One of my favorite tunes to jam out to was “Tainted Love”. Here it is:
I chose not to highlight the rather creepy video I originally found for this song.
Now, here’s the massively geek version:
Not bad, geeks, not bad at all.
Tuesday “Get Your Geek ON!” Open Comments
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Hmm. Never heard of it. Must’ve been before my time.
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RIP Shirley Temple.
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#2 Shannon
Codevilla has been on a roll lately. In the comments, they brought up Vaclav Havel, the great Czech statesman. Here is his heroic essay from 1978, after which he was arrested by the communist thugs in Czechoslovakia. Havel’s Power of the Powerless became the philosophical beacon and cri de coeur for Eastern Europeans under the yoke of tyranny. First, I quote from the introductory comments of the translator:Here is what Zbygniew Bujak, a Solidarity activist, told me: “This essay reached us in the Ursus factory in 1979 at a point when we felt we were at the end of the road. Inspired by KOR [the Polish Workers’ Defense Committee], we had been speaking on the shop floor, talking to people, participating in public meetings, trying to speak the truth about the factory, the country, and politics. There came a moment when people thought we were crazy. Why were we doing this? Why were we taking such risks? Not seeing any immediate and tangible results, we began to doubt the purposefulness of what we were doing. Shouldn’t we be coming up with other methods, other ways?
“Then came the essay by Havel. Reading it gave us the theoretical underpinnings for our activity. It maintained our spirits; we did not give up, and a year later-in August 1980-it became clear that the party apparatus and the factory management were afraid of us. We mattered. And the rank and file saw us as leaders of the movement. When I look at the victories of Solidarity, and of Charter 77, I see in them an astonishing fulfillment of the prophecies and knowledge contained in Havel’s essay.”“…[socialism] touches people at every step, but it does so with its ideological
gloves on. This is why life in the system is so thoroughly permeated with
hypocrisy and lies: government by bureaucracy is called popular government;
the working class is enslaved in the name of the working class; the
complete degradation of the individual is presented as his ultimate
liberation; depriving people of information is called making it available;
the use of power to manipulate is called the public control of power, and
the arbitrary abuse of power is called observing the legal code; the
repression of culture is called its development; the expansion of imperial
influence is presented as support for the oppressed; the lack of free
expression becomes the highest form of freedom; farcical elections become
the highest form of democracy; banning independent thought becomes the most
scientific of world views; military occupation becomes fraternal assistance.
Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything.
It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the
future. It falsifies statistics. It pretends not to possess an omnipotent
and unprincipled police apparatus. It pretends to respect human rights. It
pretends to persecute no one. It pretends to fear nothing. It pretends to
pretend nothing.
“Individuals need not believe all these mystifications, but they must behave
as though they did, or they must at least tolerate them in silence, or get
along well with those who work with them. For this reason, however, they
must live within a lie. They need not accept the lie. It is enough for them
to have accepted their life with it and in it. For by this very fact,
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#4 TP: The last block quote so accurately describes our current administration it is scary. Lies to cover up lies, raging hypocrisy and gross incompetence.
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Here’s a somewhat surprising article over at Slate, calling for an end to affirmative action. Of course the author blames Nixon for creating “affirmative action” and seems to be saying it would have been better had it been created by a “progressive”. He winds up saying that they can’t allow conservatives to end affirmative action “for the wrong reasons” and “progressives” must end it “for the right reasons”.
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He winds up saying that they can’t allow conservatives to end affirmative action “for the wrong reasons” and “progressives” must end it “for the right reasons”.
The result is ending institutionalized discrimination, right? Why does the mindset of those who end it matter one whit? The lefty moonbats will stand in the way of something helpful and that they actually want if a conservative proposes it. Isn’t that one of the definitions of insanity?
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#7 Hamous
Of course the author blames Nixon for creating “affirmative action” and seems to be saying it would have been better had it been created by a “progressive”.
I’d be perfectly happy to include the Environmental Protection Agency with “affirmative action”. Nixon signed it into law January 1, 1970.
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If you haven’t read this book, you should.
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#2 Shannon
Calling out the liar.
As far as I can tell, O’Reilly and many other squishes actually do think Obammy is a nice guy.
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Liars generally do seem to like each other.
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6 Bonecrusher says:
February 11, 2014 at 7:40 am
#4 TP: The last block quote so accurately describes our current administration it is scary. Lies to cover up lies, raging hypocrisy and gross incompetence.Stop kidding yourself.
There’s nothing in that blockquote that began with this administration, and nothing that wasn’t also advanced, enhanced, or established under the last two Republican Administrations.
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Three Codevilla references in one thread? That’s gotta be a record.
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That block quote says the same thing to me about the Bush’s as it does about Obama and the Clintons.
As inept as Bush was at furthering the cause of conservatism, I don’t see anything in that blockquote that comes close to describing Bush.
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As inept as Bush was at furthering the cause of conservatism, I don’t see anything in that blockquote that comes close to describing Bush.
government by bureaucracy is called popular government;
Homeland Security and expansion of Medicare drug benefits.
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All of the NSA abuses were begun under Bush, they were just expanded by Barry.
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And as much as I defended the Patriot Act, I now see that I was very wrong and horribly misinformed as to what, exactly, it was doing.
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Seriously,
I look at what the Establishment wants to do with Illegal Immigration, and I see that blockquote. I look at the way they’ve handled Obamacare since its passage (and before) and I see that blockquote. I see the candidates they put in front of us and the reasons they give for doing it and I see that blockquote. I see their false promises on the budget and I see that blockquote.
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And as much as I defended the Patriot Act, I now see that I was very wrong and horribly misinformed as to what, exactly, it was doing.
Again, that doesn’t prove that Bush institutionalized lying to the level of the current administration. The Patriot Act was a response to the worst terrorist attack on our soil. And while I agree it was wrong it in no way shows that Bush was planning on using it in the nefarious way that Obama has. Bush (and the rest of us who supported the act) were naive. Obama is calculating.
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The Patriot Act was a response to the worst terrorist attack on our soil. And while I agree it was wrong it in no way shows that Bush was planning on using it in the nefarious way that Obama has.
The Patriot Act was a reasonable response to a drastic situation. It was and is a very powerful tool that, when used responsibly, can search for and capture/kill some of the most dangerous and evil people on the planet. The problem comes about when grossly irresponsible and evil people are allowed to wield this power. The current administration falls into both of these categories and that is why they need to be stopped. Giving this administration any power amounts to giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys and expecting everything to be OK.
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Again, that doesn’t prove that Bush institutionalized lying to the level of the current administration. The Patriot Act was a response to the worst terrorist attack on our soil. And while I agree it was wrong it in no way shows that Bush was planning on using it in the nefarious way that Obama has. Bush (and the rest of us who supported the act) were naive. Obama is calculating.
As I said, its just a matter of difference of degree. Its the difference between losing three fingers on one hand or four.
I look at all the other lies, false promises, and government expansion in the past two Republican Administrations and find that I am not nearly as optimistic or forgiving as you as to the motives and intentions of that particular bunch of Republicans and find that we’re all going to be better off being rid of them, regardless of what their true intentions might be or the uses to which the incredibly bad laws they passed and the huge bureaucracies they created are being used. To excuse them to any extent is, to me, counterproductive to that goal. The result is the same whether they meant it or not. -
As I said, its just a matter of difference of degree. Its the difference between losing three fingers on one hand or four.
more like losing the last knuckle of the little finger vs the whole arm at the elbow. It will take a firestorm/bloodbath (figuratively) to turn this around and rein in/close the offending departments.
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more like losing the last knuckle of the little finger vs the whole arm at the elbow. It will take a firestorm/bloodbath (figuratively) to turn this around and rein in/close the offending departments.
Making excuses for Republicans who were either complicit, enablers, ignorant, inept, or acting intentionally won’t make that happen any faster.
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I look at all the other lies, false promises, and government expansion in the past two Republican Administrations and find that I am not nearly as optimistic or forgiving as you as to the motives and intentions of that particular bunch of Republicans and find that we’re all going to be better off being rid of them, regardless of what their true intentions might be or the uses to which the incredibly bad laws they passed and the huge bureaucracies they created are being used. To excuse them to any extent is, to me, counterproductive to that goal. The result is the same whether they meant it or not.
I’m not forgiving at all, and agree that we’ll be better off getting rid of them. I don’t think Bush lied. He told us up front he was going to be a “compassionate conservative”. I don’t make excuses for NCLB or Medicaid Part D but neither do I compare his naivety (smaller big government) with Obama’s “fundamental transformation” of our nation. I’d say it’s the difference between losing a hang nail or an arm.
Hey, I’m the guy that burned my voter ID card. It’s going to take a lot to get me to the polls. And Jeb Bush or Paul Ryan won’t do it. I’m not so sure that even Rand Paul would do it. -
And neither will blaming only one Party. All that gets us is the guys who screwed it up in the first place back in charge so they can screw it up again.
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I believe that anybody who intentionally expands the power and scope of government actually meant to do it, that expansion of government is done in the cause of advancing socialism (because that, ultimately, is what socialism is) and that its only a matter of degree.
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Bottom line is that we need a contraction in the size and scope and budget of the Federal Govt. Not a reduction in the rate of growth, not growing slower than the rate of inflation but elimination of several departments and real cuts in the realm of 50+% in several others. This needs to be the starting point for all negotiations.
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And neither will blaming only one Party.
Who’s blaming one party?
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It’s going to take a lot to get me to the polls. And Jeb Bush or Paul Ryan won’t do it. I’m not so sure that even Rand Paul would do it.
Amen to that. And at the risk of inciting some ire around here, I would add that I’m not even sure Ted Cruz would do it.
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And neither will blaming only one Party.
We have our strongest opportunity to fix what we can with one party coming up in just a few weeks. Rino hunting season open in March in Texas.
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Ed Driscoll, American genius:
Ed’s headline:Is Peak Orwell Sustainable?
The lede:
It’s no coincidence that the left seems rather Orwellian at times; after all, Ingsoc in 1984 was Orwell’s 1949 warning regarding what English Socialism could metastasize into a generation down the line. Why not American socialism?
One of the left’s current (and frequently Orwellian) buzzwords is “sustainability.” Lately, based on recent headlines, the left seems to reaching peak Orwell. Is such a condition sustainable? There seem to be an enormous amount of euphemisms, doublethink and moral evasions in the headlines these days. -
Who’s blaming one party?
Bonecrusher.
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Not true at all sarge and you know that. The Ds are orders of magnitude worse than the Rs so that is where the bulk of the invective is directed, attack the biggest part of the problem first.
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Thursday Evening
Mostly cloudy and cold with snow ending. Total accumulations 8-12 inches.
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Count me shocked that the church holding naked services is not Episcopagan.
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Prolly Reformed Lutheran.
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I found this on FB under the legend “What Celebrities Would Look Like If They Lived Normal Lives”…
http://www.strongmindbraveheart.com/celebs-normal-lives/
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Can Yall say OOOOOOOOPS? Sure Ya can! (especially if a child can be suspended from school for holding his fingers out “as if” he’s shooting an imaginary gun!)
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#36 Shannon
This is what it has looked like around here for over a week.
I have about 30 – 36 inches of snow in my yard that is frozen so solid I can walk across it without breaking through and I weigh 195 lbs.
Accuweather and Weather Underground are usually very conservative in the snowfall forecasts. Whenever they say 6 – 10 inches, we get 10 – 16 inches and amounts can very dramatically over a small region.
If we get, say, 12 inches on Thursday, it will paralyze this county. We just don’t have anywhere else to to plow, push, blow or shovel the snow. -
Brutal. Last time I saw something like that I was in Germany or Austria.
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#43 Ya and he’s your brother so where does that leave you? I got ideas but I ain’t talkin!! 🙂
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Someone post that boxer dog with his tongue out, would ya?
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This is the most important article I have seen in a week. It is so outlandish it defies the imagination.
From Michael F. Cannon at Forbes:In March 2011, Emily McMahon came across a news article noting that the Act only authorizes tax credits through state-established Exchanges. McMahon told investigators that article was the first she had heard of this provision of the law. That’s significant, because as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Department of Treasury, McMahon was responsible for implementing that provision of the statute. A full year after President Obama signed the PPACA into law, McMahon was unaware of a very important feature of the statutory language she was charged with implementing.
According to investigators, shortly after McMahon learned that the language “established by the State under section 1311” appears in the statute, it disappeared from the IRS’s draft regulations. It was replaced with language permitting tax credits to be issued through federal Exchanges.further,
That seemingly minor change is significant for several reasons.
First, the IRS doesn’t have the authority to issue tax credits on its own, and Congress clearly authorized these credits only in specific circumstances.
Second, these “tax credits” are actually cash payments that the IRS sends straight to private health insurance companies.
Third, the tax credits trigger a host of other measures, including additional subsidies as well as penalties against both individuals and employers who fail to purchase adequate coverage. If a state doesn’t establish an Exchange, no tax credits are allowed, and those employers and individuals are explicitly exempt from such penalties. But when the IRS issues unauthorized tax credits in those states, it subjects individuals and employers to illegal penalties.
Again, this is happening right now, in 34 states accounting for two-thirds of the U.S. population. By my estimate, over 10 years this seemingly innocuous change will result in the IRS taxing, borrowing, and spending a staggering $700 billion more than the PPACA allows, which is almost as much as the PPACA’s initial price tag. All for no more reason than a few unelected bureaucrats felt like it. I wish that were an exaggeration. -
#46 cont’d.
This is a criminal act in my opinion and a conspiracy to do so. Government officials should have to serve prison time for this.
I don’t believe it will happen, but if this were a just world, they would.
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#s 46 & 47 – IF it “looks like”, “walks like”, “smells like”, & “quacks like” HIGH Crimes & Misdemeanors………………….
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$48: YOu better include Nanzy and Harry, at least 3 SCOTUS judges among others in the list to impeach and otherwise prosecute for serial violations of Constitutional law and thier oathes of office.
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46 Texpat says:
February 11, 2014 at 1:55 pm
This is the most important article I have seen in a week. It is so outlandish it defies the imagination.Gabriel Malor at AoSHQ has posted about this several times, as has Volokh IIRC. Its said to be the best chance of putting a stake into the heart of Obamacare that’s available right now.
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#50 Sarge
There is just so damned much manure flying out of the Westinghouse right now that I can’t possibly keep up.
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I was reading a story about Missouri’s defensive end Michael Sam who is hoping to become the NFL’s first openly gay player, the writer went thru the names of former players and athletes of other sports that have came out and included this statement:
Division III Willamette kicker Conner Mertens, a redshirt freshman, said last month he was bisexual.
ROTFLMAO!! It gonna take a month to get this coffee spew off my screen, way to make a decision and stick to it son!
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Or maybe my funny bone is extra ticklish tonight.
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Winter storm seen from space!
http://www.livescience.com/43298-south-winter-storm-seen-from-space.html
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I read the article on #2 to my Bible study class tonight and we marveled at how so little has changed since before Messiah was on the planet. When Messiah was here in the flesh, the Pharisees added to the Law (see the passages on Mark 7 and Matt 15) about washing of hands, and in other places Messiah spoke of how they ignored what was written to keep thier traditions. When HE revealed thier duplicity they plotted to kill him. Can we imagine that the power structure today will behave any differently towards those who reveal the truth and expose the lies and corruption that exist?
Solomon was correct “there is nothing new under the sun, that which has been will be again”
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