Spies Who Lie

Spies who lie: 51 "intelligence" experts refuse to apologize for discrediting true Hunter Biden laptop story.

It sickens me that there's no repercussions for these creiins.  

Very Cool

Combine a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool on their ends, swing them and take a long exposure photo. Very cool! (Photo via)

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"If lockdowns stopped COVID we wouldn't need to keep having them." - Dr. David Samadi

"Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so." - Robert Heinlein

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

"Death had to take [Teddy] Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight." - Thomas R. Marshall

Heh Heh

Find Something Beautiful Today

The Milky Way over a lightning storm in Ormond Beach, FL (photo via). Headline stolen borrowed from Execupundit.

This One Made Me Laugh

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Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a news miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Knock, knock. Who's there? Have you clicked the link, subscribed (its free), hit the Like button, and shared with others? That's who's there.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." - Isaac Asimov

"Pride is pregnant with all possible sin." - Augustine of Hippo

"I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we can sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can't have both. Not at the same time." - Brene Brown

"Planning is important, but the most important part of every plan is to plan on the plan not going according to plan." - Morgan Housel

Truth

Find Something Beautiful Today

The Aurora Borealis seen from Fort Yukon, Alaska (photo via). Headline stolen borrowed from Execupundit.

JetBlue and Southwest Pilots Sue to End Mask Mandates

Ten JetBlue and Southwest Airlines pilots have sued in federal court to end mask mandates in the air. Good for them!

There is no conceivable reason, in my opinion, for continuing this worthless policy. It's not about science - it never was. 

Truth

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Howl 2022

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by memes,

raving hysterical naked,

dragging themselves through the virtual streets at dawn looking for an angry fix

angelheaded influencers burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo,

the machinery of the web.

- Marc Andreessen

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong." - Calvin Coolidge

"Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." -James Madison

"I've realized that somebody who's tired and needs a rest, and goes on working all the same is a fool." - Carl Jung

"The heaviest chains are the ones you put around yourself." - Shane Parrish

Is This a Good Idea?

On the surface this seems like a good idea but I have questions. First you have all the surveillance cameras needed to watch who is going at or under the speed limit with the intelligence to identify the car and who owns it. Are these surveillance cameras also being used to hand out speeding tickets? Or is there a police officer doing that? Should we really be rewarding people for obeying the law? Doesn't this have a Big Brother feel to it - a Benevolent Big Brother but Big Brother all the same? I have questions.

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The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God

 

A proper Irish song for Saint Patrick's Day

So Anti-Frackers are Actually Pro-Putin?

Matt Ridley on how Russia and Putin spent millions spreading fake news about fracking in England. Keep prices high and keep shale gas in the ground was the goal. It worked.

In the US the foreign oil and gas interests just hand millions to the children of Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi.  

Interesting Tom Brady Theory

Tom Brady was originally supposed to team up with Sean Payton in Miami - with Payton as head coach and Brady not as QB but in the front office similar to what John Lynch does in San Fran. The Brian Flores lawsuit against the Dolphins scuttled those plans for both Payton and Brady.

I can buy this as a plausible scenario. 

So Very True

Nation's men prepare to pretend they've been following college basketball all season.

You know the type and with March Madness starting on Saint Patrick's Day everyone will be an expert after the third beer.

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual." - Calvin Coolidge

"One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you always wanted. Do it now." - Paul Coelho

"The only way to solve a problem is to act on it." - Naval Ravikant

"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." - Thomas Sowell