So this weekend, I took MC for a trip to her favorite RenFair.

In Shakopee, Minnesota.

We took another young pilot who needed twin time for his career track, so he got some loggable twin time for free….

The trip up was fun, although the headwinds were killer, like 50 knots  almost perfectly against us..

The weather was pretty nice other than the winds. While I filed an IFR flight plan, we didn’t pick it up until after we were past the Chicago Class Bravo airspace, as we would have gotten routed WAY southwest before turning back northwest to avoid arrivals to Midway (MDW)…Instead we departed Visual then picked up the clearance in the air. Saved us 20 minutes and 50 miles

ATC , once we were clear of the Chicago airspace, was pleasant and helpful….THey vectored us directly to our airport,, and handed us off to the tower.

We got to the airport, landed, taxiied, parked, called an Uber, and arrived at the Faire. .

Lots of people. Lots and lots and lots of people.

The crowd, being Like Ivory Soap (99.44% ) was well behaved. No fights, no cursing, no shoving, cooperative with staff,.

They even queued up in lines to enter the gates and didn’t cut, didn’t push, stayed in their lines and were patient

Funny how mostly european ancestered people behave, Unlike other demographics.  They even stood in line for food and behaved. Not the sort of behavior one sees on the South Side of Chicago…if you get my drift.

SHe had a great time, and before long, it was time to go. Off we went back to the airport, where I bought fuel and preflighted, paid the fuel bill, and we filed for home.

I filed Direct, but got the Zumbro seven departure, then Brave, then JOT then direct…but halfway to Brave ATC gave us “Direct Destination”.. which I knew wouldn’t happen because that took us directly through the center of the Chicago Class Bravo airspace.

Soo enough though, we were climbing to 15,000 ft and then leveled off with a great tailwind:

En-route we flew over a power plant near Freeport Illinois (I have no idea what kind, but obviously thermal and steam)) spewing lots of water vapor into the air, helping Glowbal Warming and all that….

And before long we were, as usual, trying to get lower altitudes out of Chicago ATC so we weren’t diving at 2000 ft per minute at the end of our flight to get to the airport…..

The landing was smooth, if harder firmer than I like to do, but then again, I hadn’t flown much the past month what with the plane  being at Witchita to have the autopilot fixed (Still not fixt) and me being busy…Flying , and especially landing, is like shooting: A perishable skill.

Anyway, we had fun.

For AI?

Even the CEO’s of the companies creating Artificial Intelligence are becoming wary of them.

But they won’t stop the development of the AI models though…

One wonders if this is the impetus for the insane rate of buildout of ‘Data Centers”. Ai’s need the processing power and a place to reside…..

Thing is, even if the US developers stopped today, the Europeans and the Chinese are gonna keep on going down the path.

So, what caliber for AI?

There on the right walking away….

felt that Ms Clancy should be found innocent.

So: A question:

If a man has Issues, say too much testosterone, and consequently goes nuts and rapes and/or kills 3 women in a psychotic rage…., would they let him off? Would they want him released into society?

How about if he had killed children, be they his own or others?

It is, after all, just hormones affecting his judgement….Right?

Right?

Of course, few men would find him innocent based on that defense, but then again, we think logically, rather than just emote. We’d likely want him locked up or put down like a rabid dog.

And how about if MS Clancy had instead killed a bunch of other women’s children in her (supposedly) psychotic episode. Or a bunch of puppies or kittens?

I think that if that were the case then the other women in our society might look at her differently.

Then again, maybe not, a significant portion of women in the US need mental help.

(‘Tis said that over 60% of modern women in the US are on some sort of mental health medicine ….Which really means that 40% are running around in our society un-medicated. )

And Karmello Anthony’s family are really good at it:

Despite the fact that his attorneys are working Pro-Bono, and even though they used the donated money to buy a house, and wasted much of the rest on things other than his defense, they still have their hands out for more money.

Or the events of 25 years ago.

Just gonna remember.

If you really want to honor those lost 25 years ago today, then act like, and think like, you did on 9-12-2001 for the entire next year…..or longer. Remember how you felt after your country had been attacked by these fundamentalist assholes. Stay angry.

Don’t turn this anniversary into a “Day Of Service” as many liberals would have you do………make it a day of REMEMBRANCE.

Remember:

Remember who did it, and who was behind it.

Mourn the loss of the country we had then. The loss of our fellow citizens..

Never Forget.

Everyone saying things about the terror attacks on the USA on 9-11-01.

19 Muslim men chose to hijack airliners and use them as missiles, piloted weapons of mass destruction. 3 of the 4 succeeded, the 4th only failing because the passengers, realizing that they had nothing to lose, fought back.

25 years ago, my country was attacked. and 25 years later, those cultures are still the opponent of our freedom.

Islam is incompatible with the United States’ way of life…..Period.

Tomorrow we will hear all about the actions of the terrorists, and the actions of the firemen and policemen who heroically entered the Twin Towers, some of whom lost their lives doing their jobs.

We will hear pundits and politicians pontificate. We will hear memorials, We will hear tearful remembrances.

But let us never forget: We are still at war with a culture that hates us for what we are. We never brought to justice the people who facilitated, who financed, and who enabled those 19 men.

Remember that your country was attacked by a culture that hates us for who we are.

Never, Ever. Forget.

Never. Ever.

Never.

(Sorry I missed last week, events outpaced me)

“A society in which the citizens fear the police has issues”

“The behavior you tolerate from others is the behavior you have trained them to do”

“No.” is a complete sentence. Nothing needs to be added to it.”

“Every woman is psychotic, the only difference is the level of psychosis”

“Live as a dog, or a cat, or a horse, or any animal of the forest. Live well, and fear not the end that is coming.”

“Education is the one thing you should never finish”

“Most people don’t want the truth, they want comforting words and support”

“A sword yields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage.”

“Never forget (Nor forgive) 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.”

“Time is your only valuable resource, there are no refunds or credits for the time you waste”

“If they don’t value you, go somewhere else”

“No one cares how hard you try, they only care about results”

The calendar says to, and Labor day is past, so now we gotta prepare for winter.

That’s what they tell us, anyway.

Me, I’m enjoying the weather that is still warm. Maybe a bit cooler in the mornings, but hot enough during the day .

and the day off that comes with it.

Funny how it is a moveable (federal) holiday, just so that people (Labor) can get an additional paid day off.

Of course, if it were really “Labor” (Celebrating the Worker) Day, every single business would be closed, and people wouldn’t expect hotels, bars, restaurants, Gas Stations, and National and State Parks to be open to serve them.

But, of course, THOSE people are generally not Union, so no one cares about them.