tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1561243644588077311..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Israel economic aggression, apartheid districting, theft and Balkanization of Palestinian occupied land is depriving Palestinians of billionsDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5344626852858288662013-10-09T09:43:00.735-04:002013-10-09T09:43:00.735-04:00Those wearing Keds will fear to tread.
...as it s...Those wearing Keds will fear to tread.<br /><br />...as it should be, post shutdown.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70153122903158867532013-10-09T09:40:02.084-04:002013-10-09T09:40:02.084-04:00Free Fascist Farmer's Party!
Turn the whole d...Free Fascist Farmer's Party!<br /><br />Turn the whole damn country into a National Park!<br /><br />...so we can bust people from the Grand Canyon to Niagra Falls!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40129706796893842432013-10-09T05:14:13.115-04:002013-10-09T05:14:13.115-04:00Stage a coup. That's usually the liberal answe...Stage a coup. That's usually the liberal answer. Yesterday, someone recommended the Sedition Act (1918).allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70278362660504882422013-10-09T02:22:05.234-04:002013-10-09T02:22:05.234-04:00Anonymous, the other day advocated for limiting mo...Anonymous, the other day advocated for limiting motorcycle riders to groups of five or less ...<br />Because motorcycle riders had beatdown that SUV driver, in New York.<br /><br />But, just who were those bikers ....<br /><br /><i>New York Daily News<br /> <br /><b>An undercover NYPD detective swapped his biker's helmet for handcuffs Tuesday after a video captured his hands-on role in a motorcycle mob's attack on a helpless dad.</b></i><br /><br />Because of gross police misconduct, participating in the attack rather than preventing it ....<br />Fascist Farmer Fudd finds yet another excuse to advocate for limiting the liberty of the people.<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20240943983287462332013-10-09T02:03:24.314-04:002013-10-09T02:03:24.314-04:00Shining the Light
Exposing the Truth
Corrupt poli...Shining the Light<br />Exposing the Truth<br /><br />Corrupt politicians and the people that corrupt them ....<br /><br />Fascist Farmer Fudd does not believe Obama is corrupt<br />Doesn't believe that Lester Crown is capable of corruption, being from Chicago, and all.<br /><br />Nope, Mr Obama may have a fake birth certificate, may have had guns smuggled to Mexico, but he wouldn' let one of the US largest defense contractors "buy" a little influence!<br /><br />Like a $3 million dollar, three book deal, to an unknown "Community Organizer", getting ready to launch a career in Chi-town politics. Nah, that wouldn't get the money man any long term influence with that Community Organizer on his meteoric rise in US politics.<br /><br />Nope, those two fellows are pure as the driven snow.<br /><br />Farmer Fudd tells us so.<br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8832748085626443052013-10-09T02:00:35.074-04:002013-10-09T02:00:35.074-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41847022217250242252013-10-09T01:50:54.012-04:002013-10-09T01:50:54.012-04:00The above comment made by Teddy Roosevelt, POTUS.
...The above comment made by Teddy Roosevelt, POTUS.<br /><br />Second cousin to Franklin D Roosevelt, POTUSdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13445336416938152382013-10-09T01:42:26.601-04:002013-10-09T01:42:26.601-04:00Sewer rat is back on Lester.
g'niteSewer rat is back on Lester.<br /><br />g'niteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57809112627920412712013-10-09T01:41:28.479-04:002013-10-09T01:41:28.479-04:00Neither Detroit, nor Philly, definitely throw in C...Neither Detroit, nor Philly, definitely throw in Chicago, none can govern themselves. A few light tanks might keep the death toll down.<br /><br />Kind of a domestic Responsibility to Protect, don'tcha know.<br /><br />RE: Hegel<br /><br />The thesis, antithesis, synthesis diagrammatic triad is a way to indicate movement, change, development. The triad doesn't deny that the nature of things is a seamless whole. Some thought-fulls back in the day had it that the Nazis represented the thesis, the Red Roossians the antithesis, and the result, presumably depending upon who would win the Battle of Kursk, would be the beginning of some kind of new systhesis. This always seemed to me to be utter non-sense, taking the Churchillian view that there wasn't a dime worth of difference between all these assholes in the first place. Marx had taken over something of Hegelian view, minus the spirituality, and, predictably, made made bad things worse, as the Nazis did. I would rather stick with the view that a sweating ovary and a sick prostate explain most the history of the world. At least you got something to point to, and an actual doctor might help.<br /><br />The Hegelian triad works better when thinking of an individual life, where we really do see one stage drifting into another, and overcoming itself in some usually creative way, stage after stage after stage. It's is a tough assignment to imagine the nature of a God or a creative nature that has caused such a beautiful and delightful unrolling of a human being, when accomplished correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66455069509271006372013-10-09T01:32:56.517-04:002013-10-09T01:32:56.517-04:00That Lester Crown ....
...... He certainly is one...That Lester Crown ....<br /><br />...... He certainly is one<br /><br />.............. <b>"Lucky"</b> <br /><br />..........................Defense Contractordesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72223647215760436832013-10-09T01:27:42.034-04:002013-10-09T01:27:42.034-04:00The "Army" did not want to buy those M1A...The "Army" did not want to buy those M1A2 Abrams main battle tank.<br />The M1A2 is a weapons system President Obama is impressed with, wants more of.<br />The M1A2 is built by General Dynamics.<br />;-)desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12281250932014007432013-10-09T01:21:05.636-04:002013-10-09T01:21:05.636-04:00"Great nations are simply the operating front...<b><br />"Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery."</b><br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22670081021916645312013-10-09T01:19:26.569-04:002013-10-09T01:19:26.569-04:00.
I thought the tank was dead; yet, even with the....<br /><br />I thought the tank was dead; yet, even with the sequester the army wants to buy more..<br /><br />http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=7c996cd7-cbb4-4018-baf8-8825eada7aa2&ID=1294&RootFolder=%2Fblog%2FLists%2FPosts<br /><br />Hell, I'm no military expert but the idea of a new light tank seems kind of strange to me. I suspect these will one day end up on the streets of Detroit or Philly or given away to our 'allies' who might make better use of them.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78769322798177780692013-10-09T01:07:41.722-04:002013-10-09T01:07:41.722-04:00.
Was the CIA as stupid prior to the fall of the ....<br /><br />Was the CIA as stupid prior to the fall of the Soviet Union as it appeared. Or, was their story of growing Soviet military power just part of a story concocted by them and DOD, an example of the MIC in action?<br /><br /><i><b>Soviet Military Power</b> was an annual book released by the Pentagon that explained the alleged growth and technical abilities of the Soviet armed forces. It was also an attempt to justify Pres. Ronald Reagan’s defense buildup by presenting the Pentagon’s version of the U.S.-Soviet military rivalry.<br /><br />That narrative was, “We’re outnumbered, we’re outgunned, and they’re catching up on our technological lead.” It was a call to action.<br /><br /><b>Soviet Military Power</b> was — for the most part — a carefully thought out piece of propaganda. It painted the knowable in the most aggressive manner, and the unknowable as unknowable, but unknowable in the worst possible way. Nearly 30 years later, we examine it as a cultural and historical artifact, to see if some of its more fantastical claims were true.<br /><br />10 Soviet ICBMs vs. 4 American. Soviet Military Power illustration<br /><br />Nuclear attack!<br /><br />The title of Soviet Military Power’s chapter on nuclear weapons is not “Strategic Nuclear Warfare” or “Strategic Nuclear Defense,” but the aggressively loaded “Forces for Nuclear Attack.” The chapter introduction states that Soviet strategic policy has three overarching wartime missions:<br /><br />- eliminate Western nuclear capabilities and related supporting facilities;<br /><br />-seize and occupy vital areas on the Eurasian landmass; and<br /><br />-defend the Soviet states against attack.<br /><br />The first two missions sound downright scary if you accept the narrative that the purpose of Soviet nukes is to attack. The order of the third mission is obviously no accident — the Soviet Union’s “Forces for Nuclear Attack” sound a lot less menacing if the first reason they have them is to defend the Soviet Union. It’s Soviet Military Power’s most Strangelovian moment.</i><br /><br />This is not to say the entire book was bullshit, much of it was right on; however, the way it is skewed shows the lengths these guys will go to justify or excuse extraordinarily expensive and bullshit systems like the F-35 or the Littoral LCS ships.<br /><br />https://medium.com/war-is-boring/d14c47e51c31<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58413893763877561482013-10-09T00:28:22.487-04:002013-10-09T00:28:22.487-04:00Read any good books lately, rat?
READING LITERARY...Read any good books lately, rat?<br /><br />READING LITERARY FICTION MAKES YOU A NICER PERSON<br /><br />http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24356-reading-literary-fiction-makes-you-a-nicer-person.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news#.UlTbF1AWJwjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32706527681506372612013-10-09T00:14:55.920-04:002013-10-09T00:14:55.920-04:00There are Native American schools that call their ...There are Native American schools that call their teams Redskins. The term is used affectionately by some natives, similar to the way the N-word is used by some African-Americans. In the only recent poll to ask native people about the subject, 90 percent of respondents did not consider the term offensive, although many question the cultural credentials of the respondents…<br /><br />“We just don’t think that (name) is an issue,” Yazzie said. “There are more important things like busing our kids to school, the water settlement, the land quality, the air that surrounds us. Those are issues we can take sides on.”<br /><br />“Society, they think it’s more derogatory because of the recent discussions,” Yazzie said. “In its pure form, a lot of Native American men, you go into the sweat lodge with what you’ve got — your skin. I don’t see it as derogatory.”<br /><br />Neither does Eunice Davidson, a Dakota Sioux who lives on the Spirit Lake reservation in North Dakota. “It more or less shows that they approve of our history,” she said.<br /><br />***<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2013/10/08/quotes-of-the-day-1519/<br /><br />It makes me so furious when our team are called Vandals. What a derogatory statement. We aren't vandals. We are Swedes, Nordics.<br /><br />This is not about the color of our skin, but about our very character. <br /><br />I am thinking of filing a protest, maybe even a court case!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31272725812484951152013-10-08T23:59:45.641-04:002013-10-08T23:59:45.641-04:00Obama: "nuclear bomb," "hold hostag...Obama: "nuclear bomb," "hold hostage." <br />"The American people don't get to demand a ransom when they have to pay their mortgage."<br /><br />...the same guy who voted twice against raising the debt ceiling when he was a senator. <br />He did it once in March of 2006 and again in September of 2007.<br /><br />It's irresponsible now, but it wasn't then.<br /><br />...can't change Obamacare, for individuals:<br /><br />It's the law.<br /><br />After he changes it for Business.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29199364241068202322013-10-08T23:43:03.075-04:002013-10-08T23:43:03.075-04:00Relations between Tripoli and Washington will not ...<i><br /><br />Relations between Tripoli and Washington will not be hurt by the U.S. raid that seized an al Qaeda suspect from the Libyan capital, Libyan leaders said Tuesday, as they requested Washington allow the family of the detainee -- now being held on a U.S. warship -- to establish contact with him.<br /><br />The comments reflected the predicament of Libya's weak central government after U.S. special force snatched Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al-Libi, on Saturday. The leadership is wary of criticizing its needed ally, the United States, but it also is trying to counter anger among powerful Islamic extremists at home who accuse the government of allowing or even colluding in the abduction of a Libyan citizen.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85921007412141460362013-10-08T23:24:11.243-04:002013-10-08T23:24:11.243-04:00Imagine the meeting ....
In the Oval Office, acros...Imagine the meeting ....<br />In the Oval Office, across the "Resolute" desk ...<br /><br />Mr Obama in the big chair ....<br />Gets up as Ben Bernanke comes through the door ...<br />Meets him, shakes hands and motions towards the sofa on his left.<br />Ben and Barack settle down into the cushions ....<br /><br />Barack leans forward and says to Ben, <br /> 'We can't let the Federal Government go into default '...<br /><br />'I totally agree, Mr President, Ben says forthrightly ...<br /><br />'The Republicans, that Boehner still won't allow a vote,' says an obviously frustated Barack, 'I have the votes, but they're playing with fire!'<br /><br />'I totally understand, Mr President. I spoke to Mr Boehner myself,' says a frowning Ben Bernanke, 'He's convinced that a default will serve his purposes. It's pure partisan politics.<br /><br />The President motions to Jack Lew, who has been standing by the bay window, while keeping eye contact with Bernanke,<br /> 'Well Ben, there is an option that is available to US... Jack, if would please."<br /><br />Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury, comes towards the Resolute desk, while the President stands, Mr Bernanke follows his lead, both moving to the President's desk. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve both stand at the front of the desk, with the hardwood chairs behind hem, while the President steps to the window, staring into the Rose Garden.<br /><br />Jack Lew picks up a gray metal briefcase that had been placed next to the desk prior to Mr Bernanke's arrival. Lifting the case with a fluid motion he places it in the center of the President's desk, moving his thumb and opening the biometric lock. Opening the case reveals a purple felt backing with ten coins, each the size of the Kennedy Half Dollar. These coins are a light gray in color, the coins bore the likeness of Ronald Wilson Reagan on their face.<br /><br />'The "Platinums", ten coins denominated at one trillion dollars apiece, right there.' says an obviously excited Jack Lew.<br /><br />'If the Federal Reserve accepts them, otherwise they're just worth their weight in platinum.' Ben Bernanke responds to Jack.<br /><br />President Obama then turns from the window.<br />' What we have here, Ben, is a long term solution. We deposit the coinage at the Fed, you accept them, only if the Congress fails to act will we ever have to draw on them. It's that or you put the economy in the hands of the Republican minority and John Boehner.'<br /><br />Ben Bernanke looks directly into the President's eyes, nods, almost imperceptibly and says.<br />There will be an uproar, Mr President, if I take these coins on deposit. You already know that, but I will not allow irresponsible and ignorant partisans to rock the global economy to it's very foundations! Destroying everything we have worked so hard to establish across the globe. It's the equivalent of economic terrorism!''<br /><br />The President smiling reaches to shake Ben's hand.<br />"I'll have these ten coins delivered in the morning, ten trillion dollars, we've come a long way from pitching quarters.'<br /><br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85124208106916795242013-10-08T23:16:37.528-04:002013-10-08T23:16:37.528-04:00If Senator Reid and President Obama refuse to acce...<i>If Senator Reid and President Obama refuse to accept the money required to run the government, because it leaves out the money they want to run ObamaCare, that is their right. <b>But that is also their responsibility</b></i>.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25919179532891393222013-10-08T23:11:04.092-04:002013-10-08T23:11:04.092-04:00Even when it comes to something as basic, and appa...<i> Even when it comes to something as basic, and apparently as simple and straightforward, as the question of who shut down the federal government, there are diametrically opposite answers, depending on whether you talk to Democrats or to Republicans.<br /><br />There is really nothing complicated about the facts. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted all the money required to keep all government activities going — except for ObamaCare.</i><br />http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell100413.php3Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61396444498896008592013-10-08T22:52:41.441-04:002013-10-08T22:52:41.441-04:00desert ratTue Oct 08, 09:06:00 PM EDT
So by any me...desert ratTue Oct 08, 09:06:00 PM EDT<br />So by any measure the Europeon colony of Israel, in a portion of Palestine, is the greatest leech upon the life blood of the American people, when compared to any or all of the other foreign nations we aid.<br />They need the aid the least and take the most.<br /><br /><br />this is a perfect example of the high quality of anti-Semitic posts here at the Libertarian Blog.<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-649353037323833152013-10-08T22:34:58.180-04:002013-10-08T22:34:58.180-04:00Washington (CNN) - Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wi...Washington (CNN) - Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin broke his relative silence on the ongoing government shutdown in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published online late Tuesday night.<br /><br />Ryan - the GOP's vice presidential nominee in 2012 and the chairman of the House Budget Committee - argues in the editorial that in order to "end this stalemate," Democrats and Republicans should focus on "modest reforms to entitlement programs and the tax code."<br /><br /> "Right now, we need to find common ground," Ryan wrote. "We need to open the federal government. We need to pay our bills today – and make sure we can pay our bills tomorrow. So let's negotiate an agreement to make modest reforms to entitlement programs and the tax code."<br /><br />Not once, however, does Ryan mention tying Obamacare - President Barack Obama's signature health care law - with funding the government. By doing so, Ryan appears to distance himself from many House Republicans who are demanding that the passage of a continuing resolution be contingent on the health care law being tweaked or delayed – the first step in an effort they hope to use to dismantle it. <br /><br />Instead of mentioning Obamacare, the Republican congressman focuses on forced spending cuts on domestic and military programs – known as the sequester - and reforms to Medicare.<br /><br />The government has been shut down since last week, with House Republicans, Senate Democrats and the White House unable to agree on a funding bill. The president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, have said that the GOP's efforts to alter Obamacare are a non-starter.<br /><br />Ryan's Obamacare omission appeared to anger conservatives, who took to Twitter in response. <br /><br />"Much like White House press, Paul Ryan doesn't mention Obamacare in WSJ oped," tweeted Dan Holler, spokesman for the conservative group Heritage Action.<br /><br />Conservative activist Erick Erickson retweeted the following tweet: "It seems like Paul Ryan has successfully pissed off the right."<br /> Ryan's focus on spending and entitlement reforms was also a substantial part of his platform for vice president last year. <br /><br />Since Mitt Romney, the GOP's presidential nominee, lost the 2012 election, Ryan has been rumored to be a presidential candidate in 2016. Ryan's opinion piece puts him at odds with other possible Republican hopefuls, such as Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida.<br /><br />"This is our moment to get a down payment on the debt and boost the economy," Ryan wrote. "If we miss this moment, the debt will spiral out of control. … We can do some good. All it takes is leadership – and for the president to come to the table."<br /><br /><br />Somebody is trying to think.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13148480633970145162013-10-08T22:09:35.643-04:002013-10-08T22:09:35.643-04:00"Like Gibbon, Spengler and Toynbee ultimately..."Like Gibbon, Spengler and Toynbee ultimately sited their declinism in the cyclical rhythms of life. Kennedy, American and steeped in all things Christian and imperial, instead found the fatal flaw in linearity. It was linearity of the Faustian kind: The rise to wealth and power generates delusions of inevitably more successful adventures ahead until “overstretch”, a form of national self-indulgence, brings down the entire enterprise". - <br /><br />See more at: http://www.the-american-interest.com/article-bd.cfm?piece=1473#sthash.ImpoXDXT.dpuf<br /><br />Think Louis XIV.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45657282221350574802013-10-08T22:02:25.196-04:002013-10-08T22:02:25.196-04:00He'll have to do something. He can't allo...He'll have to do something. He can't allow a breach of the debt limit. Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.com