Israeli foreign minister: No chance for peace deal
Lieberman told Israel Radio on Thursday that anyone who thinks the two sides can soon reach a deal ending their decades-old conflict "doesn't understand the situation and is spreading delusions."
Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report says
Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim -- and they are not necessarily where you might think, according to an extensive new study that aims to map the global Muslim population. Nearly two out of three of the world's Muslims are in Asia, stretching from Turkey to Indonesia. Nearly two out of three of the world's Muslims are in Asia, stretching from Turkey to Indonesia. India, a majority-Hindu country, has more Muslims than any country except for Indonesia and Pakistan, and more than twice as many as Egypt. China has more Muslims than Syria. Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon. And Russia has more Muslims than Jordan and Libya put together.
Thursday, Thursday, Thursday - Time to sieze the initative, grasp the bull, seek new paths, open new discourses, set another precedent, break an alternative trail, but most importantly: REMEBER TO PUT THE TRASH OUT! I like me some fruitcups, thanks much lol. Hi all
Been hanging out at the old casa. Things are slow at the shop (something about the economy) and I don't have any projects. Lurking a lot. I hear your home team did OK yesterday?
I'm not sure which I like better. VDH's writing style or his point of view. Oh heck, I like them both. Such a break from the drivel, things were slow last night so for comedy relief I watched some of Keith Olberman. "We're going to defeat death!" Side note: the show was taped, Keith was at the ball game.
I, for one, am SO happy that people will no longer be "dying in the streets of America"! I also suspect that if they pass the legislation they're talking about it will be so loaded with unintended consequences that ALL OF US will be reeling from it.
AND, I am STILL trying to figure out how they are getting away with spinning a 900 billion dollar price tag as "a good thing".
Great - Florida 2, Penn 1, what are the odds. lol, Erik wants to know why there isn't a joke forum on the new site. He's going to be frothing at the bit once his library arrives.
We're already have so many (GREAT) forums I'm afraid we'll all be suffering from ADHD bouncing around gathering info! ;-) Nonetheless, I am excited to be heading up the "domestic" topics forum.
Unfortunately for the deer, you spelled it correctly. Slow smoked venison and new potatoes, a container of screw top wine, Dandelion salad and - FRUIT CUP!
The one deer recipe that I've ever tasted that was the least bit EDIBLE, IMO, was made by an ex-sister-in-law who put the meat (sliced paper thin) in a slow cooker for about 3 days.
PP, me too. I always makes sure it's down, batchelor or not. It's my little act of rebellion against certain stereotyping. ( I hope this statement doesn't present a threat to my fruitcup rations)
ABC reporter working on a story about Zazi the NY terror suspect becomes a target of the FBI investigation because she purchased the same stuff as Zazi did to be used as a visual aid in the report.
Obama,Reid and Pelosi discussing jobs and economy? Why do I feel a suddeen twinge of angst? O,R&P gonna straighten things out. Unicorns and rainbows. "All fired up!" "Ready to go!" This is not a recession, it's a chance to level the playing field.
We privide 6 Billion in aid to the Pakistani Military, they can only account for 500 million of it. Don't know where the other 5.5 Billion went. "Please sir, may I have another?" Meanwhile, State defunds the Iran research group because it may put a wrinkle in the "DinnerJacket is a guy we can work with" meme.
I've often fanticized about having my own country and applying for aid from the US. If nothing else, I could travel the world and dine at various heads of states' mansions for free.
Look for the market to open on the upside as ALCOA seems to have a better than expected profit number. All of the layoffs have dropped payroll costs to the point that even much lower sales are still generating a profit. Herein lies where the "jobless recovery" is coming from.
There is a student here from Fiji -- we compared the weather forcasts for Fiji and Atlanta and they were essentially the same -- a couple degrees cooler here at night and one degree warmer there in the afternoon.
Those pushing for this tax lack some essential facts, not to mention some basic common sense. Over the past 20 years, the average caloric content of soft drinks has dropped by nearly 25%. This is due in large part to a determined focus by our company and others on the diet/light category with brands like Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero and Powerade Zero. Even soft drinks with sugar, like Coca-Cola, contain no more calories (140 calories in a can) than some common snacks, breakfast foods and most desserts served up daily in millions of American homes. And while obesity rates have skyrocketed, sales of regular soft drinks decreased by nearly 10% from 2000 to 2008, according to the industry publication Beverage Digest.
So where are all of the extra calories in the American diet coming from? Research from the United States Department of Agriculture shows that added sugars, as a percentage of total daily available calories, have declined 11% since 1970. Yet the percent of calories from added fats and flour/cereal products has increased 35% and 13%, respectively, during that same time period.
Will a soft drink tax change behavior? Two states currently have a tax on sodas—West Virginia and Arkansas—and they are among the states with the highest rates of obesity in the nation.
John Kerry, the former junior senator from Massachusetts who by the way served in Vietnam, is leading the effort in the Senate to pass Cap'n Trade, a measure to combat so-called global warming by imposing massive taxes on energy. Blogger Dan Calabrese notes a revealing Kerry quote from last week:
Let me emphasize something very strongly as we begin this discussion. The United States has already this year alone achieved a 6% reduction in emissions simply because of the downturn in the economy, so we are effectively saying we need to go another 14%.
Wow. To accomplish Kerry's environmental goals, all we need to do is shrink the economy even more and keep it shrunken--in other words, for the recession to turn into a permanent depression. If you think that's a good idea, call your senator and urge him to vote "yes" on Cap'n Trade!
For Nuit Blanche 2009, The Apology Project will be staged in its largest scale thus far. A cluster of 55 people wearing large brown paper bags on their bodies will congest a public hallway and personally apologize to every person who ventures through them. The uncanniness of this human blockade will disrupt the regular flow of traffic and provoke reflection about passive aggressive behavior. Who are these people? Why are they here? Why are they wearing brown paper bags over their bodies? There is an enigma about what precisely they are sorry for and why they are choosing to continue doing something that they find reproachable. If it is their awkward presence in the space that they are apologizing for, why do they chose to remain there? Why not just stop an offensive behavior rather than continue to indulge in it and apologize?
In the context of Nuit Blanche, endurance will become a significant component of the work as these people will be standing in brown paper bags and apologizing for 12 hours. Time will become a device that at once tests the physical limits of the performers and also testifies to their will to be obnoxious and continue to maintain a disruptive posture even though they are physically exhausted.
Investment opportunities are rare in the Gaza Strip. So when Nabila Ghabin saw one last year, she pawned her car and jewelry and put $12,000 into a network of tunnels that brought in supplies smuggled from Egypt.
She was one of about 4,000 Gazans who gave cash to middlemen and tunnel operators in 2008 as Israel blocked the overland passage of goods. Then Israeli warplanes bombed the tunnels before and during the Dec. 27 to Jan. 18 Gaza offensive and the investments collapsed.
Now investors, who lost as much as $500 million, want their money back from Hamas, which runs Gaza. Hamas Economics Minister Ziad Zaza says about 200 people were taken into custody in connection with the tunnel investments; most have been released. Hamas is offering a partial repayment of 16.5 cents on the dollar using money recovered from Ihab al-Kurd, the biggest tunnel operator.
"Here comes the vicious cycle of less jobs = less taxes collected = more taxes levied to make up the difference = less jobs.
/are we having fun yet?"
Plus, some local governments who passed tax caps in the past are now having to cut services and staff cause their revenues are dropping and they cannot do anything to raise their tax collections.
"CNN has become the butt of a running joke meme on Twitter for its lame fact-check criticism of the Saturday Night Live skit which lampooned President Obama for making too many promises that he has yet to keep," reports blogger D.K. Jamaal. Here are some examples:
* @DefiantKembro 'El Nino' is not Spanish for "the Nino" #CNNFactCheck * @EnasYorl "Wayne's World" was not really a public access cable show. #CNNfactcheck * @ArielAkiva The superfans were not actually having heart attacks. #cnnfactcheck * @thecomeback After checking every river in America, we have not been able to find a motivational speaker living in a van. #CNNfactcheck * @jeffdobbs: Over half of Saturday Night Live is NOT ON SATURDAY NIGHT for Eastern time zone. Outrage. #CNNFactCheck * @jkfecke In fact, Blue Öyster Cult never included a cowbell player named Gene Frenkle--the musician didn't exist. #CNNFactCheck * @mikehassinger: This just in: "Toonces the driving cat" not real cat, can't even DRIVE! #CNNFactCheck
We live in an age of ideologically transgendered leaders. France's Nicolas Sarkozy ridicules Mr. Obama's "dream of disarmament" one day and the next calls for redefining GDP in terms of happiness. Germany's Angela Merkel hops a little bit right or a little bit left as the moment requires. The U.K.'s Gordon Brown is about to disappear amid an ideological fog, to be replaced by the foggy Tory David Cameron. American conservatives can't name one politician they would trust with their ideas.
The worst part of that annoying art if I were involved would not be the paper bags or 12 hours of apologies.
It would be the allied Chili and Bean Festivals that I would throw at either end of the hallway, and the Sweating Fat Guy Parade of Bikinis that would mark the openening of each hour of the festivities.
Help yourselves!
HAPPY THURSDAY, EVERYONE!
ReplyDeleteYummy time!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Thank you, littleoldlady,
ReplyDeleteHi Pi Guy! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi BatGuano! :-)
How are youse guyz today?
littleoldlady said...
ReplyDeleteHi Pi Guy! :-)
Hi BatGuano! :-)
How are youse guyz today?
I feel ready to grab the bull by the corns!
Hi, littleoldlady! I haven't had fruit cup since about August, 6th or thereabouts!
ReplyDeletePi Guy,
ReplyDeleteGREAT! I'm set for the day! (I used one of the ones you sent yesterday as a Twitter post. ;-)
BatGuano,
Has it been that long? As you can see, you get designer fruitcup here. Posted fresh everyday! :-)
To the news...!
ReplyDeleteRuh roh! This little tidbit
isn't going to make you a FOO (Friend Of Obama)...
Israeli foreign minister: No chance for peace deal
Lieberman told Israel Radio on Thursday that anyone who thinks the two sides can soon reach a deal ending their decades-old conflict "doesn't understand the situation and is spreading delusions."
The truth is...OUCH!
"Has it been that long?"
ReplyDeleteYes, it has. I am happy I found you. And I love fresh fruit cup.
If you hang out, Bat, you're sure to see some more familiar faces, even tonight (or this morning, depending).
ReplyDeleteJust dropping by to say good night to you, Pi, and littleoldhouseandgardenforummanager. : )
'Night guys! Say hi to P2 and whoever else pops in for me, please.
'Night, CC! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for listening!
Israeli foreign minister: No chance for peace deal
ReplyDeleteIsrael has been down the conciliatory road many times. There can be no peace with the Palis.
Good night, CC.
ReplyDeleteBatGuano,
ReplyDeleteYes of course! But that reality is not supposed to be VERBALIZED! ;-)
/especially with Obama promising a deal...
Yes of course! But that reality is not supposed to be VERBALIZED! ;-)
ReplyDeletelol, DOH!(slaps forehead)
Good night, everyone. Feels like old times.
ReplyDeleteGood night, BatGuano! Feels like old times to have you here, too.
ReplyDelete:)
I'd better hit the hay myself.
Good night, all!
It'll be a while yet before they get to take over the world...
ReplyDeleteNearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report says
Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim -- and they are not necessarily where you might think, according to an extensive new study that aims to map the global Muslim population. Nearly two out of three of the world's Muslims are in Asia, stretching from Turkey to Indonesia.
Nearly two out of three of the world's Muslims are in Asia, stretching from Turkey to Indonesia. India, a majority-Hindu country, has more Muslims than any country except for Indonesia and Pakistan, and more than twice as many as Egypt. China has more Muslims than Syria. Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon. And Russia has more Muslims than Jordan and Libya put together.
Goodnight Pi Guy & Bat Guano! :-)
ReplyDeleteThursday, Thursday, Thursday - Time to sieze the initative, grasp the bull, seek new paths, open new discourses, set another precedent, break an alternative trail, but most importantly: REMEBER TO PUT THE TRASH OUT!
ReplyDeleteI like me some fruitcups, thanks much lol. Hi all
So Panhandler walks into a thread and ----
ReplyDeletePanhandler! :-)
ReplyDeleteTonight is trash night for us at the little/tall old household - if I remember! ;-)
Help yourself to fruitcup!
How've you been and WHERE have you been?
Been hanging out at the old casa. Things are slow at the shop (something about the economy) and I don't have any projects. Lurking a lot. I hear your home team did OK yesterday?
ReplyDeleteWhen chickens come home to roost...
ReplyDeleteVDH: The Power of Payback
A compelling list of the oh-so-many areas where Obama's big mouth and even bigger ego came back to bite him in the ass...
WE WON! YAY!
ReplyDeleteI almost missed the game because they stuck it in the middle of the afternoon. World Series Champs, but no respect. Go figure.
I'm not sure which I like better. VDH's writing style or his point of view. Oh heck, I like them both. Such a break from the drivel, things were slow last night so for comedy relief I watched some of Keith Olberman. "We're going to defeat death!" Side note: the show was taped, Keith was at the ball game.
ReplyDelete"WE WON!" Now that's the lol I remember, pragmatic in defeat but gracious in victory. I see a contribution to the Penn PowerBall on the horizon.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning C2. Thanks {lol} for fruitcup.
ReplyDeleteWelcome BatGuano.
"We're going to defeat death!"
ReplyDeleteI, for one, am SO happy that people will no longer be "dying in the streets of America"! I also suspect that if they pass the legislation they're talking about it will be so loaded with unintended consequences that ALL OF US will be reeling from it.
AND, I am STILL trying to figure out how they are getting away with spinning a 900 billion dollar price tag as "a good thing".
Panhandler,
ReplyDeleteMeh. I bombed out on last night's PowerBall. :-( I thought that FOR SURE it was my time to win, too!
Hey, Erik! :-)
Good morning!
Great - Florida 2, Penn 1, what are the odds. lol, Erik wants to know why there isn't a joke forum on the new site. He's going to be frothing at the bit once his library arrives.
ReplyDeleteWe're already have so many (GREAT) forums I'm afraid we'll all be suffering from ADHD bouncing around gathering info! ;-) Nonetheless, I am excited to be heading up the "domestic" topics forum.
ReplyDelete/not politics - HOME & GARDEN! :-)
Home and Garden, will there be a subsection on "Our forest friends the deer"?
ReplyDeleteI intend to eviserate the DEER!
ReplyDelete/I also miss spellcheck :-(
Got to run. I have a 90 minute drive ahead of me. See you later this evening. :))
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for the deer, you spelled it correctly. Slow smoked venison and new potatoes, a container of screw top wine, Dandelion salad and - FRUIT CUP!
ReplyDeleteBye, Erik! :-)
ReplyDeleteLift that bale; tote that binder! :-)
Good luck Erik, I'm behind on your business adventures.
ReplyDeletecoffee made: check
ReplyDeletefunnies read: check
urge to cry: on hold
Fruitcup: Hell Yeah
Good morning alll
Er, you might want to chedk PP, is the toilet seat still up?
ReplyDeleteThe one deer recipe that I've ever tasted that was the least bit EDIBLE, IMO, was made by an ex-sister-in-law who put the meat (sliced paper thin) in a slow cooker for about 3 days.
ReplyDeleteDeer meat is just too dense to eat.
/I'm not a big meat fan anyway, but still...
'Morning, Phil! :-)
ReplyDeleteCC said to say hi!
Cry?
yes, is true. Deer meat is tricky to do correctly, buffalo on the other hand -
ReplyDeletePanhandler said...
ReplyDeleteEr, you might want to chedk PP, is the toilet seat still up?
Well since I am single, what's the problem or point? :)
/yes it is down, *sigh* got broken in a long time ago
Hi littleoldlady, Yeah I saw that up thread.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually the song I was thinking of.
ReplyDeletePP, me too. I always makes sure it's down, batchelor or not. It's my little act of rebellion against certain stereotyping. ( I hope this statement doesn't present a threat to my fruitcup rations)
ReplyDeletePanhandler: Rebellion? I wish. Rebellion would be leaving it up all the time. :)
ReplyDeletePanhandler,
ReplyDeleteNope, because Phil's got it right:
Rebellion would be leaving it up all the time
Jeez. Are you guys trainable or what?! ;-)
lol - Well, Mr Pavlov could write a paper on it I guess.
ReplyDeleteMornin Lol :), Panhandler, Phil, Erik...and Bat(if your still here) - hey man, good to see you!
ReplyDeleteMorning enuff. How's things this am?
ReplyDeleteSo, if "Health Care" passes are you going to add "Already" to your nick?
ReplyDeleteThis is kind of an amazing story!
ReplyDeleteABC reporter working on a story about Zazi the NY terror suspect becomes a target of the FBI investigation because she purchased the same stuff as Zazi did to be used as a visual aid in the report.
enuff! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou. Me. Underpass. NOW.
/don't worry...it's perfectly innocent, folks! ;-)
I know littleoldlady. I am still checking out backup locations in case I am not fast enough for the first pick. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's right, lol doesn't live on the coast so keying up "Under the Boardwalk" would be inappropriate at this time.
ReplyDeleteBE AFRAID!
ReplyDeleteReid and Pelosi Meet with Obama on Jobs and Economy
The conversation having nothing to do with JOBS, of course, merely how to spend even MORE of your money!
Panhandler,
ReplyDeleteIf AlGore is correct, I should have some swell oceanfront property here when New Jersey slides into the sea...
ADDENDUM...
ReplyDeleteIf AlGore is correct, I should have some swell oceanfront property here when New Jersey slides into the sea...
NOW is your best opportunity to get in on littleoldlady's TIME-SHARE!
Phil...doing good. Lol...grabbin' the go and headin' out! ;)
ReplyDeleteObama,Reid and Pelosi discussing jobs and economy? Why do I feel a suddeen twinge of angst? O,R&P gonna straighten things out. Unicorns and rainbows. "All fired up!" "Ready to go!" This is not a recession, it's a chance to level the playing field.
ReplyDeleteenuff,
ReplyDeleteThat's it? :-( No depressing links today?
"ORP"
ReplyDelete/the sound of America gulping and shuddering...
ORP - The Democrats answer to cod liver oil. "Of course it tastes bad, that's why it's good for you."
ReplyDeleteHow come everything that tastes awful is good for you?
ReplyDeleteDemjanjuk trial starts in Germany soon
ReplyDeleteI hope he lives through it until the end. There needs to be documented proof in the courts of what he did.
/then he can die
Pakistan wants aid, drones and "trust" from the US.
ReplyDeleteMe, I want a pony!
How come everything that tastes awful is good for you?
ReplyDeleteNOT TRUE! Why right here on the box of Raisinets™ that I'm eating it says, "Natural Source of Fruit Antioxidants"!
/I should see if CC will Photoshop a few into the fruitcup...
We privide 6 Billion in aid to the Pakistani Military, they can only account for 500 million of it. Don't know where the other 5.5 Billion went. "Please sir, may I have another?" Meanwhile, State defunds the Iran research group because it may put a wrinkle in the "DinnerJacket is a guy we can work with" meme.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning!
ReplyDeletePan, it isn't there now? :)
ReplyDeleteMan what'da night. Around midnight, woke-up to dogs barking, wife shrieking and screaming, 'AAAAAAAH!! There's someone standing in front of our door!'
Poor damned kid(mid-to-late 20's). But I'm sure he learned a lesson about approaching a house where the porch-lights and lights are out.
Idiots got stuck on the beach, wanted to get pulled-out.
Will 2010 be like 1994 for the GOP?
ReplyDelete49 House Dems won their seats in districts where McCain won? Hmmm....
I've often fanticized about having my own country and applying for aid from the US. If nothing else, I could travel the world and dine at various heads of states' mansions for free.
ReplyDelete{C2ers}
ReplyDeleteDrive-by hugging...on dial-up until DSL is connected...settling into the new place. Hope all is well with everyone!
'Morning, Lucius! :-)
ReplyDeleteIs it raining there? ;-)
enuff,
ReplyDeleteOH! THAT sounds like it was a lot of fun!
/NOT
Hey scotti! :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad the move is over and done!
Lucius - We refer you to "The Mouse that Roared". Set up a small country, then tell State that you don't like us - you're set.
ReplyDeletewell it's off to work I go. Time to terrorize the Night shift Guard.
ReplyDelete/it's the little things...
Lol...haven't opened email yet.
ReplyDeleteSlept-in...and to be quite honest...it's gotten to the point where I really don't want to open my email or answer the phone. :(
There was a movie about that. Tiny country decided that the only way to get out of their financial difficulties was to declare war on the U.S.
ReplyDeleteWHAT was the name of it?!
I was thinking more along the lines of Freedonia
ReplyDeleteNo rain here today, though it looks to be another soggy weekend ahead.
ReplyDeleteSee you in a bit, Phil. :-)
ReplyDeleteenuff,
I've pretty much stopped answering my phone.
/it's NEVER good news...
My cousin from Atlanta is coming to visit this weekend. Looks like he'll be getting virtually the same weather here as there.
ReplyDelete/only colder
Good morning.
ReplyDeleteLook for the market to open on the upside as ALCOA seems to have a better than expected profit number. All of the layoffs have dropped payroll costs to the point that even much lower sales are still generating a profit. Herein lies where the "jobless recovery" is coming from.
The Mouse that Roared.
ReplyDeleteYesterday was absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThere is a student here from Fiji -- we compared the weather forcasts for Fiji and Atlanta and they were essentially the same -- a couple degrees cooler here at night and one degree warmer there in the afternoon.
ALCOA seems to have a better than expected profit number
ReplyDeleteAll those people out collecting aluminum cans have spurred growth, eh?
"Trickle down" Obamanomics style.
The Mouse that Roared.
ReplyDeleteTHAT'S the one! THANKS!
/I could have been all day looking for it!
Oy. Panhandler already mentioned it...I probably need a nap. :-(
'Morning, 3 wood! :-)
ReplyDeleteHere comes the vicious cycle of less jobs = less taxes collected = more taxes levied to make up the difference = less jobs.
/are we having fun yet?
Fun? No fun. We tax your fun.
ReplyDeleteThe CEO of Coke (who is, by the way, a very nice man) weighs in on the Obamamama plan to tax soda/pop/Coke (in this part of the country, all soft drinks are "Cokes").
ReplyDeleteThose pushing for this tax lack some essential facts, not to mention some basic common sense. Over the past 20 years, the average caloric content of soft drinks has dropped by nearly 25%. This is due in large part to a determined focus by our company and others on the diet/light category with brands like Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero and Powerade Zero. Even soft drinks with sugar, like Coca-Cola, contain no more calories (140 calories in a can) than some common snacks, breakfast foods and most desserts served up daily in millions of American homes. And while obesity rates have skyrocketed, sales of regular soft drinks decreased by nearly 10% from 2000 to 2008, according to the industry publication Beverage Digest.
So where are all of the extra calories in the American diet coming from? Research from the United States Department of Agriculture shows that added sugars, as a percentage of total daily available calories, have declined 11% since 1970. Yet the percent of calories from added fats and flour/cereal products has increased 35% and 13%, respectively, during that same time period.
Will a soft drink tax change behavior? Two states currently have a tax on sodas—West Virginia and Arkansas—and they are among the states with the highest rates of obesity in the nation.
And, we're going to take the T Bird away too.
ReplyDeleteFrom yesterday's BotW:
ReplyDeleteJohn Kerry, the former junior senator from Massachusetts who by the way served in Vietnam, is leading the effort in the Senate to pass Cap'n Trade, a measure to combat so-called global warming by imposing massive taxes on energy. Blogger Dan Calabrese notes a revealing Kerry quote from last week:
Let me emphasize something very strongly as we begin this discussion. The United States has already this year alone achieved a 6% reduction in emissions simply because of the downturn in the economy, so we are effectively saying we need to go another 14%.
Wow. To accomplish Kerry's environmental goals, all we need to do is shrink the economy even more and keep it shrunken--in other words, for the recession to turn into a permanent depression. If you think that's a good idea, call your senator and urge him to vote "yes" on Cap'n Trade!
Panhandler said...
ReplyDeleteAnd, we're going to take the T Bird away too.
That's ok -- I was gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip.
That soda article is great, although I'm a Pepsi person wholeheartedly.
ReplyDeleteLucius,
ReplyDeleteThe soda tax is just like cap and trade. It's not meant to do anything meaningful. It's just created to TAX.
Jack's Back! :-)
ReplyDeleteI think I've found a new place where the kids are hip!
ReplyDeleteAnnoying public art, Canadian style
ReplyDeleteFor Nuit Blanche 2009, The Apology Project will be staged in its largest scale thus far. A cluster of 55 people wearing large brown paper bags on their bodies will congest a public hallway and personally apologize to every person who ventures through them. The uncanniness of this human blockade will disrupt the regular flow of traffic and provoke reflection about passive aggressive behavior. Who are these people? Why are they here? Why are they wearing brown paper bags over their bodies? There is an enigma about what precisely they are sorry for and why they are choosing to continue doing something that they find reproachable. If it is their awkward presence in the space that they are apologizing for, why do they chose to remain there? Why not just stop an offensive behavior rather than continue to indulge in it and apologize?
In the context of Nuit Blanche, endurance will become a significant component of the work as these people will be standing in brown paper bags and apologizing for 12 hours. Time will become a device that at once tests the physical limits of the performers and also testifies to their will to be obnoxious and continue to maintain a disruptive posture even though they are physically exhausted.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water....
ReplyDeleteFuck that, I wouldn't go up a hill to fetch anything, except maybe a pail of french fries.
Are they allowed to go to the bathroom?
ReplyDelete/and if so...HOW?
Oh, this is rich!
ReplyDeleteHamas Finds Gaza Tunnels’ $500 Million Loss Worse Than Madoff
Investment opportunities are rare in the Gaza Strip. So when Nabila Ghabin saw one last year, she pawned her car and jewelry and put $12,000 into a network of tunnels that brought in supplies smuggled from Egypt.
She was one of about 4,000 Gazans who gave cash to middlemen and tunnel operators in 2008 as Israel blocked the overland passage of goods. Then Israeli warplanes bombed the tunnels before and during the Dec. 27 to Jan. 18 Gaza offensive and the investments collapsed.
Now investors, who lost as much as $500 million, want their money back from Hamas, which runs Gaza. Hamas Economics Minister Ziad Zaza says about 200 people were taken into custody in connection with the tunnel investments; most have been released. Hamas is offering a partial repayment of 16.5 cents on the dollar using money recovered from Ihab al-Kurd, the biggest tunnel operator.
"Here comes the vicious cycle of less jobs = less taxes collected = more taxes levied to make up the difference = less jobs.
ReplyDelete/are we having fun yet?"
Plus, some local governments who passed tax caps in the past are now having to cut services and staff cause their revenues are dropping and they cannot do anything to raise their tax collections.
Hope and change.
"CNN has become the butt of a running joke meme on Twitter for its lame fact-check criticism of the Saturday Night Live skit which lampooned President Obama for making too many promises that he has yet to keep," reports blogger D.K. Jamaal. Here are some examples:
ReplyDelete* @DefiantKembro 'El Nino' is not Spanish for "the Nino" #CNNFactCheck
* @EnasYorl "Wayne's World" was not really a public access cable show. #CNNfactcheck
* @ArielAkiva The superfans were not actually having heart attacks. #cnnfactcheck
* @thecomeback After checking every river in America, we have not been able to find a motivational speaker living in a van. #CNNfactcheck
* @jeffdobbs: Over half of Saturday Night Live is NOT ON SATURDAY NIGHT for Eastern time zone. Outrage. #CNNFactCheck
* @jkfecke In fact, Blue Öyster Cult never included a cowbell player named Gene Frenkle--the musician didn't exist. #CNNFactCheck
* @mikehassinger: This just in: "Toonces the driving cat" not real cat, can't even DRIVE! #CNNFactCheck
By the way, gold is now up to $1,044 an ounce.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Obama economic plan is not sitting well with the folks.
More to come a little later.
Got to head out now.
Daniel Henninger reviewed Michael Mooron's latest piece of dreary agit prop today. In the review was this gem:
ReplyDeleteWe live in an age of ideologically transgendered leaders. France's Nicolas Sarkozy ridicules Mr. Obama's "dream of disarmament" one day and the next calls for redefining GDP in terms of happiness. Germany's Angela Merkel hops a little bit right or a little bit left as the moment requires. The U.K.'s Gordon Brown is about to disappear amid an ideological fog, to be replaced by the foggy Tory David Cameron. American conservatives can't name one politician they would trust with their ideas.
Bye, 3 wood! :-)
ReplyDelete/verybigsigh (on the economy)
I'm waiting to hear Michael Mooron and the various members of Punditry, Inc. blame Bush's tax cuts for the collapse of the Paleostinian tunnel-bubble.
ReplyDeleteBye 3 -- have a good day.
ReplyDeleteGDP = happiness quotient?!
ReplyDeleteSCIENCE!
Fat Kitteh is bringing me offerings of stuffed animals.
ReplyDeletelittleoldlady said...
ReplyDeleteGDP = happiness quotient?!
Be happy in your work
Fat Kitteh is bringing me offerings of stuffed animals.
ReplyDeleteTranslation: "GOT MICE?"
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteThe worst part of that annoying art if I were involved would not be the paper bags or 12 hours of apologies.
It would be the allied Chili and Bean Festivals that I would throw at either end of the hallway, and the Sweating Fat Guy Parade of Bikinis that would mark the openening of each hour of the festivities.
New thread upstairs! ↑
ReplyDeleteGlobal warming!
ReplyDeleteMosques for sale cheap, Qom & Najaf(Median & Mecca available shortly). No offer refused - Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready to Buy N. Fuel from US
ReplyDeleteOldLineTexan! :-)
ReplyDeleteROTFL!
Good morning all!
ReplyDeleteHey Bat Guano found us!
Lucius, I have a fat kitteh too. Actually, I have a few, but they bring no gifts.
Medina - more coffee. :)
ReplyDelete'Morning, Violet Tiger! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe buffet is now closed. You're on your own for food until the West Coast folks think it's time for coffee.
ReplyDelete/what do THEY know. anyway? ;-)