tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post6993552999317619975..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: BetrayalSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-20646083878969297382020-08-13T14:02:11.805-07:002020-08-13T14:02:11.805-07:00That Kudlow comment is mentioned in my almost-post...That Kudlow comment is mentioned in my almost-posted next column.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-31061674951338303812020-08-13T13:04:32.444-07:002020-08-13T13:04:32.444-07:00"President Donald Trump will not support a co..."President Donald Trump will not support a coronavirus relief deal that includes "voting rights" provisions backed by Democrats, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Thursday. "So much of the Democratic asks are really liberal, left wish lists -- voting rights and aid to aliens and so forth," he told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" when asked about the administration's stalled aid talks with Democratic leaders."<br /><br />“There’s nothing wrong with getting out and voting. . . . They voted during World War I and World War II,” Trump told Bartiromo." <br /><br />Here's the plan...If adults won't march to their deaths by going back to work, then send kids to school to use as symptomless spreaders throughout society. You can't control all the adults, but you can control the children. Children work for cheap and because all the adults died, we need to loosen up child labor laws. <br /><br />Will Drumpf send the 'cops' after parents who keep their kids home from school? We gonna 'no knock' Hispanic communities and use truancy as the excuse?<br /><br />At what point do we start getting the picture folks? Drumpf and the alt right do not care whether you live or die. Well, they do care actually. If you are black, you should simply die now, like self deport, only white supremacy style. If you are Mexican, self deport to a cage, leaving your wealth and children behind. Remember, kids work cheap and the new Drumpf economy will need those tiny hands to make his hands look bigger.<br /><br />China (pronounced 'Jina') can still anchor babies for a price, but the rest of ya gotta go, and you know what to do, self deport.<br /><br />Let's see, who we got left? Wait!<br /><br />Drumpf doesn't have the time to list everyone, so a new law simplifying it to everyone not white and then only English speaking white people (or white English speaking animals and plant life I suppose, Drumpf don't wanna piss on the animal luvin' white nationalists PITA members).<br /><br />Drumpf is trying to defund the post office!!! HELLO!?<br /><br />Defund cops or the postal service? I say the postal service is more important.<br /><br />Nobody is trying to defund the cops to take over the nation. But Drumpf is defunding the post office to help him stay in power forever.<br /><br />Drumpf said "Voting rights are the on liberals wish list." Well yeah...no duh! Voting rights should be on EVERYONE'S wish list, not just Americans.<br /><br />There's a new war on mail in voting. It's a war on our very way of life. Who's side you on? I'm on the safest, most reasonable side. Mail in Voting, which by the way is the most accurate way to vote as well. We all know that's the real reason the Alt right wants to outlaw mail in voting and destroy the infrastructure to make it possible. It's because in a fair election, the alt right has no chance. None. And when they are out of power, their wealthy donors will be out of power as well.<br /><br />I'm gonna open up an abortion center next to every chick fil a and Hobby Lobby I can find!<br /><br /><br /><br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-76275783859534237602020-08-12T14:00:15.922-07:002020-08-12T14:00:15.922-07:00hmmmmm.....
It would seem the best way to de-fund ...hmmmmm.....<br />It would seem the best way to de-fund the police would be to not riot...or not "protest"...or not "march peacefully"...or not require bodycams (+2% raise right there! Oh, the things we can find out when we look at union contracts)<br />Ref: https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/Legislation/SPOG_CBA_expires_12-31-20_111418.pdf<br />And we could reduce their budget 35% by living peacefully with each other (OK, I made that number up, but, reducing them to base salary would do something like that, no?).<br />I did notice from the list the 35 year old news reporter wrote that the big earners are mostly due to overtime. In all my comments over a decade I never named a single teacher that I looked up, and avoided context that would allow their identification. Surprising that The Seattle Times considers that acceptable, but then we live in hateful Seattle "Times" these days.<br />...and...in looking at where each and every one named in the article lives, the police live about as far away from Seattle as can be reasonably expected to get into work. I wasn't surprised at that outcome, but I do find it interesting.<br />Anyway, good link to the article, but, OTOH, how does it relate to Sid's article?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-63327032111709107652020-08-12T10:40:16.825-07:002020-08-12T10:40:16.825-07:00YES! Lincoln Project strikes again...
https://ww...YES! Lincoln Project strikes again...<br /><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x1-CVsoEBUSmoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-71863055799789140312020-08-12T09:02:56.604-07:002020-08-12T09:02:56.604-07:00I was wrong!
Its' 374 Seattle Police Departme...I was wrong!<br /><br />Its' 374 Seattle Police Department employees made at least $200,000 last year.<br /><br />Sorry,but they ain't worth 1/2 that<br /><br /><br />https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/374-seattle-police-department-employees-made-at-least-200000-last-year-heres-how/Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-40114392912125565992020-08-11T22:04:00.385-07:002020-08-11T22:04:00.385-07:00Kamala Harris is the next VP of the USA
She will ...Kamala Harris is the next VP of the USA<br /><br />She will shred Drumpf and Pence. Joe is not a prosecutor. He's not a salesman. He's just a guy who was VP and stands around and gladhands well. Very necessary but you need more to win. I think Kamala is exactly what the Dr. ordered.<br /><br />Not my favorite pick but...God save us if we are not transforming law enforcement.Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-18293107971684540742020-08-11T17:04:45.794-07:002020-08-11T17:04:45.794-07:00Or...
Best had her chance and didn't act. She...Or...<br /><br />Best had her chance and didn't act. She authorised the tear gassing. She authorised the police violence.<br /><br />If she wanted change, she could have got it. The council was in full support of her.<br /><br />Fact is when push came to shove, she's no better than the rest. Cry about a 1% salary cut??? So much for "dedication" and "service". The Seattle times posted salaries of these cops. 200K+ a year for like 70-80 of them and couple cops were creeping up on 500K a year salary. We can buy 5+ teachers for that easily. Median salary was like 140K-150K<br /><br />Fact is that those who want to quit should do so ASAP. Find a crayon and scratch out "I quit". Ring the bell mayonnaise! That's how the Marine corps does it. The men and women are simply the finest. Low pay. Real danger. No attaboys from city council. Away from America and family for years. Righteous loyalty and performance. That's service defined. Drumpf would know nothing of that. Cops are mostly lost on the fact as well. They seem self serving and self indulgent.<br /><br />I'll keep reminding everyone, whether they believe it or not. The corruption being uncovered and the outrage over it is only beginning. Compton Police are not the only police gang. Not even close. There's a lot of self dealing and that will be a hot topic soon. Jackson thinks I am paranoid. That I see and hear things that are not there. That I lie and exaggerate. I edit facts to my liking supposedly.<br /><br />I got bad news for y'all. I don't talk about stuff I know nothing about. I am not the paranoid type. I don't panic. I'm not schizophrenic. Which loosely translated means I know exactly what I am talking about, having experienced it my entire life. If you see me wrestling a bear, quickly get that bear some help. I'm pretty educated and prepared for almost anything.<br /><br />What happens if Drumpf weaponized law enforcement against civilians? Then what would you say? Oh, wait, that's happening too....Hmmmm....I'm still trying to figure out where I am wrong on all this. I literally see ZERO evidence that I am wrong on any point I make.<br /><br />The cops racist history is a mirror image of the south and the Confederacy/slavery. Neither has fixed their racist issues. They both deny them. So, while it doesn't seem to solve any problems, I have yet to see how any of this has created more problems.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-81848563248601703052020-08-11T11:40:29.420-07:002020-08-11T11:40:29.420-07:00"OTOH" - Yup, Ms. Best becomes yet anoth..."OTOH" - Yup, Ms. Best becomes yet another casualty of the current occupier's many blunders, one of so many he couldn't care less about.<br />If he hadn't sent in Feds to protect a building that didn't need protecting, the "protesters" wouldn't have threatened Ms. Best's home, family, and neighbors, and Seattle would still have a competent Chief of Police. But now, a new leader will need to appear out of nowhere, and guide a reduced police force in incredible problems with 100 less to do it with. One can only imagine the profile of her replacement. I can't even speculate on who that might be.<br />But, if Ms. Best suddenly appears as a VP choice for Biden, well, then I might be delighted; though I still want Ms. Rice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-82277033637024393402020-08-11T09:20:25.221-07:002020-08-11T09:20:25.221-07:00Did Carmen Best say she was betrayed? Or is that f...Did Carmen Best say she was betrayed? Or is that fake news too?Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-88621889062138495352020-08-11T08:39:17.155-07:002020-08-11T08:39:17.155-07:00Perhaps. OTOH, the column is about Trump.Perhaps. OTOH, the column is about Trump.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-67082605160408445032020-08-11T08:31:03.721-07:002020-08-11T08:31:03.721-07:00Since the title of your column is "Betrayal&q...Since the title of your column is "Betrayal", perhaps some would like to comment on how Ms. Carmen Best feels about "our" Seattle City Council.<br />This, as we've just learned she is to retire from her position as Chief of Police.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-33217084249840964042020-08-10T20:47:49.339-07:002020-08-10T20:47:49.339-07:00The Police...AGAIN
Notice the good cop no longer ...The Police...AGAIN<br /><br />Notice the good cop no longer has a career.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7gwYbd8lHoSmoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-21673885668802642942020-08-09T13:26:41.116-07:002020-08-09T13:26:41.116-07:00Pretty far afield, all right, but not insulting, s...Pretty far afield, all right, but not insulting, so...Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-88469753504462812232020-08-09T12:39:34.846-07:002020-08-09T12:39:34.846-07:00@ks: Milwaukee area, not Green Bay, but ... Go Pac...@ks: Milwaukee area, not Green Bay, but ... Go Packers!!<br /><br />As to the "how" of my thinking with respect to you and the process industries, you used the word "sold". Although I have a very good understanding of technical sales and the array of participants that can be involved, that verb had me imagining your onsite cold calls and quotas.<br /><br />I had a professional connection to the process industries, too.<br /><br />@Frank: A get-together sounds good. Perhaps with a few more, too.<br /><br />My Dr Strangelove e-mail address is visible should anyone want to talk or harass.<br /><br />@Sid: Thanks for allowing these somewhat off-topic exchanges. Where's your tip jar? :-)<br /><br />Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-14977677740871377962020-08-09T09:27:12.966-07:002020-08-09T09:27:12.966-07:00No mystery, if you want to sell to the food produc...No mystery, if you want to sell to the food producers of the world, you must abide to "clean-in-place" (weld quality, resistance to solvents, etc). But if you want to sell to fertilizer (explosives) manufacturers, you must abide to Factory Mutual requirements for combustible environments (like the grain silos right next to the ammonium nitrate storage formerly in Beirut). I worked with much about those as well, and, at grain storage facilities in the Mid-West they coexisted with all sorts of I&C type considerations. I worked with automated controls for all processes, and measurement devices, and material flow (you can tell what type of a plant it is by looking at the pipe elbows and sweeps).<br />It's difficult to put together a puzzle without the picture on the cover of the box. Much like the fable of the blind men describing, with assertion, what the elephant must look like. I kept a cartoon of that at my work desk as reminder to ask better questions of who I talked with when I was at our factory, and not on the road.<br />If you want to look at amazing mathematics, some of the most obscure in the world though applicable to every city in the world, research Jenike & Johanson: https://jenike.com/category/technical-papers/ (ahhhh, the memories!)<br />But then, I worked liquids, too! For instance, the hated by some Koch Brothers developed liquid flow solutions in use throughout the world, not just "oil" (said with a fake Texas accent). A beautifully elegant and mathematical solution is the use of vanes in the transfer tubing to spin the material through a sweep and/or an elbow, but for this you would want to refresh your understanding of rotational force, from University Physics. The Pacific Science Center had a great experiment for this, where you would stand on a turntable, hold at the axle a bicycle wheel, spin it, and then twist it to see how the turntable moved you. All, easily calculable using what you learn in Physics 121. In liquids, it keeps the temperature of the liquid down, in plastics it prevents "angel hair" (which wreaks havoc on the equipment).<br />I can assure you the young men in this video are some of the smartest in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaPHNgmDVcU (but I didn't work for any of Koch companies). The fools of the world "flyover" them, but, I'm sure they're glad for some of those who do. What happens throughout our great country searches the unimaginable in scope and size and content and height, breadth, width and depth. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-4716162287926101792020-08-08T20:43:55.862-07:002020-08-08T20:43:55.862-07:00Ahhhh, Wisconsin! Green Bay even? At a Kraft plant...Ahhhh, Wisconsin! Green Bay even? At a Kraft plant they called the cheese "oil". But there the soy farmers call beans "berries". The funnest one I ever dealt with was the chicken farmers who called the feed "protein". I'd hate to tell you why.<br />Yes. The mathematics involved in the Process Industries is a thing of beauty, even elegant. I worked with over a hundred industries in all sorts of things. But then, there are a thousand+ industries out there, unless there are 10,000. I used to study the SIC categories, looking for those we could help. It's been awhile since I did.<br />I'd love to think my mathematical skills were in demand. How did you come up with that as a question? It's an interesting one. The "how" is simple, the big boys bought our company, and I wasn't going to move. The "when" was, well, a while ago, back when I was still alive to the working world. Now, I'm dead to the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-34386006142056083282020-08-08T20:27:00.908-07:002020-08-08T20:27:00.908-07:00@Dr.S,
I am "puzzled" also concerning ks...@Dr.S,<br />I am "puzzled" also concerning ks' cheese equipment connection. My guess is that it involves the automated controls used to time and record the cleaning-in-place process. <br /><br />It would be interesting for the three of us long time opinionators to meet post-pandemic isolation. I would be happy to coordinate the potential event. <br /><br />Your recommendation that leaders be required to watch "Gandhi" to discover how to justly serve their constituency is a great idea. Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-85939541332178310092020-08-08T18:36:57.252-07:002020-08-08T18:36:57.252-07:00I watched the 'rotted and clotted' video, ...I watched the 'rotted and clotted' video, ks. As a former Cheesehead, I found it very interesting.<br /><br />You sold parts that found their way into process equipment?? Really? When (or how?) did you escape that to find your mathematical skills in demand? Maybe I'm confused...<br /><br />@Jack: Some day I will watch that movie. It's on my list. There are some people in leadership positions that ought to be forced to watch it repeatedly until there's some evidence that at least a couple of the lessons have begun to penetrate.Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-3477949254577784612020-08-08T12:05:11.576-07:002020-08-08T12:05:11.576-07:00Last night I re-watched the three hour movie "...Last night I re-watched the three hour movie "Gandhi". Ben Kingsley's performance was magnificent. In my opinion, no person has more closely emulated the best of human-kind than Gandhi. <br /><br />He said "It is unwise for a person to be to sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."<br /><br />He proved the power of "peaceful resistance" to courageously confront unjust social, religious, and political strife is worthy of dedicating your life to accomplish.<br /><br />After Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, peaceful resisters like Jimmy Carter, M.L. King Jr., Nelson Mandela, John Lewis, Pope Francis, and several heroic women have inspired me and many others to recognize the futility and error of unjust wars. <br />seeker of wisdom and truthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-37483548289578666032020-08-07T21:13:27.171-07:002020-08-07T21:13:27.171-07:00@DocS: my pleasure on the identity. Writing styles...@DocS: my pleasure on the identity. Writing styles can be like fingerprints.<br />Would love to read some of his stories from past times; there's likely no Apple Cup this year but all can still order their Cougar Cheese: https://creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-cheese/<br />Be sure to watch the Vimeo video on how to make cheese found on the WSU store page. I wasn't a dairyman, but I sold to them, and certain pieces of the clean-in-place equipment you see in the video was my former trade for a few decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-57240005802245084952020-08-07T20:29:18.048-07:002020-08-07T20:29:18.048-07:00Wow, and here I thought I was a mess.Wow, and here I thought I was a mess.Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-44477414082520714432020-08-07T17:59:00.515-07:002020-08-07T17:59:00.515-07:00Frankie makes a compelling case for titling DSM...Frankie makes a compelling case for titling DSM's next edition DSM-F rather than DSM-6.Mythigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472129001677390304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-51497198846730405442020-08-07T12:55:03.000-07:002020-08-07T12:55:03.000-07:00"Probably the best comment you've ever po..."<i>Probably the best comment you've ever posted Jack.<br />Well stated.</i>"<br /><br />My thoughts exactly when I read his remarks, ks. Thank you for confirming Jack's identity for me, something that I had only suspected.<br /><br />Well done, Jack!Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-38373188919872340492020-08-07T11:59:28.064-07:002020-08-07T11:59:28.064-07:00OK Sid, know you won't publish, but my materia...OK Sid, know you won't publish, but my material needs footnotes, like Shakespeare...goes over most peoples heads like a Steve Dalkowski*(see!)fastball...<br />DSM code? yeah Sleepy Joe's a 290.42 fo sho'*, I'd tell you what that is, but I've got a touch of the 290.42 myself...<br /><br />Frank "so funny I laugh at the mirror"<br /><br />*Stephen Louis Dalkowski Jr. (June 3, 1939 – April 19, 2020), nicknamed Dalko was an American left-handed pitcher. He was sometimes called the fastest pitcher in baseball history and had a fastball that probably exceeded 100 mph (160 km/h)<br /><br />*Vascular Dementia with Delusions"<br /><br />* Corn-Pop-ese for "For Sure"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-18951775720674205922020-08-07T11:02:42.757-07:002020-08-07T11:02:42.757-07:00Probably the best comment you've ever posted J...Probably the best comment you've ever posted Jack.<br />Well stated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com