Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Bits and Pieces for March 2019


First UFOs, yes, UFOs:  I'm not sure that "delighted" is the proper word, but I was heartened to learn via Frank Warren's very worthwhile UFO Chronicles  Web site (see link) that yet another witness has come forth to validate the 1973 Pascagoula, MS UFO abduction, as reported by Charles Hickson, Calvin Parker and others.  Parker's recent book has apparently served to encourage the surfacing of eyewitnesses who might not otherwise have bothered to report, perhaps out of fear of ridicule, the passage of years or for other reasons.

While researchers and investigators ponder their origin, and labor over the  composition of UFOs, I find myself increasingly taken back to that old iconoclast, rascally Charles Fort (from whom arose the term, Fortean) and his tongue-in-cheek assertion that perhaps we are "property."  Maybe that's the beginning and end of the matter.  We're just somebody's or something's property?  Dare we turn worlds of belief upside-down by suggesting. . .hereeeeeeeeeeeeee's God?  Oops, so many toes upon which to step when thoughts of religion dribble in.  Bring in the scientists.  Bring in the instrumentation.  Bring in the masters of deception.  Send in the clowns (don't bother -- they're here).

Democrat threads continue to unravel -- just like that sweater grandma gave you last Christmas.  While we realize they want open borders to assure a steady and growing succession of eternally grateful Democrat voters, the grab among the most radical of presidential candidates to promise stacking the Supreme Court and abolishing the Electoral College is frightening to contemplate.  Elimination of the EC would likely guarantee one-party rule in the country because residents of major cities, characteristically Democrat, would cancel out votes in middle America ("fly over" states).  Then there's Pelosi's favorite -- to allow teenagers, mostly clueless from birth and beyond, to vote at age 16.  Surely, this would accommodate socialist-minded high school teachers who fill student heads with leftist poop in between classes emphasizing frivolous subjects having no relationship to irrelevant topics formerly known as math, English and science.

That Robert Francis O'Rourke -- "Beto" -- acquired over six million dollars of Dem campaign funds in one weekend says it all.  Here's a guy for whom Reuters willingly withheld potentially damaging information until after the Cruz-O'Rourke election in Texas (thanks Reuters, you're a heck of a "news" service), and now all kinds of creepy information about O'Rourke has surfaced, from his membership in a cult of sorts to disturbing fiction about running over children with his car.  Some mental health folk seem to find his history, um, interesting.  We predict that "Beto" (I'm Robert, no way a Beto, and I'm no more Hispanic than O'Rourke -- but let the scam continue) will have as much chance of becoming President as toe fungus.

The one Democrat candidate who shook my tree of awe this week appeared with Chris Wallace on his Sunday Fox-TV show:  South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg, whose unusual last name alone is destined to doom this 37-year-old's chances.  Nevertheless, he was well and soft-spoken, didn't unleash the extremist ammo and, refreshingly, didn't get up on and stomp on the desk to tell the world he is gay (he is).  I could actually consider voting for Mayor Unpronounceable, until I come to my senses and realize all the crazy-ass progressive and socialist baggage his election would carry simultaneously.  As in any cult, there is no escape from a political party built upon and sustained by deception.  That's his party.

The Democrats are very likely to put Joe Biden out front, university plagiarizer from way back, but all-around good guy in the popular view.  Hmm.

Donald Trump did not shoot anybody in New Zealand, but anybody impoverished of thought processes who depends upon the usual TV network suspects such as CNN would think Trump was the perpetrator.  The non-stop, 24/7 Trump hatred pouring out of leftist TV is a giant clue to their agenda.  That some 90 percent of major news sources in the USA are owned by just six entities is scary indeed.

But not to dismiss New Zealand, whose prime minister did exactly what every gun-hating politician does when an alleged crisis opportunity arises:  Tarnish the abilities of innocent gun owners.  A country with some of the toughest firearm laws on the planet, faced with the obvious evidence that gun laws don't work, will attempt to double down, and only the law-abiding will be hurt.  (The "Ground Zero" radio program offered some great commentary about New Zealand and unreasonable gun fears last week.)  Wait until the authorities club the better parts of social media to death.

Per the recipe, because a mosque was hit in New Zealand, the Muslim Brotherhood-inspired/connected C.A.I.R. in the U.S. just had to speak out ever so eloquently about the injustice of it all.  I don't think the problem underneath is so much a "white nationalist" issue as it is a fear of a religion whose Islamic roots demand violence, outright killing and conversion as a matter of course.  When and if Islam and the Koran ever undergo the kind of reformation Christianity experienced (for example), consequently advancing tenets crucial centuries forward and adapting to a more civilized following, public attitudes may change.  Yes, many Muslims live peaceful lives, but the roots from which parts of their religion spring provide an unwavering concern.

I suppose the Turkey-born Muslim who killed and injured people in the Netherlands soon thereafter should be considered a non-white nationalist?  No -- just a garden-variety Islam terrorist, but the press immediately began portraying him as anything but.  And now, of course, revenge killings will occur as a follow-up to New Zealand's massacre.  Naturally, nobody much, other than conservatives bothered to report about 120-plus Christians slaughtered in an ongoing siege by members of Islam in Nigeria last week.  The United Nations never calls Islam out for attempting to wipe out every Christian in sight in less developed countries.

Arming people in ALL houses of worship seems a prudent option because attendees are always ripe for the taking, according to the darkened minds of those who would become mass executioners.  However, as technology progresses, we fully expect firearm attacks will be replaced with explosive drone surprises capable of causing disasters which few guns could duplicate.

By the way, when does the U.S. Army plan to get around to executing its 100% guilty, Islam-lovin' psychiatrist, Major Nidal Hasan of Fort Hood mass murder infamy?  Let too many years go by and everybody might forget.

Remington Sued by Blind Emotion:  Had I a child shot dead at Sandy Hook by a profoundly ripe nut job I, too, would want to strike out in my grief -- and that's exactly what happened here, as Remington makes guns, the shooter is dead and unreachable, and somebody must be blamed.  There you go.  I hold no malice toward the parents, but for the sake of the Second Amendment and the country itself, my hope is that lawsuits against Remington fail.  Otherwise, I don't know why automobile manufacturers shouldn't be held liable for car accidents resulting in death, pharmaceutical companies whose prescription pills kill people performing suicides, or cookware companies whose kettles were left on the stove too long and caused fires (and don't forget to sue the stove maker also, as well as the corporation providing the cooking energy).  Thing is, anti-gun folk are likely more involved in this Remington lawsuit than we know.  They are always nearby.

Trump and John McCain:  Veterans are pissed at Trump, but I do understand.  We can thank the late senator for his military sacrifices, but public service afterward can cast a different story.  In this case, Senator McCain failed to cast the deciding vote to rid us of Obamacare, and in the opinions of most he did so as a swipe against Donald Trump. Consequently, his action also ended up as a slap in the face for the American people.  Not cool.  And we now know that McCain helped push the phony Steele dossier off to the Mueller folk, probably hoping to harm Trump's presidency good.  What more can be said?

Midwest floods and climate change:  Development, clear-cutting and other environment-altering activities did not help.  The climate change bunch -- the one-sided purveyors loved by the media -- will go all out to push their phony agenda on the backs of flood victims.

When are too many exactly that?  Too many are when people discover that mountain fields of beautiful poppies have taken bloom in California, and so many trample on in to see for themselves that warnings must be issued about a lack of space to accommodate all.  Sounds just like the southern border invasion. . .

Boeing, Boeing, Boeing:  We love and depend upon you, but WTF?  It's 2019, the kids think all things airborne are of Star Trek quality by now -- and instead high tech disappoints itself again, this time with deadly consequences?  Is it safe to fly to Chicago, let alone the moon, in 2019?  Bad enough that small planes seem to be falling out of the sky every few days.