INSPIRATIONAL: Every parent should see this picture!

Friday, December 31, 2010

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1342580/Anorexic-model-Isabelle-Caro-appeared-shock-fashion-campaign-dies-28.html

Anorexic model who appeared in shock fashion campaign dies at 28
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 11:30 AM on 30th December 2010

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Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose anorexic image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign, has died at the age of 28.

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Sad.

The pictures look like she was a concentration camp victim.

We should take this as a wake up call to how we allow women to be treated.

Young girls are obviously at special risk.

“We, The Sheeple” need to speak up and not allow women to be abused.

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INTERESTING: Never too old?

Friday, December 31, 2010

http://www.careerhubblog.com/main/2010/12/youre-never-too-old.html

You’re Never Too Old

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Over the weekend, I read the inspirational story of a 100 year old man in India who recently started a PhD. Bholaram Das marked his 100 year birthday a few weeks ago by announcing his plans to go to university and begin his PhD.

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1. What’s *that thing* you’ve wanted to do “one day?” The thing you convinced yourself you’re ‘too old’ to consider?

2. What could you do at the beginning of 2011 to get it off the ground in some small way? To test drive it in a really low risk fashion?

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Age really is just a number; you’re never too old to do anything you truly put your mind to. What are you putting your mind to this coming year?

By Sital Ruparelia

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So what’s YOUR one thing?

Remember the movie “The Bucket List”?

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POLITICAL: Gooferment taxation; Comply or die!

Thursday, December 30, 2010

http://libertyslifeline.com/2010/12/28/greed-america%E2%80%99s-top-1-and-government/

Greed, America’s Top 1%, and Government
December 28, 2010

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It’s time for Bernie Sanders to sharpen his pencil and see what programs should be cut so that he and his fellow greedy politicians can live within the means they are provided by a generous citizenry, instead of grandstanding for more and more.

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I was with you right up until the phrase “the means they are provided by a generous citizenry”. Sorry, but the characterization is all wrong.

There’s no “generosity” in the equation.

The gang in power will send men with guns to take you to jail or kill you. There’s no “voluntary compliance” with the will of “The Master”. It’s the 800# gorilla in the room. Comply or die!

So we are robbed a slice at a time. The Gang In Power are nobody’s fool. There’s no way they can control 300 Million pissed off Americans. About a third of whom are armed. And, about a tenth can give as good as the get.

(The drug gangs are the finest “light infantry”. Who like indigenous rebels can blend into the population seamlessly. The Totalitarians can’t keep “contraband” out of their prisons; so how can they keep the people unarmed if they are in revolt. Note how well MayorForLife Bloomberg does keeping guns off the streets in New York.)

So, the DUTY of every American is to piss off the “sleeping” “We, The Sheeple” at every opportunity. I like that movie quote.

“I fear all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant.” — apocryphal quote attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto played by Mako in the movie ‘Pearl Harbor’

I want the sleeping Tiger — the American patriots — to wake up. The Tea Parties are the first vestige. Note how fast the TSA backed off when the “holiday revolt” was announced.

The LAST thing the ruling class wants is an enraged citizenry!

Get mad! Get loud! And, refuse to cooperate with theft!

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FUN: Politically incorrect from Frau’s HFA bud

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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RANT: Privacy or lawsuit protection

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2213818

Birth photo ban irks western Md. mom-to-be
December 27, 2010 – 4:26pm

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Rachel Seeger, a spokeswoman for the U.S. office of Civil Rights, said birth photography by a family member or friend doesn’t violate privacy laws, but that some hospitals prohibit the practice out of a fear of lawsuits.

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The hospital cites “privacy”, but do you really think it’s that?

Maybe I’m a cynic, but I suspect the lawyers are behind this policy.

Given Big Medicine’s incestuous relationship with Big Gooferment, I assume that there is nothing “We, The Sheeple” can do about it.

Interesting that all the hospitals in the area have the same policy. Isn’t that collusion? Don’t we have anti-trust laws?

Nah, not when the “King” grants absolution.

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RANT: Why is Yankee Stadium snowless while NYC roads ain’t?

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

FROM A FACEBOOK FRIEND

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Ok explain this..there are roads throughout NYC that haven’t yet been plowed BUT they are working overtime to get Yankee Stadium ready for a bowl game tomorrow

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Greed is good! Seriously, human society advances when each of us cooperates. What better way to get someone to do what you want than to reward them with “certificates of appreciation”?

People will drive themselves harder, mostly without the need for an overseer — boss — taskmaster — slavedriver, when they see their own self-interest being satisfied.

So that’s why the Ghost of George Steinbrenner is well pleased. And, when those industrious Yankee Stadium cleaners get their “certificates of appreciation”, they will be happy too. Those certificates not only get cranky humans to cooperate, but the ENSURE that any effort is the BEST use of resources available at the time. After all you don’t really waste your “certificates of appreciation” on your fellow humans who have not satisfied your needs and wants, do you?

Except for the Gooferment! They steal yours; sometimes without your even knowing it. And, they print up their own certificates, even though they haven’t earned them, whenever.

(For those on Facebook who never had “ekkynonics”, “certificates of appreciation” are a placeholder for the word “money”. For a quick remedial, Google “I, Pencil” and read a short expose of how cooperation by often unwilling humans allows society to thrive.)

So greed will ensure that Yankee Stadium is snowless while the rest of the City chokes on the snow. Gordon Gecko was right. Greed does make the world go round.

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POLITICAL: Make progressive reform impossible

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2010/12/giving-states-veto-is-bad-idea.html

Monday, December 20, 2010
Giving states the veto is a bad idea

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I would dismiss this as a joke, but given the looniness we’ve seen grow on the issue of federal power it obviously is not a joke.

The this, in this case, is an amendment that would grant state legislatures the power to repeal federal law — two-thirds of all state legislatures would need to vote for repeal. It has the backing of folks in 12 states (the story says legislatures, including New Jersey, when it needs to be made clear that full legislatures are not on board in most cases) and some in Congress — which leaves me wondering if anyone is thinking clearly out there.

The amendment is being pushed as a way to trim federal sails and force national lawmakers to consider the impact of their actions on the states, which sounds logical in theory but would create chaos in practice and do little more than further empower small states and, more ominously, make progressive reform impossible.

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So how do YOU prevent “unfunded mandates”?

The Dead Old White Guys HATE democracy as “mob rule”. And, we are PROVING them correct.

The Seventeenth Amendment killed the feedback loop from Trenton to DC.

Will the Trenton crooks pick better crooks that the bosses do for “We, The Sheeple” in Nu Jerzee to rubber stamp?

I bet yes. For only one reason, Trenton Crook wpuld pick someone to go to DC and make sure that (1) they were no unfunded mandates; (2) they “get” as much as they “give”; and (3) conduct that causes “We, The Sheeple” to get upset (more) with Trenton is not tolerated.

Sorry, but you “Secular Progressive Socialists” have to remember the words of the Iron Lady! “The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” –Margaret Thatcher

The States’ “veto” is just trying to de facto repeal the Seventeenth.

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TINFOILHAT: “Chris Matthews Why Doesn’t Obama Just Release The Birth Certificate?”

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/12/27/chris_matthews_why_doesnt_obama_just_release_the_birth_certificate.html

Chris Matthews: Why Doesn’t Obama Just Release The Birth Certificate?

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On Monday night’s edition of “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews talked about putting the birth certificate controversy surrounding President Obama to rest.

“Why has the president himself not demanded they put out the original documents?” Matthews wonders.

“If it exists, why not put it out?” Chris Matthews asks.

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One reason: It keeps his opponents off balance. If they mention it, they are branded as a “birther”, “tin foil hat”, or “conspiracy nut”.

A more likely reason is that there is a “disqualifier” or an embarrassment.

I just don’t know.

So I call myself a “proof-er”.

Why is Obama spending time, money and effort to frustrate ANY disclosure?

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RANT: Screwed at the grocery!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Claim low price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tale of the tape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!

 

Don’t believe the signs. I told the cashier, but she didn’t care.

The line at the (misnomer) “service counter” was ten long. My time was worth more than 30 cents. (But I’m annoyed!)

Let’s see if Stop ‘n’ Shope reads my blog!

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QUOTE: Assange on the failure of the “Press”

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

“How is it that a team of five people has managed to release to the public more suppressed information, at that level, than the rest of the world press combined? It’s disgraceful.” – Julian Assange

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