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Thursday, December 1, 2011

I think she must have a sad life

Yesterday morning I followed my usual routine, breakfast, house tidying, watch an episode of McGyver...
then caught the bus into town.

When I got there I stood for a few minutes watching the big cranes lifting things into position on the empty block where Harris Scarfe used to stand. I thought about getting out the camera for a quick photo or two, but realised I'd get carried away and miss the next bus I was supposed to catch.

So I left the cranes behind, promising myself photos on another day.

As I neared the next bus stop, (about twenty yards away from it), the bus I was meant to get on pulled up. so I called up a spurt of energy and ran to catch it. Hey, look at me! Miss Lazybones, running!
It was warmish inside the bus, and I was warmed from my twenty yard sprint, so once I was comfortably seated, I took off the light jacket I'd been wearing against the chill in the breeze.

Immediately the woman across the aisle from me spoke up.
"You shouldn't take off your jacket, you should leave that on, it's cold. I've got my jacket on and I'm freezing."
I replied to her that I was a bit warm from running to catch the bus, to which she then said,  "Oh you shouldn't be running, you might have an accident and end up in the hopital. What will you do then?"
Me: "I had to catch the bus, I need to get to work, I don't like to be late."
Woman: "You shouldn't run just for a bus, you might have an accident and end up in hospital, then you'll miss work. You should just walk and if you miss the bus you can wait for the next one. So what if you're a bit late for work? They won't mind surely?"

I tried to explain (while she kept talking), that we work on a roster system that relies on people turning up on time so that those already working can have their tea or lunch breaks, or go home  if their shift has ended.
She insisted that I shouldn't run, I might have an accident etc, she never runs anywhere, and I should put my jacket back on, I might catch a cold...."

At this point I decided I'd tune her out, so got my book out of my bag and began reading.

Well, this really set her off!

I shouldn't read my book because I might miss my stop and end up at the end of the line and have to come all the way back...she just went on and on while I tried to ignore her.
It wasn't easy as her voice was quite loud, but the book was getting interesting, so I turned the page...

Then she found a new distraction.
The young man sitting in front of me with a baby boy in a pram.
He gave the boy a drink from a sippy cup and the child drank a little too fast and coughed a bit.
Straight away this woman was on his case.

"That child is coughing! You shouldn't be on a bus with a coughing child! I don't want to have that cough, you should get off the bus! We'll all get sick! Stop him from coughing! You shouldn't be on the bus with a sick baby! What if I catch the cough? I don't want to be sick!
And so on.
And on and on and on.
Yes, the exclamation points are necessary. This is how she spoke.

The dad wasn't so tolerant as I'd been and argued back with her about the boy only coughing a little because he'd swallowed too much too fast etc. (the baby wasn't coughing anymore by now)
So then she started going on about how you're not supposed to drink on the bus.
 "Read the sign at the front, it clearly says no drinking or eating on the bus!"
Things could get spillled, we'd all slip over, (not if we stay seated we won't, is what I thought),  the floor will get all sticky, the driver would be distracted, we'd have an accident and end up in the hospital...

By now the dad was getting a little angry and told her off for interfering, first with me and then with him. He was just giving a thirsty baby a little water. Surely she understands that you wouldn't deny a baby a drink? Would she deny her own child a drink?
The woman stated that she didn't have any children, the dad said "Thank god for that!", while she carried on about not drinking on the bus.

I kept reading.....The 5th Witch by Graham Masterton.
(I've never missed my getting off stop).

The dad and the woman both got off the bus at the same stop, and I hoped she wouldn't follow him around and keep arguing.
Everything she'd said the whole trip had been negative and I began to wonder what kind of life has she had to make her this way.
Had she always been so negative and fearful?  (and critical)
Had she once been happy and had something terrible happen to make her this way?
(Maybe she had an accident and ended up in the hospital?)

It seems so sad to me for someone to have such a negative outlook.
I hope she found something good about her day before she went to bed last night.

  1. What a kind person you are to overlook the irritating aspect of this womans behaviour and focus instead on her obvious need for some kind of positive human contact.

  2. My guess is she has been this way all her life, but what makes a person this way? And why can't they see what they're doing? Perhaps at the bottom of it all is a terribly strong need for attention of any sort and she gets attention by being negative and provoking people. Who knows though? Sad.

  3. Public transport lesson #101. Have ear phones available to slip into your ears, even if they are not connected to anything. Give her the benefit of the doubt and consider she has a mental illness.

  4. Sounds like this woman has nothing else better to do but whinge, whinge and try to run everybody elses life but her own, she's definitely a kangaroo short in the top paddock :-).

  5. I was going to say the same as Andrew - sounds like she's got a mental illness (or should be on meds).
    Do not make eye contact, smile politely when spoken to and do not engage in conversation, stick head in a book and ignore comments completely.

  6. Perhaps she gets enjoyment from complaining and only seeing the black side. I am with mybabyjohn/Delores though - your tolerance shows us yet again what a lovely person you are.

  7. Some people are just like that...pains in the butt. Who knows why they get like that..but then..who cares!

  8. Ironic that your book was called 'The 5th Witch' - had she driven away the other four? :P

  9. Delores; she struck me as the type of woman no one has ever loved, because her attitude pushes people away.

    Rubye Jack; Perhaps it was in the way her mum raised her, to always be extra careful, avoid germs and ill people etc.

    Andrew; I'd left the i-pod at home on the charger, but I don't think that would have stopped her. I might have gotten a lecture on how modern technology causes problems of all sorts.

    Windsmoke; it's sad that there are people like that. I still hope she manages to find some sort of enjoyment in her life. Maybe the whinging is the enjoyment. Her way of interacting with people. She may be thinking she's giving good advice.

    Jayne; I thought mental illness too and after the first few words I just kept reading.

    EC; maybe this is the only way she knows how to talk to others. Perhaps she's thinking she's being kind in informing others of their shortcomings. it may be the way her parents always spoke to her. Or maybe that's the way she heard (interpreted) what they were saying.

    Tempo; welcome to drifting; you're right, who knows. But then again...who cares? I do. Why? No idea, but if she had a sad or rough childhood to make her this way, then that's saddening.

    Kath Lockett; I didn't see that connection!
    In the book the four witches are creating havoc in LA.

  10. Cripes River,

    I might have told her shut up to be honest.

    I can imagine such a woman on the Nutty Bus here in Manchester - she wouldn't last five minutes.

  11. Far out. What a bus trip! I wouldn't have been able to hold my tongue with her, I tell you. ;)

    But yes - she must have had a very sad life so far, worrying about every little thing like that. Geez, it's a wonder she got on the bus at all...what if it crashed?

    I hope she found something good about her day as well. A terrible life to live like that.

  12. Plasman; the father of the little boy told her to shut up and mind her own business, but she didn't, she told him off for being rude to her.

    Jodie Anstead; well, hello! you haven't been here for quite a while. I'm guessing she is unable to drive so the bus is her only means of transport. She was/is on the large side, slow to move with a walking stick. I'm rather good at holding my tongue.

  13. Hello,
    She might have had a mental illness, or maybe a developmental disability. My son has a devopmental disability. If I'm lucky my son might grow up to be an independent public transport user. I fear for him. He might behave in a similar manner.I hope people are kind to him.

  14. Still at Home; welcome to drifting. I agree, a disability of some sort, which is why I chose to keep reading my book instead of upsetting her further by arguing my point. I hope your son finds many kind people in his life. My sister is developmentally challenged too.


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The following bylaws amendments shall be voted upon the delegates of the 2017 Biennial National Convention:

Amendment #1
Article III: Membership

Section 1:
There shall be four categories of membership: Regular, Student, Associate and Honorary.

A. Regular membership shall be limited to individuals who affiliate with the Republican Party, who have paid current minimum dues and who support the purposes of the Caucus, as defined by the Statement of Principles. Regular members are qualified to serve in any official capacity in the Caucus (assuming they also meet any other specific qualifications for the position), to act as delegates at any Convention and to enjoy all the privileges extended in these Bylaws. If a question of eligibility for Regular membership is raised with the Board, the Board shall hear evidence presented by the Secretary and make a final determination by a simple majority vote.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

JAMES LABRIE: ”I Will Not Break”

Rating: R
Label: Digital EP 2014
Review by Rich ”The Meister” Dillon

Canadian born vocalist James LaBrie is best known as the long time voice of American progressive metal band Dream Theater.  La Brie auditioned and was chosen over 200 other hopefuls for the spot fronting Dream Theater appearing on their second album Images and Words and has remained in the band ever since.  Aside from other projects outside of Dream Theater LaBrie has issued five solo albums, the sixth being the EP I Will Not Break which dropped earlier in the year.

”I Will Not Break” first appeared on his 2013 full length Impermanent Resonance and after muffled fading vocal intro explodes with a ferocious thrash riff and of course LaBrie's operatic vocal prowess.  The next two, ”Unraveling” and ”Why” both originally surfaced on the European digipak edition of the aforementioned 2013 release.  The final track of 2010ís Static Impulse, ”Coming Home” gets an alternate mix, but not being familiar with the original canít say whatís different or better, I just know I donít like this.  ”Jekyll or Hyde” and ”Just Watch Me” are demo versions of songs that also appeared on Static Impulse.  The final three inclusions are again retreads from the 2010 album with ”I Tried”, ”Over the Edge” and ”Euphoric”.  This time however they are electronica remixes, something that should never be done IMO.

Bottom line: there's nothing new here and this is not a release for any other than the rabid LaBrie/Dream Theater fan.

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Wednesday, 8 March 2017

MHK Designs Monthly Inspiration

     With Easter approaching here's a little project for table decorations using images from Tweet Tweet and papers from Egg-cellent Easter.
     The little bird house is cut from the patterned paper, with just a little ink added to the roof to darken it slightly. The birds are printed out twice for each design, with one image flipped to face the other way so they can be stuck together once cut out.
     I have chosen to 'tangle' the birds but this would be an ideal make for children as they could colour them in themselves. The only part that is not stuck together is the feet so they can stand up freely, they could just as easily be hung by a thread from a decorative tree branch arrangement.
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    We have many more gorgeous designs available in the Etsy shop so please pop over and have a look.

    Our monthly challenge can be found here, you'll find lots of inspiration and an opportunity to win some stamps so this is well worth a look.

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  1. This is SO "tweet", Rocky! I LOVE the fun paper you used--and adding the bird images was a fabulous idea! This is an absolutely darling project! Sending HUGS! :) Mynn xx


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Violent Poverty – Blog Action Day 2008

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I was there with other Australian radio broadcasters to see the work of Compassion Australia. We had planned to be in the country for around a week to visit a number of projects but just a day after we arrived riots took hold in Port-au-Prince our hosts felt it would be safer for us to leave as soon as we could.

Our team managed to get out of Haiti under some extremely trying circumstances. It was very difficult getting to the airport and at times we were in very real danger. We had to dodge barricades of burning car tyres and rioting mobs. We were finally led to some armed police who escorted us to the airport.

When our plane finally left the ground I was filled with a mix of emotions. As I looked out the window at the dozens of fires around the small nation’s capital I was relieved that for us the danger had passed but I couldn’t help think about the millions of people we left behind who couldn’t afford to put food on the table for their families. Many people were actually eating dirt to try and survive. I remembered looking into the faces of the children within Compassion projects and seeing a hope for the future and contrasting those faces with those outside those projects, like the children who ran past our vehicles with fear in their eyes as they fled the riots.

The riots were about the lack of food in Haiti and the incredible price rises which had put even basic food items out of reach for the majority of the population. The people of Haiti just wanted the government to take their plight seriously and to do something to save the lives of their families who were literally starving to death.

Faced with the enormity of the situation the Haitian people took extreme action. Back home we complain that the world financial crisis makes it tougher to buy the stuff we feel we deserve. In countries like Haiti all they want is for those of us who really have more than enough, financial crisis or not, and have the capacity to make a difference, to realise that we still have the power to make an enormous dent in the problem of poverty.

Since my visit things have become even harder for the people of Haiti with recent storms destroying life and property.

If you feel that poverty is too big to tackle can I encourage you to sponsor a child in Haiti or another developing country? I’ve seen the difference it can make. You may only be able to make a difference for just one child but imagine if it were your own child. Wouldn’t you want someone to make the difference for just that one?

If you’d like to hear a radio report I compiled for Compassion Day after returning from Haiti just click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post. The audio begins with the delightful voices of dozens of Haitian children from the one Compassion project we were able to visit before our trip was cut short.

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Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist and blogger from Perth Western Australia.

He previously worked in radio for about 25 years but these days he spends his time at Compassion Australia, working towards releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.

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  • I was in Haiti in 1999 and just this past year. It was nice to see some small improvements, but sad at how much more can and needs to still be done. I also found it is so easy to begin to forget the hardships people face there, once I arrive home. Thank you for sharing this. It has helped me to not forget and to continue to support missionaries and agencies that work in Haiti.

  • I really liked your article on Haiti today. I just want you to know it started a fire of compassion in my own heart to help the people. The main media is not covering the horrible details of what is going on in Haiti.

    Thank you!

  • Jeff, you are so very right. It’s very easy to get home and get wrapped up in the day to day of our lives, forgetting that there are people we have met who still need our help.

  • Earl, I’m glad that my post stirred your heart and I hope that you’re able to visit Compassion’s website to sponsor a child. It really does make such a huge difference. ( )

  • My wife & I sponsor a couple of Compassion children in Africa.

    When I visited one of them I found it one of the most gut wrenching things I’d experienced in my life.

    Her family was so hospitable, even bought me a can of coke which I can’t say I really enjoyed cos I had some idea as to what a luxury item it was for them.

    I’ve seen lots of poverty scenarios in the third world but this one really hit home cos of the relationship built over time by letters.

    Compassion sponsorship is just such a brilliant thing to do to help change our world.

  • I wonder if more of us saw the effects of poverty first hand whether it would increase the will to do something about it. It’s so convenient when it’s “out of sight, out of mind”.

    Great post Rodney. Thanks for sharing.

  • I can relate to your entry, Rodney. Poverty can lead to violence and unfortunately, this is the kind of place I grew up with.

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So glad I can come here and vent from time to time...blogging has been good therapy and another form of a creative outlet.  And blog land and mainly my scrapbooking hobby have brought me in contact with so many wonderful creative people as well.  Some that I have been able to meet in person and those that one day I will or at least our paths keep crossing because of our interest in photography and scrapbooking ;)  So way over seeing my name dropped from someone's blog and completely thankful for the friendships I have.  And especially thankful to Linda, Sharmaine, and Kyoko for your recent comments.  Really appreciate you and thankful to this blogging thing that I can make relationships with people all over the world.  How cool is that?!

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But another big thing to be thankful for...I SURVIVED THE FAMILY TRIP!  Good to see my big brother, Steven, getting married again.  And Tammy has been a part of our lives now for about 3 years, so happy to have her in the family officially now.

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The Texas Department of Transportation has reported its data for 2011 relating to motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities.  The information includes reportable data collected from Texas Peace Officers' Crash Reports received and processed as of June 19, 2012.

The total number of crashes for Texas was 381,463, including 3,015 fatalities and 79,573 serious injuries.

Collin County, Tx reported 9,045 motor vehicle crashes with 39 fatalities and 2,024 serious injuries.

Dallas County, Tx reported 35,273 motor vehicle crashes with 170 fatalities and 7,495 serious injuries.

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I can trace my real fascination with the World Cup to our trip to Europe in the Summer of 2002. We were in Paris, just barely getting by on our rusty French, when Senegal beat France in what has sometimes been called the greatest upset in football. Then we moved on to England, where I was scheduled for a week in the Parker Library in Cambridge.

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Until England was given an penalty kick, and David Beckham was lining up to take it. Suddenly, everyone in the market started paying attention, and people crowded closely around the few tvs. The crowd grew quiet, until Beckham made the kick. There was a great shout, and everyone was happy, and even the foreign visitors couldn't help feeling like we'd been part of a community moment. The next day, even the librarian told me she had managed to find a way to listen to the match.

We were on the bus to Heathrow when the next match was being played, and Rose let me try to tune in the battery-powered radio we had to listen in. At least three or four other people on the bus were also listening, and the other riders got constant updates, and certainly heard our semi-conscious sounds of excitement and tension. It was a strange kind of shared experience: we were all wearing headphones, listening alone. But we were part of a group, too.

This year, I've caught maybe half a dozen matches so far. I usually say I like to watch sports on tv because something always happens, and it never really matters. But But Beckham's penalty shot in the Cambridge market mattered, to me and to Rose at least. I'll never forget it.

Rosemary said...

--and I remember that when the France/Senegal game was being played, we could hear sporadic shouting and cheers through our hotel window. That, followed by the experience in Cambridge, really drove home to me what a huge deal the World Cup is everywhere in the world but here in the U.S.

ej said...

I was in France in 1998, and even as a devout fan already, was stunned at how life completely revolved around the matches.

Though I have to say, I wouldn't want to be in England or France at the moment, considering the current fortunes of both teams!

Maybe we should plan to meet up next time the cup is in Europe...


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I grew up with a huge influence on music from my father and my brother (we have a 9-year gap as siblings). Lately, I scored a portable long record player from a high school friend. My father's vintage one was already broken to play his vinyl collection and been thinking to get one for him as a birthday gift. Was so ecstatic to try it last week. These photos were taken days ago in my hometown and want to share it with you guys.

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Saturday, February 18, 2006

VDH on Iran

My favorite California Democrat spells it out (and as always, puts things into perspective):

Why No Nukes for Iran?
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How many times have we heard the following whining and yet received no specific answers from our leaders?

"Israel has nuclear weapons, so why single out Iran?"

"Pakistan got nukes and we lived with it."

"Who is to say the United States or Russia should have the bomb and not other countries?"

"Iran has promised to use its reactors for peaceful purposes, so why demonize the regime?"

We can argue all we want over the solution — it is either immoral to use military force or immoral not to use it; air strikes are feasible or will be an operational disaster; dissidents will rise up or have already mostly been killed or exiled; Russia and China will help solve or will instead enjoy our dilemma; Europe is now on board or is already triangulating; the U.N. will at last step in, or is more likely to damn the United States than Teheran.

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In the greatest irony of all, the Left (who must understand well the nightmarish scenario of a fascist Iran with nuclear weapons) is suddenly bewildered by George Bush's apparent multilateral caution. The Senate Democrats don't know whether to attack the administration now for its nonchalance or to wait and second-guess them once the bombs begin to fall.

Either way, no one should doubt that a nuclear Iran would end the entire notion of global adjudication of nuclear proliferation — as well as remain a recurrent nightmare to civilization itself.

The excuses he points to in the opening are very similar to the comments we've received.

One thing is for sure, the Dems will not offer their solution to the problem, because it will either tick off their anti-military base (who decry our possession of nukes, but don't seem to have a prob with Iran's pursuit of them) or be simply an echo of the administration's current position. It's a shame that the Dems could not leave questions of foreign policy at the waters edge when it came to Iraq and the WOT, because Bush can be sure that whatever steps he takes will be met with criticism from Americans who are supposed to be on his side.

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ARC: St Wendeler

Duh Mayor turns down a quarter of a billion dollars...

So imagine you are the mayor of a big city. Your dad used to run the city. He was such an influence on city and national politics that they named the plaza outside city hall with your fathers last name. You've got various looming budget crises, for which members of your government are crafting stupid solutions. Your faced with corruption problems in your administration involving money management.

So along comes an organization that wants to spend $250 million dollars in your city in 2008. And what do you tell them? No thanks.

AP) CHICAGO Thanks but no thanks.

That's Chicago's answer to an invitation to submit a bid to host the 2008 Republican National Convention.

The Republican National Committee said yesterday that Chicago and 30 other cities were selected to submit bids explaining why they'd be a good choice to host the 2008 convention.

But a spokeswoman for Mayor Richard Daley says City Hall isn't interested.

Jackie Heard says city officials are more focused on whether to pursue a campaign to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1996.

Pardon me, but wouldn't your case for the 2016 Olympics be better if you were able to pull off a measly RNC convention? Infrastructure for the RNC convention is pretty minimal, compared to the Olympics.

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ARC: Brian

Friday, February 17, 2006

China: Freedom of the Press?

Like my co-conspirator, I too am blogging from an undisclosed, large airport in the Northeast... and suffering from jet lag during my 5 hour layover here. This was a brutal trip and I have to say that it's difficult staying on top of things from across the pond. It's difficult since there are only a few, slanted stories about what's happening in the US. I just wish my hotel had wifi or lan connections in the rooms rather than simply offering wifi in their lobby(at $25 per day, not including 17% in taxes).

Could it be that the ChiComs will slowly move towards political freedom as well as economic freedom? This story from the Scotsman prompted this post (visit BugMeNot for login info):

Banned Chinese paper reprieved

THE Chinese Communist Party is to revive a provocative publication it closed down less than a month ago - minus its two outspoken editors.

The revival of Freezing Point, published inside the influential China Youth Daily, comes after this week's publication of a letter signed by 13 senior Communist Party members, including a former secretary of Mao Zedong, condemning the decision to close the weekly supplement and calling on the government to "demolish every method of news censorship".

Revealing deep divisions within the ruling Communist Party over the media's role in China, yesterday's decision is believed to be unprecedented and may signal a new phase in media openness.

The move to reopen Freezing Point, originally closed by the powerful propaganda department, would have been made under pressure from the senior leadership.

The move could also be aimed at China's critics in the United States Congress, who this week held hearings to discuss China's monitoring of the internet.

It is not yet clear, however, whether the new issue, set to be launched in March, will maintain its hard-hitting, investigative format.

Previously known for their willingness to tackle controversial topics, including rural poverty and AIDS patients, the founding editor, Li Datong, and his deputy, Lu Yuegang, are being moved to the newspaper's research department. Saying that "this exterminates the soul of Freezing Point, leaving an empty shell", Mr Li told The Scotsman that he would fight the move.

Suspended in late January after printing an essay by Professor Yuan Weishi criticising nationalistic history textbooks, Freezing Point was one of several publications to be censured in the past three months. Since the end of last year, the Beijing News, Southern Metropolitan Daily and the Public Welfare Times have all lost editors.

The next issue of Freezing Point will run a rebuttal of the textbook essay.

Oh, nevermind... they're just kicking out the two hard-hitting editorialists and are going to include an essay that is counter to the op-ed that was the reason for the paper being shut down in the first place.

So, where is the media openness here? While it's great that they're re-opening the paper, it's a shame that the ChiCom government will have greater influence in the new venture.

As I've commented in the past, this issue will come to the fore in the near future and when it does, I don't expect that the result will be pretty. That's why I'm long on India (and the Anglosphere in general).

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: St Wendeler

The conspiracy theories....

Blogging from an undisclosed location in a major US airport awaiting my very full flight back to home.... I decided to check out firedoglake. Otherwise known as FireDogLake: CSI.

We knew it would be inevitable, but the vitriol in various blogs (and even from some in the media) against the Vice President is astounding. Over at firedoglake, they have:

Assumed a coverup with the WH doctors....

Hi folks -

This stinks to high heaven - even in Texas.

Confused a shotgun injury with a "severe gunshot wound"
Q: What variable determines survival after severe gunshot wounds to the head, neck, and torso?

A: How long it takes the trauma victim to receive trauma center care (or the equivalent).

Blamed the local sheriff office for "bungling" an investigation simply because it found what they didn't want it to find.
An overabundance of Chief Wiggams in Kenedy County have now bungled the investigation and stalled it until everyone got a chance to get their stories straight, but fortunately these people are so accustomed to lying without challenge they don't do it very well.

And are using "Google Earth" as definitive terrain mapping for the region to determine if Cheney (as well as the victim!) is lying in his story of the incident.
Don't know if any of your other readers noticed this but the Sheriff included the approximate GPS coordinates of where he was told the shooting took place according to the group (N26 56.352 W97 50.42). I plugged those into Google Earth and it comes up in South Texas rural area. I was only able to zoom into and measure from what looks like the only road near the incident. In every measurement I took the road is from 450 to 550 feet from where the incident happened. According to the report the women were in the car on this road and were pretty far away. In the report Cheney also notes that Whittington was at a lower elevation than him, and that's why he got hit in the face. From the GPS coordinates given I did a 100ft circle around that to see the changes in elevation and they are less than 1 Foot.

They even want to do their own investigation, but from the air!
Maybe some of your other readers can get better access to or have more experience with satellite data. Someone could also do a flyover of the exact coordinates given if they have time.
Sorry, as a certificated pilot, there's no way someone can tell a height difference of 3 feet over a 30 yard space. That's "flat" from almost any height.

So I might as well ask the question... Is a hunting incident an impeachable offense?
More to follow.

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: Brian

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Looks like someone wanted their own airforce

From the anchorage daily news comes this story (H/T Avweb)

Feds truck in seized jets from Valley to Anchorage

STRANGE SIGHT: Aircraft now in secure location, officials say.

Anchorage Daily News

Long before sunup Sunday morning, federal authorities trucked a convoy of seized fighter jets from Palmer to Anchorage.

It was a strange sight to the few drivers in downtown Anchorage around 5 a.m.: a line of flatbed trucks, each carrying an L-39 jet, wings still attached and extending over two or three traffic lanes.

The FBI seized a fleet of Czech fighter planes after raids of Security Aviation Inc. hangars Feb. 2 in Palmer and Anchorage as well as the Midtown offices of Mark Avery. The Anchorage attorney owns the company and a slew of related businesses.

The FBI turned the jets over to the U.S. Marshals Service. Marc Otte, acting chief deputy for U.S. Marshals in Anchorage, confirmed the many eyewitness reports that the planes were moved and said they are now in a safe, secure location in Anchorage. He would not disclose that location.

"The Marshals Service takes care of assets no matter where they go," Otte said.

State troopers escorted the convoy from the Valley, turning the duty over to Anchorage police at the Knik River bridge, said Lt. Paul Honeman, Anchorage police spokesman.

"All of Fifth Avenue and C Street were totally blocked," said Randall Lorenz, an aircraft mechanic who saw the planes as he headed to work around 5 a.m. Sunday. The road wasn't closed, but there was no way around the planes, he said.

A principal in Avery's businesses, Rob Kane, has been charged with illegal possession of two rocket launchers, and a federal investigation is continuing.

Having L-39 fighter jets isn't illegal, nor is it very expensive. There's a very nice looking one for sale on ASO for $179,000. Here are some pictures. They usually come from eastern europe, are refurbished here in the states, and delivered to wealthy buyers who like to play fighter pilot on the weekend.

Which makes me wonder what the FBI was in the middle of discovering. And the more important question, will the Marshall service let me test fly one?

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: Brian

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Chalk One Up for the Bad Guys at Illinois

This is vile and cowardly. Shame on The University of Illinois.

In today's Post-Dispatch.

Daily Illini suspends editors over cartoon By ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Tuesday, Feb. 14 2006 URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, ILL.Two high-ranking editors of the
student newspaper at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were suspended
Tuesday after they decided on their own to run some of the controversial
cartoons that have sparked protests and outrage from Muslims around the
world.Acton Gorton, the editor in chief of the Daily Illini, and Chuck
Prochaska, the opinions editor, said they stand behind their decision to print
cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that were originally published by a Danish
newspaper."I think it's unfortunate because what we did for our readership was
something that most newspapers were scared to do," said Prochaska, 20, a junior
from a suburb of Chicago. "I think Acton and I made a brave decision to publish
the cartoons."Many newspapers, including the Post-Dispatch, have not reprinted
the cartoons. Since the Daily Illini published the cartoons Thursday, the paper
has received criticism from readers, Muslim groups and Chancellor Richard
Herman, who wrote a letter to the editor.The editors have been suspended with
pay for about two weeks, pending an investigation by a task force of senior
members of the newspaper.Mary Cory, the newspaper's publisher, who has received a steady stream of complaints from student staff members, said that it appears
that the two editors "intentionally stifled any opportunity for discussion and
went ahead with printing it on their own." While the editor in chief has the
final say on content, she said it is also the editor's obligation to engage
other editors and staff members in "rigorous discussion and debate of sensitive
content."The Daily Illini is owned and operated by the Illini Media Company, a
nonprofit organization that is independent of the university. On Monday, the
newspaper's editorial board apologized to the Muslim community and its readers
for Gorton and Prochaska's actions. The editorial said that the two editors did
not consult the editorial board, the editorial adviser or the publisher of the
paper in their decision, which it characterized as the "the callous bravado of a
renegade editor in chief.""We want to make it clear that while we do not
necessarily disagree with the decision to print these cartoons, we disagree with
how they were run," the editorial said.Gorton and Prochaska are also on the
editorial board and wrote a dissenting editorial saying that outlets like the
New York Times and Washington Post have been "irresponsible" in not publishing
the cartoons. They said they will not apologize or resign.Gorton, 25, a senior
from Carbondale, Ill., said the piece ran as his opinion and not that of the
newspaper. He also claimed that other members of the editorial board saw the
page before it went to press and didn't say anything.By printing the cartoon, he
said, he had hoped that "readers could look at the cartoons and see if it
justified the amount of violence that they see on the television."Most members
of the newspaper staff have been angry with him, he said, telling him he didn't
take their safety into account.Prochaska added that the majority of the 300-plus
e-mails sent to the opinions page have been supportive of the decision to print
the cartoons.

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: MontereyJohn

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

From the Mayor of Tall 'Afarr. Iraq - Don't Look for this in the New York Times

This is totally incredible and needs no editorializing from me.

Thanks to The Mudville Gazette.

In the Name of God the Compassionate and Merciful

To the Courageous Men and Women of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who have changed the city of Tall’ Afar from a ghost town, in which terrorists spread death and destruction, to a secure city flourishing with life.

To the lion-hearts who liberated our city from the grasp of terrorists who were beheading men, women and children in the streets for many months.

To those who spread smiles on the faces of our children, and gave us restored hope, through their personal sacrifice and brave fighting, and gave new life to the city after hopelessness darkened our days, and stole our confidence in our ability to reestablish our city.

Our city was the main base of operations for Abu Mousab Al Zarqawi. The city was completely held hostage in the hands of his henchmen. Our schools, governmental services, businesses and offices were closed. Our streets were silent, and no one dared to walk them. Our people were barricaded in their homes out of fear; death awaited them around every corner. Terrorists occupied and controlled the only hospital in the city. Their savagery reached such a level that they stuffed the corpses of children with explosives and tossed them into the streets in order to kill grieving parents attempting to retrieve the bodies of their young. This was the situation of our city until God prepared and delivered unto them the courageous soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who liberated this city, ridding it of Zarqawi’s followers after harsh fighting, killing many terrorists, and forcing the remaining butchers to flee the city like rats to the surrounding areas, where the bravery of other 3d ACR soldiers in Sinjar, Rabiah, Zumar and Avgani finally destroyed them.

I have met many soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment; they are not only courageous men and women, but avenging angels sent by The God Himself to fight the evil of terrorism.

The leaders of this Regiment; COL McMaster, COL Armstrong, LTC Hickey, LTC Gibson, and LTC Reilly embody courage, strength, vision and wisdom. Officers and soldiers alike bristle with the confidence and character of knights in a bygone era. The mission they have accomplished, by means of a unique military operation, stands among the finest military feats to date in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and truly deserves to be studied in military science. This military operation was clean, with little collateral damage, despite the ferocity of the enemy. With the skill and precision of surgeons they dealt with the terrorist cancers in the city without causing unnecessary damage.

God bless this brave Regiment; God bless the families who dedicated these brave men and women. From the bottom of our hearts we thank the families. They have given us something we will never forget. To the families of those who have given their holy blood for our land, we all bow to you in reverence and to the souls of your loved ones. Their sacrifice was not in vain. They are not dead, but alive, and their souls hovering around us every second of every minute. They will never be forgotten for giving their precious lives. They have sacrificed that which is most valuable. We see them in the smile of every child, and in every flower growing in this land. Let America, their families, and the world be proud of their sacrifice for humanity and life.

Finally, no matter how much I write or speak about this brave Regiment, I haven’t the words to describe the courage of its officers and soldiers. I pray to God to grant happiness and health to these legendary heroes and their brave families.

Mayor of Tall ‘Afar, Ninewa, Iraq

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: MontereyJohn

Iraqis Increasing Their Contribution

The USAToday has this good news from Iraq, although you don't get the editorializing that normally comes from a news story that talks about bad news in Iraq.

Here's the article:

U.S. role in Iraq security shifting
Handoff of combat duties picks up

By Rick Jervis

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says 40% of Iraq's combat battalions are effective enough to have taken the lead role in fighting the insurgency, a key measure for determining when U.S. forces can withdraw.

The U.S. military expects to complete the handover of responsibility to nearly all of Iraq's army by the end of the year, meaning Iraq's military will rely on U.S. troops primarily for logistical support and for providing airstrikes and heavy artillery. The main fighting will be conducted by Iraqis.

“When all Iraqi combat battalions own their own battle space, the map of Iraq will be covered,” said Lt. Col. Michael Negard, a military spokesman. Battle space refers to the area of responsibility assigned to a military unit.

Currently, 40 of Iraq's 102 battalions have taken over security in the areas where they operate, Col. James Greer, chief of staff for the U.S. military command responsible for training Iraqi troops, said in an interview.

The goal is to build 110 combat battalions. A typical Iraqi battalion, the army's basic fighting unit, has 700 to 800 soldiers.

“It's an essential part of the broader strategy,” said Anthony Cordesman, an analyst at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

With American troops in more of a support role, they will be less visible and not as susceptible to attack, Cordesman said. “But you won't have a situation where Iraqi battalions come on line and U.S. troops leave the next week.”

About 137,000 U.S. troops are in Iraq.

The pace at which the U.S. military has handed control to Iraqi battalions has picked up during the past year, Greer said. In March 2005, there were only three battalions manning their own areas — all in Baghdad, he said.

The Iraqi army is taking control in contested areas, such as parts of Fallujah, Ramadi and Samarra. “We're not just giving them the easy areas,” Greer said.

The turnover raises questions about whether the United States is handing responsibility to the Iraqi army before it is ready, said Andrew Krepinevich, a military expert at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

“If they're not ready to provide security, there could be a regression,” Krepinevich said.

Some military units are aligned with religious and political factions. Handing over responsibility too quickly could result in arming soldiers more loyal to factions than the national government, he said.

Last month, the U.S. military handed over an area of operation to an entire Iraqi army division in Qadissiya and Wassit provinces, south of Baghdad.

Currently, there are 227,000 Iraqi security forces, which include 106,000 military troops and 121,000 police officers, according to the U.S. military. Greer says recruitment of army cadets has been steady.

The number of trained security forces is not as good a measure of progress as the capabilities of combat units, Greer said. “The battle spaces where Iraqis have actually taken over (are) more of a measure of success,” he said.

Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. general in the Iraq region, said last month that U.S. commanders must overcome their reluctance to turn over control to less-experienced Iraqi forces.

“There is always a risk in taking a chance on the people that you've come to help,” Abizaid said. “There's also a risk of condescension (when) you look at them and say, ‘They're not ready.' ”

A couple of points:
1 - We went from 3 battalions capable of handling security for their regions to 40 in one year. As the professional Iraqi military continues to grow, the number of capable battalions will continue to increase dramatically. I think my troop number prediction for y/e 2006 might be just about right...

2 - Note that now that we're handing over control to the Iraqi military, the US is being criticized for doing it too quickly. Interesting, eh?

3 - Note that these guys are getting the tough sections of the country. What impact will there be on the insurgency, when they are seen by their neighbors as killing their Iraqi friends serving in the Iraqi military? (The key to that last sentence was that the word "American" and "US" did not appear anywhere.)

3 - The number of Iraqi forces will exceed the number of US forces in Iraq this year. It's probably a year too late in my opinion, but I will admit that it is difficult to create a professional service from scratch.

I'm traveling this week, so I'll have more from USA Today (and probably something from this paper as well). However, I found this story on the front page and thought it was worth a mention.

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: St Wendeler

Monday, February 13, 2006

He's Back... oh swell...

Back from my undisclosed location and ready to go. (Go where? Ah, never mind.)

Couple fun things turned up today:

Cheney Shoots Lawyer: Senator Leahy in Hiding.

Then there was this:

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: MontereyJohn

Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

I suppose I should expect better logic from Ted Rall, but he keeps reinforcing my opinion of him.

Here is his cartoon for today:

Ted is playing a bit of relativism here... Let me give Ted a little perspective:

  • The US used nukes in a declared war against an enemy which promised to turn its civilian population into suicidal fighters, promising millions in US casualties . The US does not use its weapons gleefully.
  • Iran seeks nuclear weapons for the express purpose of using them to wipe Israel off the map.

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: St Wendeler

Sunday, February 12, 2006

On Global Warming and the Hockey Stick - Redux

H/T Just One Minute

It's good to see that the scientific community is finally - finally!!! - going to revisit the methods and assumptions that went in to the creation of this graph on average temperatures from centuries ago:

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(The red line represents a warmer medieval period, the blue represents a consistent temperature over centuries, followed by a huge temp increase in modern times - and is promoted by the greens worldwide as evidence of global warming.)

Here's an excerpt from the WSJ article:

Academy to Referee Climate-Change Fight
Scientists' Group Agrees To Congressional Request to Study Temperature-History Charting
February 10, 2006; Page B4

Seeking to resolve a scientific dispute that has taken on a rancorous political edge, the National Academy of Sciences said it had agreed to a request from Congress to assess how well researchers understand the history of temperatures on earth.

The study by the academy, an independent advisory body based in Washington, will focus on the "hockey stick," a chart of past temperatures that critics say is inaccurate. The graph gets its name because of the sudden, blade-like rise of recent temperatures compared with past epochs.

The controversy took a sharp political turn in July when Rep. Joe Barton (R., Texas), head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, launched a probe into the work of three climate specialists who generated the graph, including Michael Mann, now a professor at Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Barton's inquiry drew a rebuke from several scientific societies as well as fellow Republican Sherwood Boehlert of New York, chairman of the House Committee on Science, who called it a blatant effort to intimidate global-warming researchers.

Over a year ago, two Canadians (who've been viciously attacked as being pawns of the oil industry) discovered that the data used by the scientist that created the graph had some issues... They saw that the data showed that the Earth was much warmer centuries ago (which they refer to as the Medieval Warming Period), which therefore pointed to the possibility that the Earth has cyclical variations in temperature which are normal. Thus, the sharp upward trend shown in the graph above (which the two Canadians are not disputing) could be explained by this natural phenomenon. But for some reason, Mann (the scientist that did the original research on the temperatures from centuries ago) felt that it was important to skew these temperatures and normalize them - so that the temp increase in modern times became all the more striking.

One of the most damning quotes which came out of the controversy was from this Global Warming researcher:
"With the publication of the article in Science [in 1995], I gained significant credibility in the community of scientists working on climate change. They thought I was one of them, someone who would pervert science in the service of social and political causes. so one of them let his guard down. A major person working in the area of climate change and global warming sent me an astonishing email that said "We have to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period."
D. Deming, Science 1995

I posted on this last year
, but here's the powerpoint of the presentation that these two researchers gave to an audience in Washington, D.C. which covers the subject in some detail. There are several other articles of interest (such as this one) which are a bit more technical, and I'll see if I can dig them up and post them here as well.

The net here is that the scientific community is finally going to act like scientists and do some validation of findings that have been presented to them. Who would have thought that the hockey-stick graph would be accepted purely on faith by scientits? I suppose that, like all humans, if something looks like it will conform to our preconceived notions on a topic, it must be accurate.

Oh, and if you're interested in having a real impact on the lives of people worldwide, forget slowing the increase in temperature by 1/4 of a degree over 20 years.... check out the efforts of the Copenhagen Consensus, where economists identify other causes that have a better return for the costs involved (ie potable drinking water, eliminate disease, malnutrition, etc, etc).

Your Co-Conspirator,
ARC: St Wendeler


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This October, you can pick up expert cooking tips from the pros at a Master Cooking Class in Surfers Paradise.

Two Michelin Star Chef Meyjitte Boughenout will be leading the classes at renowned French restaurant Absynthe, not far from the 5 star Gold Coast Resort. You can learn how commercial restaurant teams prep the kitchen for a busy dinner service at the Mis en Place Prep Class, watch Meyjitte put together his signature A La Carte dishes and even help out during a real evening service at Absynthe. This is a rare opportunity to experience the pressures of working in a real Master Kitchen, pick up insider tips from one of the most talented local chefs and of course, sample plenty of delicious cuisine!

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The table was set with dramatic black and white ceramics, vintage crockery and lots of mini clocks! There was also delicious biscuits and cupcakes (with cute vintage buttons) to enjoy.

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