Reliance of the Traveler," a rather important book. For us it is actually MORE important than the Koran. Why? Because this book is the OFFICIAL interpretation of what the Koran means. While the teachings on Jihad and how to treat non-Muslims are no less bloodcurdling than the language of the Koran, leftists and apologists for Islam prefer to pretend this book does not exist. They do not want to read that violent Jihad is offensive in nature and intended to conquer the world. The book would be considered sexist, racist and homophobic by ANY modern reader. Yet Muslims are never called on to explain the book and its relationship with the Koran.
Lastly, Iran is arming itself daily and its nuclear program is set on go. Negotiations are going nowhere and the news the US is developing policy for what to do WHEN Iran has the bomb is the dead giveaway that Obama has already resigned us all to live under Iranian nuclear threat.
Let me say that this is INSANE. If Iran has the bomb then Hezbollah AND al Qaeda have the bomb. The administration decided on a future where we will get hit by terror groups protected by Iran's nuclear umbrella. The criminal stupidity of this decision is frightening. If Iran conducts a nuclear test, Obama should be impeached for dereliction of his duty to defend the nation. At no time during the cold war did Democrats ever cut funding for human rights groups or VOA, yet this President has cut funding or otherwise blocked the operations of EVERY US based or backed anti-regime organization. This is the despicable act of appeasement since Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler. We will have war in our times before we have peace. The only hope to avoid war with Iran is a revolution. As stated, the democratic opposition will have to do it without US help. Israel is watching all this and, having probably knocked out Iran’s only AWACs is preparing for a horrible regional war with Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas. It will be ugly. Every single war Israel has ever fought has happened when Israel was attacked or otherwise had no other choice but to fight. Right now Israel is looking like a distinct possibility.
Oooh, thank you, Squatch!
ReplyDeleteThey'll get 8oz a day and no more! AND THEY'LL LIKE IT.
(I shouldn't laugh. We've got our own kooks.)
If Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear program, Obama will be furious and his already low boil antipathy for the Jewish state will be put on display for all to see. His effort to make peace (at Israel’s expense) will have failed and he will spend his every day in office making Israel miserable. If it comes to war, tens of thousands of missiles and rockets will hit Israel. There will be a lot of damage to Israel’s infrastructure and civilian population. What Israel will do to its enemies will be one for the books. Hezbollah will be annihilated; the Assad regime of Syria will be a red paste stain. Israel will be fighting a war far away with Iran and in close with Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria. Iran will fire off everything they have against the Gulf states, oil shipping and US forces in the region. Oil will hit who knows what price. This failure will be Obama’s and Obama’s alone. When you back a small country into a corner and leave them the non-choice of dying or fighting, they will fight.
ReplyDeleteI don’t want this war but between the US NIE that tied Bush’s hands and ended his pressure on Iran to Obama’s craven policy, the left in its projection “they are just like us” theory/idiocy on the dictators of the world ensures that war will happen by precluding the only formula proven to prevent war- strength and determination.
Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not remark on the first ever J-Street confab. Three years ago Walt and Mearsheimer “warned” anti-Semites and anti-Israel cadres that Israel’s allies in America were too powerful and needed to be balanced. And behold, with a healthy dose of Soros, Saudi and Iranian stooge’s money, J-Street was born. They are so “pro Israel” their college supporters dropped the “Pro-Israel” part of the group’s slogan and they have yet to advocate ANY policy other than those that are advocated by the most extreme of Israel’s enemies. You can not have enough contempt for these characters. They were created to injure Israel and they are dead set on doing just that.
OK now you know what I have been thinking about.
Passport of 9/11 conspirator found in Waziristan
ReplyDeleteA green German passport belonging to Said Bahaji, a close associate of Mohammed Atta, the leader of the 9/11 hijackers, was among several documents which were found by Pakistani forces in a mud compound in Sherawangi village which was used by Taliban as their command and control base. There were also documents which showed presence of some other European nationals in the area.
But that's just the Bad Taliban, The Good Taliban we can work with...
*spit*
Hi gang!
ReplyDeleteNice post Ayatollah. I couldn't agree more.
Someone got something strong to drink? Ayatollah just killed my optimism.
ReplyDelete/really good sum up and forecast too. Really well written sir.
But that's just the Bad Taliban, The Good Taliban we can work with...
ReplyDeleteUgh.
Hi, PBJ!
ReplyDeleteWe're hoping Ayatollah will be a contributor to the Guest Room on the new site.
Phil, you can have a swig out of my flask.
ReplyDeleteExcellent as always, Ayatollah.
ReplyDeletethanks it sbourbon time!
ReplyDeleteI concur 2P. Great post AG. Make mine a double.
ReplyDeleteCC, that would be wonderful! I always look forward to his insightful writings.
ReplyDeleteOldLineTexan said...
ReplyDelete"How does hand-braided kangaroo sound?"
It usually sounds like, "Thwack!!"
Hi everyone. As usual I was stuck on the last thread talking to myself. Good thing I'm easily amused. LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks PBJ, good thing I am no longer infectious. ;)
ReplyDelete*swig* x2
Rocky Horror Picture Show...Love it!
ReplyDeleteDamn it...Janet!
Pew Political IQ Poll: Republicans Consistently More Knowledgeable
ReplyDeleteBut then, you already knew that.
/the result is hardly surprising
Hey, snow! Jorline! K/B! Howdy. I'm going to have to shut down here and drive home. Back asap.
ReplyDeleteEverybody behave, sorta. ; )
Ayatollah Ghilmeini
ReplyDeleteBravo!I agree with you totally, and it is not just Eurabia and the arab nations that are a danger to the Jews. Police Seek Shooter Who Wounded 2 at LA Synagogues Today.
I'll add that Ayatollah, you got it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, just maybe, the Saudis will encourage our wimp-in-chief to do something, at least not take things out too hard on Israel, because I think they don't want a nuclear Iran.
Or they could take it out on the US for letting Iran get that far.
Nite, Folks.
ReplyDeleteNeed some shuteye.
See you in the AM.
NY Nana said... Bravo!I agree with you totally, and it is not just Eurabia and the arab nations that are a danger to the Jews. Police Seek Shooter Who Wounded 2 at LA Synagogues Today.
ReplyDeleteHi NYN. Don't you know that was just an act of random violence.///
Squatch
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams!
Rest well Sas.
ReplyDeleteSting says "In many ways, he (Obama) was sent from God"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BKU4HG0&show_article=1
Weet dreams Squatch.
ReplyDeleteErik,
ReplyDelete/Of course it was. Whoever did it thought that the Jews who were praying were hiding explosives in their prayer books that they were going to attack them with.
We have it happen in the NY-NJ area, too, and far too often the police have to guard the Synagogues.
Sting says "In many ways, he (Obama) was sent from God"
ReplyDeleteSee Killian's article above, "Pew Political IQ Poll: Republicans Consistently More Knowledgeable"
/goodgrief
Night Squatch. See you in the AM.
ReplyDeleteKenneth
ReplyDeleteWhat has Sting been stung with?
Erik The Red said...
ReplyDeleteHi NYN. Don't you know that was just an act of random violence.///
I am still fuming about that statement and the mayor wants to run for governor! Spit.
NY Nana: here in Toronto all visible Jewish schools and Synagogues are guarded by a security company. And there are prominent signs posted. I would apply there, but I think I am too small to be a guard. :)
ReplyDelete/I am not a brick shithouse...
Oops ...
ReplyDeleteDozens in Congress under ethics inquiry
Breach airs panel report Document was found on file-sharing network
House ethics investigators have scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.
he report, disclosed on a publicly accessible computer network, was made available to The Washington Post by a source familiar with such networks.
The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any activities related to its past or present investigations. Watchdog groups have accused the committee of not actively pursuing inquiries; the newly disclosed document indicates the panel is conducting far more investigations than it had revealed.
Shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, the committee chairman, Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), interrupted a series of House votes to alert lawmakers about the breach. She cautioned that some of the panel's activities are preliminary and not a conclusive sign of inappropriate behavior. [read the rest ...]
/of *course* it isn't
PBJ
ReplyDelete'I am still fuming about that statement and the mayor wants to run for governor! Spit.'
Incredible...I spit in his general direction, too! I worry for my grandkids who go to Hebrew Schools, and the 3-year old is in a Gan (Chabad nursery school).
Nana, our daughter was a speaker at the big Jewish Center in the Fairfax district a few months ago. Tightest security she has ever seen anywhere. Only problem was they did not allow entrance to another speaker, a postal inspector(who is an sworn law-enforcement officer) because she had her service weapon with here. It was a seminar on not becoming a victim of crime.
ReplyDeletePIMF her, not here.
ReplyDeleteI knew it!
ReplyDeleteWhen Barack first turned to politics, Michelle felt abandoned. “The bumps happen to everybody all the time,” Michelle said. “She was in a lot of ways a single mom,” a friend said of Michelle’s life when Barack first became a state senator, “and that was not her plan.” If their biographies more resemble those of Bill and Hilary Clinton than any other First Couple, their personalities often work in the opposite way. “She is really Bill,” a friend told The Times, “and he is really Hillary.”
Nana, I'll bet you do worry about the Hebrew schools. I know I do.
ReplyDeletePhil,
ReplyDeleteToronto,too,now? Sad. I think that it is ability and brains that are required to work for that company...and you have quite a supply of smarts.
Are they allowed to be armed?
Pink, Obama doesn't have Hillary's balls.
ReplyDeleteI'll be back n a few minutes; taking the dogs out.
Pink, Obama doesn't have Hillary's balls.
ReplyDeletePink, Obama doesn't have <*strike>Hillary's<*strike> any balls.
FTFY.
NY Nana: All security guards in Ontario have major restrictions when it comes to weapons. Let me put it this way. It's cheaper for a company to not arm guards then to arm them. And the only weapons we are allowed is a baton. That's it.
ReplyDeletePBJ
ReplyDeleteG-d bless your daughter. I will admit that I am not a friend of any sort of gun...but my sons outwitted me...they used blocks! But in a case like that, whatever the Postal Inspector was carrying was licensed, and no matter the theme, it seems a bit OTT to not allow him in, with his gun secured. Sad.
As for the Hebrew Schools? One goes after school on LI, and the other granddaughter goes in NJ...so far no problem, but the worry is still there. My daughter works from home, so she takes him and picks him up from Gan. It is in Brooklyn, but no one has ever bothered the little ones. Just grinned at them when they are taken on excursions in the neighborhood.
Sad that children have to deal with hate at far too early an age, though.
On a lighter note, here's some autumn pictures.
ReplyDeletePhil, all very nice and with great fall color. You are getting good with the new camera.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures Phil. We don't get much of the fall color here in the Los Angeles area but I do have that type of vine growing on my garage and yes, it is quite pretty this time of year.
ReplyDeletePhil,
ReplyDeleteI never even realized in all the time we spent in Toronto!
What really got to me was the UK...batons only for the MET, but I am not sure that it is still like that. It is nearly 9 years since my last trip to London.
So now Holy Blossom and Beth Tzedec are guarded, and the others in the neighborhood and the GTA??
snowcrash: I am just showing the good ones. ;)
ReplyDelete/80 pictures just today, going to need a backup drive shortly
PBJ: yeah aren'they? see them all over my walk to work in my neighbourhood.
On a lighter note, here's some autumn pictures.
ReplyDeleteNice, Phil. I liked the other one even better, the one with the streaming car lights.
NY Nana, at least for the past 4 years I believe. That's how long I have noticed at least. Big signs that say "Condor Security". I am kinda nervous, there's a neat sculpture at Holy Blossom I want to photograph. I sometimes stand out with my attire in this neighbourhood. Good thing I stopped shaving my head. :p
ReplyDeleteCOME ON PHILLY!
ReplyDeletePink: Yeah, I did that one by accident sorta. Took a picture before crossing the street and the shutter paused. Looked at the LCD screen and say the streaks. Crossed the street and did the same thing again on purpose. :)
ReplyDelete/I love professional cameras, now I can do stuff I have seen in magazines.
Oh, late night humour from TFLN(textsfromlastnight.com)
ReplyDelete(847): I just heard these 2 kids from flint and Detroit arguing over whose economy is worse... It's really sad what passes for competition in Michigan these days
Nana, do you have Bet Tzedek there? Our daughter told me all about them. The local one recently got a grant to help people who are getting foreclosed upon.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bettzedek.org/index.html
DAMN YANKEES!
ReplyDeleteNYY tie the series 1-1. realwest will sleep well tonight.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is my tab from the PUB tonight?
ReplyDeleteWhat's the score JCM? I don't feel like fighting with my rabbit ears to get the channel in. LOL
ReplyDeletePhil,
ReplyDeleteI think that you would be able to take a photograph or 3 at Holy Blossom! ;) Seriously, you could call the office at Holy Blossom and ask.
Damn, damn, damn..the damned Yankees won...3-1. I am going to have a major tantrum.
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is my tab from the PUB tonight?
Don't ask. Just slap the card down.
JCM
ReplyDeleteWaaaaaaaah! I am a member of the Red Sox nation by birth. The Yankees are vile, and their owner? He is a POS.
1 to 3 Yankees, series tied 1 to 1 going to Philly!
ReplyDeleteDon't ask. Just slap the card down.
ReplyDelete*SLAP*
*CRINGE*
What the hell I might even get a bonus this quarter!
Nana, I am sure it won't be a problem. I will go there some day soon. I have too much on my list of things to photograph at the moment it's scary.
ReplyDeleteThanks JCM.
ReplyDeleteNY Nana
ReplyDeleteCharter member Seattle Member, hating the Yankees comes natural!
PIMF
ReplyDeleteSeattle Mariner...
Later all. C you in the morning. :)
ReplyDeleteLater Erik. I am sure I will be vamoosing shortly too.
ReplyDeleteWeet dreams Erik!
ReplyDeletePhil,
ReplyDeleteEnjoy! Wish I was able to go to Toronto...my favorite place, but no can do. Mobility problem. It will be 4 years this weekend since we last went. I am glad that I didn't realize it at the time!
Ahd have fun with your new toy!
JCM
ReplyDeleteBoston-born and bred...it is in my genes, even though my Dad OBM never took me to a game! Only my male cousins were eligible, darn it.
Wait til next year!
I wish you could come and visit Toronto Nana. I am enjoying the new toy. :)
ReplyDeleteNow I am off to bed. See you all in the next turning of the sun.
Nice to see you Phil. Sweet dreams.
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams, Erik!
ReplyDeleteI am about to sign off. Remember, everyone: early reminder: change your clocks Saturday night before you go to sleep! Spring ahead, Fall back...we get a whole extra hour of sleep! (Like that ever happens with me, the Night Owl.)
Cya later...
Thanks, Phil....
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams! And please do not try to take photos while you are sleeping! ;)
And please do not try to take photos while you are sleeping! ;)
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, but I can....
/just wait and see some time in the future.
//*poof*
I'm doing an inventory of my election supplies. There's an instruction sheet telling us to wipe down the pens, tables, etc., and use hand sanitizer as well but they don't provide these things. That's a lot of sanitary wipes I'm going to have to buy. I have a huge precinct this time.
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams dear Nana. Good to see you as usual.
ReplyDeletePBJ,
ReplyDeleteWA has gone to all mail balloting.
*SPIT*
If anyone is familiar with Samsung cell phones do you know where the little opening is for the charger?
ReplyDeleteJCM, you have got to be kidding. Unreal.
ReplyDeletePBJ said...
ReplyDeleteJCM, you have got to be kidding. Unreal.
The "solution" to the FUBARed '04, and a "cost" savings.
I would imagine there's a new thread up, ladies and gentlemen.
ReplyDeleteJCM, can you believe this, we are voting for only one thing, a governing board office for the Pasadena City College. These folks need to learn to save some money down here but voting strictly by mail is not the answer.
ReplyDeleteI could shoot myself for saying yes to working this time. what a long and boring day it is going to be.
Thanks CC, I would have been talking to myself over here all night. LOL I think I'll fix myself a drink and head on up for a bit.
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