Here's Jools Holland & Doctor John (the Night Tripper) as the "Boogie Woogie Twins:
And for those of us of a certain age, here's Long John Baldry* doing "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll":
*If you're not familiar with Baldry, during the '60's in the UK he played variously with, among others, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Rod Stewart and Elton John both before and after they became famous.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
The Libyan boomerang in Mali
Ed Morrissey: The history of the last thirty years of American policy in the Middle East and North Africa can be summed up in two words: unintended consequences. The US has found itself pressured by outside events into interventions that have ended up backfiring in substantial ways.
In most cases, one can argue with good reason that the US advanced other policies that more than compensated for the complications.
Not so in Libya and Mali:
The boomerang in this case came from our extremely ill-advised and reckless intervention in Libya, which turned that nation into a failed state and sent tentacles of radicalism throughout the Sahel. And what did we gain from the Libyan adventure and the revolution we blessed in Egypt by tossing a 30-year ally to the wolves? In the latter, we now have leadership that feels entirely comfortable using eliminationist rhetoric against Israel; in the former, we have a burned-out consulate, four dead Americans, and a central government whose writ won’t run in half the country. Our policies in the last two years in this region have emboldened our enemies and disillusioned our allies, and in this case we didn’t get anything at all in trade for the unintended consequences we have reaped.
In most cases, one can argue with good reason that the US advanced other policies that more than compensated for the complications.
Not so in Libya and Mali:
The boomerang in this case came from our extremely ill-advised and reckless intervention in Libya, which turned that nation into a failed state and sent tentacles of radicalism throughout the Sahel. And what did we gain from the Libyan adventure and the revolution we blessed in Egypt by tossing a 30-year ally to the wolves? In the latter, we now have leadership that feels entirely comfortable using eliminationist rhetoric against Israel; in the former, we have a burned-out consulate, four dead Americans, and a central government whose writ won’t run in half the country. Our policies in the last two years in this region have emboldened our enemies and disillusioned our allies, and in this case we didn’t get anything at all in trade for the unintended consequences we have reaped.
Must read: A Conspiracy So Immense
Clarise Feldman at American Thinker writes this morning about a Matthew Continetti article from last week that I had missed. I suggest reading Ms. Feldman's article first and following the links to the the original and to additional sources/comments. Here's the executive summary:
"He (Continetti) picks up on a report by Andy Kroll in Mother Jones about a coordinated effort by about 36 different interest groups with reported revenues of no less than $1.69 billion, pledging millions of dollars to work together to attack conservative supporters and organizations, to intervene directly in Democratic politics, to push for filibuster reform to better enable a push through their agenda without any input from the opposition, and expanding "voting rights" and fighting voter registration laws to further grease the skids for their legislative agenda."
"He (Continetti) picks up on a report by Andy Kroll in Mother Jones about a coordinated effort by about 36 different interest groups with reported revenues of no less than $1.69 billion, pledging millions of dollars to work together to attack conservative supporters and organizations, to intervene directly in Democratic politics, to push for filibuster reform to better enable a push through their agenda without any input from the opposition, and expanding "voting rights" and fighting voter registration laws to further grease the skids for their legislative agenda."
Girl suspended from k'garten after she told another girl that she planned to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty bubble toy gun. Which she didn't have with her.
School officials in the Mount Carmel Area School District in Northumberland County later found out about the incident and sprang into action. They interrogated the little girl for approximately three hours — without her parents present – according to the NBC affiliate.
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