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Golf deep in the hole — San Diego no exception
"Recycled" water is yet another fraud, and and expensive one, and very unhealthy. Where is the independent testing? Where are the the studies of the aerosolization from trickling filters and sprinklers and their health effects? Israeli researchers discovered this decades ago, but I suspect the research was hushed up. Kibbutzim downwind of irrigated areas (e.g. alfalfa) suffered a significantly higher incidence of disease that those upwind. Catchment plates similarly showed higher counts of disease organisms and toxins downwind. "Inconvenient" research on "ultragiant" aerosols. Think those researchers ever got another grant? I don't know, I didn't follow it at the time. I just go along with Mark Twain's assessment of "the goddamned human race." We have long been living on bull$hit, and it's fast becoming more and more widely accepted in lieu of the truth. Why are there no skepticism courses in the schools? Bread and circuses. "Watch" TV--NOTHING, regardless of the number of channels, but pablum and sensationalism, except for the occasional good movie (e.g. "Two Women") or C-SPAN. THE DEVIL (AND THE TRUTH) IS IN THE DETAILS! Not in "opinions," "expert" or otherwise. It isn't so much that we're "blissfully unaware" as it is that we are lied to.— June 16, 2013 9:55 p.m.
Golf deep in the hole — San Diego no exception
Those in developments were often conditions of approval for the subdivisions, i.e., "open space." A lot of developers, however, got away with "designated" open space rather than "dedicated," and as such mislead their customers. The government agencies approving such subdivisions were often complicit in this fraud. The land should remain open space of some kind, either a developed park, restored to natural vegetation (zero irrigation) which can then be modified to provide more "useable" space for passive recreation and fire hazard reduction, or a combination of the two. Developed parks use massive amounts of water, so every acre that can be returned to that crafted by God/Nature will "save" the amount of water previously used under the golf course use (about the same for developed park space), which amounts to at least one million gallons of water per year (in reality, the actual savings run two or three million gallons per year, up to as much as five million gallons or more). Even so-called "drought-tolerant" landscaping uses millions of gallons of water per acre--just try to get the water bills for such "gardens." They won't release the information. Manicured landscaping, like grassy areas for play and picnics need only to be as large as the demand, but extra grassy areas solely to look at are not only water-hogging, they are extremely expensive. Ask your local park department for these data and see what happens. Re: Don Bauder June 9, 2013 @ 10:01 a.m. viewer: Water conservation would be a good reason to close marginal golf courses and change them into public parks. Best, Don Bauder— June 16, 2013 12:37 p.m.
WFP Securities ordered to pay $19 million for peddling Ponzi
That this kind of chicanery is increasingly prevalent should put it near the head of the list for some creative legislation. A culture of parasites cannot stand forever. Even a bacterium "knows" better than to drive the breeding population of its prey down below the level at which it cannot replace itself, not to mention the oscillations throughout the system.— June 10, 2013 5:25 p.m.
Enterprise zones a flop, says new study
Burwell for President!— June 10, 2013 5:20 p.m.
In Borrego, Prices Are Low, Anyway
Borrego--a snake is sheep's clothing. The persistent delusion that it can be made into a "green" fantasy is just that. What is missing from all this discussion are just plain facts. Give us a graph on the depths to water from the wells--the rates of drawdown over the years, and any signs of inflow to the water table when, if ever, has the water table done anything but drop? Then and only then, can the water issue be intelligently discussed. If water is piped in from the east, that will only embrace the grander delusion that water is an "inexhaustible" or "sustainable" resource. Borrego "Springs" (where are the springs from which our fair Caesar doth drinks that He hath grown so great?) is most useful as a dramatic microcosm of the entire arid southwest's water problems--that Giant Sucking Sound turning all rivers into deserts, deserted by salmon, inhabited only by slime-dwelling organisms brought about by slimy promoters. A Grand Irony.— June 7, 2013 7:29 a.m.
San Diego firms Apricus, Innovus tackle male and female sex problems
Defecate?— June 7, 2013 7:05 a.m.
Golf deep in the hole — San Diego no exception
Some of the best news I've heard in years. Restore them to the ecosystems that were destroyed to put in these infantile playgrounds for men and women old enough to get out of the sandbox and contribute something to the community beyond the "donations" they make of their excesses to pump up their images. See: http://www.willrogers.com/writers/stories/golf/go…— June 6, 2013 7:53 a.m.
San Diego firms Apricus, Innovus tackle male and female sex problems
Females of most species run the show. Just hang around, and when they finally decide to stop flirting and get down to business, leave. Then come back after a couple of weeks or a month's absence (or maybe as much as a year) and see if they are more or less interested. If they're glad to see you, carry through and see if they're ready. Then and only then let her draw you in and enjoy it. Show a little tenderness, but don't fawn, be strong, not mean, but don't take any abuse (this is testing your suitability). Don't be brutal, be brave. Darlin', I'll die for you, but I won't cry for you. If you want to leave, what we shared will always be with me . . . Why aren't we hearing from women?— May 30, 2013 9:25 p.m.
San Diego firms Apricus, Innovus tackle male and female sex problems
Good grief! 67 replies and counting, and displacement activity (save maybe one post) continues to run rampant. Yes, the brain is the most important sex organ, and it requires that special connection that no one knows anything about, and nothing more . . . But for those who have allowed the "use it or lose it" syndrome to deflate their egos, etc., there is a gadget that can inflate it pretty well without medication. It fits over the thing, and one pumps it up and applies a tourniquet (which also has a clitoral stimulator attached). It's good for a maximum of 15 or 20 minutes before it becomes an elastorator. For the gals, it's a matter of mind over peter--I have heard some women say that faking it can actually bring on a real orgasm. Feeback loop? The main thing is to RELAX. Nothing like anxiety to #u(k up a good f)(k. A man from my childhood gave me the best advice: "Don't never chase after women, son--just be ready. Timing is everything, and NOW is all there is to timing. For some reason I'm reminded of the "old" movie where David Niven is "seducing" Ava Gardner (or was it Rita Hayworth?). He was loudly smooching up and down her arm and she asked "What are you doing?" "Preparing you!" But all Nivenerna aside, a long, long, long, foreplay and teasing to raise the tension should be the largest part of the act. Well, just the right length, anyway. One time a bunch (maybe 20) of us (men and women) were sitting around the campfire passing a jug of whisky around the circle and shooting the $h!t, and some of the gals said, "Look, guys, SIZE is important!" When I, in my high state said, "Well, about three inches should be PLENTY, right?" Incredulous looks. "Well, we are talking DIAMETER, right?"— May 30, 2013 8:03 a.m.
San Diego firms Apricus, Innovus tackle male and female sex problems
Oh, my, my, my--and all this time I thought it was Water Closet Fields who said that. Well, well, uhhh--one learns something every day.— May 30, 2013 7:34 a.m.