HALF-FULL REPORT 11/08/13

It sure is good to be back home and writing the HFR.  Thanks to the Date Line, flying east you can leave Australia at night and arrive in  the US that morning of the same day.  Today (11/08) I say goodbye to my 60s. 

Tomorrow, in addition to being World Freedom Day – the 24^th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 – is the Big Seven-O for me.  Yes, it’s good to be home, and with my life-partner of 30 years.

I couldn’t be more grateful to Jack Kelly, who so sturdily manned the HFR ramparts in my absence, and to Mae, who graciously filled in for him.  Thanks so much to you both!

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Let’s get started.  I’m not sure who’s the week’s Hero (who do you suggest?), but it’s clear who’s the Jerk of the Week, a jerk named Robert Sarvis, the Democrats’ stalking horse in Virginia who conned the Libertarian Party into nominating him and cost Ken Cuccinelli the governorship.

The Idiots of the Week are the 145,560 Lo-Fo’s who voted for Sarvis.  Out of 2,075,540 total votes cast, Cuccinelli lost by 54,870 votes.  Sarvis’ campaign was financed by Obama campaign bundlers.  Ron Paul himself publicly declared it was "insane" for libertarians to vote for Sarvis.

So, thanks to this phony libertarian horse’s ass and lo-fo fools, Virginia has a Clintonista carpet-bagging crook for a governor.  Terry McAuliffe has been a crook for a long time.  Byron York explains how for $100 he got 50% of a deal while the Electrical Workers pension fund put up $39 million – McAuliffe walked away with $2.5 million while the pension fund lost money. 

That’s just one example out of legions.  The most ghoulish is his making money off people dying of cancer.

His goal as governor is clear.  It’s not to bring jobs or a better life to Virginians.  It’s to ensure by whatever means necessary that Hillary carries Virginia in 2016.

As for Cooch, he was betrayed by the Karl Rove Pub Establishment crowd, yet more proof of how deserving they are of our contempt.  My friend Quinn Hillyer, however, has a great suggestion for Ken:  Run for the Senate next year against Dem Mark Warner.  Quinn makes a persuasive case.  Any TTPers in Virginia should let Ken know he should go for it.

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In other election news, Governor Fatso was reelected in New Jersey, and promptly dubbed The Elephant Man by TIME Magazine.  I just got off the phone with my buddy Jack Abramoff, who explained why Christie the Rinocrat scares him: 

"It’s because of three words: Cruz, Paul, Rubio.  In a four-way primary battle, they will slice up the conservative votes and Christie ends up with winning pluralities.  We can’t let that happen.  We’ve got to get behind one of these three and let the other two fall by the wayside.  My choice would be Cruz, of course.  That’s the only way to beat Christie to the nomination."

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Meanwhile, New York City proved once again it’s this weirdly non-American part of America by electing a flat-out Communist as Mayor named Warren Wilhelm, Jr.  When he was 22 (in 1983), he changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm.  A hyphenated surname adding his mother’s maiden name was the politically-correct hip thing to do.  In 2002, he changed his name again to Bill de Blasio.

To say he’s a Commie is not hyperbole.  He’s always been a Marxist, working ardently for the Soviet-backed Sandinistas in Nicaragua in the 1980s.  Rush labeled him a "Communist."  So has Glenn Beck, who warns that as a "violent revolutionary," de Blasio sees Detroit as New York’s future.  Or, as the New York Post puts it:

 
The guy is 53 and has never had a real job in his life.  His only work experience is with leftie non-profits, various government bureaucracies, and the NYC Council.  Michael Bloomberg kept the city going on the inertia of Rudy Giuliani, but "Red Bill" de Blasio will quickly return it to the crime and filth-ridden days of Giuliani’s disastrous predecessor, David Dinkins.

Dan Greenberg at FrontPage observes that just like Zero, Red Bill’s "victory is a defeat for the middle class and a big win for the alliance between wealthy young liberals and welfare voters."  He calls the former Yuckies –  "yuppie hippies with Subarus, six-figure salaries, leftist politics and Whole Foods reusable bags full of tofu for the kids."  

The irony is that "the Yuckies would probably have moved somewhere else if Giuliani hadn’t made the city safe for their kids."  Red Bill will make sure New York City won’t be safe for much longer.  We need have no sympathy for what 73% of the city’s voters have brought down upon themselves.

Or, as CBS late night comic Craig Ferguson tells it:

"In New York they elected a new mayor. He is Bill de Blasio, the first Democrat mayor in 20 years. Now, 20 years ago Times Square was filled with strip clubs and porno theaters. So I’m counting on the new mayor to restore it to its former glory."

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Yes, it’s time to have some fun.  Jay Leno sure has been having fun with Zerocare.  Like last night in his monologue:

"President Obama’s approval rating is down to 39 percent. And Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who admitted to smoking crack cocaine, went up to 49 percent. How does this make Obama feel? He’d be better off smoking crack than passing Obamacare."

Earlier in the week, Leno told his audience:

"According to CBS news, on the first day of open enrollment for Obamacare, only six people signed up. Six! That means more people have walked on the moon than have signed up for Obamacare. Today they released their names: They are Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy, Bashful, Grumpy, and Doc. That’s according to the creator of the website: Dopey."

On Wednesday night (11/06), the hosts of the Country Music Awards broadcast on ABC took a cue from Leno.  Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood brought down the house with their opening skit, with Brad hunched over saying, "I need a doctor, I twerked my back," and Carrie asking, "Well have you tried that new Obamacare?"

"What’s Obamacare?" Brad wants to know.  "Oh, it’s great – I started signing up for it last Thursday and I’m almost done…" They then sing a parody of George Strait’s classic country hit, Amarillo by Morning – with Strait right there laughing his head off – entitled Obamacare by Morning:

Here are the lyrics:

"Obamacare by morning.
Why’s this taking so long?
I’m going to wind up with hemorrhoids
If I sit here till dawn.
We’ll have cataracts and dementia.
Oh, this is gettin’ on my last nerve.
Obamacare by morning
Over six people served."

The audience had not stopped applauding when a hashtag appeared on Twitter, #obamacountrysongs.  If you’re familiar with famous country songs, you’ll see some are pretty clever – like "All My Ex’s Live in Texas" becomes "All My Taxes Are in Excess."  Here’s another dozen:

* I Walk the Lie
* Coward of the Country
* I Used To Be a Coal Miner’s Daughter, But Daddy’s Unemployed
* Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Democrats
* Thank Allah I’m a Commie Boy
* Benghazi’s Never On My Mind
* He Stopped Having Health Coverage Today
* I’m a Rhinestone Golfer
* Man, I Throw Like A Woman
* I Never Promised That In the Rose Garden
* Take This Constitution and Shove It
* I Can’t Stop Loving Me

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Of course, the cancellation of tens of millions of Americans’ health insurance policies, hugely increased costs with less benefits, and the ruination of our entire health care system is no laughing matter.  The health and even lives of millions will be in dire jeopardy because of Zerocare.

In a tragic way, though, this is good news – if that’s what it takes for all those millions to finally grasp the enormity of fascist evil that resides in the White House.

On Wednesday, Charles Krauthammer explained on Fox that Zerocare’s real intended purpose is to destroy wealth and create Democrat voters.  Last night (11/07), commenting on Zero’s phony "I am sorry" apology, Krauthammer declared, "The president is now toxic."  

Me, I’m waiting for journalists and editors in the Enemedia to start losing their health insurance or its costs go through the ceiling.  Then maybe they’ll do to Zero what they did to Bush for telling his FEMA Director Michael Brown, "Heckuva job, Brownie" after Katrina.

Yesterday, Zero publicly congratulated his HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius on the "great job" she did in setting up Zerocare:  "Heckuva job, Kathleenie!"  This, as also yesterday, 10 Republican Senators formally requested, in an official letter to Zero, that Sibelius be fired.

She’ll be thrown under Zero’s bus soon.  The question is, what does it take for Americans to get pitchfork mad enough to throw Zero under their bus?

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I must confess that, as I have been out of the US for two months venturing into remote areas, it has been a blessing not to give a thought nor a fig for Zero.  So let’s get out of here, and give a quick glance elsewhere.

One of the provinces of China I went to in September was Shanxi.  On Wednesday (11/07) in Shanxi’s capital city Taiyuan, a series of explosions went off outside the Shanxi Chicom Party Headquarters, killing at least one and injuring many.  

On my way to Shanxi, I was in Beijing – where last week (10/27) in Tiananmen Square, a jeep crashed in a suicide attempt to destroy the giant portrait of Mao Tse-tung at the entrance to the Forbidden City.  Five people were killed and a number of bystanders were injured.

Today (11/08), this and more has prompted a PoliSci Prof at Northwestern to predict a coming terrorism wave in China.  Dr. Max Abrahms’ prediction may well come true. 

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It’s schadenfreudingly funny to see the two-bit hate-America fascist regime in Venezuela unraveling with 54% inflation and rising.  You can be put in prison for seven years for even mentioning the black market rate for the worthless Bolivares currency.  And as a preview of coming attractions in America, AP reported on Wednesday (11/06) Venezuela’s health care collapse.

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The most frighteningly dangerous development this week, however, is Zero’s and Traitor John Kerry’s utter capitulation to a Nuclear Iran.  Bibi Netanyahu has gone ballistic over it – with impeccably good reason.  It’s so infuriating you wish that the Israelis would just nuke Tehran and get it over with. 

At the very least, Bibi could order a conventional non-nuclear Decapitation Strike on the Mullah Regime, destroying via sub-launched cruise missiles and air strikes refueled in Saudi, all major government command-and-control HQs in Tehran such as the Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards), Al Quds Force, the Presidential Palace, Majlis Parliament, the whole Islamofascist nine yards.

This would enable the Humpty-Dumpty dissolution of the Iranian Empire, with the Kurds, Azeris, Ahwazis, Baluchis, and yes, Persians, breaking free.  The mullah threat to Israel and the world would be extinguished.  Bibi had better do this, and do it fast. 

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That’s it, folks.  It’s as hard for me to believe that we have to suffer three more years of the insufferable insanity of Zero than it is to believe I’m going to be 70 tomorrow.  Neither is acceptable.  But such is reality.  I’m going to enjoy a bottle of exceptional cabernet with the most beautiful woman in the world.  You should do the same or its equivalent.

The world is extremely large, as I am continually learning.  Take your stand in it and make the best of it – that’s what matters.