Weighing the Odds

 Former President Donald Trump has been indicted TWICE by Democratic DAs who would not have indicted fellow Democrats who had done the same thing.  The Democrats have weaponized the DOJ and that is setting a dangerous precedent...

In all likelihood, since indictments or even criminal charges do not prevent a candidate from running for President, there is a good chance that Trump will win because of this foolishness.

Arrogant Biden believes that since he beat Trump once he can beat him again.  That belief is misguided because of his age, his lack of accomplishments, inflation, immigration, a poor economy, and the fear that Kamala Harris might become the President.

Should Trump win, it will be GOOD for the US on the economy, return to oil, and with international countries but it will be BAD domestically where the division and hatred will just escalate.

INSTEAD, what I wish would happen is that Trump bow out of the race, and take legal action against the DOJ, the FBI, the mainstream media, and a corrupt Biden (along with his son) who has yet to be completely exposed.

Trump needs to fix our corrupt government and he just might be in a better position to do that as a former President than as a President.

Steven Wright One-Liners

This is not Steven Wright

If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous erudite (comic) scientist who once said: "I woke up one  morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and  replaced by exact duplicates."

His mind sees things differently than most of us do. Here are some of his gems:

1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.

3 - Half the people you know are below average.

4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

8 - If you want the rainbow, you have got to put up with the rain.

9 - All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand.

10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend... But she left me before we met.

12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?

13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked
something.

15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.

19 - I intend to live forever... So far, so good.

20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn
louder."

24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name.

25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research.

30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on
it.

33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.

34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

And the all-time favorite:

35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?

Orange Tooth Rodent Invades

Over the last few decades, a new invasive species has moved into the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported.

Populations of nutria are spreading across a growing portion of the U.S. Many states are taking steps to eliminate the animal before it destroys local wetlands, but some, like Louisiana, are already overrun.

What are nutria?
The nutria is a large, semi-aquatic rodent with orange teeth native to South America that was brought to the United States in 1889 for its fur, according to the National Invasive Species Information Center. It is also referred to as a coypu, coypu rat, nutria rat, or swamp beaver.

While nutria may look cuddly from a distance, they usually weigh in at around 11-22 pounds (and are often more than 20 pounds), making most heavier than the average healthy housecat — and nutria can eat a quarter of their body weight in a day.

Since nutria have few natural predators in the U.S. and can reproduce year-round, nutria populations can multiply quickly. Though most live less than three years in the wild, some live longer, and a female nutria can birth up to 200 babies during a short lifespan.  READ MORE...

Farming

 

Korean Robots

 

Oldest Burial Site in the World Not Filled with Humans

Paleontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.

Led by renowned palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger, researchers said they discovered several specimens of Homo naledi – a tree-climbing, Stone Age hominid – buried about 30 meters (100 feet) underground in a cave system within the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO world heritage site near Johannesburg.​

"These are the most ancient interments yet recorded in the hominin record, earlier than evidence of Homo sapiens interments by at least 100,000 years," the scientists wrote in a series of yet to be peer-reviewed and preprint papers to be published in eLife.​

The findings challenge the current understanding of human evolution, as it is normally held that the development of bigger brains allowed for the performing of complex, "meaning-making" activities such as burying the dead.​

The oldest burials previously unearthed, found in the Middle East and Africa, contained the remains of Homo sapiens – and were around 100,000 years old.​  READ MORE...

In A Book

 

Trip to Nashville

 We just got back from Nashville, Tennessee where we had an appointment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center - department of Orthopedics.  We were referred there by our family physicians in Dandridge...  the reason for this referral is that we are unable with the results of the doctors here in Knoxville and desired a second opinion.

Nashville is about 3.5 hours away and by the time we stopped to walk around a little, our trip took us 4 hours.  However, that time was based upon entering the city and we had to go downtown.  We found Vanderbilt and parking, but it took us another two hours to find where we were supposed to go the next day for our appointment.

Our motel room was spacious and very clean but the bed was uncomfortable and the air conditioner kept up awake with it noise.  The free breakfast sucked and that is being nice.  We left two hours early and decided to eat breakfast at the hospital and make sure we had a good parking spot.

What amazed me the most was that the people hired to provide information to visitors at Vanderbilt were not familiar with the Orthopedic department and sent us in several directions until we found someone who knew where we were going.  Wonder why these people had been hired or if they had just not been trained properly.

The doctor we saw was a hip specialist.  He asked lots of questions and took lots of notes.  At the end of the visit, he said, it appeared that my wife's bulging disk was more at risk than her hip problems and referred us to a spine specialist at the end of this month.  Also in Nashville but at a different location...  not in the downtown area of Nashville but more out in the suburbs.

It will be interesting to see how that visit turns out.

Fireworks

 

Kamala Harris is the Problem

Like Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, in an effort to sound more sympathetic to the working class, is fond of telling stories.

But these anecdotes often drive Republicans up the wall. A tale from back in March is one that is sure to rile the right.

Harris told the insulting anecdote while talking to attendees in Colorado on March 6 at the city of Arvada’s Center for the Arts and Humanities.

Kamala Harris: What Did She Say Now?
She recalled her childhood in which she asked, “Why are conservatives bad, mommy?” This question came out of nowhere because Harris was supposed to be talking about environmentalism and climate change.

Harris seemed to think Republicans were the bad guys at a young age.

Here Is Some More Background Behind This Story
Let’s offer some more context around Harris’ cringeworthy question.

Harris was on stage with rock climbing pro and moderator Sasha Digiulian and Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen. The vice president was trying to recount how she became environmentally conscious at a young age.

“We called it ecology at the time. So, some of us who were born around that time know what I’m saying. And we talked about it in the context of conservation,” Harris said.  READ MORE...

The Extension Cord

 

They Never Expire

 

DEMS Blame GOP for Border Crisis Problems

Even while Democrats, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, have recognized just how damaging the border crisis is to people and communities, the Biden administration remains in blissful denial of what it is encouraging and who is being harmed by it.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the incompetent messenger for an incompetent administration, took to the podium to complain about Republican governors sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities. This comes after California, which claims to be a sanctuary state, accused Florida of flying illegal immigrants to Sacramento.

“Busing or flying migrants around the country without any coordination with the federal government … state or local officials as well, is dangerous and unacceptable,” Jean-Pierre said. “It is dangerous and unacceptable because you are putting people’s lives at risk and … because you are actually putting a lot of pressure on these states and local areas.”

First, the idea that sending transportation to help illegal immigrants get to sanctuary cities that claim they are welcome there is not “putting people’s lives at risk.”  READ MORE...

Wasting Money

 

Illegal Immigration

 TWO MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS have entered the USA during the last two years...  right or wrong, southern state governors bussed or flew these illegal immigrants to other parts of the USA, especially to those cities who claimed to be sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants and...  well...  needless to say, these illegal immigrants have become a pain in their asses because they do not know what to do with them all.  

NYC for example is considering putting these illegal immigrants into the homes of private residences and churches.  I BETCHA THAT GOES OVER REAL BIG WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

What I am waiting to see is how the BLACKS like all these HISPANICS moving into their territories...  Before long, the BLACKS will start to raise hell because there are too many Hispanics in the neighborhoods....  but, that is not going to be the key here for being upset...  what will really piss the blacks off is all the MS13 gang members moving into their communities taking over the drug business.

Talk about gang wars developing...  you ain't seen nothing yet, until you see the violence that MS13 is capable of committing on another human being.

In addition to the gang violence, the illegal immigrants will join in with the stealing and looting because they have no source of income and they must do something to survive.  Crime will escalate big time and with the DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT because of the BLACKS, well, guess what...  not enough cops will be available to control the increase in crime...

FUN DAYS AHEAD...

To The Edge

 

Wealthy To Pay More

California will soon become the first state to determine residents’ electricity fees based on their income as part of a new effort to spur households toward full electrification and bring down the state’s soaring electricity costs for low-income Californians.

Electricity bills are made up of fixed costs as well as fees that vary based on the amount of electricity residents use. Last year, the state passed a law giving the California public utilities commission a 1 July 2024 deadline to determine a fixed charge for household electric bills based on people’s income.

The new income-based electricity bills could hit residents’ mailboxes as soon as 2025. Based on proposals currently under consideration, residents who make more than $180,000 a year could pay about $500 more annually on their electricity bills, while Californians who make less than $28,000 annually could save up to $300 a year. The law is part of the state’s answer of how to equitably transition away from carbon as an energy source.

But state officials are already facing backlash from higher-income residents who don’t want to see their bills increase. The proposals have so far received more than 250 public with large number opposing the law.  READ MORE...

The Game Explained

 

Expresso Drinks Explained

 

Martha Stewart says...

Martha Stewart has shared her candid thoughts about remote work.

The 81-year-old media mogul came out against businesses allowing their employees to work remotely in an interview with Footwear News published on Monday (5 June). While describing her packed daily schedule, Stewart revealed that she didn’t stop working during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I continued to work five days a week,” she said. As companies have slowly introduced return-to-office measures, with some allowing employees to opt for a hybrid work schedule, Stewart has taken a stance against remote work.

“You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely,” she told the publication. The Martha Stewart Living founder noted how many French companies allow most of their employees to take summer holiday between July or August, with some French workers receiving 30 days a year of paid vacation.  READ MORE...

Burning Wood

 

Surviving a Nuclear War

 I was in the military during the Vietnam War that the government called the Vietnam Era Conflict...  it was still a war in which countless of wasted lives were lost on both sides.

However, the GI Bill not only paid for 4 years of education (2 undergraduate and 2 graduate) but it gave me a housing allowance because of I was married.  Regardless of what the GI Bill gave me, I still worked FULL TIME during those four years.  Working full time and going to school full time was not easy but it got done.

I am not a war hawk nor am I a pacifist, but I do believe in a strong military presence if for no other reason than to deter our enemies who might otherwise perceive us as weak.  I also believe we should do everything in our power to avoid war.

The USA has enough nuclear weapons stored to blow this entire world to hell and back several times, but it is doubtful that these weapons will ever be used because it means the end of life on earth.

NOT SO FAST WALLY...  several govts including the USA, Russia, and China have been building underground complexes where only the privileged will go in the event of a nuclear war.  Some scientists believe that a nuclear war can be survived underground and while that may indeed be possible, no one would be able to leave that underground complex for hundreds of years.

Everything above ground would be destroyed, including the ground soil so that no plants will ever grow for a thousand years or more.  There would be no lakes or resorts or public transportation underground.  No professional sports teams or musicians.  I would assume that those who were picked to survive might cook up a little community theater for entertainment.

The other interesting aspect of life underground would be a selection of males and females who were brought there for no other purpose but to BREED and give birth to a future generation.

Some people would be alive but what kind of a life would they have.  The general public would all die as they have nothing of value to preserve.

Animals on Record

 

North Korea Hates the USA

North Korea has been scrambling to launch a satellite to spy on the US, but this is just a distraction from a far more worrying threat, an analyst told Daily Express US.

Kim Jong-un was left red-faced earlier this week when his attempted spy satellite launch crashed into the sea.

Pyongyang is allegedly planning to use the new technology to spy on the US from space and has vowed to make a second attempt this month.

But, according to Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst and author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, these launches are just a distraction from a terrifying threat the hermit Kingdom is developing, which could put the US mainland at risk.

He told Daily Express US: "Like Iran, North Korea having a satellite program is at first not about the satellite capabilities.  READ MORE...

Motherboard Factory

 

Quantum Computers

 

China Builds Warships

If there’s an arms race at sea, China currently is winning.

The U.S. Defense Department’s own numbers support that view. It estimates China has around 340 warships, while the U.S. number is below 300.

On top of that, the Defense Department warns that China is building new ships faster than the U.S. is.

Beijing could have 400 warships by 2025, an increase of 60. But the U.S. may need more than 20 years to build 50 more ships.

In other words, according to CNN, the Chinese can build three warships in the time it takes the U.S. to build one.

If that’s not enough, the Global Firepower website says Russia and North Korea also have stronger Navy fleets than the U.S.

For the West to keep up with China, military experts say Japan and South Korea may have to increase production.

Japan’s warships currently “are among the world’s best,” former U.S. Pacific Command operations director Carl Schuster told Britain’s Daily Star.

South Korea reportedly has a destroyer that possesses more firepower than its Chinese counterpart.

But the U.S. cannot buy Asian warships. It’s against federal law. Warship construction in other countries for the U.S. Navy also is banned.  READ MORE...

Making Omelets

 

USA is Divided Big Time

This theme of division has been on my mind a long time, ever since it began to manifest itself in 2016 with the election of Donald Trump.  Six years later, the Dems are still trying to ruin Trump's life and his chances for election...  except in 2024, the Dems have mainstream media, DOJ, FBI, and several businesses on their side.

Unfortunately, this is pisses off a lot of parents who are opposed to WOKE, opposed to CRT being taught in schools, and opposed to Trans females competing in female sports.

In addition to this political division of Dems and the GOP, the USA is divided:

• Racially
• By Gender
• By Age
• By Education
• By Religious Beliefs
• By Wealth
• By Illegal Immigration
• By Having a Strong Military
• By Having a Large National Debt

The only way that division is good for a country is when they enemies take advantage of their division.  The economy in the USA is fragile since it no longer is supported by petroleum crude oil.  This weakness will be exploited by China and if China does what it is threatening, the USA will not longer be a global superpower economically in a couple of years.

It is true that the USA has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and can completely destroy the world if it wants to.  But, do you think this is what the DEMS really want with all their social programs and concerns about the climate?

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