Category Archives: Obsessions

Ma “fighting” for the little people? Hardly

Posted on June 16, 2015 | 5 comments

More like taking their money for her own use.

“…fundraising experts and people affiliated with some nonprofits on the list — including the Boys and Girls Club — grumbled that the hefty price tag for securing a Clinton speech is a significant drain on small charities’ fundraising and that community-based nonprofits could put the money to better use…”

Better than listening to Slick Willie and Ma Barker opine? Forsooth.

(Politico reveals that small charities have paid $11.7 million for speeches by Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton since 2001. So watch whom you contribute your money to, eh?)

Via NR’s Jim Geraghty

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Why Fahrenheit is right and Celsius is wrong

Posted on June 16, 2015 | 4 comments

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It’s very logical, too logical for Frogs and others who insist on their contrary forms of measurement. Fortunately, despite all our Europhiles and their attempts to dissuade us from God’s measuring system, we’re still clinging to logic. And if our own Little Barry tries to force yours on us via executive order, we’ll just ignore his sorry arse.

Face it Froggies, there are those who have used the metric system and there are those who have walked on the moon. And every air traffic controller in the world today, including in Frogland, still uses our measurement for aircraft speed and altitude. And not yours.

Via Instapundit.

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Come back, Little Sheba, all is forgiven

Posted on June 8, 2015 | 1 comment

I used to use this old line as a joke with Mrs. Charm. Like when she drove up to Fort Worth to visit her mother. I’d say it on the phone. Mrs. C. didn’t understand. Forgiven for what? she would gripe.

I couldn’t remember where I’d gotten the line. Now, thanks to Wikipedia, I can. Sort of. I never saw the play (1950) or the movie (1952) which Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer gave an 83 percent. So I must have heard the line in an ad for one or the other on television. When I was a child of six or eight years old.

I am surprised to find out that Little Sheba was a dog. I don’t think I’ll tell Mrs. C.

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Rule 5: Svetlana Kashirova

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Posted on June 2, 2015 in Obsessions, Rule 5

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2nd Amendment follies

Posted on May 31, 2015 | Comments Off on 2nd Amendment follies

Here’s an idea from Gay Patriot that the Stupid Party or the much smarter Tea Party really should look into.

“…if the right approached gun rights the same way the left approaches abortion and gay marriage, they would demand that the state subsidize gun purchases and that businesses be forced to sell guns whether they wanted to or not.”

Works for me. About time those RINOs in Congress got around to being proactive about something besides their graft.

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Rule 5: Carina Behrens

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Posted on May 30, 2015 in Obsessions, Rule 5

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Airships

Posted on May 27, 2015 | 6 comments

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I’ve been dreaming about the return of these “air yachts”, lofted by helium rather than explosive hydrogen, since the day in 1973 I rode the old Goodyear blimp. Slid back the passenger window and listened to a dog barking below. Ah, someday.

This good history site about the Hindenburg (above) the Graf Zeppelin and assorted others will have to do for now. Unless you can hook a ride on Zeppelin’s new Goodyear semi-dirigible. But it doesn’t have private, sleeping cabins or a viewing promenade.

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