I do love me some Dan Bongino, even though he drops a few S-bombs:
Weekend Open Comments
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yo uncklo
it’s Saturday-o
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Holy cow, they all look so young.
Hmmmm. I guess they were.
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48 phil
….One of the great psycho bad guys ever
yup.
classic ending.
love it when throws his badge in the pond.
sums up what I think of the eCan’ts party.you notice he shoots with his right hand but tosses his badge with his left?
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Guhnight uncklo.
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Tedtam
The OC video is just great.
I hurt myself laughing with him.
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It’s the weekend! And I may take the day off, head up to the Gun Show in Montgomery.
Mornin’ Gang
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Everyone should be sure to watch this video posted last night.
Charlie Chaplin was great, but he was never this great. People don’t appreciate enough the sheer genius of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
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Super Dave Alabama?
Alabama Mayor, Pastor Dies by Suicide After Being Involuntarily Outed as Transgender Woman
An Alabama community is in shock after the tragic death of a local leader following his involuntary outing as a transgender woman when a local conservative news blog posted photos of him embracing his secret gender identity.
I believe in freedom of the press, BUT if the only reason to post the story is simply to out a persons sexual identity crisis then that is W R O N G.
In a pointed message to those who ridiculed Copeland, DiChiara asked, “Are you happy now? What crime did he commit? Some of you people make me sick. I hope you are really proud.”
and I agree.
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Everyone knows by now what a fan I am of journalist Salena Zito.
Momentum shifts in Kentucky in the race everyone should be talking about
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Kentucky — Even before the new poll from Emerson College came out Friday morning, the ground was shifting in Daniel Cameron’s favor across the state in the Republican Kentucky attorney general’s race against incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) for the state’s highest office.
Much like Cameron’s successful run for Kentucky attorney general in 2019, where he made history as both the first black person from either party to win statewide office and the first Republican in 70 years to be the commonwealth’s top prosecutor, his candidacy has been largely ignored by the national press and vilified by the local press.
The Democratic Party is terrified a young, conservative, black Republican will flip a southern governor’s seat. They feel as if the black bloc vote is slipping away and each high profile victory by a black conservative shifts the cultural zeitgeist. The local media are die-hard leftists who cannot stand the idea Daniel Cameron was elected their Attorney General and are hysterical over the prospect he will be their new governor.
A month ago, Emerson’s polling showed Beshear leading Cameron by a whopping 16 percentage points. Friday’s poll showed the men tied with both candidates at 47%, with 4% of voters undecided and 2% supporting someone else.
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Charlie Chaplin was great, but he was never this great. People don’t appreciate enough the sheer genius of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
PFFFFFTTTTTTTTT Your opinion. I cannot stand Stan Oliver.
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Despite the knee and the jaw pain, it was well worth the drive to see the girls.
I have missed this family so much.
Got caught in an hour long traffic jam near downtown Dallas. A rig lost is load of i- beams and blocked four lanes.
Hardest part of the trip for my knee.
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9 Squawk
What a sad tragic story out of Alabama.
It didn’t have to happen that way.
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Americans have always been rebellious, independent and insistently self-reliant. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized this temperament in this country almost 200 years ago in the 1830s. One of the manifestations of this is the controversial Right to Repair battles being fought in the courts across the land today.
Here is an example of the American auto industry going German, turning a simple truck repair into some kind of BMW/Mercedes/Audi nightmare.
When Ford introduced the second-generation F-150 Raptor in 2017, the company replaced the truck’s 6.2-liter V-8 with a more powerful, high-output 3.5-liter EcoBoost twin-turbocharged V-6. Despite producing 39 more horsepower and 76 additional lb-ft of torque, the public’s reaction to the new engine was quite lackluster. This was due entirely to fact that truck’s exhaust note changed from a deep rumble to an anemic wheeze.
and then,
While not quite a V-8 rumble, this new exhaust certainly improved the sound of the Raptor versus the old V-6 model. It made our long-term 2022 Ford F-150 Raptor feel so much cooler than the prior Raptor. That feeling quickly faded, however, as just a few months into our stewardship the truck developed an audible rattle at idle. It wasn’t too bad at first, but we spent a fair bit of time searching for the source of the noise anyway. Initially it sounded like a loose exhaust pipe hanger. Then, as it got louder, we figured out it was an internal noise and suspected the active exhaust system may be the culprit.
but,
With 9,887 miles on the odometer, the Raptor’s onboard computer finally requested the truck’s first oil change. Upon arriving at the local Ford dealer for our service appointment, we chatted with a familiar service writer about getting the exhaust rattle diagnosed and potentially fixed. We were utterly shocked when he responded with a straight face that it would take two weeks to diagnose the issue and another six to eight weeks to make the repair. He continued that they would need to have the truck during that time, and there wouldn’t be a loaner vehicle available. Staring down the potential of 10 weeks without the truck, we politely declined and left with just an oil change and tire rotation.
and then the owners did this themselves,
After ordering the parts, which were about $38 each, we got them installed in the driveway in about 30 minutes. The TSB suggests having the truck’s computer flashed to relearn the actuator positioning. However, if you’re careful in removing and replacing the actuator, they will go back exactly how they were removed, and the truck will not know anything has changed.
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This is how the Kentucky swamp turtle Vampyre would react if he found out his laundered Ukrainian blood money supply was going to end for good.
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Wow, look at the time! I simply couldn’t get up this morning, in spite of 6 hungry cats pawing at me and whining for some chow. (And that doesn’t even count Billy who was waiting on the patio. I hope to finish mowing the front yard today, with temp at 80 degrees and no rain in the forecast.
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Good Afternoon Hamsters,
Early morning sunshine gave way to a cloudy sky for several hours, and now the blue sky is returning with enough sunshine to cheer up the day. Our trees are losing more leaves though not quite as fast several weeks ago. Our American Elm tried hard to put out yellow/gold leaves for fall but only got a few that made the grade, and the rest were a lackluster worn-out yellow. Some of the other trees have put out new leaves that have not gotten very large. At least they tried. The pasture grass is slowly reviving, at least enough to attract the deer to come and graze.
And of course most of the rain for our immediate area has missed us other than for a few drops in passing and only one decent shower.
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So, I logged in yesterday to say hello and I thought I might be able to add to the conversation. Alas, it was not meant to be. Read some news to get up to date, the lights flickered for just a moment and the router was gone. Strangely my tablet could connect but neither mine nor TW’s laptops would connect to the net. Picked up a new router today and now I’m here. Albeit briefly.
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#15 harper42,
It is so nice being wanted by our pets, even if for them it is just to signal feeding time. In case a mere human should forget.
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Indoors, grabbing a quick lunch, having spent 2 hours on the larger section of the front yard. If for some reason I were not to finish up the front yard today, it looks like tomorrow’s forecast will likely work out Ok.
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Burgers on the Weber, steak fries in the skillet.
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Hey, where is every “buddy” today?
I finished my mowing, but was too tired to do the final cleanup. Will get it done tomorrow if it doesn’t rain. No nap for me today, now that was unusual.
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Surprise, surprise….from the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Not only are you subsidizing every damned electric vehicle in America via your tax dollars, but the auto makers themselves are off-loading EV costs onto your normal, sane internal combustion engine vehicles.
You’re getting screwed twice in the deal.
“The Biden administration and leftist states such as California have pushed for widespread electrification in less than 20 years through government subsidies and coercive regulations, but the price you see in the lot is not the true cost of an electric vehicle,” said TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “Electric vehicle owners have been the beneficiaries of regulatory credits, subsidies, and socialized infrastructure costs totaling nearly 50 thousand dollars per EV. These costs are borne by gasoline vehicle owners, taxpayers, and utility ratepayers, who are all paying a hefty price for someone else’s EV.
Key Points:
- The cost of producing electric vehicles (EVs) is far higher than the prices they are being sold for. Nearly $22 billion in federal and state subsidies and regulatory credits suppressed the retail price of EVs in 2021 by an average of almost $50,000.
- Thanks to an unlawful multiplier, EVs receive nearly seven times more credits under federal fuel efficiency programs than they provide in actual fuel economy benefits.
- Regulatory credits with bonus EV multipliers from federal fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards and state EV sales mandates provide an average of $27,881 in benefits per vehicle for producers of EVs.
- Home and public charging stations used by EVs put a significant strain on the electric grid, resulting in an average of $11,833 in socialized costs per EV over 10 years, which are shouldered by utility ratepayers and taxpayers.
- Direct state and federal subsidies for EVs average $8,984 per vehicle over 10 years.
Read the full study here.
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I walked in from church and Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece The Wild Bunch was starting.
It never gets old.
Certainly in my top five.
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There isn’t a single blue-haired, soccer-playing dyke, trannie, or swish in this movie.
It’s a glorious refuge.
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There isn’t a single blue-haired, soccer-playing dyke, trannie, or swish in this movie.
It’s a glorious refuge.
same with an old sci-fi flick called Kingdom of the Spiders starring William Shatner on Svengoolie.
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As far as I know, some version of All Saints Day is still observed and celebrated by a very wide swath of traditional Western Christianity this week.
It celebrates the unity of our faith across these many generations of the last two thousands years.
One of the traditions at my church is to name aloud in prayer the members who have died in the the last twelve months.
The entire worship service defines the word bittersweet.
Oh, and me and the guys sang some mighty fine country gospel this evening.
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yo uncklo
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SO! What time is it? We’ll be all befuddled for a week or so trying to get used to the stupid time change.
Mornin’ Gang
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Change your clocks, yet?
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I worked hard all day long yesterday on a frustrating electrical repair project and then pruning and trimming large shrubs. I’m learning more about the limits of my physical stamina with a heart working at 77%.
I came in, ate and fell asleep on the sofa in the study at 8 and then woke up at midnight. I was reading on the computer till 2 AM when I watched it click back to 1 AM.
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I don’t think you are supposed to see that Texpat. 😀
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Interesting NYT/Siena poll out this weekend with Trump ahead in 5 out of 6 key swing states.
In Nevada, a purple state always, they have Trump up 52% to Biden’s 41%. Good grief.
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A heaving mass of pro-Hamas protesters made their way to the White House on Saturday evening and smeared the northwest gates of The People’s House with fake blood. Chants of “Allahu Akbar!” were heard by observers, a chilling echo of the refrain of the Hamas terrorists that massacred more than 1,400 Israelis on October 7.
Shockingly, the D.C. protesters stormed the fences along the White House and were allowed to wave Palestinian flags and antisemitic banners through the openings of the gate and into the White House perimeter. We’re used to seeing people who violate the perimeter taken down and hauled away in handcuffs, but not today. Footage shows some evidence of the U.S. Secret Service shooing people away from the fence, but, for the most part, the crowd seemed utterly in control of the situation. And, judging from the images in the video below, little to no effort was made to stop the angry horde from defacing the White House with red paint. The People’s House.
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This story is difficult to read and digest.
It’s not about being pro-choice. It is actually about their choice – not yours.
A UK judge just ruled that an 11-year-old pregnant rape victim has to abort her baby…even though both the girl and the girl’s mother want to keep the baby. This is government-mandated murder, and it is terrifyingly similar to the eugenics rhetoric of the 19th and 20th centuries that led to thousands of forced sterilizations.
The 11-year-old was impregnated through rape, according to Live Action on Oct. 25. What is so particularly disturbing is that the UK court wants to violate the girl’s bodily autonomy just as much as the rapist did. Leftists screech that it’s a woman’s body, a woman’s choice to kill her baby—until the mother wants to keep the baby, when it’s no longer her body and her choice? Not only the girl but the girl’s mother wanted to keep the baby, and yet the judge is forcing them to kill their child/grandchild—while implying in her comments that she thought the court, not the parent, should have control over the girl’s fertility and bodily autonomy! The judge actually mourned the fact that there was no guarantee the girl would be forced to have a birth control implant, as if the court has any right to control the girl’s fertility.
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This’ll take you back; ‘When you’re out of Schlitz, you’re out of beer!’
I’ve mentioned this before but Schlitz was the #2 beer in the country in the 70’s, behind Budweiser of course.
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I was afraid I’d be tired and achy today after so much physical labor in the front yard, and no nap at all. But I got up easily, aware that it was a good day to snatch an extra hour outa the air. I have not reset any clocks yet, but who cares since I don’t have any schedule, or any need for a schedule.
I didn’t set any speed records on doing the Sunday sudoku, but completed it in a reasonable amount of time with no errors. When I finish my breakfast, I’ll go out and start picking up the clippings I let fall where they wanted to yesterday. My CoH trash barrel is full already — and won’t be picked up till Thursday, so I’ll just have to pile up some trash bags in the garage till then.
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Dang.
I forgot to get out my Nick Miller time transport plane last night and set my clock back an hour and I missed the extremely exciting and tension filled Pickleball championships.
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The time has come today to take time this way.
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In honor of time chasing time changes.
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I’ll be danged if it ain’t texpat’s big girl in blue dancing on the tube again.
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Well, I got all the grass clippings that fell off into the street yesterday picked up; sidewalks and driveway swept; bagged yard debris stashed in garage until there is room in the trash barrel again. I need to get out my hedge trimmer and work on the greenery leading up to the front door, but no energy left at the moment. (Might need more than an extra hour for that chore!) Hey, I might get to that later today, but if I don’t, who cares?
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This is the slowest, lowest comment count weekend I can ever remember on this site.
I was working all day yesterday. Today I finally had to commit crepe murder by performing serious amputations on the many crepes we have. They got out of hand and reached 14-15 feet this year with all the rain we had. Some other tree trimming included and it was about 5-1/2 hours of hard work.
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Yea, the Packers finally woke up today and looked like their old selves by winning 20-3 over the hapless LA Rams. The Rams do not have a winning record so far this year either, and it was seriously outplayed by the Packers’ defense.
Of some note, the Packers’ home games are sold out for the next 8 years. 🙂
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This is the slowest, lowest comment count weekend I can ever remember on this site.
I think everyone is attending the Deadbeats reunion concert at the Woodlands Pavilion and simulcast in Hoboken New Jersey.
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We went off to dine at a local restaurant that has a wonderful Sunday brunch. The sun was out then and the temperature was pleasantly warm. Overcast minus rain slowly moved in this afternoon, still warmish but with increasing humidity. Ugh on the humidity!
I of course came home with a box full of leftovers to be enjoyed for breakfast tomorrow. A large number of seniors usually dine there after church, so the place was almost full. Lots of folks take home boxes with leftovers.
Several times we have seen an older couple with a small very well-mannered dog in what looks like a baby stroller but made for small dogs. Today there were two small dogs in strollers with the same couple that must have been fed before they came, as they sat quietly and just looked around. We suspect it is the wife who needs them as service dogs. The husband seems to be very well organized with managing the companions who sit next to the table in their strollers. They don’t bark or make any noise. We assume that the restaurant regards them as service dogs, and they are always seated in a corner table. It certainly looks like those dogs are saints.
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Who turned off the sun ?
Dang, it was pitch dark here at 5 PM and now I have to enter this distorted mode of trying to reconcile daylight and dark with time until at least New Year’s Day.
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Texpat, I think I did my share of commenting this weekend, although I may be the one driving the rest of the gang out looking for subjects more interesting than cat life and yard work.
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Campbell’s Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup, Gramps.
Hadn’t had any in 14 months or so and it sounded so good.
It was.
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Busy day. Started another batch, baked bread, prepped and painted a metal table.
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Well, I’m back. I got spend about 48 hours with people I love. My daughter is VERY pregnant and Sunshine and LD2 are being very supportive and helpful. And I really like my son-in-law, too, so it was nice being able to visit. There was a big craft show and Lovely Daughter sold some of her tumblers and I was able to hobble around on crutches with the girls and do some shopping. I got some cuddles in and quality time with my family.
I’ve learned that I’ve reached a point where wearing the knee brace at night hurts me more than helps me. I actually thought I’d done enough damage on Friday night, just changing position in bed, that I wasn’t sure how I was going to do on Saturday. Fortunately, I was okay. Whew!
And Hubby was waiting for me when I got home to kiss me, hug me, and cook steak for me. He also unloaded my car for me.
As has been said here, life is good.
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I saw a picture of a sign:
“Hello darkness, my old friend…
Now you’ll come at 5:00 p.m….”
This time change thing….
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I also received help from Li’l Darlin’. She helped me with the placement of the crocheted flowers on a shawl I made for a church friend. I do love that girl. She is so helpful.
Sunshine helped me strip the guest bed and dragged the sheets to the washing machine. She reminded me of her mommy, who started washing her sheets around four or five years old. When Sunshine had those sheets dragging behind her, I had a flashback to my daughter having her bedsheet train, doing the same thing.
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No one has posted the link to the WIP yet
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I am figuring most folks in Texas are spending as much time as they can outside after the endless, brutal heat of the summer.
Even if it is just working in the yard or sitting on the porch.
I don’t blame them.
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#49 Shannon, I grilled a slab of St Louis ribs, served with baked beans, salad and baked taters. Sister was over and it sure was good.
Texpat
Even if it is just working in the yard or sitting on the porch.
Sitting on the porch was just right today. On the back porch for the grilling and the front porch after supper but dang it was dark by the time we cleaned up the kitchen.
Life is Good.
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I have NO IDEA what time it really is, but I think I may be able to fall asleep if I turn out all the lights and crawl into my bed with a few cats.
Nite y’all!
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Our Acadia has gone to its new home as of yesterday. A good friend has bought it after having admired it for several years.
Texpat’s #22 paper on EVs is most helpful. Copied it for spouse to peruse at length. Ours was assembled in Mexico so we are not eligible for a US money refund on its purchase that only applies to EVs assembled in the US.
It rides very comfortably once we got the seats adjusted for each of us. I think it will need running boards added as we did with our Acadia when I discovered that it was just a bit too tall for me to comfortably get in and out of.
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