I just added another bookmark to my list, Crumahara Shop. On two separate occasions I was wandering around the Internet and found something helpful to me (as a photographer) on this website. First it was the $0 tripod camera mod, and now it's the Free Color Balance Card(s) sampler pack from Wislonart Contract. In all fairness, it was really a link to knick knack but still, I found it at Crumahara Shop so they're officially on t3h list. It seems more heavily video-game oriented than photography, but there it is.
I've ordered the black/white/grey samples. We'll see what happens.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
A Blast From The Past
~or~
Remember when airline safety regulations were realistic and you could carry a pocketknife on an airplane?
(and before that when there was actually Freedom, and you could wear a sidearm on a civilian airliner?)
Straight out of the August 1999 Cooper's Commentaries:
I cannot tell you the regret I had, that the 9/11/01 hijackers used a legal-sized blade to hijack the planes, because I just knew that they would get all stupid with restrictions on what you can take on a plane. And of course, they did.
Remember when airline safety regulations were realistic and you could carry a pocketknife on an airplane?
(and before that when there was actually Freedom, and you could wear a sidearm on a civilian airliner?)
Straight out of the August 1999 Cooper's Commentaries:
Family member Bill O'Connor reports that he was hassled recently at the Philadelphia Airport because his pocketknife had a serrated edge. Apparently carrying a knife with a serrated edge is politically incorrect in the City of Brotherly Love. The aparatchik at the gate promised to mail the knife to him at a later date, but as you might suppose it has not showed up yet. Somehow it appears quaint to attempt to hijack an airliner with a pocketknife, but then a lot of things appear quaint in the Age of the Wimp.
I cannot tell you the regret I had, that the 9/11/01 hijackers used a legal-sized blade to hijack the planes, because I just knew that they would get all stupid with restrictions on what you can take on a plane. And of course, they did.
Support The Troops!
Buy a calendar. From Pin-ups for Vets. Oh, and don't try clicking on their gallery page for the next couple of days. Fox linked to it and overwhelmed their servers LOL.
If You Are In Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Punch This Woman In The Mouth.
Little wonder that an anti-Israel protest got a little violent when you have anti-semites saying that the Jews should go back to the ovens.
If you see this woman on the street, punch her in the mouth. Twice, once for you and once for me.
The really ugly part: her vote cancels out your vote, and if you don't vote, she votes for you twice.
Yeah yeah, blah blah, freedom of speech. You can say whatever you want, sure. If you shout "fire" in a theater be prepared to go to jail. And if you say the Jews should go back into the ovens, be prepared for a beat-down from everyone you meet. Actions have consequences, [deleted]es.
If you see this woman on the street, punch her in the mouth. Twice, once for you and once for me.
The really ugly part: her vote cancels out your vote, and if you don't vote, she votes for you twice.
Yeah yeah, blah blah, freedom of speech. You can say whatever you want, sure. If you shout "fire" in a theater be prepared to go to jail. And if you say the Jews should go back into the ovens, be prepared for a beat-down from everyone you meet. Actions have consequences, [deleted]es.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Blackwater 5 Arraigned Today
This is just a mess. Go to Blackfive.net to read about it (with video! )
Gazprom Attempts To Expand Russian Sphere of Influence
...by cutting off gas to a half-dozen countries, including one they are in a pretty tense situation with already (Ukraine). They bought a controlling interest in Serbia's energy industry at a time when Serbia was about to see Kosovo declared independent and Serbia in the EU. Russia is looking to put a pipeline through Serbia to work around the European pipeline which makes Russian activity largely beside-the-point.
No no, it is all legitimate business and the countries are cut off because they don't want to pay the going rate (+60%) for their natural gas! It is not the spirit of the Soviets running the country, trying to strong-arm their neighbors! Not at all!
Right, and I have a bridge to sell you.
No no, it is all legitimate business and the countries are cut off because they don't want to pay the going rate (+60%) for their natural gas! It is not the spirit of the Soviets running the country, trying to strong-arm their neighbors! Not at all!
Right, and I have a bridge to sell you.
Civilianz R Dying In Gaza zOMG!!!!1!
"International pressure" is mounting on Israel to stop killing non-combatants by stopping killing anyone. The "we surrender" French and "we don't like you much" Egyptians don't seem to notice the great pains Israel has taken to avoid non-combatant casualties, even to the extent that 80% of the air force's missions are called off because of civilian presence in the target zone. Nevermind that 80% of the dead are hamas fighters even though they persist in hiding amidst non-combatants.
Israel is fighting with cowards who hide amongst non-combatants for protection. They have been given official notice that this is no longer a valid strategy for protection, but the hamas jerk-offs still won't 'stand and deliver' or even get out of the UN schools, because that would deprive them of propaganda. My message to Israel:
Do not lose your nerve! May God bless your operation and aid your men as they expand the ground operations!
The idiots at NPR (unfortunately one of them a professor at the War College) said that wars are resolved by political means. False. War is ended prematurely by political means. War is WON through VICTORY over your enemies.
To Israelis: Remember how we Americans won WWII. We carpet-bombed German cities. The Germans surrendered. We fire-bombed pretty much every city in Japan (where the homes are made of wood)! The Japanese surrendered.
Germany and Japan were hiding war equipment manufacturies in their cities, so we destroyed their cities. Your enemy also lurks in the city.
Certainly it is good and noble to continue making noise about cease-fires with Palestine. Do not be fooled into thinking it is NOT good and noble to continue the ground war with hamas for as long as hamas refuses to speak of a truce and continues lobbing rockets into Israel.
Israel can have peace with Palestine on terms dictated entirely by Israel. If Israel has the stomach for it (this time).
Israel is fighting with cowards who hide amongst non-combatants for protection. They have been given official notice that this is no longer a valid strategy for protection, but the hamas jerk-offs still won't 'stand and deliver' or even get out of the UN schools, because that would deprive them of propaganda. My message to Israel:
Do not lose your nerve! May God bless your operation and aid your men as they expand the ground operations!
The idiots at NPR (unfortunately one of them a professor at the War College) said that wars are resolved by political means. False. War is ended prematurely by political means. War is WON through VICTORY over your enemies.
To Israelis: Remember how we Americans won WWII. We carpet-bombed German cities. The Germans surrendered. We fire-bombed pretty much every city in Japan (where the homes are made of wood)! The Japanese surrendered.
Germany and Japan were hiding war equipment manufacturies in their cities, so we destroyed their cities. Your enemy also lurks in the city.
Certainly it is good and noble to continue making noise about cease-fires with Palestine. Do not be fooled into thinking it is NOT good and noble to continue the ground war with hamas for as long as hamas refuses to speak of a truce and continues lobbing rockets into Israel.
Israel can have peace with Palestine on terms dictated entirely by Israel. If Israel has the stomach for it (this time).
S&W is Smoking Crack.
Are you serious? A thousand, fifteen hundred bux for a pistol? Seriously?
Hmm. Uh, no.
Hmm. Uh, no.
US Wins Global Race to ZIRP! We Lose!
Keynesian economics: still failing and still believed-in for all these years, in spite of reality. The Fed Funds target rate is now 0 to 1/4%. You (the taxpayer, via intermeddlers in the private company called the Federal Reserve) are aiming to give away money in a desperate bid to improve the economic conditions.
It will not work. Which you would know if you were reading Michael Shedlock. Of course, you would also have seen the announcement coming a mile away, too.
Note: if you are truly creditworthy, now is possibly the time to try to get a loan. They will give you the money and all you have to do is pay back? Sure, why not. I know, I know, there is a point or two in the middle for your bank; but at a small bank where they only makes good loans, where you know your banker by name, this is a good time for the customers who are in good financial shape.
It will not work. Which you would know if you were reading Michael Shedlock. Of course, you would also have seen the announcement coming a mile away, too.
Note: if you are truly creditworthy, now is possibly the time to try to get a loan. They will give you the money and all you have to do is pay back? Sure, why not. I know, I know, there is a point or two in the middle for your bank; but at a small bank where they only makes good loans, where you know your banker by name, this is a good time for the customers who are in good financial shape.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
They Are Seated Today. Now Is The Day To Oppose Holder's Nomination.
The government assigned seats today to all but a couple of new members (ahem) and in honor of the day, I hope you are joining me in flooding Senators' inboxes in opposition to the nomination of Eric Holder to the post of Attorney General of the United States. I'm afraid I bit off the example letter found at the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog, but here is what I sent to my Senators:
Dear Senator your name here,
I am writing you to oppose the confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General. Please do everything in your power to block Holder's confirmation, and urge your fellow lawmakers to do the same.
His only qualification for the office seems to be "well, you've been in the government before." Eric Holder has proven that he does not have the understanding, judgment, or personal integrity to responsibly manage the extensive authority of the Attorney General's office. Members of the Senate are tasked with overseeing the appointment of senior executives and ensuring that the positions are filled with the very best qualified candidates available. Mr. Holder does not meet this standard and should not be confirmed.
Past AG nominees have been blocked for inadvertently using undocumented workers as domestic workers in their homes.
Mr. Holder's failings far exceed such errors.
Sincerely,
Insert my name here
Dear Senator your name here,
I am writing you to oppose the confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General. Please do everything in your power to block Holder's confirmation, and urge your fellow lawmakers to do the same.
His only qualification for the office seems to be "well, you've been in the government before." Eric Holder has proven that he does not have the understanding, judgment, or personal integrity to responsibly manage the extensive authority of the Attorney General's office. Members of the Senate are tasked with overseeing the appointment of senior executives and ensuring that the positions are filled with the very best qualified candidates available. Mr. Holder does not meet this standard and should not be confirmed.
Past AG nominees have been blocked for inadvertently using undocumented workers as domestic workers in their homes.
Mr. Holder's failings far exceed such errors.
Sincerely,
Insert my name here
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