Who Knew?

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November 2012 has been Islamophobia Awareness Month (hat tip to Will of MFS - The Other News):

Birds Of A Feather

From Politico on November 28, 2012 (hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance):

Obama And The Fiscal Cliff

In the video clip below the fold, Charles Krauthammer opines that Obama is trying to destroy the GOP — not trying fix the economy (hat tip to Will of MFS - The Other News):

Holiday Trees

Why not just throw any reference to Christmas to the curb? But don't you dare avoid references to Ramadan!

Via Weasel Zippers:

A North Carolina community college has been accused of violating the First Amendment rights of students after they told a club they could not use the word “Christmas” to promote a Christmas tree sale.

Academia's Lies

Recently, George Washington University, an educational institution with astronomical tuition rates, lost its coveted spot in the college rankings list produced by U.S. News & World Report, a guide often consulted by parents, students, and guidance counselors.  Excerpt from this article in the Washington Post:

Pat Condell On Middle East Peace

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Worth a few minutes of your time (hat tip to Will of MFS - The Other News):

A Viable Strategy?

From this article that appeared on November 16, 2012 (hat tip to Rational Nation USA):

LAS VEGAS—After two days of meetings at the Republican Governors Association conference, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday said she heard a lot about the party's need to reach new constituencies—particularly women and ethnic minorities—but few specifics about how.

Dance A Jig Of Thanks!

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With a hat tip to FreeThinke, who provides additional information about this music by J.S. Bach and the painting by Peter Paul Rubens:

Nincompoopery

(Weekend roundup post.   For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more may be added as the weekend progresses):

NYC sends health teams to post-Sandy food handouts, rubbing some wrong way

New Beltway express lanes lead to crashes and changes

Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage

Crime And Punishment In The UK

If the following is accurate, Eurabia is in full bloom in the UK:

Thanksgiving 2012

During this season of Thanksgiving, may we put aside all matters except the counting of our bountiful blessings!

This Thanksgiving 2012, what are you most thankful for?

Below the fold, you can read my responses to that question.

The Ship Of State

From this essay at American Digest (hat tip to Pastorius of Infidel Bloggers Alliance):

The thing is under the boat. The crew suspects as much but can't know for sure exactly where it is. They won't know where Leviathan is until it rises, inevitable and unstoppable, from the deep directly beneath them.

Can you feel it lurking just under the surface? I can and I think you can as well. The Greeks knew it as "Nemesis." Melville's Ahab knew it as "thou damned whale" and he struck at it from Hell's heart. Unperturbed it gathered him up and took him down. Then it took the boat and after that the ship. All save one followed. The whale beneath the surface of America's life is still there and all signs point to its breaching soon. Exactly where and exactly how are still unknown, but soon.

I feel the thing beneath the boat and I think others of my fellow citizens in ever growing millions feel it as well. We do not feel good about it and what it augers for the near and far future.


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It's large and it's under the boat and it is beginning to rise. The crew is confused and flailing about. And the captain is insane but convinced he's on the right course. During the boom years it was commonly said, "A rising tide lifts all boats." True enough, but the rising of Leviathan can break the spine of our boat and send it down into the Maelstrom. And the thing is under the boat.

Read the entire essay HERE.

Or was Longfellow correct in his poem "O Ship of State"?

A Time Gone By

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Believe it or not, life here in Northern Virginia in the 1950s was much like what is depicted in the video below — without the Western flavor, of course (hat tip to Paladin of Jumpmaster 263):


More photos HERE.

Nincompoopery

(Weekend roundup post, a new feature here at Always On Watch. For the definition of nincompoop, see THIS. Commenters are encouraged to post links that tell of more nincompoopery)

Links to read (more added below the fold as the weekend progresses):

Obama Consults With MSNBC Host Al Sharpton, and Other Civil Rights Leaders, on Fiscal Talks

Despite $15.9 billion loss, U.S. Postal Service execs see boost in pay

Goodbye, Private Retirement Accounts?

From the National Seniors Council (hat tip to Will of MFS - The Other News):

Thoughts From An Obama Supporter

Food for thought.


An Obama supporter whom I indirectly know opined the following the day after the November 2012 Election (paraphrase):

Botox On The Brain?

Nancy Pelosi on November 14, 2012, outdoes herself. Spew alert!

Behind Gore's Fraud

By Sam Huntington

According to a recent report by UPI, Al Gore said that global warming is the real culprit behind Hurricane Sandy, and predicts that global warming could mean even more storms like Sandy.  According to Gore, “Scientists tell us that by continually dumping 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every single day, we are altering the environment in which all storms develop.  As the oceans and atmosphere continue to warm, storms are becoming more energetic and powerful.” 

My only response to this is, Simply Amazing.  I’m cleaning up my vocabulary. 

Obama Moving Quickly On His Agenda

Two recent items from the Washington Times:

A New Era

(If you haven't read yesterday's post here at Always On Watch, please do so. The videos are, well, something else)

"The dawn of a new era," says the Communist Party USA upon the re-election of Barack Hussein Obama on November 6, 2012.

I hear cries of bravado from the Right: "We'll take back the Senate in two years!"

Reality check!