If you get the feeling you can't win, see this

 Does it make you feel better?   No, then lighten up!

 

Leaders want to cancel overtime pay #animations #manager #foryou https://t.co/lWqusOjObD via @YouTube --- Dude can't win.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) June 2, 2025

 

 

Drones did this?

 

This means something...

Massive Ukrainian Drone Attack Deletes a Third of Russia's Bomber Fleet and Sends a Warning to the US https://t.co/dj7JC83SoI

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) June 1, 2025

In demanding an investigation by SpaceX into the Starship failure on this week's test flight, the FAA puffs up its chest and pounds it like a chimpanzee

Behind the Black blog

Comment:

There's this sense of frustration building up. Even though Trump won an undisputed victory, got a trifecta with control of Congress, there doesn't appear to be an end to the nonsense coming from the left. With respect to SpaceX and the FAA, I pretty much expected a mishap investigation. The question is how much of a delay will there be? I thought these delays were going to be addressed, but are they really? The ninth flight came nearly 3 months after the eighth. There's talk about the next flight in the middle of the month, yet they aren't really that close to another launch. If flight 10 comes before the end of the month, count me surprised.

A video about Houston Texas

 

My olde home town. This is very amusing, because this guy is giving advice about a place I lived in for most of my life. A term cropped up which I hadn't heard of before, even though I lived very, very close to where he was talking about--- Rice Military. Nobody I knew ever referred to it as such, so maybe it is a term that is relatively new. So I looked up Rice Military on a search and got a Wikipedia link, and had another amusing moment. Yep, I lived REAL close to the area and NOBODY called it that.

You can call it whatever you please. Houston really is massive, and this area called Rice Military is TINY. I didn't realize how popular it has gotten with certain people. I moved out of Houston over 8 years ago, and haven't been back but one time since. Maybe things are changing there.

Angry Astronaut throws his two cents in

In short, this video asserts that SpaceX is pushing his engines beyond their limits, and that's why they keep encountering problems. The video insinuates very strongly that Musk is LYING about its performance. So, what can you say about it? For one thing, if Musk is going to lie, this lie is not the one he would tell. The reason is that the lie can be exposed pretty easily. Rocket performance characteristics aren't that easy to lie about. If you don't have the thrust, it won't lift off. ISP cannot be fudged, because it is a function of heat. Heat can be measured or estimated on the test stand. If it isn't that hot, the ISP claims won't hold up. So I call bullshit here on the video.

 

Musk may have an ego as big as the rocket itself. Why else would he not follow best practices? Nobody is supposed to be able to do it, so he tries it anyway. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Re-usable rockets were supposed to be impossible. He has managed to get his second stage to a soft splashdown a couple or three times. He is not that far away. If you don't like the guy that's your privilege, but he's spending his own money, and it is his own company. He wants to go to Mars. Let's see if he can do it. I see this criticism as a bunch of self-interested types shilling for the SLS. Now that is a waste of money.

Trump is legitimizing the Judicial Coup?

 

It does seem that way, as this article asserts. But is there another way of looking at this? What is the alternative?

If the courts put themselves in the position of being an obstruction, then should it not be a political issue in the mid-terms? Also, any others, such as Establishment types who do so, should they not also be on the ballot?

Trump COULD say that he is trying to address the issues, and COULD say truthfully that he cannot until the attempted coup is put down. If this is to be a country of laws and a democracy, then it is fair to ask if that is what the people actually want. THEN RUN ON IT. IF ELECTED, THEN DO IT.

Nobody elected a dictator or king, but if one side forces the issue, strong measures are needed to counter it. If Trump doesn't intend to do it now, he could ask to do it on the basis of a mandate to do so. If the mandate is given, then execute it ferociously.

The trials and tribulations of Jake Tapper

 There's been a whole lot about this story, but I tend to slough it off.

Jake Tapper is always been talked about, so I just ignore it all. But I sometimes read a bit about him. This dude is trying to make money off an "apology" that he does not make. I mean, it's bad enough to cover for the Bidens, but this dude is out there trying to make money off the appearance of making it right, when he really isn't. This dude takes the cake. Besides, I don't know why anybody'd buy this dude's book. Really, he's not reliable. If you want to read fiction, maybe you'd have better luck with someone more talented at writing it.

The relevant quote:

As he explained, it is hard to believe "Jake Tapper just woke up," but he thinks the framing is part of a larger strategy. Tapper and Thompson reportedly hired a crisis PR firm to help them navigate the book launch, and Greenwald said he sees those fingerprints are all over the authors' media tour -- beginning with their appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show. "[Tapper] kept using this phrase with you... 'I look back on my coverage with some humility.' This is the kind of thing that they tell you to say so that you seem like you're taking accountability even though you are absolutely not," Greenwald noted. "Like, what does that mean? You were the one who helped to lead the cover up that you are now... making millions of dollars off of exposing. It is a huge scandal."

Anyway, I try to ignore these people as much as possible. But this is so ridiculous, it invites a response.

"Hot Lips" Houlihan star dies

 

Dropping like flies.

Emmy award-winning MASH star Loretta Swit dies at 87-years-old https://t.co/UbXF8v7ZjS via @JustTheNews

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 30, 2025

Just as I refuse to say "native American", I refuse to say "Gulf of America"

"Behind the Black blog"

Comment:

Zimmerman has a pet peeve, methinks. Well, so doeth I. If you don't know what mine is by now, you don't know my blog. Do I need to repeat myself? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm????? Actually, there' more than one, so it should be an easy target!

It's a rig

Just sitting around watching videos, and there was this one about how one of the Super Bowls was rigged. Actually, several of them were allegedly rigged. The video made an interesting case, but if it was rigged, how do you ever prove it?

There was a mention of a few games here, but that is not the point. The point will get covered later. But first, a brief survey of games. The first alleged rigged game was the famous guaranteed victory game in Super Bowl III. The motive was money, as the losing team's owner liked to gamble. So, the motive was to throw the game in order to win the bet. Seems plausible, eh? Then there was the game in which some questionable events took place, and it involved the Raiders. You don't need to say a whole more than the Raiders and Al Davis. The motivation was that the Raiders' coach didn't like his team, and the change in game plan just before the game was suspicious. Then there was the Super Bowl in which the officials seemed to throw the game in favor of the Steelers. The Steelers were playing near Pittsburg, and it became the Bettis Bowl. One for the thumb and for Jerome Bettis, the "Bus". It was somehow an accusation against the "system", it would seem.

Since this isn't really about football, since there are accusations of rigged elections too. Particulaly the 2020 election. Given everything that has happened around Donald Trump, it does appear that a concerted effort is being made to deny him any power even if the people vote for it. You've got one-sided media, one-sided court cases, and now that he's back in the White House, he cannot govern because of Lawfare. Another rigged game.

 

Trump is in good shape politically, but how will he be able to accomplish what he was elected to accomplish if the system will not allow him to do it? His main tool in resetting the economy is with the tariffs, and now that has been shot down. A fair question could be asked, but will it ever be answered honestly?

I wouldn't bet on it. If it is indeed a rigged game, then it won't matter what someone deserves. He will get what the system will allow, because the system controls events, and not the public. In the meantime, the system preaches to the rest of us about democracy and the rule of law.

Time to call bullshit. There's no democracy and there's no rule of law. It may be hard to prove it with undeniable evidence, but you cannot deny a systemic reaction to one Donald J. Trump. That makes the whole system suspicious. Just saying.

I knew that it had to be something...

Bosoms!

I'm sorry Dave...

Maybe you could train Hal to do our taxes. If there's a problem with da gubbermint, just blame it on Hal.

 

Starship blows up again

5/28/25:

There wasn't any POGO, according to the mishap report. If there was, it is not being discussed much. I didn't read the mishap report, btw. But this is the third time that the second stage doesn't re-enter the atmosphere in a controlled descent. This time, on flight 9, it didn't blow up. But it lost control, which isn't good.

Let's consider POGO anyway. Let's suppose that it is POGO. If so, SpaceX is not disclosing it, or if they are, it's being downplayed. This implies some sort of deception, does it not? Somebody isn't fessing up, if POGO was the actual case. There WAS a fuel leak. Why would there be a fuel leak??? Vibrations? What's the nature of the vibrations? If the vibrations are POGO, why not say so?

There may not be enough probing by the fan boys. What's going on here?

3/10/25, 7:45 AM:

Missing engines! Shows damage inside engine compartment after explosion.

Good video, with some interesting comments.

12:09 PM:



Anon sources say re-design may be necessary.



3/9/25:

Some folks seem to think that to go forward with new stuff when the latest new stuff isn't working. Hmm. I would think that going back to what worked before may be a better idea in order to move forward. The Version 1 worked. Version 2 isn't. Go back to Version 1, and then push forward to a catch with a somewhat modified Version 1. You could fix whatever is wrong with the new stuff while testing the old stuff. The modifications that could be kept would be the change in location of the forward flaps, and heat shield changes. The bigger tanks with the changed plumbing needs more thinking out.

SpaceX should not get into the habit of failure. They've had 8 launches, and they're still not in orbit. Time to get to orbit and start doing something useful.

3/8/25, 7:33 AM:

Is this problem any way related to the POGO effect? It could explain the extra long static fire test prior to flight 8. If it is POGO, then why did it surface for the new Version 2 and not the Version 1? There's discussion of leaks, but POGO could induce leaks through the hammer effect.

10:45 AM:

Let's assume that it WAS POGO. If so, nobody used that term. Why not? What I'm getting at is how this is being framed. If it was framed as "vibrations" instead, then why? POGO was encountered in the Saturn V, so obviously it isn't a death sentence for a rocket. There are means to handle it.

POGO is a hazardous condition. The early Saturn V rocket launches had some damages due to POGO. It isn't inconceivable that POGO could cause failures. Just curious about why they would want to smooth over the discussion. Are they worried about it?

3/7/25, 12:25 PM:

Some tidbits coming in slowly, some not confirmed. 1) Trajectory was off before engine shutdowns 2) mention of something wrong with appearance of the exhaust from the engines, 3) fire was observed, and possible explosion of vaccuum engine...

Speculation: the leak was far greater than thought, hence the ineffective repair. If it is a design flaw, it's back to the drawing board for Version 2. But what about Version 1?

6:07 PM:

Another plausible failure mode? A hot spot on one of the vaccuum engines leads to speculation that it destroyed the engine, and caused the others to fail as well. I guess we'll find out eventually what the cause really was.



3/6/25; 6:19 PM:

It's a version 2, which means it is a new design. Evidently, there's a persistent bug in the system, which is causing these RUDS. Of course, it could be something else entirely, but it does seem to have the same type of thing happening. Not much information available yet.

Unconfirmed video of the Starship flight 8 explosion pic.twitter.com/EPgaB87uSN

— OC Scanner 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@OC_Scanner) March 7, 2025

7:55 PM:



After a quick comparison between flight 7 and flight 8, the failure mode appears about the same time. Consequently, I am of the opinion now that they've made no progress in correcting the problem. This is most definitely going to set back the program. We'll see though.

Hang on Sloopy Dancer

5/27/25:

Rick Derringer has passed away. Gee golly whiz, how time flies.

12/16/20:

 If you wondered who she was,  this says who she is and it may surprise you.

It surprised me, but sometimes that ain't hard.

Update:

The article linked says it's the state song ( I think ) or Ohio.  Now that is something I didn't know.  It was a big hit in the sixties, but a state song?  Down here, we may not have a state song, but we've got our songs.  Yellow Rose of Texas, for instance.

If Sloopy were to stand in for America, what would you tell her?  To "hang on", or to kiss off?  It seems like a bunch of politicians on the GOP side are telling us on the conservative side to "kiss off".  Or something like that, if you catch my meaning.

If we lose, we lose.  But these guys won't even make sure that it was even a fair loss.  If they can lie to us, they will lie to anybody, in my opinion.  That goes for the libs too, but they don't seem to care.  We know what they'd tell Sloopy.

Brilliance fades into underwhelming performance from SpaceX

The latest Starship launch, while not a catastrophic failure, wasn't exactly brilliant either. Besides getting through to the SECO point, it didn't seem to do anything right. The payload test didn't work, as the door didn't open properly. There was a fuel leak, and a loss of attitude control. There was an uncontrolled re-entry. Will that cause another mishap report?

 

Is there something wrong at the joint? If they plan on getting a Starship to Mars, they'd better pick up the pace a bit. It's a two year launch window, which starts next year. Not that much time left to get their act together.

The USA is the least favored nation according to its own leaders.

 

What people may not know is that the so-called free trade is designed to help rebuild the world after the catastrophe of World War II. The USA never ended that policy, which was disadvantageous to the USA by design. The world has rebuilt many times over since that war ended, so the policy should end too. Of course the globalists would prefer that the USA disappear so that they can rule the world. Lucky us, if that happens. /sarc

What the Hell Happened In 1971? https://t.co/GHsYsvv3nA --- Nixon took us off the gold standard, for one. But the real problem is that the USA was trying to hold up the world on its own. No one country could possibly do that. Trump might end it, or the world will end it for us

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 27, 2025

The mind blowing property of time dilation

The effects of time on moving objects differ from that of objects at rest. ( Einstein's theory ) Neil deGrasse Tyson loses sleep over that... he exagerrates, I think.

 

Superwood, too good to be true?

 

It is supposed to be stronger than steel, cheaper than steel to manufacture, and can be shaped into any form. Sounds great, but what can go wrong? Maybe nothing! Maybe not. Anyway, there's a strong movement to start making the stuff, so it can begin showing up in products soon.

Miller Corrects the Record: The Big Bill Is a Massive Tax & Spending Cuts Bill

independentsentinel

as a reconciliation bill, it cannot “codify the DOGE cuts.” The Senate rules ban cutting “discretionary” spending which is what the DOGE cuts are mostly.

Comment:

Perhaps the Senate could "carve out" the DOGE cuts, so that they can be included in the cuts.

The Western Media’s Role in Genocide, Assassinations, and the Near Destruction of the U.S.

Clarice Feldman, American Thinker: As I see it, there were three big stories this week: the media’s pretense that it was ignorant of Biden’s infirmities when it mattered; the cold-blooded assassination in D.C. of two young employees of the Israeli embassy, and the presiden...

Comment:

Is the virulent opposition to Trump a RACIAL phenomenon? I would say so. It's not that Trump is racist, but his opposition is anti-white racist. I would stop calling the media "main stream". This kind of attitude should not be considered "main stream".

Dodging a bullet

God looks out for drunks, little children, and the USA. --- paraphrasing something you may have heard of before... Anyway, we sure dodged a bullet when this guy lost the election. Imagine Walz being Veep right now. Yikes.

 

Power density is the key

 

Lots of power in small packages, that's power density. With that, you can do more with less. Imagine a subcompact car with sports car performance. Anyway, this dude thinks that an engine like this one in the video could be a superior design. Hmm. Maybe.

Epistemology

5/24/25:

Ah, back again with more thoughts on this subject of knowledge. I was thinking about trusting what you hear from someone. If someone tells you something, and you trust that person to be reliable, then you believe that person. However, if that person lies to you, you will remember it the next time, and you will be on guard about what this person says. You will not so readily believe someone who has fooled you before.

A society can be built on trust, or it will not be built on trust. If it isn't built on trust, it cannot be much of a society. Think about that for a moment. Commerce depends upon trust. You have to trust so many things to go right when you do transactions with people. A used car salesman may have some trust issues. If you've been burned before by a bad deal on a car, especially when you dealt with a certain individual, would you go back to that individual again when you want to buy a car? Most likely not, unless you enjoy the contest. Some folks might like the contest, but generally you avoid people who cheat you do you not?

I was thinking about this with regard to the news media. Indeed, all of this society depends upon institutions that deal with us fairly, or unfairly. When trust breaks down, the perception is that we are not being dealt with fairly. In such a scenario, a society could find itself in a lot of trouble. Trust is necessary for a society to operate smoothly or in good order.

A criminal can take advantage of your trust. That's why crime needs to be punished. If crime isn't punished, overall trust in our system of justice will be harmed. So what am I getting at? Just that the truth is needed for trust, and that trust is needed for harmony in society. If you want that, then you need to hold the truth as important. Why then is that not obvious? Why does it need to be said?

Just because somebody in authority says something doesn't make it so. That happens too often for me to believe what I hear. That's why it needs to be said. It isn't just me saying it, you know.

12/6/24:



Just saw another documentary on Tubi, and this post came to mind. On a search for it on my own blog, there's another one that has gotten a lot of pageviews. Even more than this one. It is here.



10/29/22: Epistemology

Epistemology: The study of knowledge

Or another way of saying it is "how you know what you know".

I come from a place where we can argue about anything, and often do. The arguments could get downright contentious, and so I have done my best to try to avoid them. But people really can argue about ANYTHING. Even the study of knowledge itself. If you cannot agree upon something, it is hard to get anywhere at all in an argument. The arguments can often get emotional because one's ego gets attached. That's a mistake. If one truly loves knowledge, then one does not fall in love with one's own pet theories. A theory is just a theory. Hopefully, that statement wouldn't start an argument somewhere, but where I came from, it COULD.

Even in a fight, there has to be rules. Even if the rules are the rules of the jungle. The jungle has it own rules. He who is biggest, strongest, and toughest will likely win. But, if there is to be a civilization, then the rules can be set up in advance, and everybody is expected to follow them. What happens when somebody doesn't follow the rules? That person is likely to be punished. The same can be true for epistemology. It is a rules-based system of determining what is knowledge, and what isn't. If you get into an argument, there has to be a rules-based system to determines who is right, and who is wrong.

However, if you cannot agree on the rules, then you've got a problem.

What happens when you cannot decide on issues, and not even the rules that determine who is right and who is wrong? You get anarchy. You get the law of the jungle. If you are right, and you are weak, then you might as well be wrong for all the good it will do you. Nobody has any rights in the jungle. There is no law and order in the jungle. It is a matter of who is the smartest, strongest, and maybe the meanest --- who will win any controversy.

There has to be a set of rules. There has to be laws. People have to be willing to follow these. If not, then there can be no order. Starting with this, you have to have some type of agreement on what the rules are, and the willingness to follow them.

The reason I wrote this is that this society cannot agree upon the most basic things. Like the meanings of words. The meaning of anything. Everything is in contention. If we cannot agree upon the most basic things, then how can we go forward? I used this word because it can be a start in trying to end arguments that lead nowhere because the rules cannot be agreed upon, and the very meaning of words themselves cannot be agreed upon. You can start with the theory of knowledge. How do you know what you know? If you cannot agree upon that much, then what's the point?

Not surprising that Canada caved, and not surprising that we'll be hearing nothing about it

 

Canada Caved and Begged Trump for Peace, And Somehow the Entire World Missed It via @WestJournalism https://t.co/qsvlulPJoY

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 24, 2025

Hmm. Didn't know about this one.

7:25 PM:

 

The following reminds me of the Paper Chase, where the intimidating Professor Kingsfield darned near ended a guy's ambition to be a lawyer. Instead of folding, Leavitt delivers an excellent defense of herself, and maybe saved her own career, as well as reaffirming the importance of the First Amendment. If the Supreme Court doesn't allow criticism of itself, then how can we have a First Amendment? Indeed, how can any part of the Constitution be safe from a Court that doesn't allow its decisions to be questioned?

Well done.

8:54PM: ; P.S.

Why a strong 1st Amendment protection is vitally important.

Soldier's Story

The lyrics in the song from the 60's movie "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". The movie was made during the Vietnam War, and is very much anti-war. I never could make out the lyrics from the movie. Now that I know, does it help anything?

 

It's War

5/23/25, 6:39 AM:

 

NO MISTAKE: Scott Jennings Reminds Us LEFTISTS Are Waging a Violent War on Western Civilization https://t.co/qFsnDWhQyg

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 23, 2025

8:33 AM:

The left turns to violence

JACK POSOBIEC: The Left’s Cognitive Dissonance Has Turned To Violence https://t.co/AWPhpepcCv via @dailycaller

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 23, 2025

Woke critic

 

Ya think?

The bill with many adjectives gets passed in the House

Evidently, there's no shortage of adjectives, as many as possible are being used to describe this bill. Press Secretary says Trump's polls are good, and I've seen that in another place, so there may be something to that. All in all, sparing the adjectives or not, things seem to be going okay.

 

Conus power to "check President" not actually in the Conus

Vance says that the Chief Justice said something... Well, if the Chief Justice said that, he's wrong.

 

Vance Calls Chief Justice Roberts ‘Profoundly Wrong’ For Checking Trump While Letting Lower Courts Run Amok https://t.co/0lFyu2eZeG via @dailycaller

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 22, 2025

News on Starship seems hard to come by

5/21/25:

 

Thanks to this little nugget, the complaint I had is now tossed into the bit bucket.

 

 

 

5/19/25:

 

Sure, there's a lot of youtubers out there posting stuff. Some of what they're reporting is getting to be a bit stale, though. Others seem to be click-bait-ish.

So I decided to check out SpaceX's tweets. Nothing much on X. Found a tweet that's nearly a week old. There's supposed to be a launch soon. When will it take place, exactly?

Supposedly there will be a launch in the next week or so, but the date appears to be a secret.

Cheers' Norm has died

RIP, Norm. Going to the place "where everybody knows your name".

 

Same as it ever was

 

Something wicked this way comes

Comment:

I'm not much interested in the "internet of things". The internet has a dark side, and is too much of a part of everyone's life as it is. The fact that it is Red Chinese makes me suspicious. The Chinese just want to take on Google and Apple in order to keep it all for itself. As for Apple and Google, I don't think much of them either, so just having an even bigger Google and Apple is not the ticket, in my opinion.

Corruption of need of reform, please

Why wouldn't these Congress-critters cut the bloated government? Could it be the result of corruption? It cuts both ways. It isn't a partisan issue...

Member of Congress charged with violence

Does that mean that she also supports political violence?

If so, shouldn't she be censured by the Congress? If convicted, shouldn't she be removed from office?

The Chutzpah of these Dems is amazing

Trump Calls For 'Major Investigation' Into Performers At Harris Campaign Events https://t.co/7G5whufsCB --- Sauce for the goose, you might say. They've got a kangaroo court conviction of Trump on far flimsier "evidence" than this, imo. Harris' campaign was "in your face" here.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 20, 2025

Pretty arrogant of them, is it not? It takes a lot of gall for them to be complaining about Trump.

Musk: "We are not dictators"

 

Not to mention Comey's 8647 threat, and the general lefty approval of the assassination attempts of Trump. The left has no problem with political violence.

https://t.co/bmmlNllIyW --- The political left complained about unelected DOGE, but opposes it with unelected judges, who have no statutory authority to overrule the POTUS. Who's the "dictators", who also want to impose censorship, and to jail the opposition?

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 20, 2025

John Solomon Podcast: "The Censorship Complex"

 Just The News link:  (Click on description link on right, in podcast box , for quick summary of podcast),  OR click on link below:

How Tax Dollars Targeted Conservative Voices

Comment: The first 26 minutes or so of the podcast deals with censorship, the rest of the podcast deals with other issues.

Deadly onions

 

When this dude says hold the onions, he means it. If he's really allergic, maybe he shouldn't eat at fast food restaurants.

Can't happen here? Already did in 2020...

The phony Democracy argument is really an excuse for a coup...

 

The EU's Quiet Coup in Romania by @amuse

Read on Substack

Joe Biden got a clean bill of health 6 months ago

When do Dems lie? When their lips are moving. Some say this is another psyop. Lots of the time, I just ignore this because I don't believe them anyway.

 

Joe says he had cancer 2 years ago & everyone said it’s a gaffe. When he clearly had dementia, everyone said he’s lucid. Now that he’s no longer useful they’re all shocked that they missed it.
Everyone was in on the cover-up!
Who was running the country?
We need accountability! pic.twitter.com/D70nzmsstx

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 19, 2025

It's a start

 

https://t.co/ixZ0kLYY1k -- In an 8-1 Decision, SCOTUS says POTUS can deport illegals aliens that Biden gave protective status to. ( I must've missed the news).

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 19, 2025

If nobody else can or will do it, perhaps it is an opportunity for me

With respect to the first post of the day, I note that few sources that I look at will take something of a more serious dive into the news of the day-- in this case SpaceX's Starship. It's feast or famine for SpaceX, in more ways than one. If you support them, you'll get a lot of fan boys/girls who won't really do anything deep in terms of news. But you might get the advocacy on the other side, meaning Musk haters.

So I've been looking for news about what actually happened with the last two flights, and this was the only thing that seemed to be anywhere close to a serious explanation. Otherwise, it is the fan boys/girls v the Musk haters. The point is that nothing much is being learned. Unless of course, you are determined about finding out something or anything about what actually happened.

So I can segue from the particular to the general. It is advocacy journalism's weakness. You are with one side or the other. In case of Musk, who has allied with Trump, it is the same garbage that masquerades as "news", and provides no insight whatever in what is actually going on out there in the world.

If nobody else will do it, I will make an effort to do it here.

So what exactly did happen?  There's only my speculation and the one mentioned above.  If it is POGO, then it isn't a show-stopper.  Musk haters would like it to be, but all rockets have POGO problems, as it is a fairly common problem.  Therefore, solutions are pretty well known.  What may be the real news is that SpaceX isn't saying that it is POGO.  Why not?  I detect a pattern.  SpaceX doesn't necessarily follow best practices.

They launched the first test flight without a flame trench. Flame trenches are pretty well established in launching rockets. Why did SpaceX follow the path that produced the "rock tornado"? It must be some sort of hard-headed attitude of doing it their own way that sometimes gets SpaceX into trouble.

Best practices would also have included well-established ways of dealing with POGO. But if SpaceX didn't follow those practices, then why not? It may well be understandable that they'd rather not be upfront about mistakes. Not accounting for POGO would have to be considered a major mistake. Not having a flame trench is also a major mistake. Notice a pattern?

Fortunately, if POGO is the case, it isn't a show-stopper.

You won't read anything like this on fan boys/girls hangouts. But you will get it here, as well with whatever else happens out there in the world. I'm not going to be a fan boy.

Truth embeds, 5/17/25

Sharyl Attkisson on Big Pharma

 

Dinesh D'Souza on Biden's autopen pardons

 

 

 

Green Frog Labs babies talking like adults

 

Loggins and Messina: Angry Eyes

 

Supreme Court's silly decision

 

The decision regarding the deportations is bereft of any common sense. It would seem that the Court could get the memo from the electorate. Joe Biden imports every Tom, Dick, and Crook in the world. It would seem to be common sense to allow the public's will be done and send the undesirables back home. Trump ran on it, won on it, and was trying to govern on it. The Courts step in to stop it.

The practical effect of this is to tie up the President in courts for the duration of his term before all of this gets sorted out. Courts move slowly, crooks move quickly. Seems that you need a nimble government to hold the crooks in check. Instead of letting Trump move nimbly, the Courts check Trump, and give the crooks a blank check to cause murder and mayhem all across the fruited plain.

It makes little sense. The Court needs to step aside, and let the grown ups set things right. Let the President govern as he was elected to do.

Starbase morale is low?

 

Ellie in Space youtube channel--- she says that "disgruntled employees" said that morale is low. Seems to me that is a qualifier. Of course disgruntled employees would say that... It does not follow that everyone agrees, or there would be massive numbers of disgruntled employees. No suggestion of this was in the vid. Musk will give a talk soon. Perhaps issues can be clarified in the talk.

P.S.

I stopped watching the video at the point that she begin hawking the 3D printed models.

Today's politics is like this

 

Do ya think??? It's entertaining though...

Did Trump find the fountain of youth?

This is pure gold.pic.twitter.com/gDsgfXFxUC

— (news) DOGE (@DOGE__news) May 15, 2025

 

Unnoticed Trump Executive Order

 

As one blogger likes to say: "faster please"...

One Of Trump’s Most Important Executive Orders https://t.co/9tTruxZdA4 --- Federal agencies have become too powerful, so Trump has trimmed their powers a bit. This is a bigger problem than an EO can solve. CONUS originally shunned making Federal laws applying to individuals.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 15, 2025

Geeking out

5/15/25:

I'm moving this discussion over to the other blog.

5/10/25:

If you can follow this, then I'd say you were a certifiable geek.

Not saying that I'm up to speed on this geek speak, but I did learn something new. I may try it soon.

 

The realities may be such that I cannot try the Silverblue thing. If I do, I will discuss it here.

end original post from 5/10/25:

P.S.

5/11/25:

When I wrote that I would discuss it here, I meant this blog, but not this post. The subject appears to be too complex of a discussion for one blog post.---5/12/25: Raspberry Pi won't do. Need Mint or Zorin. I've done those, so the groundwork is set ( or some of it ).

Some of the nuts and bolts of censorship

 

NewGuard gives a rating, and it affect advertising rates and even who gets to advertise. Sounds like censorship to me! Don't check your brain in at the door. Trust your own crooked eye, said the Soviet dissident. Seems like we've lost the plot somehow.

NewsGuard is responsible for censorship, while often targeting conservative outlets: https://t.co/1lhUSxdC75 via @JustTheNews --- It's a racket favoring the political left. What should a person believe when the so-called watchdogs don't bark when they should, and vice versa?

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 15, 2025

Rise and shine, or whatever

 

It is an unusual morning so far. Lots of thoughts that aren't jelling into a post.

There are thoughts from the past, and how they relate to the present. But it is not easy to post about that. Let's just how easy it is to misunderstand, and how hard it is to truly understand whatever situation that you may find yourself in.

I seek to understand, but more than often, I fail to understand. Maybe I'll understand better in the future, but by then, it may well be too late for it to do any good.

Have an interesting day. Seems to be the pattern lately.

 

 

"Topple the West"

‘Humanitarian’ left refuses to help 49 Afrikaner asylees, proving (again) the real purpose of ‘refugee’ campaigns is to topple the West: 

 I’m not splitting the atom by announcing what w...

Comment:

More than likely, this is highly correlated with the political left, which has a home within the American Democrat party. If you listen closely enough to them, and correlate it with the racist history of the Democrat party, you may conclude that the Democrats have exchanged white racism for anti-white racism.

You may misunderstand the meaning of "anti-white" racism. It is a type of racism that bred the term "white nigger" once uttered by former Senator and clansman Robert Byrd. Robert Byrd remained in the Democrat party until his death. So far as I know, he never renounced the use of that term "white nigger".

Furtermore, the late Julian Bond once said that the word "racism" was to replace the word "nigger". It would involve treating the former white race like the black race was treated. It is a type of racially motivated revenge against the white man. Hence, the hysteria of admitting the Boer. It may even explain how Russia never got the favorable treatment that Red China has gotten.

I vividly recall how Soviet Russia sought Most Favored Nation status during the "detente" years of the Cold War. But China was admitted into the full embrace of the west without blinking an eyelash. Why is it? Could it be that Russia is predominantly white, and that China is not?

It would be hard to hold China to the same standards as Russia was during the Cold War even though the Chinese have never renounced communism. We have very foolishly admitted an enemy within our midst. Red China has become very dangerous.

Is this machine going to Mars?

 

Opinions vary. I think it's definitely going...

PRUFROCK: ELON’S TUNNELING MACHINE IS COMING FOR GARY THE SNAIL

The Boring Company’s newest invention, Prufrock, is a tunneling robot that “porpoises” — meaning it launches straight from the surface, digs underground, then resurfaces without needing giant pits.

It can start… https://t.co/UGUdbFz2Sa pic.twitter.com/BIMZ2a8cjY

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 13, 2025

Dems seem to favor Red China over their own country

 

Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: https://t.co/xKFjNBloDF --- How honest are these polls? Kamala Harris is a lot more leftist than what people seem to think. She got too many votes to jibe with this poll. If the public really do not know who they are voting for, it may explain that.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 13, 2025

AGW is bunk, 5/13/25

 

An oldie but goodie of my own on the subject.

Cosmic rays, not carbon dioxide, cause climate change - https://t.co/TOTtkN60SJ --- Article debunks warmist claims of global warming, then points to another article that says why cosmic rays can cause it. Don't check your brain in at the door.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 13, 2025

Spin machine could be gearing up

 

Article says that some RINO types are trying to buy off some conservative sites. Presumably, this is for "conservative" empowerment, but I'm a bit skeptical.

The Counterproductive Move To Consolidate Conservative Media - American Thinker https://t.co/aUtnBNMIjH --- Methinks something foul could be afoot. I'm noticing some subtle messaging changes on my usual peregrinations thru the web.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 13, 2025

All the more reason to take what you hear with a grain of salt --- Treasury report surplus for the month

 

Also, according to this, the revenue increases in budget aren't being counted by the Congressional Budget Office. The new revenue sources aren't trivial. In other words, the story is being spun for some reason. If the CBO is staffed with Democrats, that could explain it. RINOS may be letting the spin go by for some strange reason.

U.S. Treasury Shocks With the Second Biggest Budget Surplus in History https://t.co/XASqF8zxZg --- Budget situation may be better than what is being reported.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 13, 2025

America is subsidizing free health care in Europe

5/12.25, 12 Noon.

 

President Trump is fully exposing Europe's free healthcare scam. It's never been free cause AMERICANS were paying for it one way or another.

"This means American patients were effectively subsidizing socialist healthcare systems in Germany, in all parts of the EU." pic.twitter.com/kTR2YZBQat

— George (@BehizyTweets) May 12, 2025

Any connection to this? Seems like one of my posts disappeared. Some of the commentary out there is incredible. Dems will say anything. 

President Trump Holds Executive Order Press Conference - Lowering Pharmaceutical Costs - 9:30am ET Livestreamp

1:11 PM:

An explanation is in order. While testing a new installation of Linux, I made a post ( or I think I made one). It seems to have disappeared. Google may have deleted the post, because I got a notice that a post was deleted because of a violation of community standards. This struck me as odd. This stuff is plain vanilla. No explanation other than community standards was given. I didn't even detect which post was deleted.

So, basically I commented upon a story in Conservative Treehouse that was embedded in the post. It was about Trump's Executive Order regarding pharmaceuticals and their pricing.

I noted that the pricing representated a subsidy for Big Pharma. That's because of the Presciption Drug benefit in Medicare. Medicare pays for these drugs, which are overpriced in America, as compared to the rest of the world. Trump's Executive Order changes that.

The result of the Executive Order will be considerable savings to the Medicare program. That's why I called it a subsidy to Big Pharma. It is also a subsidy to the rest of the world.

So if this is a violation of Community Standards, then I have no words for that.

I have a hard time seeing how there can be any opposition to what Trump's doing with this Executive Order. Maybe I don't know the half of it.

4:56 PM:

Big Pharma and the Dem's political machine go hand in hand.

If Trump bans pharma ads on TV, half the mainstream media will die overnight https://t.co/v3sIy1XnBM

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 12, 2025

Oh Cana-duh

 

In my opinion, the Liberals of Canada are doing it to themselves. Pollyview coulda been a better candidate, and maybe he could have won. If Canada falls apart, it will be Carney and the Liberals' fault.

Western Journal: Deficit spending under Trump's first 100 days drops 92%

It seems incredible. Projected out for a full year, it would be like the deficit hitting a brick wall. Let's see what the official numbers are.

 

David Bombal: "Reclaim Your Privacy" (video)

 

As for yours truly, I'm almost free of Windows. Google is an almost situation too. I do have a pixel phone which has been de-Googled. However, someone did it for me ( Brax Me website).

Instead of wimping out, I could try doing it myself. However, there is a risk of "bricking" your phone. That's not a good situation to be in. The safe option would be to buy a de-Googled from Braxman.

I'm feeling a bit more daring at the moment, but it is only in the "thinking about it" phase.

Dirty Harry--- District Attorney Scene

It is an old movie now. Dirty Harry was made over 50 years ago. Indeed, I saw it in the theater at the time. The key point is that the District Attorney knows the Scorpio serial killer is guilty, but the law prevents him from putting him behind bars. Why mention this? It seems that the Democrats are guilty of sedition, and the Trump Administration may go after them, but will they get any convictions? I'm going to predict that they will not succeed if they try. In the movie, the D.A. refuses to go to trial because it will be a waste of taxpayer's money. But would that really be so in the real world? The Democrats will complain about wasting taxpayer's money, but it could serve the public interest to have a trial anyway, if that trial exposes the Democrat's sedition enough to harm them politically, although not enough for a conviction.

 

A real life example is the OJ Simpson murder case. His acquittal was shocking to me personally. However, Simpson never got back his reputation. That wasn't much in the way of accountability, but it was better than nothing at all. In an imperfect world, this may be the best that can be done. The DA in the Dirty Harry movie should have prosecuted. The taxpayer argument was just an excuse to do nothing.

 

 

Will justice be served?

 

🚨 BREAKING 🚨
For the "nothing is getting done" crowd: Ed Martin just revealed to @VinceCoglianese that he has been closely working with Dan Bongino on the J6 pipebomber case and on the overcharging of J6 defendants. Full interview to air on Vince podcast on Rumble, Monday at…

— Jim Verdi (@jjverdi) May 9, 2025

 

This is the same Ed Martin who had his nomination as US Attorney for DC shot down by Senator Tillis?

 

Anyway, the story seems to have gone cold. That reminds me of something. Perhaps there's something about it that may not be best served...

 

 

Cults are the latest thing

This one is now on my radar screen. Thus, I will discuss it.

The political left has gone beserk over Elon Musk. He has 71% of Democrats agreeing to the proposition that Musk should be in jail. It wasn't that long ago that Musk was the darling of the political left. He was electrifying the automobile's power plant (ICE), which AlGore called the most dangerous thing on Earth ( or something like that ). If that didn't raise him to the level of a God, then what else could for the left? The left is now outrage that the automotive God has fallen to the status of the Devil. Rational people didn't do this, and rational people won't demonize the guy because he hooked up with Trump.

Ah, and then there's Trump. The Devil du jour for the left. The left cannot stand opposition, and will not tolerate it. Trump isn't new in that regard. They did the same for George W. Bush and the papa Bushie. They would've done it to Reagan if they could've. They forced Nixon to resign. It is to be expected that there would be opposition in a democratic system, but this is beyond reason. There can be no such thing as a Loyal Opposition according to the left. Anybody who disagrees is a bad person.

Let's not exempt the so-called "right" from the discussion. The cultish impulse runs pretty strong.

But there should be accountability in the system. But there are RULES to follow. These RULES are called laws. The laws exist for a REASON. However, once cultism takes over, reason goes out the window.

Reason depends upon logic and evidence. A person guided entirely by emotion cannot be reasoned with.

You don't throw somebody in jail just because they disagree with you. You don't allow someone to be judge, jury, and executioner of somebody you don't like.. Does that ring a bell? Luigi Mangione anyone? The guy who got shot allegedly by Mangione did not get any DUE PROCESS. Due process works for everybody, or it doesn't work at all.

But wait! What about the "Maryland Man"? The Maryland Man has gotten due process already. How many times does he get due process before it counts? The Supreme Court said itself that the POTUS has the authority to deport him. What else is there to decide?

A society can be paralyzed into indecision if there are competing cults everywhere who contradict each other at every turn. Matters have to get settled. We used to have elections for that purpose. Evidently, elections don't seem to matter anymore.

But what good is an election if the election doesn't follow basic rules? What good are elections if the losing side won't accept the outcome? The left originally AGREED that Trump won the latest election. Now they are trying to overturn that result.

Something has to give. Perhaps the cultish fad is the thing that has to go. We have processes that determine guilt if laws have been violated. Even if a conviction cannot be obtained in a courtroom, a type of accountability CAN be obtained. OJ Simpson didn't get convicted of the murder of his wife and Ronald Goldman, but he wasn't in any more Hertz commercials.

It's not much, but it is better than nothing. The political left is pushing the cultish impulse. They reject reason. The reject logic. They disregard evidence. The BELIEVE things. For them, the belief matters above all else. Against this we have the potential to guide ourselves reasonably. It seems like a clear direction to follow. Otherwise, it is the rule of the jungle, which means no rules at all.

Incidentally, I posted on this before. The Vice News thing was a hit piece because it came after the Twitter acquisition. If Musk is a cult figure, it was because the left fell for it. Now they are pissed off because he's not one of them after all.

"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a  reference to Jim Jones, who was a cult figure.  Jones was a left-winger, and you'd never guess that Kamala Harris' pedigree comes straight through Jim Jones.

 

Trump withdraws Martin nomination for US Attorney for DC

 

The Ed Martin nomination is now kaput, as POTUS just withdrew the nomination. How does this affect the possibility of Boasberg taking over the selection?

A watered down RINO may be better than Boasberg, but it does seem like in 2017 that the asst-AG at the time took over and nominated Mueller for Special Prosecutor. That guy (Rosen-something, maybe Rosenstein) was supposedly a Republican, for whatever that's worth.

That was a huge fiasco for Trump, and an argument could be made that it resulted in at least one of the impeachments, if not both of them. Therefore, the problem still could exist. But I don't know all the ins and outs of procedure in DC, so maybe it is over. ( in a sense , maybe, kinda )

It's not about due process, it's about the revolution

9:18 AM:

 

Holy deja vu, Batman! In 2017, the Dems got Sessions to recuse, and we ended up with Mueller as Special Prosecutor. This brought in the Democrats in 2018, and we got two impeachments.... They're going to try the same thing all over again. They got rid of Gaetz, and we got Bondi. Bondi is a light weight. No prosecutions of any note yet, and probably never if this goes down. Then, we get Boasberg nominating the DC prosecutor, and we'll get BIG TROUBLE.

 

Unbelievable as it may seem, it follows the same kind of pattern. It must be stopped NOW before it is too late.

 

Urgent! The Clock Is Ticking, Boasberg Is In the Wings https://t.co/cOsT6f8LEm --- Less than two weeks to confirm, or this guy could nominate Jack Smith as Us Attorney for DC. It would be inexcusable to allow this to happen. It was bad enough in 2017 when AG Sessions recused...

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 8, 2025

 

6:41 AM:

 

What leftists really care about - American Thinker https://t.co/Exmn0nNwAc --- It's all about the revolution. The issue isn't the issue, the revolution is the issue. It also says that conservatives should engage the real issue, which is the revolution, not the fake one.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 8, 2025

So it doesn't make sense for the Dems to want to die on the Gangbanger Hill until you realize that this isn't about the Gangbangers or due process, it is about the Revolution. So it goes on all issues, straight down the line.

Bill Clinton deported 12 million illegals during his presidency -- AND 93% of those aliens were deported WITHOUT a 'due process' hearing.pic.twitter.com/IGdDFNOBpi

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 6, 2025

Quick update:

Just found this item, check it out:

The right of “due process” is to protect citizens from their government, not to protect foreign trespassers from removal. Due process guarantees the rights of a criminal defendant facing prosecution, not an illegal alien facing deportation.

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) May 5, 2025

Paxton is running against Senator John Cornyn of Texas

5/8/25:

 

Wrap your mind around this one, fellow Texans... John Cornyn won't say if he will vote to confirm or not confirm Ed Martin. Is it because Martin will vigorously investigate ALL of what happened on J6th, and prosecute ANYONE who violated the law? That would include any false flag events, I would presume. I am very suspicious of John Cornyn here, and in general. He tries to pass himself off as a Trump supporter in his ads for reelection, but if Martin is not confirmed, this radical judge will appoint the US attorney for DC.

 

Just chew on that one for awhile...

 

Just a reminder for sanctimonious @SenThomTillis

USCP cuffed an FBI informant (CHS), brought him to the side, and happily uncuffed him to share a celebratory fist-bump—Fedsurrection accomplished.

We all know J6 is a coverup, and we’re going to expose everything…and everyone. pic.twitter.com/W9kcNTF3uz

— John Strand (@JohnStrandUSA) May 7, 2025

 

 

5/7/25:

 

Where does Cornyn stand on the issue of Boasberg v the elected President of the United States?

John Cornyn is trying to undermine President Trump's agenda by refusing to say if he supports @USAEdMartin and intentionally stopping his nomination by wasting time we don't have.

President Trump, Ed Martin, and the American people deserve better. pic.twitter.com/MbwVngA93F

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 5, 2025

A day that would live in infamy if a nation had any honor left to lose

https://t.co/uzoH2ZG2A2 --- I've written about this for years. Technology developed here in America is given away by Obama to the Red Chinese. Absolutely disgrace to our nation that we allowed China to beat us in something that was invented here 1st.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 7, 2025

This country dishonors itself continually, then wears a badge of honor to celebrate their self-proclaimed virtue.

 

Perhaps it is fitting that the only thing that this country seems to be good at anymore is in rewarding those who would destroy it.

 

Some would point to me and ask why I am tearing down the country. If asked thusly, I'd answer with that I'm only reporting what our alleged leaders have done with their inheritance. But we choose our leaders. Yes, and we will likely reap what we've sown.

 

This is a dark day. A day of mourning for a wayward nation should take place, but only a celebration for its self-immolation.

 

P.S. This looks like the insides of a tokomak, which is a fusion reactor. There's no reason for a fission reactor to look like this.

 

 

Texans should sit up and take notice of this

 

5/7/25, 7 AM:

 

If you don't understand this post, you aren't paying attention. Or you are in denial. Boasberg is as rogue as they come. But a faction of Senators are going to allow him to appoint the US Attorney to the DC Circuit. This is like setting up a shadow government. A government within a government.

 

You may not like Trump, but even the left wingers agree that he was elected. Boasberg has not been elected, and is not accountable to anyone...

 

10:24 AM:

 

This one snuck up on me. It so happens that Tillis is on the committee, and without his vote, the nomination cannot get out of the committee. That one got by me. Therefore, because of this one guy, we get this result. Cornyn escapes blame, but I don't like him anyway.

 

The blame should go to the Majority Leader, if that is his responsibility to put a guy like this on an important committee as this one.

 

Unbelieveable to me that the GOP can run Congress and the Presidency, but it won't matter anyway. The Dems might as well be in charge if you can get a result like this. Somebody is going to have to pay for this hanging, you might say.

 

 

 

5/6/25:

Karl Rove…the Biggest Loser? https://t.co/aj8Tl09o87 --- Is there a palace coup in the works? If Boasberg appoints the US Attorney for DC, lots of bad things could happen. Which brings us to Rove. Are disaffected GOP'ers trying to sabotage POTUS?

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 6, 2025

Comment:

The Red State article is much too generous to Rove, in my opinion. This latest move has no real political backing, as Trump increased margins in Texas in 2024. The establishmentarians have no claims, except for the usual phony liberal propaganda. If anything, they are trying to subvert Trump's real victory that occurred just months ago. If Cornyn and Cruz want to make an issue of Trump's leadership, and really want to hurt him, here's their big opportunity. Or is it? I'll definitely remember this double cross. You can count on it.

Beamer upper for the day

 

FASTER, PLEASE: Scientists edge closer to affordable superconductors: Novel materials could eventua https://t.co/MaM1QPw3gr --- Smarter please... the article mentioned doesn't say how to get to more affordable superconductors. The materials aren't novel, either.

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) May 7, 2025

The article also admits that they are no closer to room temperature superconductors. If it isn't room temperature, it isn't practical, nor affordable. Duh.

Let's see what Carney's got

5/6/25, 7:24 AM:

Mr. Carney goes to Washington in order to meet Darth Trump.

 

Perhaps he can turn the EEEEViL Trump to the good side like Luke Skywalker did. Then we'd all be fwee! Yippee!

Canadians are going to be watching this closely, it says. Will their Great White Hope come through?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Frankly, I don't know how it will all go. Hopefully not down the poop chute. Methinks the Carney character is a snake that has the forked tongue. No telling what he may conjure up.

2:31 PM:

Kissing the ring. https://t.co/U9lXmp59ac

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) May 6, 2025

Hmmm. I thought Mr. Carney was going to kick some Trump ass. Must've been mistaken.

2:48 PM

Didn't Carney say that Trump wants Canada's resources? Carney and his party put it under lock and key. The Dems have done it in America, but Trump will unlock America's mineral wealth. What will Carney do? Watch Canada go broke, most likely.

Canada has 3X the US’s oil reserves but less than 40% the production.

Why? Anti-oil politicians like Mark Carney who say they’re protecting Earth’s coldest country from global warming.

Here's the story of Canada's squandered oil opportunity—and how to reverse it 🇨🇦👇 pic.twitter.com/IoWWX3eJWS

— Alex Epstein (@AlexEpstein) April 27, 2025

9:13 PM:

Just saw something on Just the News, which involves a comment from Rebel News. It said that Carney got off light. Who's Rebel News? A little about them, thanks to Grok AI:

Rebel News is a Canadian online media outlet known for its right-wing, conservative commentary and activism. Founded in 2015 by Ezra Levant, it focuses on issues like free speech, immigration, government overreach, and cultural topics, often taking a contrarian stance against mainstream narratives. It operates primarily through its website, social media, and video content, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional media. Rebel News has been criticized for promoting controversial or misleading content, with some labeling it as propaganda, while supporters view it as a voice for underrepresented perspectives. The outlet has faced legal battles, including a Federal Court ruling that it’s not primarily engaged in producing original news content but rather activism. It’s also known for crowdfunding campaigns and public stances against censorship.

I'd agree with Rebel News that Carney is dangerous, as all leftists are. Too many people will get taken in by his BS. Carney and Trump have known each other for years. They don't hate each other, or so it appears.

Catturd

 

He must’ve been in on it. Nothing else makes sense.l https://t.co/wlixRNMN8x

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) May 6, 2025

Ah, I see. The only appointees that will make a difference are the ones that will be rejected! Like Gaetz and this guy for US Attorney for DC.

 

The GOP is useless. Must do an aggressive primary campaign to get rid of as many of them as possible. It should start now. Take no prisoners...

 

5:40 PM:

 

Uh, oh! It's worse than I thought. If this guy isn't confirmed, a very bad judge Boasberg is going to be able to appoint the US Attorney for DC. If that happens, we get a lot of very bad outcomes, youse people.

 

It so happens that one of Texas' Senators is one of the holdouts on the confirmation. If he lets this happen, his name should be MUD. But it has always been so for me, though. Cornyn has to go.

 

 

 

Musk has problems with leftist goons

 

BREAKING: FEC records reveal the main complainants fighting @elonmusk over a security fence for his Austin home are anti-Trump activists who've given several grand to Dems inclg Beto, Allred, Warnock. Neighbor Anne Yeakel has also given hundred$ to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.

— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) May 5, 2025

Andy Ngo

 

Raised in Portland by Vietnamese refugees, @MrAndyNgo knows the dangers of left-wing radicalism.

As a journalist, he was brutally assaulted by Antifa during a protest, leaving him with lasting injuries.

Despite relentless threats, Andy continues to defend America and expose the… pic.twitter.com/zpgRlwqQNe

— PragerU (@prageru) May 6, 2025

Why is Gen Z so poor? (video)

 

I watched about 6 minutes of this, and stopped. It was belaboring the obvious I felt. Time is short. Perhaps the video had some SOLUTIONS, but this was 6 minutes of PROBLEMS. If you are a GenZ'er, you don't need a recitation of your problems. You already should know.

There was a mention of Boomers, of which I am one. Why should a GenZ'er read anything I write? Evidently, the Boomers are the problem, eh?

There are a few things here called premises. If you don't know what a premise is, then you are lost. That's because you cannot identify one when you see it.

The premise here is that the GenZ'ers don't have wealth. That has to be SOMEBODY'S fault, now doesn't it? The premise here is that wealth is being hoarded by the few, at the expense of the many.

I would suggest that this is a faulty premise.

The commies will take advantage of such faulty premises to ensnare the GenZ'ers into their web of deceit.

So, what's the GenZ'er going to do? Well, as a Boomer myself, I won't have anything to say about it. I'd suggest that you read Al Fin's blog and become a dangerous child. What does that mean?

Learn how to do things for yourselves. Commies will teach you how to be dependent upon them. A dangerous child can fend for himself/herself.

Why are there so many pedophlles among the ranks of Antifa?

 

Why are there so many pedophiles among the ranks of Antifa? That is a serious question. Maybe young people should consider this when picking a side. https://t.co/09Cj42kTuq

— Lara Logan (@laralogan) May 5, 2025

Bill of Rights? What's that????

Compare and contrast this video, and the talking heads on the pinko side, who wail mawkishly about the 5th Amendment and the Bill of Rights that they love so much. /barf

 

These videos will open your eyes. But it does little good if you intend to be willfully blind.

Ivermectin type drug as a cancer treatment

 

There's a connection to Ivermectin here? Let's keep this one on file, hence the post.

Incidentally, I KNEW I saw this somewhere...  The news has been "out there" for several years.  I'm looking for dosage info, but no luck so far.  
 

Communism can only succeed if it is allowed to succeed.

 

In 'fighting Oligarchy' can Democrats win back the working class? https://t.co/a1fqXDEoQd via @JustTheNews --- Einstein said that the mind that caused the problem cannot be the mind that solves it. The loss of the middle class is primarily a leftist invention. History shows it.

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There has been a loss in manufacturing in the USA since the end of WWII. It resulted from the exfiltration of wealth from the USA in order to rebuild the shattered economies of the world. At the end of that war, the USA was the only nation not devastated by the war. This policy was known as the Marshall Plan. It was promulgated during the Truman Administration. It so happens that it was a successful policy that prevented the spread of communism from the Soviet Union to the rest of Europe.

The theory was that destitute countries would turn to communism, because it seemed a way out of their miserable circumstances. That theory proved to be correct. However, the policy never ended after the fall of the Soviet Union. The economies of Europe continue to protect their own economies, while the United States spread its obsolete policy throughout the world.

In the meantime, the USA hollowed out its own manufacturing base, and sent it to China. The Chinese never gave up on communism. Even though they follow a capitalist model, it is overseen by the CCP.

Why would a communist party do that but to use capitalism in order to destroy capitalism?

The communists like to say that the capitalist will sell them the rope so that they can hang the capitialists. Well, here we are.

Now that Europe may have to face the rapacious Chinese export machine, they begin to whine to us about it. If the Europeans had built up the muscles instead of insisting upon living the sweet life, they'd be better positioned to compete with the Chinese. As for the USA, we've let the left wing practice its Cultural Marxism without any real pushback from the so-called right.

It is the so-called right that cannot marshall enough gumption to stand up to the Chinese and the communists and stop this exfiltration of wealth. That's because the so-called right has swallowed down the Marxism Paradigm, which always favored the "March of History" towards communism. Or so the theory goes.

If the West doesn't wake the hell up, communism will win a victory through guile and deceit. Or to put it better, the West will have forfeited its place in history.

Rush Limbaugh's opening monologue on his first TV show in 1992

 

Comment:

This is not the full show. It was on this show, he discussed liberalism as a football game. The game he talked about was a game in which it ended in a tie. He summed up the game as liberalism.

The young generation may be attracted to liberalism because the liberals love to talk about equality. The young buy into the liberal lie that the liberals will make the world more fair and "equal". It is a lie because nobody seeks a "tie". The liberals want to win, and to win, they will lie to the naive young, and regale them with the fiction of equality.

Reality sinks in eventually and all the free stuff has to be paid for. How do you pay for all your easy living?

You cannot. Then you fall into poverty and servitude.

There's a moral to the story. Freedom ain't free. You cannot go through lives with skulls full of mush. You must make your way in this world, and stop worrying about being equal and fair about everything. The world doesn't work that way. Primarily, you stop listening to phony baloney liberals who talk a good game of bull, but deliver you to the poor house.