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Boy, did it get hot!

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Three days ago, I was still wearing my puffer coat.  Had to have the heat on indoors,  as it was really cold.

Today, right now, as we speak it is 87 degrees out there.

Needless to say, it feels more like 100.

New Jersey weather is always full of surprises, not all of them nice.

Every week Robert Knight (a columnist for the Washington Times, and a long-time friend of ours) sends me a copy of his weekly column.  This week he was discussing the issue of Maryland and Virginia becoming one-party states because of the gerrymandering of districts.  (Can you guess which party is behind that move)?  Bet you can.  You can check him out by just entering Robert Knight, Washington Times.  He is really interesting and well worth a read.

Another piece of bad news.  One of our House members is resigning because of sexual misconduct.  Our margin is not so big that we can afford that.

Is there Viagra in the water in Washington? Have they confused  it with fluoride?

I better quit now–the heat is making me grumpy.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

 

Well, today was sure the 13th, all right!

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I am not superstitious.  That being said, today really shaped up as the 13th.  Glad it wasn’t a Friday, too.

Somehow I managed to hurt both hands–yep, both of them  a twofer.

I wear a step counter in the vain hope that I will somehow, some way get out and walk.  The one I had was acting a little iffy, so I got a replacement a few weeks ago and decided to use it today.  It came in a plastic container (more like graphene) and I had a devil of a time trying to get it out.  That stuff was absolutely bulletproof.  I had to squeeze so hard with my kitchen shears (which can cut just about anything) that I made my right hand really sore.  Then when I tried to poke a hole in the little compartment that held .the lanyard for your neck, I stabbed the finger on my left hand.

I am now wearing the blanking thing, but will attempt nothing risky for the rest of the day.  Maybe I should eat my supper with a spoon.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Not Much Going On Today

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Took it easy today.

Did a lot of browsing on the internet, looking up various things.  Boy, can that ever eat up your time.  I found out that reheating certain foods is not a good idea.  I did not know that.  Some foods develop toxins  and bad chemicals on reheating.

Beautiful and sunny, but still cold.  It looks like springtime through the window, but when you go outside, it’s still pretty cold.  Still wearing my puffer coat.

Did not walk today.  My bad.

I could really use a hefty shot of ambition.I ordered a new little phone book as my old one completely disintegrated in my hand the other day.  The new ones have space for e mail addresses.  That shows how old the other one was.

Tomorrow will be busy, with errands to run.

That’s about it.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Got Her! Woman Who Dumped Puppies Caught and Arrested

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Got My Car Back

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Well, my car is back.

My wallet is somewhat lighter.

It seems that the A/C problem was due to a couple of small leaks.  Not major ones, and it should be good for awhile.  The mechanic did not feel a sense of urgency or impending doom about it.

The airbag was not looked into today, as the technician who handles that was not in today.  However, he said I can live without it if I want to.  My main fear was the darn thing deploying without warning.  He said that would not happen.  To tell the truth, I have been afraid of the airbag ever since I had it.  I am very small and where that plastic would hit would be right across my neck.  In fact when I got that car (brand new) I asked my mechanic if he could disarm the airbag.  He said  “Sure, if I want to lose my license and maybe go to jail.”

So I will be OK without it.

Going there did take quite a bit of time out of the day, so I will post more tomorrow.

See you later.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

Ignorant Noozie Blasts Electoral College REPRINT

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From August 31, 2019

He knows “democracy” must be in the Constitution somewhere

One of the ignorant fops on MSNBC the other night did the traditional Democrat thing, whining about the electoral college (https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/08/31/msnbcs-chris-hayes-if-the-electoral-college-wasnt-in-the-constitution-it-would-be-unconstitutional/). If it wasn’t in the Constitution, he babbled, why, it’d be unconstitutional!

Why? ‘Cause it undermines the principle of “one person, one vote.” And even worse, he prated–it undermines “democracy”.

What a dope. Hey, genius! The purpose of the electoral college is to protect our country from the hysterical excesses that always accompany democracy and usually destroy it. It’s also to protect 48 states from being dictated to be New York and California.  It has served these purposes very well, and God help us if we ever had to do without it.

He goes on and on about “democracy.” Our system of government is not a democracy, but a republic. But you have to pass high school civics to know that, and they don’t teach civics anymore.

Hint: Anything Democrats incessantly complain about and say isn’t fair… just about has to be good.

And that goes double for noozies.

Thinking Today

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Today I was thinking a lot about Lee and what he brought into my life.  This was started this afternoon when I went through a large manila envelope that had many cards that he wrote for me–birthdays, anniversaries, etc.  He was a terrific cartoonist, and the cards are full of the imaginary characters that he made up for my bedtime story–yes you heard that right.  Lee told me a bedtime story every night up until a few years ago.

He brought fun into my life.  Yep, fun.

It was like going from a life in black and white to a life in glorious technicolor.  All of a sudden there was so much fun!  Christmas, New Years , Halloween  Fourth of July, you name it.  We had the joys of every season.  I got more fun out of buying his Christmas presents, than I ever got buying anything for myself.

While I am very sad at the change in my life, I am also so very grateful to God for giving me so many wonderful years with him.  They couldn’t have been any better.

God bless everybody.

Patty

College Kiddies Too Upset to Take Exams REPRINT

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From November 11, 2016

In the wake of Donald Trump’s win over the Clinton crime family, collidge students throughout the land have pleaded with their professors to postpone the mid-term exams, the precious little pipsqueaks being much too emotionally traumatized to take exams; and more than just a few professors have been granting that request ( http://www.weeklystandard.com/schools-offer-counseling-professors-postpone-exams-after-trump-win/article/2005314 ). American University even provided students with a “vigil”–you know, like liberals have for multiple murderers who are about to get executed and oh, it’s so cruel and heartless! Gimme one of those candles…

Y’know, I think I’ve finally figured out what college is for, what role it plays in the life of America.

College is for storage.

Yup, that’s all it is–a really expensive and deceptive way to keep unemployable people off the streets and out of mischief, while giving the Left another four years–or more!–to turn the kiddies’ minds to mush. With an economy hamstrung by the government unable to generate jobs for everyone, we have millions of young people who need to be warehoused.

While keeping them out of the soup kitchens, college provides thousands and thousands of jobs for persons who would otherwise be completely useless. The lib/prog/Democrat dream of “universal free college” is already almost a tautology: virtually everybody who wants to go is already going. Of course, it ain’t “free.” It won’t be free until Dems are able to stick America’s defenseless working people with the tab.

But suddenly we’re not quite as defenseless as we used to be:

Because, by the mercy of God, the bad guys didn’t win this election and have lost their power to direct events.

Learn to love the sound of brainwashed college students howling in the night. It is the sound of victory.

Preposterous Lies REPRINT

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 From June 20, 2019

Why tell preposterous lies that no one but a total ignoramus would believe?

You know that roaring economy that has gone along with Donald Trump’s presidency, largely as the result of his actions? Well, t’other day goofy Joe Biden tweeted that that’s not the Trump economy–Trump’s just taking credit for the Obama-Biden economy.

Does he think we have amnesia? Like, we can’t remember Obama telling us that manufacturing jobs are never coming back, we’re stuck in the new stagnant normal–and snarkily demanding of Trump, “What’s he gonna do? Wave a magic wand?”

The flatlining of the economy during the eight miserable years of Obama-Biden has nothing to do, nothing at all, with the vibrant economy we’ve had so far with Donald Trump. When Obama and Biden were in office, did we ever hear them say, “Hang in there, it’s going to take our policies a little more time to work, but economic recovery is coming soon and it’ll be big”? Uh… no! Not until… now!

So what is the point of saying things which you know to be untrue–unless, of course, you suffer from delusions–and which your listeners know to be untrue? Are Democrats convinced that most people will believe them? Because they’re stupid? Because they pay no attention to current events? Because they can’t remember anything? Because they don’t have the sense that God gave a magazine rack? That these poor dopes so far outnumber ordinary intelligent, aware, sensible citizens that it’s a waste of time to talk to any audience but the dummies?

We mustn’t discount the possibility that as for many of our politicians, the truth just isn’t in them. I don’t believe Hillary Clinton, for just one of many examples, can tell the truth. About anything. On purpose. And meanwhile we have our colleges and looniversities teaching that there’s no such thing as the truth–only “your truth” and “my truth,” and whoever owns the keys to the jailhouse wins.

Some 2,400 years ago, Herodotus wrote that the Persians became a great nation because they taught their sons two things: to shoot the bow… and tell the truth.

I don’t believe anyone who’s not off his rocker will say the same for us.

I”ve noticed something–what do you think?

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One of the recurrent themes in Lee’s Bell Mountain books was the appearance (or should I say reappearance) of unique animals.  Perhaps they had been extinct, but whatever the reason, they  had never been seen by people before.

Ever since I started with this blog, some seven months ago, I have been doing a lot of internet research, looking for things of interest.  During that time I’ve come across many unusual animal stories–appearances of unusual animals–or the finding of species which had been thought extinct, or just plain new ones.

I am not talking about the AI slop that is all over the place, but real stories, with real animals.

Please don’t worry–I am not whipping out my tinfoil hat or anything like that, but these stories seem to be more common than they ever were.

The ancients called them prodigies.

I’m hoping for previews of the restoration.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty