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Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has died!

  CNN web site just reported that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has died at age 56.  He had a number of health problems.  It has been reported that he had pancreatic cancer.

 

“Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011^[6]) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder,^[7] chairman, and former chief executive officer of Apple Inc.^[8][9] Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.^[10]

In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula,^[7] and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of theMacintosh.^[11][12] After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985,^[13][14] Jobs resigned from Apple and foundedNeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until 2011. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios.^[15] He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1% until its acquisition by The Walt Disney company in 2006.^[16] Consequently Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7% and a member of Disney's Board of Directors.^{[17][18][19][20]}

His aim to develop products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted following.^[21]

On August 24, 2011, Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. In his letter of resignation, Jobs strongly recommended that the Apple executive succession plan be followed and Tim Cook be named as his successor. Per his request, Jobs was appointed chairman of Apple's board of directors.^{[22][23][24][25]}

On October 5, 2011 Apple announced that Steve Jobs had died at the age of 56. ^[26]…”

Bus-sized satellite to hit Earth Friday

 

Real Time Satellite Tracking of UARS

 

“The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is an orbital observatory whose mission was to study theEarth’s atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer.

The 5,900 kg (13,000 lb) satellite was deployed in 1991 from Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-48. The original mission life was to be three years. UARS originally orbited at an operational altitude of 375 mi (604 km) with an orbital inclination of 57 degrees. In June 2005, six of the ten instruments were still operational.

On October 26, 2010 the International Space Station performed a debris avoidance maneuver in response to a conjunction with this satellite.^[1] The satellite is expected to fall from orbit some time between September 22 and September 24, 2011.^[2]…”

Let 50 Million Die

  At the CNN GOP debate when a question came up about people not having health care  the Tea Party mob yelled out “let them die.”  Others cheered that statement.  There you have the Tea Party and sorry to say the GOP.
  CNN has a story today saying that 50 million in U.S. lack health care insurance. 

“NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The number of people who lacked health insurance last year climbed to 49.9 million, up from 49 million in 2009, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.

Nationwide, 16.3% of the population was uninsured last year, statistically unchanged from 2009…”

  At the debate when Ron Paul was asked the question about people not having health care insurance … He said he was a doctor and in the old days the church took care of the poor without health care.  Well I am not a doctor and was not a doctor but I worked at eight hospitals and I never saw any hospital treating any patients for free.  I worked at “church” hospitals.  At one hospital before I went to work for that hospital they had a signs up in the ER area saying this is not a free hospital and you must have insurance or the money to pay for your treatment right now.  Years later, of course, they could not get by with having a signs like that so they had signs up saying the law requires us to tell you that we will treat people and if you do not have the money to pay we will try and work something out and we do treat a few patients for free. 

  If you or your child is sick and you do not have insurance … Let us take your child as an example.  Your child is sick.  If you do not have insurance can you find a doctor that will treat your child in the office?  You better have lots of dollars in your billfold.  You know that.  You can not get in to see a doctor without insurance.
  So then when your child is very sick can you take the child to the ER for treatment?  Yes.  Will they treat your child in the ER?  Yes.  You will get a big BIG bill from the hospital, the ER doctor, the lab and xray and other bills and they will DEMAND that you pay those bills.  If you do not pay the bills they will attempt to collect from you.  They will call you.  They will turn you over to collection agencies.
  But you say your child did get treatment right?   Well they saw your child and they gave you an idea of what is wrong and they might have given you a limited Rx for a few days of medication BUT one thing they did give you and that was oral and written orders that you are “To See Your Doctor” for follow up treatment of your child.  The ER does not do follow up treatments.  They take care of the “emergency” visit and tell you to see a doctor in the doctors office.  You say your kid broke his arm.  They might fix the problem at the ER depending on how bad it is OR they might just splint the broken arm and tell you to see see an Orthopedic doctor and they will give you the name of a doctor and tell you to see the doctor in his office.  The first thing the office is going to ask  you when you call is what insurance do you have?

  We need national health care for all Americans.   We also need to make sure that we never vote for any Republican.

 

I was not the only one

                                                               I was not the only one saying they are tired of hearing about 9/11.  I was thinking that I was the only one that would say it out loud.  There have been a number of things posted on the Internet about it.
  If you do a search of Google for “tired of hearing about 9/11” ShowMeBlog is number five on the page.
  Some people are saying by talking about it all the time we are just empowering the terrorists. 
  Now if you lost someone in the 9/11 attack then you are sure not going to agree with people that think you are obsessing over the past.  If you lose someone you will never forget and will always feel it. 
  But we got important issues and I think all the talk all the time about 9/11 and terrorists is holding us back.  It has been ten years now.  Let us move on.  We have issues that we need to deal with that are important right now.

I am tired of hearing about 9/11

  There are some things that you are not allowed to say … Well you can say the things but people are going to hate you.  I am tired of hearing about 9/11.
  I understand that Sunday it will be ten years but the TV channels have been almost non-stop with TV shows about it. 

  OK I understand about 9/11.  I was watching it on TV.  I understand that shock of the people that lost someone and the shock to the people of NYC that one day had those two towers in their skyline and the next day they were gone.  I get it.

  But on 9/11 2,985 people died.  We have 40,000 plus people die each year in traffic accidents.  There were 31,224 firearm deaths in the United States in 2007 and of that number 12,632 were homicides.
  I do not live in New York.  I did not know anyone that died in the 9/11 events in NY, DC and PA. I have had a cousin murdered by a handgun in Dallas (TX).  I had a very good close friend, that I worked with, shot and killed in Kansas City.  I knew another guy and had worked with him in the past and he was murdered by a handgun. 

  We have to do this ten year 9/11 event and we should never forget.  
  But can we keep a few things in perspective please?

  Also let us all remember the service people that have died since 9/11 around the world and that are still dying now. 

Pauline Pearce a brave lady

  Extraordinary speech by a fearless black woman to a mob of black youth during the London riots. 

“The "Heroine of Hackney" video (also named "Truly extraordinary speech by fearless West Indian woman in face of Hackney rioters") is the name of a viral video uploaded to Twitvid in summer 2011.^[1] It shows a local woman from Hackney (since dubbed the "Heroine of Hackney")^[2][3] berating looters during the 2011 England riots.

The 46-second clip was subsequently uploaded to YouTube,^[4] quickly becoming popular and receiving more than a million hits in a few hours.^[5] Its rapid spread was helped by tweeting from famous people such as newspaper editor Piers Morgan^[5] and former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.^[6]

The video was uploaded and filmed by The Daily Telegraph reporter Matthew Moore on a mobile phone.^[1] The woman, filmed close to the rioting and seen holding a walking stick and gesturing, was initially anonymous.^[7][8] Her identity was subsequently reported, along with the information that she is a singer of jazz and is active in community radio station Conscious FM,^[9] campaigning against violent crime.^[6]

Viewers commented that the woman should be given a job in Downing Street or be a bearer of the Olympic Flame for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[8] One viewer commented that he wanted to marry her,^[7] and the speech has also been used in a song.^[10] The woman has reported feeling embarrassment at becoming an internet sensation”.^{[9]        Wikipedia}

Stock Markets Tremble

“NEW YORK -- With just over a week left before the federal government is set to exhaust its borrowing authority, financial markets are on edge.

U.S. stock market futures shuddered Monday, and Asian and European stocks dropped, as federal policymakers still had not come to an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and avoid default. Investors shunned risky assets and moved money toward safety. The tremors, though relatively muted for now, suggest that anxiety about the ongoing stalemate in Washington has crept into markets worldwide, dampening economic prospects as the reliability of the world's most rock-solid credit has been called into doubt…”

 

  That may get the attention of Republicans but I do not think it will get the attention of the Tea Party people.  Some of them say they will not vote to increase the debt limit period.
  I have made a couple of videos on the debt limit matter and I am getting Ron Paul people that say we should be on the gold standard and that it does not matter since we are not on the gold standard that everything is going to crash unless we elect Ron Paul.
  I also got some people commenting that this is all fake that the United States has the money to pay everything on August 3rd if the debt limit is not increased. 
 
  All the experts Republican and Democrat say that we will only have 40% of the money we need on August 3rd.  So we can pay the interest on the debt and either Social Security or the military.  They all agree we will not have money to pay what needs to be paid unless the debt limit increased.

  If they increase the debt limit I hope they do the $2.4 trillion dollar amount.  That will put an end to this crap until after the elections in 2013.  If they do an amount less than that then in a few months and before the election we will have this same shit going on.
  We do not need this before an election.  The GOP wants to defeat President Obama at all costs and they want to make sure the unemployment rate is high and that economic state of the United States is poor.  

  I think the Republicans may come up with some shitty small increase of the debt limit.  The president might veto it.  Then when I and millions of others do not get our check the Republicans can say it is all President Obama’s fault. 
  If I were President Obama I would veto any debt limit increase that does not put the debate on the next one until after the election.  That might be hard for him to do.  Just think of all the people like me with no money.
  I get my SS at the end  of each month so here in a couple of days I will get my SS check.  So I will not expect my next check until the end of August.  I feel sorry for those people that get a check that first week in August. 

Florida’s welfare drug-screen law

“(CNN) -- A controversial law requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening has gone into effect in Florida.

Saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction," Gov. Rick Scott signed the legislation in June…”

 

  Sounds like a good idea to me.  All the states should pass the law.  All states should also pass a law that if you want to get a drivers license you have to pass a drug screening test.  That would help weed out drivers that drink or do drugs as we do not want them driving if drunk or  high.
  Also all states should require a drug test before you can vote. Also for any sort of professional license.  Let us not forget hunting licenses we do not want someone on drugs or drunk hunting they might shoot a friend in the face. 

  Hell it does not matter if the law sounds unconstitutional.  Why should poor people doing drugs have any constitutional rights?

  Plus the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals already has ruled a law like that is unconstitutional but it is great that Gov. Rick Scott signed it into law… Why should he pay any attention to anything like that plus FL has lots of money and is not working about spending taxpayers money so they can afford to spend lots of money defending the law in courts.

  Plus who in the hell cares about the U.S. Fourth Amendment?  It is just an amendment to protect the guilty.  We know that anytime the police arrest someone they are guilty.
  The only amendment that I care about is the U.S. Second Amendment.

  Great job FL and Gov. Rick Scott.  Keep up the good work.

The Texas TSA pat-down bill dies

“AUSTIN -- Legislation to ban invasive pat-downs by federal airport security screeners collapsed in the Texas House on Wednesday as the 82nd Legislature finished a protracted 170-day workathon, including 30 days in overtime…”

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06/29/3189812/blame-game-ensues-after-tsa-pat.html#ixzz1QlCLAGkR

 

  I wish the fucking bill had passed.  Of course President Obama and the TSA, FAA and Justice Department would not have had the balls to fight it like they should have… They would have gone to court and of course the federal government would have won in court.
  But if I was President of the United States I would have had the TSA and FAA ban all International fights in and out of Texas after 9/11 of 2011.
  Texas would have gone to court right away to prevent it but at the same time they would have done away with the fucking law so fucking fast.

“…The bill, which had a die-hard fan base of largely conservative supporters, would have expanded the federal definition of "official oppression" to prohibit federal employees from improperly touching a person's private areas. Violations would constitute a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a maximum $4,000 fine…”

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06/29/3189812/blame-game-ensues-after-tsa-pat.html#ixzz1QlDrEzSV

 

  The people that want the pat-down bill passed are so fucking stupid.  The law would not be legal and the courts would toss it out.  Also even if it became a law and went into effect no one would pay any attention to it.
  You would have stupid low IQ right wing nuts screaming in the airports from time to time but no real law enforcement officer would arrest a TSA security person for “improperly” touching someone during a security pat-down.  Police officers do pat-downs every fucking day.  

  I did a “pat-down” on the husband of an ER patient one time.  He was a pain in the ass all the time. He and his wife were coming to hospital ERs all the time to get drugs.  He owned a small business in the area with x number of employees.
  I had worked at another hospital for a year and he had shown up over there and made threats that he was going to kill the ER doctor and staff.  Then later I was back working at another hospital and he and his wife showed up and he was acting in his nutty way..Refusing to stay out of the exam room and then when he went in with his wife he would close the door and the staff asked him to keep the door open.
  I just fucking took him out of the room and did a pat down on him.  He got so pissed off that he left the hospital and as he was leaving he said is this such and such a hospital and it was not the hospital and I told him “yes” and he left.  Right away his wife was ready to be released and he was not there but they called him on his cell phone.  When he pulled into the ER garage I refused to let him get out of his fucking car.
  Now was that “improperly” touching someone?  I don’t think so.. I think when you got a guy saying he is going to kill a doctor and staff because they will not give him drugs that you would be a piss poor police/security person if you did not do a pat down.

  We have not heard the last of the pat down bill in Texas.  I am sure the right wing conservative government hating nuts will bring it up and keep bring it up until they get something passed.  I think anyone with an IQ higher than 40 knows it is not legal and is a stupid law.  So people will water it down until it is just a worthless scrip of paper and pass it just go get the nuts off their backs.  What they should do is tell them you are fucking stupid and get he hell out of my office you piece of shit.

Star-Telegram: TX Law on Airport Pat-downs

  I am going to print this entire story so you can understand it.

“BY DAVE MONTGOMERY

dmontgomery@star-telegram.com

AUSTIN -- The Texas House on Monday gave preliminary approval to legislation that prohibits invasive pat-downs by federal airport security agents after incorporating changes that led House Speaker Joe Straus to drop his resistance to the bill.

The Senate passed its own watered-down version of the bill Monday night. The measure now goes back to the House for another vote today.

The substantially reworked measure, however, ignited a new wave of hostility from another direction as scores of former supporters staged a noisy protest inside the Capitol to denounce the changes. Austin radio talk show host Alex Jones, who led the rally, said the changes "completely gutted" the bill.

The controversial measure, which has drawn national attention, also faced another adversary: time.

Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, chief sponsor of the bill in the Senate, acknowledged that it will be a challenge to get the measure to Gov. Rick Perry's desk before the Legislature's special session ends Wednesday.

Despite all the obstacles that have arisen, the bill showed unexpected signs of life just days after Straus denounced it as a "publicity stunt" and vowed that it would not come to the House floor in its original form.

The reworked House bill emerged from talks between Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, and senior members of Straus' leadership team.

Straus said that "after substantial revisions to the bill," he was satisfied that the legislation "lets Texans travel safely, protects the privacy of citizens and enables law enforcement to do its job."

The bill would expand the federal definition of "official oppression" to ban federal employees from improperly touching a person's private areas. Violations would constitute a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a maximum $4,000 fine.

The Transportation Security Administration opposes the measure and has threatened legal action if it becomes law.

The revised bill has changes urged by the Texas attorney general's office to help counter possible constitutional hurdles. One key change allows agents to argue, as an element of defense, that they believed that they were acting within the scope of the Constitution.

Another major revision changes the proposed standard for conducting searches from "probable cause" to "reasonable suspicion" of wrongdoing. The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas said a "probable cause" standard would unduly restrict law enforcement searches.

But, conversely, supporters of the original bill said permitting "reasonable suspicion" as a basis for airport screening allowed a more relaxed standard that would give TSA agents broad latitude to conduct pat-downs. The bill applies to searches involving people seeking access to public buildings or transportation.

At least 75 protesters led by Jones crowded outside the House and Senate and packed into the governor's reception room to assail the House bill.

Patrick and Simpson defended the changes as necessary to get the bill passed. They predicted that it would force the TSA to make policy changes to prevent abusive behavior.

Dave Montgomery is the Star-Telegram's Austin bureau chief. 512-476-4294”

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06/27/3183731/texas-house-senate-approve-reworked.html#ixzz1QZvevVrK

 

  I have commented on this bill in the past.  I see they made some changes to it.  Those changes were made to make it constitutional.  Which it still will not pass the constitutional test.  Plus it looks like even if it passes it will not make it to Gov. Rick Perry in time to be signed.
  I think the legislature now knows that this is a crazy and stupid bill but they do not have the guts to tell the right wing nut cases that are supporting it to go to hell.
  I HOPE Texas passes it.  If I were the TSA/FAA I would just not allow any international flights in or out of Texas. 
  See how long it takes Texas to repeal that law then.