Who are we???

Posted on by September 12, 2025

Especially now?

We’re supposed to ‘stand’ in unified opposition to the senseless killing, according to those on the left.

But we aren’t unified. We’ve been called sexist, fascist, racist, bigoted, anti-vax, ad infinitum. Oh, and the general insult, a threat to democracy, because we won’t kowtow to the left’s mantra. The last time ‘we’ stood united was after 9/11. Since then, America has been in a decline driven by political differences…

I saw this on X this yesterday morning and it prompted me to write what follows…

The Overton Window pretty much just slammed shut on the left after Charlie Kirk’s murder, IMHO. We now know that being able to express ourselves and actually talk issues out is no longer possible. I made one short post after Kirk was shot, and immediately got a ‘what about’ response, trying to divert the discussion into something else.

I was frankly amazed by the number of people who gleefully celebrated Kirk’s death, especially those in education and the public sector. These folks have obviously lived in their little bubbles for so long, believing that Kirk was an extremist who willingly incited violence (neither of which is true), and they thought that was acceptable and everyone would agree!

Personally, I believe Charlie Kirk was hated for three things. His open profession of his Christianity, his willingness to peacefully debate his opponents, and that he was ‘teaching’ young people they had a voice, and it was okay to think for themselves. And once that happened, those young people become much more realistic in their approach to life and politics.

Why should we stand with these people?

I don’t believe we should. They have openly called for murder and gotten it. And if social media is any indication, they are now calling for the murder of President Trump and any other ‘conservative’ voices that can be ‘gotten to’.

I believe it’s time to take a hard look at who our friends are, a realistic look at whom we interact with on social media and real life, and make a list of those who have advocated for murder. I’m not saying go get them (yet), but know who/where they are. And make sure you are not where they are.

I know a lot of folks carry, and now is the time to be ‘religious’ about that, besides not going stupid places or being around stupid people. Also, I would say don’t disregard the left as shooters. In conversations with an instructor, he told me there are instructors teaching the lefties how to shoot, so Custodio te literally becomes the watch word.

Don’t huddle up and change your lifestyle, thinking that will protect you. That is what the left wants. Continue to live your life as you have, but be realistic about what you believe, what you do, whom you converse with, and most of all, know that you are not alone.

And one other thing- Don’t ‘feed’ the trolls out there… just sayin…

Good bye…

Posted on by September 11, 2025

So long, Sayonara. Typepad, the original blogging tool is going away…

We have made the difficult decision to discontinue Typepad, effective September 30, 2025. 

What Does This Mean for You? 

After September 30, 2025, access to Typepad – including account management, blogs, and all associated content – will no longer be available. Your account and all related services will be permanently deactivated.   

Please note that after this date, you will no longer be able to access or export any blog content. 

What Do You Need to Do? 

If you need to retain your content, please export your content before September 30, 2025. After this date, your content will no longer be accessible to you and will not be available for export. 

Full article, HERE from Typepad site. h/t Ag Tiger.

If you’re an old school blogger, you might have started/used/or still use Typepad.  It was the first real blogging program back in the day.

Now it’s going away. If you still have anything over there, you have until the end of the month to go recover your data. The way to do that can be found at their website.

Sigh… seems like all the ‘stuff’ we started with, Typepad, Netscape, and a bunch of other ‘programs’ are now dead. Not that I will EVER miss Word Perfect… Grrr…

Anyhoo, it’s time (or past time) to move on. Highly recommend Open Office.

Posted in PSA

Never forget…

Posted on by September 10, 2025

24 years on, we still remember 9/11/2001…

Each of us remembers it in our own way, where we were, what we were doing, etc.

For some, it’s visual… Anheiser’s 20th year ad, played once, just like the original.

And for some, it’s music…

The Royal Marines and Sound of Silence, for those who will never speak again.

I remember CAPT Larry Getzfred, CDR Jack Punches (USN Ret), ans AW1 Joe Pycior who all died in the Navy Ops Center in the Pentagon.

Sigh…

Posted on by September 9, 2025

The truth IS stranger than the fiction that Thunberg is spouting…

On Monday night, social media was ablaze with reports that Swedish environmental/anti-Israel activist Greta Thunberg’s boat was struck by a bomb launched from a drone. Thunberg, who my colleague Ward Clark likes to call the “Doom Pixie,” is taking part in a civilian boat flotilla headed to Gaza to “break Israel’s naval blockade” of the Hamas-controlled territory.

News soon broke that although a fire broke out on the vessel, Thunberg and other activists were uninjured and were intent on completing their mission.

Full article, HERE from RedState

Now we ‘know’ to take anything she says with a grain (or a thousand) of salt…

And this is one more case of that. Of these 50 ‘ships’ in the convoy, most if not all probably will not make it across the Med to start with.

And it gets even better, as the rest of the story comes out… It appears the activists accidentally lit their own craft on fire with a flare!

Personally, I think this is yet another grab at the fleeting 15 seconds of fame for Thunberg. The last try failed, and I believe all of them know this effort is going the same way, but publicity is publicity…

A beg…

Posted on by September 8, 2025

Our friend Peter Grant is needing $$$. You can read the details at his blog, HERE.

He is facing two major surgeries, removal of a kidney and ‘fixing’ a long term issue with his back fusion. He’s been fighting with Workman’s Comp and the insurance companies for over three years over this, but it will probably end up having to go to a court case for final resolution.

To put it simply, Peter can’t wait that long, and I’m not sure that Workman’s Comp and the insurance companies aren’t hoping he dies first. No, I’m not joking…

Peter is a long time friend (over 20 years), and has been a neighbor for 9 years. He has also been a contributor of defensive weapons to a number of raffles we did for various folks, along with other GiveSendGos we’ve done.

We have watched him get worse and worse, and this is also impacting his ability to write, which is also cutting into their income. They’ve taken a second mortgage, and done other things to get as much together as they can, but it’s not enough.

His wife, Dorothy, has put up a GiveSendGo, https://www.givesendgo.com/GJPZ6 asking for help.

If you can spare anything, it would be appreciated. Every little bit helps.

Thank you in advance.

A little humor…

Posted on by September 7, 2025

To start your week…

Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop in Dingle, they walk over to the bird section and Gerry says to Paddy, ‘Dat’s dem.’

The owner comes over and asks if he can help them.

‘Yeah, we’ll take four of dem dere little budgies in dat cage up dere,’ says Gerry..

The owner puts the budgies in a cardboard box. Paddy and Gerry pay for the birds, leave the shop and get into Gerry’s truck to drive to the top of the Connor Pass.

At the Connor Pass, Gerry looks down at the 1000 foot drop and says, ‘Dis looks like a grand place..’ He takes two birds out of the box, puts one on each shoulder and jumps off the cliff.

Paddy watches as the budgies fly off and Gerry falls all the way to the bottom, killing himself stone dead.

Looking down at the remains of his best pal, Paddy  shakes his head and says, ‘Feck dat. Dis budgie jumping is too feck’n dangerous for me!’

Moment’s later; Seamus arrives up at Connor Pass.

He’s been to the pet shop too and walks up to the edge of the cliff carrying another cardboard box in one hand and a shotgun in the other..

‘Hi, Paddy, watch dis,’ Seamus says. He takes a parrot from the box and lets him fly free. He then throws himself over the edge of the cliff with the gun.

Paddy watches as half way down, Seamus takes the gun and shoots the parrot.

Seamus continues to plummet down and down until he hits the bottom and breaks every bone in his body.

Paddy shakes his head and says, ‘And I’m never trying dat parrotshooting either!’

Paddy is just getting over the shock of losing two friends when Sean appears.

He’s also been to the pet shop and is carrying a cardboard box out of which he pulls a chicken. Sean then takes the chicken by its legs and hurls himself off the cliff and disappears down and down until he hits a rock and breaks his spine.

Once more Paddy shakes his head. ‘Feck dat, lads. First dere was Gerry with his budgie jumping, den Seamus parrotshooting…. And now Sean and his feck’n hengliding

Note- Due to current economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off until further notice… You’re on your own…

Is Tradpub…

Posted on by September 6, 2025

Really this bad???

If I wanted to write an instant YA bestseller, a book that the big New York publishers would be almost guaranteed to not just pick up but have a bidding war over, and if I had no scruples, I’d write something like this.

Seventeen-year-old Seraphina Darkmoon has never fit in — not with her boring, small-minded parents, not with her shallow classmates, not even with her so-called best friend (who, of course, secretly envies her beauty and power). But everything changes when three mysterious young men arrive at school: brooding vampire Kael, dangerous fae prince Draven, and snarky rebel-wizard Jax. All of them are instantly obsessed with Seraphina, who discovers she’s not only the most desirable girl alive but also the Chosen One destined to destroy the ancient order of men who’ve “ruined the world.”

Naturally, every adult authority figure is corrupt or clueless, every boy outside the love-triangle-plus-one is weak, and every girl besides Seraphina is either catty, slutty, or irrelevant. Between trysts in candlelit crypts and whispered prophecies about her unparalleled greatness, Seraphina must decide whether to embrace her dark hunger for power — or surrender to her equally dark hunger for Kael’s kiss.

By the last chapter, nothing has been built, no virtue gained, and no love matured. But Seraphina has conquered her “haters,” punished the men who dared oppose her, and fully embraced her destiny: eternal adoration on her own terms.

Full article, HERE from PJ Media.

We’ve been hearing some ‘rumblings’ about what is selling and what isn’t, so I don’t think this article is necessarily wrong… sigh…

I know ‘I’ couldn’t write something like that with a straight face, much less actually have the gall to submit it for publication. I wouldn’t do that to my reputation!

But I will say this is definitely in sync with the leftist agenda(s), and falls right in line with the DEI thinking that seems to perfuse the left coast and DC-Boston corridor.

As we’ve discussed earlier, there is an ‘elitist’ mindset in Tradpub and the Manhatten enclave. They believe ‘they’ know what is best for us, even though they’ve by and large never been west of the Hudson River. And they sure as hell haven’t spent any time in flyover country much less the South… Grrr…

I’ll just keep chugging along, writing my realistic novels and be happy with the scraps I get from my loyal readers (all five of you now)…

What say you, as readers???

Interesting…

Posted on by September 5, 2025

In Georgia no less…

More than 450 illegal immigrants were arrested on Thursday morning, following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a construction site for a Hyundai electric car battery factory in Georgia. South Korea, the home to Hyundai’s headquarters, expressed “concern and regret,” over the raid, as hundreds of those arrested were South Korean nationals.

Full article, HERE from Townhall.

Of note, ‘part’ of the tax incentives for this project was jobs for Americans… But Hyundai cheeped out… Makes one wonder if they ‘sent’ folks to work for cheap. They are all about the bottom line.

But good on ICE for another good job!!!

TBT…

Posted on by September 3, 2025

Back in the day…

And we bitched when the price went up…  The day before beer had been .35 cents! They were in the process of ‘changing’ the machine… sigh

Beer machineBeer machines in the barracks… The ‘brand selection’ depended on which base…

On Midway Is. beer was .25 and cokes were .35, a carton cigarettes was $1.00, and hard liquor was .25 a shot.

Needless to say the beer machines got emptied first!!! I ‘think’ Coors was $6.00 a case, and Miller was $5.00. Rum (in Puerto Rico) was a dollar a bottle.

Just like the differences in which bases got what, air stations got McDonalds, the naval stations got Burger King, and I don’t remember what the Sub sailors got…

Posted in TBT

Sigh…

Posted on by September 2, 2025

An 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis during WWII is believed to have resurfaced in the most unexpected place: hanging above a sofa in a coastal Argentinian home and discovered not by law enforcement or a museum, but spotted in a photo on a real estate website.

The painting, “Portrait of a Lady” by Italian baroque artist Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi, belonged to Jacques Goudstikker, a prominent Dutch-Jewish art dealer whose collection of more than 1,100 works was seized after the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. Senior Nazi officials, including Hermann Göring, acquired hundreds of pieces, according to the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE).

The potential discovery is the result of years of work by Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (AD) investigative journalists Cyril Rosman, Paul Post and Peter Schouten, who have been pursuing the case for nearly a decade.

Full article, HERE from ABC News. h/t Stretch

The Nazis carried off everything they could, in the form of artwork, gold, statuary, money, and jewels. This is well known history, and it is also well known that any number of Nazis escaped to Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Many of them took or shipped their most ‘valuable’ items ahead and picked up where they left off when they escaped, took new names, and new ‘lives’, courtesy of the SA governments (and bribes paid).

And many of them have lived out their lives in safety and under the radar, regardless of their crimes during the war. But the items they stole are now being recovered worldwide, and numerous folks to both sides of the Atlantic, along with families, museums, and collections are pushing/sueing to get the items back.

Good for them!!!