September 2009
87 posts
“The Knight Templar was standing in the back of the House chamber, chatting...”
– In search of the Hill’s Freemasons - Eamon Javers - POLITICO.com History, Uncommon Sense, Theology
My great grandfather, George Albert Kimball was a freemason, and quite an accomplished engineer and builder.
I was surprised to see a young Virginian as a freemason, and then the famous...
The Origin of a Joke, by M. Python →
History, Humor
Had a nice trip last Fall?
“Iran’s Aim is to Take Over the Surrounding Countries… This...”
– MEMRI: Latest News History, Human Affairs, Uncommon Sense
Certainly we remark about Iran’s interference in Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Lebanon, but we mute it without really following the thread. If Syria’s one or two nuclear plants destroyed by Israel 2 years ago and hardly mentioned were...
“A petawhat?”
– Alcatel Boosts Fiber Speed to 100 Petabits in Lab Science, Computer
To think that I was looking at Peta and feeling guilty I just ate a chicken. With this my chicken’s DNA could have been discovered and confirmed by Tyson, before quick freezing it and sending to Whole Foods.
Speed...
Swim Parent Philosophy
Swimming, Humor, Law
I should get pictures, maybe next time, but one black shirt was kinda nice:
‘Instant Friends, Just Add Water’.
Another team motto, which in the swimming venacular is ‘deep.’
‘Pain is Temporary.
Victory is Forever.’
Now that seems almost statutorial.
Fort Lauderdale Aquatics (FLA) motto is: ‘Dream; Believe; Achieve’
...
The Meaning of Life Last song or thereabouts; is... →
Art, Science, Humor
I want to dedicate this to Patrick Swazye, an actor who played his best in ‘Ghost’, Dirty Dancing’, and City of Joy’,
In particular, Kalcotta in ‘City of Joy’, a place of great poverty and corruption tries the best in us all and thereby leads us to that best. Patrick playing a doctor who could not accept medicine after losing a young...
Watchfuckyeahphysics:
roomthily:
Spinning water droplets behave like black holes - New Scientist
wild.
BEC, Physics
Water has 12.06x10*23rdpower or 2 times Avagagadros # of atoms of H in a gram of water. That’s a big number. Cool.
“But it requires from all of us to roll back the forces of terror led by Iran...”
– PM to UN: World must rally against Iran - Israel News, Ynetnews History, Uncommon Sense
Nope, this wasn’t Sam Walton ‘rolling back’ to make your life cheaper and better; this is the deal where Israel is accused of being a terrorist for defending herself. Much like the homicidal...
“While federal law requires lobbyists to disclose high- ranking government...”
– Revolving Door Spins Government Veterans Into Health Lobbyists - Bloomberg.com Law, History, Common Nonsense
Seems like there are no watchers of the watchers, ie no real journalists, and perhaps no real enforcement to the laws. Whas up with that. Sounds like we need a few with video and make a...
“Merck had information that they did not provide to the public, the FDA and...”
– Merck Paying More Than 3,100 Death Claims in Vioxx Settlement - Bloomberg.com
Medicine, Law, History
Mom, who died of a torn aoerta in March, 2002 had been using Vioxx as a pain relief from her arthritis. She had previously had a myocardial infarction in 1980, but was fully mobile at the time...
Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics →
fuckyeahphysics:
Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week’s issue of the journal Nature.
The researchers showed that they could detect the quantum correlations in the results of measurements of entangled quantum bits, using a superconducting electrical circuit. The...
“When long-time journalists, editors, and educators decry the death of...”
– Think Again: Falling for the Far Right’s ACORN Agenda Humor, History, Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense, Horse Sense, Whore Sense, Borat Sense, Frog Sense
Yo bro, hey you got voters in those illegal underage prostos and what eh, Obama’s not on that like ‘white on rice’ or...
“the astronomers detected bulk cluster motions of nearly 2 million miles per...”
– NASA -
Scientists Detect Cosmic ‘Dark Flow’ Across Billions of Light Years Science, Theology, BEC
From NASA comes a new ‘wrinkle’ or ‘wrankle’ to the cosmos. We think of the big bang as something that happened say 14 billion years ago.. well this attractive...
“The long range model has a range of 1 – 2400 meters.”
– Laser Energetics Science, History, Environment
Folks, not to disarm you, but this is the ‘puke lazer’, with a max range of almost 1.5 miles and a size of about 6 feet. This means that you don’t have to use lethal force, but can still defend yourself. Be aware that making a bear...
“September 23, 2009, 12:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran’s AWACS destroyed in...”
– History, Theology
To the chant of Psalm 121, as presented by Caroline Glick. This hand at their own defeat, what Greeks called Hubris, and many Arabs might think IDF. Certainly no one suspects CIA, or Seals, or rubber ducks.
Some might say that greater powers exist to not only level, but...
“France on Wednesday led a walkout of a dozen delegations, including the United...”
– US, France walk out during Ahmadinejad’s UN speech History, Law
Bravo. If you disagree with a person’s speech, a teacher, a bigot, a hateful sociopath. Walk out; make sure it’s filmed, and if necesssary be prepared to defend yourself.
“Goldstone’s one-sided condemnation on Israel will make it far more...”
– JPost.com | BlogCentral | Double Standard Watch
| The Goldstone report is a barrier to peace History, Law
Hoping that Dershowitz will be favored by his fair and honest remarks that he will be able to judge which of the 72 year old virgins are appropriate for Hamas and other terrorists when...
“The idea of atoms as small spheres does not work any longer. In fact, atoms can...”
– German scientists produce first Bose-Einstein condensate with calcium atoms BEC, Physics, Science, History
This is the first use of Calcium as a BEC. Most of the others were Sodium. To investigate gravity and its fields is another great mission of emperical science applied to telescopes and...
“Jean said the episode would be called The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed”
– BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Baron Cohen to appear in Simpsons Humor, History(future)
If evah a social instructive could have its way with an audience, I think Bart and Bruno/Borat-Baron could make it … like almost as exciting as the wrestling match over SwimGirl pix on the bed with the oh-so...
“All you have to do,” Comfort told WND, “is push them into a corner...”
– A surefire way to debunk atheism? History, Science, Theology, Uncommon Sense
An argument remains, if you cannot tolerate being caught in the ‘I believe in nothing, therefore nothing created everything’.
What if everything has always existed … or that its potential, but...
“All the things we love about our dogs—the joy they seem to take in our...”
– The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind — Printout — TIME History, Dog Sense
Skittles, our F1 Labradoodle (aka Poodldor) has her yellow duck that sweaks when squeezed. She often brings it to us when she is in a playful mood, and we play toss and fetch. Then she will bring it with her...
“The Goldstone Report does not accept as fact that Hamas is a terrorist...”
– Caroline Glick :: Home History, Law, Theology
Ms. Glick balances the non-engagement of the minds of the world media who take the PR assault of this Goldstone Report as worthy of any mention at all.
Everyone is entitled to defend themselves and after 1000’s of missiles into Israel, it was...
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (via zero1infinity) (via naturalnumber) History, Science, Theology
And sophistication is the goal of a lifetime of work at measuring, analyzing and calculating differences in like entities. KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid is a goal, not an obvious method. Stupidity is a mark of...
“The first Western leader to expressly admit knowledge of an Iranian nuclear...”
– History, Uncommon Sense, Law
Vivila France. It is time to prepare for the Terrorists in Tehran to take what they deserve. If they were bloodied, much of the conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel from Gaza and Lebanon and Syria would cease. Hezbollah, Hamas, and Jimmy Carter would be looking for...
Sept. 16, 1736: One Degree of Separation —... →
fuckyeahphysics:
1736: German physicist and instrument maker Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit dies in the Netherlands. His pioneering work on thermometers means he will live on, to a degree.
Fahrenheit, however, wanted to standardize the thermometer. First, he produced two thermometers in 1714 that gave identical readings, a major accomplishment for the time. He went on to substitute mercury for...
“He deplores “scare tactics” but says that unless he gets his way,...”
– Mitch McConnell Smiled? | Print Article | Newsweek.com Law, Human Affairs, Common Nonsense vs. Uncommon Sense
I think I prefer George Will to the other famous writer of Trinity fame, Edward Albee. It would really be nice to see what Winston could do musically with George Will. There’s a...
“Update: Thanks to Sean Hackbarth, we have the list of seven nays on the...”
– Hot Air » Blog Archive » Breaking: Senate votes to cut off federal funding for ACORN; Update: Child-Whoring Pimp Assistance 7 identified; Update: Brooklyn DA “taking a look”; Update: ACORN disappointed Law, Human Affairs (whores+pimps), Humor
Well we know (llearned last week), that...
“But the Supreme Court has, in various cases, indicated that the native born son...”
– Natural Born Citizen History, Law, Uncommon Sense
It seems, Live, Freeze and Die is reviving itself and may actually become more closely aligned with Live Free or Die. Pelosi sending two different certifications of Obama’s eligibility to different states is curiouser and curiouser.
Oh...