Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood. If you want to impress me, don't try to convince me how normal you and your friends are. Tell me how lucky and grateful you are for being where you are now.

http://www.cambio.com/2013/02/12/carrie-underwood-talks-about-alleged-taylor-swift-feud-in-new-cb/

Carrie Underwood 

Truth, Bullshit, or WTF?

Truth, Bullshit, or WTF?

Charlie Beck's mouthpiece put this one out in the air just now, and I could use some clarity:

"The city has not been on any kind of tactical alert since early yesterday morning." 

Okay, so at around midnight Monday, something substantive happened to dramatically change the LAPD posture maintained since Superbowl Sunday and the beginning of the Chris Dorner manhunt. 

I wonder what it was? 

Douglas Douglas ‏@commander1958

"The city has not been on any kind of tactical alert since early yesterday morning." Official LAPD spokesman. #hardworkisfun@NBCNews

Truth, Bullshit, or WTF?

(notes) warmly received by democrats dismissed by republicans (notes)

(notes) warmly received by democrats dismissed by republicans (notes)

Isn't this the death rattle of our two parties?

Groucho said he wouldn't be a member of any club that would have him, and maybe that is not such a bad model.

Political parties are unnecessary to the process and encourage lazy thinking.

(notes) warmly received by democrats dismissed by republicans (notes)

Treasonous, def. OED

Treasonous, def. OED

Pronunciation:  /ˈtriːz(ə)nəs/

Etymology:  < treason n. + -ous suffix.

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  Full of or abounding in treason; characterized by treason or treachery; treasonable.

c1450 [see treasonously adv. at Derivatives].

1593   T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 66^v,   Bannings, cursings, secrete murmurings, out-rage, murder, iniustice, all which are high treasonous trespasses against God.

a1616   Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 131   Against the vndivulg'd pretence, I fight Of Treasonous Mallice.

1784   New Spectator No. 18. 3   To prohibit such and such pieces, that were blasphemous, libellous, or treasonous.

1875   W. Warburton Edward III i. 21   That he had trepanned the Earl of Kent into a treasonous conspiracy.

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  ˈtreasonously adv. in a treasonous manner.

Treasonous, def. OED

Lincoln on selfish behavior

Lincoln believed that everything was an expression of self-interest and enjoyed discussions exploring the issue. During a long carriage ride with an academic friend, Lincoln ordered the coachman to stop, and upon so, leapt out and pulled a pig, stranded in the mud, out to wander, root, and pig more.

His acquaintance took this as the ultimate argument.

"See! There! A COMPLETELY selfless action!"

And, "There is NO WAY you benefited in any way from this pig's liberation. You did that for him alone. This is incontravertible evidence of the weakness of your argument!"

"Not at all," said The Railsplitter, implacably.

"That pig was in dire straits. I simply couldn't have lived with myself had I rolled on by."

(notes) WTF with Lindsay Graham? (notes)

(notes) WTF with Lindsay Graham? (notes)

WTF with Lindsay Graham?
Benghazi sitll an issue?
Sour grapes
we will stop appointments ("put a hold on these nominations") until satisfied
whipping ignorant constituency into froth
say he was blowing the rugby team from Yale, and his staff mis-handled the first few actions. What now? You have the floor, Senator.

My sense is you would dismantle the country, law by law. You would run Obama out of office. You would eliminate any effect he has had. You would implant your people. You would implement your policies.

To what end?

To serve the Constitution? To serve the entire population?

It seems to me that the anti-Obama coalition is like a dog chasing cars. It knows what it wants (sort of). And it has no idea what to do when it gets it.

(notes) WTF with Lindsay Graham? (notes)

(notes) Hitler tried HARD to kill his threats. (notes)

(notes) Hitler tried HARD to kill his threats. (notes)

Hitler tried HARD to kill what he saw as threats to his people. How DID that work out for them?
Germany (and lots of Western Asia) experienced permanent changes as a result of 20th century wars. We who look back are still assessing the effects.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/tax-cuts-dont-lead-to-economic-growth-a-new-65-year-study-finds/262438/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11213968

Today's assassination : http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-wn-tunisian-leader-assassinated-20130206,0,4371497.story

Hitler tried HARD to kill what he saw as threats to his people. How DID that work out for them?

(notes) Hitler tried HARD to kill his threats. (notes)