tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post1292491999372282023..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: "Pretty impressive tradecraft," says Victoria NulandGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-37803814679685554012014-02-11T11:14:55.099+02:002014-02-11T11:14:55.099+02:00Yeah, that infrastructure will fold and self-destr...Yeah, that infrastructure will fold and self-destruct a few years after the games, I bet.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-69378052964856531882014-02-11T11:13:55.890+02:002014-02-11T11:13:55.890+02:00I just have to remind you a quote from prof. Chall...I just have to remind you a quote from prof. Challenger (A.Conan Doyle). Prof. says to somebody: "Before I met you, I thought that there are limits to human stupidity". Not a 100% precise quotation, but the spirit of it is there. So who knows: we might yet see a more incompetent administration.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-6192085150541912722014-02-11T01:47:28.572+02:002014-02-11T01:47:28.572+02:00There is nothing more embarrassing than Mr Putin o...There is nothing more embarrassing than Mr Putin opening his mouth. This is what he proclaimed today (trying to justify expenditure): "infrastructure developed for the Olympics will serve people for many decades, and possibly for many centuries, like in European countries". http://ria.ru/sochi2014_around_games/20140210/994152108.html#ixzz2sxvwgzZ9<br /><br />He must be thinking of amphitheatres. Can you imagine future archeologists trying to explain the marvel of the double-toilets?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-66001370180462355982014-02-11T01:31:03.239+02:002014-02-11T01:31:03.239+02:00Mr Pu should enjoy this while it lasts. It will b...Mr Pu should enjoy this while it lasts. It will be a looooong time before the US gets another administration as incompetent and weak as the current one.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-37122813004755458842014-02-09T18:06:38.102+02:002014-02-09T18:06:38.102+02:00Nope, there are better experts.Nope, there are better experts.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-6764933833779090372014-02-09T14:36:43.155+02:002014-02-09T14:36:43.155+02:00Wow, and I thought Wormtongue and his Chicago pals...Wow, and I thought Wormtongue and his Chicago pals were the epitome of corruption.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-49202507797735412982014-02-09T03:12:03.988+02:002014-02-09T03:12:03.988+02:00Time for some insider posts about Sochi, Mr. G. Ma...Time for some insider posts about Sochi, Mr. G. Maybe you can find some Russian language takes on the embarrassing details such as bad water and toilets that can't take toilet paper, so they offer a "trash" can, instead. All very 19th century. Or is 18th?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-54389757335823019862014-02-09T01:04:38.496+02:002014-02-09T01:04:38.496+02:00Can't take credit. It's from the "Dev...Can't take credit. It's from the "Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce. I highly recommend it.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-88846811282332555022014-02-08T16:32:15.276+02:002014-02-08T16:32:15.276+02:00Thanks, Peter, copied to the post immediately.Thanks, Peter, copied to the post immediately.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-76288109215213812632014-02-08T16:30:01.946+02:002014-02-08T16:30:01.946+02:00Tee hee... thanks Peter, my day is that much brigh...Tee hee... thanks Peter, my day is that much brighter now!SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-78662433882133321782014-02-08T16:29:14.692+02:002014-02-08T16:29:14.692+02:00Bravo, Sennacherib!Bravo, Sennacherib!SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-77943890130379995232014-02-08T16:23:07.404+02:002014-02-08T16:23:07.404+02:00http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/02/...http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/02/07/the-f-bomb-heard-around-the-world/SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-81053620831412122852014-02-08T16:22:26.706+02:002014-02-08T16:22:26.706+02:00The EU way:
...as yet anothersecretly recorded co...<a href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/02/07/the-f-bomb-heard-around-the-world/" rel="nofollow">The EU way:</a><br /><br />...as yet anothersecretly recorded conversation reveals—this one between Helga Schmid, a representative of EU High Commissioner Catherine Ashton, and the EU Ambassador in Ukraine:<br /><br /><i>HS: “I just wanted to tell you one more thing in confidence. The Americans are going around and saying we’re too soft, while they’re moving more firmly toward sanctions. […] Well, <b>we’re not soft! We’re about to issue a very strongly worded statement</b> about Bulatov!“</i>SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-76924304279244105812014-02-08T15:49:20.783+02:002014-02-08T15:49:20.783+02:00EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue o...EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself.<br /><br />A lady with one of her ears applied<br />To an open keyhole heard, inside,<br />Two female gossips in converse free —<br />The subject engaging them was she.<br />"I think," said one, "and my husband thinks<br />That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!"<br />As soon as no more of it she could hear<br />The lady, indignant, removed her ear.<br />"I will not stay," she said, with a pout,<br />"To hear my character lied about!"<br />—Gopete Sherany<br /><br />And the State Department complains!SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com