Sunday - October 12, 2014

Thomas Jefferson and The Barbary Pirates

Thomas Jefferson is a man for the ages.  Over two hundred years ago, he was confronted with the Barbary Pirates, the Islamists of the day who believed that Allah had given them the right to extract tribute from the rest of the world.

Just to make sure of what he needed to do, he got a copy of Koran and read it.  He then sent the U.S. Navy to blow the living crap out of their home base in North Africa and explain that we weren’t going to be their victims.

Jefferson ordered naval leaders to “protect our commerce and chastise their insolence—by sinking, burning or destroying their ships and vessels wherever you shall find them,” according to U.S. naval documents.

No nation building, no appeal to their hearts and minds, just a good old fashioned ass kicking.  It was over 160 years before we had to deal with them again. 

I like to learn from history, why can’t our leaders?

CNN has a decent article to remind us, even if Obama (piss be upon him) gets a nice mention.

How Thomas Jefferson would have handled ISIS

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aristocratic eye candy … revisiting Lady Kitty Spencer and siblings, then and now

It has been three or maybe even four years since I posted as eye candy, the ultra fabulous Goddess, Kitty Spencer.

Not simply Kitty btw.

It Lady Kitty Spencer.  Whatever her title for whatever reason, she is stunning. And her sisters aren’t bad looking either.

So over the last few years I forgot about her in the flood of so many new faces I can’t keep track of them.  Although I suspect Drew has em indexed and cataloged etc.  Throw a name at Drew and he’ll find bio and pix in minutes if not seconds.

Anyway ...  A somewhat older Lady Spencer has been featured on the cover of a weekend magazine that arrives with our Sunday papers.
I thought I’d go back for a brief review and introduce her to those who have no idea of who or what I am referring to.

Her dad is brother to the late Princess Di.  He is an Earl, and is the 9th Earl Spencer and no, I have no idea what an Earl is or what he does. But I believe he outranks a Duke.

Here are a couple of pix from the previous post of a few yrs ago.

I don’t think she was much older than 18 or 19 here. ??

Daddy with ex wife and baby daughters at home, Althorp behind. He married again and has had another daughter.  Named after Princess Di, she is Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer. That’s merely an aside since I’m posting the other sisters.

Thank heaven for little girls
They grow up in the most delightful way!

Those little eyes so helpless and appealing
One day will flash and send you crashing thru the ceiling

Thank heaven for little girls
Thank heaven for them all,
No matter where no matter who
For without them, what would little boys do?

by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

The Ladies, twins Amelia, Eliza and Kitty Spencer

Kitty more recent

More recent photo and still a Goddess.

Posted by peiper     on 10/12/2014 at 07:27 AM   
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a better view of twin peaks from daily mash

I read about this site, Daily Mash, yesterday. A reviewer thought highly of it however, there wasn’t any warning.
In other words, while some things may be funny and the site is meant to be satirical, there are some things that could also bother some.

People who claim to have watched Twin Peaks mostly lying

MOST people claiming to have seen the original Twin Peaks series are not telling the truth, it has emerged.

Following the announcement of a new series, television aficionados are bullshitting about having seen the first one when they were about four years old.

Web designer Roy Hobbs said: “I was bang into it. It’s weird, dark and there’s a dwarf in it.

“My favourite episode? Well…that’d be, probably, ‘Dwarf’.”

He added: “Clearly I am being dishonest, sorry I didn’t think we’d go into specifics.

“Now I feel ashamed.”

Plasterer Norman Steele lied about having seen the original Twin Peaks when asked by friends in the pub.

“My mate’s mate asked me if I had seen it and I just thought ‘You know what? I can get away with saying ‘Yes’ here’. So, I did.

“And I don’t think anyone noticed. I quickly changed the subject to Blue Velvet which I have seen.”

Twin Peaks creator David Lynch said: “This is going to be bigger than Breaking Bad, at least until about halfway through season one when it gets too confusing and everyone loses interest.”

DAILY MASH

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Andrew Klavan.

I’m thinking Andrew Klavan is the American version of Pat Condell.

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   Friday - October 10, 2014

Pat Condell. Need I say more?

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Welcome Dr. Jeff

I mentioned this in a comment, but it deserves a welcome post all by its self. Dr. Jeff is the latest BMEWS admin.

Good choice Drew and peiper. I’ve been trying to get wardmama on board. I won’t stop, think we need a female opinion/influence.

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Courtesy of Rich K

Rich K has done a good BMEWS turn by keeping us informed on Bill Whittle…

Thank you Rich K. 

Posted by Christopher     on 10/10/2014 at 06:18 PM   
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News That Makes Me Happy

Sometimes I wonder why I follow the news so arduously.  Most of the time, it depresses me beyond belief. 

This time though, it makes me happy. 

We all know the story of Malala Yousafzai, who as a small child, was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and women.

She is now a Nobel Peace Prize winner. 

Congratulations to Malala for triumphing over the vicious animals who call themselves Jihadis and congratulations to the Nobel Prize Committee for getting one right.

Oh yeah, they had to take her out of her High School Chemistry class to tell her she’d won.

You Go Girl!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2787773/Nobel-Peace-Prize-Malala-Teenager-shot-Taliban-campaigning-girls-education-honoured-work.html

The 17-year-old who was pulled out of her Chemistry class to be told ‘you’ve won the Nobel Peace Prize!’ Malala, the girls’ education campaigner the Taliban couldn’t kill is youngest ever winner

Malala Yousafzai has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The 17-year-old schoolgirl from Pakistan is the youngest ever to win
Will make her first statement after she has finished school for the day
Jointly awarded with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi
Has survived being shot by Taliban determined to stop girls going to school
Waited until after the school day to speak of her delight at honour
Addressed press conference at Birmingham Library
Thought she hadn’t won until chemistry teacher broke the news

Posted by Dr. Jeff     on 10/10/2014 at 05:01 PM   
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Dumb, blonde, woman… choose any two and you get Gwyneth Paltrow

It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass.

My response: The only thing Obama needs to pass is away!

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I’m not laughing

Every time I think we’ve bottomed-out on stupidity, somebody starts digging deeper. In this case:

A comedy club in Barcelona is experimenting with charging users per laugh, using facial-recognition technology to track how much they enjoyed the show.

I’d love to see what the definition of ‘a laugh’ is. Can you define ‘a laugh’? When does ‘a laugh’ start? When does ‘a laugh’ end? Can you tell the difference between ‘a laugh’ and any other facial/vocal expression? I can see it now: “I wasn’t laughing, I was hiccuping.” Was it just one ‘laugh’? or three? If I laugh too much I tend to start coughing. Does my coughing count?

The project was developed to combat falling audience numbers.

I see. Must need to drive away more audience. The audience is the enemy.

Comedy club charges per laugh with facial recognition

Can’t wait for governments to decide to tax laughs. Imagine your tax forms! What kind of laugh records will you have to keep? Will the tax be lower if you laugh at a book? Movie? Yourself? Your friends? Will you laugh when you are audited by the Laughing Revenue Service? Speaking of records—how do you prove your laughter? Let me see… gov’t records the average laughter engendered by a movie. I check that movie out. I find it not funny. Yet the gov’t taxes me for the average laughter.

Would the poor guard, trying to keep a straight face, count as laughter?

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Learning British cuisine via Terry Pratchett

I’ve been rereading Sir Pratchett’s Discworld series. This time around I’m struck by the frequent mention of British food. The dishes have really weird names. Bubble and Squeak is a British dish that I finally looked up. The name told me nothing. My imagination said it was sautéed live mice! Not so.

It looks delicious, especially with sausage. A great way to use leftover veggies. I’ve concluded that British cuisine is much better than its reputation.

A Bubble and Squeak recipe. This one has Sausages and Onion Gravy as in the pic. I say ‘A’ recipe because obviously you can do almost anything to this. 

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they keep coming but now have demands …. but will the french get sick of it all? see video

Back in Le-belle France again ... or is it La-bell?
Must be careful not to get it wrong in case madame president somehow finds us here. (see next post)

Anyway ....  About the time I get used to things, more or less, and don’t think anything new on the immigration front will surprise, up pops this story.
Tell the truth ... I sometimes wonder if the papers make up these stories.
Here are ppl living hand to gaping mouth taking charity; and they’re complaining ?  So yeah, that got my eyes open.

Why the French can not simply turn these filthy rotten- flea ridden- lice infested scum back with threats of being shot dead, I don’t know.
The French public, at least many of them, are quite upset too.  They don’t like what’s happening to their country.  But they must be a small minority because the French elected a socialist president in their last election. 
What I am certain of is with each charitable day, immigrant numbers will grow and grow and .... well.  You get the picture.

Oh ... before I forget.
The leader of the Lib/Dems here (Liberal Democrats) thinks that this country needs more immigration. He thinks taking in the oppressed and the hopeless and jobless and oh lets not forget the homeless, that will be provided of course.  And that baboon loving buffoon is the deputy prime minister in this coalition govt.

Damn ... hope the heck I’m not coming down with a cold. Last thing I need, especially now. 

btw ... check out the photos at the link. One of them has a shot of one brillo head with a cell phone. Looks like anyway.

See the VIDEO at the link. It’s about two minutes. Even then, that’s just a tiny fraction, a small hint. Watch it. And they’re coming here!

Calais migrants turn up at their nose at ‘bland’ food being handed out to them

Migrants in Calais rejected meals handed out to them by a French aid charity

Turned their nose up at the food which they said was not spicy enough

Many have now been accused of being ‘too pampered’ after refusing meals

Salam aid charity says ‘many in France don’t even have an evening meal’

2000 migrants sleep rough in Calais as they try to board ferries to the UK

By Peter Allen In Paris

Immigrants in Calais who are desperate to reach Britain have complained to charities that the free food being handed out to them is not spicy enough.

Many were accused of being ‘pampered’ after they rejected the meals offered in northern France by the aid association Salam.

The group’s spokesman, Jean-Claude Lenoir, said it was ‘very disappointing’ that some went without a meal because of the row. 

‘The leaders staged a small protest and prevented the others from coming to eat,’ he said. ‘This was unacceptable.’

Mr Lenoir said the meal was ‘a lot less salty and not very spicy’ compared with what was usually served.

He said spices are ‘very expensive’, and went on to criticise the refugees.

‘I find that they’re a bit too pampered by now,’ he said.

‘As soon as 15 or 20 refused the meal, I stepped in to tell them if they didn’t want the food we could put it away and that it was scandalous,’ he said.

Referring to the tough economic circumstances in his home country, Mr Lenoir said: ‘Many in France don’t even have an evening meal.’

While aid workers were happy to help the migrants, ‘there are limits with regards to what we can propose’.

There was no violence during the protest against the food being served, and some of the migrants apologised afterwards.

There are currently 2,000 migrants sleeping rough in the Calais area as they try to get aboard ferries to Britain. There, many will claim asylum, so gaining access to free housing and social security benefits.

Over the summer, Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart threatened to close the docks following an attempt by scores of mainly Eritreans and Sudanese to storm a ferry.

Ms Bouchart said she wanted ‘far more help from the British government’ to deal with people attempting to cross the Channel illegally.

The number of migrants in Calais has increased sharply in the past few months, and hundreds more are also camping out near other Channel ports, including Dunkirk and Cherbourg. All play a nightly game of cat-and-mouse with the police as they attempt to break into lorries that are heading for the UK.

The migrants are mainly from Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea, and have crossed to Italy before travelling through mainland Europe.

Violent clashes between rival migrant groups and people smugglers have also broken out in Calais.

According to the Calais Prefecture, 7,414 undocumented migrants were arrested in Calais in the first six months of this year, compared with 3,129 detained in the same period of 2013. Most of those detained are soon released. 

source, daily mail

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CALLED 999 BECAUSE HE WAS TOO COLD

A dozen illegal immigrants travelling in the back of a refrigerated lorry on the M6 were discovered yesterday after one dialled 999 because he was so cold.

Police had to close the motorway during morning rush hour after the ‘distressed’ illegal immigrant asked for an ambulance, begging for ‘urgent assistance’ in broken English. He dialled 999 because it was said to be the only phone number he knew in the UK.

The call was traced and police pulled the lorry on to the hard shoulder near Hilton Park Services near Cannock, Staffordshire. Officers were stunned to see a dozen poorly-dressed men emerge shivering from the back of the lorry.

The M6 was shut for two hours as the men – believed to be from North Africa and the Middle East – were examined. The driver of the lorry was being questioned by police last night.

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The left gets sillier by the day. strike that. how about by the hour? No? the minute then. ok

Tells ya where the culture has gone in these modern enlightened times.
Backwards?
Not even that.  I think some ppl, generally of the left and especially the ultra left femi-nazis, have found a whole new level to drop into.

This comes from France and so perhaps it won’t surprise anyone.  They are a bit screwed up these days but then hey .... they are not the only ones.
So I’m not just picking on the French to be mean spirited, it’s just that the story originates there. Oh boy.

Imagine a $1600 fine for this bit of insanity.  I can not imagine any woman of a conservative mindset would dream of something like this.

War of le words: French MP fined for using sexist GRAMMAR after calling female colleague ‘Madame le President’

Julian Aubert was technically correct, because ‘president’ is a male word

He pointed out ‘Madame la President’ would mean the president’s wife

National Assembly president Sandrine Mazetier was nonetheless offended

She officially reprimanded the MP and fined him the equivalent of £1,000 ($1600)

By Peter Allen

A French MP has been reprimanded and fined for using allegedly sexist grammar in the Paris parliament.

In a bizarre case which will be of particular interest to British people who have struggled over ‘le’ and ‘la’ during torturous French lessons, Julien Aubert called a senior colleague ‘Madame le President’.

‘Madame le President’ is technically correct, because all nouns in France have a sex, and ‘president’ is a male word.

But Sandrine Mazetier, the Socialist president in the National Assemby, objected to the term, saying she was clearly a woman and should be ‘Madame La Presidente’, with an ‘e’ on the end.

During a parliamentary session on Monday, Ms Mazetier said: ‘Mr Aubert I’m calling you to order. It’s “Madame la Presidente”. It’s a call to order without a fine, but next time...’

But Mr Aubert, of the conservative UMP, refused to comply, pointing out that according to l’Academie Francaise, France’s language police, ‘Madame la Presidente’ would refer to the president’s wife.

This prompted Ms Mezetier to issue a formal fine equivalent to just over £1,000, and he was officially reprimanded.

Left wingers supported the move, with Green Party MP Cecile Duflot insisting: ‘This isn’t trivial. Many respectful UMP members don’t do this kind of thing.’

Caroline de Haas, a high profile feminist politician, tweeted: ‘A woman at the head of National Assembly seems to bother the UMP. It’s true, it’s only 2014 after all.’

But Eric Ciotti, another member of the UMP, said it was ‘a grotesque and ridiculous sanction’ against Mr Aubert, adding the ‘Socialists bring back the thought police’.

Pierre Morel, also a UMP MP, said: ‘The sanction against Julian Aubert is dumb, Sandrine Mezetier is abusing her powers.’

CONTINUES

Some reader comments of interest.

Lord Paw-Paw, Nowy Las, United Kingdom, 14 hours ago

Sometimes there is a certain Freudian logic. For example, “plug” (der Steck) in German is male and plughole (die Steckdose) is female. Wait till the feminist lobby starts moaning about that!

dishrag38, Bristol, France, 20 hours ago

president is male,, presidente is feminine (not female).

Moreamazed Everyday, Waiting-in-Hope, 21 hours ago

The ridiculous arguing abut the pointless

null, 1 day ago

Glad to see they’ve got their priorities right as their economy sinks into oblivion!!

Thunderball, Breisach am Rhein, Germany, 1 day ago

The Madam has got her knickers in a knot, as you say. As others say, the Left get more stupid every day.

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   Thursday - October 09, 2014

“I think the error was the removal of the suit,” Nurse in Spain infected … UPDATE

Ebola

What should have been a simple update to the article Drew posted, has now grown into a somewhat bigger story.
Hard to keep track cos first one story is reported and then another version of the same.
Sometimes the age of the person isn’t even clear. Not that it matters but is the lady 40 or 44?  And if that can’t be kept straight, what about the really serious stuff? The one thing we do know for certain is that, like almost everything that comes out of Afrika,
this Ebola thing is creepy, unwanted and deadly.

The Spanish nurse who became the first person to contract the deadly Ebola virus outside of West Africa said she discovered her diagnosis by reading the news on her mobile phone while in hospital.

Theresa Romero Ramos, the 40-year-old nurse, told Spanish TV station Cuatro that she read on Spanish news site El Pais that she had had two positive tests for Ebola, but that doctors had not told her she was infected.

She said: “I found out on my mobile phone.

“I felt something was up because to begin with the doctors and nurses in Alcorcon were coming in and out every hour and then they start to come in less often.
“I asked my doctor for my result and they weren’t very clear with me, and then I really suspected it,” she told the broadcaster.
“I go my mobile and I read on El Pais that they’d said I had two positive tests for Ebola. But no one had told me.”

Mrs Romero Ramos had previously insisted that she “hasn’t the slightest idea” how she contracted the virus, and that she followed all safety protocols while in contact with the missionary and his belongings.

HERE’S WHERE THINGS CHANGE . A LOT.

“I think the mistake came when I took off the protective suit. I see it as the most critical moment, the one in which it, (the infection) could have happened. But I don’t know for sure.”

She touched her face after her first visit to the missionary’s room while still wearing her gloves, when she was in the process of removing her protective suit.

“I think the error was the removal of the suit,” she told the paper by telephone. “I can see the moment it may have happened, but I’m not sure about it,” referring to when she touched her face.

Ebola dog dead: Spanish social media users grieve as Teresa Romero’s pet is put down

Spain’s decision to euthanise the dog of a nurse who contracted Ebola has sparked a global outcry and clashes between police and animal rights activists after 390,000 people signed a petition urging to Government to save its life.

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