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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 15 September 2012

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161156783/wind-power-plentiful-study-says

I learned that coal mines ruin the landscape, but wind turbines do not.

I learned you can pull power out of wind and not reduce its available power to blow, so there will be no environmental effect.

I learned we have magic technology that lets us place wind turbines on the ocean, on land including mountaintops and in the upper atmosphere all at the same time, without affecting landscape or environment.

I learned that wind turbines, if taken to a maximum level, will "only" use 15% of the world's supply of neodymium, assuming we extract it all and don't use more of it for other high power magnet applications.

I learned that Big Wind has isn't biased and has no agenda, because it serves a liberal purpose.

Given all that, I say we should immediately start building more wind farms, and strike their tax credits, so they can contribute positively to society.  It would be wrong to allow those wind fatcats to make windfall profits on this.

http://nuclearfissionary.com/2010/04/02/comparing-energy-costs-of-nuclear-coal-gas-wind-and-solar/

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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 13 September 2012

The latest crap I hear is that the video Islamists find offensive was made by a "Romney supporter" and "Free speech doesn't extend to deliberately angering people."

Yes, liberals are all for free speech, BUT!

And failures of policy are never their fault, even when it's their policy.

 
This is why you pat liberals on the head, say, "That's nice," and send them off to make some modern art, or write a poem, or some crap, while real men deal with relatively simple problems.

Anyone who's dealt with Arab culture can tell you that apologizing gets you nowhere.  It's seen as weak, submissive, "feminine."  You show up strong and polite, demand 300% of what you wish for and settle for 125%.  If not, you smack them, smack them again, kick them in the teeth on the way down, and tell them you're taking 200%.  That is how their culture works, and has worked, since Biblical times and since The March of the Ten Thousand.

You don't argue with 2500 years of culture.  You simply bomb it into the 21st century, or the stone age, their choice.

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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 20 August 2012

MY DRAGONCON SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK, 31 AUG TO 3 SEP

FRIDAY

4:00 PM5:00 PMMilitary SF: Current vs FictionalRegency V - Hyatt(FICTION HAS TO MAKE SENSE)
4:30 PM5:30 PMBaen Book SigningLarry Smith (Bookseller) - Marquis Ballroom -Marriott(I WILL ONLY MAKE THE LAST FEW MINUTES)

7:00 PM8:00 PMBelief Systems in SF 101Fairlie - Hyatt(I'LL BE PLAYING THIS ONE BY EAR)

~8:30 PMBrazillian BBQSal GrossoPRIVATE EVENT, CONTACT ME)

SATURDAY

1:00 PM2:00 PMBaen Slide ShowRegency V - Hyatt(COME SEE WHAT'S NEW FROM ME AND OTHER BAEN AUTHORS.  THERE ARE SOME FREEBIES FOR PARTICIPANTS)

2:30 PM3:30 PMGood war/Bad WarGreenbriar - Hyatt(IF WE WIN IT'S A GOOD WAR.  OKAY, NOT NECESSARILY)

4:00 PM5:00 PM9000 Years of Edged Weapons Pt 1 (Mod/MC)Kennesaw - Hyatt(COME SEE SOME OF MY COLLECTION AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THEM)

7:00 PM9:30 PMDragon*Con BanquetRegency VI-VII - Hyatt(PAID BANQUET GUESTS ONLY)

SUNDAY

11:30 AM12:30 PMAutograph SessionM301-M304 - Marriott(I DO NOT CHARGE FOR MY AUTOGRAPH, AND I BRING SPARE COPIES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE MY WORKS.  THOSE I CHARGE FOR)

12:30 PM2:00 PMBaen Brunch(WHERE I HANG OUT WITH THE SECRET AUTHOR CONSPIRACY)

2:30 PM3:30 PMBaen Book SigningLarry Smith (Bookseller) - Marquis Ballroom - Marriott(I'LL SIGN ANYTHING, BUT I PREFER IT BE BOOKS I WROTE)

4:00 PM5:00 PM9000 Years of Edged Weapons Pt 2 (Mod/MC)Kennesaw - Hyatt(MORE SHARP MAYHEM)

5:30 PM6:30 PMThe World is Coming to An End!Vinings 1-2 - Westin(TWO EXPERTS, 75 MINUTES, Q&A ON DISASTERS)

7:00 PM8:00 PMZombie 501: The Messiest Ways to Kill a ZombieVinings 1-2 - Westin(THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL)

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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 19 August 2012

I've been hanging smurfs by nooses outside my Pennsic tent for a decade. Everyone is amused. 

During a rainstorm this Pennsic, I open the tent to see some woman untying them and putting them down in the mud. I asked her WTF she was doing, because she was getting them muddy.

"It's no worse than what you're doing to them."

Well, actually it is, because they AREN'T ACTUAL CREATURES and mud hurts them worse than hanging from a rope.

She actually tried to hinder me from putting them back up.

"It's wrong to do that. Children don't need to see that."

Apparently, she's not aware that the children's archery shoot often features Barneys, Smurfs, etc, to be gleefully riddled with arrows.
I told her I'd been doing it for a decade, and no one, including the event staff had ever had a problem with it.

"It offends me," she said as she stormed off.

I said, "So go buy your own damned smurfs and cut them down."