What’s not a secret is that Houston in Summer is HOT. H-O-T hot. Well, not as hot as some years but still hot. 100F and 80+ % RH is hot. And that’s what we’ve had, and are gonna have. Sunny too.
Spent yesterday doing pickups, mostly, but some household stuff too. Got back early enough to make dinner for the wife.
Today I’ve got a couple more pickups, and they are dispersed. Not disbursed, like I typed the first time. Although I guess technically someone might be disbursing my goods to me…
I need to decide if I’m headed to the BOL this weekend or if I’m just headed up before the rest of the family for the 4th. A couple of days won’t matter but a week will. So much to do though, and never enough time to do it.
‘Course that’s true at the BOL as well as here.
Easier to just say “STACK”.
But then you all know that.
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We’re having a relative heat wave this morning. For the first time this week, the outdoor temperature was not in the 50s when I opened up the chicken coop.
Definitely a wimp. Two hours working in the sun at a measly 25C, and I quit. Granted, the sun is intense here, and granted, I have no reason to hurry, but still… Wimps’R’Us.
Anyway, I got 3-4 meters of foundation for the stone wall dug out, the dirt sieved, and the rocks put back into the trench as a foundation. The soil here is incredibly rocky. By volume, somewhere around a third of the soil I dug out is rocks. Epochs of erosion in the mountains…
We are way behind on rainfall. The Spring showers usually come in April, but this year April was dry. It’s also hot, for us anyway. Of course, the news is all full of how record-breaking it is. Then you read an article on X, where someone went back to actual weather data, and – oh – 2018 was similar, 2003 was a lot hotter, and… Bottom line: it doesn’t happen often, but it’s really not unusual, either.
I am loathe to tell you that that is a dumb idea, but that is a dumb idea. What possible use can be found for the brain of a Democrat, a commie, a paedo, or an inbred invader? (Some category overlap may be observed.) Use them as intelligences to replace artificial intelligence? Nonsense! You might try to use them in training AIs, as a “don’t be like that” exemplar, but I have my doubts. Anyone who’s raised teens is aware of how little a bad example does to deter a developing mind from stupid behavior.
Sshhhhh! You’re ruining the narrative!
Lots of tiny voltages in series add up.
As long as the capability exists to take them out one by one, the mullahs will comply.
Vance probably has a manilla folder full of pictures taken from the cameras on the laser aiming systems on the aircraft.
“Here’s you in your breakfast nook early one morning, enjoying your ”Nut n Honeys’.”
“What? Another one on the potty? That’s three in the same night? Maybe you should see a doctor.”
The Air Force just demonstrated the same capability sending a message to the drug lords in Venezuela, a wake up call to the surviving Castro brother.
Here in North AL, we have had more rain than usual. Supposedly high pressure will settle in over the weekend and then we will get back to a normal south summer. 90+ temps and 80%+ humidity. Yay.
I will say I welcome the slow down in rainfall. I’ve been mowing twice a week. That is unacceptable!
The AI Future No One Wants to Talk About
It is an interesting essay, but misleadingly titled, because everything she said has already been said by someone else.
The first “end the cuban embargo” short showed up in my feed yesterday. Momentum will build.
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Hot and sunny this morning. Time for some coffee and food.
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86F in the shade and rising.
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It may also be dawning on people that someone may have dropped the ball somewhere and failed to execute in a way that will minimize the price increases yet to hit.
Downvoted by the troll? Funny video.
SCOTUS ruled tRump can end Temporary Protection for Haitians and Syrians. I don’t know why it took so long. Temporary isn’t forever, Obola.
I can’t wait to see what happens. How are 100,000’s of useless scum going to be rounded up and shipped out? PLT heads are already exploding.
I doubt the troll. I think it was our resident credulous knee-jerk leftist downvoter.
The troll would have made a snarky stupid comment and complained about the way the site is managed..
How are 100,000’s of useless scum going to be rounded up and shipped out?
That is the question. They won’t go voluntarily, and it is politically…difficult…to tie them up and carry them onto the plane.
Probably the best bet are military transports, because you can keep the press and protesers away. But you’re still going to have to forcefully deport them.
@Brad:
Be very, very, careful if this is a dry stacked wall. My older sister had one collapse and fall on her while out gardening one day and it broke her legs into something like 50 pieces, they actually flew an orthopedic surgeon specialist in from another state to help put it back together since it was so bad.
Why does Orlando have a Hatian consulate?
I wonder how many “refugees” live there whom the Dems planned to turn into loyal voters.
How are 100,000’s of useless scum going to be rounded up and shipped out?
That is the question. They won’t go voluntarily, and it is politically…difficult…to tie them up and carry them onto the plane.
Probably the best bet are military transports, because you can keep the press and protesers away. But you’re still going to have to forcefully deport them.
It is either that or trains full of box cars going into the Gulf of America. That is an easy decision to make when a bayonet is poking you in the back.
“Supreme Court Shoots Down Requiring Permission to Carry Handgun in Public Accommodations”
https://thelibertydaily.com/supreme-court-shoots-down-requiring-permission-carry-handgun/
“(The Daily Signal)—The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Hawaii law banning licensed permit holders from carrying concealed handguns in public accommodations, without the property owner’s authorization, violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.”
“Justic Samuel Alito wrote for the majority in the case of Wolford v. Lopez.”
“The ruling applies to private property open to the public, such as stores, restaurants, and gas stations, as well as other locations covered by public accommodation laws.”
“Plaintiffs argued that carrying a firearm is an “implied right” unless the property owner opposes it. They said Hawaii’s law flips that presumption and requires the property owner’s consent prior to accessing the property with a handgun.”
This is big, very big. It is a small step to State to State reciprocity from here.
“Supreme Court Shoots Down Requiring Permission to Carry Handgun in Public Accommodations”
https://thelibertydaily.com/supreme-court-shoots-down-requiring-permission-carry-handgun/
“(The Daily Signal)—The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Hawaii law banning licensed permit holders from carrying concealed handguns in public accommodations, without the property owner’s authorization, violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.”
I am not sure but I think that this shoots down the 30.06 law in Texas and the federal law forbidding guns in Post Offices.
Unfortunately, no. And probably a good thing, too.
30.06 is a property right. Owners of property have a legislated protection (however stupid it is) to prohibit concealed weapons under all 3 protections of the Texas gun laws. As a store owner, I can say “You can’t carry concealed with a permit, you can’t carry concealed with Constitutional Carry, and you can’t carry open.” That is my right to assert.
What they ruled is that property owners have to affirmatively assert that right, and the default protection to gun owners is “on”, rather than “off”. In public spaces. Hawaii legislated the default to “off”.
The stupid part is that criminals don’t care. Responsible, sane, sober, moral, prudent people like me are no threat, and we’re the only ones who honor the stupid signs.
I’d love to see efforts to enforce liability on property owners who disarm their customers. You disarmed me; you have a responsibility to protect me. Some trans Democrat comes in and shoots the place up, that’s on you. You removed my right to self defense.
About the Post Offices, and all federal properties, I’d love to see that overturned. Military bases, courthouses, police stations, maybe some limits. Some. Jails, for sure. Mass transit? It should be criminal to stop us from carrying. There’s Democrats out there, and they want to kill you!
DHS Sec. Mullin Puts Rep. DeLauro in Her PLACE
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/06/25/de-lauro-mullin-n2429623
Is that Kppl=Aid in her hair or Magic Marker?
Idiot harridan gets called out for hypocrisy: Biden loses 450,000 kids and it’s crickets from Blue Hair, but DHS separates 3700 kids and it’s a crisis.
Don’t mess with the pipehitters.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/ted-lieu-baselessly-suggests-trump-is-receiving-experimental-drug-for-terminal-disease/
Pipehitters. We got ’em.
Trump’s USPS Drops the Hammer — Blue States Hiding Voter Data Will Get Zero Mail-In Ballots
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/06/25/trumps-usps-drops-the-hammer-blue-states-hiding-voter-data-will-get-zero-mail-in-ballots-n2203721
The Democrats will waste no time finding a black-robed dictator to issue an order otherwise.
This may be the one worthy of POTUS telling them to pound sand, as issuing mail-in ballots to an unverified list is a violation of his oath of office and as the executive of the federal government he will not do so.
I may have to hunt down and injure the next YT posseur who talks about a woodworking “hack” or a construction “hack”. In my defense I will claim that I thought “hack” was a plea to have a chopsaw inserted in their backside. (Dewalt with 60V Flexvolt, switch locked on)
I’m going to assume the downvote meant:
In other words, the downvote means I wasn’t strong enough in supporting gun owners. I’ll try harder.
* The actual list of targets is too long to post. It goes from Supreme Court justices to people with Trump signs in their yard, and all the way back to Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.
Unfortunately, no. And probably a good thing, too.
30.06 is a property right. Owners of property have a legislated protection (however stupid it is) to prohibit concealed weapons under all 3 protections of the Texas gun laws. As a store owner, I can say “You can’t carry concealed with a permit, you can’t carry concealed with Constitutional Carry, and you can’t carry open.” That is my right to assert.
What they ruled is that property owners have to affirmatively assert that right, and the default protection to gun owners is “on”, rather than “off”. In public spaces. Hawaii legislated the default to “off”.
Barrett agrees with you. From
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-strikes-hawaii-gun-restriction/
“Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote a concurring opinion, joined in part by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, in which she pushed back against Jackson’s insistence that property law, rather than the Second Amendment, is at the core of the dispute. She contended that Jackson’s argument “misunderstands the role of historical evidence in a Second Amendment challenge.” For purposes of determining whether the Second Amendment is implicated at all, Barrett wrote, it does not matter “that a property owner has the right to exclude anyone who wishes to enter her property with firearms. No one doubts that all property owners in Hawaii could bar the carry of arms on their respective premises, if they wanted to.” But, Barrett continued, “the Second Amendment does not apply to private parties. It does apply to the States. And when a State enacts a property law that regulates arms-bearing conduct, that law implicates the Second Amendment.””
“Dealing With Islamic Extremism: How The Soviets Did It”
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/dealing-with-islamic-extremism-how-the-soviets-did-it/
“Obviously, the U.S. would never adopt the Soviet approach. However, what the Soviet’s response reveals is that in any negotiations with Iran, there can be no quarter.”
“At a time U.S. negotiators should have been playing hardball with the mullahs, they played softball. When we needed a team of “Rambos” to negotiate, we were given a team of “Pee Wee Hermans.” The absence of toughness by the U.S. was taken by the mullahs as a major weakness to be exploited.”
“If we turn our clocks back four decades, we can see that one non-Muslim country—the former Soviet Union—proved successful in showing the world how to negotiate with Muslim terrorists of the mullahs’ ilk.”
“On September 30, 1986, four Soviet diplomats were kidnapped by unknown terrorists in West Beirut, Lebanon. The terrorist group responsible did not immediately acknowledge responsibility, leaving Moscow to speculate as to the motivation for the kidnapping. But the Soviets realized time was not on their side and the longer they remained indecisive, the more likely their diplomats would not survive. Additionally, they knew the importance of coming up with a plan of action that would discourage future actions against their diplomats.”
“Accordingly, they identified a key Muslim fundamentalist leader in Beirut (there was a long list from which to choose) and moved quickly to locate his family. Abducting a male member of that family, they had him castrated, immediately sending the severed testicles to the terrorist leader. While the leader did not know whether his victimized relative had been shot in the head and killed before or after the castration, the message was clear—more mutilations would follow unless the Soviet diplomats were released.”
“Three of the diplomats were quickly released alive and unharmed; the body of the fourth—who had been killed two days after the kidnapping—was released as well. Responsibility for the kidnapping was later attributed to the Islamic Liberation Organization, which had been hoping to pressure Moscow to force Syria to end an offensive operation it had undertaken against Muslim fundamentalists in Tripoli. But the group—as well as other Muslim extremists who might have been thinking about kidnapping Soviet diplomats—was taught a lesson in brutality never to be forgotten.”
On the Ooma, 911 works. I called the sheriff’s office. 756 8080, None of the options sounded right so I pressed 0 for the operator. Who transferred me to Dispatch.
The nice lady there said, no problem, call 911. “I won’t get in trouble for a non-emergency call?” No. I called 911.
No. I don’t have an emergency. I just got a phone that plugs into my Starlink internet connection and I just want to know if you have my address? Just i case I have to call? Assuming I can each the phone, of course. Yep. They have my address and my name.
Cool. Very cool.
Today will be 10 seconds of sunlight shorter than yesterday, 14 hours and 2 minutes.
I called Ooma. The cell phone app requires Android 11 and up. Google Play doesn’t say that, just “not compatible with my phone”. No, the old version is not available.
Well. Ok. I’ll make sure my next phone is newer than Android 8. But I replaced the battery a couple of months ago so it’s going to be a couple of years.
Only 14:02 of sun? Haha, lame. We, being in the blessed North, have 15:19 according to weather.com. A little more than that because of elevation (the terrain drops off eastward of the house and is roughly level to the northwest), but also considerably less because of trees blocking the early-morning sun year-round and the late-evening sun in the Summer.
Win-Ping “Ted” Lieu. Number One Taiwanese Son.
Lawyer, not doctor. He shame of family.
Putting together an order for the river.
Posting this:
https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-Battery-Charger-Included-DCF787D1/dp/B0BV17VLYG?tag=ttgnet-20
so I can get the suffix that credits the site.
Then I can append it to each item.
The only problem with that is that now we see what you ordered. Security/privacy fail!
For future reference, use this link instead:
https://www.amazon.com/Naughty-Inflatable-Sheep-Backdoor-Pleasure/dp/B00N39DJO4?tag=ttgnet-20
“But the group—as well as other Muslim extremists who might have been thinking about kidnapping Soviet diplomats—was taught a lesson in brutality never to be forgotten.””
There are several lessons here. The Soviets/Russians are certainly capable of initiating brutality, but in this case it was a response to an act that of brutality that clearly showed that the Islamics rejected the rules of civilization. The response was not merely in kind, it was a refusal to be subjected to asymmetrical warfare while continuing to play by civilized rules.
The trap in the Geneva Conventions for civilized nations is a commitment to continue being civilized when the opponents are not. We got suckered in agreeing to such b.s., and it was the Soviets and the other commies that did the suckering. That clause should have been rejected and a couple others should have been heavily modified–we’ve been paying the price ever since.
@SteveF
“The only problem with that is that now we see what you ordered. Security/privacy fail!”
Perhaps, but not so much of an indiscretion as posting the attachments.
Thanks Steve – I share my Amz account with W1 and D1. Now to explain what I was looking at.
not really If either notice I’ll just show the perverse people I read on line
I am accustomed to being blamed for everything!
One of the benefits, if you want to call it that, of being married for most of my adult life.
I hate buying a new car. Unfortunately, the vehicle I want, the 2026 Grand Highlander Platinum, is in such short supply that MSRP is all the dealer is willing to offer the vehicle. No negotiation room. I may try to get the carpeted floor mats tossed in for the deal. That may be a small victory. And based on my research, and multiple searches, what the dealer is saying is true. There are vehicles that I am wanting in a 300-mile radius. The one I have a deposit on will not be ready for at least 30 more days.
the federal law forbidding guns in Post Offices.
– remember that this was a bad law, (fairly) recently enacted, in response to a POSTAL EMPLOYEE shooting people. There is no reason to honor any precedent set by this POS law. It banned carry by people who DIDN’T DO the shooting, because they could. And extending it to the parking lot is extra bad as it effectively bans carry during your entire trip to and from the PO.
ALL gun laws that restrict ownership or use are un-Constitutional. ALL OF THEM. The founders were perfectly capable of writing in exceptions and conditions where they wanted them, and they didn’t.
yes, that means felons can have guns. Yes, crazy and divorcing people too. Even wife beaters. you have to accept the negatives with the positives because the 2A is absolute. And there has to be swift justice available too, almost any crime of any real seriousness was a capital offense at the time.
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Did my pickups. Drove all over town and then ended up at my shop. Spent a few hours scrapping stuff, and moving stuff to make room for the last of the stuff in my storage unit. I can’t keep paying that just because I won’t take the time to properly stack the stuff in the shop. I’m thinking I’ll stay home this weekend, working mainly on getting out of my storage unit, and then head up to the BOL earlier than the rest of the family to get the place ready for the 4th.
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Hit one estate sale because it was a block from my other pickup. Bought one corelle bowl. The place was picked over and it was only ½ way thru the first day. Prices must have been low, low, low.
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Soaked with sweat from the shop. Drank a bottle of water and I’m still behind.
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– Bolded the most incredible parts of the listing…
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Preaching to the choir my friend.
I had a thought to send a txt to folks in my contacts about the new phone number. Nah.
Case by case as they call.
Couple of friends work at AMZ warehouse. Crazy stories of what people buy – no need to slink into the adult store now.
The sheep is of course a great gag but I’m sure some kink for a few.
Frat hazing event.
Fancy Lads.
True in the moral sense, and also for judges everywhere who honor the Constitution.
Not, unfortunately, true for those of us who’d like to stay out of federal prison. It’s a felony.
Also applies to ALL federal property outside of federal parks, which have their own queer regulations. For instance, technically, if I want to go to Bear Creek Park in West Harris County, I can’t bring a handgun along. Not even locked in a safe in my truck. Not even if I stay outside the whole time and don’t go into any facilities. All because it’s a Corps of Engineers Reservoir.
And then I called my brother. From my cell. Told him to call back. So Ooma can catch his phone number. “Wireless Caller”. No way to change the name. Copy the number and create a new contact on the Ooma site.
I suppose it will sync in a while.
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/06/25/phoenix-mercury-mocks-caitlin-clark-after-players-maul-caitlin-clark-and-throat-punch-her-n2429614
I’ve advocated many times that Clark declare her contract in breach and her health at risk and go play in Italy. On the way out the door she should file multiple lawsuits, including a cease and desist to stop sales of her jersey.
Charter flights came in after Clark and will go out soon after she leaves. Then it would be interesting to see how long the NBA is willing to subsidize the WNBA after attendance tanks. They’re a bunch of stupid sh*theads, too–there have been very few speaking up about Clark being assaulted on the court.
Downvoted by the troll? Funny video.
We have more than one troll.
Also applies to ALL federal property outside of federal parks, which have their own queer regulations. For instance, technically, if I want to go to Bear Creek Park in West Harris County, I can’t bring a handgun along. Not even locked in a safe in my truck. Not even if I stay outside the whole time and don’t go into any facilities. All because it’s a Corps of Engineers Reservoir.
I wonder how the old outdoor American Shooting Centers in Barker Reservoir manages to stay open then since that is a Army Corps Of Engineers reservoir also.
https://americanshootingcenters.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker_Reservoir
They DID write in conditions. You just choose to ignore them. Tell me, what “well regulated militia” did this ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY below to? The Committee Against Bedtime?
https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-clayton-dietz-11-shot-killed-father-douglas-perry-co/69998062
Speaking of trolls…
Supreme Court already decide it was a general right, not dependent on membership in any organization.
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And, argument by emotional appeal is like masturbating. You might feel better, but it doesn’t mean anything to anyone else.
Kid shot his father. Stupid. Criminal. Probably the result of some bad decisions on the part of the whole family going back a couple of generations. NOTHING to do with a right to own and use firearms.
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WGAL. Hearst.
Not great, but not Tegna/Nexstar either.
I think I’ll shower and head to bed. I had a snack already, and it’s too late to sit out…
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