12/11/2025
12/07/2025
Thoughts On A Sunday
It’s a relatively warm day here at the lake, ‘warm’ being defined as “in the low 30’s”. I was out, performing my usual Sunday morning shopping at Walmart when I realized it really didn’t feel all that cold. But then, the temperature wasn’t in single digits. It’s been sunny, something that will certainly help some of the remaining ice on the driveway, making room for some more snow overnight (though it will likely only be a dusting here) as well as some more snow forecast for Wednesday.
I have three more days of work – Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – and I will then be on vacation until January 5th. I hadn’t paid attention to how much vacation I used this year and realized I had almost 3 weeks of unused vacation left, so rather than losing it I figured I’d take it now. Not that things are all that busy at work in December as it is one of our ‘slow’ months.
I won’t be slacking off by any means as I have a long list of “Things To Do” while I am on vacation, one of them being emptying out the Official Weekend Pundit Storage Unit which contains some of the last items from The Manse that I had no room for here at The Gulch. My ex and I have been slowly emptying it out and the few things that remain are primarily furniture that the ex-wife plans to sell. Ony one furniture item is mine – a 200+-year old dresser that was my grandfather’s - and it will be coming here to The Gulch. Rent for the storage unit will be one expense I will not be sad to see go away.
Here it is, Pearl Harbor Day, “a day that will live in infamy”. It was 84 years ago today that the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor and brought the US into World War II. Like 84 years later, it was also a Sunday. Everyone who was alive back then knew where they were when they heard the news, just like those alive on September 11th, 2001 knows where they were when they heard the news about the attacks on the World Trade Center towers.
I’d like to think that we will never have to experience such events again…but I’m not that naïve.
I heard about Netflix purchasing Warner Brothers and my first thought was “Netflix has enough money to buy them? Really?”
I must admit I really don’t have any feelings about this one way or the other as compared to some folks. I stopped paying attention to the doings in Hollywood, particularly after Disney sold out and went woke as well as Hollywood churning out so-called “message movies” that preach progressivism to audiences rather than entertaining them. (As I have mentioned a number of times before, it looks like Hollywood needs to relearn the lesson that message movies aren’t popular for the reason mentioned above and that they always lose money.)
However, the real question is whether the acquisition of Warner Brothers will be a good thing or a bad thing? Only time will tell.
While I haven’t been in a movie theater for years, I do stream movies now and then or pull out one of the DVDs or BluRay disks from my library. I have Netflix membership so it will be interesting to see what they will offer going forward.
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that it looked like we’d be seeing an old-fashioned New England winter this winter and it looks like the folks at MIT are saying it could be the harshest winter in the US in 12 years.
I have no real problem with a real old-fashioned New England winter. I’ve lived through enough of them over the past 60+ years and I’m still here.
Heavy snow? Check.
Blizzard conditions? Check.
Sub-zero temperatures? Check.
High winds and drifting snow? Check.
Hunkering down and watching the snow fall while sitting in front of the woodstove? Check.
A 4x4 pickup with great AT tires, tire chains, and a full tank of gas? Check.
Snow shovel, snowblower, and roof rake? Check.
Generator and fuel for same? Check.
Yeah, I think we’re pretty well set for a traditional New England winter.
This is why we need to really tighten our controls over immigration, particularly when it comes to criminal immigrants (and I don’t mean illegal immigrants in this case):
Muslim Migrant Rapes Woman to Death On Church Steps After Nashville Freed Somali Rapist 16 Times
Excuse me? Sixteen Times?
Of course, this assumes a Tennessee judge doesn’t release him on bail…again.
And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where winter is making itself at home, the lake is freezing over ahead of schedule, and where Monday is returning all too soon.
I have three more days of work – Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – and I will then be on vacation until January 5th. I hadn’t paid attention to how much vacation I used this year and realized I had almost 3 weeks of unused vacation left, so rather than losing it I figured I’d take it now. Not that things are all that busy at work in December as it is one of our ‘slow’ months.
I won’t be slacking off by any means as I have a long list of “Things To Do” while I am on vacation, one of them being emptying out the Official Weekend Pundit Storage Unit which contains some of the last items from The Manse that I had no room for here at The Gulch. My ex and I have been slowly emptying it out and the few things that remain are primarily furniture that the ex-wife plans to sell. Ony one furniture item is mine – a 200+-year old dresser that was my grandfather’s - and it will be coming here to The Gulch. Rent for the storage unit will be one expense I will not be sad to see go away.
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Here it is, Pearl Harbor Day, “a day that will live in infamy”. It was 84 years ago today that the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor and brought the US into World War II. Like 84 years later, it was also a Sunday. Everyone who was alive back then knew where they were when they heard the news, just like those alive on September 11th, 2001 knows where they were when they heard the news about the attacks on the World Trade Center towers.
I’d like to think that we will never have to experience such events again…but I’m not that naïve.
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I heard about Netflix purchasing Warner Brothers and my first thought was “Netflix has enough money to buy them? Really?”
I must admit I really don’t have any feelings about this one way or the other as compared to some folks. I stopped paying attention to the doings in Hollywood, particularly after Disney sold out and went woke as well as Hollywood churning out so-called “message movies” that preach progressivism to audiences rather than entertaining them. (As I have mentioned a number of times before, it looks like Hollywood needs to relearn the lesson that message movies aren’t popular for the reason mentioned above and that they always lose money.)
However, the real question is whether the acquisition of Warner Brothers will be a good thing or a bad thing? Only time will tell.
While I haven’t been in a movie theater for years, I do stream movies now and then or pull out one of the DVDs or BluRay disks from my library. I have Netflix membership so it will be interesting to see what they will offer going forward.
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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that it looked like we’d be seeing an old-fashioned New England winter this winter and it looks like the folks at MIT are saying it could be the harshest winter in the US in 12 years.
I have no real problem with a real old-fashioned New England winter. I’ve lived through enough of them over the past 60+ years and I’m still here.
Heavy snow? Check.
Blizzard conditions? Check.
Sub-zero temperatures? Check.
High winds and drifting snow? Check.
Hunkering down and watching the snow fall while sitting in front of the woodstove? Check.
A 4x4 pickup with great AT tires, tire chains, and a full tank of gas? Check.
Snow shovel, snowblower, and roof rake? Check.
Generator and fuel for same? Check.
Yeah, I think we’re pretty well set for a traditional New England winter.
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This is why we need to really tighten our controls over immigration, particularly when it comes to criminal immigrants (and I don’t mean illegal immigrants in this case):
Muslim Migrant Rapes Woman to Death On Church Steps After Nashville Freed Somali Rapist 16 Times
Excuse me? Sixteen Times?
A 34-year-old woman was raped to death on the front steps of a Nashville church, in public, under streetlights, caught in progress by firefighters.If this had happened up here in New Hampshire he wouldn’t have been set free on bail after the first rape. And since he killed his latest victim during the commission of another felony, he would be ineligible for bail. One thing Tennessee has that New Hampshire no longer has is the death penalty. I hope this ‘miscreant’ gets the death penalty once he’s properly tried and convicted. Then there will be no need to deport him.
Her accused killer?
A 39-year-old Somali repeat offender with multiple identities and 16 prior charges for sexual battery, indecent exposure, trespass, drug offenses, and more.
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Authorities can’t even agree on his real name – Mohamed Mohamed, Mohamed Abdi, “Mdamed” Mohamed, or Ceter Mohammad.
If the courts can’t identify him, how are they protecting anyone?
Despite raping a woman to death, the judge set just $75,000 bond per rape charge, meaning he could have walked free again. The only thing stopping his release was an ICE detainer.
This wasn’t an accident.
It was the direct result of judges, prosecutors, and politicians choosing leniency over public safety.
Of course, this assumes a Tennessee judge doesn’t release him on bail…again.
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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where winter is making itself at home, the lake is freezing over ahead of schedule, and where Monday is returning all too soon.
12/06/2025
It's Going To Be A Normal New England Winter
I don’t know about you, but I have been looking at forecasts for this coming winter and I am beginning to think that the ones predicting a colder and snowier winter here in New England may be right.
Here at the lake we’ve seen temperatures well below average, with one overnight low reaching 0°F just a couple of days ago. (It was 2°F here at The Gulch that same morning.) We’ve seen quite a bit of snow, receiving just shy of 11 inches of snow here earlier this past week. Our local ski resort opened this weekend, with plenty of natural and manmade snow on the trails. We’ll be seeing single digit temps and more snow this coming week.
Another indicator is the ice on the lake and some of the local ponds. One such pond has had ice on it from shore to shore for the past three weeks, well ahead of when we usually see it. The cove where the Official Weekend Pundit Lake Winnipesaukee Runabout is docked during boating season is also frozen over, again weeks ahead of when we usually see it.
My little town’s road crews had a chance to try out their plows and sanders to make sure everything was ready for the coming winter. We’re also hoping the town’s ice rink will be ready sometime after Christmas after undergoing some major renovations.
Going back to the ski resort for a moment, I’ve seen the major resorts here in New Hampshire as well as Vermont are ready to go, with quite a few of them already open. There’s also more than enough snow around for some of the snowmobile trails to be open, but I don’t know if any are open at the moment.
The heavy winter drapes went up over the slider here at The Gulch last weekend and I’m glad I got them up because we certainly needed it on the single digit temperature nights. I also dug out the el cheapo humidifier I use to keep the humidity inside at a reasonable level which makes it feel warmer. (Humid air retains heat better than dry air and feels warmer even at the same temperature.)
I’ve seen more than a few cars have already mounted their snow tires in preparation for winter snow. It’s something I always suggest, particularly to newcomers who have never had to deal with a northern New England winter. The ubiquitous “All Season” tires are a poor compromise at best and don’t have anywhere near the traction of actual snow tires. I proved that when I used to have my trusty Dodge Neon and after a couple of winters decided I needed snow tires and had it shod with Nokian Hakkapeliitta’s, some of the best snow tires I’ve ever used. I could navigate snowy roads better than some 4x4’s shod with All Season tires. (The trusty RAM 1500 is shod with Cooper AT’s at the moment and I have found them to be pretty effective during the winter.)
One other preparation I’ve made is ensuring the Official Weekend Pundit Generator is ready to go, having changed the oil and firing it up to make sure it works. Hopefully I won’t need it, but when we get an ice storm or a Nor’easter with heavy winds, you can almost guarantee a power outage.
For the moment we’re almost ready to handle the winter. The only thing left to do is to get the trusty RAM 1500 an oil change which will happen this coming week and its winter undercoating which will take place in another week-and-a-half.
Now all I need to do is find the tire chains for the trusty RAM 1500.
Here at the lake we’ve seen temperatures well below average, with one overnight low reaching 0°F just a couple of days ago. (It was 2°F here at The Gulch that same morning.) We’ve seen quite a bit of snow, receiving just shy of 11 inches of snow here earlier this past week. Our local ski resort opened this weekend, with plenty of natural and manmade snow on the trails. We’ll be seeing single digit temps and more snow this coming week.
Another indicator is the ice on the lake and some of the local ponds. One such pond has had ice on it from shore to shore for the past three weeks, well ahead of when we usually see it. The cove where the Official Weekend Pundit Lake Winnipesaukee Runabout is docked during boating season is also frozen over, again weeks ahead of when we usually see it.
My little town’s road crews had a chance to try out their plows and sanders to make sure everything was ready for the coming winter. We’re also hoping the town’s ice rink will be ready sometime after Christmas after undergoing some major renovations.
Going back to the ski resort for a moment, I’ve seen the major resorts here in New Hampshire as well as Vermont are ready to go, with quite a few of them already open. There’s also more than enough snow around for some of the snowmobile trails to be open, but I don’t know if any are open at the moment.
The heavy winter drapes went up over the slider here at The Gulch last weekend and I’m glad I got them up because we certainly needed it on the single digit temperature nights. I also dug out the el cheapo humidifier I use to keep the humidity inside at a reasonable level which makes it feel warmer. (Humid air retains heat better than dry air and feels warmer even at the same temperature.)
I’ve seen more than a few cars have already mounted their snow tires in preparation for winter snow. It’s something I always suggest, particularly to newcomers who have never had to deal with a northern New England winter. The ubiquitous “All Season” tires are a poor compromise at best and don’t have anywhere near the traction of actual snow tires. I proved that when I used to have my trusty Dodge Neon and after a couple of winters decided I needed snow tires and had it shod with Nokian Hakkapeliitta’s, some of the best snow tires I’ve ever used. I could navigate snowy roads better than some 4x4’s shod with All Season tires. (The trusty RAM 1500 is shod with Cooper AT’s at the moment and I have found them to be pretty effective during the winter.)
One other preparation I’ve made is ensuring the Official Weekend Pundit Generator is ready to go, having changed the oil and firing it up to make sure it works. Hopefully I won’t need it, but when we get an ice storm or a Nor’easter with heavy winds, you can almost guarantee a power outage.
For the moment we’re almost ready to handle the winter. The only thing left to do is to get the trusty RAM 1500 an oil change which will happen this coming week and its winter undercoating which will take place in another week-and-a-half.
Now all I need to do is find the tire chains for the trusty RAM 1500.
12/05/2025
11/30/2025
Thoughts On A Sunday
Well, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is winding to a close. That means no more worries about “Black Friday” or “Local Shops Saturday” Christmas shopping crowds to deal with. Holiday traffic has tapered off, at least around here. Things have returned to normal for the most part. About the only thing we'll have to keep an eye on is a possible snow storm on Tuesday, one that out local Weather GuysTM can't quite seem to pin down as to where and how much we might expect. But then, that isn't out of the ordinary, is it? For the moment they're predicting between 4 and 8 inches of snow here at the lake.
If you read my Saturday post you'll know that I spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday traveling here and there, all of which made for long days. The only 'traveling' I did today was for my usual pre-church shopping at Walmart early this morning.
Things have been settling down back to a more normal routine for now. There are still plenty of things to be done before Christmas, but I'll take those one day at a time.
Tomorrow it's back to work, something I am actually looking forward to despite it being a Monday.
So, how was your Thanksgiving?
Have you ever noticed just how intolerant our “tolerant” liberal friends and neighbors are should our viewpoint differ from theirs? This seems to be particularly true if the particular liberal is of the female persuasion. They preach tolerance but but I get the feeling that word is misunderstood by most of them as it only applies to those they happen to agree with or those they see as “victims”, even if those alleged victims are intolerant, rapists and murderous bigots who have no problem killing people they disagree with.
This isn't all that surprising considering that more people have come to recognize that much of the climate change industry is being seen as a scam that is used only to raise money.
One of the first indications that people aren't buying what the Climate Cult Faithful are selling is that the Sierra Club has lost 60% 0f its members, “proving even the Green left can 'Go Woke, Get Broke.'" Then 350.org “suspended operations” earlier this month.
I have to wonder if some of this might also have to do with that fact that their dire predictions of climate doom haven't played out. Heck, they haven't even come close and people noticed.
The following is something even the more savvy and open-minded climate change activists have admitted, something that is quite refreshing.
Ecological Impacts Of Offshore Windparks Are Worse Than Expected, New Study Finds
I've been hearing about some of the major negative effects of off-shore wind farms for some time, particularly when it comes to how they affect marine life and can cause warming of the atmosphere and sea surface water. (It's not just that, but also the off-shore wind farms are more expensive to build and to maintain, and don't have the service life of land-based wind turbines and require more frequent maintenance due to the hostile environment.)
Read The Whole Thing.
And that's the post-holiday news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where we've had a little snow on Sunday, are expecting more snow on Tuesday, and where Monday doesn't really matter this week.
If you read my Saturday post you'll know that I spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday traveling here and there, all of which made for long days. The only 'traveling' I did today was for my usual pre-church shopping at Walmart early this morning.
Things have been settling down back to a more normal routine for now. There are still plenty of things to be done before Christmas, but I'll take those one day at a time.
Tomorrow it's back to work, something I am actually looking forward to despite it being a Monday.
So, how was your Thanksgiving?
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Have you ever noticed just how intolerant our “tolerant” liberal friends and neighbors are should our viewpoint differ from theirs? This seems to be particularly true if the particular liberal is of the female persuasion. They preach tolerance but but I get the feeling that word is misunderstood by most of them as it only applies to those they happen to agree with or those they see as “victims”, even if those alleged victims are intolerant, rapists and murderous bigots who have no problem killing people they disagree with.
Can anyone explain the logic behind why liberal women are supportive of importing Muslims into their countries, cities, and neighborhoods?I have to wonder how many of these liberal women are AWFLs – Affluent White Female Liberals – who always seem to focus on the wrong things and paint too many criminals as “victims” of whichever injustice is currently popular amongst them.
Despite all of the evidence that this is a horrible idea, they still do it.
This phenomenon is happening in all white countries.
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This isn't all that surprising considering that more people have come to recognize that much of the climate change industry is being seen as a scam that is used only to raise money.
One of the first indications that people aren't buying what the Climate Cult Faithful are selling is that the Sierra Club has lost 60% 0f its members, “proving even the Green left can 'Go Woke, Get Broke.'" Then 350.org “suspended operations” earlier this month.
I have to wonder if some of this might also have to do with that fact that their dire predictions of climate doom haven't played out. Heck, they haven't even come close and people noticed.
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The following is something even the more savvy and open-minded climate change activists have admitted, something that is quite refreshing.
Ecological Impacts Of Offshore Windparks Are Worse Than Expected, New Study Finds
I've been hearing about some of the major negative effects of off-shore wind farms for some time, particularly when it comes to how they affect marine life and can cause warming of the atmosphere and sea surface water. (It's not just that, but also the off-shore wind farms are more expensive to build and to maintain, and don't have the service life of land-based wind turbines and require more frequent maintenance due to the hostile environment.)
How can wind turbines warm the climate? The secret lies in the vortices and the altered air circulation.While I wasn't aware that wind farms could cause warming, I have heard reports of whales being affected by the infrasound generated by the wind turbine rotors which can confuse them and affect their health. But the effects of infrasound doesn't affect just whales and other marine life. It can affect humans as well. (This isn't just caused by offshore wind farms, but by wind turbines in general.)
1. The rotors extract energy from the wind. This creates vortex structures that spread over wide areas.Measurements confirm this effect: there are slight but constant temperature increases near the ground. In densely concentrated wind farms, these effects can reinforce each other.
2. These vortices weaken the natural mixing of the lower air layers and the surface water.
3. The natural cooling capacity of the sea surface is thereby reduced. Heat cannot be dissipated as easily, which intensifies the temperature increase at the sea surface. This additional heat rises into the atmosphere.
Moreover, the impacts are not just local; analyses show that the effects of the vortices extend over more than 100 kilometers and cause measurable temperature increases up to 200 meters in altitude.
Read The Whole Thing.
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And that's the post-holiday news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where we've had a little snow on Sunday, are expecting more snow on Tuesday, and where Monday doesn't really matter this week.
11/29/2025
Observations From The Road
It being an extended holiday weekend, I had the opportunity to travel New Hampshire and Massachusetts highways on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Local Shops Saturday, though only one of those three days was for travel to and from the gathering of the WP clan to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Friday's travel was to meet up with a couple of long-time friends for dinner followed by a concert by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, something that has become a bit of a tradition as this was the third time we have done so during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The final trip was down to meet up with my aforementioned friends at one of those friend's home to help raise an antenna to be used for our mutual amateur radio hobby.
I figure that taking in those three days of travel I have driven the trusty RAM 1500 somewhere around 500 miles.
One of the things most obvious things I observed with all that driving on Thursday, Friday, and today?
Just about everyone was traveling above the posted speed limits. Even me.
Speeds I observed ran anywhere between 5 and 25 miles per hour above the posted limit.
On my trip home from the WP Sister's place on Thanksgiving afternoon speeds ran between 70 and 80 miles per hour. On Saturday on my way to and from dinner and the concert, highway speeds had to be between 75 and 85 per hour...even in the 'slow' lane. No one was traveling at the posted speed limits. No one.
On my trip down to my friend's place in the southern part of New Hampshire it was pretty much the same thing, but the speeds I observed people traveling were as high as 90. (The posted limit was 65 for the most part.) I was the 'slowpoke', driving in the slow (right-hand) lane at between 75 and 80 from the time I got on the Interstate in Concord and got off the Interstate in Windham. Traffic wasn't heavy and there were three, four, or five travel lanes depending on where along the Interstate I was traveling. Driving at the posted speed limit would have meant being a moving traffic obstruction and possibly causing a traffic accident. (This goes back to a lesson I learned from a couple of friends of mine who were State Troopers 'back in the day'. They told me it was safer to travel at a speed that kept up with the rest of the traffic rather than being that “moving traffic obstruction”. The WP Dad learned that lesson on Texas when he was pulled over for going too slow – 70 mph – when everyone else was doing 85. The Texas trooper told him the same thing my State Trooper friends told me.)
I don't recall seeing so many motorists driving at such high speeds like I saw over this holiday weekend. I have to wonder if the posted limits are too low, something that is quite possible. The Interstate I usually travel has a posted speed limit of 70 mph once you are north of Concord and people would push that to 75. But it seems like the posted speed limits were being universally ignored during the holiday week.
I wasn't like the State Police in Massachusetts and New Hampshire weren't stopping speeders. I saw more than a few motorists pulled over for speeding. One in New Hampshire blew by me north of the tolls on the Interstate and I'm estimating he was going over 100 mph. I saw him pulled over a couple of miles further down the highway and in this case he was out of his car and in handcuffs. Not surprising since he blew through a speed trap at that speed. With speeds like he was going it is more than just getting a speeding ticket.
I wonder if we'll be seeing this “Everyone Driving Above The Speed Limit” phenomenon during the upcoming Christmas holiday?
I figure that taking in those three days of travel I have driven the trusty RAM 1500 somewhere around 500 miles.
One of the things most obvious things I observed with all that driving on Thursday, Friday, and today?
Just about everyone was traveling above the posted speed limits. Even me.
Speeds I observed ran anywhere between 5 and 25 miles per hour above the posted limit.
On my trip home from the WP Sister's place on Thanksgiving afternoon speeds ran between 70 and 80 miles per hour. On Saturday on my way to and from dinner and the concert, highway speeds had to be between 75 and 85 per hour...even in the 'slow' lane. No one was traveling at the posted speed limits. No one.
On my trip down to my friend's place in the southern part of New Hampshire it was pretty much the same thing, but the speeds I observed people traveling were as high as 90. (The posted limit was 65 for the most part.) I was the 'slowpoke', driving in the slow (right-hand) lane at between 75 and 80 from the time I got on the Interstate in Concord and got off the Interstate in Windham. Traffic wasn't heavy and there were three, four, or five travel lanes depending on where along the Interstate I was traveling. Driving at the posted speed limit would have meant being a moving traffic obstruction and possibly causing a traffic accident. (This goes back to a lesson I learned from a couple of friends of mine who were State Troopers 'back in the day'. They told me it was safer to travel at a speed that kept up with the rest of the traffic rather than being that “moving traffic obstruction”. The WP Dad learned that lesson on Texas when he was pulled over for going too slow – 70 mph – when everyone else was doing 85. The Texas trooper told him the same thing my State Trooper friends told me.)
I don't recall seeing so many motorists driving at such high speeds like I saw over this holiday weekend. I have to wonder if the posted limits are too low, something that is quite possible. The Interstate I usually travel has a posted speed limit of 70 mph once you are north of Concord and people would push that to 75. But it seems like the posted speed limits were being universally ignored during the holiday week.
I wasn't like the State Police in Massachusetts and New Hampshire weren't stopping speeders. I saw more than a few motorists pulled over for speeding. One in New Hampshire blew by me north of the tolls on the Interstate and I'm estimating he was going over 100 mph. I saw him pulled over a couple of miles further down the highway and in this case he was out of his car and in handcuffs. Not surprising since he blew through a speed trap at that speed. With speeds like he was going it is more than just getting a speeding ticket.
I wonder if we'll be seeing this “Everyone Driving Above The Speed Limit” phenomenon during the upcoming Christmas holiday?
11/28/2025
11/23/2025
Thoughts On A Sunday
Here it is, the weekend before Thanksgiving, and things are busy, at least for me. While I am taking off this entire week from work, it doesn't mean I won't be working. It just means I'll be whittling away at my “To Do” list, taking care of things at The Gulch in preparation for the upcoming winter. That includes rearranging the contents in the garage to make winter tools – snow shovels (both manual and electric), the ice melt buckets, and the roof rake – more accessible while putting away the 'warm weather' tools which means putting them in one of the back corners of the garage, as well as the 'boat' stuff which has gone up into the attic.
I am also emptying out my storage unit, one that has held some of the stuff from The Manse since the move to The Gulch 7 years ago. I had to dispose of a lot of stuff in the garage's attic in order to make room for the things in the storage unit. I expect to have most of it moved here to The Gulch over this coming week and finishing up a week or so before Christmas. (In case you are wondering, the ex and I got rid of a lot of stuff before we sold The Manse. A lot of stuff.) The ex has been doing her due diligence regarding the storage unit, having already moved a lot of her things out over the past month or so. It never ceases to amaze me just how much stuff we can accumulate over the years.
When it comes to Thanksgiving itself, the WP Mom, my dear brother, and I will be heading down to the younger WP Sister's home to celebrate the day. A good portion of the WP clan will be there. One of my nieces, however, will be unable to attend as she is overseas working. She does plan to come back to home for Christmas, but for the most part she will be working overseas for the next two years.
Why doesn't this surprise me in the least? It isn't like we haven't seen it before.
This certainly looks like astroturfing to me.
I guess if you can't find any actual anti-semitic MAGA Americans you have to find or hire people to portray them, even if they aren't actually Americans.
And then there's this: The number of people on the ‘American online right’ exposed to be foreigners is staggering.
It's all astroturfing.
You know “they” are out to get Trump when even some media are willing to outright lie. It went so far that the venerable BBC doctored a video to make it seem Trump said things he did not say. Trump has not taken this lying down and has filed a lawsuit against the BBC for doing so.
Personally, I hope Trump bankrupts the BBC.
Oh NO!! We're all doomed! DOOMED, I SAY!
Well, not really. But to hear it from the Climate Change Faithful we were supposed to be experiencing increasing numbers of hurricanes along with many more severe hurricanes because of Glowball Warmening. But is seems Mother Nature didn't get the memo since we've been seeing just the opposite – fewer named storms with 2025 reaching a 10-year low with only 13 names storms in 2025.
Seeing how businesses and residents are fleeing California for greener pastures, is it any wonder the Pyrite State's college students are doing likewise?
And that's the news from Lake Winnipesaukee where we're getting ready for Thanksgiving, some of the ponds actually have a skim of ice on them, and some of the ski resorts have already opened for business.
I am also emptying out my storage unit, one that has held some of the stuff from The Manse since the move to The Gulch 7 years ago. I had to dispose of a lot of stuff in the garage's attic in order to make room for the things in the storage unit. I expect to have most of it moved here to The Gulch over this coming week and finishing up a week or so before Christmas. (In case you are wondering, the ex and I got rid of a lot of stuff before we sold The Manse. A lot of stuff.) The ex has been doing her due diligence regarding the storage unit, having already moved a lot of her things out over the past month or so. It never ceases to amaze me just how much stuff we can accumulate over the years.
When it comes to Thanksgiving itself, the WP Mom, my dear brother, and I will be heading down to the younger WP Sister's home to celebrate the day. A good portion of the WP clan will be there. One of my nieces, however, will be unable to attend as she is overseas working. She does plan to come back to home for Christmas, but for the most part she will be working overseas for the next two years.
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Why doesn't this surprise me in the least? It isn't like we haven't seen it before.
This certainly looks like astroturfing to me.
I guess if you can't find any actual anti-semitic MAGA Americans you have to find or hire people to portray them, even if they aren't actually Americans.
It's almost like the woke-Right is just an astroturfed foreign op to fracture MAGA from within.Ya think?
And then there's this: The number of people on the ‘American online right’ exposed to be foreigners is staggering.
It's all astroturfing.
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You know “they” are out to get Trump when even some media are willing to outright lie. It went so far that the venerable BBC doctored a video to make it seem Trump said things he did not say. Trump has not taken this lying down and has filed a lawsuit against the BBC for doing so.
...Donald Trump is preparing to sue the storied news and entertainment company for between $1 billion and $5 billion. That “B” for “bankrupt.” “I have an obligation to do it,” Trump said Friday. Why? Primarily because the BBC meddled in the 2024 presidential election. How? In a Panorama program called “Trump: A Second Chance?” they tampered with footage from the January 6, 2021, Trump rally in order to make it seem as though Trump was urging his supporters to storm the Capitol. He wasn’t. The BBC then aired the doctored footage in October 2024, just a week before the election.If anyone believes it's only the BBC pulling stunts like that they'd be wrong. We see selective editing that takes things said out of context as a means of trying to make it seem Trump meant something other than what he actually said.
Trump said that he wants monetary damages. He wants to stop the BBC from doing to others what it did to him. He also said that he wants the BBC to explain in court why they created and aired the doctored video.
Personally, I hope Trump bankrupts the BBC.
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Oh NO!! We're all doomed! DOOMED, I SAY!
Well, not really. But to hear it from the Climate Change Faithful we were supposed to be experiencing increasing numbers of hurricanes along with many more severe hurricanes because of Glowball Warmening. But is seems Mother Nature didn't get the memo since we've been seeing just the opposite – fewer named storms with 2025 reaching a 10-year low with only 13 names storms in 2025.
With the 2025 hurricane season wrapping up this was one of the lowest hurricane numbers in recent years. With only 13 names storms this is down from 19 last year and 23 the year before and is a 10 YEAR LOW for tropical Storm activity!Check out the linked post to see the previous nine years records.
And the "experts" spent literally months telling us that this was going to a historically high year for Storm activity - NOPE it was a 10 year low, with two years of declining activity.
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Seeing how businesses and residents are fleeing California for greener pastures, is it any wonder the Pyrite State's college students are doing likewise?
In 2022, California experienced a net loss of nearly 24,000 students who chose to attend college in other states, according to data from the Public Policy Institute of California. That number has nearly quadrupled since 2002 and now represents 15% of the state’s college-bound high school graduates.You know it's getting bad when families don't want their college-bound children to go through the indoctrination California forces on college students.
Most of these students are not going to more prestigious institutions.
Instead they're enrolling in schools with lower admission standards and weaker academic outcomes, often at a higher cost. Public universities in Arizona and Oregon are among the top destinations.
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Despite generous state funding, families are increasingly looking elsewhere, often sacrificing quality or affordability to escape a system burdened by overcrowding, ideological activism, and bureaucracy.
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And that's the news from Lake Winnipesaukee where we're getting ready for Thanksgiving, some of the ponds actually have a skim of ice on them, and some of the ski resorts have already opened for business.
11/22/2025
Oh Canada!
I keep hearing and seeing news and opinions about Wexit – the exit of Canada's western provinces – because of Ottawa's increasing interference with their economies and increasing levies being imposed upon them. They increasingly see themselves as Ottawa's “ATM” as all they get for the taxes and fees levied are increasing restrictions on their economic activities. To get a better fell for why Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Yukon feel they can do better without Canada and go independent, or alternately, join the United States, particularly since their economies are so closely tied with that of the United States to begin with, check this out:
He makes good points about the ties between the western provinces and the US. Whether those strengthen because the provinces withdraw from Canada or join the US will be up to the residents of those provinces. In either case, Ottawa can be see to carry the blame for the possible dissolution of Canada, a once great nation.
He makes good points about the ties between the western provinces and the US. Whether those strengthen because the provinces withdraw from Canada or join the US will be up to the residents of those provinces. In either case, Ottawa can be see to carry the blame for the possible dissolution of Canada, a once great nation.
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