Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities

“The View” is attempting to host a daytime Republican candidate debate. “The View” seems to be a favorite show in medical waiting rooms – we think the intent is to make the patients feel even sicker. Now this den of leftist harridans wants to “host” a Republican debate, or as Mary Howitt once put it, “‘Will you walk into my parlour?’ said the Spider to the Flies…”

Spartanburg SC Sheriff Chuck Wright: “Our form of justice is not making it. Carry a concealed weapon. That’ll fix it.” The sheriff was a tad ticked off because some loser attacked a woman in a local park last weekend and tried to rape her. Didn’t anybody tell this guy his job is monitoring citizens’ transfat consumption? Time for Occupy Spartanburg? Go ahead, make his day….

MF Global Holdings Ltd, the futures broker run by former Goldman Sachs chief and NJ Gov. Jon Corzine, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Done in by Corzine’s big bets on euro-zone debt. FYI – Corzine is a chronic investment banker and card-carrying member of the 1%, just the sort of person Micheal Moore and OWS should be picketing. The fact that he’s an Obama-lovin’ Democrat shouldn’t matter to these principled types.

The WaPo’s Bob Woodward says “The White House has a secret plan to win the election, and it’s complex and it’s secret…” Yep, Obama says he has a secret plan to win the election but we’ll have to vote for him to find out what it is. And why does this toxic, preening, empty suit still want the job he obviously sucks at? MATTHEWS: But this week’s big question: what is President Obama’s biggest goal on the world stage? WOODWARD: Win the election. We’d tell you more, but we have to go watch the dog chase his tail now.

Shootings and crime in NYC are going wild, mostly due to Mayor Nanny Bloomberg’s coddling of OWS. So what does nanny do? Push for gun control in Virginia! Bloomberg is a genius and everything he does is correct, so if bad sh*t is happening, it must be someone else’s fault (who does that remind you of?) As one Virginian put it, “He’s an arrogant bastard who shouldn t be meddling.” Well said.

Why the latest eurozone bail-out is destined to fail within weeks. Fiddling while Rome burns: “the Italian government on Friday paid 6.06pc for 10-year money, up from just 5.86pc a month ago and a euro-era high. Such borrowing costs are disastrous, given that Rome must roll-over €300bn of its €1,900bn debt in 2012 alone. A default by Italy, the eurozone’s 3rd biggest economy, and the 8th largest on earth, would make Lehman look like a picnic.”

Boston communters complain Occupy Boston hogging train station toilets. “Commuters and merchants in South Station say they are fed up with Occupy Boston squatters who are hogging electrical outlets and taking sponge baths in bathroom sinks, turning the bustling terminal into a unsanitary locker room.” Remember to vote for Elizabeth Warren for Senate, folks!

MSNBC analyst: GOP sees Herman Cain as a “Black man who knows his place.” Ummm, what place would that be? 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Once again, the new Orwellian definition of “racist” is revealed to be “someone who does not vote Democrat.” Does MSNBC realize that being an “anal-yst” has nothing to do with being an “a$$hole”? Apparently not.

OWS vs. Tea Party We surmise no statistics were kept for “number of incidents of participants pooping in the streets in public”, but no need as OWS would also win that one in a walk…. make that, “would win in a squat.” Just a reminder, Elizabeth Warren created the intellectual foundation for column A.

Pelosi defends Obamacare waivers to 1,800 firms: “They’re small companies.” Uuuuh, did she say “companies” or “cronies”? In the age of Obafacism, we need a new word to describe state-favored enterprises: how about “cronpanies”?

New poll finds Obamacare viewed favorably by 52% – of Democrats. Obama’s folly (well, his BIGGEST folly) hits a new low for this poll, 34% favorable vs. 51% unfavorable, “driven by waning enthusiasm for the law among Democrats, among whom the share with a favorable view dropped from nearly two-thirds in September to just over half (52%) in October.” Seems he can’t get his “message” thru to his own side now as well as us.

AG Eric Holder has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 8 to talk about Operation Fast and Furious. Undoubtedly, Holder will proffer to the committee a simple explanation for all the contradictions that have emerged in his previous statements on the subject. Perhaps something like “the dog ate my temporal lobes.”

Forget Greece. Forget Italy. Forget “Occupy Wall Street.” The really ominous news right now? China. China has the mother of all housing and credit bubbles, and they appear to be on the verge of bursting. Pretend Obama is standing next to you giving a 5-hour speech with a bullhorn and put your fingers in your ears as far as they will go – when they burst, it’s not gonna be pretty.

Scientific American discloses why economic models are always wrong. Calibration – adjusting the model to fit a reference standard (in this case, reality) – becomes nearly impossible as the system being modelled becomes more complex. “But in finance they just keep on recalibrating and pretending that the models work.” Oh, and this same problem applies to – dare we say it – “climate science.”

Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike In America Since 1946. Pardon us for asking but how does a unemployed “protestor” living in a tent and pooping the street go “on strike”? Maybe by going back to mom’s basement and crapping indoors for a couple of days. Since a number of them are astroturfers paid for by unions, maybe they’ll “strike” by not making trouble and harrassing normal people for awhile. Strike!

Thermal Imaging Reveals British Protests Are “Unoccupied.” Pardon our double entendre, but to put it another way “The lights are on but nobody’s home.” An ironic line from the article: “These protests have been so disruptive that they forced the historic cathedral to close for the first time since the Luftwaffe was leveling the city during the Blitz in World War II.”

OWS kitchen staff protesting fixing food for freeloaders.“The OWS volunteer kitchen staff launched a ‘counter’ revolution yesterday — because they’re angry about working 18-hour days to provide food for ‘professional homeless’ people and ex-cons masquerading as protesters.” When one fights reality, reality always wins.

SF Chronicle: “…there is almost a Nixonian quality to the level of control, paranoia, and lack of credibility this White House has demonstrated on the issue of media access to President Obama’s fundraisers.” Did they say “almost”???? Ain’t no “almost” about it, Obama is a dick… Nixon.

OWS supporter and one-percenter Michael Moore rejects interviewer’s suggestion he’s in the one percent. “…even though I do well, that I don’t associate myself with those who do well…” Sure, because who would pay $20 to see a movie trashing wealthy people and capitalism if they knew it was made by a wealthy capitalist? It’s kinda like having a “middle class warrior” president holding 40 thou-a-plate fundraisers. “Bad optics” are when folks can tell what you really are.

An “occupy” movement we’d all love to see… Occupying Jupiter is good, although they might prefer to Occupy Uranus. As always, thanks to Elizabeth Warren for creating the intellectual foundation or something…

Obama losing his base? “79% of Democrats approve of the President’s job performance, the lowest in our tracking. 63% of minority voters approve of the president’s job performance, the lowest in our tracking. Less than 40% of young people (under age 30) approve of the President’s performance, 54% disapprove. That is a net 26-point decline in two months.” The comments suggest this is a staunch pro-Obama site. The denial is palpable.

Rise of the “Obamavilles”. The “occupados” wouldn’t be occupying anything if they weren’t jobless. Many of the policies President Obama has championed, not least Obamacare, have contributed to the country’s joblessness. Thus, it seems fair that the tent cities created by the occu-poopers be called “Obamavilles”.

The family of the late dictator Moammar Qaddafi reportedly plans to file a war-crimes complaint against NATO for the role they believe the alliance played in the former leader’s death. We’re sure the lefty loons who wanted former president Bush to be arrested for war crimes will be calling for the arrest of Obama, too.

Oakland police dispersed hundreds of protesters using tear gas and flash bombs on Tuesday night as crowds tried to re-enter a plaza outside of City Hall that the authorities had cleared earlier in the day. Oakland – not only, as Gertrude Stein said, is there no there there, there will soon be no occupiers there, either. Oh, and citizens of Oakland: Elizabeth Warren says she “created the intellectual foundation” for all the “occupy” poop. Keep that in mind as you watch this…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiURSwIui-o&feature=player_embedded

A proposed revision to Freedom of Information Act rules would allow federal agencies to lie to citizens and reporters seeking certain records, telling them the records don’t exist. This administration couldn’t win a transparency contest even if all the other contestants were brick walls.