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

Author: Zero Ponsdorf

  • We’re All Zombies on This Bus

    Are zombies real? Maybe… but they CAN teach us about ourselves.
    What Zombies Can Teach Us About Braaain Science

    Dr. Steven Schlozman, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a lecturer at the Harvard School of Education, uses the undead to teach the living about the brain. In fact, he says, talking about zombie brains and folklore, like those in Romero’s classic, can give people a safe fictional context to discuss serious issues in medicine.

    “You watch Romero zombies and you can see there is something not right about them, and you can pinpoint what’s wrong with them,” he explains. “You can postulate what’s going on biologically.”

    So, just to be safe, tell the next zombie you see – Thanks.

    Or maybe you can do the same thing with some of the OWS types and they won’t eat your brains. Who knows?

    H/T John Gresham on FB.

  • Wish I’d Said That…

    Ad for gun training bars Muslims and Obama voters

    You do need to read/watch the whole thing, and common sense isn’t allowed it seems.

    A radio ad for a handgun training class that bars Muslims and Obama voters has sparked an investigation in Texas.

    “We will attempt to teach you all the necessary information you need to obtain your [Concealed Handgun License],” the ad says. Then towards the end, it adds: “If you are a socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class. You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision under the law.”

    And then: “If you are a non-Christian Arab or Muslim, I will not teach you the class with no shame; I am Crockett Keller, thank you, and God bless America.”

    I considered adding a rant, but YMMV.

  • Dentists?

    This is a bit late… My wife’s dentist is doing this:

    CASH FOR CANDY

    Local Dentist Partners with Area Children and Sends Treats To Troops Overseas This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can bring their excess candy to any Wilson Martino Dental location or to TLC Dental and they will be paid $1 for every pound of candy they turn in! Dr. Robert Martino is leading this Thanks to the Troops movement by giving away dollars and glowing electric toothbrushes in exchange for the extra candy.

    Dunno the mechanical details, but it DOES seem to be the right thing to do.

    The candy must be unopened, please no bites. It will then be shipped to troops overseas.

     

  • Ya Can’t Tell the Players Without a… What? A TSA Pat Down?

    Two men who divorced their wives, came out as gay, became transgender lesbians, now MARRY after one has a sex change

    A pair of transgender lesbians today told of their joy at becoming man and wife, and also wife and wife, on the same day – after one had a sex-change.

    Jenny-Anne Bishop, 65, formerly called Paul, and Elen Heart, 68, who was once named Alan, initially got together as a male gay couple in 2004.

    The pair, who are both divorced and have five grown-up children between them, lived together in Clwyd, Wales, for six years as transgender lesbians.

    They were straight. Then they were gay. Then they were lesbians. Now they are???

    Some greeting card company is gonna have to develop a new line of cards for these two.

     

  • MA Deuce is Passe…

    Stole this from FB:

  • So Sad…

    When I read this I was concerned. Jonn works at this… It’s his hobby but he’s really not very good, I feel his pain.
    60 Elvis impersonators flee fire alarm

    The lookalikes were attending a charity function in Rochester, Kent, when the fire alarm sounded late on Saturday night.

    It is believed that it was set off by a faulty smoke machine that formed part of the Elvis act at the fundraiser.

    Guests leaving the hotel were stunned to see a group of around 60 impersonators, dressed in wigs and full rhinestone costume, gathered in the car park.

    It happened in England and that helped alleviate my concern.

    TSO impersonates Gerry Garcia, but that is less likely to make international headlines.

    You really don’t wanna know how I can prove this. The pictures might land me in jail.

    One way or another.

  • Yeah But…

    Been wrestling with this for a coupla days.

    At the outset: A disclaimer… I was never a SPECWAR sailor. Hell,  I had never even heard of SEALS before I was discharged. Knew about the UDTs, even did some diving with them on Guam. Further, I am NOT qualified to discuss current tactics in ANY current theater.

    With that out of the way…
    Full story of SEAL mission in question

    When the third chopper — carrying 38 passengers and crew, and one dog, in a reinforcement known as an “immediate reaction force” — approached, a small group of Taliban on a rooftop stood ready. They fired rounds of rocket-propelled grenades. One clipped a rotary blade, sending the CH-47 into a violent spin and then a fiery crash.

    All onboard died, including 17 elite Navy SEALs.

    We all know the story… or do we?

    Jonn’s earlier post alluded to what the article describes. Wherein command makes a decision that get’s someone killed, etc.

    The kicker for me:

    At some point, the Rangers and special-operations commanders talked about sending in reinforcements to catch them all. A mission was set, at first with 17 troops, then a total of 38, including SEALs, other Navy personnel, Afghan commandos and the air crew.

    “We really just kind of talked the idea of inserting the element to maneuver on them, the enemy that got away,” the Army Ranger task force commander later told Gen. Colt.

    As the reinforcement Chinook approached, it — unlike the first two choppers — had no AH-64 Apaches for surveillance or fire suppression.

    YMMV, but please DO take the time to read the whole thing.  The NCA and the Brass Hats have been doing this sort of thing forever.  It would be different if there were an immediate threat, but this just reeks.

     

  • Bombs In Maine!!!

    Occupy Maine adjusts, beefs up security watches after chemical bomb attack

    PORTLAND, Maine — Members of Portland’s Occupy Maine encampment have increased security shifts and moved their kitchen area to within view of nearby Cumberland County Courthouse video cameras after a chemical bomb incident early Sunday morning.

    A description of the infernal device:

    Portland police Lt. Gary Rogers, speaking earlier in the day Tuesday, said “typically a chemical bomb is made in a plastic bottle with common household items, that, when combined, can cause some expansion and then an explosion.”

    If that description is accurate I’ve made more than a few of the devices myself. And no; I won’t describe the gizmo here! Makes a more of a POP than a boom though.

    I’ve been kinda expecting thrown fire crackers or maybe a stink bomb (who’d notice). Sure looks like no more than a kids prank regardless.

    These folks do enjoy their drama:

    “It was no small noise, that’s for sure,” Lamson told the Bangor Daily News. “It lifted a table up that would have taken two people to lift, so it was no small force, either. It didn’t cause a fire, but it was dangerous.”

    Exit question: I’m no EOD type, but aren’t ALL bombs chemical bombs? Except maybe Nukes… been 40 years since I went to THAT school.