Sunday, July 21, 2024
A temporary arrangement ...
Sunday, July 14, 2024
The luckiest man ...
The pix says it all. Luckily avoiding death, the orange menace has received the gift of the gods in terms of money, fame and, of course, priceless PR and momentum in becoming POTUS yet again, something most disconcerting as we mover ever closer to the most important election in our lifetime. The dems are clueless as Gladstone Gander continues his push to become president in the year of our lord 2024.
Gladstone Gander, aka The Donald, the luckiest individual to ever live.
From a strategic point, the Dems have to dump Biden and Harris NOW and declare an open convention to counteract a resurgent Trump, fueled by the most unlikely circumstances known to man. We need Paddy to clarify why this take, IMHO, rings true.
Amid the Mayhem, Trump Pumped His Fist and Revealed His Instincts
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
Dumpster fire
Dictionary
dump·ster fire
noun
variants or less commonly Dumpster fire
US, informal
: an utterly calamitous or mismanaged situation or occurrence : DISASTER
Kinda says it all in the land of the free and home of the brave as all three branches exhibit this deplorable condition beginning with Congress with 95% of these self serving pols being reelected every year thanks to no term limits, a condition contrary to how reality works as nature, due to the three laws of thermodynamics, is alway evolving unlike the steady state environs of an ossified entity holding this once great nation as hostage 24/7.
The unitary presidency, an office well on the way to becoming a dictatorship now that the SC has placed said office holder to be above the law in all actions taken by said individual as long as said actions are deemed to be "official" acts conducted by the president. Note that any actions undertaken by individuals tasked for doing the job at hand are NOT above the law but give it time, the SC might give those people immunity as well just to keep their immunity ruling consistent with the dictates of the supremes.
Speaking of the supremes, rulings negating a women's right to choose, the ongoing elimination of the separation of church and state and the concept of a corporation being a person, courtesy, Citizen's United, are just some of the rather questionable decisions including the Chevron Deference made by justices who don't understand how proper jurisprudence should be applied as the nation moves further into the 21st century.
Of course we haven't talked about AI or climate change or the possibility of WW III
as other instances of dumpster fires but we will ...
Monday, July 08, 2024
The Dunning-Kruger effect
The Emperor's New Clothes - Vilhelm Pedersen (1820 - 1859) - English Wikipedia
As per the esteemed Dirty Harry: One must know one's limitations.
Acknowledgment hurts ...
Saturday, July 06, 2024
Forced teaming ...
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Off the rails yet again ...
As much as I detested Tricky Dick, I actually feel sad as he created the E.P.A. back in 1970.
To whit.
- requesting four billion dollars for the improvement of water treatment facilities;
- asking for national air quality standards and stringent guidelines to lower motor vehicle emissions;
- launching federally-funded research to reduce automobile pollution;
- ordering a clean-up of federal facilities that had fouled air and water;
- seeking legislation to end the dumping of wastes into the Great Lakes;
- proposing a tax on lead additives in gasoline;
- forwarding to Congress a plan to tighten safeguards on the seaborne transportation of oil; and
- approving a National Contingency Plan for the treatment of oil spills.
In the end, its all about the money, right?
With luck, we might get a king ...
With luck, we might get a king or better yet, a dictator as the president, regarding official acts conducted by same, means said entity is above the law. something most disconcerting without question.
As often said by yours truly, this is the worst SC in history.
Addendum: The Watergate hearings investigating the break-in would be moot as all the activities Nixon did including taping all conversations were, in effect, official acts conducted by the president.
Saturday, June 29, 2024
The British March Through Redding
History comes alive in Redding with reenactors recreating how the British marched through Redding during the revolutionary war. Educational, detailed and above all else, fun, as spectators, young and old alike, enjoyed watching how members of the Brigade of the American Revolution brought to life the 1777 march the British did on a mission to dismantle the Continental Army Supply Depot in Danbury.
Addendum: The raid on Danbury was a pyrrhic victory for the British as the Continental Army found their footing as a viable military force to be reckoned with, much to the surprise of the British who considered the patriots to be ragamuffins, not able to deal with the military prowess of the British Empire
in any way, shape or fashion.
Friday, June 28, 2024
We are in deep shit but there are options ...
We are in deep shit ... Agent Orange, serial liar but in good form as one possessing malignant charisma, successfully beat down Sleepy Joe, a man dealing not well with the ravages of old age, in a presidential debate for the ages. As an old geezer myself but not showing signs of dementia as of late, felt real sorrow because anyone possessing in depth knowledge of how governance works, would have made short work of Trump without question.
As often I said to friends, Paddy Chayefsky would have been deemed crazy in predicting a scenario as absurd and insane as this but here we are as we move toward an election of truly terrifying implications if Trump wins, a notion voiced by this rube for well over a year and a half as the Orange Cheeto is Gladstone Gander, a guy blessed with not only a teflon suit able to ward off truly dreadful events that would send yours truly to jail for years but also is blessed with incredible luck in in beating Hillary in 2016 against all odds and now competing with a compromised Joe Biden in 2024.
Question? What should the dems do? For starters, dump Biden and pick California Governor Gavin Newsom to go after Trump with a younger guy able to deal with an obnoxious old bully with no redeeming qualities AFAIK.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
The Iron Dome
![Against a dark night sky, Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, appearing as lights high in the sky on the left, intercepts rockets shooting through the sky from the right. On the ground are multistory buildings with illuminated windows.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2925x1950+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2Fdf%2F18274bdf49749fa51a6ba6959aca%2Fgettyimages-1232873479.jpg)
Bibi, the inept "leader" of Israel, is leading his country into Little Big Horn territory with his disastrous genocidal treatment of Gaza and his total ignorance of how tech is changing the modern battlefield 24/7 with cheap drones able to overwhelm any defense system if enough of them are unleashed, something readily understood by anyone versed with how warfare is now being conducted in the year of our lord 2024. With this being said, Israel now has an existential crisis on its hands due to the far right government running things with arrogant and abject incompetence with no acknowledgement the Middle East is different now as seen by not only the rise of Hezbollah as a viable military force but also with the resilience of Hamas against the savage assault of Gaza begun by the Israelis after the surprise October 7th attack conducted by Hamas.
There are no winners here. A two state solution is the only way if both entities want to survive.
But some experts warn that Hezbollah's arsenal could push the system past its limits.
Iron Dome's an excellent system but ...
Tech never sleeps ...