Canada's generally befuddled Foreign Minister John Baird is back in the headlines after a brief hiatus.
This time he's announced the closure of the Canadian embasssy in Tehran and the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Canada.
Baird has a three-fold reason for the move. One, various towellers keep talking nasty stuff about Israel. Baird has a soft spot in his heart for the Holy Land and while he knows there's not much he'll be able to do for Israel in the event of a hot war, he can at least make this symbolic gesture during the ongoing Iran-Israel cold war.
Secondly, Baird has inside information from Israel that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Shutting down the Canadian embassy in Iran will at least save a few Canadian lives when the Israelis nuke the Iranian nuclear program.
Third, Baird has concluded that Iran is the biggest threat to world peace, and figures it would be better not to talk to people who are a threat to world peace.
Ironically, polls conducted by the European Union and the Pew Research Group in Europe and the Middle East consistently show that the vast majority of people who live a lot closer to Iran than Baird does see the USA and Israel as the biggest threats to world peace.
No word on when Baird plans to close the Canadian embassies in Washington and Tel Aviv.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Biden drunk during speech?
I don't know, but there were lots of hints.
Lots of fluff-ups and mis-speaks.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
He sure milked the Osama kill.
He must have gone after that three times at least. Bragging about killing an unarmed old man in Pakistan, a guy who was once one of our proteges. Osama bin Laden was doing God's work, our work, in Afghanistan back in the '80's.
Anyway, he hit a lot of the right notes.
Lots of fluff-ups and mis-speaks.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
He sure milked the Osama kill.
He must have gone after that three times at least. Bragging about killing an unarmed old man in Pakistan, a guy who was once one of our proteges. Osama bin Laden was doing God's work, our work, in Afghanistan back in the '80's.
Anyway, he hit a lot of the right notes.
Romney's Medicare initiative: if you get old you're screwed; if you get Alzheimers you're REALLY screwed
Here's a peek into the future from a private-sector health care think tank. Read it and weep.
If you're planning to get old, you're facing possible financial ruin.
It you have the unmitigated temerity to get Alzheimer's disease on top of your aging condition, you are absolutely 100% guaranteed to face financial ruin.
Hey, it's not as if Mitt or Paul forced you into senility or old age, is it?
It's time you started taking responsibility for yourself.
That's the American way.
If you're planning to get old, you're facing possible financial ruin.
It you have the unmitigated temerity to get Alzheimer's disease on top of your aging condition, you are absolutely 100% guaranteed to face financial ruin.
Hey, it's not as if Mitt or Paul forced you into senility or old age, is it?
It's time you started taking responsibility for yourself.
That's the American way.
Romney adds Gina Rinehart to his economic advisory team
Mitt was mightily impressed by the guest post Gina wrote for this blog.
Who better than an Australian billionairess to lecture working folks on the error of their ways? Mitt has an inherent respect for anyone with more money than himself, and none whatsoever for anyone with less.
So Gina is in.
She'll help the Romney team fight for lower taxes for rich folks and a lower minimum wage for the rest of us because as we all know, a rising tide lifts all yachts.
Mind you, if you're caught out there on the tidal flats without a yacht you'll most likely drown, but that's your fault.
Stop trying to fob off your failings on the rich people and their yachts for God's sakes!
Who better than an Australian billionairess to lecture working folks on the error of their ways? Mitt has an inherent respect for anyone with more money than himself, and none whatsoever for anyone with less.
So Gina is in.
She'll help the Romney team fight for lower taxes for rich folks and a lower minimum wage for the rest of us because as we all know, a rising tide lifts all yachts.
Mind you, if you're caught out there on the tidal flats without a yacht you'll most likely drown, but that's your fault.
Stop trying to fob off your failings on the rich people and their yachts for God's sakes!
Budget tips from Gina
Hi folks!
I've made a bit of news lately with my anti-worker comments in the press, but don't believe a word of it.
That is the kind of despicable talk driven by the leftist forces of class warfare.
The fact that I'm rich and you're not can be boiled down to a few simple facts.
First of all, your money-envy will be your undoing. At this very moment the rabble who work in my Aussie pits are lobbying hard for pay raises. Can you even imagine such a thing?
Even as they are making more than the lucrative minimum wage they want MORE MORE MORE!!!
This is a symptom of the great western malaise. Get the shits a bit of education and before you know it they're reading Marx and they think they're oppressed here and exploited there and by Jesus that's just the beginning of it.
Need I remind you that there's plenty of darkies just over there in Africa who are more than grateful to work for two dollars a day?
And these drunken ingrates think their $15 per hour minimum wage needs to go UP !?
But it's not too late to turn things around.
You've got to work harder for less to be competitive. Cut out the boozing and you'll be amazed how much less you can work for. You'll be competitive with the darkies in no time.
The key is working for less. Even if you work harder and work longer hours, that is not enough in itself. Remember, there's a darkie somewhere eyeballing your job...
And he's happy to work for two dollars a day.
So pull yourselves together. It's not too late!
Remember, I'm a billionaire, so I know better than you what's good for workers.
-Gina
I've made a bit of news lately with my anti-worker comments in the press, but don't believe a word of it.
That is the kind of despicable talk driven by the leftist forces of class warfare.
The fact that I'm rich and you're not can be boiled down to a few simple facts.
First of all, your money-envy will be your undoing. At this very moment the rabble who work in my Aussie pits are lobbying hard for pay raises. Can you even imagine such a thing?
Even as they are making more than the lucrative minimum wage they want MORE MORE MORE!!!
This is a symptom of the great western malaise. Get the shits a bit of education and before you know it they're reading Marx and they think they're oppressed here and exploited there and by Jesus that's just the beginning of it.
Need I remind you that there's plenty of darkies just over there in Africa who are more than grateful to work for two dollars a day?
And these drunken ingrates think their $15 per hour minimum wage needs to go UP !?
But it's not too late to turn things around.
You've got to work harder for less to be competitive. Cut out the boozing and you'll be amazed how much less you can work for. You'll be competitive with the darkies in no time.
The key is working for less. Even if you work harder and work longer hours, that is not enough in itself. Remember, there's a darkie somewhere eyeballing your job...
And he's happy to work for two dollars a day.
So pull yourselves together. It's not too late!
Remember, I'm a billionaire, so I know better than you what's good for workers.
-Gina
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The greatest bullshitter of all time?
Bill Clinton has to be one of the great masters. I'm watching Bill's speech in Charlotte. There's not a hot-button he hasn't hit bang-on.
Bill had the luxury of being the guy asleep at the switch for eight years before George W stepped in to be the fall-guy for 9/11.
I'm not saying W good and Bill bad.
I'm saying it doesn't make any substantive difference.
But enjoy the show!
Bill had the luxury of being the guy asleep at the switch for eight years before George W stepped in to be the fall-guy for 9/11.
I'm not saying W good and Bill bad.
I'm saying it doesn't make any substantive difference.
But enjoy the show!
God and Jerusalem
Interesting to see how the no-spinners are trying to spin this "God and Jerusalem" fiasco the Democrats have brought on themselves.
Hannity is doing all he can to fan a few embers of sour feelings into a profound storm of outrage over the Dem establishment ramming through a reference to Jerusalem as the "capital" of Israel over the protestations of many of the delegates on the floor.
The attendant invocation of "God" is even more loosely tethered to any relevant discussion of facts.
The list of nations recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is non-existent, so to excoriate the Democrats for not doing so seems a bit of a high hook on which to hang one's no-spin credentials.
For the Democratic Party to capitulate in such short order underscores that they are far more motivated by TV ratings than moral principles.
The entire charade is of course just that; a charade. I'm reminded of the various phony feuds between big stars on the Word Wrestling Federation. Or the never-ending battle between the Newmans and the Abotts on The Y & R.
It's riveting viewing, isn't it?
And that's all this election of 2012 is. Entertaining TV content.
Sure, the billionaires might pay a few more dollars in taxes under Obama and a few less under Romney, but the system will continue to be stacked for them and against the middle class.
But it's a helluva show.
Hannity is doing all he can to fan a few embers of sour feelings into a profound storm of outrage over the Dem establishment ramming through a reference to Jerusalem as the "capital" of Israel over the protestations of many of the delegates on the floor.
The attendant invocation of "God" is even more loosely tethered to any relevant discussion of facts.
The list of nations recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is non-existent, so to excoriate the Democrats for not doing so seems a bit of a high hook on which to hang one's no-spin credentials.
For the Democratic Party to capitulate in such short order underscores that they are far more motivated by TV ratings than moral principles.
The entire charade is of course just that; a charade. I'm reminded of the various phony feuds between big stars on the Word Wrestling Federation. Or the never-ending battle between the Newmans and the Abotts on The Y & R.
It's riveting viewing, isn't it?
And that's all this election of 2012 is. Entertaining TV content.
Sure, the billionaires might pay a few more dollars in taxes under Obama and a few less under Romney, but the system will continue to be stacked for them and against the middle class.
But it's a helluva show.
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