I hope all of you are well and having a good Halloween weekend. My patients were checked on from last week and all of them are doing well. Supplies need to be collected and brought to the office for this week.
Frank, Jerry & I rode our bicycles this morning. It was cold but good. The wind picked up a bit in our faces on the way home. It was a good ride. Lights are badly needed this time of the year but ours are all very good.
We are hoping to ride tomorrow and the weather looks like it will probably cooperate. Tomorrow from the National Weather Service for Skokie:
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This Afternoon: Occasional showers. High near 52. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
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I am planning on riding and meeting Michael unless I hear otherwise from him.
My track from this morning:
http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1385146
I flew last evening near the Kenosha outlet mall off of Interstate 94:
http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1384641
I did reading 2 for my church this morning and all of the readings were excellent. Some of my favorites!
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/103011.cfm
My best to all of you always!
Have a great day!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
"Fast and Furious" arms sales cover up.
My good friend Scott Clark sent me this:
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The fact that the US conducted std experiments on blacks, in secret. The fast that the US conducted radioactive tests on US troops in the 50's. The fact that the US spys on its citizens; Then tell me why this is not a probable scenario. Given the currernt history of Holder and Obama.....
The government-sanctioned gunrunning operation Fast and Furious was a plot to undermine Second Amendment rights in the United States, National Rifle Association officerWayne LaPierre charged on Friday in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV.
“It’s the only thing that makes any sense,” LaPierre said. “Over a period of two or three years they were running thousands and thousands of guns to the most evil people on earth. At the same time they were yelling ’90 per cent… of the guns the Mexican drug cartels are using come from the United States.’
That was a phony figure from the very start. Even the Wikileaks cables from our own State Department prove they are coming from Central America, they are not coming from the U.S. Every police officer will tell you that they’re coming from Russia, they’re coming from China, most of them are coming from Central America and a lot of them are coming from defections from the Mexican Army,” said LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president and CEO.
But LaPierre said that President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were determined to make it appear that most weapons used by the Mexicans came from north of the border, “so they could stick more gun legislation on honest American gun owners of the United States.”
LaPierre insisted that the whole Fast and Furious scandal, in which he said “thousands and thousands” of weapons were allowed to cross into Mexico, would never have come to light at all if it hadn’t been for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Arizona in December.
“We wouldn’t know about this at all if [Terry] had not been killed and some of the good, honest, decent federal agents down the line had enough of the stench coming out of Washington and started to use the Whistleblower Act to go public and call the Justice Department out on this whole rotten, stinking scheme.
“Otherwise thousands of guns would still be going over the border into the Mexican drug cartels and the president and the attorney general and the secretary of state would all be running around going ’90 percent of the guns come from America’ in an attempt to seek political advantage and in an attempt to enact more gun control laws on honest American citizens and use this whole issue politically against the Second Amendment of the United States.”
Fast and Furious is the biggest cover-up since the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon in the early-1970s, LaPierre said.
“Look at what has happened,” he said. “We had our Department of Justice under the Obama administration running thousands and thousands of guns over the border and watching them go directly into the hands of some of the most evil people on earth, the Mexican drug cartels.
“At the same time they were letting the reputation of good, honest, decent Americans, law-abiding American gun dealers, be ruined.
“They ordered these sales to be made, they even overrode the InstaCheck system and ordered the dealers to make the sales. Then, when it all starts coming out, there’s a massive cover-up.”
He joined the chorus of Republican members of Congress calling for Holder to quit and for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate the entire scandal which has resulted in dozens of crimes committed both in the U.S. and in Mexico being committed with the smuggled weapons.
“My gosh, Valerie Plame gets a special prosecutor,” he said, referring to the CIA agent whose name was leaked during the George W. Bush presidency. “And all we get on Fast and Furious, where people are dead, a federal agent is dead, hundreds of crimes are being committed, is an Eric Holder cover-up.
“They crossed the line. They need to be held responsible. We need to get to the bottom of this and the only way we are going to get to the bottom of it is a special prosecutor.”
He rebutted Democratic claims that subpoenas issued this week by House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa were nothing more than a politically motivated “fishing expedition.”
LaPierre said, “Do we really want our Department of Justice … running thousands of guns into the hands of the Mexican drug cartels? Running a massive campaign to manipulate public opinion? Ruining the lives of good, honest American citizens when they knew the truth, and then participating in a massive cover-up?
“Doesn’t that sound like something that would happen more from a South American dictatorship than what we expect in the Good Ol’ USA?
“This can’t be allowed to stand. What has happened in Fast and Furious is the equivalent of our Justice Department becoming willing co-conspirators with the Mexican drug cartels in their crimes. If any citizen in this country had sold a gun to the Mexican drug cartels and then those cartels had used those guns to kill good, honest, decent people, any U.S. Attorney worth his salt would indict that citizen for accessory to murder. That’s what’s happened here.”
LaPierre said that re-electing Obama to a second term would destroy Second Amendment rights, claiming that his Supreme Court appointees would “erase the Second Amendment from the Bill of Rights and exorcise it from the Constitution of the U.S.”
But he said the NRA had not and will not endorse any individual GOP candidate. “All those candidates have positive records on the Second Amendment issues. We are not going to get into the Republican primaries,” he said.
“Our job is to protect the Second Amendment and that means that every gun owner, every Second Amendment supporter needs to do everything they can to make sure that President Obama does not get a second term so that he can destroy the Second Amendment.
“This is the most dangerous election in our lifetime for the Second Amendment freedom that American citizens have. A second term by President Obama will break the back of that freedom in this country.”
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What is happening to us?
I truly thank God that we have freedom of speech in our beloved United States of America. We, the people, need to wake up and use it. We need to take the power back from big government and big business. We need to have limits on campaign financing by corporations and non-USA interests. Everyone knows that, "money talks," and all of the money from corporations and special interest groups is drowning out the true voice of the people.
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The fact that the US conducted std experiments on blacks, in secret. The fast that the US conducted radioactive tests on US troops in the 50's. The fact that the US spys on its citizens; Then tell me why this is not a probable scenario. Given the currernt history of Holder and Obama.....
The government-sanctioned gunrunning operation Fast and Furious was a plot to undermine Second Amendment rights in the United States, National Rifle Association officerWayne LaPierre charged on Friday in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV.
“It’s the only thing that makes any sense,” LaPierre said. “Over a period of two or three years they were running thousands and thousands of guns to the most evil people on earth. At the same time they were yelling ’90 per cent… of the guns the Mexican drug cartels are using come from the United States.’
That was a phony figure from the very start. Even the Wikileaks cables from our own State Department prove they are coming from Central America, they are not coming from the U.S. Every police officer will tell you that they’re coming from Russia, they’re coming from China, most of them are coming from Central America and a lot of them are coming from defections from the Mexican Army,” said LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president and CEO.
But LaPierre said that President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were determined to make it appear that most weapons used by the Mexicans came from north of the border, “so they could stick more gun legislation on honest American gun owners of the United States.”
LaPierre insisted that the whole Fast and Furious scandal, in which he said “thousands and thousands” of weapons were allowed to cross into Mexico, would never have come to light at all if it hadn’t been for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Arizona in December.
“We wouldn’t know about this at all if [Terry] had not been killed and some of the good, honest, decent federal agents down the line had enough of the stench coming out of Washington and started to use the Whistleblower Act to go public and call the Justice Department out on this whole rotten, stinking scheme.
“Otherwise thousands of guns would still be going over the border into the Mexican drug cartels and the president and the attorney general and the secretary of state would all be running around going ’90 percent of the guns come from America’ in an attempt to seek political advantage and in an attempt to enact more gun control laws on honest American citizens and use this whole issue politically against the Second Amendment of the United States.”
Fast and Furious is the biggest cover-up since the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon in the early-1970s, LaPierre said.
“Look at what has happened,” he said. “We had our Department of Justice under the Obama administration running thousands and thousands of guns over the border and watching them go directly into the hands of some of the most evil people on earth, the Mexican drug cartels.
“At the same time they were letting the reputation of good, honest, decent Americans, law-abiding American gun dealers, be ruined.
“They ordered these sales to be made, they even overrode the InstaCheck system and ordered the dealers to make the sales. Then, when it all starts coming out, there’s a massive cover-up.”
He joined the chorus of Republican members of Congress calling for Holder to quit and for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate the entire scandal which has resulted in dozens of crimes committed both in the U.S. and in Mexico being committed with the smuggled weapons.
“My gosh, Valerie Plame gets a special prosecutor,” he said, referring to the CIA agent whose name was leaked during the George W. Bush presidency. “And all we get on Fast and Furious, where people are dead, a federal agent is dead, hundreds of crimes are being committed, is an Eric Holder cover-up.
“They crossed the line. They need to be held responsible. We need to get to the bottom of this and the only way we are going to get to the bottom of it is a special prosecutor.”
He rebutted Democratic claims that subpoenas issued this week by House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa were nothing more than a politically motivated “fishing expedition.”
LaPierre said, “Do we really want our Department of Justice … running thousands of guns into the hands of the Mexican drug cartels? Running a massive campaign to manipulate public opinion? Ruining the lives of good, honest American citizens when they knew the truth, and then participating in a massive cover-up?
“Doesn’t that sound like something that would happen more from a South American dictatorship than what we expect in the Good Ol’ USA?
“This can’t be allowed to stand. What has happened in Fast and Furious is the equivalent of our Justice Department becoming willing co-conspirators with the Mexican drug cartels in their crimes. If any citizen in this country had sold a gun to the Mexican drug cartels and then those cartels had used those guns to kill good, honest, decent people, any U.S. Attorney worth his salt would indict that citizen for accessory to murder. That’s what’s happened here.”
LaPierre said that re-electing Obama to a second term would destroy Second Amendment rights, claiming that his Supreme Court appointees would “erase the Second Amendment from the Bill of Rights and exorcise it from the Constitution of the U.S.”
But he said the NRA had not and will not endorse any individual GOP candidate. “All those candidates have positive records on the Second Amendment issues. We are not going to get into the Republican primaries,” he said.
“Our job is to protect the Second Amendment and that means that every gun owner, every Second Amendment supporter needs to do everything they can to make sure that President Obama does not get a second term so that he can destroy the Second Amendment.
“This is the most dangerous election in our lifetime for the Second Amendment freedom that American citizens have. A second term by President Obama will break the back of that freedom in this country.”
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What is happening to us?
I truly thank God that we have freedom of speech in our beloved United States of America. We, the people, need to wake up and use it. We need to take the power back from big government and big business. We need to have limits on campaign financing by corporations and non-USA interests. Everyone knows that, "money talks," and all of the money from corporations and special interest groups is drowning out the true voice of the people.
Yesterday. Rode & got things done.
It was a good day. I rode w/ 6 of my good friends up to and back from Once Upon a Bagel in Highland Park for a total of about 23 miles.
Then did a lot of paperwork and investigation of resources for replacing our home's windows. This is needed. We are cancelling a high pressure sale within the 3 days allowed by law and investigating other providers for these windows. It is a major expense.
Minda and I went to Mass at St. Mary's RC Church in Evanston and did some shopping. Minda worked yesterday. Then we went home, had dinner, I sorted through and deleted some of the junk email, took Erika to a friend's place, and finally we got to bed.
It was a good and productive day.
Then did a lot of paperwork and investigation of resources for replacing our home's windows. This is needed. We are cancelling a high pressure sale within the 3 days allowed by law and investigating other providers for these windows. It is a major expense.
Minda and I went to Mass at St. Mary's RC Church in Evanston and did some shopping. Minda worked yesterday. Then we went home, had dinner, I sorted through and deleted some of the junk email, took Erika to a friend's place, and finally we got to bed.
It was a good and productive day.
Friday, October 14, 2011
The Wisconsin Governor was right to hold his ground.
This is an email just received from a good friend:
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Wisconsin Racket's Bluff Called
Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with collective bargaining for teacher's unions? The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result.
Why?
It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since the outfit was guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers, and the State had to pay for it (not the teachers) the insurance company was increasing annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state.
Then the company was donating millions and millions of dollars to its favorite democrat politicians who, when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the union's outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians.
Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining.
No wonder the States are taking it away. Now the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bids and, lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.
If you weren't aware of the reasons Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was.. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don't like to read anymore.
Here is the article:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/07/wisconsin-schools-buck-union-cut-health-costs
PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND THIS ONWARD! IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE OF STOPPING THIS CORRUPTION!
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Thoughts?
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Wisconsin Racket's Bluff Called
Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with collective bargaining for teacher's unions? The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result.
Why?
It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since the outfit was guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers, and the State had to pay for it (not the teachers) the insurance company was increasing annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state.
Then the company was donating millions and millions of dollars to its favorite democrat politicians who, when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the union's outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians.
Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining.
No wonder the States are taking it away. Now the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bids and, lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.
If you weren't aware of the reasons Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was.. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don't like to read anymore.
Here is the article:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/07/wisconsin-schools-buck-union-cut-health-costs
PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND THIS ONWARD! IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE OF STOPPING THIS CORRUPTION!
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Thoughts?
Monday, October 10, 2011
Biking, Flying and working around the house yesterday.
It was a good day. Biked about 50 miles following the Chicago Marathon until it crossed the Eisenhower Expressway, then went home to clean out the house and garage gutters as well as the leaves around the house, and run an errand with Minda. Then went up to Winfield Airport just across the Wisconsin border to fly my powered paraglider.
It was a GREAT day!
It was a GREAT day!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Flew the polo field in Batavia this morning.
Scott C and I went there for some very early morning flights. It was cold but great. The launches were difficult due to very wet grass and no wind. Forward launches with all of the layers of clothing were the only options.
We did a cross country flight to the west. I buzzed the property of an acquaintance from a couple of years ago. Fred was considering joining us in our rag wing lunacy but his wife Grace talked him out of it. His home's waypoint was still marked in my GPS and we were headed that way so I flew by the property fairly low. He has at least a couple of horses on the property so I didn't get too close but waved at whoever was in the barn at the time.
The air was very smooth early on and it was great to skim the ground in any direction. It was quite cold down low but there was a thermo-cline at about 250' to 300' AGL and the air higher was very much warmer.
Our motors both ran great. Thanks, Lance!
We did a cross country flight to the west. I buzzed the property of an acquaintance from a couple of years ago. Fred was considering joining us in our rag wing lunacy but his wife Grace talked him out of it. His home's waypoint was still marked in my GPS and we were headed that way so I flew by the property fairly low. He has at least a couple of horses on the property so I didn't get too close but waved at whoever was in the barn at the time.
The air was very smooth early on and it was great to skim the ground in any direction. It was quite cold down low but there was a thermo-cline at about 250' to 300' AGL and the air higher was very much warmer.
Our motors both ran great. Thanks, Lance!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Flying to the MAXIMUM yesterday!
It was great!
Scott C and I drove to Koerner's Airport in the morning. We flew our PPGs there.
Then we drove about 30 miles SW of there to just north of Cullom, IL. We flew PG by being towed up behind a vehicle on a little used country road.
Later I went back to Koerner's and did a long cross country flight to Enjoy Field with Lance and Wes.
What a day!
This will be modified with more details later.
Scott C and I drove to Koerner's Airport in the morning. We flew our PPGs there.
Then we drove about 30 miles SW of there to just north of Cullom, IL. We flew PG by being towed up behind a vehicle on a little used country road.
Later I went back to Koerner's and did a long cross country flight to Enjoy Field with Lance and Wes.
What a day!
This will be modified with more details later.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Great time flying last weekend
It was a Fly In and a barbeque dinner at Koerner's Airport in Kankakee.
The photos say it all:
https://picasaweb.google.com/109552267984315517268/110924PPGKoernerSPigRoastFlyIn
The photos say it all:
https://picasaweb.google.com/109552267984315517268/110924PPGKoernerSPigRoastFlyIn
Perioshield: new 'dental device' [rinse] for gum disease.
This appears to be a very significant breakthrough for those of us with gum disease. Perioshield is a new product which is classified by the FDA as a 'dental device' and it is a rinse. It is basically a mouth wash. It is to be used twice a day after flossing and brushing.
Perioshield has been shown to reduce dental plaque and bleeding by more than one third in clinical studies. This is not a systemic drug with systemic side effects but a locally acting 'device'. In my mind this is the best way to handle health problems. Too many 'drugs' have far too many side effects and we don't need to add to the number of drugs in use today.
Here is an online link to the manufacturer's information:
http://us-professional.gumbrand.com/departments/operatory-products/gum-perioshield-oral-health-rinse/products/new-perioshield/
All of us [with our own teeth] still need to floss and brush, carefully, at least once a day but those of us with tendencies to develop gum disease may greatly benefit from this product. Those of us with gum disease susceptibility should also be very careful with our diets and perhaps take nutritional supplements to help build up our own resistance and health to be at its best to fight off this tendency.
Please tell your friends and neighbors about this if they have ever mentionend having gum problems to you or if you have ever noticed significant mouth odor from them. Bad breath is a pretty reliable indicator of gum disease.
It is not available at local retailers in our area. I have ordered it for sale at my office. My patients will have preferential access to this new product through my office.
I wish all of you and all of yours the best always!
Perioshield has been shown to reduce dental plaque and bleeding by more than one third in clinical studies. This is not a systemic drug with systemic side effects but a locally acting 'device'. In my mind this is the best way to handle health problems. Too many 'drugs' have far too many side effects and we don't need to add to the number of drugs in use today.
Here is an online link to the manufacturer's information:
http://us-professional.gumbrand.com/departments/operatory-products/gum-perioshield-oral-health-rinse/products/new-perioshield/
All of us [with our own teeth] still need to floss and brush, carefully, at least once a day but those of us with tendencies to develop gum disease may greatly benefit from this product. Those of us with gum disease susceptibility should also be very careful with our diets and perhaps take nutritional supplements to help build up our own resistance and health to be at its best to fight off this tendency.
Please tell your friends and neighbors about this if they have ever mentionend having gum problems to you or if you have ever noticed significant mouth odor from them. Bad breath is a pretty reliable indicator of gum disease.
It is not available at local retailers in our area. I have ordered it for sale at my office. My patients will have preferential access to this new product through my office.
I wish all of you and all of yours the best always!
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