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http://io9.com/5921673/nuclear-slapshots-could-propel-a-spacecraft-to-mars-in-just-weeks
Thursday, June 28, 2012
In other words Cold fusion?
http://io9.com/5921673/nuclear-slapshots-could-propel-a-spacecraft-to-mars-in-just-weeks
Reading this, left me to conclude they were actually describing a cold-fusion type reaction.
Reading this, left me to conclude they were actually describing a cold-fusion type reaction.
An interesting rebuttal to atheistic attack on the idea of God.
There are Christians who believe everything the bible has to say word for word, and there are some who use their brains. I've only met one christian family who believes dinosaurs are here to test our faith.
I've got into huge moral debates with atheists over the Homosexuality issue, and I don't wish to get into that one, just because the verdict generally boils down to, "I believe this, you believe that, lets agree to disagree." The Bible was written in a time when there were no laws, and there were no morals nor guidlines to live your life by. In a time, where you would rape and pillage and destroy and kill and lie, and sodomize. Also in a time when the population on earth may have been in the millions or less. Because we were given freedom of choice, or "free will" every man has the potential to evil or Good, and our nature and instinct often lead us to do evil things. Greed jealousy lust and the other deadly sins are naturally ingrained in our very being, and without guidance would follow them, apart from a righteous moral standing. Ever notice that many of today's laws are based on the commandments in the Bible.
In today's society we believe that Women are equal to men, and i support that belief. But back in the old days men would be the hunters/ gatherers, and the women would cook and care for the man when he got home from a long days work. They aren't to be subservient to the man, but a mutual respect should be attained. Women work hard, men work hard, we understand that, and respect that, why get angry about that.
The idea of saying grace is more a time to pay respects to the meal that you are taking in. To pay attention to the person who made it, and the creator who made it grow, and the people who harvested/ gathered it. I believe the food is already blessed, as it has gone through millions (billions?) of years of evolution and to simply devour it without coming to realize or appreciate its worth, would be disrespectful.
We aren't made of clay per se, but the idea that we are all comprised of the same things that make up our earth, and solar system, and our galaxy, and our universe would be easier to believe, and given we'd known that in 2000BC or whenever the creation story was written I'm sure different words would have been used. What a lot of people fail to understand including many Christians, is that the book of Genesis, and the entire Creation story is written as a poem in Ancient Hebrew. The "women was made from his rib" part is kinda like the first "what came first? the chicken or the egg" riddle.
Believe it or not some Christians, Including my father, Owen Abrey (a retired minister of a church in Cranbrook) believe in an Old Earth. And Heaven forbid, even perhaps the theory Evolution to having truth in it. Now even if God truly wiped out the whooole earth with water and Noah was to save even a handful of animals, or perhaps all the animals of his area (because without the transportation of today their whole world would be perceived as much smaller than "our" whole world) would those animals he grabbed and put on his boat not be a whole bunch of different animals today? 8000 some odd years of natural selection and evolution may change a horse into a zebra, and deer into caribou and elk, Goats into Gazelle and antelope. I'm not one to say what, i wasn't back in that time.
I believe that i was created by a higher power. I'm not sure if it was a man in a cloud, with a big white beard whose house is protected by pearly gates, or aliens or a pandemensional life form, but I don't believe that the big bang happened out of happenstance, and that something(one) must have caused something. I believe that i was created with a powerful tool i call my BRAIN, and that if i chose to turn it off and not use it would be disrespectful to whoever gave it to me (lets call that someone God).
I've got into huge moral debates with atheists over the Homosexuality issue, and I don't wish to get into that one, just because the verdict generally boils down to, "I believe this, you believe that, lets agree to disagree." The Bible was written in a time when there were no laws, and there were no morals nor guidlines to live your life by. In a time, where you would rape and pillage and destroy and kill and lie, and sodomize. Also in a time when the population on earth may have been in the millions or less. Because we were given freedom of choice, or "free will" every man has the potential to evil or Good, and our nature and instinct often lead us to do evil things. Greed jealousy lust and the other deadly sins are naturally ingrained in our very being, and without guidance would follow them, apart from a righteous moral standing. Ever notice that many of today's laws are based on the commandments in the Bible.
In today's society we believe that Women are equal to men, and i support that belief. But back in the old days men would be the hunters/ gatherers, and the women would cook and care for the man when he got home from a long days work. They aren't to be subservient to the man, but a mutual respect should be attained. Women work hard, men work hard, we understand that, and respect that, why get angry about that.
The idea of saying grace is more a time to pay respects to the meal that you are taking in. To pay attention to the person who made it, and the creator who made it grow, and the people who harvested/ gathered it. I believe the food is already blessed, as it has gone through millions (billions?) of years of evolution and to simply devour it without coming to realize or appreciate its worth, would be disrespectful.
We aren't made of clay per se, but the idea that we are all comprised of the same things that make up our earth, and solar system, and our galaxy, and our universe would be easier to believe, and given we'd known that in 2000BC or whenever the creation story was written I'm sure different words would have been used. What a lot of people fail to understand including many Christians, is that the book of Genesis, and the entire Creation story is written as a poem in Ancient Hebrew. The "women was made from his rib" part is kinda like the first "what came first? the chicken or the egg" riddle.
Believe it or not some Christians, Including my father, Owen Abrey (a retired minister of a church in Cranbrook) believe in an Old Earth. And Heaven forbid, even perhaps the theory Evolution to having truth in it. Now even if God truly wiped out the whooole earth with water and Noah was to save even a handful of animals, or perhaps all the animals of his area (because without the transportation of today their whole world would be perceived as much smaller than "our" whole world) would those animals he grabbed and put on his boat not be a whole bunch of different animals today? 8000 some odd years of natural selection and evolution may change a horse into a zebra, and deer into caribou and elk, Goats into Gazelle and antelope. I'm not one to say what, i wasn't back in that time.
I believe that i was created by a higher power. I'm not sure if it was a man in a cloud, with a big white beard whose house is protected by pearly gates, or aliens or a pandemensional life form, but I don't believe that the big bang happened out of happenstance, and that something(one) must have caused something. I believe that i was created with a powerful tool i call my BRAIN, and that if i chose to turn it off and not use it would be disrespectful to whoever gave it to me (lets call that someone God).
13 minutes ago
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Mr. Flagherty. The whipping boy of the Canadian chattering classes.
True, their $31-billion interest payments, 11% of total income, are well under the maximum around 32% banks want you devoting to mortgage payments. But when you take out a mortgage you get a house.
Jim Flaherty doesn’t even have a vacant lot to show for his $650-billion national debt, plus huge unfunded liabilities in various social programs and a hole in public pensions understated in ways you should not imitate in discussions with your bank.
So, Comrade Flaherty, if you’re after financial idiots messing up the economy, look in the mirror, not out the window.
Jim Flaherty doesn’t even have a vacant lot to show for his $650-billion national debt, plus huge unfunded liabilities in various social programs and a hole in public pensions understated in ways you should not imitate in discussions with your bank.
So, Comrade Flaherty, if you’re after financial idiots messing up the economy, look in the mirror, not out the window.
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Alethia
Monday, June 18, 2012
Mr. Harper, Canada's Greatest Prime Minister.
Mr. Harper will be seen as one of Canada's greatest Prime Ministers. Anyone with a modicum of education has examined the sort of strife and smear all the great ones have endured since John A. They fade into history as the record of the PM, and his government stand for themselves. As surely as Canadians remember Bennet's disastrous handling of the great depression, the obvious comparison will be with the Great Recession. Students and PhD theses will be comparing the two with obvious conclusion. The only question might be: How did the corruption of the Liberal party contribute to Canada turning it's back on the Left?
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Norway cheaper or?
UPDATE 1-Lockheed wins $490 mln deal to buy F-35 parts
(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has won a U.S contract worth $490 million to start buying parts, material and components for a seventh batch of 35 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes, the Pentagon announced on Friday.
Lockheed, the Pentagon's largest supplier, welcomed the agreement and said it would help ensure that the $396 billion F-35 program, which has been restructured three times in recent years, continued to meet its production schedules.
"This is an important milestone in paving the way for the acquisition of these aircraft," said Lockheed spokeswoman Laurie Quincy.
News of the order came as Lockheed continued to hire temporary workers to maintain F-35 production at its plant in Fort Worth, Texas, where 3,300 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have been on strike for eight weeks over pension and healthcare benefits.
The U.S. Department of Defense said the order would include 19 conventional takeoff and landing or "A" models for the U.S. Air Force; three F-35A models for the government of Italy; two F-35As for Turkey; six short takeoff, vertical landing or F-35B aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps; one F-35B for Britain, and four carrier variant aircraft for the Navy.
In addition, this contract provides long lead-time efforts required for the incorporation of a drag chute in conventional takeoff air systems for the government of Norway.
Lockheed remains locked in difficult negotiations with the Pentagon to finalize the details of a fifth order of 32 low-rate production planes.
Earlier Friday, Norway placed its first firm order for two F-35 aircraft and said it expects to order another 50 planes for a total procurement cost of $10 billion, the country's largest ever public purchase.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Aleithia
I live in the mountains of BC. More than 10 years ago, we knew that we had better manage the Mountain Pine Beetle. But no, "live and let live, let nature take care of itself"! Sound familiar? Then after we live and let live and trillions of beetles destroy the forests of BC, we are alarmed at another "live and let live" natural event: Fire.
For decades we have deliberately suppressed fire in BC increasing the fire load astronomically. Then "let nature take its course" became the mantra of the intelligentsia. So we stopped harvesting and controlling the Pine Beetle. That's right, we stood by and watched as red crept across the land, when we could have done something about it.
But, we have timber limits, and worry about building roads to the disaster areas so we can at least cull the dying forest. But no. "Let Nature Take its Course" has taken its course--naturally.
This has everything to do with rabid environmentalism gone wrong, and nothing to do with truth. It is the same group of people causing the problem, that are dreaming up fresh reasons for the world they have created for themselves.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Trudeau and Harper.
http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/october/watchme.htm
Brilliant. And he was supposed to be Canada's quintessential intellectual. The only thing that gives me a modicum of tolerance to those who hate Harper, is the lingering loathing I feel about Trudeau. The big G8 ordeal we had to endure could be compared I suppose--except we weren't responding to a couple kidnappings. However, on the other hand, it was a perfect example of Trudeau's logic: what it takes to protect (all) the worlds top leadership. In fact, it is the ultimate example of his foolishness.
Brilliant. And he was supposed to be Canada's quintessential intellectual. The only thing that gives me a modicum of tolerance to those who hate Harper, is the lingering loathing I feel about Trudeau. The big G8 ordeal we had to endure could be compared I suppose--except we weren't responding to a couple kidnappings. However, on the other hand, it was a perfect example of Trudeau's logic: what it takes to protect (all) the worlds top leadership. In fact, it is the ultimate example of his foolishness.
Stats from trader chat...
Its like nibbling the cheeze knowing the mouse trap could snap at any time...
faber7vo 9:43 am: The solution, which is becoming more painful by the year and the decade, since 1980, is to purge the illuminati of their global economic powers and strangeholds,
which basically can't happen without a global war, after that, US healthcare can be successfully reeled in a big pharma is out of the way, then you whack all entitlements 100%, and
significantly cut all other parts of the US budget. Easy enough
OwenA 9:43 am:
OwenA 9:44 am: What % of the federal budget goes to the military?
faber7vo 9:45 am: off the top of my head, I thought it was 900B of the 3.5T pie, oh, and there is no 'budget' silly, CBO hasn't issued one for a couple of years.
faber7vo 9:46 am: "External debt: $14.71 trillion (30 June 2011) $13.98 trillion (30 June 2010) Approximately 4/5ths of US external debt is denominated in US dollars; foreign lenders
have been willing to hold US dollar denominated debt instruments because they view the dollar as the world's reserve currency"
OwenA 9:46 am: ha right...
Bernake:
With unemployment still quite high and the outlook for inflation subdued, and in the presence of significant downside risks to the outlook posed by strains in global financial markets, the FOMC has continued to maintain a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy
faber7vo 9:43 am: The solution, which is becoming more painful by the year and the decade, since 1980, is to purge the illuminati of their global economic powers and strangeholds,
which basically can't happen without a global war, after that, US healthcare can be successfully reeled in a big pharma is out of the way, then you whack all entitlements 100%, and
significantly cut all other parts of the US budget. Easy enough
OwenA 9:43 am:
OwenA 9:44 am: What % of the federal budget goes to the military?
faber7vo 9:45 am: off the top of my head, I thought it was 900B of the 3.5T pie, oh, and there is no 'budget' silly, CBO hasn't issued one for a couple of years.
faber7vo 9:46 am: "External debt: $14.71 trillion (30 June 2011) $13.98 trillion (30 June 2010) Approximately 4/5ths of US external debt is denominated in US dollars; foreign lenders
have been willing to hold US dollar denominated debt instruments because they view the dollar as the world's reserve currency"
OwenA 9:46 am: ha right...
Bernake:
With unemployment still quite high and the outlook for inflation subdued, and in the presence of significant downside risks to the outlook posed by strains in global financial markets, the FOMC has continued to maintain a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy
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