Sometimes One Is Fortunate

Example: When the sentence that forces one not to read any farther in the item is the first one:

Michael Ledeen has been right about Iran at every turn ever since the 1970s

To repeat: at every turn ever.

The perennially incorrect Michael Ledeen has once again reported that Supreme Leader Khamenei is in a coma and on the verge of death. His most recent blog post is a rehash of his 2006 and 2007 reports. In a post that reads like a poorly-conceived screenplay, Ledeen claims that he has a very good source in Iran that has given him this information.

Every. Turn. Ever.

Bonus bugfeature: Remember Santorum's grandfather, who fled Italy for freedom? Meet him again, as Ledeen uses him to frame his piece.

Mr. Santorum's hatred of tyranny traces back to his grandfather Pietro, who took the family from Lake Garda in northern Italy to Pennsylvania's coal country to escape Mussolini's dictatorship in the 1920s. Pietro Santorum worked in the mines until he was 72 and, as Mr. Santorum often says, taught him "to treasure the gift of freedom [and] to have faith in God's grace."

The freedom to owe one's soul to the company store. Smart guy, "Grandpa Pietro."

"He left to the coal fields of Southern Pennsylvania. He worked in the mine at a company town, got paid with coupons, he used to call them."

Let us dwell on that. Grandpa Santorum lived in a company town where he was paid in "scrip" in lieu of cash. That means what his grandson calls "freedom" was, well and truly, something more like slavery.

LINK UPDATE (1815PST): Try this & then scroll a bit less than a third of the way (to "Poopy Pajamas") for "Michael Ledeen" in the first quote.

Oscar™® Fever

Allegedly the first modern Oscars™®, held at the Chinese.When it was still a dinner party.Hattie McDaniel hopes to be a "credit to her race" at (3:15). "Greatest Yr. Ever in Movies." Ack.

Slothful Sunday Web Logging (Local Action Stylee)

Too slothed out to locate any of them, but many of the bldgs. seen in the video have appeared in this space w/in the last yr. or so.

Although not this one: 1940s version seen at (2:50).

We'll note for the edification & amusement of non-locals that both the Rosslyn & Clark hotels were SRO dumps by the '70s. HEY!! San Diego? What the fuck? How'd they weasel in here?

Threat Assessment

But Gaffney, who has said “it is now public knowledge that nearly every major Muslim organization in the United States is actually controlled by the MB or a derivative organization,” doesn’t hold much credibility with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Don't be so damn sure about that Mercedes-BenzMichele BachmannThe Marx BrosMouth Breathers ... uh, Milton Bradley!

Stop Kidding Yourself

Hope in One Hand, Crap in the Other, Then See Which Piles Up First Dep't.:

I hope it can jumpstart a conserative intellectual renaissance.

Jumpstart? Like slapping the electrodes on Frankensiein's monster.

An Embarrassment

Not necessarily of riches, either. This wknd. the nation's telebision screens will offer us all the NFL Combine, NBA All-Star Wknd., & the 84th Academy Awards®™©.

Indeed, the All-Star game & the Oscars® are facing off Sunday night. An opportunity to get going on spring cleaning in the bunker.

"Sublime" Conditioning

But the Pop Culture Pastor is right:

We Love Livin' In The City

Saw the above briefly while surfing Thurs. night, did not watch long enough to see there was cold-blooded something or to realize it occurred at the Shell station next door to the local Denny's & across the street from the closest Red Line station, where we might well be any given evening. (Likelier not, but it's happened.)

P.S.: Not "Ventura & Wilshire," as the himbo misspoke. That's a Dragnet intersection.

No Comment

Ha, look what else we caught.

EXT. NIGHT: Western Ave.

Date Night: Old People On Friday

Had already et dinner, watched a 153 min. (seven mins. of credits, plus almost all the horseshit advertising for horseshit at the beginning) flick on the visi-plate, walked our friend & sexual associate to her car, bid her a fond farewell & dragged it back to the bunker by 2200 PST.

A matter of months until the early bird dinner is a grim reality.

It's Now Or Never!

(Grabbed from the YouTube.)

Yankee $ Looting Time

Meanwhile, In Democracy World

Peter Beinart points out:

The best question at last night’s CNN debate in Arizona was [...] asked by Ron Paul to his fellow candidates: If you’re so open to attacking Iran, why not declare war?

A right jolly old elf.
Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

The grim reality:

Right now the polling shows: 1. That most Americans support a strike on Iran (presumably to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon) and 2. That most Americans think Iran already has a nuclear weapon. Which is to say, most Americans don’t know what they’re talking about.

Which turns to vain hope in the same paragraph:

 A congressional debate might help people pay closer attention and, perhaps, think a little harder about the potential consequences of a third American war in the Muslim world.

He seems to be expecting Americans to pay attention to something called a "congressional debate." Unless it's like American Idol, nagonna happen.

Joe & Errol Round-Up: Chapter 3

A goose, but not Canadian.

Completely Uncalled For

We've already "reported" on the American Heritage Girls like white on something equally (or even more) white.

Bob Morris (Real name? C'mon.) quoted below, is an Indiana state reprersentaive. Waste of bandwidth to mention his party.

His comments were made in a letter he circulated among fellow lawmakers that was obtained by the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Ind. The letter explains why Morris refused to add his name to a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the scouting organization. The resolution was passed unanimously by those who chose to vote. Morris suggested that in the days ahead lawmakers will remove their names from the resolution in the wake of his revelations.

[...]

"My family and I took a view and we're sticking by it," Morris told the Associated Press this week, adding that his daughters are now members of a group for conservative Christian girls. "My girls are no longer Girl Scouts. They're now going to join American Heritage Girls."

Morris said he made his discoveries after talking to some knowledgeable constituents and conducting "a small amount of Web-based research." He said the discussion and research led to his conclusions that the Girl Scouts encourage sexual activity, are a front for Planned Parenthood, and that scouts are encouraged to look up to role models who endorse feminist, lesbian and Communist agendas.

He also noted a Colorado troop's decision to allow a transgendered boy to join, adding that the fact that First Lady Michelle Obama is honorary president of the Girl Scouts of America "should give each of us reason to pause before our individual and collective endorsement of the organization."

Well for Christ's sake (literally, it would seem) pal, if having the First Lady Of The United States as the honorary president (We won't even look, we're so sure the Girl Scouts' honorary pres. is & always has been  the FLOTUS.) of the Girl Scouts makes you pause, why don't you just pack up & fucking leave these United Snakes? You do know who the real, elected & non-honorary President of the actual United States is, don't you?

A clue for Representative Bob.

Going that extra milefew keystrokes, we doubt that Bob has ever had or will ever get a clue.

Yikes.

Just Being Dismissive

We see the punk-ass chumps at the Grammy Museum® decided to cut off their little PST exhibit in 1975, just as music for cretins started.

Sharing

Yes, more spam since liberating the common taters from Bugger's latest & worst word verification thingie. (If Google/Bugger are so smart & dedicated to, if not good, at least not obvious evil, why can't they develop their own damn verification system, rather than using one that's already been irking the masses for a seeming eternity at other sites?)

We will admit their current spam-catcher is doing a reasonable job (It, too, will be gone w/in days now, we suppose.) & w/ moderation required for any post over 10 days old we aren't rushing to delete that many ugly items from the otherwise pristine environment.

But this means that once in a while readers may miss an amusing solicitation, esp. if, for whatever reason, they're posted to items from March of last yr.

Enjoy:
Hello! Best prostitute of St. Petersburg!!! [URL=http://2svodnik.ru]http://2svodnik.ru[/URL]

By Anonymous on Question Of The Week on 2/21/12

Princes Of Lies

Maybe you have to be a Limey to tell the truth about lying American liars.

Well, That Clears That Up

Can't tell the hookers w/o a score-card.

Strauss-Kahn Offers New Defense for Sex Scandal

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French presidential hopeful whose political career was ruined last year after he was accused of attempted rape in New York, is suspected "of complicity in activities related to prostitution in Paris and Washington, where two businessmen are accused of paying for orgies in 2010 and 2011," the New York Times reports. 

His lawyer offered a unique defense: "He could easily not have known, because as you can imagine, at these kinds of parties you're not always dressed, and I challenge you to distinguish a naked prostitute from any other naked woman."

Drooler Of The Day

Droolin' Bob McDonnell, gubner of Virginny, is the subject of a hatchet job.And, Valley (of the Sun) Girl Meghan "Toxic" McCain.

OK, Now You Have A Reason To Be Depressed

laist:

Two people attempted to commit suicide Monday by leaping from freeway overpasses, and both victims survived their jumps.

Quite a fucking country where potential avenues to suicide must be kept from the people.

In addition to investigating motives, the LAPD will likely examine the overpasses above the 101 near Hollywood and Sunset boulevards, as they were built in the 1950s and never equipped with pedestrian-proof fences.

Ah, the Fabled Fifties, when not everybody was ready to heave themselves over a railing to plunge 20+ ft. into traffic. What the hell happened?

Down By The River

Every so often a lyric or riff slides through the mind, & one wants to hear the whole thing.We were fully prepared to bitch about this number being unavailable for easy embedding from the Internet, but it was right there, & in full 1080pHD glory.

Despite that, no, there's still no hope.

Plus Which

Also not giving a shit about 1800 unread Twits.

Planetary Stewardship

"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." — Charles Dudley Warner

Why does this guy keep mentioning "future generations?" Doesn't mean shit to us, because a) Fuck them, who cares, we won't be here when they're suffering; b) If these "future generations" will exist, what's the big fucking deal? You want us to get worried about this planet of pain's climate getting even worse, claim there won't be any future generations. No, wait ... if we don't care about them if they end up existing (& suffering) after all, it won't make a dime's worth of difference to us if future generations never show up.

So fuck it all. (Yes, that is the conclusion to which we had already come, & all of the above merely to get there.)

Currently NOT Giving A Shit About:

Today being "Mardi Gras."

The fucking Oscars©™® occurring next Sunday.

There being other (alleged) members of our species on this planet.

Mad Sky Action!

Load of covers from Air Fighters Comics at GACBS.

Fifty Years Of Pigs In Space

Carrying Astronaut John Glenn, the Mercury spacecraft named Friendship 7 is launched into orbit by an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle lifting off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida on Feb. 20, 1962. (AP Photo)

NASA. Large AP pix.

Right Tool For The Job

Just sayin'.

Hatin' On America & Disneyland

Every person involved in this is a fucking asshole.And shut up, you awful, nasal witch. Screw the damn "kids." Maybe they should get an idea of how full of shitheads the real world is.

Monochrome (For Added Tedium)