I stole this from theviewfromladylake

It is so very true.

Why are we allowing our tax dollars to be spent on Flock Safety cameras?

We need to start fighting the people who make the decisions about how our tax dollars are spent, especially when they impact our privacy. Get rid of the city and county councilmen and women who choose to sopen our tax money this way.

I mean, Flock buys congressmen…who give Federal Grant money to the ci ties and other local police departments to install a few Flock Cameras….(that’s the Gateway Drug). THen the police wask for more and more cameras…..But no one really knows how many crimes they solve with those expensive cameras….AND THE POLICE WON’T tell you…The money FLOCK spends on Senators, State Representatives, local county and city Councilmen (and women) is repaid in service fees and camera installations 20 fold….

Apparently they plan to force people to prove they are residents of New York City to shop at the new Socialized Grocery Stores planned for New York City. .

But to vote? Nope, we can’t have ID for that.

Strange are the double standards of the Left, yes they are.

So some asshole started shooting at people at an In-and-Out burger place in Twin Falls Idaho.

It was stopped by 2 people, an off duty police officer and some citizen with a firearm.

They are being hailed as heroes, and that is likely true.

But one thing the media misses is that they were PREPARED. They had the training, the forethought to carry a firearm with them, and the MINDSET to be able to decide if it was time to use that firearm…and the ability and willingness to use it when neccessary.

Are you prepared?

I am….. Every Single Day.    Anywhere that it is legal, (and maybe other times too).

Actually, two:

How can a person be preemptively pardoned if they not been convicted of  a crime, much less even charged with one….?

And also:

How can you “plead the 5th” if you are “pardoned” for said unstated crime?

Please advise

Seems to be a trend.

Somehow the Claude the AI was (just like the lst one from Open AI) able to get past whatever firewalls that are in place to keep it contained and was able to find the internet to wander the Cybersphere…. and hack it’s way into outside orgaizations.

We all saw the movies ..from the 70’s, and the 80’s, and 90’s

How long until we have AI wars where we are just bystanders picking up the pieces of our world that are left after the Self-Aware AI’s fight it out?

How do we (or the folks who are running Claude) know that it didn’t leave a version of itself inside some server somewhere…..waiting until the furor dies down to then go forth in the world to grow and learn and become ever more powerful?

(and that is being optimistic)

Trump, Israel, and Hamas claim a peace deal with Hamas “disarming”.

I’ll bet 19:2 that it falls apart within 4 months.

Any takers?

“The people who talk the most generally know the least”

“Your future needs you, your past does not”

“He who has never failed has never tried”

“Listen to the silence before making big decisions”

“Fate rarely calls upon us at a time of your choosing.”

“Never forget the following: Those who were there for you in difficult times, those who weren’t there in difficult times, and those who made them difficult times.” (and never forgive, either)

“The best way to get ahead is to get started”

“Fear of death stems from the fear of life: A man who has lived is prepared to die at any time”

Like 3 miles high cross country flying.

Like 520 miles driving worth each way…

The 340 is truly a time machine: 3 hours out, 2 hours back.

17,000 ft haze but you can see the ground. At lest the winds weren’t against me both ways this time

Haulin’ the mail at 210 knots and we even had a tailwind for once!

It was a good trip:

Hadda go up to Minnesota for some mandated-by-insurance training

It was fun though, I met some really nice people, people who do some real good for kids charities (I will probably promote that here later)….I worked my ass off in the training, but feel good about that also, I am prepared as a person can be for emergencies (I did a whole boatload of emergency scenarios, some real, like engine outs and such, single engine IFR approaches, most as real as training can be)…..and did a THOROUGH review of the aircraft systems….

The flight back was awesome, a decent tailwind, controllers were pretty good…..I asked for direct to another waypoint once and the controller laughed out loud  and said “Not gonna happen, nice try” ( I didn’t really expect it, but hey, if you don’t ask, it never happens)

all told. a good trip.

I mean, it’s all about context though:

“I love a happy ending” can mean so many things, depending…..