that the acceptance of Rachel Dolezal and those who “Self Identify” as black by the liberals (and the NAACP) is, really, the death knell of such programs as Affirmative Action and other race based programs designed to “level the playing field” for African Americans…

And Bruce Caitlyn Jenner shall do the same for those programs designed for women…

If we all can self identify as whatever we wish, then the real black/women/hispanic/minority deal is flushed away…….leaving us only with US citizens and Non-US citizens…..

I, personally, Self Identify as a black, female, Vietnam Veteran  with war wounds  (for the record, I am NONE of those things) because that is where the money is in government grants and set asides and such.

Just food for thought…..

By using voltage boosting technology.

8X the light out of a battery…..Eight TIMES.

for (starting price) $2.50.

Expect the Chinese to sell one on Ebay in a moth or two for half that.

Next year they’ll put it IN the battery.

Bet on it.

This will kill the battery folks.

Because they are trained and all that……

Yet things like this happen. 

Cops are human, some good, some bad, sometimes they snap. Sometimes they go crazy. We don’t know what she did to him or any of the details. (Not making excuses for his behavior here either). We simply don’t know.

But that argument about “only cops should have guns” because they are trained and psychologically tested and all that folderol falls apart with incidents like this.

Sometimes, it seems that the ancients weren’t ans ignorant of things as we thought.

Old Anglo-Saxon potion recipe kills bacteria, even MRSA.

The ancient remedy was discovered at the British Library in a copy of Bald’s Leechbook, widely regarded as the first known medical textbook…

Interestin’ one might say…

Makes ya wonder what else is out there….or lost through the ages, or because no one wrote it down….

Alchemy?

Skynyrd.

Yeah, I’m old.

Still a good tune.

Was discussing with a resident of Texas rain (it is interrupting his work up here) and I pointed out that Texas had it worse.  At least it stops for a day here and there.

He said Yes, that was true, and (up to a point) they needed the rain.

But he also pointed out that no matter how flooded the state gets, it never seems to drown the damned fire ants.

Why is that?

I have a notification that I can get Windows 10 for free from Microsoft.

Forums say this is a good thing, but some say this will become a subscription sort of thing.

I HATE —really absolutely positively HATE— windows 8.X. Can’t stand it. Hate the tiles, Hate the whole fucking thing.  It’s probably great in a tablet, but I’m using a laptop.

So if I upgrade, to 10, what is it like….More like 8, or can it be like 7? And if I DON’T upgrade, then what? At some point next year or whatever I can’t use my machine and haveta upgrade anyway? (or buy a new machine or whatever?)

(knowledgeable) Advice is sought.

Please, don’t advise me to go Linux.

ETA: Is Microsoft gonna continue to support 7 after 10 comes down the pike? Or will those of us who choose to stay in the Dark Ages fail to take the upgrade when offered to 10 (free) get screwed later?

Enquiring minds wanno know and all that.

Indeed.

You’ve lost it

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