#442: banner ads.
#74: houseflies.
I’m not sure how to feel about this. On one hand, I should be nervous when things I hate start finding synergy, because it suggests sooner or later someone will propose a federal bailout (#26) for the surviving members of N’Sync (#312).
On the other hand, it makes the little bastards really easy to spot and kill. You could almost sit in the crowd with a BB pistol and play ack-ack.
killmenow
In the year 1984 came a revolutionary movie following in the foorsteps of ‘Rocky’. The movie called, ‘The Karate Kid’, had Ralph Machchio in the lead, and also made him the new boy of tinsel town. Now the movie is set to be made again by the ‘Hancock’ star, Will Smith, and will be having Will’s son in the lead role. Jaden Smith, will be working alongside, Jackie Chan who will play the character of ‘Mr Miyagi’, but with a new name. The new movie is set to release on the 11th Of June 2010, and is named, ‘The Kung-Fu Kid’…
The Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty:
A Seattle Action Network
This week is all we have. LET’S FIGHT!It is on! Representative Michele Bachmann is holding a press confererence in D.C. this Thursday and is asking people from all over the nation to show up on the steps with her. We’ve got fellow patriots from WA flying out to rise to this challenge. Jane Citizen from Everett will attend and you can email her your letters to Congress and she will hand deliver them for you! There are also many, many opportunities for you to be active this week. All info below. Please spread this around like wildfire!
Letters to Congress
Email your *handwritten* letters to Congress to standtheground@renewliberty.com by TUESDAY evening and Jane Citizen will hand deliver them on Thursday in D.C. If you think you can make the trip to D.C. to join Representative Bachmann and others on the steps of the Capitol, then email Diana Reimer at philatppatriots@gmail.com or Debbie Dooley debbie0040@yahoo.com for information.You can also fax your *handwritten* letters to Tea Party Patriot Diana at 678-302-5377 and she will hand deliver them as well. Want to know who to write to? Write to your representative and senators and as many Blue Dog Democrats and moderates as possible! All that contact info can be found at http://teapartywa.org/ on the home page, you just need to scroll down a bit. Or, you can find the contact info at http://www.freedomworks.org/online-war-room.
Activities for this week, November 2nd - November 6th
For all activities happening this week in our area, please click here: http://bit.ly/1QZ5SK. Please, please, please take the time to read through the activities and to fax or email your letters, and to call Congress this week.Pelosi wants a vote by the end of the week and if we do not act swiftly and strongly, Obama may be signing this health care monstrosity by Monday. Literally.
As always, all of this information, and more, can be found at http://teapartywa.org/. You can also email me at redistributingknowledge@gmail.com or Sally at sally.oljar@gmail.com if you have any questions at all.
The Olympia Tea Party hosted Tea Party Express last Friday and almost 5,000 people showed up. Imagine if each of those 5,000 called and wrote letters this week. Imagine the impact we could have.
Lastly, the media seems to be ignoring the buildup to Thursday’s events in D.C. If you can, call the local media outlets and the national networks to ask if they are aware of what is going on. If they are not, go ahead and help them out. :-)
In Liberty,
Halliburton Silver Spring n’ stuff
Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner.
The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient. It came to Mr. Gore’s firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers, looking for $75 million to expand its partnerships with utilities seeking to install millions of so-called smart meters in homes and businesses.
Mr. Gore and his partners decided to back the company, and in gratitude Silver Spring retained him and John Doerr, another Kleiner Perkins partner, as unpaid corporate advisers.
The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts....
Whoever gave this guy his first clout actually legitimized this mook for the rest of history. Sigh.
country pork ribs with BBQ sauce
mashed potatoes with roasted garlic (no screamy drama, Claire:)
but this:
* 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
* 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 2 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 large eggs
* 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
* 1 cup fresh corn kernels including the pulp scraped from the cobs(cut from about 2 ears of corn)
* 1 1/2 cups grated sharp Cheddar
* 3 scallions, sliced thinGrease a jelly-roll pan, 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 by 1 inch. Into a bowl sift together the cornmeal, the flour, the sugar, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt. In a small bowl beat together the eggs and the buttermilk. To the cornmeal mixture add the buttermilk mixture, the corn, the Cheddar, and the scallions, stir the batter until it is just combined, and pour it into the pan, spreading it evenly. Bake the corn bread in the middle of a preheated 425°F. oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
It has corn in it.
In his rush to humble America in the eyes of the world, he strives to placate every mook coming down the midway with a bullied nation in their hip pocket and in turn supplant them in the villain column with a national news agency whose most egregious error would appear to be not swooning every time he opens his “wiser than thou” piehole to speak in encyclical.
What’s wrong with this picture? The waiting room outside Dr. Obama’s Snake Oil Emporium is populated by the likes of General McChrystal, the Dalai Lama and Fox News, meanwhile Kadaffi, Chavez and Aqua-velvajad are walking around backstage with All-Access laminates. Not since Lana Turner hooked up with Johnny Stompanato has a great star exhibited such poor taste in men.
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Teh iWon—it eye brow bounces… *shudder* *Clicky* for your own personalized Uh-bambi weather forecast—this may be the most useful he’s ever been.
11/02 at 07:20 PM •
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After eight years working at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, including two years as its director, Abby Johnson suddenly decided that she could no longer participate in abortions. What pushed Johnson out was both an ultrasound of an abortion and a renewed emphasis on the cash-generating business in the failing economy. After being told to deemphasize prevention and market for abortions, Johnson finally had enough…
1. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 111(d), p. 61)
2. Grant program for wellness programs to small employers (Section 112, p. 62)
3. Grant program for State health access programs (Section 114, p. 72)
4. Program of administrative simplification (Section 115, p. 76)
5. Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 223, p. 111)
6. Health Choices Administration (Section 241, p. 131)
7. Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 244, p. 138)
8. Health Insurance Exchange (Section 201, p. 155)
9. Program for technical assistance to employees of small businesses buying Exchange coverage (Section 305(h), p. 191)
10. Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Commissioner (Section 306(b), p. 194)
(cont’d BTF)
I especially like #75: killing school kids, if you don’t comply
via PowerLine
happy birthday, Josie!!!!!!!
Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a “solidly profitable” 2011.
fix this to make us saaaafer
... new research [suggests] individuals born with a certain variant of a gene don’t stay on the road as well as their counterparts. ...30 percent of Americans ....
“These people make more errors from the get-go, and they forget more of what they learned after time away,” ...
Which could encompass a lot of tasks. The studied group was 30 individuals. Combine this kind of ‘knowledge’ with the deep, collective financial interest we have in one another through a gubbmint owned/run “health care” system and *yeesh*
11/02 at 08:21 AM •
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While meeting someone new yesterday I extended my hand for the customary greeting but was told that she was just recovering from a cold and did not want to pass on any stray germs during our exchange.
How thoughtful of her! And then it dawned on me. Why hadn’t we used the Michelle Obama fist bump? Most germs are in the palm area of our hands (the moist places) so a fist bump would not carry as much of a risk.
Unfortunately I thought of this idea later so my extended hand being rebuffed was sort of an awkward moment that could have been avoided had I been thinking faster.
New rule: Let’s fist bump when greeting others.
The H1N1 microbes and conspiracy theorists might be annoyed but that’s OK with me.
GAIL JAMES, Lacey
eyeballs
“The environment” is the most ingenious cover story for Big Government ever devised. You float a rumour that George W. Bush is checking up on what library books you’re reading, and everyone goes bananas. But announce that a government monitoring device has been placed in every citizen’s trash can in the cause of “saving the planet,” and the world loves you.
...At their Monday night poker game in hell, I’ll bet Stalin, Hitler and Mao are kicking themselves: “ ‘It’s about leaving a better planet to our children?’ Why didn’t I think of that?” This is Two-Ply Totalitarianism—no jackboots, no goose steps, just soft and gentle all the way. Nevertheless, occasionally the mask drops and the totalitarian underpinnings become explicit. Take Elizabeth May’s latest promotional poster: “Your parents f*cked up the planet. It’s time to do something about it. Live Green. Vote Green.” As Saskatchewan blogger Kate McMillan pointed out, the tactic of “convincing youth to reject their parents in favour of The Party” is a time-honoured tradition.
From the fluffy-save-the-panda people:
To avoid dangerous climate change and build climate resilience, the way society is structured will need to change fundamentally - from investment patterns to development programs. This cannot be accomplished by a fragmented set of existing institutions.
11/02 at 07:24 AM •
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Someone remind me . . .
Why is it we allow the gubbmint to:
1] tell US what time it is and
B] jerk us around by changing it twice a year for no apparent reason?
11/02 at 06:13 AM •
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yummmm
Heading into a long day of horse play, yet expecting 8 for dinner afterwards, I wondered whatinhell I could make to go along with the BBQ tri tip The Mister was making.[There was caesar salad in there, too] [The Mister only does the meat. period.] Then it struck me:
Hack up some taters bite sizeish - enough to feed ‘em all [add in a couple more] [no peeling - just hacking]
Hack up enough onions to go with ‘em - big pieces
Put all that in one layer in a baking dish [or 2] and drizzle with olive oil, salt, pepper.
[here’s the inspiration part]
Top with half-slices of bacon—not solid, but not chintzy either.
Bake at 350° or so for half an hour.
Serve with ketchup and/or sour cream.
I’d show ya a picture but they’re gone!
11/01 at 09:42 PM •
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I’m shocked that a woman goes through life worrying about having to defend herself. My grandmother died at 96 years old never having to physically defend herself.
--- Larry the Lympian
Use of a weapon, and especially a firearm, is statistically a woman’s best means of resistance, greatly enhancing her odds of escaping both rape and injury, compared to any other strategy of physical or verbal resistance.
I hope things are fine. I apologize for not getting back to you sooner after the MP Ball. We had our chance to have fun, and then the Brigade got hit with a lot of missions, the military never sleeps it seems.
At any rate, I have attached some photos from the evening, especially some that show the Soldiers enjoying the free beer! I had numerous comments on the thoughtful gesture of free beer and the Soldiers loved it. They are very thankful!
---CPT K
I’m going to need a small favor from those of you who contributed to the Beer of the Ball....could you please e-mail me your screen name with a mailing address ( if you are comfortable with that! )?
Our grateful recipients are sending me a small token of their gratitude to share with you all......
Republican Dede Scozzafava endorsed her former Democratic opponent Sunday in the race for an upstate New York congressional seat....
Okay, RNC, now that you know what your big triangle tent RINOs are worth, ask for donations again; and this time, tell me something I want to hear. M’kay?
Who actually wrote all that crap, anyway?
...the country is finally back on track…
Chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga WOO WOO!
Please, please will someone do something about the Hands On Children’s Museum? That name is just not right! Even with the correct apostrophe “s,” the name sounds horrible and could only be loved by fondlers, Romans, or French government officials.
Where is the board of directors on this public relations gaffe?
Nonprofits attract volunteers, who are out to enhance resumes, street cred, and receive pats on the rear ends, but ‘HELLO,’ is anyone home? Take five minutes to come up with an appropriate name.
We are used to being scammed and plundered for large amounts of public funds. Nine million dollars for a new museum for children (hint, hint) building are beyond graft and will never produce an appropriate return on investment. That said, before a new sign goes up on the building and a petting zoo wants to share space, please change the name.
The Obama administration invoked the controversial “state secrets” privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at risk.
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement about the case, Shubert et. al v. Obama, that “there is no way for this case to move forward without jeopardizing ongoing intelligence activities that we rely upon to protect the safety of the American people.”
The case is a class action suit brought by four Brooklynites alleging that the Bush administration engaged in wholesale dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans in which they were unjustly caught because they regularly made phone calls and sent emails to individuals outside the U.S., specifically in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Egypt, the Netherlands, and Norway.
Obama administration officials argued that even addressing or attempting to refute the plaintiffs’ claim would require the administration “to disclose intelligence sources and methods, or the lack thereof.”
Holder said he was invoking the privilege despite having outlined new policies and procedures last month containing new internal and external checks and balances for the Justice Department to follow before invoking the privilege…
