11:05 – It’s back to work for us. At the moment, Barbara is filling sodium dithionite bottles for forensic kits. That stuff has an obnoxious odor, although fortunately not a strong one. It smells like something died. It’s used as a reducing bleach in forensic fiber analysis, and also for bleaching wood pulp in paper mills, which is probably a good part of why they smell so terrible.
Colin is still basking in his Best Dog Ever laurels. This morning when I called him, he actually stopped what he was doing and came on the run.
I decided not to order any Augason Farms stuff yesterday. If there’d been free shipping with a $50 order, or even $100, I’d probably have ordered a few cans each of powdered eggs and butter powder. But I really didn’t want to order $200 of stuff, at least until I get a better handle on our current food inventory levels.
Speaking of which, when I put in an Amazon Prime order the other day, I opted for free no-rush shipping in return for a coupon that provides free shipping on one Prime Pantry box. Then I started looking in Prime Pantry for items we use. Originally, PP had some very good deals on stuff, cheaper than I could get it at Costco or Sam’s, even counting the $6 shipping charge. That’s no longer true. Everything in PP costs more, even with my free shipping coupon, than it would at Walmart, let alone Costco or Sam’s Club. For example, a case of 10 cans of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup sells at Sam’s for a buck a can. It was $1.25/can in Prime Pantry. The same was true on the 20 or so other items I checked. Amazon was always at least noticeably higher and often much higher. Amazon is apparently following the old tradition of undercutting competitors’ prices to gain market share and then boosting prices above what competitors charge.
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From the Voting Might Work This Time Department:
http://www.claremont.org/crb/basicpage/the-flight-93-election/
Hey, I’m a reasonable guy. This writer puts forth the proposition that if only we hold our noses and vote for Cheeto-Head, we at least won’t get screwed as bad as we otherwise would with the Creature.
I stand by my, and others’ theory: if he gets in, there will be hell to pay in the cities from the BLM and SJW and prog mobs. But no new overseas wars and existing ones might finally get phased out. If she gets in, she technically can’t do much until she is enthroned, but I wouldn’t rule out any mischief between November and January that she and Barack Hussein Soetero, many blessings be upon him, can cook up. After that, there will be hell to pay for all of us.
BLM and SJW rioting in the “big” cities might be a good thing. They’ll only be killing themselves off.
Does anyone else not see what this really is:
Cal State LA offers segregated housing for black students
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28906/
Someone needs to grow a pair.
“Cal State LA offers segregated housing for black students…”
This is nothing new, sir. ZooMass Amherst had its “Africa House” for black students only over thirty years ago; for all I know they’ve since taken over the entire campus and university system because NO ONE HAS A PAIR!!!
We’ve spent trillions since the 1960s kow-towing to a 12% minority and gotten spat on and shat on for it since, with no genuine positive results, other than filling in a few thousand figurehead positions around the country and of course, at the HIGHEST LEVELS. Meanwhile the violent crime rate between them is through the roof, when they’re not attacking the rest of us.
“BLM and SJW rioting in the “big” cities might be a good thing. They’ll only be killing themselves off.”
Two words: Moxie. Pretzels.
Well, I have friends in big cities, including many of the regular commenters here. I admit that I’m sometimes tempted to hope things go to hell so we can just get it over with and done, but the truth is it would be horrible even for those of us who live outside the cities and suburbs.
Yep, big city here, although near one edge with mostly clear space for a couple hundred miles after that.
However, think about any of the recent or not so recent unpleasantness.
Rodney King riots in LA for example. Billions in property damage. How many BLs spent? Not very many.
Kent State “Massacre”?
ALL the 60s rioting? Katrina? Sandy?
NONE of these defining events even had triple digit deaths, or possibly 4 digits. Even 9-11 with all the lasting trauma and world changing effects was low 4 digits.
I don’t see any mass killing happening short of a meteor strike on a big city, or the equivalent energy release. History says it just doesn’t happen. Even in most of the armed conflicts (balkans, etc), it’s hundreds not thousands, in mass graves or dead in cities.
It takes war on an industrial scale to kill that many.
nick
“…but the truth is it would be horrible even for those of us who live outside the cities and suburbs.”
True, dat. Bad enough mass disturbances and violence will tend to put a big damper on a lot of economic and commercial activity, and if utilities and banks and ISPs have their services disrupted, sure, it could spread fast and wide.
You and I and some others here are old enough to remember the 1960s riots in the big cities and it was bad news to the point they called out the Army, with machine guns, helicopters and armor. Now so much of our comm infrastructure and inventory/distribution nets is interconnected that a couple of major cities blowing up could really cause some problems. Not to mention all the political and social ramifications.
But like that song/video goes, ‘we didn’t start the fire.’ We paid out zillions and fell over backwards trying to be decent and got nada for it. And this is not to simply dismiss genuine racism and discrimination and such horrid projects as “urban renewal” and public housing slums. But other groups managed to overcome all that stuff and make better lives for themselves; without the massive and gigantic welfare dependence instilled in a whole population.
I also don’t want anything to happen to our friends still living and working in the cities, many of whom have no choice. But if they can get out, they really should. This stuff is not gonna get better with time.
Yes, there is destruction. And disruption. And a great many people get displaced. But unless we get a plague, or a massive energy release (whatever the source- meteor, bombing, conflagration) we won’t have piles of bodies in the streets.
And “piles of bodies” is what it would take to make any reduction to the number of people who are no longer part of civilized society.
nick
Amazon is apparently following the old tradition of undercutting competitors’ prices to gain market share and then boosting prices above what competitors charge.
Groceries are a tough business with low margins. The successful players tend to be privately held or employee owned such as HEB in Texas and Publix in Florida, regional operations which are non-union, do not answer to the whims of Wall Street and expand using little or no debt.
If I had to guess, Amazon is just biding their time until they can get Prime/Fresh fees covered under EBT (the Food Stamp program). Once that happens, they will aggressively compete on pricing for deliveries to certain areas while raising prices in places where the competition has been reduced to Walmart, Safeway, and various Kroger chains.
Looks like ITT Tech is out of business.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-06/40000-students-limbo-8000-employees-fired-itt-suddenly-shuts-down
“We believe the government’s action was inappropriate and unconstitutional, however, with the ITT Technical Institutes ceasing operations, it will now likely rest on other parties to understand these reprehensible actions and to take action to attempt to prevent this from happening again.”
WROL
nick
Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport lounge in Bozeman, Montana, awaiting their flights. One is an American Indian, passing thru from Lame Deer. Another is a cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show. And the third is a fundamentalist Arab student from the Middle East, newly arrived at Montana State University.
Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull.The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around and the old windsock is flapping, but still no plane comes.
Finally, the American Indian clears his throat and softly speaks. “At one time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few.”
The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, “Once my people were few,” he sneers, “and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?”
The Montana cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth, and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a drawl, “That’s ’cause we ain’t played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do believe it’s a-comin.”
Forwarded from my aunt.
ITT probably targeted for lack of Women’s Studies and other useless courses. No Libturdian indoctrination. No Black’s Only Safe Spaces. I bet a lot of Vets are getting screwed. This puts a lot of other non-traditional tech schools on notice. Maybe some of those Women’s Studies degree folks will get jobs.
“I bet a lot of Vets are getting screwed.”
Hahaha, lol, good one!
“Maybe some of those Women’s Studies degree folks will get jobs.”
I seriously doubt it. Only ones who do, generally, are from the top echelons of the top Ivies and they already have family and biz connections anyway, like Princess Chelsea and the Bush daughters and pretty soon, the Obummer litter. When they’re not too busy lighting up blunts and grooving to Jay Z or whoever.
Over the years I’ve known a few ITT Tech grads and while I don’t think ITT Tech was perfect, I think arbitrarily shutting them down was a wrong decision and a political one. Personally if I knew someone who was interested in studying at ITT, I would suggest they compare it to Ivy Tech or consider skipping the study of technology and choose engineering instead if they have the math background.
“…consider skipping the study of technology and choose engineering instead if they have the math background.”
+1,000
Also, be wary of working for any corporations or family-owned businesses these days, which, lol, cuts out most of the job market, don’t it. But working for other people nowadays sucks rocks most of the time, unless you’re really lucky, and even then the State can still screw it up for you and your employer.
Someone in engineering, or IT for that matter, ought to seriously consider working for themselves in their own business or as consultants. They turned us IT drones into freelance mercs anyway and then STILL crapped on us and offshored our jobs.
For you young whippersnappers out there who might be interested in IT, here are three areas to keep in mind:
1.) Networks, of one kind or another, will always be with us. Right now Cisco has 80% of the world’s network markets. A word to the wise.
2.) Security, of one sort or another, will also be with us until there are no more humans and robots have it all under control, supposedly. Keep that in mind, too.
3.) Business; you gotta be able to talk their language; what can YOU do for THEM and how can YOU solve their problems and make lotsa money for THEM.
If I was starting over right now and had another 20-30 years to fart around with it, I’d make myself an expert on network security, mainly with open source operating systems and apps, and then hire out to the highest bidders. While also thoroughly researching the businesses I’d wanna be involved with, and their lingo/code.
For engineering:
1.) Energy
2.) Civil/mechanical/electrical
For engineering:
1.)
EnergyWind and Solar2.)
Civil/mechanical/electricalWomen’s Engineering StudiesFIFY
Nope, only things like plumbing and electrical repair, the traditional trades, and experiential things like the entertainment industry…
Sure you can outsource some of the building trades (or parts), and even prefab, but it still has to be placed in a specific location and connected to services, and then repaired. That all has to take place “right there, right then.”
Localized ‘in person’ experiences will remain too, until we get a true mind/computer interface. So they should be good for a long time. Massage, theme parks, bungee jumping, live event production, anything where you go to some place to have physical experience. You can outsource or fake some version of it, but not the actual real experience.
Purely artistic, or traditional craft pursuits should remain too. (although it’s tough to pay the bills)
nick
I love the Drudge front page today. I swear, if Coughing Cankles has one more fit, her new name will be Coffin Cankles.
Greta has left Fox News now that Ailes has. I never considered her that good and rarely watched her show. I think the people who say she was a great “news” caster are a little off. She’ll probably become and “auditor” at The Church of Scientology.
My Amazon book order is here !
https://twitter.com/jenayres/status/420246173522198528/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“Backing Up for Small Business”
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backing-up-for-small-business/
“Here’s another sobering statistic: Lots of businesses never backup their data. One-third, according to one recent survey. Talk about flying without a net! What’s worse, almost half of all businesses only have a single copy of their backup data.”
Yup. I prefer rotating external USB drives offsite myself.
Greta has left Fox News now that Ailes has. I never considered her that good and rarely watched her show. I think the people who say she was a great “news” caster are a little off. She’ll probably become and “auditor” at The Church of Scientology.
I thought that she left five years ago. I could never stand to watch her talk out of the corner of her mouth with that weird accent.
Ah, we have a future truck axle BBQ spit turner here, “Police: Juggalo arrested after cutting off woman’s finger, drinking her blood in Wisconsin”:
http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/Juggalo-arrested-after-cutting-off-woman-s-finger-9205039.php
And the grid is still up….
n
The beauty of the free market is you can shop around. The only downside is you really have to shop around. The desk in my home office was $240 at one of the big box office stores. Another of the big box office stores had the same thing for $120. I shopped around until I found it for $120. I couldn’t see paying $240 for a desk that is particle board with a laminate top, even if it is really good particle board. I could stand on it if I cleared off a spot large enough to stand on.
“Greta has left Fox News now that Ailes has. I never considered her that good and rarely watched her show. I think the people who say she was a great “news” caster are a little off. She’ll probably become and “auditor” at The Church of Scientology.”
Her brother Dirk was an editor at the Montpelier Times-Argus up here in Vermont, but I assume he’s either retired by now or been dumped, as they’ve laid off half their staff and like many other papers, is on its deathbed. He and his wife rented us their cottage on the northeastern shore of P.E.I. many moons ago, where, at night, we could see zillions of stars. His wife is/was a food writer and restaurant reviewer up here; dunno if she still does that or even if they’re also Scientologists.
Haven’t watched Faux Nooz or CNN any of the other crappy lying MSM networks in many years now.
“Ah, we have a future truck axle BBQ spit turner here…”
Yup, he’d be a prime candidate for that job. I wonder what the gf looks like; she must be as friggin’ loony as he is. And I can’t think of any reason offhand why creatures like these shouldn’t just be used to test minefields in some combat zone somewhere.
The MSM is bashing Drudge for daring to link to all those Coughing Cankles articles.
CNN takes the +2 for tRump poll, adjusts it for 2012, and calls it for Cankles. There is no end to the MSM eating Cankles’ piles of shit. They really find it delicious.
It ain’t only Drudge who links to the Coughing Cankles stuff; the pics and vids from that and the seizures are all OVER the net now. No one in their right mind would vote for this creature, but we evidently have tens of millions of Murkan derps, mostly womyn and minorities and illegals, not in their right minds.
CNN and the other MSM rumpswabs are totally in the bag for her and have been all along, dating back to when her and her great big lovable lug of a husband were trashing the White House with their profanities and lewd, lascivious and licentious rotten behavior. Why anyone of either sex would have any interest whatsoever in these creatures is beyond the powers of my admittedly limited imagination.
But yes, they line up for more piles of her excrement, just as they lined up, women and men BOTH, on their knees, to blow Larry Klinton, and then Obola.
Meanwhile, in chicongo
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-06/chicago-sees-huge-spike-murders-over-labor-day-cops-told-stay-home-protest-disrespec
Record highs for shootings and murders! Hooray! Hope and change!
Homeboy in the [white]house!
n
Over the years I’ve known a few ITT Tech grads and while I don’t think ITT Tech was perfect, I think arbitrarily shutting them down was a wrong decision and a political one.
They shut down because the feds said they wouldn’t allow ITT to offer federal loans and grants to their students. Had to do with:
“Record highs for shootings and murders! Hooray! Hope and change!”
Ah yes, the city run by Commissar Emmanuel, formerly of the Obola White House.
As a former Vice-Presidential candidate once asked, of his supporters: “How’s that hopey-changey thing workin’ out for ya now??”
With among the strictest firearms ordinances in the country, too, lol. But via the Low-Hanging Fruit Theory of “law enforcement,” the authorities will keep hammering on legitimate firearms-owning citizens and business people. It would take major political and law enforcement ballz to undertake an actual solution to gun violence in the cities.
This may be my last post since I’m off to Chicago tomorrow. I don’t want to be #501. Waaaah!
I’m off to the VA clinic in Burlap tomorrow for the continuing back/sciatica issues, which kinda drastically limit my ability to function on my feet for very long.
My advice to you, sir, is, not being able to avoid a city, please avoid any crowds, at least.
If I take one in the spine, I won’t have to worry about sciatica.
Grr.
Laserjet 8100. $3300 new. Needed a fuser. Was at a remote site, waiting to be returned to the home office so I could replace the fuser. I was not going to send it back to the remote site as their business was dropping and they had a leased copier that was sufficient to their needs. (When you go from a staff of 30 to a staff of 3, your printing needs tend to be reduced.)
Recently, the lease on the remote building was not renewed. I asked that the IT equipment that would not be used in the new, downsized office be returned to the home office so I could re-allocate and store those items that we would have a future need for. They listed everything, including the 13 year old server that I wish _would_ die, but left that big printer off the list.
When I asked about it, I was told it was tossed in the dumpster because IT wouldn’t need it.
Doggone it, that was my backup for 10 other printers, as my last backup was just ditched. The older HP Lasers are bulletproof. You simply don’t get that kind of reliability and simplicity anymore. For $150 (fuser) and $150 (2 cartridges, 60,000 pages), I have an entire department printing for less than the monthly payments on the cheapest copier we have.
I did get an apology, though, so I don’t need to curl up with my feelings.
And they wonder why I’m cynical.
Yeah, I worked with two big-ass tandem HP printers at a gig I worked down in Woostah, MA a few years ago and they put out a chit-ton of work every night for the Ruling Matriarchy there. Big beautiful beasts that ran like clockwork.
I finally ditched Windows and am now on Linux Mint for our main desktop machine, running Crossover so wife can have Office (still claims LibreOffice won’t match up exactly with stuff), and I’m working my way through various things I wanna do to Mint, in between a med appointment this AM down in Burlap and the windshield replacement on the RAV4 this afternoon, supposedly.
The fifth gorgeous day in a row for weather up here, but we still need lotsa RAIN.