Some Global Warming Bullshit Musings

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Weerd Beard

It only took me about two hours to clear my driveway. I have no idea how I got it done so fast with the snow as thick and heavy as it was. Still I’m thankful.

While I was clearing the snow I thought about Global Warming Climate Change, and all the scandal and bullshit. Really Michael Mann should be doing time for defrauding the government with his cooked numbers and bogus graphs.

Still one thing popped into my mind, something you hear old New Englanders talking about: Indian Summer!

An Indian summer is a heat wave that occurs in the autumn. It refers to a period of above-normal temperatures, accompanied by dry and hazy conditions, usually after there has been a killing frost. Depending on latitude and elevation, it can occur in the Northern Hemisphere between late September and mid November, though the term is used as widely as early September through January.

January the term is generally referred to around here as a “January Thaw”, we had a few of those punctuated with BRUTAL subzero temperatures and snow. What we didn’t have was an Indian Summer.

This term is an OLD one, used well before the industrial revolution which is often to blame for “Global Warming” or whatever term is used today. Funny how “Climate Change” was even happening in the 18th Century and even before that….

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Seems a Little Silly

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Weerd Beard

CVS to stop selling cigarettes:

CVS, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, said Wednesday that it would stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products nationwide by October, saying they have no place in a drugstore company that is trying to become more of a health-care provider….”Cigarettes have no place in an environment where health care is being delivered,” said Mr. Merlo, a 58-year-old former pharmacist who became CEO of CVS Caremark in 2011. “This is the right decision at the right time as we evolve from a drugstore into a health-care company.”…”It just doesn’t make sense, if you exist to promote health and you sell one of the major causes of death in the U.S.,” said Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society.

Now first up, this is a private company, and I applaud them in taking this stand. Further I will agree with them, smoking is very dangerous, and it causes approximately 440,000 deaths and lots of expensive issues. Still Diabetes and Obesity kill more people, and CVS still sells sweets and junk food.

Again I’m fine with them pulling the smokes, but where does it stop?

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Crap!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Weerd Beard

You gotta love the blissful ignorance of the Antis:

First up you have his silly hunting story. This shows he has NO knowledge of how this system works. If a hunter shoots a bird or a deer the microstamp will be on the spent shell which is easily recovered. The bullet in the animal can be recovered, but will be indistinguishable from any other bullets as far as microstamping is done.

Also I love the “Police Support this”….so why are they exempted from the law? We talked about this before, if this law made us safer, then Police would be for this in their sidearms and patrol rifles and shotguns. It would make it easy for them to prove when they were fired upon, and who fired which shots.

Police are NOT for this law, they are AGAINST this law, hence why they WANT that exemption!

Further this law does NOTHING, as the microstamping doesn’t work. Even in a perfect scenario the technology frequently produces illegible or ambiguous marks, and further the technology can be quickly removed with household tools and zero skill, while still allowing the weapon to be used for crime. (PDF).

Yes, S&W and Ruger WANT to be in the California market, hence why they produce so many guns that comply with those regulations. I’ll also note that Ruger and S&W as well as several other companies work very hard to make their guns legal in Massachusetts.

Still complying with this stupidity is opening a door they don’t want to pass through. They have drawn a line in the sand. Yes it will cost them MILLIONS, but it will cost them Millions to save them BILLIONS in the future.

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“Gun Death” Dumpster Napping

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Weerd Beard

Never a good idea:

Father who slept in a skip after drink and drug-fuelled night out was crushed to death in rubbish lorry and his body found on conveyor belt by horrified workers

So what do we regulate, Alcohol? Drunks? or Garbage disposal?

Not a “Gun Death”!

H/T Bob

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More on the RIP Junk

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Weerd Beard

Expanding from here:

Spend your money on the HST.

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Images of the “Progressives”: “Living Wage”

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Weerd Beard

This is a pretty heavy load:

Of course the unsaid part is if the worker has no skills and only puts forward unmotivated work. Also “living Wage” is a loaded term. Back when I was working for minimum wage I was an unskilled teen with a non-existent resume, and I was still living rent-free with my parents. As I got older I still had friends working at or near minimum wage. They were working low-skilled jobs, and often working the bare minimum required of them. They lived in crappy apartments with multiple roommates. They drove shitbox cars and ate a LOT of ramen noodles and delivery pizza.

They were paid a “living wage” for the lifestyle they made do with. Still if they wanted more (and many of them did) they needed to elevate themselves, and many of them did.

Its really not hard to get promoted if you work at minimum wage. Work hard, build up your skills, and get promoted, or find a better job!

More from ‘Zo!

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Good Read

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Weerd Beard

Ratus sent me this story a while back. I just got around to reading it.

Its the official confession of the author of the Taking Sense Away Blog. He’s a former TSA agent disenfranchised by the ineffective and criminal acts of the TSA. He’s working on a novel, I also need to get around to reading that!

Enjoy!

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Film Review: Mitt

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Weerd Beard

So while my daughter was napping I watched this film.

From a statement of the arts it was an amazing film. Very nice candid documentation of the behind the scenes of the 2008 and 2012 Presidential race through the eyes of the Willard “Mitt” Romney camp.

Also the film would have held my interest a LOT better if I wasn’t SUCH a political junkie that so much of the film was essentially watching re-runs for me with some side commentary that was new.

Now from a personal standpoint I hated this film. You see unlike much of America I lived under Mitt Romney as the Governor of Massachusetts. Further I live under his “Progressive” successor Deval Patrick. Deval coined the term “Together We Can”, and is close personal friends with Barack Obama, as well as a virtually indistinguishable political stance.

Essentially shave 6″ off Barack Obama and you have Deval Patrick. And guess who’s been better to live under? Patrick, because while he’s vastly more liberal than Romney, he’s politically ineffective, so while he might WANT to do more harm to me, Romney actually accomplished that.

Further, the documentary shows Mitt to be a Warm and loving guy. Still as much as I dislike President Obama, he appears to be the same way. This goes for ALL national political candidates. If you come off as cantankerous and prickly you don’t make it far in politics.

Essentially this movie is pushing a “Cult of Personality” on Romney, and I find that unsettling. He’s a HORRIBLE politician, and horrible for America, and I don’t like people softening that, so overall I found the film disturbing on a personal level.

Still worth a watch if you’re into this sort of thing, its a really well made movie.

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Heard Most of These

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Weerd Beard

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“Gun Death” Horrible

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Weerd Beard

Man, where do these monsters come from?

Plano police said the 2-year-old girl who died last week was a victim of homicidal violence…A donation website set up by friends and family members said the toddler’s face was duct taped, causing her to suffocate.

They call that age the “Terrible Twos” but is it THAT bad? Given that we’re all alive, it sure isn’t. The person who did this is a monster, and monsters are not bound by tools for their horrible deeds.

The “Gun Death” crowd will say that this would have been tragic if a gun had been used, but since one wasn’t it isn’t worth mention….

H/T Bob

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