Cool and damp, warming to hot and damp this afternoon. Some chance of rain in a day or two, maybe. It was sweat-dripping uncomfortable Sunday afternoon, while still being not all that hot. It’s a weird feeling to be working in it.
Did some stuff around the house. Moved and put stuff away. Got out some more Halloween decor and some lighting. I think I will just do trad decor this year. I’m not feeling it to do a big homemade display in the next couple of days. It will be nice, and very festive, but not over the top. It’s that sort of a year.
Definitely a year to pull back, pull in, and, although I HATE the phrase, hunker down.
Today I’ve got a couple of pickups. I didn’t win the 200Ahr LiFiPO4 battery I was bidding on. I did get some other stuff, mostly for home. I need to get some stuff listed and need to get a couple of pallets together for my auctioneer. I want to get them to him Wednesday or Thursday. I would like to start piling up some cash instead of inventory.
I might also find some time to get something in the garden, even if I just broadcast some seeds. And I need to find some time this week to do some work at my client’s house. I’ve got a backlog of stuff to do for him and that will generate some cash too.
That’s on top of the backlog of home and BOL chores and projects. I need to get busy. The good thing is that I feel better. Movement is good and making progress, even little steps, seems to be breaking me out of my funk. I should do some more percussive therapy…
There are stacks that need topping up too. Stuff that is aging out, and stuff that was spoiled by time, rats, or weather. Check your preps, and fix what needs fixing.
nick
Coffee is brewing. Kids have been rousted. Day is starting. Lurching toward a start anyway…
n
67F and clear
Huh. Funny choice of words.
n
5-10 200 lbs is going to stand out presenting as female, even in that part of Oregon.
The tourists are gone in Jackson County by this time of the year.
“croc-Martens” oh my
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/10/memes-that-made-me-laugh-233.html#more
n
Just finishing up the last class in Android development. This is the second year I’ve taught it, and I have been making lots of changes for the next (third) year. It has always seemed to me that the third round of teaching a class is when everything is finally in place, the biggest problems ironed out, etc..
The biggest problem is the instability of the tooling. It reminds me of this XKCD comic. Somethings things just don’t work, or suddenly stop working, or – on one student’s computer – never work in the first place. You are writing code using a hugely complex framework that depends on dozens of libraries, that in turn probably depend on hundreds more. Something, somewhere goes wrong, and…well, have you tried rebooting? Praying to the nameless gods? Hopping on your left foot while baying at the moon?
MSNBC decided to add Nazi rally footage to tRump’s rally at MSG during their coverage. Musk called them scum of the Earth. Of course, all the Dumbos are parroting ”tRump’s Hitler.” This is why I will never vote for a Dumbocrat. After tRump crushes the Kamel Humper, they will all say “oh, we were just backing our girl, we didn’t mean it.” No, you are all scum.
@MrAtoz, that statement, “MSNBC decided to add Nazi rally footage” sounded so crazy to me that I had to look and see who made it, and since you are a steady guy, I was pretty surprised.
Doubly so when the top story on DM this morning was that story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14010593/msnbc-slammed-trump-madison-square-garden-rally-nazi-event.html
Holy crap. If anyone still considers MSNBCBSABC an unbiased source after that, they are lost to reason.
n
Invoking memories of that rally are playing with fire for the Never Trump wing of the party.
What they risk is someone remembering Prescott Bush’s involvement with Union Bank and, possibly, Thyssen’s finances until well after WWII started should Shrub start squawking about voting for Kamala.
The long term damage could include George P. (Diddly) and the cabal’s attempt to run him for TX Governor, and, eventually, President.
The mainstream “press” will do anything to avoid Trump getting elected. Trump was, and is not, friends with the press. More than once he has called the press out for their biased and inaccurate reporting. Rather than correct their ways, the press is out to get even.
Cackles was spitting bullets in 2016 when Trump won. I fully expect the Humper to be spitting those same bullets. I also fully expect the democratic machine to do every possible to overturn the election. The very same thing that Trump tried to do in 2020 only this time the democrats will think they are being righteous and saving America.
I have yet to vote as doing so will disgust me. I don’t like Trump for the way he acts. I dislike the Humper even more. This country surely could do better in finding a presidential candidate. JD Vance would be a much better choice than either one of the current clowns.
Ah, objective press coverage by professional journalists.
Seriously, that is just…beyond any possible line you could draw in the sand. Unbelievable. They deserve to land in court for that. Defamation, at the very least, likely some other charges can also be leveled.
All of that. Obviously, I cannot vote, but I agree with Ray. Trump is a fruitcake. He is, however, once again the lesser evil. It is pretty pathetic that these are the two candidates y’all get to choose between.
One can hope than Vance is as good as he appears, and can run and win in 2028.
Important announcement:
You can’t hate the LameStreamMedia enough.
Also…
I was going to go see BeetleJuice2 at the theater, but Michael Keaton had to open his yap for the Kamel Humper “Vote Dumbo and be a hero.” Now I will wait for it to hit the “high seas” which should be soon.
There is a very dark, non-PC joke that Keaton sells in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” but catching it requires listening very carefully and paying attention when you see his character’s back story.
Kamala’s bestie at ABC could end up being CEO of Disney should she prevail over Trump.
Disney is still on its blind date with Bankruptcy and, eventually, meeting a similar fate to Beetlejuice’s wife, but Keaton is going to hedge his bets.
Whether Kamala wins or not, Disney is facing the probability of Matt Gaetz moving into the Governor’s Mansion in Florida in two years and DeSantis making another run at the Republican nomination for President, continuing to make The Mouse’s life hard in the state in the meantime.
Vantucky in the news.
En Fuego!
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/hundreds-ballots-lost-suspicious-drop-773788
Years ago, I worked in car rentals. I was renting a vehicle to a young couple, 30ish, and the wife asked if I could recommend a good vegan restaurant. I replied that I didn’t know of any good vegan restaurants, as I was only a fiscal vegetarian. When she asked what that meant, I replied that I didn’t eat meat only because I couldn’t afford it.
Husband laughed, wife did not.
Invoking memories of that rally are playing with fire for the Never Trump wing of the party.
What they risk is someone remembering Prescott Bush’s involvement with Union Bank and, possibly, Thyssen’s finances until well after WWII started should Shrub start squawking about voting for Kamala.
The long term damage could include George P. (Diddly) and the cabal’s attempt to run him for TX Governor, and, eventually, President.
One can only hope. I am so tired of the RINOs. They are not conservative in the slightest.
I have yet to vote as doing so will disgust me. I don’t like Trump for the way he acts. I dislike the Humper even more. This country surely could do better in finding a presidential candidate. JD Vance would be a much better choice than either one of the current clowns.
Our preacher said that he could not recommend either VP Harris or former President Trump for our church staff. He then said that he wants responsible immigration into the USA and responsible national spending. He also wants to protect the unborn and the young in our country as sex trafficking is at an all time high in the USA. He then told us that it is our responsibility as Christians to vote for who our hearts and minds want us to vote for. He then cautioned us about gloating over the results of the election as neither candidate will take us to a utopia and that with a 2,000 member church, we will have brothers and sisters voting for both of the candidates.
Maybe your preacher should not bring up politics. I hope this wasn’t from the pulpit.
Silly you. Just come into the country illegally, vote at 25 different precincts, no big deal, as long as you vote democratic.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/hundreds-ballots-lost-suspicious-drop-773788
If you can’t print them, burn them.
A preacher can bring up politics, but cannot recommend for whom to vote, or endorse any candidate, or disparage any candidate.
George P. (Diddly) is 48, older than DeSantis, but not by much. The cabal will not give up trying to get him into the White House, but he would need at least one term as Governor and win reelection handily to be a legitimate contender for President. Figure 2032 at the earliest if Abbott stepped down at the end of this term.
“Blade failure at Vineyard Wind project costs manufacturer $700 million, more blade problems found”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/blade-failure-vineyard-wind-project-costs-manufacturer-700-million-more
“The company said it’s removing “some blades” from Vineyard Wind following an analysis of 8,300 ultrasound images per blade, as well as physical inspections with “crawler” drones.”
I would stay away from these huge rotating objects. Even at 30 rpm, they can throw parts a long ways.
And I am not surprised that they are having problems. Manufacturing these huge blades without flaws has got to be extremely difficult. One would think that they would check each blade for cracks at the factory but it may be too early for the cracks to show up, they may need to be stressed first.
Maybe your preacher should not bring up politics. I hope this wasn’t from the pulpit.
Let me clarify that. Our preacher said that he could not recommend either VP Harris or former President Trump for employment on our church staff.
Does that make you happier ?
I really like what our preacher said. He has said other things in the past from the pulpit such as he expects to be arrested some day for refusing to perform homosexual marriages.
We have had several church incidents in Texas with crazy people. We now have several armed guards in our church during services, both uniformed and plain clothes, at all of the entrances to the auditorium.
My church is totally independent from other churches. We do not have a central authority nor do we answer to anyone. We refer to the Bible for just about everything.
>> It’ll only work if people hear about it.
How many ‘undecideds,’ or heaven forbid, Dumbos, read, or know that “Red State” or its compatriots even exist.
Keep searching out the non-choir and preach to them…there’s still one week left…
“Ford quarterly profit drops almost 26% due to $1B write-offs for canceled electric SUV”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-quarterly-profit-drops-almost-203204124.html
One wonders how many more of these hits that Ford can take ?
Damn IRS. Well, congress as those clowns are the ones that came up with this mess of a tax program.
This year, well the 2024 tax year, I have to start, and report the Required Minimum Distribution. I cannot find anywhere on the forms where the RMD is reported. I know the IRS gets forms from companies with IRAs that show the balance. I also know the required amount of 4% (for this year) is based on the account balance on January 1 of the tax year. My RMD has to be paid by April 1 of 2025.
The RMD does not have to come from all the accounts. Enough can be taken from one account to satisfy the amounts for all the accounts. The amount just has to make up 4% of all the accounts.
Because of this I have started figuring my taxes for 2024. The standard deduction for myself and my spouse is $30K+. I do not have enough deductions in spite of over $12K in medical expenses, $3K in sales tax, $6K in insurance premiums and $4K in property tax, and $4K in church donations. I fall just a little bit short in spite of my best efforts. $25K of my SS is getting taxed, gggrrrrrrr.
Yet the lady in one of the apartments on my street paid nothing in income tax and will be getting about $3K in a refund. How can money she never paid be given back as a refund? She also gets most of her rent paid, pays about $20 each month for electricity and a food stamp debit card. She has enough money to purchase four lottery cards every time she is in the store. Has expensive fingernails, colored hair, and a fairly new car. She is a democrat.
The chinese own our politicians
n
TGIFriday is next
n
F the language police.
apparently this is a “shocking slur”.
I guess DM headline writers didn’t go to high school. ‘cuz my daughter’s friend gets called a ‘n!gger’ to her face pretty much every day… I’m guessing she’d love to be just a spaz.
n
This year, well the 2024 tax year, I have to start, and report the Required Minimum Distribution. I cannot find anywhere on the forms where the RMD is reported. I know the IRS gets forms from companies with IRAs that show the balance. I also know the required amount of 4% (for this year) is based on the account balance on January 1 of the tax year. My RMD has to be paid by April 1 of 2025.
My wife has been getting RMD’s from the IRA that she and her sister inherited from their Dad four years ago. The money is nice but the paperwork is a pain. And the taxes are a pain.
Trump says that he can replace the income tax with a tariff system. Sounds simultaneously crazy and interesting to me.
You can always hate them more, even the ones who occasionally get it right.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14011861/daniel-penny-manslaughter-trial-nightmare-jury-selection.html
That’s like calling H!tler a “charismatic but misunderstood painter”.
n
Bang Bang!
The Asian kink is a really tough one to overcome. My father-in-law’s thing for little Dragon Ladies literally killed him.
The only other one that comes close in my experience is the smoking kink. I’ve seen that affect decision making processes by management constantly over a 30 year career.
Where I currently work, they know. Smoking is bannished to the sidewalk next to the main road through the campus.
Did I mention the street sweeper constantly working the main road through campus during business hours?
You can always hate them more, even the ones who occasionally get it right.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14011861/daniel-penny-manslaughter-trial-nightmare-jury-selection.html
So New York City is trying to kill a sheepdog for killing a wolf.
“Meta Fired a $400K-a-Year Employee for Charging Toothpaste to the Company. It Was Actually a Very Smart Move”
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/meta-fired-a-400k-a-year-employee-for-charging-toothpaste-to-the-company-it-was-actually-a-very-smart-move/90991891
“It may seem ridiculous to nickel-and-dime your employees like this, but it makes sense for Meta to enforce smaller rules.”
Seems reasonable.
After I left CGI and ripped my immediate manager in the exit interview, the next employee in my group to turn in two weeks notice was walked to the door within an hour for stealing. It turned out that about a year earlier he had included a bottle of soda on an expensed $1000 bill at Office Depot, and management decided to go through his receipts with a fine tooth comb to make an example out of him since they couldn’t do anything to me retroactively.
The manager was triple quota – black, Vet, and retired cop.
I used to joke privately that he was Cop Army, like KISS Army but with more emphasis on fascism.
Anyway, if a company sets a policy and you violate policy, Texas Workforce can deny your unemployment claim.
Anyway, if a company sets a policy and you violate policy, Texas Workforce can deny your unemployment claim.
The company does have to contest your claim. I had an employee tell me she was going to work from home permanently about six or seven years ago. She actually left for the day and sent me an email. I said no and told her goodbye (I had had it with her antics at that point). She then filed a unemployment claim on me which we contested with the TWC. And won.
Which applies to reasonable policies like theft, and unreasonable policies like vaccination mandates. That’s why I was fired.
TWC denied my unemployment benefits, and I demanded a hearing, and Houston Methodist didn’t show up, so I got my benefits. If they had bothered, I might have been out of luck. Several others were denied all benefits. I had a pretty good argument laid out, including the CDC’s list of expected side effects and the Nuremmburg protocols.
There was also the fact that their new policy was a substantial change to the employment contract. I may have won even if they did show up. We’ll never know.
Tonight’s movie was Casino Royale. Pretty good flick from 1967. I don’t recall ever seeing the movie but I’ve heard all of the music.
I have the Collector’s Edition for whatever that is worth. I’m not interested is stuff like Thrilling Behind the Scenes add-ons.
No cussing. Maybe a “darn”. Safe for the kids.
Nice story. I haven’t watched the videos.
“The chinese own our politicians”
Can we force them to take Walz after the election?
“The chinese own our politicians”
Can we force them to take Walz after the election?
Joe and Hunter Biden too ?
“Jimmy Dore: Trump’s MSG Rally, WaPo Refusing to Endorse Kamala, & Why Trump Winning Is Essential”
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-jimmy-dore
“Lifelong Democrat Jimmy Dore on why it’s essential to punish and humiliate the Democratic Party eight days from now.”
Wokeness has been going on since WWII ??? Maybe.
So the Wokeness is about race so they can hide the upper classes (Wall street) stealing the USA treasury dry ?
They invent problems, then invent solutions, profiting all the way. Best is to get the problem institutionalized so it can never be “fixed” but can be serviced by the grifter class forever. Lotta money to be made “fighting poverty” or “addressing homelessness”, especially when you can simply be “raising awareness” and not actually taking any actions…
Financialize people’s desire to help, while not actually helping…
n
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14012933/Disney-star-Bridgit-Mendler-northwood-space.html
– spacex doesn’t seem to have any trouble… they’ve got millions of points… Although their downlink backhaul is really what she’s talking about, I guess.
Interesting that MIMO and phased array antennas with beam steering are now known tech, that can be cobbled together. Thank Uncle, the cold war, a guy at MIT 20 years ago, but mostly the rollout of 5G networks. The beam shaping and steering is all built into toolkits and chipsets for 5G.
Dunno who she thinks she’ll be providing ground links for, that doesn’t already have them, but it’s interesting.
n
My Starlink goes up at my office and downlink to Dallas, Texas. Kind of interesting how they keep the downlink relatively close to the uplink. Maybe to minimize satellite traffic ?