On Planes & Change

 

Hate didn't get them anywhere

so the Demos are trying spite.

Having seen their best efforts to steal another election foiled, the Democrat party, mostly in the form of Chuckie Schumer, is doing everything it can to give the incoming Administration a much harder row to hoe.

The worst is the nonsense taking place in what passes for foreign policy. The body double in Brazil wouldn't even acknowledge the press. Undoubtedly, because they were sure to ask what the Hell his masters thought they were doing giving American missiles to the corrupt regime in Ukraine and then giving them permission to fire them into Russian territory.

As one might imagine, Vladimir Putin is more than a little perturbed about this (and I'll bet you thought you'd never side with a Russian dictator). He's rattling the expected saber, approving lowering the criteria for a Russian nucular strike on the US. Our crack National Security Council of Winken, Blinken, and Nod saw no reason to change US criteria.

Add to that the hoohah earlier this year over the Demos wanting to bring back the draft, not only for all those patriotic Lefties in man buns, but for all those wxmyn with shaved heads, blue bracelets, Handmaid's Tale garb, and general psychopathy. Yes, kids, your kids, all of them, may soon be singing something like, "Good Bye, Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama", or something that rhymes with Kharkov.

I'm wondering if a march on DC with the aim of taking and holding the halls of Congress until 1/20/25 might be needed. I mean the 1st Amendment is back with us.

If not, there might be more than a tiny elf and 8 tiny reindeer coming over the Pole this Christmas.

On Legacies, Making America Fun Again & The Joy of Dancing

 

I couldn't get the video to load that first shows Tim Walz carrying on and gesticulating about his inability and unwillingness to forgive "those other guys" for "trying to steal the JOY from this country" before it launches into a "hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right" moment, followed by a collection of clips celebrating the joy of The Dance. 

It's here at:   https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1858394199999062349

For a sense of inner dance, there's also this by Scott Pinsker on The Sad Demise of Nancy Pelosi:

"She was so close!

Your legacy is a tricky thing. More often than not, timing is everything: Had Bill Cosby died 20 years ago, chances are his legacy would’ve been vastly different. (Of course, the all-time worst historical legacy belongs to Moctezuma II, a.k.a. Montezuma. He probably wanted to be known as a “Great” king, a la that Alexander kid from Macedonia… but instead, his name became synonymous with traveler’s diarrhea. I’m 99.5% positive that’s NOT how he wanted to be remembered.) All Nancy had to do was stick the landing.

But Nancy Pelosi didn’t just whiff the mark — she cost her party control of the House, the Senate, the White House, the Supreme Court, and even the popular vote!

And now, her legacy is finished."

On Buzzing & Stroking

 

On Many Moods & Recriminations

 

On Different Perspectives & Visual Awareness

 

On Media Gaslighting & Voter ID

Imagine the size of the sweep if those two factors weren't in play!    

My old arithmetic teacher, if he's still alive, would swoon if he saw this

I did some math on the '20 election and the numbers come out interesting.

There were 258 million Americans of voting age in '20 and 168 million registered to vote in '20*. That pretty much dovetails with the rule of thumb in American politics that says 2/3 of those eligible are registered and, on Election Day (President, of course), turnout is ~50%.

Now, the number of votes by which the Demos fell short this year is between 15 and 18 million. So subtract 18 (why not?) from Idiot's 81 million and you get 63 million. Which doesn't add up if Pew's 66% turnout is accurate. More to the point, to get 155 million votes total, you'd need ~90% turnout.

If Trump got 74 million and 2/3 of 168 is ~112 million, it means Brandon only gets ~38 million. So where did the other 25 million go? One answer may be all those voting machines flipping R votes. We know it was an issue.

Even better, since turnout is usually 50 - 55%, half of 168 means 84 million votes in '20, giving the lying dogfaced pony soldier only 10 million (which makes a lot more sense if you look at the county map).

Maybe it's time to make vote fraud a Federal crime**.

And a capital one.

* There are differentiations between voting age and voting eligible populations in some searches. In '20, the voting eligible population was 239 million and the number of registered voters was 160 (still comes out to 2/3) , but, do the math, and it's clear, even with 2/3 turnout, total is 107 million, so Brandon only got 32 million. That makes it 50 million off. To get 155 million votes would mean turnout of 97%!

**  XIV Amendment - No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; XV Amendment - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

On Bombs Away & Peace/Piece of Mind

 

Saw this on Insty

 

True in so many ways. One of the members of The Blonde's sorority died a few weeks back and I always remember the 50th birthday party they threw her with all the sisters getting up and dancing to "We Are Family".

Same with the election. Suddenly we have brothers and sisters and friends we never knew we had. I don't usually say stuff like this, but I feel so honored to have been an even infinitesimal part of it all.

On Hearing, Seeing, & Deciding What to Do

 

New post, old times

A friend of a friend rehomed her cat to my house - she is my new old cat.

MamaM's post has inspired me to write a post that I have been thinking about for a while. This blog has been part of my life for longer than I can remember and I have encountered some remarkable folks here.

First and foremost, the late, great Chip Ahoy. He has been gone for years now but his work, both here and IRL, sticks with me. He was as creative and productive a human as I have ever encountered. When his brother posthumously posted links to works Chip had not posted here I was blown away - what a wide range of interests and what a remarkable set of skills he had. I am sure he is greatly missed by everyone who knew him.

Next, of course, The Trooper - now there is a guy who has been shouldering a mighty load here. He needs to pop up and post more of his writing, and I am sure he will in his own good time. I want to know how some of those stories turn out!

The other day I read about two new super heavy elements - 119 and 120 - ununennium and unbinilium respectively. I would have named the latter unobtainium, but that name is already taken. That story reminded me of our resident chemist and grammar genius, Chicklit. I miss his writing and I hope he is doing well with his new venture and in his new location. Every time I saw some aromatic White Oak or apply some Waterlox to a finished product I am reminded of him. 

Evi L. Bloggerlady, the floofy red cow who got his name from the sobriquet that Trooper applied to a certain communist blogger still comments and blogs. He's a funny guy. 

Various commenters here have popped up on other sites - I used to see RicPic's comments over at Instapundit, but I haven't seen his name over there in a year. Michael Haz still shows up occasionally, which is good. The woman from Colorado who is now known as Hunter'sHooker still comments over there - she's pretty funny. 

Others have disappeared into the ether of the internet. TT Burnett - gone. The woodworker up in Maine, no trace of him. 

And so it goes with life. 

One of my classmates just returned from a visit to Minnesota and she brought me some wild rice that is produced up in Bemidji - guess what I am having for supper!

*Update - I forgot to mention that I have now met two people associated with this blog in real life - as you might imagine, they are awesome people. Carry on!

On Sole Searching & Shout Outs

 

A special shout-out to the One Who Set Up This Blog & the Mostly Quiet One who keeps it running.  I'm grateful for both.  Also deeply appreciative of the cartoonists whose Art & Insights helped me keep faith.  Having the opportunity to look for and freely post material that allowed me to express what I was experiencing, was key in making it through the last four years of Deceit, Challenge, Peculiarity & Wonderment.   I'm also thankful for the One Commenter & Sometimes Poster who faithfully finds something to add to the mix, along with the many silent 1's & 2's who stop by to take a look.  It's been quite a run, with much to celebrate as we enter into another era of Resolve & Restructure, Challenge & Change!

Hopefully, the last (for a while)

OK, Trump has his 312 electoral votes, which includes no less than 8 states flipped. All things being equal, an impressive win.

But things might have been better. Jason Meister, Trump's polling guru, thought he'd hit between 308 and (are you ready?) 400 electoral votes. Insane, you say? Well, when you consider he came very close in Jersey and pretty close in, of all places, IL, it may not have been so crazy, after all.

For a laugh, I made a list of states the Trump campaign thought doable and, yeah, it would have made 400.

NY - 28

NJ - 14

NH - 4

ME - 4

NM - 5

CO - 10

VA - 13

MN - 10