2011-07-26

I expected a "Norway Slaughter" for a long time

For lots of details see :   http://www.salon.com/news/norway/index.html?story=/news/feature/2011/07/25/breivik_norway_terrorism&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily%20Newsletter%20%28Not%20Premium%29_7_30_110

I am amazed it took this long for a competent planner with twisted ideas to successfully kill a lot of people.  I expect to see more of these kind of events.  I don't support the killer's philosophy or choice of victims ( or that he should have done it at all ) ..... I admire his ability to plan .... keep his mouth shut .... and do it.   Even so.... his 80+ victims score pales with respect to the killing done by the governments of Norway, the USA , the UK , Iran , Iraq .......... the list is endless.

Perhaps politically motivated killers in the future will be more focused ..... kill IRS agents , kill politicians , kill police , kill Medicare recipients ,  kill Jews, kill Christians , kill ????   and maybe some of these killers will get away with it.   For a good read , see the book "Unintended Consequences" and check out Henry Bowman.
99guspuppet      99norway

2011-07-23

OBAMA wins the smooth talker award

I am impressed.... really very impressed..... I watched Obama last nite ( Friday  2011m07d22 ) talk about the US debt negotiations.  Obama is smoother than Clinton.... he is the smoothest talker I have ever seen.  This does not mean I buy his arguments.  Still.... it is rather disconcerting to start to slip under the spell of Obama's rhetoric ....  then suddenly jerk awake as I detect one of his falsehoods or one of his sophomoric paradigms regarding economics, ethics or freedom.

99guspuppet

2011-07-17

How to cap at the current debt ceiling whooooo ha

Stolen from the internet:
Let's start with the basic numbers. According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, the U.S. Treasury will have about $172.4 billion in revenue in August that can be applied to $306.7 billion in outstanding bills. If the U.S. Treasury is forbidden from borrowing any additional funds, it will therefore have to cut total August spending by about $134 billion, or 44 percent.

Pretty easy for me to figure out.....
The USG cuts 44% from  every invoice ... and them we start prioritizing and shifting the cuts around. 

I would start with the military.  Ship everyone home and cut $750 billion out of the over 1 trillion spent on war.  ( That comes to 63 billion per month )   I would keep payments and care for damaged veterans.
Goodbye NASA, BATF, IRS, EPA, Education, Highway , farm subsidies, retirement for government employees ( including the POTUS , senators, reps, .....)   In one day I could strip a lot of pork.  What fun.   Also goodby to 100% of all regulations.  Let's just start over.

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2011-07-15

Should cops be allowed to use cameras, GPS, no knock ?

I think it is pretty simple.  Anything the government is allowed to do ... anyone should be allowed to do....

No knock raids on police stations, federal buildings.... camera/audio surveillance of government activities....  wiretapping, intercepting emails......   etc.

99guspuppet

2011-07-06

Feeling good is just another word for .......... a paid up electrical bill

Below we see the beginning of the wire-head as prophesied by Larry Niven ..... power to the feel-good.

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Electrical implants could be used to treat depression

By Ben Coxworth
15:38 July 5, 2011
The anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex (red) and frontal gyrus (orange) areas of the...
The anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex (red) and frontal gyrus (orange) areas of the brain, which eTNS is said to activate (Image: NeuroSigma)
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The World Health Organization has projected that by 2020, major depression will be the second-most significant cause for disability in the world, after heart disease. Along with psychotherapy, the disorder is usually treated using antidepressant drugs. There is often a frustrating trial-and-error period involved in finding the right drug for the right person, however, while side effects can include obesity, sexual dysfunction, and fatigue ... to name a few. Los Angeles-based company NeuroSigma is now looking into an alternative drug-free therapy, that could ultimately incorporate electrodes implanted under the patient's skin.
In an eight-week clinical trial conducted last June, researchers at UCLA externally stimulated the cranial trigeminal nerve of patients who suffered from depression. This was accomplished by attaching two electrodes to the skin of each subject's forehead, which were in turn attached to a mobile phone-sized stimulating device. The external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS) process reportedly resulted in a 70 percent reduction in symptom severity during the trial, and a subsequent 80 percent remission rate, with none of the side effects associated with antidepressants.
The technology is licensed exclusively to NeuroSigma.
Last month, findings were presented on four more subjects from those trials, including functional neuroimaging PET data. It was determined that even brief exposure to eTNS increased blood flow to regions of the brain associated with depression and mood regulation. "These findings of a potential mechanism of action support our original hypothesis that electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerves, located in facial skin tissue, can provide a very safe and effective means to send signals to key structures deep in the brain, thus providing a high-bandwidth pathway to the brain without current penetrating directly through the skull" said UCLA's Dr. Ian Cook.
A twenty-subject, double-blind second phase of the trials began this February, and should wrap up late this year.
NeuroSigma is meanwhile continuing development of eTNS, while also working on a version of the system that would utilize implantable subcutaneous electrodes. Known as sTNS, patients who responded well to eTNS could choose to switch over to it. The technology could also possibly be used to treat epilepsy and post-traumatic stress disorder.

2011-07-04

Jurors should be number one

 Jury Slavery   Jury Slavery

I've done my best to avoid the Casey Anderson trial, though as usual, I am biased against the prosecution. But I heard yesterday that the jurors will have spent about seven weeks for this government trial. The judge is paid; the lawyers are paid; the court clerks and guards are paid. They are all there voluntarily.  Jury "service" should be paid, and voluntary, too. How about a per diem equal to the judge's? Governments love to spend money, so frugality is not the reason for conscripted, unpaid jurors. I think this practice is seen as keeping the jurors from becoming uppity. All the more reason to reform this evil practice. Oh, an all hail jury nullification.

 The thoughts above from LR are great..... I would want to add that Jurors should have the following perks .........
#1   They can insist on evidence being developed about the case
#2   They can submit questions to the witnesses
#3   They get to listen to all Judge/ lawyer conferences
#4   They are selected at random from a pool of people who have volunteered to be jurors.  Once selected they can decline.  They cannot be dismissed except for conflict of interest.
#5    To convict requires 12 unanimous jurors.  Less than 7  jurors voting guilty results in acquittal.
#6    They can read anything, research anything about the trial.
#7    The lawyers can present any material they wish .... including jury nullification.

Trials would have time limits.
99jury  99guspuppet


2011-07-02

Treating Airline customers fairly forget about rights !!!

The last thing I want is more USG intrusion into matters best left to the airline industry and flyers ......
This is a site worth checking out .... http://www.flyersrights.org/index.php
I would never advocate more government regulations.
The first thing to do when flying is to not depend on the airline or the USG for anything.......

#1 Check the safety record of the airline , check the frequency of tarmac events.
#2 Bring food and water on the plane
#3 Look at a lawsuit if the airline does something really bad....   don't sweat the small stuff.
#4 Do NOT allow the airline to make you a prisoner on the aircraft.........

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