William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-9-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-9-15

Camille Raccourse, an expert at hangings, bone breaking, and other forms of death was the official executioner in Lyon, France from 1760 to 1770. All during that period she masqueraded as a man.

Atheists Support Jeffrey Epstein

Atheists Support Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein. His atheist friends are standing by him.

Rutgers University biologist Robert Trivers has come out in support of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein is the notorious uber-rich Democrat donor and friend of Bill Clinton who ducked serious child molestation charges in 2008 after pleading guilty to a single instance of prostitution but is now in the limelight after a woman has accused him of forcing her as a teenager to have sex with Prince Andrew and others.

“By the time they’re 14 or 15, they’re like grown women were 60 years ago, so I don’t see these acts as so heinous,” Trivers told Reuters news agency.

Trivers received $40,000 from Epstein to study the link between knee symmetry and sprinting ability.

Arizona State University physicist Lawrence Krauss also is standing by Epstein.

“His interest is in interesting people,” he said.

Trivers and Krauss are  outspoken atheist activists.

Epstein served 25 months ending in June 2010, much of it under house arrest.

Atheists Support Jeffrey Epstein

Hat tip PJMedia.com

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Kristina.

 

Internet Killed The Radio Star

eMarketerDaily.com reports that an Edison Research study showed that those under 18 listen to internet music streaming platforms such as Pandora and Spotify  64 minutes per day vs. 53 minutes per day of broadcast radio and online streams of AM/FM stations.

AM/FM led by a “significant margin” among all other age groups.
It appears, though, the radio star is finally about to get killed but not by video.

Internet Killed The Radio Star

Internet Killed The Radio Star

 

 

Mary Bauer Comcast Insults Now

Mary Bauer Comcast Insults Now -- Comcast Building Lobby in Philadelphia
The childish lobby of childish Democrat-supporting Comcast in Philadelphia

Mary Bauer of the Chicago suburb of Addison, Ill., is the latest person reported to be subjected to the bizarre corporate culture of Democrat-supporting Philadelphia communications giant Comcast.

Ms. Bauer, 63, began having troubles when she “upgraded” to Comcast’s X1 box in January 2014 resulting in 39 calls last winter and spring for service and countless hours on the phone with customer support.

In April, she had that box replaced with her old one but a promised credit never materialized.

She basically wrote it off until her monthly bill jumped in October from $180 to $220 and then the bills stopped completely. She had to call Comcast monthly to find out what she owed.

This week she got her first bill in months. To whom was it addressed? “Super Bitch Bauer”.

She never opened it but she did go to the press.

Our first suggestion is to dump Comcast. We did almost five years ago and have been content as clams with Verizon.

Our second suggestion is to law enforcement. What these childish morons in Comcast’s corporate offices do with regard to addressing mail with obscenities has to be in violation of some part of the postal code or against some criminal statue regarding harassment by communication.  Are you the Addison police chief? Some state attorney general somewhere?  Illinois is not the only place this is happened after all. Go for it. Get yourself some headlines.

Hat tip FoxNews.com

 Mary Bauer Comcast Insults Now

Mary Bauer Comcast customer service’s latest victim.

Suicidal Foreign Policy In Mideast

Suicidal Foreign Policy In Mideast Chris Freind
By Chris Freind

“Samuel chose to be a soldier, and soldiers die. Sent to be slaughtered by the men in the government … I have seen nothing in (government’s) behavior that would persuade me that it has gained either in wisdom, common sense, or humanity.”
— Col William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) in “Legends Of The Fall”

These words are as applicable today as they were in the film’s time period of 100 years ago. And nowhere more than America’s suicidal foreign policy in the Middle East.

What was once unthinkable has now become imperative: Parents whose children are thinking about joining the military need to impart full knowledge of what can be expected. And no, we’re not talking about the rigors of boot camp, the toll of military life on families, or even the obvious dangers of traditional warfare.

Instead, it’s the extremely high likelihood that they will be engaged in the Middle East. And specifically, what will happen should they be captured by ISIS or al-Qaeda.

What exactly awaits them should they be forced to eject or, more likely, captured while fighting in a boots-on-the-ground situation? A fate worse than death. Literally. Just ask the Jordanian fighter pilot who was captured. But you can’t, because he’s no longer here. ISIS saw to that.

He drew the short straw, where beheading with a short, dull knife was far too humane. Instead, he was placed in a cage and kept like an animal for his captors’ enjoyment. When they had their fill of torture and interrogation, they doused him with gasoline. Then, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh watched as ISIS ignited the fuel, knowing he was seconds away from an excruciating death.

Most Americans can’t bring themselves to watch the video. But they should. Repeatedly. And then they should think about what will happen when an American serviceman winds up in a similar position. ISIS got worldwide publicity from the Jordanian pilot’s death, but an American? That would up the stakes a thousand-fold. And since people are becoming desensitized to beheadings, and burnings will become passé, look for ISIS to up the ante — at an American’s expense.

War is hell, but the butchers in the Middle East take it to another level. But while barbaric, ISIS is also extremely calculating. They know that both political parties in Washington will respond to their atrocities with more calls for military action, gullibly taking the bait in the naïve belief that, “this time,” increasing our presence in places we are universally despised will miraculously change how we are viewed.

We are again being drawn into a battle where achieving “success” is impossible because it has yet to be defined. And because our arrogance has blinded us, our fighting men and women will be used as pawns in the politicians’ war — one that simply cannot be won.

When will enough blood and treasure be expended for us to realize what we need to do? Consider:

1. Has it dawned on anyone that this latest episode of Middle East terror has been brought to us, directly and indirectly, by the very people to whom we have sworn allegiance by prostrating ourselves at the altar of Islamic Crude?

Petroleum and natural gas are the most valuable substances on Earth, and the lack of either would collapse our economy. Yet, despite having the world’s largest reserves of both, America continues to ignore much of that godsend (recent drilling efforts are a start, but nowhere near enough). Instead, we make the conscious choice to rely on, and pay top dollar to, some of the very same people with whom we are at odds.

It’s time to stop the greatest transfer of wealth in human history — foreign aid and trillions of American petro dollars to the Middle East — and keep that money at home.

2. Can we all please just admit what is absolute fact? We are only involved in these firestorms because of our dependence on Middle Eastern oil barons to keep the crude spigots open. And since the flow of petroleum must be unimpeded, we are forced to maintain large diplomatic and military presences in that region, making us viewed as occupiers, and swelling Islamic resentment toward America.

If we drilled on a wider-scale basis (and no, cheap gas prices do not equate to energy independence), we wouldn’t be bent over the Middle East oil barrel, and therefore, wouldn’t be there. The truth, which no one admits, is that we wouldn’t give a damn about those countries or their people if we didn’t need their oil. Evidence? Where was America when millions were massacred in the 1994 Rwandan genocide? Not in Rwanda, because Rwanda has no oil. Ditto for most conflicts around the globe.

3. America has engaged in armed conflict in no less than 10 Muslim countries in the last 15 years. Until America’s reliance on Middle Eastern oil is eliminated, more Americans will die in foreign lands “protecting” oil interests, albeit under the false monikers of “freedom” and “democracy.” Those deaths are solely because America refuses to drill more, and that is inexcusable.

4. If the U.S. and its European allies hadn’t deposed Moammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein, and screwed up the works in Assad’s Syria, ISIS and other fundamentalist groups would never have gained a foothold. Secular strongmen are the only ones capable of maintaining regional stability. That may be tough for some to stomach, but it’s reality. So let’s stop trying to “democratize” the Islamic world. It’s not our job, and it won’t happen.

5. Muslim factions continue to be at odds with each other. Always have been, always will be. Let’s capitalize on that. The U.S. should pull out every last serviceman from the battle zones, bolster its carrier battle groups, and pound people and targets from afar with drones and missiles, keeping pilots out of harm’s way. (It’s only a matter of time before an advanced Chinese- or Russian-made missile takes out one of our planes. At that point, the pilot will have to seriously consider taking himself out before being captured, since ISIS doesn’t subscribe to the Geneva conventions.)

America should fight ISIS and al-Qaeda to the end, but only via our Muslim allies, as we provide them all the logistics, intelligence, training and weapons they need. Their boots need to be on the ground — not ours.

6. As a gesture of goodwill, we should hand over all our ISIS prisoners. To Jordan.

7. It’s time other nations step up, especially those truly reliant on Middle Eastern oil, such as China, Japan and India. America has done the heavy lifting for far too long.

Here at home, it’s time for a civil discussion, free of sound bites and personal attacks, about how to make exploring, drilling, fracking, and the transportation of oil safer and environmentally sound. We can and must work together on these issues because there is no rational alternative.

Otherwise, we will share the same remorse as Col. Ludlow, as he said, “Today, our sons are leaving home to defend a (land) they have never seen.”

Suicidal Foreign Policy In Mideast

Pileggi Seeks Common Pleas Court Seat?

Delaware County Daily Times Editor Phil Heron has just tweeted that Dominic Pileggi will be running for election this year  to be a Delaware County Common Pleas Court judge. Pileggi Seeks Common Pleas Court Seat?

Pileggi was elected to a third term to represent the  9th District the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2012. It runs through January 2017.

Pileggi had been the Senate Majority from Jan. 2, 2007 until Nov. 30, 2014 after losing to Roger Corman in a hotly fought reorganization vote on Nov. 12.

He resigned his last chairmanship on Jan. 29 to the surprise of many.

Pileggi Seeks Common Pleas Court Seat?

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-8-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-8-15

Twin beds. The little yellow-headed verdin, which lives in the arid parts of Texas, spends each day in his wife’s nest, but returns to his own nest each night to sleep.

Roger Vanderklok TSA Victim

PHL Airport Roger Vanderklok TSA Victim
The not so friendly skies of Philadelphia

Ronnie Polanecsky had a blood-boiling story in the Feb. 4 Philadelphia Daily News concerning Roger Vanderklok who was arrested at the behest of the Philadelphia International Airport TSA when he asked to file a complaint against them.

Vanderklok, a Philadelphia architect, was flying to Miami on Jan. 26, 2013 when an x-ray scanner picked up suspicious items at the Terminal B station supervised by Charles Kieser, Ms. Polanecsky reports.

The items were a heart-monitoring watch and a packet of PowerBars. Vanderklok was asked if he had anything organic, and not realizing the PowerBars were considered as such, said no.

Organic matter can resemble explosives.

His bags were searched and 30 minutes later the items were deemed harmless. Vanderklock said if he had been told what “organic” meant the aggravation could have been avoided. Kieser became confrontational and Vanderklock asked to file a complaint.

Kieser left and returned with Philadelphia Police officers. Vanderklock was taken to an airport holding cell then to the 18th District at 55th and Pine streets where he was placed in another cell.

He didn’t learn the charges against him until his arraignment at 2 a.m. when he was told that he was being charged with “threatening the placement of a bomb” and making “terroristic threats”. His wife bailed him at at 4 a.m. on 10 percent of $40,000 bail.

Needless to say, he missed his flight.

Kieser testified under oath, at the April 8, 2013 trial that Vanderklok became agitated, waved his hands and said  “I’ll bring a bomb through here any day I want  and you’ll never find it,” reports Ms. Polanecsky . Unfortunately for Kieser, airport video showed Vanderklok smiling and no disturbance taking place. Further, Kieser, in his initial statement claimed Vanderklok said “Anybody could bring a bomb in here and nobody would know”,  which unlike the former statement is a legal expression of opinion.

Municipal Judge Felice Stack acquitted Vanderklok of all charges within minutes of Kieser’s testimony.

For the record, Vanderklok denies making either statement.

Vanderklok filed suit last week against the TSA, the Philadelphia Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security on the grounds that he was willfully deprived of his liberty because he wanted to file a complaint.

Hope he hits them hard.

The scary thing is that Kieser is still on the line overseeing screening, according to the story. If you want America to be America guys like this have to be held to account.

Roger Vanderklok TSA Victim

Blame Media For America’s Problems

Blame Media For America's Problems
By Chris Freind

To say the weather people got it wrong recently is like saying Seahawks coach Pete Carroll simply made a bad call.

As everybody on the planet – including the Seattle players – now knows, Carroll’s inexplicable goof on the last play of the Super Bowl snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the world’s biggest game.

The difference is that Carroll’s mistake is one-and-done, having no real impact on anyone’s life. But the news media’s constant stream of ultra-hyped stories, combined with its uncanny ability to get so much wrong, is contributing to its demise, which is detrimental to everyone. About the only people who don’t seem to grasp this are those in the media itself.

In what became a massive blunder, the media recently had forecast significant snow with “storm-of-the-century” hype in many areas of the country, including the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. In doing so, they scared the bejesus out of people with “team” storm coverage dominating the news cycle for days. The fact that their predictions turned out to be a huge snow job was bad enough. But it’s how we fell for it that showed how gullible and soft we’ve become.

Consider:

1. First, the media, and weather people in particular (calling them “weather forecasters” is an oxymoron), should have led off the “post-storm” news with a mea culpa: “We were wrong. Dead wrong. Not just in our predictions, but in shamelessly hyping the storm that wasn’t, severely interrupting every facet of your lives, from canceled meetings to closed schools to parents forced to take vacation days. And for that, we apologize.”

But too many news directors spend more time trying to keep their jobs rather than doing them, subscribing to the herd mentality of doing the exact the same thing as their competitors. So good luck waiting for that apology, since they see nothing wrong with how they performed – which they will repeat for the next storm. The fact that ratings continue to decline, and that those left watching do so with palpable disdain, is completely lost on them.

2. In yet another example how wimpy America has become, numerous politicians fed into the hype by making unprecedented moves based on nothing but fear, such as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio shutting down the subway for the first time in its 110-year history due to a forecast.

Once upon a time, not all that long ago, shutting down any subway – especially New York’s – wouldn’t have been an option. Americans, and their leaders, were tough, and refused to let adverse weather get the best of them. It was a badge of honor to keep things open and moving. But that hardy nature has been replaced by a softness too many readily accept, along with the insane attempt to eliminate risk – all part of the new American way of running away from problems rather than facing them. Turns out that “Stronger Than The Storm” is nothing more than a slick TV slogan after all.

3. “My children’s school was canceled today. Because of, what? Some ice?”

We have now reached the point where many school administrators are ordering delayed openings or cancellations, but not for snow or even the threat of snow. Schools are now routinely closing because slush turns to ice on some roads and sidewalks, and, no exaggeration, because it’s cold. How is that possible?

It’s winter. It gets cold. What part of that is so foreign a concept? Do they have any idea the havoc they wreak on parents who are forced to scramble to make arrangements, and the impact their actions have on jobs and vacations – jobs that ultimately pay their salaries?

And, by the way, the above quote was by President Obama in 2009 as he was dumbfounded that Washington shut down over a little bit of bad weather, unlike his native Chicago, where, at that point, schools hadn’t closed for snow in 10 years. If only he had used more of that gritty determination on other matters.

4. How many Stormtrackers, Weather Authorities, Mobile Weather Labs, Double Scans, and Mega Dopplers do we really need to see? Especially when they can’t even provide a semblance of accuracy when it matters most.

That’s a lot of different ways to say the same thing: Uninformative, irrelevant, and all too often inaccurate forecasts. It’s bad enough to be wrong, but is it really necessary for TV stations to go on the air extra early (4 a.m.) a full day before a “snow event?”

Many of us don’t know, or care, what Alberta Clippers and polar vortexes are. We can’t tell the difference between high and low pressure, and we understand that sleet, ice and freezing rain are all pretty much the same: Bad. Let’s cut to the chase: The only things we need to know are what the weather will be today, tonight, tomorrow, and, while we know it’s subject to change, what it might be over the next few days.

We don’t need “team coverage” reporters bringing us the same old pictures of salt being loaded into trucks, plows being readied, and people saying how cold it is. But most of all, we don’t need the patronizing condescension of weather folks and bureaucrats telling us to “be careful,” “take it easy,” “slow down,” and “stay off the roads.” Gee, thanks. Glad you told us, because we wouldn’t have known any of that had you not shoved it down our throats eight times over the last half hour.

Most people have common sense, and, under threat of snow or ice, will slow down or, if possible, remain indoors. There will always be morons who drive 80 miles an hour in 6 inches of snow because they think SUVs are invincible. No amount of platitudes will prevent that, so let’s stop with nanny-state commands.

5. The larger issue is a media that, instead of providing thorough, even-keeled reporting, thrives on sensationalism, playing on fears and whipping up hysteria. And it’s not just weather, but all aspects of the news.

Not surprisingly, people are tuning out. Viewers, listeners and readers have walked away, and journalists’ reputations now rank alongside those of politicians, trial lawyers and snake oil salesmen.

To be sure, there are still some outstanding news outlets doing the grunt work that makes for great journalism. But while the Internet and an explosion of additional venues have played a role in ratings and revenue declines, they are but symptoms of a greater illness. An increasingly lazy, biased and incompetent Fourth Estate has violated the cardinal rule of the Media’s Field Of Dreams: If you provide content, they will come.

That hasn’t been happening, and fans are exiting the ballpark.

It’s time for the media to reinvent itself and get back to basics, or the storm clouds threatening it will only grow more severe.

Blame Media For America’s Problems