Someone commits a “hate Crime” or a “Hoax crime” will the prosecutor let them go as well?

Or is it only stupid, gay, half black, actors who get off for crimes? People of a protected class.
I mean, this seems to be as much justice as Hillary Clinton got…

“yes, the accused is guilty”
“Yes, their actions had costs”
“but no, we won’t force them to do any punishment, nor even pay for the costs of, nor the consequences of their actions.”
“In the end, they re gonna get away with it.

Yes, the Fix is in.

What’s next? If I know the right people who are willing to make the right calls to the right people, can I get away with Murder too? I mean, if I am rich and powerful enough…..

Next time some person actually commits a Hoax Crime, or gives false testimony, or makes a false accusation, do they get off as well?

What happened to “Equal Protection under the Law?”

Who has to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs for the investigation of this hoax?

So it would seem that Jussie Smollett, while guilty, has finagled things so that the charges against him are suddenly dropped. No trial. And the case is, oddly, sealed.

I am sure that there was, in this case some sort of “agreement” made between some parties…It is, after all, the Chicago Way. Been happening that way since long before my father was born. If it isn’t the Cops, it is the Politicians, or the Unions, or the Judges….Power Brokers make some difficult things happen….For a price.

First Assistant State’s Attorney Joe Magats said that he thought Smollett was guilty but that ‘based on the facts and circumstances’ of the case and his ‘lack of criminal background’, the decision was made not to pursue the 16 felony disorderly conduct charges that a grand jury returned. 


It came after a furious press conference from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson who decried it as a ‘whitewash of justice’ and said Smollett got off ‘scot-free’ because he is famous.

Odd, how 16 felony charges of lying to police and other charges were expiated over $10,000 in bond forfeiture and 16 hours of phantom community service….

(I am sure that that there was more than $10K involved as well)

This is blatant. A terrible injustice. A manipulation of “Justice”.  Jussie, for whatever reason, somehow got out of his wrongdoing.

Lots of “influential” people were trying to make Jussie’s misstep go away…apparently, enough people with enough pull were able to make that happen.

And this sort of thing is why I don’t believe that we can trust the integrity of the votes coming out of Chicago either. Politicians, Aldermen, government workers, prosecutors and Judges don’t even TRY to hide their blatant misdeeds and twisting and manipulation of the laws… There is not even shame to keep them in line….most are willing to sell their integrity. One must expect that Kim Foxx and her minion, Joe Magats, are either retiring soon or have been well compensated by someone…

ETA: Good question: Can we whites start rioting and burning and generally commit mayhem since a black man was let off for a crime?

So when Hillary actually DID commit a crime, the Media didn’t spend 1/10th of the time discussing it. Even though the summary of THAT investigation DID say that she had violated the rules in her handling of Confidential and Classified (and higher) documents and information. Had she been anyone else, she’d have been charged and tried and convicted.

The media is, once again, showing their bias. I wonder if they are even self aware enough to realize that their bias is showing. Their disappointment of the results of the Mueller investigation and their dashed hopes that Trump would be found to have done something wrong is plain. But their coverage shows, with no room for doubt, their bias. The DNC folks who are clamoring for the full report….where were they when, at best mishandling of classified documents and, at worst, treason were committed by a presidential candidate?….Why did they not demand the release of the full investigation and supporting documents then?

Why didn’t they have a 1 hour hit piece “special” on Hillary’s misdeeds like they are all having about Trump?

I’m loving the cries that “If only we looked harder or broadened the scope we could find SOMETHING to pin on Trump”. Again, we couldn’t look too hard at Hillary, only at her use of an unsecured server…..not at the Clinton Foundation or any of the other shenanigans like Uranium One…
But they want an investigation into EVERYTHING about Donnie…..

Look, I am all for it, either way…., but lets have ONE standard. Not one for (definitely) sleazy Democrats and another for (maybe, and [probably}) sleazy Conservatives….

We were promised “Collusion” by the DNC folks.
Where is ANY charge of collusion?

All this time and we get NOTHING. Waste of time.

There was enough that they were able to get Mueller appointed so he could do a fishing expedition…with open ended options to investigate pretty much any avenue that would get Trump or his team members in trouble.

How many MILLIONS of dollars spent? Thousands of investigative man hours wasted (but paid for by the US taxpayers) just to inconvenience the Trump administration? All based on dubious evidence from the losing team in a Presidential election…Sour grapes, really,,,,people who could not admit to the world (or themselves) that they lost because of who they were, rather than because someone “cheated”.

At the beginning of this, there was no proof, no evidence, nothing to validate the claims of “collusion”. There was only a claim by the losers….and NOTHING credible to back that childish claim. Mostly innuendo and veiled accusations that had no basis and could not even be validated.  This investigation should never have been funded in the first place, much less gone on for as long as it did.

Since the DNC cried “Wolf!” then perhaps they should be saddled with the bill for the fishing expedition investigation by their chosen attack dog and all his minions.

At least Mueller is honest. I did not expect that from a person hand picked by the DNC.

Remember: The claim of Russian “hacking” the DNC server was based on a claim by the DNC…the server was NEVER forensically examined by any Law Enforcement or by anyone because the DNC would not give it up….So then after that, they floated (and pushed) the “Collusion” story.

Working on a car that has pretty much ZERO documentation. And there isn’t much available for a 1920’s vintage car.

No exploded drawings….no specifications for clearance.
And no torque specs. How tight do you tighten manifolds? Snug? Tight? Really tight?
Sure as hell no good Chilton’s or Haynes manual. I am looking for a “Motors” manual, but can’t find one for anything pre-’35.

I mean, one can adjust the valves and make it work, at at worst they will be a bit noisy. Best to err on the side of too much clearance than too little. Easy choice to make.

Belts are pretty standard on tightness. Same on carb bolts.
But manifolds? Head bolts? Not much tolerance there.

And it ain’t like on can easily get those parts if they break….
 And I have had enough drilling and tapping old, hard, broken bolts and studs for a while.

Irish has a pretty convincing argument that the New Zealand shooting at the Mosque was not real, but rather a CGI fake.

I just don’t know.

I DO know that it is not impossible. Which is, really, frightening to me. 

So my brother, who is a very skilled outdoorsman, called me:

“Want some fresh trout? I just pulled in 2 large trout and if you’d like some, come get it”.

So, since I was going that way, I did.

Man, was that was worth the trip.
A hot pan, melted butter. a 1 pound filet. Just a dusting of  onion powder (I didn’t have an onion) and a blessing of cayenne on one side.
Cook 4 minutes, flip.

A little seasoned rice on the side and a piece of bread.

Man, there is nothing like FRESH pan fried trout. Less than 2 hours hour from stream to plate.

The only way it could have been better was if I had other companions and it was cooked on a campfire streamside.

Thanks, bro. 

Gettin there….
Got the issue with the distributor fixed, and it now stays in time. Odd how well it works when it is out together correctly instead of how the prior owner did it…

Runs pretty well, except for the exhaust leak. Leaks, actually. Major.

I found gaskets at Olsonsgaskets.com. He has gaskets for pretty much any car up to the early ’70’s. Pretty nice guy to work with too. Highly recommended. Not cheap, but good gaskets and good advice and quick service,

Of course, when taking the manifolds apart, some of the bolts in the manifold snapped.

So drill and tap,…Except they were so hard after all these years that that was difficult, as I could not get a punch to make an impression in the bolt. So very careful drilling and filing was necessary….It ain’t like I can go to a U-Pull-It Junkyard and get another manifold for a car that is nearly a hundred years old. But I got the remains of the studs out, even though no local stores had any left handed drill bits for extraction. 

2 drilled and tapped, one had to be tapped up to the next size. (from 5/16″ to 3/8″) I left the other 2 the original size….One can always move up but it is hard to shrink them….

All surfaces cleaned, scraped, and brushed, and assembly should take place tonight or tomorrow.

Oddly, none of the auto parts shops in the area carry copper based Never-Seize….which I like to use because I may have to take it apart someday….And they don’t carry much in the way of studs either. Still have the Dorman drawers, just nothing in them anymore. I ended up making the studs I needed with some rod and a die set.

Then I gotta see if the cooling system will hold any pressure (or water). I know for sure I gotta make a gasket for the radiator cap.

After that, of course, is cleaning out the fuel tank and lines (and fixing the vacuum fuel pump setup) and then it should be roadable.

Between flying (and doing the annual on the aeroplane), shooting and now this project, I’m keeping pretty busy. Keeps me out of trouble though.

Time to do the first flight after the annual.: Weather was a bit better for VFR flight on Friday than it was on Thursday…..Winds 36 ,12 gusting 29. But skies clear to 12000 and vis was greater than 10. It was time to fly after nearly a month…
Windy and gusty…But, since I have a runway 36, I pulled the plane out, cranked it for 3 minutes (30 seconds crank, 3 minutes to cool the starter, repeat) and then pushed in the mixture and primed three times.
The engine caught and ran. I had oil pressure.

I warmed it up and then cycled the prop until it FINALLY (took like 10 minutes) until it too was full of oil and working as it should.

Taxiiied, did my runup, called my runway (36) and took off to the north, entered a crosswind and did a downwind departure to the south.

Climbed, trimmed, and leaned. Then climbed some more. Then did some turns, some descents, and ended up at 2000 feet and did some turns around a point over barn south and west of the airport. Climbed some more and then the air was (relatively) smooth, so I leveled at 4500 and drove straight west. I flew at 136 KIAS for about 10 minutes, but then it got rough again, so I slowed to 95.

Turned into the wind, climbed and did some stalls. At 5500, the wind was 36 at about 48 knots, so I was at zero ground speed and, at one point, slightly negative GS.

Recovered after some of that fun, leveled off and went back to flight at 90 or so and turned for home.

Entered the pattern and my first approach was less than perfect. But my short final was pretty good and my touchdown was right at my aim point and smooth and on centerline.  Took off and did the pattern, this time a better approach. Final was great and the touchdown as, again, exactly where I wanted it. It should count for two though, ’cause just as I lowered the nosewheel to the pavement, that pesky wind gusted and lifted me up about 2 inches and set me down again. Kinda fun, actually. I think it was the retracting flaps that made it settle down again.

I figured that was enough, so I taxiied back and put the 182 back in the barn.

Saturday, a short cross country, and then the start of the the reassembly of the manifolds on the ’27 Chrysler.