tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post7808399803715036914..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #13071Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-21391261281960272682013-03-14T17:26:45.528-05:002013-03-14T17:26:45.528-05:00Seems only fair, Blissex, after forty years of bei...Seems only fair, Blissex, after forty years of being paid less for doing the same jobs, women should get some bennies. Better late than never.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-53895015288020254092013-03-14T16:46:04.063-05:002013-03-14T16:46:04.063-05:00«extend the eligibility age. But that will lead to...«extend the eligibility age. But that will lead to fewer lifetime benefits for the poor, who will end up paying for the extended lifespan benefits for the rich.»<br /><br />Not quite -- it it a way to transfer from men, who live less and pay more contributions and taxes at any level of income, to women, who live longer and pay less contributions and taxes at any level of income.<br /><br />The welfare system is mostly a large way to transfer income from men to women, in large part because women are a a majority of voters as they vote more often and live longer, and even more importantly they are far more likely to be swing voters.Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-15371490863882640162013-03-13T00:08:39.635-05:002013-03-13T00:08:39.635-05:00The mummies studied covered a 4,000 year span and ...The mummies studied covered a 4,000 year span and the world from Egypt to Alaska to Peru and included hunter-gatherers as well as potentates. No the sample was not large, but it was most certainly varied. Not all of these subjects were the idle rich.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81917665642236167422013-03-12T23:58:11.414-05:002013-03-12T23:58:11.414-05:00RE "Inheritance" I'm not sure I'...RE <b>"Inheritance"</b> I'm not sure I'd be willing to make such sweeping claims based upon the incredibly small sample size of those individuals who happened to be mummified. I've a suspicion that the class of folks rich and powerful enough to "enjoy" mummification might have been as overfed and inactive as we are!kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-91593179391694976872013-03-12T14:04:05.425-05:002013-03-12T14:04:05.425-05:00The article on DST and a possible link with health...The article on DST and a possible link with health problems caught my attention. I've always thought DST was a bad idea. It always took me about 2-3 weeks to get over the change. Coffee certainly saved me from falling asleep at the job. I still have fond hope that some day DST will be repealed. <br /><br />Call me Geezer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-29436314234969732992013-03-12T13:33:17.991-05:002013-03-12T13:33:17.991-05:00I suppose that depends on what inflation we're...I suppose that depends on what inflation we're talking about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342078297930896571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-74628369455411254412013-03-12T12:16:56.095-05:002013-03-12T12:16:56.095-05:00re I'm OK, are you OK? I would vote for any po...re <b>I'm OK, are you OK?</b> I would vote for any politician that ran on a platform to abolish the time change. Could be crazy as a loon on everything else and they would still get my vote.<br /><br />I have no confidence in these petitions doing anything at all, but if you feel like tilting at the same windmill please go here:<br /><br />https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/eliminate-bi-annual-time-change-caused-daylight-savings-time/ShChxpKhjfwellspdxhttp://twitter.com/jfwellspdxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81216700493326779762013-03-12T12:13:50.194-05:002013-03-12T12:13:50.194-05:00No, Drew, there is no inflation, or at least very ...No, Drew, there is no inflation, or at least very little. Haven't you been listening to the government?<br /><br />And really, the rapid rush of inflation predicted has not arrived, it's not even on the horizon, even though Gentle Ben has been trying like hell to get some going.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-54052288193253894272013-03-12T12:03:48.943-05:002013-03-12T12:03:48.943-05:00and here is a more "news-worthy version of th...and here is a more "news-worthy version of the people held without trial for refusing to speak, and subsequently released without charge after many months imprisonment, most spent in solitary confinement in a federal prison...what bill of rights, huh<br /><br />http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/28/nation/la-na-seattle-anarchists-20130301<br /><br />best<br />mtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81469540151785433152013-03-12T11:30:51.783-05:002013-03-12T11:30:51.783-05:00On Fear, With Loathing: Inflation is non-existant?...On Fear, With Loathing: Inflation is non-existant?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342078297930896571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-43351531964581738372013-03-12T11:16:22.017-05:002013-03-12T11:16:22.017-05:00CK please read this article about 3 us citizens wh...CK please read this article about 3 us citizens who have been imprisoned without trial at the sea-tac (seattle tacoma) federal detention facility for exercising their 5th amendment rights<br /><br />this article coupled with the developing domestic drone policy and several of your recent HLS articles makes the governments intentions quite clear<br /><br />thanks for your diligence and your informative web site<br /><br />best wishes<br />mock turtle<br /><br />http://wagingnonviolence.org/2013/02/two-grand-jury-resisters-released-today/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-31360495527894338342013-03-12T09:27:52.036-05:002013-03-12T09:27:52.036-05:00re minyan - missus charley and i were in the car t...re <b>minyan</b> - missus charley and i were in the car this a.m. when we heard on the radio news the name of our own archbishop suggested as a potential pope - i told her that in the unlikely event of this happening, there would be at least one good effect - there would be a new leader for our archdiocese<br /><br />not that it's likely the new guy would be any better, but one can always hope<br /><br />i am an optimist about the new pope - he will be the best possible pope under the circumstances (and my pessimistic side says, "yeah, you're probably right")<br /><br />the who - i'm free<br /><br /><i>you've been told many times before<br />messiahs pointed to the door<br />no one had the guts to leave the temple</i><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1vBolJf5Qmistah charley, ph.d.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1vBolJf5Qnoreply@blogger.com