OK, you liberal lurkers, hold on to your hats! Fox News frakked up a story about Secretary of State Shrillary’s warning to the North Koreans about their impending missile launch. It’s not that the story didn’t specify what kind of UN Sanctions were to be levied by the Security Council. Nope, not that.
No, it’s this passage:

Japan has deployed battleships and Patriot missile interceptors off its northern coast to shoot down any rocket debris that the North has said might fall over the area.

Gee, last time I checked, Japan hasn’t had any battleships since World War II. If anything, the JMSDF has probably deployed something like this vessel, which is almost a cruiser, but not quite:

OK el cubos, you can proceed with your meltdown!
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Now here are two stories which I sadly shake my head at, both of which take place in the Народный Социалистический Город-Государство Чикаго:

SUN-TIMES DECLARES CHAPTER 11: Another one bites the dust…quick! Where’s my violin?

ENRAGED НСГГЧ CABBIES ATTACK RIDERS: Over the use of credit cards. Why does this not surprise me? It’d be interesting to find out the nationality of the cab drivers involved.

Who is this person, and why should you be concerned? It’s because Harold Koh is Президент Оба́ма‘s nominee to become the State Department’s legal adviser. He has public views which place World Law above the US Constitution. In short, he wants us to become subservient to the UN, and he doesn’t care how we get there:

“I’d rather have Blackmun, who uses the wrong reasoning in Roe to get the right results, and let other people figure out the right reasoning.”

Koh has to go through a Senate vote to get this position. If they pass him there, it would just be a matter of time until Оба́ма would appoint him to a SCOTUS position, where Koh could wreak even more damage to this country. That is why it will be gravely important for the Senate Republicans (are you listening, Senators McCain, Specter, Snowe, and Collins?) to raise the alarm and prevent him through every legal manner possible from reaching office.

Of course I made the mistake of going to bed last night with the window wide open…and I froze my a** off. My bad.

ОБА́МА TO WAGONER: FALL ON YOUR SWORD. Michigan’s Illustrious Governor says he’s a “sacrificial lamb.” You don’t say.

STARK CHOICE FOR SMOKERS: Since the Feds’ Tax Hike on Death Sticks goes into effect on April 1, they can either quit or go to the black market. Either way, this fraks the Feds over.

ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING: I can hear Bill O’Reilly just fine; it’s the Hollywood Reporter who’s deafening

Now here is a ship in the US Navy which is near and dear to my heart: the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), a Wasp-class Amphibious Assault Ship. She is held in such high regards because my father served aboard the previous incarnation, a World War II-era Essex-class aircraft carrier, during the Korean War era.
Ten years ago, this ship was docked in Oakland, near Jack London Square, and she was open to the public for free tours. This was before 9/11, mind you.
Going aboard this vessel was a real treat for me, as I had not been aboard a ship of any sort since I was a kid living in Italy forty years ago, and that ship was the USS Forrestal (CVA-59). Being able to speak first-hand with the fighting Sailors, Pilots, and Marines on board and learn what life is like aboard one of these ships, especially when placed In Harm’s Way, is also something I never got to experience during my short stint in the Navy over thirty years ago.
After the tour was over, I called my Mom and told her what I did. I brought her a couple of souvenirs from the ship back to Michigan. She cried, and so did I. It is another way my family remembers my Dad.

Right after I told BolianAdmiral about tonight’s experiment, he sends me the following link.

Downright hilarious. Except for the price.

Now that the Lady E is in my life, she and also some good folks at work are helping me adjust to a new diet where I don’t consume so much processed crap. Today, I rediscovered Quinoa, a gluten-free grain originating from South America with very high protein and amino acid content. And it tastes great too; reminds me of couscous which I consumed in my early post-divorce college years on an occasional basis.
The Lady E told me she cooked some of this with some stir-fry veggies while she was here. I don’t totally remember it, as I was in some significant pain at the time, so I’ll take her word for it.
I actually picked up some of this stuff at a specialty foods store this afternoon. It is prepared much the same as rice, so I mixed 1 cup Quinoa to 2 cups water (or in this case, chicken broth), nuked it for 8 minutes, let it set and soak up the liquid for about another 12 minutes, then another nuking for 2 more minutes and it was ready to go.
And it passed the taste test! I can definitely see myself getting more of this stuff.

The latest video from ‘Zo, taking on the Unions:

Does not this latest photo of the Archbishop of Canterbury make him look like he’s already in Hell for what he’s uttered this time?

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Courtesy of Fifth Third Park, where the West Michigan Whitecaps play Minor League Baseball:

Wait till you read the nutritional stats on this monstrosity. Even if you divvy it up between four people, it’ll even give the government a frakkin’ heart attack!
Now I dare Basil to bring this to his home town’s ballpark menu. That is, if his home town has a minor league team this year.

I swear…who does this motherf**ker think he is? He says he distrusts the very MSM which put his favored candidate in the White House…the same media which earned him a few million dollars for his Rap and acting career.
Mos Def gets called out by Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie on his ignorance of the Islamofascist threat…and what does he do? He blames Whitey and invokes the N-word when referring to Президент Оба́ма in a scenario regarding a possible 9/11-scale attack, should it occur once the Gitmo detainees are released on American soil.
He’s ignorant alright. An ignorant son of a bitch.

In memory of Dan Seals, who passed away two days ago at the age of 61, here’s a performance of “Meet Me In Montana” with Marie Osmond:

Rest In Peace, Dan.

Since I got such a kick out of the original recruitment ad for the JMSDF from the late 90s, which I chronicled here, I managed to find a more recent campaign, this one from 2006:

I wonder if those ads say “Don’t Frak With Us, North Korea!”

Maritime Self-Defense Force!
Strongest on the seas!
A steel castle!
Escort ship!
Hunter of the heavens
With eyes that can see for a thousand miles
Patrol plane!
A dolphin that hears all
Submarine!
International service?
Leave it to us!
Air cushion craft!
Helpers of the seas
Rescue lark!
Defending Japan night and day
Its duties never end
Go!  Maritime Self-Defense Force

No DPRK references, unfortunately. The humor is lost in English because the ad is written to sound like a Japanese POWER RANGERS-type show and if one doesn’t grow up with that sort of thing, it’s not as funny ... though I did grow up with it, and I’m not laughing.

Dang. Maybe someone in the ad agency at the JMSDF can take care of that?

Here’s a reminder from gmsc over at LGF:

Don’t forget – Saturday, March 28, from 8:30 to 9:30, is the Hour of Power!
Celebrate the progress of mankind by using as much electricity in your house as possible for that 1 hour!
Possible items you may want to switch ON:

-all household lights
-air conditioner
-heater
-automobiles (your ride)
-automobile headlights
-washer
-dryer
-dishwasher
-stove/oven
-put on oven’s self-cleaning cycle
-microwave
-any/all kitchen appliances
-television
-dvd player
-game system
-stereo

To which I reply: Frak the neo-Luddites!

This is turning out to be one really s**tty day: Президент Оба́ма intends to not only release the Gitmo detainees back onto OUR SOIL but also to put them on Welfare. Yeah, so they can teach fellow Islamofascists how to blow up buildings, take Hostages, and kill Jews, Christians, women, and children.

“If we are to release them in the United States, we need some sort of assistance for them to start a new life,” said National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair at his first press conference.
“You can’t just put them on the street,” he added. “All that is work in progress.”

In a nutshell, this means that YOUR TAX DOLLARS will go to support the very things which want to kill us all!