May 8 – VE Day, WWII
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RANT: Anyone remember?
Thursday, May 8, 2014May 8 – VE Day, WWII
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VETERANS: Improve customer service
Wednesday, May 7, 2014*** begin quote ***
Veterans no longer required to report annual income to VA health system – source lohud.com
VA is eliminating its requirement for most veterans enrolled in its health care system to report their income information each year. The policy change, which takes effect this month, will ease the burden on veterans and improve customer service, according to the agency. Instead, VA will automatically match income information obtained from the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration.
“Eliminating the requirement for annual income reporting makes our health care benefits easier for Veterans to obtain,” Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki said in a statement. “This change will reduce the burden on Veterans, improve customer service and make it much easier for Veterans to keep their health care eligibility up-to-date.” Vets who are applying for health care benefits for the first time still will be required to submit income information.
There are no changes in the agency’s long-standing policy of providing free care to veterans who are indigent, have catastrophic medical conditions, have a disability rating of 50 percent or higher and who have conditions that are official rated as service-connected.
Vets are urged to continue using the health benefits renewal form to report changes in their personal information, such as address, phone numbers, dependents, next of kin, income and health insurance. For more information, visit the
VA’s website or call 877-222-VETS toll free.
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They are not “customers” to be “serviced”. They are VETS!
That’s what a bull does to a cow.
Argh!
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RANT: Anti-DRM 5/6/14
Tuesday, May 6, 2014http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management
It’s immoral, ineffective, and inefficient.
Argh!
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GUNS: I’m no longer a Jerzeean; here’s one reason
Monday, May 5, 2014If you are not a contributor to the Democratic political machine, you are persona non gratta.
The estate tax of 15-22% is the other reason.
A plague on all the politicians and bureaucrats!
HOPE when they load you on the trains for the camps, you remember “I told you so”!
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INSPIRATIONAL: Cheap housing
Sunday, May 4, 2014http://www.impactlab.net/2014/04/25/disposable-houses/
April 25th, 2014 at 7:39 am
Disposable Houses
in: Architecture,Breakthrough Thinking,Business,Latest Trend,People Making a Difference,Photo Perspectives,Science & Technology News
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Here are a few reasons why having a disposable mindset may beneficial when it comes to real estate.
When moving across town, or to a new city, it makes much more sense to reprint a home in the neighborhood you want than to settle for what available.
Housing needs change as people move through different stages in life. Families with small kids need a different house than those with teens, and once kids move out, it changes again.
Whenever wind or hailstorms cause roof damage, it may be easier and cheaper to reprint a house than to repair it.
People who work from home can easily add an office or two when needed.
In places where flooding, fires, shifting soil, or termites cause major damage to buildings, the entire architecture can be reworked to compensate for those problems.
As people get older and no longer want to do steps, two story houses can be turned into ranch homes.
When driverless cars make owning cars obsolete, garages can be eliminated and reformed into other kinds of usable spaces.
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Given the movement to smaller micro housing, this is an amazing contribution to humanity.
It’s not that the McMansions are “bad”. They are just inefficient.
And, the debt one takes is just wrong.
Again the Gooferment’s “tax” “code” is the cause of the problem.
“tax” = theft
“code” = gibberish that is unintelligible to the average person
We need to level the playing field between savings and debt.
The Gooferment should be a “referee”; protecting the People. Not shearing the Sheeple!
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SECESSION: Passive resistance to withdraw consent
Saturday, May 3, 2014http://www.garynorth.com/public/12381.cfm
Will Facebook Bring Down the Government?
Gary North – April 26, 2014
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PASSIVE RESISTANCE
Passive resistance will bring down any institution. This was the insight of Saul Alinsky a generation ago, and it was the insight of Mohandas Gandhi in the 1920’s and 1930’s. When people withdraw their support from an institution, because they believe that the institution is no longer trustworthy, that institution’s days are numbered.
People will cooperate for a lot of reasons. They don’t want trouble. They don’t want to be singled out for prosecution by some federal agency. They don’t know the limits of the law. They just want to go about their daily affairs, and they are willing to remain in habitual patterns of behavior in order to avoid trouble. But decision-makers in the federal government should not expect this cooperation to continue when the going gets tough. When external events are disrupting the lives of large numbers of people, their habits will change. If they see an advantage in breaking the rules, they are going to start breaking the rules. They will not be restrained by a sense of conscience, precisely because they no longer believe that the federal government is operating on the basis of morality.
This sharp decline in trust has not been triggered by a particular event. In other words, the federal government cannot reverse this decline by changing its position on any particular piece of objectionable legislation or enforcement. The decline appears to be the result of nothing in particular. The government now has to hope that this decline in trust will be reversed by nothing in particular. If it cannot be reversed, then the government’s ability to use coercion to gain specific public responses is going to decline. Too many people will not cooperate.
We do not see any major change in policy in Congress. We do not see any particular branch of government encountering anything resembling organized resistance. But trust is rapidly disappearing. Public critics of the government do not appear to be the source of this decline, because there is no single issue that has triggered this decline. It is not clear what cause-and-effect is.
This is good news for the critics of the federal government, and it is bad news for Congress.
These poll results indicate that people are in a default mode of distrust, yet they are also in default mode of obedience. This discrepancy cannot continue indefinitely. Either obedience is going to be withdrawn, or else some degree of trust is going to be restored.
Erosion of obedience will follow the erosion of trust. This will make things even tougher on bureaucrats. They will not gain the implicit subsidy involved in all voluntary compliance.
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And when the taxpayers “revolt” that’s when it will hit the fan.
When those “pulling the wagon” realize there are too many “free riding in the wagon”, the scam stops.
When gold and silver becomes money again, then that’s the end of the current political class.
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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: 60% Venezuela inflation
Friday, May 2, 2014Ration Cards, Block Long Food Lines as Inflation Rate in Venezuela Hits 60%
by Frances Martel 26 Apr 2014, 2:36 PM PDT
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The Bolivarian Socialist revolution has claimed the lives of 41 Venezuelans and forced thousands of others to suffer long lines in supermarkets for basic needs. While the political situation in the country remains dire, the economic situation continues to worsen: Venezuela’s inflation rate reached 60% this month.
According to Infobae, prices on common goods increased 4.1% in March, with rates increasing 59.4% between March 2013 and March 2014. The numbers are late because the Venezuelan government is late on reporting them — reporting March’s inflation statistics fifteen days later than the legal requirement imposed by the Chavista government on themselves. There is no indication that the individuals running the Venezuelan bureau of economic statistics will receive any punishment for delaying the release of such information.
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Wow, and don’t say it can’t happen here.
Inflation is a type of theft that can only happen with Gooferment fiat currency.
It hits the poor, those on fixed income, and the savers.
Argh!
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CLOUD: An “interesting” time to schedule an upgrade
Thursday, May 1, 2014Hi,
To make your Evernote experience faster and more reliable, we will be upgrading the servers that house your Evernote account between 2pm and 5pm PT on Tuesday, April 29th. We expect this process to take about 30 minutes. You may not be able to use some Evernote features during this time.
In particular, you might not be able to sync, use Evernote Web or the Web Clipper, or access some of your notes on mobile devices. The desktop versions of Evernote should continue to function without syncing. If you need to use Evernote during this period, we recommend that you sync your notes prior to 2pm. Premium users may consider downloading important notebooks to their phones or tablets.
As always, you can check the status of the Evernote servers and read about planned maintenance at http://status.evernote.com.
The Evernote Team
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Interesting time to schedule an upgrade.
Most IT folks love Sunday night at 2AM work.
TO do it during prime time is … …
… … arrogant and disruptive to the Customer?
But that’s what you get when you put your fate in the hands of another.
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Hi,
To make your Evernote experience faster and more reliable, we will be upgrading the servers that house your Evernote account between 2pm and 5pm PT on Tuesday, April 29th. We expect this process to take about 30 minutes. You may not be able to use some Evernote features during this time.
In particular, you might not be able to sync, use Evernote Web or the Web Clipper, or access some of your notes on mobile devices. The desktop versions of Evernote should continue to function without syncing. If you need to use Evernote during this period, we recommend that you sync your notes prior to 2pm. Premium users may consider downloading important notebooks to their phones or tablets.
As always, you can check the status of the Evernote servers and read about planned maintenance at http://status.evernote.com.
The Evernote Team
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