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We remember George Harrison (1943-2001)

Silvio Canto, Jr.
11/29/2023 1:00:00 AM

                George Harrison was born in Liverpool on this day in 1943 and died on November 29, 2001.   He had been battling cancer for a few years.        George was part of the group from the early days.  He added a few songs to the group's repertoire over the years but his biggest contribution was playing a great lead guitar and singing background vocals.        He did sing or write some tunes, such as "Something" and "Here comes the sun".        P.S.  You can listen to my show.  If you like our posts, please look for Donate on the right column of the blog page.       [...]

November 1981 and still talking about Natalie Wood's death

Silvio Canto, Jr.
11/29/2023 12:00:00 AM

            How did Natalie Wood die or drown?   Was she killed or what?        It's a great mystery but some people are still looking for clues.        See this headline:  "Natalie Wood's bruises were consistent with her being 'the victim of assault,' says detective on star's death"        Will they re-open the case?   Can they re-open case?   We will follow the story.         P.S.  Check out my blog for posts, podcasts and videos. If you like our posts, please look for Donate on the right column of the blog page.   

The End Of Culinary Disco

K T Cat
11/27/2023 11:11:19 AM

 First off, my cooking lately has been dreadful. The kittens weren't around for Thanksgiving, but sister kitteh was in town and we had a Tanzanian nun over as well. Instead of turkey, we made those frozen lobster tails from Costco. Horrible. Simply horrible. No matter what you do, they're tough and they don't have the sweet, lobster flavor. Never again.On Friday, youngest son kitten and the unicorn, his girlfriend, came over. We smoked a turkey this time, going with Champion Smoker Myron Mixon's recipe. It was horrible. Simply horrible. The bird got to the requisite 165 about 90 minutes too early, so I made a command decision and left in the smoker, but turned down the heat. The end result tasted bad because Myron's[...]

Dear Ireland, I Hate You

K T Cat
11/24/2023 1:37:06 PM
 ... signed, your Prime Minister.  Prime Minister of Ireland says the government is very white and it needs to change. pic.twitter.com/kTUaOk6M25 Libs of TikTok (libsoftiktok) November 24, 2023   The Irish government is too white? Just what color are they supposed to be? It's Ireland.    Honestly, this stuff is starting to have a Last Days of Disco feel to it. It's all so end-stage ludicrous.

CalPERS Fail

W.C. Varones
8/4/2023 5:59:23 AM
Despite the awesome bull market this year, CalPERS again missed its return target, earning only 5.8% vs. its required 6.8%.CalPERS has missed its return targets for the trailing 1-, 3-, 5-, 15-, and 20-year periods.When CalPERS fails to make its' required returns, California taxpayers are liable for making up the difference for California's uber-generous public pensions.

Maybe teaching racial division and hatred wasn't such a good idea after all

W.C. Varones
2/3/2023 7:04:10 PM
Doctor cycling in California run down, stabbed by driver screaming about white privilege:A doctor cycling along the Pacific Coast Highway in California was mowed down by a driver who then got out of his vehicle and stabbed the cyclist to death while screaming white privilege slurs.Dr. Michael Mammone, 58, of Laguna Beach, was on his bike in Dana Point when he was struck by the driver of a white Lexus.The driver allegedly sped through a red light at an intersection before running over Mammone on Wednesday afternoon, KABC reported.He then jumped out of his vehicle and stabbed the victim multiple times in the back before bystanders tackled him to stop the attack.

Bezos vs Burnham - Robber Baron vs Managers

B-Daddy
1/26/2022 8:32:44 PM
 Well not really; and not just because Burnham isn't a household name. James Burnham authored key insights on "managerialism" and predicted its eventual triumph over capitalism in his 1941 book "The Managerial Revolution," summarized here, but skip ahead 5 minutes (this is a great podcast). George Orwell provided this summary in 1943.Capitalism is disappearing, but Socialism is not replacing it. What is now arising is a new kind of planned, centralized society which will be neither capitalist nor, in any accepted sense of the word, democratic. The rulers of this new society will be the people who effectively control the means of production: that is, business executives, technicians, bureaucrats and soldiers,[...]

Defunding Minneapolis

B-Daddy
6/8/2020 10:05:46 PM

Which would be the result of actually implementing this whole #DefundThePolice nonsense.  To catch you up:From The Guardian:The Minneapolis city council has pledged to disband the citys police department and replace it with a new system of public safety, a historic move that comes as calls to defund law enforcement are sweeping the US.  Speaking at a community rally on Sunday, a veto-proof majority of council members declared their intent to dismantle and abolish the embattled police agency responsible for George Floyds death and build an alternative model of community-led safety. The decision is a direct response to the massive protests that have taken over American cities in the last two weeks, and is a[...]

Natural Born Citizen Definition

Doo Doo Econ
1/19/2016 6:08:58 PM

    Once again Americans are facing questions about the definition of a Natural Born Citizen (NBC).This is the simple and indisputable definition: Two citizens who have a child, naturally create a new citizen. This is a Natural Born Citizen.There is absolutely no expert either legal or historical who will argue to the contrary. They may argue to include additional citizens, but this is the core of the definition.Two people who have a child in a location, have a citizen who is native to that land. This is a Native Born Citizen. Thus, terms like "Native American" which imply a location and not an allegiance to a country.A person can be both Natural Born and Native Born, or in the United States we also have Naturalized[...]

Obama Fuels Eternal Islamic War on America

Doo Doo Econ
8/5/2015 5:00:00 AM

                Do you remember the headlines when Obama apparently declared America a Muslim country on French television?    Taken from an Islamic perspective this statement is dangerous. It sounds as if the President of the United States sees America is a Muslim nation. When you consider translations, this may presented to the masses as exactly that, American President Hussein (an exclusively Islamic name)  Obama declares America to be Islamic. Thus America would be "al-Islam", or territory which may never be ceded to non-Muslims.Semantics, right? Over-reaction, right?Except, this is a long standing meme from not only the President, but also his staffers.   [...]

And Where a Salon Scribe Gets a Tad Out of His Swim Lane

Dean
11/11/2015 9:22:09 AM
Over the weekend, Salon writer, DAVID MASCIOTRA, caused quite a dust-up on social media with his own salute to the troops ahead of Veterans Day . Here is the headline, followed by the sub-headline and then followed by the first paragraph of the piece:You dont protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracyIt's been 70 years since we fought a war about freedom. Forced troop worship and compulsory patriotism must endPut a man in uniform, preferably a white man, give him a gun, and Americans will worship him. It is a particularly childish trait, of a childlike culture, that insists on anointing all active military members and police officers as heroes.If you desire, you can read it[...]

Football rules changes...? You've come to the right place

Dean
1/31/2015 2:04:56 PM

    Theres no denying that over the last few decades most all on-field rules changes made by the NFL have been exercises in increasing offense and scoring. This has created an arms race in a sense where the pendulum swings back and forth between the NFL offenses and NFL defenses whereby the offenses get aided by rules changes and the defenses counter with a combination of innovative schemes and superior athletes. To wit, for years, its been conventional wisdom that the best athletes in the world were in the NBA. Now days, we would add NFL defensive backs and possibly outside linebackers/rush ends into that mix (you dont think dudes like Richard Sherman, Darrelle Revis and J.J. Watt can ball a little?).But[...]

The Lefts fear of fascism under Trump is the ultimate example of projection

The liberal crazies, from actor Rob Reiner to the once conservative but now ideologue-for-sale Joe Scarborough, have their knickers in a knot over the potential that America may drift into fascism ...

An Irish family flounders amid fascism in Booker Prize winner 'Prophet Song'

What would a fascist coup d'tat look like in an Anglophone country? Paul Lynch poses this question in "Prophet Song," his beautifully written, ingenious, holy ...

College Students Need Classes on How to Be Adults

Looks like many students are not prepared to be adults. The Daily Beast reports. College Students Need Remedial Classes in How to Be Adults Is 18 years enough time to prepare for the stresses of being an adult? For Americas increasingly fragile college studentsthousands of whom are returning to campus in the next two weeksthe []The post College Students Need Classes on How to Be Adults first appeared on College Insurrection.

You Can Attend an Ivy League School for Free Online?

Not a free college degree though Republican-American reports. How to go to Ivy League schools for free online Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale come with a lot of prestige. But another thing these famous schools are known for are their high tuition costs. Fortunately, with the popularity of open education and technology, there []The post You Can Attend an Ivy League School for Free Online? first appeared on College Insurrection.

Social Justice is Driving Much of the Insanity in Our Schools 

Mike LaChance

"Its obvious to any individual with a modicum of common sense that students who threaten the lives of others should be suspended or expelled."The post Social Justice is Driving Much of the Insanity in Our Schools first appeared on Legal Insurrection.

Washington Post Ripped for Anti-Israel Rhetoric in Supposed Straight News Article 

Stacey Matthews

"The terrorist-controlled Washington Post runs this statement as fact. Hamas has no greater friend in America than the employees of the Washington Post."The post Washington Post Ripped for Anti-Israel Rhetoric in Supposed Straight News Article first appeared on Legal Insurrection.