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Unusual E-Bay Feedback

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:50:32 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain

POSITIVE: Thanks for great Rainbow Brite lunchbox. Should shrunken head be inside?

NEUTRAL: Excellent communication, but should've poked holes in box before shipping the kitten. Refunded.

NEGATIVE: Despite indication in listing, I could not fit item into any of my body cavities.

NEUTRAL: Item shipped promptly and in good condition, but I should not have to bid on birthday presents from my parents.

POSITIVE: I don't really remember what I ordered. But I've been sitting in the box it came in all day, and it's great!

NEGATIVE: Should have been clearer that seller only accepts payment in Bhats via Eastern Union Moneygram.

NEGATIVE: Very nice monkey mascot costume, but it's a size 34, not a 63 as advertised.

NEGATIVE: Buying this Space 1999 Lunchbox did not fill the void in my empty life for as long as I'd hoped

NEGATIVE: Though you did nothing wrong, I am giving you this negative feedback to teach you that the universe is arbitrary and unfair

Tags: e-bay, feeback, funny, humour

After Edwards, Huckabee most vile political creature

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:12:27 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: I asked the question during the primaries, is huckabee a bigot? The answer, I think, is yes.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

For the second consecutive day, Mike Huckabee made public statements suggesting John McCain ought not pick Mitt Romney as his running mate.

At the same time, Huckabee's Michigan supporters met with McCain social conservative liaison Marlys Popma last night in Saginaw. Though ostensibly held to discuss how Huckabee's loyalists can help McCain, supporters of the former Arkansas governor also used the get-together to warn against tapping Romney, according to an attendee.

"We made it clear that we want Huckabee to be recognized," said Sipfle, an Oakland County lawyer who chaired the Michigan effort of the volunteer "Huck's Army." "When you snub him, you snub GOP votes."

"The primaries are over," Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said when asked for comment about Huckabee's statements. "Now, the task of all Republicans is on uniting the party to help elect John McCain, not on sowing division."

Neo-Coms are the threat

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:32:28 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: This article makes so much sense!!

Clip Source: www.jpost.com

Neo-coms are the threat

After the Berlin Wall fell, many Western analysts thought the successor to the Soviet Union would willingly give up its satellite states and move inexorably toward democracy.

Then-president George H.W. Bush, who had been head of the CIA and ambassador to China, felt we were moving to "a new world order."

Many in the State Department, especially secretary of state James Baker, felt that the "end of the Cold War" meant an end to the special status of Israel in Middle Eastern affairs, not dreaming that the rise of radical versions of Shi'ite and Sunni Islam exported by Iran and the Saudis might make the country more valuable than ever.

But history does not move in straight lines or dialectical patterns to suit liberal social scientists or Marxist social theorists. Rather, it repeats itself or moves in cycles, based not only on economic factors but those of custom, culture, religion and human nature.

Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Civil Forum

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:36 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: McCain added the two appointments Alito and Roberts are his recent favorites.

When asked does evil exist and if so how would handle it? Ignore it, negotiate with it, confront it or defeat it

Obama: verbose, wordy ..... he would confront it but also equivocated on what evil is. "We have to have some humility on the issue on the of confronting". Evil has been been committed in the pursuit of good. *sigh*

McCain: "DEFEAT IT" huge applause. McCain went on to describe Radical Islam as the greatest threat of the 21at century. He said he would pursue bin Laden “to the gates of Hell,” Gotta love that.

Obama's most important advisers: Michelle (the "proud" wife, the grandmother "a typical white person", and then a bumch of politicians - Ted Kennedy, Nunn, Biden et al

McCain's most important advisers: Gen. David Petreaus, head of US troops in Iraq; US Rep. and veteran civil rights leader John Lewis, D-Ga.; and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a top adviser to his campaign.

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

When Obama was asked on Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Political Forum, who Obama would not have nominated for Supreme Court Justice, Obama said "Clarence Thomas". He then goes on to denigrate Thomas's intellect ("not a strong enough legal thinker or intellect"). Wow. By G-d this man has hubris. Have you read Clarence Thomas's, "My Grandfather's Son"?

The audience applauded (was that racist? I'm confused.) John Bolton, the intellectual's intellectual, has called Clarence Thomas "an outstanding Supreme Court Justice".

And Scalia? Only the greatest living justice on the bench. lol

So Obama applauds terrorists rights, eminent domain for private enterprise and leniency for child rapists. Good luck with that America.

When the Pastor asked about his no vote on John Roberts, Obama stood behind it. I kid you not.

When McCain was asked the same question, he said without hesitation Ginsberg, Souter, Beyer, and Stevens (bing, bang, boom)

Tags: pastor rick warren, obama, mccain, saddleback political forum

Most people agree with Coburn.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:31:08 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: Maybe McCain should pick Coburn as a running mate. He will probably make some safe pick made by insiders who don't have a clue.

Clip Source: rasmussenreports.com

Senator Tom Coburn is unknown to most Americans, but the strange workings of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics could end up making the Oklahoma Republican far more popular than he is today.

Currently, 65% of voters nationwide don’t know enough about Coburn to have any opinion at all. He is best known in Washington as "Dr. No" for battling his colleagues over wasteful government spending.

Coburn is a medical doctor who continues to deliver about 400 babies a year. When told that it would be a violation of Senate rules to earn such outside income, Coburn stopped collecting money. He actually loses money for delivering the babies since he pays for malpractice insurance out of his own pocket. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that 77% of voters say such conduct is appropriate for a senator while only 8% disagree.

When told that Coburn would ignore the committee and continue delivering babies for free, 75% voiced a favorable opinion of the senator

40% with a Very Favorable opinion

Tags: coburn, ethics, senate, healthcare, poll, politics

Russia will go "beyond diplomacy" in response to missile shield

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:47:07 GMT

clipped by: willhelm

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Russia says its response to the further development of a U.S. missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy.

Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying the U.S. missile shield plans are clearly aimed at weakening Russia.

DNC smears Cantor for being Jewish

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:25:41 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: www.redstate.com

The Democratic National Committee has a website set up to attack potential McCain running mates as "The Next Cheney"

go to the page on Congressman Cantor,

Where this gets creepy, though, is the persistent focus on Cantor's faith. We should associate Cantor with Abramoff, the Democrats tell us, because "Both Abramoff and Cantor are Jewish". Then we get this item that is supposed to make us fear Cantor:

At Fundraiser, Jack Abramoff Named Sandwich After Eric Cantor -- Cantor Asked To Switch Sandwiches. "At a January 2003 fundraiser for Cantor, who had just become chief deputy whip, Abramoff unveiled the Eric Cantor sandwich, 'a tuna-based stacker,' which, lamentably, was 'not quite [the] power lunch befitting' the only Jewish Republican in the House. Hence a request by Cantor ... to switch his eponymous sandwich to roast beef on challah, 'a deli special that exudes Jewish power.'"

just 660 words

Jewish" appears five times

which I suppose in some circles is a really devastating indictment

Tags: democrats, dnc, cantor, jewish, religion, politics

Solzhenitsyn Cross-in-Dirt story never happened

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:39 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com

There's been a ton of buzz on the web for the last day or so -- beginning with this Daily Kos diary

But it turns out that this episode probably never happened to Solzhenitsyn at all, and according to a Solzhenitsyn biographer it appears nowhere in his published writing. Columbia University professor Michael Scammell, the author of Solzhenitsyn: A Biography, says the episode "never happened," and didn't appear in Solzhenitsyn's book, Gulag Archipelago, either.

One key source being cited on the internets right now for the story that this supposedly happened to Solzhenitsyn is this sermon by Luke Veronis, an American priest who preached it in Albania in March of 1997. It was reprinted in a journal called In communion.

He says Veronis' telling of the tale doesn't fit with what actually happened to Solzhenitsyn "in any way."

"Nobody who's read Gulag Archipelago knows that story,"

This never happened to Solzhenitsyn, and there's no way McCain could have picked it up from his works.

Tags: mccain, pow, solzhenitsyn, campaign, politics, religion

Russia to Light Up Iraq

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:03:50 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: while the actual requirement is 10,000MW during a year and up to 12,000MW in summer. The Iraqi authorities specified earlier that rebuilding the electricity sector calls for between $10 billion and $15 billion.

Clip Source: www.kommersant.com

Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko will rebuild Iraqi power stations constructed in time of the Soviet Union.

Clip Source: sweetness-light.com

From a gleeful Kommersant Moscow

August 19, 2007

Russia will proceed with executing electricity contracts in Iraq. The RF Energy Minister Sergei Shmatkov and Iraq’s Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid Hasan deliberated on potential cooperation yesterday. The first project could be rebuilding the Harta Thermal Plant by Tekhnopromexport. Russia’s chances to benefit from over $10 billion that Iraq intends to inject into its electricity facilities appear rather solid now.

Sergei Shmatko met with his Iraqi counterpart yesterday, August 18, 2008. The highlight was the rebuilding project for Harta Thermal Plant executed by Russia’s Tekhnopromexport. The company won the tender far back in 1990s, but the war in Iraq prevented it from beginning the work.

The war in the Persian Gulf lowered the installed capacity of Iraqi power plants to 5.5MW,

Tags: iraqi power stations, russian electricity contracts, russia’s tekhnopromexport, over $10 billion

The odd choices in Barack Obama's career

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:44 GMT

clipped by: DeMaistre

Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

It's time to throw my hat in the ring as regards predicting the election results. So here it is: Barack Obama will be defeated. Seriously and convincingly defeated

He will lose for one reason above all, one that has been overlooked in any analysis that I've yet seen. Barack Obama will lose because he is a flake.

But what has been overlooked is the string of faux pas marking each step of Obama's journey, a series of strange, inexplicable actions

What are these incidents?

To Chicago. One of the windiest, coldest, most brutal cities in the country. One that is also infinitely corrupt in a sense that Hawaii is not. One that remains one of the most racist large cities in the U.S.

And what does he do when he reaches the city? Why, he joins a cult.

Obama apparently had to swear an oath of belief in "black liberation theology" when he joined the church.

But then... he writes nothing for the journal.

he voted "present" nearly as much as he voted "yes" or "no".

Tags: election, 2008, politics, looney left

The odd choices in Barack Obama's career

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:44 GMT

clipped by: DeMaistre

Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

It's time to throw my hat in the ring as regards predicting the election results. So here it is: Barack Obama will be defeated. Seriously and convincingly defeated

He will lose for one reason above all, one that has been overlooked in any analysis that I've yet seen. Barack Obama will lose because he is a flake.

But what has been overlooked is the string of faux pas marking each step of Obama's journey, a series of strange, inexplicable actions

What are these incidents?

And what does he do when he reaches the city? Why, he joins a cult.

Obama apparently had to swear an oath of belief in "black liberation theology" when he joined the church.

But then... he writes nothing for the journal.

he voted "present" nearly as much as he voted "yes" or "no".

Tags: election, 2008, politics, looney left

The Hammer Doesn't Fall Far From The Sickle

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:16:38 GMT

clipped by: DeMaistre

Clip Source: catholic-caveman.blogspot.com

In a surprising admission that could become a major scandal in the presidential race, Barack Obama’s 40-page so-called “rebuttal” to Jerome Corsi’s book, The Obama Nation, acknowledges for the first time that the senator once had a personal relationship with identified Communist Party USA (CPUSA) member Frank Marshall Davis, a key high-level operative in a Soviet-sponsored network in Hawaii.

But the 40-page report, advertised and sold to the media as a refutation of Corsi’s “lies,” doesn’t identify Davis as a hard-core communist and it dishonestly edits an article about Davis to eliminate references to his admitted involvement in CPUSA activities and make the black revolutionary writer and “poet” look like a civil rights activist.

In fact, Davis was a secret CPUSA member who continued his involvement in the CPUSA or its front activities into the 1970s, when he became Barack Obama’s mentor in Hawaii.

Tags: election, 2008, politics, fellow travelers

25 Reasons You Might Be a Liberal

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:37:11 GMT

clipped by: DeMaistre

Clip Source: townhall.com

* You think Dan Quayle is the dumbest Vice-President we ever had because he believed a flash card that misspelled "potato," but think Obama is a genius despite the fact he believes we have more than 57 states.

* You'd be more upset about your favorite candidate being endorsed by the NRA than the Communist Party.

* You think the real hero of the Cold War was Mikhail Gorbachev.

* You couldn't care less about what Americans in states like Kansas or Virginia think of you, but you would be greatly upset if a Frenchman gave you a dirty look because you're an American.

* You think censorship is absolutely wrong; except when it's applied to conservatives on college campuses or on talk radio via the fairness doctrine.

* You think the war in Iraq is unwinnable, but victory in the war on poverty is going to happen any day now if we can just get the Democrats back in charge.

Tags: humor, politics

World Opinion is Worthless

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:30:47 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: "The moment one recognizes "world opinion" for what it is — a statement of moral cowardice, one is longer enthralled by the term. That "world opinion" at this moment allegedly loathes America and Israel is a badge of honor to be worn proudly by those countries. It is when "world opinion" and its news media start liking you that you should wonder if you've lost your way. "

Clip Source: www.jewishworldreview.com

If you are ever morally confused about a major world issue, here is a rule that is almost never violated: Whenever you hear that "world opinion" holds a view, assume it is morally wrong.

And here is a related rule if your religious or national or ethnic group ever suffers horrific persecution: "World opinion" will never do a thing for you. Never.

"World opinion" has little or nothing to say about the world's greatest evils and regularly condemns those who fight evil.

The history of "world opinion" regarding the greatest mass murders and cruelties on the planet is one of relentless apathy.
Ask the 1.5 million Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Turks;

Ask any of these poor souls, or the hundreds of millions of others slaughtered, tortured, raped and enslaved in the last 100 years, if "world opinion" did anything for them.

Have Some Arugula With that Whine

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:33:05 GMT

clipped by: bmeuppls
clipper's remarks: Goldstein delivers again...

Clip Source: proteinwisdom.com

Ruffini Chianti Classico: “You sad conservatives! You simply cannot bring yourselves to appreciate the sublime aesthetics of a Barack Obama — the soaring rhetoric, the elevation and glory of beauty and style over the drab, pedestrian monotony of functionality, so blandly redundant in its predictable partisan substance. You are monkeys. And as such, you don’t deserve one so postmodern as a Barack Obama.

“– Nor, come to think of it, do you deserve me. You don’t serve elegance alongside hillbilly kitsch. So please, donate me to a progressive family, I beg of you — lest I die of shame being juxtaposed so closely with a 64 oz plastic bottle of Mountain Dew…”