Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistic's July 2009 nonfarm payroll employment decline was only 247,000. This is interesting in light of ADP's estimated decline of 371,000 nonfarm jobs. Usually, the BLS figures are a bit closer to ADP's numbers.
Obviously, the gubmint is cooking the books. Actual unemployment is around 16%. There was an old saying in the Soviet Union.."if you want milk, take your pail to the radio." We are getting closer and closer to those days.
Obama is encouraging citizens to rat each other out. (email: Flag@whitehouse.gov) He is increasing his rhetoric, "I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so.." we can screw the Country up a lot worse than Bush did.
Frankly, I had thought America had turned a corner when we had a majority of voters who looked past someone's skin color and put a mostly black man in the President's office. Instead of being the President of the United States and behaving accordingly, we now just have Barack Obama, H.N.I.C.. (If only Colin Powell....)
You have ACORN and the Dem controlled unions engaging in the suppression of free speech and attacking TeaPartyers. Far from helping to unify the nation, Obama and the Dems are leading us down the path of civil war. (It might be worth remembering that there are a lot more dumbass rednecks with guns than there are liberal left wing elitists, so the South might just win this one) Bottom line, Obama's brown shirts may have a tougher time than Hitler's brown shirts.
So much for the Dems being the party of love and unity. Anyone up for starting a third party..........that's actually decent?
Friday, August 7, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Follow the Money
AUGUST 5, 2009 12:18PM
Follow the money.
Replying to Norman Kelley's August 3rd post about the increase in Obama haters as evidenced by the "Joker" photoshop of Obama, I indicated that someone trying to do Obama in would probably not be a redneck, but that one should "follow the money."
The birther movement was given a recent shot in the arm with the discovery of a supposedly genuine (but roundly discredited) Obama Kenyan birth certificate. The most currently notable Obama citizenship eligibility lawsuit was filed by Attorney Orly Taitz, who is also a dentist fwiw, and Taitz submitted the allegedly genuine birth certificate to the court for definitive authentication.
The interesting thing is that Dr. Taitz's husband Yosef Taitz is CEO of Daylight Chemical Information Systems. DCIS "in close collaboration" with Novartis Pharmaceutical developed the Day Cart software which is "an application using the uniqueextensibility features of Oracle8i(tm) designed to fully integrate themolecular structures and reactions in an Oracle8i database serverenvironment. As an integrated module DayCart does not require any call-outsor other operations outside of the Oracle server, in order to perform itsfunctions. DayCart delivers the speed, capacity and performance of Daylighttools throughout the organization. Use of DayCart with the Oracle8i server,unlocks the access of existing Oracle* applications and tools (such as SQL,PL/SQL, Java, C, etc.) to the array of chemical information."
So, Orly's hubbie is in the tank with Novartis, a company that could stand to lose big bucks if we go to a single payer/nationalized health care system. Yes, there is much fraud and waste with Medicare, but the government can limit the payment for certain medications and, if necessary, circumvent patent law through legislation allowing it to have generic production of drugs that were previously covered under a patent, that could erode the profits of pharmaceutical companies that spent millions of dollars on R&D for certain drugs.
I originally thought this birther thing had no wings, but following the money we see the bird my take flight (in some form) after all.
Yosef Taitz article link: http://chemport.ipe.ac.cn/cgi-bin/chemport/getfiler.cgi?ID=ChmYwAHaYyWYUq3HlOMGPUWGlcVo9W34GYXMM6nkdJUN1Ths35rJve1CPnEXyUTC&VER=C
Follow the money.
Replying to Norman Kelley's August 3rd post about the increase in Obama haters as evidenced by the "Joker" photoshop of Obama, I indicated that someone trying to do Obama in would probably not be a redneck, but that one should "follow the money."
The birther movement was given a recent shot in the arm with the discovery of a supposedly genuine (but roundly discredited) Obama Kenyan birth certificate. The most currently notable Obama citizenship eligibility lawsuit was filed by Attorney Orly Taitz, who is also a dentist fwiw, and Taitz submitted the allegedly genuine birth certificate to the court for definitive authentication.
The interesting thing is that Dr. Taitz's husband Yosef Taitz is CEO of Daylight Chemical Information Systems. DCIS "in close collaboration" with Novartis Pharmaceutical developed the Day Cart software which is "an application using the uniqueextensibility features of Oracle8i(tm) designed to fully integrate themolecular structures and reactions in an Oracle8i database serverenvironment. As an integrated module DayCart does not require any call-outsor other operations outside of the Oracle server, in order to perform itsfunctions. DayCart delivers the speed, capacity and performance of Daylighttools throughout the organization. Use of DayCart with the Oracle8i server,unlocks the access of existing Oracle* applications and tools (such as SQL,PL/SQL, Java, C, etc.) to the array of chemical information."
So, Orly's hubbie is in the tank with Novartis, a company that could stand to lose big bucks if we go to a single payer/nationalized health care system. Yes, there is much fraud and waste with Medicare, but the government can limit the payment for certain medications and, if necessary, circumvent patent law through legislation allowing it to have generic production of drugs that were previously covered under a patent, that could erode the profits of pharmaceutical companies that spent millions of dollars on R&D for certain drugs.
I originally thought this birther thing had no wings, but following the money we see the bird my take flight (in some form) after all.
Yosef Taitz article link: http://chemport.ipe.ac.cn/cgi-bin/chemport/getfiler.cgi?ID=ChmYwAHaYyWYUq3HlOMGPUWGlcVo9W34GYXMM6nkdJUN1Ths35rJve1CPnEXyUTC&VER=C
Monday, August 3, 2009
Another wrench tossed into the works.
I must admit, I did not see this one coming:From ( http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/defectors-tell-of--burmas-secret-nuclear-reactor-1766566.html )
Defectors tell of Burma's secret nuclear reactor
North Korea is helping country develop weapons, according to the men
By Roger Maynard in Sydney
Monday, 3 August 2009
Two of Asia's most oppressive regimes may have joined forces to develop a nuclear arsenal, according to strategic experts who have analysed information supplied by a pair of Burmese defectors.
The men, who played key roles in helping the isolated military junta before defecting to Thailand, have provided evidence which suggests Burma has enlisted North Korean help to build its own nuclear bomb within the next five years.
Details supplied by the pair, who were extensively interviewed over the past two years by Professor Desmond Ball of the Australian National University and Thai-based Irish-Australian journalist Phil Thornton, points to Burma building a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium extraction facility with the assistance of North Korea.
Thitinan Pongsudhirak, the head of Thailand's Institute of Security and International Studies, said: "The evidence is preliminary and needs to be verified, but this is something that would completely change the regional security status quo.
"It would move Myanmar [Burma] from not just being a pariah state but a rogue state – that is one that jeopardises the security and well-being of its immediate neighbours," he said.
The nuclear claims, revealed by The Sydney Morning Herald at the weekend, will ring alarm bells across Asia. The newspaper said the testimony of the two defectors brought into sharp focus the hints emerging recently from other sources, supported by sightings of North Korean delegations, that the Burmese junta, under growing pressure to democratise, was seeking a deterrent to any foreign moves to force regime change.
Their evidence also reinforces concerns expressed by Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, in Thailand last week about growing military co-operation between North Korea and Burma. "We worry about the transfer of nuclear technology and other dangerous weapons," she said at a regional security conference.
The two defectors whose briefings have created such alarm are both regarded as credible sources. One was an officer with a secret nuclear battalion in the Burmese army who was sent to Moscow for two years' training. He was part of a nuclear programme which planned to train 1,000 Burmese. "You don't need 1,000 people in the fuel cycle or to run a nuclear reactor. It's obvious there is much more going on," he said.
The other is a former executive of the regime's leading business partner, Htoo Trading, who handled nuclear contracts with Russia and North Korea. The man, who died in 2008, provided a detailed report which insisted that Burma's rationale for a nuclear programme was nonsense.
"They [the generals] say it is to produce medical isotopes for health purposes in hospitals. How many hospitals in Burma have nuclear science? he asked. "Burma can barely get electricity up and running. It's a nonsense," he said.
Professor Ball and Mr Thornton reported that the army defector claimed that there were more than five North Koreans working at the Thabeik Kyin uranium processing plant in Burma and that the country was providing yellowcake – partially refined uranium – to both Iran and North Korea.
The authors concluded that the illicit nuclear co-operation was based on a trade of locally refined uranium from Burma to North Korea in return for technological expertise.
What is missing in the nuclear chain at the moment is a plutonium reprocessing plant, but according to the army defector, one was being planned at Naung Laing in northern Burma, parallel to a civilian reactor which is already under construction with Russian help.
The secret complex would be hidden in caves tunnelled into a nearby mountain. Once Burma had its own plutonium reprocessing plant, it could produce 8kg of weapons-grade plutonium-239 a year, enough to build one nuclear bomb every 12 months.
If the testimony of the two defectors proves to be correct, the secret reactor could be operational by 2014, The Herald reported. "These two guys never met each other, never knew of each other's existence, and yet they both tell the same story basically," said Professor Ball.
"If it was just the Russian reactor, under full International Energy supervision, then the likelihood of them being able to do something with it in terms of a bomb would be zero," Professor ball said. "It's the North Korean element which adds danger to it."
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I suppose I should have boned up more on my Asian geography since I have never considered Burma (Now known as Myanmar) of any great significance. It is, however, the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. It's territory encompasses 261,227 square miles and its estimated population is 55,390,000; which is a much larger population than North Korea.
Burma has been run by various military juntas since 1962 and is currently led by Senior General Than Shwe.
Apparently, every small peckered petty dictator wants to get their slimy meathooks on a nuclear weapon and, in Burma's case, this may now be possible in the not too distant future since uranium is a plentiful natural resource there. It also just makes sense that N.Korea is providing technical assistance in return for some yellowcake. The above article mentions Iran is getting yellowcake as well. The Russians (surprise, surprise) have also been helping out. Those dang Ruskies have their hands in quite a bit of nefarious poop. (how 'bout another Russian post Don Rich?)
Depending on how far along Burma is, we may have to take out North Korea AND Burma, although our real target should probably be the Russians. Oh well, more sleepless nights ahead for the U.S. Intelligence analysts. (I figure the Israelis will "do" Iran)
Defectors tell of Burma's secret nuclear reactor
North Korea is helping country develop weapons, according to the men
By Roger Maynard in Sydney
Monday, 3 August 2009
Two of Asia's most oppressive regimes may have joined forces to develop a nuclear arsenal, according to strategic experts who have analysed information supplied by a pair of Burmese defectors.
The men, who played key roles in helping the isolated military junta before defecting to Thailand, have provided evidence which suggests Burma has enlisted North Korean help to build its own nuclear bomb within the next five years.
Details supplied by the pair, who were extensively interviewed over the past two years by Professor Desmond Ball of the Australian National University and Thai-based Irish-Australian journalist Phil Thornton, points to Burma building a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium extraction facility with the assistance of North Korea.
Thitinan Pongsudhirak, the head of Thailand's Institute of Security and International Studies, said: "The evidence is preliminary and needs to be verified, but this is something that would completely change the regional security status quo.
"It would move Myanmar [Burma] from not just being a pariah state but a rogue state – that is one that jeopardises the security and well-being of its immediate neighbours," he said.
The nuclear claims, revealed by The Sydney Morning Herald at the weekend, will ring alarm bells across Asia. The newspaper said the testimony of the two defectors brought into sharp focus the hints emerging recently from other sources, supported by sightings of North Korean delegations, that the Burmese junta, under growing pressure to democratise, was seeking a deterrent to any foreign moves to force regime change.
Their evidence also reinforces concerns expressed by Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, in Thailand last week about growing military co-operation between North Korea and Burma. "We worry about the transfer of nuclear technology and other dangerous weapons," she said at a regional security conference.
The two defectors whose briefings have created such alarm are both regarded as credible sources. One was an officer with a secret nuclear battalion in the Burmese army who was sent to Moscow for two years' training. He was part of a nuclear programme which planned to train 1,000 Burmese. "You don't need 1,000 people in the fuel cycle or to run a nuclear reactor. It's obvious there is much more going on," he said.
The other is a former executive of the regime's leading business partner, Htoo Trading, who handled nuclear contracts with Russia and North Korea. The man, who died in 2008, provided a detailed report which insisted that Burma's rationale for a nuclear programme was nonsense.
"They [the generals] say it is to produce medical isotopes for health purposes in hospitals. How many hospitals in Burma have nuclear science? he asked. "Burma can barely get electricity up and running. It's a nonsense," he said.
Professor Ball and Mr Thornton reported that the army defector claimed that there were more than five North Koreans working at the Thabeik Kyin uranium processing plant in Burma and that the country was providing yellowcake – partially refined uranium – to both Iran and North Korea.
The authors concluded that the illicit nuclear co-operation was based on a trade of locally refined uranium from Burma to North Korea in return for technological expertise.
What is missing in the nuclear chain at the moment is a plutonium reprocessing plant, but according to the army defector, one was being planned at Naung Laing in northern Burma, parallel to a civilian reactor which is already under construction with Russian help.
The secret complex would be hidden in caves tunnelled into a nearby mountain. Once Burma had its own plutonium reprocessing plant, it could produce 8kg of weapons-grade plutonium-239 a year, enough to build one nuclear bomb every 12 months.
If the testimony of the two defectors proves to be correct, the secret reactor could be operational by 2014, The Herald reported. "These two guys never met each other, never knew of each other's existence, and yet they both tell the same story basically," said Professor Ball.
"If it was just the Russian reactor, under full International Energy supervision, then the likelihood of them being able to do something with it in terms of a bomb would be zero," Professor ball said. "It's the North Korean element which adds danger to it."
========================
I suppose I should have boned up more on my Asian geography since I have never considered Burma (Now known as Myanmar) of any great significance. It is, however, the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. It's territory encompasses 261,227 square miles and its estimated population is 55,390,000; which is a much larger population than North Korea.
Burma has been run by various military juntas since 1962 and is currently led by Senior General Than Shwe.
Apparently, every small peckered petty dictator wants to get their slimy meathooks on a nuclear weapon and, in Burma's case, this may now be possible in the not too distant future since uranium is a plentiful natural resource there. It also just makes sense that N.Korea is providing technical assistance in return for some yellowcake. The above article mentions Iran is getting yellowcake as well. The Russians (surprise, surprise) have also been helping out. Those dang Ruskies have their hands in quite a bit of nefarious poop. (how 'bout another Russian post Don Rich?)
Depending on how far along Burma is, we may have to take out North Korea AND Burma, although our real target should probably be the Russians. Oh well, more sleepless nights ahead for the U.S. Intelligence analysts. (I figure the Israelis will "do" Iran)
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