The title makes it appear worse than it really is. The "disaster" wasn't in a massive failure that cost lives. It was a financial disaster, because it had to be rebuilt from scratch after a design review which showed design flaws. If this review didn't take place, it might well have been a catastrophe waiting to happen. The title should have said something more akin to what took place--- a catastrophe averted...
Al Fin: "Cowboy Commentary", aka "Eat your veggies" The Flag banner is posted in order to defy those who would make patriotic symbols illegal or disreputable.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
The left only has a short window remaining to stop its violence before the hammer strikes it hard
At Behind the Black blog, Robert Zimmerman
Comment:
Did something sneak up on me and pass me by without notice? I've always discounted any notion of a Civil War II. There's no armies to fight, and nothing is organized for fighting. Riots aren't wars. There's been many riots over the years--- none of these produced the long protracted war visited up the country during Lincoln's years in the White House.
There could be civil disorder and civil disobedience. I see it as a public relations game that seeks to influence the outcome of the next election.
That's how both sides of the divide are playing it. Whether it is the shutdown or the ICE protests, it is all the same. Stuff like this happens, and likely will happen again in the future.
Which implies that I think there will be one.
Stay cool out there, maties. Times are a bit rugged, but this will get resolved one way or another. Then things will calm down.
Part III - Covering Up the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History
The Conservative Treehouse
Comment:
Technically speaking, if Obama really wasn't qualified to be President, and was sworn-in anyway, then what does that make this country's status? I'd say the status may very well be "all f'd up".
For if Obama was not legit, then everything he did was illegitimate too. Indeed, the entire Constitution is in jeopardy. A lot of stuff that should not have happened already HAS happened. Whatever follows is a bit of pretension that the situation we're in is actually legit.
If you want to take that to the logical conclusion, anything can, and probably WILL happen at some point.
Anything else is probably just kidding yourself.
It's rather chilling, and the safest thing is to pretend... The more risky thing is to do something even more radical, and then get that legitimized. That may be what the commies are trying to pull off. But they want to do it so that it appears legit. The Dems don't want to appear illegitimate. Neither does Trump and the GOP.
But what if it isn't anyway? The die may already be cast. This renders the "crossing the Rubicon" stage of the American Republic. During Roman times, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, and the Republic was dead. The Age of the Emperors soon followed.
On the other hand, if the conservatives and MAGA want to pretend that something isn't amiss, then things will coast along like it has. Once the Democrats get their sorry asses back in, then they won't foul it up, and they'll just do their revolution.
Monday, October 6, 2025
Stuck on stupid
10/4/25:
Getting close to the finish line for the first subject of this course. So close that I can smell it. If anyone's curious, the first course is Python. Python is a computer language. I'm so out of it with this coding business that I don't know what good Python's for. It's been over 20 years since I did any coding at all. A lot of catching up to do. I'm so old that I could remember writing code in Fortran and Cobol. Plenty has changed from those days.
10/3/25:
The going's getting rugged... It's already near noon, and just now I'm getting to this blog. It's because it is so doggone time-consuming to do programming. This blog also is time-consuming. Therefore, posting is going to suffer a bit.
Bottom line is this: If the blog doesn't pay $$$, then I need to find a way to make some money. Life as it is too-constraining without the $$$ to do things.
No intention to monetize blog, but that could change. However, I won't do anything to lose my independence to say whatever I please. Bear with me on this. It really does look like time-management may be an issue.
Actually, I am plowing through this course pretty fast. The online course keeps track of your progress, and compares it to others' progress. Stimulates competition, I suppose. Anyway, I am catching up pretty fast. It may take awhile to see how I really stack up. Compared to the beginners, which I am NOT quite that, but a beginner with regards to the course material itself, I am kicking butt.
But I won't get too proud about that. Heck, it wasn't even my idea anyway. You know, all this competitive stuff isn't always a good thing. It's like Murphy's Law. It's not always best, but that's the way to bet.
9/30/25:As I dilly-dally my ways through the muck and mire of modern life, I am sometimes struck in the head by something from somewhere unknown. ( don't take me literally )
This morning I had a helluva time solving a moderately hard programming exercise. In the old days, there was just one time in which I could't figure it out on my own. This morning was a repeat of that experience. I said "uncle" on the problem because I didn't want to make a career out of a programming exercise.
After awhile, the commonalities of the old days and the current day came back to me. I was stuck on stupid. That was why I couldn't solve the problem.
Maybe because I'm not physically up to par this morning. But what was the excuse back in the old days when I was a young whippersnapper?
Sometimes there's just no excuse for being a dummy. Just trying not to get stuck on stupid. The fail-safes didn't work this morning, drat it.
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Wapo sez: "Supreme Court will be forced to grapple with Trump in new term"
And a post on Free Republic sez to cue up this scene below
DC cosplay
The scene from the Big Lebowski. The Establishment Dems will be "the dude", the Establishment RINOS will be "Donny", the commies will be the "nihilist gang", and The Donald will be "Walter". Whatcha think??? Why set up the characters like that? The dude tries to buy off the gang cheap, Donny has a heart attack and dies, the gang gets their asses kicked by Walter. I think that sums it up.
Very interesting
DOGE may have been on the trail of something big. What became of this???
And here is:
— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) October 4, 2025
Elon Musk: “Effectively, there’s a giant fraud loophole: the government can send money to an NGO that is no longer governed by the laws of the United States.”
“Has USAID’s DOGE team found any evidence that any of the radical left Democrats — such as Maxine Waters,… pic.twitter.com/0Zy2FeI0Fj
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