THE DEBT CEILING
Democrats don't understand THE DEBT CEILING
Republicans don't understand THE DEBT CEILING
Liberals don't understand THE DEBT CEILING
NO ONE understands THE DEBT CEILING
SO - Allow me to explain...
Let's say you come home from work and find there has been a sewer backup in your neighborhood. Your home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings. What do you think you should do? Raise the ceilings or pump out the shit?
Your choice is coming in November. Don't miss the opportunity.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Debt Ceiling...
Via my mom (whom I believe knows how she's voting in November):
Greatest Sentence Ever?
Bill Whittle has a candidate, and he makes his case. It involves intellectuals running amok, Obama team mocking, skewering of warmists, and Whittle wit on full display. Via reader Doug S.:
Monday, April 30, 2012
Can You Guess What This Is?
Awesome math geekiosity. Sondra Eklund rocks!
We're Back...
...sort of. This has been a weekend to remember.
On Friday evening, I started transferring my “stuff” from my old Macbook Pro laptop to my new Macbook Pro laptop. My laptop is full of all the sorts of tools and daemons a developer needs, and this makes the transfer more complex. Added to that, my old laptop's operating system was two versions older than that of my new laptop, and that indroduced other difficulties. Even worse, my user's UID on my old laptop was different than my user's UID on the new laptop, and I didn't realize that until I was half done. Oh, and did I mention that my old laptop had a half a terabyte of data on it? Bottom line: while I'm using my new laptop right now, many things are still not working on it. I've got some work to do today!
But it's not that I spent all weekend working on my computer. I should be so lucky! Nope, this was the weekend of the “great burn” – Debbie and I were committed to burning the rest of the giant burn pile that's been sitting in our front yard ever since we trimmed up our pines last year. And we did it, with just a half hour to spare before the 3 pm deadline (the time at which we had to put out the burn pile, per our burn permit). We even raked up all the innumerable twigs scattered about the yard, and burned them as well. The big logs – a couple cubic yards worth – that we thought were going to be a disposal problem turned out to be no problem at all. Our neighbors Wayne and Marissa were happy to take the pine logs, as they have a big open fireplace in which they'll burn just fine. It was quite a nice feeling of accomplishment to get that intimidating task done...
Then last night, after finishing the burning, I repaired Debbie's “Easy-Up” – a kind of portable folding canopy. There's a complex-looking mechanism that forms and expandable framework, involving many hollow metal bars with pivots at each end and the middle. Two of the end pivots had worked loose and fallen out. I manufactured replacements by getting one inch long 10-24 stainless steel bolts and jam nuts, then using a Dremel tool to grind a cavity in a molded plastic piece of just the right size and shape to hold the jam nut. I felt like a dentist with his drill, making this teensy little cavity in my big plastic “tooth”. In the end, the thing was better than new, as the original design didn't use jam nuts and the bolts could easily come undone.
Now this morning as I sit here typing this post, I'm sore all over – my muscles aren't used to this kind of workout! I'm almost 60, and this morning I actually feel like I'm that old (most of the time I don't feel that way at all)...
On Friday evening, I started transferring my “stuff” from my old Macbook Pro laptop to my new Macbook Pro laptop. My laptop is full of all the sorts of tools and daemons a developer needs, and this makes the transfer more complex. Added to that, my old laptop's operating system was two versions older than that of my new laptop, and that indroduced other difficulties. Even worse, my user's UID on my old laptop was different than my user's UID on the new laptop, and I didn't realize that until I was half done. Oh, and did I mention that my old laptop had a half a terabyte of data on it? Bottom line: while I'm using my new laptop right now, many things are still not working on it. I've got some work to do today!
But it's not that I spent all weekend working on my computer. I should be so lucky! Nope, this was the weekend of the “great burn” – Debbie and I were committed to burning the rest of the giant burn pile that's been sitting in our front yard ever since we trimmed up our pines last year. And we did it, with just a half hour to spare before the 3 pm deadline (the time at which we had to put out the burn pile, per our burn permit). We even raked up all the innumerable twigs scattered about the yard, and burned them as well. The big logs – a couple cubic yards worth – that we thought were going to be a disposal problem turned out to be no problem at all. Our neighbors Wayne and Marissa were happy to take the pine logs, as they have a big open fireplace in which they'll burn just fine. It was quite a nice feeling of accomplishment to get that intimidating task done...
Then last night, after finishing the burning, I repaired Debbie's “Easy-Up” – a kind of portable folding canopy. There's a complex-looking mechanism that forms and expandable framework, involving many hollow metal bars with pivots at each end and the middle. Two of the end pivots had worked loose and fallen out. I manufactured replacements by getting one inch long 10-24 stainless steel bolts and jam nuts, then using a Dremel tool to grind a cavity in a molded plastic piece of just the right size and shape to hold the jam nut. I felt like a dentist with his drill, making this teensy little cavity in my big plastic “tooth”. In the end, the thing was better than new, as the original design didn't use jam nuts and the bolts could easily come undone.
Now this morning as I sit here typing this post, I'm sore all over – my muscles aren't used to this kind of workout! I'm almost 60, and this morning I actually feel like I'm that old (most of the time I don't feel that way at all)...
Friday, April 27, 2012
It Takes One to Know One...
Via my mom:
Having already downed a few power drinks, she turns around, faces him, looks him straight in the eye and says, “Listen here good looking, I screw anybody, anytime, anywhere, your place, my place, in the car, front door, back door, on the ground, standing up, sitting down, naked or with clothes on, it doesn't matter to me. I just love it.”
Eyes now wide with interest, he responds, “No kidding. I'm a Congressman too. What district are you from?”
A Bush League President...
That's Peggy Noonan's pun of a title for her latest column up at the WSJ...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Theodore Roosevelt Dodged the Bullet ... Sort Of...
This is a story I've read before, though in a much drier form. It's a great example of the grit for which Roosevelt was justly famous...
The Most Expensive Single-Byte Mistake?
Poul Henning-Kamp makes a good case for it being the UNIX/C style NUL-terminated string...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Two Skinny Lawyers...
An interesting comparison of Presidents Lincoln and Obama. Via my mom:
For all of you who have made disparaging remarks about President
Obama, please read the following...
I'm sure most of us have read the so-called comparison of Lincoln and
Kennedy, but did you ever consider the relationship between Lincoln and Obama?
You might be surprised...
Parallels of Abraham Lincoln and Barack Hussein Obama:
1. Lincoln placed his hand on the Bible for his inauguration. Obama
used the same Bible.
2. Lincoln came from Illinois. Obama comes from Illinois.
3. Lincoln served in the Illinois Legislature. Obama served in the
Illinois Legislature.
4. Lincoln had very little experience before becoming President.
Obama had very little experience before becoming President.
5. Lincoln rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his
inauguration. Obama rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington
for his inauguration.
6. Lincoln was a skinny lawyer. Obama is a skinny lawyer.
7. Lincoln was a Republican. Obama is a skinny lawyer.
8. Lincoln was in the United States military. Obama is a skinny
lawyer.
9. Lincoln believed in everyone carrying their own weight. Obama is a
skinny lawyer.
10. Lincoln did not waste taxpayers' money on personal enjoyments.
Obama is a skinny lawyer.
11. Lincoln was highly respected. Obama is a skinny lawyer.
12. Lincoln was born in the United States. Obama is a skinny lawyer.
13. Lincoln was honest, so honest he was called Honest Abe. Obama is
a skinny lawyer.
14. Lincoln saved the United States. Obama is a skinny lawyer .
Amazing, isn't it?
Say Good Bye to the Family Farm...
The Obama administration is preparing to promulgate and enforce new rules that would prohibit children from doing many of the kinds of work that kids on family farms have been doing from time immemorial. Depending on the specific kind of work, the age requirement is either 16 or 18.
Under these new rules, many of the kinds of things that I did as a “child” on our family farm would now be prohibited. For instance, I couldn't have used a mower, or a sprayer, or a tractor until I was 16.
The country I was born into – the country of hope and promise in the Eisenhower era – is disappearing before my eyes.
I sure hope we change course in November...
Under these new rules, many of the kinds of things that I did as a “child” on our family farm would now be prohibited. For instance, I couldn't have used a mower, or a sprayer, or a tractor until I was 16.
The country I was born into – the country of hope and promise in the Eisenhower era – is disappearing before my eyes.
I sure hope we change course in November...
TSA Leads the Way...
Here's yet another story of TSA's security theater run amok, this one involving a four year old little girl. The little girl's mother wrote this:
As someone who travels fairly often through our airports, that's not a particularly comforting thought...
My daughter is very shaken up about this, and has been waking up with nightmares. What should have been a very minor, routine security check was turned into a horrific ordeal. All of this could easily have been prevented if the TSO involved had used a little bit of compassion and a smidgen of common sense. There is no reason for any child to go through this. And while I completely understand the necessity of tight airport security, I fail to see how harassing a small child will provide safety for anyone.The little girl is having nightmares about her experience. The TSA insists their people acted appropriately:
TSA has recently implemented modified screening procedures of children 12 and under that will further reduce the need for a physical pat-down for children. These new screening procedures include permitting multiple passes through the metal detector and advanced imaging technology to clear any alarms as well as the greater use of explosives trace detection. These changes in protocol will ultimately reduce – though not eliminate – pat downs of children. In this case, however, the child had completed screening but had contact with another member of her family had not completed the screening process.I'm reminded once again of the Harry Potter books in which Dolores Umbridge exhibits all the bureaucratic bullying behaviors that we see routinely in the TSA. If there were a real Dolores Umbridge, there's little doubt that she would be applying for work in the TSA.
As someone who travels fairly often through our airports, that's not a particularly comforting thought...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
You Know...
Via my lovely bride:
An elderly lady was walking on the golf course on the island of Martha's Vineyard. She slipped and fell.
Obama who was behind her by chance, helped her to get up promptly. She thanked him and he answered, “It was a pleasure to help you, ma'am. Don't you recognize me? I am your president. Are you going to vote for me in the next election?”
The elderly woman laughed and replied: “You know, I fell on my ass – not on my head!”
Psalm 2012...
Via my mom:
Psalm 2012
Obama is the shepherd I did not want.
He leadeth me beside all the still factories and banks.
He restoreth my faith in the Republican party.
He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the bread line,
I shall fear no hunger, for all his bailouts are with me.
He has Anointed my income with taxes,
My expenses runneth over.
Surely, poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will live in a mortgaged home forever.
I'm glad … I am an American,
I am glad … that I am free!
But I wish … I was a dog,
And Obama … was a tree!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Say It Ain't So!
The Cutty Sark is storied Clipper ship, built in 1869. She's a piece of history that you can touch, as she's been carefully preserved (though not without some ups and downs) all these years.
But in a tragic story of Hollywood-meets-history, the Cutty Sark is about to become a joke. A bad joke:
But in a tragic story of Hollywood-meets-history, the Cutty Sark is about to become a joke. A bad joke:
In her years of cutting ribbons, Her Majesty has had to smile politely at many brave new mistakes. But few can compete with this clucking, Grade A, Bernard Matthews–class turkey. One of Britain's most precious maritime treasures now looks like it has run aground in a giant greenhouse.Read the details here. I thought the English had more sense than this...
Flight From California...
Debbie and I will likely be amongst the droves of people leaving California – once the most coveted destination state of all. This article does a good job of summarizing why so many have left California, and why so many more – like us – are considering doing so...
Awesome People...
Two videos showing incredible feats. There are only a few in here that I would even consider...
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