Internet Goodies
Bensblurb # 547 May 10, 2010
Thanks to friend Karla Keyser...
...for forwarding this goodie from the Internet: “I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Lifeline. I got a call center in Pakistan , and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.”
Enjoying that did remind me again of a ditty I have thought about every time I have watched a certain commercial.
Imagine: The single mom says goodnight to a friend, locks the front door, pushes the button activating the home alarm system, and then suddenly encounters a maniac who has just broken down the door. The alarm rings, and then the telephone: “Hello!!!”
“Hi, this is your finance company calling about your last payment...”
She immediately hangs up, reaches into her bedside desk, pulls out her pistol and calmly shoots the intruder right between the eyes.
Only on Saturday Night Live or Comedy Central would such a scenario ever play out, other than here of course.
Now for a real one:
"'Hello, fellow racists.' That's how I greeted the gathering at the Tax Day Tea Party rally in Sacramento, Calif. Several people dropped their hoods and sheets in laughter. After a thorough search, I can report that I detected no secret handshake, security guards or minority-sniffing German shepherds to alert blacks that our presence was unwanted. ... A more serious criticism of the Tea Party movement goes like this: When George W. Bush and the Republicans controlled the House, Senate and Oval Office, where were the complaints about spending? ... As to Bush's non-defense, non-homeland security domestic spending, people did complain -- lots of them and frequently. Why isn't this more widely recognized? ... The Left loves domestic spending. For liberals, Bush's No Child Left Behind program 'wasn't fully funded.' The prescription bill for seniors contained a 'doughnut hole,' which made it insufficiently generous. Conservatives, pundits and talk show hosts routinely blasted Bush for domestic spending. ... So if people were unhappy with Bush's spending, then why are folks only now assembling, carrying signs and holding rallies in opposition to bigger government? Fair question. Better late than never. More importantly, things are much, much worse. Government bailouts, 'stimulus,' ObamaCare, etc., now push the nation's deficit to record non-World War II levels and debt to an all-time high. ..." --columnist Larry Elder, in Patriot Post
And here’s friend Dennis Avery again, in Pajamas Media:
What about our modern warming? We’ve had less than 0.7 degrees C of warming in the 160 years since the Little Ice Age ended. Both the Roman and Medieval warmings were somewhat warmer than now. The warming cycle typically delivers about half its total warming in its early decades — implying only another 0.7 degrees of warming over the next several centuries. Not enough to disrupt modern crop production.
Dutch researchers recently pointed out that U.S. corn yields have soared 240 percent since 1961, despite rising temperatures. Some seed experts predict they will double again by 2030. Mexican soybeans are averaging higher soybean yields than the U.S. despite higher temperatures, and Brazil is getting higher cotton yields than us despite much higher Brazilian temperatures.
In addition, higher levels of CO2 in the air will buffer the impact of any warming on agriculture. Doubling the level of CO2 in the air stimulates the growth of crop plants by 30 to 50 percent.
Extended droughts will be the biggest warming danger, but crop water use efficiency will greatly increase through technology that is waiting on the shelf...Rejoice, but fear a future cold cycle.,,,
Too bad Al Gore won’t read Dennis’s stuff, but he’s too busy moving into his new oceanside multimillion-dollar home in California, so happy to have left flood-drenched Tenn. behind.
--Ben Blankenship
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Thanks to friend Karla Keyser...
...for forwarding this goodie from the Internet: “I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Lifeline. I got a call center in Pakistan , and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.”
Enjoying that did remind me again of a ditty I have thought about every time I have watched a certain commercial.
Imagine: The single mom says goodnight to a friend, locks the front door, pushes the button activating the home alarm system, and then suddenly encounters a maniac who has just broken down the door. The alarm rings, and then the telephone: “Hello!!!”
“Hi, this is your finance company calling about your last payment...”
She immediately hangs up, reaches into her bedside desk, pulls out her pistol and calmly shoots the intruder right between the eyes.
Only on Saturday Night Live or Comedy Central would such a scenario ever play out, other than here of course.
Now for a real one:
"'Hello, fellow racists.' That's how I greeted the gathering at the Tax Day Tea Party rally in Sacramento, Calif. Several people dropped their hoods and sheets in laughter. After a thorough search, I can report that I detected no secret handshake, security guards or minority-sniffing German shepherds to alert blacks that our presence was unwanted. ... A more serious criticism of the Tea Party movement goes like this: When George W. Bush and the Republicans controlled the House, Senate and Oval Office, where were the complaints about spending? ... As to Bush's non-defense, non-homeland security domestic spending, people did complain -- lots of them and frequently. Why isn't this more widely recognized? ... The Left loves domestic spending. For liberals, Bush's No Child Left Behind program 'wasn't fully funded.' The prescription bill for seniors contained a 'doughnut hole,' which made it insufficiently generous. Conservatives, pundits and talk show hosts routinely blasted Bush for domestic spending. ... So if people were unhappy with Bush's spending, then why are folks only now assembling, carrying signs and holding rallies in opposition to bigger government? Fair question. Better late than never. More importantly, things are much, much worse. Government bailouts, 'stimulus,' ObamaCare, etc., now push the nation's deficit to record non-World War II levels and debt to an all-time high. ..." --columnist Larry Elder, in Patriot Post
And here’s friend Dennis Avery again, in Pajamas Media:
What about our modern warming? We’ve had less than 0.7 degrees C of warming in the 160 years since the Little Ice Age ended. Both the Roman and Medieval warmings were somewhat warmer than now. The warming cycle typically delivers about half its total warming in its early decades — implying only another 0.7 degrees of warming over the next several centuries. Not enough to disrupt modern crop production.
Dutch researchers recently pointed out that U.S. corn yields have soared 240 percent since 1961, despite rising temperatures. Some seed experts predict they will double again by 2030. Mexican soybeans are averaging higher soybean yields than the U.S. despite higher temperatures, and Brazil is getting higher cotton yields than us despite much higher Brazilian temperatures.
In addition, higher levels of CO2 in the air will buffer the impact of any warming on agriculture. Doubling the level of CO2 in the air stimulates the growth of crop plants by 30 to 50 percent.
Extended droughts will be the biggest warming danger, but crop water use efficiency will greatly increase through technology that is waiting on the shelf...Rejoice, but fear a future cold cycle.,,,
Too bad Al Gore won’t read Dennis’s stuff, but he’s too busy moving into his new oceanside multimillion-dollar home in California, so happy to have left flood-drenched Tenn. behind.
--Ben Blankenship
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posted by Ben Blankenship at
9:47 AM
