Wednesday, April 26, 2017

What would Queen Marie Say

If you think we have rough politics here, take a look at Romania.
Three weeks ago Feb. 1. 2017 The Romanian Government lead by PM Sorin Grindeanu which was only elected in December 2016, an ordinance repealing corruption enforcement regulations. Now before the Clintons, or any other western Politicians prepare to leave for this Balkan Paradise the Ordinance will (or would have ) only applied to damages not exceeding $30,000. This was later amended to included proceeds from corruption which did not exceed $47,000. I am assuming here that the 30K was for fines imposed and 47K was for the value of graft, but hey it’s Romania so it could be both. BTW the government has since rescinded the ordinance after continued, intense and often violent protests some lead by the President (of a different party the PM) but announced they were introducing regulations in Parliament.

 The new regulations, in the in interests in curbing prison overcrowding, would provide amnesty for those who have been assigned prison terms of less than 5 years. Reduce by half those who are parents of young children, pregnant women, and those over 60. How many folks would this effect? Well, 15% of all MP’s elected in 2012, hundreds of government officials, and an additional 2000 folk currently under investigation for corruption.

Why should we care? after all Romania “is a far away country…people whom we know nothing about”  One of the overt reasons why people in the UK voted for Brexit was Romanian immigration (not Commonwealth) through the use of the free movement of labor in the EU. regardless of how one feels about Brexit - I for one am pro-Freedom Wins - the effect of high levels of corruption in an EU nation has an effect on the trajectory of the entire Western Community. Not sure what the answer is here but it is very interesting to keep this in your memory next time some stupid drunken college SJW says “everything in Europe is better”

A shot of Tuica (Romania Brandy) if you were a remainder
A pint of Guinness if you were pro-Brexit

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

For Every Fetish there is a Pervert or Milo What Have you done, Now ?







                                For Every Fetish, there is a Pervert or Milo What Have you done Now?


Oh, Milo what have you done now? or more precisely Oh Milo what have you said now? Is what he said a hanging offense? Well, yes it seems so maybe not a physical hanging offense but certainly a career hanging offense.  One may lose one's job, be denied apartments, have their kids denied preschool, lose their business, turned down by coop boards etc. all because one holds, speaks,  or even has religious beliefs contrary to the "established norms". What was his crime exactly?

At first glance, it looks as though he questioned our society's attitude regarding pedophilia.  Now let me be perfectly clear here I abhor pedophilia, and pederasts I think they should be executed! Not castrated, chemically or otherwise, not imprisoned,  not rehabilitated, executed! in the most cost-efficient way possible. "There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the internet " Susan Rice call your service where Milo (I am not writing out Mr. Yiannopoulos ) This interview implied that Milo condoned pedophilia. This is a lie - I have watched the video being disseminated  It is amalgamation with clipped editing where the contents of and the Milo's appearance on  the Joe Rogan #702 Sept 30, 2015  where he talked about how he lost his virginity when he was 13/14  -  and a second video,   The Drunken Peasants January 4th, 2016 )  where the previous conversation was recalled and later a completely different topic regarding the included the nature of consent between graduate students and college professors through  selective editing and clipping of the between two separate shows appearances and three distinct conversations became  one  in which it seems that Milo condoned pedophilia!

WTF

Milo was talking about how he lost his virginity, how he was abused by older men - Milo was talking about himself, his experience, his consent. Now one may believe that at 13/14 no one not even Milo is capable of consenting to sex - I know I do - even Milo says he supports the consent laws as is. Various new outlets - the usual suspect CNN, Huffington, Slate etc have decided to take the fake tape and run with it as if it were news. Why would they do this is it a high tech lynching of an uppity "Dangerous Faggot" - who dared to speak views contrary to the defined orthodoxy?  Could this have nothing to do with Milo per see but part of the campaign to slow the DT administration down,  first Candy Crowley, then Flynn, now since they cant go after the administration they go after its' public supporters? In the last 48 hours Milo has lost his job, endorsements, speaking engagements, and book deal. He has made a public mia culpa too bad Oprah is not still on the air he could have done an Oprah walk of shame.  

Maybe it is all about Milo. Milo who has dared say what has been unspeakable that given his choice he would choose not to be gay. Milo who despite being abused by a Catholic Priests gave a 1.5-hour talk titled "The Catholic Church is Right about Everything"  Milo who has dared to state that for his own survival he must be Islamophobic. Milo who while claims to love women and stand for equal rights is opposed what he calls modern postmodern feminist fascism. 

Or is the pearl-clutching, bun tightening reaction about something else? Is it about patting ourselves on the back making us self-secure in our virtue. Or at least our virtue signaling, we all feel better and safer in our own self-righteousness that at least we would never dream of saying the things he said - even though he did not say them! We live in a time and a culture where in my lifetime what was porn hidden in a trunk in my brother's room has become advertising. Public schools providing sex ed in primary school to students younger than when Milo was assaulted. Public institutions, large corporations, NCAA and even NFL threaten sanctions against states which want to ban grown men dressed as women from sharing bathrooms with girls.   None of the great and the good, the celebrated, and lauded have lost anytime gloated over the fall of Milo and the striking of poses of outrage and shock. This is despite giving their own the  Allen's, Polanski's, and Dunham's and Lord Knows who else in their milieu a pass, lifetime achievement, and Emmy awards. The comfortable righteousness of CPAC  and other "conservatives" who distance themselves from the falling Milo star - yet support the Ted Nugent's off this world.  Now let's be clear I have not given Milo a pass,  he did speak using gay jargon - which means something completely different to the straight world. Much in the same that ethnic minorities will use words amongst ourselves which we would feel anger and outrage if anyone else did. But even here I must point out that those words were takes out of context, repackaged, and weaponized against him. All the time forgetting that Milo was the 13/14-year-old boy who was abused. He was the victim, and now just for being what he is and thinking the way he does he is being made a victim again.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Madonna Made Me A Lady GA GA Fan

                                               Madonna Made Me A Lady GAGA Fan


Like most people my age, Madonna was part of my popular culture consciences.  I must admit I did not even know who Lady Gaga was until about three years ago, even then I got her all wrong. When I saw her slithering across a magazine cover I asked “that’s Lady GAGA? I am sure her father His Lordship can’t be happy with her behavior.” My son simply smiled and told me she was from New York and went to the Sacred Heart School. Really I replied, so glad I am the father of a son and not a daughter.  That cover was all the Lady Gaga I ever needed to know, or know about until at a party,  folks were talking about the feud between Madonna and Lady G and how Mo referred to LG’s music as “derivative”. Again,  I did not pay this much attention since unless you are a cave-dwelling Neanderthal in north France all art, is derivative.

For folks my age Madonna - pre Vogue - was the quintessential party music. Let me share a dark secret I spent my late adolescence as a “Club Kid”. By day I was a Topsider, Crew Neck sweater, khaki-wearing, East Coast, Uptown, Preppy. However at Night, the Topsiders became boots, the Crewneck sweater became a T-Shirt, the trousers became the tightest pair of black 501’s an underneath a red leather Jockstrap. By Day the GoGo’s Bananarama, and Simple Minds with a touch of Smokey Robinson (it can happen in daylight too you know). At Night, it was Billy Idol, The Clash, The Smiths and yes I must admit Techno - Hey I lived in Europe for a minute - During the day "Reagan, Thatcher, and Opus Die", at night, Blondie, The Smiths, and The Smiths. AHHHH BACK IN THE DIZZAY, Madonna worked in both of these worlds! I can even remember my mother bouncing her head to “Dress you up in my Love”. Regardless of how dull the party or the people attending a Madonna Album made everybody get up and dance.

I was introduced to Mo, on a date. I choose the Restaurant, she chose the movie. The movie (I guess today I should say FILM ) chosen was “Desperately Seeking Susan” Now I was not dating a wannabe, nor did I ever become a real fan - never bought a Mo album; years later another date  dragged me to see “Truth or Dare” So, while not a Madonna fan per see I was Madonna aware. Mind you there were other pop singers I enjoyed a lot more than Miss Ciccone, or Mrs. Sean Penn.
Cindy Lauper, Queen Latifah, and yes the comeback Rosemary Clooney (George’s Aunt), as one gets older and tastes evolve and develop so did Cindy and Queen Latifah  Mo's music seems to have remained in the bubble gum phase of development. Here's the thing,  CL and QL  can actually sing.  Listen to their grown-up albums CT’s version of "At Last" or "Hymn to Love" will mellow you out like a blunt. QT’s cover of great American standards makes you proud to be an American - it’s a blast!! Her version of “I’m Gonna Live Until I Die” while not Sammy’s, Frank’s or Dean ’s transports you back to days when people dressed for dinner.  The soulful rendering of "California Dreaming" is like hearing it for the 1st time all over again
But I digress

Like I said I was never a big Fan, But I  could envision liking Mo, as  Los Vegas act a sort of glitzy Susan Anton (remember her) Then came Jan 21, 2017, I am not going to talk about the merits of the event suffice it to say, that day then Madonna had her Sinaend O’Conner moment. I am not a “pearl clutcher” in any way of the word but DAYUMN LADY blowing up The White House! You don’t even live in this country any longer!! This is to your credit I have to say I wish more celebrities would keep their vacate promises, I am sure the thought of Lena Dunham leaving drove at least one state into the arms of DT. Contrast with Lady G’s Super Bowl performance yes she got her message across to those who were looking for one, but she kept the show as halftime entertainment of a football game. Nothing more. Yes, the garment was a bit too revealing and the show was a bit too NC17 for my middle age sensibilities, my red leather JS has been long replaced by red boxers. I actually found myself dancing, yes dancing like a young man again. “YOU and me can write a bad romance” I can actually envision LG evolving to sing the music I now listen to. While I can’t image listening to the sultry sounds of her Ladyship while sipping a gimlet and wearing a Dinner Jacket. I can image asking in the not too distant future  “ is that Lady Gaga!?” if I stumble upon her rendition of “Nice and Easy”.

It is the difference between Sex and the City and Girls but the two singers have chronologically switched places. Both started as Girls but while Madonna has remained there in a pathetic attempt to remain relevant to Lady G’s demographic. Lady G may be poised to become latter seasons of SATC
                                         -BTW I have not seen any of the Movies-

Friday, February 3, 2017

The Russians are Here The Russians are Here

                                           Elections are not all The Russians Hacked

Funny how despite the facts that the DNC and the Clinton campaign rebuffed the FBI’s effort to work with them in order to secure electronic communications (while the RNC and Trump For President did) and the fact that Senior members of the Party and the Candidate failed to secure their servers, or announced their passwords to the public. The American Security services and the Left are running with the circumstantial but still as of yet unproven story that The Russian Intelligence service tried to influence the outcome of the American elections!

Duh, Of course, Russian’s did,  as they should - As we continuously try to influence the outcome of elections all over the world. President Obama’s utterances on Brexit, dispatching political operatives to Israel The US has interfered in elections/democratic process of allies, adversaries, or any nation where we had significant interests (including Russia) continuously since the War.  From Italy1948  through Russia the USA (not counting open military or intelligence coups) has interfered in as many as 81 elections from 1945 through 2000.  Indeed, a significant contribution to the Crisis in Ukraine was American interference in the Ukrainian political process resulting in the ouster of the pro-Russia (or should one say realistic - look at a map) government with a pro-Nato one.
The USSR (and Russians), not to mention the UK, France, China etc have also interfered or attempted to influence election outcomes all over the world including the USA  as recently of 2016 electoral process. Perhaps if the Russians would produce shows like Downton Abby, we would be more forgiving (the latest version of War and Peace does not count it was a UK Production - that bore some resemblance of the book or at least the Cliff Notes) But I digress. If I were a Russian and my security services were NOT trying to influence the outcome of American or for that matter any Western election I would expect them to be fired at the very least (Gulaged if possible!). As a citizen of the USA I  expect,  demand that our Government take Cyberwarfare, and foreign intelligence operatives more seriously! I would also expect the Parties and candidates to take FBI warnings about hacking seriously a work with them to block it!  Are The Dems are so arrogant, filled with such hubris, have their swollen head so up the privileged asses that they ignore FBI warnings?  Maybe Debbie Wassermann Shultz's hair is too big to fit.

Again as far as we know there are no direct links to Russian Intelligence services just strong circumstantial evidence. Yet folks advocate adding further stress to an already strained relationship sans definitive evidence. BTW is there a record of Russian Intelligence operations behaving so clumsily that the leave a trail of breadcrumbs to the door of the Kremlin? Could it possibly be some other actor who left those crumbs? Perhaps a nation which does not want us to address currency manipulation? Or copyright infringement, or industrial espionage, or dumping products, intellectual property theft, investment extortion? Maybe this nation knows that our elites have made so much money off its corruption and off course thanks to the policies of the last thirty years (can’t blame this all on Obama) we are in such hock to them for trillions. Do you think there could be a motive to undermine the legitimacy of a  President who wishes to challenge the present status quo?

 Or is it Possible that an estranged  ally whose  relationship with us had been strained to the breaking point, an Ally to whom’s greatest existential threat we have bee ass kissing for the last eight years, This threat to whom We sent the almost 200 billion dollars in unmarked bills as a lovely parting gift from the outgoing administration, An Ally where WE HAVE OPENLY INTERFERED THEIR ELECTIONS and off course supported the losing side! HMMMMMM? I'm not accusing but there are plenty of suspects in this drawing room.

However, if we assume that the intelligence community is correct in their assessment (despite not providing proof, where are those WMD’s BTW) That was all last week news for this week look at what the MSM refers to as spontaneous expressions of outrage by the American public of Moslem Bans (which there is none), Appointments, -all in the mainstream and College speakers on tour  who disagree with progressive agenda.  not content with " deplorables" are labeled haters and their perfectly sound opinions hate speech! And once again as American exercise their right to peacefully assemble and practice their free speech (remember free speech is as much the right to listen as it is to speak) hooligan’s attack. Mobs attack young people bodily, destroy property,  set fires and riot. All this as the police look and do nothing, again remember San Jose!  All of this as the press refers to the mob as protesters and the speaker as “Troll”, “Hate Speaker”. CNN even goes so far as to blame the speaker!! not the crowd! All this as the police does stand aside and do nothing - under orders from the Mayor of Berkeley who joined in the name-calling via twitter (he later expressed regret and condemned the violence, would have been better and less costly if he had not restrained his officers from stopping the violence in the first place!) I find it hard to believe that this is still the USA where people can be physically accosted, property destroyed all for thinking, speaking and hold a contrary political opinion ! An opinion which was popular enough win 306 electoral votes and over 1000 elections throughout the nation over the past eight years!  Is this the same country that allowed the KKK to march peacefully in Skokie Illinois? I submit to you that UC Berkley was a  political “Kristallnacht” and Jesse Arreguin, the Mayor of Berkley is the Julius Lippert, (Mayor of Berlin 1937-1940) of our time. A little too far? Well, I will go further,  CNN’s (and other MSM) reporting on the events in Berkeley is really the new  Propaganda Ministry of the Left.
Jesse Arreguin
Julius Lippert
                                           

       
















What does this have to do with Russian Hacking you ask?  Well, we all now know that the Ole KGB etc infiltrated, sought to influence and contributed financially to the many of the progressive movements of the American(and Western) left from CPUSA, through Liberation Theology, Nuclear Freeze etc. We also know that They USSR sought to use these movements to politically undermine western remove in the Cold War and desirable political regimes in the West. We know this as a result of documents obtained in eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Empire. We also know that Media, Academia, popular culture, even The Church were all influenced if not comprised in these efforts. Now, this is pure speculation on my part. But If you hold that the Old KGB infiltrated and exerted at least some  influence in the direction of Western especially progressive institutions in the past; and the leader of Russia is former head of the KGB is it only logical to query that he has dusted off some old tools updated them secured financing and has deployed them? I'm just asking as we order another round.