
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Kids 4 Kenya
Ben relays a message from one of the founders of Kids4Kenya, who just happens to be a kid herself. She's one of several Towson, Maryland teens who have banded together to raise money to build three schools in Kenya. And, rather than funding a madrassa or some other haven for extremism, the aim is to empower "desperately poor people with the schools and materials to educate themselves in a locally controlled, secular and non-judgmental fashion."
As of this posting, their video stands at 495 views. I think we can do better than that, don't you think?
And then pitch in with a few bucks on the Kids4Kenya website. It's a worthy cause and one perfect for Christmas.
As of this posting, their video stands at 495 views. I think we can do better than that, don't you think?And then pitch in with a few bucks on the Kids4Kenya website. It's a worthy cause and one perfect for Christmas.
Last Minute Gift Selection: Eight Mens Sports Watches
Are watches even worn by kids? Or do they just use cellphones? In any event, divers and other sportsmen frequently find themselves in need of a reliable wristwatch. Here's a collection of watches -- of pretty much every price imaginable -- any one of which would make a great gift.

Invicta Men's Pro Diver Collection Automatic Watch. Approximate price: $68.

Invicta Men's Exclusive Reserve Collection Venom Chronograph. Approximate price: $384.

Invicta Men's Subaqua Collection Noma III Chronograph Black Ion-Plated and Rubber Watch. Approximate price: $400.

Omega Men's Seamaster 300M Quartz "James Bond" Blue Dial Watch. Approximate price: $1,654.

Used Tudor Prince Date Chronograph (Tudor is a lower-tier brand offered by Rolex primarily in Europe). Approximate price: $2,450.

Rolex Submariner Date Steel Mens Watch. Approximate price: $5,395.

New Hublot Big Bang Mens Wristwatch. Approximate price: $9,877.

Invicta Men's Pro Diver Collection Automatic Watch. Approximate price: $68.

Invicta Men's Exclusive Reserve Collection Venom Chronograph. Approximate price: $384.

Invicta Men's Subaqua Collection Noma III Chronograph Black Ion-Plated and Rubber Watch. Approximate price: $400.

Omega Men's Seamaster 300M Quartz "James Bond" Blue Dial Watch. Approximate price: $1,654.

Used Tudor Prince Date Chronograph (Tudor is a lower-tier brand offered by Rolex primarily in Europe). Approximate price: $2,450.

Rolex Submariner Date Steel Mens Watch. Approximate price: $5,395.

New Hublot Big Bang Mens Wristwatch. Approximate price: $9,877.
A Merry Christmas for Congress from Victor the Contractor
By Victor the Contractor
The United States Senate will have a very Merry Christmas this year as it gifts itself around eighteen percent of the economy. The Health Care Reform Act will effectively nationalize a sixth of the economy while offering fines and imprisonment for violators.
No one really understands what the bill in its entirety means because every time an item is revealed it creates a firestorm of controversy and resistance by one faction or another. Suffice to say this unconstitutional exercise will create a cabal of governmental institutions designed to take a fledgling medical bureaucracy and metastasize in into a 'Health Care Command and Control Administration' that progressively plans larger and larger parts of the economy.
It is not that far-reaching to imagine the FDA controlling and regulating food as drugs because consumption -- or lack thereof -- has some demonstrable effect on health. Certain foods and drink will invariably be banned as poisonous and anything seen as 'not green enough' will be rationed. The cross enforcement of anti-pollution laws and green technologies will bring the EPA to the party as an enforcement arm tailored to regulating all manner of pollution producers. Think of banning riding mowers as creating pollution and a sedentary lifestyle, thus running afoul of the 'Green AND Obesity Police.' Want to smoke a cigar with your goombahs at the local pizzeria? Fuggedaboudit!
Pizza will, of course, be banned or regulated as a major cause of obesity. Those ovens that pump out CO2 by the cubic yard have got to go, too. And cigars? Not only do they cause cancer, global warming and spew aroma pollutants, but the second hand smoke is a weapon used to assault other peoples' health. Now fur-wearing can be rightfully banned as the glorification of sport hunting among otherwise 'civilized' people. The practical implications of amassing policy-making power in one central administration is almost endless as more and more regulatory commissions join forces for the synergies each affords.
While my examples could be viewed as farcical there are many who are chomping at the bit to do away with the pastimes I have noted and this legislation is a backdoor method for doing so. I can for see a world where citizen behavior will be controlled, "To provide for the general welfare." Hell, if Congress can push Health Care through, then a Cap-and-Trade bill is small change and "Card Check" should be passed almost unnoticed. Nobody mention a $20 minimum wage, please...
Of course the American people are screaming at their televisions every night and swamping their respective legislators with opposition but the Government seems to be on a Communist autopilot of late. Our democratic form of Government is morphing into a Politburo with a Central Planning Committee right before our very eyes. And and all the press can do is applaud Michelle Obama's choice of evening-wear and those 'cute as a button' daughters who don't know which fork to use with salad but eat with their hands so gracefully.
I'm so sick of watching the mainstream media dally on about 'The New Kennedy Family' while our Constitution succumbs to the 'Second Bill of Rights,' first proposed by FDR and is in the process of being made into law as we speak. Its a blessing that the founders of this great nation did not linger long enough to see this sad turn of events.
It is also troubling and a sign of the times that Americans don't know what is 'Constitutional' and what is not. That politicians can appear in the media and even suggest that 'health care is a human right' is an affront to all who know The Bill of Rights. And for anyone to claim compassion on the poor is doomed to be poor someday. For we are spending our childrens' prosperity so that one party may be re-elected by the masses for whom they have purchased new welfare programs.
The next generation will be in the unenviable position of saying 'No' to the entitlements as the Treasury is depleted and China loses its taste for American bonds and the avarice which accompanies it. The rich will always have health care and the average American citizen will have dirty clinics with alcoholic 'pseudo-docs' to provide substandard services. Ask anyone who's actually had to go to a clinic: They'll tell you horror stories.
Yes, boys and girls, there is a Santa. And he has given himself the best Christmas present ever. Control. 'Santa Congress' has engineered a plan to nationalize the entire economy and the first step is the health care industry. They did a dry-run with the finance industry and a few car companies, and seeing little protest from its citizens, the government has upped the ante. The Senate voted for cloture on Christmas Eve. Such irony is not lost on me as the Government has finally grasped the spirit of Christmas! But woe to all that this is a selfish spirit; filled with avarice, self-dealing and hypocrisy. Congress will rue the day that it opted to declare a dictator in President Obama, even as it denies the fact.
For even with a change in leadership in both Houses next November, the fix is in. The infrastructure will be in place for a 'Democratic Dictatorship' and the new members will yield to the temptation of pork for prurience. Elections have less and less impact as Democrats are increasingly corrupt and Republicans apologetic for having just a hint of morality.
If I hear about shivers running up a leg at the mention of someone's name again my head will rend the tattered duct tape that hold its contents in and I'll have to wipe my laptop down once more. For the press is now the gossipy sophomore at the high school dance; spreading rumors about what she just heard, as if it was fact, while not understanding the full impact of her words. And woe unto all of those who mistakenly believe that there is any dignity in forcing the productive to support the lazy, or unlucky. That just creates more lazy and unlucky people.
I wonder if the people in Rome started investing in villas in the countryside with high walls towards the end of the empire. Or maybe just a few got out before the treasury was empty and the hoards invaded for the crumbs. There have been ten great empires the earth has been graced with or has suffered, depending on your outlook. And they all started crumbling from within when more people sat and held their hands out while fewer people got up at three AM to make the donuts. Just saying...
Have a Holy Christmas and Happy new Year,
Victor The Contractor
The United States Senate will have a very Merry Christmas this year as it gifts itself around eighteen percent of the economy. The Health Care Reform Act will effectively nationalize a sixth of the economy while offering fines and imprisonment for violators.
No one really understands what the bill in its entirety means because every time an item is revealed it creates a firestorm of controversy and resistance by one faction or another. Suffice to say this unconstitutional exercise will create a cabal of governmental institutions designed to take a fledgling medical bureaucracy and metastasize in into a 'Health Care Command and Control Administration' that progressively plans larger and larger parts of the economy.
It is not that far-reaching to imagine the FDA controlling and regulating food as drugs because consumption -- or lack thereof -- has some demonstrable effect on health. Certain foods and drink will invariably be banned as poisonous and anything seen as 'not green enough' will be rationed. The cross enforcement of anti-pollution laws and green technologies will bring the EPA to the party as an enforcement arm tailored to regulating all manner of pollution producers. Think of banning riding mowers as creating pollution and a sedentary lifestyle, thus running afoul of the 'Green AND Obesity Police.' Want to smoke a cigar with your goombahs at the local pizzeria? Fuggedaboudit!Pizza will, of course, be banned or regulated as a major cause of obesity. Those ovens that pump out CO2 by the cubic yard have got to go, too. And cigars? Not only do they cause cancer, global warming and spew aroma pollutants, but the second hand smoke is a weapon used to assault other peoples' health. Now fur-wearing can be rightfully banned as the glorification of sport hunting among otherwise 'civilized' people. The practical implications of amassing policy-making power in one central administration is almost endless as more and more regulatory commissions join forces for the synergies each affords.
While my examples could be viewed as farcical there are many who are chomping at the bit to do away with the pastimes I have noted and this legislation is a backdoor method for doing so. I can for see a world where citizen behavior will be controlled, "To provide for the general welfare." Hell, if Congress can push Health Care through, then a Cap-and-Trade bill is small change and "Card Check" should be passed almost unnoticed. Nobody mention a $20 minimum wage, please...Of course the American people are screaming at their televisions every night and swamping their respective legislators with opposition but the Government seems to be on a Communist autopilot of late. Our democratic form of Government is morphing into a Politburo with a Central Planning Committee right before our very eyes. And and all the press can do is applaud Michelle Obama's choice of evening-wear and those 'cute as a button' daughters who don't know which fork to use with salad but eat with their hands so gracefully.
I'm so sick of watching the mainstream media dally on about 'The New Kennedy Family' while our Constitution succumbs to the 'Second Bill of Rights,' first proposed by FDR and is in the process of being made into law as we speak. Its a blessing that the founders of this great nation did not linger long enough to see this sad turn of events.It is also troubling and a sign of the times that Americans don't know what is 'Constitutional' and what is not. That politicians can appear in the media and even suggest that 'health care is a human right' is an affront to all who know The Bill of Rights. And for anyone to claim compassion on the poor is doomed to be poor someday. For we are spending our childrens' prosperity so that one party may be re-elected by the masses for whom they have purchased new welfare programs.
The next generation will be in the unenviable position of saying 'No' to the entitlements as the Treasury is depleted and China loses its taste for American bonds and the avarice which accompanies it. The rich will always have health care and the average American citizen will have dirty clinics with alcoholic 'pseudo-docs' to provide substandard services. Ask anyone who's actually had to go to a clinic: They'll tell you horror stories.Yes, boys and girls, there is a Santa. And he has given himself the best Christmas present ever. Control. 'Santa Congress' has engineered a plan to nationalize the entire economy and the first step is the health care industry. They did a dry-run with the finance industry and a few car companies, and seeing little protest from its citizens, the government has upped the ante. The Senate voted for cloture on Christmas Eve. Such irony is not lost on me as the Government has finally grasped the spirit of Christmas! But woe to all that this is a selfish spirit; filled with avarice, self-dealing and hypocrisy. Congress will rue the day that it opted to declare a dictator in President Obama, even as it denies the fact.
For even with a change in leadership in both Houses next November, the fix is in. The infrastructure will be in place for a 'Democratic Dictatorship' and the new members will yield to the temptation of pork for prurience. Elections have less and less impact as Democrats are increasingly corrupt and Republicans apologetic for having just a hint of morality.
If I hear about shivers running up a leg at the mention of someone's name again my head will rend the tattered duct tape that hold its contents in and I'll have to wipe my laptop down once more. For the press is now the gossipy sophomore at the high school dance; spreading rumors about what she just heard, as if it was fact, while not understanding the full impact of her words. And woe unto all of those who mistakenly believe that there is any dignity in forcing the productive to support the lazy, or unlucky. That just creates more lazy and unlucky people. I wonder if the people in Rome started investing in villas in the countryside with high walls towards the end of the empire. Or maybe just a few got out before the treasury was empty and the hoards invaded for the crumbs. There have been ten great empires the earth has been graced with or has suffered, depending on your outlook. And they all started crumbling from within when more people sat and held their hands out while fewer people got up at three AM to make the donuts. Just saying...
Have a Holy Christmas and Happy new Year,
Victor The Contractor
Larwyn's Linx: Nanny State Gone Wild as Dependency Widens
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Legislative Reality and Magic Beans: Reason
The Fierce Urgency of February: Ace
Written Proof: Nelson a Disgusting Sleazebag: Red State
The Coming Tsunami: Pundette
Cats and Dogs... Living Together...: LegalIns
MN Somalis attack passersby: Lambeth
Origin of Obamism: Where did these guys come from?: Hanson
Reid: Public to greet Demcare with 'joy and happiness': Exam
White House to Stupak: Shut Up About Abortion: Greenroom
The Deflation Threat: AT
Trucking Firm Shutdown Comes as a Shock: BMW
Nanny State Gone Wild: Widening Dependency: Malkin
Of course ObamaCare will add to the deficit: WashExam
Drop the 'National Strike': LegalIns
Illegal Aliens Stealing Billions of Stimulus Money: S&L
A Nation of Thieves: AT
Adding an entitlement when the other ones are broke? What??: Carolyn
'People are Outraged, and They Have Every Right To Be' : JWF
The Process of Passing Health Care: McArdle
Proof that MSNBC is not a business: RSM
Medal of Honor Winner Robert L. Howard Passes at Age 70: BMW
Chicago Tribune: the Greatest Generation Sucked: Riehl
New CNN Poll: a Total Sham: Riehl
NYT: Too Much Money Wasted Treating the Old: S&L
Splitsville for Grating Hollywood Pinheads: JWF
New Study Shakes Debate: 50 years of cooling predicted: Bolt
Former president Carter: I didn't mean to 'stigmatize' Israel: WashExam
Shameless Islamist Doublespeak Rages On: PJM (Ibrahim)
Gitmo Detainee Now Back at Al Jazeera: S&L
Rogue AV Scams Result in $150M in Losses: TrendMicro
Just Because: HoosierBoy
Merry F***in' Christmas: Ace
Christmas in History: First Media Reports of Nativity: Cube
Is this childish? You bet it is!: IOtW
Nation
Legislative Reality and Magic Beans: ReasonThe Fierce Urgency of February: Ace
Written Proof: Nelson a Disgusting Sleazebag: Red State
The Coming Tsunami: Pundette
Cats and Dogs... Living Together...: LegalIns
MN Somalis attack passersby: Lambeth
Origin of Obamism: Where did these guys come from?: Hanson
Reid: Public to greet Demcare with 'joy and happiness': Exam
White House to Stupak: Shut Up About Abortion: Greenroom
Economy
Obama's Latest Health Care lie: Hit & RunThe Deflation Threat: AT
Trucking Firm Shutdown Comes as a Shock: BMW
Nanny State Gone Wild: Widening Dependency: Malkin
Of course ObamaCare will add to the deficit: WashExam
Drop the 'National Strike': LegalIns
Illegal Aliens Stealing Billions of Stimulus Money: S&L
A Nation of Thieves: AT
Adding an entitlement when the other ones are broke? What??: Carolyn
Media
Why the 'Angry Mob' is Angry: AT'People are Outraged, and They Have Every Right To Be' : JWF
The Process of Passing Health Care: McArdle
Proof that MSNBC is not a business: RSM
Medal of Honor Winner Robert L. Howard Passes at Age 70: BMW
Chicago Tribune: the Greatest Generation Sucked: Riehl
New CNN Poll: a Total Sham: Riehl
NYT: Too Much Money Wasted Treating the Old: S&L
Splitsville for Grating Hollywood Pinheads: JWF
Climate & Energy
Climategate: How to Follow the Money: PJMNew Study Shakes Debate: 50 years of cooling predicted: Bolt
World
Top Ten Foreign Policy Blunders of 2009: Power LineFormer president Carter: I didn't mean to 'stigmatize' Israel: WashExam
Shameless Islamist Doublespeak Rages On: PJM (Ibrahim)
Gitmo Detainee Now Back at Al Jazeera: S&L
Sci-Tech
Major DDoS attack hobbles major e-commerce sites: CNetRogue AV Scams Result in $150M in Losses: TrendMicro
Cornucopia
Most Bizarre Christmas Gift Ever?: AceJust Because: HoosierBoy
Merry F***in' Christmas: Ace
Christmas in History: First Media Reports of Nativity: Cube
Is this childish? You bet it is!: IOtW
QOTD:
"I can't be bought." -- Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Dec. 21, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! MSNBC and Chris Matthews' Ratings Hit the Official 'Laughingstock' Level
Can't... breathe... laughing... too hard... pulled a belly muscle... oh, s***... must... catch... breath.MSNBC
Very bad news.
At least in the 25-54 demographic... yesterday, his ratings were...
58,000.Chris Matthews has been a mainstay of the MSNBC line-up for years, but December is shaping up to be one his worst months compared to the rest of the cable news landscape.
Matthews had his worst week in 2009 last week in the A25-54 demographic for his 5pmET live airing, averaging 88,000 viewers, according to Nielsen data. The previous week, he had his 2nd worst week, averaging 99,000.
I don't pull those kinds of numbers, myself. I get that in a full day, which is an apples-to-orange comparison, because really my numbers are 10-20,000 people coming back multiple times.
But a larger blogger? 58,000 is a lot of hits in an hour, no doubt. But... I think there are bloggers that can put those numbers up from time to time.
Yep. As I documented in Sitemeters of the Rich and Famous, the top bloggers (think Glenn Reynolds, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, etc.) can easily top Matthews' figure.
MSNBC must be so... proud. Not only is it getting lower ratings than the major bloggers -- weather radar and sonograms are more popular now.
Transcript: Calling the DemCare Emergency Help Line
Welcome to the National Health Care Emergency Help Line!For Espanol, press 1.
For Urdu, press 2
For Arabic, press 3
For Farsi, press 4
For Hmong, press 5
For all other languages, press 6
6
Thank you! Did you press 6? If yes, press 1. If no, press 2.
1
Thank you. To speed processing of your call, please key in your 9-digit social security number, whether it was illegally obtained or not.
5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
Thank you. Did you enter five five five four four three three three three? If yes, press 7, if no, press 3.
7
Thank you. Please enter the nature of your ailment, condition or problem.
For Achondroplasia, press 1-0-0-0. For Acne, press 1-0-0-1. For Acrodysostosis, press 1-0-0-2. For Acromegaly, press 1-0-0-3. For Adenoids, press 1-0-0-4. For Adrenoleukodystrophy, press 1-0-0-5. For Age-related macular degeneration, press 1-0-0-6. For Agoraphobia, press 1-0-0-7. For Albinism, press 1-0-0-8. For AIDS, press 1-0-0-8. For Alcohol poisoning, press 1-0-0-9. For Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, press 1-0-1-0. For Alport syndrome, press 1-0-1-1. For Altitude sickness, press 1-0-1-2. For Alzheimer's disease, press 1-0-1-3. For Amyloidosis, press 1-0-1-4. For Anaemia, press 1-0-1-5. For --
*
Thank you. To enter the nature of your ailment, condition or problem by name, use the touch-tone keypad to spell the name, then press the pound sign.
4 (h) ... 3 (e) ... 2 (a) ... 7 (r) ... 8 (t) ... 2 (a) ... 8 (t) ... 8 (t) ... 2 (a) ... 2 (c) ... 5 (k) ... #
Did you select HEART ATTACK? If yes, press 2, if no, press 9.
2
On a scale of 1 to 9, with 9 being excruciating pain, how much pain are you in?
9
Enter your age, followed by the pound sign.
7 4 #
I'm sorry, the maximum age of treatment for this condition, as determined by Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research is Seventy-three. Thank you for calling.
Good-bye.
7 2 # ... 7 2 # ... 72 #
*** Click ***
[Call recording terminated]
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Larwyn's Linx: 'The Reid Bill: coercive and unconstitutional'
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GOP forces vote on constitutionality of health bill: WashExam
The Reid Bill: coercive and unconstitutional: PJM
The impudent tyranny of Harry Reid: Tapscott
Democ-rats begin to flee sinking ship: GWP
Major Democrat Corruption Exposed in PA: Riehl
The Black Panther Case: January Deadlines: Rubin
Placing INTERPOL above the Constitution: WizBang
Opposition Be Damned: Okyay
Master of the House and Devastation of the Family: AT
An Unlikely Hope to Defeat ObamaCare? MA Voters?: Ace
Hope -- or a Warning Sign?: Wizbang
The Quarter-Percent Solution: AT
A Short Treatise on the USeless Economy: Dennninger
Small-Business Bankruptcies Rise 81% In California: Driscoll
Mass Firings? Withholding Taxes? There is a Revolution Percolating: Limbaugh
Democrat Utopia: Chicago Shuts Down to Save Cash: CBS-2
Thoughts On Being Unemployed: GM Roper
Media Continues to Spin 'Death Panel': Con4Palin
The Day's Biggest Defection: InstaPundit
Change: Obama Now More Loathed Than Bush at End of His Second Term: GWP
Compare and Contrast: Star-Trib on Bachmann: Power Line
Reflections on Keillor's Christmas Curse: Power Line
Good on them: WNYC goes after leftists Working Families Party: TAB
It Can't Happen Here: Grand Old Partisan
The List that Black People Want to Avoid: Norman
New Study: CFCs, Cosmic Rays Are Warming Culprits: Simon
The State of Climategate Today: Ace
Snow Chaos in Britain Continues -- But It's a Warm Snow: TAB
AGW: The Greens' Tet Offensive: PJM
Many Church Leaders Remain Silent While Palestinian Christian Arabs Suffer At The Hands of Muslims: Grobman
Saudis Take a Stroll on J-Street: PJM
On Iran, a bipartisan message that Obama is sure to ignore: York
Political correctness puts West on unequal footing with Islam: Zumwalt
Archaeologists Discover 1st Century Jewish Home in Nazareth: Verum Serum
Jeffrey Ross on Jimmy Kimmel: YouTube
Don Rickles Roasts Bob Hope: Dean Martin Roasts
Birth of the Blues: Rat Pack and Carson
Nation
GOP forces vote on constitutionality of health bill: WashExamThe Reid Bill: coercive and unconstitutional: PJM
The impudent tyranny of Harry Reid: Tapscott
Democ-rats begin to flee sinking ship: GWP
Major Democrat Corruption Exposed in PA: Riehl
The Black Panther Case: January Deadlines: Rubin
Placing INTERPOL above the Constitution: WizBang
Opposition Be Damned: Okyay
Master of the House and Devastation of the Family: AT
An Unlikely Hope to Defeat ObamaCare? MA Voters?: Ace
Hope -- or a Warning Sign?: Wizbang
Economy
Small Business Gets a Big Lump of Coal for Christmas: ATThe Quarter-Percent Solution: AT
A Short Treatise on the USeless Economy: Dennninger
Small-Business Bankruptcies Rise 81% In California: Driscoll
Mass Firings? Withholding Taxes? There is a Revolution Percolating: Limbaugh
Democrat Utopia: Chicago Shuts Down to Save Cash: CBS-2
Thoughts On Being Unemployed: GM Roper
Media
Video: White House Emails MSNBC During Joe Scarborough Show: DriscollMedia Continues to Spin 'Death Panel': Con4Palin
The Day's Biggest Defection: InstaPundit
Change: Obama Now More Loathed Than Bush at End of His Second Term: GWP
Compare and Contrast: Star-Trib on Bachmann: Power Line
Reflections on Keillor's Christmas Curse: Power Line
Good on them: WNYC goes after leftists Working Families Party: TAB
It Can't Happen Here: Grand Old Partisan
The List that Black People Want to Avoid: Norman
Climate & Energy
Build-A-Climate-Scare: Why You Should Boycott Build-A-Bear: BigGovNew Study: CFCs, Cosmic Rays Are Warming Culprits: Simon
The State of Climategate Today: Ace
Snow Chaos in Britain Continues -- But It's a Warm Snow: TAB
AGW: The Greens' Tet Offensive: PJM
World
Media Shocked That Hamas Imposes Islam, Digs Up Dead Christians Because They 'Pollute The Earth': MereMany Church Leaders Remain Silent While Palestinian Christian Arabs Suffer At The Hands of Muslims: Grobman
Saudis Take a Stroll on J-Street: PJM
On Iran, a bipartisan message that Obama is sure to ignore: York
Political correctness puts West on unequal footing with Islam: Zumwalt
Sci-Tech
Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem: WiredArchaeologists Discover 1st Century Jewish Home in Nazareth: Verum Serum
Cornucopia
Christmas Caption Contest: Win $50 for yourself, $50 for charity: Happy HospitalistJeffrey Ross on Jimmy Kimmel: YouTube
Don Rickles Roasts Bob Hope: Dean Martin Roasts
Birth of the Blues: Rat Pack and Carson
QOTD:
"No developed nation has ever rolled back government-run health care." -- Mark Steyn, Fox News, Dec. 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Early Look at the Acura NSX Successor
The Acura NSX may be no more, but the HSV-10 is a stunning substitute.
Hopefully the mileage is really, really bad. We need the warming.
...preliminary details on the HSV-10 GT or Velocity Sports Honda. Built to the 2010 GT500 regulations, the new front/mid-engine racer from Honda is packing a 500+ hp, 3.4-liter V8 and sending power through the same Ricardo sequential manual gearbox fitted to the 2010 SuperGT cars from Nissan and Toyota.......Underneath all that glorious carbon fiber is the same chassis Honda's been working on (originally as an NSX replacement) for the last two years. The SuperGT season opener is scheduled for March 20 and 21 of 2010, but we expect more details and a host of high-res images to hit soon. Stay tuned...
Hopefully the mileage is really, really bad. We need the warming.
Climate Change Poetry
Drudge certainly has a gift when it comes to stacked headlines.
And last week in Germany was no treat.
It's a good thing that we're working to solve global warming. All this s*** could have even been much worse.
And last week in Germany was no treat.
It's a good thing that we're working to solve global warming. All this s*** could have even been much worse.Tyranny: The Reid WelfCare™ Bill Installs Itself Permanently
Red State's Erick Erickson observes that the Senate's health care bill includes language to guarantee its own permanency, an outrageous violation of the Senate's own rules.
In truth -- it's all bad news. What prevents these megalomaniacs from installing similar language in any future "law" to ensure its permanency?
This Democrat Congress has set the Constitution afire. Its has spit upon the Declaration of Independence and urinated on the founder's graves. Could anyone imagine what the framers -- James Madison, specifically -- might say if they were alive today?
Did the states really throw off the yolk of the British crown and its authoritarian, centralized government only to become enslaved to an all-powerful, centralized federal government?
To watch Senators sell their votes for hundreds of millions of dollars of our money, which our children must repay with interest?
To watch an utterly corrupt Democrat leadership pass legislation on Christmas Eve in the hopes that no one will figure out what's actually in a bill that no one's read?
To claim that the bill must be slammed into place because "people are dying every day" -- and then not implement it until 2014 to disguise its true costs?
We are witnessing the rise of, in the words of Mark Levin, a "Soft Tyranny". A Congress hell-bent on ignoring the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution itself.
The list of usurpations seemingly grows by the day. If I may be sold bold as to paraphrase the Declaration:
We are not yet suffering under an absolute tyranny. But this Congress is completely out of control, willing to engage in the most underhanded and unconstitutional machinations ever seen.
These would-be despots must be politically punished in 2010. Every Democrat must be defeated.
And if there's any climate change occurring, it's because the Earth was thrown off its axis by the gyroscopic energy of the founders spinning in their graves.
Democrats... ignored 200 years of Senate precedents to rule that Senator Sanders could withdraw his amendment while it was being read.It was Reid leading the Democrats who has determined again and again over the past few days that hundreds of years of accumulated Senate parliamentary rulings have no bearing on the health care vote... [but o]n December 21, 2009... Harry Reid sold out the Republic in toto.
Upon examination of Senator Harry Reid’s amendment to the health care legislation, Senators discovered section 3403. That section changes the rules of the United States Senate.
To change the rules of the United States Senate, there must be sixty-seven votes.
Section 3403 of Senator Harry Reid’s amendment requires that “it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.” The good news is that this only applies to one section of the Obamacare legislation. The bad news is that it applies to regulations imposed on doctors and patients by the Independent Medicare Advisory Boards a/k/a the Death Panels... [and] Section 3403 of Senator Reid’s legislation also... sets up a rule to ignore another Senate rule.
In truth -- it's all bad news. What prevents these megalomaniacs from installing similar language in any future "law" to ensure its permanency?
This Democrat Congress has set the Constitution afire. Its has spit upon the Declaration of Independence and urinated on the founder's graves. Could anyone imagine what the framers -- James Madison, specifically -- might say if they were alive today?Did the states really throw off the yolk of the British crown and its authoritarian, centralized government only to become enslaved to an all-powerful, centralized federal government?
To watch Senators sell their votes for hundreds of millions of dollars of our money, which our children must repay with interest?
To watch an utterly corrupt Democrat leadership pass legislation on Christmas Eve in the hopes that no one will figure out what's actually in a bill that no one's read?
To claim that the bill must be slammed into place because "people are dying every day" -- and then not implement it until 2014 to disguise its true costs?We are witnessing the rise of, in the words of Mark Levin, a "Soft Tyranny". A Congress hell-bent on ignoring the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution itself.
The list of usurpations seemingly grows by the day. If I may be sold bold as to paraphrase the Declaration:
The history of this Congress is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
They have refused their Assent to the Highest Law, the Constitution, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.They have called together legislative bodies at times unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the traditions of American government, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with their measures.
They have erected a multitude of New Offices and Agencies, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
They have combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For willfully quartering foreign terrorists among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
We are not yet suffering under an absolute tyranny. But this Congress is completely out of control, willing to engage in the most underhanded and unconstitutional machinations ever seen.These would-be despots must be politically punished in 2010. Every Democrat must be defeated.
And if there's any climate change occurring, it's because the Earth was thrown off its axis by the gyroscopic energy of the founders spinning in their graves.
Kathy Griffin Before and After Shots: Spackle Exclusive
You may recall Kathy ("Suck it, Jesus") Griffin -- the obnoxious, profane, Marxist comedienne -- from her various Bush-bashing escapades.What you may not know is that Kathy has had a lot -- a lot -- of work done to make her appearance more acceptable while she spews her retch-inducing rhetoric onstage.
We're not sure how Junior Cub Reporter Biff Spackle located these exclusive before and after shots. He claims he broke into the Beverly Hills offices of the elite "plastic surgeon to the stars" Gomer Splattman, but editors at this august journal are hesitant to accept that story. Nonetheless, we present the following before and after shots without editorial commentary except to say: wow. Just wow.


Hollywood insiders say she's got a great personality, so she's got that going for her.Historic: White House Festivus Tree Celebrates Mao Tse-Tung, Transvestites and Obama-centric Upgrades to Mt. Rushmore
Mistletoe, eggnog and a mass-murdering dictator: it's another historic milestone at the first White House non-denominational Festivus celebration. Big Government -- hat tip to Gateway Pundit -- captured snapshots of several, ehm, interesting ornaments on the White House Solstice Tree.
Biff Spackle disguised himself as a Wiccan to gain entry, Salahi-style, to the White House. He observed that the ornaments paid homage not only to Mao -- whom the New York Times reported had exterminated 30 million souls -- but also transvestites and other role models.
A modified Mount Rushmore also appears among the ornaments, which adds the current president's visage.
I'm disappointed that the ornaments' artists did not adopt my proposed model for a revamped Rushmore.
Chalk up another set of historic firsts for this administration.
I can't wait to see what comes next.
Biff Spackle disguised himself as a Wiccan to gain entry, Salahi-style, to the White House. He observed that the ornaments paid homage not only to Mao -- whom the New York Times reported had exterminated 30 million souls -- but also transvestites and other role models.
A modified Mount Rushmore also appears among the ornaments, which adds the current president's visage.
I'm disappointed that the ornaments' artists did not adopt my proposed model for a revamped Rushmore.Chalk up another set of historic firsts for this administration.
I can't wait to see what comes next.
Larwyn's Linx: Dems to America: Go to Hell
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Welcome to a New America: Corner
Arbitrary Power, Dictatorship, and Health Care: PJM
Lefty: 10 reasons to kill Obamacare: Surber
Dems to America: Go to Hell: STACLU
Adding Insult (Literally) to Injury: Ace
'Safe' Democrat Senator Down 22%: Surber
Did you know: There's a Senate election next month: Ace
Despite Vote, Last Night Left Me Very Optimistic: Riehl
Sheldon Whitehouse Tried to Defund Troops in '07: LegalIns
Retirement Card Campaign: SIGIS
Question of the Day: Is America Worth Fighting For?: Hillbuzz
Sales Eye for the Conservative Guy: BeTheRight
Post Office Drops $3.8B (incl. $800K on Booze, etc.): Mere
Obama: let's stop spending as if we're using Monopoly money: GWP
Liberals Add Fresh, New Argument to Health Debate: If You Oppose It, You're a Nazi Klansman: Ace
Time's Klein Sees 'Sedition' in Coburn Comments: NewsBusters
Media claims Coburn prayed for Byrd's death: NewsBusters
Hopium Den: White House Declares Public So Wild for Comprehensive Piece of S*** Their Approval Will Rocket to 60%: Ace
Young Krumanstein: Crittenden
F for Effort: Taranto
Don't Despaire About Obamacare: Greenroom
E.J. Dionne - another partisan shill slammed at WaPo: NewsBusters
Change Nobody Believes In: WSJ
Film Review: Avatar: Morrissey
All I need is the air that I breathe: Grand Rants
Brit Twit Gordon Brown Calling For World Global Super Green Avenger Force: CBullitt
“Outrage over Lockerbie bomber’s £2m bank account”: Fausta
Has the U.S. has ever transferred a 'high-value detainee' from its custody?: SIGIS
Massive Protests at Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's Funeral: Ledeen
SmartPower (tm) Exemplified: Lebanon Surrenders: Tobin
Where's the FDA while this is going on?: Dinocrat
Best Software of 2009: ComputerActive (UK)
Tiger, Elin go separate ways for holidays: Maktoob
'Twas the Night before Obamacare': AT (Alter)
Happy Winter Holidays to Druids Everywhere: Michelle's Mirror
Political Cartoon Courtesy of: Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
Nation
Welcome to a New America: CornerArbitrary Power, Dictatorship, and Health Care: PJM
Lefty: 10 reasons to kill Obamacare: Surber
Dems to America: Go to Hell: STACLU
Adding Insult (Literally) to Injury: Ace
'Safe' Democrat Senator Down 22%: Surber
Did you know: There's a Senate election next month: Ace
Despite Vote, Last Night Left Me Very Optimistic: Riehl
Sheldon Whitehouse Tried to Defund Troops in '07: LegalIns
Retirement Card Campaign: SIGIS
Question of the Day: Is America Worth Fighting For?: Hillbuzz
Sales Eye for the Conservative Guy: BeTheRight
Economy
Cash for Cloture: Dem Vote-Buying Cost $1.2 Billion: GWPPost Office Drops $3.8B (incl. $800K on Booze, etc.): Mere
Obama: let's stop spending as if we're using Monopoly money: GWP
Media
The Health-Care Backlash: WehnerLiberals Add Fresh, New Argument to Health Debate: If You Oppose It, You're a Nazi Klansman: Ace
Time's Klein Sees 'Sedition' in Coburn Comments: NewsBusters
Media claims Coburn prayed for Byrd's death: NewsBusters
Hopium Den: White House Declares Public So Wild for Comprehensive Piece of S*** Their Approval Will Rocket to 60%: Ace
Young Krumanstein: Crittenden
F for Effort: Taranto
Don't Despaire About Obamacare: Greenroom
E.J. Dionne - another partisan shill slammed at WaPo: NewsBusters
Change Nobody Believes In: WSJ
Film Review: Avatar: Morrissey
Climate & Energy
Obama agrees to 'cap' the global temperature rise: ATAll I need is the air that I breathe: Grand Rants
Brit Twit Gordon Brown Calling For World Global Super Green Avenger Force: CBullitt
World
Wrapping our heads around the world at Christmas: Anchoress“Outrage over Lockerbie bomber’s £2m bank account”: Fausta
Has the U.S. has ever transferred a 'high-value detainee' from its custody?: SIGIS
Massive Protests at Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's Funeral: Ledeen
SmartPower (tm) Exemplified: Lebanon Surrenders: Tobin
Sci-Tech
Google's Creed: 'Open Will Win': CNetWhere's the FDA while this is going on?: Dinocrat
Best Software of 2009: ComputerActive (UK)
Cornucopia
Thought for the day: RandTiger, Elin go separate ways for holidays: Maktoob
'Twas the Night before Obamacare': AT (Alter)
Happy Winter Holidays to Druids Everywhere: Michelle's Mirror
Political Cartoon Courtesy of: Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
Monday, December 21, 2009
More Fan Mail
Received the following message from Garry this afternoon (all spelling and grammatical errors are reproduced for your enjoyment):
After thirty seconds of reflection, I politely replied with the following message.
as an Englishman who admires much of things America ..including my wife and children.. I find drivel such as yours depressing... its utter nonsense, and its curious that foreigners see the US far moree clearly today than Americans... remember the Daily Express headline re Bush " how could 60 [million] Americans be so stupid".. I thought at the time it was a rather ott comment though I sympathised ..but how right it was..
I speak as one who has lived in countries through bad times.. South Africa/ UK/Canada..and which have come out the other side courtesy of hardreflection and the need for change..
the Right here does America a huge disservice.. and I say that knowing 98% of them probably havent left the country.
Grary [sic]
After thirty seconds of reflection, I politely replied with the following message.
Dear Garry,
I am a conservative, which is to say I believe in the founding principles of the United States of America. That is: limited government, a respect for individual liberty, free enterprise and private property.
Those who oppose me reject America's founding principles: the very tenets that led to the creation of the greatest country the world has ever seen.In little more than two hundred years, Americans defeated slavery, Nazism, military Shintoism and Communism; refined mass production; invented human flight; created 75% of all medical innovations on the planet; put a man on the moon; invented the telephone, the Internet and the search engine; and advanced humankind in millions of other ways, in every field and endeavor.
Those who oppose me oppose my Constitution and my Declaration of Independence.
Those who oppose me refute the notion of God-given rights of man and carefully constructed limits on an all-powerful, centralized, authoritarian government.Those who oppose me see the world as rigid classes of people that must be manipulated to advance a political agenda; whereas conservatives revel in the notion that America has no static class structure; that every day the rich become poor and the poor rich.
Those who oppose me oppose free markets and the power of any individual -- no matter the race, creed, religion or color -- to achieve greatness through hard work, study, inspiration and innovation.
Now go wait in line for a dentist, you whining twit. And never sully my blog with your presence again.
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