I'm really bad at noting something I find interesting so I can write about it later. I saw a poast somewhere in my blogroll about one of the things no one is thinking of with the middle east war. Oil. Like for your car. Industrial lubricants. I saw a great reminder today though on Tam's … Continue reading Better square your preps away here
Category: The Continuing Crisis
I’m dubious.
Datacenters are the newest NIMBY (not in my backyard) things, as if they were a gasoline refinery. On some level, I get this. What's hyped is they'll suck up all the power, they'll grab all the water, all for a addition of jobs in the single digits. That last one, I believe. The others, notsomuch. … Continue reading I’m dubious.
Don’t know what to think
Don't know what to think about this Iran shitshow. The one thing I'm certain of is we're being lied to from both parties here. I'm not as rah-rah as many. Why? Netanyahu has been crowing that Iran is weeks away from an A-bomb for 25 years or so. Why is now any different? After the … Continue reading Don’t know what to think
Found this on Divemedic's site. Another cluster-b specimen has something to say: https://twitter.com/i/status/2016984697247777222 Can they talk without the chicken hands? This is a classic example of what causes peak crisis in a 4th turning. This woman never learnt, let alone forgot, the hard lessons her grandfather and great grandfather had to learn, painfully. She's certainly … Continue reading
Predisposition
Lot of armchair lawyer and bug eyed spasmodic loony opinion is floating on the interwebs about the Pretti fiasco up in Minneapolis. No one, but no one, waits for the real story to come out. I was out walking the pups when it hit my head - Hold up...this is Minneapolis, a blue city. What … Continue reading Predisposition
AI Ain’t All That
Joe Rogan had Rand Paul on the other day, and things went towards AI and 'universal high income' as they always do with him. Rand Paul was dubious. I'm with him. Every type of innovation like this has always resulted in more jobs, not less or none. I'm in another camp. I don't see how … Continue reading AI Ain’t All That
More Good Stuff
More about Mz. Good. A lot more has come out about Mz. Good and her "wife". Turns out neither works. The partner's mom is paying her bills. They are, no doubt, paid by the chronic malcontent org that got them into this. If not, they're dumber than even I thought. One of the better pieces … Continue reading More Good Stuff
Darwin Award Earned
Now that the excitement over that woman in Minneapolis winning a Darwin award, more of the truth is seeping out. What we've seen this week is all narrative, starting with the image of her, long hair, pregnant mom. Why, she was just coming home from the school run when she was gunned down for absolutely … Continue reading Darwin Award Earned
It’s a bubble
I went to a Christmas party held by my retirement investment company. Why not? I got nothing better to do. Besides, I needed to meet my new adviser in real life. I've only had a zoom meeting with her. FWIW, I was supposed to meet them live, but the invite that I got was zoom. … Continue reading It’s a bubble
O Goody!
Our own local village idiot, Jasmine Crockett is running for the senate. That'll be fun. I think she's doing this because the supreme court blessed the Texas redistricting plan, and she's out of a job, if memory serves. I think there are three up for the Republican side; the incumbent John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, and … Continue reading O Goody!
Inspected By Pat 