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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
This Is The Place
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Feds Working with Muslims to Round Up Christian "Militias"
Barack Hussein has sent his troops to battle...
At least seven people, including some from Michigan, have been arrested in raids by a FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as part of an investigation into an Adrian-based Christian militia group, a person familiar with the matter said.
The suspects are expected to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Monday.
Sources have said the FBI was in the second day of raids around the southeastern Michigan city of Adrian that are connected to a militia group, known as the Hutaree, an Adrian-based group whose members describe themselves as Christian soldiers preparing for the arrival and battle with the anti-Christ.
Okay. Perhaps there is good cause. But here's the interesting part.
One of the Hutaree members called a Michigan militia leader for assistance Saturday after federal agents had already began their raid, Lackomar said, but the militia member -- who is of Islamic descent and had heard about the threats -- declined to offer help. That Michigan militia leader is now working with federal officials to provide information on the Hutaree member for the investigation, Lackomar said Sunday.It is what it is. And maybe, more.
Obama's Weatherization Program a Flop
It is at it could only be. A major failure. A waste of billions of dollars. Anyone surprised?
After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.
In Indiana, state-trained workers flubbed insulation jobs. In Alaska, Wyoming and the District of Columbia, the program has yet to produce a single job or retrofit one home.
And in California, a state with nearly 37 million residents, the program at last count had created 84 jobs.
The program was a hallmark of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a way to shore up the economy while encouraging people to conserve energy at home. But government rules about how to run what was deemed to be a ''shovel-ready'' project, including how much to pay contractors and how to protect historic homes during renovations, have thwarted chances at early success, according to an Associated Press review of the program.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Hope and Change Goes to College
I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Or not.
A UW-Milwaukee student was arrested after throwing a water bottle at another student, threatening the class and teacher and resisting arrest after campus police asked her 3 times to leave with them.
Thuggery: White House Threatens Businesses that Criticize Obamacare
This past week several big companies, including Caterpillar, Verizon, and AT& T, announced that ObamaCare would cost them millions of dollars this year. To pay for it they variously suggested layoffs and benefits reductions. Analysts suggest that the total first-quarter hit to S& P 500 firms will be $4.5 billion. Well, Democrats can't stand to have their precious economy-destroying healthcare program criticized in its very first week, so they've announced an "investigation" into the claims. Late yesterday, the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation sent letters to the CEOs of AT& T, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, and Verizon asking them to appear for a hearing on their claims. In the letters, Waxman and Stupak ask for company documents including accounting analyses and the internal emails of all "senior company officials" related to the projected costs of ObamaCare. How serious are they? The letter actually defines "senior company officials."
Power Line has a copy of one of the letters.
"When I Saw the Rolling Pin, I Knew it Was On"
Not the knife, the baseball bat or the billy club, but the rolling pin.
Drunk Man Gives Mouth to Mouth to an Opossum...A Dead One
I guess almost everyone is inspired by Obamacare.
State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen giving mouth-to-mouth "resuscitation" to a long-dead opossum along a highway. Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw 55-year-old Donald Wolfe, of Brookville, near the animal along Route 36 in Oliver Township Thursday about 3 p.m. The trooper says one person saw Wolfe kneeling before the animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance, while another saw the mouth-to-mouth attempt.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Didn't "They" Say the Obamacare Bill Would Create Jobs?
They did. They lied.
Farm-equipment manufacturer John Deere "said it expects its expenses to rise by around $150 million on an after-tax basis, mainly in the second quarter, as a result of the legislation."
Verizon "told employees in an email Tuesday that Verizon's costs will go up in the near term, pinpointing a tax-subsidy reduction for retiree health benefits." Heavy-equipment manufacturer Caterpillar "said that its first-quarter earnings will be hit with a $100 million after-tax charge under tax law changes attached to the new health care reform legislation."
AK Steele Holding Corp., "the third largest U.S. steelmaker by sales, said it will record a non-cash charge of about $31 million resulting from the health-care overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama. The charge will be recorded in the first quarter of 2010."
Valero Energy "will take a $15 million to $20 million charge to second-quarter earnings for the same reason."
Medical-device maker Medtronic "warned that new taxes on its products could force it to lay off a thousand workers."
Friday Night Trent Reznor
My apologies for my absence (for those who have noticed). Was working towards a promotion. Got the job - only, it's in addition to my own. No more money, but a lot more people reporting to me. I have to find a way to streamline the two jobs into one, and find elegant ways to get more work out of less people. The good news: I love a challenge.
Anywho, for your elucidation, I give you the first tune that brought Trent Reznor to the listening public. For those who are so inclined, I also recommend Closer, as well as The Hand That Feeds and Only.
He was Trying to Save Young Girls from the Beef
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Government Motors Unveils its Car of the Future
I suppose if the government can use my tax money to kill babies, they can use my tax money to create this. The latest creation of GM (Government Motors).
The city car of the future will seat two people, run on electric power and communicate with other vehicles to reach a destination faster while automatically avoiding traffic tie-ups and crashes. General Motors, working with electric-scooter makerSegway , has developed three concepts tailored toward that vision of future transportation. The Electric Networked Vehicle, or EN-V, concepts go on display May 1 at the World Expo in Shanghai.
It's not even an original idea. South Park did it first.
Do You Miss Jimmy Carter Yet?
This billboard popped up in Ennis, Texas. It's just a matter of time before one of these pops up featuring Joseph Stalin.
Sign of the Times
It's damn shame that American ingenuity has been reduced to creating this...The mobile homeless shelter. It weighs 225lbs and comes with a bed, kitchen and bathroom. Democrats are crafting a bill to make these things unalienable rights.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The Will of the American People? - Who cares?
Here's a picture of a cackling Nancy Pelosi celebrating the signing of the Obamacare bill, and with it, the destruction of America. And if any of you think I'm being too fatalistic, just wait and see what this does to you, your children and their children. And remember what a douche you were for thinking the Captain was overreacting. This bitch is just disgusting.
He Told You He was Going to Spread the Wealth
And that's exactly what he's doing. Anyone think this transfer of wealth is going to help them get a job? Anyone?
President Barack Obama said on the campaign trail in October 2008 that he wanted to “spread the wealth around.” With Obama on the verge of signing sweeping health-care overhaul legislation, he’s about to do just that.
If the final version of the legislation passes the Senate, high-income investors will pay higher Medicare taxes, tax breaks for out-of-pocket medical deductions will be curtailed, and it will cost insurance companies more to pay executives millions of dollars. Those levies will help fund expansion of Medicaid services for the poor and subsidize health insurance to cover millions who don’t currently have benefits.
“It’s very clear that taxes are levied on the wealthy and the benefits will spread across the entire income distribution, with a lot going to expanded Medicaid distribution and expanding health insurance,” said Roberton Williams, an economist at the Tax Policy Center, a Washington research institute backed by the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. “One couldn’t claim he didn’t keep that promise” to “spread the wealth around.”
In all, the bill would generate $409.2 billion in additional taxes by 2019, according to an analysis by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, a nonpartisan agency. The bill also imposes about $69 billion more in penalties for individuals and businesses who don’t meet mandates to buy insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office, another nonpartisan agency.Why do I feel like this?
Monday, March 22, 2010
In Philly, Hope and Changelings Run Wild Shouting "Burn the City"
The great thing...We just passed a bill that will give these asswipes the same health insurance we have. Even better...We get to pay for it. Hey Barack! Is this one of those teachable moments?
Business owners yesterday called on Mayor Nutter to stop "flash mobs" on South Street after patrons couldn't shop, dine or get home on Saturday night because of the hordes of teens roaming the neighborhood.
Inspired by Twitter messages to "come to South Street," police say hundreds - business owners say thousands - of young teens stampeded down South Street in waves, jumping on top of cars, knocking over pedestrians and fighting and cursing. "It was like a tsunami wave," said a store employee.
"The cops were overwhelmed," said a store manager. The South Street business owners called on Nutter to impose a curfew of 10 p.m. or earlier after frightened managers locked their doors, only allowing customers inside. Nutter did not return calls last night.
Saturday's was the sixth flash mob to hit the city since last May: three on South Street; two in the Gallery, including one that spread to Macy's; and one along Market Street East that spread to the area near City Hall. Several store owners and managers documented the stampede with cell phones or store surveillance tape.
A pizza shop owner said that some in the mob were chanting, "Black Boys!" and "Burn the city." One youth was overheard on his cell phone saying: "Bring baseball bats to South Street." After enduring months of street construction during a recession, then one snowstorm after another, business owners were delighted that customers had returned to South Street to shop, eat and stroll on the first day of spring. But the mood turned ominous as more and more teens showed up by 8 p.m. Between 9 and 10 p.m. the packed crowds reached a crescendo, according to police officials who deployed highway patrol, narcotics strike force and other units to assist officers on South Street. A parent, who had seen a text message or a post on Facebook, alerted police about the potential flash mob. By 9 p.m., Yee Chau, manager of eModa, a clothing store, on South near 3rd, said "It was total mayhem. Kids were out of control.
They were wall-to-wall. You couldn't see the sidewalks." One armed owner, who showed the Daily News his gun permit, protected his business by standing outside with five assistants. At Supper, a restaurant in the 900 block, bartender Kyle Fennie opened the locked door to let two woman customers out, but a mass of teens descended, and he let the women back inside. During a lull, he walked them to their cars. About 10 p.m., police fanned out at either 2nd or 3rd Street and gradually moved the crowds west on South ot Broad. Kids started running at top speed, with some going around the block, and coming up behind the cops. About 10:30 p.m. on South near 6th, Olympia Pizza II employee Seth Kaufman, 20, was in front of the pizza shop, trying to prevent kids from coming inside to fight with young customers who were eating. As the crowd pushed the door to get inside, Kaufman pushed back. The crowd pushed again, and inside, the owners, 66-year-old Peter Psihogios, his wife, Harula, 58, and son Paul, 30, were pushing back on the store's double glass doors to keep them shut. Kaufman said that kids slugged him, and he slugged them back, and then he was jumped, with kids kicking and punching him until he fell. The elder Psihogios tried to bring Kaufman inside, but he was punched in the head. Kaufman has bruises all over his body from face to legs. "He saved our establishment from them coming in," said Paul Psihogios. "We owe him a lot of gratitude."Ain't that a kick in the head?
American Pride: Hillary Clinton Chooses Swedish Crystal Over American
Jobs? We don't need no stinking jobs.
Swedish glass maker Orrefors Kosta Boda has landed a $5.4 million contract to supply fine crystal stemware to US embassies worldwide. The items are to be embellished with the seal of the United States and used for functions at 400 embassies and ambassadors' residences worldwide. The order has however been met with angry reactions from some quarters in the US who feel that the contract should have gone to an American firm.
Green Freaks Declare War on Kit-Kats
They won't stop until there is nothing left to enjoy
The campaign, launched by Greenpeace International, warns that such popular chocolate bars as KitKat and Coffee Crisp use palm oil from Sinar Mas, one of the largest forestry companies in Indonesia. The supplier operates in regions where rainforests and peatlands are being replaced by palm tree plantations that eliminate natural habitat and reduce carbon dioxide sinks that help keep the atmosphere clean and fight global warming.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
310(g)
The plain language:
Section 310(g): Social Security and Reconciliation
Prohibits consideration of reconciliation legislation that contains recommendations with respect to Social Security.
For an appetizer, take a look at Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Judd Gregg’s statement tonight. “Immediately after receiving the final reconciliation bill language, Senate Republican staff was ready and willing to meet with Senate Democratic staff and the Senate Parliamentarian to discuss the fact that the House reconciliation bill may be brought down by the 310(g) point of order in the Senate. Senate Democrats are mysteriously unavailable until after the House votes on the health care bill tonight. The Senate Democrats appear to be pushing off this meeting so that House Democrats will remain in the dark about what is likely to happen to the reconciliation bill on which many have staked their careers in Congress. House Democrats should be alarmed by this latest development, since the survival of the reconciliation bill is clearly at risk in the Senate.” If Republicans can get the parliamentarian to agree with them even once, whatever ultimately passes the Senate will have to go back to the House. And Democrats in the House quietly admit that its very likely they will have to vote again on the reconciliation fixes at some point down the road.
Health Care Bill Is Racist
Very interesting vid. For the time challenged you can skip to the 1:30 mark. If your poor or white, or asian forget about it. You have to be black or hispanic.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Our Fate Rests in the Hands of a Man Who Can't Spell "Sycasuse"
While Obama is making his NCAA tournament picks, he misspells Syracuse. Millions out of work. And this dipshit has a job.
Weather Warfare
An interesting series that ran on the history channel a while back. You can view all five parts here.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Meanwhile....
While president Hopey spends 100% of his waking hours on this health care debacle, Russia looks to sneak into the Gulf of Mexico and suck all the nearby oil out of our back pockets. This unicorn dreaming president of ours doesn't think that really matters. We are going green. It'll be a whole new economy and we'll be the leaders in it! What a dangerous president we've got. Has there ever been a country more suicidal than us? What country has had such vast natural resources yet refused to tap them? I thought the main reason we are to go green is so we wouldn't have to rely on dangerous foreign sources and transfer our wealth to them. Drilling our own oil now gives us this benefit and it buys time for someone to come up with something better. On that front, I don't think we are even close to something as cost effective as drilling a hole in the ground and sucking up a flammable liquid. Wind? Solar? Yeah OK... Please. Nuclear is a great way to start but Hopey isn't really serious about that. We all know this.
Russia, sad as it is to say this, knows better:
The Obama administration, however, views energy policy through green eyeshades. Every aspect of its approach to energy is subordinated to radical environmental concerns. This unprecedented lack of balance is placing offshore oil resources off-limits. The O Force would prefer the country shift its energy production to alternative sources, such as nuclear, solar and wind power. In theory, there's nothing wrong with that, in the long run, assuming technology can catch up to demand. But we have not yet reached the green utopia, we won't get there anytime soon, and America needs more oil now.
Russia more sensibly views energy primarily as a strategic resource. Energy is critical to Russia's economy, as fuel and as a source of profit through export. Russia also has used energy as a coercive diplomatic tool, shutting off natural gas piped to Eastern Europe in the middle of winter to make a point about how dependent the countries are that do business with the Russians.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Moronic VP f@#ks up again....
Hopey's first big decision comes back to haunt him for the 100th time in a year.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Obama: "Premiums will Decrease by 3,000%"
And the crowd goes wild. So at this rate, employers will be paying us to get health insurance? Sign me up. Do math much dumbass?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Ozzie Guillen Calls Sean Penn a "Clown"
if you like it so much, then you live there.
You can add Sean Penn to the long list of people who have been called out by Ozzie Guillen. The outspoken White Sox manager called Penn a "payaso" (clown) and "izquierdista estupido" (stupid leftist) on Twitter Friday for his praise of controversial Venezuela President Hugo Chavez.
"Oh my God, Sean Penn defended our President Hugo Chavez," Guillen, a Venezuela native, tweeted. "That's easy when you [don't] live in Venezuela and have money. LOL...shame on [you]."
Coke Heads Causing Global Warming
Coke heads? And all this time I thought it was the meth heads.
Cocaine users were last night accused of helping to make global warming worse.
MPs on the home affairs select committee said the drug was devastating Colombian rainforests because trees are knocked down to grow coca plants.
Group chairman Keith Vaz said: "We were horrified to learn for every few lines of cocaine snorted in a London club, four square metres of rainforest is destroyed."
Friday, March 12, 2010
It's Friday Sea Kittens!
God I want to groove tonight.... Groove like a mofo. I'm talking six Zima's and a shot of brandy, groovin'!
Look at these two fellas groovin' on that Stones classic... My God, this is the way it would be if Capt. Thurston and I lived on the same block. I'm jealous of these two. And I love them.
Tonight I drink to these two giants of our time. Whoever they are.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Posse Update.
Ok so this whole "posse" thing is fascinating to me. Looks like they've come to DC, ropes and six guns a-ready. And when they find those dirty...... Oh wait! Look! There's a doctor! Let's see what he thinks!
Hmm. Maybe the doctors know what they are talking about. I mean, he seems pretty nice with his corn fed mug and white lab coat, that he probably wore all the way from Michigan. He's just concerned about the health of his patients and his fellow man. Why are we so against all this Obama Care? Certainly it's on the level. No?
So I did a little google search on Mr. Southwell, since he was so kind to give his name and location...
And...
BAM!
Tyler Southwell, MD, Wayne State University
My name is Tyler, I'm originally from a small town (Lowell) in West Michigan. I went to Hope College for my undergrad and to Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. Originally my interests in surgery lead me to Urology at the University of Toledo where I finished six months of Urology and six months of General Surgery. I discovered surgery wasn’t my bag, and I faced the difficult situation of needing to change residencies. Before interest in surgery lead me to Toledo, my ultimate goal was to be a classic village generalist by day, and a community organizer and activist by night. While at Wayne I discovered a passion for advocacy for the underserved, leadership, and local and national policy affecting medical education and health care. Family Medicine at UM was an obvious choice: the program is strong, the institution as a whole offers enormous opportunities, and the faculty are dedicated and well-positioned to help you achieve your goals. I have interests in local and national advocacy, health policy, international medicine, alternative medicine, and performing as many procedures as possible including colonoscopy. And by the way, it turns out that Ann Arbor is a nice place to live too.
WHAT?!?!?! A community organizer? Do they still make those?
He almost had me! Damn you Google!
This posse thing is going to be great! Can't you feel it?
Yours,
Ali
She Muffed It!
Alternate Title: Muff Driving
I've seen this sensational story around the internet for a few days now, but Big Brain from Ubon's World Champion BBQ Team feels I need to share it with you, my dear readers.
This person. . .
. . .is named Megan Barnes and she, oh how shall I put it, had some rather urgent hygiene issues. So urgent, in fact, that she couldn't find the time to smooth things out in, uh, let's say, the privacy of her own home. Megan found herself in a such hairy situation and cutting it razor thin on time that she decided to, uh, let's say, do a little gardening while operating a motor vehicle.
But not only was she trimming the bushy hedges while operating a motor vehicle, she was doing so with her ex-husband in the car while she was on her way to see her new boyfriend. Enter innocent bystanders in another vehicle who nearly got the rear end of their car shaved off because the dynamic duo of Barnes and her ex-husband could not maintain control of their vehicle and clipped the slowing SUV in front of them.
You know, I have theories about the declining collective intelligence of human beings as related to population growth and episodes like this mow over any doubts I have about the validity of my argument.
One word for you Megan: NAIR!
Celebrity Moron Knows Better part 75
Saw this on Red Eye last night. No I don't stay up until 3 AM. I DVR it. Great show. I suggest all Big Feed viewers DVR this show if you have a DVR. And a TV. And indoor plumbing. I know, that doesn't leave many of you...
Anyway, just look at this 'tard. Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters gets his Michael Moore on. I laughed so hard when he went into his pledge part I think I coughed up part of my lung. Furthermore, anyone who actually raised their right hand and repeated after him should be committed to a mental institution and put on serious medication. This whole video is a giant 911 call for mental illness actually. Hey there rock star, I wonder what your profits are compared to the bigwigs at big health care companies. At least with my health care company I can go get my colon scoped out and my beloved teratoma tumor can get it's teeth cleaned. What the hell has Foo Fighters music ever done for mankind? How much is he making vs the average Tea Partier.. or for that matter the average senator or congressman? You're rich, you prissy derby wearin' rocker! Pay for my kids braces!! Your profits are insane Mr. Shiflett! Ima form a posse to take some of that dough!
Foo Fighters... Please. Friggin' Gin Blossoms on Fresca...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Brainz!!!
Man, when you think the whole Healthcare situation cannot get any worse, out pops Mother-May-I, Zombie-in-Chief Nancy Pelosi with a statement of such insane proportion and wonderment that it leads me to believe we must seriously consider requiring psychiatric evaluations for all people seeking higher office. What ever happened to "transparaency" and "draining the swamp" and the "most ethical Congress" ever?
So yeah, it's like bad and then Bawney Fwank comes along and pulls out a big boner (not what you're thinking) by proclaiming and implying that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are unstable investments and people should beware. I'm paraphrasing his actual comments, but it's the basic gist of his warped thinking. Wait a second Barney, just a few years ago weren't you spouting off about how wonderful and solvent the GOVERNMENT BACKED MORTGAGE GIANTS were? Didn't you? Didn't you?
Yes. You. Did. Fatso.
So, between Cross-Eyed Mary Pelosi, wiener-gobbler extrordianire Barney Frank, Blobfish Reid, just to name a few, we have to workings of our very own One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest right there in Washington. The inmates are assuredly in charge of the asylum now. It is time for these insane, out of touch, elitist drabs to get gone, and now, bunko! Where is Nurse Ratched when you need her?
One Less Cory. World Weeps.
Cory Haim will not be down for breakfast....
Dead at 38. (Career dead long before)
* Photo from my private collection.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Deep Thinking
Just when you think the ultra-left, America-hating, rooty-tooty fresh and fruity liberals couldn't lean any further left all it takes is some brilliant political analysis from a doper like Sean Penn.
You know Sean, we all laughed at you when you were Spicoli, but now we are laughing at you—well, because you're Spicoli. Like gnarly dude!
One Man's Fantasy. . .
. . .in another woman's crime. Yes folks, in the age of the internet, when no secret is sacred and any and all "news" is instantaneously transmitted far and wide, I suppose it is inevitable that something of this nature would transpire, and be reported, eventually. Thank goodness for the internet! This is news I can't live without and gives me fair reason to post a lacivious picture of breasts for everyone to ogle.
So ogle away. . .
H/T: Weasel Zippers
UPDATE:
And since we are on the subject, how come this isn't a crime too?
The Will
Well, since you chaps are feeling all musical as you lust for the weekend on a dastardly and rainy Tuesday, here is my contribution to the musical rotation.
Little Feat is one of my favorite bands and unfortunately I never knew of them until I was well into my 20's and heard a Willin'/Don't Bogart That Joint live performance courtesy of an illegal Napster download. Since then, I guess I've grown up all over again. . .and am Willin'.
Monday, March 8, 2010
500 Christians Hacked to Death in Nigeria by Muslims
Three villages were attacked by blade-wielding Muslims. The Muslims in those villages were warned to leave days before by text messages.
"Funerals took place for victims of the three-hour orgy of violence on Sunday in three Christian villages close to the northern city of Jos, blamed on members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group.
...Media reported that Muslim residents of the villages in Plateau state had been warned by phone text message, two days prior to the attack, so they could make good their escape before the exit points were sealed off.
...One local paper said the gangs shouted Allah Akhbar (God is Great) before breaking into homes and setting them alight in the early hours of Sunday. Churches were among the buildings that were burned down."
"People were attacked with axes, daggers and cutlasses -- many of them children, the aged and pregnant women."
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Palestinians Throw Bricks at Wailing Wall Worshipers, Blame Israel
"The statement also said that Abbas, who was being updated on the events in Jerusalem, had called on the American administration to "stop the adventure which may ignite a religious war in the region" and demanded that the international community "take responsibility and stop the Israeli recklessness, which may have serious implications on the entire region and on peace and security in the entire world."
Syria said Friday it "condemns the Israeli aggression" at the Temple Mount which showed the Jewish state rejected efforts to relaunch the peace process."
Other breaking news: Up is down and black is white.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
You Want Ice in Your Drink?
We take ice for granted in this age of refrigeration. In prior times, ice was unknown outside of northern climes, right? Not so. Yankee ingenuity made it available around the world when this country was young.
A dude in Boston named Frederic Tudor had the crazy idea of selling ice worldwide in 1810. He had it cut from ponds and bought a ship to carry it to the Caribbean. He repeatedly lost his ass, but kept on trying.
"Tudor had his first profits in 1810 when his gross sales amounted to about $7400, then increasing to just short of $9000; but of that he only received $1000 due to the "villainous conduct" of his agent. At this point his personal debts far outweighed his income and he spent parts of 1812 and 1813 in debtor's prison. By 1815, however, he had managed to borrow $2100, both to buy ice and to pay for a new ice-house in Havana. It was a double-shelled structure, twenty-five feet square on its outside dimension, nineteen feet square on the interior, and sixteen feet high, holding some 150 tons of ice. "Pursued by sheriffs to the very wharf," in Boston, Tudor set sail for Havana on November 1, 1815.
By 1816, Tudor was shipping ice from Massachusetts to Cuba with ever-increasing efficiency and decided to try his hand at importing Cuban fruit to New York. In August of that year, he borrowed $3000 (at 40% interest) for a shipload of limes, oranges, bananas, and pears, preserving it with 15 tons of ice and 3 tons of hay. The experiment ended in disaster as virtually all the fruit rotted during the month-long voyage, leaving Tudor with several thousand dollars worth of new debt. Still, he pressed on, opening up new markets in three southern U.S. cities (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, and New Orleans, Louisiana)."
He eventually was shipping ice to India, as well as all over the U.S. via the expanding rail system. Let's all lift our glasses to the man who created the ice business. Even if, like me, you like your whiskey neat.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Lynyrd Skynyrd Pepsi Tribute
Interesting little tribute on Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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From the Youtube description:
"In 1977 before the movie "Grease" played in the theaters,They would show this 15 minute clip.It was produced by Pepsi originally as a commercial for the band as Pepsi was gonna be a sponsor on their tour.October 20, 1977 changed the plans and it became a Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
It was the fad at the time for all the "Head"/"Cool" people to get up and walk out after this showed in the theaters as the movie Grease would be starting"
That's it. I gotta play Southern Rock Opera tonight.
It's Friday!!!!!!!!
Have a great weekend people!
Let's kick off this mutha farker the Ali Blah Blah way, beeotches!!!
YEAH!
50 Ships Overheat in Baltic Sea....
....as earths fever gets worse!
Well... No. Not really. Quite the opposite. Rather than overheat, these ships got stuck in the overwhelming freezing cold winter our orb seems to be having. Don't worry folks. The polar bears have all died off by now so go take a stroll while you wait for the fever to come back.
Serious question: Since we've heard for years the ice caps are melting, wouldn't a nice cold winter like this build it back pretty quickly? I mean, ice is pretty easy to regenerate. So we should be sitting pretty again, no?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Let's Get This Weekend Started Early
and let's get this weekend started right.
Staged performance, I know, but we ain't watching we're listening as background music while reading the feed.
Bonus Material
ATF Seizes BB Guns
These toys the ATF will stop. But where were they during the Cabbage Patch Kids craze?
A local business owner is flabbergasted after a shipment of 30 toy guns for his store was confiscated by ATF agents in Tacoma. Brad Martin and his son, Ben, sell the Airsoft BB guns from their store in Cornelius where they’ve been in business for seven years. The Martins said they buy their stock from Taiwan because the merchandise is less expensive. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized a shipment of 30 in October. That shipment is worth around $12,000 and the ATF is promising to destroy the entire shipment.
Special Agent Kelvin Crenshaw said the toys can be easily retro-fitted into dangerous weapons. "With minimal work it could be converted to a machine gun," Crenshaw said. Brad Martin is furious about the loss of money, for sure, but also in what he now thinks as a loss of his time and the use of government agents to seize toy guns.
"All this manpower, all this time, all this taxpayer money, [it is] wasting my time and my profitability,” Martin said. “[Just] to seize 30 toy guns!" Ben Martin disagrees that the toy guns could ever be considered dangerous. "To say these are readily convertible to machine guns is absolutely preposterous,” he said. “The round wouldn't go into the firing chamber and even if the firing pin did strike the primer the gun would basically blow up in your face.”
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Obama Kills a Wigger
Yeah, popped a cap in his ass.
"The leader of a Chinese terrorist group who serves on al Qaeda's top council may have been killed in an airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The report is not confirmed.
Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, is reported to have been killed by the US in the Feb. 15 airstrike. The US strike targeted a vehicle and a safe house operated by Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Baradar in the town of Tabi Ghundi Kala; four terrorists were reported killed in the attack.
...Haq ran a training camp for his recruits at al Qaeda’s camp in Tora Bora in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar prior to the US invasion in October 2001 [see LWJ report, "The Uighurs in their own words"]. He later reestablished camps for the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party in Pakistan’s lawless, Taliban-controlled tribal areas. The Chinese government has pressured Pakistan to dismantle the camps."
Some people spell it "Uighur."
Take A Look At My Girlfriend
and one of the most memorable album covers ever. Is the waitress supposed to be the Statue Of Liberty?
Taliban Cave Network Found in Pakistan
Now available for long term storage...
The tunnels, which are thought to have been created over five to seven years, were carved into sheer rock within view of the snow-capped peaks of eastern Afghanistan.
Maj Gen Tariq Khan said the caves served as a key militant headquarters until troops overran the complex in the offensive. "There were Egyptians, Uzbeks, Chechens and Afghans killed in the operation," he said. Bedding including pillows and mattresses were found in the caves in Damadola, in the Bajaur tribal region, suggesting inhabitants had camped out for significant periods. Maj Gen Khan added: "Al-Qaeda was there. They had occupied the ridges. There were 156 caves designed as a defensive complex.
And doubling down, here's some raw footage of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines fighting in Marjeh, Afghanistan.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
This dude called it...
I love to find the young who see the light. Gives me hope. To carry on. You light up my li.... Ehem. Anyway.... Dude probably has his own 10,000 member Tea Party by now and I'm stuck here ticklin' the keyboard.
Just wondering....
How many times a day do you think the Orbitz guy gets beat up for being mistaken for Keith Olbermann?
Monday, March 1, 2010
House of Commons Grills Head of Climate Unit
Phil Jones, head of climate science at East Anglia University, cannot be prosecuted because the statute of limitations has passed for Freedom of Information purposes. The British government is investigating how the global warming hoax was sustained for so long. The House of Commons questioned him today.
"The Institute of Physics said 'worrying implications' had been raised after it was revealed the University of East Anglia had manipulated data on global warming.
...'The principle that scientists should be willing to expose their results to independent testing and replication by others, which requires the open exchange of data, procedures and materials, is vital.'
...And he [Phil Jones] claimed it was not 'standard practice' to release data and computer models so other scientists could check and challenge research."
The warming alarmists can cry all they want, but the cat's out of the bag.
Poll Update
Last week we had a simple poll which asked who was nastier, Muammar Ghaddafi or the lowly Blobfish. And in the "other" category I used Janeane Garafolo, everyone's favorite "no I'm not a lesbian" hardcore leftist freak.
The interesting thing about this poll, well. . .first the results:
Smile for the camera, hon.
The interesting thing about this poll, well. . .first the results:
- Ghaddafi - 5 votes or 16%
- Blobfish - 1 vote or 3%
- Garafolo - 26 votes or 81%
Smile for the camera, hon.
Now that we have a champion, what do we do with her? A runoff perhaps?
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