Howard's Notebook

Where’s the civility?

2012-06-04T01:40:00.001-05:00

CNN has a story “Crunch time for recall volunteers.”

“Aboard the 'A Better Wisconsin' bus tour (CNN) -- To Oriannah Paul and many on the right, embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is a hero who stood on principles and took the state out of the red and created a surplus.
To Lane Hall and many on the left, Walker is a man who should be removed from office for stripping collective bargaining rights and cutting education funding…”

Oriannah Paul, a backer of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, ask “Where’s the civility?”
Well let me see…
Our fathers, their fathers and their fathers worked, bled and died for the right of workers to have a trade union movement. They died for living wages, an 8 hour work day, free public education, the abolition of imprisonment for debt and more.
The corporations beat and killed workers, they used thug company guards, they used the police, the state national guards and even federal troops to kill workers and their families.

And now Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants to take away the small gains that workers made over the years. He wants to return all power to the rich one percent and he wants to piss on the graves of all those working men that gave us what we have today.
Scott Walker wants to do away with unions. He wants to do away with all the gains we have made over the years.

Scott Walker spit in the face of working men and pissed on our father’s graves and now his supporter ask “Where’s the civility?”

On Tuesday when he is removed from office let us see how much civility we get from him and his rich backers.

We have heard him talking to his rich backers. We have even seen video of him talking to one of them.
He is the tool of Tea Party and of the corporations.

Scott Walker is the target of a criminal investigation!
Even if all his rich corporation backers can spend enough money to keep him in office he will soon be in jail.

Tomorrow, pray God, the people of Wisconsin will remove this tool of the rich and stand up for our fathers and their fathers.
His recall will send a strong message to others of both parties.

Kathryn Joosten dies at 72

2012-06-02T20:23:00.001-05:00

“Actress Kathryn Joosten, best known as "Desperate Housewives'" most meddlesome neighbor Karen McKluskey, died Friday after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 72.
Joosten's death came less than three weeks after the emotional "Desperate Housewives" series finale, which saw the redemption and eventual death of Mrs. McKluskey as well.
Joosten won two Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her "Desperate" role, in 2005 and 2008, and was nominated for a third time in 2010.
Prior to her residence on Wisteria Lane, Joosten had another tony TV address: The White House. She played Mrs. Landingham, President Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) secretary on "The West Wing" for the series' first two seasons until her character died in a car accident…” The HuffingtonPost

I never have seen “Desperate Housewives” and did not know she was on the show.
I did watch “The West Wing” and I loved her on that show.
Very sorry to hear that she has passed away.

Google money

2012-06-02T10:57:00.001-05:00

This month I will get some commission money from Google. I only earn about $20.00 a month from Google AdSense and that includes YouTube. So it has been months and months since I got any money from them.
I will get $117.69 later this month from Google.

Some of you may know that I consider this extra money. So I am a bit stupid with the money. I do not use it for food or put it away for some emergency I spend it on some toy. I think I always get something off my Amazon Wish List.
I am thinking this time I should get a 32 GB SD card. The price is now down $26.98. What do you think?
I am also thinking of the Blue Microphone Yeti USB Microphone. Amazon had it the other day for $87.00 but I did not have the money. I see it is $100.00 today. What do you think?

I will get my money from Google about the 25th of this month.

Nearly Half of U.S. Citizens Are Creationist

2012-06-02T10:39:00.001-05:00

A blog called JobSanger has a post “Nearly Half of U.S. Citizens Are Creationist.”
That is sad and scary. That means that half of Americans think the early is only 10,000 years old and they think that God made Adam and put him here on earth.

I fear for the United States. In this day and age we need smart citizens that can make good decisions about science and engineering.
We have to decide how to spend money and what achievements we want the United States to make to the world.

If half of Americans are creationist then they may just decide that there is no need for education (science) and decide that all we need to do is just pray. No need for a military we can just pray and protect or nation.
No need to care for the old, sick and children we can just pray for them.

I think knowing what I know now AND if I was a young man I would just move to some other nation.

But then I do not know what people in other nations believe. I sure would not move to Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia or the Vatican.
I sure would not move to some nation that was cold no matter what the people believed.

Pomeranian

2012-06-02T10:26:00.001-05:00

I just took the rent check over to the apartment office for my ex-wife. I pay my rent online at their web page.
The woman that works at the office had a Pomeranian (dog) at the office. It looked, at first, like a fat cat.
I like large dogs but the dog was cute. She said it was about six pounds over weight.
It looked like an Orange Sable Pomeranian to me. I am going by the photos on the Wikipedia page. If I was going to have one that is what I would want.

We do not have any pets. I have a hard time taking care of myself.
My grandson, we share this apartment, would like a black cat. But I know he would not take care of it. He might feed it but he would not empty the cat litter or brush it or anything.
So no pets for us.

Nuns come out swinging

2012-06-01T10:47:00.001-05:00

God bless the American nuns.

“(CNN) – The leadership representing most of America’s nuns came out swinging Friday against the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, in the face of charges from the Vatican that the nuns are espousing “radical feminism” and straying from church teaching.
The Vatican’s criticism of the American nuns has “caused scandal and pain throughout the church community, and created greater polarization,” the Leadership Conference of Women Religious - which represents about 80% of American nuns - said in a statement Friday.
The board of the group had convened in Washington this week for three days of special meetings, provoked by an April assessment from the Vatican that said America’s nuns had largely gone rogue and warned that they could be a negative global influence on the church.
The Vatican report said that at an annual gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, guest speakers who preached "radical feminism" went unchallenged. The report also said the nuns were too focused on social justice and not enough on opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage…”

oh the joy of it… the jobs report… GOP is happy

2012-06-01T09:07:00.001-05:00

Today the jobs report came out and it was bad. Oh my the Republicans are so happy. They can blame President Obama and they can say see we need Mitt Romney.

Truth is I have been surprised that the job reports for the last few months, until today, have been very good. Because the Republican Party has been doing everything they can to bring down President Obama.
They will not work with him. They fight every program that he and the Democrats put forward.

So is the jobs report today bad? Yes it is. I blame the Republicans in Congress. I blame the Republicans that are calling on business to not hire until President Obama is out of office.
I blame Republicans that are telling investors and business people set on your money and do nothing… tell the American people you are not building and hiring because you are not sure about the tax laws and rules.

Who will get the blame for the bad jobs report? The President will get the blame. We always blame the President.

But oh the members of the evil empire (the Republican Party) are so happy today.

Voter ID Laws

2012-06-01T04:49:00.001-05:00

I have talked about this in the past… The Republican voter ID laws. The problem in the United States has always been that not enough people vote. Americans are to stupid and lazy to vote. Our voter turn out is one of the lowest in the world.
We have no problem with voter fraud.

Republicans are on the losing side of issues. Their voters are old white men and they are dying out and younger people and the new voters are not voting Republican.

Even the Republicans see the problem and have made a few attempt at getting the new voters but they have not had much luck.
Instead of the Republican Party (the evil empire) changing they have decided to try and prevent Americans from voting. So they came up with the idea that there is voter fraud. The idea that people that are not citizens are voting. So they are passing “voter fraud laws.”
Those sort of laws in Ohio and Florida and other states are working for them. The laws are going to keep some citizens that have the right to vote from voting and most of those are Democratic voters.
So the Republicans may steal this election and a few others but the time is on the side of the American people and justice and America.
We are going to see “The Last Hurrah” of the Republican Party.
We will soon live to see it go down in flames and cease to exist as a viable party. We will read, in history books, about the Wigs, Know Nothing Party and the Republican Party and it will just be some strange old party from the old days.

We have to suffer with the evil empire for a few more elections. We need to make sure we all get out and vote. Ever vote is going to be important.
Everyone should send a message to the GOP and you do that by not voting for any Republican no matter what… If your father, mother, brother or no matter who it is… If they are a Republican you need to vote them out. Anyone but a Republican. The sooner we get them out of government the sooner we can get American on the right track and fix our problems and have a red, white and blue America again.

How BPH Progresses

2012-06-01T03:57:00.001-05:00

If you been reading my blog you have read a lot about my bladder problems and my prostate. The following report from Harvard may explain better what has been going on with me for years.

“How BPH Progresses
Content provided by:
Content provided by the Faculty of the Harvard Medical School
Excerpted from a Harvard Special Health Report
As the prostate enlarges, it starts to press against the urethra and the bladder (see Figure 4), like a foot stepping on a garden hose or fingers pinching a soda straw. This gradually obstructs the flow of urine, forcing the bladder to work harder to push urine through the urethra. But straining to urinate, although unavoidable, only makes matters worse. Like any muscle, the bladder wall becomes thicker with work. This reduces the amount of urine the bladder can hold and causes it to contract even when it contains only small amounts of urine, causing more frequent urination. Eventually, the bladder becomes so thick that it loses its elasticity and can no longer empty itself.
The narrowing of the urethra and partial emptying of the bladder cause many of the problems of BPH. You may feel as though you have to urinate immediately, yet have to strain to do so. You may have a weak urinary stream or one that stops and starts. You may dribble after urinating or feel as if you're not emptying your bladder completely. And you may feel the need to urinate frequently — even every few minutes — causing many awakenings during the night. Some men also experience urinary incontinence, the involuntary discharge of urine.

Figure: An inside look at BPH

As the prostate gland enlarges, it constricts the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, impeding urine flow. The bladder has to work harder to force stored urine out. Over time, the bladder walls thicken, leaving less and less room for urine.
The course of BPH varies from one man to the next. In some, the disease may progress to a certain point and reach a plateau of mild symptoms that never worsen, or the prostate may continue to enlarge but grow away from the urethra, causing no additional impingement. Particularly in the early years of the condition, the symptoms may abate before worsening again. In other men, the disease progresses and the symptoms intensify steadily, year after year. In the worst cases, the prostate can grow as large as an orange.
Most physicians advise against medical or surgical treatment for men with mild symptoms, because the side effects of the treatment outweigh the potential benefits. But if the symptoms worsen, ordinary activities may become a challenge. A 65-year-old man may find it hard to sit through a lengthy meeting without having to excuse himself to use the bathroom. He may need to request an aisle seat at the theater or a sports event, so he can rush to the bathroom at any time. If he has a problem with leakage, he may begin wearing dark clothing to conceal his incontinence. And he may feel fatigued during the day because of frequent nighttime awakenings.
BPH can also produce complications that, while not life-threatening, nonetheless require medical attention. If the blockage is so severe that it keeps your bladder from emptying completely, you may be vulnerable to frequent urinary tract infections. The risk of developing bladder stones also increases. The growth of the prostate can rupture blood vessels in the urethra, causing blood to appear in the urine. If obstructive BPH goes untreated for too long, the bladder may become distended, its muscular wall may weaken, and you may be unable to squeeze any urine past the obstructing prostate gland, a condition known as acute urinary retention. The bladder may become so distended that urine cannot adequately empty from the kidneys. In the most severe cases, this can lead to kidney failure. And not being able to urinate at all is a medical emergency, requiring the temporary passage of a catheter (a thin tube) through the urethra to allow the bladder to drain. Fortunately, such complications are uncommon because most men seek medical attention well before serious problems develop.
Last Annual Review Date: Jan 1, 2011Copyright: Harvard Health Publications”

What made my Mawson stock go up 47 cents?

2012-05-31T15:54:00.001-05:00

Here is the news releases that must have caused my 200 shares of Mawson stock to go up .47 cents a share today.

News Releases are added to our web site immediately upon release to the general public. If you would like to receive news releases via e-mail or fax, please send a request to our Investor Relations Department.

May 31, 2012
Mawson Drills 6 Metres at 617 g/t Gold Uncut at Rompas, Finland

Vancouver, Canada - Mawson Resources Limited ("Mawson") TSX - MAW; Frankfurt - MRY announces the first drill results from the Rompas gold project in Northern Finland. Results from 14 holes from a planned 39 diamond drill hole program are available to date. The best result returned is 6 metres at 617 g/t gold from 7 metres depth in drill hole ROM0011.
Key points:

Highlight is 6 metres at 617g/t gold from 7 metres in drill hole ROM0011 which includes 1 metre at 3,540g/t gold from 11 metres depth. This is the best result from surface sampling or drilling ever sampled at the Rompas property to date;
Drill definition of a greater than 100m wide gold anomalous zone characterised by hydrothermal calc-silicate veining and alteration. Gold is associated with some calc-silicate veins;
First drill testing of the Rompas project with a small percentage of the 6 kilometre long mineralized trend drill tested to date (Figure 1);
Securing permits to test the best geological targets within the entire mineralized trend at Rompas now becomes even more of a priority.

Mr. Michael Hudson, President & CEO, states, "With channel sampling over a 6 kilometre strike returning hundreds of high-grade gold samples, the next target to achieve at Rompas was a high-grade drill intersection over a significant width. We achieved this aim spectacularly in our first drill program with the best result returned so far from Rompas, being 6 metres at 617g/t gold from 7 metres depth in drill hole ROM0011. These are early days at Rompas with only a few percent of the known mineralized area tested to date. This is an extremely positive result and gaining drill permission to test the best geological targets within the entire mineralized trend at Rompas now becomes even more of a priority for the Finnish authorities, in order to establish the potential of one of the world's most exciting gold exploration properties."
The drill program has provided the first opportunity to sample continuously across the mineralized "footprint". Drilling has confirmed the width and scale of a >100 metre wide hydrothermal veined mineral system with a defined hanging wall and footwall. The zone is variably but consistently calc-silicate (actinolite/tremolite and calcite) veined with 20-40 metre thick zones hosting 30% to 50% veining. Some veins host significant visible gold (Photo 1). Mineralized veins are texturally and compositionally similar to those that are not mineralized. The calc-silicate veins are thought to have formed during an early structural event and have been deformed by later geological events. Results from the 14 drill holes reported with lower cut of 1g/t Au are presented in the Table 1. Five holes returned gold >1g/t over one metre or better.
To date 37 holes for 3,910 metres have been drilled at South Rompas. Two holes remain to be drilled to complete the program. Mawson signed a contract with landholders to drill on private land which incorporates two areas (Figure 2). The northern drill block where surface mineralization has been sampled, has been tested over a 160 metre strike by all drilling to date, with reported drill holes ROM0009 to ROM0014 covering a 50 metre strike (Figure 3). The southern drill block which tests the blind and undercover southern extensions of the interpreted mineralized trend has been drill tested to date over a strike distance of 240 metres, with reported drill holes ROM0001 to ROM0008 covering a 60 metre strike (Figure 4). Drilling was completed on 20 to 40 metres spaced sections with drill holes averaging 100 metre depth, with 1 to 4 holes drilled on each section. Holes were drilled at 45 degrees to the west and east (Table 2). The nature of the high-grade mineralization means that individual structures may have a small horizontal footprint, perhaps less than the current drill spacing, within the much larger mineralized envelope. To date, drilling has not defined the scale, orientation nor continuity of the high grade structures. Future exploration work will need to test two different scales: firstly to drill the large known mineralized area over its 6 kilometre trend, and secondly to drill and understand the controls of gold mineralization within individual high grade structures.
Mawson holds 833 claims and claim applications for 75,340 hectares at the Rompas Project. A total of 110 exploration claims that cover a surface area of 10,580 hectares and form the core claims at Rompas were granted on October 31, 2010 but do not come into legal force until after a standard appeal process. A key decision point on the appeal process is now expected Q3 2012 (previous guidance Q2 2012). When the appeal process is completed approximately 30% of the 6 kilometre trend at Rompas will be available to drill. A Natura 2000 area overlies the remaining 70% of the trend. Drilling and trenching are not permitted in the Natura 2000 area until Mawson applies for a modification of the claim decision by conducting an environmental program (a Natura 2000 assessment). Golder Associates of Finland have already commenced the environmental study and will complete it during Q4 2012. The Company anticipates the modification decision over the Natura area will be then be determined during 2013.
The drilling was undertaken by Olstam Borrteknik AB of Sweden who provided 47 millimetre diameter core. Drill recoveries are excellent and average close to 100% in fresh rock. Drill intersections are estimated to be 70 to 90 per cent of the true width. After photographing and logging, core intervals averaging one metre in length were cut in half at the Geological Survey of Finland core facilities in Rovaniemi, Finland. These half core one metre samples weigh two to three kilograms. The samples were then transported by Mawson personnel to ALS Chemex Ltd's laboratory in Pitea, Sweden where the samples were prepared and sent to ALS Chemex Ltd's laboratory in Vancouver, Canada to be analyzed by Au-ICP21, GRA-21, ME-MS41u, PGM-ICP27 and ME-MS61u techniques. The QA/QC program of Mawson consists of the systematic insertion of certified standards of known gold content, with blanks at the beginning of each batch. In addition, ALS Chemex inserts a number of blanks and standards into the analytical process. The remaining half core is retained on site for verification and reference purposes. Test work has shown >90% of gold at Rompas to be fine and <100µm in diameter. The qualified person for Mawson's Finnish projects, Mr Terry Lees, VP Exploration for Mawson and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists has reviewed and verified the contents of this release.
About Mawson Resources Limited (TSX:MAW, FRANKFURT:MRY, PINKSHEETS:MWSNF)
Mawson Resources Limited is a resource acquisition and development company. The Company has distinguished itself as a leading Scandinavian exploration company with a focus on the flagship Rompas gold project in Finland.

On behalf of the Board,
"Michael Hudson"
Michael Hudson, President & CEO
Investor Information
www.mawsonresources.com
1305 – 1090 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, V6E 3V7
Company Contact: Mariana Bermudez +1 (604) 685 9316
Seema Sindwani (Institutional IR) +1 (647) 478-3017
Nick Nicolaas (Retail IR) +1 (604) 657 4058
Email: info@mawsonresources.com

Forward Looking Statement. The statements herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements address future events and conditions and so involve inherent risks and uncertainties, as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Actual results could differ from those currently projected. The Company does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement. The TSX Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Mawson Resources Ltd

2012-05-31T14:12:00.001-05:00

One of my stocks went up .47 cents a share today. Sorry to say I only have 200 shares of the stock.

“IIROC Trade Resumption ? MAW
4 hours 45 minutes ago - Cnw Group
Trading resumes in: Company: MAWSON RESOURCES LIMITED TSX Symbol: MAW (All Issues) Resumption: 10:30 AM ET The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly listed company, usually in anticipation of a material news announcement by the company. Trading halts are issued based on the principle that all investors should have the same timely access to important company information. IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada.
IIROC: Resumption; MAWSON RESOURCES LIMITED
4 hours 57 minutes ago - Marketwire Canada
Trading resumes in / Reprise des negociations pour : SOURCE: Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)
Mawson Calls Rompas Drill Intersection 'Extremely Positive Result' >MAW.T
5 hours 3 minutes ago - Dow Jones News”

The market value is only $298.00 for the stock. If it would just go up a little bit more I could buy a new expensive ham radio.

CNN Hit 20-Year Primetime Ratings Low

2012-05-31T12:19:00.001-05:00

“The bad news just keeps coming for CNN.
May was the network's worst month for total viewers during primetime in over 20 years. CNN drew an average of just 389,000 primetime viewers from April 30 to May 27. In comparison, MSNBC drew an average of 674,000 total viewers, while Fox News boasted an average of 1,692,000 total viewers.
It was also the network's second-worst month in primetime for viewers in the key demographic since October 1991…”
The Huffington Post

It is not a surprise. Well I am surprised that MSNBC has twice the viewer of CNN!
I think I could fix their problems. I have no background in broadcasting or TV.
As I have said before the first thing you do is forget about Twitter and all of that other crap. Put a link on the screen at the start or end of a show but never mention it. Have the links, of course, on you web site but on the TV don’t even mention it.
Then fire a bunch of people. Not the on the air people but the people that come up with the touch screens and all that flashy high-tech crap.
Then they need to buy some desks. Let poor Wolf and the others sit their fat asses down in a chair. Copy Fox News and get some female anchors and we want to see their legs and thighs. The woman need to be in short skirts.
CNN should not monitor Fox News to see what they are reporting but they should see just how much ass the women are showing and show more ass on CNN. Not a news war but a legs, thighs and ass war is needed.
You mean to tell me that CNN does not know that sex sells?
The reason we got VCRs, CDs, DVDs and the Internet when we did was because of sex/porn.

Television now is entertainment. All of it.
We do not watch CNN, MSNBC or Fox News for professional news reporting. If we want that we will watch PBS or C/Span. All the rest of the stuff on TV is just entertainment.
The days of Walter Cronkite are over and gone.
The 24 hour “news” networks has killed professional journalism.

There is another department they should fire and that would be the department that collects ratings and gives out the ratings to the network people. If I was running CNN I would fire anyone that looked at ratings or reported on ratings to the staff. If I saw an employee at a desk looking at some rating report I would fire him on the spot and have security escort him out of the building.

Luka Rocco Magnotta

2012-05-30T18:29:00.001-05:00

Luka Rocco Magnotta is the 29 year old suspect in homicide and appears to be the guy that sent body parts to the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party in Canada.
It appears that the guy is a adult film actor!
It appears he has been active on the Internet.
I think he looks gay. But that might just be me saying that because he looks like a pretty boy! Not that there is anything wrong with that.
You do not expect that sort of thing to happen in Canada. I wonder if he will turn out to be from the United States.

Why would you send body parts to a political party?
I guess we will find out when the police get this guy.

Face-chewing photos

2012-05-30T18:14:00.001-05:00

I saw the photos of the victim of the face-chewing attack. I am NOT going to put a link to them. I recommend you do not look at them. They are gruesome.

It seems like a world gone crazy often.
I have been on that street were the attack took place.
Orlando and Miami have a lot of homeless people and they are a pain in the ass. And keep in mind that I am a bleeding heart Liberal.
Homeless people also seem to be the victim of a lot of attacks.
I think in this case that Rudy Eugene was just crazy from the “bath salts” and he would have attacked anyone. Ronald Poppo was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I have seen a bunch of comments on a right wing blog that everyone should be armed. I guess we could pass out firearms to homeless people. They are pretty easy to find.

It will be interesting to see just what the toxicology tests turn up on Rudy Eugene. I saw some reports that he had been arrested a number of times on marijuana charges.
I have just about decided that we should make marijuana legal and tax it. This might make me think about that decision. I am sure marijuana did not make this guy eat a face but did this guy start out on marijuana and then decide to move on to other drugs (“bath salts”)?

Fixed my phone

2012-05-30T17:54:00.001-05:00

It is a shame that I had to do it… But I went to the Charter website and picked the option to have my phone only accept phone calls from numbers that I have entered. I put in the number of my ex-wife and son. I put in the numbers of my other kids. I put in the apartment office phone number.
I am now not getting phones calls from the people that want to give me a free alarm system. I am not getting the phone calls about the credit problems of the woman that had this number before me.

I had put this number on the national and Texas do not call list but it did no good.
I also a few times answered the phone and hit the number to take me off the call list of the people calling but they still called again.

I get a lot of junk emails. I do not care. I just do not want phone calls.
I am not sure how long this will work. I suspect that I will run into some sort of problem. Someone needing to call me and I did not know that I would be getting a call from them.

Highlights From Wolf Blitzer's Interview With Donald Trump

2012-05-29T18:01:00.001-05:00

Donald Trump a world class asshole.

Wolf Blitzer takes on Donald Trump

2012-05-29T17:09:00.001-05:00

“CNN host Wolf Blitzer called out Donald Trump on Tuesday after the "Celebrity Apprentice" host and birther extraordinaire continued to question the authenticity of President Obama's birth certificate.
Blitzer said that he didn't understand why Trump "doubles down on this birther issue" after the state of Hawaii confirmed the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate…” Huffington Post

The networks and the news media just need to not even report on Donald Trump.
If you had someone going around and saying the earth was flat you would not have them on TV all the time. You might put them on one time so you could laugh your ass off at them.
Let Fox News have Donald Trump on the air. Everyone else should just not pay any attention to him.
He is a joke that is not funny.

Tea Party is taking over Tarrant County

2012-05-29T08:27:00.001-05:00

The local newspaper (Star-Telegram) says that today the Tea Party will take over Tarrant County and it will become the “most conservative urban county” in Texas. Of course I have to live in Tarrant County.
I will be going to vote in the soon today and I will vote for the Democratic candidates to run in the November election. This is Texas and I do not expect any of the Democrats will win.

I will be voting for President Obama. He has four people running against him in this election! I have no idea who they are or why they would run.

Well I got to come up with $1.50 in correct change for the bus. Wish me luck. I wonder if I will see any other Democrats.

A Game of Thrones

2012-05-29T02:14:00.002-05:00

I been looking on the Internet to see if Peter Dinklage died on the show Saturday night. The only thing I found was a comment by someone that read the book and he says that Peter does not die.
Thank God I love in "A Game of Thrones." If he was not in the show I would not watch the show.

Now.... who the fuck reads a book? And what the fuck is a book?

"A Game of Thrones is the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 6 August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award,^[1] and was nominated for both the 1998 Nebula Award^[2] and the 1997^[1]World Fantasy Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Awardfor Best Novella. In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller^[3] and reached #1 on the list in July 2011.^[4]In the novel, presenting various points of view and plot-lines, Martin introduces the noble houses of Westeros, the Wall, and the Targaryen plot-line. The novel has lent its name to several spin-off items based on the novels, including a trading card game, board game, and roleplaying game. The novel is the basis for the first season of a television series of a similar name created by HBO, which premiered on April 17, 2011..."

I can not remember the last time I read a novel. Have I ever read a novel?

Chris Hayes ‘uncomfortable’

2012-05-28T19:48:00.001-05:00

I am not sure I ever heard of Chris Hayes. It is very rare for me to watch MSNBC.
But I saw some headlines saying that Chris Hayes was “uncomfortable” calling fallen military “heroes.”

When I saw the headlines I did not read the stories. But I was thinking that is the end of him. You not only have to call all fallen military “heroes.” You are expected to call all members of the military heroes.
It is just something that we do. After I watched the video clip of him I saw what he was asking and trying to get discussion about but still he crossed a line you just can not cross now days.

I saw some right wing sites and they are going ape and screaming and calling him and all Democrats all sorts of names.
Of course it is all right for Republicans do boo a member of the military serving in a combat zone. Remember the Republican debates?

I need to vote tomorrow

2012-05-28T17:19:00.001-05:00

I need to get out and vote tomorrow.
My voting place is Birchman Baptist Church, 2700 Dale Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76116.
Well this is the first time that I could use the map program and click on bus and get directions. In the past it would not give me bus information.
I can take the #26 bus and it will take me right there.

Here is “Referendum 2” by the way:
"Because a college education is
increasingly necessary for jobs that allow
our citizens to achieve middle class
lifestyles and become the entrepreneurs
who create the jobs that our economy
relies on, we call on the Texas Legislature
to fund colleges and universities such
that tuition and fees can be affordable to
all Texans."
They just can not even present a referendum with out the propaganda. The “achieve middle class… create jobs…” God I hate Texas.

Referendum 3 is to allow legalized casino gambling. I am surprised that it does not say should be allow sinful casino gambling.
It was 98 degrees today. If I vote I better vote early.
In Texas you can not cross over and vote in the other parties primary election. So I will be voting the Democratic ballot. I wonder if they will even have any at the voting place. They may have to look for one and then blow the dust off of it.

Swatting a right wing hate blogger

2012-05-28T05:17:00.001-05:00

The right wing hate site RedState.Com is crying about a swatting. In fact a couple. One of some right wing blogger I never heard of and the other of the head hate blogger of RedState.Com.

“Swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 9-1-1 dispatcher) into dispatching an emergency response team. The name is derived from SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics), one type of such team…”

Erick Erickson says in his right wing hate blog:

“Posted by Erick Erickson (Diary)
Sunday, May 27th at 8:42PM EDT
27 Comments
Last week we spent a lot of time writing about Brett Kimberlin and the incident involving blogger Patterico where someone spoofed his phone number and told 911 he had shot his wife.
Tonight, my family was sitting around the kitchen table eating dinner when sheriffs deputies pulled up in the driveway.
Someone called 911 from my address claiming there had been an accidental shooting…”

Of course he says that it had to be some criminal left wing Liberal doing it. It might be but I think this is the sort of stupid thing that the right wing do all the time. The right is the party of dirty tricks. They always have been the party of dirty tricks.
Remember one of the people they love is James O’Keefe. Also remember President Nixon was a Republican and is one loves.

I do not know who did the swatting. But swatting is wrong and no one should ever do it. I hope the police find the person that did it and lock them up for a long time.

There are many conservatives that also hate Erick Erickson and RedState.
Ron Paul supporters are just one large group. Erick Erickson pissed off all of them. He told Ron Paul supporters not to comment on his blog and I am not sure if banned them or said he would.

Sort of funny… The commenters want the police to arrest the left wing Communist that did the Swatting. But those commenters hate the government. My bet is that the police that responded were union members and RedState hates union members and calls workers “thugs.” Of course RedState hates teachers … well hell they hate everyone. It is a HATE site.

But that is NO excuse for anyone to call in a fake 911 call. I hope the police do find out who did it and lock them up for a long time.

Peter Dinklage

2012-05-27T23:20:00.001-05:00

I just watched “Game of Thrones.” I have become a big fan of the show. I also am a big fan of Peter Dinklage. Did they kill him off in the show tonight? I could not tell if he was killed or just has a bad injury.

I hate shows that have lots of night battles or stuff going on at night. You are not sure what you are seeing. Maybe that is the idea.

I have seen Peter Dinklage in “The Station Agent” “Elf” and “Death at a Funeral.”
In “Elf” he was not on the screen long but it was funny as hell. I get a smile on my face just thinking about it.
In “Death at a Funeral” he had a bigger part and he was great.

If they killed off Peter Dinklage in “Game of Thrones” I am not sure I want to watch the show anymore.

Got my big desk

2012-05-26T17:27:00.001-05:00

I got my big desk today. I got a lot of room now. It will help out.
One day I will get a desktop computer and then I will have two monitors and I will have lots of room for the monitors.
The apartment is a mess. I moved the old computer desk out and moved some stuff around.

When I get time I will have to put everything away.
I am still worrying about my son. I hope he will decide to take his medicine today. He says he has been taking it but I don’t think so.

I am wondering where to put the TV stand and the TV set. I guess I do not have to make all those decisions today.

Waiting for 911 I guess

2012-05-26T10:19:00.001-05:00

My son said that he called 911 and told them that he wanted them to come and secure his idea for NASA. I guess they talked to him for a while on the phone.
He says that they said they would send someone sometime.

That has been a few hours ago.
My son has now gone to sleep.

I just took my blood pressure and it is 152/66 and heart rate of 86.

I would like to go to sleep but I got to move stuff out of the way in my room and make a place for the table that I am getting today. The guy said they would bring it over at 1 PM.

I hope the table will fit in my bedroom. When I move the computer desk it will fall apart and I have to toss it.
So if the table will not fit in here I will have to set up the table and my computer in the living room.

I have four children and I worry about them all.
But when you have a family member with Schizophrenia you worry all the time and have good reason to worry.