Highlights of this day in history: Egypt's President Anwar Sadat assassinated; Yom Kippur War breaks out in Mideast; Top U.S. arms inspector reports on Iraq's WMD; Actress Bette Davis dies; 'The Jazz Singer' heralds talking pictures.
Other notable October 6th events include:
1582 – Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
1889 – Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1966 – LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
FIRST!
ReplyDeleteheh, I rushed to work to be able to do that. :)
ReplyDelete1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
ReplyDeleteAnd the poor guy ends up on top of a building with a Phillies cap on.
Phil,
ReplyDelete;-)
Well here's an interesting piece of news. That rumour about switching from the US dollar to other currencies to buy oil, was just that. A rumour.
ReplyDelete/Soros? Are you messing with currencies again?
White House's botched 'op'
ReplyDeleteIn a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama.
A sea of 150 white-coated doctors, all enthusiastically supportive of the president and representing all 50 states, looked as if they were at a costume party as they posed in the Rose Garden before hearing Obama's pitch for the Democratic overhaul bills moving through Congress.
The physicians, all invited guests, were told to bring their white lab coats to make sure that TV cameras captured the image.
But some docs apparently forgot, failing to meet the White House dress code by showing up in business suits or dresses.
So the White House rustled up white coats for them and handed them to the suited physicians who had taken seats in the sun-splashed lawn area.
/these people are just [expletive deleted] scary
Killian,
ReplyDeleteI linked to something (which I'll never find now) a while back...a poll stating that up to 40% of our doctors would consider quitting if Obamacare passes.
/sorry, that's WAY scarier!
KB: Had to make a "good" propaganda shot. Now I wonder how many in their respective states are AGAINST health care reform as it's currently written.
ReplyDeleteGood morning all - this is just a test run in my new car!!
ReplyDeleteLOL - Even scarier: If that happens, we might end up importing incompetent and/or terrorist doctors like the UK is.
ReplyDeleteMorning, Real! Nice to see you have a name I can pronounce again!
ReplyDelete{realwest}! You're...YOU! ;-)
ReplyDeleteYAY!
Hello Capt. Kirk! Welcome aboard!!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Pink Freud my name and avatar now come up for the first time since I've been on C2!!
Yay! Pink Freud!
Ok, off for some brekkie!! and hot coffee!
Realwest! Nice to see you in your traditional livery.
ReplyDeleteEven scarier: If that happens, we might end up importing incompetent and/or terrorist doctors like the UK is.
ReplyDeleteI can't comment on the quality of training a lot of these foreign doctors get - mostly because I just don't know anything about it. But I DO know that communication between patient and doctor WILL suffer.
/been there; done that
There was just a story recently about how badly the records of these imported doctors were, compared to the UK-trained doctors. More mistakes, more deaths, etc. That's a big problem even without the imported doctors also trying to blow up Scottish airports.
ReplyDeleteGood morning friends!
ReplyDeleteGot a 6 hour conference call starting soon, so just wanted to drop by and say hello.
Morning realwest. Good to see that you have retired from the secret agent business. ;)
ReplyDelete/watch out for those miscreants from The Village....
Kirk! Real!
ReplyDeleteHello once again. Love the new avatars.
I retired Count Catula for a while on mine.
JTK! Welcome. Have I seen you here before? I get mixed up a bit. Hey VT and real, lol and Lucius S.
ReplyDeleteVT, a 6-hour conference call?! Do you want us to call you in 2 for an "emergency"?
ReplyDeleteSo did Obama think we wouldn't know they were doctors unless he put costumes on them?
ReplyDeleteSilly stuff.
*mutter mutter* Note to self. When setting up a scheduled post, make sure you get the right time.
ReplyDelete/one reason I love army time, less confusing.
Yes please do Spenser. It was this or fly to Houston, so guess which one I picked?
ReplyDeleteSpenser: You've seen me here, but not under this name. I was working on switching over to another handle (RoboMonkey), but this site seems to prefer this one.
ReplyDeleteViolet: I made this Avatar a while ago for posting on Babba Zee's site, but never got around to loading it up on LGF.
So did Obama think we wouldn't know they were doctors unless he put costumes on them?
ReplyDelete"We're not doctors, but we play them on TV..."
Good morning - shoot, I missed Realwest, again!
ReplyDeleteRealwest, I have spent the morning trying to get Google to allow me to post as Fluffy Bunny, to no avail. I now have two blogs and can only post with the Steel Magnolia nic. GAH!
Need.more.coffee.
I had the same trouble Steel Magnolia. I had an account as Nautilus. Finally figured out how to just change the nic and avatar on it.
ReplyDeleteOk, Violet - what is the secret? A magic word, secret handshake - what? I have tried everything!
ReplyDeletePlease help the tech tard! : )
NOW I KNOW WHO ALL YOU PEOPLE ARE! LOL!
ReplyDeleteSo it sounds like the oil states want to get rid of the dollar, with 'the decline in American economic power'.
ReplyDeleteNot a peep from the White House, of course.
So it sounds like the oil states want to get rid of the dollar, with 'the decline in American economic power'.
ReplyDeleteOr to help accelerate 'the decline in American economic power'.
Wow, look at all of the new faces this morning.
ReplyDeleteI loves it. And Realwest is finally back to his old self today.
wOOt.
Clunkers in Practice
ReplyDeleteRemember "cash for clunkers," the program that subsidized Americans to the tune of nearly $3 billion to buy a new car and destroy an old one? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared in August that, "This is the one stimulus program that seems to be working better than just about any other program."
If that's true, heaven help the other programs. Last week U.S. automakers reported that new car sales for September, the first month since the clunker program expired, sank by 25% from a year earlier. Sales at GM and Chrysler fell by 45% and 42%, respectively. Ford was down about 5%. Some 700,000 cars were sold in the summer under the program as buyers received up to $4,500 to buy a new car they would probably have purchased anyway, so all the program seems to have done is steal those sales from the future. Exactly as critics predicted.
Cash for clunkers had two objectives: help the environment by increasing fuel efficiency, and boost car sales to help Detroit and the economy. It achieved neither. According to Hudson Institute economist Irwin Stelzer, at best "the reduction in gasoline consumption will cut our oil consumption by 0.2 percent per year, or less than a single day's gasoline use." Burton Abrams and George Parsons of the University of Delaware added up the total benefits from reduced gas consumption, environmental improvements and the benefit to car buyers and companies, minus the overall cost of cash for clunkers, and found a net cost of roughly $2,000 per vehicle. Rather than stimulating the economy, the program made the nation as a whole $1.4 billion poorer.
Remember it?
/hell, we'll be remembering this policy clunker for a long time as we pay the interest on the $4 billion in debt it cost us taxpayers, most of whom didn't even get a new car
VT and JTK, I posted a link up above about #4 comment that says it's a rumour. This story keeps popping up every couple of years. I think Iran is the only country that sells oil for Euros, and was pushing some of the other oil states to do the same. This was back in 2005 or 2006 I think that it first popped up. Give me a second and I will go looking for a link.
ReplyDelete/of course I heard the story on Coast to Coast AM
I'm sure they don't have our best interests in mind, Kirk. It fits in fine with the One's plans, I'm sure.
ReplyDeletemost of whom didn't even get a new car
ReplyDeleteSome of whom didn't qualify because the cars they wanted to trade in were ALREADY fuel efficient.
It could just be a rumor PP, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
ReplyDeleteOff I go to talk on the phone for 6 hours!
Will stop back later for a sanity break.
Have a great day!
Any prayers would be welcome as I might hear about a F/T job in the next day or two.
ReplyDeleteLOL - I had wanted to change nics for awhile, this gave me the opportunity to do so, however a certain (beloved) someone pointed out that they preferred the Fluffy Bunny nic, Soooo, I am still trying to figure out how to use it here.
ReplyDeletePrayers going up for you, Spenser - may you land the job of your dreams.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Spenser with two S's!
ReplyDeleteAny idea if that "Obama gonna pay my mortgage and give me a new car" woman was one of the cash for clunkers recipients?
Okay here's an article from a reputable source in 2008.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the veracity of this site, but it's from August 2005.
And here's the Google search I used to find those two. Many others, just be careful about some of the other sources.
I picked this nick for the other site. It was funny; for a long time I was trying to get in on an open registration (they were hard to come by back then)... And when I finally got one, I had no idea what handle to register. Hadn't even thought about it. So this was the first thing that popped in my head. Must've just seen the show the night before or something.
ReplyDeleteAnd now, new sites, new name; at least that was the theory.
Best of luck to you, Spenser!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure they want to destroy the US economy -- too many nations depend on it for support. We are, in essence, a vast insurance reserve. That said, there are interests who would like more control over it and be able to direct it more towards their own intersts.
ReplyDeleteAny idea if that "Obama gonna pay my mortgage and give me a new car" woman was one of the cash for clunkers recipients?
ReplyDeletePeggy?
She just wanted free shit.
CFC would require her to spend some of her own money.
Never happen.
You pick the nic the fits. Or the nic that fits picks you. Not to pick nits about nics.
ReplyDeleteSpenser ... for hire!
ReplyDeleteWow, one day goes by and all the new faces. Welcome VioletTiger and JamesTKirk.
ReplyDeleteShort list of folks who founded or found their way here:
Spenser (with an s)
Palidinphil (bludcannuck)
Ufo tofu
Lincoln
Lincolnf
Son of a big black dog
Deser dog ny nana
Redsateredneck
Eschew obfistication
Lucius semptimius
Scottish buzzsaw
Loppyd
3 wood
Kilian bundy
Sasquatchonsteroids
Wyatt earp
Jorline
Robomonkey
Pink freud
Beer drinking victory monkey
Occasional reader old line Texan render
Ayatollah gilmini
Alegrias
Russkiltover
Steel magnolia (fluffy bunny)
Ringo the gringo
Littleoldlady
Running bare
Desert sage
Calahan23
Erik the red
Violet Tiger
DEZ
(still haven’t figured out who CC is …)
Apologies to those I’ve missed in the few days I’ve been lurking …
Thanks all. I'll keep you apprised. I am working P/T contract work and supporting 4 kids (barely) with it. Never been in this situation before and I don't like it.
ReplyDeleteSpenser, good luck on the job. Good moring all, why would anybody be inclined to change their nic?
ReplyDeletePalidinphil (bludcannuck)
ReplyDelete*ahem* that was BlueCanuck. Nice attempt though turn. ;-)
Well, we just gave them the internet. Isn't that enough control for one week?!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you, Spenser.
ReplyDeleteMorning turn, jeese these people aren't out on boats ...
ReplyDeleteTurn, thanks for the list. Without "recruiting", how can we at least make our presence known to MM and Ym o Hyd?
ReplyDeleteturn can't spell blue, you know that!
ReplyDelete'Morning, turn! :-)
ReplyDeleteI miss yma, I have no clue where she is. Anybody have her email?
ReplyDelete{LOL}
ReplyDeleteCanadian born scientist shares the Nobel physics prize, shared with 2 Americans. Awarded for the invention of the CCD, which is the heart of all digital imaging cameras, faxes & scanners.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/06/nobel-prize-physics-kao-boyle-smith281.html
Do not buy-into the carefully crafted tempest-in-the-teacup Obama-McChrystal rift: Critics Don't See the Nuance in McChrystal's Comments on War
ReplyDeleteIt is surprising WaPo's bringing this up, as they were the source of the originally leaked report - maybe they didn't like getting played.
Morning everyone.
yma was around a few weeks ago. She may still be recovering from some eye work that was done. I hope she's still reading and keeping up.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning All!
ReplyDeleteJust dropped in for a quick hello before the morning meetings begin.
Nice list turn!
I knew there were a lot, but I lose track over time.
Has Obama managed to "Viet Namize" Afghanistan yet?
Has Obama managed to "Viet Namize" Afghanistan yet?
ReplyDeleteY'know -- I'd been wondering when we'll hear that strategy.
PP -- you were BlueKannuck? Now the mystery resolves itself.
turn said...
ReplyDeleteShort list of folks who founded or found their way here:
/is a "checklist" necessary?
PP -- you were BlueKannuck? Now the mystery resolves itself.
ReplyDelete*face palm* Sorry, big pet peeve about proper spelling of my name that goes back years in meat space. :)
I think some pictures that have been posted here by me and on my blog would have been a big clue. :D
/is a "checklist" necessary?
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer a Dramatis Personae
yma was here blue? cool, I hope she and Madame are doing well ....
ReplyDelete{Turn}! I walked away to discuss a problem with the contractor and almost missed you. Let's go skiing!
ReplyDeletePlease! We've had enough drama!
ReplyDelete/
PP -- heh. I figured that'd get ya.
ReplyDeleteThough I have seen it spelled with a "k"
Good morning y'all - from a moderate (61 degrees, booming all the way up to 71 degrees)
ReplyDeleterainy Charlotte!
And hey Turn - if y'all want to acknowledge folks who had a hand in forming C2, first thing you should probably do is go click on Correspondence Committee and copy those names and then copy the "contributors" who show up as such, but not necessarily in the CC. I'm glad you got Pink Freud and littleoldlady, but Running Bare and others listed there were the founding fathers and mothers(!) of C2!!
blue, your pictures and reference to canuck is what clued me in ...
ReplyDeleteok real, good morning.
ReplyDeleteturn - you can add aboo, if you weren't aware. ;)
ReplyDeletefluffy, give me a heads up next time you go to Tahoe, ok?
ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDelete6-P00 is once again Realwest!
(sure glad you got that fixed.... I'm sure the jokes were getting old)
Cat is drinking my coffee. Now that's strange.
ReplyDeleteMornin' Realwest! Send some of that Fall weather my way, please. It will be 94 here today.
ReplyDeleteTurn - we are thinking January, keep your social calendar clear mid-month.
enuff, is that you? Hey you all, turn never intended to create a compreshenive and all inclusive list of the people who are here, nor did I intend to downplay the important contribution of all the folks who worked so hard to create this site. I just threw together a quick off the top of my head post to Ringo the Gringo yesterday and he split before he even read it! I copied and pasted the list into word to save it and posted it again today. I think it's best if I don't do that again for fear of offending someone.
ReplyDeleteLucius, the last thing you need is a wired cat! haha, too funny. I had a cat that ate salad ... I mean if you turned your back on him the whole bowl would be gone.
ReplyDeleteHey y'all - don't know what those 30 pieces of Silver Judas received would be worth today, but I tell ya Bobby Gates has earned at least ten times that much: "Gates blames past lack of troops for Taliban edge: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban's revival on a past failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said U.S. forces would not withdraw whatever the result of President Barack Obama's strategy review."[SNIP]
ReplyDelete"Gates suggested U.S. and allied failure to put more troops into Afghanistan in the past, when then-president George W. Bush shifted resources to invade Iraq, gave the Taliban an edge.
"Because of our inability, and the inability, frankly, of our allies, (for putting) enough troops into Afghanistan, the Taliban do have the momentum right now, it seems," Gates said."
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL51222220091006?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=11621
Hey y'all - who was the Secretary of Defense before our current one, Bobby Gates, anyone recall?!
Oh and my Judas and 30 pieces of silver is NOT intended to compare Jesus Christ to George W. Bush at all. As to Judas and Gates well.........
turn said...
ReplyDeleteI think it's best if I don't do that again for fear of offending someone.
/make 'em work for it
ok fluffy ... I don't know, my social calendar is just sooo full - not
ReplyDeleteLucius, give teh kitteh his kawfy ...
ReplyDeleteeschew_obfuscation -Indeed it was getting old and I gotta thank Pink Freud and another member of the CC for figuring it out for me.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, if y'all need any tech help with your computer, just let me know and I'll give you advice all day long!
Won't be very good advice but I will give you that advice all day long! LOL!
Killian Bundy said...
ReplyDelete/make 'em work for it
Damned straight.
Alrighty then.
ReplyDelete/Lileks has an interesting job
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ReplyDeleteSSDD: Cindy Sheehan arrested at White House anti-war protest
ReplyDeleteTurn said "I think it's best if I don't do that again for fear of offending someone."
ReplyDeleteWell, at least you got the order right.
/
Well here's some good science news. They have identified a gene that's responsible for a whole slew of cancers.
ReplyDeleteThey have identified a gene that's responsible for a whole slew of cancers.
ReplyDeleteShocker: It's not Gene Simmons.
How long until they can prove it and use it?
Hey Turn - it's not a question of offending anyone, it's more a question of getting it right.
ReplyDeleteNo Running Bare= no C2 - credit where credit is due, ya know?!
Other than being busy copying and pasting,how are you doing this morning Turn?
Effin' NPR
ReplyDeleteIsraeli police bring reinforcements to Jerusalem
Rumors that Israeli extremists planned to march on a shrine holy to both Jews and Muslims apparently have fueled the unrest in Jerusalem, the city at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The low-level violence has inflamed political passions, stoked breathless reports in the Israeli and Arab media and laid bare once again just how much of a tinderbox Jerusalem is.
Yep, it's all the Israeli extremists fault.
And settlements. Can't forget those.
*spit*
Hey {littleoldlady} Good morning to you! I
ReplyDeleteif y'all can would you drop me an e-mail please?
Thankew!
blue, that really is good news ...
ReplyDelete"This research is a major step forward in understanding the genetics of cancer and could open up a host of new strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment."
How long until they can prove it and use it?
ReplyDeleteThe first step is in finding it. With the speed of dna and chromosone search these days I give it a few years. We will probably be looking at ten years before we see any medical therapy from this.
/about average wait time for new medicine I think
Interesting, PP. I hope they can isolate and nuke that gene soon. We have lost two friends in one month to cancer, I pray for a cure.
ReplyDeleteHey real, here's some new's I'm sure you'll enjoy.
ReplyDeleteMSFT just came out with a service-pack 2...it's painless(or was for me) but it does take a good while to install. But for heavens sake, down shut-down the pc when you PC seems like its hung-up - it ain't.
I know how much you enjoy that sheet. :)
I love Lileks' stuff
ReplyDeleterealwest,
ReplyDeleteI've dropped you a couple already today, but have you answered?! NOOOO!
/chopped liver
Well this is going to raise a lot of arguments. Italian debunkers reproduce 'Shroud of Turin'
ReplyDeletelittleoldlady said...
ReplyDelete/chopped liver
Dang, I hate it when I miss fruit cup ...
PaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeleteWell this is going to raise a lot of arguments. Italian debunkers reproduce 'Shroud of Turin'
Don't know why ... the 1988 debunking (mentioned) was good enough for me.
real, ok for fear of not getting it right then. Anyway, you know what I meant. I'm doing well, must get back to work shortly, how are you today? I'm a bit embarrassed to say I don’t recall much about Running Bare, he is obviously a sharp guy. Maybe he is from the old school, I’ve only been around for a couple of years. I have a question or two for him, I think I remember a little.
ReplyDeleteOLT: Well there was still a lot of debate about the testing when it was done. I have read a few books and articles on it myself. Personally I think that the figure is too tall and too caucasian looking. But what do I know?
ReplyDeleteScientists have reproduced the shroud using materials and methods that were available in the 14th century, the Italian Committee for Checking Claims on the Paranormal said.
ReplyDeleteScientists proved that your religion is all garbage! Give it up now! Science is ALWAYS right! Booyahhh!
///
OldLineTexan! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm on a schedule here. At 5 am fruitcup is served. At 8 am the History thread goes up. These threads are actually filling up REALLY fast these days, and I may need a thread in between to catch up.
Hmmm... How does "The History of Fruitcup" sound?
;-)
fluffy, I don't think they want to nuke it. The way I understood the article is there are cancer problems when it is missing ....
ReplyDeletePersonally I think that the figure is too tall and too caucasian looking.
ReplyDeleteC'mon -- we all know Jesus was a blond haired blue eyed guy. That's what my children's Bible said.
1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
ReplyDeleteAnd the next day, Scrapple was created.
Good morning, everyone!
/do we have a group nickname around here? I used to like calling everyone Lizards or honcos.
Time to go pick up a paintbrush - grumble, grumble - this.is.the.last.project.ever.
ReplyDeleteHeh, I say that everytime. : )
Have a good one, {all}!
BDVM, C2'rs
ReplyDeleteTurn - I know, it is just wishful thinking on my part.
ReplyDeleteExcept we're not really "C-twoers", we're C-squares", right? Squares?
ReplyDeleteBeer Drinking Victory Monkey! :-)
ReplyDeleteHOWDY!
/hold the scrapple, please
I suggest "Solient Greens"
ReplyDeleteSome Vintage GI Joe Commercials
ReplyDeletesasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDeleteSweet! Any G.I. Joe fans would do well to pick up the new G.I. Joe comic series. The first series is written by Chuck Dixon, one of the few outspoken conservative comic writers in the biz, and the second is written by Larry Hama, creator of the classic Joe comics from the 1980s.
lol Turn, you'd asked yesterday and I didn't catch-it till quite a bit later. Generally off working on schtuff so I can & do miss a lot.
ReplyDeleteSoylent Greens?
ReplyDeleteSas
ReplyDeleteI love the change. In the 60s we can kill with wild abandon. In the 70s we all have to have beards and do enviro-stuff. Adventure team my ass. Obviously Joe came back from 'Nam and freaked out. Yeah, it was all flags and parades when he went off, but he came back and they rejected him. But he knew he was a man. So after a while of drifting he joined up with the "Adventure Team." We'll go to exotic places and find rare animals, be archeologists and stuff like that. But what we really are are soldiers of fortune. Why are we all going to Africa? Why are we all headed to the Congo?
They're PEOPLE
ReplyDeleteBDVM said "Any G.I. Joe fans would do well to pick up the new G.I. Joe comic series."
ReplyDeleteSuitable for 6 and 7 year-old boys? I have enjoyed watching Clone Wars cartoons with them. Very moral and bravery is rewarded. Last night we saw the episode where a pacifist community was schooled in the real world by the Jedi and most of them eventually picked up arms to defend themselves.
Morning all.
ReplyDeleteThis story from Drudge is pretty cool.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/09/14/lcross-impact-site-picked/
Apparently, the long simmering feud between man and moon has come to a head.
Another reason not to buy-into the teacup-tempest: Media Pushes ‘Rift’ Between McChrystal and Obama
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Ya'll ... done with my telephone conference this morning ... too early to work that much blah ...
ReplyDeleteHave ya'll seen the new article at Zombies on Kevin Jennings the Safe School Czar? ... about the NAMBLA guy ... you need to ...
Zombie takes on Kevin Jennings
As always ... Zombie is fantastic!
In my circle of friends, the Adventure Team is always a shadowy group.
ReplyDeleteMorning all. Did I see OR here yesterday?
ReplyDeleteIn the latest Adventure Team episode, Joe takes on a cave full of giant spiders.
ReplyDeleteHey Beer Drinking Victory Monkey (hereinafter BDVM!) we just call each other by name or C2-ers I guess.
ReplyDeleteUfo Tofu said...
ReplyDeleteMorning all. Did I see OR here yesterday?
Did he have a sexy gun? LOL.
He was here showing off his avatar.
Good morning to you Ufo Tofu - yes, yes you did!
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing today? Well I hope!
Hey OLT - what' wrong with showing off your avatar (he says, dusting off his own, though Lord knows it'll get dirty all over again shortly!)?
ReplyDeleteBBIAM!
ReplyDeleteWhy are we all going to Africa? Why are we all headed to the Congo?
ReplyDeleteTo find the Secret of the Mummy,silly.
The army which finds the War Dogs of Osiris and resurrects them is invincible.
Sorta like Raiders of the Lost Ark.
About those signs.
ReplyDeleteRealwest, is that you? Who are you really and what have you done with Numbers Guy?
ReplyDeleteI'm well thanks, hope you're the same.
Good to "see" you again, Realwest!
ReplyDeleteenuff
ReplyDeletePerfect!
enuff said...
ReplyDeleteSounds about right.
CNN Fact Checks Last Saturday's SNL Obama-Razzing Skit
ReplyDeleteCan one even imagine CNN fact checking any of the skits SNL on President Bush or Sarah Palin?? Heaven forbid SNL finally make fun of President Obama. CNN couldn't help themselves. They actually fact checked the jokes.
/because Obama is beyond parody
sasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDelete"Rumors that Israeli extremists planned to march on a shrine holy to both Jews and Muslims..."
So ... a Jewish Holy place, where the conquering Muslims tore down a Jewish temple, built a mosque and claimed as their own "holy place", in contradiction of the Koran which makes no such claim for the city of Jerusalem, and which place is now closed to Jews, is a "tinderbox of conflict" because Jews, wishing to exercise their right to worship, are trying to enter this place?
Is this what they would tell us, that standing up to religious imperialism is provocative?
Killian... they sure as hell didn't fact check Tina Fey's "I can see Russia from my front porch joke". I've met people who think Sarah Palin actually said that.
ReplyDeleteKillian Bundy ... morning ... can you believe it? yes I can ... they will cover his ass for everything ... time is not his friend and in the end I believe he will not be elected again in 2012 and I "hope" 2010 is the end of Reid, et al ... Pelosi will surely be reelected ... but at least Reid is down in the polls ...
ReplyDeleteThe track of the storm
ReplyDelete"Spengler from the Asia Times thinks there’s a rough road ahead. While there have been tough times before, he argues the coming days will be different. “President Barack Obama may be remembered for permanent depression, the way that Leon Trotsky’s name is linked with permanent revolution. Fiscal stimulus combined with near-zero interest rates have proven to be a toxic cocktail for the United States, the macroeconomic equivalent of barbiturates and alcohol. … Obama inherited a crisis, to be sure, but he has made it much worse.” How? In part by taking the worst mistakes of the past and doubling down on them. One example, according to Forbes, involves the housing market.
As we try to shake off the financial crisis, here’s a bright idea. Take a law that has led to the writing of an enormous amount of bad mortgages and expand it. Then take enforcement away from bank examiners and give it to housing activists.Sound like a poisonous cocktail? Well, it is what the Obama administration and Democrats are currently stirring up on Capitol Hill."
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/06/the-track-of-the-storm/#more-6273
Idiot & idiots: US funds dry up for Iran rights watchdog
ReplyDelete---For the past five years, researchers in a modest office overlooking the New Haven green have carefully documented cases of assassination and torture of democracy activists in Iran. [...]
But just as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center was ramping up to investigate abuses of protesters after this summer’s disputed presidential election, the group received word that - for the first time since it was formed - its federal funding request had been denied.---
Kenneth said...
ReplyDeleteKillian... they sure as hell didn't fact check Tina Fey's "I can see Russia from my front porch joke". I've met people who think Sarah Palin actually said that.
LOTS of people believe Palin said that. A poll would be interesting.
A lot more people think she may as well have said it because she's stupid and/or evil.
It's the Bush dichotomy again, and it exposes a lot of folks' actual beliefs as opposed to what comes out of their mouths.
Kenneth said...
ReplyDeletethey sure as hell didn't fact check Tina Fey's "I can see Russia from my front porch joke". I've met people who think Sarah Palin actually said that.
/really, who could be that dumb?
A Poisonous Cocktail
ReplyDeleteExpanding the Community Reinvestment Act.
"As we try to shake off the financial crisis, here's a bright idea. Take a law that has led to the writing of an enormous amount of bad mortgages and expand it. Then take enforcement away from bank examiners and give it to housing activists.
Sound like a poisonous cocktail? Well, it is what the Obama administration and Democrats are currently stirring up on Capitol Hill.
The White House and Congress want to expand a 30-year-old law--the Community Reinvestment Act--that helped to fuel the mortgage meltdown."
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/03/community-reinvestment-act-mortgages-housing-opinions-contributors-peter-schweizer.html
Un-f*cking-believeable! Obama wants to take the worst economic idea of the last 30 years and make it even worse.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteThe demise of the dollar.
In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading
UN calls for new reserve currency
It's that 3:00am phone call POTUS!
Ufo Tofu and Sasquatch - thank you both for noticing that now my name AND my avatar show up!
ReplyDeleteActually, I have to run out to do chores in about half an hour - if Pink Freud shows up, would either or oth of you kindly thank her for me?
Thanks!
The UN could invent the WorldBuck®
ReplyDeleteI suggest Chuck E. Cheese tokens.
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THIS ONE'S ABOUT DEAD
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Realwest said...
ReplyDeleteUfo Tofu and Sasquatch - thank you both for noticing that now my name AND my avatar show up!
WOW dude...you're back!
Good to see you this morning RW.
*snif...no more C3PO...snif*
Kenneth said...
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"Spengler from the Asia Times thinks there’s a rough road ahead. While there have been tough times before, he argues the coming days will be different. “President Barack Obama may be remembered for permanent depression, the way that Leon Trotsky’s name is linked with permanent revolution. Fiscal stimulus combined with near-zero interest rates have proven to be a toxic cocktail for the United States, the macroeconomic equivalent of barbiturates and alcohol. … Obama inherited a crisis, to be sure, but he has made it much worse.” How? In part by taking the worst mistakes of the past and doubling down on them. One example, according to Forbes, involves the housing market.
As we try to shake off the financial crisis, here’s a bright idea. Take a law that has led to the writing of an enormous amount of bad mortgages and expand it. Then take enforcement away from bank examiners and give it to housing activists.Sound like a poisonous cocktail? Well, it is what the Obama administration and Democrats are currently stirring up on Capitol Hill."
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/06/the-track-of-the-storm/#more-6273
Since you're linking to pajamasmedia anyway, there's another good work from them:
Game Theory and a Losing Strategy: Obama's Bad Judgment With The Prisoner's Dilemma
This is a great video (PJTV) on why 0bama's choices are going to prove to be ineffective, unless he smartens up quickly.
Closing time, you don't have to go home.
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Hey Kenneth and Jorline and anyone else I've missed in-between!
ReplyDeleteHow are y'all doing today?
Kenneth my friend you and Killian Bundy have been really on target today. CNN "fact checking" jokes just show what a fucking joke the Communist News Network is.
And I still want an answer as to who was Sec Def under Bush, cause Robert Gates is saying we didn't have enough troops in Afghanistan under the previous administration and I think that whomever was in the Bush administration and had the ability to make that fact KNOWN to Bush shoulda done so, don't y'all?!
ZigZag, just read the post at Zombie's. Wow. Good find. Does Obama know anyone who isn't affiliated with whacko extremists?
ReplyDeleteAs to the actual "offense" that Jennings has committed, I don't know if it's a career killer. As Z. pointed out, there is still time for him to get out in front of this and disavow Hay. Claim he was "misunderstood" or something. The MSM will do the heavy lifting and blame homophobic "right-wingers" if they can get away with it.
If the story does break big, I guess we'll see if Obama thinks this one is worth fighting over.
lincolntf ... Obama probably already knows about Jennings and does not care one bit ... but to me anyone who endorses NAMBA is a piece of crap ... period.
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