CBS This Morning just admitted that the demographic that is causing all the new rules and curfews in Miami Beach during Spring Break….(and yes, they actually used the term) ….

Black people.

It’s not like we all didn’t know, and if you are surprised by that, (and you are older than 6) then you may be the most clueless person out there.

But for once, a liberal News service has actually admitted where the problem lies. (Of course, they couched it in the “fear of discrimination”),

This is actually a big step, if you think about it. Unless (and until) someone admits the issues….tells the truth, rather than pretending that it is “everybody” causing the crime and social misbehavior, you aren’t gonna fix the issues.

ETA: Aaron points out in comments that the issue is being reported elsewhere too. Perhaps things might actually change when we start addressing behavior of certain groups.

The Con itself was, as any gathering of that kind of people….interesting. It was held in a too-small hotel with not enough meeting spaces, but we, as a group, loudly and boldly took over much of the common area.  (There are few shrinking violets at this sort of gathering).

The fellowship was fun, (some of) the panels were well done, (others were chaired by people who, to be honest, simply could not keep their own, less- well-informed opinions separated from facts)….(and for once in my life I simply smiled and didn’t correct their most obvious mistakes or pointy out when they pontificated upon falsehoods. I did walk away once before I said anything, but for the most part I simply kept my mouth shut…..) …but the good stuff  way outweighed the bad even there.

One nice thing is that there were few liberal nutball types there. There were no men playing at being women, no women playing at being men…or if they were, they were fully immersed and it was done so well no one noticed (we likely wouldn’t care, mind you)…but no one was playing the “I’m a gender whatever look at me!” game. People were very real….like ’em or not, that’s what you got. Which was kinda nice.

The Con was both more, and less, than I expected. Lots of authors, lots of like-minded people, lots of loud talking and LOTS of fun. Fellowship with people of your tribe, even those that you have just met, is always good.

So the Supremes Unanimously agreed that the argument that Donald Trump is ineligible for president because of the 14th Amendment is so much bullshit.

9 to zero. So the Left cannot complain about partisanship.

Just gonna have to swallow the fact that their lies about Jan 6th are so much bullshit, and everyone knows it.

‘Twas a nice try, if somewhat desperate. Shows that they know they don’t have a viable candidate….so they had to resort to chicanery to have a chance rather…..to remove their opponent rather than win by actual policy and leadership.

But being liberals, like women, they won’t accept their loss, won’t admit they are wrong. They’ll just keep whining and trying something else.

Or not, really…

Fired up the 340 and flew to KPTK (about an hour) to pick up Aaron for a trip to Mike Williamson’ s “Confinement Con“. outside of Nashville TN. Aaron convinced me that it would be a good time (he was right) and I didn’t have anything else going on that weekend….

Weather for the leg from my home to KPTK was beautiful, 9000 ft clear and smooth.

Left KPTK after loading Aaron and his luggage (and some fuel) and we filed a flight plan and flew south at 14,000 ft. 200-ish knots TAS at 65% power,

From KPTK to M54 (Lebanon TN) was great for the first 2 hours. Smooth, some IMC, (of course a headwind) but nice. A tiny bit of rime ice here and there, but nothing to worry about….in an out of the soup.

Aaron, being a pilot, was very helpful in the cockpit, but honestly, once you are set at cruise, the only thing to do is monitor things, keep fine tuning your altitude (the 40 year old autopilot is wonky about that sometimes) and monitor ATC.

Weather at Lebanon was Marginal VFR, 1500 broken, 4 statute miles. Very doable.

Until it wasn’t .

At about 60 miles out, things changed…Suddenly, M54 airport was Low IFR….300ft  or even less…and less that 1 mile visibility. Which sucked as that is well below the minimums for the RNAV approach. We slowed down and hoped for the best. Encountered a bit of ice here and there on the descent, but again, nothing to worry about. Didn’t even need to use the boots. We kept monitoring the conditions at Lebanon airport as we descended……

It wasn’t getting better. At 30 miles out it was 400 ft  but less than a mile visibility.. Still not good enough. I made the call to divert.

We called ATC and told ’em we were diverting to our alternate…. KBNA (Nashville), about 20 miles west of Lebanon. ATC was very helpful in all of this, vectoring us to our new approach and working to slot us into traffic. We continued to monitor the weather at M54 though.

We actually were set up to arrive for the ILS approach on RWY 20L at KBNA for a while, but then about 15 miles out, the weather cleared just a little bit at Lebanon and I asked Nashville approach of we could try for Lebanon RNAV 19 as it was right at minimums now.

“You can try” was the reply. He vectored us around and we commenced to do the approach from about 8 miles out. Weather was 400 ft but 2 miles, just at minimums…..so we gave it a shot. Winds were slight, like 4 knots more or less right down the runway heading.

And I flew it right down to 50′ above minimums before breaking out of the clouds.

It’s always neat on an IFR approach when the airport appears out of the clouds right where it is supposed to be, This time I was on the localizer, on glide slope, and on speed ….50 feet above the minimums. It may be the closest-to-minimums actual IFR approach I have ever done.

Aaron didn’t even scream once during the approach. He was a helpful cockpit resource, looking and keeping an eye on things… watching the altitude and such while I flew the needles while he looked for the runway environment and he took the above photo as we broke out.

Landed nicely, and taxiied to the FBO, tied the plane down, and called an Uber to take us to the hotel for the Con.

“Democracy” will  envy all, contend with all, endeavor to pull all down,

And when it gets, by chance, the upper hand for a short while, “Democracy” will be revengeful,  bloody, and cruel.

John Adams

“Money won’t buy you happiness”

“Nope, but it will buy you big boats and fast cars and nice houses and that gets you hot women, and that’s almost as good”

Many pieces of data and advice found on the internet are lacking in veracity. Some more than others. Be careful.

Glenn Seaborg,

(first person to separate plutonium)

“They are not migrants, they are ‘newcomers'”

W. T. F.

Is this really the view of Biden and the DNC?

“Newcomers? People wo illegally cross our border, invade our country, sponge off the Federal and State government….add to crime and economic collapse, burden our society and damage our country?

It shows that the DNC types INTEND to let each and every one of these people stay.

The DNC in general and Joe Biden in particular are traitors to the USA. Most of the Republicans who have stood by and let this happen as well.

Much like the departure of Wayne LaPierre from the NRA, the departure of Mitch Mcconnell is greeted with glee by many (if not most) conservatives.

A weasel of the first order, a failure at representing what he supposedly believed in, and a sellout of the American Republican voters time after time.

Now if only the Republican Party can find someone with a set of testicles larger than frozen peas to replace him we might have a chance here.

Sadly for him, he will only leave a legacy of failure and appeasement, not one of bold leadership or victory.

Isn’t that what they kept claiming 3 or more years ago? All these open Border liberals? Easy when the open border doesn’t bring it’s problems to your neighborhood…..

Of course, that strength comes with a crime wave, and costs to house them, and feed them, and clothe them. And LOTs and LOTS of crime. Then they don’t like it so much.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls for an END to sanctuary city status in screeching U-turn after welcoming migrants with open arms – drawing 200,000 arrivals in 18 months and sparking a crime wave

OF course, now that New York City has to deal with the same things that the Border states have had to for many years, things look different don’t they?

He at least wants to be able to turn the worst offending criminals over to ICE in order for them to be someone else’s problem, rather than the city’s.

I fully expect Chicago, Denver, and all the other affected Sanctuary Cities to soon change their tune. The Citizens will oust the Government if they don’t.