The USMCA agreement addresses (some of) the issues with NAFTA, and provides for a much better balance of trade between Mexico, Canada, and the US.

Is it perfect? No. But compared to NAFTA it is a great deal. And the House actually dealt with the President fairly enough for this deal to be agreed upon.
And, oddly enough, it appears that our Government, both the Congress and the House, as well as the White House, are willing to put the Country first, at least long enough to make this happen.

Frankly, I am shocked.
Happy, but surprised.  

I mean, all these months of Political Theater can begin to move towards an ending.

Sadly, I don’t think the Dems realize how farcial this whole debacle appears to most of us.

At least it is now coming to a head.

What a biased, self serving, innuendo filled (yet wrapped in the mantle of the Constitution!!) set of statements the announcement was. 

“Of course, we should give illegal immigrants free tuition”

“No, I’m not willing to donate any money to that cause”

That is pretty much every Democrat’s socialist’s attitude towards the causes that they think someone else should fund.

All those folks who think we should allow “undocumented immigrants” into our country are, of course, not willing to fund, nor house at their own expense, or in their own home, any of those undocumented immigrants.

Nor are they willing to fund someone else’s Health Care.
Nor share their home with someone less fortunate than they are.

Never yet seen a Democrat who was willing to use their personal fortune to do any “Good Works” that they agitate for or “Support”.

Instead, they want Someone Else to pay for it. They don’t mind using someone else’s money.

I am reminded of a young woman who worked for me when I ran a motel. She wanted me to give unused/unsold rooms to the homeless. A noble goal. (of course, these folks had been working the system of government assistance and church donations for several months already, but she didn’t know that..she simply saw them as needy and felt that I should help them….

“Tell you what, Jen…..Instead of one room for one night, how about you split the cost with me….I’ll donate half the cost of the room as long as YOU pay the other half…..that way they can stay for a few days or a week…..”

She, of course, demurred and the “homeless” family moved on and did not stay at the hotel. In fact, since they had used up all the goodwill in the area they moved on to other areas where they could find other compassionate folks.

Odd, that. 

Also incompetence of the Navy leadership (but that is easily seen from the rearview mirror),,,,

Lots of Heroes that day. Many unrecognized.

And a turning point for the Navy, as the Battleships were destroyed or damaged, and the newfangled Carriers (which were not in harbor and therefore not sitting ducks) were undamaged.

But remember those who Served that day as well. They did their job, thinking it was peacetime, even if they were unaware that they were about to go to War.

I expected silence as to the identities and origins of the shooter and a statement that it is “Not Terrorism Related”. …In other words, SOP.

And, apparently, there were two heroes, men who charged, literally, into the gun. Ryan Blackwell and Charles Hogue.

Question that the Media isn’t asking: Where (and how) did a Saudi citizen, a guest in this country, get a pistol?

I stated that I could field strip and reassemble a 1911 blindfolded, it was that simple. (and another dude claimed the same thing for him and his Glock)

So bets were made. The contest was on.

I was blindfolded (really) and took my empty (we checked before the blindfold…several times) full size 1911 and field stripped it, laid the parts out, then reassembled it…blindfolded (the only hard part is getting the pin into the barrel link, really). Won 20 from one guy, and ten from three others. (and I think there were some side bets going on, but I’m not sure) Then they bet me I couldn’t do it again. I agreed, but there was no money on the table, so I did it again just to show off.

‘Twasn’t hard, until I went to put the slide stop in….it wasn’t there! Seems that it was in someone’s pocket…..I fumbled and fumbled and then gave up and took of the blindfold…
All laughter and I got my slide stop back.

And I proved a point…if you’ve been cleaning your firearm regularly for long enough, you SHOULD be able to do it blindfolded. (assuming your carry gun isn’t something weird, like a Bergmann, or a Luger or a Broomhandle (ETA: or a Ruger Mk 2 or 3))

Glock Boy was able to do the same….Easier for him as there are fewer parts….But he did it with skill and speed….methinks he’s done it before. He was faster, I think….

It was a fun evening, and I won some ammo money.

And proved a point. 

Now, I don’t want ex Mayor Bloomberg to be my president. His record of thumbing his nose at the Constitution (Stop and Frisk, etc) is a big reason, as is his socialist tendencies…
Oddly, however, the fact that he is a Jew wasn’t even on my radar. It is neither a reason to vote FOR him, nor a reason to vote AGAINST him. It really doesn’t matter to me one way nor the other….his religious upbringing and whatever shape the Deity he prays to might be, I mean.

I wonder why Gail King and her staff at CBS thought that was an important fact? 

So I stopped the plane last time with 666.0 hours on the tach.

Went to fly a Instrument lesson, and broke the Carb heat cable…..Taxiied back and ordered a new one.

We replaced the cable…did a runup. now tach time is 666.4

Went to move it, and had a low tire (new this last February). Filled the tire and moved it to the hangar as it was too windy (+50 MPH) to fly. Did a complete warmup before putting it away. Tach time now 666.8

Taxiied out today for a lesson (tire pressure was still fine). During the runup, left mag showed a 300 RPM drop and lots of engine roughness. Leaning the mixture and running the engine up did not help. Taxiied down the runway to the nearest turnoff. Checked again. Engine now runs fine (apparently the taxi at more power/higher load/higher RPM was enough to get the plugs to cleaning temp.

Tach time? 667.0…

Coincidence? Or something more sinister?

Either way, did a 1.4 hour lesson and had nary a glitch.

Odd that the entire 666.X hour was gremlin prone though. 

Odd, that.

Also, it seems that they at one time arranged some loans for the Trump Corporation, so who knows. Also Putin, so there is that.

But also connected to the late and unlamented (except for the stories he could have told) Jeffrey Epstein, who may or may not have been laundering money through those same banks and whose connection to both “bankers” is most recent.

Coincidence? “Arckancide”?  Likely someone tying up loose ends now that Epstein is safely silenced.

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