No matter how you slice it, no matter how they try to blame the QA procedures at Boeing (and yes, that needs to be addressed) at the end of it, 4 workers took 4 bolts out of the door plug on a 737 airplane, did some maintenance, and failed to put the 4 bolts that were designed to keep the plug in place back into the assembly. . This was workers simply not doing their job, plain and simple. 4 people who could not make sure that the job was completed. Either too  uncaring to finish a job, or deliberately not doing it to harm the company (they are lucky no one was hurt or killed) This could have been any number of critical assemblies….landing gear, engine attachment points, wing bolts, tail bolts, rudder cables, rudder hinges, etc.  elevator bolts, etc…all of which are critical to safe and continued flight.

At the end of it, it was negligence by those workers that failed to complete their job and caused the door to depart the aircraft. (and, one wonders, where were the workers who put the interior on the door…were they blind or also uncaring?). Yes, again, there should have been an inspection afterwards, but if they were doing their job, that inspection should not have been needed. When you do a job and there are parts (bolts, nuts, and cotter pins, in this case) left over, one would think that even union employees would ask questions…..

When will the Border Patrol actually….you know, Patrol the Border?

Once, long ago, they were in place to prevent people from crossing the border….Border guards, as it were.

No longer.

Now they facilitate the crossers, give them aid , take their names, and facilitate their movement to smaller towns in the US. with handouts from the Federal Government (paid for by the Taxpayers deficit…. )

They  are no longer the agency that they once were. They are, effectively, useless. Highly paid and well equipped, but useless to the country.

Shameful.

But they follow orders, like all good federal employees.

Hybrid Ferry in Scotland has battery issues, now runs exclusively on diesel. 

SO they spent all that extra money to make the thing be as fast and to carry as much as a diesel powered ship…then the battery broke and now it runs really slowly, with almost no power reserve for emergencies, exclusively on diesel because the battery. electric side of the system has failed and cannot be repaired easily or cheaply.

Plus, of course, it didn’t save any energy or reduce carbopn output even when the system was fully functional.

Piss poor engineering, executed way too fast, to feed the Green Gods” and to follow a fashion….with lots of money spent for no gain…..Pretty much the ‘Green” movement in a nutshell.

On the one hand, he appealed a court decision to continue to allow his border patrol agents to cut the razor wire that Texas la enforcement is putting up to keep the illegal alien invaders out of the country.

On the other hand, he says that he will absolutely close the border as soon as there is a “border deal” in the senate….

But util then, the floodgates are open.

Lying bazztard Biden. But that’s the DNC on border patrol and illegal immigration in a nutshell, innit? They’ve been lying about this for the entire time I can remember. “If we get amnesty then we will shut the border…lies. Dreamers and then we will do something about illegal aliens crossing…lies. Now this.

OF course, the Republican side makes a lot of noise, but then folds and gives the Dems what they want, so there isn’t really an opposition when it come right down to it.

I am not good at sitting on my ass….or laying around.

Ye, I know it takes time to heal and all that shit.

But goddamnit, it’s hard to do nothing. I’m not the sort of dude that just sits on his ass all day watching YouTube and reading and shit.

If this was the old days they’d probably have had to sedate me in order hold still long enough to heal so that my guts didn’t fall out.

Seems that the top 1% and the “Elite” believe strongly in rationing of travel, foods, energy and other things….like personal freedoms and transportation choices and such  in order to combat “climate Change”…..of course, they aren’t showing the way by reducing THEIR lifestyle, but they do think that the rest of us should reduce.

America’s richest 1% and Ivy Leaguers say the rest of the country has TOO much personal freedom and want to ration food and electricity, shocking poll finds
Elites want to save the planet by banning SUVs and jet plane vacations
They’re much bigger fans of Joe Biden and the government than regular voters

Like the people at Davos, these folks are so insulated from the real world and they really believe that they should get to say what the rest of us get…and they don’t believe that they should be required to participate…..

Try it, folks. You won’t like how it ends.

Lawfare. Such bullshit.

And they keep going, just to hassle him and prevent him from running.

I don’t necessarily want D Trump for my president. I’d prefer another person, (if we could find one that cared enough about the country and the citizens as he seems to).

But this is insane,  A persecution in the courts. One after the other. And the blatant partisanship demonstrated by the judges is embarrassing. This is not what out judicial system is supposed to be. Much like the decisions handed down by the liberal justices in the Supreme courts over the years, these are blatantly partisan and a mockery of what our justice system is supposed to be.

Trump vows to APPEAL ‘absolutely ridiculous’ $83.3 MILLION E. Jean Carroll verdict: Ex-president rages ‘this is not America’ and claims case is a ‘Biden Directed Witch Hunt’

I hope he does appeal.

In a just world the courthouse would be demolished and the judge tarred and feathered. But in a just world it would never have started…back when the DOJ and the IRS went after the Tea Party folks the staff involved would have been incarcerated for their actions. This is just a result of letting them get away with it then, and letting it metastasize into personal persecution of a candidate that they are afraid of.

And we, as citizens are standing by and watching it happen.

No, it wasn’t the court-mandated Lobotomy (I’m still appealing that).

Nope, despite the rumors, it wasn’t a procedure to reduce my manhood to merely human proportions of length and girth.

Nope, it wasn’t an attempt to polish the black tarnish off of my heart.

Nor was it to install a sense of propriety.

Nor to install a conscience, or a sense of shame.

Not a failed attempt to replace the marbles that I have lost, Nor to sharpen my wit. Nor dull my sense of humor. Not even to tighten up all the loose screws in my head

It was laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Yes, it went well.

And yes, I am healing nicely. Pretty cool that at this point, approximately (more or less-ish), 48 hours after what was once pretty major surgery, I am walking around with only minor pain and some bruising.

I’m not ready to run a marathon yet, but I could wrassle a tiger……if it was a kitten…and maybe 4 days old. And sleepy. But actually I am pretty good for the timeframe.

Thanks to MC for making sure I was ok during the first day or so.

Again, thanks for all the well-wishes, both in comments and emails.

Am ok, recovering. more later

Thanks for all the well wishes, both in comments and emails.

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Hopefully be back soon.