Thursday, 17 March 2011
News........
Do you see any aid from islam flowing into japan? from any source? is this islam?
Reflections on the "death panel," and who will pass, and who will pass ...
Photo Of The Day
The Un-Named - Someone You Should Know [But Never Will]
Free military volunteer force, that will be serving for free without pay
Being grumpy helps you add years to life
Giant lobster saved from the pot
Women like to get drunk before sex
US drones start hunting drug lords in Mexico
Vanessa Hudgens 'sabotaged' by nude photos
Blacks and Republicans
The Justice Department Fix Is In
Squirrel attacking residents of Vt. neighborhood
Massacre of the innocents
What a farce! UK aid workers jet in to Japan only to fly straight back out again after being 'foiled by British Embassy red tape'
Japan radiation crisis: desperate battle to avoid 'another Chernobyl'
Libya: Gaddafi confident of 'finishing the job' in 48 hours
Hugo Chavez attacks 'monstrous' boom in breast implants
Egypt's revolution: leaders must obey new rules, but protesters still impatient for elections and change
WWI submarine found off Dutch coast
4 New York Times Journalists Missing in Libya
Scientists Project Path of Radiation Plume
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Oh Poppa!
Oh Poppa! How could you?
submitted by the heartbroken hoochies at GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
Snake Dies After Biting Israeli Model Orit Fox
A pretty freaky thing, with video: "Silicone Snake Death Photoshoot: Israeli Jewish Model Orit Fox."
Top 10 ways to tell if you might be a member of a public-sector union...............
10.) You take a week off to protest in Wisconsin and your office runs
better.
9.) On a snow day, when they say "non-essential" people should stay
home you know who they mean.
8.) You get paid twice as much as a private sector person doing the
same job but make up the difference by doing half as much work.
7.) It takes longer to fire you than the average killer spends on
death row.
6.) The worse you do your job, the more your boss avoids you.
5.) You think the French are working themselves to death.
4.) You know by having a copy of the Holy Koran on your desk your job
is 100% safe.
3.) You spend more time at protest marches than at church.
2.) You have a Democratic congressman's lips permanently attached to
your butt.
And the #1 way to tell if you might be a member of a public sector
union:
1.) You pay more in union dues than you do for your healthcare
insurance....
H/T Martin
News............
Blowing Moby Dick
Who is Han Galt? A review of "The Fisherman's Catch"
Obama, Wright, Farrakhan, and Gaddafi
The Whiniest President Ever
Snake dies of silicone poisoning after biting model's 'enhanced' breast
Russia bans 'Putin-Medvedev' vodka brand
Marine Le Pen told migrants they were not welcome in Europe
Millionaires say $7 million not enough to be rich
Surgeon general to west coast: Hey, might be worth stocking up on iodide
Smart phone, dumb idea lands Idaho man in jail
Texas bank robber demands loot, shows 2 IDs
Police swoop on young sisters who picked daffodils in the park
Rule 5 Saturday Night Make Up: Kate Middleton Bikini Shots
Yes, nuclear power plants are dangerous. But for Britain, the alternative is to start hoarding candles
Libya: world leaders reject military intervention
Twin threats of Japan and Gulf stalk global recovery
Wealthy foreigners offered fast track to settle in Britain
Royal British Legion rejects Government plans for military covenant
US pays tribute to its last First World War veteran
France defends European Parliament's 'travelling circus'
Knee-high fence to halt poisonous Australian toads
No wonder the UK lags behind America: we're a bitter and broken nation
Why the life of milk men has gone sour
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa: 'The Beginning of an Epochal Development'
Stunning Tweets from Resistance Claim Kamikaze Defected Pilot Hero crashes into Gadaffi stronghold
Obama's Idea of Taking Action is Playing Golf
Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl
Federations Face Tough Questions About Ties to Left-Wing Groups
Five Marine Corps F-35Cs Units to Fly Off Navy Carriers
Radiation biology, "news" and the Fwench.............from Rico
Japanese Government and media reporting about "millisieverts" prompted me to ask wtf is a 'millisievert?' of myself.
- My ongoing ignorance giving me some cause for concern.
For example, I read today that a radiation exposure of 100 mSv (millisieverts=mSv) per year can cause cancer, and that 400 mSv per hour are being recorded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Gibberish to me, and possibly rendering even the dubious journalism/reporting on Japan's radiation 'problem' obtuse, opaque, and meaningless gibberish to many others who are more conversant with the traditional Western units of measurement.
- Also, the words "obtuse, opaque and meaningless" made me think of the Fwench.
In the anglophile world (at least in the US and Australia at present) we STILL use 'curies, rads, roentgen and rem' as units of radiation measurement, BUT......
those oh-so-continental Fwench and the "metric" crowd have a 'new' (at least to me 'new') metric system of 'grays' and 'sieverts' to replace 'rads' and 'rems' [I must admit here I still find it easier to 'think' in terms of yards and gallons than I do in meters and liters].
Called the "Systeme' International" I completely blame the Fwench for this "metric' nonsense re: radiation measurement!
OK, so I still 'think' in terms of 'rads' for example.
>100 rads=radiation sickness
>250 rads=hemopoietic failure
>250-450 rads=LD (lethal dose) for 50% of the population
So, WHAT do millisieverts (mSv) mean exactly? I've attached the scan of a printout of mSv exposure levels. Skipping the details and the MEGO (my eyes glaze over):
>1,000 mSv=radiation sickness and 4,500 mSv=LD
That puts the above reporting of 100 mSv and 400 mSv into perspective THIS dumkopf can unnerstand.
- Gee, thanks MEDIA and thanks FWENCH for making this so clear!!!! Love 'ya!
SENDAI, Japan (March 12, 2011) An SH-60B helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 14 from Naval Air Facility Atsugi flies over the city of Sendai to deliver more than 1,500 pounds of food to survivors of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami. The citizens of Ebina City, Japan, donated the food, and HS-14 is supporting earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Japan as directed. (U.S. Navy photo)
H/T Marc
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