Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue

65 years ago.

Semper Fi, Marines.

Your Little Shot of Heartwarming for Today: CNN Wants to make Sure NOone

…is forgotten on their birthday.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour wishes Zimbabwean President Mugabe ‘happy birthday’

In a video blog post headlined “Happy Birthday, President Mugabe,” CNN International’s Christiane Amanpour took time to commemorate the 89th birthday of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the internationally reviled dictator who has led the once-prosperous country into near-total economic and humanitarian ruin.

Ah, If Only This Were True

It would do wonders for their image.

Well, except for the very last line, obviously.

Still pretty funny.

“I Am A Firm Supporter Of Human Rights”*

*mind you, Israelis ain’t human

I have to say, listening to how the crowd reacts when he does this gives me a small sliver of hope for England.

Legalize It, Don’t Criticize It

Second thoughts on a failed liberal experiment

Do you remember the rather brilliant comedy sketch featuring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse in which they played laid-back police officers in Amsterdam, bragging that they no longer have to deal with the crime of murder in the Netherlands since the Dutch legalised it? Don’t laugh too hard. In 2000 the Dutch government decided to make it even easier for pimps, traffickers and punters by legalising the already massive and highly visible brothel trade. Their logic was as simple as it was deceptive: to make things safer for everyone. Make it a job like any other. Once the women were liberated from the underworld, the crooks, drug dealers and people traffickers would drift away.

Twelve years on, and we can now see the results of this experiment. Rather than afford better protection for the women, it has simply increased the market. Rather than confine the brothels to a discrete (and avoidable) part of the city, the sex industry has spilt out all over Amsterdam — including on-street. Rather than be given rights in the ‘workplace’, the prostitutes have found the pimps are as brutal as ever. The government-funded union set up to protect them has been shunned by the vast majority of prostitutes, who remain too scared to complain.

Read the whole thing. A sad, sad ‘social experiment’ that has ruined the lives of many young women.

Layers Of Editors

Oh and lots of “Facts Checkers” too

Mug shots from the 1800s show Britain’s first criminals

A collection of 150-year-old mug shots from Bedford Prison shows some of Britain’s very first criminals.

Because as everyone knows there was no crime in Britain prior to the invention of the camera.

Remember, kids, they’re the Professional Media.

A Fine Caper

Well, lots of them actually.

All mixed up with olives, onions, mushrooms, tomaters, garlic and some red pepper flakes.

Now what to do with this steak I’m not eating…

Thank Goodness THIS Rape Expert is a Democrat

Otherwise people might not take him seriously and all that. Let women actually carry guns to protect themselves against these wild rape/stalking fantasies they have…

FEEL LIKE YOU’RE GONNA BE RAPED? MAYBE YOU WON’T

“It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have safe zones, it’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at,” Salazar remarked in debate late Friday night. “And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around or if you feel like you’re in trouble when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop … pop around at somebody.”

…or don’t.

I’m confused.

ths update: Speaking of fools, I guess the Colorado house all gibbers in the tongues of idiots:

Colorado House passes gun-control measures

(Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled Colorado House of Representatives on Monday formally approved a package of strict gun-control measures, in a state hit by two of the most notorious mass shootings in U.S. history.

All four bills, which had been passed by a voice vote on Friday, were approved by a final, recorded vote after a third reading on Monday, said Dean Toda, a spokesman for the House Democrats. The vote was along party lines, with no Republican supporting the bills, Toda said.

…The Colorado bills, which still must go before the Democratic-controlled Senate, require background checks for all gun purchases – paid for by applicants – a ban on ammunition magazines with more than 15 rounds and a measure to allow colleges in the state to ban concealed weapons on campus

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Oh Frabjous Day!

The wonderfully named “Amazon Fulfillment Center” (which sounds like, well, oh my) came through for moi

Woo-Hoo!

I Sure Hope the Real JeffS Keeps the Man-Cave Vacuumed and the Flowered Cafe-Curtains Pret-tee

…for “Inspection Time” visitors! It’s so awkward when the doorbell rings and things are…messy.

Washington State gun control bill calls for annual police inspection of gun owner’s home for compliance

Oh, wait! NOW they’re calling it an “oopsie”:

Misstep in gun bill could defeat the effort
One of the major gun-control efforts in Olympia this session calls for the sheriff to inspect the homes of assault-weapon owners. The bill’s backers say that was a mistake.

Forget police drones flying over your house. How about police coming inside, once a year, to have a look around?

As Orwellian as that sounds, it isn’t hypothetical. The notion of police home inspections was introduced in a bill last week in Olympia.

That it’s part of one of the major gun-control efforts pains me. It seemed in recent weeks lawmakers might be headed toward some common-sense regulation of gun sales. But then last week they went too far. By mistake, they claim. But still too far.

“They always say, we’ll never go house to house to take your guns away. But then you see this, and you have to wonder.”

That’s no gun-rights absolutist talking, but Lance Palmer, a Seattle trial lawyer and self-described liberal who brought the troubling Senate Bill 5737 to my attention. It’s the long-awaited assault-weapons ban, introduced last week by three Seattle Democrats.

…“In order to continue to possess an assault weapon that was legally possessed on the effective date of this section, the person possessing shall … safely and securely store the assault weapon. The sheriff of the county may, no more than once per year, conduct an inspection to ensure compliance with this subsection.”

In other words, come into homes without a warrant to poke around. Failure to comply could get you up to a year in jail.

Come ON! “Mistake” my ass.

Make JeffS Swiffer the place FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!

GirlFRIEND!

After practicing with the fastest speed on Saturday, second-year driver Danica Patrick and the No. 10 car made history when she ran a 196.434 mph lap in Sunday’s qualifying session, securing the pole for the 2013 Daytona 500 on Feb. 24.

Way to frickin’ GO!

Baaaaad Goats, Baaaaad Goats

Whacha gonna do?

Hello, New Jersey?

Your “Governor Cuomo” has yet to be heard from…

Gun control measures approved by N.J. Assembly committee despite protests

TRENTON — An overflow crowd of gun-rights advocates clashed with Democratic lawmakers today during a raucous seven-hour hearing as an Assembly committee approved 20 bills that further restrict access to firearms and ammunition.

The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee approved the laundry list of measures despite some outbursts from a throng dotted with NRA baseball caps, camouflage clothing and jackets featuring a coiled rattlesnake from the Revolutionary-era flag. At least two in the audience were ejected.

The lengthy hearing marked the opening round of what promises to be an election-year battle in New Jersey. Democrats have been critical of Gov. Chris Christie’s reticence on gun control, and are well aware that statewide polls that show a majority of residents favor more stringent measures in the wake of the massacre in Sandy Hook, Conn., that left 20 elementary school children dead.

…The legislation, intended bolster New Jersey’s strict gun laws, ranged from reducing the maximum capacity of magazines from 15 to 10 (A1329) to a symbolic resolution urging Congress to enact more gun-control measures (A3797).

“Whether it’s the streets of New Jersey communities, a movie theater in Colorado or an elementary school in Connecticut, enough is enough is enough,” said the committee chairman, Charles Mainor (D-Hudson). “No more talk. It’s time for action.”

Other bills would require ammunition sales to be conducted in person (A3645), disqualify those included on the federal terrorist watch list from buying guns (A3687) and require the seizure of guns from people who mental health professional deem a threat to themselves or others (A3754).

Republicans generally voted against the measures, although Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-Monmouth) supported several. Conversely, most Democrats voted in favor of the measures. Yet splitting with his colleagues, Assemblyman Nelson Albano (D-Cumberland) joined Republicans to vote against most of the bills….

Ooopsie, Poopsie, Puddin’, Poo

Obamacare’s not workin’ out like they promised it to.

Again.

Funds run low for health insurance in state ‘high-risk pools’

Tens of thousands of Americans who cannot get health insurance because of preexisting medical problems will be blocked from a program designed to help them because funding is running low.

Obama administration officials said Friday that the state-based “high-risk pools” set up under the 2010 health-care law will be closed to new applicants as soon as Saturday and no later than March 2, depending on the state.

But they stressed that coverage for about 100,000 people who are now enrolled in the high-risk pools will not be affected.

“We’re being very careful stewards of the money that has been appropriated to us and we wanted to balance our desire to maximize the number of people who can gain from this program while making sure people who are in the program have coverage,” said Gary Cohen, director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. “This was the most prudent step for us to take at this point in time.”

The program, which was launched in summer 2010, was always intended as a temporary bridge for the uninsured. But it was supposed to last until 2014. At that point, the health-care law will bar insurers from rejecting or otherwise discriminating against people who are already sick, enabling such people to buy plans through the private market.

From the start, analysts questioned whether the $5 billion that Congress appropriated for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan — as the program is called — was sufficient.

Initial fears that as many as 375,000 sick people would swamp the pools and bankrupt them by 2012 did not pan out. This is largely because, even though the pools must charge premiums comparable to those for healthy people, the plans sold through them are often expensive.

But it was also because the pools are open only to people who have gone without insurance for at least six months.

The result is that, while only about 135,000 people have gotten coverage at some point, they are proving far more costly to insure than predicted.

REALLY?!?!?!

Shocka.

The Exact Opposite of the Playtex Ads

…would be Old Spice.

If you’ve NEVER read the front and back labels of ANY of their shower gels, I suggest you DO SO IMMEDIATELY.

They’re HILARIOUSLY masculine.

For instance:

Now THAT’S an appeal to MANLY FREEDOM (front labels) we can all spend some serious bucks on.

Note to Self: Pay Attention to the Cars Parked in the Driveway

Fox 2 News Headlines

Somebody’s AR-15 might trump your pistols, and you could save yourself the trouble.

(I tagged this “Fun”, since we don’t have a “MO-ron” category.)

The World Is Coming to An End

It’s a Playtex wipes ad.

Oh, yes it is.

IS ANYONE THERE

Did we survive?

Oh, We Knew

It’s just nice to see it in print.

Henninger: The State of Obama
The State of the Union speech was about just one thing: the Obama project.

Here’s what has to be understood. It’s all about him.

Honestly? We were watching “Duck Dynasty” or something until Rubio came on.

Germane to Today’s Video

Life cycle of space rock:*Meteoroid* (rock in space), *Meteor* (rock hits atmosphere), *Meteorite* (rock hits Earth)

— Jim Loznicka WJHG (@jimwxgator) February 15, 2013

I see one omission though: Nowhere is “Duck!” described.

I’m A MAD Child

I grew up expecting a nuclear war, to see missiles streaking out of the sky to end the world.

I would have died if I saw this this morning

Hot Off The Presses!

Literally.

Here, Dear Readers, is the ONE book you simply must buy

You can get it on Amazon here.

Now don’t tarry any longer.

The Sky Is Falling!

Fun times in Russia

Russia’s Urals region has been rocked by a meteorite explosion in the stratosphere. The impact wave damaged several buildings, and blew out thousands of windows amid frigid winter weather. Hundreds are seeking medical attention for minor injuries.

Included is the ubiquitous Russkie DashCam video…I would need to change my drawers if I saw that through my windshield!

Oh and we’re getting a Special Visitor at 2:24pm this afternoon

BOSTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) – A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, giving scientists a rare opportunity for close-up observations without launching a probe.

At its closest approach, which will occur at 2:24 p.m. EST/1924 GMT, the asteroid will pass about 17,200 miles (27,520 km) above the planet traveling at 8 miles (13 km) per second, bringing it nearer than the networks of television and weather satellites that ring the planet.

Although Asteroid 2012 DA14 is the largest known object of its size to pass this close, scientists say there is no chance of an impact, this week or in the foreseeable future.

Judging by this chart and the time of the arrival

it looks like if the scientists have made a slight miscalculation in its path that it would impact the Western Europe/Africa side of the world…further proof of the perils of Global Warming.

Twelve-Month Long Winters…

…just got even longer

Iceland considers pornography ban

Iceland could become the first Western democracy to attempt censorship of the internet under radical proposals to block online pornography.

The government is considering introducing internet filters, such as those used to block China off form the worldwide web, in order to stop Icelanders downloading or viewing pornography on the internet.

A law forbidding the printing and distribution of pornography is already in force in Iceland but it has yet to be updated to cover the internet.

Stay Hydrated My Friends

**snicker**