How to make America livable again

If you elect knaves, then expect knavish behavior. What's the moral? American society is morally and financially bankrupt. There's going to have to be some sort of revival, or we're done. I see no other possibility.

What about it: SpaceX Gives Out More Starship Details! IFT3 in 4 weeks?

So called elites say Americans have too much freedom

Do they not think of themselves as Americans too?

Could this be another poll that disturbs people? This poll isn't believable. An elite is defined as having $150k income, a post graduate degree, and lives in a big city. How does that make one "elite"? Perhaps in income? The poll is said to comprise 1% of the population, but does that make the members "elite"?

Some of the other assertions really seem distubing. If Ivy League schools produce this kind of dumb-assery, then there's no wonder that we're in such trouble.

Some real science for ya

Trust the Science? Here's some real science

People got the jab on the basis of "the science". The "science" was fake. The link provides some correctives for that. Perhaps not so many can be fooled like that again.

Massive deception campaign

There are those out there, maybe many, who would consider the following a bit of tin-foil conspiracist theorizing.

Here goes anyway. I’m a bit suspicious of most of what passes as news these days, including sources on the so-called right. It is really a challenge to drill down to the real truth of things with all of bravo sierra out there. Lately, the antenna has gone up again.

There may be an effort on the way to disorient and dispirit the opposition to the Deep State. Indeed, the ones that are obvious are easier to defend against. But what happens when the sources may be seen as “friendly”? What if we are being misled?

I get that feeling sometimes when I read something that is purportedly of a friendly nature that goes against the grain. An example? Not one handy at the moment, but there was something on Ace of Spades that makes me suspicious. I note the feeling is there to make you pissed, but there is often no action plan offered to counter the complaint.

The result is a kind of disgust and despair about the situation, which would work against the interests of those who sincerely want to improve upon the situation. It is not good enough to merely complain about things. Something needs to be done. But it must not get swept up in a way that would discredit a loyal opposition. That would be the case with the J6th and Whitmer alleged plots to entrap legitimate protest.

When things DO get done, they go badly. Like the J6th situation. If more people were made aware of what happened in Michigan with the Whitmer plot, the folks who got roped in may have been forewarned, and the propaganda bonanza for the left may have been thwarted. Same thing with J6th.

We’ve got to get smarter and better, no doubt about it. Too easy to get sucked into a plot that works against what we all should be fighting for. It's all too easy. People need to smarten the hell up.

Three computers to write this post

Experimental post using Raspberry Pi computer to share text as bluetooth file

I’d like to keep posting, but to type anything on that itty bitty screen on my Android phone is absolutely out of the question. But I’ve got this Raspberry Pi machine. Let’s see if I can put it to work.

I will compose this short post on the Raspberry Pi, and use a bluetooth function to transfer it to my Android. From the Android, it is a simply copy and paste job to put it up on the blog.

It works only one way, though. Links are going to be a challenge. Embeds are not likely to be reasonably simple.

After this, I may be able to at least put up something on the blog. So here goes...

Ay, caramba! It does not work. So another plan has to be attempted. Saving it on a usb drive, but it complains. It is saved as a word document ( or linux equivalent ). Have to use Wordpad in Windows in order to read it. Copy and paste it to a text file, and then make it a text file for sharing on bluetooth with the Android. In other words, this is a cumbersome procedure. Not to mention, a pain in the butt. But this method is feasible.

It's done. Hoo boy.

Inside the FIB Whitmer Kidnap Plot ( dress rehearsal for J6)

Julie Kelly report on infrequently covered news item that could shape opinions about January 6th.

Despite the information that has been trickling out about J6, the Democrats are still spinning it as an insurrection. This story by Julie Kelly shows at least one connection, and a few parallels between what happened in Michigan prior to the 2020 election, and the J6th riot.

The media is covering for the Deep State, as usual. The GOP does little to nothing about it, as usual.

Was the Kidnap Plot a dress rehearsal for J6th? Readers of this blog need not ask the question.

Bad premise

Stronger economy or democracy?

It looks like a poll was comissioned, or whatever the terminology is. Apparently someone thought it a good idea to ask the question in the title here, as if that was decided to be the choice.

This is the kind of thing that makes you wonder if we're going to make it. That's because this is just another one of those fallacies that makes it out into the public. Perhaps it gains traction with the public, because those who run such polls and whatnot, think we are all too dumb to see through it. Maybe we really are too dumb to see through it. It is a false choice.

It may be based upon the lies being told about Trump, as if he wanted to be dictator. If these people actually believe this kind of garbage, especially after all the other garbage they've been peddling, then we're done.

There's no need for a false sacrifice. Of course, those who run the poll are probably looking for a way to avoid accountability for their malfeasance. Without democracy, a ruling class cannot be held accountable for a bad economy and bad foreign policy. So if there wasn't to be any more democracy, there's not likely to be anything else that's any good either.

It's a false premise and a stupid poll.

Elon Musk's employee update released January 12th

Elon Musk's employee update released January 12th

Quote:

They are planning to double its payload capacity to 200 tons to orbit, twice the Saturn-5.

Comment:

Shouldn't the re-usable spacecraft count as payload as well? The Saturn V was not re-usable. This has consequences, as it took a lot less rocket to lift it all up to orbit. Since 100 tons of empty spacecraft is going to be returned to Earth, it will take a lot more rocket power to get it to orbit. The Starship/Superheavy is indeed more powerful than the Saturn V. But the Saturn V didn't need re-fueling because it was expendable.

Doubling that payload while making it re-usable is just staggering. That means 300 tons are being lifted to orbit, of which 100 tons is the Starship itself. It should count as payload too, since it is going to be re-used. Anyway, you could put more payload onboard if you wanted to make it expendable.

For example, much consternation is being expressed over how many launches it will take to refill the Starship so that it can land on the moon. However, you could fit the ENTIRE third stage and the rest of Saturn V onboard the Starship with plenty of capacity to spare. If all of it were re-usable, the Starship/Superheavy could do it all in one just as the Saturn V, but send more payload as well.

But it would need to be made expendable as the Saturn V. Why make it re-usable anyway? It isn't going to be kept anyhow. It's going to stay on the moon in the current configuration.

Why not split it up into expendable portions so that you aren't landing such a big craft on the lunar surface? All that mass is virtually useless anyway. You won't need that much rocket power to land on the moon. Why keep the mass?