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Forget "Assisted Living"

If you make it to such an age, there's only one word to bear in mind: prison. Well, make that two words: federal prison. If you're old and lack assets or family, check fraud or counterfeiting may be your ticket to a better quality of life in a federal minimum-security prison than you'd receive in many assisted-care homes. Plus, it's essentially free. You get meals, health and dental care, access to exercise facilities, tv, libraries, and more. Don't do anything that'd get you sent to a state prison, however - assault rates there are more than double those in federal pens.

More Fun In Wisconsin

They just can't help themselves. They get so righteously indignant, work themselves into a tizzy, then do something that's both costly and stupid. On their last Election day, Mittens and Paul Ryan showed up at a sandwich shop for a "get out there and vote" event. They handed out a few free subway sandwiches. Being that they were speaking to a small group of invited Republicans; in essence preaching to the choir, there's nothing untoward here - certainly nothing on the order of the New Black Panthers, armed with clubs, intimidating voters over on the east coast (which Barky's bud Eric Holder refused to pursue).

Ah, but those loveable loony Democrats filed criminal complaints against Romney and Ryan, and so the district attorney's office was obliged to expend resources over the course of a six-week investigation into the matter. The result?

Cleared of any wrongdoing. These were, after all, Republican supporters invited to a small rally. Clearly, Romney and Ryan were not attempting to bribe the undecided into voting with a sandwich and a soda. As the D.A. stated:

“There is nothing unusual about a candidate telling people to vote on Election Day. It is common knowledge that on Election Day candidates stop in at local diners, senior centers and other places the public gathers to remind people to vote. That is what candidates do on Election Day.

“In his interactions with people in the sandwich line and during his speech, Governor Romney acknowledges the fact that it is likely that many present have already voted.  The candidate knows he is talking to a group that is politically involved, and are likely voters.  The encouragement to tell a friend can not be characterized as offensive to the law."

It's actually common practice - when blogging some years ago in support of a candidate, a small number of the local blogging group were invited to his Tualatin office for a q&a session, where free subs, sodas, and coffee were provided. That's not a bribe, but a small show of appreciation for time and resources donated to the campaign.

Of course, these are the same loons who launched a recall election - again at considerable taxpayer expense - to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker; an election which they appear likely to lose by a truly embarassing margin.

Updated: the surname has been corrected.

 

The Butler Did It

Sometimes it's really true.

It's All About The Children™

In the Reynolds school district, poor underpaid teachers are on strike. They don't want to be, but it's for the children™. And in that spirit of deep concern, it was only reasonable for them to attack a school bus that stopped by to pick up special-needs students for transport to class in the non-striking Multnomah ESD.

FAIRVIEW, Ore. - The Reynolds School District teachers strike is affecting students in another district as some parents blame the teachers in the picket line for stopping bus service for their special education students.

Bus drivers say the picketers made the kids feel unsafe after teachers pushed on the bus Thursday morning as they came into Reynolds Middle School, scaring them and the students.

For the time being, bus services have been suspended as the company works on a plan for augmented security. The Reynolds "teachers" have been coordinating with the "occupie Portland" crowd (sponsored by Portland State University Development Corporation) and with our local branch of the Communist Party, and it shows.

Be sure to throw them an apple, if you're in the neighborhood.

 

Finally, A Use For Politicians

The main problem with wind power is that it's generally stupidly deployed: leaving aside the siting issues that result in them turning wildlife into puree, what do they typically do? They build big farms and hook them straight into the grid - and that's just stupid. If you're going to insist upon using 17th-century technology, then use it as it was intended.

Windmills are essentially useless when hooked into the power grid; they were designed to harness wind in an entirely different manner. They can be very effective at pumping water from one place to another; a procedure known as storing energy. That can't happen when they're hooked into the power grid because there's no reasonable way to store excess generated power.

A more appropriate approach would be to use the windmills to pump water into large reservoirs. When electricity is needed, water from the reservoirs could flow through tubines, generating power on demand. If implemented correctly (i.e., without governmental interference) it is likely that a number of power generating dams could be removed from service in the Pacific Northwest without requiring backup generating systems. In Portland, we could install windmills at Portland City Hall, Metro, And Tri-Met. With all the hot air blowing around in just those locations, we could power the Portland area five days a week.

Obviously, this concept could not be applied to maritime "highways" on the Columbia and Snake sytems, but could prove suitable in the highly-contested Klamath and other systems. Wind power used to fill reservoirs might well resolve issues relating to both fish and agriculture, provide power, and resolve potential health issues relating to algal blooms by allowing free-flowing rivers while temporarily holding some waters in the reservoirs.

This is not to say that it provides a panacea; in the Klamath area, for example, the snake-oil folks who harvest algae and peddle it as nutritional supplements would be mightily put out. The other usual suspects, like Portland Audubon and their pals, would likely complain about habitat loss. On the one hand, these poseurs want the dams removed along the Klamath - but on the other hand, doing so would eradicate valued birdie habitat. So they'd doubtless litigate about that, as they do with just about everything.

Let's just assume that there's nothing that can be done to satisfy Portland Audubon, HSUS, and other groups that exist primarily to line the pockets of their executives. No matter what you do, they're going to litigate. So, build that cost into the windfarm/reservoir system; you still eventually come out ahead.

I WILL TRANSMIT THIS INFORMATION TO VLADIMIR.

Barky's problem, by his own admission, is that he spent way too much time slacking and smoking dope - which is why he has no record to run in favor of. All he can do is drop back to the position of blaming Bush or other Republicans for problems, in hopes of creating a distraction.

Had he ever taken the time to crack a book or two, he might have noticed that "For every complex problem," H.L. Mencken wrote, "there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."

This, as it turns out, is precisely his area of expertise: he consistently chooses the clear, simple, and wrong. He wages an all out war on middle and low-income Americans, escalating energy costs while claiming to fight for them. He believes that they are stupid, and can't associate rising food and fuel prices with his policies. His "change" involves lowering the standard of living for most Americans, while expanding government. Vladimir nods in approval.

If you don't think the next American revolution is going to be the government employee class vs. everyone else, you're not paying attention. -bojack

Even avowed liberals are beginning to catch on.

 

Implosion

Kimberlin funders who are willing to talk are shocked to discover that they've been contributing to a violent felon:

A spokesperson for Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift, which is listed by JTMP over several years, explained to Breitbart News that the fund is donor-advised, meaning that it does not have discretion over donations made by individuals or organizations with accounts at the fund. Donors merely park their funds at Fidelity to receive an immediate charitable tax deduction, and direct those funds over time, as they wish, to any 501(c)3.

Same with Schwab - nobody knew, nor do they vet the 501(c)3 organizations they're directed to distribute funds to. That's obviously not the case for the Barbara Streisand Foundation and the Soros-funded Tides foundation, who refused comment. Clearly, they knew exactly what sort of mayhem they were supporting, but didn't care as long as he was on "their side".

Meanwhile, of all places, ABC News released a story today about Barky and his "pot smoking 'choom gang'" - when the MSM starts ragging on their allies in the Democrat party, you know the bloom is off the rose. Time for Barky to fire up another stogie; all the previous ones have blown up in his face, but maybe this time it'll be different.

At least the rise of the oceans has slowed, and the planet has begun to heal. It's amazing what a convicted terrorist can accomplish, whith a community organizer leading from behind.

Loony Left Losing It

Even Barky's had about enough of Dummie Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who generally makes Joe Biden look like a top-tier Mensa member. She's made so many missteps lately that during his recent trip to Florida, Barky didn't allow her to introduce His Majesty before he spoke - which is a sizeable slap-down.

She was scheduled to speak at Miami's Temple Israel; that was cancelled after she was disinvited.

Schultz is the one who -- against months of intense objections from Obama’s top campaign officials in Chicago and her own DNC staff, Schultz -- hired Dani Gilbert as a new Jewish liaison last month.

The source of objector concerns was that Gilbert is the daughter of Boca Raton wealth manager, Mark Gilbert, a top-tier Obama bundler, and a major donor to Wasserman Schultz's own campaigns since 2003. 

By all appearances, this hire would be seen as a payoff, one that would give fuel to administration critics who were all too eager to set another Obama re-election fire.

Then came the unexpected explosion.

The same day Gilbert’s April hiring was announced, photographs from 2006 – of young Jewish girls clutching dollar bills and referring to themselves as “Jewbags” and the “Jew cash money team” -- were discovered on her Facebook page by Washington Free Beacon.

It doesn't look as though she'll be in Congress - or the DNC - much longer; she has ten business days to either qualify by petition or by cash to get on the Florida ballot for the November election, and it's beginning to look as though she won't be running for re-election. Certainly, it won't happen by petition, although she may cough up the cash at the last second.

Don't look for the unions to help her out - the union bosses are plenty perturbed that her DNC hasn't kicked in any change to help their efforts to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

And another stellar Democrat, Fauxahontas, has managed to turn even stalwarts such as NPR and The Boston Globe off; both have recently taken a decidedly negative turn in their reportage of her antics. Desperate to turn things around, she banned media from her campaign events for twelve days - only to find that when they were allowed back in, they continued asking uncomfortable questions about her "Cherokee heritage". Once they decide to follow a story, especially one of deceit, even the MSM can be tough to shake.

Brett Kimberlin: Evil Embraced By Leftists

The domestic terrorist, wannabe mass murderer, forger, and more has been not only accepted, but facilitated by the Left since his release from prison. He's a confessed dope dealer and tax evader, as well - small wonder that Leftists like the Tides Foundation and Barbara Streisand support him, now.

Lately, he's been looking to enhance his cred by going after conservative bloggers who've mentioned little facts about him - like the fact that he was convicted of multiple felonies, found guilty in a civil case brought by the widow of a man he blew up, ordered to pay $1 million in restitution, tried to hire hit-men to commit murder and additional bombings...little stuff like that.

One blogger has removed his family from their home, for the time being, due to threats.

That he's violent is unquestionable. That he's a liar is well documented. But his relentless pursuit of those who have held him up to the daylight cannot be allowed to stand. And so today, bloggers across the country will be doing what the mainstream media will not. We're all going to help make him famous.

Kimberlin was convicted of multiple federal felonies in 1981 and sentenced to 50 years in prison after he terrorized a small Indiana town in a brutal crime weeklong bombing spree. Law enforcement officials told the Indianapolis Star they believed the bombings were committed in an attempt to distract authorities investigating the 1978 murder of a 65-year-old grandmother, a crime in which Kimberlin was a suspect.

He was, unfortunately, paroled.