apples


It used be said, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."




Now it's, "An Apple a day keeps the reality away."


You may have to have to be "older" to find that funny. Young people may not get the humor of it, or the truth.





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living at home with your parents

From the Washington Post:

"For the first time in modern history, more 18-to-34-year-olds live with their parents than in any other living arrangement, according to a Pew Research Center report released Tuesday.

In 2014, nearly one-third of young adults lived in their parents’ home, a bigger group than those living with a spouse or romantic partner, living alone or with roommates, or living as single parents.

A big reason is a decline in economic opportunities. As the cost of living has escalated and wages have stagnated, mounting student debt and rising home prices create obstacles to cohabitation and marriage."



Welcome to the new America, where 30-year-olds live with their parents. Free rent, free food, free laundry, free loading, free dumb.

Millennials should blame Obama - and the Democrats - for doing little or nothing from 2008-2016 to grow the economy, and doing little or nothing to help create good new full-time jobs for college graduates.

"It's the economy Stu Pitt".






New definition for Pi


Pi is a math symbol. 3.14 etc. I am now using it to mean something else. Pi. The letters P and I. It now will also mean politically incorrect. Pi.

Political correctness has gone too far. It's time to fight back, with Pi! I am sick of extreme political correctness. It's getting ridiculous. It's everywhere. It's TOO extreme. It's enough! I am fighting back. With Pi. I am now using the Pi symbol to stand for Political Incorrectness, in reaction to Political Correctness gone too far. I will use it as a signature in my emails. I will put it on my blog. On my social media. I will design a hat with the Pi symbol on it and wear it proudly. Maybe I'll have lots of stuff with Pi on it. I'm fighting back. I've had enough.

This extreme political correctness must end. Stop the Extreme Political Correctness. Stop it now.

How?

I am starting a movement for all of us who are not extreme liberals - and who are fed up with all the extreme political correctness. Let's end the extreme political correctness, it's gone too far. Way too far. It's time for some common sense. Some sanity. Some reality. It's time for a backlash movement to stop extreme political correctness. I am starting this movement. Right here, right now. And I am using the Pi symbol as the logo for this movement. It stands for, "I oppose extreme political correctness". Let's stop the extreme liberals and all the outrageous extreme political correctness. Let's stop it NOW. Join me. Cut & paste the symbol below, add your own caption if you wish, and use it to protest extreme political correctness!



I am Pi


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Dangerously Fabulous



Bike riding is becoming a big deal across America. Major cities are adding miles of bicycle lanes to their congested streets, people are urged to bike to work, laws are being passed to protect bicyclists. Bicycle riding is becoming a big deal across America. Big deal! I was riding a bike, in New York City, in Manhattan, 40 years ago. Without a helmet.

Years ago, way back in the 1970's, before helmet laws and dedicated bike lanes, on Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting, I would ride my sleek maroon 10-speed racing bike to Central Park and then ride miles around and through the beautiful landmark park, with its zoo, boating lake and walking paths.

On these weekends I would take off on my racing bike, riding from my residence on Manhattan's Upper East Side, along 79th St, to Central Park. I had to dodge trucks, cars, cabbies, drivers who parked their cars and then opened their car door into traffic - without looking - as I was riding by. And I had to avoid pedestrians, lots of pedestrians, many of whom thought nothing of jaywalking. And this was way before there was any "Bicycle Awareness" programs, or signs, or dedicated bicycle lanes. And, worse, I had to avoid ALL the many sewers in the streets; the sewer grates had open slots, slots that were wider than my bike tires and if I hit them my tires would go into the grating and my bike would crash, sending me flying head over heels. While riding the streets of New York, I had to swerve into traffic to avoid each of the many sewers, on every block.

Nonetheless, despite all the dangers, I loved riding my bike in New York City. I loved riding my bike in Central Park. It was magical. It was fabulous. It was dangerous. It was dangerously fabulous!

Eventually, I moved to L.A. And instead of buying a bike I had to buy a car.






woman drives into lake



A woman in Ontario, Canada, trying to navigate a foggy night ended up driving straight into Lake Huron Thursday, according to police.

The 23-year-old Kitchener, Ontario, resident was following her car’s GPS when she somehow lost her way and drove into the lake. It was after midnight when she took the fateful turn, and suddenly felt her red Toyota Yaris filling with sub-40 degree water as it sank.

Thinking quickly, the woman managed to roll down the windows before the vehicle disappeared below the surface, and swam to shore.

Apparently, no alcohol was involved in the incident and the driver will not be charged.



She followed her GPS and ended up in a lake? Epic fail! Thankfully, the young lady was not drunk, was not texting while driving, was not killed and was not charged by police. Maybe the GPS should be charged, with stupidity!






Driving causes cancer



(HealthDay News) -- The front windshield of your car probably shields you from the sun's UV-A rays as you drive, but the same may not be true for side windows, a new study finds.

Experts have long known that prolonged exposure to ultraviolet A (UV-A) rays can raise the odds for skin cancer and cataracts.

And with the long hours many Americans drive each day, one researcher in California wondered how much sun protection today's cars might offer.

To find out, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, of the Boxer Wachler Vision Institute in Beverly Hills, analyzed the ultraviolet protection provided by the glass in 29 cars from 15 different automobile manufacturers.

Boxer Wachler measured levels of ambient UV-A radiation behind the front windshield and behind the driver's side window of the cars, which were produced between 1990 and 2014.

While windshield windows tended to offer good protection against UV-A, protection was lower and inconsistent for the side windows of cars, the study findings showed.

Overall, only 14 percent of the cars offered a high level of side-window UV-A protection, the research revealed.



Terrific, something else that can cause cancer. Driving. So, for decades, tens of millions of drivers have been exposed to cancer-causing UV rays through their side window while driving? Terrific. Luckily, I'm not affected by side window UV radiation, I drive with my window down. Oh, wait a minute, that's even worse!

So now we find out that something else may cause cancer. Driving. What DOESN'T cause cancer?






stocks are down, blame millennials



From Reuters:

"Disney (DIS.N) shares were down 5.5 percent at $100.71 after the company's results missed expectations as advertising and subscriptions declined at ESPN.

The stock was the biggest drag on the Dow, accounting for about 35 points of the index's 80 points fall. Macy's (M.N) sank 7.8 percent to $34.14 after the department store operator slashed its full-year sales forecasts. Macy's weak report dragged down other department store chains with J.C. Penney (JCP.N), Kohl's (KSS.N), Nordstrom (JWN.N) and Dillard's (DDS.N) falling between 2 to 6 percent."



This is due in no small part to Millennials. Many millennials do not believe in acquiring "things" i.e. buying stuff, stuff that creates jobs and grows the economy. In fact, retail sales account for a large percentage of our entire economy and millies are not contributing as they don't buy much beyond iPhones, tattoos and organic gluten-free food.

The American economy cannot grow and we cannot sustain our economic system without lots of people spending lots of money and acquiring lots of things. That's what creates real jobs in real world America. It's not happening anymore. We can thank the millies and the liberals for that.


In fact, the ONLY reason the stock market is as high as it is is because there are no other good investments where pension funds etc. can invest YOUR money. So all those billions of dollars go into the stock market, and keep stock prices perhaps artificially too high, awaiting a correction, bubble or crash.

To add to the problem, kids are not taught the basics of our economic system in school or at home or, if they are, they're taught that capitalism is bad. Thus, they don't even realize they are dooming themselves, by not spending money and buying things -- and creating jobs for themselves. Plus, liberals also hate capitalism and don't/won't support it.

These are the reasons why millennials will end up with no jobs and no money and living at home with their parents until age 65. You want a good future? Wake up and start spending!






American Heart Association



Comments by Nancy Brown, CEO American Heart Association, in response to the FDA putting severe and expensive controls and regulations on electronic cigarettes:

"On behalf of my organization — the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association — and our 30 million-plus volunteers and supporters, we commend the FDA for taking this significant action. Still, it’s comforting to know that we’re headed in the right direction now and that we already know where more gains can be made.

So as we celebrate adding this milestone to the list, we look forward to further additions. The sooner we act, the more lives we can save and improve."




Sounds good except the new FDA regs will put most e-cig makers out of business and will thus deprive ADULTS of their right to buy and use the much safer electronic cigarettes. The new FDA regulations will force e-cig makers to submit and register all their products, at a cost of $1 million for EACH product, effectively putting them out of business.

As for the bogus argument that electronic cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals, e-cigs contain no tobacco and scientific studies show electronic cigarettes contain extremely low amounts of carcinogens, at levels not harmful to humans. In fact, according to cancer.org and other reliable sources, many things contain carcinogens, including alcoholic beverages, processed meat, cosmetics and solar radiation. So, in the misguided effort to protect our youth from all potentially dangerous substances the government will have to ban practically everything, including sunshine!






FDA promotes smoking


The FDA has now made it impossible for small business e-cig makers to provide adult consumers with the safer alternative to smoking. Thus, thanks to the stupid government, MORE Americans may soon be smoking cigarettes!

From usnews.com

"Companies must within two years submit premarket tobacco application papers with the FDA, which will take on average 1,500 hours to process with an additional 213 hours for related environmental review, at an estimated cost of more than $1 million for each flavor, nicotine strength and device – a prohibitive barrier to smaller firms. And once applications are submitted, there’s no guarantee the FDA will give a green light."



$1 million. Per flavor and per strength and per device. Well, that puts my e-cig supplier out of business. And all the other small electronic cigarette companies. My e-cig supplier makes the products in California and employs many workers in California, ALL of whom will soon be unemployed. Nice going FDA. So, at that point (2 years from now) I will have to switch to a major e-cig maker (none of which compare to my current supplier), or stop vaping, or try a smoking cessation drug with horrible side effects, or use a stupid nicotine patch which takes 6-hours to begin working, or return to smoking, which is banned everywhere. Or maybe I'll be dead by then and my problem will solve itself.

Today, Saturday, May 7, 2016, marks 4 years and 5 months since I stopped smoking. After smoking a pack a day for over 50 years, I quit - in 1 day - thanks solely to e-cigs. According to my doctors and all the tests, I am healthier now than I was 5 years ago. And the government wants to regulate e-cigs out of business. Idjiots!

After I win the $400 million Powerball jackpot tonight, at this point in American history I may have to leave my native country, America, buy a private island and start my own country, with my own laws. I will be the ruler. I will make the laws. And vaping will be allowed! Personal freedom for adults will be allowed! Idjiots will not be allowed!