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"Legal Baller" suspended two years
One way to make your aphorism live on is to mis-attribute it to a famous person. There's something to this practice that appeals to me, much the way art "fakers" do. Different from duplicitous duplicators . . .— July 5, 2015 7:39 p.m.
Pro golfer problems
Well, if we had as much sense as the Israelis, we would be doing such studies right here in River City! The essence of validating research results lies in repeating them.— July 5, 2015 6:54 p.m.
Mayor's $1.6 million drought PR plan is back
Founder has found it! Riot in the streets is the only way!!!— July 5, 2015 6:50 p.m.
Mayor's $1.6 million drought PR plan is back
See the last paragraph of my recent post at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/jun/29/ti…— July 1, 2015 12:47 p.m.
But what are we manufacturing?
Polyanna!— July 1, 2015 12:37 p.m.
Pro golfer problems
There were some studies done in Israel that showed some interesting data. One placed Petri dishes radiating out from a trickling filter at a wastewater treatment plant. I showed much, much higher concentrations of bacteria and viruses downwind. Another was an epidemiological study of kibbutzim in the vicinity of alfalfa fields. Those downwind of the irrigation sprinklers showed much, much higher incidences of diseases associated with pathogens found in sewage. No data on the livestock fed the hay, unfortunately. When I brought this to the attention of the Water Utilities Department engineers, they flipped it off, saying that every sewage vent in every building spews out the same stuff. They were wrong, of course, because the ultragiant aerosols need something like a trickling filter or a sprinkler of some kind to be produced. Of course, I also tried to get the Public Health folks at SDSU interested in the issue of "leaf" blowers being used for dust blowers, and was summarily rejected. The bottom line is THE BOTTOM LINE. If there ain't big money in a solution, it will be rejected--and, if it proposes SAVING money or resources, it will be savaged by the agency(ies) involved. My name is mud everywhere I have shot off my mouth; I guess I'm lucky that, so far, they haven't shot back. Of course the first weapon of choice is to ignore the SOB. Then you slander her/him with a whisper campaign. I'm not alone. Almost everyone who speaks the truth and knows what they are talking about is similarly ignored--this is a BASIC PRINCIPLE that has become increasingly imbedded in agencies and government, nay, corporations and even small businesses. If you want to keep your job, zip it up (except the one in your rear). If you want another job, zip it up. If you want to climb to the top, infuse yourself with sufficient gas to float. Best, Twister— July 1, 2015 12:33 p.m.
Chained in a police van for hours
First they came for the . . .— June 30, 2015 9:11 p.m.
Pro golfer problems
I feel sorry for the golfers and others living downwind of the golf course sprinklers, which form ultra-giant aerosols that distribute bacteria and viruses downwind.— June 30, 2015 9:08 p.m.
Pro golfer problems
The trouble with treating sewage water is cost and technical difficulties like getting things like hormones out and system reliability. One equipment stumble, one operator screw up, one system glitch, and you're drinking contaminated water. The main reason that we're being told "toilet to tap" is so wonderful is that it's one more way to pick our pockets. I wonder who pays the actual cost of treating sewage for non-potable uses? As Ronnie was fond of saying, "There's no free lunch." The bottom line is that we're wasting water on frivolous things like golf courses and fantasy landscaping, not to mention crop irrigation. The only question is whether or not we're going to let the big-time wasters go on wasting big-time, and doing so on the cheap at our expense.— June 30, 2015 4:43 p.m.
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Spectator sports are for Walter Mittys. Circuses to keep us distracted from the other ways "they" are picking our pockets. Gambling is different from "gaming," but note how the latter is used as a euphemism for the former. The lottery has never gotten a dime of my money. Now, to give this peripheral issue some relevance to something important: No one should let their lawn dry up until all the golf courses are dry--PERIOD!— June 30, 2015 10:45 a.m.