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- August 25, 2021
- Oil Change 08/25/21
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Went to Ricky's for an oil change. It was a smidge early to be sure; but this is not unusual for me. I had a persistent little squeak under the hood that had been bothering me and I had them look at it too.
Anyway, as is the usual course I was there some 20-30 minutes and he identified the squeak as unseated breather shrouding and gave me the synthetic oil change and I was on my way.
I have been doing business with Ricky since before the opening of this shop. He has always done me right and his motto of "don't fix it if it isn't broke" fits well into my budget.
I recommend him without reservation.
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- August 25, 2021
- Waffle Day 2021
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Ever since I inherited a waffle iron from my stepfather I've been experimenting with waffles at various times in an attempt to finally get them right.
Unfortunately, my waffles remain an imperfect work in progress although I must admit the taste is really good anymore. I feel that's primarily a function of the mix I'm using from The Chef's Store.
Getting the amount of batter right is my major malfunction in the process of waffle creation. Many times I get a 'fractional' waffle with thinner or even incomplete sections. Although they are great tasting they remain far less than the magnificent work of art I had originally envisioned.
Today is yet another Waffle Day.
It is a tradition that is observed in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — as well as West Columbia South Carolina and corresponds to the Feast of the Annunciation each March 25.
In the United States, National Waffle Day is celebrated in August to commemorate the date of a US patent on a waffle iron.
Often described as "bizarre" or "unique" from a holiday standpoint I take a low key approach and simply celebrate my personal enjoyment and aim to become a proficient artisan of the waffle as a form in both food and art.
The rest of you can just get a life. snicker !
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- August 24, 2021
- FDR, fascists, and communists in 1936
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On this day in 1936 32nd US President Franklin D Roosevelt gave the FBI the authority to pursue fascists and communists. Little did he know that the FBI would evolve into that group they once pursued as the enemies of the state that they are.
I for one grow tired of the subversive element in both the FBI and the judicial branch of goverment and seek a purge of the criminal element as a function of becoming what we once were.
I mean, it's already bad enough with the executive branch going to Hell in a hot mess of incompetence so stupidly devoid of leadership, policy, and ethics. This is your democrat party libtard leftists. I hope you're proud of the mess you've made.
BLM and antifa be damned. I am not going to submit to their attempt to change who we are into the lawless marxist thieving brigands like the criminal Obama and his tranny first ladyboy whom the stupidity of the voter allowed to occupy the White House.
There will be an accounting of this anti American thrust of the deep state. These people will not prevail in The Republic. Too many know what they're up to and they are for the most part identified already.
The FBI’s Malfeasance in the FISA Court during the application of search warrants and wiretaps remains both a shock and a sore in the annals of our history.
Dirty dossiers and humans like James Comey are the hallmark of that failure which is the integrity of the FBI. The failed leadership of Robert Muller. The unscrupulous likes of John Durham who are assigned as special prosecutor only to run off into hiding. Even AG Barr himself who claimed the obviously stolen election was 'bullshit'.
Who is paying these people to turn on their country ?
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has failed to remove the criminal element from the ranks of the justice department while individuals there are allowed to pursue political agendas contrary to the executive branch for whom they work.
Then there are antifa and BLM who would corrupt the nation at every opportunity with a never ending stream of nonsensical racist and senseless demands and puruits of faulty and flawed notions without being confronted by legal entities entrusted with that duty.
All in all The Republic is a mess and the leftist libtard democrats and their operatives in the justice department and FBI have wrought this situation upon us.
It is our duty as patriots to make them regret each and every aspect of the stupid perverse spin on jurisprudence, sexual identity, the false reality of unscientific and baseless societal claims they would place upon us, the incessant pursuit of entitlements for nothing, and the criminal element such as the memorials to a drug abuser who died from an overdose being falsely accused on a policeman doing his duty it all entails.
These transgressions of logic and history and the law cannot stand.
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- August 23, 2021
- Happy Birthday Vickey 2021
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B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y
Be the best you can be,
Imagine what you can do,
Remember who you are,
There's nobody like you,
Honor your past,
Dwell on your heart,
All you need is love,
Your birthday is a start.
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- August 22, 2021
- The Howard Stern Radio Show premiered in 1998
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On this day in 1998 The Howard Stern Radio Show premiered on CBS to about 70% of the US radio audience. Not being a part of the US radio audience, I missed it of course.
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author best known for his radio show which grew in popularity after being nationally syndicated on various radio platforms.
He describes himself as a media "King" since 1992 and while I do appreciate his humor and insight into the human conditon I personally feel that some of his work is in bad taste and there are segments I found revolting.
However, he doesn't pull any punches regarding others or himself and I can always respect that. His first movie was quite enjoyable as I recall.
His books and movies have just added to that pile of money he earns each year from his various endeavors.
Anyway — love him or hate him, Howard Stern is a force with which to be reckoned in the field of media arts and public consumption.
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- August 21, 2021
- Mostly False Advertising
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I'm really not big on the junk food thing. This being said, a snack isle pickup pretty much left me feeling justified in my avoidance of these empty calories. The fact that I am left feeling 'suckered' as well is neither here nor there.
I went to the local grocery today and one of the items I picked up was 'Crunch n Munch' which is some spin on crackerjacks with bigger popcorn and a different coating ...
and no peanuts.
Yes, the box said that there were both popcorn AND peanuts in this buttery toffee mix but alas, if there was a peanut I missed it and the only peanut material I saw was dust at the bottom of the mylar bag inside the box containing the product.
So I supposed the gist of the matter surrounds caveat emptor: let the buyer beware and I need to stop being so gullible while traversing the grocery store aisles behind my little cart.
Just because they say the product contains peanuts you may not be able to prove it to yourself. The sugar overload couldn't have been good for me, either.
Anyway, guess who has bought their last 'Crunch n Munch' ever.
Boo !
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- August 20, 2021
- Joe Biden accepted democrat's nominaton a year ago today
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Prior to stealing the actual election with too many irregularities to count and underhanded manipulations at every turn — their nominee, the intellectually and morally corrupt Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech over cyberspace for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
To add further insult to injury he has been on a continual downward spiral, hiding in his basement during the campaign while his minions ran ripshod over the entire election process and the justice department and FBI stood idly by and allowed them to do so.
These people have wrecked the entire country in less than a year.
So now we pay for the stupid demented democrat president accompanied by his pseudointellectual wife, his highly inadequate self absorbed vice president and every misstep, bad decision, and utterly moronic presence as the chief executive where:
• the borders are over run with illegals, • inflation is ballooning, • gas prices are through the roof, • stupid criminal BLM and antifa agents are allowed to proliferate as the 'strong arm' of the democrat party, • numbskull sickos who ignore biology and claim to be a sex that is impossible run wild; and • sex workers, perverts, and other unsavory characters are actually invited to instruct school children • who find themselves drowning in a stupid mix of what is referred to as "critical race theory' but is in actuality purest idiocy.
The fortuitous rise of militias may be the only thing that can save us.
Be not proud democrats for your administration in the White House has brought ruination to The Republic and eventually you will be made to pay for your misdeeds.
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- August 19, 2021
- Lies vis-à-vis Incorrectness
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My good friend the late Dewitt Casey, whom I miss sorely to this day though he died 24 years ago used to try and 'check' me on various statements made to him on a wide range of topics as we discussed so much at length each week.
Once he called me down as a 'liar' when I turned out to be incorrect on one rare occasion — and he seemed to almost take glee in the accusation.
Oh the humanity. So I smiled and said Dewitt, can I not simply be "incorrect" and not a "liar" if you please ?
He suddenly stopped smiling and looked oh so seriously regarding me with an aire of pondering and said:
"Why yes. You can just be incorrect."
So there I stood having been wrong in an assumption but my good friend reconciled the incident as incorrectness instead of lying.
I think our friendship grew exponentially that day.
In all that I am, all that I've done, and have become since he departed I still really do miss him and that company, conversation, and friendship he brought to my life and shared unconditionally.
You never know just how badly you'll miss a friend til they're gone. Anticpation is nothing compared to that sad stark reality which pervades your very soul.
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- August 18, 2021
- Move Right Law took effect Sunday
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In South Carolina there is a serious problem with use of the far left lane. People think they may occupy that lane and drive as slow as they possibly can even if the speed limit is far greater than that speed at which they choose to travel.
The infuriating part of all this is how they give every appearance of being entitled to get in the way of the rest of the world and they can't take a hint to merge to the right and get out of the way.
Out of state drivers are more likely to be the problem here among the local no driving pinheads making abrupt right turns from the far left lane crossing multiple interstate lanes with wild abandon.
South Carolina has a new traffic law. It is referred to as the Move Right law and it went into effect Sunday.
This new law specifies that drivers are now required by law to only use the far left lane on controlled-access highways when passing other vehicles.
The state Department of Public Safety has declared that warning tickets will be issued during the initial 90 days.
On November 13, 2021 violations of the law may be fined up to $25.
Signs saying "State Law: Slower Traffic Move Right" are going up along SC roadways.
Shameless rant:
While I'm fine with this law, the gd seat belt law which was initiated by senile interfering gadfly former senator John Land — who luckily declined reelection — remains the biggest incursion into personal freedoms by the government in South Carolina.
I usually attempt to not feel so harshly towards others but I really wish someone would critically injure this insipid inbred southerner, shove a seat belt up his ass, and make him suffer beyond his ability to cope for the remainder of his miserable meddling life.
He has never represented me.
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- August 17, 2021
- Happy birthday in Hell Jihadi John
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I recall seeing a lot of propaganda involving the murder of innocents propagated by ISIS/ISIL on the national stage in the form of various videos posted to social media outlets.
Many of these featured a character named 'Jihadi John' who was a member of the Al-Nusra Front and ISIL between the years of 2012-2015.
Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri was a haughty mouthy person who projected an arrogance beyond words. He provoked thoughts of violence in me against radical Muslims everywhere each and every time I viewed his productions in streaming video.
Mohammed Emwazi aka "Jihadi John" was a God forsaken Kuwaiti-British militant widely believed to be a person seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group ISIL where the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015 were forced upon the public.
A group of his hostages nicknamed him "John" since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell with English accents whom they unfortunately referred to as "The Beatles".
It was the press which later began calling him "Jihadi John".
On 12 November 2015, US officials reported that Emwazi had been hit by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria. His death was confirmed by ISIL in January 2016.
They should have recovered his corpse and desecrated it in public. Perhaps stuff him into a pig carcass then bury him somewhere in the sand unknown to any and everyone. However, the drone attack left him 'evaporated'. I guess that will just have to do.
Just remember muslim militants, you can run but you can't hide. When we get this coward president who stole the white house out of office you are likely to be once again effectively dealt with.
Enjoy the weakling pussy commander in chief and his idiot woke army staff while you can.
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- August 16, 2021
- Mama goes high tech
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Mom's computer was failing. It's well beyond end of life and last minute heroics were pretty much for naught.
She doesn't have a large need ... but likes to tend to a few items of business online and keep up with various others using email and social media.
I got her an Intel NUC9i7QNX Desktop.
It's far beyond anything she could possibly envision i.e.,
• Customized 9th Generation Intel Core i7-9750H running at 4.5 GHz • 32GB DDR4 RAM • Upgraded 1TB NVMe SSD • Card Reader • HDMI, Thunderbolt • LAN, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth • Windows 10 Pro
This will primarily be utilized for web browsing which is what she's all about.
See, if you were my mama you would rate all of this as well.
While I admit she may never use the Thunderbolt 3 superspeed connectivity the rest of it will be an exercise in luxury for the greatest mama in the world. Also, I'm somewhat concerned about the cyber skull logo. It's rather terminatorish and not really reflective of her personal tastes in anything.
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- August 15, 2021
- US Gold Standard ends in 1971
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President Richard M Nixon ended the Gold Standard in the United States on this day in 1971.
This stopped the convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
While this is inherently a step down it was necessary to protect The Republic from foreign bung holes such as Charles de Gaulle who collected US currency then demanded gold.
The world is just too hostile a place even among alleged friends to allow the international community to take undue advantage over money matters such as this dead punk ass cheese eating surrender monkey.
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- August 14, 2021
- Horoscope Bullcrap
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Today is my niece's birthday. Looking for a concurrent topic I can write about was fruitless. So I'm pursuing horoscope bullcrap as an exercise in futility.
Personally, I am said to be a "typical Aries" by those claiming insight ... and as such I am quick to become annoyed with anyone who thinks horoscopes are in the slightest way relevant to my existence.
August 14 Zodiac is Leo. It is said that if you are a Leo born on August 14th, you are friendly and warm with a lot of people but at the same time, seem to fiercely follow your objectives.
It is also stated that you don't get distracted easily and prefer to relax only when you know all work is done properly.
Furthermore, you are supposedly quite an entertaining companion but don't often have time for commonplace and ordinary things.
This makes my niece a Leo. I don't recognize these characteristics but I really don't think I've taken the time to study my niece.
My role in her life was that of an ancillary provider trying to make sure she had everything she required, particularly in her early childhood.
In those aspects of my personality firmly grounded in that reality the libtard leftists shun at every opportunity — I can only say that I don't put much into the entirety of horoscopes.
People who actually pay for this mess should have their heads examined.
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- August 13, 2021
- International Lefthanders Day 2021
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I remember asking Dr Charles M Davis if it is true that left handed people are more intelligent than right handed people. He immediately said yes, it's quite true.
I have debated this matter with various people over the years and it is a favorite research topic of mine. Charlie Davis is left handed. I am ambidexterous.
Today brings another International Left Handers Day. It celebrates left handed people. First observed by one Dean R Campbell in 1976 who is the founder of Lefthanders International, Inc the day is all about the lefty in a predominately right handed world.
My personal interests in the matter revolve around brain hemisphere useage as it relates to left and right handed people.
Some of my best friends have been left handed.
I find it all interesting but I also feel that the hand you use should be involved as a matter of personal choice. I have heard horror stories of teachers taking it upon themselves to force right handed writing on a left handed child ...
But now they don't even teach writing in school.
There you go. Yet another reason to get rid of public education in favor of private and home schooling.
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