Built With Steel, Perhaps, but Greased With Pork

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The New Republicans: Deficits and Pork;
"Discretionary spending has jumped 27%
in the last two years...Congressional
pork is up more than 40%...much of it is
directly tied to the demands of big
business. 12/28

The New Republicans: Deficits and Pork;
"Discretionary spending has jumped 27%
in the last two years...Congressional
pork is up more than 40%...much of it is
directly tied to the demands of big
business. 12/28 12/29/2003 08:30 AM
New York Times .. *

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pork 0.99.2

pork 0.99.2 11/16/2003 10:29 AM
An ncurses-based AIM client for the UNIX console.

Yule Pork

Yule Pork 12/08/2003 10:27 AM
Pigs seem to be everywhere for the holidays in Finland; pig motifs, cookies shaped like pigs, piggy marzipan cakes,...

Hey, Lady, Want to Pork?

Hey, Lady, Want to Pork? 01/18/2004 10:26 AM
The German photographer Juergen Specht artfully persuades young women to take off their clothes and be covered in odd substances. The food series also includes fish, fruit, spaghetti, milk, and honey. (01-18)

Pork Chocolate Bar??

Pork Chocolate Bar?? 06/22/2004 07:02 PM
Chocolate dipped pork fat is now on the menu in one of the Ukraine's trendiest restaurants. Because regular pork fat isn't chocolately enough.

Are Pork Chops a Euphemism?

Are Pork Chops a Euphemism? 01/02/2005 06:54 PM

« What a difference a letter makes....I see a new marketing campaign for Crowmoor in this; "Drink More. Grow More. Crowmoor!" »

When looking to the shelves to find a slimmer and lighter book than the current titles I was reading before leaving for Tunisia I found and decided to take When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, George Carlin's recent book filled with deliciously funny cynicism that I can relate to. It was only when riding the train to Tunis, in a car containing mostly Tunisians save for two very chatty German women who found endless amusement in the train timetable, did I start to think that maybe carrying a book with "Jesus" in the title and a slightly altered illustration of the last supper on the cover might not have been the wisest choice for reading material, especially when I kept laughing while reading it. :)

George, I know you're just like every other egosurfing author on the internet these days and if you read this, I loved the euphemism bashing and want more. [I nearly wet myself laughing at the HBO special where Carlin goes on at length about 'servicing the customer', but that's probably TMI.] I might also add that you forgot to take on the weather. Finland has a fabulous word, räntä, that sounds as unpleasant as the weather it describes. It's a short Finnish word, too, something to be cherished in a Finnish word. In English, we get sleet, snain [snow + rain], freezing rain, wet snow and, lest we forget, "wintry mix". What the fuck is "wintry mix" anyway? Something the weather people came up with to say 'well, we have no clue what will fall from the sky today so let's just use this vague term to cover our asses no matter what?' I miss those low-tech days where a guy would stand in front of a board with a happy sun icon over Florida and a giant snowflake over Chicago and tell it like it was; if you weren't in Florida, your weather was likely cold, crappy and grim. Nowadays they have 3-D 'fly through', 5-day forecasts, doppler radar and tons of new words to describe the same bloody thing the fat smiling guy in front of the wooden cut-out of the lower-48 states would; the weather where you are sucks and will remain that way until you move to Florida, dimwit.

The word folks will enjoy WWJBTPC as George has frequent rants on euphemisms in English that tend to have little purpose other than replacing another word or words with others that aren't as clear. George takes no prisoners and even though it's very amusing it's rather disturbing to realise that it has reached self-parodying levels of absurdity. The poem A Modern Man is an anthem for the wired jet-set who would have died at thought of a week without any information appliance nearby. And, Prepositional Phrases, made me think of most Finns who complain about English and its arbitrary use of them.

We Americans love our prepositional phrases.

Out of sight, off the charts, in the groove, on the ball; up the creek, down the tubes, in the dumper, out the yin-yang; off the wall, 'round the bend, below the belt, under the weather.

And of course...under the table

Table Talk

But rather than under the table, let us begin on the table. That's a phrase you hear a lot in the news, especially from Washington. In negotiations of any kind, certain things are said to be on the table. Implying that other things are off the table. And sometimes, regardless of what's on the table, a settlement is reached under the table.

The table seems important. If a person is highly qualified, we say he brings a lot to the table. Unfortunately, those who bring a lot to the table often have too much on their plates. Still, they're guaranteed a seat at the table, because they think outside the box, which puts them ahead of the curve.

Now, if the negotiators agree on what's on the table, then they're on the same page. Personally, I don't like people on my page. If someone says to me, "We're on the same page," I say, "Do me a favor, please, turn the page; I'd rather not be on that page. In fact, I'd rather be in a completely different book." Buat that's beside the point; I've wandered off the track.

Returning to negotiations, if the sides are getting close, we're told they're in the ballpark. This often comes from people in the know, speaking off the record. And in Washington, many in the know are also in the loop because, after all, they work inside the beltway.

Now, there are other government people, outside the beltway, who, nonetheless, remain in the know and in the loop. They function in foreign countries and we say they're on the ground,. If they're CIA, they're under the radar and paid off the books. Much of what they learn is picked up on the street. But they don't always need to be on the street, because a lot of information comes in over the transom.

Hey, we don't make the rules, we just make fun of them. :)

"tribute to Pork Pies"

"tribute to Pork Pies" 06/12/2004 09:26 AM

Cash on the Scarecrow, Pork on the Plow

Cash on the Scarecrow, Pork on the Plow 04/17/2005 03:22 PM
C ash on the Scarecrow, Pork on the Plow
Matt Welch, using data from Environmental Working Group, examines the largesse of subsidies to Mellencamps.

Bread Sales Down, Pork Rinds Up 30%

Bread Sales Down, Pork Rinds Up 30% 12/17/2003 03:47 PM
Up to 35 million Americans are on a low-carb diet. Food manufacturers have responded with more than 600 new low-carb products this year. Restaurants are altering their menus. Online communities are springing up to share information about the low-carb lifestyle. With this big target market, how hard will corporations push to expand the low-carb movement? Do the health warnings about the diet foretell an increase in medical problems, or will we see a generation of healthy, slender, pork-rind chomping families?

Waiter, there's a microchip in my pork
butt

Waiter, there's a microchip in my pork
butt 09/18/2004 02:38 PM
Xeni Jardin: Over a thousand pounds of pig flesh processed at a Sioux Center meatpacking facility was recalled over fears that a missing microchip could be embedded in the meat.

The Sioux-Preme Packing Co. recalled 110 pork shoulder butts -- about 1,100 pounds of meat -- that could contain the metal devices used to measure scientific data in hogs.

Pass the tofurkey, please. Link

Pork bellies or the presidency: The
market will choose

Pork bellies or the presidency: The
market will choose 06/29/2004 12:37 AM
Salon Jun 29 2004 4:12AM GMT

BBC NEWS | Europe | Pork choc on the
menu in Ukraine

BBC NEWS | Europe | Pork choc on the
menu in Ukraine 06/22/2004 02:00 PM
chocolate-covered pork fat, nicknamed "Ukrainian Snickers." .. It's unusual yes, but it's completely disgusting! .. AND YOU THOUGHT MARMITE WAS GROSS .. Choc covered fat on a stick

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Town, Pork Board Clash Over Meat Slogan
(AP)

Town, Pork Board Clash Over Meat Slogan
(AP) 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
AP - The National Pork Board says there's something fishy about this city's use of the slogan "The Other White Meat."

Penn State's pigopolist pork is not
smelling sweet

Penn State's pigopolist pork is not
smelling sweet 11/10/2003 11:09 PM
RIAA fraternity

Doctor Steel

Doctor Steel 01/01/2005 02:09 PM
Help Dr. Steel take over the world! Doctor Steel is an esc aped toymaker with an elaborate, flash-based website wherein you may witness him dancing, leaf through his notebooks and examine his toymaking ideas, and of course, buy his toys. Of particular interest are the recordings.

via the ever-lovin' Cart oonist.

Solidity in Steel

Solidity in Steel 07/08/2004 12:24 PM
Schnitzer serves as an industry barometer.

AK Steel on a Roll

AK Steel on a Roll 07/21/2004 01:08 PM
AK Steel posts profits, but no free cash flow.

AK Steel Far From Fine

AK Steel Far From Fine 04/21/2004 10:03 AM
AK Steel fails to capitalize on record demand for its products.

Jade&Steel 0.9.8

Jade&Steel 0.9.8 04/11/2004 03:50 PM
A green and gray metal looking theme.

When stainless steel attacks

When stainless steel attacks 12/02/2003 01:52 AM

Stainless steel is a recent design trend in households and the Industrial House site takes it to new levels: $1 4k tub, $3k toilet, and a $600 bench. I wonder if market for these items goes beyond Kraftwerk trying to get on MTV Cribs.

Steel Bolt Hacking

Steel Bolt Hacking 09/15/2004 03:05 PM

Tempering Hopes For AK Steel

Tempering Hopes For AK Steel 07/06/2004 03:23 PM
AK Steel jumps on a very bullish earnings outlook, but its debt looms large.

Is Olympic Steel a Beefy Buy?

Is Olympic Steel a Beefy Buy? 08/09/2004 11:14 AM
Like others in the industry, this company looks fit. But will the growth continue?

Steel Coffin Folder Set 1.0

Steel Coffin Folder Set 1.0 06/17/2004 10:38 PM
A heavy metal folder icon set, slightly rusted...

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex 11/13/2003 07:48 AM
Larry Niven's classic essay, "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex," which explores the likely outcomes of a Superman-Lois Lane union, is online, with permission:

Either Superman has gone completely schizo and believes himself to be Clark Kent; or he knows what he's doing, but no longer gives a damn. Thirty-one years is a long time. For Superman it has been even longer. He has X-ray vision; he knows just what he's missing. (*One should not think of Superman as a Peeping Tom. A biological ability must be used. As a child Superman may never have known that things had surfaces, until he learned to suppress his X-ray vision. If millions of people tend shamelessly to wear clothing with no lead in the weave, that is hardly Superman's fault.*)

The problem is this. Electroencephalograms taken of men and women during sexual intercourse show that orgasm resembles "a kind of pleasurable epileptic attack." One loses control over one's muscles.

Superman has been known to leave his fingerprints in steel and in hardened concrete, accidentally. What would he do to the woman in his arms during what amounts to an epileptic fit?

Link

"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex"

"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" 11/15/2003 03:18 AM

Steel Bank Common Lisp 0.8.18

Steel Bank Common Lisp 0.8.18 12/29/2004 11:56 AM
A Common Lisp native compiler.

Stainless Steel Mouse That Roared

Stainless Steel Mouse That Roared 12/02/2003 06:32 AM
China frees an online dissident who wrote under the computer name 'Stainless Steel Mouse,' after imprisoning her for over a year for criticizing the government. Two other cyberdissidents are also freed, about a week before Premier Wen Jiabao is to visit the United States.

China's Steel Binge and Purge

China's Steel Binge and Purge 12/30/2004 04:29 PM
Increased Chinese steel exports give the industry indigestion.

Steel Dynamics' Heavy Hint

Steel Dynamics' Heavy Hint 07/16/2004 11:48 AM
The American steel company initiates a dividend before releasing earnings.

Steel Bank Common Lisp 0.8.12

Steel Bank Common Lisp 0.8.12 06/26/2004 01:24 AM
Common Lisp development system

Steel fence to surround Holyrood

Steel fence to surround Holyrood 04/17/2005 10:38 AM
A steel fence will be built around Holyrood Palace and the parliament ahead of the G8 summit.

Soaring Steel Prices May Cost Consumers
(AP)

Soaring Steel Prices May Cost Consumers
(AP) 04/10/2004 06:18 AM
AP - Soaring steel prices, a boon to a troubled U.S. industry, also have a downside: American consumers eventually will pay more for automobiles, refrigerators and even roller coaster rides.

Kerry Vows to Fight for U.S. Steel Jobs
(AP)

Kerry Vows to Fight for U.S. Steel Jobs
(AP) 08/01/2004 09:45 PM
AP - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry told a crowd packed into a block of a small Midwestern town's Main Street on Sunday that he would fight to prevent steel imports from taking American jobs, before winding up the day pitching for support from Michigan auto workers.

President To Drop Tariffs On Steel
(washingtonpost.com)

President To Drop Tariffs On Steel
(washingtonpost.com) 12/02/2003 01:53 AM
The administration is going to drop .. Bush is dropping the steel tariffs .. NEWS:

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Iron Age tool marks move to steel

Iron Age tool marks move to steel 05/12/2004 06:53 AM
A tiny Iron Age tool found in Holland is one of the oldest objects unearthed in Europe made from the alloy steel.

My nemesis: a 1'-high wood-and-steel
platform

My nemesis: a 1'-high wood-and-steel
platform 04/02/2005 01:49 PM

My third flight in "Sky 12" became unexpectedly challenging when the GPS receiver for the microwave uplink failed.  Normally the transmitter automatically aligns itself to point at the TV station and send them a feed from the helicopter's camera.  It can't do this alignment if it doesn't know where the helicopter is and without its GPS the only solution is for us to aim the transmitter manually.  My supervising pilot was Rob Roberts, who has been doing this for 9 years and is an expert in every facet of the operation (see earlier story).  Nonetheless if the helicopter changes its position or orientation the transmitter will need to be reaimed.  So we are forced to do all of our filming from an out-of-ground-effect (mid-air) hover, which I establish about one minute before our signal is due to be broadcast.  Rob doubles as "talent" and is one of the two pilots qualified to be an on-air reporter, for which we have a small camera pointed inside the helicopter.  About 45 seconds before we go live, the guys back at the station say "we're receiving your feed; don't move!"  This turns out to be one of the cruelest things possible to say to a helicopter pilot.  Inset into the camera monitor on my side of the machine is a little window showing the actual broadcast coming out of the TV station and into homes.  The little picture and the producer's words serve as a constant reminder that "any kind of screw up and the screens inside 100,000 Richmond homes will go blank.  This kind of reflection turns out not to be conducive to good flying.

For the rest of the week I was able to handle most aspects of the job without too much fear or incompetence.  However at the end of every flight the fearsome dolly would be waiting.  If we just landed on the ramp it would be too hard for the maintenance guys to pull the Jet Ranger into the hangar.  So we land on a surprisingly small dolly, about 1' high, which they then tow with a golfcart-style tug.  The dolly is a few feet wider than the Jet Ranger's skids and a bit longer fore-and-aft so it shouldn't be all that tough.  However, the one thing that you are taught as a helicopter pilot is never to look down at the ground when you're trying to hover.  You always look off into the middle distance.  Looking down leads to overcontrol and wild oscillations.  Another problem is that the skids of the Jet Ranger are not easily visible to the pilot, unlike with a Robinson R22.  Finally there is the issue that if you get the helicopter into a position where it might fall off the dolly, or at least half off, there is a serious risk of dynamic rollover and having to go out and buy another $1 million helicopter.  This is the bit of knowledge that makes the whole thing hard.  If there were just some painted marks on the asphalt and the consequence of missing them were being embarrassed and picking the machine back up or buying lunch for the line guys it would be easy.  But the consequence is spectacular destruction and this ruins almost everyone's concentration.  Apparently there is an expert instructor at the Bell factory school who refuses to land on a dolly.  He doesn't have to do it regularly so he sees no need to add this kind of stress to his life on occasion.  Sadly at HeloAir one does have to do this after every flight and it turns my knuckles white.  At the end of the week I'm able to do it with only a bit of help from Rob but I would not want to try it by myself.

"washingtonpost.com: President To Drop
Tariffs On Steel"

"washingtonpost.com: President To Drop
Tariffs On Steel" 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Larry
Niven

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Larry
Niven 11/15/2003 03:18 AM
Why can't he get a girl? .. Funny AND informative .. Superman could breed .. blow his superwad .. Further Evidence .. Kleenex .. website .. online .. qui

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The 73rd Annual Academy Awards

The 73rd Annual Academy Awards 01/27/2004 09:44 PM
Oscar nominations are out .. dette rs Oscar uddeling .. ¢©§…Œ §©§ .. go see it for yerselves .. 75th Academy Awards .. Oscar Official Site .. officile adres .. ¢ƒ§…Š .. golden boy .. machine .. academy .. Oscar

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Charles Darwin on Tsunamis (1835)

Charles Darwin on Tsunamis (1835) 01/03/2005 12:14 PM
Xeni Jardin: During his crew's historic voyage on the Beagle in 1835, Charles Darwin experienced an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Snip from Darwin's description:

Shortly after the shock, a great wave was seen from the distance of three or four miles, approaching in the middle of the bay with a smooth outline; but along the shore it tore up cottages and trees, as it swept onwards with irresistible force. At the head of the bay it broke in a fearful line of white breakers, which rushed up to a height of 23 vertical feet above the highest spring-tides. Their force must have been prodigious; for at the Fort a cannon with its carriage, estimated at four tons in weight, was moved 15 feet inwards.

A schooner was left in the midst of the ruins, 200 yards from the beach. The first wave was followed by two others, which in their retreat carried away a vast wreck of floating objects. In one part of the bay, a ship was pitched high and dry on shore, was carried off, again driven on shore, and again carried off. In another part two large vessels anchored near together were whirled about, and their cables were thrice wound round each other: though anchored at a depth of 36 feet, they were for some minutes aground.

The great wave must have travelled slowly, for the inhabitants of Talcahuano had time to run up the hills behind the town; and some sailors pulled out seaward, trusting successfully to their boat riding securely over the swell, if they could reach it before it broke. One old woman with a little boy, four or five years old, ran into a boat, but there was nobody to row it out: the boat was consequently dashed against an anchor and cut in twain; the old woman was drowned, but the child was picked up some hours afterwards clinging to the wreck. Pools of salt-water were still standing amidst the ruins of the houses, and children, making boats with old tables and chairs, appeared as happy as their parents were miserable.

Link (Thanks, Avi Solomon)

Built With Steel, Perhaps, but Greased With Pork

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