Author Archives: Highvoltage
Global Temperature Update – July 2014
With most of the US enjoying unseasonably cool summer temperatures, I thought it’d be a good time to update the global temperature and atmospheric CO2 graphs. The Earth’s atmospheric CO2 concentration is still increasing at the same rate since 1958 … Continue reading
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Something Odd Has Happened – Part 2
A month ago I wrote about how something odd (and by ‘odd’, I meant ‘good’) happened to my morning blood sugar measurements and I now have more data to share. Normal fasting blood sugar measurements of a non-diabetic are traditionally … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, paleo
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Obama Owns This Immigration Disaster
This latest immigration catastrophe is Obama’s fault. But don’t take my word for it, read the following excerpt from a news segment on NPR’s Morning Edition today when reporter Steve Inskeep interviewed Eric Olsen of the Woodrow Wilson Center and … Continue reading
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Seal The Southern Border Now
We have a serious moral dilemma going on right now at our southern border and if we don’t do something to fix the problem, the conundrums we will face in the near future will get much worse. We already had … Continue reading
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The Moon And Mars
On July 5th, 2014 the Moon and Mars presented a great pairing in the night sky and I took this opportunity to get the telescope out and take a look. I have a 10” Newtonian Reflector telescope on a manual … Continue reading
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Obama Flushes More Money Down The AGW Cult Toilet
Settled Science still requires millions of dollars to keep the lie going. From NPR, NASA is set to launch a new satellite that will monitor CO2 emissions from Space: “NASA is preparing to launch a satellite capable of monitoring carbon … Continue reading
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Life Is Great In Socialist Cuba
There was a time when proclaiming to be a Socialist was like carrying a sign that said “Nobody should take me seriously” and people who did this were rightfully shamed. But now with the popularity of people like Elizabeth Warren … Continue reading
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Something Odd Has Happened
For the past 9 months I’ve controlled my Type 2 Diabetes through exercise and diet consisting of high protein, high fat and extremely low carbs (obtained only from vegetables) but something odd has happened to my morning blood sugar measurements … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, paleo
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What Happens When The Minimum Wage Is Raised?
Economic theory tells us that when the fair market price for wages is artificially raised then businesses will raise the price of their good/services, cut back on expansion, reduce their work force and suffer with reduced profits. But we don’t … Continue reading
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Chevy Volt Sales Still Suck
It’s been a rotten year for Government Motors and I’m pretty sure it’s now not just conservatives that are questioning the bailing out of this failure of a company. Especially since a new report shows a “history of failures” at … Continue reading
Posted in economics, politics
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A Typical Day In A Liberal Utopia
From NPR: “During a conversation between a reporter and community activists on Chicago’s South Side, gunshots not more than 100 feet away shattered an otherwise quiet afternoon. After the initial shock wore off, the neighborhood leaders expressed their frustration over … Continue reading
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An Obamanomics Recovery Compared To Other Recoveries
Throughout the 20th Century the US experienced larger than normal GDP growth following the end of a recession and the magnitude of the recovery was roughly proportional to the magnitude of the recession but something has happened under Obama to … Continue reading
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It’s Never Obama’s Fault
The US Q1 GDP growth was – 1.0% and this marked the first time the GDP has hit negative territory since Q1 of 2011. But as NPR reports, we mustn’t blame Obama for this. It’s The Weather “The first-quarter downturn … Continue reading
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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Without Medication – 8 month Update
It was 8 months ago when I decided to reverse my Type 2 Diabetes through diet/exercise and eliminate my diabetes medication. Based on the last 14 months of my life battling Type 2 Diabetes, I am confident that someone who … Continue reading
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The Obama Generation
From an NPR story about reparations (starting at the 4:30 mark): NPR Reporter Audie Cornish – “MTV had this survey on Millennials and their attitude toward racial inequality. One of the things they found that Millennials overwhelming see racism as … Continue reading
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Obamacare Fails To Limit ER Visits
When the Left was trying to sell us on Obamacare they said this (emphasis mine): “As far back as 2010, President Obama cited decreasing emergency room visits as one of the main cost-saving goals of the health-care reform. “What happens … Continue reading
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No Climate Change Link To California Drought
On my commute home last Friday I was listening to a story on NPR about the California drought/fires and because I listen to NPR every day, I knew what the story would morph into. Starting at the 1:54 point of … Continue reading
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Random Acts Of Journalism At NPR
For the past few days NPR has run 3 separate stories on Obamacare and all of them have clearly shown the wake of destruction that this massive takeover of healthcare has left. The first story was about a Cleveland, Ohio … Continue reading
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Is Alec Baldwin Joining The Tea Party?
I have to wonder based on this tweet he sent out today after he was arrested for riding his bike the wrong way and then arguing with the police about it. New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity … Continue reading
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Is Manufacturing Making A Comeback?
Here is a graph contrasting the civilian unemployment rate and the unemployment rate for the manufacturing industry that may show signs of a small resurgence of manufacturing in the US. Prior to the last Great Recession, unemployment in the manufacturing … Continue reading
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