The Sick Man Of Europe Is Europe.

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"JOEL KOTKIN: The Sick Man Of Europe Is Europe.

“The recent near breakup of the United Kingdom — something inconceivable just a decade ago — reflects a deep, pervasive problem of identity throughout the EU.
The once vaunted European sense of common destiny is decomposing.
Other separatist movements are on the march, most notably in Catalonia, Flanders and northern Italy.
Throughout the continent, public support for a united Europe fell sharply last year.
Opposition to greater integration has emerged, with anti-EU parties gaining support in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Greece, Germany and France. . . .
These attitudes suggest that the EU could be devolving from a nascent super-state to something that increasingly resembles the Holy Roman Empire, a fragmented landscape of small, unimportant states wrapped in a unitary, but ephemeral crepe. 
This challenges the view of some Americans, particularly but not only on the left, who see Europe as a role model for the U.S.”"

And this: http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/195773/

Obama: U.S. Underestimated Threat of Militants Who Wound Up Forming Islamic State | Video | TheBlaze.com

Obama: U.S. Underestimated Threat of Militants Who Wound Up Forming Islamic State | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama said Sunday he agrees with intelligence leaders who believe the United States not only underestimated the threat of militants seeking to form the Islamic State group but also overestimated the ability and will of the Iraqi army to fight."


REALLY?  MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE ATTENDED HIS DAILY BRIEFINGS!

Obama Builds Wall To Keep Out Unlawful Visitors... | The Daily Caller

Obama Builds Wall To Keep Out Unlawful Visitors... | The Daily Caller:

"The number of illegal visitors has been slowly increasing, and the president is finally doing what’s necessary to keep out his unwanted guests and put Americans’ worries to rest.
Early Tuesday morning, President Obama authorized the construction of a wall aimed at securing the White House’s borders. While not as tall as the official perimeter gates, this wall spans the entirety of the border, offering intruders no weak points to exploit."

Holi crapoli! These moneybags own "our" government!!----Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014

Lots more "heavy hitters" and info at the link:
Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014 | OpenSecrets

It's not easy being overweight and on benefits

It's not easy being overweight and on benefits, says 25 stone mother-of-two who wants MORE money from the government to help her diet | Daily Mail Online:
It's not easy being overweight and on benefits, says 25 stone mother-of-two who wants MORE money from the government to help her diet

• Christina Briggs, 26, from Wigan, says she hates her large size
• But she wants help from the government to lose weight
• She's on benefits and can only afford to buy junk food and takeaways
• She said being fat is not her 'fault' as 'healthy food is too expensive'

An obese mother-of-two who lives on benefits says she needs more of taxpayers' money to overhaul her unhealthy lifestyle.

Christina Briggs, 26, from Wigan, says she hates being 25 stone but she can't do anything about it because she can only afford junk food. 

Meanwhile, exercise is out of the question because she doesn't have the funds to join a gym.

The single mother told Closer Magazine: 'It's not easy being overweight and on benefits. If I was well off, I'd be able to buy fresh food and afford a gym membership. 

Over 30 Hikers Die During Ontake Eruption in Japan: What Happened?

Over 30 Hikers Die During Ontake Eruption in Japan: What Happened? | WIRED: 
The question now is: what happened? 
Japan has one of the most sophisticated volcano monitoring networks in the world but from what it seems, this eruption was completely unexpected. 
Did someone miss a sign or did the network fail? 
My guess is the answer to both of those questions is “no”.

Based on what I’ve read and seen (and this is speculation on my part), this eruption may have been a steam-driven explosion known as a “phreatic” eruption. 
TheJapanese Meteorological Agency suggested that even compared to a smaller eruption in 2007, this explosion (see below) had almost no warning. 
This occurs when water seeps into the cracks in the crater area of a volcano and gets hot enough to flash to steam. 
This rapid boiling causes fracturing of the rock and explosively ejects material out of the crater as the pressure inside the crater or conduit goes up exponentially. 
This explosion then produces ash clouds and pyroclastic flows made mostly of the shattered debris of old rock at the crater rather than new magma. 
Although phreatic explosions can be small, they don’t necessarily need to be as they can even become “phreatoplinian“, with ash columns that reach tens of kilometers into the air above the volcano.

The IRS targeted organizations teaching the Constitution and Bill of Rights | WashingtonExaminer.com

The IRS targeted organizations teaching the Constitution and Bill of Rights | WashingtonExaminer.com: "For those of you who thought the Internal Revenue Service was only interested in squelching the free speech rights of organizations supporting conservatives, here’s something even more disturbing."

Five Reasons Why You’re Too Dumb to Vote

Five Reasons Why You’re Too Dumb to Vote | National Review Online
Miss Dunham, reflecting celebrity culture at large, makes a fetish of voting, and it is easy to see why:
Voting is the most shallow gesture of citizenship there is, the issuance of a demand — a statement that “this is how the world should be,” as Miss Dunham puts it — imposing nothing in the way of reciprocal responsibility.
Power without responsibility — Stanley Baldwin would not have been surprised that Miss Dunham and likeminded celebrities think of voting in terms of their sex lives.
Miss Dunham, in an earlier endorsement of Barack Obama, compared voting in the presidential election to losing one’s virginity — you want it to be someone special.
Understood that way, voting is nothing other than a reiteration of the original infantile demand: “I Want!”

Another Oklahoma Man, Reportedly a Muslim, Arrested After He Allegedly Threatened to Cut Off Coworker’s Head: ‘This Is Just What We Do’

Another Oklahoma Man, Reportedly a Muslim, Arrested After He Allegedly Threatened to Cut Off Coworker’s Head: ‘This Is Just What We Do’ | TheBlaze.com:
"A fired Oklahoma City nursing home employee was arrested after a female coworker reported that he threatened to behead her, the Oklahoman said."

Alarmists Respond to Summer Freeze with Climate March

Alarmists Respond to Summer Freeze with Climate March:
"Just two days after a summer freeze cut growing seasons prematurely short in New York and New England, global warming activists marched in New York City against global warming.
Temperatures dropped below freezing Friday in many parts of New York and other Northeastern states, with the freezing summertime temperatures setting many records throughout the Northeast. Global warming activists responded on Sunday by marching in New York City and claiming global warming is baking the planet.
With global temperatures remaining flat for the past 17 years and record summertime cold sending people shivering throughout the Northeast, protest organizer Bill McKibben deemphasized the “warming” part of global warming in a New York Daily News article on the eve of the march. Instead, his article titled “New York, it’s time to sound the climate change alarm” claimed “climate change” is responsible for Hurricane Sandy and California wildfires (“a planet that’s now literally on fire”!)."

History for September 29

History for September 29 - On-This-Day.com
Miguel de Cervantes 1547, Horatio Nelson (England) 1758, Gene Autry 1907

Jerry Lee Lewis 1935 - Musician,  Madeline Kahn 1942, Lech Walesa 1943


1829 - The first public appearance by London's re-organized police force was met with jeers from political opponents. The force became known as Scotland Yard. 


1930 - Lowell Thomas made his debut on CBS Radio. He was in the radio business for the next 46 years. 


1953 - "Make Room for Daddy" premiered on ABC-TV. 


1957 - The New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds. The next year the Giants were in San Francisco, CA. 


1960 - "My Three Sons" debuted on ABC-TV. 



1967 - The International Monetary Fund reformed monetary systems around the world. 








1982 - In Chicago, IL, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled. 


1983 - "A Chorus Line" with performance number 3,389 became the longest running show on Broadway. 


1984 - Elizabeth Taylor was voted to be the world's most beautiful woman in a Louis Harris poll. Taylor was at the time in the Betty Ford Clinic overcoming a weight problem. 


1994 - The U.S. House voted to end the practice of lobbyist buying meals and entertainment for members of Congress. 

Fascism Update: Obama Regime Takes Another Swipe at Second Amendment Rights

Fascism Update: Obama Regime Takes Another Swipe at Second Amendment Rights:

"The Daily Signal  reports that Obama’s latest attempt to shut down businesses that sell firearms, ammunition and anything else related to Second Amendment rights is through Operation Choke Point, which pressures banks to cease their relationship with any customer “who buy or sell firearms, tobacco and other goods considered “not acceptable” by the Obama administration.”

The tyrannical and controlist nature of the Obama regime is in full effect."

NBC anchor salutes the 'very non-political' Eric Holder | WashingtonExaminer.com

NBC anchor salutes the 'very non-political' Eric Holder | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"NBC News’ Chuck Todd tipped his hat Thursday to outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, praising President Obama’s top law enforcer for being a “very non-political person.”


Let me write this one down.

Critics blast authorities for treating beheading as case of workplace violence | Fox News

Critics blast authorities for treating beheading as case of workplace violence | Fox News:

"Authorities are treating Thursday's beheading at an Oklahoma food distribution center as an incident of workplace violence but that is prompting raised eyebrows among some terrorism experts.
The FBI is investigating the incident in which fired employee Alton Nolen, 30, allegedly attacked Colleen Hufford, 54, stabbing her several times before severing her head."

Suspect in Okla. beheading awake, to be charged with murder, police say | Fox News

Suspect in Okla. beheading awake, to be charged with murder, police say | Fox News:

"Police say a man who was shot after allegedly beheading a woman at an Oklahoma food processing plant from which he had just been fired has regained consciousness and will be charged with first-degree murder."

When're AlGore's acolytes gonna switch the name to "global cooling"?-------NOAA: 1695 Low Max Records Broken or Tied From Sept 11 to Sept 20. One record broken by 25F

NOAA: 1695 Low Max Records Broken or Tied From Sept 11 to Sept 20. One record broken by 25F | Climate Depot:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is apparently on a 'back of his hand' tour | WashingtonExaminer.com

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is apparently on a 'back of his hand' tour | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"The unearthing of this second example suggests a calculated effort by Wasserman Schultz to tie Republicans rhetorically to domestic violence. She got away with the language the first time in Florida, so she expanded on it in Wisconsin by adding that she believed Tea Party Republicans were “grabbing [women] by the hair and pulling us back.”

Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros SHREDS Eric Holder in Under 36 Seconds

Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros SHREDS Eric Holder in Under 36 Seconds:

"In just about 36 seconds, Tantaros excoriated activist Attorney General Eric Holder following the announcement of his decision to resign. She shared why she thinks the timing of this announcement is suspect.
“I think he was Obama’s cover up guy. He was one of the most divisive, polarizing, controversial, most dangerous men in America and unethical,” she began."



...And she's off and running!

Oh yum.......Emagine debuts healthy snack box for children

Emagine debuts healthy snack box for children | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Emagine Theaters plans on Friday to debut its version of a Happy Meal: the "GoodE Box," with healthy snacks and a toy tied to the theme of the latest release for children.
Emagine consulted with Henry Ford Health System to pick the snacks for the GoodE Boxes, which were created by Cindy Ciura, principal of marketing and retail attraction firm CC Consulting and will be supplied by Whole Foods.
The new boxes will cost $7.50, like the traditional kids' deal, and will include Pop N Olive popcorn, a low-fat version of the popular movie snack, along with a choice of raisins or applesauce, chocolate squares or animal crackers and water."