The chickens are coming home to rood...
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Movie reality?
So - "Black Lives Matter" supposedly sends some people in KKK sheets to a Trump rally.
Must have been watching "Blazing Saddles" while reading their little red books...
What a circus.
I'm still leaning toward Cruz.
Must have been watching "Blazing Saddles" while reading their little red books...
Those Trump KKK Supporters were #BlackLivesMatter Activists
Media outlets quickly picked up a story about two Klansmen in full robes and caps standing outside a Nevada caucus site to "support" Donald Trump. While Trump certainly has a very active Neo-Nazi Alt-Right base, it mostly spends its time on Twitter calling conservatives "cuckservatives" and retweeting anime and Taylor Swift memes to make themselves seem younger than they are. (That doesn't mean he's responsible for them.)
There was one obvious problem with these two KKK Trump supporters. They were black.Snopes has a different take:
"Photos" that were circulating of one of the purported black men in the KKK outfit were actually stills or screenshots from a popular Dave Chappelle skit called "Blind Supremacy":
What a circus.
I'm still leaning toward Cruz.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Editorial
In the Beloit Daily News:
Streets awash in stolen guns
+snip+UNDER THE OPEN RECORDS law the Beloit Daily News asked for and obtained information on how many guns have been stolen since 2013 in the city.The answer is 66.
THAT’S NOT TO SAY this newspaper is against any and all adjustments in gun laws. There are sensible reforms that may be worthwhile. No one needs assault-style rifles with extra-large ammunition magazines. No one needs armor penetrating ammunition. Government should consider closing sales loopholes for gun shows and perhaps even private parties that evade background checks. We think last year’s repeal by state leaders of Wisconsin’s 48-hour waiting period for handgun sales was a mistake and should be reinstated.
Case in point: Christopher O’Kroley is charged with gunning down a 24-year-old Stoughton woman the day after he bought a handgun legally without a waiting period. If O’Kroley had to wait one more day to obtain the gun would he still have killed the woman? No one can say one way or the other, but the case ought to give state legislators something to think about.While we are very skeptical more gun laws will make criminals change their behavior, we’re also skeptical that making guns easier and quicker to obtain and carry will make us safer.MEANWHILE, WE GIVE the Beloit Police Department credit for initiating a program to track stolen guns used in the commission of crimes. More data is a good thing.The numbers of stolen guns here — and, by implication, the thousands of others across Wisconsin — ought to suggest to policymakers and law enforcement that more attention needs to be directed toward the black market for weapons. Undoubtedly, this is a key source for guns being used to shoot up our streets.
I left a comment:One more thing: Part of being a responsible gun owner is to keep your weapons secured. Lock up your guns so they are harder to steal.
No one "needs" to be able to read anything they want to, whenever they want to. Perhaps we should regulate people's access to philosophy texts that might cause them to think in ways that we don't agree with.
The Second Amendment is very clear in it's wording. If you understand the thinking of the Founders, you realize that the "arms" mentioned are precisely "assault-style rifles with extra-large ammunition magazines: and "armor penetrating ammunition".
There is no "gun show loophole". All sales from Federally licensed dealers must be cleared through the FBI E-Check system, and in the case of handguns in Wisconsin, through the "Handgun Hotline". Sales between private parties are not regulated, but the BATFE takes a very dim view of private parties "dealing" in firearms.
If you look long enough, you will always be able to find a case where someone did something that would have been prevented if only that person had "obeyed the law". The trouble, as pointed out in this same editorial, is that criminals DO NOT obey laws. If someone is so without an internal moral compass that he or she will commit premeditated murder, a waiting period won;t change things. On the other hand, there have been cases of women killed by persons bound by restraining orders while they waited for that same (the BDN website truncated the comment here - had to post the rest as a second comment) waiting period to expire - they were rendered defenseless by the law meant to "protect" them.
Laws are not the answer. Follow the Constitution. Teach children history and respect. Teach children how to properly handle firearms - this should be as much a part of public education as physical education is. Allow law-abiding people un-infringed access to the arms that are their right to keep and bear. Accept the fact that some persons will be criminals or deranged regardless of any laws - and that we need to be prepared to defend against them at any time.
The police are second-responders. The victim of a crime is the person there first. Give him or her a fighting chance, or at least the right to decide if they want to be capable of defense!
Almost every "mass shooting" in this country has been in a "gun free" area. Think about that. Perhaps there's a really useful law that could be enacted - make anyone who posts a "no guns" sign responsible for any act of violence committed with a firearm on their premises.
As far as "tracking" stolen guns - how does that help the victims? Unless you can tie the gun to the shooter under legal rules of evidence, where it came from is irrelevant.
By the way - where is it outrage over President Obama's administration's "Fast and Furious" operation, where hundreds of those evil "assault rifles" were purposely allowed to be sold - illegally - to Mexican drug dealers? How about we enforce some of THOSE laws before saddling good citizens with yet more useless - and illegal - waiting periods and limits on private sales?
Read that Second Amendment again. And, if you own a gun - keep it secured. If you are not carrying it or within arm's reach of it -KEEP IT LOCKED UP.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Letter to Mr. Russ Feingold
Got an email from good 'ol Russ - he wants me to tell the GOP leadres to approve Jugears' appointment to the Supreme Court, regardless of what a mess his likely appointee would make of what's left of the Constitution.
His email:
Friend --
President Obama will soon nominate someone to succeed Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court. This responsibility is not only critical to the operation of our highest court, it is a responsibility explicitly laid out in our Constitution: The president shall appoint a justice to serve our nation and the Senate will provide "advice and consent."
Once President Obama nominates a new justice, the Republican-led Senate can consider the nominee and decide not to support them -- that's their right, and it's what the Constitution means by "advice and consent."
What the Senate cannot do is abdicate this constitutional responsibility. Yet Senator Ron Johnson has proposed doing exactly that. He's putting Republican party politics ahead of our Constitution and offering up only excuses. "Doing nothing is also an action," he said this week.
His "doing nothing" is actually not action, it's partisan obstruction. His "doing nothing" is why Washington has become so dysfunctional. His "doing nothing" flies in the face of his constitutional responsibility, and it has to stop. So I'm calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Johnson, and other Senate Republicans to drop their knee-jerk obstruction and give the president's Supreme Court nominee fair consideration.
But I need your help to build pressure.
Tell Mitch McConnell, Ron Johnson, and the Senate to do their jobs and give fair consideration to President Obama's Supreme Court justice nominee.
The Supreme Court plays a unique role in applying the Constitution to important questions of American life and business, but if Senator Johnson and other Senate Republicans continue on this damaging path, our country could be waiting over a year for a new Supreme Court justice.
Join me in reminding Senator Johnson, Mitch McConnell, and other Senate Republicans of their crucial responsibility.
Tell Senator Ron Johnson, Mitch McConnell, and the Senate to do their jobs and give fair consideration to President Obama's justice nominee.
Senator Johnson's tactics have already damaged one branch of government -- we can't let him use the same tactics on another.
Thank you,
Russ Feingold
(links removed. Don't want anyone to accidentally give him any encouragement. If YOU want to send him anything, look up the email yourself!)
My response:
Dear Mr. Feingold,
Yes, the Senate has the authority to approve or disapprove a Presidential Supreme Court appointment.
What they do not have is a Constitutional responsibility to approve an appointee who will not rule based upon the original intent and wording of the Constitution. They do not have the responsibility to approve someone who will legislate from the bench.
The Supreme Court is not there to interpret the Constitution as a "living document" - they are there to rule on cases and how the Constitution, as written and ans originally intended, allows or prohibits that particular law in question.
We have had entirely too much "interpretation" from the Supreme Court in my lifetime. It's time for this to end.
If President Obama nominates someone with the above credentials and judicial record, I am all for them. Otherwise, let's wait until next February.
There is no case before the Supreme Court so critical tha we need to rush this. I cannot conceive of any such case arising in the next year.
Except, possibly, a ruling on whether or not we have had a legitimate President for the last two terms - and even that could wait until next year - he's already done about all the damage he could, unless the CONgress refuses to do their jobs.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
Beloit, WI.
Funny how when the Demonrats obstructed Republican appointees, there was no hoo-haw raised...
His email:
President Obama will soon nominate someone to succeed Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court. This responsibility is not only critical to the operation of our highest court, it is a responsibility explicitly laid out in our Constitution: The president shall appoint a justice to serve our nation and the Senate will provide "advice and consent."
Once President Obama nominates a new justice, the Republican-led Senate can consider the nominee and decide not to support them -- that's their right, and it's what the Constitution means by "advice and consent."
What the Senate cannot do is abdicate this constitutional responsibility. Yet Senator Ron Johnson has proposed doing exactly that. He's putting Republican party politics ahead of our Constitution and offering up only excuses. "Doing nothing is also an action," he said this week.
His "doing nothing" is actually not action, it's partisan obstruction. His "doing nothing" is why Washington has become so dysfunctional. His "doing nothing" flies in the face of his constitutional responsibility, and it has to stop. So I'm calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Johnson, and other Senate Republicans to drop their knee-jerk obstruction and give the president's Supreme Court nominee fair consideration.
But I need your help to build pressure.
Tell Mitch McConnell, Ron Johnson, and the Senate to do their jobs and give fair consideration to President Obama's Supreme Court justice nominee.
The Supreme Court plays a unique role in applying the Constitution to important questions of American life and business, but if Senator Johnson and other Senate Republicans continue on this damaging path, our country could be waiting over a year for a new Supreme Court justice.
Join me in reminding Senator Johnson, Mitch McConnell, and other Senate Republicans of their crucial responsibility.
Tell Senator Ron Johnson, Mitch McConnell, and the Senate to do their jobs and give fair consideration to President Obama's justice nominee.
Senator Johnson's tactics have already damaged one branch of government -- we can't let him use the same tactics on another.
Thank you,
Russ Feingold
(links removed. Don't want anyone to accidentally give him any encouragement. If YOU want to send him anything, look up the email yourself!)
My response:
Dear Mr. Feingold,
Yes, the Senate has the authority to approve or disapprove a Presidential Supreme Court appointment.
What they do not have is a Constitutional responsibility to approve an appointee who will not rule based upon the original intent and wording of the Constitution. They do not have the responsibility to approve someone who will legislate from the bench.
The Supreme Court is not there to interpret the Constitution as a "living document" - they are there to rule on cases and how the Constitution, as written and ans originally intended, allows or prohibits that particular law in question.
We have had entirely too much "interpretation" from the Supreme Court in my lifetime. It's time for this to end.
If President Obama nominates someone with the above credentials and judicial record, I am all for them. Otherwise, let's wait until next February.
There is no case before the Supreme Court so critical tha we need to rush this. I cannot conceive of any such case arising in the next year.
Except, possibly, a ruling on whether or not we have had a legitimate President for the last two terms - and even that could wait until next year - he's already done about all the damage he could, unless the CONgress refuses to do their jobs.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
Beloit, WI.
Funny how when the Demonrats obstructed Republican appointees, there was no hoo-haw raised...
Monday, February 15, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
Letter to the editor
Just got one of those "chain emails" . I think this one's worth propagating.
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
For some reason, people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument pretty simple. NOT printed in the Orange County Paper .....
Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or which do not agree with the philosophy they're pushing on the public. This woman wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published; but, with your help, it will get published via cyberspace!
From: "David LaBonte"
My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print"
it myself by sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined. Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register:
Dear Editor:
So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear
down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't
being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Islandand other ports of entry.
Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some
would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground.
They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.
They had waved good-bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture.
Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.
Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought alongside men whose parents had come straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from.
They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were defending the United States of America as one people.
When we liberated France , no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German-American or the Irish-American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country.
Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here.
These immigrants truly knew what it
meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one Red, White and Blue bowl.
And here we are with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country.
I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life.
I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.
And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.
(signed)
Rosemary LaBonte
KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!!
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Friday, January 15, 2016
The secret is out!
Remember the good old days when you could go to the airport and watch the takeoffs and landings?
Then Big Brother stopped that with the weak excuse of "terrorism". But could there be another reason?
The truth will out!
Then Big Brother stopped that with the weak excuse of "terrorism". But could there be another reason?
The truth will out!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Endgame?
"Nothing Is Moving," Baltic Dry Crashes As Insiders Warn "Commerce Has Come To A Halt"
No ships on the high seas?
Acres of unsold cars?
Sounds like a dystropian SF novel...
Real time data:
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Empty chair
So, Jugears is going to have an "empty chair" next to Moochelle to represent all the "victims of gun violence"
Fitting, as "gun violence" does not exist, so there are no victims.
It would be more fitting to leave an empty seat for all the victims of liberalism, socialism, and government in general...
Fitting, as "gun violence" does not exist, so there are no victims.
It would be more fitting to leave an empty seat for all the victims of liberalism, socialism, and government in general...
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Monday, December 28, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Merry Chrtistmas from the NBA
So - the NBA is going to help Bloomberg fight "gun violence"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/sports/basketball/nba-gun-violence-campaign-michael-bloomberg.html?_r=0
Of course, the way you fight a non-existent problem is by attacking inanimate objects that have legitimate use in protecting the lives of innocent people from criminals.
You can comment to the NBA here: http://contact.nba.com/contact-nba/
My note:
Professional basketball has no place for pandering to leftist scare mongers like Bloomberg and his anti-gun activists.
As long as your organization is supporting the disarmament of law-abiding Americans who are exercising their God-given right to self defense, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the Constitution, my family will not be patronizing any of your franchises.
Merry Christmas!
UPDATE: Got a reply from the NBA:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/sports/basketball/nba-gun-violence-campaign-michael-bloomberg.html?_r=0
Of course, the way you fight a non-existent problem is by attacking inanimate objects that have legitimate use in protecting the lives of innocent people from criminals.
You can comment to the NBA here: http://contact.nba.com/contact-nba/
My note:
Professional basketball has no place for pandering to leftist scare mongers like Bloomberg and his anti-gun activists.
As long as your organization is supporting the disarmament of law-abiding Americans who are exercising their God-given right to self defense, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the Constitution, my family will not be patronizing any of your franchises.
Merry Christmas!
UPDATE: Got a reply from the NBA:
Dear Charles, Thank you for contacting us. The “End Gun Violence” public service announcement is solely to raise awareness about gun violence and personal safety in our communities. It does not advocate for gun control or any changes in law or policy. Through NBA Cares and alliances with organizations like the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the league and its players have consistently addressed the need for safe places to learn and play and the important role that adult mentors can have in the lives of young people. Thanks again for writing us. We appreciate your sharing your views. Sincerely, Aaron Stewart NBA Fan Relations
S0 - they are not for "gun control", just for "safe" places where legal guns are prohibited. I see now...
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Jugears on how much Islam has given the world
All lies, all the time.
Lots more on YouTube from there!
Lots more on YouTube from there!
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Comedy
Hitlary VS the First Amendment.
http://www.laughfactory.com/channels/new-releases/1977
She's mad because they are making fun of her.
Boo hoo!
http://www.laughfactory.com/channels/new-releases/1977
She's mad because they are making fun of her.
Boo hoo!
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Paris
If Islam is to exist on this planet, it must change internally to actively fight the barbarians who have attacked Paris in the last few days, and who have perpetrated atrocities upon atrocities ever since the time of Mohammed.
When Muslim leaders step up and actively fight to end terrorism, we can start to see the end of this struggle.
Until then, we have only more terror to look forward to.
The only way to deal with these barbarians is to speak their language. Political correctness will only get civilized people killed.
France should announce that in thirty days, one of their thermonuclear weapons will detonate at ground level on the Kaaba stone in Mecca. The Saudis have that time to evacuate so no people die.
To avoid this, Muslim leaders must immediately and publicly disavow all terror tactics, including those parts of the Koran instructing Muslims to take over and convert all countries. They also must turn over any and all "religious" who have ever advocated terror, and all know terrorists, for trial in an international tribunal for crimes against humanity.
If the terrorists are turned over for justice, the bomb will not fall - but the Muslim world from this point on must actively root out terrorists - because at the NEXT attack on French soil, that bomb will be launched immediatly.
I wonder if that scenario would end terrorism, or would there still be "true believers" who would risk the loss of their holiest of holies?
I fear the latter is the truth, and simply threatening - or even carrying out any attack on Islamic holy sites will simply make the terrorists more determined. I see a continuing war on outfits like ISIS until the leaders of Islam take on the fight themselves. Perhaps a few hundred violent imams beheaded in public would help...
Here in America, we are currently hamstrung by our Constitution's First Amendment. If there were no prohibition on legislation concerning religion, we could simply outlaw Islam on our territories and jail anyone caught with a Koran or a prayer rug. That seems to have worked ever so well for pot smokers...
A Supreme Court ruling that Islam is NOT a religion would certainly help. How is "religion" defined under the law, anyway? There's got to be a fair amount of slop in there, or the US Government would never have persecuted the Mormons to drop polygamy from their creed. If that was legal, why can't we similarly go after any mosque or Muslim religious who advocates violence? A good start would be a law declaring "shariah" illegal on US territories.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Jugearscare Follies
So, I got a new job. It has "benefits".
One of them is "mandatory" health care - or pay a "fine". So, I logged into their web site and checked out the two (2) available Jugearscare eligible plans.
The "high deductible" plan is a mere $300 every week, for a total premium payment of $15,600.00. This plan allows you to go to the hospital or emergency room, pays for X-rays and such - you only have to come up with another $5000.00 per person - me and my wife - to satisfy the deductible. So, out-of-pocket so far is $25,600.00.
OK. Now the deductibles have been paid. Every doctor visit now costs $40 for the co-pay. Prescriptions are between $15 and $60 copay, depending. Emergency room visits are a mere $250 each. Similar deductibles and copays for other things like ambulance rides. What a bargain!
But wait! You don't have to pay all that! Jugears the Benevolent, through his angel Nancy Pee-lousy, has in his infinite mercy, given us a lower cost alternative..
For only $90 per week, you get zero deductible for doctor visits. Zero for preventative care. Zero for pregnancy care before the birth. Zero for prescriptions, if they are generic or "preferred".
Sounds good, huh? There's a small catch.
The "basic" Jugearscare plan gives you all the preceding "free" stuff at a minor cost.
No hospital coverage.
No coverage for X-rays or other imaging - they will pay for blood tests, though.
No coverage for the delivery room or any postpartum care.
No coverage for "non-preferred" medications. Need an exotic drug? Get fucked.
No ambulance coverage.
No mental health coverage.
No substance abuse coverage.
So, if you can't afford to spend $300 every week for your "mandatory" health insurance, you have a choice of spending $90 every week for a crock of shit, or paying 2.5% of your salary to the IRS in the "fine".
Another little tidbit - the money they steal from you for Jugearscare is taken out of your paycheck before they calculate taxes - so the low wage earner will have less Social Security taken out than usual. This could result in lower benefits for some people at the low end of the ladder. Another "get fucked" from CONgress and our emperor to the working man.
Jugears and crew are going to rot in everlasting fire in Hell if there is a God with any sense of justice.
It's a freaking miracle I didn't pull an Elvis and blow my monitors away. I guess I'm not your typical redneck gun nut.
Now, let's look at the actual costs of Jugearscare. My employer must pay the same amount I do - so even if I don't use any medical services, $31,200.00 has been taken out of the economy and given to an insurance company to cover all those who get the "free" coverage. There's your income redistribution.
And that is just for one employee. There are maybe 150 office workers in my company who all pay at least the same for coverage, with the company matching the thefts by the IRS. Just at this one company, at least $4.7 million stolen. This does not count the factory workers who probably make less and get hit harder.
How many employees in the United States? No wonder the insurance companies were lobbying for this under the table.
Oh, yeah - after I finished signing up, I went back to the benefits page - and found that they supposedly offered both a "bronze" and a "gold" plan, that since I had signed up already, I am ineligible to get. No big loss - they cost more than the crap I had to buy, with dubious extra value - and doesn't the Jugearscare law fine you for a "Cadillac" plan anyway?
One of them is "mandatory" health care - or pay a "fine". So, I logged into their web site and checked out the two (2) available Jugearscare eligible plans.
The "high deductible" plan is a mere $300 every week, for a total premium payment of $15,600.00. This plan allows you to go to the hospital or emergency room, pays for X-rays and such - you only have to come up with another $5000.00 per person - me and my wife - to satisfy the deductible. So, out-of-pocket so far is $25,600.00.
OK. Now the deductibles have been paid. Every doctor visit now costs $40 for the co-pay. Prescriptions are between $15 and $60 copay, depending. Emergency room visits are a mere $250 each. Similar deductibles and copays for other things like ambulance rides. What a bargain!
But wait! You don't have to pay all that! Jugears the Benevolent, through his angel Nancy Pee-lousy, has in his infinite mercy, given us a lower cost alternative..
For only $90 per week, you get zero deductible for doctor visits. Zero for preventative care. Zero for pregnancy care before the birth. Zero for prescriptions, if they are generic or "preferred".
Sounds good, huh? There's a small catch.
The "basic" Jugearscare plan gives you all the preceding "free" stuff at a minor cost.
No hospital coverage.
No coverage for X-rays or other imaging - they will pay for blood tests, though.
No coverage for the delivery room or any postpartum care.
No coverage for "non-preferred" medications. Need an exotic drug? Get fucked.
No ambulance coverage.
No mental health coverage.
No substance abuse coverage.
So, if you can't afford to spend $300 every week for your "mandatory" health insurance, you have a choice of spending $90 every week for a crock of shit, or paying 2.5% of your salary to the IRS in the "fine".
Another little tidbit - the money they steal from you for Jugearscare is taken out of your paycheck before they calculate taxes - so the low wage earner will have less Social Security taken out than usual. This could result in lower benefits for some people at the low end of the ladder. Another "get fucked" from CONgress and our emperor to the working man.
Jugears and crew are going to rot in everlasting fire in Hell if there is a God with any sense of justice.
It's a freaking miracle I didn't pull an Elvis and blow my monitors away. I guess I'm not your typical redneck gun nut.
Now, let's look at the actual costs of Jugearscare. My employer must pay the same amount I do - so even if I don't use any medical services, $31,200.00 has been taken out of the economy and given to an insurance company to cover all those who get the "free" coverage. There's your income redistribution.
And that is just for one employee. There are maybe 150 office workers in my company who all pay at least the same for coverage, with the company matching the thefts by the IRS. Just at this one company, at least $4.7 million stolen. This does not count the factory workers who probably make less and get hit harder.
How many employees in the United States? No wonder the insurance companies were lobbying for this under the table.
Oh, yeah - after I finished signing up, I went back to the benefits page - and found that they supposedly offered both a "bronze" and a "gold" plan, that since I had signed up already, I am ineligible to get. No big loss - they cost more than the crap I had to buy, with dubious extra value - and doesn't the Jugearscare law fine you for a "Cadillac" plan anyway?
Monday, November 2, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
New job!
Phone interview Tuesday morning, face-to-face this morning, job offer just after lunch.
More money than the last place, too!
More money than the last place, too!
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Job offer
Got this email a while back:
Hello Chuck, I hope you are doing well! I am emailing you regarding the resume you posted online. I am currently consulting for a couple small businesses and assisting with several business developments in Madison, WI. After reviewing your resume, I think you would be a good fit for one of the several positions currently available. The primary position currently available is for a full time Benefits Representative, the average starting wage is around $60,000 a year. I am in the office Friday and was wondering if I could contact you for a five minute phone interview between 1:00-2:00pm? Or is there a better time to call you at 608-361-0277 Also, just so you know, there are no fees for you to use my service, assisting small businesses in finding qualified top-notch employees is included with my consulting fees which are covered by the business. If you find that these positions are not the right fit for you, no worries, I work with a number of other businesses and I may have another client that is hiring in the near future. Are you only looking for work in the 53511 area? Would you consider other areas? I look forward to speaking to you and please note you are receiving this email because you are registered with us on link.work.php, in the event you are no longer interested in employment please be sure to click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of this email. JSM Consulting Michael Mell Phone: 262-618-7003
I replied:
Hi, Michael, If you read my resume, you know I have absolutely no experience in benefits, nor any business attempting to apply for such a job. $28 / hour is less than the job I just was let go from, wherein I was starving in slow motion as the bills piled up. If you have any electrical engineering jobs or mechanical designer (Pro-E / Creo or Solidworks) jobs paying at least $50 / hour or $104K / year, I would like to hear about them. Regards, Chuck Kuecker, BSEE
"He" responds:
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My response:
Well, I guess you are a computer, so this is the end....
I'll post any reply in an update.
I wonder what the .php link would have done to my computer? Or the "unsubscribe" link with all the encoded information in it?
The email address for "Michael" corresponds to http://msjconsultingofusa.com/ - and they want to send spam for you, evidently.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Job offer!
Just got this:
Vacancy respond for Chuck Kuecker
The sending address is different from the "reply to" address.
Vacancy respond for Chuck Kuecker
Dear Chuck Kuecker, At the moment we are looking to hire a talented manager in your area. And after reviewing your CV online CV database we belive that you are ideally fit to this position. Your main focus will be working with customers, documentation and submission of weekly reports. We provide services in the field of health insurance. After a long and successful work we are in the leading place in this sphere. We offer you a competitive wage and excellent working conditions. Your responsibilities: - Work closely with our experts and other managers of our company. - Providing quality services to all customers. - Implementation of tasks in the set time-limits. About you: - You must be a US citizen. - Your age more than 21 years. - You must have a stable internet connection. - Also, you must have the desire to improve and learn. After your reply we will provide you a trial period. And after its completion, you will be able to say if this job is right for you or not. Your wage will be 3,000 $ each month + 500 $ every week. If you fit the offered conditions, then we are waiting for your reply as soon as possible. Best regards. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Проверьте свою электронную почту из сети в
and a link to an email service.The Cyrillic translates as "check your email from the network".
The sending address is different from the "reply to" address.
I wonder if this is the same outfit that provided the software for Jugearscare - you know, Moochelle's old college buddies...
The feds ruined my car!
Well, not totally - just the rubber parts in the fuel system.
Federally mandated ethanol deteriorates the rubber used in most cars made before the 1980's.
Federally mandated ethanol deteriorates the rubber used in most cars made before the 1980's.
That's the valve seal from my 1958 Karmann Ghia's fuel shutoff. It's swollen about 25% from the original size, The ragged holes correspond to the main fuel position. I'm going to have to make a new part - originals are no longer available.
Thanks, CONgress!
It's for their own good
Help prevent violence using guns in America. Sign this petition to register the troublemakers!
Friday, September 25, 2015
Migrants?
The MSM spends a lot of time telling us about all the "migrants" from Syria presently invading Europe.
Another case of liberals redefining a word - these people are at best REFUGEES if not Muslim invaders.
Call a spade a spade.If Jugears brings any of these people here, as he has promised to, let's at least call them what they are - refugees.
Another case of liberals redefining a word - these people are at best REFUGEES if not Muslim invaders.
Call a spade a spade.If Jugears brings any of these people here, as he has promised to, let's at least call them what they are - refugees.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Why are we afraid of Islam?
Afraid to talk about reality!
Know your history, or live through a rerun!
Know your history, or live through a rerun!
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Back together
The pressure plate was here when I got home yesterday. All clean and rebuilt.
So, after dinner, I started putting the tractor back together.
Rebuilt pressure plate and alignment tool in place. Needs tightening.
Left front tire going flat - and twisting the engine in relation to the transmission. Some air fixes that.
Don't forget to remove the alignment tool after torquing down the pressure plate! I made this in my machine shop.
Ready to mate it back together!
Long bolts used to help align the halves. The bottle jack under the transmission and the floor jack under the engine allow fine tuning, as does the sir pressure in the tires.
Rough line-up. The long bolts keep things more or less in line, but can't support any significant load.
You can see the dowel pin above the bolt that sets the exact position of the halves. This must be lined up perfectly, or it won't drive into the transmission housing hole. there's one on either side of the engine.
Almost there. Dowels lined up, clutch splines sliding into place. One has to finesse the gas tank bolts and the steering shaft into place in the last inch or so.
Mated. About an hour and a half from starting to here. Have to remember to torque that bolt behind the fuel filter!
Left side split line.
And - all back together. All that's left is putting the batteries, hood and front loader back. Three and a half hour's work up to here. Maybe another hour to finish.
From the front. Will finish tomorrow. Right now, time for a long hot bath!
Update - finished the reassembly this evening. Had a scare - smoke from under the dashboard when I touched the positive battery terminal connecting the batteries. There was a tiny bit of something metallic got between the ammeter terminal and the ammeter bracket - fell out when i took it apart trying to find the problem. No damage.
Clutch feels real good. Once it dries out a bit - it's pouring - I'll put the front loader back on and hook up the mower deck.
So, after dinner, I started putting the tractor back together.
Rebuilt pressure plate and alignment tool in place. Needs tightening.
Left front tire going flat - and twisting the engine in relation to the transmission. Some air fixes that.
Don't forget to remove the alignment tool after torquing down the pressure plate! I made this in my machine shop.
Ready to mate it back together!
Long bolts used to help align the halves. The bottle jack under the transmission and the floor jack under the engine allow fine tuning, as does the sir pressure in the tires.
Rough line-up. The long bolts keep things more or less in line, but can't support any significant load.
You can see the dowel pin above the bolt that sets the exact position of the halves. This must be lined up perfectly, or it won't drive into the transmission housing hole. there's one on either side of the engine.
Almost there. Dowels lined up, clutch splines sliding into place. One has to finesse the gas tank bolts and the steering shaft into place in the last inch or so.
Mated. About an hour and a half from starting to here. Have to remember to torque that bolt behind the fuel filter!
Left side split line.
And - all back together. All that's left is putting the batteries, hood and front loader back. Three and a half hour's work up to here. Maybe another hour to finish.
From the front. Will finish tomorrow. Right now, time for a long hot bath!
Update - finished the reassembly this evening. Had a scare - smoke from under the dashboard when I touched the positive battery terminal connecting the batteries. There was a tiny bit of something metallic got between the ammeter terminal and the ammeter bracket - fell out when i took it apart trying to find the problem. No damage.
Clutch feels real good. Once it dries out a bit - it's pouring - I'll put the front loader back on and hook up the mower deck.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Never forget
Muslims killed over 3000 Americans 14 years ago tomorrow.
Video from the ISS:
Raw ground zero footage:
If Islam is truly a "religion of peace", Muslim leaders in places like Saudi Arabia will be the first hunting down and exterminating groups like ISIS. Since this has not happened, all I can think is that Muslim leaders have given tacit approval to terrorism and "fundamentalist" or "extremist" Islam.
I pray our next President can tell the difference between rhetoric and actions. Lots of talk from Muslims about love and peace, but anyone with eyes and ears can tell what the truth is.
Video from the ISS:
Raw ground zero footage:
If Islam is truly a "religion of peace", Muslim leaders in places like Saudi Arabia will be the first hunting down and exterminating groups like ISIS. Since this has not happened, all I can think is that Muslim leaders have given tacit approval to terrorism and "fundamentalist" or "extremist" Islam.
I pray our next President can tell the difference between rhetoric and actions. Lots of talk from Muslims about love and peace, but anyone with eyes and ears can tell what the truth is.
A bit of history
1932. The Bonus Army:
You probably never heard of this - American citizens attacked by the US Army.
It could happen again.
You probably never heard of this - American citizens attacked by the US Army.
It could happen again.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Split yet again!
My Massey-Ferguson Super 90 is in two halves again. Last week, I
reported how the clutch was locked up. Today at 5 AM, I pulled it into
the garage and went to work.
This time, I took pictures:
Left side. Just pulled in.Left the front loader outside.
Right front. Small drip under the middle - motor oil? I did put a new rear main seal in.
Right side.
Concrete blocks, plywood, and a 1/8" steel sheet for the floor jack to roll on. 6 AM.
Bottle jack on blocks under the transmission.
Batteries. Heavy!
Front loader braces and supports undone. Hood and fenders off. Wiring and piping disconnected
Instrument panel opened, to get to the roll pin in the steering shaft.
Draining the coolant. If you don't, when you take the temperature sender out of the head, it leaks.
2 x 4 blocks between the axle and front casting to keep the engine from pivoting on the axle
There's another 2 x 4 between the gas tank and the valve cover, to support the tank, which normally rests on top of the battery box.
Split. 6:40 AM.Notice the two fuel lines that need to be disconnected so the power steering pipes can stay with the back of the tractor.
You can see the throttle and fuel shutoff linkages above the starter. Small pipe drains oil from the power steering unit back to the transmission.
Ready to pull the clutch. I can see the problem - one of the fingers on the pressure plate is stuck depressed.
Blurry close-up of the pressure plate - the finger on the right is stuck depressed. Smells like hot clutch.
My original thought was that one of the flywheel bolts came loose and jammed the clutch. Happened to me on a '66 Chevy C30 panel truck a long time ago. Not this time - all looks good here.
Clutch disk. No problems here.
Pressure plate LOOKS OK, but getting stuck like that indicates internal wear -so I ordered a new one. AGCO no longer stocks these - ordered from Tractor Joe's in St. Louis. Should ship next Tuesday.
So, the garage is occupied at least until next weekend.
This time, I took pictures:
Left side. Just pulled in.Left the front loader outside.
Right front. Small drip under the middle - motor oil? I did put a new rear main seal in.
Right side.
Concrete blocks, plywood, and a 1/8" steel sheet for the floor jack to roll on. 6 AM.
Batteries. Heavy!
Front loader braces and supports undone. Hood and fenders off. Wiring and piping disconnected
Instrument panel opened, to get to the roll pin in the steering shaft.
Draining the coolant. If you don't, when you take the temperature sender out of the head, it leaks.
2 x 4 blocks between the axle and front casting to keep the engine from pivoting on the axle
There's another 2 x 4 between the gas tank and the valve cover, to support the tank, which normally rests on top of the battery box.
Split. 6:40 AM.Notice the two fuel lines that need to be disconnected so the power steering pipes can stay with the back of the tractor.
You can see the throttle and fuel shutoff linkages above the starter. Small pipe drains oil from the power steering unit back to the transmission.
Ready to pull the clutch. I can see the problem - one of the fingers on the pressure plate is stuck depressed.
Blurry close-up of the pressure plate - the finger on the right is stuck depressed. Smells like hot clutch.
My original thought was that one of the flywheel bolts came loose and jammed the clutch. Happened to me on a '66 Chevy C30 panel truck a long time ago. Not this time - all looks good here.
Clutch disk. No problems here.
Pressure plate LOOKS OK, but getting stuck like that indicates internal wear -so I ordered a new one. AGCO no longer stocks these - ordered from Tractor Joe's in St. Louis. Should ship next Tuesday.
So, the garage is occupied at least until next weekend.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Veteran's Administration survey
The VA is asking for "a million veterans" to participate in a survey about health and mental condition. The survey can be found here.
Knowing what the Jugears administration has already done to our veterans, I would just file the letter in the circular file, not even mark :"I do not want to participate".
Telling the government that you have periods of "feeling blue" or are suffering from PTSD could easily get you listed as a "risk" and barred from owning a firearm. Admitting to chronic pain could easily have the same result.
Beware.
Knowing what the Jugears administration has already done to our veterans, I would just file the letter in the circular file, not even mark :"I do not want to participate".
Telling the government that you have periods of "feeling blue" or are suffering from PTSD could easily get you listed as a "risk" and barred from owning a firearm. Admitting to chronic pain could easily have the same result.
Beware.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Tractor fixed!
Finally got the tractor back together. Only took four splits - feels more like five.
The first time I put it back together, it seemed OK - until hydraulic fluid began pouring out from the starter. Split it again and replaced the 50-year-old rotten looking hoses in the clutch housing, and figured that would solve the problem.
Put it back together and stated it - still pouring fluid out of the clutch area. Got under and looked in while my son cranked it - oil coming out near the high pressure fitting. The new gasket between the front cover and trans housing had blown out because I had missed an O-ring.
Split it again. Found a suitable ring and put it back together again. Still leaking.
Went over the parts in the exploded drawing. The only culprits left were several O-rings in the fittings and the one I just replaced. Ordered all new rings and another gasket.
Got the parts Friday and split the tractor again. The O-ring I had put in slipped out of its' counter bore and got crushed. Replaced all the O-rings and the gasket, and carefully reassembled it. No leaks.
Mowed the firebreaks - and knocked the muffler apart on a dead tree branch. So, off to Farm and Fleet for a new muffler.
At least I can split the tractor in under three hours now...
Update 8/29 - last Tuesday I decided to go over the firebreaks again, as they need to be trimmed at least once a week to keep them neat. Made it around the west fields and about a third of the way around the east side - and the clutch locked up. Had this happen once in a Chevy C30 panel truck - bolts backed out of the flywheel and jammed the driven disc. I'll have to split the thing yet again to find out for sure, but there are no loose parts in the clutch housing, at least.
Oh - and about a quart of hydraulic fluid was in the bottom of the bell housing. Leftovers from the last time, or still leaking? This from about an hour of running.
Picked up a new muffler and a bucket of fluid - muffler in place, fluid waiting for a working clutch.
Since the firebreaks are mowed, it can wait a while - perhaps next weekend, which is a long one...
The first time I put it back together, it seemed OK - until hydraulic fluid began pouring out from the starter. Split it again and replaced the 50-year-old rotten looking hoses in the clutch housing, and figured that would solve the problem.
Put it back together and stated it - still pouring fluid out of the clutch area. Got under and looked in while my son cranked it - oil coming out near the high pressure fitting. The new gasket between the front cover and trans housing had blown out because I had missed an O-ring.
Split it again. Found a suitable ring and put it back together again. Still leaking.
Went over the parts in the exploded drawing. The only culprits left were several O-rings in the fittings and the one I just replaced. Ordered all new rings and another gasket.
Got the parts Friday and split the tractor again. The O-ring I had put in slipped out of its' counter bore and got crushed. Replaced all the O-rings and the gasket, and carefully reassembled it. No leaks.
Mowed the firebreaks - and knocked the muffler apart on a dead tree branch. So, off to Farm and Fleet for a new muffler.
At least I can split the tractor in under three hours now...
Update 8/29 - last Tuesday I decided to go over the firebreaks again, as they need to be trimmed at least once a week to keep them neat. Made it around the west fields and about a third of the way around the east side - and the clutch locked up. Had this happen once in a Chevy C30 panel truck - bolts backed out of the flywheel and jammed the driven disc. I'll have to split the thing yet again to find out for sure, but there are no loose parts in the clutch housing, at least.
Oh - and about a quart of hydraulic fluid was in the bottom of the bell housing. Leftovers from the last time, or still leaking? This from about an hour of running.
Picked up a new muffler and a bucket of fluid - muffler in place, fluid waiting for a working clutch.
Since the firebreaks are mowed, it can wait a while - perhaps next weekend, which is a long one...
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Why our society is so stupid
We have taught our kids to unlearn!
As usual, the public school system and political correctness take most of the blame - but parents are complicit in not teaching critical thinking and personal responsibility at home.
As usual, the public school system and political correctness take most of the blame - but parents are complicit in not teaching critical thinking and personal responsibility at home.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Store owner defends himself and his property
Two weeks ago in Milwaukee, a store owner saw some armed men casing his business, and then ram through the front door with a stolen vehicle. He defends himself with a rifle. Video at the link.
Perhaps I need to be watching the news a bit more.
Found at Sipsey Street Irregulars.
The owner of the store found out Wednesday he won't be charged in the shooting.As well he shouldn't be. Self-defense and defense of property from armed attackers is a basic right.
Perhaps I need to be watching the news a bit more.
Found at Sipsey Street Irregulars.
Instant karma?
Vin Suprynowicz has a good article on the recent shooting at the black church in SC:
If we don’t have ‘common-sense gun control’ now, time to start over
That's my opinion, too. There's a bit more to the story, that gives me the title of this post:“There is no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of God and slaughters innocent people engaged in the study of scripture,” said Cornell William Brooks, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, after a visitor to a Bible study group at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shot and killed the preacher and eight parishioners there in Charleston, South Carolina June 17.
I agree with Mr. Brooks. I hope we can all agree that when people arm themselves and travel to a church with the pre-arranged plan to open fire and kill people at that church –- peaceful, innocent people who have caused no one harm — that’s evil, and anyone who commits such an act should be charged with multiple felonies and put on trial.
Why didn’t anyone at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston — anyone but the attacker, that is to say — have and use a self-defense gun on the evening of June 17? It turns out it wasn’t just “bad luck.”
PASTOR DISARMED HIS PARISHIONERS
A board member for the National Rifle Association blames the gun-control position of South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney — the very same man who was killed with his parishioners in the Charleston church shooting — for the deaths of his congregation, Nick Gass of Politico reported on June 19.
If state Sen. -– who was also the Rev. -– Pinckney had voted to allow gun owners to carry their own weapons, Charles Cotton wrote, “eight of his church members … might be alive.”
In one thread discussing the previous day’s shooting at the Emanuel AME Church, a user with the name ShootDonTalk wrote: “Something else to consider: The pastor of this church, who was killed, is a State Legislator in S.C.”
“And he voted against concealed-carry,” 13-year NRA board member Cotton responded. “Eight of his church members who might be alive if he had expressly allowed members to carry handguns in church are dead. Innocent people died because of his position on a political issue.”
The bill that Pinckney voted against in 2011 would have permitted gun owners to bring guns into public places like churches and daycare centers. It ultimately failed.Read the whole article. Well worth your time.
I've said it before, and it can't be said enough - if guns are banned, only criminals and the police will have guns. And the criminals will not respect anyone's wishes as to "gun-free zones".
Just south of me, in the People's Republik of Ill-Annoys, the city of South Beloit has decided to post huge signs with a gun in a red circle-slash at the entrances to their parks. If they were honest about it, the sign would have the words "Free Fire Zone", or "No Self Defense Allowed" in large letters, so patrons do not mistakenly get the idea that "no guns" means "safe".
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
IRS rant
I know it's worthless to complain, but:
We files our 2014 tax return in February, using "E-File".
In early March, we got a letter from the IRS telling us our "refund" would be cut roughly in half, from what their E-File system calculated. OK, so we don't get what we expected. Easy come, easy go. We did get the reduced refund, and promptly spent it on overdue bills stemming from my then-recent layoff.
In April, we got another letter from the IRS - they want $2800 for taxes owed on our 2013 return, due to our not listing a "debt reduction" negotiated settlement of a credit card. We never received the 1099 that companies are required to send to people who get settlements like this, but they evidently DID send the information to the IRS so they could determine that we owe more.
First off, when we contacted with the lawyer to negotiate credit cards down, we were not told that any settlement would be treated by the IRS as a lump-sun increase in our income that year.
Secondly, why did the IRS not notice the discrepancy in our 2013 return before refunding almost double what we "owe" to us for 2014? I thought they deducted unpaid taxes from refunds.
I'm beginning to understand why some people go nuts.
To top it off, we recently got notices of MORE "settlements" from that lawyer - he's earning his keep, anyway - that will undoubtedly almost double our income this year, so in 2016 we will have to go into more debt to pay taxes on money we never saw.
There's been much talk of the "Fair Tax" where you pay a set percentage of your base pay to the government. It still will require the IRS to monitor people's personal lives lest they have an undocumented job, and will still require all those databases of American's financial dealings.
How about we abolish the IRS and all income taxes by Constitutional amendment. Make all government live off 5% or 10% of all retail sales exclusive of food, and shrink as needed to stay within budget. Let the various states donate 5% or 10% of their tax income to the federal government. The feds should never be bigger than 1/10 of 1% of the economy, defense included. This will provide a long-needed positive feedback mechanism for the government to actually help grow the economy rather than impede it.
Of course, this will mean a wholesale deconstruction of the federal government, and the layoffs of millions of useless drones, who will all go on unemployment until it runs out. Since all "entitlements" would also end, these drones would have to learn useful trades or starve.
Beautiful image. I won't hold my breath.
We files our 2014 tax return in February, using "E-File".
In early March, we got a letter from the IRS telling us our "refund" would be cut roughly in half, from what their E-File system calculated. OK, so we don't get what we expected. Easy come, easy go. We did get the reduced refund, and promptly spent it on overdue bills stemming from my then-recent layoff.
In April, we got another letter from the IRS - they want $2800 for taxes owed on our 2013 return, due to our not listing a "debt reduction" negotiated settlement of a credit card. We never received the 1099 that companies are required to send to people who get settlements like this, but they evidently DID send the information to the IRS so they could determine that we owe more.
First off, when we contacted with the lawyer to negotiate credit cards down, we were not told that any settlement would be treated by the IRS as a lump-sun increase in our income that year.
Secondly, why did the IRS not notice the discrepancy in our 2013 return before refunding almost double what we "owe" to us for 2014? I thought they deducted unpaid taxes from refunds.
I'm beginning to understand why some people go nuts.
To top it off, we recently got notices of MORE "settlements" from that lawyer - he's earning his keep, anyway - that will undoubtedly almost double our income this year, so in 2016 we will have to go into more debt to pay taxes on money we never saw.
There's been much talk of the "Fair Tax" where you pay a set percentage of your base pay to the government. It still will require the IRS to monitor people's personal lives lest they have an undocumented job, and will still require all those databases of American's financial dealings.
How about we abolish the IRS and all income taxes by Constitutional amendment. Make all government live off 5% or 10% of all retail sales exclusive of food, and shrink as needed to stay within budget. Let the various states donate 5% or 10% of their tax income to the federal government. The feds should never be bigger than 1/10 of 1% of the economy, defense included. This will provide a long-needed positive feedback mechanism for the government to actually help grow the economy rather than impede it.
Of course, this will mean a wholesale deconstruction of the federal government, and the layoffs of millions of useless drones, who will all go on unemployment until it runs out. Since all "entitlements" would also end, these drones would have to learn useful trades or starve.
Beautiful image. I won't hold my breath.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The View From Olympus: Chattanooga
Fourth Generation war visited Chattanooga last week at the cost of four Marines and one sailor dead. It was not the first instance of 4GW on American soil, and it will not be the last.
The killer was, again, Islamic. Islam is by no means the only non-state entity to which people may give their primary loyalty, but it is one of the more dangerous.
To diminish the risk of 4GW posed by Islam, we need to take two actions. The first is to stop Islamic immigration into this country, and not only Islamic immigration, but immigration by anyone who is likely to refuse to acculturate. All immigrants who refuse to become culturally American provide a base for 4GW.
The culturally Marxist Establishment insists on keeping the border open to such people because they help it attain its two main goals, first set by Gramsci in Italy and Lukacs in Hungary in l9l9, destroying Western culture and the Christian religion. Protecting ourselves from imported 4GW is “discrimination” in cultural Marxism’s vocabulary. In a 4GW world, any state that wants to survive will discriminate very carefully in terms of who it lets in.YES. I've been of this opinion for a long time. If an "immigrant" does not want to become an American, he should leave after visiting our country, not expect us to change to suit him.
I need to repeat my mantra - discrimination is good - it allows you to tell good from evil. Laws prohibiting "discrimination" are stupid in the max.
The second action we need to take is to stop messing around in other peoples’ parts of the globe. So ong as we keep hitting them with drone and air strikes, they will try to hit us back on our own soil. What else should we expect? That war is waged only by one side? Here, the problem is not the cultural Marxists but people who call themselves “conservatives”. They are not. Desires to rule the world and cram Brave New World down everyone else’s throat are anti-conservative. At root they are nationalist, and nationalism arose on the left, not on the right. Russell Kirk was no friend of nationalism.He goes on to discuss the "womanizing" of our country. This jives with my ideas of how to deal with Islamic extremists - though he's a bit nicer about it. I think we have nukes for just this kind of thing.
An America with a masculine culture would have replied to this and other incidents with what 4GW theory calls the “Hama model”. The President would have gone on television within a matter of hours to say to the nation, “As I am speaking, hundreds of American bombers are wiping the city of Raqqa off the map and killing every living thing in it. I warn all civilians in any other territory under the control of ISIS to flee. The same thing can happen to you.” Not only would this have hit ISIS hard physically, it would have deprived it of its base, a much more serious injury. If no civilians would remain in any area controlled by ISIS, ISIS could not function.Read the whole thing.
Now we know why Jugears wears "mom jeans" and a bike helmet...
HMMM...
Just got this from a friend. Good questions to sak yourself long before November.
When you vote for an incumbent you
are perpetuating our government as
it is now. Nothing will change.
These three, short sentences tell you a
lot about the direction of our current
government and cultural
environment:
are perpetuating our government as
it is now. Nothing will change.
These three, short sentences tell you a
lot about the direction of our current
government and cultural
environment:
1.)
We are advised NOT to judge ALL Muslims
by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.
Funny how that works. And here's another
one worth considering.
2.)
Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money.
How come we never hear about welfare or
food stamps running out of money?
What's interesting is the first group "worked for"
their money, but the second didn't.
Think about it.....
Last but not least:
3.)
Why are we cutting
benefits for our veterans, no pay raises
for our military and cutting our army to a level
lower than before WWII, but we are not
stopping payments to illegal aliens such
as monthly payments for each child, money for
housing, food stamps, free education
including college and also the right
to vote?
We are advised NOT to judge ALL Muslims
by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.
Funny how that works. And here's another
one worth considering.
2.)
Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money.
How come we never hear about welfare or
food stamps running out of money?
What's interesting is the first group "worked for"
their money, but the second didn't.
Think about it.....
Last but not least:
3.)
Why are we cutting
benefits for our veterans, no pay raises
for our military and cutting our army to a level
lower than before WWII, but we are not
stopping payments to illegal aliens such
as monthly payments for each child, money for
housing, food stamps, free education
including college and also the right
to vote?
Am
I the only one missing something?
If not, pass this along.
I the only one missing something?
If not, pass this along.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Jugears - he just won't quit
He's persistent - I'll give him that.
Obama admin looks to ban some Social Security recipients from owning guns
Video at the link.
The Obama administration wants to keep people collecting Social Security benefits from owning guns if it is determined they are unable to manage their own affairs, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The push, which could potentially affect millions whose monthly disability payments are handled by others, is intended to bring the Social Security Administration in line with laws that prevent gun sales to felons, drug addicts, immigrants in the United States illegally, and others, according to the paper.
The language of federal gun laws restricts ownership to people who are unable to manage their own affairs due to "marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease” – which could potentially affect a large group within Social Security, the LA Times reported.What do you expect from a born and bred Communist - he's using the same method of handling dissidents that his ideological homeland used - throw them into the loony bin.
Monday, July 20, 2015
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