'Cults aren't just for religion anymore'
Thanks, Chris
Saturday, April 24, 2010
And by the way, I thought The Obama said it was wrong
for one nation to dominate another?
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas knows e ha great ally in Washington DC. Today the leader of the Palestinian Fatah Party urged President Obama to impose a peace deal on the region.
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“Mr. President (Barack Obama) and members of the American administration, since you believe in this (an independent Palestinian state), it is your duty to take steps toward a solution and to impose this solution,” Abbas said in a speech.
Abbas made the remarks to members of his Fatah party in the West Bank city of Ramallah a day after talks there with Obama’s Middle East envoy. George Mitchell is in the region to try to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
“We’ve asked them (the Obama administration) more than once: ‘Impose a solution’,” Abbas said.
Screw you, Abbas, you sorry little terrorist. And screw your demands to IMPOSE your wishes on Israel.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas knows e ha great ally in Washington DC. Today the leader of the Palestinian Fatah Party urged President Obama to impose a peace deal on the region.
...
“Mr. President (Barack Obama) and members of the American administration, since you believe in this (an independent Palestinian state), it is your duty to take steps toward a solution and to impose this solution,” Abbas said in a speech.
Abbas made the remarks to members of his Fatah party in the West Bank city of Ramallah a day after talks there with Obama’s Middle East envoy. George Mitchell is in the region to try to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
“We’ve asked them (the Obama administration) more than once: ‘Impose a solution’,” Abbas said.
Screw you, Abbas, you sorry little terrorist. And screw your demands to IMPOSE your wishes on Israel.
Looks like Sen. Grahamnesty(RINO Backstabber) is feeling the heat
First,
Barack Obama worked the phones to try to get GOP senators to sign on to his radical amnesty bill. Discussions with Senators Scott Brown (R-MA), Lisa Murkowksi (R-AL), Richard Lugar (R-IN), George Lemieux (R-FL) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) fell flat. Only, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is willing to move forward on the unpopular bill.
And then we have
US Senate RINO Lindsey Graham threatened Team Obama that he would pull his support for their cap-&-tax bill if the democrats proceeded with immigration legislation.
What this has to do with cap-&-tax is anyone’s guess.
Maybe Lindsey is feeling the heat from the nation’s conservatives who oppose the amnesty and gas tax proposed by the far left?
I hope the miserable little bastard is feeling so much heat it's cauterizing his hemorrhoids.
Barack Obama worked the phones to try to get GOP senators to sign on to his radical amnesty bill. Discussions with Senators Scott Brown (R-MA), Lisa Murkowksi (R-AL), Richard Lugar (R-IN), George Lemieux (R-FL) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) fell flat. Only, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is willing to move forward on the unpopular bill.
And then we have
US Senate RINO Lindsey Graham threatened Team Obama that he would pull his support for their cap-&-tax bill if the democrats proceeded with immigration legislation.
What this has to do with cap-&-tax is anyone’s guess.
Maybe Lindsey is feeling the heat from the nation’s conservatives who oppose the amnesty and gas tax proposed by the far left?
I hope the miserable little bastard is feeling so much heat it's cauterizing his hemorrhoids.
I had JUST finished mowing the back yard
when the '20% chance of rain' turned into fifteen seconds of sprinkles followed by toad-floater rain for about five minutes. It just dropped off to sprinkles again.
Yesterday wound up helping some friends get part of their garden in, and they were planning on planting more this morning; I hope they got it done.
Added: ah, there it goes again.
Yesterday wound up helping some friends get part of their garden in, and they were planning on planting more this morning; I hope they got it done.
Added: ah, there it goes again.
I just want to say a couple of things right now:
First, Screw Mattel:
So let’s get this straight. Mattel buys millions of items from China that violate American product-safety laws and standards. Congress reacts by punishing the entire industry, especially those small businesses that can’t afford independent testing, especially on products that don’t really need it. Thrift stores can’t resell merchandise without testing, making their business model impossible and threatening the charities that rely on those sales. Meanwhile, the economy of scale means that this law gives Mattel a competitive advantage from their own malfeasance — and they get the waiver on independent testing?
Along with the brain-dead and/or corrupt fools involved in both the law and the waiver.
Second, Screw GM and their "We paid it back!" lie:
Uncle Sam gave GM $49.5 billion last summer in aid to finance its bankruptcy. (If it hadn't, the company, which couldn't raise this kind of money from private lenders, would have been forced into liquidation, its assets sold for scrap.) So when Mr. Whitacre publishes a column with the headline, "The GM Bailout: Paid Back in Full," most ordinary mortals unfamiliar with bailout minutia would assume that he is alluding to the entire $49.5 billion. That, however, is far from the case.
Because a loan of such a huge amount would have been politically controversial, the Obama administration handed GM only $6.7 billion as a pure loan. (It asked for only a 7% interest rate--a very sweet deal considering that GM bonds at that time were trading below junk level.) The vast bulk of the bailout money was transferred to GM through the purchase of 60.8% equity stake in the company--arguably an even worse deal for taxpayers than the loan, given that the equity position requires them to bear the risk of the investment without any guaranteed return. (The Canadian government likewise gave GM $1.4 billion as a pure loan, and another $8.1 billion for an 11.7% equity stake. The U.S. and Canadian government together own 72.5% of the company.)
But when Mr. Whitacre says GM has paid back the bailout money in full, he means not the entire $49.5 billion--the loan and the equity. In fact, he avoids all mention of that figure in his column. He means only the $6.7 billion loan amount.
But wait! Even that's not the full story given that GM, which has not yet broken even, much less turned a profit, can't pay even this puny amount from its own earnings.
So how is it paying it?
As it turns out, the Obama administration put $13.4 billion of the aid money as "working capital" in an escrow account when the company was in bankruptcy. The company is using this escrow money--government money--to pay back the government loan.
So let’s get this straight. Mattel buys millions of items from China that violate American product-safety laws and standards. Congress reacts by punishing the entire industry, especially those small businesses that can’t afford independent testing, especially on products that don’t really need it. Thrift stores can’t resell merchandise without testing, making their business model impossible and threatening the charities that rely on those sales. Meanwhile, the economy of scale means that this law gives Mattel a competitive advantage from their own malfeasance — and they get the waiver on independent testing?
Along with the brain-dead and/or corrupt fools involved in both the law and the waiver.
Second, Screw GM and their "We paid it back!" lie:
Uncle Sam gave GM $49.5 billion last summer in aid to finance its bankruptcy. (If it hadn't, the company, which couldn't raise this kind of money from private lenders, would have been forced into liquidation, its assets sold for scrap.) So when Mr. Whitacre publishes a column with the headline, "The GM Bailout: Paid Back in Full," most ordinary mortals unfamiliar with bailout minutia would assume that he is alluding to the entire $49.5 billion. That, however, is far from the case.
Because a loan of such a huge amount would have been politically controversial, the Obama administration handed GM only $6.7 billion as a pure loan. (It asked for only a 7% interest rate--a very sweet deal considering that GM bonds at that time were trading below junk level.) The vast bulk of the bailout money was transferred to GM through the purchase of 60.8% equity stake in the company--arguably an even worse deal for taxpayers than the loan, given that the equity position requires them to bear the risk of the investment without any guaranteed return. (The Canadian government likewise gave GM $1.4 billion as a pure loan, and another $8.1 billion for an 11.7% equity stake. The U.S. and Canadian government together own 72.5% of the company.)
But when Mr. Whitacre says GM has paid back the bailout money in full, he means not the entire $49.5 billion--the loan and the equity. In fact, he avoids all mention of that figure in his column. He means only the $6.7 billion loan amount.
But wait! Even that's not the full story given that GM, which has not yet broken even, much less turned a profit, can't pay even this puny amount from its own earnings.
So how is it paying it?
As it turns out, the Obama administration put $13.4 billion of the aid money as "working capital" in an escrow account when the company was in bankruptcy. The company is using this escrow money--government money--to pay back the government loan.
Friday, April 23, 2010
But it's not too late at night to say that Sen. Dick(head) Durbin(NSD-IL)
is a vile, corrupt, sorry little piece of crap.
And another SEAL is found not guilty
About damned time.
As to the lawyers in uniform involved in bringing this case... it's too late at night to use language like that.
As to the lawyers in uniform involved in bringing this case... it's too late at night to use language like that.
This is the problem with the "Cameras protect EVERYONE" idea;
the police control their videos, and don't always tell the truth about them. And most times, people have no way to prove that they lied.
I hope Seattle PD gets their collective ass sued off. Same for any other agency who pulls this crap.
I hope Seattle PD gets their collective ass sued off. Same for any other agency who pulls this crap.
Well, it seems Rep. Shelton just doesn't want to or won't bother to
answer the questions.
This morning I resent to him, summarizing what I knew of this, and asking
"Which brings me to the question: the amendment, from what I can find, states "any independent military organization that is neither recognized nor authorized by the Commander in Chief of the Militia for the State of Oklahoma."; how are you going to deal with the 'neither recognized nor authorized' when the unorganized militia is specifically recognized by state law?"
and waited.
A while later, the response came:
Is there a question
He either didn't read far enough to get to the question, or over looked it. So I resent,
"Sir, the original question is the amendment, from what I can find, states "any independent military organization that is neither recognized nor authorized by the Commander in Chief of the Militia for the State of Oklahoma."; how are you going to deal with the 'neither recognized nor authorized' when the unorganized militia is specifically recognized by state law?
Second question: this news article I found this morning states "Recruiting membership in an unauthorized militia" would be a crime of itself; is the article correct, or is that a misstatement of your amendment? If it's accurate, then a group would not have to be involved in any criminal activity, as your response day before yesterday indicated, in order to be involved in this."
And thus far, no answer at all.
I can't find the text of the amendment on the state website, either it's not there as yet or the damn thing is hiding.
I just love politicians.
This morning I resent to him, summarizing what I knew of this, and asking
"Which brings me to the question: the amendment, from what I can find, states "any independent military organization that is neither recognized nor authorized by the Commander in Chief of the Militia for the State of Oklahoma."; how are you going to deal with the 'neither recognized nor authorized' when the unorganized militia is specifically recognized by state law?"
and waited.
A while later, the response came:
Is there a question
He either didn't read far enough to get to the question, or over looked it. So I resent,
"Sir, the original question is the amendment, from what I can find, states "any independent military organization that is neither recognized nor authorized by the Commander in Chief of the Militia for the State of Oklahoma."; how are you going to deal with the 'neither recognized nor authorized' when the unorganized militia is specifically recognized by state law?
Second question: this news article I found this morning states "Recruiting membership in an unauthorized militia" would be a crime of itself; is the article correct, or is that a misstatement of your amendment? If it's accurate, then a group would not have to be involved in any criminal activity, as your response day before yesterday indicated, in order to be involved in this."
And thus far, no answer at all.
I can't find the text of the amendment on the state website, either it's not there as yet or the damn thing is hiding.
I just love politicians.
Let it be noted that Dr. Terry Oatts, principle of Woodland Middle School
in Henry County, GA, is a left-wing BDS suffering clown.
I thought about asking a guy who snorted cocaine and got arrested for DUI when he was 30 to come and speak to our kids, but President George W. Bush was not available.
That was his response to a parent upset about a rapper with drug convictions coming in to speak to the kids.
I thought about asking a guy who snorted cocaine and got arrested for DUI when he was 30 to come and speak to our kids, but President George W. Bush was not available.
That was his response to a parent upset about a rapper with drug convictions coming in to speak to the kids.
I've still received no response from Rep. Shelton
so I just sent another e-mail:
Here's what I found in OK state law:
§44-41. Composition of Militia - Classes.
The Militia of the State of Oklahoma shall be divided into three (3) classes: The National Guard, the Oklahoma State Guard, and the Unorganized Militia.
23. "State military forces" means the National Guard of the state, as defined in Title 32, United States Code, the organized naval militia of the state, and any other military force organized under the Constitution and laws of the state to include the unorganized militia (the state defense force when not in a status subjecting them to exclusive jurisdiction under Chapter 47 of Title 10, United States Code)
So we'll see if he answers me.
I did pass the information along to some other people who've been asking their Reps and Senators about this. When Rep. Shelton insists that if a group is not involved in the criminal activities listed in the Senate bill there's no problem, but his amendment- from what I can find- doesn't actually say that, and directly conflates 'militia' and 'domestic terror group', well, then I think there's a problem. Since I haven't been able to find any text of the full amendment, and Rep. Shelton hasn't provided it, I can only go by what I do have.
Added: FINALLY found this article from this morning on this:
Recruiting membership in an unauthorized militia or the Ku Klux Klan would be a crime if legislation approved Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law.
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"This is making unauthorized militias illegal,” said Rep. Mike Shelton, the amendment’s author.
Both groups were added in an amendment to Senate Bill 2018, which would increase the penalty for aiding or soliciting gang membership from one year in prison to five years in prison. It also would create a new crime for gang-related offenses as a condition of membership, with the penalty being five years in prison.
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"Involvement in those types of organizations should be treated no differently than participation in an urban gang.”
So, if your group is not 'authorized', joining it,starting it or talking about it to people would make you a criminal as if you were recruiting for the Bloods or Crips. Wonderful.
Sir, I've found the text of SB2018; reading it, if your amendment simply said something like "Any group identifying itself as a 'militia' but involved in the above activities is a criminal gang" I wouldn't worry. My problem is the beginning of the news story and the release I found on the House website:
Legislation proposed by state Rep. Mike Shelton would increase the penalty for individuals involved in unauthorized militias or similar domestic-terror groups.
That does not speak of involvement in criminal activities, it simply says 'penalty for being involved in' AND equates militia and 'domestic terror groups; that's a whole different thing. And it does directly compare militias to terror groups. Which brings me to the question: the amendment, from what I can find, states "any independent military organization that is neither recognized nor authorized by the Commander in Chief of the Militia for the State of Oklahoma."; how are you going to deal with the 'neither recognized nor authorized' when the unorganized militia is specifically recognized by state law?Legislation proposed by state Rep. Mike Shelton would increase the penalty for individuals involved in unauthorized militias or similar domestic-terror groups.
Here's what I found in OK state law:
§44-41. Composition of Militia - Classes.
The Militia of the State of Oklahoma shall be divided into three (3) classes: The National Guard, the Oklahoma State Guard, and the Unorganized Militia.
23. "State military forces" means the National Guard of the state, as defined in Title 32, United States Code, the organized naval militia of the state, and any other military force organized under the Constitution and laws of the state to include the unorganized militia (the state defense force when not in a status subjecting them to exclusive jurisdiction under Chapter 47 of Title 10, United States Code)
So we'll see if he answers me.
I did pass the information along to some other people who've been asking their Reps and Senators about this. When Rep. Shelton insists that if a group is not involved in the criminal activities listed in the Senate bill there's no problem, but his amendment- from what I can find- doesn't actually say that, and directly conflates 'militia' and 'domestic terror group', well, then I think there's a problem. Since I haven't been able to find any text of the full amendment, and Rep. Shelton hasn't provided it, I can only go by what I do have.
Added: FINALLY found this article from this morning on this:
Recruiting membership in an unauthorized militia or the Ku Klux Klan would be a crime if legislation approved Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law.
Advertisement
"This is making unauthorized militias illegal,” said Rep. Mike Shelton, the amendment’s author.
Both groups were added in an amendment to Senate Bill 2018, which would increase the penalty for aiding or soliciting gang membership from one year in prison to five years in prison. It also would create a new crime for gang-related offenses as a condition of membership, with the penalty being five years in prison.
...
"Involvement in those types of organizations should be treated no differently than participation in an urban gang.”
So, if your group is not 'authorized', joining it,starting it or talking about it to people would make you a criminal as if you were recruiting for the Bloods or Crips. Wonderful.
Just some general stuff this morning
Like if you've got a digital copier, you might want to know this before you get rid of it: it saves information.
Memo to Mr. Obama: When a man who has been charged with crimes against humanity tells the world that America is in his pocket, it’s time to review your policy.
So South Park had Mohammed as a character, various muslims threatened/advised about it, and Comedy Central did a lot of bleeping-out. So CC will insult Christ, Buddha and everyone else, but tuck tail and cower about the child-molester Mohammed; just friggin' great.
Michelle Malkin has gathered a bunch of stuff that explains why I way what I do about John McCain: for his time in the Navy I give him the respect he damn well earned, but for his actions as a politician I far too often have nothing but contempt and anger.
I remember that Arizona had a recall petition running on this clown before 9/11, and it was going to get a vote on yanking his ass out of that Senate seat; after the attack, it was decided that it would be best not to go through electing a new Senator at such a time and the petition was withdrawn. From what he's done in the time since, they should have gone ahead and tossed him out.
Malkin also notes James Carville, one of the slimiest bastards that every slid around, calling Republicans 'reptiles'. And working to honor the miserable bastard ex-Marine Murtha.
What? Obama lied about talking to Blago about the Senate seat? Wow!
More on that at Ace.
Well, Rep. Hoyer, guess what? I don't believe you're sorry, I think you're sorry you said it out loud and people remember it.
That's enough for now.
Memo to Mr. Obama: When a man who has been charged with crimes against humanity tells the world that America is in his pocket, it’s time to review your policy.
So South Park had Mohammed as a character, various muslims threatened/advised about it, and Comedy Central did a lot of bleeping-out. So CC will insult Christ, Buddha and everyone else, but tuck tail and cower about the child-molester Mohammed; just friggin' great.
Michelle Malkin has gathered a bunch of stuff that explains why I way what I do about John McCain: for his time in the Navy I give him the respect he damn well earned, but for his actions as a politician I far too often have nothing but contempt and anger.
I remember that Arizona had a recall petition running on this clown before 9/11, and it was going to get a vote on yanking his ass out of that Senate seat; after the attack, it was decided that it would be best not to go through electing a new Senator at such a time and the petition was withdrawn. From what he's done in the time since, they should have gone ahead and tossed him out.
Malkin also notes James Carville, one of the slimiest bastards that every slid around, calling Republicans 'reptiles'. And working to honor the miserable bastard ex-Marine Murtha.
What? Obama lied about talking to Blago about the Senate seat? Wow!
More on that at Ace.
Well, Rep. Hoyer, guess what? I don't believe you're sorry, I think you're sorry you said it out loud and people remember it.
That's enough for now.
I guess for the same reason Obama's school records and a lot else
are sealed up: he and his little friends don't want us to see it.
Given the extraordinary sudden turnabout in US policy toward Israel under the Obama Administration, I have become obsessed by the repressed 2003 videotape of Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama. That tape — or so we are told — is ensconced in a safe at the Los Angeles Times building. In the current situation, its release by the paper is more important and newsworthy than ever.
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Interestingly, that sole quote from Wallsten contains an ellipsis in the middle. After the then-state senator says the Khalidis had given him “consistent reminders to me of my own blinds sports and my own biases” comes a strategically placed dot-dot-dot. We don’t know what those blind spots and and biases were and what he might have thought of them. Or how he might have changed. That, in Wellsten’s or some Times editors’ judgement, was best left on the tape.
So what are we to think? We have an administration that not only ascribes most of the Middle East blame to Israel, but also has banned “Islamism” and all related words, even “Islam” and “jihad” from our national security documents. They’re completely gone. Indeed, even the Fort Hood massacre, so clearly inspired by Islamic extremism, has now been shifted into the comfortable category of the lone, angry killer. Rashid Khalidi should be happy. And, in fact, he is.
Sometimes I want to yell and scream. What is wrong with the Los Angeles Times? Are they a news organization or the propaganda wing of some leftover unit of the IWW? No wonder subscribers are deserting them in droves.
This kind of crap is why the major media in general is losing customers; they've decided that instead of reporting news, they'll report that they want us to hear, and what they want us to hear is greatly affected by their personal political views.
Given the extraordinary sudden turnabout in US policy toward Israel under the Obama Administration, I have become obsessed by the repressed 2003 videotape of Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama. That tape — or so we are told — is ensconced in a safe at the Los Angeles Times building. In the current situation, its release by the paper is more important and newsworthy than ever.
...
Interestingly, that sole quote from Wallsten contains an ellipsis in the middle. After the then-state senator says the Khalidis had given him “consistent reminders to me of my own blinds sports and my own biases” comes a strategically placed dot-dot-dot. We don’t know what those blind spots and and biases were and what he might have thought of them. Or how he might have changed. That, in Wellsten’s or some Times editors’ judgement, was best left on the tape.
So what are we to think? We have an administration that not only ascribes most of the Middle East blame to Israel, but also has banned “Islamism” and all related words, even “Islam” and “jihad” from our national security documents. They’re completely gone. Indeed, even the Fort Hood massacre, so clearly inspired by Islamic extremism, has now been shifted into the comfortable category of the lone, angry killer. Rashid Khalidi should be happy. And, in fact, he is.
Sometimes I want to yell and scream. What is wrong with the Los Angeles Times? Are they a news organization or the propaganda wing of some leftover unit of the IWW? No wonder subscribers are deserting them in droves.
This kind of crap is why the major media in general is losing customers; they've decided that instead of reporting news, they'll report that they want us to hear, and what they want us to hear is greatly affected by their personal political views.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Earlier, I heard a line from Rush I'm going to steal
Or borrow. Speaking of the teachers and union people in IL chanting "Raise my taxes!",
This is like a tick telling you to feed the dog more.
This is like a tick telling you to feed the dog more.
Ref the SEALs on trial,
some good news:
A US military jury has cleared a US Navy Seal of helping to cover up an attack on an Iraqi suspected of killing four Blackwater guards in 2004.
Petty Officer Julio Huertas, 28, was found not guilty of dereliction of duty and attempting to influence the testimony of another service member.
A US military jury has cleared a US Navy Seal of helping to cover up an attack on an Iraqi suspected of killing four Blackwater guards in 2004.
Petty Officer Julio Huertas, 28, was found not guilty of dereliction of duty and attempting to influence the testimony of another service member.
Tam attracts the best comments...
Carbine class=the flypaper for the common Mall Ninja. :-)
followed by
That's what I told them when they threw me out of the club for running around the range nekkid without my glasses.
You can't reason with some people.
It all starts here
followed by
That's what I told them when they threw me out of the club for running around the range nekkid without my glasses.
You can't reason with some people.
It all starts here
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