WAKE UP and Smell SOCIALISM

 

Is trump a democrat and hired by the democratic party to destroy republicans and the conservative movement in the united states of America???

If you are concerned about the future of the US of A, then worry no longer...  because 2020 and 2022 is definate proof that MOST AMERICANS ARE SOCIALISTS and they want the Government to pay for everything and tax the wealthy in order to do this...

However, the wealthy know this shit, and hide their money so that it cannot be taxed...  therefore, the only option for the government is to print more money or borrow more money from CHINA...

1. Free Education'
2. Free Housing
3. Free Income
4. Free Transportation
5. Free Food
6. Free Clothes

Now that liberal politics have been embraced by the general public regardless of the state of the economy, then you might as well get ready to see the end of gasoline coming sooner than later.

In order for this to happen, gasoline prices must continue to increase and rather than drilling at home to reduce prices, the liberal government will buy gasoline from our enemies helping them to finance terrorist activities against us.

SIDEBAR:  The Middle East HATES Americans because of the white supremacists that were in power from the 1900s until present time where we took advantage of the rest of the world because we were more powerful than anyother country and made sure they understood that...  

Just like blacks and slavery, Muslims resented the US of A and all her people.

If you speak out against these LIBERALS, you will be cancelled...  ignored...  black-balled to the point that your career is over and you will never again earn the high salary that you once were making...

FORECASTING...  if you want to look ahead to see what's coming, then get ready for ROBOTs to take over your jobs.  High tech companies are pushing for robotic employment and if you are a liberal, you are not supposed to look at that future with concern...  because the government will take care of you...

Eye - MC Escher

 

The Female Form

Amateur Chef (Cook)

 

In 2015, my wife and I retired.  I was 67 and she was 62.  She decided that if she cooked at all, it would only be for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas...  leaving me to cook my own meals which I have basically done since then.

I would not consider myself an amateur chef but I would consider myself a amateur cook who tosses a bunch of shit together and calls it a meal.

I have made spaghetti, lasagna, pies, stews, soups, pizza, chili, omelettes, quiches, different types of breads & biscuits, and caseroles all of which I ate, except for maybe 1-2 that I could not eat because it tasted so horrible.

I use a pressure cooker, a gas stove, an electric cooktop, and an air fryer most of the time...  not sure what else there might be other than a gas grill.

I like to start my cooking with onions, bell peppers (preferrably green), garlic, celery, and mushrooms.

To this combination, I add zucchini, squash, beans, peas, limas, potatoes, rice, etc. whatever sound good or that might mix well.

My seasoning is usually black pepper, sea salt, parsley, sage, rosemary, Thyme, basil, oregano, and paprika...  I cannot stand cilantro or avocados.

What started out as a necessity, has not really turned into a hobby because I don't just cook for fun, I cook because I am hungry...  but, it is enjoyable.

Morning Habits For You

Would you like to get a jump start on your day and keep yourself in a high state of productivity all day, every day? Before you start your work routine at your normal earthly time, consider this: many of the world's most successful founders and CEOs (think Apple's Tim Cook) have an edge because they're starting their day at a time when the rest of us are still asleep.

How early are we talking? As I covered here, 4 a.m. may be the most productive time of the day, because there are minimal distractions before the sun rises, no one is emailing or texting you, and there's less to see on social media.

If that's not your cup of tea, there is another way to set the stage for a productive day before distractions start to pile up and fires need to be put out. Follow these morning steps as the pathway to mastering the rest of your day.

1. Meditate
Spend 15 minutes alone doing deep breathing and some form of meditation. If 15 minutes feels too hard, start with five, but be consistent. Leading-edge brain research shows what monks have long known--that meditation calms the mind and cultivates focus. 

It can also increase the brain's gamma waves, which are associated with attention, learning, memory, happiness, and the "a-ha!" moments we experience when we make a complex connection.  READ MORE...

Mother Sloth

 

The Death of Conservatism in the US of A

 

If you are a conservative, you might as well bend over, put your head between you legs...  and, kiss your ASS GOODBYE...

The Republican Party which is the conservative side of America's consciousness IS DEAD and will soon be buried all across the country of the US of A as the new SAVIORS of AMERICA are the liberals and the socialists who are unequivocally supported by the mainstream media of CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS...

Additionally, big TECH and many BILLIONAIRES support this liberal and socialist movement...  making the odds against the conservatives insurmountable...

THIS HEAVY FOOT WILL NOT BE TAKEN OFF THE NECKS OF THE CONSERVATIVES...

If you played sports in high school, or college, or semi-pros or pros...  your mentality is not to GIVE UP until the game is actually over...  however, if the numbers are so heavily against you, then no matter how hard you try, or how many special breaks fall on yours side, it is STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN...

This is when the mouse in the electrified cage, simply lays down on the floor and GIVES UP and DIES...

• AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE HIGH GASOLINE PRICES
• AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE HIGH FOOD PRICES
• AMERICANS WANT TO BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY
• AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE ABORTIONS
• AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
• AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE ILLEGAL DRUGS
• AMERICANS WANT CRIME AND VIOLENCE
• AMERICANS WANT TO
•  BE FORGIVEN BY THE BLACKS
• AMERICANS ADMITTED TO BE WHITE SUPREMACISTS
• AMERICANS WANT GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS
• AMERICANS WANT TO BE IN DEBT
• AMERICANS WANT TO BE CONTROLLED BY CHINA
• AMERICANS NO LONGER WANT TO BE A GLOBAL LEADER
• AMERICANS NO LONGER WANT FREE SPEECH
• AMERICANS WANT TO OWN GUNS
• AMERICANS WANT THE REST OF THE WORLD TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

M C Escher

 

No Party Has The Answer

 

It would appear...  that neither political party...   republican or democrat...  has the answer to fix our economy...  therefore...  have their heads up their ASSES...

The Dems have caused:

• Inflation in all areas - gasoline, food, clothes, building suppliles, home supplies, restaurant supplies, etc.
• Increases in Illegal immigration
• Increases in Crime and Violence
• Increase in Illegal Drugs - fentanyl from China
• Racism - CRT in schools
• Increases in the National Debt - move towards socialism

The GOP (Republicans) have caused:

Americans to believe that they have NO FRIGGING IDEA of how to correct the problem...  especially since Donald Trump seems to be the leader of the Republican party...  Americans HATE that man...  both parties

BIG PROBLEM - Donald Trump will not back off...  and, he will not do that because of his EGO...  he cares more about himself than he does of the republican party or the US of A.

Because of this SPLIT in the country...  the Dems will not back off, nor will they change a damn thing even though Biden has the worst approval rating of any President in modern history.

Doing nothing is a move towards SOCIALISM...  and what the liberals don't understand or don't want to believe is that the WEALTHY PEOPLE will NOT BE WILLING to pay HIGHER TAXES to pay for socialism...  They will hide their money...  There are many wealthy DEMOCRATS but that does not mean they are willing to pay for more.

One of things that make wealthy people wealthy is that they have learned to use other people's money first...

BLACKS who only represent 12% of the overall population in the US of A seem to be controlling the political environment because they keep playing the RACE CARD...  Whites are afraid to stand up against them...  Standing up does not mean you are racist...  standing up means you want the RIGHT THING TO BE DONE...  Racism does not do the right thing...  I would suspect there are more racists among the blacks than there is among the whites.

Ancient Egypt

Counting Age

 

Let's Talk Life Insurance

 

If you watch any amount of television, you are bombarded with commercials about the medicare enrollment period being open and/or the need for you to buy life insurance...

Health insurance, given the rising costs of healthcare...  IS A MUST.

However, the need for life insurance...  IS A CON.

If you believe you ARE GOING TO DIE as soon as the probation period is over, then buy life insurance.

If you don't believe you are going to die early, the DON'T BUY LIFE INSURANCE, instead take the money that you would being paying on your premiums and invest that money in a MUTUAL FUND...  you will earn far more money when you eventually die than you would receive from your life insurance company...

This posting is going to be hated by life insurance companies...  but, it is something that students learn in BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL that is not taught in high school or in the first few years of college.

Life insurance companies, just like banks, take your money and invest it in MUTUAL FUNDS...  why do you think they do that???

If you cannot answer that question, then buy life insurance and when you die, you will be able to know at the last minute before death that you wasted your money and did not take care of your family...

By then, it will be a tad too late...  but hey, you won't care... and will be just like shingles.

Strictly Political

 

Behind the Milky Way

A composite image showing the 58 galaxies clustered together in the "zone of avoidance" behind the Milky Way. (Image credit: Galdeano et al. / ESO)



Astronomers have detected an enormous extragalactic structure hiding in an uncharted region of space far beyond the Milky Way's center.


This phantom region, known as the zone of avoidance, is a blank spot on our map of the universe, comprising somewhere between 10% and 20% of the night sky. 

The reason we can't see it — at least with standard visible light telescopes — is because the Milky Way's bulging center blocks our view of it; the center of our galaxy is so dense with stars, dust and other matter that light from the zone of avoidance gets scattered or absorbed before reaching Earth's telescopes.

However, researchers have had better luck uncovering the zone's secrets with telescopes that can detect infrared radiation — a type of energy that's invisible to human eyes, but powerful enough to shine through dense clouds of gas and dust. 

Infrared surveys of the zone of avoidance have found evidence of thousands of individual galaxies shining through the cosmic fog, though little is known about the large-scale structures that lurk there.  READ MORE...

Photo Tricks

 

My Faith

 

What is my FAITH???

Interesting question...

My faith is based upon my beliefs.

My beliefs leave me thinking there is a creator...  but, the creator in which I believe is based upon that creator being an extraterrestrial or what we might refer to as an alien.

Why do I believe this???

"My kingdom is not of this world..."  said Jesus during his trial...  and, these comments...  "In my father's house are many rooms..."  and, I see this statement as refering to many solar systems and many galaxies and possibly many dimensions that create a multiverse.

Now that our Federal Government has acknowledged the reality of UFOs since 1945/1946/1947...  my impression regarding that admission is that there is much, much more than they are saying.

Also, evolutions in our DNA in some cases are so extraordinary that the only plausible explanation is that someone altered our DNA in order to expedite our evolutionary process.

Those two concepts leave me believing that there are other forms of life out there in the universe, especially in our own solar system and Milky Way Galaxy.

QUESTION:  Why would God create a universe as vast as he did, with the expectations that human beings on earth would be the only life forms???

Logically it makes no sense...

THEREFORE, someone or something HAD TO HAVE CREATED US...  so, there can be no other conclusion to draw that there is, in fact, a creator...  it just may not be the one we expected.

Oldest Monestary

                      Sumela Monastery Turkey

According to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Sumela Monastery was founded around AD 386. That is in the early days of Christianity being legal in the Roman Empire and during the reign of the emperor Theodosius I (375 - 395). That would also make it among the oldest Christian monasteries in the world.

Gasoline in the USA

 

A little over 2 years ago, the US of A produced enough domestic petroleum crude oil so that they did not have to buy any oil from other countries and as a result our gasoline prices were right around $2/gallon and this varied depending upon where you lived and the taxes that were imposed by local and state governments.

For instance, gasoline is more expensive in Chattanooga, TN than it is 20 miles away in GA because of taxes.   I will pay less for gasoline where I live than I would be paying in another city less than 20 miles north of me.

When President Biden took office, his first action was to cancel the Keystone Pipeline and shut down oil leases so that the US of A was no longer able to produce the crude oil they needed and began buying oil from other countries.  As a result gasoline prices increased.

COVID worsened the issue.  The war in Ukraine worsened the issue.  Supply chain problems worsened the issue and government spending worsened the issue.  When OPEC reduced oil production using the ECONOMICS EDUCATION they received in the US of A, that also contributed to gasoline price increases.

Gas prices came down because PEOPLE STOPPED DRIVING as much, including my wife and I, driving only when we had to.  We also stopped mowing our lawn every week because of gasoline prices.

The Democrats want us to stop driving gasoline cars and switch to electric cars which cost more to buy even though they cost less to operate.  Most American do not have the upfront money to buy a more expensive vehicle.

As far as my wife and I are concerned, our age is dictating that we only have about 10 more years where we will be able to drive....  buying a $60,000+ electric vehicle offers us a very poor return on our investment, especially living on a fixed income.

CONSEQUENTLY...  regardless of what the Democrats want, and regardless of how much the price of gasoline increases, we will REFUSE to purchase an electric vehicle and take UBERS when we stop driving.

Two Lads?

 

Classic Sunday Morning Newspaper Cartoons

 

Ancient Water System

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman water system during excavations in Stabiae, located near Pompeii in the Province of Naples, Italy.

Stabiae was largely buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which released a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), molten rock, pumice, and hot ash at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second. The resulting pyroclastic surges and heavy ashfall enveloped Pompeii and Herculanium, with large parts of Stabiae being buried in thick tephra and ash.

The Roman author, Pliny the Elder, records that Stabiae had several miles of luxury coastal villas along the edge of the headland, with notable figures such as Julius Caesar, the emperors Augustus and Tiberius, and the statesman-philosopher Cicero all owning properties there.

Excavations in a small peristyle (colonnaded garden) at the Villa Arianna have uncovered parts of an ancient water system during archaeological cleaning, revealing a decorated lead tank which was part of a water distribution system within the villa complex.  READ MORE...

Birds

 

My Past Revisited

 

In 1972, I graduated from Elon College with a BA in English...  I should have graduated in 1970 but I took a couple of years off, to be a military man...

My first job after college was Director of Product Efficacy for a microbiological media manufacturer...  From there I went into the non-profit arena as Executive Director of a local arts council, that promoted all forms of "art" in the public school systems and to the general public...  that also including reporting to a board of directors, fund raising, all promotions, member group management, managing employees and volunteers.

During that time, I also explored my own artistic talents by involving myself with a local writers group, became a amateur photographer, and painter exploring with both water colors, oils, and acrylics.

I was with the arts council for 8 years and despite the fact that I had boards of directors who for the most part were assholes, I enjoyed the job, what I did, and who I worked with.

The caricature that I am using above was done for me by a local artist to use as my logo photo when I wrote articles on the "arts" that were published in the local newspaper or when I wrote articles for the monthly magazine that I started to earn revenues by selling advertisements.

The main reason I left the arts council was that I got tired of dealing with big fish in little ponds who never wanted to become little fish in big ponds.

While employed at the arts council, I went to Graduate School on the weekends and received an MBA after two years and passing 60 hours of college credits.  

From the arts council, I went to the Community College System and began custom designing training programs for industry, some of which I taught myself...  those course that revolved around quality management, team problem solving, and redesigning processes in increase throughput.

These years represented 1974 through 1989.  In 1990, I moved to East Tennessee from the piedmont of North Carolina.

Strictly Politics

 

Aftermath of the 2022 Midterms

 

Firstly...  President Joe Biden claims that the Democrats won victories because they did not lose as much as was anticipated...

That is a hell of a thing on which to hang one's political hopes...

However, since Biden believes that he PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL CHANGE NOTHING...

Oh Boy!!!  This means:

• More Inflation
• higher gas prices
• higher food prices
• higher clothes prices
• More Immigration
• more illegals not tested for disease
• more potential terrorists
• more illegal drugs
• More Government Spending
• less employment
• less goods and services
• less debt reduction

I am not a democrat or a republican nor am I an independent or a socialist...  I believe in a small government that follows the US Constitutions, Bill of Rights, and the Rule of Law.  I believe in a strong military as a defensive posture but do not like wars.  I support the 2rd amendment but will never buy a gun.  I support abortions but will never encourage a female to get one.  I believe in a creator but not in insitutionalized religions.

The 2022 Midterms was a loud message given to politicians by the General Public...  until you find a solution, we are keeping the STATUS QUO no matter how bad it gets or how much we suffer in our global respect...

Maybe it will take the rapid growth of China and the decline of the US before politicians decide they need to do something for our future rather than their future.

Get In Line

 

Wasted Time

 

Yellow

 

Retiring on $2,300 each Month

Retirement is a time of frugality for many, since other than Social Security and pension payments, many folks don't have much money coming in. If you're not rooted to a specific location, you are free to move to where the living comes cheaply, like the 10 small towns on this list.

For this study, GOBankingRates considered small towns with populations of less than 30,000 where you can retire on a budget of $2,300 or less, using data from ApartmentList June 2022. 

We also used Sperling's Best to find the cost of living index for every city on the list and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey. 

We then added monthly housing, grocery and healthcare costs together to find where a person 65 and older could get by on the $2,300 budget.

Equally important was a city's livability score -- the cities on this list had to have a score of 65 or higher as sourced from AreaVibes. When all was said and done, three states dominated the list.   READ MORE...

Dog Mother