Unbelievable!          Unimaginable!          Ridiculous!

Well, the posturing, out-of-touch, self-serving idiots who are supposedly running our country did it again.  With a total lack of compassion, leadership and integrity they shut down our government and  put 800,000+ civil servants (including yours truly) on a furlough (no work and no pay) status. 

After busting my ass until after one in the morning, an eighteen plus hour day, helping shut down the base at the end of the fiscal year, (let me say at this time, this was the first time I’ve ever helped do this and I want to say God Bless the financial people who go through that goat-rope every year!!!) and I was back at work at 8 am to sign a piece of paper saying basically, you’re fired until we need you back. 

The thing that really chapped my ass though, was the dumb ass Greta Van Susteren last night on Fox News “On The Record” was talking to someone about who really cares if the government shuts down.  She never even noticed it when it happened last time.  She went on to make mention of all the other times that the government has been shut down and how it never affected the average person, it was just us worrying over nothing.  Just like all the worry about sequestration and how it didn’t end up affecting anyone.

WHAT?  Almost a million people lost between 20% and 40% (some of us even more) of our pay for months!  Greta, how would you like it if I took half of your check?  It sure as hell wouldn’t affecting you like it did me and my family since you probably make as much in a week as I make in a year, for being a talking head on TV.  I’m not doing anything important, trying to keep our GIs alive if they find themselves in crappy environments like the poor people of Syria had to go through. (Chemical, Biological and Radiological) Yeah, you’re job of impartially imparting the news sure is more important than mine.

The news just said that the closure is expected to last 2 weeks.  For those of us who lost all our savings, just … JUST got their first paycheck at regular pay to try to get caught up from the furloughs during the sequestration nonsense, who are just barely living paycheck to paycheck, 2 weeks without pay is going to be devastating! 

The good things: the military will be paid (although not those of us who support the military), VA benefits will be paid, disability, Social Security, Medicare (although no NEW claims will be handled).

And amongst the bad things:  Welfare funding runs out on October first, today, although some states may decide to keep paying.  You have heard us lambasting welfare recipients over and over here at Dragon Laffs, but you’ve also heard us say that we aren’t talking about the few who really do need the help but the many, many who are just playing the system…Tim Murphy at Mother Jones (motherjones.com) put out a great article yesterday:

Update: The midnight deadline came and went without a deal from House Republicans and Senate Democrats (except for one small bill, on military pay). Welcome to the Shutdown.

The government will shut down at midnight unless President Obama and Congress can agree on a temporary resolution to continue funding federal agencies. (Spoiler: They probably won’t.)

Here’s a quick guide to who and what will be most affected:

Anyone who might get sick: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would lack funding to support its annual flu vaccination program.

Military personnel: Barring last-minute congressional action, members of the armed forces would have their paychecks put on hold while they continue to work.

People who use boats: The Coast Guard will cut back on routine patrols and navigation assistance.

Civilian defense employees: 400,000 Department of Defense employees will be given unpaid vacations.

Family members of fallen soldiers: Death benefits for military families will be delayed.

Gun owners: During the 1990s shutdown, applications for gun permits were delayed due to furloughs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Trees: Hundreds of US Forest Service workers face furloughs in California during peak forest fire season.

Visa applicants: Furloughs at the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs mean tens of thousands of visa applications are put on hold.

People traveling abroad: A shutdown would cause delays in the processing of passport applications.

Sick people: The National Institutes of Health will not admit new patients unless ordered by the director.

Factory workers: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will halt regular inspections.

Hikers: All 401 National Park Service sites will be closed.

People who make money off tourists: Shuttered national parks are bad news for the hotels, restaurants, and other attractions that feed off them.

Small business loan applicants: The Small Business Administration will furlough 62 percent of its workforce.

Employers: The Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify program will be offline for the duration of the shutdown.

Fountains: 45 of them will lose water.

People applying for mortgages: The Federal Housing Administration and the USDA won’t guarantee new loans.

Oil and gas exploration: The Bureau of Land Management will stop processing permits for oil and gas drilling on federal lands.

Chemical site facility security: Funding for Department of Homeland Security regulatory program ends October 4.

FOIA requests: The Social Security Administration says it won’t respond to Freedom of Information Act Requests during the shutdown.

Docents: All Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington, DC, will be closed.

@CuriosityRover: 98 percent of NASA’s staff will be furloughed, and the agency’s website and live-streams will go dark.

Renewable energy permits: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will stop all new offshore renewable-energy projects.

Campers: People living (or vacationing) in national parks and forests will have 48 hours to relocate.

Animal voyeurs: Watch the National Zoo’s Panda-cam while you still can.

Native Americans: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will suspend oversight of active and abandoned coal mines “primarily in Tennessee and on Indian lands.”

Pesticide regulators: The Environmental Protection Agency will all but shut down at midnight.

Veterans pensions: The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will run out of funding for regular payment checks after a few weeks.

US Geological Survey researchers: The agency would stop most new scientific research and water analysis.

Disability payments: Although the VA will continue to provide medical care, disability payments may also be disrupted after a few weeks.

Winery permits: Couldn’t they take the wine coolers instead?

Ponies: The Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro adoption programs would cease.

Infectious disease surveillance: The CDC will be unable to track outbreaks and monitor infectious diseases at a local level.

People on food assistance: The USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will stop making payments on October 1.

Food inspections: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration warned of “inability to investigate alleged violations” due to a lack of funding; food imports will also go unexpected.

Automobile recall inspectors: “Routine defects and recall information from manufacturers and consumers would not be reviewed,” according to the Department of Transportation.

Food and drug safety research: The Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the FDA, will furlough 52 percent of its staff.

ARPA-E: The Department of Energy’s cutting-edge research arm—and one of the crowning legacies of the stimulus—will shut down, putting projects such as “squirtable batteries” on hold.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: The agency could furlough more than 92 percent of its employees next week, with much of the remaining staff handling inspections.

People without heat: If the shutdown persists, it could affect the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which funds heating assistance programs.

Consumers: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will furlough 652 of its 680 employees and maintain only a “bare minimum level of oversight and surveillance” to stop fraudulent practices.

People trying to pay taxes: The Internal Revenue Service will shutter its tax hotline, and stop processing tax payments.

College students: Cutbacks at the Department of Education could slow Pell grant and student-loan payments.

Economists: The Bureau of Economic Analysis will cut back on its data collection.

Welfare recipients: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families—welfare—runs out of funding on October 1, although individual states may pick up the tab.

Head Start: The child development program, already hammered by the effects of sequestration, will stop doling out new grants on October 1.

Air monitoring: A 94 percent reduction in staff won’t leave the EPA much room to enforce its new carbon regulations.

Golf: Courses at National Park Service sites will close for the shutdown. So at least we have that going for us.

Nicely said Tim.

I would love to hear your opinions.  How is this going to affect you?  Do you think this is anything more than a pissing contest?

Let me know.

Cheers my friends,

I’ll do my best to keep you informed.

Impish

Good Morning Campers!  You know, when I was young, there was always something that was funny, always something to laugh at.  We had SO MUCH fun!  Summer lasted forever!  And even school was a blast.

So, what happened?

We grew up, that’s what happened.  We try…oh how very hard we try…especially here at DL&LL Electronic Media Enterprises.  We try to stay child like, try to enjoy the silly, funny things in life, but there are so many times that the world intrudes and we have to pull out our inner adult and be grown up.

And it SUCKS!

This weekend is the perfect example.  We can talk about Syria and the chemical weapons that were used there and the fact that they were among the WMDs that Bush said Iraq had.  Yes, Bush was vindicated.  I have an article by a high ranking Iraqi who is personal friends with the pilots who flew thousands and thousands of pounds of chemical and other special weapons out of Iraq and into Syria.

We can talk about another government shutdown and more damn furloughs for Impish Dragon.  If the government doesn’t straighten their asses out, I will be going in to work Tuesday morning, signing in, and being sent home…with no damn pay, When I JUST got my first paycheck that was back to normal.  They need to realize that they are screwing around with REAL people.  If the government shut down goes on for more than two weeks, you will not only not have any Dragon Laffs on Saturdays, but I will probably be homeless.  I haven’t had a chance to get everything caught up yet from the last round of bullshit and they are trying to give me more.

We can talk about how the UN is going to have to do something to destroy the stockpile of weapons they have found and are still finding in Syria.  How the people of Syria don’t want them to transport those weapons through their towns (and rightfully so) and some of the way cool new technology that is available in the world could render all of them safe, right where they are.

We could talk about how Obama, like Emperor Nero fiddled, is still on his vacation schedule for him and his family, while the country collapses in on itself.

We could talk about a lot of those things.

But, we here at Dragon Laffs and Leprechaun Laffs pride ourselves in finding the funny, the humorous, the irreverent, in as much as we can and in as varied a way as we can.  So, instead of talking about all those things above, let’s talk about the fact that tomorrow is:

And in celebration of National Coffee Day, you’ll find a link a little bit further down the page that shows you where you can go to get some free coffee and some other special deals.  Any of you campers who come by our corporate headquarters this weekend, Lethal Leprechaun will have free mugs of his world famous Brown Gold recipe.  Since I’ll be working all weekend, I’ll be partaking of as much of that wonderful brew as I can get.

Why not celebrate National Coffee Day by stopping by the website at http://dragonlaffs.com going to the right hand column, click on the link for donations and buy US a cup of coffee or two?  That would be a truly marvelous way to celebrate with us, help keep our website free and free of ads, and maybe, with enough donations, Impish won’t be homeless.

Damn politicians.

Anyway, it’s time to lighten the mood so ….

Here is the newest member of the DL & LL Electronic Media family… A brand new magazine!

As promised, here’s the link for the freebies for this great holiday.  Even more important than the famous Bacon Day celebrations.  Although, I won’t dedicate an entire issue to the subject, you will find some coffee stuff interspersed in the rest of the issue.

Java freebies for National Coffee Day

You know, one of my personal pet peeves is the almost constant use of mobile phones by people while driving, shopping, dining, in line at the supermarket, everywhere!

Doesn’t anyone know how to say, “I’ll call you back”?

With them being used even at relaxing places like the beach, it’s enough to drive a dragon crazy!

Take this example from my own life: Last weekend, I was relaxing on the beach, enjoying the sun, reading a book, working on deepening the blue of my tan, while this lady was just beyond rude!  I had to just sit there and listen to this woman for at least an hour while she talked on her cell phone and pranced back and forth in front of me.

How annoying!  I couldn’t even concentrate on my book!

How thoughtless and inconsiderate can anyone be?  I ALMOST got up and moved!!!

 

You think you’re worried and scared now about the state of American politics?  You think there is no possible way for things to get any worse than they are now?  You are SO mistaken!!!

Okay, so this is one of the coolest ideas I’ve ever heard of.  It makes perfect sense, it’s like building your own computer, which people have been doing for years, getting just what they want, but with a phone.  How perfect is that?  Of course if you want to watch, you have to be on the website, and if you aren’t already ON the website, then the toll is to buy us a cup of coffee.  Go to the right side of the website, hit donate and spend a buck or two.
And if you’re really lost, here’s the website: http://dragonlaffs.com

Manny was almost 29 years old. Most of his friends had already gotten married, and Manny just bounced from one relationship to the next. Finally a friend asked him, “What’s the matter, are you looking for the perfect woman? Are you THAT particular? Can’t you find anyone who suits you?” “No,” Manny replied. “I meet a lot of nice girls, but as soon as I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn’t like them. So I keep on looking!” “Listen,” his friend suggested, “Why don’t you find a girl who’s just like your dear ole Mother?” Many weeks past before Manny and his friend got together again. “So Manny. Did you find the perfect girl yet. One that’s just like your Mother?” Manny shrugged his shoulders, “Yes I found one just like Mom. My mother loved her, they became great friends.” “Excellent!!! So,…. Are you and this girl engaged, yet?” “I’m afraid not. My Father can’t stand her!”

 

 

We here at Dragon Laffs and Leprechaun Laffs can attest to the truth of this statement!

Well, in the interest of getting to bed, so I can go to work, here is today’s Last Word.  Written in it’s entirety by my good friend Wheats… This email was called, “I’m Mad As Hell”

I guess what angers and saddens me the most at this point is the utter contempt that is being displayed by both parties for the people of this nation.

Man, I love getting his emails!  Thanks Todd!

Okay, so I just had to throw some in at the end!  Till next week my friends.

Cheers!

Well it rained here Most of Thursday and very early Friday morning due to a now long past cool front. In fact it rained so much we made up our entire precipitation deficit for September but remain something like 13” behind for the year.

Still all in all it beats facing the torrential rain and devastating winds of a hurricane. Done that a couple times now and I can honestly say given the choice from now on I’ll pass on it every time.

In fact 8 years ago we were ducking and covering from Hurricane Rita right now! heating water for coffee  and Cup o’ Noodles over a Hobo stove crafted out of a #10 tin coffee can and powered by a 3 wick candle listening to the news on an ancient Sony Walkman hooked to a set of unpowered computer speakers.

Much better this way if you ask me.

You know…I’m thinking Woody just might be on to something here as wacked as it sounds. I mean who wouldn’t want to go out in the throws of an orgasm? Sure beats some of the other options.

Apple’s Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can’t ‘Take the Fifth’

By Marcia Hofmann for Wired Magazine 09.12.13  9:29 AM

 

To invoke Fifth Amendment protection, there may be a difference between things we have or are — and things we know.

Apple revealed a new fingerprint identification system this week. Photo: Alex Washburn / WIRED

There’s a lot of talk around biometric authentication since Apple introduced its newest iPhone, which will let users unlock their device with a fingerprint. Given Apple’s industry-leading position, it’s probably not a far stretch to expect this kind of authentication to take off. Some even argue that Apple’s move is a death knell for authenticators based on what a user knows (like passwords and PIN numbers).

While there’s a great deal of discussion around the pros and cons of fingerprint authentication — from the hackability of the technique to the reliability of readers — no one’s focusing on the legal effects of moving from PINs to fingerprints.

Because the constitutional protection of the Fifth Amendment, which guarantees that “no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,” may not apply when it comes to biometric-based fingerprints (things that reflect who we are) as opposed to memory-based passwords and PINs (things we need to know and remember).

For the privilege to apply, however, the government must try to compel a person to make a “testimonial” statement that would tend to incriminate him or her. When a person has a valid privilege against self-incrimination, nobody — not even a judge — can force the witness to give that information to the government.

But a communication is “testimonial” only when it reveals the contents of your mind. We can’t invoke the privilege against self-incrimination to prevent the government from collecting biometrics like fingerprints, DNA samples, or voice exemplars. Why? Because the courts have decided that this evidence doesn’t reveal anything you know. It’s not testimonial.

Take this hypothetical example coined by the Supreme Court: If the police demand that you give them the key to a lockbox that happens to contain incriminating evidence, turning over the key wouldn’t be testimonial if it’s just a physical act that doesn’t reveal anything you know.

However, if the police try to force you to divulge the combination to a wall safe, your response would reveal the contents of your mind — and so would implicate the Fifth Amendment. (If you’ve written down the combination on a piece of paper and the police demand that you give it to them, that may be a different story.)

The important feature about PINs and passwords is that they’re generally something we know (unless we forget them, of course). These memory-based authenticators are the type of fact that benefit from strong Fifth Amendment protection should the government try to make us turn them over against our will. Indeed, last year a federal appeals court held that a man could not be forced by the government to decrypt data.

But if we move toward authentication systems based solely on physical tokens or biometrics — things we have or things we are, rather than things we remember — the government could demand that we produce them without implicating anything we know. Which would make it less likely that a valid privilege against self-incrimination would apply.

Biometric authentication may make it easier for normal, everyday users to protect the data on their phones. But as wonderful as technological innovation is, it sometimes creates unintended consequences — including legal ones. If Apple’s move leads us to abandon knowledge-based authentication altogether, we risk inadvertently undermining the legal rights we currently enjoy under the Fifth Amendment.

Here’s an easy fix: give users the option to unlock their phones with a fingerprint plus something the user knows. [Known in the business as two tiered authentication]

 

You don’t have to live in the South to know that COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS KING!  But the game wouldn’t be complete without the cheerleaders, and here are some of our finest:

The LSU Golden Girls

The Alabama Crimsonettes

[Molly made me put them in.]

The Edmonton Eskimo Girls – Go Eskimos!

How a government shutdown would affect you

Just over a week remains until possible shutdown on Oct. 1

Author: By David Simpson and Saeed Ahmed CNN

The US CRAPITAL

(CNN) – Tick, tock. Tick, tock.

Just over a week remains. If the Democrats and Republicans don’t stop bickering and agree to how the U.S. should pay its bills, the federal government will shut down, come Oct. 1.

And at a time when the economy’s finally showing signs of life, that could be troubling.

Shutdowns don’t come cheap. Federal agencies have to use up time, energy and resources to plan for one. Shutting down and then reopening the government also costs money.

According to the Congressional Research Service, the two previous shutdowns — in late 1995 and early 1996 — cost the country $1.4 billion.

But what would a shutdown mean for you? Would your daily life be affected?

(The answer’s yes, so keep reading.)

Here are 10 ways a government shutdown would affect you.

10. Vacation all I ever wanted: Need to get away? Well, you can’t. At least not to national parks. Or to national zoos. Or to national museums. They’d all be closed. That’s 368 National Park Service sites closed, millions of visitors turned away.

Were you thinking more along the lines of a trip to France? If you don’t already have a passport, you could bid that adieu. It’s unlikely you’d get your blue book in time. The last time the government threw a hissy fit, 200,000 applications for passports went unprocessed. Tourism and airline revenues reeled.

9. Holiday. Celebrate: Don’t come to work if you’re a federal employee. You’re on furlough. (Offer not valid for workers in “critical services,” such as air traffic controllers, hazardous waste handlers and food inspectors.)

Do take some time to celebrate. In previous shutdowns, everyone who stayed home was paid retroactively after peace returned to Washington.

8. I won’t back down: The good news (for you) is that the men and women in uniform would continue to keep you safe. The bad news (for them) is that they’d be paid in IOUs until the shutdown ended. In January, Sens. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, and Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, introduced legislation that would have protected pay for the troops during a shutdown, but it didn’t get anywhere.

Rep. C.W. Young, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, told the Air Force Times, “All military personnel will continue to serve and accrue pay but will not actually be paid until appropriations are available.”

Their mid-October paycheck would be the first affected. In addition, the congressman told the paper, changes of station would be delayed, medical offerings would be scaled back, facility and weapons maintenance would be suspended and most civilian employees would be furloughed until appropriations are available.

7. If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street: You may be thinking, “No functioning government, no need to pay taxes.” Think again. The Man would continue to collect taxes. U.S. bonds would still be issued. And other essential banking functions would go on.

6. Wait a minute, Mr. Postman: You know that whole “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night” thing? Apparently, the U.S. Postal Service works through shutdowns as well. Sorry, you won’t catch a break from the junk mail. But hey, you may already be a winner!

5. I want a new drug: Oh, the irony. The Republicans want to defund Obamacare in exchange for funding the government. But the health care act at the center of this storm would continue its implementation process during a shutdown. That’s because its funds aren’t dependent on the congressional budget process.

4. Pass the ammunition: Not so fast. A shutdown would affect the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Translation: That gun permit you wanted processed wouldn’t happen anytime soon.

3. Money (that’s what I want): Well, if you own a small business and needed a loan from the government, you’d have to wait. If you were planning to buy a house and needed a federal loan, you’d have to wait. If you’re a veteran, you might have to make a few trips to the mailbox before that check arrived.

If you’re on Social Security, however, don’t worry — probably. Social Security payments were sent during the last shutdown. President Obama’s expected to keep workers on the payroll to process checks. But would there be enough employees to process new benefits for the newly retired?

2. Anything dirty or dingy or dusty: Oscar the Grouch is a company of one. No one loves trash. But if you live in Washington, expect it to pile up if there’s a shutdown. There wouldn’t be anyone to collect your garbage. Washington’s budget has to be approved by Congress. No budget for the city = no trash collection. And, according to The Washington Post, D.C. produces about 500 tons of garbage each week.

1. I’m proud to be an American: Perhaps the biggest hit would be to the collective psyche. America is the largest economy in the world and a beacon for how democracy ought to work. To watch elected lawmakers engage in a high-stakes staring contest with no one willing to blink is no way to do business. A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that 51% will blame Republicans if the government closes its doors. The U.S. has operated without a budget since 2009 and has avoided a government shutdown with last-minute deals. It’s been one stomach-turning sequel after another.

Not only does the government run out of money on Oct, 1, the nation is set to hit the debt ceiling and go into default in mid-October. Together, they serve — in the words of CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta — as a dysfunction double whammy

In a Podiatrist’s office:

“Time wounds all heels.”

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On a Septic Tank Truck:

Yesterday’s Meals on Wheels

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At an Optometrist’s Office:

“If you don’t see what you’re looking for,
you’ve come to the right place.”

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On a Plumber’s truck:

“We repair what your husband fixed.”

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On another Plumber’s truck:

“Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.”

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At a Tire Shop in Milwaukee :

“Invite us to your next blowout.”

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At a Towing company:

“We don’t charge an arm and a leg. We want tows.”

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On an Electrician’s truck:

“Let us remove your shorts.”

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In a Non-smoking Area:

“If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.”

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On a Birthing Room door:

“Push. Push. Push.”

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At a Car Dealership:

“The best way to get back on your feet -miss a car payment.”

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Outside a Muffler Shop:

“No appointment necessary. We hear you coming.”

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In a Veterinarian’s waiting room:

“Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!”

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In a Restaurant window:

“Don’t stand there and be hungry;
come on in and get fed up.”

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In the front yard of a Funeral Home:

“Drive carefully. We’ll wait.”

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At a Propane Filling Station:

“Thank heaven for little grills.”

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And don’t forget the sign at a

CHICAGO RADIATOR SHOP:

“Best place in town to take a leak.”

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Sign on the back of another Septic Tank Truck:

“Caution – This Truck is full of Political Promises

 

The Transportation Security Administration has fired Shane Hinkle, 39, a TSA agent at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., after a woman he supervised reported that he had “touched her in a sexual manner” at least four times. She reportedly captured one of the incidents on video.

“TSA holds its employees to the highest ethical standards and expects all employees to conduct themselves with integrity and professionalism,” the agency said in a statement. Hinkle has been arrested. (RC/WKYT Lexington)

So then molestation of the general public for government purposes: is considered professional conduct while molesting co-workers for personal purposes is deemed unprofessional. Wonder if the story would be different if he claimed to be patting her down and wore gloves?

 

This is why Obama gets away with what he does

Sylvia Thompson
September 3, 2013

As a conservative black American who ignores the concept of “self-muzzling” (translated “political correctness”), I have been asked several times why it is that Barack Obama and Eric Holder can do the unlawful, unjust things that they are doing. People who ask me this are Caucasian Americans. I reply in all instances that these men are lawless because white people allow them to be lawless. There are not enough conservative blacks who oppose the Obama regime to make much of a difference. In fact, there are not enough blacks in America (if we all opposed them) to stop these men.
I focus on these two, because they are the chief law officials in this country. The power that they wield over American citizens is tremendous. They set the tone for legality or illegality, and they have chosen the latter. They set the tone for racial harmony or disharmony, and they have chosen the latter.
That being the case, if white Americans continue to run scared at the sound of the term “racist,” these two will continue on their paths of destroying the country. I am convinced that Obama was groomed for politics by the left for the reason that he could be used as an object of “racism.” (The left, in this instance, being the conglomerate of powerful progressive, background players who manipulate politics to their benefit.) These controlling entities must have known that Obama was ill-equipped for the task of leading a great nation and would eventually be exposed as ill-equipped. When that eventuality happened, the race card would be the strategy used to scare off white folks. And so far, the scheme is working.
I do not think that a majority of Americans support the Obama regime or the left and its liberal, godless ideology. The leaders of the supposed opposition to the liberal left, however, are very weak. Those leaders are running scared from the charge of “racist,” and they have, effectively, left conservative America without oppositional political leadership. That is not to say that conservatives have no strong, out-spoken supporters of conservatism, it is just that these spokespeople are not in power. Elitist Republicans, who are in power, are as much a hindrance to conservatives as are their liberal foes.
In a similar vein, I have heard conservatives decry the moral and spiritual decline of our country. They say that it is difficult to see how we could have degenerated so far in so short a time. One commentator voiced confusion over how the same nation could have elected a George W. Bush twice (notwithstanding the flaws in Bush’s conservatism) and someone like Barack Obama twice.
The explanation for that confusion comes from facts that many conservatives, especially leaders, are not willing to face. Obama’s first election was predicated on a host of lies and media propaganda. Crucial information about him was covered over and hidden. He won the second time because four million Republicans (many of them conservatives) stayed home. Those voters knew that the Libertarian-led Republican leadership despised them as values voters and believers in God’s role in this country’s successes. They simply reached their wits’ end at being used in the same way that the Democrats use blacks and other minorities. So they stayed home. And I think they will continue to avoid the establishment Republicans’ choices of feckless, non-conservative, non-fighter candidates.
Until my Caucasian fellow Americans wake up to this reality – that Obama does what he does because they allow him to – they will continue to be victimized. The nation will continue to be victimized.

Sylvia Thompson is a black conservative writer whose aim is to counter the liberal spin on issues pertaining to race and culture.
Ms. Thompson is a copy editor by trade currently residing in Tennessee. She formerly wrote for the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley California Newsletter and the online conservative blog ChronWatch, also out of California.
She grew up in Southeast Texas during the waning years of Jim Crow-era legalized segregation, and she concludes that race relations in America will never improve, nor will we ever elevate our culture, as long as there are victims to be pandered to and villains to be vilified. America is better served without victims or villains.

Good Morning Campers!
Boy, are you in for a huge treat today.
Lots and lots of stuff to laugh at, smile at, and get angry at.
Yeah, anger is a legitimate emotion to try for by a writer.
And as little writing as I actually do with this blog, it is still a work of art and I am still a writer.
So, without too much further ado…

And right off the bat, we’re going with a YouTube video of something that I’ve been saying I’m going to do as soon as I get rich, hit the lottery, or inherit a bunch of money…
What?  You can’t see the video?  Go to the blog, man!  http://dragonlaffs.com And buy us a cup of coffee while you’re there.  Just go to the right to the donate link and buy us a cuppa!
Anyway, this is a wonderful little video.  Put a smile on someone’s face.

Like I said, something I’ve always wanted to do.  Just for the look on the servers face. 

But, fun is what we’re all about…well, that and trying to show you the truth of things.  Information is the difference between leadership and following.  Between good and evil.  Now, let’s press on.

 Okay, so it’s obviously photo shopped, (just look at the flatness of the edges compared to the background) but the sentiment is so worth it.  I wish there really was a sign like this.

 

And speaking of things that make you go, “F*cking-A-Tweety!”, here’s a great analogy of the thinking in our president’s head.  I’d say thinking in his mind, but I’m not really sure he has one.  And I say that in all seriousness.  I think what passes for a mind is just pure evilness.
But, this is a bit of a humorous look at one of his favorite programs…

 

It’s a slow day in the small town of Pumphandle and the streets are  deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on  credit.

A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel, and  lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs  to pick one for the night.

As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next  door to pay his debt to the butcher.

(Stay with this….. and pay attention)

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to  the pig farmer.

The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier,  the Co-op.

The guy at the Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local  call girl, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her  “services” on credit.

The call girl rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel  Owner.

The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the  traveler will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are  not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves.

No one produced anything. No one earned anything. $500 in debt was retired.
However, the whole town now thinks that they are out of debt and there is a false atmosphere of optimism and glee.

And that, my friends, is how a “stimulus package” works

Pretty accurate?  No?  Then you must be a liberal, leftist, socialist, entitlement minded democratic snuffleumpf!  It just goes to show, right?  Oh, so now you’re not speaking to me.  Okay, I see how you are.

 

Aww!  Isn’t he just the cutest thing?

Hey, I wanted to tell you a story about what happened to Lethal and I last weekend.  We spent Saturday fishing.  And there we were, walking back to town, down the middle of the street with 2 salmon each under our arms.  Lethal, being the wonderful chef that he is, was entertaining me with how he was going to cook each of these 4 salmon and the different spices and herbs and stuff that he was going to use. 

Two well-known entitlement liberals were walking in the opposite direction and see us and they ask, “How did you two get those fish?  Where’s ours?  We want ours!”

“We caught these,” I said

“You did?  How’d you catch them fishes?” one of the lefties asked.

“Well,” Lethal started, “it’s like this!  Impish here holds my legs over the bridge, and I grab the salmon as they swim up the river.  We got four salmon.  A great days fishing!”

So the other two look at each other and agree to give it a try.  They get down to the bridge and Liberal #1 says to Liberal #2, “Okay, hold my legs now.”

Well, he’s hanging there upside down for about thirty minutes when he suddenly cries, “Pull me up!  Pull me up!”

The other one asks, “Do you have a fish?”

“No,” he replies, “there’s a bloody train coming!!!”

I know…amazing, right?  Just goes to show you that some of these people are so used to getting hand outs that it’s ingrained in them so deeply, they can’t do the simplest of things for themselves.  Okay, so maybe a teeny, tiny bit of literary license was taken with this story, but this is entertainment after all, right?

I gather that in some areas of the world, this is somewhat of a problem…

Jane was a first time contestant on the $65,000 quiz show. Lady luck had smiled in her favor, as Jane had a gained substantial lead over her opponents. She even managed to win the game but, unfortunately, time had run out before the show’s host could ask her the big question. Jane agreed to return the following day. Jane was nervous as her husband drove them home. “I’ve just gotta win tomorrow. I wish I knew what the answers are! You know I’m not going to sleep at all tonight. I will probably look like garbage tomorrow.” “Relax honey,” her husband, Roger, reassured her, “It will all be OK.” Ten minutes after they arrived home, Roger grabbed the car keys and started heading out the door. “Where are you going?” Jane asked. “I have a little errand to run. I should be back soon.” After an agonizing 3 hour absence, Roger returned, sporting a very wide and wicked grin. “Honey, I managed to get tomorrow’s question and answer!” “What is it?” she cried excitedly. “OK. The question is ‘What are the three main parts of the male anatomy?’ And the answer is ‘The head, the heart, and the penis.’ ” The couple went to sleep with Jane, now feeling at ease, plummeting into a deep slumber. At 3:30 a.m., however, Jane was shaken awake by Roger, who was asking her the quiz show question. “The head, the heart, and the penis,” Jane replied groggily before returning to sleep. And Roger asked her again in the morning, this time as Jane was brushing her teeth. Once again, Jane replied correctly. So it was that Jane was once again on the set of the quiz show. Even though she knew the question and answer, she could feel butterflies. The cameras began running and the host, after reminding the audience of the previous days’ events, faced Jane and asked the big question. “Jane, for $65,000, what are the main parts of the male anatomy? You have 10 seconds.” “Hmm, uhm, the head?” she said nervously. “Very good. Six seconds.” “Eh, uh, the heart?” “Very good! Four seconds.” “I, uhh, ooooooohh, darn! My husband drilled it into me last night and I had it on the tip of my tongue this morning…” “That’s close enough!” said the game show host, “CONGRATULATIONS!!!”

“How did it happen?” the doctor asked the middle-aged farmhand as he set the man’s broken leg. “Well, doc, 25 years ago…” “Never mind the past! Tell me how you broke your leg this morning.” “Like I was saying… 25 years ago, when I first started working on the farm, that night, right after I’d gone to bed, the farmer’s beautiful daughter came into my room. She asked me if there was anything I wanted. I said, “No, everything is fine.” “Are you sure?” she asked. “I’m sure,” I said. “Isn’t there anything I can do for you???” she wanted to know. “I reckon not,” I replied. “Excuse me,” said the doctor, “What the hell does this story have to do with your broken leg?!?!?” “Well, this morning,” the farmhand explained, “when it dawned on me what she meant, I fell off the roof!”

Wow, I’m such a superstar that someone made a robot out of my likeness!  You will REALLY enjoy this video!

Thanks to my dad for sending me this one.  I don’t know if it’s really written by who it says it’s written by, but I also don’t care.  It is an exactly perfect sentiment.

Subject: Helpful Advice For The NFL

With the start of the NFL season, perhaps all team owners should be sent the following as a reminder:

From a Marine Corps Colonel in Afghanistan .

“So with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the National Anthem at a sporting event:

Save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts.

Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten – straight up, no styling.

“Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world.

Don’t make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love – not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from your costume, makeup and your entourage.

Sing ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America, not you.

And please remember, not everything has to be sung as a Negro spiritual. We’re getting a little weary of that.

Francis Scott Key does not need any help.”

Semper Fi

Semper Fi, my friend.

 

This has got to be THE Greatest juggler I’ve ever seen!!!!!!

Thanks for this one dad….it has already happened to me!

Giant lizard named for Jim Morrison tells tale of climate change

(CNN) — To get through the long, tedious hours sitting in the fossil archives at the University of California-Berkeley, Jason Head would listen to the hypnotic sounds of The Doors.

So when he happened upon one of the biggest lizards that ever walked on land, he found it fitting to name it after the band’s frontman, Jim Morrison — the original Lizard King.

See the rest of this interesting article here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05/us/climate-change-jim-morrison-lizard/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Here’s one for you, Lethal!

 

Okay here’s one I’d have loved to text myself…

Ah, sweet love!!!!

A middle-aged couple had finally learned how to send and receive texts on their cell phones.
The wife, being a romantic at heart, decided one day that she’d send her husband a text while she was out of the house having coffee with a friend.   

She texted:

If you are sleeping, send me your dreams.
If you are laughing, send me your smile.
If you are eating, send me a bite.
If you are drinking, send me a sip.
If you are crying, send me your tears.
I love you.
The husband, being a no-nonsense sort of guy, texted back:

I’m on the toilet. Please advise.

(Brings a tear to the eye, doesn’t it?)

Today’s Last Word is virtually another wordless pictorial.  Let’s see if you can guess it’s theme.
Let’s start with yet another video.
If you don’t see a video right below these words, then you aren’t on the website.  You took the wimpy way out and are trying to get PART of the message instead of the whole thing.
STOP!  RIGHT NOW! And go to the website and start over again from the top!!
Here’s the website: http://dragonlaffs.com

Okay, still trying to figure out the theme?  Let’s give you a couple of hints:

Makes perfect sense to me.
Why not just surround the country with UN troops and wait for them all to kill each other off?
I know.  Because there are innocent women and children there.
Yeah, well, there were innocent women and children in the World Trade Center, there were innocent women and children in Boston, and innocents in many other places.
They don’t give a shit about innocents, why should we?
I know.  Because we aren’t them.
Damn, there’s always a reason, right?

Yeah, I know.  There has been a severe lack of words lately, but I think you got the idea of what this post is about.

Okay, so if you hadn’t been able to tell, I detest this administration.
It has nothing to do with the color of anyone’s skin or anything asinine like that, but completely with the fact that the entire lot of them are self-centered, egotistical, incompetents!  Please, please, please people, wake the hell up!  We need to get back to the roots of our country.  We need to get back to a Constitutional Republic.  People need to understand what’s going on.
If I have to do it with humor to get your attention, than I guess that’s what I have to do.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to today’s issue.
Until we meet again

<Mumbling> Going to my happy place (see above photo of happy place)…no idiots or Dragons, Gun Control Goons, Entitlement minded thieving rat bastards,  no libatards we due process all terrorist with a bullet in my happy place! (Mantra repeats)

OH! Ahem! Err… Sorry about that folks. Putting today’s issue together has taxed the limits of my sanity, temper and medication.

Since Impish has declined to play a round of ‘Leprechauns & Dragons’ to help alleviate some of the stress that I acquired doing the issue because ‘Gee Lethal I not only always lose I always wind up at the Mythical Animal Veterinary Clinic after a game of Leprechauns & Dragons!’ I’m stuck coping as best I’m able while Friday frantically locks away all the really dangerous stuff I might snap and lay a hand on.

You folks forge on without me if I regain my serenity in time I’ll catch up!

<Mumbling recommences> Going to my happy place no idiots or Dragons..

 

KITTIES! That’s what I need! Kitties are calming!

QUICK! I need another dose!

There once was a Congressman named Weiner,

Who had a perverted demeanor.

Forced from the Hill for acting like Bill,

Now Congress is one Weiner leaner.

Moral:    “If you tweet your meat, you lose your seat.”

 

Survey: Almost 90 percent of Internet users have taken steps to avoid surveillance

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048170/almost-90-percent-of-internet-users-have-taken-steps-to-avoid-surveillance-survey-finds.html#tk.nl_pcwbest

I blame this on Congress & Obama. From where I sit this has to be one of the effects of Sequestration. Security always takes a big hit when you’re doing budget reductions. Well THANK YOU CONGRESS & OBAMA! Now we got 12 MORE to mourn because of your ineffectual partisan bickering leadership!

Personally I’m WAY past ready for Obama & Congress’s show to start!

Newtown unanimously adopts new firearms ordinance

This photo, provided by the Monroe Police Department, shows the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The school, formerly known as Chalk Hill School, was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, in the neighboring town of Monroe. (AP Photo/Monroe Police Department)

NEWTOWN >> Town officials have unanimously approved a firearms ordinance limiting recreational shooting in Newtown.

The first debate on the proposal was held more than a year ago, before the Dec. 14 massacre in which a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Legislative Council President Jeff Capeci said Monday that the ordinance balanced the views of those seeking to protect their Second Amendment rights and others who worry about safety and nuisance problems, The News Times reported (http://bit.ly/15golph ).

“It’s a good compromise considering the varying interests,” Capeci told the newspaper.

Hundreds of people offered about 200 hours of testimony over the course of the debate on the ordinance.

The ordinance approved last week by the Legislative Council says no resident may shoot for more than four hours after police are notified and shooting is limited to one person at a time. Target backstops are required and must be 10 feet above the target.

No shooting is allowed within a half-mile of a school.

The ordinance is targeted at recreational shooting and does not affect hunters or gun salutes for memorial events and tributes.

Because the Mentally Insane, Homicidal Maniacs (nice name for a band!) and Terrorists are ALL going to follow the local law and call the police before they start shooting to be sure they comply with the law.

I got news for you loony libatards, that kid wasn’t recreationally shooting when he killed his mother or those kids he was hunting human beings!

Yeah I’m feeling MUCH safer already. Damned Libatards tools fools!

 

Yes, it matters where you put the price tag !

Only $4.98? I don’t understand! It was a best seller in Korea! Must have lost something in the translation.

Always thought Laura Engels was a little too goodie two shoes to not be hiding something!

I’m not touching this one I don’t which big name actors  personage is being referred to!

Uhh…I’ll stick with Q-tips thanks!

OK I cannot even begin to count the levels on which I find this disturbing, not the least of which is the fact it appears one of my cats may have posed for the packaging!

I knew they said they were making progress on explain why certain people exhibited homosexual tendencies, I didn’t know they had distilled it into a topical cream  however!

OK I’m guessing you’ll have need of these if you use too much of the previous product possibly?

 

The state of California legislature approved sweeping illegal immigration reformed laws in yesterday’s session. It will streamline the issue and many legislatures say it will be a model for future immigration of illegal immigrants for the entire United States. California also announced it will be changing its name very soon.

 

Stop laughing Impish that’s YOU in about 5 years buddy!

 

 

NOW we finally get to the thing that finally made my little green Choo-choo go chugging ‘round the bend.

When I first saw this I was so angry I was speechless. If fact I pretty much still am speechless at the unmitigated gall of this despicable poser! He has single handedly managed to insult, disrespect and slap in the face EVERY VETERAN AND/OR SERVICEMAN WOUND IN ACTION with his conniving thievery of rights he should never have gotten!

What pisses me off even worse than the obvious incompetence of the VA in this case, (huge surprise there!) is this asshole apparently had legal & medical help to do it!

Can anyone else here say ETHICS VIOLATIONS??!!

ARRRGH!

What’s The Dumbest Thing You Could Say To A Congresswoman Who Lost Her Legs In Battle? Um, THIS.

http://www.upworthy.com/whats-the-worst-thing-you-could-say-to-a-congresswoman-who-lost-her-legs-in-battle-found-it

An IRS contractor named Braulio Castillo hurt his foot playing football in military prep school. He never served in the actual military. Then one day, decades later, he used it to get preferred treatment in government contracts. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who lost both her legs and still could lose her arm from combat injuries, felt that this might just be a touch inappropriate. It gets amazing around 4:30.

 

This is especially egregious in light of the fact that it takes most vets an unacceptably long time to get the help they need for basic services, let alone government contracts. My friend, who is a vet, informed me that many vets don’t feel like they can apply at all because their injuries were so mild compared to injuries vets like Rep. Duckworth had. (Said vets have very valid injuries, like PTSD, shrapnel, and brain trauma, etc.) So the world needs to know about guys like this to prevent them from getting away with fraud. I’d love it if you shared and tweeted this. My friends who actually sacrificed in the line of duty would really appreciate it, too.

To get a better handle of the scam Mr. Castillo was perpetuating and to what financial tune I refer you to this article:

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130707/ACQUISITION03/307070008/IRS-scandal-exposes-small-biz-pass-throughs

If I talk about this further it will be weeks before I come back to the blog and then only heavily sedated.

We’re done here for the day folks, turn the lights out when you leave. Personally I’m headed to my happy place for as long as it takes me to resist the urge to go find this guy and give him a serious legitimate disability so he can tell the difference!