A tip on how to Vote By Mail and make sure that it is counted.

 Don’t. 

Instead, get off yer lazy ass, go down to the polling place on Nov 3 (Nov 5 if yer voting for Biden) and do your civic duty like an adult. 

Anything else is subject to higher rates of fraud, rejection, and ballots arriving late. 

Unless of course, you are in Chicago.,…and deceased….Special procedures are in place for you to vote by mail.  

NFL fans tired of Social Justice

 They just want to see football.

They are tired of Social Justice Posturing, tired of symbolism, and just tired of the bullshit. 

So when the Texans and the Chiefs did their stupid posturing, the fans BOOED them. Fans that had paid to be there and see the game. 

The left, as seen in the link, is losing it’s MIND over the fact that fans would not support such Social Justice Posturing. 

Does the NFL really think that this will end well? 

19 years ago

 I remember…..

Do you? 

I can never forgive….Not only the terrorists themselves, but the oil rich individuals that fund them, and governments that provide such groups with safe harbor….

Not just for the deaths of my countrymen, the insult to my country, but for the destruction of my freedoms that their acts engendered….the last more than anything else. 

I won;t ever forget, nor will I forgive. 

Of all the protests

 Only the one for Breonna Taylor has any real validity. 

The sad part is that were it not for the false memes and faux outrage for the the others “deaths by police”…(I mean the George Floyd incident and the  Jacob Blake incident and all the previous ones where the outrage was carefully manufactured), she’d likely get some real justice. 

Of course, Justice is not what the folks that fomented this want, is it? 

 ETA: Divemedic has some other viewpoints …see comments

The best way to travel:

 So we went to see MC’s sister yesterday. Normally a 3 1/2 hour drive, even with our modern interstate system, but only a 1.2 hour flight. 

A quick preflight (I keep the plane ready to go most of the time, but still, do things the right way and one can prevent issues in the air) and a check of the weather via 1-800-WXBrief,  and we were off. A quick stop at VPZ for fuel (less than a total,of 15 minutes from pattern to departure), and we were on our way. Called for flight following from South Bend and settled in on course. It was a nice flight. Smooth. A layer of clouds at 3500 feet, but we found a hole and went up to 5500 for the trip up to KLAN.  133 knots ground speed. The forecast was for clear skies at KLAN and that is what we found. We got a “Straight In” approach and landing. Really helpful controllers at South Bend approach and Great Lakes approach. The Lansing folks were bored, but were professional. 

We spent a few hours, had some lunch, walked around the river area, and before I knew it we were back at the airport ready for departure. 

Took off, turned on course, and climbed to 6500 feet. Over the southern edge of Great Lakes airspace, we hand to climb to 8500 for the cloud layer to stay VFR, but that was no big deal. We had good ground speed too…148 knots .  Did see a (I think) Stearman biplane going the opposite way at 9500 feet with a Sonex as an escort. Had to be cold in the Stearman….our OAT was 42 F…he had to be cold. 

A gentle descent at the airport of arrival, and a decent landing with the wind at 4 nearly straight down the runway. 

2 and a half hours of flight time rather than 7 hours of driving. Makes for easy visits. Less tiring too. 

It’s what I learned to fly for. I’d have been doing more except for the Covid Lockdowns, but hey, I got to enjoy it yesterday.