summer patriot, winter soldier

civil war? seems more probable than not, to my way of thinking.

the demo's just get crazier every damned day, and to my mind, they push the society closer to civil war every day.

so, i've been reading up on the american civil war, and military battle tactics.  hint:  it is way more complicated than you might imagine, and the american civil war was light years ahead from being merely a glorified brawl.   as shelby foote reminded us in the ken burns documentary, 26 battles larger than waterloo were waged between the union and the confederacy in a little over 4 years, and countless lesser battles involving thousands.

so, i would suggest you read up on the topic a bit, because if civil war does come, it will involve far more than taking a couple pot shots at some idiot neighbors, and it will be far more protracted and bloody than any of us can conceive.  just ask the iraqi's and the syrian's.

just sayin'.

john jay @ 10.01.2019

p.s.   i suppose it really doesn't have to be said, but, do not surrender your weapons, under the "guise" of "gun control."   not under any circumstance.   and, especially as conflict looks more probable.   kapish?

 

it's official .... the democrats have nothing to offer anyone except illegal aliens, transgenders and those who are social deviants ....

the democrats have convened "impeachment proceedings" in the house of representatives, thereby confirming that they have no significant contributions to offer the nation prior to the 2020 elections ....  the sole motivation being to have the servile media sully trump's name with every slur and slander they can come up with, real or imagined, it makes no difference.

the house of representative comprised of leftist demos, and just plain silly-assed nitwits elected by silly-assed nitwits, likely will return articles of impeachment, which of course will be roundly rejected by the senate.   it is all as predictable as the morning sunrise.

what purpose will have been served?   well, nothing purposeful will come of it, ... , except the demos believe that by showing a "fighting spirit" to "their base," they will prevail in the 2020 elections.  i, on the other hand, believe that they will demonstrate only that they are lying duplicitous bastards interested only in staying in office, and willing to betray the whole of the nation to serve the illegals that will vote for them, and to demonstrate solidarity with transgenders and social deviants.

the rest of us, of course, can go take a hike and/or jump off a short pier into a roiling ocean, so long as we pay our taxes and remain more or less obediently subservient to "our social betters," and "intellectual superiors," who comprehend public defecation in the streets and on the side walks far better than the rest of us.  (the more fastidious among them poop under the bushes, and not on top of them.) this is the crowd, after all, that flocked to studio 54 in the old days to watch public fist fucking & fornication, and to be seen by the rest of the swells and perverts.  same crowd.  same people.  same morals, or, more precisely, lack thereof.

same aims.  to rule, as aristocrats have always done. the same alley cat morals, and disdain for those who do have morals and values, and provide for their families and offspring.  you know, the bourgeois.

so, you unwashed, you unenlightened, you deplorable-types, gird your loins and grind your teeth against the silliness, ... , but, keep your eye on the real contest, the 2020 elections.   this is the real object of the show.

show up for the elections.   vote.  contribute your money and your effort.   take your place on the great mandela, and if you loose, you loose only your life (as you have known it.)

john jay @ 09.25.2019

stirring chicken guts, (with a wooden spoon?) ....

ah, prognostication.  in days of yore, those interested in the future examined chicken guts with a view of reading the future, apparently not concerned that so doing did not auger well for the chickens involved.  seems to me to have been a questionable process, inevitably influenced by the manner in which the guts were arrayed for exam.

well, the practice is not totally abandoned.

the other day i read a learned tome in which the author presaged a downturn in the general economy (prognostication) by looking at the downturn in the sales of heavy duty over the road trucks (chicken guts.)   well, not exactly stupid, as trucks do haul an enormous percentage of goods bought and sold to market, ... , the economy and truck sales could very well be intimately related. 'tis possible.

but, maybe not exactly determinative.--

long haul trucks are built for the, ahem, long haul.  barring accident, the frame and suspension should last about forever with proper upkeep, and the engines, if not abused can be kept in service for many miles indeed with periodic repair.   at some point, the increase in the cost of new tractors & trucks can become prohibitively expensive, and the relative in-expense of repair and proper maintenance becomes a very attractive alternative.

the state of california, and other like-minded socialist regimes has made the contrast between buying new and fixing used, even more extreme, and i would expect may be contributing greatly to the the fall off in new truck sales.   the reason, is of course, grounded in the rather draconian means implemented to make trucks more environmentally friendly, and to prevent pollution.  changes in engines, and the need to add ridiculous additives to run a truck in california, coupled with the need for computers and sensors and the like to enable the motor to run at all with all the crap that goes into california diesel, adds significantly to cost, and repair of brand new equipment.

it used to be that when you bought a brand new diesel truck it ran.   that is not the case now, as many new trucks won't run at all until a whole lot of work and expense is dedicated to the damn things to get them to run reliably on the crap that gets fed to them.  on the road breakdown and the need for repair only adds to the misery of the present day trucker, as perishable loads often end up rotted moosh as the truck is made to run.

now buy an old truck, with an old engine.  a little splash of paint, some new bushings and springs for the suspension, some new brakes, shoes and tires, and a rebuild for the motor and you have a truck that will run like a sewing machine, and for one hell of a lot less money than the purchase of a new rig.   and, the thing will run reliably, just like the day it came off the assembly line 20 years ago.  a new truck/tractor can run upwards of $200,000.00 whereas the process described above, even with a new road ranger thrown in for good measure, is gonna cost a lot less.  and, no pee in the tank.

so, while i do not entirely discount the worrywarts among the soothsaying crowd, there may be some considerations other than a coming downturn in the economy to account for a decline in the sale of new trucks.  (like an antipathy for trump, for instance.)

and, one of the reasons for the decline in trucks sales is that old trucks may very well be more attractive in economic terms than new trucks.  oh, they may not have all the electronic bullshit of the new ones, but, who needs it, all that damned badly?

john jay @ 09.24.2019

 

recall oregon governor kate brown ....

this morning i signed two petitions to get governor kate brown (state of oregon) removed from office.  this for various of her misdeeds while governor, which simply manifest the usual leftist thirst and grasp for power.

i chatted with the persons manning the booth, (both ladies, btw.)

i asked them if they remembered lavoy finicum.   yes, one replied, kate brown had him murdered.  i said, yes, that lavoy finicum.

there are lots of us these parts who have not forgotten mr. finicum, and who will never forget him.  nor will we forget kate brown's role in that dastardly matter, and nor will we ever forget the f.i.b.'s sordid involvement in implementing the ambush that took finicum's life.   lavoy finicum protested a taking of property belonging to private citizens in the southeast corner of oregon, under the pretext that public lands had been damaged by burning.  this protest resulted in the "occupation" of federal lands, in the form of occupying an abandoned school house.   to break the back of this resistance to the land grab, and the jailing of the land owners involved, lavoy finicum was shot and killed at the site of an illegal road block by f.i.b. agents and officers of an oregon state patrol swat team.  shot in the back, while surrounded, with his hands up.***

kate brown had called for his arrest and apprehension.

f.i.b. agents lied about their role, lied about shooting at finicum, and obstructed justice by picking up cartridge brass at the scene of the shooting to hide their role in the shooting.   they gulled the oregon state patrol into taking "credit" for the shooting, to include kate brown, which she happily did.  for her culpability in this illegal killing she is not fit to be governor of this state.

some small amount of time passed before hillary clinton engineered the selling of public lands containing uranium ores to a canadian firm, a front for russian interests controlled by vladimir putin.--   move along friends, nothing to be seen here.  i am sure that kate brown received no cash money for her role in this, the "currency of exchange" in this affair being the political favor of hillary clinton.  (as it turned out, an illusion/delusion for clinton and brown, but rewarding for putin.)

idiots come in all stripes.  i am optimistic that those involved in finicum's murder will get their just stripes, some day.)

john jay @ 09.22.2019

 

p.s.   you don't believe me?   you can look it up.   and, remember, as lord acton observed, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. 

*** those involved in the occupation of the school house (which included finicum) were tried in federal court in portland, oregon on several charges.  they were found not guilty, as would finicum have been had he lived to face trial for his actions.   his actions, identical to those found not guilty at trial, exposed him to summary field execution by the f.i.b. and the oregon state patrol simply because he was perceived as a leader of a political resistance.   shot in the back, as he lay on the ground, his arms outstretched.

you can watch his killing, filmed from the air by "law enforcement."   the "enforcement" officers enforced & exercised power, but, it had absolutely nothing to do with the rule of law. 

what i would do were i president of the united states of america .... my platform ....

i would watch reruns of "stargate 1" until i fell asleep each night.

i would eat well, and go for a walk each day, and maybe a swim.   i would buy english woolens and italian shoes, and really nice ties, which i wouldn't wear.  (i think a nice lightweight sweater and a sports jacket suitable attire for anyone, including for p.o.t.u.s.)

i would not hold one single damned press conference. 

i would not sponsor any legislation, for anything, unless it were a pretty damned good idea (whether originating with me, or anyone else, for that matter.)

i would veto any gun legislation.   period.   end of discussion.

i am not married, so i would take nice looking ladies to dinner, and home early, cuz i am also old, and not interested in that tom foolery any more.  an occasional concert would be a kick in the pants, because i would probably get good seats.   and, i would go to ducks and beavs games, including the civil war, every year.

you may consider this my platform.

i will wait patiently for someone to start a "go fund me" thingie on the net.  i won't campaign, nor will i make any promises to anyone about anything.  i will veto anything i consider excessively stupid, and not in the interests of the usa.

and, i will enjoy myself, immensely.   have some guys by for monday night football.  and, i will treat the marines and the secret service with utmost respect and civility,  ***  (i suspect that i would take those in charge of my security out for danishes and coffee pretty regularly ...  what good is life if it is not to be enjoyed.)  and take a bullet for one of them any day ...  good men and women are more important than an old fart president:  they are a dime a dozen.

and, i will buy greenland from the danes, if given a chance.   it is a good idea, no matter what the pissants who make fun of trump for trying say.   as per usual, they don't know their asses from holes in the ground.

john jay @ 09.17.2019  

 

p.s.  i do promise to brush my teeth regularly, and shave when appropriate.  i will not go around with spaghetti stains on my dress shirts.   god only knows what condition my sweat shirts will be in by sunday evening.  sounds like fun to me.

just curious as to the fate of those demos who hitched their wagons to the "impeachment star" ....

when all that impeachment bullshit finally turns to dust, what do politicians who have hitched their fates to ousting trump from office turn to, to show their political accomplishment?   i suspect most of them are rather one trick ponies, and haven't much to show for their terms in office.

do they get night shift jobs at the post office to keep the wolves from the door?  god forbid that they actually have to turn to real work to pay room and board.   just wondering.

john jay @ 09.11.2019

p.s.   no, i haven't much to say on this day, given that we have radical muslims in congress, the military, and working for the federal government.  it doesn't seem that we have learned very much at all, from bitterly won experience.   kind of mind boggling, in its own little way, isn't it?   and, 157 reported cases of leprosy in los angeles, california.

please, get out and vote in 2020, and vote, please, for trump and the g.o.p.   maybe they are not exactly perfect, but they are light years ahead of what the left has to offer.  (keep in mind who runs california, and minnesota, ... , both bastions of leftist idiocy, and champions of shitting on sidewalks.)

how has the "trump trade war" with china impacted the u.s. economy .... well, sad to say for the democrats, libtards and the media, not much much at all ....

this from the front page of the walla walla union bulletin, september 6, 2019, from an article entitled "u.s. hiring slow but steady amid trade war, global weakness" by christopher rugaber of the associated press.

"washington. --  u.s. employers added a modest 130,000 jobs in august, a sign that hiring has slowed but remains durable in the face of global economic weakness and president donald trump's trade war with china.

"the unemployment rate remained 3.7% for a third straight month, the labor department said today, near the lowest level in five decades.  and more americans entered the workforce in august, a positive development that increased the proportion of adults who are either working or seeking work to its highest level since february.

"august's job gain was boosted by temporary of 25,000 government workers for the 2020 census.  excluding all government hiring, the economy added just 96,000 jobs in august, the fewest since may.

"yet the monthly jobs report provided some positive signals: average hourly pay, for example, rose 11 cents in august to $28.11, up 3.2% from a year earlier.  that is easily ahead of inflation and increased american's spending power.

"the slower pace of hiring does suggest that trump's trade war with china might be discouraging some companies from hiring.  still, even with more moderate job growth, rising employment and paychecks are expected to continue to fuel consumer spending, the primary driver of growth.  [emphasis added.]

and for now, americans are still spending.  consumer spending rose in the april-june quarter by the most in five years.  it had also increased at a healthy clip in july.

........  [and now, the rest of the story.]

 

"one reason hiring is slipping is that with the unemployment rate so low, companies are having a harder time finding qualified workers.  the solid wage gain in august suggests that more businesses are deciding that they need to offer higher pay to attract and keep employees.

"'that's a sign we're in pretty good shape here,'" said drew matus, an economist at metlife investment management.

"a report by the federal reserve this week based on interviews with business executives found that companies and staffing firms think a lack of available workers is restraining growth.

"mike bitar, managing director of the recruiting firm protis global, said the businesses he works with--mostly beverage companies, consumer goods makers and restaurants--are still pushing to hire more people.

"'we have not seen any slowdown at all,'" he said.

........

"in friday's jobs report for august, the unemployment rate for african-americans fell to 5.5%, a record low.  trump has repeatedly highlighted that decline,m which has been steady since the great recession ended in 2009."

 

so, as it turns out, "trump's" trade war seems not to have impacted the overall economy much at all, and it would appear that a more likely reason that new job hiring has slacked is the shortage of people in the work force qualified to meet the demand for employees needed in the work force.

this is hardly a sign of a declining economy.

it is also bad news for the democrats and their sycophants in the media, who need bad economic news if they harbor any ambition of defeating president trump and the republicans in 2020.  you will not, therefore, see much about this in the news, save for an occasional report on the bare facts of the matter.  this "good news" for the rest of us, is not good news for the dems and libtards.

john jay @ 09.06.2019

p.s.   for a look at how obama created jobs (hint: he hired governmental workers at a rate of app. 4 to 5 times the number hired by trump, while trump's economy has added manufacturing jobs at a rate roughly 5 to 6 times faster than obama), please see the following article.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2019/01/04/312000-jobs-added-in-december-manufacturing-growing-714-faster-under-trump-than-obama/#2e43495d5b50.  

sorry, dems, you get no credit for this economy, other than creating the unemployed labor pool hired by the economy burgeoning under trump.  just the facts, ma'am.  

how do you hide murderers in the employ of the government .... time does it all ....

lavoy finicum was killed illegally, by an oregon state patrol swat time acting in conjunction with and at the behest of the f.i.b.   he was stopped on a public road, by the use of a illegal road block disfavored under the law, to be used only in the apprehension of dangerous felons engaged in felonious activities.  (somewhat poetically, it is called the "deadman's road block," or some such.)  at the time of his death no felony warrants had been issued for his arrest, and certainly nothing that justified the use of the road block.  period.

in the end, he was gunned down, the fatal wounds inflicted at point blank range, and from behind, with his hands in the air.   the oregon state police and the f.i.b. lied about the incident, and tried to hide material evidence at the scene of the shooting, to the extent of picking up empty brass casings from weapons illegally discharged at finicum's vehicle, trying to obscure the fact that two to three bullets struck the cab of the pickup he was driving before he abandoned it, only to meet his death on a bare hillside surrounded by armed police.

(those in the pickup w/ finicum recorded these facts with phones who filmed the acts of the police, and, then, of course, there were the holes in the windshield and head liner of the pickup.  these facts, not dwelt upon by the lick-spittle press who served their masters well.)

persons tried in a federal court in portland, oregon for those engaged in the same activities that got finicum killed, resulted in acquittals for all who went to trial.  no convictions of a felony level were ever returned for any involved in the "occupation" of an abandoned school house on the federal reservation, a sanctuary for birds, at the state or federal level.

several f.i.b. agents have been indicted for lying under oath and obstructing justice for their evidence tampering.

president trump has pardoned the hammonds, whose kangeroo court convictions for damaging federal property started the whole phony land grab operations (culminating in the sale of uranium bearing ground to a canadian front for russian interests) that led to the occupation of federal grounds, the whole mess leading up to finicum's death.

what has happened to those whose connivance led to finicum's death?  well, absolutely nothing.   how much is it now discussed?  well, not at all.   and, for those who have been charged in connection with covering up their activities in the shooting, and who fired the first shots at finicum before he exited his vehicle?   well, not much.

time has insured that it has passed from the public consciousness, almost entirely.   those who killed finicum, and those higher ups who plotted it for various reasons, to include the current governor of the state of oregon (and most probably hillary clinton) are as unscathed now as they were the instance a .308 caliber rifle bullet passed through his heart, from behind, as he lay on the ground.   shot by cowards, his death decreed by cowards.

time has passed.  people forget, and have forgotten.

time favors the miscreant, and the criminal.   those who seek sanctuary in the short attention span of the public usually fare well.  and, so they have in this instance.  which is a crying shame.

john jay @ 09.06.2019