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Saturday, June 13, 2026
Why did I have to ruin a perfectly nice day?
6/13/26:
Ah! This one was on New Year's Eve back in 2015... I don't remember what I was doing back then. I think I wasn't working at deliveries anymore by that time.
Lots of irony ( or sarcasm ) here.
But make no mistake. The modern left is bad news. Very bad news.
Dec 31, 2015:
I did once I started writing about liberals. Yep, that'll ruin your day in a hurry. I'm being a bit facetious here. I'm not bothered by it, but I'm sure some of the snowflakes that might be lurking about may be a bit discomfited by it.
Now that those of you who are liberals are forewarned, you can now retreat to your safe zones. That way, you don't have to be bothered by the knuckle dragging, mouth breathing Neanderthal with whom you cannot be bothered to have a debate. That's because you, being that special, special snowflake that you are, are so much better. Of course you are.
The thing I wanted to write about is a word. It is called "catechism". As I noted in the last post, liberals have to believe certain things in order to be a liberal. And Christians too. Not necessarily the same things, though. In fact, if you are a liberal, most likely you aren't a Christian. That's because if you still are a Christian and a liberal, something's dreadfully wrong. The two just don't go together. That's because the catechisms don't match up.
Actually, I don't know what the catechism is with Christians, and I'm not so sure about liberalism either. I have to infer from what I can observe. I won't do it with Christianity, because I'm not trying to bury Christianity, nor to praise it. Can't say the same thing about liberals though.
From the film Brave New World, I observed that the fictional place had the catechism of Community, Identity, and Stability. A catechism, is---" a series of fixed questions, answers, or precepts used for instruction in other situations". I would link to that definition, but that includes other info that I would just as soon not include. I'm most interested in the precepts. Maybe I'll just refer to them as premises instead. My Neanderthal brain can't handle those fancy words.
This gives a working basis that may help in identifying just exactly what a liberal is. Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. Can you reduce liberalism to just three words? I don't know, but I know one word that applies to them. What is that? Equality. Boy, do liberals believe in that. They believe in it as long as it doesn't apply to themselves, of course. That's because they are just so special little snowflakes, yes they are.
Ah, another pops up in my brain. It is untruth. No, not truth, but untruth. If the liberals find anything that is true, it is like holy water to the Devil. The run from it as fast as they can. That's how they can embrace something like post modernism, which denies that there is any such thing as truth. For the liberal to see truth would be a miracle that would rival the Resurrection itself. For the liberal to see truth, they'd have to be born all over again. What a concept!
Finally, the last word is peace. The liberals love that word, but they sure don't know how to find it. Sort of like truth. Only they really want peace. Oh, they do, they do, they do. But as sure as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, the liberals will never find it. That because of the second part of the catechism, which is about untruth. You can't find peace without truth, and the liberals just can't see truth for what it really is. That is why they are liberals.
You can always hope that liberals will see the light, but don't bet the farm on it.
Ah! This one was on New Year's Eve back in 2015... I don't remember what I was doing back then. I think I wasn't working at deliveries anymore by that time.
Lots of irony ( or sarcasm ) here.
But make no mistake. The modern left is bad news. Very bad news.
Dec 31, 2015:
I did once I started writing about liberals. Yep, that'll ruin your day in a hurry. I'm being a bit facetious here. I'm not bothered by it, but I'm sure some of the snowflakes that might be lurking about may be a bit discomfited by it.
Now that those of you who are liberals are forewarned, you can now retreat to your safe zones. That way, you don't have to be bothered by the knuckle dragging, mouth breathing Neanderthal with whom you cannot be bothered to have a debate. That's because you, being that special, special snowflake that you are, are so much better. Of course you are.
The thing I wanted to write about is a word. It is called "catechism". As I noted in the last post, liberals have to believe certain things in order to be a liberal. And Christians too. Not necessarily the same things, though. In fact, if you are a liberal, most likely you aren't a Christian. That's because if you still are a Christian and a liberal, something's dreadfully wrong. The two just don't go together. That's because the catechisms don't match up.
Actually, I don't know what the catechism is with Christians, and I'm not so sure about liberalism either. I have to infer from what I can observe. I won't do it with Christianity, because I'm not trying to bury Christianity, nor to praise it. Can't say the same thing about liberals though.
From the film Brave New World, I observed that the fictional place had the catechism of Community, Identity, and Stability. A catechism, is---" a series of fixed questions, answers, or precepts used for instruction in other situations". I would link to that definition, but that includes other info that I would just as soon not include. I'm most interested in the precepts. Maybe I'll just refer to them as premises instead. My Neanderthal brain can't handle those fancy words.
This gives a working basis that may help in identifying just exactly what a liberal is. Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. Can you reduce liberalism to just three words? I don't know, but I know one word that applies to them. What is that? Equality. Boy, do liberals believe in that. They believe in it as long as it doesn't apply to themselves, of course. That's because they are just so special little snowflakes, yes they are.
Ah, another pops up in my brain. It is untruth. No, not truth, but untruth. If the liberals find anything that is true, it is like holy water to the Devil. The run from it as fast as they can. That's how they can embrace something like post modernism, which denies that there is any such thing as truth. For the liberal to see truth would be a miracle that would rival the Resurrection itself. For the liberal to see truth, they'd have to be born all over again. What a concept!
Finally, the last word is peace. The liberals love that word, but they sure don't know how to find it. Sort of like truth. Only they really want peace. Oh, they do, they do, they do. But as sure as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, the liberals will never find it. That because of the second part of the catechism, which is about untruth. You can't find peace without truth, and the liberals just can't see truth for what it really is. That is why they are liberals.
You can always hope that liberals will see the light, but don't bet the farm on it.
Friday, June 12, 2026
Dinesh D'Souza -- Death of a Nation
This was a movie made several years ago, maybe in 2018. The point being that I know that it isn't new, but it IS new to me.
There's some new information ( once again to me ) presented. Perhaps it may be considered new to others as well.
It's been written many times here that there's no big difference between communists and fascists. So that isn't new to me. The historical view shows that this is actually quite true. Fascism was well-known to be a creature of the left during the time of Mussolini and Hitler. How many folks knew that? I didn't. Just goes to show ya, I guess.
If I, being one who follows politics a lot; didn't know that, then it stands to reason that many folks out there don't know that.
But I suppose these same folks wouldn't care, or wouldn't bother finding out for themselves if this is true.
Indeed, you cannot convince a man who will not be convinced. You CAN convince a man who is mostly convinced anyway.
I write that because it seems to be a rather powerful movie that should have moved the needle, but really didn't. Why do you suppose that is?
Here's a trailer for the film. It is on Tubi. I just watched it for the first time today. Highly recommended.
Starship 12 failure analysis
6/12/26:
Not claiming to be a steely-eyed rocket man here. However, I can always give my two-cents as to what happened that caused the failure of the booster to perform as intended on flight 12.
In my opinion, the whole problem boils down to timing. The rocket engines in the second stage have to light up just at the right time. These same rocket engines have to be gimbaled so that the engines are pointed at exactly the right angle at the same time. These same rocket engines have to hit the top of the booster at exactly the right place. All of this is a complicated maneuver that depends upon exactly correct timing. If anything happens at the wrong time or wrong place, the whole process will fail. I think that is exactly what happened.
It's not an engine problem, in other words.
It is probably easily corrected, in other words. We should see flight 13 within a few weeks.
Jun 10, 2026:
This video is from Alpha Tech. It is probably a bit too long, or I'm too impatient. Take your pick!
In my opinion (which nobody asked for), I think it is obvious even to a non-steely-eyed rocket man that it couldn't have been SpaceX's intent to have its Starship's plume hit the grid fin of the booster! Therefore, the booster was out of its expected position.
If the booster is out of position, then obviously something went wrong with the hot staging. Everything else follows from this important fact.
You don't need a twenty plus minute video to explain that.
I don't want to be too critical ( even though I am anyway ), it is mostly an informative video.
Not claiming to be a steely-eyed rocket man here. However, I can always give my two-cents as to what happened that caused the failure of the booster to perform as intended on flight 12.
In my opinion, the whole problem boils down to timing. The rocket engines in the second stage have to light up just at the right time. These same rocket engines have to be gimbaled so that the engines are pointed at exactly the right angle at the same time. These same rocket engines have to hit the top of the booster at exactly the right place. All of this is a complicated maneuver that depends upon exactly correct timing. If anything happens at the wrong time or wrong place, the whole process will fail. I think that is exactly what happened.
It's not an engine problem, in other words.
It is probably easily corrected, in other words. We should see flight 13 within a few weeks.
Jun 10, 2026:
This video is from Alpha Tech. It is probably a bit too long, or I'm too impatient. Take your pick!
In my opinion (which nobody asked for), I think it is obvious even to a non-steely-eyed rocket man that it couldn't have been SpaceX's intent to have its Starship's plume hit the grid fin of the booster! Therefore, the booster was out of its expected position.
If the booster is out of position, then obviously something went wrong with the hot staging. Everything else follows from this important fact.
You don't need a twenty plus minute video to explain that.
I don't want to be too critical ( even though I am anyway ), it is mostly an informative video.
SpaceX IPO
Starts at $150, and trading higher.
Already a $ 2 Trillion market cap. Not much OPPO there, if you ax me.
You didn't ax me? Well, bless my soul.
Buy low and sell high. This is a bit rich, even if SPCX may be siting on the most fabulous wealth creator in the history wealth creation.
Could it ever rise 100 fold? If it did, imagine what valuation that would be. Insane. It is already insane. They haven't proven the system yet.
Already a $ 2 Trillion market cap. Not much OPPO there, if you ax me.
You didn't ax me? Well, bless my soul.
Buy low and sell high. This is a bit rich, even if SPCX may be siting on the most fabulous wealth creator in the history wealth creation.
Could it ever rise 100 fold? If it did, imagine what valuation that would be. Insane. It is already insane. They haven't proven the system yet.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Two-tier Keir
The things they do to be beautiful. /sarc
For those who love to hate "X", and other "icky" folks:
For those who love to hate "X", and other "icky" folks:
We’re at the stage now where beheadings are regrettable, but tweets are unforgivable.
— Dr Philip Kiszely (@KiszelyPhilip) June 11, 2026
Most recent LP Fusion Report
It seems that the folks over there believe that they are close to proof of concept. Plus, they want to get government funding in order to build their machines.
Their chief scientist is no Elon Musk. He doesn't have the genius for the business end.
Shucks, if it works, one would think the world would beat a pathway to his door. The world is a cold, cruel place. It may not work that way, after all. It may not work (the business end) in any case. We'll see.
Note: the embedded page below is of my own page. Scroll down to see the report embedded into my page. An embed to an embed. What a concept!
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