I loved it. In response to a prompt on FOX News, Jonathan Turley roughly said, the conviction of Trump in the NY,NY will be but a small blip for Trump. For the Courts of NY,NY, it will be an eternal black eye.
Monthly Archives: January 2025
An Alternate Universe
I wish I had a ten dollar bill for every time time I’ve been told how prohibition failed…very badly. Regretfully, I must agree. Partly, this was because those in charge of enforcement of the law were some of the worst violators of the law.
I guess we have learned our lesson. When it came to tobacco, they realized they needed a different approach. They didn’t even consider outlawing it.
Instead, they used a multi-pronged approach. They virtually stopped smoking in this country. All advertising, drastically decreased, it was gradually disallowed in various places and now it is banned just almost entirely.
Very few smoke today. Another decade or two and it will virtually disappear from our nation, to which I say, GOOD RIDDANCE! Who knows? It might stop climate change.
How-some-ever, it has prompted me to think, what if we had used the same method on alcoholic beverages? If, and again I say if we had used the other other method as with tobacco, would we today be living in an alternate universe?
Perhaps, today many people would have their loved ones they lost in a car accident caused by someone under the influence. Maybe there would be thousands less divorces and no one could figure the children would who would have been saved from broken homes. I can’t even imagine a guess at all the health problems that wouldn’t have been suffered. Alcoholic beverages cause more severe health problems than tobacco. If you doubt what I’m saying, ask Mickey Mantle. Oops. Can’t do that. He died from liver disease brought by alcoholic beverages.
Many times I have been told that alcoholism is the number one drug problem in this country. And yet alcoholic beverages are some of the biggest advertisers in the US. When you include the subtle ads hidden in plain sight In movies and TV shows. And, of course, they always put good light on it. And, of course, they make it appear as if it is far more common than in the real world.
For me, I would much prefer that alternate universe. The problem is I must live in the one I’m in. So does everyone else.
Phone messages, email and posts.
If things keep going as they are, I just may drop all three of those.
Ben’s Law About Voting
Those who go to sleep after voting for Democrats, AKA communists, will wake with nightmares. Just ask those who have lost those multi-million dollar homes in L.A. County.
In truth, they suffered the consequences, though they might not want to associate the one thing with the other. Sometimes, people refuse to learn from the obvious lesson.
Sorta What Happens When You Vote For Democrats
About 30 years ago, I broke my ankle. My wife called 911. Both ambulance attendants were women, not much more than a 100 pounds, each. Had it not been for several neighbors that came over to help, they would not have been able to put me on a stretcher, let alone in the ambulance.
It does bring up the question. Would you rather two small women come out to help you if your life depended on it, or 2 big strong men?
The fact is that sometimes , it’s not a matter of what you like or want, But rather what you need.
Sometimes, sending a couple of 110 pound women to put a 260 pound man a stretcher is ludicrous.
As it was, things turned out somewhat OK. As it was, the time element was not that critical. It only meant additional pain and swelling. Fortunately, if was not life or death. Thankfully, they did have some men to help.
The fact is, as far as I’m concerned, there are just some jobs women should not apply for… Least wise, the110 pound variety.
And here’s my question of the day. Why in the world should I, or anyone need to ever argue this point. It really should be casual to the most obvious observer. Don’t you think?
The State of No Common Sense
The dems of California tell us they don’t clear the underbrush and dead wood because it would destroy the environment for the wild life.
After the huge wild fires recently, where are those environments for the wild life now. For that matter, where is the wild life?
Additionally, the gasses released from wild fires are far more caustic and dangerous to the atmosphere than what comes from a car or gas stove. I have no real idea of the equivalent of a fire like those around LA county as compared to autos. My best guess is we are talking in the millions of miles. Maybe we can put some of these going green scientists to work figuring out how much and what type poisonous material was released by these fires. Maybe they can tell us about all the green house gases that will now contribute to climate change.
I don’t understand why the calculations have not already been made and posted by press. If some factory belched out those gases, someone would already be dragged to court by now and maybe half convicted.
It’s only common sense, you see.
Then & Now
I was listening to a preacher one time. By the way, it is a good idea to listen to good spirit filled preachers. It is possible to learn things; things that can really help you.
At any rate, he was explaining the reason reason the Romans rejected Christianity. His explanation did make sense. I also suspect, with his education, he knew what he was talking about.
At any rate, you ever notice the Romans had no problems accepting the Greek gods. To them, the way they figured it, the more the merrier. I’m not sure anyone knows how many gods the Romans had. They had one for this and the one for that. If a person wanted to add a god, no problem. You could add your own god and your own religion and no one would complain.
The difference with Christianity was John 14: 6: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me.” It is a quote by Jesus Himself.
You see that made Christianity different and exclusive. If a person believed in Christianity, he could no longer believe in his gods. Well, in a way, I suppose he might but for one thing. If he tries to believe in both, the above statement by Jesus requires the denouncing of all other gods or he does not believe not believe Jesus.
The Romans didn’t like that. I mean everyone was getting along really well and then Jesus comes along and tells us that if you are going to accept Jesus as your savior, you must deny all the rest.
Believe it or not, some people actually had investments in the other gods. They sold idols and I am sure that they took offerings to them. Moreover, they had their customs, some of which encouraged some very horrible rituals. Strange as it may seem, some actually offered their children as sacrifices.
So it was, if a person was to become a Christian, they had to give that all up. Moreover, those that did not accept Christianity were looked on by the Christians as godless and lost. They were always going around seeking people to convert to this new faith. It was bothersome, you see. One minute you are carrying this nice conversation with an acquaintance and then, of all things, they were talking about you being a sinner and being in danger of hell forever.
That is basically what the preacher said, though I did add a little. You can imagine how this irritated the Romans. Think about it. Sort of the way that Christian neighbor keeps trying to get you to accept Jesus as your savior. I mean, it is a bummer trying to come up with all these excuses as to why you just can’t go to church with him.
The way it was back then, is sort of the way it is now. It’s sort of why people don’t like us Christians acting like Christians.
There is one more thing that is the same. Those that die without Jesus as their savior, will spend eternity in hell. It is kind of why we Christians become so bothersome. We are only trying to provide you with some very important information. It just might save you.
One more thing that is the same now as then. Jesus is the only way to salvation. It is perfectly exclusive and there is no other way. If your faith is in another religion of any kind, it will do you no good. You call yourself Catholic or Baptist, it won’t help you. You must accept Jesus as your savior.
The tragedy is that there will be many “good men” who don’t make it to heaven. Being good does not help you at all. No one, but no one is good enough to go to heaven. If we could be good enough, Jesus would not have needed to go to the Cross. If you say you are good enough you don’t need salvation, you are calling Jesus a liar. That in itself will be enough to send you to hell.
Contributing to the Salaries of Millionaire Professional Athletes
Of course, it is possible that you contribute to that baseball or football player when you go to see that game. It only makes sense. It’s what you pay tickets for.
However, I really don’t think it works that way. My guess is that doesn’t cover half of the salaries. I might be wrong. Still, I would like to see a breakdown on where the money comes from and where it goes.
Regardless, if the cities did not build the stadiums, the clubs would have to. It is sort of the way it started out. As time went by, more and more, the cities and counties started paying for the stadiums as a draw to pro teams, or for that matter, the semi-pro stadiums.
So, with your tax dollars, they pay to put the stadiums in, which allows the teams to put their millions toward the players. To me, the way I look at it, the taxpayers are helping to pay the players, even if they never go to a game.
So, isn’t it nice to know, even though you can hardly pay your car payment or grocery bills, they involuntarily make sure a dollar or two out of your paycheck goes to pay for that multi-millionaire player’s contract and bonuses.
If you don’t believe me, if none of the cities pay for the stadiums, just watch how fast those contracts decrease in value.
The hitch is this. If you take a little from each player, they’d not miss it and they could pay for the stadiums. Then the cities would not have to reach into our wallets to build the stadiums.
Then, the only folks that would pay for the contracts would be the ones paying for the tickets. I would imagine the concessions could pay for the stadium upkeep.
It does make me wonder though. Why do I write this when I know very few will read this, if any. Well, I also like talking to fence posts.
I Thought I Was Good At Procrastinating
I heard the Speaker list several things they would put in a bill. You know, things like tax cuts, border stuff, He said that they should be able to vote on it by April.
Maybe it would be better to vote on a border bill by mid Feb. That would be much better. We need to close that border like yesterday. Then we need to make sure to start sending illegals home. After that, then we can start dealing with the rest.
The no. 1 reason Trump won the election was the border. Doing the border, for a change, should be the priority, no longer an afterthought, to deal with whenever we get around to it.
News on EV’s
I’ve seen several articles on new solid batteries for EV cars. They are talking about lifetimes of a million miles and ranges of 800 to 1000 miles.
Well, you and I know how much we can trust articles on the internet. Nonetheless, the articles are more common and they are starting to convince me.
Naturally, there is still the problem with charging them. Even if you get chargers that can completely charge the batteries in one hour, you are going to be talking a very large one, at least twice what is on the current chargers. At this point, we are having a difficult time getting the current chargers distributed.
How-some-ever, if they can work out all these kinks, we just might start having a lot more electric cars on the road.
Well, there is one more hitch. Like with me. I need to make sure the temp is over 40 degrees before I start charging my batteries. I’m thinking about putting a tent over it and put a heater in it. When it’s ten degrees, I just need to raise the temp 30.
Alternately, I can put a heater under it, where the batteries are, and let the warm air rise to warm the batteries. That would work, if I don’t set the car afire. I sure am glad I don’t live in Alaska, or even Montana.
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