JABbering Stooge

We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to industrial occupations. The monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but must include enough to secure the elements of a normal standard of living—a standard high enough to make morality possible, to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit a reasonable saving for old age.

Theodore Roosevelt: “A Confession of Faith,” an address originally delivered to the national convention of the Progressive party in Chicago on August 6, 1912.

My, how far we have fallen.

Stalkin’ Malkin:

Umm…Michelle? Reality’s here to poke a hole in your hermetically-sealed bubble:

Besides a few shellings, there was no serious retaliation for the Beirut bombing from the Americans. In December 1983, U.S. aircraft attacked Syrian targets in Lebanon, but this was in response to Syrian missile attacks on planes, not the barracks bombing.

[…]

Amal militia leader Nabih Berri, who had previously supported U.S. mediation efforts, asked the U.S. and France to leave Lebanon and accused the U.S. and France of seeking to commit ‘massacres’ against the Lebanese and creating a “climate of racism” against the Shia. Islamic Jihad phoned in new threats against the MNF “pledging that ‘the earth would tremble’ unless the MNF withdrew by New Year’s Day 1984.

The Marines were moved offshore where they could not be targeted. On February 7, 1984, President Reagan ordered the Marines to begin withdrawal from Lebanon. This was completed on February 26, four months after the barracks bombing; the rest of the Multinational Force was withdrawn by April.

Yep. Your hero St. Ronnie “Red Ink” Raygun delivered an anemic response and then “cut and run” from Lebanon! So STFU about “libruls” being the ones who refuse to “defend America.”

Canada is Now “Officially” a Homosexual Country

• Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking My Cock?

“Shorter” concept created by Daniel Davies, perfected by Elton Beard and given a beneficial mutation by the fine folks at Sadly, No!
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(h/t, Dr. Prole)

* Cf.

Greenspan admits ‘mistake’ that helped crisis

• I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on on Wall Street!

“Shorter” concept created by Daniel Davies, perfected by Elton Beard and given a beneficial mutation by the fine folks at Sadly, No!
I am aware of all Internet tradtions.™