Ramblings from Oz

Odds and ends

2012-01-31T16:19:00.004-06:00

By way of K-Var, I note the availability of the Zastava M88A 9mm pistol, for only $279.

This is a steal.

Not sure what good it will do against the assailants armed with this...but it beats nothing, I suppose.

Important observation

2012-01-31T12:05:00.002-06:00

I was reading essentially the same material elsewhere, concurrently, and without any direct knowledge of this article by John Robb (motherfucker is one smart SOB, BTW), and I made the same observations that he has made.

How do we counter this?

I have a couple of ideas, but no one will like them.

History, Geneology and tidbits you've never known

2012-01-25T15:17:00.005-06:00

Former U.S. President Tyler has grandchildren who are still alive.

Let that sink in for a minute.

That's just astounding, to me at least.

The Useful Idiots

2012-01-23T23:35:00.003-06:00

Not that my readership amounts to more than two or three occasional readers, but I thought I may direct your attention to a movie about some of the, uh, internal struggles that went on within the early years of the Soviet Republic after the Bolshevik Revolution, by way of a commentor over at GOV.

Disturbing doesn't really begin to describe The Chekist.

Please keep these kinds of events in mind, and the fact that detailed lists were well kept about dissenters almost 100 years ago, in what can only be described as a third-world country, and that we have (the U.S.) an entire branch of our .gov that is actively keeping tabs on you and me.

I'm reminded of things like this only because of reading about all of the safety Nazis and Gummint cheerleaders, after learning of Rand Paul getting frisked at the airport today.

All debts, public and private

2012-01-21T20:22:00.003-06:00

It's right there on the cash we all use, but I have a sick feeling in my gut that it will either be removed, or more likely, ignored in principle when this bullshit gets to our shores.

Any bets on how long before we see that same law getting applied here?

Consider this, when the time and situation present themselves.

Note to the morons in the fed.gov

2012-01-18T22:22:00.003-06:00

You have an active cell working in this country.

What do you suppose his name is, Cletus or Mahmoud?

But that isn't the narrative you want to follow, is it?

Throw out the rule book,

2012-01-13T13:00:00.005-06:00

because we clearly don't need the one we've been using.

This is the part that stopped me in my tracks;
"The move (the $1.2 trillion increase) by the Democratic president, who is seeking re-election in November, gives Congress 15 days to vote on a resolution of disapproval under terms of budget control legislation passed last year."
Get it?

They just vote on, and pass, a new law that completely circumvents the explicit authority of The Congress to control and execute all of the borrowing of the country. It now seems to be a question of Barry doing as he pleases, and then Congress giving it their approval or denial. The power structure has now been inverted.

See, when something becomes an impediment or inconvenience, we just pass a law that makes it the way we want it, and since it's now law, all is legal...and all that good shit, see? So, what you gonna do about it, prole?

Complain?

We can now just tell you about that new change, too.

What can one make of this headline?

2012-01-13T12:21:00.004-06:00

It sez;
"Capitalism on Trial in GOP Presidential Fight"
Please, let your mind fully integrate the possibilities of what they might mean when the morons at ABC let that one fly.

Might you please consider that it's intentional?

Where is my country?

Where?

Life, meet Art

2012-01-13T10:27:00.003-06:00

Sick.

Note too, the Newspeak coming out of the mouth of MiniTrue;
"White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt told the website it is "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet."
Any of you stupid motherfuckers doing the cheerleading out there need to grow some eyes in the backs of your heads.

Does the image you conjure up about match this?

2012-01-12T15:42:00.002-06:00

The obese, lazy, stupid and under-performing governmental minion, sitting behind a terminal, watching over you at Brother's house...it's straight out of a book, or something.

Read this, DHS; GO FUCK YOURSELVES!

Tell me, who owns it?

2012-01-11T17:20:00.001-06:00

They can dispose of it as they please, then.

End of story.

Eventually, the triple-S strategy will come into play. If not here, then someplace else.

Easier to believe every day

2012-01-07T22:25:00.002-06:00

Anyone else been considering these exact same points?

How nervous does this make you?

BTW, we've seen this movie before, and the end isn't nearly as much of a concern as the journey, which will be bad.

Have a nice day, prole.

2012-01-05T17:06:00.002-06:00

Via Sipsey Street.

Raise your hand if you want to see MORE of these jackbooted thugs, say, stopping you, AT RANDOM, on the highway.

What to do?

2012-01-05T16:39:00.003-06:00

Really, do we want Barry, BARRY, doing something about this?

Do we just want to ignore it, and let Iran play the Bully?

Rescind the sanctions on them?

Again, do we want BARRY doing ANYTHING about this? Let's face it, whatever he does, he'll just end up stepping on his own dick.

Better look into getting that new econo-box for getting to work, 'cuz gas is going through the roof soon.

If you needed another reason...

2012-01-03T12:47:00.004-06:00

...here it is.

We all know where this whole thing goes.

I'm seriously considering letting this page go cold.

He said he's your overseer

2012-01-01T13:07:00.002-06:00

Just letting the DA know, and not necessarily anyone else, what he said, in plain English.

Get it, prole?

Don't look for this situation to improve in the near future.

Ready for some sick on your shirt?

2011-12-28T10:07:00.002-06:00

Pathetic, both because of the source, and that it's true.

How's the fit on your chains?

Glad we left, aren't you?

2011-12-19T15:02:00.002-06:00

They didn't wait a minute to get the sectarian violence good and hot, did they?

What a waste.

Good Riddance

2011-12-19T09:37:00.000-06:00

Hope he finds a cozy place in Hell.

Gaia Death Chanting

2011-12-15T14:30:00.002-06:00

Can't wait to hear what the death-cult has say about this.

Insipid non-sense, all, when it's not funny.

Watch closely

2011-12-15T13:31:00.003-06:00

I liked this bit;
"Fitch Ratings said China is hooked on credit, but deriving ever less punch from each dose. An extra dollar in loans increased GDP by $0.77 in 2007. It is $0.44 in 2011..."
Sounds like the tale of the Junkie and his Dealer...and we all know who the Junkie is.

Oh, and look at this, China just launched her first aircraft carrier and has been spotted at sea.

Restored respect?

2011-12-08T12:23:00.002-06:00

Tell me Barry, how is it that this is restoring the image and respect of America around the world?

Tell me, right God-Damned now!

There is a way to fix this kind of thing

2011-12-06T15:57:00.004-06:00

And not one bit of it is about sitting around, waiting for all of the other retards in the room to grow a fucking brain.

It involves Darwin, in one way or another, and so long as the strong are being tacked and bridled at the whims and values of the weak (who's the strong, then?), we will have what we have now, protracted slavery.

You want an energy revolution? You want energy freedom? Then let the shooting get the fuck underway.

BTW, any good sources out there for learning to crack base stocks into usuable stuff, like gasoline? Best learn, we should.

It's coming here too

2011-12-05T11:45:00.007-06:00

Love the unusual spade-calling of the headline; "Portugal raids pension funds to meet deficit targets,"
because that's all this stuff is, raiding.

Oh, it will be all be primped up in fancy, going-to-the-ballet makeup and a better dress, as you'd expect from our politicians in the District of Criminals, replacing years or even decades of savings for IOU's...which will all be up for renegotiation at a later date.

Bend over, prole, you are about to feel a little pressure...

H/T to WRSA for linkage.

Look into the eyes and despair

2011-12-04T23:24:00.002-06:00

I repeat,

"Zimbabwe Bashes US Dollar, Alligns With Yuan"

I just about threw up.

Anyone else feeling queasy?

We are soooooo fucked.

Gum-Flapping Troglodyte returns to his spot under rock

2011-11-28T09:47:00.003-06:00

At least, that's my reading of the headline.

Wish he'd done it sooner...Come to think of it, that Liberal idiot can't die quickly enough for me.

Bah!

2011-11-27T16:39:00.002-06:00

Another year.

For what it's worth, I was listening to one of my second cousins 'round the table yesterday complaining about his 5K time at a race on Thursday morning. He's 21 or 22, so I have...considerable age on him, and I can safely say that at 39, I could easily have put a whole mile on him for the same time.

Maybe I'm not aging like wine, but I'm not exactly turning to vinegar, either.

Father Time can bite me!

Call it what you will

2011-11-17T12:20:00.009-06:00

I don't care for the name you give it, it's all the same to me: Socialism, Communism, Corporate-Fascism, Cronyism, or any other title or moniker you can conceive of.

And Ann Barnhardt has come to terms with why it is that she is closing the doors on her commodities business...

Ah, just read the whole damned thing, post, in both parts;

"BCM Has Ceased Operations (Part 1) Posted by Ann Barnhardt - November 17, AD 2011 10:27 AM MST

Dear Clients, Industry Colleagues and Friends of Barnhardt Capital Management,

It is with regret and unflinching moral certainty that I announce that Barnhardt Capital Management has ceased operations. After six years of operating as an independent introducing brokerage, and eight years of employment as a broker before that, I found myself, this morning, for the first time since I was 20 years old, watching the futures and options markets open not as a participant, but as a mere spectator.

The reason for my decision to pull the plug was excruciatingly simple: I could no longer tell my clients that their monies and positions were safe in the futures and options markets – because they are not. And this goes not just for my clients, but for every futures and options account in the United States. The entire system has been utterly destroyed by the MF Global collapse. Given this sad reality, I could not in good conscience take one more step as a commodity broker, soliciting trades that I knew were unsafe or holding funds that I knew to be in jeopardy.

The futures markets are very highly-leveraged and thus require an exceptionally firm base upon which to function. That base was the sacrosanct segregation of customer funds from clearing firm capital, with additional emergency financial backing provided by the exchanges themselves. Up until a few weeks ago, that base existed, and had worked flawlessly. Firms came and went, with some imploding in spectacular fashion. Whenever a firm failure happened, the customer funds were intact and the exchanges would step in to backstop everything and keep customers 100% liquid – even as their clearing firm collapsed and was quickly replaced by another firm within the system.

Everything changed just a few short weeks ago. A firm, led by a crony of the Obama regime, stole all of the non-margined cash held by customers of his firm. Let’s not sugar-coat this or make this crime seem “complex” and “abstract” by drowning ourselves in six-dollar words and uber-technical jargon. Jon Corzine STOLE the customer cash at MF Global. Knowing Jon Corzine, and knowing the abject lawlessness and contempt for humanity of the Marxist Obama regime and its cronies, this is not really a surprise. What was a surprise was the reaction of the exchanges and regulators. Their reaction has been to take a bad situation and make it orders of magnitude worse. Specifically, they froze customers out of their accounts WHILE THE MARKETS CONTINUED TO TRADE, refusing to even allow them to liquidate. This is unfathomable. The risk exposure precedent that has been set is completely intolerable and has destroyed the entire industry paradigm. No informed person can continue to engage these markets, and no moral person can continue to broker or facilitate customer engagement in what is now a massive game of Russian Roulette.
I have learned over the last week that MF Global is almost certainly the mere tip of the iceberg. There is massive industry-wide exposure to European sovereign junk debt. While other firms may not be as heavily leveraged as Corzine had MFG leveraged, and it is now thought that MFG’s leverage may have been in excess of 100:1, they are still suicidally leveraged and will likely stand massive, unmeetable collateral calls in the coming days and weeks as Europe inevitably collapses. I now suspect that the reason the Chicago Mercantile Exchange did not immediately step in to backstop the MFG implosion was because they knew and know that if they backstopped MFG, they would then be expected to backstop all of the other firms in the system when the failures began to cascade – and there simply isn’t that much money in the entire system. In short, the problem is a SYSTEMIC problem, not merely isolated to one firm."

And Part II;

"BCM Has Ceased Operations (Part 2)
Posted by Ann Barnhardt - November 17, AD 2011 10:26 AM MST
. . . . Continued
Perhaps the most ominous dynamic that I have yet heard of in regards to this mess is that of the risk of potential CLAWBACK actions. For those who do not know, “clawback” is the process by which a bankruptcy trustee is legally permitted to re-seize assets that left a bankrupt entity in the time period immediately preceding the entity’s collapse. So, using the MF Global customers as an example, any funds that were withdrawn from MFG accounts in the run-up to the collapse, either because of suspicions the customer may have had about MFG from, say, watching the company’s bond yields rise sharply, or from purely organic day-to-day withdrawls, the bankruptcy trustee COULD initiate action to “clawback” those funds. As a hedge broker, this makes my blood run cold. Generally, as the markets move in favor of a hedge position and equity builds in a client’s account, that excess equity is sent back to the customer who then uses that equity to offset cash market transactions OR to pay down a revolving line of credit. Even the possibility that a customer could be penalized and additionally raped AGAIN via a clawback action after already having their customer funds stolen is simply villainous. While there has been no open indication of clawback actions being initiated by the MF Global trustee, I have been told that it is a possibility.
And so, to the very unpleasant crux of the matter. The futures and options markets are no longer viable. It is my recommendation that ALL customers withdraw from all of the markets as soon as possible so that they have the best chance of protecting themselves and their equity. The system is no longer functioning with integrity and is suicidally risk-laden. The rule of law is non-existent, instead replaced with godless, criminal political cronyism.
Remember, derivatives contracts are NOT NECESSARY in the commodities markets. The cash commodity itself is the underlying reality and is not dependent on the futures or options markets. Many people seem to have gotten that backwards over the past decades. From Abel the animal husbandman up until the year 1964, there were no cattle futures contracts at all, and no options contracts until 1984, and yet the cash cattle markets got along just fine.
Finally, I will not, under any circumstance, consider reforming and re-opening Barnhardt Capital Management, or any other iteration of a brokerage business, until Barack Obama has been removed from office AND the government of the United States has been sufficiently reformed and repopulated so as to engender my total and complete confidence in the government, its adherence to and enforcement of the rule of law, and in its competent and just regulatory oversight of any commodities markets that may reform. So long as the government remains criminal, it would serve no purpose whatsoever to attempt to rebuild the futures industry or my firm, because in a lawless environment, the same thievery and fraud would simply happen again, and the criminals would go unpunished, sheltered by the criminal oligarchy.
To my clients, who literally TO THE MAN agreed with my assessment of the situation, and were relieved to be exiting the markets, and many whom I now suspect stayed in the markets as long as they did only out of personal loyalty to me, I can only say thank you for the honor and pleasure of serving you over these last years, with some of my clients having been with me for over twelve years. I will continue to blog at Barnhardt.biz, which will be subtly re-skinned soon, and will continue my cattle marketing consultation business. I will still be here in the office, answering my phones, with the same phone numbers. Alas, my retirement came a few years earlier than I had anticipated, but there was no possible way to continue given the inevitability of the collapse of the global financial markets, the overthrow of our government, and the resulting collapse in the rule of law.
As for me, I can only echo the words of David:
“This is the Lord’s doing; and it is wonderful in our eyes.”
With Best Regards- Ann Barnhardt"

I'd highlight the relevant parts, but that would just be me giving the whole bit the bold-button.

Pay attention to what is currently happening around you and in the news. This whole thing could just about go to complete shit at any time.

How is this guy a millionaire?

2011-11-17T09:30:00.007-06:00

Quickly scanning this story, I see this;

"(Producer and Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength member Charlie) Fink, who lives in Washington, D.C., said if the Bush tax cuts do not expire, the country 'is digging itself a big hole by foregoing revenue.'"
Which begs my original question; how does someone become wealthy enough to get into this stupid group with such complete misunderstanding of how basic economics works?

HOW?

Here's a brainer for the moron; whatever it is that you think you don't need or want of your pay, please go ahead and make a donation to the U.S. Treasury Department. They will gladly accept your check...but leave ME out of whatever grand scheme you have for attempting to "fix" whatever it is that you perceive to be the problem.

Whatta Dolt.

Me, I'm looking at methods for insulating myself and my meager wealth from the likes of these poseurs, including all of the usual tricks, and up until the recent exposure of confidential client information and identification, was considering doing some banking in Switzerland.

There must now be talk of doing this all off of the official record, including using unconventional terms and goods, and from what I've been reading in my usual haunts these days, this type of thing is quickly being adopted by more folks every day.

The Tax Man can cometh, but can not take away what he doesn't know exists, and best to keep it that way.

Great, can't wait

2011-11-14T19:15:00.010-06:00

I mean, I know how this is going to play out, and the bootlickers will be plenty satisfied with the outcome, but I'm really wanting to see what happens afterward.

I'm really hoping for a bloodbath.

Why do I say that?

Read this snippet, from Ann Barnhardt, We the Whipped, Pt.1, Nov.12;

"...Some people have said, “I have children. What do you expect me to do?” Well, I suppose I expect you to do exactly what Thomas Jefferson did. Jefferson wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 when he was 33 years old. Writing and signing the Declaration made Jefferson, along with all of the signers, traitors and seditionists against King George III and the British Empire. This was a capital offense and pushed Jefferson and the rest of the Founding Fathers into the corner of either winning independence or dying at the end of a rope as a war trophy. At the time, his daughter Patsy was three years old. Not only did Jefferson sign the Declaration, he threw himself into the Revolutionary War and became Governor of Virginia. And while all of this was going on, Jefferson had five more children. Jane was born in 1774. A son was born and died within hours in 1777. Mary was born in 1778. Lucy was born in 1780 and died soon thereafter. Lucy Elizabeth was born in 1782. Jefferson’s home, Monticello, was a target of the British, and was in fact captured in 1781 by Cornwallis. Jefferson and his family managed to escape with only minutes to spare after being warned by a young Virginia militiaman. The British then destroyed everything except the main house. All of the crops, livestock and outbuildings were burned or seized.
Questions? The decadent freedom that you enjoy and are getting ready to piss away was largely made possible by a young man who was already financially established and the father of young children, pushing it all in and putting an enormous target on his own back. Heaven forbid that we should LEARN ANYTHING from history or FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE of those that came before us"

Look at how far we've fallen.

That Tree of Liberty is badly in need of a watering.

Not my cup of tea

2011-11-06T08:16:00.001-06:00

I've never cared for the idea of living in or around an active fault line, so I suppose I'm going to have to move soon.

Pathetic grasping

2011-11-02T16:10:00.001-05:00

Everyone should be laughing at this circus.

Nose this fucker over.

2011-11-01T11:15:00.002-05:00

One.

Two.

Three.

Delicious.

I have more comments, but just can't afford the time to truly comment on the whole mess.

Eyes need to be kept wide open.

I don't get it, am I supposed to wet my pants?

2011-10-28T13:06:00.006-05:00

Some other blogger is, I think, insinuating that just because #2 Hoodie puts his hand on his gat, that, given it were me standing there, I'm supposed to piss myself like some dog, or something.

Goodbye!

Gee, ya think?

2011-10-28T10:51:00.001-05:00

Headline reads, "Support waning for Obama healthcare law: poll"
As if anyone who's, I don't know, awake, wouldn't have already known that.

I'll not forgive them

2011-10-21T07:06:00.002-05:00

And I don't think Jesus will cry about that either.

We, the American public, are going to have to put a stop to this.

Via Oleg.

Ya wanna laugh until you wet yourself?

2011-10-17T15:56:00.008-05:00

Read that headline;
"IRS: Budget cuts would hurt service, raise deficit"
Service?

What service is that, Anal probulation?

Morons on parade, I tell ya.

Steel yourself to this possibility

2011-10-14T11:55:00.003-05:00

I'm counting on this to be the situation come next fall, despite Barry being the most inept and possibly corrupt President ever.

He will more than likely win, albeit an ugly one, with more shades of the "hanging chads" coming out in the districts that will be highly contested.

Plan on the eventualities of that scenario too, as there may be a protracted civil unrest thereafter.

Warning shot across the bow

2011-10-13T10:08:00.004-05:00

That's what Warren needs; someone to warn him about these types of actions.

In meatspace, these types of things are popping up all the more often, calling themselves "fusion centers," and ALL they do is sit around and dream up new ways to enslave people with more government.

A declared enemy of The American Way. That's all you are now, Warren.

Pass it around

2011-10-11T12:39:00.003-05:00

An extremely good article about technology, and how it has evolved, and emancipated, nearly everyone it has ever touched.

See over at PopeHat's, courtesy of Sipsey Street.

Think.

Act.

Barry's feeling the heat,

2011-10-06T12:10:00.004-05:00

and is now pulling out all the stops for getting reelected.

Let's face it, this guy is a one-trick pony, and spending a bunch of funny money and sending it out to his preferred corporate list is pretty much his stock in trade.

Also, I recall that yesterday I read something from Gerald Celente about the shit hitting the fan sometime this month. Usually, I'm pretty alert to the man's word, but scoffed at this missive...maybe not so much today.

Swirlin' around the bowl, we are.

Now hear this,

2011-10-03T15:50:00.005-05:00

The headline reads;
"Obama: Nation 'not better off'"
Well, yes, I'd say that's right, and my suggestion for remedy would be for you to resign, Barry.

NOW.

Like we didn't know it already

2011-09-30T14:52:00.003-05:00

It was obvious, and right there on the idjit box when the whole bit went down.

Ben "Helicopter" Bernanke, Little Timmy "I forgot to pay my taxes" Geithner, and Barry "The Won" Obama got told by the banking cabal that the country would cease to exist, or something along those lines, if the big banks weren't handed truckloads of cash, pretty much overnight. This isn't an oversimplification either.

We all saw this go down.

We can get the lynchings started, pretty much anytime now, as far as I'm concerned. I'll even throw in the gallows design and the lumber for free, so long as I get to video record the whole event, including the trials of the fraudsters, which should take all of about five minutes, so we can then keep with that whole "speedy trial" bit, as outlined in the BOR.

We can then proceed with one of several other entire departments after that.

Moving to the head of the class

2011-09-30T00:32:00.002-05:00

Ann Barnhardt is pretty much making all of the right noises for me these days.

If you like straight-talking commentary on the world in general, I'd recommend stopping by her place several times a week.

No, it wasn't a joke

2011-09-27T17:26:00.003-05:00

The bitch was floating an idea, to see if there'd be someone bite.

I'm completely unconvinced at the benevolence of government....on second thought, why don't we just go there, eh?

I mean, really, what harm could this do?

We could just start with the next cycle, and keep all Reps from having to defend their seats, and at least a few Senators.

When that proves to be ineffectual, we can just violate the Constitution a little more (and hey, we've now set precedent for doing so, so why not just do it a little more, a little harder) and keep the bastards in for another two years. And after that, why don't we just look at keeping the next President in office...oh, it's still Barry by then, well, good, 'cuz he's been such a failure that it'd be awful to have to throw him out on his ear before he gets the chance to drive this fucker down the toilet ala Hugo Chavez, or some other wannabe dictator.

Lets do that.

Really, I'm not kidding, let's just go there.

H/T to Sipsey Street.

One Scary Bitch

2011-09-26T05:21:00.003-05:00

Please, keep in mind, she believes in absolutely every word she spouts, and is gaining considerable traction with the Commie crowd that has abandoned Barry, the Lightworker, a sizable demographic.

There is only ONE solution for ilk of this sort.

A)Harden your heart, and B) Stack the lead high and deep, while there is still time.

Stupidity to the Nth

2011-09-23T10:07:00.002-05:00

Not the story, per se, but the comments section.

People repeat something they hear that fits their narrative, and accept it as fact.

Can we please get the great purge under way, and soon?

Same old saw

2011-09-22T09:19:00.003-05:00

Headline;

"US stocks open sharply lower on bleak Fed outlook"

As of this moment, the market is down about 300 points.

All on the words of a bunch of check-kiting fools.

Festive.

The handout culture

2011-09-20T13:01:00.006-05:00

The headline;
"Stocks rally on hopes for Fed stimulus measures"
This means something's wrong, folks, when Wall Street will only react when there's promise, a rumor, or merely a "Hope," of a handout from The Fed.

Like seriously broke-dick wrong.

Fuck it.

Where's the axe, I already have the rifle in hand?

Barry's answer?

2011-09-12T17:24:00.002-05:00

Taxing our way to prosperity, of course!

What a fucking dolt.

The Emporer has already won

2011-09-09T13:44:00.002-05:00

Welcome to the new Stasi, the American Police State.

Orwell saw this all coming.

Just sickening.

Overt moves toward tyranny

2011-09-09T07:06:00.018-05:00

A few days ago, I was doing my usual rounds, when, at Kevin Baker's joint, I see this tidbit;

"The Omaha (Neb.) Public School system spent $130,000 of its stimulus grant recently just to buy 8,000 copies of the book "The Cultural Proficiency Journey: Moving Beyond Ethical Barriers Toward Profound School Change" (Two stars on Amazon. By all means, read the reviews.) -- that is, one copy for every single employee, from principals to building custodians. Alarmingly, wrote an Omaha World-Herald columnist, the book is "riddled with gobbledygook," "endless graphs," and such tedium as the "cultural proficiency continuum" and discussion of the "disequilibrium" arising "due to the struggle to disengage with past actions associated with unhealthy perspectives." [Emphasis - Ed.]

Check the title of that book again.

I had this to say about it in comments;

"The name alone should make a person with an above average IQ question the purpose of its content. Profound school change has nothing to do with moving beyond any ethical barrier...which should, in and of itself, be enough of an argument against its primary assertions, whatever they may be. And what does Cultural Proficiency mean, and how is violating an ethical barrier important to whatever definition may be of same?" [Emphasis - Ed.]

Then, this morning, I stop by WRSA, only to read this, quoting, as Pete refers to Barry, the Mighty Kenyan,

"What kind of country would this be if this chamber (Congress - Ed.) had voted down Social Security or Medicare just because it violated some rigid idea about what government could or could not do?" [Emphasis - Ed.]

Chills should run down your back with that one.

So, if you had any doubts about what he thinks the limits of governemnt, his government, are, well, now you know he doesn't have any, including violating the shit out of an explicit and exact set of enumerated rights that you were born with.

Do you understand?

The Irony meter is not pegged,

2011-09-02T16:57:00.002-05:00

It's broken the fucking needle, and is spinning around behind its bezel.

Can someone explain this whole debacle to the clueless idiots in Washington, please?

Why isn't this story on the MSM loop on the idjit box?

2011-08-31T09:18:00.001-05:00

It's spelled, I-N-T-H-E-T-A-N-K.

Not enough

2011-08-30T15:11:00.003-05:00

And I'll let Mike Vanderbough tell you why it's not.

Barry needs to, at the very least, resign. And Holder too.

The alternative is to have Barry escorted out of the Whore House in cuffs.

That is all.

Unreasonable Search?

2011-08-29T14:41:00.002-05:00

In light of recent events, um, no, it is not.

If you disagree with me, don't let yourself get within arms' reach.

I don't care where the fucking wood comes from!

2011-08-26T10:12:00.006-05:00

You got that, you God-damned jackbooted sons-of-bitches!

Look, you stupid fucks; if it took a complete raping of the entire Alpine forests of Europe to find it, just to be able to harvest ONE spruce to produce another Messiah, it'd be worth it!

Got that?

What use is having had the likes of Mozart, or Beethoven or Bach write that music, if it couldn't be played, just because some Gaia worshipping lunatic has a hard-on about cutting down a fucking tree?

Bring me the fucking saw, and I'll save you the fucking agony over it. I'll then gladly tear the head off of anyone who gets in the way, just so I can listen the beautiful sounds of the instruments made from the endeavor.

What's it gonna take for this shit to stop, folks?

As an afterthought; watch the price of genuine Gibson guitars for the foreseeable future. I'm betting on a good return.

The Gaffe Machine strikes again

2011-08-25T10:07:00.006-05:00

But it's not from what everyone else seems to be harping about.

It's here;
"...You share a similar concern here in China. You have no safety net. Your policy has been one which I fully understand--I'm not second-guessing--of one child per family. The result being that you're in a position where one wage earner will be taking care of four retired people. Not sustainable." [emphasis - Ed.]
I'd continue with the obvious criticisms of slavery here, and the advocacy of a systemic and actuarial administration of such as this would naturally imply, but I don't think that needs elaboration.

This asshole means to make you work for him, entirely at his whim, and the fruits of your mind and labor are not yours.

Remember that.

More of the wrong

2011-08-23T10:20:00.004-05:00

Again, let me give you the headline;

"The hidden value of Obama's jobs plan"
...which then goes on to say,

"Boosting federal hiring to build roads won't slash the unemployment rate, but that's not really the point"
Clue; the federal.gov doesn't actually build roads, so why would they need to hire more folks in the DOT?

I smell bullshit.

How wrong is it?

2011-08-23T09:49:00.004-05:00

Tam points out how fast the spin has been put on this story.

Let me give you the headline, right here;

"Libya a victory for Obama?"
Please, disregard that question mark at the end.

It's of no consequence, because there is a story to tell, a big fat lie at that, and the MSM will do the story telling as they see fit. They see his decisions, or lack thereof, as timely and brilliant...and they're going to tell you about it, regardless of fact.

Ministry of Truth, indeed.

Watch this situation

2011-08-18T22:47:00.003-05:00

First, the S&P Downgrade.

Then, the Stock Market took a hit.

Now, it seems that the Feds are going to be doing some probulating.

Ann Barnhardt is calling this the S&P Vendetta.

Sure looks that way from where I'm sitting.

Folks, if this doesn't scare the living shit out of you, I don't want to know you.

Knuckling under

2011-08-12T14:30:00.005-05:00

The decision handed down is right, of course, but this is what really caught my attention; "It (the Obama Administration - Ed.) argued that the requirement was legal under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. One of the three judges of the appeals court panel, Stanley Marcus, agreed with the administration in dissenting from the majority opinion.

The majority "has ignored the undeniable fact that Congress' commerce power has grown exponentially over the past two centuries and is now generally accepted as having afforded Congress the authority to create rules regulating large areas of our national economy," (Judge) Marcus wrote."
Now, this is a guy who should understand the difference between what has been "accepted," and what is legal...of all people, he should know this.

Looks like our Judge Marcus is a boot-licking Communist, and not too bright, either.

QotD

2011-08-12T09:25:00.003-05:00

From Tam,

"...No wonder Obama hates him; they both wore the same dress to the prom."

The visuals.

Mental floss.

Still funny.

Barry, I'm throwing the Bullshit Flag on you

2011-08-11T16:44:00.004-05:00

Explain this to me; How is it that Barry is "remembering 9/11," with an Iftar dinner to mark the end of the daily fasting period for Ramadan?

How is it that he's honoring the lives of those 2,977 people who died by the murderous hands of some hate-filled Muslims?

Tell me, Barry, is this your attempt at bridging some sort of gap that you perceive in this country, or is it you, more overtly, trying to show your true Muslim alliances?

A couple of weeks ago, you made some sort of public service announcement about the beginning of Ramadan, yet I don't seem to recall you saying anything of the same sort at Easter. You are a Christian, right, Barry?

I call Bullshit, you back-stabbing fucking liar.

And now, something completely different;

2011-08-11T15:40:00.006-05:00

In a play on the current state of world affairs, I bring you Zepparella, an all female band, covering Led Zeppelin. When the Levee Breaks;

In particular, check out the chops of the guitarist, Gretchen Menn. That's some seriously good axe work throughout, but just look at the masterful slide work at about 5:30.

Not good

2011-08-10T15:41:00.003-05:00

I'm stating right here that if we see too much more of this, we're going to experience riots, looting, and a general crime wave that'll make the stunts being pulled off currently in the U.K. look like the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup.

Look for an uptick in the suicide rate too.

Everyone may really want to think about taking their BOB in their car, and keeping it close to hand at work.

He doesn't know when to quit

2011-08-09T15:33:00.001-05:00

This guy is the biggest fucking idiot since Carter, and he's just sure he's supposed to be heralded as The Messiah.

The frenzy

2011-08-09T10:33:00.002-05:00

Just look at the dolts, trying their best to do the Little Dutch Boy routine.

It would be great if these guys realized that every single action they take does nothing more than make matters worse, but I'm not holding my breath.

Interesting Times

2011-08-09T07:17:00.003-05:00

London burns.

Barry speaks....

And The Dow falls.

How much further will this all go?

Schoolyard finger pointing

2011-08-08T13:08:00.003-05:00

Posted without comment, except to say that this kind of behaviour is entirely expected of the petulent children who've been hired to administer this leviathan we call our government.

Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?

2011-08-04T08:41:00.007-05:00

'Cuz it looks like you are gonna point it at me, and real soon, Joe.

Look straight at that language, boys and girls.

He just called you and me terrorists. Take him at his word.

It wasn't for lack of a better word, in his mind, either. As far as he's concerned, we are to be hunted down and killed, and it's entirely to do with even the thought in your head of defying him, or Barry, in any form.

And the Libs and MSM pukes are harping about the tone and lack of civility of discourse in country.

Fuck the lot of them.

I aim to misbehave.

Relief

2011-08-03T08:48:00.003-05:00

It was 110 yesterday.

The weatherman is promising only low 90's today, which will seem rather temperate.

Screen spewage alert!

2011-08-02T12:46:00.006-05:00

Saw this one at WRSA, and almost pissed myself.

Check out the message on that wifebeater.

And that surly lipcurl.

The clenched left fist. (so subtle)

Strange thing is, I could see him pulling this whole bit off in about a year's time. How about you?

Are these people serious?

2011-08-02T10:17:00.004-05:00

I've got a theory for you; a few D&D playing dorks get together and tramp down the wheat (or whatever happens to be there) with little more than their feet, a board or two and a piece of fucking string.

There are obviously people (I use the term loosely) out there, knuckles dragging the ground, who really do believe this sort of non-sense, and I have a request for you all; Please, go off yourselves.

Really.

Please remove your DNA from the pool, since it's considered uncouth for me to forcibly do it for you, and we need not breed any more stupidity into the H. Sapien stream than we already have.

lmao

2011-08-01T11:53:00.001-05:00

The first line just killed me;

"NEW YORK (AP) — The debt deal rally lasted all of 30 minutes."

Need I say more?

Shut your pie hole

2011-07-29T13:47:00.003-05:00

Jon,

You were heretofore unknown to me as a possible contender for the Pachs nomination.

Your comments have now sealed your chances at getting my vote, and it falls somewhere between nil and zero, and it has everything to do with this non-sense about climate change, whatever that is.

News break for you asshat politicians; I don't want your help, except for you to stay out of my fucking way. Get it?

Next.

Mr. King issues edict

2011-07-29T12:08:00.002-05:00

I wonder, does Barry even know that Congress sits at the same exact level of authority within our government (in theory) that he does?

His snearing derision of the proles has been turned to 11, wouldn't you say?

It's gonna get worse.

Get this straight

2011-07-29T11:49:00.003-05:00

I don't want any of your deals, Barry, so leave me the fuck out of a business transaction that you clearly don't have any business in, asshole.

Better get whatever vehicles you think you might need for the foreseeable future, and make sure you pick a good one, 'cuz if we are in for anything like the 70's cars that this heap of trash article is touting, you'll be caving in your own skull with a hammer.

And for those out there who either are willfully glib about the actual history of, or are too young to remember the 70's and the cars that were produced during that era, let me just say plainly that most of the attempts at getting domestic autos to conform to an era of higher gasoline prices were an abysmal failure, not to mention the suspect reliability and performance of same.

Let's not go back there.

Well, the MSM finally wakes up

2011-07-27T13:42:00.002-05:00

Fast and Furious has been out in the open for more than six months now, and the MSM pukes finally get a clue.

Mike Vanderbough, at his excellent Sipsey Street Irregulars blog, deserves a huge thanks for keeping his eye on the ball for all this story possibly entails.

I'm hopeful that this will, at the very least, take down Eric Holder, and maybe even Barry, depending on who throws whom under the bus.

And this is her fault, how, exactly?

2011-07-27T08:53:00.002-05:00

The fucking retards who come up with this ridiculousness need a beating.

Here's a clue for the idiots out there; there is absolutely no reason for the Gummint to do anything about the suicide rate among its citizenry, regardless of its locality or pervasiveness. It's an invitation for disaster.

Well, it's probably Bush's fault

2011-07-26T14:45:00.003-05:00

I'm curious to know if Barry had thought about this as a possibility before he gave the go-ahead on that whole raid, back in May?

This guy is your Commander-in-Chief.

Not aging like wine

2011-07-22T17:00:00.003-05:00

I was just struck by reading Oleg's little post about his own personal accomplishments, when I thought to myself that, very recently, I had run my usual loop of 4.3 miles in just under 28 minutes...at 38 years of age.

Pretty good, still.

It's harder than it used to be to go that fast, and I'm really starting to feel the effects of aging (sniff), but I suppose I'm not complaining about either.

Anyway, I'm staying with the program as long as I can muster.

Onward.

Unhinging?

2011-07-22T11:03:00.001-05:00

Stay tuned for more of this sort of thing.

A most unpossible thing

2011-07-22T09:22:00.002-05:00

How?

Chicago.

4 year old boy.

Liquor store.

With gun.

Again, how?

Making it up as they go

2011-07-21T09:11:00.004-05:00

I simply can't go into the back-story about this whole bit, but suffice it to say, this is yet another data point in the continuing devolution of this society.

The government does nothing more than outlaw and confiscate anything and everything that they want (This is the sole endeavor of taxes, don't be fooled otherwise), devouring wealth, production, entire lives, all at a whim, and without the slightest threat of the repercussions of such overt theft.

Oh yeah, and another thing, fuck that God-Damned fool FDR, and everything that bastard ever did.

Arcane disciplines versus real value

2011-07-19T11:27:00.004-05:00

Couldn't help but notice this one over at SurvivalBlog.

I almost laughed at the absurd notion that this asshole lawyer was making; that without a lawyer, it was somehow impossible to build a bridge, or a road, because people might squabble about who owns what, and it was up to him, or another lawyerly asshole like him, to, as he puts it, "[find] ways and developed systems that substitute contracts for wars, so that human ingenuity can be harnessed through commerce and its fruits can be made more secure."

Which is odd, simply by the reasoning he puts forth in the previous paragraph;

"...if a time-traveling lawyer from Abe Lincoln's era were dropped into the middle of a modern courtroom, after recovering from the shock of the modern technology of law and the presence of women, he would find most of the basic principles familiar. After all, commercial and property transactions and dispute resolution have been going on for thousands of years, and the law has been distilling its wisdom on how to deal with such transactions all along..."

...which means that the conditions for such circumstances are well known, and probably even to us plebians who, ya know, know how to frikkin' read a contract. It's NOT rocket science, and drafting such things DOES NOT entail the use of a fucking leech who puts his hand out for writing a few paragraphs on who owns what and when.

Fucking moron.

Why would he do that?

2011-07-18T12:47:00.002-05:00

Cut, Cap and Balance, that is.

It's not in his best interest to tell the truth and come clean with the fact that someone's goose is going to get skewered. That'd piss them right the fuck off, and he can't have that, so it's all back to the lies and damned lies, and making ridiculous terms on new debt, kiting even more checks that will never be able to be cashed.

Fucking loser.

Coulda fooled me

2011-07-18T11:46:00.002-05:00

To me, it looks like the biggest terror threat out there isn't the "terrorists," so much as it is the Gummint, parading around in assault gear, pretending they're "doing something" about the situation.

This shit's going to bite them in the ass.

Torch the fucker, already!

2011-07-16T20:44:00.006-05:00

The Constitution, that is.

Really.

Light that fucker up on the lawn of the Capitol, 'cuz it's pretty God-damned useless now, and the Gummint is coming right out and shredding it in front of us all. We may as well finish the job.

They'll have their way, the rule book be damned. They're not about to play by it, and it's obvious.

WE shouldn't either.

BDS, still

2011-07-14T10:49:00.003-05:00

This shit boggles the mind.

And it's yet another example of how far down the shitter this country has gotten as a direct result of people not being able to think.

Suckage

2011-07-08T17:45:00.003-05:00

I hate the newest (to me) version of Autodesk's AutoCAD software, the 2010 release.

Fixing shit that ain't broke is the basic premise that they started with, and went the wrong way with it from there.

I hope you all get put out of business by one of your competitors, and soon.

Yes, exactly

2011-07-07T09:49:00.008-05:00

There's obviously some culpability in this whole Casey Anthony mess that can't be dismissed, and someone surely knows something about what happened and isn't saying something.

They should.

Despite that, Tam is precisely on top of the ball when she alludes to the fact that there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, who are simply harping for yet more governmental overreach in the form of yet more law.

This is something we do not need, folks, and most are too stupid to know it.

This will happen here, too.

2011-07-02T11:43:00.004-05:00

Just you wait.

When it's clear to those in the seats of power that the only way to either appease the Chinese, or to "pay" for all of the unfunded, get-your-shit-for-free, and mandated by law goodies for the welfare class, they'll just show up at your door and take you to the labor camp.

They'll do all sorts of legal gymnastics and fancy, flowery wording to make it all look and sound like a kinder, gentler sort of slavery, but that's what it will still be, nonetheless.

Just you watch.

H/T to SurvivalBlog for the link.

More of the same behavior

2011-06-29T19:06:00.008-05:00

Watch this:

Pay attention to the conclusion that Yankee Prepper makes at 10:40 regarding the supposed reasons for Fast and Furious/Gunwalker, a manufactured crisis.

It's the exact same conclusion that I made when the story was broken by Mike Vanderbough at Sipsey Street, six months ago. Nothing more than a false flag operation, put in place to do nothing more than grab power, by way of making a certain and exact circumstance fit your narrative.

It's also a nice, convenient, self-perpetuating loop for grabbing more cash for your "cause." Every hammer searches for a nail, and all that.

It's all coming to an end, and the event horizon is coming into clearer focus everyday.

Way to go Po-Po

2011-06-29T08:23:00.001-05:00

Idiots.

Imagine the difference in outcome if the situation had involved a civvie with his own rifle.

I'm betting on quite a bit more than just an, "investigation," wouldn't you?

Taking us back to the Middle Ages

2011-06-28T22:20:00.003-05:00

No, really.

I'd recommend a good stash of surplus NBC masks and Tyvek suits too, in addition to the rodent poison.

Just fucking FUCK, already.

Too stupid to stay away

2011-06-27T15:27:00.003-05:00

That's me.

Still digging out from the fog of jet lag.

Move along.

Nothing to see here...yet.

If I'm feeling generous, I may share some visuals, but later.

Who's she kidding?

2011-06-09T17:02:00.003-05:00

She doesn't have the mental wattage of even Paul Krugman, who's a God-Damned idiot, so at least there's a precedent of doling out nice positions and awards with the whole Nobel Prize on economics to an avowed Socialist.

It's at least keeping with standard form.

What he's really saying

2011-06-09T16:24:00.004-05:00

This whole bit with Weiner has shown me this; his whole position is that he gets to do these kinds of things, wholly inappropriate acts, and he gets to do it to whomever he wants, whenever he wants, and we're just all going to have to accept that he's going to get away with doing it.

How is it do you think he's going to treat the proles after Chuck the Schmuck retires?

Do you think he considers himself one of the anointed? A king of sorts?

Me too.

Time's coming, I can almost smell it.

Escalation

2011-06-08T12:37:00.002-05:00

Hey Dick, I'll tell you what, you can make any sincere attempt at that tattoo bit on me that you want, however, if you get within arms' reach of me, I'll cut your fucking throat to the bone, you Aussie piker.

That is all.