She made three other promises: to end corruption in state government,Fightin' Bob would approve.
cut spending, and provide accountability. She's now redeeming those
promises.
Is there anyone within the borders of our state who will take on this agenda?
Al Gore just talks, Sarah Palin makes things happen.1. Make sulfur dioxide
A million tons of sulfur dioxide would be needed to begin the cooling process. Luckily SO2, a byproduct of coal-burning power plants, is a common industrial chemical.2. Inject it into the stratosphere
Load the sulfur dioxide into aircraft — converted 747s, military fighters, or even large balloons — and carry it up to the stratosphere. This will cost about $1 billion a year.3. Wait for the chemical reaction
In a series of reactions, sulfur dioxide combines with other molecules in the atmosphere, ultimately forming sulfuric acid. This H2SO4 binds to water to form aerosol droplets that absorb and reflect back into space 1 to 3 percent of the sun’s rays. (The particles also contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer, but scientists are researching alternate chemicals.)4. Let the planet cool
Results will be quick, especially over the Arctic.
“The August 7-8 eruption of Kasatochi volcano (Aleutian Islands) produced a very large stratospheric SO2 cloud - possibly the largest since the August 1991 eruption of Hudson (Chile). Preliminary SO2 mass calculations using Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data suggest a total SO2 burden of ~1.5 Tg. This figure will be revised in the coming weeks but is more likely to go up than down. The SO2 cloud has drifted over a large area of North America and is now (August 14) reaching Europe.“
UPDATE: Mistakes won't disqualify votersWhy do we waste time and money with voter registration? With or without registration, the cheaters will continue to cheat and honest folks will vote only once.
Madison - The Government Accountability Board this afternoon couldn't agree on what to do about voters whose information doesn't match other records, and so decided not to require voters to show ID at the polls if they don't correct that information.
The board voted 5-1 to continue to match voter information to driver's license records, but said mismatches won't disqualify people from voting.
The vote came just after a 3-3 vote on a proposal that would have required voters to show ID at the polls if they hadn't corrected any mismatched information.
As a supporter of the nuclear revival, I certainly regret the Three Mile Island accident and the way it ended nuclear construction in this country. Yet I would also argue that, as a work of art, The China Syndrome was eerily prescient in anticipating the events at T.M.I. and played a positive role in making nuclear power a safer technology.
In the movie, a key moment occurs when the control room supervisor (Jack Lemmon) realizes a spring gauge is stuck, indicating the cooling water is too high when it is actually too low. The operators are trying to drain the coolant when the reactor is actually overheating. Only Lemmon’s alertness lets them avoid disaster.
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After Three Mile Island, the industry founded I.N.P.O. — the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations — to upgrade operator training and pursue safety research. In the 1990’s a group of Navy veterans began asking why reactors couldn’t operate as efficiently on land as they do on submarines. After upgrading their operations, the utilities soon had their fleet of 104 reactors running at 90 percent of capacity — as opposed to the historical 60 percent.
Natural gas now constitutes 39 percent of our electrical capacity but delivers only 19 percent of our electricity because it’s so expensive. Meanwhile, nuclear — with 11 percent of capacity — generates 20 percent of our electricity because reactors are running so smoothly. Reactors generally close down only once every 18 months for refueling.
No, The China Syndrome didn’t kill nuclear power. Instead, it set off a series of innovations that have transformed the industry. As a result, nuclear power is ready today to shoulder a much larger portion of our electrical burden.
John Edwards admitted to ABC News in an interview with Bob Woodruff Friday that he repeatedly lied about an extramarital affair with a 42-year old campaign employee, but strenuously denied being involved in paying the woman hush money or fathering her newborn child. The former Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina said he would be willing to take a paternity test and divulge the results publicly.Interesting parsing by Mr. Edwards. He is either:
The family of John Edwards' former mistress, Rielle Hunter, is challenging the former senator to take a DNA paternity test after his claim that he did not father Hunter's six-month old child.In the first reaction from Hunter's family, her younger sister Melissa told ABC News that Edwards should immediately follow through on his pledge to take a paternity test.
"I would challenge him to do so," the sister said. "Somebody must stand up and defend my sister," she said. "I wish that those involved would refrain from bad-mouthing my sister."
I'll put my money on Option B.
Randy Tylke, a former captain in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, received a lump-sum payment of $641,157 when he retired earlier this year, according to documents obtained recently. That amount comes on top of his annual pension of $59,007.Out of curiosity, I calculated how much money someone would have to invest each year for 34 years to amass a retirement portfolio of $641,000. Based on differing rates of return, the annual investments are approximately as follows.“I did what I had to do,” said Tylke, who retired after 34 years with the county.
His lump-sum payment appears to be the third-largest single payout by the county since the backdrop provision went into effect more than seven years ago. A former assistant administrator at the Mental Health Complex collected $684,000 when he exited, and veteran county prosecutor Bob Donohoo received a little more than $650,000 in 2006.
| Percent Return | Annual Investment |
| 6% | $6,100 |
| 8% | $4,000 |
| 10% | $2,600 |
These annual amounts are unrealistic for several reasons.
So $2600 to $6100 is the magnitude of the amount of money that people outside of government would of had to invest for 34 years in order to begin to think about retiring. But if you put your time in (work was obviously optional) on the payroll of Milwaukee County, you get this lump sum as well as a fully funded pension and benefits.
In fact, Mr. Tylke's $59,000 pension would require the current amount shown below to be invested for various constant rates of return assuming Mr. Tylke lives for 25 years of retirement.| Percent Return | Present Value |
| 4% | $923,000 |
| 6% | $754,000 |
| 8% | $630,000 |
What’s more, Tylke joked that he deserved his pension dollars after his time working for Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.Applying the standard of The One, Tylke is clearly a racist and a hater. He is eager to take the money from poor black taxpayers of Milwaukee County, he just isn't willing to work for a black man.
Unlike Obama's government pensions, my retirement will not be paid with money confiscated from taxpayers under the threat of imprisonment. I have to fund it myself and choose investments to weather downturns in the broader market as we have seen this year.Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called Friday for a windfall profits tax to fund $1,000 emergency rebate checks for consumers besieged by high energy costs, a counter to Republican rival John McCain's call for more offshore drilling in coastal states like Florida.
The pitch for putting some of the economic burden of $4-per-gallon gasoline on the oil industry served a dual purpose for Obama: It allowed him to talk up an economic issue, seen by many as a strength for Democrats and a weakness for Republicans, and at the same time respond to criticism from McCain that Obama's opposition to offshore drilling leads to higher prices at the pump.
Consider a portfolio that holds two risky stocks: one that pays off when it rains and another that pays off when it doesn't rain. A portfolio that contains both assets will always pay off, regardless of whether it rains or shines. Adding one risky asset to another can reduce the overall risk of an all-weather portfolio.Obama is proposing to smash the one basket of eggs I own that is still intact.
In other words, Markowitz showed that investment is not just about picking stocks, but about choosing the right combination of stocks among which to distribute one's nest eggs.
We demand a division of profits of all heavy industries.Do not elect this Socialist.
Headless Blogger has also learned that unlike the $20 million deal being offered by the Green Bay Packers to estranged quarterback Brett Favre, the Yost deal will encourage him to manage another MLB team. The deal provides incentives for Yost to manage other NL Central teams, with a premium of up to double the base deal if Yost manages the rival Chicago Cubs.
In response to an inquiry on the matter, Brewers radio voice Bob Uecker (not my anonymous source) said "I was at Miller Park today and had a nice visit with Ned Yost. We discussed a number of topics not related to baseball, including Ned's long-term relationship with the Brewers. I consider our conversation to be confidential and am going to be respectful of Neddy and keep the details private." (I repeat, Uke is not my source.)Yost apparently didn't think much of the offer, as his agent told reporters that his client wished to remain with the Brewers.
"Right now he's interested in staying in the Brewers' dugout," his agent said.
"There isn't a perfect solution to this, but these fans are at least trying," Yost told ESPN's Ed Werder via text message on Thursday night. "We know what they want and where I stand. This solution, although awkward and unsettling for most, may be the best in the end.''
Brewers owner Mark Attanasio and GM Doug Melvin were not available for comment.
Elsewhere, despite a summer of no 90 degree temperatures in Milwaukee, meteorologists explained that this is another sign of manmade global warming.
Meteorologists at the weather service say several factors could be keeping the temperature down, but part of it may be the ground's fault. So much rain fell in June that the soil is saturated, the forecasters say. When the temperature hits the 80s, that moisture evaporates relatively quickly and keeps the air from heating more.
Also, thunderstorms developed several times last month and cooled the air when the temperature threatened to break out of the upper 80s.
The heavy rains and thunderstorms were previously blamed as attributable to global warming. Hence, global warming causes local cooling.
Seriously, that I could not make up. Everything after the "Elsewhere" is from our local online mainstream meda source.
Elsewhere, hat tip to Andy Borowitz for my inspiration.
