SARAH PALIN POSTS PIC OF ALASKA SNOW: ‘GLOBAL WARMING MY GLUTEUS MAXIMUS’

Global warming? Yeah right.

That’s at least what former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was getting at when she posted a photo Saturday of one of her children amid a blanket of snow in mid-May — along with the comment, “Global warming my gluteus maximus.”

“One last blast of Alaska winter today, hopefully?” Palin wrote. “This is what ‘Grad Blast’ means in Alaska! We’ll move our graduation b-b-q indoors and watch the mini-blizzard from ’round the fireplace. (Global warming my gluteus maximus.) Congratulations to this year’s graduates all across America. Job well done. Now the real job begins.”

The gluteus maximus muscle, of course, makes up a large part of one’s posterior.

Taxes On Some Wealthy French Top 100 pct Of Income

How to reverse the effects of your economy in one easy lesson. We must be fair, some people have bigger brains, so …

Fairness — I assume just asking for 100% no longer qualifies for enough.

When all of it, just isn’t enough for the Communists who now run France...

More than 8,000 French households’ tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data.

The world is gonna go plunk …. And then boom.

Duck, They’re Coming

The Washington scene got a dose of “Duck Dynasty” with series stars Willie and Korie Robertson at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night. They were the guests of CBN News.

 

 

Defend This

How was the golf game Saturday???

We didn’t do so well with the Boston Marathon bombers, but you should have been at the Saturday night party with the boot lick media. It was a blast for me.

Got that, the aftermath? Funny huh?

March Mayhem: Heavy Snow Pummels Midwest – Whiteout Closes 154 Miles of I-70

Much of Colorado was pummeled with snow Saturday forcing officials to shutdown 154 miles of Interstate 70 to the Kansas border. Winter storm Virgil is moving across the plains tonight and tomorrow. Kansas and Missouri are expecting up to a foot of snow in the next two days.

Snow: ‘we had a barbecue this time last year’

The Weather Channel reported:

Spring has arrived, but Winter Storm Virgil will make it feel like we are in the heart of winter for millions from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend and into Monday.

Virgil has delivered around 8 inches of snow to Denver and 14 inches of snow to Goodland, Kan. as of early Saturday afternoon.

We expect a swath of significant snowfall and increasing winds to now head from Kansas and Nebraska to southern Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio Saturday night through Sunday. Lighter snows will linger into Monday across the Ohio Valley.

Snow accumulations of 4 to 10 inches are likely near and either side of the I-70 corridor as shown on our snowfall forecast graphic. This includes cities such as Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Ill., Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio.

 

EUROZONE COUNTRY: Surprise! We’re Putting At Least a 6.75% Tax On Bank Deposits

People with bank accounts in Cyprus were shocked Saturday to learn that as part of an agreement reached with international creditors, the government has imposed a tax on all deposits to help bail out the nation and its banks.

While the island nation may be small, it’s an international favorite for offshore banking– particularly for wealthy Russians.  The tax will range from 6.75% to 9.9%, depending on how much is in the account.

“This is a clear-cut robbery,” Andreas Moyseos, a former electrician who is now a pensioner in Nicosia, told the New York Times. Iliana Andreadakis, a book critic, further added: “This issue doesn’t only affect the people’s deposits, but also the prospect of the Cyprus economy. The E.U. has diminished its credibility.”

And indeed, following the massive run on banks in Cyprus, many are concerned that a minor panic could spread to the rest of the Eurozone.  After all, it has just set a precedent for taxing private bank accounts at exorbitant rates without warning.

ut first, here’s a little more background on the plan via the Associated Press:

As one of 17 nations that use the euro currency, Cyprus can to raise or lower taxes whenever it wants. Early Saturday, it secured a (EURO)10 billion ($13 billion) bailout from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund to save the banking sector and avoid bankruptcy. In return, the island nation has imposed the new tax, among other moves.

 Banks have already acted to seal off the amount of the levy – a 6.75 percent tax on deposits under 100,000 euro and 9.9 percent on those above – so depositors can’t access it. Bank customers still can draw on the rest of their funds via ATM machines this weekend, although banks that usually open on Saturdays had limited hours and many said they were out of cash by the end of the day. No international transfers will be able to go through until Tuesday, since Monday is a holiday. Cyprus’ parliament is expected to meet Sunday to pass the required legislation. The deal also needs the approval of several eurozone parliaments; it’s unclear how fast they can act and what will happen to bank deposits in the meantime. [Emphasis added]

The really shocking aspect of the policy is that it targets “ordinary savers,” in the words of the New York Times.

Outrage in NJ: Mother arrested, guns taken, for speaking at public meeting

Isn’t this the Home state of big Boy?

The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, and the town of Newfield, N.J., appears hell-bent on repealing every single one of them.

Newfield homeowner Eileen Hart attended an informal meeting Saturday to discuss property “revaluations” in light of the findings by Appraisal System’s Inc., a firm hired by New Jersey to assess the fair market value of properties in each county.

Read more at bizpacreview.com …

Some Conservative we have there. Sounds like more thugs …

Broke US Postal Service Cuts Saturday Delivery

The completely bankrupt US Postal Service, employer of some 500,000 government workers, which for the past two quarters has been surviving on liquidity fumes even as it posted it biggest ever loss in Fiscal 2012, and which recently announced its latest stamp price hike (which bought it two extra weeks of time), has just disclosed what was long anticipated: the end of Saturday mail delivery – a crushing blow to shippers of junk mail everywhere.

From The AP:

 The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but continue delivering packages six days a week.

In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the cut, beginning in August, would mean a cost saving of about $2 billion annually.

The move accentuates one of the agency’s strong points — package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010. The delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet use.

Considering the USPS loss last year was $16 billion, all the postal office needs to do to return to profitability is cut delivery on 7 more days in the week and all shall be fixed. Sadly, we are confident some government worker just read this and a lightbulb went over their head.

And no: taxing Americans $0.45 per email sent will not be a popular measure.

‘Blame The Weather’ As UK Heads For Unprecedented Triple-Dip-Recession

How many ‘dips’ before a recession cycle becomes a depression structure? That is likely the question on Carney’s mind as he enters his role as top man at the BoE shortly.

As The Guardian reports, an unprecedented third slump in four years looms for the UK as shoppers stay at home and vital transport links grind to a halt amid paralyzing weather. As snow blankets much of the nation, it would appear the next round of central bank easing will be to print ‘sunshine’. A series of economic releases – including weak trade data, downbeat business surveys and dreary retail sales – have fueled concerns that official figures out this week will show that output fell in the final quarter of last year. Now analysts fear a cold snap in January could lead to another quarter of contraction in Q1. The snow, bitter cold and harsh easterly winds continue to cause widespread disruption to travel by air, road and rail.  “Clearly, the longer that the snow and ice lasts, the greater will be the negative impact on the economy,” IHS’ Archer added, though we are sure we will hear of the ’broken icicle fallacy’ soon enough.

The Gaurdian reports:

As transport services ground to a halt, Britons were unable to get to shops and restaurants, companies shut down early, construction work was hit, and supply chains were disrupted. Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said retailers would be particularly hard hit, as the weather disrupted Saturday’s shopping hours.

David Tinsley, UK economist at BNP Paribas, said: “The scary thing is that, as the snow falls in London and widespread disruption beckons, we could yet get a drop in first-quarter GDP as well. We would then be in triple-dip territory, albeit for erratic reasons.” With the Met Office forecasting snow in parts of the country well into next week, the economic hit could be serious. “Clearly, the longer that the snow and ice lasts, the greater will be the negative impact on the economy,” said Archer.

The snow, bitter cold and harsh easterly winds continued to cause widespread disruption to travel by air, road and rail on Saturday. Further problems are expected as a blanket of snow falls across the country on Sunday morning in London and the south-east and spreading north throughout the day.

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At Heathrow furious passengers vowed to boycott British Airways, the airport and, in some cases, Britain itself.

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Some roads, both motorways, major routes and minor roads remained impassable on Saturday. Darron Burness, the AA’s head of special operations, said: “With the snow compacting down and turning icy, we’re likely to see treacherous driving conditions throughout the weekend. Any fresh snow on top will just add to the problems.”

Hey it’s global waming don’t you know… It’s like ground hog day…

Poor Baby : Carney: Obama and ill Clinton spoke Saturday

Hah, this is just too good to pass up on. Note that Sec Clinton is using her “illness” as a way to escape testifying. Can;t she remember anything… The original “I don’t recall lady fro time gone by.

President Obama spoke with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Saturday, the day the State Department revealed her illness, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday.

Pressed at his daily briefing about when Obama learned of Clinton’s illness – her spokesman said on Saturday that she suffered a concussion after falling – Carney dodged and said only that the two spoke Saturday.

“I think the State Department has been informing the public about the fact that she was ill and that she fell and the president spoke with the secretary on Saturday, but I don’t have any more information for you,” Carney said.

Read more at politico.com …

Add sounds of baby crying … Wha wah wah… And laughter as desired.

Teary eyed Obama and ill Hillary- what a pair.