tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2100011064716845568..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Was Obama inspired by his speech memorializing the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King speech to rethink an attack on Syria? At least, did it give him pause?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61677418411676121632013-08-29T17:47:34.384-04:002013-08-29T17:47:34.384-04:00Your state's SAT scores are going to crash, Mi...Your state's SAT scores are going to crash, Miss T.<br /><br />Best carefully count your change at McDonald's from now on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15028008744065271912013-08-29T17:45:33.053-04:002013-08-29T17:45:33.053-04:00removable tattoos
http://www.tattoofun.com/?utm_s...removable tattoos<br /><br />http://www.tattoofun.com/?utm_source=custom&utm_medium=adwords&utm_campaign=custom&gclid=CLOw78rPo7kCFalcMgodUDgAxQ<br /><br />TattoosRUs, once a sub of Souls, now independently owned since court ordered change of ownership.<br /><br />Best of recognizable identifying markings to fool any witness or police department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53944399264082050552013-08-29T17:39:00.159-04:002013-08-29T17:39:00.159-04:00Would be double suicide by association.Would be double suicide by association.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81120985024187157822013-08-29T17:37:11.278-04:002013-08-29T17:37:11.278-04:00Ah, now I get it. Been told over the phone that I ...Ah, now I get it. Been told over the phone that I am not my own domain administrator, whatever that is, but rather my daughter is my domain administrator. I am not Prince over my own domain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15453987898148545092013-08-29T17:11:19.615-04:002013-08-29T17:11:19.615-04:00Not only that, the IRS has decided to recognize Ga...Not only that, the IRS has decided to recognize Gay marriage regardless of the State.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85492245413663177692013-08-29T16:58:26.029-04:002013-08-29T16:58:26.029-04:00(Reuters) - In a move marijuana advocates hailed a...<i>(Reuters) - In a move marijuana advocates hailed as a historic shift, the Obama administration on Thursday began giving U.S. states wide leeway to experiment with pot legalization and started by letting Colorado and Washington carry out new laws permitting recreational use.</i><br /><br />Let's see how libertarian this blog really is.<br /><br />Teresitahttp://www.cleanposts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17322419209658263232013-08-29T16:57:11.547-04:002013-08-29T16:57:11.547-04:00Re: Red Lines?
...a few items for the list...
&...Re: Red Lines?<br /><br />...a few items for the list...<br /> <br />"Just For Men", viagra, bobs (battery operated boyfriends, and made serviceallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60602023263660359112013-08-29T16:53:51.461-04:002013-08-29T16:53:51.461-04:00You got it Quirk! Don't you love the fact tha...You got it Quirk! Don't you love the fact that America has donned the mantle of the worlds beat cop?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64429155294664416182013-08-29T16:49:54.090-04:002013-08-29T16:49:54.090-04:00.
Hilarious.
For a year now (at least) the cresc....<br /><br />Hilarious.<br /><br />For a year now (at least) the crescendo has been growing amongst our 'allies' for the US to stop offering lip service to action in Syria and get involved directly and immediately. FUKUS, Turkey, Israel, the Arab League, NATO, the Commonwealth countries. Now, when Obama backs himself into a corner and appears to be getting ready to intervene they all send their well wishes and verbal support with these words:<br /><br />"Screw the UN, screw the lack of evidence, screw international law, we are behind you all the way. Way, way behind you, that is, cheering all the way."<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82565918315526453122013-08-29T16:37:12.715-04:002013-08-29T16:37:12.715-04:00.
Red Lines?
Obama needs a few of the colors rem....<br /><br />Red Lines?<br /><br />Obama needs a few of the colors removed from his crayon box.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it won't happen. Pentagon's 'Black OPs' budget increased to $56 billion. The additional 3.7 percent increase will be used for an increase in the usual stuff; false flag operation, renditions, assassinations, general mayhem, coups, prostitutes, corruption, ninja operations, safe houses, phony I.D.s, Cuban cigars, visits to Bangkok, disguises, snitches, replacement torture devices, Intelligence Committee boondoggles, pens that shoot, exploding cigars, pallets for transporting cash, new espresso machines at the Pentagon, blank cyanide capsules, new educational software like the bestselling <i>Chaos, Confusion, and Anarchy for Dummies</i> or <i>Bending and Breaking the Truth: Dissembling, Misinforming, and Outright Lying for God and Country</i>, historical records immolation, rubber stamps ('Classified', 'Top Secret', 'Pay to the Order of...', etc.), drop phones, dark sun glasses, black helicopters, etc.<br /><br />. Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62571374092782713532013-08-29T16:25:58.065-04:002013-08-29T16:25:58.065-04:00When it comes to nuclear proliferation, ash, the U...When it comes to nuclear proliferation, ash, the US has never been less than a paper tiger. Going back to Reagan and his empty threats to Pakistan. NorKorea has not been deterred by US threats.<br />India gained an ally in GW Bush and the US by going nuclear.<br /><br />Japan and SouK are both a srewdriver twist away from joining the Nuclear Weapoms Capable Club.<br /><br />The nuclear issue with Iran is the red herring, it is an excuse, not the cause.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2057554837991173392013-08-29T16:19:32.577-04:002013-08-29T16:19:32.577-04:00Credibility is the currency of diplomacy. It preve...Credibility is the currency of diplomacy. It prevents war when reliable. allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75552648290468663152013-08-29T15:35:15.424-04:002013-08-29T15:35:15.424-04:00Canada's Prime Minister:
"Speaking with ...Canada's Prime Minister:<br /><br />"Speaking with reporters in Toronto, Mr. Harper noted that he has been discussing the potential for a military response in Syria with Canadian allies, including U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President François Hollande.<br /><br />“Our government has been a very reluctant convert to the idea that there needs to be some Western military action regarding the Syrian situation. We have been, and remain concerned when we look at this conflict that it is overwhelmingly sectarian in nature and does not have at present any ideal or obvious outcomes,” he said.<br /><br />“With that all said, in talking to our allies, we are convinced that notwithstanding our reluctance, that the risks of the international community not acting in the face of what appears to be an escalation and likely further escalation without action in the use of chemical weapons as a weapon of warfare is an extremely dangerous precedent. This is a very big risk and we do believe, and we do support, our allies who are contemplating forceful action to deal with this. That said, at the present time, the Government of Canada has no plans, we have no plans of our own, to have a Canadian military mission.”"Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38303366129201657642013-08-29T15:01:11.387-04:002013-08-29T15:01:11.387-04:00Maybe, just maybe, the UN inspectors will give him...Maybe, just maybe, the UN inspectors will give him the cover he needs - but I doubt it. Would be nice if they came up with 'ah, it was just a virus - natural causes dontcha know?' 'They got gassed but we don't who by' won't be enough cover.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37849511018332085202013-08-29T14:57:20.076-04:002013-08-29T14:57:20.076-04:00Hard to walk it back given recent POTUS statements...Hard to walk it back given recent POTUS statements of culpability in this matter. Something will be done or America becomes a paper tiger. That something, likely, will be for show with as minimal risks as possible (here's to hoping anyway).Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41799639419589430422013-08-29T14:54:50.976-04:002013-08-29T14:54:50.976-04:00I dunno. Successive administrations have threaten...I dunno. Successive administrations have threatened various repercussions for a variety of things - i.e. Iran and nukes. When a POTUS draws a line in red the world listens. Old man Bush drew one in sand and look what happened.<br /><br />Obama is POTUS and hence his credibility is America's credibility. Sucks, but true.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5013905647731187012013-08-29T14:51:10.673-04:002013-08-29T14:51:10.673-04:00I think there might be an unaddressed "afford...I think there might be an unaddressed "affordability issue" at work here, also.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23075776561334368922013-08-29T14:50:49.205-04:002013-08-29T14:50:49.205-04:00Bobbo: If our brains were connected Miss T we'...<b>Bobbo:</b> <i>If our brains were connected Miss T we'd either end up killing one another or falling in love.<br /><br />We couldn't possibly be 'just friends'.</i><br /><br />That would be a swift dive into the shallow end of the gene pool.Teresitahttp://www.cleanposts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26347401726947677012013-08-29T14:47:12.669-04:002013-08-29T14:47:12.669-04:00Ah, there are ways to "walk it back."
e...Ah, there are ways to "walk it back."<br /><br /><i>e.g.</i> chemical weapons were used, but we're not sure they were "ordered" by the regime, etc.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56008314001590236852013-08-29T14:44:55.756-04:002013-08-29T14:44:55.756-04:00Forget peak oil. Peak driving.
. . .average mile...Forget peak oil. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/08/29/national-love-affair-with-automobile-over/2726519/" rel="nofollow">Peak driving.</a><br /><br /><i><br />. . .average miles drivers individually rack up peaked in July 2004 at just over 900 per month, said a study by Transportation Department economists Don Pickrell and David Pace. By July of last year, that had fallen to 820 miles per month, down about 9%. . .<br /><br />. . ."The car as a fetish of masculinity is probably over for certain age groups," McGuckin said. "I don't think young men care as much about the car they drive as they use to." . . .<br /><br />The peak driving years for most people are between ages 45 and 55 when they are the height of their careers and have more money to spend, said transportation analyst Alan Pisarski, author of "Commuting in America." Now, the last of the baby boomers — the giant cohort born between 1946 and 1964 — are moving out of their peak driving years.</i><br /><br />Dudes are driving chick cars to and from work these days, that's it. No more stock car rallies.Teresitahttp://www.cleanposts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81117094213509751322013-08-29T14:36:32.941-04:002013-08-29T14:36:32.941-04:00"What’s really at stake in Syria is U.S. cred...<i>"What’s really at stake in Syria is U.S. credibility</i><br /><br />Read: Obama's credibility.<br /><br />That's an oxymoron like rap music, death benefits, Windows capable, and bad sex.Teresitahttp://www.cleanposts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55614301701361834742013-08-29T14:29:42.217-04:002013-08-29T14:29:42.217-04:00If one bluffs one must be prepared for the bluff t...If one bluffs one must be prepared for the bluff to be called. Was the 'chemical red line' a bluff? I'm guessing America will need be seen to be in the lead on this attack to escape being caught in a bluff. Are the threats re. Iran's nuclear weaponry a bluff?<br /><br />Talking tough can bite you in the ass.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72306261322906904822013-08-29T14:22:23.989-04:002013-08-29T14:22:23.989-04:00As I said, I'm not figuring their going to go ...As I said, I'm not figuring their going to go all whole-hog monty to $15.00 ( a double.)<br /><br />Also, those stores do pull some pretty large numbers (but, there's no way I care enough, at this stage, to go trying to find the actual gross/labor cost ratios.)<br /><br />:)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22793395802809867662013-08-29T14:17:57.930-04:002013-08-29T14:17:57.930-04:00or, sumbody.
Buehler?
Buehler??or, sumbody. <br /><br /><i>Buehler?<br /><br />Buehler??</i>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5859767084529234392013-08-29T14:17:06.436-04:002013-08-29T14:17:06.436-04:00Hourly payroll has to be more than 5% of sales, to...Hourly payroll has to be more than 5% of sales, today.<br /><br />Betcha it is closer to 16%desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com