A Little Halloween Music

Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette

Beware the Ides Don't Remember of March

Classic KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

Maybe the Russians are behind the WikiLeak hacks of Democrat e-mails, possibly to influence the 2016 presidential election. I’m not convinced of this. I’m more concerned that these constant leaks of Democratic e-mails demonstrate that Democratic officials appear to have no understanding of the need for Internet security. This makes me wonder if John Podesta’s e-mail password is “password.” These are the people Clinton will be giving senior jobs with high-level security clearances. That is the real security scandal that no one is talking about.

— Fred Fleitz

Your Schadenfreude NFL/Niners Report

I inadvertently caught the score of last week's Niner's game.
The Buccaneers 'squeaked' by them 34- 17.  Poor babies!
This leaves Kaepernick's Merry Pranksters at 1 and 6 on the season.
Das ist aber schade!




"Digging down deep to get to the bottom to stay on top!"

Classic KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"We are an honest, fair and decent people,”
declared Dan Rather in his denunciation of Donald Trump.

Well, some of us are, you know, those of us who don’t run around with Microsoft Word documents from 2004 and insist they were created on a 1970s typewriter.

-Jim Geraghty

In Fact, It Was Her Idea!

A Little Saturday Night Music

Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat

Classic KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Best of the Web*

*…that I’ve seen all week!
Political/SocioEconomic
No, Hillary, 17 U.S. Intelligence Agencies Did Not Say Russia Hacked Dem E-mails

WikiLeaks emails: Clinton Foundation paid male employees more than females in 2011 -Hypocrisy

Charts: The Obama Years




Videos
Judge Jeanine B*tch Slaps Geraldo Rivera Like Never BEFORE!

Krauthammer’s Take: Clinton Had Her Server to Hide ‘Rank Corruption of the Clinton Foundation’

CBS Anchors Bamboozled by Obamacare Rate Hikes




Culture
Medal Of Honor recipient buried with full Marine Corps honors

My Defective Obamacare Health Insurance Product Just Blew Up

If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too. The only change you’ll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold. -Obama June 2009

WIKILEAKS: Clinton Insiders Admit Media Matters is Pure Political Propaganda, With No Basis in Reality




Technology
The Fatal Mistake That Doomed Samsung’s Galaxy Note




Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics

Cartoon of the Day – NRO

Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies

John Cox- KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD

Today's Toons 10/19/16


Today's Toons 10/20/16


Today's Toons 10/21/16


Weekly Trump-related Toons 10/21/16



Linkfests:
Larwyn's Linx: What the Hell Should Americans Be Talking About? Trump's Gettysburg: Nailed It


Link O'rama.. Keeping Tabs On Things

Larwyn's Linx: Trump’s Gettysburg Address? He’s Off-Message!

In The Mailbox: 10.24.16

Larwyn's Linx: The polls all confirm that Hillary has won, except they actually don’t


In The Mailbox: 10.25.16

Larwyn's Linx: Yes, There is a Coup Underway in America; O'Keefe Releases Fourth Video, Follow The Money

In The Mailbox: 10.26.16

Larwyn's Linx: Judge: "Furious" FBI Agents Will Leak Messages About Hillary Investigation Cover-Up

In The Mailbox: 10.27.16




Rule Five Roundup:
(While all Rule Five posts may be NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly NSFW)

90 Miles From Tyranny - Morning Mistress, girls with guns, girls with guns, Blogs With Rule 5 Links , Hot pick

American Power- Bella Thorne ,Caitlin Stasey, Kendall Jenner

Angry Mike's Hood - Smokin'

By Other Means - Cosplay, Tap Rack & Bang, Seeing Red

Daily Mail - Rita Ora

The Daley Gator – Daley Babes: Nedi Nazari, Ally Stone, Genevieve Ava

Good Monday Morning

EBL - Walking Dead Rule Five, Nina Arianda

Feral Irishman - Friday Femme Fatale, Why Is It That Silly Boobie Tricks Make Men Smile?

Friday Night Babe - Laura San Giacomo

Good Stuff's Cyber World #265

Knuckledraggin' My Life Away - Milfy Monday, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girls

Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup, If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see...

Flowing Curves of Beauty

Sex in Advertising - Marilyn Monroe

Oksana Neveselaya

The Last Tradition - Daphne Joy

The Right Way -Friday Babe

Theo Spark – HOT RIGHT NOW: Audrey, Sashah and Sparkle


The Other McCain- Rule Five Tuesday

Vintage Babe of the Week – Ann Southern


Rule 5 Woodsterman Style




Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. Please send links of news, commentary, choice humor or Rule Fivage to: Proof.Positive@Hotmail.com

Quote du jour

Hillary is mocking Trump for having six financial advisers named "Steve".
Hillary's are named Vinnie, Bugsy, Fat Tony, & Jimmy the Weasel.

-Mike B.

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Laura San Giacomo!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

Fighting For Us...Was There Ever Any Doubt?

KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too. The only change you’ll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold."

- Barack Obama, June 2009

"And by 'falling', I mean double and triple digit increases!"

"Go Home, Newt, You're Drunk!"

I really wasn't going to comment on this, but I've seen a flurry of opinions about Newt's "slapdown" of Megyn Kelly, or how "hypocritical" she was to have, on at least one occasion, posed alluringly and then obsess over Trump's alleged sexual peccadilloes.




Give me a break! For the record, I have been a long time fan and defender of Newt. I admired his Contract with America, I defended him over the gross distortions of allegations against him supposedly handing his ex-wife divorce papers on her hospital sick bed, and I would have voted for him for president, if he'd had the fire in the belly required to capture the 2012 nomination. In that 2012 debate when he stood up to the media bias of the questioning, I cheered him for his backbone. His exchange with Megyn Kelly? Not so much.

In all the years I've followed his career, this moment was IMHO, his least dignified, most disappointing and most embarrassing moment. Newt has a reputation as a historian and a shrewd political strategist. Both true. He typically has the ability to calmly and rationally dissect whatever arguments are presented to him. This occasion... not so much.

The first four and a half minutes are a pretty benign back and forth, but around the 4:48 minute mark, things begin to get heated. Kelly is pressing Newt to admit, in the face of numerous polls, that his candidate may be slipping (alternate universes aside). The supposed slide timed to the allegations surrounding what he may or may not have said to a beauty queen (exacerbated by his dwelling on the story for days), and the crass remarks on the audio leaked from Access Hollywood.

MK: "If Trump is a sexual predator, that is..."

NG (interrupting): :He not a sexual predator! You can't say that! You cannot defend that statement!"

MK (Crosstalk): "Okay, that's your opinion, I'm not taking a position on it."

Let's stop it there for a second. Newt has just compared Fox News and the rest of the MSM with Pravda and Izvestia, the old Soviet organs of propaganda. Newt can be excused for a little over the top hyperbole every now and then, but there was a head of steam building up here. When Ms. Kelly began, "If Trump is a sexual predator..." He could have let her finish her sentence to see if it was a question or an if/then proposition, and the logician in him could have calmly stated that he rejected the premise or supposition that Trump was a sexual predator based on whatever evidence he wished to assert. Instead, he chose the nuclear option, and IMHO melted down as he accused her personally of bias that she had not really shown.

NG: "I am sick and tired of people like you using language that is inflammatory that is not true."

Whether or not it is true, or was true at some time doesn't become any "truthier" by getting angry about it and wagging his finger like a latter day Bill Clinton. He could have let her finish her point and calmly chided her for using inflammatory language if he believed that was the case. Certainly, based on the audio tape that came out in Trump's own words, a case could be made that Trump at the very least joked and bragged about sexually assaulting women, whether he actually did or not.

A case could also be made that Hilary Clinton was an enabler for Bill Clinton to do far worse things to women and that Hillary tried to destroy the lives and reputations of the women victims of her husband in ways Trump has not been accused of.

NG: "When you used the words, you took a position."

If you were listening to her argument, Mr. Speaker, and if you were using your head for something other than a hat rack, you might have handled this differently. You see what I did there?  I used the word "if", not to say Newt definitively did not hear her argument, but that the possibility existed that he did not hear her argument. According to Newt, one cannot even admit the possibility of something being true without 'taking sides'.

NG: "You want to go back through the tapes of your show recently? You are fascinated with sex and you don''t care abut public policy"

Here, it seems to me, Newt has slipped from hyperbole to full on tin-foil hat crazy. Now I am not a regular viewer of the Kelly File, but those times I have seen it, I have seen nothing to back up that assertion. Nothing. Perhaps Mr. Gingrich will do us the favor of pointing out exactly how much air time on the Kelly File was devoted to sex and how much to "public policy"?  Forgive me if I don't hold my breath waiting

Gingrich's defense of Trump then devolves into "look how bad Bill Clinton is", which, however true it may be is not a defense for Donald Trump. Gingrich's childish repetition of "I want to hear you use the words: Bill Clinton sexual predator. I dare you!" is worthy of grade schools everywhere.

Not his finest moment. Megyn Kelly conducted herself professionally. Newt may be auditioning to write Trump's Twitter feed.  Advantage, Kelly.

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is, for the second time, Ann Sothern !
(*a.k.a. Rule Five)

Can You Spot the Differences?

Last month, over at Chant du Départ (hey, it must be classy...it's French!!!), Old AF Sarge posted a book report on "A Higher Call".
He posted a picture of the painting based on the incident (this week's header) and the book cover, which appeared at first glance to be the same painting. But it wasn't. The OCD in me noticed that the painting above the book jacket had at least seven differences in the two planes between them. Later I found a couple more.

So, if you have some time on your hands and nothing better to do, see if you can spot the differences between the painting and the book cover. I'll post an update later with the nine I spotted. Good luck and good hunting!

Update: I just spotted another one or two (depending on how you're counting) when I was even trying! So, there should be at least ten or eleven differences to spot!

Classic KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"The Left believes in cradle-to-grave entitlements, they just make it hard to get to the cradle!"

-Dennis Miller

Medal of Honor

Staff Sergeant Drew Dennis Dix

Citation:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. S/Sgt. Dix distinguished himself by exceptional heroism while serving as a unit adviser. Two heavily armed Viet Cong battalions attacked the Province capital city of Chau Phu resulting in the complete breakdown and fragmentation of the defenses of the city. S/Sgt. Dix, with a patrol of Vietnamese soldiers, was recalled to assist in the defense of Chau Phu. Learning that a nurse was trapped in a house near the center of the city, S/Sgt. Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse, and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center.

Being informed of other trapped civilians within the city, S/Sgt. Dix voluntarily led another force to rescue 8 civilian employees located in a building which was under heavy mortar and small-arms fire. S/Sgt. Dix then returned to the center of the city. Upon approaching a building, he was subjected to intense automatic rifle and machinegun fire from an unknown number of Viet Cong. He personally assaulted the building, killing 6 Viet Cong, and rescuing 2 Filipinos.

The following day S/Sgt. Dix, still on his own volition, assembled a 20-man force and though under intense enemy fire cleared the Viet Cong out of the hotel, theater, and other adjacent buildings within the city. During this portion of the attack, Army Republic of Vietnam soldiers inspired by the heroism and success of S/Sgt. Dix, rallied and commenced firing upon the Viet Cong. S/Sgt. Dix captured 20 prisoners, including a high ranking Viet Cong official. He then attacked enemy troops who had entered the residence of the Deputy Province Chief and was successful in rescuing the official's wife and children.

S/Sgt. Dix's personal heroic actions resulted in 14 confirmed Viet Cong killed in action and possibly 25 more, the capture of 20 prisoners, 15 weapons, and the rescue of the 14 United States and free world civilians. The heroism of S/Sgt. Dix was in the highest tradition and reflects great credit upon the U.S. Army.

S/Sgt. Dix: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.



Hat tip Home of Heroes

There are seventy nine living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice. In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”

KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"Obama asking someone not to whine is a bit like Miley Cyrus telling Katy Perry to put some clothes on. Obama has been whining since the moment he took office."

-Keith Koffler

Sex in Advertising

For all you connoisseurs of advertising...

I may not be exactly sure what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!

Classic KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"[True,] Trump is an unknown. But, to channel Donald Rumsfeld, Hillary is the most known known in the history of knowns. And what we know of her is that she's stinkingly corrupt, above the law, and able to suborn entire government agencies in the cause of her corruption. Where do you think we're gonna be after eight years of that?"

- Mark Steyn

KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

“The economy story has three acts: Bush’s recession, followed by Obama’s attempted recovery, followed by Obama’s failed recovery.” -Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal

Editor's note: Economists and the White House agreed that the Bush recession ended June 2009.

Hillary is as Honest as the Lady in the Front Row is a Natural Redhead

KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.

― Albert Einstein

A Little Saturday Night Music

Melanie - The Nickel Song


Well, just what were you expecting for a nickel??

KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Best of the Web*

*…that I’ve seen all week!
Political/SocioEconomic

Voter Fraud Is Real

BENGHAZI COVER-UP Exposed: Proof Hillary Team Debated How To Hide Subpoenaed Benghazi Info

Clinton Campaign Caught Sequentially Feeding Press Conference Questions To Reporters

The collapse of Obamacare in North Carolina has been nothing short of spectacular

The Clinton Foundation left a toxic legacy in Colombia

Why Did Vote-Rigging Robert Creamer Visit The White House Over 200 Times During The Obama Admin

New Clinton emails appear to contradict her sworn testimony Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Laws are for the Little People

PAY-TO-PLAY: New Wikileaks Email Reveals Hillary Charged Morrocan Government $12 Million for a Private Meeting




Videos
Megyn Kelly OBLITERATES Donna Brazile On Her Giving Hillary CNN Debate Questions




Culture
In The Young Hillary Diaries,our creative class continues to sell history as they wish it had happened

Accidental gun deaths are at a record low

Throwback Thursday: Remember That RIGGED Al Franken Election?




Technology
Antares Rocket Launch Tonight Will Be Visible from US East Coast

WWII Horten Ho Flying Wing

We asked a physicist: Why can’t we put metal in the microwave?




Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics

Cartoon of the Day – NRO

Give Me

Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies

John Cox- KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD, KiRKWOOD

Today's Toons 10/12/16

Today's Toons 10/13/16

Cartoon Round Up

Weekly Trump-related Toons 10/14/16

Today's Toons 10/14/16




Linkfests:
Larwyn's Linx: Wikileaks Reveals Hillary Team Debated How To Hide Subpoenaed Benghazi Info

In The Mailbox: 10.17.16

Larwyn's Linx: Clinton Operatives Brag They “Scared Off” Chief Justice

In The Mailbox: 10.18.16

Larwyn's Linx: More Hillary Crimes Discovered, But Trump, Women, and Squirrel!

In The Mailbox: 10.19.16

Larwyn's Linx: FBI Agents Say Comey ‘Stood In The Way’ Of Clinton Email Investigation

In The Mailbox: 10.20.16

Larwyn's Linx: FBI Document Dump Proves Hillary Clinton Has No Business Anywhere Near Power

In The Mailbox: 10.21.16

Larwyn's Linx: Laws are for the Little People; Debate III Reactions

Larwyn's Linx: America’s Leading Motivation Expert Explains Why Hillary Polls are Bogus




Rule Five Roundup:
(While all Rule Five posts may be NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly NSFW)

90 Miles From Tyranny - Morning Mistress, girls with guns, girls with guns, hot pick, girls with guns,

American Power- Britney Spears on Holiday in Hawaii , Bella Hadid Posts Smokin' Bikini Beach Photo, Emily Ratajkowski Bikini, Lindsey Pelas

Angry Mike's Hood - Friday

By Other Means - Cosplay, Tap Rack & Bang, Seeing Red, Imported Cheesecake

Daily Mail - Isla Fisher

The Daley Gator – Daley Babes: Maya Kawamura

Good Monday Morning

EBL - Cassie Jaye: The Red Pill , Tuesday Weld, Mary Tyler Moore

Feral Irishman - Friday Femme Fatale, Wednesdeyes

Friday Night Babe - Paloma Ford!

Good Stuff's Cyber World #264

Knuckledraggin' My Life Away - Milfy Monday, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girl, Good Morning Girl,  Fanny Friday

Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup, If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see..., If all you see...

Flowing Curves of Beauty

Sex in Advertising -Takes the long view...

Girls & Guns

The Last Tradition - Leah Francis

Emma Stone

The Right Way -Friday Babe, Rule Five Linkorama

Theo Spark – Sunday, Happy hour

The Other McCain- Rule Five Sunday

Vintage Babe of the Week – Sigourney Weaver!

Rule 5 Woodsterman Style

Your Crazy Uncle Bubba- Mornin', Nice, Buenas


Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. Please send links of news, commentary, choice humor or Rule Fivage to: Proof.Positive@Hotmail.com

Quote du jour

Hillary and Trump running for president puts me in mind of the Henry Kissinger quote about the Iran/Iraq war: "It's a pity they can't both lose"

-Mike B.

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Paloma Ford!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

DDoS is Screwing With de Internet

In case you haven't noticed, there have been some major disturbances in the Force, er, interruptions in the Internet today. Several of you have commented here, and I have not replied because Disqus is down. Not just here, but most everywhere I've visited. The Disqus site itself is accessible, but comments are down.

Twitter is down, along with other random sites. It has been called a Distributed Denial of Service attack. The Feds are aware of it and are trying to track down those responsible for it.

There's is nothing wrong with your set. We control the vertical. We control the horizontal.

If you are suffering from Extreme Twitter Withdrawal, please call 1-800-Get-a-Life. Operators are standing by...

Bueller? Bueller??

Great ad!

H/T Jim Geraghty

They're Real and They're Spectacular!

Classic KiRKWOOD

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

Quote du jour

"Pity does not validate cowardice"

-Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is Sigourney Weaver!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five)