D-Day… 76 years on…

Posted on by June 6, 2020

Just a reminder, there weren’t any ‘safe spaces’ back then.

D-Day was June 6, 1944, but that was just the FIRST day…

Battles continued in and around the Normandie area through the end of June as more and more troops came ashore and the Mulberry pier at Arromanches was put in place, where it remained for the next 10 months.

Not sure of the date of the pictuer below, but it is obviously after the original landings on June 6th.

Over 9000 Americans died to retake the area… But it was not just Americans…

Allied forces consisted primarily of American, British and Canadian troops but also included Australian, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, New Zealand, Norwegian, Rhodesian and Polish naval, air or ground support.

Take a moment, if you will, to remember those who served and died in Operation Overlord…

 

Interesting article…

Posted on by June 4, 2020

I did quite a bit of testing out in WESTPAC back in the 80s and 2003-2015…

China is often described as the next superpower to top America within the next few decades. At first glance, such an assertion makes sense. The country’s vast geography, natural resources, rich history, and tech-savvy populace puts it in a position to thrive in the 21st century. However, China’s rise as a superpower is not one of an overnight success, nor is it filled with pretty rainbows.

Full article, HERE from Ammo.com.

When you add in not only their military expansionism, the whole Wuhan Flu situation, and their years of intellectual property theft, China is on a spiral that has a number of ‘interesting’ possibilities…

Sigh…

Posted on by June 5, 2020

I swear, some people are just so damn gullible…

4Chan is at it again!

Getting women to shave their heads in support of BLM…

So they are getting women to turn themselves into SKINHEADS in support of BLM. Just stop and think about that for a minute…

Sigh… I’m really beginning to wonder about these newer generations…

In other news, karma is a bitch when you torment a police dog and get too close… HERE!

Corrected copy is up!!!

Posted on by June 5, 2020

The corrected copy of the paperback Rimworld- The Rift is now live. Sigh…

Click the cover if you want a paperback copy.

I’ve heard from a few folks that got the misprinted version, but there are still about 7 or 8 folks out there that I owe a book to. If you’re one of those, please shoot me an email, I need to replace the bad copies that got out there!

And thank you to those who have left honest reviews! It IS appreciated, and it helps us poor starving writers to get moved up in the Amazon queues… I’m happy to get 50 on a book, as that is the first level.

Uncle Hugo’s GoFundMe!!!

Posted on by June 2, 2020

For those that may not know, Uncle Hugo’s was/will be again a bookstore in Minneapolis. It was also the oldest independent science fiction book store in the USA!

Sadly, it was burned down in the rioting and they were not able to save anything, link HERE. Don’s store had many signed first edition copies of science fiction, and they routinely supported local and ‘upstarts’ like Larry Correia and Brad Torgensen.

The fund raiser is back on! Don Blyly is the owner, a Minneapolis local, and all around nice guy.

The fund raiser link is HERE.

Dammit…

Posted on by June 2, 2020

If you are one of the thirteen people that bought a paperback version of Rimworld- The Rift, I owe you a new copy…

Something happened between the proof and the actual printed copy. The header/page numbers went away, and the paragraph inset disappeared. I was just notified by one of my readers.

If you purchased one, I will replace it with a signed copy no cost to you. I will put another post up as soon as the corrected revision is up!

My apologies!!! Please send me an email at oldnfo at gmail dot com and as soon as I get new/correct copies, I will ship one out to you, which will probably take about three weeks.

I am sorry. This is NOT the quality of work I want to have people seeing.

FWIW…

Posted on by June 1, 2020

As I’ve said before, I have absolutely NO problems with peaceable protests by any group of people for any reason, memorials, etc. I won’t be joining them, but that is an absolute right to do so… PEACEABLY… That is guaranteed by the 1st Amendment.

These are the ‘white supremacists’ that are rioting…

Pair of Brooklyn lawyers including Ivy League corporate attorney charged in Molotov cocktail attack on NYPD cruiser

Full article, HERE.

And they are burning bookstores… HERE.

And churches… HERE.

But I wouldn’t try that again at the Alamo… HERE.

And I wonder who is ‘conveniently’ placing pallets of bricks in various cities that ‘happen’ to be right in the path of the rioters???

Interesting to note that very little coverage is provided of the people who are defending their property/businesses anywhere with guns. That isn’t making the MSM at all. And it seems the rioters in LA are staying out of Koreatown… LOL

And a reminder… We, the people have rights enumerated by the following amendments…

1st Prohibits Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the right to petition the government
2nd Protects the right to keep and bear arms
3rd Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes
4th Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause
5th Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
6th Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel
7th Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law
8th Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment
9th Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution
10th States that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated, or enumerated, to it through the Constitution
11th Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for state sovereign immunity
12th Revises presidential election procedures by having the president and vice president elected together as opposed to the vice president being the runner up in the presidential election
13th Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
14th Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post–Civil War issues
15th Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude
16th Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the various states or basing it on the United States Census
17th Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote
18th Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States
(Repealed December 5, 1933, via the 21st Amendment)
19th Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex
20th Changes the date on which the terms of the president and vice president and of members of Congress end and begin (to January 20 and January 3 respectively). States that if the president-elect becomes vacant, the vice president-elect is inaugurated as president in their place.
21st Repeals the 18th Amendment and makes it a federal offense to transport or import intoxicating liquors into U.S. states and territories where such transport or importation is prohibited by the laws of those states and territories
22nd Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once
23rd Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College, their number being not more than those of the least populous state
24th Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax
25th Addresses succession to the presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and responding to presidential disabilities
26th Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens eighteen years of age or older to vote on account of age
27th Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives

Common sense says don’t be where you may be caught up in an ongoing situation. If you are, get out/away as soon as possible. Carry a weapon if you can, or at least pepper spray. Be prepared to defend yourself and your loved ones. Now is NOT the time to play nice with the people who are not peaceably assembling!

Technology…

Posted on by May 31, 2020

In three snapshots…

From pure analog, computed on slide rules, to massively parallel computing…

And phase one of the Dragon testing was completed at 1030 CDT today with a hard lock on the ISS.

And courtesy of Comrade Misfit, a little computer game to see how good you are flying the capsule, HERE.

 

YESSSS!!!

Posted on by May 30, 2020

Falcon 9 went off like clockwork! All shots courtesy of NASA TV! Interestingly, they were on a 30 second delay…

1423 CDT Liftoff!

1424 Going uphill

1426 First stage separation/2nd stage light off

1427 Capsule shot and 2nd stage burn

1433 First stage recovers on the ship

1436 Second stage separation

On orbit… two minutes less than Alan Shepard’s first flight 59 years ago… Depending on when you read this, they should be getting close to docking with the ISS… That is supposed to occur approximately 0930 CDT.

Honestly, I’m glad to see America taking back control of their flights into space, and congrats to Spacex, the first PRIVATE company to put men in space!!!

Blues…

Posted on by May 30, 2020

1948 vs. 2009…

For those who like aviation!

That just sends a chill down the spine… And for 90, he sure is spry, and I have no doubt he could start that F-8 up and fly it today, no questions asked…

HERE is the official history of the Blues. And the new kids, the Thunderchickens, HERE, if anybody cares… 😉