Ted Nugent threatens Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton during a performance- with machine guns in hand! This was recorded at one of Nugent’s concerts about a week ago. I have no comment on this other than I think it’s funny.
Archive for August, 2007
Michael Moore is many things, to some he is a champion of the poor fighting the oppression of the evil Right and the horrible corporate profit mongers. To others he is simply a skillful liar who pretends to fight for the little guy while making millions of dollars selling pseudo-documentaries and books to anyone gullible enough to pay for them. (If you think he is something else, that’s what the comments are for.)
I know what I believe Michael Moore is
There are several books and documentaries that expose Moore for the hypocrite, liar, and fraud that he is. So far my favorite for no particular reason is Michael Moore Hates America
Hannity interviews a man who was a childhood friend of Michael Moore. This man has made a documentary called “Shooting Michael Moore” which shows everyone who the real Michael Moore is: A Hypocrite and a Liar.
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Michael Moore movies sure do seem to have a following. For some reason it does not matter how much truth or more importantly how many half truths, misrepresentations, mis-quotes, or outright lies the movies have. I wont even try to get into the lies Moore portrays as factual in the many movies. This is just a post with a short look into one of the reasons his films might be successful. As an added bonus it also includes a glimpse of what socialized medicine could be like in the future. If your a Sicko fan or if you just can’t get enough of Roger & Me or Fahrenheit 9/11, then you probably should not even bother watching this.
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Some people are just f’n stupid!
I’ve seen people do some pretty stupid things when they are runk, but these women are pushing the limits of human stupidity. It may be a safe assumption that it’s just the intoxication causing their actions.
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Leona is back at home with a diagnosis of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and a handful of medication. During her stay at the hospital she received injections of Polyflex and Dexamethasone along with subcutaneous fluids to treat the dehydration.
The tests show she does not have Feline leukemia virus or Feline immunodeficiency virus which is very good news. The bad news is that her red blood cell count is extremely low. Her condition is rare but treatable.
She is doing very well now that she is home and has actually started to eat a little for the first time in three days. The only real problem is that I have to manually give her medication. If you have ever tried to force cat to take a pill or liquid antibiotics you know it is a very unpleasant task. My first run at it resulted in a few minor scratches and a very unhappy cat. I suppose it will get easier with subsequent attempts at least I hope it will anyway.
Leona will have to go back to the doctor a few times over the next couple of months for blood tests to make sure her red blood cell count is doing better. I will have to make some serious adjustments to account for the lack of budget for something like this but Leona is very important to us.
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Back in February 2007 I wrote about upgrading a newly acquired Mac Mini (1.5GHz Core Solo -> 1.83GHz Core Duo). More than a few readers have inquired asking for assistance regarding the scary task of opening the Mac Mini. Well, it’s not so bad if you know how to do it.
At one time there were videos available around YouTube and on sites such as 123macmini.com, however, for some reason the links I had just say the video is no longer available. Rather than make one myself I searched around and found another, this time from SavyGeek. It’s well done and explains the process. So now that I’ve saved the time and effort involved with making my own video I present it here for you Warranty voiding pleasure. The only warning I’ll give is this: Even though it might sound like you’re snapping twigs or arms, it’s OK. No really, it just sounds a lot worse than it is.
Part 1
Part 2
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Over the past few days Leona has been a bit under the weather. She went to the doctor today and they decided they needed to keep her in the hospital at least overnight. For those that don’t know, Leona is the only cat I really like. Just over one year ago some depraved, vicious subhuman teenagers tried to drown her in a swimming pool. I answered a call in the area and heard cries for help, by the time I found her she had stopped breathing and I had to resuscitate her. She was about 3 weeks old then and has been very happy living with me and my wife since then.
Perhaps it has something to do with saving her life, or the particular circumstances that I did so. Who knows, but the result is that despite my generally inharmonious dealings with felines I have developed a very strong relationship with Leona.
I thought she was just depressed a couple of days ago when she started laying around but after the first days he stopped eating and became unresponsive. I got her into a veterinary clinic today where I was informed she has a fever, is anemic and dehydrated. What is not clear just yet is why, so she had to stay at the animal hospital to have tests.
The doctor says it could be nearly anything from a minor infection to Feline leukemia virus (FeLV), or Feline immunodeficiency virus. I really hope it is something minor, in the meantime I can’t help but be worried about her. I know she must be scared being away, especially under these circumstances.
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Browsing the internet for web sites of like minded people can provide some rather interesting experiences. Sometimes I end up going in directions and discovering things I had not even thought about. Occasionally this voracious consumption of time and productivity is rewarded with entertainment and enlightenment. Which is one of the reasons I love the internet - I have an insatiable desire for knowledge. A desire that can be fed with trivial tidbits or the most serious knowledge I can wrap my brain around. I have been described as an infornographer. Mostly in a derogatory context yet I see it as a compliment, as it is debatable where a healthy thirst for knowledge ends and infornography begins. Acquiring an abundance of apparently trivial information is educational and aids in the formation of useful intellectual compulsions for obtaining even more knowledge.
Critical thinking is a very important aspect of this behavior. The ability to identify logical fallacies in the arguments of others, and to avoid them in one’s own arguments, is both valuable and increasingly rare. Fallacious reasoning prohibits us from knowing the truth, and the inability to think critically makes us vulnerable to deception and manipulation by masters of rhetoric. The media & politicians (in general), Michael Moore, the 9/11 truth movement, Keith Olbermann and Alex Jones (infowars.com) are excellent examples. One only has to watch one of the many pseudo-documentaries claiming to be the evidence of some massive conspiracy to see many logical fallacies in action. Michael Moore’s recent movie Sicko showcases his ability to manipulate even the most trivial data to force his ideology on the all too willing masses. Which brings me to what I hate about the internet - The proliferation of ignorance and stupidity.
It seems that the least intelligent among us tend to shout longer and louder than those who have acquired wisdom and judgment, sadly ignorance often prevails. If you’re thinking that it’s cynical of me to say such a thing or you don’t believe me? Just listen to a random Liberal sometime, watch Keith Olbermann or browse the comments on sites like YouTube or almost any forums around the internet. Look at almost any conspiracy theory, most notably the 9/11 conspiracies. At best you will find varying degrees of rhetoric amplified by negative remarks and attitudes. At worst you will bombarded with nefarious misinformation, pseudo scientific garbage and outright lies.
Michael Moore, Keith Olbermann, Alex Jones, Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe and others use this to their advantage, they focus on the negative and sell it to the fools. The fools band together protesting, commenting, emailing and complaining about the perceived wrongs. They believe everything the see or hear, so long as it fits their predetermined ideology. Currently it seems this ideology is often driven by an irrational personal disdain for President George W. Bush and or a predisposition to believe anything negative. These people have a greater fear and hatred of our President than they do of our countries enemies, than the people who actually have killed thousands of Americans.
If your heroes are Che, Stallin, Chavez, or Ahmadinejad, you’re a moron. It seems obvious
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It might be a bomb!,
originally uploaded by dcschaub.
paranoia,
originally uploaded by shady grady.
You remember the Boston Mooninite Bomb Scare? Seems like a lot of people do as the pictures show. I’m sure that Everyone in Boston is not really Stupid, not withstanding the mass media hysteria anyway. If you don’t recall the details, see how it all started here.
Photo taken in New York, New York (map) on February 3, 2007 with a RIM BlackBerry 8100 Series in NYC.
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Hotel Essentials,
originally uploaded by malagent.
There are a few things any travel should have, among them are a GLOCK, an iPod, cell phone, and of course - extra memory cards for your camera (film if your old school.)
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