Indeed

Climategate 2

Key phrase: “Basic problem is that all models are wrong,” writes Phil Jones, bluntly, “not got enough middle and low level clouds. - Phil Jones”


All the models are wrong? say it isn't so, where's Al Gore? Amazing!

 “The science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it which for all our sakes might not be too clever in the long run,” laments one scientist, Peter Thorne. 

Al is that you??


Isn't the science "settled"?

“What if climate change appears to be just mainly a multidecadal natural fluctuation?” muses one scientist. “They’ll kill us probably.”

The Goracle is not pleased! You don't want to anger the Goracle!

Quotable quotes

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck." — Robert A. Heinlein


Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.— Robert A. Heinlein


The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.— Robert A. Heinlein


There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.— Robert A. Heinlein


You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.— Robert A. Heinlein


Love your country, but never trust its government.— Robert A. Heinlein


Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. — Robert A. Heinlein


I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. — Robert A. Heinlein


Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. — Robert A. Heinlein


Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay -- and claims a halo for his dishonesty.— Robert A. Heinlein


Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy— Robert A. Heinlein


I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.— Robert A. Heinlein


Never insult anyone by accident.— Robert A. Heinlein


When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. — Robert A. Heinlein


An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.— Robert A. Heinlein


A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.— Robert A. Heinlein


Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.— Robert A. Heinlein


I've read every one of his books multiple times. Heinlein never fails to educate, entertain and amuse.

Texans

The making of video is awesome.

shameless self promotion

Arthur James & Northbound

This is my friend Arthur James with his band, Northbound. I jammed with Arthur in Laconia this past Saturday night we had a blast.

lol

Soundcheck video

I wish we had a video of the entire show

The criminals in charge

My new favorite

yes!

Right now

Well blogger is kinda hozed

I was going to add these to Everyday I have the blues but the software keeps putting the popup behind the vids so here we go...

I just got these two pics in email from the Opera House Show

Everyday I have the blues...

I have the blues because the camera ran out of memory in little by little....

Debt

Laugh and ease the pain....

Stacks of glory

Still in the inventory from the days of old.

Yeah I need to get on craigs list and move some of this out

Thursday morning I packed up and headed out. Stopped for a cooler full of groceries and then stopped on the Androscoggin River near Bethel, Maine and fished for a couple of hours.

It was breezy and very sunny. No bugs were hatching and while I had a nice time in the water the fish were not biting.

I headed over to camp. I unpacked and worked on a beer. We headed over to the Androscoggin at about 6 pm to see if the alder fly hatch was on. It was. I stayed at my usual spot. I managed a few trout but was amazed to watch the show upstream; huge trout 4-6 lbs were in a feeding frenzy and jumping clear out of the water in pursuit of the alder flies. What a show.

No big fish for me from the Andy this year.

The next morning we intended to get up and do a dawn assault on the Rapid River. Instead we slept in. Later that morning we went over to look at the Connecticut River and scout of a put in and take out spot for a pontoon boat trip. Here's the take out.

After scouting the drift we decided to fish a bit.

The Connecticut was pretty dead but we both managed to put the hook in a couple of small browns, but they all came off before we could land them.

That night we went back to the Androscoggin in Errol, the alder fly hatch was apparently over and the river was dead. Not a fish moved.

The next morning we again planned to go to the Rapid. We suited up in our waders and trudged in. This trail used to be fairly nice and could be navigated in a pair of bean boots, now you need waders because about 3/4 of the way in you end up wading through 100 yds or so of calf deep boot sucking mud and water. The mosquitoes were insatiable, swarming us the entire way. Thanks to liberal application of natrapel I was able to survive with only a small number of bites. Arriving at the river we discovered we owned the spot, no one had come in from the camp side. I rigged up my rod and was about to head out when it started to pour.

Upstream from our walk in spot.

Downstream from my fishing spot.

I could see some fish working upstream so I worked my way up there to fish. Once there I could see a couple of really large fish working but they were out of my reach. First cast I hit an 18" salmon, while trying to get him into my hand for a picture he spit the hook and disappeared.  A few casts later I hit a 14" salmon, once again losing him while trying to line up a picture. After stinging about 6 more fish they stopped hitting. I switched to a caddis emerger pattern and got a fish on the first cast, a real racer (skinny river fish).

Later as the rain ended I moved down stream and managed a few more on caddis emergers. We decided to leave about 11am, the fishing had slowed as the sun started to peek through the clouds.

That night we intended to fish the Magalloway river but it was extremely crowded so we decided to head back to camp and feast on hot wings and beer and watch a movie.

Sunday morning's plan was to hit the rapid again at dawn but it was not to be, at 4:30am it was 38 degrees with near gale force winds and we decided to go back to bed.

New to me

Just in this past week. Brand new old stock 1998 Olympic White. 

The blues here in Maine....

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