Posting History for tampaedski
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| A Tale of Two Volunteer Fire Departments A controversy is brewing in my hometown of Mahopac, New York. Roughly 55 miles north of New York City, this town has never been much more than a bedroom community since the local iron mines and resor |
tampaedski | 01/28/2016 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| We've been "Duped"??? LOL So what happens when a movie producer approaches schools in the Tampa Bay Florida region for permission to create a film called "Sex Ed"? Well, it seems that officials from the schools did their ... |
tampaedski | 08/22/2014 | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| Some Posthumous Pop Psychology On November 14, 2016, I had a mental breakdown, and for a brief period of time was a definite danger to myself. I was involuntarily committed to psychiatric treatment per Florida's Baker Act, but not before a 2 day detour in the cardiac telemetry unit... |
tampaedski | 11/22/2016 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| Mea Culpa - I made a sexist comment the other day This will be short...
I tried to jokingly call Andrea Mitchell "Mrs. Greenspan". Not a good attempt at "humor". I don't respect Ms. Mitchell's work, but that's no reason to disrespect her chosen name. I have never been parochial like that.
It... |
tampaedski | 07/29/2016 | 9 | 3 | - | - |
| Was this really a "low turnout election"? I’ve noted in a few comments that the trend in votes for the Democratic presidential candidate since 2008 has a distinct trend downwards:
Year
Democratic presidential votes
2008
~ 70 million
2012
~ 65... |
tampaedski | 11/10/2016 | 22 | 3 | - | - |
| NYT Requests Public Release of Page FISA Applications/Orders I saw this on Lawfare, and it seems a pretty bold move by the NYT to me. I doubt the FISC is in the habit of releasing information.
New York Times requests surveillance documents released to public
It seems like they are arguing that given the... |
tampaedski | 02/06/2018 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| Question to the Trans crowd here... This will be brief — I have a close friend/co-worker about whom I have heard a rumor that she will be transitioning to a male. Given her personality this is not really a big surprise. I saw this happen at my last job, where the comments were atrocious.... |
tampaedski | 12/11/2019 | 26 | 4 | - | - |
| How did I end up a liberal person? I was raised by a toothless bearded hag...I was schooled with a strap
---- screeeeetch ----
OK, "Jumping Jack Flash" I am not, and I really do not want to misrepresent my mother. But I have to be ... |
tampaedski | 08/16/2013 | 11 | 5 | - | - |
| IAN: 6/21/2019 - Solstice and a Pinch Hitter! The summer solstice is 11:54 AM EDT today — you get a pinch hitter for MOM. I think this is my first IAN diary?
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place ... |
tampaedski | 06/21/2019 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| The Other Flynn Investigations? I tried to put together a bit of a free association regarding the Flynn news last night, ala the Duncan Idaho character at the end of Frank Herbert’ Dune series…
Trump wants to do business deal in Russia. Russia needs sanctions gone, dangles a deal... |
tampaedski | 12/05/2018 | 9 | 6 | - | - |
| Mars and Earth are exactly the same Temperature? Where to start with this? Brandon Smith is a Kentucky state senator. He also own a coal mine. He is also a climate change denier, and his proof of why climate change is a hoax is quite obvious:
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tampaedski | 07/11/2014 | 19 | 8 | - | - |
| We Have Fallen Into A Political Black Hole I think we have fallen into a black hole.
When the Event Horizon Telescope publish the pictures of M87's central black hole
I was motivated to scan some science publications about these beasts. I studied
meteorology seriously as a kid in college,... |
tampaedski | 06/06/2019 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| To those upset about the WWF ad... The ad is poorly designed. Anyone going to full site is accosted by a video window that won’t go away.
To those looking for an alternative, or asking “why do you want to drive us away”, grow up a little. Just grow up. This has happened before,... |
tampaedski | 11/27/2018 | 44 | 11 | - | - |
| Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough? Is this a hoax or real? It's being reported by major outlets - Reuters , Forbes, Scientific American , Aviation Week... |
tampaedski | 10/15/2014 | 42 | 13 | - | - |
| Today was a bad day... Today was a bad day...
/rant on
...probably close to the worst, if not the worst I've had in the 18 months since I tried to end my life.
I was/am frustrated with work - a problem that I thought should work smoothly required much too much... |
tampaedski | 05/18/2018 | 24 | 13 | - | - |
| What if the Arctic had a couple extra months of peak melting season? I woke up this morning and saw this when looking at the surface winds in the actic — admittedly an obscure for a person who lives at 28o north latitude to do.
That looked like a pretty big storm, and as I went to research it I found the... |
tampaedski | 06/09/2018 | 4 | 14 | - | - |
| A Subtropical Storm in the Atlantic. In January. I have been very busy with work, and with a new computer that needs a little more memory. I work from home, and I used to keep a browser open behind my work window and periodically check things out w |
tampaedski | 01/13/2016 | 14 | 16 | - | - |
| There's a lesson in this somewhere... I normally don't dwell too much on my Polish heritage, despite the ethnic traditions playing a large role in my upbringing. My late dad came to the USA in August 1929 with his family as a six year ... |
tampaedski | 12/12/2012 | 14 | 18 | - | - |
| Thoughts of my Father on Memorial Day 2018 My dad was an immigrant. He came to the United States at the age of 6 with his family in August of 1929. His parents had been in the USA in the teens - my Aunt Helen was born in the States in 1919 making her a citizen, but the rest of the family (my... |
tampaedski | 05/27/2018 | 10 | 18 | - | - |
| Selling a guitar for the 2nd time - this time a really old friend... Parting is such sweet sorrow...well, sometimes. Sometimes it's just plain sorrow.
In this case the object departing is a 1975 Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar. I acquired it in February 1981 with my parents footing half the bill - I did pay my half... |
tampaedski | 10/13/2018 | 73 | 19 | - | - |
| Dorian Continues to Strengthen - 175 mph top winds From the NHC: 9:30 AM EDT Sun Sep 1 Location: 26.5°N 76.6°W Moving: W at 8 mph Min pressure: 922 mb Max sustained: 175 mph I had told some friends I though this storm had 165 mph in it — they seemed surprised, usually because I seldom venture into that... |
tampaedski | 09/01/2019 | 43 | 26 | - | - |
| Slowly choking the ocean. Well, maybe not so slowly... I've been aware of the possible disaster of ocean acidification for a very long time, but there is another issue related to ocean chemistry I just ran across that scares the crap out of me. The implications are huge.
I have a degree in geology... |
tampaedski | 04/28/2016 | 47 | 83 | - | - |
| Life Hangs By Such a Slender Thread The first girl I dated died earlier this week. A Face Book friend sent me a message late the other night, right before I was going to shut down the computer and go to bed. Xxxx was diagnosed with ... |
tampaedski | 09/04/2014 | 59 | 104 | 1 | - |
| More Bad News For The Climate: The Arctic Sea Ice Death Spiral Accelerates I (and a few others, including front pager Mark Sumner) wrote the other day about the potential for depleted oxygen levels due to climate change to manifest much sooner than many people have thought. It could become a problem in 10 to 20 years.... |
tampaedski | 05/03/2016 | 78 | 123 | - | - |