Thursday, March 31, 2011

Benefit for working with UMNO Government


Is this one of the many benefits beside accepting bribes for Government Servants?

It was revealed at the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) investigating Teoh Beng Hock’s death, that MACC Officer Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus was viewing pornography at the time of Teoh’s death.

MACC Negeri Sembilan chief Hishamuddin Hashim claimed he was not aware of that even though it was well known among the MACC officers that Mohd Ashraf and him share the same liking for porno, having sex with girls and boys and use of violent in their investigation. And UMNO can come out with the homo story and sex video on Anwar.

Malaysia is definitely lacking good, capable and sincere workers who are loyal to the country. It is high time that all Malaysians be sincere and passionate about saving this country from UMNO, who can only talk and not have any workable projects/development, lack leadership and is not ashamed to use money to bribe and buy voters.

Chris Christie Vetoing Liberal Bullshit In New Jersey

Now, in the old days, New Jersey Democrats would have simply raised our taxes to pay for this shite:



Looks like word hasn’t reached all corners of New Jersey there is a new governor in Trenton
. Gov. Christie has partially rejected the minutes of the March 9 meeting of the Urban Enterprise Zone Authority because of what he describes as $45,700 in unnecessary promotional and entertainment-related expenses for the Long Branch UEZ. The governor’s office released this list:



-$14,000 for promotional items at “conventions, expositions and conferences,” including such things as pads, pens, notebooks, flashlights, key chains, tee shirts, letter openers, sanitizer, Frisbees and other promotional items.


-$15,750 for “videography services” for recording “major car shows, cruise nights and concerts.”


-$15,000 for the “layout, production, printing, mailing and postage of a “UEZ City Calendar.”


-$700 for “refreshments such as donuts and coffee.”


-$250 committed to “travel,” for unspecified individuals, to include “tolls, parking and gas....



Next up, he's vetoing legislation that was proven to be "soft on crime". Just ask the dead:



Gov. Christie has conditionally vetoed a bill that would have changed the cycle of mandatory parole review from every three years to every 10 years. He also provided for the full repeal of the mandatory early release law that became controversial recently when two people out on early parole allegedly were involved in separate homicides.



About the early release law championed by Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, Christie said, “Whatever original policy or principle motivated passage of this law, it failed to adequately consider the safety of the public. In recent months we have seen the horrific consequences of the early release law, which is why we must not wait any longer to take action and change it.”




There's no reason for criminals to have to go ten years between parole hearings; that's a bit cruel, even if the outcome if preordained. More importantly, he's working on repealing a law (signed by former governor and Democrat Jon Corzine) that gives dangerous criminals more freedom of movement than a scared public.




Trying to force taxpayers to ante up for frivolous spending, while setting criminals free to kill again - that's the way of the New Jersey Democrats. Thank God we have Chris Christie here to fight for us.


We need 1,000 more like him...

Israel Prepares For The War Against Hezbollah

Very interesting bit of pyschological warfate by the Israelis, as they declassified and released IDF maps detailing the location of Hezbollah's bunkers. Via Judith Levy at Ricochet:



If you open the PDF and scroll down to the satellite photo of the village, you will see that weapons caches have been placed beside mosques and hospitals, underneath schools, and in residential areas. El-Khiam -- which was already the site of serious hostilities with the Israelis in 2006 -- has thus been wired as a village-sized suicide bomb. If Hezbollah launches attacks from El-Khiam and the IDF retaliates, civilian casualties are all but guaranteed.




Judith feels the release is a three-pronged offensive: A warning to Hezbollah ("We know where you are..."), and to the Lebanese people (did they know their womenfolk and children were penciled in as human shields?), and to the international community at large, so that the world understands that any civilians killed in an upcoming conflict were placed in harm's way by radical Islamists.




A fascinating play. There will be war in the Middle East sooner rather than later, as various factions try to coalesce a fractured population around them by attacking Israel. And while Hezbollah may or may not start the war (it may be Egypt, Hamas, or Syria, they will undoubtedly go for glory once the shooting starts.



But will this release have any affect on "world opinion" at all?


I'm skeptical. I wrote last week on the upcoming war, and how the media is already ignoring the facts, telling half the story, and otherwise finessing the narrative in order to present the story as it has always been told by the Left: Democratic Israel bad, bloodthirsty Islamist murderers good.



In theory, this should be big news. If it is not treated that way, if it is dismissed or ignored, well...then the ending to the story has already been written, no matter ho hard Israel tries to avoid civilian causalities, and regardless of how many innocents are killed by propaganda-seeking, Jew-hating terrorists...

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Cavs Season Can End Today


Yesterday, the worst team in the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers, enjoyed the one and only high point of their dreadful season -- in a home game at the Q, they opened a can of whup-ass and beat up on LeBron James and the mighty Miami Heat. It was a no-doubter, in which Bron-Bron was knocked to the floor so violently his fuckin' headband flew off. No foul was called. Hee-hee!

As a Cav, LeBron's huge entourage was always allowed access to all the amenities -- prime seats, prime parking, prime everything, if you know what I mean. Yesterday, as a Heat (A "Heat"? A "Hot"?" Lousy name.) LeBron was OK'd for underground clubhouse parking, but his triple-Escalade load of sycophantic hangers-on was turned away. Flat-out fuck-off.

As Cavs owner Dan Gilbert Tweeted after the victory, "Not in our garage!"

It's Getting Embarassing To Be An Ohioan, And The Shit Must Not Stand!


With Senate Bill 5, the new state budget, and House Bill 125, Ohio's governor and his party's lawmakers are rapidly turning our state into back-water Mississippi. No, wait, I take that back. Even Mississippi doesn't have anything like the odious SB 5. I apologize to Mississippi.

The Ohio House Republican Tea Baggers added a few tweaks, and SB 5 is now stinkier than ever. The House will vote their approval today, along strict party lines. Then, it's back to the Senate for a final OK, then Kay-suck will sign the goddam thing into law.

A few of the House changes to SB 5:

If labor-employer talks reach an impasse, the employer's (government's) last offer is implemented. Since the bill already prohibits strikes and eliminates binding arbitration, this makes a mockery of supposed collective bargaining. What the hell exactly would be bargained? This shit cannot stand!

Unless the cheapest labor contract is chosen by the employer, the contract can be put on the ballot and the public can vote on it. Dumbass reactionary hill-jacks could now be voting on the pay of policemen! I didn't get to vote on Kasich's pay at Lehman Brothers or at Fox News. Will I get to vote on his pay as governor? No? Then this shit cannot stand!

Workers can now successfully decertify their union with just 30% of the vote. What the fuck? Since when does 30% trump 70%? These assholes are out of their minds. This shit cannot possibly stand!

Workers who refuse to join a union are no longer required to pay "fair share" union dues anyway. Such workers would enjoy the benefits of a union labor contract without paying one thin dime for the privilege. This shit cannot stand!

Says that traffic ticket quotas cannot be part of any law enforcement merit pay system. Kasich must have slipped this one in personally. "No more tickets from idiots!"

The two year state budget:

Hacks $850 million from Ohio's school systems, after Kay-suck refused $450 million in federal education funding. Class sizes will increase, and so will the number of property tax levys on upcoming ballots. This shit cannot stand!

Quadruples expenditures for private-school vouchers. That's our tax dollars paying tuition at St. Alfonzo's Parochial and at the We're-Only-In-It-For-The-Money Charter School. This shit cannot stand!

Cuts funding for the Ohio Consumers Council by 50%, claiming this reduces overlap with the PUCO. But neither the OCC nor the PUCO are funded by state tax dollars. They're funded by a small fee on each utility bill. So why chop their funding if there's no impact on the budget? Unlike the PUCO, whose wide-ranging interests include commercial activity, the OCC is concerned solely with fairness to residential utility customers, like you and me. The Ohio Consumers Council is on our side, while Kay-suck and the big oil, gas, coal and energy fat cats are on the other. That's the name of that tune, and the shit cannot stand!

Officially replaces the word ombudsman with ombudsperson. Hallelujah! We were all really worried about that one.

And the grotesquely misguided, Puritanical HB 125:

Seeks to give Ohio the worst, most restrictive abortion law in America by flatly banning the procedure if a fetal "heartbeat" is detected. And it can be detectable just a couple weeks after conception, when a great many women wouldn't yet know they were pregnant. HB 125 would thus effectively prohibit just about all abortions in Ohio. Legally, this is stepping backwards in time by 100 years or more. It's a goddam shame that abortion and other reproductive issues were ever made part of the legislative agenda to begin with. What will happen, will happen, and it's a most private affair. Butt out, Senator! As a society, we shouldn't need to have something like the Roe v. Wade ruling, but we do, and until we as a people get smarter, more open-minded and more compassionate, Roe v. Wade must stay. And HB 125 must go. It is an awful piece of shit which really must not stand!

SB 5 is almost certainly headed for a referendum on the November ballot, so we'll get a chance to overturn it. It may possibly hit some legal roadblocks as well. See Wisconsin. HB 125 is so extreme that it's unlikely to pass the House in the first place, but you never know. Don't know what to do about all the right-wing clap-trap stuffed into the budget. Cross fingers and hope that the legislature tells John-Boy to try again? Doubtful.

One thing I know is that it's increasingly embarassing to be from Ohio. If this shit stands, Buster may disavow his Buckeye-hood. Maybe I'll claim New York residency. Hell, maybe I'll pretend to be Canadian, eh?

More Bad Polls For Barack

It's no wonder his television ratings are sliding into oblivion; when the main character is so repulsive, people tend to turn away in disgust. Speaking of which:

American voters disapprove 48 - 42 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing and say 50 - 41 percent he does not deserve to be re-elected in 2012, both all-time lows, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.


This compares to a 46 - 46 percent job approval rating and a 45 - 47 percent split on the President's re-election in a March 3 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University.


In a hypothetical 2012 matchup, President Obama gets 36 percent of the vote to 37 percent for an unnamed Republican challenger.


Democrats approve 80 - 13 percent of the job Obama is doing, but disapproval is 81 - 9 percent among Republicans and 50 - 39 percent among independent voters. Men disapprove 52 - 41 percent while women split 44 - 44 percent.


In other words, he's got his base. And no one else.


DUDE!
You can't win election for county dogcatcher with these kind of numbers...

Ratings Plunge: Time To Cancel "The Obama Show"?

Looks like the "Amateur Socialism Variety Hour" has finally jumped the shark, and viewers, tired of seeing the same once-fascinating, now repetitive gag over and over, have turned away in boredom and disgust:


President Obama’s speech viewership keeps on slipping. Monday night’s policy address on Libya delivered 25.6 million viewers, continuing the president’s trend of declining ratings for his issue-oriented telecasts.


The speech was down 12% from Obama’s address on Iraq last August (29.2 million), which fell 9% from his speech on the Gulf Coast oil spill in June (32.1 million), which in turn dropped 21% from his Afghanistan speech back in December of 2009 (40.8 million). Alas, contractual agreements forbid cancelling this show before November 2012.


Expect the ratings slide to continue, as more and more folks get turned off by the illogic, irrationality, and plain nastiness of the lead character. He'll retain a loyal base of support, of course, but in the end, it appears quite unlikely that this will propel the show to have it's four year contract renewed...

Did Obama Just Convince Gaddafi To Dig In?

From the reports on the ground, it sure sounds like it. Via WSJ's Best of the Web, NBC's Jim Maceda reports from Tripoli:

I can tell you that the whole, the atmospherics here of the government officials and minders is very different. They had gone to ground for a number of days: very quiet, very tense [since Obama spoke]. They're looking much more themselves: much more bellicose, much more defiant in the past 24 hours. I would think, it's an educated guess but I would say that Gadhafi, after hearing that speech, . . . now is feeling a lot better. That they're feeling that they dodged a bullet.

If NATO's taking over, they like that. They've got much better relations with NATO than with the United States in general. And they love the idea that the US position as stated by Obama is that they're not looking for regime change. Soon as he heard that, I'm sure Gadhafi was quite excited. He thinks he can probably negotiate his way out of this as he has over the past 41 years in other situations.

Seems like Gaddafi is channelling Jersey Shore's Ronnie Mangro, who, after busted for multiple violations of his relationship with Sammi Giancola, came out with this bit of Zen:



"I'm definitely not a saint. If I walked into a church, I'd probably burst into flames to be honest with you ... But I think that I can probably talk my way out of the hole I dug. I mean, how deep is a grave?"
- Ronnie Magro

No doubt Ghaddafi is thinking along the exact same lines.

Heckuva job, Baracky...

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

"Evan Bayh Admits Health Care Bill Does Not Stop Rising Health Costs"


Mediaite's Alex Alvarez catches this damning admission from former Indiana Senator Evan Bayh; Obamacare doesn't do anything to control healthcare costs: 

The real issue that was not addressed, Laura, that you’ve raised now, and I think appropriately, is the cost, the cost to both the government and to your listeners. We need to take steps now to get the costs of health care under control. That was not dealt with really in an aggressive way in this legislation. I think it now needs to be.

Interesting that Bayh voted for the bill that passed last year.  And yet now he says, present and future tense, that "we need to take steps now." 

So when will start controlling healthcare costs?  Answer: When we realize that the intellectual model that we have been following--rationing not only care, but also, in effect, rationing medicine and medical research--is a non-starter.  Yes, Obamacare promised to do just that, but, well, that's politics.

The real-world reality is that restricting payments for the treatment of ill people is not politically acceptable.   By contrast, restricting the flow of capital to medical research is, unfortunately, possible, because the public doesn't quite know what's going on.  But such a restriction makes healthcare even more expensive, because it's cheaper to vaccinate than to treat, and it's cheaper to cure than to care.

Unfortunately few Americans understand the nature of the drug and device "pipeline."  As the economist Bastiat said, there's the "seen" and the "unseen" in political economics, and longterm medical research is mostly unseen.

The opposite model, of course, is Serious Medicine, which argues that what when people are healthier, they are less expensive to care for.   And can work longer and more productively.  


American People: Global Warming Is Crap !

Gallup:

With Earth Day about a month away, Americans tell Gallup they worry the most about several water-related risks and issues among nine major environmental issues. They worry least about global warming and loss of open spaces....

...Americans are less worried today than they were 10 years ago about all eight issues Gallup measured in 2001.


"Global Warming "suffered the second biggest fall, from 63% to 51%, (-12%) of any category offered by the poll.


Two thoughts:

-51% is still too large of a group of "believers". But shockingly low, considering how the climate change agenda has been pushed so aggressively by the media and, over the last two years, by the Obama administration. Not to mention corporations that so fear being on the wrong side of the thugocracy that they too spend more time talking about "going green" than generating profits.

-in light of the point above, should we even concern ourselves overmuch about both the effect of the media on public opinion, and on the ability of the Obama administration at this point to affect the same? It seems as if every day, despite the increasingly hysterical sales pitch of the "warmists", more and more of the one-time "true believers" are now shaking their heads and walking away...

Looks as if the American people are a lot smarter and savvier than the media, and the Democratic party, would like to admit.


Makes me proud. Bodes well for 2012...

Bob Menendez Is Right: Qaddafi IS a Terrorist!

We do our fair share - and then some - of Senator Bob Menendez (D-La Raza) bashing, but we'll give him credit for being right for a change.

From his
web page:

US Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee - released the following statement urging President Obama in his remarks to the country tonight to remind Americans about Muammar Qaddafi’s role in ordering the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988. "


Qaddafi is a terrorist – the moral equivalent of Osama bin Laden – a man who ordered the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270, including 34 New Jerseyans
, and who in 2009 swapped a lucrative oil deal in exchange for the release of the convicted Pan Am bomber. A man President Ronald Reagan referred to as ‘this mad dog of the Middle East’ because of his relentless instigation of and support for terrorism. A man who has trained terrorists in North Africa and has proven that his reign of terror extends well beyond his own national and regional borders. A man who referred to the 1985 slaughter of innocent travelers, including an eleven-year-old American child, by terrorists at the Rome and Vienna airports as a ‘noble act.’ There is no question that, if given the chance, Qaddafi will continue to support terrorism and, therefore, continue to threaten Americans at home and abroad. That is why a Libyan no fly zone is not only in the interest of the international community, but is also in the national security interest of the United States.”


Ironically, if Obama had used some of this language last night (or earlier, had he been so inclined to talk to us plebes), he might find support for his Libyan war to be more robust. But Obama, the king of moral equivalence, no doubt sees gobs of it between Libya's historical atrocities and those "committed" by The Great Satan. He can no more raise Menendez's point than he can cut taxes, it goes so against his grain that even with the Teleprompter's urging, it is unlikely he can get the words out.


More's the pity. As Obama and the Democrats are about to find out, 2012 is going to be about moral clarity, on multiple issues. The days of fudging with fine oratory has passed. Will likely leave this particular president as a fish out of water, as details, facts, logic, and honesty are a wee bit out of his reach. And if Obama can get outflanked by the likes of a Ronald Reagan-quoting liberal like Bob Menendez on the issues of war and moral clarity, well, he's in way, way worse shape than I ever imagined...

Monday, March 28, 2011

Scott Powers: More Coward Than Man...

Yeah, that's right. Scott Powers is the Orlando Sentinel reporter who was stuffed in a closet during a Joe Biden fundraiser held at a private home, because his staffers didn't want the media there. Here's the long and short of it:

As the unaware $500-a-head invitees dined on caprese crostini with oven-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and gorgonzola cheese, grilled chicken Caesar and garden vegetable wraps, veteran reporter Scott Powers was locked away.
The Orlando Sentinel reporter was ushered into the closet inside wealthy property developer Alan Ginsburg’s Winter Falls mansion, after being told that Joe Biden and Senator Bill Nelson had not yet arrived. T

hey were due to speak to the audience to raise money for the 2012 elections. He was told he could only come out when the politicians were ready to give their speeches. Veteran reporter Scott Powers was locked in the closet for most of the event.


He emailed from inside ‘sounds like a nice party’.


After 90 minutes he was allowed out to hear Biden and Nelson speak for 35 minutes, before being taken back to the closet for the remainder of the event.
Where the party of the people goes to pocket some some cash, imprison reporters, and play a little tennis...Alan Ginsberg's mansion. Hey, he can afford the carbon credits, I suppose....

Why would any man allow himself to be locked in a closet, no less a man whose profession is based upon shining light into the corridors of power? Why didn't Scott Powers call 911 from inside the closet? As he reportedly sent emails from inside, he obviously had cell coverage. Why, upon his release, did he not demand audience with Biden or Nelson to report the crime? Or at least threaten a lawsuit? And why did the Orlando Sentinel refuse to allow him to publish the story?


Many questions, but just one answer. Access to power. Scott Powers knew that if he raised a stink either during or after his imprisonment, he would likely be barred from future events. The Sentinel knew that if they publicized this Third-World treatment of the American media by the Democratic party, they too would lose their access to scoops from various Washington insiders. So they allowed a felony to go unreported in order to keep what they felt was their most valuable possession: again, access to power.


It's a game the Obama White House plays constantly. Chris Wallace pointed it out just yesterday on FOX News Sunday, asking (rhetorically) why the administration sent Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates to talk about Libya on every other Sunday talk show except theirs. Well, that's what happens when you don't play along with the Obama administration. Get your access cut off, or get locked in a closet. or both, if you complain about it.


Scott Powers could have taken this opportunity to expose one of the ugly truths about the thuggishness of the Obama administration - the threats, fear-mongering, and literal imprisonment that takes place when you disobey or disrupt the party in any way. He could have done his journalistic duty and shined a light into a very dark moment in American history, a moment that is still unfolding. He could have made a difference.


Instead, it appears as if Scott Powers decided the most important thing he could do was take care of Scott Power's career, and thus put a good natured smiley-face on a criminal act, albeit one committed by a criminal syndicate that he apparently is sympathetic with. Out the window goes accountability, but access to power is kept close to the vest.


Don't be surprised if you see Scott Power's byline, by the way, next to an exclusive interview with either Biden or Obama himself. Cowards are easy to buy off, after all...

Liberals Debate Michelle Bachmann: A Nut, Or A Slut?

Well, you knew this was coming...women are equal, nay , better than men, and must be treated with respect, dignity and all the protections of the law so that they may reach their fullest potential.

Unless they're conservative women. In which case, feel free to whip it out, because they are asking for it. With Michelle Bachmann's presidential run looking more and more likely (she wowed them in Iowa), carbuncular seether Bill Maher licked his chapped lips, and started the party:


“Well you know, a birther could be running for president,” Maher said. “Michele Bachmann this week threw her hat into the ring, kind of. We think she’s going to be running for president – for those that find Sarah Palin too intellectual. Michele Bachmann for president – as a comedian, all I have to say is where can I donate to this cause?


“I love this,” he said. “If Bachmann and Palin both get in, that’s two bimbos...."


More un-PC and ugly than anything that ever came out of Rush Limbaugh's mouth, but the media and the groups allegedly formed to protect women sit back and snicker along with the Mahers...

There are two psychosis at play here. First is the need to label any conservative women who seems threatening to the Left as either a nut or a slut, so as to make them unappetizing to the American people. Much in the same way Islamic regimes do to female dissidents. See Sarah Palin (both), Christine O'Donnell (nut), Nikki Haley (slut), Sharron Angle (nut), or outside of the political arena, see former beauty queen Carrie Prejean (both).

The second move, once the "slut label" has been applied, is to attempt a psychological rape of the subject. Hey - she's a conservative woman, a slut, so don't blame me, she's asking for it! And like most rape, the desire is less physical than emotional - it is based upon hatred, fed by a deep desire to dominate and subordinate the female in question to their will.
As I wrote some time back:

For some reason, when liberals see a Sarah Palin or a Carrie Prejean [and now a Christine O'Donnell], the impulse immediately is for the lowest road possible: not to engage them, but to defile them. Not to prove them wrong, but to humiliate them in the vilest way possible. The immediate, insatiable urge of the Left is to wreck a female adversary so completely that no one can look at them the same way; so that anyone who sees their victim will see the marks on them and turn away in disgust or openly mock with righteous venom, and to hopefully so emotionally destroy their female "enemies" that their self-esteem is ravaged, and they slink away from public life, alone and ashamed.


There's a word for this type of assault. Rape.


Yes, the assault isn't physical, but the thought process behind the rapes of Palin and Prejean are identical to that of the common street rapist: To defile, degrade, humiliate, embarrass, and make themselves feel better in the process. A broken victim is what each hopes to obtain, and neither stops the assault until the surrender is complete.


Here comes the Left, with their mouths open and their pants unzipped, ready to defile Michelle Bachmann. We must make a stand now, and not let the daughters of the Tea Party get scarred for life by the vicious, misogynist, hate-filled minions of the Left...

Sunday, March 27, 2011

May The Best Team Win


Or not. So goes the NCAA basketball tournament. There is still no doubt in Buster's mind that Ohio State and Kansas were the two standout teams, clearly the class of the field. But no matter how good you are, if you start laying bricks, you're apt to get bounced. That's what happened to the Buckeyes and the Jayhawks, and they're gone. And that, as they say, is why they play the games.

It's a funny, flukey Final Four and a bitter pill. If this OSU team played Kentucky ten times, we'd win eight. Same for playing North Carolina. Kansas would beat VCU nine times out of ten. But they don't play ten times in the tourney. Damn!

Oh well. Go VCU!!!!!

The US Government neglects a once-great industrial sector--pharma. Where exactly, are the jobs we need going to come from? To say nothing of the cures?

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is holding a conference in Washington DC this week, and what's notable about the agenda is the absence of any representation of the pharma/medical device sectors on the list of speakers.   One would surmise, therefore, that the medical sector just isn't that important to export-minded economic planners.   Instead the speakers are heavy with diplomats, reps from tech companies, from construction companies--and, of course, well-connected DC-based lobbyists.

Indeed, it's easy to see why the pharma sector was overlooked.  In 2009, according to the International Trade Administration's Office of Health and Consumer Goods, pharmaceutical exports from the US were about $46 billion, and imports were $82.5 billion; thus the US has a negative pharma trade balance of $35.5 billion.   Not so long ago, the US pharma sector was a huge net exporter, but decades of political attacks on the pharma industry, combined with restrictive legislation, have taken their toll.  This decline in US pharma competitiveness is measurable and quantifiable, as Michael Milken noted recently.

We should worry about the decline of any US industry, of course, but surely we should worry in particular about the decline of the medical industry, for the simple reason that medicine is a key variable as to whether or not we keep our health  Admittedly, the rest of the world is making medicine, but overseas firms are making mostly generics--copies of extant medicines.  In other words, the rest of the world is mostly not innovating, it is instead free-riding, and so that's why we are suffering a Serious Medicine Crash.   In the long run, we will have to find a way to recapitalize the medical sector, and we probably will, because demand for medicine is always strong.  That renascent pharma sector just might not be in the US, that's all.

In the words of Serious Medicine strategist Jeremy Shane:

One of the fastest ways to reduce costs for American consumers and increase use of American technology would be to export the fruits of our drug research and diagnostics.  The larger the population to which new drugs or genetic or diagnostic tests are distributed, the faster we will learn which drugs work best for which groups of people, and the greater the opportunity for US-based innovators to realize value from great science and US based manufacturing of new therapies.

But none of these economic opportunities seem to be of interest to the Obama administration.  Having enacted a new healthcare finance scheme at enormous fiscal and political cost, the Obamans don't seem interested in revisiting any facet of the healthcare issue.  Indeed, to the extent that the the drying up of the drug pipeline means that government agencies spend less on healthcare--no matter what the longterm consequence to public health--the Obamans might even be happy to see the medical sector wither away.   That's speculative, of course, but we know from the Ex-Im speakers' roster that nobody in Washington is doing anything to change the faltering status quo.


Improving Alzheimer's Treatment: The Key to Solving the Retirement/Entitlement Crisis


A sobering article in Newsmax about what Americans expect to see in their own retirement.  Under the headline "Obama's Fiscal Policies Doom Retirement for Millions," writer Chris Gonsalves cites data from the Employee Benefits Research Institute, showing how Americans fear that they won’t have enough money for their retirement and, as an understandable consequence, are planning to work longer.  
It’s perfectly understandable that Americans are pessimistic about the traditional retire-at-65 scenario, and are resigned to working longer.   But from a public policy point of view, all of us could help if we could create a political constituency in favor of a cure--or even a significant improvement in treatment--for diseases that afflict the elderly.    Arthritis is one such malady, as are COPD and diabetes.  But perhaps the most fearful of all is Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).   

It’s AD, among other illnesses, that could hobble aging Americans, preventing them from working the jobs they will likely need to be working in the decades ahead.   

According to the EBRI report, a rising percentage of Americans are fearful that the retirement income they need won’t be there for them: 

27 percent of American workers are not confident they'll have enough money to retire and live well. That's up 5 percent from last year, and marks the highest level of unease ever measured in the 21 years of the survey by EBRI, a Washington-based nonprofit research firm focused on health, savings, and retirement issues.  Only 13 percent of the 1,258 adults surveyed in January say they are very confident about their retirement outlook, tied for the all-time low set in 2009.

And so as a result, people are planning on working longer: 

Fully 36 percent of Americans expect to be working after age 65. That's up from 11 percent in 1991 and 25 percent in 2006. Nearly three quarters of workers, 74 percent, say they expect to have to work after they retire to make ends meet. Currently fewer than 23 percent of retirees report working for pay.

The EBRI report focuses on the need for seniors, and future seniors, to save more money now.  But we might further note that these numbers underscore the reality that, as a practical political matter, nobody in Washington is going to be slashing away at entitlement spending, no matter what the elite deficit commissions might wish.    If Americans are fearful of their retirement security, and the retirement security of loved ones, they’re not going to agree to cuts in such spending--the polls show that overwhelmingly.

And yet if we step back, we can see that the entitlement crisis is really a retirement crisis.  That is, people need money on which to live.  If they can depend on the government, that's not so bad, so long as the government has the money.   But fi they can't depend on the government, at least not as soon as they thought, well, they had better be healthy enough to work.

To be sure, if America were to confront a genuine Greece-style crisis, everything will be on the table, and everything will be subject to cuts.   But for now, so long as Washington can find money to pay for Afghanistan, Libya, NPR, and wasteful education programs, few senior citizens, nor their advocacy groups, are going to agree to any kind of cuts.   So if the policy elites wish to continue their anti-deficit campaign, it would be behoove them to heed the wisdom of, for example, Sandra Day O’Connor and Maria Shriver, both of whom wrote last fall that we are spending hundreds of billions, headed toward trillions, on AD, while spending virtually nothing on a cure.   The real cost savings for Medicare, they added, will come from successfully treating AD.   And of course, as noted here at SMS in the past, if we could forestall AD, we could then talk about raising the retirement age for entitlement benefits.   And that would eliminate much of the deficit/debt overhang.  

Oh and by the way, if we could develop an AD treatment, we would have developed a new export industry, because an enriching and aging world wants the same medicines that we want.  

But alas, few in the political/policy world seems to be talking about a cure strategy.  They would rather, instead, argue about financialist ideology.  Such debates can be important, but the problem staring us in the face is medical, not financial.   And so the gloom deepens.   

Who stand to gain?


The latest sex scandal surrounding DSAI is bringing more shame to our country.

Since taking over the Premiership, Mr Rosmah has created more humiliation and shame to us Malaysians. Sodomy 2 kick start by the kind Mr and Mrs Rosmah to ensure that DSAI does not threaten their position had backfire throughout the so-called fair trial. Day by day the on-going trial is showing and telling us how evidences are cut, copy and paste like the prosecution team is making a movie without a storyline, and only the ending must end “guilty as charge.”

So this upcoming sex video which will eventually be air on the internet is the newest and latest blockbuster to outdo Astro. But no-one is interested in WHO are the people behind the whole scam and what are the benefits to be gain.

Rest assured that at least three people who were involved in Sodomy1 and Sodomy 2 are also behind this sex video that shows DSAI having fun. I am not talking about the Bankrupt Trio. The three people I am talking about are well connected and in good financial standing to do what they want, knowing that no-one in Malaysia can touch them.

These THREE are the very same people who forced Hussein Onn to step down from the Premiership. If Hishamuddin is man enough to clear his father’s name, he will expose the three men. No need to go round the bush.

The gains are tremendous. We are talking about the 800 tonnes of gold bars missing from Bank Negara, Collection of Tolls (from right to left hands), The Development of Cochrane Road, The Sungei Besi land, The present Istana land, MRT, The oil and gas in Malaysia, The not so SMART Tunnel and many, many more.

Gold mine cannot be given to the Opposition. Otherwise it will turn into another Toyo case. Worst maybe have to return all the stolen goods.

These Tuns have pride, cannot lose face but trousers okay.

Rain - Best Asia Tour in Beijing


A Global Star indeed.

Why We Love Pakistan's Veena Malik

Because American men love their women tough. Whether it is our pride in our tough-as-nails American servicewoman toting rifles overseas, our admiration for the stunning Mediterranean beauties of the IDF, or our respect for the gun-totin', shoot-from-the-lip Sarah Palin, we like women who take no guff.

Which brings us to Veena Malik. A stunningly beautiful Pakistani actress and Bollywood star, I posted yesterday how, on Paki National TV, she called out a busybody Islamic cleric, questioned his commitment to Islam, and labeled him, literally, as a child-molesting hypocritical pervert, while daring him to mete out the same punishment to himself that he was calling for on others, including her. And she spared no love for the smarmy MSM-equivalent host, either. Maybe she was channelling Sarah Palin...?


Anyway, the video is here. Shocking in its bravery; finally, a movie star with the courage to take on despots, as opposed the the courage it takes to cozy up to them, Hollywood-style. And to honor her bravery (but hopefully not her memory; police states hate public takedowns), and to honor Rule 5, let's give a little Western exposure to Miss Veena Malik:








Saturday, March 26, 2011

Najib's Talented, Wise and Thoughtful cabinet


The ringleader of this latest sex video is Rahim Tamby Chik. He is the disgraced, former Chief minister of Malacca who allegedly raped a minor and then had to resign. The underage girl’s grandmother sought a DAP MP’s help to bring Rahim Thamby to trial. That just shows how much trust ordinary Malays have in the elected Umno Malays. The DAP MP was himself thrown into prison. Did any of the other Umno Malays come to the defence of the girl?

Perhaps, the following questions should be incorporated in the history curriculum at school.

Who was the onetime UMNO deputy home affairs minister, who was allegedly implicated in the murder of a young woman? He is just like a current serving minister who is allegedly accused of rape. The widespread gossip connecting this onetime Umno deputy home affairs minister with the murder didn’t do his political career any harm. He was ultimately named Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister in the late 90s although he lost his parliamentary seat two years later and retired from politics.

Who was the Chief Minister who had an affair with a girl who eventually gave birth to an illegitimate child? He also kept an under-aged mistress at a condominium in Kuala Lumpur. In 2003, he was also rumoured to be involved with the death of another attractive young woman was found murdered in an apartment in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. Although another individual was arrested and charged with the murder, he was later declared not guilty and no one else was ever charged. The inspector general of police, Mohd Bakri Omar, classified the case under Malaysia’s Official Secrets Act and no details were ever released.

Who was the non-politician but Umno mouthpiece who had an affair with a young girl while his wife lay paralysed in bed?

Who was the Chief Minister who eloped to Thailand to secretly marry his second wife?

Who is the Federal Minister who was caught with a female artiste in a Port Dickson hotel?

Who is the Federal Minister whose brother was arrested for drug trafficking?

Which Federal Minister had an affair with someone else’s wife and this eventually resulted in a broken marriage?

Which religious leader had an illicit affair and who now holds a prominent position in a very important government religious body?

Which Chief Minister had an affair with his sister-in-law who then gave birth to an illegitimate child?

Who is the son of the prominent politician who was implicated in the 2007 death of a beautiful Indian actress? The woman’s body was cremated almost immediately after her death.

Who is the minister who was implicated in Malaysia’ own deep throat sexploits and would put Emmanuel to shame?

Who is the current serving cabinet minister who is accused of raping his maid?

Who is the current MP who betrayed his first wife by marrying a young starlet? His second marriage was not blessed by a recognised … court official and he himself is reknowned for using gutter language in the Dewan Rakyat?

Which Malaysian Ambassador has been guilty of sexually exploiting women?

With ministers like these in Najib’s Sex Cabinet line-up, how could the rakyat trust the government, its courts, the police and its ministers? Very few of the privileged elite who make up the politically powerful and rich in Malaysia ever get punished.

By Miriam Mokhtar

Pakistani Actress Rips Muslim Cleric A New One...

(update: Rule 5 photos of Miss Malik can be found here)

....Actress Veena Malik comes back from a trip to India, and what she thinks is a standard celebrity interview on Pakistani TV turns out to be a setup for her to be reviled by a local Islamic mufti. Alas for said cleric and the not-so-cunning reporter that tried to punk her, Veena is not in the mood to take anyone's shit on this particular day, and reams them both.

My favorite part is at the 3:00 minute mark, where she reminds the mufti that he is not even permitted to glance upon her in her current state of dress, and demands that he publicly punish himself.

"You should be punished, because charity begins at home", she sneers at this bearded hypocrite. And rightfully so.

"If you want to do something for the glory of Islam, you have plenty of opportunities...there are many things to talk about...why Veena Malik? Because Veena Malik is a woman? Because Veena Malik is a soft target?"


Well, if that what they thought...they were a bit mistaken. Watch it all:





Via Nick Cohen at The Spectator, who adds:

If we are going to avoid a clash of civilisations, we are going to need many more like the Pakistani actress Veena Malik. Watch her take on a mullah, who is trying to accuse her of immoral behaviour. This is no small accusation in Pakistan where Islamist death squads and their collaborators in the state intelligence service, operate at will. The talk show setting of the attempt at trial by media is commonplace too. The murder of Salman Taseer followed days of hacks whipping up “Muslim rage” against him.


Instead of being frightened, Malik turns on her accuser and the journalist, who helped set her up, and lets them have it. Brave, beautiful and utterly magnificent.

Yet I fear for her life. Hopefully it is unwarranted. But I would feel a lot better if we offered her asylum, stat...

Gaddafi Feels The Wheels Of Obama's Bus

Muammar Gaddafi, meet the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Oprah Winfrey, Van Jones, and all the others who where thrown under the bus by Barack Hussein Obama once they were no longer useful to him.

Back in 2010, the erstwhile despot
showered his passion upon the man with the Muslim middle name:

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi considers the US president a blessing to the Muslim world. In a speech published in London-based al-Hayat newspaper on Saturday, Gaddafi praised Barack Obama, called him a "friend" and said there is no longer any dispute between his country and the US.

Gaddafi stressed that Obama's presidency is "a major historical gain" and said, "He is someone I consider a friend. He knows he is a son of Africa. Regardless of his African belonging, he is of Arab Sudanese descent, or of Muslim descent. He is a man whose policy should be supported, and he should be assisted in implementing it in any way possible, since he is now leaning towards peace."

And why shouldn't Gaddafi have felt that way? Look at the love and respect:


Well, that was then, when Obama was trying to show the world he was the anti-Bush. Today our chameleon-esque leader has decided (or been told) he actually needs to be more like Bush. So under the bus you go, Muammar, and under the bombs as well. Because first and foremost, Barack Obama is worried about Barack Obama, and if that means turning on old pals and killing them so he can seem like a big man, well...there you go.

Don't feels so bad, Muammar. You've got plenty of company under there as well. And I actually feel a little better too - maybe, one can hope, former secret gay lover Hugo Chavez is next?



If not, I'll even settle for the ouster of this petty socialist - Ortega, was it?




Call it "the handshake of doom". Future despots who get the hale-and hearty shake from Barack Obama should wash their hands immediately afterwards...and count their fingers, just to make sure they haven't been "redistributed
"...

"War is no place for a law professor"

...that's the title of a Jen Rubin blog post, and as usual our brilliant Jewo-Con hits the nail on the head. Why has the Libyan War turned into an Insta-muddle? Because our president is not a leader, not even a true "thinker", he is merely the guy who occupies the societal rung below used-car salesman: He's a law professor, and not an especially good one at that.

Why are we where we are? Jen explains:

Obama’s misguided view of U.S. power and unhealthy attachment to international consensus (that doesn’t exist) forces him to lie to Congress and the American people. It’s not a war. He already answered House Speaker John Boehner (R), who merely wants to know the basics. (Are we going to let Gaddafi stay? What’s the benchmark for success?).

Obama’s look-ma-no-hands approach to wartime leadership has become so extreme that he can’t give a speech to the country for fear of looking like all presidents of all those “big wars.” This has become a farce — and, as Koffler argues, the reason why heading the Harvard Law Review and impressing New York Times columnists with proficiency in philosophy are not qualifications for the presidency. Maybe they are red flags.

Well, for the American people, an endorsement from the New York Times should be the kiss of death. And likely will be, in 2012, if they still exist and anyone is still reading them.

But the lesson for 2012 is we need a president who can multi-task, who can conquer our economic issues but can also viably don the commander-in-chief's uniform when duty calls. For it appears as the intelligentsia, especially the leftist variety, is simply not up to the task.

Read Keith Koffler's entire piece, entitled Chicago law professor attacks Libya, where he asks the FOX-reality type question, What happens when academics attack...?

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As a singer, Hewitt has been signed by Atlantic Records and Jive Records. She is primarily known for her recordings in the pop genre. Her most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 is the 1999 release "How Do I Deal", which peaked at No. 59. In addition, she has contributed music to the promotion or soundtracks of acting projects.

Hewitt's appearance has been the subject of media attention throughout her career. She has been lauded as one of the most attractive women in the entertainment industry by publications such as Maxim, in which she was named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999,[5] and TV Guide, which named her the sexiest woman on television in 2008 In 2007, paparazzi photos of Hewitt on a beach led to a much-publicized matter in which she defended her weight, and was supported by other celebrities. These incidents received coverage from People magazine.

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Kareena Kapoor Models For Firdous Lawn:

Kareena Kapoor formally called Bebo in Bollywood Industry now enjoying the best part of her professional career. Along acting she is so interested in modeling and time by time did modeling. Recently Karena Kapor shoot for Pakistani Company and she really appreciated by Pakistani economy.
Firdous Lawn Mills Ltd is a legendary Textile Mills in Pakistan producing variety of Lawn Cloth. Since they are legends in this Market and to keep their repute Firdous Lawn Mills Ltd always introduces very special and cool Lawn Designs in beautiful colors. For 2010 summer season, Firdous Lawn Mills advertising team took a bold but powerful step and hires some Indian Models and Actresses for their product advertisement.


Kareena Kapoor offered for Firdous Lawn Mills product advertisement and she accepted and shoots very nicely. Due to this bold step Firdous Lawn becomes more popular and people really likes Lawn Designs. Today we will gossips on Karena Kapor modeling for Firdous Lawn and about lawn designs those have been wore by Kareena Kapoor during photo shoot.


Lawn can be used for different type of clothing, you can wear this casually, and can did some thread work, and use it as Printed Saree. This is cool design of Firdous Lawn and designer did some thread work on neck. Large “V” shape shoulder less kameez really appreciated in modern areas. Designer did some thread work on Dopatta and fetched floral design.

Modern wearing trends are becoming popular in Pakistan and girls also like this change. Here is modern clothing style influenced by foreign and used to manufacture Salwar Kameez. You can call this modern Salwar Kameez. Designer Use Firdous Lawn in a beautiful way. On blouse use simple contrasted fabric and rest of the kameez stitched with Firdous Colorful Lawn design fabric.



Casual Shoulder less Salwar Kameez:This type of casual salwar kamez is highly appreciated in summer season. The firdous Lawn adds beauty to the format of kameez. Curvy neck style with colorful use of fabric lines made this marvelous. There are lots of stuff of Firdous Lawn are there and designer select them for casual salwar kameez.



V Shape Modern Shoulder less Salwar Kameez:
Modern types of Salwar Kameez are in market now days. Designer used different styles and techniques for stitching. Here are two designs of V shape neck style with modern formatted blouse and neck styles. Both the colors and designs of Firdous Lawn are awesome and this can be used for bridal party wear in this summer season.



Friday, March 25, 2011

Frank Lautenberg Soils Himself, Again...

....and all of New Jersey cringes in shame. Trust me, in the new political climate that has taken hold in the Garden State, there is little to no chance either of our Senatorial buffoons, Mr, Lautenberg or Bob Menendez (D-La Raza), will get re-elected.

Well, Lautenberg is 87 years old, so it is unlikely he'll go for it again in 2014. Based on his insane ramblings at some sort of pro-abortion rally the other day, perhaps it is best if he simply retires to the day room and stares quietly out the window for the remainder of his term. Via Hot Air:



… The Republicans in Congress claim they’re concerned about the budget balance, but it’s a disguise! It’s not true! It’s a lie! That’s not what they want. They want — they want other people not to be able to have their own opinions. They don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution! But we’ll give it to them anyway.

Sounds like Old Man Lautenberg is talking about Obamacare, actually. But perhaps, like the crazy geezer who I see in the Port Authority every day, it is best just to walk right by him and ignore his incoherent monologues. it is kinder to treat him thus, rather than take him seriously and force him to face his oncoming dementia...

FYI, that is what most of us are doing in Jersey these days, even many Democrats - just turning our heads and feeling a slight onrush of shame that he does "represent us" in the U.S. Senate. Of course, he does nothing of the sort, he merely represents the furthest-left interests of the Democratic party, despite the detrimental effect it has on the people he is paid to represent.

But this too will change. Menendez's (D-Illegal Immigrants) turn will come first...