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Tough Guys, and Tough Guys

Posted on 2 October 2016 by eehines

A year of Russian airstrikes on areas outside government control in Syria have killed more than 9,000 people, displaced tens of thousands and caused wide destruction, [the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights] said Friday.

And in response to the latest cease fire, the Russians have intensified their bombing of civilians and children in Aleppo to support al Assad’s offensive to recapture the city.

The Obama administration asked—very nicely, mind you—Russian President Vladimir to cut that out. Putin said, “No.”

The ensuing response of John “Motorboat Skipper” Kerry, the guy who sits in the Secretary of State’s chair? “Maybe I won’t talk to you anymore.”

Very firm.

Systemic Risk Sources

Posted on 1 October 2016 by eehines

The Wall Street Journal has identified one.

…the US Justice Department is seeking a fine of up to $14 billion for selling mortgage-backed securities between 2005 and 2007. That is well beyond Deutsche Bank’s ability to pay, given its $18 billion market capitalization before the story broke.

A Deutsche Bank bankruptcy from this raid would thoroughly disrupt the EU’s economy. But never mind that, because Panic of 2008, and somebody’s gotta pay.

No. This is nothing but another raid on OPM by Obama and his coterie of Progressives, whose motto harks back to an earlier time: “Anything that ain’t nailed down is mine, and anything I can pry loose ain’t nailed down.”

TANSTAAFL

2 + 2 must always = 4
–Polish proverb

Be not intimidated… nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.
–John Adams

Nothing in the universe has a shorter half-life than a politician’s memory for inconvenient facts.
–Admiral Hamish Alexander, RMN

Dawn is nature’s way of telling you to go to bed.
And to just stay there until the evil yellow disk is gone again.
–Anonymous

In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state.
–Aristotle

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
–Chief Justice John Roberts.

A yawn is a silent scream for coffee.
–Shane Mclean

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax.
–Abraham Lincoln

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