Who watched the klown show last night?
I did not.
Don’t think I’ve ever watched a SOTU klown show ever.
Did biden build up your confidence in the country, US politics, and the world?
Did he build up your fervor to continue to become as self sufficient as possible and less reliant the communist gov’t?
Let’s hear it.
John CondonFebruary 8, 2023, 11:31 AM
Nah… didn’t bother.
S/N ratio of this Admin is too low for me to tune in.
I pretty much know the Kingston valves (Along the border, in the Federal Reserve, Bio Weapons Labs, Foreign Policy Brinkmanship, etc…) have been deliberately opened they’re just trying to keep us passengers calm.
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I watched the stars while sitting at my trout camp, til the moon rose and lit up the woods. It was a beautiful night.
John CondonFebruary 8, 2023, 12:51 PM
Hey, me too, John Venlet.
Drove the chain of Lakes in Minneapolis, enjoyed the still up Christmas lights and watched the almost full Snow Moon on the horizon right over “Lake Algonquin J Calhoun”.
Clear night, very beautiful.
Especially the Moon glow off the ice and snow of the lakes.
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Excellent, John. No Christmas lights on the crick, but coyotes were howling at one point, and heard the beavers moving in the crick, and gnawing some poplars a bit later. Saw one meteorite blazing westward, as I sipped a bourbon and enjoyed a cigar. Hoping for an encore tonight. Actually stepped in the Holy Waters of the AuSable this afternoon. No fish to my hand, but a great wade anyway!
Happy you have a Bit -o- Paradise here on this earth.
ghostsniperFebruary 8, 2023, 5:03 PM
Nice. I liked that. Woulda liked it more if he lost the electronics and stool.
I saw the light in a sunrise
Sittin’ back in a 40 on the muddy riverside
Gettin’ baptized in holy water and ‘shine with the dogs runnin’
Saved by the sound of the been found
Dixie whistled in the wind, that’ll get you Heaven bound
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn’t stick around
This is God’s country
John CondonFebruary 8, 2023, 7:56 PM
Thanks, Ghost.
Played it safe posting with that kid playing.
There’s better – and grittier – versions of the song on Youtube.
Casey KlahnFebruary 8, 2023, 9:10 AM
Photograph by Edward Weston Nautilus Shell (Cross-section)1927
No, I did not watch the SOTU. What for?
I did struggle through The Stranger balloon that China flew over. Interesting as a study of 5G Warfare, which is about information and perception, and you are the target (enemy) of whoever is gaslighting you at a particular point in time. Follow with me. Anon pentagon spuds defend Biden with a schoolyard rhetoric: “Trump had balloon over flights too (said in snotty-voice)!” Not one swinging Richard in government claims to have been informed, and this includes every top-level guy: Trump, Mattis, NORAD, the DNI. Is the pentagon leaker lying? Turns out the intelligence gatherers and analysts read the tea leaves post-facto and it’s a footprint of the overflights. NORAD calls it a domain blindspot, which means the balloons were too high and the satellites aren’t looking high, they’re looking low.
Your take-away, in my analysis, might be: the pentagon just tipped some heavy intel just to cover Biden’s ass. Defense has a big hole in our home defense, which happens from time to time. Also, the intel China just gathered is big-time damaging to the US. If I were a reporter (Heaven help me) I’d ask SecDef Austin when he was planning on telling us the China balloon was here? Because a couple of civilians in Montana with iPhones broke the news.
My crazed mind goes to scenarios where the Montana (or Alaska) air national guard has to scramble on the governors orders to take down an airship from China, and as the national command authority tells the pilots to stand down, they fly off the tarmac with fuck you middle fingers pointed towards DC.
On the subject of tyranny here, the states are writing laws to ban and otherwise criminalize the civilian ownership of guns. Now POTUS is talking shit from the SOTU about banning guns. I saw a good meme with a young woman and the words: “Weapons of war in civilian hands is the entire fucking point of the 2nd Amendment!”
So glad I spent some money on that S.A. last year. Bought up some band magz, and need to stockpile enough pew-pew three-oh-eights to make the feds shit their pants over it.
ghostsniperFebruary 8, 2023, 1:03 PM
Is this the most beautiful guitar you have ever seen?
Emerald Guitars, Chimaera model.
Only $4200.00
We’re stocked pretty good on most things.
Still have a couple properties in FL but I’ll never go back.
Been here in the northern midwest woods for 16 years.
I’ll die here.
John CondonFebruary 8, 2023, 2:09 PM
Northern Midwest?
That’s my neck of the woods, though my folks moved to the NC Smokies 20 years ago.
By my reckoning, you still have some good years to go, unless there’s breakage. I’ve witnessed the 80’s to be a trainwreck (As De Galle would say)
Gotta hope for the best.
ghostsniperFebruary 8, 2023, 2:56 PM
South central Indiana, Brown County. The only woods in the whole state. Turned 68 2 weeks ago, still running pretty good but not perfect. Our 39th anniv is next week. Our son and family still live in Cape Coral, FL where we’re from. Where are you at?
ghostsniperFebruary 8, 2023, 2:59 PM
Nevermind, saw your comment above to Venlet. You’re up in COLD country. I’d like to live a little more remotely, and off grid.
John CondonFebruary 8, 2023, 3:25 PM
A Floridian!
Yea… lots of ‘halfbacks’ come to Robbinsville NC to escape the summer heat in Florida, though you’ve gone further north to Indiana and stayed there. Definately more remote and has all 4 seasons but alot milder. I’ll be stopping down there in the next month or two to set up phone and internet as landline/cable service is getting increasingly bad.
I used to lurk at a few Indiana blogs some 15 years ago (Neanderpundit, Brigid at Home on the Range, Tamara at Books, Bikes & Boomsticks). I believe they still blog and get together outside of blogging.
Considering the things you enjoy, I am certain you’ld fit right in.
Yea… I’m in Minnesocold. Lots of Lakes, trees… and cold.
Congrats on the 39th Anniversary, an increasingly rare honor these days.
ghostsniperFebruary 8, 2023, 5:05 PM
I’ve read Tam off and on for maybe 20 years.
She’s in downtown Indianapolis. (shudder)
Congratulations on the Anniversary ghost. My late husband was from Logansport. He has a niece in Indy. Tan was one of his favorite blogs. I’m back home in Ohio now, Hoosier in laws are woke insane. My kids are done with their cousin’s insanity.
AnonymousFebruary 8, 2023, 7:47 PM
Congratulations on the Anniversary ghost. My late husband was from Logansport. He has a niece in Indy. Tan was one of his favorite blogs. I’m back home in Ohio now, Hoosier in laws are woke insane. My kids are done with their cousin’s insanity.
KerryFebruary 8, 2023, 4:44 PM
It’s deluxe and unique. Price tag is just right for it, but not for my budget.
Wow, so many offerings with exotic woods. I have about 25 years of Fine Woodworking magazines stored away and have only seen close-up photos of quilted mahogany and other exotics. I’m still here going on 50+ years in Hillsborough County, Fl. Had to put my socks on the other day before going outside. I’m well stocked, though, for the Damn Yankee invasion that is upon me. Thanks a lot, Ron.
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” This statement was made by William Casey, the director of the CIA in 1981.
Kolchak the Night StalkerFebruary 8, 2023, 3:55 PM
I did not watch Joetato or the largest brothel in human history.
Dank meme showed the military queens in dog masks with some good photochop action and turkey neck McConnell sporting the Kraine colors since he doesn’t work for America.
I might watch if they would have truth in advertising and come out with corporate logos and CCP ties and pins.
Naw, I wouldn’t even watch for a dollar.
AnonymousFebruary 8, 2023, 4:43 PM
I saw a short clip of the grammies. i didn’t watch but i suspect it made the sotu look … better. i’ll get the highlights on blogs i trust more than “news” channels
KerryFebruary 8, 2023, 4:46 PM
I will not watch the interloper under any circumstances. Not the SOTU, not any presser, not a rando chat from the Oval. He makes my skin crawl.
KerryFebruary 8, 2023, 4:48 PM
Can I make a request for a re-post? My absolute favorite essay from Gerard was about ballistic missile submarines. I would love to read it again. No recollection of the title, sorry.
None.
The neocons are barreling headlong into the future and dragging all the rest of us (by proximity) along with them. With my dying breath I will crawl across the Potomac and start slitting throats when I land on the other side. As Casey has sed, “You’re on your own, Pilgrim.”
ThisIsNotNutellaFebruary 8, 2023, 7:25 PM
We’re all in the barrel. They’ll be crying out in pain as we shoot Niagara in it.
TerryFebruary 9, 2023, 8:11 AM
Thanks for the link TINN.
Knowing that the powers that be in DC have proven that they will stop at nothing, NOTHING, to rule the world, best to hunker down and prepare for the worst of the worst. Satin is running the show now.
His throne being the most targeted seat on the planet. — F*ck Br*nden-
The only bright light in this coal shaft is lefty lunatic Bill Maher is actually starting to fight the communists.
Too little, too late, I think
TerryFebruary 8, 2023, 8:06 PM
From what I have experienced in my comparatively humble existence, the U S of A is a terrorist state of unrestrained barbarism. A government of criminals, sexual deviants and just plain human waste. Blackmail being the MO of the last 100 years.
Long article, lots of points that can be checked. People should be doing that instead of either dismissing it out of hand or acting like it’s the revealed word.
Even if true, nothing will happen. Nato might dissolve, but so what.
AesopFanFebruary 8, 2023, 8:29 PM
@ Joe Krill > “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” — Bill Casey CIA
That may be true for certain values of “everything” and “American public” —
As Lincoln didn’t say, but would have if he’d thought of it in time:
You can fool some of the people all of the time (Democrats, in this instantiation of history);
and all of the people some of the time (nearly true March-May 2020);
but you can’t fool ALL of the people ALL of the time (so long as we have some vestiges of blogs or their analog equivalents, which are actually precedents).
Gregory Peck, in Roman Holiday, when asked what line of work he was in (mind you, he’s a news reporter) answers: “I’m in sales. Fertilizer.”
jdFebruary 9, 2023, 4:49 AM
Wow!
LadyBikkiFebruary 9, 2023, 6:05 AM
Northern Maine checking in. This, too, is God’s country.
I’ve been prepping since late 2019 but you can never have too much ammo.
Nope, didn’t watch the liar in chief and try to avoid his spokesperson, Raggedy Tan, whenever possible.
At 69 I’m personally afraid of precious little.
I do fear for my children and grandchildren.
AnonymousFebruary 9, 2023, 3:55 PM
Same age. Remember when everyone thought Jimmy was so bad?
I did not watch The Bumblefuck. Nor will I. I just made an abbreviated tour through the headlines, and bookmarks, and successfully ignored the temptation to click on any of them. It’s not easy. Everyone, myself included, wants to be well informed. Reading up makes you feel like you’ve done something to combat the madness.
But I’ve noticed that (How should I put this…?) uh- I’ve noticed that the *beat goes on* whether I pay attention to it or not. The world is going to hell in some sort of basket. How do I make it stop? My ability to change the course of human events is rather constrained. I’m trying to keep my energies focused on where they’ll have an effect.
So. A visit to the heart doc. Bike club coming up, Saturday. Some hammer & chisel time on the current stone. Just completed entering two pieces for the Santa Fe Springs Art Fest. (Last year I took the Blue!)
And I’ll finish Chronicles of Narnia today. Holy cow, has it been fun! Julie, and Will have been taunting me into trying to read Moby Dick again. More fun than I want to have? We’ll see.
JWM
ghostsniperFebruary 9, 2023, 7:30 AM
jwm sed: “And I’ll finish Chronicles of Narnia today.”
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Good for you!
My copy came in yesterday from amazon, haven’t started it yet.
Colorful, flaming lion on front, gold embossed title.
BIG, paperback, 767 pages.
This might be my first summertime front porch book.
Taking breaks while doing summer chores I’ll sit on the porch and sip a glass of tay and do a couple chapters of Narnia, then back to the chore at hand.
Sounds like the same volume I have. The books were medicine. Have a blast!
JWM
LadyBikkiFebruary 9, 2023, 7:52 AM
Small world.
I was born in Las Cruces, lived in Hawaii for 40 years then moved to Angel Fire for 6 years when the husband retired. It was beautiful but too remote.
Now northern Maine.
I was an Army brat so home was all over…bases here in the US, Germany and Thailand.
I finally feel like I’m where I need to be.
TerryFebruary 9, 2023, 8:22 AM
jwm,
About fours years back I read Moby Dick again for the second time in over fifty years and it still did not do much for me. Actually, for my time better spent, there is much more to read that needs reading than Moby. IMO
AnneFebruary 9, 2023, 8:58 AM
I agree.
Casey KlahnFebruary 9, 2023, 9:38 AM
When do you get to Santa Fe?
Will MFebruary 9, 2023, 10:56 AM
JWM and all –
In defense of the Big White Fish – there’s a reason it’s considered the Great American novel …. because it IS the Great American novel. Yes, it’s slow reading, writers were really florid back in those days. Anyway we can all benefit from a lesson in patience now and then. My advice, take it in sips, then savor the lyricism, the startling insights not just into life on the seas, but into human nature, and into the great mystery that is Creation.
Will MFebruary 9, 2023, 11:02 AM
And while reading Moby Dick, find time to read maybe 5 or 6 other books. That will help in getting your land legs back.
But stay with the Big White Fish. Before it’s cancelled for the obvious reasons.
To be fair, I find Melville somewhat less florid than other writers from the 1800s. We’re reading Oliver Twist for school right now, and holy moly that is some verbose writing. Three paragraphs dancing around a concept that could have been said in one succinct sentence. It’s worth it, don’t get me wrong, but I have to stop and translate for the kids periodically just to make sure they can understand what’s happening.
Will MFebruary 9, 2023, 2:29 PM
Julie, that makes sense. Melville was an American after all, and would display at least somewhat the tendency toward Americanish terseness, brevity, leanness that we later see in authors like Twain and then Hemingway. Dickens of course was a Euro Brit who wrote in the Victorian Age of pomp and circumstance – that came with a whole lotta florid baggage.
Still, Melville, like most E. Coast artists of his time, was heavily influenced by Euro style and fashion. Took a long time for Americans to develop develop their own distinct style. Actually I think we’re still at it, breaking away from Europe and uncovering the Spirit that’s unique to the land we live on.
RBPFebruary 9, 2023, 8:33 AM
Must have missed it. We had a game. Lost 6-4 but we had a substitute goalie. Drank some beers.
AnneFebruary 9, 2023, 8:57 AM
It’s still snow-on-the-ground season here in MT. It is also state legislature meeting season. That is to say, our legislature meets for three months every second year. Elections in the even years and meet up in the odd. The 12-year rule by/for/of the democrats ended in 2020 when we finally managed to elect a Republican governor and a majority in both the house/senate. Most of the important bills the new Republicans were able to pass in 2021 are still tied up in the democrat controlled courts. All of our judges of course having been “elected” or appointed during the Democrat years. This year the Republicans have the leading majority, but this year they are trying “to compromise”. Compromise has become a big issue with the R party because everything they did in the last session is still hung up in liberal courthouses. For example, the question of clean elections is no longer being discussed–the new way of talking about elections for both parties is thus: “We need to help restore faith in our election system. The people need to believe their vote counts.” Both parties are now speaking this way in spite of the fact that in 2018 and again in 2020 we had numerous examples of fraud we tried to get before a judge and jury. All of these cases were denied. Takes a long time to clean out the rot from a system.
I first became aware of the D party bringing in people from out of state many years ago. Housing them and providing state jobs for a year or two so that they can do a particular job (act in a particular community organizing role) and then be moved on after a bill has been passed. Last summer we were inundated with Seattle license plates. The wealthy feminists/commies of Seattle are the people who chose to run Obama. They are now determined to take over Montana.
Just this month we had a wonderful example of what I call “planting”. A young college woman from one of our local colleges claimed to be a member of the “Young Republicans” group. The R party has desperately been trying to get a Young R group on both of our college campuses. I think the largest group number on either campus is 6 or 7. This gal ran on the R ticket and got elected in a faraway county as a member of the state legislature. The senior members of the party were thrilled to death–that is until she resigned. She quit two weeks after the session began because she could not stop the party from putting forward the “no transgender treatment bill” Once she saw that the party was going to move forward in its effort to eliminate transgender education and treatment she just quit the game and took her toy jacks and went home. She not only left the party she left the legislature saying, “I’d be better off back in college.” The R party is devastated–not only did they lose a vote in the legislature, but they also lost a member of the Young Republicans on campus! BTW it’s worth noting that the public library in her nearest main town is the darling of the international transgender crowd because they put “those two” infamous queer kids’ books on display on an open shelf in the main lobby with the King James Bible sandwiched in between. When the locals demanded the library shelve both books in accordance with the library system, the international queer world came down on them legally–tantamount to book burning, yada yada.
Montana has been a red state for a long time despite having lost local control of government for twelve years, but I am concerned there is so much corruption now and so much of an organized effort from out of state we may lose the next election.
ghostsniperFebruary 9, 2023, 2:23 PM
steal the books, or at least “hide” them in another part of the library
azlibertarianFebruary 9, 2023, 10:59 PM
“…in spite of the fact that in 2018 and again in 2020 we had numerous examples of fraud we tried to get before a judge and jury….”
Welcome to the club. Maricopa County, 36 years. They’re stealing elections here almost nakedly now.
AnneFebruary 9, 2023, 9:01 AM
I agree–there is much better out there to enjoy!
John CondonFebruary 9, 2023, 1:24 PM
Oh Hey!
Being that this is an “Open Thread”, here is something for your amusement.
Yes, yes, I could have dug this up out of some dusty tome or some dry academic paper on ‘The Great One’ ™, but this is very entertaining and ‘inciteful’.
Besides, it makes a very, very, clear connection between our Lefty Coffee Baristas, our Journalistic Class Reporters and even… Boinie Sanders, and their remarkable resemblance… nay, spitting image to … their Archetype “Karl Marx”.
Its the Marx Brothers all the way down! (Nyuk, nyuk).
Enjoy. 🙂
John CondonFebruary 9, 2023, 1:28 PM
Brought up this fond memory, courtesy of Gerard some years ago:
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Who watched the klown show last night?
I did not.
Don’t think I’ve ever watched a SOTU klown show ever.
Did biden build up your confidence in the country, US politics, and the world?
Did he build up your fervor to continue to become as self sufficient as possible and less reliant the communist gov’t?
Let’s hear it.
Nah… didn’t bother.
S/N ratio of this Admin is too low for me to tune in.
I pretty much know the Kingston valves (Along the border, in the Federal Reserve, Bio Weapons Labs, Foreign Policy Brinkmanship, etc…) have been deliberately opened they’re just trying to keep us passengers calm.
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Yes. Yes indeed.
I watched the stars while sitting at my trout camp, til the moon rose and lit up the woods. It was a beautiful night.
Hey, me too, John Venlet.
Drove the chain of Lakes in Minneapolis, enjoyed the still up Christmas lights and watched the almost full Snow Moon on the horizon right over “Lake Algonquin J Calhoun”.
Clear night, very beautiful.
Especially the Moon glow off the ice and snow of the lakes.
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Excellent, John. No Christmas lights on the crick, but coyotes were howling at one point, and heard the beavers moving in the crick, and gnawing some poplars a bit later. Saw one meteorite blazing westward, as I sipped a bourbon and enjoyed a cigar. Hoping for an encore tonight. Actually stepped in the Holy Waters of the AuSable this afternoon. No fish to my hand, but a great wade anyway!
Sounds like Gods Country, John.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKJi0T56QOc&ab_channel=DevinDawson
Happy you have a Bit -o- Paradise here on this earth.
Nice. I liked that. Woulda liked it more if he lost the electronics and stool.
I saw the light in a sunrise
Sittin’ back in a 40 on the muddy riverside
Gettin’ baptized in holy water and ‘shine with the dogs runnin’
Saved by the sound of the been found
Dixie whistled in the wind, that’ll get you Heaven bound
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn’t stick around
This is God’s country
Thanks, Ghost.
Played it safe posting with that kid playing.
There’s better – and grittier – versions of the song on Youtube.
Photograph by Edward Weston Nautilus Shell (Cross-section)1927
No, I did not watch the SOTU. What for?
I did struggle through The Stranger balloon that China flew over. Interesting as a study of 5G Warfare, which is about information and perception, and you are the target (enemy) of whoever is gaslighting you at a particular point in time. Follow with me. Anon pentagon spuds defend Biden with a schoolyard rhetoric: “Trump had balloon over flights too (said in snotty-voice)!” Not one swinging Richard in government claims to have been informed, and this includes every top-level guy: Trump, Mattis, NORAD, the DNI. Is the pentagon leaker lying? Turns out the intelligence gatherers and analysts read the tea leaves post-facto and it’s a footprint of the overflights. NORAD calls it a domain blindspot, which means the balloons were too high and the satellites aren’t looking high, they’re looking low.
Your take-away, in my analysis, might be: the pentagon just tipped some heavy intel just to cover Biden’s ass. Defense has a big hole in our home defense, which happens from time to time. Also, the intel China just gathered is big-time damaging to the US. If I were a reporter (Heaven help me) I’d ask SecDef Austin when he was planning on telling us the China balloon was here? Because a couple of civilians in Montana with iPhones broke the news.
My crazed mind goes to scenarios where the Montana (or Alaska) air national guard has to scramble on the governors orders to take down an airship from China, and as the national command authority tells the pilots to stand down, they fly off the tarmac with fuck you middle fingers pointed towards DC.
On the subject of tyranny here, the states are writing laws to ban and otherwise criminalize the civilian ownership of guns. Now POTUS is talking shit from the SOTU about banning guns. I saw a good meme with a young woman and the words: “Weapons of war in civilian hands is the entire fucking point of the 2nd Amendment!”
So glad I spent some money on that S.A. last year. Bought up some band magz, and need to stockpile enough pew-pew three-oh-eights to make the feds shit their pants over it.
Is this the most beautiful guitar you have ever seen?
Emerald Guitars, Chimaera model.
Only $4200.00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADr-y2lzcuQ
If I was wealthy….
If you were … wealthy?
(Good song, btw… 😉 )
Dang, what happened, Ghost?
You have that awesome Real Estate in Florida (??) and if I recall was fully prepped for the worst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQNkIrg-Tk&ab_channel=HankWilliams%2CJr.
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We’re stocked pretty good on most things.
Still have a couple properties in FL but I’ll never go back.
Been here in the northern midwest woods for 16 years.
I’ll die here.
Northern Midwest?
That’s my neck of the woods, though my folks moved to the NC Smokies 20 years ago.
By my reckoning, you still have some good years to go, unless there’s breakage. I’ve witnessed the 80’s to be a trainwreck (As De Galle would say)
Gotta hope for the best.
South central Indiana, Brown County. The only woods in the whole state. Turned 68 2 weeks ago, still running pretty good but not perfect. Our 39th anniv is next week. Our son and family still live in Cape Coral, FL where we’re from. Where are you at?
Nevermind, saw your comment above to Venlet. You’re up in COLD country. I’d like to live a little more remotely, and off grid.
A Floridian!
Yea… lots of ‘halfbacks’ come to Robbinsville NC to escape the summer heat in Florida, though you’ve gone further north to Indiana and stayed there. Definately more remote and has all 4 seasons but alot milder. I’ll be stopping down there in the next month or two to set up phone and internet as landline/cable service is getting increasingly bad.
I used to lurk at a few Indiana blogs some 15 years ago (Neanderpundit, Brigid at Home on the Range, Tamara at Books, Bikes & Boomsticks). I believe they still blog and get together outside of blogging.
Considering the things you enjoy, I am certain you’ld fit right in.
Yea… I’m in Minnesocold. Lots of Lakes, trees… and cold.
Congrats on the 39th Anniversary, an increasingly rare honor these days.
I’ve read Tam off and on for maybe 20 years.
She’s in downtown Indianapolis. (shudder)
Tamara sure knows her stuff.
Congratulations on the Anniversary ghost. My late husband was from Logansport. He has a niece in Indy. Tan was one of his favorite blogs. I’m back home in Ohio now, Hoosier in laws are woke insane. My kids are done with their cousin’s insanity.
Congratulations on the Anniversary ghost. My late husband was from Logansport. He has a niece in Indy. Tan was one of his favorite blogs. I’m back home in Ohio now, Hoosier in laws are woke insane. My kids are done with their cousin’s insanity.
It’s deluxe and unique. Price tag is just right for it, but not for my budget.
Wow, so many offerings with exotic woods. I have about 25 years of Fine Woodworking magazines stored away and have only seen close-up photos of quilted mahogany and other exotics. I’m still here going on 50+ years in Hillsborough County, Fl. Had to put my socks on the other day before going outside. I’m well stocked, though, for the Damn Yankee invasion that is upon me. Thanks a lot, Ron.
I should have popped by here sooner, I didn’t realize there’d be regular open threads. Thanks so much, Neo!
As to the Clown show, nope, didn’t watch it, although I did get a heads-up that the rebuttal was Something. Spent time with the fam instead.
Via Con Dios Gerard. As I have said before, I will see that name in the stone one day.
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” This statement was made by William Casey, the director of the CIA in 1981.
I did not watch Joetato or the largest brothel in human history.
Dank meme showed the military queens in dog masks with some good photochop action and turkey neck McConnell sporting the Kraine colors since he doesn’t work for America.
I might watch if they would have truth in advertising and come out with corporate logos and CCP ties and pins.
Naw, I wouldn’t even watch for a dollar.
I saw a short clip of the grammies. i didn’t watch but i suspect it made the sotu look … better. i’ll get the highlights on blogs i trust more than “news” channels
I will not watch the interloper under any circumstances. Not the SOTU, not any presser, not a rando chat from the Oval. He makes my skin crawl.
Can I make a request for a re-post? My absolute favorite essay from Gerard was about ballistic missile submarines. I would love to read it again. No recollection of the title, sorry.
Boomers gotta boom.
Don’t forget, your country is The Bad Guys now.
Boomers?! Why I oughta…
Gen X, bub. 🙂
Hehe. Cheers!
And mow your lawn! (As soon as I get off it.)
Boom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDz0DrkGPUI&ab_channel=TrevorJohns
Sorry NotNutella, couldn’t resist.
Besides, it has an excellent version of the Chewabacca Defense, too.
You’re welcome.
OK enough of the trivial flim-flameries. What of Sy Hersh’s latest (and possibly final) scoop?
https://sonar21.com/sy-hersh-does-it-again/
No surprises here.
None.
The neocons are barreling headlong into the future and dragging all the rest of us (by proximity) along with them. With my dying breath I will crawl across the Potomac and start slitting throats when I land on the other side. As Casey has sed, “You’re on your own, Pilgrim.”
We’re all in the barrel. They’ll be crying out in pain as we shoot Niagara in it.
Thanks for the link TINN.
Knowing that the powers that be in DC have proven that they will stop at nothing, NOTHING, to rule the world, best to hunker down and prepare for the worst of the worst. Satin is running the show now.
His throne being the most targeted seat on the planet. — F*ck Br*nden-
Its getting to the point where one asks:
Are we the baddies?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU&ab_channel=rootsrockbelgium
The only bright light in this coal shaft is lefty lunatic Bill Maher is actually starting to fight the communists.
Too little, too late, I think
From what I have experienced in my comparatively humble existence, the U S of A is a terrorist state of unrestrained barbarism. A government of criminals, sexual deviants and just plain human waste. Blackmail being the MO of the last 100 years.
Long article, lots of points that can be checked. People should be doing that instead of either dismissing it out of hand or acting like it’s the revealed word.
Even if true, nothing will happen. Nato might dissolve, but so what.
@ Joe Krill > “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” — Bill Casey CIA
That may be true for certain values of “everything” and “American public” —
As Lincoln didn’t say, but would have if he’d thought of it in time:
You can fool some of the people all of the time (Democrats, in this instantiation of history);
and all of the people some of the time (nearly true March-May 2020);
but you can’t fool ALL of the people ALL of the time (so long as we have some vestiges of blogs or their analog equivalents, which are actually precedents).
https://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/you-can-fool-all-of-the-people-lincoln-never-said-that/
Gregory Peck, in Roman Holiday, when asked what line of work he was in (mind you, he’s a news reporter) answers: “I’m in sales. Fertilizer.”
Wow!
Northern Maine checking in. This, too, is God’s country.
I’ve been prepping since late 2019 but you can never have too much ammo.
Nope, didn’t watch the liar in chief and try to avoid his spokesperson, Raggedy Tan, whenever possible.
At 69 I’m personally afraid of precious little.
I do fear for my children and grandchildren.
Same age. Remember when everyone thought Jimmy was so bad?
I did not watch The Bumblefuck. Nor will I. I just made an abbreviated tour through the headlines, and bookmarks, and successfully ignored the temptation to click on any of them. It’s not easy. Everyone, myself included, wants to be well informed. Reading up makes you feel like you’ve done something to combat the madness.
But I’ve noticed that (How should I put this…?) uh- I’ve noticed that the *beat goes on* whether I pay attention to it or not. The world is going to hell in some sort of basket. How do I make it stop? My ability to change the course of human events is rather constrained. I’m trying to keep my energies focused on where they’ll have an effect.
So. A visit to the heart doc. Bike club coming up, Saturday. Some hammer & chisel time on the current stone. Just completed entering two pieces for the Santa Fe Springs Art Fest. (Last year I took the Blue!)
And I’ll finish Chronicles of Narnia today. Holy cow, has it been fun! Julie, and Will have been taunting me into trying to read Moby Dick again. More fun than I want to have? We’ll see.
JWM
jwm sed: “And I’ll finish Chronicles of Narnia today.”
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Good for you!
My copy came in yesterday from amazon, haven’t started it yet.
Colorful, flaming lion on front, gold embossed title.
BIG, paperback, 767 pages.
This might be my first summertime front porch book.
Taking breaks while doing summer chores I’ll sit on the porch and sip a glass of tay and do a couple chapters of Narnia, then back to the chore at hand.
Sounds like the same volume I have. The books were medicine. Have a blast!
JWM
Small world.
I was born in Las Cruces, lived in Hawaii for 40 years then moved to Angel Fire for 6 years when the husband retired. It was beautiful but too remote.
Now northern Maine.
I was an Army brat so home was all over…bases here in the US, Germany and Thailand.
I finally feel like I’m where I need to be.
jwm,
About fours years back I read Moby Dick again for the second time in over fifty years and it still did not do much for me. Actually, for my time better spent, there is much more to read that needs reading than Moby. IMO
I agree.
When do you get to Santa Fe?
JWM and all –
In defense of the Big White Fish – there’s a reason it’s considered the Great American novel …. because it IS the Great American novel. Yes, it’s slow reading, writers were really florid back in those days. Anyway we can all benefit from a lesson in patience now and then. My advice, take it in sips, then savor the lyricism, the startling insights not just into life on the seas, but into human nature, and into the great mystery that is Creation.
And while reading Moby Dick, find time to read maybe 5 or 6 other books. That will help in getting your land legs back.
But stay with the Big White Fish. Before it’s cancelled for the obvious reasons.
To be fair, I find Melville somewhat less florid than other writers from the 1800s. We’re reading Oliver Twist for school right now, and holy moly that is some verbose writing. Three paragraphs dancing around a concept that could have been said in one succinct sentence. It’s worth it, don’t get me wrong, but I have to stop and translate for the kids periodically just to make sure they can understand what’s happening.
Julie, that makes sense. Melville was an American after all, and would display at least somewhat the tendency toward Americanish terseness, brevity, leanness that we later see in authors like Twain and then Hemingway. Dickens of course was a Euro Brit who wrote in the Victorian Age of pomp and circumstance – that came with a whole lotta florid baggage.
Still, Melville, like most E. Coast artists of his time, was heavily influenced by Euro style and fashion. Took a long time for Americans to develop develop their own distinct style. Actually I think we’re still at it, breaking away from Europe and uncovering the Spirit that’s unique to the land we live on.
Must have missed it. We had a game. Lost 6-4 but we had a substitute goalie. Drank some beers.
It’s still snow-on-the-ground season here in MT. It is also state legislature meeting season. That is to say, our legislature meets for three months every second year. Elections in the even years and meet up in the odd. The 12-year rule by/for/of the democrats ended in 2020 when we finally managed to elect a Republican governor and a majority in both the house/senate. Most of the important bills the new Republicans were able to pass in 2021 are still tied up in the democrat controlled courts. All of our judges of course having been “elected” or appointed during the Democrat years. This year the Republicans have the leading majority, but this year they are trying “to compromise”. Compromise has become a big issue with the R party because everything they did in the last session is still hung up in liberal courthouses. For example, the question of clean elections is no longer being discussed–the new way of talking about elections for both parties is thus: “We need to help restore faith in our election system. The people need to believe their vote counts.” Both parties are now speaking this way in spite of the fact that in 2018 and again in 2020 we had numerous examples of fraud we tried to get before a judge and jury. All of these cases were denied. Takes a long time to clean out the rot from a system.
I first became aware of the D party bringing in people from out of state many years ago. Housing them and providing state jobs for a year or two so that they can do a particular job (act in a particular community organizing role) and then be moved on after a bill has been passed. Last summer we were inundated with Seattle license plates. The wealthy feminists/commies of Seattle are the people who chose to run Obama. They are now determined to take over Montana.
Just this month we had a wonderful example of what I call “planting”. A young college woman from one of our local colleges claimed to be a member of the “Young Republicans” group. The R party has desperately been trying to get a Young R group on both of our college campuses. I think the largest group number on either campus is 6 or 7. This gal ran on the R ticket and got elected in a faraway county as a member of the state legislature. The senior members of the party were thrilled to death–that is until she resigned. She quit two weeks after the session began because she could not stop the party from putting forward the “no transgender treatment bill” Once she saw that the party was going to move forward in its effort to eliminate transgender education and treatment she just quit the game and took her toy jacks and went home. She not only left the party she left the legislature saying, “I’d be better off back in college.” The R party is devastated–not only did they lose a vote in the legislature, but they also lost a member of the Young Republicans on campus! BTW it’s worth noting that the public library in her nearest main town is the darling of the international transgender crowd because they put “those two” infamous queer kids’ books on display on an open shelf in the main lobby with the King James Bible sandwiched in between. When the locals demanded the library shelve both books in accordance with the library system, the international queer world came down on them legally–tantamount to book burning, yada yada.
Montana has been a red state for a long time despite having lost local control of government for twelve years, but I am concerned there is so much corruption now and so much of an organized effort from out of state we may lose the next election.
steal the books, or at least “hide” them in another part of the library
“…in spite of the fact that in 2018 and again in 2020 we had numerous examples of fraud we tried to get before a judge and jury….”
Welcome to the club. Maricopa County, 36 years. They’re stealing elections here almost nakedly now.
I agree–there is much better out there to enjoy!
Oh Hey!
Being that this is an “Open Thread”, here is something for your amusement.
Amusing … and Salient… snippet of Karl Marxists life that seems to have escaped (most of) us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD6T2oErfec&t=355s&ab_channel=LiberalHivemind
(2 minutes)
Yes, yes, I could have dug this up out of some dusty tome or some dry academic paper on ‘The Great One’ ™, but this is very entertaining and ‘inciteful’.
Besides, it makes a very, very, clear connection between our Lefty Coffee Baristas, our Journalistic Class Reporters and even… Boinie Sanders, and their remarkable resemblance… nay, spitting image to … their Archetype “Karl Marx”.
Its the Marx Brothers all the way down! (Nyuk, nyuk).
Enjoy. 🙂
Brought up this fond memory, courtesy of Gerard some years ago:
Evolution of the Hipster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTI7eWaQbk&ab_channel=GloveandBoots
I remember a particularly funny post of Gerards called “Awe Gone”.
I’ve tried to google it, but cannot seem to find it.
Anyone else remember this posting?
Nevermind,
Found it.
https://americandigest.org/awe-gone-is-like-literally-amazing/
Its a repost of the one I read, as some of the comments were … “Awesome” and now “Gone”.