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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Monday, July 2, 2018
It's the leadership
If you want to blame someone for the downfall of Western Civilization, then it has to be the leadership.
It's up to the leaders to set direction. If the leaders go bad, then so does the rest.
There's an opening on the Supreme Court. Seems like no matter which way the so-called conservatives turn, they don't win. At best, you end up with compromise. But the left? They never compromise. This gives us justices like Roberts, who won't declare Obamacare unconstitutional. Seems to happen a lot. Or, a justice like Kennedy himself, who gives us same sex marriage. These were 5-4 rulings.
The left is better organized and more determined. They are winning the long game. The culture keeps going downhill.
Shoot, I remember the Souter nomination. They bitched and moaned about the guy, and he turned into a liberal vote. How many times does that happen with their picks? The last justice that was conservative and nominated by a Democrat was Byron White. Kennedy nominated him. You have to go back a long way to find a Democrat who would be capable of this kind of thing that the so-called conservatives do routinely.
Democrats can piss and moan all they want about this pick, but they'll probably get more than a conservative would feel comfortable about giving them.
People blame the voters, but the voters didn't outlaw prayer in schools. They didn't establish abortion on demand, and they didn't demand same sex marriage. All of this came from the top. Liberals understand this better than so-called conservatives. That's why they are going nuts right now. It seems to work for them.
It's the leaders you should be blaming for this. Don't blame the "sheep".
It's up to the leaders to set direction. If the leaders go bad, then so does the rest.
There's an opening on the Supreme Court. Seems like no matter which way the so-called conservatives turn, they don't win. At best, you end up with compromise. But the left? They never compromise. This gives us justices like Roberts, who won't declare Obamacare unconstitutional. Seems to happen a lot. Or, a justice like Kennedy himself, who gives us same sex marriage. These were 5-4 rulings.
The left is better organized and more determined. They are winning the long game. The culture keeps going downhill.
Shoot, I remember the Souter nomination. They bitched and moaned about the guy, and he turned into a liberal vote. How many times does that happen with their picks? The last justice that was conservative and nominated by a Democrat was Byron White. Kennedy nominated him. You have to go back a long way to find a Democrat who would be capable of this kind of thing that the so-called conservatives do routinely.
Democrats can piss and moan all they want about this pick, but they'll probably get more than a conservative would feel comfortable about giving them.
People blame the voters, but the voters didn't outlaw prayer in schools. They didn't establish abortion on demand, and they didn't demand same sex marriage. All of this came from the top. Liberals understand this better than so-called conservatives. That's why they are going nuts right now. It seems to work for them.
It's the leaders you should be blaming for this. Don't blame the "sheep".
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Making a circle of bricks
Not sure of what he's attempting to accomplish other than a demonstration.
Even so, it is interesting. Perhaps I can adapt it to my own purposes.
Even so, it is interesting. Perhaps I can adapt it to my own purposes.
Are Democrats Rabbits and Republican Wolves?
I always understood it to be donkeys and elephants. How did I go wrong?
Interesting read, all the same. I think the liberals are wolves. Not only that, they lie a lot.
Update:
I made light of this, but that may have been a mistake. Actually, the use of the "wolf-rabbit" analogy is unfortunate. Even though this article does not suggest that we become wolves, only that the wolves' mating practices and survival strategies are similar to how a conservative mates and raises a family. Likewise, the Dems' practices produce a bunch of "rabbits", who mate indiscriminately, early, and often.
To me, a better analogy would be of competency v. incompetency. It would be industry v. sloth. Old fashioned work ethic v. welfare queens.
It says that liberals banned this study. Maybe they don't want the rabbits to see what their leaders are doing to them. In my opinion, the leftist leaders take advantage of human weakness in order to further their own interests. They are the real wolves. Real wolves live off the flesh of their prey. The Dem leader live off their own people. They do not really help them at all.
Interesting read, all the same. I think the liberals are wolves. Not only that, they lie a lot.
Update:
I made light of this, but that may have been a mistake. Actually, the use of the "wolf-rabbit" analogy is unfortunate. Even though this article does not suggest that we become wolves, only that the wolves' mating practices and survival strategies are similar to how a conservative mates and raises a family. Likewise, the Dems' practices produce a bunch of "rabbits", who mate indiscriminately, early, and often.
To me, a better analogy would be of competency v. incompetency. It would be industry v. sloth. Old fashioned work ethic v. welfare queens.
It says that liberals banned this study. Maybe they don't want the rabbits to see what their leaders are doing to them. In my opinion, the leftist leaders take advantage of human weakness in order to further their own interests. They are the real wolves. Real wolves live off the flesh of their prey. The Dem leader live off their own people. They do not really help them at all.
A Fascist Right — or a Hysterical Left?
A Fascist Right — or a Hysterical Left?: By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Trump's supporters are truly "a basket of deplorables ... racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic" and "irredeemable," as Hillary Clinton described them to an LGBT crowd, is not shunning and shaming the proper way to deal with them?
So a growing slice of the American left has come to believe.
Friday, gay waiters at the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, appalled that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was being served, had the chef call the owner. All decided to ask Sanders' party to leave. Read more on Buchanan.Org...
comment:
I'd say hysterical left.
If Trump's supporters are truly "a basket of deplorables ... racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic" and "irredeemable," as Hillary Clinton described them to an LGBT crowd, is not shunning and shaming the proper way to deal with them?
So a growing slice of the American left has come to believe.
Friday, gay waiters at the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, appalled that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was being served, had the chef call the owner. All decided to ask Sanders' party to leave. Read more on Buchanan.Org...
comment:
I'd say hysterical left.
Project
Updated,
Originally posted 6.27.18
7.1.18:
A couple hours this morning, and I plugged the gap. Even at this hour, I broke out in a sweat.
A little more finishing touches, and it will be done for sure. If there are any gaps, the sun will shine through. There's a couple left, but it isn't much.
Now to kick back and relax. It is Sunday.
6.30.18:
Nope! More than 2 ft penetration of the doorway with sunlight. Although the north wall did cut it down a bit. That means I have to add more planks.
I didn't buy more, I took some off the side I built last year. It looked tacky anyway.
More work to do, but that has to wait. Maybe manana. Had to go to town, but not to work. Need my van. The car is in Austin and the van is now here.
So much for math, eh? Or high school math,which is about all I can remember.
6.29.18:
Done, I hope. Some folks in the area think I need more planks, but we'll see. Hopefully, this is enough.
I did a little sketch with Paint and did a little math. Let's see if my math holds up.
If the sun transits 180 degrees each day, then for a 14 hour day, it would transit about 13 degrees per hour. Going backward from about 8 pm for approx nightfall, then at 3 pm, it would be approx 65 degrees from horizon. If that calculation is correct, it would take after 6 pm for the sun to be lower than 30 degrees in the sky.
We'll see. If I am right, the north wall will block after six pm. No sun. Maybe.
6.28.18:
Continuation of the work today. Got an early start in order to beat the heat. Most of the thing is in place now, but there's some work that needs done yet. By tomorrow morning, I should be finished.
I'm pretty tired, but happy.
The original post follows below:
Time to get away from keyboard warrior mode, and to do something real for a change.
I began to make a cover for the door. I call it that, but that just seems to confuse people. Let's say that it is an awning of sorts. A shade for the door, so that the sun doesn't shine into the place, making it even hotter than it already is.
I had to dial back the use of the swamp cooler, because it uses so much water. This may help the cooler do more with less.
Cross my fingers and hope to ... nah, don't want to finish that sentence.
Originally posted 6.27.18
7.1.18:
A couple hours this morning, and I plugged the gap. Even at this hour, I broke out in a sweat.
A little more finishing touches, and it will be done for sure. If there are any gaps, the sun will shine through. There's a couple left, but it isn't much.
Now to kick back and relax. It is Sunday.
6.30.18:
Nope! More than 2 ft penetration of the doorway with sunlight. Although the north wall did cut it down a bit. That means I have to add more planks.
I didn't buy more, I took some off the side I built last year. It looked tacky anyway.
More work to do, but that has to wait. Maybe manana. Had to go to town, but not to work. Need my van. The car is in Austin and the van is now here.
So much for math, eh? Or high school math,which is about all I can remember.
6.29.18:
Done, I hope. Some folks in the area think I need more planks, but we'll see. Hopefully, this is enough.
I did a little sketch with Paint and did a little math. Let's see if my math holds up.
If the sun transits 180 degrees each day, then for a 14 hour day, it would transit about 13 degrees per hour. Going backward from about 8 pm for approx nightfall, then at 3 pm, it would be approx 65 degrees from horizon. If that calculation is correct, it would take after 6 pm for the sun to be lower than 30 degrees in the sky.
We'll see. If I am right, the north wall will block after six pm. No sun. Maybe.
6.28.18:
Continuation of the work today. Got an early start in order to beat the heat. Most of the thing is in place now, but there's some work that needs done yet. By tomorrow morning, I should be finished.
I'm pretty tired, but happy.
The original post follows below:
Time to get away from keyboard warrior mode, and to do something real for a change.
I began to make a cover for the door. I call it that, but that just seems to confuse people. Let's say that it is an awning of sorts. A shade for the door, so that the sun doesn't shine into the place, making it even hotter than it already is.
I had to dial back the use of the swamp cooler, because it uses so much water. This may help the cooler do more with less.
Cross my fingers and hope to ... nah, don't want to finish that sentence.
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