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Very humble and straight forward man. A great monologue of his personal history and his view of his role during WW2 and what he felt after the end of the war with his personal experiences.
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Now if we could just find a way to inculcate this ethic in society.
I would be happy if merely all scientists lived it, instead of only some of them. The easiest way is to require duplication by the lead scientist's group of key experiments referenced in the publication. The extra cost would be offset by a severe reduction in junk science being published, not to mention done.... and a drastic pruning of references.
Three different species shrank noticeably about 54 million years ago when the planet suddenly heated up. One of them ‐ an early, compact horse ‐ got 14 percent smaller, going from about 17 pounds (7.7 kilograms) to 14.6 pounds (6.6 kilograms), according to an analysis of fossil teeth in Wednesday's journal Science Advances. I suppose it'll never occur to most people than man did not cause that particular change of the climate, and USA Today ain't a gonna tell 'em, either.
"These guys were probably about the size of maybe a dog, then they dwarfed," said D'Ambrosia. "They may have gone down to the size of a cat." But wait! There's more!
Previous studies have documented a similar shrinking of mammals, including another early horse ancestor, during an earlier warming about 56 million years ago. Scientists and farmers have also long tracked animals, such as cows, that shrink and give less milk during hotter stretches.
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Many species of megafauna (e.g. Titanoboa) could only exist when the world was much warmer.
#2
Yes, Earth's getting hotter than Hades,
All thanks to AC and Mercedes.
Bail out of big boats
And start stockpiling oats
Cuz the future is crazy horse ladies.
[LI] President Trump unveiled his new federal budget proposal this week, leaving big government lovers in full on meltdown mode.
One of the programs on the chopping block is Meals on Wheels by way of a Community Development Block Grant.
Despite numerous reports to the contrary, Meals on Wheels is not wholly federally funded:
"Meals on Wheels, a program that supports the delivery of meals to seniors who cannot afford food or cannot prepare it, started in Australia and has been in the United States since 1954. The program serves 2.4 million seniors every year and does get funding from the Community Development Block Grant program.
But the situation is complicated and saying that the budget eliminates the Meals on Wheels program is factually incorrect. According to the Meals on Wheels annual IRS filing for 2015 (it isn’t a government program), approximately 3.3% of its funding comes from government sources.
Golly. I had no idea. They'll save more just by not having to do the paperwork necessary to keep the government happy.
Most is from corporate and foundation grants, with individual contributions the second-largest source. Government grants are actually the fifth-largest source of revenue.
If its portions of block grants were eliminated, the program wouldn’t suddenly disappear. However, the organization says that it already cannot keep up with growing demand from seniors who need help. In addition, Meals on Wheels passes funding down to 5,000 local groups that provide food, and they additionally might be affected by the funding cut."
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Once again hysteria reigns supreme and the progressives take full advantage of it. Look for vids of granny going over the cliff without her happy meal. Is there any Federal program that can't stand some paring down and efficiencies? Meals on Wheels gets about 3% from Federal funding; the rest from corporations, foundations and individual donations. In addition to the CDBG program, Trump has proposed 17.9% cuts in the Department of Health and Human Services and that will trickle down through its programs but its impact on Meals on Wheels is uncertain at this time. The CDBG program has administrative costs of upwards of 25%. Another criticism is that the program is not sufficiently focused on combatting poverty. Meals on Wheels is a community-based program and has an active volunteer program for delivering meals seniors; some efficiencies are gained from that.
While Hillary was SOS, some $6 billion was lost. Where's the outrage over that? What about the money going to Iran in the Obama/Kerry shifty deal? Trump is right, he was left a mess to clean up.
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Just reducing the size of programs by removing redundant administrators and duplication will be a cost saving. Enroll MoW'ers in the Federal food stamp program, relieve the states of their individual program burdens. Centralized administration means standardized auditing of program effectiveness and 'some' truth in number traceability.
[USA Today] J.C. Penney on Friday released a list of 138 department stores it plans to close as part of a previously announced plan to shrink its footprint as it grapples with industry challenges.
The company had estimated that it would close 130 to 140 locations. Most stores will begin liquidation sales April 17 and close in June.
The retailer said Friday that the closures would displace 5,000 workers. Some will receive transfer opportunities and some will not.
Penney will continue to operate nearly 900 stores.
"It became apparent to us that our footprint was too large," Penney CEO Marvin Ellison told investors in February, and the closures will "allow us to raise the overall brand standard of J.C. Penney" and invest in remaining stores.
The move followed similar store-closure announcements by Macy's and Sears.
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Way too many brick and mortar stores to survive in a digital Amazon age. Sears should have absolutely ruled but they were exiting catalog sales right as Amazon entered - and what is Amazon except a giant online catalog, which Sears already had? Of course Amazon had no sales tax to collect, giving them an 8% advantage - makes one wonder why.
A sad story, followed in case there turn out to be colonist elements afer all.
[AnNahar] A second person was being held Friday over a shooting at a French school where a heavily armed teenager opened fire, slightly wounding three fellow pupils and a teacher, a judicial source said.
The suspect is a brother of a friend of the 16-year-old attacker, the source said, asking not to be identified by name. The friend is still being sought by police.
The shooter, who was described by Sherlocks as unstable and obsessed with guns, surrendered to police after Thursday's attack in the southeastern town of Grasse.
Armed with a rifle, two handguns and grenades he caused panic at Alexis de Tocqueville high school, firing several shots.
A source close to the investigation said Friday that the weapons belonged to his parents and grandfather.
Described as a loner who had difficult relations with some fellow pupils, he had shown a fascination with violence and U.S. school massacres, including the 1999 Columbine killings.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into attempted murder.
The head teacher, who was shot in the shoulder after intervening to protect a group of pupils, was praised as a hero for having prevented a more serious attack.
In all, 14 people were maimed, most of them hurt in a stampede triggered by the shooting.
Canada's border authorities detained more Mexicans in the first 67 days of 2017 than they did annually in any of the three previous years, according to statistics obtained by Reuters.
The spike comes immediately after Canada's federal government lifted its visa requirement for Mexican citizens in December. But "Trudeau is soooo dreamy!"
Many Mexicans looking north have shifted their focus from the United States to Canada as President Donald Trump vows to crack down on America's undocumented immigrants, about half of whom are Mexican. On Friday, Reuters reported, immigration judges were reassigned to 12 U.S. cities to speed up deportation.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said it detained 444 Mexican nationals between Jan. 1 and March 8, compared with 410 for all of 2016, 351 for 2015, and 399 for 2014.
The CBSA can detain foreign nationals if it is believed they pose a danger to the public, if their identity is unclear or if they are deemed unlikely to appear for removal or for a proceeding. ya don't say
The number of Mexicans turned back at the airport has risen, too – to 313 in January, more than any January since 2012 and more than the annual totals for 2012, 2013 and 2014.
With the visa requirement lifted, all that Mexicans need to come to Canada is an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA), obtainable online in a matter of minutes. But they cannot work without a work permit, and the eTA does not guarantee entry.
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Chelsea Clinton, whose only real work experience was a brief stint as a consultant at McKinsey, was just named to the board of directors of the travel company Expedia:
As near as I can tell, her only demonstrated competence is in genetics.
#12
As swampwater rippled and bubbled,
Two blobs on a lilypad wobbled.
Their floppings redoubled!
A snapper was troubled
To contemplate Hillary Hubbelled.
#13
Ain't Pugsley a little too bubbly,
For mugging so bug-eyed and Hubbelly?
This limerick's best severed
Lest I be discovered
Plugged trebly by nobody's Webley.
[Feral Jundi] Wow, this is cool. A big thanks to one of my readers for sending me this. The reason I wanted to post this here on the blog is because we are now going to see private companies, competing in the skies with the US Air Force for Top Gun style aggressor support training. So private pilots will be flying in company owned ’fighter jets’, simulating air to air combat against the most advanced military air force on the planet. That is significant.
For one, it is just crazy to see the kinds of aircraft that these companies will be flying. Most are a mix of eastern bloc stuff, that is cost effective. But there is some other stuff that is pretty advanced. Did you know that DA Defense is actually gearing up to buy F 16’s? lol
I believe out of all the companies listed below, Draken International has the most privately owned jet aircraft. They were also the ones that were a part of the initial test at Nellis AFB for this concept. With this coming contract, I expect to see the numbers of aircraft increase for all of these companies.
I did not see how much this contract would be worth, but I expect it to be pretty sizable. We will see how it goes and I will make the edit when I hear of more info on this. Claire Lee Chennault’s ghost is looking on with profound interest and envy. ‐Matt
Draken International website here.
Discovery Air Defence Service website here.
Airborne Tactical Advantage Company website here.
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Still cheaper than having USAF fly Red Air. The contract pilots are flying 3rd and soon 4th gen aircraft (including foreign) that are cheaper to operate. In addition, as the US converts to 5th gen aircraft, finding enough older aircraft in the US inventory will become increasingly difficult.
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In addition, as the US converts to 5th gen aircraft, finding enough older aircraft in the US inventory will become increasingly difficult.
This is the real money line here. The USAF and USN simply will not be able to afford to keep single-point logistics open forever for their Red Air units flying F-16s. (The F-5s held on as long as they did because so much of the rest of the world flew them that parts and support were reasonably cheap)
There will almost certainly be a small F-35 Aggressor flight at Nellis, and it is my understanding that F-22 units have already quietly started flying as aggressors on a TDY basis both at Nellis and...other places. But the days of the Aggressors as a permanent unit are numbered. At least though they won't go out because of petty politics (see also Merill McPeak).
Mike
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I know a guy who can get you a couple of M-29s or a Sukhoi or two in pretty good shape with spare engines pretty cheap.
[WAPO] Luisa Fortin sometimes sits up at night, wondering what her clients are eating. She is the SNAP Outreach Coordinator for the Chattanooga Food Bank -- but lately she has done less outreaching.
Her families, working immigrants in northwest Georgia, are spooked by the political climate, Fortin said. Increasingly, she’s being asked to explain how food stamps may impact immigration status, if not to outright cancel family food benefits.
Since mid-January, five of Fortin’s families have withdrawn from the SNAP program. One, the single mother of three citizen daughters, had fled to Georgia to escape an abusive husband. Another, two green-card holders with four young children, were thinking of taking on third jobs to compensate for the lost benefits. These families represent a small fraction of Fortin's caseload -- she estimates she has signed 200 immigrant families up for SNAP over the past six months -- but based on the calls she gets from other clients, she fears more cancellations are imminent.
"I get calls from concerned parents all the time: ’should I take my kids out of the program?’" Fortin said. "They’re risking hunger out of fear ... and my heart just breaks for them."
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Ditching food stamps and they bail out? Just watch the exodus if the government starts collecting taxes from them and their employers. Couple that with employer verification of work status and those Americans living near the border will be endangered from getting trampled as the illegals head out.
[Washington Examiner] The military's investigation into the sharing of nude photos of female service members has expanded to include a number of gay pornography websites that exist with photos of men in military uniforms taking part in sex acts, according to a new report.
The Pentagon, USA Today reported on Friday, has created a joint military task force to handle the growing issue, which has expanded from just the Marine Corps to the Navy, Army, Coast Guard and Air Force. Part of that investigation will include determining whether the men in uniforms are actual service members or just in costume. If the individual is on active-duty, that person could be found in violation of military law.
The probe will also look into whether the men involved consented to the images being shared on the Tumblr porn sites, the report said.
[Reuters] The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials.
How many judges will be reassigned and when they will be sent is still under review, according to the officials, but the Justice Department has begun soliciting volunteers for deployment.
The targeted cities are New York; Los Angeles; Miami; New Orleans; San Francisco; Baltimore, Bloomington, Minnesota; El Paso, Texas; Harlingen, Texas; Imperial, California; Omaha, Nebraska and Phoenix, Arizona. They were chosen because they are cities which have high populations of illegal immigrants with criminal charges, the officials said.
A spokeswoman for the Justice Department's Executive Office of Immigration Review, which administers immigration courts, confirmed that the cities have been identified as likely recipients of reassigned immigration judges, but did not elaborate on the planning.
The plan to intensify deportations is in line with a vow made frequently by President Donald Trump on the campaign trail last year to deport more illegal immigrants involved in crime.
The Department of Homeland Security asked for the judges' reshuffle, an unusual move given that immigration courts are administered by the Department of Justice. A Homeland Security spokeswoman declined to comment on any plan that has not yet been finalized.
Under an executive order signed by Trump in January, illegal immigrants with pending criminal cases are regarded as priorities for deportation whether they have been found guilty or not.
That is a departure from former President Barack Obama's policy, which prioritized deportations only of those convicted of serious crimes.
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I recommend Fairbanks, AK. Average winter low temperatures range from −15 to −25 °. The average first and last hard freeze are September 9 and May 15.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Three different species shrank noticeably about 54 million years ago when the planet suddenly heated up. One of them ‐ an early, compact horse ‐ got 14 percent smaller, going from about 17 pounds (7.7 kilograms) to 14.6 pounds (6.6 kilograms), according to an analysis of fossil teeth in Wednesday's journal Science Advances.
Canada's border authorities detained more Mexicans in the first 67 days of 2017 than they did annually in any of the three previous years, according to statistics obtained by Reuters.
Chelsea Clinton, whose only real work experience was a brief stint as a consultant at McKinsey, was just named to the board of directors of the travel company Expedia:
[WAPO] Luisa Fortin sometimes sits up at night, wondering what her clients are eating. She is the SNAP Outreach Coordinator for the Chattanooga Food Bank -- but lately she has done less outreaching.
[Washington Examiner] The military's investigation into the sharing of nude photos of female service members has expanded to include a number of gay pornography websites that exist with photos of men in military uniforms taking part in sex acts, according to a new report.
[Reuters] The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials.
