Hot and humid, wet and wild… It did rain yesterday which helped keep temps down. Then it cleared up. Well, that did depend on what part of town you are in, which is typical of Houston. I would like some clear sky today as I’ve got stuff to do.
I did my pickups. The medical supplies were a bust. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Drove in enough rain to wash off the truck… and got home to feed the kids. Just an ordinary day.
I’ve got to get one kid to her volunteer stuff, then the other to the airport, then do some work, then do some pickups, then get the first kid, then let her maybe get ready for a double date. Ay carumba. I’m not ready for that.
So it’ll be short shrift again today. Early to rise, and tired later…
Stack some things,
nick
Approaching the longest day of the year the livestock are restless.
Up and moving. Still feel like I should be in bed.
Kids got stuff to do though, so I’m up.
n
I guess you were asleep during plugs The Last’s Presidency. All I can say is “Welcome to the party, pal” when you become a 51ster.
I bought a robotic pool vacuum from Wybot. The app that controls the machine is worthless. When adding the device to the app, the app finds the device. When the device is selected, the app says no machine found. It is impossible to control the machine without the app. Three emails to customer support and no response. You snooze, you lose. I am sending it back to Amazon. No charge for shipping 25 pounds.
I ordered a new machine from Aipers that may work.
Make sure to write the review.
I did. A scathing put down with 1 star.
Chines e crep that just looks good enough to make the sale? The returns auctions are full of that stuff.
M
Speaking of China
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/06/17/fbi-hands-congress-documents-with-alarming-allegations-about-the-2020-election-n2658948
if I were prone to buy into conspiracy I might just do so here
Vote by mail must be either stopped or brought under control too.
and TV’s post yesterday
I thought it a little weird some seemed to miss his swipe at Trump about criminals crossing the boarder. Coupled with the rest of the post it was pretty obvious. Yam!
Not that I have anything against Canada, I’ll be cheering for the Oilers tonight.
Election “month” needs to go away as well.
Texas just added the stupidity of voting on the Sunday before the election where early voting previously ended on Friday.
“Souls to the polls.”
If you think voting by mail is secure, then put five $100 bills in an envelope, put them in your mailbox and mail them to yourself. No? Then voting by mail isn’t secure enough.
@tv, Missed the part about the felon being Trump… but really, Canada can’t complain about who they let in, even PBS, the lefty bastion, raised their eyebrows over some of the terrorists and bad guys Canada gives welfare to…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/etc/canada.html
TV is just another person afflicted with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). It is a sad disease and seems to cause great mental distress in its sufferers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome
I guess you were asleep during plugs The Last’s Presidency. All I can say is “Welcome to the party, pal” when you become a 51ster.
No, no, no. We do not want the common Canadians. We want just Albertans.
Alberta is going to have an election to secede from Canada. They are tired of supporting the rest of Canada with their obscene taxes.
I missed it because I don’t think of trump as “felon”…
n
“92-year-old man forced to give up his favorite pastime: smoking weed”
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/willie-nelson-smoke-marijuana-20381099.php
“Texas icon Willie Nelson says he can’t smoke weed anymore. ”My lungs have already said, ‘Don’t do that.'””
“”Well, I can’t smoke anything anymore. My lungs have already said, ‘Don’t do that.’ So, I don’t really do anything now much except a few edibles,” Nelson told Baltin.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-7QejAi8M
I missed it because I don’t think of trump as “felon”…
Trump is not a felon. Trump was convicted by a corrupt judge and that conviction will be overturned very soon.
My web host, https://www.pair.com/ , just told me that they are going to move my dedicated web server into a huge machine with dedicated AMD EPYC genoa CPUs, dedicated memory, and dedicated hard drive space in a virtual machine running my custom version of FreeBSD x64. I am a little scared.
I have about 30,000 lines of custom C++ code running my own hand written databases. I hope this goes well. Pair Dedicated Support tells me that there should be zero problems. In fact, they tell me that they will be able to easily scale up my website should Iran attack me again. It has been years since the last attack by Iran (there have been several), the last time was a million queries per second that Pair fought off successfully for me.
“It’s Not Too Late For Amy Coney Barrett To Be The Reliable Originalist America Needs”
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/17/its-not-too-late-for-amy-coney-barrett-to-be-the-reliable-originalist-america-needs/
“What kind of Supreme Court justice is Amy Coney Barrett going to be?”
“That appeared to be the question a new expose by New York Times hack Jodi Kantor attempted to answer. Published Sunday, the lengthy article features analysis of the Trump appointee’s SCOTUS record thus far, as well as comments from former associates and Court watchers on her jurisprudence and how she approaches legal questions.”
“The goal, as it seems, is to decipher whether the Catholic mother of seven will follow in the originalist philosophy of her old boss (former Justice Antonin Scalia) or go the way of disappointing Republican appointees such as former Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter.”
She is not the justice that the Heritage society promised Trump that she would be. She has gone to the dark side. Trump will look elsewhere next time.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
“The Easiest Way to Not Get Run Over by a Car Is to Not Stand in Front of Them”
https://rumble.com/v6uw9ip-the-easiest-way-to-not-get-run-over-by-a-car-is-to-not-stand-in-front-of-th.html
Very horrible video. And I am with the driver, get out of the mob by any means necessary. The woman standing in front of the driver is a terrorist.
Los Angeles has a history of stopping vehicles, pulling the driver out of the vehicle, and murdering them. Again, get out of the mob by any means possible.
“Shortest Term Ever? – Israel Decapitates New Chief of Iranian Armed Forces Right After He Takes Over for Last Chief, Whom They Also Killed”
https://www.westernjournal.com/shortest-term-ever-israel-decapitates-new-chief-iranian-armed-forces-right-takes-last-chief-also-killed/
“Israel said that its campaign to degrade Iran’s military infrastructure has scored a major victory by degrading its command infrastructure, as well.”
““The Israeli Defense Forces say they have killed the chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces. Ali Shadmani had only been in the position for a few days. He was appointed after his predecessor was killed by the Israeli military just days earlier,” journalist Yashar Ali posted on X.”
We are getting closer and closer to the canned sunshine.
“Pharmacy Benefit Manager Parasites Drive Drug Costs Ever Higher”
https://thelibertydaily.com/pharmacy-benefit-manager-parasites-drive-drug-costs-ever/
“(The Daily Signal)—President Donald J. Trump is right. Too many pharmaceuticals are too damn high, especially compared to the flea-market prices that foreign patients pay for the same drugs. Dr. Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, estimated last month that a 30-day supply of the weight-loss drug Ozempic costs $418.98 in the USA. But it’s a mere $95.30 in the UK—a 77.25% discount. Jardiance, for cardiovascular diseases $256.66 per month here. In Canada: $57.65. That’s roughly 77.5% off.”
“Trump’s new Most Favored Nation policy aims to bring U.S. drug bills closer to those overseas. Simply put, this initiative demands that these manufacturers sell “all brand products” at their lowest prices among major Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries.”
I do not know what is going on but the price of basic drugs has been skyrocketing over the last decade or two.
Re: drug prices in US vs other countries: I’ve ordered from Canadian mail order pharmacies to US at significant cost savings.
But also check out Amazon Pharmacy. They seem to have similar pricing as Canada mail order, but with much faster shipping times. Last order of Eliquis (Apixaban) via Canada took 4 weeks to deliver. Amazon says 3-5 days.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/06/17/no-heart-ann-and-nancy-wilson-object-to-army-using-barracuda-n3803879
The Wilson sisters can piss up a rope.
And there’s a good argument that use of copyrighted material in political campaigns is covered by the First Amendment–don’t need no stinkin’ license fees.
Payola seat. Pence payola which was a mistake.
@Nick
Had some summer sausage for lunch and had a bottle of Santa Clausthaler to go with.
Down to half a case.
Payola seat. Pence payola which was a mistake.
Mike Pence is a jerk. He is more concerned about rules than the fine citizens of our fine country.
green or brown bottle?
n
Re: drug prices in US vs other countries: I’ve ordered from Canadian mail order pharmacies to US at significant cost savings.
But also check out Amazon Pharmacy. They seem to have similar pricing as Canada mail order, but with much faster shipping times. Last order of Eliquis (Apixaban) via Canada took 4 weeks to deliver. Amazon says 3-5 days.
My parents use the Amazon Pharmacy. They are very happy with it.
“Ilhan Omar Declares America Is ‘One of the Worst Countries’ in the World – So Why Hasn’t She Returned to Somalian Utopia?”
https://www.westernjournal.com/ilhan-omar-declares-america-one-worst-countries-world-hasnt-returned-somalian-utopia/
“Credit where it’s due: The rudderless Democratic Party may not have a true leader or figurehead right now, but that hasn’t stopped its collective members from steering it in a much-needed new direction.”
“To the dismay of the party’s constituents, however, that direction appears to be right off a cliff.”
Go back to your own country, you thief !
It is time to deport this woman. She came here under false circumstances from what I have heard, married to her own brother.
Heart has a concert film which is making the rounds on PBS stations as part of annual membership drive programming.
Saturday is the longest day of the year here, 14 hours and 3 minutes. I am ready for the days to start declining. Unfortunately, the temperature lags the day length change by almost two months here.
“It’s Working: American Wages Increase as Trump, Homan Send Illegals Packing”
https://www.westernjournal.com/working-american-wages-increase-trump-homan-send-illegals-packing/
“The nexus of President Donald Trump’s immigration and economic policies rests on a simple and sensible premise.”
“In short, when you deport illegal immigrants, native-born American workers will see their wages rise.”
“Sure enough, according to The Washington Post, the Labor Department’s May jobs report, released earlier this month, showed both an increase in wages and a substantial decline in the immigrant labor force, due in part to border czar Tom Homan’s execution of the president’s deportation plan.”
““Average hourly wages accelerated, rising by 0.4 percent over the month, to $36.24 in May, as earnings continue to beat inflation in a boost to workers’ spending power,” the Post wrote.”
“The Senate is looking to trim some of Trump’s favorite tax breaks”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-senate-is-looking-to-trim-some-of-trumps-favorite-tax-breaks-182151094.html
“Tax breaks on tips, overtime, and car loans all get a haircut in the Senate’s version of the ‘big, beautiful’ bill.”
Why don’t we just increase the debt ceiling by $10 trillion ? $20 trillion ?
And increase the SALT to a $1 million ? $ 2 million ?
There is no way that Rand Paul is going to vote for this bill.
“Apathy”
https://areaocho.com/apathy-2/
“JD over at Tactical Wisdom has put up an excellent post this morning. Go read it.”
“The biggest example I can point to is, and I hate to say it, UKRAINE. In February 2014, the normies of Ukraine said, “oh, it’s just those kids protesting at the capital again….nothing will ever happen.” Three days later, their government had been overthrown and “those kids” had only taken over a few buildings in a few block radius with relatively little fighting. Three more days saw their nation devolve into civil war, followed almost immediately by invasion from an outside power (Russia) as “peacekeepers”.”
“I know that’s an extreme example, but it’s the color revolution playbook, and THAT, my friends, is where we are. Whether the normies choose to admit it or not, it is where we are.”
“The truth is that until something major happens to upset the apple cart, nothing at all will bring the normies into the fold. Until Netflix stops showing mind-numbing movies and Amazon stops delivering everything they need to sit on the couch safely, nothing will convince them.”
Oh my goodness.
“South Africa: the Model for America?”
https://libertysentinel.org/south-africa-the-model-for-america/
“The horror unfolding in South Africa is a sneak-preview of what will be coming to America and the West if not stopped, warns Afrikaner exile Dr. Harry Booyens in this interview on Behind The Deep State with The New American magazine’s Alex Newman. Dr. Booyens, who wrote the book “AmaBhulu: The Birth and Death of the Second America,” traces the history of his own people, the Afrikaners, and South Africa more broadly. He exposes the subversive communist and Deep State forces that brought about a revolution in his country, and warns that the very same tactics are being deployed against America and the West.”
I have been watching people emigrate from South Africa to the USA since 1980. My Dad hired a chemical engineer who fled here. She continuously complained about how bad things were here in the USA versus South Africa: no free college education, no UBI (universal basic income aka forever unemployment), no free food, no free housing, etc. I have no idea where she is now.
“Some Clear Thinking on why World War III is NOT happening anytime soon”
https://www.schiffsovereign.com/podcast/some-clear-thinking-on-why-world-war-iii-is-not-happening-anytime-soon-152982/
“Read that again: in the wake of growing conflict in the Middle East, and even with the potential for US involvement, World War III is less likely.”
“In today’s podcast, I put on my old hat as an Army intelligence officer and discuss the Iranian order of battle, their weapons and defense systems, much of which, frankly, is derived from Chinese military technology.”
“Over the past several days, that Iranian-based Chinese military tech was obliterated—completely overwhelmed by Israel’s precision strikes.”
“And where did Israel get its technology from? Some of it is homegrown, of course, but the majority comes from the United States.”
“So the way I look at this Israel-Iran conflict is almost like a live-fire exercise or war game that models what a real conflict between the United States and China might look like.”
“And based on the results, it is not looking good for China—or Russia, for that matter.”
“It leads me to the conclusion that no adversary nation wants to risk an armed conflict with the United States right now, lest they too get obliterated by America’s F-35s.”
Apparently, even though one F-35 has been shot down in Iran, the F-35 is performing beautifully as a very stealthy attack airplane.
Israel is saying that they have taken out 45% of Iran’s ballistic missile launching facilities. Plus Israel has complete control of Iran’s air space.
Folks, this is war going on in the Middle East right now. And Israel is winning. And the world is watching and becoming fearful at our abilities.
An increased SALT deduction is a bailout for California and Illinois.
The fixed income portion of many retirement plans investment portfolios depend on keeping the plates spinning with regard to California real estate, and Illinois Governor JD Pritzker is making noise about running for President.
But RBI is 87% owned by 3G Capital, a private investment firm, originally Brazilian.
From wikipedia:
They have a portfolio of well-known companies, including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Tim Hortons, Firehouse Subs, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen), Hunter Douglas, Kraft Heinz, and Skechers.
The Afrikaners have serious weapons. The nuke rumors may or may not be true, but just one of the Afrikaner expat population I’ve met here makes a living doing customization work on AR15s. He has lots of like-minded friends in that community.
If you are an “NCIS” completest or simply a masochist who likes to endure suffering, the cast for this flick includes former “Solid Gold” dancer Chelsea Field, Scott Bakula’s wife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTG2PESRurY
“Friends” and Stage 8/9 era “Star Trek” also have representation in the cast. The former via Christina Pickles (!) and eventual TV daughter Courtney Cox. The latter through Robert Duncan McNeil
Billy Barty. Geesh, he goes back to “Bride of Frankenstein”, 50 years in Hollywood at that point.
Canon – A Golan/Globus extravaganza.
The Afrikaners have serious weapons. The nuke rumors may or may not be true, but just one of the Afrikaner expat population I’ve met here makes a living doing customization work on AR15s. He has lots of like-minded friends in that community.
The Afrikaners are outnumbered by at least 13 to 1. That in itself is a disaster.
“INEOS to cease phenol production at German site, cites high European energy costs and CO2 tax policy”
https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/ineos-to-cease-phenol-production-at-german-site-cites-high-european-energy-costs-and-co2-tax-policy/
“INEOS Phenol, the world’s largest producer of phenol and acetone, announced its intention to permanently stop production at their site in Gladbeck, Germany. Sky high European energy costs alongside Europe’s punitive CO2 tax policy have combined to leave Europe uncompetitive against imported Chinese production and a global oversupply.”
The German authorities did not think out their strategy whatsoever to remain competitive with other world businesses. They just dumped a bunch of taxes onto their constituents. This is called dictatorship.
You should be fine.
If you want local Zen 4 hardware to test with, I’ve been eyeing the Ryzen 5 8500G as a replacement for my home server CPU.
With the right motherboard, the 8500G TDP can be configured to run as low as 35 W.
My primary desktop runs a Ryzen 5 5600 Zen 3 architecture on a professional series Asus board, and the heat is barely noticeable at 65 W TDP.
@Nick
Brown.
H&I reduced the weekday schedule of Walker Texas Ranger to one episode several months ago and used it to intro two episodes of NCIS. (Unfortunately, they did not begin with the two-part JAG episode that was the pilot)
This afternoon they broadcast the final episode of Season 5 and followed it with the first episode of Season 1.
Maybe they’ll just learn to code.
“JAG” ran on H&I for a long time.
Amazon Prime cut a deal for streaming rights to the series with Paramount last year.
Backdoor pilots are always part of the parent series’ rights package.
Kharma catches up, however. Mark Harmon’s “240 Robert” backdoor pilot episode of “Emergency” would be lost to the mists of time were it not for the rights remaining with the parent show.
Maybe they’ll just learn to code.
<snicker>
My bad. The backdoor pilot was for “905 Wild”, a project run by NBC and Jack Webb.
“240 Robert” came later on ABC.
“’Big Beautiful Bill’ Scraps Al Capone-Era Tax On Sawed-Off Shotguns & Short-Barreled Rifles”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/big-beautiful-bill-scraps-al-capone-era-tax-sawed-shotguns-short-barreled-rifles
“On Monday, the Senate Finance Committee released the current text for the Reconciliation Bill, also known as the “Big Beautiful Bill.””
“In the text, Republican Senators have removed Short Barreled Rifles, Short Barreled Shotguns and “Any Other Weapons” (a catch-all term used to restrict other types of firearms not originally covered by the NFA) from the taxation, and therefore the entire tax scheme of the National Firearms Act (NFA).”
I do not know if the registration of these items will still be active. I hope not.
I hope this makes it into the final bill to Trump.
Every gun law is anti-Constitutional with a strict understanding of 2A. Most are racist or based on what Schneierer calls “movie plot threats.” I would like to see almost all removed immediately, but especially the big ones from ‘34, ’65, and ’85 iirc off the top of my head.
n