This…

Posted on by July 21, 2025

Is NOT right, and seems to be ‘typical’ of Commiefornia…

When dreamy, beach-adjacent Pacific Palisades became a moonscape after the conflagration that started on Jan. 7, 2025, homes worth billions of dollars, lifetime bodies of work by musicians and artists, and prized real estate in one of the best areas of L.A. became dust. Many fire victims want to rebuild and reclaim their old community. However, it didn’t take long before the state and local leaders who had promised to move mountains to streamline the rebuilding process began to have other ideas. Instead of receiving help from Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom, they and state Democrats dragged out the permitting. And now it appears we know why. 

The Palisades and Altadena fires left 15,000 structures in cinders and thousands of people without homes. 

Now, using lack of housing in the state as an excuse, Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA planners are considering instituting planning changes that would play the Palisades like a game of Tetris, placing hundreds of units of low-income housing in areas where previously there had been two.

Full article, HERE from PJ Media.

Why does this NOT surprise me? Just like their ‘two week’ approvals to rebuild are apparently taking up to two months!!!

And I’m betting they will not pay what the people want for the land. Any bets on them doing eminent domain when they don’t get what they want? And prime properties with ‘views’ for ‘selected’ contractors…

Not that this is anything new…

Grrr…

A little humor…

Posted on by July 20, 2025

To start the week… especially if you’re in or were law enforcement…

You know you are an LEO if:

1) You have the bladder capacity of five people.

2) You have ever restrained someone & it was not a sexual experience.

3) You believe that 50% of people are a waste of good air.

4) Your idea of a good time is a “man with a gun” call.

5) You conduct a criminal record check on anyone who seems friendly towards you.

6) You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac & birth control pills.

7) You disbelieve 90% of what you hear & 75% of what you see.

8) You have your weekends off planned for a year.

9) You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.

10) You refer to your favorite restaurant by the intersection at which it’s located.

11) You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled: “Suicide…getting it right the first time.”

12) You ever had to put the phone on hold before you begin laughing uncontrollably.

13) You think caffeine should be available in IV form..

14) You believe anyone who says, “I only had two beers” is going to blow more than a .15

15) You find out a lot about paranoia just by following people around.

16) Anyone has ever said to you, “There are people killing other people out there and you are here messing with me.”

17) People flag you down on the street & ask you directions to strange places…and you know where they’re located.

18) You can discuss where you are going to eat with your partner while standing over a dead body.

19) You are the only person introduced at social gatherings by profession.  (ISN’T THIS THE TRUTH)

20) You walk into places & people think it’s high comedy to grab their buddy & shout, “They’ve come to get you, Bill.”

21) You do not see daylight from November until May.

22) People shout, “I didn’t do it!” when you walk into a room & think they’re being hugely funny & original.

23) A week’s worth of laundry consists of 5 T-shirts, 5 pairs of socks, & 5 pairs of underwear.

24) You’ve ever referred to Tuesday as “my weekend”, or “this is my Friday”.

25) You’ve ever written off guns & ammunition as a business deduction..

26) You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, “Boy, it sure is quiet tonight.”

27) Discussing dismemberment over a meal seems perfectly normal to you.

28) You find humor in other people’s stupidity.

29) You have left more meals on the restaurant table than you’ve eaten.

30) You feel good when you hear, “these handcuffs are too tight”.

NO net…

Posted on by July 19, 2025

Go read the folks on the sidebar. Hopefully will have connectivity tomorrow.

Posted from my iPhone.

Summer…

Posted on by July 18, 2025

FINALLY got here…

Second day in a row over 100 degrees yesterday.

Usually, we get that about mid-June, so I’m not complaining. At least the humidity has been fairly low, so the ‘feels like’ was only 105 and 103.

Now the question will be will the power company be able to keep up with the demand for AC? I truly hope so… But I’m bumping my thermostat up to 76, to keep the ‘shock’ down from going in/out.

If the yard will finish dying for the summer, I’ll be good… Since I have a black thumb for anything other that weeds, I don’t try to grow flowers or shrubbery, so I don’t have to worry about that stuff.

Not saying some folks ‘know’ me, but they send me stuffed cacti for Christmas… sigh…

While the hill country and points southwest of us have gotten and are still getting rain, we haven’t seen any in over a week, but if there is a ‘good’ side to all the rain, it’s putting water into reservoirs down in that part of the country that were below 40% full.

The Panhandle and points north of us have gotten some rain, since the Red River still has water flowing, which is unusual this time of year. But I could sure do without the !@$$(_# mosquitoes!!! Especially since the state is now reporting they are carrying West Nile Virus… Grrr…

And going to the outdoor gun range is right out… There is no shade, so it’s back to the indoor air conditioned expensive one… sigh

One thing I have noticed this week is the significant ‘lack’ of day workers gathered around both the Home Despot, and Lowes… I wonder why??? 🙂

And a second day in a row of PT kicked my butt yesterday, so NOT doing that again. I need at least a day off between those workouts!

Y’all have a great weekend, stay safe, and stay cool!!!

 

 

Another one bites the dust…

Posted on by July 17, 2025

Late night TV will soon be down to The Tonight Show for late TV…

CBS will cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in 2026, the network announced Thursday, insisting it’s a “financial decision” and has nothing to do with a looming ownership change.

“‘THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT’ will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,” CBS said in a statement. “We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘THE LATE SHOW’ franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”

CBS said it was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night,” adding, “It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”

Full article, HERE from Fox News.

Snort…if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge…

The Tonight show is 71 years old, having premiered in 1954 with Steve Allen. Jack Parr, then Johnny Carson, followed by Jay Leno for 60 years of ‘quality’ late night humor.

The Late show was a sop to Letterman when he didn’t get the Tonight Show when Carson retired in 1992, and his ‘move’ from NBC to CBS. Letterman did a poor copy of the Tonight Show (IMHO), and got stranger and stranger as the years went by.

When Colbert took over, it took an even bigger swing to the left, and became virulently anti-Trump in 2015.

Personally, I think Paramount is throwing the rats off the ship before CBS gets sold/merged/or???

But since I don’t watch any of the late night stuff, I don’t care anymore…

YMMV, IANAL, and I didn’t stay in a Holiday Inn, so there…

Done!!!

Posted on by July 16, 2025

Met with the back surgeon yesterday for my 5 week post op exam. After poking and prodding me, he said, “You’re cleared to resume normal activities.”

Yay!!!

But he wants me to continue PT for at least another month, and limit the amount of weight I lift.

That won’t be hard, considering how out of shape I am! Geez… PT yesterday afternoon kicked my butt, and I never got over 40 lbs on an exercise! The amount of muscle I lost both in my back and arms, along with the lack of flexibility is almost scary after just 6 months of not being able to do anything. And that is probably why I keep popping a rib head out of place…sigh

One of the hardest things is to try to get flexibility back! Those twisting exercises SUCK!!!

Anyhoo, off all drugs, so I’m actually able to write a little bit again, and I’m okay to travel now. But his last words as I walked out were, “And don’t do anything stupid.”

Moi, do stupid? Sigh… Shaddap out there… 🙂

Finally!!!

Posted on by July 15, 2025

The question is, will it even make it through acceptance trials???

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years.

The Alabama-based Austal has built a total of 19 Independence-class littoral combat ships for the service. The first, the Independence, was commissioned in 2010. The final ship will be christened as the Pierre, named after the capital of South Dakota.

Full article, HERE from Navy Times.

Good riddance! The Little Crappy Ships never lived up to their ‘billing’… They were supposedly for littoral work, and replacement for the PC and Hydrofoil boats, both of which actually worked!!! Sigh…

The ‘modules’ we were supposed to build for them didn’t work, were manpower intensive, took more people than allowed, and didn’t FIT on the ship.

Which, OBTW, had NO self defense capability. And when running at speed, went through fuel faster than anything else in the Fleet. And when they did get sent out ‘with the Fleet’, a tanker had to be attached to keep fueling them.

And don’t get me started on maintenance! The crews were so small they could NOT do their own maintenance, so the contractors had to fly civilian maintenance personnel all over the world to fix them. At one point, the Navy was switching out crews every six weeks, due to ‘burnout’ of personnel. VERY costly to fly folks from San Diego to…Singapore!

And the fixes weren’t cheap or easy. Oh, and they had a tendency to get the ‘blue screen of death’ on their fancy computer systems, leaving them dead in the water (DIW) where ever they happened to be, including one case in the middle of the Pacific! And the small crews couldn’t do damage control, much less routine maintenance since they were basically watch and watch on duty.

Those things also cost some good officers their careers, as they tried to fix the problems… but couldn’t!

So yes, good riddance! And hand salute to the crews that did their best with what they had. I’m sure THEY will be glad to get back to the REAL Navy.

This just gets…

Posted on by July 14, 2025

Uglier and uglier… And this hasn’t even got to the EOs yet…

I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea for Joe Biden to do an interview with the New York Times about the autopen scandal, but it happened, and boy, was it a mistake. While defending his controversial use of an autopen machine for mass clemency decisions, Biden boldly claimed he “made every decision” on his own. 

We cannot understate the scale of Biden’s clemency actions. In what the White House trumpeted as “the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president,” Biden granted pardons and commutations to more than 1,500 individuals during his final weeks in office. This wasn’t some routine administrative task; this was an unprecedented exercise of presidential power.

But here’s where Biden’s characterization falls apart completely. Buried in the very same report is evidence that completely undermines his claim — evidence that should alarm every American who values transparency and accountability in government. The Times report explicitly states that Biden “did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people.” 

Instead, the report reveals that he merely “signed off on the standards he wanted to be used to determine which convicts would qualify for a reduction in sentence.” 

Full article, HERE from PJ Media.

Soooooo, the ‘staff’ made the decisions and authorized the autopen… Did I read that right? If so, other than the ‘wet ink’ pardon of Hunter, are ANY of the pardons legal?

If so, what did they do for the EOs???

The mind doth boggle…

A little humor…

Posted on by July 13, 2025

To start the week…

I have kleptomania, But when it gets bad, I take something for it.

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS! Except that one where you’re naked in church.

Sometimes too much to drink isn’t enough.

Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.

Heaven is Where:

The Police are British, The Chefs are Italian, The Mechanics are German, The Lovers are French and It’s all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is Where:

The Police are German, The Chefs are British, The Mechanics are French, The Lovers are Swiss and It’s all organized by the Italians.

Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake!

My short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my short-term memory’s not as sharp as it used to be.

Welcome to Utah… Set your watch back 20 years.

In just two days from now, Tomorrow will be yesterday.

A bartender is just a pharmacist With a limited inventory

The statement below is true.

The statement above is false.

I may be schizophrenic, But at least I have each other.

I am a Nobody. Nobody is Perfect. Therefore, I am Perfect.

KENTUCKY:

Five million people, Fifteen last names.

I’m not your type. I’m not inflatable.

Dyslexics Have More Nuf.

In Memoriam

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.   Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote “The Hokey Pokey”, died peacefully at age 93.   The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin.  They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.

I LOVE COOKING WITH WINE. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Preserve the Spotted Owl (in formaldehyde)

When you work here, You can name your own salary.  I named mine, “Fred”.

Money isn’t everything, But it sure keeps the kids in touch.

Reality is only an illusion, that occurs due to a lack of alcohol.

I like cats too. Let’s exchange recipes.

Red meat is not bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you.

I am having an out-of-money experience.

As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, “Herman, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on 280 Interstate. Please be careful!”

“It’s not just one car,” said Herman. “It’s hundreds of them!”

Don’t sweat the petty things. Don’t pet the sweaty things.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines!

I FOUND JESUS! He was in my trunk when I got back from Tijuana.

And remember…

Your inspirational message for Monday is…Don’t piss off the guy with 5000 acres and a backhoe!

Class act!!!

Posted on by July 12, 2025

It appears the new Pope, Leo XIV, really IS a Chicago White Sox fan!

In a reversal of roles, a fan has signed a jersey for a pro athlete. 

Pope Leo XIV had a signed jersey delivered to former Chicago White Sox great Paul Konerko. 

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich presented Konerko a jersey with the new pontiff’s signature on the back during a ceremony before a game against the Cleveland Guardians. It had the six-time All-Star’s last name and “Pope Leo” above the No. 14.

Full article, HERE from Fox News. And the story from the Chicago Tribune, HERE.

I don’t know about anybody else, but I think that is a pretty neat gesture, and shows the Pope still has a sense of humor! And still likes the White Sox!

I don’t follow baseball anymore, but I don’t think even the Pope can help them this year… They are 27 games out of 1st in their division, and winning less than 50% of their games right now…

Sigh…