Yup

We have seven cats. No, they aren’t wild animals. They are too tame. If I sit down for ten minutes, three or four find places on me to make themselves comfortable. The thing is, I wanted them to get used to staying outside more. So, I started feeding them out on the front porch. One day, I checked on them after putting their dinner out. Amongst them was an adult raccoon. The surprise was that all of them seemed to get along. No one, even the raccoon, seemed to mind sharing. I never figured a raccoon would do that.

Needless to say, the cats now are back to eating indoors. As for the racoon, he’s found somewhere else to eat. Hopefully, he’ll not return.

Save Us From the Experts

We all know the definition of the expert: someone who knows a whole lot about very little.

Throughout the pandemic, we were being given advice and direction by people who were called experts. Throughout the epidemic of AIDS we got advice and direction from the experts. In both cases, in every step along the way, they were wrong. Millions of lives were lost in both cases directly and indirectly as a result of following their guidance. In both cases, they are batting a thousand at being 100% wrong. They not only caused the death of millions but also about destroyed our economic system and our education system.

Now, with the bird flue, do we really want to follow their guidance again. Do we really want to put our lives in their hands. As for me, I don’t think so. It would appear to me that the experts are more dangerous than the diseases.

POW!

Surprise.

In the last couple of years, I have taken a real liking to Uncle Ben’s rice. I suppose, given that my name’s Ben there just might be some significance. Most likely not.

At any rate, I got hungry and decided to warm a packet. So I put one in the old MW. After pressing the 2 buttons I needed for a minute and a half, I went about getting my ice & cola.

Being just about time, I started to turn to the MW when there was a very loud POW! Well, I tell you, this old 76 year old frame jumped as if I heard one of those rockets in Vietnam. I’m a little slower these days so my jump was but 3 inches instead of 3 feet.

Smoke was billowing from the MW and i just knew the old thing gave up the ghost and I would have to get another.

Then, I realized my foolishness. I never created the small opening to let the steam out.

Other than the 30 minutes of life I lost from the noise, it turned out well. The package opened very neatly the instant it was ready. I wonder if that was intentional.

Also, the rice was effectively pressure cooked. Turned out pretty good.

Still, I think I’ll do it right next time. My recomendation is that others do the same.

Open Defiance

Can we bring up the last presidential election one more time or is everyone going to openly defy any other possibility than as it turned out?

I’m not a big fan of Glenn Beck, but every now and then he says something that is really, really thought provoking. Let me say what he said in a very different way.

Why is it that when anyone brings up a good question or two that everyone and their cousins quickly clamps a lid on it. Of course I do mean that figuratively, but I certainly can’t exaggerate it even a little.

I mean, think about it. I bring up the subject and immediately if not sooner, my thoughts are belittled, before I even bring forward any facts.

Nothing, but nothing was established in court. The Supreme Court refused to even look at anything, defiantly. At the time, couldn’t understand that. Considering the obvious disobedience of the law I still don’t comprehend it.

It is as if someone, somewhere said put a lid on it and no one nowhere, noway, no how dare say anything differently.

You might take note of what has happened to those that did try to swim upstream. Many are already in prison. Many more are on their way. Is this really the way we should be treated when we question the outcome of an election.

If so, there are at least 3, maybe 4 who should be behind bars.

DON’T like it when the rules only work but one way. I do believe most of the rest of us do, or should feel the same.

CDC: Virus on Rise

Anyone believe them?

Anyone Care?

As for me, as far as I’m concerned they have been far too wrong far too many times for me to have any faith in them at all. I would guess they are batting close to 1.000 at being wrong. When someone is wrong that much, it’s time to believe the opposite of what they say.

Actually, truth be told, I didn’t have much faith with them in the first place, ever since they said AIDS is not contagious by blood. That’s right. They said that not long before Arthur Ashe contracted it by transfusion.

I am convinced their guidance is directly responsible for the death of thousands, first for AIDS, and now the China Virus. Considering their record, I think they should have been desolved and we could save a bundle and a quarter in financial resources.

I’ve tried of their politically correct methodology.

The Method of the Wolf

As the wolf pack approaches the herd of buffalo they know they stand no chance against the herd. Therefore, likely to some degree by instinct, they seek to separate out the one. Generally, they look for the week one or the one that doesn’t remain close to the heard. The stragglers are the natural target of the pack.

The herd has not the intelligence to know that if they were to always charge the wolves instead of running away, the pack would have to search for dinner elsewhere. The wolf diet would not include buffalo. There is no way the pack could survive the trampling of so many hooves.

We as humans know better than the buffalo, right.

Yet, when Hitler took over Germany, he used the same method as the wolves. When he took over most of Europe, he used the same methods as the wolves. When the Bolshivics took Russia, they used the method of the wolves.

We called it the domino affect, where one small nation falls after the other. However, the truth is they were following the example of the wolves, whether or not they were aware of it. Always seek out the weak and separate. Then in days, they take over Hungary or Romania. The method failed in Afghanistan, but because of the help of the US.

Today, even at this time, the communists play the part of the wolfpack. They have imprisoned hundreds of innocent people from January 6. We, the herd, did nothing. Now what stands in the way. The herd has been scattered and we are in fear.

We live in fear of the woke and we live in fear of a justice system that is controlled by the wolfpack.

The 64 Dollar Question

Over and over they ask Israel why won’t they do more to protect civilians?

For me, their inquiry is of the wrong leaders. Why don’t they ask the Humas to do more to protect the civilians. Maybe, perhaps, possibly, we could settle for doing less to put the lives of civilians in jeapardy. Has it ever occurred to the Israeli accusers to ask the cowardly Humas soldiers to stop hiding behind babies and old women.

Of course they’d not even consider it. They’d not like the results. It would put the truly violent people in the proper light. After all, one of the jobs of the media is to aid their friends, horrid as their actions are.

Blackouts Expected

Just saw the headline. They say it is due to extreme cold. What they don’t say is that it will be aggregated by the going green folks and, of course, that old blackout specialist, himself, Old Joe.

Do you suppose Old Joe will permit more drilling so that those of us driving electric cars won’t get stranded?

Let’s see….Nope! Not going to happen. None of us will be spared, especially those of us with EVs.

The Problem With Crime

It’s getting worse. The evidence is all over. The dems have decided not to put the criminals in prison. So now they roam our streets, frequently with guns. Might I remind one and all that the criminals don’t care if the guns are legal or not.

The illegal aliens are streaming across the border. Not by the tens or the hundreds but by the thousands. All of them share one common thing. They have broken the law, to get into the country if nothing else. Many of these people are criminals or will soon become criminals. Some will wonder our streets with knives or guns. They will be looking for drugs or money or both.

Some will break into businesses, homes, or perform their crimes out in the open. Thanks to Old Joe and his friends, the nation, the states and the major cities have become dangerous. I live near a major city…with crime, which spills over into my neighborhood.

For this reason, I have made a decision I was hoping I’d never have to make. I now have a carry permit and I also have a gun. Because of my Marine training, I do know how to use it. I shot at targets 15 and 25 yards with a sidearm.
I don’t like the idea of ever having to use it, but if it is for my defense or the defense of my wife, I will.

Thank you President Joe Biden for putting me in this position. By the way, I am sure that many others have made the same decision for the same reason. It would seem he has done more for the encouragement of arming the populace than anything or anyone else.

It is not just bad. It is far worse.

Memphis Drivers and Politics

If anyone moving into the Desoto County area were to ask me for advice, I’d tell them to watch out for Memphis drivers. You can tell them for the blue auto plates. They are apt to change lanes without warning. If they decide to, they will bypass you in the right lane and jump in front of you, even if there is no room. I am beginning to think it is a sport with them.
Another one of there tricks is to turn in front of you from a parking lot and then decide to do 10-15 miles under the speed limit. Then, of course, when you try to go around them, they go up to 5 to 10 miles over the limit.
The thing that brought this to mind tonight is that one of them just almost customized my almost new car. I was crossing the I-55 bridge going west. One of them came off the offramp and crossed three lanes. Oh he was signalling. It appeared he considered it gave him the right-of-way. I had to really hit the brakes in a hurry to keep from hitting him. Then, of all things, he decided to take his time.
That I-55 and 302 interchange has become somewhat dangerous. I would guess, most likely that guy was headed south to Tunica to give away some money. Makes me ever more happy that we shot down the gambling back a few decades. Invariably, it would have drawn a few more of the likes of this guy.
I mean, I don’t mind those from Memphis coming down here and spending there money. I just wish they would leave their driving habits north of the state line. We don’t need drivng like that anywhere, certainly not here!
There is but one more thing I need to say regarding this. Unfourtunately, many of those Memphis drivers are moving down here south of the state line. I guess, even they don’t like it so much up thre. I mean, it is good in a way. It does drive the value of my little house up. The problem is that they bring their driving habits with them and their politics. They are ruining things for those of us who have moved here to get away from the likes of them.
I mean, we don’t need the democrats ruining things down here the way they ruined things up there. We really don’t need the idea of boys going into girls restrooms or competing in girl’s sports. If they want to live in that kind of environment, they need to turn right back around and go back where they came from, where they will fit right in, where they can play bumper cars like the rest of them.

I’m adding this as an afterthought. I sure wished that before a Memphis driver could get a Mississippi license, they would be required to take a course on safe driving and pass a test to prove they learned it. Maybe it would decrease the movement south, but it would definitely make the roads safer.

Also, I’m beginning to think we need a requirement for forward view cameras on all cars. One of the reasons people change lanes unsafely is because they know if they are rear-ended, the other driver will be assumed to be the one at fault. Cameras would change that. Also, the retrofit cameras are not that expensive. It would save a lot of money in the courts. I mean, who is going to try to convince a jury that they didn’t run the red light when it is on video.