RANT: Anything and everything “named” by the Gooferment should be names for a vet

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/south-brunswick-cranbury/articles/east-brunswick-street-signs-memorialize-township-1

East Brunswick: Street Signs Memorialize Township’s Fallen Heroes
By PAUL ENDLER, SPECIAL TO TAP INTO EAST BRUNSWICKJune 1, 2016 at 10:13 AM

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, to commemorate those who died during the Civil War, was observed in East Brunswick this afternoon before several hundred citizens in attendance at the Veterans Park at the Municipal Complex in town. It was the 20th Annual Memorial Day Observance in East Brunswick with Mayor Kevin McEvoy hosting  the event as Master of Ceremonies.

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Those that have paid the ultimate price are more important to remember than any politician!

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RANT: Found something worse than TSA, Mexican Immigration, USA Customs, and USA Immigration

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Went to Cancun, actually Playa Del Carmen, from EWR.

TSA 15 minute wait. Everyone was pleasant and efficient.

Mexican Immigration 5 minute wait. Everyone was pleasant and efficient.

Coming home, ditto. Couldn’t have been better.

However the private free market screwed up royally.

Have Lomas Travel for the transfer from Cancun to the hotel. Waited in the sun 90 minutes while they fumbled and bumbled to arrange a ride. Argh!

Arrives at the Hotel (Sandos Playa something). Waited 30 minutes to check in. I was next in line the whole time. There were three clerks checking in: one couple, one trio, and one quartet. In that 30 minutes, the mob gathered. There was no line aka queue. No one much gave a <synonym for excrement>. Argh!

I have some other rants about the hotel — like they don’t give you a map of the property — or explain that the internal shuttle stops running at 11PM and it’s a big place — the room arragnements for the group were screwed up for everyone . But those were minor in comparison.

Argh!

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RANT: Is “global warming” today’s version of the 1970’s “global cooling”?

Sunday, May 22, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/05/butler-shaffer/state-enforces-idea-doubt/

The Benefits of Global Warming
By Butler Shaffer
May 21, 2016

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Religious dogmas can find their roots in scientific as well as theological thinking. Questioning either the “intelligent design” or “big bang” explanations for the origins of the universe can evoke angry responses from true-believers on either side of the issue. In the case of the High-Church Warmingists, a verifiable fact (i.e., increased temperature) is merged with an empirically unfounded assertion (i.e., human activity is the causal explanation) to provide true believers the rationale for their rule over mankind. Those who deny this article of faith are targeted for dismissal in academia and even televised weather shows.

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It’s all about the “rule over mankind”.

Like the “High Priests” of old, it’s nice to have job where you don’t sweat and live high on the hog.

Of course, those who live too high on the hog at the expense of the rabble, soon find themselves on the guillotine.

Wonder when the rabble will revolt against the Hollywood “stars”, politicians, and bureaucrats?

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RANT: Anyone following the “news”?

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Seems like a lot of folks are registering to vote in New Jersey or switching parties.

Could this be the “groundswell” of all those people who never vote?

That could change the whole electoral political landscape.

I think it may be the Libertains time.

Fiscally conservative with very small Gooferment and a classical liberal approach to social issues (i.e., myob).

If the USA survives, like the USSR, “big” is bad.

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RANT: On not being enough of a pain in the !

Sunday, May 1, 2016

http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-647-cancer-one-childs-story-and-lessons-learned/

Ep. 647 Cancer: One Child’s Story, and Lessons Learned
25th April 2016
Tom Woods

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What would cause the leading cancer doctor in the world to fly across the country to the funeral of a boy of 8? That’s part of today’s story.

Past guest Roger McCaffrey discusses the terrible ordeal his family endured when they discovered their 4 1/2-year-old son, John, had CML, a stem-cell cancer. The story involves not only a family’s anguish, but also a miracle drug, insurance companies, politics, and the FDA.

About the Guest

Roger A. McCaffrey, who describes himself as a recovering political consultant, is a book publisher, editor, and direct-mail specialist. He is co-author with brother Eugene of Players Choice: Major League Ballplayers Vote on Their All-Time Greats, which contains a foreword by George H.W. Bush, the latter’s finest contribution to public life. His book An Executive’s Complete Guide to Licensing was published by Dow Jones-Irwin. He writes occasional pieces on various topics and has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and The American Spectator.

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I listened to this and it saddened me.

It makes me think that I didn’t fight hard enough to save Our Girl, my wife of forty years. 

That thought brings me to tears, literally.

While I thought of 13 things I could have done better, I never sat down an wrote the “PIA: The Patient Advocate Handbook”. 

This podcast moves this project to the front burner. 

Argh!

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RANT: 61 killed in Aleppo airstrikes

Friday, April 29, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/28/at-least-27-killed-as-wave-airstrikes-hit-near-hospital-in-contested-syrian-city.html

SYRIA
At least 61 killed in Aleppo airstrikes, including Doctors Without Borders staff, patients
Published April 28, 2016  FoxNews.com

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The Civil Defense, a volunteer first-responders agency whose members went to the scene of the attack, put the death toll at 40 and said the dead included six hospital staff, including a dentist and one of the last pediatricians remaining in the city.

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I know that hospitals are sometimes used for “non-hospital” purposes.

But somehow, this has to stop.

Argh!

Children and doctors?

For shame on all of us humans.

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RANT: Prince has no will?

Monday, April 25, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/04/25/who-will-inherit-prince-millions.html?intcmp=hpff

How can someone NOT do their paperwork? 
 
It’ll only make the lawyers rich.
 
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RANT: Why is Tax Day April 18?

Monday, April 18, 2016

http://www.efile.com/tax-day-deadlines/#april-18

Why is Tax Day April 18?

The regular tax return filing deadline is April 15. However, due to the Washington D.C. Emancipation Day holiday being observed on April 15 instead of April 16, 2016, Tax Day is on the following Monday.

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Doesn’t anyone else see the irony of Federal taxes being delayed by something called “Emancipation Day” in the “District of Corruption”?

Argh!

Tax Day and Election Day should be the same day.

Or even better. Tax Day is the day BEFORE Election Day!

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RANT: Comcast and the Yankees

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Interesting that:

  1. Comcast competition has been advertising, that they have the YES network, reporting that Comcast dropped the YES network.
  2. Comcast has responded in advertising that they dropped it to save the Customer higher rates.
  3. The Yankees stood their ground and Comcast doesn’t have the Yankees.

Now do Comcast customers get a refund for the “missing” YES network?

Do any of the “regulators” have any interest?  (That’s a joke!)

I’m sure the Comcast contract has “mouse print” that says the Customer gets whatever Comcast feels like serving.

Argh!

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RANT: Libertarians For Trump

Friday, April 1, 2016

2016-Apr-01

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/03/walter-e-block/whats-libertarians-trump/

Libertarians For Trump

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First, in the words of my friend and mentor Ralph Raico (who writes to refute the notion that only the uneducated can support Mr. Trump, and who soon afterward joined me and Dr. Miller as the third founding member of LFT): “My friend Walter Block, who has a Columbia doctorate and is a college professor, has started a support group, Libertarians for Donald Trump. I’m a Chicago Ph.D. and retired college prof, and I’ve joined Walter’s cabal of the intellectually deficient. We are happy to join with legions of our fellow Americans who aren’t university educated but–isn’t it obvious?–are still capable of displaying common sense. Personally, my main reason for endorsing Trump and praying for his victory is his opponent. The Queen of Chaos would be the most dangerous person ever to fill the office of president. Quite aside from the colossal corruption of the Clinton crime family, I believe she would push Putin to a nuclear confrontation.”

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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/libertarians-for-trump

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As I have said before and write on this blog, maybe Trump can give us a saner foreign policy.

ALL of the “establishment candidates” won’t.

So what do we have to lose.

Maybe I’m an “April Fool”, but seems worth a try?

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