The Ballard of Barak And Reggie

The Kingston Trio recorded a great song in 1959 called "The M.T.A." I loved hearing this song on the AM radio when I was a kid.

So, with my sincere apologies to the Kingston Trio, I present the following.

THE BALLARD OF BARAK AND REGGIE

Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Reggie on a tragic and fateful day.

He got called to the White House by his best friend Barak and there he went without delay.

Chorus

Well, did he ever return? No, Reggie never returned and his fate is still unlearned.

Poor ole Reggie! They were strolling together towards a White House bathroom.

He's the man who never returned.

Reggie ran past the Agent at the Secret Service station, because Barak had made it plain

There would be no checking of his ID or his mission; he wanted Reggie to pull his train.

Chorus

Now, all day long Barak was riding Reggie, yelling, "Michelle, what's she to me?!!"

"I need a nag like Michelle to give me more problems like my dog Bo needs more fleas!"

Chorus

Obama sends an intern to the nearby K-Mart every day at half past two.

She buys a tube of ointment and yells, "Reggie, your KY!" as the pair comes rambling through.

Chorus

Now, all you people, don't you think it's a scandal, Obama's vacations for which you pay?

Ole Reggie's still missing! He's not at Martha's Vineyard! Get ole Reggie out of the bathroom today!

Well, did he ever return? No, Reggie never returned and his fate is still unlearned.

Poor ole Reggie! They were strolling together towards a White House bathroom.

He's the man who never returned.

H/T to FOTM for the inspiration.

Abortion Soup

I thought it was some crazy new internet meme.

I've never seen anything like this.

I never thought anything like this would exist but in some deranged person's mind.

It's like wandering into a liberal feminist parallel universe where all traces of humanity have been banned.

We're talking human abortion soup.

From Fellowship of the Minds:

Some Chinese people are known to be eating babies, and the news, which has been circulating through the internet and via email, is shocking the world.

An email report received by The Seoul Times confirmed that news with several vivid and appalling pictures of human embryos and fetuses being made into a soup for human consumption.

The report went on. A town in the southern province of Canton (Guangdong) is now in focus. Chinese folks there are enjoying baby herbal soup to increase overall health and stamina and the power of sexual performance in particular.

Advisory:
I processed crime scenes for seven years; I saw some really awful stuff and had to remain in the middle of it for hours taking pictures, measurements and collecting evidence. Be aware, there are photos of this hellish confection. This ain't wonton soup friends. I don't want to see those pictures again. If you have normal human sensitivities you may not want to see them.

This is Satan’s soft creamy center surrounded by a crunchy Communist shell.

Unfortunately the US is not far behind. Aborted fetuses (CHILDREN!) have been used in cosmetics for some time. Now it is in our food. Here are some of the products from Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle and Cadbury that contain abortion products.

PEPSI BEVERAGES
- All Pepsi soft drinks
- Sierra Mist soft drinks
- Mountain Dew soft drinks
- Mug root beer and other soft drinks
- No Fear beverages
- Ocean Spray beverages
- Seattle's Best Coffee
- Tazo beverages
- AMP Energy beverages
- Aquafina water
- Aquafina flavored beverages
- DoubleShot energy beverages
- Frappuccino beverages
- Lipton tea and other beverages
- Propel beverages
- SoBe beverages
- Gatorade beverages
- Fiesta Miranda beverages
- Tropicana juices and beverages

NESTLE PRODUCTS
- All coffee creamers
- Maggi Brand instant soups, bouillon cubes, ketchups, sauces, seasoning, instant noodles

KRAFT - CADBURY ADAMS PRODUCTS
- Black Jack chewing gum
- Bubbaloo bubble gum
- Bubblicious bubble gum
- Chiclets
- Clorets
- Dentyne
- Freshen Up Gum
- Sour Cherry Gum (Limited)
- Sour Apple Gum (Limited)
- Stride
- Trident

CADBURY ADAMS CANDIES
- Sour Cherry Blasters
- Fruit Mania
- Bassett's Liquorice All sorts
- Maynards Wine Gum
- Swedish Fish
- Swedish Berries
- Juicy Squirts
- Original Gummies
- Fuzzy Peach
- Sour Chillers
- Sour Patch Kids
- Mini Fruit Gums

OTHER CADBURY ADAMS PRODUCTS
- Certs breath mints
- Halls Cough Drops

NEOCUTIS PRODUCTS
This company produces anti wrinkle creams that contain cells from a 14 week gestation aborted male baby. Following is the list of the creams, but we recommend a full boycott of all Neocutis Products.

-Bio-Gel Prevedem Journee
-Bio-Serum Lumiere
-Bio Restorative Skin Cream

VACCINES
-MMR II (Merck)
-ProQuad (MMR + Chickenpox -- Merck)
-Varivax (Chickenpox -- Merck)
-Pentacel (Polio + DTaP + HiB -- Sanofi Pasteur)
-Vaqta (Hepatitis-A -- Merck)
-Havrix (Hepatitis-A -- Glaxo SmithKline)
-Twinrix (Hepatitis-A and B combo -- Glaxo)
-Zostavax (Shingles -- Merck)
-Imovax (Rabies -- Sanofi Pasteur)

OTHER MEDICINES:
-Pulmozyme (Cystic Fibrosis -- Genetech)
-Enbrel (Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Amgen)

Give Major Hasan What He Wants

How good to see you Major. We've been waiting for you.

From the Associated Press:

Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted Friday in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a shocking assault against American troops at home by one of their own who said he opened fire on fellow soldiers to protect Muslim insurgents abroad.

A jury of 13 high-ranking military officers reached a unanimous guilty verdict on all charges — 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder — in about seven hours. Hasan is now eligible for the death penalty.

Hasan had no visible reaction as the verdict was read. After the jury and Hasan left the courtroom, some victims who survived the shooting and family members began to cry.

The guy wants this. He plans on this. He expects to receive a reward for this, his wholly acceptable act of savage worship to a heathen idol.

The US Army should accommodate Maj. Hasan's wish as soon as possible. Nothing barbaric, a simple firing squad will suffice. Aim for the heart, get it over quickly. Remand his remains to his family and allow them to handle the funeral arrangements in peace.

What will never be completely understood about Hasan's murderous activities is his shock at what transpires as soon as his soul has shucked off his mortal coil. He expects a glorious welcome to Paradise. Instead, he will experience what countless billions have already received, an eternity of absolute, utter terror, condemnation, hopelessness and regret.

But what is hell? Is it flames? Darkness? Nothingness? I found this interesting reference.

Several years ago a book was published, entitled Beyond Death's Door by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion "hocus-pocus" and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming — descending down into the flames of hell:

"Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, "I am in hell!" He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling — he looked as if his hair was "on end."

Then still another strange thing happened. He said,"Don't you understand? I am in hell. . . Don't let me go back to hell!" . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before."

(Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death's Door,(Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3).

Perhaps the terror of hell is indescribable.

What does Jesus say about Hell?

• "fire" Matt 7:19, 13:40, 25:41
• "everlasting fire" Matt 18:8, 25:41
• "eternal damnation" Mark 3:29
• "hell fire" Matt 5:22, 18:9, Mark 9:47
• "damnation" Matt 23:14, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47
• "damnation of hell" Matt 23:33
• "resurrection of damnation" John 5:29
• "furnace of fire" Matt 13:42, 50
• "the fire that never shall be quenched" Mark 9:43, 45
• "the fire is not quenched" Mark 9:44, 46, 48
• "Where their worm dieth not" Mark 9:44, 46, 48
• "wailing and gnashing of teeth" Matt 13:42, 50
• "weeping and gnashing of teeth" Matt 8:12, 22:13, 25:30
• "torments" Luke 16:23
• "tormented in this flame" Luke 16:24
• "place of torment" Luke 16:28
• "outer darkness" Matt 8:12, 22:13
• "everlasting punishment" Matt 25:46

While living above the sod we will never know this torment. Hopefully none of my readers will.

Maj. Hasan seems determined to know it. Then by all means, let him.

Black Families Worse Off Under Obama

Everybody is worse off under Obama. The recession officially ended in 2009, but for blacks, Obama's administration has been a disaster. But that's alright for blacks because if Obama had a son, he would have been Trayvon Martin.

Make sense to you?

From the NRO:

Buried in a New York Times story about the economy was this arresting statistic: Median family income for black Americans has declined a whopping 10.9 percent during the Obama administration. It has declined for other groups as well — 3.6 percent for non-Hispanic whites and 4.5 percent for Hispanics — but the figure for blacks is huge. This decline does not include losses suffered during the financial crisis and the recession that followed, but instead measures declines since June 2009, when the recession officially ended.

That’s not the only bad news for African Americans. The poverty rate for blacks was 25.8 percent in 2011. The black labor-force-participation rate, which rose throughout the 1980s and 1990s, has declined for the past decade and quite sharply under Obama to 61.4 percent. The black unemployment rate, according to Pew Research, stands at 13.4 percent. Among black, male high-school dropouts, PBS’s Paul Solman reports, the unemployment rate is a staggering 95 percent.

Does any of this affect the standing of the nation’s first black president with black Americans? Not a whit, apparently.

Aussie Gun Control

Australia's experience with gun control should be a warning to every American. After a questionable police response to the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, Australia went hog wild on gun control. It did not stop gun crime. It simply created a nation of made to order victims. Gun control is nothing but a safe passage program for criminals, creating game preserves for their predation.

From Breitbart:

As former Australian politician Tim Fischer turns the shooting of Christopher Lane into an opportunity to push a travel boycott until the U.S. changes its gun laws, police in Sydney launched "a new plan to tackle out-of-control gun violence" there.

The new action against gun violence was launched on August 21 and will pull together various police-sponsored gun control operations into one. The name of the new effort is Operation Talon.

According to the Ballina Shire Advocate, "over 9,000 guns have been taken off New South Wales (NSW) streets and 3352 people have charged" during previous operations in the last 12 months alone.

NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione explained: "There is no single source of gun violence... guns have fallen into the hands of organized crime, outlaw motorcycle gangs, mid-level crime groups and petty thieves and the lines are often blurred."

Not ironically, Australia implemented a massive purge of guns in 1996, which included bans on "assault weapons" and other semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. They also did forced buybacks and then entered into a strict licensing and registration agreement where certain single-shot rifles and similar firearms could be owned but only if the owner provided justification for the possession of such a weapon.

Yet 17 years after the implementation of gun control schemes that are very similar in many ways to those being pushed by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the NSW police department is launching a new operation to rein in gun violence.

As the article states, "over 9,000 guns have been taken off New South Wales (NSW) streets and 3,352 people have charged" in New South Wales. This province has an estimated 2012 population of 7.3 million persons, less than the population of New York City. Yet in a nation that has all but eliminated private gun ownership the government feels threatened enough that a new province-wide initiative is taking place to combat gun violence.

Like our war on drugs or the days of Prohibition, these laws don't work. Worse yet, they remove the only source of protection that some people have. When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

From Russia With ... MOVE!!!

Apparently the ship's crew lost their bearings.
Or, as it's the Russian Navy, they were using their recently refurbished vodka bearings.

Whatever the case, thinking that they were driving on to a beach belonging to a naval base, they decided to make beach goers skeedaddle by driving their 550 ton hovercraft right up on shore. They'll move...

According to witnesses, the naval base is actually some distance away and this beach is frequently populated with sun-seeking civilians. Allegedly the base was in Khmelevka, several miles from the beach in Mechnikovo, near Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea.

This is not a wee little boat. It carries 400 men plus lots of cases of vodka equipment. It reaches speeds of 68 mph.

We Are All Chris Lane

Wait. Chris Lane? Who's he?

The name, Chris Lane, will never be synonymous with villainy.

President Obama will never say that if he had a son, he would look like Chris Lane.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will not be mounting their race pimp pulpits in a frenzy to bemoan the cruel and capricious death of Chris Lane.

Oprah will not be shedding a tear for this young man.

Chris Young, a 22 year old white college athelete from Australia, was murdered by three black teens because

they were bored.

 These scumbags drove up behind him and shot him in the back.

UPDATE:

Apparently this murder may have been a gang initiation hit. To join these animals' club you don't have to chug a quart of white vinegar, you have to off some poor soul.

That makes me feel so much better.

They're still murderous scumbags.

The Top Ten List

Today's TOP TEN leading causes of death in the US are...

• Heart disease: 597,689      (24.2%)
• Cancer: 574,743      (23.3%)
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080      (5.6%)
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476      (5.2%)
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859      (4.9%)
• Alzheimer's disease: 83,494      (3.4%)
• Diabetes: 69,071      (2.8%)
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,476    (2.0%)
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 50,097      (2.0%)
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38,364      (1.5%)

Source:
National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 61, Number 4
May 8, 2013
Deaths: Final Data for 2010
Table B, page 58

Buried in these numbers is another cause of death that is not so apparent and does not receive as much attention; alcohol abuse. The CDC reports that:

People who drink too much cost the U.S. economy $223.5 billion a year, and governments pay more than 60 percent of their health care costs, federal health experts reported on Monday.

Alcohol abuse kills 79,000 people a year, the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

Most of the costs came from binge drinking, which the CDC defines as four or more drinks per occasion for a woman, and five or more drinks per occasion for a man.

“It is striking that over three-quarters of the cost of excessive alcohol consumption is due to binge drinking, which is reported by about 15 percent of U.S. adults,” the CDC’s Dr. Robert Brewer said in a statement.

That would put alcohol abuse at #7 on the top ten list. And it is an entirely preventable cause of death. The treatment is simple but, oh, so very difficult for so many.

I lost my dad and a sister to alcohol abuse. My dad died in 1990 at the age of 64. My baby sister died in 2004, she was only 46.

Sometimes the numbers can smack you right in the face. For other others, not so much. There were only two real comments on the CDC article, both of them disparaging the loss of productivity figures.

The CDC uses the Cost of Illness (COI) index to determine economic costs for any particular disease. The methodology for determining COI is detailed here for those who are interested.

So, ever wonder why doctors and hospitals have all that paperwork to do? This is one of the reasons.