"The Labor Department announced Wednesday that federal laws governing private employee pension and related benefit plans will be interpreted to recognize all legal marriages of same-sex couples, regardless of where the couple is living currently."
This means that the Obama administration is now going to recognize all same-sex married couples, regardless of state law. Welcome to leadership by one person with total power. Voting doesn't matter; Congress doesn't matter; the states don't matter.
September 23, 2013
September 17, 2013
September 13, 2013
Sarah Palin, peoples champion
Remember when President Obama promised us, “If you like your current health care plan, you can keep your plan?” That was not true, and his deceptive claim falls in line with all the other lies about Obamacare – like there’d be no health care rationing.
Anyone with an ounce of common sense can understand that if it is cheaper for a company to cancel employees’ health benefits and pay the $2,000 Obamacare fine instead of providing, say, a $10,000 government mandated employee health care plan, then of course that company will choose to pay the much smaller fine.
And if companies don’t have to provide government mandated health care for part time employees, then of course that’s an incentive for them to cut back employees’ hours and make their workforce part time.
This isn’t rocket science. This is Economics 101. And it’s happening right now at companies all over the country.
We saw this coming, and now even President Obama’s union leader friends have finally 'fessed up to Obamacare lies. These union leaders betrayed their own membership by enthusiastically endorsing Obamacare, and now our good union brothers and sisters are at risk of losing the benefits they’ve worked for and counted on their whole lives. Union bosses, you owe your membership an apology, retraction, and resignation.
Union leaders are now scrambling and trying to get special carve-outs exclusively for union members. I sympathize with union members – especially when they’re led by thugs. I always do. But this is the wrong way to go about fixing the enormous train wreck that is Obamacare. More cronyism, select exemptions, and special subsidies make the problem worse.
We need to repeal the whole darn thing, and that starts with defunding it.
Union brothers and sisters, don’t let your incompetent leadership hoodwink you again. Demand a full repeal, an immediate defunding, and some resignations.
- Sarah Palin
Anyone with an ounce of common sense can understand that if it is cheaper for a company to cancel employees’ health benefits and pay the $2,000 Obamacare fine instead of providing, say, a $10,000 government mandated employee health care plan, then of course that company will choose to pay the much smaller fine.
And if companies don’t have to provide government mandated health care for part time employees, then of course that’s an incentive for them to cut back employees’ hours and make their workforce part time.
This isn’t rocket science. This is Economics 101. And it’s happening right now at companies all over the country.
We saw this coming, and now even President Obama’s union leader friends have finally 'fessed up to Obamacare lies. These union leaders betrayed their own membership by enthusiastically endorsing Obamacare, and now our good union brothers and sisters are at risk of losing the benefits they’ve worked for and counted on their whole lives. Union bosses, you owe your membership an apology, retraction, and resignation.
Union leaders are now scrambling and trying to get special carve-outs exclusively for union members. I sympathize with union members – especially when they’re led by thugs. I always do. But this is the wrong way to go about fixing the enormous train wreck that is Obamacare. More cronyism, select exemptions, and special subsidies make the problem worse.
We need to repeal the whole darn thing, and that starts with defunding it.
Union brothers and sisters, don’t let your incompetent leadership hoodwink you again. Demand a full repeal, an immediate defunding, and some resignations.
- Sarah Palin
September 08, 2013
Man Made Global Warming hoax, loosing to truth...
If you ever see someone not arguing with facts be suspicious. If you find anyone using fallacious arguments to augment their beliefs be skeptical. If you see big money involved in science, bet that facts and truth are going to the wayside of the road.
Case in point. There is big money in funding climate research. More money if you can scare the population into thinking 'DOOM' Al Gore started the trend of junk science, fake facts and poor ethics to make a hypocritical buck.
Robin McKie, science editor The Observer, Saturday 11 August 2012 21.52 BST.
Rate of Arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted.
"This rate of loss is 50% higher than most scenarios outlined by polar scientists and suggests that global warming, triggered by rising greenhouse gas emissions, is beginning to have a major impact on the region. In a few years the Arctic ocean could be free of ice in summer, triggering a rush to exploit its fish stocks, oil, minerals and sea routes."
Scary stuff right? This is just over a year from the current headline.
By Hayley Dixon9:55AM BST 08 Sep 2013.
Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists.
"Professor Anastasios Tsonis, of the University of Wisconsin, said: 'We are already in a cooling trend, which I think will continue for the next 15 years at least. There is no doubt the warming of the 1980s and 1990s has stopped.'"
So ponder what a difference a year makes, unless either the first or the second was not based upon science or facts or ethical reporting.
Case in point. There is big money in funding climate research. More money if you can scare the population into thinking 'DOOM' Al Gore started the trend of junk science, fake facts and poor ethics to make a hypocritical buck.
Robin McKie, science editor The Observer, Saturday 11 August 2012 21.52 BST.
Rate of Arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted.
"This rate of loss is 50% higher than most scenarios outlined by polar scientists and suggests that global warming, triggered by rising greenhouse gas emissions, is beginning to have a major impact on the region. In a few years the Arctic ocean could be free of ice in summer, triggering a rush to exploit its fish stocks, oil, minerals and sea routes."
Scary stuff right? This is just over a year from the current headline.
By Hayley Dixon9:55AM BST 08 Sep 2013.
Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists.
"Professor Anastasios Tsonis, of the University of Wisconsin, said: 'We are already in a cooling trend, which I think will continue for the next 15 years at least. There is no doubt the warming of the 1980s and 1990s has stopped.'"
So ponder what a difference a year makes, unless either the first or the second was not based upon science or facts or ethical reporting.
The Arctic this year has about 1.3m km2 more ice than last year at this time.
This doesn't mean that global warming is not real and important, but it does again emphasize that panic is not productive, nor warranted. It also means man has less to do with it then the IPCC will have you believe.
September 04, 2013
Obama is a National embarrassment.
A year ago
That looks a lot like Obama setting that red line, doesn’t it? “That would change my calculus — that would change my equation.”
“My credibility is not on the line — the international community’s credibility is on the line,”
Even the most staunchest Obama support has got to do a double take at this.
That looks a lot like Obama setting that red line, doesn’t it? “That would change my calculus — that would change my equation.”
“My credibility is not on the line — the international community’s credibility is on the line,”
Even the most staunchest Obama support has got to do a double take at this.
August 28, 2013
Do you remember the "97% consensus", which even Obama tweeted?
Do you remember the "97% consensus", which even Obama tweeted?
Turns out the authors don't want to reveal their data...
It has always been a dodgy paper (http://iopscience.iop.org/
The paper looks at 12,000 papers written in the last 25 years (see here, the paper doesn't actually specify the numbers, http://
They put people who agree into three different bins -- 1.6% that explicitly endorse global warming with numbers, 23% that explicitly endorse global warming without numbers and then 74% that "implicitly endorse" because they're looking at other issues with global warming that must mean they agree with human-caused global warming.
Voila, you got about 97% (actually here 98%, but because the authors haven't released the numbers themselves, we have to rely on other quantative assessments).
Notice, that *nobody* said anything about *dangerous* global warming; this meme simply got attached afterwards (by Obama and many others).
Now, Richard Tol has tried to replicate their study and it turns out they have done pretty much everything wrong. And they don't want to release the data so anyone else can check it. Outrageous.
Read Tol's letter to the Peter Høj, University of Queensland: "the main finding of the paper is incorrect, invalid and unrepresentative." (http://www.uq.edu.au/about/
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
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Turns out the authors don't want to reveal their data...
It has always been a dodgy paper (http://iopscience.iop.org/
The paper looks at 12,000 papers written in the last 25 years (see here, the paper doesn't actually specify the numbers, http://
They put people who agree into three different bins -- 1.6% that explicitly endorse global warming with numbers, 23% that explicitly endorse global warming without numbers and then 74% that "implicitly endorse" because they're looking at other issues with global warming that must mean they agree with human-caused global warming.
Voila, you got about 97% (actually here 98%, but because the authors haven't released the numbers themselves, we have to rely on other quantative assessments).
Notice, that *nobody* said anything about *dangerous* global warming; this meme simply got attached afterwards (by Obama and many others).
Now, Richard Tol has tried to replicate their study and it turns out they have done pretty much everything wrong. And they don't want to release the data so anyone else can check it. Outrageous.
Read Tol's letter to the Peter Høj, University of Queensland: "the main finding of the paper is incorrect, invalid and unrepresentative." (http://www.uq.edu.au/about/
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
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August 24, 2013
Crossing the 49th.
We crossed into Canada. I had a detailed list of goods, that impressed the boarder staff. We did not have to unpack anything, that was great!
According to the boarder guard my kids and wife are returning Canadians. I now have a six month visa, which means I am a visitor and will have to leave in February. I also, had to get travelers insurance for medical emergency.
My wife applied for her Social Insurance Number (SIN), this is like the USA's Social Security Number (SSN). Next with the SIN we could get a bank account. The nice surprise was I was able to be added to the account, even with my status.
We had been in contact with the Secondary school for Connor. We arranged to meet with his teacher. The school was very nice and the staffing was amazingly different. The support for Connor appears to be much more then we could have hoped for.
The drivers license here was, probably, the easiest transition. The province contracts through The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (aka: ICBC). It was a simple matter to register as they recognize a US license is recognized as a form of ID and equal to a Canadian insofar as ability to drive. So she turned in her Oregon for BC.
We set up a five year lease agreement, which counts as residency proof. Also, we ordered embossed ATM cards as another form of ID.
Next up was the BC cares card for healthcare. The Canadian system has socialized medicine. Each province handles their own populace. Think of this as a state run system. This got a bit tricky. You can fill out the paperwork and send it in. The insurance will not cover you for three months. Even then you need to have your entire family under the plan. So my status as a visitor is problematic. However, the school required proof we filled out and mailed the form. So we did...
The school system is oriented towards the needs of the student with an emphasis on state and fed be dammed! As long as we have everything for immigration and healthcare in process he can be enrolled.
With our lease agreement, Tina's SIN card, license, passport and proof of mailing for BC Cares, Connor is enrolled!
That was quite the hurdle!
According to the boarder guard my kids and wife are returning Canadians. I now have a six month visa, which means I am a visitor and will have to leave in February. I also, had to get travelers insurance for medical emergency.
My wife applied for her Social Insurance Number (SIN), this is like the USA's Social Security Number (SSN). Next with the SIN we could get a bank account. The nice surprise was I was able to be added to the account, even with my status.
We had been in contact with the Secondary school for Connor. We arranged to meet with his teacher. The school was very nice and the staffing was amazingly different. The support for Connor appears to be much more then we could have hoped for.
The drivers license here was, probably, the easiest transition. The province contracts through The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (aka: ICBC). It was a simple matter to register as they recognize a US license is recognized as a form of ID and equal to a Canadian insofar as ability to drive. So she turned in her Oregon for BC.
We set up a five year lease agreement, which counts as residency proof. Also, we ordered embossed ATM cards as another form of ID.
Next up was the BC cares card for healthcare. The Canadian system has socialized medicine. Each province handles their own populace. Think of this as a state run system. This got a bit tricky. You can fill out the paperwork and send it in. The insurance will not cover you for three months. Even then you need to have your entire family under the plan. So my status as a visitor is problematic. However, the school required proof we filled out and mailed the form. So we did...
The school system is oriented towards the needs of the student with an emphasis on state and fed be dammed! As long as we have everything for immigration and healthcare in process he can be enrolled.
With our lease agreement, Tina's SIN card, license, passport and proof of mailing for BC Cares, Connor is enrolled!
That was quite the hurdle!
August 06, 2013
Phone solicitation for Murder.
So I got a polling person call me up and ask me questions to make murder of babies palatable. It was about a Federal Law protecting Abortion rights up to the fourth trimester.
The argument was being framed as men and the government are keeping women from reproductive based healthcare. Further that this was going against constitutional protections.
I oppose abortions. I do not believe they should be made illegal. In my utopia abortion is a safe legal procedure which never is performed. I oppose abortion because it murders an innocent life. I also know if abortion was against the law it would open up a black market that would lead to horrors I can only begin to imagine. The stories from the first half of last century was bad enough, with the desire of stem cells... well now I am making myself sick.
I also find it odd the Planned Parenthood (Murder Inc.), apparently targets African Americans who make up 12% of the population, but 35% of the abortions in America. Isn't that genocide? or Eugenics?
Recently the Gosnell Case briefly shown a light on the horrors our society has created. The media was not all that interested in following the case. There are rumblings that Gosnell was far from an isolated case. Let the horror show continue with our tax dollars...
Are we obsessed with sex? Is the proliferation of birth-control and the hedonistic bombardment causing the decline of western civilization?
Why are the chaste ridiculed or singled out as freakish? Way past time for this ethical pendulum to swing back to sane.
The argument was being framed as men and the government are keeping women from reproductive based healthcare. Further that this was going against constitutional protections.
I oppose abortions. I do not believe they should be made illegal. In my utopia abortion is a safe legal procedure which never is performed. I oppose abortion because it murders an innocent life. I also know if abortion was against the law it would open up a black market that would lead to horrors I can only begin to imagine. The stories from the first half of last century was bad enough, with the desire of stem cells... well now I am making myself sick.
I also find it odd the Planned Parenthood (Murder Inc.), apparently targets African Americans who make up 12% of the population, but 35% of the abortions in America. Isn't that genocide? or Eugenics?
Recently the Gosnell Case briefly shown a light on the horrors our society has created. The media was not all that interested in following the case. There are rumblings that Gosnell was far from an isolated case. Let the horror show continue with our tax dollars...
Are we obsessed with sex? Is the proliferation of birth-control and the hedonistic bombardment causing the decline of western civilization?
Why are the chaste ridiculed or singled out as freakish? Way past time for this ethical pendulum to swing back to sane.
July 24, 2013
Obama focusing strongly on jobs... again... this time for real? Dunno...
JANUARY 2011: “The White House Has Quickly Pivoted To Jobs After The President’s State Of The Union.” “Turning to domestic politics, the White House has quickly pivoted to jobs after the president’s State of the Union — even if it’s being overshadowed by the situation in Egypt.” (Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg, “First Thoughts: Balancing Act,” NBC News’ First Read,1/31/11)
APRIL 2011: “Obama’s Day: Turning Back To Jobs … President Obama Returns Today To What He Calls His Top Priority: Jobs.”“Though his presidential hours have been crowded by Libya, Japan and other foreign policy challenges, President Obama returns today to what he calls his top priority: jobs.” (David Jackson, “Obama’s Day: Turning Back To Jobs,” USA Today, 4/1/11)
AUGUST 2011: “OBAMA AND SENATE DEMS PLAN PIVOT TO JOBS” “OBAMA AND SENATE DEMS PLAN PIVOT TO JOBS: Senate Democrats hope they now have ‘checked the box’ on debt reduction and can move to an agenda focused on job creation and economic growth, through a combination of spending and tax cuts.” (Mike Allen, “DEMS PLAN PIVOT TO JOBS: Transportation, Infrastructure, Tax Breaks On Fall Agenda,” Politico’s ”Playbook”, 8/2/11)
AUGUST 2011: The Huffington Post Headline: “Obama’s Jobs Pivot” (Joe Peyronnin, “Obama’s Jobs Pivot,” The Huffington Post, 8/2/11)
AUGUST 2011: National Public Radio Headline: “Obama, Democrats ‘Pivot’ To Jobs But May Be Hamstrung” (Frank James, “Obama, Democrats ‘Pivot’ To Jobs But May Be Hamstrung,” National Public Radio, 8/3/11)
AUGUST 2011: Yahoo! News Headline: “Obama ‘Pivots’ To Jobs – But What Can He Do?” (Zachary Roth, “Obama ‘Pivots’ To Jobs – But What Can He Do?,” Yahoo! News’ The Lookout, 8/5/11)
SEPTEMBER 2011: Politico Headline: “President Obama Pivots To Jobs – And Dares GOP To Follow” (Glenn Thrush, “President Obama PivotsTo Jobs – And Dares GOP To Follow,” Politico, 9/8/11)
JUNE 2012: The Wall Street Journal Headline: “Obama To Revisit Economic Debate” (Carol E. Lee and Laura Meckler, “Obama To Revisit Economic Debate,” The Wall Street Journal, 6/11/12)
JULY 2012: MSNBC: “The Jobs Pivot: With The Economy Struggling, How Does President Obama Make The Case To Be Reelected?” (MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” 7/6/12)
FEBRUARY 2013: National Journal Headline: “Stung By Media’s Focus On Liberal Agenda, Obama Pivots Back To Economy” (Ron Fournier, “Stung By Media’s Focus On Liberal Agenda, Obama Pivots Back To Economy,” National Journal, 2/8/13)
Carlos Danger
Anthony Wiener is his worst enemy. I have zero sympathy for him as he is just another pervert seeking public office, again...
July 23, 2013
Why racism?
I am not a Glenn Beck fan. I have never watched any of his shows. I do like The Blaze news website which is one of his many ventures. However, this video echo's soundly in my mind. Why racism?
Failure is acceptable for Obamacare.
This affordable healthcare law is having quite the time in the news. It is confusing, it ends personal privacy, it is expensive. It has expanded the IRS, which is a government agency that has been doing bad things for a long time. The employer mandate has been shifted off a year, yet the personal mandate has not. The exchanges are a mess, the rates are going up. It is apparent it will not work as planned.
We see the Right being "I told you so" and the left saying "It just needs a few tweaks"
What I think is that this is going to fail-over into true single payer socialized medicine.
We see the Right being "I told you so" and the left saying "It just needs a few tweaks"
What I think is that this is going to fail-over into true single payer socialized medicine.
July 18, 2013
On a Personal note
I lost my job back in November 2012. Despite countless resumes and online applications I was not able to secure employment quick enough to continue our mortgage on our underwater home. Our house is in short-sale (foreclosure).
At the same time my Mother-in-Law is needing more assistance with day-to-day activities. While my sister-in-law has moved into a job with tremendous opportunity that limits her availability. Also, the labor participation rate is much higher in the area.
So we are moving up to Canada.
At the same time my Mother-in-Law is needing more assistance with day-to-day activities. While my sister-in-law has moved into a job with tremendous opportunity that limits her availability. Also, the labor participation rate is much higher in the area.
So we are moving up to Canada.
July 04, 2013
The Same Sex Marriage dialog we have been wanting.
I came across this back and forth about SSM. I present the links in order. This is ongoing. Hopefully I will remember to re-post.
SSM for or Against part 1:
SSM for or Against part 2:
SSM for or Against part 3:
SSM for or Against part 4:
SSM for or Against part 1:
SSM for or Against part 2:
SSM for or Against part 3:
SSM for or Against part 4:
July 03, 2013
Today's Problems
I suppose if you ask ten people what the major problems that trouble the USA, you would get 10 different answers.
If you ask people "Is Government the problem?" you will have 10 who agree.
If you ask people "Is Government the problem?" you will have 10 who agree.
July 01, 2013
I hate dealing with Customer Service. (updated with good news)
UPDATE *scroll down
Direct TV just cost me $55.00 because their equipment is faulty. Not to mention two days of no telephone at the house. Frustration....
Direct TV just cost me $55.00 because their equipment is faulty. Not to mention two days of no telephone at the house. Frustration....
My Phone service went out, every jack in the house. This is problematic because I do not have a cell phone. So no 911 no getting important calls, no making calls. Oddly enough, our internet was still running fine. It is DSL and comes through the same phone lines.
I tried various trouble shooting things, with no luck. I then called Century Link to file a service repair ticket. If the problem is on their side of the box, it costs nothing. If it is on my side of the box $85.00.
The tech found that the DirectTV box was shorting out the phone lines. He further said this was common and I should contact Direct TV for reimbursement of the money. His name is Jay, his Tech number is 488. His boss is Ryan 541-440-3110.
When Jay unplugged the DirectTV box the phone service was restored. Which really makes the culprit clear.
So, I contact Direct TV. The automatic crap sees I am bundled with Century Link for the discount and transfers me. Despite my screaming NO! I get Charlie from customer service, who proceeds to tell me that it is Century Links problem, not theirs and the Direct TV boxes NEVER have this issue and they will not be able to provide any compensation.
I ask to escalate this up to a supervisor and Charlie decides to give me a one time credit of $30.00. Not being happy with the $55.00 I will be paying out of pocket, I ask to speak to a supervisor.
For the next eight minutes 38 seconds I am waiting. Listening to the sounds of the call center. At that time Charlie goes to transfer me to a "Supervisor" and I am on hold for another 2 minutes 15 seconds. Charlie tells me someone cut in line and it will be even longer.
Charlie then wants to make a deal and provide me a 10 dollar a month credit for the next 12 months. At this point I am more interested in disconnecting my Direct TV then being hooked into another 12 months with faulty equipment. So I tell Charlie to issue the $30.00.
Oh, this is not over.
UPDATE:
I got a hold of various e-mail addresses for Direct TV Corporate. I just got a call and they are issuing me the balance! WOOT!
UPDATE:
I got a hold of various e-mail addresses for Direct TV Corporate. I just got a call and they are issuing me the balance! WOOT!
June 26, 2013
Gif from a friend.
Way too many years ago a talented artist friend of mine did a series of drawings. I was the subject.
Bob Vandewalle took a photo of me from a toga party and the AD&D Monster manual drawing of a Doppelganger and did a metamorphosis series of five hand drawn pictures.
Yesterday I found the pictures, after a good 30+ years. I scanned each in and handed them over to my multi-media savvy artist of a Daughter. She made them into an animated GIF and viola! Something I always wanted!
June 13, 2013
June 10, 2013
To Recap.
Benghazi exposed that this administration will lie about the death of four Americans in order to get reelected. The administration lied about it to the public, lied about it to Congress.
The IRS Tea Party scandal exposed that the regime openly, willingly, laughingly suppressed its opposition. They denied tax-exempt status to organizations assembled by their political enemies.
The AP Fox News Department of Justice probe showed that the top Obama administration figures were willing to use the FBI to go after the press, especially the opposition press, Fox News. This administration has named its enemies and has encouraged people to disregard it.
The NSA phone record monitoring. This showed that Eric Holder, and Obama, ordered the data mining against Americans on a scale never even imagined before and without warrants from the FISA court.
We are being placated by the Administration saying: "Don't worry about it. Standard operating procedure. Government does this and we should be glad the government does this."
David Petraeus comes to mind and the outing of his affair. Somebody knew about it, and somebody outed him. And it happened for political reasons. Meta-data?
Then we have the existence of secret e-mail accounts. This shows that the administration has political appointees who are engaging in activity that is absent oversight.
Because secret e-mail accounts are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, and they prevent any official record of activity.
Even the worst Right-Wing paranoid fears could not have proven more wickedly accurate. Will we survive this Administration?
The IRS Tea Party scandal exposed that the regime openly, willingly, laughingly suppressed its opposition. They denied tax-exempt status to organizations assembled by their political enemies.
The AP Fox News Department of Justice probe showed that the top Obama administration figures were willing to use the FBI to go after the press, especially the opposition press, Fox News. This administration has named its enemies and has encouraged people to disregard it.
The NSA phone record monitoring. This showed that Eric Holder, and Obama, ordered the data mining against Americans on a scale never even imagined before and without warrants from the FISA court.
We are being placated by the Administration saying: "Don't worry about it. Standard operating procedure. Government does this and we should be glad the government does this."
David Petraeus comes to mind and the outing of his affair. Somebody knew about it, and somebody outed him. And it happened for political reasons. Meta-data?
Then we have the existence of secret e-mail accounts. This shows that the administration has political appointees who are engaging in activity that is absent oversight.
Because secret e-mail accounts are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, and they prevent any official record of activity.
Even the worst Right-Wing paranoid fears could not have proven more wickedly accurate. Will we survive this Administration?
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