Thursday - November 23, 2023
Once Again, The One And Only Post
November 18, 2023
No get together for our families this year, oh well. So we’re staying home. Got a huge chicken for free from the grocery store to cook; it’s nice today so maybe smoke it a bit on the grill and roast it out there. Got my sausage stuffing to make. Made the cranberry sauce. Have an apple pie to cook, and another loaf of bread to bake. Plus taters and gravy, or maybe just gravy. And fresh asparagus, and sauteed mushrooms. And plenty of wine, cider, an soda. We won’t be going hungry.
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All four international border crossings between the United States and Canada in Western New York were closed for approximately five hours Wednesday due to a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge that killed two passengers.
Sources told News 4 and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul later confirmed that the incident is not believed to be an act of terrorism, countering what some national outlets reported earlier Wednesday.
Yeah, just local folks on their way to a concert, running late. Because everyone packs their car with explosives and drives across the border at 120mph, right? What a Lying Sack Of Shit (LSOS). Police on the scene at the time said it was a car bomb, and thus terrorism. And who is to say that some jihadi couple doesn’t live in the Buffalo area? Misdirection and misinformation. Typical.
You can watch the car take off here. It approaches the checkpoint in the rain at well over 100mph, hits a curb and goes flying for 100 yards, still 15 feet in the air when it goes through the checkpoint booths. The actual explosion is not on this video, but it’s a guarantee it’s on some CCTV that was pointing past the booths. Witnesses say the fireball was 40 feet high. Cars don’t usually explode on impact like on TV. They smash, they crumple, and then they might catch on fire. But they don’t actually explode.
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The Rainbow Bridge is a steel deck arch bridge, the causeway running above the steel arch truss supported by verticals. The abutments on both ends are concrete open spandrel arches, with lateral wings where the lanes converge after the checkpoint booths. The bridge was built in 1941, is 202 feet above the Niagara River. The whole thing is 1450 feet long, and the steel center section is a bit over 900 feet long. So the explosion actually happened on the approach to the bridge, on pavement on solid ground. The USA is on the east end of the bridge, Canada on the west end.
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November 18, 2023
Well, I survived another week. The 3rd round of gel shots in my knees took 2 days to take effect, so most of the week was a lot of pain and extreme difficulty walking. Hobbling would be a better term. I’m trying that Voltarin stuff, an arthritis pain relieving gel made from Diclofenac. It’s a bother to apply it 4 times a day, it might take a week to even start working, and there can be side effects. But I have to do something. So far the relief has been minimal at best. I had to take a week off from PT, as I simply could not walk and could hardly work the clutch to drive my car.
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I was able to bowl reasonably well by Friday night, rolling a 542 series. We lost 2-5, but I threw over 200 in G3, 12 under in G2, and a 181 in G1. Considering how poorly I did in my Wednesday league (under 400 series), and was in so much pain that I’ve set things up to go out on disability if necessary, this was a vast improvement.
Knee, ankle, and thumb pain were not too bad by the time I got home. I count that as a big positive. For nearly the whole night my thumb didn’t fail on me, so I was able to get some good releases. I still have to figure out how to adapt my handi-approach to make the 10 pin spares; I only made about 1/4 of them. OTOH, I could get a cheap dead plastic ball for that, as my Motiv Venom Blue Pearl and even my DV8 are too much ball for the current lane layouts. I need something utterly dead that will not hook at all, in a weight I can throw with ease. Somehow I get off balance making a diagonal approach for the right corner shots, and almost always either throw too far right, into the gutter, or the ball hooks up and flares left, missing the pins.
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So, new House Speaker Mike Johnson is releasing nearly all the J6 tapes, over 40,000 hours worth. With blurred faces to hide the identities of Feebs and other agents provocateurs in the crowd. At this point he, along with the rest of the GOP leadership, has still not done a damn thing to get justice for the J6 political prisoners. So one small step forward, two steps back. You do realize that this is one of the bigger circle jerks in history, right? Not one single leftist will believe any new analysis, most center to center right people won’t pay any attention at all, and the few right-wingers who paid attention this whole time already knew what a false flag it was, even before that day. So, a total waste ... unless MAJOR changes are made. They won’t be. More virtue signalling, nothing more.
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Looks like there’s still another slice in the oven. PizzaGate. Remember how false you were told it was?? And how there was no connection at all to Epstein Island? Yeah, right.
John Podesta’s pal, leftwing emagazine Recount’s editor Slade Sohmer, arrested on multiple charges of kiddie porn.
Charges of actual child molestation may be coming soon.
Court documents referenced in The Berkshire Eagle report allege Sohmer’s phone contained highly disturbing video clips depicting boys as young as three being sexually assaulted by adults. Authorities initially became aware of the alleged activities through a tipoff from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which informed the Massachusetts State Police Cyber Crime Unit about a suspicious video circulated on Snapchat in late September of last year.
Upon investigation, the video was linked back to an IP address believed to originate from Sohmer’s home internet account, and on October 18th, Berkshire police confiscated electronic devices from the premises. Authorities allege that one of these devices, Sohmer’s phone, was used to send out 53 videos containing child pornography. There are also claims that Sohmer was filmed directing a minor to perform sexual acts, prompting Assistant District Attorney Marianne Shelvey to suggest further charges may be pending due to the child’s identification.
How about that, another lefty pervert. Who’da thunk it could happen?
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2023/11/18/pizzagate-come-back-12/
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/john-podestas-friend-who-debunked-pizzagate-arrested-for-raping-toddlers/110889530/
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November 11, 2023
Today is Veteran’s Day. It is the day to remember those who served, and to show appreciation for that service. Thank you for answering your country’s call, and doing the job that was needed.
It’s a bit irksome that our unionized government took Friday off, because with this day falling on a Saturday this year they won’t get a Monday holiday. I don’t think they should get any time at all off for it, unless they are actual veterans, or can prove they will be attending pro-veteran ceremonies or events.
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It is also my birthday. I am 63 today. Crivens. And lately I feel those years every day. I got the second round of knee gel shots Wednesday, and this time they took 2 days to become beneficial. I guess the gel takes a little while to spread around, and the more you have the slower it spreads. Thursday was a very bad knee day for me; I could barely walk. I was still in too much pain to do physical therapy on my foot on Friday morning, but by late afternoon I was feeling pretty good. I’m getting there, although I’m not sure where there is exactly. Sure would be nice to go up and down stairs normally, instead of doing the old guy half step thing.
On the advice of my podiatrist and the PT guy, I got a set of SuperFeet Orange orthotics. They are awesome. Expensive, considering it’s just a little slab of plastic and rubber. The relief to my ankle tendons was immediate. I’m still wearing the foot brace, using ice as necessary, and taking several doses of ibuprofen every day. And going to chiropractic a couple times a week. I’m going to set up appointments with an orthopedist and a rheumatologist to see what can be done about my joint conditions. I want to look into an inflammation lowering diet; I’m already taking most of the normal vitamins and supplements that are supposed to help arthritis. At best, they do a little.
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Bowling blogging!
Yes, even with all the creaky cracking popping aching joints, I’m still bowling. Or trying to. My average is down at least 20 points in both leagues. I did pretty well last night, throwing a 190-something in game 1 and a 223 in game 3 for a 561 series. I messed up in game 2 with a 154, which was more of me trying to adapt to rapidly changing lane conditions and having a little trouble with my release. It’s hard getting your thumb out at the exact right time when it hurts (more arthritis) and won’t cooperate. Still, we won all 7 points, which was nice for a change.
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[ looks out the window, checks online to see how the world is. Yup, still run by greedy fools, still a mess of crap. Goes for more coffee and contemplates doing something exciting, like a load of laundry ]
Know the enemy: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/understanding_the_hamas_death_cult_and_the_concept_of_a_just_and_necessary_war.html
November 5, 2023
THIS SUCKS
It’s been a rough couple weeks for me. Ankle pain and my Achilles tendon has been awful. Got the first round of this iteration of knee shots (hylauronic acid) Wednesday, which made my busted up arthritic knees feel better for a whole 4 days. Found a chiropractor on the other side of the lake from me, got in for first appointment, felt pretty good for about 2 days. Bowled really well the first 2 games Friday night, then my thumb started hurting like mad. So game 3 was way low. By Sunday my back again feels like I’ve been hit with a baseball bat. Great. Just friggin great.
I’m falling apart. This sucks.
But at least I put the computer back together. It had to be moved so we could unearth the TV set, and then a bunch of crap in boxes had to be gone through so we could find the remotes. Which is me admitting that the “ok, contractor is done, let’s put the house back together” is going nowhere fast. She’s too lazy, and I’m in too much pain. At least the cat fleas seem to be in remission for now. So far. And I installed the new smoke alarm and trimmed the new A/C giant air filter to fit. Bought the wrong one, and then it sat around for weeks (contractor again) long past the Return By date. It took some careful trimming of the plastic side panels with a fine hand saw and a sharp utility knife. But it’s in, and should last 2 -3 years. The thing is huge.
And now the thrill of my evening, trying to stand up long enough in front of the sink to rinse off the dishes and get them in the dishwasher. I think I should take some pain pills, and maybe have a martini first. I have a slew of appointments next week, mostly medical. Somewhere in there I should get a haircut too.
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October 24, 2023
Can’t wait for this to bubble up to The View so Whoopi can tell everyone it wasn’t “behead" behead.
Yeah, they just all accidentally fell off.
Worst Tweet of All Time
https://notthebee.com/article/we-have-a-new-worst-tweet-of-all-time-ladies-and-gents
Eric Levitz, NYC resident and writer for New York Magazine. He is trying to paint shades of nuance between “the terrorists killed babies but they just so happened to lose their heads during various methods of murder” and “the terrorists purposely beheaded the babies.”
This after DECADES of jihadi beheading videos from all over the world. And let’s not mention their Koran, a book suitable for both toilet paper AND kindling, specifically tells them to sever heads. And burn people to death.
[ Koran, Surah 8, The Spoils of War ]
[8.12] When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.
[8.14] This-- taste it, and (know) that for the unbelievers is the chastisement of fire.
“Maybe they burned the kids alive and the charred skulls just rolled off their bodies! We really need to consider the etymology of the verbs we use!”
Maybe this apologetic word slicing pussy should just ask what Hamas’ pronouns are. If he asked me I’d say “Was/Were/Oh merciful Allah the fire, it burns! The pain!!” and then eagerly push the Picard Button (to make it so!)
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October 23, 2023
Airport Horror Story, GOAT G.O.A.T. !!
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport were faced with an unlikely situation after they discovered 15 pounds of raw goat viscera in the baggage of two passengers.
The incident happened on last Tuesday Oct. 10th.
The agency, in a news release, said that two passengers, who were arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, were referred to agriculture secondary for inspection.
“CBPAS inspected their baggage and found one pound of unknown meat, 2 pounds of garden eggs, and 15 pounds of raw goat viscera including the trachea, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, and entire digestive system,” said the news release.
A photo provided by the agency shows the internal organs of the goat as an officer holds up the body parts.
“An eviscerated goat is certainly outside of the normal items they [CBPAS] stop,” said the new release about the items.
It takes about 24 hours to fly from Congo to Chicago. Bet that goat was getting a bit ripe.
PS - How on earth did a Bag o’ Goat get on the plane in the first place???
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Of Course They Were There. Duh.
New details emerging in death of Obama’s chef who “drowned” in the shallow pond of their swank Martha’s Vineyard home.
The new information was first reported by Jesse Watters Friday evening.
“We have new information tonight in the drowning death of Obama’s chef Tafari Campbell,” Watters revealed. “The Massachusetts State Police responded to our FOIA request and released their report with some redactions.”
“According to the report, Obama was on the scene shortly after Campbell went missing,” Watters said. “The report also states an unnamed female staffer jumped into the water when Tafari fell off his board, but it was already too late. He disappeared.”
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“We also now know that Secret Service has surveillance footage of Campbell from Obama’s compound moments before he entered the water,” Watters added. “So we’re going to see if we can get that.”[ you big dummy, I can absolutely guarantee that the SS has footage of the entire pond and thus the entire incident, even if it happened in the dead of night (AFAIK it didn’t)]
The records also detail the existence of a Secret Service video of Campbell and his paddleboarding companion entering the water, and the Secret Service emergency response in the immediate aftermath of the drowning. The State Police records show they concluded ‘no foul play’ in Campbell’s ‘accidental’ death.”
Paddleboarding COMPANION? Say what???!? First I’ve heard of this. And it took a FOIA and several months to get even this much information. They must be using a whole army of brooms to sweep this under the bed.
Ok, it isn’t new news. It just a highly important detail that the MSM has seriously ignored since the initial report came out. So “the staffer who jumped in the water” was also his boarding companion? Probably.
Bad me, but my guess is pretty obvious. Barry and Michael are gays. Big Mike is a tranny. Bathhouse Barry got busy with cutie boy Tafari. Yeah, he was married, but was he a bi-boi too? Hmmm. Big Mike found out, slapped the crap out his bitch Barry (remember his bruises) and then ... Hillaried the situation.
Just so you know, Edgarton Great Pond is a tidal slough, about 8 feet deep. And Campbell knew how to swim. And nobody, NOBODY in our safety conscious, risk averse culture goes out on the water on anything small without a flotation vest. It just ain’t done. So even if you’re passed out drunk, you don’t fall off the board, sink, and drown. 100 feet from their house BTW.
A paddleboard is like an oversize surfboard, around 10’-12’ long and nearly 3’ wide. It’s fairly stable.
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Well Blow Me Down, It just don’t work
Oh the greenie folks they have a dream
Of carbon neutral power
But solar sucks
And tidal’s lame
They call the wind pariah
How many times have we heard that wind power, coupled with the sun’s energy, is going to save us from our fossil-fuel burning ways? Maybe one day it will. But at no time soon will it happen. And by soon, we mean in most of our lifetimes.
How can we say this? Look around at what’s happening with wind energy:
“California’s Central Coast residents work to stop — or at least slow down — offshore wind.” California believes that by 2045 it can operate its electrical grid without contributions from fossil fuels and nuclear energy. To get there, one-fourth of the power must be generated by offshore wind. This CalMatters report, which summarizes the resistance to offshore wind projects, should set off alarms not just in Sacramento but in other blue state capitals as well as Washington, D.C. (unless Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman gets there first).
“Orsted Threatens To Abandon U.S. Offshore Wind Projects.” Here we learn that “the world’s largest offshore wind farm developer is preparing to walk away from U.S. projects unless the Biden administration guarantees more support.” In other words, offshore wind is so uneconomical that unless the taxpayers “pitch in,” it’s not worth the trouble for private companies to stay in the game. Furthermore, “Europe’s ‘green tech’ future has been threatened due to waning investment flows.”
“Electricity from wind isn’t cheap and it never will be.” In this London Telegraph column, science writer Matt Ridley writes that “The latest auction of rights to build offshore wind farms failed to attract any bids, despite offering higher subsidized prices. That alone indicates that wind is not cheap or getting cheaper.”
In related news, over-the-horizon leftist tyrant New York governor Kathy Hochul has just cancelled NY’s offshore wind plans, blaming Republicans and pretending that reduced property values is the reason.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the “Planned Offshore Wind Transmission act” on Friday, which would have helped keep offshore wind projects in the State of New York.
The partisan legislation was passed by the Assembly on Day 2 of a June Special Session at the Capitol, and was the source of contentious debate. The bill would’ve paved the way for the “Empire Wind Two” project off Long Island near Jones Beach, and would’ve brought nearly 500 jobs in manufacturing to the Port of Albany.
The passage brought upon rave reviews from federal lawmakers as well, who visited the Port of Albany in July. Equinor Renewables Americas was in charge of that project, releasing this statement:
“The veto of ‘The Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act’ undermines New York’s commitment to the energy transition and the role offshore wind must play in achieving the state’s renewable energy mandates,” Molly Morris, President, Equinor Renewables Americas, says. “This decision sends another troubling signal to renewable energy developers following last week’s action by the New York State Public Service Commission.”
The legislation drew resistance from Republicans, citing environmental and health concerns along with potential neighborhood and property value impacts.
Meanwhile, in The People’s Republic of New Jersey ...
Opponents of what would be New Jersey’s first offshore wind energy farm are celebrating the announcement that the project will be delayed until 2026, but vowed to keep up their fight until it fails altogether.
After suffering a series of legal and regulatory setbacks in the past year, the opponents are encouraged that they are finally gaining the upper hand in their efforts to block the Danish energy giant Orsted from building the wind farm 15 miles off the coast from Atlantic City to Stone Harbor.
“I think this is a sign that the tide is turning. While this is a positive step, this is not the time to pop the champagne corks,” said Bob Barr, a former Ocean City councilman who now serves on the Cape May County Board of Commissioners, the elected body overseeing county government.
Ocean City and Cape May County officials have been among the most outspoken critics of Orsted’s plan to build 98 towering wind turbines as part of the controversial Ocean Wind 1 project, which some opponents believe will cause irreparable harm to the shore’s economy and environment.
“It is a terrible project, the worst I’ve ever seen. This project has no redeeming qualities at all,” Barr said.
No redeeming qualities? Well they are getting rid of all those pesky whales. But let’s blame Climate Change instead. ( PS whales have been around 50 million years, so they’ve managed to adapt to every previous climate change. And they have sonar, so they can tell how deep the water is).
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Permalink • Monday - August 10, 2020
Still Here
No, nothing to blog about today, sorry.
But I’ve been to everybody else’s blog, leaving comments here and there.
Also, I’ve been looking, once again, at soundproofing materials. I don’t think I have a project here, and it would be very small one if I did. I just find the field interesting, how you can make a room or a machine much quieter through acoustic treatments. Sometimes it’s absorptive materials, sometimes it’s mass loading, plus all the research into shaped surfaces that break up reflections, and the multi-density viso-elastic materials. You can even get sound mitigating PAINT. Plus the usual quiet curtains, acoustic carpet pads, and stuffing the walls with fireproof rockwool insulation, and using thicker or decoupled wallboard. You can even get special wallboard with acoustic decoupling built right in.
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Permalink • Friday - August 07, 2020
Ospreys are up, is Trump in town?
It’s kind of overcast today, low clouds. There still isn’t much air traffic around here, so when I heard the sound of something flying up there, I looked. It kind of sounded like a helicopter, and it kind of sounded like a jet. Except it wasn’t moving very fast.
And then I spotted a small dark spot moving through the clouds. It came out again, and yup, it was an Osprey, the unusual dual tailed tilt rotor boxy little aircraft that the Marines usually fly. Even far enough away so that it looked 1/4” long, I could still see the giant propellers spinning around. Pretty cool.
The only time I ever see or hear one of these things is when President Trump is visiting his place over in Bedminster, about 15 miles east of us.
Let’s check ...
BEDMINSTER, NJ — President Donald Trump is coming back to Bedminster for the second time in three weeks.
According to the President’s itinerary, he was set to arrive at Morristown Municipal Airport Thursday evening at around 9 p.m. after a day that was to include three separate stops in Ohio, including one at the Whirlpool Corp. manufacturing plant.
Trump was just in Bedminster the weekend of July 24-26. He was returning to Trump National Golf Club Thursday night, but it was not clear whether his stay would last the entire weekend, or whether it would include any tours of storm damage in the wake of the remnants of Tropical Storm Isaias.
Trump is expected in New Jersey this weekend. Temporary flight restrictions have been announced for Thursday through Sunday for Morristown, where Air Force One lands, and for Bedminster, which usually foreshadow a presidential visit.
Heh, this is more fun than bridge spotting. Easier too; all I have to do is listen.
* cultural reference if you’re too young to know this line. Scroll down a bit.
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Permalink • Tuesday - August 04, 2020
TNB At Mansion Parties Across America
This kind of crap is why our NJ governor King Murphy is stepping back on his re-opening plan. The ferals mess up everything for everyone every time.
[ woo hoo, Firefox saved me! The power went off for a while right in the middle of this. But the post was still there when power was restored, so happy me. Life during a hurricane, no? ]
Wild pool party shut down by police at New Jersey mansion
A massive rager at a mansion in New Jersey’s richest zip code was shut down by cops over the weekend — and neighbors say wild Vegas-like blowouts have been regularly held there despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Hundreds of carefree revelers — most without masks — were spotted outside the home on Hemlock Drive in Alpine for what promoters called “The Lavish Experience Pool Party” Saturday night, NBC New York reported.
Cops eventually were called to break up the bash, which spilled out onto the street with zero regard for social distancing rules.
One person was seen taken away in an ambulance, while others were passed out drunk on the front lawn, the outlet reported.
A neighbor told The Post that the wild affairs have been a regular occurrence since May, at the height of the coronavirus crisis. She said she’s seen party buses dropping off people for the bashes — which are brazenly advertised on social media.
“A few months ago, new neighbors moved in, renters,” the neighbor said. “They started having parties one weekend after another. They were bringing in full party buses, at least 100 people or more.”
Another neighbor who didn’t want to be named told NBC New York the house is practically doubling as a “nightclub.”
Several lifetimes ago I worked in Closter NJ, the next town over. Plenty of money in Closter, but Alpine is the home of serious green. Quite a number of famous movie stars, sports figures, and music legends live there, along with the cream of the fiscal crop.
They must be beyond furious that this kind of thing is going on in their extremely exclusive area.
House parties have definitely been an issue in NJ lately, and have been used as a COVID excuse by the government more than once.
But it gets worse ... much worse ...
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Gangsters storm NFL star’s house Beverly Hills party and start robbing everybody, 1 dead, 2 wounded
A terrified partygoer filming as multiple shots rang out at the plush Beverly Crest pad said “a bunch of gangsters came in and robbed everybody and started shooting”.
The shooting occurred hours after cops were called to a gated community in Mulholland Drive after complaints from neighbours.
Scores of people were attending the party - prompting the police callout at about 6.30pm because of the ban on large gatherings in Los Angeles County during the Covid-19 pandemic.
But officers attending did not have a warrant to enter the property so were unable to break it up. Hours later, gunshots rang out at around 12.47am, sparking panic as revellers ran for the exits.
Three people were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds, according to CBS. One person died from their injuries and two others are said to be in acritical but stable condition.
A man in his 30s and a woman in her 40s were among the victims.A fourth person suffered a non-firearm-related injury while fleeing, it’s reported.
Yet again, as always, this was a short term rental property in a really high end area, and the attendees were ... 100% non diverse. And ignoring every kind of anti-COVID rule in existence. And in two weeks they’ll all be sick. I’m really tired of this BS.
Plenty of pictures and much more to the story at the link.
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I’m such a fan of the PO. Vilmar will understand.
Mail in ballots are flat out wrong, an opportunity rife for corruption. Ballot harvesting - an operative comes around your neighborhood to collect them all - is even worse. Guaranteed corruption.
Simple Solution?
Too afraid to vote in person? Hmmm ... I wonder if ... set up the polling place with one of those counters surrounded by plastic walls. Worker behind the desk all gowned gloved masked. Positive ventilation system blows air outwards. You walk in ... one at a time ... with your ballot envelope ... clerk checks the voter rolls, checks your ID / voter registration, you sign the digital screen with the just wiped wand/pen AFTER you’ve been verified and watched your ballot go into the locked and sealed collection bin. CCTV from 3 angles covers the entire event, cameras run all day, data saved to disk or chip.
Such an arrangement could be built in a couple hours for small expense. When the numbered collection box gets full, several people come in to seal up and evidence sign the old one, count the envelopes several times and sign to that, and put in a new box, identifying themselves on CCTV. GoPro vidcam wearing workers follow the box through the building to the evidence locker, past several locked doors and sign it in with a guard as witness.
The whole Deliver Your Vote process takes under a minute, and the collection box exchange and securing takes only a couple minutes.
No mailing, no lost envelopes, no boxes of votes that magically appear at the last second. This isn’t rocket science.
Of course this will be more difficult in the big cities. But any town or small city under ~~ 50K population should be able to do it. The whole idea is Chain of Evidence, just like the cops do. And CCTV and data chips are so cheap it’s just silly.
Yeah, some people really are not able to get out, and get over to the polling places. Prove it, and you can vote by mail. You “can’t” show up because it’s a minor inconvenience? TFB, then you’re not going to vote.
Naturally the voter rolls would be up to date, matched against the tax records, the credit card company and cell phone address lists, coroner data and the III criminal database etc. As I’ve said a hundred times before, registration closes at least 30 days prior, no exceptions.
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Crivens, it is REALLY pouring out there today. Since long before dawn. Thankfully it’s cooler, and so far not a breath of wind. But if the big wind shows up later, after 8 -10 hours of ground saturating rainfall, we’re going to lose a lot of trees. Not cool.
The tropical storm winds were reaching the state by 8 a.m. Tuesday and were expected to increase quickly as Isaias was moving through at 33 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
Heavy rain and the potential for flash floods continues to be a significant threat, but that threat has shifted west as the aniticipated track of Isaias shifted west overnight.
The Jersey Shore is expected to be spared the heaviest rainfall though 1 to 2 inches are still possible. The north and western parts of the state, including Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex counties, are still forecast to receive more than 4 inches of rain.
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The state got a taste of the storm Monday evening as a patch of thunderstorms moved through. A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded at the Robert J. Miller Airpark in Ocean County, and one of 59 mph was recorded at Neshanic Station, according to the weather service’s Mount Holly office.
Neshanic Station is just across the county line here in Somerset County. It’s a sleepy little crossroads semi-rural kind of place, off the beaten track but only a mile or so from a major highway. Situated on the banks of the South Branch of the Raritan River, just a mile or two of where both north and south branches join and flow down to Rutgers, it was a mill town and a produce shipping point back in the long ago day.
There is a rather rare double span lenticular bridge there in perfect condition, with a very old derelict 2 span Pratt through truss RR bridge on one side, and a high plate girder RR bridge, still used daily, a bit downstream on the other side.
There are only about 100 lenticular bridges in the whole country, many are derelict now, and most of them are single span. Binghamton NY has a 3 span one, and Middlesex County CT has a 5 span one. All of these were built 135 years ago by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company.
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Nobody Says The “B” Word. Or The “J” Word.
Airbnb has cracked down on “party houses” throughout the state of New Jersey as the world continues to attempt to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We stand with Governor (Phil) Murphy, and we support his call to action to stop parties and promote behavior that respects the public’s health,” said Chris Lehane, SVP of Global Policy & Communications for Airbnb. “We ban party houses and will not tolerate irresponsible behavior on our platform. We know that there is still more work to be done, we ask that neighbors contact us as soon as possible through our Neighborhood Support Hotline, to directly communicate any concerns, which will help us continue to effectively enforce our party house ban.”
As part of this, 35 listings across New Jersey that have received complaints or otherwise violated policies on parties and events have been either suspended or removed from the Airbnb platform, officials said.
Additionally, Airbnb recently shared out restrictions on some U.S. guests under the age of 25 from booking entire home listings in their local area. As a practical example, if they identify a 20-year old guest who is located in Hoboken, the systems are set up to restrict that user from booking a house, apartment or other entire home listing in Hoboken for a 1-night reservation the following weekend unless they have a history of positive reviews on Airbnb.
However, if that same 20 year-old is booking a stay to visit family in Ocean City, the restriction would not apply.
This kind of thing has been in the news quite a bit lately. It seems some folks have figured out that they can rent a nice place in suburbia for a night, put out ads in da hood, charge people to attend, and make a pile of quick money.
The party animals descend, cause an all night ruckus, trash the house, mess up the whole neighborhood, and go away. Streets parked solid, cars up on folk’s lawns, all kinds of misbehavior, fireworks, and often as not “random” gunfire.
Far be it for me to mention how certain types were prominent at nearly all of these events. Although if you read the stories carefully and ignore the “representational” picture in the above story ...
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/42415924/police-called-to-break-up-massive-mansion-party-with-over-700-in-attendance
“The party was reportedly held as a celebration of Liberian Independence Day and featured free food and alcohol and a twerking contest.”
https://patch.com/new-jersey/brick/2-arrests-officer-hurt-after-400-show-house-party-brick
“Darius Edwards, 24, of Brooklyn, has been charged with two counts of assault by auto, eluding, obstruction and possession of marijuana”
https://patch.com/new-jersey/brick/3-charged-after-party-airbnb-rental-draws-700-jackson-police
“Yaakov Weiss, 40, of Jackson, who owns the home, and Patience Guanue, 23, and Alicia Hinneh, 22, both of Newark, were issued summonses for violating the governor’s executive order limiting gatherings to 500 people or fewer “
“The party was advertised on Instagram as a “mansion party,” and included free food and alcohol”
“It took all of Jackson’s on-duty police officers, along with help from the Freehold, Howell and Lakewood police departments, New Jersey State Police, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, to clear the crowd”
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NHL Stands Together
Nobody Kneels. Nobody.
Players from the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Dallas Stars, and Nashville Predators all stood to honor the playing of the national anthem in recent games.
Not one single player kneeled.
On Tuesday, players for the Flyers and Penguins stood together in solidarity before their exhibition opener in Toronto.
The respective teams stood together on the blue lines to show solidarity — and the Penguins made sure the message was clear.
In a tweet, the beloved Pittsburgh team wrote, “The Penguins and Flyers, two of the fiercest rivals in sports, united in solidarity this afternoon, to stand up against social injustice, racism, and hate.”
On Tuesday, NBC Sports reported that the Boston Bruins and the Columbus Blue Jackets had the same plans for their game Thursday night. And the two teams did, indeed, gather — arms linked — in a circle.
“Over the past several months we have been trying to educate ourselves and learn more about racial injustice in our country and around the world. As a team we have decided to lock arms during the playing of the United States and Canadian Anthems as a sign of solidarity with the Black community,” a spokesperson for the Bruins told the outlet.
“This action is solely intended to be a positive sign of support for the Black community, and a way for us to use our platform to help end racism,” the statement concluded.
I think it’s very important to note that these men are standing up and speaking up, not being disrespectful. And they’re not saying they’re supporting BLM, they’re supporting eliminating racial injustice.
And I’m fine with that. Granted, it’s an empty gesture. Especially in empty stadiums. But it’s better than nothing. Let’s see if they actually do anything more than this.
As long as they don’t go all nutso Aunt Jemima Syrup and AOC on everything. And don’t forget that racism works both ways.
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Permalink • Thursday - July 23, 2020
another downpour
It’s raining again, unbelievably hard. And it’s almost time to leave for bowling. Of course!
Honestly, it’s hard to believe it’s raining this hard. I can hardly see across the backyard. Total deluge. There will be flooding.
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Permalink • Wednesday - July 22, 2020
Birthday booze
So it’s Stephanie’s birthday today. Yay Steph. She’s 65. OMG. We’re going up there to visit and celebrate on Sunday, so I’ll do my weekend cleaning Saturday night. I’ve shifted my Thursday cleaning to Wednesday so I can do mini-summer bowling league. I think I like Wednesday better anyway.
It’s my brother’s birthday too, woo hoo. He’s younger than she is by a few. But we were up there this past weekend and did b-day then. Chocolate cake, ice cream, fresh sourdough bread.
I have no idea what to get her for a gift, but I think it’s high time her birthday got prominence. Everyone else’s does, except hers and mine. We always go over there to visit, and she cooks, serves, and cleans up. I know she likes to do that, and she’s a really good cook, but I’d like to give her a bit of celebratory respite, nome sane?
I suggested we get take out lobster, as you still can’t sit down to eat in a restaurant in their state or in mine. Such BS. And late July is THE time to get Maine lobsters. A nice 2 - 2 1/4 pounder would be perfect. With a few dozen steamers, some corn on the cob, blueberry pie and some blueberry muffins. Lots of melted butter. A real Maine clambake, hot coals and stones in a pit on the beach, layers of seaweed, and an old chunk of plywood over the hole. Rinse it down with Schlitz beer. Pure heaven. But no, he’s got gout these days, so no lobster for anyone. Crivens.
I remember that she used to like chocotinis. That was ages ago, easily 15 years. I know that booze is a bit impersonal, but other than new tennis or golf balls, what does she need? She gave up curling years ago, just after I found out where to get the big stone things they use. And I don’t think she does the off road bicycle thing anymore. I don’t think they go fly fishing anymore either. And Frank has a closet full of his fancy scotches, but what’s in there for her? So I’m thinking a broad spectrum chocotini kit just for her. Quality chocolate chips, a bar of high end dark chocolate, some Godiva liqueur, some Baily’s, a decent Triple Sec, a good vodka, Kahlua, white or dark creme de cacoa. Chocolate or vanilla vodka, or is that overkill? Because it turns out that there are as many recipes for chocotinis as there are for chicken. Infinite. So cover the bases? Who makes a chocolate shaver?
Guess I’ll have to find some beer and make pretzels. It’s expected that I show up with some kind of bread product. But I’m getting tired of making my 4 flour sourdough. And I’m not sure if an Entemann’s knock-off is the right thing. I haven’t made one yet, even though I have what looks to be a great recipe, and I don’t want to bring a first time bake anywhere, just in case. The pretzels I could make in my sleep, I’ve done them so many times. And they are world class good, but you have to eat them within a few hours of baking. Don’t know if the “newlyweds” are coming or not. They’re both retired now, so they can’t use the “we have to go down the shore every weekend to our beach shack” excuse anymore.
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Permalink • Monday - July 20, 2020
sap be gone
sometimes the internet is right about things. I had a bunch of sap drips on my car from parking under the pines. Rubbing alcohol took them off instantly. I used a clean microfiber towel, wet the end, and just rubbed them lightly. 99% gone. I’ve also read that a steam gun can do the job, but I haven’t tried that yet. And “claying” will get anything left. I don’t clay, so that’s out.
But the alcohol thing works pretty great, and it’s cheap. After I was done I went straight to the car wash around the corner, just in case alcohol wasn’t good to leave on the clearcoat for long.
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Permalink • Saturday - July 18, 2020
still here, just busy
Not much to say, just got too many things to do. We started mini summer bowling league Thursday. It’s a no-tap league, which we weren’t aware of. Whatever, it’s still some practice time before winter league starts. It’s being done with social distancing, which makes things kind of strange. But we’ll manage, and as time goes by (fingers crossed) the restrictions will lessen. Yeah right.
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Permalink • Thursday - July 16, 2020
Yesterday’s News Today!!
Been pretty busy around here lately, and I seem to get tired a lot faster than I used to, back in the day.
Bits And Pieces
Here ya go: Tall buildings are sexist. This is what passes as a college professor these days. Ignore the high cost of urban real estate, ignore the efficiency of multistory buildings. Nope, these things are built to celebrate erections. Whacko!!
You should have followed the process. UK removes illegally placed BLM statue after just 1 day. It’s a pretty good statue, although I don’t know if celebrating radicalism is a good thing. Actually, it turns out that Ms. Reid is just a person, one of the thousands who protested. But after the old statue of Edward Colston was torn down and drowned on June 7, she climbed the plinth and stood there looking all Black Power and had her picture taken. So it’s very symbolic. And, of course, by erecting the statue illegally, and having it taken down, more publicity is achieved, and the mantra of oppression and victimhood is enhanced.
I’m interested in how such a detailed and very lifelike statue was made so quickly. It’s resin, so my guess is it was either cast or created with one of those 3D printers, with data points collected by one of those 3D laser scanners. Or perhaps created by laser ablation of a solid block of material . Impressive technology, all of it.
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Another college professor spying for China, caught trying to run away with stolen data. China is asshoe. So is Song Guo Zheng.
Song Guo Zheng, 57, was arrested Friday, May 22, 2020 as he landed in Anchorage, Alaska. He was about to catch a flight to China when he was taken into custody.
According to the FBI, Zheng was involved in a scheme to use approximately $4.1 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster China’s research in the areas of rheumatology and immunology. Zheng is also accused of making false statements to cover up his involvement with China while working at multiple universities, including Ohio State.
I didn’t know we had any flights going to China, not even from Alaska. I thought President Trump put a COVID stop to that a few months back.
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900 days running with no mishaps and NO CARBON EMISSIONS AT ALL . The Candu [ love the name. Can Do!! ] nuclear reactor works just fine. Wind power, solar power, tidal power just don’t cut it, and our nations have become too built up for any more hydroelectic dam projects. Nuke is the only way forward. We’ll just bury the spent fuel rods somewhere deep and stable, and let the radiation bacteria eat it up.
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George Floyd Officer’s Body Cam Footage Released (view by appointment only).. Transcripts of two of the involved officer’s cam footage were released the other day. Floyd was stoned out of his head, uncooperative, COVID positive, multiple co-morbidities, overdosing on fentanyl. Still, the cops should have found some better way to restrain him. Always consider the optics.
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Something to read, an essay of the obvious at American Greatness.
In a way never seen before, America has gone mad.
The Democratic Party, having left the likes of Henry Jackson and Daniel Patrick Moynihan far behind, is being steered by the ideology of Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. It’s in thrall to a Maoist mob. It’s tacitly (and sometimes not so tacitly) accepting wholesale destructiveness. It’s in bed with the Black Lives Matter terrorist group, contributions to which end up in party coffers. While the party lets Bolshevik bullies get away with violence, it vilifies decent citizens who try to defend themselves and demonizes cops who simply want to do their job.
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We can’t even be sure that the best president of modern times will win reelection over a doddering fool in thrall to our society’s most dangerous elements.
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I smell a push for more gun control coming. NJ Governor Alarmed By Increase In Shootings
Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday he’s concerned about a sharp increase in fatal shootings amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Col. Patrick J. Callahan, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said the state’s fatal shootings have increased 19 percent over last year’s year-to-date number, rising from 84 to 100 victims.He said there were 39 shooting victims within the past week, with 13 succumbing to their injuries.
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Murphy said New Jersey is “not immune to what we’re seeing around the country in terms of this lethal cocktail of being pent up,” with people coming to grips with closures and unemployment amid the hot summer.Murphy said New Jersey, like the rest of the nation, is dealing with the fallout over the death of George Floyd, and the country is showing anger and frustration over the lingering “stain of racism.”
“The cocktail could not be more challenging,” Murphy said. “You’ve got gobs of people out of work. You’ve got small businesses that have been crushed.”
Murphy said many people also face numerous mental and physical health challenges as they deal with the consequences of the pandemic.
“That’s almost an unprecedented combination of factors,” he said.
Meanwhile, movie theaters in the state lost their bid to reopen, while more states have been added to NJ’s quarantine list. Also meanwhile, the state is investigating a fatal police shooting. Suicide by cop, the Morristown police had to shoot a guy who had sliced himself and was threatening his mother with a gun. OK, it was an Airsoft gun, but those things look totally real. Especially if you paint over the orange band.
The man fatally shot by police on Tuesday in Morris Township was brandishing an “airsoft” pistol that resembled a Beretta firearm, the state Attorney General’s Office said on Wednesday.
Timothy O’Shea, 24, died at 5:41 pm at Morristown Medical Center, according to a statement from authorities.
Police from Morris Township, Morris Plains and Morristown had responded to a 911 call at 4:14 pm reporting a domestic disturbance on Fairchild Avenue. The caller said a person at the residence had cut himself and had a gun.
“Uniformed officers of the three police departments responded to the residence on Fairchild Avenue where Timothy O’Shea lived. Upon arrival, officers encountered the 911 caller and took that person into safety.
“Shortly after, at approximately 4:19 p.m., officers encountered Timothy O’Shea, who was holding a pistol and bleeding. During the encounter, one officer fired his weapon, striking Mr. O’Shea,” the statement said.
Police rendered medical aid until EMS personnel arrived to transport him to the hospital. The pistol that was in O’Shea’s hand was a replica Beretta 9mm airsoft pistol, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Replica airsoft pistols resemble the real thing, but they fire plastic projectiles. Airsoft weapons use a gas propellant and are similar to BB guns, but their less-harmful ammunition has made them popular for target practice, war games, and police- and military training.
By federal law, imitations of real guns are required to have orange-colored plugs on their barrels to set them apart. It was not immediately clear if this weapon had such a marking.
There was no riot, no protest, and the story hardly made even the local news, because O’Shea was white. Tru dat!
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Meanwhile, way down the shore in Wildwood Nj, an obviously edited Rodney King style video is getting people upset. He dindu nuttin, as usual. But the end of the vid does look like police abuse.
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Permalink • Monday - July 06, 2020
Fiat Lux
I finally got around to changing the bulb in one of the recessed light fixtures in our bathroom. It’s been out for months. With all these 3rd generation LED bulbs, they last so long I don’t even remember where the spares are kept. So after looking through the closets and drawers, I remembered that I’d see a pack of them out in the gigantic mess we call our garage when I was looking for some tool or something last week. So I went out and got them. A little dusty, the generic package unlabeled and slightly water stained. Brought them in the house, took one out and screwed it in. And the instant I did that the lights went out.
Aw crooop, what have I done?
So I spent a few minutes using the flashlight from my cellphone to check all the breakers, and then realized that power was out to the whole place. Power was out to the whole condo park. It had happened at that exact instant.
We had a line squall moving in; the wind kicked up from nothing, clouds sprang up, the sky got dark, the temperature dropped 15° in a couple of minutes ... and then the downpour began. One of those short intense summer rains, it was over in a couple minutes. And then the power came back on. So I checked the bulb, and it was working just fine. Yay me.
But what is this, why is it so yellow? Reach up to check it, and the thing is hot! WTH? And then I figured it out: this was an actual lightbulb. Not an LED, not a CFL, not one of those halogens masquerading as a bulb, but an actual incandescent lightbulb. 60 watts, 770 lumens, Sylvania. How many years has that thing been around? They were dead and gone ages before we moved in here 8+ years ago the day before Hurricane Sandy. They went away under Bush 43, right? 2006 or before? Wow. It felt like a “hey let me take my other car” moment and finding an Egyptian chariot in the garage. Something from antiquity.
It’s a nice comforting light. Let’s see if it lasts. IIRC, those old bulbs had a life measured in hours, not in decades. And there’s only one left in the pack.
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Speed Blogging
Sorry, no time for this today. Here’s a few links to news stories
• Scientists cure lab mice with Parkinson’s by accident. This could be big, but it will take lots more R&D.
• Summer snow dumps 6-8” in high rockies. Must be global warming again.
• CHOP gets the chop in Seattle. Plenty arrests made. I’d treat them as invaders or traitors. Either way, here’s the gallows.
• Harvey Weinstein buys his way out. $19 million, cases dropped. Did you every really believe #MeToo was about anything other than money??
• China is asshoe. Hong Kong eaten up like Dim Sum. Life under communism: new “security” law is ex post facto. Bye bye freedom.
• And the arrests in Hong Kong begin. China reneges on agreement made 20 years ago. And this is a surprise to whom??
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