DEAR ABBY:
I have always wanted to have my family history traced but I can't afford to spend a lot of money to do it. Do you have any suggestions?
Sam in California.
DEAR SAM:
Register as a Republican and run for public office.
Abby
Monday, December 05, 2011
Dear Abby [Papa B]
Papa B:
Bizarre Coincidence: Right-to-Work States Superior In Every Way for the 'Workers'
Why, this must be some sort of statistical -- how you say in English? -- anomaly. Turns out that states which force employees to join unions against their will are inferior to right-to-work states using about any economic measure you can think of.
The term 'Tax Freedom Day' was coined by the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think thank. It translates to "the day when Americans... finally have earned enough money to pay off their total [federal, state and local] tax bill for the year."
Notice the eight-day difference between right-to-work and forced unionization states. For those of you who live in the latter, you spend eight days every year working for the unions.
Which is the way the self-professed Marxist union bosses like Andy Stern and Dick Trumka want it.
The term 'Tax Freedom Day' was coined by the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think thank. It translates to "the day when Americans... finally have earned enough money to pay off their total [federal, state and local] tax bill for the year."Notice the eight-day difference between right-to-work and forced unionization states. For those of you who live in the latter, you spend eight days every year working for the unions.
Which is the way the self-professed Marxist union bosses like Andy Stern and Dick Trumka want it.
Deranged Propaganda Cartoonist Pat Oliphant Has a Simple Message for America: Republicans Are Pedophiles
Thank goodness we're in the post-Gabbi Giffords era, where political discourse is rational, reasoned and based strictly upon policy differences:
People complain about polarization in politics -- well, let this putz serve as Exhibit A.
Rather than discuss the Democrats' failed 'War on Poverty, their complete disregard for the nation's highest law or their rampant support of election fraud, this pencil-necked kook enjoys creating Julius Streicher-like agit-prop.
Hey, miscreant: next time, why not just depict Republicans as rats who need to be thrown into concentration camps, like your hero Streicher used to do?
You're scum, Oliphant. You. Are. Scum.
Hat tip: JTT
Progressives, the vultures of tragedy, aren’t above exploiting it for a political purpose. (See the funeral of Paul Wellstone, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the Tucson shooting.) Cartoonist Pat Oliphant is no exception: his latest attention-seeking panel compares Republicans to child rapists.Factually, the only two lawmakers have been making news with child abuse scandal headlines and they’re both Democrats: David Wu and Dale Kildee.
People complain about polarization in politics -- well, let this putz serve as Exhibit A.
Rather than discuss the Democrats' failed 'War on Poverty, their complete disregard for the nation's highest law or their rampant support of election fraud, this pencil-necked kook enjoys creating Julius Streicher-like agit-prop.
Hey, miscreant: next time, why not just depict Republicans as rats who need to be thrown into concentration camps, like your hero Streicher used to do?
You're scum, Oliphant. You. Are. Scum.
Hat tip: JTT
America's Problem
Doug writes:
I blame Bush. Plus Millard Fillmore. But mostly Bush.
And definitely not the Stimulus package of 2009 that has been built into the baseline budget every year since.
If you don’t already believe we’re headed for a potential disaster in America, just take a look at this Kleiner Perkins chart.
I blame Bush. Plus Millard Fillmore. But mostly Bush.
And definitely not the Stimulus package of 2009 that has been built into the baseline budget every year since.
Larwyn's Linx: Apocalypse Nowish
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Apocalypse Nowish: NoisyRm
The Ethics of Eric Holder: AT
Bye, Bye Barney: Ace
The Welfare State's Day of Reckoning Is Here: Samuelson
Jess Jackson Jr. Document Dump: Malkin
Perry Suggests Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices: GWP
But Let's Not Profile!: Driscoll
Why I’m Endorsing Newt Gingrich: Hawkins
Obama writing off Pennsylvania?: PittLive
How the Left is Sucking the Life out of the Private Economy: AT
Congress Tees Up Year-End Spending Spree: Fox
California ‘The Big State that Can't' (or won't): Greenhut
Shock waves from MF Global collapse felt on farms: Yahoo!
Feel Stupid Yet, Occupiers?: iOTW
Obama to Travel to a Red State!: Dossier
We Need Employment Benefits, Not Another Permanent Welfare Program: RS
Contagion Catastrophe: NatlJrnl
Gunwalker: Justice Dept. Violated US Laws Beyond Those Being Investigated: PJM
Fast and Furious denials found to be false: UPI
New York Times Spins Fast And Furious Document Dump In Favor Of DOJ: BigJourn
‘Fast and Furious’ Not Holder’s First Controversy Involving the Murder of an American Citizen: BigGovt
General Motors buying back Chevy Volts: WDAY
House says EPA rule costs 186k jobs per year: Exam
Missing You: Remy
‘Exhausted From Grueling Fundraising Trips, POTUS to Vacation for 17 Days’: Driscoll
Hot Air Presidential Survey Results: Greenroom
Trump-ed up: You won’t believe what Eason Jordan’s up to now: Malkin
‘Why isn’t Brian Williams Telling Me This?’: Driscoll
Former Union Chief Andy Stern Praises Crony Communism: IBD
Chelsea Clinton's Baggage. No, Not Them.: AT
In Defense of a Democrat: RS
Newt Keeps Pitching the America of His Imagination: Barone
Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger: Al Arabiya
Iranian Regime Claims It Shot Down US RQ-170 Drone: GWP
Obama’s Middle East Policy: A Unified Field Theory: BRubin
I Like These Guys: Productive Class Revolt
Khmer Rouge leader at Cambodian trial says they were not 'bad people' : Telegraph
Has the War with Iran Already Begun?: NatlJrnl
Did Iran Capture a U.S. Stealth Drone Intact?: Wired
Wahabbi Muslim turned Christian exposes Koran: Creeping
Apple iOS is safer than Android, McAfee says: CNet
EFF asks US Copyright Office to exempt jailbreaking from DMCA: Sophos
This Week in Automotivators: RWN
A Look Back At Paulina Gretzky’s Racy Twitter Account, Which Was Shut Down This Weekend: Sportsgrid
Image: Astonishing accident involving eight Ferraris 'world's most expensive car crash' (via TAB)
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Halt the NLRB’s Assault On America’s Union-Free Workplace
Nation
Apocalypse Nowish: NoisyRmThe Ethics of Eric Holder: AT
Bye, Bye Barney: Ace
The Welfare State's Day of Reckoning Is Here: Samuelson
Jess Jackson Jr. Document Dump: Malkin
Perry Suggests Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices: GWP
But Let's Not Profile!: Driscoll
Why I’m Endorsing Newt Gingrich: Hawkins
Obama writing off Pennsylvania?: PittLive
Economy
What Needs to Be Done to Fix Detroit: MishHow the Left is Sucking the Life out of the Private Economy: AT
Congress Tees Up Year-End Spending Spree: Fox
California ‘The Big State that Can't' (or won't): Greenhut
Shock waves from MF Global collapse felt on farms: Yahoo!
Feel Stupid Yet, Occupiers?: iOTW
Obama to Travel to a Red State!: Dossier
We Need Employment Benefits, Not Another Permanent Welfare Program: RS
Contagion Catastrophe: NatlJrnl
Gunrunner & Energygate
White House denies reports Obama knew of ‘Fast and Furious’ in 2010: DCGunwalker: Justice Dept. Violated US Laws Beyond Those Being Investigated: PJM
Fast and Furious denials found to be false: UPI
New York Times Spins Fast And Furious Document Dump In Favor Of DOJ: BigJourn
‘Fast and Furious’ Not Holder’s First Controversy Involving the Murder of an American Citizen: BigGovt
General Motors buying back Chevy Volts: WDAY
Climate & Energy
Whether It Is Warming or Climate Change, It Cannot be the CO2.: Dr. Tim BallHouse says EPA rule costs 186k jobs per year: Exam
Missing You: Remy
Media
The Chicago Tribune Reveals the Democrat 2012 Pitch to Independents: Cary‘Exhausted From Grueling Fundraising Trips, POTUS to Vacation for 17 Days’: Driscoll
Hot Air Presidential Survey Results: Greenroom
Trump-ed up: You won’t believe what Eason Jordan’s up to now: Malkin
‘Why isn’t Brian Williams Telling Me This?’: Driscoll
Former Union Chief Andy Stern Praises Crony Communism: IBD
Chelsea Clinton's Baggage. No, Not Them.: AT
In Defense of a Democrat: RS
Newt Keeps Pitching the America of His Imagination: Barone
World
Obama's Ambassador To Belgium: Muslim Antisemitism Is Israel's Fault: CommentaryClinton criticism sparks Israeli anger: Al Arabiya
Iranian Regime Claims It Shot Down US RQ-170 Drone: GWP
Obama’s Middle East Policy: A Unified Field Theory: BRubin
I Like These Guys: Productive Class Revolt
Khmer Rouge leader at Cambodian trial says they were not 'bad people' : Telegraph
Has the War with Iran Already Begun?: NatlJrnl
Did Iran Capture a U.S. Stealth Drone Intact?: Wired
Wahabbi Muslim turned Christian exposes Koran: Creeping
Sci-Tech
Mystery company buying up U.S. gun manufacturers: SFgateApple iOS is safer than Android, McAfee says: CNet
EFF asks US Copyright Office to exempt jailbreaking from DMCA: Sophos
Cornucopia
Slip n' Slide: iOTWThis Week in Automotivators: RWN
A Look Back At Paulina Gretzky’s Racy Twitter Account, Which Was Shut Down This Weekend: Sportsgrid
Image: Astonishing accident involving eight Ferraris 'world's most expensive car crash' (via TAB)
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QOTD: "Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as 'bad luck.'" --R.A. Heinlein
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Hell's Door vs. the Incandescent Light Bulb
In the middle of the Karakoum (Turkmenistan) desert, close to the tiny nomadic village of Darvaza, there is a crater about 100 meters in diameter and more than 25 meters deep. It is called "Hell's Door". Inside this well, a fire has been burning for more than 40 years.
A Soviet prospecting mission began here in the fifties. In 1971, a drilling operation exposed an underground cavity that discharged enormous quantities of gas. Thinking the supply of gas would last but a few weeks, Soviet engineers decided to torch the hole. And it's been burning ever since. The intense heat coming from the crater allows visitors to approach Hell's Door only for a few minutes at a time because of the unbearable temperature.
At night, the hole looks like Dante's Inferno: the fire burns in all its magnificence, giving the well the look of a volcanic burning crater.
* * * * * * * * *
40 years of intense, volcanic heat emitted by a massive, burning hellhole.
But you and I have to give up our incandescent light-bulbs.
For the children. Oh, and the global warming scam, too. But mostly the children. And Ewoks.
A Soviet prospecting mission began here in the fifties. In 1971, a drilling operation exposed an underground cavity that discharged enormous quantities of gas. Thinking the supply of gas would last but a few weeks, Soviet engineers decided to torch the hole. And it's been burning ever since. The intense heat coming from the crater allows visitors to approach Hell's Door only for a few minutes at a time because of the unbearable temperature.
At night, the hole looks like Dante's Inferno: the fire burns in all its magnificence, giving the well the look of a volcanic burning crater.40 years of intense, volcanic heat emitted by a massive, burning hellhole.
But you and I have to give up our incandescent light-bulbs.
For the children. Oh, and the global warming scam, too. But mostly the children. And Ewoks.
Euro-Bomb!
Guess the one word that describes the Eurozone (hint: it starts with 'S' and ends with 'crewed').
And if you find yourself mildly amused by the collapse of Europe's social democrat welfare states, a word of warning. We're next.
In simple terms, this is the stark reality: now that debt and risk have been repriced, Europe's debts are completely, totally unpayable. There is no way to keep adding to the Matterhorn of debt at the old cheap rate of interest, and there is no way to roll over the trillions of euros in debt that are coming due at the old near-zero rates.
Never mind actually paying down debt, sovereign, corporate and private--the repricing of risk and debt mean even the interest payments are unpayable. Consider this chart of one tiny slice of total EU debt:There is no way to push the repricing genie back in the bottle, and so there is no way to roll over this debt and add to it--and to support the high-cost structure of Euroland's welfare-state governments and their astounding debt, then debt must be added, and in staggering quantities.
...[The] repricing has already occurred, and cannot be revoked or shoved back in the bottle. The Great European Debt Bubble has already burst, and so now it boils down to a simple choice: debt serfdom or open rebellion against the banks that profited so handsomely from the euro-fantasy.
There is no middle ground, as the debt cannot be repaid, not now and not in the future. It cannot be reshuffled, masked, or hidden; it can only be renounced.
It's your choice, Europe; choose wisely. If you want a model for sanity and growth, look to Iceland. They renounced their unpayable debts and debt-serfdom, and let the market reprice their currency, debt and risk. The nightmare is past for them; they chose wisely. Now it's your turn to choose.
The debt-serfdom will fall to you, not the banks or your Elites.
And if you find yourself mildly amused by the collapse of Europe's social democrat welfare states, a word of warning. We're next.
Media Struggle To Keep Their 'Narrative' Alive [Dan from NY]
Dan from NY:
The ludicrous Bill Kristol hardest hit.
Here’s a rather factual news story from the UK's Telegraph reporting the rise of the Islamist bloc in the wake of Egyptian elections. It's headlined Egypt elections: Islamists seize two-thirds of votes.But let's review the last paragraph and the Muslim Brotherhood line spoon-fed and eagerly swallowed by the Telegraph’s reporter. See if you can stop yourself from laughing.
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Seeking to allay the fears of Egyptian liberals, Essam el-Erian, the deputy leader of the Freedom and Justice party, said: “We represent a moderate and fair party. We want to apply the basics of Sharia law in a fair way that respects human rights and personal rights.”
The ludicrous Bill Kristol hardest hit.
Can you guess what the 'worst-run states in America' award-winners have in common?
The financial website 24/7 Wall St. analyzed the worst-run states in America. Can you guess what the worst three states have in common?
What they have in common is this:
• Decades of unchecked Democrat control at every level of government
• Massive, bloated, public sector unions that are intertwined with the Democrat Party and demand increasing percentages of the economy; they have but one aim: to enrich themselves at the expense of the taxpayer
• Sanctuary cities that attract illegals, programs that offer easy access to welfare payments and government subsistence programs, high rates of single-parent families, and therefore high levels of urban crime
You would think that someone in legacy media would actually analyze this data and report on it, but then again, I've always been a dreamer.
48. Michigan
> State debt per capita: $2,963 (21st lowest)
> Pct. without health insurance: 12.4% (18th lowest)
> Pct. below poverty line: 15.7% (15th highest)
> Unemployment: 11.1% (3rd highest)
Michigan has arguably suffered more than any state in post-industrial America. The state is one of just four with a credit rating of AA-, although its debt per capita is actually below average. The state ranks among the worst in the country for violent crime, unemployment, foreclosures and home price decline.
Source: (September, 2011): From the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for 2010, the percentage of residents 25 or older with a high school diploma49. Illinois
> State debt per capita: $4,424 (13th highest)
> Pct. without health insurance: 13.8% (23rd lowest)
> Pct. below poverty line: 13.1% (25th lowest)
> Unemployment: 10% (10th highest)
Illinois has fallen from 43rd last year to the overall second-worst run state in the country. The state performs poorly in most categories, but is worst when it comes to its credit rating. Illinois has a credit rating of A+, the second worst given to any state, behind only California. The state has been on credit watch since 2008 because of budget shortfalls and legal challenges against then-governor Rod Blagojevich.50. California
> State debt per capita: $3,660 (21st highest)
> Pct. without health insurance: 18.5% (8th highest)
> Pct. below poverty line: 14.5% (tied for 21st highest)
> Unemployment: 11.9% (2nd highest)
California has moved down one slot on from last year to earn the title of the worst-run state in the country. In the fiscal year 2009, the state spent $430 billion, roughly 14% of all the money spent by states in that year. Compared to its revenue, the state spent too much — California had the 10th lowest revenue per person, and spent the 15th most per person. California is the only state in the country to be rated A-, the lowest rating ever given to a state by S&P. Despite the huge amount the state spends each year, conditions remain poor. California has the second-lowest percentage of adults with a high school diploma in the country, the second-highest foreclosure rate and is tied for the second highest unemployment rate in the U.S.
What they have in common is this:
• Decades of unchecked Democrat control at every level of government
• Massive, bloated, public sector unions that are intertwined with the Democrat Party and demand increasing percentages of the economy; they have but one aim: to enrich themselves at the expense of the taxpayer
• Sanctuary cities that attract illegals, programs that offer easy access to welfare payments and government subsistence programs, high rates of single-parent families, and therefore high levels of urban crime
You would think that someone in legacy media would actually analyze this data and report on it, but then again, I've always been a dreamer.
In 1939, Eric Ambler Described the Obama Regime
Eric Ambler was the father of the modern espionage novel. In his 1939 work Cause for Alarm, Englishman Nick Marlow -- an engineer and salesman of machine tools used to make armaments -- finds himself trapped in prewar fascist Italy. Police, corrupt officials and spies are searching for him; he is on the run along with an associate well-familiar with the world of espionage and clandestine operations. That associate describes the lay of the land to Marlow, who believes himself an innocent wrongly accused of aiding Italy's enemies.
Isn't that an apt phrase to describe today's radicalized Democrat Party and its sycophants in legacy media?
They are state-worshipers. Government can do no wrong, despite copious amounts of history, facts, logic, reason and common sense that would say otherwise.
Their religion is the state. And, for them, the ends always justify the means.
My friend, when you're above the law, when you are the law, the phrase about ends justifying means has a real meaning. Put yourself in their place. If you felt that the state which you worshipped above your God was endangered by the life of one insignificant man, would you hesitate to have him shot? I can tell you that you wouldn't.
That's the danger of Fascism, of state-worship.
It supposes an absolute, an ego-centric unit. The idea of the state is not rooted in the masses, it is not of the people. It is an abstract, a God-idea, a psychic dung-hill raised to shore up an economic system that is no longer safe. When you're on the top of that sort of dung-hill, it doesn't matter whether the ends in reality are good or bad. The fact that they are your ends makes them good--for you.
Isn't that an apt phrase to describe today's radicalized Democrat Party and its sycophants in legacy media?
They are state-worshipers. Government can do no wrong, despite copious amounts of history, facts, logic, reason and common sense that would say otherwise.
Their religion is the state. And, for them, the ends always justify the means.
Larwyn's Linx: Herman Cain: Wasted Potential
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Herman Cain: Wasted Potential: Sunshine State Sarah
Destination Iowa: The Intersection of Preparation and Opportunity: RSM
The Romney Electability Myth: Wolf
Circling the Drain: R.I.P., Democrat Party (1828-2012): CFP
Romney’s flatline: Behind the Gingrich surge: Podhoretz
Bachmann Endorses Harrington to Defeat Wasserman-Schultz: Shark
Gun Sales Huge on Black Friday: Surber
Stern Idiocy: AmSpec
"Somebody needs to pay for all my children": ProWis
Donald Berwick's Replacement Has a Troubling Past: AmSpec
Choking on Obamacare: Will
Top 10 Barney Frank Offenses: HE
A slow bank run is already taking place in Europe: Economist
Occupy SF Launches Its Own... Bank?: Zombie
Obama’s Global Godfather dragged in with the CH2M Hill scandal tide?: CFP
Solyndra saw staff "mutiny" before Obama visit: Reuters
Climategate 2.0 Roundup: Ace
Suppression of climate debate is a disaster for science: Wente
GM Admits Volt is a Dud, Sales Will Be 30% Below Estimate: VS
Team ugliness – a call to get a skeptic's PhD thesis revoked: Watts
Berg Says He Doesn’t Trust The EPA’s Assurances On Fracking: SAB
White House needs to come clean on Elena Kagan and the Affordable Care Act: WaPo (Lamar Smith)
High School Student Fights Bachmann on Gay Marriage Stance at Town Hall Meeting: Blaze
Shedding a bit of light on the current political continuum: ProWis
I Hope You're Prepared, Really: Denninger
Newtspeak Deconstructed: Pundette
The Men from La Washington: Constitution Alley
Politico on Solyndra: Take Your Pick!: WaPo
Herman Cain: 'I Am Suspending My Presidential Campaign;" Will Endorse Candidate Who Is Not Obama: CNS
Egypt's Descent: Steyn
SecDef Panetta shows how the Obama Administration is Selling Out Israel…and US Interests: BRubin
The Rise of the Fifth Reich?: Mead
Obama Fundraiser and Ambassador Blames Israel for Anti-Semitism: WS
China’s Carrier Seen From an Airliner: DefTech
The Next WikiLeaks Bombshells?: RWN
U.S. Must Understand 21st-Century Combat: Allen West
Before and After Photos of Iran’s Destroyed Missile Base: DefTech
Silicon Valley's Incubator Glut Is Real: AtlWire
Nasdaq's Lax Security Made Exchange an Easy Target for Hackers: Wall Street and Tech
More Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress: NYT
Criminally Reckless: C&S
Image: DragonLaffs
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Nation
Herman Cain: Wasted Potential: Sunshine State SarahDestination Iowa: The Intersection of Preparation and Opportunity: RSM
The Romney Electability Myth: Wolf
Circling the Drain: R.I.P., Democrat Party (1828-2012): CFP
Romney’s flatline: Behind the Gingrich surge: Podhoretz
Bachmann Endorses Harrington to Defeat Wasserman-Schultz: Shark
Economy
Three Charts Which Say There's No Recovery: Virtuous RepublicGun Sales Huge on Black Friday: Surber
Stern Idiocy: AmSpec
"Somebody needs to pay for all my children": ProWis
Donald Berwick's Replacement Has a Troubling Past: AmSpec
Choking on Obamacare: Will
Top 10 Barney Frank Offenses: HE
A slow bank run is already taking place in Europe: Economist
Occupy SF Launches Its Own... Bank?: Zombie
Gunrunner & Energygate
Friday’s Fast & Furious Fallout: Fatal Falsehoods From Feds?: LaneObama’s Global Godfather dragged in with the CH2M Hill scandal tide?: CFP
Solyndra saw staff "mutiny" before Obama visit: Reuters
Climate & Energy
Climategate 2.0: A Sequel As Ugly As The Original: GWPFClimategate 2.0 Roundup: Ace
Suppression of climate debate is a disaster for science: Wente
GM Admits Volt is a Dud, Sales Will Be 30% Below Estimate: VS
Team ugliness – a call to get a skeptic's PhD thesis revoked: Watts
Berg Says He Doesn’t Trust The EPA’s Assurances On Fracking: SAB
Media
Caught on Video: Democratic Congresswoman Does Crossword Puzzle on House Floor: BlazeWhite House needs to come clean on Elena Kagan and the Affordable Care Act: WaPo (Lamar Smith)
High School Student Fights Bachmann on Gay Marriage Stance at Town Hall Meeting: Blaze
Shedding a bit of light on the current political continuum: ProWis
I Hope You're Prepared, Really: Denninger
Newtspeak Deconstructed: Pundette
The Men from La Washington: Constitution Alley
Politico on Solyndra: Take Your Pick!: WaPo
Herman Cain: 'I Am Suspending My Presidential Campaign;" Will Endorse Candidate Who Is Not Obama: CNS
World
Can Israel Survive A Second Obama Term?: Legal InsurrectionEgypt's Descent: Steyn
SecDef Panetta shows how the Obama Administration is Selling Out Israel…and US Interests: BRubin
The Rise of the Fifth Reich?: Mead
Obama Fundraiser and Ambassador Blames Israel for Anti-Semitism: WS
China’s Carrier Seen From an Airliner: DefTech
The Next WikiLeaks Bombshells?: RWN
U.S. Must Understand 21st-Century Combat: Allen West
Before and After Photos of Iran’s Destroyed Missile Base: DefTech
Sci-Tech
Carrier IQ Unfairly Targeted, Researchers Say: TPMSilicon Valley's Incubator Glut Is Real: AtlWire
Nasdaq's Lax Security Made Exchange an Easy Target for Hackers: Wall Street and Tech
Cornucopia
Fast, Furious and FUBAR: MOTUSMore Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress: NYT
Criminally Reckless: C&S
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QOTD: In a 2008 campaign speech, our Dear Ruler proclaimed: “I'll make our government open and transparent so that anyone can ensure that our business is the people's business. No more secrecy. That is a commitment that I make to you as president.”
...this shouldn’t come as a shock, based on the history of the Obama administration thus far. Did you know that the federal government’s 35 largest agencies actually decreased the number of fulfilled FOIA requests by more than 12,400?
How’s this for irony: “The Obama administration censored 194 pages of internal e-mails about its Open Government Directive,” according to the Associated Press." --Neal Boortz
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Top Five Way to Intimidate Obnoxious Drivers
5. Bullet holes. Nothing says you mean business like bullet holes. Before leaving on your commute, shoot 20 or more holes through non-critical areas of your car. This will intimidate other drivers and they will part like the Red Sea before Moses. (Important: make sure to use a .40 cartridge or higher; anything smaller is difficult to see in low light)
4. Dress like a Zombie. If someone pisses you off, jump out at the next stop light... and make sure fake blood splurts out of your mouth.
3. Armor your car like Humungus' command vehicle in Mad Max. Extra credit for having an insane assassin with a red mohawk come along for the ride.
2. Cow-catcher. A cast-iron cow-catcher attached to the front of your beater says you're serious about going places. And the ladies really dig 'em.
1. Flamethrower. Nothing says get the f*** out of my way like igniting a 90mph stream of molten naphtha.Can you tell I had a lousy commute this evening?
Update: Todd sends a pic of his car during his L.A. days.

Holder DOJ Releases its List of the 10 Most Wanted Right-wing Extremists

[10] Neal Boortz: Prolific promoter of dangerous ideas such as the "FairTax" and "Tea Parties". Boortz commands an immense radio audience and frequently appears on television while shamelessly preaching heretical, extremist views such as changing the tax code and reducing the size of government bureaucracies.
[9] Hugh Hewitt: The former child star ("A Christmas Story") has grown up to become the reported leader of the far right-wing Northern Alliance, host of a syndicated radio program and television commentator. Do not approach without electronic warfare support as Hewitt is known to use social media at the drop of a hat.
[8] Andrew Breitbart: Internet savant who controls a powerful digital media empire, he should be considered armed (with an iPad) and dangerous.
[7] Glenn Reynolds: (AKA "Instapundit") mass purveyor of right-wing propaganda and linkage; performs "blogging" at rates that can only be called dangerous. His family members are also "bloggers" and may be considered equally radicalized.
[6] Sean Hannity: one of the few rightwing extremists who is fluent in all types of mass media; from radio to television to the Internets. He has become even more radicalized since his partner of many years quit (Alan Colmes). Colmes was reportedly a calming force and tempered Hannity's extremism. Without that balancing influence, Hannity is said to have become a cheerleader for extremist views like flat taxes and "smaller government".
[5] Rush Limbaugh: Said to command an army of right-wingers approaching 40 million. Do not approach without RPGs and other heavy weapons.
[4] Michelle Malkin: Right-wing extremist who is not easily pigeon-holed or stereotyped; appears on television and radio; in newspapers and on the Internet. Despises corruption and, unlike Joe Biden, does not utilize a comb-over as a disguise. Evangelizes radical concepts such as "secure borders", "strong national defense" and "fiscal responsibility for government." Therefore, do not approach without overwhelming superior force.
[3] Mark Levin: Highly dangerous and said to be the intellectual leader of many right-wing extremists. Known to openly flaunt radical documents such as the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and Bastiat's "The Law". Skilled in multiple forms of martial arts and once registered his feet as lethal weapons.
[2] All Veterans: Veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists. President Obama's Civilian National Security Force is concerned that right-wing extremists (hereafter referred to as "wingnuts") either are veterans or will attempt to recruit veterans.
[1] Larwyn: no details are available regarding this shadowy figure, who is said to be a hidden force behind right-wing extremism. A national task force has been assigned to determine the identity of this individual.Remember, CONTACT the Civilian Internal Security Force (or NBC if the line is busy) should you identify any of these individuals. DO NOT ATTEMPT to engage in a political debate yourself as you WILL lose and will likely suffer severe psychological damage.
Someone finally invented a word to describe the Obama presidency
Via DragonLaffs:
Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
Chilling Chart From Yesterday's Reported Drop in Unemployment: "6,278,000 people are unaccounted for"
Mike Shedlock and one of his readers dissect the propaganda that was yesterday's 'positive' unemployment report.
Six million people missing. Six million gone from the labor force.
Hopefully you won't hate me and -- not to trivialize the real thing in the least -- but I can't keep myself from thinking that President Obama is the architect of an economic holocaust.
...If you look at the average labor force growth from 1948 to 2007 of 1,579,000 the labor force should have expanded by 6,316,000 2008-2011. Instead the labor force expanded by a mere 38,000!
Thus, 6,278,000 people are unaccounted for in the unemployment numbers based on historical averages... The unemployment numbers using this historical trend method show the following numbers for November in these years:Unemployment Rate Adjusted for Population Growth
2007 4.7%
2008 7.3%
2009 11.7%
2010 12.4%
2011 12.2%
I am sure it is just coincidence, but it is interesting to note that the flat lining of the labor force began in earnest with the Obama administration.
Six million people missing. Six million gone from the labor force.
Hopefully you won't hate me and -- not to trivialize the real thing in the least -- but I can't keep myself from thinking that President Obama is the architect of an economic holocaust.Excellent News: Your Federal Government Training IT Workers In Asia and Europe... So They Can Outsource American Jobs
Gee, but there's nothing to cut!
In other words, your tax dollars are helping to strengthen the technology sector in Asia.
This comes on the heels of last year's news that the U.S. is training thousands of foreign workers as potential outsourcers of American jobs.
USAID is also funding an effort in Armenia to train IT workers for additional outsourcing of American jobs, though it won't say how much it's spending there.
Criminal stupidity or naked malevolence: which is it?
U.S. Supports the Development of the IT Sector in Kyrgyzstan
The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development’s Local Development Program, will for the first time conduct a roundtable in partnership with IT experts from Kyrgyzstan. The roundtable will take place on November 29, at 15.30, at the Park Hotel (87 Orozbekova str., Bishkek).
In other words, your tax dollars are helping to strengthen the technology sector in Asia.
This comes on the heels of last year's news that the U.S. is training thousands of foreign workers as potential outsourcers of American jobs.U.S. To Train 3,000 Offshore IT Workers
Despite President Obama's pledge to retain more hi-tech jobs in the U.S., a federal agency run by a hand-picked Obama appointee has launched a $36 million program to train workers, including 3,000 specialists in IT and related functions, in South Asia...
...Following their training, the tech workers will be placed with outsourcing vendors in the region that provide offshore IT and business services to American companies looking to take advantage of the Asian subcontinent's low labor costs...
...USAID is contributing about $10 million to the effort
USAID is also funding an effort in Armenia to train IT workers for additional outsourcing of American jobs, though it won't say how much it's spending there.
Criminal stupidity or naked malevolence: which is it?
Larwyn's Linx: Late Friday Fast and Furious Document Drop
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Late Friday Fast and Furious Document Drop: Nice Deb
The 1% of the 1%: Moonbattery
Three Tales of Newt: Wolf Howling
Obama and the Return of ACORN: IBD
Obama's Opaque Transparency: Boortz
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business: AmDigest
Jail Cells for Corzine, Soros, Waters, Frank, Pelosi, No One: Ransom
How Newt Gingrich Saved the Internet: Ace
Gingrich is the president America needs: : Walker
White House: Bad economy still Bush's fault: Exam
Obama crony, Hyatt seek to slash workers' health care: Marathon
What the drop in unemployment means for Obama’s reelection: Peth
"The future is known. It’s the past that keeps changing.": MoneyRunner
Calif Prison Realignment Is a Charade: CityWatchLA
Fast and Furious Whistleblower Punished, Participants Rewarded: Moonbattery
Issa Wimps Out: Times
Obama administration is targeting Ohio's shale gas: Mandel
Lights Out: Daily Bayonet
HuffPo Warmist Says We Should Declare A War On The Weather: RWN
One Way The EPA Could Ruin Christmas: Looking Spoon
Leaked Emails Raise Questions About NYT’s ClimateGate Coverage: Commentary
The Herman Cain Problem: ushanka
Clinton Crony, "Journalist" George Stephanopoulos Convicts Herman Cain On-Air: NB
NBC's Andrea Mitchell Agrees: America One Of World's Most 'Socially Unjust' Societies: NB
Donald Trump to Moderate GOP Debate: Malkin
The Accused: Boston Globe Style: Glob
Brace yourself like a man, Tim Tebow!: JPA
Horror in Knoxville update: Retrials granted after discovery of drug-abusing judge: Malkin
A strangely desperate new Obama campaign speech: Urgent, dramatic, about him: IBD
The Donkey Is Dead: Sultan Knish
Krauthammer: Obama has done more to undermine Israel’s position in the world than any other president: Scoop
Menendez Blows Up Over Administration Opposition to Key Iran Sanction: Commentary
Corruption and Islamism in Egypt: Spengler
Muslim Anti-Semitism and the Arab Spring: Sultan Knish
Taking Candy From a Baby: EU Referendum
Blame Canada: Daily Bayonet
China’s economy is rosy only if you don’t mind that it’s shrinking, corrupt and deadly: Bookworm
Open source offers an answer to the CarrierIQ spying controversy: ComputerWorld UK
TV ownership declines for first time in Nielsen history: EW
Gilding the Lily Since 2008: MOTUS
Waiting for Not-O: AmDigest
Image: Obama - The Anti-Israel President
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
Nation
Late Friday Fast and Furious Document Drop: Nice DebThe 1% of the 1%: Moonbattery
Three Tales of Newt: Wolf Howling
Obama and the Return of ACORN: IBD
Obama's Opaque Transparency: Boortz
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business: AmDigest
Jail Cells for Corzine, Soros, Waters, Frank, Pelosi, No One: Ransom
How Newt Gingrich Saved the Internet: Ace
Gingrich is the president America needs: : Walker
Economy
Andy Stern: In Praise of Communist China: MoranWhite House: Bad economy still Bush's fault: Exam
Obama crony, Hyatt seek to slash workers' health care: Marathon
What the drop in unemployment means for Obama’s reelection: Peth
"The future is known. It’s the past that keeps changing.": MoneyRunner
Calif Prison Realignment Is a Charade: CityWatchLA
Gunrunner & Energygate
LightSquared, The FCC and the Law Firm That Represented Solyndra: AceFast and Furious Whistleblower Punished, Participants Rewarded: Moonbattery
Issa Wimps Out: Times
Climate & Energy
Top Science Journal Challenges Green Carbon Assumptions: MeadObama administration is targeting Ohio's shale gas: Mandel
Lights Out: Daily Bayonet
HuffPo Warmist Says We Should Declare A War On The Weather: RWN
One Way The EPA Could Ruin Christmas: Looking Spoon
Leaked Emails Raise Questions About NYT’s ClimateGate Coverage: Commentary
Media
How Did Obama’s Stimulus End Up Paying a Rich Hollywood Director to Produce a Web Video Show?: TatlerThe Herman Cain Problem: ushanka
Clinton Crony, "Journalist" George Stephanopoulos Convicts Herman Cain On-Air: NB
NBC's Andrea Mitchell Agrees: America One Of World's Most 'Socially Unjust' Societies: NB
Donald Trump to Moderate GOP Debate: Malkin
The Accused: Boston Globe Style: Glob
Brace yourself like a man, Tim Tebow!: JPA
Horror in Knoxville update: Retrials granted after discovery of drug-abusing judge: Malkin
A strangely desperate new Obama campaign speech: Urgent, dramatic, about him: IBD
World
The Real War in Iran: GlickThe Donkey Is Dead: Sultan Knish
Krauthammer: Obama has done more to undermine Israel’s position in the world than any other president: Scoop
Menendez Blows Up Over Administration Opposition to Key Iran Sanction: Commentary
Corruption and Islamism in Egypt: Spengler
Muslim Anti-Semitism and the Arab Spring: Sultan Knish
Taking Candy From a Baby: EU Referendum
Blame Canada: Daily Bayonet
China’s economy is rosy only if you don’t mind that it’s shrinking, corrupt and deadly: Bookworm
Sci-Tech
The Reality of 3D-Printed Body Parts: AtlWireOpen source offers an answer to the CarrierIQ spying controversy: ComputerWorld UK
TV ownership declines for first time in Nielsen history: EW
Cornucopia
I was almost killed yesterday and no one cares.: FMFMGilding the Lily Since 2008: MOTUS
Waiting for Not-O: AmDigest
Image: Obama - The Anti-Israel President
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "The ironic thing is that I present to networking people all the time and one of the things I talk about is network security. The comment that resonates with them is "Network security is great in order to keep people out of your network. But what do you do with those who already have access to your network? What if the problem is someone is supposed to have access to your network?" To a certain extent this is what the Carrier IQ story feels like. Carriers already have access to your device so you wouldn't think something to this level that would violate that trust. Carriers are PROHIBITED from listening in to your phone calls without a warrant. Law enforcement cannot look at your phone records without a warrant. Now a piece of software on your phone can send your habits, phone calls and SMS strings to a PRIVATE 3rd party? Very troubling indeed." --Jason Bautista
Friday, December 02, 2011
The only unemployment chart you need to see today
Courtesy of Calculated Risk -- via Business Insider -- comes a chart that helps illustrate the real unemployment situation.
This is why the situation seems so dire. Why people are walking around in a daze. Why your neighbors are worried and glum.
Forbes editor Vahan Janjigian explains
With that context in mind, please consider these headlines:
No matter how the dying, legacy media tries to spin it, no matter how the administration twists arms at the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make things look rosier, the facts are clear:
The American economy is dying under this President.
This is why the situation seems so dire. Why people are walking around in a daze. Why your neighbors are worried and glum.Forbes editor Vahan Janjigian explains
...the unemployment rate has been very high for quite some time. If you look at the U6 figure [Ed: now 15.6%], which includes people who are working part-time, the underemployed because they can’t find a full-time job, or people who have simply given up looking for work; that figure is always extremely high.
But there is another figure I like to focus on. It is called the participation rate. That figure has really been plummeting... Now this figure is never 100%, because, of course, there are some people who are capable of working who aren’t working. An 18-year-old who is in school, for example, is not going to be working. Someone who chooses to be a stay-at-home mom or dad is not going to be working, or somebody who is 65 years old and retired but is capable of working is not going to be working.So in a healthy economy, we would expect this figure to be somewhere above 70%. It is currently down at 64%, which means that there are a lot of people who cannot find jobs—they want to be working, they can’t find jobs.
With that context in mind, please consider these headlines:
No matter how the dying, legacy media tries to spin it, no matter how the administration twists arms at the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make things look rosier, the facts are clear:The American economy is dying under this President.
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