Robert Harvey Oshatz. Architect

WTF? Why do I not live in a house like this?

Robert Harvey Oshatz designs buildings of organic "Wright" simpleness with the use of industrial building concepts.

Why do I live in a simple concrete 3/2? Spouses never had the vision it takes of what it would be like to live outside a box. A couple of unused college courses in architecture and now I assume that I will never get a self designed plan built.

And what is your excuse?

Steve

A Build it Yourself Lego / Conex Electric car

When I first stumbled onto TREXA  impressed me with thier concept.

Today, TREXA  announcing a base price of US$15,999 for the lithium-powered, modular platform which is designed to facilitate the creation of custom "vehicle apps".

WTF!! Grown up Lego and Connex sets!

It reminds me back to the days of the original VW Beatles. The body was bolted on a modular chassis about twelve bolts and you could bolt a new, stylish body on.

I want one!!!

Steve

The 100 most reliable cars of the last decade

 As a privately owned insurance intermediary, warranty direct collects lots of data about warranty issues – something you’ll never find out from the only other people who have access to the information, the manufacturers. In a very clever move, it has taken this secondary data and produced a reliability index – an independent comparison of frequency of failure across the 55,000 vehicles it insures. Read on for a list of the 100 most reliable used cars over the past decade. Light blue font highlight American made models.

1 Honda Accord 2 Subaru Forester 3 Mazda MX-5 4 Mitsubishi Carisma 5 Toyota Yaris 6 Honda Civic 7 Nissan Almera 8 Honda CR-V 9 Toyota RAV4 10 Nissan Micra 11 Lexus IS 200 12 Mazda 626 13 Jaguar X-Type 14 Toyota Landcruiser 15 Volvo S/V40 16 MINI (BMW) 17 Suzuki Vitara 18 Mazda 323 19 Toyota Carina E 20 Saab 9-5 21 Lexus LS400 22 Ford Ka 23 Rover 45 24 Hyundai Lantra 25 Mercedes SLK 26 Citroen Xsara 27 Ford Cougar 28 Subaru Impreza 29 Skoda Octavia 30 Audi A4 31 Nissan Primera 32 Toyota Avensis 33 Volvo 850 34 Vauxhall Corsa 35 Seat Toledo 36 Volkswagen Golf 37 Daewoo Lanos 38 Fiat Brava 39 Hyundai Coupe 40 Mitsubishi Shogun 41 Rover 25 42 Mercedes CLK 43 Fiat Marea 44 Ford Focus 45 Peugeot 106 46 MG MG TF 47 BMW Z3 48 Hyundai Accent 49 Volkswagen Polo 50 Fiat Punto 51 Vauxhall Zafira 52 Mercedes C-class 53 Volvo S60 54 Toyota MR2 55 Mazda Xedos 6 56 Ford Puma 57 Vauxhall Astra 58 Vauxhall Omega 59 Chrysler Neon 60 Audi A2 61 Ford Fiesta 62 Ford Mondeo 63 Vauxhall Corsa 64 Citroen Saxo 65 BMW 3 Series 66 Vauxhall Vectra 67 Isuzu Trooper 68 Mercedes M-Class 69 Subaru Legacy 70 Rover 400 71 Fiat Ulysse 72 Mercedes E-Class 73 Renault Clio 74 Toyota Celica 75 Peugeot 306 76 Peugeot 406 77 Volvo S70 78 Rover 75 79 Daewoo Matiz 80 Peugeot 206 81 Mazda MX-3 82 Vauxhall Tigra 83 Seat Ibiza 84 Peugeot 106 85 Renault Megane 86 Peugeot 406 87 Saab 9-3 88 Audi A3 89 BMW X5 90 Mercedes S-class 91 Toyota Corolla 92 Seat Alhambra 93 BMW 5-series 94 Daewoo Nubira 95 Alfa Romeo 145 96 Saab 900 97 Mazda MX-6 98 Jaguar S-Type 99 Daewoo Leganza 100 Porsche Boxster

WTF?

Do you think our education system may not be teaching?

Old farts standing in the way of progress?

Corporate/Wall Street & Stockholder greed?

Steve

Republican Happy Bill, Pets Before Humans!!!! WTF???

Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, Republican from Michigan, has introduced a bill that would change 








the U.S. Tax Code by allowing a new itemized deduction: pet care!

The HAPPY Bill,  House Resolution 3501, is the Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years Act. (Sounds like a resolution for unmarried partners) It would allow "qualified pet care expenses" for a "qualified pet" up to $3500 a year. That is only $150 less than the tax write off of a human child!

Qualified pet care expenses would include 'amounts paid in connection with providing care (including veterinary care)..." The bill does not further specify what is meant by "care."  Is it "health care," or care that includes feeding, clothing, bedding, and toys for the pet?

A personal itemized deduction for pet care would be limited to $3500 per year. For humans to be eligible to deduct their own health care expenses, they first would need to be eligible to itemize total expenses and second, they could only deduct the amount of out-of-pocket health care expenses that are more than 7.5 percent of their adjusted gross income.

WTF!? Why do Republicans think more highly of their pets than of their human constituents? Why do they want to give tax write offs to pets while they block healthcare and let humans die for the lack of health insurance?  

Our Republican representative truly do not represent humans anymore! Write this jackass and let him know your thoughts!!!

Steve

Drunk Policemen and Concealed Weapons in Bars

A Baltimore City Police officer pulled his gun and pointed at the chest on a chain-saw-wielding haunted house worker dressed as the killer from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" because the officers daughter appeared to be disturbed by the act. WTF!?

A security guard  had been following the police officer because he appeared to be drunk.

Now remember, this police office is supposed to be a highly trained professional.

Recently both Tennessee and Arizona past concealed weapons laws allowing patrons to carry their guns into bars. There are also 14 states that issue permits allowing patrons to carry firearms in restaurants that serve alcohol.

Just what we need, concealed weapons carried by NRA idiots wandering into bars looking for a drunken fight.

Pakistan may be safer these days.

Steve

Coexistance

Cracks are forming in the foundations of our power structure. I am not talking about our crumbling infrastructure, I speak of the foundations that an authoritarian handful of those at the top of the political and religious game wheeling almost unlimited power over "We, the people" 

Those oligarchs who run our country and the rest of the world are beginning to feel a change in the wind as the Internet pulls back the curtain of secrecy and ignorance they have fostered to expose the wizard at work with his levers and knobs, even as he says "Pay no heed to the man behind the curtain" we are learning the truth from independent internet reporters.

Knowledge is power and the internet takes no prisoners. As "We, the people" are learning, the oligarchs  no longer have the curtain of ignorance, superstition, fear and infighting to contain the truth and the conform the masses to their wishes. The Genie of truth has been released from the bottle and will not be contained again.

Church, state and school leaders are scrambling to maintain their status quo as fundamental change takes the planet over. The vast majority of us have nothing to fear with the global changes coming except the closed mindedness of fear itself. We have, or are, learning that every person on the planet is like any other person. I remember back when Kennedy could not be president because he was catholic. Obama can't be president because he is black. All the old propaganda can not hold water anymore.

The only people who have to worry about this change are the authoritarians who tell us how to lead our lives as they hide behind their curtains and pull the levers, doing as they please. 

Authoritarians, your days are numbered until mankind can then live a peaceful coexistence among ourselves without your lies and deceits.

WTF you crazy old man!!!

Do I think the world can change??

Maybe!

Steve

911 and Healthcare Perspective

2,996 deaths have been attributed to the 9/11/01attacks on America.

Now imagine, if you can, a 911 attack every three weeks of the year!

 This is happening as you read this, WTF?!

Every month an estimated 3,750 Americans die because they do not have health or medical insurance!

What sort of barbarians would allow this to happen? 

Members of the House of Representatives, The Senate and all the Health Insurance companies.

 These are the barbarians at our doorsteps! 

Don't let them win!

Steve