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Welcome to the May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY!
I have been feeling a little better this week so I guess I am on the downside of Kruzilla. Thank God for that one. Just when I get through with this one then it’s on to something else. In this case it’s LibertyCon that is less than 2 months away.
I have been having a great time lately on YouTube and have become amazed at the mass of videos on this website. Like fore instance areas covering aviation. I have been a plane nut since I was a week child and it had a lot to do with my decision to go into the Air Force for my enlistment instead of the army. I still think fondly about working on the flight line of different bases around F-4E Phantoms, F-105 Thunderchiefs, B-58 Hustlers and my beloved C-130E Hurky Birds! Good times when I was young. Anyway, I stumbled across an 89 part documentary on Discovery’s Wings and I am already up to part 15. I am definitely enjoying my refresher in the aviation history.
You know, when I was a kid I loved the Public Library because I could look anything that peeked my curiosity. The internet is just a huge version of this library to me and I am still amazed on how much there is. I mean how great it is that you can go on line and get a video to tell you how to do almost anything. My only problem is that my curiosity holds very few bounds and sometimes I almost make myself dizzy going this way and that way.
On an entirely different subject. I have been using Adobe Photoshop for years to reduce the size of some of the pictures I put in this missive. I try my best to keep the size of the Revenge to around 1mb. But sometimes I forget and don’t compress the pictures and then it comes in between 2 and 3mb. Well, I am still running XP at home and Photoshop just gets slower and slower. I stumbled on a new freeware program for home called FastStone Image Viewer that is incredibly smaller and faster than Adobe Photoshop and seems to meet my limited needs quite easily. It is very intuitive to use and simple. I’m not trying to sell it to you, just letting you know it seems to work for me. You might want to check it out at: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm
I definitely have been rambling this week, but it thought that y’all would enjoy a few of my wacky thoughts to pass the day.
So, on that “Introspective Note", why don't y'all sit back and relax because here's the best in gossip, jokes and science for your reading pleasure!
Uncle Timmy
~~~ NEXT LIBERTYCON MEETING WILL BE HELD AT CASA SPRAKER ON SUNDAY, MAY 15 TH AT 2PM From: “Tim Bolgeo” [email protected] It’s that time of the year when we have to start getting down to the semifinal details to get ready for LibertyCon 29 this year. We will carefully be going over each of departments to make sure that everything is in preparation for convention. The biggest departments we are The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 2 of 48 going over will be Vonn’s Hospitality Suite to see what goodies she will be offering this year. Rich’s Programming effort to see if we can hold him back to only 5 tracks at a time. ;^) Ann’s Art Show that should be bigger and better than last year. We have a soldout Huckster Room that you should find tons of goodies to tempt you. Then there is Gamming that consists of three different elements this year. Open gamming will be in the Norfolk room. Computer Gaming will be in the Southern Room and cards will be held in the American Car. The advantages to all of the gaming is that each element of it is only a few steps away from the Consuite! As for Registration, that is going to be interesting. We have already sold 630 memberships and you have to remember that we are limited to 750. There are only 120 memberships left this year, so it looks like there will only be preregistration at the convention. I don’t think that Matt will be too unhappy with that. One new innovation this year will be that we will have a couple of laptops at registration on Sunday this year so that you can preregister for the next year online in the Choo Choo Trade Center. It should be interesting. The meeting will be held at the home of Brandy and Derek Spraker at 802 South Valleywood Circle, Hixson, TN 37343. If you need directions to the meeting, please call 423-842-9877 or email [email protected] . I hope to see you all there. PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERESTING SURVEY From: "Robert Hampson" [email protected] Dear Friends & Colleagues: One of our laboratory projects is looking at brain signals that support memory. We use a delayed memory task as our test, and in the task the subjects are asked to look at many different "clip-art" and photographic images, and then indicate which pictures they have previously seen in the course of testing. To better understand how the brain "encodes" such information, we categorize each picture according to a number of different features and characteristics - is it a cartoon? Photograph? Silhouette or drawing? Is it in color or black & white - if color, which colors? Are there certain recognizable features or items visible in the picture? However, we are certain that different people will categorize the pictures in different ways. Thus, before we can use these categories or classifications in a study, we need to conduct a survey of as many people as possible to find the most likely common classifications. Thanks to the Hampson Laboratory Webpage ( http://hampsonlab.org ), we have created a survey of 500 pictures that we use in our study. We are asking volunteers to go to that page and take a survey in which we ask for classification of 25 images. There are instructions and hints on the first page ( http://hampsonlab.org/default.html ); clicking on "Take the Survey" will bring up random set of 25 pictures. You enter your responses by licking next to the appropriate features that you see in the image. We know that the preselected research categories are not necessarily a perfect match to the contents of all pictures, but The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 3 of 48 choose the closest match from the list of options. At the end of the page, "Submit" the Survey, and your responses will be written to our server. You can also click on "Take Another Survey" (and we hope you will!) and the webpage will return to the beginning where you can click on "Take the Survey" to see a new page of 25 pictures. The survey is completely anonymous - only the picture identification and 1's or 0's representing your choices are recorded (you can briefly see the data in the box on the Submit page). Unlike an earlier version of the survey, there is no need for email or cutting and pasting the results; everything is automatic. All of the pictures in the survey are purchased or used under fair use, non-commercial research purposes only. Your data contains no personal information. We conduct no diagnosis or analysis of the people taking the survey, and the data is used solely to develop anonymous population classifications that will be used for another study. We're hoping you take the survey more than once (i.e. more than one page of 25 pictures); we have 500 different pictures, and 20 different surveys. You can choose your survey page by bypassing the default screen and editing the URL to read: http://hampsonlab.org/v2Survey1.html , ...v2Survey2.html, ...v2Survey3.html, etc. through ...v2Survey20.html. Again, all results are logged on our server automatically. Thank you for participating in the survey. I appreciate your help. -Tedd Roberts / Dr. Rob Hampson THE LASTING LEGACY OF TIMOTHY ZAHN’S STAR WARS THRAWN TRILOGY, 25 YEARS LATER From: “Tim Bolgeo” [email protected] Lisa Granshaw, Blastr.com, Wed, May 04, 2016 12:48pm http://www.blastr.com/2016-5-4/lasting-legacy-timothy-zahn%E2%80%99s-star-wars-thrawn-trilogy- 25-years-later A long time ago, almost a decade after Return of the Jedi, there weren’t many ways for Star Wars fans to get more of the universe created by George Lucas. It’s hard to comprehend that fact these days, when the franchise has seeped into almost every form of media imaginable. Luckily, I never knew a time when there weren’t numerous Star Wars books available at the bookstore and steadily filling up my shelves. It’s something I only discovered as I began a deep dive into the Expanded Universe -- now called Legends -- as a teenager, and not long after read the Heir to the Empire trilogy, better known as the Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn. Even when I read it at that time, the number of Star Wars books paled in comparison to what’s available today, and it was clear that Zahn’s work was the spark that led to the wildfire expansion of Star Wars. The first installment was released 25 years ago, on May 1, 1991. Now, Zahn’s books may have fallen from the canon, but their impact on the franchise remains a quarter- century later. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 4 of 48 Throughout the month of May, we'll be paging through the world of books, with author interviews, recommendations and wish lists. So bookmark this site and keep coming back for a spine-cracking month of book content. And let us know what you think in the comments or on Twitter @blastr! In the 20th-anniversary edition of Heir to the Empire, Zahn writes the following in the book’s introduction: “It’s been said by some that the Thrawn Trilogy restarted Star Wars. That sounds very impressive, but it’s not really true. A more accurate statement would be that I was the first person since Jedi who was permitted to stick a fork into the piecrust to see if there was still any steam underneath. There was steam. Man, was there steam.” It may be true that Zahn was the first given this chance, yet if it had been anyone else stabbing that piecrust there is the possibility that Star Wars would not look the same today. If another author had handled this opportunity differently, the result may not have had such a far-reaching influence as Zahn’s trilogy. Zahn’s Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command were released in the early '90s. They are set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, at a time when there are only remnants of the Empire and a New Republic has grown from the Rebellion. The three main heroes of the original trilogy, of course, remain major players in the galaxy, though they are clearly entering new stages of their lives. Leia and Han are married, with twins on the way, and Luke says goodbye The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 5 of 48 to Obi-Wan’s Force ghost in just the second chapter. Other familiar faces appear, like Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles, while a new officer, Grand Admiral Thrawn, leads the Imperials against the New Republic and enlists the help of a cloned Dark Jedi, Joruus C'baoth. As a continuation of the original movies, Zahn's novels succeed in capturing the essence of the films in his mix of old and new elements. The main characters for the most part act as we would expect them to, while obviously having gone through some changes since we last saw them at the Battle of Endor. Zahn also does this well with the plot, presenting us with a new adventure while still giving us a story that feels like Star Wars. Most importantly, the new additions he created feel like they fit in that universe and successfully expanded the world ofStar Wars beyond what was seen on screen. In these books, Zahn grew the universe in many ways, making it even richer and more interesting. He introduced new species like the Noghri, the Barabel and the Chiss, all of which would appear regularly in future Expanded Universe works. Zahn also brought us to new locations and reminded readers that there was a larger galaxy forStar Wars to play with. He even named the planet- wide capital city Coruscant, which would remain its name in other media, including the prequel films. Perhaps Zahn’s most successful expansion of the universe, however, was in the introduction of numerous new characters that worked extremely well in the Star Wars world. Many of his characters became staples of the Expanded Universe and cherished additions to the lore. Fans would love them, love to hate them, and even be outraged when they would meet their deaths years later, and these characters received their start in this trilogy. Among these characters are Talon Karrde, a smuggler who became a perhaps unlikely ally against Thrawn, and Winter, who was Leia’s longtime friend, a former Rebel spy and trusted aide. There’s an ambitious Bothan politician in Borsk Fey'lya, a former leader of the Rebellion named Garm Bel Iblis, and a dedicated Imperial officer in Captain Gilad Pellaeon. It is here that fans even witness the birth of the next generation with the twins Jaina and Jacen Solo, two characters fans would be able to watch grow up and have massive impacts on the galaxy in future books. More memorable than the rest, though, might be the characters of Mara Jade and Grand Admiral Thrawn. In Mara Jade, fans received a smart, intriguing character with a complicated past who needed to make a decision about her future when she encountered Luke. She was a much- needed new female character in the universe, but more than that, was just a great character all around. In Thrawn, fans welcomed a brilliant tactician who is fascinating from the very first chapter, in which readers are already given a sense of his strategic mind when he explains to Pellaeon that, “when you understand a species’ art, you understand that species.” The warlord also showed fans that he didn’t need the Force to be a very clear threat to the New Republic, and that the Empire could be a threat without a Sith at the helm. While the movies show a few competent officers, for the most part, it’s the mistakes of the officers The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 6 of 48 that are highlighted more than anything else, leading to Darth Vader choking them left and right. Here, however, we see Thrawn able to command respect and loyalty without the need to lead purely by inspiring fear. It gave us further insight into the Empire and opened up possibilities about the threats our heroes could face from the remains of the Empire as their stories were continued. Add to all of these aspects other small world building nods in the books, like mentions of Outbound Flight, and you can follow so many threads that have remained a part of, and been expanded upon, in the franchise through the decades back to this trilogy. Even beyond the content of the trilogy that has impacted the franchise, it influenced Star Wars by just showing there was still a hunger among fans for more. By making its way onto The New York Timesbestsellers list, it showed that there was a market for Star Wars. In the foreword of that same 20th anniversary edition of Heir to the Empire Howard Roffman, president of Lucas Licensing at the time, relates how the news that the book was number one on the list “was an emotional moment” and that it showed them the passion among fans had not died. Zahn might not want to take credit for revitalizing Star Wars, but if his book hadn’t acted as proof that Star Wars could continue to be successful, we may never have received such a large Expanded Universe, with companies willing to try making more inspired by the franchise. It may have never snowballed into the many different types of media and even the films that we see today. It may not have inspired the creation of more worlds and characters, and a desire among fans to learn more about these new faces just as much as the characters they met in the films.Star Wars is alive and well in part due to the success and the creativity of the Thrawn Trilogy. Without it, who knows where the galaxy far, far away would be today? I FOUND THIS ON BLASTR.COM AND THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT WITH Y’ALL. UT BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK FOR SALE FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES From: "C. Blake Powers" [email protected] I’ve recently had some unexpected medical expenses, and am reluctantly putting original art I own up for sale to help cover the costs. The first is by noted space artist (and friend of LibertyCon) Mark Maxwell, The Venus Experiment — originally done for Asimov’s. This is the original painting, in museum-mount frame and matting. Framed size is app. 32”x25”. I’m asking $500 plus shipping, but all offers considered. Mark was an early friend to LibertyCon, and is known for his extremely realistic airbrush art in both science and science fiction. As an aside, when he did the The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 7 of 48 Spacelab J artwork for NASA, his attention to detail required getting him photos of the planned orbiter so he could get the tile pattern right (each orbiter had a different pattern). The second is a sketch by the late, great, Frank Kelly Freas of a reclining nude female. Framed size is app. 16.75" x 12". It was purchased directly from Kelly, and the museum mount matting is personalized and signed by him. Asking $500 plus shipping, but all offers considered. The third is a sketch by the late Bryan Gibson of a sniper in a window. Framed size is app. 14”x9”. It was purchased directly from Bryan, and the museum mount matting is personalized and signed by him. Asking $250 plus shipping, but all offers considered. The fourth piece is by myself, and was done in response to a modern art exhibit I attended many years ago, entitled “A Shot In The Dark.” It is oil on acrylic via a 20-guage shotgun, with the shot removed from the shell and replaced with oil paint. It us unframed, and the approximate size is 24”x36”. Asking $500 plus shipping, but all offers considered. Thanks, Blake Re: 1632 Gizmo Questions From: "Rick Boatright" [email protected] In regard to the 1632 gizmo question, specifically about firearms during the early days following the Ring of Fire, the subject was pretty exhaustively addressed by a group we assembled back in the day... https://grantvillegazette.com/wp/article/publish-632/ points to an article called "Flint's Lock" that adresses most of it. We went with a flintlock in the early days simply because of the difficulty of making true mass quantities of cartridges. We just didn't have the materials to do that, and instead settled on the Enfield Pattern 1853 three-band “musket” . Following that, the 45/70 is indeed the cartridge we settled on for the follow-on breechloaders. Rolling block or lever -- different actions for different users... Rick Boatright Head geek - 1632 THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT RICK. I APPRECIATE IT. ;^) From: "Mike Waldrip" [email protected] WHY WE SHOULDN'T LIE...... We were dressed and ready to go out for a dinner and theatre evening. We turned on a 'night light', turned on the answering machine, covered our pet parrot, and put the cat in the backyard. We phoned the local taxi company and requested a cab. The taxi arrived, and we opened the front door to leave the house. As we walked out the door, the cat we had put out in the yard scooted back into the house. We didn't want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to get at the parrot. My wife walked on out to the taxi, while I went back inside to get the cat. The cat ran upstairs, with me in hot pursuit. Waiting in the cab, my wife didn't want the driver to know that the house would be empty for the night, so she explained to the taxi driver that I would be out soon. "He's just going upstairs to say good-bye to my mother." A few minutes later, I got into the cab. "Sorry I took so long,” I said, as we drove away. "That stupid bitch was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her ass with a coat hanger to get her to come out. She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked, so I hauled her downstairs and threw her out into the backyard. She'd better not shit in the vegetable garden again!" The silence in the taxi was deafening. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 9 of 48 OK you may think that was bad but the following actually happened to me at one of our hotels. At that time one of the first things I did every day was check the maintenance log for any issues that may have occurred overnight. On this particular day there was an incident report that contained the following, " Freddy was buffing the floor in front of the service elevator. The floor was wet and there was a small nick in the electrical cord. Apparently the nick got wet and shocked Freddy. He passed out briefly. The second shift maintenance man found him. James said, ' I was just buffing the floor and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and Jesus was calling and shaking me'. Medical attention was not required". Obviously I thought the incident was much more serious than had been indicated until I remembered the second shift maintenance person on duty was Jesus Figueroa. NEED HELP? As I was driving home and worrying about all the stuff going on in my life, my family's lives, my friends' lives and what's happening in Paris, Washington, Moscow, Ukraine, the Middle East, Trump, CBC News, the downgrading of our military, 25,000 Syrian refugees, the terrorists and illegals infiltrating our borders, and how our country is rapidly losing its sanity and its Christianity, I saw a yard sign that said: NEED HELP? CALL JESUS 1-800-555-3787 Out of curiosity and desperation, I called the number. A Mexican showed up with a lawnmower. AT FIRST I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE POLITICALLY CHARGED ATMOSPHERE WE LIVE IN. ALSO THE JOKE DEPENDS ON THE FOIBLES OF LANGUAGE. THEN I REALIZED THIS WAS HOW SOME OF MY FOREFATHERS STARTED IN THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR ODD JOBS AND MAKING ENDS MEET FOR THE FAMILY. IN MY MIND I STARTED SUBSTITUTING JESUS WITH JOHN AND MEXICAN WITH ITALIAN OR IRISH. THAT’S WHEN I STARTED TO SMILE AND REALIZE THAT THIS JOKE WAS JUST AS MUCH A COMMENT ON MY IMMIGRANT FOREBEARERS AS IT WAS FOR THE NEW IMMIGRANTS. ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I HAD JESUS’S REAL NUMBER JUST TO GET A LITTLE HELP AROUND CASA BOLGEO. UT This is Lexi, she's an 8 week-old German Shepherd. I bought Lexi as a surprise for my wife but it turns out she is allergic to dogs so we are now looking to find her a new home. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 10 of 48 She is 59 years old, a beautiful and caring woman who drives, is a great cook and keeps a good house. Very politically incorrect, and, you need to be able to laugh at yourself, but saying all that, it is funny. No country is exempt from the "Mickey Taking". It is good to be able to laugh at yourself, as well as others. In England we have a saying "If you can't laugh at yourself, don't laugh at others". ALERTS TO THREATS IN 2014 EUROPE From JOHN CLEESE [John Cleese was one of the Monty Python gang] The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re- categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 11 of 48 The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards." They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years. The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France 's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country's military capability. Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides." The Germans have increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose." Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels. The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy. Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be right, Mate." Two more escalation levels remain: "Crikey! I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!" and "The barbie is cancelled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level. Regards, John Cleese , British writer, actor and tall person And as a final thought - Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC. KENTUCKY AND TEXAS Two gentlemen were chatting in the local bar. Each trying to outdo the other with how great their states were. Finally, the guy from Kentucky looked the Texan in the eye and said "We have enough gold in our state that we could build a fence of gold 4' high around the border of your state". The Texan thought for a minute and looked at the Kentuckian and said "Go ahead. And if we like it, we'll buy it". The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 12 of 48 From: "Randy Bovell" [email protected] HIS GIRLFRIEND DOESN’T LIKE HIS DOG & SAID TO GET RID OF IT. LOOK AT HIS CRAIGSLIST POST… His girlfriend does not like his dog and gave him the ultimatum of choosing between the two. After a lot of thought, he posted this on Craigslist: http://www.pawmygosh.com/molly-craigslist- post/?utm_content=buffer56fac&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=ild&utm_campaign=ILoveMy DogContent “MY girlfriend does not like my beagle Molly. SO I have to rehome her. She is a purebred from a wealthy area and I have had her 4 years. She likes to play games. Not totally trained. Has long hair so she’s a little high maintenance, especially the nails, but she loves having them done. Stays up all night yapping but sleeps while I work. Only eats the best, most expensive food. Will NEVER greet you at the door after a long day or give you unconditional love when you’re down. Does not bite but she can be mean as hell! So… anyone interested in my 30 year old, selfish, wicked, gold-digging girlfriend? Come and get her! Me and my dog want her re-homed ASAP!” From: "RAY BELOATE" [email protected] From: "Jim Hollis" [email protected] HEART-WARMING STORY The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 14 of 48 A man lost an arm when his golf cart rolled over on him on a down slope. He became very depressed because he loved to play golf. One day in his despair, he decided to commit suicide and end it all. He got on an elevator and went to the top of a building to jump off. He was standing on the ledge looking down and saw this man down on the sidewalk skipping along, whooping and kicking up his heels. He looked closer and saw that this man didn't have any arms at all. He started thinking, "What am I doing up here feeling sorry for myself? I still have one good arm to do things with." He thought, "There goes a man with no arms skipping down the sidewalk so happy, and going on with his life." He hurried down to the sidewalk and caught up with the man with no arms. He told him how glad he was to see him because he lost one of his arms and felt useless and was going to kill himself. He thanked him for saving his life and said he knew he could make it with one arm if the guy could go on with no arms. The man with no arms began dancing and whooping and kicking up his heels again. He asked, "Why are you so happy anyway?" He said, "I'm NOT happy. My balls itch." Heart-warming stories like this just bring a tear to my eye... From: "Jerry Tollett" [email protected] A CAN OF PEACHES A very cranky old woman was arrested for shoplifting at a grocery store. She gave everyone a hard time, from the store manager to the security guard to the arresting officer who took her away, complaining and criticizing throughout the process. When she appeared before the judge, the judge asked what she had stolen from the store. The lady defiantly replied, "Just a stupid can of peaches." The judge then asked why she had done it. She replied, "I was hungry and forgot to bring any cash to the store." The judge asked how many peaches were in the can. She replied, "Nine, but what do you care about that?" The judge patiently said, "Well, ma'am, because I'm going to give you nine days in jail -- one day for each peach." As the judge was about to drop his gavel, the lady's long-suffering husband raised his hand and asked if he might speak. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 15 of 48 The judge said, "Yes, what do you have to add?" The husband said, "Your Honor, she also stole a can of peas." From Douglas W Sandlin? Facebook Page to Monster Hunter International - Hunters Unite! Well that clears some things up. DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY THE OUTER GOD NYARLATHOTEP http://immediatesafety .org/donald-trump- actually-the-outer- god-nyarlathotep/ Insiders have determined that Donald Trump is hiding a dark secret. One of Lovecraftian proportions, that we can only hope is not true. If true, the human race will have some reckoning to do shortly. As it turns out, most of the Outer Gods were banished to the stars, but one remains here, leading the cults of the dark ones. He remains walking the earth, unlike the Great Old Ones who dreaming, sleep and wait. He remains with the expressed aim of both serving Azathoth and spreading madness here on earth. He prefers madness to suffering and death because it’s more entertaining to drive a man mad than to kill him outright. He uses propaganda and subterfuge to fool mankind into the bidding of the Outer Gods. Are you starting to draw some parallels? Nyarlathotep takes many forms, most too hideous and maddening to describe. He can, however, take the form of a man if he chooses. He has been in the guise of a man since June 14, 1946, the birthdate of Donald Trump. We know what you’re thinking. Why should we care about an Outer God stuck in this realm? It’s because he is worshiped by the other Outer Gods and the minions of those gods. That means he’s tremendously powerful. Even the fungi from Yuggoth revere him. She’s WAY too happy to see him Have you noticed how the throngs of Trump supporters seem in a daze, unable to reconcile their experiences with reality as those who are not supporters know it? Have you noticed how people who didn’t support trump or called him a buffoon before, suddenly become ardent supporters? Take Christopher The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 16 of 48 Cantwell, for instance. He’s long been a proponent of Libertarian principles but now uses his platform to support Trump, an obvious statist, and sworn enemy of the Libertarian movement. This is all classic behavior of those trapped under the spell of Nyarlathotep, and can be seen in the Lovecraft story of the same name. The untrustworthy, confused account of the narrator mimics the behavior of the Trump supporters we see on the Internet and in real-life. If this is beginning to scare you, good. It should. The thought of an Outer God manipulating the electorate in this realm is as serious as any threat we face from climate change, the economy, foreign powers, terrorists, etc. Lovecraft himself fell under the spell of this being. In a letter to Reinhardt Kleiner, from December 21, 1921, he said, As I left the house I saw throngs of men plodding through the night, all whispering affrightedly and bound in one direction. I fell in with them, afraid yet eager to see and hear the great, the obscure, the unutterable Nyarlathotep. That’s a carbon copy of the Trump Train in action. Doubt it not. We will monitor this developing story and update this article with more details, but suffice it to say, humanity is likely doomed to a dark oblivion, punctuated with madness and fitful sleeps. Sleeps plagued with terrible dreams and unimaginable suffering. Your only hope is to stop uttering the name Trump and avoid eye contact with the avatar of the Outer God Azathoth in the form of Nyarlathotep. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! From: “Tim Bolgeo” [email protected] MISSOURI HOUSE OKAYS CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION by AWR HAWKINS6 May 2016 http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/06/missouri-house-overwhelmingly-passes- campus-carry/ On May 5, the Missouri House voted 101-28 to pass legislation that will allow concealed carry on campuses and on various modes of public transportation. The concealed carry provisions were attached to a bill “aimed at capping fees for concealed carry applicants at $100 and giving a grace period to members of the military whose permits to carry concealed expire while they’re on active duty.” According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the campus carry provisions would “allow full- time employees to carry guns on college campuses” for self-defense. There are also protections in the bill to guarantee that police can “carry guns at all times.” Campus carry became law in Tennessee on May 2. This means the Volunteer State joined Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin as states that have passed laws protecting rights to carry a gun for self-defense at public colleges The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 17 of 48 and universities. (Campus carry takes effect in Texas August 2016 and takes effect in Kansas July 1, 2017.) Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) vetoed campus carry legislation in his state on May 3, claiming it was “highly questionable” that lives would be saved by allowing law-abiding students to be armed for self-defense. On that same day, Fort Valley State University student Donnell Phelps was killed while trying to intervene to save two girls under attack on campus. ~ OUT: BOATY MCBOATFACE. IN: RRS SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH David Szondy May 6, 2016 http://www.gizmag.com/bpaty-mcboatface-david-attenborough/43200/ The RRS Sir David Attenborough is a floating polar laboratory that will replace RRS Ernest Shackleton and RRS James Clarke Ross (Credit: BAS). It looks as if Britain's £200 million (US$284 million) state-of-the-art polar research ship won't be christened "Boaty McBoatface" after all. According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the UK Science Minister Jo Johnson confirmed today that the vessel will be named "Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough" in recognition of the broadcaster's contributions to natural science and education. Today's decision comes in the wake of the embarrassing result of a contest where the general public were invited to submit and vote for names for the new research ship, which is scheduled to go into service in 2019. BBC Radio Jersey presenter James Hand's nomination of Boaty McBoatface caught the public imagination and racked up 124,109 votes – easily defeating the runners up, Poppy-Mai with 34,371,Henry Worsley at 15,231, and It's Bloody Cold Here scooping 10,679. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 18 of 48 Because the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) reserved the right to make the final decision to select a name that "fits the mission and captures the spirit of scientific endeavor," Boaty McBoatface didn't stand much of a chance. Instead, the government opted for naming the ship after Sir David just days before his 90th birthday to mark six decades of creating world-renowned natural history documentaries for the BBC. RRS Sir David Attenborough, currently under construction at Cammell Laird shipyards, is a floating polar laboratory that will replace RRS Ernest Shackleton andRRS James Clarke Ross. The new ship will carry 30 crew and 60 scientists along with support staff, and will be used in both the Antarctic and the Arctic. When completed, it will be 129.6 m (425 ft) long, 25 m (82 ft) abeam, have a draught of 7.5 m (24 ft), displace 12,790 tonnes (14,098 tons), and have 4,200 cubic meters (148,000 cubic feet) of cargo space. "I am truly honored by this naming decision and hope that everyone who suggested a name will feel just as inspired to follow the ship's progress as it explores our polar regions," said Sir David in a statement. "I have been privileged to explore the world's deepest oceans alongside amazing teams of researchers, and with this new polar research ship they will be able to go further and discover more than ever before." FOR THOSE WHO WERE ROOTING FOR THE CHEEKIER NAME, BOATY MCBOATFACE WILL BE USED AS THE OFFICIAL MONIKER FOR ONE OF THE ATTENBOROUGH'S UNMANNED ROBOTIC SUB-SEA VEHICLES. Source: BAS YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! From: “Christina Cowan” [email protected] Remember that great display at Lonestarcon? It would be SO great if we could see that in Kansas City!!!!!! Wonder where this guy is at? The link at the bottom of the article takes you to his own posting with his narration: http://imgur.com/gallery/snxk3 It's better than the Twsited Siftr article, below And I defy you to read all this without The March of the Imperial Storm Troopers going through your head... GUY BUILDS AMAZING LEGO STAR DESTROYER WITH THREE-LEVEL INTERIOR http://twistedsifter.com/2016/05/lego-star-destroyer-with-three-level-interior-by- doomhandle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Twistedsifter +%28TwistedSifter+%29 The design is based on the 2014 LEGO Star Destroyer Set (75055) and the custom-design was built entirely with readily available LEGO pieces. It’s about 20 times the size of the official LEGO Star Destroyer set which allows for a lot more customization inside. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 19 of 48 [via doomhandle on Imgur] Imgur user doomhandle shared his recently completed Tyrant Imperial Star Destroyer and it’s awesome. Measuring 4 ft, 7 in (1.4 m) long and weighing over 70 pounds (32 kg); it also features a three-level interior with characters, ships and removable sections. I’ve included exterior and interior shots below, but be sure to check out the full 45-picture album on Imgur where doomhandle goes into far more detail about the build and components of the ship. THERE ARE A TON MORE PICTURES OF THIS FANTASTIC MODEL STAR WARS STAR DESTROYER AT THE WEBSITE. THIS GUY IS AMAZING. UT The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 20 of 48 YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! From Andy Porter post in the Southern Fandom Classic Digest Number 3216 IT’S TIME TO LIVE IN A MODULAR HOBBIT HOLE: VIDEO The prefab underground dwellings take just three days to build April 30, 2016 03:00PM https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/mail?app=mail#9 Hobbiton Modular construction has become increasing popular in recent years. But now it is being adapted to make your nerdy Middle Earth fantasies come true. Green Magic Homes’ prefabricated houses are perfect for anyone who ever wanted to live in the Shire. Plus, they are totally customizable and take only three days to build. Check out the video AT THE WEBSITE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TECHNOLOGY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS REALLY NEAT. UT From: “Tim Bolgeo” [email protected] MORE POWER! SPACEX'S ROCKETS ARE STRONGER THAN PREDICTED By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | May 2, 2016 04:28pm ET http://www.space.com/32767-spacex-rockets-falcon-9-capabilities.html#sthash.CQRaxrf3.dpuf SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets can launch weightier spacecraft than previously thought, company officials said. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 21 of 48 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 8, 2016, sending the company's robotic Dragon cargo capsule on its way to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX On Saturday (April 30), SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that the company has revised the maximum- payload capabilities of the two boosters. According to the new specifications, the Falcon 9 can actually haul 50,265 lbs. (22,800 kilograms) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 18,300 lbs. (8,300 kg) to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO); the previously cited figures were 28,990 lbs. (13,150 kg) and 10,690 lbs. (4,850 kg), respectively. The two-stage Falcon 9 — whose first stage uses an array of nine Merlin engines (hence the name) — can also send 8,860 lbs. (4,020 kg) of payload on its way to Mars, according to the new document. This SpaceX graphic shows the maximum-lift capabilities of the company’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. Credit: SpaceX "No physical changes to the engine. This thrust increase is based on delta qual tests. It is just tougher than we thought," Musk tweeted on Saturday. The in- development Falcon Heavy integrates three Falcon 9 cores, giving the huge booster 27 first-stage engines. The rocket, which is scheduled to fly for the first time in late 2016, will be able to launch 119,930 lbs. (54,400 kg) to LEO, 48,940 lbs. (22,200 kg) to GTO and 29,980 lbs. (13,600 kg) to Mars, according to the new specifications. These numbers are all slightly higher than previously published estimates. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 22 of 48 The Mars figures are not mere fanciful inclusions. Musk has said repeatedly that he founded SpaceX primarily to make humanity a multiplanet species, and last week the company announced that it plans to launch its Dragon capsule toward the Red Planet aboard a Falcon Heavy on an uncrewed mission as early as 2018. SpaceX is working to make both the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy reusable, a breakthrough that Musk said will cut the the cost of spaceflight significantly. (Launches of the Falcon 9 currently sell for $62 million apiece, while $90 million is the going price for a Falcon Heavy liftoff.) The company has already twice successfully landed a Falcon 9 first stage during orbital liftoff, the first time on terra firma in December 2015, and the second time last month on a robotic ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Reusable rockets need to carry more fuel (as well as landing legs) to come back softly to Earth, a fact that reduces their maximum-payload capabilities. "Max-performance numbers are for expendable launches. Subtract 30 percent to 40 percent for reusable booster payload," Musk tweeted on Saturday. CREATING A PROSTHETIC HAND THAT CAN FEEL DARPA’s HAPTIX program aims to develop a prosthetic hand that’s just as capable as the original By Dustin J. Tyler, Posted 28 Apr 2016 | 19:00 GMT http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/creating-a-prosthetic-hand-that-can- feel?utm_source=Tech+Alert&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TechAlert05052016&bt_email=tb [email protected]&bt_ts=1462457147109 Photo: Mike McGregor Wearing a blindfold and noise-canceling headphones, Igor Spetic gropes for the bowl in front of him, reaches into it, and picks up a cherry by its stem. He uses his left hand, which is his own flesh and blood. His right hand, though, is a plastic and metal prosthetic, the consequence of an industrial accident. Spetic is a volunteer in our research at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and he has been using this “myoelectric” device for years, controlling it by flexing the muscles in his right arm. The prosthetic, typical of those used by amputees, provides only crude control. As we watch, Spetic grabs the cherry between his prosthetic thumb and forefinger so that he can pull off the stem. Instead, the fruit bursts between his fingers. Next, my colleagues and I turn on the haptic system that we and our partners have been developing at The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 23 of 48 the Functional Neural Interface Lab at Case Western Reserve University, also in Cleveland. Previously, surgeons J. Robert Anderson and Michael Keith had implanted electrodes in Spetic’s right forearm, which now make contact with three nerves at 20 locations. Stimulating different nerve fibers produces realistic sensations that Spetic perceives as coming from his missing hand: When we stimulate one spot, he feels a touch on his right palm; another spot produces sensation in his thumb, and so on. To test whether such sensations would give Spetic better control over his prosthetic hand, we put thin-film force sensors in the device’s index and middle fingers and thumb, and we use the signals from those sensors to trigger the corresponding nerve stimulation. Again we watch as Spetic grasps another cherry. This time, his touch is delicate as he pulls off the stem without damaging the fruit in the slightest. In our trials, he’s able to perform this task 93 percent of the time when the haptic system is turned on, versus just 43 percent with the haptics turned off. What’s more, Spetic reports feeling as though he is grabbing the cherry, not just using a tool to grab it. As soon as we turn the stimulation on, he says, “It is my hand.” THIS IS A VERY GOOD TECHNICAL ARTICLE THAT I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND READ IN ITS ENTIRETY. UT DISPOSABLE LASER PRODUCED WITH INKJET PRINTING TECH Ben Coxworth May 4, 2016 http://www.gizmag.com/inkjet-organic-lasers/43154/ Most of the lasers used in items such as DVD players or optical mice are inorganic. They last much longer than organic lasers (which utilize carbon-based materials to amplify light), but they're also comparatively expensive and complex to make, plus their range of wavelengths is limited. Developing more durable organic lasers would be one way of addressing the situation, but a European research team has come up with another – just make them really cheap and easily-replaceable. Using an inkjet printer and a commercial ink mixed with dye, the scientists printed square pixels onto a quartz slide. Because inkjet printers can print so precisely into one tiny area, the slide didn't need to be masked off, and there was very little wastage of the ink/dye mix. That slide is known as a "lasing capsule," and each of the pixels on it act as a gain medium when placed in an organic laser – the gain medium is what amplifies the light, and is also what typically degrades too quickly in regular organic lasers. While this particular type of gain medium isn't longer-lasting than others, the capsule that it's printed on can simply be pulled out from the rest of the laser and replaced as needed. It's likened to changing the blades in a razor. The scientists believe that once production is ramped up, such lasing capsules could be manufactured for just a few cents each. Changing the color of the laser is as simple as using different colors of dyes. Ultimately, it is hoped that the technology could be used for The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 24 of 48 sending data over short plastic fibers, and as a tool for analyzing chemical or biological samples. The research was conducted by scientists from the University of Paris 13 and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne in France, and SEMILAB in Hungary. It is described in a paper that was recently published in the Journal of Applied Physics. Source: American Institute of Physics 20 FLOATING REACTOR PLATFORMS PLANNED Contact the writers at [email protected] and [email protected] http://www.energycentral.com/news/en/39192663/?utm_source=2016_05_06&utm_medium=eNL&utm _content=import&utm_campaign=WEEKLY_NEWS First nulcear plant is being constructed in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning, China is planning to build about 20 floating reactor platforms to meet the demand of maritime atomic propulsion, driving a market that could be worth tens of billions of dollars, a report said on Thursday. The country's first-ever floating nuclear plant is about to start the final assembly in Huludao, a coastal city in Liaoning province, and it will be built by Bohai Shipbuilding The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 25 of 48 Heavy Industry Co Ltd, a unit of China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, according to eworldship, a Shanghai-based maritime industry information provider. "CSIC is the first company with the permission to construct the floating nuclear-powered vessel, and it aims to become the strongest builder of floating nuclear platforms within five years," the report quoted Wu Zhong, general manager of CSIC Asset Management Co Ltd, as saying during an expert review held this week. Zhu Hanchao, deputy chief engineer of the CSIC 719 Research Institute, said that the average cost of a pilot project is about 3 billion yuan ($463 million), but it will be able to generate sales of 22.6 billion yuan in 40 years, the life span of the vessel. He said that the cost could go lower as the company realizes mass production of such platforms. The CSIC 719 was established in 2014 to develop a maritime nuclear power platform and core technologies in the field. At the end of last year, the shipbuilder got the nod from the National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic regulator, to start research for a demonstration project of the platform. Earlier this year, China General Nuclear Power Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with CSIC to develop a reactor design - 200-megawatt ACPR50S for the offshore nuclear power platform. CGN is currently working on the preliminary design for ACPR50S, which is expected to start construction in 2017 and be commissioned by 2020. The floating nuclear power plant, which can be equipped inside a section of the vessel, is often used to supply stable electricity not only to remote areas, but also to large industrial facilities such as seawater desalination plants and offshore oilfield exploration rigs, CGN said. "The project has a wide range of civilian applications in providing safe and stable energy for maritime resources exploration and development," CGN said. The offshore oil drilling demand will keep growing in the next five years with a market value of 100 billion yuan, while the industry of nuclear-powered equipment is expected to reach 50 billion yuan per year in the Bohai Bay, Wu Zhong said. SAFETY MEASURES IN FIVE-YEAR PLAN China has set major targets to improve its nuclear energy security and capacity to control radiation sources in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20). It is the first time this has been included in the national development roadmap, as the nation becomes a leading global nuclear player. The country has 30 nuclear reactors in operation and another 26 under construction. "The total number of reactors has exceeded that in Japan, which has 54," said The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 26 of 48 Tang Bo, head of the nuclear energy security supervision under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, on Thursday. He added if the new projects start construction as scheduled, China could have more nuclear reactors than France, meaning that it would have second place behind the United States. In 2015, six nuclear reactors went online and the authorities have given permits for the construction of eight more reactors and approved the locations of another two, the ministry said. In line with the rapid growth of nuclear energy, more industries have utilized radiation sources in their production in recent years, involving 60,000 companies with 120,000 radiation sources in operation nationwide, said the ministry. These radiation sources have been mainly used for medical diagnosis and treatment, and industrial production. To guarantee the security of major radiation sources and rapidly growing nuclear reactors, China has strengthened its management of nuclear power security. The targets set out in the plan require the authorities to maintain effective control of nuclear security, and lower the risks involved, to ensure that the security of nuclear facilities reaches the advanced international level. (China Daily USA 05/02/2016 page13) A RESEARCHER ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED A WAY TO MAKE A NANOWIRE-BASED BATTERY THAT COULD LAST A LIFETIME By: Nidhi Goyal | May 3rd, 2016 http://www.industrytap.com/researcher-accidentally-discovered-way-make-batteries-last- lifetime/36347?utm_source=Industry+Tap&utm_campaign=83cff0d009- Industry_Tap_Volume_3095_5_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_05d6224fe0-83cff0d009- 44103165inShare3 Battery life diminishes gradually and one day it dies completely beyond charging. Now, in a big breakthrough, researchers from the University of California, have invented nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times. In other words, these batteries would never require a replacement. Engineers have been working for a long time to incorporate nanowire technology into battery systems. Nanowires are highly conductive and thousands of times thinner than a human hair, so they can be easily arranged to provide a large surface area for electron transfer. This makes them ideal for electric storage and transmission. The only drawback with these nanowires is that they are usually very fragile and don’t do well after repeated charging and discharging. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 27 of 48 A nanowire compared to a human hair. Thai et al./UC Irvine via YouTube But now, researchers have created electrode nanowires using a thin core of gold, surrounded by layers of manganese dioxide and a Plexiglass-like electrolyte gel. Researchers found this combination keeps all the properties of the nanowires intact, making them resistant to fractures. Study leader and UCI doctoral candidate Mya Le Thai has charged and discharged this nanowire-based battery up to 200,000 times in three months, and batteries didn’t show any loss in power capacity. Penner, chair of UCI’s chemistry department said, “Mya was playing around, and she coated this whole thing with a very thin gel layer and started to cycle it. She discovered that just by using this gel, she could cycle it hundreds of thousands of times without losing any capacity.” “That was crazy,” he added, “because these things typically die in dramatic fashion after 5,000 or 6,000 or 7,000 cycles at most.” Mya Le Thai went on to say that “The coated electrode holds its shape much better, making it a more reliable option. This research proves that a nanowire-based battery electrode can have a long lifetime and that we can make these kinds of batteries a reality.” SPACEX JUST LANDED ANOTHER ROCKET ON AN OCEAN BARGE The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 28 of 48 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket delivered a communications satellite to space last night — and then successfully completed its second straight landing on a drone barge. Everything's coming up Musk. http://digg.com/video/spacex-landing-rocket BY GOD IT’S GREAT TO SEE ROCKETS HOW THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO LAND. ON THEIR TAIL FINS! BUCK ROGERS HAS RETURNED TO THE SPACE PROGRAM. UT TORQUE BUMP FOR FORD'S 2017 F-150 ENGINE, WHICH PAIRS WITH 10 SPEED TRANSMISSION Aaron Turpen May 5, 2016 http://www.gizmag.com/2017-ford-f-150-ecoboost/43185/ The new 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine is a second- generation version of the twin-turbo, high- compression engine that debuted in the F-150 as a V8-replacing V6 option (Credit: Ford). The 2017 Ford F-150 pickup truck will include the latest- generation 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine as an option, adding 30 lb-ft of torque to its output. This will mate to a new 10-speed automatic transmission to aid performance and capitalize on the now best- in-class torque values of the new engine. The new 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine is a second-generation version of the twin-turbo, high- compression engine that debuted in the F-150 as a V8-replacing V6 option. The 3.5L engine and its 2.7-liter EcoBoost brother make up 60 percent of the F-150's total sales, which bucks the trend of truck buyers usually demanding an eight-cylinder engine with their pickup. The 3.5L engine has injectors at the intake port and inside the cylinder, which maximizes fuel spray to better control the engine's burn rate. This prevents misfires and improves fuel efficiency while lowering emissions. Ford also upgraded the turbochargers to add more boost thanks to a lighter turbine wheel with better RPM efficiency and electrically-activated wastegates. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 29 of 48 This improves responsiveness, making lower RPM responses better, which lowers the RPM curve for torque output. Other engine improvements include hollow camshafts, a new roller-finger follower valvetrain, and other upgrades to shed engine weight. Auto Start-Stop is now standard in the 3.5L as well, improving city fuel economy and slightly lowering emissions. The new 3.5L EcoBoost engine with its twin turbochargers now outputs 450 lb-feet (610 Nm) of torque, a best-in-class number for a V6. Aiding the improved output of the new engine is a new 10-speed automatic transmission. This upgrades from the six-speed transmission found in the 2016 model year, giving three overdrive gears and enabling lower rear-end axle ratings without losing towing power and improving fuel efficiency at highway speeds. The new transmission is also the first gearbox from Ford that doesn't include cast iron components. It sheds weight in several ways, with 2 lb (900 g) being lost just by combining the torque converter and turbine clutch. The engine is being built in the soon-to-be-revamped Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio, while the transmission will be made at the Livonia Transmission Plant in Michigan, which is receiving a major overhaul now. Ford is yet to reveal what fuel economy gains these improvements will bring to the F-150 when it goes on sale this (Northern Hemisphere) autumn. Source: Ford 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE CURE FOR CANCER FoxNews.com, Published January 29, 2015 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/01/29/8-year-old-suggests-possible-cure-for- cancer.html?intcmp=hpdm&intcmp=obnetwork For most elementary school students, finding the cure for cancer probably isn’t normal dinner table conversation. But for one British 8-year-old, the topic came up— and led to successful lab results, The Independent reported. Camilla Lisanti’s parents are both cancer researchers at Manchester University. Over dinner, her father, Michael, asked her how she would cure the disease, and she suggested using antibiotics, “like when I have a sore throat.” Michael and his wife, Federica Sotgia, tested her theory at the lab and were surprised to find that several cheap and widely used antibiotics destroyed cancerous cells in samples from breast, prostate, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, skin, and brain tumors. Some of the antibiotics worked by preventing cancer cells from making energy-providing mitochondria— which cancer stem cells are prolific in. Most importantly, these common antibiotics tested did not harm healthy cells. Michael believes they could prove to be an effective and inexpensive treatment. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 30 of 48 “I thought it was very naïve to think you could cure cancer with antibiotics, but at the end of the day Camilla was right,” he told the Daily Mail. “She usually is right about things.” The research is promising but is limited to lab results and needs to be tested on people. In a comment to The Independent, Dr. Alan Worsley, Cancer Research UK’s senior scientist said that some antibiotics have been known to have anti-cancer effects since the 1960s and are a well-established part of cancer treatment, along with chemotherapies. “There’s no indication from this work that these particular antibiotics would kill cancer cells in patients, or what sort of side effects there might be,” he told The Independent. TOYOTA BATTERY BREAKTHROUGH MEANS MAGNESIUM COULD EVENTUALLY REPLACE LITHIUM Aaron Turpen May 8, 2016 http://www.gizmag.com/toyota-magnesium- battery/43204/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=dfd0a2418a-UA-2235360- 4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-dfd0a2418a-91341709 Engineers at the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) think they've found the secret to using magnesium in rechargeable batteries. This would replace lithium as a safer, more energy-dense option for batteries in everything from cell phones to cars. Magnesium has been considered a potential replacement for lithium in rechargeable batteries for some time. Lithium is not stable in air and can combust when exposed, so to The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 31 of 48 make lithium-ion batteries safer, the ions are reduced and the lithium is embedded into graphite rods. This reduces the amount of metal (reducing density), which limits the amount of power the li-ion battery can store. To increase density, engineers have toyed with the mix of lithium and graphite and the shape of the cells, but the balance is tricky. The electrolyte has been the trouble spot for magnesium-based batteries, but Toyota's researchers may have cracked that, paving the way towards their production (Credit: Toyota). Magnesium, on the other hand, is stable in the atmosphere and more potentially energy dense than is lithium in terms of storage. The trouble is, forming an electrolyte that doesn't degrade the magnesium while offering efficient transfer had proven difficult – until a chance discovery during research into hydrogen fuel cells changed that. Principal scientist and chemical engineer Rana Mohtadi of Toyota overheard colleagues discussing the challenges of developing a magnesium-friendly electrolyte. She realized that the properties of the hydrogen storage material she'd been working with might be conducive to a magnesium-based battery. They formed a team and set to work to test it. The manager for Toyota's research group, Paul Fanson, attributes the discovery to the diversity of the research staff at TRINA and the collaborative nature of the facility's culture. The team has produced a paper outlining the discovery, which was published in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition. They hope that other researchers outside of Toyota can find use in the material and hasten the development of usable magnesium- based batteries. There is still some way to go before we'll be slotting magnesium batteries into our smartphones with the researchers estimating that it could be 20 years before these The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 32 of 48 batteries go mainstream. The hope is that making the discovery public may help speed up that timeline. Learn more in the video AT THE WEBSITE. CHINA TO DEPLOY FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA By: Nidhi Goyal | May 9th, 2016 http://www.industrytap.com/china-deploy-floating-nuclear-power-stations-disputed-south-china- sea/36430?utm_source=Industry+Tap&utm_campaign=fbc0c4d460- Industry_Tap_Volume_3105_9_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_05d6224fe0-fbc0c4d460- 44103165 Image courtesy People's Daily,China As we all know, China is creating new islets in the South China Sea. Radar systems, lighthouses, barracks, ports, and airfields set up by China in these disputed waters of the South China Sea require tremendous amounts of electricity, which is very difficult to meet from a place hundreds of miles from the country’s power grid. So, China is planning to build floating nuclear power stations to solve this issue. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 33 of 48 These power plants will be built in Chinese shipyards by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. Once completed, these power plants will be mounted on large sea-going barges and will be towed to the locations where power is needed. As per reports by the Chinese newspaper Global Times, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation has plans to build up to 20 floating nuclear power stations.. Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, showing his concern about the potential safety risks and China’s intentions, told the Chicago Tribune, “Nuclear reactors afloat would give the Chinese military sustainable energy sources to conduct their full panoply of operations, from air early warning and defenses and offensive fire control systems to anti-submarine operations and more. China has already done enough damage to the maritime environment by hastily building artificial islands and destroying irreplaceable coral reefs. We do not need a nuclear accident in these importing fishing grounds and sea lanes.” Construction of the first floating nuclear power reactor is expected to start next year with electricity generation to begin in 2020. From: "Mike Waldrip" [email protected] THESE PHOTOS OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS WERE TAKEN ONE TEN-MILLIONTH OF A SECOND AFTER DETONATION May 2, 2016 · Udi Tirosh http://www.diyphotography.net/photos-nuclear-explosions-taken-one-ten-millionth-second- detonation/ I mean, if you developed a nuclear bomb, you wanna see how it works, right? Well the fire call created by the explosion was created so fast and expanded so rapidly that it was virtually impossible to capture. That is until professor Harold Eugene “Doc” Edgerton of MIT invented the Rapatronic Camera. That camera is quite an achievement in today’s terms, and nothing short of a miracle for 1940’s. The Rapatronic Camera (short for rapid action electronic camera), as damn interesting notes is a single-use cameras were able to snap a photo one ten-millionth of a second after detonation from about seven miles away, with an exposure time of as little as ten nanoseconds. At that instant, a typical fireball had already reached about 100 feet in diameter, with temperatures three times hotter than the surface of the sun. Impressive isn’t it? How was it done? Of course, capturing 10 nano-seconds of light is not something you can do with moving part. But even worse, if you wanted to capture a series of those photos, there is no way you can move the film fast enough. So, just like the famous horse from those early film days, several cameras were positioned and tuned to different intervals after detonation. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 34 of 48 If taking photos of speeding bullets is hard, imagine how hard it is to take photos of a nuclear bomb going off. (I mean aside the obvious issue of having yourself and the camera being completely decimated if you were at any reasonable distance). THERE A MANY MORE INTERESTING PHOTOS AT THE WEBSITE OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS. TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK THEM OUT. UT From: “Keith A. Glass” [email protected] KAG: I suspect that they'll eventually just call it a High-Power Laser. Which makes any aircraft that mounts them. . . .and HP Laserjet. . . . Also, consider what that will do for the Defense Industry: it will be cheaper to buy new aircraft, than to buy refill Laser Cartridges. US AIR FORCE WILL HAVE FIRST COMBAT LASERS ON LARGE C-17 AND C-130S AND THEN LATER MINIATURIZED FOR F-16 AND F-35 FIGHTER JETS The US Air Force plans to arm its fleet of drones and fighter jets with high-tech laser weapons. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 35 of 48 May 08, 2016 http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/05/us-air-force-will-have-first-combat.html Air Force Research Laboratory officials have said they plan to have a program of record for air-fired laser weapons in place by 2023. Ground testing of a laser weapon called the High Energy Laser, or HEL, was slated to take place last year at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., service officials said. The High Energy Laser test is being conducted by the Air Force Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. The first airborne tests are expected to take place by 2021, Air Force officials have said. The developmental efforts are focused on increasing the power, precision and guidance of existing laser weapon applications with the hope of moving from 10-kilowatts up to 100 kilowatts. Much of the needed development involves engineering the size weight and power trades on an aircraft needed to accommodate an on-board laser weapon. Developing a mobile power- source small enough to integrate onto a fast-moving fighter jet remains a challenge for laser technology. The Air Force plans to begin firing laser weapons from larger platforms such as C-17s and C-130s until the technological miniaturization efforts can configure the weapon to fire from fighter jets such as an F-15, F-16 or F-35. Instead of flying with six or seven missiles on an aircraft, a directed energy weapons system could fire thousands of shots using a single gallon of jet fuel <~><~> ABSOLUTELY & TOTALLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT & AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS YOU CAN GO! From: “Jim Woosley” [email protected] JW: As is frequently said, Dr. Sowell's random thoughts are better than most people's regular thoughts... RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE PASSING SCENE – SOWELL MAY 2ND 2016 By Thomas Sowell, Posted on May 2, 2016 by Ammoland http://www.ammoland.com/2016/05/random-thoughts-on-the- passing-scene-sowell-may-2nd-2016/#ixzz47hAVMB20 Thomas Sowell USA – Ammoland.com - Random thoughts on the passing The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 36 of 48 scene: One of the problems with being a pessimist is that you can never celebrate when you are proven right. If what you want from politicians are quick and easy answers, someone is sure to supply them, regardless of which party you follow. History can tell you where quick and easy answers lead. But, if you don’t want to bother reading history, you can just wait and relive its catastrophes. What is “economic power”? What can Bill Gates stop you from doing? I don’t understand how people who cannot predict the weather five days in advance can predict the climate decades from now. One of history’s painful ironies is how often people on the brink of disaster have been preoccupied with trivialities. With a nuclear Iran with intercontinental missiles looming on the horizon, our intelligentsia are preoccupied with calling achievements “privilege” and playing other word games. Of life’s many surprises, encountering an old flame, years later, is in a class by itself. Some people seem to think that Donald Trump has great abilities because he is a billionaire. But being born rich and getter richer is not exactly a Horatio Alger miracle. Of all the disheartening signs of the utter ignorance of so many American college students, nothing so completely disheartened me as seeing on television a black college student who did not know what the Civil War was about. Fifty years ago, it would have been virtually impossible to find a black adult, with even an elementary school education, who did not know what the Civil War was about. Global warming, due to greenhouse gasses, is the latest in a long series of one-factor theories about a multi-factor world. Such theories have often enjoyed great popularity, despite how often they have turned out to be wrong. One of the most richly rewarded skills in politics is the ability to make self-interest sound like idealism. Nowhere is this tactic more successful than in so-called “campaign finance reform” laws — spending restrictions that prevent challenger candidates from buying enough publicity to offset the free publicity that incumbents get from the media. At one time, it seemed as if the free world had defeated the world of totalitarian dictatorships twice — first the Nazis and then the Communists. But, with the slow but steady expansion of government control over our lives and the spread of the idea that people who deny “climate change” should be punished as criminals, it seems as if totalitarianism may be winning, after all. People who want to redistribute wealth often misunderstand the nature and causes of wealth. Tangible wealth can be confiscated, but you cannot confiscate the knowledge which produced that wealth. Countries that confiscated the wealth of some groups and expelled them, destitute, have often seen the economy collapse, while the expelled people became prosperous again elsewhere. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 37 of 48 Muskrat Ramble : http://tiny.cc/dn17ay Some people think that Ted Cruz would not have as good a chance against Hillary Clinton as would Donald Trump. They say that Cruz does not have a sparkling style of speaking. But, after months of hearing childish insults from Trump, the public may be ready for some serious adult talk by someone with substance, who can cut right through Hillary’s shallow evasions. To me, beautiful music is whatever music makes you glad to be a human being, whether it is “Musetta’s Waltz” from “La Boheme” or “Muskrat Ramble” from New Orleans. Much of what passes for music today makes me wish that, if there is such a thing as reincarnation, I can come back as a dolphin. Republican leaders seem to be worried that Donald Trump will get the nomination and lose the election. Those of us who are not Republicans should worry that Trump will get the nomination and win the election. After all, the fate of the country is a lot more important than the fate of a political party — and in far greater danger. As this country continues to degenerate, we hope that it never reaches the desperate stage where only a military coup can rescue it from catastrophes created by feckless politicians. But, if that day ever arrives, we can only hope that the military will do their duty and step in. It is one of the few institutions dedicated to something besides individual self-interest. HILLARY'S CAMP FREAKING OUT AS THIS VIDEO GOES VIRAL -- A MUST CIRCULATE This pretty much sums up the Clintons...... THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY ETHICS PROBLEMS IN HILLARY'S PAST; http://m.wor710.com/onair/mark-simone-52176/hillarys-camp-freaking-out-as-this-14485019/ Thought you all would enjoy reading these facts about "the Donald". Donald Trump is our Republican candidate. We need to get to know him. WHO IS DONALD J. TRUMP Specifications: Donald John Trump, was born June 14, 1946. He will be 70 years old on election day. From the Internet, he is 6'2" or 6'3' and weighs between 195 and 200 lbs. He has a full head of blond/brown hair (which is long and elaborately combed) and blue eyes. The Internet tells us he wears a size 12 shoe. Donald Trump was born the fourth of five children who were born over eleven years. The oldest, Mary Ann, was born in 1937 and is currently a Federal Judge. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 38 of 48 His older brother, Fred Jr, died in early adulthood as a result of complications from alcoholism. He has another older sister, Elizabeth and a younger brother, Robert. Donald Trump has been married three times. Trump's first wife, Ivana, was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia and a divorcee who has been married 4 times in her life. She is a life long avid skier and worked in design at the Trump Organization. Marla Maples, Trump's second wife is an actress and model Trump's third wife, Melania is an immigrant from Slovenia (born in Yugoslavia) and has been a super model. Two of Trump's children, Donald Jr and Ivanka, have gone to Penn. Son Eric, went to Georgetown. Donald Trump tells us that he is Presbyterian. Donald Trump does not appear to have had any interest in occults, mysticism or exotic mythologies. Donald Trump's oldest daughter, Ivanka, and her three children are Jewish. Trump's oldest daughter, Ivanka, is married to Jared Kushner who is, among other things, a newspaper publisher. The Kushner family is very successful in New York City area real estate. Donald's grandmother, mother, first wife, and third wife are all immigrants. Donald Trump was born and raised in Queens NY Though his family was very wealthy, Trump's boyhood home in the Jamaica Estates section of Queens was not a grand mansion. The Trump home was a larger version of the homes Fred Trump was building for his tenants. There are no indications that the Trump family lived among the wealthy elites on vacations or country clubs. Queens is the largest of New York's five boroughs and the most ethnically diverse. Trump attended a local private day school, the Kew Forrest School, in Queens until about 8th grade. His secondary schooling was at New York Military Academy which is about 60 miles north of NYC in Cornwall on the Hudson. He was the class of 1964. Trump was never a "Preppie". Trump never embraced any aspect of the "Hippie" movement of the time. Trump was a very good high school athlete - football, soccer, and especially baseball. He had potential to become a professional baseball player. Even in high school - Trump liked women and women liked him Trump was generally popular in high school. Trump's boarding school room mate liked him. He attended Fordham University in NYC for two years and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. At that time, the Wharton School offered a rare program for Real Estate Business. Though he was of age, Donald Trump did not serve in Vietnam. He was not drafted due to bone spurs in his heels (4F) and also student deferments. Ultimately, in the draft lottery, he drew a high number. By all we know, Donald Trump does not smoke, drink or use recreational drugs. He'll be the first President in more than 25 years who hasn't smoked weed. BTW: Trump's children don't smoke or drink Trump makes it well known that he enjoys sexual interaction with women. I am unaware that Donald Trump is a recreational gambler. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 39 of 48 His doctor publicly announced Donald to be in excellent health. I think that to really know Donald Trump, you must know his family background. The Trump family story is a very American story. Trump family history - concise version. Donald Trump's grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Alsace (Kallstadt, Germany) which throughout history has been alternately French and German. The Trumps are German, originally speaking the same German dialect as the Amish of Lancaster County, PA. His maternal grandparents lived in Scotland. Freiderich (Drumph) Trump made a small but respectable fortune in the late 19th Century in the mining boom towns of the American Northwest. He returned to Germany to marry his childhood neighbor, Elizabeth Christ. The newly married Trumps resettled in the Borough of Queens NY Freidrich was establishing a Real Estate business in Queens when he died suddenly at age 49 (1918). In 1920, at the age of 15, Fred Trump (Freiderich's son and Donald's father), started a business partnership with his widowed mother called Elizabeth Trump & Son. This business was built upon the real estate holdings that his father,Frederich, had amassed (worth about $500,000.00 in today's dollars). This is the original "seed money" of the current Trump Organization. Elizabeth & Fred remained close business partners her entire life (she died in 1966). In 1936 Fred Trump (age 31) married Mary Ann MacLeod (age 24) of Stoneaway Scotland. During the depression, Fred Trump built and successfully operated a supermarket (a new concept at the time) which was sold to King Kullen Co. and operates this day. Fred Trump made a lot of money building housing for the military during WWII. Fred Trump was investigated by the Justice Department for making "excessive profits" from government contracts. All (or nearly all) of the building of Elizabeth Trump & Son's non government building was residential property in Queens. Fred Trump died in 1999 (age 94) - beloved and worth between $250 million and $300 million. His wife died a year later. "The Donald's" career Donald Trump is the greatest career achiever of the "baby boomer" generation. Donald Trump has reached the zenith in his careers as book author, TV entertainer, sports entertainer, Real Estate developer, and currently politician. Donald Trump has authored more than 18 books. At least one of them, The Art of the Deal was a top seller. Donald says that the Holy Bible is his favorite book. The Art of the Deal is his 2nd favorite book. And The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale is his third favorite book. He likes golf. Donald Trump has developed more than 11 golf courses which bear his name. Donald Trump has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award Donald Trump has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Donald Trump has been inducted to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Donald Trump has appeared in more than a dozen movies such as Home Alone 2, Zoolander, and Little Rascals The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 40 of 48 Donald Trump has been a guest actor in more than 6 TV shows such as Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Days of Our Lives, Sex and the City, and others. Trump has been the Executive Producer of 7 TV shows. Trump has been the guest host of 5 TV shows such as Extra, Larry King Live, and Saturday Night Live and more. Donald Trump has been co producer of the longest running reality TV show. Donald Trump performed in several WWE wrestling shows. Donald performed in Wrestlemania 23 which set attendance records and revenue records up til that time. In his first candidacy for public office, Donald Trump received the most popular votes for the President of the United States out of a field of experienced and successful politicians. And in most cases, he achieved this with less money than any of his opponents. Keeping in mind that 90% of start up businesses fail, Trump's record of enterprise is nothing short of amazing. Donald Trump has enjoyed success in at least 11 very different enterprises: Professional football, Ice Skating rinks, Fragrance, Ice, Steaks, Wines, Model management, Airline, blenders, Men's wear, Bicycle races, world class beauty contests, and many others. In some of these, such as model management, his firm has risen to the top of that particular industry. There are 31 buildings that bear his name. The largest private real estate development in New York is Trump Riverside. Drive down the Henry Hudson Blvd. - you can't miss them. There are at least 12 Trump Towers There are at least 6 Trump Plazas. There are at least 11 Trump Golf Course developments And much, much, more in real estate. Trump Entertainment, casinos and resorts was recently sold to Carl Ichan. Donald Trump's personal managing of the Wollman Ice Skating Rink project in the early 1980's is the quintessential case study for MBA students in Wharton, Harvard, and other business schools. His performance there was phenomenal. Donald Trump's privately held businesses have employed more than 200,000 people. In the casino business in Atlantic City, Trump had to do business with known mobsters - and he stayed "clean" and alive. Aside from his personal investments, Donald Trump has never been a Wall Street "player". The Political Trump: about 1967 - 1987 - Democrat (he was a supporter of Ronald Reagan) 1987 - 1999 - Republican 1999 - 2001 - Reform Party (he supported Ross Perot) 2001 - 2009 - Democrat 2009 - 2011 - Republican 2011 - 2012 - Independent 2012 - Present - Republican Donald Trump was openly supportive of Mitt Romney's candidacy. Donald Trump does not seem to hold political party organizations in high regard. For the most part, his political involvement has been for practical reasons. Donald Trump does not appear to be held to political ideology. Some of my take aways: Trump has an extraordinarily energetic central nervous system much like Teddy Roosevelt but more targeted to industry and enterprise. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 41 of 48 Trump's presidency will be very energetic, transparent, and communicative. Trump will be a very hard working President. His interaction with his older brother (who everybody loved) tells me that he thinks that everybody is like him - or wants to be - or should be. His relationship with his older brother was a hard lesson in tolerance for him. Trump is the Babe Ruth of career achievements. He is dumb like a fox. When you think he just said something stupid - he didn't. It's just that you were not his target audience. Trump knows the people - the folk. His son, Donald Jr. is right. Trump is a "Blue Collar Billionaire". More than anything, his TV show, The Apprentice, was his passion. He wants all Americans to have confidence (like he does) to venture. Donald Trump is attracted to and marries smart, high achieving women. The highest levels of a Trump Administration is certain to have many women - and they will be bright and assertive. Donald Trump's children are very important to him. And it shows. I DON’T KNOW IF ALL OF THIS IS TRUE, BUT IT DOES PAINT ‘THE DONALD’ AS AN INDEPENDENT MAN WHO DOES NOT FOLLOW ANY POLITICAL IDEAS BLINDLY. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD FAMILY MAN WHO COMES FROM LEGAL IMMIGRANT ROOTS. WHO KNOWS, I MIGHT EVEN WARM UP TO HIM. UT <~><~> ABSOLUTELY & TOTALLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT & AS FAR TO THE CENTER AS YOU CAN GO! From: “Tim Bolgeo” [email protected] HACKER CLAIMS HE BREACHED HILLARY CLINTON’S EMAIL SERVER — ‘IT WAS EASY’ by JOHN HAYWARD4 May 2016828 http://www.breitbart.com/hillary-clinton/2016/05/04/hacker-claims-breached-clintons-email-server- easy/ REUTERS/MEDIAFAX/SILVIU MATEI Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, better known as “Guccifer,” was extradited from his native Romania to a detention center in Alexandria, Virginia, last month. The curiously-timed move was widely assumed to have some connection to the Hillary Clinton email scandal, as Lazar’s exploits are the major reason the American people know about Hillary Clinton’s secret mail system. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 42 of 48 Clinton was able to keep her official correspondence hidden from Congress and the Freedom of Information Act, until Guccifer hacked the America Online account of Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal. The former Secretary of State’s “Clintonemail.com” address appeared on some of the stolen Blumenthal emails. Fox News scored a jailhouse interview with Lazar on Wednesday, and he made the bombshell claim that he did hack into Clinton’s server, which — as the world now knows — contained thousands of classified documents, some at the highest Top Secret level. “For me, it was easy,” said Lazar. Then he made it less of a boast and more of a slam on Clinton’s weak system security: “Easy for me, for everybody.” As Fox News notes, Lazar’s claims cannot be independently verified, but presumably the FBI is working on that. If he’s telling the truth, the damage from his penetration of Clinton’s system was mitigated by his lack of interest in what he found. “I was not paying attention. For me, it was not like the Hillary Clinton server, it was like an email server she and others were using with political voting stuff,” said Lazar. Clinton’s server held an estimated fifty to sixty thousand emails, of which she has destroyed half, claiming they were not official correspondence. It would be the luck of the draw that Lazar didn’t see the classified documents or recognize sensitive documents when he saw them. (Clinton’s aides tended to leave the classification markings out when they used “cut and paste” techniques to extract sensitive material from the secure State Department system.) Lazar was rather coy about what he expected to find in Clinton’s system. As for his method of gaining access, he said he extracted the Internet address of Clintonemail.com from the header information in Blumenthal’s emails, then used readily available programs to hammer the server and discover its security vulnerabilities, including ports left open to the outsider world. Fox’s cyber experts confirmed the process he employed is “plausible.” One of them said it sounded like “the classic attack of the late 1990s.” The article notes that while the security logs from Clinton’s server have been reported as showing no evidence of a breach, some methods of entry wouldn’t be caught by the security logs. It is also duly noted that hackers love to boast. Lazar claims he has a few gigabytes of data hidden away that would impact national security, which could be either another boast or part of his bargaining process with the U.S. justice system. Lazar is scheduled to go on trial in September for a nine-count federal indictment of hacking crimes against U.S. victims, presumably including Blumenthal. Also of interest, as Fox News notes, is that the former State Department staffer who set up Clinton’s email server, Bryan Pagliano, has been “granted immunity by the Department of Justice and is cooperating with the FBI in its ongoing criminal investigation into Clinton’s use of the private server.” It would seem logical to compare Pagliano’s testimony about the security systems on the server with Lazar’s account of gaining entry to determine if his claims are believable. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 43 of 48 WELL, THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION IF HER EMAILS WERE SECURE. UT From: “Christina Cowan” GREEN BERET WHO BEAT UP ACCUSED CHILD RAPIST CAN STAY IN ARMY Kyle Jahner, Army Times 10:07 p.m. EDT April 28, 2016 http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/04/28/green-beret-who-beat-up-accused-child- rapist-can-stay-army/83679604/ Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland (Photo: Defense Department) The Army has reversed course and decided to allow a Green Beret to stay in uniform, months after his reprimand for roughing up an accused child rapist in Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland found out last August that he was to be booted out of service, a casualty of the Army’s Qualitative Management Program, an involuntary separation measure for soldiers with black marks on their records. Since then, the soldier has been fighting to remain in the Army. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records reviewed Martland’s case and decided to remove the soldier from the QMP list, confirmed Army spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry Pionk in an emailed statement Thursday night. The board's action "will allow him to remain in the Army," Pionk said. Martland has admitted he lost his cool on his 2011 deployment to Konduz province, Afghanistan. That's when he and his captain struck an Afghan local police officer — one who had allegedly confessed to raping a boy and then beating the child's mother for telling authorities. Martland said that he and the detachment commander, Capt. Daniel Quinn, received a “relief for cause” from that 2011 deployment for the assault, according to documentation provided to Army Times. Last year, the blemish in his NCO evaluation report from that incident flagged Martland for involuntary separation. Martland appealed the Army's decision to kick him out, and he quickly gained several high- profile supporters, including Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 44 of 48 "I am real thankful for being able to continue to serve," Martland told Fox News, which first broke the story. "I appreciate everything Congressman Duncan Hunter and his Chief of Staff, Joe Kasper did for me." IN THIS STUPID PC WORLD, WHY DID THEY EVER THREATEN THIS HERO. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MEDAL. SOMEBODY IN THE ARMY NEEDS TO BE KICKED OUT FOR EVERY PURSUING THIS COURSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE HERO. UT From: "Rich Garber" [email protected] Laugh of the Day From: "Martin L King Jr" [email protected] SEC. ASHE CARTER RE: YOUR UNDERSECRETARY'S FACTUALLY DEFICIENT LETTER IN THE PRESS.... 5.6.16 TG letter to SecDef Carter.pdf http://benghazi.house.gov/sites/republicans.benghazi.house.gov/files/documents/5.6.16%20TG%20le tter%20to%20SecDef%20Carter.pdf The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 45 of 48 TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS LETTER SENT TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASHTON CARTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE TREY GOWDY. IT IS EYE OPENING. UT From Walter Daniels Facebook Page The suicidal insanity of the modern leftist. AT FIRST I DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY AT THIS ONE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO INSTANTLY WANT TO YELL HOW TERRIBLE IT IS, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. AS THE KIDS FROM MY TIME WOULD SAY, ‘IT WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD’. IN HUMOR THERE IS SOMETIMES TRUTH. UT <~><~> ABSOLUTELY & TOTALLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT & AS FAR TO THE LEFT AS YOU CAN GO! From: “Tim Bolgeo” [email protected] The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 46 of 48 OBAMA THREATENS NORTH CAROLINA ON BATHROOM PRIVACY, PUSHES ‘GENDER FLUID’ SOCIETY by NEIL MUNRO4 May 2016 http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/04/obama-deputies-threaten-north-carolina- bathroom-privacy/ Mike Gifford/Flickr President Barack Obama’s deputies have told the North Carolina Governor that all single- sex public bathrooms — including those in K-12 schools — must be opened to people of both sexes by Monday to prevent “discrimination” against the roughly 1-in- 2,400 American adults who say they’re transgender. If the state doesn’t give up Americans’ right to decide who gets to use single-sex bathrooms and school locker rooms by Monday, then the federal government could start blocking the routine federal spending and tax transfers to the state — unless federal courts block the administration’s threat of sex-related harassment. “The Department of Justice has determined that … you and the state of NC are in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 0f 1964,” says the May 4 threat from Obama’s justice department to the Governor. The state’s new HB2 sex-definition law “is facially discriminatory against transgender employees on the basis of sex because it treats transgender employees, whose gender identity does not match their biological sex, as defined by HB2, differently from similarly situated non transgender employees,” says the letter. The legal claims in the letter are based on a decision by Attorney General Eric Holder — not by Congress — in December 2014. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory released a cautious press statement: A claim by the Obama administration charges that one part of House Bill 2, which requires state employees in public government buildings and students in our universities to use a restroom, locker room and shower facility that match their biological sex, is now in violation of federal law. The Obama administration has not only staked out its position for North Carolina, but for all states, universities and most employers in the U.S. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 47 of 48 The right and expectation of privacy in one of the most private areas of our personal lives is now in jeopardy. We will be reviewing to determine the next steps. According to progressives, “transgender” people suffer illegal discrimination when their efforts to dress and live as people of the other sex face criticism and stigma from Americans, or when they face legal restrictions, such as single-sex bathrooms. A study of the 201o census concluded that roughly 1-in-2,400 adults have changed their names to the other sex. The issue of transgender status has spiked since last year, when the Supreme Court granted progressives a huge win by declaring that all state marriage laws must be redefined to allow single-sex couples to get marriage licenses. The North Carolina dispute began in Charlottesville when the city changed their local privacy laws to allow people to enter male or female bathrooms by simply declaring that their feelings, or their “gender expression” or “gender identity,” makes them male or female. In March, the state’s legislature cleaned up the privacy problem by passing a law, dubbed HB2, which defines “gender” as the sex described on a person’s birth certificate. This established a compromise rule because it allows people to use bathrooms intended for the opposite sex once they have legally modified their state birth certificate. In North Carolina, people can change the sex marked on their birth certificate after undergoing medical treatment, even though the surgery and hormone treatment cannot actually change the sex of a person, which is determined by their molecular DNA coding. The new HB2 law is broadly popular in the state. A mid-April poll asked a skewed question — “How do you feel about HB2 [House Bill 2] requiring people to follow their birth certificate in using a restroom?” Despite the hard-to-understand question, 46 percent of North Carolina voters strongly supported the state law affirming people’s right to single- sex bathrooms, while 25 percent strongly opposed the protections. But progressive gay, feminist, and transgender groups fiercely oppose the state’s decision to demarcate any distinctions between the sexes, male and female, or girls and boys. In part, that’s because these lobbies ideologically oppose any legal or social recognition of the two sexes, which they deride as the “gender binary.” These progressives instead wish to create laws and social norms that allow people — including children — to declare themselves “gender fluid,” or to freely mix-and-match common features of male and female without suffering any criticism from Americans or any disincentives from communities and governments that want to preserve single-sex sports, bathrooms, changing rooms, or school locker rooms. In part, single-sex facilities help teenagers postpone and manage sexual competition until they’re 18. To push their anti-sexes ideology, progressives have rallied many major companies, plus stars from the commercial-culture sector, to trash North Carolina’s compromise legislation as “extreme” and “discrimination.” That’s the post-sex ideology now being pushed by Obama’s Department of Justice via its new threat to the state. The May 11th, 2016 Edition of REVENGE OF HUMP DAY! Page 48 of 48 Title VII prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual on the basis of sex and from otherwise resisting the full enjoyment of Title VII rights … Federal courts and administrative agencies have applied Title VII to discrimination against transgender individuals based on sex, including gender identity … Access to sex-segregated restrooms and other workplace facilities consistent with gender identity is a term, condition or privilege of employment. Denying such access to transgender individuals, whose gender identity is different from the gender assigned at birth, while affording it to similarly situated non-transgender employees, violates Title VII … Please advise the department, therefore, no later than the close of business on May 9, 2016, whether you will remedy these violations of Title VII including by confirming that the state will not comply with or implement HB2. State politicians slammed the federal government’s threat, according to the Charlotte Observer newspaper: House Speaker Tim Moore called the letter “a huge over-reach (by) the federal government.” “It looks an awful lot like politics to me,” Moore, a Kings Mountain Republican, told reporters. “I guess President Obama, in his final months in office, has decided to take up this ultra-liberal agenda.” Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger called the ruling “a gross overreach … that deserves to be struck down in federal court.” And Lt. Gov. Dan Forest blasted the Obama administration. “To use our children and their educational futures as pawns to advance an agenda that will ultimately open those same children up to exploitation at the hands of sexual predators is by far, the sickest example of the depths the … administration will stoop to ‘fundamentally transform our nation’,” he said. In neighboring Virginia, Obama’s education department has used the same agency- invented claim — that the 1964 law bars “gender discrimination” — to win a lawsuit in April that requires a school to allow a girl to use the boys’ bathrooms in a Virginia school. ______ If you would like to unsubscribe From: THE REVENGE OF HUMP DAY, please send an email message to Tim Bolgeo [email protected] and say, "QUIT SENDING ME THIS STUPID RAG!" ______~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~