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POPSWELCOME TO AMERIKASIKSTAN!!!! Their project aims at “streamlining” the home audit process by giving consumers and regulators specific numbers to work with when targeting energy efficiency improvements. The plan would reportedly “make it possible to ‘identify where the energy gushers are,’: Forthcoming is software that will translate the thermal images into data about energy efficiency specifics, such as cost-estimates for improvements and the returns on making them. Home energy audits, which can be lengthy and expensive, typically pinpoint sites that need improvement but do not offer suggestions about the potential costs and benefits of addressing them. My comment: Between THIS and the new SMART meters.....they'll be regulating our lives.....from morning 'til night...from birth to death..... "Put a fork in us..........we're done!"
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POPSCool shot.... Cool shot, from a cool site. I think it was Clip-on that introduced me to this site. Speaking of which, where is he these days? Am i the only one that misses having him around? :(
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POPSBeauty? Power? This old fella must have led an eventful life! Watch out for the ladies with the umbrellas' Ambrose!
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POPSObama's Toxic Speech and Even Worse Plan Mr. Obama really went off on Mr. Ryan's plan to increase health-care competition and give consumers more control, barely stopping short of calling it murderous. Mr. Obama came out for further cuts in the defense budget, but where? . . . These mystery cuts would follow two separate, recent rounds of deep cuts that were supposed to stave off further Pentagon triage amid several wars and escalating national security threats. Mr. Obama rallied the left with a summons for major tax increases on "the rich." Every U.S. fiscal trouble, he claimed, flows from the Bush tax cuts "for the wealthiest 2%," conveniently passing over what he euphemistically called his own "series of emergency steps that saved millions of jobs." Apparently that means the $814 billion stimulus that failed and a new multitrillion-dollar entitlement in ObamaCare that had nothing to do with jobs.
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POPSFrench ban on Islamic veils enters force
It was unclear whether the women were also fined for wearing a veil. The law says veiled women risk a €150 (NZ$281.47) fine or attendance at special citizenship classes, though not jail. People who force women to don a veil are subject to up to a year in prison and a €30,000 (NZ$55,400) fine, and possibly twice that if the veiled person is a minor. The ban affects women who wear the niqab and the burqa. The law says it is illegal to hide the face in the public space, but makes exceptions to allow for motorcycle helmets, traditional ceremonies such as weddings or Carnival costumes. While Italy also has a law against concealing the face for security reasons, France's law was the first conceived to target veil-wearers. Sarkozy said he wanted a ban, and that the veils are not welcome in France. The plans for a ban prompted protests in Pakistan last year and warnings from al-Qaeda. It also has devout Muslim tourists skittish, since it applies to visitors as well as French citize
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POPSSELLING US DOWN THE RIVER!!!! Which brings me to the controversial segment of this post. A controversy with added poignancy given all the news hubbub about the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter. The phrase "sold down the river" is a modern colloquialism for betrayal. But is has its origins in the American slave trade. To be sold down the river meant to be sold into slavery and separated from your loved ones. But for me the term has always denoted betrayal. For slaves of Krony Amerikan Kapitalism, the phrase has taken a on an urgent modern dimension, right along with "Yes we Kan." Over the weekend, in my mood of frustration and betrayal, I coined the term, "Corporate Uncle Tom", I am pretty certain I am not a racist or bigot, but to be sure, I ran the phrase past a few of my friends whom I know for certain are not racists or bigots. All of them understood what I was driving at and thought the term was spot on.
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POPS Obama's Deceit However, this number is somewhat misleading. The fiscal year for 2008 ended in October of that year, pushing much of the onetime emergency spending on the 2009 budget. When you add that spending onto the budget baseline, you come up with a deficit for 2009 of $1.4 trillion. While Obama is correct that he is not solely responsible for the 2009 budget, he is lying by not informing the American people most of the deficit was "one time emergency spending." He, Barack H. Obama, chose to put that spending in the baseline budget for the next decade. Thus, we have $1 trillion dollar deficits for as far as the eye can see. The President claimed that we didn't "pay for" the tax cuts. Excuse me Mr. President, when someone takes a pay cut, do they have to "pay for it?" A tax cut means the government simply takes less of YOUR money, what is there to pay for?
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POPSNO MEDIA COVERAGE.....DID WE MISS IT? Obama’s visit to the region’s economic powerhouse is the centrepiece of his effort to re-engage with neighbours no longer content with being relegated to Washington’s ‘backyard’ and where the United States faces rising competition from China. But after the riots he was forced to cancel an outdoor speech that he was set to give in a Rio square. In between everything he made a brief statement as U.S. forces began an organised attack on Libya. For posterity: Photographers were ready to capture the moment as protestors unveil a U.S. flag that reads 'Obama go home' in Brasilia during his visit. Are we missing something???? I don't remember any report...but then he had proceeded with the Libya's attack that day!!!!!!!
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POPSpyrmid,resonant chamber ?by
zadoz Yesterday 5:17 AM even if their chant was not specifically vowel sound oriented, studies of ancient Egyptian cult texts of a religious character, have revealed that, in many cases, they were intended to be sung rather than spoken
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POPSThe "Abiotic" Oil Controversy Meanwhile, however, the oil companies have used the biotic theory as the practical basis for their successful exploration efforts over the past few decades. If there are in fact vast untapped deep pools of hydrocarbons refilling the reservoirs that oil producers drill into, it appears to make little difference to actual production, as tens of thousands of oil and gas fields around the world are observed to deplete, and refilling (which is indeed very rarely observed) is not occurring at a commercially significant scale or rate except in one minor and controversial instance discussed below.
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POPSSherman Alexie on list of challenged books The book in question is a wonderful and unflinching look at growing up. The struggles of the protagonist and his victories speak to the universal difficulty of being human. Congrats Sherman keep writing books that challenge the reader.
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POPSzero salary for congress.... he's just sayin' and of course he isn't counting all the funds these dictators get via - well just taking it....but there is a point in here somewhere-
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POPSCHEMTRAILS: LOOK UP..WAKE UP SHEEPLE! Evergreen was given a no contest bid that gave them all the facilities in Marana, Arizona that previously belonged to CIA’s Air America (Pinal Air Park, Arizona). The security at the Pinal site is said to be as severe as that of Area 51. It is run as a military base where one lost pilot got an armed escort immediately off the operational base. The 10 year pilot said it was nothing like anything he has ever seen. Evergreen International Aviation brags of their planes that have 7 times the capacity of other fire fighters. One can carry 20,000 gallons. Firefighting … Right … and next we will be told the chemtrails are to prevent global warming as millions more are advancing to an early death. Please pass it on!
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POPSThe 15 Best Food Festivals in the World A region’s culture is reflected in its cuisine. In this way, food has the amazing ability to illustrate certain intricacies about a country’s culture to those on the outside.Attracting all different kinds of epicurean stars and enthusiasts, food festivals are a fabulous place to expand one’s mind and stretch one’s boundaries. The following is a list of 15 exciting and diverse festivals celebrating foods from every culture throughout the world
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