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That sure does look like a bottle of Grey Goose behind your desk, Doug Ford. Eagle-eyed Reddit user Physicalred spotted the bottle in the background during Toronto councillor Doug Ford's interview with CNN on Wednesday. He posted a close-up of the bottle to Reddit Toronto, where it quickly shot to the top of the thread. |
Doug Ford, Is That A Bottle Of Vodka In Your Office?
The Rising Interest Rate Environment
The following chart shows the inverse of the 5 year moving average of the 3-month treasury bill yield.
Click to enlarge.
Note that since the Great Recession about the only thing that seems to rise is the yield's inverse. Go figure.
If history is a guide, we just need five things to make short-term interest rates actually rise.
1. Pearl Harbor.
2. Patience.
3. Real economic growth.
4. A hawkish Fed.
5. Sarcasm.
In all seriousness, the 3-month treasury yield didn't hit 1% until 1948. That was nearly two decades after the stock market crash of 1929. In hindsight, savers couldn't even count on World War II to get yields higher. So why is there so much hope now?
I'm clearly not an optimist. Other than the long-term death of real yields, there's very little I count on. It's been a central theme of mine since turning permabearish in 2004. I'm not saying that the "death" is guaranteed to continue, but I would be among the last to bet that savers will soon be handsomely rewarded on their $7 trillion in savings deposits. That's six times what it was in 1995.
In fact, I'd probably be fighting the Japanese over that last bet opportunity!
Long-term TIPS bonds are/were the bubble? Seriously? At least long-term TIPS bonds are still paying a positive real yield, unlike the 0.51% nominal yield on the typical 5-year CD. And with $7 trillion in savings deposits, is that low rate really all that shocking? Banks should just put out a sign.
This is not investment advice.
Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: 3-Month Treasury Bill: Secondary Market Rate
Click to enlarge.
Note that since the Great Recession about the only thing that seems to rise is the yield's inverse. Go figure.
If history is a guide, we just need five things to make short-term interest rates actually rise.
1. Pearl Harbor.
2. Patience.
3. Real economic growth.
4. A hawkish Fed.
5. Sarcasm.
In all seriousness, the 3-month treasury yield didn't hit 1% until 1948. That was nearly two decades after the stock market crash of 1929. In hindsight, savers couldn't even count on World War II to get yields higher. So why is there so much hope now?
I'm clearly not an optimist. Other than the long-term death of real yields, there's very little I count on. It's been a central theme of mine since turning permabearish in 2004. I'm not saying that the "death" is guaranteed to continue, but I would be among the last to bet that savers will soon be handsomely rewarded on their $7 trillion in savings deposits. That's six times what it was in 1995.
In fact, I'd probably be fighting the Japanese over that last bet opportunity!
Long-term TIPS bonds are/were the bubble? Seriously? At least long-term TIPS bonds are still paying a positive real yield, unlike the 0.51% nominal yield on the typical 5-year CD. And with $7 trillion in savings deposits, is that low rate really all that shocking? Banks should just put out a sign.
Why the @#$% do you think we want you to deposit even more of your @#$%ing money? We're in the @#$%ing lending business for @#$%'s sake!
This is not investment advice.
Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: 3-Month Treasury Bill: Secondary Market Rate
Karla Álvarez, Mexican Soap Series Actress Body Found At Apartment
Álvarez who acted in numerous soap series or telenovelas was found dead.
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 15, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico - On Friday, Televisa actress Karla Álvarez, 41, was reported to have died after she stopped breathing, according to news report from Televisa. Álvarez body was discovered earlier today in her apartment in Mexico City.
Álvarez will be cremated on Saturday around 4:00 p.m. at the Español cemetery after a private wake and rememberance of her life by family members and close friends, according her father Carlos Álvarez.
Álvarez was suffering from bulimia and anorexia, which triggered a cardiorespiratory arrest, according a preliminary death investigation. She also was suffering from depression and a eating disorder.
She began her acting career in 1992 in the telenovela María Mercedes. Álvarez appeared in the following soap operas or telenovelas that included Agujetas de color de rosa, La mentira, ¡Vivan los niños!, Inocente de ti, Heridas de amor and Las tontas no van al cielo.
Álvarez will be cremated on Saturday around 4:00 p.m. at the Español cemetery after a private wake and rememberance of her life by family members and close friends, according her father Carlos Álvarez.
Álvarez was suffering from bulimia and anorexia, which triggered a cardiorespiratory arrest, according a preliminary death investigation. She also was suffering from depression and a eating disorder.
She began her acting career in 1992 in the telenovela María Mercedes. Álvarez appeared in the following soap operas or telenovelas that included Agujetas de color de rosa, La mentira, ¡Vivan los niños!, Inocente de ti, Heridas de amor and Las tontas no van al cielo.
USDHS Won't Deport Family Of Active Service Members
Family members of active service members will temporarily no longer be deported.
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 15, 2013
Washington, D.C. - On Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a policy memorandum, which exempts family members of veterans and active members of the military or individuals who previously served in the U.S. Armed Services from deportation proceedings.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will now use the policy memorandum that outlined the new policy, which allows spouses, children, and parents of certain active duty, reserve, and former U.S. service members to be temporarily parole from deportation proceedings, according to the policy memorandum.
The USCIS will handle immigrant petitions in a case by case basis, to "Parole" for "urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit." Discretionary parole will not erase prior illegal entry to the U.S., felony convictions and serious crimes. Individuals and U.S. Veterans with criminal convictions will not be eligible for parole status, according to the memorandum.
DHS will continue to deport U.S. Veterans for felony convictions or misdemeanors with sentences up to a year and for adverse factors.
Discretionary parole or waiver from being removed from the U.S. will be granted on a year by year basis.
USCIS policy memorandum (PDF) at link: http://alturl.com/gxn4c
UFW Claims Aztec Eagle Logo Copyright Infringement By NY Fashion Designer Ralph Lauren
The UFW wants the Ralph Lauren corporate to stop exploiting its logo for commercial purposes.
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 15, 2013
Keene, CA - On Friday, the United Farm Workers (UFW) organization announced that the New York fashion clothing designer Ralph Lauren has been exploiting its logo for several months and is a copyright infringement. The UFW wants the Ralph Lauren corporation to pull all the t-shirts depicting the UFW registered trademark black eagle logo from its shelves.
The UFW had received information by people who noticed a Ralph Lauren t-shirt with a similar UFW registered trademark black eagle logo being sold at Urban Outfitters stores for $65 each in California and attorney's representing the UFW contacted the store of its logo copyright infringement. Since then, the UFW has been in good faith discussions with Urban Outfitters for reparations and future insurance against such violations, the UFW says.
UFW attorneys had written twice to the estimated $6.5B clothing Ralph Lauren corporation in New York that they were using the UFW trademark logo without permission. In response, Ralph Lauren is claiming their Thunderbird Tee Style logo is not similar to the UFW logo and "that people would not make the connection between the eagle on the t-shirt and the UFW logo."
UFW stated that Cesar Chavez' brother Richard designed the UFW Black Eagle so that union members could easily draw it on handmade red flags. Cesar said, "A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity."
Ralph Lauren's expropriation of the UFW's Black Eagle dishonors the trademark and those who have fought and died for the integrity it represents. It falsely implies the UFW may have endorsed Ralph Lauren clothing, damaging the UFW's extensive goodwill, according to the UFW.
The UFW expects to take legal action against Ralph Lauren, if the clothing corporation doesn't comply and remove all their merchandise depicting the UFW black Aztec eagle from shelves. The UFW has also started a campaign for people to contact Ralph Lauren and demand for them to pull all of their infringing products from their shelves.
To participate in the campaign, go to the UFW website link: http://bit.ly/1dA5Pts
Has the Unraveling Started?...
by: Les Carpenter
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny
President Obama may be facing his Waterloo. Self made and potentially as destructive to his legacy (and the viability of the party that stood solidly behind him) as anything the Republicans could have done to railroad his signature domestic legislation the ACA, or his legacy.
Starting with the horrendous roll out, followed by millions of cancellation letters from health insures precipitated by ACA regulations, the realization by Americans that the President had, at the very least mislead them with his repeated promises they could keep their health insurance and their doctor, his proposed executive "fix" to the problem he and his administration created, a fix that itself may be outside his administrative authority, and finally his own party is beginning to question his course as they seem to be lining up behind the bills put forth by Republican Upton or Democrat Landrieu.
It certainly must be tough to be President Obama right now, and as much as no one should take pleasure in seeing the President struggling and losing credibility it it not hard to understand why he is. The following excerpt I think highlights the mood of-the country.
Other interest articles:
Obamacare's Problems Could Haunt Democrats for Years
Health Law Rollout’s Stumbles Draw Parallels to Bush’s Hurricane Response
The Legality of the Latest ObamaCare Fix
Breaking:
House Passes Bill Letting People Keep Their Health Plans
Via: Memeorandum
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny
President Obama may be facing his Waterloo. Self made and potentially as destructive to his legacy (and the viability of the party that stood solidly behind him) as anything the Republicans could have done to railroad his signature domestic legislation the ACA, or his legacy.
Starting with the horrendous roll out, followed by millions of cancellation letters from health insures precipitated by ACA regulations, the realization by Americans that the President had, at the very least mislead them with his repeated promises they could keep their health insurance and their doctor, his proposed executive "fix" to the problem he and his administration created, a fix that itself may be outside his administrative authority, and finally his own party is beginning to question his course as they seem to be lining up behind the bills put forth by Republican Upton or Democrat Landrieu.
It certainly must be tough to be President Obama right now, and as much as no one should take pleasure in seeing the President struggling and losing credibility it it not hard to understand why he is. The following excerpt I think highlights the mood of-the country.
Excerpt,NATIONAL REVIEW 11/15/13 - After having created the circumstances in which millions of people lose their health coverage, the administration imagines this latest move can allow Democrats to say that the president and his health reform are not at fault but insurers and state insurance commissioners are because, after all, although they have had to prepare to follow the law for three years they now have thirty days to prepare to ignore it. The president was incredibly explicit about this in his press conference on Thursday, saying “the key point is, is that it allows us to be able to say to the folks who’ve received these notices, look, you know, I, the president of the United States, and the insurance model of the Affordable Care Act is not going to be getting in the way of you shopping in the individual market that you used to have.” I guess they’ve got reason to think people will believe anything they say, but it’s still hard to imagine that argument working. {Full Article}
Other interest articles:
Obamacare's Problems Could Haunt Democrats for Years
Health Law Rollout’s Stumbles Draw Parallels to Bush’s Hurricane Response
The Legality of the Latest ObamaCare Fix
Breaking:
House Passes Bill Letting People Keep Their Health Plans
Via: Memeorandum
fess up friday - chez v
Have I got a yarn to weave for you today. I've got my partner in crime Emily from Chez V over for Fess Up Friday today and we've got a good one for you. Freshen up your drink and enjoy. And Zuck, if you want to use us for a Facebook commercial, we're open to offers. Emily, fess up with Part 1...
Part 2...
It was not a good night for Emily and me. As y'all may have gathered, I can get myself a wicked case of tunnel vision when I want something. I am like Miley Cyrus when she sees a foam finger - I cannot be stopped.
After days of back and forth, and a Friday night spent emailing at a rapid pace, we were left empty handed. Damn that IKEA customer service rep and his lack of New Jersey geographic knowledge. My New Jersey adjacent sources were tapped as well and worst of all I was running out of gin.
Luckily this happened just as the hubs was finishing his movie. "Are you two still talking about those dumb lights?" he said (in an ultra supportive voice). I updated him on the latest and he said, "let's just put this on Facebook". And like that he sent out an SOS on his feed.
Just an hour and a half later he had a response from a friend from high school (which was in Chicago) who now lives in Dallas. Yes, Dallas is not Houston, but she has a friend who lives in Houston who would probably be up for it. "She loves to shop."
Good lord, we might have a winner. I told Emily right away and we both held our breath as my husband texted Dallas and Dallas texted Houston and back again. Houston was in, we just needed to confirm in the AM that the IKEA store did in fact have the lights in stock and she would be there as soon as they opened.
So a perfect stranger agreed to go to IKEA onthe worst IKEA day of the week a Saturday to pick up three lights, the LAST three lights in stock in the lower 48, for two crazy ladies in two different states that she had never met. Emily and I squealed and lit a candle that some early bird Texan wouldn't get our lights before our shopping angel arrived.
I had already committed to go to an auction that morning with a client so I called IKEA on my way and they were as (un)helpful as ever, telling me that it 'looks like there are 3 available' but they couldn't be sure. Awesome.
So we waited, and waited, and just as I lost a bid on some fab ginger jars this popped up on my phone.
Three left and they were all ours. I cheered silently and forwarded the picture to Emily. IKEA, I love you again.
As if this woman couldn't get any better, she sent a few more texts asking if there were any other forms of the RANARP we wanted while she was there (the desk lamp is especially lovely). Can this wonderful person please move to St. Louis so I can hug her?!
She shipped them out first thing Monday and on Wednesday morning I had the best package on my doorstep along with the sweetest note (on fab monogramed stationary I might add). Not only did this woman make this trip for people she doesn't even know to a store that is crazy on a quite day but she did it all while sick. And my favorite part - "I took it upon myself to also buy the lightbulbs that were recommended for the light, just in case." I love her.
So in the end this
and this
would not have been possible without our little slice of heaven in Texas. Thank you Marnie and Ann for your kindness. Emily and I would like to buy you ladies a drink.
Have you ever been desperate to get your hands on something? Ever need something and then when you find out it is hard to get it becomes an obsession? Ever want to kiss a stranger?
Is there anything better than the thrill of the chase? Well here is a little ditty for you about a desperate chase, the power of social media, and the
kindness of strangers. As a linking participant of the One Room Challenge, I was on a frenzied search to locate a pair of affordable sconces for my bedroom plan aka Project Chinoisy Safari Chic.
kindness of strangers. As a linking participant of the One Room Challenge, I was on a frenzied search to locate a pair of affordable sconces for my bedroom plan aka Project Chinoisy Safari Chic.
With little time, I knew my search would be a lot like trying to avoid bread and cheese. Not gonna happen. On a Wednesday, mid-challenge, I headed to IKEA in search of some drapes to hack. Imagine my glee when I stumbled across the Ranarp clamp spotlights. I was completely smitten upon first sight considering all the other sconces I was contemplating for my ORC room carried hefty price tags and long lead times.
The Ranarp - $19.99. Say what?! Done and done.
The Ranarp - $19.99. Say what?! Done and done.
But like all too-good-to-be-true dreams, I awoke from my design euphoric nirvana state only to realize that they were sold out. Of course you are, little gorgy industrial glam thingy, you! Immediately, I sent out a request on Instagram asking if anyone knew of any in stock anywhere. Like the shot heard round the world, my fellow design soldiers started rallying to the call, one of which was one of my favorite gals in all of blogland, Elizabeth. It seems she too was on the hunt for the coveted Ranarps.
In the meantime, while my little was busy hopping herself up on a cinnamon roll, I sweet talked a very accommodating IKEA customer service guy into doing a country wide inventory search (which I do not necessarily suggest as it took forever and garnered a lot of evil side eye from the long customer svc queue) only to discover that the lamps were indeed, sold out everywhere with the exception of 17 in Paramus, NJ and 3 in Houston, TX. I shared this info with Elizabeth and thus began a dual mission to score these lamps through one of our varied networks.
We schemed, we commiserated, we called, emailed, blogged, IG’d and FB’d in an attempt to reach anyone who had peeps near Paramus, NJ or Houston all to no avail. I even contacted my master finder-of-all-things bestie in Berlin, Germany.
This is the kinda gal who has a vast network of contacts willing and ready to do her bidding. She said, yes, she could probably pull it off but to keep checking with other sources as it would take a few to orchestrate.
Meanwhile, on Friday evening of that same week, at 7pm, my sister’s father-in-law, who lives in NJ, happened to be near the Paramus store, and agreed to go pick some up, but would I mind calling to verify stock first. Hoo-ray!!!! No problem!!!! Except when I called IKEA another very nice customer svc lady informed me that no, in fact, Paramus did not have ANY in stock. Is it possible that all 17 sold out in 2 days?! No, turns out that when my customer svc dude did the country wide search, the 17 he ‘found’ in the Paramus, NJ store where actually in the Elizabeth, NJ store. Which was no where near where my sister’s father-in-law happened to be at said moment. Wha wha wha.
This is the kinda gal who has a vast network of contacts willing and ready to do her bidding. She said, yes, she could probably pull it off but to keep checking with other sources as it would take a few to orchestrate.
Meanwhile, on Friday evening of that same week, at 7pm, my sister’s father-in-law, who lives in NJ, happened to be near the Paramus store, and agreed to go pick some up, but would I mind calling to verify stock first. Hoo-ray!!!! No problem!!!! Except when I called IKEA another very nice customer svc lady informed me that no, in fact, Paramus did not have ANY in stock. Is it possible that all 17 sold out in 2 days?! No, turns out that when my customer svc dude did the country wide search, the 17 he ‘found’ in the Paramus, NJ store where actually in the Elizabeth, NJ store. Which was no where near where my sister’s father-in-law happened to be at said moment. Wha wha wha.
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Are you still with me?
I know, me neither.
I am exhausted just retelling it.
Clearly it was time for wine and more commiseration. Off went another email to Elizabeth detailing how the Holy Grail had slipped through our fingers, yet again. At which point, I hand off the story baton to her which involves that Friday evening spent feverishly exchanging updates via email over many glasses of wine on my side and probably many G &Ts on hers while my much ignored and frustrated husband could not understand even a little bit about what all the fuss was about. Thankfully, Elizabeth’s hubster could!
I know, me neither.
I am exhausted just retelling it.
Clearly it was time for wine and more commiseration. Off went another email to Elizabeth detailing how the Holy Grail had slipped through our fingers, yet again. At which point, I hand off the story baton to her which involves that Friday evening spent feverishly exchanging updates via email over many glasses of wine on my side and probably many G &Ts on hers while my much ignored and frustrated husband could not understand even a little bit about what all the fuss was about. Thankfully, Elizabeth’s hubster could!
kisses, mrs. V
Part 2...
It was not a good night for Emily and me. As y'all may have gathered, I can get myself a wicked case of tunnel vision when I want something. I am like Miley Cyrus when she sees a foam finger - I cannot be stopped.
After days of back and forth, and a Friday night spent emailing at a rapid pace, we were left empty handed. Damn that IKEA customer service rep and his lack of New Jersey geographic knowledge. My New Jersey adjacent sources were tapped as well and worst of all I was running out of gin.
Luckily this happened just as the hubs was finishing his movie. "Are you two still talking about those dumb lights?" he said (in an ultra supportive voice). I updated him on the latest and he said, "let's just put this on Facebook". And like that he sent out an SOS on his feed.
Just an hour and a half later he had a response from a friend from high school (which was in Chicago) who now lives in Dallas. Yes, Dallas is not Houston, but she has a friend who lives in Houston who would probably be up for it. "She loves to shop."
Good lord, we might have a winner. I told Emily right away and we both held our breath as my husband texted Dallas and Dallas texted Houston and back again. Houston was in, we just needed to confirm in the AM that the IKEA store did in fact have the lights in stock and she would be there as soon as they opened.
So a perfect stranger agreed to go to IKEA on
I had already committed to go to an auction that morning with a client so I called IKEA on my way and they were as (un)helpful as ever, telling me that it 'looks like there are 3 available' but they couldn't be sure. Awesome.
So we waited, and waited, and just as I lost a bid on some fab ginger jars this popped up on my phone.
Three left and they were all ours. I cheered silently and forwarded the picture to Emily. IKEA, I love you again.
As if this woman couldn't get any better, she sent a few more texts asking if there were any other forms of the RANARP we wanted while she was there (the desk lamp is especially lovely). Can this wonderful person please move to St. Louis so I can hug her?!
She shipped them out first thing Monday and on Wednesday morning I had the best package on my doorstep along with the sweetest note (on fab monogramed stationary I might add). Not only did this woman make this trip for people she doesn't even know to a store that is crazy on a quite day but she did it all while sick. And my favorite part - "I took it upon myself to also buy the lightbulbs that were recommended for the light, just in case." I love her.
So in the end this
and this
would not have been possible without our little slice of heaven in Texas. Thank you Marnie and Ann for your kindness. Emily and I would like to buy you ladies a drink.
Have you ever been desperate to get your hands on something? Ever need something and then when you find out it is hard to get it becomes an obsession? Ever want to kiss a stranger?
Macedo Crowned Miss BumBum Brazil 2013 For Her Oversized Butt
Photos courtesy of Barcroft Media and Splash
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 15, 2013
Såo Paulo, Sáo Paulo, Brazil - On Friday, the Miss BumBum pageant announced in that Dai Macedo, 25, was crowned this year's Miss Butt 2013 for having a 107 cm (42.125") butt and out sizing 15 other contestants. Macedo is an administrative student, a model and is originally from the state of Goiás, according to pageant organizers.
Macedo didn't expect to win, but said she was happy with the judges decision. She confirmed that she had a liposuction to improve and lift her butt.
Macedo won about $2,100 dollars and $21,000 in advertising promotions.
Eliana Amaral, 27, of Pernambuco was selected as second place for a 100 cm (39.379") butt and Jessica Amaral, 22, of Para took third place with a 102 cm (40.157") butt.
Lies and Deceit ... J. D. Longstreet
Lies and Deceit
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
**************
I'm tired of writing about Obama and Obamacare. I'm tired of writing about the idiots in Washington who have driven our country into the ground and "reformed" us into a third world banana republic akin to so many of the socialist dung heaps staining the southern hemisphere of the globe.
Just days ago, I was reclining betwixt the white sheets of a hospital bed with tubes attached to my veins dumping -- Lord only knows -- what into my fairly used-up body.
Suffice to say that, as of this writing, I remain on the sunny side of the grass and am able, to some extent, to continue my campaign of aggravating the living daylights out of my political opponents on the left.
Yes, it IS cathartic, and does SEEM to aid in the healing process. But with the nation's attention totally drawn to the most recent assault on the middle class, by way of a socialized medicine scam perpetrated by the Democratic Party, I have become BORED writing about all the things we warned America would happen if the democrats passed Obamacare into law.
See, NONE of the shortcomings of Obamacare are surprising to this old scribe. I saw it coming, and said so -- publicly -- and became something of a Jeremiah-like prophetic voice sans a sackcloth garment and ashes dripping from my unkempt hair and beard.
It seems I had become quite used to being "out there," along with a handful of other like minded conservative "boat-rockers" and "cage-rattlers." Now, however, Americans who have suddenly had their lives touched by -- and thrown into confusion by -- Obamacare victims are flooding into our once lonely space.
You'd think I'd be happy that so many Americans have come over to my side, right?
OK, I suppose I am. But I must, in all honesty, admit to a bit of annoyance(?) that, suddenly, the truth that I (and my conservative brethren and sisteren) have been imparting for years now seems to have come as such a surprise to so many.
Everything we warned of, has either already happened, or is about to happen, and NONE of it HAD TO HAPPEN.
We live, dear reader, in an atmosphere of lies and deceit.
Look. The whole MESS in Washington, DC is the result of apathy and ignorance on the part of everyday working Americans, the middle class, if you will, who just could not find the time to pay a few minutes attention each day to what the so-called leadership in our national legislature was doing.
As I observe the heads of agitated and frightened Americans popping up and screaming bloody murder when accosted by Obamacare it reminds me of the old expression "submarine Christians." Yeah, submarine Christians are the so-called Christians you never hear from until they are in trouble. Like a submarine they surface when in trouble. Submarine Americans are popping to the surface all over the place today.
Problem is -- it may already be too late.
WE have a REAL national crisis on our hands -- one which must be handled decidedly and decisively -- if we wish to have a constitutional republic left for our children and grand children.
Now that we have your attention, at least for a short while, please understand that even if we are able to repeal this godawful law and save what's left of our country, we can never disengage from the job , no -- the DUTY -- of keeping a tight rein on the people who we have selected to govern us.
The current crop, for the most part, are drunk on power. They have become addicted to the power and perks of public office in America. Forcing them to go "cold turkey" is going to inflict much pain on them and they are bound to lash out, even at those who placed them in office by their sacred vote.
It is my opinion that we need to purge the Congress a year from now to the extent allowable under law and then finish the job in 2016.
There is a certain group of US Senators and Congresspersons who should, every single one, be targets of campaigns to replace them in Congress. See, It was DEMOCRATS WHO BROUGHT AMERICA OBAMACARE. Remember,not a single Republican cast a vote in favor of Obamacare in either house of the Congress. No Republican voted in favor of Obamacare -- not one.
The Democratic Party is running sacred today, in a deep panic, as they understand the chickens are about to come home to roost. They brought this upon themselves, they deserve what they are about to receive at the polls.
Over the next year we will experience every kind of witch's brew the alchemy of the Democrats can formulate to save their collective behinds. And, unfortunately, some of it will work.
If we want America to survive, if we want America to come back in all her greatness, we will work tirelessly to thwart the machinations of Obama and his minions to fulfill his promise to "fundamentally change" America.
Obamacare is but a taste, a bad taste, of the socialist America Obama and his cohort of socialists, Marxists, progressives, and 21st century liberals will create here in what was once this "goodly land."
J. D. Longstreet
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
**************
I'm tired of writing about Obama and Obamacare. I'm tired of writing about the idiots in Washington who have driven our country into the ground and "reformed" us into a third world banana republic akin to so many of the socialist dung heaps staining the southern hemisphere of the globe.
Just days ago, I was reclining betwixt the white sheets of a hospital bed with tubes attached to my veins dumping -- Lord only knows -- what into my fairly used-up body.
Suffice to say that, as of this writing, I remain on the sunny side of the grass and am able, to some extent, to continue my campaign of aggravating the living daylights out of my political opponents on the left.
Yes, it IS cathartic, and does SEEM to aid in the healing process. But with the nation's attention totally drawn to the most recent assault on the middle class, by way of a socialized medicine scam perpetrated by the Democratic Party, I have become BORED writing about all the things we warned America would happen if the democrats passed Obamacare into law.
See, NONE of the shortcomings of Obamacare are surprising to this old scribe. I saw it coming, and said so -- publicly -- and became something of a Jeremiah-like prophetic voice sans a sackcloth garment and ashes dripping from my unkempt hair and beard.
It seems I had become quite used to being "out there," along with a handful of other like minded conservative "boat-rockers" and "cage-rattlers." Now, however, Americans who have suddenly had their lives touched by -- and thrown into confusion by -- Obamacare victims are flooding into our once lonely space.
You'd think I'd be happy that so many Americans have come over to my side, right?
OK, I suppose I am. But I must, in all honesty, admit to a bit of annoyance(?) that, suddenly, the truth that I (and my conservative brethren and sisteren) have been imparting for years now seems to have come as such a surprise to so many.
Everything we warned of, has either already happened, or is about to happen, and NONE of it HAD TO HAPPEN.
We live, dear reader, in an atmosphere of lies and deceit.
Look. The whole MESS in Washington, DC is the result of apathy and ignorance on the part of everyday working Americans, the middle class, if you will, who just could not find the time to pay a few minutes attention each day to what the so-called leadership in our national legislature was doing.
As I observe the heads of agitated and frightened Americans popping up and screaming bloody murder when accosted by Obamacare it reminds me of the old expression "submarine Christians." Yeah, submarine Christians are the so-called Christians you never hear from until they are in trouble. Like a submarine they surface when in trouble. Submarine Americans are popping to the surface all over the place today.
Problem is -- it may already be too late.
WE have a REAL national crisis on our hands -- one which must be handled decidedly and decisively -- if we wish to have a constitutional republic left for our children and grand children.
Now that we have your attention, at least for a short while, please understand that even if we are able to repeal this godawful law and save what's left of our country, we can never disengage from the job , no -- the DUTY -- of keeping a tight rein on the people who we have selected to govern us.
The current crop, for the most part, are drunk on power. They have become addicted to the power and perks of public office in America. Forcing them to go "cold turkey" is going to inflict much pain on them and they are bound to lash out, even at those who placed them in office by their sacred vote.
It is my opinion that we need to purge the Congress a year from now to the extent allowable under law and then finish the job in 2016.
There is a certain group of US Senators and Congresspersons who should, every single one, be targets of campaigns to replace them in Congress. See, It was DEMOCRATS WHO BROUGHT AMERICA OBAMACARE. Remember,
The Democratic Party is running sacred today, in a deep panic, as they understand the chickens are about to come home to roost. They brought this upon themselves, they deserve what they are about to receive at the polls.
Over the next year we will experience every kind of witch's brew the alchemy of the Democrats can formulate to save their collective behinds. And, unfortunately, some of it will work.
If we want America to survive, if we want America to come back in all her greatness, we will work tirelessly to thwart the machinations of Obama and his minions to fulfill his promise to "fundamentally change" America.
Obamacare is but a taste, a bad taste, of the socialist America Obama and his cohort of socialists, Marxists, progressives, and 21st century liberals will create here in what was once this "goodly land."
J. D. Longstreet
TEAL it like it is
The essence of Fall (chromatic speaking) is embracing deep colors and adding a bit of drama- colors drama-
I'm falling all over again with oxblood and teal, a classic autumnal color-block and I think this is the first time this year when I'm matching them. Accessories are almost absent in this look because I've always said that I like to focus on the colors that I wear and I prefer to keep the entire look clean, sort of minimalist.
How do you like to wear a bold/ colorful look?
Coat: vintage/ option Here, Here and Here
Bag: Joe Fresh/ similar style Here
Jeans: H&M/ I love/want this pair Here
Shoes: c/o Sam Edelman/ Here
Sunglasses: Ray Ban c/o SmartBuyGlasses/ Here
Dickerson-Hendricks Wounded By Milwaukee Police And Taken Into Custody At Children's Hospital
A woman called police that Hendricks was at Children's Hospital, had a felony warrant and could be armed.
By H. Nelson Goodson
November 14, 2013
Wauwatosa, WI - On Thursday, Ashanti Dickerson-Hendricks, 22, was taken into custody after he grabbed a two month old infant inside the Newborn Progressive Care Unit on the 7th floor of the Children's Hospital in Wauwatosa. He was visiting and holding his baby when Milwaukee police attempted to serve a warrant at the neo-natal premature care unit. Police say, they got a tip from a woman that Hendricks was at the hospital visiting his only child and that he was currently wanted and possibly armed.
Just before noon Milwaukee police officers were dispatched to take him into custody. The baby's mother apparently believed Hendricks was going to kill his child. But, Hendricks father told reporters that the infant was his son's only child and wouldn't harm him.
Police arrived at the hospital unit and told Hendricks that he had a warrant and was under arrest. Hendricks was holding his baby and seemed to cooperate with police. He put down his child and then darted out of the unit.
Hendricks then pulled out a weapon when cornered in a nearby hallway. Hendricks pointed a .40 Cal. Glock at police and failed to lower his weapon. A Milwaukee policer officer fired several shots striking Hendricks in the arm and wrist.
Hendricks was taken to Froedtert Hospital for treatment and was placed in custody. He was wanted on a felony conviction warrant for possession of a weapon by a felon, eluding police and a drug charge, according to court records. Hendricks failed to show up for his sentencing several weeks ago and a warrant was issued.
Milwaukee police are being criticized about their attempt to take Hendricks into custody inside the Children's Hospital by Hendricks family members. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that it "was not a situation where a guy came in to shoot somebody."
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn defended the action taken by his officers who were serving a warrant at the newborn Children's Hospital unit. An investigation had been initiated to see, if Milwaukee police acted properly to arrest Hendricks at the Children's Hospital.
Officers from Wauwatosa Police Department and deputies from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office also responded to the incident. The Children's Hospital was locked down for nearly several hours, according to police.
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