The Most Hated Repblican in My District...

I give you all 3 guesses who?  It's ME! I moved to strike any and all ant-abortion / anti gay marriage language from the 2012 official platform so the snowball would have a chance in hell of unseating this president by being a party that is inclusive of all politically allied independents instead of driving them away by advertising being exclusive of those who differ on religious views.  This platform was limited to 25 planks...I stated to the convention that if we couldn't find 25 things more important to the current state of our nation than disdain based on a 39 year, 2 month and one day old supreme court case (as of the date of the convention) and the word applied to a pairs of individuals who are functioning as a married couple than perhaps everyone needed to view more of the news. Despite the hour long (almost....through various parliamentary extensions and amendments) lambasting I received, my motion to strike the plank failed by a paltry 8 or 10 votes (I forget number but I lost lost less than 10% of the convention body.) Haha the chair had to remind people not to yell or direct angry outbursts at me especially since this was not a debate on the morality of these issues but more of a PR move. Long story short I have been elected to represent all of you (of this particular party)in my district at the state convention.   My wife has also been elected so I will have at least one supporter!  I'm sure I will have more than that as I almost had this stricken in my rural district and the state convention body will be majoriarily (is that a word?) filled with those from our urban districts (I believe there are a total of 2000 delegates to the state convention so I will have a much larger audiance.)  As pissed as the speakers against me were, I still got a bunch of laughs during the proposal (for my jokes) as well as compliments for my public speaking skills (one even called it "eloquent.") woohoo!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/24/cheney-recovering-from-heart-transplant-surgery/


I bet donor one of his hunting buddies. Also:
predictable. Premier is appealing fact that they failed their first time to object to my unemployment nsurance benefits. I wonder what other information they will fabricate for this one...or maybe run the same wrong "info" thru.....we just gotta wait and see....

Damn Good Idea...

Ex employee of Goldman-Sachs spills guts about former workplace in NYT.  (Use online translator to translate story).......http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=162677

A guy who worked on Google+ did same thing:
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=162706

I hope all my fello ex employees read these and see that all of that sort of action is protected speech! YeeHaw!

Horribleness...

Yes, 1st of all I HAVE recorded the new show and am in the process of cutting it together now. So there!
2nd:  I felt moved to comment on a story that I read on rainews24.it last night. I didnt feel like translating it here for everyone so I have not replicated it here (that and I can no longer find it.)It was about 3 incidents in a single day of the sexual assault of several young people throughout Italy one of which the aggressor was met through Facebook (victim was 13 years old.)  (OK......I found it.   http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=162612) 
I wanted to bring this up only because many people tend to think of this as being a problem primarily for those who live in big American cities.  It is a GLOBAL problem (especially in Europe where internet and cell phone use is more widespread) and ALL of us parents need to be aware of what are kids do online.  This was an attack and the 13 year old certainly didnt ask for nor deserve this BUT had the parents known about her Fbook doings it may not have happened.  I am sure that is what this poor child's parents would have us take from all of this. ( P.S. I love how 5 carabinieri squad cars descended upon the two adult attackers in the 2nd incident!)

Speaking of internet fouls, MY stalkers have racked up a huge number of page views and data "downloaded" from my site here. I should start releasing a weekly total complete with how much time had been spent here each week! (Again guys...I can see all of that.) Just know that it is indeed a favor that I have not forbidden them from seeing it (which is well within my rights as  I have to pay for every letter that reaches their eyeballs) but I am sincerely hoping that some of my genius will rub off.  It MUST be working as the visits have spiked considerably. Make sure to print it out fellas!

Tonight's Show:

This article in Scientific American shall serve as the topic for tonight's show:

Why Interacting with a Woman Can Leave Men "Cognitively Impaired"

In one experiment, just telling a man he would be observed by a female was enough to hurt his psychological performance.

click here for article

Parenting.....

Is it wrong for me to tell my kids that if they don't learn another language and do well in school thatithey are doomed to work at a mine for the rest of ther lives?  Not just ANY mine either.....one run by people who couldn't help correct their current 6th and 7th grade homework!  I dont think it is.  Yes, I worked there myself and the WORKERS aren't bad people at all (in fact, I miss them horribly.)  It's the people they pick to be in charge.....ANYWAY...I DID block their network from being able to see this site but it didnt work because theyre not typing in "timothytrott.com" to get here. If they were they'd be bounced out to a special screen just for them.  There's nothing here to hide from anyone it's just one of their faux "managers" (not really a manager as there is not enough in the newly made position to justify its existance) is running his mouth and "inventing" things that I have written here. (The fact that he runs his mouth incessantly helped me determine which comps on the network were accessing my site etc...yes...it helps me) but i saw in this morning's stat report that they visited this morning. It's like having a stalker!  Don't worry, my adoring public, once I bang out another show etc I will find way to block access to my site via the addy theyre currently using.  They can look at home or somewhere else as I hate to think they are getting paid to do this while everything else gets ignored.   I REFUSE TO BE AN ENABLER! Hahahahahaha  That's all I have to say about that!

Solar Flares and Whatnot...

We are currently recieving the barrage launched at us by the sun via CME / Solar Flare on March 7.  The predictions are diverse, varied and very difficult to make BUT from what I can gather, we are still being blasted and will continue to be for the rest of the day.  It is still the cover story over at foxnews.com where they are reporting that the brunt of the 'impact' should arrive today. 

What does this mean for those of us who do not take joy in the nerdier things in life? Well, those of us who happen to have electricity are at risk of losing it via the outages that accompany these storms.  Surges of energy can travel down power-lines and create a management problem for power companies.  So even if you have a surge protector on the extension cord coming from the neighbors house, it wont help for 2 reasons: a) you will be unable to further steal power from others as they will have none either and b) it is more of a system-wide event rather than merely trailer-wide.  Just in case, it would not be a bad idea to check the batteries in your flashlights etc and other "power bump" devices in the event that the power flickers off.  I seriously do not think this will happen but it never hurts to think ahead (or at all!)

Finally and on a more personal note; aside from wierd space-weather and all of the appointments etc that I have had since my departure from the mining industry, I have got to say that we have not been happier here at home!  It is an odd time to be so but the kids have been happy that and taking advantage of the fact that I am home with them instead of being always up in "onetoothilliterateville." I will still have to make a trip up there in next week or so to gather my things but after that I shouldn't have to concern myself with it ever again! It has been nice getting kids ready for school and welcoming them home and I hope to find me a job here which keeps me close enough to continue to do so. We'll see! Keep your fingers crossed for me!