From the graveyard, at Hojbe Kirke.
Reader Tips
Tonight we travel back to the 1930’s, before the official start date of WW2, when Mussolini was conquering Ethopia and was Hitler taking over both Austria and Czechoslovakia. An 18-part radio documentary series called “The Sound of War” was produced by Bud Greenspan and narrated by his brother David. The first episode, entitled “Munich, Victory Without Bloodshed“, is a truly fascinating listen, and a vivid reminder to today’s leaders of what happens when you give in to bullies.
Your reader tips are much appreciated in the comments.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
‘Reporter’ Overheard at Romney Event: There’s a ’40% chance that he says something stupid’
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
In fresh data on economic prosperity from countries around the world, the U.S. has fallen out of the Top 10 for the first time ever.
Update: Link Fixed!
Was Hurricane Sandy caused by global warming?
Dear God, we need to get out and show more people the facts, eh? They have a poll, currently 69% say yes.
Rorvig Harbour
“When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal”
Using a Pakistani Internet Protocol and proxy server, a disposable credit card and a fake address, “Osama bin Laden” has successfully donated twice to Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign.
The “Bin Laden” donations, actually made by WND staff, included a listed occupation of “deceased terror chief” and a stated employer of “al-Qaida.”
h/t foobert
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
Channel 2 Action News investigation found that the State Department is sending millions of dollars to save mosques overseas. This investment has received criticism as the United States makes an effort to slash nearly $4 trillion in government spending.Plenty of outrage following the announcement made Thursday afternoon by a government commission that suggested huge cuts to the budget, including eliminating the interest education for home mortgage. This juxtaposed with the United States investing millions to refurbish mosques as a good-will effort in Muslim countries has upset many taxpayer groups.
QOTW
No dictator will ever need to declare martial law in America. All he’ll need to do is issue a “severe weather advisory” and everyone will stay indoors until they’re told it’s safe to come out.
Those Moderate Muslims!
NRO – A suicide bomber driving an SUV full of explosives crashed into a Catholic church in a Christian minority enclave of Nigeria during Mass yesterday, killing ten congregants and wounding at least 145
Leaks, lies and Libya
Brian Lilley with Alex Marlow on Benghazi.
Brian Lilley recently released CBC Exposed available at your bookstores. Interview with John Gormley available here.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Wind turbine makers are stalling decisions on whether to invest in new manufacturing plants in the UK, pending clarification from the government on its future energy policy. Several large companies, including Siemens, General Electric and Mitsubishi, are pondering building manufacturing plants in the UK, but will make no decision without firmer assurances from the government. The repeated insistence from Osborne that the UK’s energy future lies with the gas industry – a new “dash for gas” is under way, with the government clearing the path for 20 new gas-fired power stations – has unsettled renewable energy investors. “The constant talk about gas is not reassuring for us,” one wind investor, who could not be named, told the Guardian.
As is so often the case, an article best read from the bottom up.
Related.
News Flash: ‘No One Is Illegal’ Hates Jason Kenney
They also appear to hate: Israel, Jews, Christians, conservatives, and Canada’s laws:
h/t Blazing Cat Fur
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
h/t Joe
When News Reports Become Editorials
Let’s check in tonight at how ABC News is covering the presidential election:
Main story: Good King Obama is focused on helping the people, not dwelling on politics.
Second story: Bad, Evil Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan wanted to hurt the people by cutting funding to FEMA.
Third story: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are now tied in the latest poll.
Based on this, dear peasants, who are you going to vote for?!?
Reader Tips
“This is about the ghost of the eternal cavalryman”. Corb Lund – Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier“. Your tips in the comments.
h/t Norman
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Where Glorious Socialism Leads
I asked a simple question of a former Soviet friend of mine:
“Why didn’t people just leave the Soviet Union. Given its geographical size, wasn’t it impossible to keep 150 million people in?”
The answer was amazing and tragic. Especially the bit about the maps.
It truly was an evil empire.
Why Are Single Women So Attracted to the Party of Victimhood?
Countless polls that unmarried women consistently support Barack Obama much more than they do Mitt Romney. An obvious question is: Why?
The NY Times’ conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, goes into great detail to provide a pseudo-psychological explanation that these women – even though they endlessly profess to be independent feminists – are really nothing more than hapless princesses who view Obama as their rescuing knight in shining armour.
… tomorrow’s feminists may look back on his campaign’s pitch to women and see a different theme emerge: a weirdly paternalistic form of social liberalism, in which women are forever single girls and the president is their father, lover, fiancé and paladin all rolled into one.
… the idea of Obama as a kind of knight protector for America’s Julias and Lenas and Sandras, waging a lonely counteroffensive in the war on women, has basically become the White House’s concluding pitch not only to his base, but to female undecided voters as well.
Blog Notes
Greetings from Copenhagen. No Y2Kyoto conflab this year, so no icebreakers were required.