But, of course, they are ….racist. ‘Cause they tell the story that most of us who work with, live near, and interact with have seen with our own eyes.

Ask any cop, andy social worker, anyone who in any way interacts with folks of all races. They’ll tell you the same story. But folks like us, who actually SEE the real world….we too are racist., At least we are to those poeple who dislike the truth and who refuse to face it.

Via Kenny, we have this report, which (once again) shows us the REAL numbers….and the numbers have not really changed in most of my lifetime. Facts are harsh, but in the end, the reality is what it is, face it or not. The issue isn’t racism, it is the people committing the crimes.

And if you have to drive at all when there is Freezing Rain, STAY OFF THE INTERSTATE. It might not be your driving which makes youa part of an accident….

This is true in the nothern states, and especially so in places like Texas, where they can barely drive on wet roads and have zero skills for driving on ice and snow.

My condolences to those who lost loved ones in this pileup and sympathy for those who were caught up in it.

So I walked into a tire store yesterday, dropping off a tractor tire that needed to be replaced. The tire had been ordered, had arrived, and needed to be mounted on the rim.

Now, this is in an area where, 2 months prior, one could generally see folks AWAYS wearing masks in public. Often wearing masks while driving alone in a car. If one were seen wiothout a mask, the social pressure was significant. One did not dare enter a store without some form of face covering. People were actually calling the police if they saw you without a mask. COmpliance was very nearly 100%. Store owners, for fear of being shut down, insisted on masks….

When I walked into the tire store, there were 11 people in the waiting area, 2 at the counter.

Only one of them was wearing a mask.

You should read THIS.

it has been a year, a year of ever changing narrative, of evercahngin metrics, and a year of ever changing goalposts.

One wonders….why? What is the real reason?

At what point do we say “No!” to all this manipulation?

Using emotion where fact would serve better….

So telling us how “terrible” and “traumatizing” the Capitol Riot was (although for folks like AOC who weren’t there, the Trauma may be imaginary) does not show us how Donald Trump is to blame for said riot.

Usually, if ther is a case to be made, this haooens AFTER the prosecutor lays out the actual, you know, crime.

So far, all we have is testimony  a bunch of scared and traumatized legislators and their aides….but nothing actually linking anyone to the instigation of the riot.

Most Congressional and Senatorial business are largely bullshit….

And this “Trial” for impeachement is moreso than most.

A blind man can see that this is not Constitutional, That this is a Show Trial…..a Kangaroo Court.

The outcome of the vote to impeach was never in doubt. It is a Witch Hunt, at best.

Donald Trump may have been smarter to not bother to respond. Not deigned to recognize the charges. Simply ignored them.

If they had wished to charge him with Sedition, perhaps….(not that they could make it endure)…But this is merely an attempt to make sure he is not a threat again in the future, and a way of damaging him in the present. At the end of it, the Congress (and now the Senate) is showing that they are not a body of honorable statesmen (and women) but rather a group of partisan hacks. Twisting the Constitution in such a manner, for vindictiveness, will not gain them any credibility, except with those who are completely partisan and uninformed (which may be a large part of their base).

No matter what the outcome, they have damaged their own credibility, not only in the eye of folks like me, but in their own Faithful.

Further, if they have no repsect for the rule of law, or the Constitution, why should I have any respect for them? Why should they, whose authority derives from that same Constitution have any authority over me and my fellows? Since they care not for the Rule of Law as derived from that document, why should I give that deliberative body any credence? Cede any authority to them?

In the end, whether they actually impeach President Trump or not, they lose.

Wrongspeak is now something to fear.

Oddly, those same folks used to uphold the First Amendment. Now, not so much….

And it isn’t just what folks are saying NOW…but what they might have said in the past….

If I had a facebook (or any other Social Media) account, and worked for someone else, I’d delete the whole thing immediately for fear that the Mob might find something to take offense at….and destroy my livelihood out of spite, simply because they disagree with me. Even moreso if I were military.

They are REALLY pushing the whole Black Lives Matter agenda in the runup to the SuperBowl, aren’t they?

Never mind that very few of those folks who have bad interactions with police are nice people….almost none are Model Citizens. Few are anything but repeat offenders…thugs. (not a zero number, but very close)

“Unity” is one thing, propaganda and pushing the BLM agenda is another.

I don’t know if I can watch the game if they keep this up.

Holy fuck, and they’ve totally mucked up the Anthem.

Outside it is -7 degrees fahrenheit. Minus SEVEN.

Colder, actually, than my kitchen freezer.

The News folks keep telling us how this is the coldest we have had in years. Perhaps the coldest on THIS calender day, but not an unusual cold. We get this cold or colder most winters. It isn’t an unusual event. Thankfully, the wind is not high.

That doesn’t mean I am going outside any sooner than I have to though.

I have the woodstove going and the house is 70-ish.

(From a dude)

“I’d like to find a woman who seeks the same thing in a girl that I do”.

I blinked, but couldn’t argue with that…..