9/04/2011

We are Waiting for Our Son

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – September 4 –

Our son is coming to Pittsburgh to visit for the week of the Labor Day holiday.

Myself, my wife, and our son lived in the same house in Scottsdale, Arizona for about 5 years. He still lives there, and plans to stay there indefinitely.

He was scheduled to switch planes in Chicago. It wasn’t a straight through flight. He was supposed to arrive in Pittsburgh about 7 PM Eastern tonight. He called from the Phoenix airport, before he left this morning. We haven’t heard anything from him since. Hopefully, I’ll be able to report that all is well in this article.

I have really missed him. He’s a geek among other things, he’s single, and is about 53 years old. He likes beer, and I think the plans are to attend some sort of beer festival, while he’s here. I’m a tea totaler, and my wife is as well.

We left Scottsdale in March of this year, and we haven’t seen him since then. I told him that I can’t wait to see him again, when we were on the phone the other day.

Our son arrived at my daughter’s house in Pittsburgh about 10 PM Eastern.

 

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8/12/2011

At My Daughter’s House

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Rock at my daughter’s house

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Close-up of Wolf at my daughter’s house

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Wolf rock at my former residence in the 70s

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Blue Spruce on a stick, near the bottom, at my former residence, there is also a weeping larch, and a Rheingold in the upper left corner.

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The same Blue Spruce at my daughter’s house

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The same weeping larch at my daughter’s house

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My daughter still has the same Rheingold from our former residence

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The sunlit pine tree, center of picture, at my daughter’s house, is about forty five feet tall. I picked it up in a Styrofoam cup at Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan plant

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The purple colored tree, on the bottom left, is a cotinus velvet cloaked. This picture was taken at our former residence. This same tree is at my daughter’s house now.

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Cotinus Velvet Cloaked Close Up

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – August 12 –

I’m hoping this article will be a memorial to me and my wife after I’m gone. I’m posting it so that my children and grandchildren can look at some of my and my wife’s treasures during our life.

Some of the treasures live on today.

6/28/2011

Wolfman Report: Socialism; a loser?



Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – June 28 –
I have been writing about Greece’s economic problems. They have a socialist government. Here’s an analysis of some of their problems:
From Wikipedia
The government of Greece agreed to impose a fourth and final round of austerity measures. These include:[60]
  • Public sector limit of €1,000 introduced to bi-annual bonus, abolished entirely for those earning over €3,000 a month.
  • An 8% cut on public sector allowances and a 3% pay cut for DEKO (public sector utilities) employees.
  • Limit of €800 per month to 13th and 14th month pension installments; abolished for pensioners receiving over €2,500 a month.
  • Return of a special tax on high pensions.
  • Changes were planned to the laws governing lay-offs and overtime pay.
  • Extraordinary taxes imposed on company profits.
  • Increases in VAT to 23%, 11% and 5.5%.
  • 10% rise in luxury taxes and taxes on alcohol, cigarettes, and fuel.
  • Equalization of men's and women's pension age limits.
  • General pension age has not changed, but a mechanism has been introduced to scale them to life expectancy changes.
  • A financial stability fund has been created.
  • Average retirement age for public sector workers has increased from 61 to 65.[61]
  • Public-owned companies to be reduced from 6,000 to 2,000.[61]
On 5 May 2010, a nationwide general strike was held in Athens to protest to the planned spending cuts and tax increases. Three people were killed, dozens injured, and 107 arrested.[62]
The vote on more austerity measures is supposed to take place Wednesday and Thursday. Newsvine member usa1 supplied the following links:
Comparable to kids in a candy store
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The situation in Greece could be duplicated in the United States of America.
If it does, austerity will take place.

6/25/2011

Wolfman Report: Supreme Court Doubts Global Warming Cause

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – June 25 –
The United States Supreme Court has dealt a blow to global warming. It happened a few days ago. There’s a link below. It is the top link.
The plaintiffs wanted emission controls. They wanted to impose controls on American Electrical power. They lost big time; 8-0.
I read the whole decision, and it sounded like the EPA was on firm ground. If carbon dioxide is not the cause of global warming, the EPA’s efforts to control it comes into question.
President Obama’s skyrocketing electricity prices, food prices, and prices in general, also appear to be foolhardy. Failure to drill becomes a mistake, and use of coal, natural gas, and fossil fuels does not cause global warming.
Of course it could be argued that we don’t want to deplete resources. Then, that argument would stop us from depleting copper, iron, aluminum, et cetera.
June 25. 2011
Supreme Court Not So Hot on Global Warming 
Scientists Try to Have It Both Ways on Global-warming
GOP Governors Are Showing the Way

June 24, 2011
Obama’s failed state

June 23, 2011
Budget Talks Near Collapse as GOP Leader Quits
DEM FIX: MORE SPENDING!
66% say US headed in 'wrong direction'...
Emerging GOP theme: Obama made it worse...
Obama to bring 33,000 soldiers home from Afghanistan in time for Election 2012...
SHOCK POLL: ONLY 3 in 10 WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA...

June 21, 2011
The Week Ahead: Under pressure over debt and Libya
EU strives to contain Greek debt storm
Europe gives Greece ultimatum: austerity for loans
Greece given ultimatum as fears rise of euro plague
Court won't hear ACORN lawsuit over gov't funding
After surgery, Chavez faces troubles in Venezuela
June 20, 2011
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Simi Valley Map
White House defends legality of US military action in Libya
Yoo: GOP abandoning principles on war powers
Rep. Duncan explains why 10 congressmen sue Obama over Libya
2 Top Lawyers Lost to Obama in Libya War Policy Debate
Obama drives the golf cart, Boehner sinks the putt
Merkel urges 'substantial' bank aid for Greek debt
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6/15/2011

Wolfman Report: Dress Yourself in Moral Garments

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – June 15, 2011 –
Pelosi has been in the US News recently. She didn’t throw Weiner under the bus [1] immediately. On June 10, she didn’t call for Weiner’s resignation. Pelosi called for the resignation of Weiner later,[2] which was ref

erred to in an article on June 15, 2011.
[1] June 10, 2011–
    Amid increasing calls for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says the decision should be up to the congressman and his New York constituents.
[2] June 15, 2011–
    Pelosi said she concluded that "with the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents and the need for help ... Congressman Weiner should resign from the Congress."
I’m reporting this to show; Pelosi does have “some” principles. She’s against “weiners”.
2000 page bills are OK, passing bills without votes; deeming them passed is OK, passing bills to find out what’s in them is OK, but she draws the line when it comes to “weiners”.
As Alinsky says, if you don’t have much to go on, go with what you have. Dress yourself in moral garments.