The Orange Fool

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Saturday December 30, 2017 · 10:00 AM PST

2017/12/30 · 10:00

This is about cooking and hyper partisan politics.

So from the title, I am sure many think this about a current politician of certain renown. It is and it isn’t.

I have recently been viewing the U tube channel and a cooking series on 18th century cooking, by Jas Townsend. He recently did a video on cooking a custard like dish, which was done at Washington’s estate and likely served to him. The dish was called the orange fool.

YouTube Video

Next of course, is that many comments appeared trashing the video regarding the use of this term. Jas was hurt by this. See this video.

YouTube Video

Jas is obviously very passionate about the cooking and the times, doing lots of U tube videos on this topic. He has a few about what would common people and slaves would cook.

So the main point is the how the sensitive and hyper the political comments are. Even for a cooking discussion based on historic terms and usage. People sometimes only react to the top level and parts of the word and draw conclusions. So wow.

Also there must be bots out looking for terms like this and injecting or alerting others.

Was radiation from Fukushima under estimated?

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Wednesday May 16, 2012 · 9:24 AM PDT

2012/05/16 · 09:24

The radiation from Fukushima has been under reported by officials. TEPCO has slowly released details which shows the situation is much worse than first reported. Could we also not have been informed as to the amount over the USA?

Here is another interesting correlation - Alaska Airline attendants are developing rashes and have some hair loss. This started about the time of the radiation coming over the USA. Here is a link to an article on
flight attendants suit and some one else noting the effects correlate with similar observations of wild life.

Perhaps we (that is concerned people ) should also be testing the food supplies for radiation (Cesium, Iodine, and Strontium) more thoroughly.

Mad Cow: How many are entering the system?

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Wednesday May 02, 2012 · 4:13 PM PDT

2012/05/02 · 16:13

Recently 1 cow was found to have BSE.

The reaction of officialdom is the usual "move along, nothing to see, these are not the droids you are looking for". A nice everything is fine.

Here is another viewpoint:Why You Should Be Worried About the California Mad Cow Case

From the numbers we see less than 0.1% of the cows which die are tested (~40K). With this I would estimate that at least 1,000 cows with BSE and are entering the food system (chicken feed, pet food, and possibly human). Of course more testing would help with understanding the magnitude, but that is unlikely.

Food for thought....

A tale of loose Snakes: Greed, Loss, Denial, and coverup

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Sunday September 26, 2010 · 11:26 AM PDT

2010/09/26 · 11:26

In China, reports emerge of snakes
escaping from poorly maintained cages.

Of course, this starts with an enterprising individual collecting hundreds (thousands?) of Cobra snakes. Why? Well to milk for venom and to sell as an herbal remedy.

Of course, the barn and the cages are poorly maintained. The snakes make their break.

What is interesting is the reaction by the Government. "Everything is fine, all snakes are caught. Only a few remain."

Villagers report otherwise, but reporting has been suppressed-bad for morale.

Yes, the classic signs of a coverup. Much like the BP oil spill.

Spindle Top: the first in a long series of oil spills

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Wednesday May 05, 2010 · 5:59 PM PDT

2010/05/05 · 17:59

Spindle top was the first oil gusher, 1901.

The initial rate was 100,000 barrels a day. Quite a gusher.

But it took 9 days to bring under control!

Meanwhile all the oil ran out over the ground. It was somewhat cornered into a lake of 100 acres until it could be shipped.

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Friday February 12, 2010 · 4:14 PM PST

2010/02/12 · 16:14

Two interesting articles to read:
1) Climate Denialism -Massimo Pigliucci
A discussion of people who deny global warming.

2) Encounters with Aliens (the local kind) - Martin Bridgstock
An article on dealing with dissenters (otherswise known as nut-cases, wierdos,etc) and how to best answer and reply to irrational people.

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Saturday February 06, 2010 · 5:09 PM PST

2010/02/06 · 17:09

We're all going to die!

OK, a trite saying, which will always be true - the only question is when.

Dr. Hansen's point is what we are doing today could lead to an earth where human life is either gone or very very little left (my hopeful spin on it) in approximately 500 years.

I notice others have written about the book, but I think they did not bring out the key points. Also I offer a "my spin" on the book, along with some critiques.

Poll

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What do you think regarding Dr. Hansens book?

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What do you think regarding Dr. Hansens book?

I can't believe we are discussing this again

2 votes

This is a very imprtant topic and needs more attenion

5 votes

This is just a myth

2 votes

We should be looking for Noah's Arc about 100ft below sea level

0 votes

The predictions call for more storms, why didn't you discuss?

1 vote

What should We Do to live on the earth with higher global temperatures?

3 votes

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The Orange Fool

Was radiation from Fukushima under estimated?

Mad Cow: How many are entering the system?

A tale of loose Snakes: Greed, Loss, Denial, and coverup

Spindle Top: the first in a long series of oil spills

Climate Denialism

A review of "Storms of my Grandchildren"