Ahhh, capitalism!
Canned air for sale in China, as blanket of smog returns
Entrepreneur Chen Guangbiao sells canned air to make a point about toll on environment.
Ready to inhale … Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao with his canned fresh air. Photo: Yuan Jianmin
Beijing: A Chinese entrepreneur is selling fresh air in soft drinks cans, similar to bottled drinking water, as north China is once again choking in toxic smog.
Yes, the air is that bad in China, think Pittsburgh in the 1920′s. The point of this is that the Chinese government didn’t make this guy eat a bullet. Mao would have had him executed. Progress? I think so.
SO, enjoy your smog free OOT!
maybe some canned heat?
wicked good slide guitar
If the cell phone crap that I talked about doesn’t make it clear, this does.
I think China will shortly be more capitalist than we are. We are headed downhill easily as fast as they’re headed up.
Mars wrote:
pretty neat how that works, huh?
Israeli Officials Say Huge Explosion Rocked Iran Nuke Facility…
hmm, maybe some serious damage
In Canada they have to unlock your phone for free but only at the end of the contract. They also have to enable a new phone at no charge if you supply another unit.
@ waldensianspirit:
That story is unconfirmed and remains in doubt. Both the US and Iran have denied it. It would be nice, if true….
waldensianspirit wrote:
zionist controlled suicide condor bomber, no doubt. with ‘hair rays’
@ coldwarrior:
We’ll see. No seismographic evidence yet, no satellite photos indicating any abnormality at the site.
@ Moe Katz:
That’s actually a great idea. I wish they would institute that here. It’s a well thought out capitalist solution. (Though I’m afraid it was probably mandated by the government.)
Moe Katz wrote:
It would be even nicer if it was done “under suspicious circumstances”.
Moe Katz wrote:
Maybe it’s because it was supposed to be tomorrows headline. ///
@ Mars:
Oh, yes, it’s an Act of Parliament.
@ Moe Katz:
yep. 48 hr rule i guess.
Mars wrote:
seriously, we cant have you operating all willy-nilly, you must stay in the ever shrinking ‘box of compliance’
coldwarrior wrote:
Must I report myself to the nearest Michelle Obama Dietary and Reeducation center?
Mars wrote:
no, that is too good for you, you non-compliant person.
off to bureaucratland ™ with you!
you will learn the intricacies and fine details of living in the ever shrinking ‘box of compliance’.
@ coldwarrior:
Oh, well at least that is a guaranteed paycheck no matter my level of incompetence.
@ coldwarrior:
Here’s my favorite Roy Buchanan. Damn, but he was a picker!
@ Mars:
ha! you have it backwards!
you pay to go to bureaucratland!
What I think baffles me is this one facet: the Librarian of Congress. Someone we rarely hear about, yet he has the power to change something in place for 15 years, just arbitrarily. Something that has been upheld three times now (including the original act). Why does he hold this level of power? Why is there no appeal process or debate involved. Just how many government bureaucrats hold this kind of power without our knowledge?
He’s been in office since 87.
http://www.loc.gov/about/librarianoffice/
And yet we know so little about his level of authority.
@ huckfunn:
mmmmm…that’s nice.
coldwarrior wrote:
Damn I thought it let me become a bureaucrat.
@ Mars:
sounds like something for the lawdudes to work on.
Mars wrote:
no!
no power for you!
coldwarrior wrote:
Yeah this is perplexing.
I do have a couple articles coming up so I think I’ll skip making this into one.
I’m going to do another Age of Narcissism post, and possibly another dealing with Obama and NeuroLinguistic Programming.
Mars wrote:
and phrenology
feelin’ a need for some jane’s addiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Y-v5twoGw
click if ya want.
coldwarrior wrote:
Funny.
No NLP is actually the basis of hypnotism and just plain good old con work. Unlike phrenology it is something that actually is used on a daily basis. Advertising is especially good at it. The won has a couple speech writers with quite a bit of skill in that area. And when he isn’t off teleprompter or Umming his way into idiocy, he’s actually pretty good at the speaking patterns.
Mars wrote:
Essentially O is a pretty skilled Huckster.
Mars wrote:
he’s no huck funster, that’s for sure!
coldwarrior wrote:
Very true.
It seems odd that O and Willy Jeff have both been President, when in a time long ago, they both would have been tarred and feathered and rode off on a rail. (Now someone is going to claim I’m a racist.) I’m obviously talking about the fact both are nothing but con men. Their slick (well at least in Klintons case) behavior and snake oil salesmen style would have had every town they came to immediately suspicious.
I did not know this. So the proggies have already told the founding fathers to go to hell in that area.
http://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2013/01/28/why-homeschooling-is-becoming-hipster-n1498009
coldwarrior wrote:
I like proggies, especially with potato and cheese filling.
Also did not think of the 4th amendment violations that commonly occur in the school environment. (As per the article).
The government school system has decided they own your children. I hate being in a position I have no other option.
Moe Katz wrote:
Nah man that’s Pierogies. Proggies are full of shit.
@ Mars:
LOL
Mars wrote:
not so fast…homeschooling started as a very lefty thing to do some 30 years ago…
@ coldwarrior:
First, holy crap batman what did you do to the page!?
Second, where in the blue hell did you find a phrenology dummy? That has to be a majorly hard to find item.
my tinfoilphrenology head.
double thick foil and an orange helemet liner wi9th d/c avaition headset.
coldwarrior wrote:
Both sides have done homeschooling for a variety of different reasons. I’m mainly talking about the fact the founders had no intention of having a federal government controlled education system.
Let’s all take the ever shrinking ‘box of compliance’ and stuff in into the ‘dumpster of contempt’.
Mars wrote:
me and my phrenology head have been together for may many years.
i wish it were a to scale dummy!
Mars wrote:
oh hell no!
that is a state issue right there.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
you do not have a permit for a so called ‘dumpster of contempt’, and it is too close to the power lines.
off to bureaucratworld with you!
@ coldwarrior:
They have to catch me first. I’m not dumb enough to turn myself in…
@ Da_Beerfreak:
too late, you are already in bureaucratworld
Well apparently my weekly headache has arrived and a handful of NSAIDS did nothing for it, so I better hit a hot shower and head to bed.
(I really need to talk to my doctor about what I’m supposed to do. I get frequent headaches Stress, Sinus, light sensitivity, and migraine, but I was told no more NSAIDS. I’ve used some prescribed narco in the past and didn’t show any signs of addictive tendencies, but I’m still paranoid it could happen. I guess I shouldn’t worry. One pill every one to two weeks isn’t really likely to cause addiction.)
coldwarrior wrote:
Damn!! That’s what I get for sleeping in…
Mars wrote:
nope, sure wont
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
aha! asleep during the required hr training! ha! its the least fun part of bureaucratworld for you! the company policies and compliance ride!
ahahahahahahahahaa!!!!
@ Mars:
Good luck, and rest well.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
coldwarrior wrote:
Ok, technically two pills since the headache usually lasts for 24 to 48 hours. But, that does take a bit of stress off.
Thanks, I’ll try to get rest, might not be easy. At least I can rest my eyes and put a cold washcloth on them.
@ coldwarrior:
Mandatory training classes can be a real farce at times beyond even the usual waste of time.
@ Mars:
Rest well, hope it passes soon.
My new avatar doesn’t want to show up on the thread, although it shows up on my profile at the home page -- and I’ve cleared my cache. Maybe have to wait for a new thread to see it….
Moe Katz wrote:
I’ve had it take several hours to change before. Not sure why.
@ lobo91:
Hey, were you on that thread about the dog having evolved to digest carbs? I immediately thought of Leia and her pretzels when I saw that in the news the other day….
Ah, my new Gravatar appeareth!
@ Mars:
have you tried anything with caffeine in them for these headaches?
(when they are onset?)
some voodoo neurology sez that psilocybin is a pretty good cure for cluster headaches.
*shakes the culturally correct incantation device*
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
oh no, not at all, these are the bureaucrat run wild!
your undecided attention for hours and hours!!!
bwahahahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!
@ coldwarrior:
Light sensitivity, h/a lasting 24*48hrs
Migraine.
Moe Katz wrote:
forsooth and verily, unto them doth appeareth!
@ coldwarrior:
Yeth it doeth.
Calo wrote:
oops. missed that part.
just did 8 out of 10 days x12hrs with 2 16′s for good measure. i am off for a week now. and i need it.
i am brain dead. we were soooo busy, now back to normal.
Moe Katz wrote:
huzzah!
Moe Katz wrote:
I was busy this morning, or I would have commented on that thread. (Yikes, me posting in daylight hours!)
My hybrid wolf dog shuns carbs in the form of table scraps whereas the other two domestic dogs will eat almost anything plopped down in front of them.
We do feed the hybrid a high protein dry dog food and supplement her diet with fresh meat, chicken and fish. If we just feed her commercial bought food, she has GI issues.
So, yes, I guess I would agree, domestic dogs digest and tolerate carbs. Wolves, not so much. (anecdotal evidence on my part)
Moe Katz wrote:
I saw it, yes.
Leia likes all sorts of odd things. Peanut butter…apples…tomatoes…broccolli
@ coldwarrior:
‘sall right
@ lobo91:
The wolf dog won’t touch fruit or veggies, but she loves cold shrimp whereas the other dogs don;t.
Calo wrote:
they tried to talk me into one more day then off 6 but i ruled myself unsafe and went home. i was seriously getting stupid.
@ Calo:
It’s one of those things that involve multiple genes whose effect is additive. Dogs have more copies than wolves, so your hybrid may have an intermediate number of genes for the enzymes involved.
Is she pure wolf one one side and pure dog on the other?
@ Calo:
Leia will eat just about any vegetables. Even lettuce.
@ lobo91:
She doesn’t really care for rice, though. I noticed that when she was sick. I tried giving her rice and chicken, and she mostly just ate the chicken and left the rice.
Oddly enough, her regular dry food is made of lamb and rice. She likes that.
@ Moe Katz:
She’s a low content wolf dog, so no.
I believe, IIRC, she is classified as an F4.
I really was only hunting down a Siberian puppy to go with my other Siberian when I spotted her in the paper listed as “wolfdog”. I thought, sure what do you rednecks know… y’all even think a Siberian is a wolf dog. Most interesting dog I have ever known.
@ Calo:
An F4 ought to be pretty tame. Wish I could meet her and check her out.
@ Calo:
I don’t know what that one was that we encountered at the gun show, but it was huge, and not well-trained. It was pretty much dragging the woman on the other end of the leash down the aisle.
Not sure why anyone would bring an animal like that to a crowded public gathering. Just seems like trouble waiting to happen.
@ Moe Katz:
She hasn’t eaten my cat yet.
@ Calo:
Is she fond of children?
lobo91 wrote:
Maybe it was a gun breed and it really wanted to go.
@ Moe Katz:
@ lobo91:
the coyotes have moved back into NW pa form the west. this is a fairly recent occurrence. what my parents are watching for up there is cross breed coyote/feral dog. thus far, dad has only had to shoot a few rounds out of a *deleted* to scare off the coyotes.
i got to get face to face with one (at 75 ft) in the fall. in the evening and at night at least one person is armed if we are outside, especially with our dogs.
@ coldwarrior:
They can be rabid, too.
@ Moe Katz:
For dinner? No.
The breeder we got her from had several kids. One little kid carried her in to meet me and another little kid carried in her brother, who was monster-sized budda bellied looking puppy, The kids said, choose the girl, she listens. The boy is a bad boy. I took the kids advice.
So, the early exposure has left her a definite affection for kids.
She now stands on my kid’s trampoline with her face over the fence into the neighbor’s yard and summons/howls at the kids to come pet her when they are outside. Loudly, until they comply.
@ coldwarrior:
I had many encounters with coyotes in Southern California when I lived there. I felt safest when I had my Siberians with me. No gun necessary.
@ Calo:
Neat. She sounds bright.
Moe Katz wrote:
they are, and are a vector. the increase in rabid racoon and foxes is noticeable. the farmers and land owners are all well armed and burn anything rabid that they kill or come across.
i had a raccoon practically walk into the garage in mid day. our dogs went nuts. dad was quick with a very scary gun that makes most liberals cower in fear. oh yes, there is a reason for semi autos.
@ Calo:
Sounds like my experience with my students
coldwarrior wrote:
Bah, what ever happened to good old hillbilly marksmanship?
Calo wrote:
sure. that’s cool.
the farmers and landowners feel differently. now if the coyotes are out in the woods, no one cares. when they get aggressive and go after live stock, well….
Moe Katz wrote:
its flat up there. no hills. ergo, no hillbillies.
@ coldwarrior:
On that note -- Night y’all!
@ coldwarrior:
I had a coyote snatch my little dog off the porch at our weekend house. Of course, I ran down the mountain after the coyote who was trying to snap the dog’s neck by shaking it back and forth. Instinct, I guess, is why I followed. I didn’t have a plan as to how to rescue my dog from this coyote, I just knew I had to try. Then, out of no where comes my Siberian who promptly took the coyote by the neck, bit and shook the coyote until it let my little dog go. No gun, the big Siberian took care of his pack.
@ Moe Katz:
Night Moe.
Sleep well.
@ Calo:
the dog had a plan.
gotta get to bed. i have to practice painting fresco style tomorrow. have some big plans for a stairwell and a wall.
(channels the inner michelangelo)
@ Calo:
Not sure if Leia would try to protect me.
She would bark and growl, anyway.
@lobo91
I am waiting to find ANYTHING my big a$$ed Dobe will NOT eat! At least he outgrew his fondness for my shoes.
lobo91 wrote:
The Dobe will protect the wife in a heart beat! Me on the other hand he would go after the second one leaving the first to the Pack Leader.
@ AZOlddog:
When I was in high school, we had a German shepherd that would protect everyone in our house, including the cat. When the cat had kittens, he actually babysat them. If they got out of their box, he picked them up and put them back.
Apparently that hideously overpriced .223 that appeared yeterday evening on LuckyGunner vanished in a couple of hours.
Okay, okay -- it was top of the line match/hunting ammo, so maybe it wasn’t actually hideously overpriced. But for anybody used to just buying Federal/American Eagle FMJ, it was eye-popping. At those prices, I’d just as soon get a Garand and shoot .30-06 or .308. Or maybe that Sharps in .45/70 -- hmmm…
Somebody stick a fork in Rubio -- he’s done.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tAjeplC6zAI
Glad he outed himself now, at least.
Hat tip -- rayra at GCP.
Sorry about that. Try this…
Effing PoS…
And the complete, diametric opposite…
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/28/the-problem-is-not-gun-laws-watch-the-emotional-speech-by-a-sandy-hook-victims-dad-that-got-a-standing-ovation/
HT to rayra again.
Good morning everyone. St. Clair and Yorkville is the area to explore today.
I have come to the disappointing conclusion that voting is a privilege to be earned, like a drivers license…people voting for their own unearned government handout is unacceptable…there is no moral, ethical, or logical argument that will change my mind…I’m out of the closet
heysoos wrote:
I’ve heard that some of the founders wanted to restrict voting rights to those who held property. At some level I tend to agree, though it’s not at all realistic to think the genie could ever be put back in the bottle at this point. I agree that government dependents voting is much like giving children equal say in one’s household.
I like the voting rights plan in David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. “To be able to vote a Manticoran Citizen had to prove that they had paid in taxes at least 1 cent more than they had received in benefits. Salaries for actual jobs on which they had paid Taxes were not considered a benefit.”
@ Mike C.:
A voice against the swarm.
That makes my day.
Thank you for posting that.
@ Mike C.:
It’s still early for 2013 BUT, I think this is a great test.
Folks will make mistakes. But if they go saying thousands of words to cover their BS then they should arouse deep suspicion.
If on the other hand, they say “I’m sorry. I was wrong.” then maybe they have a chance for redemption.
Meter’s running Marco.
@ unclassifiable:
I meant 2016 instead of 2013.
unclassifiable wrote:
The 2nd is a handy touchstone. Get a politico’s honest opinion on that, and you can pretty much where he’ll stand and what he actually believes on a host of other issues. So far as I’m concerned, this settles it for Rubio. I’ve never been a big fan of “Road to Damascus” last-minute conversions.
@ Mike C.:
Yeah I hear you. But gazing into my crystal ball I see a Rubio vs. Hillary campaign brewing (First Woman-American vs. First Cuban-American).
We are still hung up on everybody getting a turn.
Later folks.
Fair share and all of that.