Cool. It was almost cold when I went to bed. Rainy and wet when I started my day at the BOL, clearing and normal wind patterns by mid afternoon when I headed home. Houston area was clear and crisp. So I figure today will be clear and crisp too. All together now… we’ll see.
Didn’t do a ton of stuff this trip to the BOL. Got the oven and stove unloaded, and loaded up a chest freezer. I was holding it for a neighbor up there, but he either changed his mind or can’t afford it. So I sold it here in Houston to one of my auction guy’s workers.
I did get a couple of small things done, one being a repair, one being to move some stuff around. The weather was getting to me so I called it an early day and drove home. I saw some evidence of powerful winds on the way, it even made the news. Giant piece of metal was on the side of the road on I-45. Looked like the whole roof from a metal building, all mangled up. In the background there were a half dozen power company trucks with crews working on power lines. Something blew that thing through the lines, either a tornado (which my wife had received a text alert was possible on her drive…) or “straight line winds.” That’s what they seem to say whenever the insurance doesn’t want to pay claims. Big bad wind, no matter what you call it if it ripped off a roof, balled it up, and threw it across the fields…
There are hazards no matter where you live.
I mentioned in the comments yesterday that I saw some motorcycle “club” activity along my route. Not thrilled about that, but better to know about it. Mutant biker zombies, oh my.
Today I’ll be running errands, shopping, doing pickups, having lunch, and who knows what sort of stuff will get done around the house. Ah, who am I kidding. I know for sure one of those things will happen. The others are on the list to pad it out so I feel like I’m getting stuff done.
Time feels pretty short for a couple of potential bad things coming this way. The political tides are turning, maybe into a whirlpool, or a tsunami. There could be another summer of rioting, or the wars could heat up. The confrontation at the border could go kinetic at any time. Or we could have a bad storm season. Take steps. Prep.
And stack.
nick
Yesterday’s localized meat special at our HEB was top sirloin for $6.99/lb.
The local store struggles with Curbside demand overwhelming the crews’ ability to keep the store stocked.
If Texas gets through this week without a freak weather event and the long term forecast next Monday doesn’t have show anything significant through the end of the month, the “leadership” in Austin will return to the usual even year dormancy until after Super Tuesday.
I don’t have a reason to go downtown today, but I imagine core Austin is a ghost town.
Chilly and clear this morning. Looks like it’s gonna be a blustery day.
n
Spent an hour this morning doing an emergency fish tank cleaning, a phrase that I had not expected ever to need. Bean sprouts were growing in the gravel. That’s not necessarily an emergency but the water was also slightly discolored and daughter was concerned that some soy sauce or something was in the water along with the sprouts or seeds.
Wife had a party over the weekend and the fish tank is in the dining room. Presumably one of the guests thought that it was a good idea to dump sprouts (and who knows what else) into the tank. You might think that that would be the kind of thing that you’d have to be a moron to do but, well… I’ve previously expressed my opinion of my wife’s friends.
It’s possible that Grandma did it, but she’s been here with the fish tank the whole time that she’s had brain rot and hadn’t done anything like that.
And I actually had other things that I needed to do this morning. Naturally.
So looks like the Stupor Bowl turned out as “planned.” Even OT thrown in for effect. And numerous cut-aways to Tay-Tay, even though Travis wasn’t his usual dominating self.
>> So looks like the Stupor Bowl turned out as “planned.” Even OT thrown in for effect. And numerous cut-aways to Tay-Tay, even though Travis wasn’t his usual dominating self.
And not any even semi-memorable commercials. A lot of the usual ‘big names’ were missing, with a noticeable number of lesssr commercials shown twice. Bidenomics at its best.
>>And not any even semi-memorable commercials. A lot of the usual ‘big names’ were missing, with a noticeable number of lesssr commercials shown twice. Bidenomics at its best.
The Puppy Bowl now has its own one hour pre-game show!
The Budweiser Clydesdale commercial was good, not great.
I didn’t watch. I haven’t watched any NFL since Kappernitwit. I saw a story that the “black national anthem was played”. I continue my non-support of the NFL.
Negotiations are underway for the sale of CBS/Paramount to private equity so OT was a given.
Blacks in America now have their own “national anthem”. This suggests that they do not consider themselves to be Americans. Fine with me. Does this mean that White Americans (ie, Americans) can stop subsidizing their parasitic lifestyle?
For those who object to the word “parasitic”, look at statistics of per capita contribution to GDP, by race. Or look at per capita contribution to versus consumption of government money, by race. Or look at crime statistics, by race.
Everything goes into aquarium, just like Hot Pot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXDqbxB-qI8
The one time we did Hot Pot at the West Coast in-laws, no one really liked the end result, and the stench never came out of the Carhartt coat I wore that night.
“Mayonnaise” brought bland chicken breast from H-mart, but I wasn’t the only one eating it as the dinner progressed.
Heh. I’ll sometimes provide something for my wife’s or mother-in-law’s get-togethers or for the holiday parties for students that the Chinese college professor next door often holds for the foreign students who have no family here. Depends mainly on how recently my wife has annoyed me.
Almost every time my wife expresses appreciation that daughter and I cooked a ham or a turkey or four dozen cloverleaf rolls or a batch of cookies but almost every time she’ll point out that Chinese people don’t eat these things and I shouldn’t feel insulted if barely any is touched. And almost every time every crumb is devoured.
“Dude Who Shot Up Joel Osteen’s Church Is a Bernie Sanders Tranny”
https://thelibertydaily.com/dude-who-shot-up-joel-osteens-church-is/
“Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston is one of the largest megachurches in the world, not only because of the nearly 17,000 people it can seat, but also the tens of thousands more who tune in to watch its televised services. It was during of of these services yesterday that a person began opening fire at the church, which was actually recorded due to the Spanish-language service being televised at the time. Although initially identified as a man, many news outlets are now reporting that it was, in fact, a woman who was responsible for the shooting.”
“The confusion stems from the fact that the “woman” is really a deranged, Bernie Sanders-supporting tranny named Jeffery. This man walked into the church with a gun in one hand, a child in the other, and began opening fire, thankfully only hitting a single man in the leg. Jeffery himself was shot and killed by police, though the child that was with him was also shot and is currently in critical condition. The relationship between the child and the tranny, as well as where the bullet that hit the child came from, are both unknown at this time.”
“”Free Palestine” was written on the gun belonging to a woman who entered Lakewood Church on Sunday and opened fire, according to an ABC News report. Sources told ABC News investigators are poring through the suspect’s social media and writings to determine a motive for the shooting.”
https://thelibertydaily.com/dude-who-shot-up-joel-osteens-church-is/
“Detectives believe the suspect may have fired as many as 12 shots, ABC News reported.”
“Mr. Pfizer Travis Kelce Loses It, Assaults Coach”
https://rumble.com/v4cvbxc-mr-pfizer-travis-kelce-loses-it-assaults-coach.html
And there you have the highlight of the game, a 34 year old 6’5″ 260 lb player with eight Koof shots assaults his 65 year old 6’3″ 300+ lb coach on the sideline.
“Donald Trump Poised to Be First Republican to Win Popular Vote in 20 Years”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-poised-first-republican-win-popular-vote-20-years-1867381
“Donald Trump could receive a major boost to his political authority if he’s selected as the Republican presidential candidate and wins the popular vote in November, according to a prominent political scientist.”
“Professor James Vike, an expert in United States politics who teaches at Widener University, told Newsweek such a victory would enable Trump to “wield the popular mandate card in hopes of convincing legislators and rivals to consent to presidential wishes.””
“This follows the publication of an NBC News poll on Sunday, which put Trump on 47 percent of the vote, against just 42 percent for incumbent Joe Biden, with the remainder either backing another candidate or unsure.”
Joe Biden will not be the dumbrocrat nominee.
The Budweiser Clydesdale commercial was good, not great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4DNSV3IRE
Trump may win the popular, living vote, but the dead and the electronic vote will go 100% for the Democrat, no matter who he, she, or (it’s necessary to include this with today’s Democrats) zir may be.
“Deadpool & Wolverine | Official Teaser | In Theaters July 26”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMCNJP2ipI
Deadpool gets kidnapped by the TVA ?
I got bored of the TVA in Loki Season 2.
“How We Can Stop The WHO’s Horrific Pandemic Treaty”
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/how-we-can-stop-the-whos-horrific
“Reviewing exactly what is inside the worst treaty of our lifetime and the heroic efforts that are stopping it.”
One hopes that the USA Senate does not pass this treaty with the required 2/3rds vote. The first thing that the WHO will do is declare a gun emergency and try to grab all the guns in the USA.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
“Visualizing The Rise Of The US As Top Global Crude Oil Producer”
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/visualizing-rise-us-top-global-crude-oil-producer
“Over the last decade, the United States has established itself as the world’s top producer of crude oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia.”
“This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Omri Wallach, illustrates the rise of the U.S. as the biggest oil producer, based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).”
We are probably close to the world’s number one natural gas producer and distillate fuels producer also.
One thing that struck me during the half-time show was that the overwhelming participants in show were non-white. Not only the primary performers, but the people on the floor that were dancing and moving around. Even the large band was all non-white. It appeared to me that 98% or more of the extras were non-white. Had the color ratio been reversed there would have been screams of racism from the usual leaches and losers. Was it intentional? Do whites need not apply?
I watched the game. I thought it was good. Some calls were puzzling almost as if they were designed to keep a predicted outcome. But I am not a coach so what do I know? There was way too much focus on Taylor Swift and her jerk of a boyfriend.
The half-time show was, ah, interesting. Some talented performers certainly. I could not understand one word from any of the singing. My ears are not that bad so I suspect the singing was intentionally done badly. Or maybe that is the norm nowadays. Regardless, the half-time show was definitely not my kind of music. When they said Usher was going to perform, I had no clue as to who, or what, he was.
Yesterday, I celebrated my 45th anniversary of not watching the Super Bowl. I quit as soon as I entered the Army. I also spent years in the Army being called a fag for not watching/partying the SB, until Don’t Ask Don’t Tell hit. I occasionally watch gymnastics events to see real athletes.
In other news, our C-POTUS (Corpse POTUS) is scolding corporations for downsizing snacks and charging the same price. He is an idiot. I’m beginning to think he will drop out of the Presidential race or drop dead. Probably both.
The SB game was OK, a bit disappointing for an old SF fan, but so it goes.
Both coaches were a little cautious, getting away from the gameplay that got them there, odd to watch.
My pre-game comment to friends was that the 49ers had to show up for all four quarters against KC, not just one or two.
When teams are nearly equal in ability the win goes to the team that makes the fewest mistakes.
(Let’s see … any other platutudes that might qualify me for a high paying commentator job …. ah … “the team that scores the most will take home the trophy!” )
“Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney.”
Did that air unaltered during the Super Bowl?
“Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney.”
Did that air unaltered during the Super Bowl?
I have no idea. I was in a crowded room with over a dozen people and my hearing sucks as my GP told me this morning.
“After a shooting at Joel Osteen’s Houston facility, Democrats blast ‘reckless’ policy”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/after_a_shooting_at_joel_osteens_houston_facility_democrats_blast_reckless_policy.html
Yup, the child was a shield. Shameful. The shooter was a Transgender immigrant from El Salvador.
This makes no sense whatsoever.
Related to “Chinese people don’t eat that stuff”, above, a couple months ago my daughter’s school had a pot-luck party for the 7-12th graders on the last day before the Christmas break. Daughter and I discussed what she should bring. I suggested a big batch of chicken bites (breaded chunks of real meat, not pulverized beaks and claws or whatever chicken nuggets are made of) to give something more substantial than the baked sweets which it’s certain that almost everyone else will bring. She said, no, her classmates want cookies and donut holes. So we made some baked good the night before and arranged for me to drive it up and drop it off for the party. Which I did. I also brought a big tray of chicken bites, four pounds or whatever the bag was, cooked just before I left the house.
See if you can guess what the students devoured to the point that not even the smell remained, while leaving a fair amount of the cookies and the rest.
“Microsoft confirms name of the next major version of Windows, and it’s not Windows 12”
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-confirms-name-of-the-next-major-version-of-windows-and-its-not-windows-12
“Windows 11 version 24H2 will be the name of the next major Windows OS update.”
“This next release will focus on next-gen AI experiences and quality of life improvements.”
Microsoft Clippy 2.0.
Next time, make the dinosaur nuggets from Sam’s. The tray will be practically licked clean.
Toss in a dish of Kraft Deluxe Mac and Cheese.
Kids are kids.
“You’re not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse”
https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/07/failed_usb_sticks/
“A German data recovery specialist has confirmed what many Reg readers will have suspected: USB memory sticks are getting less reliable. The cause, as you might have guessed, is inferior memory chips, while the move to storing multiple bits per flash cell also plays a part.”
I have had several USB sticks fail or act weird, Especially in my truck radio.
The monkey trick lives on. The new AMD APUs all have AI components except the one I’ve been eyeing for my home server.
AMD has a port of CUDA at the compile level to target their GPU and AI Accelerators.
Cookies or Chicken Nuggets?
Why is this even a question? Cookies are good. And polite. And easy and to make and they don’t cost a lot.
Next time do beef nuggets. Little chunks of chicken fried steak. Might want to do eight pounds….
In my experience, there is nothing the chinese won’t eat. Nothing at all.
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On Halloween we usually have a bowl of small toys and a bowl of candy, and a surprising number of kids pick the toy, about ⅓ as a guestimate. They can get candy anytime.
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Bidden won’t die until they figure out how to leverage it for the good of the party and as a boost for whoever-comes-after’s campaign.
n
Generally true of Asians in general. Case in point? The durian, sometimes known as the “stinkfruit”. Smells like rotten garlic mixed with sewage. The rind is spiky and tough. Once you finally chop it open, the “fruit” inside tastes a little like custard, with a very mild garlic flavor. Once you get past the stench, it actually tastes good.
Hotels in Malaysia often have signs forbidding guests from bringing durians into the hotel, and my rental car said there would be a substantial cleaning fee if I had put durians in the vehicle.
The nastiest thing my buddy ate, while deep in china setting up a theme park, was ram’s esophagus. The 3-4 inch long grasshoppers were said to be pretty bad too, because you could feel the legs move against your lips when you crunched into them.
I had all kinds of organs and bits and pieces, but the duck lung was my favorite. Breaded and deep fried, with sesame seeds and sauce. REALLY good.
n
Of course I also ate cod tongues, battered and deep fried, served with cubes of deep fried pork fat, in Newfoundland so it’s more about being poor and hungry than about being chinese. Just that more of the chinese for more of the time have been poor and hungry…
n
I believe Greg brought this to our attention several times…
n
– I didn’t see a number for the percentage of PROFIT that the credit sales represents, only revenue, which iirc is gross income.
n
– no where in mexico is safe, nor has it been safe in years. I saw issues there a decade ago in Cancun and Quintana Roo when I was there with my wife on a work trip.
n
And it makes the potential buyer’s of the ICE-F150 just all warm and fuzzy to know that the blocks are being put to them to squeeze extra profits to subsidize a vehicle that many of them can’t afford.
not
Not so much, in fact, that this potential buyer is no longer a potential buyer of Fords of any kind.
Not the only reason, but the final straw.
TSLA should break it down in the annual report you receive. The numbers shouldn’t be a surprise if you hold the individual stock.
The institutions are bailing on TSLA.
Which reminds me – the Geico Gecko’s annual report is due soon, probably on the 24th. That always kills my Saturday morning on release day.
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1757129251667456013
https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1757133934633386223
And as previously noted,
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/02/10/new-filing-accuses-fani-willis-of-lying-about-the-date-of-her-affair-with-nathan-wade/
There are few details so far, but the other trips are
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/12/judge-says-fani-willis-disqualification-possible-given-evidence-presented-trump-co-defendant/
It’s not clear if the “roughly equal” of his end came out of the $650,000 in taxpayer funds he has been paid, but it’s worthwhile to note that in his wife’s divorce filing he was allegedly tapping out her bank account and leaving her scrambling to provide for herself and the kids while he took a couple five-figure out-of-town pilgrimages a year to Fani’s Hill.
We knew there was a thing called “Chevron deference” but who knew there was “Biden deference”?
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/02/12/damning-and-embarrassing-new-info-from-the-hur-report-n2170024
>> I had all kinds of organs and bits and pieces, but the duck lung was my favorite. Breaded and deep fried, with sesame seeds and sauce. REALLY good.
Most things taste good breaded and fried. As can be found at most any state or county fair.
Huh, I went looking for my report on my trip to Cancun, and my observations about conditions there, and instead fell down the rabbit hole of Jan and Feb of 2020…
https://www.ttgnet.com/journal/2020/02/09/sun-feb-9-2020-wuflu-has-already-killed-more-people-than-sars/
We were talking about supply chain disruptions in early January. And the need to prep and even specifically to stock TP, have a plan to have your kids at home and to work from home (or not have your employees coming in to work.)
n
Uh, that wasn’t me.
anything by Willis is worth a read, but here he uncovers scientific malpractice:
Tipping Is Optional
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/02/11/tipping-is-optional/
The comparison is a graph that shows that the volume of the Greenland ice cap is about 2.9 million cubic kilometers (confirmed by wikipedia)
So the amount of water added over the 1758 years of the model run was 5X the amount of water in the Greenland ice sheet.
Willis quits there, but I have to wonder: Did the model take into account when the ice was gone from Greenland, and switch to melting in Antarctica?
If I were writing the model I would certainly have it do that, and then as the ice cleared invoke subroutines announcing that Atlantis had melted out of the ice, an event presaged by the occasional emergence of alien spaceships from the ice of Greenland, as well as other lost objects like Jimmy Hoffa and Judge Crater.
Isn’t the Attorney General one of the “principlal members of the executive departments” mentioned in Section 4 of the 25th amendment?
Kurt Russell’s dog was the star. Lots of footage appeared around the Interwebz today of the family gathered to watch.
Don’t forget, Anheuser Busch is all about the family.
But if you don’t buy that, Modelo comes out of the next vat over at the InBev breweries.
And Patches is back. Today zer’s name is Paul.
“Peter, Paul and Mary – If I Had A Hammer (1963 performance)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxWTDcP9Y5E
“BMW i3 Owner Quoted Over $70,000 for New Battery”
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/news-blog/bmw-i3-owner-quoted-over-70-000-for-new-battery-44505121
I’ll pass.
Looks like the dealer was trying to get the vehicle out of his shop.
“Robert Kennedy, Jr. Runs Nostalgic Super Bowl Commercial (VIDEO)”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/robert-kennedy-jr-runs-nostalgic-super-bowl-commercial/
I thought that this was a joke at first.
$7,000,000 to run during the Super Bowl. I wonder how much it cost to make ?
Kennedy, the candidate, did NOT run that ad; he says that his PAC did, and the campaign is prohibited from coordinating with the PAC. And you can believe as much of that as you like.
Gah, drank caffeine too late in the day and am still awake. SHOULD be asleep. Gonna regret it tomorrow… well, later today.
n
read thru Jan, Feb, and the beginning of March, 2020. We got most of it right.