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- November 18, 2017
- National Apple Cider Day
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I once was addicted to unfiltered apple cider.
This innocuous appearing affectation was dangerous for me personally. During the course of a week I would purchase some 4 to 6 gallons of the stuff from the local Bi-Lo (they had the brand I prefered by taste) and I would counsume tall chilled glass after glass with great gusto.
It seems that the carbs reeked havoc on my metabolic syndrome x. I dare say it was contributing to my case of full blown adult onset diabetes.
When I realized the side effects I was forced to put this beverage down for less caloric refreshments and took up drinking distilled water instead.
The moral of the story is moderation in all things. Those beverages laden with carbohydrates are probably better left to those with less insulin tolerant metabolisms.
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- November 17, 2017
- Attack of the Libtards
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The amalgamation of "liberal" with "retard" is found offensive by various others depending on their orientation to the world and people in general.
Persons with disabilities and special needs individuals should surely be insulated from such crass and colorful euphemisms in a perfect world ... but indeed; given the environment and the insidious attack on freedom of speech and other personal liberties I really don't see it happening.
This is why I'd just as soon throttle someone reacting to my use of the word or any of it's root components as look at them and surely I shall arrive on death row for the demise of some idiot thinking they have the moral high road and daring to call me on it at most any critical juncture now.
For I am not afraid of labels and those figurative sticks and stones cast at me cannot faze me in my understanding of the nature of the world and those sociopolitical mechanisms at work despite the idiotic rantings of some social justice warrior out to spout some faulty position or stand in front of my vehicle so they can claim "assault" when actually self defense is the reason I'm going to cream them into the pavement.
Yes, I pack but I'm not a threat to those who do not threaten me. Yes I'm quick to bitch slap some one's stupid liberal bitch ass but it's not without extreme provocation.
You see, there is a sector of the populace which remains conservative and informed not indoctriated by a public education system out to impart their taint to the school children supposedly there for an education.
The stupidity rampant in the United States is quite enough in the way of evidence for the mistake which has been public educators becoming administrators and hiring their own special brand of screwed up human being in the public school systems.
So inasmuch as I know who and what you people are maintain a wide berth and nobody will get hurt.
So much for political correctness and everything else bad imparted by a globalist personal pronoun of preference stupidity such as that which occupies New York City.
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- November 16, 2017
- Social Media Evangelists in China
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China is in the threads for their use of propagandists which have set the standard for manipulating public opinion online with other jurisdictions seeking to emulate that model.
These evangelists overwhelm varioius social media sites with positive spin on the Communist Party known as so-called “cheerleading content” and the push is toward controlling the message and drowning out criticism and negativity regarding the regime.
This illustrates precisely my problem with social media here. All they do is try to influence opinion and attitude and the muddled masses are simply too unsophisticated to note what is happening to them — with the even more poorly prepared millenials breaking off into splinter groups like SJW and Antifa in some misguided effort to achieve relevance in a population spawned by our generation of burger flippers back in the 1980s and 1990s.
That sum total of opinion is based on a subset of the facts with the indoctrination by a public educational system firmly rooted in the leftmost regions of political folly and now we're just going to have to ride it out while conciously trying not to take them out for the stupid misguided snowflakes and miscreants they are.
I maintain several weapons close to my person just for that time when confrontation becomes nasty and the threat becomes even more real than it already is.
We can tolerate those with different views. However my rights do not end where someone else's feelings begin. Social Justice Warriors are a bunch of screechy whiny mistakes created by the public school system in all it's lack of wisdom.
Antifa customizes their version of "fascist" to correspond to anyone they view as having dissenting ideas to put forth.
Both groups are incongruent with the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of The United States of America.
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- November 15, 2017
- Day of the Imprisoned Writer
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Repression of basic human rights is all relative. If you are an employee and your leadership constantly steals your ideas and presents them as their own, takes control of your writings and has the gall to place their copyright on them ... telling you how "we're all in this together" when it's actually just them it's a sure sign that somebody's toes are getting stomped.
Today is noted as the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. It's a yearly observance held internationally under the auspices of a consortium of writers called "PEN International" to support those writers who resist repression of the basic human right of freedom to express themselves and stand steadfast against the attacks made against their right to provide information.
It seems that persecution of writers goes well beyond the purview of crappy state technical colleges and their ignorant dolt administrations who can't "do anything" so they steal the work of others and call it their own.
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- November 14, 2017
- World Diabetes Day
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One of those consequences of excessive corpulence is "metabolic syndrome x" which has the same ICD code of 250 which is "diabetes".
The insulin resistance and associated morbidity from which I suffer is primarily an inhereted trait from my father's side of the family and it has caused me no end of grief from a late discovery/treatment by various persons rendering medical treatment to me over the years through the various attempts to treat it on my own.
Regardless, it is an illness with characteristic problems with which I'd just as soon never have been bothered ... but I must deal with reality and it is a part of my existence.
Today is World Diabetes Day an international awareness campaign for diabetes mellitus held annually on this day of the year under the auspices of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
The type 2 (adult onset) Diabetes I have is preventable and treatable and becoming a predominate worldwide health issue. Type 1 (juvenile onset) Diabetes cannot be prevented but can be treated with insulin.
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- November 13, 2017
- Another Sadie Hawkins Day
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One of those aspects of my youth which has gone away is the Sunday comics in the newspaper. Sure, they exist as a single page of limp offerings lacking a single shred of sophisticated humor ... but back in my childhood the comics section of the newspaper was a multipaged extravaganza of various cartoon depictions and situational humor we simply haven't seen since the start of the decline of the newspaper industry back in the 1980s.
Nowadays, the pitiful offerings make me think why even bother.
Among those comics I followed regularly was Li'l Abner by Al Capp about the hillbillies and their adventures and exploits.
Sadie Hawkins Day is an American folk event inspired by Mr Capp's comic strip. This began real-world Sadie Hawkins events as a result of the fun and frolic represented by it all and it's premise of women pursuing men for dates and dancing.
I must admit for a child the risque appearance of the attire of the ladies was a big plus for me in all my naieve interpretations of interpersonal relations and the entire thought of some female pursuing me instead of me pursuing them was likewise unprecedented in my thought processes up to that point.
I watched the movies, read the strips, and thoroughly enjoyed the Yokums, Scraggs, Hunks, and various pets throughout the years I read it each weekend. It's a shame that the newspaper industry has been so shoddy that they will likely go away in favor of the new electronic media presently displacing them like the hull of the titanic before striking the icebergs.
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- November 12, 2017
- World Pneumonia Day
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Each year I get a flu shot. Interspersed every few years I get a pneumonia shot. I have noticed that the flu shot results in little side effects while the pneumonia shot gives me mild pulmonary symptoms for a brief while more times than not.
It is surprising that a totally preventable, highly treatable illness can cause so much death — particularly in young folks.
It is my hope that we will raise awareness of the presence of pneumonia in the children and the elderly in particular in an effort to quash that morbidity it presents to the two ends of the age spectrum.
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- November 11, 2017
- Another Veterans Day
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This is Veterans Day, a holiday we observe to mark the end of World War I honoring our veterans and victims of all wars. This observance replaced Armistice Day in 1954 and is a time for parades and gatherings and speeches.
As a veteran myself I don't really observe the day as vigorously as I should ... when I was a patient in the hospital in Key West, Florida having my appendex removed between the 7th and 8th grades I saw first hand the injuries suffered by our military people as the result of the gunshot wounds and other infirmities of warfare.
Nonetheless I try to mark this day in honor of those I saw in the throes of critical injury as the result of their service in Viet Nam being treated there in the ward of that hospital at Boca Chica Naval Air Station on Stock Island (Racoon Key) so long ago during my childhood.
You would think that these memories would have made me a much better serviceman that I was ... however I was pretty slack even by my own standards. However, in my old age this has converted my attitude to one of respect for those doing their military service.
Though not a life I would particularly choose, I endorse those efforts of people who do with the utmost appreciation and respect.
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- November 10, 2017
- United States Marine Corps Birthday Ball
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My late friend, Eldon Dewitt Casey was a member of the Marine Corps League.
I remember the busy time in the beginning of that membership which involved looking around for the various components of the uniform and then the subsequent absence it resulted in as time with me became permanently displaced forever.
He was immersed in it all and I was amazed to see just how it inspired him to create all manner of memorabilia — stirring those memories of days gone by and stories of people, places, and things associated with that time he was on active duty.
Today we celebrate United States Marine Corps Birthday. Accompanying this day is a formal and traditional ball with cake-cutting ceremony.
Dewitt never missed a Marine Corps Ball the entire time he was in the Marine Corps League until the day he died.
I have missed him over the years.
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- November 9, 2017
- World Freedom Day
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Today is World Freedom Day observed by the Federal government and declared by George W Bush back when he was President and before that time he became a Bill Clinton loving traitor to the Republican party.
The day commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall as well as the end of communist rule in central and eastern Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war are the two most significant events marked by this day and these are attributed to President Ronald Regan who never became a traitor to his party.
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- November 8, 2017
- World Urbanism Day
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I am an urban dweller. It wasn't meant to be this way, but when you are lied to by a grandfather regarding what you will inherit it is not surprising that the allure of river life might fade into nothingness ... but enough about the lying, thieving, crook ass turds on my father's side of my family.
Today is World Urbanism Day. Also known as World Town Planning Day it meant to advance interest at the layman and professional levels for planning. It was founded in 1945 by the the late Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera of the University of Buenos Aires and is observed each November 8.
While I am quite content where I am, hard feelings most certainly remain.
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- November 6, 2017
- Writing into the Future
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This new blog setup has caused me to write future entries before the date to which they are attached. It's not "really" a problem ... it's just that I sometimes forget this and use wording for the future where wording for the present is more appropriate.
This is due to the mechanism in place for post activation being designed for an enterprise environment where many are involved instead of a single person. Rather than set the entry to display "on the day" I simply date it and let it ride.
More times than not this results in some editing after the initial post.
Previous versions of the blog were actually based on "blogging software" which automatically posted on the specified day. This version is based on a sophisticated content management system for which I am able to write back end modules and enhancements ... and this in itself is the true attraction for me.
Also, being able to steer clear of the overused php crap everybody and their hacker anus brother feel they are competent to exploit is a plus. Also, not being a wordpress entity is a further benefit because over the years I discovered wordpress to be exquisitely hackable due to overuse and a large number of exploits being known by the general hacker anus populace.
So anyway, with a good set of personalized scripting and a deeply embedded server side trusted computing base which isn't available to just anyone I am trying to carry on with this thing. If the truth were known I'd just as soon drop it because it really doesn't thrill me anymore.
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- November 5, 2017
- Observing All Saints Day
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Normally, the Christian festival All Saints Day which is held by the Western Church in honor of all the saints, happens on November 1.
However, in the presence of an All Hallows Eve (Halloween) which does not happen on Saturday it has become usual and customary to celebrate the day on the next Sunday.
This is the case for my mother who will attend corresponding ceremonies this morning.
Now then, not being a saint — nor a person who regularly attends church per se I am content to delay my visit today that I might accommodate her religious requirements and hopefully, another of the ceremonial bells will drop from the rack as they are being rung as happened last year as the procession passed the seat of my late stepfather.
Perhaps there was a brief etheric interaction during the ceremony. Perhaps not.
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- November 4, 2017
- The Cloud Awaits You
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The cloud. That network of remote servers on the Internet used to handle your information processing so no one will know what a total incompetent you are being so unable to handle your technological affairs.
Outsourced. That term used to describe the utilization of hosted solutions on the cloud so that no one has to know that you know nothing.
Each day the cloud grows larger and more enticing with IPv6 and it's virtually unlimited number of individual addresses. There are an ever increasing set of options to hand over your processes and your documents and let somebody else be the keeper of your enterprise.
Companies vie for your business and compete with each other in an effort to gain that upper hand in their world ... the world of technodolts, like you.
There are a variety of reasons for outsourcing to the cloud stated by those who inulge. Phrases like "freeing resources" and "eliminating a need for infrastructure and it's incessant requirement for ROI" ALL to keep from admitting that you're just too stupid to handle your own affairs.
In the final rinse of "what is" and "what isn't" two things are certain:
1. incompetence is.
2. ability isn't.
It's you through and through.
Maybe that next big server breach will be the farm upon which your trade secrets, objects, and methods reside. Good luck there, dumbass.
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