Hot and clear, it’s what I’m hoping for anyway. Well, not as hot, but definitely clear. The national forecast still shows the Houston area and north as possible thunderstorms. I’m counting on the very local nature of our weather to rain on someone else’s parade.
Yesterday I did some auction stuff, then went out to get my pickups done. Took a few hours and a lot of driving but I filled the bed of the pickup truck. Most of the stuff was for the BOL, with the rest split between household and kids. I unloaded the stuff staying in Houston, but just tarped the truck and went to bed rather than finish loading up and driving late at night. W and the kids did head up.
Today I’ll do a last couple of things here, then finish loading up, and head out. I’ve got patriotic decorations to put up, and a lawn to mow. The 4th is a big holiday on the lake, with a boat parade and a really good fireworks show. Lots of people come up for the long weekend. And a lot of them end up on the water near my dock because it’s a good place to watch the fireworks from. That’s a bit of extra motivation for me to decorate, not that I need much motivation.
It’s all part of fitting into the community and becoming a welcome and valued member. And I enjoy the unabashed patriotism.
Stack up some freedom. And improve your relationships.
nick
I despise the Kelly show.
On the Thursday after the election, the big San Antonio IHeartRadio show fired their long-time afternoon drive time host and replaced him with Jesse Kelly’s national feed.
“Thanks for the ratings, Joe, but this is still San Antonio. And …”
I can tolerate Cutie Pie in small doses, but my radio goes off at 5PM when Kelly comes on.
Something is up with IHeartRadio.
Well, beyond Bankruptcy.
if there is a person here who lied on their immigration papers and their naturalization papers
Dunno how it is there, but here it is quite common for asylum seekers to show up without any identity papers. They give a name, an age (unter 18, if they think they can get away with it), and some story. In fact, it’s pretty well known that they had their papers until shortly before entering Europe, and then deliberately destroyed them. Of course, proving that they made up an identity and lied about their age is difficult.
Meanwhile, some Swiss swimming pools are now closed to anyone without Swiss citizenship or a long-term Swiss residency permit. That is specifically aimed at border crossers from France (a lot of Middle-Eastern/Northern-African folk who have been banned from their local pools). I assume it also excludes our local asylum seekers.
If it’s not clear, the reason for the ban is because these guys grope the women and children, and start fights with anyone who tries to stop them.
Oh, meanwhile, Germany has posters telling people not to grope. Really effective, I’m sure. Like this one – notice who is groping whom.
Something is up with mail out of Austin and/or Amex
I sent my wife’s Amex payment on 6/18, the day before the Juneteenth Federal Holiday.
Amex reported receiving payment in Dallas two days ago, Tuesday, 7/1, the due date, at 10 PM CDT.
My wife had just logged in to make the online payment to avoid penalties when she saw an email arrive indicating the check was processed.
I sent my Amex due on 7/14 yesterday, trying to put a full business week between mailing and due date.. We’ll see what happens since I’m a lower class citizen in the eyes of the company and the check has to go to Carol Stream, IL.
For four years under the Vegetable-in-Chief, the policy was “Y’all come!”
Paperwork was an interesting suggestion but not strictly necessary to get released into the country with a court date.
“”The Ford moves in mysterious ways””
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-ford-moves-in-mysterious-ways.html
“That was the observation of a commenter at Zero Hedge, playing on the Biblical phrase “The Lord moves in mysterious ways”, following the news that a deacon had run over a wannabe church shooter with his Ford F-150 pickup. A volunteer security guard then emptied his handgun into the shooter, killing him. Station WXYZ Detroit reports:”
“Q: “What caliber do yo recommend for a mass shooter?” A: “F150.””
Works for me ! Shift into 4hi for better traction.
Whether you shoot them or run them over, make sure they’re dead or you will risk getting sued.
The problem with using an F150 is the aluminum body work gets pricey.
Stock up…
https://parade.com/food/girl-scout-cookie-smores-toast-yay-flavors-discontinued-after-2025-season
https://youtu.be/Ye8mB6VsUHw?si=jk0LXs6wKnYdJUZ8
There are several HEB house brand cookies that are pretty indestinguishable from GS and a lot cheaper. This year we didn’t push cookie sales, as the troop is winding down. Our troops use the money for camping.
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93F and sunny. I have some things to do, then I’ll head out.
n
The Old Guard 2: OK movie:
Two pages of hand wringing to get to “meh, not that different.”
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2022/mar/is-a-turkey-burger-really-healthier-than-a-beef-burger/
And several mentions of the danger of carbs.
Finally some sense is starting to percolate thru the societal consciousness.
n
Soooprise! Turkey and soy patties are highly processed foods.
My guess is that the story was a commissioned piece. The beef industry wants that health-obsessed demographic back as the price of their product drifts higher.
Cookie season was over months ago.
I’m throwing away expired 2025 cookies when I find them.
Whether they’re good or not past that date, tossing expired products is one way I keep the hoarding compulsions of the other members of the household under control.
Right now, we are down to two boxes with 9/1/2025 dates. I just tossed two boxes marked 6/1/2025.
If I give an inch, we’d live like on one of those episodes of “Hoarders”.
“Shift into 4hi for better traction.”
Alternate fwd and rev until crunching stops.
Cookies reaching the best by/expiration date is a concept totally alien to me, and may indicate the pod people are replacing humans again.
June Jobs Report Leaves Professional Economic Forecasters Looking Pretty Silly
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/07/03/june-job-report-leaves-professional-economic-forecasters-looking-pretty-silly-n2191196
Not a top priority, but I hope it is on someone’s list to investigate who was doing the tampering with the numbers, outing any Biden officials involved, shitte-canning any government employees involved, and prosecuting both for tampering with official government statistics.
RIP Michael Madsen.
@greg, YOU MONSTER!!!!11!!!11
They are good for a year past best by, no problem.
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Thunder, spatters of rain, and I’m headed out. Everything in the back of the truck can tolerate a bit of water.
n
“ Everything in the back of the truck can tolerate a bit of water.”
OH NOES! THE RAIN BUCKET GODS HAVE BEEN AWAKED!!!
Bill passed.
Democrats screwed, blued, tattooed, and unhinged.
Time for burgers, beer, and fireworks.
Happy 4th of July to ALL!
I tested the Trefoils before I put them in the trash can. They were done.
Budd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4L9Yi-lXbo
Tarantino has one movie left, and I’m betting it is The Death of [Beep].
SALT deduction raised to $40,000 in the final “Big Beautiful Bill”.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/03/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-salt-deduction.html
>>Two pages of hand wringing to get to “meh, not that different.”
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2022/mar/is-a-turkey-burger-really-healthier-than-a-beef-burger/
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/fwAS/progressive-work-thing
Two pages of hand wringing to get to “meh, not that different.”
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2022/mar/is-a-turkey-burger-really-healthier-than-a-beef-burger/
And several mentions of the danger of carbs.
Finally some sense is starting to percolate thru the societal consciousness.
n
I figure that half of the USA population will be on Ozempic in five years.
Or, the utopians will succeed at killing off all of our farms and ranches and we all starve anyway.
Or maybe we will get the magic tapeworm from the AI movie.
Did you read all the dietician’s lies in that article?
I’m not blaming Houston Methodist for this; it’s endemic to their profession. Though I’ve reached the point where if HM told me the sky was blue I’d break out the color charts.
The colorectal cancer lie.
The saturated fat lie.
The bacon is bad lie. And also cheese and mayo.
The recomendation of limiting beef to 12 to 18 ounces PER WEEK.
They said don’t worry about the bun, but the breadcrumbs in your ground turkey could be bad.
Who uses 93% lean beef? Fat is flavor.
I think I met the dietician they quoted when I was in the Houston Methodist Weight Management program (as a patient). If not, it was one just like her. Useless.
Until they teach that carbs are actually bad, and unnecessary, and the cause of many people’s health problems, they’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.
“RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets On Tucker… And Surprises Everyone On Trump”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-unloads-disturbing-vaccine-secrets-tucker-and-surprises-everyone-trump
“”He revealed that the health agency buried a 1999 internal study led by researcher Thomas Verstraten, which showed an alarming 1135% increase in autism risk from the hepatitis B vaccine.”
“Kennedy said the researchers were “shocked” by the findings.”
“So what did they do? They covered it up, according to Kennedy.”
“They got rid of all the older children essentially and just had younger children who are too young to be diagnosed [with autism].””
Bill passed.
Democrats screwed, blued, tattooed, and unhinged.
Time for burgers, beer, and fireworks.
Happy 4th of July to ALL!
Hey, at least the blank blanks did something.
Because Texas…
https://www.jalopnik.com/1901761/big-beautiful-bill-steal-space-shuttle-smithsonian/
“Pentagon: Iran nuclear program set back ‘closer to 2 years’ following U.S. strikes”
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/pentagon-iran-nuclear-program-set-back-closer-to-2-years-following-u-s-strikes/
Wait, we did not bomb these assholes back into the stone age ?
Bomb them again ! Do it now !
“The 10x “overlemployed” engineer”
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-overlemployed-engineer
“A software engineer worked at several AI startups at the same time, without his employers knowing anything about it. Then one frustrated founder who hired him went public…”
Unbelievable.
When Space Center Houston builds a decent shelter for their Saturn V, we can talk about moving a Shuttle down there.
Trump made the point that the US could put a B-2 anywhere deep inside Iran at will.
Rule 125.
Trump made the point that the US could put a B-2 anywhere deep inside Iran at will.
Rule 125.
Make it again. Iran did not get the message. They are still shooting ballistic missiles into Israel.
https://www.jalopnik.com/1901761/big-beautiful-bill-steal-space-shuttle-smithsonian/
Okay kids, raise your hand if you can point out any differences…
The shuttle, on the runway, is 122 feet long, 57 feet tall, and 78 feet wide.
The average interstate highway lane is 12 feet wide. Most interstates are 2×2 outside of major cities. The code-minimum interstate overpass height is 16 feet, the national average is only 20.
Do they still have the 7×7 with the hardpoints to fly the shuttle around?
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n
There are some people doing some practice shots with fireworks.
I don’t think I’m going to sit on the dock tonight, I feel wiped out after all that time driving. (did I mention it took 5 hours instead of around 2? And rained the whole time?)
I think I’ll shower, and read for a bit, then get to sleep.
n
Well, darn. I’m not following American politics with a lot of detail, but I was hoping the BBB would go down the drain. Trump said “there’s something in it for everyone”, and that is exactly the problem with these huge omnibus bills: pork stashed in every corner. For example, I do follow space stuff, and SLS remains fully funded, even though literally everyone in the space arena knows that it is a useless, outdated boondoggle.
I guess those last for R holdouts got their share of pork too…
Happy Birthday USA and best wishes to my US-American friends and relatives!
Timezones for the win 🙂