We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
The issue pits the conservationists against the sentimentalists. It comes down to this: If you want to protect the native fauna and flora of the American West, the imported ungulates need to go. (The same goes for feral pigs, aka Wild Boar).
Related, for many years Obama (aka Barry Soetoro) did indeed claim to have been born in Kenya. Even his bio on this first book said so. The Rickroll - Brilliant and amusing tricksteration. The Donald is having fun. Like I say, not a fan but have to cast my meaningless vote for some fool, so why not him? National politics in America was a reality show long before TV.
Travelogue: The Imperial Capital. It's a part of the world where there is never a recession, pay and benefits are generous, and where few can feel good about their job. Managers and paper-pushers by the tens of thousands, and a large load of talented schmoozers. A modern Ancient Rome.
As an urban, aspiring-elite, I want legal immigration of the type and to the extent that the American people view is in their interest. Illegal immigration is invasion, in my view, with or without weapons. I am a proud nationalist despite the fact that our humble biz has now finally gone international. After seven years, we can now afford more than beer and pizza.
If you like roller-coasters, you will love entrepreneurship. Just do it before you have a family to support or you could get stuck in a dreary life in a cubicle.
She has never accomplished anything in life. She has held positions, but that's not the same thing as accomplishment. That is resume-building.
She got into Yale Law (gee, a real ordeal) and met Bill there. She got a job with the Watergate Commission, but got fired for being dishonest. She failed the bar exam in DC. Smartest woman in the world. She went to Arkansas with Bill, passed the Ark. bar, got jobs through Bill's political connections and made money via shady deals. When Bill was Pres, she screwed up everything she touched but managed to parlay her Bill connection to a NY Senator gig (being from Illinois and Arkansas but going where the $s are). She got to be a marquee-name Senator but did little there. She had some books ghost-written. Then she got Sec of State as a booby prize for losing to but endorsing Obama, and screwed up all of their major decisions there (Russia, Libya, Syria, Iran, Egypt). In the meantime, she devoted herself to making a magnificent fortune, because she and Bill love money and hobnobbing with the rich. On top of it all, she and Bill have a farcical marriage. They do not live together. Theirs is a political (and financial) alliance because he owes her.
To you Feminists, what would she be doing in life without Bill? Or without an adoring press (for being a Lefty female)? Surely she wonders that too. Famous for being famous.
This is not an ad for Trump, just putting things in perspective. If you are a Lefty, you will hold your nose and vote for her regardless. Obama had zero accomplishments too but he had some charm and youth.
Just for fun, to whom did Bill confess, a few years ago, that "Hillary gets more pussy than I do"? A trivia quiz. BTW, I do not care whether HRC is gay. Lots of people say Obama used to be gay in his Chicago days hence his "Bathhouse Barry" nickname. But so what? It's been a good gig for Mrs. O.
Middle Eastern Muslims are not all jihadists. Are they sympathizers? I don't know. Many, for sure. The jihadist movement is a death cult with an outsized impact on the rest of the world. Their random terror acts are designed to produce disruption, reaction, and to build enthusiasm for their movement. It works, it magnifies them and politically stirs the West into forfeiting freedoms for security, which is a terrible thing.
9-11 was not Pearl Harbor, but the world would be a more pleasant place if these ardent Muslims dedicated themselves to more constructive secular pursuits rather than killing Westerners, Jews, and eachother. Theirs is a mission and a holy purpose, and many people want their life to mean something dramatic. Furthermore, killing and blowing things up is so easy that anybody can do it. Checking out, in a blaze of glory.
Theirs is not a Western culture. It has different cultural premises and assumptions, and, like cockroaches in a building, they will never be eliminated. All I want is to keep them out of my life and to let them wreak havoc, if they must, in their own habitat. Israel can take care of itself very well.
Islamophobia? I'll confess to a mild case of that due to reading the news. It might not be fair, but I am human with healthy tribal instincts. They have managed to make themselves my bogeymen and I do not like to ride airplanes with them.
Several thousand were killed on that day in 2001 — the anniversary of the Ottoman defeat at the Gates of Vienna. This was a comparatively small number, by modern standards. The rich symbolism of this Islamist operation was lost on the West, which no longer cares for history or legend. A brilliant assault of “asymmetric warfare,” it fulfilled all of its objectives. The torch has since been passed from the more moderate al-Qaeda to the more fanatic Daesh, and will be passed again in due course. Osama bin-Laden personally lost face by being hunted down and killed like a rat, but his vision of a restored Islamic Caliphate survives him. It inspires still the young in heart and mind.
Hillary! descends to a Trumpian level with name-calling and insults just as Trump begins to (tries to) behave in a more dignified way. As the man says,
There is a bracing purity about this.
Clinton made the comments before introducing Barbra Streisand at an LGBT fundraiser in downtown New York. According to average ticket prices and attendance figures provided by the campaign, Clinton raised around $6 million at the fundraiser, at which some attendees paid $50,00
She must have been trying to tell the attendees that they were the good people in contrast to the great unwashed who think trannies are strange. How is Trump a racist? He has integrated everything he touched, including his fancy golf clubs. He has no problem with gays or anybody else unless they attack him. Those smears will not stick. Many regular folks like the guy's style although I do not. Even Bill Clinton likes him.
A friend is in the wedding party at a Dominican wedding this weekend. He's been brushing up on his Salsa and Merengue. He lived in Costa Rica for two years so he had plenty of experience in Latin dance clubs. He says, "With Latin Americans, you can't get chicks if you can't dance." I said I thought Merengue had a bit of happy grinding. It does.
You can learn those dance rhythms and moves on Youtube.
Qualifications to run for President of the US? Just age and birth citizenship, I believe. In my view, Hillary! is disqualified on moral, ethical, and responsibility grounds. Trump is more qualified than Obama had been, by being an executive, entrepreneur, and by having lots of real life experience.
As I have said many times here, few people care anymore about Hillary's flaws. They are assumed, and she and Bill are somewhat admired for their handling of their countless errors of morality, ethics, and judgement. Having the wind of the media at your back never hurts.
Three statistician hunters see a deer. First one shoots, 3 yards to the left. Second one shoots, 3 yards to the right. Third one exclaims "We got him!"
I just thought these pics that Drudge had were strange.
Hillary leaving a fancy fund-raiser last week, looking like a patient leaving a hospital in her pajamas. She has put on a lot of weight.
Hillary and Huma. I think they have a relationship. Wouldn't a normal Mom be walking with her daughter at her side, instead of behind her and Huma in their twinsie outfits?
