The Climate Change Pendulum Swings Back and Forth Again

"Climate change itself is already in the process of definitively rebutting climate alarmists who think human use of fossil fuels is causing ultimately catastrophic global warming. That is because natural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling, global temperatures have already been declining for more than 10 years, and global temperatures will continue to decline for another two decades or more."

Read more here.

Put an "Add to Google Calendar" Link in an Email Message

Have you ever thought it would be nice to include an "Add to Google Calendar" link in the body of an email message you are sending out to announce an event? Here is one way to make it easy for your email recipients to add YOUR event to THEIR Google Calendar.

Oregon Lookout Towers

Acker Rock (August to November)
Bald Butte (June to October)
Bald Knob (May to October)
Bolan Mountain (July to September)
Clear Lake Cabin (November to May)
Drake Peak (June to October)
Fairview Peak (temporarily closed)
Fall Mountain (May through October)
Fivemile Butte (year round)
Gold Butte (June to October)
Green Ridge (May to June, September to November)
Hager Mountain (November to May)
Indian Ridge (July to October)
Lake Of The Woods (May to October)
Pickett Butte (October to July)
Snow Camp (June to September)
Timber Butte (May to November)
Warner Mountain (November to May)

I'm Not A Plant Person

Do you think I'm watering this plant too much or too little?

Resistbot

I'm sure you have seen all kinds of posts on social media begging you to write, call, and fax your Senators about the issues that matter most to you. I discovered a tech tool that makes it easy to reach out to your Senators. It’s called “Resistbot,” and it’s by far the easiest way to send your thoughts, ideas, and opinions to your your members of Congress. Here’s how it works:

Text “resist” to 50409.

You will receive a couple of messages:

"Hi, I’m ResistBot and I’m going to help you write your officials. First, what name would you like to use to sign your letters?"

(reply with your name)

"Nice to meet you, (your first name)! What’s your zipcode? I’ll use it to identify your congresspeople."

From there, the app indicates your Senators, and prepares your personal message to them, and sends them a fax - automatically.

Fact-Checking The Fact-Checkers

"… when someone attempted to fact check the fact checker, the response was the equivalent of “it's secret.”

It is impossible to understate how antithetical this is to the fact checking world, in which absolute openness and transparency are necessary prerequisites for trust. How can fact checking organizations like Snopes expect the public to place trust in them if when they themselves are called into question, their response is that they can’t respond."


Read more here.

Good, Cheap, or Fast? Pick Two

This Is Me

No One Tell Him

GET OUT NOW

"I’m proud of the fact… we are probably the first administration in modern history that hasn't had a major scandal in the White House."

~ Barack Obama

Uhhh… no. Go. Just GO

Statism: The Most Dangerous Religion

"Humanity wasn't meant to be a domesticated species owned by a ruling class."

Self-Importance Defined

"Hollywood is, simply put, the base of the entire modern American culture. It is the foundation of the country, so to speak, the glue that’s holding it together."

~ Spokesperson for a group of Hollywood celebrities threatening a “massive, all-round Hollywood strike” unless Donald Trump resigns.

Letter to Hollywood

Dear Hollywood celebrities and actors:

You only have one job to do: to entertain me. That’s it.
 
You make your living pretending to be someone else, playing dress-up like a 6 year old in a make-believe world in front of a camera. Your entire livelihood depends on my patronage.

I’ll crank the organ grinder; you dance.

I don’t really care where you stand on issues. You see, you aren’t real. I turn off my TV or shut down my computer, and you cease to exist in my world. Once I am done with you, I can put you back in your little box until I want you to entertain me again. You need to realize that the only words of yours that matter are scripted and rehearsed, and understood to be for pretend.

In my world, you exist solely for my entertainment. And when you use your purchased influence to peddle whatever silly ideas you and your cronies have dreamed up inside your bubble, that makes me want to just keep you in the box, locked away perpetually.

So, shut your word hole and dance, monkey!

Housewives of ISIS

Crossing Hell's Ferry

Are You A Liberal Suddenly Interested In Owning a Gun?

"What most of us in the right side of the country understand is that responsible adults need to be able to defend themselves. That means owning guns and learning how to use them. (To be fair, many on the left have also come to this same conclusion already, but they have to keep that opinion to themselves so the rest of you don’t yell at them)."

Read more here.

I Think I Am a Calendar Synaesthete

This is FASCINATING.

Calendar Synesthetes see very clear images of calendars in their mind's eye when they think about months that have passed or are in the future.

Read more here, and then here.

Top Secret Clearance for Trump Kids?

I read that Donald Trump has asked that three of his children be given top secret security clearance. Of course, that is ridiculous, even if they promise to keep the top secret info safe on a server under their desk.

Donald Trump's LGBT Position

This is interesting, considering Hillary Clinton's numerous statements against gay marriage, and Trump's in favor of it. It's almost as if there might be some kind of deliberate media spin going on.

I wonder if that was also happening with other aspects of the election, too. Actually, I DON'T wonder about that…

Everybody Was Doing It

"Everybody was doing it so I thought I was supposed to."