Here’s a bunny playing with his Peter Rabbit stuffed toy. What do you suppose he thinks it is? Does it look like a rabbit to him? Why does he run all around the room with it? Inquiring minds want to know.
Year: 2024
Huff! Puff! Wheeze!
I feel you, bro…
I am out of gas!
Physical therapy. Go to the store. Write the Newswithviews column you forgot to write yesterday. Quick–five blog posts, please! Oh! And you have to finish a chapter of that book you’re writing.
It calls to mind my old newspaper reporter days. Always on the hot seat. Deadline for this, deadline for that–and oops, another story just came in that you have to write and edit and set type and paste onto the front page. You’ve got 20 minutes.
Anyway, it’s done. And now I must spring up to clean the cat’s litter boxes (she has two–eat your hearts out, other cats). Because it’s almost suppertime.
See you in a bit. I like to post those critter videos after I eat.
Killer Whales on the Warpath
Here’s one that got away… just barely.
What’s with the killer whales? Since 2020–you’re not gonna believe this–orcas have rammed “hundreds” of vessels, mostly yachts, sailboats, and fishing boats, in the waters off the straits of Gibraltar.
In the latest incident, the whales rammed and sank a 50-foot yacht (https://abc7ny.com/post/killer-whales-attack-sinks-50-foot-yacht-in-strait-of-gibraltar-near-spain-and-morocco/14820632/). The couple on board had to be rescued by an oil tanker. Their yacht sank.
Authorities have logged 700 hostile “interactions” between killer whales and boats.
No one knows why the whales are doing this. Most of those “interactions” seem to be the work of the same group of whales, led by an elderly female.
They haven’t eaten anybody. They just ram boats. Most disconcerting.
Is God trying to tell us something? I think He is.
Can You Believe He Said This?
Swim the Rio Grande–and get a job as a New York City lifeguard!
How the dickens do we wind up getting governed, ruled over, and dominated by the likes of SloJo Biden and New York Mayor Eric Adams?
Adams’ latest genius moment: Faced with a lifeguard shortage, Adams has suggested that “migrants”–they used to be illegal aliens–might be given work permits as lifeguards (https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/us-news/mayor-eric-adams-suggests-migrants-could-fill-nycs-lifeguard-shortage-because-theyre-excellent-swimmers/).
Why lifeguards?
Because “migrants” are, sez Adams, “excellent swimmers.” Like swimming across the Rio Grande to enter our country illegally and get free stuff.
Great Caesar’s ghost–can you imagine if George W. Bush had said this? Set up the guillotine!
And incidentally, “migrants” is a B.S. buzzword that is being misused. Somehow illegal aliens got turned into “migrants” when we weren’t looking. But in nature, “migration” is not a one-way trip. Think birds flying south for the winter. What do they do when winter’s over? When the seasons change, animals that migrate… migrate! They don’t just stay.
Ye gods, look at the characters who infest our government. How in the world did that happen?
‘Facebook: “Journalists (LOL) Now a Protected Class”‘ (2021)
Remember this? Facebook decided it was just too mean and bad to criticize… well, they’re calling ’em “journalists.” Free & Independent Democrat Far Left Nooze Media.
Notice, in the original post, I had to disguise my intent by displaying a picture of a puppy. Otherwise the Facebook robots would’ve censored me.
So… They can say anything they want about you, but you can’t criticize them. Unless they’re “conservative journalists”… if there’s any such thing.
By Request, ‘I Asked the Lord’
Hardly anybody here this morning. Ideal time for hymn requests!
Requested by Erlene, sung by Carroll Roberson: I Asked the Lord.
If you have a hymn you’d like to share, now’s the time to say so.
Bulldog Doesn’t Like King Kong
We were cut off from the internet all afternoon, we don’t know why; but now we’re back. Huzzah.
This bulldog had a promble with the tyrannosaurs in the movie, but when King Kong came on the scene, the dog just lost his cool. Well, anybody could’ve seen that coming. Giant gorilla–fooey.
Boy Scouts (?) in Hot Water
Adios, muchachos.
They wanted to be “more inclusive,” so the Boy Scouts changed their name to “Scouting America”and plunged themselves into hot water with an outraged public (https://revolver.news/2024/05/america-unleashes-on-woke-boy-scouts-intense-backlash-disgraced-group-tucks-tail-runs/).
When the Scouts announced their “rebranding” on X, the platform had to shut down because there were too many adverse comments to publish. Somehow the mantra, “to reflect inclusivity,” just wouldn’t wash. People saw it as a euphemism for “Woke Scouts.” Which, of course, it is.
Once upon a time “Boy Scout” was synonymous with uprightness, kindness, honesty and integrity. What a reputation Boy Scouts had! And now it looks like they have pissed it all away.
Can they go back to being just Boy Scouts? But it looks like that bird has flown the coop.
And so another revered American institution bites the dust, another human sacrifice to Far Left Crazy. Someone will have to create something that will take its place.
Obstacles, Obstacles!
I am trying to write a book: Ozias, Prince Enthroned, Part 2 of a trilogy. I had to shut it down for the winter. Now I want to get back to work on it–only to run into obstacles and impediments everywhere I turn.
Suddenly I’ve got three physical therapy sessions every week. The next day, I’m stiff and sore all over.
Previously scheduled doctors’ appointments.
Can’t seem to get a good night’s sleep. Worry, worry.
Now that’s funny! When I actually list these annoyances… well, they shrink. It ain’t that big a deal, I can handle it. If I had an upside-down exclamation mark, I could shout defiance in Spanish: “Alcaldes a mi!” (“Bring on your cops!” As in “I don’t care!”)
I depend on God to help me in my work; and so far He always has. My books are written in His service.
So let’s get to work already!
AI Has Learned to Lie
Haven’t these people ever seen Terminator?
They’re not alive, so robots can’t get tired, bored, or demoralized. Artificial Intelligence, AI for short, has developed yet another feature.
It tells lies. It “systematically induces false beliefs in others to accomplish some outcome other than the truth” (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/here-come-lying-ai-robots-study-alerts-that/).
We learn that one of these doohickeys, Meta CICERO, was developed to play Diplomacy. This is a game in which there’s no element of chance: you win by persuading other players to take actions that help you more than themselves. There’s also a lot of lying, bluffing, and threatening. Most strangely at all, players who tend to keep their word to other players usually wind up doing much better than the chronic liars.
I have played a lot of Diplomacy. I don’t like the idea of robots evolving into super Diplomacy geeks. Diplomacy is not a moral game.
Anyway, now we have AI that has learned to lie and cheat.
I would not like to plead a defense of this age on Judgment Day.