ndingWhat is a clown car ? depends where you are standing

Quiz question.... Who is a bigger fool ?

a) Someone who fakes a war weapon by using Photoshop ?  
      ( Cost maybe $9.95 )
b) Someone who fakes a war weapon by spending 
                  maybe 0.5 Trillion dollars

from : http://www.ecnmag.com/blogs/2013/03/top-10-must-read-posts-february

1. Iranian "stealth fighter" looks like a clown car
By Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor
When Iran released pictures of a new stealth fighter called the 'Qaher 313', they were almost immediately debunked as either a full-scale mockup or completely photoshopped images. Rudimentary wiring, commercial-based control and an apparently non-existent engine all raised suspicion about the “clown car” of a fighter.
http://www.ecnmag.com/blogs/2013/02/iranian-stealth-fighter-looks-clown-car
http://www.ecnmag.com/blogs/2013/02/iranian-clown-car-flies-help-photoshop



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 http://www.ecnmag.com/blogs/2013/01/enfeebled-f-35-could-impede-military-readiness
 Picture a Swiss Army Knife with a blunted knife, rusty screwdriver, and a broken can opener. That’s what the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has become — a jack of all trades and master of none.

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has — over the course of a highly tumultuous development period that personifies the phrase "requirements creep" — become the poster child for bloated government programs.

 2,443 @ $304.15 million each  ==>   $$$ 742 Billion

 Rueters says it will cost only...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/us-usa-fighter-f35-insight-idUSBRE92E10R20130315
 ~ $$$ 400 Billion    .... heck.....  that is much less than the war in Iraq

 99guspuppet          777WARisCHEAP

Cheesy Liars List of out and out lies

Cheesy Liars    List of out and out lies

Reward is offered ( Dorner ) and then reneged on
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2013/03/31/the-dorner-reward-lets-get-tecnical.aspx



999guspuppet    777lies   777liars

Marriage should be designed by consenting adults

Marriage should be designed by consenting adults


I cannot figure out why society or the state should determine what a standard marriage is .... or is not.

Marriage should be a contract between adults.  It should include as much commitment or as little commitment as the participants desire.  Marriage should be about individuals joining together for self-defined purposes.

The state should not get involved.   Not to dispense goodies ( benefits ) .... not to define the marriage contract.

If there are disputes.... resolve them in court or with arbitration.  Power hungry politicos will not like this.

99guspuppet     777marriageDesign

Politicians are ID 10 T s ... as usual

DEA targets FedEx, UPS in online-pharmacy probe

U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, weighs in on issue, asks DEA to work with the industry.

As usual ,  a politician deliberately or through stupidity... misses the whole point of a government versus private compnay tussle.

 There is no liberty loving reason for having drugs laws... I repeat... There is no liberty loving reason for having drugs laws.

Therefore ... there is no reason for the DEA to exist... no reason for the DEA to waste somebody's money [ taxpayers ].  No doubt DEA employees will have to be given some new job ( non-liberty threatening ) to keep them busy..... maybe counting the grains of sand in Florida.

There is no reason for FedEx or UPS to waste their time dealing with ID 10 T s from the DEA.

The DEA is less than useless.  Every move they make is a net loss for humanity and sophonts.

99guspuppet                      99DEAidiots

Focus on #1

Focus on #1

That would be you ... of course  .... the universe is built around individual atoms.... it exists to provide a space for them... you are one of them   The universe exists to serve you, to fascinate you , to nurture you.


My focus is this entry is to ask... what is the biggest, , most profound , most compelling , issue facing humans today ?  Where can the biggest dent in the universe be made ?

I would love to hear your thoughts on this ... what do you think is #1 big picture issue for humans to deal with..... ????

Here is mine

With more and more abundance available to humans .... with the world becoming less violent every day ....  what can be done to provide a fulfilling existence for each and every human ( and sophont ? ) ?


The problem of boredom and idle viciousness
the Clockwork Orange effect

Things that would help...
Interstellar travel

Can we use fewer police and cheaper police ?

Can we use fewer police and cheaper police ?

Why are police force personnel generalists ?
A policeman issues tickets , arrests people , kicks down doors and eats doughnuts.

Why can't these functions be specialized ? and contracted out on occasion ?

Speed traps can be roboticized.  They are not about safety anyway.  They are revenue generators.  Police should not spend time pursuing victimless crimes.  Prostitution , drug use and sales, .... are none of the police's business.

Plus a *real policeman* should have job description as follows:

Protects the public from danger... risks life if necessary.... held responsible for mistakes made ...

Who am I kidding ???? Such people do not exist.....

Anyway... everytime you read about the police... ask yourself... did this action need to be done ?  If it needed to be done : what kind of professional ( or non-professional ) was required.

99guspuppet     99cheappolice

What do you do if asked to *Stomp Jesus*

Stomp Jesus
http://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2013/03/23/university-apologizes-for-stomping-jesus-n1546901?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

The above link references a class where students were asked to stomp Jesus.  This exercise was in poor taste and probably steps over the line regarding the power balance between teacher and student.

I think the important part is that many people have learned to be professional victims.  They have brought being offended to a fine , fine art.  I find it tiresome.  Don't participate if you don't want to.  Walk away.  They are stomping on a piece of paper.  If Jesus exists ( which I doubt ) .... then Jesus can take care of the infidels.

I don't think the university should have apologized.

99guspuppet   99stomponjesus

What if Human Caused Global Warming is real ?

What if Human Caused Global Warming is real ?

Let me hasten to say that I feel that human knowledge is too sparse for GW to be acted on.  There is too much uncertainty.  And there is even less certainty about HCGW ( Human Caused Global Warming ).

Thought Experiment
Let us pretend that GW is caused by humans.  That the sea level is going to rise and cover NYC.  That hurricanes and tornadoes will ravage the lands.  That sweltering heat will kill all the plants ..... What should a thinking person do ? ( Assuming it is not too late )


#1  Stop having babies.  Each new human is a massive addition to the HCGW effect.  We are not likely to run out of existing babies any time soon.  And no more pets.

#2   Stop using energy.  Stop driving.  Stop buying big refrigerators.  Don't heat or cool your house.  Get lots of leaves to build a nest to cuddle up in.

#3  Stop having wars.  This one is so obvious I have nothing to say.

#4  Stop raising farting cows, doing so much farming, .....

#5  Stop celebrities, pundits, green activists from flying all over the world and using limos.

What fun !


99guspuppet     99earthismelting   99globalwarming

Stupid Laws in America and around the globe

I will be updating this from time to time as I think of even more stupid laws and regulations..... stuff a sophont2 would laugh their head off about.....  maybe life is a comedy to keep us entertained...

most of these laws have an element of *IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN*
I do not believe children are more or less important than any other sophont ... so this particular chant pisses me off....  *It's for the children*

Society cares what you ingest...
Yes .... stupid laws about drugs... possessing drugs, injecting drugs , eating Big Macs , drinking a large slurpee,

Society groups you
These are laws about protecting woman or compensating blacks or making gays especially protected.  Bah Humbug.... every sophont is entitled to life , liberty , the pursuit of happiness , own property ( including their own body )

Racism would be on it's way to extinction if I could short circuit all these groups that claim special privileges.

Society freaks out about sex   over and over
Sophonts should be protected from violence , force , fraud......  not what they do with their bodies, or who they consensually interact with, or how many they have in the pile-up,

Society cares about Marriage
Why ?

Guy marries a guy , a cow , a tribe of pygmies.... I don't care...
Woman marries 16 guys , a cow , a tribe of pygmies, a girl scout troop....   I don't care

Society says babies are cute
Maybe... So what ?  They should be protected the same way everyone else is.  They contribute much less than a 30 year old physics genius.   We are not going to run out of babies anytime soon.  If humans cause global warming, babies are the main factor.

99guspuppet     99stupidlaws

How to fix U.S. manufacturing ? Big Picture

I read a blog entry by Paul J.Heney with interest ....
http://www.pneumatictips.com/2769/2013/02/featured/looking-down-the-road-at-manufacturing/

Paul is a smart good looking guy and has lots of influence.... so I was worried when he said that we should look to the government for solutions.



#1 Government programs have a high failure rate... often the only winners are the friends of the politicians...     The record of the government is pretty mediocre and most of the folks who take government jobs are at the low end of the bell curve.


#2 Academics are a major source for great ideas.  They often suffer from the myopia of having a safe job..... no *skin in the game* so to speak....  Check out what  Nassim Nicholas Taleb ( author of *The Black Swan* )  has to say...

#3 Why focus on U.S. manufacturing ?  We are now a world economy and should look at what is best for all of humanity... the greatest good for the greatest number.  This is not at odds with making people in the U.S. successful. Not in the long term anyway.  It is time for sophonts to escape tribalism and thinking controlled by the amygdala.   Free individuals........  free information ....... allow the flow of ideas, money , creativity unimpeded by nation states and grasping politicians.

#4 Please consider directing your readers to look at privately funded efforts such as Singularity University or Khan Academy. or similar.  This is the age of the internet, the cloud.....

99guspuppet

Unlocking Cell Phones see the big picture

Unlocking Cell Phones  see the big picture

Read this link for some background.
 http://www.zdnet.com/white-house-its-time-to-legalize-cell-phone-unlocking-7000012106/?s_cid=e550

A cell phone is hardware.... it really exists in meat-space.  It can be owned.  The owner should be able to use it as a cell phone.  The owner should be allowed to saw it up with a chainsaw.  The owner should be free to drop it in a spinning food processor.  The owner should be able to move the phone to another network.

If the phone is leased... then someone else owns the phone.  They can dictate how the hone is used.

If someone has signed a contract ... then they should be held to it's terms.  The terms should be made very , very clear and not be designed to trick the customer.  If trickery is employed... then it is fraud.  I have heard a salesman say ...... "don't worry about the small print.. you will not have to abide by the small print"   This is fraud because the saleswoman is not going to be around later to absolve you of any agreements you violate.

The government ( at any level ) does not have to have a dog running in this contest.  There is nothing here for the government to have to sort out.  And many of us know that the government makes issues more convoluted and poisonous than they were to start with.

Free people are polite , courteous , honest ........   anarchists are free

99guspuppet   striving to be Sophont2    wanting to be an omegadog

There are Alpha dogs ( control freaks ) , Beta dogs ( sheeple ) and Omegadogs ( I want to be free and extend that courtesy to others )


999omegadog  999sophont2