So how’s that Government Health Care workin’ out for ya?

 humor, I'm from the government, Obamazombies, politics  3 Responses »
Oct 062009
 

So, you know how the current narrative is that Evil Private Health Insurance Companies are out to screw ya… taking your money then denying your claim when the time comes? And how Universal Health Care is gonna fix that little problem?

Ummmmmmm……

Medicare denies a higher percentage of claims than the other insurers listed (though not a much higher rate than Aetna), and at about double the rate of most of ’em.

Just wait until the government has *complete* control of the health care industry. That’ll be awesome.

 Posted by at 4:53 pm

Lamest Propaganda EVAR

 blather, dumbassery, humor, news, Obamazombies, politics  1 Response »
Oct 062009
 

Yesterday Obama had a group of a hundred and fifty or so doctors listen in rapt attention to him in the Rose Garden as he blathered forth about “health care reform.” OK, so these weren’t a “broad cross-section” of American doctors, but instead a leftist special interest group (“Doctors for America,” formerly known as “Doctors for Obama” until spring ’09). Rather than “grass roots,”this would be that “astroturf” Nacy Pelosi mentions. Sort of Medi-Turf, I suppose. But ok, fine, Obama preached to the choir. Perfectly normal sort of political theater for a politician. But where this turned into theater of the absurd was that the majority of the doctors in the photo-op were wearing white lab coats.

I’ve been to many doctors over the years, as most people have. And for the most part, doctors *haven’t* worn lab coats when I’ve gone to see them… just regular clothes. Conversely, I myself commonly wore a lab coat back when I was an actual rocket engineer (sigh…) and working with propellants and such… but I *didn’t* wear my lab coat when away from work. So it seemed odd that this group of 150 doctors all decided to show up looking like they weren’t real doctors, but they play one on TV.

But as it turns out, the docs didn’t all just spontaneously decide to wear their lab coats. The White House told them to. And more, for those who forgot, the White House had a stash on hand, and handed them out to the docs who dared to fail to wear the days selected uniform.

From the NY Post:

The physicians, all invited guests, were told to bring their white lab coats to make sure that TV cameras captured the image.

But some docs apparently forgot, failing to meet the White House dress code by showing up in business suits or dresses.

So the White House rustled up white coats for them and handed them to the suited physicians who had taken seats in the sun-splashed lawn area.

Now, is this some sign of evil intent? No. What it is, however, is yet another example of PR bungling on the part of a WHite House that seems more interested in form than function… but can’t figure out how to get the form to function.

 Posted by at 4:19 pm

Obama cancels meeting with Dalai Lama ‘to keep China happy’

 dumbassery, humor, Obamazombies, politics, religion  3 Responses »
Oct 052009
 

Oh, this is just awesomeness on a stick. According to the Telegraph:

President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week in a move to curry favour with the Chinese.

The decision came after China stepped up a campaign urging nations to shun the Tibetan spiritual leader.

It means Mr Obama will become the first president not to welcome the Nobel peace prize winner to the White House since the Dalai Lama began visiting Washington in 1991.

And of course there’s this:

Mr Obama has changed his position on Tibet since his election campaign.

In April 2008, he was joined by Hillary Clinton, then his rival for the Democratic nomination and now his Secretary of State, in calling on George W Bush to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony in protest at the bloody repression of a popular uprising in Tibet.

I’ve no particular fondness for the Dalai Lama. But I do know that the Chinese Communists – in fact, all Communists – suck. I also know that the far Left, Obamas most loyal fanbase, revere the Dalai Lama. The repurcussions of this could be entertaining, to say the least.

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At least one person in the article well and truly Gets It:

Sophie Richardson, Asia advocate for Human Rights Watch, said: “Presidents always meets the Dalai Lama and what happens? Absolutely nothing.

“This idea that if you are nice to the Chinese Communist Party up front you can cash in later is just wrong. If you lower the bar on human rights they will just move it lower and lower.”

 Posted by at 7:48 pm

Found on eBay: Hughes Y-Wing “Hot Cycle” VTOL model

 aircraft, eBay, models, projects  6 Responses »
Oct 042009
 

Note that the description given in the actual auction is not accurate.

HUGHES PROTOTYPE MODEL XV-9A HOT CYCLE HELICOPTER

From estate of late military helicopter test pilot and holder of Sikorsky built helicopter speed record comes this unique-one of a kind- sturdy resin model on heavy aircraft grade aluminum plinth, with terrain finish. Please check out enclosed link showing the actual prototype. I believe only one was ever built and it was basically a patchwork piece assembled with parts from other military aircraft. The “Hot Cycle” technology did not pan out and the aircraft was never put into production. This model purchased from test pilot’s son in Southern California, shows an obviously different design in the rotor and tail structure as well as the placement of the engines. Therefore my one of a kind claim. I will let my pictures do the talking, should you need more………no problem…I will need your email address included with request. The piece will weigh 11 lbs including packaging and will be disassembled for safety in transit. The plinth and arm are the heaviest parts of the unit.

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Note… this is *not* a model of the XV-9. That was a helicopter that actually flew, using the “Hot Cycle” system… turbojet exhaust was ducted through the central into the hollow mast, through the hub, and down ducts through the rotors to nozzles at the tips. This would spin the rotors without the need for a direct mechanical drive, eliminating most of the torque that conventional helicopter drives produce – and thus eliminating the need for a tail rotor. While in development, Hughes engineers had the idea that an advanced application of the Hot Cycle system would be to spin up three-bladed “Y-Wings,” which could, once the vehicle was airborne and moving forward at a good clip, stop their rotation and be fixed in place as wings. This would drastically reduce drag and increase high-speed efficiency. So they drew up a series of “Y-Wing” vehicles… one of which is currently being auctioned on eBay, seen above. Numerous variations on the concept were designed, with varying ratios of “rotor size” to “hub size,” but all were meant to be high-speed aircraft that could take off and land vertically in the manner of a helicopter. Unfortunately, the XV-9 itself, with otherwise normal helicopter rotors, was a fuel hog, as well as loud. The Y-Wing in hover would have burned through fuel like it was throwing it overboard.

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 Posted by at 3:32 pm

Danes explain why Obama failed

 blather, humor, Obamazombies, politics  4 Responses »
Oct 032009
 

Obama got his ass handed to him by the IOC. He didn’t just fail, he failed spectacularly. Let me put it this way: if he had gone to the IOC dressed like a crack-whore Hollywood transexual prostitute, bitch-slapped the lot of them and then taken a dump on their table right in front of CNNs cameras, he wouldn’t have lost things for Chicago (and for those in the Chicago political machine to whom he owes his career) any worse than he actually did.

OK, but *why* did he fail? Some Danish newspaper articles on the topic are linked (and Google-translated, with some odd results), here:

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/789#

 Hans Bonde, professor of sport history at the University of Copenhagen, told the newspaper: “Here come the more favor Obama just before the deadline and made showoff. He clearly won the battle in the media, but it turned out indeed to be indifferent. IOC members did not feel important, and they were indeed reduced to spectators and not players. So if he had come, he would have had time for a personal lubricant.“

Well, sure. Obviously.

 Posted by at 5:50 pm

Feline healing

 awesomeness, cats, photography  4 Responses »
Oct 032009
 

I spent a remarkably short period of time today in the local grocery store parking lot with a “free kittens” sign. All five kittens were given away within 45 minutes or so.

Upon returning home, I released Fingers from the basement, where she’s been for the last month and a half. I didn’t want to let her outside until I had the kitten-issue resolved, in case she needed to keep playing mother cat to any unwanted kittens. Once outside, I took some pictures of her. Her recovery has been nothing short of remarkable.

As mentioned a while back, Fingers had a horrible abcess that the vets treated by simply chopping away about a quarter of the skin around her neck. For a long time it remained a hideous gaping wound. But after some weeks, it suddenly began to close… and now there is almost no evidence of it.

For those interested in the”before shot,” it’s here. Be warned, it ain’t pretty.

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And here are the “after shots.” The only evidence that she had something wrong is a patch of shorter fur… and what looks like a scratched-n-scabbed mosquito bite.

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Her wound was the sort of thing that had it happened to me, I’d still be crying about it. And damned sure would not have healed over by now, not without a whole lot of skin grafts.

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 Posted by at 5:10 pm
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