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(Hat tips:  Hoft & Drudge)

First-time jobless claims for this week:  439,000.

Inflation up.

Recession in Euroweaselstan – the second since 2009.  Headed here soon.

Yeah, Demo-bastards…how’s that hopey-changey shit working out for youse?

Fuck it all.

Let God’s judgement rain down on this country.  It’s earned it.

The people in Ohio said that if I voted for Romney, their food stamps would be cut back.

Dammit, they were right!

Ohio families receiving food stamps could get an unwelcome surprise come January: $50 less every month in assistance.

For the 869,000 households enrolled in the program for the poorest Ohioans, that could amount to about $520 million annually out of the grocery budgets.

Because of the way the federal government calculates utility expenses for people receiving the benefit, a mild winter nationwide last year, and a lower price for natural gas, many families could experience a significant cut in aid, those familiar with the program say.

Recipients should get a letter from the state Department of Job and Family Services this month explaining the change, said Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the agency.

Gee, I guess elections have consequences, after all.

(Hat tip:  Riehl.)

Denizens, remember when I said that Al-Obambi was cooking the books?

Chalk up yet another WITY™ for Yours Truly™.

Revisions to the way payroll data firm ADP counts private sector job creation have resulted in a sharp drop in the September employment count.

ADP’s new calculations put the monthly job creation at just 88,200, down from the 162,000 the firm originally reported earlier this month.

October doesn’t look like it’s going to be so hot, either.

Heckuva job, Barry.  You sure as hell did build that.

Just got this from my sister-in-law.

It’s kinda long, so it’s below the fold, but you’ll like it, so read it.

That’s an order. 

He’s cooking the fucking books.

Period, end, stop.

And anyone who believes this number should not only have their head examined…they should be prohibited from voting, they’re that stupid.

Need a good comeback for the OWS libtards that are outside your favorite Chick-fil-A? Here’s a good one! (Found this all over FB)

And this especially goes for you clowns-in-control; Obamaville Mayor Rahm-mie Boy Emanuel, Beantown beanhead Tommy-boy Menino, and the City of Un-Brotherly Love Michael nutjob Nutter.

Gotta love it!

UPDATE: In case you missed it on your local paper or news, today is also Chick-fil-A’s founder S. Truett Cathy’s birthday. Celebrate appropriately and support his business.

Fox News has just reported that the “individual mandate” portion of Bambicare is constitutional as a tax.  John Roberts sided with the leftist pusstards on the decision.

I say now, and for the record – I WILL NOT OBEY THIS.

I am currently covered under my company’s plan. When it goes away – and I guaran-damn-tee you, it will  go away – I will not get replacement coverage.

Let me say that again:  I will not purchase coverage.

I will not pay any related tax.

I will not pay any penalty.

IRS, you will have to come get me.

If you dare.

Fuck you, Johnita Roberts.

Fuck your wife.

Fuck your kids.

Fuck you, George “Shrubya” Bush, who put the son-of-a-bitch on the Soprano Court in the first  fucking place.

And last but not least – fuck the Hell outta you, B. HUSSEIN!!!  Obambi.

I.  WILL.  NOT.  OBEY!!!!!

UPDATE:  And Denizens, I hate like hell to contradict myself, go hypocritical, make a liar of myself, all that.

But I have no choice.  Apologies to the Vicar, the General, Plett, the Lady, La Reina, Mrs. Venomous – everyone.

But as of now – 0930 hours, 6/28/2012 – I am declaring my intention to vote for Willard Mitt Romney for President of the United States of America.

Because, you see, Obambi – I  know whose ass to kick, you illegal Kenyan son of a slutty crack whore bitch.

To the Miami Heat and its thousands of excuses for fans:

Congratulations on your second purchase of an NBA Championship.  We out here trust you fanboies will get as much joy out of it as you did in 2006, when you purchased Shaquille O’Neal, plus whatever cadre of zebras you needed to see that no one so much as breathed on your honeyboy, Widdle Dway-nee Wade.

Not to mention the fact that Widdle LeBwon couldn’t do shit without a ton of help around him.

And that he still  couldn’t get it done last year against Dallas. 

But we do  hope it will assuage the guilt that you’ll eventually feel someday, knowing that you’ve never won  an NBA title, just purchased a couple of them.

Sincerely, The Rest Of The World Out Here That Doesn’t Give Two Shits About You

Oh, this  is choice.  Check out this headline (h/t Drudge):

Greek default would destroy faith in Europe: Merkel

Faith?  What  faith?

“We need to take steps we can control,” Merkel said, drawing a parallel between the Greek situation and that of Lehman, whose bankruptcy helped trigger the global financial crisis.

“What we can’t do is destroy the confidence of all investors mid-course and get a situation where they say that if we’ve done it for Greece, we will also do it for Spain, for Belgium, or any other country. Then not a single person would put their money in Europe anymore.”

What I wanna know is:  what fool is throwing money into that  socialist hellhole?

Seriously.  If you’re hemorrhaging money into that  pit, come see me.  I can put that money to far  better use.

I need a 2012 Mustang.  Convertible.  Black.  With a DVD/Blu-ray player.

C’mon.

Hell, I’ll even give you one of my t-shirts for your trouble.

Denizens, remember when I said the other day…

Just a guess here, but anyone who thinks the Dow will gain Monday should come see me – I have this bridge I want to sell you.

It’s early, and this may or may not hold – the Dow on its best  days is somewhat volatile – but as I write this, it’s fluctuating between 340 – 360 points of losses.

(UPDATE:  Sure enough, the Dow started rallying right as I hit the “Publish” button – losses are now at 275 points & going up.)

WITY™???

Thanks, Imperial Socialist Congress™.  Thanks, Al-Obambi.  Thanks, fiddy-twoers.

You fucking bastards.

UPDATE the 2nd:  634 points down at the closing bell.

Nice going, Bambi.

Well, Denizens, as you know by now, the Imperial Socialist Congress™ caved to Bambi & the Demoscum over the debt “deal” (Such A Deal™), and the Imperial Senate did likewise the next day.

Not surprisingly, Wall St. showed its disapproval over it – 512 points worth, although no one on the Street will admit the “deal” (Such A Deal™) had anything to do with it, and indeed the Dow gained 61 points back today.

But shortly after that, Standard & Poor’s thumbed its  nose at the Ayatollah & the rest of Al-Obambi, lowering the United States’ credit rating for the first time ever.

Just a guess here, but anyone who thinks the Dow will gain  Monday should come see me – I have this bridge I want to sell you.

It’s begun, people.  Stockpile, lock & load.

Either that, or Obama is incompetent as a lawyer. This article from National Review on-line makes a pretty good case that the Administration is legally and constitutionally bound to service our debt, even if nothing else gets paid. What is more, contrary to the claims of some of our leftest buddies, government transfer payments(Welfare, Social Security, etc) do not count as debt.

(Hat tip to the lovely & gracious Michelle.)

The latest unemployment numbers came out today – and, as has been the case for quite a while now, the numbers are…well…pretty dismal.

But what gets me is the opening paragraph.

U.S. employers added 18,000 workers in June, the fewest in nine months, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly climbed, indicating a struggling labor market.

Exxxx-squeeze  me?  Baking powder?

Lemme see if I have this straight:  First time unemployment requests have topped 400,000 per week for something like thirteen weeks now; the economy produced only 18,000 jobs last month, and the U3 number going up is unexpected?!?!

Really?

Yeah, right.  Pull the other one.

Effin’ morons.

Over at Patterico’s, they’re having a discussion concerning Standard & Poor’s pre-downgrading of the United States’ credit rating.

(And yeah, that’s what’s going to happen – does anyone really think otherwise?)

Anyway, the discussion is starting to deteriorate to what one would rather have – whether it be a high sales tax, or a property tax, high taxes, high deficits, what have you.

Which prompted an Idle Thought™ I’ve been having for a number of years now.

Listen to all the political hacks & talking heads yakking it up on TV & elsewhere, and you eventually notice one thing:  They’re always talking about raising taxes.

Not revenues.  Taxes.

Why?

How come you never hear anyone anymore talking about raising revenues?  You know – money.  Greenbacks.  Moolah.  Simolians (sp?).  Scratch.  Benjamins.

You get the idea.

No, it’s always about raising tax rates  that they’re constantly bloviating.  And this is both Pubbies & Donks alike – no party’s immune to this.

Ask yourself:  when has anyone ever paid a debt with a tax rate?  When has anyone ever funded a program – governmental or otherwise – with a tax rate?  Does Alex Rodriguez make $30 extra-large (that’s “thirty million” for you pussies in the Church of the SubTarded) per year in tax rates?

No.  We settle our debts, buy our food, pay our rents & mortgages, etc, with revenues – not tax rates.

Politicians bitch, whine & moan about raising tax rates, blithely believing that the population at large will just bend over and take it up the ass, and not do anything to counter government’s attempts to confiscate that which, rightly, should not be theirs.  It would be far better for the country – and ultimately, for the poli-hacks themselves – if they would concentrate their (disturbingly) limited focus on raising revenues.

And you do that…by lowering  tax rates.  By taking less of a producer’s hard-earned money, and by letting that producer do with that money what he/she does best:  Produce.  Invest.  Create jobs.  Hire people for those jobs.

And by doing so, creating more taxpayers for the cycle to begin anew.

Should you ever get a chance to directly address your Congresscritter (assuming, of course, that they’re not the type that tries to hide behind their local SEIU goon) – demand that they tell you what they’re doing to raise revenues, rather than tax rates.

And let them who have ears to hear…hear.

Well, seeing as Bambi isn’t doing so well with the press – time to call in the bullpen:

President Obama ushered former President Bill Clinton to the White House briefing room late Friday for an impromptu press session, then abruptly left the wonky and winsome Arkansan at the podium by himself to defend the Obama administration’s tax deal.

“I’ve been keeping the first lady waiting for about half an hour, so I’m going to take off,” Obama said.

Clinton chuckled, joking, “I don’t want to make her mad. Please go,” and then quickly turned back to the microphone and began taking questions from the White House press corps, which had been given no advance notice of the two presidents’ trip to the briefing room.

What is this, 1996?

At the same time on Capitol Hill, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent, was in his sixth hour of speaking on the Senate floor in a real life filibuster of the president’s tax deal. He began talking shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Friday and was still speaking at 6 p.m.

“I think that the American people don’t like this agreement,” Sanders said, predicting that if the deal to extend the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for two years were to pass, all cuts – even those for the top brackets, which he opposes – would be “extended long term.”

No, Bernadette, we don’t  like it – but not for the reasons you  think.

We want the tax cuts.  You, of course, Bernadette, want everyone on the government teat.  Along with any number of welfare programs, government subsidies, school breakfast-lunch-dinner programs, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

Extremely ad nauseam.