Sword and Sextant

Hello, single reader! You know who you are.

Anyway, made it over to Madison, WI last night, aka the black heart of liberalism. At the Majestic Theatre within three blocks of the Capitol Building, I saw a concert by Owl City. As much of a girl this may make me, I liked some of their songs, so the gf grabbed a couple of tickets for Xmas and off we went.

Two opening bands were alright, although Lights has a techno-80s feel that’s sorta neat, if unpolished so far. Then came Owl City. I had seen snippets of live shows from them before, and I was a bit worried. Two guys in t-shirts playing with synths, all that, a bit of singing and remixing along the way. Teenage girls swooning over simple lyrics and all that, with some catchy rhythms in there. Really emo dude leading the way. Am I right?

WRONG.

Adam Young, first of all, appears to be about 6′5″ and 175 lbs maybe, making him a very Conan-like figure on the stage. A snappy three piece-suit replaced the Gap shirt squad, and there were 5 other band members, who weren’t really introduced. Some girl on keyboards/vocals, another on percussion/bells, a drummer, a violinist, and a bassist. Young had his own guitars and keyboard/synth thing, a microphone, and a PA, as well. The scene was already far more impressive than I had expected, and then the show started.

Young has about as much stage presence as you can have, frankly. His histrionics and machinations on stage grab your attention, and he’s a hell of an artist, as well. Each song had an alternate entrance and ending, and he dabbled around in some, muddling tracks when he felt like it. Its not a thing like the live shit I’d seen, and I came away impressed as hell. I think that guy is going places fast. His demeanor and showmanship are great, as well as his abilities as an artist.

I give Owl City an A for being surprisingly good, and I will get tickets to see them once more in Milwaukee for sure.

Hey there! Let’s get started:

1) Iran

By the way, we’re still hurtling toward Armageddon with Iran. Iran is still building nukes, and Israel WILL attack them first. There is no way around this reality. Israel will not be struck by a weapon that can eviscerate a healthy percentage of their nation, let alone the priceless historical artifacts and structures there.

I know the Obama Admin. doesn’t want to talk about it, but they were rebuked at the sit down talks, and they’ve made no ground up since. The only difference is that Israel likes us less now then they have for decades. Will we even come to their defense if they strike Iran preemptively? We effin’ better, given the money we’ve spent keeping them together.

So, in short, we’re all gonna die in WW3 and NO ONE FUCKING CARES.

2) Global Warming!

New Report from the UN guys! Isn’t that fun? There’s even more errors! So what would be worse from the Nobel fools, Obama’s prize while prosecuting two wars or Gore et al.’s prize for a report that loses the force of truth with each passing day?

Dr Rajendra Pachauri dismissed calls for him to resign over the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change’s retraction of a prediction that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035.

Alright then. So, the report spelled out our doom and way overstated GW? I feel like there’s an echo in here. Gee, better convert to socialist policies. More:

“I know a lot of climate sceptics are after my blood, but I’m in no mood to oblige them,” he told The Times in an interview. “It was a collective failure by a number of people,” he said. “I need to consider what action to take, but that will take several weeks. It’s best to think with a cool head, rather than shoot from the hip.”

You mean shoot from the hip as in “THE DEBATE IS OVER ON GLOBAL WARMING”, or shoot from the hip as in, “Hey guys, I think this thing is so up for debate that passing all kinds of stuff to fight it may be hasty”?

A table below says that between 1845 and 1965, the Pindari Glacier shrank by 2,840m — a rate of 135.2m a year. The actual rate is only 23.5m a year.

So, I’m in science. Biochemistry, actually. If you miss a result by a factor of 5.75, you are doing it wrong. That’s the kind of stuff that makes you publish retractions in journals. Its the kind of stuff that can get you stripped of funding and fired. Luckily, Global Warming is getting about as far from science as dog-catching is from science, so we’ll let them keep the prize.

“I was keeping quiet as I was working here,” he said. “My job is not to point out mistakes. And you know the might of the IPCC. What about all the other glaciologists around the world who did not speak out?”

What indeed? And why is there a culture of keeping mum about errors? That is not the hallmark of a good scientific community. Climatology is about self-promotion and solidarity at this point in history, and a crazed drive to get funded, even to the detriment of their own community. This period will go down in history as a shameful one, and it needs to stop.

Whew, that one wasn’t that quick. Well, batting .500 in the majors makes you the best hitter in history, so we’re doing pretty good.

Seacrest out.

Scott Brown is now Senator-Elect in Mass.

The Democrats have been handed a message, and its driven by ichor toward health care. The question: Will they back down? Its a hell of a tough bargain, to be honest. Two paths await you, young warriors!

A) They pull center and back off their wildest liberal dreams. They hold on to majorities in 2010, and the GOP has a longer road back.

B) They circle the wagons and try to finish the job. Massive losses smack them in 2010 and Obama becomes a reviled President by 2012. Taxes, debt, etc. The whole nine yards.

What a situation to be in! Abandon your lefty dreams or lose all your power in one fell swoop. Now, Obama has never had to back off a la Bill Clinton in Arkansas then DC, so nobody knows what he’s gonna do. This man has been told all his life how wonderful he is, and how great everything he does is. He’s also from the most Far Left crowds out there, and a true believer.

So, lots of moving pieces here. Will Congress get scurred? Will Obama give the “I have heard you” speech? Will he follow through, given his history of saying whatever he feels and doing other shit instead? Will the tea party movement lose its vigor or go away?

I will say, our chances of defeating ANY health care are greatly increased. Maybe above 50% at this time. If Senators in MA are in play, who can honestly say they’re teflon? Pelosi, Frank, Sanders, out.

America made their intentions known last night. NO MORE FUCKING LIBERALISM.

Coakley is leading in exactly zero polls taken in the last four days, and some have Brown up by 7 points, although 4-5% is more commonplace. Obama is showing up to stump for her ineffectual campaign to try and save it for her. Will it work? Answer: It just might.

Obama somehow has deflected enough responsibility from himself to remain marginally popular in the country, although that ship is listing heavily to port. He has some power, and surely some umph in Massachusetts, where even the red koolaid is blue.

More worrisome for Martha is the fact that her volunteer efforts are reported to be pre-Palin McCain-esque in numbers and excitement. I have read about empty phone banks and half-staffed get out the vote efforts, for one. Even with whatever jolt Obama can provide, this candidate is a walking gaffe machine, it seems. No Catholics in ERs, Curt Schilling is a Yankee fan, she never saw that Weekly Standard reporter get pushed down (LOL at the pic of her looking at him on the ground). What a moron!

Anyhow, if you want to kill health care, you need Brown in office. No more 60 votes, and every Congressman and Senator can see the vicious response of the American people to this bill that is discussed only under cover of darkness. The Dems won’t go reconciliation if Brown wins. Politicians love power more than policy, and that will be on display.

Also, these are valuable resources wasted on winning TED KENNEDY’s seat. 1) Did you ever think we’d type that, and 2) that money is used up and not available for future ads/races/etc. These are monumental times, and Brown could lead a GOP charge the likes of which this nation has never witnessed. When the GOP holds seats in Massachusetts, there truly is nowhere to run for liberalism.

Coakley is just an amazing woman.

Is this woman the worst politician in America? This makes me LOL constantly.

Obama is going to Mass. now, as Scott Brown is suddenly leading Coakley by 4 points, which is within the margin of error, but a bit worse for Marty than her once-held 15 point lead.

This is very interesting because Barry has stayed clear of the nattering nabobs of negativity during some other elections that went against his agenda until now. Now he is riding in to “save” Coakley, whose campaign is bleeding out, apparently.

Will it work? Does Obama bear some negative effect of this if he goes and Brown wins anyway? Stay tuned, ’cause this is getting good.

Scott Brown somehow has a real chance to beat Martha Coakley for the murderer’s Senate seat. In Massachusetts. A Republican. Teddy’s seat.

WTF? Guess all those polls showing the vicious unpopularity of the liberal agenda had something to them, after all.

Anywho, if Brown wins, the Dems are missing that 60th vote. Debate becomes reality, and health care may actually have to be looked at, rather than driven to the White House in an armored car to prevent the American people from seeing it.

Its still not a given, or even better than 50%. I’d think. However, if we snake this seat out of the dead heart of liberal hell, we can save the day. So go to Brown’s site, give him money, and stop Coakley. Stop her, and stop Obama. Stop health care. Stop liberalism.

Isn’t it wonderful? Americans’ health care plans are going to be taxed, excepting only collectively bargained plans. Isn’t that great?

Lesson: If unions continue to scratch the backs of Democrats, Democrats will keep membership alive by allowing loopholes all day for their cronies. The kickbacks roll in, more Dems get elected, and the unions stay alive. What a disgrace.

This is the next step, however. Now Obama is openly allowing us to see that he will impose taxes only on those he isn’t sure he wants to support. If you’re not in a union, you can’t be trusted with your money. You may use it to stop the agenda, after all. Do you think Barack will ever have to look a private employee in the face and explain the “social justice” behind taxing his health plan while a bunch of union goons get off scot free?

Stop this man! Go Scott Brown!

Mark McGwire recently revealed his use of steroids very publicly. Other than the giant, “You think?” from the masses, this has somehow rocked the sports world. I suppose there were enough fools out there still clinging to false hope that something pure and good came from a decade of homers in baseball.

First, let’s address McGwire. After balling on Capitol Hill while sneakily avoiding perjury, now that the statutes are up and he isn’t in danger any longer from the Feds, he’s opening up. But wait, something else factored in. He was nowhere near the HOF numbers he needs. He knows everyone thinks he’s tainted, so he figures his only chance to get in is by admitting it now. What a toolshed. I’m done with the notion that McGwire is anything other than the most insidious roider of our time.

Now, let’s address Americans. So many of us profess profound hurt when our sports heroes fall from the pedestals we place them upon. We expect angels dressed in white to score touchdowns or runs or whatever you need to win in your sport of interest. We continually insist that colleges pay only tuition and expenses to their athletes while the schools make millions, and the lip-quivering around steroids is unabashed and raw. In our ivory towers, its hard to understand these cheating behemoths that would alter their bodies with drugs JUST TO WIN?

This is all well and good, but we spend our lives using performance-enchancing drugs, don’t we?

Depressed? Prozac
Tired? Ambien
Sleepy? Caffeine pills
Limp dick? Viagra
Fat? About a billion things
Bald? Rogaine
Headache? Tylenol/Advil
Lactose Intolerant? Lactaid

Now, I don’t want to make a huge stink and point the finger all over, but we have a lot of mirror appointments ahead of us if we cannot admit that the athletes we demand be pure as the driven snow live amongst fans that continually medicate for an advantage to varying degrees.

Basically, you have to see this movie on an IMAX in 3D. The effects are the future, plain and simple.

That said, its pretty poorly written, and there’s some serious indoctrination in there. There’s even a “we have to fight terror with terror”, and some really badly formed characters. The Colonel is so one-dimensional, its crazy.

I don’t have much else to say. Lots of anti-white people, lots of evil corporations, lots of weird lines, but go see that shit. The effects carry the day. Promise.

Far as I can tell, there is only one thing missing from Pandora. Where the fuck is the health care? LOL