2/19/2010
2/18/2010
More Web Comics
- Not Invented Here by Bill Barnes and Paul Southworth - an IT/software developer cartoon
- Unshelved by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes - a library blog and cartoon
2/15/2010
Corrupting the English Language to Continue Dismantling the American Economy
This despicable article labels as "protectionism" any attempt to curb US technical and industrial decline by removing the tax incentives for offshoring and eliminating the ruinous H-1b program. While the article itself is absolute bilge, the comments that follow may be worth your attention.
Will Future US Protectionism Hurt IT On and Offshore?
An insider's dim view of the Greek political and economic scene
Greece is NWO Test Ground, Says Greek Reader
"All men of power here, get their power from plundering the Greek people, or having connections with those that do it."
by Christos
(for www.henrymakow.com)
I am 26 years old and live in Greece. I am writing this letter in order to let you know about a new law in Greece announced yesterday.
The financial minister of Greece announced yesterday that from 1/1/2011 all financial transactions of sums above 1500 euros in cash, will be banned. For any transaction above 1500 euros, only credit cards and checks will be legal. The formal explanation for this law is it will combat those who do not pay taxes. But we all know this is not the case...
It seems the new world order wants to make Greece a testing ground for their new laws. For the past months, Greece have been attacked without mercy. We have been called liars, frauds, cheaters, thieves. They are threatening us constantly with banning from the euro zone and default. [These charges are] not true. ... The problem is, based on their accusations and (the virtual) bad situation of Greek finances, they will pass their experimental laws of their new world order.
The fairly new Government of the socialist party, elected 4 months ago, forgot all its promises, and is determined to pass laws giving citizenship to illegal immigrants after 5 years, without any trade-off. We are 10 million Greeks here, and almost 3 million mostly illegal immigrants, who will obtain Greek nationality and will gain the right to bring their families here too... In Pakistan there are even ads saying "for 5000 euros we get you to Greece, to study free, work, make families, and obtain EU passports"...
And now this... The previous government created a new ID card, to collect data from people since childbirth. This government will ban transactions in cash over 1500 euros, in order to make all of us have credit cards. The obvious first step is to ban all cash transactions, then merge this new ID card with the credit system, then, well.... insert this merged ID card into our bodies...
Our peoples' morale is low, society is disorganized because of immigration and propaganda, and we will not fight those laws. You people living in the Western World, be prepared because they are planning the same for you!
BACKGROUND
I will try to give you my personal view of the conditions in Greece.
First of all, there is no trust in politicians. Most people distrust them and know they are scum, but continue to vote for the same people in every election. This happens because they promise privileges in order to get votes. Most politicians are members of secret societies, and have close ties to USA and European elites. Our current prime minister is even an American citizen...
A young man living in Greece and having no connections, is hopeless. Without connections, he will have major difficulties if he wants to join a good University(or complete his studies without bribes), if he wants to find a job, or create his own. He will be forced to join the army while privileged young men with connections will illegally avoid it.
And there is no point discussing finding love... Of course pretty women will pick wealthier men, but in Greece even women of moderate appearance prefer men with deep pockets. They prefer sharing the top men than having a man only for themselves.
And the top men in Greece are all frauds. Greece, apart from some natural resources and its tourism industry, produces nothing of value. Corruption is so big, that all productive forces are drowned. So all men of power here, get their power from plundering the Greek people, or having connections with those that do it. Women (and their families) of course are not concerned about that. As long as someone is wealthy, he is desirable, and value as a person is irrelevant.
Despite poor economic condition (but not so desperate as to warrant dire measures), people in power take pleasure in attacking traditional customs, Orthodox Christianity, and traditional Greek patriots. They protect illegal immigrants, and silence their crimes. They attack Christianity, in the media, at schools etc. They are removing all Christian symbols from public places.
MEDIA
Greek media are a pile of garbage. For the biggest part of the day, most major TV networks will show shows discussing greek "vips" lifestyle, sexual relations etc. There are few "political" shows and news shows, all trying to cover the truth and turn the attention of the people at matters of trivial importance. Propaganda is blatant. The previous government was literally destroyed by TV networks. They promoted heavily the current government, so strongly that previous prime minister was forced to make new elections despite being only for 2 years in government.
Current prime minister made promises, NONE of which kept after being elected. Only a few days after election, he went on with the plans of New World Order. He created an artificially dire financial situation, in order to be able to pass whatever laws he wanted, plus giving his friends some money... He "cooked" our budget, by moving payments of 2010 in 2009 and incomes from 2009 to 2010, in order to both make our deficit bigger and be able to claim in 2010 that he "improved" our economy... This doesn't mean that our previous prime minister wasn't a puppet, just that he wasn't able to fulfill New World Order directions like the new government.
Huge economic scandals are discovered every day, and buried by Greek propaganda media. And most honest people are so concerned with working 2 and 3 jobs in order to feed their families, that cannot fight this corruption. Greek people work on average many more hours weekly than other EU countries, get much less pay, and pay more for the same products. And because of the traitors in government, EU newspapers and media call our people lazy. They say we need to work even more and receive even less... Of course this is not true. The plunder of Greek people has been made with their assistance. But this is a long subject and i wont go on with it.
CONCLUSION
In a few words... Life in Greece sucks. Since I am a computer programmer, i have many times thought about leaving for a better country and make my living there. But i do not want to abandon my home... yet. I would be willing to fight this system, but i see no point since the system is so well entrenched it cannot be tackled by a few men alone.
The reason i wrote you my previous letter is because this new law of banning cash transactions above 1500 euros is just another step towards cashless society, and is being implemented in Greece as a testing phase. I strongly believe it is a matter of time before most western nations see similar laws.
"Greek Crisis is Coming to America"
Financial Times article (requires registration)
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Busting the Climate Change Myth #4: Stick a fork in it - it's done!
- Climategate: What Did Phil Jones Actually Admit? Was He Correct?
- BBC: Q&A: Professor Phil Jones
- Climategate: Phil Jones finally proves Al Gore right - the debate is over
- ZinOwl: Climategate: The Global Warmist’s Desperate Dance of Death
- I thought of killing myself, says climate scandal professor Phil Jones
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ICECAP provides a venue for exchange of information regarding climate change:
ICECAP, International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project, is the portal to all things climate for elected officials and staffers, journalists, scientists, educators and the public. It provides access to a new and growing global society of respected scientists and journalists that are not deniers that our climate is dynamic (the only constant in nature is change) and that man plays a role in climate change through urbanization, land use changes and the introduction of greenhouse gases and aerosols, but who also believe that natural cycles such as those in the sun and oceans are also important contributors to the global changes in our climate and weather. We worry the sole focus on greenhouse gases and the unwise reliance on imperfect climate models while ignoring real data may leave civilization unprepared for a sudden climate shift that history tells us will occur again, very possibly soon.
Through ICECAP you will have rapid access to our experts here in the United States and to experts and partner organizations worldwide, many of whom maintain popular web sites or insightful blogs or newsletters, write and present papers, have authored books and offer interviews to the media on climate issues. We spotlight new findings in peer-review papers and reports and rapidly respond to fallacies or exaggerations in papers, stories or programs and any misinformation efforts by the media, politicians and advocacy groups.
What does "peer-review" for scientific and technical publications actually mean?
Not as much as you might think!
Chicago Boyz: Scientific Peer-Review is a Lightweight Process
Oh, and by the way, I, 1389, formerly did some anonymous tech reviewing of IT- and computing-related manuscripts for a reputable publisher. Even though it paid very little, I did the best job I possibly could. My task was simply to make note of any deficiencies, errors, or omissions in the manuscript. Problems with the manuscript might include anything from unclear writing and garbled logic to poor methodology, obsolete information, and blatant factual errors.
That said, I was not tasked with fact-checking every assertion each author made. Nor was I expected to set up a test system to reproduce all the results from each author's computer program examples.
By and large, this peer review process is a good thing for publishers, in that it helps to weed out unsaleable manuscripts that are overloaded with trite observations, emotion-driven personal agendas, or incomprehensible drivel. That said, the peer review process is not capable of proving that the assertions in any manuscript are "right" or "wrong." Nor is the peer review process capable of withstanding an organized propaganda campaign bent on using scientific or technical expertise to bolster a partisan point of view.
The long and the short of it is that one cannot assume that the contents of a publication have been proved "correct" or represent a "scientific consensus" merely because the publication has been "peer-reviewed."
Busting the Climate Change Myth #3: "Big Journalism" Weighs In
Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism website weighs in on 'global warming.'
Just for starters, polar bears aren't vanishing, they're PROLIFERATING:
- Um — About Those Vanishing Polar Bears…
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- The Death of 'Global Warming?' We Still Need To Drive In The Stake
- Climategate, UK Edition: Following the Money, All €4 Trillion of It
- Al Gore, Call Your Agent: It Really May Be Time to Give Back That Oscar
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