Saturday, August 06, 2011

Advice for The Belles

See if you can keep 'em between the yellow lines.
Just like on the highway...
TBG

Friday, August 05, 2011

WeatherBitching

So... at 4:45am PDT it was 64 degrees in Vancouver.
So cool, so nice...

I got to my stopover in Phoenix.

101 degrees. Holy crap!

Just exiting the plane to the jetbridge felt like stepping into a pizza oven.

Upon arrival in Texas it was even worse- 5:00 PM and it was 104, and the WeatherIdiots are calling for a high of 108 tomorrow.



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Thursday, August 04, 2011

Based On Your Symptoms...



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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Someone Else Is Getting In On The OnesDay Meme...

Twitter is jumping in with #obamabirthdaypartygames

There's some great stuff here...

Pin the Debt on the Children

State Of The Union Address drinking game

Pin The Debt On The Donkeys

Who Wants to f**k over a Millionaire?

Name those 57 States!

Monkey in the Middle-Class

Capture the flag (& give to the Palestinians)

Spin the tale of the Donkey

Tug of Kinetic Military Action

Simon Says: Redistribute the Wealth

Pin The Pork on Pelosi

Hungry, Hungry Hypocrites


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TheOnesDay® Meme - 8/3

His Serene Majesty the Emperor Barack Hussein Obama II, Lord of the Flies, Keeper of the Hoops, Master of the Greens, Bringer of Kinetic Military Action, Vacationer-in-Chief, Slayer of Osama, and Protector of the Holy Cities of Honolulu and Chicago, and The Most Intelligent President Evar was flagged by the admins of Twitter for having an overly long account password for his Twitter account.

When they realized his password was
“MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyHonolulu”
It was playing hell with their data tables, so they asked if there was some rationale for the password choice.
He rolled glowered at them, glanced at his TelePrompTer and addressed the admins:
“Let me be clear- you were the ones that forced this choice on me! Your requirements said it has to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.”


TheOnesDay® Meme - Borepatch & PISSED

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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Climate Scientists & Gratutious Cleavage

(Since the following post is quite dry, I shall endeavor to alleviate the tedium with some easy-on-the-eye graphics. To wit- Gratuitous cleavage shots of Scarlett Johanssen. To my more purient Constant Readers, enjoy. To the more prudish, Why are you reading this site?)


Seems Larry Bell over at Forbes is getting into a pissing match with
the head of the American Geophysical Union over at Glowball Warmening Inc...
The back and forth in the comments section is quite the spectacle.

First - the takedown by Larry-
We Get What We Pay For With Disastrous Climate Science
Go- read it. Tasty stuff.



HeadGuy takes offense at Larry's position and presumes to school him.
Head Guy from AGU: "Many research scientists – including members of the American Geophysical Union – are dedicated to promoting discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. The scientific method that governs their work has been well established for centuries. Applied to the problem of climate change, the conclusions are clear: Our climate is out of balance and human activities are in all probability responsible for global warming. Climate scientists worldwide are in virtually unanimous agreement about the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence on this issue."
Then the rebuttal:

Bell:"Are you indicating here that there is scientific evidence that there is indeed a human-caused climate crisis? And if so, which, exactly, human activities are causing it? AGW? Agriculture/land management? Urban heat islands? Rain forest depletion?

Yes… and according to exactly what scientific evidence? Climate models? Satellite data since it first became available in 1979?
...
Does AGU take issue with the accuracy of East Anglia-CRU quotations I cited as evidence of serious integrity and peer-review problems within important segments of the climate science community? Is this just a misinformed opinion of my own— or an issue to be dismissed of scant importance?"


Astute Constant Readers will note how specific Mr Bell is regarding his questions. In fact - he gives a 748 word reply to Head Guy... Again, RTWT.

To which Head Guy decides short and obfuscatory is the way to reply to Mr Bell.
HGfAGU: "Let me be more concise:
There is overwhelming scientific evidence that our climate is changing. The world’s climate scientists are in nearly unanimous agreement that humans are the cause. The same scientific method that has given us life saving vaccines, human flight, and electrical power generation now tells us we are influencing climate in potentially dangerous ways. Research funding has been key to advancing our knowledge about Earth system science and human impacts on it.

Buying into the arguments of climate change denialists when the evidence is so clear is like blithely taking advice from a banker about your health when all your doctors tell you there is a problem."

Wow... What an erudite and pithy comeback.
Let me translate for you:
"Fuck you. I'm right, you are an uneducated, unwashed, ignorant fool."

Mr Bell takes it in stride and elaborates on his position.
 "Thank you for your simple clarification of what many may have erroneously regarded to be a complex issue...

So apparently they all agree that since humans are the only cause you mention, presumably there are no natural forcings that account for anything…and that climate is actually changing for the first time.

Excuse me for posing a few more pesky questions.

1) What benchmark temperature is climate changing from (now for the first time)? The period when T-Rex ruled and before we messed everything up? The Roman and Medieval Warm Periods? The 1930s?

2) How much, precisely, have human influences contributed? Can you cite solid scientific evidence that your nearly universal throngs have agreed with? What percent of them consider it a big deal to really worry about? And what, if anything measurable, (and at what costs) do those minions propose to do about it?

3) If climate didn’t change, wouldn’t it all just be called “weather”?

Thanks for clearly illuminating just how dangerous it is to challenge the orthodoxy that is discussed in my article.

(A change up, so to speak. Why should Scarlett enjoy all the spotlight?
I think Faith Hill would look great here.

Since that might be a bit hard to accomplish, how about a picture of Faith Hill... Yeah. That'd do it.)


HeadGuy, unable to answer specific questions concerning his own field of study (which the Gubbmint has paid him bazillions of dollars to study) falls back on that old subterfuge of "Bosh! Flimshaw! Old data, my boy. See my previously published work where I already answered that question."

HGfAGU: "For answers to your specific questions, I refer you to “America’s Climate Choices”, a series of reports on climate change, its implications for the U.S., and what we can do about it. Congress commissioned these reports, published in 2010, from the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences..." Blah blah blah...

One thing I don't get about soi-disant Scientists, is that they are quick to throw around statistics, (albeit very fishy stats, but specific figures none the less) when it is in their best interest.
However- they sure as hell won't come up with specific info when it is detrimental to their cause.
Any time a Scientist uses a vague term (see examples in bold above) his credentials need to be revoked and someone needs to smack them in the forehead with a ballpeen hammer.
Hard.

Shakespere had it partially right.
Kill all the lawyers.

Then kill all the Climate Scientists.

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Source? Anyone?

And, can you supply the punchline?

A naked blond walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a two foot salami under the other.
She lays the poodle on the table...
The bartender says "I suppose you won't be needing a drink?"
The lady says...


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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Life Is So Hard

It's even harder after you leave college.

Better toughen up, emo jackwagons.
It's a cold hard world out there and it's gonna eat your lunch.














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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Birds of a Feather

So many observations on this...



1. You are known by the company you keep, and this peer group is pretty pitiful.

2. Boy, 9 million idiots hanging on Obama's every word, awaiting marching orders.

3. By this metric, Lady Gaga would beat Obama in 2012, should she choose to run.
(And would probably be the only one that might do a worse job of leading our country.)

4. Of course, as with most things Obama is involved in, most of his tweets are done by someone else.

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Math Humor

Today's Lesson: Find X



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Talking Dogs



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Friday, July 29, 2011

The Spider of Damocles



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Veracity



Really? Something on the Interwebz could be inaccurate?
Say it ain't so!

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hello, Delta Airlines?

One ticket to Penrith, please.


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Lifestyles of the Rich and Clueless

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Public Service Announcement



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TheOnesDay® Meme - Boeing Day (7/27 heh.)

 The Political Watches

A man goes to a jewelry store looking to buy a watch.
He looks at a watch called "The George HW Bush Watch" and asks the sales clerk why there are no hands.
The sales clerk says "You are suppose to read his lips".

He then looks at a watch called "The Sarah Palin Watch" and notices that it isn't running - the sales clerk tells him "it runs, it doesn't run, it runs, it doesn't run . . ."

He then notices a watch called the "Barack Obama Watch" and sees that it runs, has hands and looks like a pretty good watch. He asks the sales clerk how much.

The sales clerk replies "Fourteen Trillion Dollars. The base price is $109.95 plus tax, plus tax, plus tax, plus tax, plus tax . . ."

Other memebers of the TheOnesDay® group:
Borepatch & PISSED
Because mockery is the most sincere form of political interaction.

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Good Enough Reason For Me...



 ...to vote for her:




PIERS MORGAN,HOST: You said on immigration, "Elect Sarah Palin as President of the US in 2012 and we'll all leave voluntarily."

GEORGE LOPEZ: I agree. If Sarah Palin becomes president .... I will move to Canada.
 Figures he wouldn't go back to Mexico...

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, pendejo.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Taxidermy...

...you're doing it wrong weird.



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Monday, July 25, 2011

Disasters


They forgot Obama/Biden '08.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Signs Of Our Times - FireTweeter Edition

Common Sense.
Does you haz it?

If you have more than 5,000 followers- you probably don't.

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Vote Them Out

If a person in any way involved in politics thinks incendiary=heat-seeking...
VOTE THEM OUT

 Idiots.
 All of them.

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Abuse of Authority - Israeli Edition

Are we sure we want to go the Israeli route on security?
Cause I can see the TSA just LOVING this kind of abuse of authority.

Foreign journalists have told of their distress after being asked to remove their bras for a security check before being allowed into the offices of Israel's prime minister.

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I Stand Corrected

In a recent post I mentioned a list of the 3 biggest lies...
1. The check is in the mail.
2. I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
and
3. Size doesn't matter.
Well... It didn't generate a lot of commentary on the 'blog, but I did get several emails.

Let's see...
"You sick bastard..."


"WTF is wrong with you..."


"You, sir, are a sexist, chauvinistic pig..."
Yeah. Whatevs.
Apparently the girls at the office didn't like the pictures.
Read the disclaimer.

I did get four emails that called me on the carpet, as it were, regarding my assertion that these were the three biggest lies.

Constant Reader C.D. remarked that the biggest fib you'll come across on a week to week basis is this two-word sentence:

"Everything's fine."
Yikes. But, sadly, probably very true.
Anyone that has ever come home to their Significant Other and got the 'You're sooo dead' vibe and innocently asked "What's wrong?" has heard this one, or it's equivalent "Nothing".

Reader LAF opines:

"Who's still putting checks in the mail? The big lie in our neck of the woods is 'Why, no, Officer, I haven't been drinking.'
You need to fix that post."
Semi-Constant Reader DD is exceptionally cynical...
She commented that there is a huge number of liars out there in the on-line dating arena.
"Those bastards! Every f%$#@ng one of them is all
'My wife doesn't understand me' or
'I'm getting a divorce.'... Those are the big lies.
You know what guys? You're wife probably understands you perfectly."
Issues... The girl has issues. Well, not just issues, but probably a whole subscription.

The best, of course, is the one lie all of us tell all the time...
A lie I've told countless times, and I'm sure you have too.

From Constant Reader TM:
"You missed the best, most often told lie of all-
'Yes, I have read and agree to the terms and conditions of this EULA'"

(Note to Constant Readers:Help a Blogger out- make a comment; don't just send emails. I know, you don't want to register, or whatever... Comment anonymously! That works too!)


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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

TheOnesDay® meme - 7/20

Election season is upon us.

Here we see The One trying out some new TelePrompTer technology.

TelePrompTer - Don't leave home the White House without it...


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Monday, July 18, 2011

Interlude, with Fireflies

My schedule had me flying into Hotlanta to to perform Acts of Mass Deconstruction this week.
On a whim I reached out to the Famous Borepatch to see if he and the illustrious markswoman extraordinaire Mrs.Borepach would like to get together for a bite and to wax poetic about politics, glowball warmening, caliber requirements and Other Topics of Common Interest.

To my surprise a) Borepatch was in town b) not overly encumbered with domestic tasking and c) willing to entertain Yours Truly at Camp Fortress Borepatch.
(Item C is most important- I am seldom if ever a good house-guest; Only marginal housebroken, poor table manners, and often household pets go missing after my visits.)
Famous the Borepatch suggested some recoil therapy followed by a sumptuous repast provided by the Borepatch household.
I eagerly accepted, and shortly after noon on Sunday I braved the Atlanta traffic and arrived at Fortress Borepatch to begin festivities.

After a short "How the hell ya been?" sit down (it's been a year and a half since the last time we occupied the relatively same geographic coordinates) we loaded up and headed to the local range.
(Non-paid endorsement - SharpShooters in Roswell is a waaay cool range. Good, knowledgeable folks, indoor range with very nice target trolleys and an amazing air handling system.)

I got to shoot BP's Citadel .45... As nice a compact 1911 as you'll find.
Smooth action, accurate, fun to shoot.
My first shot was dead-bang on the center X. The rest of the first mag was all over the map, including a few shots that might have hit a target hanging in a range in Birmingham...I was anticipating way too much.
I never shoot .45s so it took me a bit to adjust to it.
The amazing Mrs Borepatch was punching tight groups in her Paris Hilton/Zombie target with her little Sig .380. After exhausting her supply of .380, she went out and rented a FN Five-seveN and proceeded to put the plastic needle-shooter through it's paces. It had (IMHO) an overly long take-up pull. I was curious about the trigger reset- BP & Mrs looked for it and found it crisp when they actually felt for it.
Crowd opinion: Not bad; Loud, but not unmanageable handling. Itty-bitty holes made by fairly expensive non-reloadable ammo.

We retired from the field of battle, returning to the Secure Perimeter and the safety thereof, and a veritable feast was arranged. Grilled pork chops a la BP's private label spice rub. The tomato patch was raided to provide a side dish of fried green tomatoes (omg, they were awesome - nothing like a fresh vegetable side made with ingredients that only minutes before had been out on the vine, cavorting in the Georgia sunshine) and a pan of scratch-made biscuits.
Through dinner and into the evening we told tales, discussed topics ranging from pets to politics to kids to travel to Torchwood to topics ad infinitum.
We also kicked around plans for arranging the Great Southern Blogmeet & Blogshoot sometime RSN (Real Soon Now)...Stay tuned for details, Southern Gunbloggers.

As we sat on the back veranda of Fortress Borepatch I was treated to a phenomenon I haven't seen in years- Fireflies floating like will-o-the-wisps in the neighboring yards...
(None inside the actual Secure Perimeter- I think the automated laser turrets zap them as they cross into the no-fly zone of Fortress Borepatch airspace.)

I haven't seen fireflies in I-don't-know-how-long... We never had 'em when I was a kid down in the Keys. We'd see them when we went on vacation up in Central Fl. But we don't have them at the Estrogen Palace either, so it was kinda cool to see them as we discussed the matters of state.

All in all, it was an excellent break in my hectic schedule-
A little relaxation, recharge the bullshit buffers, recoil therapy and home-cooked meal...
What more could an ogre desire?

I extend my thanks to BP & The Mrs for a marvelous day- y'all were awesome.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Free Advice?

 

"Be Yourself"
is just about the worst advice you can give to some people.

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Hurricane Skullcrusher Advisory



Hurricane Names for 2011
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney

WTF is up with the logic in naming hurricanes?
They need to give storms more threatening names or people just won't take the situation seriously.

For instance-
Weatherdude: "Hurricane Bret is 10 hours from landfall"
Yours Truly: "Bret? Pffft! I can take Bret with one hand tied behind my back."

BUT-

WD: "Hurricane Smashyourhouseandfuckingkillyourfamily is 10 hours from landfall"
YT: "I'm outta here."


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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Fun On A Sunny July Saturday...

Mid-Summer NHL Hockey?


The NY Islanders Blue & White Scrimmage & Skills
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY.

We were talking about it this morning...
There's only one week out of the year where there's no hockey going on...
The NHL Draft is a week after the Stanley Cup Final, then a week after the draft, the first training camps open...

NHL - Shortest off-season in the major leagues.

Woo hoo.

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Self Worth

I'm not totally useless...

I can be a bad example or a horrible warning.

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