When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.
– Dr. Adrian Rogers
Posted in Education, Liberty, States Behaving Badly
I admit it. I watch Bill O. I think that he tries, tries I say, to be the fairest of all of the opinion guys on the cable shows. Beck and Hannity are right-wing with Hannity clearly in the bag for Republicans and the politicians in the party. Olbermann and Madow are so far to the Left that you can see ’em on the horizon if ya look Right.
And so will the rest of us, of course. Obamacare removes any limit that an insurance company can place on an individual per year or per life of the policy. Which is niffty, because if we had the Single Payer, the government itself would impose that very limit.
Posted in Health Care, Politics: International, Politics: National
As if we needed another example that weather patterns are climate change is subject to, shocker, nature, we have this report:
Iceland’s Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns.
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The winter of 1784 was also one of the longest and coldest on record in North America. New England reported a record stretch of below-zero temperatures and New Jersey reported record snow accumulation. The Mississippi River also reportedly froze in New Orleans.
In a stunning display that there are markets for everything, a group of entrepeneurs have “invented” Polaroid film:
NEW YORK – A group of engineers and enthusiasts who leased an old Polaroid film factory in the Netherlands announced Monday that they had successfully reinvented instant film and will start selling packs this week.
The news gives new life to some old Polaroid cameras. The company, called The Impossible Project, will sell film for SX-70 cameras made in the ’70s as well as more recent cameras that take 600-series film.
Each film pack will cost $21 and produce eight black-and-white images. The company plans to introduce color film this summer, and expects to make 1 million packs in the first year. The film will be sold online initially, but the company expects to make it available in some stores as well.
Amazing.
On a side note:
Had this been the government running the film industry we never would have advanced beyond the Polaroid film. Instead, we would be looking at ways to cut costs and reduce service. Rather than re-inventing the old film, we would still be making it, selling it for $31 a pack, yielding 4 pictures per with a successful “take-rate” of about 80%.
How sweet it is.
Posted in Economics, Fun, Politics: National, Technology
Tagged Abuse of Power, Health Care, Leftist, Socialism