tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4919538421365440335..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Believe what The New York Times Publishes Until They Advise OtherwiseDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49942145097840023322017-04-16T16:02:47.662-04:002017-04-16T16:02:47.662-04:00FreedomPop is Britian's #1 FREE mobile phone p...<b><a href="http://mobile-plans.syntaxlinks.com/r/FreedomPop" rel="nofollow">FreedomPop</a></b> is Britian's #1 <b>FREE</b> mobile phone provider.<br /><br />With voice, text & data plans starting at £0.00/month.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5869958597087413822017-03-17T01:23:10.943-04:002017-03-17T01:23:10.943-04:00.
If you didn't laugh, you would have to cry.....<br /><br />If you didn't laugh, you would have to cry.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30150019681969642332017-03-17T01:16:20.094-04:002017-03-17T01:16:20.094-04:00.
...come to the upper air in his due time...and ....<br /><br />...come to the upper air in his due time...and looking around sees its shadow and retreats back into its den, foretelling six more weeks of winter. Before dozing off, it notices the crusty and <br />odoriferous figure in a dark corner of the burrow move, a figure that has lain there in the same spot for millennia if the tales of the old ones are to be believed. With a feeling of apprehension and unease, the groundhog then settles in to await spring.<br /><br />And as the groundhog slowly settles into a peaceful somnolence, the creature in the corner, a creature who in his fevered consciousness self identifies as Idaho Bob, glances at the groundhog and murmurs "Quirk", his distorted perceptions calling to mind the legendary demigod Quirk of the Detroit Suburbs. After a moment, Bob starts again his endless incantation, the same incantations he has repeated thousands of times before...<br /><br /><i>Poor Quirk.<br /><br />All unknown to himself, he is like a resident of Plato's Cave, fascinated by the dancing of the light and shade on the wall of the cave, towards which he faces, chained. He does not understand that this display is caused by a fire behind, and takes it for reality. Nor does he know at all that there is an 'upper air', the surface of earth above. One fine time, one of the residents of the Cave happens somehow manages to escape to the upper air, the surface of the earth, and is overwhelmed by what he sees there, all new and unexpected. When he returns to the Cave and tries to tell his companions of this new thing, they think he is nuts, and kill him.<br /><br />Many Hindu sages know better. They consider trying to teach....then think, impossible, a waste of time....and retire to the forest, buck naked, begging bowl in hand, and watch the monkeys play until, in due time, their bodies drop away 'like a leaf yellowing to its fall in autumn'.<br /><br />Jesus, on the other hand, tries to share, in public too, an error, and is killed for his effort.<br /><br />The Buddha takes a middle way, and teaches only to a select few, and lives to a ripe old age, having succeeded in making one, just one, fellow actually 'see it', the fellow that finally recognized the raised rose in the hand of the Buddha for what it symbolized, and was.<br /><br />We have no option, no option but to let Quirk mire in the carnal arms of Dada Le Boeuf, for Quirk is truly unteachable, the living exemplar of ignorance among us, thus come, a fool of fools.<br /><br />We shall not despair. We know the way is long, but sure, and Quirk, yes even Quirk shall one fine day, in some other life, unimaginably far off, unimaginably far away, come to the upper air in his due time.</i> <br /><br />Having completed this arcane ritual for the umpteenth time, the foul creature then turned his face to the dank, moist, dirt wall of the burrow and retreated to the Stygian depths of the continuous loop that was eons ago, in a time before having read a copy of <i>Mysticism for Dummies</i> by a proto William James, a somewhat functioning mind.<br /><br />And from across the vast expanse of burrow, in a little groundhog voice inflated by anger came the command, "Shut out the damn light.'<br /><br /><b>Groundhog Day</b><br /><br />Again.<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Over in a corner it notices the crusty Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6668209336322494202017-03-17T00:38:41.674-04:002017-03-17T00:38:41.674-04:00Only an obvious fool like Quirk would fall for an ...Only an obvious fool like Quirk would fall for an obvious fraud like this -<br /><br /><b>AN FBI-INVESTIGATED ISLAMIST TAKES OVER THE VERMONT DEMOCRATS</b><br /><i>A Norquist Islamist reinvents himself as a Bernie leftist.</i><br />March 17, 2017 Daniel Greenfield <br /><br />Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam<br /><br />Vermont Democrats have something else to celebrate besides the creation and failure of the first statewide socialized medicine system in America. Recovering from that glorious triumph, Vermont Democrats have elected their first Muslim state party chairman.<br /><br />The lucky fellow is Faisal Gill who called his victory a rebuke of President Trump. "To have a Muslim and immigrant to be the state party chair sends a really strong message to Trump and his type of politics that this is not where the country is at."<br /><br />Gill’s election doesn’t send much of a message about where America is at. But it certainly sends a message about where the Democrats are at.<br /><br />Back when Gill was playing a Republican, courtesy of Grover Norquist, left-wing media outlets like Salon were willing to report on his troubling Islamist ties. But Faisal Gil has been reborn as a supporter of Bernie Sanders and Keith Ellison. The left has become a warm and moist safe space for Islamists. The Salon article which Gill blamed for many of his problems would be nearly inconceivable today. Could anyone really imagine a leftist publication today describing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terror nexus?<br /><br />But did Faisal Gill really go from Norquist Republican to Sanders Democrat? Did he shift from believing in free enterprise to embracing Socialism? Or did Gill always hold to an overriding ideology in whose shadow the distinction between Capitalism and Socialism becomes pointless infidel quibbling?<br /><br />When revelations first emerged that Faisal Gill had been under FBI surveillance, he blamed Islamophobia. When Snowden’s enemy espionage operation exposed national security documents which were published by left-wing terror apologist Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept, a site whose former writer is now charged with some of the terroristic bomb threats aimed at Jewish centers, Gill’s email appeared on a list of alleged terrorist suspects and supporters, including Al Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki.<br /><br />Glenn Greenwald had claimed that the Al Qaeda leader’s only crimes were “speak[ing] effectively to the Muslim world about violence that the U.S. commits in [Yemen] and the responsibility of Muslims to stand up to this violence.” Examples of this could include Anwar Al-Awlaki quotes such as, “Jihad against America is binding upon myself, just as it is binding on every other able Muslim”, “Don't consult with anybody in killing the Americans, fighting the devil doesn't require consultation” and “We will implement the rule of Allah on earth by the tip of the sword.”....<br /><br />https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266121/fbi-investigated-islamist-takes-over-vermont-daniel-greenfieldCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64842931351744485002017-03-17T00:31:41.407-04:002017-03-17T00:31:41.407-04:00(personally, I don't think he's gonna make...(personally, I don't think he's gonna make it this time around....his noggin is hard as a walnut, and no larger)<br /><br />Images of walnuts (Quirk's noggin) here:<br /><br />https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS698US698&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=images+of+walnuts&*<br /><br />I think you will agree, the material does not look hopeful as to enlightenment.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31516004714148432122017-03-17T00:27:35.687-04:002017-03-17T00:27:35.687-04:00Will Quirk ever, in this life, hear the sound made...Will Quirk ever, in this life, hear the sound made by no two things striking together, the sound that signals the beginning of the proper spiritual life ?<br /><br />We cannot say for certain.<br /><br />What we do know:<br /><br />Time is short, and the sands are running out of his current hour glass....but hope, like love, abides.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59150426286026602972017-03-17T00:26:26.497-04:002017-03-17T00:26:26.497-04:00.
Sean Spicer says British intelligence could hav....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/sean-spicer-says-british-intelligence-could-have-involved-barack/" rel="nofollow">Sean Spicer says British intelligence could have been involved in Barack Obama's 'wiretapping of Trump Tower'</a><br /><br /><i>British officials were quick to rubbish Mr Napolitano's claims earlier this week. A government source reportedly said the claim was "totally untrue and quite frankly absurd".</i><br /><br /><br />Not only is Trump embarrassing himself in front of the whole US, he's embarrassing the US in front of the entire world.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35805542190662464312017-03-17T00:20:11.534-04:002017-03-17T00:20:11.534-04:00Poor Quirk.
All unknown to himself, he is like a ...Poor Quirk.<br /><br />All unknown to himself, he is like a resident of Plato's Cave, fascinated by the dancing of the light and shade on the wall of the cave, towards which he faces, chained. He does not understand that this display is caused by a fire behind, and takes it for reality. Nor does he know at all that there is an 'upper air', the surface of earth above. One fine time, one of the residents of the Cave happens somehow manages to escape to the upper air, the surface of the earth, and is overwhelmed by what he sees there, all new and unexpected. When he returns to the Cave and tries to tell his companions of this new thing, they think he is nuts, and kill him.<br /><br />Many Hindu sages know better. They consider trying to teach....then think, impossible, a waste of time....and retire to the forest, buck naked, begging bowl in hand, and watch the monkeys play until, in due time, their bodies drop away 'like a leaf yellowing to its fall in autumn'.<br /><br />Jesus, on the other hand, tries to share, in public too, an error, and is killed for his effort.<br /><br />The Buddha takes a middle way, and teaches only to a select few, and lives to a ripe old age, having succeeded in making one, just one, fellow actually 'see it', the fellow that finally recognized the raised rose in the hand of the Buddha for what it symbolized, and was.<br /><br />We have no option, no option but to let Quirk mire in the carnal arms of Dada Le Boeuf, for Quirk is truly unteachable, the living exemplar of ignorance among us, thus come, a fool of fools.<br /><br />We shall not despair. We know the way is long, but sure, and Quirk, yes even Quirk shall one fine day, in some other life, unimaginably far off, unimaginably far away, come to the upper air in his due time.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17090760609745186652017-03-17T00:13:20.996-04:002017-03-17T00:13:20.996-04:00.
I love Spicer's last sentence,
Putting the....<br /><br />I love Spicer's last sentence,<br /><br /><i>Putting the published accounts and common-sense together, this leads to a lot.'"</i><br /><br />It sure does, Sean. It sure does.<br /><br />Does this guy have a political death wish? <br /><br />Anyone who would use Judge Napolitano as his go to source (well, admittedly, maybe it is his 'last gasp' source) is desperate. <br /><br />. Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1167618659111018022017-03-16T23:56:05.143-04:002017-03-16T23:56:05.143-04:00.
Most folks will want to see and read about and ....<br /><br /><i>Most folks will want to see and read about and consider the sources from Fox that are cited.</i><br /><br />I know I want to see them.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29914499056128640772017-03-16T23:49:41.352-04:002017-03-16T23:49:41.352-04:00.
English major?
:o)
It took Bob two terms to f....<br /><br />English major?<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />It took Bob two terms to finish the 8th grade, Truman's and Eisenhower's.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7439098993447533982017-03-16T23:39:19.605-04:002017-03-16T23:39:19.605-04:00The comments from leaders in Congress follows Trum...<i>The comments from leaders in Congress follows Trump and the White House retreating from the President's stunning accusation in a tweet two weeks ago.<br /><br />"When I say wiretapping, those words were in quotes. That really covers -- because wiretapping is pretty old-fashioned stuff -- but that really covers surveillance and many other things.<br /><br />And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but that's a very important thing," Trump told Fox News Wednesday.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36221105568870105212017-03-16T23:18:07.821-04:002017-03-16T23:18:07.821-04:00.
It is explained there that the two are not rela....<br /><br /><i>It is explained there that the two are not related. 'Mysticism' is explained to be a matter of direct experience without any reference to 'faith'.<br /><br />It is the difference between 'knowing' and 'believing'.<br /><br />These boundaries should be keep in mind when discussing, or seeming to discuss, worthy matters of this sort.</i><br /><br />Once again, the English major proves his inability to read a simple English sentence and perceive its meaning.<br /><br />The coordinating conjunction 'or' indicates a difference between the two nouns, mysticism and religion. There is nothing in the sentence that argues that the meaning of the two words taken by themselves are the same or related as to their essence.<br /><br />The only relationship that is drawn is through the use of the word 'credulity' in referring to the two words and asserting that both require a level of credulity that is not conducive to objective proof of facts.<br /><br /><i>Mysticism</i> can be defined in a couple of ways...<br /><br />1. A belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to the intellect, may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender.<br /><br />or as<br /><br />2. A belief characterized by self-delusion or dreamy confusion of thought, especially when based on the assumption of occult qualities or mysterious agencies.<br /><br />The very subjectivity of how mysticism is viewed makes it a poor basis for judging objective fact.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7619535675455086102017-03-16T23:12:24.688-04:002017-03-16T23:12:24.688-04:00Britain's communications intelligence agency G...<i>Britain's communications intelligence agency GCHQ has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign.<br /><br />...<br /><br />The GCHQ claims were initially made by former judge Andrew Napolitano.<br />Mr Spicer quoted Mr Napolitano as saying: "Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command.<br /><br />...<br /><br />It is unusual for GCHQ to comment directly on a report about its intelligence work, normally preferring to stick to the policy of neither confirming nor denying any activity.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53186672004494493052017-03-16T23:09:00.680-04:002017-03-16T23:09:00.680-04:00Meanwhile the allegations that the Rooskies were d...Meanwhile the allegations that the Rooskies were directly teamed with Trump during the election seem to have turned out to be all smoke, no fire.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29947428537957960322017-03-16T23:06:18.481-04:002017-03-16T23:06:18.481-04:00Donald Trump press secretary sensationally claims ...<b>Donald Trump press secretary sensationally claims GCHQ may have colluded with Obama to spy during US election<br />Sean Spicer claimed British spies were drafted in to avoid any “American fingerprints" on the alleged surveillance</b><br /><br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-press-secretary-sensationally-10042597<br /><br />*******<br /><br /><b>Spicer links Obama spying claims to British Intelligence...<br /><br />GCHQ REBUKE....DRUDGE</b><br /><br />Quirk will latch on to the GCHQ rebuke.<br /><br />Most folks will want to see and read about and consider the sources from Fox that are cited.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46992175392475413162017-03-16T22:59:40.048-04:002017-03-16T22:59:40.048-04:00Likewise for Leftwing-biased search sites.Likewise for Leftwing-biased search sites.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4750965836782766222017-03-16T22:58:35.242-04:002017-03-16T22:58:35.242-04:00"What hasn't changed is the ability of so..."What hasn't changed is the ability of someone with half a brain..."<br /><br />===<br /><br />Everyday people don't spend great amounts of time each day carefully ferreting out and checking facts from the news.<br /><br />To pretend that the extreme leftwing bias of the MSM is harmless is ridiculous and dishonest.<br /><br /><br /><br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15350221489931132272017-03-16T22:53:33.313-04:002017-03-16T22:53:33.313-04:00O I never could, Bob, he's usually so kind and...O I never could, Bob, he's usually so kind and gentle, loving, funny, and witty too.<br /><br />He doesn't know it but he would be a flat tire without me.<br /><br />He really ought to shut up about politics, though.Dada Le Boeufnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76530492863425090042017-03-16T22:50:59.417-04:002017-03-16T22:50:59.417-04:00Why don't you leave him, Dada, tell him to get...Why don't you leave him, Dada, tell him to get lost ?Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20853154652268472302017-03-16T22:48:43.212-04:002017-03-16T22:48:43.212-04:00Extremely, Bob.
Sometimes I feel like ripping th...Extremely, Bob. <br /><br />Sometimes I feel like ripping the fool's eyes out, but never do.Dada Le Boeufnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54289938490768250852017-03-16T22:47:13.310-04:002017-03-16T22:47:13.310-04:00Is it irritating, Dada ?Is it irritating, Dada ?Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45925503147039426212017-03-16T22:45:00.237-04:002017-03-16T22:45:00.237-04:00Oh, it continues.
I urge you to watch Napolitano ...Oh, it continues.<br /><br />I urge you to watch Napolitano for some real skinny.<br /><br />(Here 'real skinny' is used in an older sense, meaning the real deal, or inside knowledge of some matter)Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43495563571609615962017-03-16T22:41:00.871-04:002017-03-16T22:41:00.871-04:00Sometimes when Quirkie has been drinking a lot he&...Sometimes when Quirkie has been drinking a lot he'll say -<br /><br />"C'mon here, Dada, I like a little beef with my ale"<br /><br />Then he always laughs like a jackass.Dada Le Boeufnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-92022986188841919432017-03-16T22:38:41.853-04:002017-03-16T22:38:41.853-04:00.
Continues?
:o)
Perhaps, among the Illiterati ....<br /><br />Continues?<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />Perhaps, among the Illiterati including those who watch the Hannity show.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.com