QUOTE: Foreign aid

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

“Foreign aid: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.” – Douglas Casey

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JOBSEARCH: Another reason to NEVER use your employer’s email for YOU_INC

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Dear HotJobs® Job Seeker,

This is our final notice to let you know that Yahoo! HotJobs has been acquired by Monster® and the integration will be completed on Feb. 12, 2011. This means that you can have a more robust job search than ever before — more employers, more opportunities, more industry depth, and more tools — if you give us permission to transfer your information.

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Of course, this ASSUMES that the email that was registered with HOTJOBS is still current. :-) Given the way folks have been getting nuked, and they stpidly use their employer’e email address as if it was their own, oh well, they may be OUTTA_LUCK?

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POLITICAL: “We Can’t Legalize Drugs Because …?

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

http://reason.com/blog/2011/02/07/hillary-clinton-we-cant-legali

Hillary Clinton: We Can’t Legalize Drugs Because ‘There Is Just Too Much Money in It’
Jacob Sullum | February 7, 2011

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Last week, while visiting Mexico, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was interviewed by Denise Maerker of Televisa, who asked her opinion of proposals to address black-market violence by repealing drug prohibition. Clinton’s response illustrates not only the intellectual bankruptcy of the prohibitionist position but the economic ignorance of a woman who would be president (emphasis added):

Maerker: In Mexico, there are those who propose not keeping going with this battle and legalize drug trafficking and consumption. What is your opinion?

Clinton: I don’t think that will work. I mean, I hear the same debate. I hear it in my country. It is not likely to work. There is just too much money in it, and I don’t think that—you can legalize small amounts for possession, but those who are making so much money selling, they have to be stopped.

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Many a true word comes through in an unguarded moment.

Think of all the politicians and bureaucrats that would be out of job. At the very least, ¼ of the federal prisons could be closed.

Money being spent on the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs” could be returned to the taxpayers.

Drugs were once available in a true free market. We had addicts. We will ALWAYS have addicts. Time after time, we see that there’s about a 10% addiction rate. No matter what the law is.

So, if we “legalize drugs”, then we will put the Columbian Drug Kingpins on welfare. And, think of all the children and young adults that we will save from bad drugs and from addiction. (Addiction, because when drugs are no longer illegal, they won’t be “kool”.)

We will also remove the corrupting effect of drug dealers bribing cops and repeal the whole civil forfeiture laws.

Or we can continue doing it “Hillary’s way”!

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GUNS: The heck with “wasp spray”; get a gun and practice

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

SOMEONE FORWARDED SOME INTERNET “ADVICE”:

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Note: Read all the way to the bottom, wasp spray and key fob are the best ideas of all!

There are some really great tips here: The best are near the end. Common sense applied in a vigorous way.

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THIRTEEN THINGS YOUR BURGLAR WON’T TELL YOU

If you don’t have a gun, here’s a more humane way to wreck someone’s evil plans for you. (I guess I can get rid of the baseball bat.):

WASP SPRAY

A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.

The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn’t attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of use.

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Put your car keys beside your bed at night. Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr.’s office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night.  If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won’t stick around. After a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won’t want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.

P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can’t reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn’t hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she’ll know there’s a problem.

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I’ve read the “wasp spray” advice before.

In the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee and other of the socialist states, you can’ do that legally. (Don’t yell at me. I don’t make the diktats.) It gives the presumption of preplanning.

AND, in line with the great libertarian rules of thumb, like “the three Ss — shoot shovel and shutup”, “better judged by 12 than carried by 6”, and “Where Guns Are Outlawed Terrorist Need Only Boxcutters” — I wouldn’t tell you not to do it. It’s your tush.

BUTT (there’s always a big but) for woman your size, I suggest a nice 380. And, no one’s going to have to compromise their safety. A 1911 might be too big. It’s the gun that tamed the Philippines. A hopped up native with a machete found it difficult to advance when hit ANYWHERE with the equivalent of a ¼ car.

If you don’t want a handgun, I’d then suggest a shotgun. No aim required. And, jacking the shell into the chamber makes a sound that is very satisfying.

One thing the mainstream media never reports is what the gun nuts call “the violence avoided by a firearm”. You’re at home and wave your shotgun at an intruder who runs away; that will NEVER be reported in the press.

Remember an old and true, military motto, “Si vis pacem, para bellum” from Flavius Vegetius Renatus circa 375 AD: “If you want peace, prepare for war.”

Donna Nobis Pacem!

;-)

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2006/05/11/gunz-why-is-the-380-a-girlie-gun/

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RANT: Responding to a comment about “Gooferment Skrules”

Monday, February 7, 2011

http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2011/02/private-funding-for-public-schools.html

>Corporate America, … are all on board for school “privatization”

In America, I doubt you could get that lot “on board” for anything. And, btw, the Facebook guy gave his money to what? Wasn’t it a “public school system”?

>charter schools and school vouchers would be dead in the water

The really ARE “dead in the water”. The Teacher’s Union will ensure that they are crippled out of the box with restrictions and conditions.

>libertarians hate public schools because they are selfish

No, this little L libertarian hates Gooferment Skrules because they are funded by force.

>just don’t want to pay taxes.

You’re right. I want to buy services in the marketplace where I can pick and choose. Yes to Burger King; no to Wendy’s. I don’t want to be forced to fund McD’s and then told “but you’re free to go elsewhere.” If you steal my wealth, (what little of it I have), then I am NOT free.

>They got their public education

Nope; I got none of that there “pub lick eddykation”.

>attitude is tough luck to the children who are

>being educated in public schools.

Were that they WERE being “educated” in those Gooferment Skrules! They are being propagandized! And, poorly at that. If you look at the stats.

>I received a public education

Well, good for you. Nice to hear that the money poured down the rathole wasn’t totally wasted. And, I’m sure you will tell us how wonderful that Gooferment education was. No propaganda or brain washing there. You’re just defending anything the Gooferment does because that’s the right way to do it.

>I consider it to be an investment in the future.

I love when folks muddle the language. “Investment” is when someone puts capital at risk in hope of a return. My capital was seized by the State and I have no hope of a return. It ain’t “investment” to spend stolen wealth on the euphemism of “public schools”. It’s about “milking the system” for the benefit of politicians, bureaucrats, and their “friends”.

> I got my public education and I want current and future kids to receive a public education.

And, I want to be thin, young, hndsome, and live in peace with my neighbors. It ain’t going to happen! For as long as you and your gang of costumed thugs continue to rob me like a mafia.

>We pool our tax dollars for the common good

No, WE DON’T “pool”. We are ROBBED to fund the things that the elite think are important.

Why do I have to be robbed to to fund any of those things. If I want that “service”, I should be allowed to “buy” it.

Just because, you yell about the Gooferment paying for stuff, doesn’t make it the only way or the right way to do it.

Because ALL Gooferment actions are rooted in FORCE — forcing people to pay for this stuff, those actions are IMMORAL and doomed to failure.

Those things that are NOT outright failures — and it’s hard to think of one thing that is not, are too costly when compared with “private” alternatives. (That’s because a “greedy” businessman is incentivized to satisfy the buyer at the lowest possible cost.)

> NJ public schools are top rated

That’s like saying I have the “prettiest pig in the pen”.

>graduation rates

Are manipulated by politicians and bureaucrats. For example, dropouts are not counted.

>population living in poverty

We disagree about the definition of “poverty”, but I blame the Gooferment for what you cite.

>some schools with serious challenges

Like graduating children scarred for life by not being able to read!

>If we had universal health care and state supported after school care

We’d all be broke and the problems would still exist!

>Germany or Finland have

So why are you here, trying to turn us into them.

>School choice is not a free ride

I don’t like anything that uses tax dollars. Parents had the children; they should educate them. It’s NOT my responsibility!

>Chinese immersion charter school is approved with no input from tax payers.

All Gooferment Skrules are nuts!

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INTERESTING: Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams autobiographies are published

Monday, February 7, 2011

http://www.garynorth.com/public/7563.cfm

Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams: Still Out of Step After All These Years
Gary North
Jan. 28, 2011

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Walter Williams has written an autobiography, Up from the Projects (Hoover Institution, 2010). Not counting the index, it is 142 pages long. It makes for a nice afternoon’s read. I read it this week. A week ago, I re-read Thomas Sowell’s autobiography, A Personal Odyssey (Free Press, 2000). Williams is 74. Sowell is 80. The two of them have similar stories. Sowell was born in North Carolina and grew up in Harlem. Williams grew up in Philadelphia. Sowell served in the Marines. Williams served in the Army. Both of them provided plenty of aggravation for their superiors. They both knew how to work the system. Sowell got more out of the experience. He became a first-rate photographer.

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Might actually have to break down and buy these books. KINDLE4iPAD actually.

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SERVICE: Google Chrome Print

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Worked with a meaningless email on Gmail mobile from the IPAD. Interesting!


SOFTWARE: OPERA1101 can’t send a link?

Sunday, February 6, 2011

In my quest to find a browser that fulfills my needs (whatever they are), I’ve been using OPERA (version 11.01).

I just noticed a blunder in the User Interface.

There’s no menu option under “file” to forward a link.

Curious oversight.

Otherwise, the browser is quite good.

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SERVICE: Google can’t verify a Google Site?

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Verify ownership

Verification status

Not Verified – Last attempt Less than a minute ago – Hide history

Attempted Method Outcome

2/6/11 10:06:00 PM UTC Meta tag Verification failed. Your meta tag is not in the <head> section of your home page.

2/6/11 10:04:01 PM UTC HTML file Verification failed. Your verification file was not found.

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Ok, Google, how should it be done. Sigh!

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RANT: My favorite Socialist rants; needs a little L libertarian perspective

Sunday, February 6, 2011

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1566726651374&id=1331644592

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First they do contribute by putting money back into the economy via Wal-Mart target, grocery stores. Many of them work to support a child born here who is therefore a citizen. Yes they send money home to Mexico but they’ve worked for the mo…ney and should support their families. Do they pay tax- no but so many upper middle class and above earners cheat on their taxes thats its a hypocritical argument. The corporations who essentially pay little to tax due to laws written to protect their profits do more damage to the economy then illegal aliens. The current health care bill would allow you to keep the insurance you have now, but would provide affordable health care to the less fortunate. It would also create jobs and reduce the deficit by a couple of hundred million dollars. We are not looking to model Canada-the vast majority of Americans wouldn’t even notice the change, so your process would have remained the same, thank God. But a member of your church whose been laid off with no insurance for five months and is diagnosed with a terminal illness will have options for affordable and competent care without concern of being denied for a pre-existing condition. Babies born here to illegal immigrants are US citizens at birth and are no different than Liv and Luke and they are entitled to first rate health care. I’d say Luke 12:48 says it well- to whom much is given from much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, a larger amount will be demanded. Since everyone and their brother uses religion as a shield I think it’s important to remind them that Jesus surrounded himself with the dredges of society- criminals, whores, lepers and the disenfranchised. He didn’t forsake them because they were poor, in the minority or out of touch with mainstream society. He asked for nothing but faith and in return promised life everlasting. Today churches judge you on a few things- what do you make, what can you give, and can you argue against the poor, disenfranchised, downtrodden trying to make a change. Tonight at church the pastor stood in his 10 million dollar church and talked about material things not being important. I bet a 37000 square foot barn could have been built for a lot less and that a lot of money could have been given to the poor for training programs or education programs. Alas a church was built for the affluent congregation that we are, where we could listen to stories about the poor, but when service ends we go back to our Volvo’s or BMW’s and drive to our house on the cul-de- sac, turn on the flat screen TV and make a nice dinner and drink some wine. Now of course we’ll do a food drive, label the bag with the church logo, and deliver the food in our church sweatshirts and hats while we sip our latte’s and check our smartphone to avoid having to actually engage the downtrodden. If we do engage them we push Jesus on them but forget to mention how we can actually affect change in their life. I want a church where we don’t reinterpret Gods message but instead deliver it as he would- come in your welcome, who you are or what you have is irrelevant as long as you have faith and no-one will judge you based on your gender, race or sexual orientation. I am the God of love, not hate, and no one on earth should try to tell you what I meant or stood for, nor should they invoke Christianity into political arguments that are secular issues.

I think we would all get along better if we sought solutions based on what’s happening today, not trying reinterpret the constitution or the bible because no one knows the true intent of either document.

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Ahh, an diatribe or rant by my favorite Socialist. Let’s put it under the little L libertarian’s microscope.

(On an editorial note. I see no paragraphs or outline. Hmm, not evidence of a post-graduate writing. And, it forgets that whole “between stimulus and response” thing. And, is it trying to convince?)

>First they do contribute by putting money back into the economy

I don’t think we SHOULD have “illegal aliens”. I think people should be able to move freely. Subject to a border check for criminals. I think “Green Cards” should be issued at the border. We need all those, willing to work, to jump in the boat, grab and oar, and start rowing. As such, in a Libertarian America, there’d be no welfare to sponge off of, so no need to keep willing workers out. Also, since there’d be no “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs”, there would be very few “contraband” to be smuggled.

Current day “illegal aliens” do pay taxes. Every product purchased in the store carries a hidden tax — remember the 35% corporate tax? Only real people pay taxes, so it’s passed along. Rent an apartment; who really pays the rea estate tax. And, let’s not forget those poor slobs who get a “real job” with a fake SSN, where does their FICA go? Uncle Sugar!

> …but so many upper middle class and above earners cheat

If you are being ROBBED, hiding stuff from the thief isn’t cheating!

>The corporations who essentially pay little to tax

Corporations DO NOT PAY taxes; they pass them along. Only REAL people pay taxes. It’s a fraud on the American Sheeple. Let’s kill this meme once and for all.

> due to laws written to protect their profits

Ahh, but your friends the D’s, the champions of the little people, had all three branches of Gooferment. So, those problems were fixed already. Right!

>The current health care bill would allow you to keep the insurance you have now

Can’t keep what is available. Folks are finding it out the hard way. More Insurance Companies are stopping coverages. WHICH was the very purpose of the law. Single payer. Medicare for all.

How stupid are people?

And, dnf, the 750+ “exemptions”.

> but would provide affordable health care to the less fortunate.

In your dreams. The catastrophic care isn’t being signed up for. And, the state exchanges ain’t gonna be created.

>It would also create jobs and reduce the deficit by a couple of hundred million dollars.

Sure, for Gooferment bureaucrats!

>We are not looking to model Canada-the vast majority of Americans wouldn’t even notice the change, so your process would have remained the same, thank God.

Sorry, but with docs thinking about leaving medicine and practices shutting to new patients, there’s going to be huge changes.

>But a member of your church whose been laid off with no insurance for five months and is diagnosed with a terminal illness will have options for affordable and competent care without concern of being denied for a pre-existing condition.

So the Gooferment creates the problem (i.e., medical insurance tied to employment as a result of WW2 wage and price controls), and the solution is (taaa dah, wait for it) … more Gooferment diktats and programs.

p.s., “pre existing” — like placing your bet after the race. why would the racetrack survive?

>Babies born here to illegal immigrants are US citizens at birth

That may or may not be true. It depends on an “interesting” reading of the 14th, designed to ensure freed slaves got to vote. It’s never been tested in the courts that an “illegal immigrant” would satisfy those conditions.

>are no different than Liv and Luke and they are entitled to first rate health care.

Sure are. They are the children of a privileged high-ranking Gooferment bureaucrat. Like the old USSR, they are far ahead of all the “mundanes”.

>I’d say Luke 12:48

Perhaps, it might be referring to the Final Judgement? Nothing prevents you from being charitable. But, what the Gooferment does is NOT charity.

>- criminals, whores, lepers and the disenfranchised.

Well, it’s hard to make a joke around serious topics, but working in the Gooferment, I’d suggest you’re surrounded by the first. Not sure about the rest.

>political arguments that are secular issues.

It’s not my place to critique others’ charity or faith. I’ve got enough to worry about my own. Unfortunately, with the Gooferment’s intrusion into ALL areas, and a direct hostility to “religion”, “faith”, and “charity”, EVERY argument is a “political” one.

In the movie the Three Muskateers (any era), the Church is the natural opponent of the King for the loyalty of the People. Just as in a hive, there can be only one Queen. So too, the Gooferment has to kill its rival “The Church”. That’s why it claims jurisdiction over “churches” by its insistence that they become “corporations”. Zoning, 1099s, classifications, rules, diktats. Had to be faithful with the Gooferment “helping”.

>I think we would all get along better if we sought solutions

I think we’d all be better off if we sought solutions based on freedom and liberty!

> based on what’s happening today,

What’s happening today is for the most part a product of the past errors. Building upon past mistakes is putting lipstick on the pig!

> not trying reinterpret the constitution or the bible

Both are relatively simple and need little “interpretation”

>because no one knows the true intent of either document.

Well the Constitution is pretty well understood as far as intentions. The Federalists, who wanted a strong central Gooferment, were unhappy with the weaknesses of the Articles. So they pulled the wool over the eyes of the Sheeple and swapped in the “Constitution”.

Now, it’s just ignored.

The “Bible” is an interesting research project in and of itself. Who knows what the original “Bible” was.

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Let’s get back to basics. People will be free. Even in the worst dictatorship, a prison, or a “free society”, they will do what they want to do. Civil disobedience that evidenced everyday. Example, speed limits. If the Gooferment can’t keep drugs out of its prisons, then how does it expect to keep them out of Gooferment Skrules.

Let’s seek solutions that are based on freedom and liberty. They’ll last.

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