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August Heat?

Thermometer
Thermometer

Hot or cold? If you had a choice to freeze your butt off in the dead of winter or melt away under a scorching sun what would be your choice? In Kentucky, you can do both in the span of twelve months. (Kentucky winters have been extremely mild for the past several years until this year.  During the ice storm a lot of people could have become popsicles.) I maintain consistently that being cold is better than hot. During cold weather I can add a blanket or dig out my thermal underoos but you can’t escape hot, sticky air except to crank the AC.  Right now, I’m fighting with the high humidity during the wee hours of the morning. I turned the ceiling fan on high but it hasn’t done anything to bring relief.

Usually the unbearable sticky, humid air doesn’t come till August where it hangs for a few weeks until the cooler breezes of autumn come to the rescue. It’s gonna suck if this is the way it’s gonna be till September.

The image to the left was taken at 2:11 AM. It shows the outdoor temperature to be 77 degrees F/84% humidity. Indoor temperature was 84 degrees F/57% humidity.

I’ll try this sleep thing again. I hope I can still get a of couple hours sleep before morning comes.

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TARP was a criminal fraud!

I read this on the Kentucky Law Review blog:

Was there a financial need, and was it real, perceived, or fictional?
Was there a financial panic at the bank or just a bunch of pecuniary lemmings running off the cliff and now that they have hit the water, they do not want anything to do with federal control and want to give back the money?

It immediately reminded me of news I had read on Powerline before. Namely the fact that the heads of nine top banks were brought into a room and held there hostage until they signed agreeing to receive TARP funds.

…We have it on good authority that some of the bankers, at least, were told that they would not be allowed to leave the room until they signed documents that were presented to them at that meeting. […]

The document is unambiguous: “We plan to announce the program tomorrow–and–that your nine firms will be the initial participants. … This is a combined program (bank liability guarantee and capital purchase). Your firms need to agree to both. We don’t believe it is tenable to opt out because doing so would leave you vulnerable and exposed. If a capital infusion is not appealing, you should be aware that your regulator will require it in any circumstance.” So the regulators’ independence had already been compromised.

Emphasis mine. More people should be shouting this from the highest hilltops. If the news media wasn’t in the tank for Obama I would say those nine men should have called their own press conference on live television. Publicly out everything they had been told in that meeting. Sadly, that’s not possible anymore.

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Obamaman

A new superhero for hopenchange in our time.

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Soap Box Derby: Oil Can cars

Check out the video of the crazy collision that happened at the end of the track. Several of the oil can drivers dressed up in costume. Some examples were Snoopy and Beetle Bailey making an unexpected appearance.


It was a good day all around. Can’t wait till next year!

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Soap Box Derby: Stock, Super Stock, and Masters

Had a lot of fun watching the fourth annual soap box derby. I think the rain held off long enough for all the races to finish. I left before it was completely over but it didn’t start raining till a couple hours later. The highlight of the day was definitely the oil can races. A list of the race participants can be found at hopkinsvillesoapbox.com.

The Oil Can races are still yet to come. Will be posting that shortly.

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Happy Birthday to me

My Birthday was yesterday (June 5th). Some interesting facts about June 5th are:

Ronald Reagan passed away on this day in 2004.

Via Wikipedia

On this day in 1933, the right of creditors to receive payment in Gold was eliminated. Seems fitting.
Pancho Villa was born on the 5th in 1878.

My birthday cake
My birthday cake