Cryptowit

By William W. Lawrence Sr

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company but lately there ain’t been much work on account of the economy
Bruce Springsteen

UN Web Resolution Is Little Reported

UN Web Resolution Is Little Reported — A draft of telecommunication regulations was passed, Dec. 11, at the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) World Conference held in Dubai.

The ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technology.
Here is the draft DT/51-E rev1 as a pdf file.
Most of it seems pretty reasonable with things such as giving priority to distress communications, limiting the ability to tax international messaging to the customers in that country, requiring transparency in pricing and encouraging member states to take steps to prevent the propagation of spam bulk emails.
On the other hand, there are those concerned that it sets a precedent for UN expansion regarding internet governance.
We are inclined to share those concerns.
The resolution, by the way, was opposed by the United States but supported by Cuba, Algeria, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia reports WeeklyStandard.Com.
UN Web Resolution Is Little Reported

A Good Ol’ Fashion Christmas


To me, our society seems too permissive…too…oh, I don’t know…too non-responsible. And this is the time of the year when that is most clear to me.
Gene Autry is telling us that Santa is coming to town, and the Little Drummer Boy is telling the king to bring silver and gold to the child in the manger, Burl Ives wants us to have a holly, jolly Christmas…
But does everyone really deserve a holly, jolly Christmas? What ever happened to the good old days when the nasty boys and girls got coal in their stockings? Did the environmentalists put the kibosh on coal? What’s a parent supposed to put into his child’s stocking if the kid’s been a horse’s neck all year—solar panels?
I think there’s a time and place for everything—even coal. And since we’re in Pennsylvania, the anthracite capitol of the nation, what better surprise for a menacing Dennis to find upon awakening Christmas morning?
Well…be of good cheer, for I bring you tidings of great joy, for last week, in a South Jersey Dollar Store, I found Christmas coal for sale! And it was very affordable (Well it was a dollar store!).
I’m so glad to see that some merchants are not neglecting an often-overlooked segment of our population—those bad little boys and girls who deserve coal in their stockings.
Each of the little packets I found for sale contained two separate lumps of coal, so if you have what used to be called a rich man’s family—one boy; one girl—(and, both have been naughty this past year) you can get all of your holiday shopping done in one location, and still get change for your five dollar bill. Charles Dickens would be exultant.

(excerpted from Good Writer’s Block)


Cryptowit

By William W. Lawrence Sr

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit
Samuel Gompers 

Thoughts On The Connecticut Massacre

Thoughts On The Connecticut Massacre — As of this writing 27 persons are reported dead after a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. including 18 children, the gunman and the gunman’s mother who was a teacher at the school and whose class the gunman appears to have targeted.

The gunman has been identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza and has reportedly killed himself. A Sig Saur handgun, a Glock 9 handgun and a Bushmaster rifle were found at the scene.

If the reports are correct, this will be the nation’s second worst massacre of school children surpassed only by the Bath, Mich. tragedy of 1927 in which a twisted man named Andrew Kehoe blew up his farm and the school killing 45 including 38  children, himself and his wife who he beat to death at his home. His suicide was performed by driving to the disaster scene at the school and exploding his car amidst a crowd.

Kehoe was the school board treasurer and plotted for months to blow up the Bath Consolidated School sneaking explosives in while pretending to do repairs.

The death toll at Columbine High School in 1999 was 13.

The first mass shooting in the U.S. occurred on April 9, 1891 when 70-year-old James Foster fired a shotgun at a group of children on the playground of St. Mary’s Parochial School in Newburgh, N.Y. causing several minor injuries.

For the next several decades — excepting the incident in Bath — school violence involved specific disputes rather than random attacks. That changed on Jan. 29, 1979 when 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire from her window with a .22 caliber rifle given to her by her father on children at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego  who she “said looked like cows”. Two adults were killed and eight children wounded.

The shooting was the inspiration for the Boomtown Rats hit I Don’t Like Mondays.

Since then there have been at least 12 mass school shootings in which children were targeted just because they were children.

‘Cuz there are no reasons as the song says. Choosing evil does not mix well with choosing reason.

Ed note: The gunman was misidentified as the killer’s brother in initial reports.
Thoughts On The Connecticut Massacre
Thoughts On The Connecticut Massacre

Victims Of ’98 Attack Ask Unions To Reject Violence

Teri Adams and Don Adams, Co-Founders of the Independence  Hall Tea Party Association, who were viciously beaten by members of Teamsters Local 115 while protesting Bill Clinton at the height of the Lewinsky scandal in 1998, are calling on Unions and their supporters to stop employing violence or threats of violence as they did in Lansing, Mich, Dec. 12. 
“The Union assault, which occurred this week in Lansing, fits a pattern of Union violence that takes place in Democrat controlled cities during Democrat Presidential Administrations after prominent local elected officials give the signal,” said Teri Adams.
 
“In 1998, during the Clinton administration, Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell commanded Teamsters to “drown out [Clinton] protesters” at a rally outside Philadelphia’s City Hall.  The Teamsters then proceeded to assault several protesters, including my brother and I, who were jumped and viciously beaten.
 
“Two days ago, under the Obama Administration, Democrat State Rep. Douglas Geiss threatened, “there will be blood, there will be repercussions,” in Lansing if Right to Work legislation were to pass.  Sure enough, within hours of the bill’s enactment, several Right to Work supporters were assaulted at a rally.
  
“Of course, just last year in Detroit, none other than Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. declared ‘war’ on the Tea Party Movement and told a pro-labor crowd to ‘take out those sons of b—–s before introducing President Obama'” said Ms. Adams.  
 
“President Obama should have condemned Mr. Hoffa’s remarks. Instead, he thanked the IBT President–which can only mean one thing. Mr. Obama agreed with the ‘war’ premise.
 
“My brother, Don, and I fought the Teamsters, for over a decade, in order to keep union thuggery in check.  As a result of our actions, five members of Local 115 were eventually convicted of assault and, in 2008, the Teamsters were forced to settle a civil law suit in which Mr. James Hoffa, Jr. was named,” said Ms. Adams.
 
“But the wheels of justice were particularly slow as the Democrat Administrations controlling Philadelphia and Washington, DC, were reluctant, or downright refused, to prosecute the Teamster thugs.”
News clips stemming from the ’98 attack in Philly.

Democrats War On Women

Patrick Moran is the son of Jim Moran, a powerful and influential Democrat congressman who represents Virginia’s 8th District.

In the early morning of Dec. 1 outside a D.C. bar, young Moran allegedly slammed his girlfriend’s head into metal trash can cage breaking her nose and fracturing her skull.
So you say what does this have to do with politics as you can’t blame the father for the sins of the son. Leaving aside that Congressman Jim has own rep for smacking around the little lady, Patrick had been his father’s campaign field manager in the last election until he was caught in a vote fraud sting.
Hey, just imagine if the Morans were Republicans. It would be a pretty safe bet that this post would not be the first time you heard about any girl beating.

The CRE Superbug

Late last month, USA Today carried a article about Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infection which started a spate of stories about the problem.

Since CRE has become resistant to almost all available antibiotics and can contribute to death in 40 percent of patients who become infected, it is something about which one should be aware.
Still, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been issuing notices about it since at least 2009 so this is not something new.
The CDC notes that CRE infections occur among sick patients who are receiving treatment for other conditions, and that those whose care requires devices like ventilators (breathing machines), urinary (bladder) catheters, or intravenous (vein) catheters, and patients who are taking long courses of certain antibiotics are most at risk.

The CDC recommends that patients should expect all doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers to wash their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub before or after touching your body or tubes going into your body.
It also recommends that patients clean their own hands often especially before preparing for eating food; before touching your eyes, nose or mouth; before and after changing bandages or handling medical devices; after using the bathroom; and after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing.