Friday, May 03, 2013
The old order is dying. We are living in the age of Farage
The old order is dying. We are living in the age of Farage – Telegraph Blogs:
"the cheap shot smear techniques which have been used in this election campaign, are straight out of Saul Alinsky's Rules For Radicals.
I have seen members of UKIP isolated this way on Twitter.
The Attack Dogs cut off the support network by throwing standard accusations out, other members, frightened to be tarred with the non-existent brush remove themselves from debate.
The attack dogs have then isolated their target.
The attackers go after people and not the party; people hurt faster than institutions.
Direct, personalised criticism and ridicule works.
It is cruel, but very effective.
The Big Three political parties are worried about UKIP. If they weren’t they wouldn’t set their attack dogs to savage the aspiring politicians and the yet to mature new boy on the party political scene."
"the cheap shot smear techniques which have been used in this election campaign, are straight out of Saul Alinsky's Rules For Radicals.
I have seen members of UKIP isolated this way on Twitter.
The Attack Dogs cut off the support network by throwing standard accusations out, other members, frightened to be tarred with the non-existent brush remove themselves from debate.
The attack dogs have then isolated their target.
The attackers go after people and not the party; people hurt faster than institutions.
Direct, personalised criticism and ridicule works.
It is cruel, but very effective.
The Big Three political parties are worried about UKIP. If they weren’t they wouldn’t set their attack dogs to savage the aspiring politicians and the yet to mature new boy on the party political scene."
New Rule Signals Kiss of Death for Pensions
New Rule Signals Kiss of Death for Pensions:
"A little known rule change that allows companies to contribute fewer dollars to pension funds is signaling just how meaningless the retirement vehicle has become.
"This proves that pensions are pretty much dead," said Greg McBride, chief economist at Bankrate.com. "
"A little known rule change that allows companies to contribute fewer dollars to pension funds is signaling just how meaningless the retirement vehicle has become.
"This proves that pensions are pretty much dead," said Greg McBride, chief economist at Bankrate.com. "
Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant
Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant - The Daily Currant
"I'm sorry sir.
We're serious," Benito insisted.
"We've decided that eating more than one piece isn't healthy for you, and so we're forbidding you from doing it."
"Look jackass," Bloomberg retorted, his anger boiling,
"I fucking skipped breakfast this morning just so I could eat four slices of your pizza.
Don't be a schmuck, just get back to the kitchen and bring out some fucking pizza, okay."
"I'm sorry sir, there's nothing I can do," the owner repeated.
"Maybe you could go to several restaurants and get one slice at each.
At least that way you're walking.
You know, burning calories."
(Yes, it's a spoof)
"I'm sorry sir.
We're serious," Benito insisted.
"We've decided that eating more than one piece isn't healthy for you, and so we're forbidding you from doing it."
"Look jackass," Bloomberg retorted, his anger boiling,
"I fucking skipped breakfast this morning just so I could eat four slices of your pizza.
Don't be a schmuck, just get back to the kitchen and bring out some fucking pizza, okay."
"I'm sorry sir, there's nothing I can do," the owner repeated.
"Maybe you could go to several restaurants and get one slice at each.
At least that way you're walking.
You know, burning calories."
(Yes, it's a spoof)
EU economies to breach deficit limits as economic picture darkens
EU economies to breach deficit limits as economic picture darkens - FT.com:
"In addition to the anticipated breaches by France, Spain and the Netherlands, the currency union’s third-largest economy, Italy, will come within a hair’s breadth of missing the limit of 3 per cent of economic output, with a 2013 deficit forecasted at 2.9 per cent."
"In addition to the anticipated breaches by France, Spain and the Netherlands, the currency union’s third-largest economy, Italy, will come within a hair’s breadth of missing the limit of 3 per cent of economic output, with a 2013 deficit forecasted at 2.9 per cent."
Muskegon Heights police chief: Gunshot victim, struck in genitalia by bullet, already in wheelchair from previous shooting
Muskegon Heights police chief: Gunshot victim, struck in genitalia by bullet, already in wheelchair from previous shooting | MLive.com:
"The chief said citizens have a right to be concerned, but he clarified it appears the shooters are targeting “each other” and not randomly shooting at innocent bystanders."
"The chief said citizens have a right to be concerned, but he clarified it appears the shooters are targeting “each other” and not randomly shooting at innocent bystanders."
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Despite sequester, DOD signs contract for $59/gallon green jet fuel
Despite sequester, DOD signs contract for $59/gallon green jet fuel | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently warned that sequestration would cause “suspension of important activities, curtailed training, and could result in furloughs of civilian personnel” but the spending cuts haven’t killed the green fuels program, as the Pentagon has continued purchasing renewable fuel at $59 per gallon.
“In March, Gevo entered into a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to supply the U.S. Army with 3,650 gallons of renewable jet fuel to be delivered by the second quarter of 2013,” Gevo announced this week in its first quarter financial report.
“This initial order may be increased by 12,500 gallons.
All shipments will be at a fixed price of $59 per gallon during the initial testing phase."
"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently warned that sequestration would cause “suspension of important activities, curtailed training, and could result in furloughs of civilian personnel” but the spending cuts haven’t killed the green fuels program, as the Pentagon has continued purchasing renewable fuel at $59 per gallon.
“In March, Gevo entered into a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to supply the U.S. Army with 3,650 gallons of renewable jet fuel to be delivered by the second quarter of 2013,” Gevo announced this week in its first quarter financial report.
“This initial order may be increased by 12,500 gallons.
All shipments will be at a fixed price of $59 per gallon during the initial testing phase."
Sins Of The Fourth Estate (Part II)
Irish Examiner USA: Sins Of The Fourth Estate (Part II):
Read what the ex-abortionist, Bernard Nathanson, one of the founders of NARAL said when he revealed the deceptions, dirty tricks, and other tactics that helped make abortion legal and socially acceptable in the United States:
How did we do this? It is important to understand the tactics involved because these tactics have been used throughout the western world with one permutation or another, in order to change abortion law.
"The First Key Tactic was to capture the media - with lies. The number of women dying from illegal abortions was around 200-250 annually. The figure constantly fed to the media was 10,000.
"The Second Key Tactic was to Play the Catholic Card - We systematically vilified the Catholic Church and its 'socially backward ideas' and picked on the Catholic hierarchy as the villain in opposing abortion.
"The Third Key Tactic was the Denigration and Suppression of all Scientific Evidence that Life Begins at Conception - A favorite pro-abortion tactic is to insist that the definition of when life begins is impossible; that the question is a theological or moral or philosophical one, anything but a scientific one."
President Obama claims to care about women but maybe all he really cares about are their votes. We know that he voted against the Born Alive bill while a State Senator in Illinois. When asked in 2008 at what point a baby gets "human rights," Obama flippantly answered, "... whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity ... is above my pay grade."
There is nothing above his pay grade now yet no reporter will dare to ask him that question now.
'Hate Crime' Hoaxes
Best of the Web Today: 'Hate Crime' Hoaxes - WSJ.com:
"Why are phony "hate crimes" so common, especially on college campuses?
...One obvious answer is that people do this sort of thing to get attention.
Multicultural identity politics, which is a dominant force on campus and a significant one off it, creates a perverse incentive structure by rewarding victims of purported hate and going easy on hoaxers. "
"Why are phony "hate crimes" so common, especially on college campuses?
...One obvious answer is that people do this sort of thing to get attention.
Multicultural identity politics, which is a dominant force on campus and a significant one off it, creates a perverse incentive structure by rewarding victims of purported hate and going easy on hoaxers. "
Miss Korea 2013 Contestants Spark Plastic Surgery Debate
Miss Korea 2013 Contestants Spark Plastic Surgery Debate:
"......what they say represents a growing trend in plastic surgery that makes the women look remarkably similar to one another."
"......what they say represents a growing trend in plastic surgery that makes the women look remarkably similar to one another."
Too Many Too-Big-to-Fail Banks
Too Many Too-Big-to-Fail Banks « Commentary Magazine:
"What’s scary is that the community banks, 98.5 percent of all American banks, have only 12 percent of the banking assets.
But the megabanks, only .21 percent of all banks, have 69 percent of all banking assets."
"What’s scary is that the community banks, 98.5 percent of all American banks, have only 12 percent of the banking assets.
But the megabanks, only .21 percent of all banks, have 69 percent of all banking assets."
Ron Paul & Jim Rogers: "There's More Chaos To Come"
Ron Paul & Jim Rogers: "There's More Chaos To Come" | Zero Hedge:
"I would expect that there is going to be a lot more chaos still to come." - Ron Paul;
“They won’t take our bank accounts…they will take our retirement accounts.” - Jim Rogers"
"I would expect that there is going to be a lot more chaos still to come." - Ron Paul;
“They won’t take our bank accounts…they will take our retirement accounts.” - Jim Rogers"
Duke OKs student health insurance coverage for sex reassignmen
Duke OKs student health insurance coverage for sex reassignment | The Chronicle:
The additional coverage will have a “minimal” impact on cost to students, Wasiolek said.
The additional coverage will have a “minimal” impact on cost to students, Wasiolek said.
The coverage will cause a 0.3 percent increase to student costs.
Overall, student health care premiums will increase by a total of 8 percent next year, Wasiolek said.
Overall, student health care premiums will increase by a total of 8 percent next year, Wasiolek said.
America's Suicide Rate Skyrockets Among Middle-Aged
America's Suicide Rate Skyrockets Among Middle-Aged:
"The biggest jump has occurred among white Americans, whose suicide rate per 100,000 population rose from 15.9 in 1999 to 22.3 in 2010."
"The biggest jump has occurred among white Americans, whose suicide rate per 100,000 population rose from 15.9 in 1999 to 22.3 in 2010."
Revealed: The Five Loopiest Guardian Articles of All Time
Revealed: The Five Loopiest Guardian Articles of All Time – Telegraph Blogs:
"2. Conservatives are morons.
According to George Monbiot, scientists have established as an “empirical fact” that “conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information”.
This is why conservatives are suckers for racism, homophobia, sexism, after all:
Prejudice tends not to arise directly from low intelligence but from the conservative ideologies to which people of low intelligence are drawn.
Conservative ideology is the "critical pathway" from low intelligence to racism.
By contrast, reading the Guardian is the “critical pathway” towards snobbery and intellectual bigotry.
Or so the experts say."
"2. Conservatives are morons.
According to George Monbiot, scientists have established as an “empirical fact” that “conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information”.
This is why conservatives are suckers for racism, homophobia, sexism, after all:
Prejudice tends not to arise directly from low intelligence but from the conservative ideologies to which people of low intelligence are drawn.
Conservative ideology is the "critical pathway" from low intelligence to racism.
By contrast, reading the Guardian is the “critical pathway” towards snobbery and intellectual bigotry.
Or so the experts say."
Vietnam ‘prisoner of war’ accused of fabricating claims
Vietnam ‘prisoner of war’ accused of fabricating claims - Telegraph:
"A man living in the Vietnamese jungle, whose claims to be a long-lost American prisoner of war are at the centre of a major new documentary, has been accused of fabricating his claims."
"A man living in the Vietnamese jungle, whose claims to be a long-lost American prisoner of war are at the centre of a major new documentary, has been accused of fabricating his claims."
Jason Collins' Ex-Fiancee -- I Had NO IDEA He Was Gay
Jason Collins' Ex-Fiancee -- I Had NO IDEA He Was Gay | TMZ.com:
"The woman who was once engaged to NBA star Jason Collins tells TMZ, she had NO CLUE he was gay at the time of their relationship ... in fact, she only found out last weekend ... and she was floored.
Carolyn Moos (who played a few seasons in the WNBA) dated Collins for seven years and was engaged to him until they broke up in 2009 ... after Collins pulled the plug on their wedding.
Carolyn tells TMZ, she never once suspected he was gay, so the news is shocking. "
"The woman who was once engaged to NBA star Jason Collins tells TMZ, she had NO CLUE he was gay at the time of their relationship ... in fact, she only found out last weekend ... and she was floored.
Carolyn Moos (who played a few seasons in the WNBA) dated Collins for seven years and was engaged to him until they broke up in 2009 ... after Collins pulled the plug on their wedding.
Carolyn tells TMZ, she never once suspected he was gay, so the news is shocking. "
Pay Attention: CO Democrats Using Election Process To Enshrine Power
Rule of Law » Pay Attention: CO Democrats Using Election Process To Enshrine Power:
"Something is happening in Colorado, and you better pay attention. Colorado Democrats, with the active help of some Republican county election clerks interested in shirking work, have devised a revolutionary plan to remake future Colorado elections.
The plan is simple: ballots are automatically mailed out to every single person on the voter rolls.
Ballots are even mailed to people listed as “inactive” voters at their last known address. Ballots are then voted and returned by mail.
No more polling places.
No more voters actually demonstrating an interest in participating in an election.
The government will decide that for them, and scatter millions of paper ballots into the U.S. mail.
In 2016, this system will be an invitation to fraud. It will be unmanageable.
And it will be a model to pass in other states controlled by Democrats."
"Something is happening in Colorado, and you better pay attention. Colorado Democrats, with the active help of some Republican county election clerks interested in shirking work, have devised a revolutionary plan to remake future Colorado elections.
The plan is simple: ballots are automatically mailed out to every single person on the voter rolls.
Ballots are even mailed to people listed as “inactive” voters at their last known address. Ballots are then voted and returned by mail.
No more polling places.
No more voters actually demonstrating an interest in participating in an election.
The government will decide that for them, and scatter millions of paper ballots into the U.S. mail.
In 2016, this system will be an invitation to fraud. It will be unmanageable.
And it will be a model to pass in other states controlled by Democrats."
School Funding at All-Time High
School Funding at All-Time High [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"New data from the state (available in this online database) show that despite constant calls from school officials and government employee union bosses for more funding, public schools in Michigan received more money in 2011 than ever before — about $13,405 per pupil.
Total school spending, however, did drop from its all-time high in 2010 — by less than 1 percent.
Schools spent $12,778 per pupil last year overall, with $11,561 of that spent on day-to-day operating expenses."
"New data from the state (available in this online database) show that despite constant calls from school officials and government employee union bosses for more funding, public schools in Michigan received more money in 2011 than ever before — about $13,405 per pupil.
Total school spending, however, did drop from its all-time high in 2010 — by less than 1 percent.
Schools spent $12,778 per pupil last year overall, with $11,561 of that spent on day-to-day operating expenses."
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