Archive for November, 2011

Superfail!

Posted in Politics on November 21st, 2011

The “Super Committee” charged with cutting the US federal government’s longstanding spending spree by $1.5 trillion over the course of a decade has utterly failed to achieve their goals.

“We have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee’s deadline,” said the statement from Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas).

Leaving all the purely partisan “blamecasting” aside, how much did we, the People unwillingly pay for this foredoomed farcical exercise?

Occupy Bagram

Posted in Humor, Politics on November 20th, 2011

The Occupy Wall St. “movement” has spread far and wide, quite far and wide in hilarious “fact.” It’s even reached Afghanistan.

Indeed, the members of Occupy Bagram have even prepared a message for the members of the domestic cells of OWS:

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A Message From Occupy Bagram

Of course, the Leftist slackers that make up the OWS rabble aren’t the sort to listen to any message from America’s military, except for those messages sent by traitors such as Bradley Manning and Scott Olsen and the broken, lost souls who joined the anti-military groups, MoveOn.org and/or Code Pink.

It’s been made clear by their jabbering rants that OWS doesn’t consider “Occupiers” as a positive title when they apply it to the patriotic American men and women serving America and freedom in benighted hellholes like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Any message about quitting bitching and whining and going out and earning a living is also unlikely to sit well with the OWS rabble. Firstly, if they were capable of doing that they wouldn’t be crying for handouts. Secondly, doing so would be to “go outside the expertise of their people.”

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H/T to the redoubtable Michelle Malkin and to her source, Blackfive.

Hijabi WhaleTail

Posted in Humor, Religion, Society on November 19th, 2011

If the title of this post didn’t mess with your brain the image below most certainly will.

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Hijabi Whale Tail

The cognitive dissonance of a Muslim female wearing the hijab with her turquoise and black thong sticking out of her low(ish) rise jeans creates a frisson that’s hard to explain – not that there’s anything wrong with that. 😆

Wall St On Nov 18

Posted in Politics on November 19th, 2011

On November 17, 2011, the day after Mayor Bloomberg finally chased the OWS rabble out of Zuccotti Park, they vowed to shutdown Wall St and the financial institutions located there. They called it the Day Of Disruption

As should have been expected the slackers’ efforts were a pathetic failure. Also as should be expected, they had no staying power. While some shouted that the “event” would last all week or longer, Wall St. was quiet, peaceful, and efficient on November 18.

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NYSE Is Utterly Quiet

The police officers in NYPD’s security checkpoint at the NYSE were far more concerned about the fact that one part of the bottom bracing on their rain cover was broken than in anything going on around the NYSE – because nothing was going on.

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Wall St. And Nassau St, Quiet As Well

Passersby and a few tourists could and did go about their business with no interference from the OWS rabble or law enforcement personnel charged with containing them.

So much for the OWS rabble’s Day Of Disruption and continuance of their illegal occupation of Lower Manhattan. Like all angry monkeys, they made a lot noise and flung a lot of feces but the creations of Man withstood them and enforced order upon them. Like all attempts at Socialism, it and it’s proponents were rejected by Americans.

I’d say that it was back to business as usual on Wall St. but business was largely never other than usual there during the occupation. It was only the small businesses and residents that were disrupted by the filth of OWS.

Beer Summit 2012

Posted in 2012 Election, Beer, Humor, Politics on November 18th, 2011

In days not so long gone by Obama has showed an interest in holding beer summits, presumably to foster the idea that he’s one of the people instead of a Ivy League educated “1%’er” with little or no connection with- or understanding of we, the People.

In itself that’s no problem; Presidents are rarely from the masses. If Obama plans to revisit this campaign tactic though, it’s going to take reworking similar to his wealth redistribution campaign plank and the Obama Girl.

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A Malty, Robust, Jobless Recovery Ale

Obama leads a charmed life though and, thanks to the Lagunitas Brewing Company, there’s the perfect beer for his next iteration of a beer summit – Wilco Tango Foxtrot.

Like Obama, WTF is rich and brown, but carries a harsh, bitter bite that is not normal in an American product. In the beer’s case it comes from Californian hops sensibilities

It’s noteworthy and apropos that Wilco Tango Foxtrot was supposed to be named “2010 Recovery Ale” but they said, “It’s 2011 and it STILL doesn’t look like we’ll be there anytime soon.”

If you can still afford it and tolerate the bite, hoist a glass of WTF in Obama’s “honor.” 😉