Quotes…

Posted on by November 7, 2026
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Now y’all know I don’t usually put up a lot quotes, lots of others do better than I…

But… These Mencken quotes ‘do’ resonate, especially now…

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
H. L. Mencken

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
H. L. Mencken

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
H. L. Mencken

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H. L. Mencken

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
H. L. Mencken

Sigh…

Posted on by November 6, 2026
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We all knew Commiefornia was bad, but this… Talk about suckers!

Blue states are insane. In California, billions have been spent on high-speed rail that hasn’t been built, and likely never will. But things are even worse in Boulder, Colorado, where residents voted for a train back in 2004. They began paying taxes for the train in 2005 with a promise the train would be complete in 2014. Now, almost two decades later, residents are still paying for a train that hasn’t been built.

Full article, HERE at Town Hall.

And there is this from the Dems… quelle surprise? Non…

Several prominent Democrats who ran on an “affordability” message were largely silent when pressed by Fox News Digital on their sudden pivot to foreshadowing investigations into the Trump administration, including in many cases its immigration enforcement efforts.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who is poised to lead the House Oversight Committee, responded to Democrats’ win Tuesday with a statement: “Lawyer Up”, despite having pledged to prioritize household costs alongside government accountability.

Garcia told CNN before the election that “Democratic priorities” would be lowering the cost of “gas, groceries, the mortgage, the rent,” alongside combating government corruption.

Full article HERE from Fox News

And the Cornell faculty is apparently awake, not coherent, but awake…

Cornell University’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday expressing no confidence in the university’s central administration and in its president Michael Kotlikoff over the school’s handling of alleged sexual assault on campus.

The vote of no confidence is a sharp rebuke to the university’s leadership. It comes nearly two months after a former student, identified only as Jane Doe, sued Cornell, the Chi Phi fraternity chapter, seven of its members and several other entities, alleging the school failed to protect her and adequately punish students after she was sexually assaulted during a fraternity house party in 2024.

Full article, HERE from CNN.com

All three of these are just a random snapshot from yesterday’s media dribble…

And none of the three are positive, IMHO. And this doesn’t even get into all the other crap going on surrounding AI (LLMs) and the data center backlash which is pretty much flooding the news.

Personally, I think these show just how gullible the sheeple are and uniformed about what is going on around them. And just how much politicians lie… that too… But that’s not unexpected, is it?

22 years and nothing to show for it? What is Boulder smoking? Oh yeah, pot is legal up there…

And the Dems are acting just like Dems always do. Pander to the masses, then as soon as the election is over, it’s back to ‘their’ business as usual and to hell with their constituents.

And Cornell? Really? Did they not read any of the information that has come out about the actual interaction that took place? Or is this a CYA for the faculty to show ‘they’ had nothing to do with anything???

Snort…

Posted on by November 5, 2026
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From the Babylon Bee…

Listen up, Texans: most of you have never experienced living under Democratic rule, and there are some new realities you need to be ready for.

Here are 12 things you can do now to prepare for the Dems taking over:

  1. Forget the Alamo: It had a good run.
  2. Practice riding your horse in a hijab: It’s going to take some getting used to.
  3. Start saying “you all” instead of “y’all”: Contractions are hate speech.
  4. Practice shooting with finger guns: We have some bad news about the real ones.
  5. Trade in your cowboy hat for a fedora: How do you do, fellow liberal?
  6. Remove “Don’t” from all “Don’t Mess With Texas” signs: It’s a new era.
  7. Adopt a gay sports team, such as the Dallas Cowboys: 🤠
  8. White out the word ‘steak’ on all of the steakhouses: You’ve got to keep your beef a secret now.
  9. Trade in your truck for a bicycle: Sorry, but no trucks in blue states. Or cars. Or roads.
  10. Prepare your son to move from football to soccer: Girls’ soccer, to be precise.
  11. Move to California: If you’re going to live in a blue state, you might as well have nice weather.
  12. Prepare to make your last stand at Buc-ee’s: Please. Don’t let them take Buc-ee’s from us.

Yeah, nope… They try that in rural Texas it’s gonna get ‘sporty’…

Well damn…

Posted on by November 4, 2026
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I woke up this morning to find that congress had changed hands last night, by a significant amount.  Come January, the Democrats will be fully in charge.  Michigan elected a socialist and Texas (Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso and the RGV) elected Talifreako to the senate and Hinojosa to the governorship.  That seems to be the over-arching result.

The next two years are going to be interesting and the 2028 Presidential race started yesterday.

And, IMHO, everything ‘we’ believe in will be under attack from the left, if what I’m seeing from the elected Dems is correct… sigh

I don’t know…

Posted on by November 3, 2026
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About anybody else, but I’d had enough of the BS for the election…

So I went to bed early last night.

I guess I’ll find out today who won, who lost, and who is still not decided.

But I hope everyone DID vote! It is your right and DUTY to do so!

Go vote!!!

Posted on by November 2, 2026
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If you haven’t already voted, today IS the day!!!

And the MSM is now saying this is the most ‘expensive’ election in history… Again… Don’t they say this EVERY time?

In my tiny little mind, I cannot figure out what at least half of the questions asked in the “debates” were supposed to be about, they didn’t have a damn thing to do with being a senator or congressman.

I think it was media driven to ask provocative questions designed to alienate voting blocks and force candidates to change their known stances on issues or come off looking like a fool.

And then they asked a FOLLOW UP QUESTION???? Oh come on….

By the way, can you imagine questions being asked during the Democrap debate???

The other thing I find interesting is the media’s continual broadcasting and dissecting of Republican “scandals” and the complete lack of coverage of any Democratic scandals…

This was sent to me as humor, but I think there is a lot of fact behind the humor…

DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS AS REVEALED BY SUBSCRIBER STATISTICS-

The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.

USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don’t really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in colored pie charts.

The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn’t mind running the country — if they could find the time — and if they didn’t have to leave Southern California to do it.

The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.

The New York Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who’s running the country and don’t really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.

The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who’s running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.

The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.

The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure there is a country . . . Or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any another country or galaxy, provided of course they are pro gay rights, pro government sponsored gender reassignment surgery, anti military and that they are not Republicans.

The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something in which to wrap it.

sigh…

Remember unless you’ve been a bad person, you have a right and a DUTY to vote! Please do so. And no, I don’t care to know who/what you voted for. THAT is your business!!!

A little humor…

Posted on by November 2, 2026
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For reasons unknown, the post didn’t post… sigh

To start the week…

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, “My dear child, why are you crying?”

The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family.

The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with sapphires./

  “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.

The seamstress replied, “No.”

The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble studded with rubies.

“Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.

Again, the seamstress replied, “No.”

The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble.

“Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.

The seamstress replied, “Yes.”

The Lord was pleased with the woman’s honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.

Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her,  “Why are you crying?”

“Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!”

The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney . “Is this your husband?” The Lord asked.

“Yes,” cried the seamstress.

The Lord was furious “You lied! That is an untruth!”

The seamstress replied, “Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding.”

“Misunderstanding???” asked the Lord.

“Yes, my Lord,” replied the seamstress, “You see, if I had said “no” to George Clooney , you would have come up with Brad Pitt .

Then if I said “no” to him, you would have come up with my husband.. Had I then said “yes,” you would have given me all three. Lord, I’m not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT’S why I said “yes” to George Clooney.”

And so the Lord let her keep him.

The moral of this story is:   Whenever a woman lies, it’s for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it.

Signed:  All Us Women

No comment… 🙂

Is it over yet???

Posted on by October 31, 2026
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Sigh… 324 junk messages in the last 72 hours. Over 300 of them were voting or asking for money, most from democrats…

And I voted the FIRST day of early voting!!!

And today is the fall ‘back’ day for your clocks… IF you remember how to reset them… LOL

I remember those days… !@$@$# smart ass car clock… Never did figure out how to reset that POS!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Posted on by October 30, 2026
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Howdy folks, it’s everyone’s favorite holiday season. No doubts you’re looking forward to Trick’r’Treat, maybe a costume party, or ritualistic sacrifice to the Dark Ones! But always remember, safety comes first! Now, here’s some very simple rules that should make your Halloween a fun and safe holiday for everyone!

1. If someone tells you that you are the Chosen One and must save whoever or whatever, kill them and change your name.
2. Same bloody well goes for any harbinger of any “prophesy”. If possible, resurrect them and kill them a second time.
3. If a mysterious and beautiful woman appears out of nowhere and is interested in you, run.
4. If you see a lone young child in the middle of nowhere and is uncommonly cheerful and/or giggling, run like you heard banjos.
5. Black cats, not so bad. Black dog that watches you without ever blinking? Don’t run. Slowly back away.
6. Attics? Tell one of your buddies that you hid the beer up there.
7. Cellars? Tell your buddy that you forgot you moved the beer down to the cellar. That’s the point of buddies, they’re gullable.
8. Bullets may or may not work. Either way, shoot the evil entity. A lot.
9. Fire always makes a situation better. Or more entertaining, and that’s the truly important thing.
10. If mysterious folk with foreign or ancient accents pop on any suspicious date (full moon, ides of march, etc), pretend to not understand them.
11. If you can’t outrun the evil entity, well, you only have to outrun the more cliche characters.
12. For the love of the gods, if you are driving at night, fill the tank when you’re between a quarter and half tank.
13. Fix-A-Flat. Cheaper than being hung up on a rusty meat hook.
14. Hawt chicks are like canaries. Always keep a few around when you visit Bad Place. They’ll die first.
15. Little known fact, vampires are allergic to magnesium. When ignited and shoved down their throat.
16. If you have reason to believe you are being stalked by an evil entity, someone might want to stay awake when everyone else sleeps.
17. If one member of your party starts hearing voices, party over, time to leave.
18. If a disembodied voice tells you to get out, follow the advice.
19. Vacations to run down shacks in the middle of nowhere never work out well.
20. Vacations to Eastern Europe can end with you dismembered. But they have very attractive women. Definitely worth the risk.
21. If anyone says “But Whatever Bad Entity doesn’t exist”, kneecap them and leave them while the rest of you wait to see if he or she is right.
22. A flamethrower is always appropriate.
23. When various members of your party mysteriously start missing, don’t individually go looking for them.
24. There’s no such thing as overkill. Only “Not enough” and “Needs more”. Remember this when you think the evil critter is finally dead.
25. When you find the sacred/cursed/ancient artifact, don’t screw with it. Just put it on eBay and let the feedback answer your curiosity.
26. If some random weirdo offers you unsolicited food, drugs or drink, politely decline.
27. If the innkeeper is way too happy to see you, leave. They probably want to sacrifice you. Or they have termites.
28. If someone gives you a quest to find something oddly obscure that happens to be bloody far away with implausibly complicated directions, go on a vacation instead.
29. If you really HAVE to go, dial Blackwater’s Rent-A-Friend program then rent a helicopter to take you and friends to said obscure location.
30. If you manage to escape the werewolves, undead, aliens, or whatever long enough to get to the phone, don’t try to explain the situation. Just call the National Guard and tell them al-Qaeda is planning to poison the nation’s beer supplies and they’re currently at such and such an address. You’ll have all the Blackhawks and Apache gunships you’d want in about ten minutes.

That’s it! Remember these rules, and you’ll have a safe and happy Halloween!

Grrrr…

Posted on by October 29, 2026
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So much for OPTEMPO/PERSTEMPO…

The Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Spruance has set a post-World War II record for a U.S. Navy destroyer deployment and is raising questions about the maintenance work that could follow its eventual return.

The ship left Naval Base San Diego on Nov. 21, 2025, as part of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. It remained at sea even after the carrier group moved on and the Lincoln returned to its home port.

Full article, HERE from Navy Times.

This mess goes back to the whole issue of how many ships the Navy has versus how many commitments the Navy has, e.g. operational requirements to meet, training requirements that have to be done underway, workups, multicountry exercises, etc. etc.

When you add in the missed maintenance availabilities, pushed upgrade schedules, etc. you end up with situations like the USS Boise, $800 million spent and NO upgrades done, one deployment in 11 years, and basically tied to the pier since 2015, lost dive certification in 2017, and IF a slot was found, it wouldn’t be back until 2030! So they decommissioned it, HERE.

And we’ve seen issues going back, that I know of, to at least 2007 on the surface fleet with cost cutting (sequestration), that pushed maintenance out years, lack of shipyards certified to actually DO the work, and pushing a lot of stuff off on the minimally manned ships (after saying the ‘extra’ sailors would be on shore duty to ‘help’ with maintenance.

The other thing you get into is the various technical inserts, and ‘builds’ for the ships, meaning ships of the same class do not have the same equipment or capabilities, and crews cannot directly cross platforms in class to benefit a crew…

And it’s NOT getting any better…

There are really two choices, either build more ships (which takes years), or cut commitments to a realistic level and actually start doing the maintenance on time!

Figure the odds of either of those actually happening…

OBTW, aviation is not in any better shape, you just don’t hear as much about it…