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AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BY NOW, CONSERVATIVE TALKBACK RADIO HOST GLENN BECK HAS LEFT CNN HEADLINE NEWS for a new presence on Fox Prolefeed from early next year.
And as is well-known, Beck's CNN Headline News slot was rather infamous for playing fast and loose with truth in service to the Greater Conservative Agenda, in the classic McCarthyism stylee preferred by the GOP (or so Los Angeles Times commentator Neal Gabler suggests here), so attracting much criticism among the Secular-Progressive element.
Now occupying Beck's former CNN Headline News Prime Time slots weekdays is Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell.
In any case, it might not hurt to keep the old que vive on Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell for possible conservative "spin," bias and misinformation being packaged as prolefeed. And to keep CNN Headline News, not to mention Media Matters for America and the like, aware of any slips in this regard.
WITH COLD AND FLU SEASON NOW ABROAD HERE IN THE MINNWISSIPPI (AND YOUR CORRESPONDENT IS NOT EXEMPTED FROM ITS EFFECTS, KNOW), the above ad for so-called "medicinal" cigarettes (usually containing cubeb berries) perhaps seems relevant for the sake of corny nostalgia--especially so the suggestion "Breathe Freely--Keep Yourself Fit" by smoking cubebs for relief of head colds, asthma or hay fever.
In any case, cubebs' medicinal properties (or presumed) have since been discredited.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HATH IT THAT HIS FRAUDULENCY'S GREAT WITHIN MAY HAVE IGNORED THE WARNINGS about relaxing restrictions on bankers and mortgage lenders selling certain high-risk ("sub-prime," in industry argot) mortgages in the secondary markets, knowing (un)consciously all the while that such carried significant risk of default.
That, and the want of safeguards to protect mortgage lenders and borrowers alike vis-a-vis such "no income proof" loans more than likely sold to High-Yield Investment Programmes in a misguided exercise in social consciousness based on conservative articles of faith emphasising contempt for the poor and marginalised when it comes to credit histories as much as standing in the Scala Natura Americana revered of conservative Zealots and True Believers in defence of a "pure" form of free-market capitalism being one with the defence of Our Antient and Pecuilar Soverignty and Soverign Identity as a Pecuilar Among the Nations--and that the two must be intertwined pro Deo et patria.
Not to mention repackaged as "fully-secured, bank-guaranteed Accounts Receivable Acquisitions" for resale to less-sophisticated investors as "low-risk, high-quality" investments returning as much as 20-30%/annum (or so advertised in "spam" e-mails from offshore investment houses with likely connexions to Cosa Nostra and suchlike among the weird and unwholesome).
In any case, I, for one, would recommend taking a fresh look @ the traditional building society concept as a viable way to help the Lower Classes towards home ownership based on mutual self-help models such as conservatives are forever speaking about as the Next Wave in Social Welfare, "generating taxpayer value" in the process. Yeah, right--
"Money is the root of all evil." Why not invest yours in United States Savings Bonds?
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NEARLY SIX MONTHS ON AFTER THE SUDDEN STORM-FLOOD DRAINAGE OF LAKE DELTON SEEN BY FREEVEE VIEWERS ACROSS THE KNOWN WORLD, it looks as if Lake Delton near Wisconsin Dells is ready to make her return known to the world.
It took quite a lot of reconstruction work along County Rd. A in the area of the breach ... construction of a cofferdam and clay fill in the area of the breach's opening ... and rebuilding of the Lake Delton Dam which created the lake in question, originally intended as a summer retreat for Chicago's upper echelons until the Great Depression intervened and, after World War II, became more proletarian in approach. Had it been as originally conceived, could you imagine Munroe Street in the village of Lake Delton being on a par with such high-end shopping districts as Rodeo Drive, Fifth Avenue, Mayfair, the Champs-Élysees, Via Serlas and the Ginza?
Anyhow, before too long, Lake Delton, which had been a mudpit all of last summer, will be back to being Lake Delton with the gates of the Lake Delton and Mirror Lake dams closing to start the refill process over the winter, followed by a major killoff of carp and other species of rough fish in basin streams and ponds to improve fishing quality. In time, to speed the refill process, Mirror Lake Dam's gates will be opened through the winter, with full refill likely come the Memorial Day weekend start of summer season.
Hopefully, insallah, the Tommy Bartlett Show will be back to normalcy for its 57th season in Wisconsin Dells, 56 such on Tommy Bartlett Bay (including the truncated version last year dictated by the drainage). Not to mention a number of curiosity-seekers who saw the draindown on TV the world over wanting to see if the repairs will take hold.
(BTW, those as were the registered guests of Wilderness on the Lake when the lake was drained last June 9th will be entitled to stay free there on the one-year anniversary thereof for a special reunion and lake-refill celebration. And, for the record, tourism numbers in Wisconsin Dells were largely unafflicted by the Lake Delton drainage, especially so the outdoor waterparks making the Dells famous currently.)
It won't be easy, You'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel, But I still need your love after all that I've done; You must believe me-- All you will see is a girl you once knew, Though she's dressed up to the nines, At sixes and sevens with you....
I knew it had to happen, I had to change, Couldn't stay all my life down-at-heel, Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun, So I chose freedom, Running around, trying everything new, But nothing impressed me at all-- I never expected it, too....
Don't cry for me, Argentina, The truth is, I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existance, I kept my promise--don't keep your distance....
And as for Fortune, And as for Fame, I never invited them in, Though they seemed to the world they were all I desired; They are illusions, They were not the solutions I hoped they would be-- The answer was with you all the time, I love you, and hope you love me....
Don't cry for me, Argentina....
Don't cry for me, Argentina, The truth is, I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existance, I kept my promise--don't keep your distance....
Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to say to you, But all you have to do is look at me to know that every word is true....
READERS, VIA ENTRECARD OR OTHERWISE, AN APOLOGY IS IN ORDER: You may have noticed where, as of 16h CST (22h UTC) today, EntreCard has gone offline for emergency maintenance to deal with problems in the ad rotation cycle. They hope, in any event, to be back online as soon as possible while the problem is being properly worked on.
And they apologise for any inconvenience suffered in the interim.
HOW IRONIC A MESSAGE: About the same time that the preceding ad for Spuds, the first major national brand of mentholated cigarette, appeared, wild rumours were surfacing in certain circles claiming that the Axtell-Fisher Tobacco Company, which manufactured Spuds, employed a known leper on the production line.
Within six months, the company went bankrupt and Spuds were no longer on the market.
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SAUDI KING ABDULLAH WAS QUOTED IN THE PAPERS @ THE WEEKEND as suggesting where, in response to the NYMEX spot price for crude oil falling close to $50/bbl. in recent months, a "more reasonable" price for oil should be closer to $75/bbl.
How did he come up with that figure as an ideal benchmark for OPEC to consider in calling for further production cuts to stabilise market prices?
And Another Thing:
How would a policy of "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" rooted in "Wise Use" policies actually translate into cheaper gasoline, let alone the notion that cheap gasoline is one with the antient and pecuilar soverignty and soverign identity of the nation?
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THE ABOVE WARNING SIGN TO PARENTS was spotted @ a Japanese onsen (hot-spring resort) to advise parents to be all the more careful with younger children in close proximity to the hot springs.
FOR STARTERS, ONE OF THE HOTTEST HOLIDAY-SEASON GIFT CHOICES AMONG SUCH WHO CAN STILL AFFORD HOLIDAY GIFTS (or so it was hinted to moi @ the Target here in Winona browsing around on Friday) are single-cup coffeemakers of the sort as use special pre-measured pods of tea or coffee such as the Tassimo and Senseo. Which, when you get right down to it, can be rather convenient and, depending on the coffeemaker chosen, can actually be an experience choosing from several different brands.
And which you can buy online for yourself from this weblog:
(Just so you know, the brewing pods for Tassimo and Senseo are not interchangable, and refill packs are available from your local supermarket or discount store.)
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YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO TAKE NOTE OF A LINK OFF TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE, which is to my Amazon.com Holiday Wish List.
Just in case any of you blog readers are interested.
As for other holiday wishes and desires I would be willing to volunteer, I would also like gift cards, especially so those with American Express, VISA or MasterCard logotypes; they happen to offer greater shopping and dining flexibility than a store-specific such. As for the store-specific kind, I would prefer such for Target, Kmart or ShopKo, as they have Winona locations; Wally World, I prefer to avoid out of principle, and most of the others whose gift cards are widely available don't have locations in the immediate Winona area.
Should such be of interest, please let me know by e-mail, whence I will quote my postal address for you to send them on.
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IN CLOSING, A MOST SINCERE WELCOME TO THOSE OF YOU AS CAME BY WAY OF ENTRECARD, which I've started using this holiday weekend to try and boost traffic.
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In any event, as snow falls upon the Minnwissippi for perhaps the first such instance of consequence this winter, "thank you for your support."
THOSE OF YOU LISTENING TO CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY-SUPPORTED CHANNELS ON THE NEW AMALAGAMATED XM AND SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO may notice an advert for American Airlines Vacations offering cut-price short breaks in the United States Virgin Islands which opens "In the U.S. Virgin Islands, we believe everyone should be entitled to more happiness."
Which could be right up there with the concept of "gross national happiness" being promoted by the government of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in recent years.
(Incidentally, as the U.S. Virgin Islands are an American Territory, American nationals will be pleased to know that passports or other documents of identity required for international travel are not required for entry. Likewise with Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.)
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THE WAY CERTAIN SO-CALLED "PATRIOTS" PUT IT, THEIR REAL AGENDA OF RACISM, BIGOTRY AND INTOLERANCE ARE MOTIVATED by a larger desire to "save America from herself***by returning her to G-d's Holy and Divinely-Ordained Will" therefor.
Which, unfortunately, requires the use of force or violence as need be to maintain White Low Church Christian dominance "by whatever means necessary," no matter how sadisto it may be--especially if such rivals the excesses of South Africa's apartheid regime @ Sharpeville, Soweto and other flashpoints of anti-apartheid sadisto.
And which should be denounced--politely, of course.
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AND WHO'S TO SAY THAT IT WASN'T GOONS IN THE SUPER-SECRET EMPLOY OF WALLY WORLD AS WERE BEHIND THE KRAZY-GLUE LOCK-JAMMING SPREE in beautiful downtown Charleston, SC yeaterday as prevented their opening for several hours for the sake of holiday-season shoppers?
