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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Chekov checks out
The Captain can't blame it on the Klingons this time.
Captain Kirk versus Christopher Columbus --- Rap BattleYeats, The Second Coming
10/27/26:
If you can believe what you see and hear on the webs, then you may feel that things are very, very wrong.
How to respond? You just do what is in front of you. The rest is in the hands of a higher power.
Why use language like that? Only that there is just so much that any one human being can do. I've done my part. I'm not going to just let it all go. I will do more, but what if that isn't enough to stop the worst?
If the worst comes into being, so be it.
The point is you cannot control events. Events are beyond any one individual. Lots of powerful people are out there trying to influence events their way. Even the powerful cannot stop everything if it is the thing that will be.
What I see is a lot of passion of the ones who may be the worst, but SEEMINGLY less passion from those who could be the best, buy may not be after all. If there's no passion then there can be no good.
6-20-23: Update for post of 4-5-23
The original post included only an embedded video, of which I don't recollect anything. Too bad. That's because the video was taken down, and nothing has been said as to why.
I notice this happening on old posts, and wonder about what's driving this. The idea for making the post was not to promote contention. At least, I don't think so. Nor was it to reflect badly upon the video. Then why would anyone object?
At any rate, I do not like my posts being changed without my knowledge nor understanding about what was objectionable about it.
"https://poets.org/poem/second-coming?mbd=1" is what is left of the embedded html. Either poets dot org objected, or somebody else did. As a consequence, I will repost another video about the poem. As far as I know, there should be no objection to this. Many videos that I embed have been on youtube for a long time. So, it is rather curious that just because I post about it, somebody wants to take it down.
Here's the new video. Let's see what happens to it.
If you can believe what you see and hear on the webs, then you may feel that things are very, very wrong.
How to respond? You just do what is in front of you. The rest is in the hands of a higher power.
Why use language like that? Only that there is just so much that any one human being can do. I've done my part. I'm not going to just let it all go. I will do more, but what if that isn't enough to stop the worst?
If the worst comes into being, so be it.
The point is you cannot control events. Events are beyond any one individual. Lots of powerful people are out there trying to influence events their way. Even the powerful cannot stop everything if it is the thing that will be.
What I see is a lot of passion of the ones who may be the worst, but SEEMINGLY less passion from those who could be the best, buy may not be after all. If there's no passion then there can be no good.
6-20-23: Update for post of 4-5-23
The original post included only an embedded video, of which I don't recollect anything. Too bad. That's because the video was taken down, and nothing has been said as to why.
I notice this happening on old posts, and wonder about what's driving this. The idea for making the post was not to promote contention. At least, I don't think so. Nor was it to reflect badly upon the video. Then why would anyone object?
At any rate, I do not like my posts being changed without my knowledge nor understanding about what was objectionable about it.
"https://poets.org/poem/second-coming?mbd=1" is what is left of the embedded html. Either poets dot org objected, or somebody else did. As a consequence, I will repost another video about the poem. As far as I know, there should be no objection to this. Many videos that I embed have been on youtube for a long time. So, it is rather curious that just because I post about it, somebody wants to take it down.
Here's the new video. Let's see what happens to it.
Talarico billboard says how much more Texans are paying
Is there any answer to this? Yes, right here. Don't let Talarico make a skin-suit out of Texas and wear it as his own personal trophy.
The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (1966)
10/27/26:
4/26/23:
Anyone ever heard of the saying that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds? All liberalism does, and all that totalitarians do is to take advantage of the weaknesses of little people. That may sound elitist. But I'm not elitist. I have weaknesses too. Yes, and these kind of people have tried and will try to take advantage of my own weaknesses. Unfortunately, that is the way of the world.
The song asks if time will make man more wise. Probably not.
1/22/23:
update of 5.1.16 post
This song came to mind again this morning, and I thought I'd make a post about it. Turns out that I made one previously. So it is only an update.
There are multiple instances of the song that are posted on Youtube. The one I saw is not this one here. On the other, there are some comments that I noted. The comments are what I want to discuss.
The comment at the top of the list appears to be from someone who is much younger than I am. I grew up when this song was being played on the radio as brand new. It was first recorded about 66 or 67. Well, the comment was about how world was being destroyed, and how the song related to that. I have to laugh...
Most of my childhood was spent in Houston, and the part that wasn't, was in San Antonio. Houston is an industrial town, and there's pollution there. But it was far worse in the sixties than it was when I left town in 2016. It is almost as if the younger generation has discovered pollution or something. We were all very aware of it, I assure anyone who wasn't around back then. Maybe the comment was referring to the thing called "climate change".
Anyone who has read much of this blog knows what I think of climate change. I'll add some more to it, now. Climate alarmism is the same as COVID alarmism. Alarmism is a favorite tactic of useless politicians. Actually, they are worse than useless. People in the days of old had a healthy skepticism of politicians. Not so much these days. All these politicans have to do is to cry wolf, and people run for the hills. It would appear that folks need to remember the story of the boy who cried wolf. Yet, it is the younger generation who seem to need to hear that story the most.
My generation was hoodwinked into alarmism as well. The young are the most succeptible to this kind of thing. Their lives are in front of them, and they haven't much experience. Once they've been around awhile, they may catch on to these kind of shams. Unfortunately, almost everybody fell for the COVID scam.
The song appear to question the idea of material progress. Material progress was highly valued up till the sixties, but obviously that has changed. What has also changed is that material progress has slowed down--- a lot. It has taken over 50 years to get back to the moon, even if Elon Musk's Starship succeeds. Maybe China will get there. Back in the sixties, the Chinese got around on bicycles. We had our muscle cars. There's a message in there, if you bother to look for one.
Don't misunderstand. I'm not excusing pollution. Nor even the production of so-called greenhouse gasses ( assuming that these gasses actually cause global warming, which I doubt.) The thing I'm criticizing here is the total lack of intellectual curiousity that has become rampant in this society. If there was such, there would be less opportunity for all of the alarmism that runs rampant, and it is this alarmism that is greater thing to worry about than the things the politicians love to scare people about.
Heard this on the road this morning. I like this song.
The blog is coming full circle. In the early days of it, there was the social criticism of no respect for the truth. Has that changed any?
There will be an election soon that will determine this. There may be no escaping from what may result from it. At the time of the last update in 2023, I had become more pessimistic. Things may have brightened up a bit, but the dark clouds seem to have gathered on the horizon again.
If Talarico can lie like this, and if people allow themselves to be deceived by it, what will that mean for us all? It won't be good. It cannot be good.
4/26/23:
Anyone ever heard of the saying that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds? All liberalism does, and all that totalitarians do is to take advantage of the weaknesses of little people. That may sound elitist. But I'm not elitist. I have weaknesses too. Yes, and these kind of people have tried and will try to take advantage of my own weaknesses. Unfortunately, that is the way of the world.
The song asks if time will make man more wise. Probably not.
1/22/23:
update of 5.1.16 post
This song came to mind again this morning, and I thought I'd make a post about it. Turns out that I made one previously. So it is only an update.
There are multiple instances of the song that are posted on Youtube. The one I saw is not this one here. On the other, there are some comments that I noted. The comments are what I want to discuss.
The comment at the top of the list appears to be from someone who is much younger than I am. I grew up when this song was being played on the radio as brand new. It was first recorded about 66 or 67. Well, the comment was about how world was being destroyed, and how the song related to that. I have to laugh...
Most of my childhood was spent in Houston, and the part that wasn't, was in San Antonio. Houston is an industrial town, and there's pollution there. But it was far worse in the sixties than it was when I left town in 2016. It is almost as if the younger generation has discovered pollution or something. We were all very aware of it, I assure anyone who wasn't around back then. Maybe the comment was referring to the thing called "climate change".
Anyone who has read much of this blog knows what I think of climate change. I'll add some more to it, now. Climate alarmism is the same as COVID alarmism. Alarmism is a favorite tactic of useless politicians. Actually, they are worse than useless. People in the days of old had a healthy skepticism of politicians. Not so much these days. All these politicans have to do is to cry wolf, and people run for the hills. It would appear that folks need to remember the story of the boy who cried wolf. Yet, it is the younger generation who seem to need to hear that story the most.
My generation was hoodwinked into alarmism as well. The young are the most succeptible to this kind of thing. Their lives are in front of them, and they haven't much experience. Once they've been around awhile, they may catch on to these kind of shams. Unfortunately, almost everybody fell for the COVID scam.
The song appear to question the idea of material progress. Material progress was highly valued up till the sixties, but obviously that has changed. What has also changed is that material progress has slowed down--- a lot. It has taken over 50 years to get back to the moon, even if Elon Musk's Starship succeeds. Maybe China will get there. Back in the sixties, the Chinese got around on bicycles. We had our muscle cars. There's a message in there, if you bother to look for one.
Don't misunderstand. I'm not excusing pollution. Nor even the production of so-called greenhouse gasses ( assuming that these gasses actually cause global warming, which I doubt.) The thing I'm criticizing here is the total lack of intellectual curiousity that has become rampant in this society. If there was such, there would be less opportunity for all of the alarmism that runs rampant, and it is this alarmism that is greater thing to worry about than the things the politicians love to scare people about.
Evidence of Talarico's phoniness
Must bring the receipts. What better way to do that than to use AI?
Talarico is on record with his statements, but what does the Bible say?
Whatever "spiritual" alignment Talarico has is not in accordance with what the Bible says. So what does that say about Talarico?
Talarico is on record with his statements, but what does the Bible say?
Whatever "spiritual" alignment Talarico has is not in accordance with what the Bible says. So what does that say about Talarico?
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