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Moon's Day 2006-08-28:

Joke of the day (Thanks Rat):
>The mayor of Houston Texas was very worried about a plague of starlings in
>Houston. The mayor could not remove the starlings from the city. All of
>Houston was full of starling poop. The people of Houston couldn't walk on
>the sidewalks or drive on the roads. It was costing a fortune to try to
>keep the streets and sidewalks clean.
>
>One day a man came to City Hall and offered the Mayor a proposition. "
>can rid your beautiful city of its plague of starlings without cost to the
>city. But, you must promise not to ask me any questions. Or, you can
>pay me five million dollars and ask one question." The mayor considered
>the offer briefly and accepted the free proposition.
>
>The next day the man climbed to the top of City Hall, opened his coat,
>and released a red starling. The red starling circled in the air and flew
>up into the bright blue Texas sky. All the starlings in Houston saw the
>red starling. They gathered up behind the red starling. The Houston
>starlings followed the red starling as she flew eastward out of the city.
>
>The next day the red starling returned completely alone to the man atop
>City Hall. The Mayor was very impressed. He thought the man and the red
>starling had performed a wonderful miraculous feat to rid Houston of the
>plague of starlings.
>
>Even though the man with the starling had charged nothing, the mayor
>presented him with a check for 5 million dollars and told the man that,
>indeed, he did have a question to ask and even though they had agreed to
>no fee and the man had rid the city of starlings, he decided to pay the 5
>million just to get to ask ONE question.
>
>The man accepted the money and told the mayor to ask his question. The
>mayor asked: "Do you have any red Mexicans?"
[
Birdman comment: Contrary to the above joke, I like starlings. Read Arnie the Darling Starling, and you will too.]

Second joke of the day (Blondes strike back! Thanks Vic):

Two Irishmen were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up. A blonde walks by and asks what they are doing.
Paddy: "We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole, but we don't have a ladder."
The blonde took a spanner from her purse, loosened a few bolts and laid the flagpole down. She pulled a tape measure from her pocket, took a few measurements and announced that it was eighteen feet and six inches. She then walked off.
Mick: "Ain't that just like a blonde! We need the height and she gives us the length."

Third joke of the day (Thanks Rat):
>Jesus was wandering around Jerusalem
>when He decided that He really needed a new robe.
>
>After looking around for a while,
>He saw a sign for Finkelstein, the Tailor.
>So, He went in and made the necessary arrangements
>to have Finkelstein prepare a new robe for Him.
>
>A few days later,
>when the robe was finished,
>Jesus tried it on
>and it was a perfect fit !
>
>He asked how much He owed.
>Finkelstein brushed him off:
>"No, no, no, for the Son of God ?
>There's no charge !
>However, may I ask for a small favor ?
>Whenever you give a sermon,
>perhaps you could just mention
>that your nice new robe
>was made by Finkelstein, the Tailor ? "
>
>Jesus readily agreed and as promised,
>extolled the virtues of His Finkelstein robe
>whenever He spoke to the masses.
>
>A few months later,
>while Jesus was again walking through Jerusalem,
>He happened to walk past Finkelstein's shop
>and noted a huge line of people
>waiting for Finkelstein's robes.
>
>He pushed his way through the crowd
>to speak to him
>and as soon as Finkelstein spotted Him
>he said: "Jesus, Jesus, look what you've done for my business !
>Would you consider a partnership ? "
>
>"Certainly," replied Jesus. "Jesus & Finkelstein it is."
>
>" Oh, no, no," said Finkelstein.
>"Finkelstein & Jesus.
>After all, I am the craftsman."
>
>The two of them debated this for some time.
>
>Their discussion was long and spirited, but ultimately fruitful
>and they finally came up with a mutually acceptable compromise.
>
>A few days later, the new sign went up over Finkelstein's shop.
>
>Can you guess what it read ??
>
>
>Lord & Taylor




Quote of the day (Thanks Carl J):
The NationMaster.com facts may change your perception
American has the world's fourth largest population and is:
#1 for military expenditures - More than five times as much as #2 - China
#1 for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction per
capita
#1 for the number of rapes
#1 for teenage pregnancies
#1 for total number of divorces
#1 for CO2 emissions
#1 for CO2 emissions from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)
#1 for electricity consumption
#1 for nuclear energy consumption
#1 for oil imports
#1 for total energy usage per person
#1 for municipal waste per capita
#1 for nuclear waste pollution
#1 for the number of threatened species
#1 the largest debtor in the world (This listing needs updating)
#1 for firearm discharge
#1 the highest divorce rate
#1 for total crimes committed
#1 when it comes to adults prosecuted for crimes
#1 when it comes to the numbers of their population in prison - Over two
million! 34% more than China which has 241% more people
#1 when it comes to the number of criminal record holders
#1 for plastic surgery procedures and
#1 for the amount of money spent on healthcare
#46 for life expectancy and there are estimated to be about 45 million
Americans that do not have any health insurance
#2 for the number of abortions
#2 for heart attacks and
#2 for asthma sufferers
America is not even in the top 30 for public spending on public education so
it's not surprising that it's ...
#14 for duration of education and...
#47 for total education spending and
#14 for school life expectancy and
#68 for the percentage 'literacy' level of the population
#11 for unemployment
#6 in the world for the total number of murders
#3 for the total number executions along with our democratic 'friends' in
China, Congo and Iran
#13 for social security expenditure as % of GDP
#98 for GDP real growth rate
#1 for soft drink consumption
#1 for the number of television hours watched
[
Birdman comment: Many of these statistics are not so impressive in view of America's large population. Others can be explained by our wealth, eg, energy consumption, CO2 emissions. More relevant is per capita statistics. The stat on education expenditure is completely misleading: In fact, there is little correlation between expenditure and achievement, as has been shown time and agan. Also, many stats are skewed by the influx of foreigners -- mainly Mexcrement -- who have a much higher crime rate. Like D'Israeli once remarked, there are lies, damned lies and statistics.]

Second quote of the day (Thanks Thomas A):
In this case we are supposed to think that things aren't going the way Bush and Olmert wanted them to go, when in fact they are going perfectly to plan. Most of us have been convinced that Hezbollah are too strong, thanks to Iranian and Syrian backing, for Israel to tackle them on her own.
So what does need to happen next in this brave new world of the War of Terror? Another 'coalition of the willing' of course, attacking the alleged roots of this phony threat to Israel's survival.
Unfortunately, most of us are so in love with the idea of Israel having been beaten by Hezbollah, that we can't see through this perfectly arranged Zio smokescreen: a mock defeat of a mock invasion against a mock guerilla.] --http://www.ziopedia.org/content/view/1346/1/

Third quote of the day (Thanks Brett):
http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=16990&intcategoryid=3
A federal judge has given a green light for the trial of former
AIPAC officials Steve Rosen, left, and Keith Weissman, right, to proceed.

Fourth quote of the day (Thanks Rat):
A true report -
A woman said her son found his license plate missing so he called the
police to file a report. They told him people were stealing the plates
to get free gas Given the rise in gas prices, people have taken to
stealing license plates, putting them on their car, then getting gas and
running. The gas station will have "your" license plate # and you could
be in trouble for "pump and run." Check your car periodically to be
sure you still have a plate. If you should find it missing, file a
report immediately!!!
Keep an eye on your license plate! Make sure you always know it's
there! Mine was stolen this weekend and I have no idea when! The lady
at the revenue office said that they have replaced several license
plates since gas prices have been so high. People are stealing them,
putting them on their vehicles to go buy gas and driving off without
paying! When the license plate is reported as the "drive off vehicle",
it's YOU they contact! Be aware!!!! Be aware of your license plates,
most of us never look to see if they're there.
You can check it out
http://www.snopes.com/autos/theft/gastheft.asp

Fifth quote of the day (Thanks Henri):
While you can't judge a book by its cover, you can glean insight these days from the titles given to National Intelligence Estimates and papers meant to supplant them. Remember "Iraq's Continuing Program for Weapons of Mass Destruction," the infamous NIE of October 1, 2002, by which Congress was misled into approving an unnecessary war? "Continuing" leaped out of the title, foreshadowing the one-sided thrust of an estimate ostensibly commissioned to determine whether WMD programs were "continuing," or whether they had been dead for ten years. (The latter turned out to be the case, but the title - and the cooked insides - provided the scare needed to get Congress aboard.)
Now suddenly appears a pseudo-estimate titled "Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States." To wit, the challenge set before the Intelligence Community is to get religion, climb aboard, and "recognize" Iran as a strategic threat. But alas, the community has not yet been fully purged of recalcitrant intelligence analysts who reject a "faith-based" approach to intelligence and hang back from the altar call to revealed truth. Hence, the statutory intelligence agencies cannot be counted on to come to politically correct conclusions regarding the strategic threat from Iran.
Hoekstra to the Rescue
Pete Hoekstra apparently has set his sights on outstripping his Senate counterpart, Pat Roberts of Kansas, for first honors as intelligence partisan of the year. Roberts, who has torpedoed all attempts to complete the long-promised study on whether the George W. Bush administration played fast and loose with intelligence on Iraq, is a formidable competitor, but Hoekstra is moving up steadily on the right. Tellingly, his zeal (and that of FOX News) recently found him well ahead of even Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Citing an Army report that units had dug up corroded canisters of chemical agent dating back decades, Hoekstra and Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) insisted that weapons of mass destruction had indeed been found in Iraq. "We were right all the time!"
Shameless as Cheney and Rumsfeld have been in stretching the truth, not even they would go along with that one. No doubt they pledged to find more credible ways to shore up Santorum's flagging campaign to hang onto his Senate seat. One can understand the pressure on Santorum to find some deus ex machina to rescue his campaign. What was most remarkable was his ability to enlist the chair of the House intelligence committee in this charade and make him the laughingstock of Washington. Was Hoekstra unfamiliar with the donnybrook over the administration's fatuous claims of WMD in Iraq, and its eventual concession that there were none there? Where has he been?
As recently as May 4, in answer to a question after a speech in Atlanta, Rumsfeld conceded, "Apparently there were no weapons of mass destruction." Was Hoekstra so naive as to think he could pressure the administration into recanting its painful recantation and risk opening that still festering wound?
--http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082506R.shtml

Sixth quote of the day (Thanks Brett):
ROCHESTER HILLS -- A 33-year-old man was arrested Monday, accused of
extorting nude photographs and videos from a Rochester Hills teenager by
convincing her he had hacked into her computer and could ruin her parents'
credit rating, authorities say.
Barbar Majid Chaudhry was arrested in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he and his
wife and child were visiting his brother. In a case that Oakland County
Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday could have national and possibly
international implications, Chaudhry--a Pakistani national-- is to be
extradited here to face charges of extortion, child sexually abusive
activity, and use of a computer to commit a crime, all felonies punishable
by up to 20 years in prison. He will also face charges of communicating with
another to commit a crime, a felony that carries a 15-year prison penalty.
--http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/BIZ04/608220342

Seventh quote of the day (Thanks Donaldo):
"A gun in the hand is worth more than a cop on the phone." --JPFO
[
Donaldo comment: "A new 14 words."]

Eighth quote of the day (Janet documents Morgan Rynolds' assertion that planes did not hit the WTC - see earlier posts):
If you look at this article you'll see that he asserts that there is no evidence that planes hit the WTC.
http://nomoregames.net/index.php?page=911&subpage1=why_did_WTCs_collapse
Part of his reasoning is that no black boxes from the planes were ever found. But the American Free Press said they were found according to accounts by firemen who were with the feds when they found them.
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/black_box.html
It simply wasn't reported in the news.

Ninth quote of the day (Header of an email sent to Birdman0:
Trong chop nhoang BIEN KHONG THE-THANH CO THE
[
Birdman comment: You just can't make these things up.]

Tenth quote of the day (Thanks Vic):
BILLY CONNOLLY'S CHAIN LETTER
Hello, my name is Billy and I suffer from guilt for not forwarding 50
billion fucking chain letters sent to me by people who actually
believe if you send them on, a poor six year old girl in Scotland with
a breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have
it removed before her redneck parents sell her to a travelling freak
show.
And, do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you,
and everyone to whom you send "his" email, $1000?
How stupid are we?
Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll
get laid by a model I just happen to run into the next day!
What a bunch of bullshit.
Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my house and
sodomize me in my sleep for not continuing a chain letter that was
started by St Peter in 5AD and brought to this country by midget
pilgrim stowaways on the Endeavour.
Fuck 'em!!
If you're going to forward something, at least send me something
mildly amusing.
I've seen all the "send this to 10 of your closest friends, and this
poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a
nickel from some omniscient being" forwards about 90 times.
I don't fucking care.

Eleventh quote of the day (Thanks EH):
Can you imagine this: walking down your street and seeing one out of five
people with a burnoose on their head or a berka clad woman? Well, France is
that country. 20% of France now is composed of Muslims. A dangerous group of
cultists intent on killing all infidels. Does France deserve the fate it now
faces? As these vermin multiply out of control they will take over France and
subjugate the country. England and Germany will follow since both have a big
population of this scourge of humanity. So, finally Europe will fall to the
control of a murderous group of religious fanatics. Sadly there is little that
can be done about it. Deporting them is likely impossible since this would
smack of nazi like actions and which country would accept them?
So, liberal immigration policies of years ago has now doomed these 3
countries to subjugation and control of a murderous cult called Islam. The
irony is rich, all 3 countries conquered countries in centuries passed and now
it is their turn. But for them there will be no escape, the multiplication of
these human rats is uncontrolled unlike the low rates of the 3 infected
nations. America faces exactly the same invasion and the destruction of our culture.
Millions upon millions of unwashed ignorant and frequently criminal Mexicans
now are in our country having illegally crossed our borders. In like manner
they too multiply like rats. And they will take over the southern states and
then ultimately dominate them. And America will follow those 3 nations already
enumerated. All 4 nations will be destroyed. But America does have a way to
reverse and send back these Mexicans to their country. Simply this: pass
laws making it illegal to employ them. That is all. When they cannot work they
must go back to their own country. Simple and elegant. But will it be done?
Very unlikely since politicians can never do anything so logical. And so our
nation will be destroyed too as they multiply and take over our country at the
ballot box. Sadly America too will be conquered just like France, England
and Germany. What can stop them?

Twelfth quote of the day (Thanks Brett):
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/622bqwjn.a
sp
DURING THE RECENT month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel, U.N.
"peacekeeping" forces made a startling contribution: They openly published
daily real-time intelligence, of obvious usefulness to Hezbollah, on the
location, equipment, and force structure of Israeli troops in Lebanon.
UNIFIL--the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, a nearly
2,000-man blue-helmet contingent that has been present on the Lebanon-Israel
border since 1978--is officially neutral. Yet, throughout the recent war, it
posted on its website for all to see precise information about the movements
of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers and the nature of their weaponry and
materiel, even specifying the placement of IDF safety structures within
hours of their construction. New information was sometimes only 30 minutes
old when it was posted, and never more than 24 hours old.
Meanwhile, UNIFIL posted not a single item of specific intelligence
regarding Hezbollah forces. Statements on the order of Hezbollah "fired
rockets in large numbers from various locations" and Hezbollah's rockets
"were fired in significantly larger numbers from various locations" are as
precise as its coverage of the other side ever got.

Thirteenth quote of the day (Thanks JR):
A White nationalist website [1] reports something interesting. It notes that America's Federal Reserve system has a ".gov" web address [2].
That ".gov" web address seems odd to us, since the Federal Reserve is a private-but-regulated corporation. It is not part of the U.S. government. It is not part of the U.S. Treasury. It is only a vessel, so to speak, which the U.S. government uses. So why does it have a U.S. government web address?
Further, it should be noted that the Jewish banker Paul M. Warburg was the key person in the creation of the Federal Reserve system in 1913. Also, both the current and the previous chief of the Federal Reserve is/was Jewish.
********
[1] http://www.whitealert.com/
[2] http://www.federalreserve.gov/

Fourteenth quote of the day (Thanks DKF):
http://www.familywatchdog.us
The above site supposedly shows you your local sex offenders. What no one seems to grasp is that sex offenders are likely to be the least of one's worries, and that picking out sex offenders, as opposed to burglars, killers, rapists and other jolly folk is not only discriminatory, but just covers up negroidal and latrino crime. --Birdman

Fifteenth quote of the day (Thanks Henri and governor):
Professor's 9/11 theories outrage NH leaders
Union Leader
By Staff Report
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Professor%27s+9%2f11+theories+outrage+NH+leaders&articleId=0a013444-f391-4eaf-ae95-24cab674130b
A tenured professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire believes an "elite" group within the federal government orchestrated the September 11th attacks on America.
William Woodward has already raised that possibility in his classroom and later this year hopes to teach a class that would explore Sept. 11th "in psychological terms -- terms like belief, conspiracy, fear, truth, courage, group dynamics."
He may not get the chance. Several state leaders yesterday criticized Woodward for bringing the radical theories into the classroom.
"In my view, there are limitations to academic freedom and freedom of speech," said U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.
"I believe it is inappropriate for someone at a public university which is supported with taxpayer dollars to take positions that are generally an affront to the sensibility of most all Americans," Gregg said.

 

 

 

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