This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here

Author: Zero Ponsdorf

  • Jarheads, Gotta Love ’em

    Last post today from this seat. Reference this:

  • But, but…

     

    I dunno if this is legit, I ain’t on site in Oakland.
    An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association

    We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide a living for our children and families. We are severely understaffed with many City beats remaining unprotected by police during the day and evening hours.

    As your police officers, we are confused.

    Fascinating, but YMMV.

    Oops… H/T Don Surber

  • Poor TSO… or something?

    The video quality isn’t very good, and there is a sound sync problem, but I think this is our own TSO from some time back. While he was still living in a basement with his inflatable action figures, etc.

    Thanks Carrie.

  • New Study Finds That Deployments Are Difficult for Families?

    To Be Clear! I have NOT read the actually study, only this single article.
    Violence more common among kids of combat veterans

    ATLANTA (AP) — A new study suggests that when parents are deployed in the military, their children are more than twice as likely to carry a weapon, join a gang or be involved in fights.

    And that includes the daughters.

    Had kind of a deju vu moment here when I read the article. Yet another headline putting even MORE stress on those deployed and their families. Seems to be something similar put out there quite frequently.

    Even if every word and statistic were true and accurate Im’ not so sure there is cause for alarm, or such a headline… but one statement towards the end of the article calls the whole thing into question. I’ve emphasized it for you.

    Additional research is needed to confirm the findings, said Reed, who has since left the University of Washington and is now a social worker with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. For example, the survey found that 10 to 20 percent of the adolescents in deployed families said they were in gangs. That’s surprisingly high — more like something seen in New York City in the 1950s. Perhaps a larger, more national study would produce a lower number.

    Or perhaps singling out the kids of those deployed makes a good headline or looks good on a grant application?

     

  • Done With The Silly for Today.

    Got slammed back, and rightfully so.

    NY, Washington protesters brave rare early snow

    NEW YORK — Anti-Wall Street protesters hunkered down at encampments in New York and Washington Saturday as they faced their first winter weather test, with a rare early snowstorm hitting the US east coast.

    “Snow, what snow? I’ve got a country to worry about,” read a sign at New York’s Zuccotti Park held by a girl as snow and sleet pelted downtown Manhattan, where demonstrators have gathered to protest and call for financial reform since September 17.

    Don Surber again swings the reality hammer.

    Brave? No, the 99 twerps are camping out. The heroes and heroines in Afghanistan are the ones who are braving the snow — and the bombs — and the cold — and the loneliness.

    I never forget those serving, but Don’s juxtaposition does shift the focus where it is needed well.

    Disgust is not quite strong enough.

  • Still Silly Sunday

     

    You’ve heard of the Early Bird… Meet the Late Bee.

    The Wife took this picture here today. Not really funny, but….

  • Might Not Be Exactly True… But It IS Funny.

    A Silly Sunday Post (might not even be new?):

    The year was 1947.
    Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947,
    a little more than 64 years ago,
    numerous witnesses claim that
    an Unidentified Flying Object, (UFO),
    with five aliens aboard,
    crashed onto a sheep and mule ranch
    just outside Roswell, New Mexico .

    This is a well known incident
    that many say has long been covered-up
    by the U.S. Air Force,
    as well as other Federal Agencies
    and Organizations.

    However,
    what you may NOT know is that
    in the month of April, year 1948,
    nine months after the historic day,
    the following people were born:

    Barrack Obama Sr.
    Albert A. Gore, Jr.
    Hillary Rodham
    William J. Clinton
    John F. Kerry
    Howard Dean
    Nancy Pelosi
    Dianne Feinstein
    Charles E. Schumer
    Barbara Boxer
    Joe Biden

    This is the consequence
    of aliens breeding
    with sheep and jack-asses.

    I truly hope this bit of information
    clears up a lot of things for you.
    It certainly did for me.

    And
    now you can stop wondering why
    they support the bill
    to help all Illegal Aliens.

    H/T Bill Doc Lupetti on FB

  • I’m Bored – You Lose

    Common sense elements as defined/described by verbose folks

    Occam’s Razor is defined as:

    a scientific and philosophic rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities

    I call it The KISS Principle.

    The Law of Unintended Consequences or The Butterfly Effect.

    the sensitive dependence on initial conditions where a small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state.

    I call it Murphy’s Law.

    Those are a coupla my easy favorites.

    “Nuance” is akin in some ways. When I see that word used I start getting paranoid as in “you just don’t comprehend the nuance”.

    I call it not speaking clearly.

    Any thoughts?