Saturday, February 27, 2021

America's Cup: Amazing sailing or should I say flying

 America's Cup: Amazing sailing or should I say flying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98nH-dvNUE&feature=youtu.be


Whether I am in Calgary or Fernie the one constant factor of my life is I live 3,500 ft (for kids today that is 1070M) above sea level.  As you can imagine that would make sailing a sport that was hard to relate to.  Au contraire, we landlocked people can enjoy sailing, I learned as a kid on Glenmore Reservoir where the fickle winds and the enthusiasm of transplanted Brits, Aussie's and American's brought their love of sailing to us Calgary youngsters.  Part of learning sailing is for most of us to love sailing.  Over the years I have had the pleasure of enjoying many sailing trips in the Gulf Islands over the years.

As a kid I also started to follow the America's Cup.  Dennis Conner was the star of the eighties and ultimately also broke the American hold of the cup by ultimately losing to Australia.


While he was winning he almost made the series boring, no one seemed able to beat him. Then he lost and the series got interesting when the Aussie's beat him.  The winged keel of Australia II gave the Cup to the Australians.  This broke the contest wide open and technology has been allowed to change the face of the race.  I was in San Francisco in 2013 when the catamarans with wings first showed up.  It was very exciting to see the Oracle team come from behind and learn flying in the middle of the series. 

Since then technology has moved even further.  I first heard about the new foils from a friend in Fernie, Pete, a transplanted Australian shipwright and sailor.  In the course of having our Covid outdoor coffee meetings we discussed his love of sailing and where it has come during his lifespan.  I couldn't believe it until now.  Amazing.  The sailing or flying is fascinating but the crashes are going to be spectacular.

J

Friday, February 26, 2021

Mundo Loco: US Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman Says “Militia Groups Want to Blow Up Capitol” When Biden Delivers State of the Union Address

 

US Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman Says “Militia Groups Want to Blow Up Capitol” When Biden Delivers State of the Union Address



Hahaha.  Does this crazy person thinks anyone believes her story.  Not a chance.  How did she become the Police Chief?  Has she been checked for drugs.

J

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

PERVERTED SCIENCE: New Study Warns Of The Unintended Consequences Of Massive Solar Farms

 

New Study Warns Of The Unintended Consequences Of Massive Solar Farms


Here is another ludicrous idea from our climate sciences, similar to the Nazi idea of draining the Mediterranean sea to create farmland or Bill Gates and his idea to spray dust into the upper atmosphere to block the sun. The depth of thinking going into these concepts is as dense as a tweet or a tiktok.  This is why science is no longer respected.

J

Monday, February 22, 2021

Newsflash: Water Is Wet, Fire Is Hot, And The Climate Keeps Changing

 

Newsflash: Water Is Wet, Fire Is Hot, And The Climate Keeps Changing



The pivot from global warming to climate change was a great appropriation of the concept of change.  Change is inevitable, we know that from our historic and geological records.  What are Greenies want though is climate stasis.  The high church of climate change will keep making sacrifices at all of our cost in an effort to try to convince us that they will change the evolution of the globe. 

J

Sunday, February 21, 2021

The Net Zero Cure Is Far Worse Than The Disease

  The Net Zero Cure Is Far Worse Than The Disease https://www.zerohedge.com/political/net-zero-cure-far-worse-disease We are now going to fa...