Canadian Morals Under The Scope

The November 30th McLean's Magazine had an interesting article on "The New Canadian Morality". The title is what got my attention. Since when do morals always stay the same? It might have read "The Changing Canadian Morality".
Many parts of the article interested me, but I was especially intrigued at the Euthanasia section. It seems that it is against the law to give drugs to speed-up death of a terminally ill person, but legal to withdraw feeding tubes from "failing" patients. The question of doctor assisted euthanasia was answered by McQueen's Catholic Bioethics (Catholic bioethics? I guess that's as strange as studying theology). They urge all Canadians to live life well, until its "natural" end (italics by me). Asking Canadians to live well till its natural end? This coming from an organization that fights anything natural and instead formulates their world view on supernatural superstition.
What "The New Canadian Morality" has shown me, is that Canadians are becoming more concerned with rights than with doctrine. I just wish religious folks could understand personal rights.

FMF

Ozone and water

My ozone machine worked like a hot damn and so did the fish pump idea. However, my glass insulator did finally buy the farm. I'm now looking for a thicker glass and stainless components. I'll let you know when I get that going again - I have an idea...

FMF

Better production, smaller cell

In my experiments this weekend I've figured out how to get better H2O2 production. I first thought of more plates, but the that would just increase the resistance of the cell - requiring more current. I've figured out a way to increase gas output with less plates and the same current. I'll pickup the materials in the next few weeks and let you know how it goes.

FMF

Ozone - Hot Damn

I did it! I built a corona discharge type ozone machine. I'll get a small fish tank pump and try my water purifying tests when I'm done getting all the parts together.
FMF

What is the responsiblity of a parent?

I was wondering what parents are for? They obviously bring-up children, but what does that mean? wish to analyze this in the future. I'm not a parent, so some of you parents might have a bone to pick with me about my opinion. Remember - I was a child with parents - so I might have a thought or two. See you in the future.

FMF

Ozone generator test 1

Well it seems that my ozone generator test was a success! I do need to bring the plates closer together.

Ozone experiment #1

Just finished making an ozone machine - I hope. Getting ready to plug the thing in.

Mold update - final

I came home last week to absolute carnage! My samples were swept away along with the other back forty trash. I wept. No matter, I will find some new mold to play with:)

FMF

Moldy Update

I checked on the mold samples to day. Just as I suspected, the colonization is progressing well. Soon, I will be testing various solutions on each sample. (Insert evil laugh here)

Mold Tests

I have 4 slices of dried-up moldy bread. I am going to revive it first, then I will make it non-viable using a viriety of solutions. I will use water on one of my samples - as my control. I'll then be using hydrogen peroxide based Oxygenic on my next sample, Benefect and PRC on the other 2 samples. I'll be posting my finding as the days wear on.

Peace,

FMF

Is it Really Sad?

In an article by the Associated Press recently, Ap reports that the US House of Reps has voted 410-8 to abolish the separation of church and state.

However, the US Constitution states in: Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Ratified in 1791! I guess American politicians believe that the statute of limitations applies to the US Constitution! This is so laughable and scary at the same time. I wonder if any of those in the house of reps actually has read the US Constitution? Probably not. Enough about the dumb-asses in the US House of Reps. What is scary about all this is that the US is going down a road of extremism and totalitarianism, just the thing they SAY they are fighting against in the middle east. We in Canada have to put up with their shit. Zeus save us all;)

FMF

Still alive:)

I'm still alive. I just finished another move and I hope to stay here awhile. Nice place, nice neighborhood.

I will post soon.

FMF

A Letdown

Wow. I had such high expectations for Angels & Demons. Ron Howard did a great job at showing the world the enormous amount of wealth the Vatican is in possession of. Mr. Howard failed miserably, however, at developing the story about the battle between science and superstition. Angels and Demons was very similar to the Da Vinci Code. You have Robert Langdon running around with some pretty girl after some bad guy. That's the story, in both movies. Ron Howard had a real chance to show just how the Vatican has screwed much of the world, justifying their actons by saying that they do good work or that it's all in the name of god. Oh well, the book wasn't some piece of history. I just think Ron Howard could have done a greater job developing the rivalry between the science community and the Vatican church.

FMF

Palm T/X Crap

I've owned my Palm T/X for about a year. The unit performed well up until 4 months ago. The first problem i had was that the power button would not work. I would have to hit a button on my T/X just to turn it on and wait for the 2 min with no activity feature to turn it off. Now my screen is out of sync. If I press the wifi search button, the dialer opens. I searched youtube, only to find that the digitizer is the problem. As it turns out, thousands of other people have the same problems that I've had. It would seem that the Palm T/X is a piece of shit. Plain and simple.

You might think that Palm would be concerned, but just like big business - they'll ignore that fact that they made a piece of shit and hope that everyone's attention will be diverted when one of their new pieces of shit electronics comes out.

Needless to say, I will not be buying another Palm piece of shit again. This was a pretty expensive lesson to learn. Anybody need a wireless keypad for a Palm T/X?

FMF

Mold Test

Here is a photo of a seemingly innocuous kitchen sink. Little did the homeowner know is that sink had been leaking into the basement suite for some time. As the photo shows (yeah I know it's a panel on its side) the water damage was extensive. Note the corroded plumbers wire.

Needless to say, this is a test.

See ys

FMF

A lesson in humility

I had a lesson today. In discussing some of the bullshit in the world with a couple of good fellas, I had the great fortune of discovering that I had a misunderstanding of altruism. I understood altruism to be like giving someone in need your last loaf of bread - because they were in need. Does that not leave you without bread? I can see sharing to be an option, but then that would be selfish to a degree wouldn't it? Could 'sharing' be construed as altruistic? In doing some research on altruism, I stumbled upon a site that gave an argument as to why altruistic behavior could be harmful (and the only reason I introduce the idea is so I can illustrate why the idea of good and bad isn't always as clear as we think it to be).

"On a flight I took the other day, I watched the stewardess give the usual five minute safety presentation, and for the first time stopped to think about the implications of some of her words, which I had heard hundreds of times before without noticing them.

In the event the cabin depressurizes, oxygen masks will automatically drop from the ceiling. The stewardess warned us to make sure we put our own masks on before attempting to help our seatmates with theirs. This is part of an FAA-approved script, from which they never depart in making these presentations.

I imagine that this warning is aimed at the following scenario. The cabin depressurizes and anyone without a mask will become unconscious in moments. Your seatmates are children or otherwise helpless. If you attempt to help them without securing your own mask first, you will pass out without succeeding and everyone will die or become incapacitated. If you put your own mask on, your seatmates may pass out but will revive as soon as you have placed their masks on their faces. Thus, your attempt to help them will only succeed if you help yourself first."
The Ethical Spectacle - Feb 1997 - www.spectacle.org

Do we not have to make sure that our needs are met first? Would it be bad to help ourselves first instead of our seatmates? I guess it all depends on the outcome?

FMF

Holy Shit! Really!

I can't believe this, I mean I can, but I can't for the sake of people who don't give a shit. What I'd like to discuss here has two parts.

Part 1
There once was a Roman Catholic official (British Bishop Richard Williamson) who denied the Holocaust happened. The Vatican excommunicated (got rid of) the wanker, but then decided to let him back. There were a lot of pissed off people! The Pope himself lambasted Holocaust deniers. WTF? You can SEE the hypocrisy? Now the Vatican want's this wanker to recant. Ratzinger is kidding right? I guess it's like going to confession and being absolved of your sins. "Father forgive me for I have sinned - I thought the holocaust was all bullshit and still believe it was bullshit, but I want my job back so I'll just say that it did happen O.K?"

What a load of pig crap! The wanker was on Swedish television just before the lifting of his excommunication was announced and said "there was not one Jew killed by the gas chambers" during World War II.

Need I say more?

Part 2
Still with me?
You have someone who believes that no Jew was killed by the gas chambers during WWII. Right? How about the photos? The Newsreels? Interviews with camp survivors? One would think that the evidence is overwhelming. Evidently not.

However...

You have the same fella who believes that there is a 'god'. This fells also believes there was a guy named jesus who was the son of god and god at the same time. He believes in the virtue of murder, rape, stealing, incest, talking snakes (this one is for you Bill), lying, living in the sky, rabbits chew cud, blah, blah, blah. He believes stories from people who can't get their stories straight and people who NEVER MET the person (jesus) they were writing about! No photos, no film, no real evidence. Just ancient, edited messed-up stories, fragments, planted 'evidence' and a shitload of wishful thinking! Look this one up for yourself, but Leo X is on record saying as saying: "It has served us well, this myth of Christ". Whether the pope was a lying jackass stooge for the Medici family, he was still chosen by god! A tad screwy don't ya think? You can think?

In closing I would like to throw these two quotes -

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Not sure who came up with that one, but it's a oldie and a goodie!

"The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites." - Thomas Jefferson

Thanks Thomas and thanks eveyone for reading my blog.

Peace,

FMF

Moral values strike again!

I just watched a great movie. Milk is a story about Harvey Milk. Harvey was the first 'openly gay' person to be elected to public office in the US of A. The movie, and the movement, take place in the late 70's - a time when homosexuals were getting a bum rap (no pun intended). To make a long story short - one of Harvey's fellow city Supervisors (Ex cop, Ex firefighter, heterosexual and religious fella), was pissed off one day and waltzed into the mayor's office and shot the mayor dead. Then he proceeded to shoot Harvey Milk.

A man of that moral fibre had no regard for human life - after serving time in jail, he later committed suicide. This movie says volumes about moral fibre. Who's morals? And what exactly are morals anyhow?

FMF