Florida, a state rich in corruption due to its Cracker heritage, now has a chemist in the Department Of Law Enforcement suspected of taking drugs seized in arrests of over 2,000 cases. His theft threatens with dismissal all these cases. The state is so corrupt that the gentleman hasn't even been charged.
Resumes with a stunt don't usually work. On the other hand, these Hail Marys sometimes score a job. Companies in America receive an average of 383 applications a day and NSA-like, they are run through computers looking for key words that indicate the applicant has the needed skills- usually education and job experience. For those lacking these skills, drama is often used. One person sent his resume by carrier pigeon. Another linked his resume to his cache of erotica. One person got a face-to-face interview and after it, sent a thank-you note attached to pizza for the entire company. The pizza man was hired but proved to be a dud: He watched "South Park"
at the office and took naps. So long, Pizza Man. Drama is fun, but we vote for the hard work necessary to get education or training and then experience.
Mexico was the first nation in the world to nationalize - steal- its oil, doing so in 1938. For a decade its production of oil has been falling due to lack of cash and the knowledge of how to drill in deep water. Except for the Arctic, Mexico has the largest unknown oil reserves (which seems a strange designation). The problem is that they are in the depths of the Gulf Of Mexico. The Mexican congress has just ended the state control on oil, thus opening its oil and natural gas to foreign corporations. The leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR), in the true democratic fashion Socialists are well-known for, tried blocking the halls were the voting was taking place. One of the PDR lawmakers stripped to his tightie whities to make a speech. The PDR plans to appeal to the Supreme Court to approve a referendum on the bill to allow foreign investors to develop oil and natural gas. This appeal is projected for 2015. Mexicans are planning to use their cheap natural gas from these wells to build steel, glass, and petrochemical industries. They believe they can compete with the Chinese by paying below-Chinese levels of wages.
It appears that you will not have to endure the din of a hundred one-sided conversations while flying. The Transportation Department is about to ban phone use on planes. However, it seems to be an unnecessary intrusion into the private economy as only JetBlue Airways is even open to considering inflight telephone service.
These commentaries are based upon news from the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper. Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat, but an Evidentist (Show me the evidence!)
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
What's Worse And Better In The News About Kirchner's Drama, Devaluing The Bolivar, Asian Carp, And Fat Elephants
Out Of Fortune Grows Misfortune, And Out Of Misfortune Grows Fortune
- Chinese Saying
Violence and looting in stores have occurred as Argentina's economy worsens due to last year's inflation of 25 to 30 percent due to decades of the government flooding the market with cheap money and also due to the world-wide decline in commodity prices which means that Argentina has less money coming in from her exports. The drama queen president Christina Kirchner had brain surgery recently, but still persists in efforts at income redistribution instead of trying to help grow productivity. We predict that both Venezuela and Argentina will continue to fail economically, though one may learn from the other's mistakes and take a more pro-business approach. Business is the only way to make money. In socialism, the government eventually takes everyone's money and then has none.
Venezuela officially stated that it will take not 6 bolivars but 1l bolivars to buy 1 U.S. dollar. The true value of the bolivar is its worth on the black market- the free market. There it takes 70 bolivars to buy 1 U.S. dollar. In Venezuela, the socialist hatred of business has driven out human and investment capital. This means that very few people are making money. The country is essentially living on its oil revenues which are not enough for the entire population. The noose is tightening, and the order of business for the government will be shriller and more violent demonizations. The people are largely ill-educated and child-like, and the empty emotionalism will probably work.
Asian carp, which can weigh 100 pounds fully grown, were brought into America's South to clean waste water and are now prevalent throughout the South. They are working their way to the Great Lakes and destroy almost completely other species of fish. Very few Americans enjoy eating carp. In fact, there is a recipe that calls for baking a carp on a board, then throwing the carp away and eating the board. But Americans are learning that Asian prize carp and are exporting carp to Asia. The major obstacle is that Asians like fresh not frozen carp primarily because they aren't used to freezers. As an aside, we'd like to see Peta make sure that these fish are being killed before they are gutted and cleaned. They may not be.
Three-fourths of the elephants in American zoos are fat. Zoos are initiating regular weigh-ins for the pachyderms. They are hiding food around the elephants' enclosures in order to make the elephants get some exercise. The article did not say that fat elephants were simply being fed less, but there's every reason to believe that.
These commentaries are based upon news in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Not a Republican or a Democrat but an Evidentist.
- Chinese Saying
Violence and looting in stores have occurred as Argentina's economy worsens due to last year's inflation of 25 to 30 percent due to decades of the government flooding the market with cheap money and also due to the world-wide decline in commodity prices which means that Argentina has less money coming in from her exports. The drama queen president Christina Kirchner had brain surgery recently, but still persists in efforts at income redistribution instead of trying to help grow productivity. We predict that both Venezuela and Argentina will continue to fail economically, though one may learn from the other's mistakes and take a more pro-business approach. Business is the only way to make money. In socialism, the government eventually takes everyone's money and then has none.
Venezuela officially stated that it will take not 6 bolivars but 1l bolivars to buy 1 U.S. dollar. The true value of the bolivar is its worth on the black market- the free market. There it takes 70 bolivars to buy 1 U.S. dollar. In Venezuela, the socialist hatred of business has driven out human and investment capital. This means that very few people are making money. The country is essentially living on its oil revenues which are not enough for the entire population. The noose is tightening, and the order of business for the government will be shriller and more violent demonizations. The people are largely ill-educated and child-like, and the empty emotionalism will probably work.
Asian carp, which can weigh 100 pounds fully grown, were brought into America's South to clean waste water and are now prevalent throughout the South. They are working their way to the Great Lakes and destroy almost completely other species of fish. Very few Americans enjoy eating carp. In fact, there is a recipe that calls for baking a carp on a board, then throwing the carp away and eating the board. But Americans are learning that Asian prize carp and are exporting carp to Asia. The major obstacle is that Asians like fresh not frozen carp primarily because they aren't used to freezers. As an aside, we'd like to see Peta make sure that these fish are being killed before they are gutted and cleaned. They may not be.
Three-fourths of the elephants in American zoos are fat. Zoos are initiating regular weigh-ins for the pachyderms. They are hiding food around the elephants' enclosures in order to make the elephants get some exercise. The article did not say that fat elephants were simply being fed less, but there's every reason to believe that.
These commentaries are based upon news in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Not a Republican or a Democrat but an Evidentist.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
What's Better Or Worse In The News With Bikini Baristas, Chinese Military, Putin, And An Honest Museum
Bikini baristas in the Pacific Northwest are sometimes offering customers more than craft coffees. For instance, paying for a single cup of java with a twenty dollar bill might get you a "show" if you let the barista pocket the change. A show is a brief look at the clerk's privates. The problem is that children going by in vehicles are seeing this lewd behavior. In addition, at least one barista has been seen leaving the coffee drive-through to get into a customer's vehicle and then emerging shortly later with what looked like money in her hand.
During the Cold War With Russia - World War lll that is, Russian officers knew that near-fights with Americans and her allies were a good way to end their military careers. However, it is becoming apparent now that Chinese officers are being rewarded for close calls with the forces of the free world. Last month a Chinese naval vessel got within 100 yards of the USS Cowpen, a missile launcher, in a bluff blockade manuever. The Cowpen was watching China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in international waters at a safe distance. As a result of Chinese aggression, seven Asian countries are unprecendently beginning to pool their military might to protect themselves from the Communist Dragon. China's nationalism and militarism are reminding historians of Pre-World War l Germany.
Putin deceitfully continues to put a good face on Russia by granting clemency to political prisoners. He has just freed Mikhail Khedorvovsky, the oil billionaire who made the mistake of criticizing Putin and remaining in Russia. He is now in Switzerland.
The Salzburg Museum in Austria appears to be behaving morally in returning natural history artifacts to their Jewish owners. The museum was controlled Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS Police Force. His men stole mammoth bones, mounted birds, antlers, and other hunting trophies in German occupied areas and even farther east.
These commentaries are based upon news from the Wall Street Journal, America's most trusted national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist whose first rule is to do the most loving thing, considering all parties and what is reasonable.
During the Cold War With Russia - World War lll that is, Russian officers knew that near-fights with Americans and her allies were a good way to end their military careers. However, it is becoming apparent now that Chinese officers are being rewarded for close calls with the forces of the free world. Last month a Chinese naval vessel got within 100 yards of the USS Cowpen, a missile launcher, in a bluff blockade manuever. The Cowpen was watching China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in international waters at a safe distance. As a result of Chinese aggression, seven Asian countries are unprecendently beginning to pool their military might to protect themselves from the Communist Dragon. China's nationalism and militarism are reminding historians of Pre-World War l Germany.
Putin deceitfully continues to put a good face on Russia by granting clemency to political prisoners. He has just freed Mikhail Khedorvovsky, the oil billionaire who made the mistake of criticizing Putin and remaining in Russia. He is now in Switzerland.
The Salzburg Museum in Austria appears to be behaving morally in returning natural history artifacts to their Jewish owners. The museum was controlled Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS Police Force. His men stole mammoth bones, mounted birds, antlers, and other hunting trophies in German occupied areas and even farther east.
These commentaries are based upon news from the Wall Street Journal, America's most trusted national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist whose first rule is to do the most loving thing, considering all parties and what is reasonable.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
What's Better And Worse With Ecosytem Management, Banning The Use Of "Allah," The Warthog, And More
The U.S. Forestry Service controls 61,500 square miles of forests. This is an area larger than Connecticut. At the same time, the forestry service has abandoned its philosophy of "multiple use management" to "ecosytem management." Ecosytem management is hostile to human beings,and against logging and roads. As a result dead timber has accumulated to such a depth on the forest floor that fires are so intense they are almost like bombs. They kill trees, burn in their tops, and spread so rapidly that animals have no chance of fleeing. Even the animals fighting the fires - homo sapiens- are sometimes killed. Since the unions and the torpid bureaucracy are so entrenched, the concept of "charter forests" like "charter schools" is being looked at.
It is reported that 60 percent of the almost three million Christians in Malaysia use the word "Allah" to refer to God. As you would expect, the hateful Islamofascists are intolerant to this useage. The Sultan of Selangor has issued an edict prohibiting the Christians from using that word. Father Lawrence Andrew in the Malaysian city of Selangor has replied that the Roman Catholics would continue using the A-word for their God. Now the good Father is being investigated by the police for breaking the Malaysian
Sedition Act. Those cops should be investigated for corruption and harassment, and Islam should be reformed to eliminate the hate and homocide toward the "infidels."
The A-10 Thunderbolt ll better known as the Warthog because it had a short, stubby look to it may be retired due to budget decreases. The Warthog is unquestionably the best defense for protecting advancing troops. The United States must do a better job of protecting her troops both on the battlefield and after. Depriving them of their best defense in battle when they are advancing is intolerable. It's unique forte is the cannon in the stubby nose of the plane. It can fire 4,000 rounds per minute and is highly effective on tanks. It's speed makes it much better than a heliocopter. The Air Force which has no troops on the ground in battle save its special operators want to retire the Warthog and put the money into developing the F-35 which will be the most advanced jet fighter in the world. With Putin and Communist China flexing their muscles, we need to bulk up too. We support you calling your congresspeople and pushing them to save both the Warthog and the development of the F-35.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) is filing suit to make Congress live by the ObamaCare they poxed upon us. They have weaseled their way out of it to other healthcare. This government hypocrisy has to stop, and we applaud Senator Johnson's efforts to block the rat hole. They voted for it: They have to live with it too.
These commentaries are based upon news items found in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy, national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson, neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
It is reported that 60 percent of the almost three million Christians in Malaysia use the word "Allah" to refer to God. As you would expect, the hateful Islamofascists are intolerant to this useage. The Sultan of Selangor has issued an edict prohibiting the Christians from using that word. Father Lawrence Andrew in the Malaysian city of Selangor has replied that the Roman Catholics would continue using the A-word for their God. Now the good Father is being investigated by the police for breaking the Malaysian
Sedition Act. Those cops should be investigated for corruption and harassment, and Islam should be reformed to eliminate the hate and homocide toward the "infidels."
The A-10 Thunderbolt ll better known as the Warthog because it had a short, stubby look to it may be retired due to budget decreases. The Warthog is unquestionably the best defense for protecting advancing troops. The United States must do a better job of protecting her troops both on the battlefield and after. Depriving them of their best defense in battle when they are advancing is intolerable. It's unique forte is the cannon in the stubby nose of the plane. It can fire 4,000 rounds per minute and is highly effective on tanks. It's speed makes it much better than a heliocopter. The Air Force which has no troops on the ground in battle save its special operators want to retire the Warthog and put the money into developing the F-35 which will be the most advanced jet fighter in the world. With Putin and Communist China flexing their muscles, we need to bulk up too. We support you calling your congresspeople and pushing them to save both the Warthog and the development of the F-35.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) is filing suit to make Congress live by the ObamaCare they poxed upon us. They have weaseled their way out of it to other healthcare. This government hypocrisy has to stop, and we applaud Senator Johnson's efforts to block the rat hole. They voted for it: They have to live with it too.
These commentaries are based upon news items found in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy, national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson, neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
What's Better Or Worse In The News About Pot's Effects, Too Expensive Dollar Stores, And Changing Iraqi Over-Kill
Much has been in the news about the dangers of marijuana with even our Dear Leader saying pot is less dangerous than alcohol. Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, the founder of Phoenix House, has just said that the most important fact about marijuana is its destruction of brain structures that deal with memory and reasoning. This is called the "working memory" because it includes remembering phone numbers and solutions to everyday problems. It keeps you from having to constantly reinvent the wheel. This negative marijuana-induced effect was discovered only last month at Northwestern University.
People are not going to Family Dollar as much because they can't afford the bottom-tier department store. The only thing that is lower is run by charities, primarily churches, such as food pantries and free thrift stores. Is this the next step under Obama for the poor?Although there is a rising economic tide, the tide is not lifting lower-income boats. The poor are plainly under stress from poor job growth, wages that are not rising, bigger payroll taxes, and shrinking government programs such as food stamps.
The better news is that the U.S. military is apparently asking itself "What then?" after forces brutually demolish buildings and kill innocents. What happens then is that the killing and destruction only attracts more young men who are eager to fight the crusader-infidels. Realizing that this is no way to win World War IV - the war against the Islamofascists- the U.S. is now asking the Iraqis to give up large military sweeps and the huge use of force that cause indiscriminate killings and tears apart buildings (thus destroying more of the Iraqi economy and standard of living). The U.S. military is slowly giving up the way of the tank and embracing the way of the Seal. It is emphasizing to the Iraqis targeted raids and specific counter-insurgency offenses to keep the killing and structural destruction highly specific.
These commentaries are based upon news found in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
People are not going to Family Dollar as much because they can't afford the bottom-tier department store. The only thing that is lower is run by charities, primarily churches, such as food pantries and free thrift stores. Is this the next step under Obama for the poor?Although there is a rising economic tide, the tide is not lifting lower-income boats. The poor are plainly under stress from poor job growth, wages that are not rising, bigger payroll taxes, and shrinking government programs such as food stamps.
The better news is that the U.S. military is apparently asking itself "What then?" after forces brutually demolish buildings and kill innocents. What happens then is that the killing and destruction only attracts more young men who are eager to fight the crusader-infidels. Realizing that this is no way to win World War IV - the war against the Islamofascists- the U.S. is now asking the Iraqis to give up large military sweeps and the huge use of force that cause indiscriminate killings and tears apart buildings (thus destroying more of the Iraqi economy and standard of living). The U.S. military is slowly giving up the way of the tank and embracing the way of the Seal. It is emphasizing to the Iraqis targeted raids and specific counter-insurgency offenses to keep the killing and structural destruction highly specific.
These commentaries are based upon news found in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
What's Better And Worse In The News About Hezbollah Advanced Missiles, 10 Minute Doctor Visits, And Homosexual Marriage Ban.
Hezbollah seems to be sneaking advanced guided missiles into Lebanon from Syria. These systems would be a giant step forward in comparison to the 100,000 "dumb" rockets and missiles already in Lebanon thanks to the Hezbollah. Israel struck five times at these missile system destined to Lebanon in 2013. Israeli pilots have devised a way to loft their bombs into Syria without their jets going into Syria. At this time, Israel is hoping Hezbollah, the Iranians, and al-Qaeda simply kill each other off.
What's worse is that under ObamaCare you are only going to be authorized ten minutes in your visit to your doctor. Obamacare is also cutting what is paid to the doctor, plus cutting the number of tests a doctor can order. So everyone is going to be miserable: the patients, doctors, family members, and the health industry. The evidence, world-wide and for all times (with the exception of tiny Israel which has been at war with the Arabs since 1947) says that socialism is misery for all except for a privileged few. Dr. Marc Siegel, a practicing physician and contributor for Fox News, rightly says that doctors and hospitals should have been provided for the needy, not ObamaCare for all but a privileged few including Obama's family and the U.S. senators and representatives who hypocritically oped themselves out of ObamaCare.
For better news, we have a district judge ruling that Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriages deprived individuals of the equal protection clause of the Constitution's 14 th Amendment. In the past month, the New Mexico Supreme Court legalized homosexual marriages, and in Utah a federal judge eliminated that state's ban on same-sex marriage.
These commentaries are based on news found in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
What's worse is that under ObamaCare you are only going to be authorized ten minutes in your visit to your doctor. Obamacare is also cutting what is paid to the doctor, plus cutting the number of tests a doctor can order. So everyone is going to be miserable: the patients, doctors, family members, and the health industry. The evidence, world-wide and for all times (with the exception of tiny Israel which has been at war with the Arabs since 1947) says that socialism is misery for all except for a privileged few. Dr. Marc Siegel, a practicing physician and contributor for Fox News, rightly says that doctors and hospitals should have been provided for the needy, not ObamaCare for all but a privileged few including Obama's family and the U.S. senators and representatives who hypocritically oped themselves out of ObamaCare.
For better news, we have a district judge ruling that Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriages deprived individuals of the equal protection clause of the Constitution's 14 th Amendment. In the past month, the New Mexico Supreme Court legalized homosexual marriages, and in Utah a federal judge eliminated that state's ban on same-sex marriage.
These commentaries are based on news found in the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
Friday, January 17, 2014
What's Better Or Worse In The News With Sexual Assaults In The Military, Concussions In The NFL, And Furniture Throwing In South Africa
The number of military sexual assault reports in the fiscal year ending last September was more than 5,000. This compares -unfavorably- with 3,375 the year before. We have supported Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's (D.-New York) efforts to legislate that independent prosecutors should decide whether to bring to court sexual assault cases rather than leaving the decision to military commanders where the decision is more apt to be a political one rather than a professional one.
The NFL's $764 million concussion settlement was halted temporarily because a judge refused to approve the deal. She feared the amount might not be enough to cover all the victims. The money will go to all retired NFL football players who present evidence of severe intellectual impairment. Both parties will share information with a special master the judge has appointed to ensure there is adequate funding before the settlement goes forward.
What's better in Hillbrow, South Africa is that the years- old custom of throwing furniture, appliances, and anything else that comes to mind out the window during New Year's Eve is ending.
Hillbrow used to be a white enclave, but when segregation ended, whites moved to gated and fenced areas to live. Hillbrow was then occupied by blacks, many of whom didn't pay rent. It is such a poor area that some apartments are lived in during the day by one set of renters and at night by another set. Are we looking at the future? Last year, a person was hurt by a small refrigerator being thrown out an up-stairs apartment, and the police decided to be on the streets this New Year's Eve. There were no reports of furniture being hurtled out of windows though police did get bottles thrown at their vehicles. One observer remarked that the rent is so high, people can't afford to chuck their furniture out the window. Couldn't it be that people are simply getting a little more mature and less self-absorbed?
These commentaries are based upon news from the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
The NFL's $764 million concussion settlement was halted temporarily because a judge refused to approve the deal. She feared the amount might not be enough to cover all the victims. The money will go to all retired NFL football players who present evidence of severe intellectual impairment. Both parties will share information with a special master the judge has appointed to ensure there is adequate funding before the settlement goes forward.
What's better in Hillbrow, South Africa is that the years- old custom of throwing furniture, appliances, and anything else that comes to mind out the window during New Year's Eve is ending.
Hillbrow used to be a white enclave, but when segregation ended, whites moved to gated and fenced areas to live. Hillbrow was then occupied by blacks, many of whom didn't pay rent. It is such a poor area that some apartments are lived in during the day by one set of renters and at night by another set. Are we looking at the future? Last year, a person was hurt by a small refrigerator being thrown out an up-stairs apartment, and the police decided to be on the streets this New Year's Eve. There were no reports of furniture being hurtled out of windows though police did get bottles thrown at their vehicles. One observer remarked that the rent is so high, people can't afford to chuck their furniture out the window. Couldn't it be that people are simply getting a little more mature and less self-absorbed?
These commentaries are based upon news from the Wall Street Journal, America's most trustworthy national newspaper.
Peter Nickerson. Neither a Republican nor a Democrat but an Evidentist.
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