Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Arena Football
I worked the Bell County Expo arena football game saturday. Pretty boring. Im not a fan of football. I did a time lapse though!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Dad in a car wreck
Dad got in a car wreck today at noon...sucks..that was a new jeep. It didnt even have 1000 miles on it.
Walking Abby the Great Dane
Me and Amber are watching Abby for her sister Sasha. Abby is a beautiful black great dane, who thinks she is a chihuahua puppy. We took her out on a walk with christian last evening. It went well, abby had to stop and smell every tree along the way though.
Dont they look funny when they poop...that big ol' body squeezed down into a little area.
Dont they look funny when they poop...that big ol' body squeezed down into a little area.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Spy Drones Coming Soon to the US, AT-ST Walkers to Follow Next
Reuters is reporting that the Miami-Dade police department will "soon" start deployment of the infamous Honeywell Micro Air Vehicles, the spy drones that will keep all you criminals and Gizmodo editors in check with forward and downward looking cameras, flying over a 100 waypoint flight plan at 57MPH, and from 10,500-foot altitude. Seeing them hovering over the skies is kind of menacing. Actually, with the right music, it's downright scary.
Contrary to our previous report, the Micro Air Vehicle is still pending FAA testing but "is expected to make its debut soon in the skies over the Florida Everglades."
Honeywell's MAVs, which are now being used in Iraq and Afghanistan, are not the only ones waiting for FAA permission. There are dozen of companies making all kinds of spy drones now, among them Cyber Defense Systems, which has a kite-sized surveillance drone that has been already flown once by the police in Palm Bay, also in Florida. [Reuters]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Supreme Court to rule on 2nd amendment.
Justices set to mull gun rights
Landmark case on D.C. ban expected to have major ramifications
The justices were aware of the historic nature of their undertaking, engaging in an extended 98-minute session of questions and answers that could yield the first definition of the meaning of the Second Amendment in its 216 years.
A key justice, Anthony Kennedy, left little doubt about his view when he said early in the proceedings that the Second Amendment gives “a general right to bear arms.”
Several justices were skeptical that the Constitution, if it gives individuals’ gun rights, could allow a complete ban on handguns when, as Chief Justice John Roberts pointed out, those weapons are most suited for protection at home.
“What is reasonable about a ban on possession” of handguns? Roberts asked at one point.
Justice Samuel Alito, who like Roberts was appointed by President Bush, cited another provision requiring rifles or shotguns be kept unloaded and dissembled or bound by a trigger lock, and said it did not seem as if they could be used as such for the self-defense of one’s home.
The court’s four liberals seemed most sympathetic to the law during the arguments. Justice Stephen Breyer suggested that the District’s public safety concerns could be relevant in evaluating its 32-year-old ban on handguns, perhaps the strictest gun control law in the nation.
“Does that make it unreasonable for a city with a very high crime rate ... to say ‘No handguns here?’” Breyer said.
Bush administration sides with partial bans
Solicitor General Paul Clement, the Bush administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, supported the individual right, but urged the justices not to decide the other question. Instead, Clement said the court should allow for reasonable restrictions that allow banning certain types of weapons, including existing federal laws.
He did not take a position on the District law.
The court has not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The basic issue for the justices is whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
The 27 words and three enigmatic commas of the Second Amendment have been analyzed again and again by legal scholars, but hardly at all by the Supreme Court.
The amendment reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
The court's ruling, expected by the end of June, could have a far-reaching impact on gun-control laws in the United States and could become an issue in the November election.
Protests outside
Dozens of protesters mingled with tourists and waved signs saying “Ban the Washington elitists, not our guns” or “The NRA helps criminals and terrorists buy guns.”
Members of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence chanted “guns kill” as followers of the Second Amendment Sisters and Maryland Shall Issue.Org shouted “more guns, less crime.”
A line to get into the court for the historic arguments began forming two days earlier and extended more than a block by early Tuesday.
The high court’s first extensive examination of the Second Amendment since 1939 grew out of challenge to the District’s ban.
Anise Jenkins, president of a coalition called Stand Up for Democracy in D.C., defended the district’s prohibition on handguns.
“We feel our local council knows what we need for a good standard of life and to keep us safe,” Jenkins said.
Genie Jennings, a resident of South Perwick, Maine, and national spokeswoman for Second Amendment Sisters, said the law banning handguns in Washington “is denying individuals the right to defend themselves.”
Even if the court determines there is an individual right, the justices still will have to decide whether the District’s ban can stand and how to evaluate other gun control laws. This issue has caused division within the Bush administration, with Vice President Dick Cheney taking a harder line than the administration’s official position at the court.
The local Washington government argues that its law should be allowed to remain in force whether or not the amendment applies to individuals, although it reads the amendment as intended to allow states to have armed forces.
The City Council that adopted the ban said it was justified because “handguns have no legitimate use in the purely urban environment of the District of Columbia.”
Dick Anthony Heller, 65, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection. His lawyers say the amendment plainly protects an individual’s right.
The last Supreme Court ruling on the topic came in 1939 in U.S. v. Miller, which involved a sawed-off shotgun. Constitutional scholars disagree over what that case means but agree it did not squarely answer the question of individual versus collective rights.
Roberts said at his confirmation hearing that the correct reading of the Second Amendment was “still very much an open issue.”
The arguments follow a series of mass shootings in the past year — multiple killings on at least three college campuses, two shopping centers and one Missouri town meeting. Gun deaths average 80 a day in the United States, 34 of them homicides, according to Centers for Disease Control data.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23688073/
Landmark case on D.C. ban expected to have major ramifications
MSNBC News Services
updated 11:34 a.m. CT, Tues., March. 18, 2008
WASHINGTON - In a landmark hearing on gun ownership, the Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to endorse the view that the Second Amendment gives individuals the right to own guns, but was less clear about whether to retain the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns.The justices were aware of the historic nature of their undertaking, engaging in an extended 98-minute session of questions and answers that could yield the first definition of the meaning of the Second Amendment in its 216 years.
A key justice, Anthony Kennedy, left little doubt about his view when he said early in the proceedings that the Second Amendment gives “a general right to bear arms.”
Several justices were skeptical that the Constitution, if it gives individuals’ gun rights, could allow a complete ban on handguns when, as Chief Justice John Roberts pointed out, those weapons are most suited for protection at home.
“What is reasonable about a ban on possession” of handguns? Roberts asked at one point.
Justice Samuel Alito, who like Roberts was appointed by President Bush, cited another provision requiring rifles or shotguns be kept unloaded and dissembled or bound by a trigger lock, and said it did not seem as if they could be used as such for the self-defense of one’s home.
The court’s four liberals seemed most sympathetic to the law during the arguments. Justice Stephen Breyer suggested that the District’s public safety concerns could be relevant in evaluating its 32-year-old ban on handguns, perhaps the strictest gun control law in the nation.
“Does that make it unreasonable for a city with a very high crime rate ... to say ‘No handguns here?’” Breyer said.
Bush administration sides with partial bans
Solicitor General Paul Clement, the Bush administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, supported the individual right, but urged the justices not to decide the other question. Instead, Clement said the court should allow for reasonable restrictions that allow banning certain types of weapons, including existing federal laws.
He did not take a position on the District law.
The court has not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The basic issue for the justices is whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
The 27 words and three enigmatic commas of the Second Amendment have been analyzed again and again by legal scholars, but hardly at all by the Supreme Court.
The amendment reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
The court's ruling, expected by the end of June, could have a far-reaching impact on gun-control laws in the United States and could become an issue in the November election.
Protests outside
Dozens of protesters mingled with tourists and waved signs saying “Ban the Washington elitists, not our guns” or “The NRA helps criminals and terrorists buy guns.”
Members of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence chanted “guns kill” as followers of the Second Amendment Sisters and Maryland Shall Issue.Org shouted “more guns, less crime.”
A line to get into the court for the historic arguments began forming two days earlier and extended more than a block by early Tuesday.
The high court’s first extensive examination of the Second Amendment since 1939 grew out of challenge to the District’s ban.
Anise Jenkins, president of a coalition called Stand Up for Democracy in D.C., defended the district’s prohibition on handguns.
“We feel our local council knows what we need for a good standard of life and to keep us safe,” Jenkins said.
Genie Jennings, a resident of South Perwick, Maine, and national spokeswoman for Second Amendment Sisters, said the law banning handguns in Washington “is denying individuals the right to defend themselves.”
Even if the court determines there is an individual right, the justices still will have to decide whether the District’s ban can stand and how to evaluate other gun control laws. This issue has caused division within the Bush administration, with Vice President Dick Cheney taking a harder line than the administration’s official position at the court.
The local Washington government argues that its law should be allowed to remain in force whether or not the amendment applies to individuals, although it reads the amendment as intended to allow states to have armed forces.
The City Council that adopted the ban said it was justified because “handguns have no legitimate use in the purely urban environment of the District of Columbia.”
Dick Anthony Heller, 65, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection. His lawyers say the amendment plainly protects an individual’s right.
The last Supreme Court ruling on the topic came in 1939 in U.S. v. Miller, which involved a sawed-off shotgun. Constitutional scholars disagree over what that case means but agree it did not squarely answer the question of individual versus collective rights.
Roberts said at his confirmation hearing that the correct reading of the Second Amendment was “still very much an open issue.”
The arguments follow a series of mass shootings in the past year — multiple killings on at least three college campuses, two shopping centers and one Missouri town meeting. Gun deaths average 80 a day in the United States, 34 of them homicides, according to Centers for Disease Control data.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23688073/
Monday, March 17, 2008
Goats mixed with spiders to make goat-spider milk.
Modified goat milk will contain web protein
A goat that produces spider's web protein is about to revolutionise the materials industry.Stronger and more flexible than steel, spider silk offers a lightweight alternative to carbon fibre.
Up to now it has been impossible to produce "spider fibre" on a commercial scale. Unlike silk worms, spiders are too anti-social to farm successfully.
Now a Canadian company claims to be on the verge of producing unlimited quantities of spider silk - in goat's milk.
Using techniques similar to those used to produce Dolly the sheep, scientists at Nexia Biotechnologies in Quebec have bred goats with spider genes.
Full Story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/889951.stm
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Write in Ron Paul bumper sticker
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Ronstock, washington D.C. '08! Ron Paul rally!
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House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos
House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos
In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports]
In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports]
Friday, March 14, 2008
Superman still has a place to change!
Check this thinger out..it's one of those ancient Telephone booths...i found it in Belton today. Superman still has a place to become super!
A true multitasker...
Here i am playing WOW, while editing at work. A true multitasker at work here. To make it even more difficult i was editing at double the speed of normal. So the audio sounded like chipmunks, while i was bashing in some Alliance face.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
New camera
Just bought a new camera today..so far working good. Sad part is it's video option is AVI : ( i need .mov. but avi will have to work.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
We got new flushers at work!
Auto-flushers over night. It was too strenuous for us to flush ourselves so
the higher ups decided they should relieve us of that stressful undertaking.
Pants in your pocket
Pants in a Pinch, Change of Clothes in Your Pocket
For those rare circumstances, Pants in a Pinch are 100% cotton bottoms that can fit in the palm of your hand. For $20 apiece, the pants are only sized for children for the moment. But with a skinny enough waistline, one kid's pants can be your shorts. [product via productdose]Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Making alcohol in my bath tub.
Despite the vomit appearance of the stuff in that milk jug, it should actually taste quite nice. It's Mead, a honey wine. For those who care to know and may want to do it yourself all it is is Honey, water, and yeast. You have to have somewhere it can sit for a long time, like a month, and also a jug or system that will absorb pressure without letting oxygen in, in my case a milk just and a balloon, the balloon fills ups with gas while the yeasts eat the sugar and make me alcohol. This no BOOM from no pressure escape. I sorta guessed at the quanties of all the ingredients you should do that, find a recipie. I think i should have used more water, it's actually supposed to look slightly yellow like a white wine. Alas, mine doesnt. but hey, trial and error! I will do it again better!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Remember it's already happned once, it will happen again. WRITE IN RON PAUL!
Nat. Guard kills students
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1H6DSzBlVk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1H6DSzBlVk
New alarm system.
Last Thursday my mom's house was broken into. The took almost all of the electronics in the house, all of her jewelry (most of which was heirloom) 5 corona's and 2 bottles of wine. They also stole a video camera i had borrowed from a friend that is going to cost close to 4k to replace. They kicked the front door in and went to town looting.
So my mom had an ADT alarm system installed. It cost her 400$ to have it installed and $32 a month for the monitoring service, and all we got some little fire alarm looking things that detect the sound of glass breaking, a siren outside, and a keypad for the front and back door. With a little luck it will keep the bastards out.
So my mom had an ADT alarm system installed. It cost her 400$ to have it installed and $32 a month for the monitoring service, and all we got some little fire alarm looking things that detect the sound of glass breaking, a siren outside, and a keypad for the front and back door. With a little luck it will keep the bastards out.
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