tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6120422695315327651..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: NITTANY LYIN'Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20640046866154747592011-11-13T11:03:07.304-05:002011-11-13T11:03:07.304-05:0057. Annoy Mouse: Lesbians I have talked to are ver...<b>57. Annoy Mouse:</b> <i>Lesbians I have talked to are very liberal about pedophilia.</i><br /><br />When you talk to women about pedophilia don't they get a little creeped out?<br /><br /><b>54. 2009Refugee:</b> <i>The last decade has basically been an exercise in reveling in the glory days, and counting down to milestones.</i><br /><br />Glory days and milestones, in the context of kids dressing up in ersatz military uniforms and playing childish games back and forth on a green playground with balls. Sports are a matter of arrested development. Was Michael Jackson a pedophile or did he honestly feel like a little boy who just wanted to play with the other children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76206347372189267802011-11-13T09:57:31.371-05:002011-11-13T09:57:31.371-05:0052. Barry Meislin:
Our “ally” Israel demanded a $...<b>52. Barry Meislin:</b><br /><br /><i>Our “ally” Israel demanded a $13 billion payoff to stay out of Gulf One in the face of Iraqi Scud attacks,<br /><br />Fascinating. Not to mention insightful.<br /><br />BTW, could you please provide some references.</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/23/world/war-in-the-gulf-israel-israel-asks-us-for-extra-13-billion.html" rel="nofollow">Basking in warm praise from Washington for its sacrifice and restraint since the gulf war began, Israel today presented the United States with the bill: $13 billion.</a><br /><br />Explaining the figures during a meeting this morning with Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai said $3 billion was compensation for actual and expected damages to Israel caused by the war and $10 billion was additional aid needed to resettle Soviet Jewish immigrants.<br /><br />"We are expecting two types of aid" spread over the next five years, Mr. Modai said: direct economic assistance as well as loan and investment guarantees. 'Our Needs Are Very Clear'<br /><br />"Of course we are suffering," said Yossi Achimier, a spokesman for Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. "Our needs are very clear, and we expect we will be helped by the Americans."<br /><br />This afternoon, Israeli officials said they believed they had a reasonable chance of winning at least a significant part of this additional aid because they had heeded the American request not to retalitate for Iraqi missile attacks. But after the deadly missile attack on Tel Aviv tonight, it seemed much less certain that Israel would be able to remain restrained.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90438658724916445052011-11-13T08:39:12.764-05:002011-11-13T08:39:12.764-05:00Thankfully, there's a little original virtue i...<i>Thankfully, there's a little original virtue in (some)people too put there as an example or goal maybe for us, for to shoot for.</i><br /><br />And if you can't be role model, you can at least be a tragic example of what not to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56244059831025825972011-11-13T05:08:46.440-05:002011-11-13T05:08:46.440-05:00Imports of megatons of consumables-disposables fro...Imports of megatons of consumables-disposables from Chinee-man, no big deal to the misbegotten child in the White House.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33652234644557309942011-11-13T05:06:30.214-05:002011-11-13T05:06:30.214-05:00Chinee-man offers cheaper energy to Obamaland.
A ...Chinee-man offers cheaper energy to Obamaland.<br /><br />A Cardinal sin of the first order.<br /><br />...as is development of homegrown, AVAILABLE NOW, economically usable non-renewable sources of energy to enable our cutting of ties to the throat cutters.<br /><br />Caint have that.<br />Just ask Boeing.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76583288148816692352011-11-13T04:59:19.189-05:002011-11-13T04:59:19.189-05:00"heh, Rufus discoverers Original Sin, the Fal..."heh, Rufus discoverers Original Sin, the Fall from Grace and the exit from the Garden."<br /><br />Indeed, but we can schlep shit back to the garden, to grow and flower again.<br /><br />As I have, and will again, in the company of RaisinsDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8871067434325902352011-11-13T04:52:13.365-05:002011-11-13T04:52:13.365-05:00...Ours is to try. The outcome is in the hands of ......Ours is to try. The outcome is in the hands of G-d.<br /> AmenDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59561153215291886072011-11-13T04:50:06.220-05:002011-11-13T04:50:06.220-05:00LOVINS, Dickwad, LOVINS!
The hero of countercultu...LOVINS, Dickwad, LOVINS!<br /><br />The hero of countercultural types way back in the 70's.<br /><br />...When Doug and Company spent ZERO on non renewable energy, except for 10 or 15 bucks a month to keep the Corvair Van ready and able to transport tons of high quality Arabian horseshit, or when necessary, nasty, gooey cowshit, back to the homestead.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3718449061525905432011-11-13T02:13:00.653-05:002011-11-13T02:13:00.653-05:00Amory Levins Explains the Economics of Renewables ...<a href="http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/12/amory-lovins-nails-renewable-energy-costs-energy-subsidies-myth-of-baseload/" rel="nofollow">Amory Levins Explains the Economics of Renewables (Wind, and Solar.)</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29789456110029312312011-11-13T01:01:24.339-05:002011-11-13T01:01:24.339-05:00Anonymous said...
Rufus II said...
People Are bas...Anonymous said...<br />Rufus II said...<br /><br />People Are basically worthless.<br /><br />and<br /><br />We really are a vile, and wretched species<br /><br />Sat Nov 12, 07:37:00 PM EST<br /><br />Hardly the case if one wishes things better.<br /><br />45 years ago, I was a young man striving to make the world better. My failure does not distract from the goal.<br /><br />Ours is to try. The outcome is in the hands of G-d.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55306561935430451822011-11-13T00:41:35.432-05:002011-11-13T00:41:35.432-05:00Rufus II said...
People Are basically worthle...<i>Rufus II said...<br /><br /> People Are basically worthless.<br /><br />and<br /><br />We really are a vile, and wretched species<br /><br />Sat Nov 12, 07:37:00 PM EST</i><br /><br />heh, Rufus discoverers Original Sin, the Fall from Grace and the exit from the Garden.<br /><br />Thankfully, there's a little original virtue in (some)people too put there as an example or goal maybe for us, for to shoot for.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29049702427501174772011-11-13T00:39:07.218-05:002011-11-13T00:39:07.218-05:00Meanwhile,
A coalition of U.S. solar manufacturer...Meanwhile,<br /><br /><i>A coalition of U.S. solar manufacturers has called for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against Chinese solar panel manufacturers.<br /><br />Testifying before the International Trade Commission, two executives from SolarWorld Industries America Inc. -- representing the company and the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing -- said Chinese manufacturers are flooding the U.S. market with solar products.<br /><br />That strategy, they said, along with massive subsidies from Beijing, has devastated U.S. solar manufacturers and jobs.<br /><br />Their testimony Wednesday follows the coalition's petitions with the ITC and the U.S. Commerce Department last month, accusing Chinese manufacturers of illegally dumping silicon solar cells into the U.S. market.<br /><br />Led by SolarWorld, the newly formed CASM includes six other manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar technology, who haven't been identified.<br /><br />"The United States is already dependent on foreign sources for our fossil fuel needs Â… will the United States become dependent on China for its green energy needs?" SolarWorld President Gordon Brinser said in his testimony.<br /><br />CASM says Chinese exports of solar cells and solar panels to the United States increased more than 350 percent from 2008 to 2010, and continues to rise. In July of this year, imports of Chinese crystalline silicon PV panels and modules exceeded the volume imported in all of 2010, a surge which CASM claims is largely responsible for a 40 percent decline in world prices over the past year.<br /><br />The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it would investigate CASM's claims.<br /><br />"We believe the Department of Commerce investigation will show that Chinese government and Chinese solar manufacturers are -- and have been -- engaged in illegal<br />. . . . </i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.solardaily.com/reports/US_China_solar_trade_dispute_heats_up_999.html" rel="nofollow">Don' be messin' wit Obambi's Solar Panels, Chinee-man</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47104055653043149072011-11-13T00:05:38.825-05:002011-11-13T00:05:38.825-05:00Here's the thing, LT: I fought for my Veteran...Here's the thing, LT: I fought for my Veterans Benefits, and I paid in taxes for my soon-to-be Medicare,<br /><br />But,<br /><br />if giving them up would insure 50 Million American poor, and their children . . . . <br /><br />well, I made a similar choice some 45 years ago, and I guess I'm too old to change my stripes, now.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39843316311014777962011-11-12T23:31:16.366-05:002011-11-12T23:31:16.366-05:00Yep, you figgered me out, LT.Yep, you figgered me out, LT.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84337260201017544792011-11-12T23:20:12.162-05:002011-11-12T23:20:12.162-05:00Rufus talking about what brings people to an emerg...Rufus talking about what brings people to an emergency room and puffing about the advantages of ObamaCare are examples of his penchant for talking out of his ass. Take yourself out of VA Health Benefits, Rufus, enroll in Medicare, and sell yourself some supplemental insurance. Tell us after a year or two in the real world what your impressions are. You are nothing but a shill for the leftist progressives. I suspect you're actually a sock puppet run out of a backroom in Chicago.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9922978654042957862011-11-12T23:05:34.425-05:002011-11-12T23:05:34.425-05:00Battle for Oil Production
If the Production of th...<a href="http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2011/11/oil-production-battle-mergers.html" rel="nofollow">Battle for Oil Production</a><br /><br />If the Production of the wells of the Majors are declining by 6%/yr, then Everyone's wells are declining at 6%/yr.<br /><br />That means they must bring another 4.3 Million bbl/day online Every Year just to stay even.<br /><br />Not a chance in hell.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69574559560732266042011-11-12T23:01:24.608-05:002011-11-12T23:01:24.608-05:00On to important things:
High oil prices have put ...On to important things:<br /><br /><i>High oil prices have put record earnings into the coffers of the world’s big oil companies, but those splashy headlines are masking an industry-wide decline in oil production. Exxon Mobil (N.XOM), Royal Dutch Shell (N.RDS-A), BP (N.BP), ConocoPhillips (N.COP),Chevron (N.CVX), and others reported surging third-quarter profits alongside production decreases – an unsustainable situation that is setting the stage for a battle to buy producing assets.<br /><br />Almost across the board, major oil companies are producing less oil now than they were a year ago. It’s not due to a lack of exploration and development – these companies have all devoted billions of dollars to finding new oil deposits. The problem is that for the most part it will still take years – and many more dollars – before those investments start producing.<br /><br />In the meantime, big oil’s output will keep declining unless majors start using some of their record profits to buy up producing assets from smaller companies. Oil wells produce less each year; Exxon’s oil fields, for example, are declining by 5 to 7% each year, which means the company needs to add 200,000 to 300,000 barrels of production a day just to break even. This year, Exxon has not come close – its production levels are down 8% compared to a year ago. Some of the production decline stems from contractual limits on Exxon’s production, but even without those limits production would have still been down more than 1%. Over the first nine months of the year, Exxon’s production averaged 2.33 million barrels of oil per day, the company’s lowest average since 2005.<br /><br />Things are even worse for other major oil companies. BP said oil production dropped 10.6% in the quarter, in terms of barrels of oil equivalent (BOE). Shell’s BOE production fell almost 2% in the quarter. ConocoPhillips produced 6% fewer BOEs.<br /><br />There’s an important note to add about BOEs. The BOE concept combines a company’s oil, natural gas, and condensate output into a single production number, based on energy equivalence. It takes roughly 6,000 cubic feet (cf) of natural gas to release the same amount of energy that is in one barrel of oil, so companies book gas reserves as "barrels of oil equivalent" using a ratio of 6,000 cf:1 barrel. A problem arises when a company then values its reserve books using oil prices. One barrel of oil may have the same energy content as 6,000 cf of natural gas, but in North America the barrel of oil is worth something like US$86, while the 6,000 cf of gas is worth only about US$22. Adding lots of natural gas to the books is an easy way to make it appear that oil reserves are growing, but at a fraction of the typical cost. And there are lots of inexpensive shale gas deposits for sale</i>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53370448499994508662011-11-12T21:53:21.341-05:002011-11-12T21:53:21.341-05:00Look, Doug, I'm not saying it won't be exp...Look, Doug, I'm not saying it won't be expensive insuring 50 Million People. I'm just saying:<br /><br />1) It won't be as expensive as you think, and<br /><br />2) It'll be worth it.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69260576602761304392011-11-12T21:45:32.823-05:002011-11-12T21:45:32.823-05:00Did I mention that Mass, in addition to having one...Did I mention that Mass, in addition to having one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, is, also, one of the few states (just about the only "non-energy" state) that actually showed a<b> Budget "Surplus" in the last quarter?</b>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90973095491801220612011-11-12T21:33:38.940-05:002011-11-12T21:33:38.940-05:00You keep going back to Old stats, Doug, because th...You keep going back to Old stats, Doug, because the newer ones work against you. They're up to 99% coverage now, I believe. And, it's increased the State Budget less than one percent.<br /><br />Sure, there would be an increase of people using the emergency room for standard emergency room visits. They can, now, afford it.<br /><br />What Ms Pipes did not delve into was the diminished number of people with very expensive chronic conditions that can now get "cured,' and off the emergency room treadmill.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40807045538913162592011-11-12T21:25:16.825-05:002011-11-12T21:25:16.825-05:002 percent increase in coverage.
Whoop de friggin ...2 percent increase in coverage.<br /><br />Whoop de friggin do!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81409088789705325912011-11-12T21:24:06.597-05:002011-11-12T21:24:06.597-05:00From 2006, the number of uninsured Massachusetts r...From 2006, the number of uninsured Massachusetts residents dropped from about <br /><br />6% to 5.4%-5.7% in fall 2007, depending on the methodology used,[33] <br />to about 3% in June 2009 and back <br /><br />to 4% by December 2009 according to the Massachusetts Department of Healthcare Finance and Policy (DHCFP).Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40867939380426160872011-11-12T21:21:03.592-05:002011-11-12T21:21:03.592-05:00...do not increase....do not increase.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57666078056096765862011-11-12T21:20:56.255-05:002011-11-12T21:20:56.255-05:00Very nice; a RAND study from 2009. gimmee a break...Very nice; a RAND study from 2009. gimmee a break.<br /><br />Maybe we can make up for any increases by removing the TAX BREAK for Company-paid Healthcare.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66756966827897660462011-11-12T21:19:25.277-05:002011-11-12T21:19:25.277-05:00Oct 25, 2011 – As Sally Pipes points out, emergenc...Oct 25, 2011 – As Sally Pipes points out, emergency room visits increased by 9 percent in the years following Romneycare's passage.<br /><br />...and it is not arguable that unnecessary doctor visits INCREASE when care is "free."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com