There is no Lecture this weekend, Happy 4th of July!
Saturday Lecture
by coldwarrior ( 57 Comments › )Filed under Open thread, saturday lecture series at June 30th, 2012 - 8:21 am
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Morsi’s first act after being sword in is to vow to free the Blind Sheikh. Not like Egypt has other more pressing problems, they need to free a terrorist doing a life sentence for:
On Egyptian President-elect’s Vow to Work for Blind Sheikh’s Release by Andy McCarthy, the lead prosecutor that put this guy away.
For some reason, the 4th of July is not a big deal here in Bolivia…
Mike C. wrote:
How long do you stay down there at one stretch and how are the accommodations?
Mike C. wrote:
The Obama campaign is doing fundraising in Paris for the 4th -- for enough money, they’d probably be glad to swing by Bolivia.
@ huckfunn:
6 weeks on, 2 weeks off.
@ MacDuff:
I’m sure Morales would welcome fellow communists…
@ huckfunn:
Oh, and there’s better accomodations here than where I am (I’ve stayed in them before.) But it’s close to the office and it will do -- this ain’t London, Paris or Houston, you know. Sure as hell not the Grand Hyatt in Muscat, either.
@ Mike C.:
Somehow, the vision of Butch and Sundance getting off the train in downtown Pigville just won’t go away.
huckfunn wrote:
Heh, I was thinking the same thing!
I was warned in a safety meeting yesterday about going into bars, etc. with only one entrance/exit, and the final scene of that movie was my first thought. Didn’t bring it up, though…
MacDuff wrote:
That’s a powerful image. I actually first saw that movie when I was in the Army in Thailand. I know exactly what those little hamlets look and smell like.
…I’m DEVASTATED by the news
that Tom Cruze and Katie Holmes are getting
a DIVORCE////////
huckfunn wrote:
Oops! Actually I first saw that movie when it came out in 1969. I saw The Sting in Thailand when it first came out.
mawskrat wrote:
Shocking! Hollywood is generally such a hotbed of marital bliss.
Mike C. wrote:
We had an arctic front come through here this morning and its currently 75. I’m need to get outside before it gets too hot. Watch yer top knot and remember to park those burros a little closer to the bar. Maybe you’ll live this time.
MacDuff wrote:
Seriously, that campaign is run by idiots. 4th of July in Paris; truly clueless on how that looks.
@ Rancher:
I think they know how it looks and just don’t give a shit.
@ Kafir:
The elitism of July 4 in Paris sells to the target market Obama wants to reach. It emphasizes his “Citizen of the World” credentials to the NYT crowd.
Rancher wrote:
It’s so beyond the pale that it sounds like parody. They seem to think they can virtually do anything without so much as an eyebrow being raised……and so far, they’ve been correct.
I’d be shocked if in ’08, and this year, there is isn’t substantial amounts of laundered foreign money.
@ MacDuff:
The irony here is amusing. BHO said that our lack
of second languages is embarassing. He snarked that
Americans say “merci beaucoup” and think that they
are speaking French.
So he heads to Paris for the Fourth.
Ah mon amie, he is tres chick, no?
Kafir wrote:
We have a winner!
@ Iron Fist:
Yup. They are so much better than this idea of loving your country.
@ RIX:
Of course, he doesn’t speak French, either…
@ RIX:
More like tres ick if ya ax me.
@ lobo91:
No he doesn’t. He speaks no foreign language.
Kafir wrote:
Yo, yo, but he be so Kewl.
RIX wrote:
But he does speak fluent socialist, so he’ll be welcome.
@ RIX:
Oh no no no… teh kewl is raaaaacist. I heard some lady bitching on talk radio that “cool” was racist because George Bush was the person most people wanted to drink a beer with according to some poll and they didn’t call him “cool” so using the term with Obama is racist.
Uhm, yeeeah.
I’ll never understand that kind of thought process. Thank goodness.
In hope that everybody is listening to Obama, Holder &
Schumer. They say that the Health Care Reform debate is
over & it’s time to move on.
When Lori David said the the debate was over, over global
warming, a lot of people ignored her.
I’ll bet that she was so upset that it caused her divorce
from Larry David./
I don’t believe for a minute all of this campaign cash that will be raised in Europe will be from wealthy expats, but even if it is, the thought of idle mega-wealthy Americans who have chosen to permanently reside outside the country having that much sway in our presidential election is annoying as hell. Going there and holding fundraisers is infuriating.
I think this as money laundering, plain and simple.
A quick change in the Saturday Lecture, the previously scheduled non-lecture is now rescheduled as Music Appreciation 102C “Exceptional Live Performances in the Genre of Modern Baroque Rock Fission”.
@ RIX:
They’re right. The debate is over, and now it’s time to move on.
To repealing it.
@ MacDuff:
Yeah, I thought after the gaza fundraising was exposed (to us but ask any man on the street and they never heard any such a thing) he would be more discreet about it. Instead he flaunts it.
@ Kafir:
I guess that any reference at all to Obama that is
not cleared by the Ministry of Correctness is racist. After the conviction of Zimmerman in the Media before
trial, because he is a ‘White Hispanic” has caused
me to lose interest in toeing the line.
@ lobo91:
Whether they like it or not Obama Care remins a campaign
issue.
They would rather talk abour Navy Seal stud, Obamrambo.
@ RIX:
More than ever.
@ lobo91:
Seriously. it’s like he swallowed everything written
by Marx, Engels & Lenin.
The Mao Christmas ornament was a nice touch.
lobo91 wrote:
They want obedient subjects.
@ doriangrey:
i like it!
Later Gators.
coldwarrior wrote:
Kafir wrote:
We don’t seem to have the will to require ID and/or citizenship to vote, why would we assume anyone would check the citizenship of a campaign donor? The whole friggin’ world are becoming “virtual American citizens” and we actual citizens are the only ones picking up the tab.
Gawd, this is bullshit!
Constitutional Contortions — Mark Steyn
Add the Lottery to the things that are “RACIST!”
Actually, the Lottery is primarily funded by the stupid and stupid knows no race, creed or color.
I am so impressed with this campaign! They really do “get it”. It’s the first, real “21st Century Republican Presidential Campaign”.
Have a great day, peeps! It was 105 yesterday and it’s supposed to hit that mark again; stay cool and hydrated…..
@ doriangrey:
Obviously I would be remiss having played TAAB (Thick As A Brick) were I to ignore the April 4th 2012 release of Ian Anderson’s TAAB2 (Thick As A Brick 2).
30 years almost to the day from the release of Jethro Tull’s seminal recording “Thick As A Brick” Ian Anderson returns to the elaborate Baroque Rock Fusion that set Jethro Tull apart from virtually every other Rock band the 60′s.
While it has often been inaccurately described as “Pretentious Progressive Rock” TAAB was in fact never any such animal. There is a single unique thread that runs consistently thought all of Jethro Tull’s music.
That of the Shakespearean Troubadour, so rather than being “Pretentious Progressive Rock” Jethro Tull can more accurately be described as Baroque Rock Fusion presented as a Shakespearean Troubadour theatrical production. To quote William Shakespeare, “The Play is the thing” Those who have seen Jethro Tull live can attest that this is the philosophy of Jethro Tull Front man Ian Anderson, The play is indeed the thing by which Ian Anderson will catch the conscience, or at least the attention, of his audience.
And in the same spirit of Shakespearean Story telling that produced the original TAAB Ian Anderson returns as if to finally say to hell with the critics, the posers, those pretending to speak for him and his mates. This is what we do, this is who we are, and if you don’t like it, then you can just bugger off”
With that I give you. Make no mistake, this is an excellent CD.
Thick As A Brick II
Now they tell us, The Chicago Tribune reports today that
one of John Roberts heroes is Chief Justice Charles
Evan Hughes.
Hughes was a “Progressive” Republican that pushed the
Court to uphold portions of the New Deal.
Info from DOJ wiretaps that the mole in the DOJ got into the hands of Issa and Grassley is now in the Congressional Record, Issa put it in the record duing the Compent vote Thu. .
This is where the DOJ big boys signed off on things and disscussed things that show for a fact they knew the guns were being walked/sent over the border.
The doc was under court seal so it is a big deal that its out in the open and in the Congressional record.
Makes into bull shit the Democrats saying no one knew.
Issa called Holder bet.
High stakes , and Brian Terry died.
Who, what, when and where.
ps
there seems to be more moles transfering things
tick tock
ps II
all the “news” on Issa’s putting the wire tap info into the Congressional record is up on
http://www.sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com
One old fat man with a cane can put out more real facts than
CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, PBA, MSMBC, NYT, LAT, etal together.
nice uh. msm ,,,worthless as tits on a bore hog…
And he has Mike C a gun thread up…..@ taxfreekiller:
MacDuff wrote:
My cousin in Berlin told me they were passing the hat for donations when Obama was there giving his campaign speech at the Siegessäule.
I wouldn’t doubt they’ll do the same there.
taxfreekiller wrote:
But so far, the reaction from the administration to the contempt citation is “Yeah? So what?” And frankly, I have to wonder if it will ever be any more than that.
@ Peter:
Passing the hat here isn’t likely to get you enough money for a decent dinner -- this is not a rich country.
New thread.
@ lobo91:
Anymore than he speaks Austrian.
@ MacDuff:
Thanks for the reminder! The 6/49 lottery here in Canada is up to an estimated $38 million. I need to buy a ticket. One ticket all is all you need to get in the game; it’s the stupid people who buy large numbers in the false hope of “improving” their chance.