tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post455905812544673770..comments2024-03-29T05:30:32.626-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42989439369923619042017-04-23T10:50:38.830-04:002017-04-23T10:50:38.830-04:00.
And the two posts directly above are examples o....<br /><br />And the two posts directly above are examples of the lesson to be drawn from the allegory of 'The Illogical End to a Beautiful Friendship' that was posted further up stream, two dumb hicks wandering in their ignorance.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63689794844357119922017-04-23T04:37:36.238-04:002017-04-23T04:37:36.238-04:00Didn't check the Pic, but am assured all is we...Didn't check the Pic, but am assured all is well in Quirkland:<br /><br />ASSIMILATION !Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21330683465326659112017-04-23T03:14:55.394-04:002017-04-23T03:14:55.394-04:00Would you trust this fine Doctor ?
https://www.ji...Would you trust this fine Doctor ?<br /><br />https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/04/michigan-another-muslim-doctor-and-his-wife-arrested-for-conspiring-to-perform-female-genital-mutilation<br /><br />See pic and decide.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24863833674743597852017-04-23T02:31:31.261-04:002017-04-23T02:31:31.261-04:00The Descent Continues
April 22, 2017
In Venezuela...The Descent Continues<br /><br />April 22, 2017<br /><b>In Venezuela, looking more and more like civil war</b><br />By Monica Showalter<br /><br />Two days ago, the death toll in Venezuela's gargantuan protests stood at three. Now it's jumped to 20.<br /><br />In absolute numbers, it's appalling. But to some, it may not seem like much, given that Venezuela has one of the world's highest murder rates, or that millions and millions of people marched against the socialist regime, which has systematically shut down democracy and closed off all legitimate avenues for change by stripping the opposition-controlled legislature of power, corrupting the courts, and ruling by decree as poverty and narco-crime engulf the country.<br /><br /><br />The context tells another story – one of a growing civil war. Protesters are fighting back, given their powerlessness before the country's institutions. Grotesque violations of human rights and human decency are taking place, too – the kind that got Syria an air strike. Chavistas tear-gassing a maternity ward in a hospital? It happened, prompting the evacuation of more than 50 babies. Then there are the barricades, the burning garbage, the tossed Molotov cocktails – all the work of the protesters.<br /><br />Yes, we have seen giant demonstrations in Venezuela before. But never with this level of violence, this continuous signaling of civil war, given that the Chavista side will never budge. Several more days of protests are planned against the socialist regime's outrages. The only question now is how bloody it gets.<br /><br />http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/04/in_venezuela_looking_more_and_more_like_civil_war.html<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76575064970252776952017-04-22T23:55:48.637-04:002017-04-22T23:55:48.637-04:003 min 36 seconds, Chelsea, Bill, and Janet.
https...3 min 36 seconds, Chelsea, Bill, and Janet.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYsk447_rM#t=223.575644Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91701225656195948472017-04-22T23:48:56.598-04:002017-04-22T23:48:56.598-04:00How Trump’s First Three Months Point the Way to Th...<b>How Trump’s First Three Months Point the Way to Three Percent Growth</b><br /><br />By Roger Kimball| April 22nd, 2017<br /><br /><br />The great nineteenth-century man of letters William Dean Howells once made a remark that I have long cherished as a sort of personal motto: “The problem for a critic,” Howells said, “is not making enemies, but keeping them.”<br /><br />A critic who does not make enemies is unlikely to be doing his job, inasmuch as criticism is the application of discrimination to human activities and such activities, by definition, will fall short of the ideal. A critic who does not make and keep enemies is likely to be a critic who fails to speak the truth.<br /><br />An honest politician has to have a place in his heart for that enemy-keeping imperative if he is to merit the adjective “honest.” But a politician’s road is harder than a critic’s. A critic must be unwavering in his service to the truth of his own experience. But beyond that he needn’t worry much about making himself likable, only interesting.<br /><br />An honest politician, worse luck, has to remain broadly true to his promises while also endeavoring to remain popular with voters, the people who put him into office.<br /><br />Like so many activities in this sublunary world, achieving that it is a balancing act, a tapestry of compromises and negotiations—“deals,” to use a word that Donald Trump has elevated to a conspicuous place in the political lexicon.<br /><br /><i>Cynics may wonder whether, at the end of the day, there is any real difference between compromise and capitulation, negotiation and selling out to the highest bidder. Realists will know that there is a difference. The modern habit of assuming that a reliable index of someone’s wisdom is the extent of his disillusionment is as superficial as it is philistine. It’s important, in assessing a politician’s success, to keep an eye on his deeds as well as his declarations. But the tendency to cast every political statement in the worst possible light brings us closer not to the truth but merely our own cynicism....</i><br /><br />https://amgreatness.com/2017/04/22/trumps-first-three-months-point-way-three-percent-growth/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14194249315555868542017-04-22T23:16:08.627-04:002017-04-22T23:16:08.627-04:00Welcome to Idaho:
http://frank151.com/each-state-...Welcome to Idaho:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/13/<br /><br />Welcome to Michigan:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/23/<br /><br />Welcome to Montana:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/27/<br /><br />Welcome to Nevada:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/29/<br /><br />Welcome to New York:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/33/<br /><br />Welcome to Texas:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/44/<br /><br />Welcome to Wyoming:<br /><br />http://frank151.com/each-state-perfectly-described-by-one-photograph/51/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44890485640634088402017-04-22T21:55:53.591-04:002017-04-22T21:55:53.591-04:00"Jeff Sessions—a man who conveniently forgot ..."Jeff Sessions—a man who conveniently forgot while testifying before Congress that he twice met with the Russian ambassador to the United States..."<br /><br />FAKE NEWSDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46001117678172156282017-04-22T21:05:22.422-04:002017-04-22T21:05:22.422-04:00But you accomplished it all flawlessly, which is w...But you accomplished it all flawlessly, which is why you will always be remembered by historians, and in the hearts of the people.<br /><br />Casino Time - I've got two free tickets to 'Zappa', whoever that band might be, and I'm looking to give them to Uncle Ed.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />CiaoCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74726553297333787502017-04-22T20:57:08.832-04:002017-04-22T20:57:08.832-04:00.
...north through the Brenner and on to Paris.
....<br /><br /><i>...north through the Brenner and on to Paris.</i><br /><br />Right, or what's called the scenic route. You have to go through Austria, Germany, make a hard left through the Rhineland and on to Paris all based on orders from some desk jockey name Major Bob, or as he was know by the troops Major Fubar.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68197303932802208062017-04-22T20:50:25.675-04:002017-04-22T20:50:25.675-04:00I don't need no stinking decoder ring.
I kno...I don't need no stinking decoder ring. <br /><br />I know you like a bad rash.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14054965061972107612017-04-22T20:40:43.603-04:002017-04-22T20:40:43.603-04:00.
Still?
So self centered you continue to commen....<br /><br />Still?<br /><br />So self centered you continue to comment on parts of a post obviously not intended for you and you do it even without the prerequisite decoder ring.<br /><br />Damn, what's wrong with you?<br /><br />. Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77119790019095384732017-04-22T20:33:18.462-04:002017-04-22T20:33:18.462-04:00Don't forget Miss Demeanor, though she don'...Don't forget Miss Demeanor, though she don't amount to much in your scheme of things.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51043066919526977882017-04-22T20:25:54.157-04:002017-04-22T20:25:54.157-04:00By the way, Quirk, there are Miracle Bamboo Bras o...By the way, Quirk, there are <i>Miracle Bamboo Bras</i> on sale now, three for the price of one, $19.95 I think.<br /><br />You might consider your gals...DaDa, Felicity, Felony, and the others....Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19019135374037329402017-04-22T20:20:39.702-04:002017-04-22T20:20:39.702-04:00I've been listening to a lot of BBC News of la...I've been listening to a lot of BBC News of late, which is mostly a big yawn, so I've gone to Franch 24 for their elections....Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64035259436003150422017-04-22T20:16:58.335-04:002017-04-22T20:16:58.335-04:00Even 'round about' would be fully acceptab...Even 'round about' would be fully acceptable.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23180500237672157372017-04-22T20:14:02.458-04:002017-04-22T20:14:02.458-04:00'about' is fine in that context, in fact i...'about' is fine in that context, in fact it's a little classier than 'around' and is fitting.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58568764740372027532017-04-22T20:10:08.780-04:002017-04-22T20:10:08.780-04:00.
But, I don't drive.
Heh.
But I don't ....<br /><br /><i>But, I don't drive.</i><br /><br />Heh.<br /><br /><i>But I don't drive.</i><br /><br />Good lord.<br /><br /><br /><i><b>narcissist</b><br /><br />noun <br />1. <br />a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.</i><br /><br /><br />But <b>I</b> don't drive?<br /><br />Just like Trump, Bob thinks everything, even a simple allegorical tale with a sad but instructive ending, just has to be about him. First, he fantasizes that he is the central figure in the tale and then in what can only be described as serious delusions of grandeur he goes so far as to brag about using an Uber driver to chauffeur him about.<br /><br />The pathologies mount.<br /><br />#sosad<br /><br />.<br />around.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21339747359973773702017-04-22T19:54:09.989-04:002017-04-22T19:54:09.989-04:00The American ex-pat Quirk gets 35 votes from his o...The American ex-pat Quirk gets 35 votes from his old surviving friends (amis) from his days drinking at Harry's New York Bar after the Liberation of Paris on Aug 25, 1944-<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%27s_New_York_Bar<br /><br />Quirk and his command had pushed north through the Brenner and on to Paris.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11180988864437523422017-04-22T19:48:13.714-04:002017-04-22T19:48:13.714-04:00Prediction:
Madame Marine Le Pen comes in first t...Prediction:<br /><br />Madame Marine Le Pen comes in first tomorrow, but short of a majority.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88815994432960379622017-04-22T19:41:13.255-04:002017-04-22T19:41:13.255-04:00WICKED LEAKS
The Trumpkins Turn on Assange
MICHAEL...WICKED LEAKS<br /><b>The Trumpkins Turn on Assange</b><br />MICHAEL WEISS<br />04.21.17 5:05 PM ET<br /><br /><i>There is no one more zealous than a convert.</i><br /><br /><br />CIA Director Mike Pompeo previously welcomed WikiLeaks’ disclosures about Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee when these proved helpful to the Republican nominee. Now he has experienced a road-to-Damascus moment.<br /><br />“WikiLeaks,” Pompeo said at a think tank event last week, “walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service.” Pompeo also regards Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks and the lonely maintainer of its hyper-active Twitter account, as a “fraud.”<br /><br />In a rather folksy fly-over metaphor, the former Kansas representative likened the albinoid antipodean anarchist to the Wizard of Oz, perhaps forgetting that the man behind the curtain turned out to be an all-right guy in the end rather than a helpmeet of European dictatorship and a purveyor of conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds.<br />Pompeo isn’t the only one who’s changed his mind about the man holed up for five long years at the Ecuador embassy in London. The U.S. Justice Department, headed by Jeff Sessions—a man who conveniently forgot while testifying before Congress that he twice met with the Russian ambassador to the United States—now considers arresting Assange a “priority.”<br /><br />“We’ve already begun to step up our efforts and whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put some people in jail,” Sessions told a press scrum in El Paso on Thursday.<br /><br />But what case can be made? Should Assange be indicted for espionage or perhaps just the theft of government documents, related possibly to the files stolen by former U.S. Army intelligence officer Chelsea Manning, possibly with Assange’s personal connivance?<br /><br />The problem with the first charge is that, as law professor Stephen Vladick puts it, echoing the sentiments of a long-retired CIA general-counselor, “The single biggest problem with the Espionage Act is that its limits have never truly been tested, and so it is exceedingly difficult to say with any certainty what it does and doesn’t proscribe.” And even if Assange were personally involved in the confiscation of U.S. state secrets, there comes the added legal complication of seeking his extradition from sovereign Ecuadorean soil, which two other Western governments have been unable to do.<br /><br />Furthermore, the net result of a highly publicized legal campaign against Assange would be to anoint him a free speech martyr all over again, and just as the civilized world was beginning to see him for what he is: a reliable clearinghouse and megaphone for Vladimir Putin’s intelligence operations against the United States....<br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/21/the-trumpkins-turn-on-assange.html<br /><br />Leave Julian alone.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75612890061210178342017-04-22T19:06:31.504-04:002017-04-22T19:06:31.504-04:00The Prof teaches at "Q"Wit College:
The...<b>The Prof teaches at "Q"Wit College</b>:<br /><br /><i>The professor pointed to a chair and gestured for Bob to sit down. "Well, old timer, it involves taking information that you have, forming assumptions using logic, and then creating new information. Let me try to answer your question by asking you a question. Do you own a car?" <br /><br />Bob: “Well…uh…yes, I sure do." <br /><br />Professor: "Well, then I can now logically assume that you drive." <br /><br />Bob: "Yes, I drive." </i><br /><br />But, I don't drive.<br /><br />I have a chauffeur, like Deuce, like The Donald, like all developers do.<br /><br />chauf·feur<br />SHōˈfər,ˈSHōfər/Submit<br />noun<br />1.<br />a person employed to drive a private or rented automobile<br /><br />Amended Grade<br /><br />D-<br /><br />Saved from F only by the entertaining effort made.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77231624266793235382017-04-22T18:59:26.948-04:002017-04-22T18:59:26.948-04:00gut is translated gooot
fut is translated fooot
...gut is translated gooot<br /><br />fut is translated fooot<br /><br />But the spellings are correct.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30392270014720795372017-04-22T18:54:04.039-04:002017-04-22T18:54:04.039-04:00HO ho
But, you worked hard -
B-HO ho<br /><br />But, you worked hard -<br /><br />B-Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59753829026889652872017-04-22T18:51:03.474-04:002017-04-22T18:51:03.474-04:00Ja, gut one, she gut one.
Bear fut too.
Vat ve n...Ja, gut one, she gut one.<br /><br />Bear fut too.<br /><br />Vat ve needt now ist only gut King !Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.com