Supposed to be clear. Probably warm too. Nice in other words, if possibly too humid. Because that’s starting up again. It’s almost spring, I can feel it. Certainly we might be in false spring… I’ll take it for now.
Did some stuff yesterday but not as much as I’d hoped. Moved some stuff. Sorted some stuff. Watched my blood sugar move around. But I also kinda took it easy. By the time I realized I needed to take some meds last night, it was too late. I could have taken them but then wouldn’t have been in good shape to get the kids out the door. And after shirking that for 2 days, I was ready. So I was pretty sore yesterday. Crawling around in an attic, banging my head, shoulders, knees, and toes left me feeling stiff and sore. Plus my hands are covered in cuts and scrapes, like I was digging around in a barrel of broken glass. Cold air and banging stuff did me in.
So I didn’t get to my shop or the recycle yard, but I did get loaded up. Kinda ready for today.
My main task today though is getting my passport application in. I’ve got an appointment this afternoon, and need to get my photos, just in case their machine isn’t working, and copies of ID and birth certificate… which I can’t do at home because I trashed my scanner and printer. Fractal.
Anyway, I’ll be doing stuff today. Maybe some pickups while I’m out, maybe some drop offs at the shop, or a trash run, but certainly a scrap run. And I’ll be a supplicant to the state for the right to move freely… I hate that.
Stack stuff. Learn stuff. And keep your eyes open.
nick
Thursday. I slept late. How nice.
Odd about sleeping late; I woke up with a craving for some Rice Crispies. I think I will have to go and get some…
Nick, for your fractals: I bought a not-expensive Brother all-in-one printer/scanner/copier (it’s even a fax! Anybody remember those?) for the BOL, and am very happy with it. I simply attached it to the network with a cable and everything in the house can print on it. The Linux boxen could use it as-is. I think the Windoze machines wanted drivers I downloaded from Brother. Dunno what W1 did with her Macs, but she can print too. I believe it is also WiFi capable. I can look up the exact model, if you’re interested.
Thanks, Norman! I am afraid I might have found a new money sink – historical knives.
Is this your “Thames” knife?
I’ve used and recommended Brother multi-function machines for years.
The U.S.A. Has health data laws that mandate fax for data security. Handy to have.
Weather forecaster this morning says west Texad may get their earliest 100F+ day on record. Stay hydrated.
@denis, yup, that’s the one, comes with a really nice leather scabbard to.
Law for Hillbilly, not for Number One Daughter.
Once she’s a citizen, the whole family will show up.
Granted, the Tribune is more of a weed smoking club than a “news” organization, but Crockett leading Talarico by double digits is good news for Texas Republicans hoping to keep the Senate seat.
The Bush cabal pulled out the attack ads on Paxton last night on the local Sinclair station. Even the P. Diddly handlers are starting to worry about Talarico ever since the Dems started floating the idea of running him for President in 2028.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/25/texas-senate-poll-crockett-talarico-university-of-texas-paxton-cornyn-hunt-2026/
Once again, for those of you unfamiliar with Texas, the Tribune is not Austin’s “paper of record”. That duty falls on the Gannett-owned Austin-American Statesman. The Texas Tribune is a media “think tank” funded by a tech billionare.
Aaaah. Rice Crispies. Snap, Crackle and Pop!
Nothing wrong with breakfast foods at 1.30 pm. Nothing at all.
Weird craving, though. What if I’m pregnant?
I wonder if it’s because of allergy season. Have I been pollinated? There are visible clouds of tree spooge drifting around. Yuck. My nose is stuffy and my eyes itchy.
I had a look at the grass. It is growing fast. I switched on the robot mower, so it might have a fighting chance of managing the first cut without my having to get out the petrol mower and sneeze my way through the job.
Getting lighter every morning…
I’m up, with a small cup of coffee. More later but I’m trying to slow down and space out – – my caffeine intake.
Kids got their initial round of poking. D2 might be tired today. She was up talking with friends when I went to bed after 1am. She went to bed shortly after that, but that’s still late on a school night.
Looking at my chart for last night, the first bowl of potato chips is clearly there, and then the second bowl makes an even bigger peak, but maybe because I was asleep the curve is softer, not pointed at the top, and goes a bit higher. It did keep me from dropping too low and triggering an alarm. Or maybe I just didn’t sleep on that arm all night. Lot less jitter in last night’s line than normal for this sensor. Two more days until a new sensor on the other arm, and we get to see if there is a difference. Fun with science.
Time for the second round of poking.
n
Serendipity.
We had no rice crispies, so I went to get some. Surpringly, our local Lidl had none (is the craving a pandemic?), but they did have nice sets of synthetic sharpening stones on special offer. A 400/800 and a 1000/6000 grit, each with a nice bamboo and rubber tray/holder, for 5 bucks each.
Hard to beat that. I hope they are real abrasive, not just coloured concrete, but we’ll see.
How handy is that, when I just bought two knives that will need sharpening? Sometimes the universe just aligns itself nicely.
Not that I didn’t already have sharpening stones, but stones are in the same category as all other tools: he who dies with the most, wins!
69F and moderately heavy overcast. Wind is still blowing too, so not a super pleasant day so far.
n
I’m trying to do that too, but it’s slow work.
@denis, slow and steady wins the race. Sometimes. If your opponent is arrogant and dumb.
n
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nancy-guthrie-suspects-digital-blackout-may-key-case-says-expert-who-probed-kohberger-phone
As Nick has said many times, a lack of tracking data can be as bad as tracking data.
Irregular habits are a good thing.
Leave the phone at home on the charger the next time you run errands.
Leavenworth is too good for this pos:
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/26/former-us-air-force-major-arrested-for-training-chinese-military-pilots-n2199588
Stake him out in public so we can line up to piss on him.
asparagus and coffee plus penicillin piss.
n
Honey and fire ants…
Tada!!! I copied my FF profile to Mint. Then I edited the profile name in “profiles.ini . Easy.
Honey costs too much. Simple syrup will work. Almost any generic red ants will do. Ever been bit by a Harvester Ant? Hurts. A lot.
Simple Syrup has the added advantage of “you don’t have to pour it on cold”.
I swapped the RAM. The Win11 box wasn’t happy. Rather, BIOS wasn’t happy to be missing half of the RAM. It took a couple of tries to get BIOS happy and then the machine booted.
The Mint box. Same thing with BIOS. Then Mint took a few re-boots to find the Ethernet. And the settings for the monitor.
Seems to be working fine.
What a Disgrace: 10 FBI Agents Get the Axe After Revelation That Bureau Spied on Patel, Wiles
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/26/what-a-disgrace-10-fbi-agents-get-the-axe-after-revelation-that-bureau-spied-on-patel-wiles-n2199589
Biden Justice Department Funneled $18 Million to Fani Willis
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/02/26/biden-justice-department-funneled-18-million-to-fani-willis-n3812310
How about we eliminate the statue of limitations for federal employees, or at least delay the start for ten years?
Note that continuance of conspiracies keeps the clock from starting under current law. The DOJ should get real aggressive about using that feature, to the extent of arguing that a single phone call between conspirators, regardless of any discussion, is sufficient to reset the clock. Garland, Wray and their thugs worked mighty hard to keep things secret. Patel and the Trump DOJ need to go after everyone they can as hard as possible, and get the rats to roll over on the bigger rats.
It would help if Bill and Hillary were found dead on a park bench of “natural causes”, just in case anyone had any concerns.
Are bullet holes in the back of the head considered natural causes? How about an icepick sticking out of the left ear?
The statute of limitations for federal charges of conspiracy is five years, but the timer doesn’t start until after the last act in favor of the conspiracy. Denial of knowledge of corruption by oneself or another agent would count as an act. Annual surveys of all FBI employees and retirees concerning knowledge of any illegal acts would keep the option of charging open indefinitely.
DHS Arrested a Columbia Student in Her Dorm
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/02/26/dhs-arrested-a-columbia-student-from-her-dorm-n3812322
Get out your waders and b.s. umbrella until the facts on this one come out.
“Elmina Aghayeva”. Now that’s a Starwars name.
Biden Justice Department Funneled $18 Million to Fani Willis
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/02/26/biden-justice-department-funneled-18-million-to-fani-willis-n3812310
How about we eliminate the statue of limitations for federal employees or at least delay the start for ten years?
Just tell the rest of the socalled justice department that their raises went to Fani. I am sure that they will understand.
T-bird is being annoying. Open a new e-mail, read and delete. It opens the next message. NO. Don’t do that. Just close the message window.
I sort the Inbox from oldest down to newest.
This T-bird 140.8 is not the T-bird 2.00xx I’m use to. Used to. ?
Opening a new message and it’s always in the upper left corner of the screen, that’s the OS. I think. I liked the Windows way where “message goes here”. Like, more towards the center of the screen.
Gritch gritch gritch.
I’d find a reason to complain if naked on a yacht and surrounded by hot naked chicks feeding me peeled grapes and the redhead has too many freckles. 🙂
Maybe a few more updates and re-boots will smooth stuff out. Maybe not.
To clarify, Do close the message window when I get to the end of the list. DO NOT go to the next un-read message in the Inbox or another another folder.
Un-read messages in other folders, uh, that’s why have mail filters! I’ll read that stuff later.
If one doesn’t feel like taking the time to make simple syrup, use pancake syrup. It’s already thick and I remember ads saying “if you like hot syrup, remove the cap and microwave the bottle until hot”.
Yeah, cheap off-brand syrup nuked until hot.
It’s a time vs money thing.
About conspiracies…
I heard a new internet-winning term today: Coincidence theorist. Referring to someone who insists that obvious conspiracies are actually just coincidences.
The latest DM headline says Manfukstiki met with tRump, and tRump is going to order her released.
Sources and Manfukstiki say…
cBS is reporting she’s already been released. They say the reason is that ICE lied to get into the dorm, saying they were NYPD.
Something is rotten at Columbia. Why isn’t this headline news everywhere: “ICE fucks up again!”
The mayor and gov are saying she was abducted from her “private residence”. She’s been here 10 years as a student living in the dorm? WTAF!
Well, the local ABC station has footage that the crimmigrant is out. Her lawyer is asking for a restraining order against ICE. The lawyer is now going to Federal court to “have her case worked through due process”.
Her VISA was terminated 10 years ago, and she did nothing. She’s had her due process.
This has to stop. Where is my icepick?
Columbia is a private school. The qualifications to live in the residence halls are set by the administration.
If Columbia is a “private” school they can forego the billions in student loans that support it and the rest of the “private” schools.
My guess is that any kind of an invesigation would show that this particular toxic leech is sucking up state and federal tax dollars at a rate that would make a ghetto kid trying to fund college an avowed commie. But that’s a good part of the reason, isn’t it?
Trump should have handed them a tissue–not a real Kleenex, but a cheap generic–and told them that ten f***ing years is enough.
“They purposefully deceived campus housing/security to gain entry to the student’s apartment. ”
Boo-hoo. Columbia would not only refuse to cooperate in any way, they would actively obstruct.
The only thing wrong with the plan was that it didn’t have her on a plane out of the country within an hour.
Suggestion: Offer bounties to American citizens for gathering up illegals and delivering them to ICE/CBP.
Just think how much fun the “peaceful protesters” will have, when they have to wonder which of 300M citizens they need to keep an eye on and blow whistles about and “totally legally” follow as they drive around.
I’ll one-up your suggestion.
Bring back the concept of “outlaw”.
Literally, designating certain persons as being outside the protection of the law.
It will be permissible to kill, maim, rob, persecute in any way such a designated person. They have no protection under the law.
The gentle implementation is for people with no legal visa who have committed additional violent felonies. The extreme version is all people who are here illegally. Plus all citizen murderers who have not served their sentences.
It will be an affirmative defense to murder charges if, by preponderance of evidence, you executed a murderer.
Then make it legal to offer bounties on these people.
Took almost 400 pounds of scrap to the recycle. Only got $100 as most was just steel. The rest was mostly batteries and aluminum. Still that is a truck bed full out of my driveway.
Can’t even tell.
Passport appointment went well. Except they really only take a check or money order, and I misread the instructions. I had the $200 in my “emergency” fund in the folds of my wallet so I went across the street and bought a money order from the sketchymart.
Now I need to replenish the emergency hundo in the depths of the wallet.
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Time to make some dinner too.
n
Co-Founder of SCOTUS Blog Convicted of Tax and Mortgage Fraud
Failure to report millions of dollars in poker winning since 2016.
Wow. Netflix is dropping their takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount wins, by default.
I’m rich! Rich, I tell you.
Ok, in actuality, the difference is a half-months groceries. And I can finally wash my hands of the WBD stock I never purchased; it was a spinoff off AT&T stock purchased decades ago.
RealClear Politics Is Right: The Climate Hoax Is a Massive Financial Scam
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/02/26/realclear-politics-is-right-the-climate-hoax-is-a-massive-financial-scam/
Perfectly obvious to any unbiased person that looked into the science and math.
Which means that the people running professional societies, formerly respected journals, university professors, and all matter of others with the intellect and the tools to recognize the fraud were complicit. The simplest and most satisfying consequence would be to round them up and ship them to a deserted mid-latitude island (looking for cold winter and cold nights three seasons out of four) where they can live with no fossil fuels.
The ChiComs have the sadz that the most successful political sabotage operation in history is sputtering to an end. Having big celebration party, though.
“Only got $100 as most was just steel. The rest was mostly batteries and aluminum.”
Funny how the price per pound of scrap metals is a fraction of what it was twenty years ago. Almost like there was a conspiracy to get curbside recycling implemented across the USA, then screw us. My trash bill definitely shows the “screw us” part.
Covered your gas. Better than the nothing you’d get otherwise.
I’ve caught flack because I save my cans. Crushed. But even at 25 cents a pound… better than nothing.
I just discovered that alt-0168. for example, does not work for the cent symbol. It’s an OS thing. I’ll figure it out.
I’ll trade for my Versant shares.
At least with WBD you have a piece of “Harry Potter”, DC, and the animation vault.
Plus “Friends”, which is still so huge overseas that the set and merchandise store have been moved to the paid part of the Warner Studio Tour.
How did Warner not make any money?
The only upside of AT&T owning WB was the shuttering of the CNN Center, sending everyone back to the Old Plantation House at the legacy Turner Techwood campus.
Plugs melted down at Techwood.
The guys running the trash trucks here have mentioned that there’s really no point to recycling. Styrofoam: not wanted at all. Cardboard: basically useless. Misc plastic packaging: basically useless because most of it is contaminated by food, tape, paint, etc. Misc electronic waste: worth processing but not enough of it to bother. Metal: barely worth processing. If not for government mandates, the garbage/trash companies wouldn’t have the separate cans.
(Full disclosure: this was assembled over years from about five employees of three trash companies, probably augmented by what I’ve read online. I’m not sure who said what.)
well, duh
well, duh. And don’t forget politicians.
The last time we were in Atlanta, I also noticed that the legacy Bell South building had a non-phone company logo now.
The Death Star ordered everyone out of Florida, Georgia, and, IIRC, Illinois.
My old division in Tampa voted unanimously to tell the management that they were not moving.
Everyone got a year working for Cap Gemini.
The crazy thing is that the Death Star has to keep the lease on the building in Tampa, just across from the Yuc’s traning facility and stadium complex. The legacy IBM node on the Internet is on the roof and can’t easily move.
WRT scrap prices, a couple of years ago steel was 1c per pound and they were only buying 1 ton lots. 5c/lb isn’t bad, but it’s less than the 8c it was bringing not that long ago. Lead batteries, 23c, and motor/transformer at 40c.
I figure I made $50 per hour for my time breaking down and sorting. That’s good money in any economy.
n
added 62c for aluminum, cast, sheet, or extrusion, although they did want it separated.
n
Sending mail has been slow. No wait, it’s receiving mail that has been slow.
We use to chat via e-mail and it was like using mIRC. Instant. Ten or 15 folks and doing CC to all.
So I tried to send an e-mail just now. Nope. I looked. I had four “profiles” things. That makes sense. I guess. They all looked the same. Win98 then XP then Win7 then Win11. Just copying the profile over… and over…. etc.
I deleted all but one. I had to enter my password. Message delivered instantly as usual. Received in 15 seconds. Not received 15 to 20 minutes later.
Yeah. Lots of clutter over here. Years and years of stuff since Win3.11.
Now to figure how to do the alt codes for cents and such. Because I like to use the cents and thorn and a couple of others.
Ford recalls 4.4 million pickups and sports cars over terrifying glitch that could cause fatal collisions
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15595793/ford-recall-glitch-fatal-collisions-cars.html
Software issue keeps the brake lights from coming on. So no direct connection between the actuator, and the light, and this is a good thing? No. It’s the result of weight saving driven by CAFE rules.
n
Anyway. I’m griping about stuff not working the way it did. But I’ve gone a huge jump past Win95 to XP to Win7 to Win11. I have like 30 years of habits to change.
I’m liking Mint. Very much. So much to explore and learn. Yeah, I get it. I think. Mint is a shell of sort for dummies on top of Ubuntu. I’m totally cool with this.
T-Bird, though, is being a turd. Might find a fix for annoys me. Might not.
Time for the bedtime potty walk. Though, they seem uninterested by all of the snoring I hear.
Silly dogs.
Anyway. Is there a setting to make the Menu larger? The Start Menu. It’s black with white text and hard to read. That’s my eyes. But, uh, it’s like pica size 6 font on my monitor. Yeah, I know, google it.
“The guys running the trash trucks here have mentioned that there’s really no point to recycling. Styrofoam: not wanted at all. Cardboard: basically useless. Misc plastic packaging: basically useless because most of it is contaminated by food, tape, paint, etc. Misc electronic waste: worth processing but not enough of it to bother. Metal: barely worth processing. If not for government mandates, the garbage/trash companies wouldn’t have the separate cans.”
Newspapers used to be a true recyclable–newspapers have <10% of the physical print runs that they had 20 years ago.
Other paper is all commingled and no worth separating.
Cardboard was recycled, first in the U.S., then shipped to China. But our citizens insisted on their right o throw greasy pizza boxes in the trash, and ruined that market.
Steel cans are declining, replaced by plastic. Same for aluminum cans. Aluminum is the recycling star, but no profitable enough to carry the rest.
Plastic recycling is a joke–ask anyone with a teeshirt or –God forbid–carpeting.
Glass recycling is a joke. There are mountains of crushed glass looking for a home. One colored beer bottle in a load of clear glass is enough to destroy the any value–the rw materials are cheap, and the cost is in the energy to melt and form.
Electronics used to have enough gold to be profitable to recycle, but that window is also gone.
Cities that have waste-to-energy garbage burners should direct all the cardboard, paper and plastics into clean combustion. They could cut back 50-75% on recycling pickups.
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/26/fbi-spying-scandal-on-wiles-and-patel-scandal-gets-even-worse-with-new-revelations-about-who-was-recorded-n2199626
I would move to another state if I could get a seat on the jury for Wiles’ lawsuit against her attorney. The malpractice insurer should be checking their policy right closely.
In the meantime I expect that the applicable state bar will get a paper storm of ethics complaints and demands for disbarment.
Glass recycling… what do they make fiberglass insulation with? If with glass, a brown bottle or dozen shouldn’t matter.
I have no idea about what I’m talking about.
Glass recycling, don’t they mix the crushed glass into the asphalt? In some places?
Anyway,
“Cities that have waste-to-energy garbage burners should direct all the cardboard, paper and plastics into clean combustion.”
Actually, run all of the trash through the burner system. Every bit. Then sift the solids from the ashes. Much much less stuff going to the dump.
Florida. Wiles is one of DeSantis’ circle of advisors.
Someone’s career is over. Florida isn’t going Dem again for a generation.
I posted a link not too long ago about Houston’s recycling piling up because the contractor doesn’t want it. So we’re essentially single stream even with the two color cans.
When I was in china I was stunned by the level of recycling. Every scrap gets collected.
n
When you can’t attack the facts, attack the witness.
Ghislaine Maxwell reeks of BO and rarely showers behind bars, despite having easy access to showers, former cellmate says
A prison inmate formerly housed with Ghislaine Maxwell revealed that the convicted sex trafficker’s body odor and personal hygiene irritated other lags in their lockup.
n
The only thing flat earthers have to fear, is sphere itself.
I survived the road trip with Mom in my ancient 2008 Highlander. It does ride a lot smoother than my 2019 F-150 lifted 4×4. But I missed my biturbo V6 as the naturally aspirated V6 in the Highlander is nice but not the same.
My F-150 just hit 61K miles. I may be chipping it soon.
Carnet. Two wires to every lamp, window, door lock, seat control, seat heat, seat cool, seat massage (yes, I have that), A/C controls; power and signal. The button sends a signal to the computer, the computer sends a signal to the module, the module responds. I have seen the amount of traffic traveling through the vehicle. It is a lot of data.
When I had the firmware in my prior F-150 done, the tech found fault codes in the computer for the seats having been removed and the sliding rear window replaced.
The fault is in the trailer control module. I pull a trailer. My vehicle is affected.
I am diligent in putting out my recycling, even though I know it’s really a single stream in the end. Habit, mostly, I guess.
I do separate aluminum cans and bag them and leave them at the curb very early the day before pickup. Somebody will come along and snag them. It’s real cash money, but I’d have to save a few month’s worth to pay for my gas to the recycler.
Back in about 1990, before they had formal recycling of trash in Madison County, IL (the 3rd* most corrupt county in Illinois), there was discussion about implementing recycling. The trash haulers proposed what’s called a “dirty MRF”, and were willing to build it. Basically, all trash goes into the Materials Reclamation Facility, runs through a processor, and 90% of recyclables get sorted out. You only need single stream at the collection point, which saves homeowner and drivers labor. You only need fuel for one pass of the trash trucks.
The Sierra Club, bless their rancid little hearts, sued to stop it. Nothing less than 100%, dual stream, mandated by law separation by the homeowner, would do. They stopped the MRF.
Everyone I knew just threw their recyclables into the normal trash. Too much trouble.
So instead of a 90% solution, they got 0%, for most people.
* In any other state, Madison County would be in the running for “Most corrupt”. Illinois is a tough environment, having Cook, St. Clair, and Madison counties in it.
“Glass recycling… what do they make fiberglass insulation with? If with glass, a brown bottle or dozen shouldn’t matter. ”
“Glass recycling, don’t they mix the crushed glass into the asphalt? In some places? ”
The biggest problem with recycling glass is that it is a low-value material replacing low-value raw materials (primarily sand). It is not economical to ship any distance.
Fiberglass production requires very consistent raw materials. Production facilities are located to minimize transportation distances.
Glass can be substituted for some aggregate with the right processing, but the expense generally exceeds the utility of the substitution and the size of the waste stream is orders of magnitude smaller than the natural aggregate demand. About the same problems with using rubber from tire recycling, but without the improvement in asphalt properties.
There is one recycled glass waste stream that could be worthwhile–blue glass. Just pick the blue glass out by hand and throw it in a pile. After enough years you might have enough to sell.
Maxwell is making choices to keep her virginity intact.
zealots and true believers will never settle for less. And that’s why the left is in trouble, as you can never be left enough.
n
The Deep State Strikes
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/02/the-deep-state-strikes.php
Arrest and threaten to prosecute under the Espionage Act, moving to deny bail as a flight risk. Squeeze until their nuts pop–first canary gets out after ten.
Is Billary on that park bench, yet?
My modest proposal garnered 2 downvotes.
That’s ok; I have others. I need to search my archives. I believe I have a document actually titled “A Modest Proposal”.
[Homan] also invited the Pope to allow unlimited immigration into Vatican City and see how that works out for them:
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2026748499740573840
Ask Pope Leo how many illegal Catholic immigrants he wants us to send him–and how many illegal Muslim immigrants.
LA School Superintendent Raid Update: He’s an “Undocumented Immigrant” and He’s Being Investigated for Stealing School Funds
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418671
Looks like a good Catholic. Maybe Leo will take him?
This is the kind of stupid shite the local medical industry is sending out.
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2020/mar/crawfish-boils-healthy-or-unhealthy/
Right off the bat, nonsense… 3 oz serving. I order 3 POUNDS just for me when I get mudbugs. You don’t eat most of it, but it’s far more than 3 oz…
Then, predictably, DIETARY CHOLESTEROL. Not actually shown to have any effect on blood serum cholesterol levels, except by some sketchy studies. Unless someone here knows of some actual science? It’s like fat making you fat. NOPE.
Then, because they just can’t help themselves…
Eat one potato, and one partial corn cob. You are there to eat the dang bugs, not veg. And CERTAINLY NOT to add mushrooms, green beans or bell peppers. Make your own damn food, but that shite isn’t in a crawfish boil.
Then the bane of the middle aged man, based on more sketchy studies, this time in Britain, but now taken as gospel…
You’re not drinking it like soup. You don’t get anywhere near the amount of salt in your body that goes into the pot.
But even then, the biggest problem the article talks about with salt is bloating, and recommends drinking EXTRA water to deal with your water retention. Now salt has never been a problem for me or my family, but does drinking more water when you are retaining water make sense?
It may be an overshare but if I eat too much salt it isn’t my kidneys and urine alone moving it out of my body. I can smell it.
and of course the ‘could’ weasel word. It also could turn you into a fairy princess.
And the final killjoy, limit your alcohol intake.
The email newsletter also has articles like “Protein is everywhere now, are we overdoing it?” FFS.
n
Why is climate change a scam? Here’s 266,000 reasons:
Weirdly, A City Full Of Insane Actual Communists Is Experiencing A Financial Crisis
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/26/weirdly-a-city-full-of-insane-actual-communists-is-experiencing-a-financial-crisis/
BA Architecture Woodbury University.
Wouldn’t know a mass and energy balance from a bathroom scale.
Check his passport.
Ancel Keyes deserves to rot in Hell.
What’s weird about that, is that up until about 1950, he was a GD hero. He led the effort to develop rations that kept the US armed forces fed, that kept the civilian population of conquered nations alive, and that didn’t waste our limited food stock in the process.
Then he decided that fat was icky and caused heart disease, and fabricated data to prove that. And the medical community bought into it hook, line, and sinker and stuck us with 50 years of fake, wrong, incorrect, and stupid science.
I think it was someone else who made up the “salt is bad for you” thing. And someone else who made up the “too much protein kills your kidneys” thing. Both of which are fake and wrong.
Dr. Atkins was ten times the doctor compared to Keyes.
“Foreign Trucker Spotted Barreling Down a Missouri Highway Going the Wrong Way Into Oncoming Traffic”
https://rumble.com/v76bpxy-foreign-trucker-spotted-barreling-down-a-missouri-highway-going-the-wrong-w.html
Wow, that is scary.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
Wow. Netflix is dropping their takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount wins, by default.
I’m rich! Rich, I tell you.
Ok, in actuality, the difference is a half-months groceries. And I can finally wash my hands of the WBD stock I never purchased; it was a spinoff off AT&T stock purchased decades ago.
“Paramount Skydance Wins the Battle for Warner Bros. Discovery as David Ellison Makes Huge Move”
https://economiccollapse.report/paramount-skydance-wins-the-battle-for-warner-bros-discovery-as-david-ellison-remakes-the-media-landscape/
“Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison — son of Trump ally and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison — sweetened its offer multiple times, ultimately raising its bid 63% from its original September proposal to secure the deal.”
Dad’s money.
I found my “Modest Proposal” document, dated June 2025.
It’s slightly different from my proposal above. But related in spirit.
The gist is this. The FedGov leaves the definition of, and prosecution and punishment of murder to the states, with some questionable exceptions. The difference state-to-state is usually relatively minor, having different degrees due to circumstances and planning and forethought, and ranging from manslaughter to recklessness to premeditated murder. Each state has its own definitions of justifiable homicide, such as self-defense, defense of others, fleeing felons, arsonists. These vary widely in things like castle doctrine, requirement to retreat, and so forth.
So there is nothing I can see that would prohibit a state like Texas to redefine justifiable homicide to include as “fleeing felons who are a danger to the general population” as those who have demonstrated to be scofflaws who are present in the US illegally and have committed felonies while being illegally present.
A few good ol’ boys could go hunting for a few days, and suddenly self-deportation would become a very appealing option.
Cyborg stuff-
I think I’ve figured out that if I delay additional sugar intake until the sensor shows my glucose level moving downward, it won’t add to the total and in some cases doesn’t even cause an increase of its own.
I had ham with sweet potatoes and brown sugar, and corn for dinner. The sweet potatoes and brown sugar caused my level to rise to 155 over the next hour. Once it peaked and was dropping, I had a bowl of ice cream and whipped cream on top. My sugar continued to drop to my normal level of around 90-100. No second peak. The slopes were a bit steeper than normal and the whole blip was about 2 hours wide instead of the three that I often see. I didn’t get sleepy either, although that might have been down to sitting out with a tiny little fire and a book after 10pm, although that was an hour after my level returned to normal…
Being able to see the actual level change, and the rate of change (slope of the line) is very helpful and interesting.
I’ll switch to a new sensor tomorrow, and go back to my right arm. It will be interesting to see if the jitter subsides and if I stop having the lows while I’m sleeping.
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Speaking of sleeping, time for a shower and bed.
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