Hot and humid. So much of both.
It was a little bit less hot and humid yesterday, with thunder, lightning, and some light rain late in the day.
I did some work on the Honda gennie. Cleaned the carb, checked out the starting system, but didn’t solve the ‘runs for about a minute then dies’ problem.
Spent some time cleaning the pool, naturally, since it’s a pool.
Didn’t cut the grass or work on the gardens. I’ll do that today. There is always something to do around the house.
I really want to get at least one gennie running. I’ve got a lot of food and money in freezers… I do have the batteries and various and sundry inverters to run stuff if I need to but I’d prefer less of a rigged up solution. I’m mentally moving the solar panel project up the list too.
Pulled some stuff out of the stacks to solve issues for wife and kids this week. That’s satisfying, I can tell you 🙂
Thanks to the alt-media and blogs, the MSM has had to start at least flirting with the truth of the Kenosha events. The original perp did have a knife. There is a pic of him holding it during the arrest. His background as a real scumbag and the reasons he and the cops were all there (he violated a restraining order) have come out. The kid who shot the rioters is finally getting aggressive defense with truths coming out about the scumbags who attacked him too. There is a ton of video and once you get walked through the video, it’s pretty clear what really happened. If people can be convinced to actually watch the vids, the kid has a chance.
In MN, the Coroner’s report has come out and casts a different light on the situation leading to Floyd’s death. The cop might get a break too. I am not a proponent of a lot of the things that the cops have done, and this looked really egregious, but the reality of the series of events may turn out to be quite different than the initial story. The community anger and the destructive power of the mob will remain though.
I’m not the only one who has noted the seeming increase in people ‘losing their sh!t’ over seemingly minor stuff. If you’re going out, Remain Calm. De-escalate and move away. If you can’t, be prepared to act violently and decisively. Pay attention so you have time to make a choice. Have an exit plan, don’t get boxed in. Carry. Better to have it and not need it, than the opposite. Best case, don’t be there.
And keep stacking…
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