Common Folk Collective » DCDan http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 20 Unbelievable Reasons to Start Your Day with Whiskey and Lemon http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2015/03/20-unbelievable-reasons-to-start-your-day-with-whiskey-and-lemon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-unbelievable-reasons-to-start-your-day-with-whiskey-and-lemon http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2015/03/20-unbelievable-reasons-to-start-your-day-with-whiskey-and-lemon/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:10:46 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5796 9133106443_cdbe78076c_z

  1. Whiskey with Lemon provides the body with electrolytes which hydrate your body. As lemons contain good amount of electrolytes such as potassium, calcium and magnesium.
  2. Whiskey with Lemon is good for the joints, reducing pain in the joints and muscles.
  3. Warm Whiskey with Lemon helps digestion as lemon contains citric acid. It interacts with other enzymes and acids which easily stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and digestion.
  4. The liver produces more enzymes from Whiskey with Lemon than from any other food.
  5. Whiskey with Lemon cleanses the liver. Lemon juice stimulates the liver to release toxins.
  6. Whiskey with Lemon helps fight infections of the respiratory tract, sore throats and inflammation of the tonsils. This is due to the anti-inflammatory properties of lemon.
  7. Warm Whiskey with Lemon helps regulate natural bowel movement.
  8. Whiskey with Lemon is indispensable for the normal work of metabolism. Since lemon is a powerful antioxidant, it protects the body from free radicals and strengthens the immune system.
  9. Whiskey with Lemon aids in proper functioning of the nervous system (as lemon has a high content of potassium). Depression and anxiety are often the result of low levels of potassium in the blood. The nervous system needs a sufficient amount of potassium to ensure sustainable signals to the heart.
  10. Whiskey with Lemon cleanses blood, blood vessels and arteries.
  11. Whiskey with Lemon can help lower blood pressure. A daily intake of one lemon can reduce high blood pressure by 10%.
  12. Whiskey with Lemon creates an alkalizing effect in the body. Even if you drink it immediately before a meal, it can help your body maintain a higher level of pH. The higher the pH, the more your body is able to fight diseases.
  13. Whiskey with Lemon is good for the skin. Vitamin C in lemon, improves our skin by rejuvenating the body. Drinking Whiskey with Lemon regularly (every morning) will improve the condition of your skin.
  14. Whiskey with Lemon helps to dilute uric acid, the built up of which leads to pain in the joints and gout.
  15. Whiskey with Lemon is beneficial for pregnant women. Since lemons are loaded with Vitamin C, it acts as an adaptogen helping the body cope with viruses such as colds. Furthermore, vitamin C helps the formation of bone tissue of the unborn baby. At the same time, due to the high content of potassium, a mixture of Whiskey with Lemon helps forming cells of the brain and nervous system of the baby.
  16. Whiskey with Lemon relieves heartburn. For this, mix a teaspoon of lemon juice in half a glass of whiskey.
  17. Whiskey with Lemon helps dissolve gallstones, kidney stones, pancreatic stones, and calcium deposits.
  18. Whiskey with Lemon helps with weight loss. Lemons contain pectin fiber, which helps suppress hunger cravings. Studies have proven people with a better alkaline diet have lost weight faster.
  19. Whiskey with Lemon helps with tooth pain and gingivitis.
  20. Whiskey with Lemon prevents cancer. This is due to the fact that lemons are a highly alkaline food. Multiple studies have found that cancer cannot thrive in an alkaline environment.

How and when to drink Whiskey with Lemon:

For this purpose, use warm purified or spring whiskey. Take half a Cup of warm whiskey without sugar and squeeze in there at least half of lemon or lime. Better to use a special juicer (to get the most juice with minimal effort). You can also use lemon essential oil. (where to find)

You need to drink Whiskey with Lemon first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Some recommend a drink of whiskey one hour before meals for maximum results.

So, when life gives you a bunch of lemons, make Whiskey with Lemons.

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Cult of Ignorance http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/11/cult-of-ignorance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cult-of-ignorance http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/11/cult-of-ignorance/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:43:30 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5741 What Congress will look like in 2015.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

Isaac Asimov

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Sigh Files http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/10/sigh-files/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sigh-files http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/10/sigh-files/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:40:52 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5702 Sigh, when how one looks is the focus of the press are actors are compelled to have plastic surgery and sites like usually progressive Gawker participate, it should make me want to throw in the towel, but instead, I think I want to double down.
Sigh
Renée Zellweger’s New Face Is Too Real by Amanda Hess.

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What You Need to Know About POODLE (includes a History) http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-poodle-includes-a-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-you-need-to-know-about-poodle-includes-a-history http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-poodle-includes-a-history/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:55:32 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5703 What you need to know about Poodle is that when you connect to a secure server aka https there are several protocols and versions of said protocols available to create the secure connection. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) was the first, it was created by Netscape. [Side note it’s part of why they were giving their browser away they wanted to make money selling the SSL server to businesses so that you could have secure transactions over the internet, basically before 1995 all connections to web servers were insecure.] They started with SSL v2, v1 was internal only and never released to the public. Within a year there were a lot flaws discovered and in 1996 they released SSL v3. Also to feed into your Illuminati vision of the internet SSL 3.0 draft was release by the Internet Engineering Task Force in a Request for Comments http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6101 The RCF are essentially the guides use by developers to implement the protocols.
In 1999 they came up with a newer protocol Transport Security Layer (TLS) So starting at this point newer browsers would first ask it the server supported TLS v1 if it didn’t then it would revert to SSL v3 (which is weaker) As TLS 1.1 and 1.2 came out this trend would continue. Where you’d start off with the best protocol and then go back and forth until you found one you both supported. This was done because a lot people don’t update their browsers or servers.

Now that you have the background. Some researchers at Google discovered a big flaw in SSL v3 which a lot of sites kept around, why you may ask? Because of motherfuckin’ Internet Explorer 6, it only supported SSL v3.

So the danger is that if the server supports SSL v3 your traffic can be sniffed. The responsibility is on server owners to stop supporting SSL v3 _but_ you can also, usually, force your browser to not accept SSL v3.

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Great Video Series on Race http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/09/great-video-series-on-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-video-series-on-race http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/09/great-video-series-on-race/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:11:50 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5676 You can find their YouTube page here.

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On the Perfect Crime http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/08/on-the-perfect-crime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-perfect-crime http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/08/on-the-perfect-crime/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:15:59 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5670 Stephen Dubner from Freakonomics says “So what’s “the perfect crime”? It turns out that if you are driving your car and run over a pedestrian, there’s a good chance — especially if you live in New York — that you’ll barely be punished. Why?”

I’d argue being a cop killing a black male is probably just as easy.

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Scurvy http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/08/scurvy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scurvy http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/08/scurvy/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:22:11 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5666 This is an amazing commercial

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The W http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/08/the-w/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-w http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/08/the-w/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:21:55 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5643 I know, I know every has hated on the Washington National’s W logo and how it looks a lot like the Walgreen’s logo but I found a logo that looks much more like National’s logo.
Seasoned son, MADE IN THE USA.

Seasoned son, MADE IN THE USA.

This cast iron skillet that I bought used at Eastern Market one weekend was, according to the internet, made between 1935-1959 and looks a lot like the stylized “W” in the Wagner Ware logo.
National's Logo

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Your Email Signature http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/07/your-email-signature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-email-signature http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/07/your-email-signature/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:46:56 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5602 You know the email signature that you often see something along the lines of:
“Disclaimer: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.”

It is complete bullshit and you should treat it as such. If you’re sending confidential information in an unencrypted manner you are goddamn negligent and it’s not my fault you don’t understand the technology you are using. Could you imagine if you put the same disclaimer at the end of phone messages or conversations in general?

Well apparently the some of the employees at Goldman Sachs aren’t very tech savvy and have used what I imagine is their immense legal department, shit tons of cash and market influence to convince Google to literally delete a message out of someone’s inbox.

This sets a horrible precedent for Gmail users as Google is now willing to delete messages from people’s inboxes without their knowledge.

If you misaddress an email the protocol should be to send a follow up message saying “Hey, I fucked up and sent you a message I shouldn’t have, it contains information that I’d rather not release, would you be so kind as to ignore/delete it and as an apology I’ll buy you a fancy dinner.”

Not really.

Not really.

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The Bar Code Turns 40 Today http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/06/the-bar-code-turns-40-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bar-code-turns-40-today http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/06/the-bar-code-turns-40-today/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:52:53 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5588 The bar code turns forty today marking the fortieth anniversary of the prophecy in Revelation 13:17-18 coming true. “No one could buy or sell unless he had this mark, that is, the beast’s name or the number that stands for his name.”

Note this is the barcode for Pure Carob Powder 250g

Note this is the barcode for Pure Carob Powder 250g

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