NUGGETS

Lugosi posted this earlier today and it is too funny not to share.

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Alissa & me at Sarentos on the Beach in the late winter of 2004. Now you can see why I wear a hat and beard.
Judy's daughter, and my "daughter", Amber when she was 17/18. She is 35 now.
Judy when she was about 32.
For an ugly old fart, I sure do have a lot of beautiful women in my life.

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Ever wonder where the writers of Star Trek - TNG came up with the Captain's last name? On this day in 1931 Piccard and Knipfer made the first balloon assent into the Earth's stratosphere. That same Piccard also made the first dive to the deepest part of the ocean at a different time. A true explorer who "went where no one has gone before."

10 years later, today, the British sank the German battleship Bismark. You may have seen the movie on late night television.

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That box on top of your TV that allows connection between it and the cable company's feed may be phased out. Which will mean one less remote control to lose.

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Do/did you like to Par-Tay? Been to some really wild ones I bet. But could they be as wild as our ancesters had?

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Ever had plumbing problems at your place? They never seem to occur during normal business hours do they? Usually at night or over a long weekend when nobody is available. Think of what the crew on the ISS must be experiencing, in zero-G no less. Yuck.

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It does have a bulge around it's middle. So how much does our galaxy, the Milky Way, weigh?

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A new entry for my LLDE file.

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Oh, that French attempt to set the world skydiving record has been put on hold. His balloon left without him.

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

A QUICK TRIP AROUND THE BLOCK

The pattern is starting to repeat itself again this year. I don't know if it is global warming, "El Nino" or what, but rainfall in the 50th State is drastically low. On the verge of being a drought again. And until the next monsoon in the late Fall, no relief is on the horizon.

Prior to the 20th Century, very few people were exposed to EMF. In fact the exposure rate was pretty stable for most of the world until the post-WWII boom. Now, your body is bombarded 24/7 with EMF. From power lines, cars, appliances, TV & radio transmissions, cell phones and wi-fi, just to name a few. Some folks are starting to claim an allergic reaction. They probably are correct but, sadly, the genie is already out of the bottle and I don't see how we'll ever recapture it.

A Continental Airlines pilot claims that a rocket whizzed past his plane. No, not from terrorists but a model rocket. Those things can reach heights of 40,000 feet.

I see that Canada's foreign minister has resigned after a scandal involving a former girlfrined and mishandling of gov't documents. And the Prime Minister of Israel may not be in office much longer either. Just a wee bit of a corruption problem for him.

Remember taking the SAT and ACT tests in high school? They pretty much determined what college/university you would be able to apply for or be forced to accept. There seems to be a growing trend for institutions of higher education to not even look at those scores anymore.

America has gun crimes, the UK has knife crimes. A cultural difference with the same outcome. Death. I guess the Brits just want to get more "up close & personal" when they snuff out a life while the Yanks tend to go for volume. Knifes went out of style in the US after West Side Story.

I have my opinions about the immigration issue and I am sure that you have yours. McCain seems to serve his up de jour, depending on which way the wind is blowing.

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on Sunday, June 1st, and runs until the 30th of November. This year, NOAA plans on using drone aircraft to supplement our traditional "Hurricane Hunters." While the C-130's penetrate a hurricane at about 10,000 feet, the drone's mission will be to enter the storms just 300 feet above sea level. They are hoping for 2-5 missions.

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

DAILY CHUCKLE

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

IT WAS A BAD IDEA THEN

AND ITS A BAD IDEA NOW

Massive increases in manpower. "Light at the end of the tunnel." Stay the course.

McCain must remember this, from the Vietnam War.

The refusal of our leaders to see that what we were involved in was unwinnable conflict and a wasted sacrifice of America's GIs. Supporting a corrupt government that was only interested in personal gain and power. Not popular with their countrymen. Our leaders telling us that to withdraw would let the dreaded communists win and all the American lives lost would have been in vain. So we kept shipping more troops to the slaughter. And we still ended up having our hats handed to us on the way out the door.

Yesterday, while stumping for votes in New Mexico, John McCain vowed not to waiver in his support for the war in Iraq. "Even if I must stand athwart popular opinion."

Obama was also beating his drum in New Mexico. "As many of you know, my intention is to bring this war in Iraq to a close and to start bringing home our troops in an orderly fashion."

We are not wanted there except by the powerless government that we created. The real reason we stay is moot, the fact remains that it is time to bring our girls and boys back home. NOW!

I can disregard all other issues in this Presidential race. I think the two quotes above pretty much state the philosophical differences between the two candidates and I know which one I'll be voting for.

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In a race against time, China is trying to drain a "quake lake" in a controlled manner before it breeches and floods the valley below, in the area of the earthquake. I have my fingers crossed.

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A few years back, the Mexican government created a Public Service Announcement to dissuade people from crossing the border into the USA illegally. The person who portrayed the "coyote" was a US Border Patrol agent. It now appears he wasn't really acting.

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One report and two different statements as to what it says.

There is the IAEA's side and Iran's side. Of course, they disagree completely.

And I thought Dubya was critical of Obama's idea to negotiate with Iran? Something must have changed.

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And isn't it time we review our policy towards Cuba? We have trade with China, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia. So why is Cuba still the pariah in the pool? Fidel has stepped down and his brother will only have a few years to reign. Isn't it time to start the steps towards bringing Cuba back into the Western hemisphere? Hell, we even trade with Venezuela, whose leader hates our guts.

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You all remember the TV networks' Red/Blue maps showing which candidate took what state. The Democrats dominating the two coasts and the Republicans filling in the southern and mid-America areas. The final selection being determined by the results in one or two pivotal States. Those traditions may change this year.

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Well, the weekend is over and everybody heads back to work today. I hope you had an enjoyable time with the summer vacation season kick-off. Next big break will be the mid-season Fourth of July pause and then another 3-day'er when Labor Day brings vacations to a screeching halt. How much fun and excitement will you be able to cram into those 95 days?

Thank you for the time you have spent with me today and I'll be back later with more. Aren't you glad this is only a 4-day work week?

Mahalo

Aloha

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

Over The Limit?
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"Let's all be careful out there!"