RANT: Let them eat cake

Monday, August 2, 2010

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/62674.html

The Clinton Crime Family’s Conspicuous Consumption
Posted by Lew Rockwell on July 31, 2010 10:30 AM

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Before we attend to the poor political judgment of such an extravagant affair during times of economic distress, let us wonder aloud where a poor boy who became governor of Arkansas and president of the United States got such a fortune that he can blow $3,000,000 on a wedding.

The American people did not take up a collection to reward him for his service to them. Where did the money come from? Who was he really serving during his eight years in office?

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I think this emphasizes the difference between the political class and the working class.

Princess Diana won the hearts of the world by championing the land mine and other issues. She could have laid back in her antiseptic world and talked. But we saw her in hot ‘n’ dirty places, doing the heavy lifting of “using her celebrity”. You could almost hear her saying “You want my pic; here take it with these suffering people.” You could almost see her sweating as she visited with sick children. She dragged the world’s obsession with her into focus on the wretchedness of the victims. She may have been royalty, but she was “working class”.

Compare it to the “royal wedding” of the Clintons!

Sorry, but it doesn’t even come close. Where is the Clinton mystique used for the benefit of the people? Ever seen Chelsea anywhere?

So, sorry, it like Marie Antoinette.

And, like the French aristocracy, they too may someday visit with the Doc G!

They are certainly not enhancing their popularity with the working class.

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FUN: More stats from SSH poker machine

Monday, August 2, 2010

On 7/29 I beat the old lady 10,750 to 9,930 points.

On the spinner, I scores 2 threes, 3 fours, 2 fives, 1 fifteen, 2 twenty fives, and 2 fifties.

Have to add that to my probability data sheet. Trying to develop a probability table.

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On a side note, went to Keansburg, the poor man’s seaside heights, played a poker machine that paid on any pair. Beat her as well, but didn’t keep score, or track the machine. Probably won’t be there for another decade. Now that the Old Heidelberg has closed. Guess the old gent, who always worked the grill, died. He was old when we first went there. Must have owned it. SIgh, change is never for the good.

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ADMINISTRIVIA: TESTING

Monday, August 2, 2010

ECTO, my desktop Client for blogging, is unable to post to the free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom!

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TECHNOLOGY: Amex takes the risk, but User is left with the problem

Monday, August 2, 2010

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-245428.html

September 7, 2000 11:45 AM PDT
AmEx unveils “disposable” credit card numbers
By Stefanie Olsen Staff Writer, CNET News

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American Express today announced a new suite of online security and privacy products, the first of which is a “disposable” credit card number for its members.

As previously reported by CNET News.com, cardholders using the disposable credit card option will be able to log on to a secure Web site and receive a one-time-use credit card number to make purchases over the Internet.

The free service will be offered to small businesses and consumer cardholders within the next 30 days.

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MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH!

Response (Shweta Shiv) 08/01/2010 02:46 PM

Dear Ferdinand J Reinke,

I’d like to inform you that American Express does not offer such a service at this time.

However, I assure you that we remain committed to protecting the privacy and security of all of our Cardmembers, both online and offline. We believe that our current security measures, including our sophisticated monitoring systems to detect unusual or fraudulent card activity, provide strong, ongoing protections for our Cardmembers. In addition, you are further safeguarded by our Online Fraud Protection Guarantee, which ensures that Cardmembers are not held liable for any fraudulent charges on their account.

With the Online Fraud Protection Guarantee, you will not be held responsible for any unauthorized online charges, and if someone uses your Card without your consent, you will not pay any part of the fraudulent online charges—not even the first $50.

We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of all of our Cardmembers, and we will continue to develop innovative ways to protect our customers.

Thank you for choosing American Express.

We truly value your association with you.

Sincerely,
Shweta Shiv
Email Servicing Team
American Express Interactive Services

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Sorry, but that’s what I could use!

Lost the use of one credit card from a recurrent charge that could not be killed, which I am STILL fighting about. I want ONE TIME USE credit card numbers. I don’t care that the issuers will indemnify the risk, they don’t have the clean up hassle.

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INTERESTING: The miracle of a biological

Monday, August 2, 2010

FROM A FRIEND’S FACEBOOK PAGE

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Rule number one at the beach: don’t feed he seagulls but sometimes rules are made to be broke for example : when the sea gull swoops down when u are not looking and grabs your hoagie out of your hand. If this happens do not throw said hoagie onto the sand bc a lot oc seagulls will converge around u lol gotta love the beach :)

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As a fat old white guy injineer, I was always fascinated feeding seagulls off the Ocean Pier in AC. To create a “biological”, that can detect, track and catch a thrown piece of food high in the air, often on the rise, in competition with other biologicals, at almost random time – direction – speed – rotation, is amazing. There must be a “God”, or at least a “First Ingineer”. Thanks for the prompt to recall that.

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TINFOILHAT: Getting rich off the dead and maimed

Sunday, August 1, 2010

http://dumpdc.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/wikileaks/

Wikileaks
Who’s Hiding What and Why
by Fred Reed

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If you don’t think that contracts—money—have a great deal to do with wars, reflect that all those hundreds of billions of dollars end up in pockets, and those pockets do not belong to soldiers. Makers of body armor, boots, ammunition, helicopters, on and on, are rolling in gravy. All this half-watched loot flows in cataracts at the price of at most sixty dead American kids a month (and lots of brain-damaged droolers, but what the hey). A bargain. Afghans don’t count.

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Who’s getting rich off the AfPak war?

Is this another case of privatizing the profits and socializing the losses?

Time to change policy. And if, like baseball, we can’t change the policy, change the head coach!

In this case, ALL incumbents should be shown the door. While the new politicians may be worse than the current, we should just keep the revolving door spinning. Could we do any worse?

How about we pick folks from the unemployment office? At least, then they will have a job. And, when they select their staff, they have to take folks from that unemployment office. It may increase costs a little, but it may cut down on the graft and theft.

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POLITICAL: An unholy attempt to fix the Constitution in a back room! Cui bono? (Updated!)

Sunday, August 1, 2010

MY ORIGINAL JULY POSTING

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/07/mass_may_join_e.html

Mass. may join effort to bypass Electoral College
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

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Supporters are waging a state-by-state campaign to try to get such bills enacted. Once states possessing a majority of the electoral votes (or 270 of 538) have enacted the laws, the candidate winning the most votes nationally would be assured a majority of the Electoral College votes, no matter how the other states vote and how their electoral votes are distributed.

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The political elite are seeking to rewrite the Constitution via backroom deals and open conspiracy to disenfranchise the “small states”.

When will we learn NOT to mess with the wisdom of the Dead Old White Guys. They were possible the smartest men ever assembled in one lucky place at the right time in history. We can go thru the Amendments passed, and one unpassed, as a litany to pure collective stupidity.

The Political Effete and the Party Powerbrokers would love nothing better than to have to win the popular vote in California, Chicago, New York, and host of other corrupt places to be assured of a national win. Ballot box stuffing and recounts on a National basis would become the norm. Argh!

The Electoral College was put in to protect the small states. The Constitution would have never been adopted without that design. I don’t know if they intended it, but it does firewall ballot box stuffing. Go ahead and stuff all you want in Massachusetts, you’ll only get 12 Electoral votes. Now if this change was adopted, that stuffing could determine the national election. Ever read any stories where there were more votes than registered voters (Say “hi” to Al Franken) or a large “graveyard vote” (Sam Rayburn and LBJ) or “voting machine breakdowns” in the non-machine party’s precincts? How about “keep counting until you get the answer you want then stop”?No, that could never happen in America!

And who is to tabulate and certify that grand total that all the conspiratorial states will use to determine their votes?

Argh! How stupid can we be!

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UPDATE 01 August 2010

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/01/massachusetts_for_palin

Massachusetts for Palin?
By Jeff Jacoby
Globe Columnist / August 1, 2010

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IT IS Election Night, 2012. The polls have closed. State by state, the votes are being counted, and gradually it becomes clear, to the bottomless horror of some voters and the unbridled delight of others, that Sarah Palin, the Republican presidential nominee, has bested President Barack Obama in the popular vote nationwide.

In Massachusetts, where Obama crushed Palin in a 79 percent landslide — the most lopsidedly anti-Palin vote of any state — “bottomless horror’’ doesn’t begin to describe the political reaction. For in 2010, Massachusetts joined the National Popular Vote compact, making a commitment to cast all of its electoral votes for the presidential candidate receiving the most votes nationally, regardless of the results in Massachusetts. The compact took effect in December 2011, when California became the 15th state to join, thereby uniting enough states to control a majority of the Electoral College. Now Massachusetts, the bluest of the blue states, must award its presidential electors to a candidate Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly opposed.

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ROFL!

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the Republicans, to prevent a repeat of FDR’s four terms, term limited Ike. And, has dramatically altered the political landscape by making the President a “lame duck” in his second term.

That’s the best example of political stupidity.

The above Palin scenario would be absolutely hysterical.

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POLITICAL: Thinking about the anti war vote in Congress

Sunday, August 1, 2010

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? —- Mohandas Gandhi

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=223945

Wars and U.S. Congress: Now what?

By David Swanson

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On Tuesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill already passed by the Senate that funds a $33 billion, 30,000-troop escalation in Afghanistan. The vote was 308 to 114. What could the good news possibly be?

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Maybe everyone will eventually come around to Ron Paul’s version of a “plan” (i.e., hop on the first thing smoking going in this direction). There’s a reason that Afpak is called the graveyard of empires.

We have to be like Switzerland, a big fat old porkypine! Don’t tread on me.

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RANT: Who speaks for all women?

Sunday, August 1, 2010

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Newest-Vatican-document-is-last-straw-for-women-99538714.html

Newest Vatican document is last straw for women
By DANIEL O’CARROLL, IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Thursday, July 29, 2010, 8:14 AM

*** begin quote ***In a strongly worded article in today’s Irish Times, Dr Mary Condren of the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies in Trinity College Dublin, the Republic of Ireland’s foremost university, said that such “misogynist” attitudes by the Church were legitimizing violence and discrimination worldwide and called for an end to the Church’s use of Gospel to justify discrimination, as she saw it.

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Isn’t it a bit presumptuous for the male writer to presume to speak for all woman?

And, further, maybe there are some women who like the status quo?

I’m a little L libertarian and I suggest that we leave “women” alone to figure out what they want and then they can do it. Frankly, if women are that upset and leave the Church in significant numbers, then it will pinch them in their pocketbook. That might end the old boys club.

As for me, I don’t think that they have to end it.

Just leave well enough alone.

Not everything has to conform to the new political correctness.

As a private organization, “they”, who ever “they” are, can set the rules how ever “they” want. Unlike the Gooferment, “they” can’t use force to compel anything.

Now, I DO think that a society that puts half its population in head to toe sacks is depriving itself of half its creative energy. Just as I think the society that puts the largest number of people in the world in cages deprives itself of a huge pool of “human resources”.

1. Restore us to “honest” commodity money;

2. End the personal and corporate dole;

3. Stop the various wars — foreign and domestic — repatriate the troops home;

4. End the drug war; pardon all non-violent drug offenders;

5. Transition out of gooferment public education;

6. Downsize ALL gooferments;

7. Eliminate all taxes but tariffs and excise.

We don’t have a lot of time and energy to waste. We have to rescue ourselves form all the tragic and horrible mistakes that we and our forefathers have made.

We have to restore the American Dream.

It all starts with the use of force to compel people to do things. Anything. The Government’s sole role is to protect We, The People from force or fraud. That’s it. Once it goes beyond that it becomes the Gooferment

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SERVICE: Did Google Translate get it right or is it an idion? Or am I an idiot?

Sunday, August 1, 2010

FROM A FRIEND’S FACEBOOK STATUS

“Maraming pasalubong sa iyo pag punta mo dito”

so being the fat old white guy injineer I am, I applied Google Translate to the opportunity.

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&q=Maraming+pasalubong+sa+iyo+pag+punta+mo+dito&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=it&tl=en&sa=X&ei=KcFKTM1eg4HyBrXSvT0&ved=0CBcQrgYwAA#auto|en|Maraming%20pasalubong%20sa%20iyo%20pag%20punta%20mo%20dito

“Many presents to you when you go here”

Guess it loses something in translation?

Interesting that the technology allows us an insight that we were previously denied?

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QUOTE: Children will not have an education – John Taylor Gatto

Sunday, August 1, 2010

“By preventing a free market in education, a handful of social engineers – backed by the industries that profit from compulsory schooling: teacher colleges, textbook publishers, materials suppliers, et al. – has ensured that most of our children will not have an education, even though they may be thoroughly schooled.” – John Taylor Gatto

http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Gatto.html

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RANT: Stop conflict let people educate their own children

Saturday, July 31, 2010

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/07/21/conflict-and-class-integration-in-wake-county-nc/

Conflict and Class Integration in Wake County, NC

Posted by Neal McCluskey

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What’s the lesson here? The same one we should learn every time Americans fight — and they fight a lot – over their public schools: Lots of people want myriad different things for their kids — racial diversity, schools near their homes, specific curricular focuses – and government schooling simply cannot give it to all of them. That is why if we ever want real, lasting peace in education we must end government schooling and move to a system of universal educational freedom. It’s the only way that all people can pursue the education they want without having to impose it in on everyone else.

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IMHO the “public education” will collapse on its own account due to the finances. Like a parasite that eventually kills the host, so too the public education teachers union will kill the taxpayers. Then we can start over.

Why would a parent send their child to these cesspools? Remember the purpose of these schools! Cannon fodder for the army, pliable workers for the factories, and stupid voters to be led by the effete.

And, the taxpayers should be asking: “Why are we paying for your child’s education? We don’t pay to clothe, house, or feed them. We didn’t decide to have them. We get no joy from them. Why?”

Argh!

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HARDWARE: FIOS and fax

Saturday, July 31, 2010

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,24600472?r=355#24600472

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I’ve read some posts that people are able to fax using Verizon FIOS Digital Voice. I’ve had Vonage before switching to a triple play deal with Verizon. Now, I have Verizon FIOS Digital Voice.

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I have a traditional multifunction printer jacked into a fios setup. It works. If you need it, I can figure out how I wired it. (I just plugged stuff in and didn’t think too much about it. Guess heaven protects fools.) And, pass it along. I don’t remember DOING anything so I think stuff is just plugged in.

(As I remember, the FIOS modem has an RJ11 to my “computer room”. That’s plugged into the printer and then the “out jack” is plugged to a wireless phone’s base station. And, five wireless phones are around the house in various rooms. No science or thought put into it. I was just ASSUMING that it would work.)

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RANT: A good family serves as a prop for our Socialist President

Saturday, July 31, 2010

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2010/07/31/greek-theo-mastorakos-owner-of-restaurant-lunch-with-obama

Greek Theo Mastorakos, owner of restaurant, lunch with Obama‎!
Posted on 31 July 2010 by Apostolos Papapostolou

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The President visited Tastee Sub Shop, located at 267 Plainfield Avenue, and met with several local small business owners, including Dave Thornton, co-owner of eatery. Thornton and his business partner, Carl Padavano, met in school and worked in the Edison sub shop since they were teens. They opened a second Tastee Sub Shop together in South Brunswick, and Thornton opened a third location in Lawrenceville with his two sons.

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The President’s small business jobs proposal would provide smaller banks with capital and incentives to lend to small businesses to allow them to expand. It would also support state initiatives to make it easier for small businesses to borrow and create tax incentives to promote small business growth.

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As a long time patron, I’m sorry to see that hard working family used as a prop for our Socialist President. I hope they enjoy paying their higher taxes next year and the estate taxes when the Gooferment steals their hard earned wealth. Argh!

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FUN: Commenting on Key West Lou’s blog of his newspaper quote

Saturday, July 31, 2010

http://www.keywestlou.com/2010/07/its-9-oclock-in-morning-i-just-got-up.html

>government doesn’t need to tell us how to save

Sounds like you have a spark of a “little L libertarian” in you?

Hmmm, how best to fan it?

Pointing out that the Gooferment steals from the poor to give to the rich (i.e., reverse robin hood)?

Reminding you that genocide can’t be done without the Gooferment power?

Demonstrating that “drunken sailors” only spend their own money, unlike the bozos in Congress?

Maybe pointing out that Goldman Sachs has already found a loophole and is avoiding the new “finanical reform” bill?

Nope! It has to be that the Gooferment has no role in marriage. It’s perhaps at best a matter for society to work out through the peaceful associations like Churches, fraternal organizations, or even biker bars. Gooferment’s involvement in marriage comes from the racist southern politicians and now is justified by “benefits”. Get the Gooferment out of the “benefits” business and it can exit stage left and leave the people in peace.

Yup, that HAS to be the “winning argument”.

MYOB should have been the national motto. And, especially, the Gooferment should stick to its two Constitutional roles: protecting the people form force or fraud.

Shall I send you a membership application?

LOL, there ain’t no little L libertarian “club”. Libertarians are like kittens! Hard to find two that agree on anything. But, in general, every one of them recognizes the right of the people to be left alone and figure it out for themselves.

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SERVICE: BEBO strikes out with me

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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From: Bebo Service <service@noreply.bebo.com>
Date: July 31, 2010 8:31:43 AM EDT
To: reinkefj
Subject: New message from Jolyn Newburn

Ferdinand Reinke

You have received a new message from Jolyn Newburn on Bebo.

Please click below to read the message:

http://www.bebo.com/newmail

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View Saved Messages

Come play with me Jolyn Newburn

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That’s it for me. This is strike about thirty. I sent them two messages about it. No response; nothing done.

I’m too an impressionable fat old white guy injineer to be getting these emails. What it the old lady saw them. She’s be hurt.

I don’t need a start up social network that has NO standards.

Argh!

I’m gone!!!

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GUNS: “Well Regulated” means hitting what you aim at!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

http://www.lewrockwell.com/pr/armed-citizens4.html

Armed Citizens Prevail
Reprinted with open permission from the NRA’s American Hunter Magazine.

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When Michael Lish returned home to find the back door and a window ajar, he entered cautiously with his handgun for protection. As he inspected the home, a man dressed in dark clothing and wielding a sword sprung out at him. Police say the burglar threatened Lish and walked toward him. Lish fired a shot, wounding the burglar who fell to his knees. The burglar reached behind his back in an apparent attempt to grab another weapon, forcing Lish to fire two more shots, killing him. The burglar, who was on probation at the time of his death, was also carrying two illegally possessed guns, a knife and a stun gun. (Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK, 04/03/10)

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“Well Regulated” means hitting what you aim at!

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RANT: Pensions are for serfs!

Friday, July 30, 2010

http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2010/07/20/reform-state-pensions-now/

REFORM STATE PENSIONS NOW
By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann
07.20.2010

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The Utah reform changes the pension system for public employees to a fixed defined state contribution so that the state has no longer to raise or lower its contributions to the retirement fund in response to the market fluctuations in the return these funds earn on their investments. It fixes the state contribution each year at 10% of the employees’ salary whether pension fund investments are doing well or doing poorly.

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When will “The State” start treating people as adults? How about we just give people their wage and let them decide what is best for them. Saving retirement may not be appropriate for someone who’s dying and needs a transplant, an expensive non-covered drug, or is just terminal. I don’t have specific examples. But I do know someone in poor health who filed for their social security early rather than waiting for their “full retirement” because it is lost when they die.

The Social Security Insurance fraud is a scam that is an intergenerational theft that is sexist and racist. It transfers wealth from poor minority men to rich white women. Simultaneously, the program steals future wealth from future generations to subsidize the excesses of the current retired class. Argh!

And, by the way, why is any public employee allowed to earn more than the President, or the Governor, or the Mayor?

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GOVERNACIDE: Three U.S. troops died

Friday, July 30, 2010

July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US

Bombs ‘kill three foreign troops’ in Afghanistan

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer

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KABUL, Afghanistan – Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month’s record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

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Completely unacceptable!

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TECHNOLOGY: Microgrids should be done without Gooferment “support”

Friday, July 30, 2010

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40086.html#ixzz0uPfpn2dK

Empower communities with microgrids
By KURT YEAGER | 7/22/10 4:12 AM EDT

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Cities like Austin, Texas, Naperville, Ill., and Leesburg, Fla., already own and operate microgrid-like electricity systems that provide better reliability, and system improvements are due to allow residents to manage their consumption, increase efficiency and lower overall costs. Meanwhile, privately developed microgrid distribution systems are up and running in places like the Illinois Institute of Technology and military bases, including Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where state regulatory barriers do not exist. Smart microgrids can generate, distribute and regulate the flow of electricity to serve the needs of specific consumers. Operating on the local scale, they can help make electricity distribution more efficient and reliable. They are designed to hit specific local goals — like carbon reduction, diversifying energy sources or cost reduction — set by the community, business or military base being served.

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Putting the Gooferment in charge of anything is stupid.

Especially technology and the investment in tech.

If it makes sense, the world will readily adopt it. If it doesn’t, no amount of subsidization will make a difference.

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RANT: Inciting religious wars here on our continent?

Friday, July 30, 2010

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/tennessee-lt-gov-religious-freedom-doesnt-count-if-youre-muslim-video.php?ref=fpa

Tennessee Lt. Gov: Religious Freedom May Not Count For Muslims (VIDEO)

Evan McMorris-Santoro | July 26, 2010, 11:20AM

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“My concern is that far too much of Islam has come to resemble a violent political philosophy more than peace-loving religion,” he said in an email. “It’s time for American Muslims who love this country to publicly renounce violent jihadism and to drum those who seek to do America harm out of their faith community.”

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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Robert A. Heinlein

This guy MUST be dumb as a stump.

Do we NOT have enough examples of religious wars. (Personally, fighting over whose “God of Peace” is better is “funny”. “Funny – peculiar”; not “funny – hahah”! Would their “gods” recognize them?)

The Irish Catholics versus Protestants is a good modern example. With atrocities rampant on both sides. Cordless drills into kneecaps. Civilian casualties. And, the origins lost in a litany of grievance — real and imagined.

We can quickly skip thru the pages of history for the evidence: several instances against Jews, Kurds in Iraq and Iran, Cambodian Hmongs, the Polish officers, the Armenians, Serbs, and on and on.

Our First Amendment was written by the Dead Old White Guys because they knew there was no fast way of sowing discord and starting violence than to pick one imaginary god over another. Maryland Catholics, Massachusetts Protestants, Baptists, and on and on. (Again funny peculiar that even within Protestants, they can’t agree to disagree agreeably?)

If the iconic Gandhi had to almost starve himself to death to stop the sectarian violence between Hindu and Muslim when freeing India birthed Pakistan, then why is this bozo lighting the fuse?

Argh!

Seems politicians and bureaucrats can be especially dumb whenever they open their mouths. Especially since they are supposed to be the best and the brightest leaders. Leaders seek to get EVERYONE’s interests aligned. Empathize common points. And certainly not seek to polarize.

That’s the characteristic mark of a totalitarian, divide and conquer.

We have so very many problems. So may even be insolvable! So don’t make it worse.

Focus on actions; not words.

“All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights …”

Does this fellow believe that?

Seems to me, not.

How else could he say something like this.

If I was King, then I sentence him to write on the blackboard the DoI. Once a day, every day, for the rest of his life.

Those Dead Old White Guys were pretty smart for a bunch of dumb farmers. Too bad we’re not half as smart. Every tie we’ve amended their document, we’ve screwed it up.

Sad to say, we don’t learn.

We continue to muck it up.

We have to get back to the straight and narrow.

I think the first step is honest money.

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MONEY: Competing currency is an inflation hedge

Thursday, July 29, 2010

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=481793

Competing currency being accepted across Mid-Michigan
by Dan Armstrong
Posted: 07.12.2010 at 8:13 PM

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Jeff Kotchounian says he’s used this Ron Paul half troy ounce of silver to get $25 worth of gas from a local station. While the government and banks don’t accept them, many others do. So why is there interest in these competing currencies?

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Pretty simple.

INFLATION!

The Federal Reserve Bank is going to enable the politicians and bureaucrats to inflate their way out of the debt.

Of course, those on fixed income, the poor, and anyone with savings in dollars will be totally screwed.

A silver round may make the difference between eating and not.

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RANT: BHO44 on the View

Thursday, July 29, 2010

As Beck says: “Makes blood come out of your eyes!”

Argh! cubed.

He talks about job creation, but ignores the uncertainty in taxes, regulation, healthcare, healthcare insurance, benefits, … … (why would anyone take on new obligation.

He conveniently ignores the end of year tax hike!

He ignores his promise of peace.

He talks about poll ratings and rightly says who cares.

He goes thru a litany of things he’s done.

We’ll see if it makes any difference.

He’s very telegenic and comes across as just one of the girls.

Unfortunately, he’s a politician and has trained in a “Jedi like” mind control.

Sorry, but I still see the guy who won’t release his papers, worshiped at Reverend Wright’s church, had a ghost written book advanced as his own, studied under the terrorist Saul Alinsky, and got his home mortgage from Tony Rezko.

How can you tell that a politician is lying?

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PLINKY: The No-Fail Way to Make Me Roll My Eyes

Thursday, July 29, 2010

It doesn’t help that I wrote this while watching BHO44 on “The View”.

WYSI not WYG

When politicians pontificate and tells about their “struggles”! These are well-paid rich, often from wealthy families, who have never done an honest day’s work in their lives. And, they are going to tell us how they have had a “hard life”. Give me a break. I’d like to see lot less haughtiness and a lot more humility.

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SERVICE: Are all RX services this dense?

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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From: Caremark

To: Caremark Participant

Date: Sent: 07/19/2010

Subject: We are about to contact your doctor for a new prescription – Case ID [#144609535

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One or more prescriptions enrolled in our automatic prescription renewal program have no fills remaining or will expire soon. CVS Caremark will contact your doctor to obtain a new prescription for you. If your doctor approves the new prescription, your order will be shipped within 10 days. If approval is not received, CVS Caremark will notify you.

This is an automated message. Please do not reply to this message. The security of your personal information is important to us. If you have further questions, Contact Caremark to ensure a secure transaction. You may also call the toll-free number on the back of your benefit ID card.

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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments.

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Copyright 2009 Caremark All rights reserved.

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* 2 item(s) in this order was/were voided

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(1) This is sent to her on a closed web based email system. So why can’t I just reply to this message?

(2) How CAN it be sent to someone else in error?

(3) Why not just mention the drug and the doctor without making me hunt through their obtuse “portal” looking for it?

(4) Once an item is “voided”, it no longer is part of the “order”. (Argh!) And, “unfindable”.

Did ANYONE ask the Users of this pig what share of lipstick they wanted?

Argh!

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This is what is wrong with Obamacare, and insurance in general. If I was paying the bill, then I wouldn’t have to jump through hoops to make the system responsive to our needs. Right now, the LAST thing I need is more irritants.

Argh! Squared!

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p.s., I still can NOT find what drugs they magnanimously voided for us!

And how can you copyright an email message? Guess they haven’t heard of “fair use”.

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We apologize for any inconvenience you have experienced. The reason you see 2 items mailed and 2 items voided is due to the prescriptions were entered 2 times by our pharmacy. The 2 prescriptions that were duplicated were voided. Again, we apologize for this inconvenience.

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TECHNOLOGY: As done today, electronic medical records are poor substitutes

Thursday, July 29, 2010

http://www.activistpost.com/2010/07/ten-ways-we-are-being-tracked-traced.html

Saturday, July 10, 2010
10 Ways We Are Being Tracked, Traced, and Databased
Are technological advances infringing on our right to privacy?

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Microsoft’s HealthVault and VeriMed partnership is to create RFID implantable microchips. Microchips for tracking our precious pets is becoming commonplace and serves to condition us to accept putting them in our children in the future. The FDA has already approved this technology for humans and is marketing it as a medical miracle, again for our safety.

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Two points: Obama’s health care is going to depend upon electronic medical records to save money. And, those same EMRs are going to make care better.

If the current crop of “Health Vault” type offerings — Microsoft’s, Google, Caremark, or WallGreens — are any indication, then there is a long road before they will see and “savings”. The systems are inaccurate, lose data, and are not ready for Prime Time.

The interfaces are rudimentary at best. And bad data flows from system to system. The consumer facing data capture are kludges at best and not descigned form a Human Factors pov for the fast, accurate, and comprehensive data collection.

If used in the real world with real patients, they are going to cost: wealth, time, and eventually lives.

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