Tuesday, January 30, 2018
release the memo
If you're interested in telling Adam and Nancy how you feel, I have their phone numbers.
Adam Schiff 202 275-4716
Nancy Pelosi 415 393-0707
Leave a message. MAGA
#releasethememo
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
another rant
For the last couple of years I've heavily researched the leftist point of view. I didn't make much progress by interviewing individuals. Generally, if they support Trump, they'd rave about how he's making America great again and draining the swamp. If I talk to liberals or Trump haters, all I get is orange hair, xenophobe, racist, bla, bla bla. I've had better conversations with retards than liberals. Retards will listen to you and try to formulate an answer pertinent to what you ask. Liberals yell and scream and pound their fist on the table and yell over you to make pointless points, just like the guys on CNN. This got me wondering why so many people see something one way and other people see the same thing completely different.
Where people get their information means a lot. Their job profession also factors in, as well as their social strata. Social workers tend to lean toward the left because democratic administrations have a leftist agenda which means they get more money for their social programs. This is pretty much all these people care about.
Republicans tend to be more fiscally responsible and tend provide less money to social programs, making social services less profitable and taxing the middle class less to share the wealth with their corporate buddies.
On the extreme, those on welfare want more for sitting on their asses while giant corporations want more because they're corporate hogs.
But there's something else. If you think about it... Why do Trump haters hate Trump? I'm serious. What is it about Trump that makes people so crazy that they feel impeachment or murder is the only way to bring about the PEACE we've all been looking for? Is it herd mentality? Is it rational thinking? What? Do you really think unlimited immigration from third world countries is a good thing? Is it about losing the free stuff? Is it the orange hair? Is it because he's a bigot and a racist and a woman abuser? Is it because he called shit hole countries shit hole countries? Is it social engineering, pitting one group against another using state run media, propaganda, Mk Ultra, biowarfare, GMOs, geoengineering, and our phones to keep us in a constant state of fear and loathing as a means of control?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a movie about outer space aliens that invade a California town and turn people into automatons with the hive mindset of the aliens. It was a popular movie. There were two remakes. The first remake had Spock and Keefer Sutherland's dad. The movie was a metaphor for the spread of communism, which was pretty scary in it's day. Another trend setter was Night of the Living Dead. Zombies are the new metaphor for communists feasting on the brains of the normals. Pod people aren't near as scary as slow moving living dead who want nothing more than to take a few bites out of you and spread their disease of mindless, unquenchable hunger, murder, and sloth. That pretty much fits the bill. It's estimated that, in the last century alone, 200 million people died from their own communist governments in an effort to maintain control.
"But socialism isn't communism." Really? Read the communist manifesto. Socialism is the first step toward communism. "This time we can make it work." Yeah, ok. I'll buy that for a dollar. Name a socialist country that hasn't gone through hell and I'll buy a ticket tomorrow. Fact is, communism sucks. It's why Russia got out of that game and turned capitalist and it's why China is falling apart and it's why N.Korea is the worst place on the planet to live. Venezuela has resorted to eating zoo animals, despite the massive amount of oil they have underground. They got socialists running the show, who don't know shit about capitalism, and the result is borderline cannibalism. It's a repeated trend since Marx. Don't take my word for it. Look it up.
Look, Communism, and fascism are the same thing. Total authoritarian control becomes total corruption, where the few own everything and the masses own nothing with the force of state violence to keep the masses in line. All governments do this to a degree.
The United States broke that trend and published a list of God given rights that no one can take away. Freedom to say what you want, and the right to protect yourself are the first two for a very good reason... So you don't end up in a gulag for speaking your mind and a weapon to make sure they don't try.
They broke another trend. You don't have to do what your father did or be locked in a caste system. As a free person you can do whatever you want. As long as you don't fuck up someone else in the process, you're free to become a millionaire or a bum. You can be the CEO of General Electric or beg for change in the subway. You have that choice. That's what capitalism is and it's the American way. That's why socialism doesn't work here, like it does in Europe.
The American way has always been freedom to do what you want and carve out your own life. To many foreigners, this is way beyond what they're used to and it's a bit overwhelming. The natural fall-back is to do what you're told and form communities within communities, live much the same way as the country you escaped from, and vote democratic, like their new liberal masters tell them to do. Vote for me and I'll set you free! Only, it never quite works out that way.
There's upwards of 30 million illegal immigrants in this country that vote democratic. That's the only reason the democrats want DACA and unlimited immigration. They don't give a shit about you or any immigrant. It's all about votes and staying in power to force their agenda of divide and conquer as a control mechanism. It's as much survival to the left as zombies munching on your brains. It's all they've got. Without votes from illegals and dead people, democrats can't win an election. Sad but true. It's not the democratic party of thirty years ago, that's fer sure.
Europe has become a shadow of its former self and will never recover. Post WWII social conditioning kept the masses asleep and obedient, unable to prevent the demise of their respective cultures. I don't know what's worse, European leadership saying it's all a good thing or the citizens believing it. Sad to say, the only thing that can save Europe is the same thing that started WWII, a Russian invasion.
But the average Americans are like a combination of John Wayne, Bugs Bunny, and My Cousin Vinny. For the most part, we're racists but won't admit it. We break the law if we can get away with it. If we like you, we're friends forever. If we don't like you, we'll still have a few beers together. Just don't expect to borrow my car. We're opinionated, brash, loud, obnoxious, foolhardy, reckless, greedy, generous, well intentioned children with guns. What Americans don't like is a cheat. We used to openly kill guys who cheated at cards and the penalty for horse theft was hanging, and that's when we were a God fearing nation. Nowadays, what fires most people up is getting cheated by our own government. It's subtle theft at gunpoint through taxes, fines, and property seizure.
Oh, God, do we have a lot of guns. The U.S. military has more guns than any other nation and the citizens have more than that. Because of this, foreign armies will never invade us. A gun behind every blade of grass. That's why illegal immigration is such a big deal at this time. Invasion by way of individual people who don't have a clue they've been weaponized by a handful of leaders of the "free world." As civilized people, we can't and won't shoot illegals. Imagine a military invasion where the rules forbid doing anything to the enemy. Hillary said it herself. Democrats are easy to control because they're so stupid.
Two things really piss me off.
1. There's high ranking people in the government who want more than anything to burn this country to the ground and turn it into a larger version of Haiti.
2. There's American citizens who, more than anything, want them to do it.
As far as number one goes, we'll see ya in Gitmo. As for number two, you poor, stupid, assholes. You're our brothers and sisters but we'll hit you in the face with a shovel if you don't stop and think for once in your brain dead lives. You're not revolutionaries. You're not Che Guevara. You're fighting the only force that's fighting the establishment. You're fighting FOR the establishment. What do you fuckin want? Ya got gay marriage. You'd think that would be enough. What's that ya say? You want everyone to acknowledge there's an infinite amount of genders? Maybe your kids don't know what gender they are. Maybe you're fucked up parents and are too stupid to reproduce properly. Sorry. There's only two, those with a dick and those without. Ask your doctor.
Hypothetical question. Let's say you just found out your best friend was a pedophile and a cop killer and he was running for mayor. Would you vote for this friend as mayor? Would you let your kids do a sleepover at their house?
Hillary must have been right when she said, democrats are easy to control because they're so stupid.
I lost some friends because they hate Trump and I don't. Fine. It's their choice. If the deconstruction of America has more value than our friendship, good riddance. We were never friends, anyway. Nice knowing ya.
Don't ya realize this is the revolution and you're siding with the king who made your lives impossible? In 1776 they'd hang you for less.
Where people get their information means a lot. Their job profession also factors in, as well as their social strata. Social workers tend to lean toward the left because democratic administrations have a leftist agenda which means they get more money for their social programs. This is pretty much all these people care about.
Republicans tend to be more fiscally responsible and tend provide less money to social programs, making social services less profitable and taxing the middle class less to share the wealth with their corporate buddies.
On the extreme, those on welfare want more for sitting on their asses while giant corporations want more because they're corporate hogs.
But there's something else. If you think about it... Why do Trump haters hate Trump? I'm serious. What is it about Trump that makes people so crazy that they feel impeachment or murder is the only way to bring about the PEACE we've all been looking for? Is it herd mentality? Is it rational thinking? What? Do you really think unlimited immigration from third world countries is a good thing? Is it about losing the free stuff? Is it the orange hair? Is it because he's a bigot and a racist and a woman abuser? Is it because he called shit hole countries shit hole countries? Is it social engineering, pitting one group against another using state run media, propaganda, Mk Ultra, biowarfare, GMOs, geoengineering, and our phones to keep us in a constant state of fear and loathing as a means of control?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a movie about outer space aliens that invade a California town and turn people into automatons with the hive mindset of the aliens. It was a popular movie. There were two remakes. The first remake had Spock and Keefer Sutherland's dad. The movie was a metaphor for the spread of communism, which was pretty scary in it's day. Another trend setter was Night of the Living Dead. Zombies are the new metaphor for communists feasting on the brains of the normals. Pod people aren't near as scary as slow moving living dead who want nothing more than to take a few bites out of you and spread their disease of mindless, unquenchable hunger, murder, and sloth. That pretty much fits the bill. It's estimated that, in the last century alone, 200 million people died from their own communist governments in an effort to maintain control.
"But socialism isn't communism." Really? Read the communist manifesto. Socialism is the first step toward communism. "This time we can make it work." Yeah, ok. I'll buy that for a dollar. Name a socialist country that hasn't gone through hell and I'll buy a ticket tomorrow. Fact is, communism sucks. It's why Russia got out of that game and turned capitalist and it's why China is falling apart and it's why N.Korea is the worst place on the planet to live. Venezuela has resorted to eating zoo animals, despite the massive amount of oil they have underground. They got socialists running the show, who don't know shit about capitalism, and the result is borderline cannibalism. It's a repeated trend since Marx. Don't take my word for it. Look it up.
Look, Communism, and fascism are the same thing. Total authoritarian control becomes total corruption, where the few own everything and the masses own nothing with the force of state violence to keep the masses in line. All governments do this to a degree.
The United States broke that trend and published a list of God given rights that no one can take away. Freedom to say what you want, and the right to protect yourself are the first two for a very good reason... So you don't end up in a gulag for speaking your mind and a weapon to make sure they don't try.
They broke another trend. You don't have to do what your father did or be locked in a caste system. As a free person you can do whatever you want. As long as you don't fuck up someone else in the process, you're free to become a millionaire or a bum. You can be the CEO of General Electric or beg for change in the subway. You have that choice. That's what capitalism is and it's the American way. That's why socialism doesn't work here, like it does in Europe.
The American way has always been freedom to do what you want and carve out your own life. To many foreigners, this is way beyond what they're used to and it's a bit overwhelming. The natural fall-back is to do what you're told and form communities within communities, live much the same way as the country you escaped from, and vote democratic, like their new liberal masters tell them to do. Vote for me and I'll set you free! Only, it never quite works out that way.
There's upwards of 30 million illegal immigrants in this country that vote democratic. That's the only reason the democrats want DACA and unlimited immigration. They don't give a shit about you or any immigrant. It's all about votes and staying in power to force their agenda of divide and conquer as a control mechanism. It's as much survival to the left as zombies munching on your brains. It's all they've got. Without votes from illegals and dead people, democrats can't win an election. Sad but true. It's not the democratic party of thirty years ago, that's fer sure.
Europe has become a shadow of its former self and will never recover. Post WWII social conditioning kept the masses asleep and obedient, unable to prevent the demise of their respective cultures. I don't know what's worse, European leadership saying it's all a good thing or the citizens believing it. Sad to say, the only thing that can save Europe is the same thing that started WWII, a Russian invasion.
But the average Americans are like a combination of John Wayne, Bugs Bunny, and My Cousin Vinny. For the most part, we're racists but won't admit it. We break the law if we can get away with it. If we like you, we're friends forever. If we don't like you, we'll still have a few beers together. Just don't expect to borrow my car. We're opinionated, brash, loud, obnoxious, foolhardy, reckless, greedy, generous, well intentioned children with guns. What Americans don't like is a cheat. We used to openly kill guys who cheated at cards and the penalty for horse theft was hanging, and that's when we were a God fearing nation. Nowadays, what fires most people up is getting cheated by our own government. It's subtle theft at gunpoint through taxes, fines, and property seizure.
Oh, God, do we have a lot of guns. The U.S. military has more guns than any other nation and the citizens have more than that. Because of this, foreign armies will never invade us. A gun behind every blade of grass. That's why illegal immigration is such a big deal at this time. Invasion by way of individual people who don't have a clue they've been weaponized by a handful of leaders of the "free world." As civilized people, we can't and won't shoot illegals. Imagine a military invasion where the rules forbid doing anything to the enemy. Hillary said it herself. Democrats are easy to control because they're so stupid.
Two things really piss me off.
1. There's high ranking people in the government who want more than anything to burn this country to the ground and turn it into a larger version of Haiti.
2. There's American citizens who, more than anything, want them to do it.
As far as number one goes, we'll see ya in Gitmo. As for number two, you poor, stupid, assholes. You're our brothers and sisters but we'll hit you in the face with a shovel if you don't stop and think for once in your brain dead lives. You're not revolutionaries. You're not Che Guevara. You're fighting the only force that's fighting the establishment. You're fighting FOR the establishment. What do you fuckin want? Ya got gay marriage. You'd think that would be enough. What's that ya say? You want everyone to acknowledge there's an infinite amount of genders? Maybe your kids don't know what gender they are. Maybe you're fucked up parents and are too stupid to reproduce properly. Sorry. There's only two, those with a dick and those without. Ask your doctor.
Hypothetical question. Let's say you just found out your best friend was a pedophile and a cop killer and he was running for mayor. Would you vote for this friend as mayor? Would you let your kids do a sleepover at their house?
Hillary must have been right when she said, democrats are easy to control because they're so stupid.
I lost some friends because they hate Trump and I don't. Fine. It's their choice. If the deconstruction of America has more value than our friendship, good riddance. We were never friends, anyway. Nice knowing ya.
Don't ya realize this is the revolution and you're siding with the king who made your lives impossible? In 1776 they'd hang you for less.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Q anon post decoded 1.20.18
Like it or not, the revolution is here and Q anon is bypassing the regular channels to give us Intel we'll never get from MSM or social media. It should be no surprise that MSM and, to a lesser extent, social media are propaganda tools for the powers that be.
This video is just under 40 minutes but it's something even democrats might appreciate. Ever hear the saying, know thy enemy? You can be sure Trump has.
While CNN is asking questions at White House briefings like, "Will Donald Trump have two scoops of ice cream since he needs to lose 30 lbs?", Q anon is telling the world what's going on in real time.
Remember, we're all in this together.
This video is just under 40 minutes but it's something even democrats might appreciate. Ever hear the saying, know thy enemy? You can be sure Trump has.
While CNN is asking questions at White House briefings like, "Will Donald Trump have two scoops of ice cream since he needs to lose 30 lbs?", Q anon is telling the world what's going on in real time.
Remember, we're all in this together.
Friday, January 19, 2018
spooky2 update.
Just an update on the spooky2 mofo experiment. The first day I ran this I felt like I was getting the flu. Stomach upset, too hot and then too cold, a general feeling of being out of sorts. Ya know... feeling sick. I discussed this with Tammy and as I stared off into space, trying to formulate an answer, she answered my formulation by saying, "Ya figured it out", meaning I put the pieces together as to why I felt like shit. It was because the mofo hooked up to the spooky2 was detoxing me faster than my body could handle and the flu-like symptoms were a byproduct of that.
As the parasites were being destroyed, my internal systems were unable to cope with the flushing out of the dead parasite corpses and sickness set in. Since it was pseudo sickness, my mind was able to over-ride it.
I'm feeling better now that I know the reason for my illness.
One of the reasons I hooked up spooky2 to the mofo was to get a rapid response. I got that in spades.
As the parasites were being destroyed, my internal systems were unable to cope with the flushing out of the dead parasite corpses and sickness set in. Since it was pseudo sickness, my mind was able to over-ride it.
I'm feeling better now that I know the reason for my illness.
One of the reasons I hooked up spooky2 to the mofo was to get a rapid response. I got that in spades.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Saturday, January 06, 2018
good news for the first week of 2018
Ok, this is about 40 minutes long but it will get you up to speed as far as the present state of affairs. Go to WhiteHouse.gov to verify most of what this guy is talking about.
Among other things,
Among other things,
+There will be a financial reset.
+Debt forgiveness.
+Mueller is working on Trump's side.
+The feud with Bannon is theater. It's a distraction
for the media.
We are in the middle of the 2nd American revolution. What a glorious time to be alive.
Tuesday, January 02, 2018
getting colder
For the last week or so, the temperature's been no warmer than the teens and my heating system has been working overtime to keep up with it. As I type this I can hear the oil furnace in constant run mode, even though the pellet stove has been running non-stop. I'm not complaining. I'm just now getting acclimated to the cold, like I always do this time of year. But last week the single digits chilled me to the core and I found myself paralyzed with cold, twenty miles from home and unable to do anything but freeze and shiver from head to toe until the heater produced some heat. I hate when that happens.
I completely forgot the short story I read by Jack London about a guy in the Yukon winter who had it much worse. If you never read To Make a Fire, now's the time.
This guy, back during the Yukon gold rush, set out on an eight hour march to the gold rush camp in -75F weather. I checked my outdoor thermometer and -70 is bottom line and will never come close to that. This guy was out hiking in weather 100 degrees below freezing and all he could think was it was real cold. Real cold? 70 below is like outer space cold. That's like stay-inside-weather-in-Antarctica cold. Well, guys back then were a bit tougher than they are now, I spose. I wouldn't put my beer out in weather like that, let alone me and my dog. Even his dog knew he was some kind of special stupid to be traipsing around in killer weather like that but he knew how to make fire and fed him so he went along with his retarded master's plan, unwillingly.
Short story much shorter, he fell through the ice, got his feet wet and failed to make a fire because his hands and feet were freezing and a big pile of snow that fell on his fire really fucked up his day. He ran like an idiot with frozen limbs to pump blood through his system but he was totally unprepared to cope with wet feet, no fire, a temperature of 75 below zero, and base camp six hours away.
He died of stupidity.
It's now 10F and I was just outside having a smokie and a drink and feeling totally comfortable, basking in the warmth of the full moon and thinking about that Yukon asshole who thought it was a good idea to go hiking in -75 weather. Granted, he was a better man than me, as far as putting up with the cold, but I'll wear a sweatshirt and boots in 10 degree weather and feel comfortable and t-shirt and sneakers for shorter durations.
Anyway... I heard the weather guys say the temps will drop to single digits by Friday. When the weather guys are so specific about stuff like that, I can't help but call em out out, so I set up the PVC CB to set up a north north-west block to keep that cold Canadian air from dipping too far in this direction. The intent is to send the cold to go some place other than here and keep the temps bearable. I'll keep charting the movement. Let's see what happens.
I completely forgot the short story I read by Jack London about a guy in the Yukon winter who had it much worse. If you never read To Make a Fire, now's the time.
This guy, back during the Yukon gold rush, set out on an eight hour march to the gold rush camp in -75F weather. I checked my outdoor thermometer and -70 is bottom line and will never come close to that. This guy was out hiking in weather 100 degrees below freezing and all he could think was it was real cold. Real cold? 70 below is like outer space cold. That's like stay-inside-weather-in-Antarctica cold. Well, guys back then were a bit tougher than they are now, I spose. I wouldn't put my beer out in weather like that, let alone me and my dog. Even his dog knew he was some kind of special stupid to be traipsing around in killer weather like that but he knew how to make fire and fed him so he went along with his retarded master's plan, unwillingly.
Short story much shorter, he fell through the ice, got his feet wet and failed to make a fire because his hands and feet were freezing and a big pile of snow that fell on his fire really fucked up his day. He ran like an idiot with frozen limbs to pump blood through his system but he was totally unprepared to cope with wet feet, no fire, a temperature of 75 below zero, and base camp six hours away.
He died of stupidity.
It's now 10F and I was just outside having a smokie and a drink and feeling totally comfortable, basking in the warmth of the full moon and thinking about that Yukon asshole who thought it was a good idea to go hiking in -75 weather. Granted, he was a better man than me, as far as putting up with the cold, but I'll wear a sweatshirt and boots in 10 degree weather and feel comfortable and t-shirt and sneakers for shorter durations.
Anyway... I heard the weather guys say the temps will drop to single digits by Friday. When the weather guys are so specific about stuff like that, I can't help but call em out out, so I set up the PVC CB to set up a north north-west block to keep that cold Canadian air from dipping too far in this direction. The intent is to send the cold to go some place other than here and keep the temps bearable. I'll keep charting the movement. Let's see what happens.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Friday, December 22, 2017
hang em high
Just watched a video by bpearthwatch who went through the Annex. The
executive order says that they can seize the assets of anyone connected
with any of those people in the annex. There is one name that appears
time and time again in the Annex. His name is Dan Gertler, he’s an
Israeli, he runs various Diamond mines but he also has a foundation
called Gertler Family Foundation. If you go to their website two of the
many names connected with that Foundation are Clinton Foundation and the
Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. I think Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and
Microsoft may be on their way to prison... and they will be broke....
Maybe the US won’t have to pay for the wall after all, Trump can use
these corrupt people’s assets to pay for it! The Greatest President in
US History, Hillary was probably right when she said they would all
hang, on election night....
Susan Douglas
All I have to say is MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU TRUMP!
All I have to say is MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU TRUMP!
a new holiday os
Statistically, the majority of computer operating systems used by individuals are Windows based. 67% of the visitors to this blog use Windows, which is a fairly good representation of the operating systems used world-wide. Linux systems come in second at 13% with the rest trickling in with single digits and ipad picking up the rear at 1%.
That said, I've been running Linux on my machines for years and in that time found my worst computer days at least equal to my best days using any of the Windows operating systems since Win 95. Unlike old cars and radios, all Microsoft operating systems are engineered to become obsolete, unstable, and unusable only a few years after roll out. They do this by cutting support of the OS, making it impossible to receive updates. Like turning off the life support to a much loved friend, and there's nothing you can do about it. Try installing Win 98 and see how far you get.
Anyway, because Microsoft Vista became obsolete and unsupported, I installed Linux systems in three laptops this month alone. Two for friends and one for the laptop I picked up for a bargain, partially because a new MS OS would cost a few hundred. Hell, you can get a damn good, used laptop for the cost of a Win 10 OS, doubling the cost of your investment. Hardly worth it.
Aside from the laptops, I swapped out four Linux operating systems on my desktop this month on a whim. Arch Linux, Solus, Mint KDE, and Manjaro all looked real good but I settled on Linux Mint 18.3 as my daily driver. I guess I had to go through extremely complicated to extremely simple to realize the Linux system I used when I first switched from Microsoft was the best fit for me. That's the beauty of Linux. It takes more time looking over the thousands of free operating systems than it does to download and install an OS. Installation takes about ten minutes. It's like shopping for shoes.
But Microsoft... You're locked into a proprietary system with a pre-determined lifespan, designed to force you to buy bigger RAM, bigger CPU, bigger hard drive, and bigger headaches when it slows to a crawl after a couple years of use.
Why would anyone buy a Toyota if it ran like shit and got .5mpg in five years when you can get a new car for free that gets you 100mpg with a lifetime of free maintenance?
I love this OS.
Take a look at this desktop.
The minimalist look is clean and extremely functional. From the desktop I can access personal files, system settings, and something like 33,000 programs for everything from Audacity to Wine.
It doesn't look like much but I can run this thing for weeks with 50 open tabs and multiple running programs without a hint of CPU overload. It does everything I want it to do with extreme efficiency. It's fully customizable for what you want to get out of your computer.
I suppose the reason I went through so many operating systems this month was complacency. I wanted something different, a challenge. I wanted something simplified but not simple. I wanted a challenge but not something with too steep a learning curve.
I find it interesting that the system I love the most is an upgrade of the one I originally had.
Isn't that the way life is? Maybe we should be thankful for what we have and know that this is what we really need, right now.
I never thought this would turn into a holiday philosophy, but so be it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
That said, I've been running Linux on my machines for years and in that time found my worst computer days at least equal to my best days using any of the Windows operating systems since Win 95. Unlike old cars and radios, all Microsoft operating systems are engineered to become obsolete, unstable, and unusable only a few years after roll out. They do this by cutting support of the OS, making it impossible to receive updates. Like turning off the life support to a much loved friend, and there's nothing you can do about it. Try installing Win 98 and see how far you get.
Anyway, because Microsoft Vista became obsolete and unsupported, I installed Linux systems in three laptops this month alone. Two for friends and one for the laptop I picked up for a bargain, partially because a new MS OS would cost a few hundred. Hell, you can get a damn good, used laptop for the cost of a Win 10 OS, doubling the cost of your investment. Hardly worth it.
Aside from the laptops, I swapped out four Linux operating systems on my desktop this month on a whim. Arch Linux, Solus, Mint KDE, and Manjaro all looked real good but I settled on Linux Mint 18.3 as my daily driver. I guess I had to go through extremely complicated to extremely simple to realize the Linux system I used when I first switched from Microsoft was the best fit for me. That's the beauty of Linux. It takes more time looking over the thousands of free operating systems than it does to download and install an OS. Installation takes about ten minutes. It's like shopping for shoes.
But Microsoft... You're locked into a proprietary system with a pre-determined lifespan, designed to force you to buy bigger RAM, bigger CPU, bigger hard drive, and bigger headaches when it slows to a crawl after a couple years of use.
Why would anyone buy a Toyota if it ran like shit and got .5mpg in five years when you can get a new car for free that gets you 100mpg with a lifetime of free maintenance?
Take a look at this desktop.
The minimalist look is clean and extremely functional. From the desktop I can access personal files, system settings, and something like 33,000 programs for everything from Audacity to Wine.
It doesn't look like much but I can run this thing for weeks with 50 open tabs and multiple running programs without a hint of CPU overload. It does everything I want it to do with extreme efficiency. It's fully customizable for what you want to get out of your computer.
I suppose the reason I went through so many operating systems this month was complacency. I wanted something different, a challenge. I wanted something simplified but not simple. I wanted a challenge but not something with too steep a learning curve.
I find it interesting that the system I love the most is an upgrade of the one I originally had.
Isn't that the way life is? Maybe we should be thankful for what we have and know that this is what we really need, right now.
I never thought this would turn into a holiday philosophy, but so be it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Monday, December 11, 2017
a newly discovered liver tonic
It's no secret I'm very fond of rum. It's my go to beverage of choice. The virtual versatility of this beverage is astounding. It goes with just about anything, especially if it's tropical fruits. On it's own, in straight form, I find it more acceptable to my psyche than even Irish whiskey, my second favorite hard liquor beverage.
But here's a problem. I know drinking rum every day could do some harm to my system, particularly my liver. Although my most recent blood test shows my liver to be well functioning, it's still my third favorite organ and needs a little attention from time to time. To counter the abuse I put to my third favorite organ, I've been drinking apple cyder vinegar on a regular basis. Apple cider vinegar repairs my liver while rum tends to mess it up. Basic physiology.
It's pretty much a forgone conclusion that sooner or later I'll come up with a concoction that includes both apple cider vinegar and alcohol, that is, if you've been paying any attention to this blog. I mean, sooner or later every experiment I come up with combines good and evil to create something fabulous, right? Tonight is no exception.
I took a small glass of rum and added a couple splashes of apple cider vinegar just to see what it tastes like. The idea was to come up with a drink that the good and evil would cancel each other out. I figured if it tasted like shit, it's a small glass and it'll be empty quick. Let me tell ya... I'm on my second glass of this stuff. I mean, the combination of rum and apple cider vinegar creates a total obliteration of both tastes. It's not rum and it's not vinegar. It's something completely different and I really like it. It doesn't have the rum burn and it doesn't have the vinegar pucker. It's the whole that's better than the sum of it's parts.
Granted, like I said, I like rum but vinegar is something I'll drink because it's good for me and nothing more. (typical type A) But this stuff... It's indescribably interestingly good.
I should point out that adding too much vinegar will produce a drink that tastes more like vinegar than rum. I caution you to add prudently. This is still experimental. You're looking for a balance in taste. When you find it, you'll know it.
I figure this combination should be no worse than neutral for my liver and if I continue to take apple cider vinegar, my liver will dramatically improve. Hence, I've created a pleasurable, alcoholic drink that supports liver function while getting you totally shitfaced, guilt-free.
I should start a whole line of healthy alcohol related products. What do ya think?
But here's a problem. I know drinking rum every day could do some harm to my system, particularly my liver. Although my most recent blood test shows my liver to be well functioning, it's still my third favorite organ and needs a little attention from time to time. To counter the abuse I put to my third favorite organ, I've been drinking apple cyder vinegar on a regular basis. Apple cider vinegar repairs my liver while rum tends to mess it up. Basic physiology.
It's pretty much a forgone conclusion that sooner or later I'll come up with a concoction that includes both apple cider vinegar and alcohol, that is, if you've been paying any attention to this blog. I mean, sooner or later every experiment I come up with combines good and evil to create something fabulous, right? Tonight is no exception.
I took a small glass of rum and added a couple splashes of apple cider vinegar just to see what it tastes like. The idea was to come up with a drink that the good and evil would cancel each other out. I figured if it tasted like shit, it's a small glass and it'll be empty quick. Let me tell ya... I'm on my second glass of this stuff. I mean, the combination of rum and apple cider vinegar creates a total obliteration of both tastes. It's not rum and it's not vinegar. It's something completely different and I really like it. It doesn't have the rum burn and it doesn't have the vinegar pucker. It's the whole that's better than the sum of it's parts.Granted, like I said, I like rum but vinegar is something I'll drink because it's good for me and nothing more. (typical type A) But this stuff... It's indescribably interestingly good.
I should point out that adding too much vinegar will produce a drink that tastes more like vinegar than rum. I caution you to add prudently. This is still experimental. You're looking for a balance in taste. When you find it, you'll know it.
I figure this combination should be no worse than neutral for my liver and if I continue to take apple cider vinegar, my liver will dramatically improve. Hence, I've created a pleasurable, alcoholic drink that supports liver function while getting you totally shitfaced, guilt-free.
I should start a whole line of healthy alcohol related products. What do ya think?
Thursday, December 07, 2017
when you say no to wine, you say no to life
After my foray with cheap home made wine, I decided to up my game a little and invest in some decent juice and do it the right way. I got busy on some Petit Syrah juice from California, and at the same time, threw together a batch of apple/peanut butter wine, a batch of barley corn and rum ferments, another six gallons of frozen concentrated stuff, and to round it out, six gallons of hard cider. I decided to call it quits when I came across a spare bucket of juice from Merlot grapes.
Ok, some of this stuff I was just about to pitch because I had second thoughts on the combination of apples and peanut butter in a wine. The result was sweeter than my taste buds could handle but everyone who tried it raved about it and wanted more, like I added something addictive to the mix. Rather than pitch it, it's going to be Christmas presents, along with some business cards and cheap, plastic glasses.
In my opinion, the best of the bunch was the Merlot. Man alive... This stuff came out better than expected and at least equal to the stuff that comes from Napa valley. It took less than one bottle to convince me to not only give this stuff a decent label but to make an effort to produce this wine, and others like it, in bulk and establish a winery of my own.
It's a semi-dry wine with all the rich nuances that makes Merlot second only to Cabernet Sauvignon as the most popular grape since France learned how to make wine and it goes with everything. It's also 20% of the blend used to produce the world renowned Rubicon, which can't be found in the liquor stores and wineries I frequent. In my humble opinion, the Rubicon I had was the finest wine I ever tasted, which instigated my interlude with Irish whisky and Puerto Rican rum. Hey, I had the best wine. No sense pulling any more corks expecting anything close.
Now that I'm back on track, my next trick is producing the remaining 80% of the Rubicon blend in extreme bulk and offer it for sale, along with other choice wines for those with good taste and a passion for great wines.
So, ya like the new label?
Ok, some of this stuff I was just about to pitch because I had second thoughts on the combination of apples and peanut butter in a wine. The result was sweeter than my taste buds could handle but everyone who tried it raved about it and wanted more, like I added something addictive to the mix. Rather than pitch it, it's going to be Christmas presents, along with some business cards and cheap, plastic glasses.
In my opinion, the best of the bunch was the Merlot. Man alive... This stuff came out better than expected and at least equal to the stuff that comes from Napa valley. It took less than one bottle to convince me to not only give this stuff a decent label but to make an effort to produce this wine, and others like it, in bulk and establish a winery of my own.It's a semi-dry wine with all the rich nuances that makes Merlot second only to Cabernet Sauvignon as the most popular grape since France learned how to make wine and it goes with everything. It's also 20% of the blend used to produce the world renowned Rubicon, which can't be found in the liquor stores and wineries I frequent. In my humble opinion, the Rubicon I had was the finest wine I ever tasted, which instigated my interlude with Irish whisky and Puerto Rican rum. Hey, I had the best wine. No sense pulling any more corks expecting anything close.
Now that I'm back on track, my next trick is producing the remaining 80% of the Rubicon blend in extreme bulk and offer it for sale, along with other choice wines for those with good taste and a passion for great wines.
So, ya like the new label?
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
why leftists always win
If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains. -George Bernard Shaw
You can sum up the left/right conflict by studying r/K selection theory.
r=rabbits K=wolves
r=left K=right
r=prey K=hunter
r=not very bright K=tactical killer
r=vegetarian K=carnivore
Rabbits exist because the wolves aren't hungry enough to bother with such easy prey.
r=food, unable to understand metaphor.
They'll never see it coming.
You can sum up the left/right conflict by studying r/K selection theory.
r=rabbits K=wolves
r=left K=right
r=prey K=hunter
r=not very bright K=tactical killer
r=vegetarian K=carnivore
Rabbits exist because the wolves aren't hungry enough to bother with such easy prey.
r=food, unable to understand metaphor.
They'll never see it coming.
Saturday, November 18, 2017
connect the dots
Something I got in the mail today.
If you are unaware or still think impeachment is imminent, you might scream helplessly at the sky before getting half way through this. As for the rest of you, it's time to dust off that bottle of Dom you've been hoarding.
Strategic ambiguity.
That's how one observer defined Donald Trump's
policies. To the observer outside his inner circle, he appears to flip flop,
change policies, change directions, compromise or abandon some of his campaign
promises. At least part of that can be attributed to the fact that he's a
Gemini. I've had experience with Geminis! Chased one for months and every time I
got one twin to say yes, the other twin would stop me. Then I married one and
you might say, 'immersed myself in the experience'. Not a bad thing, really.
Unique, I guess you would say.
Donald Trump is the man we need for the times we're
in. Strategic ambiguity is his way of dealing when surrounded by hostile forces.
It comes natural to a Gemini, I suppose. His actions are those of a person who
has read Sun Tzu's book. Either that, or it comes naturally.
And yes, I know I've strayed from the listed topic.
But this is important and I think you'll see that it's all connected to the
other dots.
So let's connect some dots. There are lots of them
to connect!
Let's start with cosmic influences. The famous
astrologer, Carl Boudreau - he's on Facebook if you need to catch up - posted a
few months ago that the stars had rearranged themselves into a configuration
that favors the 99%. He didn't use the word "Yuge" but it fits his forecast. Big
changes will come with this new alignment. It seems like everything is going to
be affected. The world we've known will be turned inside out and upside down. I
watched this all play out as the year 2016 moved along.
There were 17 Republicans who wanted to be
nominated as a candidate for president. Donald Trump Humpty-Dumpty'd all of them
and secured the nomination. Some of those contenders are still wondering what
happened. This is a dot.
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Granny Smith
and I followed the last game and figuratively held our breaths. Cubs won! The
Cubby Curse was broken. This was another dot.
There were other surprise wins and upsets in the
sports world as 2016 flowed along. Those of you who follow sports will be able
to see that there were several upsets that year and they all make for
dots that connect.
Trump's win in November is a big
dot. Hillary and her people have not gotten over it yet.
More recently, the big November 4 revolution
financed by George Soros was a dismal flop. It failed so badly, so few people
showed up, that it didn't even make the news. There's a lesson there for George,
and a dot for us to connect.
The Houston Astros won the World Series this year.
First time ever for that franchise. Remember the Astrodome and how radical it
was? And Astroturf? Houston really needed that win. Another dot
for us to connect.
Gotta include the NFL in this collection of
dots.
The NFL fans voted with their feet and the stadiums are nearly
empty. It's like Yogi Berra said,
"If the people
don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop
them."
This is big. This is transformative. Cosmic forces
at work have taken from the PTBs one of the circuses of the bread and
circuses combination that they use to enslave us.
Dot. Big dot.
The cosmic forces have a sense of humor if you're
not a soccer fan. If you're an Italian soccer fan, you'll think
that the cosmic forces are pitiless. Italy is out of the World Cup soccer
playoffs for the first time since 1958. Big wake-up call for Italy. A
dot for us.
As Duke Ellington observed, "Things Ain't What They
Used To Be". It seems that cosmic forces are cleaning house. The stars
favor the 99% now, and the 99% can't express their full potential while under
the influence of negative forces, cosmic and otherwise. So it is that there's a
big flap in the media now about sexual misconduct of all sorts, including child
porn. What is revealed only in the truthstream media is child ritual
murder, sex slaves, organ harvesting and stolen babies. What you're hearing on
TV and the radio is a limited hangout to distract from the real
problem, but the real problem can't stay hidden. It's another
dot.
The dots on the world scene are news reports that
make you go hmm..... and wonder just what's going on. What Peter Parker
calls "my spidey sense" is that there is a common thread to all the seemingly
unrelated events on the world stage. Donald Trump went to Saudi Arabia. There's
a new king, or soon to be king, in Saudi Arabia. A young kid, only 32 years old.
He is intent on modernizing Saudi Arabia. The future is free energy and
electricity and oil is all they've got now. He lets women drive. He arrested
dozens of royal family members who were financing terrorism.
In the Alex Jones video I saw, Alex said that Trump
gave the new king a choice. Stop terrorism or we'll blow your kingdom off the
map. "A carpet of gold or a carpet of bombs" is the choice, Alex said. As time
went on, we learned that there's a Saudi connection to the Las Vegas massacre.
So that's a dot that connects to the terrorist financiers who
are now in jail. Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia is a big dot
because it ended major funding for ISIS.
Trump was gone for a long time and made a lot of
trade and friendship agreements, including with China. China and Saudi Arabia
treated him and Melania like royalty. Some kind of deal was made with
China about N.Korea that has not been made public yet. My
over-the-event-horizon radar tells me that N.Korea is or soon will be a
non-problem. How this will play out, I don't know. It could be as radical as
reunification with the south. If it happens, remember you saw it here first. The
Chinese premier and Donald Trump have a close relationship now. Anything is
possible. Let's put a dot for China.
Is it cosmic forces at work, or is it Chinese
intrigue at work in Zimbabwe? The nominal leader of Zimbabwe is now under house
arrest by the military, who are claiming that this is not a coup, though it
walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and you know how the rest of it goes.
There's Chinese involvement somehow. I've only heard it referred to once on the
radio. Let's put a dot on Zimbabwe.
On the day of the Antifa revolution, 4 November,
the feds did a drill to handle a communications blackout that would happen if a
coronal mass ejection from the sun took down our communications networks. There
was some apprehension about whether it would go "live" and turn into the real
thing. It didn't. And that's a clue. A coronal mass ejection is, I think, a
cover story. When has the gov't EVER told us the truth? Let's call it a
dot because I think it's preparation for a major event. There
was some talk about activating the Emergency Broadcast Network, or whatever they
call it when they warn us of a hurricane or some disruptive weather event.
The final dot is yet to be
revealed. The president said when he returned, America would not be the same as
when he left. He's also said a major announcement was coming soon. We're hoping
to get some clarity about this "calm before the storm" he told us about. Is it
strategic ambiguity at work? Or is he just being a Gemini. Stay tuned.
In sex and comedy, timing is everything. Politics,
too. So it may be that Trump is waiting for the most auspicious time to make his
major announcement. Some speculators say Thanksgiving week after congress has
gone home.
I listened to a reverse speech video where the
narrator was playing that "calm before the storm" remark. There were three words
that came through loud and clear.
Hillary Clinton. California.
Hillary
Clinton's arrest won't create much of a storm. Or maybe a house will fall on her
and she won't have to go to prison. California would create a storm if the feds swooped down on
it and arrested those who needed to be arrested and deported enough of the
leaders of the failed revolution to frighten the rest of the illegals into
leaving.
Zimbabwe's martial law military takeover would
serve as a template for a peaceful end to the PTBs hold on this country. The
media would have to go. That's why the Emergency Broadcast Network was
tested. Some of them are guilty of treason anyway. The shortwave radio
network was part of the November 4 test. Let's give them a
dot.
About all I could do is identify the dots and point
out that they are connected. There are more dots that I didn't
mention; free energy, Antarctica, new financial system, UFO disclosure, health
and longevity and other topics he mentioned in his inaugural speech. Right at
the end. Look it up.
It's a tradition for the president to pardon a
turkey for Thanksgiving.
I hope he
doesn't pardon this one.
Dragon
Sunday, November 05, 2017
a few good questions
1 - Since only 8 million people have Obama-Care, how will 24 million
people die if it is repealed? Will 16 million people be randomly
shot?
2 - If Donald Trump deleted all of his e-mails,
wiped his server with Bleachbit and destroyed all his phones with a hammer, as
Hillary did, would the Mainstream Media lose all interest in the story and
declare him innocent?
3 - If women do the same job for less money, why do companies hire
men to do the same job for more money?
4 - If you rob a bank in a Sanctuary City, is it illegal or is it
just an Undocumented Withdrawl?
5 - Each ISIS attack now is a reaction to Trump policies, but all
ISIS attacks during Obama's term were due to Climate Change and a plea for
jobs.
6 - After the London 'Lone Wolf' terrorist attack government
officials have arrested at least eight other 'Lone Wolves' who had conspired
with the original 'Lone Wolf' in planning the 'Lone Wolf' attack. Even though
all involved are Muslims, you can be assured, the 'Lone Wolf; attack has nothing
at all to do with Islam, just like the other 1000 plus 'Lone Wolf' attacks by
Muslims are completely unassociated with Islam.
7 - We should stop calling them all 'Entitlements'. Welfare, Food
Stamps, WIC, are not entitlements. They are taxpayer-funded handouts, and
shouldn't be called entitlements at all,
Social Security and Veterans Benefits are Entitlements because the
people receiving them are entitled to them. They were earned and paid for by the
recipients.
8 - If Muslims want to run away from a Muslim country, does that mean
they're Islamophobic?
9 - If Liberals don't believe in biological gender then why did they
march for women's rights?
10 - How did the Russians get Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC to
steal the Primary from Bernie Sanders? How did Russia get Donna Brazile to leak
debate questions to Hillary Clinton in advance of the
debates?
11 - Why is it that Democrats think Superdelegates are fine, but they
have a problem with the Electoral College?
12 - If you don't want the FBI involved in elections, don't nominate
someone who's being investigated by the FBI.
13 - If Hillary's speeches cost $250,000 an hour, how come no one
shows up to her free ones?
14 - The DNC is mad at Russia because they 'think' they are trying to
manipulate our election by exposing that the DNC is manipulating our
election?
15 - Why is it that Liberals and the Media are upset about the words
Trump used 11 years ago but they are alright with Adult men using the Ladies
Room with your Wives and
Daughters?
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
does khizr even know about this?
My son died for this country.
And like you, I watched Donald Trump’s latest attack on Gold Star families in horror.
While Donald Trump’s words are devastating, they’re not surprising.
Donald Trump can’t comprehend the sacrifice from our service members and families like mine.
Tom, I know the only way to stop Trump is to win a Democratic House.
I’d walk barefoot to every district in the country if it means Democrats win.
But I can’t do it alone. I need you fighting with me.
Will you chip in $1 before midnight
Thank you,
Khizr Khan
Included in this letter is a link to a page with Obama's face and a bunch of options as to how much money I want to give for this most holy cause, to stop Trump by winning the Democratic house.
I don't know about you but I'd like to see Khizr Khan not only walk barefoot to every district in the country, I'd like him to walk barefoot on broken glass and lemonade and tell me how he really feels when I sic my dog on him.
The best thing about being a registered democrat is finding crap like this in my mailbox every day.
And like you, I watched Donald Trump’s latest attack on Gold Star families in horror.
While Donald Trump’s words are devastating, they’re not surprising.
Donald Trump can’t comprehend the sacrifice from our service members and families like mine.
Tom, I know the only way to stop Trump is to win a Democratic House.
I’d walk barefoot to every district in the country if it means Democrats win.
But I can’t do it alone. I need you fighting with me.
Will you chip in $1 before midnight
Thank you,
Khizr Khan
Included in this letter is a link to a page with Obama's face and a bunch of options as to how much money I want to give for this most holy cause, to stop Trump by winning the Democratic house.
I don't know about you but I'd like to see Khizr Khan not only walk barefoot to every district in the country, I'd like him to walk barefoot on broken glass and lemonade and tell me how he really feels when I sic my dog on him.
The best thing about being a registered democrat is finding crap like this in my mailbox every day.
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