July 2009 – Page 4 – The Unwanted Blog

Some light reading

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Jul 232009

The laughably titled “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,” H.R. 3200, can be downloaded as a 1.75 meg PDF file HERE.

<>It’s a lean 1017 pages long. That’s right, a thousand fargin’ pages. If by some odd chance you don’t want to read the whole thing, someone has started going through it and taking notes:

Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL
EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill – THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides
what treatments/benes u get

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill – YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!

Pg 42 of HC Bill – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC
Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill – HC will be provided 2 ALL non US
citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58HC Bill – Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a
National ID Healthcard will b issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks
accts 4 elect. funds transfer

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their
families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans
under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill – Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC
plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill – Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The
Govt will ration ur Healthcare!

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill – Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs.
Example – Translation 4 illegal aliens

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN &
Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill – Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members – U
Health care WILL b rationed

-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill – Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b
automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No
“judicial review” against Govt Monop

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill – Doctors/ #AMA – The Govt will tell YOU
what u can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt
plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND
their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k & above who does not
prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub.
opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC
accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv.
taxes. (Americans will pay)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have
access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC – “The tax imposed under this section shall not
be treated as tax” Yes, it says that

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid.
Seniors, low income, poor affected

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill – Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u
have, you’ll all be paid the same

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr’s time, prof judg, etc.
Literally value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC
industries

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven
wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer
patients – welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems
preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that
results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.

Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells
Drs. what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating
hospitals cannot expand

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community
input required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 – Govt mandates estab. of outcome based
measures. HC the way they want. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans,
HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan

Pg 354 Sec 1177 – Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl!
WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy – Telehealth Advisory
Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think
Senior Citizens end of life

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living
wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of
life resources, guiding u in death

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The
Govt has a say in how ur life ends

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “adv. care planning consult” will b used
frequently as patients health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 “adv. care consultation” may incl an ORDER 4 end of
life plans. AN ORDER from GOV

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 – The govt will specify which Doctors can write an
end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will
have at end of life

Pg 469 – Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello,
ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment
2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which
means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining,
creating, rationing those svcs

XAB model progress

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Jul 232009

Just about there for the main design elements. Lots of detailing to do, and of course there are the fighters….

Found on eBay: Apollo Wood 1966 Space Ship Desk Model General Dynamics

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Jul 222009

An early Apollo concept. At this writing, bidding stands at $739.00.

This auction is for: an in house hand built scratch model of a lunar take off vehicle by General Dynamics Corp, made sometime circa mid 1960s. Created only for the people directly involved with this particular aspect of this particular space program. Not offered for public or private sale, ever. Wood and aluminum, this is not your standard plastic desk model. Approx. H: 18.5″, with the base 1/2″. The approx. dia: 4.75″. There are some dings as shown, but overall this is a great model, and one not seen on the market much, if ever. It comes apart as shown in one of the pictures, and this is how it will be shipped to the winner. I am listing this with no reserve.

UPDATE: This is very likely an Apollo utilizing the M-2 re-entry vehicle, from Convair’s 1961 study (see comments). I’ve seen *this* design numerous times… but never in model form, always in cutaway diagram form.

Found on eBay: Apollo Extension System Nasa Contractor Model Set

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Jul 222009

Again with the “Nasa…”

Edit: Auction NOT over, highest bid of $510.00 (didn’t make reserve).

Here’s a lovely old contractor model set from the Apollo Program. Not a Topping Model or a PacMin Model either. This really consists of three seperate models: The CSM or Command and Service Module, the Resource Module, and the two-part Laboratory / Habitation Module. The Command Module is one piece with the Service Module, and does not come off. There is not much I could find out about the Apollo Extension System, except that it never flew in this form and morphed into Skylab eventually…so this is an interesting picture of might of have been. Judging by my careful measuring and computing, this set is in the 1/40th scale. The CSM and the LAB modules are HEAVY. I would say these are made of some sort fo heavy resin and metal with plastic(?) elements. ..it looks like there is no damage, except for some fading on some of the decals, and some of the fuel tanks look like they have maybe been re-glued at one time or another. Some yellowing here and there…but overall, in amazing shape for something they were cooking up over 40 years ago. The CSM slides down on a brass post from the base, and the two other modules have a center female dock for a pin at the top of the CSM. There is a small cone that covers the tip-top, which was a lucky find in and of itself. The pictures really dont do this set justice…Nasa made these for presentation purposes and show and tell, and were not intended for ownership by the general public.

This seems to be a model of one of the designs presented here :

Next model in the pipeline

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Jul 222009

The Orion Battleship is out the hatch and, for the moment, out of my hands. At some point it’ll be 3-D printed then I’ll get the parts to clean and finish. But that’ll likely be some weeks off yet.

<> So here’s an early look at the *next* model I’m working on… again via CAD. Those of you steeped in Old School model kits should recognize this.

Doing the right thing

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Jul 212009

Wow.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2009/07/21/wi.car.fire.rescue.amateur.html

Major impact event on Jupiter

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Jul 212009

No, this is *not* a repeat of Shoemaker-Levy 9. Jupiter done got whopped upside the head when nobody was looking…

From the BBC:

The planet Jupiter shows evidence of having being hit by a large object, either a comet or asteroid.

A dark mark has appeared in its atmosphere towards the southern pole.

It was first seen by Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on 19 July, and was then quickly followed up by others including the US space agency.

Nasa used its Infrared Telescope Facility on top of the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii to obtain detailed pictures of the disturbance.

From the JPL website:

Orton and his team of astronomers kicked into gear early in the morning and haven’t stopped tracking the planet. They are downloading data now and are working to get additional observing time on this and other telescopes.

This image was taken at 1.65 microns, a wavelength sensitive to sunlight reflected from high in Jupiter’s atmosphere, and it shows both the bright center of the scar (bottom left) and the debris to its northwest (upper left).

“It could be the impact of a comet, but we don’t know for sure yet,” said Orton. “It’s been a whirlwind of a day, and this on the anniversary of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Apollo anniversaries is amazing.”

Jupiter getting clobbered twice in 15 years might tend to lead a feller to think that the risk of impact might just be a little bit higher than previously expected. With, consequently, a greater need to have a program to mitigate such risks.

Additional images of the impact spot can be seen here: http://jupiter.samba.org/

PS: Any Brits in the Audience: what is this “Nasa” of which the Bbc speaks? Is it anything like the Raf or the Usaf? Surely they can’t mean NASA…

Found on eBay: Grumman G-12A Proposal Factory Desk Model

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Jul 212009

HERE. `Currently $173… too rich for my blood.

This estate find from a former Grumman Aircraft Co. engineer is an original 1964 Topping style Manufacturer Factory Desk Model of the Grumman G-12A USAF two-seat jet attack aircraft.

Model is made of some type of dense plastic or resin material. Finish is silver with blue stenciled and sprayed canopy areas. Wingspan is 13 inches. Length is 14 inches. There is age cracking visible around the cockpit/nose sub-assembly. There is also an area on the bottom of the fuselage where the silver paint has chipped off.

The underwing ordnance needs restoration. Each wing hard point has a rail with 6 bombs attached. All the rails and their bomb loads need to be reattached to the wing. Also, two of the rails have snapped in half and need to be reglued. Also, the centerline rail is also broken and a section with 3 bombs is missing.

Clear acrylic stand base reads “G-12A Two Seat Version” and has the Grumman logo. Stand base measures 8 1/4 inches long. The stand upright has separated from the base and needs to be buffed out and reattached. The model attaches to the upright by 2 brass locating grommets.

The Grumman G-12 was designed in response to a 1964 U.S. Navy Competition for a replacement for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft. Grumman, Vought, North American and Douglas submitted designs. All the designs had to based around existing airframes to maximize commonality of parts and reduce costs and development time. The Grumman G-12 was based on the A-6A Intruder, and featured a single seat on centerline cockpit, simplified radar, and folding horizontal stabilizers to increase the number of aircraft that could be spotted on a carrier deck. The LTV proposal (based on the F-8) won the competition, and resulted in the A-7A attack aircraft.

The Grumman G-12A model offered here is a 2-seat variant of the G-12 which was submitted to the USAF.

Unlike some desk models made in quantity for production aircraft, only a very few of this type of proposal model was made in-house at the Grumman factory, and distributed only to select individuals. This is one you probably won’t see offered again.

Model is straight out of an old house sale, and is guaranteed to be original.

Still, some interesting photos, including:

Apollo 11: part 2

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Jul 202009

OK, this is awesome:

I was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and on July 20, 1969, I was in a small box that sat out in the sun in the third month of a prolonged interrogation about what the Communists were convinced was an escape attempt. Although we did not hear any news about the actual moon landing, the Apollo program did affect us in an interesting way because we thought the landing had happened several months earlier.

One morning in late December 1968, we heard the customary hiss as the loudspeaker system began warming up for what we anticipated would be the usual propaganda session from radio Hanoi. To our surprise, however, at 8 a.m., instead of radio Hanoi, we heard a man with a British accent say, “This is the BBC Hong Kong. The American astronauts become the first human beings to come under the gravitational influence of another celestial body.” And then the radio went dead.

We never knew whether they wanted us to hear this or if it was a terrible mistake by someone who had been surreptitiously listening to the BBC.

An hour later, we were taken out to wash. The first man out of our cell was Air Force Capt. Kenneth Fisher. We had not rehearsed what happened next. Ken looked up and could see the moon in the clear winter sky. He came to a stop, snapped to attention and saluted the moon. Instantly, the rest of us caught on. As each of us left the cell, we came to a stop, snapped to attention and saluted the moon.

Read the rest of the article. It’s worth it.

Apollo 11

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Jul 202009

OK, I guess a 40-year anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon requires a posting. But lets face it, there’s not much I can say that’ll be new or terribly interesting here. So I’ll just post these videos:

Bart Sibrel (an “Apollo was a hoax” whackjob) gets smacked down by Buzz Aldrin

Ed Mitchell kicks Bart Sibrels ass

Neil Armstrong is far more respectful to Sibrel than he deserved.

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