How the GOP cheated America

I agree with Ron Paul.

How to deal with on a younger rival

Ronald Reagan's RNC 1992 hilarious put-down of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.



plus other notable  Reagan jokes and quips:

Aug 2010 - Contrast Obama to Reagan 1967 Presidential Campaign

1984?  - Republican Speech from a Democratic Platform

1980 Oct - Carter - Reagan Presidential Debate

1975 Mar - Reagan explains How to balance the Budget to Johnny Carson

The Humour of Ronnie Reagan

Olof PALME - 1986 Feb 28

Swedish Prime Minister Olof PALME was assassinated evening of Feb 28, 1986. It was a shocking murder in that country unused to such violence and I believe it marked the death of the ideals of Social Democratic technocratcy worldwide - except it has taken a bit longer for many to realize.

Here is a movie that was released in Sweden in July 2012.

The Great Maple Syrup Heist

A great story.

How $18 million of syrup disappeared in Quebec

PDF

White Rose - 70 yrs ago

On Feb 18, 1943 - the White Rose Movement - distributed their first pamphlets during the dying days of the Third Reich. As Nazi propaganda Minister Josef Gobels was called on the German people to embrace total war in his Sportpalast speech, two young resistance members - Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst where seen distributing materials and arrested. They were found guilty of Treason and executed on Feb 22.

The remarkable thing is it is being resurrected.  On July 7, 2012 Susanne Zeller-Hirzel, who is now 91 years of age, resurrected the "White Rose" (Weiße Rose) along with 8 activists. The speaker in the video is Marc Doll, Federal Vice Chairman and founding member of the party DIE FREIHEIT, a civil liberties party (Bürgerrechtspartei) in Germany which advocates direct democracy. In the video Marc Doll addresses the thinking behind the establishment of the new White Rose resistance.

The new 'White Rose' has two principal messages to convey:

1. National-Socialism was a left-wing movement.

2. The Nazis are back again, today they call themselves "Antifascists.

A picture that changed History

I remember the impact this photo had when released - and I enjoyed the personal recollections of Eddie Adams who took it.

U.S Digital Divide

Very interesting points:
Internet is a wireless utility
Cheaper in Hong Kong or Seoul a 500 gb service for $25-30 - that service costs $200 in NYC.
Wireless is same - in Europe $25/mth vs NYC $90/mth
Cheaper to install a new cable connection than dig up old copper wire
No competition - just the cable TV guy



I see the same thing in Canada - we are paying too much for poor service.

Assination attempt on Danish "Free Speech" Journalist - Lars Hedegaard

Reports this morning confirm an assassination attempt on noted Danish "Free Speech" Journalist - Lars Hedegaard - Co-Editor of the recently launched online newspaper "Dispatch International".  Mr. Hedegaard escaped injury by acting quickly in evading the assassins 1st shot and his attacker's gun jammed on a 2nd shot before the man fled.   This occurred at Mr. Hedegaard home in Copenhagen at 11:31am local time.  Police suspect two men were involved.

This shocking news only underscores the number of murders which have targeted journalists/documentary film-makers who have been critical of Islamic incursions into Western society and remain opposed to those who advocate for imposition of Sharia Law in the West.

This infamous tradition has included martyred Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn in May 2002, the Nov 2004 stabbing of Dutch film-maker Theo Van Gogh (who was married to another MP and member of Fortuyn's splinter Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy or VVD Ayaan Hirsi Ali)  Ms. Hirsi Ali was herself also threatened along with her parliamentary colleague who took over leadership of VVD, Geert Wilders.  Both Mr. Wilders and Ms. Hirsi Ali (who now resides in the U.S) live under round-the-clock police protection - just as (now) British writer Salman Rushdie and Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard (who survived a murderous attack in Jan 2010) - as does another Swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks - who was assaulted and threatened with death in Nov 2010.   In Nov 2011 the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo was also totally destroyed in a firebombing for printing cartoons that mocked Islam.

Below is video of Mr. Hedegaard addressing a Conference in New York City on Sept 11, 2012 to commemorate the 11th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Bombing.