The Wedding

Catharsis

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb Earwood and his fiancée Maggie wanted to pray together before their ceremony, but didn’t want to be seeing each other before their vows.

Cardboard Plane= Fun Fun Fun

A Bad, Bad Agency

Police State, EPA

[How EPA flooded the zone on water rule] ...  What McCarthy did not mention, and what was reported last week in the The New York Times, is that the EPA used government resources to coordinate with environmentalist groups in order to achieve this 90 percent support. Through an intense effort in what is known as "grassroots lobbying," the government worked to encourage people on one side of the debate to make their voices heard, so as to skew perceptions of public opinion. In addition to meeting behind closed doors with environmentalist leaders supportive of the rule, the agency used a social media tool called Thunderclap. It is like Kickstarter, but users donate social media shares instead of money. By getting just under 1,000 left-wing activists to sign on, the EPA was able to urge 1.8 million people in their political circles, all at once, to comment favorably on the proposed rule. This helped generate levels of support for the rule more appropriate to Saddam Hussein's re-election results than to any serious issue discussed in a democracy ......

8 or 9 things

art is everywhere

berkeley mews When I think of Berkeley I think of people without a sense of humor—because Liberals don't have one.  So this is my answer.

INSTANT REPLAY

Semper Fi Coming Soon: ACLU SUES TO KEEP EAGLE OUT OF RELIGION

Taken at the National Cemetery  in Minneapolis on a June morning as it appeared in the Minneapolis  Star/Tribune    Tom Mann

The Right Stuff

BLUE BLOODS MOMENT Tom Selleck stars as Frank Reagan, the chief of police in New York and patriarch of the Reagan clan, a multigenerational family of cops. Frank's oldest son is Danny, a seasoned detective and Iraqi War veteran who occasionally uses dubious tactics to solve cases. Daughter Erin, the lone female, is an assistant district attorney. Fresh out of Harvard Law, Jamie is the youngest member and "golden boy" of the family. Jamie gave up a lucrative future in law to continue the family's tradition in police work, and is asked to participate in a secretive investigation that even his father does not know about. I've mentioned that Blue Bloods has become our all time favorite dinner series, primarily because we always feel good at the end.  Here's a clip from  the episode (Loss of Faith) we watched last night (Netflix) that's representative.  In this instance a nice Catholic girl dies because she retrograded to Islam.  The obvious suspect is the the hateful, radical brother of the  Muslim  kid she fell for (an honor killing).  Not. Her father accidentally strangled her whilst trying to stop her from leaving home. Every show ends at the family dinner table, and here's a situation where we might expect a wholesale Hollywood rant about homophobic, Islamo hating right-wing fanatic mo-fkrs.  But no; there is room to recognize cultural differences (and subtle disapprobation for certain parties, ahem),  but a need to accommodate where we can.  With humor.

Philosophy; Cartman

Missing Bill

I GET MAIL

It doesn't matter  what party you belong to - this is good natured political humor from a show on Canadian TV, where Ian Brown, a black commedian,  said he misses Bill Clinton. "Yep, that's right -      I miss Bill Clinton *He was the closest thing we ever got to having a real black man as President. *He played the sax. *He smoked      weed. *He had his way with      ugly white women. *Even now? Look at him ... His wife works, and he doesn't!  And, he gets a check from the government every month. *Manufacturers   announced today that they will be stocking America 's shelves this week  with " Clinton Soup," in honor of one of the nations' distinguished men. It consists primarily of a hot dog in hot water. *Chrysler Corporation is adding a new car to its line to honor Bill Clinton. The Dodge Drafter will be built in Canada. *When asked what he   thought about foreign affairs, Clinton replied, "I don't know, I never  had one." *The Clinton revised  judicial oath: "I solemnly swear to tell the truth as I know it, the  whole truth as I believe it to be, and nothing but what I think you need  to know." *Clinton will be      recorded in history as the only President to do Hanky Panky between the   Bushes. Diane Lyons

Tar Heel Squelch

CASHBACK

cinema à la carte

CASHBACK I won't kid you; it's obvious why I might have been drawn to "CASHBACK."  Twice.  I like retail store movies.  Seriously.  I watched "Career Opportunities" several times back in the day, and really liked The Good Girl.   The supermarket scene in Animal House was a triumph. Even more srsly, someone recently recommended it to me, and when I pulled it up on Netflix I discovered I'd rated it with 4 stars and then forget about it.  I watched it again Saturday night. Now I give it 5 stars.  Yes, there are naked girls, but I swear, I found them no more prurient than walking through an art galley where nudes are displayed. I'd watch it during Lent.  This is a just a technically sound, subtly hilarious, and well executed film. All of you except for some will agree with me. You're welcome.

Web Designer

VIVINT SOLAR ENERGY

PREVIOUSLY "... anyone know anything about VIVINT.SOLAR?" : The deal with Vivant is, in our case, is they will sell us energy collected from "their panels" for 10.5 cents per kwh. Pur current cost is around 36 cents. If we use less than what is generated, the excess is sold back to BG&E and credited to us. There are ZERO costs involved for the installation; there are no battery devices involved. This all sounds pretty sweet. However, even while the sales guy was pitching us I Googled them. While there were just a few entries on the consumer page, all were negative. Yesterday the surveyor was here a 8AM and did a full roof sun collection survey on our roof and told us when he was finished that he's sure we will qualify and get panels. On the upside is the promise of reducing energy costs, and but also the positive effect it ought have when we sell. I sent the contract to our son who now living in Utah (Vivant's home). While going through the packet I noticed that the salesman did not leave his workup sheets. I feel uneasy which is why these queries.  - April 28th Had many requests for updates on Vivint's offer of free solar panels .  Here's a brief summary of how this made sense for us after some due diligence. The People's State of MD (some other states are also on board with this) are fining BGE about one million dollars a day until they show proper progress toward promoting renewable energy.  That right there is the incentive.  BGE not only pay agents like Solar City, Vivint, et. al., to find good candidates (lots of sun), they supply the panels.  They allow the agent (Vivint) to sell generated electricity to the homeowner at, in our case, 10.5¢ kWh (we currently pay about 35¢).  In effect then, Vivint is renting our roof for 20 years.  Vivint will also collect all federal and state rebates.  There are no batteries; nothing is saved locally.  Our initial concerns were an abundance of bad Googled reviews from people who'd dealt with Vivint.  Most were about not getting response back about what was going on; probably people who failed the test (a guy comes out and surveys your sun footprint), and the sales person was not considerate enough to tell them.  One claimed that after a few months they were actually paying more for electricity than before.  That's only possible if the owner started using considerably more power, like buying room air conditioners for every room when they had none before.  Another claimed the installer damaged his roof. Vivint is a Utah company with a good history, but  new to the solar game. Fortunately we have a son who's a big shot corporate lawyer, and who just bought a home in Utah.  Sent him the contract to check it out.  They passed muster. We said okay. We were scheduled to have our install on June 30, but our salesman called Friday and said they had a crew available to install this Saturday.  Since you can opt out of the deal up to the point where they're climbing the ladder, I'm guessing someone did just that.  We said OK.  They showed up around noon, and less than three hours later had installed 34 panels—worth $44,000 according to the state permit— and were gone.  Now we await BGE's installation of the collection meter.  FWIW, the installer said his mom had the panels installed.  Her first month's bill was 6¢.  We'll see.  The pitch of our roof is such that we can't see the panels unless we go across the street, which is the view you see.

STONED

I'm in the workshop

TIME TO REINVENT MYSELF

HARK! Nihilism

Drinks on the house!

Obama thugs SEIU Wants to Kill Franchisees with Kindness Petitions business watchdog for investigation Radical Group Wants Christian General Court-Martialed for Speaking About God Islamic State Terror Handbook Trains Western Jihadis To Avoid Capture State Department Plans January 2016 Deadline for Release of Hillary Clinton Emails La La LA LA LA OMFG! Stephanopoulos, ABC may have Clinton ties!!! This blogging thing.  I'll guess that most everyone who participates in "social media" is prone to a conceit that what they say can actually matter.  Change things.  But, we've reached a point, IMO,  where truth is an ethereal concept open to individual interpretaion.  So we're fucked.  I forget that sometimes, and get terribly frustrated even though I know better.  My "About" page states, simply: "This blog is really like a neighborhood bar.  That explains everything.  Sooner or later you'll be happy,  pissed off, laughing, and then disappointed. Drinks are not free. Neither is the Prozac. Also, all professional democrats are liars. "   Okay then. A young blonde woman is distraught because she fears her husband is having an affair, so she goes to a gun shop and buys a handgun. The next day she comes home to find her husband in bed with a beautiful redhead. She grabs the gun and holds it to her own head. The husband jumps out of bed, begging and pleading with her not to shoot herself. Hysterically the blonde responds to the husband, ''Shut up...you're next!''

ACORN By Any Other Name is ......

HELTER SKELTER                           Provoking Racial Unrest

Ferguson Rent-A-Mobs Exposed ACORN’s successor group in Missouri has been paying protesters $5,000 a month to generate civil unrest in Ferguson .... MORE is the rebranded Missouri branch of the former Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) which filed for bankruptcy in late 2010. That ACORN state chapter reconstituted itself in December 2009 as MORE under orders from ACORN’s national headquarters. President Obama used to work for ACORN and he represented it in court as a lawyer. (See my previous article on MORE.) MORE has been active in the Ferguson protests and in efforts to free jailed demonstrators so they can continue vandalizing businesses, intimidating perceived adversaries, setting fires, throwing projectiles and human waste at cops, and engaging in the Left’s usual modes of so-called nonviolent protest. MORE believes that protesters should be given a blank check to inflict whatever harm they wish on the community in pursuit of social justice. The unpaid rent-a-mob operatives complain that MORE stiffed them the same way ACORN did to hired protesters throughout its 40 years of radical left-wing rabble-rousing. The ACORN network’s leadership was always predominantly white while its foot soldiers were mostly non-white, a fact that caused tension within the criminal community organizing outfit. [More Front Page] http://tinyurl.com/ACORN-SLIME

DADS ARE COOL

19 Times 'Dad Instincts' Saved the Day

THEN AND NOW

I'd say it's time we got on a war footing.  Whilst searching for an appropriate WWII poster to make my point,  I found the winner at America’s Disgusting & Idiotic Propaganda Posters of World War II! Was so annoyed I decided to comment, and there, right at the top, somebody had reached into the future and captured word for word what I was going to say. ibsharkbait April 19, 2015 at 3:08 am You are incredibly ignorant. We were at war with these people. There was nothing disgusting or idiotic about these posters. You obviously have not studied any history. Heaven help you, if it wasn’t for the people who fought, you would be speaking Japanese or German. You are disgusting and idiotic, and brainwashed. Reminding us that we face another problem in the likes of site owner Andrew Anglin who espouses seeking " revolution through the education of the masses. When the information is available to the people, systemic change will be inevitable and unavoidable." A nice thought ... if you're teaching catechism to second graders.  Like POGO said ...

"Raper her again, harder, harder .." Saudi Fight Song

Saudi Rapist in Colorado Says Sex Offender Program is Against His Religion Rape however is not Homaidan al-Turki’s entire defense strategy from the beginning was Islam. The member of a prominent Saudi family claimed that the prosecution was Islamophobic. “We are Muslim. We are different. The state has criminalized these basic Muslim behaviors. Attacking traditional Muslim behaviors is a focal point of the prosecution.” He had a point, because the behavior he was charged with was commonplace back in Saudi Arabia. [Full] Res Ipsa Loquitor

Jingle all the way ...

cinema à la carte

Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is a true story of housewife Evelyn Ryan, adapted from a book written by the daughter.  A truly amazing women with 10 kids and a truly worthless husband who is  aptly portrayed by Woody Harrelson.  Evelyn uses her talents to win a large freezer, ice buckets, washer and dryer, trip to New York City, sleds, boots, pony, palm tree, window, sports car, shopping spree in her local grocery store, ice crushers, camera, dance shoes, boat motor, pogo sticks, case of dog food, and a lifetime supply of bird seed.  I gave it 4 stars. Would have been 5,  but I spent so much time hoping that someone was going to kill the husband that it was distracting.