H/T Hexagraph
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
New job............
Italian Cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino began his new job as a bus driver yesterday.....
H/T Shelly
For My Married Friends...
The Guide
Women will understand this!
Men should memorize it!
Everyone that there are days when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his hands!
This is a handy guide that should be carried like a driver's license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend, co-worker or significant other!
H/T Shelly
Video:The Rabbit that thinks it's a Sheepdog...........
PS, Don't tell Hollywood or there will be a furry remake of 'Babe'
News.............
Listen numbnuts, don't mess with Chris Christie
What PONCE is Asking Us
Michael Totten » Sandmonkey Sues Salafist
Marine Captain, Lego Warrior
Allen West Redistricted: Democrats Target Allen West – GOP Targets Allen West – Details: Romney Involved?
Obama the Chicken is Being Plucked
A Honda Civic Lesson
Prager University:Understanding Men and Women: Why They See Things Differently
Obama Exploits the Navy SEALs
Cage of pirates
CNN's geography leaves a lot to be desired as it locates London in NORFOLK
Legendary last surviving founding member of SAS 'Originals' dies at 92
Army on standby as temperatures plummet to -11C, keeping shivering Britain colder than Iceland
Iran unveils new laser-guided missiles and warns response to any hostile action will be 'regretful but destructive'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093980/Iran-unveils-new-laser-guided-missiles-warns-response-hostile-action-regretful-destructive.html#ixzz1l1y9lhOr
The Afghan mother-in-law from hell who helped son 'tie up and choke wife to death for burdening family by having third daughter instead of a son'
Is the West finished? Perhaps not quite
Air raids on al-Qaeda bases in Yemen 'kill 15'
The Syrian rebels' war of attrition
Repair man accidentally joins South Pole expedition
Anti-mafia priest sent pig's head in Godfather-style warning
Dentist who used paper clips for root canals jailed
Africa has handed over £2.75 million of £200 million famine relief five months on
US senators agree new sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
German Satellite Almost Crashed into Beijing
The World from Berlin: 'The Syrian Situation Could Hardly be More Hopeless'
Building on aircraft repair
and finally........
The other Britain
Why does the ailing west aid its Islamist enemies?
Pic Dump...........
Smaller pics today just because of the sheer number of them, if you prefer the smaller format please leave a comment
Monday, 30 January 2012
Killer Carb's...............from Rico
I very well remember the huge media 'blitz' starting back in the early 1980's that 'fat' was BAD for you, but carbohydrates were not.
There was a marked 'shift' away from butter to margarine, and from saturated fats to UNsaturated products.
- There was a 'trust'...even a naivete...that if you heard it on the news, read it in the paper, and the Government said so too, that it must be true and factual so people heeded this call to eat according to the newly introduced (by Sen Goerge McGovern from a grain-producing state btw) USDA 'food pyramid.' It was an extremely carbohydrate-heavy pyramid, stressing a lot of grains, etc., and this would make us healthier we were told.
Yeah. Sure. decades later it hasn't delivered as promised.
- Well, not for the public anyway (just go to Walmart any time and look around).
- What this scam DID deliver were pretty sweet profits for the manufactures of 'food products' and 'faux-food.' Heavily-processed stuff.
No one back then put the picture together that corporate profits had been placed above public health.
- It's pretty clear now though. (A lot like tobacco companies paid Doctors to advertise the health benefits and safety of cigarettes once upon a time. The money generated by big tobacco bought a lot of media and politicians...just like today). Translation: we were LIED to.
I'll quit 'ranting' now and get to the point. I've attached one of the very BEST graphics I've yet run across explaining why eating fat does not make you fat, but eating carbohydrates does.
- Especially noteworthy are some 'examples' of products/foods that contribute to America's obesity and diabetes problems today. Gee, 'ya think' the soda manufacturers, food processers, et al, are making a nice sum of money selling us their chemical-laden junk?
My "take away" from this is pretty much what it has been for some time now:
- The closer the food is to it's natural state, the better it is for you.
- The more a food has been 'processed' handled, and had additives added to it, the worse it is for you.
I really DO buy into you are what you eat, and what many of us are eating today is absolutely killing us.
Click to embiggen and enjoy.
Exclusive! Tomorrow's News Today............by Dan Friedman
As Iran keeps working toward its H-Bomb, there is lots of speculation (PDF) about will, or should, Israel nip the Iranian nuclear weapons program in the bud. Frankly, my crystal ball is cloudy and couldn’t give me a clear answer, but it did come up with a prediction: If Iran does get the bomb, all the speculation thereafter will be about whether, or when, Iran will use it to wipe out Israel. Heck, it’s a tiny country, all they’ll need is one.
Late News...........
Testicular zap 'may stop sperm'
India says it won't participate in Iran oil embargo
Assad's British-born wife and children 'caught trying to flee Damascus' as Syrian rebels blow up key gas pipeline
Britain warns Russia not to block UN effort over Syria
Environmentalist-in-Chief
Obama's Helter-Skelter Strategy
Don't panic about global warming, buy a hat
BLACKFIVE: Admiral Obama
Medical Monday: Death of the BCGs
A Fair Fight « Neptunus Lex
The State of Our Union Is Broke
Free Speech - For Some
Media Blackout in Obama Georgia Ballot Eligibility Case
Of Idiocy, Ignorance, and Thomas Friedman
Missing Funds at MF Global 'Vaporized', May Never be Recovered
Iran vows to stop some oil sales as inspectors visit
Global warming activists: Get those “deniers” out of meteorology
400 arrested after OWS Oakland rampage
New Emails Suggest Eric Holder Perjured Himself
and finally.......
The 7mm 130 grain sierra match king as a long range bullet ...
Wait its Monday? BoMS
Welcome to the January 30, 2012 edition of best of me symphony.
Ken Lange presents 3 Writing Tips from Hemingway posted at Kenneth Lange.
Kate Croston presents 10 Reasons I Don?t Want to Look at My Work Email posted at Internet Service, saying, "Being awarded an official email address is one of the things a fresh-faced new hire gets excited about. There’s something very grown-up and important-sounding about having an email address that ends in a company name................"
Barbara Williams presents 10 Different Monsters that Scare Children posted at Find A Babysitter, saying, "There’s something uniquely human about our need to scare ourselves silly. As far as anyone knows, no other species goes out of its way to invent reasons to wet itself from fear. Children have the best imaginations, of course..............................."
Lisa Hood presents 10 Reasons You Should Quit Whining About Facebook Timeline posted at ZenCollegeLife, saying, "Many people have already jumped on board the new Facebook Timeline layout, either because they love to be on the forefront of Facebook technology or because they were afraid they'd get left behind in the social media dust."
Theresa Torres presents The Tops Five Twitter Apps for Beginners. posted at Techdunes, saying, "For a beginner, Twitter can be a difficult puzzle to solve, but with these Twitter apps to help you, your Twitter experience will be smoother and more satisfying."
Hannah Anderson presents 10 Times it Might Be Okay to Leave Kids Alone posted at Full Time Nanny, saying, "Parents often struggle with the concept of leaving their children home alone. When are they old enough to take care of themselves and possibly their siblings?"
Donna Cullen presents 10 Reasons People Forget They are in Love posted at Top Dating Sites, saying, "Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident."
Liz Shaw presents How to Prevent Emotional Hijacking posted at The Writing Reader, saying, "Easy steps to move past fear."
Lisa Hood presents 10 Crazy College Secret Societies posted at ZenCollegeLife, saying, "For the most part, you can find everything you need to know about a college by visiting its website or reading what the public relations department puts out."
Sue Waters presents 10 Best Travel Writing Books of All Time posted at Car Insurance Blog News, Tips, and Quotes, saying, "The transforming power of a journey is a literary theme dating back to when the first humans gathered around the fire to share their stories."
Tanya Yoworski presents 25 Facts You Should Share During Blood Donor Month posted at Medical Billing and Coding Certification, saying, "January is a time of year when fewer people donate blood, which is a shame because it’s the month dedicated to blood donors."
Juliet Jones presents 10 Most Successful African-American CEOs of All Time posted at Business Insurance, saying, "America has long been a melting pot of different cultures, ethnicities, religions, and creeds."
Jane Sanders presents 20 Science-Based Tips to Improve Workplace Effectiveness posted at Higher Salary.
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Afghan Immigrants in Canada Found Guilty of Honor Killing
This is a very significant development in the legal and political battles against sharia and Islam's totalitarian culture.
See: "Shafia Convictions Put Focus on Culture of Honor Killings." (VIDEO.)
Also additional coverage here, "Prosecutor Heckled by Shafia Guilt-Deniers at Press Conference in Canada Honor Killings Trial," and "Shafia Family Guilty of Honor Killings in Canada: Updates."
And the CNN video report is here, "Guilty Verdicts in Canada Honor Killing Trial."
Must Reads!!
- Egyptian military seeks advice on early transfer to civilian rule
- Pentagon: We’re going to need a bigger bomb for Iran
- Panetta: Iranian nuke in a year, deliverable in 2-3 years
- UN demands al Assad halt violence in 15 days. Or else
- Wings Over Iraq: World Briefing and Defense Updates
- Sunni Iraqiya bloc ends boycott of Iraqi parliament
- GsGf: Monroe Doctrine allows disrupting and dismantling enemy influence in the Americas
- Early French withdrawal leads to “rush to the exits” concerns
- RMG: 44 turning blind-eye to state sponsors of terror
- NATO allies deal with shrinking defense budgets
- Godson: US needs new type of foreign policy professional
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