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calendar   Wednesday - November 05, 2008

JOE THE PLUMBER EXPLAINS ECON 101 to President Obama.  (from Rich K)

Well what a morning this has been.  BMEWS posters prove again and again that they write better material then the speeches written by the pros and spoken by (mostly) amateur speakers.  I wish Mr.McCain had done this.  Or Mrs. Palin.

This was under comments by Rich K and again, I wanted it posted here and I hope it will be copied and passed around.
Hey Rich, maybe a year from now someone will be checking it out on Snopes.com to see if there really is such an act.

JOE THE PLUMBER EXPLAINS ECON 101

Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Joe the Plumber to come and fix it. Joe drives to Obama’s house, which is located in a very nice neighborhood and where it’s clear that all the residents make more than $250,000 per year. Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house. Joe is led to the room that contains the leaky pipe under a sink. Joe assesses the problem and tells Obama, who is standing near the door, that it’s an easy repair that will take less than 10 minutes. Obama asks Joe how much it will cost.
Joe immediately says, “$9,500.”

“$9,500?” Obama asks, stunned. “But you said it’s an easy repair!”
“Yes, but what I do is charge a lot more to my clients who make more than $250,000 per year so I can fix the plumbing of everybody who makes less than that for free,” explains Joe. “It’s always been my philosophy. As a matter of fact, I lobbied government to pass this philosophy as law, and it did pass earlier this year, so now all plumbers have to do business this way. It’s known as ‘Joe’s Fair Plumbing Act of 2008.’ Surprised you haven’t heard of it, Senator.”

In spite of that, Obama tells Joe there’s no way he’s paying that much for a small plumbing repair, so Joe leaves.
Obama spends the next hour flipping through the phone book looking for another plumber, but he finds that all other plumbing businesses listed have gone out of business. Not wanting to pay Joe’s price, Obama does nothing. The leak under Obama’s sink goes unrepaired for the next several days.

A week later the leak is so bad that Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink. The bucket fills up quickly and has to be emptied every hour, and there’s a risk that the room will flood, so Obama calls Joe and pleads with him to return.
Joe goes back to Obama’s house, looks at the leaky pipe, and says “Let’s see ? this will cost you about $21,000.”
“A few days ago you told me it would cost $9,500!” Obama quickly fires back.

Joe explains the reason for the dramatic increase. “Well, because of the ‘Joe’s Fair Plumbing Act,’ a lot of rich people are learning how to fix their own plumbing, so there are fewer of you paying for all the free plumbing I’m doing for the people who make less than $250,000. As a result, the rate I have to charge my wealthy paying customers rises every day.

“Not only that, but for some reason the demand for plumbing work from the group of people who get it for free has skyrocketed, and there’s a long waiting list of those who need repairs. This has put a lot of my fellow plumbers out of business, and they’re not being replaced. Nobody is going into the plumbing business because they know they won’t make any money. I’m hurting now too, all thanks to greedy rich people like you who won’t pay their fair share.”

Obama tries to straighten out the plumber: “Of course you’re hurting, Joe! Don’t you get it? If all the rich people learn how to fix their own plumbing and you refuse to charge the poorer people for your services, you’ll be broke, and then what will you do?”
Joe immediately replies, “Run for president, apparently.”

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Posted by peiper   United Kingdom  on 11/05/2008 at 09:30 AM   
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JOHN MCCAIN AND A VERY WELL WRITTEN EDITORIAL COMMENT BY OUR GRUMPY OLD FART.

I’ll have to admit I wasn’t thinking along these lines the last week or more.  GOF has stated the case very well.  I don’t think it should be hidden away under comments and so am taking the liberty of posting it here.

Yeah, there are things about Mr.McCain that rile us. No denying that.  But on the other hand ... well.  Grumpy’s point of view is very much valid.

Like everyone, I knew that McCain had spent time in the Hanoi Hilton. What I had NOT known until a few months ago was that he was in a training film I was required to watch in Navy boot camp: “Trial by Fire - The Ordeal of the USS Forrestal”.
The Forrestal fire started at 10:50 local time and took until 4:00 the next morning to fully defeat. It killed 134 people and injured 161. It began when an electrical surge switching from external to internal power lit off a Zuni missile, which skated across the deck and impacted an external fuel tank of an A-4, immediately engulfing two aircraft *that were awaiting launch* in a pool of burning fuel. The pilots who suddenly found themselves in the middle of that flaming pool were LCDR Fred White and LCDR John McCain.

I’m sure there are many other events in that man’s life of which I am still unaware. Nonetheless, no one can rationally deny that John McCain is the quintessential old warhorse, harder to put down than a charging rhino and with apparently more lives than a cat. And it is likewise inarguable that, even as a young man, he more than once found himself in circumstances where he not only had to make the right decision, but had to make it RIGHT NOW, with only seconds to assess the situation. He is no stranger to high-stress decision making, nor has he been for many decades.

Do we disagree on things? Hell yes we do, most notably on immigration and campaign financing. But as my mother pointed out to me, when pressed on immigration reform, he once told the questioner, “Well okay then, what would you do? You may not like my solution, but it IS a solution, it can realistically be made to happen. Ideal solutions are often useless in a less than ideal world.” In other words, when you’re sitting in a burning aircraft is NOT the time to bitch about proper maintenance being done on the aircraft that just mistakenly fired a missile into you. You deal with what IS.

I think it would be fitting and proper if, sometime today, we were to all take a moment to acknowledge the respect this man has long since earned. And to reflect on how deeply flattering it is that people such as him consider US worth fighting, dying.... and yes, putting up with the dishonor of modern politics… to defend.

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Posted by peiper   United Kingdom  on 11/05/2008 at 08:32 AM   
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John Bolton: Letter to the next president.

WHILE I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, I HOPE.

THE EU IS DRAFTING A SIX PAGE LETTER TO OBAMA WITH SUGGESTIONS OF CLOSER C0-OPERATION WITH THE EU.

AND ... I may not spell her name correctly but it doesn’t matter cause she’s an ignorant slag anyway.  I guess she’s smart enough to write books (which I haven’t read).
Erika Yung ?  or is it Erica Yong, Yung?  Crap.  You know who I mean ,I m’ sure.  If ya don’t I guess it doesn’t matter.

I was up ALL night listening to results and commentary on BBC radio 4.  They naturally held interviews with many Americans over the course of the evening but this total and worthless bag of poo really got my goat.  Even the BBC guy was trying to stop or cut away and why they didn’t I’ll never know. So here’s the deal folks.

She had to be drugged or drunk or both.  I can’t properly convey the sound but ....

sheee spo-----ke veeeeerrrr - rrry, veeerrr-ery slooooooooooo-oowwwwwleeeee

She was dragging out each and every word in a very low voice but not slurred like a drunk would.
OK .. so here the bitch is talking to a foreign audience telling everyone that at long last the reign of the “paranoid” Cheney is over and that,

“I tell my european friends when they have asked me how could Americans have elected a moron to be their president, I explain to them that we never elected George Bush.  The Republicans rigged the voting machines in the last three elections and stole the elections from the people. So then they understand why we have a moron for president. The Republicans stole the last three elections with rigged voting machines.”

Erica Yung on BBC-4 (radio) last night.

Oh yeah .. a personal note from me to the eu. go and eff yourselves. You’ll find the hole for that purpose located directly under your noses.

OKAY, NOW HERE’S A PART OF THE LETTER BY MR. BOLTON. BE SURE TO READ ALL AT THE LINK.

Congratulations, Mr President-elect, on your victory. After the longest presidential campaign in our history, you now have 77 days to prepare to govern. While foreigners might see eleven weeks as an eternity, you know only too well that it is precious little time to select your top advisers and then subject them to our cumbersome FBI and ethics screening of their backgrounds, their finances, their potential conflicts of interest, and whatever skeletons are hanging in their closets.

America’s Image

Do not let global “public opinion” about the United States, from Albania to Zimbabwe, dissuade you from doing what you think is right for America. Your job is to defend and advance our interests and values, a task which invariably will displease our adversaries, and even many of our friends, especially those who wish we were, well, more European in our behaviour and attitudes.

What we must do, however, is more effectively advocate the policies you will be pursuing. Failure at both the political level in Washington and abroad, and at the level of the career Foreign Service, made the Bush Administration one of the most tongue-tied Presidencies in our history. We should try to shift international public opinion to support our policies, not modify our policies to try to satisfy international public opinion. The State Department will not understand this distinction. You must.

A final word

Many U.S. and foreign commentators have been quick to tell us that America is in decline, and that our role in the future will not be what it once was. They will be correct only if you fall prey to their pessimism.

And if you do, rest assured that they will shortly turn critical of “American isolationism,” just as they have been critical in recent years of “American unilateralism.” You will never satisfy them. Defend America and its friends, and the rest will take care of itself.

http://tinyurl.com/69ewrb

This is NOT the entire open letter that appears in this morning’s paper.  I hope you will all take the time to read it all. Grab the link above.
Like Drew and others, I am not feeling great today.  Worried I guess but then at my age I have less future then most of you do and so maybe less time to worry about things.  Don’t misunderstand please.  All I’m trying to say is that statistically and given family age patterns blah,blah, I can’t say with any certainty I’ll still be around in four years at age 75.  Although I sure hope I and BMEWS will still be here of course.
BUT .... just in case and because , as I mentioned to Drew once, Ya Never Know ....

Both Drew and Rancino and others here as well, have the tech know how and the software to improve the image I have here.
Perhaps if you guys SAVE it for four years you will be able to improve it.  That’s in case I ain’t around to do it meself, once I’ve learned how.
Maybe by then that jerk Al Franken will be voted out once he proves what an ass he really is, and he can go here. The possibilities are endless.

In the four (more then) years I’ve been here, this toonist has not once, not ever drawn the Bush govt. in anything but a bad light.  Make that a nasty light.  So here.  Have some fun with this.  Hey look, it’s simple.  If I don’t laff I’ll cry and laughter’s better.  I think. Maybe. OK, not much to laugh at this morning.

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Posted by peiper   United Kingdom  on 11/05/2008 at 03:32 AM   
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calendar   Tuesday - November 04, 2008

a new day, a fresh start

i call for the dissolution of the Republican Party. They have failed us. They have ignored us. They are as corrupt as the left. they ARE the left - there is no way in hell you can convince me that John McCain is anything to the right of what a normal Democrat should be. Juan McAmnesty. McCain-Fiengold. The Maverick. And this was the best they could find. We put a lot of hope in Fred, but he turned out to just be an actor. No fire Fred. No effort Fred. No chance Fred. You suck Fred. Buh bye.

Right now it looks like that fucking idiot Al Franken from Air America is going to take a Senate seat for Minnesota. How in the name of seven grizzly hells did that happen? The man is an utter whacko, and yet the Republicans can’t even defeat this guy. Admit it, the GOP is over.

No, we need a new party. Now let’s sit down and figure out what that party should stand for. And what kind of people - by which I mean people’s outlooks and worldviews, because we have to be EAGER to take folks from all walks of life and from every social strata and from every color of the rainbow and from every religious affiliation going. So we want whites, blacks, browns, yellows, greens, grays, oranges, and neon zebra stripes. Whether you’ve found rebirth by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, or whether you think thunderstorms are incarnations of the divine. It has to be a big tent, and that tent needs lots of open flaps to let in the crowds. That means we all have to ignore most of each other’s attributes, and instead focus only on the worldviews that bring us together.

We need a whole new platform. We need to examine and debate each and every plank in that platform and even the nails that bind it together. Perhaps there is still some good wood left in the GOP raft that we can salvage before it sinks beneath the waves, but there are planks in there that are rotten too, and they need to go. Even if those planks are cherished, because we’ve had our initials carved in them for 36 years. They leak, and that rotten wood doesn’t support the base. Worse than that; a whole huge slice of people are afraid to step on that raft because of that one rotten board.

We also need a name. A new name, without ties to failed parties of the past. New America Party?

I have 1000 or more people coming to visit here every day. At least 800 of them are from the USA. Since my blog stats show me that I get a whole lot of repeat traffic, this ought to mean that I get the same big crowd coming back every day. Or often enough. Which means that most of you have some alignment for what passes for Conservatism these days. And that means you OUGHT to have enough smarts and awareness to come up with some ideas. So let’s hear them. What do you want, what don’t you want. You don’t have to write an essay. You don’t have to be funny. If the best you can do is 5 or 6 words then that’s fine. But put those words out there. The debate starts here, one blade of grass seeking to take root. That is, until the new USSA Civilian Security Force shuts this place down. Because that day is coming faster than you think, especially if we just sit on our supersized American asses and complain that other people didn’t find the perfect solution for us. Rise up. Speak up. Stand up. While you still can.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 11:32 PM   
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One Last Show Of Bias

Google has a state by state election results tracker. It doesn’t seem to be working exactly right I’d say. Not that any of this will matter in the morning.

New Jersey is called “blue” for Obama, with basically none of the vote in. The news folks made the call at 8:05, 5 mintues after the polls closed.
Virginia has 41% of the precincts reporting in now, with McCain ahead by almost 120,000 votes, but somehow that state is too close to call ...

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I know, I know; I said I was going to stay away from this. I’m trying. But my wife came home and flipped on the TV, so what can I do?

Interesting and good news: I drove her over to the polling place, and she voted. With almost an hour left to go, 75% of our little district had turned to vote. And that’s not including any absentee or military ballots. Pretty darn good.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 08:52 PM   
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… but by the content of his character

Rancino finds some worthy graphics that point out the obvious.

I have often wondered if most job interviews should be done between keyboards so that no “-isms” could influence things. This election is the biggest and longest job interview that ever was.

How would perceptions be different if we never saw the candidates, or if they looked like this? Think people’s minds would be the other way ‘round?



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Is it just me, or does Obama in whiteface look like an underfed baby Ahnold? (and I think that’s John Edwards’ hair there too)

Original image from The Grey Group, an advertising design agency.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 02:29 PM   
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EU-sless idiots

via Kims



Europussy Navy will Respect Pirate’s Human Rights




All the King’s Navies and all the King’s Men

won’t do a thing to stop piracy then!


Ahoy, it be a right Pirate’s Holiday!




Pirates protected from EU task force by human rights

A new EU naval task force will be unable to take tough action against Somali pirates because it must respect their human rights, its commander has admitted.

The pirates of old at least knew where they stood if captured - they would be jailed and hung, or possibly made to walk the plank. But those policing the high seas today have no such potent sanctions to impose on 21st century buccanneers, as the human rights of the successors to Blackbeard and Captain Kidd are being put first.

The European Union’s first naval task force is due to arrive next month in the Gulf of Aden to combat the region’s unprecedented piracy scourge, which is being fuelled by the demand for cash and weapons in lawless Somalia. Ten EU countries, including Britain, have pledged support for the force - yet they may find it difficult even to make an arrest.

“In the old days, when the navy would catch a pirate, they would tie his hands and feet and throw him back in the sea,” said Captain Andres Breijo, the Spanish head of the new anti-piracy mission, in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph. “Now they have human rights.”

Somalia is a “failed state”, Capt Beijo added, and the West fears that if the pirates were handed over to the Somali authorities they would be tortured or executed. Instead, his task force will only be permitted to keep a protective watch over merchant ships in the pirate-infested waters, which punctuate one of the world’s most important trade routes between the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal. Despite the presence of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, and Royal Navy vessels also in the vicinity, dozens of ships have been hijacked this year, including a Ukrainian vessel carrying battle tanks and World Food Programme vessels delivering humanitarian aid to the heavily armed pirates’ war-torn homeland. Capt Breijo was reflecting the frustration felt by Europe’s admiralty due to their restrictive rules of engagement. Modern European navies are now so mindful of the legal loopholes they face in tackling pirates that they often instruct commanders to simply let them go.

After deciding pirates would not be successfully prosecuted if brought back to Europe, the Danish navy set free a crew of ten in September, dropping them off on a Somali beach after holding them for six days. The Royal Navy admits, unofficially, that it is under similar instructions.

“What can you do?” said Capt Breijo.

Well, if it was up to me, the answer would be real easy ...

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the only proper response to pirates


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 12:22 PM   
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My one and only Election Day post. Until later I guess.

I am not even going to watch TV today, nor listen to the radio. I will find out who won this thing tomorrow. Well, maybe late this evening. I’m not hiding from it, I just want a break. I’ve had my fill. I’m gonna have lunch, then go and get some bowling practice in.

Anyway, I got over to my polling place this morning. I’m living out here in sleepy little Union Township in nearly rural western New Jersey. Usually when I vote I just about have to wake the poll worker ladies up. Today the parking lot was jammed, and people were parking out on the street. The poll ladies told me the place had been a madhouse since the doors opened at 6am. I actually had to stand on line for a couple minutes and wait my turn to vote. I haven’t missed an election of any kind here in 10 years, and this is the first time that has ever happened. Record turnouts. And the same thing is going on everywhere.


OUTSTANDING !!

It’s high time America woke up. I hope we have voter turnout today somewhere north of 90%. Why not? The Australians routinely get a 95% turnout, so should we. So cast your ballot and git ‘er done!

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No John, you’re supposed to use the red box!





On the downside, the FBI and police departments across the country are prepared to deal with rioting. It’s their job to be paranoid prepared, but it’s a sad statement on America. What on earth is wrong with people? Have we all devolved into euro-trash soccer hooligans? Celebrate if your candidate wins, pout for a bit if your candidate loses, then get over it. Get up on your soapbox and orate if you feel the need. But don’t go around smashing things, setting fires, killing people, and looting businesses. That is wrong, and your emotional reaction to the election news is absolutely no excuse. Rioters and looters should be shot on sight, eliminated just like any other vermin. Behave. Or die. Easy choice. And the same thing applies to sports. There is never a justified riot. Ever. No excuses.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 11:56 AM   
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News From The North

dateline Oslo Norway

The Norwegian government’s operating profit on its direct investment in the Nordic countries offshore oil fields rose 27 percent in the third quarter to 35.6 billion kroner ($5.3 billion) on high crude prices, Petoro AS announced Tuesday.

The government company Petoro AS, which manages investments but does not operate fields, also said the government’s net income for the first nine months of 2008 of 118.9 billion kroner ($17.7 billion) already exceeded net income for all of 2007 by 6.6 billion kroner ($985 million).

“The fact that we have already exceeded last year’s very good result after nine months reflects the very high prices we have enjoyed during 2008,” said Marion Svihus, Petoro’s chief financial officer. “But the sharp fall in prices this autumn is a matter of concern, particularly since we still don’t know if the decline has bottomed out.”

Crude oil prices peaked at a record $147 per barrel in July, at the start of the third quarter, but have now fallen to about $64 per barrel on a slowdown triggered by the global financial crisis.

“Even after this dramatic drop, however, oil prices remain historically high,” she said. Svihus said the turbulence “makes it all the more important to take care of these huge national assets in a professional, commercial manner.”

It doesn’t make the US news much, but the reality is that something like 3/4 of all oil production around the globe is controlled by governments. Even the largest oil companies are small potatoes in comparison.

Meanwhile, Norwegian oil company Petoro AS is trying to get at least one more oil rig up and running, and is willing to partner with other oil companies to share the cost. What the above article does not tell you is that the Norwegian’s production in the Barents Sea is rapidly declining. They need more wells in more places to maintain production. Also they are looking into using nanotechnology to increase the output of old wells by a significant percent. Oh, and all of this is being done without spilling a drop, and they’ve managed to cut their other pollutants 95% in the past 7 years, though the level of CO2 has gone up a bit per unit volume of oil pumped. Read more about all of it here. For more on the nanotechnology bit, go here. If the Norskis can do it, so can we. Drill here, drill now, drill smart. You betcha!


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In other oil news, crude prices continue to drop. Funny thing though, the price of gas went up 2 cents at my local station. Anyway, crude fell below $59/bbl in London this morning, but bounced back to just under $64 in New York. Still, that’s a lot better than the $147 high this summer.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 09:16 AM   
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VOTE!

As Christopher says below, get out and vote today.  Don’t be fooled by what the media says...we are well within reach of victory.  Think about a landslide...for McCain! 

Don’t be discouraged, don’t give up the fight, don’t let up.

We. Will. Win.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 09:02 AM   
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It’s Christmas as usual and it would appear the press have it wrong? (Thanks, Fido)

Yesterday, yours truly caught an article in The Telegraph that I thought was total insanity.  I think on reflection, that I should perhaps have emailed or even called the city council to see if the story about a ban on Christmas was some silly mistake.  In my (very weak) defense may I say that even the Telegraph didn’t do that and they are getting paid.  But no matter. I SHOULD HAVE!  And it’s thanks to Fidothedog who I now nominate as an official watchdog in case I screw up again, that the error was found.  So H/T Fido and thanks for this link to the correct story.

An interesting and telling comment by our Dr. Jeff belongs here as well. It’s sadly the way of our present world.

“The scariest part is that we have reached the state of affairs where we’ve come to expect this sort of insanity from government institutions.  It is easy to believe that the Oxford City Council or the Oxford Inspires could have come up with such an insane idea.  It’s equally possible to believe that they immediately backed up in response to the ensuing firestorm.  Who knows?  It was believable regardless.” Dr. Jeff

Latest News

Statement on Christmas Celebrations 2008

News Christmas Lights

After recent articles in the local and national press about Christmas Celebrations in Oxford, we have issued the following statement.

Councillor Bob Price, Leader Oxford City Council says: ”Oxford City Council has not ‘banned Christmas’ and has not banned the use of the word ‘Christmas’. The Council has not even considered doing either of these.

“Oxford City Council will celebrate Christmas 2008 in the same way as it has celebrated all previous Christmases: we will have Christmas trees in the Town Hall and in Broad Street, the Lord Mayor will host a Christmas reception for community workers and will hold the annual Christmas Carols event, and we will be sending out Christmas cards.

“Oxford Inspires, who is jointly funded by Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, the City and County Councils and the Arts Council to sponsor cultural and arts events across the county, designed the WinterLight event for 2008. This builds on the very successful event of December 2007, with the same name, which involved the late night opening of many museums and galleries, with musical events, food and drink, and activities for children.

“For Christmas 2008, Oxford Inspires agreed with the City Council to time the WinterLight event for November and to have it on the same evening as the switch on of the city centre Christmas Lights and the re-opening of Bonn Square.

“Oxford Inspires WinterLight event in Oxford builds on similar events in many cities across the world where the arrival of darker evenings and colder weather creates the opportunity for some magical and exciting events in public buildings and public squares. It is a cultural event without any specific reference to the religious festivals that also occur in this period.”

A spokesman for Oxford Inspires says: “WinterLight Oxford is part of a wider countywide programme which incorporates Christmas Lights switch on events in towns from Abingdon to Woodstock, Christmas Carol concerts, pantomimes and other seasonal events.

“Other Oxfordshire towns have events which combine their Christmas Lights switch on with other entertainment - such as Woodstock’s “Night of a Thousand Candles” on 29th November or Burford’s Advent Fair on 30th November.”

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Posted by peiper   United Kingdom  on 11/04/2008 at 07:40 AM   
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We Won’t Get Fooled Again!

No we won’t. While I hope McCain will pull an upset, and if he does, I’ve bought plenty of ammo for Erica Jong’s prediction of blood running in the streets in the event that the ObaMessiah loses, what will change?

WE WILL BE the party of Change! We, the Conservatives of the Republican Party. First, we gain back control of the Republican Party, next, we kick Dem Ass in 2010, and again in 2012!

Who will be our standard-bearer in 2010-2012? I don’t know. Maybe Gov. Palin. Who knows? She’s on record stating that basically she doesn’t want anything to do with faux party. (Ooops. Used some elitist lingo there).

Regardless of the outcome folks, get off your @sses and VOTE!

As Rush says, drag McCain across the finish line, then deal with him. Meanwhile, rebuild the conservative movement within the Republican Party.

UPDATE: Do it for the Gipper!

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Posted by Christopher   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 07:26 AM   
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Hello New Haven. Birth place of the late and great Artie Shaw.  Something different for a change.

At first, I wanted to post her photo because I think she is drop dead gorgeous and I thought hey, we can use a bit of beginning of the week eye candy.
Most especially this morning.  I wasn’t going to post the article that went with the photo, which I think is pretty darn nice.
But then I read it and found it interesting, and thought you might too.  Hey, just a bit of nothing much. A pleasant time waster.

So, just to take our minds off really important stuff for just a few minutes, (but no more)

Here’s KATE WINSLET.

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She is famously deprecating about her looks and claims to be a normal mother-of-two with bad skin and cellulite, but Kate Winslet’s latest photoshoot rather suggests otherwise.

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Last Updated: 9:25AM GMT 04 Nov 2008
Kate Winslet poses for Vanity Fair
Best foot forward: Kate Winslet in Deneuve tribute Photo: Exclusively for Vanity Fair by Steven Meisel

The 33-year-old British actress has posed for one of her most glamorous sets of pictures yet in the new issue of Vanity Fair magazine, showing off a flawless complexion and enviably svelte figure. The images are a tribute to Catherine Deneuve in the 1967 film Belle de Jour.

In the accompanying interview, Winslet says she realises that the pictures will raise eyebrows among other mothers on the school run.

The mother of two children, Mia, eight, and Joe, five, said: “I know when I walk into that classrom in the morning, even if it’s for a split second, at some point I’m being checked out. Some of them will even say to me, ‘OK, what’s the secret with the skin?’ At which point I’m like, ‘Oh my God, there’s no secret. I have make-up on. And by the way, since I turned 30 I’ve had an acne problem on my chin. I’m just like everybody else - I just know how to cover it. If you’d like me to show you how, I’d be more than happy.”

However, a spokesman for Vanity Fair admitted there had been “a minimal amount of retouching”.

But her publicist said that while there had been some skin tone correction, her body had “not been airbrushed at all”.

Digital retouching expert Joanne Craske said: “The first place to look is under the eyes, because whether you’re two or 92 you have darkness there, and the pictures of Kate have none. There’s certainly no sign of acne either.

“It definitely looks like there has been a bit of work done.”

Winslet famously objected when GQ magazine airbrushed away her curves and elongated her legs for a 2003 cover shoot. “I don’t look like that and I don’t desire to look like that,” she said at the time. “It wasn’t that they simply retouched my image - they completely stretched it so I looked like I was six feet tall and a size two.”

At school, Winslet was bullied for being overweight and nicknamed ‘Blubber’. She told Vanity Fair: “I never had huge ambitions - never. I was fat. I didn’t know any fat famous actresses. I just did not see myself in that world at all, and I’m being very sincere. You know, once a fat kid, always a fat kid. Because you always think that you just look a little bit wrong or a little bit different from everyone else. And I still sort of have that.”

Winslet stars in two forthcoming films which are already being talked of as Oscar contenders: Revolutionary Road, a 1950s drama which reunites her with Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, and The Reader, in which she plays a German woman exposed as a former Nazi.

She holds the record as the youngest actress ever to earn five Oscar nominations and makes no bones about how desperately she wants to win this time. “Do I want it? You bet your ***ing a** I do! I think that people assume that I don’t care or don’t want it or don’t need it or something. It’s hard to be there five times and I’m only human, you know? But I don’t go home and cry, because we’re all grown-ups here.”

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Posted by peiper   United States  on 11/04/2008 at 05:10 AM   
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This one’s for Grumpy

I just started reading Terry Pratchett’s works a couple of months ago. I find this quote to be especially relevant today.

The Ephebians believed that every man should have the vote. Every five years someone was elected to be Tyrant, provided he could prove that he was honest, intelligent, sensible, and trustworthy. Immediately after he was elected, of course, it was obvious to everyone that he was a criminal madman and totally out of touch with the view of the ordinary philosopher in the street looking for a towel. And then five years later they elected another one just like him, and really it was amazing how intelligent people kept on making the same mistakes.

This comes from Discworld #13, small gods.

Keep this in mind as you vote today. cool smile 


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