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Thoughts On A Sunday

It has been one of those weird weekends where a number of different events have come together. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. Between my ex moving into the same neighborhood as The Gulch (No, I am not upset about that)]; BeezleBub being away which has left me, his mother, and his girlfriend taking care of his steer; and a change in our little town’s zoning ordnances which has an effect on Short Term Rentals, i.e. AirBnB’s/VRBO/Vacasa, that also affects the neighborhood here at the Gulch. I am also most of the way through emptying out my storage unit so I won’t have to pay the monthly rent anymore. (This ties back to my ex moving into the neighborhood because she also had a lot of stuff there that is now being moved into her new home.)

It’s going to be busy during the coming week as work continues as the ex continues moving into her new home, duties at work as equipment calibration comes due, town duties, and making sure the sole member of the feline contingent here at The Gulch makes it to her appointment with the veterinarian.

And so it goes.

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A Blast From The Past (Month):

Cuba Becomes The First Country To Reach Net Zero.

Of course, it must be said that Cuba hadn’t planned to reach Net Zero.

[W]ith a small assist from the United States, the island nation of Cuba has almost entirely ended the use of fossil fuels. Finally, we have the first country in the world to achieve the climate movement’s Holy Grail and nirvana — Net Zero! Or at least a very close approximation. This should be cause for a huge celebration.

But has anyone asked the people of Cuba if they’re happy to be the first country in the world to reach that goal? Somehow, I doubt it.

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Seeing the Democrats’ efforts to ‘punish’ the GOP for not reigning in ICE as it does its job turn into punishing the American people by making the US even more vulnerable to terrorist attacks has me in a bit of a quandary. Is it “punishment” or are the Democrats hoping that by crippling our antiterror defenses by refusing to fund DHS that they are facilitating terror attacks that they can then use to win the mid-term elections in November? Seeing just how much the Democrat Party has decayed into a tacit socialist/communist party, I think it may be both.

Democrats have imposed a partial government shutdown to cripple DHS, the department responsible for defending us from Islamic terror. Their explicit purpose is to hamper ICE, which would facilitate unlawful entry into the country by hostile foreign agents.

According to leftist Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Democrats are “very serene” about how this will play out. Even now, they believe the media can prevent voters from realizing what they are doing to the country.

It’s like they’re working hard to destroy America and trying to the lay the blame should such destruction succeed upon the GOP.

Nothing new there.

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This illustrates one of my reasons for not buying into solar to be a large part of ‘baseload’ capacity, that being its vulnerability to severe weather as seen recently in Indiana and Illinois.

In the quiet town of Wheatfield, Indiana, a powerful storm system unleashed chaos on March 10, 2026, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. While initial reports suggested hail as the primary culprit, investigations point to a suspected tornado as the main force behind the widespread damage. The Dunns Bridge I and II solar farms, key components of Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s (NIPSCO) renewable energy portfolio, bore the brunt of the storm’s fury. These facilities, located in Jasper and Starke counties, represent a combined capacity of approximately 700 MW of solar power, making them among the largest in the region.

Eyewitness accounts and drone footage circulating on social media depict twisted metal frames, shattered panels, and debris scattered across acres of farmland. NIPSCO confirmed the damage in an official statement, noting that teams were on-site to assess and secure the area as soon as conditions allowed.

I have seen other instances where solar farms were heavily damaged during thunderstorms when hailstones smashed thousands of solar panels. One has to remember that solar panels are, for all intents and purposes, glass. Glass doesn’t like hailstones hitting them as they tend to crack or shatter.

There was one solar farm that had been proposed in my town many years ago that would have roughly 500KW of generating capacity if it were built. The developer had put up a small demonstrator solar ‘farm’ at the proposed location consisting of three panels to show how it would work. One thunderstorm later and it was offline, heavily damaged. The thunderstorm that caused that damage wasn’t even all that much of a thunderstorm. It wasn’t hail that damaged the panels, but a wind gust that caused a tree branch to break off and ‘fly’ almost 30 yards before it hit the demonstrator, cracking the panels and knocking over the portable setup.

I think I’d rather have a Small Modular Reactor rather than a solar farm any day.

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I’m glad the climate change faithful were so wrong on this one.

Climate Alarm Brews False Coffee Crisis As Global Production Sets Records

WTAE ABC, Pittsburgh, published a story titled, “Climate change affecting global coffee production, study finds.” The study is false, perpetrated by a climate activist group called Climate Central, and uncritically echoed by WTAE meteorologist Jill Szwed.

Had Szwed or WTAE fact-checked Climate Central’s claims against real-world data, they would have found coffee production has increased dramatically around the world amid the modest recent warming, including in each of the countries cited in WTAE’s story.

I have to wonder if these are the same folks who predicted climate change would also cause shortages of chocolate because cocoa bean yields would be negatively affected. So far I haven’t seen any indications of chocolate shortages. Have you?

So far the predictions made by the climate change faithful over the past few decades have not come to be. Have there been weather ‘anomalies’? Of course there has. But these anomalies are not climate and have always occured. Trying to turn them into indications of climate change works against them because they haven’t been repeating as one would expect if they were indicators of climate change.

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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee where we’re expecting a lot of rain and temps in the upper 50’s on Monday, hopefully the snow banks will continue to shrink, and where we’re still getting used to the change to Daylight Saving Time.

Something New To Be Paranoid About

As I mentioned in last Sunday’s TOAS, I came across an article that had my level of paranoia rise. Not that it went off the chart, but it did go up when I realized that people, including the government, have a new way to track your car or truck without having to use a GPS tracker, that new method being using your vehicle’s Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).

Most people don’t realize the TPMS system in their vehicle uses a radio signal from each sensor – one in each wheel – to measure the tire pressure in each tire. That radio signal, weak as it is, can be received from roadside receivers. Each TPMS sensor transmits tire pressure data along with the sensor serial number so the vehicle’s system knows which tire’s data is being sent. That also makes it possible to identify the vehicle transmitting that data.

But wait! There’s more!

Researchers at IMDEA Networks Institute in Spain, together with European partners, have found that tire pressure sensors in modern cars can unintentionally expose drivers to tracking. Over a 10-week study, they collected signals from more than 20,000 vehicles, revealing a hidden privacy risk and highlighting the need for stronger security measures in future vehicle sensor systems.

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However, the researchers found that these tire sensors also send a unique ID number in clear, unencrypted wireless signals, meaning that anyone nearby with a simple radio receiver can capture the signal -- and recognize the same car again later. Most vehicle tracking today uses cameras that need clear visibility and line-of-sight to a car.

TPMS tracking is different: Tire sensors automatically send radio signals that pass through walls and vehicles, allowing small hidden wireless receivers to capture them without being seen. Because each sensor broadcasts a fixed unique ID, the same car can be recognized repeatedly without reading a license plate. This makes TPMS-based tracking less expensive, harder to detect, and more difficult to avoid than camera-based surveillance, and therefore a stronger privacy threat according to the researchers.

To test how serious this risk is, the team built a network of low-cost radio receivers, located near roads and parking areas. The necessary equipment costs only $100 per receiver. In total, they collected more than 6 million tire sensor messages from over 20,000 cars.

The sensors use 315MHz in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) license-free band in North America and most of the rest of the world, and 433MHz in Europe. Receivers capable of receiving those frequencies are readily available. Decoding the signals isn’t difficult since they employ data formats laid out in the TPMS specifications. In the US, TPMS requirements and specifications are laid out in 49 CFR § 571.138 - Standard No. 138.

Those involved with the study have addressed the issue, bringing up the security of automotive systems including TPMS.

"As vehicles become increasingly connected, even safety-oriented sensors like TPMS should be designed with security in mind, since data that appears passive and harmless can become a powerful identifier when collected at scale," says Alessio Scalingi, former PhD student at IMDEA Networks and now assistant professor at UC3M, Madrid.

Despite these risks, current vehicle cybersecurity regulations do not yet specifically address TPMS security. The researchers warn that without encryption or authentication, tire sensors remain an easy target for passive surveillance.

"TPMS was designed for safety, not security," adds Dr. Yago Lizarribar, former PhD student at IMDEA Networks during the research study, and now a researcher at Armasuisse, Switzerland. "Our findings show the need for manufacturers and regulators to improve protection in future vehicle sensor systems."

Therefore, the research team urges the manufacturers and policymakers to strengthen cybersecurity in future cars, so that safety systems do not become tracking tools.

The question is, will those manufacturers and policymakers make the changes needed? I have a feeling that they will, but not anytime soon.

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I'll Tell You The Story - Binky Votes

Thoughts On A Sunday

Once again, we have had to make the change from Standard to Daylight Saving Time, something I wish we could end. Being at the easternmost edge of the Eastern Time Zone it would work better for us if we remained on DST year-round or changed from the Eastern Time Zone to the Atlantic Time Zone and remain on Atlantic Standard Time year-round. (If you cross from Maine into New Brunswick you also cross from the Eastern Time Zone to the Atlantic Time Zone.) I know a lot of folks around here are certainly tired of the twice-a-year change. It doesn’t really serve a purpose, at least not this far east in the time zone.

Another change – we will be seeing temperatures in the 50’s and 60’s over the next few days which means a lot of melting snow, shrinking snowbanks, and more potholes in the roads. Most of the snow has disappeared from the roof of The Gulch, with most of the remaining snow being on roof of the garage which is unheated. The snow on the roof of the heated portion of The Gulch is gone except for one small portion that does not receive any sunlight.

I by no means believe that we are all done with snow as I have seen too many late March/early April snowstorms that have dumped a foot of snow or more. In fact, there was an April Nor’easter two years ago that dumped almost 20 inches of snow and caused a power outage here at The Gulch that lasted almost 2 days. The Official Weekend Pundit Generator got a workout during and following that storm.

It is that storm that convinced a lot of my neighbors to spend the money for standby generators for their homes so they wouldn’t have to deal with another lengthy power outage without power. Now, over a third of the homes surrounding The Gulch have them. A few others, like the Gulch, have portable generators. A couple of them are also dual-fuel which means they can use either gasoline or propane. I primarily use propane because it doesn’t go bad like gasoline can. In the seven years I’ve had the Official Weekend Pundit Generator I’ve never had to use gasoline. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t have my gas caddy filled and ready to go if needed.

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I agree with Nick Sortor (by way of Dr. Helen) on this one: Unhinged.

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A big deal was made by the media about “devices found outside Gracie Mansion” during an anti-Muslim rally and counterprotest. The media implied the devices came from the protesters, trying to paint the protesters as Islamophobic. But there’s one problem with that assertion.

It is totally false.

It turns out the “bombs” were thrown at counter protesters by Muslim men who yelled “Allah akbar” at the crowd.

So much for that narrative.

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Oh, I like the headline on this one:

40-year trail of failed forecasts: ‘If the Climate Crisis were a commercial product, it would have been recalled for false advertising decades ago’.

As they say up here, “Ayuh.”

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It seems that even the increasingly Islamist United Kingdom is feeling the effects of the war with Iran, in this case finding they only have a couple of days supply of natural gas left since their supply has been cut off.

The UK’s gas reserves have shrunk from 18,000 GWh worth last year to 6,700 GWh – enough for just 1.5 days of demand, according to new data published by transmission operator National Gas.

A similar amount is stored in tanks as liquefied natural gas. Europe, by contrast, has built up reserves of several weeks-worth of gas.

The crunch in supplies has resulted in traders charging the UK a premium for gas, exploiting its need to outbid rivals in other countries. It means the UK is now paying the highest wholesale gas prices in Europe.

Hmm. Could this be why the UK has suddenly gotten involved in the war with Iran?

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The question isn’t whether or not I am paranoid. The question is “Am I paranoid enough?”

I came across a story in an industry publication that had me sitting up and taking notice. Looking into it I decided I had to delve deeper to find out if what this article claimed was true. To what am I referring?

The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) on vehicles can be used to track cars and trucks.

I will look into this and will post about this if it turns out to be accurate.

Great. Yet another thing we have to worry about…

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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where the weather is going to be warm for the next few days, Town Meeting for a lot of towns in New Hampshire take place on Tuesday, and where I find I am back to doing some farm chores for my son while he’s away.

Proof That Cognitive Dissonance Is A Mental Illness

I came across this by way of Instapundit and figured I’d share it because everything on the list rings true and explains so much.

The Complete (And Growing) List Of Things The Left Simultaneously Believes

#1 - "My body, my choice"... but you MUST get a vaccine or lose your job, your ability to travel, and your right to eat inside a restaurant. Both things. At the same time.

#2 - "Believe all women"... unless the woman is Tara Reade, Juanita Broaddrick, or Paula Jones. Those women apparently came with an asterisk nobody mentioned.

#3 - "Tax the rich"... said by a woman worth $120 million (Pelosi), a man worth $9 million (Schumer), and a senator who owns three houses (Bernie) — all while their stock portfolios grow on insider access the rest of us will never have.

#4 - They are outraged — OUTRAGED — about billionaires having too much power... and then accept $1.6 billion from George Soros without blinking. Quinn's Law #7: it is different when you are a Democrat.

#5 - "Defund the police"... and then hire private security for themselves. I am not making that up. Multiple city council members who voted to defund their police departments had private, taxpayer-funded security at the same time. You literally cannot invent this.

#6 - "No one is above the law"... until a federal judge in Wisconsin helped a criminal evade ICE agents and half the party defended her. Judge Hannah Dugan. Look it up. Suddenly "no one is above the law" had an exemption for people who agree with them.

#7 - "Science is real"... but a biological male who identifies as a woman is medically, biologically, and athletically identical to a biological female. Just go ahead and ignore the entire fields of endocrinology, genetics, and sports medicine while you are at it.

#8 - "We support the working class"... and then they vote AGAINST no tax on tips. And no tax on overtime. Every. Single. Democrat. Voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill. The party of workers apparently does not want workers keeping their own money.

#9 - "We need more gun control to stop violence"... but releasing violent criminals back onto the street with zero bail is compassion. The criminal is not the problem. The gun on the shelf of the law-abiding citizen is the problem. I need someone to explain that logic to me using small words.

#10 - They want a $20 minimum wage to help the poor worker... and then they celebrate the illegal immigration system that lets employers pay $6 an hour in cash with zero benefits to people who cannot say anything without being deported. That is not progressive. That is the economic model of the antebellum South with extra steps.

#11 - "We are pro-union"... and then they fought tooth and nail against school choice, which would allow poor minority children to escape failing schools. The teachers unions fund the Democrats. The children can stay in the failing building. Their priorities are perfectly clear.

#12 - "The borders are secure"... announced by Biden's Autopen while EIGHT MILLION people crossed illegally in four years. For comparison, 8 million is the population of Virginia. An entire state's worth of unvetted people. Secure.

#13 - They call DOGE "an attack on government"... but cannot name a single program it should cut. Not one. They are against cutting fraud. They are against cutting waste. They are against cutting abuse. I am genuinely asking: what exactly are they trying to protect in there?

#14 - "Reducing the deficit is important"... announced every election cycle by people who have never once voted for a budget that reduced the deficit. Quinn's Law #5 in action: when liberalism conflicts with reality, reality must give way.

#15 - They want to cancel student loan debt for people who voluntarily signed loan agreements... but they will absolutely NOT cancel your mortgage. Or your car payment. Or your credit card balance. The magical debt cancellation only applies to the demographic that votes for them. Totally not transactional. Not at all.

#16 - "Latinx"... a word that zero actual Hispanic people asked for, that grammatically violates Spanish, and that studies show roughly 3% of Latinos use voluntarily. Created by and for white progressive academics to describe a community that did not request a renaming. And they wonder why Latino voters started leaving.

#17 - "We are the party of science"... and then they told you masks did not work, then they DID work, then one was enough, then two were required, then cloth ones counted, then they did not, and anyone who asked a follow-up question was "anti-science." That was not science. That was compliance theater.

#18 - They supported Luigi Mangione — the guy who murdered a health insurance CEO — as a folk hero and a symbol of justified rage against insurance companies... and now they want you to keep the ACA, which funnels BILLIONS to those same insurance companies. I genuinely cannot keep up.

#19 - "We need to get money out of politics"... and then they raised $1 billion for Hillary in 2016 and $916 million for Biden's Autopen in 2020. The most expensive campaigns in American history. Both Democrats. The bumper sticker and the bank account are not on speaking terms.

#20 - They said the economy under Biden's Autopen was GREAT and prices were FINE... and then when the ACA COVID subsidies expired, they screamed that people would not be able to afford their health insurance. So which is it? Was the economy great, or were people so financially destroyed they could not pay their own premiums? Pick a lane.

#21 - "Diversity is our strength"... but every single diverse thinker who leaves the Democrat reservation — Clarence Thomas, Tim Scott, Candace Owens, Larry Elder — gets called a race traitor, an Uncle Tom, or worse. The diversity of skin color is welcome. The diversity of thought is absolutely not.

#22 - "We support women"... and then every single Senate Democrat voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on January 14, 2025. Every one. Girls can lose their scholarships, their safety, and their athletic careers — but at least the Democrats have the correct bumper sticker.

#23 - They say the January 6th protesters were "insurrectionists who nearly destroyed democracy"... but the people who spent the summer of 2020 burning federal courthouses, attacking police precincts, and occupying city blocks in Seattle with an armed border were "peaceful protesters exercising their constitutional rights." Funny how that works.

#24 - "We are the party of the working man"... and they gave us inflation that cost the average American family $34,000 in purchasing power. Grocery bills up 22%. Housing costs through the ceiling. Rent to income ratios at historic highs. And they want credit for a $1,400 check they sent you with money they printed.

#25 - "We must protect democracy"... and then they tried to remove a candidate from state ballots, weaponize the DOJ against a political opponent, and indict a former president four times before an election. If a foreign government did what they did to Trump, the State Department would call it election interference.

#26 - They are horrified — genuinely horrified — that Trump talked to foreign leaders without their approved talking points... and then Biden's Autopen handed $6 BILLION to Iran, who then funded Hezbollah, Hamas, and a proxy war against American allies. But Trump's phone call. That was the threat.

#27 - "Black Lives Matter"... and the BLM organization raised $90 million in 2020 and spent it on mansions, consulting fees, and a production company. Meanwhile black communities where they marched saw record homicide increases. Quinn's Law #1: liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent.

#28 - They say voter ID is racist because minorities supposedly cannot get an ID... and in the same breath they mandate that same minority population show a vaccine card to enter a restaurant. The ID they cannot get for voting is somehow obtainable for dinner. I leave the logical conclusion to you.

#29 - "We believe in free speech"... announced right before they pressured Twitter, Facebook, and Google to deplatform their political opponents, flagged parody accounts, asked federal agencies to flag "misinformation," and colluded with social media companies to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story — which was verified and real. Quinn's Law #12: liberals do not engage in debate. They try to silence you.

#30 - They say the rich do not pay their fair share... and then they exempt the rich from their own rules. The Inflation Reduction Act — the one they said would make billionaires pay up — was written by and for corporate lobbyists. The effective tax rate on the top 1% actually went DOWN after its passage. You genuinely cannot make this up.

#31 - "Children should not be sexualized"... and then they put sexually explicit books in elementary school libraries, hosted drag performances in schools, and any parent who objected at a school board meeting was flagged as a potential domestic terrorist by the FBI under Biden's Autopen. That actually happened. The FBI memo is a matter of public record.

#32 - They say we need to "save the planet" from carbon emissions... and then Al Gore's mansion uses 21 times the electricity of the average American home. John Kerry — their climate czar — flew on private jets to climate conferences. Bernie flies private. Obama bought an oceanfront mansion on Martha's Vineyard. Apparently the rising seas only affect people who vote Republican.

#33 - "We stand with veterans"... and then every single year they vote against or table the Major Richard Star Act. This bill would stop the government from stealing retirement pay from combat-wounded veterans who were medically retired before 20 years. FIFTY THOUSAND veterans. It costs $800 million a year — a number they voted to include in a $924.7 billion defense bill the very next day. The money exists. The will does not. Sign the petition: https://c.org/29rGbKJphj @MajorStarAct @StarActEnemies

#34 - They want to "end income inequality"... and every major American city run exclusively by Democrats for decades — Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles — has some of the worst income inequality, homelessness, crime, and poverty in the developed world. Quinn's Law #3: the amount of wealth in any area is inversely proportional to the number of Democrats running it.

#35 - "Rent is too high"... announced by the same people who blocked every deregulation and permitting reform that would allow more housing to be built. Restricting supply while demand increases does not lower prices. This is not an opinion. It is basic economics. I teach this to sixteen-year-olds.

#36 - They say Republicans want dirty air and dirty water... and then California — the progressive paradise — has the worst air quality in the nation, has had more wildfires than any administration in history, and cannot keep its own electricity on in the summer. Their environmental policy has been in place for thirty years. The results are visible from space.

#37 - "No one should profit off of sickness"... announced by the party that fought to keep the ACA — which mandated that every American PURCHASE a product from a PRIVATE insurance company or pay a fine. They literally made it illegal not to pay the insurance company. And they called that progressive healthcare reform.

#38 - They are obsessed with "protecting our democracy" from MAGA... while 5.2 million protesters tried to override 77,302,416 votes cast in a free and fair election. That is not protecting democracy. That is a minority faction attempting to nullify the expressed preference of the majority. Madison warned about this specifically in Federalist No. 10. Look it up.

#39 - "We need common sense gun laws"... and Chicago has had some of the strictest gun laws in the nation for decades, and it also has some of the most violent neighborhoods in the country. You want to know what does not exist in those neighborhoods? Responsible armed citizens who can protect themselves. What does exist? Career politicians from the same party for fifty straight years.

#40 - They say they want to "tax the ultra-wealthy"... and then they keep giving Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street the exact carve-outs, credits, and loopholes that protect their donors' wealth. The ultra-wealthy you hear about in speeches mysteriously never seems to include the ultra-wealthy who write the checks.

#41 - "We follow the science on climate change"... and then they told you biological sex is a spectrum, that there is no meaningful physiological difference between male and female athletes, and that puberty blockers are "fully reversible." One of those positions involves chemistry, physics, and atmospheric science. The others involve ignoring endocrinology, anatomy, and a decade of clinical data. But they follow the science.

#42 - They want immigration to be "humane"... and the cities that declared themselves sanctuaries — New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles — screamed for emergency federal aid and started deporting migrants themselves the moment they actually had to house them. The humanity apparently has a geographic radius of exactly "not my backyard."

#43 - "We need more funding for public education"... announced by the same party that has controlled most major urban school districts for fifty years, produced some of the lowest literacy and graduation rates in the developed world, and fights viciously against any accountability measure or alternative that might actually help the children whose futures are at stake. It is almost like the children are not the actual priority.

#44 - They say anyone who questions the 2020 election is "an election denier who threatens democracy"... and Stacey Abrams denied her 2018 loss for four years, Hillary Clinton called the 2016 election stolen on national television as recently as 2022, and over 60 House Democrats objected to electoral votes in 2000, 2004, and 2016. The rule about election denial apparently only applies to one party.

#45 - "Latinx." I know I already put this one on the list. It is so spectacularly disconnected from reality that it deserves to be on there twice.

Some of these things sound like they want to rewrite reality to meet their delusional beliefs. Others sound like they’re severely mentally ill, perhaps strung out on drugs…or because they stopped taking their meds.

Some of it sounds like Orwell’s Newspeak, language that makes it impossible to express dissent. Some try to twist reality to make evil sound like good and good sound like evil. Some paint contradictory pictures of things they want versus the things they actually do.

Is it any wonder more people are abandoning their Leftist leaders? They sound crazier every day, denigrate the very people they say they want to help by pushing the soft racism of low expectations.

As many a modern philosopher has said, “Don’t listen to what they say. Look at what they do.”

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Being an engineer, this is something I truly understand.

Thoughts On A Sunday

It was a nice day yesterday, relatively warm with sun on and off throughout the day. Today is not quite as warm, with it being cloudy during the first part of the day with a few snow flurries here and there. In other words, a typical late winter weather cycle. We do have more snow on the way on Tuesday, but only a few inches.

The kids are heading back to school after last week’s February vacation. At least our town’s high school has something to celebrate with its Boys Basketball team winning a state championship on Saturday. Our Girl’s team was also participating in a state championship game but unfortunately lost. So, it was a 50:50 weekend to celebrate.

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I have been taking in the news about the US and Israeli strikes against Iran all I can say about it is “It’s about friggin’ time.”

A lot of the people against this “illegal” war action weren’t alive back when the fledgling Islamic State of Iran declared war on the US, invading the US embassy and holding diplomatic personnel hostage for 444 days. That in itself was an act of war. That war never ended…until now. Time has also shown what a brutal theocratic dictatorship it was.

Ironically, as one post on ‘X’ put it:

Muslim countries that support today's U.S strike on Iran: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, UAE, Bahrain

Muslim countries that DO NOT support today's U.S. strike on Iran: France, United Kingdom

If you don’t believe that Iran was a brutal dictatorship, look at this little bit of life in the Islamic Republic:

Now I want to introduce you to a brave Iranian woman who understood America better than you ever will.

Her name was Sara Saeidi.
Born and raised in Iran.
39 years old.
A mother of two daughters, 19 and 6.

She was hot in the head for the “crime” of peascefully protesting while wearing a sweatshirt that said MANHATTAN, with the American flag beneath it.

While you stood in Congress under that flag, she carried its name on her chest, not as symbolism for a photo opportunity but as a dream.

She was addressing Ilhan Omar’s tweet about “No War With Iran”. Talk about hypocrisy! Look up the term “hypocrite” and you’ll see Omar’s picture next to it as we know she’s been working hard to undermine America from within and has no intention of keep her oath of office.

This is something that has been brewing for a long time and I hope that it is the beginning of the end of brutal Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Do we need any more proof that Virgina Democrats don’t really believe in the US Constitution, particularly the 2nd Amendment?

Virginia Democrats are advancing a bill that would prohibit adults under the age of 21 from owning, purchasing, or transporting certain types of firearms in the state.

Virginians aged 18–20 will no longer be allowed to possess handguns or any guns liberals have decided to call “assault firearms.”

The National Rifle Association pointed out that the prohibition would apply to “those who already own such firearms.”

So first they restrict the right of 18- to 20-year-olds to own, buy, or carry handguns and “assault firearms” unless they are in the company of an adult. However, Virginia law defines adults as anyone who is at least 18 years of age. Talk about a contradiction. If they redefine adults as those who are at least 21 years of age, then does that mean that 18- to 20-year-olds would no longer be allowed to vote? After all, they would no longer be adults under Virginia law.

If they manage to weaken the 2nd Amendment, I expect they will go after the 1st Amendment next.

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To quote the Instaprof, “They Aren’t Even Hiding It”:

Think about this:

Leftists cheered the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and condemned the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Good. Evil.

They chose evil.

‘Nuff said.

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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where the weather is trying to make up its mind, Town Meeting is getting closer, and where Monday is returning to ruin our weekend.