As I have written several times, when Ted Cruz started to approach the Establishment, it was all over for his credibility. He was supposed to be an anti-Establishment guy. Why would he join with them? He can't run against them and for them at the same time.
He had to join them though, once he started to tangle with Trump. If he had stayed out of the wife's war, he could have spared himself the personal war with Trump. Trump tends to win his fights. It would have been better for Cruz to have avoided a fight with Trump in the first place. He did that initially, and profited from it. He might have rode that strategy all the way to the nomination. Whether or not it was the wife's war that caused him to change, there was a definite change in strategy from hands off Trump to personal warfare with him. That was a critical mistake that he might have avoided.
A better way to campaign for Senator Cruz would have been to run against the Establishment and as an alternative to Trump without tangling with Trump in any direct sense. Once he did fight with Trump, he was cooked as far as this campaign is concerned.
Cruz is still young. Yet he behaves like this is his last campaign. Unless he knows something we don't, that prospect seems quite premature. He could be around for a long time.
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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Having their cake, and eating it too
The left loves to accuse conservatives of being "for the rich". A brief reminder that this isn't necessarily the case. In fact, an argument can be made to the contrary.
It might be well for the GOP to reconsider low tax rates for corporations. Also needing consideration are anti-trust exemptions for professional sports teams that blackmail states into accepting leftist agendas, such as trans-sexuals in the ladies room.
The left generally gets what it wants out of corporations and the well-to-do. But these same people get low tax rate policies out of the GOP. Something looks cockeyed to me.
It might be well for the GOP to reconsider low tax rates for corporations. Also needing consideration are anti-trust exemptions for professional sports teams that blackmail states into accepting leftist agendas, such as trans-sexuals in the ladies room.
The left generally gets what it wants out of corporations and the well-to-do. But these same people get low tax rate policies out of the GOP. Something looks cockeyed to me.
Solar oven demonstration
LDS Prepper
This is an intriguing, small device which appears to be just good enough for cooking. Its virtue is in its simplicity and compactness, in my humble opinion. However, it does not appear to be quite what I had in mind.
He cooked some muffins and swirls. After that last post about my high glucose, I regret that this particular dish is off limits for moi.
Update:
This is more like it. $5 per oven. All right!
Update:
Yet another DIY project of this type. He manages to get some glass of the right size. That may not be so simple. Perhaps a little research to find the kind of glass needed? He cooked an egg, he says. It was demonstrated after the fact. Not sure if I should believe it. One egg is not that much to cook, however.
Update:
In order to use this oven to distill water, will need a container that can hold the water, and then make a hole into lid, so as to insert a tube that will allow steam to escape it.
This is an intriguing, small device which appears to be just good enough for cooking. Its virtue is in its simplicity and compactness, in my humble opinion. However, it does not appear to be quite what I had in mind.
He cooked some muffins and swirls. After that last post about my high glucose, I regret that this particular dish is off limits for moi.
Update:
This is more like it. $5 per oven. All right!
Update:
Yet another DIY project of this type. He manages to get some glass of the right size. That may not be so simple. Perhaps a little research to find the kind of glass needed? He cooked an egg, he says. It was demonstrated after the fact. Not sure if I should believe it. One egg is not that much to cook, however.
Update:
In order to use this oven to distill water, will need a container that can hold the water, and then make a hole into lid, so as to insert a tube that will allow steam to escape it.
Breakfast repast
This is a long delayed post. I've been meaning to write this up for awhile. With the light posting recently, I figured might as well.
Just now, I finished eating breakfast. It was a repast, a feast, if you will. The thing about it is, it won't likely lead to weight gain. Perhaps it will lead to weight loss. How?
By switching to a high fat / low carb diet, I am hoping it will help me with a physical problem the doctor mentioned to me about three months ago. It seems my blood glucose has gotten too high. This is particularly worrisome to me as my father died due to complications resulting from his diabetes condition. I haven't been diagnosed yet, but high glucose is not good.
One concoction that I am using to combat the problem is this repast. It is egg whites with onions, a bit of sausage, cheese, and tomatoes. I'd say that I'm eating about four eggs worth of egg whites. The whole egg will be avoided until I get my cholesterol numbers back. Even the fat needs to be monitored as well. Only one little sausage, not three little Jimmy Dean sausages. They are good, and add a lot of flavor to the rather bland egg whites. Tomatoes add bulk to aid digestion. They taste good too. yum, yum
But that is not all. I add a serving of instant oatmeal ( unsweetened of course), with non-sugar sweetener, a dab of butter, and a few strawberries. This has a bit more carbs than I would prefer, but the beauty of this meal is that it keeps me full for a long time. I may eat only one more big meal all day long. Yay, me.
I have lost about 10 pounds so far. Maybe this repast is a part of it, I dunno. That's because I have cut out all of my sweets plus my cokes. Yep. That is hard because I really loved that stuff. It is hard to give up old habits that die hard. Better to die hard than to die fast. Diabetes killed off my dad pretty fast. He had more bad habits than I have, and he never did shake them all.
Just now, I finished eating breakfast. It was a repast, a feast, if you will. The thing about it is, it won't likely lead to weight gain. Perhaps it will lead to weight loss. How?
By switching to a high fat / low carb diet, I am hoping it will help me with a physical problem the doctor mentioned to me about three months ago. It seems my blood glucose has gotten too high. This is particularly worrisome to me as my father died due to complications resulting from his diabetes condition. I haven't been diagnosed yet, but high glucose is not good.
One concoction that I am using to combat the problem is this repast. It is egg whites with onions, a bit of sausage, cheese, and tomatoes. I'd say that I'm eating about four eggs worth of egg whites. The whole egg will be avoided until I get my cholesterol numbers back. Even the fat needs to be monitored as well. Only one little sausage, not three little Jimmy Dean sausages. They are good, and add a lot of flavor to the rather bland egg whites. Tomatoes add bulk to aid digestion. They taste good too. yum, yum
But that is not all. I add a serving of instant oatmeal ( unsweetened of course), with non-sugar sweetener, a dab of butter, and a few strawberries. This has a bit more carbs than I would prefer, but the beauty of this meal is that it keeps me full for a long time. I may eat only one more big meal all day long. Yay, me.
I have lost about 10 pounds so far. Maybe this repast is a part of it, I dunno. That's because I have cut out all of my sweets plus my cokes. Yep. That is hard because I really loved that stuff. It is hard to give up old habits that die hard. Better to die hard than to die fast. Diabetes killed off my dad pretty fast. He had more bad habits than I have, and he never did shake them all.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Trump cannot be stopped by the outcome of primaries
According to this Gateway Pundit piece, Trump could lose 8 out of 10 remaining primaries, and still get to the majority of delegates needed for nomination.
Cruz is mathematically eliminated, and he cannot stop Trump even if he wins almost all of the remaining primaries. Why continue this madness? Is he delusional?
Cruz is mathematically eliminated, and he cannot stop Trump even if he wins almost all of the remaining primaries. Why continue this madness? Is he delusional?
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Another reason to doubt AGW
Science is held in high esteem, but is that justified? There are many reasons to doubt that which may seem beyond reproach.
There's nothing in this article about AGW at all, but since the authority of science is invoked in supporting the AGW hypothesis, it becomes harder to argue against it. This way is to argue against the science establishment itself.
But care must be taken. Although science is a good thing after all, it is not infallible. Science can be self-correcting, but the correction is filed away long afterwards when nobody is looking.
One can also see from this article how some new thing is always being shot down in favor of the established way.
As my science teacher once said, "a scientist is a seeker of truth", to which I say, but "the truth is a slippery thing".
There are plenty of reasons to doubt AGW. Just open your eyes and see for yourself. Don't let someone else do your thinking for you.
There's nothing in this article about AGW at all, but since the authority of science is invoked in supporting the AGW hypothesis, it becomes harder to argue against it. This way is to argue against the science establishment itself.
But care must be taken. Although science is a good thing after all, it is not infallible. Science can be self-correcting, but the correction is filed away long afterwards when nobody is looking.
One can also see from this article how some new thing is always being shot down in favor of the established way.
As my science teacher once said, "a scientist is a seeker of truth", to which I say, but "the truth is a slippery thing".
There are plenty of reasons to doubt AGW. Just open your eyes and see for yourself. Don't let someone else do your thinking for you.
Something strange is happening
I get this feeling that the anti-Trumpsters are going to attempt to deny Trump the nomination, and failing that, the presidency.
I get the feeling that it won't matter if Trump gets the majority of delegates. If at all possible, they intend to deny it to him at all costs.
When Dana Milbank said that he would eat his words if Trump was the nominee, he may well have been referring to this. Under no circumstances will they accept Trump. "Never Trump" means exactly that.
Regardless of what Rush is saying, or the rest, I think these guys really are cheating. They are using elections as a screen for what they are doing, and the public has caught on. Now that they have lost the public, they are going to bull right ahead and do what they want to do anyway.
If they can't win, they will steal it. If they can't win it, nor steal it, then will they try to pull down the temple?
Their behavior is really strange. Whatever the case for their reasoning, they are attempting to do so without accountability to the public.
Hillary is already unaccountable. This is what they are claiming for themselves.
In other words, the elections mean nothing. But if it is useful to have them, then they will use them in order to appear legitimate.
Update:
I am back on Rush Limbaugh's case again. He is pretending to be even-handed with Trump. I now wonder if he would be good at this word and support Trump if he is the nominee. This garbage with Cruz needs to stop.
If Cruz wins Indiana? I think it will make little difference to these guys. They will bull ahead with their plans even if Cruz loses. A Cruz win will only give them a slight appearance of legitimacy. A fig leaf.
I get the feeling that it won't matter if Trump gets the majority of delegates. If at all possible, they intend to deny it to him at all costs.
When Dana Milbank said that he would eat his words if Trump was the nominee, he may well have been referring to this. Under no circumstances will they accept Trump. "Never Trump" means exactly that.
Regardless of what Rush is saying, or the rest, I think these guys really are cheating. They are using elections as a screen for what they are doing, and the public has caught on. Now that they have lost the public, they are going to bull right ahead and do what they want to do anyway.
If they can't win, they will steal it. If they can't win it, nor steal it, then will they try to pull down the temple?
Their behavior is really strange. Whatever the case for their reasoning, they are attempting to do so without accountability to the public.
Hillary is already unaccountable. This is what they are claiming for themselves.
In other words, the elections mean nothing. But if it is useful to have them, then they will use them in order to appear legitimate.
Update:
I am back on Rush Limbaugh's case again. He is pretending to be even-handed with Trump. I now wonder if he would be good at this word and support Trump if he is the nominee. This garbage with Cruz needs to stop.
If Cruz wins Indiana? I think it will make little difference to these guys. They will bull ahead with their plans even if Cruz loses. A Cruz win will only give them a slight appearance of legitimacy. A fig leaf.
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