Thursday, July 04, 2013
Computer Repair Tips By PCTechBytesAcer Laptop Recovery Without CD
Computer Repair Tips By PCTechBytesAcer Laptop Recovery Without CD: You can perform an Acer laptop recovery without CD or DVD disks if you need to.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
annual fee - Texas Secretary of State Search Results
annual fee - Texas Secretary of State Search Results: www.sos.state.tx.us/.../partnership_ppt.pdf
SeePage 57
SeePage 57
Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 6132a-1. Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act - Texas Attorney Resources - Texas Laws
Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 6132a-1. Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act - Texas Attorney Resources - Texas Laws: Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act law relating to LLPs
Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 6132a-1. Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act - Texas Attorney Resources - Texas Laws
Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 6132a-1. Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act - Texas Attorney Resources - Texas Laws: Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act law relating to LLPs
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Justice Alito denounces our “arrogant legal culture” | Power Line
Justice Alito denounces our “arrogant legal culture” | Power Line: Only an arrogant legal culture that has lost all appreciation of its own limitations could take such a suggestion seriously.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Poetry Lovers' Page - Rudyard Kipling: The Naulahka
Poetry Lovers' Page - Rudyard Kipling: The Naulahka:
Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East." Hustle=Hurry
Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East." Hustle=Hurry
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages by Jonathan Goodwin
The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages by Jonathan Goodwin: Bernard of Chartres:
"We are as dwarfs mounted on the shoulders of giants, so that although we perceive many more things than they, it is not because our vision is more piercing or our stature higher, but because we are carried and elevated higher thanks to their gigantic size."
"We are as dwarfs mounted on the shoulders of giants, so that although we perceive many more things than they, it is not because our vision is more piercing or our stature higher, but because we are carried and elevated higher thanks to their gigantic size."
Hybrid vs. Gasoline Vehicle Comparison – Are Hybrid Vehicles Worth it? | Million Dollar Journey
Hybrid vs. Gasoline Vehicle Comparison – Are Hybrid Vehicles Worth it? | Million Dollar Journey: Hybrid vs. Gasoline Vehicle Comparison
Car Cost Difference City L/100km HW L /100km AVG L/100km L / year Gas $/yr yrs to payback
Civic LX $25,170 – 8.2 5.7 6.95 1390 $1,807 –
Civic Hybrid $29,200 $4,030 4.7 4.3 4.5 900 $1,170 6.33
Corolla LE $24,665 – 7.4 5.6 6.5 1300 $1,690 –
Prius $32,866 $8,201 4 4.2 4.1 820 $1,066 13.14
Ford Escape (fwd) $30,226 – 10.3 7.7 9 1800 $2,340 –
Escape Hybrid $35,119 $4,893 5.7 6.7 6.2 1240 $1,612 6.72
Camry LE $30798 – 9.5 6.2 7.85 1570 2041 –
Camry Hybrid $36191 $5,393 5.7 5.7 5.7 1140 1482 9.65
Car Cost Difference City L/100km HW L /100km AVG L/100km L / year Gas $/yr yrs to payback
Civic LX $25,170 – 8.2 5.7 6.95 1390 $1,807 –
Civic Hybrid $29,200 $4,030 4.7 4.3 4.5 900 $1,170 6.33
Corolla LE $24,665 – 7.4 5.6 6.5 1300 $1,690 –
Prius $32,866 $8,201 4 4.2 4.1 820 $1,066 13.14
Ford Escape (fwd) $30,226 – 10.3 7.7 9 1800 $2,340 –
Escape Hybrid $35,119 $4,893 5.7 6.7 6.2 1240 $1,612 6.72
Camry LE $30798 – 9.5 6.2 7.85 1570 2041 –
Camry Hybrid $36191 $5,393 5.7 5.7 5.7 1140 1482 9.65
George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post
George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post: Napoleon said: “If you start to take Vienna — take Vienna.” Douglas MacArthur said that all military disasters can be explained by two words: “Too late.”
George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post
George F. Will: Obama hits a wall in Berlin - The Washington Post: Napoleon said: “If you start to take Vienna — take Vienna.” Douglas MacArthur said that all military disasters can be explained by two words: “Too late.”
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
House of Eratosthenes
House of Eratosthenes
Liberal Women
We start with the A-through-E “get me a beer” scale. An “A-girl” will get a guy a beer so he doesn’t have to get up. A “B-girl” will get a guy a beer provided he treats her as a dignified and intelligent human being, meaning, says “please” and “thank you” as his Mom taught him. A “C-girl” might get him a beer but she’s going to keep count of who does how many things for who, and after she gets his beer he’s going to “owe” her one. A “D-girl” won’t get him a beer, and an “E-girl” will build an identity for herself out of her refusal to get him a beer.
Liberal Women
We start with the A-through-E “get me a beer” scale. An “A-girl” will get a guy a beer so he doesn’t have to get up. A “B-girl” will get a guy a beer provided he treats her as a dignified and intelligent human being, meaning, says “please” and “thank you” as his Mom taught him. A “C-girl” might get him a beer but she’s going to keep count of who does how many things for who, and after she gets his beer he’s going to “owe” her one. A “D-girl” won’t get him a beer, and an “E-girl” will build an identity for herself out of her refusal to get him a beer.
If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, Why Aren’t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well? by John W. Whitehead
If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, Why Aren’t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well? by John W. Whitehead: “We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds: we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use? What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straightforward men. Will our inward power of resistance be strong enough, and our honesty with ourselves remoreseless enough, for us to find our way back to simplicity and straightforwardness?” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1943
Saturday, June 08, 2013
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences…”
—Winston Churchill, November 1936
—Winston Churchill, November 1936
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: June 8, 2013: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences…”
—Winston Churchill, November 1936
—Winston Churchill, November 1936
Friday, June 07, 2013
JoeRoseBlog
JoeRoseBlog
North Korean Leaders Fascinating story
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201306/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson-2013
kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson-2013
North Korean Leaders Fascinating story
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201306/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson-2013
kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson-2013
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Simple Justice: Nothing To Salvage in Kern County
Simple Justice: Nothing To Salvage in Kern County: The officers involved are Deputies Ryan Greer, Tanner Miller, Jeffrey Kelly, Luis Almanza, Brian Brock, David Stephens and Sgt. Douglas Sword
The Volokh Conspiracy � “Government Is Not Reason, It Is Not Eloquence — It Is Force”
The Volokh Conspiracy � “Government Is Not Reason, It Is Not Eloquence — It Is Force”: Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Gospel of Gatsby and Draper | Christianity Today
The Gospel of Gatsby and Draper | Christianity Today: "Worship power," he said, "and you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to numb you to your own fear. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart, you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out." Real freedom, in Wallace's estimation, "involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able to truly care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day."
Freedom, contra Sartre, is about obligating yourself to others—not freeing yourself from their expectations. It is about finding yourself in the steady, unrelenting, knowing, freeing gaze of someone who knows you—you, the you that you despise—and who is glad to be near you, who loves you anyways. Freedom, at its core, is about love, is inextricable from love, is love.
"Perfect love," John reminds us, "casts out fear."
Freedom, contra Sartre, is about obligating yourself to others—not freeing yourself from their expectations. It is about finding yourself in the steady, unrelenting, knowing, freeing gaze of someone who knows you—you, the you that you despise—and who is glad to be near you, who loves you anyways. Freedom, at its core, is about love, is inextricable from love, is love.
"Perfect love," John reminds us, "casts out fear."
GraphOilogy: The IMF and Hubbert
GraphOilogy: The IMF and Hubbert
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12109.pdf
Great Paper and curves Peak Oil
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12109.pdf
Great Paper and curves Peak Oil
Monday, May 13, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes: If anyone has labored from the first hour,
let them today receive the just reward.
If anyone has come at the third hour, with thanksgiving let them feast.
If anyone has arrived at the sixth hour, let them have no misgivings; for they shall suffer no loss.
If anyone has delayed until the ninth hour, let them draw near without hesitation.
If anyone has arrived even at the eleventh hour, let them not fear on account of tardiness.
For the Master is gracious and receives the last even as the first; He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, just as to him who has labored from the first.
let them today receive the just reward.
If anyone has come at the third hour, with thanksgiving let them feast.
If anyone has arrived at the sixth hour, let them have no misgivings; for they shall suffer no loss.
If anyone has delayed until the ninth hour, let them draw near without hesitation.
If anyone has arrived even at the eleventh hour, let them not fear on account of tardiness.
For the Master is gracious and receives the last even as the first; He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, just as to him who has labored from the first.
Antonia Larroux Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at New York Times
Antonia Larroux Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at New York Times
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=antonia-larroux&pid=164596250#fbLoggedOut
Great OBIT
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=antonia-larroux&pid=164596250#fbLoggedOut
Great OBIT
Friday, April 26, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Elegy Found in a Seattle Churchyard
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Elegy Found in a Seattle Churchyard: There are those that are celebrated and then there are the great. God knows the difference and those that are His knows the difference.
tombstone
tombstone
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Friday, April 05, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sultan Knish
Sultan Knish: The worst slavery is of the most insidious kind. It leaves the slave able to think and act, but not as a free man. It leaves him with cunning, but not courage. He is able to use force, but only to bring other slaves into line. And most hideously, this state of affairs seems moral and natural to him. This is his freedom.
The true slave has come to love big brother, to worship at the foot of the system that oppresses him. It is this twisted love that must be torn out of him. It is this idolatry of the whip before which he kneels, this panting to know who his superior and who his inferiors are, this love of a vast order that allows him to be lost in its wonders, to gaze in awe at the empire of tomorrow which builds its own tombs today, that must be broken. These are his gods and he must kill them within himself to be free.
The true slave has come to love big brother, to worship at the foot of the system that oppresses him. It is this twisted love that must be torn out of him. It is this idolatry of the whip before which he kneels, this panting to know who his superior and who his inferiors are, this love of a vast order that allows him to be lost in its wonders, to gaze in awe at the empire of tomorrow which builds its own tombs today, that must be broken. These are his gods and he must kill them within himself to be free.
On Healing Wings
On Healing Wings: So surely as the stars are fashioned by His hands, and their orbits fixed by Him, so surely are our trials allotted to us: He has ordained their season and their place, their intensity and the effect they shall have upon us.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon
Sunday, March 24, 2013
90Ninety Miles From Tyranny
90Ninety Miles From Tyranny
1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
2. Police were called to a day care, where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
3. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
4. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.
5. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
6. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
7. The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
8. A thief who stole a calendar… got twelve months.
9. A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
10. Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
11. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U. C. L. A.
12. The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
13. The professor discovered that his theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
14. The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
15. If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
16. A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
17. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.
18. A will is a dead giveaway.
19. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
20. A backward poet writes inverse.
21. In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes.
22. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
23. If you don’t pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
24. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
25. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I’ll show you A-flat miner.
26. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
Knowledge is Power - Comments on today’s celebrity wtf
Knowledge is Power - Comments on today’s celebrity wtf
murder statistics
Looked up FBI UCR data:
USA murders 1992 – 2011 inclusive – 356,470 over 20 a year period
USA murders with firearms 2011 – 8,583
USA total murders 2011 – 12,664, IOW, about 67% with firearms
Make a rough interpolation – about 239,000 firearms murders over a 20 year period.
Make a rough extrapolation – 239,000 x 1.5 -> 358,000 firearms murders over the tweeter’s 30 year period.
IOW, tweeter is a liar by three fold.
BTW, more goodies from the FBI:
In 2011, guess which state leads in firearms murders? – DiFi’s “gun free” California, by a huge margin.
And of the 1,220 firearms murders in DiFiland, only 45 were committed with *tah-dah* rifles.
A few murder rate per 100,000 population, UN statistics.
Note the highest are gun free socialist paradises:
4.8 United States
5.0 Cuba
7.8 Pakistan
8.0 Mali
8.4 Cayman Islands
8.6 British Virgin Islands
8.7 Senegal
8.7 Turks and Caicos Islands
8.8 Mozambique
8.9 Bolivia
10.0 Costa Rica
10.1 Liberia
10.2 Russia
10.3 Peru
10.8 Gambia
10.9 Togo
11.3 Barbados
11.5 Grenada
11.5 Paraguay
11.6 Cape Verde
12.2 Comoros
12.2 Nigeria
12.3 Bermuda
12.9 Swaziland
13.3 French Guiana
13.6 Nicaragua
13.8 Gabon
14.3 Zimbabwe
14.5 Botswana
14.7 Mauritania
14.9 Sierra Leone
15.1 Benin
15.2 Ecuador
15.2 North Korea
15.7 Ghana
15.8 Chad
17.1 Rwanda
17.2 Namibia
17.8 Eritrea
18.0 Burkina Faso
18.6 Guyana
19.0 Angola
19.2 Greenland
19.7 Cameroon
19.7 Montserrat
20.1 Kenya
20.1 Kyrgyzstan
20.2 Guinea-Bissau
20.7 Equatorial Guinea
21.0 Brazil
21.6 Panama
21.7 Burundi
21.7 Democratic Republic of the Congo
22.1 Dominica
22.5 Ethiopia
22.5 Guinea
22.7 Mexico
22.9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
24.2 Sudan
24.5 Tanzania
25.0 Dominican Republic
25.2 Saint Lucia
26.2 Puerto Rico
27.4 Bahamas
29.3 Central African Republic
30.8 Congo
31.8 South Africa
33.4 Colombia
35.2 Lesotho
35.2 Trinidad and Tobago
36.0 Malawi
36.3 Uganda
38.0 Zambia
38.2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
38.5 Guatemala
39.2 U.S. Virgin Islands
41.4 Belize
45.1 Venezuela (Oh looky – Hugo’s socialist legacy!)
52.2 Jamaica
56.9 Côte d’Ivoire
69.2 El Salvador
91.6 Honduras
murder statistics
Looked up FBI UCR data:
USA murders 1992 – 2011 inclusive – 356,470 over 20 a year period
USA murders with firearms 2011 – 8,583
USA total murders 2011 – 12,664, IOW, about 67% with firearms
Make a rough interpolation – about 239,000 firearms murders over a 20 year period.
Make a rough extrapolation – 239,000 x 1.5 -> 358,000 firearms murders over the tweeter’s 30 year period.
IOW, tweeter is a liar by three fold.
BTW, more goodies from the FBI:
In 2011, guess which state leads in firearms murders? – DiFi’s “gun free” California, by a huge margin.
And of the 1,220 firearms murders in DiFiland, only 45 were committed with *tah-dah* rifles.
A few murder rate per 100,000 population, UN statistics.
Note the highest are gun free socialist paradises:
4.8 United States
5.0 Cuba
7.8 Pakistan
8.0 Mali
8.4 Cayman Islands
8.6 British Virgin Islands
8.7 Senegal
8.7 Turks and Caicos Islands
8.8 Mozambique
8.9 Bolivia
10.0 Costa Rica
10.1 Liberia
10.2 Russia
10.3 Peru
10.8 Gambia
10.9 Togo
11.3 Barbados
11.5 Grenada
11.5 Paraguay
11.6 Cape Verde
12.2 Comoros
12.2 Nigeria
12.3 Bermuda
12.9 Swaziland
13.3 French Guiana
13.6 Nicaragua
13.8 Gabon
14.3 Zimbabwe
14.5 Botswana
14.7 Mauritania
14.9 Sierra Leone
15.1 Benin
15.2 Ecuador
15.2 North Korea
15.7 Ghana
15.8 Chad
17.1 Rwanda
17.2 Namibia
17.8 Eritrea
18.0 Burkina Faso
18.6 Guyana
19.0 Angola
19.2 Greenland
19.7 Cameroon
19.7 Montserrat
20.1 Kenya
20.1 Kyrgyzstan
20.2 Guinea-Bissau
20.7 Equatorial Guinea
21.0 Brazil
21.6 Panama
21.7 Burundi
21.7 Democratic Republic of the Congo
22.1 Dominica
22.5 Ethiopia
22.5 Guinea
22.7 Mexico
22.9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
24.2 Sudan
24.5 Tanzania
25.0 Dominican Republic
25.2 Saint Lucia
26.2 Puerto Rico
27.4 Bahamas
29.3 Central African Republic
30.8 Congo
31.8 South Africa
33.4 Colombia
35.2 Lesotho
35.2 Trinidad and Tobago
36.0 Malawi
36.3 Uganda
38.0 Zambia
38.2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
38.5 Guatemala
39.2 U.S. Virgin Islands
41.4 Belize
45.1 Venezuela (Oh looky – Hugo’s socialist legacy!)
52.2 Jamaica
56.9 Côte d’Ivoire
69.2 El Salvador
91.6 Honduras
Knowledge is Power - abortionist!! Comments on everything you ever wanted to know about progressives part 562.84
Knowledge is Power - Comments on everything you ever wanted to know about progressives part 562.84
DHS, Uhbamacare, more taxes and regulation of our daily lives, billion rounds of hollow points, 2,700 MRAP’s, drones, Patriot Act, election fraud, imminent runaway inflation…
Forgive the OT, but today is March 23, a notable day here in Richmond, Virginia. Take heed; change a few words and this fits well right now:
….They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave….
…It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
- Patrick Henry, in an address at St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775.
DHS, Uhbamacare, more taxes and regulation of our daily lives, billion rounds of hollow points, 2,700 MRAP’s, drones, Patriot Act, election fraud, imminent runaway inflation…
Forgive the OT, but today is March 23, a notable day here in Richmond, Virginia. Take heed; change a few words and this fits well right now:
….They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave….
…It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
- Patrick Henry, in an address at St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775.
Knowledge Is Power
Knowledge Is Power: How much easier is self-sacrifice than self realization. Our greatest pretenses are built not to hide the evil and the ugliness in us, but our emptiness.
--Eric Hoffer
Men think in herds; it will be seen they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
--Sydny Smith
Human beings will cling to their delicious tyrannies and exquisite nonsense until death stares them in the face.
--Charles Mackay
When walking in the forest, upon realizing that you are being stalked by a ravenous, man-eating beast; the first thing to do is accept the fact. With that, any number of options become available. Without that, you become scat.
--Eric Hoffer
Men think in herds; it will be seen they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
--Sydny Smith
Human beings will cling to their delicious tyrannies and exquisite nonsense until death stares them in the face.
--Charles Mackay
When walking in the forest, upon realizing that you are being stalked by a ravenous, man-eating beast; the first thing to do is accept the fact. With that, any number of options become available. Without that, you become scat.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
“…the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war…” Says Retired Army Captain | The D.C. Clothesline
“…the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war…” Says Retired Army Captain | The D.C. Clothesline
Today retired Army Captain Terry M. Hestilow shared a copy of a letter to Texas Senator Jim Cornyn via his Facebook page. This is a very strong letter that holds nothing back and I thought everyone should see it. Below is a verbatim copy of the letter.
The Honorable Senator John Cornyn, State of TexasUnited States Senate517 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Re: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that agencies preparation for war against citizens of the United States of America.
Dear Senator Cornyn,
It is with gravest concern that I write to you today concerning the recent appropriation of weapons by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that can only be understood as a bold threat of war by that agency, and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America. To date, DHS has been unwilling to provide to you, the elected representatives of the People, justification for recent purchases of almost 3,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) armored personnel carriers, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (with associated weapons), and other weapons systems, when, in fact, the DHS has no war mission or war making authority within the limits of the United States of America.
Significant is the fact that at the same time the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war within the limits of the United States against the People of the United States in accordance with his 2008 campaign speech claiming,
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta (sic) have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded [as the United States military]”–Candidate Barack Obama, 2008.
the Obama administration is deliberately defunding, overextending, and hollowing the Department of Defense; the only legitimate agency of the U.S. government with a war mission.
This act of the Obama administration stands as a glaring threat of war against our nation’s citizens! This act of the Obama administration can only be understood as a tyrannical threat against the Constitution of the United States of America! If left unresolved, the peace loving citizens who have sworn to defend the United States Constitution “against all enemies, both foreign and domestic” are left no option except to prepare to defend themselves, and the U.S. Constitution, against this Administration’s “coup” against the People and the foundations of liberty fought for and defended for the past 238 years. We have no choice if we honor our oaths.
The only proper response to this threat against the American people is for the representatives of the People, the members of the U.S. House and Senate, to demand in clear terms that the Administration cannot ignore, that the Department of Homeland Security immediately surrender their newly appropriated weapons of war to the Department of Defense (DoD). Further, since the DHS has assumed a position in the Administration to enforce the tyrannical acts of this president against the People of the United States against the limits of the United States Constitution, it remains for the United States Congress to exercise its limiting power in the balancing of powers established by our founding fathers, to disestablish and dissolve the DHS as soon as possible. One needs only to look to the rise of Adolf Hitler, and his associated DHS organizations, the SA and the SS, of 1932-1934, to see the outcome of allowing an agency of government this kind of control over the free citizens of a nation. The people of Germany could not have imagined, until it was too late, the danger of allowing a tyrant this kind of power. We must not be so naïve as to think it will not happen to us as well if we remain passive toward this power grab by the Marxist Obama administration!
Finally, for more than two centuries the nation has lived in peace at home because of the protections of our legitimate military and the many appropriate state and federal law enforcement agencies, supported by Constitutional courts. We stand today at a cross-road. Will we allow this present Administration to overthrow our United States Constitution and its legal processes to amend injustices, or, will we honor our obligations to defend the Constitution against a “domestic” enemy? Our Constitution lays out the proper methods of resolving our differences; and it does not include its overthrow by a rogue agency of a Marxist leadership at home. You, sir, are our constitutionally elected agent to defend our Constitution at home. We are counting upon you. We remain aware, however, of this present threat and will not expose ourselves as an easy prey to the authors of the destruction of our nation.
I know that this letter demands much of you. We elected you because we, the citizens of the State of Texas, believe that you are up to the task at hand and will, against all threats, honor your oath and office. We are also writing to your fellow members of the House and Senate to stand in integrity with the Constitution and against this present threat by the Obama administration and his DHS.
We refuse to surrender our Constitution or our nation!
Resolved,
Captain Terry M. HestilowUnited States Army, RetiredFort Worth, TexasMarch 23, 2013
Today retired Army Captain Terry M. Hestilow shared a copy of a letter to Texas Senator Jim Cornyn via his Facebook page. This is a very strong letter that holds nothing back and I thought everyone should see it. Below is a verbatim copy of the letter.
The Honorable Senator John Cornyn, State of TexasUnited States Senate517 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Re: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that agencies preparation for war against citizens of the United States of America.
Dear Senator Cornyn,
It is with gravest concern that I write to you today concerning the recent appropriation of weapons by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that can only be understood as a bold threat of war by that agency, and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America. To date, DHS has been unwilling to provide to you, the elected representatives of the People, justification for recent purchases of almost 3,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) armored personnel carriers, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (with associated weapons), and other weapons systems, when, in fact, the DHS has no war mission or war making authority within the limits of the United States of America.
Significant is the fact that at the same time the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war within the limits of the United States against the People of the United States in accordance with his 2008 campaign speech claiming,
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta (sic) have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded [as the United States military]”–Candidate Barack Obama, 2008.
the Obama administration is deliberately defunding, overextending, and hollowing the Department of Defense; the only legitimate agency of the U.S. government with a war mission.
This act of the Obama administration stands as a glaring threat of war against our nation’s citizens! This act of the Obama administration can only be understood as a tyrannical threat against the Constitution of the United States of America! If left unresolved, the peace loving citizens who have sworn to defend the United States Constitution “against all enemies, both foreign and domestic” are left no option except to prepare to defend themselves, and the U.S. Constitution, against this Administration’s “coup” against the People and the foundations of liberty fought for and defended for the past 238 years. We have no choice if we honor our oaths.
The only proper response to this threat against the American people is for the representatives of the People, the members of the U.S. House and Senate, to demand in clear terms that the Administration cannot ignore, that the Department of Homeland Security immediately surrender their newly appropriated weapons of war to the Department of Defense (DoD). Further, since the DHS has assumed a position in the Administration to enforce the tyrannical acts of this president against the People of the United States against the limits of the United States Constitution, it remains for the United States Congress to exercise its limiting power in the balancing of powers established by our founding fathers, to disestablish and dissolve the DHS as soon as possible. One needs only to look to the rise of Adolf Hitler, and his associated DHS organizations, the SA and the SS, of 1932-1934, to see the outcome of allowing an agency of government this kind of control over the free citizens of a nation. The people of Germany could not have imagined, until it was too late, the danger of allowing a tyrant this kind of power. We must not be so naïve as to think it will not happen to us as well if we remain passive toward this power grab by the Marxist Obama administration!
Finally, for more than two centuries the nation has lived in peace at home because of the protections of our legitimate military and the many appropriate state and federal law enforcement agencies, supported by Constitutional courts. We stand today at a cross-road. Will we allow this present Administration to overthrow our United States Constitution and its legal processes to amend injustices, or, will we honor our obligations to defend the Constitution against a “domestic” enemy? Our Constitution lays out the proper methods of resolving our differences; and it does not include its overthrow by a rogue agency of a Marxist leadership at home. You, sir, are our constitutionally elected agent to defend our Constitution at home. We are counting upon you. We remain aware, however, of this present threat and will not expose ourselves as an easy prey to the authors of the destruction of our nation.
I know that this letter demands much of you. We elected you because we, the citizens of the State of Texas, believe that you are up to the task at hand and will, against all threats, honor your oath and office. We are also writing to your fellow members of the House and Senate to stand in integrity with the Constitution and against this present threat by the Obama administration and his DHS.
We refuse to surrender our Constitution or our nation!
Resolved,
Captain Terry M. HestilowUnited States Army, RetiredFort Worth, TexasMarch 23, 2013
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Earth Hour: Click to Fade
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Earth Hour: Click to Fade: Passover this year, Jews over the whole world say the Blessing of the Sun, a benediction that takes place once in 28 years to mark the return of the sun to its position the day HaShem created it (the fourth day, 5769 years ago).
If there can be a greater contrast to the turning of the lights on Earth-Worship Hour, I am not aware of it.
If there can be a greater contrast to the turning of the lights on Earth-Worship Hour, I am not aware of it.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Adventures of Shylock Holmes
The Adventures of Shylock Holmes SALMONELLA
Since the late 1990’s British farmers have been vaccinating hens against salmonella following a crisis that sickened thousands of people who had consumed infected eggs. Amazingly, this measure has virtually wiped out the health threat in Britain. In 1997, there were 14,771 reported cases of salmonella poisoning there, by 2009 this had dropped to just 581 cases. About 90 percent of British eggs now come from vaccinated hens – it’s required for producers who want to belong to the Lion scheme. The remaining 10 percent come from very small farmers who don’t sell to major retailers.
In contrast, there is no such requirement for commercial hens in the US. Consequently, according to FDA data, there are about 142,000 illnesses every year caused by consuming eggs contaminated by the most common strain of salmonella. Only about one-third of farmers here choose to inoculate their flocks. Farmers cite cost as the main reason not to opt for vaccination –FDA estimates say it would cost about 14 cents a bird. The average hen produces about 260 eggs over the course of her lifetime.Wait, what? You mean that for 0.05 cents per egg, you can virtually eliminate salmonella poisoning? And this isn't being done in the US, because US farmers have correctly estimated that ignorant consumers aren't savvy enough to insist on this purchase?
The Adventures of Shylock Holmes
The Adventures of Shylock Holmes
Tax Avoidance
the great Lysander Spooner:
Tax Avoidance
the great Lysander Spooner:
All political power, so called, rests practically upon this matter of money. Any number of scoundrels, having money enough to start with, can establish themselves as a "government"; because, with money, they can hire soldiers, and with soldiers extort more money; and also compel general obedience to their will. It is with government, as Caesar said it was in war, that money and soldiers mutually supported each other; that with money he could hire soldiers, and with soldiers extort money. So these villains, who call themselves governments, well understand that their power rests primarily upon money. With money they can hire soldiers, and with soldiers extort money. And, when their authority is denied, the first use they always make of money, is to hire soldiers to kill or subdue all who refuse them more money.
For this reason, whoever desires liberty, should understand these vital facts, viz.: 1. That every man who puts money into the hands of a "government" (so called), puts into its hands a sword which will be used against him, to extort more money from him, and also to keep him in subjection to its arbitrary will. 2. That those who will take his money, without his consent, in the first place, will use it for his further robbery and enslavement, if he presumes to resist their demands in the future. 3. That it is a perfect absurdity to suppose that any body of men would ever take a man's money without his consent, for any such object as they profess to take it for, viz., that of protecting him; for why should they wish to protect him, if he does not wish them to do so? To suppose that they would do so, is just as absurd as it would be to suppose that they would take his money without his consent, for the purpose of buying food or clothing for him, when he did not want it. 4. If a man wants "protection," he is competent to make his own bargains for it; and nobody has any occasion to rob him, in order to "protect" him against his will. 5. That the only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in their keeping their money in their own pockets, until they have assurances, perfectly satisfactory to themselves, that it will be used as they wish it to be used, for their benefit, and not for their injury. 6. That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted for a moment, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.Quite so.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
How and Why to Become a Lifelong Learner | The Art of Manliness
How and Why to Become a Lifelong Learner | The Art of Manliness
Coursera. Coursera works with top universities from around the world to offer classes online for free. You can take classes from a variety of disciplines including computer sciences, psychology, and Spanish.
OpenStudy. OpenStudy is a social learning network that allows you to connect with individuals with the same learning goals as you.
Khan Academy. I freaking love Khan Academy. You’ll find over 4,000 videos covering topics ranging from algebra to finance to history. My favorite part of Khan Academy, though, is math exercises. You start with basic math and work your way up to calculus in an adaptive, game-like environment. I’ve been slowly going through the exercises to freshen up on my math.
Duolingo. Free website to learn foreign languages. It’s a pretty cool set up. As you progress through the lessons, you’re simultaneously helping translate websites and other documents.
Code Academy. Learn to code for free with interactive exercises. I wish Code Academy was around when I was learning how to build AoM. It would have helped a lot.
edX. Harvard University and MIT partnered together to create interactive, free online courses. The same world-renowned professors that teach at Harvard and MIT have created the courses on edX. You can find courses for just about any subject. I’ve signed up for a class called The Ancient Greek Hero. Class started last week, but you can still sign up. Join me!
Udacity. Udacity is similar to edX and Coursera. College level classes taught online for free.
CreativeLive. I discovered CreativeLive a few weeks ago. It’s an interesting concept. You can watch the live stream of the course being taught for free, but if you want to view the course later and at your own pace you have to pay for it. The courses focus on more creative and business subjects like videography and online marketing. I’ve sat in on a few of the free courses and was impressed with the curriculum.
TED. TED compiles speeches and lectures not only by professors but interesting people from many different walks of life. TED talks are lighter than academic lectures, often quite funny, and concentrate on interesting ideas and concepts. And most are 20 minutes or less, so they’re great for those with a short attention span.
iTunes U. Download thousands of free podcast lectures taught by the best professors from around the world and learn while in your car.
YouTube EDU. Instead of watching a bunch of auto-tuned cats, enrich your mind by browsing through YouTube EDU. They have thousands of videos that cover a variety of topics.
For more ideas on free learning resources, check out this post: How to Become a Renaissance Man Without Spending a Dime
Coursera. Coursera works with top universities from around the world to offer classes online for free. You can take classes from a variety of disciplines including computer sciences, psychology, and Spanish.
OpenStudy. OpenStudy is a social learning network that allows you to connect with individuals with the same learning goals as you.
Khan Academy. I freaking love Khan Academy. You’ll find over 4,000 videos covering topics ranging from algebra to finance to history. My favorite part of Khan Academy, though, is math exercises. You start with basic math and work your way up to calculus in an adaptive, game-like environment. I’ve been slowly going through the exercises to freshen up on my math.
Duolingo. Free website to learn foreign languages. It’s a pretty cool set up. As you progress through the lessons, you’re simultaneously helping translate websites and other documents.
Code Academy. Learn to code for free with interactive exercises. I wish Code Academy was around when I was learning how to build AoM. It would have helped a lot.
edX. Harvard University and MIT partnered together to create interactive, free online courses. The same world-renowned professors that teach at Harvard and MIT have created the courses on edX. You can find courses for just about any subject. I’ve signed up for a class called The Ancient Greek Hero. Class started last week, but you can still sign up. Join me!
Udacity. Udacity is similar to edX and Coursera. College level classes taught online for free.
CreativeLive. I discovered CreativeLive a few weeks ago. It’s an interesting concept. You can watch the live stream of the course being taught for free, but if you want to view the course later and at your own pace you have to pay for it. The courses focus on more creative and business subjects like videography and online marketing. I’ve sat in on a few of the free courses and was impressed with the curriculum.
TED. TED compiles speeches and lectures not only by professors but interesting people from many different walks of life. TED talks are lighter than academic lectures, often quite funny, and concentrate on interesting ideas and concepts. And most are 20 minutes or less, so they’re great for those with a short attention span.
iTunes U. Download thousands of free podcast lectures taught by the best professors from around the world and learn while in your car.
YouTube EDU. Instead of watching a bunch of auto-tuned cats, enrich your mind by browsing through YouTube EDU. They have thousands of videos that cover a variety of topics.
For more ideas on free learning resources, check out this post: How to Become a Renaissance Man Without Spending a Dime
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Patterico's Pontifications
Patterico's Pontifications: a post about a WSJ review of the largest taxpayers.
To identify the companies that pay the most taxes, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed corporate tax payments for the top 150 companies by revenue. … These are the companies paying the most in taxes:
1. ExxonMobil
• Income tax expense: $31.05 billion
• Earnings before taxes: $78.73 billion
• Revenue: $428.38 billion
•1-year share price change: 6.56%
• Industry: Oil and gas …
2. Chevron
• Income tax expense: $20.00 billion
• Earnings before taxes: $46.33 billion
• Revenue: $222.58 billion
• 1-year share price change: 9.52%
• Industry: Oil and gas
Exxon paid approx 39% of of their profits in taxes, which had a primary negative impact on women, children, elderly, and minorities, with an extraordinarily obscene profit margin of 11%.
Chevron paid approx 43% of their ill-gotten evil profits in taxes, with a profit margin of a grotesque 11% profit margin.
They should be jailed for profiteering on the backs on the American people.
To identify the companies that pay the most taxes, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed corporate tax payments for the top 150 companies by revenue. … These are the companies paying the most in taxes:
1. ExxonMobil
• Income tax expense: $31.05 billion
• Earnings before taxes: $78.73 billion
• Revenue: $428.38 billion
•1-year share price change: 6.56%
• Industry: Oil and gas …
2. Chevron
• Income tax expense: $20.00 billion
• Earnings before taxes: $46.33 billion
• Revenue: $222.58 billion
• 1-year share price change: 9.52%
• Industry: Oil and gas
Exxon paid approx 39% of of their profits in taxes, which had a primary negative impact on women, children, elderly, and minorities, with an extraordinarily obscene profit margin of 11%.
Chevron paid approx 43% of their ill-gotten evil profits in taxes, with a profit margin of a grotesque 11% profit margin.
They should be jailed for profiteering on the backs on the American people.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
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