Pecks of Pickled Peppers

Pickled Peppers - Rough Equivalent
This if you have ever wondered how many peppers -- among other things !!

Africa Water Project - listen.

Learn MORE from RachaelPaulsons website. HOW GLOBAL.

Pinup of The Year

Oil price insight

This gives a lot of insight to the fluctuation of oil prices over time. Note the chart of the dollar vs euro vs oil/gold. This fellow expects another 8 - 10 years of increasing oil prices before some of the new technologies and sources begin to kick in. personal note: The Global Warming "Hype" will drive a lot of inefficient technology at the expense of practical alternatives. My personal view is that nuclear and solar energy will take the proper lead in alternatives to carbon based energy .. and they should. Vic

NJSFWC - 90 SEC

90 Second NJSFWC Commercial for New Jersey Women's Clubs

Remembering the Fallen

http://www.militarytimes.com/hancock
This is a news story. It needs no extra commentary.

FW: Springtime for Hitler cartoon, etc.-A must see

On the lighter side, watch these propaganda animations which are a form of psychological; warfare. Carl: USA-Hitler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BtmLwy7F1A&NR=1
Soviet Union-World Wear II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcBt904OJ0&NR=1
Third Reich-World War II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIlr_rZKR4c&feature=related

CARPE DIEM: Gas Prices As Percent of Income Are Still Affordable

CARPE DIEM: Gas Prices As Percent of Income Are Still Affordable
Excellent chart to help understand exactly what the prices mean over time.
Here is another one.
Yes gas prices are high. But they STILL are not as high as several other recent periods of oil crisis in our history. Markets correct themselves when they get out of bounds - although sometimes the boundaries are expanded by fear and hype - especially with a geopolitically sensitive commodity like oil.

She without arm, he without leg - ballet - Hand in Hand

A friend sent this .. It is WORTH sharing. See comments below - explanation.

Roadside America

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php?tip_AttractionNo==7158
roadside america .. interesting
It is fun to look at other states too.

Artillery Locating Radar

Well, I guess Praising Allah was not enough for this mortar team. This video is made by the bad guys and was captured by our troops. The mortar launcher's friend is praising Allah as he is launching mortar shots at American troops. Our troops have "Mortar Tracking Technology which can track the trajectory of a hostile round and fire a retaliatory shot to precisely the spot from which the hostile shell is fired. It requires only that the bad guy fires a couple of rounds, then it zeros in on him. Count the number of mortar rounds the masked terrorist fires.

Best Places to Live in USA

http://www.statestats.com/sr06mlrnk.htm
Another example of poor use of statistics to present information.
Soon to be found in Vic's new book ... (2009 Publication date) "STUPIDOMICS (Stupid in = Stupid out)"

This site is selling a book to people who are looking for a better place to live. The site ranks NJ as Number FIVE !!! It ranks Louisiana as number 50. I have been in both and have lived in NJ and I am confident that parts of LA are far more livable than many parts of NJ. Note in the ranking method they AVERAGE a series of criteria about each state to arrive at a conclusion. I have not read the book, but I can imagine the list includes things like "mean household income" and "percent of population under the US poverty level" - both of which are HIGHLY relative to the geography. A better score on these would be "percent of income spent on housing" and "percent of people spending more than 40 percent of income on food". Also - depending on your own preferences you would apply greater or less weight to the many "livability factors". So, a retiree would rank "highly available geriatric care" with more weight than would a young family. A young family would rank "percent of high school graduates that attend college" with more weight than "percent of population in service sector jobs". Statistics do not "LIE" - they just provide data slices that, while real, are (more often than not) biased to the publisher of the data.
Want some interesting data on states, counties and towns? See THIS LINK from census data.

NJSFWC 30 second commercial

30 Second Commercial - 2008

Global Warmng - Another

I think there is some excellent material here. My own analysis of the Global Warming Hysteria is that it will lead to trillions of dollars of misplaced funding leading to millions of deaths worldwide - mostly in third world nations. It is my own suspicion that the "Earth Religion" has decided that about half the world population must go away in order to save our planet - and this kind of approach is politically useful and expedient for those who will reign after the downsizing.

The Job

Is this where we are headed?

Not a Texan

Black and GUS ??

Food LANDSCAPES

See more amazing food landscapes at this link.
Carl Warner - The Photographer's site is HERE
Look under Photographics - FoodScapes

Deborah Hansen

Her column from the Jacksonville - Florida Times Union.
''We have confused the message of what to buy with how to live.''

Hillary under fire

http://boortz.com/more/video/hillary_sniper_fire_true.html

I guess you could snope this -- that would be snoper fire.
also now at www.incountry.blogspot.com

From God With Love

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Angel - FIrst Black Republican President

Angel for President . Well maybe even VP if McCain would just take a look at her. Angel is ready to fight to protect her elderly patients and insists that I get a job if I want to have money. It's tough love from Angel if I want to get anything out of HER government, but it might be worth it. Another option for President is Delphine - see earlier posts.

Gun Owners Portrait Gallery

This is from Germany!! http://tinyurl.com/2wwmeh

This is from USA ... http://www.armedamerica.org/
But the people are from USA and the photos are excellent. But - one wonders if they might get a better return on investment by investing in stocks instead of guns?? I guess this is now how Germans view Americans... Unless they watch Jerry Springer.

Star Spangled Banner - Best Ever

The Cactus Cuties sing the National Anthem.

a nun grading papers - hilarious!

Can you imagine yourself to be the nun sitting at her desk grading these
papers all the while trying to keep a straight face and maintain her
composure!

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU ARE EVEN REMOTELY
FAMILIAR WITH HOLY SCRIPTURE, YOU'LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS! IT COMES FROM A
ROMAN CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST. KIDS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE BIBLE WERE
WRITTEN BY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RE-TOUCHED OR CORRECTED. INCORRECT
SPEL LING HAS BEEN LEFT IN.

1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE
WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.

2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF
ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.

3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING
THE NIGHT.

4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH
UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.

5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIM SELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE
DELILAH.

6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.

7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH
IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS .

8, THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTER WARDS, MOSES WENT UP
TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.

10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY.

11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA ... THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS
IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL ..

12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND
STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.

13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT
THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.

14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.

15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNA CARTA.

16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN
THE MANAGER.

17 JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION.

18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD.

19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BE FORE
THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE..

20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE
TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE.

21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS.

22. THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE A POSTLES.

23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN.

24. ST. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS
ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE.

25. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE . THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY.

How to Fix a Kitty

Not to worry - a little blood here with the neutering of a large cat (tiger). This humane method is often used in animal husbandry. In this case the tiger has fathered a number of cubs but the zoo recognized there is a necessary limit to the captive tiger population because abuses can occur. With the veterinarian's help the zoo does its part to restrict tiger population. The video is educational from a biology point of view and the veterinarian is quite informative. This tiger is healthy and enjoying a good environment at his zoo home.