5/30/26:
This video was embedded here before the election of 2024. Trump is definitely a step in the right direction. Nothing that Trump has or has not done has changed me from that opinion. But there are folks who think otherwise. Do they offer any solutions? Do they think that the Democrats are better?
The future isn't certain. But one thing is certain. The public didn't think things were on the right track when this video was embedded. The numbers may be a little better now, but most folks think we're on the wrong track. Ok, but what is the solution? It looks to me that some of these folks that are complaining offer no ideas about what would be better.
We could always use better ideas. Let's hear them from the opposition, and we could talk about it. If all they got is "orange man bad", then that isn't necessarily any better than Trump, and it just might be a whole lot worse. Just saying...
9/4/24:
This is about the situation in the UK, but there's no relief in coming HERE to the USA. We might not be as far down that path, but we are definitely getting there.
She asks why the media won't cover it. Well, if you have to ask...
When are people going to understand that the media is an enemy? There's really no excuse for watching the legacy media anymore. They are enemies, plain and simple.
It sounds like the subjugation of the UK is complete. The USA isn't far behind.
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.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Atlas Shrugged Preview
5/30/26:
This movie is available on Tubi for free... Now, why did I like this scene back then? I forgot.
But that is not why I write today... Funny how things change. If I could remember why I liked the scene, maybe I'd discover that it had changed. Anyway, the reason I want to write about the movie again was that something struck me about it. It was the parallels with what happened with the COVID "vaccine".
As for the scene, Hank Rearden gave his wife a gift that she didn't seem to like. It was made of a metal that he created. She preferred something else, as she swapped out her gift for something else later on in the movie. But I digress.
Perhaps the point is value. His wife didn't value his metal because nobody else seemed to. But here's the parallel that I mentioned. Nobody seemed to care if the metal was any good or not. So it wasn't valued.
In the real world, the COVID "vaccine" was preferred even though it didn't work. Do you see the parallel? The parallel is that nobody cared if the "vaccine" was any good or not. They didn't seem to care that Ivermectin could have been better, like Rearden's steel. Strange how that worked, eh?
In that book, nobody cares about what works or not. So the society collapses because of the thing that is valued isn't really the best thing, and nobody cares that it isn't the best thing.
Actually, Ayn Rand believed that the gift was more valuable because it came from his MIND. That was her point. Rearden's wife didn't value her husband's MIND.
But I still don't remember why I liked the scene.
2/21/11:
I like this scene
This movie is available on Tubi for free... Now, why did I like this scene back then? I forgot.
But that is not why I write today... Funny how things change. If I could remember why I liked the scene, maybe I'd discover that it had changed. Anyway, the reason I want to write about the movie again was that something struck me about it. It was the parallels with what happened with the COVID "vaccine".
As for the scene, Hank Rearden gave his wife a gift that she didn't seem to like. It was made of a metal that he created. She preferred something else, as she swapped out her gift for something else later on in the movie. But I digress.
Perhaps the point is value. His wife didn't value his metal because nobody else seemed to. But here's the parallel that I mentioned. Nobody seemed to care if the metal was any good or not. So it wasn't valued.
In the real world, the COVID "vaccine" was preferred even though it didn't work. Do you see the parallel? The parallel is that nobody cared if the "vaccine" was any good or not. They didn't seem to care that Ivermectin could have been better, like Rearden's steel. Strange how that worked, eh?
In that book, nobody cares about what works or not. So the society collapses because of the thing that is valued isn't really the best thing, and nobody cares that it isn't the best thing.
Actually, Ayn Rand believed that the gift was more valuable because it came from his MIND. That was her point. Rearden's wife didn't value her husband's MIND.
But I still don't remember why I liked the scene.
2/21/11:
I like this scene
Friday, May 29, 2026
Do people have the ability to think for themselves?
5/29/26:
Posting has been light, so I am going to react to whatever people are clicking on, and if that sparks some reaction that I'd like to share.
Why the light posting? Two reasons. One is that I am learning new skillsets, which take up my time. Another is a change of perspective, I suspect. This happened during the trip to view the launch of Starship.
So, my thinking is changing again. I was getting more pessimistic back in 2013, now I am getting more optimistic. Therefore, people CAN think for themselves. The real question is WILL THEY?
10/25/13:
If you are of an optimist, you may say yes. Otherwise, it is no.
Just answering the question with data from my own experience, I am starting to trend towards pessimism. I thought that I had arrived when I was in college. But many years later, Iearned otherwise. Limbaugh once advised people to think for themselves. I noted with disgust that I had not. Why had I not really learned? Natural laziness. It is hard work to think, so I would rather not bother.
But it isn't just me. The naural tendency is for people not to think for themselves, as Limbaugh implied.
So people hear a thing, and they accept it as true. That is the case especially if it comes from an authority. This gives authorities a powerful incentive to lie, and the proceed to do just that.
Now the prevailing wisdom is that the GOP shut down the government and almost cost us a catastrophic default. I see that this little prevarication keeps getting repeated over and over again. Yet, if you were to just observe that the GOP tried to fund everything but ObamaCare, how can you blame the GOP alone for the shut down? It takes two to fight, and the Democrats were doing their share. Even worse, if there had been a true default, this kind of thinking would give you the prevailing wisdom that it was because of the GOP. This is absurd.
How can refusing credit cause a default? If you were trying to pay your bills by applying for more credit, and were refused, would this be the cause of your subsequent default? Of course not. So, why should the government be any different when it fails to live within its means? All the GOP did was to quarrel with the Democrats over one item in the budget, and somehow this quarrel causes a default? That's like saying a refusal to buy an expensive item leading to a family quarrel caused a delay in raising their credit card limit.
The credit card being maxxed out did not cause the default in that hypothetical situation. No, the failure to live within ones means did the trick. How does that get to be the GOP's fault? It wouldn't if people thought for themselves. They hear that it was the GOP and then accept that as gospel.
Is it because the lies are coming from authorities? Can people actually think this out for themselves? I am getting more pessimistic all the time.
Posting has been light, so I am going to react to whatever people are clicking on, and if that sparks some reaction that I'd like to share.
Why the light posting? Two reasons. One is that I am learning new skillsets, which take up my time. Another is a change of perspective, I suspect. This happened during the trip to view the launch of Starship.
So, my thinking is changing again. I was getting more pessimistic back in 2013, now I am getting more optimistic. Therefore, people CAN think for themselves. The real question is WILL THEY?
10/25/13:
If you are of an optimist, you may say yes. Otherwise, it is no.
Just answering the question with data from my own experience, I am starting to trend towards pessimism. I thought that I had arrived when I was in college. But many years later, Iearned otherwise. Limbaugh once advised people to think for themselves. I noted with disgust that I had not. Why had I not really learned? Natural laziness. It is hard work to think, so I would rather not bother.
But it isn't just me. The naural tendency is for people not to think for themselves, as Limbaugh implied.
So people hear a thing, and they accept it as true. That is the case especially if it comes from an authority. This gives authorities a powerful incentive to lie, and the proceed to do just that.
Now the prevailing wisdom is that the GOP shut down the government and almost cost us a catastrophic default. I see that this little prevarication keeps getting repeated over and over again. Yet, if you were to just observe that the GOP tried to fund everything but ObamaCare, how can you blame the GOP alone for the shut down? It takes two to fight, and the Democrats were doing their share. Even worse, if there had been a true default, this kind of thinking would give you the prevailing wisdom that it was because of the GOP. This is absurd.
How can refusing credit cause a default? If you were trying to pay your bills by applying for more credit, and were refused, would this be the cause of your subsequent default? Of course not. So, why should the government be any different when it fails to live within its means? All the GOP did was to quarrel with the Democrats over one item in the budget, and somehow this quarrel causes a default? That's like saying a refusal to buy an expensive item leading to a family quarrel caused a delay in raising their credit card limit.
The credit card being maxxed out did not cause the default in that hypothetical situation. No, the failure to live within ones means did the trick. How does that get to be the GOP's fault? It wouldn't if people thought for themselves. They hear that it was the GOP and then accept that as gospel.
Is it because the lies are coming from authorities? Can people actually think this out for themselves? I am getting more pessimistic all the time.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
GOP: Reform or Die
5/28/26:
Somebody clicked on this one, amongst others. I decided to respond to this one.
Love him, or hate him; Trump is the closest thing to reform of the electoral politics of this country that I've seen. He's offering something truly different, and through it all, the country seems to resist. That is, much of the country seems to resist. You can count on the Democrats to resist, but what about the GOP? He has a lot better chance of winning than what they had, in my opinion.
Here is a public that seems to want change, and is getting it. But the public still isn't satisfied. I say give it some more time. With all the opposition to Trump, he really hasn't been able to get a program under way.
That's no excuse. It's just fact. If Trump wasn't really different, then why all of this opposition? Trump's mistake may be in changing TOO MUCH. People may need time to catch up. If he gets the chance, he will succeed, in my opinion. But will the people let him?
Nov 8, 2012:
The GOP has failed us. Miserably.
Shape up or ship out!
Update:
I'll add that if their answer is to compromise and to become just like the Democrats that they should join the Democrats because that's what they are.
Somebody clicked on this one, amongst others. I decided to respond to this one.
Love him, or hate him; Trump is the closest thing to reform of the electoral politics of this country that I've seen. He's offering something truly different, and through it all, the country seems to resist. That is, much of the country seems to resist. You can count on the Democrats to resist, but what about the GOP? He has a lot better chance of winning than what they had, in my opinion.
Here is a public that seems to want change, and is getting it. But the public still isn't satisfied. I say give it some more time. With all the opposition to Trump, he really hasn't been able to get a program under way.
That's no excuse. It's just fact. If Trump wasn't really different, then why all of this opposition? Trump's mistake may be in changing TOO MUCH. People may need time to catch up. If he gets the chance, he will succeed, in my opinion. But will the people let him?
Nov 8, 2012:
The GOP has failed us. Miserably.
Shape up or ship out!
Update:
I'll add that if their answer is to compromise and to become just like the Democrats that they should join the Democrats because that's what they are.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Buh, bye! John Cornyn
Media assembling at election night HQ for Sen. John Cornyn about 20 minutes before the polls close. pic.twitter.com/T1wl1BiBqE
— John C. Moritz (@JohnnieMo) May 26, 2026
For some reason, maybe it was the long trip this past week, made me think of this song...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Dare to be Stupid--- Weird Al
5/26/26:
What seems to be stupid may not be. Or is it?
Let's not add indecisiveness to the list...
5/10/26:
Once you get the idea, then go for it. Oh, boy. /eyeroll
9/27/24:
I'm just now discovering Weird Al. Why not before? Too white and nerdy.
Hmmm. You can't watch it here, go to the link provided.
Try this one. It might not get blocked. It was probably inspired by Weird Al anyway.
Or this one! Brings back memories, no?
And this one??? He dared to be stupid? Or witty? Or what?
What seems to be stupid may not be. Or is it?
Let's not add indecisiveness to the list...
5/10/26:
Once you get the idea, then go for it. Oh, boy. /eyeroll
9/27/24:
I'm just now discovering Weird Al. Why not before? Too white and nerdy.
Hmmm. You can't watch it here, go to the link provided.
Try this one. It might not get blocked. It was probably inspired by Weird Al anyway.
Or this one! Brings back memories, no?
And this one??? He dared to be stupid? Or witty? Or what?
Did a mulligan on this video on Rumble
Added a little something to it this time. It's a practice video as I learn a bit on how to use Clipchamp.
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