Updated,
5.15.18:
There is a discharge petition gathering strength in the House. It is intended to pass an amnesty law before the election. Before or after, it matters little. It is a lot like John McCain, in a way.
John McCain has spent his entire political life screwing somebody. He screws liberals who he ran against by pretending to be conservative. Then he screws conservatives, by siding with liberals once he is safely in office. Now, at the point of death, McCain wants to give his supporters the finger.
The same principle applies to the so-called RINOS, who are joining with Democrats, with the intention to pass a bill that gives the finger to conservatives. The conservatives have been winning, and so these RINOS want to give a parting shot, just as McCain thinks he is doing.
Nobody should honor McCain. We shouldn't honor people who dishonor themselves with their own disloyalty.
These RINOS want to divide the GOP so that they may lose the House. It is as I said before, they are taking a dive. If it works, then they will have caused a lot of problems that may have been avoided.
RINOS are typified not only by their disloyalty, but their intense dishonesty. Somehow, they must be defeated.
Originally posted 5.14.18, original post follows below:
He seems to be linking Islam with Mormonism. Of course, there may be a valid point here, folks.
For those amongst us, who call themselves Christians, it may not be wise to be too critical of the Mormons. If they make alliances with Islam, we have a problem. I know the zealots are going to be up in arms with this. But you cannot make an enemy of everybody.
Still, Romney is somebody you cannot fully trust. He joins up with McCain, it seems. Why? Why is this demand that McCain be treated as some kind of untouchable when he is in politics himself? Why is anybody an untouchable in politics? Only Christians are touchable.
Think about that, if you dare.
Ah, and to change the subject ever so slightly...
Have you heard about being "on the wrong side of history"? Because that is a Marxist turn of phrase. Communism is supposed to be inevitable, because capitalism will collapse, commies like to say. This is part of Marxist ideology.
Hillary likes to use the phrase. Now Joe Scarborough is using it. Wasn't this guy a GOP pol before?
Politics make strange bedfellows, it has been said. But are these people really that different from one another?
Al Fin: "Cowboy Commentary", aka "Eat your veggies" The Flag banner is posted in order to defy those who would make patriotic symbols illegal or disreputable.
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Laws of Money
Once upon a time, when I was still a youngster, I wanted to be rich. I found a book about money, and decided to read it.
Obviously, the book didn't make me rich. But there was something in it that has remained with me all these years. The book said that if you do the right kinds of things, the money will take care of itself.
Maybe you cannot get rich off that advice, but it is worth remembering.
Doing the right thing avoids a lot of bad things, and one of those bad things might well be money problems.
Another side of that is to worship money as a end, as opposed to a means to an end. Money is the means to good ends, but it can also be a means to bad ends. If you worship money in its own right, then that is a bad end in itself.
So, maybe you don't get rich off that thought. But who cares? Money is not going to be an end to itself for me. Maybe I thought I wanted to be rich, and the truth of the matter is, that I didn't really.
Obviously, the book didn't make me rich. But there was something in it that has remained with me all these years. The book said that if you do the right kinds of things, the money will take care of itself.
Maybe you cannot get rich off that advice, but it is worth remembering.
Doing the right thing avoids a lot of bad things, and one of those bad things might well be money problems.
Another side of that is to worship money as a end, as opposed to a means to an end. Money is the means to good ends, but it can also be a means to bad ends. If you worship money in its own right, then that is a bad end in itself.
So, maybe you don't get rich off that thought. But who cares? Money is not going to be an end to itself for me. Maybe I thought I wanted to be rich, and the truth of the matter is, that I didn't really.
About Peter Thiel's video on American Decline
This link is via Instapundit, and I watched several minutes of it. Of course, this guy is a billionaire, and people are interested in what he has to say.
He takes too long to get to the point. He does seem to hit the nail on the head, so to speak. But he is not a forceful enough speaker, in my opinion.
I have written on the subject myself, a little bit.
In my opinion, this society no longer values truth. Hence, we end up with fake everything. It is easier to fake things than to make real things, so people seem to take the easy way out. There is no hard science anymore--- like curing cancer, or landing on the moon. Nope, we end up with fake science like global warming.
Now we have a fake scandal that supports the continuance of the fake society. I'm not much interested in following the fake. I'm more interested in following the truth. That puts me out of step with the crowd. Screw the crowd.
If you base your society upon post modernism, you end up with fake everything. Where there is no truth, there is nothing but fakery. American society is going down the tubes because of post modernism. More to the point, it like a worship of the fake.
You don't need a lot of words, you just need to get to the point. But that is kinda hard. I haven't gone very far with it myself.
Our society seems to worship money, too. So, this billionaire gets a lot of credibility. He must be smart, because he is rich. Or so goes the thinking.
Unfortunately, that is the truth. Not much you can do about the way in which people think. You can complain about it, you can criticize it, but you cannot change it. People have to do that for themselves.
You can't eat a billion bucks. You can only trade for food. But what happens to Thiel if he cannot feed himself?
Truth cannot be bought, borrowed, or stolen. It can only be sought after.
I wish Thiel luck. I wish Trump luck. But they may not be able to get to the point. But I am sure that they will make plenty of money.
He takes too long to get to the point. He does seem to hit the nail on the head, so to speak. But he is not a forceful enough speaker, in my opinion.
I have written on the subject myself, a little bit.
In my opinion, this society no longer values truth. Hence, we end up with fake everything. It is easier to fake things than to make real things, so people seem to take the easy way out. There is no hard science anymore--- like curing cancer, or landing on the moon. Nope, we end up with fake science like global warming.
Now we have a fake scandal that supports the continuance of the fake society. I'm not much interested in following the fake. I'm more interested in following the truth. That puts me out of step with the crowd. Screw the crowd.
If you base your society upon post modernism, you end up with fake everything. Where there is no truth, there is nothing but fakery. American society is going down the tubes because of post modernism. More to the point, it like a worship of the fake.
You don't need a lot of words, you just need to get to the point. But that is kinda hard. I haven't gone very far with it myself.
Our society seems to worship money, too. So, this billionaire gets a lot of credibility. He must be smart, because he is rich. Or so goes the thinking.
Unfortunately, that is the truth. Not much you can do about the way in which people think. You can complain about it, you can criticize it, but you cannot change it. People have to do that for themselves.
You can't eat a billion bucks. You can only trade for food. But what happens to Thiel if he cannot feed himself?
Truth cannot be bought, borrowed, or stolen. It can only be sought after.
I wish Thiel luck. I wish Trump luck. But they may not be able to get to the point. But I am sure that they will make plenty of money.
Monday, May 14, 2018
Egg cooker
Saw this gizmo on Instapundit, and decided to try it.
It uses but little water, and 350 watts of power. Let's do the math. There are two ounces of water being used. That's 1/8 of a pound, as a pint weighs about a pound. Thus, to raise the temperature to boiling requires 140 degree F delta t. If you divide 140 by 8, you get 17.5 joules in order to raise 2 ounces to boiling point. Convert to watts, and you get 17.5 watts times 1/4 hour and you obtain 4 1/8 watt hours. Does not sound like much energy expenditure. Too little....
The device claims it uses 350 watts, so let's try another angle. One quarter hour yields just shy of 90 watt hours. Hmm. I think this version is more accurate.
Anyway, I ran the device on my off-grid equipment. There was a voltage drop to just under 12 volts, but the system ran okay for about seven minutes or so. The thing has an automatic shutoff, which is set by a temperature sensor.
The water was boiling, as you might have expected. It doesn't take that much energy to get the water to boiling, as we see above. To make it boil maybe takes more energy, thus the discrepancy. Maybe, the discrepancy was rather large.
The battery returned to normal voltage rather quickly. The upshot here is that this device will work with the equipment I have, and therefore, I should be able to cook a solar cooked egg.
Whoop-de-doo doo.
It uses but little water, and 350 watts of power. Let's do the math. There are two ounces of water being used. That's 1/8 of a pound, as a pint weighs about a pound. Thus, to raise the temperature to boiling requires 140 degree F delta t. If you divide 140 by 8, you get 17.5 joules in order to raise 2 ounces to boiling point. Convert to watts, and you get 17.5 watts times 1/4 hour and you obtain 4 1/8 watt hours. Does not sound like much energy expenditure. Too little....
The device claims it uses 350 watts, so let's try another angle. One quarter hour yields just shy of 90 watt hours. Hmm. I think this version is more accurate.
Anyway, I ran the device on my off-grid equipment. There was a voltage drop to just under 12 volts, but the system ran okay for about seven minutes or so. The thing has an automatic shutoff, which is set by a temperature sensor.
The water was boiling, as you might have expected. It doesn't take that much energy to get the water to boiling, as we see above. To make it boil maybe takes more energy, thus the discrepancy. Maybe, the discrepancy was rather large.
The battery returned to normal voltage rather quickly. The upshot here is that this device will work with the equipment I have, and therefore, I should be able to cook a solar cooked egg.
Whoop-de-doo doo.
Big joke
Updated,
5.14.18:
Did A British Spy Start The Whole Russia Investigation? Part I – Lunch Alert!
Did he have bad teeth? Or did it matter?
Hey, they're looking in the wrong place. Instead of Russia, it's the UK, baby. Either way, it's bad. I don't know the spy business.
Original post on 5.11.18 directly below ( baby ):
Have to laugh here. So, this is the big scary guy who is about to bring down the good 'ol USA.
I don't want to make too much light of this, but this guy looks goofy. On the other hand, maybe he is perfect for the part. Mr. Big, indeed.
On the positive side, he lambasts neo-Conservatives. It seems like he would not be high on the list of never Trumpers to me. But, who knows? I could be wrong. Maybe I don't really understand Trump. Possible.
I think that the neo-Cons would be the first and foremost one of his clients, if you ax me. If Halper were to be the guy who is trying to derail the Trump train for good, he seems like an unlikely one to be doing it, based upon his book. In other words, he should be supporting Trump.
A perfect mole? Again, who knows? Upon further examination of his background, this guy has definitely been around, and has his fingers in some pies. For example, he may well have been the one to get George H.W. Bush as Reagan's Veep. Bad medicine, kemosabe. Halper may have been involved in some very shady stuff, like the S&L Crisis.
Anyway, thought I'd bring up a video that expresses something of what I am thinking here.
Whatever.
5.14.18:
Did A British Spy Start The Whole Russia Investigation? Part I – Lunch Alert!
Did he have bad teeth? Or did it matter?
Hey, they're looking in the wrong place. Instead of Russia, it's the UK, baby. Either way, it's bad. I don't know the spy business.
Original post on 5.11.18 directly below ( baby ):
Have to laugh here. So, this is the big scary guy who is about to bring down the good 'ol USA.
I don't want to make too much light of this, but this guy looks goofy. On the other hand, maybe he is perfect for the part. Mr. Big, indeed.
On the positive side, he lambasts neo-Conservatives. It seems like he would not be high on the list of never Trumpers to me. But, who knows? I could be wrong. Maybe I don't really understand Trump. Possible.
I think that the neo-Cons would be the first and foremost one of his clients, if you ax me. If Halper were to be the guy who is trying to derail the Trump train for good, he seems like an unlikely one to be doing it, based upon his book. In other words, he should be supporting Trump.
A perfect mole? Again, who knows? Upon further examination of his background, this guy has definitely been around, and has his fingers in some pies. For example, he may well have been the one to get George H.W. Bush as Reagan's Veep. Bad medicine, kemosabe. Halper may have been involved in some very shady stuff, like the S&L Crisis.
Anyway, thought I'd bring up a video that expresses something of what I am thinking here.
Whatever.
There are people who actually HATE John McCain
Updated,
5.14.18:
Not everybody loves John McCain? Understatement of the year, if the below was ever investigated. Sauce for the goose, as the saying goes. John McCain wants to investigate others, let others investigate him.
But you cannot question his heroic status you see. Seems to follow a pattern. Cannot question Hillary, cannot question Obama. It is a kind of shut-uppery discussed before here and elsewhere.
The original post of 5.11.18 follows directly below:
Click on this link to find out about them, if you dare.
If it is true, any of this stuff, John McCain should go down as one of the most villainous scumbags in hees strah.
If they hate McCain this much, it could be for a very, very good reason.
It would be an honor not to be invited to his funeral. It would be a disgrace to attend it.
5.14.18:
Not everybody loves John McCain? Understatement of the year, if the below was ever investigated. Sauce for the goose, as the saying goes. John McCain wants to investigate others, let others investigate him.
But you cannot question his heroic status you see. Seems to follow a pattern. Cannot question Hillary, cannot question Obama. It is a kind of shut-uppery discussed before here and elsewhere.
The original post of 5.11.18 follows directly below:
Click on this link to find out about them, if you dare.
If it is true, any of this stuff, John McCain should go down as one of the most villainous scumbags in hees strah.
If they hate McCain this much, it could be for a very, very good reason.
It would be an honor not to be invited to his funeral. It would be a disgrace to attend it.
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Upgraded Falcon 9 block 5 launch and recovery
This new version of the Falcon 9 rocket has some upgrades that will allow at least ten re-uses of the first stage. As can be seen here, the launch and recovery of the first stage has been successful.
It is getting to the point that these are expected to be successful. It will now be news when it is not.
Think about that for a moment. When it was first successful, it was news. Now, it isn't because it is no longer a novelty. Novelties makes the news. Success isn't news until it isn't successful anymore.
What that says about the news, I leave for some other discussion.
It is getting to the point that these are expected to be successful. It will now be news when it is not.
Think about that for a moment. When it was first successful, it was news. Now, it isn't because it is no longer a novelty. Novelties makes the news. Success isn't news until it isn't successful anymore.
What that says about the news, I leave for some other discussion.
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