Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Barker's Newsbites: Tuesday, December 6, 2011


Remember the days before computer generated special effects...?

Man... those car chases were exciting!
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William R. Barker said...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/5/north-korea-making-missile-able-to-hit-us/?page=1

New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, according to Obama administration officials.

* BUT... BUT... BUT... ALL THE "COOL KIDS" ARE FOCUSED ON IRAN AND IRAN ALONE!

(*SMIRK*)

Officials familiar with the intelligence said government analysts believe the missile could be a variant of North Korea’s new Musudan intermediate-range missile, first disclosed publicly in October 2010. Other intelligence indicates that the new ICBM may be under development at a huge missile testing facility on North Korea’s western coast.

* SO... ANYONE HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN & CO. CALLING FOR BOMBING NORTH KOREA?

* SO... ANYONE HEAR THE MEDIA ASKING THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES (OR ANY DEMS AT ALL?!) WHETHER THEY'RE AS WILLING TO BOMB NORTH KOREA AS THEY SEEMINGLY ARE TO BOMB IRAN...???

* HMM...? ANYONE...?

Mobile missiles are difficult for tracking radar to locate, making them easier to hide. They also can be set up and launched much more quickly than missiles fired from silos or launchpads.

(China's military recently deployed two new mobile ICBMs, the DF-31 and DF-31A. ... China in the past has provided missile technology to North Korea, a fraternal communist ally.)

* NO... NOT OUR "TRADE PARTNER" CHINA! SAY IT AIN'T SO!

(*SMIRK*)

* HAT TIP MIKE D!

December 6, 2011 at 11:29 AM
William R. Barker said...

http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/197355-bob-woodward-sitting-next-to-gore-is-unpleasant-

In a speech at the Organization for International Investment’s annual dinner at D.C.’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Thursday, the famed Washington Post journalist, who helped uncover the Watergate scandal, disclosed that he doesn’t enjoy the former vice president as a tablemate.

Describing an event where he was paired up next to the monotone-talking ex-vice president, Woodward said, “Now, sitting next to Gore is taxing.”

After some laughs from the crowd, Woodward continued, “In fact, it’s unpleasant.”

* KEEP READING! I'M NOT POSTING THIS AS A CHEAP SHOT TO DISS GORE... THERE'S AN IMPORTANT TIDBIT TO SHARE!

Woodward offered up another tidbit from the conversation with his dinner companion. The investigative reporter asked the politician, more than five years after leaving office, how much the public knows about what went on during the Clinton administration. Gore replied, “One percent.”

Woodward admitted that revelation made him feel a bit icky, saying, “I kind of died inside and have to confess to having an unclean thought.”

He then dug a little deeper, asking Gore, if the former VP were to write a memoir, how much Americans would know then. Gore retorted, “Two percent.”

A spokeswoman for Gore had no comment.

* WOW...

* I WONDER IF GORE WAS DRUNK...?

December 6, 2011 at 12:39 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/social-security-2011-%E2%80%93-another-bad-year

Full calendar year 2011 numbers are now available to calculate the results for the Social Security Trust Fund. Here's a look at the key numbers that will be reported to Congress in four months:

Payroll Tax Revenue: $669B ($642B - 2010)

Benefit payments: $726B ($702B - 2010)

* UPSIDE DOWN. (*SHRUG*) NO NEW INFORMATION THERE, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN ADVANCE.

* I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING A MOMENT TO FOLLOW THE LINK PROVIDED AND READ THE FULL ANALYSIS. IT'S BAD, FOLKS... REALLY NASTY. (*SHRUG*)

December 6, 2011 at 6:10 PM

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