We got two, maybe three inches of new snow yesterday and last night. It's below freezing (just barely) right now. What with the seven inches we got on Wednesday, the mountain oughta be a great shape for tomorrow.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Torture Report runs interference for Cromnibus?
TV newsies have been totally consumed by the "Torture Report". The report itself is 6000 pages long, and nobody, but nobody is gonna read thru that. So partisan pundits have attacked from the left and the right, and the citizen is left with nothing factual, just heated opinions. The newsies love this story and allow it to drive everything all off the news.
Meanwhile, lame duck Congress is passing a $1 Trillion dollar appropriation bill, the "Continuing Resolution/Omnibus Spending Bill". It will fund the entire federal government for a year. That's a staggering sum of money. Spread out over 1600 pages to make it difficult-to-impossible to figure out who gets how much. Enough pork to choke a hog can be hidden in 1600 pages. Nobody has read this monster flimflam either. Nobody knows what's in it. A few staff people know that their bit of pork got stuffed in, or got dropped on the floor, but none of 'em know the whole story.
There must be some bad stuff in there if they think they need the Torture Report to hide it.
Not the way to do business.
Meanwhile, lame duck Congress is passing a $1 Trillion dollar appropriation bill, the "Continuing Resolution/Omnibus Spending Bill". It will fund the entire federal government for a year. That's a staggering sum of money. Spread out over 1600 pages to make it difficult-to-impossible to figure out who gets how much. Enough pork to choke a hog can be hidden in 1600 pages. Nobody has read this monster flimflam either. Nobody knows what's in it. A few staff people know that their bit of pork got stuffed in, or got dropped on the floor, but none of 'em know the whole story.
There must be some bad stuff in there if they think they need the Torture Report to hide it.
Not the way to do business.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Cannon Mountain Ski Weather
Nothing happened yesterday until noon, when it started to snow, lightly. Nothing worth mentioning until the sun went down. By this morning I had 7 inches of new snow on my deck. Since then, it's warmed up, it's right at the freezing mark, and we are getting a light rain. The TV weathermen aren't sure what happens tonight, rain or snow?
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
The Librarians
New TV show, advertised for AMC, they actually showed it on TNT. Sunday night premier, two hours long. It's an Indiana Jones kind of action adventure show. "Search for King Arthur's Celtic Crown" was the title of the first episode. Which ought to give you an idea of what it's about.
It's lacking. I feel asleep before the two hours were up. Characters were weak, I didn't learn any of their names, always a bad sign. The leading man is an anti team player, spends most of the time badmouthing his team mates. His blond second in command has a mean right cross. By rights she should have slugged him before the second commercial. In the last reel, crown recovered, he lays them all off. So much for the One for All, All for One" spirit.
I don't think I will bother to catch the next episode. Hollywood is as lame as ever.
It's lacking. I feel asleep before the two hours were up. Characters were weak, I didn't learn any of their names, always a bad sign. The leading man is an anti team player, spends most of the time badmouthing his team mates. His blond second in command has a mean right cross. By rights she should have slugged him before the second commercial. In the last reel, crown recovered, he lays them all off. So much for the One for All, All for One" spirit.
I don't think I will bother to catch the next episode. Hollywood is as lame as ever.
480 Page Executive Summary??
The Democratic CIA Torture Report is getting released today. The executive summary (introduction for Congress critters) is 480 pages long!!! The whole report is 6000 pages. Who in their right mind can wade thru that much gobbledegook? I'll bet it kept about fifty bureaucrats busy writing it.
I cannot believe anything of substance survives being spread over 6000 pages.
I cannot believe anything of substance survives being spread over 6000 pages.
Grilling Gruber
Darrel Issa's committee has Gruber up on TV and they are doing him medium rare. Gruber made the TV news for a number of speeches in which he called the American voters "dumb" or "stupid". Actually, the voters, once they found out what Obamacare was doing to them, voted a whole bunch of politicians out of office. It was the Congress critters who gave us Obamacare, not the voters. The voters, and the Republicans were solidly against Obamacare. It was the Democrat Congress critters that Gruber was able to flim flam into sticking us with Obamacare. The voters weren't dumb, but their Congress men were.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Every quarter or so, Uncle will report so many jobs "created". I wonder where those numbers come from? ADP? Businesses mail a form into Uncle? Withholding tax? Presumable they are reporting on hires. Every quarter we do some hiring and some firing. Are the reported numbers the number of hires less the number of fires? Which it should be. Or do they just report new hires 'cause you get a bigger number that way?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Inquiring minds want to know.
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