Sunday, October 14, 2007
Panthers Win with Testaverde
43 (and within days of 44) years old and just off the - a late one I might add - plane last Wednesday, Vinny Testaverde led the Panthers to a win over the Cardinals this afternoon.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
I'm Back
Been a busy few days!
Opening the RenFaire this year was a chore but we did it.
It was bloody hot, too!
Ever tried wearing 16oz wool and velvet in 100 degree heat?!
Opening the RenFaire this year was a chore but we did it.
It was bloody hot, too!
Ever tried wearing 16oz wool and velvet in 100 degree heat?!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Today In History
On October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India. He became the man known as 'Mahatma' (great soul), and is considered the Father of modern India.
Yesterday In History
On October 1st in 1776 Thomas Paine published his "Common Sense" pamphlet.
For those who do not know who he was, you might remember his most famous quote:
Give me liberty or give me death!
A sentiment that rings true today among 'real' patriots and no those squatting in the White House and their sycophants and supporters are NOT real patriots!
For those who do not know who he was, you might remember his most famous quote:
Give me liberty or give me death!
A sentiment that rings true today among 'real' patriots and no those squatting in the White House and their sycophants and supporters are NOT real patriots!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Sun Dried Tomato
October is National Sun Dried Tomato Month.
Just what you need at the local Oktoberfest Festival to go along with the beer and sausages!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sage Wisdom Has It
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
Say it ain't so.
Just when you'd think all the nausea from the "Brady Bunch" had gone away you find out that Marsha was 'doing' Jan.
I don't know about you but I didn't need to know about that - personally don't care how they got their teenage jollies, just didn't need to know that.
But I guess Maureen (aka Marsha) needs to promote her new book somehow.
Tis Faire Tyme
It is RenFaire time again. Opening cannon is this next Saturday at 10AM. Now is the time all the hard work and long hours pay off.
Seven weekends of people trying to speak with enough of an English accent to pass for bad actors.
That is why I speak with my own Scots accent (O.K. so I do 'thicken' the Brogue a wee bit for the masses - too many preachers around here to bother conjugating Thee and Thou correctly anyway ... I can and could, but why bother?!).
Com' th' morn o'th' dae me bea see'n ye tae faire an' saf' hom' agin'. Till me see ye anon, hale an' farewell.
Seven weekends of people trying to speak with enough of an English accent to pass for bad actors.
That is why I speak with my own Scots accent (O.K. so I do 'thicken' the Brogue a wee bit for the masses - too many preachers around here to bother conjugating Thee and Thou correctly anyway ... I can and could, but why bother?!).
Com' th' morn o'th' dae me bea see'n ye tae faire an' saf' hom' agin'. Till me see ye anon, hale an' farewell.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Daily Word
Today's Daily Word is:
Bienseance (bee -n - say - in - sense) n and a - Decorum; propriety.
From French, common usage in the latter 18th and early 19th centuries
From French, common usage in the latter 18th and early 19th centuries
It's that time again.
It's that time again ... the Autumn Leaf Change.
The time of year when our mountains are painted with beautiful colors and the Yankees invade in droves. Cooler temperatures and wafting breezes greet all that visit the area to see the leaves and get some Apple cider fresh from the cast iron and oak press by the side of the road.
The Mrs., and I are going to be among the throngs this year - usually we stay at home and watch the change in our own trees, but this year we decided to be at one with the multitude.
If you have never been to the Appalachians during the fall of the year you have missed one of life's most wonderful times. You might want to change that.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
War Hawks Win
My grandson's team beat the Indians tonight in a barn burner!
Final 37 to 28.
Despite the coach being an idiot the team played and won no thanks to his bone head play calling.
Final 37 to 28.
Despite the coach being an idiot the team played and won no thanks to his bone head play calling.
This Day In History
On this day, September 27th, 1830 the Choctaw Indians ceded their lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
20,000 Choctaws were removed and sent west, alone with as many Cherokee, Catawba, Creek, and Cree the United States could round up - using the Dancing Rabbit Creek "treaty" as a pretext.
7,000 survived the 'march' to what is now Oklahoma on what is known as The Trail of Tears.
20,000 Choctaws were removed and sent west, alone with as many Cherokee, Catawba, Creek, and Cree the United States could round up - using the Dancing Rabbit Creek "treaty" as a pretext.
7,000 survived the 'march' to what is now Oklahoma on what is known as The Trail of Tears.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Declining Dollar
The US Dollar is at the lowest point it has been in 31 years.(The last time there was a stumbling fool in the Whitehouse - Gerald Ford).
The last time a dollar was actually worth a dollar was nearly fifty years ago but it has always stood strong against all foreign currencies ... until now - six plus years of the cabal and our nation is ruined morally, physically, ideologically, and financially.
Quite a feat for the world's largest lender nation
to become the world's largest debtor nation isn't it!?
O.K., so the transition was occurring prior to the last six years ... it has been the last six years that have propelled the change at hyper-speed as a final push to what was started in 1981 - the last time we owed more than we loaned.
Hospital Tech must have been hungry.
Indianapolis, IN:
A three year old boy (pictured), was getting a blood test to test for lead due to the toy recalls when the technician drawing the blood took a bite out of him. You heard me, took a bite out of him.
The hospital discharged the tech (and should fire the subcontracting firm she actually works for), and are 'reviewing' procedures.
A police report was filed.
A three year old boy (pictured), was getting a blood test to test for lead due to the toy recalls when the technician drawing the blood took a bite out of him. You heard me, took a bite out of him.
The hospital discharged the tech (and should fire the subcontracting firm she actually works for), and are 'reviewing' procedures.
A police report was filed.
There has been a mistrial.
Hollywood, CA:
Just in case anyone is still paying attention the judge in the Phil Spector murder trial has declared a mistrial and Phil is a free man until or if the prosecutors bring new evidence and seek a new trial.
Just in case anyone is still paying attention the judge in the Phil Spector murder trial has declared a mistrial and Phil is a free man until or if the prosecutors bring new evidence and seek a new trial.
This will put you off BBQ for a while!
Maiden, NC:
Imagine finding a smoker BBQ like you always wanted - at an antique auction and real cheap - you'd be ecstatic right?!
That is just what a man in Maiden, NC felt when he found a smoker BBQ at just such a place.
Then he looked inside when he got it home.
Inside was a severed human foot with a large part of the lower leg still attached to it.
Needless to say the man called police, who came and took the foot and began an investigation as to why the smoker BBQ had a human foot in it and whose foot it was.
That investigation is on going.
Now, even I don't want to eat BBQ for a while ...
Imagine finding a smoker BBQ like you always wanted - at an antique auction and real cheap - you'd be ecstatic right?!
That is just what a man in Maiden, NC felt when he found a smoker BBQ at just such a place.
Then he looked inside when he got it home.
Inside was a severed human foot with a large part of the lower leg still attached to it.
Needless to say the man called police, who came and took the foot and began an investigation as to why the smoker BBQ had a human foot in it and whose foot it was.
That investigation is on going.
Now, even I don't want to eat BBQ for a while ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Trivial Things
Here are some things that could win you that next Trivia Contest at the local Pub on night.
Question: Smack and sampan are types of what?
Answer: They are types of boats.
Answer: They are types of boats.
Big Catch
In what seems like it is right out of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Beneath The Sea ...
Fishermen in New Zealand have caused a lot of excitement among the world's scientists over their recent catch- a 990 pound, 33 foot long adult colossal squid.
The squid, caught off the south coast of New Zealand, is believed to be the largest specimen ever found.
"This is going to draw phenomenal interest," said Steve O'Shea, a squid expert at the Auckland University of Technology.
Giant Squid are estimated to grow up to 46 feet (18 meters) long and are considered some of the most mysterious sea creatures in existence. Imagine what a Colossal Squid could grow to!
Normally found in Antarctic waters, this specimen has been sent to New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa, for scientific study.
To get an idea of the size of the squid take a look at the diagram to the right.
Shades of Jules Verne is right!
Scientists have long figured the existence of the Giant Squid from the numerous carcasses in Sperm Whales stomachs and recently - in the past decade or so have seen that 'figuring' become reality - the speculation that the 'Giants' had even bigger 'cousins' was been around for just as long - if not longer.
Ancient tales of sea monsters may have more than a grain of truth to them and look when Verne was writing his novels ... they weren't written last night.
Fishermen in New Zealand have caused a lot of excitement among the world's scientists over their recent catch- a 990 pound, 33 foot long adult colossal squid.
The squid, caught off the south coast of New Zealand, is believed to be the largest specimen ever found.
"This is going to draw phenomenal interest," said Steve O'Shea, a squid expert at the Auckland University of Technology.
Giant Squid are estimated to grow up to 46 feet (18 meters) long and are considered some of the most mysterious sea creatures in existence. Imagine what a Colossal Squid could grow to!
Normally found in Antarctic waters, this specimen has been sent to New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa, for scientific study.
To get an idea of the size of the squid take a look at the diagram to the right.
Shades of Jules Verne is right!
Scientists have long figured the existence of the Giant Squid from the numerous carcasses in Sperm Whales stomachs and recently - in the past decade or so have seen that 'figuring' become reality - the speculation that the 'Giants' had even bigger 'cousins' was been around for just as long - if not longer.
Ancient tales of sea monsters may have more than a grain of truth to them and look when Verne was writing his novels ... they weren't written last night.
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Head Lines
1) Micheal Vick and his three co-defendants have been indicted by the state of Virginia on state charges stemming from the dog fighting taking place in Virginia.
2) Bill O'Rielly steps in it again ... racist that he is.
3) UAW strike against GM may actually help GM and hurt UAW.
4) Polygamist Warren Jeffs was convicted on sex charges.
5) DeAngelo Hall will face fines, suspension or both by the Falcons.
2) Bill O'Rielly steps in it again ... racist that he is.
3) UAW strike against GM may actually help GM and hurt UAW.
4) Polygamist Warren Jeffs was convicted on sex charges.
5) DeAngelo Hall will face fines, suspension or both by the Falcons.
Monday, September 24, 2007
For Six Bucks
Getting a $3,000.00 dress for the Mrs., for $6.00. Yep, that's right only $6.00. How you ask?
By having friends who make clothing and being cheap and finding material for a dollar a yard ... and no cheap stuff either, normally it was $125.00 a yard. With the labor and jewels sewn into it it would be a multiple thousand dollar dress.
O.K., so it is a dress for the RenFaire and as such it won't be worn out to the Governor's Fall Ball but it is an Aresaide so it will be worn to the Highland games after the Faire.
I just love the fact that it will make a couple of 'ladies' (and I use the term loosely), extremely jealous - they need to be taken down quite a few pegs anyway.
With her new dress the Mrs., and I with my new Doublet and boots will make a splash - as long as the breeze doesn't pick up and lift my kilt before I can catch it ... that would make an even bigger splash!
By having friends who make clothing and being cheap and finding material for a dollar a yard ... and no cheap stuff either, normally it was $125.00 a yard. With the labor and jewels sewn into it it would be a multiple thousand dollar dress.
O.K., so it is a dress for the RenFaire and as such it won't be worn out to the Governor's Fall Ball but it is an Aresaide so it will be worn to the Highland games after the Faire.
I just love the fact that it will make a couple of 'ladies' (and I use the term loosely), extremely jealous - they need to be taken down quite a few pegs anyway.
With her new dress the Mrs., and I with my new Doublet and boots will make a splash - as long as the breeze doesn't pick up and lift my kilt before I can catch it ... that would make an even bigger splash!
Haywood County Claims Eleven More?
Eight Boy Scouts and three of their leaders are missing after a weekend camping trip into the mountains of Haywood county, NC.
Could Haywood county have claimed eleven more in a series of - a centuries long series - disappearances in the deep forests and steep ravines of that wilderness mountain region?
The area is very popular with campers, hikers and the like, and is a wonderful place to go and see the natural world at its most natural - as the saying goes 'there are places there that no white man has ever seen' ... even to this day in Haywood county.
Most people go and have a wonderful time there, even in the 'wilder' areas, but very few people today have the skills to survive completely in the wilds and if they get lost deep in the glens and glades or misstep and fall into a deep gorge in the area, it all but impossible to be found ... except by foot as the rescuers literally 'luck up and stumble up on to you' otherwise they join the list of the permanently disappeared.
Let's hope the rescuers are lucky and find these eleven missing people. Preferably alive.
Could Haywood county have claimed eleven more in a series of - a centuries long series - disappearances in the deep forests and steep ravines of that wilderness mountain region?
The area is very popular with campers, hikers and the like, and is a wonderful place to go and see the natural world at its most natural - as the saying goes 'there are places there that no white man has ever seen' ... even to this day in Haywood county.
Most people go and have a wonderful time there, even in the 'wilder' areas, but very few people today have the skills to survive completely in the wilds and if they get lost deep in the glens and glades or misstep and fall into a deep gorge in the area, it all but impossible to be found ... except by foot as the rescuers literally 'luck up and stumble up on to you' otherwise they join the list of the permanently disappeared.
Let's hope the rescuers are lucky and find these eleven missing people. Preferably alive.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
And I Quote
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only at night.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
Jena
I haven't posted anything about he events in Jena until now.
The entire soap opera is a sick joke from the very beginning - everyone involved has been in the wrong as I see it. This includes the White side and the Black side, from the 'white tree' to the beatings, to the police and prosecutors, to the courts and the protesters. From every 'side' at every point all have been wrong.
The current wrinkle in the saga is the use of a 'white supremist' website "inviting" its readers to call and harass the families of the defendants - which is a bit childish and eighth grade-ish to begin with and illegal to boot.
There should not be any defendants in the first place ... at least not in criminal court - the ones involved in the series of events should have been expelled from the school (both the noose hangers and the beaters), for their actions and left to cool their heels in an alternative learning environment.
Instead the noose hangers were 'let off' with a couple of days suspension and the beaters were jailed in what amounts to a massive knee-jerk over-reaction - which as it was for the hangers for the 'offense' of sitting under a tree and for the reaction to the nooses the hangers left there. [I know that those of African American heritage are a tad more sensitive about "nooses", but still , the reaction was way over the top].
When will people grow up?
Sharpton and Jackson need to shut up as well, they are not helping to end the 'divide' - their livelihood depends on that 'divide' so don't count on their helping any but themselves ... and that goes for the 'children' over at whatever/wherever that 'white supremist' website is and their lackys and syncophants as well as the lackys and syncophants of Sharpton and Jackson.
The entire soap opera is a sick joke from the very beginning - everyone involved has been in the wrong as I see it. This includes the White side and the Black side, from the 'white tree' to the beatings, to the police and prosecutors, to the courts and the protesters. From every 'side' at every point all have been wrong.
The current wrinkle in the saga is the use of a 'white supremist' website "inviting" its readers to call and harass the families of the defendants - which is a bit childish and eighth grade-ish to begin with and illegal to boot.
There should not be any defendants in the first place ... at least not in criminal court - the ones involved in the series of events should have been expelled from the school (both the noose hangers and the beaters), for their actions and left to cool their heels in an alternative learning environment.
Instead the noose hangers were 'let off' with a couple of days suspension and the beaters were jailed in what amounts to a massive knee-jerk over-reaction - which as it was for the hangers for the 'offense' of sitting under a tree and for the reaction to the nooses the hangers left there. [I know that those of African American heritage are a tad more sensitive about "nooses", but still , the reaction was way over the top].
When will people grow up?
Sharpton and Jackson need to shut up as well, they are not helping to end the 'divide' - their livelihood depends on that 'divide' so don't count on their helping any but themselves ... and that goes for the 'children' over at whatever/wherever that 'white supremist' website is and their lackys and syncophants as well as the lackys and syncophants of Sharpton and Jackson.
Carolina Panthers Beat Atlanta
The Panthers beat the Falcons today. Bringing their record to 2 and 1 - it should be 3 and 0 but for some strange reason the panthers forgot to show up for last weeks game.
Three weeks into the season and a few things are beginning to shake out ... like the good teams are beginning to actually play well and the bad teams are reverting to form - not 100% yet, but the signs are there
Three weeks into the season and a few things are beginning to shake out ... like the good teams are beginning to actually play well and the bad teams are reverting to form - not 100% yet, but the signs are there
Saturday, September 22, 2007
User tax and the price of gas.
Ever wonder what goes into making the price of gas so high? O.K., other than pure unadulterated greed.
Petroleum companies make $20,000 profit off a barrel of oil - not including the 'waste by-product' gasoline - so the cost of a barrel of oil isn't the reason no matter how the petroleum companies and the handmaidens ... our government and media ... try and sell us on it.
Come on folks they make at least 20K per barrel and they are bemoaning and lamenting the price of a barrel going to $100.00 ... seems to me that, that crumpet will have to wait until the price per barrel drops while they are having that three martini lunch seeing as how they can't afford the price of that pastry for dessert!
But on to the 'reason' for this post: User Tax.
Do you know what that is? Did you know each state (as well as the feds) tack on a user tax per gallon of gas you buy? Each state uses the 'monies' differently (most use it on road building projects with a pittance toward maintaining those roads), so where does you state fall on the tax scale?
The highest is New York @ 60.8 cents on the gallon and Alaska is the lowest @ 26.4 cents on the gallon. North Carolina @ 48.6 cents sits right in the middle while @ 35.2 cents South Carolina sits among the lower taxed states.
But user taxes aren't the only reason because the highest gas prices are in California where the user tax is among the high taxed states it is not the highest taxed state, so what gives in California?
As to the federal user tax, if I am not mistaken it is in the neighborhood of 10 cents a gallon. So factor in that along with the state user taxes and some locality user taxes (on average 2 cents per gallon) the highest amount is New York's 70.8 cents per gallon.
What is gas in New York 3.50US a gallon? That leaves $2.80 in the price of gas at the pump where on average 50 cent goes to the location (the actual gas station) leaving $2.30 for the petroleum company ... whose cost to manufacture is zero - remember gas is a waste by-product - so if we allow the very generous amount of 30 cents per gallon for storage, transportation, advertising and political lobbying that leaves the petroleum company with a pure profit of $2.00 per gallon.
Petroleum companies produce 1,000,000 gallons of gas per day ... you do the math.
Petroleum companies make $20,000 profit off a barrel of oil - not including the 'waste by-product' gasoline - so the cost of a barrel of oil isn't the reason no matter how the petroleum companies and the handmaidens ... our government and media ... try and sell us on it.
Come on folks they make at least 20K per barrel and they are bemoaning and lamenting the price of a barrel going to $100.00 ... seems to me that, that crumpet will have to wait until the price per barrel drops while they are having that three martini lunch seeing as how they can't afford the price of that pastry for dessert!
But on to the 'reason' for this post: User Tax.
Do you know what that is? Did you know each state (as well as the feds) tack on a user tax per gallon of gas you buy? Each state uses the 'monies' differently (most use it on road building projects with a pittance toward maintaining those roads), so where does you state fall on the tax scale?
The highest is New York @ 60.8 cents on the gallon and Alaska is the lowest @ 26.4 cents on the gallon. North Carolina @ 48.6 cents sits right in the middle while @ 35.2 cents South Carolina sits among the lower taxed states.
But user taxes aren't the only reason because the highest gas prices are in California where the user tax is among the high taxed states it is not the highest taxed state, so what gives in California?
As to the federal user tax, if I am not mistaken it is in the neighborhood of 10 cents a gallon. So factor in that along with the state user taxes and some locality user taxes (on average 2 cents per gallon) the highest amount is New York's 70.8 cents per gallon.
What is gas in New York 3.50US a gallon? That leaves $2.80 in the price of gas at the pump where on average 50 cent goes to the location (the actual gas station) leaving $2.30 for the petroleum company ... whose cost to manufacture is zero - remember gas is a waste by-product - so if we allow the very generous amount of 30 cents per gallon for storage, transportation, advertising and political lobbying that leaves the petroleum company with a pure profit of $2.00 per gallon.
Petroleum companies produce 1,000,000 gallons of gas per day ... you do the math.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Poll Numbers
I happened to noticed a trend in the numbers of recent polls on various topics ... they are running eerily similar. This goes across the board.
As most thinking people know political polls have been running a steady 70% against the current cabal on everything including a 70 to 30 split disapproving of the commuting of "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence with 18,577 people responding to that poll.
But take a look at two other polls recently completed.
With 17,664 people responding to a poll asking if they thought Micheal Vick's football career was over 70% said yes 30% said no.
With 20,389 people responding to a poll asking if Harry Potter books should be banned from school libraries 72% said no and 28% said yes.
The same 70-30 split. Our nation is speaking volumes and loudly here but the 30% aren't listening, they have 'their' boy in and can not see reality when it is staring them in the face.
One recent poll however DID break with the trend ... when asked if they would buy an IPod now that the price had dropped to below $200.00US: 21,442 people responded and 95% said no - so not all of us are as dumb as a few of us, it's just the dumb ones really make a lot of squeeky type noises.
As most thinking people know political polls have been running a steady 70% against the current cabal on everything including a 70 to 30 split disapproving of the commuting of "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence with 18,577 people responding to that poll.
But take a look at two other polls recently completed.
With 17,664 people responding to a poll asking if they thought Micheal Vick's football career was over 70% said yes 30% said no.
With 20,389 people responding to a poll asking if Harry Potter books should be banned from school libraries 72% said no and 28% said yes.
The same 70-30 split. Our nation is speaking volumes and loudly here but the 30% aren't listening, they have 'their' boy in and can not see reality when it is staring them in the face.
One recent poll however DID break with the trend ... when asked if they would buy an IPod now that the price had dropped to below $200.00US: 21,442 people responded and 95% said no - so not all of us are as dumb as a few of us, it's just the dumb ones really make a lot of squeeky type noises.
Conservative District My Arse
Was just reading where a politico was spouting that Western Carolina is a conservative district and should be represented by a conservative in congress.
Horse hockey. There is a reason a Liberal is representing Western Carolina in congress you know. And that reason isn't that the area is any sort of conservative quite the opposite the area is very Liberal and individualistic.
To be fair, it is that individualism that can be misconstrued by those of weak minds and microscopic cognizant abilities.
It is always amusing to hear such drivel from those who do not live here or are new comers to the area.
With the exception of a cluster of troglodytes in the city of Charlotte (which has ever been out of touch with reality - they supported and comforted the British during the War for Independence ... the area's 'nickname' of "Hornet's Nest" was given to the area by Cornwallis as he hid in Charlotte from the surrounding area Scotsmen who had no love for him or the British and who forced him to flee to Yorktown - the rest they say is history), the area is steadfastly Liberal.
But the equally if not more so steadfastness of the individuality of the local native population (primarily Scots and Scots/Irish with some odd German and Native American thrown in), proves to be puzzling to those unfamiliar with the area - as evidenced by the spouting 'conservative' which prompted this post.
Horse hockey. There is a reason a Liberal is representing Western Carolina in congress you know. And that reason isn't that the area is any sort of conservative quite the opposite the area is very Liberal and individualistic.
To be fair, it is that individualism that can be misconstrued by those of weak minds and microscopic cognizant abilities.
It is always amusing to hear such drivel from those who do not live here or are new comers to the area.
With the exception of a cluster of troglodytes in the city of Charlotte (which has ever been out of touch with reality - they supported and comforted the British during the War for Independence ... the area's 'nickname' of "Hornet's Nest" was given to the area by Cornwallis as he hid in Charlotte from the surrounding area Scotsmen who had no love for him or the British and who forced him to flee to Yorktown - the rest they say is history), the area is steadfastly Liberal.
But the equally if not more so steadfastness of the individuality of the local native population (primarily Scots and Scots/Irish with some odd German and Native American thrown in), proves to be puzzling to those unfamiliar with the area - as evidenced by the spouting 'conservative' which prompted this post.
Daily Word
Today's Daily Word is:
Pungent (pun' - jant) a - sharply affecting the taste or smell; stinging; sarcastic; caustic.
[Pungency - n - from Latin pungere, to prick]
[Pungency - n - from Latin pungere, to prick]
Officer given his comeuppance
James Kuehnlein the police officer who was video taped berating and harassing a motorist parked in a commuter parking lot has been handed his comeuppance.
He has been fired!
He was fired for his language which is quite clear on the video and for his failure to video tape the incident with the video tape recorder in his police car - something that is required.
The days of the police being able to behave as Kuehnlein did and get away with it are over, just as the cameras in their cars are there to record what they did so that any claims against them could be verified (which is why it is common practice for the police to not turn them on - no record, no proof; with the availability of cameras in the public's hands they have lost that little trick), there are cameras in the public's cars as well.
It should not take the 'threat' of a video recording of any action to make anyone do what is right, but such is the times we live in. Like the old Chinese curse says "May you live in interesting times", and boy these are interesting times indeed.
He has been fired!
He was fired for his language which is quite clear on the video and for his failure to video tape the incident with the video tape recorder in his police car - something that is required.
The days of the police being able to behave as Kuehnlein did and get away with it are over, just as the cameras in their cars are there to record what they did so that any claims against them could be verified (which is why it is common practice for the police to not turn them on - no record, no proof; with the availability of cameras in the public's hands they have lost that little trick), there are cameras in the public's cars as well.
It should not take the 'threat' of a video recording of any action to make anyone do what is right, but such is the times we live in. Like the old Chinese curse says "May you live in interesting times", and boy these are interesting times indeed.
Delaware State
O.K., Just what is it about Delaware State?
Two more students have been shot there - one with potentially life threatening injures.
Back on August 4th, four students (I believe it's four), were killed 'execution style' on a schoolyard in Newark, New Jersey and the teenagers authorities are saying are responsible in that murder are going to be tried as adults if prosecutors get their wish.
So, somebody tell me what the #@*& is going on here!
Two more students have been shot there - one with potentially life threatening injures.
Back on August 4th, four students (I believe it's four), were killed 'execution style' on a schoolyard in Newark, New Jersey and the teenagers authorities are saying are responsible in that murder are going to be tried as adults if prosecutors get their wish.
So, somebody tell me what the #@*& is going on here!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Daily Funny
One night a traveling salesman stopped on a farm and asked to spend the night.
To which the farmer agreed provided the salesman didn't mind sharing the room with the farmer's son.
The salesman said he didn't mind sharing the room with the ten year old.
But as he was getting in to bed he noticed the boy sitting by the side of the bed.
Thinking the boy was saying his evening prayers the salesman got down on his knees to try and set a good example for the boy and say his prayers also.
When he settled in and began to silently pray with his head bowed and eyes shut he heard the boy's voice saying, "Daddy'll be really mad at you mister, the pot is on this side of the bed."
And I Quote
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
~ Alfred E. Wiggam
Gospel of Mark
The gospel of mark (pictured) is one of the most mis-interpreted documens of all time almost as much as the entire collected anthology of fiction it is contained in.
As a result many wars have been fought - one of which is happening now.
We humans could do so much better.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Daily Funny
Louie the Lush says ...
I would rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me.
Hey!
That's not right, is it?!
The pipes are calling.
Nothing is like the sound of the pipes massed.Of course in some the galvanic response is abject terror (this is mainly an English affliction - but it was the Germans who coined the moniker 'Damen ab Holle' [Ladies from Hell] when referring to the Scots fighting to the swirl of the pipes).
The World's Languages Are Dying
There are at least 7000 languages spoken by humans today but that number is dropping at a rate of about 1 to 2 a week. The top 83 most spoken languages make up 80% of the languages as to numbers of speakers while the bottom 3500 make up .02%.
What is the tragedy here you ask? The loss of all the amassed knowledge of the language and the culture behind it is all. Most of the dying languages have never been written down and will leave no record of them when the last speaker of the language dies.
To find out more about this click here.
What is the tragedy here you ask? The loss of all the amassed knowledge of the language and the culture behind it is all. Most of the dying languages have never been written down and will leave no record of them when the last speaker of the language dies.
To find out more about this click here.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Screwed
Had a fellow come up to me today and ask me if I thought the economy was getting better. He looked relived when I answered no, that I actually thought is was getting worse.
He had just been given his final paycheck and shown the door by the company he had worked for for several years - they had decided he was too experienced and qualified to be kept on and that his 'salary' was too high, so they brought in a younger less experienced person for less money to do his job - he was the janitor and made $7.50 an hour.
The new 'girl' - she is an African-American Female - is being paid $6.50 an hour ... he is an African-American male - he is about forty ... she is twenty-two. She has four kids - the youngest four years old.
He was at work everyday, on time and never out sick - she called in to say she couldn't start on her first day because her child was kicked out of school and she had to stay home with him ... they said OK?!
This is just wrong!
So do you think the economy is getting better?!
He had just been given his final paycheck and shown the door by the company he had worked for for several years - they had decided he was too experienced and qualified to be kept on and that his 'salary' was too high, so they brought in a younger less experienced person for less money to do his job - he was the janitor and made $7.50 an hour.
The new 'girl' - she is an African-American Female - is being paid $6.50 an hour ... he is an African-American male - he is about forty ... she is twenty-two. She has four kids - the youngest four years old.
He was at work everyday, on time and never out sick - she called in to say she couldn't start on her first day because her child was kicked out of school and she had to stay home with him ... they said OK?!
This is just wrong!
So do you think the economy is getting better?!
The Andromeda Strain
They say today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact - and here's one right out of the books!
Way back in 1970 there was a book and then a movie entitled "The ANDROMEDA STRAIN" that was about a mysterious illness that plagued mankind after a meteorite crashed into the earth.
Well, today scientists and medical sleuths are in southern Peru trying to figure out and find the source of an outbreak of an unknown illness in the area ... and you guessed it - there was a meteorite to crash into the earth locally there just prior to the outbreak of the illness.
Are the two linked? No one is saying so and no one is saying no. But, one must remember science fiction today, science fact tomorrow?!
And They're Off
The annual nude run at the Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark was run the other day on a rare sunny and dry day for the race in it's history. It was almost a let down after the tradition of mud covered runners crossing the finish line. If you ever make it to Denmark at festival time make sure to get there.Mystery Solved!
The Mrs., did get her Pic-Line removed yesterday so no more IV Antibiotics. YES!
Also we did confirm it was the Mercer Staph infection of thirty years ago that was the cause of her recent hospital stay ... it had NOT been eradicated thirty years ago like they thought they had.
That explains a whole hell of a lot of her health issues the past thirty years, recurring bronchitis, pneumonia, bladder infections, the thick blood which caused the pulmonary embolisms, fluid retention beyond normal for any female and a host of other maladies over the past three decades.
I just might own a hospital before long!
Also we did confirm it was the Mercer Staph infection of thirty years ago that was the cause of her recent hospital stay ... it had NOT been eradicated thirty years ago like they thought they had.
That explains a whole hell of a lot of her health issues the past thirty years, recurring bronchitis, pneumonia, bladder infections, the thick blood which caused the pulmonary embolisms, fluid retention beyond normal for any female and a host of other maladies over the past three decades.
I just might own a hospital before long!
Daily Word
Today's Daily Word is:
Snam (se' - nam) n - To snatch or rob.
[Mostly used to describe the kind of theft which consists of picking up anything lying about and making off with it rapidly]
19th century English slang from John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1887.
[Mostly used to describe the kind of theft which consists of picking up anything lying about and making off with it rapidly]
19th century English slang from John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1887.
Monday, September 17, 2007
This Day In History
Two hundred twenty years ago on this day September 17th, 1789 the United States Constitution was adopted.
Let us celebrate it throughout this week the 17th thru the 23rd of September as Constitution Week.
And let us remember that it WILL stand despite the current assault on it by the cabal and the shrub who has called it a "Goddamned piece of paper"!
Let us celebrate it throughout this week the 17th thru the 23rd of September as Constitution Week.
And let us remember that it WILL stand despite the current assault on it by the cabal and the shrub who has called it a "Goddamned piece of paper"!
And for those who don't know what it looks like here is that "Goddamned Piece of Paper", which isn't written on paper anyway it is on parchment!
No More Money.
It's high time we cut the purse strings to the war in Iraq and let the shrub pay for it out of his own pocket. He and the rest of the cabal have been making obscene amounts of money on it and are continuing to do so using our money and none of their own while we are getting poorer and poorer.
Yes, I know 'private' wars are illegal - but when has anything being illegal mattered to the shrub.
So let him use his money to pay for mercenaries in lieu of using our military as mercenaries, why should he be able to get off so cheaply - mercs cost you know, soldiers are free.
Tell your congressman you want your money used for something else besides the war in Iraq today!
Yes, I know 'private' wars are illegal - but when has anything being illegal mattered to the shrub.
So let him use his money to pay for mercenaries in lieu of using our military as mercenaries, why should he be able to get off so cheaply - mercs cost you know, soldiers are free.
Tell your congressman you want your money used for something else besides the war in Iraq today!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Pepsi
Pepsi ... the taste born in North Carolina.
Nothing could be finer than a cold Pepsi and peanuts except maybe a cold Pepsi and a Moon Pie!
(This advertisement brought to you by your local Coca-Cola distributer - Drink Pepsi)
Daily Funny
Did you hear the one about the fellow who parked his car in front of a which said ...
FINE FOR PARKING
FINE FOR PARKING
And I Quote
"Major mistake!"
What Fed Chairman Allen Greenspan had to say when asked about the shrub as president.
Good Investment
Look at what is a really good investment ... Confederate currency.Actual Confederate currency is gaining value and is one of the hottest things in the 'Collector's Market' and is worth up to 100 times the face value of the bill.
For all them Yankees that laughed when we kept our money the last laugh is on them ... the Federal currency is tanking around the world while the Confederate currency is rising.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Americans do not like the Iraq War.
There have been some apologists claiming that American citizens do not oppose the war in Iraq because there have been no mass demonstrations against the war by American citizens (wrong there have been), and only small handfuls of 'foreign' protesters in foreign countries (actually there have been massively gigantic demonstrations against the war in foreign countries that are our 'friends' much less even larger demonstrations in countries that are not our friends), but they can no longer claim that (though they will - previous demonstrations haven't dented their powers of denial) as massive numbers protesting the war marched on Congress today.Night Funny
This evening's submission to the humor files is from my granddaughter "G".
What to bees chew?
Bumble gum.
Bumble gum.
What I can't believe ...
What I can't believe is that this television show was actually popular when it was in production. Much less even more popular today.
Chores
Working on the pond is always better nude and the fish like a clean pond to swim in.Just one of many chores around the house ... all of which are better performed nude.
Busted at the Mail Box
Just got back to the house from checking the mail (I forgot to yesterday, O.K.) and while I was there I was almost hit by a car.
While this is nothing unusual - the traffic (on the only straight part of the road in the entire county ... which runs right across my front lawn) is horrendous and everyone thinks the half mile stretch is a drag strip.
What made this one notable was the fact it was a car full of Hispanics fleeing the police and for some reason they decided to swerve off the road right beside my mailbox and jump out of the car and begin to start to "clean it out" before the police arrived with the help of a pick-up truck load of Hispanics stopping to help them - which also just missed hitting me. Then came the police.
They were not too successful at "cleaning out the car" before the police's arrival - besides I had seen what they were trying to hide so it was futile on their party anyway.
Why they thought the police would not search the truck is beyond me, but all the 'bales' they threw into the open bed of the truck were in plain sight.
As I began to walk the mile back up to the house I left 10 Hispanics in handcuffs squatting on the side of the road and at least 50lbs of Marijuana (I counted twenty or so Kilo 'bales' as they were tossing them into the truck bed) in the capable hands of the local police.
They will be by later to get my statement as to what I saw. You know I might just get that truck at the impound yard as it was seized along with the car for being used in drug trafficking.
While this is nothing unusual - the traffic (on the only straight part of the road in the entire county ... which runs right across my front lawn) is horrendous and everyone thinks the half mile stretch is a drag strip.
What made this one notable was the fact it was a car full of Hispanics fleeing the police and for some reason they decided to swerve off the road right beside my mailbox and jump out of the car and begin to start to "clean it out" before the police arrived with the help of a pick-up truck load of Hispanics stopping to help them - which also just missed hitting me. Then came the police.
They were not too successful at "cleaning out the car" before the police's arrival - besides I had seen what they were trying to hide so it was futile on their party anyway.
Why they thought the police would not search the truck is beyond me, but all the 'bales' they threw into the open bed of the truck were in plain sight.
As I began to walk the mile back up to the house I left 10 Hispanics in handcuffs squatting on the side of the road and at least 50lbs of Marijuana (I counted twenty or so Kilo 'bales' as they were tossing them into the truck bed) in the capable hands of the local police.
They will be by later to get my statement as to what I saw. You know I might just get that truck at the impound yard as it was seized along with the car for being used in drug trafficking.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Being a nudist.
What constitutes being a nudist?
That question is really a baffling one even to those who call themselves nudists.
The simple and most honest answer is anyone who prefers to be nude is a nudist.
Whether they are in tune with nature, live according to the 'social nudism' philosophy, or just live sans clothing for the fun of it, all are nudists.
So be nude and be free. It will not harm you.
That question is really a baffling one even to those who call themselves nudists.
The simple and most honest answer is anyone who prefers to be nude is a nudist.
Whether they are in tune with nature, live according to the 'social nudism' philosophy, or just live sans clothing for the fun of it, all are nudists.
So be nude and be free. It will not harm you.
Something you don't see everyday.
Now here is something you don't see everyday - a pink dolphin or as it is actually called a porpoise.
Not Funny - The NFL Scandals
It's not funny - the cheating of Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. It is a disgrace. It is a disgrace along the same lines as the vileness that was Michael Vick's perverse endeavors into dog fighting.A $500,000.00 personal fine for Coach Belichick and a $250,000.00 fine for the team along with the loss of one draft pick next draft hardly constitutes a penalty for the loss of faith in a child's eye or the hearts of football fans.
At the very least Vick is going to spend time in a 6 by 8 room with bars on the door and window (if it even has a window), for his behavior. Belichick and the Patriots are going about business as usual, even the Atlanta Falcons (Vick's former team) are feeling the after effects of Vick's actions so must the Patriots feel the consequences of their actions for theirs were as a 'team' whereas the Falcons were just caught in the web of Vick's downfall.
This NFL season is going to be a depressing one no matter how good any of the games are because of these 'scandals' ... and you know I am beginning to hate them for that!
Remembering September is Self Promotion Month
Keeping in mind September is Self Promotion Month I have been 'promoting' this and her sister Blog a bit more and have gained a number of new readers to an already good core readership.
Now I have to keep it up don't I?
If you have just found this Blog or her sister Blog stick around you might learn something, maybe, maybe not, but you will laugh I swear it.
Now I have to keep it up don't I?
If you have just found this Blog or her sister Blog stick around you might learn something, maybe, maybe not, but you will laugh I swear it.
Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
Sometimes those internet 'tests' are fun to take and when I ran across one that asked "Which historical lunatic are You!", I had to take it.
The test concluded I was Joshua Abraham Norton, the First and Only Emperor of the United States.
Which isn't all that bad, he was a successful man who lost it all but when he died 30,000 people formed a two mile long funeral procession to say goodbye to a friend to kings and paupers alike.
I like the successful part and the friend to kings and paupers thing; the losing it all part isn't on my 'favorites' list, but if 30,000 people showed up to my funeral losing it all might just well be worth it.
The test concluded I was Joshua Abraham Norton, the First and Only Emperor of the United States.
Which isn't all that bad, he was a successful man who lost it all but when he died 30,000 people formed a two mile long funeral procession to say goodbye to a friend to kings and paupers alike.
I like the successful part and the friend to kings and paupers thing; the losing it all part isn't on my 'favorites' list, but if 30,000 people showed up to my funeral losing it all might just well be worth it.
Chilies For Me
I have always preferred hot chilies - the hotter the better.
I always knew they were good for your heart and blood but now they are proven to help lessen the chance of developing prostate cancer and reducing prostate cancer cells should one already suffer from the disease.
Capsaicin the chemical in peppers or chilies that make them 'hot' does the number on the cancer cells already there and prevents new ones from forming - it is also the chemical used in muscle creams and rubs found over the counter in any store in America.
The moral of this is:
Men who prefer their chilies are less likely to be sick generally or develop heart and prostate problems than their less 'manly' brethren are.
Even My "Opponents" Are Singing Praises
Sounding the trumpet again!
Some of the people on other forums who usually are at loggerheads with me - mainly over politics - are 'singing' my praises for this and her sister Blog ... even to the point of being complimentary and polite (in private messages of course, they don't want to put a crack in their personal 'public' personas, no they do not).
So I might be winning them over to the Light after all and they are joining my 'friends' from across the geo-political-religious spectrum ... all it takes in a working brain and the ability and willingness to use it - something some are unfortunately unwilling and/or incapable of doing.
For Starters
Got out of bed this morning in a Led Zepplin kind of mood.
Got into bed last night in a Ramones kind of mood.
Something is up, but I can't put my finger on it.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Pic-Line May Be Out
We were informed today that the Pic-Line in the Mrs., arm may come out next Monday - she is responding to the antibiotics really well.
That will be a good thing - not to sound selfish, but, I haven't slept any length of time since the Sunday before Labor Day worrying about her and I am bone ass tired.
The first few days in the hospital I didn't sleep at all - of course neither did she until the morphine they gave her kicked in and for the last few days at home she has been sleeping like a baby.
That will be a good thing - not to sound selfish, but, I haven't slept any length of time since the Sunday before Labor Day worrying about her and I am bone ass tired.
The first few days in the hospital I didn't sleep at all - of course neither did she until the morphine they gave her kicked in and for the last few days at home she has been sleeping like a baby.
"J" takes after papa.
My grandson "J" called me tonight to let me know his football team played a piss poor game but still won 15-14. He is a chip off the old block, he isn't satisfied with a less than perfect game.
He switched from middle linebacker to wide receiver this season which makes him a deadly threat to opposing defenses - he plays like a middle linebacker as a wide receiver ... with total abandon ... what's more he catches anything within ten feet of him and he is faster than greased lightning in a can.
I was somewhat let down when said he wanted to switch because he had originally wanted to play the same position his papa played, that's why he played the middle linebacker position, but when I saw him still playing 'linebacker-like', I knew he was just like his papa - I should have known he'd switch to one he liked because he is a striker for the soccer team while I was a goalie and he has always said he wanted to be like me when he grew up .... and I'll be damned if he isn't.
Of course he was a tad undersized for linebacker he is only 13 and 5'4' @ 90lbs (at his age I was 6' and 190lbs) but he plays like he was a 6'3" 295lbs bruiser and with his speed, quickness when he is a 6'3" bruiser look out.
Now if his quarterback can learn to throw better and deeper ...
He switched from middle linebacker to wide receiver this season which makes him a deadly threat to opposing defenses - he plays like a middle linebacker as a wide receiver ... with total abandon ... what's more he catches anything within ten feet of him and he is faster than greased lightning in a can.
I was somewhat let down when said he wanted to switch because he had originally wanted to play the same position his papa played, that's why he played the middle linebacker position, but when I saw him still playing 'linebacker-like', I knew he was just like his papa - I should have known he'd switch to one he liked because he is a striker for the soccer team while I was a goalie and he has always said he wanted to be like me when he grew up .... and I'll be damned if he isn't.
Of course he was a tad undersized for linebacker he is only 13 and 5'4' @ 90lbs (at his age I was 6' and 190lbs) but he plays like he was a 6'3" 295lbs bruiser and with his speed, quickness when he is a 6'3" bruiser look out.
Now if his quarterback can learn to throw better and deeper ...
Daily Word
Today's Daily Word is:
Limn (lim) v.t. -to draw or paint; to illuminate a manuscript (Middle English limnen, to decorate)
Daily Funny
A truck carrying red paint crashed into a truck carrying purple paint.
Both drivers were marooned.
Both drivers were marooned.
Sending A Message?
Two major earthquakes in as many days for Indonesia ... You think Ma Nature is trying to tell us something or what? Gaia is pretty tired of and pissed off at being dumped on by man, she is.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Face of the New Liberals
Look into the face of a New Liberal.
Jack Cafferty as forever been a conservative type but listen to him this days and he is sounding more and more like a Liberal sort.
How is such a transformation possible you ask?!
The shrub and the cabal. The answer is that simple, the shrub and cabal.
Katydids
Now there's something you don't see everyday ... neon colored Katydids.The kicker is they are real and alive in the picture and not some plastic kid's toys.
Umberto Promises Rain
Tropical Storm Umberto promises to bring rain to an already rain-soaked state - Texas, while we in the Carolinas haven't seen enough rain to even remember what it looks and feels like since April.
My floating dock is now a hanging dock the lake is so low because of the drought.
Tropical Storm Gabriella didn't so much as raise a cloud in the skies here when she came ashore the other day.
While it was good to dodge a harsh storm during hurricane season, damn it we need the rain.
Damn those greedy Texans!
Cyberstalkers
Lordy, lordy, lordy, it seems I have a 'cyberstalker' or 'stalkers' on another forum and they are talking out of school about me.
What will I do?!
Well right now I am sitting down shortly to a roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings and after that I quite possibly will go to sleep with a full belly. I know it's not that time yet, but, hey, I cooked so I'm going to eat it.
Oh, back to the 'cyberstalking', maybe I'll just belch and be done with it. I mean if some one is so insecure and immature as that they are of no consequence and as such beneath notice - which is all they crave anyway ... notice ... deny them that and they go away, they may go away mad but they go away.
What will I do?!
Well right now I am sitting down shortly to a roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings and after that I quite possibly will go to sleep with a full belly. I know it's not that time yet, but, hey, I cooked so I'm going to eat it.
Oh, back to the 'cyberstalking', maybe I'll just belch and be done with it. I mean if some one is so insecure and immature as that they are of no consequence and as such beneath notice - which is all they crave anyway ... notice ... deny them that and they go away, they may go away mad but they go away.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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