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Saturday, January 18, 2025
The Free Mind Substack Column ---- We Need A Cognitive Freedom Movement
THIS
As I've been writing, the government is out of control. Cognitive Freedom IS Freedom.
As they like to say--- Read the whole thang.
Naomi Wolf Substack Column--- "What is a War?
Indeed, what IS a war?
Is this part of the coup de etat that I have been worried about? Perhaps the fire is one of those unconventional ways of war-fighting that isn't being recognized for what it is.
It could bring it into focus, and suggest a response to it.
At least one would hope so. The point of the essay is to ask questions which are not being asked. The behavior here is not NORMAL.
Why did the government lie about woman's death?
What the Congressman says about the autopsy confirms what I suspected--that she died from being crushed to death during the stampede of people that were pepper sprayed in a confined location. A crush of people stampeded over her after she was struck by a pepper spray ball and fell to the ground.
There was no room for anybody to stop and render aid where she fell. The rush of people prevented that.
This appears to me to be a case of police misconduct; even before considering how she was beaten with a stick while lying motionless on the ground. It wasn't so much as her being beaten, but the maniacal way in which the beating took place. The cop was out of control.
Rep. Josh Brecheen says autopsy revealed a woman at J6 died of broken ribcage, not drug overdose https://t.co/B3lyV2Th6q via @JustTheNews --Government lied about how somebody on J6th died.
— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 18, 2025
The State of the Union --- Substack
article by Bradley Thompson
From the link just above, I'll "show my work" on what makes up this post. I saw it on Instapundit, read it all, as the link suggests, and saw something that I'd like to share. Firstly, the article below, and I will show the comment to the article that I'd like to share...
If you've read the article, here's the comment that I've embedded from a tweet I made...
The tweet is directly below:
The State of the Union https://t.co/ohpTbxo8Gm --- A comment upon the Substack article link above. I will elaborate a little on a post in my blog.
— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 18, 2025
And for my comment (I'm getting there, promise!):
The reference is to a book written by Leonard Peikoff. It is called "The Ominous Parallels".
The Ominous Parallels is available on Amazon.
Now finally, here's the comment:
I've read the book, which was a long time ago. The solution suggested was Ayn Rand's Objectivism. I've read several books on Ayn Rand's philosophy, which I would recommend. The thing is, you don't have to believe in Ayn Rand's philosophy here. But she does lay down a good bedrock of how one should approach this subject.
It reminds me of what Ronald Reagan once said in one of his State of the Union speeches. He said three words make the USA's government different from all other governments, and those words are in the Preamble of the United States Constitution--- "WE THE PEOPLE".
The Constitution is a philosophy of government. How do you approach governing a people? Where does the power originate? From the people! That's the philosophy of government inherent in the US Constitution. The modern day gubmint seeks to overthrow that, and replace it with what the rest of the world does --- which is the other way around. In the rest of the word, the government tells the people what to do. However, the Constitution does the opposite.
Therefore, I think the solution is to re-affirm that the philosophy of our government is to keep the Constitutional philosophy that WE THE PEOPLE are in charge of our government, and not the other way around--which was Ronald Reagan's point in that 1987 State of the Union address. In my opinion, it is under that philosophy that we can keep our Republic and our freedom.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Lost the plot
It seems that, once upon a time, I wrote, "Ideology can make you stupid". If the voters in LaLa land voted for Karen Bass for ideological reasons, then I consider the point proven.
“Los Angeles—and the state of California—is being governed by people who have lost sight of the basics of governing.
— The Free Press (@TheFP) January 13, 2025
The broader context in which this fire is happening is one of total incompetency—and leaders who are putting niche, luxury issues above the most fundamental… pic.twitter.com/JJoU7hket4
A little later...
Oops! It may strike someone odd that I somehow endorse everything that Bari Weiss says. Here is something attributed to her to which I do NOT agree with. The logic does not work. If LA was meant to burn, then with that logic, the only place people should live is in the jungle. That's because we don't carry around our bodies a coat of fur. We are naked. We need shelter and clothes. If we go by this logic ( in the tweet below), we should not live anywhere to which we are not biologically suited. In that case, you could shut us out of just about anywhere other than the tropics.
So which one is it @bariweiss !?!? I’m genuinely confused. Your article seems to point in the opposite direction of your Fox statements.https://t.co/icg4kaCoav
— Souza (@soarathena) January 13, 2025
Rapid iteration will produce more RUDS
3:03 PM:
It's all a matter of whether or not he will be permitted to operate his company with such an approach. If you can accept RUDS, then he can proceed. If not, then he won't be permitted to proceed. How much of a hazard is SpaceX? The risk is small, in my opinion. But it is not zero. There WILL be risk.
6:47 PM:
It's all a matter of whether or not he will be permitted to operate his company with such an approach. If you can accept RUDS, then he can proceed. If not, then he won't be permitted to proceed. How much of a hazard is SpaceX? The risk is small, in my opinion. But it is not zero. There WILL be risk.
Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2025
Apart from obviously double-checking for leaks, we will add fire suppression to that volume and…
6:47 PM:
@SpaceX @elonmusk
— Just Be ) (@c40852411) January 16, 2025
Every Starship launch is an eagerly anticipated event, celebrated regardless of outcome, as each one brings us a step closer to realizing our Big Dream.
Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work,"…
Here's a graphical explanation of why Democrats have as much success as they do
It also shows why that they need censorship and mind-control. A mere look up on the web can locate these facts and present them to anyone with an open mind. It also shows why people fall for cults of personality. For this is the only way to support a cult of personality. That is, to stifle all opposing views. Democrats are afraid of open discussion because their power is based upon fraud, fallacy, and fakery. We fail not because we are wrong, but for some other reason. That reason may well relate to basic human weaknesses, such as cowardice.
Slavery was almost everywhere and still exists in some parts of the world https://t.co/mcOXt6tqVs
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Starship's flight 7 has failed
This flight test was much anticipated, by many, including yours truly. That may be why I had some trouble keeping the picture on. Lots of viewers. It seemed like a problem at the source, as I moved from site to site looking for a good connection.
Anyway, there was another good catch of the booster, and all seemed well from what I could see of it. Then, all of a sudden, there's nothing from the second stage.
Further review shows a loss of an engine shortly after the catch, about 7:40 into the flight. A couple others followed about 20 seconds later, then the signal was lost.
After scanning the webs for information about what happened, I found several videos showing an explosion and a Columbia shuttle type debris field flying over the Turks and Caicos islands. That's way out in the Atlantic near Puerto Rico ( I think). Final readouts, as I recall, showed an altitude of 140 km, and maybe velocity of around 21k kmh. Therefore, not all that close to orbital velocity. Engines may have started underperforming well before. Scheduled engine shutoff wasn't that far ahead in the schedule.
So it does seem to be fully confirmed and all that it was a failure, but the reasons are not clear. This one may be hard to figure. The review showed what looked like a nominal flight, then a sudden loss of engines and explosion.
What this means is anybody's guess. Mine is that there will be a backlash of some kind to Musk. It would be a shame to see it get played all out of proportion to what actually happened, but it wouldn't surprise me if that happens.
8:08 PM:
Ellie in Space channel has some good video to consider. It kinda looks like fuel sloshing could be an issue after an engine goes out. The fuel indicates move around a lot. Sloshing is a problem, I suspect. Also, engine failures are an issue, especially after this many flights. If an engine out is going to do this much, then it may indicate a difficult fix. A bit early to say, though.
10:16 PM:
Something occurred to me. If the only engine left running is a non-gimbaling engine, should that have been an automatic abort? If so, then how does the flight software handle an obvious non-recoverable situation?
If you turn down the sound and just play the video over and over at where I've "jipped" it ( joined in progress), you will notice that one final engine was still on just before the signal was lost ( and presumable RUD)-- this wasn't a flight that was viable any longer, yet the engine was still on.
I am wondering if the ship could have been brought down in a more controlled fashion, as opposed to having it blow up way up in the sky like that. Maybe an engine shutoff, and the attitude control and flaps could have guided it down in a belly flop mode as if it were doing a soft landing. Maybe even an engine start attempt near the surface of the ocean, if the RUD was avoided. Just wondering if that were possible in this instance.
Anyway, there was another good catch of the booster, and all seemed well from what I could see of it. Then, all of a sudden, there's nothing from the second stage.
Further review shows a loss of an engine shortly after the catch, about 7:40 into the flight. A couple others followed about 20 seconds later, then the signal was lost.
After scanning the webs for information about what happened, I found several videos showing an explosion and a Columbia shuttle type debris field flying over the Turks and Caicos islands. That's way out in the Atlantic near Puerto Rico ( I think). Final readouts, as I recall, showed an altitude of 140 km, and maybe velocity of around 21k kmh. Therefore, not all that close to orbital velocity. Engines may have started underperforming well before. Scheduled engine shutoff wasn't that far ahead in the schedule.
So it does seem to be fully confirmed and all that it was a failure, but the reasons are not clear. This one may be hard to figure. The review showed what looked like a nominal flight, then a sudden loss of engines and explosion.
What this means is anybody's guess. Mine is that there will be a backlash of some kind to Musk. It would be a shame to see it get played all out of proportion to what actually happened, but it wouldn't surprise me if that happens.
8:08 PM:
Ellie in Space channel has some good video to consider. It kinda looks like fuel sloshing could be an issue after an engine goes out. The fuel indicates move around a lot. Sloshing is a problem, I suspect. Also, engine failures are an issue, especially after this many flights. If an engine out is going to do this much, then it may indicate a difficult fix. A bit early to say, though.
10:16 PM:
Something occurred to me. If the only engine left running is a non-gimbaling engine, should that have been an automatic abort? If so, then how does the flight software handle an obvious non-recoverable situation?
If you turn down the sound and just play the video over and over at where I've "jipped" it ( joined in progress), you will notice that one final engine was still on just before the signal was lost ( and presumable RUD)-- this wasn't a flight that was viable any longer, yet the engine was still on.
I am wondering if the ship could have been brought down in a more controlled fashion, as opposed to having it blow up way up in the sky like that. Maybe an engine shutoff, and the attitude control and flaps could have guided it down in a belly flop mode as if it were doing a soft landing. Maybe even an engine start attempt near the surface of the ocean, if the RUD was avoided. Just wondering if that were possible in this instance.
Move on
12:33 PM:
With all the demands from Senators that Pam Bondi pretty please look the other way, maybe that's a reason enough to look. The moving on part I mentioned was for the J6th people, not these creeps.
11:15 AM:
In my opinion, a long drawn out case serves no purpose. Just do a blanket pardon of them all. There was no insurrection, and to draw this out for a riot is absurd. People will tire of all this, and no more time needs to be spent on it. Time to move on.
With all the demands from Senators that Pam Bondi pretty please look the other way, maybe that's a reason enough to look. The moving on part I mentioned was for the J6th people, not these creeps.
11:15 AM:
In my opinion, a long drawn out case serves no purpose. Just do a blanket pardon of them all. There was no insurrection, and to draw this out for a riot is absurd. People will tire of all this, and no more time needs to be spent on it. Time to move on.
Reconsidering the J6 Pardons - American Thinker https://t.co/Gsb54TN6xE --- For what it is worth. This article is about a legal way forward in considering the massive amount of work needed to consider all the cases individually. Not sure about this though.
— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 16, 2025
New Glenn reaches orbit on first try
But doesn't succeed in landing first stage
Congrats, New Glenn and Blue Origin!
This took place several hours ago, so I didn't see it live. Aw, shucks.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Are the Democrats and the RINOS conspiring to pull of a military coup?
The only thing that hasn't been attempted yet: a coup ( this one would be from the military), the one on January 6th has yet to be proven, but may have happened already
What do the RINOS have to do with this? The RINOS tend to disregard what the public wants. The new Speaker in Texas in an example of that. The UniParty cares nothing about the will of the people. This kind of talk is for the gullible types who fall for the rhetoric.
Veep-elect Vance may be too hasty with remarks about denying prospective pardons of J6th convictions
1/15/25:
What could have explained why I didn't hear about this. I don't read Gateway Pundit that much.
Conservative media may have dropped the ball on this one, but it isn't necessarily a deliberate act. I wasn't ignoring it, I just didn't see it.
1/13/25:
Stuff is still coming out. It would add further injury if the truth is allowed to be swept under the rug
What could have explained why I didn't hear about this. I don't read Gateway Pundit that much.
Conservative media may have dropped the ball on this one, but it isn't necessarily a deliberate act. I wasn't ignoring it, I just didn't see it.
I have been screaming about this injustice for the last 2 years, not one peep from conservative media. Only the gateway pundit wrote about this travesty. They wrote on it several times, and it pisses me off that it was buried.😡🤬🤬🤬🤬
— KEEP IDAHO RED (@Idahostayred) January 14, 2025
1/13/25:
Stuff is still coming out. It would add further injury if the truth is allowed to be swept under the rug
NEW VIDEO Shows J6 Trump Supporter Rosanne Boyland Shot in the Face by Police Projectile, Then Pushed Down and Smothered, Before Metro Police Officer Beat Her with a Stick as She Died on US Capitol Steps https://t.co/eXKh3XdE2a #gatewaypundit via @gatewaypundit
— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 13, 2025
JD Vance on J6 pardons (notice he said there is a grey area between those who committed violence and those who didn’t…there will be more to come on that I am sure): pic.twitter.com/RUFNczqkpD
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) January 12, 2025
Here we go again
Typical RINO move
The RINOS would rather fight the majority of its own party and join the Democrats. That means that there will be no school choice ( most likely). This is what we are up against. It is the very definition of the Uni-Party arrangement. That means that a lot of RINOS will have to be primaried, as Phelan was, and this process needs to continue until they are removed. Phelan won re-election, but lost the Speakership. This is just another Phelan installed. It's like there wasn't even an election.
'Anti-MAGA' Texas state Rep. Burrows wins House speakership in bitter GOP inter-party battle https://t.co/LzzRAJ3v46 via @JustTheNews
— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 15, 2025
When the pendulum swings back
Another case of the Marxist paradigm?
This is one of my pet peeves. Why should there be a pendulum that swings back and forth? To me, it is like asking when will people start acting crazy again. "Liberalism" is just plain nutty. To me, it should never swing back and forth between nuttiness and craziness. It's best if it can stay sane on a permanent basis.
One thing that might be helpful is if we can all agree on a solid definition of what words mean. If you cannot define what a woman is, I think you've got a problem. There's a simple definition, but liberals won't like it. It is the biological one: two "X" chromosomes makes a female, the other is one "X" and one "Y". That makes a male. It should work about every time, unless there's some biological oddity from time-to-time.
If you cannot agree on what words mean, then how the heck do you communicate with each other? What does "democracy" mean? Did people actually vote to end democracy if they voted for Trump? Seriously? Are Democrats really in favor of the rule of law when they seem to want to cherry pick what laws to obey and which to resist? Trump wants to deport illegals in this country. How is that wrong if it is legal? If it is illegal, then resist it on that basis. But no. The Democrats want to resist what is legally called for. For if there are no immigration laws, then how is immigration going to be regulated?
One could go on and on with such arguments. But if there are no solid agreement on what the words mean, then what's the point? Even the word "liberal" doesn't have a meaningful definition. For today's liberals are not yesterday's liberals. If John F. Kennedy was liberal in 1960, he'd be a conservative in 2024. There's been a shift, and that cannot be denied. But what causes these shifts? The whole idea of shifts is a Marxist idea. To Marxists, there cannot be a standard, for if there were, there cannot be any revolution. The point of these shifts is to promote revolution.
Change is not necessarily a bad thing. But change for the sake of change makes no sense. Certain things, like the meanings of words, should change very slowly or not at all. If it is always changing, then how does one keep one's wits? Anyway, with respect to the question, we should not have any pendulum at all on basic principles. If we are getting back to basic foundational principles, I sure hope we stay there for a long, long time.
Nate Silver Wonders When the Pendulum Will Swing Back Toward Liberals https://t.co/fLm14NmXbN
— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 15, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home
1/14/25:
I was going through a lot of music, and came across this one again on YouTube. I recalled having making a post on it, so I pulled it back up for a re-visit. But before pulling it up, I did do this little visit of the "Charismatic Voice" lady on YouTube in order to see her give her reaction to it.
She was a bit surprised at the depth of meaning to it. I'd say she was impressed. Maybe some day I will post something on the Logical Song, which is another of their hits. She has a reaction video to that one too. But not today.
1/29/24: Did you ever "discover" something that has always been there? That's what happened just now. Supertramp had a lot of hits, but I never put them all together until this evening. I chose this one to post about because it has been a lot like that lately. Just the feeling of it. Enjoy.
I was going through a lot of music, and came across this one again on YouTube. I recalled having making a post on it, so I pulled it back up for a re-visit. But before pulling it up, I did do this little visit of the "Charismatic Voice" lady on YouTube in order to see her give her reaction to it.
She was a bit surprised at the depth of meaning to it. I'd say she was impressed. Maybe some day I will post something on the Logical Song, which is another of their hits. She has a reaction video to that one too. But not today.
1/29/24: Did you ever "discover" something that has always been there? That's what happened just now. Supertramp had a lot of hits, but I never put them all together until this evening. I chose this one to post about because it has been a lot like that lately. Just the feeling of it. Enjoy.
If you can't say anything nice then
12:49:
Maybe I can do something tacky with this
I got it right here...
Dern, I gotta say something. It's a blog for heavens sake.
3:19 PM
Probably not what Jim Morrison had in mind.
Maybe I can do something tacky with this
I got it right here...
Dern, I gotta say something. It's a blog for heavens sake.
3:19 PM
Probably not what Jim Morrison had in mind.
Monday, January 13, 2025
The Most Remote Places Left in America (lower 48)
I clicked on this in order to compare it with Hudspeth County, Texas. That's where I own 40 acres, which seems pretty remote. However, I do have access to civilization, but it is about 17 miles away. For me, having lived mostly in the big city, it seems pretty danged remote. These places on the video, are on a different level.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Making aerogels
The kind of thing that makes you too white and nerdy.
It seemed to me that this would be too technical to be interesting, but the video has gotten over 35 million views. Wow. Anyway, I knew that I had made mention of aerogels on this blog, and it was true. There were several on the topic of aerogel rocket engine concepts! Another "wow". There was yet another on aerogels in connection with anti-matter! Another "wow", as I just recently posted something on anti-matter rocket concepts.
So, just in case anybody who might find this kind of thing interesting, here you are. A video to your taste.
Not much else to say here. As for me, I wouldn't attempt this. It can be dangerous. The guy seems to know what he's doing. This is probably not for amateurs. That's even before you get into nuclear stuff, not to mention anti-matter kind of stuff.
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