20090414
Pirates Hijack 3 More Ships in One Day
In less than 24 hours after seven pirates (voluntary coast guards) were given an express introduction to Allah, three more ships have been hijacked. Click.
Something that has always mystified me was the admission by these large corporations was that they would rather pay ransoms than the higher insurance rates by having an armed crew.
What the hell?
Corporations would rather send their hired crews to the bottom of the sea than allow them to defend themselves?!?
Maybe all they need to do is put a couple hundred gallons of acid (hydrochloric, sulfuric...) into their fire hoses. To be this afraid of a bunch of barefoot villagers tooling around in a wooden barge powered by two 50 year old outboard motors is insane.
Something that has always mystified me was the admission by these large corporations was that they would rather pay ransoms than the higher insurance rates by having an armed crew.
What the hell?
Corporations would rather send their hired crews to the bottom of the sea than allow them to defend themselves?!?
Maybe all they need to do is put a couple hundred gallons of acid (hydrochloric, sulfuric...) into their fire hoses. To be this afraid of a bunch of barefoot villagers tooling around in a wooden barge powered by two 50 year old outboard motors is insane.
20090412
Death to you, and you, and oh... you too!
WaPo:The Free World Bars Free Speech
So, the Muslim community is for free speech as long as they agree with it. Of course, the trouble all started at the UN. Un-United Nations since most are totalitarian thugocracys.
"the Western world has listened aghast to stories out of Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations of citizens being imprisoned or executed for questioning or offending Islam. Even the most seemingly minor infractions elicit draconian punishments."
"The U.N. resolution... is backed by countries such as Saudi Arabia, one of the most repressive nations when it comes to the free exercise of religion. Blasphemers there are frequently executed."
"Even countries that the United States has helped liberate have joined the assault on free speech, rejecting the core values of our First Amendment."
Sound like tolerant Liberal thinkers to me...
So, the Muslim community is for free speech as long as they agree with it. Of course, the trouble all started at the UN. Un-United Nations since most are totalitarian thugocracys.
"the Western world has listened aghast to stories out of Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations of citizens being imprisoned or executed for questioning or offending Islam. Even the most seemingly minor infractions elicit draconian punishments."
"The U.N. resolution... is backed by countries such as Saudi Arabia, one of the most repressive nations when it comes to the free exercise of religion. Blasphemers there are frequently executed."
"Even countries that the United States has helped liberate have joined the assault on free speech, rejecting the core values of our First Amendment."
Sound like tolerant Liberal thinkers to me...
20090411
What Ward Would You Attend?
Find your niche in specialty wards
Robert Kirby, Tribune columnist - Salt Lake Tribune
Most Sunday mornings, you'll find me on a pew in the Rosecrest 1st Ward chapel. It's where I'm supposed to go to church. Lucky for me, it's also where I want to go. Technically, Mormons don't have a choice. For church, we're bound by the geography of the ward boundary. We worship where we live. The only time Mormons can switch wards without also contacting a Realtor is when we attend specialty wards. For example, I went to a Spanish-speaking ward in West Jordan for a while.
Specialty wards allow members with specific common needs to worship together and support each other in their exclusive part of the Lord's vineyard. There are (or have been) lots of LDS specialty wards, including singles wards, college wards, deaf wards, ethnic wards. There are even seasonal "snowbird wards" in places where Mormon RV owners congregate.
I talked it over with my friend (despite a restraining order) Ken Wallentine. We think the specialty-ward idea needs to be improved on in our ever-changing and increasingly divided culture.
For example, there needs to be a late ward, a ward Mormons who are perpetually late for church could attend and not feel bad about dragging their herd in 15 minutes late. The only problem with a late ward would be showing up late for a meeting that was supposed to start late in the first place. Eventually, you would end up with a ward that ran out of time before it started... "Welcome to the Tardy 3rd Ward, brothers and sisters. We will close now by singing hymn No. 145."
Given the high birthrate among Mormons, I thought about the need for maternity wards. Except that we already have those. They're called married student wards.
A Star Trek ward might do well. The bishop would preside from "the bridge" instead of the stand. High-council Sunday would be referred to as a "Klingon Sunday."
Harley riders congregate to the exclusion of just about everyone else. Why not an LDS biker ward? White shirts and neckties go well with black leather...
Ken really wants to attend a concealed-weapons ward. He says church would be a lot more interesting if real personal risks were involved in disagreeing with a lesson.
There could be a texting ward for teenagers. Bear your testimony with your thumb. In 25 years, they'll all belong to carpal-tunnel wards.
At the less-active ward, maybe there'll be a meeting and maybe there won't.
Testimony meeting in an anger-management ward might be interesting. Nobody's going to sleep through, "HEY! I KNOW THE CHURCH IS TRUE, STUPID!"
A big hit would be the Multi Level Marketing ward, also known as a "Gadianton robber ward." With all the financial scamming that goes on in this culture, it would be nice to have them all in one place for a three-hour block weekly.
I think a Democrat ward is a good idea, although in Utah the best we could probably hope for is a Democrat branch...
Robert Kirby, Tribune columnist - Salt Lake Tribune
Most Sunday mornings, you'll find me on a pew in the Rosecrest 1st Ward chapel. It's where I'm supposed to go to church. Lucky for me, it's also where I want to go. Technically, Mormons don't have a choice. For church, we're bound by the geography of the ward boundary. We worship where we live. The only time Mormons can switch wards without also contacting a Realtor is when we attend specialty wards. For example, I went to a Spanish-speaking ward in West Jordan for a while.
Specialty wards allow members with specific common needs to worship together and support each other in their exclusive part of the Lord's vineyard. There are (or have been) lots of LDS specialty wards, including singles wards, college wards, deaf wards, ethnic wards. There are even seasonal "snowbird wards" in places where Mormon RV owners congregate.
I talked it over with my friend (despite a restraining order) Ken Wallentine. We think the specialty-ward idea needs to be improved on in our ever-changing and increasingly divided culture.
For example, there needs to be a late ward, a ward Mormons who are perpetually late for church could attend and not feel bad about dragging their herd in 15 minutes late. The only problem with a late ward would be showing up late for a meeting that was supposed to start late in the first place. Eventually, you would end up with a ward that ran out of time before it started... "Welcome to the Tardy 3rd Ward, brothers and sisters. We will close now by singing hymn No. 145."
Given the high birthrate among Mormons, I thought about the need for maternity wards. Except that we already have those. They're called married student wards.
A Star Trek ward might do well. The bishop would preside from "the bridge" instead of the stand. High-council Sunday would be referred to as a "Klingon Sunday."
Harley riders congregate to the exclusion of just about everyone else. Why not an LDS biker ward? White shirts and neckties go well with black leather...
Ken really wants to attend a concealed-weapons ward. He says church would be a lot more interesting if real personal risks were involved in disagreeing with a lesson.
There could be a texting ward for teenagers. Bear your testimony with your thumb. In 25 years, they'll all belong to carpal-tunnel wards.
At the less-active ward, maybe there'll be a meeting and maybe there won't.
Testimony meeting in an anger-management ward might be interesting. Nobody's going to sleep through, "HEY! I KNOW THE CHURCH IS TRUE, STUPID!"
A big hit would be the Multi Level Marketing ward, also known as a "Gadianton robber ward." With all the financial scamming that goes on in this culture, it would be nice to have them all in one place for a three-hour block weekly.
I think a Democrat ward is a good idea, although in Utah the best we could probably hope for is a Democrat branch...
20090410
Good Friday Thoughts
In all the world, who has created prosperity and alongside it charity.
Old Phil Donahue clip interviewing Milton Freedman.
Why is it that conservatives are accused of being greedy, when they create the environment for everyone to live better lives.
It's not greed; it's control. We don't want it and they do.
Old Phil Donahue clip interviewing Milton Freedman.
Why is it that conservatives are accused of being greedy, when they create the environment for everyone to live better lives.
It's not greed; it's control. We don't want it and they do.
New Depressant Hits Market
Couple of R words, so cover your ears.
I could not stop laughing, or jumping up and down exuberantly.
dang...
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
I could not stop laughing, or jumping up and down exuberantly.
dang...
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
20090407
Steam Car: a vision of the future
Yes, now every good Obamunist may have a truly renewable fuel: water and hot air.
"We reached nearly 60mph on the first test before I applied the parachute..."
No way! 60? That's not just fast, that's Jimmy Crack Carter fast!
Weighing three tons, the sleek British Steam Car is made from a mixture of lightweight carbon-fibre composite and aluminium wrapped around a steel space frame chassis. It is fitted with 12 boilers containing nearly two miles of tubing. Demineralised water is pumped into the boilers at up to 50 litres a minute and the burners produce three megawatts of heat. Steam is superheated to 400 degrees Celsius which is injected into the turbine at more than twice the speed of sound, according to a team spokesman.
Now, on the serious side. For a bunch of guys who are trying to break a 100+ year record: go for it.
What with all the government control of our automakers, and Queen Pelosi making schizophrenic declarations about 'green' this and 'green' that, it won't come as a surprise to see someone from the alabaster palace making note of this.
"We reached nearly 60mph on the first test before I applied the parachute..."
No way! 60? That's not just fast, that's Jimmy Crack Carter fast!
Weighing three tons, the sleek British Steam Car is made from a mixture of lightweight carbon-fibre composite and aluminium wrapped around a steel space frame chassis. It is fitted with 12 boilers containing nearly two miles of tubing. Demineralised water is pumped into the boilers at up to 50 litres a minute and the burners produce three megawatts of heat. Steam is superheated to 400 degrees Celsius which is injected into the turbine at more than twice the speed of sound, according to a team spokesman.
Now, on the serious side. For a bunch of guys who are trying to break a 100+ year record: go for it.
What with all the government control of our automakers, and Queen Pelosi making schizophrenic declarations about 'green' this and 'green' that, it won't come as a surprise to see someone from the alabaster palace making note of this.
20090405
Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 1957
Missed this a few days ago. I never realized that a warming climate meant more productive spaghetti harvests for the Swiss. In your face Algore.
20090403
More on Black Car Ban
At first, we all thought this was an April Fool's joke. Coming from the halls of academia, nowadays, it is difficult to sift through all the absurd just to find something ridiculous.
However, Daniel Sperling has created a considerable uproar with his proposal to ban black cars in California. Why? Because they absorb more heat and use more air conditioning to keep cool. That uses more gas and using gas is bad.
What will be interesting is how this is implemented since many people will insist on purchasing 'cars of color'. Like the KNOX device, and other California after market albatrosses, the coating will have to be applied after production and probably somewhere in California. This will create problems with the already draconian Coatings Rules In California, where not so much as a fart goes unregulated.
Since California is so heavily populated in some areas, and the freeway system was intentionally made inadequate, (didn't know that? Ask Jerry), so as to curtail vast expansion into the surrounding environments, there are a lot of cars sitting on one place. In fact, you have millions of cars idling on freeways that are falling apart (and that's another issue).
Bottom line: Painting a car 'muddy brown' so that it will use less air conditioning in the middle of rush hour can only come from the mind of someone who thinks that more and more regulations will set the people free.
California has the worst credit rating in the union. Businesses are so over regulated and over taxed that people are fleeing in droves.
What Sperling needs to realize is that every week some doomsayer comes along with another book that feeds institutional cynicism, creates panic, and costs tons of money.
Thanks for nothing, Dan. And the guy who appointed you, Arnold
Sheesh.
However, Daniel Sperling has created a considerable uproar with his proposal to ban black cars in California. Why? Because they absorb more heat and use more air conditioning to keep cool. That uses more gas and using gas is bad.
What will be interesting is how this is implemented since many people will insist on purchasing 'cars of color'. Like the KNOX device, and other California after market albatrosses, the coating will have to be applied after production and probably somewhere in California. This will create problems with the already draconian Coatings Rules In California, where not so much as a fart goes unregulated.
Since California is so heavily populated in some areas, and the freeway system was intentionally made inadequate, (didn't know that? Ask Jerry), so as to curtail vast expansion into the surrounding environments, there are a lot of cars sitting on one place. In fact, you have millions of cars idling on freeways that are falling apart (and that's another issue).
Bottom line: Painting a car 'muddy brown' so that it will use less air conditioning in the middle of rush hour can only come from the mind of someone who thinks that more and more regulations will set the people free.
California has the worst credit rating in the union. Businesses are so over regulated and over taxed that people are fleeing in droves.
What Sperling needs to realize is that every week some doomsayer comes along with another book that feeds institutional cynicism, creates panic, and costs tons of money.
Thanks for nothing, Dan. And the guy who appointed you, Arnold
Sheesh.
20090402
California to ban BLACK CARS
Just when you thought that the stupidity spotlight might spend a minute in Washington DC, it swings right back to the land of fruits and nuts.
The California Air Resources Board, CARB, has proposed a mandate of 20% solar reflectivity by 2016.
Link to Autoblog and the presentation by CARB
When entering CA will they take away your fruit and paint your car white as well?
This defies imagination; in a state that is bankrupt, still raising taxes, and awash with non-taxpaying 'undocumented residents', is this really a good use of time?
Oldie but a goodie
This clip is about a year old. The Amnesty Bill was not passed, thank god. However, thanks to the recent elections full of hope and change *read: taxes & socialism, this bill will again come to the floor in another form.
Just as the 'Hate Crimes' bill (as opposed to 'Love Crimes'--those are okay), and the 'Fairness' bill, these are centered around THOUGHT CRIMES. If you THINK there is something wrong with any of those boneheaded ideas you will be treated as a criminal.
In many communities, like Berkley and Santa Monica, just noticing that Rome is burning will get you targeted, with your name and address on activists google maps to boot! (That's jack-boot)
Please remember that if you think this stuff is wrong and downright evil, you are among the vast majority of Americans.
You work, have families, and usually go to church (or at least contribute to related causes). Most of these people don't like being called conservative, or neo-con, or republican, any more than they would like being called stingy, mean, or intolerant. These are names crafted to shut you up. Stop being cowed by the minority nutters who are all mouth and no mind.
Just as the 'Hate Crimes' bill (as opposed to 'Love Crimes'--those are okay), and the 'Fairness' bill, these are centered around THOUGHT CRIMES. If you THINK there is something wrong with any of those boneheaded ideas you will be treated as a criminal.
In many communities, like Berkley and Santa Monica, just noticing that Rome is burning will get you targeted, with your name and address on activists google maps to boot! (That's jack-boot)
Please remember that if you think this stuff is wrong and downright evil, you are among the vast majority of Americans.
You work, have families, and usually go to church (or at least contribute to related causes). Most of these people don't like being called conservative, or neo-con, or republican, any more than they would like being called stingy, mean, or intolerant. These are names crafted to shut you up. Stop being cowed by the minority nutters who are all mouth and no mind.
20090328
Movie of Individual Atoms in Action
Okay, this is cool. The color photo is actually a 3D model of the movie below. Movie of an arrangement of atoms.From Nanotechnology: Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), working with TEAM 0.5, the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope, have made a movie that shows in real-time carbon atoms repositioning themselves around the edge of a hole that was punched into a graphene sheet. Viewers can observe how chemical bonds break and form as the suddenly volatile atoms are driven to find a stable configuration. This is the first ever live recording of the dynamics of carbon atoms in graphene.
20090325
20090323
Yucking it up the 'The Teleprompter'
Laugh it up.
Obama was so glib about numerous crisis that Kroft eventually asked Prompter, "are you punch drunk?"
No, he's just a narcissistic elitist who isn't concerned about it.
AND REMEMBER, THE AIG DEBACLE WAS CHRIS DODD'S FAULT. Dodd intentionally wrote in bonus stipulations and when the people found out, he started screaming like a little girl. (see below)
Dodd is also one of the top five corrupt meddlers in congress who caused the housing market failure that led to AIG's collapse in the first place.
But back to the Prompter in Chief...
His apparent lack of concern with vital market forces has led even his own water carriers of the MSM to back off and wonder out loud, "What the hell is he thinking?"
Nothing about you or this country seems certain.
20090322
The Earmark Shopping Channel
Earmarks are getting a bad rap. Embrace the hypocrisy and enjoy the song and dance. After all, you're paying for it!
20090319
Equal Opportunity Dummocrats
In a time where so much is being made about our first black president, Ann Coulter made the following observation in her column of 2/25/2009:
"But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house?"
"But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house?"
20090318
Smarter by Half
I've always felt that true wisdom is separate from gathered intelligence in that a moral compass allows and individual to sort out truth from delusion. Case in point is this article, which also paraphrases Krauthammer's assessment of the same: Obama is an intellectual incompetent because he lacks a basic moral grasp on important subjects.
From JWR, 3/17/09
From JWR, 3/17/09
The reason we have too few solutions to the problems that confront people — in their personal lives as well as in the political realm — is almost entirely due to a lack of common sense, psychological impediments to clear thinking, a perverse value system, to a lack of self-control, or all four. It is almost never due to a lack of brainpower. On the contrary, the smartest and the best educated frequently make things worse.
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