January 1, 2015

A little more info about 2 year old shooting mother at Walmart in Idaho.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/31/the-inside-story-of-how-an-idaho-toddler-shot-his-mom-at-wal-mart/?tid=hybrid_1.1_default_strip_1

Veronica Rutledge and her husband loved everything about guns. They practiced at shooting ranges. They hunted. And both of them, relatives and friends say, had permits to carry concealed firearms. Veronica typically left her Blackfoot, Idaho, home with her gun nestled at her side. So on Christmas morning last week, her husband gave her a present he hoped would make her life more comfortable: a purse with a special pocket for a concealed weapon.

December 15, 2014

I just read on the Internets that Global Warming is a Hoax!

Who Knew? $20 billion a year to the scam.

https://w3.newsmax.com/LP/Finance/CTI/Dark-Winter?Dkt_nbr=1645F-1&nmx_source=Crooks_and_Liars&nmx_medium=widget&nmx_content=527&nmx_campaign=widgetphase2

December 12, 2014

Why is Warren going after Weiss?

http://news.yahoo.com/why-elizabeth-warren-going-war-160002446.html

This is probably more about whether Warren can find any friends among the Democrats that would indicate the country hasn't completely gone to hell.

November 25, 2014

Brown fell 153 feet from car, his blood was another 25 feet further.

The guy was shot 175 feet from car. Wilson must have be terrified for his life!

Or did he run after Brown and shoot him down cause Brown Dis'd him.

September 21, 2014

Climate Change: This Economist article might help you keep up.

Lot of info about what's been done, and how it all worked out.

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21618680-our-guide-actions-have-done-most-slow-global-warming-deepest-cuts?zid=313&ah=fe2aac0b11adef572d67aed9273b6e55

September 14, 2014

Who's going to New York City for the Climate Change March?

http://act.350.org/signup/readytomarch

http://peoplesclimate.org/march/

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/08/activists-promise-biggest-climate-march-in-history

March 28, 2014

Oh my Goodness! Sales down because of cut in SNAP.

Across the board, not just at Walmart.

Walmart is hardly the only retailer to be effected by a reduction in SNAP benefits, or to say so in financial documents. The dollar store segment is also vulnerable. Roughly $4 billion in SNAP benefits were vaporized, money that was once spent at U.S. stores, not just at Walmart. This was bad news for shoppers and retailers, across multiple channels.

As one grocery executive said in an online retail forum regarding the issue, “This cut hurts all of our sales, not just Walmart, let me make that clear. The struggle is universal for retailers, and sales are down around 8-10% since the first of the year.”


http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2014/03/28/walmart-just-revealed-how-poor-u-s-shoppers-are/?partner=yahootix

March 28, 2014

Scott Brown, the carpet bagger, can't find his place.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/sorry-scott-brown-new-hampshire-seems-happy-with-its-senator/

Could be the pick-up truck driving, good old boy image that worked once in Massachusetts isn't doing anything for him where they actually drive the things.

March 24, 2014

Your opinion of the condition of the economy is probably influenced by your employment status.

So I do a little construction work and requests for my services have been way off during the last 5 years...though generally there seems to be a certain amount of work around. There always is, small jobs, nothing like before the 2008 crash however.

I ran into another carpenter, under the gun to finish a remodeling job and he was all smiles reporting his good job and saying there was plenty to do. I asked if had a job lined up after that and all I got was hedging.

How's your news?

March 22, 2014

Crimea: Is this question too obvious?

How do the Russians expect to get to and from the Crimea? Will the Ukrainians be checking passports, or does the taking of the Crimea include a free pass over the Ukraine to their navy yard etc. in the Crimea?

Just wondering how that all plays out.