It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Eleven – The First Full Shelter Morning
It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Eleven – The First Full Shelter Morning
Monday, March 31, 2008
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RANT: a colossal subsidy for JP Morgan
Monday, March 31, 2008http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/31/cnfed131.xml
Fed eyes Nordic-style nationalisation of US banks
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
Last Updated: 2:58pm BST 31/03/2008
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“Shareholders have been able to lobby for a higher share price only because the Fed took over the credit risk on $30bn of the investment bank’s dubious paper. The whole affair also amounts to a colossal subsidy for JP Morgan,” he said.
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And guess who pays for it … … the taxpayers (i.e., any one who holds a dollar bill pay the “tax” of inflation).
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TECH SERVICE: Free Web DOC 2 PDF Services
Monday, March 31, 2008http://media-convert.com/ Recommended
https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp Emails results
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McBookaire: I have to name it
Monday, March 31, 2008All my platforms have names. Luggable, POSDELL, BigBox, Hasta (as in Hasta la Vista), POKEY, or PUTRID (performance wise).
In light of the TV commercials, I here by designate the soon to arrive Mac Book Air as … …?
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Ten – Life shelter style
Sunday, March 30, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Ten – Life shelter style
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TECH HARDWARE: Mac Book Air
Sunday, March 30, 2008OK, call me “Martha”. (She’s using one.) I just spent the balance of my 2007 technology budget on one.
It should be fun.
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TECH SOFTWARE: How to create a glossary in Microsoft Word
Sunday, March 30, 2008http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/glossary/glossary.html
How to create a glossary in Microsoft Word
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Word has no built-in mechanism to create glossaries. You can type one by hand, use hyperlinks, or use the Table of Authorities functionality.
To create a glossary across several documents, use RD fields and the Table of Authorities functionality.
The simplest way to create a glossary is to type your glossary by hand at the end of your document. Word has no built-in method of creating a glossary automatically, but you can use hyperlinks or the Table of Authorities functionality to create a glossary for one or more documents.
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Arghh!
And, doing it manually is a productivity enhancement?
And, you wonder why I think Microsoft is more of a problem than a help?
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Nine – Blood loss, shock, survive?
Saturday, March 29, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Nine – Blood loss, shock, survive?
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Eight – Shake, rattle, and roll
Friday, March 28, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Eight – Shake, rattle, and roll
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Seven – Down in the shelter
Thursday, March 27, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Seven – Down in the shelter
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RANT: Proposed Design for New World Trade Center
Thursday, March 27, 2008http://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/20010924a.asp
Proposed Design for New World Trade Center
courtesy of StrategyPage’s Military Jokes and Military Humor
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Six – Huddle on the fallen
Thursday, March 27, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Six – Huddle on the fallen
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POLITICAL: His proposal to increase revenues in Taxachusetts? What!
Thursday, March 27, 2008http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/us/politics/27patrick.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
March 27, 2008
Early Dazzle, Then Tough Path for a Governor
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
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BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has lately addressed doting crowds around the country as a surrogate for Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, his friend and fellow gifted orator. Last month, Mr. Obama even acknowledged borrowing language from Mr. Patrick’s stump speeches, casting a flattering light on a novice politician barely known outside Massachusetts.
But there is no such glow at home for Mr. Patrick, the first Democrat to lead his state in 16 years and the nation’s second elected black governor.
Mr. Patrick, who easily won office in 2006 after dazzling voters with a message of hope and change, suffered a nasty defeat last week at the hands of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which quashed his proposal to increase revenues by allowing three resort casinos in the state. None of the governor’s major policy proposals have cleared the Legislature, in fact, and he and Salvatore DiMasi, the speaker of the House, have taken to trading barbs publicly.
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You have to love the liberal main stream media. It’s even MORE entertaining when they are totally clueless.
I guess they haven’t heard of the Howell and Cloud team yet and their initiative to ELIMINATE the state income tax. http://www.smallgovernmentact.org/
The last thing that any GOOFERMENT needs is more money. They can’t do anything right. EVER!
(Many commentators, radio hosts, and bloggers have a standing appeal for the citation of ANY gooferment program that works. I have never heard one. Bear in mind, that even when the gooferment does achieve some minimal level of result, they probably spent way to much money on it. After all as Mark Edge on Free Talk Live http://freetalklive.com/ likes to say “If my wife sends me out to buy a car and I come home with an old broken-down jalopy for a hundred grand, she’s not going to regard that as success. Even if it’s a new car and I negotiated with the salesman for a “deal” and paid a hundred grand for a twenty grand car, that ain’t “success” either!”)
So the big gooferment politicians ALWAYS need more of the taxpayer’s money. They are worse than drug addict’s.
Don’t agree to higher taxes EVER!
Smaller government every time! Every issue! No excuses! http://www.centerforsmallgovernment.com/sgpledgecand.htm
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Five – Sister Euphemia’s view
Wednesday, March 26, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Five – Sister Euphemia’s view
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TECH SERVICE: FOLDERSHARE having trouble after an upgrade?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008A “Windows Live” Beta service to sync machines.
They did an update yesterday.
Today, my personal notebook says it’s connecting. My work notebook says it’s connecting. But they never connect.
Both personal and work notebook show three of the four machines in the group offline.
Interesting.
I think they have a problem.
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Update: As of 1400, the service is now connecting on both stations?
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Four – Brother Prefect’s view
Tuesday, March 25, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Four – Brother Prefect’s view
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Three – Marie’s view
Monday, March 24, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Three – Marie’s view
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Two – Brother Kevin’s view
Sunday, March 23, 2008It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Two – Brother Kevin’s view
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI STORY: It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Saturday, March 22, 2008It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — The Pink Shotgun BY knight_308
Saturday, March 22, 2008The Pink Shotgun BY knight_308
http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/vb/showthread.php?t=204075
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WRITING: STORY: Walking to the store
Friday, March 21, 2008It was dawn. Now safe to leave the house. It was best to get to the store for one’s “citizen ration” early. Some rations were better than others. All I had on me was my REALIDV32 card. But that’s all I really needed. Going through the checkpoints TO the store was easy; coming home, not so. So I presented my id to the “block police” man standing “guard” at the end of the block. I trod briskly — well as briskly as an old man can — to the end of the road where I presented my id to the “municipal police”. Then it was about a mile to the highway where I present my id to the State Trooper. And, since this was a county line, next to the FEMA bureaucrat. While he let me pass, he warned that someday the terrorists might preclude allow inter county travel. I knew in a hour the line would be long. But no one in authority cared. Late comers might not even get thru the checkpoint before the dusk curfew. Did I mention that “citizen’s rations” didn’t carry over from day to day. Some thing about not allowing the terrorists to stockpile. But, I was thru an the store was closed for another 7 minutes. So I silently joined the lengthening line.
I recognized Carl, a fellow chum from the now defunct American Legion post. The Legion, as well as the VFW, were all closed by the Fraternal Organization’s tax of 42% of capital assets. It was the same tax that got the Churches after the Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment prohibited exclusionary churches (i.e., no Separation in Church was what the Founding Fathers meant to write). Carl moved back in line to me and spoke very low so the snitches wouldn’t hear. “U OK?” “Yea; no use complaining” “Sorry bout your wife.” A sob welled up but I swallowed it. “Thanks, I told her not to say anything about the Earth Day presentation at her school.” “Reeducation?” “I don’t know. Maybe worse?” I’d heard that females in need of an attitude adjustment were sent to the brothels that serviced the UN Peace Keepers now here in Amerika. To keep us safe from terrorism. “Nah, it was her first offense.” “Hope so. Store’s opening.” With that we both shuffled in.
I quickly gathered some stuff and headed to the checkout. Goods were distributed by weight. One pound seven ounces was the official standard. BUT, when the stock ran down, political komisars would ask you “Do you need ALL that citizen?” I’d heard that people sometimes late in the day only got ONE ITEM. That’s why I came early.
As I walked to the FEMA / State checkpoint I reflected how far we had fallen.
The FEMA guy tool a can of tomatoes. The State Trooper scored a can of fruit.
Trudge, trudge, trudge.
The municipal police took an apple.
Trudge, trudge, trudge.
The block police took the other apple.
I got home with two cans of beans.
As I sat and thought, I thought of my own run in with the police. A wild tomato grew in my hedge and the block police reported an unlicensed garden. The raid hurt. I got beaten, the wife got fondled, and the children were removed by the DYFS for their own protection. The summon’s fine was all “contraband”. Payable immediately. That was anything of value that the police could find and carry away.
I was now mad. It had been my uncle’s house. He’s always joked about the four poster garden bed as supporting us.
After midnight, I crept out to one corner of the garden and dug with my fingers. About four inches down, I hit plastic. It was a tube. Like a plastic pipe. I pulled off the cap and extracted three small plastic ziplock bags. Replacing the cap, I push back the dirt. And scattered some old leaves to cover it.
Back in the house, I used a candle in an interior room. I wanted to see the “treasure”. One was a note. “From this spot, take the first digit of the old shore house address north and your aunt’s bball number west.” The second was a gun. A very old gun. It looked like a toy. It’s note said “Liberator”. The instruction sheet had no words just pictures. It had a stick and ten bullets. The third had an energy bar, a juice box, and some tomato seeds.
As I ate the bar and drank the juice, I read the directions and loaded the gun. It was single shot.
I was afraid. But courage is just a scared person just doing what’s right.
I crept up to the sleeping block policeman. As I pressed the gun to his chest, he awoke slowly. A muffled bang. And he was dead. He didn’t have anything worth taking. So using the wooden stick, I extracted the used round. And, put in another.
I crawled down the block. I did stop to spread the seeds in the block komisar’s lot. And, down to the municipal police check point. Same process, except here I scored a real gun. I reloaded and left it on a neighbors doorstep.
Down to the State / FEMA checkpoint. I mowed down six.
I picked up all the weapons. And, dropped one on every other neighbor’s house and banged on the door.
About half answered. About half of these joined me in the street.
We couldn’t see the drone passing over. But the gaging started immediately after we heard it.
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MONEY: Saving ONE dollar is like earning TWO
Friday, March 21, 2008http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog
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Saving ONE dollar is like earning TWO because dollars saved are “after tax” dollars.
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Profound!
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TECH SOFTWARE: Good bye, Microsoft Project
Friday, March 21, 2008***Begin Quote***
We are pleased to announce a complete Open Workbench site upgrade in time for the release of Open Workbench 1.1.6 – a new stand-alone version of the popular free project scheduling software sponsered by CA Clarity. Over the past couple of months, we have worked hard to deliver version 1.1.6 to the Open Workbench community. We thought you would enjoy and improved site experience in addition to the latest release. The upgraded site includes a new look and feel as well as upgrades to the code for increased security in our forum.
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Good bye, Microsoft Project.
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LINKEDIN: Adds “companies” as entities?
Friday, March 21, 2008http://www.linkedin.com/companies/1703/Comcast?trk=pro_other_cmpy
I looked at the one for Comcast. And “new employees” are four months old. No rss feeds. And, I don’t see a lot of use. Maybe Business Week (the sponsor) will.
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INTERESTING:
Friday, March 21, 2008Paul Scofield, British Actor, Dies at 86
By BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
Published: March 21, 2008
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Paul Scofield, the renowned British actor who created the indelible role of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt’s “Man for All Seasons” and then recreated it on film in 1966 with an Oscar-winning performance, died on Wednesday near his home in southern England. He was 86.
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But the role that brought Mr. Scofield international renown was that of Sir Thomas More in “A Man for All Seasons,” which opened in London in 1960. The mix of moral strength, intelligence, melancholy and wily grace he brought to Henry VIII’s principled but ultimately disgraced Lord Chancellor won him a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in the role in the 1961-62 season. That was followed by an Academy Award as best actor when Mr. Zinnemann directed him in the movie version of the play in 1966.
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I wish I could have seen him in the play. The movie was one of those events that changed me. I “knew” from many years of “Catholic School” about the story of Sir Thomas Moore. But, his portrayal in the movie made it “real”. The quiet valor of the hopeless struggle. It taught me that it really doesn’t matter if you win or lose. In the end, we are all dead. But it does matter how you play the game. How you acquit yourself. The panache used in daily life.
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LIBERTY: surveillance SHOULD BE legalized, normalized or even required when the gooferment is involved!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9055126
Opinion: I want to live in a surveillance society
Mike Elgan
January 03, 2008 (Computerworld) I
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There are many situations where I’d like to see surveillance legalized, normalized or even required, including:
* Interaction with police: When we get pulled over, it should be perfectly legal to openly videotape the entire conversation, as well as when we’re questioned or interrogated. They’ve got a dash cam or interrogation room camera pointed at us. We should have one pointed at them, too. (The knowledge that such cameras are allowed might prevent abuse like this.)
* Any interaction between caregiver and child: When babies and children or seniors or others who for whatever reason aren’t able to defend themselves are potential targets for abuse, it should be legal for their parents or other relatives to secretly tape encounters with caregivers and use those recordings as evidence in court.
* Anytime politicians meet with lobbyists: Why not use required surveillance to expose or prevent backdoor wheeling and dealing? When our representatives meet with special interest groups, corporate executives or other people out to buy influence, it’s not something that’s personal or private for the elected politician. There should be special lobbyist meeting rooms with cameras running 24/7. If congressmen and others meet with lobbyists outside the rooms, they go to jail for corruption. This is the people’s business, and we have the right to know all about those conversations.
* Court: It should be our right to record any public hearing or courtroom proceeding. If the public is invited, then banning video cameras and voice recorders is only to reduce the accountability of the judge (rather than, say, to protect the privacy of the accused). Why should judges be granted this protection?
* Your own phone calls: It’s legal to secretly record your own phone calls in 38 states (plus the District of Columbia). But it’s illegal in the other 12 states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. You can record calls only if you get the consent of the other person on the phone. But I think all rights and protections involving your home (such as the right to keep security cameras and other cameras running without announcing the fact to visitors) apply to your home phone as well — and your cell phone, too, for that matter.
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Seems only fair. How can we “prove” their misconduct? And, they always misbehave.
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