Dangling Invective

Father's Day Surprise

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:01:00 +0000

Dodgers Style:

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H/T - The Coalition of the Swilling (the best blog name in the Universe, imho)

Your Decoder Ring Has Arrived

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:16:00 +0000

Do you remember when Ralphie finally decoded the message in A Christmas Story? Well you won't have to wait by the radio for a once a week clue. Thanks to the good folks at the Palestinian Media Watch now you can now what they're really saying:

Israeli term	Palestinian Arab term
(Palestinian) Terror	Resistance
(Palestinian) Terrorist	Resistance member
Suicide (bombing) operations	Martyrdom-seeking operations
Palestinian violence	Legitimate resistance
Person who was killed	Martyr (Shahid)
reciprocal violence	Resistance response
Israeli Minister of Defense	Israeli Minister of War
IDF - Israeli Defense Forces	Israeli occupation forces
Separation fence	Racist separation fence
Star of David	Six-pointed star
Wailing (Western) Wall	Al-Buraq Wall
Temple Mount	Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem
The Promised Land	The Land of Palestine
Judea and Samaria (Biblical terms)	The occupied West Bank

As they say... go read the whole thing.

There will be no Purple in Israel

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:30:00 +0000

I have never read The Color Purple. But that's my choice. If I were a Hebrew speaking Israeli it would be the author's choice. She won't permit her work to be translated in Hebrew. Why? Because Israel is "an apartheid state". Yes, really. The Times of Israel reports:

In a June 9 letter to Yediot Books, Walker said she would not allow the publication of the book into Hebrew because “Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.”

Two "Revolutions"

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:44:00 +0000

A tale of Two Revolutions. Via Patterico comes word of a move to "take back" the term Velvet Revolution:

On November 19, 1989, the people of Prague, in the former state of Czechoslovakia, gathered to commemorate a massacre of Czech students by Nazi Germany fifty years earlier. By the end of the day, the gathering turned into a demonstration against a ruling Communist government that had begun massacring Czechs and Slovaks from virtually the moment the Nazis were booted out. By December 29, 1989, without a shot fired, the protesters had driven out their Communist masters, electing poet, playwright, and political prisoner Vaclav Havel as interim President. This peaceful revolt by a peaceful people against their Stalinist puppet government became known as the “Velvet Revolution”.
On November 30, 2004, convicted terrorist bomber, drug dealer, and perjurer Brett Kimberlin formed a Maryland corporation for the purpose of soliciting tax-exempt donations from the public and charitable foundations, to promote an alleged “network of more than 100 progressive organizations reaching millions of people demanding progressive change through our various campaigns”. Campaigns such as offering bounties for the head of the Chamber of Commerce, the impeachment of a Supreme Court Justice, and proof that John Kerry actually won the 2004 presidential election.
This corporation was also known as the Velvet Revolution, or “VelvetRevolution.US, Inc.” according to its corporate filings.

The idea it to link to the post and to the site as much as possible in order to lower the Google score of Kimberlin's organization:

If you link to this post, this site rises to the top of a search for Velvet Revolution. If you add this site to your blogroll, this site rises even further. And Brett Kimberlin’s site falls.

So I've dutifully linked to their post and have added them to my blogroll, and so should you, dear readers (both of you).

Do you know...

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:32:00 +0000

... who Bret Kimberlin is? A convicted domestic terrorist and purger. Who's not only NOT in prison, but running a left wing tax free organization, when he's not harassing and badgering people he disagrees with.

Video from Stix blog:

Michelle Malkin on the Free Speech Blog Burst

Protesting NATO?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:56:00 +0000

Someone help me out here... but when did NATO become this lightening rod for lefty/anarchist/whackadoodle protesters?

See, for example, 3 men accused of terror plot... and check the pictures at the link. I especially like this one:

Connecticut's Welcome Mat for Small Businesses

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:38:00 +0000

So, you own a moving company in Rhode Island and get calls from Connecticut to handle moving people's stuff... except the jobs start and end in Connecticut. You politely tell the potential profit making customer that you can't take their money because you're not licensed to operate in Connecticut. But since you get so many calls you decide to open a branch in Connecticut.

But first, you have to play "Mother, May I" with the State Department of Transportation.
Yes, really:

If Connecticut is open for business, Bob Romano wants to know who turned out the lights.
Romano, owner of Warwick, R.I.-based Coutu Brothers Movers, applied several months ago to expand his current three-truck moving operation into North Stonington. By his estimation, Romano spent more than $6,000 doing everything the state Department of Transportation told him to do: leasing a convenient location on Norwich-Westerly Road, paying his business-entity fee and even making repairs to the office space he intended to occupy.
Then, last week, a DOT hearing officer issued what Romano saw as a stunning denial of his application, saying the business owner had not proved there was a need for his services and noting that two other moving companies in the region had claimed new competition would hurt their businesses.

It would appear that Connecticut state government is in the business of ... raising barriers to entry to business. How did it come to be that a small business has to demonstrate a need before being allowed to open? Why is the government licensing and permitting moving companies in the first place? I mean, other than the making sure their trucks are registered and insured, why does this guy have to beg to compete for business? As is usually the case, when government over regulates government becomes a tool of established businesses to keep upstarts out - or sometimes a weapon for one business to use against another.

But Connecticut is turning a corner. After spending a sweet $27 Million dollars on out of state advertising, we're proclaiming ourselves to be... Still Revolutionary. $27 million. I could have come up with something only half as bad for a quarter of the money.

Connecticut: Still Revolutionary, unless you run a business.

Too good not to share...

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:01:00 +0000

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.