I put in a bid for a “Mickey Mouse Outfit” and now it seems I’m only six minutes away from owning Obama’s entire Cabinet.’

from our friend “Angel”, who lives in NYC

There’s a yappy little dog belonging to a skoolteacher harassing the lambing ewes in the paddock just down from us.  Please, please let it come up this way and cross the fenceline….

Because he and his family stand as a testament to all those things they’ve done their damnedest to destroy.

‘TONY Abbott’s public foray into sexual politics will “confirm the worst fears of Australian women”, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.
As the Opposition Leader yesterday defended an interview he gave with The Australian Women’s Weekly in which he referred to a woman’s virginity as a “gift”, he came under fire from Australian women, including Julia Gillard, many of whom found his comments old-fashioned, unwelcome and obtrusive.

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It took five ‘phone calls to set up a meeting with our local bank concerning something absolutely routine. Eventually we managed to get an appointment and turned up at 9am.

The bank was a few minutes late opening but nowadays that’s nothing unusual. We went into the place, spoke to the woman at the front desk and she invited us to take a seat. By five past nine I was fuming–by this time the front deskperson was returning from one of the side offices. I told her we were leaving because I refuse to be treated with contempt, like a serf waiting for an audience with the lord of the manor.
And she was shocked. Pointed out that she’d just been to ask the person  we had an appointment with (who was in a meeting) how much longer she would be.
Well, I don’t give a damn how much longer she would be. 9am doesn’t mean five or ten or whatever past nine, it means 9am!
I’m willing to bet these useless, rude bastards are very familiar with all the usual mission-statement tripe about “excellence” and “customer service”…what a pity they don’t include basic good manners and punctuality.

‘Islamic radicals are seizing on protests against the planned mosque and anti-Muslim rhetoric elsewhere as a propaganda opportunity by stepping up anti-U.S. threats on the Internet — including one site vowing to unleash suicide bombings in Florida.’  source

‘Continuing discrimination against Asians needs to be addressed and the high rate of Maori imprisonment is bleak, Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres says.
Mr de Bres outlined the highs and lows for race relations in New Zealand over the past year at the Diversity Forum in Christchurch today.
He said progress had been made on some issues, noting that expressions of prejudice and discrimination have generally been condemned by the public and media.
However, there was still “some way to go to establish a level playing ground for all ethnicities”.
Mr de Bres also stressed the need for the new Auckland super city council to have Maori seats and secure Pacific and ethnic boards.’                source

So…this clown’s answer to (largely imaginary) racial discrimination is to create more of the same via race-based seats on the council?  What, Pacific Islanders and Maori and Asians are incapable of voting for the best candidate available, and must be spoon-fed with racist appointments? The playing field IS level–the fact that some can’t be bothered getting off their backsides and making use of it is their problem, not ours. The mouthings of this waste-of-space leech encapsulate half of what ails NZ today. Time to sack the bastard and make him get a real job.

‘Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), now the chairman of Freedomworks, a major backer of the Tea Party movement, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the modern Republican Party’s lack of courage is a “big reason” for widespread frustration with both Democrats and Republicans.
…”We’re saying to the Republican Party, get some courage to stand up for the things that are right for this country. Don’t stand there and hide from the issue because you’re afraid of the politics,” Armey said. “The issue of public policy that governs the future of my children is more important than your politics, and if you can’t see that we’ll replace you.”     source

‘..The history of political Islam starts with Mohammed’s immigration to Medina. From that point on, Islam’s appeal to the world has always had the dualistic option of joining a glorious religion or being the subject of political pressure and violence. After the immigration to Medina, Islam became violent when persuasion failed. Jihad entered the world.
After Mohammed’s death, Abu Bakr, the second caliph, settled the theological arguments of those who wished to leave Islam with the political action of death by the sword. The jihad of Umar (the second caliph, a pope-king) exploded into the world of the unbelievers. Jihad destroyed a Christian Middle East and a Christian North Africa. Soon it was the fate of the Persian Zoroastrian and the Hindu to be the victims of jihad. The history of political Islam is the destruction of Christianity in the Middle East, Egypt, Turkey and North Africa. Half of Christianity was lost. Before Islam, North Africa was the southern part of Europe (part of the Roman Empire). Around 60 million Christians were slaughtered during the jihadic conquest.
Half of the glorious Hindu civilization was annihilated and 80 million Hindus killed.
The first Western Buddhists were the Greeks descended from Alexander the Great’s army in what is now Afghanistan. Jihad destroyed all of Buddhism along the silk route. About 10 million Buddhists died. The conquest of Buddhism is the practical result of pacifism.
Zoroastrianism was eliminated from Persia.
The Jews became permanent dhimmis throughout Islam.
In Africa over 120 million Christians and animists have died over the last 1400 years of jihad.
Approximately 270 million nonbelievers died over the last 1400 years for the glory of political Islam.’

Eternity Road

‘SYDNEY, AUGUST 11 — The Arab world has launched a “seduction offensive” in the South Pacific, where most of the region’s 14 archipelago-states traditionally support Israel within the United Nations and other international bodies, hindering the votes of much more populous nations. The daily paper The Australian has today reported on the Arab League’s decision to send an official delegation to the Pacific and to open its own office in the region. Moreover, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have created a 38-million-euro development fund for the islands and will be the location of the headquarters of the new Arab-Pacific Cooperation Forum.’    source