I don’t know about you, but, for the gang here at TCOTS, it was A Swingin’ Affair.  Thanks to all of those who linked and re-Tweeted these celebratory posts — mere words cannot describe how appreciative we are here in the Tiki Bar & Lounge [we have pictures, but they would get us all barred from polite society].  Thanks too to all of you who sent along your congrats — we love you all [in a non-sexual, manly man way].

This year, instead of featuring the work of various photographers across the decades, TCOTS is showcasing the work of one of the best pin-up photographers in the business today.

Celeste Giuliano is an artist who specializes in recreating classic pin-up and glamour shots and her work has been justly praised across the world.

And now, herewith, forthwith, with a fifth, the last post in this series for this year…

EXCELSIOR!…

©All Photographs Copyright Celeste Giuliano Photography. All rights reserved.

Previous Servings of Cheesecake:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Please click on the logo to visit her website.

‘I have always loved the sex appeal of the women from the 40′s and 50′s. The women featured in Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas paintings, as well as the Hollywood starlets of that era, were all glowing with beauty and confidence.  During this period, it was more about engaging the viewer with a flirtatious smile, with the tease of a garter or with tantalizing curves.  This is something women of all ages, shapes and sizes can experience, but rarely do in today’s world.’

—Celeste Giuliano

Nice Deb pings back, saying among other things:

Holder’s on the way out. Obama is finished.

It’s over.

Now, that may be. I certainly hope it is. What I’ll say, though, is that if we thought that Obama and Co. were nasty about trying to make the Sequester as painful to other people as possible, by way of tantrum, we haven’t seen anything, yet. Certainly the most vicious administration of my lifetime, and very likely of any other American’s.

Now…if Dano would just sing Mammy for me [I always tear-up on that one].

Let us never forget that this Administration is made up of and run by the worst kind of Leftists: those who combine total committment to their Ideology with low-animal-cunning.  While many Leftists are of the True Believer kind, they are not usually initiators of directly destructive acts, preferring to force through their policies and responding with indifference to the results of said policies.  Those of the former kind — one may call them ‘Stalinists’ [yeah, I went there] — have no compunction in using various forms of violence, both physical and non-physical, to achieve their goals.  They believe that Power And Control can only be maintained if they employ whatever it takes to preserve their positions and enhance them.

Be prepared for their lash-back.

Until then, however, why not enjoy some first-class entertainment:

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I have absolutely no expectations that the Republicans in the Congress will do the right and proper thing regarding the scandals with the DOJ, the IRS, the EPA, Sebelius, or Benghazi.  None.  Nada.  Diddley.

My Friend In The Ether Jeff Goldstein agrees.  Commenting on a typically idiotic column by Erza Klein, he remarks:

The truth is, Obama and Holder and Hillary Clinton likely won’t fall because they will find protection in the arms of the ruling class, while lower-level functionaries will act as fall guys and scapegoats.  And that’s because it is, as I’ve been saying, not a real two-party system any longer, but rather the ruling class vs. the rest of us.

Congress never pressed the IRS issue.  Boehner is resisting calls to impanel a special committee on Benghazi, and the AP, once they get over the butt hurt of realizing that, for all the cover they’ve given progressives, ObamaCo just really isn’t all that into them, will go right back to fluffing up the President, rationalizing to themselves that they are making a sacrifice to the greater good.  There has been no special prosecutor called for in the House to look into the IRS; the Senate is giving us Carl Levin and Max Baucus as investigators — two men who themselves engaged in the very conduct that politicians are now pretending to be outraged by.

So let’s not be coy:  if the scandals fall apart it won’t be because no scandals existed, as Klein wants to pretend.  Instead, it will be because the ruling class and their parasitic fluffers like Klein care more about the furtherance of big government statism than they do about truth or justice or the people they ostensibly represent or keep informed while working diligently to do neither.

The Left In America, like the Leftist cockroaches that crawl about the rest of the world, value the ideas and goals that make up their Ideology more than they do their fellow living, breathing Human Beings.

They will sacrifice anything and everything — including their dignity, their pride, their family, friends, and allies — if those things and people block them in any way as they race down the road to Heaven On Earth.

Everything in life pales next to their vision of Utopia — please remember this when you are dealing with any Leftist, I beg of you.  None of them can be trusted to do the right thing.  They are Nihilists — haters of Life.

It was incorrect, but not untruthful.

Writing at Breitbart’s The Conversation [which I recommend you check out], John Hayward reports [worth quoting in full][tip of the fedora to Smitty]:

First we had “fake but accurate.”  Now we’ve got “incorrect, but not untruthful.”

Also today, we learned that the IRS is a “customer service” organization that we “voluntarily” do business with.

And “targeting” groups for IRS abuse based on their political beliefs “shouldn’t happen,” but it’s “absolutely not illegal.”  But we shouldn’t call it “targeting,” because that’s a “loaded” and “pejorative term.”  It hurts the feelings of IRS apparatchiks when we use such language.

And this sort of thing wouldn’t happen if the IRS had “a bigger budget.”

Quite a few catchy phrases were added to the lexicon of tyranny today.

Almost forgot… we also learned that the Benghazi affair wasn’t an outrage; it was “mistakes made without malice.”

And all that confidential tax data from conservative organizations that somehow found its way into the hands of Obama loyalists?  Those were just “inadvertent” releases.  That’s what IRS stands for now: “Inadvertent Release Service.”

My favorite, however, still remains: Modified Limited Hang Out [which, interestingly enough, also describes the way I used to begin undressing while I romanced the wimmins when I was single, IYKWIMAITYD (I denounce myself)].

Also:

Krauthammer:Miller’s testimony comes under category of How Stupid Do You Think We Are?

— Leslie Carbone (@lesliecarbone) May 17, 2013

Pretty stupid, Chuck, it seems.

UPDATE on 18MAY2013 at 1353…

Dr. Dan ‘Book ‘em Dano’ Collins, PhD, FuMF, has made another addition to the dictionary [and kindly links this post].

This year, instead of featuring the work of various photographers across the decades, TCOTS is showcasing the work of one of the best pin-up photographers in the business today.

Celeste Giuliano is an artist who specializes in recreating classic pin-up and glamour shots and her work has been justly praised across the world.

So, without further adieu, let’s schwing it, baby!

Excelsior!…

©All Photographs Copyright Celeste Giuliano Photography. All rights reserved.

Previous Servings of Cheesecake: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Please click on the logo to visit her website.

‘I have always loved the sex appeal of the women from the 40′s and 50′s. The women featured in Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas paintings, as well as the Hollywood starlets of that era, were all glowing with beauty and confidence.  During this period, it was more about engaging the viewer with a flirtatious smile, with the tease of a garter or with tantalizing curves.  This is something women of all ages, shapes and sizes can experience, but rarely do in today’s world.’

—Celeste Giuliano