And how to spot a passive-aggressive soy-boy bitch. As to the vacation, well…. it was awesome. I did a total of about 3,500 miles, hitting up the Tour of Honor sites in Idaho and Oregon. I had to change my rear tire in Boise. I needed to replace my battery in Brookings, OR. I got …
Category: rants and raves
Sep 01 2023
Why are Americans so unhealthy?
Rather than rail against those silly Americans and their horrible diets, let’s ask why their diets are so poor? Tim Pool has mentioned more than once on his broadcast that he and many of his friends, when traveling in Europe, eat the same things they eat here in the states, and they lose weight. When …
Aug 20 2023
An Unmet Need
These days, I am perpetually weary. I know I’m not alone in that. A great many Americans feel more beleaguered than they’ll openly admit. We’re supposed to be the “Can Do” nation, ready for anything and fully prepared to cope with the worst. (“We walk around with hardons and guns blazing all the time.” …
Jul 20 2023
Boiling Over
Links? Who needs links? Not me, not today. You’ve probably already read about all this stuff, anyway. *** Yes, the Left is filled with liars, hypocrites, and criminals of several kinds. Remember that conviction of intellectual and moral superiority? It’s their “Get Away With Anything” card, and they use it freely. Most commentators …
Jul 19 2023
Addictions
First, courtesy of Mike Miles, a prediction from a visionary of a century ago: Brave New World predicted several things: genetic engineering, the end of human parturition, a habit-forming pleasure drug, the virtual abolition of emotion, a rigidly stratified world society, a world government, and more. Huxley’s vision was dystopic: that of a …
Mar 30 2023
At Last Someone Has Said It!
And right out in front of God and everybody, too: According to the sourcelink, the ever-growing number of hockey players who are pushing back against NHL’s “Pride Nights” and refusing to wear LGBTQIA++++++++++++ themed jerseys, is causing the league to “re-evaluate” such events. This is a good thing, and good on the …
Jan 23 2023
Upholstering the Skull
I just encountered this gem: Being an introvert, I spend a lot of time in my own head. — Dio As a colleague of mine likes to say, I resemble that remark. But just as “You don’t have to be Jewish to love Levy’s,” you don’t have to be an introvert to …
Nov 21 2022
Enemies: A Love Story
(Yes, there was a movie by that name. Pretty good movie too, though a trifle bleak. No, this piece won’t be about it.) The polarization of America has reached a level that endangers every man, woman, and child in this country. We no longer “do politics;” we make war, and others make war …
Nov 13 2022
“I Know A Place”
“Hey, I know a place. Let’s go.” – Russell Baker I’ve always had a fascination with the truly remote places: the regions well separated from the main habitats of Mankind. Most such places are islands. If inhabited at all, their populations are small. The mode of life of the denizens is likely to …
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