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Saturday, December 22, 2007
YUM!
Beer Jello...
SasuriSamuri reports:
Yes,… a tasty delight for the whole family to enjoy. What’s better than a gelatinized malt beverage after a long day at work?
"We're all gonna die" post of the day
That Russian asteroid was a lot smaller than scientists thought it was...and there's a lot of small asteroids out there...
FILM HERE>
FILM HERE>
Friday, December 21, 2007
The TRUTH about the SantaClaus coverup
The biggest conspiracy since Dick Cheyney shot a lawyer to keep him quiet.
(HeadsupScrewLooseChangeBlog)
Hello Kitty: Bah Humbug
all the reviewers hated the film:Reviewer Doug writes:
"...Our daughter has alot of "Hello Kitty" products, I will NEVER purchase another thing from this company again. It almost seems that the Japanese firm that produces Hello Kitty sadistically put this video tape out knowing that it could destroy the belief in Santa Claus to thousands of American children..."
so maybe you should buy one of these:
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
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Headlines below the fold
I didn't know that McCain had a son in Iraq...
Wonder how many other politicians can say the same?
Harry Reid's name-calling has even the NYTimes aghast.....poor guy, it's really bad when you bet on failure, and things get better....Gateway Pundit says it hasn't been this bad since the Civil war...
Legal case idiocy of the year awards HERE...
We don't get the View here in the Philippines, but it sounds like getting conspiracy theory Rosie back would be an improvement...
Wonder how many other politicians can say the same?
Harry Reid's name-calling has even the NYTimes aghast.....poor guy, it's really bad when you bet on failure, and things get better....Gateway Pundit says it hasn't been this bad since the Civil war...
Legal case idiocy of the year awards HERE...
We don't get the View here in the Philippines, but it sounds like getting conspiracy theory Rosie back would be an improvement...
All I want for Christmas is....
A small nuclear reactor....
No it's not a hoax...Instapundit has a report.
No it's not a hoax...Instapundit has a report.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Headlines below the foldU
Science Daily reports:
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Fossil Fuels Declined By 1.3 Percent In 2006
And Instapundit links to this Article.
But of course, Bali and Kyoto are about paper agreements, not about actually doing anything.
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John Allen's editorial in the NYTimes hints that the Pope has a problem being understood because the reporters get it wrong.
Gee, d'ya think?
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Stop global warming! Stop the burps! A new vaccine is being tried to eliminate methane forming bacteria in ruminates....
Today the burps, tomorrow the f*rts...
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It's official: Guiness is good for you... black beer prevents heart attacks better than aspirin
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Fossil Fuels Declined By 1.3 Percent In 2006
And Instapundit links to this Article.
But of course, Bali and Kyoto are about paper agreements, not about actually doing anything.
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John Allen's editorial in the NYTimes hints that the Pope has a problem being understood because the reporters get it wrong.
Gee, d'ya think?
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Stop global warming! Stop the burps! A new vaccine is being tried to eliminate methane forming bacteria in ruminates....
Today the burps, tomorrow the f*rts...
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It's official: Guiness is good for you... black beer prevents heart attacks better than aspirin
Hello Whaley
Tim Blair reports:
Yesterday, to illustrate an article by Samantha Williams, I asked artist Tom Jellett: “Give me Hello Kitty as a whale.” A few hours later ...
Bird flu...tick tick tick
more cases of human to human bird flu transmission...this time in Pakistan...this is "Stage Three":the jump from bird/human to human human transmission...several other suspected "jumps" of the virus in Indonesia..and China.......next step: Pandemic...tick tick tick
Think you're safe? The Pakistani family's cousin visited them last month...he lives in NewYork.
And now they have found the Birdflu genes in Swine influenza
genome. Since pigs are mammals, most human influenza evolves because it jumps from pigs to humans...
Think you're safe? The Pakistani family's cousin visited them last month...he lives in NewYork.
And now they have found the Birdflu genes in Swine influenza
genome. Since pigs are mammals, most human influenza evolves because it jumps from pigs to humans...
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers have identified a new strain of swine influenza -- H2N3 -- that belongs to the group of H2 influenza viruses that last infected humans during the 1957 pandemic. This new strain has a molecular twist: It is composed of avian and swine influenza genes.
Bird flu is also bad news for poutry farms in Asia...Poultry is about 1% of the economy, but farmers who have to cull their poultry can end up bankrupt...not to mention the anguish in being forced to kill one's favorite fighting cock....and in the UK, turkey culls to prevent spread have made the traditional Turkey dinner expensive..
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Gift item of the day
The website describes it:
It's a cat bum pencil sharpener!
Insert your pencil where the sun doesn’t normally shine and it meeeeeows. Well, you would too!Headlines below the fold
Here, kittykittykitty...
Cats were tamed 10 000 years ago...
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=^..^= meeeowww
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China's problem: An aging population...
No problem. Lots of Pinoys willing to migrate back there...
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Her majesty's science adviser acknowledges the real problem with the Prius....it's easier to pick up girls in a Ferrari...
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Castro says:"My basic duty is not to cling to office, nor even more so to obstruct the rise of people much younger," was his surprise message, read out on state television.
heh....you could've fooled me...
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The next health fad: The Medieval Diet...
"If you put this together with the incredible work load, medieval man was at much less risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes than we are today," said Dr Henderson.
On the other hand:"...Many, especially adult women who had entered menstruation, given birth to babies and so lost considerable amounts of blood on a regular basis, were anemic. An unbalanced diet low in iodine led to goiter, thyroid malfunctions, and contributed to a high percentage of miscarriages and birth defects. Lack of vitamin-rich vegetables during much of the year led to bad teeth and crooked legs (rickets), as well as a host of skin diseases such as beri-beri and scurvy. A diet low in protein resulted in weak bones and muscles...."
Break out the Beer!
Jackson's making the Hobbit...
The Ringers are so happy they're having a party....
And what about that lawsuit over the LOTR profits? Disappeared...Instapundit wonders if the Golden Compass thud has a lot to do with it.
The Ringers are so happy they're having a party....
And what about that lawsuit over the LOTR profits? Disappeared...Instapundit wonders if the Golden Compass thud has a lot to do with it.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Jesus is watching you tailgate....
From Cartalk:
I know they say that Jesus is always with us, but this is ridiculous! Whenever my car gets foggy and the defogger hasn't kicked in yet, Jesus appears on my back window... I guess just to make sure I'm not driving recklessly...
Cartalk podcast HERE
along with other NPR podcasts
Global warming: Fraud or bad math?
"Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity" as the saying goes.
So is Global warming a big conspiracy for an evil One World Order to take over the world, or is it just that scientists who can't tell a mean from an average find it easier to publish articles that agree with the latest fad?
Link 2
s the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)... bases its analyses on peer-reviewed research, but it does no checking of that research itself. Yet most peer-reviewed research is not properly checked prior to its publication. ..
One example is at Link3.
Nature published a study that used the ripening process of Pinot Noir grapes as an indicator for the warmth of the climate.....
The work aroused Keenan's suspicion, and he wanted to test its mathematical foundations. (when he finally got it, after many requests he discovered)... The authors had smoothed the data for their study, confused standard errors with standard deviations, used incorrect parameters, and confused daily temperatures with average temperatures....
... the Nature editors hadn't noticed anything, since the data was never put at their disposal, and they never asked for it either. ... The mere fact that the grape harvest model gave a temperature for 2003 that was 2.4 degrees Celsius above the temperature actually measured by Météo France should have made the editors suspicious.
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Stuff like this happens with medical journals, which is why we GP's rely on secondary reports (Family practice articles, summaries, lectures) rather than the hard stuff in the fancy journals...which often has similar problems not noted in the original publication....things like "increase rate of heart attack up 50%" might mean a tiny increase from 5 to 8 out of 100 000 population years...
So is Global warming a big conspiracy for an evil One World Order to take over the world, or is it just that scientists who can't tell a mean from an average find it easier to publish articles that agree with the latest fad?
Link 2
s the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)... bases its analyses on peer-reviewed research, but it does no checking of that research itself. Yet most peer-reviewed research is not properly checked prior to its publication. ..
One example is at Link3.
Nature published a study that used the ripening process of Pinot Noir grapes as an indicator for the warmth of the climate.....
The work aroused Keenan's suspicion, and he wanted to test its mathematical foundations. (when he finally got it, after many requests he discovered)... The authors had smoothed the data for their study, confused standard errors with standard deviations, used incorrect parameters, and confused daily temperatures with average temperatures....
... the Nature editors hadn't noticed anything, since the data was never put at their disposal, and they never asked for it either. ... The mere fact that the grape harvest model gave a temperature for 2003 that was 2.4 degrees Celsius above the temperature actually measured by Météo France should have made the editors suspicious.
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Stuff like this happens with medical journals, which is why we GP's rely on secondary reports (Family practice articles, summaries, lectures) rather than the hard stuff in the fancy journals...which often has similar problems not noted in the original publication....things like "increase rate of heart attack up 50%" might mean a tiny increase from 5 to 8 out of 100 000 population years...
Worst Christmas songs to enjoy
Teeny Manolo Blog has links to the worst Christmas songs...complete with lnks.
My vote is this one:
My vote is this one:
Christmas stuff
Craft item of the day
Link is to make a popup christmas tree card...
and has instructions for an origami angel.
and has instructions for an origami angel.
Keeping people from sin
The mullahs closed some Internet Cafes to keep people from sin...
In San Francisco, they outlaw other sins....
After banning plastic bags from chain grocery stores and bottled water from City Hall, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set his sights on soda - working up a plan to charge a new city fee to big retailers of sugar drinks. "The bottom line is that there is a direct nexus between high-fructose corn syrup drinks like colas and Big Gulps and obesity among schoolkids," Newsom said Friday...
The irony is that if they had closed the bathhouses that encouraged promiscuous gay sex back in 1978 when the syphillis and Entameoba Histolytica epidemics were rampant, there'd be a lot less HIV...
As for the Mullahs: Their HIV is being spread by drugs, not sex...yet they are trying to eliminate simple flirtation.
In San Francisco, they outlaw other sins....
After banning plastic bags from chain grocery stores and bottled water from City Hall, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set his sights on soda - working up a plan to charge a new city fee to big retailers of sugar drinks. "The bottom line is that there is a direct nexus between high-fructose corn syrup drinks like colas and Big Gulps and obesity among schoolkids," Newsom said Friday...
The irony is that if they had closed the bathhouses that encouraged promiscuous gay sex back in 1978 when the syphillis and Entameoba Histolytica epidemics were rampant, there'd be a lot less HIV...
As for the Mullahs: Their HIV is being spread by drugs, not sex...yet they are trying to eliminate simple flirtation.
Heaven take one
While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there
is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see,
so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the man.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is
have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose
here to spend eternity."
"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of
a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it
are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake
his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich
at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and
champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a
good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that
before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him.
"Now it's time to visit heaven."
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls
moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a
good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter
returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose
your eternity."
The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never
have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I
would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to
hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land
covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting
it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I don't
understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a
golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank
champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland
full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were
campaigning..... Today you voted."
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your email of the day from Col. Updraft
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there
is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see,
so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the man.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is
have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose
here to spend eternity."
"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of
a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it
are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake
his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich
at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and
champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a
good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that
before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him.
"Now it's time to visit heaven."
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls
moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a
good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter
returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose
your eternity."
The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never
have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I
would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to
hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land
covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting
it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I don't
understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a
golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank
champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland
full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were
campaigning..... Today you voted."
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your email of the day from Col. Updraft
Monday, December 17, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Family News
Cousin Mading is too sick for surgery for his fractured hip. He is back home, comfortable but weak. We visited him today.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Gift Item of the day
A Zeus letter opener..."...Left or right handed, a letter knife to rip through hatemail with the stealth and fury of Zeus!"
Friday, December 14, 2007
Old gossip is still fascinating
The Mitford sisters were a bunch of beautiful but crazy British Ladies. One of them had a crush on Hitler...now someone is claiming she had a "love child"...
It's unlikely, but the real story at the top link is fascinating too...
It's unlikely, but the real story at the top link is fascinating too...
Music download of the day
Well, at least one of Algore's adoring fans doesn't have to use Miss Clairol.....
Christmas cats!
"...A cloned Turkish Angola kitten, left, gives off a red fluorescence glow while an ordinary one appears to be green in this picture taken under ultraviolet light at a laboratory of Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. The cloned cat’s genes were modified with a fluorescent protein. / Yonhap"PondScum Lawyer alert
Wonder why you never hear about heroism by US Soldiers/military?
Don't blame the MSM, blame the lawyers.
Lawyer joke of the day: LINK.
Don't blame the MSM, blame the lawyers.
Lawyer joke of the day: LINK.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Science headlines of the day
.Did Mammoths die off because of a meteor shower 30 000 years ago?
Did Global Warming cause the arctic ice to melt, spurring off the age of the Vikings? Well, don't worry. We now have our revenge. We had to put up with Vikings raping and pillaging, but they have to put up with Algore and Uma Thurmond...
Chicago considers a chicken ban...not, it's not raising fighting cocks it's yuppies wanting to "go natural".
Histoplamosis, anyone? And wait til the yuppies find out that henpoop can spread birdflu to humans.
Bah Humbug to Disney princesses....is it because they are feisty and feminine,(and always get their man) rather than grim faced feminists who save the planet?
". No need for complicated witch-hunting techniques--pin-prickings and dunkings--in Princessland. All you have to look for is wrinkles."...
Watch it, Barbara, your wrinkles are showing.
Did Global Warming cause the arctic ice to melt, spurring off the age of the Vikings? Well, don't worry. We now have our revenge. We had to put up with Vikings raping and pillaging, but they have to put up with Algore and Uma Thurmond...
Chicago considers a chicken ban...not, it's not raising fighting cocks it's yuppies wanting to "go natural".
Histoplamosis, anyone? And wait til the yuppies find out that henpoop can spread birdflu to humans.
Bah Humbug to Disney princesses....is it because they are feisty and feminine,(and always get their man) rather than grim faced feminists who save the planet?
". No need for complicated witch-hunting techniques--pin-prickings and dunkings--in Princessland. All you have to look for is wrinkles."...
Watch it, Barbara, your wrinkles are showing.
Your tax dollars at work
Not only does Barney, the WhiteHouse Dog, have his own webpage, but today they released his latest film:Barney Cam VI: Holiday in the National Parks.
Photo at the left is Barney and his girlfriend Miss Beasley.
Hmmm...where's Tom Coburn when we need him?
Everyday Hero
Hassan Askari (r.) came to the rescue of a Jewish girl who was attacked by ten thugs.Her crime? The thugs were shouting "merry Christmas, and she merely answered by wishing everyone a "Happy Hanukah".
Aslari is a Muslim student from Bengladesh studying at a Manhatten college. He got beaten and left with a black eye for his help.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
It's a bird...it's a plane...it's---
the biggest Jesus statue in Asia...
Actually, this was just dedicated in an area of Indonesia where Christians suffered a lot of attacks from terrorists.
My essay about it is at BNN.
Gift item of the day
Amazon.com Product DescriptionThe Mangroomer Do-It-Yourself Electric Back Shaver is absolutely the best way to get rid of unwanted back hair. This one-of-a-kind device features a large 1.5-inch blade that enables you to shave larger areas of your back with ease.
From Amazon's gifts for people who have everything...via Instapundit.
Headlines below the fold
Yes, Virginia, you can rip your cd's into mp3's...but not if you store them in a file that is on your P2P program.
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WaPo has a long article about the cold virus from hell...
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Gateway Pundit has links about that huge bombing in Algeria...they hit the UN agency for refugees..and a lot of civilians.....Few Americans are aware that Islamic militants warred against the Algerian government from 1991-2002, or that between 100 000 and 200 000 people died, often massacres of civilians by terrorists.
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...the Japanese researcher who co invented a way to make skin cells into primitive (embryo like) stem cells was inspired to do so after viewing an embryo under a microscope...and also note that Buddhist Japan had restrictions on embryo use, even though abortion has been legal there for 50 years....
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If your name is Mary, and your husband's name is Joseph, then Travelodge Europe will give you a discount...no reports if they'll deliver your first born for free, however.
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WaPo has a long article about the cold virus from hell...
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Gateway Pundit has links about that huge bombing in Algeria...they hit the UN agency for refugees..and a lot of civilians.....Few Americans are aware that Islamic militants warred against the Algerian government from 1991-2002, or that between 100 000 and 200 000 people died, often massacres of civilians by terrorists.
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...the Japanese researcher who co invented a way to make skin cells into primitive (embryo like) stem cells was inspired to do so after viewing an embryo under a microscope...and also note that Buddhist Japan had restrictions on embryo use, even though abortion has been legal there for 50 years....
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If your name is Mary, and your husband's name is Joseph, then Travelodge Europe will give you a discount...no reports if they'll deliver your first born for free, however.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Nice story of the day
Farandolae....read story at link
For those unfamiliar with it, it is the energy producing sections of mitochondria in Madeline L'Engle's story a Wind in the Door...and that story made at least one student decide to go into biological research.
For those unfamiliar with it, it is the energy producing sections of mitochondria in Madeline L'Engle's story a Wind in the Door...and that story made at least one student decide to go into biological research.
Holiday reading list
Check the link at SigmundCarland AlfredBlog....for updated Classics to read to your children at Chistmas...
such as....
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