Friday, August 26, 2016
That's odd, I don't think there were any cars or fireplaces around then
Extreme global warming caused a severe mass extinction of life on Earth 252 million years ago. It took life up to 9 million years to recover. New study finds clues in the Arctic as to why this recovery took so long.
Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life
96 percent of marine species, and 70 percent of terrestrial life died off in the Permian-Triassic extinction event, as geologists know it. It is also known as The Great Dying Event for obvious reasons.
“The mass extinction was likely triggered by a explosive event of volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia. These eruptions lasted for a million years and emitted enormous amounts of volatiles, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which made our planet unbearably hot.” says Jochen Knies, researcher at CAGE.
Damn. So volcanoes and such can cause this? I thought it was all on humans.
Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life
96 percent of marine species, and 70 percent of terrestrial life died off in the Permian-Triassic extinction event, as geologists know it. It is also known as The Great Dying Event for obvious reasons.
“The mass extinction was likely triggered by a explosive event of volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia. These eruptions lasted for a million years and emitted enormous amounts of volatiles, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which made our planet unbearably hot.” says Jochen Knies, researcher at CAGE.
Damn. So volcanoes and such can cause this? I thought it was all on humans.
In todays edition of Celebrity Asshat, we have Tom Arnold
In light of his nephew’s suicide, actor and Iowa native Tom Arnold
penned a column to The Hollywood Reporter expressing the need for more gun control. His nephew was a 24-year-old National Guard veteran who
Arnold wrote was “kicked out” of the Army after he attempted suicide.
There is, however, a slight problem:
Wendy Burkle of Ottumwa was previously married to Arnold’s brother, Mark Arnold. They are parents of the man Arnold wrote about. She said that the piece was full of false information — including the claim that her son was kicked out of the Army after a suicide attempt.“His dad and I would like to let everyone know that we believe that (Arnold) has embellished the story to make it Hollywood worthy,” Burkle said. She said she has asked Arnold to stop using her son’s name in his writing.
You're a real piece of work, Arnold. Did you just get carried away, or do you not give a crap about lying if it'll push the message you want?
There is, however, a slight problem:
Wendy Burkle of Ottumwa was previously married to Arnold’s brother, Mark Arnold. They are parents of the man Arnold wrote about. She said that the piece was full of false information — including the claim that her son was kicked out of the Army after a suicide attempt.“His dad and I would like to let everyone know that we believe that (Arnold) has embellished the story to make it Hollywood worthy,” Burkle said. She said she has asked Arnold to stop using her son’s name in his writing.
You're a real piece of work, Arnold. Did you just get carried away, or do you not give a crap about lying if it'll push the message you want?
"I only deleted personal emails"
Liar, liar, she ought to have third-degree burns on her ass by now.
Judicial Watch said the department has admitted in a court filing for a separate lawsuit that some of the emails that Clinton had deleted included some "Benghazi-related documents."
I guess she could claim "That matter was very personal to me!", otherwise it's one more proof of her lying. Her supporters won't care, the EffingBI and 'Justice' Department won't do anything, and she'll sail right along.
Because taking your kids to the zoo is a horrible idea:
The study says that adults seem to want to characterize zoo animals according to “binary” gender terminology, forcing the camels and penguins and elephants of this world to conform to either “male” or “female,” even though those particular zoo animals haven’t truly examined whether they would like to identify as their birth gender. Although zoology does allow for checking the actual sex of an animal, adults should, apparently, refrain from referring to zoo animals as a “girl” or a “boy,” unless they’ve asked the said animals.
Another problem: Parents tend to use zoo exhibits to model traditional family roles. The study says “adults mobilize zoo exhibits as props for modeling their own normative gender displays.”
Wonder how much it costs to send a kid to U of Penn, and how much of it goes into paying for crap like this?
In less depressing stuff, the two eagles at the zoo are a lot more friendly than when the second first got there.
For a couple of raptors that can't fly, not a bad life: good perches, ground to roam in, and plenty to eat.
And the elephants like their new area
Some more critter pictures to come
Judicial Watch said the department has admitted in a court filing for a separate lawsuit that some of the emails that Clinton had deleted included some "Benghazi-related documents."
I guess she could claim "That matter was very personal to me!", otherwise it's one more proof of her lying. Her supporters won't care, the EffingBI and 'Justice' Department won't do anything, and she'll sail right along.
Because taking your kids to the zoo is a horrible idea:
The study says that adults seem to want to characterize zoo animals according to “binary” gender terminology, forcing the camels and penguins and elephants of this world to conform to either “male” or “female,” even though those particular zoo animals haven’t truly examined whether they would like to identify as their birth gender. Although zoology does allow for checking the actual sex of an animal, adults should, apparently, refrain from referring to zoo animals as a “girl” or a “boy,” unless they’ve asked the said animals.
Another problem: Parents tend to use zoo exhibits to model traditional family roles. The study says “adults mobilize zoo exhibits as props for modeling their own normative gender displays.”
Wonder how much it costs to send a kid to U of Penn, and how much of it goes into paying for crap like this?
In less depressing stuff, the two eagles at the zoo are a lot more friendly than when the second first got there.
And the elephants like their new area
Thursday, August 25, 2016
The lack of posting is due to
getting some crap done. Including, today, making that long-delayed trip to the zoo.
And processing brass, both my own and a bunch picked up at the range.
And some general sitting.
Further information and pictures to come when I get around to it. For now,
And processing brass, both my own and a bunch picked up at the range.
And some general sitting.
Further information and pictures to come when I get around to it. For now,
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Windy as hell, with gusts, but if you wait for a calm day… this is
Oklahoma, folks, actual ‘calm’ is rare, at least during the day. And
it’s probably good practice, trying to time your shots in the lulls
between gusts.
I’ve done some of these with Unique propellant before, but this is some tries with Green Dot.
Anyway, first up was another try with a cat-sneeze* load, in this case the .30-30, 100-grain semi-wadcutter sized to .310”, over 4.0 grains of Green Dot, out of a Model 94 carbine. I was going to get velocity, but between the wind and the range being busier than expected, that'll have to wait. All groups shot at 50 yards from a bench.
First shot was a way low flyer, then these four.
Second set was over 5.0 grains
As you might expect, another grain of powder gave a noticeably louder report, a touch more recoil(as in 'not quite nonexistent'), and higher point of impact, also a tighter group. Possibly from getting there faster and being less affected by the wind.
Then tried something new: also Green Dot, but using the same 150-grain flat-nose bullet, with a gas check, used in full-power loads. These are noticeably stronger than other light loads, the Lyman manual indicating around 1400fps for this bullet over 8.0 of Green Dot:
The full-power load with these is probably around 1800-2000fps, so much lower point of impact, but I'm not complaining about the group. Light recoil, not a lot of noise.
Upping that to 8.5 grains, not as good:
The 5th hole was just off the paper low. With three that tight, I'm inclined to think the two flyers were my fault, and I'll need to try this one again.
In the continuing trial of messing with that .45-70 when possible, these are a couple of light loads: 255-grain semi-wadcutter, intended for .45 Colt. These things come out of the mold right at .452", which is undersize for .45-70(nominal .457"). So, again, these got a three-wrap paper patch of onionskin, when dry were wiped on the side with a touch of bullet lube and then pushed through a .459" sizing die. First batch was loaded over 9.0 grains of Green Dot
Not bad at all from a plinking load. The 'off to the left' is because the sight was off.
Second was the same bullet over 10.0 grains:
Either I was steadier, or this rifle like the 10.0 grain load better. Recoil is there, but out of a ten-pound rifle it's just a bump.
I had a couple more of these, so tried them at 100 yards; using the 100-yard setting for full-power, they had the same point of impact in elevation, and a bit to the left(possibly from the wind), about 3" apart. Looks like this may well be the plinking load for that thing.
I shall now refill my glass of tea, and sit for a bit.
*Lot nicer sounding than 'mouse-fart', isn't it?
I’ve done some of these with Unique propellant before, but this is some tries with Green Dot.
Anyway, first up was another try with a cat-sneeze* load, in this case the .30-30, 100-grain semi-wadcutter sized to .310”, over 4.0 grains of Green Dot, out of a Model 94 carbine. I was going to get velocity, but between the wind and the range being busier than expected, that'll have to wait. All groups shot at 50 yards from a bench.
First shot was a way low flyer, then these four.
Second set was over 5.0 grains
Then tried something new: also Green Dot, but using the same 150-grain flat-nose bullet, with a gas check, used in full-power loads. These are noticeably stronger than other light loads, the Lyman manual indicating around 1400fps for this bullet over 8.0 of Green Dot:
Upping that to 8.5 grains, not as good:
In the continuing trial of messing with that .45-70 when possible, these are a couple of light loads: 255-grain semi-wadcutter, intended for .45 Colt. These things come out of the mold right at .452", which is undersize for .45-70(nominal .457"). So, again, these got a three-wrap paper patch of onionskin, when dry were wiped on the side with a touch of bullet lube and then pushed through a .459" sizing die. First batch was loaded over 9.0 grains of Green Dot
Second was the same bullet over 10.0 grains:
Either I was steadier, or this rifle like the 10.0 grain load better. Recoil is there, but out of a ten-pound rifle it's just a bump.
I had a couple more of these, so tried them at 100 yards; using the 100-yard setting for full-power, they had the same point of impact in elevation, and a bit to the left(possibly from the wind), about 3" apart. Looks like this may well be the plinking load for that thing.
I shall now refill my glass of tea, and sit for a bit.
*Lot nicer sounding than 'mouse-fart', isn't it?
These people really don't give a crap about 'classified', do they?
Hillary Clinton's most trusted State Department aide Huma Abedin once left classified papers in the pocket behind the front seat of a staff car she was assigned in India, according to an email released Monday.
Abedin wrote to Clinton's personal assistant Lauren Jiloty on July 20, 2009 to ask her to move the material to her trunk so an ambassador wouldn't see them when he rode with her in the back seat.
She told Jiloty that the papers consisted of 'burn stuff,' indicating that they were classified documents that belonged among materials that agency rules required employees to place in 'burn bags' for incineration.
Abedin wrote to Clinton's personal assistant Lauren Jiloty on July 20, 2009 to ask her to move the material to her trunk so an ambassador wouldn't see them when he rode with her in the back seat.
She told Jiloty that the papers consisted of 'burn stuff,' indicating that they were classified documents that belonged among materials that agency rules required employees to place in 'burn bags' for incineration.
'I'm going to have ambassador ride on next drive,' Abedin wrote to Jiloty in an email titled 'Favor.'Military personnel have had severe punishment for less. But then, they're actually held to some standards of conduct.
'There's a bunch of burn stuff in the pocket of my front seat.'
'Can u put in trunk?' she asked.
This comes under the heading of "Screw his 'tender age',
throw the little bastard in prison."
During his attacks, Zameer Ahmed punched the girl to the face and body, kicked her repeatedly and strangled her with his bare hands, heard Derby Crown Court. He would tie her up with a dressing gown cord and put it around her face and mouth. He also made her stand naked at the front of the house.
Prosecutor Mark Watson said Ahmed carried out "torture sessions", which was, effectively, "waterboarding". This involved putting a cloth over her face and pouring water over it, which "gives the sensation of drowning".
And more. Pretty bad, right? Deserving of serious punishment, maybe?
Giving Ahmed a two-year detention and training order, of which he will spend 12 months in custody, Judge Ebraham Mooncey said: "This is a very serious case and when one looks at the facts, had you been an adult you would be looking at a very lengthy sentence indeed. All in all, you would have been leaving this court with six or seven years today."
But, he said, he had taken into account that Ahmed was only 16 and the difficulties he had had in his life.
I'm going to stop now before I damage my keyboard.
During his attacks, Zameer Ahmed punched the girl to the face and body, kicked her repeatedly and strangled her with his bare hands, heard Derby Crown Court. He would tie her up with a dressing gown cord and put it around her face and mouth. He also made her stand naked at the front of the house.
Prosecutor Mark Watson said Ahmed carried out "torture sessions", which was, effectively, "waterboarding". This involved putting a cloth over her face and pouring water over it, which "gives the sensation of drowning".
And more. Pretty bad, right? Deserving of serious punishment, maybe?
Giving Ahmed a two-year detention and training order, of which he will spend 12 months in custody, Judge Ebraham Mooncey said: "This is a very serious case and when one looks at the facts, had you been an adult you would be looking at a very lengthy sentence indeed. All in all, you would have been leaving this court with six or seven years today."
But, he said, he had taken into account that Ahmed was only 16 and the difficulties he had had in his life.
I'm going to stop now before I damage my keyboard.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
“She unilaterally changed the rules and interpretations of long standing law overnight
without seeking legislative support or consultation,
without consulting the state agencies that have statutory authority over
the laws. She did it in secret with no public input,” GOAL wrote.
Well, that's what you expect from tyrant wannabes.
As Uncle noted, S&W has thrown money into the ring:
Debney said the company made the contribution on behalf of law-abiding firearm owners of Massachusetts, who have so recently been denied their fundamental rights through arbitrary government action that threatens to turn lawful gun owners and dealers into criminals.
The foundation is considering challenging Healeys actions in court.
Speaking of tyrant wannabes,
Well, that's what you expect from tyrant wannabes.
As Uncle noted, S&W has thrown money into the ring:
Debney said the company made the contribution on behalf of law-abiding firearm owners of Massachusetts, who have so recently been denied their fundamental rights through arbitrary government action that threatens to turn lawful gun owners and dealers into criminals.
The foundation is considering challenging Healeys actions in court.
Speaking of tyrant wannabes,
More than half the
people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was
secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion
indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.
'Possible'?
At
least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone
conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department
donated to her family
Reason #469 to get rid of the TSA
Chille was born with a rare heart condition that requires him to wear
a pacemaker. The tiny medical implant literally keeps him alive, but it
means that he can't go through the scanning equipment at airport
security checkpoints. Instead, he has to ask for the alternative
pat-down screening.
His family told KMSP in Minneapolis, where they live, that they asked for an alternative screening and presented paperwork detailing Chille's medical condition. When they did, TSA agents said they needed a special exemption they did not have, according to Ali Bergstrom, Chille's mother.
That's when things really got out of control. The Bergstroms say they were escorted into a private room with armed police officers and TSA supervisors surrounding them while Chille was subjected to what Ali called a lengthy and demeaning search.
Etc. ad Bullshit. The kind of idiocy we've come to expect from these idiots, including making the family miss their flight.
And get this:
This isn't the first time Phoenix Sky Harbor has been the scene of TSA hijinks. In May, after a machine that scans checked bags for bombs broke down, agents moved some 3,000 pieces of luggage into the airport's parking lot before eventually putting them on planes to other airports to be scanned.
After that debacle, dozens of agents from Phoenix were reassigned to other airports because that's what passes for accountability inside the TSA.
More importantly, that incident caused city and airport officials to discuss booting the TSA out of Sky Harbor. Sal Diciccio, a Phoenix city councilman, says "the long wait lines, people missing flights, lost luggage and hours of waiting in line are not acceptable." Changing to private security would solve some of those problems and would improve customer service, he argues.
Get rid of the bastards. If they're this incompetent and arrogant, they should be unemployed. If the TSA actually gave a rats ass about the job, they'd have been fired already.
His family told KMSP in Minneapolis, where they live, that they asked for an alternative screening and presented paperwork detailing Chille's medical condition. When they did, TSA agents said they needed a special exemption they did not have, according to Ali Bergstrom, Chille's mother.
That's when things really got out of control. The Bergstroms say they were escorted into a private room with armed police officers and TSA supervisors surrounding them while Chille was subjected to what Ali called a lengthy and demeaning search.
Etc. ad Bullshit. The kind of idiocy we've come to expect from these idiots, including making the family miss their flight.
And get this:
This isn't the first time Phoenix Sky Harbor has been the scene of TSA hijinks. In May, after a machine that scans checked bags for bombs broke down, agents moved some 3,000 pieces of luggage into the airport's parking lot before eventually putting them on planes to other airports to be scanned.
After that debacle, dozens of agents from Phoenix were reassigned to other airports because that's what passes for accountability inside the TSA.
More importantly, that incident caused city and airport officials to discuss booting the TSA out of Sky Harbor. Sal Diciccio, a Phoenix city councilman, says "the long wait lines, people missing flights, lost luggage and hours of waiting in line are not acceptable." Changing to private security would solve some of those problems and would improve customer service, he argues.
Get rid of the bastards. If they're this incompetent and arrogant, they should be unemployed. If the TSA actually gave a rats ass about the job, they'd have been fired already.
Who cares about a few tens of millions of dead?
He was a communist, so it was all for the best, right?
Concerts are to be held in Sydney and Melbourne town halls to honour Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, described in promotional material as “a hero in the eyes of people all over the world"… The events have been widely promoted in Chinese-language print media and radio to take place in Sydney on September 6 and Melbourne on September 9…
On the Clinton crime family, Brit press, too, which makes it hard for the leftists to yell "FAUX NEWS!" or 'Right-Wing Media!'
Major Clinton Foundation donors and officials got VIP access to Hillary Clinton's State Department office, putting in requests for State Department favors on behalf of rock star Bono, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, and an English soccer player, according to newly-released emails.
The emails, obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, show that Clinton Foundation official Doug Band often passed along requests to Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin on behalf of the foundation's donors and their friends or clients. In other cases, donors emails Abedin or Clinton directly.
Hmm...
Afzal Chaudhary said his he is shocked his son was able to steal and fly the plane without a “single minute” of flight training.
Really?
Mohammad Hassan Chaudhary of Markham, Ont. was killed after the small Piper Tomahawk aircraft he allegedly stole from the Markham Airport smashed into the ground just before 1:30 a.m. Aug. 12 near the Landsdowne Place mall.
Anybody else get that flashing 'Bullshit!' warning light from this?
Concerts are to be held in Sydney and Melbourne town halls to honour Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, described in promotional material as “a hero in the eyes of people all over the world"… The events have been widely promoted in Chinese-language print media and radio to take place in Sydney on September 6 and Melbourne on September 9…
On the Clinton crime family, Brit press, too, which makes it hard for the leftists to yell "FAUX NEWS!" or 'Right-Wing Media!'
Major Clinton Foundation donors and officials got VIP access to Hillary Clinton's State Department office, putting in requests for State Department favors on behalf of rock star Bono, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, and an English soccer player, according to newly-released emails.
The emails, obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, show that Clinton Foundation official Doug Band often passed along requests to Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin on behalf of the foundation's donors and their friends or clients. In other cases, donors emails Abedin or Clinton directly.
Hmm...
Afzal Chaudhary said his he is shocked his son was able to steal and fly the plane without a “single minute” of flight training.
Really?
Mohammad Hassan Chaudhary of Markham, Ont. was killed after the small Piper Tomahawk aircraft he allegedly stole from the Markham Airport smashed into the ground just before 1:30 a.m. Aug. 12 near the Landsdowne Place mall.
Anybody else get that flashing 'Bullshit!' warning light from this?
Monday, August 22, 2016
Sure seems that way
Westerners better wise up: in the field of behavioral psychology, “systematic desensitization” is a well-known and effective form of graduated exposure therapy used “to help effectively overcome phobias and other anxiety disorders.” Consider the following succinct definition with my examples in brackets:
Systematic desensitization is when the client [the West] is exposed to the anxiety-producing stimulus [Islamic violence] at a low level [reports and images of Islamic violence “over there” in the Mideast], and once no anxiety is present a stronger version of the anxiety-producing stimulus is given [reports of violence closer to home, in the West]. This continues until the individual client [the West] no longer feels any anxiety towards the stimulus [Islamic violence].
Is this the plan?
Wouldn't surprise me in the least. If it comes to seem 'normal', then our 'leaders' wouldn't feel so much pressure to actually, y'know, do something about it.
Speaking of our 'leaders',
The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered 14,900 emails and documents from her time as secretary of state that had not been disclosed by her attorneys, and a federal judge on Monday pressed the State Department to begin releasing emails sooner than mid-October as it planned.
There should also be some action to either disbar or shoot the lawyers who for some reason didn't disclose these. I'm sick to friggin' death of government and politicians' lawyers 'forgetting' or 'neglecting' to obey court orders, and flat breaking laws and ethical standards, and getting away with it.
And
Judicial Watch today released 725 pages of new State Department documents, including previously unreleased email exchanges in which former Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin provided influential Clinton Foundation donors special, expedited access to the secretary of state. In many instances, the preferential treatment provided to donors was at the specific request of Clinton Foundation executive Douglas Band.
Chances of the EffingBI and DoJ doing anything? Just about zero.
Of course, the bastards won't do anything about this, either:
However, some of the leaked DNC emails suggest that federal officials on this Administrations’ payroll were using their office to sell access to elected officials and policymakers – something much worse than trying to sway primary voters to a favored candidate. What has been missing from the media coverage of these leaked emails is serious scrutiny of the far-too-cozy relationships they show between the DNC fundraisers and the president’s staff (paid for by taxpayer dollars), with links the Obama Foundation.
For that matter, the same media and asshats who screamed bloody murder because Bush, instead of landing in New Orleans, flew over(specifically saying he didn't want the Air Force One mess to interfere with operations on the ground), make every excuse imaginable for Dear Leader Obama not interrupting his vacation over a disaster in the South. If you actually wonder why, you're a fool.
Yes, I'm gloomy and pissed-off. Maybe I can put something more uplifting, or at least less disgusting, up tomorrow.
Systematic desensitization is when the client [the West] is exposed to the anxiety-producing stimulus [Islamic violence] at a low level [reports and images of Islamic violence “over there” in the Mideast], and once no anxiety is present a stronger version of the anxiety-producing stimulus is given [reports of violence closer to home, in the West]. This continues until the individual client [the West] no longer feels any anxiety towards the stimulus [Islamic violence].
Is this the plan?
Wouldn't surprise me in the least. If it comes to seem 'normal', then our 'leaders' wouldn't feel so much pressure to actually, y'know, do something about it.
Speaking of our 'leaders',
The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered 14,900 emails and documents from her time as secretary of state that had not been disclosed by her attorneys, and a federal judge on Monday pressed the State Department to begin releasing emails sooner than mid-October as it planned.
There should also be some action to either disbar or shoot the lawyers who for some reason didn't disclose these. I'm sick to friggin' death of government and politicians' lawyers 'forgetting' or 'neglecting' to obey court orders, and flat breaking laws and ethical standards, and getting away with it.
And
Judicial Watch today released 725 pages of new State Department documents, including previously unreleased email exchanges in which former Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin provided influential Clinton Foundation donors special, expedited access to the secretary of state. In many instances, the preferential treatment provided to donors was at the specific request of Clinton Foundation executive Douglas Band.
Chances of the EffingBI and DoJ doing anything? Just about zero.
Of course, the bastards won't do anything about this, either:
However, some of the leaked DNC emails suggest that federal officials on this Administrations’ payroll were using their office to sell access to elected officials and policymakers – something much worse than trying to sway primary voters to a favored candidate. What has been missing from the media coverage of these leaked emails is serious scrutiny of the far-too-cozy relationships they show between the DNC fundraisers and the president’s staff (paid for by taxpayer dollars), with links the Obama Foundation.
For that matter, the same media and asshats who screamed bloody murder because Bush, instead of landing in New Orleans, flew over(specifically saying he didn't want the Air Force One mess to interfere with operations on the ground), make every excuse imaginable for Dear Leader Obama not interrupting his vacation over a disaster in the South. If you actually wonder why, you're a fool.
Yes, I'm gloomy and pissed-off. Maybe I can put something more uplifting, or at least less disgusting, up tomorrow.
And just to make the election season more fun,
“I do believe that climate change is occurring. I do believe that it is man-caused,” Johnson said.
To address climate change, Johnson said he believes “that there can be and is a free-market approach to climate change.”
That would include a fee — not a tax, he said — placed on carbon. Such a fee would make pollutants bear a market cost.
“We as human beings want to see carbon emissions reduced significantly,” but at the same time, he says the United States is only “16 percent of the (global) load” of carbon, and “I don’t want to do anything that harms jobs.”
Great. The Stupid Party nominated a egomaniac crony-capitalist I don't like or trust, the Evil Party nominated a corrupt, lies-by-reflex politician who thinks the law applies to other people, and the (supposed) Libertarians nominate a guy who keeps coming out with crap like this.*
At this point, whoever wins I'm leaning toward a 'small meteor strike during the first time the winner addresses Congress.
*Not worth mentioning the Stali- excuse me, Green Party
To address climate change, Johnson said he believes “that there can be and is a free-market approach to climate change.”
That would include a fee — not a tax, he said — placed on carbon. Such a fee would make pollutants bear a market cost.
“We as human beings want to see carbon emissions reduced significantly,” but at the same time, he says the United States is only “16 percent of the (global) load” of carbon, and “I don’t want to do anything that harms jobs.”
Great. The Stupid Party nominated a egomaniac crony-capitalist I don't like or trust, the Evil Party nominated a corrupt, lies-by-reflex politician who thinks the law applies to other people, and the (supposed) Libertarians nominate a guy who keeps coming out with crap like this.*
At this point, whoever wins I'm leaning toward a 'small meteor strike during the first time the winner addresses Congress.
*Not worth mentioning the Stali- excuse me, Green Party
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Awful lot of cases, "I went to/teach at Harvard" actually means
"I'm a bigoted and incompetent fool, but I'm from Harvard!"
Also, next time someone wonders why you don't trust most media, point them to this.
The Harvard part?
What in the good name of Martin Luther King is this crap about? I looked up Harvard professor Caroline Light and she turns out to be a Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Or as we call them in Real Life, a degree in “You want fries with that? I have Student loans to pay”) so not even a Law Professor or even a paralegal. But you don’t need to be a Supreme Court Justice to do a basic Google-Fu and find out that Castle Doctrine comes from English Law and dates back to 1628.
Higher Education In Action.
Also, next time someone wonders why you don't trust most media, point them to this.
What in the good name of Martin Luther King is this crap about? I looked up Harvard professor Caroline Light and she turns out to be a Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Or as we call them in Real Life, a degree in “You want fries with that? I have Student loans to pay”) so not even a Law Professor or even a paralegal. But you don’t need to be a Supreme Court Justice to do a basic Google-Fu and find out that Castle Doctrine comes from English Law and dates back to 1628.
So basically “Professor” Light missed by just two centuries. That is what passes for accuracy in Harvard nowadays , I guess.it has been a legal precept in England, since at least the 17th century, that no one may enter a home, which would typically then have been in male ownership, unless by invitation. This was established as common law by the lawyer and politician Sir Edward Coke (pronounced Cook), inThe Institutes of the Laws of England, 1628:“For a man’s house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium [and each man’s home is his safest refuge].”
Higher Education In Action.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
I'm still breathing, but some of my joints
feel like they're tired of their current accommodations and want to leave. And I still need them. Add a couple of long days and short nights to a cold front coming through.
While I'm convincing them they have to stay, check out this data dump.
While I'm convincing them they have to stay, check out this data dump.
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