IF the colors were reversed,

People would be crying “Racism” and such.

Possibly even “Hate Crime”

Teacher brutally beats student. 

Not a proportional response. If a teacher can’t handle things better than this, they should not be allowed to be  teaching students.

In the day, a parent or another adult family member would have handled this sort of issue and there would be a lesson learned. And people would have expected things to happen that way. I’d insist on jail time were that my kid. 

Records:

Gonna be cold the next week to 10 days..

Really cold.
Near record cold, Like at or near single digits here in the greater Chicago area.

I call Global Cooling.

We MUST produce increased amounts of Methane, CO2, and other greenhouse gasses in quantity to prevent an ice age. It is a crisis. There may well be a consensus of affected people.

This isn’t just weather here, folks.

Update: It appears the arctic air will (likely) set records across the US, from the Central Plains all the way to the Deep South.

But no worry? It is just “Weather” not “Global Warming” “Climate Change”….

Winter planning

Pulled the gas out of the chainsaws yesterday. filled ’em each with a teaspoon full of a mix of Coleman fuel and the appropriate amount of oil, and ran them dry.

All the other 4 cycle equipment that won’t (probably) be used until spring got a similar treatment (minus the oil, of course) Run empty, refilled with a bit of fuel that will evaporate and not leave residue or varnish behind, and run until completely empty.

This ensures they will start when needed after sitting for months.

I recommend this for all gasoline powered equipment.
Especially stuff you might need in an emergency.

Proper storage matters. 

You gotta wonder why….

Many restaurants have really bad coffee. Like they only buy floor sweepings from a Starbucks roasting plant or something….

And they know it, you can tell. They take really bad coffee and make it really strong. So you end up with coffee that is mostly undrinkable. (perhaps so they never get asked for refills??)

Its like the Liberals.and their programs..something doesn’t work, a government program returns shitty results, so we should do it more…..only harder.

Same same with coffee.
Coffee isn’t hard, one simply needs to start with a good product, and do it right…proper proportions brewed correctly…..which makes for a good cup.
Shitty ingredients are NOT improved by heavier dosing.

Thought for the week:

You only have the right for which you are willing to fight (And possibly die).

We have a Ballot Box. We SHOULD be using it.
Yet the lies, cheating, and fraud make that box much less effective than it should be.

We have other boxes, but when to use them? 

Gonna be a long day

We are doing a Hunter Ed course today at the range.

27 kids registered. Plus likely 4-6 walk ins. (We don’t ever turn anyone away as long as we can fit ’em into the classroom)

I’ll be working ’til 5 or 6.

But it is paying it forward, and all that. 

It occurs to me

That the Democrats must really, really believe that each and every one of their candidates would lose against Trump in 2020.

Otherwise they would not be spending so much political capital in their efforts to drive him out of office with their push to impeach the man.

He must really scare them, and they must realize how badly they will lose against him in an election where they cannot manipulate vote counts easily. Trump won against them, beating the “Margin of Fraud” once, and they know they cannot manipulate the votes to the same magnitude the next time. 

Just a point:

If you watched Blade Runner, then realize this:

It is NO LONGER THE FUTURE.

Blade Runner was set in….November 2019.

Also, if you knew what “Blade Runner” was referring to, then you ARE old.

Still no flying cars though.