Possibility of rain, and moderate temperatures. Like yesterday. For some values of Houston. I heard on the radio that areas got hammered with hail Thursday night, while we got nothing. That’s why, despite looking at it every day, I don’t put much stock in the forecast. I don’t think anyone was predicting hail…
Spent a lot of time yesterday driving around. Between wasting time on the internet with my friends, and driving, I do come up short on actual work time, some days at least.
Cut my hair, did some laundry.
Bought some shirts a couple of sizes too big. Just in case I might find myself in a situation where I was wearing something that I wanted to put a shirt over, but it was thicker than my cool vest. I don’t know where that thicker vest or vest like garment might fall on your preparedness spectrum or threat continuum, or just contingency planning, but if you own or think you might have cause to wear something like that, you might want jackets and shirts that you could wear over it. So much of what we do to prep can be thought of as systems- a collection of parts that work together in a way that is more useful that just the parts themselves. The more complete your system is, the more effective it will be. I think being stealthy and unobtrusive is going to be the uniform of the day for a long time.
I’ll be working the list today, depending on weather.
I’m going to link Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man for today’s political/observational/situational update. https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-consequences-of-stolen-election.html
“If you’re stuck in a conflict zone, or a city likely to become one, I can only recommend that you prepare as best you can. This article and this one offer many helpful suggestions. Prepare today, so you aren’t caught unawares and unprepared tomorrow.”
Saves me a bunch of typing.
Keep stacking.
n
That makes sense. For my wife’s business (closed in 2018), we kept a switch only because we had used the same phone numbers for years and years. It was an increasing pain to maintain. Nowadays, I would use either a simple VoIP solution, going directly to a PC, or just a mobile number.
Sorry to hear that. Some people are scum.
That’s what Liberia was for, no? I agree wholeheartedly: pay reparations to any black who wants them, but a condition of acceptance is renouncing citizenship and moving to whatever African country that will take them. If they feel so discriminated against in the US, they can discover what life in Africa is like.
Seriously, reparations is about the most brain-dead idea ever. Any politician talking about them is just trying to buy votes from the stupid.
And they will never want for eager sellers.
Though it may be an obsolete concept now, what with just manufacturing as many votes as needed. The real power struggle may shift to control over the county election boards.
They already got a new microwave, dishwasher, washer, and dryer. And the A/c repair. And the ongoing shower handles that keep stripping out and needing repair.
What was the long term verdict on the washer?
Brand/model?
At our Vantucky rental, the landlords had to replace all of the kitchen appliances due to counterfeit power capacitors in just about everything made in 2007, when the house was built. They attempted to recoup some of the costs on the back end, taking half of my deposit over nit picky issues *after* cashing the pre-paid cleaning fee.
Never rent a first time landlord divorced woman’s settlement house . Lesson learned.
Though it may be an obsolete concept now, what with just manufacturing as many votes as needed. The real power struggle may shift to control over the county election boards.
In Georgia, Fulton County has been a known problem for a long time.
As Dr. Pournelle pointed out many times, however, the key to overcoming the fraud is to win by margins large enough to overcome the numbers resulting from the antics.
Approximately 13,000 Libertarians “voting their consience” in other counties allowed Fulton County’s fraud problems to tip the Ossoff-Perdue race into a runoff, and then 300,000 Republicans stayed home for the runoffs in both Senate Races in January.
Only so much fraud can be manufactured without elections officials getting suspicious. Even African American voters in Atlanta would have suspected something was amiss if, had all 300,000 Republicans had shown up to repeat their vote against Raphael Warnock, Loeffler still lost the runoff by a wide margin.
RIP Felix Silla.
Up. Ooh, 56F and overcast. Chilly.
n
RIP Felix Silla.
That sucks. Silla’s spotlight “Buck Rogers” episode, “Journey to Oasis” runs on MeTV next week (O-dee-x!), and reruns of “The Addams Family” begin on the network in May.
84. Yeah. Geesh it is hard to wrap my head around the fact that the last new “Buck Rogers” episode ran almost 40 years ago. MeTV must be getting ratings with the show since it hasn’t seen a rest in two years. Even “Kolchak” went away for a while.
Fortunately for Silla, Universal and NBC spent some money on “Journey to Oasis”, with Mark Lenard hired as the main guest star. By the end of the run of the season and, thus, the series, the money dried up and, according to legend, Gil Gerard directed the last couple of shows uncredited.
Up. Ooh, 56F and overcast. Chilly.
Hopefully, ERCOT can cope.
Possibility of rain, and moderate temperatures. Like yesterday. For some values of Houston. I heard on the radio that areas got hammered with hail Thursday night, while we got nothing. That’s why, despite looking at it every day, I don’t put much stock in the forecast. I don’t think anyone was predicting hail…
We ended up on the south edge of a pretty significant hail storm Thursday afternoon.
Of course the phone solicitations started yesterday from the iffy roofing companies. “We’re going to be in your area Monday assessing damage from Thursday’s storm …”
That sales tactic is new since the February mess. Now the phone calls happen with every significant weather event.
At some point, I know I need to have our roof checked for problems from the ice storm, but I don’t want high pressure sales at my house playing divide-and-conquer games with my wife. They always want both to be present.
” high pressure sales ”
–and low quality work
You’ve got at least a year, maybe two depending on your insurance.
We waited until the last weeks, got the quote approved, then waited another couple of months to actually have the work done.
n
PSA has black rifles in stock, and if you buy the uppper and lower then put them together, the price is about the best I’ve seen in months.
https://palmettostatearmory.com/daily-deals-new.html
n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9QnZVpVd8
Quiz for a sunny Saturday…for the blade shavers here, what’s your blade of choice?
For a while I’ve been using the Gillette Sensor 2 which was the cheapest choice I found that had at least two blades and a lube strip (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G7PLSW/)?tag=ttgnet-20
Recently Costco had the Mach 3 Turbo cartridges on sale and I had a compatible handle in the drawer so I gave them a try but found them no better than the Sensor 2 disposables so I returned them (no hassles – thanks Costco!). Other than that one experiment I have stayed away from the ‘more is better’ blade advertising. Am I missing something? Do have a tough beard so go through razors rather quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9QnZVpVd8
Pre-pandemic I had a window company insist on having my wife present for any quote discussion. When the sales manager wouldn’t give up on that point, I said, “Divide and conquer. Your salesman is going to break my balls for being cheap in front of my wife.”
“Will your wife be home or not?”
“No.”
“Can we pick a time when she will be available.”
“No.”
I didn’t think much of it until they called again a couple of months ago. Same manager.
“Do you want to discuss a quote with us? When will your wife be available?”
Click.
To be fair, a lot of people will say “I’ve got to discuss it with my spouse” to put the salesman off rather than just say no and deal with the resultant push. Getting both in the same presentation stops that.
n
Funny how my life works, while I’m poking away at Liion cells for repairing my stuff, this article is in one of the trade mags I get. Linked here for reference.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/power-management/whitepaper/21156693/green-cubes-technology-the-lithiumion-cells-and-chemistries-you-need-to-know
n
Good time to check your insurance coverage for three things:
1. are you covered for actual cash value or replacement cash value?
2. if there is partial damage and the identical material is not available, will all be replaced? if not, can the coverage be added as a rider?
3. if you get hit, have the repair, and get hit again within 12 months is it covered?
To be fair, a lot of people will say “I’ve got to discuss it with my spouse” to put the salesman off rather than just say no and deal with the resultant push. Getting both in the same presentation stops that.
Yeah, but this place started by knocking on the door one day before I got home from work, pitching to my wife the possibility of a discount if they decide to use our house in their ads, the catch being we would have to pay for the job in full first and wait six months for the decision.
They also had a phone number putting their offices in The Domain, Austin’s California downtown wannabe.
Next!
@Alan, I’m very happy with Astra Green double edge blades. Edwin Jaeger, Mercur or even Parker handles are modestly priced and effective. YouTube is your friend with a plethora of guys scraping their faces with the retro safety razor.
Back when I shaved every day (while working) or every couple-three days (after retiring), but “B.C.” (Before Covid), I’d use the Gillette Sensor 2 Plus (2 blades, pivoting, disposable). I’d get then in the 10-12 pack at the local WalMart.
Also available from the Zon, of course: https://amzn.to/3sryVa8 . They were Good Enough.
Nowadays, post-B.C., there’s a beard. Do a weekly trim with the electric clippers. Good Enough.
I used sensor til they got all woke. The kirkland equivalent is at least not gillette branded and is similar.
But I use blades for months – only shave every few days, rinse and dry razor.
I’ve been toying with the idea of a safety razor or a cutthroat razor, but while I own them, haven’t used them. Backups to backups.
n
@Alan
I use mach 3 turbos. I have a razor saver by Sustainable Village. I use it once a week to “sharpen” the blade. I now get 6-7 weeks use out a single blade. I got mine from Lehmans but they are on Amazon now as well.
“this place started by knocking on the door one day ”
–I have a rule to not do business with door knockers. Period.
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“When you and your friends survive a bear attack and celebrate with ice cream”
https://lolpics.com/memes/when-you-and-your-friends-survive-a-bear-attack-and-celebrate-with-ice-cream
Heh.
Libertarians aren’t Republicans. Blaming Libertarians for a Republican not winning feels a little too much like fishing for excuses. If the Republicans lost it’s because a majority in their district don’t agree with them (or don’t agree enough to get off their ass and go vote) pure and simple. So, next time front better candidates and/or start swaying people to the Republican platform.
“Movable Satellite Internet: SpaceX to Lift Geo-Restriction on Starlink Dishes Later This Year”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/movable-satellite-internet-spacex-to-lift-geo-restriction-on-starlink-dishes
“Lifting the restriction will let Starlink users operate the satellite internet dish from any location, including a moving RV, according to company CEO Elon Musk.”
Cool.
I need to get signed up at the office for Starlink when it becomes available in south Texas later this year.
I suspect that this is at least a consideration for ATT finally pulling fiber to my client’s rural area. All the new subdivisions are the primary reason, but having competition is good.
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“The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, 3)” by John Scalzi
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Emperox-Interdependency-3/dp/0765389185/?tag=ttgnet-20
Book number three of a three book space opera science fiction series. I read the well printed and well bound MMPB published by TOR in 2021. And, the Interdependency Series has been nominated for a 2021 Hugo award for best SF series.
https://discon3.org/whats-on/hugo-awards-wsfs/hugo-awards/#series
Did you know that space opera is my first love ? Seriously, I thought that I liked boys adventure books in third or fourth grade and then I read my first space opera book (a Heinlein if I remember correctly). I was hooked. And Scalzi has written a humdinger space opera series here. Scalzi and I may disagree significantly on politics but I love his books. There may be an underlying message in the book according to some but I am not seeing it.
The Human Interdependency Empire has existed for over a thousand years. Usage of the Flow as an FTL mechanism allows dozens of star systems with space stations and a couple of planets to be connected together. And they are dependent on each other. But, the Flow is changing all of sudden. The first fault in the Flow islanded the Earth from the rest of the Flow. The second fault in the Flow hundreds of years later islanded another planet. Now more faults in the Flow are occurring again.
As the Flow interdenominational conduits start to fail between the more than four dozen human settlements, Emperox Grayland II is moving the interdependency towards self sufficiency for each settlement. But, others want to take advantage of the situation and set themselves into power. The ending was shocking to me and it was meant to be shocking. In fact, I did not like the ending and I believe the author intended it that way. But, the ending worked.
John Scalzi has a very busy website. Watch out for the mallet.
https://whatever.scalzi.com/
My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,110 reviews)
Costco is too woke for me–I switched back to Sam’s Club five years ago. Late Sat morning about 11 there is a lull where the parking lot is pretty full but the surge hasn’t made it to the checkout. I try to make it through in ten minutes if I’m doing core shopping: produce for bagged salads or romaine hearts, rotisserie chicken, buns, milk, frozen, tp, and out.
(Their RC is minimum 3 lbs but runs 4+ most of the year. I typically get it home and eat the legs and wings. When it has cooled down I separate the half-breasts and thighs and remove the rest of the meat. Carcass and the liquid get frozen–when I have 3-4 they go through the insta-pot and get turned into soup. Breasts get sliced for main dish or sandwiches. The rest gets cut up to add to the bagged salads and make them a meal. If I can prep meals fast I don’t mind a little boredom. I got a cookbook recently that is entirely dishes based on rotisserie chicken and I have been using that for variety. Tomorrow, btw, I’m smoking a brisket.)
This morning a nice young man buttonholed me very effectively and wanted to demo the Soma Care hot packs. I’m not easy to distract, and such usually get a nod on the way by, but this guy smoothly handed me one of their small packs and got my attention with the product. A reusable pack that self-heats in a few seconds, stays hot for about an hour (unconfirmed by me as yet, but I’ll settle for 20 minutes effective) and is regenerated by 15-20 minutes of boiling water. Then he followed up with the already-heated neck/shoulder pack and had my full attention before flowing into the inventory (4 small packs, joint wrap, back pack, and neck/shoulder pack) and pricing ($40). Finally, the killer close: 2-for-1 today.
No brainer. If that neck/shoulder pack works a couple times it will have paid for itself. I could see packing it for long drives.
The active ingredient is sodium acetate, according to their website. Obviously has a thickener and a very effective nucleating agent. I’ll probably fire it up just to test it, and will update the report.
Libertarians aren’t Republicans. Blaming Libertarians for a Republican not winning feels a little too much like fishing for excuses. If the Republicans lost it’s because a majority in their district don’t agree with them (or don’t agree enough to get off their ass and go vote) pure and simple. So, next time front better candidates and/or start swaying people to the Republican platform.
If you look at the GA numbers from November, only 50,000 voters supported the Libertarian Presidential candidate, but 100,000 voters went for the party’s candidate for Senate running against Ossoff and Perdue.
Perdue ended up 13,000 votes short to avoid a runoff.
When we lived in Adam “Opie” Putnam’s Congressional district in Florida, I always voted Libertarian in protest, but Putnam’s vote tallies were always ~ 70% or better in a very safe district. Regardless of what I thought about Opie, I never would have voted the way I did if I thought that the seat was in any real danger of going Dem.
Opie was destined to be the Governor of Florida and a possible VP selection in the 2020s … until he wasn’t. He essentially had the Congressional seat for as long as he wanted to stay.
I suspect that this is at least a consideration for ATT finally pulling fiber to my client’s rural area. All the new subdivisions are the primary reason, but having competition is good.
n
I have AT&T fiber at the front of my office property. AT&T has offered to connect my primary business to the fiber for a 10/10 mbps line for $500/month for a three year contract. Or, a 300/300 mbps line for $1,000/month. I do not regard this as worthwhile for replacing my two 12/1 mbps DSL lines that I pay $160/month (total) and merge at the office using a Peplink 30.
I would prefer to get something like Starlink for $100/month without a three year contract.
For those of you unfamiliar with Florida politics, I give you “Opie”:
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/05/12/adam-putnam-maintains-fundraising-edge-in-florida-governors-race
See where the nickname, courtesy of former Tampa Trib resident Dem columnist Dan Ruth, came from?
ATT residential FTTH is ~$69/mo for 700/200 at the moment. We could go to 1g symetrical for ~$20/mo additional, iirc. Numbers from speedof.me
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pre-pandemic I had a window company insist on having my wife present for any quote discussion. When the sales manager wouldn’t give up on that point, I said, “Divide and conquer. Your salesman is going to break my balls for being cheap in front of my wife.”
“Will your wife be home or not?”
“No.”
“Can we pick a time when she will be available.”
“No.”
I didn’t think much of it until they called again a couple of months ago. Same manager.
“Do you want to discuss a quote with us? When will your wife be available?”
Click.
If you replace your windows, I would put in triple pane windows with laminate. I am extremely happy with mine that I put in 18 months ago here in south Texas. I have a 3,300 ft2 single story house with 36 windows, anywhere from 1 ft by 3 ft to 6 ft by 6 ft. An energy sucker.
http://valuewindowsdoorshouston.com/gs-series-windows/
My electric bill last August was $240 and $100 for each of the winter months. We keep our house at 72 F using A/C and 68 F using gas heat. Also the triple pane windows with plastic laminate really cut the outside noise (especially the train intersection three blocks away with 38 trains a day). And the windows may be hurricane proof (I am not willing to throw a 2×4 at my window at 100+ mph to test it out).
I paid an average of $450/window installed for my 36 windows. They did a good job.
If Biden and his bunch has their way, our electricity prices will triple over the next ten years. And be even more unreliable.
ATT residential FTTH is ~$69/mo for 700/200 at the moment. We could go to 1g symetrical for ~$20/mo additional, iirc. Numbers from speedof.me
n
AT&T won’t do that for a free standing business like mine. They are adamant about this. They will be cutting into the fiber cable line at the front of my office property and pulling off one of the strands. They will extend the strand into my office, about a quarter mile of distance. Then they will make guarantees about the service level and availability, blah, blah, blah.
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“Hypothetically,” would they provide residential service to an 8’x10′ wooden shed from Home Depot that you happen to plop down next to your office and drop a twin mattress on the floor, add a Coleman stove and a porta-potty and call “home” and then happen to leave the Wi-Fi password on a sticky note on your monitor in your office?
“Hypothetically,” would they provide residential service to an 8’x10′ wooden shed from Home Depot that you happen to plop down next to your office and drop a twin mattress on the floor, add a Coleman stove and a porta-potty and call “home” and then happen to leave the Wi-Fi password on a sticky note on your monitor in your office?
Going that far isn’t necessary. AT&T has plenty of AC-ed boxes left from the Uverse “fiber to the curb” fiasco which they could repurpose if they really wanted to do so.
Failing AT&T providing the box, my former employers procured similar environmentally-controlled cabinets for toll gantry installs. AC would fail about once a year, but my former employer was ridiculously tight fisted.
If AT&T requires you to install to a building housing people, I saw an interesting structure from Metallic in Houston installed as a reservations office/server room on Cabbage Key while we were in Florida. I imagine that it is hurricane-proof.
“Hypothetically,” would they provide residential service to an 8’x10′
And then you run a Nanobeam pair from shed/house to your office building.
Back when I shaved every day (while working) or every couple-three days (after retiring), but “B.C.” (Before Covid), I’d use the Gillette Sensor 2 Plus (2 blades, pivoting, disposable). I’d get then in the 10-12 pack at the local WalMart.
Also available from the Zon, of course: https://amzn.to/3sryVa8 . They were Good Enough.
Nowadays, post-B.C., there’s a beard. Do a weekly trim with the electric clippers. Good Enough.
I use the Gillette Sensor Excel also. But on a razor handle. I use a new blade every two weeks since I only shave my cheeks and neck. And the price has come down significantly over the last decade since the Gillette plant came online in eastern Europe. Gillette may be woke but they are all about making money by using cheap labor.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FLNXMW3/?tag=ttgnet-20
I’ve gotten phone calls and mailers after every major storm about replacing the roof. 95% chance the insurance adjuster comes out and calls bullshite on it.
I use a handle and blade from Harry’s and are very happy with them.
I use the Gillette Sensor Excel also. But on a razor handle. I use a new blade every two weeks since I only shave my cheeks and neck. And the price has come down significantly over the last decade since the Gillette plant came online in eastern Europe. Gillette may be woke but they are all about making money by using cheap labor.
Thank Warren Buffett. He traded his shares in P&G for just the Duracell business in 2016, however.
My husband used Gillette and ONLY Gillette until they went crazy. Then he switched to Defender razors, and continually praises them. He has a pack autoshipped every 3 months for less than $10. He’s been using them for 2 or 3 years now.
Well I cut the grass, blew the leaves, planted 3 cabbages, removed one old plant, cut up a 10ft tree that came down in the wind, and poked around in the yard. It’s 70F with patchy clouds, but blue sky. I did get a spray of drops from that blue sky while I was in the driveway. Strange weather for sure.
Wife had GS meeting with child 2 today, Gardening Badge day.
I also powered up a big IR emitter I hung some time ago but never powered. We’ll see tonight what kind of difference it makes. I’m betting on a BIG difference as it’s a big commercial unit.
n
This is the second reported shooting at Westroads Mall in a little more than a month
–another reason to avoid malls. Anyone taking bets on what caused the violence?
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Our Golden Corral in Rosenberg has reopened ! Our friends and we are going to try it out for lunch after church and bible class in the morning. I am so glad to see them reopen. I am very concerned about small businesses in the USA. Apparently half of the 1.3 million small businesses in the USA are in bankruptcy.
https://www.goldencorral.com/locations/location-detail/2670/golden-corral-southwest-freeway/
This is the second reported shooting at Westroads Mall in a little more than a month
–another reason to avoid malls. Anyone taking bets on what caused the violence?
n
I note that they very carefully did not give the race of the perpetrators. If they had been white, I am sure that they would have stated that.
BTW, Nebraska is now a Second Amendment sanctuary state, whatever that means. I’ll guarantee you that the mall has no carry allowed signs though.
https://governor.nebraska.gov/press/gov-ricketts-designates-nebraska-%E2%80%9Csecond-amendment-sanctuary-state%E2%80%9D
“F-35: Too Expensive To Use. Too Expensive To Lose”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/f-35-too-expensive-use-too-expensive-lose
“The F35 is the greatest boondoggle in American history, as one writer says, “too expensive to use, too expensive to lose”. Over its lifespan, it will cost the American taxpayer $1.7 trillion. An F35B costs $138 million dollars and over $36,000 an hour to operate.”
“Intended to replace the F16, the F35 is slow, maneuvers sluggishly and cannot fire its new lightweight Gatling without destroying the housing and the airplane. It suffers from 13 “class one” defects that endanger both the aircraft and its crew. And 871 flaws that must be corrected before it can be fully operational—in 5 years.”
Oh my, those are strong accusations. And we, the USA, have already bought 200+ of the F-35s and our allies have bought over 100 of them. All made in Fort Worth, Texas with parts manufactured in over 40 states.
Do you know what the most expensive military is ? The one that loses the war and thus loses the country. I don’t care that our military costs a lot, I just want it to defeat the enemy. And the USA has enemies.
Probably slightly short of the democratic goal.
Joe Biden: “Hold my beer.”
@Alan:
This is what I have been using for over a year with 3 of the 5 still untouched:
https://www.instacart.com/products/19951380-rite-aid-daylogic-for-men-5-blade-disposables-w-trimmer-5-ct-0-273-lb
As long as they are available, I will not switch.
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AT&T won’t do that for a free standing business like mine. They are adamant about this. They will be cutting into the fiber cable line at the front of my office property and pulling off one of the strands. They will extend the strand into my office, about a quarter mile of distance. Then they will make guarantees about the service level and availability, blah, blah, blah.
“Hypothetically,” would they provide residential service to an 8’x10′ wooden shed from Home Depot that you happen to plop down next to your office and drop a twin mattress on the floor, add a Coleman stove and a porta-potty and call “home” and then happen to leave the Wi-Fi password on a sticky note on your monitor in your office?
Nope. They know that I own the 12 acre property including the road. We have already had that discussion.
And I have a 12 by 12 wooden shed already there with my 120 gallon pressurized water tank that the water well feeds into. And it already has 230 volt 40 amp power pulled into it.
After the 4 day outage last February, I am starting to think about putting a 60 kw generator at the office. I have 400 amp service to the main office building which feeds to the small office building and the well house. My two heaters in the main office building are 10 kw (50 amps) each, the two a/c units are 15 amps each, the lights are about 20 amps, the electric water heater is 30 amps, the well pump is 13 amps 230 volts, and the 15 computers five amps each. Well over 200 amps when everything is running, close to 300 amps. BTW, the Generac 60 kw is a Ford 5.4 L V8 running at 1,800 rpm.
https://generatorsupercenter.com/products/60kw/
The warehouse is on its own electric meter.
They don’t have to pull the fiber to your building. They just put a box on a pole with a ubiquiti nano to shoot it to your building. you can get 15 km with some of their products.
n
Wow, the new IR emitter is like a spot light. It needs to be wider and not as bright, but it will do…
n
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/recently-opened-houston-shelter-500-teen-migrant-girls-abruptly-closed-evacuated-volunteer-dies-amid-literal-warehousing-children/
n
In Jackson MS for the night. About 7 hours to get home tomorrow. Hope to leave by 8:00 AM, allow one hour for gas (one stop), food and should be in the driveway by 5:00 PM tomorrow.
That’s a lot of driving Ray, take some breaks and be careful.
The last two trips between Houston and Chicago, I stopped at every other highway rest area. That was about right for my bladder and my attention span.
n
Almost ten years ago I was making a connection to Fort Lauderdale through Atlanta. Incoming plane was late. Ran through the airport and they slammed the door to the jetway when I was literally 50 feet away. [50% f-word/50% other profanity]. Took the next flight to Miami and found a hotel. Got up the next morning, rented a car, and drove. [ibid]
No luggage and no razor. Got one from the hotel. Schick Comfort 3 Advance disposable. Was better than the Sensor I had been using. Been using them since. Day will never be cold enough to use anything Gillette again.
They don’t have to pull the fiber to your building. They just put a box on a pole with a ubiquiti nano to shoot it to your building. you can get 15 km with some of their products.
n
I’ve got some guy that keeps on emailing me about internet radio. My experience with internet radio is not good with weather outages, etc.
https://oneringnetworks.com/
Another race hoax
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9479613/White-Bear-Lake-student-falsely-accused-sending-racist-messages-speaks-out.html
This one was at a high school. The sophomore white girl who got framed for the messages was identified immediately. She’s in fear of her life. She was apparently targeted because she’s been trying to start a conservative student club.
The actual perpetrator, 100% likely to be a POC, has not been identified because she is a “juvenile”.
90+% of of these high-profile hate crimes are hoaxes perpetrated by “person/s of color”. No consequences ever, so they roll on.
So a rgb(0,0,0) person sends racist messages, using the (I hate the term, not the word, the politically correct version) N-word and nothing happens. If a rgb(236,188,180) had sent the same messages that person would be locked up and the family run out of town on rails. With many schools days devoted to sensitivity and diversity training, mandatory. And WTH is the FBI involved for a local event that was not even a crime?
A person not of color would be immediately suspended, then expelled, and have no prospects for college. The poc’s would clamor for hate crime charges, and probably get them.
If the perpetrator in this case is a poc and is not suspended and expelled it is de facto proof of racial discrimination. Ditto for hate crime charges.
Prospects for college should be similarly nil for any institution that receives taxpayer funds (ie, every freaking one). As a practical matter it may be difficult to make an issue about admission to private institutions, but the public ones should be off the table.
“Thirdworldization: The Slow Burning SHTF Of America”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/thirdworldization-slow-burning-shtf-america
“The developed world, accustomed to safety, convenience, and comfort, is facing a slow-burning SHTF called Thirdworldization by some. Each time humankind faces some tribulation like the one we’re currently going through, it feels like the world is coming to an end. In many senses, the threat is present: a pandemic is a serious SHTF. It IS the end for many.”
“But the real SHTF isn’t just the pandemic – it’s the effects on the system that Selco warned us about from the very beginning.”
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/selco-virus-system/
We are so screwed.
I’m going to link Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man for today’s political/observational/situational update. https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-consequences-of-stolen-election.html
“If you’re stuck in a conflict zone, or a city likely to become one, I can only recommend that you prepare as best you can. This article and this one offer many helpful suggestions. Prepare today, so you aren’t caught unawares and unprepared tomorrow.”
“We’re at a very dangerous point indeed. Nobody knows what the short-term future will bring – but I have no doubt whatsoever that things are about to get worse. Be on your guard, friends, make what preparations you can, and look for allies and support to help you withstand the enormous pressures that are about to be let loose. The trouble with tipping points is, very often they tip. I think this one is about to do so. I expect serious trouble in a matter of months, and possibly within weeks.”
“I saw this coming several years ago; it’s the principle reason I moved to where I live today, west of the Mississippi and away from major cities, which are the flashpoints of conflict in America today. I note that a lot of people with a sense of the realities of the times are doing likewise. Good for them. Those of us in our right minds need to come together for mutual support and protection.”
Wow, he is predicting that the troubles will start this summer.
“‘A Failure of Texas-Size Proportions’—State Debates How to Overhaul Its Power Market
February storm exposed flaws in laissez-faire electricity system; fixes promise to be complex and costly”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-failure-of-texas-size-proportionsstate-struggles-to-overhaul-its-power-market-11618565415?page=1
“Two months after blackouts paralyzed Texas, most of the people who participate in the state’s 19-year-old electricity market, including producers, sellers and traders, share a similar view. The freeze wasn’t a one-off event. The state’s power market needs to change.”
“In a single week in February, when a cold front caused wind farms, natural-gas plants and a nuclear plant to freeze, electricity sales in Texas topped $46 billion—more than five times what the state spent on electricity in all of 2020. That exposed a major flaw in a laissez-faire power market that had not required participants to winterize their equipment.”
The cost to fix the Texas power generation system is about 20% of the current cost. I doubt that it will be fixed as the system works fine from 32 F to 95 F.
Buy a generator, you are gonna need it.
Oh my, those are strong accusations. And we, the USA, have already bought 200+ of the F-35s and our allies have bought over 100 of them. All made in Fort Worth, Texas with parts manufactured in over 40 states.
The Wally at my last job came from a background at DoD contractors in Fort Worth. I doubt he was the only Wally up there.
It stops being funny when you have to depend on Wally to get things done.
The cost to fix the Texas power generation system is about 20% of the current cost. I doubt that it will be fixed as the system works fine from 32 F to 95 F.
Plus, fixing the system will require people to show up at the office in Taylor wearing something other than jammies. Imagine.
They don’t have to pull the fiber to your building. They just put a box on a pole with a ubiquiti nano to shoot it to your building. you can get 15 km with some of their products.
The news about the Ubiquiti hack in January keeps getting worse.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/01/ubiquiti-massive-data-breach-catastrophically-worse-than-reported-says-whistleblower
I think there is a very real risk the trouble could come this summer. Things tend to stay the same until they don’t, and then they change very rapidly.
Burning cities and a stock market crash (one we are VERY overdue for) at the same time, Biden’s death, an attempt at gun confiscation, some other CWII triggering event, any combination of factors, taken together could be enough. How long will the covid oppressive states hold together if the covid less oppressive states are doing well?
Bad weather causing another poor crop in the US will have repercussions for the whole world.
Sportiness in the Ukraine or Taiwan would be bad, but Taiwan would be catastrophic given the chipmakers that would be disrupted. No one cares about the Ukraine, but everyone cares about chips.
So yes, be prepared to provide or bolster all the things that you expect .gov or ‘society’ to provide.
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“became aware of unauthorized access to certain of our information technology systems hosted by a third party cloud provider”
–keep your data on your computers. Or pay the price.
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