Category Archives: Loose Pollen

Car with COEXIST bumper sticker runs over Pro-Life display at Dartmouth College.

Published at YouTube on Apr 4, 2014: “My name is Hannah Kunze, I am the manager of a before and after school program on Naval Station Rota, Spain. April is the Month of the Military Child and I wanted to share a glimpse of what it means to work with these children.

“Patrons are asked to stand for the National Anthem before a showing in our local movie theater. Today we took 40 children to a matinee. Our children (ranging from 5 to 12 years old) will stand, then without being asked, belt out our National Anthem with their hands on their hearts.

“It gives you chills to see patriotism like this displayed in youth at such a young age. Our kids know what it is to have daily sacrifices for our country. They know no other life then the one they have, but they are happy children living happy lives.

“Take a moment and share this video to show your appreciation not only for those who serve our country, but those who they come home to.”

Source:
Pistol Pete

Obama Promise: Your Premiums Will Go Down

Obama Reality: Your Premiums Have Gone Up

Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2014/04/07/how-much-have-health-plan-premiums-spiked-over-the-last-four-years-of-obamacares-rollout-heres-the-data/

Yellowstone Bison Running for their lives?

The video was posted March 20, 2014, but the date it was taken is not shown. Prepper Central says they’re running away from the Yellowstone supervolcano. I have no idea if that’s true or if this is normal behavior for them.

Wikipedia says Yellowstone National Park is the caldera of a supervolcano 34 by 45 miles in diameter. It was formed during three supereruptions that occurred 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago, and 640,000 years ago. Is it set to blow again? Dunno. If it does, I can only guess it would be a majorly catastrophic environmental event.

NASA simulation of possible behavior G2 when it gets to the black hole

In other weirdness, astronomers are expecting an incredibly rare event to occur SOON when a mysterious gas cloud called G2 hits the edge of the black hole that lies at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Nobody knows what will happen, though one possibility is that the black hole will suck the cloud in and emit a bunch of x-rays … or something. (When it comes to astronomy, my IQ is about equal to a potted plant’s.)

Every few days, the Swift spacecraft turns toward the innermost region of the galaxy and takes a 17-minute-long snapshot with its X-ray Telescope (XRT). These are posted @ http://www.swift-sgra.com/. I visited but have nowhere near enough knowledge to understand what the pictures and graphs mean. If anyone here does, let me know. I’m interested!

Sources:

• http://preppercentral.com/?p=5704
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera
• http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/mystery-gas-cloud-course-enter-supermassive-black-hole-milky-ways-heart

March 25, 2014: No One Clapped

You can tell how desperate he got to have someone clap. “Thank you very much everybody” … “Thank you for coming.” Like, “I’m done. Clap now!” … “No really. I’m done, so CLAP dammit.” ::snork::

During a hearing on ObamaCare, NC Democrat Rep. Verla Insko asked Dr. Conover what percent of prostate cancer patients are women. Hmmmmmm … let me think.

NC Dem Asks Doctor How Many Women Get Prostate Cancer

Source:

http://twitchy.com/2014/03/20/dont-hate-punctuate-subaru-dealer-adjusts-sign-to-thwart-union-bullies-again-pic-video/

They told him BEFORE the procedures that they took his insurance. Then they decided they didn’t and sent him a giant bill.

H/t Pistol Pete

Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2014 begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 9.