To the vile convicted criminals on death row, Old Joe rushes to their rescue.
To the innocent unborn that are at risk, Old Joe won’t take a step in their cry for a reprieve.
Just shows to go how the dems keep getting things backward.
Monthly Archives: December 2024
EV Update
It has been well over a year now since I purchased my Nissan EV. So far my experience has been very good, though my 200 mile max range does have its frustrations. I would strongly urge, if you do a lot of driving, get a car with at least 300 mile maximum range.
As a little reminder, 200 mile max range is misleading. They suggest that you not normally charge it past 80% to make the batteries last longer. Also you should get it recharged on or before it goes below 10%. This really only gives you a 70% range, effectively, that 200 mile range becomes 140 miles.
Generally, this is not a problem for me as I rarely go more than 10 miles on any one trip. Mostly the 200 mile range is fine for me. However, there are times I need to go a distance of over 50 miles. In such cases, I rent a regular car.
Secondly, the ambient temperature has a large effect. Last autumn, I actually made a ten mile trip where the computer reported that I got 5.1 miles per KW Hour. It was because my speed was a relatively constant 45 MPH and the outdoor temp was about 65. I needed neither heat nor cooling.
So how does that figure in theory if I could always get that kind of milage? Yep. I ran the numbers. Almost 450 miles on one charge. Now I could live with that.
Most of the time, the mileage is between 2.5 and 3.5 miles per KW hour. Well, I’ll let you figure that one out. I don’t much want to. The hitch is… I have not a clue how that converts to miles per gallon.
Whatever, oddly, the cold seems to effect it more than the heat. My best guess, a lot of energy goes into defrosting the windshield. I’m working on that. I might start keeping a hair dryer in the car. That way I could heat the car as well as clarify my windows before I start the car.
Perhaps my most irritating discovery is that the FOBs are very expensive. I know. I tried to replace a lost one. You want to know, don’t ask. I asked about getting one on the internet. They said they didn’t always work. I interpreted that as, they will make sure it won’t. In other words, they have the monopoly on the things.
Might I suggest, make a third FOB a part of the contract. That does not just mean EVs but all makes and models that have FOBs. At any rate, either don’t lose the FOBs or don’t get a car that uses them. Hate to say it, but they really have the owner over a barrel. In the case of my Nissan, without the FOB, what I have is a big piece of steal. At least with my old Chevy, I can go back to using my key, which I did.
Nonetheless, I have not given up yet. I have found the FOBs on the internet for 80 dollars. All I need to do is find someone who will make an honest effort to connect the FOB and car.
By the way, if I knew about the FOB problem, I would not have bought the car. I don’t like anyone doing business like that with me.
On the positive side, I am very pleased with the wipers. This might seem a small thing, but I am rarely able to keep the same windshield wipers more that 3 or 4 months before they start streaking on me. I just had these replaced the other day and the original ones were holding up pretty well.
As far as the first year in wear and tear, it is as good as new. If I paid for a good detailing, it would be difficult to tell it from new. It could very easily out last me. Well, I guess that doesn’t say much. I am 78.
The Question of 2026
As we know, the out party will generally pick up some seats in the House and sometimes in the Senate. So, come the election of 2026, we can expect the House and Senate to go pretty heavy to the dems.
How-some-ever, what happens if that doesn’t happen. What if the economy takes off, inflation goes down, (or at least stays steady) and peace breaks out all over the planet? It might happen, you know. Trump turned things around before. He might do it again.
Then as you can well imagine, the Republicans would pick up seats in the House and Senate.
The question that comes to mind, could the dems survive it? Would it be the death knell of the dems? I don’t know. It could be a complete breakdown and a new party and the reassociation of the party members.
Then again, the dems might learn their lesson and depart from their communists ways and come back to life. Only God knows.
How in the World Did We Learn to Talk?
I guess the experts tell us that talking started a long time ago, before we knew about nouns and verbs. Now how did that happen? I mean, when I started the fifth grade, my teacher stood in front of the class and said, “A noun is a person place or thing.”
So, how was it that I learned to talk, probably about the age of two. Oddly, I stated using nouns and verbs the way I was supposed to and it would be years yet before I would know what a noun or verb is.
My guess is the talking came first. I suspect not many Romans knew what nouns and verbs were. Nonetheless, they communicated well. Many people today are still reading their writings.
Someone, someday decided to come up with some names for words and rules on how to use them. Truth is, I have no earthly idea when that happened.
Somehow, for, perhaps hundreds of years, we got along without the rules. How can that be? How did we manage to survive without the rules. I wonder if we need them now.
Is it really necessary to know what a dangling participle is? Do we really need to know what an adjective phrase is? Really, for thousands of years we got by without knowing about any of it.
What’s more, 3 and 4-year-olds communicate pretty well without knowing about the existence of parts of speech. Now how is it that they do that?
I am not saying that we don’t need to know some of that. However, I do believe there is too much emphasis placed on it. I mean it is possible for a person to know a lot and not know anything.
The day that Abe Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address, another man spoke for a long time. He was considered to be an expert orator. Yet, today, few if any know his name or what he said.
I don’t know what he said, but he talked for 2 hours and his name was Edward Everett. He was very well educated. You can verify it by looking his name up on the internet. He had credentials as long as my arm, maybe a little longer. I think Abe knew a whole lot more.
A Word About Judgement
I saw an episode of Blue Bloods on TV a while ago. It is one of the few shows that is worth watching these days. Sometimes, they have things on there that will make a person think, and such is the case in this old episode.
The commissioner said (paraphrased) We judge ourselves by our motives, our hopes and desires. We are judged by others by our last failure or mistake.
I don’t know if it was said by anyone else or anywhere else. However, it has haunted my thinking process since I heard it. It is of particular interest to me at this time because I am in the midst of making some serious decisions.
I am open to your opinion on the matter. Sometimes, when we are in the midst of the forest, all we can see is trees. Motives and desires mean little if we make the wrong decision.
The Beginning to a Glorious Plan
Many of us celebrate Christmas and then we go on our way. Frankly, we often forget that the birth of Jesus is only the beginning. In truth there was much work, and suffering ahead before the plan was complete.
Indeed, on the cross about 33 years later Jesus, from the cross, says, “It is finished.” And then 3 days later, he arose from the grave. The plan was laid down before the planet was spoken into existence.
As a newborn baby, he became all human while remaining all God. How can this be, you ask? I don’t know. It is but one of the many miracles that was part of the plan. You see, it had to be that way. It is why God did it that way.
While with us, He was an example, a teacher, a miracle worker, but all this time, he knew his primary mission was still ahead of him. He knew the pain and suffering he would go through certainly at least by the time He was 12.
He knew what the “Good” people in the leadership of the Jews would do and why. He knew Judas would betray him. He knew how the religious leaders would pronounce false judgment on Him in an illegal trial and turn Him over to the Romans.
You see, He knew it was part of the plan. He actually took part in the plan. Even before God said, “Let there be Light,” He knew the pain and suffering he would go through, which is far more than any of us can comprehend.
He knew about the Roman judgment. He knew He would die on a cross made of wood. It was not a surprise to Him. The people taunted, “others he saved. Himself he cannot save.” The thing is, the people didn’t understand, He could step down off the cross, but that was not the plan, you see. He knew his mission was to die on the cross; and, of course, the taunting just added to the suffering. You see, it would have been so tempting for Him to just step down off he cross and say, “See. I can do it.” It would have been very impressive but he would not have saved us by doing that.
You see, it was the plan, from the beginning it was the plan and He steadfastly was determined to see the plan through. And so it was, He died, He was buried and then, 3 days later, he rose from the dead.
Now, you ask, why would He do such a thing. He didn’t have to. He could have come to earth as a king and rule here forever. However, that was not the plan.
The plan from the beginning of the planning to the end of the execution was for one and only one reason. It was all to provide a way to save mankind.
What did we do to deserve such an act by Jesus? Nothing. Not a thing. He did it because He knew our punishment was eternal death in hell. So He stepped in and took our punishment totally and completely because He wanted to for our sakes. Such love goes well beyond human comprehension.
In order to receive that salvation, we must totally accept that salvation. To accept that Salvation we must recognize our need for that salvation and we must turn from the desire to sin to the desire to follow Jesus.
If we recognize our sin and turn to Jesus and then accept Jesus as our only salvation, The Holy Spirit will put his seal on us, which no one can remove. It insures eternal life with God and no one can change it. Indeed, if someone could change it, it would not be eternal life, would it?
If you can’t see the benefit in that deal, I simply have no idea what might be standing in the way of the most important decision you will ever will make.
By the way, you might want to tell others about it too. You know. Friends, neighbors and relatives. You might even tell your enemies about it. It just might make that enemy into a friend.
And just one more thing. It will make Jesus very happy too.
May I Suggest a Project
It seems these college kids are always looking for projects. Maybe I can suggest one. If I had the resources, I might even try it myself. It is in a field that is somewhat curious to me.
Consider, every day, twenty-four hours a day, on multiple channels, commercials, that is advertisements are being broadcast. There must be tens of thousands each day; millions each month.
In addition they are varied. There are folks trying to sell cars and food. Food is a big one. First there are those trying to sell the food itself. Then there are those who are inviting you to a restaurant of may various types, many claiming to have the best burgers in the world.
They advertise travel hotels, motels and travel. Some cities and states like to invite us to their wonderful shops and diverse attractions.
Some might include alcoholic beverages in the category of food but I don’t. It should be researched separately. Personally, I would never classify it with food.
Some might classify gambling with entertainment. Now that’s a stretch. However, if you insist, there is a lot of advertising of gambling. Maybe you’d prefer to use the more acceptable terminology, gaming. Amounts to the same thing.
Some of those advertising offer something real and useful in return for your money. Some, maybe not so much. They can be said to be a carry over from the old days of the medicine men and the snake oil, though both the snake oil and the medicine men have a different more deceptive cover.
I would love to see a spreadsheet with graphs to represent how much money was spent on what is spent advertising, especially alcohol and “gaming.” On the other hand, maybe there are those who would rather none of us know.
They made it illegal to advertise tobacco. However, alcohol, far more dangerous and costly, no limitations whatsoever.
An Expensive Lesson
I just read that one of our own F/A 18’s was shot down by our own cruiser USS Gettysburg. According to MSM news, both crew members ejected and were recovered safely.
Still, it was a good lesson, though expensive. We now absolutely know our ships can shoot down aircraft, should they really need to.
Just the same, those crewmen would have likely preferred to avoid the distinguishment of being one of the few being shot down by friendly fire.
I would really like to lay this at the feet of Old Joe, but I can’t do that. I would more likely say it is the fault of one of his admirals… You know, the ones selected more by gender and race than ability.
Nonetheless, I hope Trump can get get things straightened out before we go into a real shooting war. I mean, we’re going to have a tough time winning the way when we help the enemy with friendly fire.
Agin’ the Rules?
Some say it is against the rules for Ukraine to kill Russian soldiers in Russia. However, I guess it is perfectly okay to kill Ukrainian soldiers, and civilians in Ukraine.
Of course, the rules are always in favor of the Russians, even in the Olympics. How-some-ever, more than gold medals are involved here in this attempt to take over a smaller nation, which we agreed to protect, in case you forgot.
The Great Deception
According to David Zalubowski (AP), more than a hundred kids with illnesses were put on a United Airline flight from Denver to Denver. Of all things, they were deceiving the kids, saying it was a flight to the North Pole. When they returned, they had a hanger made up like the North Pole and the kids visited a man who was pretending to be Santa Clause.
This deceit was carried out many other places, according to Mr. David Zalubowski. So that you get the story straight, you might read his story directly, lest you not believe me at
Honestly, thanks to United and the the great deceit crew. They deserve a lot of recognition from all of us.
And by the way, I hope David Zalubowski won’t mind me repeating part of his article, with a little distortion.
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