AGHHH!

I have had it! I can’t take it anymore! I give up! Go away and leave me alone!

I know you know of which I speak. I know you know because you are sitting there shouting “Aghhh!” at the ceiling above your head.

OK... I am slowing myself down. I am thinking you may not know of which I speak. I know for a fact that you are shouting at the ceiling above your head, “Aghhh!” but you may not know why you are doing what you are doing.

Fear not. I am here to tell you how the cow eat the cabbage (old Louisiana saying that even old Louisianans don’t fully understand). You are shouting because of the never ending election that is covering you up with...

• Text Messages.
• Robo Calls.
• Emails.
• Snail Mails.
• People knocking on your door.
• Lifelong friends getting mad at you if you dare say anything about anything political that they do not agree with.
• Lifelong friends getting getting mad at you if they think you are thinking anything about anything political that they do not agree with.

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What sent me over the proverbial edge today was 2 pieces of Snail Mail I received. I am insulted that the slick people who put together these 2 slick mailers have no respect for my intelligence as demonstrated by the undeniable fact that they think I am so unintelligent that I would be swayed by their slick slickness.

If they told me one or both of the candidates for the Presidency of the Good Ole USofA was going to...

• Raise My Taxes.
• Implement policies that would result in Fewer Jobs.
• Implement policies that would result in More Job Layoffs.
• Implement policies that would result in No Economic Recovery.
• Implement policies that would that would Negatively Affect My Economic Future.
• Implement policies that would that would Negatively Affect the Economic Future of My Entire State.
• Implement policies that would that would result in huge increases in Business Stifling Regulations.
• Implement policies that would that would result in Higher Health Care Costs.
• Implement policies that would that would result in Fewer Health Care Options.
• Implement policies that would that would take Private Health Care away from Millions of Americans.

If you were told that a Presidential Candidate were going to do any or all the above bullets to you, you would certainly decide that you don’t wanna vote for that sucker because he is going to be in position to do all this evil by hitting you with all of the above bullets because he is going to have the power to do all this evil because He Is Gonna Be The President!

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These 2 mailings are not about Powerful Presidential Candidates but they are about electing a Single Incoming Congressman! How dumb would you have to be to think that a Single Freshman Congressman was going to have the power to hurt you this much?

I say Furgedaboutit! It’s going to be years before the old timers in congress are going to stop saying to this newcomer as they meet heading in and out of the restroom, “Get out a my way! You have not been around here long enough to have the power to do anything of significance! Come stand in my way after you become a millionaire!”

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: I’m so looking forward to the 2 week break we get after this election before the media starts talking about Chelsea Clinton’s (American author and global health advocate) Exploratory Committee.

Fella’s Handy Guide to Post Office Mail Delivery... Or is it Non-Delivery?

There is a lot of concern this Election Year about the dramatic increase in Mail-In Ballots because...

Ø Some of us think that Postal Worker Snidley Democrat is going to shred and/or throw away all the Republican Ballots he can get his dishonest hands on.

Ø Others think that Postal Worker Snidley Republican is going to shred and/or throw away all the Democrat Ballots he can get his dishonest hands on.

Others say, “Dat’s silly! There is no way to tell if a ballot is Democrat or Republican without opening it!”... Or is there?

According to this You Tube Video posted on Facebook the ballots may be easily Party Identified FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE... 

Click Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrCLH8YtzI

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That’s simply a Conspiracy Theory! Knowing the Party Affiliation will have no effect on our intrepid mail delivery system! Remember we are talking about the U.S. Postal Service! These are the people with the creed, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"... Or just how swiftly completed is it?...

Ø Pittsburg... https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/13/postal-worker-pittsburgh-mail-in-ballot-trash/

Ø New Jersey... https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-postal-worker-accused-of-throwing-away-election-ballots

Ø Kentucky... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-postal-worker-accused-of-throwing-away-more-than-100-ballots/ar-BB1arM1u

There are more examples but my fingers are tired.

Who do you trust?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: My fingers have recovered. Look at as much or as little as you want to or can stand to...

NJ (Again)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFYYMypm8IE

Kansas City... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F31l6ikv3Q4

Lee County (Wherever that is?)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkRo0mJdr8w

Long Island... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzUaV5i9CkM

New York City... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wctmWq69xlM

Kansas City (Again)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hznnnq0MXdY

Tampa... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVO5bWodHU

Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7C3cYlsm8

There are more but my fingers are tired again.

Two Sure Ways to Slow Down...Watch Paint Dry and Watch a Panda

 

This Blog Posting was originally pecked into my computer in 2006 but never published it until today. I bet you are excited...Or are u?

Back in 2006 the 9/11 Terrorist Attack was still fresh in our minds. As 9/11/06 was approaching we were hoping that the terrorists would not attack anywhere in the Good Ole USofA.

In Atlanta it was more than the loss of American Lives that we were worried about. We were concerned that we might be left out of the Attack News Loop because Lun Lun and Yang Yang our Atlanta Zoo Giant Pandas had just issued an offspring.

If the Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper had been our only news source and there had been a Terrorist Attack right then, Atlantans would not have known about the attack for 4 days because the AJC did not report on anything other than that Baby Panda’s Birth for 4 days. I acknowledge this is a slight exaggeration (very slight exaggeration).

It is very expensive and time-consuming to issue a Small Giant Panda...

Ø The Zoo had been trying to get Lun Lun and Yang Yang interested in each other for 7 years.

Ø Millions of dollars had been spent in the effort.

Ø After the birth, 17 bottles of champagne were drunk by excited zoo workers as they toasted the little bugger and its proud parents.

Ø It took 35 hours of labor by a perspiring Lun Lun to get to the point where the champagne corks could start popping.

It seems to me that Giant Pandas are not very good about this birthing thing because it took the above mentioned 35 hours of labor to push out a 4 once giant baby. 

Through the miracle of Modern Stuff the world can go to the Panda Cam 24 hours a day and watch a Giant Panda do nothing. The only thing slower than watching a Giant Panda do nothing is watching a Giant Panda watch Paint Dry... https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/ 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: The Giant Panda’s diet is almost exclusively Bamboo. Because bamboo is so low in nutrition the Pandas have little energy so they have to spend at least 12 hours each day eating. They are so low on get up and go that mating is about the only time they interact with other each other and they don’t seem to get very excited about that either.

Worrying About Minutiae

There I was standing in line at a checkout counter. I was bored so I started flipping through one of those Celebrity Adoration Magazines that are always on display ready to tempt bored shoppers.

You know the magazines I am talking about. They feature Headlines like, “You won’t believe what Jennifer and Chuck did on the Red Carpet in plain view of their shocked but adoring fans”.

Here is what I wish I had seen in that Celebrity Adoration Magazine...

Ø “I am going to work day and night until I fund a cure for all forms of cancer.”

or

Ø “I believe with all my heart, if you work hard, there is the opportunity to succeed at whatever you truly want to accomplish in life. I want to be the greatest brain surgeon there ever was. This is my goal! This is what I am working toward! I will accomplish this task!”

or

Ø “I pledge to those who have voted for or against me, that I will always do what is right and honest. I will forever be respectful of the people I was elected to serve.”

I did not see any of the above. What I did see was...

“I can't wait until the finale of The Bachelor. Do you know if this season has a happily-ever-after ending?”

If you are one of those on-edge Bachelor watchers that can't wait until your show’s finale, please don’t hate me. 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Nasty Electronics Store

In a local electronics store near where I live there is a piano that appears to play itself.

Being sly, cunning and alert, I am one of the very few who knows why the piano appears to play without a piano player playing the piano. It’s because there is an invisible man playing that piano.

The nasty part is that, for the invisible man to be invisible, he has to be naked. If he were not naked you would see his clothes.

I refuse to bring my grandchildren into this nasty store. I am not going to expose my grandchildren to naked people out in public like that!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

This Blog Comes To You From The Old Days. That’s Where I Come From.

We have probably all see those emails about those billboards that contend they come Directly From God. To me they are interesting, they make me think and usually the message comes through even though I know God did not actually pay to have the billboards set up. Other people don’t bother to think about the message they simply get mad at God instead of getting mad at the people who actually paid to have the billboards set up.

One message especially caught my attention. It was…

“Let’s Meet At My House Before the Game”

Since God can do anything He pleases, it should not surprise you that He could compose cute messages or allow other people, with money enough to pay for billboards, to be cute for Him.

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Actually it caught my attention because it reminded me of something that happened back in the 1990s when I was living in California. It did not have anything to do with sports but it did have a lot to do with Sunday Morning.

It was a TV Ad by the New York Times and it went something like this…

It showed a beautiful couple sitting around in their Sunday Sit Around Clothes, drinking their Sunday Coffee, eating Sunday Pastries and reading their Sunday New York Times. They looked Content. They looked Happy. They looked Modern. The spoken message the commercial gave us was…

It’s Sunday and we have nothing to do but sit around and read the New York Times

Now I remind you I come from The Old Days. I did not think this was a cute message and I bet God did not think it was cute either. It actually struck me as awful. My mind raced with thoughts like what do they mean they have nothing to do but read the New York Times? Back in the Old Days where I come from the announcer would have said...

“We just got back from Church and now it’s time to sit back, relax and read the New York Times”

Am I just being picky, again?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

What This Election Has Taught Me

The TV Commercials are bombarding us day and night. I sure appreciate the Factual Information they give me to allow me to understand the Issues and know the Candidates...Or do I?

TV is especially good because it is visual and you don’t need the sound on to know who Not To Vote For. Don’t vote for the candidate whose image appears in Black and White.

The Good Guy’s (the one paying for the commercial) image is always in Living Color.

As I get on in years I appreciate more and more the efforts of others to make things easy for me.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Not Everything I Publish Is Foolishness. Some Things (Like This One) Are Just Plain Interesting...At least I think they are.

The Good Ole USofA was called the Arsenal of Democracy during World War II...

During the Second World War, "Arsenal of Democracy" was the slogan used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a radio broadcast delivered on 29 December 1940. Roosevelt promised to help the United Kingdom fight Nazi Germany by giving them military supplies while the United States stayed out of the actual fighting. The president announced that intent a year before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

One of the most important ships constructed during the War was the Liberty Ship...

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II. Though British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost construction. Mass-produced on an unprecedented scale, the Liberty ship came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. The class was developed to meet British orders for transports to replace ships that had been lost. Eighteen American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships between 1941 and 1945, easily the largest number of ships ever produced to a single design.

Here comes the Just Plain Interesting Part (see subject). Actually I think it is the Really Interesting Part...

Ø In January 20, 1942 it took 250 days to build a Liberty Ship.

Ø By December of that same year it took only 50 days.

Ø The Oregon Shipbuilding Company in Portland later produced one in 10 days.

Ø Not to be outdone the workers at the Henry J. Kaiser plant in Richmond Yard #2, working around the clock, built one from keel to launch in exactly 4 days 15 hours and 29 minutes.

Huh? Go back and look at the picture above. That’s a really large ship!

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The source for the 2 bold small print parts above was Wikipedia.

The source for the 4 Bullet Points above was The Great Courses course World War II: The Pacific Theater narrated by Craig l, Symonds, PhD.

The Great Courses are Great! ... https://www.thegreatcourses.com/

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Mike, as I already told you, I don’t get a kickback from The Great Courses. My sole motivation for plugging them is they are Just Plain Interesting!

Bien Hoa Pick-Up 1965

 

As a Medical Evacuation Helicopter Pilot (Call Sign...Dustoff), I would often fly out for patient pick-ups in active combat areas. Each time I did I would see the conditions that the ground troops had to endure and I would often draw comparisons to my own situation.

They would be dirty, often very wet, often very hot, often they could not see 10 yards into the jungle in front of or behind themselves and in danger of receiving enemy fire at any moment. At the end of the day they were still in these horrid conditions and now they had to try to survive the night.

My situation was different. We were often in great danger but, at the end of our missions, we had a clean bed to sleep in, good food (lots of hamburgers) and security of some kind...Or did we?

I often thought that I would not trade my job for that of an infantry soldier for anything.

As Major Paul Bloomquist told me on my first day in Viet Nam, as we sat in a downtown restaurant, "This is the best war you will ever fight in. You get to fly around and get shot at and, if you survive, you get to go downtown at night and eat a steak."

One day we flew up to Bien Hoa to pick up patients and transport them back to Saigon. The patients were not ready when we arrived and we shut the ship down to wait.

I was sitting on a skid and talking to walking wounded from the aid station. Most showed some sign of the wounds they were recuperating from...bandages, crutches, limps, etc. These were the infantry soldiers for which I had often felt so sorry.

At one point, one of wounded stood towards the front of the ship and while looking up at the Plexiglas in front of where we sat but not looking at me he said,

"I would not have your job for all the money in the world."

I guess we are all comfortable with what we know and are trained to do.

Not kidding u,

Smartfella

Lagniappe: In 1966 I sent this story to Reader’s Digest for publication. I expect to hear back from them any day now.

Final Election Notification...Or is it?

If you are like me, you are covered up in solicitations for Political Donations. They come at me in the form of Emails, Text Messages and the U.S. Mail. I am in fear that my shredder is going to explode from overuse.

Next thing you know, I’m going to find an exhausted Carrier Pigeon trying to catch its little breath on my front porch having just arrived with a mail bag that is bigger than he is. 

Yesterday I received a piece of mail where the envelope had a large stamp on it that read...Final Election Notification.

Dare I hope this is true?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: I forgot one (I'm old)...

If You See A Crime Being Committed, What Are You Supposed To Do?

Homeland Security keeps telling us...

If You See Something, Say Something!

I read in my newspaper where a seeing citizen repeatedly called 911 to report cocaine trafficking in his neighborhood.

Officials found no cocaine activity.

This seeing citizen was put in jail for making False Crime Claims. Officials said he was guilty of multiple counts of False Reporting of a Crime.

After they locked the door to his cell he probably kept saying to himself with a dazed look on his face...

They Told Me To Say Something!

Would they kid us?

Smartfella

Calling the Wuhan Virus the Wuhan Virus Is Racist...Or is it?

The naming of a virus or disease after a location — including a lily-white location like Lyme, Connecticut (Lyme Disease) — is just how it’s done and has been done for a long time.

All of a sudden it's now Racist, even though the very same media declaring it Racist is the very same media that first called it the “Chinese Virus” or the “Wuhan Virus” over and over back in January.

Examples:

Ø “Japan and Thailand Confirm New Cases of Chinese Coronavirus,” The New York Times, 1/15/20

Ø “The CDC and Homeland Security begin screening for Chinese Coronavirus at three major US airports as outbreak spreads in Asia,” CNBC, 1/17/20

Ø “Vaccine for new Chinese Coronavirus in the works,” CNN, 1/20/20

Ø “First U.S. case of potentially deadly Chinese Coronavirus confirmed in Washington state,” Washington Post, 1/21/20

Ø “Chinese Coronavirus outbreak has reached U.S. shores, CDC says,” Los Angeles Times, 1/21/20

Ø “The First Case Of The Chinese Coronavirus Has Hit The US, CDC Reports,” Buzzfeed, 1/21/20

Ø “First case of Chinese Coronavirus confirmed in Washington state,” NBC’s Today Show, 1/24/20

Ø “Chinese Coronavirus infections, death toll soar as fifth case is confirmed in U.S.,” Washington Post, 1/26/20

Ø “Japan confirms case of new Chinese virus, spread is ‘concerning,'” Reuters, 1/15/20

Ø “How the Chinese virus outbreak impacts Lunar New Year travel,” National Geographic, 1/24/20

Ø “China Coronavirus ‘spreads before symptoms show,'” BBC, 1/26/20

Ø “Over a thousand ‘likely’ infected by Wuhan virus in China: Study,” Al Jazeera, 1/18/20

Ø “Stop the Wuhan virus,” Nature Magazine editorial, 1/21/20)

Ø “China confirms Wuhan virus can be spread by humans,” CNN, 1/22/20

Ø “First U.S. Case Reported of Deadly Wuhan Virus,” Wall Street Journal, 1/22/20

Ø “Here are the symptoms of the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus and when you should be worried,” Business Insider, 1/22/20

Ø “Something Far Deadlier Than The Wuhan Virus Lurks Near You,” Kaiser Health News, 1/24/20

Ø “With Wuhan virus genetic code in hand, scientists begin work on a vaccine,” Reuters, 1/24/20

Ø “The Wuhan Virus: How to Stay Safe,” Foreign Policy, 1/25/20

Ø “Something Far Deadlier Than The Wuhan Virus Lurks Near You,” USA Today, 1/29/20

Ø “10-Year-Old Boy Raises Fears Wuhan Virus Could Spread Undetected,” Bloomberg, 1/29/20

Ø “Your Questions About Wuhan Coronavirus, Answered, National Public Radio, 1/30/20

Ø “Will the Wuhan virus become a pandemic?” The Economist, 1/30/20

To sum this up, the media floods these words and terms into the American Lexicon, and then sanctimoniously turns around and attacks those who repeat their words by calling them Racist.

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You have now entered Fella’s Oh Yea Department. This Department is used when someone contradicts me or does not believe me and I get my dander (whatever that is) up and I say, “Oh yea! I’ll show you!”...

Here are 17 other diseases named after populations or places:

Ø West Nile Virus...Named after the West Nile District of Uganda discovered in 1937.

Ø Guinea Worm...Named by European explorers for the Guinea coast of West Africa in the 1600s.

Ø Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever...Named after the mountain range spreading across western North America first recognized first in 1896 in Idaho.

Ø Lyme Disease...Named after a large outbreak of the disease occurred in Lyme and Old Lyme, Connecticut in the 1970s.

Ø Ross River Fever...Named after a mosquito found to cause the disease in the Ross River of Queensland, Australia by the 1960s. The first major outbreak occurred in 1928.

Ø Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever...Named after its 1940s discovery in Omsk, Russia.

Ø Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever...Named in 1976 for the Ebola River in Zaire located in central Africa.

Ø Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)...Also known as “camel flu,” MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and all cases are linked to those who traveled to the Middle Eastern peninsula.

Ø Valley Fever...Valley Fever earned its nickname from a 1930s outbreak San Joaquin Valley of California, though its first case came from Argentina.

Ø Marburg Virus Disease...Named after Marburg, Germany in 1967.

Ø Norovirus...Named after Norwalk, Ohio after an outbreak in 1968.

Ø Zika Fever...First discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda.

Ø Japanese Encephalitis...Named after its first case in Japan in 1871.

Ø German Measles...Named after the German doctors who first described it in the 18th century. The disease is also sometimes referred to as “Rubella.”

Ø Spanish Flu...While the true origins of the Spanish Flu remain unknown, the disease earned its name after Spain began to report deaths from the flu in its newspapers.

Ø Lassa Fever...Named after the being found in Lassa, Nigeria in 1969.

Ø Legionnaire’s Disease...Named in 1976 following an outbreak of people contracting the lung infection after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia.

The English Language is always evolving. Fella thinks we are not far from the day when Merriam-Webster will have this new entry for Media...The English Language is always evolving. Fella thinks we are not far from the day when Merriam-Webster will have this new entry for Media...

me·​dia | \ ˈmē-dē-ə  \

plural medias

Definition of media

a singular or plural in construction : MASS MEDIA

b medias plural : members of the mass media

c foolishness

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

I Saw It On The Internet, Therefore, I Know It’s True...Or is it?

Skimming is authorized for this Blog Posting because there is a lot to read in this one. However, I must warn you that Skimming with Reckless Abandon may result in you missing some Interesting Foolishness. 

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Fella takes no position on either side of the 3 Issues presented in this Blog Posting. I simply want to know where I can go to find out the Truth. As you will see below the Internet is not that place.

On the other hand, finding the truth can be dangerous. Oedipus spent his whole play seeking out the Truth, and when he found it, he gouged out his own eyes.

On the other other hand, in defense of Oedipus, finding out you had Killed Your Father and Married Your Mother is a Truth that is hard to come to grips with.

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Example #1: Coffee Will Kill You...Or will it?

Coffee Is Bad For You... 

Ø Increases the risks of Insomnia, Anxiety and Depression.

Ø Increases Hypertension and Heart Attack Incidence.

Ø Does not truly relieve Constipation.

Ø May increase the risk of Cancer.

Ø Reduces Fertility.

Ø May cause Miscarriages and Impair Fetal Development.

Coffee Is Good For You...

Ø Is good for Constipation.

Ø Is good for Kidneys.

Ø Is good for Blood Pressure.

Ø Can help you Burn Fat and Improves Physical Performance.

Ø May drastically lower your risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

Ø May lower your risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Ø May be extremely good for your Liver.

Ø May decrease your Risk of Premature Death.

Ø Is loaded with Nutrients and Antioxidants.

And there is this good news for people who think one cup of coffee in the morning just isn’t enough—by drinking at least four cups of coffee a day, you’ll reduce your risk of death by 64% compared to people who don’t drink any.

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Example #2: Bacon Will Kill You...Or will it?

Bacon is bad for you...

Ø For decades, nutritionists have been concerned about the health effects of Bacon and other Processed Meats.

Ø Many observational studies have associated a high intake of processed meat with Cancer and Heart Disease.

Ø In particular, processed meat has been associated with Colon, Breast, Liver and Lung Cancers.

Bacon is good for you...

Ø The Protein found in bacon is extremely valuable in Maintaining our Energy Levels.

Ø Protein also goes a long way helping to develop and maintain a Fully Functioning Healthy Body.

Ø If you suffer from Inflammation, bacon is your best friend because of its high monounsaturated fat content bacon can Improve Tryglycerides and Lower Blood Pressure.

Ø Bacon is loaded with saturated fat. Your brain, which is mostly made up of Saturated Fat and Cholesterol, is a fatty acid powerhouse. 

Ø Bacon is full of a vital nutrient called “choline,” which helps increase our intelligence and memory. Studies have shown that choline improves memory, intelligence testing and Reduces the Speed of Damage to the Brain from Dementia.

Ø Bacon has one of the highest amounts of essential amino acids (meaning your body needs them but can’t make them) out there, including Tryptophan (important for brain health), Leucine (builds muscles) and Glutamic Acid (essential for your nervous system).

Ø From bacon, we receive: 65% of our Recommended Daily Intake of Thiamin (Vitamin B1) as well as 47% of our Niacin (Vitamin B3), 38% of our Vitamin B12, 36% of our Zinc, 24% of our Vitamin B6, 22% of our Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), 22% of our Phosphorus, 10% of our Pantothenate, 10% of our Magnesium and 9% of our Iron.

Ø The Protein to Fat Balance in bacon is actually 4 to 1, which is one of the highest protein to fat balances found in any meat, fish or fowl found on Earth.

Ø Bacon is a Natural Mood Enhancer that helps encourage positive mental states.

Ø Bacon contains Omega-3 Fatty Acids, which are the same nutrients found in fish. The healthy benefits of Omega Fatty Acids are the Reduced Cholesterol and Improved Overall Health in the Heart. 

Ø Several studies show that the Omega-3 Fatty Acids and “choline” found in bacon can actually Protect the Heart.

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Example #Last: Polar Bears Are Going Out of Existence...Or are they?

Decreasing…

One of the most frequent myths we hear about polar bears is that their numbers are increasing and have, in fact, more than doubled over the past thirty years. This is not true...

Ø Polar bear habitat is disappearing due to global warming.

Ø Even the most careful on-the-ground management doesn't matter if polar bears don't have the required habitat.

Ø Polar bears depend on the sea ice surface to efficiently catch their seal prey.

Ø A shorter duration of ice cover over their productive hunting areas means less opportunity to hunt.

Ø A reduction in sea ice has been statistically linked to reduced stature and weight in polar bears and to lower survival rates of cubs.

Ø Declining habitat now and the assurance it will decline in the future is why polar bears were listed as a threatened species.

Ø Planetary physics require the world to warm as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, so without greenhouse gas mitigation, the ice will continue to melt.

Ø As the ice decline continues, the plight of the polar bear only can worsen.

Increasing…

Polar Bear numbers reach new highs and their population has increased to the highest levels in decades...

Ø A new paper written by zoologist Dr Susan Crockford has found that global polar bear numbers have continued to rise.

Ø Polar bears are continuing to thrive, despite recent reductions in sea ice levels.

Ø This finding contradicts claims by environmentalists and some scientists that falls in sea ice would wipe out bear populations.

Ø There is now very little evidence to support the idea that the polar bear is threatened with extinction by climate change.

Ø We now know that polar bears are very resourceful creatures. They have made it through warm periods in the past and they seem to be taking the current warming in their stride too. 

Ø Numbers have been steadily increasing since 2005, with 2018 data estimating the highest number of polar bears globally since they were protected by international treaty in 1973.

Ø Numbers are so high that Inuit Leaders have been pleading with the Canadian Government for more polar bear population control as violent attacks against native populations have dramatically risen in recent years.

Ø Despite marked declines in summer sea ice, Chukchi Sea polar bears continue to thrive: reports from the first population-size estimate for the region, performed in 2016, show bears in the region are abundant (almost 3000 individuals), healthy and reproducing well.

Ø National Geographic received such a profound backlash from its widely viewed ‘this is what climate change looks like’ starving polar bear video of a Polar Bear Dying of Old Age, released in late 2017, that in 2018 it made a formal public apology for spreading misinformation.
>>>Here is the video: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/polar-bear-starving-arctic-sea-ice-melt-climate-change-spd/

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Your doctor has just finished telling you all the things you Should Not Eat. You say, “Doctor, you have just told me not to eat every food that is Tasty and Delicious”. You doctor replies, “That’s true, and if you think of anything else Tasty and Delicious that I did not mention, don’t eat that either”.

 

Renaming Colleges, Buildings, Anything and Everything A Mob Gets A Hankering To Rename Is In the Constitution, and Even If It’s Not, It Ought to Be

Fella thinks the above Subject covers it all...Or does it? This Blog Posting has this to say about that, “Not so fast, Fella. What about People?”

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I felt so sorry for him. He looked so sad and downright bewildered as they put that net over him and took him away.

He was still holding a still dripping paint brush in one hand, a can of spray paint in the other hand and a Marks-A-Lot Jumbo Permanent Marker between his teeth and he was mumbling around the Marker, “I don’t know what to do. There must be a way forward. It’s just not fair”.

Officer Krupke was there (he’s always there). I asked him what the netted guy’s dilemma was. He knew the answer (he knows everything), “He really wanted to change that guy’s name and he was stumped about whether he should or even whether he could change his name”.

Still confused I pressed on, “What guy’s name?”

Officer Krupke, sounded a lot like Sergeant Joe Friday when he replied, “That George Washington Carver Fella, Fella”.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella