tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6116952281943227558..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Obama on and off the reservationDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90204750157706384312022-05-08T11:51:13.601-04:002022-05-08T11:51:13.601-04:00Homepagepop over to this web-site newshere are t...<a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/g-men-bag-c-157_168_197/top-quality-gucci-web-gg-supreme-flat-messenger-replica-471454-bag-p-1377.html"" rel="nofollow">Homepage</a>pop over to this web-site <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/drawstring-c-157_190_354/cc-best-drawstring-bags-handbags-as2381-women-black-p-3289.html"" rel="nofollow">news</a>here are the findings <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/fr/portefeuilles-g-c-157_168_204/gucci-replica-428736-uk-black-zip-around-wallet-sac-%C3%A0-main-plaqu%C3%A9-p-3897.html"" rel="nofollow">check my blog</a>these details sorethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897770758881261563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44167356413778006602012-08-07T05:32:33.798-04:002012-08-07T05:32:33.798-04:00Making a bad career choice.
Iranian state televis...<b> Making a bad career choice.</b><br /><br /><i>Iranian state television on Sunday broadcast purported confessions by more than a dozen suspects in connection with the killing of five nuclear scientists since 2010.<br /><br />The broadcast showed some of the suspects re-enacting the assassinations in different districts of the capital, Tehran. The 14 suspects shown on TV included eight men and six women.<br /><br />The TV showed pictures from a military garrison it said was a training camp outside Tel Aviv in Israel. It said the suspects took courses there, including how to place magnetic bombs on cars – the method used in the killing of the scientists.<br /><br />Iran says the attacks are part of a covert campaign by Israel and the west to sabotage its nuclear programme, which the US and its allies suspect is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Iran denies that.<br /><br />Iran's intelligence chief, Heidar Moslehi, had promised recently to provide detailed TV pictures about the case.<br /><br />Iran has blamed the Mossad as well as the CIA and MI6 for the assassinations, with support from some of Iran's neighbours. The US and Britain have denied involvement in the killings. Israel has not commented.<br /><br />The TV report said CCTV in a Tehran street recorded one of the operations, providing clues for Iran's intelligence agencies to identify and arrest the suspects.<br /><br />One of the suspects, Behzad Abdoli, claimed that he received training in Israel, along with several others.<br /><br />"I entered Turkey and then was taken to Cyprus by ship. From there, I entered Israel and [then] Tel Aviv ... They [Israelis] said that this group is being supported financially by the US and Israel," he said.<br /><br />Another suspect, Arash Kheradkish, said he received training in attaching magnetic bombs to moving cars.<br /><br />"There was a motorcycle racing complex [in Tel Aviv] where we received training. We were told we needed to improve our skills so that we would be able to attach magnetised bombs to moving cars ... We were given time bombs that we had to push the start button when we attached it," he said.<br /><br />"At the end of the training course, members [of the group] were given money. They arranged our return [to Iran]."<br /><br />The broadcast said Jamali Fashi and Arash Kheradkish got the highest grades during training in Tel Aviv and were chosen to lead the operations.<br /><br />Maziar Ebrahimi, another suspect, said there were three groups involved in the bombings: two on a motorbike, a car driving in front to slow the target car and a third support team waiting nearby to help if necessary.<br /><br />"The assassination control room was in Tel Aviv, but it was receiving the orders from Washington and London," the TV report said.<br /><br />The TV report did not say if the 14 suspects have already stood trial or when they would be tried.<br /><br />In May, Iran hanged Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, sentenced to death for the 2010 killing of Tehran University physics professor Masoud Ali Mohammadi. Fashi, who said in televised confessions that he was recruited by the Mossad, was convicted last August.<br /><br />At least five Iranian nuclear scientists, including a manager at the Natanz enrichment facility, have been killed since 2010.<br /><br />Officials say that the campaign includes the abduction of Iranian scientists, the sale of faulty equipment and the planting of a destructive computer worm known as Stuxnet, which briefly brought Iran's uranium enrichment activity to a halt in 2010.<br /><br />The broadcast said Iran reserves the right to pursue the case through legal channels at international bodies.</i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53181672450623639922012-08-07T05:22:16.999-04:002012-08-07T05:22:16.999-04:00It was wrong to bailout the auto companies. It was...It was wrong to bailout the auto companies. It was just splendid to bailout Wall Street. Make a bad loan, get in trouble and the government side steps the market and gives you free money to save your necessary too big of a failing ass. Take a bad loan and the market liquidates your sorry ass. <br /><br />The interesting thing is that all this happened under the doctrinaire Obama and not Romney. Go figure. Romney is defining himself as the big business candidate and Barack Hussein Obama is the biggest practitioner of statism since George W. Bush. <br /><br />What is the compelling reason for voting for Mitt Romney if you are making under $15/hr? If Romney cannot make that case in clear unambiguous language, the voting majority is going to stick with Obama. The polls are saying the average American does not want to be cleared by the market.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91371171300465294692012-08-07T02:37:30.048-04:002012-08-07T02:37:30.048-04:00When she talks, of course, said the horse.When she talks, of course, said the horse.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31090293623276855402012-08-07T02:36:44.514-04:002012-08-07T02:36:44.514-04:00Maybe Ann and Rafalca should do the stump speaches...Maybe Ann and Rafalca should do the stump speaches. They are both human, though Rafalca is reported to have an irritating 'high born' inflection when he talks. Both can speak much more fluently than Obama, and with a little down home passion too. With a little coaching from the speech coach Quirk Rafalca will get so he can speak to any audience anywhere, and on their own terms too.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78871800627503789532012-08-07T00:13:12.043-04:002012-08-07T00:13:12.043-04:00And there is always the black market, where Irania...<i>And there is always the black market, where Iranian oil is transported on Iranian-owned tankers that switch their flags to countries such as the Tuvalu Pacific islands, or stay out of radio contact, or hawk their wares through Middle Eastern traders willing to supply fake paperwork.<br /><br />Bit by bit, the pain for Iran is getting worse. Analysts expect Iranian exports to drop 30 per cent in the remainder of the year, and inflation inside the country has leapt to 23 per cent.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the US Congress is pushing for tighter financial restrictions, and regulators are threatening banks – such as HSBC and potentially now Standard Chartered – with huge penalties for any transgressions.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71281997554651086402012-08-06T23:59:21.964-04:002012-08-06T23:59:21.964-04:00The auto industry is a big deal in Ohio, and Romne...The auto industry is a big deal in Ohio, and Romney was quite vocal in his criticism of the bailout.<br /><br />He is, just not a very good "politician." (but, let's be clear, that's not necessarily a "good" thing. The President of the United States needs to be, among other things, a Good Politician.)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43409328230274834862012-08-06T23:53:24.711-04:002012-08-06T23:53:24.711-04:00That pretty much nails it.That pretty much nails it.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63239486200169556082012-08-06T23:41:41.055-04:002012-08-06T23:41:41.055-04:00Lawyers grilled a Samsung Electronics Co. strategy...<i>Lawyers grilled a Samsung Electronics Co. strategy head for roughly an hour Monday as Apple Inc. continued its efforts to convince a jury that the Korean tech giant copied its designs.<br /><br />Justin Denison, strategy head for Samsung Telecommunication of America, was peppered with questions about his company's documents and emails—including translated messages between Samsung employees in which one says that there had been discussion about copying the iPhone. He didn't directly address the contents of those messages, noting it was the first time he had seen them.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47301679562124009322012-08-06T23:35:39.506-04:002012-08-06T23:35:39.506-04:00I also wondered why Obama’s numbers were holding u...I also wondered why Obama’s numbers were holding up, especially in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. Then I heard Romney talking about his solution to the housing debacle. I almost did a post on the heavily advertised business of scarfing up foreclosed homes and the riches to be made. Almost every conservative talk show has them as sponsors, along with viagra of course. The commercials cheerfully promote the exploitation of advantage to investors of buying foreclosed homes and converting them to rentals.<br /><br />There is a great swell of people out there fearful of their future. They get no return on the savings that they have. There is no job security for them and if you get too close to the edge and fall in, no one is going to help.<br /><br />They hear Romney talking in cold technical terms of allowing the market to clear the troubled housing inventory. Now there is a sales pitch that will rally the masses.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74684901828095582182012-08-06T23:13:45.865-04:002012-08-06T23:13:45.865-04:00He's benefitting from an extremely silly Pew p...He's benefitting from an extremely silly Pew poll that put him up +10, combined with an anomolous Rasmussen number (Rasmussen puts one of these up about once a month.)<br /><br />It's still, basically, a one-point (at the most) race. However, it's a bit more in Ohio, and the Mittster HAS to win Ohio.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83128274461910687962012-08-06T23:06:47.528-04:002012-08-06T23:06:47.528-04:00Well, it can't be the jobs report.Well, it can't be the jobs report.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34170997552717335752012-08-06T23:02:01.978-04:002012-08-06T23:02:01.978-04:00It's the taxes (and the "tax plan.")...It's the taxes (and the "tax plan.")Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88052582222382791492012-08-06T22:45:11.691-04:002012-08-06T22:45:11.691-04:00I don't understand why Obama is having this li...I don't understand why Obama is having this little uptick. Are people really so easily swayed by a few ads?<br /><br />What good thing has happened? Nothing, that I can see.<br /><br />Other than NASA has reached out to Mars, not the muslims.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89701671063893877332012-08-06T22:14:18.081-04:002012-08-06T22:14:18.081-04:00Obama +3.4
- RCPObama +3.4<br /><br />- RCPsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44485101021549520742012-08-06T22:11:22.596-04:002012-08-06T22:11:22.596-04:00Don't be fooled by the polls. Most polling org...Don't be fooled by the polls. Most polling organizations are trying to help Obama raise money. Below is the REAL TRUTH -<br /><br />http://www.dickmorris.com/<br /><br />Short video will let you learn why Obama is going to get clobbered.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87228456283958958742012-08-06T20:25:33.643-04:002012-08-06T20:25:33.643-04:00On this day in 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bo...On this day in 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53409716508521374492012-08-06T20:20:03.394-04:002012-08-06T20:20:03.394-04:00The point isn’t that going after Romney’s tax retu...<i>The point isn’t that going after Romney’s tax returns is as bad as questioning Obama’s citizenship. It’s not.<br /><br />...<br /><br />This country is in the middle of a profound debate about whether the federal government should try to significantly regulate capitalism. Like many liberals, I’m stunned and appalled that in the wake of Gilded Age-era income inequality, an epic financial crisis, the rise of super PACs, Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf oil spill, so many conservatives remain convinced that America would be better off if the federal government (excluding the Pentagon, of course) were emasculated further, thus leaving Wall Street and corporate America to do exactly as they please.<br /><br />I think Obama can, and must, win that debate this election season, and in the four years that follow. But how much Romney paid in taxes doesn’t have anything to do with it.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/06/mitt-romney-s-tax-returns-are-irrelevant-to-the-presidential-race.html" rel="nofollow">Presidential Race</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73950220810105831802012-08-06T20:16:08.597-04:002012-08-06T20:16:08.597-04:00Bloomberg can't know the unique circumstances ...<i>Bloomberg can't know the unique circumstances and alternatives confronted by individual women. They can.<br /><br />They also have even more stake than he does in the health and well-being of their children. So he should grant great deference to their choices.<br /><br />As a rule, it's a good idea for the government to stay off our backs. Fronts, too.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3744077808841370702012-08-06T20:02:38.335-04:002012-08-06T20:02:38.335-04:00I'm not so sure, Q. Obambie is a bit of an id...I'm not so sure, Q. Obambie is a bit of an idealogue, and after the election (assuming he wins) he will, most definitely, have the "whip hand."<br /><br />He might not be in a "compromising" state of mind.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40120931934173313462012-08-06T19:51:39.365-04:002012-08-06T19:51:39.365-04:00Standard Chartered, one of Britain's most dist...<i>Standard Chartered, one of Britain's most distinguished global banks, has been accused by US regulators of laundering $250bn from Iran and behaving like a "rogue institution", in the latest catastrophic blow to the international reputation of the City of London.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Standard Chartered's roots lie in the fertile soil of the British Empire and the explosion of trade of the 19th century. The Scottish businessman and Liberal politician James Wilson was granted a banking charter by Queen Victoria in 1853.<br /><br />...<br /><br />According to its most recent annual report, Standard Chartered's global operation generated revenues of $17.6bn and $5bn in profits in 2011.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21999697449254381522012-08-06T19:51:25.602-04:002012-08-06T19:51:25.602-04:00.
In addition, our current argument here will pro....<br /><br />In addition, our current argument here will probably be moot since it assumes there will be any major changes anyway, regardless of who wins.<br /><br />Right now, each side is playing to their base. They will take whatever position they figure will help them.<br /><br />After the election, a different ball game. Obama has already folded on the Bush cuts before. After the election, were sequestration or even the plan he is campaigning on to go through, he would be hurting the same people he depends on, big business, the wealthy, the AFSCME, SEIU, government workers. <br /><br />It is hard for me to see sequestration going through. It is also hard for me to see a major change in tax policy happening. I don't expect a big jump in taxes for me; but I also don't expect a big jump in taxes for the 1%.<br /><br />After the election, neither party will care about the size of the debt. Neither party does now. The GOP talks about the size of the government, but that is something entirely different than worrying about the size of the debt.<br /><br />Don't worry about the 1% folks, they will make out no matter who wins.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66767368558083965692012-08-06T19:49:54.557-04:002012-08-06T19:49:54.557-04:00At least with Johnson there is no call to increase...At least with Johnson there is no call to increase the military by 100,000 troops.<br /><br />The Tea Party forcing sequester, bringing 2013 DoD spending down to 2006 levels the best move they've made. If they were not looking to scuttle their sequester policy ...<br /><br />Looked good to them in August of 2011, not so sweet when the chickens come to roost in 2013.<br /><br />There's panic in the cheap seats, now.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71658299581284748562012-08-06T19:47:07.007-04:002012-08-06T19:47:07.007-04:00Gary Johnson, that's the ticket!Gary Johnson, that's the ticket!desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39363083416830092012-08-06T19:27:56.979-04:002012-08-06T19:27:56.979-04:00.
Of course, agreement on tax policy does not mea....<br /><br />Of course, agreement on tax policy does not mean I would vote for Obama. There are too many other issues I disagree with him on.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.com