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RFK:  The most reasonable lib I know of, maybe ‘ceptin’ Tulsi Gabbard.

Not that I trust them too far, but he says some right things, and I think he’s driven by principle on his favorite topics (health) than by the acquisition of power:

https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1840481424786297017

NOW – Robert F. Kennedy Jr Wants Everyone to Remember Three Rules:

1) When you give a government a power, it will never voluntarily relinquish it

2) If you give a government a power, it will ultimately abuse that power to the maximum extent possible

3) Nobody ever complied their way out of totalitarianism

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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Very good points from RFK Jr. Well it’s Thursday,…I think, I seem to be real discombobulated after my Road Trip, I can’t figure out what day it is.Oh well I got the trash out so there’s that.
    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Spotted over yonder; Andy is reloading some shotgun shells so he can shoot some crows over at Miller’s Flats. The shell looks like a Winchester AA Trap Load but I can’t figure who made the loader. Then again it does look like a Pro model, very large. Oh and ifin’ you didn’t know Winchester still makes some AA’s with paper hulls since they reload much better than plastic. 😉

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    The other day I mentioned going to Oscar’s Diner in Dothan back in the late 50’s early 60’s. Well the building is still there but it’s been vacant for a while. 410 North St. Andrews Street downtown. The building was a pale green when we went there and I vividly remember the glass block windows on the corners. It sure would be nice if some old dude would open it back up, complete with the old Rock-Ola and tile floor. I snapped a Screenshot in case it gets demolished.

    1. bsue54 Avatar
      bsue54

      Super Dave – thanx – that so reminds me of a donut shop in Abilene we would stop at on the way to my Nannie’s farm once in a blue moon – IIRC, they had those glass tile brick things in the rounded corners…

  4. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well it’s 7:50 AM and this Thang is Graveyard Dead. My work here is done. 😀

  5. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    If that was an end of an era for championship baseball year after year, I will take it. Thank you Houston Astros for a great run. Who knows, might have another one in them.

  6. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    If I still had a horse I’d have one of these; Stihl Chain Saw Scabbard.
    Oh and thanks, Tim/Tom for saving the Blog. 😀

    1. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      Lol

  7. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This afternoon I am going to shoot skeet for the first time in at least a decade. I’m looking forward to it. I checked 2 shotguns and both were clean and well lubed.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      I’ve been to a firing range one time, included a trip to the skeet shooting range. I did much, much better than I thought I would on the range, and I hit every skeet that was launched. It was fun.

    2. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      What brand, type and gauge?

  8. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    So in the open comment we see a declared reasonable lib. i submit the most unreasonable lib running for VP.
    [videopress gVIhuPfK w=380 h=614]

  9. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I got two vials of Byrna’s Bad Guy spray. Galveston cops try it out.

    Hubby has one, I have the other.

  10. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And I got some welcome news – the whole banner fiasco has been removed from my incompetent hands. Supposedly our church will have someone with the skills needed hired in a month or so, and it will be his/her job then.

    So glad. I never imagined something so simple would become such a SNAFU.

  11. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Today’s C&C – “F-“. I’ll bet.

    Good morning, C&C, it’s Thursday! Already. Your roundup today includes: Cajun Navy sets sail for Hurricane Helene areas since folks can’t wait around for Biden to remember them; giddy corporate media runs tired January 6th claims as failing October Surprise; MSNBC gets unexpected answer from impeachment witness; corporate media coming around to painful admission that JD Vance won the Vance-Walz debate and tries claiming it doesn’t matter; Wall Street Journal fails journalism again by completely missing the point in Elon Musk political donation exposé; and citizens rally to save four-legged friends.

    ***

    Gotta love that Cajun Navy!

    ***

    One skilled volunteer interviewed for the story said the need remains immense. “America needs to come together. You got to imagine these people lost everything. Everything. So when we are doing donation drives, I tell people that there’s no such thing as, ‘Will they need this?’ They need everything. Food, water, hygiene, medical supplies, tents, tarps, the whole nine — they need everything,” Army Veteran Curtis Drafton explained.

    Help for Helene victims continues flooding in. This is America. This is self-reliance. This is how we do it.

    I told Hubby this morning I need to make a donation to Samaritan’s Purse. AFAIK, they are one of the better run organizations. Do y’all know of any other worthy charities to help out these folks?

  12. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I simply can’t skip over this snarky prose regarding the “October /non-)Surprise” for this election cycle:

    Yesterday, in giddy excitement, corporate media dropped its bath towel and raced out into the national dining room naked, forgetting all about stranded Hurricane Helene victims and the gathering vultures of nuclear war. They even forgot to put on their special prosthetic genitals. They are distracted by a much more intoxicating story, and so this morning the New York Times headlined the first of its multi-part series, “Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump.”

    /snip

    … In President Trump’s “J6 Insurrection” case in Washington DC, Judge Tanya Chutkan… unsealed prosecutor “Don’t Know Jack” Smith’s latest legal brief. As if coordinated, nearly every platform is running long, hyperbolic stories…

    But if you read far enough down the story, the Times eventually coughed up the truth …

    [insert discussion about this brief adding “texture” instead of “facts,” and the politically motivated timing in the unsealing of this brief now, just before the election. Election interference clothed in judicial process, anyone?]

    … the Times… somehow completely missed the real story.

    Remember when Joe Biden complained that the Supreme Court’s immunity decision turned Presidents into “kings,” and I told you the exact opposite was true? Jack Smith’s brief proved me right….

    The days of de facto complete Presidential immunity are now, mercifully, over. We now exist in an exciting new era of personal Presidential liability,…. Future and other past Presidents should take careful note.

    The corporate media is badly overestimating how helpful January 6th will be for Democrats as an October Surprise. On MSNBC (of all places), anchor Ari Melber asked an anti-Trump impeachment witness, EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, to talk about how awful Trump was and so on. But the segment went off the rails when Gordon said he changed his mind. He’s planning voting for Trump now even after trying to help impeach the President. A shocked Melber gets visibly upset:

    CLIP: Trump impeachment witness changes mind, says voting for Trump now (1:04).

    … Melber tried again….reminding the Ambassador that he’d said before that the issue of January 6th and saving democracy was bigger than any other consideration. Gordon admitted he’d said that, and while it was true at the time, now “I am seeing so many attacks on Democracy that eclipse January 6.”

    Gordon offered to provide examples, but wisely, Melber ended it there.

    I wonder if Biden is worried about being prosecuted under this new revision of “presidential immunity”? Is he even aware of these events? Does he care? And then there’s Obama….

  13. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Next up, revelations that Musk donated politically before folks noticed. Duh. Why is this a story? Oh, probably because he didn’t donate the “right way”. Or “left way”. Or is it “wrong way”? I guess that is in the eye of each beholder.

    It’s not news that the world’s richest (and most productive) man donates in large amounts. How is that news? Where are all the exposés about Bill Gates’s donations? Or George Soros? One hint may be that the WSJ called Elon “one of the biggest donors to conservative causes.” That, combined with Elon’s Twitter reach, led the Journal to deem the space entrepreneur “one of the most influential figures in U.S. politics.”

    /snip

    Behold! One part of Musk’s personal political progress baffled the Wall Street Journal’s crack investigative team: [story about Musk donating to Trump]

    ***

    Why did Musk go from Democrat to Republican so quickly? Why so transformational so rapidly?

    Because liberalism in California caught up to Musk’s reality, that’s why.

    ***

    Some folks still have legitimate concerns about Musk and his brain chip project. But you can’t deny that Elon Musk is doing more for our fellow Americans in the Western Carolinas than is the entire federal government:

    [Musk x’ed about providing Starlink to affected areas, regardless of payment.]

    Free satellite communications to all the affected areas. That must be expensive. But Musk is paying for his generosity and compassion in more ways than just with his money. Consider this op-ed headline from the Hill, two days ago:

    As Musk lifts humanity, the left brands him ‘Public Enemy No. 2’

    (The left’s Public Enemy Number One is, of course, Donald John Trump.)

    Musk didn’t need to put himself in the left’s unforgiving crosshairs. He has a lot to lose. But he did it anyway, and for that, Elon Musk deserves much credit.

    Because agenda trumps humanity for those on the left. Every. Dang. Time.

  14. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The first comment that I saw at the C&C:

    Bless the Cajun Navy, Elon Musk, and all private citizens supporting devastated communities. Meanwhile, Kamala and Tim spent the weekend fundraising. NC and TN National guards were shipped out to the Middle East, Ukraine gets unlimited taxpayer dollars, and FEMA is running low on funds because they spent billions on illegals. This is what America Last looks like. “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Some of these are utter fails, and some are utter genius.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Screw FEMA. Mountain Mule Rescue is getting things done.

    I just heard a guy on the Clay & Buck show, he’s holding over to the next hour. He just got his power and internet back, and he’s going to describe what they’ve been going through. So far, he’s said it’s neighbor helping neighbor, private citizens bringing their own supplies in and helping the stranded folks.

    I also heard earlier on the radio that the government is stopping others who are trying to bring in supplies by boat, car, trailer, truck, guardian angel, whatever. The gubmint weasels want to consolidate everything and distribute it themselves.

    Yeah, if I were heading in with supplies, I’d avoid the government stops like the plague. Like the plague they are.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      Never let a good crisis go to waste.

  17. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This handling of the Helene disaster by federal and state Democrats is possibly worse than even Afghanistan. Pete Buttigieg called a no-fly zone over the devastated region today. The jackasses are getting people killed and they don’t care.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      WTH?! Does this mean no more helicopters bringing in aid???

      Slow roasting over hot coals is too good for these morons.

  18. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    h/t CFP: The reason the gubmint is halting supplies and aid to the disaster areas is…..MONEY!

    I was able to coordinate several trucks full of supplies to be brought down to the EOC in Marathon. I was privy to the EOC meeting, BUT was informed in that meeting, that all of the semi trucks full of food, water and hygiene supplies were to be turned around and not allowed to be offloaded for distribution by the EOC.

    THE REASON they gave us, was that these donations were not from companies on their “preferred vendors list” and that they would not accept them or give them to the residents of the keys impacted by the storm.

    It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY.

    These ‘preferred vendors” are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the “vendors” make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks.

    So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      You beat me to it.

  19. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This is an incredible story from a guy who organizes private relief during disasters. He was in Texas after Harvey. From CFP.

    I cannot confirm the reasons why in NC, but i can tell you the reasons in other storms i have worked – i’ll explain below.

    Let me share with you the first disaster area that i finally realized that this was all about money.

    In the FL Keys with Hurricane Irma, after Texas got hit with Harvey, we finished our efforts in Texas and were the first citizen team to make it to Key Largo.

    The federal agencies had US1 shut down just South of Key Largo and wouldn’t let anyone in or out, even though the road was okay to pass.

    We explained to them that we had boats, Jet skis, food, water, chainsaws and fuel to bring these people.

    They didn’t care and wouldn’t let us in.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      I beat you by thiiiiiiis much!

    2. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      Money, power, and control over their fellow man. These people are evil to the core. They simply do not care one whit about saving lives or reducing suffering for those in flyover country.

  20. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Pretty slow around here, so I’ll rant about light bulbs.
    My master bath has a three bulb triple flood light fixture.
    In vain, I’ve been trying find replacements.

    The government boobs and the advent of LEDs apparently have many retailers so confused that even Walmart has thrown up its hands and completely reduced their bulb inventory…..until everyone figures out what the hell they actually want to buy.
    I stood in Walmart for some time looking at the offering of interior flood lamp bulbs. The are no incandescents, of course. Which is fine with me.
    Insert cuss words here.
    They’re all Smart bulbs that require you to download an app or use Siri or some other crap. These damn bulbs use WiFi for God’s sake!!!
    I bought the cheapest one (which I thought was not a Smart Bulb, even after reading the box). I was wrong. It will be returned.

    Found a basic LED, 65W, interior flood lamp on Amazon. Thank God.

    If you think I’m turning this house over to the Smart Cartel like ElGordo did, you’ve got another thing coming, Honey.

    I am very blessed that I don’t have to get up in the middle of the night like many men my age, but if it comes to that, I can damn sure turn on my bedside lamp and walk into the bath room and flip a light switch without any help from the beady-eyed, pocket-protector engineers of the Smart Cartel.

    1. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      Poor ELG.

    2. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      I hear ya’.

    3. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      I don’t even know what a smart bulb is. I just go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy regular, dumb LED bulbs. Why is this a problem ?

  21. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Longshoremen agree to suspend strike until Jan 15

    To help Camel-a, I guess.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      Well that’ll help the Cackler. Matt Walsh said he thought the whole thing was a setup.

      1. Tedtam Avatar
        Tedtam

        But then, withholding the incoming supplies needed for the disaster victims would’ve been a huge black eye and would not have won them any friends, so there’s that…

    2. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      Dang, and here I done bought a pickup load of toilet paper.

      Now my wife will have to find something else to fret about.

      1. Tedtam Avatar
        Tedtam

        Save it. You’ll need it.

      2. Shannon Avatar
        Shannon

        I’ve been getting a little antsy because I’m down to only an entire half-wall (floor to ceiling) of toilet paper in my office, left over from Covid.
        And a washing machine covered with gallons of laundry detergent.
        🙂

        1. GJT Avatar
          GJT

  22. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    GJT

    If
    x = the amount of toilet paper used by a man and a woman combined, then

    the amount of toilet paper used by a single man equals substantially less than (x) (.50)

    🙂

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      Except in our house.

  23. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I was highly disappointed with my numbers this morning. I’ve decided to keep a food diary and track my numbers in a spreadsheet. I suspect it’s a particular type of cheese that may be triggering the spike, but unless I write it down, I won’t know for sure.

    And I forced myself to eat 3x today. I’m just not hungry, and watching some of the gurus of the diet last night, one of the main pitfalls of newbie carnivores is not eating enough, and not eating enough fat. It’s still hard for me to understand how these people in the videos can eat so much at one time, but I hear that in time, my body will crave it as well. Right now, I can eat a small plate of ground beef cooked in a skillet with some tallow or butter and be perfectly content all day. Then I see these skinny people eating a 10 oz. ribeye with 4-6 eggs, with butter slathered all over. Sometimes they do this twice a day. One guy doubles the amount of those meals, but he works out a lot, too. They sometimes snack on sticks of butter like they are popsicles. (I’m nowhere near that!) “Your body has to learn how to eat again.” Blows my ever lovin’ mind. Still. I’m told to stick it out for at least 90 days before evaluating my health status.

    I’m interested in seeing how my labs look, after almost a month in this new way of eating (WOE).

  24. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    You don’t have to believe in a shortage of TP coming, you have to defend yourself from those that do. Unfortunately, we were running low at the wrong time so had to get a pack/bundle/case at Costco.

  25. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I hope the carnivore diet gets you to the place you want to be. Among other things, Fay was something of a specialist in diabetes counseling. I know what a struggle it is trying to deal with it.

    Sugar in all its forms may be killing us all but I can’t believe that God put strawberries, pineapple, and Texas peaches on this Earth for the birds and the bugs. 🙂

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      I agree, but I also know that those fruits have been selectively bred and engineered to have more sugar than their originals. The before/after pictures of how our food has changed is amazing.

      I indulged in all of that in my earlier years. For a while, ice cream was a whole separate food group in our house. I don’t know if all those years of indulgence caused my current sugar sensitivity, or if it’s just genetics. I guess it doesn’t matter now, I have to deal with what’s on my plate now. Metaphorically AND physically speaking.

      1. Texpat Avatar
        Texpat

        The fact is fruits of the world are no longer a special treat to wait months for but common everyday table items. It has all happened in less than my lifetime.

    2. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      One of the factors is American affluence and abundance. When we were kids, strawberries and pineapple were rare seasonal treats for short periods. Nobody was even growing peaches in Texas and avocados were very seasonal and expensive.

      Watermelons lasted what – 3 months at the most ? There were Texas oranges and grapefruits. Pears from somewhere but they were here and then. I can walk into my Maywood Market or a local supermarket today and find fruit from all over the world all year long. It is amazing.

  26. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I shot sporting clays this afternoon. I have only done that once before about 15 years ago. We didn’t get to do a full course but I hit about 35%, best estimate. The best part is Mrs. Bonecrusher set the thing up (it was a freebie from her company insurance broker) and she shot as well and liked it. I think I can get her to do this more often on our dime. It only makes good sense to have a spouse that knows how to shoot. She used my Beretta semi-auto shotgun that my dad gave me when I was about 12 . . .over 50 years ago, the stock was shortened and it worked well for her. I never use it anymore because I shoot left and it ejects right . . . right past my face. I use a left-handed Remington 1100 in 12 ga, 28″ bbl, modified choke.

    1. Shannon Avatar
      Shannon

      Shooting’ skeet lefty with a righty.
      Lordy.
      Good eye exercise. Hee.

      1. Bonecrusher Avatar
        Bonecrusher

        I have a crossed dominance; mostly right handed but left eyed.

        1. Super Dave Avatar
          Super Dave

          My son is right handed but left eyed. I figured this out watching him try to shoot a .410 double, holding right handed with his head tilted to use his left eye.

  27. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I had to wait a while, but I finally spoke with a human at the credit card company to dispute a charge for a product that the seller refused to correct. The seller is a slime-ball in Wuhan who refuses to admit that they sent the wrong gizmo and will not make it right. So I called the credit card company, explained the situation, and they credited my account for the total amount. Bottom line is I got a claw back and I am likely to keep the wrong item for free.

  28. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Interesting article, even if it is Politico. The comments on Wisconsin are interesting historical notes.

  29. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Taj Majal, Jerry Douglas, and Tedeschi Trucks.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      I never understood why Hamous disliked Taj Mahal. Whenever I posted one of his videos, Hammie always had something negative to say.

  30. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I figure asking for prayers among friends is never out of order.
    Tonight, before retiring, I am trying a new eye-drop following a bad reaction to the first one prescribed.
    I’ve developed ocular hypertension which is basically glaucoma prior to any damage.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      You got it.

    2. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      Prayers

  31. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Caught this early, prognosis is excellent. Finding the right drop can take some time. Worst case scenario would involve having to go to a preservative-free version which ups the the cost dramatically.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      Done.

  32. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I can report that after a week, the phantom pain in my extreme upper right front rib cage and adjacent breastbone pain did finally go away.
    As far as I can remember, no one hit me with a bat nor did I walk into a tree to obtain such a pain.
    Perhaps I rolled over onto my fist in the middle of the night?

    It’s all very annoying.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      It sounds like you had a ribhead out of position

  33. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The Feds want to come in and hook up the Texas Electric Grid to Louisiana and Mississippi.
    How about we negotiate with them ourselves and you frikking goons from D.C.Hell leave us TF alone.
    We’ll gladly accept your $3billion carrot. But you scumbags are disallowed from all involvement. Otherwise, take it and shove it.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      How about no!

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