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Monthly Archives: March 2014
MA2 MARK MAYO, UNITED STATES NAVY
Brave young man, rest in peace.
Posted in United States Navy
Tagged bravery, Mark Mayo, Naval Station Norfolk, United States Navy, USS Mahan
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EXTREME CLITOCENTRIC CLEVERNESS
Joni Ernst believes that she is River City, Ioway’s man for Washington DC because she knows how to castrate hogs. With this qualification, she hopes to become a U.S. Senatrix of the Republican variety. (h/t The Hill via Weasel Zippers) … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, mental health, Republicans, sexism
Tagged castration, clitocentrism, Feminism, Iowa, Joni Ernst, just plain stupid, moral compass, U.S. Senate, violence
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DŰRNSTEIN CASTLE
Pics I took in 1981. This is where Leopold V of Austria had imprisoned Richard the Lionhearted after their dispute on the Third Crusade. The castle was reduced to near-rubble by the Swedes in 1645. Of note, Swedish troops had … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, travel
Tagged Austria, DŰRNSTEIN, Europe, Leopold V, Richard I Lion Heart, Swedes, Third Crusade, Thirty Years War, travel
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ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BRAINS
Virginia Beach is in the news! (I wish it weren’t; not for this…) Last week, a Bayside Middle School sixth-grader, Adrionna Harris, found a classmate of hers cutting himself with a razor blade. Because there was no adult around, Adrionna … Continue reading
THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE REDUX?
In a non-binding Internet referendum, an overwhelming majority of Venetians expressed their desire for independence from Italy. According to the Czech online newsmagazine iDNES, the pro-independence activist and governor of the Veneto region, Luca Gaia, stated the problem as follows: … Continue reading
Posted in Europe
Tagged independence, Italy, Luca Gaia, Putin, Venetian Republic, Venice
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A SOMBER WARNING TO CRIMEAN SEPARATISTS
You remember South Ossetia, right? The place, previously part of Gruzia (i.e. Georgia in the Caucasus) that allegedly wanted to be “independent” and which achieved this blessed state in 2008 with help from Russian troops? Well, independence under Russian auspices … Continue reading
Posted in bureaucracy, corruption, KGB, Russia, Russian imperialism
Tagged corruption, Crimea, Georgia, Gruzia, Putin, Russia, Russian imperialism, South Ossetia
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DUMMYCRAT UNTIL DEATH
The former Congressman Bart Stupak feels double-crossed because, somehow, the totalitarian phantasmagoria alternately called Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, or whatever, is being used to violate what he calls “…our most cherished beliefs that we, as American citizens, should not be … Continue reading
Posted in bureaucracy, community organizers, corruption, Democrats, health care reform, loss of freedom, misuse of language, Obama, Obama administration, scientific fraud, socialism, The One Party, unelected bureaucrats
Tagged Arthur Koestler, contraception mandate, Democratic Party, freedom of conscience, HHS, just plain stupid, loss of freedom, Obama dictatorship, Obamacare, Sebelius. HHS, socialism, Stupak
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APOLOGIES TO JEAN SIBELIUS (NOT REALLY…)
The Swan of 2onela The Swine of Tuonela
Posted in humor, Music
Tagged Jean Sibelius, just plain stupid, music, Swan of Tuonela
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