Yakety Sax

Notice that I get a little less political when the world gets more nervous making? Like I would jinx it if I speak about how fearful Putin is about Obama's non-crossable lines.  Fact of it is, tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia even when there were real men in the White House. The Obama team is probably not even a factor in Putin's calculations.

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I Don't Know What the Photographer is Doing

But I wish he would stop.

Coincidence ?

The light seems to be coming from the right direction for this to just be a coincidence. But man, this not good. Could a clever cameraman have engineered a shot like this? Well, remember these are the guys who could get a halo around the Kenyan's head most of the time before that first election.
 Oh man, did I say that out loud? I'm sorry. Oh well, it's too late to backspace now.

In other news, Alec Baldwin swears off New York, and Jane Fonda cries all the time. I say: remember how he left America when Bush was reelected, and I wonder if it'd be possible to purchase some of those tears.

Be Careful What You Wish For

It's not a secret that the problem with electric cars is the battery. Solve that and anyone can make an electric car. But a battery breakthrough will bring new problems.

From MIT Technology Review:

Back in 2011, President Obama set the ambitious goal of having 1 million electric vehicles on US roads by 2015. Whether automakers will hit this target is the subject of much debate. But the possibility of the widespread adoption of electric vehicles raises an interesting problem.

It’s easy to imagine the number of electric cars increasing but it’s much harder to see the electricity generating capacity increasing the same rate at the same time. Generating capacity will eventually catch up with this extra demand. But in the meantime, how can all these cars be charged?

It's good they're working on this now because when some 15 year old savant develops a lightweight battery, constructed from common household materials, electric demand will explode.

Big Al Says

Big gassy Al Gore says:

“The Dust Bowl is coming back, quickly, unless we act.”
-Al Gore

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/22/4843012/al-gore-brings-climate-change.html#storylink=cpy

That's right. Global warming is going to make us plow up natural ground cover in semi-arid regions, then leave them vulnerable to wind erosion -- just like in the Dust Bowl.

He also told some flooding lies, but rewriting the reason for the Dust Bowl gets the prize this week.

How Lazy Have We Become?

I can see it now: the barbeque was set to begin in an hour and the urban grillmaster went out back to clean off the grill. On his way out, he had to step over the Roomba. And a light bulb appeared over his head.

So twenty minutes later the Roomba is melted and there are carpet fibers embedded in the grill skludge. Then came an afternoon of guests asking what was that odd seasoning in the burgers, and his wife's betrayal, and the threatened lawsuits.  But out of this perfectly understandable, albeit regrettable, chain of events came an idea: the Grillbot.

All I can figure is that these guys have never seen my grill. Sure, the Grillbot might clean it but then what's going to clean the Grillbot? A Grillbot-bot? And what's going to clean that? See where I'm going with this? I just have too much "grill-patina" to ever get clean without military grade explosives being involved.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is a great idea. But look at that thing. It's much too pretty to be set loose on a crud covered grill. Better just put it in a display case in the living room. But keep the charger; I have a feeling they'll be racing these things in Texas before long.

Found

via: forgot where I found it

US vs Canada Hockey

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Twenty Survival Tips

Didja know?:

3. Stay on the Dock.

On May 20, 2013, Kyle McGonigle was on a dock on Kentucky's Rough River Lake. A dog swimming nearby yelped, and McGonigle, 36, saw that it was struggling to stay above water. He dove in to save the dog, but both he and the animal drowned, victims of electric-shock drowning (ESD). Cords plugged into an outlet on the dock had slipped into the water and electrified it.

STAT: The number of annual deaths from ESD in the U.S. are unknown, since they are counted among all drownings. But anecdotal evidence shows that ESD is widespread. ESD prevention groups have successfully urged some states to enact safety standards, including the installation of ground-fault circuit interrupters and a central shutoff for a dock's electrical system.

DON'T: Swim within 100 yards of any wired dock. But do check whether docks follow safety standards.

Many of these survival tips are just common sense but some might surprise you. For instance did you know that the safest place to be during a natural disaster is in the interior room of a mansion, eating lobster with clarified butter? There are also surprisingly few hunting accidents in mansions. Afraid of drowning? Again, the safest place is the palatial estate.

That's why Al Gore will live forever most likely. Next to mansions, the safest place to be is in the rearmost seat of your limousine. Sipping champagne, without bears or snakes in attendance. (or if you absolutely must have bears, make sure they're small bears)  

h/t: Wet/Dry

Angela Merkel