tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5080370676782693813..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Not so greatDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74687552906705279862013-09-27T07:19:00.768-04:002013-09-27T07:19:00.768-04:00The timeline for Iran to go "live" is 6 ...The timeline for Iran to go "live" is 6 months.<br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16207006166653652382013-09-27T07:17:07.766-04:002013-09-27T07:17:07.766-04:00Your lack of creativity speaks volumes.
You are t...Your lack of creativity speaks volumes.<br /><br />You are the reason that 4 box cutters could be successful in turning planes into guided missiles.<br /><br />you play checkers while the enemies of the west play chess.<br /><br />you sir are a moron.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72444360025354231552013-09-27T03:52:47.819-04:002013-09-27T03:52:47.819-04:00.
The Obama administration has indicated that it ....<br /><br />The Obama administration has indicated that it will sign the UN arms-trade treaty. Senator James Inhofe says that the treaty will be 'dead in the water' if it reaches the Senate for ratification.<br /><br />Here is just one reason why,<br /><br /><i>This document -- which is still in draft form and, so far as I can tell, available to the public only through a third-party website -- would have nations require licenses and training for gun ownership, cap the number of guns each person may own, limit magazine size to ten rounds, institute a seven-day waiting period, and demand that gun owners commit in writing to storing their guns locked and unloaded. <b>It also suggests that gun owners might be required to allow "periodic inspections" of their property to ensure they are storing their weapons in a government-approved manner. (Seriously. Page 11.)</b></i><br /><br />:)<br /><br />http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2013/09/25/what_the_arms_trade_treaty_actually_says_664.html<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44232959064951717092013-09-27T03:38:59.026-04:002013-09-27T03:38:59.026-04:00.
This should be interesting. Jaime Dimon met wi....<br /><br />This should be interesting. Jaime Dimon met with Holder today in an effort to buy his and J.P. Morgan's way out of various lawsuits the FEDs have going against the bank<br /><br />Dimon is the darling of Wall Street. CNBC thinks he's a god. The 'money honey' crosses her legs and swoons every time she talks about him. The fact that the bank is a criminal organization? Well...<br /><br />Holder on the other hand has been accused of being a weak sister and letting all the crooks who brought us 2008 skate. He doesn't have that much time left to try and develop some type of legacy.<br /><br />This should be fun. Will the bank be fined? How much? Will they admit guilt? Will there be any criminal charges?<br /><br />Where's Elliot Spitzer when you need him? Or better yet, Nancy Grace.<br /><br /><br /><i>Finance “is the only field in America where you can commit fraud with impunity and even after you get caught, you can buy your way out of it. And not with your money, mind you, but with shareholders’ money,” said William Black, a former bank regulator who teaches law at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.</i><br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/jpmorgan-chief-dimon-meets-with-justice-department/2013/09/26/0d4d2034-26be-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-817238337115887362013-09-27T03:04:02.151-04:002013-09-27T03:04:02.151-04:00Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab vi...Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist.Moshe Dayannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53702224935589546912013-09-27T03:01:57.257-04:002013-09-27T03:01:57.257-04:00.
It appears that the five permanent members of t....<br /><br />It appears that the five permanent members of the Security Council have come up with a draft on Syria that is ready to be presented to the other council members. It does mention Chapter 7 but any action taken under that chapter would require another resolution be passed by the Security Council. Evidently, Kerry insisted the wording include a reference to Chapter 7, but as with other issues mentioned here tonight, the word kabuki comes to mind. It appears Russia and/or China could veto any use of military force.<br /><br /><i>The draft resolution, seen by the Associated Press, makes clear that there is no trigger for enforcement measures if Syria fails to comply. Instead, it states that the Security Council will “impose measures under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter,” which will require a second resolution.<br /><br />Chapter 7 allows for military and nonmilitary actions to promote peace and security. Russia, Syria’s most powerful ally, had opposed any reference to it. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held hastily scheduled talks Thursday afternoon to resolve several last-minute disputes on the text.</i><br /><br /><br />From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130926/NATION/309260151#ixzz2g4caupdN<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58344960348930343582013-09-27T03:01:49.008-04:002013-09-27T03:01:49.008-04:00Oh, Q, like Hamdon this desert rat is a character ...Oh, Q, like Hamdon this desert rat is a character in an ongoing story.<br /><br />Been working on it for years now,<br /><br />desert rat is NOT my name. Not even an alias.<br />More of a nome de plume than a nom de guerre.<br /><br />Sort of like Mark Twain, only not as capitalized.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90047273974860691882013-09-27T02:36:31.918-04:002013-09-27T02:36:31.918-04:00... staging a 21 HOUR filibuster.
You do know, Fa...... staging a 21 HOUR filibuster.<br /><br />You do know, Farmer Fudd, that I had wanted to hire you to proof read.<br />You do have that Lit degree, but none of the technological skill sets required for the entry level position, sorry.<br /><br />If you get some training, I may be able reconsider....desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63659451163350097362013-09-27T02:30:19.841-04:002013-09-27T02:30:19.841-04:00Not even Mr Ted Cruz z, Republican from Texas woul...Not even Mr Ted Cruz z, Republican from Texas would stand in the way of giving Harry Reid the authority to fund ObamaCare, even after staging a 21 filibuster.<br /><br />His entire performance, purve Kabuki.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35063500199678728322013-09-27T02:23:08.393-04:002013-09-27T02:23:08.393-04:00Let's check that again ...
Republican Senator...Let's check that again ...<br /><br />Republican Senator from Texas, Mr Cruz said ...<br /><br /><i><b>"Any senator who votes (to move forward with debate on the House measure) is voting to give Harry Reid the authority to fund Obamacare,"</b> Cruz told Bash on Monday.</i><br /><br />The Mr Cruz and every other Republican Senator voted ...<br /><i><b>to give Harry Reid the authority to fund Obamacare,"</b> </i><br /><br />That is the position of the Republicans in the Senate, loud and clear, without any doubt.<br /><br />Every single one of them voted <i><b>to give Harry Reid the authority to fund Obamacare,"</b> </i><br />According to the Senator from Texas, Republican Ted Cruz. <br /><br />Wake up and smell reality Farmer Fudd.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72018107235781465622013-09-27T02:17:38.993-04:002013-09-27T02:17:38.993-04:00And then, in the news now ...
Surprise! Obamacare...And then, in the news now ...<br /><br /><i><b>Surprise! Obamacare foe Cruz votes with Democrats on spending plan</b><br /><br /><b>The rare 100-0 vote on a procedural step means the spending measure that would avoid a partial government shutdown next week now can be amended by Senate Democrats to restore funding for President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms, which had been eliminated last week by House Republicans.</b><br /><br />However, Cruz came under strong criticism from fellow Republicans for that strategy, which called for GOP senators to filibuster the House measure that -- in its original form -- would defund programs under the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court last year.<br />....<br />The confusion of Cruz's strategy was apparent Wednesday when he voted with Democrats for the Senate to take up the measure less than two hours after his marathon speech against it that began Tuesday afternoon and continued overnight and through the morning.<br /><br />However, nothing in Cruz's words or actions preceding the vote indicated that was his intention. Instead, he had urged his colleagues to unite against the spending plan, saying voting for it was tantamount to supporting Obamacare.<br /><br /><b>"Any senator who votes (to move forward with debate on the House measure) is voting to give Harry Reid the authority to fund Obamacare,"</b> Cruz told Bash on Monday.</i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51775719028860270012013-09-27T02:06:36.809-04:002013-09-27T02:06:36.809-04:00Not at all, Farmer Fudd, the Republicans were made...Not at all, Farmer Fudd, the Republicans were made irrelevant to the vote, by their own incompetence..<br />They could vote any way the wished, and the legislation was going to pass, regardless.<br />The Republicans had done so poorly in 2008 they had become irrelevant to the process.<br />Could not even mount a filibuster in the Senate, their numbers were so inconsequential.<br /><br />Their votes in Congress were a matter of Kabuki theater.<br />Their presence in Congress, what we could call "Window Dressing"<br /><br /><br />If you did have a brain, it would be smaller than a gnats.<br />You can still order that implant @ Brains-R-Us.com.<br />Double your cognitive capacity if you call in the next ten minutes.<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6404766080390075692013-09-27T01:26:58.379-04:002013-09-27T01:26:58.379-04:00****No, the truth is the Republicans have no desir...****No, the truth is the Republicans have no desire to win the argument.<br />They want the Federal jurisdiction to expand into the health care system.<br />They just do not want to tell you that.****<br /><br />And that is why they all voted against it in the first instance.<br /><br />SHITFULL at his best!!!!<br /><br /><br />hahahahahahhaaahhhahaha!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15737258032452070022013-09-27T00:51:57.203-04:002013-09-27T00:51:57.203-04:00Fellers that lay with camel herders get up with fl...Fellers that lay with camel herders get up with fleas.<br /><br />:):):):)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32943778556626391442013-09-27T00:44:30.687-04:002013-09-27T00:44:30.687-04:00The Affordable Care Act was a Heritage Foundation ...The Affordable Care Act was a Heritage Foundation proposal.<br />It was the Mitt Romney alternative to "Single Payer".<br /><br />Kabuki dancing ....desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5187129613809952922013-09-27T00:32:29.849-04:002013-09-27T00:32:29.849-04:00Besides that after the three years that Bibi tells...Besides that after the three years that Bibi tells US it will take for the Iranians to build their first weapon has passed,...<br /><br /> Mr "Lucky" Obama won't be president any more.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16736702228996259242013-09-27T00:15:54.539-04:002013-09-27T00:15:54.539-04:00No, they are not.
The iranians do not have the lif...No, they are not.<br />The iranians do not have the lift capaciy to put a EMP over the US.<br /><br />That's a scientific fact.<br /><br />You are afraid of shadows.<br />Man up, grow a pair of balls.<br /><br />We have nothing to fear but fear itself.<br /><br />We in the US are exceptional, my guess is that you Israeli passport holders are not.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48850480231153882232013-09-27T00:05:56.652-04:002013-09-27T00:05:56.652-04:00Senator Cruz voted against his own filibuster ...
...Senator Cruz voted against his own filibuster ...<br />.<br />That is the move of a Kabuki master ..<br /><br />All the TV face time, with no voting record of dissent.<br /><br />Ride 'em hard, use 'em for all you can.<br /><br />Here you go, rufus, this i mr Cruz cruising for dollars in Sun Ciy, AZ.<br />FOX News had this running for quite a while, <br /><br />Senator Cruz needs your help to abolish the IRS ....<br />Call in the next ten minutes!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGT_4QSVUQk<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34548108152266725412013-09-27T00:05:03.104-04:002013-09-27T00:05:03.104-04:00When Adele Allen's family and friends arrived ...<i>When Adele Allen's family and friends arrived for a first cuddle with her newborn son, they could be forgiven for feeling a little squeamish. Although baby Ulysses was a healthy little boy, he had a rather unusual companion at night - his umbilical cord and placenta.<br /><br />'We knew we were doing the right thing having an unassisted lotus birth, but our parents were worried and that in turn made me feel stressed,' says Adele.<br /><br />Given the warning from the Royal College of Obstetricians about the risk of infection from lotus births, especially for babies without ready access to medical care, it seems their family's concern was far from misplaced.</i><br />samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50606883551336276572013-09-26T23:55:24.610-04:002013-09-26T23:55:24.610-04:00Cruz and Paul, they are the outliers, they are Rep...Cruz and Paul, they are the outliers, they are Republican in Name Only.<br /><br />;-)desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75158954313423834002013-09-26T23:51:05.800-04:002013-09-26T23:51:05.800-04:00McCain does have many failings, but he can count n...McCain does have many failings, but he can count noses.<br /><br />The media will not blame "Lucky" Barry O'bumble.<br /><br />Obama will "guarantee" that the Social Security checks go in the mail and direct deposit.<br /><br />He can always mint a few Platinum plated coins and save the economy from the Republicans.<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23664533215095645272013-09-26T23:45:08.985-04:002013-09-26T23:45:08.985-04:00The GOP is doing the Kabuki dance, rufus.
Got to b...The GOP is doing the Kabuki dance, rufus.<br />Got to be able to tell the "Tea Partiers" that, well, we tried ...<br /><br />No calls to repeal Medicare Part B, are there?<br />That's because the GOP likes that the Federals are in the health care funding system<br /><br />No calls to change the baseline budgeting formula to remove the 6-7% built in annual increase in Federal spending.<br />The GOP loves the increases in Federal spending.<br /><br />The GOP, they are doing the Kabuki dance.<br /><br />Creating volatility in the stock market does wonders for brokers and traders, like Goldman Sucks.<br /><br /><br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65969984224301033552013-09-26T23:42:56.442-04:002013-09-26T23:42:56.442-04:00A partial list includes
In return for a one-year ...A partial list includes<br /><br />In return for a one-year suspension of the debt ceiling, House Republicans are demanding a yearlong delay of Obamacare,<br /><br /> Rep. Paul Ryan’s tax reform plan,<br /><br /> the Keystone XL pipeline,<br /><br /> more offshore oil drilling,<br /><br /> more drilling on federally protected lands,<br /><br /> rewriting of ash coal regulations,<br /><br /> a suspension of the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to regulate carbon emissions,<br /><br /> more power over the regulatory process in general,<br /><br /> reform of the federal employee retirement program,<br /><br /> an overhaul of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations,<br /><br /> more power over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s budget,<br /><br /> repeal of the Social Services Block Grant,<br /><br /> more means-testing in Medicare,<br /><br /> repeal of the Public Health trust fund, and more.<br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37731174621806361582013-09-26T23:37:54.092-04:002013-09-26T23:37:54.092-04:00No, the truth is the Republicans have no desire to...No, the truth is the Republicans have no desire to win the argument.<br />They want the Federal jurisdiction to expand into the health care system.<br />They just do not want to tell you that.<br /><br />They, like Senator McCain will tell the US electorate how had he fought, for 25 days he fought he Affordable Care Act. <br />He and his lost the vote, then. He thinks they would and will lose the vote today.<br /><br />That to "Stand on Principle" , given the problems that the GOP has with communication assure them of taking the blame with the electorate.<br /><br />As to the Syria War resolution ...<br />Obama will get a UN authorization to attack Syria within the week.<br />He won't need Congress after that.<br />"Lucky" Barry O'bumble<br /><br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51789279975646717862013-09-26T23:37:43.036-04:002013-09-26T23:37:43.036-04:00:)
It's the Law, Deuce; Congress is obligated...:)<br /><br />It's the Law, Deuce; Congress is obligated to fund it, until such time as the Law is Repealed.<br /><br />Besides, it's no longer just Obamacare. Now, the list includes virtually every wet dream the Pubs have had in the last five years (including "net neutrality?")Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.com