Tonight, we listen to Casey Alberta Flugadi perform the romantic classic "Volare" ("Fly") in Esperanto.
Or, variously, we proceed straight to the Reader Tips.
Tonight, we listen to Casey Alberta Flugadi perform the romantic classic "Volare" ("Fly") in Esperanto.
Or, variously, we proceed straight to the Reader Tips.
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Illinois State Senate candidate Dr. Barbara Bellar sums up Obamacare in one sentence.
But what a sentence it is.
h/t
It's good to be a slave!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHbNCWSVOjc
BREAKING: Sandra Fluke dropped from Wednesday's DNC speakers, make room for Bubba! No links yet, spreading on twitter as I write this.
OOPS! Sorry, apparently the DNC let Fluke do her schtick.
Daniel Greenfield is on fire.
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2012/09/whither-goest-thou-america.html
Here's Metallica's creeping death in honor of the DNC death convention.
Too funny - this deserves a thread of its own.
Dems: Let Ban Profits!
Sandra the parasite was interviewed on CNN early this morning .... in what distorted universe is this hosebag either newsworthy or relevant?
That priceless Dr. Barbara Beller clip should b e broadcast continuously until the election.
Hope and chains...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/shepard-fairey-sentencing-report-683412
Fluke is yet another attention-seeking left-wing idiot.
In other news, the left-wing AP is upset that an artist based the Obama-is-God-now-bow-down poster on one of their photos:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/shepard-fairey-sentencing-report-683412
Just one sentence from Dana's tip. Sultan Knish has a powerfully correct essay.
"On this dark road, we are the enemy of a country that no longer looks like America anymore. And the ones talking, they're the only ones who have jobs, and their job is denouncing us."
And from the comments on the smokinggun comes this beauty:
"He [Fairey] wouldn't have been in trouble if he hadn't mispelled "Dope".
HA!
Black Mamba @ 10:08pm - Thanks for that link! Earlier today I scheduled a post for Thursday @ 7am ET with it. I think you'll like it.
Has anyone else seen this before? Talk about entitlement mentality on steroids! FYI the driver's name is Julien Chabbott.
Just heard Slick Willy speaking at the DNC. I miss him. It also appears that Bill forgot one of the most important rules in elections: If you're explaining, you're losing.
Bill Clinton is basically outlining how he was and still is a capable administrator and how the one is a complete boob.
Democrats support a cap on corporate profits.
Federal Liberal responsible for PQ party party shooting.
bcblue.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/parti-quebecois-shooter-described-himself-as-a-federal-liberal/
For those who heard Bill Clinton's "honest" and "heartfelt" defense of Obama tonight, here's a video from Bill's past which he defends another US President....
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I'm biased, but I swear Clinton just trashed everything that's been said at the Dem convention so far in the first 20 minutes of his speech. Man this guy is clever....I saw him talking right over the crowds heads. Even when he cleverly injected an applause line, the crowds cheering was subdued.... doubtless because they were unsure if they were being had.
They are being had. I think Clinton deliberately pretended to be enthusiastic, just like Clint Eastwood pretended to be befuddled.
Press loved him, Blitzer called it the greatest speech he's heard Clinton give.....ever! There is no doubt he left the press with some great clips to fit their bias. Just as long as they don't play the whole thing....
So maybe I'm wrong, but frankly, I think he just slit Obama's throat. Slyly told the Obama team to.... expletive deleted.
Is anybody catching Bill Clinton's speech right now? It's a doozie. No doubt, the Dems are whooped up right now and might even get a bump from the DNC. OTOH if the GOP can't counter this, they don't deserve victory. Here's my summary of the dem meme game talking points:
- we're not accountable for anything whatsoever. Think about it, we're smart and they're not.
- Obama inherited the worst economy, like ever, even worse than Clinton got (btw imo he was/is a spiffy speaker but was a real dud as president).
- Like, Obama's really tried to get us out of this mess that ONLY THE REPUBLICANS CREATED. And he's doing pretty good, right? Oh it could be better but those freaking Republicans obstructing the Dem controlled Congress all those years. Just because they had a majority it's still not their fault; get it - it's never their fault. It's the Tea Party's fault OK, they're just so evil.
- Just because Obama's obscene borrowing and dependence on foreign credit has threatened the US credit rating, the private sector (even GM)is doing fine, now we must help the public sector and unions - and it's all the Republicans' fault.
DID I MENTION IT'S ALL THE REPUBLICANS' FAULT?
- Americans are better off now than when Obama took over; yeah he said that.
- things are booming right now, haven't you noticed. Well you would have if you worked in the auto and green sector, thanks to subsidies, I mean growth. There are like way more workers at GM right now. The share value is plummeting? So what, I don't see the connection.
- Oh and right, Obama's energy policy is genius. Like, we're self-sufficient, right, so who needs that stinking Canadian oil and pipelines. Venezuela is a far more stable source, right?
- Most of all he believes everything he just said; and by the way he did not have sex with that woman. So get it straight, I really mean it and you better listen, cause well, you know, it's not our fault.
Like I said if the GOP can't unravel and discredit this gobbledygooop, they deserve to lose.
I missed most of Clinton's speech,but did catch him talking about commitment.Hilary must have appreciated that.
Back to Canadian politics,our next messiah tweeted this;
.@justinpjtrudeau : "a man with a gun will never have a voice in our political discourse" #LPC #hw
He is so deep and dreamy.
Re: Volare in Esperanno.
I never did understand why anyone would want to devise a language that complicates English!!
Opps--that should spell Esperanto!
Bill Clinton claimed that Obama didn't steal 720 Billion from Medicare.. It was stolen from the Insurance Companies (to Cheers by the Communists) I guess that is why my premium for Medicare advantage increased by 40 % .
I could use the same logic to save & pocket Millions from the DNC catering contract. Grits three times a day for Democrats, or pay for thier own.
He is the same liar that got tripped by a blue dress....Muttering drivel & nonsense
Ryan just has to hammer home the lie & Obama is finished.
Volare? Worst car ever made. The K car that followed was almost as bad. Thanks for the memory.
One important thing I caught during Clinton's speech tonight. Romney needs to capitalize on this.
Bill Clinton on September 5, 2012:
“One of the main reasons we ought to re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to constructive cooperation.”
Barrack Obama on August 21, 2012:
“Where Republicans refuse to cooperate on things that I know are good for the American people, I will continue to look for ways to do it administratively and work around Congress”
Either Bill Clinton isn’t paying attention to what Barrack Obama is saying, or he’s telling us we shouldn’t vote for Obama.
DNC - Day two summary
Voter fraud, followed by entitlement slut, followed by fake Indian, followed by another slut.
I have to tell you -- I'm torn: is Bob Rae (along with his fellow federal Liberal, Richard Bain, per andycanuck above) really the gift that keeps on giving, or is he a mortal threat to Stephen Harper's vampire strategy (I think there's an inadvertant pun in that last bit somewhere)? Have a look at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/09/04/pol-bob-rae-liberal-caucus.html
Bob's so pathetic that I think he deserves a new moniker -- "the ghost of Christmas past" (you know, Christmas gifts; a blast from the past; the Liberal Party a post-mortem apparition of its former self? Anyway...).
On the other hand, his abject cluelessness might yet cause the premature final collapse of the Liberal Party, thereby nullifying Stephen Harper's efforts to keep it alive long enough to suck all the votes out of it.
Comparing and contrasting the Canadian media's coverage of the two conventions, it's interesting how last week's reports from various speakers at the RNC criticizing Obama and the Dems always had rebuttals from Dems incorporated into them...
"But the Democrats quickly responded", said many Media Party reporters and news anchors, apparently not wanting the criticisms to go unchallenged. And if a clip of some Dem wasn't incorporated into the video clips themselves, then it was mouthed from the reporter covering the story.
But not so this week... certainly from the reports I've been watching on TV this morning. It's as if the Republicans haven't responded to anything that has been said so far, that they're just twiddling their thumbs in silence. Or so the Media Party would have us believe.
Further to Vethusbandfather, 2:19a.m., have a look at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bob-woodward-book-debt-deal-collapse-led-pure/story?id=17104635
This account certainly confirms what folks have been saying about Obama now for months. Coming from Bob Woodward, filtered through ABC, you know that the objective truth must be a good degree worse.
Of Red-Green Solar Bankruptcy:
"The company never delivered on its promise to produce cheap solar-grade silicon on a commercial scale."
"So the bus doors never opened?
“That’s right. We weren’t allowed off the bus.”"
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"China Speeding U.S. Solar-Dumping Case as Election Nears: Energy"
"Chinese Solar-Panel Exporters Face Threat of EU Tariffs"
http://www.bloomberg.com/
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"Timminco: How Eric Sprott got solar burn"
"They came to see the breakthrough.
That is, after all, what the company called it: a “breakthrough.”
What did it look like? How did it work, exactly? Did it even really exist?
They hoped the answers would be found in Bécancour, Quebec, a weary industrial town–home to Quebec’s only nuclear-power reactor–that sits kitty-corner across the St. Lawrence from Trois-Rivières."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/timminco-how-eric-sprott-got-solar-burn/article4502829/
If the government had built it ... cel phones would probably each cost $10,000, weigh 25 lbs, and not work much of the time!
Of socialism and Margaret Thatcher's aphorism:
"“The government running out of money is not a story made up. It's a real threat," said Japan’s finance minister Jun Azumi on Friday."
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"Euro markets rise on euro 'backstop'"
"ECB President announces plans to buy bonds of ailing eurozone nations and stresses single currency is irreversible."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
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"At last, Japan may be about to abandon its disastrous Keynesian consensus"
“The government running out of money is not a story made up. It's a real threat," said Japan’s finance minister Jun Azumi on Friday."
"The world’s third largest economy is in crisis. That, in itself is not news. The world’s largest economy is also in crisis, as is its second, as is…
What is newsworthy is that, having tried and failed with every other option, the Japanese government may be taking a remarkably novel approach. It appears as though they are going to try to spend close to what they receive in taxation. The Keynesian consensus is coming to an end in Japan, although not before it has wrought enormous damage to one of the world’s great economies.
“The government running out of money is not a story made up. It's a real threat," said Japan’s finance minister Jun Azumi on Friday. Opposition parties in Japan are blocking a deficit financing bill which would allow the government to continue to drive its debt levels above 200pc of GDP. If the opposition holds firm, the government has threatened the unthinkable – it will spend less. Tax rises are also on the table, although the doubling of sales tax to 10pc will not come fully into force until 2015.
This is a turnaround for Japan."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/thomaspascoe/100019765/at-last-japan-may-be-about-to-abandon-its-disastrous-keynesian-consensus/
O'quoats & Horseshhh Quiet on the AGW Red-Green Front.
"1. Obama: “We Can’t Solve Global Warming Because I F—ing Changed Light Bulbs In My House”
[Obama] I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, ‘You know, this is a stupid question, but let me … answer it.’ So when Brian Williams is asking me about what’s a personal thing that you’ve done [that's green], and I say, you know, ‘Well, I planted a bunch of trees.’ And he says, ‘I’m talking about personal.’ What I’m thinking in my head is, ‘Well, the truth is, Brian, we can’t solve global warming because I f—ing changed light bulbs in my house. It’s because of something collective’.”"
"One of five Obama quotes that you may not hear in his speech tonight: “As we speak…cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya.”"
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/09/06/i-love-the-smell-of-climate-desperation-in-the-morning/#more-70488
You know how Kate keeps saying Obama is an alien? I think Chris Mathews just outed himself, Clinton and Obama in one fell swoop.
O'narcissist* I,I,I: whining, pleading, whimpering, with "thousands of disappointed supporters".
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"He also aimed to deflect sniping about his appearance being moved from a 74,000-seat stadium to an indoor arena less than a third of the size."
"In a conference call with thousands of disappointed supporters who volunteered for hours to earn stadium tickets left worthless by the move, Mr Obama said: "I need your help, guys. I need you to prove the cynics wrong just one more time." "I cant wait to share my vision for the future tonight," he said."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9526706/US-election-2012-Barack-Obama-says-he-needs-four-more-years-in-White-House.html
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*o'narcissist:
"The "small people", the "rank and file", the "loyal soldiers" of the narcissist - his flock, his nation, his employees - they pay the price. The disillusionment and disenchantment are agonizing. The process of reconstruction, of rising from the ashes, of overcoming the trauma of having been deceived, exploited and manipulated - is drawn-out. It is difficult to trust again, to have faith, to love, to be led, to collaborate. Feelings of shame and guilt engulf the erstwhile followers of the narcissist. This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder."
http://www.globalpolitician.com/25109-barack-obama-elections
Jon Stewart pokes fun at the tolerant left. This is completely insane that he has noticed this. What is going on? Why is there suddenly all these random acts of journalism happening all over the place and why is jon stewart starting to wake up?
OWS protest at DNC calls for arrest of Obama
"The crowd chanted “arrest Obama” and held signs that called the president a “f*cking traitor” as they assembled outside of the zone surrounded by dozens of bicycle cops."
http://freebeacon.com/youth-revolt/
So does this mean OWS are racists now?
The left's cult of personality: O'narcissist, Stalin, Mao, Adolf, et al.
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Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. - 8/13/2008:
"The narcissistic leader fosters and encourages a personality cult with all the hallmarks of an institutional religion: priesthood, rites, rituals, temples, worship, catechism, mythology. The leader is this religion's ascetic saint."
http://www.globalpolitician.com/25109-barack-obama-elections
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Adam Radwanski 9/6/2012:
"The phrase "cult of personality" has come up at least once; in general, there seems to be some sense that this is currently less the Democratic Party than the Obama Party."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-election/us-election-blog/obama-doesnt-do-politics-the-way-clinton-did/article4525024/
cbc will be live streaming a special edition of the DNC tonight. I'd like to compare it with their livestream of the RNC,but I can't seem to find any.
A billion dollars a year does not get you much.
O'narcissist's Take Me, I, Me, I, Me out to the ball....
"“He has to hit a home run. His wife is on first base, the mayor of San Antonio is on second and President Clinton is on third. He can’t leave them stranded on base,” King said. “He has to hit a home run.”"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/hopes-run-high-for-obamas-speech/2012/09/06/f2b8671e-f884-11e1-8b93-c4f4ab1c8d13_blog.html
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Who's on First?
Abbott and Costello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M