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October 10, 2009

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Posted by Van Helsing at October 10, 2009 11:18 AM

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True Dhimmi Heroes: German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel

Today we salute you, Mr. German Publisher. Instead of asserting your rights no matter what the cost, you boldly flew a white flag over German culture to avoid any confrontation with invading Islamofascists. Who knows how that author's work could have changed the world, but at least now, we will never have to find out. Here's to you, Mr. German Publisher, you are a True Dhimmi Hero.

Posted by: Anonymous Countermoonbat at October 10, 2009 12:22 PM


Its unlikely that refusal of the Nobel Peace of S--t Prize ever crossed BO's manically-infected brain.

Europe wanted to deliver an elbow to the ribs of George Bush's evil America and knew that the best way to do it was through the left's clueless stooge.

Posted by: Fiberal at October 10, 2009 1:42 PM


In undisputed, consensus Global Warming News:

1) Game 3 of the NL division playoffs postponed due to excessive temps in Denver, CO. (highs mid-20's F).

2) Colorado ski resorts cancel season due to forecasts for heat and drought. (Loveland Ski Area and A-Basin hold earliest openings in 40 years).

I usually hesitate to cite anecdotal evidence, but these were irresistible. Bringing this to the attention of an in-the-know climate scientist, I was informed that it all fits perfectly within the irrefutable computer modeling.

Posted by: Anonymous at October 10, 2009 2:29 PM


Among his brilliant economic actions, President Obama has issued executive orders regarding U.S. Government Contracts. His orders specify that all workers who work on U.S. Government contracts must pay union dues, even if they do not belong to unions; and the company awarded the contract must pay union wages.

The result is that the American tax payers again lose, because competition will be reduced and contract prices will be higher.

I think that if the Nobel Prize Committee desired to award Obama a laughable award, they should have awarded him the Nobel Prize for Economics.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/10/07/obama_kowtows_to_labor_unions/

Posted by: Bill at October 10, 2009 2:57 PM


President Awesome Wins the Nobel Fleece Prize (You Tube)

Czarface Obama is my other favorite. Maybe I should get an Oscar. I would be humbled.

Posted by: Czarface at October 10, 2009 3:05 PM


But...he did so much. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/10/09/tommy-seno-obama-nobel-prize-win/

January 20: Sworn in as president. Went to a parade. Partied.

January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests. Held an “open house” party at the White House.

January 22: Signed Executive Orders: Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; re-affirmed Army Field Manual techniques for interrogations; expressed desire to close Gitmo (how’s that working out?)

January 23: Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries. Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.

January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.

January 25: Skipped church.

January 26: Gave speech about jobs and energy. Met with Hillary Clinton. Attended Geithner's swearing in ceremony.

January 27: Met with Republicans. Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.

January 28: Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.

January 29: Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages. Party in the State Room. Met with Biden.

January 30: Met economic advisers. Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Met with senior enlisted military officials.

January 31: Took the day off.

February 1: Skipped church. Threw a Super Bowl party.

So there you have it. The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more.

Posted by: Mack at October 10, 2009 3:13 PM


I laugh in derision. Ha ha. Bourgeois pigs do not understand the scientific principles behind the undeniably deserved award to the Most Brilliant Leader. Marxism is not just a mere doctrine, or ideology. It is the zenith of all human accomplishment. Barack The Beautiful and Bountiful is bringing the wonders of communism to the ignorant robbers of happiness in the former USA. All good progressives know that peace cannot exist in the absence of socialism. It is only when the heel iron of communism smashes the last vestige of vile capitalism, and wanton individualism, that is the open sore of imperialist America, can there be a lasting peace, through the triumph of the World Collective. The enlightened comrades of the Nobel Committee understand this scientific fact. Like Comrade Mandela before him, Obama Grozny shall cleanse the country of the evil oppressors, and create a veritable cornucopia for the liberated masses in the Rainbow nation of the New World.

Peace = Communism. Communism = Peace.

Reactionary dogs should cease resisting. Embrace Obama. Love the World Collective. It will love you back. If you learn to submit.

Posted by: chairman soetoro's oprichniki at October 10, 2009 5:21 PM


when we're freezing again (even here in houston) because of his crew's idiotic plans to de-develop america, you can be sure that the prince of peace will call his mentor the deranged cracker from georgia to borrow his cardigan sweater for another fireside chat on the need to keep our thermostats up or down, depending on the prognostications of that great climatologist el-goro. that way we'll all be copacetic and mr. fellow laureate "mr. annan the climate justice guru from ghana" might be able to add a ferrari to his collection.

Posted by: starkness at October 10, 2009 5:23 PM


Posted by: mega at October 10, 2009 6:46 PM


WARNING EXESSIVE EXPOSER TO ENVIROMENTALISM CUASES ONES BRAIN TO TURN TO MUSH

Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at October 10, 2009 9:04 PM


Political Tulipomania

I have described Obamamania, as evidenced most recently by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, as farce. I stand by that description. But farce is not the only apt term. I think the "folly" described by Charles MacKay over 150 years ago fits as well.

Where are we on the chart of Obama's rising star at this moment in time? Hard to say. The Dutch tulip mania lasted years. And as with The Tulipomania, the worship of Obama by a large portion of the population is based upon expectations and imaginations beyond any rational measure, rising to the level of mythology.

It is impossible to predict the timing of the collapse -- the point at which those gripped by mania recognize their own delusion and refuse to continue. Given how much the mainstream media, Hollywood, academia, European socialists, internationalists, and the left-wing blogosphere have invested in perpetuating the Obama mythology, it may take a while.

But I do know that when the bubble bursts, it will make The Tulipomania seem like a fond memory, because it will not be just those who took part in the mania who will be hurt, but the entire nation.

Posted by: SK at October 10, 2009 9:06 PM


Agreed, chairman s, cease resisting; it's futile. Progress is certain. Persistence is Feudal.

Posted by: lvb-rocks at October 10, 2009 10:01 PM


Updates: Census, Queers, France, Polanski, Whoopie

The times they are a-changing. It doesn’t seem as if they’re changing for the better:

The 2010 Census: Now that ACORN has been busted and all its selfless volunteers are out in the census-cold, how is the Census Bureau ever going to conduct its constitutionally-mandated decennial head-tally?

Why, hire other criminals, of course!

If Obama gets his way and the White House ends up headquarters for census operations, the final numbers won’t mean a damn thing anyway but, still, do we really want door-to-door canvassing conducted by thieves and God-knows-what-other characters with criminal records?

The GAO says it’s very possible since “tens of thousands of workers were improperly fingerprinted by bureau employees. . . [and that] It is possible that more than 200 people with unclassifiable prints had disqualifying criminal records but still worked and had contact with the public.”

The bureau is hot on the case however and assures that it “will refine instruction manuals and provide remediation training on proper procedures” to prevent the problem from recurring: http://bit.ly/1DIhue.

We’re from the government and we’re here to count. Mind if we look around and see what valuables you own?

French Queers on the Prowl: France wrote the books on both normal and aberrational sexual practices but now a government official is being pressured to resign for lusting after young boys.

Frédéric Mitterand, nephew of the former French President President François Mitterand, minister of, what else, French Culture, defender of the perversities of child sodomist/rapist Roman Polanski, is a confessed pedophile.

It’s not new news since he admitted his sick lust four years ago in his autobiography, La Mauvaise Vie, (The Bad Life) when he owned up to paying “young boys” for sex while vacationing in Thailand.

That feature of his resume’ obviously had no impact on his appointment as culture minister although it has now raised some interest after someone read his autobiography following his defense of Polanski.

He freely, and refreshingly for a homosexual, conceded, “We could say that such a spectacle is abominable from a moral point of view, but it pleased me beyond reason. The profusion of attractive young boys who are immediately available puts me in a state of desire and I do not need to restrain or hide myself.”

Nevertheless, he he was “flabbergasted” at the contretemps, declaring, “If the National Front [France’s equivalent of American conservatives] drags me through the mud then it is an honour for me:” http://bit.ly/3akhr

Sorry, Freddie, you made the mud. Just lay in it and revel in being dragged through it and maybe you can find some “attractive young boys” somewhere in Gay Paree?

Uncle Francois and his wife and mistress would be very proud of you.

Besides, your government is making it easier for you now to save some euros and flight time to Thailand by “selling Paris as a leading destination for gay travelers:” http://bit.ly/IGfLy.

Whoopie Weighs in on Rape:

(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)

Posted by: Berlet98 at October 11, 2009 12:40 AM


Posted by: BURNING HOT at October 11, 2009 1:46 AM


Posted by: BURNING HOT at October 11, 2009 1:49 AM


vote on o zero and the piece prize
lower right side of page:

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/

very disappointed in my local FOX for
bending over to the blah blah two days in a row.

Posted by: 3bus at October 11, 2009 5:57 AM


Rush Limbaugh just made the front page
on the Detroit news:

http://www.detroitnews.com/

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20091011/OPINION03/910110312/Rush-ing-to-judgment--National-commentators-don-t-understand-Detroit-s-plight


too bad they got it all wrong.

Posted by: 3bus at October 11, 2009 6:02 AM


From Michelle Malkin:

DNC humor czar condemns Nobel Prize jokes

"Sacrilege! How dare you blaspheme our deity!"

Related:

'U.S. furious over Israeli incitement against Obama'

"Sacrilege! Dost thou not know that it is written, 'To him shall every knee bow'?! Hell hath no fury like a Communist Messiah scorned!"

Posted by: Conservigilant at October 11, 2009 6:39 AM


Global Warming: Its getting colder after a pretty short summer.
This may be an anomaly masking a larger global warming trend, it may not.

The problem in knowing for certain, is that the GW data is for the most part, generated by the side that has the most money.

GW research is largely funded by government, left-wing groups and academic grant money.
Since a lot of money is available for GW research and green-technology is ubiquitous, there is enormous motivation to confirm the anthropogenic GW hypothesis.

This combines to produce a one-sided data onslaught, and is what the great physicist Richard Feynman called, "Cargo Cart Science" or the bandwagon effect.

The principle part of any counter-evidence disputing data supportive of GW comes in by referring to that same heretofore supportive data, data collected from routine measurements not originally intended to test a particular hypothesis (such as sea ice), or again from historical data sets. Consequently, evidence derived from hypotheses designed to rigorously test the foundations of GW is by comparison miniscule.

Thus since the vast majority of GW data is supported by government with a vested interest in cap and trade, the outcome is certain: GW exists and it is man-made.

This would be like having your primary-care physician diagnosing a heart attack and then ordering coronary by-pass for every possible malady you may come in with.
The patient can only be skeptical but doesn't have the expertise to show that an alternative therapy is warranted.

These are the rules by which the left does science.

Posted by: Fiberal at October 11, 2009 9:18 AM


Excuse me, that was "Cargo Cult Science".

Posted by: Fiberal at October 11, 2009 9:23 AM


Fiberal: related to your post is what Bjorn Lomborg calls the Climate-Industrial Complex. Of course, BL is sneered at and ridiculed by the academic dictatorship on the left. His WSJ article is from 5/22/09, if you're interested.

Posted by: lvb-rocks at October 11, 2009 9:54 AM


All for the show and the show is fun.

Posted by: Fred Dawes at October 11, 2009 11:16 AM


Thanks lvb-rocks. Familiar with BL work and his cost/benefit assessment of GW vs more worthy projects.

Academic Dictatorship puts it exactly right.

Posted by: Fiberal at October 11, 2009 11:26 AM


Harry Reid’s Toy Train

We’ve all heard of the scandalous $320 milion Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska. It was intended to link the metropolis of Ketchikan to the island of Gravina, population 50, and was finally shot down by Congress.

Somewhat fewer Americans have heard of the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Pennsylvania. Democrat Rep. Murtha, the undisputed King of Pork, has suckered the federal government–that would be us taxpayers–to funnel over $200 million so far into the airport, replete with state of the art technology.

The only person who regularly flies into and out of the facility is John Murtha.

His semi-private airport not only has not been de-funded but Murtha even wheedled $800,000 out of Obama’s stimulus package to re-pave a backup runway, just in case the main runway deteriorates from underuse.

Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada poohpoohs such piddling expenditures and waste with his challenge to fellow spendthrifts to just try to top this: $8 BILLION to build his grown-up version of a set of Lionels!

Senator Harry wants to link Vegas to L.A. with a monorail system, technically a light rail high speed train covering the 265 miles from Sin City to its California terminus, Victorville.

Why not? He’s not paying for it. The money . . .

(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)

Posted by: Berlet98 at October 11, 2009 2:57 PM


Conservigilant, that was a pretty funny link to MM and her quote of Brad Woodhouse. The whole world is laughing at you and you make a lame connection with terrorists that makes no sense? Only inviting more laughter. Where in the world do these people store their brains?

Posted by: Karin at October 12, 2009 6:45 AM


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