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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 21, 2023 15:53:55 GMT -8
And here I thought Islam was the most dangerous religion. I stand corrected.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 27, 2023 8:24:29 GMT -8
Are the things dangerous? Do they not work? Think of all the repairs. The windmills of your crimesMore cons by the globalist elites and those in their pockets, our politicians and bureaucrats. Where are they going to put all the broken windmills? What an environmental mess.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 27, 2023 10:17:51 GMT -8
With a name like that, how could it fail?
And they tell us with quite "scientific" certainty what the temperature of the earth will be at in 20 years.
Who cares if you're not making money if you're "saving the planet"? Actually, given the extra additional unforeseen costs already, it's a sure bet that "breaking even" would be a fortunate outcome.
Just below that article is this one: "Lawsuit: Insufficient Testing of Titanic Sub Put Passengers in ‘Potential Extreme Danger’".
Surprise surprise. I watched a pretty good YouTube video on this the other day. To sum it up:
1) The lifespan of any really deep-sea submersible is severely limited...often they are one-off or two-off things. The pressure of the water degrades them quickly. 2) There is not sufficient experience with the carbon fiber material used in that submersible to make valid predictions on how fast the material strength would degrade. 3) Even non-destructive tests were not done on the hull to try to detect any weakening of it. 4) Apparently an employee who raised valid safety concerns, reflecting much of the above, was fired. 5) The owner was trying to do this on the cheap. The YouTuber surmised that instead of charging $250,000 for a ride, the actual cost should have been $1,000,000 to reflect the true upgrade/replacement costs of the submersible. 6) Several aspects of the submersible were amateurish in design, including running part of it with a game console gamepad. 7) Given that the occupants were bolted into the submersible and could not get out on their own, it was absolutely necessary that good communications be maintained with the surface vessel, for it was quite possible that the submersible could surface but not be found by the surface support vessel. In one or two of the previous dives (one on which reporter, David Pogue, road) communications were out for over an hour. And yet this was not rectified, nor apparently were the necessary emergency transponders installed. 8) Lastly, unless one researched this somewhat carefully (as any prospective passenger should have done...and even then), there was no way for a person to understand the risks involved. And the risks were way, way bad.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jun 27, 2023 10:30:46 GMT -8
Careful now. Don't fall into the "experts are necessary to figure this out" trap. I am no expert and I know that what these people were doing was "f*#king dangerous." Certainly too dangerous for anyone with half-a-brain to take such a chance. This shit is on a similar scientific level as Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas, and that had the advantage of being written in 1869-1870. I was wondering about this and pretty sure that was the case. Such tests are very common today in aviation and areas where high-pressures are involved. Even very small cracks can be seen with these tests. I can't help but wonder if the business was in a financial hole, which the owner needed to get out of. People will do strange and risky things, cut all sorts of corners, to avoid going bust/being financially ruined.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 27, 2023 15:42:13 GMT -8
The official word about this guy – straight out of his mouth – is that he thought the field of submersibles was so over-regulated that it was stifling innovation.
Had this been said by Elon Musk, I might have taken it at face value. But given even what little that we know about this guy and some of his dodgy methods, that sounds simply like an excuse to not do one's homework – or to save a buck.
We all know the dangers and costs of over-regulation, and it can indeed stifle innovation. But from this guy, knowing what we know now, is just sounds like a rat-bastard excuse. Or maybe (like a lot of rich people) he was trying to do everything as absolutely cheap as possible because, well, there are literally billions to be made from this in the normal world.
But 4000 feet underneath the surface of the ocean is not a normal world. And the one video I watched noted that shooting people into outer space is relatively safe and easy compared to building a craft that can withstand the pressures of 4000 feet and beyond. This really is a very special technological field with zero margin for error and thus more than a few regulations are likely necessary.
It's so sad because this was all about ego. It was about this Indian rich guy being able to show how rich he was taking his kid down in the submersible. Nothing branded him as an "elite" like a $250,000 ticket on some craft. And yet if you really wanted to see the Titanic, there are plenty of great videos and documentaries.
Or, if you do want something more hands-on than that, then hire someone to pilot some kind of submersible drone that you could pilot (with help) around the wreckage and view live video. But, good god, there is zero reason to go down there except because of an inflated ego.
We're definitely looking at the same situation regarding the moon or mars. Arguably, there is zero reason to send a man there, at least with present technology. The only justification for it would be for a long and somewhat permanent stay. And a long stay would be a combination of enormously expensive and enormously dangerous. This scenario doesn't work any better than some (unfortunate) asshole rich guy trying to show off how much money he has by buying a ticket to the Titanic.
There are times to take risks. But this was a case of a risk that was not reasonable and certainly way beyond necessary. Would I forbid it? No. But it's always worth putting a damper on runaway egoism and perhaps taking a second look before you leap.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 28, 2023 9:51:31 GMT -8
I would like to solicit readers' opinions on this subject.
As part of my electrical utility service, I receive weekly reports on my daily energy usage. Included in these reports are the daily high and low temperatures.
My report for last week stated the following highs.
106 Sunday 108 Monday 113 Tuesday 111 Wednesday 109 Thursday 110 Friday 100 Saturday
The problem is that the above temperatures are false. I have an old standard thermometer hanging on my patio wall which registers the temperature at any given time. It did go to 100, and somewhat above some days last week, but never hit the numbers shown for Sunday through Friday.
If one doesn't wish to rely on my patio thermometer, then how about Weather.com? I check on this daily, particularly when planning to go outside and work in the yard. My son also likes to check it with me. Not once did I see the above temperatures (besides the 100 on Saturday) mentioned. Finally, one of my computer screens displays the local temperature on any given moment. I believe this is part of the Microsoft package.
My question, is why would an energy company print obviously false data? Mdm. Flu believes they are printing the Heat Index numbers, not the actual temperatures. That would make more sense, but nowhere is that mentioned on the weekly email.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 28, 2023 18:26:23 GMT -8
I can't be sure in this particular case. Mdm. Flu could be right.
But a prime trait of the Left is that it is considered a moral imperative to exaggerate or take the worst case. And it's considered immoral, insensitive, and probably a mark of being one of the knuckle-dragging "unscientific" to not side with the worst case scenario.
This is an element that infuses nearly everything. And, yes, it coincides nicely with female hysteria. But this trait is instilled in both men and women, liberal and conservative. It become ingrained and thus an unconscious act to just present the worst possible as the actual. If you don't, you are some flavor of a "denier." Or you are being callous or insensitive.
This stuff gets so ingrained, it's not seen anymore. And because it takes this long to explain (that is, it's not particularly simple), it's not going to be noticed or acknowledged...even if one did think it might be true.
I'm sure there's some fear in not posting the worse numbers, especially if someone doesn't know where those numbers come from and are not able to (wait for it) discriminate between different methodologies.
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Post by artraveler on Jul 29, 2023 10:53:23 GMT -8
Damn, it’s Hot
It is hot in the South. Not that any Southerner is surprised. It has been hot before and it will be hot again. For Southerners the changing climate is a reality four times a year. Summer is sandwiched in between 4th of July and Labor Day. As the heat absorbs everything we do, Southerners fall into predictable patterns. Most outside work starts as soon as there is light. Gardeners and carpenters are finished for the day, at least outside, by 11:00. There is a habit, attributed to Latin people but practiced here for thousands of years, by native Americans and by sensible people in every hot climate, Siesta.
It doesn’t necessarily mean an afternoon nap, however, as I age the nap is much more attractive. We are in the “dog days of summer”. I wonder what genius coined the term. It fits, as no dog willingly ventures off the porch or out of the house, and barking at strangers takes on a half effort. As if to say, “I’ve done the required notice of your presence, now go away, it’s too hot for barking”.
For the next six weeks or until the weather breaks with a cold snap, temperatures in the high 40s, the voice of cicadas is heard in our neighborhood. They are a sound producing insect and according to Wiki there are over 3,000 different species. I don’t know which species we have in NWA, but they are persistently the loudest noise on the block. Louder than the kid down the street who thinks he discovered the internal combustion engine. When our dog first encountered the noise, he barked at it. The song of the male cicada is very common in the south. It tends to be a refreshing sound added to the summer heat. One can stand in the yard or on the porch and listen as waves of song travel from tree to tree.
How did our fathers and grandfathers get through Southern summers without air conditioning? 100 years ago, home A/C was a luxury only the very wealthy could afford. The first refrigerators were available for the home but very expensive, most families got by with an ice box. Truly, just an insulated box with a block of ice in it. The ice was often cut from rivers and lakes in the winter and stored into summer. In Fayetteville we had an icehouse on Dixon ST. until the mid 70s, when it burned down. Additionally, houses were built for air circulation. Porches wrapped around the house and shaded the windows which were set with an upper and lower pane, allowing for convection breeze through the house. It is not perfect, but moving air is cooler than still air.
Then there was the local swimming hole. Streams and rivers were the choice, although larger cities had public pools. In rural areas there was skinny dipping, often with mixed groups of male and female. Yes, there was hanky-panky in the bushes and a fair number of children not conceived in the back seat of an automobile were conceived during summer swimming. Unlike, today the couples married, often at the behest of a father or grandfather with a shotgun. Those marriages were much like marriages everywhere good, and bad. The good ones lasted through the depression and WW II.
A lot of progress since my father boarded a Higgins boat on the 7th of August 1942and landed on the very inhospitable shores of Guadalcanal. His entry into war is bookmarked by August 7th, 1945, when Hiroshima was bombed and a few days later the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The was ended with such abruptness that many people had a hard time believing it was over. In 45 my father was in Australia training troops for the invasion of Japan. There is a good chance the only reason I am here today is because Truman used an atomic weapon to end a brutal war. Today I sit in my air-conditioned house, with fresh cold water and ice from my $1,200 refrigerator. I have groceries delivered to my door and I communicate to family and friends with a computer that links me to a world my father would not recognize. Many parts of that world I don’t choose to recognize either. One of the constants are the cicadas. But even they quiet down as the temperature peaks at close to 100 F. But as the warm summer Arkansas turns cooler into the evening, they open up again with their mating call. It adds to the hours just before sunset when the days chores are done, and the old folks sit on the steps and talk about the good o’l days.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 29, 2023 15:36:51 GMT -8
I hear more than a little Sam Clemens in that description.
Yes, I remember reading somewhere before that those beautiful, inviting porches had a practical aspect to them.
What wonderful reflections. They could be bound together into a book or syndicated to the local paper. I'm quite sure the mind being discombobulated today by the modern inventions and conventions is incapable of noble, warm, and sentimental reflection.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 31, 2023 10:34:28 GMT -8
This confirms what anyone who has been in a city and the countryside already knows. Everyone with half a brain has understood that the temperature "readings" have been biased for some time, by using urban readings. It is hotter in a city than the countryside
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jul 31, 2023 11:56:09 GMT -8
What to you mean "feel like," idiot? We're not talking wind chill. It's either 97 or it's 90. You can't simply "feel like it," humidity levels notwithstanding. My god, don't they teach science in schools or is it all so "settled" now that they don't need to?
And given how many thermometers are in or near big cities, and there's 99% of your "global warming" scam. Idiots. Sorry. I'm not in a bad mood. But idiots, nonetheless.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 31, 2023 12:10:33 GMT -8
The corrupt placement of thermometers should have been clear to everyone for years now.
First, some of the old readings of a hundred or so years back were made in cities which were much smaller with much less concrete and blacktop than today. Imagine the difference between Dallas in 1900 and Dallas today. Huge.
Second, have thermometers been moved from the countryside to cities or the boundaries of cities, which are warmer?
Third, the question of errors in readings of 100 years back does not seem to be addressed.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 28, 2023 8:24:10 GMT -8
A textbook case on how the authorities should handle Climate Con protesters who won't listen to orders and will not stop blocking roads. Tribal police know what to do These hypocrites claim they are trying to save the climate, but look at the miles of automobiles lined up due to the road blockage. How much gas is being unnecessarily burned, how much exhaust fume is being expelled into the atmosphere due to this protest?
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 28, 2023 8:40:10 GMT -8
Yep, that's the way it's done. What a shot of that lineup of cars.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 28, 2023 9:17:49 GMT -8
Did you hear that stupid woman screaming? During her meltdown, she says "we're environmental protesters" as if those are magic words that give her and the others an automatic pass to break the law.
I can hear Stalin yelling the magic words, "we're representatives of the people" as he and other Bolsheviks (ok I don't think the split in the Russian Social Democratic Party had yet occurred) robbed banks.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Aug 28, 2023 13:32:39 GMT -8
Mr. Flu, I look at movies such as this as a piece of Amerikana. And there will be those who think I am a little too hard on the movie, dismissing it as pro-hooker feel-good propaganda. But we must say: 1) Jane Fonda's character is trying to escape her profession, although she has mixed feelings about going straight. She spends much of the early part of the movie trying to shock and corrupt the private investigator (Sutherland). When they are apparently parting ways, Bree (the hooker) says something like, "I sure bet you were close to throwing away respectability and having your way with me." He answers with one of the best lines (although it's a clumsy choice of dialogue) where his return comment is something like, "You disgust me." 2) It's presented as part of the profession that hookers tend to get strung out on drugs and/or commit suicide. So it's not pro-hooker, per se . . . only in the sense that they attempt to paint hookers as pretty Jane Fondas who are just in need of a little more psychotherapy. But the practical details of the profession itself are painted pretty starkly.
So let me restate my case regarding the Oscar for Jane-the-hooker: If she had been playing a nun, she would have received zero accolades. What the academy likes tends to be the same thing that Satan likes.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 28, 2023 13:46:44 GMT -8
Couldn't have said it better myself.
As you know, I am not a religious person, but over the last few years I have noticed things happening which don't seem explicable on basis of simple human depravity. I have started using the terms Satanic and Demonic for much which is happening. Mdm. Flu at first chuckled when I started this. But once I explained to her that I was serious and using the terms advisedly, she took note.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 29, 2023 13:52:58 GMT -8
Here is straightforward information that those pushing the "Climate Change" fraud, those who push for "Green Energy" are fools and/or criminals. All the lip service given by China, India and others is rubbish. Worse still, I guarantee you that much of the propaganda coming out about Climate Change and the push for "Green Energy" is financed from the coffers of the Chinese Communist Party. They are willing to sign whatever "climate treaty" that the U.N. pushes and then ignore it. Again, laws and treaties only mean something to those parties which are law abiding. Coal is king
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Post by artraveler on Aug 29, 2023 18:30:06 GMT -8
I remember that there was a minor scandal because Jimmy Dean used "one hell of a man" on the single and radio stations could not play it. He had to do a special cut for am radio play.
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 3, 2023 18:49:33 GMT -8
This doesn't have to do with the Climate Con, but there are some similarities as regards government money being wasted, aka payoffs, to companies which no doubt support the politicians who dole out the money. Again, the USA is as corrupt a place as any on earth. They only difference is that we have legalized the corruption. US$600 million on environmental studies
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