Side-Lines: Comment on Early theory::
After seeing photos of the suspect, I believe he could've been obama's son.
Monday, September 16, 2013
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The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.l
The problems we face today simply exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living!
We Are Not Coming Back
Please take a moment to digest this provocative article by a Jewish Rabbi from Teaneck , N.J.
It is offered here as a succinct and thoughtful explanation of how our nation is changing. (The article appeared in The Israel National News, and is directed to Jewish readership.)
70% of American Jews vote as Democrats.
This Rabbi has some interesting comments in that regard.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky is the spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey
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"The most charitable way of explaining the election results of 2012 is that Americans voted for the status quo - for the incumbent President and for a divided Congress.
They must enjoy gridlock, partisanship, incompetence, economic stagnation and avoidance of responsibility. And fewer people voted.
But as we awake from the nightmare, it is important to eschew the facile explanations for the Romney defeat that will prevail among the chattering classes. Romney did not lose because of the effects of Hurricane Sandy that devastated this area, nor did he lose because he ran a poor campaign, nor did he lose because the Republicans could have chosen better candidates, nor did he lose because Obama benefited from a slight uptick in the economy due to the business cycle.
Romney lost because he didn't get enough votes to win.
That might seem obvious, but not for the obvious reasons. Romney lost because the conservative virtues - the traditional American virtues – of liberty, hard work, free enterprise, private initiative and aspirations to moral greatness - no longer inspire or animate a majority of the electorate.
The simplest reason why Romney lost was because it is impossible to compete against free stuff.
Every businessman knows this; that is why the "loss leader" or the giveaway is such a powerful marketing tool. Obama's America is one in which free stuff is given away: the adults among the47,000,000 on food stamps clearly recognized for whom they should vote, and so they did, by the tens of millions; those who - courtesy of Obama - receive two full years of unemployment benefits (which, of course, both disincentivizes looking for work and also motivates people to work off the books while collecting their windfall) surely know for whom to vote. The lure of free stuff is irresistible.
The defining moment of the whole campaign was the revelation of the secretly-recorded video in which Romney acknowledged the difficulty of winning an election in which "47% of the people" start off against him because they pay no taxes and just receive money - "free stuff" - from the government.
Almost half of the population has no skin in the game - they don't care about high taxes, promoting business, or creating jobs, nor do they care that the money for their free stuff is being borrowed from their children and from the Chinese.
They just want the free stuff that comes their way at someone else's expense. In the end, that 47% leaves very little margin for error for any Republican, and does not bode well for the future.
The road to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and to a European-socialist economy - those very economies that are collapsing today in Europe - is paved.
A dangerous time is ahead. Under present circumstances, it is inconceivable that the US will take any aggressive action against Iran and will more likely thwart any Israeli initiative. The US will preach the importance of negotiations up until the production of the first Iranian nuclear weapon - and then state that the world must learn to live with this new reality.
The "Occupy" riots across this country in the last two years were mere dress rehearsals for what lies ahead - years of unrest sparked by the increasing discontent of the unsuccessful who want to seize the fruits and the bounty of the successful, and do not appreciate the slow pace of redistribution.
As I said... The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.
Monday, September 09, 2013
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Reflejos
Reflejos Adventure
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new!
-Kenneth Grahame, Scottish writer, famous forThe Wind in the Willows
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new!
-Kenneth Grahame, Scottish writer, famous forThe Wind in the Willows
Thursday, August 22, 2013
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Manning's Freakshow Finale: A Disgrace to the Uniform
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Manning's Freakshow Finale: A Disgrace to the Uniform
General Douglas MacArthur "Others will debate the controversial issues, national and international, which divide men's minds. But serene, calm, aloof, you stand as the Nation's war guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict, as its gladiator in the arena of battle. For a century and a half you have defended, guarded, and protected its hallowed traditions of liberty and freedom, of right and justice.
"Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government: Whether our strength is being sapped by deficit financing indulged in too long, by Federal paternalism grown too mighty, by power groups grown too arrogant, by politics grown too corrupt, by crime grown too rampant, by morals grown too low, by taxes grown too high, by extremists grown too violent; whether our personal liberties are as thorough and complete as they should be.
"These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a ten-fold beacon in the night: Duty, honor, country.
"You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the Nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds.
"The long, gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, honor, country."
General Douglas MacArthur "Others will debate the controversial issues, national and international, which divide men's minds. But serene, calm, aloof, you stand as the Nation's war guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict, as its gladiator in the arena of battle. For a century and a half you have defended, guarded, and protected its hallowed traditions of liberty and freedom, of right and justice.
"Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government: Whether our strength is being sapped by deficit financing indulged in too long, by Federal paternalism grown too mighty, by power groups grown too arrogant, by politics grown too corrupt, by crime grown too rampant, by morals grown too low, by taxes grown too high, by extremists grown too violent; whether our personal liberties are as thorough and complete as they should be.
"These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a ten-fold beacon in the night: Duty, honor, country.
"You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the Nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds.
"The long, gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, honor, country."
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Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: "Do you smoke after sex?", "I don't know, I never looked."
Humor
Humor
Friday, July 26, 2013
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The Minority Report Blog | Conservative News & Opinion
The Minority Report Blog | Conservative News & Opinion
http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/07/18/white-people-rioting/
If you missed the news coverage we’re here to fill you in.
A neighborhood watch man, an adult carrying a concealed weapon, shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy and was just found not-guilty by a jury after two days of deliberations.
“I just want to say thank you to the people who believed in me, who stood by me,” [the shooter] said following the verdict. “I still have my regrets for the [young boy’s] family; it’s still an unfortunate situation for them. I am happy that at least this chapter is over.”
http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/07/18/white-people-rioting/
If you missed the news coverage we’re here to fill you in.
A neighborhood watch man, an adult carrying a concealed weapon, shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy and was just found not-guilty by a jury after two days of deliberations.
“I just want to say thank you to the people who believed in me, who stood by me,” [the shooter] said following the verdict. “I still have my regrets for the [young boy’s] family; it’s still an unfortunate situation for them. I am happy that at least this chapter is over.”
Friday, July 19, 2013
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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