Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: why not ban illicit drugs, then there would be no more drug problems.
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on What Pisses Me Off About The Orlando Terrorist Attack
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on What Pisses Me Off About The Orlando Terrorist Attack:
One article indicates that this perp was super vetted and licensed to use firearms by the State of Florida. If the politicians got their ultimate firearms confiscation wet dream, this guy, who worked under a DHS contract, would still be armed.
Furthermore, his coworker quit because of the toxic work environment caused by his constant mouthing off about potentially killing all blacks. The company refused to discipline the very important Muslim employee.
Now, I don't know about you, but I am incredulous that this nut could kill, with small arms, 50 victims, and wound about the same number, all by himself. That is almost a miracle. The USMC will be studying this event for practical reasons for decades to come. I see now that he might have somehow missed or wounded the door guard, then had three hours of freedom to slaughter his victims before the SWAT team arrived. He got so bored with killing, he called 911 to make sure his motives were recorded.
One article indicates that this perp was super vetted and licensed to use firearms by the State of Florida. If the politicians got their ultimate firearms confiscation wet dream, this guy, who worked under a DHS contract, would still be armed.
Furthermore, his coworker quit because of the toxic work environment caused by his constant mouthing off about potentially killing all blacks. The company refused to discipline the very important Muslim employee.
Now, I don't know about you, but I am incredulous that this nut could kill, with small arms, 50 victims, and wound about the same number, all by himself. That is almost a miracle. The USMC will be studying this event for practical reasons for decades to come. I see now that he might have somehow missed or wounded the door guard, then had three hours of freedom to slaughter his victims before the SWAT team arrived. He got so bored with killing, he called 911 to make sure his motives were recorded.
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes:
Walt Whitman:
To The States, or any one of
them, or any city of The
States, Resist much, Obey
little,
Once unquestioning obedience,
once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation,
race, city, of this earth,
ever afterward resumes
its liberty.—
Walt Whitman:
To The States, or any one of
them, or any city of The
States, Resist much, Obey
little,
Once unquestioning obedience,
once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation,
race, city, of this earth,
ever afterward resumes
its liberty.—
Monday, June 13, 2016
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Joke Humor
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: their two five-year-old boys were getting acquainted.
"My name is Joshua. What is yours?" asked the first boy.
"Adam," replied the second.
"My daddy is a doctor. What does your daddy do for a living?" asked Joshua.
Adam proudly replied, "My daddy is a lawyer."
"Honest??" asked Joshua.
"No, just the regular kind." replied Adam.
"My name is Joshua. What is yours?" asked the first boy.
"Adam," replied the second.
"My daddy is a doctor. What does your daddy do for a living?" asked Joshua.
Adam proudly replied, "My daddy is a lawyer."
"Honest??" asked Joshua.
"No, just the regular kind." replied Adam.
Monday, June 06, 2016
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on June 6: A walk across a beach in Normandy
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on June 6: A walk across a beach in Normandy: To save your world you asked this man to die:
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
- Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier, by W. H. Auden-
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
- Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier, by W. H. Auden-
PTLG - Property Tax Rules - Rule 462.180
PTLG - Property Tax Rules - Rule 462.180: Property Tax Rules
Title 18, Public Revenues California Code of Regulations
DIVISION 1. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION—PROPERTY TAX
Chapter 4. Equalization by State Board (370–500)
Article 4. Change in Ownership and New Construction (460–500)
Rule 462.180
Title 18, Public Revenues California Code of Regulations
DIVISION 1. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION—PROPERTY TAX
Chapter 4. Equalization by State Board (370–500)
Article 4. Change in Ownership and New Construction (460–500)
Rule 462.180
(b) EXCEPTIONS. The following transfers do not constitute changes in ownership of the real property:
(1) Affiliated Corporation Transfers.
Transfers of real property between or among affiliated corporations,
including those made to
achieve a corporate reorganization if:
Transfers of real property between or among affiliated corporations,
including those made to
achieve a corporate reorganization if:
(A) the
voting stock of the corporation making the transfer and the voting stock
of the transferee
corporation are each owned 100 percent by one or more
corporations related by voting stock ownership to a common parent, and
voting stock of the corporation making the transfer and the voting stock
of the transferee
corporation are each owned 100 percent by one or more
corporations related by voting stock ownership to a common parent, and
(B) the common parent corporation owns directly 100 percent of the voting stock of at least one
corporation in the chain(s) of related corporations.
corporation in the chain(s) of related corporations.
A transfer of real property by P, A, B, or C to any of the other three corporations would not be a change in ownership.
Example 1: Any transfer by C (wholly owned by A and B) to B (wholly owned by A and P) would not be a change in
ownership because of those relationships and because P owns 100 percent of A.
ownership because of those relationships and because P owns 100 percent of A.
The Top 40: June 2016 Archives
The Top 40: June 2016 Archives: The Perversion of the Law
The law in America no longer confines itself to its proper functions as it has become the chief weapon of injustice acting in direct opposition to its own purpose. As the French classical economist Frederic Bastiat noted in his famous essay The Law, “It has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect.” Bastiat continues, “The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.”
The law in America no longer confines itself to its proper functions as it has become the chief weapon of injustice acting in direct opposition to its own purpose. As the French classical economist Frederic Bastiat noted in his famous essay The Law, “It has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect.” Bastiat continues, “The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.”
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes: – Politically Short
https://politicallyshort.com/2016/06/05/the-perversion-of-the-law/
https://politicallyshort.com/2016/06/05/the-perversion-of-the-law/
Sunday, June 05, 2016
Friday, June 03, 2016
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Bye-Bye Blue Pills: Nanotech Patch Could Deliver Viagra Via the Skin - Scientific American Blog Network
Bye-Bye Blue Pills: Nanotech Patch Could Deliver Viagra Via the Skin - Scientific American Blog Network:
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Saturday, May 28, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
At The Edge Of Time: This is Peak Oil
At The Edge Of Time: This is Peak Oil: 19 May 2016
This is Peak Oil
This is Peak Oil
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Formation of Texas Entities FAQs
Formation of Texas Entities FAQs: (2) If an application to register a partnership as an LLP states that the underlying partnership only has one general partner, the underlying partnership must be an LP. (General partnerships must have at least two partners, and every partner in a general partnership is a general partner.) If there is no record that a formation document was filed with this office to create an LP, we will reject the LLP application. An LP can only be created by filing formation documents with our office. An LP must be created and in existence before it can take the additional step of registering as an LLP.
LLC or LP: What's Best for Your Business? | legalzoom.com
LLC or LP: What's Best for Your Business? | legalzoom.com: If a member of an LLC dies or files bankruptcy, the LLC is dissolved. In an LP, the death or resignation of a limited partner does not cause the dissolution of the LP.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’
Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’: Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’
Good article.
Good article.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
I'm confused on the difference between transvestite, transgendered, transexual, etc? | Yahoo Answers
I'm confused on the difference between transvestite, transgendered, transexual, etc? | Yahoo Answers:
I can understand your confusion because many people will use these terms interchangably, not realizing the fact that there are noticeable distinctions between the two. Also, people who identify with such labels will also draw major division lines between themselves and the other groups and can even be downright hostile towards each other. The definitions I use are more or less in line with the American Psychological Association's website.
Transgender is an umbrella term that describes someone whose gender identity or expression is different from that of their birth sex. Transgender includes but isn't limited to crossdressing/transvestism, genderqueer, transgenderist, androgyny, transsexual, etc. It is a spectrum and not a "one-size-fits-all" category. Each individual transgender identity has some traits that are common to anybody who is transgendered, but at the same time there are traits that makes each transgendered identity unique of themselves.
Transvestism, alternatively crossdressing, describes somebody who wears the clothing or takes up the appearance of the opposite sex. While both men and women can in theory be transvestites, the term is almost exclusively used with men who dress as women. Transvestites vary greatly in how far they take their dressing and how often they do it. Even though crossdressing can be and is a sexual fetish for some men, a classic transvestite is someone who simply expresses a feminine component of their personality by the act of crossdressing. While both transvestite and crossdresser mean the exact same thing, transvestite at least in America can carry a negative connotation for some people because if the term's associaton with being a sexual pervert as well as other transgender identities that a transvestite doesn't want to be identified as.
Transsexual is transgender identity where the person who is born complete mismatch between their gender identity and their birth sex. This is because classic transsexualism is a neurological intersex condition that is hardwired into their brain. The basic sign that one is transsexual is Gender Dysphoria (or Gender Identity Disorder), where one persistently identifies as the opposite gender of their birth sex and is uncomfortable with living as their birth sex. What makes transsexuals unique among the transgendered community is that the only proven method to allow a transsexual to have a quality life where they don't suffer from Gender Dysphoria is to allow them to medically transition from their birth sex to the sex that matches up with their gender identity. This is in contrast to other transgender identities where the individual is happy with less permanent changes. Transitioning is never taken lightly and involves rigorous psychological counseling to ensure the person would benefit from transitioning, hormone replacement therapy under the close supervision from a doctor, and living as their target sex for at least a year before SRS is allowed. Transsexuals sometimes do not go through SRS, primarily because of health or financial reasons. This is especially so with Female to Male transsexuals, because full SRS for them is extremely expensive, has a lot of imperfections, and can cause more health complications than those for Male to Female transsexuals.
Regardless of which gender identity one falls into, I believe that gender is a much more fluid concept than being either masculine or feminine, male or female. Even the most masculine of men have some feminine qualities to him, and vice versa for the most feminine of women. The same concept for gender in general holds true for transgender people. That is why it disheartens me when I see hardline transsexuals being hostile to and drawing divisions between themselves and the rest of the transgendered community, particularly transvestites. Of course I have seen the same hold true for a lot of hardline transvestites who hold extreme hostility towards transsexuals. They dwell on their differences so much that they neglect to see a lot of their similarities they have common struggles they go through.
I am a man who is a crossdresser (or transvestite). I have gravitated towards crossdressing since I was a young kid because I like the feminine expression it gives me. Like most men who are crossdressers, I am heterosexual and wouldn't want to give up being physicaly male or my masculine traits. Although I do crossdress quite a bit, I rarely take it to where I present as a complete female. I attend a transgender support group where all gender identities and expressions are welcome and come together to share their experiences and support one another.
Source(s): http://www.apa.org/topics/transgender.ht..
I can understand your confusion because many people will use these terms interchangably, not realizing the fact that there are noticeable distinctions between the two. Also, people who identify with such labels will also draw major division lines between themselves and the other groups and can even be downright hostile towards each other. The definitions I use are more or less in line with the American Psychological Association's website.
Transgender is an umbrella term that describes someone whose gender identity or expression is different from that of their birth sex. Transgender includes but isn't limited to crossdressing/transvestism, genderqueer, transgenderist, androgyny, transsexual, etc. It is a spectrum and not a "one-size-fits-all" category. Each individual transgender identity has some traits that are common to anybody who is transgendered, but at the same time there are traits that makes each transgendered identity unique of themselves.
Transvestism, alternatively crossdressing, describes somebody who wears the clothing or takes up the appearance of the opposite sex. While both men and women can in theory be transvestites, the term is almost exclusively used with men who dress as women. Transvestites vary greatly in how far they take their dressing and how often they do it. Even though crossdressing can be and is a sexual fetish for some men, a classic transvestite is someone who simply expresses a feminine component of their personality by the act of crossdressing. While both transvestite and crossdresser mean the exact same thing, transvestite at least in America can carry a negative connotation for some people because if the term's associaton with being a sexual pervert as well as other transgender identities that a transvestite doesn't want to be identified as.
Transsexual is transgender identity where the person who is born complete mismatch between their gender identity and their birth sex. This is because classic transsexualism is a neurological intersex condition that is hardwired into their brain. The basic sign that one is transsexual is Gender Dysphoria (or Gender Identity Disorder), where one persistently identifies as the opposite gender of their birth sex and is uncomfortable with living as their birth sex. What makes transsexuals unique among the transgendered community is that the only proven method to allow a transsexual to have a quality life where they don't suffer from Gender Dysphoria is to allow them to medically transition from their birth sex to the sex that matches up with their gender identity. This is in contrast to other transgender identities where the individual is happy with less permanent changes. Transitioning is never taken lightly and involves rigorous psychological counseling to ensure the person would benefit from transitioning, hormone replacement therapy under the close supervision from a doctor, and living as their target sex for at least a year before SRS is allowed. Transsexuals sometimes do not go through SRS, primarily because of health or financial reasons. This is especially so with Female to Male transsexuals, because full SRS for them is extremely expensive, has a lot of imperfections, and can cause more health complications than those for Male to Female transsexuals.
Regardless of which gender identity one falls into, I believe that gender is a much more fluid concept than being either masculine or feminine, male or female. Even the most masculine of men have some feminine qualities to him, and vice versa for the most feminine of women. The same concept for gender in general holds true for transgender people. That is why it disheartens me when I see hardline transsexuals being hostile to and drawing divisions between themselves and the rest of the transgendered community, particularly transvestites. Of course I have seen the same hold true for a lot of hardline transvestites who hold extreme hostility towards transsexuals. They dwell on their differences so much that they neglect to see a lot of their similarities they have common struggles they go through.
I am a man who is a crossdresser (or transvestite). I have gravitated towards crossdressing since I was a young kid because I like the feminine expression it gives me. Like most men who are crossdressers, I am heterosexual and wouldn't want to give up being physicaly male or my masculine traits. Although I do crossdress quite a bit, I rarely take it to where I present as a complete female. I attend a transgender support group where all gender identities and expressions are welcome and come together to share their experiences and support one another.
Source(s): http://www.apa.org/topics/transgender.ht..
Glory Hole, Glory Hole, Hallelujah! - Taki's Magazine
Glory Hole, Glory Hole, Hallelujah! - Taki's Magazine: let’s get our terms straight. We’re not talking about “transgender people” being able to use a bathroom that corresponds to the sex of the person they’ve “transitioned” to. We’re not talking about Caitlyn Jenner or Christine Jorgensen. We’re talking about biological men being allowed to use women’s facilities based merely on the fact that they “believe” they’re a woman “on the inside.” The public associates the word “transgender” with people who have undergone some type of procedure, some type of transformation. That obfuscation is on purpose; let’s not play into it. We’re talking about belief, not physical state. If a man claims to think he’s a woman, he must be treated as such. He can be 6 foot 5 with a lumberjack beard and a bulging pendulous dirlywanger, and yet he is magically a woman in the eyes of the law by virtue of his belief alone.
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello:
Humor
Lots of people tell me I'm self-centered and egotistical. But enough about them.
Rather than just talk about me, let's talk about you. What do you think of me?
I've been told that I'm condescending. That means that I talk down to people.
If there's anyone more self-absorbed and less-concerned about his surroundings than I am, I certainly haven't noticed.
And anyone who thinks I'm confrontational should come and say that to my face.
Humor
Lots of people tell me I'm self-centered and egotistical. But enough about them.
Rather than just talk about me, let's talk about you. What do you think of me?
I've been told that I'm condescending. That means that I talk down to people.
If there's anyone more self-absorbed and less-concerned about his surroundings than I am, I certainly haven't noticed.
And anyone who thinks I'm confrontational should come and say that to my face.
Did Prince Die From Painkiller Addiction?
Did Prince Die From Painkiller Addiction?:
Opium Production Afganistan
an excerpt from wiki: After regularly producing 70% of the world's opium, Afghanistan decreased production to 74 tons per year under a ban by the Taliban in 2000, a move which cut production by 94 percent.A year later, after American and British troops invaded Afghanistan, removed the Taliban and installed the interim government, the land under cultivation leapt back to 285 square miles (740 km2), with Afghanistan supplanting Burma to become the world's largest opium producer once more. Opium production in that country has increased rapidly since..As had been the case in Indochina during the Vietnam War the US invasion has in fact been causal in a massive increase in opium production, the aforementioned eradication efforts being largely window dressing... a threefold increase in area under cultivation between 2002 and 2014. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan#Present_war_in_A..
Opium Production Afganistan
an excerpt from wiki: After regularly producing 70% of the world's opium, Afghanistan decreased production to 74 tons per year under a ban by the Taliban in 2000, a move which cut production by 94 percent.A year later, after American and British troops invaded Afghanistan, removed the Taliban and installed the interim government, the land under cultivation leapt back to 285 square miles (740 km2), with Afghanistan supplanting Burma to become the world's largest opium producer once more. Opium production in that country has increased rapidly since..As had been the case in Indochina during the Vietnam War the US invasion has in fact been causal in a massive increase in opium production, the aforementioned eradication efforts being largely window dressing... a threefold increase in area under cultivation between 2002 and 2014. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan#Present_war_in_A..
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
This man left his pregnant lover...and then received a�postcard nine months later
This man left his pregnant lover...and then received a�postcard nine months later:
HUMOR
Life offers us many surprises. Of course, we may have our own plans, and we often carry them out, but most people know that the unexpected is always a part of our lives. And if it’s our love lives we’re talking about, then it almost entirely consists of such unexpectedness.
Once, a married man had an Italian lover over the course of several years, and one day she told him she was pregnant.
The man didn’t feel like tarnishing his reputation and destroying his years-long marriage, so he asked his lover if she could go back to Italy to give birth to the child in secret in exchange for a large sum of money. He also promised to provide her with funds until the child turned eighteen.
The woman agreed, and then asked him how he would know that the child had been born. To prevent any possible publicity, he asked her to send him a postcard saying ’Spaghetti’ when the time came. After some time, they bid each other goodbye, and she returned to Italy.
Then almost nine months passed...
One night, when the man came home, his wife met him with a surprised look in her eyes. ’Honey,’ she said, ’We got a very weird postcard today.’
’That’s interesting,’ he replied. ’Let me see it.’
His wife brought him the card and watched for his reaction. The man, having read a few lines, first went deathly pale, and then fainted. His spouse rushed to help him, and the postcard fell to the floor.
All it said was this: ’Spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti. Three with meat balls, two without them. Please send more sauce...’
HUMOR
Life offers us many surprises. Of course, we may have our own plans, and we often carry them out, but most people know that the unexpected is always a part of our lives. And if it’s our love lives we’re talking about, then it almost entirely consists of such unexpectedness.
Once, a married man had an Italian lover over the course of several years, and one day she told him she was pregnant.
The man didn’t feel like tarnishing his reputation and destroying his years-long marriage, so he asked his lover if she could go back to Italy to give birth to the child in secret in exchange for a large sum of money. He also promised to provide her with funds until the child turned eighteen.
The woman agreed, and then asked him how he would know that the child had been born. To prevent any possible publicity, he asked her to send him a postcard saying ’Spaghetti’ when the time came. After some time, they bid each other goodbye, and she returned to Italy.
Then almost nine months passed...
One night, when the man came home, his wife met him with a surprised look in her eyes. ’Honey,’ she said, ’We got a very weird postcard today.’
’That’s interesting,’ he replied. ’Let me see it.’
His wife brought him the card and watched for his reaction. The man, having read a few lines, first went deathly pale, and then fainted. His spouse rushed to help him, and the postcard fell to the floor.
All it said was this: ’Spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti. Three with meat balls, two without them. Please send more sauce...’
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes:
“Long before our own time, the customs of our ancestors molded admirable men, and in turn these eminent men upheld the ways and institutions of their forebears. Our age, however, inherited the Republic like some beautiful painting of bygone days, its colors already fading through great age; and not only has our time neglected to freshen the colors of the picture, but we have failed to preserve its form and outlines.
"For what remains to us, nowadays, of the ancient ways on which the commonwealth, we are told, was founded? We see them so lost in oblivion that they are not merely neglected, but quite forgot. And what am I to say of the men? For our customs have perished for want of men to stand by them, and we are now called to an account, so that we stand impeached like men accused of capital crimes, compelled to plead our own cause. Through our vices, rather than from happenstance, we retain the word “republic” long after we have lost the reality. ” – Cicero, De Re Publica
“Long before our own time, the customs of our ancestors molded admirable men, and in turn these eminent men upheld the ways and institutions of their forebears. Our age, however, inherited the Republic like some beautiful painting of bygone days, its colors already fading through great age; and not only has our time neglected to freshen the colors of the picture, but we have failed to preserve its form and outlines.
"For what remains to us, nowadays, of the ancient ways on which the commonwealth, we are told, was founded? We see them so lost in oblivion that they are not merely neglected, but quite forgot. And what am I to say of the men? For our customs have perished for want of men to stand by them, and we are now called to an account, so that we stand impeached like men accused of capital crimes, compelled to plead our own cause. Through our vices, rather than from happenstance, we retain the word “republic” long after we have lost the reality. ” – Cicero, De Re Publica
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes:
BARKING by Jim Harrison
The moon comes up.
The moon goes down.
This is to inform you
that I didn’t die young.
Age swept past me
but I caught up.
Spring has begun here and each day
brings new birds up from Mexico.
Yesterday I got a call from the outside
world but I said no in thunder.
I was a dog on a short chain
and now there’s no chain.
BARKING by Jim Harrison
The moon comes up.
The moon goes down.
This is to inform you
that I didn’t die young.
Age swept past me
but I caught up.
Spring has begun here and each day
brings new birds up from Mexico.
Yesterday I got a call from the outside
world but I said no in thunder.
I was a dog on a short chain
and now there’s no chain.
Friday, May 13, 2016
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes: Hillary Clinton personifies delusion
Hillary Clinton personifies delusion
Insecure, transparently phony, privately nasty, and unlikable, she has no political gifts other than her marriage.
Hillary Clinton personifies delusion
Insecure, transparently phony, privately nasty, and unlikable, she has no political gifts other than her marriage.
Her
performance since law school has ranged from, at best, undistinguished,
to a disastrous tenure as Secretary of State. She embraced foreign
interventionism and regime change that had clearly failed in Afghanistan
and Iraq, rebranding it as a “Responsibility to Protect.” At Clinton’s
behest, the people of Libya were “protected” out of Muammar Gaddafi’s
dictatorship and into the bloody chaos of a failed state and new Islamic
State stronghold. She blessed arms shipments from Libya to Syria to
help US-backed rebels foment a revolution similar to the one that had
failed in Libya. Her characterization of Vladimir Putin as Hitler set up
a cardboard devil that prevented her from understanding either the
point of view of the other major nuclear power’s leader or the
subtleties of one of the US’s most important international
relationships. One expects far better from America’s chief diplomat. Running the Table, by Robert Gore | STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC
Sunday, May 08, 2016
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello:
Don't end sentence with preposition
New guy at Harvard: "Excuse me, could you please tell me where the Student Union is at?"
Upperclassman: "Here at Hahvahd, we do not end our sentences with a preposition."
New Guy: "Oh, I'm sorry. Could you please tell me where the Student Union is at, Asshole?"
Don't end sentence with preposition
New guy at Harvard: "Excuse me, could you please tell me where the Student Union is at?"
Upperclassman: "Here at Hahvahd, we do not end our sentences with a preposition."
New Guy: "Oh, I'm sorry. Could you please tell me where the Student Union is at, Asshole?"
Paul Nehlen: Paul Ryan 'Sold His Vote! I Absolutely Believe That' - Breitbart
Paul Nehlen: Paul Ryan 'Sold His Vote! I Absolutely Believe That' - Breitbart: Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin primary opponent Paul Nehlen tells Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon today that he absolutely believes Paul Ryan “sold his vote” to support so called trade deals that Nehlen says are damaging to America.
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello:
Joke
Having already downed a few power drinks, she turns around, faces him, looks him straight in the eye and says,
"Listen here, good looking. I will screw anybody, anytime, anywhere, their place, my place, in the car, front door, back door, on the ground, standing up, sitting down, naked or with clothes on... It doesn't matter to me. I just love it."
His eyes now wide with interest, he responds, "No kidding... I'm in Government too. Are you federal or state?"
Joke
Having already downed a few power drinks, she turns around, faces him, looks him straight in the eye and says,
"Listen here, good looking. I will screw anybody, anytime, anywhere, their place, my place, in the car, front door, back door, on the ground, standing up, sitting down, naked or with clothes on... It doesn't matter to me. I just love it."
His eyes now wide with interest, he responds, "No kidding... I'm in Government too. Are you federal or state?"
Tuesday, May 03, 2016
Monday, May 02, 2016
Sunday, May 01, 2016
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: I use GWX Control Panel to prevent the malware of Win10 from infecting my computer.
It removes the hidden folders & files of the malware & prevents their re-installation.
It's freeware, I got it from Major Geeks. Highly recommended if you want to keep your Win7 setup (if you do nothing, you'll wake one morning and find you have Win10, whether you want it or not.)
It removes the hidden folders & files of the malware & prevents their re-installation.
It's freeware, I got it from Major Geeks. Highly recommended if you want to keep your Win7 setup (if you do nothing, you'll wake one morning and find you have Win10, whether you want it or not.)
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on PUDDY: The Gift
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on PUDDY: The Gift: Smart lad to slip betimes away,
To fields where glory will not stray,
For early though the laurel grows,
It withers quicker than the rose. ~Housman
To fields where glory will not stray,
For early though the laurel grows,
It withers quicker than the rose. ~Housman
Saturday, April 30, 2016
The Top 40: Comment on I have not endorsed Mr. Trump.
The Top 40: Comment on I have not endorsed Mr. Trump.:
Pournelle writes:
Under Capitalism, the rich become powerful.
Under Socialism, the powerful become rich.
Under Socialism, government employees become powerful.
That's the central problem. But there's one big difference between rich capitalists, and powerful government bureaucrats: the rich eventually die off, and taxes eat up a big portion of their estates. By the 3rd generation, their grandkids are right back in the middle class – or worse. Also, in a free market anyone can get rich, or at least prosper.
On the other hand, a Socialist bureaucracy never dies. It is nameless, faceless, constantly growing, and completely unaccountable (how many EPA heads rolled when they deliberately detroyed the beautiful Animas river? None. Not even a reprimand was issued!)
One of Karl Marx' fears was of an indestructible, immortal, and all-powerful bureaucracy, accountable to only a very select few.
That's what we're seeing. That's the situation in the EU now. Look up some of Nigel Farage's videos. He calls them on it, but they don't care. He bluntly asked the EU President, "Who elected you?" They don't answer because they don't care. They have total (unelected) power.
Now, imagine that you're an EU serf/taxpayer with a grievance. Suppose you can show, chapter and verse, that the EU is breaking its own laws and causing you immense grief. Do you think you will get recourse?
Not a chance. The bureaucracy closes ranks, and the average peon is totally screwed.
And that's what's happening here. But amazingly, there are fools who still push for a world government! As George Orwell said, if that happens, those thugs will have their boot on your face... "...for ever."
His interviewer asked what could be done about that? Orwell's answer: "Don't let them do it." But how to stop them, he didn't say.
It's up to each of us in our own way, no?
Pournelle writes:
Under Capitalism, the rich become powerful.
Under Socialism, the powerful become rich.
Under Socialism, government employees become powerful.
That's the central problem. But there's one big difference between rich capitalists, and powerful government bureaucrats: the rich eventually die off, and taxes eat up a big portion of their estates. By the 3rd generation, their grandkids are right back in the middle class – or worse. Also, in a free market anyone can get rich, or at least prosper.
On the other hand, a Socialist bureaucracy never dies. It is nameless, faceless, constantly growing, and completely unaccountable (how many EPA heads rolled when they deliberately detroyed the beautiful Animas river? None. Not even a reprimand was issued!)
One of Karl Marx' fears was of an indestructible, immortal, and all-powerful bureaucracy, accountable to only a very select few.
That's what we're seeing. That's the situation in the EU now. Look up some of Nigel Farage's videos. He calls them on it, but they don't care. He bluntly asked the EU President, "Who elected you?" They don't answer because they don't care. They have total (unelected) power.
Now, imagine that you're an EU serf/taxpayer with a grievance. Suppose you can show, chapter and verse, that the EU is breaking its own laws and causing you immense grief. Do you think you will get recourse?
Not a chance. The bureaucracy closes ranks, and the average peon is totally screwed.
And that's what's happening here. But amazingly, there are fools who still push for a world government! As George Orwell said, if that happens, those thugs will have their boot on your face... "...for ever."
His interviewer asked what could be done about that? Orwell's answer: "Don't let them do it." But how to stop them, he didn't say.
It's up to each of us in our own way, no?
The Top 40: Comment on No matter how hard the Americans and Europeans have tried to show Russia as a busted flush, the joke’s on them.
The Top 40: Comment on No matter how hard the Americans and Europeans have tried to show Russia as a busted flush, the joke’s on them.:
Comment on the future amiraka. some thoughts
The DMV is the boilerplate template for all the other facets of gov't.
ALL of them.
Never forget it.
You are better than them, as long as you believe you are.
Something like 80% of all gov't employees are *minorities* and 80% of them are wimminz.
Of the remaining 20%, 80% of them are wimminz.
Is it any wonder the gov't is like it is?
~ imagine the bacterial habitat under them 3" purple fingernails ~
~ ever smelled dreadlocks as they waddled past? like sewage and used axle grease in an unvented basement ~
Comment on the future amiraka. some thoughts
The DMV is the boilerplate template for all the other facets of gov't.
ALL of them.
Never forget it.
You are better than them, as long as you believe you are.
Something like 80% of all gov't employees are *minorities* and 80% of them are wimminz.
Of the remaining 20%, 80% of them are wimminz.
Is it any wonder the gov't is like it is?
~ imagine the bacterial habitat under them 3" purple fingernails ~
~ ever smelled dreadlocks as they waddled past? like sewage and used axle grease in an unvented basement ~
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Friday, April 22, 2016
Seven Earth Day predictions that failed spectacularly | Watts Up With That?
Seven Earth Day predictions that failed spectacularly | Watts Up With That?:
Seven Earth Day predictions that failed spectacularly
Seven Earth Day predictions that failed spectacularly
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Talking Dog For Sale
mission
impawsable
mission
impawsable
A
guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in
front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale 'He rings the
bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.
The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador
retriever sitting there.
the dog.
'Ten dollars,' the guy says.
'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so
cheap?'
'Because he's a Bullshitter. He's never been out of the yard'
guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in
front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale 'He rings the
bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.
The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador
retriever sitting there.
'You
talk?' he asks.
'Yep,' the Lab replies.
After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says
'So, what's your story?'
The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could
talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so... I
told the CIA.
In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting
in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog
would be eavesdropping.'
'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years
running...
But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting
any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the
airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious
characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and
was awarded a batch of medals.'
'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'
The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants fortalk?' he asks.
'Yep,' the Lab replies.
After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says
'So, what's your story?'
The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could
talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so... I
told the CIA.
In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting
in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog
would be eavesdropping.'
'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years
running...
But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting
any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the
airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious
characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and
was awarded a batch of medals.'
'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'
the dog.
'Ten dollars,' the guy says.
'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so
cheap?'
'Because he's a Bullshitter. He's never been out of the yard'
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
We Don’t Have to Live Like This – PA
We Don’t Have to Live Like This – PA: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The Top 40: April 2016 Archives
The Top 40: April 2016 Archives: It bears repeating....
My favorite part about the Obama era is all the racial healing.
My favorite part about the Obama era is all the racial healing.
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on There Is No Other Stream
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on There Is No Other Stream:
Further Up and Further In, which is a literature based study using The Chronicles of Narnia
Further Up and Further In, which is a literature based study using The Chronicles of Narnia
James LePore Fiction Ivictus
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
William
Ernest Henley lost his left leg to arthritic tuberculosis when he was
nineteen. Four years later he was told that his right foot had to come
off. Although he was told he would die if he did not have this second
amputation, he refused, and instead put himself in the hands of a
physician who had developed new but untried methods, including a
radically new surgery, to arrest, if not cure, the disease. He spent
three years in hospital taking this treatment, during which he wote Invictus. He did not lose his right foot, and lived another thirty active years.
Ernest Henley lost his left leg to arthritic tuberculosis when he was
nineteen. Four years later he was told that his right foot had to come
off. Although he was told he would die if he did not have this second
amputation, he refused, and instead put himself in the hands of a
physician who had developed new but untried methods, including a
radically new surgery, to arrest, if not cure, the disease. He spent
three years in hospital taking this treatment, during which he wote Invictus. He did not lose his right foot, and lived another thirty active years.
I believe
that when Henley made his decision to either die or save his right
foot, he stepped into a dimension of time and space that very few of us
ever have to contemplate entering, an arena where fear and courage do
battle, and in which there is no loser. Entering this dimension defines
you forever and sets you free.
that when Henley made his decision to either die or save his right
foot, he stepped into a dimension of time and space that very few of us
ever have to contemplate entering, an arena where fear and courage do
battle, and in which there is no loser. Entering this dimension defines
you forever and sets you free.
The five novels in my Invictus Cycle are
connected by the simple but endlessly reverberating decision that the
central characters in each book must make: to live free or die.
connected by the simple but endlessly reverberating decision that the
central characters in each book must make: to live free or die.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Merle Haggard - I Still Can't Say Goodbye. wmv - YouTube
Merle Haggard - I Still Can't Say Goodbye. wmv - YouTube: I Still Can't Say Goodbye
Song about fathers
Song about fathers
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