Random Stuff On Saturday

It was a typical winter storm we experienced yesterday here in New Hampshire, with 12 inches of snow falling here at The Gulch. It was only in the teens which meant that the snow was light and fluffy which also meant it was easy to move when it was all done. Since there was little wind the snow pretty much stayed put once it fell or was shoveled away. The lack of drifting meant we didn’t have to deal with shoveling the same snow over and over again. In fact, the snow was so light that I was able to use a push broom to move the snow to one side of the driveway and then a snow shovel to finish the job by moving the piled show to the other side of the snow banks. I had the driveway in front of the Gulch done in less than 15 minutes, with 5 minutes of that time spend cleaning off the trusty RAM 1500.

It isn’t often we get that much snow without there being considerable amount of effort to move it. Even removing snow from the roof with the roof rake was easier than usual!

By 2PM today the driveway was clean and dry and water from the melting snow on the roof could be heard running through the gutters and downspouts.

You could almost think there hadn’t been all that much snow at all.

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I thought I’d mention the goings on in Ukraine, seeing that the Russians are seeing increasing resistance, both on the ground and the air. But to hear it from the DNC-MSM, you would think the Russians are running freely rolling over Ukrainian forces. But seeing reports from non-US news sources we’re finding out that isn’t the case. Some reports have stated that Russian armored units are seeing their T-80 tanks and other armored vehicles being hit with effective anti-tank fire. There have also been other reports that the Ukrainian Air Force have shot down a number of Russian fighters and helicopters, putting a dent in air support for Russian ground forces.

What’s surprising is there is also resistance to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine from some of Russia’s allies. Kazakhstan refused Putin’s request for Kazahk troops to bolster the invasion as it has bogged down. What’s even more surprising is the protests against Putin and the invasion of Ukraine in Russia. It looks like Putin doesn’t have the support of many of the Russian people for his ill advised invasion.

This does not bode well for Putin.

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I have to keep wondering how long the rabid Dems are going to keep ignoring the fact that the reason our energy prices have risen is Joe Biden’s ill-advised Executive Orders that shut down a needed oil pipeline, banned any new oil and gas leases on federal lands, and severely limited fracking on existing leased land?

The results are easy to see: Rapidly climbing oil and gas prices as domestic supplies were choked off by Presidential decree. This left us vulnerable as we went from being energy independent to needing to import increasing amounts of oil and distillates from foreign sources that are not known for being friends of the US. That it happened as quickly as it did is not surprising to anyone paying attention and not blinded by their ‘good intentions’, as ignorant as they were.

They have blamed everyone but Biden. They’ve pointed their fingers at Trump, Putin, DeSantis, Abbot, Republicans in general, and anyone else, even those who had no connection in any way to the energy policy or the energy industry.

But everyone else knows exactly why we’ve seen oil, gas, and natural gas prices have skyrocketed. It might explain why the guerrilla campaign against Biden and his energy dictats have been so effective.

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And so it goes...