Author Archives: Highvoltage
What Happens If Obamacare Threw A Party And Nobody Showed Up?
There is a very real possibility that there will only be a fraction of the required people sign up for healthcare through the Obamacare exchanges by the March 31st deadline. What does that mean? Well basically the whole system will … Continue reading
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Climate Change Pop Quiz
Let’s play a game to see if you can distinguish between temperature graphs from different time periods. The following two graphs plot the average annual temperatures for the Contiguous US during two different 22 year time periods. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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Plotting Climate Change Fraud
There is a great website from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where you can plot temperature trends in the US and it’s probably not widely shared because if more people knew about it then fewer people would believe … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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NPR Is Hacktastic!
I guess NPR doesn’t think we can google their old stories to prove what a Hack they are. Well, they’re wrong. Here are two NPR articles that prove the political bias that exist at this ‘news’ organization. The first was … Continue reading
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Magnum Research Micro Desert Eagle Review
There are two weapons I conceal carry – the North American Arms .22 Magnum and the Magnum Research Micro Desert Eagle .380 ACP – and since I live in the South and wear shorts or light pants 9 months out … Continue reading
Posted in CWP, guns and ammo
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How Illness Affects Blood Sugar Measurements
I had read that when a Diabetic gets sick their blood sugar levels will be elevated and after a recent illness I can verify this is true. Why does this happen? From the American Diabetes Association: “When you’re sick, you’re … Continue reading
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My Little Bitter Clingers
Today I took my kids to a local shooting range and they got to fire a rifle for the first time and based on their reaction afterwards, I guess Obama will soon call my kids bitter clingers to guns. My … Continue reading
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In Sandy’s Wake, NPR’s Graph Reading Skills Re-Examined
NPR had a story today on the future of coastal flooding and they interviewed William Sweet from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The money quote is here (emphasis mine): “Sea level is changing and it is going to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, npr
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NPR’s Poor Memory
NPR’s Julie Rovner (@JRovner) had a report today about the latest Obamacare website failures but then she touched on the next politically inconvenient truth that Team Obama will have to wrestle with. From NPR: “But we’re also hearing about people … Continue reading
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Lessons In Project Management From The Obamacare Website
If you are looking for a case study on how to guarantee a project failure then you only need to look to the Obamacare website failures and the testimonies of the four contractors on Capitol Hill today. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, politics
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NPR Blames Republicans
NPR is getting tired of people blaming the Obama administration and specifically Kathleen Sebelius for the huge failure of the Obamacare website so they are going into full shill mode to help out. Who does Julie Rovner blame? For starters, … Continue reading
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Fail Fast
During my time spent in Product Development we had a goal with every new project – Fail Fast! That might sound counter-intuitive to those outside of R&D or Product Development but think about it. During the development phase, there should … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, politics
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Nothing New Under The Sun – GOP Version
It appears the Republicans in the House and Senate are ready to stop the shutdown and get absolutely nothing in return. But never fear, I bet they tell us they’ll get tough on the next fight. Just like McConnell promised … Continue reading
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Reversing Diabetes – 2 Month Update
It’s been almost 2 months since I stopped taking my Type 2 Diabetes medicine and brought my blood sugar measurements within the ‘normal’ range and I’d like to provide an update. I’m happy to report that my fasting (pre-breakfast) blood … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes
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Kampf Verloren
Even though I will continue to fight for Conservative principles until I die, I can’t help but think we’ve reached a point where we’re fighting a lost struggle (or Kampf Verloren in German, Hey it’s the only foreign language I … Continue reading
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House Republican Strategy May Work
Every day that the partial Government shutdown goes on the more I’m realizing this could be a real game changer. First off, unlike what Obama’s handlers thought would happen, Obama’s approval rating is going down. The State Run Media is … Continue reading
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Upside-Down Pinocchio
As we get close to the debt ceiling battle, let’s remember what Obama said as a Senator in 2006: “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is … Continue reading
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Liberalism Must Be Defeated (Part 2)
Currently in the US the most significant threat to our Freedom comes from inside our borders. The enemy is called Liberalism and I laid out my justification for calling it our #1 enemy in a previous post. Since this enemy … Continue reading
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Low Information Voters
Want to know why I believe we may be beyond the point of fixing this country? Two tweets from @ThatsWhatsUp333 are given for your consideration (and a screen cap is shown too in case he deletes these). Sometimes I think … Continue reading
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How Long Can It Go?
Today was a great day with the Republicans in the House finally holding the line and at allowing Harry Reid’s partial government shutdown to happen. There were many great blogs today on the shutdown but the best, hands down, came … Continue reading
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