tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7015352895806639074..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Netanyahu keeps threatening to attack Iran himself, if the US Pentagon won’t do it for him, but this bluff is transparent. Israel cannot plausibly conduct a successful military operation so far from its borders (Iran is a long way away). It didn’t even do a good job with a little aid ship, the Mavi Marmara.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84222708957903108292013-07-18T03:06:40.878-04:002013-07-18T03:06:40.878-04:00.
First, a couple observations about your post.
....<br /><br />First, a couple observations about your post.<br /><br />One, there is no way to tie Romneycare to the Massachusetts unemployment rate. You could speculate but that would merely be "theory".<br /><br />Two, there is no way you can assume that what happens to a million people in Massachusetts under Romneycare will be duplicated among the 48 million uninsured across the US under Obamacare.<br /><br />Now, to the real point,<br /><br />The point you are trying to make involves 'jobs and unemployment'. While that was a point discussed in the article I replied to, the entire content of my post involved 'underemployment'. The people I talked about in my post would all be considered 'employed' by the government; however, they are part of that growing group of people in the country that are underemployed 'not by choice'.<br /><br />In my opinion, Obamacare will contribute to the underemployment problem. How much? I don't know. That would be speculation. However, I'm pretty sure it can't help. <br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37009855230685923402013-07-18T02:39:50.946-04:002013-07-18T02:39:50.946-04:00.
Riiight.
..<br /><br /><br />Riiight.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11626749157016777002013-07-18T02:39:08.513-04:002013-07-18T02:39:08.513-04:00Q, you said, "Despite the source cited above,...Q, you said, "Despite the source cited above, <b>I am convinced Obamacare will exacerbate the job situation</b> especially among young people."<br /><br />I'm just pointing out that that was not happened when Massachusetts passed a virtually identical bill.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25787994665330164712013-07-18T02:38:44.223-04:002013-07-18T02:38:44.223-04:00.
That was my last post today until now and I'....<br /><br /><i>That was my last post today until now and I'm not posting anymore till I get my google dealie.</i><br /><br /><br />.<br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16468490447704300562013-07-18T02:31:50.934-04:002013-07-18T02:31:50.934-04:00If blacks start flocking to defend Corey, they wil...If blacks start flocking to defend Corey, they will be defending a prosecutor that made a practice of charging young black criminals as adults.<br /> Streiff notes:<br />In 2011, she prosecuted a 12 year old boy, Cristian Fernandez, as an adult with every intention of sending him away for life. In a move eerily similar to Corey having George Zimmerman's wife, Shellie, indicted for perjury, Corey has also prosecuted Fernandez's mother. This case got the attention of those defenders of the Philadelphia polling places, the New Black Panther Party.<br /><br />The next year, Corey's office charged a 31-year old black woman, Marissa Alexander, with attempted murder when she fired a weapon, during an altercation with her ex-husband who was under a restraining order. Alexander is serving a 20-year sentence. The Florida NAACP was not amused.<br />Beyond these cases, there is the fact that Corey's office leads the state in prosecuting black juveniles as adults.<br /><br />In fact she prosecutes black juveniles as adults 20% above the statewide average.<br /><br />Ian Tuttle at NRO describes some other issues Corey is handing her critics:<br />Corey knows about personal vendettas. They seem to be her specialty. When Ron Littlepage, a journalist for the Florida Times-Union, wrote a column criticizing her handling of the Christian Fernandez case - in which Corey chose to prosecute a twelve-year-old boy for first-degree murder, who wound up locked in solitary confinement in an adult jail prior to his court date - she "fired off a two-page, single-spaced letter on official state-attorney letterhead hinting at lawsuits for libel."<br /><br />And that was moderate. When Corey was appointed to handle the Zimmerman case, Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, a former president of both the American Bar Association and Florida State University, criticized the decision: "I cannot imagine a worse choice for a prosecutor to serve in the Sanford case. There is nothing in Angela Corey's background that suits her for the task, and she cannot command the respect of people who care about justice." Corey responded by making a public-records request of the university for all e-mails, text messages, and phone messages in which D'Alemberte had mentioned Fernandez. Like Littlepage, D'Alemberte had earlier criticized Corey's handling of the Fernandez case. <br /><br />Shortly after Dershowitz's criticisms, Harvard Law School's dean's office received a phone call. When the dean refused to pick up, Angela Corey spent a half hour demanding of an office-of-communications employee that Dershowitz be fired. According to Dershowitz, Corey threatened to sue Harvard, to try to get him disbarred, and also to sue him for slander and libel. Corey also told the communications employee that she had assigned a state investigator - an employee of the State of Florida, that is - to investigate Dershowitz. "That's an abuse of office right there," Dershowitz says.<br />So the campaign against Dershowitz is part of a pattern of going after critics. But consider for a moment how delusional it was to waste her time telephoning Harvard Law School in an effort to get a famous tenured professor fired for criticizing her. She lives in a fantasy world where professors at Harvard can't get away with crticizing her. If she is put under a microscope, Angela Corey is going to be her own undoing. Megalomania never works out well in the end.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12089016801379367022013-07-18T02:29:56.409-04:002013-07-18T02:29:56.409-04:00July 17, 2013
Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey ma...July 17, 2013<br />Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey may face a reckoning<br />Thomas Lifson<br /><br /> <br />Angela Corey, the special prosecutor who struck out going after George Zimmerman, has not taken defeat well. At Red State, streiff catalogues her outrageous behavior in an article that should be read in its entirety:<br />I think everyone can now agree on one thing, Angela Corey was possibly the worst possible choice for a high profile prosecution.<br /><br />She has a sense of entitlement that is so typical of small people promoted to jobs that are well above their level of competency but who lack the self-awareness to recognize what everyone else knows. (You need look no further than her bizarre post-verdict press conference that she treated as though it was an Academy Awards acceptance rather than a repudiation to see that she occupies a different reality than most.) In Angela Corey's world, criticism of her is a basis for legal action. She has threatened to sue Harvard if it did not fire Alan freakin Dershowitz after he pointed out her lack of legal acumen and ethics. In Florida she is something of a legend for threatening her critics.<br /><br />Her lack of concern for the rule of law was almost immediately apparent. Shortly after she received the case she gave a press conference in which she disclosed that she was not seeking justice, but "justice for Trayvon":<br />Corey: The first thing my team and I did upon being appointed was to meet with Trayvon's family and pray with them. "We opened our meeting with prayer." Also, Ms. Corey thanked "all those people across this country who have sent positive energy and prayers our way," and she asked them to continue to pray for Trayvon's family and for her team. "Remember, it is Trayvon's family that are our constitutional victims...."<br /><br />In short, the press conference seemed calculated to declare Zimmerman guilty before an investigation was completed or a trial conducted, conduct, which the article notes, runs counter to Florida law and American Bar Association professional standards.<br /><br />In the ongoing national Get Zimmie psychodrama launched by the left, Corey is auditioning for the role of villain.And she may face a reckoning in court. Chris Francescani of Reuters writes:<br />A former employee of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey's office plans to file a whistleblower lawsuit against George Zimmerman's prosecutors, his attorney told Reuters on Tuesday. (snip)<br />Ben Kruidbos, Corey's former director of information technology, was fired after testifying at a pre-trial hearing on June 6 that prosecutors failed to turn over potentially embarrassing evidence extracted from Martin's cell phone to the defense, as required by evidence-sharing laws.<br />"We will be filing a whistleblower action in (Florida's Fourth Judicial District) Circuit Court," said Kruidbos' attorney Wesley White, himself a former prosecutor who was hired by Corey but resigned in December because he disagreed with her prosecutorial priorities. He said the suit will be filed within the next 30 days.<br /><br />continuedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74608333146078763272013-07-18T01:47:06.887-04:002013-07-18T01:47:06.887-04:00.
Are you trying to show some relationship betwee....<br /><br />Are you trying to show some relationship between the Massachusetts unemployment rate and Romneycare?<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27123597754058941862013-07-18T00:04:37.959-04:002013-07-18T00:04:37.959-04:00With just a few days to go before they'll no l...<i>With just a few days to go before they'll no longer have the option, suburban leaders have largely declined to enact assault weapons bans, leaving future decisions on the topic in the hands of county or state leaders.<br /><br />...<br /><br />A new law that will eventually allow Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons in public also set midnight Friday as a deadline for suburbs to enact restrictions on so-called assault weapons and define what qualifies.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36793672057469265952013-07-17T23:27:24.175-04:002013-07-17T23:27:24.175-04:00Especially, when it doesn't match up with &quo...Especially, when it doesn't match up with "theory."Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36169187372527023062013-07-17T23:26:43.274-04:002013-07-17T23:26:43.274-04:00Data can be a bitch.Data can be a bitch.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9253718534548657492013-07-17T23:25:59.920-04:002013-07-17T23:25:59.920-04:00Massachusetts Unemployment Data<a href="http://ycharts.com/indicators/massachusetts_unemployment_rate" rel="nofollow">Massachusetts Unemployment Data</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81876940042242580982013-07-17T23:25:08.597-04:002013-07-17T23:25:08.597-04:00Massachusetts passed Romneycare in 2006; Unemploym...Massachusetts passed Romneycare in 2006; <b>Unemployment immediately went down from 4.8% to 4.4%.</b>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41918595019637366112013-07-17T22:35:03.075-04:002013-07-17T22:35:03.075-04:00.
PETA's reach is long and unforgiving.
Pola....<br /><br />PETA's reach is long and unforgiving.<br /><br />Poland and Israel go to war over ritual slaughter of animals.<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2013/07/poland-and-israel<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78095264435764985392013-07-17T21:46:23.895-04:002013-07-17T21:46:23.895-04:00On this day in 1941, New York Yankees centerfielde...On this day in 1941, New York Yankees centerfielder Joe DiMaggio goes 0-3 with a walk against the Indians in front of 67,000 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. It was the first time since May 15 that the Yankee Clipper did not get a hit – ending his famous 56-game hitting streak. The Yankees won the game, 4-3.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36149727561198974522013-07-17T21:40:16.026-04:002013-07-17T21:40:16.026-04:00It is quite the trial pushing my walker down the t...It is quite the trial pushing my walker down the trail<br /><br /><br />Heh<br /><br />Well, one might actually call it a hallway :-/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35518759351324030532013-07-17T21:03:14.746-04:002013-07-17T21:03:14.746-04:00trial
I'm tired. Feel like I've been on t...trial<br /><br />I'm tired. Feel like I've been on the trail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29504257050591349342013-07-17T21:01:21.530-04:002013-07-17T21:01:21.530-04:00:) heh
Quirk, I just got back from doing some cho...:) heh<br /><br />Quirk, I just got back from doing some chores.<br /><br />I've been gone all day till now.<br /><br />And I think I will have a google account tomorrow or the next day depending on my techy's schedule.<br /><br />Wed Jul 17, 02:32:00 PM EDT<br /><br />That was my last post today until now and I'm not posting anymore till I get my google dealie.<br /><br />I've had my say on the trail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80500028150410618732013-07-17T20:48:37.403-04:002013-07-17T20:48:37.403-04:00Egypt's new secular-leaning leaders pushed ahe...<i>Egypt's new secular-leaning leaders pushed ahead with plans to amend the country's constitution, as Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi held small demonstrations to call for his reinstatement.<br /><br />The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, which backs the deposed leader, said on Wednesday that it would continue to peacefully escalate its protests and rejected offers from the interim leaders for reconciliation talks with what they called an illegitimate government. Thousands of Islamist protesters marched from various parts of Cairo to the country's cabinet on Wednesday.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69687097652352072662013-07-17T20:40:54.271-04:002013-07-17T20:40:54.271-04:00Deuce
Ran across a very nice Mendoza Malbec you s...Deuce<br /><br />Ran across a very nice Mendoza Malbec you should try. TILIA. Excellent to my taste. You will like the price as well. Try Cosco.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65768442037669629282013-07-17T16:15:23.050-04:002013-07-17T16:15:23.050-04:00I have one but I don't know how to make it wor...I have one but I don't know how to make it work. It is awfully complicated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54121376120548097822013-07-17T16:01:12.985-04:002013-07-17T16:01:12.985-04:00.
Despite the source cited above, I am convinced ....<br /><br />Despite the source cited above, I am convinced Obamacare will exacerbate the job situation especially among young people. I have seen examples of it myself among relatives and the kids of friends, college age kids who can't get a full-time job because the employer doesn't want to be faced with buying expensive insurance. I have also seen instances where these kids are being paid under the table when overtime is needed, thus expanding on the underground economy, cutting down payments to the government, and diminishing respect for the rule of law.<br /><br />There are also people I know who end up working a couple part-time jobs because they can't get full-time work. These situations are always bad because of the lower pay, lessor no benefits, the uncertainty especially if the hours aren't standard, and the additional time and expense associated with travel.<br /><br />I don't know the full extent that Obamacare has had on these situations but I do know it doesn't help.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15994657514401633052013-07-17T15:39:38.919-04:002013-07-17T15:39:38.919-04:00.
When you have time?
I thought you were going a....<br /><br />When you have time?<br /><br />I thought you were going away and never coming back until you had a Google account.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14739842573515124902013-07-17T15:37:29.132-04:002013-07-17T15:37:29.132-04:00.
Anonymous arguing amongst himself.
This is tru....<br /><br />Anonymous arguing amongst himself.<br /><br />This is truly a weird place.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45585047663029995202013-07-17T14:54:02.007-04:002013-07-17T14:54:02.007-04:00I miss my niece. I had this dream about her last ...I miss my niece. I had this dream about her last night. I will write about it when I have some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58496747728506141272013-07-17T14:39:26.721-04:002013-07-17T14:39:26.721-04:00I also think Trayvon was asking for it and deserve...I also think Trayvon was asking for it and deserved to die. He was hopped up on drugs, wearing a hoodie, and he should have done what Zimmerman told him to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com