Theo Spark

Israel Day Parade - Have Your Say.............from Dan Friedman

2012-05-21T16:54:00.001+01:00

[As I hope you already know, the “Jewish leaders” who put together the annual NYC Israel Parade (Sunday, June 3) have invited nominally Jewish anti-Israel BDS organizations to march this year. My belief is that the leftist Jewish quislings who made this decision have consolidated their hold on the Jewish organizational world, making them next to impossible to dislodge. But still, there’s no downside to telling them where real friends of Israel stand. For more information about this disgrace click here. df]

Must Reads!!

2012-05-21T16:44:00.001+01:00

P5+1 and IAEA prepare for talks on Iran’s nuclear program
Fly + Kroenig: On Iran, it’s time to draw lines for military action
Wings Over Iraq: Monday Internat"l and Daily Defense Briefing
Supply lines for Afghanistan cast shadow on NATO summit
GsGf - NATOlicious
NYT: Charting Obama’s journey to a shift on Afghanistan
Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in the US
Talks to free Chen offered rare glimpse into PRC leadership
Annual report: China’s military getting stronger (download)
Military planners under orders not to plan for sequestration
Gen. Mattis’ call for a 3rd carrier group near Iran was rejected
Egyptian military to redraw powers of presidency before vote

FACEPLANT?................from Rico

2012-05-21T16:01:00.000+01:00

Faceplant?

No, I'm NOT talking about last weekend's G-8 sleepover....er, summit at Camp David where polemics, sophistry, boilerplate and empty promises were the only accomplishments (apart from watching a soccer match on TV).
- But wait! Faceplant rather DOES apply to these buffoons!!

I originally intended to 'rebrand' Facebook (FB) as Faceplant after their dismal IPO launch last Friday, where the only buyer at the end of the day was Margin Stanley (MS) the IPO underwriter.

Breaking the IPO price.
- Today, without the freebies from a smarting and embarrassed MS which is not rtificially supporting the IPO price of $38, in the pre-market hours FB slipped below $37 and is sliding. How low can it go?

No, I'm not just talking about FB (which nobody seems to want), but also about the G-8 "leadership" hardy-her-harn(which nobody seems to want either)!

Bikini Heaven: Smokin' Jessica Rafalowski Fashion Video

2012-05-21T14:51:00.000+01:00

A great clip.

And there's additional hot links at the post: "Jessica Rafalowski Swimsuit Hottie!"

Saving Aesha: Afghan Woman Starts Fresh in America

2012-05-21T14:43:00.001+01:00

What a story.

See: "Aesha Mohammadzai Rebuilding Her Life in America After Being Horribly Disfigured in Afghanistan."

There's video at the link.

Will Harvard Condemn Elizabeth Warren for 'Pow Wow Chow'?

2012-05-21T14:38:00.002+01:00

This should be a huge story, but the left's corrupt Democrat-Media-Complex refuses to report factually and honestly.

See: "Ethics Condemnation Follows Elizabeth Warren's 'Pow Wow Chow' Cookbook Revelations."

The Story of Business: Regulations should be Effective, not Excessive

2012-05-21T14:38:00.001+01:00

The fifth episode of the Story of Business series centers on Rob Latham in South Carolina. His story is a case study in why we need a regulatory system that's fair, accountable and allows our economy to grow again.

2012-05-21T13:53:00.001+01:00

H/T DJ Elliott

Bonus Babe..................

2012-05-21T11:44:00.002+01:00

Pic Dump............

2012-05-21T11:42:00.002+01:00

Cartoon Round Up....

2012-05-21T11:23:00.000+01:00

G8 Summit: Send in the clowns!

2012-05-21T10:51:00.001+01:00

Is this what failure looks like?

G-8: If empty rhetoric represents solutions, then the Summit at Camp David this weekend was a great success!

G8 leaders, all Eurozone members, Congress, lend me your ears! Austerity or growth, that is the question?

At this stage of the Eurozone crisis Greece is teetering on the edge of a cliff, looking more like the Priceline bus that ends up going over and crashing and burning, than country. Similarly, Italy and Spain are inching ever closer to the same precipice.

In the spirit of this "Greek Tragedy" that potentially awaits us, I have invoked a combination of two different Shakespeare works, Hamlet and Julius Caesar.

One might logically think that at this point the G-8 leaders would have some idea or consensus as to the best way to proceed to stave off a full-blown global financial meltdown. Listening to the statements issued at the end of the G8, it would seem that sadly they do not!

Read the article at The Political Commentator here.

Read the article at The Political Commentator here.

2012-05-21T09:37:00.002+01:00

Snippy Remarks

News............

2012-05-21T08:11:00.002+01:00

Half-naked woman in hot pink duct tape attacks, injures 3 cops

7th Century Nuclear Power Pakistan De-Friends World Blocks Twitter

Asteroid may smash Earth satellites: Nasa

Pic of the Day: Obama’s Sealed Records

Shirt off Babe Ruth's back sells for a record $4.4 million

Man's defibrillator stops knife during attack

Gulf Shores beaches trashed each night, cleaned up each day during Hangout Fest

Lionfish tourney to address invasive presence

Europe is driving full-tilt, foot on the pedal, into a brick wall

Robert Mugabe – I want to retire but I can’t

Clashes erupt in Beirut between Syrian groups

New York parking space on sale for $1 million

Egypt’s Islamist politicians move to the Right ahead of presidential election

Ahmadinejad should 'open nightclubs’, says Iran MP

Afghan troops complain of feeling second-best

Afghan radicals send assassination threats by text message

Dozens killed by suicide bomber in military uniform in Yemen

Monday Mopsies..........

2012-05-21T08:10:00.001+01:00

I'll Have Another on Verge of Breaking 34-Year Triple Crown Drought for Horse Racing

2012-05-21T02:33:00.000+01:00

And watch that video.

I can't recall a better run race. I'll Have Another just hangs back about 3 lengths or so then charges around the final leg for a spectacular finish.

Report: "I'll Have Another Wins 137th Preakness Stakes."

And that horse has a fascinating background, discussed here: "I'll Have Another Wins Kentucky Derby in Spectacular Come-From-Behind Upset."

Occupy Protesters Storm Chicago Wedding: Newlywed Beth Alberts Furious, 'Let's Get Out of Here!'

2012-05-21T01:41:00.000+01:00

Man, she's a lovely lady too.

See: "Chicago Newlywed Beth Alberts Rebukes Anti-Capitalist Protesters at NATO Summit: 'Let's Get Out of Here!'"

Click through for links to video and additional photos.

Here Comes the Sun

2012-05-20T23:13:00.000+01:00

By Alan Caruba

On May 20, Sunday, much of the United States was treated to an annular solar eclipse when the Moon gets directly between the Earth and the Sun. There is another interaction with the sun, however, that holds the potential for tremendous harm and solar scientists are warning we could be in for one as a cycle of such flares is peaking.

The Sun gives off solar flares all the time, but they rarely are noticed or impact the Earth because our atmosphere serves as a kind of cocoon—the magnetosphere—that deflects these bursts of electromagnetic energy.

A large flare is ten times the amount of energy released by a volcanic eruption, something along the lines of millions of 100-megaton hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time, but is less than one-tenth of the total energy emitted by the Sun every second.

As Robert W. Felix, author of “Not by Fire, but by Ice”, says, “Our magnetic field is one of the best described and least understood wonders of the universe.” What is known is that the Earth has been through a series of magnetic reversals and they line up with mass extinctions of life. What is known is that interglacial periods are about 11,500 years long and we are at the end of such a period. Felix has been warning that the Earth is on the cusp of a new Ice Age.

Everything on earth, its plant and animal life, is directly affected by the Sun and we are most aware of it with the passing of the seasons from warm summers to cold winters. The rest of the time we just check the weather report to learn whether it is going to be a rainy or sunny day.

The Sun has been in a minimum cycle of activity, measured by the number of sunspots (magnetic storms) as it cycles in and out of minimum to maximum activity approximately every eleven years. Thus, in 1998 the Earth entered a cooling cycle despite all the apocalyptic claims of global warming. The last mini-ice age lasted from 1350 to 1850 affecting Europe and North America..

For the record, carbon dioxide has nothing whatever to do with warming the Earth. Any rise or fall of CO2 shows up after a change in the Earth’s climate. You have been lied to by the United Nations Environmental Program and every charlatan making such claims.

The last recorded major flare that got everyone’s attention was in 1859, noticed by telegraph operators who reported sparks flying out of their machines and by the vast auroras seen by many. It’s called the Carrington Event, named for a British astronomer, Richard Carrington, who is credited as being the first to realize the link between the Sun’s activities and geomagnetic disturbances on Earth.

A similar solar storm this time around could be truly apocalyptic. It could affect part of the nation’s electrical grid. It is expected sometime this year or next when the Sun will hit a peak eruption period.

The most recent disruption was in March 1989 when it knocked out five major electricity transmission lines in Quebec and, two minutes later, the entire Canadian province was in darkness. It damaged electrical equipment as far south as New Jersey and people in Texas and Florida witnessed displays of the aurora borealis, normally something seen only in the northern climes of the Earth.

If the Earth is hit with a major flare for some there will be no weather reports to check. There will be no lights, television, cell phones or computers to turn on because there will be no electricity. The most optimistic prediction is blackouts in some areas, but it is believed that they would last only hours or days. Companies involved in the transmission of electricity are scrambling to figure out how large the impact could be.

Replacing damaged transformers would not be easy. They weigh hundreds of tons each and they aren’t sitting around in warehouses to be hauled out and hooked up.

As if the affect on the transmission system wouldn’t be bad enough, a major solar storm would also play havoc with global positioning systems (GPS) that are in cell phones, airplanes, and automobiles. It would likely have an adverse affect on all the commercial satellites circling the Earth.

It doesn’t take a Jules Verne to imagine what life without electricity would be like even for a few days or weeks. Credit cards would be useless, no gasoline pumps would function, the communications we take for granted would be unavailable, and, in general, normal life would grind to a halt.

If you think your electrical bill is high keep in mind that the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to put the coal industry out of business and that means some fifty percent of all the electricity generated with cheap, abundant coal would cease to be an energy source. Everywhere that people have been forced to pay for solar and wind power they have seen their bill skyrocket.

The oil every modern society depends upon to function is suffering a similar fate in America, currently importing sixty percent of its oil despite sitting atop enough oil to render us independent of all other suppliers. In addition to gasoline and diesel, oil is a component of thousands of other products and uses, not the least of which is everything plastic.

Ancient civilizations used to worship the Sun. If and when it sends a major solar storm our way, we will all be praying that the lights go on again.

© Alan Caruba, 2012

Remembering Angelo: Worst Avid Golfer

2012-05-20T21:38:00.000+01:00

Twenty-five years after Angelo Spagnolo made - get this - a 66 on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass, Golf Channel invited him to play the hole again. Watch to see what happens this time around.

H/T Shelly

Not Kidding: Black Man Who Had 30 kids With 11 Women Wants Child-Support Break

2012-05-20T20:55:00.000+01:00

This is the dependency state in action.

See: "Desmond Hatchett, Black Dude Who Fathered 30 Kids, Begs for State Help With Child Support."

There's video at the link.

And remember: If you criticize this dude for a failure of personal responsibility, you'll be attacked at RAAAAACIST!!

Full Surveillance Video: Black Hoodie Trayvon Martin Goes for Ice Tea and Skittles at 7-11

2012-05-20T20:47:00.001+01:00

It's getting so bad folks are starting to call for George Zimmerman's release.

See: "Trayvon Martin Shown in New Surveillance Video."

Fatal School Bomb Attack Raises Fear of Strife in Italy

2012-05-20T20:41:00.000+01:00

See: "Fatal School Bombing Stokes Fears of New Italy Violence."

And now there's an earthquake too.

Big Journalism's Dana Loesch Smacks Down Mediaite's Tommy Christopher

2012-05-20T20:34:00.000+01:00

This is just so juicy you gotta read it all at the link.

See: "Dana Loesch Administers Whupping of a Lifetime to Mediaite's Tommy Christopher."

Oh yes...............

2012-05-20T19:47:00.001+01:00

H/T Paul B

Who's Afraid of The Muslim Bros.? Not Obama...........by Dan Friedman

2012-05-20T19:44:00.001+01:00

[What is Obama thinking? Glad you asked: All eyes are on the economy here at home; the minutiae of “foreign policy” goes over the average voter’s head; if I can contain Israel the damage won’t be evident before the election; and in any event the White House-controlled media will protect me. Bottom line, it’s safe to pursue my pro-Islamist agenda because no one is watching. df]

PJ Media, May 19, 2012

Two Obama Administration Scandals on Syria?

By Barry Rubin