LOL, major marketing firm Wieden and Kennedy tells Anons, "Ur doin it rite!"
12 hours ago
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Dr. Mercola hangin' with Scientologists
Some Scientology celebs and others recently held a three hour meeting at the Saddle Ranch restaurant on Sunset in West Hollywood. Don't know what they talked about. Probably some movie project.
But here are the money shots:
From the Daily Mail.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
NCCAM's Josephine Briggs joins Naturopath Convention in August
What happened to smart lady's brain? Did she fall down some rabbit hole while working in Germany -- fatherland to all things Thule-ish? (Was he a Hans oder Franz?)
If you clicked the link above and scrolled that list of speakers for the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, you can't have avoided the toothy grin of one Peter Bongiorno, ND.
Uh oh. I feel it coming... RAEG!!!
RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE111111!!!!!!!!
Listen up Bongiorno, you vanity-Googler you:
Your douchebaggery toward a medical student shall never be forgotten. Ever. It's just too precious a teaching moment in this, the science-under-siege operetta of our present era.
Men of science appeal to evidence when their claims are questioned. But not so the deluded or dishonest. They ring up their attorneys. They hire investigators to dig for dirt. They incite the thugs among their entourage to apply a little unfriendly pressure.
But for all the above, the science is unmoved.
SO LERN 2 EVIDENCE STOOPID DOUCHE IF YOU DOESNT WANT BEING CALLED A STOOPID DOUCHE!
If you clicked the link above and scrolled that list of speakers for the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, you can't have avoided the toothy grin of one Peter Bongiorno, ND.
Uh oh. I feel it coming... RAEG!!!
RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE111111!!!!!!!!
Listen up Bongiorno, you vanity-Googler you:
Your douchebaggery toward a medical student shall never be forgotten. Ever. It's just too precious a teaching moment in this, the science-under-siege operetta of our present era.
Men of science appeal to evidence when their claims are questioned. But not so the deluded or dishonest. They ring up their attorneys. They hire investigators to dig for dirt. They incite the thugs among their entourage to apply a little unfriendly pressure.
But for all the above, the science is unmoved.
SO LERN 2 EVIDENCE STOOPID DOUCHE IF YOU DOESNT WANT BEING CALLED A STOOPID DOUCHE!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Amazing Meeting 8
TAM 8 is pretty cool. But the back-to-back talks don't leave much time for socializing.
I am pleased to put faces to a few names that I've come to know over at Science Based Medicine, in particular
Dr. Kimball Atwood
Dr. David Gorski
and Dr. Harriet Hall.
Tough as nails, every one of 'em.
I am pleased to put faces to a few names that I've come to know over at Science Based Medicine, in particular
Dr. Kimball Atwood
Dr. David Gorski
Tough as nails, every one of 'em.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Hobie Adventure Island tiller modification
To control the rudder, the AI has a small knob placed near where one's left hand might comfortably rest, assuming one's arm is of a certain length, unlike mine. Yet even if the tiller location were perfect, it would still need an extension for the movable ballast wanting to drive the boat.
Last summer after reading the Hobie forums I added a tiller extension as in the pic below. But I found a three foot pipe flopping around in the middle of my boat something of an obstacle.
So after some thought, I decided to move the tiller to the aft hatch, as you can see in this picture:
My new tiller is a piece of black plastic shaped like a ruler, bolted to the center of the aft hatch. The tiller extension is a lightweight ski pole. A piece of automotive heater hose serves as the universal joint connecting the extension to the tiller.
It's been a month now and so far so good. I can steer while out on the trampolines or standing up. My tiller hand can rest wherever it feels best, no matter which way I happen to be leaning or sprawling.
AI owners will recognize other mods in these pics:
- Rear akas flipped so the support struts attach behind rather than beside the driver. Makes moving off the seat and onto the tramps less painful.
- Stern light on a mast. The Scotty mast base that came with the light happens to have four screw holes. Two of them line up with the holes for the mainsheet block padeye. Two screws seems to be enough to hold the base of the light to the boat firmly.
- Moving the mainsheet block up an inch was good for my new tiller arrangement, as the sheet has a little clearance over the starboard rudder line. But the new position means the block must swivel to keep the mainsheet moving over the center of the sheave.
Last summer after reading the Hobie forums I added a tiller extension as in the pic below. But I found a three foot pipe flopping around in the middle of my boat something of an obstacle.
So after some thought, I decided to move the tiller to the aft hatch, as you can see in this picture:
My new tiller is a piece of black plastic shaped like a ruler, bolted to the center of the aft hatch. The tiller extension is a lightweight ski pole. A piece of automotive heater hose serves as the universal joint connecting the extension to the tiller.
It's been a month now and so far so good. I can steer while out on the trampolines or standing up. My tiller hand can rest wherever it feels best, no matter which way I happen to be leaning or sprawling.
AI owners will recognize other mods in these pics:
- Rear akas flipped so the support struts attach behind rather than beside the driver. Makes moving off the seat and onto the tramps less painful.
- Stern light on a mast. The Scotty mast base that came with the light happens to have four screw holes. Two of them line up with the holes for the mainsheet block padeye. Two screws seems to be enough to hold the base of the light to the boat firmly.
- Moving the mainsheet block up an inch was good for my new tiller arrangement, as the sheet has a little clearance over the starboard rudder line. But the new position means the block must swivel to keep the mainsheet moving over the center of the sheave.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Update on the birds
May 1st the orioles were back. Each male has a slightly different song and I believe I recognize one of the males from last year.
We put out slices of orange for the orioles, which they seem to appreciate.
It's well known around here that orioles love Welch's Concord Grape Jelly. A few times I've put out a spoonful of grape and a spoonful of something else as a kind of taste test. The grape has won out over Smuckers apricot, peach, and strawberry. But today I can report that Smuckers Pineapple Ice Cream Topping kicked Welch's ass clear across the field.
Yesterday the catbirds were back. Soon, hopefully, we'll see some hummingbirds.
We put out slices of orange for the orioles, which they seem to appreciate.
It's well known around here that orioles love Welch's Concord Grape Jelly. A few times I've put out a spoonful of grape and a spoonful of something else as a kind of taste test. The grape has won out over Smuckers apricot, peach, and strawberry. But today I can report that Smuckers Pineapple Ice Cream Topping kicked Welch's ass clear across the field.
Yesterday the catbirds were back. Soon, hopefully, we'll see some hummingbirds.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Anonymous' Message to Scientology
This is the famous first video. Its poetry gets referenced so often that I'm keeping a link to it handy.
Church0fScientology — January 21, 2008 — Hello, Scientology. We are Anonymous.
Over the years, we have been watching you. Your campaigns of misinformation; suppression of dissent; your litigious nature, all of these things have caught our eye. With the leakage of your latest propaganda video into mainstream circulation, the extent of your malign influence over those who trust you, who call you leader, has been made clear to us. Anonymous has therefore decided that your organization should be destroyed. For the good of your followers, for the good of mankind--for the laughs--we shall expel you from the Internet and systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form. We acknowledge you as a serious opponent, and we are prepared for a long, long campaign. You will not prevail forever against the angry masses of the body politic. Your methods, hypocrisy, and the artlessness of your organization have sounded its death knell.
You cannot hide; we are everywhere.
We cannot die; we are forever. We're getting bigger every day--and solely by the force of our ideas, malicious and hostile as they often are. If you want another name for your opponent, then call us Legion, for we are many.
Yet for all that we are not as monstrous as you are; still our methods are a parallel to your own. Doubtless you will use the Anon's actions as an example of the persecution you have so long warned your followers would come; this is acceptable. In fact, it is encouraged. We are your SPs.
Gradually as we merge our pulse with that of your "Church", the suppression of your followers will become increasingly difficult to maintain. Believers will wake, and see that salvation has no price. They will know that the stress, the frustration that they feel is not something that may be blamed upon Anonymous. No--they will see that it stems from a source far closer to each. Yes, we are SPs. But the sum of suppression we could ever muster is eclipsed by that of the RTC.
Knowledge is free.
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.
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Translations
French: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFbe0p...
German: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1KDqOjy...
Spanish version 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZkiP...
Spanish version 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRjCBA...
Japanese: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4aKwPRY...
Polish: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S1OQn33...
Russian: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0nN_rkf...
Swedish: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kdY6IZi...
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