No fuss, no mess

The time is 10:38 a.m. Eastern Time, 31 December 2022. I just swallowed 10 capsules of Lisinopril. I want the pain to end. 

Around 7 a.m. I searched to find out if Lisinopril is an effective method for suicide. The internet gave no yes or no reply, but did list the drug’s usages. There were several suicide hotline numbers as well. I am well beyond hotline information.

I just want the pain to stop. Drugs to not help. Physical therapy has not helped. A dozen doctors of medicine did  it listen when I told them of my pain and my idea that it was related to the 1986 cerebral aneurysm and a diagnosed right side focal dystonia. Doctors said, “There must be a problem with your lower back. Let’s get X-Rays of your lower back.” When nothing showed on X-Rays, the doctors said nothing.

So, since medicine cannot stop the pain, I have used medicine to do it.

To Priscilla, I love you. There are not enough words to tell you.

To Michael, Kathleen and Casey, I love you. You have been exceptional children, all that a father could want.

This COVID-3 or whatever has knocked me dead in the mud

I tell you what. 

My wife and my daughter brought it back from NYC a couple or three days before Christmas, and it wasted no time laying into those of us who had not left Florida. Well, I didn’t get it right away, but everybody else did and then quickly got over it. When done with them, COVID went after me with a passion. In a 24-hour period, I fell out of bed three times. My wife and my oldest son got me up, but it was a chore. Michael is 30 years younger than I am, but I have him by 60 pounds. My wife is six years younger. I am wearing diapers and sleeping on a water-soluble pad. Last night I emptied my bladder four times and am not fearful of saying I made not one effort of getting out of bed.

I am drinking DayQuil and NyQuil, and my wife will get a pint of Southern Comfort, her next supply run.

I am tired and must go to bed.     

 

62? Are you serious?

The house seemed cold, and cold is the last thing a sick me wants. Check the thermostat. Inside temperature, 70. That’s cool for a winter night when outside is 52. OK, check setting … 62? Are you serious? And then I see that the system is “Off.” That’s right. On the second-coldest (so far) night of the year, the heat is Off? Fixable. Turn system on. Set on Heat. Up requested temperature to 72. Problem solved, except sometime during the night the system will go off again. I don’t know why. The air conditioner never does that.

That North-South thing still going on, is it?

New Jersey Gov. Pat Murphy statement when signing gun control law: 

“What kind of state do we want to be? Do we want to be like Mississippi or Alabama, whose firearm death rates are nearly five times ours, or do we want to remain a state where people can actually be and feel safe?”

https://gunfreezone.net/legislative-insurrection-should-be-punished/

Yeah, we got the Covid. Again

 A couple of posts down, I mentioned a trip to NYC by my wife and my daughter and subsequent flu-like symptoms within a day or so of returning home.

Home test thingys confirm -- my wife has Covid, as does our oldest son and our daughter. I did not take the test. What I have is too much like 11 months ago Covid, I'll just go ahead and say I've got it. We all got both government-recommended sticks or whatever.

Earlier this year a TV PSA said, "If you get the jabs, you will not get Covid." Word from the federal government, raise a hand and etc.

One of these days, maybe not

 

Who harms children faces the wrath of God

To the children of Israel, you shall say: Any man of the children of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall pelt him with stones.

“And I will set My attention upon that man, and I will cut him off from amidst his people, because he gave of his offspring to Molech in order to defile My holy ones and to profane My holy Name.

“But if the people of the land ignore that man when he gives of his offspring to Molech, not putting him to death.

“I will set My attention upon that man, and upon his family, and I will cut him off, and all who stray after him to stray after Molech, from amidst their people.”

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/4372130/jewish/The-Tragic-History-of-Molech-Child-Sacrifice.htm 

There is no Molech today? Ah, but you look in be wrong places.

https://lonestarparson.blogspot.com/2022/12/drag-queen-story-hour-satan.html

Thanks a lot, New York City

My wife and my daughter spent the weekend in New York City, Friday through Monday. Touristing. Both had been to The City before, my wife four times when attending Girl Scouts training in White Plains, our daughter once as a tourist and two times attending New Kids on the Block concerts. 

Funny thing. One White Plains training, my wife met a woman who lives in the area and sometimes drives into the city. One time after parking her car, the woman walked away and then determined she had left something in her car. While returning to her car, she saw a man walking toward her. The man carried things from her car. She stepped in front of the man. She said, “You have my stuff. Put down my stuff.” The man did. The woman said, “Now give me your stuff.” The man emptied his pockets and walked away. The latter action is not recommended, unless you are much more a badass than the thief.

This time, my wife brought back something. She went down with it yesterday. It might be called NYC-Ovid. I got it around 5 a.m. today. Knocked me down, let me tell you. Typing makes my arms tired. My wife is pretty much over it this morning. I hope it leaves me as quickly.

I guess I could put on Bob Dylan’s first two albums for sympathy.

 

Texas liberals get all boo-hooey over newspaper cartoon

From D Magazine, October 23, 2018 

It was four years ago, but not being surrounded by liberals as when working at the newspaper, I'm kind of not in the loop.

‘Star-Telegram Apologizes For Bad Cartoon Amid Pressure From Alumni’

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2018/10/star-telegram-apologizes-for-bad-cartoon-amid-pressure-from-alumni/ 

First, the headline would not have got by me when I was a copy editor at the Star-Telegram. Rule: Prepositions are not capitalized in headlines or titles. Second, the headline reads as though the cartoon was made amid pressure from alumni. Headlines should not cause confusion in a reader’s mind. A more accurate headline: ‘Amid pressure from alumni, Star-Telegram apologizes for bad cartoon.’ I was not asked an opinion four years ago, but had I been, I would not have signed the letter.

Overall, I think the cartoon is funny and educational, as editorial cartoons should be. The alumni do themselves no favor by quoting the Southern Poverty Law Center, but, then, liberals often point to SPLC as “proof” of some hatred or another.

I worked with the Star-Telegram from August 1976 to September 1981. I knew many of the people who signed the letter. Liberals every one.

Newspaper pulls Clarkson column because, you know, Markle

“I hate her on a cellular level,” Clarkson wrote.

After 6,000 complaints, newspaper disappears Clarkson column. 

https://lonestarparson.blogspot.com/2022/12/now-we-really-hate-you.html

 

When it's good to be part of the 25 percent*

Tuesday mail brought a Tricare rundown of my 29 October hospital visit, following a sudden loss of vision in my right eye. Every big Tricare breakdown brings a “Dang.” Tricare does not pay total amount billed, nor does any other insurance plan that I know of. But, almost always the medical people take what is approved. Tricare and Medicare have been good to me.

At 18, or however old you were when receiving the spiel about bennies if you stay in 20 or more years, most of us just said, “Yeah, yeah. Where’s the beer? They said there would be beer.” Fifty-eight years later, though, those years were worth it. I got the bennies with an outlay of only 16 years, so I guess I am ahead. Going to get a roto-rooter on a carotid artery in 15 days, so Tricare and Medicare will be opening the cash drawer again.

* Roughly the percentage of Americans who qualify for military service.

We can build a tower to God

Said Nimrod. We can stand beside God. We can be equal to God. We can become God. We can replace God. 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion becoming part of STEM. Laws of physics were written by white men. Women would have discovered different laws. Apples would have fallen far from the tree.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/12/stem-is-dei-ing/

 

 

This is our Space Force?

“A Space Force head analyst kept his job after being investigated for misconduct at work — including wearing a chartreuse mankini in the office and storing sex toys at work

“Andrew Cox, while serving as director of the Pentagon’s Space Security and Defense Program, acted ‘like a 13-year-old boy’ and created an environment unsuitable for a federal workplace, Air Force Times reported his co-workers said. His workplace antics launched a six-month investigation that substantiated reports of his misconduct and unprofessional behavior.

“Cox kept a framed pair of silver, glittery hot pants and an electric green mankini that he once donned in the workplace — over his clothes — showing off to coworkers during the holiday ‘Bad Santa’ party and displaying it more than once.

“Cox also kept a ‘gag gift’ silver case containing handcuffs, sex toys, and vaseline in the office, once presenting it to attendees during a meeting with subordinates.

“The report detailed the 2020 investigation, which…did not result in Cox’s suspension or termination. In fact, Cox became the head of the Space Force’s new Space Warfighting Analysis Center in April 2021, continuing to earn a six-figure salary.”

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=135077

As the web site says, “Walk into a work area and use the term 'girls' and you can kiss your career good-bye…” This is turning into one of those days. And, that person is a bully.

Forbidden words, per Stanford University

Ladies, Landlord/Landlady, Gentlemen / Freshman / Congressman/woman, you guys - "Lumps a group of people using gender binary language that doesn't include everyone." 

And a bunch more.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/insane-brave-karen-stanford-drops-new-woke-list-verboten-language

Maybe “bunch” should be a forbidden word? It could remind people of bananas, and only peasants work in banana plantations. Shoot! Plantations. No, no. But the English started plantations in Ireland after seizing farms and bringing in settlers from England, Scotland and Wales. Maybe we just shouldn’t say anything until the Government gives us a list of “These Words Are OK.”

Pope backs away from remarks on Chechen, Buryat cruelty

“VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican has had diplomatic contact with Russia regarding comments Pope Francis made about Russian minorities being responsible for the worst acts of cruelty in the country’s war on Ukraine.

“Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry, told reporters Dec. 15 that the Vatican had apologized and so Russia considered the matter closed, the Russian news agency Tass reported.

“In an interview in late November with America magazine, Pope Francis spoke of the ‘cruelty’ of Russian troops in Ukraine.

“’Generally, the cruelest are perhaps those who are of Russia but are not of the Russian tradition, such as the Chechens, the Buryati and so on.’”

https://catholicreview.org/russia-says-vatican-apologized-for-popes-remarks-about-minority-fighters/ 

Also: https://eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/61823/

Another one laid to rest

Two men were talking at physical therapy today, recounting some military experiences. I listened, but made no comments. One man, who claimed 22 years as a USMC pilot, mentioned that smuggling heroin in the cadavers of men killed in Vietnam was common. 

This is one of those myths whose factuality is dispelled by a simple statement: Consider the logistics. Consider putting in place military mortuary workers who hollow out cadavers and put in heroin. Consider where might the heroin be stored until needed. Consider other mortuary workers at the US end of the line, those who open the caskets and remove the heroin from cadavers and then replace uniforms as though undisturbed.

Logistically impossible.

“Despite being portrayed as fact in the 2008 film American Gangster, starring Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington, this tale of a plot to smuggle heroin out of Thailand in the coffins of US servicemen who had died in the Vietnam war never actually happened.” – John McBeth, South China Morning Post, 2 June 2019.

“Atkinson calls his claim of using coffins ‘the biggest hoax ever perpetrated.’” – Blake Stillwell, We Are the Mighty, 20 March 2022. (Not a story written well.)

Here is a story so filled with BS that it must be read in order to recognize how far tellers of tales will go to sell their untruths.

“During the Vietnam War, the amount of heroin, which was exported to the United States, became so immense that the operations could not remain clandestine. Consequently, in the 1960s, it became prudent for CIA operatives to stash heroin in caskets of dead Americans as well as in body bags, areas, which would be least, searched. When the bodies of American GIs were flown to military bases on the West coast, the heroin could be easily removed. In addition, boxes and crates, which were sent back to the states, carried heroin and coded labels alerted CIA operatives as to where to look.” -- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2007/09/04/380290/-Is-Heroin-being-Smuggled-in-Dead-Soldiers-Body-Bags-from-Afghanistan-Iraq

 

Ah, it all was done by the CIA! Now it makes sense! The CIA had operatives in all branches of the U.S. military. Those agents worked in mortuary services, preparing the bodies of dead GIs for return to families and loved ones. So imbedded were the CIA that heroin-laden bodies were easily deposed of their drug cargo. Also, CIA agents stationed at post offices all over the United States watched for crates specially coded and emptied those crates of heroin.

Ace of Spades Saturday Night Joke

In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the Defense Attorney?'

She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'

The Defense Attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said,

'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair...!!’

(This one has been down the block and around a corner, but it's still funny.)

Look for fish SWI (Swimming While Intoxicated)

Look for fish SWI (Swimming While Intoxicated) 

From RT News

“An 800 kg metal ball loaded with 230 liters of high-class gin has apparently been stolen from the bed of Lake Constance in Switzerland, its distillers told reporters on Wednesday. Raising the sphere would have taken a team of ‘absolute professionals,’ they said.

 

“Before it is bottled and sold, Ginial’s Lake Constance Gin is poured into a giant steel ball and lowered to the bottom of the lake, where it sits for 100 days. Distiller Cello Fisch told reporters on Wednesday that his company does this to infuse the drink with the aroma of the lake, famed for its clear waters and unique flora.”

https://www.rt.com/news/568454-gin-ball-stolen-lake/

People do realize ‘Jaws’ was a novel and then a movie, right?

From Sputnik News 

‘Spielberg Regrets “Decimation” of Sharks After Jaws’

Decimation: the killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group. Okay, the word has undergone a change, mostly in the 20th century by people who did not or do not know the original and logical definition. The root “deci” has to do with 10. So, decimation means 10 percent, or one in every 10. Line people up, kill every 10th one. “Decimation” is misused as often as “execution-style,” “notoriety” and “infamous.”

Spielberg is not blaming himself for the deaths of 10 percent of the world’s sharks just because people were entertained and maybe drew the wrong conclusions about Great White sharks. We should hope not, anyway.

https://sputniknews.com/20221218/spielberg-regrets-decimation-of-sharks-after-jaws-1105565920.html

If Spielberg truly feels sorry about things, he might shoot for renaming the movies’ protagonists. Isn’t the world ready for a more inclusive shark? Why a “Great White?” Maybe a “Lesser White” or a “Not So Dangerous White.”

Truth

A few days ago, two players passed within arms' reach of each other. One fell down, rolling back and forth, legs trembling like from an earthquake. The other player looked on in admiration.

Where did all the white people go?

Eastpointe, Michigan, census figures: 

2000 – 92.13% white; 4.7% African-American

2010 – 65.2% white; 25.9% African-American

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastpointe,_Michigan#Demographics

From 1929-92 the city was East Detroit.

A news story from 14 months ago says the African-American population was 52% in 2020.

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-more-integrated-ever-some-fear-more-white-flight-will-follow

And the stupids continue

Detroit school board voted to remove Dr. Ben Carson’s name from the Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine.

https://www.weaselzippers.us/487707-detroit-beclowns-itself/

Essence web site says, “But there’s a long road ahead.” You know, like removing everything Dr. Carson stands for.

Thank goodness things like that can’t happen here

‘Norwegian Actress Faces 3 Years In Prison For Saying Men Can’t Be Lesbians’ 

“Hate speech cases across Western Europe are growing more outrageous by the year, with the latest example out of Norway reaching new heights of absurdity. This as various countries' laws get narrower and narrower over what can or cannot be said regarding 'gender identity'. 

“A woman in Norway is being threatened by the government with a stiff prison sentence for the alleged ‘hate speech crime’ of pointing out that a man cannon become a lesbian.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/norwegian-actress-faces-3-years-prison-saying-men-cant-be-lesbians

Link at Maggie’s Farm.

Is this really necessary?

Journalist Bari Weiss on her invitation to visit to Elon Musk HQ: 

“Two hours later, I was on a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco with my wife, Free Press writer Nellie Bowles, and our three-month-old baby.”

https://www.thefp.com/p/why-we-went-to-twitter?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Why should I care that Ms. Weiss has a wife? Or that the pair has a three-month-old baby? Neither makes her a better writer. The article says nothing. Maybe Weiss and her family spent more time as tourists rather than her stated purpose.

Intelligence of citizenry reflected in government

From American Mind 

“In 2018 (following a popular referendum legalizing marijuana), Massachusetts’s newly established Cannabis Control Commission adopted a ‘social equity program’ in the name of compensating individuals and communities that had been ‘disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs.’ Under the program, state authorities prioritize giving ‘professional training, technical services, mentoring,’ and ‘access to capital’ to individuals who had previously been convicted of drug crimes (most of whom will have been found guilty of selling drugs considerably more harmful than marijuana), are married to or the offspring of such persons, or inhabit an area where the War on Drugs (not drugs themselves!) had ‘disproportionate impact.’”

https://americanmind.org/salvo/a-little-more-poison/

Link at Knuckledraggin.

The government declares a war on drugs, and by extension on those who manufacture, sell and/or use the drugs. But some segments of society are disproportionally affected, that is, jobs making and selling drugs are eliminated. (We could only wish.) Therefore, the government must provide training, money and jobs to those communities. Teach them how to buy and run pot shops. To be cynical, losing worked for Germany and Japan. Maybe the War on Drugs needs a Marshall Plan for urban areas/inner cities/ghettoes.

 

 

But … The science!

From Jewish World Review 

“We've all heard the age-old advice to drink eight cups of water a day. But if you fall short, don't worry: That advice is probably wrong anyway.

…

“The advice to drink eight cups of water a day stems from a 1945 recommendation from the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, which encouraged adults to consume about 64 ounces of water daily. The recommendation referred to a person's total daily intake of water, including from all their foods and beverages, but it was widely misinterpreted to mean that people should drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day.”

https://jewishworldreview.com/1222/8_cups_of_water.php3

“The science” depends on what a reader wants to read in any study. Facts can be slippery. Or, only a matter of opinion.

Remember when that Russian missile hit in Poland?

“One of the most astounding stories of media malfeasance is how the Associated Press ran a story claiming that Russian missiles struck Poland after a 10 minute Slack chat with a reporter who told colleagues, ‘I’m actually at a doctor’s appointment.’ Nobody at the AP, including its Arab correspondent running the European desk, did any kind of follow-up or got confirmation.”

https://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2022/12/woke-and-stupid.html

Sometimes, news printed is what the reporter or editor wants to hear.

How to get your book approved for a school library

From That Paragon of Direct Reporting (The Babylon Bee)

School libraries are safe spaces for children to open their minds to the virtues of cross-dressing and Communism. But if you wrote a book about sea turtles and their wacky adventures you may find trouble getting your story approved by the librarian. You're going to need to update that timeless tale for a contemporary audience.

Here's what publishers say libraries are looking for:

Douse it in glitter and blue lipstick: Librarians don't spend a lot of time reading so if the cover appeals to them you're in.

Make sure there are no whites on the cover: Better yet, don't include whites at all.

Include at least one pornographic description of a sexual act: Performed by barracudas.

Consider adding dragons: Even if it's a book about World War II. Gay dragons are always welcome.

Rainbows! Rainbows! Rainbows!: As long as you're not talking about Noah. That bigot.

Dress in drag for the author's photo: You look fine.

Get Yoel Roth to write a special foreword for your book: He's the arbiter of all knowledge.

Have the story end with the destruction of the world due to climate change: If your parents had an electric car the dinosaurs would still be alive today.

https://babylonbee.com/news/how-to-get-your-book-approved-for-the-schl-library?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email

Happy Birthday, National Guard

“On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court, the colony's militia was organized into three permanent regiments to better defend the colony. Today, the descendants of these first regiments - the 181st Infantry, the 182nd Infantry, the 101st Field Artillery, and the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard – share the distinction of being the oldest units in the U.S. military. December 13, 1636, thus marks the beginning of the organized militia, and the birth of the National Guard's oldest organized units is symbolic of the founding of all the state, territory, and District of Columbia militias that collectively make up today's National Guard.” 

galleryofguns.com

After four-plus years Active Duty, I spent 12 years in the Texas Army National Guard, nine as an Active Guard/Reserve Training NCO. It was the best job I ever had. 

‘They’ won’t be traipsing the White House in ‘their’ stiletto heels

Mustached Biden worker who wears dresses no longer works at Department of Energy. The best news yet from the gender-confused administration was when Sam Brinton was twice charged with stealing luggage, in Minneapolis and in Las Vegas.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531123/Bidens-non-binary-nuclear-waste-worker-Sam-Brinton-FIRED.html

 

 

FBI: Trump didn’t learn our lesson

From Tennessee Star 

“Fearful that Donald Trump might win reelection, the FBI, a frequent and deserved target of the president, took no chances. At least a dozen FBI informants hired to work at the direction of numerous FBI supervising agents and alongside at least three undercover FBI agents made it appear that white supremacist militiamen loyal to the president hatched a plot to abduct and assassinate one of his biggest political foes.

“In fact, the plot was an FBI entrapment scheme from start to finish, another example of the agency interfering in a presidential election to sabotage Donald Trump. It was, in effect, the bureau’s own act of domestic terrorism—an attempt to terrify the public as millions of Americans were already voting for president.”

https://tennesseestar.com/2022/12/10/commentary-the-fake-and-real-domestic-terrorists/

Link at Knuckledraggin.

The Griner deal

From Comments at valorguardians dot com.

“He (Bout) literally sells assault rifles to kids and they let him go to bring home a dope smoking, domestic violence abuser who hates her country. Sounds like they are not serious about gun control after all.”

 

  

Why there were tens of millions of bison

“I would expect hunter-gatherers entering uninhabited America to have done pretty well, and have high population growth rates, especially after they become more familiar with the local ecology. There is good reason to think that early Amerindians did: Bayesian skyline analysis of their mtDNA indicates fast population growth. They were expert hunters before they ever arrived, and once they got rolling, they seem to have wiped out the megafauna quite rapidly.”

https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/threading-the-needle/

When the early trans-Siberians arrived, the North Americas contained few bison. The newcomers, experienced in killing big herbivores and carnivores, extinguished competitors and predators, leaving millions of acres of nutritious plains grass for the bison. By eliminating native species, the now-Native Americans provided the basis for their own expansion. They were, in modern terminology, colonials.

 

Logical

 

Doesn’t understand the system or believes things should be his way

From Caucasus Knot 

In Russia, men who have completed their one-year draft service may sign up for an additional term. Those volunteers are called “contract soldiers” and make up about two-thirds of the ground forces. In a Russian combat regiment, two battalions are contract soldiers, while the third battalion is made up of draftees who do not participate in combat operations.

A young Chechen soldier recently learned that he does not call the shots when it comes to military service. Last year, the man contracted with the army, but then said “No, thanks” when told he was going to Ukraine. He would go to other places, but not to Ukraine. “Okay,” said the commander of his unit, who then presented the soldier with orders dismissing him “from military service due to non-fulfilment of the terms of the contract.”

The soldier appealed, showing fortitude and an apparent set of brass ones, demanding that the army not only take him back, but also “provide him with all types of allowance for the period between his dismissal from service and reinstatement.”

He lost his appeal.

“I want reinstatement, promotion and 18 months’ back pay.” 

Nah.

Источник: https://eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/61784/

© Кавказский Узел

Woman (allegedly) passes cop car to (allegedly) run red light

Link to story from Knuckledraggin.

Shamika Thomas also (allegedly) had two outstanding warrants, was (allegedly) in possession of heroin, which she thought was fentanyl. A body scan (allegedly) showed something hidden in an area of her body police are not allowed to search. 

Police also said Thomas resisted arrested, necessitating use of “joint manipulation and balance displacement techniques.”

https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/i-saw-you-there-but-i-dont-care-woman-arrested-after-passing-police-officer-running-red-light/

 

  

About that fecal matter on the scanner

Courtesy of Knuckledraggin 

“If you've been using the self-service checkout line a lot, you might want to reconsider during your next visit to the grocery store… or at least wash your hands afterward.

“Scientists with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine swabbed customer checkout areas of multiple locations, along with handrails, door handles and keyboards and found that store self-checkout areas had the highest bacterial loads.

“Results showed the checkout areas had five harmful bacteria known to cause diseases, including fecal bacteria.”

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/study-self-service-checkouts-covered-in-fecal-matter-bacteria

Comment at Knujckledraggin: "The study was done in England, so you can draw your own conclusions."

Is anybody really surprised that various and sundry germs are running around self-checkout areas? 

More things we were not taught in school

Texans profited by selling whiskey to Indians across  the river 

“In 1837-1838, the Acting Superintendent of the Western Territory, William Armstrong, reported that the south side of the Red River below Fort Towson was largely settled by white men who earned their livelihood by vending spirits to the Indians. Armstrong considered the situation so desperate that he requested two companies of dragoons to be ordered to the fort for the purpose of protecting the Chickasaw emigrants who were in the process of being removed from Mississippi. Besides whiskey-runners, many unscrupulous persons frequented the Indian country with games of chance, hoping to cheat the Indians out of their property.

“Although most Indian citizens obeyed their laws, a number yielded to temptation. The relative ease in crossing the Red River at certain points led to an increase in whiskey business in Texas. Whiskey shops and distilleries dotted the southern banks of the Red, and moved steadily westward as settlement itself moved to the west. Agent Upshaw estimated in 1843 that two-thirds of the whiskey brought into the Nation came in from Texas. The beverage was not always transported across the border by citizens of Texas; some Indians crossed the Red themselves, entered the taverns on the Texas side, gave their guns and horses for two or three gallons of whiskey and then carried it back into Indian Territory.

“By 1849, grocery stores on the Texas side openly sold liquor to the Indians and did a flourishing business. The volume of business grew to such an extent that they could even afford to reduce their prices. Agent Upshaw reported that two steamboats plied the Red River whenever the water level was high enough, and though they were trading boats with all manner of merchandize, they trafficked largely in the sale of liquors. The business had now approached a boldness almost unknown in past years. Indians could not (now?) obtain a quart of firewater for one bushel of corn. The steamboats were attempting to undersell the local establishments on shore.”

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663163/m2/1/high_res_d/1002774119-Graffham.pdf

That immediate problem was settled through movement of more law-abiding people into Texas, leading to political and moral pressure to do the right things. Southeast Oklahoma and Northeast still have illegal whiskey sales, but nowhere near the volume of the mid-1850s to 1950s.

Where?

The Wikipedia article on Tom, Okla., claims: “The Red River, a few miles to the south, has generally clear waters …”

Maybe one of those other rivers named “Red” has clear waters, but “clear” is about the last thing can be said about the one flowing between Texas and Oklahoma. Dangerous, threatening, swift-flowing at times, treacherous – Those adjectives and more have been applied. Maybe the Red is different in its trip through Arkansas and Louisiana, but I’ve not seen any part of the Red that was “clear.”

Private school dean brags about ‘queer sex’ instructions to minors

Remember: They are not after your kids, because everybody knows queers are born, not made. 

"The dean of students at an elite Chicago private school was caught on tape by an undercover Project Veritas reporter bragging about bringing LGBTQ activists into school to teach 'queer sex' to minors.

"'So, I’ve been the Dean for four years. During Pride—we do a Pride Week every year— I had our LGBTQ+ Health Center come in [to the classroom]. They were passing around butt-plugs and dildos to my students—talking about queer sex, using lube versus using spit,' said Joseph Bruno, Dean of Students at the Francis W. Parker School.

"Bruno also had a drag queen come in to 'pass out cookies and brownies and do photos.'"

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-chicago-high-school-dean-brags-to-project-veritas-reporter-about-teaching-queer-sex-to-minor-students

8th century Korean gold leaf engraving not reproducible by modern artisans

From The History Blog 

“Archaeologists consulted with contemporary artisans and they stated that they would be unable to reproduce so fine a pattern on gold leaf by hand with the tools and technologies they use today. How the Silla masters were able to achieve this kind of detail we don’t know. No magnifying glass from this period has ever been found, nor do any references to them appear on the historical record.”

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65843

“The unfolded and rejoined gold leaf measures 3.6 cm (1.4 inches) wide, 1.17 cm (.5 inches) long with a thickness of just .04 mm, thinner than a single sheet of printer paper. The total weight is .3 grams.”

If a Liberal says so, it must be true

WWJD? Why, he’d support abortion, of course. Because, you know, black babies’ lives don’t matter.

From Ace of Spades.

Raphael Warnock: I support abortion as a pastor because it's exactly what Jesus would do.

“In an interview with MSNBC host Joy Reid on 'The Reidout' on Monday, Warnock, who has voted for abortions up to birth, tried to justify killing babies by saying that it's okay from his standpoint because he is a pastor.

"’I get a lot of pushback from people who seem to think that they own the interpretation of the Gospel,’ Warnock said. ‘I have been studying the Scriptures my whole life. I'm committed to the faith. And, as a pastor, I have a profound reverence for life. And, as a pastor and a person of faith, I have a deep respect for choice.’

"’If we care about life, black women are dying three to four times the rate of white women in childbirth, as a result of childbirth,’ he said. ‘And so, if you care about life, we ought to find a way and address the obvious bias in our health care system.’

"’It's what Jesus would do,’ Reid said.

"’I think it's exactly what Jesus would do,’ Warnock agreed.”

 

Wheel of Fortune, Celebrity Version

Reasons for producing this show: 

To give people** another reason to yell at their television, to wit:

“Are you stupid?”

“Have you ever even watched the show?”

“There’s an H! Three letters, starts with T! And you called a J?”

“The first word is ‘MY’! Do you even know how the language is put together?”

“R-S-T-L-N-E! Don’t call V on your first choice!”

To show that entertainers are more interested in themselves than in any other thing. By far.

To test Pat Sajack’s patience, which is tested enough with real people.

To prove most celebrities are lost if not presented with a script.

A celebrity contestant said, after missing the phrase, “I thought you dumbed this down for celebrities!”

They did, dufus! They did!

·    ** People like me. And I do.

Chechen news

From Caucasian Knot

Muslim family breaks Islamist law in ‘expelling genies’ from young woman 

"Islam envisions no forced exorcism, moreover with the use of force, Leonid Syukiyainen, an Islamic scholar, and Imam Rasul Akhmadov have pointed out after the complaint announced by Leyla Gireeva, a native of Ingushetia, about attempts by her relatives to expel genies from her with the help of violence.

"Imam Rasul Akhmadov has confirmed that expelling genies is allowed only with the help of prayers, while the use of force is not allowed."

Источник: https://eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/61765/

© Кавказский Узел

Two Chechen women reprimanded for ‘providing occult services’

“One of the swindlers, Roza Gastieva, said that she was collaborating with the soul of a Christian hermit monk of Lebanese origin. Her colleague Zulai Akhmadova called herself a fortune teller,” the video description reports.

Источник: https://eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/61761/

© Кавказский Узел

Kowtowing to less than 1% of the population

From Valor Guardians

“If you look at American television or advertising, seems most of the country is gay. Or LGBTQRSTUV etc. I think the record I’ve seen is an insurance ad where at the end, out of 4 couples on screen, three have already been shown as, let’s say, REALLY close-looking friends ifyaknowhatImean.

“Based on all the hoopla, parades, LGTBQ days/weeks/months etc. you would think most of the country has turned the ol’ corner and is actively in or seeking a same-sex partner, right? (Noting that same-sex, given the fairly expansive alternative definitions nowadays of genders, covers a LOT of ground.) Well….not really.

From Yahoo:

‘There were more than 1.2 million same-sex couple households across the country in 2021, up from 540,000 in 2008, an increase of 120%, the data, taken from the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey, showed.

‘About 710,000 (59.2%) of the same-sex couple households were married, and about 500,000 (41.7%) were unmarried.”

Yahoo

Back to Valor Guardians.

“Now for the quick math part… there are  333,000,000 people in the US (not sure if that includes illegals living undocumented. Call it 332.) Since only 18% of the same-sex households had children per the same article, let’s imagine 1.2 million households represents 2.4  X 1.18, about 2.8 million people of all ages. My math is a little rusty, but that sounds like about 0 .85% of the 333 mill. Huh? All this hoorah-ing about less than 1% of the population? Where are those legions of proudly pink-pussycap-portin’ rainblow-flag bearing folks hiding? Kinda reminds me of some of those civil-rights rallies I used to see in the ’60s and ’70s when a few black folks showed up to figurehead a predominantly white wealthy-folks-out-virtue-signaling crowd. Or does this signify that most alternate-sex folks can’t get or don’t want a partner and that the supposed “10% gay” population is mainly made up of 30 million ugly single folks?

“As one of the great wise men, Chief Dan George said ‘It puzzles me’”.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=134413