Dangling Invective

Was she their first choice?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:29:00 +0000

What qualifies a person to present a letter to the UN expressing the hopes, dreams and aspirations of a people?

Well, for the Palestinians it would appear the best qualification is to give birth to four terrorists.

Mother from hell launches PA drive | Power Line

What Budget Crisis?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:11:00 +0000

"It must be the recession that's catching up with their budgets," said Allan B. Taylor, chairman of the State Board of Education.

Gee - ya think?

We have some very silly rules in Connecticut. One of them is that the state mandates basic levels of spending for education. It took monumental budget problems for the state legislature to make a change that allows towns to cut budgets if enrollment declines, but only under limited circumstances. That's right - up until this year even if the number of students went down spending had to go up. It's the law.

Now 11 school districts are being informed by the state that their spending levels don't meet expectations.

Connecticut is doomed.

Alcohol, a Bridge and low tide...

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:26:00 +0000

... What could possibly go wrong?

Amazingly unhurt, and apparently not arrested if YouTube comments are to be believed.

Here's where Mr. Genius almost made it to the Darwin Awards. Better luck next time, sport.

Stunning Splitscreen Video

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:02:00 +0000

This video was shot using smartphones. It's a rather brilliant split screen presentation. I can't imagine how many hours were spent editing this. This video won a $10,000 grand prize in a contest run by Nokia. See the other 7 on Vimeo.

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

H/T The Moderate Voice

Best. Sand Castle. Ever.

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:33:00 +0000

I wonder if this was in Scotland?

June 12, 1942

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:54:00 +0000

Anne Frank started her diary on June 12, 1942.

Her last entry was on August 1, 1944.

What budget deficit?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:05:00 +0000

Connecticut is in the red by over 3 billion dollars for each of the next two years. I guess for some that smoking hole isn't big enough or deep enough:

Fight for 'public option' goes on, Donovan tells SustiNet rally

A week after lawmakers reached a compromise that leaves SustiNet backers short of their goals, leaders of the push for the proposed state-run health http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifplan told supporters that the fight isn't over.

House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, one party to the compromise, told the crowd that their goals would be achieved.

"We're going to open up the [state employee health insurance] pool to cities and towns and eventually, small businesses," the Meriden Democrat told hundreds of SustiNet supporters who filled Hartford's Union Station Wednesday evening. "We're going to create that public option in Connecticut so that everybody can afford health care."

SustiNet is the proposed Connecticut version of ObamaCare/RomneyCare. The name is taken from the Connecticut state motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet, variously translated as "He who transplants still sustains" or "He who transplanted still sustains". Like ObamaCare proponents of the plan like to double count savings. At the same link we learn that SustiNet claims additional state revenue because they forecast some state residents would lose their employer provided health care coverage should the plan pass. Typical, the additional 'revenue' is counted, but the additional cost of higher enrollment is not.

If you live in Connecticut and this boondoggle passes, do yourself a favor and transplant...

I'll take Door Number 2, Monty

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:43:00 +0000

Keep telling yourself that This Is Not a Metaphor:

POTUS Can't get back into the Oval Office?

Smart Dog

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:54:00 +0000

I wouldn't jump in this pool either... looks like it hasn't seen chlorine in months...

But this dog didn't give up:

Shamelessly stolen from Theo Spark

Massacre in Samaria

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:05:00 +0000

A home invasion and mass murder in Israel. In Connecticut we just put a man on death row for participating in a similarly evil attack in 2007. One small difference... Gazans weren't celebrating when they found out a woman and her two daughters had been murdered.

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Gruesome video. And yes, I didn't give a 'content warning'. How much warning did the 12 year old girl have when she came home to see most of her family slaughtered in their sleep?

Let the Gazans continue to eat their young; let the West Bank turn the clock back 10,000 years. These animals are not partners in peace, so let them be in pieces.

Arab TV's Greatest Hits

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:42:00 +0000

Modern, 21st century people still promulgating the real Blood Libel... not to mention that these speakers reinforce the idea that the Koran commands Muslims to hate the Jew and consider him the enemy.

A compilation of Arab TV from MEMRI:

New Trends in Arabic Anti-semitism from Henrik Clausen on Vimeo.

The Horror in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:22:00 +0000

The New York Times has a series of before/after satellite images that are amazing. The destruction in Japan is biblical in proportion.

These pictures are stunning.

Android

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:34:00 +0000

Android has passed BlackBerry as the number one smart phone OS in the US.

As an early adopter (G1 on T-Mobile), I can say that the Android you see today is NOT the pokey, clunky operating system we had in 2008. I hate to say it, but clearly the wide spread adoption of Android is due to Verizon's big push.

The Barack Obama Station

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:25:00 +0000

Sadly, this program will have another two years on the air...

Will Amazon let me put this on my Wish List?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:58:00 +0000

I'd love to have this... before my daughter gets to dating age, an updated Colt M-4 with a compass in the stock:

Happy Australia Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:08:00 +0000

26 January is Australia Day

South Korea 1, Somali Pirates Zero

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:51:00 +0000

RoK forces kill pirates, rescue hostages.

This is how nations should deal with pirates. Sink their ships, let the bastards swim for it. When pirates seize a ship the boarding party should kill as many as possible, then hang any survivors.

Pictures from London, long ago

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:25:00 +0000

See all of the pictures here

Angels We Have Heard On High

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:08:00 +0000

Courtesy of Six Pence None The Richer:

The 12 Days of ... Winter?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:55:00 +0000

The 12 Days of ~~Christmas~~Winter

Shamelessly stolen from Theo Spark's place.

Santa wears combat boots

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:16:00 +0000

I particularly like the picture of the Brits sending some special Christmas mail... outgoing mail that it.

H/T Theo Spark

Quantitative Easing and The Fed

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:03:00 +0000

This explains EVERYTHING.

Happy Birthday, Flying Leatherneck Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:14:00 +0000

That is all.

Separated at Birth?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:52:00 +0000

One is a discredited Secretary of the State who gained national notoriety by presiding over a pathetic attempt to count ballots, and the other one is from Florida.

Florida goes West, Michigan makes a Doctor's Appointment

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:49:00 +0000

I've been a fan of LtCol West since he ran unsuccessfully in 2008. This year the voters in FL-22 saw fit to send him to Washington. Michigan voters have seen fit to have Dr. Dan Benishek make a cross country house call to Congress. I hope he's got the right medicine in his bag. As a health care provider I hope he has pride of place as the Republicans start their attempts to modify Obamacare.

I think LtCol West's leadership skills will huge in Congress. But I don't think he'll be very popular in the Congressional Black Caucus...

~~LtCol~~ Rep. West's victory speech: