POLITICAL: Ignored Heroic Military

Saturday, January 24, 2015

http://original.antiwar.com/lucy/2015/01/21/the-unquestioned-ignored-heroic-military/

The Unquestioned, Ignored, Heroic Military
Lucy Steigerwald

What with its title, “The Tragic Decline of the American Military,” Atlantic Monthly’s January-February cover story at first blush appears to be a thoughtless pro-military screed. But in spite of that headline, and the cover asking “Why Does The Best Military in the World Keep Losing?” it isn’t a bad piece at all.

Author James Fallows isn’t making any edgy arguments here. He’s actually painfully pragmatic as he spells out the declining skills of military leadership due to politics. More interesting for readers of Antiwar.com, however, is Fallows mentioning the strange, thoughtless respect for the military that now permeates the American public.

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The “young” easily buy into the nationalistic propaganda and “answer the nation’s call”.

Having done the oligarchy’s bidding and serving as “cannon fodder” for the military industrial complex that Ike warned us about, they return damaged.

(Remember the Prussian education system — that the USA imported hook, line, and sinker — had as its SOLE purpose was to create cannon fodder for the Army, willing morons for the factories, and useful idiots to vote for and be led by the elite!)

And, “the Nation” turns a collective “blind eye” to their situation.

Remember Heinlein’s Starship Troopers’ universe? One does not merely have the right to be a citizen and vote by virtue of what Heinlein called the mere accident of birth; rather, one has to earn this right through Federal Service that tested one’s ability and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good of the polity. Bet not a lot of vets would vote for all the undeclared wars the USA has been in since WW2?

That’s what “We, The Sheeple” have allowed the Gooferment’s politicians and bureaucrats to do in their name.

The response to this movie, and other of its ilk, is a recognition of exactly who the “bad guys” are in this morality play — the nation’s “leaders”.

Argh!

That’s why deflate-gate and all the other petty “news” is created — to distract us.

The pretty magician’s assistant or the matador’s cape.

Be distracted at your own peril.

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INTERESTING: Bad balls

Friday, January 23, 2015

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150122/fbn-deflated-footballs-2d3a36fde7.html

Patriots coach says he doesn’t know how balls were deflated
Jan 22, 10:59 AM (ET)
By HOWARD ULMAN

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Thursday he doesn’t know how footballs became deflated during the game that got his team to the Super Bowl.

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I believe him.

(Until there is evidence otherwise.)

Solve it like the two children splitting a sandwich.

One cuts; the other picks.

So the NFL sets the specs for the balls and the teams exchange game balls.

End of problem. No muss. No fuss.

No?

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CLOUD: GOOGLE DOC Sharing is unavailable?

Thursday, January 22, 2015

2015-Jan-22 1155 

GOOGLE DOC Sharing is unavailable?

Try later?

Argh!

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INTERESTING: Magnesium An Invisible Deficiency

Thursday, January 22, 2015

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/01/joseph-mercola/dont-be-magnesium-deficient/

Magnesium: An Invisible Deficiency That Could Be Harming Your Health
By Joseph Mercola Mercola.com
January 20, 2015

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Magnesium is a mineral used by every organ in your body, especially your heart, muscles, and kidneys.1 If you suffer from unexplained fatigue or weakness, abnormal heart rhythms or even muscle spasms and eye twitches, low levels of magnesium could be to blame.

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Early signs of magnesium deficiency include loss of appetite, headache, nausea, fatigue, and weakness. An ongoing magnesium deficiency can lead to more serious symptoms, including:

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“Numbing and tingling”

Wow, Our Girl has that. Might have I “saved” her by magnesium. SOB!

And, I have “numbing” and no trots. Maybe I need more?

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RANT: The State of the Union is propaganda

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The State of the Union is propaganda.

The President panders to the left; the response panders to the right.

Proposing more taxes and more spending is a loser. With the R’s in control of the House, I’d be ASTONISHED if any new or increase in taxes passes.

In actuality, the deficit and the debt as a percentage of GDP has improved slightly. No thanks to anything the Gooferment, politicians, or bureaucrats did.

Argh!

The “unemployment rate” as pushed by the elite and the lapdog media is a joke. Look at the participation rate. Look at the disability rolls. Shadow Stats says that U6 is 23%. That’s one out of four territory. Black youth unemployment is 50%.

Time for some changes in the District of Corruption and it’s not increasing taxes!

Argh!

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GOLD: Switzerland portends Chinese action?

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

http://schiffgold.com/commentaries/will-china-pull-switzerland-us-dollar-video/

Will China Pull a “Switzerland” on the US Dollar? (Video)
JANUARY 17, 2015  BY MIKE FINGER   

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In his first Schiff Report video of the year, Peter Schiff explains the Swiss news that rattled the foreign exchange markets this week. Peter had predicted that Switzerland would eventually be forced to drop its euro peg, just as he’s been warning that countries like China will be forced to abandon their ties to a weakening US dollar. If investors don’t want to experience even worse losses than Europeans were hit with this week, they need to start preparing for a dollar crisis. Gold has performed very well this year, even while the US dollar and stock market moved higher, which Peter sees as an indicator that a new bull trend has started in precious metals.

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Poor people in China subsidizes the American dollar.

Argh!

Clearly, this is going to mean more inflation.

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RANT: Jane Fonda unrepentant hence unforgivable

Monday, January 19, 2015

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/01/18/jane-fonda-draws-protesters-at-maryland-appearance/

Jane Fonda draws protesters at Maryland appearance
Published January 18, 2015Associated Press

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As well she should. Unrepentant hence unforgivable.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Obama to Propose Tax Increases

Sunday, January 18, 2015

WSJ: Obama to Propose Tax Increases on Investments, Inherited Property

President Barack Obama will call on the new Republican-led Congress to raise taxes on investments and inherited property and to create or expand a range of tax breaks for middle-income families, laying out an opening position in a debate over taxation that both parties see as a potential area of compromise.

Mr. Obama will outline the measures in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. He will propose using revenue generated from the tax increases–which would fall mainly on high-income households–to pay for a raft of new breaks aimed at boosting stagnant incomes for low- and middle-income households.

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What an idiot!

Do you want less investments?

Do you want fewer family farms?

Do you want smaller inheritances? 

Tax something and you get less of it.

AND, the “fat cats” will still figure out loopholes.

Dumb, dumber, and dumbest.

Shrink the bloated Federal Gooferment.

Reduce taxes on EVERYONE!

Argh!

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ADMINISTRIVIA: Change is the only Universal constant

Sunday, January 18, 2015

2015-Jan-19

Looks like I’ll be “unemployed” at the end of February.

That’s why last week and this week’s issue is and will be a little thin this week.

Working on my future plans.

Rest assured, my Jasper Jottings addiction will continue.

Laugh!

“Change is …”

“Change is NEVER good.”

“The only universal constant isn’t Pi π, or Euler’s number e, or even Pythagoras’ constant √2 — it’s change!”

(That’s a “Ferd-ism” as captured and collect by one of two my summer interns in 2012. A “disrespectful” lad with a good sense of humor. He survived my “supervision” and went on to gainful employment despite my warped advice.)

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: WSJ NEWS ALERT: Justice Department Kept Secret Telephone Database

Sunday, January 18, 2015

WSJ NEWS ALERT: Justice Department Kept Secret Telephone Database

Justice Department Kept Secret Telephone Database
The U.S. Justice Department secretly kept a database of U.S. calls to and from foreign countries for more than a decade, according to a new court filing and officials familiar with the program.

The revelation of another secret government database storing records of Americans’ calls came in a filing in the case of a man accused of conspiring to unlawfully export electronic goods to Iran. A Drug Enforcement Administration official said in the filing that the agency has long used administrative subpoenas, not federal court orders, to collect the metadata of U.S. calls to and from foreign countries “that were determined to have a demonstrated nexus to international drug trafficking and related criminal activities.”

The document doesn’t identify the countries or say how many countries were involved.

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[JR: I guess another Gooferment overreach and violation of the Fourth Amendment.]

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