Thursday, February 25, 2010

Some possible uses for those Obama collector plates you bought for $20 apiece and which are now selling for $2 at Big Lots

Purple Avenger just returned from a trip to Big Lots and spotted those wicked cool Obama Presidential Collector plates selling for two bucks apiece.

Just got back from Big Lots while making my weekly Arugula and Wagu Beef run and they had a big stack of handsomely boxed limited run Obama commemorative plates for $2. They used to sell for $20+S&H on TV. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Even though they were placed on an endcap at the front of the store, it didn't look like they were moving.

Anyone want to wager this rather embarrassing remaindered stock vanishes very quickly due to an "anonymous" bulk buy?

The helpful commenters at AoS offered some intriguing potential "recycling opportunities" for the discounted plates.

• Christmas presents for anyone who voted for Obama

• Cat Plate!

• Dick Cheney Cardiac Rehab: Skeet Shooting

• The Obamabilia Museum

• Indonesia bought them for the state dinner when he visits next month.

• ObamaCare bedpans

• Step 1: Buy 'em all up. Step 2: Donate to charity. Step 3: Write off as charitable deduction at pre-electile dysfunction price. Step 4: Profit (until notice received from IRS).

• Appetite suppressant

Via Larwyn and a whole bunch of crackhead, moron racists at AoS. Update: Visual aid.

"Republicans opened a can of whoop-ass today"

Commenter Ann at Just One Minute:

Republicans Opened a Can of Whoop Ass Today!

News round up from Hot Air:

CNN’s WOLF BLITZER: “It looks like the Republicans certainly showed up ready to play.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

CNN’s GLORIA BORGER: “The Republicans have been very effective today. They really did come to play. They were very smart.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

BORGER: “They took on the substance of a very complex issue. … But they really stuck to the substance of this issue and tried to get to the heart of it and I think did a very good job.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)
BORGER: “They came in with a plan. They mapped it out.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

CNN’s DAVID GERGEN: “The folks in the White House just must be kicking themselves right now. They thought that coming out of Baltimore when the President went in and was mesmerizing and commanding in front of the House Republicans that he could do that again here today. That would revive health care and would change the public opinion about their health care bill and they can go on to victory. Just the opposite has happened.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

THE HILL’S A.B. STODDARD: “I think we need to start out by acknowledging Republicans brought their ‘A Team.’ They had doctors knowledgeable about the system, they brought substance to the table, and they, I thought, expressed interest in the reform. I thought in the lecture from Senator John McCain and on the issue of transparency, I thought today the Democrats were pretty much on their knees.” (Fox News’ “Live,” 2/25/10)

GERGEN: “He doesn’t have a strong Democratic team behind him.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

Gee, David, you mean the intellectual giants -- Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Schmucky Schumer -- aren't "strong"? What gave it away? The botox -- or the vapid expressions when confronted with multi-syllabic words?


Hat tip: Larwyn.

Al Gore Can Now Lease a Tesla Roadster

For the low, low price of $1,658 a month, you too can drive the electric rocket that puts the "G" in "Green".

The lease is 36 months, does not include tax, and requires a $12,453 cap cost reduction. Take off an additional $1 a month if you tell them you saw the deal here. Call 650-413-6300 for more dealer info.

AutoBlog had a Tesla for a whole five days and their review is worth a checkout.

No word on where the electricity required to power this beast will come from, since Democrats despise clean coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear energy.

The trouble with the SEIU is that eventually you run out of other people's money

04 May 2012:

The protests, led by members of the SEIU and other public-sector unions, started peacefully enough.

Thousands of union workers, many employed by the District of Columbia and the city of Baltimore, began marching to the White House through city streets north of the mall.

But, not unexpectedly, members of the SEIU's "militia" -- the enforcement wing of the union -- as well as other radical groups, made their presence felt.

Three blocks from the White House, the marchers were confronted by lines of heavily armed police officers wearing riot gear. The reaction of the SEIU militants was all too predictable, given the union's fiery rhetoric leading up to the march.

On K street, after protesters smashed in the windows of several office buildings, police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.

The crowds did disperse, but the day had just begun.

Barricades were hastily assembled, cars overturned and flammable liquids brought to create fiery reminders that the unions were not without power.

Molotov cocktails were thrown into police lines and SEIU militia members were spotted wearing gas masks.

Burning barricades threatened some of the most august buildings in Washington.

When night fell, Baltimore and the District both exploded in flames. Police officers cordoned off several major streets that had been barricaded with burning vehicles.

Automatic weapons fire was heard around 9pm in both the District of Columbia and in Baltimore proper. A city SWAT Team was ambushed by a group of red-clad "SEIU militia" and their vehicles set afire...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

These pictures were taken earlier today in Greece. They are emblematic of much of Europe as weighty public-sector union obligations crush the enfeebled private sector.

The toxins administered by public-sector unions are now -- at this very moment -- poisoning Europe. The continent is experiencing the spasmodic social and political convulsions that presage a true depression.

In Greece, the combination of rampant private unemployment with nearly a third of all workers employed by the government has resulted in skyrocketing and unsustainable debt.

• Greek's debt is nearing $450 billion or about 115% of its GDP. Yesterday, a union-backed general strike ground transportation to a halt.

• After a wage freeze was imposed on public-sector union members, Portugal is expected to suffer from a massive general strike on March 4th.

• In Spain, plans to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67 has resulted in major strikes with entire cities paralyzed.

If not addressed soon, these woes will spread to the United States as certainly as night follows day. The financial stability of cities and towns, counties and states and even the federal government itself hinges on crushing public-sector unions.

We must fire every single public-sector employee and hire the best and brightest back as "at will" employees or, better yet, privatize most functions and bid them out only to non-union shops.

We must break the backs of the SEIU and its ilk before they break this country.

Dubai Now Says 145,000 Involved in Hamas Hit

Dan from New York:

Dubai Dragnet Uncovers Widening Jewish Conspiracy


Al Jazeera, 2/25/2010

Dubai's investigation of possible Israeli involvement in the killing of a popular Hamas mass-murderer has turned up another 145,000 Jews suspected of being Mossad agents who used forged Western passports to carry out the plot. Dubai's police chief, Inspector Mohammad al-Clouseau, told reporters that his investigation so far "has only exposed the tip of the iceberg." "We're making steady progress, but scouring Facebook for swarthy people who don't look like Arabs, right-clicking their photos, saving them to the desktop and 'shopping them into British and Australian passports is tedious and exacting work," he added.


In a related development that has Israeli officials bracing for a new round of world condemnation, a report in the leftist Hebrew daily, Ha'aretz, revealed that the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a Hamas founder and one of its leaders in the West Bank, served for over a decade as the Shin Bet security service's most valuable source in the militant organization's leadership. In a companion editorial, Ha'aretz described the recruitment of Mosab Hassan Yousef as another "botched Mossad job that will only succeed in getting the international community even more pissed off than they are now. Terrorism is here to stay and Israelis should learn to live with it. Instead of acting like bellicose animals and butting in where they're not wanted, Netanyahu's right-wing government needs to get a grip and concentrate on extending the hand of friendship to our Arab neighbors."

Related: The Hit on Hamas in photographic form -- When You Want to Say Goodbye, Say It With Bullets.

Larwyn's Linx: Pre-Summit... Landrieu Says GOP Disingenuous

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Nation

Pre-Summit: Landrieu Says GOP Disingenuous: SIGIS
Dems run Bayh, normal Americans out of town: WashExam
Explosives Theft Qualifies As Near-Miss for USA: BMW

73% say Congress should start over on ObamaCare: Hot Air
GOP: beware the trap of 'limited' reform: PJM
Lying Sack of Botox!: BlogProf

Lights! Cameras! Health care Oba-kabuki!: Malkin
It's Official: Paterson Needs to Resign: JWF
Worse than Awful: AT

ObamaCare: Plan B — for backbiting: Patterico
As Despotic As They Need to Be: AT
They just don't have the votes: York

Economy

Obama recovery plan in one simple graph: AmDigest
An Orchestrated Campaign Against Toyota in Overdrive?: Blumer
ObamaCare: Blood From a Stone: BigGovt

Obamacare Includes Massive Tax Hike: RWN
Failed States: Escape from New York: WashExam
Safe Schools Czar gets $410M of Your Money for Radical Agenda: GWP

Census Bureau to Kids: Tell Your Parents We Won’t Tell INS: PJM
Lame White House “Photo of the Day”: Tim Geithner Grocery Shopping with Michelle Obama?: Frugal Cafe
Ya think? Bernanke warns on debt: Times

Climate & Energy

Fuel Cell Maker Creating Hype For Product That Won't Work As Advertised: BlogProf
Inhofe Targets AGW, Will Media Report?: Strata-Sphere

Media

ABC News staggers to the tar pits: Moonbattery
President Sarah Palin: BigJournalism
Rush Accepts Responsibility for Kornheiser's Suspension by ESPN: EIB

Disingenuous or stupid, Hendrik Hertzberg calls Rush Limbaugh a disgusting race-baiter: Althouse
WaPo Blog Lumps Black Conservatives In With Mass Murdering Dictators: GWP
Strap-on Preempted by Curling, Howard Kurtz Hit Hardest: Ace

Levin: Obama is Biggest Disaster in American History: GWP
Max "Booger Boy" Blumenthal Picks A Winner: Riehl
Ohio ABC TV Station Presents Democrat Press Release as News Story: RWN

World

When did the Presbyterian Church Cease to be Christian?: Jawa
Before you boycott Israel...: Jawa
Shocka: Hamas Founder's Son Spied for Israel: LGF

Is the Iranian Revolution Dead? Have the Mullahs Won?: Ledeen
Seven Cuban Doctors Sue Cuba, Venezuela For Slavery: GWP
Australia warns Israel over Dubai murder link: Maktoob

Russia: How's that 'Reset Button' Working?: RWN
Obama's Socialism: AT

SciTech

New Looks for Old Garage Doors: AmDigest
Techno-Thrills: C&S

Cornucopia

"Perhaps I should apologize for not killing you": Wizbang
Science: C&S
My kind of party: SondraK


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Bill Ayers' Bathroom Reading

I'm pretty sure this rag is published by the Sulzberger family.


Which would explain a lot.

I hear that Bernadine "The Shrew" Dohrn has to hide the hand towels when the new copy arrives each month. Her hubby Billy Ayers has a habit of disappearing with the fresh issue for a half hour or so.


Fun with the White House Flickr Feed

9:03AM WATCHING THE NEWS

10:44AM MEETING WITH ECONOMIC ADVISERS

11:34AM REFLECTION BEFORE LUNCH

2:12PM AFTER LUNCH BREAK

5:43PM HEADING BACK HOME

Without any other pressing matters of national concern looming, Obama advisers concentrate on 2012 reelection run

There's not much happening around the world and here at home to occupy a President's attention, which explains Politico's recent disclosure.

President Barack Obama’s top advisers are quietly laying the groundwork for the 2012 reelection campaign, which is likely to be run out of Chicago... [for] now the planning consists entirely of private conversations, with Obama aides at all levels indulging occasionally in closed-door 2012 discussions while focusing ferociously on the midterm elections and health care reform, the Democratic sources said. “The gathering storm is the 2010 elections,” one top official said.

But the sources said Obama has given every sign of planning to run again and wants the next campaign to resemble the highly successful 2008 effort.

David Axelrod, White House senior adviser, may leave the West Wing to rejoin his family in Chicago and reprise his role as Obama’s muse...

The role assigned to Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina is interesting coming as it does on the heels of his apparent felonious offer of a job to a Democrat hack in return for a political favor.

And good to know that advisers at all levels are concerning themselves with reelection, what with only minor concerns like 20% underemployment, record foreclosures looming, massive tax increases on the way, a nuclear Iran and trillions in debt that will need to be refinanced in short order.

Gee, I can't wait to see more Obama commercials and some more of that cool "Sauron-eye" logo. We didn't get quite enough of either over the last couple of years.


Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!

Microsoft's latest Windows patch accidentally exposes rootkit; malware authors respond by helpfully posting their own patch

A recent Microsoft patch caused panic in the IT world when thousands of machines began 'blue-screening' (that's the geek term for "crashing", "hanging" or "freezing").

Within hours [after users applied the MS10-015 security update, they] flooded Microsoft's support forum, reporting that their computers had been incapacitated with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). On Thursday, Microsoft stopped shipping the MS10-015 update, which users had linked to the BSODs, and said it was investigating.

Good new for users, though. The authors of the malicious code have posted their own patch via a helpful and integrated automatic update service.

The rootkit, known by a variety of names -- including TDSS, Tidserv and TDL3 -- was blamed by Microsoft last Friday for causing Windows XP PCs to crash after users applied the MS10-015 security update, one of 13 Microsoft issued a week ago...

...The rootkit's authors have reason to hustle out an update, said Schouwenberg and Fossi, who explained that blue-screened PCs are as worthless to the hackers -- who want access to the machines -- as they are to their owners. Worse, the BSODs have revealed to many Windows users that their systems were infected.

"The rootkit exists to be on the system and evading detection," noted Fossi. "On the plus side for users, this incident has helped people discover that they had this running on their computers."

I couldn't tell from the article, but assume that Fossi was laying down some snark with the "plus side" remark.

ComputerWorld has all the details on remediation.


Grim Milestones: Lending Drops at 'Epic Pace', Past Due Loans at Record High, New Home Sales at Record Low, 30% of Mortgages at Risk

It's another Obama miracle!

The Big Picture points us to today's Wall Street Journal cover story ("Lending Falls at Epic Pace").

The highlights:

• U.S. banks registered their most severe declines in lending since 1942.

• The FDIC reports that the number of U.S. banks at risk of failure surpassed 700, which is a 16-year high.

• More than 5% of all loans are past due 90-days or more, the highest level ever recorded.

Calculated Risk adds more evidence of the miraculous Obama recovery.

• 11.3 million, or roughly one-quarter, of all U.S. residential mortgages were in negative equity (worth less than their loans).

• 2.3 million more mortgages were approaching negative equity at the end of the year. Together, these represent 30% of all residential mortgages at risk.

The icing on the cake? CNN alerts us to another catastrophic statistic:

New home sales fell 11.2% to a record low in January despite an $8,000 tax credit. It was the lowest rate since the feds began tracking the statistic and followed drops in November and December.

I really wish President Obama had held a real job before he took his current role. Like, running the cash register at a 7-11 or serving as the assistant manager of a LaserTag franchise. I think some experience in the real world would have helped.

It might have gotten him off of this bizarre health care obsession.


Larwyn's Linx: Dems not fond of deceptive Obamacare plan

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Nation

The Left Will Try to Split the Conservative Vote: AT (Lewis)
Dems not fond of deceptive Obamacare plan: Riehl
More Social Engineering of the Military: Ace

GOP must not abet the Shamwow! summit: Red State
More documents show Pelosi lied about waterboarding: GWP
Administration harboring the enemy within: BMW

Holder stonewalls Congress on terror lawyers: WashExam
Corruptocrat Eric Holder's national security cover-up: Malkin
NAACP to honor Communist Van Jones: GWP

Various and Sundry: Pundette
Why Sarah Palin May Save America: PJM

Economy

Obama's Ides-of-March Moment is Near: AT
More On My Public Sector Fat Cat Obsession: BigGovt
Obama Health Care Plan Will Wreck Economy: GOPleader

Jobs bill? What jobs bill?: GM's Place
Nation's schools should follow R.I.'s example; crush unions: BigGovt
ObamaCare at Ramming Speed: WSJ

White House Payoffs for Unions Exposed: WashExam
ACORN’s Attorneys Stole $450,000 From Missouri Taxpayers: BigGovt
Obama's Federal Jobs: Good Work If You Can Get It: Times

Climate & Energy

Inhofe to ask DOJ for Climategate Investigation: PJM
Desperate Democrat Warmists Deep in Denial: AT
Barbara Boxer and EPA Administrator Throw IPCC Under the Bus: PJM

Al Gore is lying low -- for good reason. The law: AT
Al Gore's Nine Lies: IBD
Tea party snowmen protest lawmakers in Lansing, MI: BlogProf

Another Failing Biofuel “Miracle”: RWN

Media

What do you expect with Obama?: AT
John Boehner’s Press Guy Humiliates The White House On Health Care: RWN
Limbaugh slams Glen Beck's CPAC speech: GWP

How to beat unlawful government actions: WashExam
A Cancer Grows at the Huffington Post: AT
Matthews Praises Communist Radical Saul Alinsky: GWP

Cheney Hospitalized With Chest Pains, Lefties Do Not Disappoint with Disgusting Response: RWN
Failed Midget Comic: Tea Partiers Are a Cult: RightPundits
Things I learned Watching the Joy Behar Show: Driscoll

World

Obama giving U.S. R&D to China: AT
Assassination Tango: Israeli sources say Mossad tried to kill al-Mabhouh twice before: Judith Miller
Israel is still America's strongest Mideast ally: WashExam

A lion of Al Qaeda in London: GoV
The Boy Sex Slaves of Afghanistan: TAB
UAE unaware of human trafficking allegations: Maktoob

SciTech

It's Dumb To Pick on Bloggers, MagicJack Edition: InstaPundit
Why You Can’t Pry IE6 Out Of Their Cold Dead Hands: IT Expert Voice

Cornucopia

Parma, Ohio man builds castle out of snow, proposes to girlfriend. She says...: HillBuzz
My Favorite Contest EVER: iOTW
Lil Wayne's $14 Million Dollar La Gorce Mansion: Insider

Cartoon by: Nate Beeler


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Leftists Who Call Themselves the "Tea Party of Nevada" and How Patriots Can Thwart Them

Apparently it's fairly easy for a political party to appear on the ballot in Nevada. And a group representing itself as the Tea Party movement -- which is a movement and not a political party -- has done just that in the race for Harry Reid's Senate seat.

Of course, a third party run by faux conservatives would split the GOP vote and send the truly disreputable Harry Reid back to DC.

Research by the Nevada News Bureau -- via Flopping Aces -- turns up the background of the group's founders. And it's apparent that they're neither conservative nor Republican.

Here are some snippets from my research so far... Barry Levinson was part of the “Bush Lied, People Died” cabal (very strange creds for a Tea Party guy). 

...Not really core to the story but one of the principals, Larry Lathum, appears to be a 9/11 Truther...

But there is a way to thwart these jamokes and minimize the damage they can incur to a conservative Republican candidate.

The Chaff Approach

Nevadans who are so inclined are urged to file similar petitions to that of the "Tea Party of Nevada". I suggest the following names for these parties, who will all run a candidate for the office of Senate.

• The Nevada Tea Party
• Tea Parties 'R Us
• Give Me Tea or Give Me Meth
• Tea Baggers United Under Barney's Frank
• Tea Party O' Rama
• Rahm Emanuel's Disco Tea Party
• The Mister Tea Party
• The Iced Tea Party
• The Pit Tea Party
• Super Happy Fun Karaoke Party

Ten or so additional parties on the ballot should sufficiently dilute the impact of the traitorous "Tea Party of Nevada".

Who's with me?


Chuck Schumer trying to steal billions of your money to pay off New York's public sector unions and avoid real cost-cutting measures

The New York Daily News caught Schmucky Schumer in front of (what else?) a camera.

Schumer Trying for $3B NY Budget Boost » By Michael McAuliff

Sen. Chuck Schumer is hoping to whip up a little $3 billion gift for Gov. Paterson and New York — six months of federal Medicaid aid that the governor has already included in next year’s budget — but has not been passed by Congress.

The cash, part of $25 billion that would be spread around the country and which many other governors are also praying for, is among the numerous casualties of the stalled health care legislation.

Now Schumer wants to add that money to another vital federal payout — extending unemployment and health insurance for three months for people still out of work — which also is worth about $25 billion. Unemployment runs out this week for vast numbers of people.

...But since nothing is ever simple in the Senate, it’s unlikely legislators will act in time, meaning they probably will have to pass a two-week unemployment patch, and then get back to the longer deal next week... With no votes in the Senate today, the New Yorker should take to the floor at some point this afternoon to make his pitch for the Medicaid aid.

Paterson had better hope Schumer prevails. The governor is counting on that cash lasting until June of 2011. Without it, he’ll face drawing up an even grimmer budget during a grim election year...

Did I mention that everything the Democrats touch -- every single thing -- turns to crap?

In this case, more money of yours, billions upon billions of your hard-earned private property, is going to be taken to help balance state budgets and pay off public sector unions. In other words, Schumer and his ilk are helping states avoid the real cost-cutting measures that they'll have to make sooner or later. And the more it's deferred, the more painful it will be.

Is there a more reprehensible character in Congress than Schmucky Schumer?

Now that I think about it, that's a rhetorical question.


We're in the best of hands: consumer confidence down sharply in February, now at lowest level in 27 years

Who was it that said everything the Democrats touch turn to crap? Oh, yeah. That was me. Well, the Conference Board just confirmed it.

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index® "declined sharply in February" to 46. Worries about job conditions and current business conditions pushed the "Present Situation Index" down to its lowest level in 27 years.

In a nutshell, it's another Obama record!

And, like a frustrated child, Obama keeps trying to shove a massive health care spending bill down the American people's throats even as the country is going broke with massive unfunded entitlement programs.

But remember, folks: he's not an ideologue.


The Declaration of Indigestion and Other Gastronomic Wonderments

Everyone knows that you don't eat ballpark franks for the nutritional value, but this may be crossing a line. Like the white chalk line they draw around your body after you suffer a massive coronary.

Remember the Fifth Third burger monstrosity the Tigers' Single-A affiliate West Michigan Whitecaps sold last year? ...The 'Caps are at it again, asking fans to vote on what they should add to their menu.

Voting has begun at the Whitecaps' website, and the winner will be announced in March. But first you want to know what you're voting on right?

From the press release, which, honestly, I just have to paste as is for you to get the most of it:

1. Chicken and Waffles - Why did the chicken cross the road? To lie down on a bed of waffles, get smothered in gravy and get eaten by you, of course!

2. Chili Mac Tacos - Think comfort food that took a trip to Mexico. Creamy mac and cheese is smothered in chili then loaded into a hard taco shell to create a taste experience that won't soon be forgotten.

3. Chocolate Covered Bacon - This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home and this little piggy dunked itself in chocolate to become a delicious treat for Whitecaps fans!

4. Corn Dog o' Plenty - If the Idaho Christmas Tree isn't enough corn dog for you, then try the Corn Dog o' Plenty. A full half-pound, footlong frank that is battered and deep fried to make one gigantic corn dog.

5. Cudighi Yooper Sandwich - If you don't know what this one is then you haven't been to the Upper Peninsula. Cudighi is a spicy sausage found throughout the U.P. A sausage patty, smothered in cheese, pizza sauce, peppers and onions could grace the concession stands of Fifth Third Ballpark.

6. Declaration of Indigestion - When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to disband from the tyranny of healthy eating, they should consume the Declaration of Indigestion. You see, all sandwiches are not created equal as this half-pound, footlong hot dog is covered in a philly cheese steak (steak, cheese, peppers and onions) and served on a gigantic sub roll. It is certainly your unalienable right to consume one of these in the pursuit of happiness.

7. Idaho Christmas Tree - Why waste your time eating all of your favorite items separately? This is a batter-dipped hot dog rolled in french fries and deep fried to create the perfect limbed link on stick.

8. Poutine - A real treat from North of the border. The French Canadians have done it again, and this time with gravy. Fries, fried cheese curds and gravy make up this delectable side dish. Tres bien!

9. The Pink Panther - Not sure if this is named after the famous detective or the insulation, but either way it's delicious. Take a hot dog bun, slather it in icing and fill it with pink cotton candy. Maybe drizzle some root beer syrup over the top for good measure. It's the dessert dog you'll have to try this summer!

10. Twinkie Cheese Dog - This dog can survive any disaster and it might cause a few of its own. Simple - a hot dog laid in a Twinkie, covered in cheese. Yum.

There, now wasn't that a lot better than reading another story about Johnny Damon?


Hat tip: Bless You Boys.

"Help the Mossad? Moi?"

Dan from New York writes:

BBC: 7-13% of World Jewry work for the Mossad


Gordon Thomas, author of Gideon’s Spies was a guest on a BBC Radio 4's PM program, and was discussing his understanding of the Mossad’s operating methods outside Israel.

Thomas told PM host Eddie Mair, “They have a whole backup system called ‘asylum.’ These are people, local residents, Jewish people, who help the Mossad. It is estimated to be in the world about half a million; some people say a million; I tend to say it’s about half a million, all of them Mossad people.”

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Disclaimer: I want to assure my readers that all opinions expressed in these emails are solely my own; that I do not, and never have, worked for the Mossad, and I sit squarely among the 87% of American Jews who are loyal citizens of the United States. However, via the various contacts I've made in the course of my online activities, I have been made aware of some of the American Jews the Mossad has successfully recruited to "help" them here in this country. Therefore, as a patriotic American interested only in our national security, I am herewith publishing their names:

Roger Cohen (NYT), Thomas Friedman (NYT), Joe Klein (Time), Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, George Soros, Norman Finkelstein, Noam Chomsky, Whoopi Goldberg and every member of J Street and Americans For Peace Now.


I demand a background check for the Missile Defense Agency's logo designer

Check out the home page of the Missile Defense Agency.

The logo -- or actually the mark, to be precise -- seems a tad familiar.

Compare and contrast:



The star and crescent "is most widely recognized as a symbol of Islam... [and a] number of Muslim-majority nations, such as Algeria, Tunisia, Comoros, Mauritania, Malaysia, Pakistan, Maldives, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and non-sovereign nations such as East Turkestan use it on their national flag."

If it were up to me, the logo would consist of a terrorist getting his head blown off, but then that's only one man's opinion.


Update: Dan Riehl has more.

Hat tip: Mike M.

This is not the boat ramp I once knew

Victor the Contractor:

Its was this guy's first boat, but he wasn't quite sure of the correct procedure for launching a boat at the ramp.

However, he figured it couldn't be that difficult to do, so he stopped by his union office for advice, and they just told him: "Don't let the trailer get too deep in the water when you're launching your boat".

Well later on, he couldn't understand what they meant by that, as he just could barely get his trailer in the water.

They walk among us, get married, have children and vote! The sticker on his back window explains everything.



Larwyn's Linx: An Ideologue Without Pity

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Nation

Porkulus II, Scott Brown and the Voinovich Pay-off: Malkin
White House Contradicts CBO, Fibs on Rate Increases: Verum
Jam the Bill Through While Using Republicans as Props: RWN

All you need to know about ObamaCare 2.0: Toldjah
Confirmed: Obama Losing Iowa's Independents: SIGIS
Laying a Trap for Republicans: Times

White House Violated Federal Election Law: RWN
Holder Stonewalls Congress... Again!: York
Confusion Reigns on Obama Plan: Daily Caller

ObamaCare in Two Words: LegalIns
House Dem pours cold water on ObamaCare 2.0: WashExam
ObamaCare 2.0 does indeed fund abortions: BlogProf

Economy

An Ideologue Without Pity: HNN
ACORN Crime Family Begins Rebranding Effort: BigGovt
Backing Losers, Shackling Winners: Obama;s Industrial Policy: AT

Only in NJ: "retire", collect a fat buyout check, and keep your job: WyBlog
Recovery via Spending Cuts, Low Taxes, and Cheaper Government: AT
Talk Tough and Pass the Buck: Times

Government Grab of Retirement Accounts a Matter of 'Social Justice': PJM
ObamaCare 2.0 Is Still a Government Takeover: PJM
Rep. Steve King on ACORN's Collapse: BigGovt

MI Teacher's Union Demands Higher Taxes: BlogProf
Dem Congressman Laughs Out Loud at Pledge of Allegiance Suggestion at SEIU Meeting: GWP

Climate & Energy

Obama's clean energy ploy: trap for the GOP: AT
American Journalists MIA on Global Warming: PJM
An Interview with Dr. Manfred Aufgeblasener-Schwätzer, Climate Scientist: Solway

UN's Love Guru Pachauri Applies Green to the Golf Course: RWN

Media

Levin to Beck: Stop Dividing Us: Equalizer
BBC blasted for ‘bigoted fear-mongering’: JPost
Party Time for the Right: Spectator

Message Discipline: Progressive Bloggers at the White House: LegalIns
Bus Brawl Antihero: The New Bernie Goetz?: Zombie
Paul Krugman: Two-Bit Ideologue: RCP

Obama Doubles-Down on Failure: Kesler
Sacrifice: the Governor's Ball: Powers
WTF? Newt Gingrich is 'Model' for Tea Parties?: AmPower

Dallas Tea Party Group Gives Strap-On Keith a Diversity Wedgie: Powers
Needed: an English-to-Democrat Dictionary: BigGovt

World

The Dazzling Abstractions Of Totalitarianism, Then And Now: Driscoll
What the IAEA Knew: The U.N. agency charged with stopping nuclear proliferation enabled it.: Forbes (Bayefsky)
What do Muslim nations think about terrorists?: AT

Victory Ignored: RWN
Figures. White House Muslim Envoy Is a Radical, Too… Lied About Supporting Terror Suspect: GWP
Child bride ban 'bad for Saudi society': Maktoob

Uncovering Solomon's Wall: TAB

SciTech

Olympic SEO Poisoning: Sophos
Q&A: Alex Cox, Discoverer of Today's Massive Botnet Attack: BankTech
Sayonara, Sci Fi?: Grand Rants

Cornucopia

Don't Hate Him Because He's Beautiful: iOTW
Real racism: Rapper Jay-Z bans white people from nightclub bash: BlogProf
I Won a Hip Replacement!: iOTW