One Senator…

Posted on by November 2, 2023

Is holding the Pentagon and SECDEF hostage…

Or so the MSM reports…

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is standing firm in blocking hundreds of Biden administration nominees as the Democrats refuse to drop illegal military abortion funding. He noted that he works for his constituents and American taxpayers, rather than his own Party leadership — or, for that matter, the Biden administration.

Ironically, even though it’s Democrats who are holding up their own nominations by refusing to drop Pentagon abortion funding, Tuberville is the one who has come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans. In May, thousands of active duty military and veterans signed a letter supporting Tuberville and opposing the Pentagon’s illegal attempt to subsidize abortions. 

The troops said that woke administration policies, not Tuberville, were impacting “military readiness,” which is 100% true. The military is not about to fall into an unparalleled catastrophe because of Tuberville, and even if it were, it would be the fault of the Democrats, who are sticking to their illegal abortion funding at the expense of all else. 

Full article, HERE.

I have to give kudos to Tuberville for standing up to the pressure from all sides, and standing for what he and his constituents believe. That the MSM and others are blaming him for Gen Smith’s heart attack is, IMHO, beyond the pale!

This whole situation boils down to Austin et al at Defense Department kowtowing to the Dems/left/progs over abortion, including giving basket leave and paying for military to go to a different state to get an abortion if desired. DOD is refusing to remove that provision, and Tuberville is saying as long as it is in the bill, he will not approve the ‘blanket’ approval of promotions.

Now the Dem Senators are trying another end run around Senate procedures to ‘beat’ him…

Wouldn’t it just simpler to take the whole abortion/leave thing off the table and just get back to business? Or am I being simplistic???

Sigh…

Hmmm…

Posted on by November 1, 2023

This is interesting…

U.S. Marine Corps Major Gen. Chris A. McPhillips announced Tuesday that the 248th Marine Corps Ball has been canceled by the U.S. Central Command, citing “unforeseen operational commitments.”

McPhillips announced the update to the annual event, scheduled on November 16 in Tampa, Florida, for former and retired maritime land forces to get dressed to the nines and celebrate the tradition and legacy of the Marine Corps.

“Due to unforeseen operational commitments and the nature of our current mission, it is with great regret that we must cancel this year’s event,” McPhillips wrote in a letter.

Full article HERE, from the Daily Wire.

Do they know something we don’t? I’m pretty sure they do… sigh…

And we survived Halloween…

Posted on by October 31, 2023

Kids were given WAY too much candy… LOL

The mother made sure our house was the first stop!

And a friend brought the boy by for his second halloween!  We are apparently his favorite stop, even if he doesn’t know why! And he was a cute little dragon!

Our collection of pumpkins that were carved Saturday night, and appropriatedly lighted!

And my persona favorite for the best costume of the day/night… The knife is great!

And one of my granddaughter, from California. Sadly they aren’t here, but are having fun and collecting plenty of candy out there!!! And my grandson passed his hunter education class today!

I hope y’all all had a good evening and you don’t have anymore leftover candy… snort…

Interesting admission…

Posted on by October 30, 2023

From Hamas even…

Speaking during a television interview over the weekend, Hamas official Abu Marzouk explained that endless miles of tunnels the terrorist organization built in the Gaza Strip are for fighters to hide, reload and escape retaliatory attacks from the Israeli Defense Forces. When pressed on why bomb shelters have never been built for civilians, Marzouk said that’s the job of the United Nations. 

Full article and some interesting X feeds HERE.

And it is interesting to note that nobody is talking about the Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza by Hamas… HERE.

Sadly, NONE of this is going to end well, but I do believe Israel is trying their best to limit civilian/collateral damage and deaths. But Hamas is once again hiding behind the civilians…

War is ugly, period. People have died and will continue to die until this ends. Israel is making hard decisions, as Hamas have over 200 hostages, including over 10 Americans. Are they in the tunnels? Probably… Do we know? Hell no…

And Iran’s puppets are upping their game, attacking both Israel and US bases in various mid-east locations. Sadly, WE have not responded with anything other than a very tepid response. I just wonder when we are going to see ‘action’ here from one of their cells, and where/what will be attacked. I’m pretty sure it will be a civilian target, as they won’t try a defended base or confront troops directly.

Your thoughts???

A little humor…

Posted on by October 29, 2023

To start the week…

Quickies-

When your gecko is broken, you have a reptile dysfunction

I would tell you to go to Hell, but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day!

I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad,  I take something for it…

Follow your dreams! Except for the one where you’re naked in church…

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.

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

Welcome to Utah!  (set your watch back 20 years)…

In two days tomorrow will be yesterday!

I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other!!!

I’m not your type, I’m not inflatable!

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

Red meat is not bad for you, fuzzy green meat IS bad for you!

Impossibilities in the world

1- You can’t count your hair.

2- You can’t wash your eyes with soap.

3- You can’t breathe when your tongue is out.

Please put your tongue back inside your mouth, you look stupid.

+++++++++

Wonderfully fractured “Engrish” from Around the World

In a BangkokTemple :

IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.

Cocktail lounge , Norway :
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Doctor’s office, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Dry cleaners, Bangkok :
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the main road to Mombasa , leaving Nairobi :
TAKE NOTICE:  WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ?  IF SO WE CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.

In a Cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES .

Tokyo hotel’s rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

In a Tokyo Bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

Hotel , Yugoslavia :
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

Hotel , Japan :
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.  (Tell that to the ex-IMF Managing Director! Also read Linda Fairstein’s Night Watch, just published)

In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.

A sign posted in Germany ‘s Black Forest :
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT, UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Hotel, Zurich :
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand :
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen :
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

(Just Like USAir!!!)

A Laundry in Rome :
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

And finally the all-time classic:

Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window: IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE.

A follow up…

Posted on by October 27, 2023

To yesterday’s post…

Ironically, Toyoda was pushed out as the CEO of Toyota over his comments and warnings…

“It is regular users who are the ones who suffer” when government regulations try to shoehorn buyers and automakers into EVs, according to Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda. Speaking publicly as the head of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Toyoda said, “People are finally seeing reality” as sales growth sputters.

“I have continued to say what I see as reality… if regulations are created based on ideals,” instead of real-world conditions, “it is regular users who are the ones who suffer.”
Full article, HERE from PJ Media.
Toyota, among the Japanese car manufacturers has been slow to build pure EVs, tending more toward hybrids. And in Japan, all of the cars are much cheaper than the same model in US.
Sadly, something about the Toyota seats makes them uncomfortable for me to sit in for any length of time. I don’t know what it is, but ‘something’ really makes my back hurt and has for years.
And as some have noted in various publications, Ford’s new F150 EVs can’t tow worth two cents range wise…

With the largest available battery pack, a fully charged 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck has less energy onboard than a regular F-150 with four gallons of gas in its tank.

Consider how far a combustion-powered F-150 would tow at max capacity on four gallons of regular unleaded. Thirty five miles? Maybe 40 if you drive slowly?

Now that you understand where we’re starting from, you won’t be as surprised to learn that the towing range of the electric F-150 is dismal. In MotorTrend testing, an F-150 Lightning Platinum saddled with a camper that nearly maxed out its 8,500-pound towing capacity couldn’t even cover 100 miles. Range improved when we hooked up a significantly lighter trailer, but not by as much as you might expect.

Full article, HERE from Motor Trend.

I do remember a youtube video I saw when they first came out about a guy going to pick up a Model A with one, and him barely making it back to his home base which was less than 100 miles away.

It truly makes me wonder what the EV semis are really going to be capable of… And how long it will take to recharge one of those monsters, and the amount of cargo they will have to remove to stay within weight limits as the batteries are extremely heavy (8000lbs?).

And where will the chargers be, and how many will the truckstops have, and at what cost to the drivers?

I haven’t seen anything about that…

YMMV, but I think it’s going to be a LOT less than predicted…

Interesting…

Posted on by October 26, 2023

It appears the UAW is settling for less than what they wanted…

The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Company have reached a tentative agreement to end the UAW work stoppage against Ford. The deal may also serve as a template for GM and Stellantis to settle with their workers.

If the deal is accepted by the UAW executive council and ratified by the rank and file, the strike will be over. If so, it will make union president Shawn Fain look like the idiot he is.

Fain was issuing blood-curdling threats to the automakers to give them what they wanted or see a historic work stoppage. Fain demanded a 32-hour workweek with 40 hours of pay, a 46% pay hike, and a restoration of pay raises given back during the downturn of 2008.

Full article, HERE from PJ Media.

So, apparently, the threats didn’t work as advertised… And the car companies realized that would have priced American cars out of the reach of pretty much everybody in the world that ‘might’ be interested in buying one.

Per Consumer Reports, the average cost of a new car is $48,000, HERE. And trucks are even worse! I had to get an oil change a couple of weeks ago and walked around looking at the prices of trucks and didn’t find a single one under $60,000!!! And the high end ones were over $72,000. Not a single ‘basic’ work truck on the lot, and apparently if you order one, it may take up to six months to deliver it…

Sigh…

And all of the manufacturers are losing money (Ford supposedly $5BILLION) a year on the electronic vehicles…

Oh yeah, and there aren’t any used vehicles that are affordable anymore either, no thanks to Obummer’s cash for clunkers.

Hmmm….

Posted on by October 25, 2023

Another job ‘opportunity’???

Pennsylvania’s share of broken electric vehicle charging stations, although small, points to a much bigger problem: there aren’t enough certified technicians to fix them.

There are currently just under 63,000 DC Fast and Level 2 public charging stations with over 161,000 charging ports across the country. According to data provided by the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation’s website, approximately 7,900 ports at 4,200 locations are temporarily out of service or offline due to maintenance. 

Pennsylvania has just under 1,700 public charging locations with 4,111 ports installed. Of those, there are approximately 117 charging stations and 214 ports – amounting to roughly 7% and 5% of the totals, respectively – that are currently temporarily unavailable. 

Full article, HERE. h/t Stretch

There aren’t nearly enough charging stations anyway, and the percentage of out of service ones isn’t doing the EV crowd any favors. I know up until a couple of new hotels came to Itchy Paw, there were THREE public chargers in the county, and they were all out at the truck stop!

And this article, HERE from Autoweek talks about the charging deserts in lower income areas… And rural areas are even worse!

But .gov wants ‘everyone’ to go EV… Nope, not happening in my house.

A little humor…

Posted on by October 24, 2023

An oldie but a goody!!!

23 ADULT TRUTHS

1 Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind-of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Light than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

23. The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

SFO is dying…

Posted on by October 23, 2023

And the doom loop for San Fran Freako just gets worse…

San Francisco’s mayor has ordered city departments including police and public health to propose budget cuts of $206 million by next week in a desperate attempt to reverse the stricken city’s ‘doom loop’ spiral into economic collapse.

Law enforcement budgets in the city, which is ravaged by homelessness, drugs and a downtown business exodus, face cuts of $27.6 million, while the public health department could lose a further $25.9 million, according to a DailyMail.com analysis.

The fire department must propose reductions of around $10.5 million to meet the mayor’s demand, while city’s crumbling Municipal Transport Agency must find savings of $15.5 million, a review of official figures suggests.

Full article HERE from the UK’s Daily Mail.

You know it’s pretty sad when the Brit papers have better coverage of what is going on in the US than the MSM does, even when they are local!

San Francisco has been going down by leaps and bounds for at least the last 5 years, if not longer, following the other blue cities into disfunction and oblivion exacerbated by defunding the police/leftist DAs/changing felonies to non-prosecutable misdemeanors.

It is a sad ending for a once great city, may it rest in peace…