Merienda

01/12/2015

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By definition, nature does not produce art. But we like to say it does. A seascape so lovely you wish you could “hang it on your wall;

11/09/2014

Beer is proof! Thank Charles Martel and St. Martin of Tours on what we celebrate as Veteran's Day. LOL

http://beer.about.com/od/historyofbeer/f/Did-Benjamin-Franklin-Really-Say-Beer-Is-Proof-That-God-Loves-Us-And-Wants-Us-To-Be-Happy.htm

06/11/2014

Marking the ideological end of Obamacare.

WASHINGTON The Senate passed a bill today that would allow veterans to seek care from private providers if they face long wait times at Veterans Affairs facilities. The bill, negotiated by enate Veterans

11/19/2013

¡Pantalones mentiroso del mentiroso en el fuego!

For Republicans who found themselves on the losing end in November — and particularly the Republican who lost to President Obama — the events of the last few weeks have been sweet comeuppance.

05/27/2013

In America every supermarket has a "Cracker" aisle... "Redneck is a derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the southern United States. It is similar in meaning to cracker (especially regarding Georgia and Florida), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks), and white trash (but without the last term's suggestions of immorality)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck

Maher describes a seminar at the 2013 CPAC conference called "Are you sick and tired of being called a racist, when you know you're not one?"

05/13/2013

Mainstream media journalists suddenly decided to do their jobs for a change.

03/01/2013

Authors of our future are cryptic like Baum's OZ and Kubrick's HAL, left shifting from NY and IBM; similarly, Washington State Ferries (WSF) middle flips to WTF.

Did the name of the mythical land featured in L. Frank Baum's Oz books come from a file cabinet drawer labelled 'O - Z'?

10/31/2012

US Constitutional 1st Amendment threat! "Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi."

Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi.

10/11/2012

"President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first chief of staff and the man responsible for drafting many of the policies that helped turn Brazil into one of the world’s most dynamic economies today—is guilty of overseeing a wide-ranging cash-for-votes scheme that paid millions of dollars to members of Congress to support Lula’s program."

It’s a landmark decision that could help reform the perniciously entrenched culture of graft in Brazilian politics. On Wednesday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that José Dirceu—former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first chief of staff and the man responsible for drafting many of the ...

09/21/2012

The names have been changed to strangely mirror events 900 years later... "In 1103 Janah ad-Dawla was murdered by an Assassin named al-Hakim al-Munajjim, one of the members of the entourage of Radwan. This was the first appearance of the Assassins in Syria. Upon Duqaq's death in 1104, two weak rulers followed him in Damascus and Radwan probably captured the city the same year. The throne remained in Aleppo, however. In 1105 he assisted in the defense of Tripoli, which was being attacked by the crusaders. That same year, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, regent of the Principality of Antioch, defeated him in the Battle of Artah and briefly threatened Aleppo itself. Radwan and Tancred frequently came into conflict, until Tancred reduced Aleppo to a tributary state in 1111. The qadi of Aleppo, Ibn al-Khashshab, travelled to Baghdad to meet with the Abbasid caliph when Radwan was unwilling to pursue war with Tancred. Ibn al-Khashshab succeeded in having Mawdud of Mosul sent to Aleppo's aid, but Radwan was also antagonistic to his Muslim neighbours, even when they tried to help him against the crusaders; Mawdud was soon murdered by the Hashshashin, possibly with Radwan's approval."

He was the son ofTutush Iand brother ofDuqaq, but was raised by his tutor (atabeg) Janah ad-Dawla al-Husain. When Tutush died in 1096, Radwan inherited hisSyrianpossessions and ruled from Aleppo, though Janah ad-Dawla was in charge of actual governance. Duqaq soon revolted against his brother and to...

09/20/2012

"Obama 'said in the first year, among his highest priorities would be to fix the immigration system. But he never even filed a bill,'"

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Mitt Romney sought to assuage Latino voters Wednesday, downplaying positions he took on immigration during the GOP primaries, vowing to seek a bipartisan solution and castigating President Obama for failing to keep promises he made to the fast-growing population segm...

08/31/2012

"Y, en America todo es posible." ~ the GOP spices up its platter with a plethora of diverse choices.

The following are remarks as prepared for delivery by New Mexico Gov.