tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199315722024-03-07T20:08:23.265-07:00Nature's Most Perfect Food!A place where you can find out what I think about life, the universe, and everything - in small, intermittent bites. Now I guess that I'll have to make this interesting. *sigh*Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-47884885517053889612022-11-30T21:06:00.000-07:002022-11-30T21:06:16.423-07:00<p> From <a href="http://notthebee.com" target="_blank">Not the Bee</a>,</p><p>Even a broken clock is right twice a day... </p><p>Michael Moore even less so.</p><p>But he nailed <a href="https://notthebee.com/article/remember-this-trump-ad-from-2016-where-michael-moore-praised-him-as-a-human-hand-grenade-that-americans-can-legally-throw-into-a-system-that-stole-their-lives-from-them" target="_blank">this one</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1592737593724211202/pu/pl/ijS5FCRmAQl1LxQ3.m3u8?variant_version=1&tag=14&container=fmp4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="564" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGf0VgCC4Dc-Cwcf5O3vdUzNlIhJ8WAzjPXdMa6lZAQCgUZ2zQihO_YloDGArD7NyBjJgXfVGwaG21_PMPpN6eNpMlHd47yaDt8fPGZgsnFL99xFCm0NB3R-qSGwMY-yPdl1uIANzeHgx1XPaXXNT4OjNmOmvc0QFmhNFJhrY5vl6bAhGJyk/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-30%20at%209.01.08%20PM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-72342945333095271062017-10-03T13:45:00.000-06:002017-10-03T13:45:26.927-06:00The Needle in the Haystack<br />
<a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/11/22/the-needle-in-the-haystack-pat-franks-devastating-expose-of-climate-model-error/">An Expose of Climate Model Error</a> - an easily digested talk on the errors in climate modeling and how they aren't handled correctly...Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-29864224527567701612017-10-03T13:44:00.003-06:002017-10-03T13:44:58.398-06:00Some Good Writing From Oxford<br />
From '<a href="https://rosebyanyothernameblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Skating Under The Ice</a>':<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="https://rosebyanyothernameblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/too-good-to-not-quote/" target="_blank">Too Good To Not Quote</a></blockquote>
Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-37932218522352393092015-02-13T02:21:00.000-07:002015-02-13T02:21:33.849-07:00I recently met Vincent van Gogh in an episode of Dr. Who...<p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wnd.com/files/2015/02/150210vangoghselfportrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wnd.com/files/2015/02/150210vangoghselfportrait.jpg" /></a></div><br><center>Vincent Van Gogh, self-portrait</center><p>
but didn't know <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/vincent-van-gogh-was-crazy-for-christ/">this</a>.
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wnd.com/files/2015/02/150210the-sower-sower-with-setting-sun-1888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wnd.com/files/2015/02/150210the-sower-sower-with-setting-sun-1888.jpg" /><br><center>“The Sower” by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888</center></a></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-32374849676787216022015-02-11T11:49:00.002-07:002015-02-11T11:49:58.176-07:00For Bert:
<p>
<a href="http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson137.html">Something to laugh at</a>
</p>
(Get on your bike)
Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-86222999132123678652015-01-29T08:59:00.001-07:002015-01-29T10:04:51.010-07:00Q: What to do during ski season, but daylight only lasts a few hours?
<p>
A: <br>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4DjdJydl-ds" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-78047980222927648692015-01-29T08:39:00.000-07:002015-01-29T08:44:32.422-07:00"Beleaguered" Apple"Doomed" Apple is, they say...
<blockquote>"... the company is the very opposite of doomed, having just posted the best quarter of any company, ever."
From: <a href="http://stratechery.com/2015/bad-assumptions/">Bad Assumptions</a>
The bottom lines from "Bad Assumptions": <blockquote>To put it another way, is Apple concerned with making the best product, or with making the most money? The answer is yes.
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And so they have.</blockquote>
</blockquote>
Bonus: <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/28/by-the-numbers-apples-ludicrous-fourth-quarter">Some numbers to put things in perspective</a>.
(Apple should buy a fleet of aircraft carriers. ;^)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-90986769075366183102014-01-07T09:14:00.002-07:002014-01-07T09:14:40.448-07:00It's official. Our country is now totally lawless.<p>
In an <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/06/roberts-refuses-to-grant-obamacare-emergency-stay/">article</a> on <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/">The Blaze</a>, we see this:
<blockquote>WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused a group of doctors’ request to block implementation of the nation’s new health care law.
Chief Justice John Roberts turned away without comment Monday an emergency stay request from the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons
[snip]...[/snip]
They asked the chief justice Friday to temporarily block the law, saying Congress had passed it incorrectly by starting it in the Senate instead of the House. <b>Revenue-raising bills are supposed to originate in the lower chamber.</b> </blockquote>
So... The man turns a penalty into a tax so that it's not "unConstitutional" and then ignores a totally valid reason to throw Obamacare out.
We can't even trust the highest ranking "conservative" jurist to follow his oath to the Constitution.
Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-17412812918672600232013-12-12T10:18:00.001-07:002013-12-12T10:18:32.198-07:00Nelson Mandela is a forgiving person...<br />
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or not...
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Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-28300455193971850912013-12-06T13:54:00.007-07:002013-12-06T13:54:50.373-07:00Conserverative or Progressive?Do you space or double-space after a full stop?<br />
<br />
There is a raging controversy about this on the web - and, if you "double" you're essentially a troglodyte.<br />
<br />
But <a href="http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324" target="_blank">history is on our/my side</a>. :^)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-64432957578767360782013-05-13T10:18:00.002-06:002013-05-13T10:18:45.310-06:00Now, why didn't I think of this?<br />
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<a href="http://loopwheels.com/" target="_blank">"So smooth that you forget to slow down for the corners"</a>
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<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-34519091946988442842013-05-09T12:23:00.000-06:002013-05-09T12:23:20.340-06:00Good things come to those who vote (truly) Conservative...<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/wisconsin-revenue-grows-500000-more-than-expected-hc9t31c-206761121.html" target="_blank">The surplus and increased revenue projections</a> should be invested in aid
for our schools, lowering income taxes for middle-class families,
holding the line on property taxes, and building our rainy day fund,"
Walker said...</blockquote>
<br />
It's not going to be happening in Colorado anytime soon, though. Or California...<br />
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Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-70438012381240729142013-05-01T14:25:00.001-06:002013-05-01T14:25:16.157-06:00Living Social has a deal... Just in time for Mother's Day!(a coincidence?!?)<br />
<br />
Pay $15 for $30 worth of <a href="http://proflowers.com/" target="_blank">ProFlowers.com</a> product.<br /><br />Click on <a href="https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/634050?ref=share-link-post&rpi=115903078&rui=30551897" target="_blank">this link</a> to do it and I get a chance to have it for free. <br />
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Please help! (Thank you!!)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-31933479795319099742013-04-23T13:14:00.001-06:002013-04-23T13:14:18.063-06:00How ObamaCare should go down...<br />
It is now a tax, (no) thanks to the US Supreme Court. <br />
<br />
... So? ...<br />
<br />
Well, revenue bills (taxes) can only (Constitutionally) originate in the House of Representatives. <br />
<br />
ObamaCare didn't. Sen. Reid didn't like the House's version and used his own - what did it matter?<br />
<br />
Now he's trying to resurrect a bill that neither side of Congress passed and fill it with ObamaCare.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cypresscreek/blogs/the-supreme-court-may-yet-rule-obamacare-unconstitutional/article_9f10425c-a9dd-11e2-879c-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">More details here.</a>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-28335196040207401542013-04-11T09:18:00.002-06:002013-04-11T09:46:31.627-06:00SStrange days, indeed...<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
[in] Connecticut, the state where the infamous Newtown school shooting occurred, <a href="http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Connecticut_Eliminate_County_Sheriffs,_Question_1_%282000%29">voted in 2000 to eliminate county sheriffs as constitutional officers</a>.
Among the provisions eliminated were the requirements to hold an
election of sheriffs in each county every four years for four-year terms
and the requirement that sheriffs submit a bond to the treasurer to <b>ensure the faithful discharge of their duties</b>.
Voters in Connecticut opted instead for a system of federal marshals
who don’t bother to take an oath to uphold the Constitution; the
marshals’ only loyalty is to those in upper echelons of power who
appoint them, not the lowly “we the people” they are supposed to serve.</blockquote>
<a href="http://politichicks.tv/column/bye-bye-sheriffs-colorado-redefines-the-police-state/" target="_blank">In Colorado, the Dems have granted police authority and powers to the US Secret Service</a>... This replaces the <a href="http://politichicks.tv/column/david-vs-goliath-and-what-you-may-not-know-about-your-county-sheriff/" target="_blank">local sheriff as the power in the State</a> and severely undercuts the accountability of <u><i><b>local</b></i></u> law enforcement. <br />
<br />
If we don't get them out of office and change that, shame on us!<br />
<br />
<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-41425977989172773342013-04-05T17:26:00.000-06:002013-04-05T17:26:13.449-06:00USA meets Kyoto protocol goal...<br />
... <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/04/05/usa-meets-kyoto-protocol-without-ever-embracing-it/" target="_blank">without ever embracing it</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
...it seems like killing the economy went hand in hand with CO2 reductions,
imagine that. </blockquote>
As opposed to our fears of it happening the other way around...<br />
<br />
Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-36700601996627049482013-04-05T14:51:00.000-06:002013-04-05T15:05:44.500-06:00For advanced strategy on business lead generation...<br />
... and nurturing, please take a look at my company's new site: <a href="http://g2leads.com/" target="_blank">G2leads</a>. It uses a cool, fractal-like, display format.<br />
<br />
The page/site is put together by <a href="http://prezi.com/" target="_blank">Prezi, Inc.</a> They have some other cool sites and demos there.<br />
<br />
Thanks for your time!<br />
<br />
Here, for your enjoyment, is a <a href="http://prezi.com/0epjn2e4apgo/dark-side-of-the-moon-40th-anniversary-a-tribute-to-pink-floyd-darkside40/" target="_blank">historical tribute</a> to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon".<br />
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<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-71877605664531135842013-04-01T11:50:00.000-06:002013-04-01T11:53:28.964-06:00You Will Be Made to Care...<br />
<a href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/03/29/you-will-be-made-to-care/" target="_blank">A little bit of sense from RedState.com</a>: <br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
We are using the state to protect our ability to preach the scripture
under the first amendment. If the state has the power to change the
definition of an institution that it did not create, but that God
himself created, the state can compel and coerce the church to honor
that definition or sit on the sidelines.<br />
<br />
A Christian on the sidelines is a Christian not going forth. </blockquote>
... <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The state did not create marriage and it should not now exert the
power to change the definition of that which it did not create.
<br />
<br />
Those of you who are Christians who support gay marriage will one day
have Archbishop Chaput burning in your ears. He said that evil peddles
tolerance until it is dominant then seeks to silence good. That’s why
Christians fight on this issue. It is not to force themselves on
others, but to protect themselves from others being forced on them.</blockquote>
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<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-89898264879420143182013-03-29T15:11:00.001-06:002013-03-29T15:11:09.509-06:00Disability payment abuse...<br />
The source is none other than NPR: <a href="http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/" target="_blank"> Unfit for Work The startling rise of disability in America</a><br />
<br />
Surprisingly, the author documents (tells anecdotes that we want to believe about) the current debacle that is a safety net being abused by people who are falling off of the welfare roles.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability
has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have
allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned
workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million
people now get a disability check from the government.</blockquote>
Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-29828650269664419322013-03-15T15:57:00.001-06:002013-03-15T15:57:23.477-06:00California...<br />
<span class="userContent">... a (hilarious) model of bureaucratic (in-)efficiency. You'll probably laugh, but you really should cry.</span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2013/03/another-california-coastal-commission-horror-story.html" target="_blank"><span class="userContent">So if you are trying to run a business in some other state and you often feel overburdened with unnecessary regulations, just remember this. It could be a lot worse. You could be trying to put some dirt in a hole in California.</span></a></blockquote>
Ouch.<br />
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Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-45589354595699926502013-03-11T15:33:00.001-06:002013-03-11T15:37:29.104-06:00"I want a girl..."<br />
"... like the girls on Fox News..."<br />
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(with "more cow bell" ;^)</div>
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Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-14669669183055388632013-02-26T15:55:00.000-07:002013-02-26T15:55:09.464-07:00Tar and feathers...<br />
... have not yet been properly applied:<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"... the staff of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE)
successfully subverted state law to facilitate online voter registration
in North Carolina by the 2012 Barack Obama campaign." </blockquote>
but <a href="http://www.nccivitas.org/2013/elections-bureaucrats-ran-amok/" target="_blank">is definitely called for!</a><br />
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Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-32586852375862679082013-02-25T15:41:00.001-07:002013-02-25T15:41:37.902-07:00We'll never run out of wind...<br />
From wattsupwiththat.com <br />
<blockquote>
“One of the inherent challenges of wind energy is that as soon as you start to develop wind farms and harvest the resource, <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/02/25/rethinking-wind-power-harvard-study-shows-it-to-be-overestimated/" target="_blank">you change the resource</a>, making it difficult to assess what’s really available,” says Adams.</blockquote>
<br />
Now, if only we could harness the (destructive) power of Stupid... <br />
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<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-36357773904322636482013-02-20T17:26:00.003-07:002013-02-20T17:26:59.278-07:00Thinking "Rand Paul"<br />
If you didn't hear his response to BHO's SOTU speech, there's a link in the article linked below.<br />
<br />
The <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/politician-gives-money-back/" target="_blank">article is about Senator Paul giving back over 1/2 $M from his staff budget</a>. <br />
<br />
He might be what we're looking for.<br />
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<br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931572.post-33798465774943366592013-02-19T11:09:00.001-07:002013-02-20T14:28:27.072-07:00That's the best you can do?<br />
So, Saturday Night Live makes a blasphemous "skit" about Jesus resurrecting in a mood for vengeance...<br />
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And the most popular objection is :<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/nbc-skit-has-jesus-on-murderous-rampage/#ViewPollResults" target="_blank">Is NBC's spoof of vengeance by Jesus offensive?</a> [WND for the article]<br />
Yes, and NBC would never dare mock Muhammad in such a way (32%, 208 Votes)
</blockquote>
Wow.<br />
<br />
Update: <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“Such misrepresentation of what Jesus, peace be upon him, stands for is
extremely offensive to Muslims and to all those who believe in his
message,” said <a href="http://nihadawad.blogspot.com/2013/02/cair-deplores-violent-depiction-of.html">Nihad Awad</a>, executive director of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations.</blockquote>
Thanks for your support! Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349169580520258486noreply@blogger.com0