And Pilgrim, I am old enough to remember many of the jury-nullification verdicts coming out of the Jim Crow South in the mid-20th century. My disappointment duplicates.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Apt Analogy
Hitchhiking on the Road to Hell
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President Biden and his posse must think that their intentions are good … saving the lives of school children by confiscating guns, fixing inflation by spending more taxpayer money, showing compassion to the third world by opening our borders, eliminating climate change by forcing us all to buy EVS and making other countries love us by abandoning our own self interests.
But, Pilgrim, thank heaven it is difficult for them to realize these objectives when their heads are so deep in their own bodily orafices.
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Fractured Definirion
Flagon — a conveyance used to transport convicts to the gullotine
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Headlines
Time is ticking to replace the Pentagon’s 1970’s-era Doomsday planes
The Luna cryptocurrency has been resurrected after its $40 billion collapse. It’s already crashing
‘Ultra MAGA country’— Trump blasts Biden’s ‘breathtaking failures’ at Wyoming rally, slams ‘America last’ Liz Cheney
Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested for DUI in Napa …
France’s culture wars reignite after Macron appoints ‘woke’ minister
EU set to discuss Russian oil embargo; Moscow says Ukraine’s Dombas is an ‘unconditional priority’
Midterms: Democrats at risk in counties Biden won by 15 points in 2020
Kamala calls for assault weapon ban …
Select Committee drops bid to obtain RNC records in time for public hearings
Beijing, Shanghai set to reopen as COVID cases drop
Sen. Graham: Biden raising gas prices on purpose
Christian nationalism on rise …
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Monday, May 30, 2022
Headlines
Unrest erupts at Jerusalem site ahead of nationalist march
Start-up investors are warning of dark days ahead as boom times are ‘unambiguously over’
Liz Cheney sinks 30 points behind Trump-endorsed challanger
Supreme Court justice’s solution: repeal Second Amendment …
Athens calls Iran seizure of two Greek oil tankers ‘piracy’
Air travelers face heavy cancellations over Memorial Day weekend
Our-of-stock rate for baby formula surges to 70%
Biden running out of options to tame soaring gas prices …
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit seeking to stop New York civil probe
Zelensky says situation in Dombas is ‘incredibly difficult’; Russian forces target Severodonetsk
Trump: the existence of evil is why we need the Second Amendment
Inside Dem Senator’s plan to install son in Congress … [Menendez]
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Sunday, May 29, 2022
Today’s Poser
Can we really call a woman who has had multiple serial abortions a “birthing person?”
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Obvious Truth
In the early 1950s, when I was a teenager in Alexandria, VA … attending George Washington High School … there was a rifle range in the basement! Students in the gun club would bring their rifles to school to target practice in the school after hours.
And no deranged student shot up our school … even though we had some misfits.
What has changed?
Guns are still guns even if they are more scary looking. And children are still children even though many more come from broken homes.
So why do we have teenage mass shootings in schools and elsewhere?
To me Pilgrim, the answer is in our society … driven by an air of permissiveness leading to lax morality and celebrating aberrant behavior.
Congress and our president can wring their hands and invoke God over the slaughter of our children. But until we reverse the moral decline of our society, we will not fix things.
And this reversal will not occur through the enactment of even a million new virtue-signaling laws. And perhaps our leaders might start by setting better examples?
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Reader Contribution
See: Air Force Message for a Memorial Day thought.
Thank you Earle and Wayne.
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Headlines
‘It’s straight out of the playbook’: At NRA convention, conspiracy theories abound
Stocks could build on gains in the week ahead as investors await Friday’s jobs report
House Republicans call on Biden to withdraw from WHO
Holiday sticker shock: beef, chicken all-time high … gas prices another record
Scoop: PAC to spend $1M to oust ‘squad’ member Talib
‘It’s an absolute insult’: Advocates slam reported Biden plan to cancel $10,000 of student debt
New York Fed: Don’t expect relief from inflation anytime soon
Guns now leading cause of death among American children
Dr. Oz jumps the gun, declares himself ‘presumptive’ GOP candidate
Waiting to confront Texas school shooter was ‘the wrong decision’, police admit along with string of other failures
CBO debt estimates destroy Biden’s big deficit reduction claims
Radical left making plans to blockade Supreme Court …
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Saturday, May 28, 2022
Tariffs
The Biden administration is toying with the idea of removing or reducing the Trump tariffs in order to reduce our raging inflation.
Pilgrim, your humble blogger is vehemently opposed to this … particularly for those on China … for three reasons:
1) This would be rewarding China for bad behavior. China has not come close to meeting its Phase One trade agreement signed under Trump.
2) Have we learned nothing? China has had to reduce its transfer prices to offset many of these Trump tariffs. That is why inflation did not occur during his years. It seems quite likely that, if Trump’s tarrifs were removed from China, it would promptly raise the transfer prices on these products to recapture most or all of these s tariffs. Inflation in the U.S. would not be benefitted one iota.
3) Don’t forget Pilgrim that Xi Jinping rewarded Trump’s attempt at trade fairness with the Wuhan pandemic gift.
Since elimating tariffs on China would be a huge mistake, we can be sure Biden will do it.
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Obvious Truth
A goodly amount of support for Trump derives from pushback against his relentless persecution by his deranged enemies on the Left. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR THE ORANGEMAN!
Headlines
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Previously secret ‘alternative’ Mueller report goes public
Thousands of people are leaving Hong Kong — and now it’s clear where they are going
Sen. Schumer blocks GOP school safety bill
AK-47, list of targets found at ANOTHER school …
Trump ordered to sit for questioning in New York civil probe
Home listings jump as sellers worry they may miss out on the red-hot housing market
Uvalde shooter fired outside school for 12 minutes before entering
NYT: Secret plans for apocalyptic scenarios …
2016 Clinton attorney Sussmann won’t testify in his own defense at trial
White House says Russia will likely default on debt; U.S. official says Moscow making ‘incremental progress’ in Dombas
Ray Liotta dies at 67
The Don blasts Kellyanne: Go back to your crazy husband!
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Friday, May 27, 2022
Obvious Truth
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| Special Counsel John H. Durham |
Pilgrim, the Michael Sussmann trial has revealed that not only is he guilty … but so is the FBI, Hillary Clinton, her campaign execs, Obama and his posse … and, depressingly, very much of our Deep State. If the accountability for this corruption stops with this trial, our country may never again be noble. — Fletcher
And Pilgrim, much of America knows not of this festering pustule because many of our media are also complicit with the above cockroaches.
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Apt Analody
Judging Democrats by their words and not their deeds is like playing Russian roulette with six bullets! — Fletcher
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Obvious Truth
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| From daily timewaster blog |
The America-led war on carbon is possibly the most imbecilic policy trope of the 21st century. — Fletcher
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Headlines
‘Trump picked this fight’: Why heavyweight Republicans no longer fear Trump
Fed minutes point to more rate hikes that go further than the market anticipates
Records: Hunter Biden bought and used burner phone apps
Furious father slams cops for waiting 90 minutes to take down killer … Onlookers urged police to charge in …
In Australia, climate burned the right
Putin cannot be allowed to win war, Germany says; Russia claims it will allow foreign ships to leave Ukrainian ports
Obama slammed for linking Texas school massasure to George Floyd
Ramos Facebook warnings before attack …
Biden invites Gianna Floyd to sit at his desk after signing police reform executive order
Monkey pox does not pose a COvID-style risk despite its swift spread, top health experts say
Beto O’Rourke heckles Gov. Abbott at press conference about school shooting, is escorted out by police
Outrage builds as NRA gathers in Houston … City preps for protests …
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Thursday, May 26, 2022
Simple Pleasures
- Turning to the cool side of the pillow
- The first sip of hot coffee with a mouthfull of glazed donut
- Warm woolen socks while shoveling fluffy snow
- The sense of grace after doing a good deed
- A PB&J sandwich on squishy white bread with a cold glass of milk
- The pine scent of a fresh Christmas tree
- An evening shower bringing a cool breeze after a scorcher of a day
- Cold buttermilk after working in the hot sun
- The smell of burning leaves in the fall … now a rarity
- Snorkeling on a tropical reef full of colorful fish
- A clear star-filled sky featuring the Milky Way
- The sweet innocent smell of a new baby
LIE DOWN ON A COOL PILLOW!
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Headlines
Biden pleas for political action on guns after Texas school shooting
Russia is now exposed to a historic debt default: Here’s what happens next
Trump-backed Ken Paxton wins Texas AG primary, leaving last Bush in elected office without a job
Texas gunman shot his grandmother before massacre …
Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins
19 children, 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting
Herschel Walker wins Georgia Republican Senate primary — will face off against Warnock
Worst since Sandy Hook … FBI reports 50% jump in incidents …
Raffenssperger wins Georgia Secretary of State primary over Trump-backed opponent
‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’ Biden pushes to tighten gun laws after Texas shooting
Marjorie Taylor Greene easily defeats primary challengers
ISIS plot to assasinate W. Bush in Dallas foiled …
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
“Hell Frozen Over” Reprise
In that I am tutoring chemistry of late, I am reminded of this entry that was originally published in my blog Junkier Science in 2006:
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One anonomous student, however, wrote the following:
“First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct ... leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting ‘Oh my God.’"
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".
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Hitchhiking on the Road to Hell
President Biden has good intentions. He believes that we must go through an “incredible transition’ away from fossil fuels … see: Our Incredible Transition. Unfortunately, we must do it on his schedule … which is by tomorrow. If this destroys our economy or starts World War 3 …. well that’s just the price we will have to pay!
But what if your premise is wrong, you demented old fool?
STAND UP TO FEAR MONGERING!
Today’s Poser (Updated)
If we have the Davos globalist elites, why do we need the UN? They are just as good at screwing things up for the rest of us!
Afterward: See the video in the blog Artificial Intelligence … and The American Thinker.
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Headlines
GOP primary wars leave deep wounds in GGeorgia
Tech rout just a ‘shake out’: Top CEOs predict what’s next for markets
Draft letter reveals National School Boards Association demanded Biden use military force to deal with parents
Kissinger: Ukraine must give Russia territory …
NATO bid reignites Sweden’s dispute with Turkey over Kurds
Russia strikes multiple towns in Dombas, Ukraine says; Moscow looks ready to sever ties with the West
Top Russian UN diplomat quits over opposition to Ukraine war, slams Putin
Pentagon to send troops to protect US embassy in Kyiv …
Gov. Kemp fires back after Stacey Abrams calls Georgia ‘worst state’
Volkswagen chief says German giant will overtake Tesla in electric vehicle sales by 2025
WHO says monkey pox is primarily spreading through sex among men
Mexico shooting: 11 dead as gunmen rampage through hotel and bars
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Quotable Quote
What motivates some “innocent” young children to torture and even kill their pets? — Fletcher
STAND UP TO CRUELTY!
Apt Analogy
Sending Joe Biden to solidify our Asian alliances is a whole lot like asking Emmett Kelly to teach physics at MIT. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR THE QUAD!
Headlines
Dem-allied groups drop an A-bomb on Mastruano to start Pa. Gov race
U.S. announces major Asian economic deal in effort to boost profile, counter China
Slow Joe: Only 37% of Democrats say Biden’s policies have helped economy
Monkey pox spotted in Florida … Spreading through sex? WHO warns against mass gatherings …
Experts say Ukraine war shows a new way to feed the world is needed
Biden says U.S. willing to use force to defend Taiwan — prompting backlash from China
Biden sounds alarm on ‘monkey pox’ outbreak
Surge in Navy deserters could be sign of bigger problem for military …
Iran Revolutionary Guard colonel slain in Tehran
Oxfam calls for end to billionaire ‘bonanza,’ says millions are falling into extreme poverty
500k illegals cross border in 10 weeks
Putin backlash as thousands stage revolt at St. Petersburg concert …
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Monday, May 23, 2022
Monkey Pox
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This made me GOL (guffaw out loud) … see: Stilton’s Place.
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Rational Rapture
It seems the common sense parts of the brains of a great many Americans have escaped their craniums and are floating up into the clouds like a rational rapture. — Fletcher
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Headlines
Ditched by Trump, Mo Brooks raises from the dead
Ukraine rules out cease fire and ceding territory; Moscow names 963 Americans banned from Russia
Federal judge blocks Biden from ending Title 42 in response to lawsuit from coalition of Republican-led states
Musk blasts Biden, Dems over ‘hate’ … Stock -44% for year … ‘There will be blood’ …
Fate of 2,500 POWs from Mariupol steel plant raises concerns
Biden signs $40 billion Ukrainian aid package on trip to Asia
Democrats’ census shenanigans may have cost them Texas and Florida House seats
Up Down Under … Anti-troyal Prime Minister … Australia moves left …
U.S., South Korea open to expand military drills to deter North
Renault reveals electric-hydrogen hybrid concept car, says it will have a range of up to 497 miles
New York’s [new] Congressional maps create chaos for Democrats
Shock poll: 70% of Republicans say impeach Biden after midterms
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Sunday, May 22, 2022
Carnac
The Answer: women’s choice, Putin’s inflation and replacement theory
The Question: What three terms are required to be included at least once every 15-minute segment on MSNBC News?
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Quotable Quote
As a callow youth, I used to decry Big Oil supplying much of the world’s energy needs. Now, not so much. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR BIG OIL!
AptAnalogy
Attorney Michael Sussmann, on trial for lying to the FBI, was billing the Hillary Clinton campaign $1,000 per hour. Isn’t that about the same rate that high-class female escorts charge their Johns?
STAND UP FOR PROFESSIONALS!
Headlines
Florida wants to avoid critical race theory and ‘social justice’ in social studies texts
Stocks close flat in wild session Friday that saw the S&P 500 briefly fall into a bear market
San Francisco archbishop bans Pelosi from receiving holy communion over pro-abortion views
Pressure intensifies on world’s richest man [Musk] …Tesla’s golden moment over?
Secret Service: 2 employees on leave after ‘off-duty’ incident amid Biden’s Asian trip
World Health Organization confirms 80 cases of monkey pox with outbreaks in 11 countries
Federal judge blocks Biden from ending Title 42
Polls open in bitterly fought Australian election …
Turkey’s ransom for not blocking NATO is F-16 fighter jets
Tech stocks mired in longest weekly loosing streak since dot-com bust
Another day, another Black Lives Matter mansion scandal
Crypto-pocolypse comes for MiamiCoin … Mayor bets millions of tax dollars …
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Saturday, May 21, 2022
NDA
Elon Musk’s recent sexual harassment accuser has disclosed that he made her sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in exchange for $250,000. Now, Pilgrim, don’t you find the whole concept of a NDA under such circumstances, real or imagined, somewhat self-defeating?
If there were a NDA and this female accuser broke it, what recourse would Elon have? If he accuses her of breaking it, he is admitting to its existence and to the alleged offense, pretty much. So he must let her off with breaking her vow … and allow us to conclude that her ethics are in such disrepair that she likely embellished the original accusation.
There are such squirrelly people … as we have seen over and over.
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False Ptophets
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. — Matthew 7:15
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Anthony Fauci, Al Gore, Mark Zuckerberg, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Joy Behar, Ben Bernanke, Kin Jong un, Vladimir Putin, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Jerome Powell, Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel, Churck Schumer, George Soros, John Kerry
and sometimes, Elon Musk and, yes, even Fletcher!
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The Difference
Trump was very good at dealing with ambiguity. Biden is good at creating ambiguity.— Fletcher
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Headlines
Democrats are walking into an Obamacare fiasco of their own making
Nothing Korea could launch missile or nuclear test to overshadow Biden Asian trip
Senate votes 86-11 to pass $40 billion Ukrainian aid package; sends bill to Biden’s desk
Space XXX … Musk accused of sex harassment … cash payoff …
California won’t ban offshore drilling after legislation stalls
Musk denies ‘wild accusations’ against him in apparent reference to harassment report
George W. Bush condemns ‘brutal invasion of Iran … I mean Ukraine’
U.S. growth seen outpacing China first time since 1976 …
Former FBI official recounts alleged lie at heart of Sussmann trial
Zelensky says Donbas completely destroyed; Russia considers bill to let over-40s into military
NBC: Analysis of Hunter Biden’s hard drive proves $11 million in payments from China
Stocks on brink of bear … gas prices hit record …
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Friday, May 20, 2022
Just Juice
A number of years ago I tutored a precocious kid … now known as the rapper, “Just Juice.” In fact he wrote his first rap as a homework assignment. Now he has his raps “Smooth” and “Zero” as the background music for two Budweiser commercials … one of which is above. The other is age restricted by YouTube.
Neato!
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Tradition
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Those firebrand reformers, who believe that societal norms that have been forged over the history of mankind, can be tossed away like so much used tissues …usually find out the hard way that these norms are often there for good reason.
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Transference
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I’ve noticed an interesting phenominum among my liberal friends … an irrational offloading of blame for everything that is turning to cheese these days … blaming everything on Trump … inflation, Russia invading Ukraine, our Mexican border debacle, high gas prices and on and on.
Now Pilgrim, hasn’t Trump been out of office for 15 months? How can he be held responsible? Other than through this mental backflip?
I think Freud called this gymnastic “transference.”
STAND UP TO TRANSFERENCE!
daily timewaster Pic
Ancient Megalodon shark versus modern great white shark …
Afterward: Why so huge? See: More on Gravity.
STAND UP FOR DOWNSIZING!
Headlines
Poll: Kemp leads Purdue by 32 points ahead of Georgia’s GOP gubernatorial primary
Russia says it sent 900 Ukrainian soldiers to prison camp; Moscow firing top commanders, UK says
Biden Admin pauses Ministry of Truth amid epic backlash, Jankowicz resigns
New COVID warning … wave-accelerating …
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to increase supply of U.S. infant formula
The Euro is nearing parity with the dollar; ar; Here’s what it could mean for investors
Biden admin closes foreign lobbying investigation into Hunter Biden-linked consulting firm
Google says close to achieving ‘human level’ AI …
Former FBI official takes stand in trial of former Democrat party lawyer
Tencent profits plunge as Chinese tech giant grapples with COVID lockdowns
DCCC’s internal polling has Republicans leading them 47-39 in generic ballot
USA barreling toward recession, more experts say …
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