Thoughts On A Sunday

It’s officially spring and Lake Winnipesaukee and other bodies of water in the area are showing that as the ice covering them recedes. I noticed there were more openings in the ice on Winnipesaukee and open water in a some of the coves and along one of the state beaches. Fortunately I haven’t seen any stranded bob-houses out on the ice, at least not on the southern part of the lake. It would be difficult and dangerous to retrieve them if there were as the ice is quite thin and incapable of supporting much weight.

It was quite warm yesterday, having reached the mid-50’s here. However, that warm weather has been driven out and it was in the low 20’s this morning along with some brisk winds. There’s snow forecast for tomorrow though not large amounts. Here at the lake we might see between 1 and 3 inches before it’s all over and even then most of that snow will accumulate on the grass and not the roads...maybe. The rest of the week looks like it will be closer to normal temperatures for late March – in the mid to upper 40’s – with some chances of rain here and there.

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I’ve been seeing this meme pop up here and there, both on blogs and FB posts and there is a ring of truth about it. There are variations but they all pretty much say the same thing. (I wish I could post one of the pictures of the meme, but Blogger still won’t let me post pictures.)

We disagreed with a Anheuser-Busch’s values, so we stopped buying Bud Light.

The Left disagrees with Elon Musk regarding DOGE, so they decide to vandalize and set Teslas on fire, shoot at Tesla dealerships, and dox Tesla owners.

We are not the same.

‘Nuff said.

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In line with above comes this from Washington State where a man chased down and blockaded a woman’s car, then accosted her because she was driving a Tesla.

Seeing the video, watching his actions, and seeing that the man was masked, my reaction would have likely been pulling my piece and telling the miscreant to get down on the ground. I then would have called the police to report an attempted carjacking.

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Yeah, I’ve been hearing this line from Democrats for decades now and it’s just as phony today as it was “way back when”.

“One of the Swamp’s favorite debating tricks is to pretend that the only way to meaningfully cut the deficit is to cut Social Security.”

That’s the lazy way and it always gets folks riled up. That’s why they make that claim. It’s also a blatant lie.

The way to do it is to cut all the “waste, fraud, and abuse” line items through the entire budget. Of course if we leave that to Congress it will never get done, or if they actually try it will take them years and even then they might only get rid of 10 percent of that “waste, fraud, and abuse”...while adding on 20 percent more in the process.

And the Democrats wonder why so many Americans support DOGE.

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Is it time to change the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War?

In what can only be described as an unusual move, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has sparked debate over potentially renaming the Department of Defense back to its original name: the Department of War.

Hegseth took to X to conduct an informal poll that garnered roughly 170,000 votes in just 18 hours. The results show Americans narrowly prefer "Department of War” over “Department of Defense.”

While I like the idea I do have to ask this question: How much will it cost to do so? Signs will need to be changed. Stationery will need the letterhead changed as will many publications.

I think it would be better if we don’t make the change because we’re trying to cut government spending, right?

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Is this yet another sign that Europe is becoming more of an Islamic state?

Middle school students assigned book that glorifies jihad and the Islamic State.

What did the EU think would happen if they allowed large numbers of Muslim immigrants into their respective counties? Many of them are already seeing the negative effects with so-called “No Go” zones in some towns and cities, a rapidly increasing number of rapes of women being committed by Muslim immigrant males, the push for Sharia to replace long standing laws, attacks on Christians and churches. I have to wonder just how much longer the EU will exist if they don’t stop this madness.

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Here’s one from the “Just When I Thought They Couldn’t Get Any Stupider” Department.

It seems Australian universities are urging the Prime Minister to declare a state of emergency after the Trump administration has informed them that funding from the US taxpayer will likely end.

The US has been funding Australian universities?

One particular quote from within the Sky News article below seemingly encapsulates the mindset of the situation in the land down under:

AUSTRALIA […] Last week after it was revealed the universities had been asked to justify their funding, the National Tertiary Education Union called on the government to “guarantee Australian researchers would be protected”.

“The federal government must push back on the Trump administration’s blatant foreign interference in our independent research in the strongest possible terms,” NTEU president Alison Barnes said.

One would think the NTEU would be happy for an enhanced opportunity for “independent research.”

Excuse me? Whose money is it and why is the US in any way obligated to fund Australian universities? It’s one thing if the research being performed was being done on the behalf of the US government. But it’s sounding like this is not the case.

Entitled and arrogant much, are they?

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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where the ice is slowly breaking up, winter isn’t really over yet, and where Monday will prove that with some snow.