MooPig Story Teller's Minute :: "This is my Riff on Babushka"

Let’s call this one the Babushka's Paradox.
Re-run Son of a Gun Pat Darnell  |  OCT 20, 2015  |  Bryan TX

If I have many thoughts roaming in my head while I watch the grass grow in Bryan/College Station, and I feel that any action I take will require money, I simply do not take any action. If I feel the action is warranted then maybe I will act, and if it is pending with danger Post-its all over it, then I will have to act regardless.

This is the definition of my tension, and stress. My life as married man is: commiserating with corollary of need and accomplishment. Sustenance of the married man: sex shat shower shave, and after that limerick of self-preserving, the toil is in finding tricks for staying ahead of the children and pets in their constant shape shifting and urges to emerge.

Babushka was in turmoil because her accomplished ability of preparing for the needs of the present bled over into her future on a tragic basis. She would clean house, organize and prepare for the event to be, but to a degree of neglect of self. I know all mature parents know what I am speaking of.

Because Babushka never factored in the need to sleep after toiling over floors, cabinets and recipes, she fell asleep and missed the camel train to Bethlehem. Our wise men were reticent to wake her the next morning, and left at sun up without her. She then arrived too late to see the swaddled newborn son of man, as she just missed them in their flight from genocide.

It turns out, my present and future plan is to continue as a bureaucrat ossifying in my own bona fide capacity. I will regard my toil as the continued management of the project of married male with children, dog and companion. The bones we pick over now will assuredly be of use to others in the future. I very much look forward to fully confusing readers in the near past, with my spectrum of waiting, watching and pretty much being what I have been.

You see all the projects will have been completed in the multiplicity of our time traveling. So I am not stressed as before about finishing all the tasks, rather I ponder the completion of dreams through the children. >>pd

MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Fossil Fuels"

Let us Hope that as Germany Goes, So Go We ...!
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  ::  Nov 13, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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Many American veterans would look at Germany's progress with caution, seeing as how fighting men and women of WWII kept us all from speaking German back in the '40's. But if we can push aside our natural suspicion of Germany, it should make a light go on in your head, that it is possible to provide renewable energy to the grid system in relatively quick turn around time.

So, where are the YAHTZEE'S and banners of congratulations on a job well done? We looked around.

" ... Some additional stats from Chabot's report about Germany's power mix on October 3:

• Solar and wind furnished a total of more than 436 gigawatt-hours.
• At peak, solar furnished 20.5 gigawatts, with wind peaking at 16.6 gigawatts.
• Conventional power plants had to ramp down to 23 gigawatts at about noon. (Eric Wesoff. October 30, 2013. LINK) ... "

Germany Reaches 59% Renewable Energy Peak, Power Grid Doesn’t Blow Up: "Earlier this month on a very sunny and windy day, Germany managed to hit a peak of 59.1% renewable power generation, and what’s more, the heavily industrialized country’s power grid did not explode, Greentech media has pointed out. It was around midday on October 3, which just happened to be Germany’s annual Reunification Day holiday, when the sun was at its fullest and the significant peak was reached. Over the entire day, 36.4% of total electricity generation was achieved with solar and wind power; solar panels contributed 11.2% on their own. At its peak, solar accounted for 20.5 gigawatts."

'via Blog this'


_____________________Reference
http://www.the9billion.com/2013/10/30/germany-59-percent-renewable-energy-peak/
http://www.solarserver.com/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/Wind_PV_Germany_Oct_3-13.pdf
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Germany-Hits-59-Renewable-Peak-Grid-Does-Not-Explode
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Germany_%26_East_Germany_Flag_Map_(1948_-_1990).png
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/10/3-reasons-germans-are-going-renewable-at-all-costs
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/germany-energy-idUSL6N0I511920131015
http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2013/10/wind-and-solar-generated-591-of-german-electricity-demand-at-noon-on-oct-3.html

Against the Grain -- UPDATE

Does anyone know what going against the grain means?

Retrieved by Pat Darnell and Knome Chowsky, jr. (PHOTO by TaNigeriNegreeN1986)

"It is of inestimable value to provide this deeper level of substance and help encourage a little serious re-thinking ... It may not be for everybody, but I feel it is of huge importance, and where else is this level of discussion so readily available?" -- W.K., Oakland

Some will answer that is KPFA-FM... SOURCE HERE

Against the Grain is a radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters -- political, economic, social and cultural -- important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. We're based at the studios of Pacifica station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California.

ATG focuses on meaty theoretical and action-oriented issues that the mainstream media tends to ignore, matters like political economy, the global justice movement, philosophical and cultural ideas, and race and gender relations. We strive to bring these perspectives to the airwaves in a way that's accessible, engaging, and, most of all, useful to people working for social change.

Please join us, listen in, and let us know what you think. And if you like what we're doing, pass the word along. You may even want to ask your local community radio station to carry ATG.

Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C.S. Soong. Contributing producers include Ramsey Kanaan and H.N. Yuen.

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Q: Hey, MooPig -- What are you running to?

by Pat Darnell
MP: Unknown: I'm just running.... and running. I'm not hostile, nor hungry, just running... to and fro... I'm a polite, gentle cow, and good conversationalist.

Q: Then What are you running from?

MP: False Modesty....

...and from a system that doesn't work. You see I was blessed with work. Now it seems I can't work anywhere, due to some shift in our homeland compass headings for motivations and rewards. I would say I have been out of the loop, for about twelve years now.

Q: Are you Guilty or something, MooPig?

MP: What? You don't believe me? Have you ever heard of Gitmo?

As of March 16, 2005, the Army was reporting 68 detainee deaths. Of those, 24 were confirmed or suspected criminal homicides, but again, a full 15 of those homicides occurred at point of capture in Iraq and Afghanistan. Do 24 criminal homicides out of the over 50,000 detainees taken as of September 2004 represent a criminal abuse of power? How many enemy soldiers died at the hands of their captors in previous wars? What proportion of al Qaeda captives survive detention? (Heather Mac Donald; June 09, 2005, The Media’s False Modesty, Take some credit for America’s reputation!)

It turns out everything is available on the Internet. And if it isn't there, then you probably don't need it.

Let me ask you a question: what is the difference between the 3rd, 42nd and 44th Presidents of the USA?

Here I will help you a little: there is no difference:

3. THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801-1809

In the thick of party conflict in 1800, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a private letter, "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a planter and surveyor, some 5,000 acres of land, and from his mother, a Randolph, high social standing.

William Jefferson Clinton
42. WILLIAM J. CLINTON 1993-2001

During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history.

He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination.

Clinton ...emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over."

44. Barrack H. Obama 2008-
Shuts down Gitmo in his first act as President Executive and Commander in Chief.

Q: I'm sorry MooPig, you lost me...
...to be continued...