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Saturday, February 3, 2018
Dirty dealing in the dirty Dossier
Dick Morris has found something dirty about the infamous Dossier. Cody Shearer is well known for his dirty dealing. They needed someone with a cleaner reputation, like Steele, in order to be the front man for the dirty Dossier. Morris notes that Steele had never been to Russia. Some spy, huh?
What the memo says
Updated:
2.3.17:
5:00 pm:
Well, the left isn't going to go down easily, are they?
The defense seems to be that it wasn't a fraudulent application after all, that the court was told. Say again???? How is that a defense? Now the court is suspect? The court okayed a warrant based upon mere political spin???? A phony dossier?
There's supposed to be probable cause. Where's the probable cause of a crime? What they have here is a guy that they plucked out of their files, Carter Page, who was in their crosshairs before. Just because Carter Page was a suspected foreign agent once upon a time ( and not charged ), does not make this probable cause of a crime. To me, he looks like a convenient target that they could use to go after Trump.
Even if the warrant was issued after Page left the Trump campaign, his prior file may have been quite useful in going after Trump. These type of files might have a huge number of people that were also drawn in because they can go after anybody that Page talked to in the first FISA investigation.
Question: did they use the previous investigation of Page for their follow up? If they did, it may have given them a lot of leverage.
But that was the whole point. Yet, it is not probable cause. Page may well have been a prop for a politically motivated investigation.
10:30 am:
A good post from Ace. He details how the FBI and DOJ lied to the FISC court. An important point that I'd like to extract from his writeup is this: that it was ex parte, meaning no defense counsel for the target was allowed in the court room. The question arises is this: "who" protects the rights of the accused???? It is supposed the court, I would think. Now, consider this: that the Supreme Court ( maybe the Chief Justice himself ) appoints the judges for these secret courts, and this information was said to have been sealed very recently. I smell a cover up which might include the Chief Justice himself.
The Supreme Court is supposed to be quite protective of the Constitution. If it is drawn into a political controversy and violates the rights of citizens itself, there needs to be some accountability there too.
A legitimate question is how do you prevent the abuse of government power when the government itself won't police itself, but instead becomes an agent of corruption? At the very least, the government, which includes the Supreme Court itself, should insure that any government investigation be based upon reliable and truthful information, not partisan tomfoolery.
The original post follows:
What the House Intelligence Committee Memo Says https://t.co/p5eH3KE1hl via @powerlineUS— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) February 3, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
If I have Volts, and I need eV, how do I get that?
Originally post in 2011, updated
2.1.18:
Watching some welding work being done today reminded me of a post about electron volts. The link directly below allows you to calculate how many electron volts there is in a joule.
1 electron volt equals 1.6 x 10 ^ -19 joules. Dividing both sides by the right hand side gives the answer, which is approx. 6.3 x 10 ^ 19 electron-volts.
The interesting thing about electron volts is that it can be translated into temperature in kelvins. ( I think)
11k deg kelvin for each electron volt! Now, multiply that by the number of electron volt in just one joule, and you get an astronomically large number.
Arc welding can melt metals pretty easily. It just uses electricity to make the metal hot enough to melt. Once it cools, it becomes tough again.
There may be an error in my calculations, because why do you need so much energy to do the welding?
At any rate, fusion can work because of this fact. The polywell device works on this principle. It does not require confinement of a plasma, but instead, it confines electrons like a capacitor does. Into the capacitor goes some hydrogen protons, and the deep "well" of negative charge of the electrons supplies the energy for the fusion.
It took me awhile to get the concept. I was figuring that it would get hot, but heat is not required.
Evidently, Bussard's Polywell concept has still not produced a device. However, progress seems to be taking place. Proof of scientific concept estimated at 2019-2020.
The original post from 2011 follows:
Assuming the above is correct, let's make some calculations, shall we?
A typical nuclear reaction releases millions of electron volts. This sounds impressive, and is, but consider this on an atom by atom basis. If only 1 atom has a nuclear event and releases about 1 million electron volts, how many watts is that? Well, 1 joule equals 1 watt. 1 million electron volts = 10 ^6 times 1.6 x 10 ^-19 which equals only 1.6 x 10^-13 watts. Not much energy from just one atom. But there are many atoms. How many?
Since there are 6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power atoms in one mole of any substance, and in the case of nickel, about 60 grams. This reaction if carried through all of the atoms in 1 mole or 60 grams (approx) would yield approx 10 ^11 watts of energy. Now that's a lot.
The foregoing discussion was not intended to show that a lot of energy can be obtained from a nuclear reaction. That isn't new. What is intended is to show that not that much energy is required to make a fusion happen on the atomic level. Since fusion takes place in the stars at 100,000,000 million degrees Kelvin, this is equivalent to about 10,000 electron volts per atom. If you had the control to deliver 10,000 electron volts to individual atoms, you can have enough energy for fusion. The key word is control. This is the key word in all fusion research, whether it is in a tokomak or a polywell or a deep plasma focus, or a star. The method of control varies from system to system. In stars, it is gravitation. In most fusion devices, plasma is controlled by magnetism. In a polywell, electrons are controlled with magnetism and the reactants are introduced after the energy potential has been achieved. In "cold fusion", where's the control? Is it chemical, or is it bypassed by quantum effects? That's the question, I think.
Update:
This discussion is a lot like something I said before.
While I am at it, I want to link to other posts that were similar in some concept.
While I was looking for that, I found a video with this young lady saying that a gallon of water has the energy of 55 million miles. And I thought it was only 25 million miles a gallon.
Comment: Surface effect phenomenon: how interesting. Could there be spark gaps as in lightning or spark plugs, in which electrons build up, then leap across the gap after building up energy? Enough energy for fusion?
Without the catalyst, it doesn't work, says Dr. Les Case, retired chemical engineer.
Sir Arthur Clarke refers to it as "so called cold fusion"
This is a "must see" video. Don't miss it.
2.1.18:
Watching some welding work being done today reminded me of a post about electron volts. The link directly below allows you to calculate how many electron volts there is in a joule.
1 electron volt equals 1.6 x 10 ^ -19 joules. Dividing both sides by the right hand side gives the answer, which is approx. 6.3 x 10 ^ 19 electron-volts.
The interesting thing about electron volts is that it can be translated into temperature in kelvins. ( I think)
11k deg kelvin for each electron volt! Now, multiply that by the number of electron volt in just one joule, and you get an astronomically large number.
Arc welding can melt metals pretty easily. It just uses electricity to make the metal hot enough to melt. Once it cools, it becomes tough again.
There may be an error in my calculations, because why do you need so much energy to do the welding?
At any rate, fusion can work because of this fact. The polywell device works on this principle. It does not require confinement of a plasma, but instead, it confines electrons like a capacitor does. Into the capacitor goes some hydrogen protons, and the deep "well" of negative charge of the electrons supplies the energy for the fusion.
It took me awhile to get the concept. I was figuring that it would get hot, but heat is not required.
Evidently, Bussard's Polywell concept has still not produced a device. However, progress seems to be taking place. Proof of scientific concept estimated at 2019-2020.
The original post from 2011 follows:
eV is a unit of energy. It is exactly the amount of kineitic energy that one electron would obtain if it accelerated across one volt of potential difference. You do not convert eV to volts. You convert eV to joules.Since potential difference is defined as the energy per unit charge ratio you will get a unit of energy when you multiply a unit of charge times a unit of potential, hence "electron-Volt"; here the charge is the fundamental charge of the electron. A joule (unit of energy) is equivalent to a "coulomb-volt." Since 1.602 x 10^-19 coulombs is the charge of an electron, then 1eV = 1.602x10^-19 joules.
Assuming the above is correct, let's make some calculations, shall we?
A typical nuclear reaction releases millions of electron volts. This sounds impressive, and is, but consider this on an atom by atom basis. If only 1 atom has a nuclear event and releases about 1 million electron volts, how many watts is that? Well, 1 joule equals 1 watt. 1 million electron volts = 10 ^6 times 1.6 x 10 ^-19 which equals only 1.6 x 10^-13 watts. Not much energy from just one atom. But there are many atoms. How many?
Since there are 6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power atoms in one mole of any substance, and in the case of nickel, about 60 grams. This reaction if carried through all of the atoms in 1 mole or 60 grams (approx) would yield approx 10 ^11 watts of energy. Now that's a lot.
The foregoing discussion was not intended to show that a lot of energy can be obtained from a nuclear reaction. That isn't new. What is intended is to show that not that much energy is required to make a fusion happen on the atomic level. Since fusion takes place in the stars at 100,000,000 million degrees Kelvin, this is equivalent to about 10,000 electron volts per atom. If you had the control to deliver 10,000 electron volts to individual atoms, you can have enough energy for fusion. The key word is control. This is the key word in all fusion research, whether it is in a tokomak or a polywell or a deep plasma focus, or a star. The method of control varies from system to system. In stars, it is gravitation. In most fusion devices, plasma is controlled by magnetism. In a polywell, electrons are controlled with magnetism and the reactants are introduced after the energy potential has been achieved. In "cold fusion", where's the control? Is it chemical, or is it bypassed by quantum effects? That's the question, I think.
Update:
This discussion is a lot like something I said before.
While I am at it, I want to link to other posts that were similar in some concept.
While I was looking for that, I found a video with this young lady saying that a gallon of water has the energy of 55 million miles. And I thought it was only 25 million miles a gallon.
 |
| cold fusion: fire from water |
 |
| " 'cold fusion' is a surface effect phenomenon" |
 |
| catalysts for "cold fusion". Is it a chemical process? |
 |
| "palladium on activated carbon" |
Sir Arthur Clarke refers to it as "so called cold fusion"
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| discusses the history of the wright brothers and how their discovery was not believed for years. |
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
SOTU 2018
Updated,
4:28 pm:
What's with all the cheerleading? That is one thing that always turned me off with these things. There is no need to expect Nancy Pelosi or the Democrats to be happy to be in the minority.
A lot of this commentary is just a big put on as far as I am concerned. Still, this is the one way that the President can communicate directly to the people. That is the important thing.
6:40 am:
These events tend not to be of much interest to me. This one may be different, but still, I did not watch it. Well, actually, I couldn't have anyway. If I could, I wouldn't have.
But I just read some of the transcript. It seemed reasonable enough. Once you cut through all of the noise about it, it seems like more than reasonable.
Reagan's SOTU's seemed pretty good. But what I see of this one's transcript, he seems more like a cheerleader for the home team before the big game.
The reviews seem positive. Most people polled liked it. So, Trump must have accomplished what he wanted with it.
4:28 pm:
What's with all the cheerleading? That is one thing that always turned me off with these things. There is no need to expect Nancy Pelosi or the Democrats to be happy to be in the minority.
A lot of this commentary is just a big put on as far as I am concerned. Still, this is the one way that the President can communicate directly to the people. That is the important thing.
6:40 am:
These events tend not to be of much interest to me. This one may be different, but still, I did not watch it. Well, actually, I couldn't have anyway. If I could, I wouldn't have.
But I just read some of the transcript. It seemed reasonable enough. Once you cut through all of the noise about it, it seems like more than reasonable.
Reagan's SOTU's seemed pretty good. But what I see of this one's transcript, he seems more like a cheerleader for the home team before the big game.
The reviews seem positive. Most people polled liked it. So, Trump must have accomplished what he wanted with it.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
More experiments with soap
The last post was mostly about Boraxo. This is about washing soda. It doesn't appear to be going very well.
First thing was a mix of vinegar and washing soda. It dissolved into clear liquid.
However, once used for cleaning something, it doesn't dissolve clear anymore. Furthermore, it doesn't filter clear afterwards, either.
It is no good as a body wash, nor as a hand wash. Evidently, it is no good as a dishwasher detergent. That leaves only clothes to try next, and that appears doubtful. This stuff may be a big thumbs down.
Maybe more later if the results improve.
First thing was a mix of vinegar and washing soda. It dissolved into clear liquid.
However, once used for cleaning something, it doesn't dissolve clear anymore. Furthermore, it doesn't filter clear afterwards, either.
It is no good as a body wash, nor as a hand wash. Evidently, it is no good as a dishwasher detergent. That leaves only clothes to try next, and that appears doubtful. This stuff may be a big thumbs down.
Maybe more later if the results improve.
Monday, January 29, 2018
President Trump: Don’t Meet With Mueller – Lunch Alert!
President Trump: Don’t Meet With Mueller – Lunch Alert!
comment:
It's a trap, says Morris. Indeed, it is. There is no reason for appointing Mueller other than removing Trump from office. To grant an interview, which Morris points out is not ever done, except once before, is simply asking for it.
comment:
It's a trap, says Morris. Indeed, it is. There is no reason for appointing Mueller other than removing Trump from office. To grant an interview, which Morris points out is not ever done, except once before, is simply asking for it.
Trump has nothing on this one
So, Trump uses a lot of bad language. If he didn't win, Hillary would be POTUS now, and guess what? She has a potty mouth, too.
A message "to all the activist bitches supporting bitches" by the inimitable @HillaryClinton. pic.twitter.com/fnUfsJnUN4— Alex Mohajer (@AlexMohajer) January 27, 2018
Some experiments with soap
Updated,
1.29.18
Time to wrap up this post. My findings is that you can separate the dirt and scum out of the waste water and return it to clear water. However, something still remains in the water, so it is not a done deal yet. Also, it takes a long time for a filter system to work. Unless that can be expedited some, it won't be practical for me to use this.
Bottom line: Boraxo can be used for your hands. Maybe for dishes too, but I didn't test that very much. You can indeed reclaim water for further treatment.
1.28.18:
12:49 pm:
Hold off on the washing soda. I took about a tablespoon of baking soda ( different from the last batch, this is only bicarbonate of soda ), and checked to see how much vinegar it would take to dissolve it all. About six ounces. Water as clear as a bell. ( or should I say, a solution mixed up with water ) A more precise measurement may give me a better idea of how much is needed per ounce of vinegar, you see. Evidently a lot of vinegar is needed per bicarbonate.
After seeing that the untreated waste water from the boraxo didn't clear, I added the vinegar again. It is clearing up the water all right. Now I can guess about how much bicarbonate it would take to neutralize the vinegar.
It is not very exact. Trial and error will be necessary to know how to measure it out.
7:30 am
Filtered the baking soda/ vinegar mix. It is fairly clear. Also, some preliminary results with untreated waste water from the boraxo soap: It doesn't filter clear. Quite the surprise. It does appear that the vinegar does something to the boraxo, but it isn't obvious from just looking at it. Adding the baking soda to the mix doesn't prevent it from filtering clear, but it does appear to neutralize the vinegar, which is an acid.
Now on to the washing soda.
1.27.18:
9:45 pm :
The filtered vinegar-treated water is fairly clear. Another experiment to try is without the vinegar. I have a hunch that the boraxo will filter out without much chemical assistance from the vinegar.
Also, I may try to filter out the baking soda/ vinegar mix mentioned earlier today. It will sit overnight, and then I will attempt to filter it.
10:30 :
The vinegar didn't cause it to precipitate. So now I am using a paper filter to get it clear. It does seem to help. However, it is still not clear.
Another "goofy" thing I did was to put some baking soda in the filtered water. Yes, there was still some vinegar as it fizzed up a bit. ( that was kinda funny ) The results were not so hot, either. The water is worse than before.
But that wasn't the washing soda. Let us hope that those results are better.
Originally posted 1.26.18
The soap arrived at the Walmart, so I picked it up.
This stuff is called "Boraxo". Also, there is some stuff called washing soda. Now, the idea is to get the waste water from cleaning with these two products, and react it to vinegar, and precipitate out of solution, leaving clear water. The washing soda should definitely do that, but I am not so sure about the Boraxo.
Once I got it home, I opened the Boraxo first, and found that it is not so easy to use. Perhaps that is why it is no longer popular. It does wash pretty well, or so it has so far.
First thing was to attempt to make it come out of a soft soap dispenser. I mixed up a batch, and poured it into the container. However, it doesn't work too well that way. The Boraxo wants to settle to the bottom, leaving a pale white colored liquid that doesn't soap up nicely.
With that in mind, I mixed up a second batch, using much less water. It won't dispense through the pump apparatus. However, if mixed up with small amounts of water, it will make a kind of a paste. The paste does indeed soap up nicely.
Getting this to dispense conveniently may be an issue. It needs to keep for a period of time in order for it to be useful. Putting it in an open container will expose it to the air, and the water will evaporate, making it into a solid again. It has to be covered. Now, I would like to make it so that it will dispense without having to put a lid on it. But it may not want to cooperate.
With waste water from washing with this stuff, I tried the vinegar experiment. I added a couple caps full ( off the vinegar bottle) of the vinegar to the waste water. No visible reaction occurred. It will sit overnight, and then we'll see if the mixture will settle out.
That's all for now. More to come later.
1.29.18
Time to wrap up this post. My findings is that you can separate the dirt and scum out of the waste water and return it to clear water. However, something still remains in the water, so it is not a done deal yet. Also, it takes a long time for a filter system to work. Unless that can be expedited some, it won't be practical for me to use this.
Bottom line: Boraxo can be used for your hands. Maybe for dishes too, but I didn't test that very much. You can indeed reclaim water for further treatment.
1.28.18:
12:49 pm:
Hold off on the washing soda. I took about a tablespoon of baking soda ( different from the last batch, this is only bicarbonate of soda ), and checked to see how much vinegar it would take to dissolve it all. About six ounces. Water as clear as a bell. ( or should I say, a solution mixed up with water ) A more precise measurement may give me a better idea of how much is needed per ounce of vinegar, you see. Evidently a lot of vinegar is needed per bicarbonate.
After seeing that the untreated waste water from the boraxo didn't clear, I added the vinegar again. It is clearing up the water all right. Now I can guess about how much bicarbonate it would take to neutralize the vinegar.
It is not very exact. Trial and error will be necessary to know how to measure it out.
7:30 am
Filtered the baking soda/ vinegar mix. It is fairly clear. Also, some preliminary results with untreated waste water from the boraxo soap: It doesn't filter clear. Quite the surprise. It does appear that the vinegar does something to the boraxo, but it isn't obvious from just looking at it. Adding the baking soda to the mix doesn't prevent it from filtering clear, but it does appear to neutralize the vinegar, which is an acid.
Now on to the washing soda.
1.27.18:
9:45 pm :
The filtered vinegar-treated water is fairly clear. Another experiment to try is without the vinegar. I have a hunch that the boraxo will filter out without much chemical assistance from the vinegar.
Also, I may try to filter out the baking soda/ vinegar mix mentioned earlier today. It will sit overnight, and then I will attempt to filter it.
10:30 :
The vinegar didn't cause it to precipitate. So now I am using a paper filter to get it clear. It does seem to help. However, it is still not clear.
Another "goofy" thing I did was to put some baking soda in the filtered water. Yes, there was still some vinegar as it fizzed up a bit. ( that was kinda funny ) The results were not so hot, either. The water is worse than before.
But that wasn't the washing soda. Let us hope that those results are better.
Originally posted 1.26.18
The soap arrived at the Walmart, so I picked it up.
This stuff is called "Boraxo". Also, there is some stuff called washing soda. Now, the idea is to get the waste water from cleaning with these two products, and react it to vinegar, and precipitate out of solution, leaving clear water. The washing soda should definitely do that, but I am not so sure about the Boraxo.
Once I got it home, I opened the Boraxo first, and found that it is not so easy to use. Perhaps that is why it is no longer popular. It does wash pretty well, or so it has so far.
First thing was to attempt to make it come out of a soft soap dispenser. I mixed up a batch, and poured it into the container. However, it doesn't work too well that way. The Boraxo wants to settle to the bottom, leaving a pale white colored liquid that doesn't soap up nicely.
With that in mind, I mixed up a second batch, using much less water. It won't dispense through the pump apparatus. However, if mixed up with small amounts of water, it will make a kind of a paste. The paste does indeed soap up nicely.
Getting this to dispense conveniently may be an issue. It needs to keep for a period of time in order for it to be useful. Putting it in an open container will expose it to the air, and the water will evaporate, making it into a solid again. It has to be covered. Now, I would like to make it so that it will dispense without having to put a lid on it. But it may not want to cooperate.
With waste water from washing with this stuff, I tried the vinegar experiment. I added a couple caps full ( off the vinegar bottle) of the vinegar to the waste water. No visible reaction occurred. It will sit overnight, and then we'll see if the mixture will settle out.
That's all for now. More to come later.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
ISIS Is Dead…Credit Trump – Lunch Alert!
ISIS Is Dead…Credit Trump – Lunch Alert!
Morris compares Trump's strategy with Obama's. Trump is more effective. This accomplishment gets lost in all the noise about Trump's behavior.
Morris compares Trump's strategy with Obama's. Trump is more effective. This accomplishment gets lost in all the noise about Trump's behavior.
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