Grocery Store Matchmaker ...

So the other day I talked a bit about my powers of observation. Mostly about how I’m pretty good at finding couples or just two people in general who are arguing in public. Well, another thing I love to do at the grocery store is check out what other people are buying. It tells me a bit about them.

For instance the other day I was in Country Mart just to get a couple of items. Actually it was just a little can of mushrooms. I think anyone who saw me buying only a can of mushrooms would immediately think “Oh. Dude forgot the shrooms for the stew or spaghetti when he went to the store.” Well, that would be correct.

Anyway, there were three people in front of me in line and one person behind me. Each of only had a couple of items, but I was able to pretty tell what was going on with each person just by what they were buying.

First was a guy who looked to be maybe in his 20s who was buying two frozen pizzas, a 2 liter bottle of Coke and a bag of Always Save Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips. This guy clearly is a bachelor. Obviously he was going to have some chips during the NCAA basketball game or maybe while watching golf. Probably basketball. Then both of the pizzas for dinner and end the night by having the rest of the chips and finishing off the Coke after watching Iron Chef America, which we all knows makes people damn hungry.

Next we have a much older gentleman with gray hair and a completely white beard. He was buying what looked to be about a one pound sirloin stake, two russet potatoes and a bag of salad. Obviously he and the missus were going to crank up the grill and have some steak and baked potatoes along with a both of salad and probably a glass or two of red wine and relax and take it easy on a beautiful spring evening in the Ozarks.


BTW, speaking of wine, have any of you tried the Bota Box wines? You can get a 3 liter box for only around $16.00 and the Merlot is actually not all that bad. I mean, it’s not going to score in the 90 in Wine Spectator or anything, but for a very basic, inexpensive table red it’s not all that bad. You can get it at Wal-Mart. Assuming Wal-Mart is allowed to sell alcohol where you live.


Anyway, back to my post …

Next in line was a VERY hot chick. Long, dark brown hair pulled back into a pony tail that cam almost half-way down her back. Looked to be around 5’ 10” or so with beautiful sparkling blue eyes and a really firm ass. She was buying a loaf of white bread, a package of “light” bologna, a small jar of Miracle Whip and … and I’m not making this up … a package of LIVER CHEESE!

Now, I really have no idea what this chick was doing for the evening, but she was clearly going to be alone. You just don’t eat a bologna and liver cheese sandwich on white bread that has been smothered with the most disgusting substance known to man if you aren’t eating A-Fucking-Lone. In fact, her hotness level when down several notches when I saw what she was buying.


Maybe she and bachelor guy should meet? Or maybe not. I mean, I know what brings a man to eat two frozen pizzas, a bag of nacho cheese tortilla chips and drink a two liter bottle of coke by himself. That I have some experience with. But, what terrible things could be going on in a person’s life to result in her eating a bologna and liver cheese sandwich with Miracle Whip? I don’t even wan to think about that.

But, this does give me an idea for a brilliant business/hobby. Grocery store match-maker. I could just hang out near the check out isles and look through what people are buying and then match them up with people they might be compatible with based on their food purchases. And maybe recommend a nice wine too. Hey, it would be about as scientific as most dating sites.

Hell, I really wouldn’t have to hang out at the grocery store and harass people to do this. I could just have people send me their grocery list and I’ll match them up that way. I could set up a little website to post all the testimonials and even wedding pics or sex tapes of the biggest successes.

Of course this wouldn’t be a free service, but I’m not greedy so it wouldn’t be too expensive. The fee for women would be less than for men of course. And for men there would be a sliding scale. A base fee for finding a match and then he would have to pay a bonus if he got a blow job or got laid. If the experience was unsatisfying for the woman he would have to pay another fee and write a letter of apology to the lady.

But, if you love liver cheese, bologna and miracle whip on white bread, I don’t think I can help you.

Treason in the Czech Republic? Czech MPs break cover and admit they are Ganley/ Libertas stooges.

Trojan horse MPs who helped bring down government break cover, they were working for Ganley and Libertas. The Czech people should ask Vlastimil Tlustý and Jan Schwippel what their price tag was.

Libertas Nein Danke asks is their working for an irish millionaire an act of treason?

Prague - Two Czech MPs that helped the Social Democrats topple Topolánek's government are likely to join the recently newly formed right-wing party Libertas.cz. They also intend to run in the European Parliament election.

One of them, Vlastimil Tlustý, told Aktuálně.cz that together with his fellow party member Jan Schwippel they will announce their plan to join Libertas at a press conference to be held on Thursday.

Schwippel has not confirmed the information yet, as he is not available at the moment.

Czech branch Libertas was registered in the Czech Republic by member of the European Parliament (MEP) Vladimír Železný and it relates to the one founded by Irish eurosceptic Declan Ganley.

The future of the membership of Tlustý and Schwippel in Civic Democrats (ODS) has been somewhat unclear since the moment they both voted in the no-confidence vote against the coalition government. Both of them have been critical of Mirek Topolánek's ODS leadership.

The ODS executive board has called on the regional offices to expel the two defectors.

Tlustý first refused to do so but now issued an official announcement about suspension of his ODS membership. Schwippel´s party membership is to be on the agenda of Beroun ODS unit's meeting Tuesday. http://aktualne.centrum.cz/czechnews/clanek.phtml?id=633491

WWED?

Good Christian women everywhere seem to have found a new Savior. A sexy, teenage, fictional vampire named Edward Cullen. Oh my God, here in Utah Twilight schtuff is everywhere. The books, DVDs, posters, T-shirts, pins, jewelry, stickers, candy, magnets, candles, paper weights, panties, tampons... We had to sign in on a sheet at the kid's orthodontist yesterday and easily half the email addresses were a variation of edwardcullenlover4ever@fantasy.com.

I totally get the craze - we had idols when we were teenagers too. I dove into the books myself. They were a welcome vacation from stress - much needed brain candy. Sometimes it's fun to disappear into a series of books, or all the seasons of a television show, and not come up for air until they have thoroughly had their way with you. I get it. And the love affair between Bella and Edward really is sweetly written. Stephenie Meyer did a great job creating characters we love and love scenes that make women of all ages swoon - not an easy task, mind you. So, for those not brazen and naughty enough to read Anne Rice (let alone Anne Rice writing as A.N. Roquelaure) it wets the whistle without pushing the guilt button. Perfect. Plus, Meyer is a Mormon so that, again - in Utah, makes her a double diamond celebrity. Like unto Gladys Knight.

However, far too many grown women are getting far too carried away. A close friend of mine, a famous-ish local actress heretofore referred to as Madame Tequila Lovelyful, told me that the bishop in her sister in law's ward had to stand up in Relief Society and tell the sisters to stop reading the Twilight books because they were causing marital problems. Apparently a lot of women are now comparing their husbands to Edward and finding that their mortal, non-fictional spouses are coming up short in the Perfect Adoring Undead Adonis Department. Sorry to have to do this to ya Sister Daydream but um... EDWARD CULLEN IS NOT REAL!

Man, you guys are being compared to a fictional character that is written specifically to cater to the romantic depths of a woman's psyche. You're totally screwed. Here's my advice. Next time you are asked to take out the garbage ask yourself, "What would Edward do?" Next time you walk by a flower stand and debate if Tuesday is reason enough to buy, ask yourself, "What would Edward do?" Next time you wonder how to please your woman, how to touch her and fulfill her ask yourself, "What would Edward do?" And then, when you finally are mulling over whether or not to end your wife's mortal existence, ask yourself again, "What would Edward do?" Problem solved.

Subsidize Me

Check out this post on Greg Mankiew's Blog. I thought it was funny!

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/03/youngest-member-of-pigou-club.html

Who's Reading Vote NoMalley?

Apparently, Saqib Ali, that's who. Who's that? He's a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and represents liberal District 39 in Montgomery County.

Why would he be reading this blog? Well, I've tagged in a couple of times. And like a modern educated politician, which is the total antithesis of most of the delegates from Baltimore City, Ali probably Googled himself and found his name. Delegate Ali appears to be well-educated. He has a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science from the University of Maryland (yeah -Terps!). Sound like my kind of guy.

I'm fairly certain that he wrote his own bio on Wikipedia. I only write bios for Republicans and his is written like a political campaign pamphlet - not that there's anything wrong with that. I applaud him for being proactive and utilizing all of the means available to him to promote himself....unlike Republican Delegate LeRoy Myers who totally snubbed me. I bet he Twitters and wouldn't be surprised if he's on Facebook. Perhaps I'll try to add him as a friend when I get home.

So how do I know that Delegate Ali reads (or has read) my blog? Because he left this comment:

Saqib Ali said... Interesting Blog.Would love to explain to you sometime why my bills are not stupid. I'm *sure* I could convince you ;)

Thank you, Delegate Ali, for reading my blog. And I appreciate your comment, though I did find it interesting that you left the comment on the post about how hot Valerie Bertinelli is. :-)

I hope by "interesting" he means that this is the best f-in' blog he's ever read and he set it as his homepage when he opens his web browser in the morning. I mean, where else are you going to find top-notch political banter along with hot pictures of Reese Witherspoon and news on Van Halen? Only on VoteNoMalley!!!

So my message to Delegate Ali - I would love for you to explain to me why your bills are not stupid. And I don't think I called your bills "stupid". I did give you a Bonehead Award for wasting time and money in the General Assembly, but that was one of about 80 awards that were given.

[Correction] - I found that I did say "Stupid Bills" in my Top 10 List on the side bar. In fairness, I reworded this to be "unneeded". My apologies to Delegate Ali.

One particular item that I know I will NOT agree with Delegate Ali is his sponsorship of HB6 (2007). This bill was to allow for in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Seriously? You wanted to use MY tax money to give in-state tuition to people who are illegally in this state??? How about you sponsor a bill to tax illegal immigrants and give me the money to help me steal cars? I mean, I gotta make a living doing something, right? I'm not getting rich by blogging.

Coincidentally, another bill is before the House of Delegates (HB 387 2009). On the surface, this bill looks like it makes sense. However, once you factor in all the amendments that the hard left-wing liberal extremists have added, you now have a bill that will allow for a 2-tiered drivers license system - one for illegal immigrants and one for Marylanders. I cannot seem to find how Delegate Ali voted, though I do not see his name as one of the sponsors of the bill, so based on his previous support of illegal immigrant activity, I'll assume that he supports drivers licenses for illegal immigrants until I see otherwise. Why will I assume that? Because this is my blog and I can do whatever I want.

Furthermore, WBAL Channel 11's question of the day was something to the effect of, "Do you support drivers licenses for illegal immigrants?" My answer (as always) is 'I support deportation of illegal immigrants, so they don't really need a drivers license now, do they???'

The illogical argument that illegal immigrants perform the jobs that Americans won't do does not hold water when unemployment is rising rapidly and our taxes are going up along with it. If I'm unemployed and have been for a while, you better believe I'll clean toilets or cut grass.

So, Delegate Ali - I'm listening!

Libertas refuses to go public on party funding despite claims to be the party of transparency

Despite their claim to be the party of transparency Libertas have again failed to make public the sources of their funding and details of defence contractor Rivada Networks early funding. Rivada Networks offices, phones and paid employees David Cochrane and Naoise Nunn were all utilised to set up Libertas.

The story in the Irish Independent today is highly topical given the funding scandal that is taking place over Libertas in Poland

Libertas founder to fund Polish party through the back door?

30th March 2009


Irish millionaire businessman Declan Ganley plans to take advantage of a loophole in Polish law that would allow him to fund the Polish branch of euroskeptic political party Libertas.

Polish law bans foreign financial funding in domestic politics, but Ganley appears to have found a way to bypass current legislation. The founder of Libertas and ardent euroskeptic proposes to act as a guarantor if Libertas Poland are unable to repay the bank loans issued to run the party.

The story broke in Saturday's edition of Dziennik and provoked outrage amongst politicians, who described the news as “scandalous.”

Zbigniew Chlebowski, PO's parliamentary club leader, called the news “unsettling” as, “a bank guarantee that gives a party money for elections can be given by a person that is prohibited by law to do so. This means to circumvent the existing rules,” he said.

Mr Chlebowski called for fast and decisive action in dealing with Mr Ganley's proposed funding, and expects advice from specialist lawyers to be available in the coming days.

From Warsaw Business Journal by Robert Szmigielski

Libertas refuses to go public on party funding
By Aine Kerr Political Correspondent

Tuesday March 31 2009

LIBERTAS last night supplied the State's ethics watchdog with a series of financial documents in a bid to provide "detailed answers" about its funding.

But the anti-Lisbon Treaty organisation will not be making public any copies of the bank statements or loan agreements, despite its own calls for greater political transparency.

Two weeks ago, the organisation failed to provide adequate information to the Standards in Public Office (Sipo) commission on where it got the money to fund its expensive campaign for a 'No' vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. It has since been accused of "not being willing to operate under the Law" by Fianna Fail.

Libertas last night submitted documents in relation to three key issues queried. Copies of a €200,000 loan agreement between Libertas chief Declan Ganley and the organisation were provided, after Sipo first wrote to it last June seeking details of any loans provided to the organisation for the referendum campaign.

Details of the thousands of books on the Lisbon Treaty supplied by the Foundation for European Democracy and distributed by Mr Ganley were also submitted.

Sipo had raised questions about whether these constituted a donation because the material could be deemed to be influencing the vote's outcome.

However, legal advisers for Libertas are said to have argued that the books do not constitute a donation because the material was neutral and simply relayed the contents of the Lisbon Treaty.

The third aspect of the submission covers the employees of Mr Ganley's Rivada company, who worked for Libertas in their spare time and on a voluntary basis. Sipo again questioned if the use of these employees constituted a donation. Documents provided seek to outline when staff worked for Rivada, then moved to Libertas.

Asked why the organisation had decided against making the documents public, a spokesman said: "Why would we make them public, spend weeks explaining the details and have the Opposition attacking the contents when they won't do the same thing. There's a need for fairness."

- Aine Kerr Political Correspondent
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Earlier Liberats Nein Danke reports here

Libertas Election Financing ? How Libertas circumvent election laws to receive Ganley's money revealed by Polish Libertas VP

Libertas deny that Ganley is funding Polish campaign. Polish daily Dziennik says story is true and confirmed by mulitple Libertas Poland sources

Orange, Black, N and Natural World ...

Brought to us as always by the awesomeness that is Tink of Pickled Beef. As you might recall, last week was a total fail for me and I promised to make it up this week. Well, I did, but I still didn’t do all that great. Anyway, last week’s words were Natural World and Black. And this week’s words are Orange and N.

Carrots for the stew are orange…


White letters and numbers with orange indicators on a black background …


(what looks like dust is just a special effect)

Balck letters on an orange background …


Orange thingies warning people of road construction …


Natural World:

A worm…


Part of a tree that had been cut down …


Zorinsky Lake …


(okay that might me a man-made lake)

I had a tough time with N so I just decided to do this pic. Nap time …

SUVCW

Sometimes good things just happen …

So … this friend has these old swords, right? And at some seeming great distance I hear someone say, “Oooohh, my husband knows all about old swords. He can tell you all about them.”

Huh?

So … that’s why I’m standing there holding this pair of rusting old relics from the year one half. And a thousand eyes are staring at me in breathless anticipation.

(Okay, so maybe it was eight eyes in mild curiosity – ten eyes, if you count the rabbit in glasses. Oops. No. Wait. That was me. Eight eyes for sure.)

Here’s one of the swords. Not overly forbidding. A little on the petite side to be a for real fighting weapon. Probably carried in some social club of some kind. Purely symbolic something.

First clue. Figures on the hilt are dressed in Civil War garb.

After some research I find the same figures on a present-day logo.

Here’s the story. A number of years after the Civil War ended, the Union veterans were becoming more and more aware of their own mortality. Yet they felt that their individual stories, their very lives stood for something unique, and their passions should not be lost with their deaths.

SONS of UNION VETERANS of the CIVIL WAR came into being. In addition to the stories, all the rituals have been carefully handed down.

The group still exists, modernized, to be sure. Yet “camps” can be found all over the United States. The swords in my hand once adorned the alter in one “camp” in Michigan.

I know this because I talked to one of the present day leaders. Wistfully, he asked if my friend would consider donating the swords to the group, returning them to the very spot they occupied with honor a hundred and twenty-five years ago.

And my friend is going to do exactly that, which seems to me to be the coolest thing ever.

JB

And how was your day?

Libertas deny that Ganley is funding Polish campaign. Polish daily Dziennik says story is true and confirmed by mulitple Libertas Poland sources

Lying Libertas Lie Again

This blog broke the story in the English language on Saturday morning at 6.15am. See here

The Irish Times has an interesting follow up in today's paper.

Sadly we are faced with yet another denial by one Libertas spokesperson in the face of other Livberats sources confirming the story.
Ganley's personal spokesperson John McGuirk says

Mr Ganley was not giving such guarantees. “ was asked a hypothetical question and he gave an answer he shouldn’t have,” said Mr McGuirk. “He answered it in a stupid manner, to be honest."

However the story is confirmed by several sources within Libertas Poland including one of its Vice Presidents Artur Zawisza who said "The most important thing for banks is to assess the creditworthiness and the collateral. I know they consulted with Mr. Declan Ganleyem" - when asked about the source of funding election campaigns.

So who is lying Libertas Ireland or Libetas Poland?

Irish Times
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Libertas denies Ganley is funding Polish campaign

DEREK SCALLY in Berlin and COLM KEENA Public Affairs Correspondent

LIBERTAS HAS denied reports that founder Declan Ganley will in effect personally bankroll the European election campaign of its newly founded Polish branch by guaranteeing bank loans for the party.

The Polish daily Dziennik at the weekend reported assertions from a Libertas Polska party source that the party hoped to raise a loan of €250,000 on the basis of guarantees from Mr Ganley.

Such a loan guarantee, although legal, would effectively circumvent Polish legislation that bans foreign funding of Polish domestic politics, and the suggestion has prompted a heated reaction in the country.

Libertas spokesman John McGuirk insisted yesterday, however, that Mr Ganley was not giving such guarantees. “ was asked a hypothetical question and he gave an answer he shouldn’t have,” said Mr McGuirk. “He answered it in a stupid manner, to be honest.”

Dziennik stood by its story yesterday, citing confirmation of the plan from several sources within the party.

Libertas insists it is financing its campaign to field candidates EU-wide in the June European elections through donations and fundraising.

History has left Poles acutely sensitive to foreign influence on domestic politics and the Libertas report has prompted concern that it could set a dangerous precedent in Polish politics.

“Today it’s Irish money, tomorrow will it be Russian money?” asked Dziennik opinion editor Michal Karnowksi.

“It’s a trick to get the money they cannot accept directly from abroad. It was obvious that Libertas Polska had no money of their own and that Ganley was going to give money, the question until now was just how he was going to do it.”

The Polish election commission, which can examine party financing only in the aftermath of an election, has, however, said campaign loans guaranteed by non-Polish citizens are legitimate. Leading figures in Poland’s ruling Civic Platform (PO) party called it “unsettling” for a party to “get money for elections from a person prohibited by law to do so”.

“This means to circumvent the existing rules,” said Zbigniew Chlebowski, PO parliamentary leader.

Dziennik claims that Libertas Polska will have access to €250,000, as will the Libertas party in Slovakia.

Libertas in Latvia, the newspaper claimed, would have funding of €100,000.

Mr Ganley says Libertas drew down €200,000 during last year’s Lisbon campaign in Ireland from a credit facility he put in place. Today is the deadline for Libertas to submit bank account statements for donations and a document certifying all donations received to the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO).

Dominika Pszczolkowska is a Polish journalist and Brussels correspondent for Gazeta Wyborcza see her blog Declan Ganley to finance anti-Lisbon campaign in Poland

Declan Ganley will finance the anti-Lisbon campaign in Poland. His allies, who have no money, claim he will guarantee their loan and repay if himself after the election.

As "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports, the Libertas crowd in Poland have found a legal loophole to get financing from abroad. Daniel Pawłowiec, one of the Polish Libertas activists told "Gazeta" Mr. Ganley will guarantee a loan they will take. Another anonymous activist told "Dziennik" daily that the loan would be repaid by Mr. Ganley after the election.

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Boutique of the Month: March ~ Original Sin

This is not just an oridinary lingerie store!

Located in the heart of downtown Danville, Original Sin lingerie boutique has a vintage and pin up feel to it. Upon first walking in, I noticed this amazing piece of, dare I say, art work: a 12 foot apple tree, evoking the Garden of Eden. The dressing rooms feature thousands of miniature pin ups lining the dressing rooms, inspiring you to feel like a silver screen siren or pin up yourself.


It's this detail and love of lingerie that Sarah Woodruff, owner, puts into all areas of the store. A friendly and welcoming place, Original Sin features:

• Betsey Johnson
• Undrest
• Tra La La
• Hanky Panky
• Cosabella
• and the ultra sexy Vagin Pourvoir

You'll also come across hard-to-find accessories (vintage designer scarves), bold jewelry, graphic teess and tank tops, comfortable lounguewear and flirty party dresses.

One of the many highlights at Original Sin is the ingenious Pin Up Parties. What is a "Pin Up Party?" It's "Pin Up style photo shoots for groups of gal pals." For more information and images, click on Original Sin Pin Up Parties.

(Pin Up Party image above)

If you have a chance, stop by Original Sin Undies, you'll be sure to fall in love with a bra, camisole, or vintage scarf. Best of all, just visiting the store will make you feel like your "Celebrating Your Inner Eve!"

For more information on Original Sin lingerie boutique, click on one of the following links:

www.originalsinundies.com/

www.pinupparty.com/

www.MySpace.com/OriginalSinUndies

www.myspace.com/originalsinburlesque

ORIGINAL SIN

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Danville, California 94526

925-838-3207

Separated at Birth, Joined By My Lust

Is it just me, or do Reese Witherspoon and Megan Joy from American Idol look like could be separated at birth? Everyone who knows me knows that I have a slight thing for Reese, so the idea of 2 of them is more than doubly-exciting. Pass me a stick of Double-Mint gum!!!

Leçons de Séduction No. 19

Caution! They walk among us!

Got this forwarded email from MamaMarie, and thought i should share it with you guys! ;)

'Millionaire' Contestant Makes Worst Use Of Lifelines Ever

NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family on Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. '

It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of lifelines ever.' After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question.


The question was: 'Which of the following is the largest?'
(A) A Peanut (B) An Elephant (C) The Moon (D) Hey, who are you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the answer. 'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be.'

Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure. 'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'

Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant. 'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans, wasting the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.' Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds. 'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Duh, that can't be it.' To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.' 'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans.

Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life. 'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid-to-live Evans.

'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant.

Final answer.' Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

-♥-

If you think that was bad enough? how bout this one below?

she was still smiling and so confident! tak boleh tahan sial!!!


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Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you take it.' For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for sale $50.' The next day someone stole it!


One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted,' Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the sky and said...'where?'


While looking at a house, my brother asked the estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, 'Does the sun rise in the north?' When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, 'Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff.'


My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the beach. She drove down in a convertible, but 'didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving'.


My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped She keeps it in the trunk.


I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, 'Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?' I had to explain that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned.


I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'Has your plane arrived yet?'


While working at a pizza parlour I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. 'Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.

*toiiiiinkkkkkkk*

Libertas Germany are charging 240 Euro or 1% of students income for membership per annum

Libertas Germany are charging 250 Euro for annual membership and 1% of income from students and unemployed. They have a minimum membership fee for the latter two categories of 24 Euro. They are currently seeking to collect 4000 signatures to allow them, to run in the European elections in Germany. These they are collecting in the street and at train stations. Is 240 Euro not an elitist fee level for membership to an untried political party that has no policies?

Libertas Germany
Google translate version

Mitgliedsbeitrag

Der Mitgliedsbeitrag wird in der Satzung festgelegt und beträgt aktuell 240,- Euro im Jahr. Schüler, Studenten, Arbeitslose und Rentner zahlen nach Selbsteinschätzung einen jährlichen Mitgliedsbeitrag in Höhe von 1% ihres Jahresnettoeinkommens, mindestens jedoch 24 EUR pro Jahr.

Wikipedia on Declan Ganley and Libertas

On Wikipedia at the moment where there is a great amount of sourced info on Declan Ganley and Libertas.

Here are some of the pages

List of Declan Ganley organizations

Declan Ganley

Libertas Institute Limited

Libertas Party

Libertas Party Limited

Anglo Adriatic Investment Fund SA

Broadnet Holdings BV

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Movement	Europarty Libertas Party Lobby group Libertas Institute National parties Libertas Partei Deutschland (Germany) · Libertas Ireland (Ireland) · Libertas Malta (Malta) · Libertas Nederland (Netherlands) · Libertas Polska (Poland) · Libertas Sverige (Sweden) · New Dawn For Europe:Libertas.eu (Great Britain) · Libertas NI (Northern Ireland) Non-parties Libertas Czechia · Libertas France Eurofoundation Libertas Foundation
Affiliated but not members	National parties Mouvement pour la France (France) · Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (France)
Allies but not members nor affiliates	National parties Nederland Transparent (Netherlands) People Vaclav Klaus
Disavowed by Ganley	National parties Libertas UK (England) · Libertas.cz (Czech Republic) · Party of Free Citizens (Czech Republic) · League of Polish Families (Poland) People Bridget Rowe · Petr Mach · Vladimir Zelezny
Other	Timeline Origins · Lobby group · Lisbon I · Shelbourne Hotel · Party · Recognition attempt · 2009 elections · Lisbon II See also List of Declan Ganley organizations · Funding of Declan Ganley organizations

Take It Outside ...

So it was time once again for a Sunday trip to Wal-Mart. This trip was kind of ruined by the fact that I already hit Bingo on my Wal-Mart Bingo card before I even got in the building.

But, sometimes these things just can’t be helped. A big church bus pulled into the parking lot just as I was getting there. Trust me, I just about filled the entire Bingo Card out immediately.

There were kids running around with no shoes on, despite the fact that the temps were in the 40s with a cold breeze blowing. There were NASCAR t-shirts and Confederate Flag bandanas, tramp stamps and pretty much everything else. Also, I guarantee you there will be a diaper lying in the parking lot next to where the bus was when they leave.

I do admit there was nobody with an oxygen tank on the bus. But, there was an man who looked to be in his 60s who was on a scooter with an oxygen tank in the store. The bonus in this case was that his wife was buying cigarettes. Probably not for him though.

Anyway, the subject of this post isn’t really about the rubes who visit Wal-Mart. Well, it is, but these people that I’m going to talk about aren’t special to Wal-Mart. These people are EVERYWHERE.

Now, as you know I’m the kind of guy who goes to a public place like a mall and finds a great vantage point to sit and eat some french fries and drink a Pepsi while staring creepily at hot chicks a people watcher. I enjoy watching people in the natural habitat and rarely miss a down blouse or upskirt am pretty observant. Not that I had to be all that observant for what I saw today.

As I was leaving, there was a couple, who looked to be maybe in their late 20s or early 30s having a pretty animated argument outside. Not just outside the building but right outside the exit doors on the north end of the building. They couldn’t even move their little discussion over a bit and get out of people’s way and be a little less conspicuous about it. They stood right outside the door saying things like “You just aren’t listening to me!” And “I DO TOO take your feelings into account! That’s bullshit!”

Good times man. Good times.

Watching couples have an argument in public is the biggest bonus of going out sometimes. I especially love it when they are arguing in a restaurant and they are trying hard to keep their voices down. It’s always funny watching that.



But, my question is …

Why do people ALWAYS feel the need to take their arguments outside?

Anyone who has ever lived in an apartment building has experienced this a lot. Hell, I had one neighbor who would go outside to argue with his girlfriend over the phone! That was totally unfair cause I couldn’t hear her side of the story. Thoughtless bastard.

Anyhoodle, people love to argue in public. They love to go outside to argue and they love to stand in front of the exit or right in the middle of the food court at mall and glare at each other and talk in just above a whisper rage. It really isn’t an age thing either. People of all ages do this.

And to be honest with you, as baffled as I am at this habit, I have to say I love it. I’m always grateful to people who are willing to provide some decent entertainment at a fair price for me.

Seriously though, are you a “take it outside and argue in front of the neighbors and strangers” type? And if you are, why? And, do you enjoy watching others argue (as long as there is no hitting) as much as I do?


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Libertas Election Financing ? How Libertas circumvent election laws to receive Ganley's money revealed by Polish Libertas VP

Vice President of Libertas Poland, Artur Zawisza, confirms funding circumvention.

In order circumvent the law regarding election financing Declan Ganley and his Libertas are reported to be using a clever ruse. Individual national branches are reported to be taking out bank loans which are secured by Declan Ganley according to one report.
These loan allow the national branch of Libertas to fund itself with money that originates in their own countries. However, it is reported that after the elections the national branches of Libertas will default on the loan allowing the banks to seek their repayment from the guarantor.

By using this facility the national branches of Libertas can flout their country's laws and receive as much cash as Ganley is prepared to give them.


As the "loans" from the banks are just that, loans, the upper limits on donations will also not apply. The fact that Declan Ganley will later repay the loans means that he technically is NOT funding the elections, they are bank loans are, he will be technically financially covering defaulted loans not the elections themselves directly.

Therefore when Ganley says that he will not be funding the European election he is technically correct. What he omitted to say was that he had worked out a cleaver scam that allows him to pay for the elections later while being able to deny that he is paying for the elections now. Ganley will be merely paying back loans that other people took out and he guaranteed.


This story is breaking in from Poland today with reports confirming that Libertas is availing of this loop hole in Polish electoral law which strictly outlaws Polish parties from taking money from foreign political parties and individuals.
According to one report
"Our electoral system, however, prohibits the financing of party committees and candidates from abroad. To circumvent this prohibition , Polish Libertas take out loans on which the security//property will be provided by an Irish multimillionaire. After the Polish campaign Libertas will not pay its debts, the guarantor will do so, that is, Ganley"'Dziennik': Start w wyborach? Ganley nam zap?aci

Thomas Butkiewicz writing for Dziennik says that one of the Polish Vice Presidents of Libertas, the League of Polish Families Daniel PAWŁOWIEC, said that Libertas would fully comply with funding laws.
However his co Vice President Artur Zawisza let the cat out of the bag by going further confirming both this source of funding and Declan Ganley's personal involvement in the ruse. ""The most important thing for banks is to assess the creditworthiness and the collateral. I know they consulted with Mr. Declan Ganleyem" - when asked about the source of funding election campaigns.
Original report

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Official" - How to cheat the electoral commission
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So far Libertas Poland is reported to have received 250,000 euro, Libertas Slovenia 250,000. euro and Libertas Lithuania has so far received 100,00 using this ruse.

According to a source are using this device throughout Europe to "circumvent the electoral law".


In Ireland in 2008 Ganley said his anti-Lisbon campaign was funded by many legal small donations but Ganley later admitted "loaning" Libertas 200, 000k. The source of the estimated 1.5 million euro that Libertas spent has never been disclosed.
This figure was more than twice what Ireland's senior government partner Fianna Fail spent.


How does a party that says it will bring democracy and transparency while fighting elites maintain credibility when they use such a ruse to deliberately circumvent national laws, while at the same time taking money
This lack of clarity and transparency and the deliberate searching out and use of loopholes is quite the opposite of what Declan Ganley is saying his party stands for.

Mr transparency Declan Ganley is leading this subterfuge.



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But, oh my God! The execution of this trick coupled with the facial expressions and jazzy hand gestures made me laugh until my spleen shot out of my nose, ricocheted off my computer screen and hit me in the eye.

I totally know what I am going to do next time I crash the local ward talent show.

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Economic Crisis fails to help Eurosceptics and far Right in central and eastern europe

Economis Crisis 'not helping' Eurosceptics gain ground in eastern and Central Europe

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Euractiv.com

Published: Friday 27 March 2009

The global economic crisis, which has severely hit Central and Eastern Europe, does not appear to have strengthened the positions of various extremist and Eurosceptic political groups there, shows a round-up by EurActiv's network in the region.

With just ten weeks to go until the EU elections, and despite numerous problems caused by the economic recession and its associated capital outflow, the political landscape in Central and Eastern European countries depicts a stagnant if not downward trend in support for the region's extreme-right, extreme-left, nationalist and anti-European forces.

After five years of EU membership, support for Eurosceptics in Poland - the biggest EU country in Central and Eastern Europe - has noticeably fallen. In Romania, the region's second-largest country, recent elections kept the extremists out of the national parliament (EurActiv 15/12/08).

Inspired by external political factors such as the Irish-born Libertas movement, mobilisation against the Lisbon Treaty is failing to gain momentum in many countries in the region, like Bulgaria, Romania and even Hungary, where societies do not appear to be particularly interested in the details of the new EU treaty. Such mobilisation is apparently only working to a limited extent in Poland and Slovakia.

Czech Republic

But in the Czech Republic, where the Lisbon Treaty in fact lies stalled in the Senate, the subject is perhaps bringing together political forces as diverse as the Communists (who are at least in theory internationalists) and sovereignists.

The far-left Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) is the only extremist party expected to win several seats in the European Parliament this June. Although not openly Eurosceptic or anti-EU, the Communists – using revolutionary rhetoric - are vehemently opposed to cooperation with NATO and the United States.

Under the veil of promoting peace, the party is against the development of EU military capacities, against the deployment of army units on missions abroad, against the presence of foreign troops on Czech territory and thus against the idea of EU becoming a significant player on the international scene. Party leaders consistently avoid the question of adopting the euro, as well as ratifying the Lisbon Treaty.

In 2004, KSČM won six seats (with 20% of the vote) out of the 24 reserved for Czech MEPs, and thus ranked second in the elections just after the Civic Democrats (ODS), who gained nine seats. The latest survey (conducted in February 2009) indicates that the Communists would now rank third after ODS and the Social Democrats (ČSSD) with 16% of the vote.

The prospects of far-right, nationalist and other Eurosceptic parties are dim, mainly due to their similar manifestoes and agendas. Vladimír Železný founded a party called 'Libertas.cz', which was originally meant to be a sister party of Declan Ganley's 'Libertas.eu'. But in the meantime, Železný has distanced himself from Ganley and even labelled Czech President Václav Klaus his 'guru'.

Almost all of the new right-wing Eurosceptic parties, including Petr Mach's Party of Free Citizens (SSO) and Jana Bobošíková's coalition of parties, called 'Suverenita' (Sovereignty), look up to the president and seek his blessing.

The appearance of new Eurosceptic parties is a reaction to Klaus's call for the creation of a new political force. In early March, Klaus called upon the numerous Eurosceptic parties to work together so that they have a chance of winning seats in the European Parliament elections. This is because Mach – a Klaus protégé – has been refusing to cooperate with Železný and Bobošíková.

The radical Workers' Party (DS), which is believed to have close ties with the Neo-Nazi movement, has also declared its intention to run in the upcoming Parliament elections. The government moved to ban the party recently, but failed to provide sufficient evidence to the court. Their popular support is insignificant.

Slovakia

None of the Slovak political parties is offering an alternative to Slovak membership in the European Union. The only relevant party that criticises the EU and is against the ratification of Lisbon Treaty is KDH (the Christian Democratic Movement), a member of pro-Lisbon EPP-ED group.

According to KDH leaders, the Lisbon Treaty takes too many powers away from Bratislava in favour of Brussels, and diminishes the weight of Slovakia in the Council of Ministers, and it thus sees it as a threat to national sovereignty. KDH also sees problems related to the possible impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights on national legislation governing ethical issues. KDH is expected to make it to the EU assembly again with two seats, according to estimates.

Another political party with similar Eurosceptic views is KDS (the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia). The party was only recently established, by four leading figures who left KDH and formed a candidate list for the European elections together with a non-parliamentary party (OKS, Citizen-Conservative Party). But they are not expected to make it to the European Parliament, as their support is very modest at present.

The right-wing OKS (Civic Conservative Party), which alone has minimal popular support (less than 1%), basically wants the EU to be reduced to governing the single market, because according to them, almost all other areas should be taken at national level. They claim that the European Parliament should be dissolved, because they do not consider it a proper parliament: they see no 'European nation' for it to represent.

As for the nationalist camp, the Slovak National Party (SNS), which is currently not represented in the EU assembly, it could gain two or a maximum of three seats, according to estimates. It is supposed to become part of Union for Europe of Nations (UEN) group. SNS also sees Slovakia's EU membership as an "unavoidable decision". But surprisingly, as a member of Fico's governing coalition, it supported the Lisbon Treaty without reservation in the Slovak parliament.

Libertas founder Declan Ganley announced plans to establish 'Libertas Slovakia' during his visit to the country in February. It is still not registered, however, and no official candidates are known.

Poland

The League of Polish Families (LPR), a Eurosceptic party which no longer has representatives in the Parliament, is trying to prove itself in the upcoming EU elections. They too are cooperating with Ganley, and hope to get into the EP by means of a Libertas list.

Libertas has been just registered in Poland and is headed by Daniel Pawlowiec of the LPR and Artur Zawisza of the Rights of the Polish Republic (PR) party, which also hopes to use his electoral platform.

In spite of unfavourable polls, Roman Giertych, a former LPR president and ex-deputy prime minister, said he was sure that this party would be represented in the new EP. In the first Polish EU elections in 2004, LPR won second place, with over 15%, and now has ten MEPs.

Another group of Eurosceptics is being prepared by politicians close to the ultra-catholic Radio Maryja. Some of them stem from the PiS (Law and Justice) party established in 2001 by the Kaczyński twins. The ex-ruling conservative party can count on the support of this controversial, but nevertheless popular, radio station.

Hungary

In Hungary, the most visible part of the extremist political landscape is Magyar Gárda (Hungarian Guard), an extreme right, nationalist and paramilitary movement reminiscent of Fascist times. Its members have been active, marching in uniforms and staging assaults against Roma and other ethnic groups.

The Magyar Gárda was registered as an organisation to "protect the country's heritage and culture" in June 2007, with the aim of establishing a "framework for national defence". The first 56 members of the movement were inducted in August 2007.

In December last year, a Budapest court ruled that the organisation must be disbanded, a ruling which the Magyar Gárda is in the process of appealing. Gabor Vona, the founding chairman of the Magyar Gárda and head of the Jobbik party, said the movement's members would "write a new chapter in Hungarian history".

Krisztina Morvai, who heads the party's list for the upcoming European parliamentary elections, said her party would make every effort to "regain national assets illicitly given away" and added that all laws should be abolished that "granted privileges to foreigners to the detriment of Hungarians".

Morvai, who has described Hungary's government as a "gang of robbers", also said loans taken from the International Monetary Fund and other international banks should be considered as repaid and Hungary should not make any further debt-servicing payments.

Romania

The ultra-nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM) leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor announced he would top his party's list for the Parliament elections. After winning almost 20% of the vote in the national legislative elections in 2000, the hold of this political force is declining and in the last elections, PRM was unable to enter parliament, after only receiving 3.15% of the vote and failing to reach the 5% threshold. Tudor, once a Communist propagandist reborn into nationalism, draws inspiration mainly from anti-Hungarian conspiracy theories.

George Becali's New Generation Party, often seen as intolerant and far right, also failed to make the Parliament. Becali, also known as Gigi Becali, is a controversial businessman and politician, mostly known for his involvement in football. Becali claims he is a follower of the fascist Romanian Legionnaire Movement.

One of his favourite targets are homosexuals, and he even threatened to "finish" them if he is given the power. At the elections for the European Parliament, held in November 2007, his party (PNG-CD) obtained 4.86% of the popular vote, just under the 5% threshold.

Bulgaria

The electoral list of extremists Ataka will probably be topped by the current MEPs from this political party, MEP Dimitar Stoyanov recently said. A recent survey shows that some 9% of the voters could back Ataka at the forthcoming European elections, as well as for the parliamentary elections to be held a few weeks later.

Stoyanov became known in the European Parliament two years ago, by sending an email to every MEP attacking Lívia Járóka, a Hungarian MEP of Roma origin and the 'MEP of the Year'. Stoyanov's email stated that his own country had the "prettiest Gypsies" and informed anyone who was interested that he knew where you could buy 12-year-old Gypsy brides for "up to €5,000". Stoyanov is certain to stay on as an MEP, because the leader of Ataka, Volen Siderov, is his step-father.

Quoted by the daily Dnevnik, sociologist Yuriy Aslanov said probably the only Bulgarian parties to make it to the European Parliament will be the Bulgarian Socialist party (a PES member), GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria), a recent political player built around current Mayor of Sofia Boyko Borissov and affiliated to the EPP-ED, DPS (Movement of Rights and Freedoms), a Turkish ethnic party affiliated to ALDE, and Atak