Monthly Archives: September 2018

Culture, Government, Technology

Your Watch Won’t Keep Time Next Year

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Here’s some news that I haven’t heard reported in the “media”.

If you own an “atomic” watch, clock, appliance, irrigation system, or any other device that keeps accurate time and is not hooked up to the Internet, it will no longer keep accurate time starting next year.

As part of the US government’s brilliant cost cutting measures they are planning to shutdown the TIME and frequency reference radio stations known as WWV, WWVH, and WWVB, which have been in operation since 1920. These stations transmit a time reference based on the National Institute of Standards’ (NIST) atomic clock which is used by many timekeeping devices. The government’s argument is that MOST timekeeping is now synchronized with GPS. Unfortunately that is PATENTLY FALSE! It’s estimated that there are at least 50 MILLION devices IN USE that depend on WWVB to maintain accurate time.

Here are some FACTS. The electronics to synchronize time to WWVB are smaller, lower power (greener), and less expensive than a GPS based solution. I have several “atomic” watches that look like regular wristwatches but they keep spectacularly accurate time, and because they are so ENERGY EFFICIENT they are powered by a built in solar cell. They require NO batteries (again greener) and NEVER need recharging (once again greener) versus something like an Apple watch which is GPS based. I have a couple of GPS based watches and they are much larger than my “atomic” watches and they require recharging every few days which is a big inconvenience.

Now how much is the government going to SAVE when they shut off service to MILLIONS of users?  Oh it’s a lot of money.  The savings will be…

$6.3 million.  That’s millions folks, NOT billions.

You can read the proposed NIST budget cuts HERE.

Once again, in all its BRILLIANCE, our CONGRESS is going to ORPHAN off a perfectly viable technology, WITHOUT TELLING US.

MILLIONS of CITIZENS CURRENTLY USE this technology but Congress WON’T fund $6.3 million because they have greater priorities such as making sure they have BILLIONS of dollars to fund some giveaway program for ILLEGALS.

“Cut services to citizens” should be their new motto.

Gotta love those politicians.

Culture, Government

“The Truth Is Out There”

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Title is a reference to the “X-files”, a TV show about the FBI investigation of aliens and the paranormal.

Last week, on Sept, 6, the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico was evacuated and “temporarily” shutdown. Along with the observatory, the local post office was also evacuated and shutdown.  The residents of the small town of Sunspot were also evacuated.

Here’s where it starts to evoke the tin foil hat, conspiracy theories.

The FBI has mysteriously taken charge of the site and the apparently were the ones who ordered the evacuation. Local law enforcement was asked to standby but were not told why the observatory was closed down. The county sheriff stated, “The FBI is refusing to tell us what’s going on. We’ve got people up there (at Sunspot) that requested us to stand by while they evacuate it. Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say. But for the FBI to get involved that quick and be so secretive about it, there was a lot of stuff going on up there. There was a Blackhawk helicopter, a bunch of people around antennas and work crews on towers but nobody would tell us anything.”

The observatory is still closed and no one is talking.

Hmmmm….

I would have at first guessed a bomb threat, but why would anyone but a disgruntled former employee want to bomb and observatory.  That guess now seems unlikely to be correct because it shouldn’t take a over a week to disarm or remove a bomb.  Also unless it was a “dirty” bomb, why would the residents need to be evacuated?  A “dirty” nuclear bomb seems highly unlikely because at most such a bomb would kill less than 20 people in that location.  Not much of an effective terrorist threat.

A second guess would be something like anthrax or other chemical or biological agent was found at the observatory because the post office was closed. A few things seem to contradict that idea. No one was reported hospitalized.  No other post offices have been closed which you would have expected if a dangerous package passed through the system. Also why would there be “… a bunch of people around antennas and work crews on towers…“?

Oddly, the authorities “usually” issue some sort of statement about a situation, but for over a week the Feds have been completely silent.

My guesses now are Bigfoot or aliens.

Maybe I should start making myself a tin foil hat.  Just to be safe…

Culture, Finance

What Is Best?

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According to CNBC the US is way behind European countries as the “best” place to retire. The US ranks well back in 16th place. The NUMBER ONE place to retire is SWITZERLAND according to the CNBC article. You can read the amazing article HERE.

As someone who is semi-retired, I had to look up some numbers as Switzerland does not in my book seem like the “best” place to retire.
Here are some figures.

Housing. You’d better have more than the average retirement savings that most people in the US have put away. A 900 square foot apartment will put you back a cool $1,000,000.00 !!! A million buck$ for less than 1000 square feet of living space. Sounds pretty “best” so far.

Food. Eating is quite the bargain in Switzy. A meal at an “inexpensive” restaurant will only set you back about $25. How much food can you buy at Denny’s for $25? Once again quite the “best” bargain. A meal for TWO at a “moderately” price establishment will only set you back $103.00. Like the birdie said, “Cheap, cheap, cheap”. Okay forget dining out, how about some good home cooking. A gallon of milk will cost you $6. Not much more than milk at Walmart for $2. $6 isn’t that much more than $2 is it? A dozen large eggs is only $5.61. Again Wally has them for $2.67. Not too much more is it?  Once again very “best“.

How about some TRANSPORTATION? A Toyota Corolla over there is only a bit more than $26,000.00. A Corolla here in the states is right around $19,000.00 if didn’t haggle and paid full MSRP. $7,000.00 MORE for a car is just another drop in the “best” bucket.

Taxes. Here’s a cool thing about living in Switzerland. They tax you on your wealth. You pay taxes on everything you own INCLUDING money that you’ve saved. Here in the US you’ll hear the progre-sissies screaming about capital gains taxes benefiting the rich. Capital gains taxes are taxes on EARNINGS and NOT on the PRINCIPLE (money you’ve saved). The Swiss fix this problem by taxing on both PRINCIPLE AND EARNINGS, every single year. If you’ve saved $100,000 and you had 5% growth, here in the US you only owe taxes on $5000.  In the “best” Swiss system you get taxed on every single penny of your savings,  the $5000 in earnings PLUS your $100,000 in savings, EVERY YEAR.  Makes your nest egg smaller and smaller every year.  Pretty good deal, right?  This is to prevent EVIL WEALTH ACCUMULATION by fiscally prudent people. Tax all wealth to give away to everyone. Wealth redistribution.  Wait isn’t that one of the “best” idea with DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM?

Is CNBC promoting “FAKE NEWS”? Nah, that can’t be.  They’re a “real” news agency.  They wouldn’t lie to us.  They’re all the “best” reporters without a socialist agenda.