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It's official………………Wednesday crowds set a new sales record for chic-fil-a. Free speech is alive and well.
on August 3rd:
1492 – Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships. The voyage would lead him to what is now known as the Americas. He reached the Bahamas on October 12.
1750 – Christopher Dock completed the first book of teaching methods. It was titled "A Simple and Thoroughly Prepared School Management."
1880 – The American Canoe Association was formed at Lake George, NY.
1900 – Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was founded.
1914 – Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.
1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the U.S. after the sudden death of President Harding.
1933 – The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75.
1936 – Jesse Owens won the first of his four Olympic gold medals.
1943 – Gen. George S. Patton verbally abused and slapped a private. Later, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered him to apologize for the incident.
1949 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed. The league was formed by the merger between the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
1956 – Bedloe's Island had its name changed to Liberty Island.
1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, 40, was found dead in his home.
1980 – Hurricane Allen hit the Caribbean and the Texas guld area. Twenty-eight were killed in the the U.S and over 200 died in the Caribbean. (August 3-10)
1981 – U.S. traffic controllers with PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, went on strike. They were fired just as U.S. President Reagan had warned.
1985 – Mail service returned to a nudist colony in Paradise Lake, FL. Residents promised that they'd wear clothes or stay out of sight when the mailperson came to deliver.
1988 – The Iran-Contra hearings ended. No ties were made between U.S. President Reagan and the Nicaraguan Rebels.
1988 – The Soviet Union released Mathias Rust. He had been taken into custody on May 28, 1987 for landing a plane in Moscow's Red Square.
1990 – Thousands of Iraqi troops pushed within a few miles of the border of Saudi Arabia. This heightened world concerns that the invasion of Kuwait could spread.
1994 – Arkansas executed three prisoners. It was the first time in 32 years.
1995 – Eyad Ismoil was flown from Jordan to the U.S. to face charges that he had driven the van that blew up in New York's World Trade Center.
2004 – In New York, the Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public. The site had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
Note for the Zipper heads Weasel Zipper is officially back up and running!!!
For those who don't regularly visit Weasel Zipper ( http://weaselzippers.us/ ), they got hacked earlier this week and had to go back to their old Bolg Spot site for the week as they rebuilt the site. Beyond the usual problems of having to rebuild their site, they lost tons of traffic due to the temporary address change so please pass the word that Zip is going again.
And Zip's using Intense Debate, Indy!!!
I'm thinking about the advertisement I just saw, by Xcel Energy, pushing evaporative A/C, as a preferable "energy saving" choice over refrigerated air conditioning, complete with large rebates from Xcel.
I have been wondering when this old method would have a resurgence in popularity. Just what we need here, on a 104 degree day – add some humidity so we can up the heat index exponentially, not to mention fill our homes with pollen and dust pulled directly from outdoors.
Back to the 1950s, it is! I can't wait for felt skirts with poodles on the front… I was too young the first time around.
HA! Got a 'swamp cooler' — used to be very effective when CO was drier. Development around here and all the new watering of business plantings (mandated by the city and/or county) and weather fluctuations has made the climate more humid. Xcel offered no rebates in the past for them, urged everyone to switch to A/C. Have to replace an old furnace this year (as of 1/1/13, EPA regs mandate 90% efficiency furnaces, that's $1500 to $3000 more than an 80%) and considering switching to A/C. One of the companies bidding said A/C has become much more cost effective and Xcel makes more money if customers use swamp coolers instead. Hence the rebates offered.
Lanna, I have a friend that lived at Siebert for ten years. All they needed on the arid eastern plains of CO was evap a/c, and barely ran that on the hottest summer days, anyway.
I figured Xcel was pushing these conversions to evap cooling in order to save some strain on their power grid – you know, when the rolling blackouts begin to happen. It's the only way the North East U.S. can get revenge on the South West states for refusing to participate in their frikken depression.
My experience with Xcel is short, They just bought out our provider, SPS a few short years ago. I understood they were out of CO at the time of the change over, but recently I ran across info they are based in Minnesota. Never mind where their home base is, is not too important to me. Their service SUCKS compared to their predecessor!
Xcel is the pits, used to be Public Service Co. of CO, think that was bought and the name changed. We used to get electric and gas from them and back then there weren't offering swamp cooler rebates, but they swapped out area with the rural electric co-op to get all of Denver International Airport. So now we have Xcel for gas, the rural co-op for electric and our costs have skyrocketed, as well as having to deal with two bills monthly. And the co-op is doing the same thing as Xcel regarding rebates. I recently did a search for furnace rebates, there are 10 different ones available and I found out that there are rebates for practically everything energy-related. Taxpayer money being used for behavior modification.
Don't forget your solar powered fan… the cardboard on a stick ones that they used to hand out in church. The more it "solars" that faster they fan.
Will they hand out "Fez" with a propeller on the top?
Does everyone in business, politics and media think we are idiots? How people can say some of the krap they say, with a straight face is stunning if you think about it.
On the plus side, before this ad goes mainstream there may be some profit to be made in "shorting" Xcel stock, LOL!
Stomp… I am no longer stunn-able!
After these idiot corporations submitted to the LEFTist greenie-weenie jihad, thereby picking the pockets of their customers, the American taxpayer, nothing they do surprises me. Squeaky wheels get the axle grease treatment around my outfit.
I've had a sign in my kitchen for decades, NO WHINING ALLOWED! Giving in to the environ-MENTAL-ist agenda has crushed my respect, in fact caused me to loathe most of corporate America. Hopefully we can restore their spine, by slapping them off the government teat, ASAP! The idea that CEOs, CFOs and Boards of Directors would submit the operation of vital infrastructure concerns to psyco-pseudo religious GAIA worshiping freaks is merely a sign of our decline.
Reversing the current slide toward Hell will require more than a new (R) POTUS or congress IMO.
Have a ball with your short selling, lem'me know how that pans out. I have all the excitement I can handle right now, via the CBOT Dec corn futures trade. It's been a damn hairy ride…
Very good post. I touch on something similar, in a post later in the Open Thread …
Oh boy.
Swamp Coolers!
I can hardly wait.
We used to ice 'em down, and put those little small sized beer bottles in 'em.
Didn't they call them ponies?
I loved them, as you could finish one before it got warm….
Oh boy. is right!
As a kid, I just loved crawling between the sheets that felt like they had been taken out off the clothes line prematurely and put back on my bed. Nothing like having every drawer in the house swelled up where it won't open either. Not to mention soggy crackers and chips.
Being a person of a desert climate, I can truly say without reservation, I HATE HUMIDITY!!!
Thank God for the Panhandle of TX!!!
Funny.
"Nothing like having every drawer in the house swelled up where it won't open either. Not to mention soggy crackers and chips."
You bring back memories.
None of them good.
Don't forget the friggen weevils.
We were poor.
We didn't have a Swamp Cooler, or Air Conditioning.
Hell, I remember being six years old, and getting an inside toilet.
Yeah, I remember going outside to releave myself, when it was thirty below, and having to kick myself loose….
On a frosty morn, you won't freeze down…
Wish I could remeber the rest of that little poem. The poet extolled the vitues of lining his oputdoor comode seat with something.
For all you musicians — Got this from a relative-by-marriage, her son is a musician and a grad of a school of industrial design, very innovative new guitar case, especially great for gigs — the Vertigo by Mono: http://www.monocase.com/home-vertigo.asp
Good to see free enterprise is still alive and kicking, now if we can kick Obama out 11/6/12 it can thrive again.
Reposting to provide Part 2 of the interview:
CV Readers: I'm putting this out there for your own personal review……what you make of it, conclude from it, believe it or denounce of it is for you to decide…….but from a personal point of view, I have no reason to doubt this as I've followed it for several years now. Surprisingly enlightening revelations through this source:
Part 2 http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/08/02/white-ho...
Part 1 http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/07/31/white-ho...
I have followed this for a couple of years and have no reason to doubt it. I particularly enjoyed Part 1 and hope they keep doing it.
I have a big problem with mysterious sources. It's intriguing for sure, but unless there's more than some un-named mysterious source's words on a website, then I don't believe a word of it.
CL tore me a new one for passing information I got off that site on here once. It turned out to be correct, just premature.
Sad to hear that….
I hope it's on the mend…
I certainly don't have any hard feelings, he was heavy-handed in his delivery, insulting even. It wasn't necessary. But I don't hold grudges against people I respect.
Hell, dcase and I don't always agree on everything, but we respect each other's opinions….
Not knowing the circumstances of you disagreement, I'm still sure that's water under the bridge for both of you…
We're not always supposed to agree, that's how people grow and learn. but we are supposed to be respectful, and that didn't happen in this case.
I welcome being corrected if I'm wrong, just don't insult me while you're doing it, ya know?
If I took to heart what my drill seargent called me in bootcamp, I'd be crying myself to sleep every night…
Hell, even you and I have disagreed at times over the years and I still like you………..kinda.
I'd rather have someone pissed-off at me than stalking me…..
Hi…
Hi, yerself….
I was going to stalk you, but I guess I don't have the time, or the knack.
Stalking me would require a lot of travel and late nights….
and being in places that most people only care to read about….
I was going to stalk you online. Who has the kind of energy to follow your sort around without getting paid? There is my health to consider…the husband and the kids.. really… I don't see who has time to stalk anyone ever.
Well, this is the only place online where you'd ever find me…..
You mean Detroit?
as little as possible….
That sounds like my former job. Guess I could I could be a pretty good stalker, except I always seem to have something better to do. Like now…gonna make some beer!!!
I wish dcase would come back more often. I miss his comments.
This thread is called Intense Debate for a reason.
I'll let him know….
Thanks
Let him know for me, too. I miss that brilliant SOB!
Will do…
He was an intelligent guy. I enjoyed my exchanges with him.
But he got his panties in a wad and left.
That is on him.
What are you all going to do, prostrate yourselves and beg him to come back like a returning Caesar? For Chrissakes, get a grip.
Jealous?
Not even remotely.
But the little 'back channel" bullshlt campaign is getting transparent.
What's a "back channel bullshit campaign"?
Begging is not in my nature….
nor is giving advice…..
ME TOO!!!
I always question unnamed sources, but I also understand why they have to remain anonymous, especially in this case. One thing is for sure, the info has been accurate beyond belief for over two years.
Well it's been obvious to anyone paying attention. Kind of like the psychic that uses generalizations and passes them off as unique insights.
That is good fun. The weakness of the Left is their emotionalism. Obama HATES. This works. Nice.
I like Ulsterman. I go there daily. My reactions range from amusement to disbelief to belief. It does a good job of playing with reader's minds. The comments are sometimes better than the columns. White House #1 you have posted here was the best I've read in a while.
It confirms some of my opinions about Romney and his camp.
Thanks for posting those.
Fascinating stuff.
I don't doubt that it's true. This administration is pure evil. But I find it hard to believe that so many good people on the inside are aware of what's going on and are sitting by. I understand there is a danger to their careers, but they would let a country go down?
What happens if this imposter gets re-elected? Are they all going to just watch?? Then they would be just as guilty for letting it happen when it could've been stopped. This is the part I have a problem believing.
This is what really makes me mad. I believe much of what I read in that post. Many of us here have been saying for a long time that what Obama is doing is with a purpose. He is not stupid.
I also believe that many of our senators and reps are not stupid. Why do they not be more vocal about Obama's intentions?
Obama gets away with too much. He ignores congress at every turn. Why do we not hear more from them on this issue?
As far as Obama getting re-elected, if we take control of both chambers in congress, perhaps some impeachments will be forthcoming. If not the Supreme Court will be liberal for years to come.
the whole thing is just weird.
I agree they are not stupid. So what can they be afraid of?
Certainly if there is enough of them, they can band together to expose this.
Are they that afraid of losing their positions. What have they been promised?
They could be real heroes, or the worst people on the planet.
.Or are there so many that are complicit and it is so big that we are already doomed.
And who is the old man? Cheney?
Lots of good questions.
I say lets clean out the barn and replace most all of them. That may take awhile and there are a few that I would like to see stay but not many.
Don't think the old man is Cheney.
It could be Papa Smurf for all we know. While much of that "interview" is obviously happening, don't get too caught up in its actual truth.
If even one senator stood up and spilled the beans on what he knows, there would be a huge uproar. One that even the complicit msm couldn't ignore. Sure they'd spin it and twist it and let their usual biased selves interfere with their jobs. But the cat would be out of the bag.
Then if something happened to that senator or his family, that would be confirmation. This administration isn't that dumb, even they know that would be suicide.
If this "source" knows something that could potentially save the country then he is OBLIGATED to come forward. I could give a damn about his career. By being vague and general he is part of the problem. If he is indeed real.
That's one of my problems with it. Like I said in the previous posts, if there are people that are aware of this, it makes them just as guilty if they do nothing.
That's why I am skeptical. But I am skeptical and cynical by nature. (Paranoid ex- NY'er)
They are complicit because they are also Progressives. Progressives in Republican clothing.
The term 'Progressive' now creates the same visceral reaction for me that 'pervert' and 'pedophile' do….
An indication of your healthy mental state.
Well, they're often one and the same….
Yeah and lawyer or attorney….
Not quite, but close….
Like the song says; "lawers, guns, and money"…..
Shakespeare had a point….
So did Warren Zevon…..
Ditto, with bullies included on the list…
This is true.
Been watching the live stream of the Dressage competition from London for the last two hours. Amazing horses and riders.
I know, not for everyone, but I love it. (Love anything horse related!!) Not my discipline of riding, but I can certainly appreciate the degree of difficulty and time, effort, skill and money that it took to get to the Olympics.
BTW Mrs. Romney's horse is sitting 23rd with 12 more to go.
Sadly, Mrs. Romney can't afford to win. I admire the skill of the horses and their riders too jg.
Amazing partnership between equine and human.
I'm sure the enviro-nutz would find something cruel in their training and advocate they all be set free to run wild…
I don't know if anyone remembers that last week I was upset with my weight gain of 1.2 pounds after losing 2.2 over the two weeks prior. Well this week, I lost 2 pounds. I have been at this a long time and I know this will happen from time to time. I guess my fear was that it might take a few weeks to lose the 1.2 pounds I had gain. I am happy to have things balance out though. Now, hopefully I can continue to lose for a few more weeks before gaining any weight.
Everyone have a good weekend.
Awesome Dwight. Just stick with it, never give up.
We all have different strengths and weakenesses, but the one thing that all successful people have in common is persistance…
Exactly.
I have used this free tool for some time and it helped me accomplish my goal. It is called loseit dot com. It helped me find a good balance of what I really enjoyed eating and helped me avoid too much junk. I also found that weighing in at approximately the same time of day each time (daily, weekly or whatever) appeared to be more consistent. Good luck and keep the faith. You can do it.
Yes, weighing in at the same time every week helps. I am in Weight Watchers so I do weigh in every week. I also have access to their website has plenty of tools, including a recipe builder that helps to determine the points of a dish.
You will win. I was not aware you were in WW. They have a good plan and tools.
Today.
I am thinking about Adam Smith from yesterday, and still laughing to myself over it.
He sure enough is the new Poster Boy for stupid.
The Obama Administration ought to hire him for Communications Director.
I'm waiting for his new video where he complains he was misunderstood, that he was just trying to make a difference and he still doesn't have any gay in him.
Oh yeah, and that he will be firebombing the nearest Chick-fil-A next week 'cause we're all so mean to him!
That's what they do, isn't it?
He will probably dress in body armor, dye his hair red, put on a Batman Cape, and head off to a Chick-fil-a with a trunkload of weapons.
Here is a story that amuses me. http://news.yahoo.com/vt-police-man-angry-arrest-...
I don't know why, it just does.
That reminds me if when I was involved with the pyrotrchic effects in a movie, where we blew up a row of meter monitor vehicals…
That is an amusing article.
I bet the police response time is screwed for awhile.
"We had nothing to pursue him with"–priceless
If they would've left him alone with his weed, he would've been nice and stoned and too relaxed to do anything.
I think it amuses you because deep down, doesn't everyone wish they could do that at one time or another?
Yeah, I call those times "weekdays"
It is hilarious, CL. The sad thing is, the local gestapo, from top to botton will become so engrossed in demonizing and prosecuting this pissed off citizen, they will let some frikken jihadi, or white collar criminal walk unnoticed.
I think the Ron Paul stoners should start a fund to pay his restitution, don't you? Now THAT would be poetic justice! Put their damned money where their mouths are…
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Here is a better article.
More photos, and video http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182958/F...
That link didn't work for me.
On Tuesday of this week, a gallon of gas in my town was $3.33.. The day before yesterday, it had gone to $3.68. Yesterday, it went to $3.95.
I realize that common wisdom is that these spikes are based upon the drought, and the icnreased cost of making ethanol. But it's interesting that they always happen just before the old folks get their Social Security (I gave three friends of mine gas money, last month, because they were running out, and only had money for one tank-full). Now, the old folks generally blame the oil companies for gouging them. However, I have another idea about this …
I think that people play the market … or perhaps, computers play the market … when they know there will be an increase in demand, such as when the elderly get their money pittance. If it is computer trading, the algorithms they use are probably the primary cause.
I don't know about the cause and effect, Stephen but, holy moly that's quite a spike in a week!!!
Isn't it, though?!! I heard about a price spike on Fox, where they spoke of ethanol being the source of the problem, on Monday. And then, the next day, through the roof.
Actually Stephen, the EPA advised fuel refiners they can ease up on the amount of ethanol mandated to be added to gasoline several days ago. Seems that advisory was issued about ten days ago, so I don't think increased corn prices can be blamed for this uptick in fuel prices. In fact, with the recent upsurge in corn price, many ethanol plants have shut down, mothballed so to speak. There is no profit for them at these prices, even with the tax credit and mandated 10% fuel blend.
The high corn prices have clearly demonstrated to our progressive congressmen on both sides of the aisle, that ethanol is NOT a viable fuel additive.
We the People couldn't have convinced them of this fact, with all the Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland lobbyist on K Street.
Some clouds do have a silver lining…
I fully expect the gas prices to go down, over the next couple of weeks, until next month, around the 1-3rd. If it follows the pattern I've seen over a couple of years, it will spike again.
Wouldn't it be nice if the government allowed someone to build several more refineries? As I understand it, there hasn't been one built in the US since the 1970s. With the current glut of oil on the world market, more refineries = increased supply of gasoline. That means lower prices. Get the EPA to cut out the "blends" stupidity, and we get gasoline back into the $1-$1.50 range.
Stephen, I'm certainly no expert on fuel usage, but I remember hearing in the last 45 days, that U.S. refiners were exporting gasoline, IOW making more than we can use domestically. Hard to have a price reducing glut of fuel when the excess production is being exported.
Seems this "free" market means free to ship it to the highest bidder. I wish I could be as optimistic as you that gasoline, and the fuel I use in big amounts, diesel, could ever get below $2.00 again. I read on an ag website that gasoline prices would rise because of the suspension of the ethanol mandate. They were alleging that adding ethanol keeps gas prices in check. I have no idea what the basis was for that argument. Frankly I just ignore their cheerleading for alternative fuels, since I know that farmers know different. It's just Cargill and ADM's shameless self promotion.
As I always remind folks about the grains complex, since we compete on the world stage for these products. We are no longer "an island". China is destroying our U.S. cotton industry, and they are doing it quickly. At one time, the area south of me was the center of the U.S. cotton industry. There is little else that farmland is fit to produce, but the acres were reduced by half this year, and another 50% reduction is predicted for 2013. A year ago the price was over $1.00 / pound, now the gurus are predicting $0.60 cents for fall 2012. We can't afford to raise it for that price. We don't do this for our health.
I'm still thinking about Adam Smith.
Yesterday there was a thread here about Democrat Louise Lucas, which said in part:
Lucas, an African American, has a history of race-baiting rhetoric and lawsuits, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis.
In 2008, Lucas sued the city of Portsmouth for not providing two construction companies she owned with low cost loans. The $100 million lawsuit claimed “the [city] council denied the money because the proposed project was led mostly by blacks.”
Anyone willing to lay down a bet that Adam Smith will immediately come back and fire his ex-employer Vante, for wrongful termination?
Of course he'll sue them, Cowboy! That's how it works in America these days. One can do no wrong bad enough to get fired and still be able to pick up a nice piece of pocket change if the company has the nerve to follow through!
Vante will settle by paying him off. Probably two years salary.
You'll note, liberals are experts at this scam. Loise Lucas (D-umbass), a prime example.
Don't you SEE? Lucas is using the Shirley Sherrod method of bilking the U.S. government out of millions of dollars.
Is this Pigford for construction?
Whadyawanna bet this type of con is going on everywhere.
You bet.
The all follow the Revrum Al Sharpton Biddness Model.
Shakedown.
I really like this young American Olympian. Grace and poise. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-gold-medalist-...
Poll: What occupation should Obama consider after the November election? http://dailybleach.com/poll-what-occupation-shoul...
I suggest he become an astronaut on a NASA exploratory mission to the Red Planet… Mars! I understand it's quite a lengthy journey. I suggest he take the Mooch along… ; )
Perhaps a rubber room and a very large bin of Legos!
If he builds something he gets fed.
He is going to need help with that. He can't build anything on his own.
If he builds something, the door to his little private room should fly open and somebody yell at him "you didn't that"…..every time
Like a cuckoo clock?
LOL, that's even better….the number of times he hears “you didn't build that” is matched to the time….at 9:00 he hears it 9 times, of course military time would be even better.
Maybe Lego could make a new game for Obama called Roads and Bridges.
parachute tester
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