It's been years since I posted anything on Rumble. Why? I purchased a new computer. The old one wore out. The old one had a video editing program included, so it was possible to make videos that can be uploaded. The new one didn't, but you could use Microsoft's "Clipchamp".
Clipchamp is not the same program that I had been using. Therefore, there was a learning curve to master. It also requires that you sign in to use it, which I frowned upon. Without any way to edit new videos, there was no reason to upload anything new. That explains why there's no new content being produced on Rumble.
Going back there to use it for uploads reminded me of what I'd done before. Some of the videos got some views, but nothing spectacular.
There is a way to monetize the thing and make money. I laugh as I write this.
Well, maybe that is not really a big joke. I suppose it is always possible that it could turn into a money-maker. But I didn't even think of that with respect to this last trip.
Maybe this should take some thinking...
Update (on next day):
I've done some thinking... Plus I did some work on ClipChamp again. I was successful in getting the video shortened. It may be useful for putting together disparate clips into one larger one, but I haven't checked into that yet.
If I post on Rumble, I'm not likely to make much money. But theoretically, I can make a little. I can't make money on Google because they didn't like what I did in the early history of this blog, and because of that, they won't allow me to make money here. It wouldn't have been much anyway.
In other words, I'm not counting on making money from this. But things could change. It's always possible, I suppose.
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.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Endeavor to persevere
5/24/26:
Not claiming to be Cherokee here. If I was like Pocahontas, I could even claim to be African American. Somewhere in the past, a North African made his way into my genealogy. Yep, enough generations that would produce about 1% North African descent. Senegal, if memory serves. This wasn't my word, but a brother's word about the test he took. 2% Injun, 1% North African, the rest is North European.
I think I could pass as white.
6/7/15:
In my genealogy foray, I discovered that my great great grandmother was 100% Cherokee injun.
Doggone!
That explains everything. "White man has been sneaking up on us for years." "We are civilized because we are easy to sneak up on".
Not claiming to be Cherokee here. If I was like Pocahontas, I could even claim to be African American. Somewhere in the past, a North African made his way into my genealogy. Yep, enough generations that would produce about 1% North African descent. Senegal, if memory serves. This wasn't my word, but a brother's word about the test he took. 2% Injun, 1% North African, the rest is North European.
I think I could pass as white.
6/7/15:
In my genealogy foray, I discovered that my great great grandmother was 100% Cherokee injun.
Doggone!
That explains everything. "White man has been sneaking up on us for years." "We are civilized because we are easy to sneak up on".
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Spencer For Hire
Money Quote:
Misery may love company because it pays well.
“If you tackle and dent or even solve rampant homelessness, a lot of people lose their jobs and a lot of the funding and donations cease and that’s why there’s a sudden flood of negative media going his way. They aren’t scared of him winning. But they are scared that once people realize problems can be solved, a whole lot of the slush funding dries up.”---Steven Miller
Misery may love company because it pays well.
This is like hitting a moving target
5/23/26
Back at home now. Updating as quickly as I can. Just now completed the upload of the launch itself, and posted it on Rumble. It is embedded on the Space City Speculations blog. (link on the side bar)
5/22/26
Bullseye! Not that it did me much good. Details over on the Version 3 blog. May be posting videos there, and some here. The Version 3 blog limits my videos to 50 MB. That's only a few seconds. I kept the videos short for that purpose, but which ones will be usable there is yet to be determined. All the others MAY be posted to Rumble and embedded here. That is, all those that may be worth posting. That may be ZERO. I think there ought to be at least a few.
5/18/26:
Another slip. Even more bad news coming soon. Weather is going to take a dump.
5/17/26:
And I am not an ace marksman. Not even close.
Back at home now. Updating as quickly as I can. Just now completed the upload of the launch itself, and posted it on Rumble. It is embedded on the Space City Speculations blog. (link on the side bar)
Bullseye! Not that it did me much good. Details over on the Version 3 blog. May be posting videos there, and some here. The Version 3 blog limits my videos to 50 MB. That's only a few seconds. I kept the videos short for that purpose, but which ones will be usable there is yet to be determined. All the others MAY be posted to Rumble and embedded here. That is, all those that may be worth posting. That may be ZERO. I think there ought to be at least a few.
5/18/26:
Another slip. Even more bad news coming soon. Weather is going to take a dump.
5/17/26:
And I am not an ace marksman. Not even close.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Robert Ringer
5/19/26:
Just watched something about Ayn Rand on Tubi. This made me want to review what I had already written on that subject, because of a rule I have; which is this: do not re-invent the wheel.
But not all rules are always followed...
Anyway, I wrote that Robert Ringer ( in the 2010 section of this post) made me aware of Ayn Rand. That is not entirely true. I remembered seeing Ayn Rand on television in the 70's on the Phil Donhaue Show. So I already knew a little of Ayn Rand before reading about her in Ringer's book.
Let's say he made me MORE aware of her. Mainly of her importance in his own success, which he wrote about in his book.
That's it as far as Ringer is concerned. The Tubi show was more of a biographical whole of Ayn Rand, from her very birth to her death. You can probably find it on Tubi with a search function which Tubi has, which most likely direct you to the person of Ayn Rand. Just in case anyone is interested in her works.
Ayn Rand was considered by her opponents to be "controversial". To which Ayn Rand would probably say "so what"? Yeah, I'd have liked to have known her personally.
So that's that on that subject.
1/16/26:
12/21/10:
Ringer is the guy who wrote "Winning Through Intimidation". I mentioned this guy in an earlier post, but I can't remember which one offhand. Or how to find it in my own blog. But it is in here somewhere.
But my own disorganization aside, I recall writing that his book made me aware of Ayn Rand. Eventually, I got around to reading "Atlas Shrugged", and another one of her books, "Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal". I can't say that I became an Objectivist. But I can say that her works convinced me, even though I did not need all that much convincing. When Ronald Reagan said that the Soviet Union was the Evil Empire, it could have come out of my own mouth.
I read a book by Nathaniel Branden, who is or was an Objectivist. And in an earlier version of this blog, back in 2004, I reviewed a book by Leonard Peikoff, who was closely allied with Ayn Rand. So, I am familiar with that philosophy. Not necessarily a fully fledged member of it. This is not to say that I am against it in any way. I tend not to be a joiner, nor a Kool Aid drinker or any flavor. I tend toward an independence that runs almost to an extreme.
It would be easy to dismiss me as a kook. Perhaps that is what many people think. If so, then so be it. I can't be who I am by pleasing other people, and in the process, sacrificing myself for their approval.
I favor Capitalism, but I am not going to drink that Kool Aid either. So, when I suggest that we use the external tank from the shuttle derived launcher, I feel it is in the spirit of Capitalism, but not necessary in the letter of it, down to the last dotted "i" and crossed "t". To me, there is no need for that kind of purity of principle. For I am a practical man. Some have said "too practical", but it is what it is.
I mention these names so as to inform people of the direction from which I am coming. With a few caveats sprinkled in. For what it's worth, the last thing I would suggest is to keep a boondoggle or create a new one. If I thought this is in effect of what I was proposing with these external tanks, I would drop the idea in a heartbeat.
Update:
One of the commenters yesterday asked why put up one of these big stations?
Here are 4 reasons:
1) To use it to generate artificial gravity. Tethers could be used, but a solid structure could be better.
2) To use the huge volume for storage and habitation. Machines could be installed as well to enhance capabilities.
3) Cheaper to reconfigure what is already in orbit as opposed to building it and launching it from Earth
4) Want to use it for deep space missions. Take this station to the asteroids and mine platinum for profit.
Here are few more:
Testing techniques for in situ resource extraction using the ET's for that purpose.
Testing techniques for tethers while constructing the station.
Testing skills for managing artificial gravity systems.
Just watched something about Ayn Rand on Tubi. This made me want to review what I had already written on that subject, because of a rule I have; which is this: do not re-invent the wheel.
But not all rules are always followed...
Anyway, I wrote that Robert Ringer ( in the 2010 section of this post) made me aware of Ayn Rand. That is not entirely true. I remembered seeing Ayn Rand on television in the 70's on the Phil Donhaue Show. So I already knew a little of Ayn Rand before reading about her in Ringer's book.
Let's say he made me MORE aware of her. Mainly of her importance in his own success, which he wrote about in his book.
That's it as far as Ringer is concerned. The Tubi show was more of a biographical whole of Ayn Rand, from her very birth to her death. You can probably find it on Tubi with a search function which Tubi has, which most likely direct you to the person of Ayn Rand. Just in case anyone is interested in her works.
Ayn Rand was considered by her opponents to be "controversial". To which Ayn Rand would probably say "so what"? Yeah, I'd have liked to have known her personally.
So that's that on that subject.
1/16/26:
Update:
In this post, at the third paragraph or so, there was a mention of Leonard Peikoff, who wrote a provocatively titled book. The title is The Ominous Parallels.
I'm sure that I've read the book, and may have owned it. I don't think I have it now, though. I've largely forgotten about the book, except the names, obviously.
There's a lot of mention about a rise of fascism in this country. It has certainly gotten a lot of mention, but not this book. If you want to discuss fascism, and what it actually is, you should at least have a philosophical basis for that discussion. This book could provide some information on that topic.
A study of history could be in order as well. In my opinion, too many people flap their gums without knowing of what they speak.
12/21/10:
Ringer is the guy who wrote "Winning Through Intimidation". I mentioned this guy in an earlier post, but I can't remember which one offhand. Or how to find it in my own blog. But it is in here somewhere.
But my own disorganization aside, I recall writing that his book made me aware of Ayn Rand. Eventually, I got around to reading "Atlas Shrugged", and another one of her books, "Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal". I can't say that I became an Objectivist. But I can say that her works convinced me, even though I did not need all that much convincing. When Ronald Reagan said that the Soviet Union was the Evil Empire, it could have come out of my own mouth.
I read a book by Nathaniel Branden, who is or was an Objectivist. And in an earlier version of this blog, back in 2004, I reviewed a book by Leonard Peikoff, who was closely allied with Ayn Rand. So, I am familiar with that philosophy. Not necessarily a fully fledged member of it. This is not to say that I am against it in any way. I tend not to be a joiner, nor a Kool Aid drinker or any flavor. I tend toward an independence that runs almost to an extreme.
It would be easy to dismiss me as a kook. Perhaps that is what many people think. If so, then so be it. I can't be who I am by pleasing other people, and in the process, sacrificing myself for their approval.
I favor Capitalism, but I am not going to drink that Kool Aid either. So, when I suggest that we use the external tank from the shuttle derived launcher, I feel it is in the spirit of Capitalism, but not necessary in the letter of it, down to the last dotted "i" and crossed "t". To me, there is no need for that kind of purity of principle. For I am a practical man. Some have said "too practical", but it is what it is.
I mention these names so as to inform people of the direction from which I am coming. With a few caveats sprinkled in. For what it's worth, the last thing I would suggest is to keep a boondoggle or create a new one. If I thought this is in effect of what I was proposing with these external tanks, I would drop the idea in a heartbeat.
Update:
One of the commenters yesterday asked why put up one of these big stations?
Here are 4 reasons:
1) To use it to generate artificial gravity. Tethers could be used, but a solid structure could be better.
2) To use the huge volume for storage and habitation. Machines could be installed as well to enhance capabilities.
3) Cheaper to reconfigure what is already in orbit as opposed to building it and launching it from Earth
4) Want to use it for deep space missions. Take this station to the asteroids and mine platinum for profit.
Here are few more:
Testing techniques for in situ resource extraction using the ET's for that purpose.
Testing techniques for tethers while constructing the station.
Testing skills for managing artificial gravity systems.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Larry @ Townhall live embed
Will this embed work properly? About to find out! Yep... The first part of the video is about the Collyfornia governor race. Amazing what those people put up with out there. All of the "ruling class" is too comfortable with their own arrogance. Perhaps the land of fruit and nuts will get sensible and throw the bums out for a change.
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