Texas to Barry: Drop Dead

Posted on May 17, 2016 | 6 comments

Our little Barry Hussein wants Texas to relax its economic sanctions against Iran in light of his duplicitous nuclear “deal” in which Iran gets everything and the US nothing.

“In his response to the President, Governor Abbott wrote: ‘Because the Iran deal is fundamentally flawed and does not permanently dismantle Iran’s nuclear capability, Texas will maintain its sanctions against Iran.

“’Further, because your administration has recklessly and unilaterally removed critical sanctions, I have called on the Texas Legislature to strengthen the Iran sanctions that Texas already has in place.'”

Via The Jerusalem Post.

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Posted in Iran, Israel, Obamalot, The War

Read it and weep, Sennacherib

Posted on May 17, 2016 | 3 comments

ISIS has torn down some of your handiwork, oh ancient one, in a fit of Islamic fundamentalism.

“The Gate of Mashki was built during the era of the Assyrian King Sennacherib in 705-681 B.C. It was located east of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, which was taken over by Islamic State forces in June 2014.

“Photographs distributed by Islamic State on Sunday show militants using at least one bulldozer to knock down the ancient ruin, although it was unclear when the action took place. National Geographic said in April that it had obtained images revealing the destruction of the Mashki Gate and the nearby Adad Gate, built around 700 B.C., by Islamic State.”

Via Weasel Zippers.

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Posted in Blogosphere, History, Science/Engineering, War Without End

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The “Palestinians” museum: empty

Posted on May 16, 2016 | 2 comments

For a “people” without a history, what else can you expect but an empty museum paid for by the Dictator’s Club and the usual hangers-on. Well, the arabs who call themselves Palestinians do have a history. An invented history of lies which is continuing.

The museum announced in a news release this month that it had named a new director, Mahmoud Hawari, who it called “the lead curator at the British Museum”and a specialist in early Islamic art, architecture and archaeology, among other topics.

A spokeswoman for the British Museum would not confirm that Mr. Hawari held the position of lead curator there, saying only that “he was a visiting academic at the British Museum.” A spokeswoman for Taawon said on Monday morning that the information in the release was based on a curriculum vitae that Mr. Hawari had provided.

Via Israel Matzav

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Posted in History, Israel, Obsessions, The War

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Democrats drive Wendy’s to robots

Posted on May 14, 2016 | 2 comments

Mr. Boy and I have long had a private joke, wishing Wendy and Wally (of the Wally Burgers outlet on Mesa) would get married. But we can never decide whether Wendy or Wally will get first billing in the new franchise name.

There’s gonna be a real distinction between them soon. Wendy’s is going to robot ordering in places like California and New York where Democrat pols pander to the ignorant and uninformed by continually hiking the minimum wage. They know better. They know it just leads to higher unemployment. As long as it get them re-elected, they don’t give a damn who it hurts.

I am wondering, if the Wendy robots come to Texas, will they have the same Spanish accents of the orderers and servers of our local Wendy’s outlet on Far West Boulevard. It’s like a slice of Old Mexico there now. We’d hate to lose the local color with one-voice-fits-all machines.

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R.I.P. Joe Bol

Posted on May 13, 2016 | 7 comments

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Joe Bol, friend, OCS classmate, rare reader and occasional commenter here, passed on to the next world Wednesday, from complications of multiple medical problems. Adios, Joe, see you again on the turnaround and may our next incarnations not include a thankless political travesty like the Vietnam War.

Via his adopted son Joseph Bol.

UPDATE:  Obit for Joe with updated photo. Pity for the misspellings and the usual military ignorance of our non-serving, self-centered fellow citizens. Thus he is credited with a Bronze Medal for Vietnam, as if he had been competing in the Olympics. It’s Bronze Star Medal, of course. Nothing at all about where he went to school or his occupation after the war. I don’t know the former but, IIRC, he was an accountant for the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, which promotes professional athletics, horse racing, etc.

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Posted in Infantry OCS, Obituaries, Troops, Viet Nam, War Without End

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Corporations win, consumers lose

Posted on May 12, 2016 | 2 comments

Uber and Lyft have left Austin, thanks to the bureaucrats and their taxi cartel.

“Say NO to corporate rule!” was one of the ironic, liberal-alluring slogans the corporate cartel used to fight a pro-ride sharing referendum that failed 48,673 to 38,539.

T-shirt sloganeers like to call Austin “weird” and it truly is because so many things are backward, despite the supposedly “progressive” outlook of a majority of the populace. All you have to do is appeal to their unthinking attitudes about such things as development and corporations and they’ll sit up and bark like good little doggies for a bacon treat. Thanks, morons!

Via The Daily Signal.

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Posted in Bureaucracy, Texana, The Culture, The Economy

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Dear Hiroshima…

Posted on May 11, 2016 | 2 comments

…our little Barry Hussein, who likes to bow to tyrants and kiss their rings and other parts of their anatomy before giving them lots of our money, may be sorry for that atomic bomb we dropped on y’all. Whether he actually apologizes or not.

But, frankly, and as much as many of us pity the suffering of your wartime civilian population, most of us are NOT in the least sorry. So don’t get too excited. The little shit with the big ears doesn’t speak for all of us. And in just a few more months he’ll be as influential as Jimmy Carter is now.

Get it? As in Nada.

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Posted in History, Obamalot, Obsessions, The War

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