Calming the Seas

Playing Catch-up

In the past, and we're talking 14 years here, a sudden sparsity of blog posting was due to miasma.  Now it's due, largely, by having so much to rail about that I don't know where to begin.  Okay, there is a certain miasma, perhaps, in that I really can't see a way to to reverse our country's slide into .. into something that was unimaginable even 20 years ago.  Where tyranny by a minority trumps the constitution and half the population applauds.  I reached a point where I was so filled with hatred for anyone I saw as part of the problem, aka anyone who was not apologetic for ever voting for any Democrat, that, not only was I miserable, but I made anyone around me .... erm, uncomfortable.  Odd as it seems, a turning point came when MoSup and I began watching the Blue Bloods series.  Every episode rang true—well, except for the Black mayor who is not only open to suggestion, but shows a good deal of common sense to boot.  There are no Democrat politicians in my experience who have those qualities (but it is the liberal wet dream, as witness the Black President in the 24 series, who, with the verisimilitude rating of minus-6, is more Thomas Jefferson than Brok Obama).  Anyway, at the end of each episode the Reagan family get together for a family meal, a wonderful model for any family.  It's here that — one reader here called it the "Greek Chorus"— they toss around current events, ideas and philosophies.  I felt good after every episode; I think because so many of the values I grew up with were in evidence.  I did that video a month ago.  That's how far behind I am.  Maybe its the cork in the monkeys ass.

π=mc³

Today's Mahjong Index of Brainal Power >>Operating on 8 cylinders<< Operating on 5 cylinders Operating on 4 silanders Operating on 2 slinders Operating on ... Oh, look!  A fly.

This Just In: π=mc³

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HELTER SKELTER                           Sowing Discord, Provoking Unrest

HANOI HILTON ESCAPADES

THE SPY IN HANOI HILTON THE SPY IN THE HANOI HILTONuncovers the true story of POWs inside the Prison, known as the Hanoi Hilton, who created a high-level espionage operation that reached all the way to the CIA and the White House. This included sending radio transmissions to the Pentagon and President Nixon's White House during the brutal Christmas Bombings of 1972, signaling that POWs inside the Hanoi Hilton were still alive and that the raid should continue. The spy network was led by James Bond Stockdale, an air-wing commander who was shot down on a bombing mission into North Vietnam on Sept. 9, 1965. He was one of the two most senior-ranking U.S. Navy officers imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton. Stockdale later rose to the rank of Vice Admiral, became one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the Navy, and ran for Vice President. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his secret communication network and for bravery in the face of torture. Former CIA official Robert Wallace calls Stockdale's spy network "one of the most significant activities in Agency history." [Full] I missed this Smithsonian film that aired in April, and of course knew nothing about it.  One of the things that strikes me is, that while John McCain's capture is prominently mentioned, he himself is left completely out of the narrative here.  I find that telling.

Come and get me MOFOs

The Thousand Yard Stare

The 'STARE'

Headless Nancy

Dick Louden's Cathartic Moment

aka - "Nancy Loses Her Head"

I just stumbled on this oldie.  I think it's my best work ever.

Today's Index

Today's Mahjong Index of Brainal Power Operating on 8 cylinders >>Operating on 5 cylinders << Operating on 4 silanders Operating on 2 slinders Operating on ... Oh, look!  A fly.

The Confederate Battle Flag

Beating Dead Horses Because They Aren't Really Dead should be, but they ain't

The Confederate Battle Flag (actual) This fairly sums up my feelings on the subject, even—begrudgingly—the "good neighbor" part (with the caveat that their current dudgeon is entirely due to ignorance).  And,  I must once again invoke  Shelby Foote.  Once the flag is gone, the left will advance to the next issue then the next issue, etc. They won’t compromise. There is no compromise. There is only conversion or censorship with the left. But I also think if you proudly fly the Confederate battle flag and call yourself a Christian, you need to ask yourself how you are being a good neighbor to the black family down the street, next door, or on the other side of town whose ancestors were enslaved under that flag and whose parents or grandparents faced down white men in the streets waving that flag as an act of rebellion against voting rights. None of this really matters though. Because the issue is now politicized, you might as well buy stock in companies that produce the Confederate battle flag. They’re going to get a lot of orders from people who equate raising the stars and bars with raising the middle finger toward liberals up north.  [The Confederate Battle Flag]

*Also, records show that Mayberry have voted a straight Republican ticket since 1952.

It just dawned on me why Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet ... .... nobody was married. Here are the single people that come to mind: Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Bomer, Sam, Ernest T Bass, the Darlin family, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara... In fact the only one married was Otis, and he stayed drunk. * c/r *Records also show that Mayberry have voted a straight Republican ticket since 1952.

John 'Freisler' Roberts - His Master's Voice

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Mahjong for the mind

You Look Mahvelous

Luminosity is the best cognitive gymnasium I've run across, but our subscription ran out, and since it was a gift (free) I'm loathe to now pay for it.  I do cross word puzzles, and do MS Spades, Hearts. etc—but they really offer no challenge.  Mahjong on the other hand is interesting. I soon learned to master every level of Microsoft Mahjong, and then started doing the daily challenge.  This is where you get three (mostly timed) puzzles.  The lighting tiles are my greatest personal  challenge, because I have to control the fear factor as the clock ticks down and I've yet to uncover the detonator, so to speak.  For those who also play this challengee, the June 13 Lightning Tiles (Easy) and Match Attack (Expert) are driving me crazy.  You?  And there's this. A few weeks ago I was suddenly  unable to complete any of them.  WTF?  It turns out that while I thought I was okay, I was in fact coming down from my poison ivy steroids and my body was all fkd-up. That's what happens.  Plus, I couldn't hit a ball over the short right foreld wall!  So Mahjong acts as  an early warning sign.  That's what I wanted to say.  I recommend  it.  You're welcome. Now where was I?  Oh, right.  One cup of suger and two cups of  cake flour.

For Sale Rush's "2112" (First 11 minutes)

I really hate this park ...

Hmmmm. Fort Marcy Park, anyone? The plaque is real, and you can find it on a bench in London — but it’s also a hoax of sorts. Roger himself never actually existed.

When crazed shooters can't be linked to the Tea Party ... they still are

So Now I Am Responsible for the Charleston Shooting Jack finds himself, American Thinker and Conservatives in general branded with a "scarlet letter" of blame for the Charleston Church Massacre! I had no intention of commenting on the recent shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina church.  There were two good reasons why.  One was that I have always found it unseemly to exploit a genuine tragedy, especially before the bodies are buried and the event gains some historical perspective. The second was that the act was so anomalous.  In the highly racialized Obama era, there have been several black shooters who turned their wrath on multiple non-black victims – California’s Christopher Dorner, the Navy Yard’s Aaron Alexis, Omar Thornton in Hartford – but I could recall no instance in my lifetime in which a white shooter had done the same to black victims.  I was not sure what useful generalization I could pull from so rare a phenomenon. Alas, the Huffington Post, in the person of veteran propagandist Terry Krepel, forced my hand.  [...]   Excerpts: If the adultery charge against The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne was valid, the charges against sinners today rarely ever are.  “Even when you have no idea you’re committing a hate crime, chances are you still are,” Mark Steyn opined after Canadian neo-puritans dragged him before that nation’s official inquisitors. Neo-puritans exaggerate the sins of the targeted or concoct them out of whole cloth.  In either case, like Hawthorne’s Puritans, they publicly brand the sinner to render him or her, in Hawthorne’s words, “the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point.”   Indeed, if there is one shared ritual among the progressive subcults, it is the imputation of “hate” to the less enlightened.  And as those of us on the right know, there is no surer way of being branded hateful than by telling the truth. [FULL] Stu Tarlowe and Skoonj  circus A treasured  family friend—extremely affable and giving—and who we know to have exceptional raw intelligence, cited that "Anti-intellectualism is Killing America" story on my wife's FB page recently. America is killing itself through its embrace and exaltation of ignorance, and the evidence is all around us. Dylann Roof, the Charleston shooter who used race as a basis for hate and mass murder, is just the latest horrific example. Many will correctly blame Roof's actions on America's culture of racism and gun violence, but it's time to realize that such phenomena are directly tied to the nation's culture of ignorance. This is what we're up against.  The left are so invested in their own convoluted beliefs and values that I see NO hope for any meaningful dialog, nor rapprochement.

Humvees For Sale

Such a Deal Mark Miller

They can too jump .. barely

NBA Developmental League Prospects cuzzin "can't dunk" ricky

His Pleasure

Batt Shit

Liberal Racism

Batts: More Baltimore cops likely to be arrested, forced out as result of reforms ... More Baltimore police officers likely face arrest as the result of reforms in a department that requires "wholesale change," Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wrote IMPORTED RIOT SQUAD Batts, appointed commissioner nearly three years ago, said he inherited a department stuck in a "cycle of scandal, corruption and malfeasance" and that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake hired him to reform the agency and rebuild community relationships. We know a Baltimore City Police sergeant  (who quit taking the  Lieutenant exam because he's white, ahem) who was prominently involved in the staged riots.  This video says everything anyone needs to know about Baltimore's "cycle of scandal, corruption, malfeasance, and incompetence"  Call it erstwhile Mayor Martin O'Malley's legacy.

Larry Hogan

O'Malley Democrats ...... Republican Gov. Larry Hogan announces he's been diagnosed with cancer Baltimore Sun‎ - 2 hours ago Larry Hogan said Monday he's been diagnosed with a "very advanced and very aggressive" ... Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he has 'advanced' form of cancer Washington Post‎ - 12 hours ago Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he has cancer of lymph nodes Fox News‎ - 17 hours ago Of course the first thing on everyone's mind is how the government got rid of Jack Ruby with a cancer implant.  Am I right?

24

we watched the last two S1 'sodes of 24 Sat night. I actually blurted well kiss my rosy red rectum at the ending. Tonight we watched S2 episodes 1&2. I actually blurted well kiss my rosy red rectum during episode 2 (Where Jack interrogated the witness). HFS.  Sent from my computer.

Keep on Truckin'

Techno Thrills

Samsung 'Safety Truck' Shows the Road Ahead so Cars Can Safely Pass Oh My Trucks can be incredibly frustrating obstacles for drivers to pass if they are moving too slowly, yet they are essential to the world we live in - without them we wouldn't be able to buy anything from food to electronic items. Because of their size it can be hard to see around them to make an overtake, but Samsung may have come up with a solution. By placing a camera in the front bumper of the truck and linking it to four monitors placed at the rear, drivers that are following can see when it is safe to pass. We hope that they find a way to optimise this cool idea to save real lives. For more information visit samsungtomorrow.com. However, we all know where the drivers will be aiming that camera, don't we? (Rollover and Wait)

Courts, Democrats, and Pile Driving

The Humanity

Reading Tea Leaves on the 2015 Supreme Court Term The political world will increasingly be watching the Supreme Court over the next two weeks, as the eleven cases left on the Court’s docket for its 2014 Term include a number of blockbusters. The Court, in the words of Justice Jackson, is not final because it is infallible; it is infallible because it is final. Nothing can stop the Court from doing whatever it wants. That said .... Red-light camera company CEO confesses to bribing Ohio Democrats "A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials – including Council President Andrew Ginther – through the Ohio Democratic Party to install the cameras and keep them operating in the city." Supreme Court Strikes Blow for Religious Freedom The last several months have not been kind to our country’s long cherished religious freedom, but the Supreme Court just unanimously handed down a victory for those of us who still value it. In their ruling for the case of Reed v. the Town of Gilbert, Arizona, the court ruled, essentially, that the government cannot pick which forms of speech it wants to protect more than others, and furthermore .... Erick Erickson  is unaware that he channels me. I'm not about to tell him.

Okay, Industrial Art Then ...

art is everywhere

Yes, art!

California meets the demand

Economics 102 Law of Supply and Demand

Two Granchirrens Rate Grampy

Two Granchirrens Rate Grampy

God Stuff

stuff I think about                                                           JMJ

"... and please don't say that God existed before the Big Bang ..." I'm not trying to start any flame wars, but more and more this is stuff I think about .... Here someone asks Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa .... If space and time started at the  time of the Big Bang, say 14 billion years ago, and time did not exist before that, we must assume that the creation of the universe  and of God were contemporaneous events, rather than the reverse ....

Follow the Tracks

Mystery Solved

Dear Fix-a-Flat ...

I'm so flatted ... Unplugged So, I have a CT Scan to get too and, whoa!  A very slow tire leak hath possessed my left rear tire.  But no worry, I had fortuitously just purchased a can of fix a flat (Tire sensor safe!).   Screwed the nipple on (mmmmmm, nipple) and pressed the trigger.  KABLOWWY!  The thing blew up in my face.  Opening my right eye just enough to navigate, I made it into the kitchen and sprayed my face. I wasn't blind, so there's that.  Back outside I turned on the compressor and pumped the tire up to 32 lbs, and took off.   It was a slow leak after all.  On the off ramp to the hospital I feel the wheels go squishy, and—yup—the sound of flat tire.  With a line of cars behind me, and the parking garage just a football field away, I went for it.  KA-SLAPPETA KA-SLAPPETA KA-SLAPPETA.  I parked right in front of the elevator in a do not park space, and made it with a minute to spare.  Shredded. Did I say I don't have a cell phone?  Don't want one. I did have my I pad, so I took a pic of my location and posted it on MoSup's Facebook page (I don't do Facebook myself). A minute later I looked to see if it posted, and my daughter had already commented "Jimi (my S-I-L) on the way!"  To finish in as few words as possible... When I got to the car Jimi had replaced the tire with the donut tire.  But it was flat.  We drove to a tire store with the rim and bought a new tire for $122.00.  Went back in time to face the beach traffic.  Got home.  Did I say MoSup had warned me to get the leak fixed?  She did not say a word.  She is a saint. PS- If the fix a flat  people see this, I was blinded by their product and the operation will cost $5 million.  PPS - Within 5 minutes of that FB post I received (on my iPad) a copy of his AAA card from one son, and a "what can I do" note from another.  It's good to be a father. PPPS - God Bless You Jimi HAHA CRAP

Onions

Secret Bachelor Trick