Saturday, 27 November 2010
Video: P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke is America's premier political satirist and has more citations in The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations than any other living writer. In this live appearance for Intelligence Squared he'll be discussing his new book, Don't Vote -- It Just Encourages the Bastards, a brilliant, hilarious and ultimately sobering look at why politics and politicians are a necessary evil—but only just barely necessary.
Full Video Here
From Theo Spark at 10:59 1 comments
Video: Tangled: Count Up to 50th Animated Motion Picture
Disney is about to release it's 50th Animated Movie. Here is a count up of the previous 49.
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Video: Decatur Central's Single Ladies Video
An Indiana high school football team have become an internet sensation after spoofing a Beyoncé scene from Glee and putting it on the web.
Desperate for funds, the Decatur Central High School football team in Central Indiana needed a gimmick to raise some money.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333208/All-single-ladies--meet-football-players-dance-High-school-team-spoofs-Glees-Beyonc-scene.html#ixzz16TXMvMS4
From Theo Spark at 09:57 0 comments
News............
Because it's Friday...and it's Alizee Jacotey
Rocking Obama's World
Inconvenient Truth About Green Agenda: UN Official Admits It’s About “Redistributing Wealth”
THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT
VS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
On Color and the Content of Character
€9.5m Donegal property development receives one bid at auction – for €5,000
6 Arrested After New Jersey Anti-Violence March Turns Violent (Video)
Walter Mitty Marine: Ex-wife exposes bogus war hero in Cenotaph march
The Royal entourage: Machine gun-toting convoy escorts Queen Elizabeth through the streets of Muscat during state visit to Oman
Nato mission in Afghanistan as long as Soviet occupation
Paratroopers defeat Taliban in decisive day of battles
Somali teenager 'tried to set off carbomb in US'
EU rescue costs start to threaten Germany itself
US says joint South Korea war games 'not directed' at China
34,000 women paramedics go missing after Pakistan floods
and finally......
VIDEO: House with Slayer Christmas lights is so in your face
I'm game enough to take on anyone by little Jimmy May
From Theo Spark at 09:37 0 comments
The Zimbabwe Phenomenon...............from Rico
Looking at market performance on a nominal basis (unadjusted for inflation) is foolish, but Benny and Timmy and Co could not be happier if the public remained clueless and ignorant of the Zimbabwe Phenomenon (when the market goes up by a billion%, yet purchasing power drops by a trillion%).
We've been officially told there is NO inflation. Riiight.
We've also been told the Fed's new mission with QE2 is to create some inflation. Riiiiiiight.
This will not end well.
From Theo Spark at 07:53 0 comments
Shopper Hospitalized After Stampede at North Buffalo Target Store
I couldn't find a YouTube, so check the link: "Black Friday Mob Tramples Shopper at North Buffalo Target Store."
My wife loves these sales. She'll go out at the most godless early morning hours, and Thursday night, amazingly, Toys “R” Us opened at 10:00pm for the early bird (or late bird) shoppers. The line was already down the parking lot to the Best Buy store, so she said fugetaboutit!! And it's a good thing too: "Black Friday 2010: Woman Arrested, Threatened to Shoot Shoppers at Toys "R" Us."
PREVIOUSLY: "No Deaths Reported So Far as Crowds Mob Stores for Black Friday!"
From AmPowerBlog at 03:18 0 comments
Friday, 26 November 2010
After Thanksgiving Meal Poem........
I ate too much Turkey, I ate too much corn,
I ate too much pudding and pie.
I'm stuffed up with muffins and too much stuffin'
I'm probably going to die.
I piled up my plate and I ate and I ate.
But I wish I had known when to stop,
For I'm so crammed with yams, sauces, gravies, and jams
That my buttons are starting to pop!
I'm full of tomatoes and french fried potatoes
My stomach is swollen and sore,
But there's still some dessert so I guess it won't hurt if
I eat just a little bit more!
H/T DML
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News..............
George roper at "g.m.'s place" says t.s.a. policy on searchs violates the 4th amendment right to be secure from arbitrary search ... and, he is right ...
Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Nov. 25th
German DIY enthusiast walls himself into own cellar
Sarah Palin: A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States…
Graphic: Anatomy of a stoning
Thanking God for What Makes Us Exceptional
Aviation history, nose to tail!
Mexican Marines Reconstruct the Death of Don Alejo Garza
The Federal Reserve's VISA Card Statement
Teach Your Children Well
Spiralling euro crisis could cost us billions more: Now there are fears for Spain, Portugal and Belgium
Cloned meat and milk is safe, says Food Standards Agency
'Artillery fire' heard near South Korea island
Terrorist threat to Olympic street parties
MI6 'blamed for Taliban impostor'
Brazil: Rio violence forces military intervention
Nigeria charges Iranian over arms cache
From Theo Spark at 07:46 0 comments
Follow the money, not the noise............from Rico
Follow the MONEY, and do not be distracted by the FTV-MSM chatter and 'white noise' telling you "It's OK, just move-along now, nothing to see here. No problem."
Insiders We are seeing the biggest insider selling-to-buying imbalance ever recorded. S&P insider selling was 8,279.5x times greater than buying (Bloomberg) in the first week of QE2 POMO.
Retail Investors (Mom & Pop) have lost confidence in the charade of free markets, and rightfully so. The game is rigged. Those who could, have left already or are leaving.
- We have just seen the 29th consecutive week of outflow from domestic mutual funds.
Who remains? All seriousness aside, how can the market be going UP when nobody but CNBC's "Fast Money", the Primary Dealers, and some hedge funds are putting money into the market?
- Maybe the Fed, the 18 Primary Dealers, and HFT (high frequency trading....which 'churn' but do not 'hold' positions) CAN run the Dow UP to nosebleed levels, but between them this amounts to economic seppuku for the US Dollar.
At least the robotraders and the Fed are providing some liquidity for the smart ones to make an exit now. It's going to be quite a collapse when the algorith driven-robotraders and the Fed run out of OPM (other people's money) and this game shuts down.
The proverbial sh*t is going to hit the fan then............
From Theo Spark at 07:40 1 comments
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Movie Review..........
Short Review: One of the joys of being a father of a small girl is the privilege of indulging her girly side: attending her tea parties, complementing her when she wears a new outfit and taking her to see fun, light feminine films like this one.
Full Review Here
From Theo Spark at 16:52 2 comments
Video: New Zealand WW2 Re-enactor Training Video
E Patrol, of Christchurch NZ presents a brief overview of our training methods for WW2 re enactor battles.
This is only a very simplified look, but the onus rests on safety and communication.
This unit represents and raises funds for Rannerdale Veterans' Hospital
From Theo Spark at 11:39 0 comments
Thanksgiving 2010...........from Rico
IF Norman Rockwell had been a redneck, Thanksgiving would have looked something very much like this.
Whether you have KFC, a traditional meal, MRE's, or whatever....I hope you will join me in giving THANKS,
and your celebratory meal looks like this at the end.
From Theo Spark at 09:12 0 comments
Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, held training on the 152 mm self-propelled howitzer, called Ă‚“Dana,Ă‚” Nov. 13. The 152 mm howitzer is Czech made from the 1980s, but with a modernized command and control self-propelled artillery system called Ă‚“Topaz.Ă‚” (Photo by Polish Warrant Officer 2 Adam Roik)
From Theo Spark at 09:09 1 comments
Happy Thanksgiving .............. from PeterGunn
TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.
I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,
I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.
THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -
THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,
BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION
WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.
TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,
THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.
SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,
AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.
GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,
PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.
I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,
'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.
I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,
WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.
BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....
HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.
MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,
MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.
MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
From Theo Spark at 09:06 0 comments
The Butterball Turkey Hotline highlights
Does the turkey go in the oven feet first or head first?
Can I baste my turkey with suntan lotion?
How long does it take to thaw a fresh turkey?
When does turkey hunting season start?
How do I prepare a turkey for vegetarians?
How long does it take to cook a turkey if I leave the oven door open the whole time? That’s how my mom always did it.
H/T DML
From Theo Spark at 09:05 0 comments