Most of those things ‘kids’ are doing today, and think ‘they’ invented it???
Not so much… Odds are, they’ve already been done before (at least a couple of times)!
And a couple of memes… sigh…
This one truly pisses me off…
And this one is sadly true…
And the left is melting down because, horror of horrors, Berkeley PD actually posted PICTURES of the Pantifa idjits they arrested last weekend…
Several California professors slammed the Berkeley Police Department after it posted the mugshots of Antifa protesters arrested Sunday at a rally where windows were smashed, citizens were punched and “dozens of weapons” were confiscated by cops.
Berkeley cops said Sunday that 20 people were arrested demonstrating against a rally organized by so-called “alt-right” groups. The mugshots of those arrested, their names and what they were arrested for allegedly doing was posted to the BPD’s Twitter account — a practice that is not unusual.
Full article, HERE, with pictures!!!
One ‘wonders’ if any of them might WORK for the university… 🙂
The cops ‘should’ be stripping off the masks immediately upon encountering them, IMHO.
If ‘I’ see anybody in a mask, I’m considering them a threat. Plain and simple…
As ‘indie’ authors (in other words self published with little/no support and advertising) it is hard to get our works out there for the public to see.
So… I’m going to be doing a weekly post on other ‘starving writers’ under the idea that a rising tide lifts all boats. Not all of these will be SF, or any specific genre or age group, it’s just other indies that you might like to take a chance on.
Anyhoo… Here goes…
Click on the cover to go to the Amazon location.
2018 Dragon Award Finalist–Best Alternate History Novel
Evelyn Adamsen grew up knowing she had to hide her psychic abilities, lest she be labeled a witch. However, when the U.S. Army Air Corps came calling in 1943, looking for psychic women to help their beleaguered bomber force, Evelyn answered, hoping to use her powers to integrate the bomber crews and save American lives.
She was extremely successful at it…until her aircraft got shot down.
Now, Evelyn is on the run in Occupied Europe, with a special unit of German Fallschirmjager and an enemy psychic on her heels. Worse, Evelyn learns that using her psychic powers functions as a strobe that highlights her to the enemy.
As the enemy psychic closes in, Evelyn is faced with a dilemma in her struggle to escape—how can she make it back to England when the only talent she has will expose her if she uses it?
So who or what is Davi Dracson?
If you’re down on your luck, come to Hilda’s Inn for a game of dice and cheap ale. The hundred-year-stew has been stewing for a hundred years and the fire never burns out.
Except Hilda’s Inn is under new management, and Hilda is on the run with Davi, a dragonling. There will be dwarfs, ogres, dragons, and magical trinkets between Delhaven and Koenigstadt, the king’s city.
Don’t forget that the woods are not a safe place–the Draugr is lurking and
hungry. And, he has a taste for magic.
The Hunt for Red October meets Timeline!
MARTIN RICHTER, a pacifist history professor specializing in pre-WWII Germany, has two passions in his life—history…and opposing nuclear weapons.
ERIC SOBOL, a terminally ill holocaust survivor billionaire, learns of a wormhole that leads back in time to 1938, and he decides to do everything within his power to change the past.
Thanks to their efforts, a modernized Russian Typhoon-class nuclear submarine jumps the time barrier and appears in 1938, manned by 21st century multinational experts and equipped with the best technology money can buy. But when a saboteur steals a nuclear warhead and delivers it to the German navy, all of history is at stake. As the crippled Typhoon is ambushed by a U-boat wolf pack, Hitler contemplates how to use his newly acquired weapon to make all of Europe fall to the Third Reich….
At war with an old enemy, betrayed by a supposed ally, Fuercon is a system on the brink of disaster. All that stands between it and defeat are its Space Navy and Marines – and the fact the betrayer does not yet know its secret plans have been discovered. But will that be enough to turn the tide of war?
Honor and duty.
Honor and duty have guided Colonel Ashlyn Shaw’s life for as long as she can remember. Honor kept her sane when she was betrayed by those she had fought beside. Duty gave her reason to trust again once the betrayal came to light and her name, as well as the names of her fellow Devil Dogs, was cleared. Now she and the Marines under her command are once again asked to risk their lives to protect Fuercon from its enemies.
Family and the Corps.
They are why she fights. She knows what will happen to them should Fuercon fall to the Callusians. Their lives are worth any sacrifice she must make to help keep their homeworld safe.
Betrayal.
The not-so-secret driving force of Ashlyn’s life. Four years ago, someone betrayed her and her command. That person now works to betray Fuercon. Ashlyn is determined to discover who – and why – and bring them to justice.
The storm clouds of war gather and time is running out. Will Ashlyn and the Devil Dogs be able to turn back the enemy and unmask the betrayer before all is lost?
When the Miss Outer Space beauty pageant decided they should hold the contest in outer space, they created an irresistible prize for the pirates that preyed on ship on both sides of the Pegasi Rift. And an opportunity for politicians on both sides.
When another enhanced human, Mark Wright, unexpectedly shows up at the Agency, Alpha One discovers that they still aren’t done with Slug’s machinations and levels of planning: Wright is there for Omega, and the NEXT generation of assassins will be GENETICALLY programmed to kill Echo! Thus begins a bizarre, inverted manhunt as the telepathically-brainwashed Wright chases Alpha One across the planet, using the pre-programmed mental link that Omega can’t fully block, to follow her anywhere Echo can take her…
This one from Blake is a YA novel, so if you have tweens/teens… 🙂
Garia and the East Morlans have been on increasingly rocky terms for years, and when Téo and Zara ran away together, they touched off the powder keg of war between their kingdoms. Now they have to fight for their lives while learning to live in a foreign land.
In the Morlans, Hanri and Alia are facing their own sets of problems. He must control and divert the single-minded vengeance of his father King Reynard, and she must sort the gold of information from the dross of gossip in a palace swarming with rumors. It could mean the difference between life and death for all of them.
Take a look, maybe you’ll find something you like! Thanks for stopping by.
These two videos show various air tankers in the process of fighting various fires… Since PP is (thankfully) now out of danger as the River fire is mostly controlled, there is a bit less worry on my part.
But… The Ranch fire is still going strong, now over 200,000 acres, less than 25% contained, and the fire crews are hurting. They have brought in a number of air tankers to help out, including the DC-10 air tanker, but it takes a team effort. Air, ground, and hopefully some cooperation from the weather (which they are NOT getting in California right now).
The following video features a number of ‘older’ fire fighting airplanes, S-2s, P-2s, P-3s, and P4Ys. All of these airplanes are ex-Navy submarine hunter airplanes, with bombays that have been converted/added to with external pouches to drop more water or retardant.
As the second video says, not everyone comes back… I knew some of the folks that flew these birds back in the day, after they got out of the Navy. To a person, they said it was ‘busy’ in the cockpit… Dodging hills, wires, antennas, other airplanes, and getting the drop in the right place at the right time made for a high cockpit loading, but very rewarding when it all came together.
My hat’s off to each and everyone that does this risky work today, and the fire crews on the ground.
THIS was on sale at the Newseum in DC… LOL
Along with MAGA hats, and the Trump as Superman cartoon books from the campaign. And the left is melting down…
Full article with quotes, HERE. I really find this ironic, since the Newseum charges for entry, in a city full of FREE museums that are much more meaningful, and historic. They’ve ‘always’ thought they were ‘important’ enough that people would pay money to learn about the news, and have found the reality is something quite different…
Cue my surprised face… Sigh…
This is bad…
US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart of the American embassy in Moscow for more than a decade, the Guardian has learned.
Full article, HERE. Interestingly, it’s gotten NO coverage in the MSM… One wonders why??? That can’t be blamed on Trump, or can it? I’m sure the left will try…
And this one is just as bad, if not worse…
New details emerged Wednesday about how a mole for the government of communist China managed to stay by Senator Dianne Feinstein’s side for nearly 20 years.
Dianne Feinstein had a Chicom spy as her ‘driver/gopher’ for almost 20 YEARS!!!
And it found under Obama’s reign and was curiously swept under the rug…
Full details, HERE. From CBS San Francisco. What makes it more interesting is she had access to Senate intelligence committee data…
I can only wonder is ‘this’ might be why the Dems in Kali refused to support her this time around.
First there was this…
I traveled to Standing Rock in November of 2016 with my friend, hauling over 5000 dollars worth of winter tents, clothing, food, and gear. My full time job allowed me to stay barely a week, and my ego, mixed with a hefty dose of white savior mentality, convinced me that my training as an EMT, and my lifetime of experience with direct action and social justice, would make me useful. Fast forward 5 days, and I was crying in the driver’s seat of my car, while my amazing friend listened quietly as I grieved for something I didn’t know I had ever lost.
From HERE…
And then there was a fisking… Now Larry C does some epic ones, but this one… 🙂
Self-loathing white people are some of the most disturbing people to have ever drawn breath. Drama queens might be the best way to describe them, for they obsess endlessly about things they haven’t done, they elevate petty problems to the world stage and bury major ones behind a veneer of political correctness. A white kid wearing dreadlocks is the end of the world. But recognizing that ISIS lobs gay people off of buildings for amusement is probably racism (even though, paradoxically, Islam is not a race). Sanctimony is their religion, Social Justice their crusade, and endless self-hatred their spiritual diet.
Here’s a window into the insane mind of one of these cretins: White People Have No Culture. And it cries out in the darkness of colossal ignorance for a proper fisking. Let us begin our descent past an event horizon of stupidity, a singularity of dedicated ignorance…
From Thales over at Declination, HERE. My hat is off to you sir, that was EPIC!!!
The Grey Man- Generations is up on Amazon, and since this is a novella, it’s going to be Kindle only, but it’s 22000 words (Yes, the short story got out of hand…sigh)
Click on the cover to go to it…
The blurb-
A new generation carries on the legacy of service in the latest Grey Man novella…
Marine Corporal Jace Cronin, a scout/sniper, survived insurgents in the Philippines, only to be handed an even greater challenge: the Naval Academy. He won’t be headed in alone, though. Esme Carter got her own slot and is ready to go head to head with him over who’s the best. They’ve got their eyes on lieutenant’s bars and pilot slots, and woe betide anyone who gets in the way!
Hope y’all enjoy it, and thanks as always to the alpha and beta readers who made the story better!!!
* WANTED: Meaningful overnight relationship.
* I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
* Don’t take life too seriously: You’re not getting out alive, anyway.
* I got a gun for my wife. Best trade I ever made.
* So you’re a feminist…Isn’t that cute!
* Anyone can give up smoking, but it takes a REAL man to face cancer.
* I need someone really bad… Are you really bad?
* To all you virgins…. thanks for nothing.
* I’m not a complete idiot: Some parts are missing.
* The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.
* My kid had sex with your honor student.
* If something goes without saying, LET IT!
* Help wanted telepathy: you know where to apply.
* Jesus paid for our sins… Now, lets get our money’s worth!
* I don’t have to be dead to donate my organ. Want it?
* WARNING! Driver only carries $20.00 in ammunition.
* I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather .. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
* God loves stupid people. That’s why he made so many.
* I said “NO” to drugs… but they just WOULDN’T listen.
* I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
* P.E.T.A.: People Eating Tasty Animals.
* When you do a good deed, get a receipt, in case heaven is like The IRS.
* Rainy days and automatic weapons always get me down.
* When there’s a Will, I want to be in it!
* If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
* Time is the best teacher Unfortunately it kills all its students!
* Forget about World Peace…..Visualize Using Your Turn Signal !
* Warning: Dates on Calendar are closer than they appear.
* Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
* Don’t drink and drive. You might hit a bump, and spill your drink.
* Elvis is dead, and I’m not feeling so marvelous myself.
* Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.
* Very funny, Scotty… Now beam down my clothes!
* Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.
* Be nice to your kids. They’ll choose your nursing home.
* I killed a 6-pack just to watch it die.
Just… WOW…
The loony left in Austin is at it again…
Known as both the “father of Texas” and the namesake of the state’s capital, Stephen F. Austin carved out the early outlines of Texas among his many accomplishments.
He also opposed an attempt by Mexico to ban slavery in the province of Tejas and said if slaves were freed, they would turn into “vagabonds, a nuisance and a menace.”
For that reason, the city of Austin’s Equity Office suggested renaming the city in a report about existing Confederate monuments that was published this week.
Full article HERE, in My Statesman. It’s also been put up on the hill.com, HERE, and probably some other places I’m not finding. This is part of the same bunch that got two street names changed earlier, over the objections of the people that lived there.
I think this is probably the same bunch, or part of those that wanted to BAN BBQ inside the Austin city limits, because of the smoke and ‘smell’. It was ‘offensive’ to a certain group of people…
Sigh…
And as California continues to burn, and people die, the econazis are keeping a low profile, since they are part of the problem, since they sued for years over controlled burns in certain areas to ‘protect the environment’. Which actually did nothing more than let the underbrush get out of control, dry out, and provide plenty of combustibles…
And also doesn’t allow Lodgepole or Jack pines among others to drop their cones through a process called Serotiny, HERE. And the Sequoias need fire to propagate too.