Read between the lines

I hear all the anti-war sentiment and general contempt for the way the world is being run via the NWO. There are comments about how we’re being distracted from the real issues, yet there’s focus on pending nuclear war? You guys do a good job researching for information that you admit is a propaganda machine. You also have no problem talking about a revolution. Have you stopped to think about what you will do after this revolution comes? What you’re being molded to be is anti-”the current government ideal.” There’s a high possibility that we’re being manipulated into a mindset to overthrow the government with rage. Rage causes you to do the exact opposite of what’s currently being done. Any national change motivated by anger (Democrat takover in Congress) only causes decisions to be made in anger. Imagine that we the people overthrow the government. The speakers to the world say that war mongering is over, let freedom of the world begin. Decisions would be made that are NOT in compromise of the current decisions before the change in power. Anyone who would be against the new ideas would elicit responses as extreme in the opposite way as the previous powers that be. In short, former “Bush supporters” would be acted to in violent manor. How is the world better now? Now we’re just as violent but in different ways. There’d be no freedom, only propaganda that you need to hate the former world. Let anti-fascism rule the world! Anyone who support corporatism be destroyed!
I’m losing my steam on this, but rest assured that if YOU don’t stop thinking for yourself and learn basic life skills, you will be killed too. Learn how to live off of the grid. Learn how to provide food for yourself. Learn how to provide your own electricity. Learn how to purify your own water. Learn to build your own house. Learn how to have a conversation (it’s a dead art, we’re too sensitive to conflicting ideas and get catty.) Learn that nothing that is given or taken warrants a debt to that person or yourself. No one owes anyone anything other than to help each other to live. If your neighbors grass is long, cut it for him with no questions asked for example. Stop feeling like you can’t give because you get nothing in return. That’s mighty corporate way of thinking, no? Learn how to fix your own car. After you learn all these things, teach your neighbors and let them teach you things you do not know. Sure it might sound communistic, socialistic, etc… The bottom line is that in order to have a successful society, everyone must have the mindset to work together, in all things. Call it any ism you want, but if you want to live, you have to give. I’m sick of everyone not thinking for themselves. We’re sheep just like the average SUV driver is.

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I have always been infatuated with making things more efficient. I’m a computer systems engineer, so it’s wired into my brain. Unfortunately, I haven’t been using my Jr. High shop skills for years and would probably blow myself up without supervision.

Lately I’ve been interested in reclaiming lost energy in internal combustion engine exhaust.
Turbochargers tend to be more useful for power, but that requires more fuel, and creates even more heat. Technically more efficient, but it will only help someone go faster, not further.

With today’s electric/hybrid cars being mass laden due to ancient battery technology (and Americans irrational fear of diesel) I’ve been wondering how much energy could you harness off of the BTU of exhaust gases alone?

I’ve come up with non-mathematically supported designs where the exhaust gases go through a water-tube high-pressure closed-loop boiler to create steam to drive a reaction/Tesla/impulse turbine. I’m talking about how small can you make a boiler, using converging-diverging nozzle to optimize turbine output (supersonic steam for a Tesla? Lets say 12″ turbine, perhaps multiple units arranged along the same central shaft for either kind of turbine configuration/blade choice) using laymen trial and error as well as determining how it could scale for personal transport and/or off-grid power production.

The exiting steam would have to be condensed, and then pumped back into the boiler… Using a sterling engine with the heat collector inside of the boiler. It’s not a perpetual motion machine, but I’m trying to use every Joule of atom vibration available with machinist level tools and skills.

The turbine could be directly attached to the I.C.E. to offset the loss of power in a 4-cycle system when it is not in the power stroke (probably preferred.) It could also be connected to a generator to charge super/ultra caps, which power the vehicle accessories and/or an electric motor to drive the vehicle or device.
Add a turbo to collect the energy in the velocity of the exhaust gas and you have a double action system.

I think testing this kind of system would bust or confirm many of those alternative energy web pages out there while using technology over a hundred years old. With all these overly complicated systems flexing the muscle of computers, it seems it’s really all for show, and no real effort to make things go. It could also be inspiration for future internal combustion designs or at least be an awesome practical Rude Goldberg machine.

Let me know what you think.

As of lately, I am spreading lies and misinformation for you to use in your back yard to dismember yourself. Enjoy your early retirement!

http://www.keelynet.com/energy/microeng.htm

Microwave Water Engine – 02/27/99

The following information describes a conceptual model for an engine that might run on water exploded with microwave energy. It is provided SOLELY as entertainment and we in no way are indicating that you should experiment with such a dangerous process. Bill Beaty first posted this as you can check out at the following URL http://www.eskimo.com/~bilb/freenrgl/magnet.txt

If you have questions about the idea, please email Steve Ferguson.

I am posting the following for a friend who does NOT have access to Internet. Comments welcomed.

NOTICE

The prupose of this notice is to place into public domain something which I invented so that it may not be patented and in order to prevent it’s use from being restricted in any way.

The device is an engine in which small quantities of water are turned into steam by the use of a magnetron (as found in microwave ovens).

Interested parties may wish to try this test: Place a few drops of water into a clear plastic 35mm film roll holder and put the cap on the film roll holder.

Place in a microwave oven and turn the oven on. The ‘pop’ is the result of the water turning suddenly into steam.

The engine I have invented is far more efficient than any other steam engine because the efficiency of the magnetron in turning water into steam.

In fact, the water droplet ‘explodes’ very much like air/gasoline explodes in a conventional internal combustion engine.

This engine was first tested in 1992. I am however unable to invest the required capital to produce a more sophisticated model and therefore unable to patent it. Even though I may not be able to profit from this technology, it is too good to be kept to myself and I would like to spread it around so that others may be able to use it.

The following is an outline of how to construct the device and a few cautions:

PARTS NEEDED:

1. Magnetron from medium power microwave oven.

2. Small 4-stroke single cylinder lawn mover engine or similar engine with ‘old style’ points and ignition system.

3. Automotive alternator with built-in rectifier and regulator, also a 12 volt auto battery.

4. “Trigger” mechanism from an aircraft “strobe” landing light.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The magnetron fits into the spark plug hole.

2. The distributor points are modified so that the contact is closed when the piston is at the top dead center and this contact is used to activate the aircraft strobe mechanism.

3. The high voltage from the strobe is connected to directly fire the magnetron which in turn produces steam which moves the piston.

4. The engine turns the alternator which keeps the battery charged, which supplies the electrical power for the magnetron.

CAUTION AND TIPS:

WARNING!!! DANGER!!!!

1. Be careful around the magnetron. KEEP IT SHIELDED WITH METAL. IT CAN CAUSE SEVERE BURNS THAT MAY NOT BE READILY VISIBLE WHEN THEY FIRST OCCUR.

2. The ’strobe’ trigger delivers a very high voltage which can jump to ground. WEAR RUBBER SOLED SHOES AND INSULATE WELL.

3. Be sure to modify the distributor points so they close at the top dead center. Timing advance depends on the power of the magnetron used and the amount of water. Try different carb jet sizes — drill out if needed.

4. Due to variables, don’t expect high engine speeds without a little experimentation due to variables.

5. Start with a fully charged battery or your alternator won’t work.

6. The energy produced is in excess of the power required to run the alternator but until you get the RPM up, and the parts wrking in harmony, it may be best to use a battery charger instead of an alternator.

7. An easy way to measure net power output after you have the alternator on line is to run a few 12 volt lights from the battery. You will see that the battery stays charged even with the lights on and the motor keeps on going.

8. Although I have not tried it, the idea of vaporizing water with microwaves should also work well in a converted turbine.

SPREAD THIS TECHNOLOGY – IT IS FREE!!
PRINT THIS BEFORE IT IS DELETED FROM THE NET!
MY CODE FOR FUTURE IDENTIFICATION IS PANGURBAN

I found this article and thought I’d have to share it.

How Aspartame Became
Legal – The Timeline
From Rich Murray
rmforall@att.net
12-24-2

From Norfolk Genetic Information Network (Taken from Welcome to the Spin Machine by Michael Manville http://www.freezerbox.com/archive/2001/04/biotech/ http://www.freezerbox.com/ )

In 1985 Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle, the chemical company that held the patent to aspartame, the active ingredient in NutraSweet. Monsanto was apparently untroubled by aspartame’s clouded past, including a 1980 FDA Board of Inquiry, comprised of three independent scientists, which confirmed that it “might induce brain tumors.”

The FDA had actually banned aspartame based on this finding, only to have Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld (currently the Secretary of Defense) vow to “call in his markers,” to get it approved.

On January 21, 1981, the day after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, Searle re-applied to the FDA for approval to use aspartame in food sweetener, and Reagan’s new FDA commissioner, Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr., appointed a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the board of inquiry’s decision.

It soon became clear that the panel would uphold the ban by a 3-2 decision, but Hull then installed a sixth member on the commission, and the vote became deadlocked. He then personally broke the tie in aspartame’s favor. Hull later left the FDA under allegations of impropriety, served briefly as Provost at New York Medical College, and then took a position with Burston-Marsteller, the chief public relations firm for both Monsanto and GD Searle. Since that time he has never spoken publicly about aspartame.

The Aspartame/NutraSweet Timeline

http://www.swankin-turner.com/aspartame.html http://www.swankin-turner.com/hist.html

Aspartame/NutraSweet: The History of the Aspartame Controversy

By James Turner, ESQ. Director of the National Institute of Science, Law, and Public Policy (NISLAPP)

National Institute of Science, Law, and Public Policy 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20036 (202) 462-8800 Fax: (202) 265-6564 nislapp@swankin-turner.com

Timeline

December 1965– While working on an ulcer drug, James Schlatter, a chemist at G.D. Searle, accidentally discovers aspartame, a substance that is 180 times sweeter than sugar yet has no calories.

Spring 1967– Searle begins the safety tests on aspartame that are necessary for applying for FDA approval of food additives.

Fall 1967– Dr. Harold Waisman, a biochemist at the University of Wisconsin, conducts aspartame safety tests on infant monkeys on behalf of the Searle Company. Of the seven monkeys that were being fed aspartame mixed with milk, one dies and five others have grand mal seizures.

November 1970– Cyclamate, the reigning low-calorie artificial sweetener — is pulled off the market after some scientists associate it with cancer. Questions are also raised about safety of saccharin, the only other artificial sweetener on the market, leaving the field wide open for aspartame.

December 18, 1970– Searle Company executives lay out a “Food and Drug Sweetener Strategy’ that they feel will put the FDA into a positive frame of mind about aspartame. An internal policy memo describes psychological tactics the company should use to bring the FDA into a subconscious spirit of participation” with them on aspartame and get FDA regulators into the “habit of saying, “Yes”.”

Spring 1971– Neuroscientist Dr. John Olney (whose pioneering work with monosodium glutamate was responsible for having it removed from baby foods) informs Searle that his studies show that aspartic acid (one of the ingredients of aspartame) caused holes in the brains of infant mice. One of Searle’s own researchers confirmed Dr. Olney’s findings in a similar study.

February 1973– After spending tens of millions of dollars conducting safety tests, the G.D. Searle Company applies for FDA approval and submits over 100 studies they claim support aspartame’s safety.

March 5, 1973– One of the first FDA scientists to review the aspartame safety data states that “the information provided (by Searle) is inadequate to permit an evaluation of the potential toxicity of aspartame”. She says in her report that in order to be certain that aspartame is safe, further clinical tests are needed.

May 1974– Attorney, Jim Turner (consumer advocate who was instrumental in getting cyclamate taken off the market) meets with Searle representatives to discuss Dr. Olney’s 1971 study which showed that aspartic acid caused holes in the brains of infant mice.

July 26, 1974– The FDA grants aspartame its first approval for restricted use in dry foods.

August 1974– Jim Turner and Dr. John Olney file the first objections against aspartame’s approval.

March 24, 1976– Turner and Olney’s petition triggers an FDA investigation of the laboratory practices of aspartame’s manufacturer, G.D. Searle. The investigation finds Searle’s testing procedures shoddy, full of inaccuracies and “manipulated” test data. The investigators report they “had never seen anything as bad as Searle’s testing.”

January 10, 1977– The FDA formally requests the U.S. Attorney’s office to begin grand jury proceedings to investigate whether indictments should be filed against Searle for knowingly misrepresenting findings and “concealing material facts and making false statements” in aspartame safety tests. This is the first time in the FDA’s history that they request a criminal investigation of a manufacturer.

January 26, 1977– While the grand jury probe is underway, Sidley & Austin, the law firm representing Searle, begins job negotiations with the U.S. Attorney in charge of the investigation, Samuel Skinner.

March 8, 1977– G. D. Searle hires prominent Washington insider Donald Rumsfeld as the new CEO to try to turn the beleaguered company around. A former Member of Congress and Secretary of Defense in the Ford Administration, Rumsfeld brings in several of his Washington cronies as top management.

July 1, 1977– Samuel Skinner leaves the U.S. Attorney’s office and takes a job with Searle’s law firm. (see Jan. 26th)

August 1, 1977– The Bressler Report, compiled by FDA investigators and headed by Jerome Bressler, is released. The report finds that 98 of the 196 animals died during one of Searle’s studies and weren’t autopsied until later dates, in some cases over one year after death. Many other errors and inconsistencies are noted. For example, a rat was reported alive, then dead, then alive, then dead again; a mass, a uterine polyp, and ovarian neoplasms were found in animals but not reported or diagnosed in Searle’s reports.

December 8, 1977– U.S. Attorney Skinner’s withdrawal and resignation stalls the Searle grand jury investigation for so long that the statue of limitations on the aspartame charges runs out. The grand jury investigation is dropped.

June 1, 1979– The FDA established a Public Board of Inquiry (PBOI) to rule on safety issues surrounding NutraSweet.

September 30, 1980– The Public Board of Inquiry concludes NutraSweet should not be approved pending further investigations of brain tumors in animals. The board states it “has not been presented with proof of reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.”

January 1981– Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of Searle, states in a sales meeting that he is going to make a big push to get aspartame approved within the year. Rumsfeld says he will use his political pull in Washington, rather than scientific means, to make sure it gets approved.

January 21, 1981– Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President of the United States. Reagan’s transition team, which includes Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of G. D. Searle, hand picks Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes Jr. to be the new FDA Commissioner.

March, 1981– An FDA commissioner’s panel is established to review issues raised by the Public Board of Inquiry.

May 19, 1981– Three of six in-house FDA scientists who were responsible for reviewing the brain tumor issues, Dr. Robert Condon, Dr. Satya Dubey, and Dr. Douglas Park, advise against approval of NutraSweet, stating on the record that the Searle tests are unreliable and not adequate to determine the safety of aspartame.

July 15, 1981– In one of his first official acts, Dr. Arthur Hayes Jr., the new FDA commissioner, overrules the Public Board of Inquiry, ignores the recommendations of his own internal FDA team and approves NutraSweet for dry products. Hayes says that aspartame has been shown to be safe for its’ proposed uses and says few compounds have withstood such detailed testing and repeated close scrutiny.

October 15, 1982– The FDA announces that Searle has filed a petition that aspartame be approved as a sweetener in carbonated beverages and other liquids.

July 1, 1983– The National Soft Drink Association (NSDA) urges the FDA to delay approval of aspartame for carbonated beverages pending further testing because aspartame is very unstable in liquid form. When liquid aspartame is stored in temperatures above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, it breaks down into DKP and formaldehyde, both of which are known toxins.

July 8, 1983– The National Soft Drink Association drafts an objection to the final ruling which permits the use of aspartame in carbonated beverages and syrup bases and requests a hearing on the objections. The association says that Searle has not provided responsible certainty that aspartame and its’ degradation products are safe for use in soft drinks.

August 8, 1983– Consumer Attorney, Jim Turner of the Community Nutrition Institute and Dr. Woodrow Monte, Arizona State University’s Director of Food Science and Nutritional Laboratories, file suit with the FDA objecting to aspartame approval based on unresolved safety issues.

September, 1983– FDA Commissioner Hayes resigns under a cloud of controversy about his taking unauthorized rides aboard a General Foods jet. (General foods is a major customer of NutraSweet) Burson-Marsteller, Searle’s public relation firm (which also represented several of NutraSweet’s major users), immediately hires Hayes as senior scientific consultant.

Fall 1983– The first carbonated beverages containing aspartame are sold for public consumption.

November 1984– Center for Disease Control (CDC) “Evaluation of consumer complaints related to aspartame use.” (summary by B. Mullarkey)

November 3, 1987– U.S. hearing, “NutraSweet: Health and Safety Concerns,” Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Senator Howard Metzenbaum, chairman.

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/857 RTM: www.dorway.com: original documents and long reviews of flaws in aspartame toxicity research 7.31.2 rmforall

http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt UPI reporter Gregory Gordon: 96K 3-part expose Oct 1987

“Survey of aspartame studies: correlation of outcome and funding sources,” 1998, unpublished: http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html Walton found 166 separate published studies in the peer reviewed medical literature, which had relevance for questions of human safety. The 74 studies funded by industry all (100%) attested to aspartame’s safety, whereas of the 92 non-industry funded studies, 84 (91%) identified a problem. Six of the seven non-industry funded studies that were favorable to aspartame safety were from the FDA, which has a public record that shows a strong pro-industry bias. Ralph G. Walton, MD, Prof. of Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Youngstown, OH 44501, Chairman, The Center for Behavioral Medicine, Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown, OH 44501 330-740-3621 rwalton193@aol.com http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm ***********************************

I found this and wanted to share it.

The Author’s Perspective on Our Society

I am still from the old-fashioned way of thinking, that an honest day’ work is worth an honest day’s wage. I also am one of those people who gets disgusted at the way our societies is increasingly moving towards a non-thinking state of existence. Following is an account of my realization of the presence of this mind set and how it led me to develop the electrolysis unit. It surprised me upon my first trip to Europe that I never did meet a European ‘air-head’ or ‘blonde’ as our society likes to jestingly label people. During more European trips I found the same to be true. It made me wonder why our society produces non-thinkers while European society does not.

My conclusion about the ’soberness’ the Europeans display is probably based on the fact that the U.S. society (unlike European) is an entertainment oriented giant that does not like to have to put forth personal effort. We have more free time on our hands than peoples of other nations and I believe this has led us to accept an attitude of “live to party, party to live.” We therefore have abandoned standards of decency, morality, honesty, and integrity (because these take effort) and are/have becoming/become a crude, rude, greedy, ungodly, pleasure-seeking, uneducated, unthinking people.

Proof of this is that our entertainment industry makes up the majority of our spending. and our entertainment industry continues to delve deeper and deeper into areas that are proven by history to be degrading to a society. This interferes with areas of life that are vital to our survival as a free nation

The Herd Wants a Nanny

I feel this party-til’-you-die attitude, which has fostered a ”herd mentality’, has given rise to many dangerous problems, a few of which are mentioned below: First, a government-nanny attitude has arisen and is nourished by our non-thinking. This mind set leaves us as little children who blindly hand over personal freedoms to government control. While we party and ‘let things take care of themselves” the government takes over the responsibilities we should personally be taking care of. I do not lay the fault at the feet of the government.

The fault is with our society as a whole. Most people have blindly become so locked into a system that they do not take the time to think. I cringe to think our society is positional such that government is the one telling our children (MY child – not theirs!) to wear a safety helmet while riding his bike. What is next? Will we become so personally lame the government will need to demand a monthly menu from each household to make sure we are serving the proper meals so our children will grow up healthy? Will we prove so personally incapable that our government to tell us what to watch on TV, where to go to church, where we buy our food, what radio stations are OK for us, which doctor and dentist we choose, whether our ailments are worthy of being treated?

Second, it is not hard to see that the liberal media sways public political opinion by continually feeding the blind masses questionable (if not openly false) information. This left-slanted information easily sways voters towards liberal agendas. The values our country was founded on is what has brought us to where we are. History has proven that erasing these values causes a society/civilization to die. The liberals in places of power probably understand and know this, but it appears their agenda is simply driven by a lust for money and power. They tend to use the media to play on the emotions of their followers. If they can get people focusing on emotion, rather than reason, the party-hardy attitude is maintained; the masses blindly follow what ‘feels’ right/fun/easy; the liberal leaders get more fame, admiration, followers, money, and power. Proper values, unborn children, ‘undesirable’ people, the environment, or any thing else that gets in the way of their agenda is trampled. As an example of this, do some honest research on the concept of ’separation of church and state.’ You will find the liberal media has twisted the concept to be exactly the opposite of what the founding father’s of the U.S. designed it to be.

Third, advertising agencies backed by big business engineer their presentations to feed off the non-thinking masses. The herd mentality is a powerful tool that allows whomever desires it to pluck the money from the pockets of the masses. Too many people are caught in the non-thinking rut that “name brand is always best,” or, as the labels on so many products read, only certified technicians should service this equipment another way of saying, ‘we want your money – so bring it to us instead of doing it yourself)’ .” There are obviously some things we cannot service ourselves, but a lot of things need no technical training – just common sense, curiosity, and a desire to learn.

A typical example of greed being prevalent in business occurred when I was using a computer I was unacquainted with. A diskette got caught when the auto-eject system was activated. It shocked me when the ‘technician’ at the shop told me it would cost ‘only’ $40.00 for him to retrieve the diskette. I’m glad I took the time to wonder what the little hole by the opening of the drive was; and (with the power off – we are discussing common sense here – aren’t we?) cautiously stick the end of piece of wire into it. I quickly discovered the manufacturer had included a manual ejecting mechanism for their technicians to make a fast $40.00 from!

We live in an amazing time of history. Our present day world is developing technology at a pace that makes it hard to keep up with current trends. Our Internet technology has put almost unlimited information at our fingertips. Computers become outdated after only a year of use. People expect (not hope) things to always become more technologically advanced, We expect science will improve everything we have. Things will always be smaller, better, more technologically sophisticated, more powerful, and cheaper to run. This is not a bad attitude (although its validity is questionable) as it keeps us ever shooting for higher plateaus of knowledge. But as things become more advanced, we also need to combat the natural tendency of mankind to become a lazy, complacent people, and to guard against the use of our knowledge as a means of personal gain at the expense of others.

Puppeteers and Pied Pipers

The sad part about our society is that a large number of the people have no concept that they have lost freedoms/money by falling into this lame way of life. These people, like marionettes, are having the system pull their strings. Just like the non-thinking puppet, their actions and way of life become dictated by the master puppeteers. The puppets never realize they have not tasted life.

In my opinion, there are many culprits milking the party-hardy generation for all their worth. These puppeteers thrive in the massive rational-thinking void. Not only are they puppeteers, but like the “Pied Piper of Hamlin,” they lead us where they want us to go. I will discuss but two pied pipers since they relate to the purpose of this publication.

It has been noted by those who watch and think for themselves (instead of accepting just what they hear from the media) that our economy has always slumped whenever there has been an increase in gasoline prices. Why do I call the oil industry a pied piper? I believe this industry is dishonest, and since they know they have us over a barrel (pun intended), they milk us for all they can get without totally crashing our economy. Here are three brief, but convincing, arguments that the oil industry is not truthful with us as to gasoline pricing:

1. Gasoline containing lead used to be produced and was called ‘regular gas.’ Unleaded gas was sold as a more expensive variety. The majority of people thought that unleaded gas was obtained by doing some special process to regular gasoline to eliminate the lead in it. This supposed “de-lead-ing” process cost the company money to perform and therefore justified the higher price of unleaded gas. However, just the opposite was true! Regular gas was produced by the addition of lead to unleaded gas! Unleaded gas was actually the cheaper of the two products, so the companies were charging more money for the cheaper product! When the public found this out, the price of unleaded did not drop, but they raised the price of regular gas instead! Finally, they did away with regular gas altogether.

2. Gasoline is a by-product of plastic production. Why then do not the prices on all plastic product go up and down as the gasoline prices do? Everything plastic should follow suit and raise in price each summer! Can you imagine the chore of calculating what you had to budget for groceries if all the plastic packages/wrapping/bottles/bags in the grocery store fluctuated like gasoline prices do?

3. Why has the cost of a quart of motor oil remained basically the same over the years while gas prices have risen sharply? Again, remember that gasoline is a by-product of the oil refining process. They actually used to throw gasoline away as waste before the birth of the gasoline powered automobile!

I hope these three facts tell you something. The flute of the oil industry has been blowing a long time. I also believe that if gasoline were fairly priced, our economy would be much better off than it is.

Another major industry that I believe plays a tune for us to follow is the auto industry. I still find it unbelievable that people actually swallow, ‘hook, line, and sinker [maybe the reel, and pole too!]” the idea that cars can get only 20-30 miles per gallon maximum. What happened to our belief that science could cure all problems so prevalent in all other areas of our lives? The gasoline engine has remained about 20-25% efficient since its creation!

But what about our advanced fuel injected motors? Fuel injection is something that works to improve mileage – at least this is he general consensus. The auto manufacturers and advertisers want us to believe this is cutting edge technology. However, I know two men who each owned a 1966 Oldsmobile with an in-line 6 cylinder, carbureted engine. Both men reported average gas mileage of 36 m.p.g.! Today’s vehicles are designed smaller and lighter to ‘improve mileage’ (personally, I believe it is just another attempt to cheapen production cost and produce more expendable items thereby insuring more money will be in the pockets of the auto industry owners). A modern Mini-van claiming 23-27 m.p.g., because of their ‘technologically advanced’ engines, gets worse mileage than a much larger, much heavier, antique vehicle! Yes, fuel injection does give better mileage than some carburetors in the same position, but modern fuel injected motors are moving much smaller, lighter vehicles than the big old ‘boats’ and getting worse mileage! Obviously not all of the old cars got 36 m.p.g. – but facts prove it was possible back then.

Edit: With the latest firmware that has been released, the previous method has been disabled. This is the edited document with the new method. Enjoy.

I was going through a lot of craziness setting up my Sprint Instinct to use as a modem, but I figured it out tonight. Note that Customer Support insists that it will not work despite that I used to work for the 3G Data network, know all about option 33, 11, PDSNs, BSC, AAA, LDAP profiles, Actiview, etc. They only know what they’re told.

Anyways…

At the dial screen enter the code ##debugmenu# and then go to the main debug menu. At this screen you will enter your MSL number.

Next, select “Toggle Modem NAI” and choose “Off.”

Then, make sure your phone is in Modem mode.  Simply remove the flash drive from your card, although it doesn’t have to be specifically removed.

Next, on your Ubuntu Desktop perform the following:

If you type dmesg you’ll see mention of device ttyACM0, this is your modem device.  The rest is setting it up.

[10502.038262] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 21
[10502.201491] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[10502.251216] cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device


Connecting your Sprint Instinct is much like connecting your Treo 650 Palm device.

/etc/chatscripts/Instinct:
TIMEOUT 5
ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
ABORT '\nERROR\r'
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r'
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\rRINGING\r'
'' \rATZ
TIMEOUT 12
OK ATD#777
TIMEOUT 22
CONNECT ""

/etc/ppp/peers/Instinct:
noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/Instinct"
defaultroute
usepeerdns
/dev/ttyACM0
115200
local
novj

To connect:

sudo pon Instinct

To disconnect:

sudo poff Instinct

That’s it.  Do a ifconfig ppp0 and you’ll see your IP and be able to surf the web. If you want make gnome buttons to turn it on or off then make sure you run the application in a terminal and you’ll be fine.

PS: If you find out that you can’t get on the net then you will have to set up your default route by hand.

Look in /var/log/syslog for text that matches this, your IP may vary.

Apr 2 21:57:10 tetryon pppd[5163]: remote IP address 68.28.145.69

Then set your route with

route add default gw 68.28.145.69


That’s it. If you do not know how to set routes, or what routes are then I suggest you read up on the OSI Model.

Sorry for my last emo post. I had to get some self-loathing off my chest. The cost of diapers got me down.

At any rate if you want to share zfs-fuse (0.5.0) via NFS you have to ditch the kernel or user server package and install unfs3. The rest is the same, no exportfs -ra though, just bounce it.

Done and done.

If anyone tells you something about themselves — particularly about their personality — feel confident that they’re feeding you bullshit.  One tends to generally expose anything that they feel is awesome about themselves so they can hear it; convincing themselves that they are living up to an envious level.

If you’re smart, you’ll never tell anyone, they’ll tell you.

If you’re dignifying, you will notice it without their help.

If they are trusting, you can put it to the test.

If they go out of their way to tell you about themselves, unadvertised, they want you to feel that way so they can satisfy their own ends.  It may not be malicious, but in the end it’s a lie.

I do it too, but now I’ll keep my mouth shut.

Veteran Matthis Chiroux of the “Hempstead 15″ recounts his experience

Wednesday, Oct. 15th, 2008, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and supporters gathered near the Hempstead, N.Y., train station to march on the final presidential debate at Hofstra University.

Our intent was made clear in a letter to Bob Schieffer, the debate moderator, one week prior. We wanted two members of our organization inside the debate where they would ask one question of Obama and one of McCain. If CBS and the candidates failed to meet our demands, we would march on Hofstra at 7 p.m. in a peaceful attempt to enter the debate to have our voices heard.

I planned on asking Barack Obama if he would back up his assessment of the occupation of Iraq as illegal by supporting servicemembers who would thus be required to refuse service there. Kris Goldsmith planned on asking McCain about his history of failing to vote in favor of V.A. funding, especially since the beginning of the occupation of Iraq.

Non-violence was stressed in every stage leading up to this action. It was stressed by me and Kris to Det. Thomas J. Calvert and Det. Robert Annese of the Nassau County Police Department the day before the action. Calvert and Annese were in charge of security for the debate, and they assured us they would instruct their officers to respect the non-violent spirit of the action by using restraint towards peaceful veterans and demonstrators.

In every stage of planning, IVAW made every effort to keep all planned tactics and actions “above the table” so that the candidates, the media, the police and the country would know exactly what would happen if our demands were not met.

We were at Hofstra to force the issue that veterans and servicemembers are not being cared for or heard from by our government, and the candidates, CBS and the Nassau County Police Department couldn’t have proved us more correct.

We, the veterans and our supporters, stood together in solidarity, knowing the stakes were high. But a resolve echoed deep from with us to stand our ground and be heard. Twice these candidates had brushed us off, and thrice just wasn’t going to happen.

So at seven p.m. when we’d heard nothing from the moderators, IVAW made good on its promise to the candidates and Det. Calvert. We marched to the front gate of Hofstra, read our questions and peacefully proceeded into police lines.

Because these candidates cared more to hear from “Joe the Plumber” than veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, ten veterans went to jail and five civilian supporters joined us.

This upsets me, but I knew the risk, and if I must fall in defense of democracy, peace and justice, I offer my sacrifice willingly.

What infuriates me is the GROSS MISCONDUCT of the police in the process, much of which I believe to be illegal.

After my arrest, the police charged their horses onto a sidewalk and unprovokedly knocked my friend Nick Morgan, a veteran of Iraq, to the ground and trampled his face. They then arrested him, put a piece of gauze on his facewound and loaded him onto a bus headed for jail with the rest of the Hempstead 15.

After they brought Nick onto the bus and we the veterans identified him as exhibiting signs of a concussion and as needing immediate medical attention, our arresting officers laughed at us and told us Nick would receive no help unless he himself asked to go to the hospital, though Nick was barely conscience and completely disoriented at the time AND THE COPS KNEW IT!

We pointed out that as a result of a serious head injury, Nick wasn’t aware enough to speak for himself. The police responded with, “too bad.”

After Nick stirred enough for us to instruct him to ask for medical attention, he was taken to a hospital, diagnosed with a fractured cheekbone, given nothing more than Motrin for the pain and brought to the Police Station where he sat chained to a bench for 5 hours with no further medical attention at all.

Additionally, police pulled other members and supporters of ours from the sidewalk and arrested them while horses spun in circles causing injury to most who couldn’t escape their paths.

All of this, I observed after arrest through the large windows of a bus we were detained in which was parked parallel to the demonstration and subsequent atrocities.

While on the bus, the officers mocked us, calling us idiots and whiners. When we arrived at the Nassau County Detention Center, the hazing did not cease.

One officer, when I brought up the prospect of speaking to a lawyer, threatened to, “put me in the back (jail),” where, “the big boys will pop your cherry!” When I asked this officer if he had just threatened an honorably discharged veteran of Afghanistan with prison rape and told him I wanted his name and rank, he refused and told me to look it up on the police report which the Nassau County Police Department has refused to provide us a copy of.

While detained, the three females who were arrested with us, including Marine Reserve Capt. Marlisa Grogan, were sexually harassed by the police who went so far as to hold Ids next to the chained women’s faces and make comments like, “you look like you came out of a Barbie magazine.”

All night, they didn’t stop. “You’re cowards, you’re idiots,” they said. The hostility was thick and unwarranted.

“This non-violent protest stuff is retarded,” they said (as if they’d prefer the alternative). “See how it got your friend’s face fucked up?”

Literally, they said this when they brought Nick in and chained him to the bench. The harassment only increased from there.

“Look at you friend’s face,” said one officer. “You’re responsible for that.” As if I gave to order to charge horses onto a crowded sidewalk.

I saw this same officer in the Colony diner where we went to eat after we were charged with disorderly conduct and released. He was with the one who threatened me with prison rape, and when I approached them respectfully and again asked for their names, he leapt to his feet, threw his finger in my face and began threatening to “beat my ass” if I didn’t drop it.

Afterward, one of his friends, also a police officer, approached me, accused me of being drunk and said I was about to get arrested again. I retorted that his accusations were false (considering I’d only gotten out of jail 30 minutes prior) and that I was only interested in learning the names of the officers who arrested and harassed us as I have the legal right to do. He responded with only his name, which he said was Peter Sikinger, but refused to reveal the names of his partners, though to his credit, he did back down from threatening me with arrest.

I am outraged at the egregious conduct of the Nassau Country Police Department and the failure of Det. Calvert to make good on his promise to “make things go as smoothly as possible.”

But mostly, I must put this on the candidates.

Barack Obama and John McCain, you have failed to properly address the occupation of Iraq and veteran and servicemember issues in this campaign. You failed to hear from us, the veterans and servicemembers, at the conventions. Your overwhelming concern for “Joe the Plumber” at the final debate while veterans are killing themselves at a rate of 18 per month is inhumane to say the least.

The fact that you allowed your veterans to be arrested, brutalized and harassed for simply trying to be heard by you is inexcusable. Forever should your consciences be scarred for what you allowed to take place to veterans on American soil.

But our questions still stand, and we still demand answers.

Obama, are you ready to support members of the military refusing to participate in the occupation of Iraq which you have termed “illegal?”

McCain, as a veteran, how can you account for your abysmal failure to vote in favor of post-2003 legislation to fund the V.A. which provides life saving services to men and women who gave all to serve this nation?

Besides which, you both owe the Hempstead 15 an apology. You owe Nick Morgan an apology for the reconstructive surgery he’ll be receiving and the permanent, violent altering of his face that is a result of your failure to hear from us.

You owe every veteran in history a public statement condemning the sidewalk trampling of Nick and Carlos Harris, an Iraq veteran, who also had his foot broken by a horse. As well Geoff Millard, a disabled veteran of Iraq with degenerative spine disease who was knocked to the ground, dragged from the sidewalk and arrested, and Nadine Lubka, one of our supporters, who was kicked in the face by a horse.

And we the people are not done forcing this issue.

I encourage every person who reads this to contact both the Obama and McCain campaigns and demand they answer our questions and condemn the actions of the police Wednesday night.

They don’t own this election, the media doesn’t own this election, we the people own this election, and we deserve to have our voices heard. Any candidate who disagrees with that statement is unworthy the Presidency of the United States of America.

Peace and Solidarity,

Matthis Chiroux