BONUS: Like reading history and Bill Whittle? Check out his latest post, An Excellent Question, for some terrific recommendations of history books.
Highlights of this day in history: A Cold War crisis over Cuba leads to brink of nuclear war; Shah of Iran allowed into U.S. for treatment; 'Pretty Boy' Floyd killed; Last victim slain in D.C. sniper shootings; Cellist Pablo Casals dies.
Other notable October 22nd events include:
1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
1924 – Toastmasters International is founded.
1926 – J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
1957 – Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
Posting early just to remind myself what my avatar looks like...
ReplyDeleteGood morning all. The trek to work is now history. :)
ReplyDelete/meaning I have arrived.
From below...
ReplyDeleteTop: I come in to get a fruitcup, only to find out China has better economic policies than the US, 34% of the US are Idiots and IE7 still sucks.
(1) When it comes to the economy, China's leaders are more interested in making money than ideological correctness. No longer true of the USA.
(2) That's better than the 50+% who were idiots last November. May the numbers stay low through next November.
(3) IE7 is what it is. Since IE8 rolled out some time ago, there will be no further attempts to make IE7 any less broke... In fact, things will only get worse as when some sites decide to stop supporting the obsolete IE7 (as YouTube recently decided to stop supporting IE6, which some people are still stuck using).
UPPER CASE
AT LEAST IT'S NOT
ALSO BOLDFACE
JTK
Allow me to frighten you before I bail for the day...
ReplyDeleteThe Military Coup of 2012.
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/research_pubs/p087.pdf
THREE
YEARS,
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Hey everybody, remember how the German fossil named Ida was claimed to be the earliest ancestor of primates? Well turns out, it wasn't.
ReplyDeleteOh man, Render! :-(
ReplyDeletePaladinPhil...
ReplyDeleteIDA
KNOW?
JTK
1907 – Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
ReplyDeleteAnd now, 102 years later...
1941 РFrench hero of the resistance Guy M̫quet is executed by the Germans, along with 29 other hostages as a retaliation for a killed German officer.
OK, so no French jokes for today.
1975 – The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
I remember that. Then it came back, became a threat, and was fought by Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man.
Born today:
1734 – Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
1903 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
1920 – Timothy Leary, American writer (d. 1996)
1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor
1947 – Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1948 – Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
1952 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor
Host a Windows 7 Launch Party!
ReplyDelete/or chew broken glass, tough choice
Host a Windows 7 Launch Party!
ReplyDeleteThat could be fun, if you planned food and events to accurately reflect the Windows experience.
/If no one's invented a drink yet called Blue Screen of Death, I'd be glad to...
I'm glad to see Gates of Fire made Whittle's list. I'm a sucker for good historical fiction, and that's one of the best. I would add maybe "Guns of August" (non-fiction) by Barabra Tuchman to that list--great onset of WWI narrative.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWXcDZNgOWs
ReplyDelete/If no one's invented a drink yet called Blue Screen of Death, I'd be glad to...
ReplyDeleteThere's this little number that could be rebranded. I have heard it tastes horrible. :)
/of course the real thing probably tastes a bit better.
Don't count on getting an H1N1 shot for a while
ReplyDeletePredictions that H1N1 vaccine would “trickle in” to Texas and the Houston area have turned out to be overly optimistic because of production delays.
Instead of arriving by the thousands, doses have been hitting local health departments by the hundreds.
The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of H1N1 vaccine nationwide by now. Only 13 million have come through.
/flu season'll be over before catch up
Hey Centaur, do you read any Bernard Cornwell or do you prefer more recent historical fiction? Also, Jeff Shaara spoke at my alma mater last year and did a great job.
ReplyDeleteThe federal government didn't follow through on their original promise? That's unpossible!
ReplyDeleteSpenser, I am reading Agincourt right now. It's my first of his, and I'm liking it ... what should I grab after this? The Arthurian series looks good too.
ReplyDeleteJamesTKirk said...
ReplyDeleteHost a Windows 7 Launch Party!
That could be fun, if you planned food and events to accurately reflect the Windows experience.
/If no one's invented a drink yet called Blue Screen of Death, I'd be glad to...
*******
That would be a pretty strong drink. Chase away the pain of malfunctioning machines.
Oh, and good morning.
The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of H1N1 vaccine nationwide by now. Only 13 million have come through.
ReplyDelete/flu season'll be over before catch up
Oh please take over our health care! You are doing such a good job already.////
VioletTiger: Oh please take over our health care! You are doing such a good job already.
ReplyDeleteYeah, what she said.
/Good morning!
Centaur, I'm jealous! There is so much great stuff ahead. Let me check a sec on the name of the series I'm thinking of...
ReplyDeleteThere's this little number that could be rebranded. I have heard it tastes horrible. :)
ReplyDeleteCrap, forgot the link.
/need more coffee.
//render's pdf he linked to is not helping either...
I just made a big pot of Dunkin Donuts coffee. Anybody want some? Working from home today so the heater man can come and check out the system. Don't want to be caught in the cold with all this gorebull warming going around.
ReplyDeleteCentaur, If I could go back, I would read either An Archer's Tale or The Last Kingdom and read either of those series straight through. I always get so into the main characters and then finish a series getting depressed thinking "He'll never write a series this great again". But, then he does.
ReplyDeleteVT, where coffee? where?
ReplyDeleteThanks Spenser. I'll hit the library today. I'm off -- have a great day all.
ReplyDeleteOooooh, more coffee is wonderful VT.
ReplyDelete/*slides over thermos mug for a fill up*
Here you go, Spenser. Freshly grind-n-brewed.
ReplyDelete*sip* AAaaah! A thousand blessings upon you.
ReplyDeleteHere Phil, have a big ol thermos full.
ReplyDeleteI have just finished reading the pdf that render linked to.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have to read any of the footnotes or annottations due to an excellent memory. As well since this document was written almost 18 years ago a lot of things have changed. I do know what the authour was talking about though with regards to unifying and changing the function and missions of a military. Everything he discusses as a problem has happened more or less, in the Canadian Armed Forces. Unfortunately the seperate branches were unified into one force under the auspices of our former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. May he rot in hell for all the damage he did to our military.
Thank you muchly VT. I think I need some extra bean juice this morning. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd non of it came from a civet cat btw....
ReplyDeleteewwww
Paladin Phil - have you read John Ringo's "The Last Centurion"?
ReplyDeleteAnybody have any book recommendations for my long flights to and from Brazil? I need something to keep me busy. It's not like I'll pull out my laptop and do work or anything.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you read, VT?
ReplyDeleteSo, the local health dept. says there is no flu strain near us except H1N1 so that's what my kids had and what my wife has bad. I don't know how 3 of us escaped because I'm sure we'd have it by now since it's so contagious.
ReplyDelete/wearing internet mask to protect CC friends
JTK: Yep, twice as a matter of fact. Not one of his best works as far as I am concerned. Still very well written as a precautionary tale. Another that goes along that way is "Caliphate" by Tom Krautman. Not for what is going on, but for the snippets of history between chapters.
ReplyDeleteI like SF and fantasy, political stuff, contemporary. Anything but paperback romance crap, I guess.
ReplyDeleteSpenser (with an S): So, the local health dept. says there is no flu strain near us except H1N1 so that's what my kids had and what my wife has bad. I don't know how 3 of us escaped because I'm sure we'd have it by now since it's so contagious.
ReplyDeleteAccording to an article someone here linked to last week, about 25% of the people who catch H1N1 do not show any symptoms. So you may have caught it and beat it without ever suffering from it. (I think I may have been in a similar boat.)
Spenser, my daughter called from college and said that H1N1 is all over campus. Talk of shutting down at this point. My husband and I already have it last month. Highest fever I can remember as an adult. Hope she can avoid it.
ReplyDeleteJust off the top of my head then, VT, things I've read in the last couple of weeks, and recommend...
ReplyDeleteJust about anything by David Weber. I just finished the latest in two of his different series.
Ian Douglas has a great line of books (three trilogies set in the same universe, spanning over a thousand years with the Marine Corps) of which I am currently reading the last.
I also just recently finished the fifth (and most current, so far) book in Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" series. Very good.
I've just started in on the new Hitchhiker's Guide book written by Eoin Colfer ("And Another Thing...") but I'm not sure yet how I feel about it, so I'm not recommending it (yet, at least).
Also, just recently read a graphic novel offshoot from Frank Beddor's "Looking Glass Wars" series.
Good morning, folks. Have a bit of time to kill before a meeting, thought I'd pop in and say hello...
ReplyDeleteMorning CtheP. How's things going in your neck of the woods?
ReplyDeleteGood morning all.
ReplyDeleteLater today I'm having lunch with an older friend from grad school -- out of the blue I get a text message from her yesterday that she's in town for a conference. Should be fun.
Nice recs, James. Heading to the B&N tonight, so will look those up, thanks.
ReplyDeleteGood morning folks..
ReplyDeleteI want to tell you Pi Guy, I really enjoy this feature. Keep it up!
And Phil: I second your "rot in hell"!
VT, I usually like fiction for passing long blocks of time, but a great and topical non-fiction choice would be Ghost Map by Stephen Johnson. It's a virus-detective story about Cholera in London in the 1800's. Also in the non-fiction great category would be Devil in the White city about the Chicago Worlds Fair and the first serial killer.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning everyone. CtheP Welcome. First time I have seen you here. Make sure that Pink_Freud has your email addy.
ReplyDeleteHey CtheP, Lucius and Kenneth. We're doing book recommendations and H1N1 so far and VT has a fresh pot of Dunkin Donuts coffee (sorry, Kenneth and PP, no Tim Hortons).
ReplyDeleteCtheP just keeps morphing identities, that's all.
ReplyDeleteHe's obviously tired of the "Christ" and "Obama" identity confusion ... Jesse jackson feels his pain.
;)
I'm drinking Kona Blend coffee here, and eating some Munchkins that someone brought in.
ReplyDeleteWhat is going to happen when all those top executives bail because their salaries have been slashed to a fraction of what they were making? I bet you dollars to donuts the gobment will have its fingers in there deciding who will replace them, so in essence the gobment will be running the businesses. Oh, good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteSpenser: Well, I guess I will have to make my own pot of Timmies then.
ReplyDelete/*flounce* :)
What's a munchkin captain?
ReplyDeletePP -- things are well here, thanks, and with you?
ReplyDeleteErik -- thanks, I've popped in a few times (PK already has my e-mail).
And good morning to those who arrived after my initial "gm"...
There was an interesting conversation somewhere between an actual NASA scientist and one who plays one on a blog re: AGW. If you get a chance.
ReplyDeleteeating some Munchkins that someone brought in
ReplyDeleteThat's just wrong!
/
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteeating some Munchkins that someone brought in
That's just wrong!
ROTF and illegal in 57 States.
Spenser, I will look at that rec too.
ReplyDeleteOLT, lol munchkins.
8 o'clock coffee is the standardin our house. I went through a fancy coffee phase, but I got over it.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. My cup, though, tastes like residue from the dishwasher. I hate when that happens.
Morning Erik, haven't seen you around lately. Last time we chatted about trap shooting. The neighbor did take the boy and I out and we had a blast. turnspawn2 did better than both wes and I, he was probably around 70% and we were at about 30%. We only shot three boxes of shells but had fun doing it.
ReplyDeleteFor PP and Kenneth;
ReplyDelete"Why is your money blue? And look, there's kids playing hockey on the back of your 10 dollar bill! It's like you want us to make fun of you."
-Barney on How I Met Your Mother
Deciding what people get paid is so Atlas Shrugged. I wonder if they realize what a parody they are becoming, Can we stop this slide before it is too late I wonder?
ReplyDeleteA cup containing a calamitous clash of caffeine, cleanser, and calcium carbonate?
ReplyDeleteFor a good fun read, I've been enjoying Bernard Cornwell's British historical books. He's written an Arthurian trilogy, a Grail Trilogy and a 5 book series on the Saxons vs the Danes in medieval England. His most successful series are the Sharpe novels set during the Napoleonic wars. He takes good historical research and weaves in his own characters to spin an engaging tale.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bernardcornwell.net/
CtheP: having some interesting times with my landlord and new appliances. Needed a new fridge and a new stove. Brings one fridge and it wouldn't fit my kitchen. Got a new stove and discovered that the old stove is hard wired into the wall. Ahhh good times. Getting things sorted out so should be good before Sabbeth tomorrow night. Look forward to doing a major cook fest this weekend.
ReplyDelete/baked beans, mac and cheese, probably bread and pizza...
//been jonesing for awhile to do some serious cooking.
Spenser,
ReplyDeleteOur money comes in lot's of pretty all colours. And in a couple years time, after the full impact of Obama's colossal spending hits home, at least our dollars will still be worth something.
; @ P
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond continues to be a favorite. Also, his "Collapse" is an interesting, non-religious, and non-carbon credit-based look at human societies that face or experienced disasters based on ecological impacts.
ReplyDeletePhil... nobody flounces here.
ReplyDelete"Why is your money blue? And look, there's kids playing hockey on the back of your 10 dollar bill! It's like you want us to make fun of you."
ReplyDeleteGeeezee, get it straight. Our five is blue and has the kids playing hockey. Our ten is greyish and has a soldier, a veteran and war memorial on it.
/Murrricans....
Kenneth said...
ReplyDeleteSpenser,
Our money comes in lot's of pretty all colours. And in a couple years time, after the full impact of Obama's colossal spending hits home, at least our dollars will still be worth something.
; @ P
Do you think Canada could survive the US spending/borrowing itself into a second-world country?
If (when?) we go second-world, where will the third world end up?
What would Canada do with a Mexican border? So far, the US has been gatekeeping that particular disaster, leaving you guys to contend with airborne jihadists, woodchucks from Vermont, and Yoopers.
;)
Not to mention USAmericans trying to buy all your cheap prescription medicines by mail!
ReplyDeleteturn: turnspawn2 did better than both wes and I, he was probably around 70% and we were at about 30%.
ReplyDeleteHe plays a lot of first person shooters right?
/that was my friends dad excuse when we out shot him this weekend on traps as well. :)
My money is pretty blue* lately.
ReplyDelete/* as in depressed and lonely!
Do May 1973 copies of Penthouse count as historical reading ?
ReplyDeleteWhat would Canada do with a Mexican border? So far, the US has been gatekeeping that particular disaster,....
ReplyDeleteNo problem, most of them would leave when we get a real good winter here. :)
/actually we do have a lot of migrant workers in Southern Ontario during the harvest season
Phil, they hook it to the wall so it does not tip. it's the new safety thing, apparently.
ReplyDeleteOLT -- clearly, you are one step ahead of me... ;)
ReplyDeleteSpenser -- my nephew has H1N1.
I'm rereading "The Godfather" (there's more to it than in G1 and G2 and it's kind of amusing how Puzo largely tip-toes around sex, by modern writing standards) at the moment.
Just finished a great book about Midway called "Shattered Sword" by Parshall and Tully -- after an exhaustive review of Japanese (and American) records, they really shed light on the battle. A bit dry and technical in some places but that is necessary to make their points.
CtheP: Oooow, "Shattered Sword" sounds very interesting! It's going on my list.
ReplyDeleteVT: What I mean by hardwired to the wall is that there is no outlet or plug in. The stove is wired directly to the power. It was done apparently when the apartment was done over 11 years ago I think. At least it was like that since before my landlord bought the house. I think it's frustrating him too.
ReplyDeletePhil, that is strange. Can't think of a good reason to do that.
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDeleteMorning Erik, haven't seen you around lately. Last time we chatted about trap shooting.
Sounds like you all had a great time. I was speaking to my Cousin, last night trying to arrange a date to fix my itchy finger. Hope to do some range time by the middle of November. I also hope to have my concealed permit by the end of the year.
He plays a lot of first person shooters right?
ReplyDeleteMorning blue, yes I chalked it up to his vast gamming experience. He is a good aim, it's weird he is right handed but shoots with the rifle against his left shoulder.
PP -- stove hard-wired to the wall? I've never heard of that. Lucky the place didn't burn down (I say that out of reflex -- I really don't know wiring...).
ReplyDeleteI don't read much fiction nowadays -- I spend so much of my time reading for work it's not really a means of relaxation.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy reading stuff by Norman Friedman, though. He writes design histories of warships. I find technical data relaxing.
Erik, I did noticed that post about your CC yesterday and followed that link to the gun you're picking out. How much does a pistol like that cost?
ReplyDeleteSquatch said...
ReplyDeleteDo May 1973 copies of Penthouse count as historical reading ?
Is that you SOS? What happened? Did the new computer steal your roids?
Kenneth, Cornwell is awesome. His Saxon series had me deep into that story. To think that, for a few tenuous months, the entire future of the great nation that would become England, was a dirty king with a few hundred men hiding from vikings in a swamp! I mean, change a few tiny things and that whole country would never have existed and who knows what else wouldn't have existed. It just fascinated me.
ReplyDeleteTurn: I have seen that before too. It depends on the dominate eye. Believe it or not some people will have a opposite eye to their hand. I know it made firing some military weapons an interesting experience.
ReplyDeleteGood morning y'all - from a chilly (45 degrees supposedly going up to 77 degrees) bright and sunny Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are doing well - heading out to do some chores soon - how are all y'all doing?
Kenneth - you will love it, I garrannttteeee it!
ReplyDeleteOLT,
ReplyDeleteThat's a fair question as to how the Canadian economy will be affected by the coming inflationary meltdown of the US economy. So far the Canadian gov't has avoided the insane stimulus spending excesses of Obamanomics. We already have public health care, and the gov't has been moving in the opposite direction introducing more & more private services.
Still, 80% of our economy is tied to exports to the US, so a downturn in the US always hits us hard. As the value of the US dollar drops, it makes buying Canadian products become more expensive for Americans. That hurts us.
So, while we won't be hit as hard as the US, we won't escape unscathed.
Do May 1973 copies of Penthouse count as historical reading ?
ReplyDeleteIf you're reading the letters column, that certainly counts as fiction.
My Kimber was $850, and that was several years ago. But it's an aluminum-framed full-size 1911.
ReplyDeleteErik The Red said...
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's me.
Stuck to posting at work until he builds my new comp.
Fried the old comp pretty darn good, he tells me.
Who says I can't cook ?
Sorry I've missed y'alls, but should have the new one for me Monday or Tuesday.
Hey, good morning realwest. How are you? Sound slike you have a bit of indian summer. We didn't get much of that at all in NJ, but it will hit the 70's today.
ReplyDeleteLucius -- then you would love "Shattered Sword" as well - lots of technical information about the shortcomings of Japanese carrier construction and how it contributed to their disaster at Midway.
ReplyDeleteVery scholarly work as well, I might add (I know you will like that!)...
Real shame about your home comp Squatch. We've been missing you in the pub.
ReplyDelete/now where did that faux fur rug go?
//leave it at the top of the stairs in memory. ;)
If you're reading the letters column, that certainly counts as fiction.
ReplyDeleteSo the one that started "I was workin' the late shift..." isn't true ??
That one had me fired up, too. Damn.
real -- good morning
ReplyDeleteHumm, I wonder if it is a dominate eye thing blue ... dang everybody is getting the H1N1 flu, it seems like a pandemic here at C2. Morning real, doing fine today. Weather here mid seventies and sunny for next 10 days forecasted.
ReplyDeleteReal shame about your home comp Squatch. We've been missing you in the pub.
ReplyDeleteStuff happens.
I don't mind getting new stuff at all, though !
(waiting anxiously for the other TV to go kipput)
Spenser,
ReplyDeleteShhhhh! Don't spoil how it ends! I finished the first book and have to find the next book in that series. Cornwell is very good at creating his characters. King Alfred the Great is a real flesh & blood person, not an historical figure.
What a surprise:
ReplyDeleteIran Rejects Nuke Deal, Officials Fear Stalling
(IsraelNN.com) An international draft plan to have Tehran ship its uranium abroad for enrichment was rejected by Iran's deputy parliament speaker, Mohammad Reza Bahonar, on Thursday, according to the IRNA news agency.
Did anyone sane expect a different result, really?
(Rhetorical question - this is exactly what Iran keeps doing, so expecting a different result for the same action is the definition of insanity.)
turn said... How much does a pistol like that cost?
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I have no idea. I am guessing around $1000.00. I still need to test it out but I like the reviews and it sure is pretty. :))
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteWhat a surprise:
Iran Rejects Nuke Deal, Officials Fear Stalling
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Well, heck. We could have told them that would happen. Stall, stall, stall until you're done with yer bomb building.
Morning Realwest. Looks like we are getting a break from the pre-winter weather here as well. I am sure that it's only temporary though.
ReplyDeleteHow is the deal going ETR ?
ReplyDeleteAny new prospects or what ?
Hey VioletTiger and CtheP - good morning! Good to see y'all out here! And hey, hitting the 70's in NJ is pretty darn nice weather today - hope it gets cold as all get out by game time tonight, though! LOL!
ReplyDeleteShoot, I missed Real.
ReplyDeleteMorning realwest !
Hope your day started well.
OK -- time to get the kids back to their work. Later, all.
ReplyDeleteKenneth said ;"Shhhhh! Don't spoil how it ends!"
ReplyDeleteOh, and the big boat sinks at the end of Titanic. Ha!
/
Hey Sasquatch!! How come your new computer won't be ready until Monday or Tuesday?! We've missed you guy!!
ReplyDeleteGeez, my new 'puter (well, new back in March!) was up and running the day I bought it! LOL!
Kosh:
ReplyDeleteWell golly gee surprise! Well, except that this was precisely the same deal offered to the Iranians a few years ago by Bush, the French & the Russians -to enrich the uranium outside the country under IAEA supervision. The IRanians rejected it then and just as they rejected it today.
When the Obama admin moans about how the Bush admin never talked with the Iranians, please remember, that is pure 100% bullshit! For 8 long years the Bush admin worked with the UN, the EU & the IAEA trying to talk the Iranians out of their nuke programme. It didn't work then and it won't work now.
The only thing new in Obama's approach has been his grovelling apologies and pre-emptive surrender of the military option.
Good Morning, {all y'all}
ReplyDeleteI'm tired already. Not a good sign for the rest of the day. Maybe if I crawled up under my desk no one would notice.
Now Kenneth. Bush never did anything right.
ReplyDelete/we have always been at war with Eastasia
Hey real, is it Phillies - Yankees in the World Series?
ReplyDeleteGo Phillies!
Hey Sasquatch!! How come your new computer won't be ready until Monday or Tuesday?! We've missed you guy!!
ReplyDeleteGeez, my new 'puter (well, new back in March!) was up and running the day I bought it! LOL!
Heh. The guy making it for me has been out of work for almost a year with serious back problems. He's made 2 for me before, nice stuff and he takes his time. It's worth the wait.
Is this deal the Iranians rejected the Russia fuel import deal?
ReplyDeleteHey PaladinPhil! I'm ok, just TIRED all the damn time these days. And today's no different, and I've got chores to do - lots of 'em, too.
ReplyDeleteBTW, has anyone commented on the 90% salary reductions Obama& Co. intended to place on the top 7 banks that received Tarp money? And on other "top executives" at other banks? Link is:
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20091021/4ade9550_3422_1334620091021-1451880318
I don't remember that EVER being discussed or even IN the TARP bill, and if not, I guarantee they'll be litigation over this. Someone loans you money and doesn't dislcose all the loan terms at the time of the making of the loan, ought not be able to go ahead and make 'em up as they go along, ya know?!
A blast from the stupid past:
ReplyDelete"Iran Rejects Russia's Proposal on Uranium
With Security Council Action Looming, Tehran Takes Stance of 'Wait and See'
By Karl Vick
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, March 13, 2006
TEHRAN, March 12 -- Iran rejected an offer from Russia to enrich uranium on its behalf Sunday, closing the door on what had been the most promising diplomatic resolution to international concerns over its nuclear program."
Been there, done that.
link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200275.html
ReplyDeleteKenneth, that's the gist of my comment - the Iranians pretend to be interested in the deal, then they reject it; sanctions are proposed but delayed because Iran says they'll negotiate more; and then Iran talks about accepting the same deal, but rejects it.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Iran is closer to getting a bomb.
And the same people fall for it each time.
I have to admit, though, I don't know if Bush would have behaved any differently, at least after Gates replaced Rumsfeld.
Squatch said...
ReplyDeleteHow is the deal going ETR ?
Any new prospects or what ?
LOL. The deal is back on again. Take over on the 1st of December. I think this is final. I am happy. Just waiting on final 7-11 approval. Should have that next week.
Hey VioletTiger - I'm not celebrating anything for the Yankees until we win the ALCS!! I remember - with HORROR - what happened in 2006 and NO I WON'T REPEAT IT HERE! - I'm sure Bare will be along any minute now to remind us all, all about it but I want my Yanks where they belong: Back in the World Series!!
ReplyDeleteGO YANKEES!!
LOL!
BTW, has anyone commented on the 90% salary reductions ...
ReplyDeleteI think the government will have it's hands in their picking replacements for all the executives who bail as a result of this.
Time for my meeting -- you all have a great one!
ReplyDeleteHey ETR! How are you doing? I've been out of the loop for a few days - what business are you buying? Does it have anything to do with women, guns or good times?!
ReplyDeleteNew thread.
ReplyDelete/it's where you ought to be
Does it have anything to do with women, guns or good times?!
ReplyDeleteSince it's a gas station I would have to say yes, yes, and no. :)
The deal is back on again. Take over on the 1st of December. I think this is final. I am happy. Just waiting on final 7-11 approval. Should have that next week.
ReplyDeleteSchweet!
Best of luck to you Erik.
Realwest said...
ReplyDeleteHey ETR! How are you doing? I've been out of the loop for a few days - what business are you buying? Does it have anything to do with women, guns or good times?!
I wish. Everyone that I found for sale my wife would not let me buy it. :)) Just a boring gas station that will be developed into a 7-11 store. Should keep me busy and out of trouble for a while.
Kosh,
ReplyDeleteAs recently as yesterday this latest offer to Iran was touted by the Obama admin as a new step, never tried before, & they insisting the Bush admin never negotiated with Iran. The media lapdogs never called Obama on that lie, flushing history down the rabbit hole. THis same deal was offered twice to the Iranians in 2006, first by the French, then by the Russians, both time with US endorsement.
Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.
Executives bail on salary deductions. Doctors bail on medicaid reductions. Oh, yeah, we're in great shape.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Turn - yeah, I commented on it about 8 comments above yours, with a link!
ReplyDeleteAnd now Obama wants some of that TARP money to be made available to small or community based banks? What?
Man I also heard that new unemployment claims went up another 531,000 this past week - hey Bernacke, sure glad to hear that we've hit bottom (talk about being overpaid, that goes for Congress and the POTUS for sure, but since they won't change THEIR compensation, let 'em drop Bernacke's pay!).
And again I say, whatever the hell health care bill gets passed is going to be horrible for the US because a) all the polls now show a majority of Voters DON'T WANT HEALTH CARE REFORM and b) Congress refuses to have itself and all other Federal Employess having to hew to whatever Health care reform gets passed - thus once again the "Elites" say "not good eough for me, but good enough for thee" to their own employers, US!
Kenneth said...
ReplyDeleteSpenser,
Cornwell is very good at creating his characters. King Alfred the Great is a real flesh & blood person, not an historical figure.
Aren't most, if not all historical figures real people?
/Canadians - what'd you expect from people with geese on their change?
Kenneth, I guess the Obama administration thought the offer to Iran was new and different because it had never been offered by a Nobel Peace Prize winner before.
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Congrats on your business, Erik. My daddy made a very good living for our family selling gas, cigs, beer & booze.
ReplyDeleteThe pig is hopping around but not quite flying:
ReplyDeleteUN chief calls on Hizbullah to disarm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that the presence of armed Hizbullah and Palestinian terrorists in Lebanon is contributing to tensions and insecurity and could eventually lead to a resumption of hostilities.
Of course, these groups aren't going to disarm voluntarily, and the UN isn't going to force them, and if Israel does something, they'll be condemned, but it's a start.
redstateredneck said...
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your business, Erik. My daddy made a very good living for our family selling gas, cigs, beer & booze.
Thanks red. :))) This may not be a long term venture. WE will see. I may get it doing good numbers and flip it in 2 or 3 years. Now if it does outstanding numbers I will keep it.
Erik
ReplyDeleteMy father had two stations on the Missouri side of the Iowa and Illinois lines. Lower taxes in MO on everything he sold. He did well with people coming over for their fill-ups and supplies.