Chicago needs warm bodies to beef up its upcoming Census numbers.
Immigrants are an expedient fix when huge numbers of a city's population are fed up with the place to the point they're bailing out and moving on.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Monday, May 29, 2017
Describing the state of today's Democratic Party
"Today’s Democratic party is the world’s most successful hate group. It attracts poor people who hate rich people, black people who hate white people, gay people who hate straight people, feminists who hate men, environmentalists who hate the internal combustion engine and a lot of bratty snowflake college kids who hate their parents but take their money. The real secret of the Democrats’ success is that it attracts fake news journalists who hate Republicans and work tirelessly to convince us to vote Democrat." - Lede to a "Sound Off" opinion piece in The Saratogian, a daily chain-owned newspaper in Saratoga Springs, NY.
The anti-Muslim stabbing suspect in Portland...
There were those on the Left who were down near giddy that it was a white guy who stabbed three others after they attempted to intervene as the guy was harassing Muslim women on public transit.
For the record, it doesn't appear the stabbing suspect was a "right winger" after all (despite having the last name of "Christian." Apparently not even a Trump voter.
Social media forensics appears to have outted Jeremy Christian as a Bernie voter.
For the record, it doesn't appear the stabbing suspect was a "right winger" after all (despite having the last name of "Christian." Apparently not even a Trump voter.
Social media forensics appears to have outted Jeremy Christian as a Bernie voter.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Fallen and falling trees
Seems everytime I go out, I notice yet another fallen or falling tree I'd not noticed before.
The storm of just over two weeks ago downed some of the biggest trees we have in our neck of the woods, and a bunch of the smaller ones as well.
While some of the downed trees cracked from the winds, others remained intact as they tumbled over, exposing huge root balls.
If you look closely as you hike or drive the area, you'll see others partially uprooted and leaning heavily.
They may have not completely toppled in the last storm, but they appear at risk to complete their fall come the next round of high winds. Or maybe, with time, gravity will finish what the storm started.
The storm of just over two weeks ago downed some of the biggest trees we have in our neck of the woods, and a bunch of the smaller ones as well.
While some of the downed trees cracked from the winds, others remained intact as they tumbled over, exposing huge root balls.
If you look closely as you hike or drive the area, you'll see others partially uprooted and leaning heavily.
They may have not completely toppled in the last storm, but they appear at risk to complete their fall come the next round of high winds. Or maybe, with time, gravity will finish what the storm started.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Trump vilification
The agenda Trump presented during the campaign seems at best bogged down in the DC swamp.
Yet Democrats (and some Republicans) show no sign of letting up in their increasingly shrill and mostly manufactured attacks on the president.
Why's that?
They still fear the damage Trump may inflict on their dreams of an America fundamentally transformed into the progressive one Obama promised.
Yet Democrats (and some Republicans) show no sign of letting up in their increasingly shrill and mostly manufactured attacks on the president.
Why's that?
They still fear the damage Trump may inflict on their dreams of an America fundamentally transformed into the progressive one Obama promised.
– the Dems must get rid of Trump before he can appoint another Supreme Court Justice. Their fear of that cannot be overemphasized.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Some things take time
Tomorrow is a day short of two weeks ago that a storm ripped the power lines from one of our mountain cabins. Tomorrow may also be the day power to the cabin is finally restored.
No damage the the cabin whatsoever except that the powerlines, when they came down, bent the cabin's connection post and ripped the guts out of the meter box.
No damage the the cabin whatsoever except that the powerlines, when they came down, bent the cabin's connection post and ripped the guts out of the meter box.
Old school tattle tale
We've had a bunch of power outages at the cabin recently. The big one of two weeks ago as well as some blips that only lasted a few seconds but were enough to mess up the digital clocks or triggered the PF (power failure) notation on appliance read-outs.
So, I've resurrected the old school way to estimate how long the power's been out for those times I'm not home or asleep when the outages happen.
I picked up an old analog plug-in clock.
It stops when the power goes out, restarts when the power comes back on.
I can now take actual time, subtract the time on the plug-in clock, and have some idea how long an outage (or outages) have been.
Yes, if I'm gone for a while, I can't tell if there's been a single outage or multiple ones. And things get complicated as well if an outage is more than 12 hours, but those are the very rare exception.
Most the power outages are of short duration. But now I have a way to determine if they've run longer, helping to determine if refrigerated food might need to be checked, or if I might want to consider beefier battery back-up power supplies for stuff like Internet or my cell phone booster.
I picked up an old analog plug-in clock.
It stops when the power goes out, restarts when the power comes back on.
I can now take actual time, subtract the time on the plug-in clock, and have some idea how long an outage (or outages) have been.
Yes, if I'm gone for a while, I can't tell if there's been a single outage or multiple ones. And things get complicated as well if an outage is more than 12 hours, but those are the very rare exception.
Most the power outages are of short duration. But now I have a way to determine if they've run longer, helping to determine if refrigerated food might need to be checked, or if I might want to consider beefier battery back-up power supplies for stuff like Internet or my cell phone booster.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Bears sighting season has begun
When in bear country, best to keep your car locked and refrain from leaving snacks or other food inside.
BTW, had my first bear sighting of the season in north Georgia. Young black bear was sitting by the road along SR 183 just inside the Dawson County line after I crossed over from Gilmer. Thought for sec he might like me take his picture, but once we made eye contact, he skedaddled back into the woods.
BTW, had my first bear sighting of the season in north Georgia. Young black bear was sitting by the road along SR 183 just inside the Dawson County line after I crossed over from Gilmer. Thought for sec he might like me take his picture, but once we made eye contact, he skedaddled back into the woods.
Caught my eye
If things were as bad as MSM claims, I seriously doubt MSM would squander time and effort to report Trump got an extra scoop of ice cream.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Lights out
Freak storm knocked down hundreds of trees in my region of the North Georgia mountains Thursday, and plenty of power lines came down with the trees.
Electic power was out at my cabin nearly 12 hours. And even now, power supply seems to be having burps and grunts as crews work to get the lights back on in other nearby communities.
For all the down side, there are some positives.
I now know for sure that the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) on my Internet modem and cell phone repeater provide back up for only about four to five hours here at the cabin (I have much deeper battery reserves and a small solar array at our main home, but have not yet ventured to install such things here in the woods).
I'll also have to go through the refrigerator and cull food that's likely spoiled. Not so much of a problem, as I tend to keep relatively few refrigerated perishables on hand here on the mountain, knowing that storms tend to cause power outages (though typically not lasting more than four hours).
Electic power was out at my cabin nearly 12 hours. And even now, power supply seems to be having burps and grunts as crews work to get the lights back on in other nearby communities.
For all the down side, there are some positives.
I now know for sure that the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) on my Internet modem and cell phone repeater provide back up for only about four to five hours here at the cabin (I have much deeper battery reserves and a small solar array at our main home, but have not yet ventured to install such things here in the woods).
I'll also have to go through the refrigerator and cull food that's likely spoiled. Not so much of a problem, as I tend to keep relatively few refrigerated perishables on hand here on the mountain, knowing that storms tend to cause power outages (though typically not lasting more than four hours).
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
May Day
May Day 2017 seemed to have brought out Leftist crazies in the typical places.
But outside the Left's limited zones of influence, did anyone else seem to notice?
I'll admit, there was some effort to create buzz online. But I kinda doubt it lured any new followers to the socialist, leftist, or anarchist ways of thinking. The continued displays of radicalism may actually be a turn-off to most Americans.
But outside the Left's limited zones of influence, did anyone else seem to notice?
I'll admit, there was some effort to create buzz online. But I kinda doubt it lured any new followers to the socialist, leftist, or anarchist ways of thinking. The continued displays of radicalism may actually be a turn-off to most Americans.
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| A freind sent me this cutesy GIF. Says it's from International Women's Strike NYC. |
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