tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75739640214506898222024-03-18T18:59:34.838-04:00Robert Barrow"The Earth is a farm," suggested Charles Fort. "We are someone else's property."Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comBlogger1026125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-16100669149486344622024-03-18T18:58:00.002-04:002024-03-18T18:58:39.660-04:00 MAGA vs Media -- One Strengthened the Country While the Other Aptly Demonstrated its Cultist Herd Stupidity<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AFe6kPhly2N8kmZaNdFmfcy8OfsY0Zfj5RXY0iNULzqbzsngdp-HYWhlogXtMVy6R-wXooJqx1o7MMWnXZvEOYXL_WIbIg1BagqWPoSSxJcHOV5rQhVA59PqZYZz_sG1eq02X5yFAsujUNtgznVg8pgLkEtJQCi-oPPhzlGmyfxblHOopBEaHH5KitXS/s1058/ignorance%20and%20knowledge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1058" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AFe6kPhly2N8kmZaNdFmfcy8OfsY0Zfj5RXY0iNULzqbzsngdp-HYWhlogXtMVy6R-wXooJqx1o7MMWnXZvEOYXL_WIbIg1BagqWPoSSxJcHOV5rQhVA59PqZYZz_sG1eq02X5yFAsujUNtgznVg8pgLkEtJQCi-oPPhzlGmyfxblHOopBEaHH5KitXS/w400-h304/ignorance%20and%20knowledge.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">So many</span></b> actual truth-seeking reporters on the right have labored to put the Donald Trump "bloodbath" comment into its accurate context that there's little remaining for me to say as a blogging latecomer. Yet, the mass idiocy among the so-called journalist class among TV networks handled Trump's quote recklessly and with all the insight one might expect from a second grade elementary school student, making it imperative to call them out.<br /><br />When I watched Trump making his comments about China building auto plants in Mexico, including his promise to slap 100 percent tariffs on them so they can't get away with selling cheap cars in the U.S. without American labor having a hand in their production, I immediately recognized his reference to a "bloodbath" for exactly what it was: An over-the-top prediction that there would be major trouble in the American auto industry if China dominated the market by basically dumping their stuff into our economy. I'm sure the UAW and other unions know what a bloodbath is, and how one gets from point A to point B when union workers feel they are in jeopardy.<br /><br />Yet, TV reporter after TV reporter, as if plugged into the same brain wave alteration machine, towed the leftist party line and alerted faithful, quite often brainless and indoctrinated viewers, that Trump intended bloodshed if he wasn't elected in 2024. Whaaaa?<br /><br />Aside from the left's low-down dirty attempts to constantly manage the news and praise all things leftist, a good share of their "news" people just come off as utterly and irretrievably dumb, perfectly willing to dedicate their efforts to saying and writing things intended to please upper management, owners and viewers of a like mind or no mind 'tall.<br /><br />All too often, the daily news and truth are treated like a banquet of pig slop dumped into the trough, and passing TV journalists of current vintage simply scoop out just enough to satisfy their sense of cultist-inspired curiosity, but no sense of humor is allowed to accompany any aspect of information gleaned. Facts are in the eye of the beholder once the salad is readied.<br /><br />Had even a glimmer of irony or humor been applicable to the sound bite crowd, they would know Trump and his sense of humor. If they don't know by now how he likes to rile the press, then they are truly pathetic. Just how much does a journalism degree spiked with ignorance and partisan favoritism cost these days?<br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-29460752130602669692024-03-13T19:57:00.001-04:002024-03-13T19:57:16.723-04:00We Are the Stuff of Which Dinosaur Bones Are Made<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uM2-5XnuH_31E_HSlVRlbYV5jVQPGE8b5iUUl5aKN627msnRQHA8JQLNw9uH6_n6giJJW8VVUXjGOMp8bjWMfNfL-FYov-eAjhAhtf8e3gGjmIgsfynfag3F1owZeb3P3KYWhztuR9zPKxDF2XNY3idahApUWgEs0igZ7bu1sG7MLSW4E_rBUwSvMQYu/s600/dinosaur%20sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="600" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uM2-5XnuH_31E_HSlVRlbYV5jVQPGE8b5iUUl5aKN627msnRQHA8JQLNw9uH6_n6giJJW8VVUXjGOMp8bjWMfNfL-FYov-eAjhAhtf8e3gGjmIgsfynfag3F1owZeb3P3KYWhztuR9zPKxDF2XNY3idahApUWgEs0igZ7bu1sG7MLSW4E_rBUwSvMQYu/w400-h265/dinosaur%20sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">N</span>o matter the fit of a living</b> organism's existence, in some manner almost every creature entertains the survival belief that it is the most important thing on the ground, in the swamp, deep in the ocean or atop the highest mountain. We humans, as an example, tend to casually accept our supposed superiority with a wink and a nod, then we go on to destroy everything in our path whilst calling our efforts creating something better.<br /><br /><b>Maybe</b> my title today comes out of my experience with a general anesthetic a few days ago. No, not a major procedure here, but I haven't been put under a general anesthetic for nearly 30 years. Having been part of the hospital atmosphere during my years in the Air Force medical community, I visited my share of operating rooms, but when it comes down to one's self lying on the table everything changes. Personalization? You bet.<br /><br />General anesthesia reminds me of alleged alien abductions, where people claim to be poked and prodded and remember nothing of their experiences until years later, if ever. My only "souvenir" following this month's general anesthetic was a pretty deep laceration my teeth inflicted upon an upper lip during its administration. Not uncommon, but I look forward to a day when light and/or sound will replace customary chemicals to put one to sleep or apart during procedures. If we last that long.<br /><br /><b>Carl Sagan was too kind </b>when he referred to us as "star stuff." True, of course, but I prefer to go a little retro and stop at the era of dinosaurs and their bones because, while I have a hard time imagining my earlobes as remnants of a doomed asteroid, comparing my bone structure to that of some prehistoric saber-tooth mosquito beaver seems much more basic.<br /><br /><b>A lot happened</b> while I was "out of service" last week, reminding me of our destiny to become yesterday's dinosaur bones despite our best intentions, and yes, AI will transport us to the bone graveyard faster than we can imagine. Dinosaurs had no say over their ultimate disposition, and though it may come as a surprise to those humans who think we will live forever, neither do we. We self-conspire by nature, begging membership in eternity's flatline clubhouse.<br /><br />Now, where are we . . .oh yes, nowhere at all. Nevertheless. . .<br /><br /><b><i>TREASON</i></b> is just a word, though it really needs to be much more. I was delighted to see Elon Musk mention that very word regarding the Biden gang and the illegal alien invasion. Why delighted? Because our otherwise blowhard members of Congress appear unable to even whisper the word. Tell you what -- when the dust settles, I want every person responsible for the border invasion to be arrested and tried, and when convicted either imprisoned for life or executed as per government standards for those who commit treason against their country. Of course, all of that will be dependent upon finding prosecuting attorneys and judges who aren't lodged so far up the left's political ass that retrieval and logic are impossible.<br /><br />If the United States were a ranch right now, I think it could be called "The Double T" (for treason and tyranny).<br /><br /><b>Speaking of the Biden bunch</b>, we see that Syracuse University might have ranked at one time among several colleges and universities being considered for Biden's presidential library. Wouldn't that be cool? The very campus where Joe Biden is famously known to have plagiarized at least one school paper would hold a new building filled with his lies, stupidity and reckless decisions. (Note to nobody special: While Biden was draft-dodging and attending S.U. in 1968, I was attending Air Force basic training, having enlisted with a military draft on my heels.)<br /><br />Anyway, I could certainly see:<br /><br /><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>THE JOSEPH R. BIDEN PRESIDENTIAL</i><p></p><p><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> & PLAGIARISM LIBRARY AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY</i><br /><br /><b>Ah yes</b>, the Biden bunch. The people who, we now learn, flew under cover of darkness some 320,000 illegal aliens to 43 U.S. cities a while back. Treason is afoot.<br /><br /><b>Kathy Hochul,</b> New York's governor and arguably the worst governor in the U.S. has dispatched NY National Guard members to NY City subways, currently under siege by vicious young predatory insects presumed human. Oh, and they are forbidden from carrying long guns, perhaps leaving them to the merciless mercy of the NY subway criminals.<br /><br />Because these generally young criminals seem immune to logic and verbal warnings, I think the Miranda Rights card should be altered to something like this:<br /><br /><i>"You have the right to remain silent. If you can't afford an attorney who will treat you as a victim of society, one will be provided. Please note that if you are convicted and go to prison you will quickly discover that there are no women in a men's prison and you will be forced to endure romantic relationships and painful sex with other males as long as you are incarcerated."</i><br /><br /><b>Biden's Budget</b>: Good grief. We love, as we always do, the part about making corporations paying their "fair share" of taxes in order to take pressure off the taxpaying public. Except if corporate taxes are raised, companies will raise their prices and ultimately make the consumer pay for increased government taxation. The folks who believe the government is giving them a break are the same ones who consistently vote for Democrats.<br /><br /><b>Israel bites back:</b> I say, go get'em until Hamas is but a flamed-out wreck of bearded rat feces. Regarding the "Palestinians" which, strangely, NO Middle Eastern countries wish to take in, ask each and every adult -- and certainly children educated in the ways of terrorists -- that one basic question: <br /><br /><i>Does Israel have a right to exist</i>?<br /><br />Responses are not likely to be in the positive.<br /><br />When your neighbors want you dead and demonstrate their murderous skills, going on the attack is the only option, and Israel is maneuvering the only way it can.<br /><br /><b>Numbers USA</b>: We note that some of our leftist friends, who experience intense orgasms every time they find a reason to condemn organizations with constitutional leanings, now consider the work of Numbers USA (see my link) "hate speech." I guess they don't like the organization's ability to let just plain folks express illegal alien views to members of Congress effortlessly by hitting a few keys on the keyboard. Shameful!<br /><br /><b>Measles outbreak</b>: Hmm. I wonder where measles came from. . .<br /><br /><b>Tik Tok Lock</b>? Congress voted today and the fate of this controversial web site is up for grabs. That so many young people get most of their news from Tik Tok is horrifying enough, but the Chinese communist connection is of terrifying concern.<br /><br /><b>Unions</b> are popular again thanks to Biden's hard work. And they will destroy America along with the Democrats, complicit media and fellow travelers.<br /><br /><b>Particularly as a former</b> medical worker who knows the importance of nurses, I express my sympathies to the family of murdered nursing student Laken Riley. I can add nothing regarding the illegal alien bastard who killed her that the Riley family is not already thinking, though I tend to believe their thoughts are far more charitable than mine at this time. Joe Biden, you and your gang are a hideous crew of monsters.<br /></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-11461235972033344132024-03-04T19:16:00.000-05:002024-03-04T19:16:14.803-05:002024 State of the Ruins Address<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ33SEGw0tC0kKC3ENpkcU8YlWmKO2-TdFtiHRjmMvDVN2GUzTdWDYEbiQ1eP4xlTRoD-AjU_asYd4deO2yVy3GQfWQwpgF2YpvGcB0lq4iXBe9ph3ezFa9xmlj24TeaQXvqGMIH30SDJwWpQgcmB9ey5v6kBF4qYQNFa0CdvwlPgFxAS812PtBjVYviT/s500/today's%20tip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="500" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ33SEGw0tC0kKC3ENpkcU8YlWmKO2-TdFtiHRjmMvDVN2GUzTdWDYEbiQ1eP4xlTRoD-AjU_asYd4deO2yVy3GQfWQwpgF2YpvGcB0lq4iXBe9ph3ezFa9xmlj24TeaQXvqGMIH30SDJwWpQgcmB9ey5v6kBF4qYQNFa0CdvwlPgFxAS812PtBjVYviT/w400-h284/today's%20tip.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i><br />Why wait for President Biden's State of the Union address this week when you can get what he might be expected to say right here, right now? It could go something like this:<br /></i><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Good evening, my fellow Americans</span></b>, members of Congress, too few members of the Supreme Court -- and a special greeting to millions of undocumented aliens, who one day will be given amnesty and allowed to vote for the Democratic Party which made their welcome to the United States possible with the help of clueless American taxpayers who have no choice but to pay the bill. On that note, may I also offer a special thanks to legions of immigration attorneys, almost solidly a Democrat force, whose efforts at slashing and burning established laws for decades to come will assure, like a human roach motel, that those who come across our southern and northern borders without permission will never leave. Similarly, the American taxpayers and their offspring far into the future will support these compassionate and ceaseless efforts by stepping up and continuing to pay their fair share. Where are my socks? Oh, how about that, I think I'm wearing them.<br /><br />I am pleased to announce that the state of the union is rock-solid. Every American needs only to walk into any grocery store and will find that things are improving significantly, even though prices are high and apparently increasing for the most part. Some food corporations have also indicated they have no intention of lowering prices, and we have been in contact with them to say that may be a good thing for climate change.<br /><br />My son, Tucker is a good boy and -- oh, oh, gosh darn I meant to say Hunter. Did I really say Tucker? You know, Hunter and I once took a trip to. . .that's when I was vice-president and Barack Obama was. . .well, actually, he never left and still has a home here in Washington. But no, he wasn't on the trip. The Secret Service went, but that was before there was a dog or two who bite the hell out of them. So, we. . .<br /><br />You know, folks, Haiti just underwent a prison break orchestrated by gang members, and all the prison guards were killed as somewhere around 4,000 prisoners escaped. Chances are pretty good that most of them will find their way to the United States because we have room for everybody as we continue to demonstrate our compassion to the world's poor and hungry and sometimes guilty. Because our own military is lacking a sufficient number of new recruits, we plan to explore taking a good share of these people and offering them an opportunity to get full citizenship by serving in our military. We know from our intelligence agents that these Haitians already know how to use weapons, the sort of firearms that we obviously cannot trust our own United States citizens to keep at home. But in the hands of experienced, desperate people we are certain we can make good American soldiers out of them in no time. A bonus is that some of the Haitians even speak one of our many mandated languages here in America.<br /><br />Which reminds me of a funny story about freedom of speech. Back in the sixties, some TV people and I flew to, um, oh, somewhere country, and when we met with officials of. . .I can't recall what country, but it. . .well, and we're lucky to have a free press in this country because its reliable members always report about and usually praise our decisions as we attempt to do good things for the American people. Look at my opponent. Mr. Trump doesn't like freedom of speech because he tends to blurt out things without thinking them through, and the press doesn't have a chance to convert his meaning into what they think it should be. I think that in France, right up to today, even their president Mr. Napoleon champions free speech like we do, and I intend to speak with him later this week.<br /><br />Nevertheless, we also anticipate that home loans may be easier to obtain this year, though there will be few homes on the market because interest rate are monumentally high and nobody can afford to leave and sell their current homes. This may seem like a problem, but as I said to the chairman of the Fed last week, we really need to find. . .a. . .I hear there's a solar eclipse coming. I wonder if it will make my dog bite the Secret Service people? Also, we need to build housing quickly to satisfy millions of undocumented immigrants. <br /><br />What is that? Do you hear that? It sounded like a bee hive. Well, it's gone now. Jill, did you hear that? So. . .<br /><br />Anyway, we are also happy to report that job numbers are up appreciably, even though figures were readjusted and things don't look as good as we expected. But what's important is the will of the American people, many of whom individually count as holders of two or three jobs as they try to afford the current economy and pay their bills. With their help, we are on the way to conquering inflation with only troublesome numbers remaining high. Additionally, by making the American people pay for the college loans of students, that will make taxpaying Americans unlikely to afford new cars and that will keep interest rates down or up or something. As you know, if you don't drive you don't add to your carbon hand print. Years ago, my secretaries used carbon paper to make copies of letters and their fingers became smudged, it was quite a mess.<br /><br />When it comes to education, a large amount of the nation's children are less than proficient in math and science and can barely read or write. However, they embrace social media and the tenets of Chinese communism education without question, assisted by teachers' unions, so at least they are learning something. The public school system, by the way, has never been in better shape, and when I and our Democrat friends in Congress return to office next year we may consider arresting, imprisoning and in some cases executing parents insistent upon home-schooling their children, a crime obviously interfering with states' rights.<br /><br />We are indeed fortunate that artificial intelligence, manipulated overwhelmingly by computer experts on the political left, is currently deleting or altering American and world history in order to make the past more palatable to an up-and-coming generation of young people who will obey and never question authority, and will never feel it necessary to join the military in defense of our country. But isn't that a small price to pay for compliance to any public and private partnership?<br /><br />But let's not be fooled. Climate change is the most important problem we face today on the planet. Even as China, Russia, Iran, Serbia, Canada, Switzerland, Peru and North Korea are stockpiling whatever amounts of various energy sources they require in order to turn the United States into toast or dust or both, we Americans are wisely being compassionate toward our planet to the point that we will soon be in terrible jeopardy. But isn't that what America is all about? Do the right thing? Remember: Our country. . .that reminds me of a story when I was vice-president and. . .and in our country we embrace solar panels and wind turbines for energy. Yes, they are toxic landfill disasters as they wear out, and are made in China, but that makes us more independent as Americans seeking our destiny. We may end up sweltering in the summer or freezing to death in the winter, at least some of us, but America has always been about sacrifice. Did I ever tell you about -- which way should I turn when we finish here? -- did I ever?<br /><br />Oh, we have guests in the gallery tonight, and I would like to introduce them. First, as I look out over the audience assembled here this evening, I see. . .faculty members from. . .the Confucius Institute? No, wait, that can't be right. Who is that? Where am I?<br /><br />Oh, oh, okay, let's start. Good evening my fellow Americans, members of Congress, the. . .I'm here this evening to give you the state of the union. The union couldn't be in better shape than it is right now, take it from me, and I will tell you. . .wha? Oh, I guess we are finished, thank you and goodnight. Jill? Jill? Is that you -- or are you my sister? <br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-27033036106004842112024-02-26T18:39:00.005-05:002024-03-01T14:46:28.603-05:00 Biden ('s Border Policies) Murders Another American<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV2zVWy0xP9lwn0glE3nVBtlduM45vklzqcsA0cRRlbqn7uYW23t-_kbEOPukbpzHVf63TklHJxUisuNBH3C-2QuSngvFevGBZOGwq9NfWDmSPcvQbfhl_g2nDDRNAWwFpstRojHz56f5IjPH-7X9qvEbb94lLF4U1pIWMptf3hpl_FbLE1IKEu1Q0bKa/s1024/Bob's%20F%20H%20Shack.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV2zVWy0xP9lwn0glE3nVBtlduM45vklzqcsA0cRRlbqn7uYW23t-_kbEOPukbpzHVf63TklHJxUisuNBH3C-2QuSngvFevGBZOGwq9NfWDmSPcvQbfhl_g2nDDRNAWwFpstRojHz56f5IjPH-7X9qvEbb94lLF4U1pIWMptf3hpl_FbLE1IKEu1Q0bKa/w400-h300/Bob's%20F%20H%20Shack.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">The</span></span> What:</b> Illegal alien from Venezuela who has parked his ass in the United States for years. Caught and released in NY a while back after a crime. Allegedly engaged in a "crime of opportunity" when he raped and murdered a young nursing student in Georgia. Apparently has a brother in possession of a phony green card in the U.S.<br /><br />You know my views on illegal immigration and the borders (south AND north), so I won't rant today. Biden and his Democrat gang are directly responsible for every American killed due to their obvious lapse in law enforcement, and that doesn't even begin to account for avoidable military tragedies.<br /><br />The gang must be thrilled to learn that Democrat mega-donor George Soros is about to become a major stockholder in the nation's second largest broadcast corporation. That leaves iHeart Radio to carry programs telling the American people the truth, because we surely aren't destined to get it from those on the left who wish only to have power over us. The fascism thing, you see. If Democrats win in November, we're pretty much there. Toast.<br /><br />Does anybody elected to represent us give a damn anymore? And just how many globalists does Biden work for? It's easy to say that, because foreign nationals quite obviously have a bearing on the workings of our government. "Green" lies, for instance. Green lies for which we will all pay out of our pockets big time. Get ready to freeze to death or starve as well.<br /><br />Biden could have kept building Trump's wall. He could have ended illegal immigration the first day in Office, but he did not. Instead, he says "that's all I could do" as they still come by the millions, and we are expected to pay for their luxury housing and shut up. Same with Covid immunizations, which we now know can be dangerous as hell to the human body (it's the science, stupid).<br /><br />So Biden and co. currently do what candidates for office notoriously do: They are handing out goodies, including college loan "forgiveness" which other people must pay for.<br /><br />I have no problem condemning Republicans, whose party borders on near idiocy, save for the support of conservatives with brains. But the Democrats have just sunk into a sewer pit beyond imagination, and the nation-killing concept of DEI can only hasten the scourge. If we don't soon wake up from WOKE the America we know will be lost.<br /><br />Artificial intelligence will help, of course, programmed by leftists with no wish to maintain America history accurately. If Google's Gemini AI can't even manage to produce white people with white faces, it's pretty obvious the game being played, and it isn't called history.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be nice if George Soros would cease trying to influence elections and contributing to decidedly anti-law and order district attorneys and attorneys general throughout the United States?<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-53572344341879196062024-02-20T19:09:00.001-05:002024-02-20T19:09:19.692-05:00Putin's Other Outer Space Surprise?<p><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUxJUsVTdsogIcm0tcoUITSTb7jqLRwAPHz3V9NrB2jR22FvRtNHDFmue-amT680A97vumJcGArfMSY7-Qr06z-qfOXtTh0Erpfp3n4Vcx0giiiORi6-_yiiHGkDBzp1ajoZxlTbnZq8iElD0vqO77jbikarvgStn6n3_UuisRzvDSdkPs-7PwL5aJmyJ/s575/Very%20Rude%20Cloud%20Formation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="575" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUxJUsVTdsogIcm0tcoUITSTb7jqLRwAPHz3V9NrB2jR22FvRtNHDFmue-amT680A97vumJcGArfMSY7-Qr06z-qfOXtTh0Erpfp3n4Vcx0giiiORi6-_yiiHGkDBzp1ajoZxlTbnZq8iElD0vqO77jbikarvgStn6n3_UuisRzvDSdkPs-7PwL5aJmyJ/w400-h274/Very%20Rude%20Cloud%20Formation.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">R</span>ussia's homicidal bully-in-chief</b> had some pretty good days last week. Putin's military made a significant advance in Ukraine, and then he surely celebrated over the more than obvious murder of imprisoned political opponent Alexei Navalny. One doesn't usually drop dead at 47 years of age. From most reports of past years, Navalny might have turned Russia into a nation of certain freedoms, obliterating Putin's terror and lessening communism's tight grip on Russia's people. But once again the old KGB's king of polonium dinner cuisine, get-away vacations culminating in fatal leaps out of windows and murders of convenience has had his way and Navalny is dead. Natural causes, no doubt, as those do tend to take center stage after years of mapped out torture methods -- be they ever so slight or seemingly innocuous to the casual observer.<br /><br />Nevertheless, if these nasty gems of death sparkled in Putin's eyes, he must have gone into spasms of delight last week whence came an announcement and confirmation from the US government that Russia's calculating master of terror was "working on" a nuclear device which could be launched high above the Earth with the ability to destroy our satellites. That clearly would mean loss of military control, coordination details for a multitude of functions on the planet, and satellite TV would be history.<br /><br />But not to worry, promise our upper echelon spokespersons -- the damned thing is only in the planning stages.<br /><br />Well, maybe, yet -- oh hey, wait: Didn't China already put some weird-ass satellite into orbit recently that appears to have an ability to turn and move about freely per instructions from home base? Isn't there already a concern that this darling little gizmo may possess tools destined to destroy things in space (or somewhere else) not to China's liking? Anyway, back to. . .<br /><br />So there's V. Putin, likely happy as a fart in a closed room, amused and emboldened with the thought that whispers of his possible intention to put a nuke in space -- despite international treaties (who needs 'em anymore?) -- are currently scaring Americans enough to divert them away from their smart phones for at least 30 seconds.<br /><br />But wait. There's more.<br /><br />Should Putin's presumed nuke weapon ever be launched and actually used in space, taking out numerous "friendly" satellites and throwing the U.S. and other countries into chaos, what about the OTHER effect that I've not heard one person mention?<br /><br />What about one or more EMP effects resulting from nuke-based explosions, ripples of digital chip-killing energy instantly blasted toward Earth? Science has warned us frequently that even one small nuclear explosion high in the atmosphere could have devastating effects below as everything -- everything -- reliant upon a chip would be ruined. There wouldn't even be local parts for a repair because the parts sources would also be finished. Electromagnetic pulsation energy does not discriminate when encountering unshielded digital equipment.<br /><br />Recently, I wrote a government official residing in an area where a brand new digital chip factory is being built and I posed the question, if an EMP from the sun or even a nuclear device far overhead destroyed every chip in the expansive structure and campus, would there be enough space to house hundreds of horses and buggies, because that will be our "new" form of transportation? Of course, I'm still awaiting an answer which will never come.<br /><br />Yet, my somewhat tongue-in-cheek question looks all the more legitimate since last week, and if Putin or another player gets their way I am not optimistic that all the action will merely take place in space. There's a big planet below, and the portions containing the U.S. and its allies are certainly vulnerable.<br /><br />Maybe Putin's weapon would be something of a lesser kinetic energy device, sparing the planet's digital infrastructure from nuclear disaster -- or perhaps it's something else entirely. We may already rest assured that the U.S. government isn't telling us everything. Maybe we're being mislead in directions we don't even know. <br /><br />"Space Force," I hope you are as your title designates.<br /><br /><b>Warning: Entrepreneurs and businesses,</b> stay the hell out of NY! If New York's collaboration among rotten prosecutors, judges and a governor whose mental abilities seem impaired by too many sips of progressive tea doesn't get defeated by common sense and truth soon, New York is done. Political climber Letitia James, possibly compromised judge Engoron and joke of the day (any day) governor Kathy Hochul, if in charge in the great state New York once was long ago, would be laughed out of roles of prominence. What these folks have done to Donald Trump is worthy of inclusion (they like inclusion, right?) in the pages of a fascist's textbook. These people are the human political dung beetles whose idea of justice is whatever serves them and their political parties. This variety of so-called leadership is going to tell us who we can and cannot vote for? And they will do it by running a candidate out of money and possibly into prison? Smells a little Putin-esque, yes? What country is this? New York voters bad better wake up -- but experience in the past dictates that millions of uninformed, welfare-lovin' residents and other Democrat-enslaved pod people populating the southern districts of NY will likely continue to prop up these bastards. In New York, every Election Day is Groundhog Day, and in this corrupt state the groundhog is bribed to confirm the absence of an obvious shadow.<br /><br /><b>Trump's millions</b> of dollars? Isn't this also a case in several states of progressive legislators and prosecutors performing re-distribution of wealth, or falling in with their unending unconstitutional dream of "reparations?" Why does the term, "RICO Act" keep flashing across my mind?<br /><br /><b>You want fascism?</b> Continue letting the current DOJ and radical Democrat plans and operatives play out. Of course, should one just want that little ol' communism thingie, the communist playbook from the fifties listed point by point all the steps required for that -- and we are almost there. Communism, fascism, or capitalism? Choose, while you still can.<br /><br /><b>Killing Heroes in Minnesota:</b> Two police officers and a paramedic are dead because a piece of human trash made a fatal decision -- probably premeditated. Maybe he wasn't crazy, or maybe just crazy enough. As much as I hate a lot about technology as it wraps itself around our lives, I really look forward to the day when something other than "first" responders' bodies are introduced to take these cowardly monsters out before anybody gets hurt. While it's fashionable currently to blame bad people's actions on mental illness (thereby conveniently providing jobs for mental health practitioners), there is no cure like a kill-you-now cure, guaranteed to solve one's dangerous mental illness proclivities once and for all. I know I sound rash, but I prefer my police officers and medical personnel to stay alive, and if that eventually requires letting "domestic violence" situations play themselves out until chalk lines and police photos are introduced, maybe that's where we are for now.<br /><br /><b>Trump on NATO:</b> Well, pay up and staff up, NATO allies. Isn't that fair? By the way, leftists notoriously have no sense of humor, so it's hardly a revelation that media tongue-waggers don't "get" his dark humor.<br /><br /><b>A belated</b> Happy Valentine's Day to a young couple of sex maniacs in Georgia named Fani and Nathan. You know, it's like Fani and Nathan, sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g? And more. Show us the money. Now, now, let's not be "judgey."<br /><br /><b>NBC-TV's <i>Labrea</i>:</b> There is a God! Thankfully, this incredible piece of televised crap has met its demise. I guess it showed promise in the first episode, but everything after that was like every other example of bad televised sci-fi to ever grace the airwaves. But not to worry -- commercial TV, while it still exists, will soon whip up another futuristic CGI loser intended only to keep you watching as the commercials roll by in increasing quantities. May I suggest a TV series entitled,<i> Burisma</i>, where a politically-connected family involved with the natural gas industry in a fictional country mysteriously accumulates millions of dollars every week, as if by magic?<br /><br /><b>Ladies:</b> Your Botox and/or stretching facelifts are not looking so good for some of you as you age. We won't name names, but some faces have become all lips, while others remind me of an old movie title, I think it was "The Screaming Skull." <br /><br /><b>Covid</b> immunizations: This week, major news sources are reporting even more research demonstrating that Covid and the shots can create very serious neurological, heart and blood problems. If you aren't staying in touch with articles in revolver.news (see link), you're missing a regular display of seemingly long-term Covid immunization horror stories. Next time a public health problem breaks out, be cautious of government directives. Would they lie? You bet. They already did and the facts are available at last.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I'm watching some medical doctors squirm in interviews as they attempt to distance themselves from the jabs they themselves recommended despite the evidence way back. Months ago in this blog we mentioned instances of funeral directors who began discovering lengthy, rubbery clots in the arteries of deceased people who were diagnosed with Covid, and even then the possible implications of spike proteins became the focus of attention. Regarding the "vaccine," the initial thought was that spike proteins would be eliminated from the body -- but instead they generated more spike proteins which traveled throughout the body (even to the brain) and hid in multiple organ systems. As we now know, a great deal of negative data already known by the drug manufacturers and the government was kept out of public view. Hello, lying social media. Hello, Biden gang censors. Oh yes, by all means vote for more of this on Election Day.<br /><br /><b>On a similar note</b>, the Biden administration continues striving to control news on the Internet and elsewhere. The lawsuits are out there. AI will help, trust that. We won't even get started on what journalism schools are turning out, except to say if you aren't a woke Democrat progressive graduate these days, you're apparently no journalist. Ditto on law school grads encouraged to lean so far left that they wouldn't straighten up in a fierce windstorm.<br /><br /><b>The U.S. military services</b>. . .do not need trannies any more than they need DEI bullshit. Gays are fine, but the trannies endure too many mental problems and an abundance of suicides. Have fun on the streets Mr. Lady, but I don't want to be "protected" by a brain with a potential for compromise on the turn of a two-headed, transformed gender dime. The enemy won't put up with you, either. Sad but true. <br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-34106258149176947162024-02-12T18:44:00.000-05:002024-02-12T18:44:02.770-05:00 Things That Should Just Go Away<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LTexw5qGO-tBH-C84UM5A3tbuZfz_zjmYozn1r6y76733o_fcH51saXSPjSayeGkStEetugSUM1AYtzH5yVPpJiSDUzuqgPtrA1zO5lWljECqtzKV1BQC3wpzMQ8oKcNKYQG2Cwj192aQoH7-x1OKC37iAPVHK1Kk2biiytuccJfI08qtTQ3qgPhm_5L/s1295/My%20Promise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LTexw5qGO-tBH-C84UM5A3tbuZfz_zjmYozn1r6y76733o_fcH51saXSPjSayeGkStEetugSUM1AYtzH5yVPpJiSDUzuqgPtrA1zO5lWljECqtzKV1BQC3wpzMQ8oKcNKYQG2Cwj192aQoH7-x1OKC37iAPVHK1Kk2biiytuccJfI08qtTQ3qgPhm_5L/w361-h400/My%20Promise.jpg" width="361" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">S</span></span>pring house cleaning is still several weeks away for </b>those of you eager to rid your home of dust bunnies, but there's no harm in making a list of other things requiring an exit from our lives. Such as?<br /><br /><b>Black History Month:</b> If inquiring minds don't know something of black history by now, they never will. With the Internet at arm's length and information galore freely available in most communities, the idea of BHM has become redundant and clunky. Other races of people may well wonder, where are their own months of historical remembrance? I've heard black people also concerned about BHM's ongoing space on the calendar, so this white guy isn't speaking out because I have a secret KKK membership or something. Nevertheless, there are those among us who will condemn me for even entertaining this thought. That pesky First Amendment, you know? If those who teach want to get it right, I hope they mention that the U.S. also had plenty of black slave owners who were themselves black and, while there is no excuse for slavery, the truth is that other countries were far more "into" slavery than America. The miracle of slavery, besides its termination, is how the Democrats went on to twist history and blame Republicans for all the bad things that happened back then. That Democrats, original champions of the KKK and Jim Crow, as well as opponents of civil rights legislation for black people, managed to make Republicans the villains despite their efforts FOR black rights is worthy of an Academy Award for best lies and manipulation.<br /><br /><b>Devastation in Green:</b> And we don't mean Kryptonite, Superman. Right now, across the planet, members of the criminal elite and well-intended, hiding in plain green sight, are banning common and traditional forms of energy, not to mention fertilizers necessary in order to grow food and sustain life. Recent polls alone indicate their disregard for human life. As a result, farmers and others faced with a dire future are rising up, but our feckless media refuse to cover the truth. I don't care about their credentials, their activism or their disturbing agendas, but I do remain concerned about the "climate change" lies that first erupted from the University of East Anglia years ago, followed by other instances of outright lies and fudging from various universities and "studies." The planet will do what the planet will do, but fully prepared to take advantage of public fears are governments, corporations and individuals interested in grabbing our power and wealth, making us always subservient to their social pressures, unwarranted regulations and constitutional interference. When those in whom we trust betray us so thoroughly and so dangerously, putting our lives in jeopardy, what are we to do? What action does one take when government representatives are no longer responsive to their constituents? What options remain when law schools are merely turning out leftist clones every year, with outright hostility toward students on the right?<br /><br /><b>The Perils of Plastic:</b> Years of research into plastic and its effects on the environment are well-established, but the latest findings suggesting that just one little ol' 16 oz. water bottle contains hundreds of thousands of plastic pieces -- micro-plastics -- certainly tips the disturbing scale. As if the medications we take and excrete into the ecosystem where animals and insects re-absorb them aren't bad enough, tiny pieces of plastic known to travel through arteries and into organs add to the horror. As we suggested in the past, we wonder whether such microscopic particles can build up enough to interfere with the body's electrical activity, and there is now an additional thought that these non-degradable particles might block cells from obtaining proper nutrition, thus driving bodily systems into utter chaos -- and eventual disease patterns. Will bottling and food corporations return to those thrilling days of using glass, smashing and adding significantly to shipping weight along the way? That's probably a no.<br /><br /><b>Singing Pharmaceutical Commercials: </b> Why aren't they vocalizing a tune when the narrator reaches the part about how the drug described has a potential side-effect of death? Other countries have the right idea of banning all pharmaceutical commercials, and while I condemn censorship in general it seems like common sense to let physicians, not patients glued to TV screens, choose the right drugs, should drugs be needed. Additionally, when I think of Covid immunization lies, Fauci and needless school and community shutdowns, the pharma industry isn't looking too good right now anyway.<br /><br /><b>Go away, Biden, Obama hold-overs and</b> every deviously incompetent member of the current administration: To hell with those sympathizing with Biden's mental status. Truth is, this old bastard has made one wrong decision after another. If it wasn't withdrawing from Afghanistan and leaving billions of dollars of equipment and runway space behind, it was the senseless instant cancellation of over 90 Executive Orders Donald Trump had initiated to keep the border safe -- successfully. The country is now awash in crime, drugs, assaults, daylight robberies, murders and rapes-in-waiting, and even as we attempt, hopefully, to get millions of illegal immigrants -- I call them "fib-igrants" because they lied to get in -- out of here, problems and taxpayer expenses are destined to build among this unwanted population for years to come. Anybody voting for four more years of this Marxist-style hell on Earth in November truly has no clue about the invasion danger and leftist-organized chaos we face.<br /><br />A Biden decision that WON'T go away will hit us shortly, and that is higher energy rates because of his tantrum over Texas daring to protect itself at the border and consequently cutting off exports of 20 percent of liquid natural gas. This is an outrage among many energy shocks perpetrated by the Biden gang.<br /><br /><b>Hamas must</b> become a dinosaur skeleton: Go, Israel, go.<br /><br /><b>United Nations:</b> Kick these thieves and tyrants out of my country, they're smelling up the place. Maybe it's the poop in their beards.<br /><br /><b>Us:</b> Why are we not extinct? I briefly checked into the Super Bowel show and its halftime entertainment, and instantly wondered why the universe just doesn't say the hell with this and we all just disappear in a flash. Devolution and lower IQ scores around the world may well be our future, so curb that positive attitude and join the crowd. Doing so may be inevitable.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-83224972158980100062024-02-05T18:35:00.000-05:002024-02-05T18:35:39.914-05:00 A Typical Day in the Life of President Joseph R. Treasonette<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUHlpgV4TWeukVgMCNaCPZZ-CGHONEzcYmsHT_rSoHlBgOU3r8TURnYDnH0nSIElb44kANukoWtMVzXEc15ev0fnwpn0xY28AKiTz_wOAqGPTzd5G91zU6FxVcpSZsW1oMkKi-FRrolCJgAOGSZIpBwTki3mc42GOv-nFt-DiBLYxY_dqMCILu4mUi1xb/s368/tol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUHlpgV4TWeukVgMCNaCPZZ-CGHONEzcYmsHT_rSoHlBgOU3r8TURnYDnH0nSIElb44kANukoWtMVzXEc15ev0fnwpn0xY28AKiTz_wOAqGPTzd5G91zU6FxVcpSZsW1oMkKi-FRrolCJgAOGSZIpBwTki3mc42GOv-nFt-DiBLYxY_dqMCILu4mUi1xb/w288-h400/tol.jpg" width="288" /></a></b></div><b><br />7:00 a.m.</b> White House medical personnel enter the President's bedroom to wake him after first holding a mirror under his nose to make sure he is still alive and breathing. During this daily morning exercise his wife, who once used her given first name but now insists on being addressed as Doctor First Lady (DFL), steps aside as the team performs a gentle wake-up maneuver (not to be confused with a WOKE procedure, which might necessarily refer to a gender change). DFL is not a medical doctor, yet does little to make this fact known when stepping out in public to attend political affairs.<br /><br /><b>7:30 a.m. </b> Following toilet and shower activities the President is reminded numerous times to put on his pants, and once this chore is accomplished the rest of his clothes are applied.<br /><br /><b>7:45 a.m.</b> The President and his wife have breakfast together, generally an uneventful occasion aside from DFL's need to cut his toast into animal figures before he will touch a morsel of anything on the plate. Donald Trump is on his mind.<br /><br /><b>8:00 a.m.</b> The presidential couple take a brief walk outside on the White House grounds, far from gawking observers kept behind a barrier and fence. Several Secret Service agents walk nearby, but their abilities to protect the President remain in question because the current family German Shepherd, Ol' Woodrow, has bitten every agent's testicles off, leaving them pretty much neutral, if not merely neutered. Neither the President nor the Democrat Party seem to mind anywhere near as much as the Secret Service detail.<br /><br /><b>8:30 a.m.</b> President Treasonette attends his daily meeting with green activists intent upon draining America of all traditional energy sources as soon as possible to avoid planetary calamity, public scam awareness and crucial loss of donations to the Democrat Party. The primary focus this week is to make Texas and Florida suffer, as neither is emasculated enough to allow a sufficient Federal power grab. He wishes he could paint Donald Trump green. A major point of concern is not only how to make Americans become used to less viable and vastly more expensive energy options, but how to make them embrace the concept joyfully and feel patriotic about the changes.<br /><br /><b>9:00 a.m.</b> Nap time, following brief phone conversation with Chinese communists interested in buying property in Texas and Florida. <br /><br /><b>9:30 a.m.</b> Mirror breath-check again, get him dressed, be sure President is wearing pants.<br /><br /><b>10:00 a.m.</b> Meeting with DEI representatives of government, universities and corporations to discuss ways of blaming white people for the nation's problems, and striving to make sure that qualifications of the best and brightest have no place in hiring in America. The President and his administration believe the desire for excellence in the workplace is racist and must be curbed at any cost -- a fact reflected among his own hand-picked White House staff, which are not the definition of the brightest bulbs in the closet. He wonders why he couldn't have a smart staff like Trump had.<br /><br /><b>10:30 a.m</b>. Members of the World Economic Forum and United Nations meet with President Treasonette to exert an extreme global influence on America, hoping to continue making the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence merely relics of the past. The President wonders whether he actually has original copies of these stored in boxes next to his garaged car in Delaware. He envies Trump for storing his documents in the house, where rats couldn't chew them.<br /><br /><b>11:00 a.m.</b> Lunch and nap time.<br /><br /><b>1:00 p.m.</b> Mirror breath check, repeat as before, watch that he puts his pants on.<br /><br /><b>1:45 p.m.</b> Meeting with economic advisors to determine whether ESG can be called something else because the people have caught on to its implications. He wonders what Trump would do.<br /><br /><b>2:45 p.m.</b> Award ceremony for illegal immigrants who attacked police officers in NY City, appreciation for their efforts in combating police brutality. Afterwards, the President consults with staff briefly to see if arrangements can be made for immigration judges who process illegal immigrants under new legislation will nevertheless allow almost everybody to remain in the country forever (including relatives still in foreign countries). Democrats' desire to allow "anchor babies" full citizenship status must also be protected under Executive Order.<br /><br /><b>3:15 p.m.</b> Attend presentation condemning Israel for daring to protect its people with weapons.<br /><br /><b>3:30 p.m. </b> TV camera opportunity to blame the National Rifle Association for everything involving guns, knives, crazy people and auto accidents. The most corrupt among Democrat senators will fill the room to point accusatory fingers. They will also blame Trump for not doing things they actually did wrong, as usual.<br /><br /><b>4:00 p.m.</b> President meets with unhappy parents whose children's unfortunate encounters with social media did not end well. President will issue an unconstitutional Executive Order to shut down the entire Internet because that is easier than encouraging parents to keep track of their children's activities instead of blaming the Web. He will wonder if Trump controls his own children's access to the Internet.<br /><br /><b>4:30 p.m.</b> End of working day, followed by dinner, a little TV, a quick reading of pages from <i>"Rules for</i> <i>Radicals"</i> and then it's off to sleep for the night. When dreaming, he generally dreams of Trump and little else.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-49489338468959261982024-01-31T18:34:00.000-05:002024-01-31T18:34:03.474-05:00 President Joe Treason - Warmonger or Fishmonger?<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjrzcp1pUBm_ES179RT5GFUBgzhuWNIYLsulEmoAienSZZEv_4OsZswXVU6oKXnaL_HeiH1lckV3mQoh9UZW4lz9yDVFXAyEWMj1ZFq7dqmD_treuT3JtKkZ7_ut5DXzb8OJrqRB4PgWwWVue6pzU3gohsEXQtcDI1CF7K3kj5_Ppqag9wvzT_fdmOSe8/s1030/treachery_Livy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1030" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjrzcp1pUBm_ES179RT5GFUBgzhuWNIYLsulEmoAienSZZEv_4OsZswXVU6oKXnaL_HeiH1lckV3mQoh9UZW4lz9yDVFXAyEWMj1ZFq7dqmD_treuT3JtKkZ7_ut5DXzb8OJrqRB4PgWwWVue6pzU3gohsEXQtcDI1CF7K3kj5_Ppqag9wvzT_fdmOSe8/w400-h271/treachery_Livy.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am</span> currently bereft of titles </b>to adequately cover this fool and his nation-wrecking clown administration, so I thought this one might do. I wonder how many more billions of dollars he, like Obama, can find for Iran before more American military personnel receive death at the hands of these religious fanatic loonies? One tires of Iran's Ayatollah Douche Bag & Co. and one can only hope somebody pulls their ratty beards off soon and returns them to the goat butts desperately missing their warmth. Oh, and not to forget, Iran's nuke facilities need to be blasted into oblivion, as per the usual international schedule.<br /><br /><b>President Lyin' Joe said</b> this week that he has done everything he can about the border. What a lying liar. Three years ago he could have closed off the border, and if he didn't like Trump's fence he could simply have followed established law. This tyrant has no problem signing executive order after executive order with no constitutional backing, but the one thing he can do to make a real and immediate difference he won't do. Why would he? The obvious plan is to remake the country in somebody else's image. The enemy truly lives within, with a lot of help from outsiders.<br /><br /><b>Mayorkas Impeachment:</b> Waste of time, Republicans, but I guess the process will make a statement. The border invasion-complicit Democrats are already shooting this down. Of course they are. Again, may I suggest, not impeachment, but treason as the order of the day? That one goes a little higher, to lying Joe.<br /><br /><b>The Establishment, </b>propped up by both Democrats and Republicans, continues to swim comfortably in The Swamp. They fear Trump and will attempt his political and apparently financial destruction no matter what. Should he have another go at the Presidency, wonders may yet be worked -- to make America great again. To those for whom MAGA is a dirty word, we wonder if they really prefer its current White House replacement? Sadly, there are people working hard to make sure the illusion of Donald Trump as a dictator becomes commonplace among the complicit media. Beware.<br /><br /><b>The United Nation</b>s has again shown itself for what it is, a gaggle of gangs and thugs, and now its tentacles seem to have been involved with the Israel invasion. When will we have the guts to kick this anti-liberty, anti-American fortress of a'holes out of our country and stop paying for it to hate us? <br /><br /><b>About this</b> E. (I think the E stands for Elitist) Jerkhoff Carroll thing: If I were old, apparently on the verge of either cunning, crazy or criminal, and claimed I was defamed because a rich man who went on to become U.S. President -- who may never have actually touched me -- did something to me, and I could get a NY jury to award me more than 83 million dollars, would I take the plunge? If I threw my Democrat self on the mercy of a Democrat NY court as a victim who actually subjected MYSELF to the public's scrutiny, already known publicly as a columnist and literary slop-maker who nobody outside of NY City ever heard of, would I deserve everything in excess awarded to me? If I "defamed" myself by blabbing to wet dream reporters, how would that look?<br /><br />If the name were Lewis Carroll, maybe so -- at least he contributed literature the world embraced and loved. Yes, Virginia, there are "whack jobs" out there, and they are nasty, greedy, verbose, emotionally fucked up and ready to pounce at any opportunity. Unfortunately, the NY judiciary system seems too soaked in leftist dogma to see straight between cocktail parties with fellow travelers. This is what you get, again and again. Avoid New York at all costs, because costs you will incur sooner or later. Meantime, we hope Trump's appeal sinks this entire ship, since he wasn't even allowed to introduce evidence or testify on his behalf with same.<br /><br /><b>Fear and Loathing in the Newspaper</b> and Magazine Business: Well, here we are again. The LA Times, Sports Illustrated and all the others expected to be safe and warm for decades to come. Not so. Fortunes change, but publishers and editors also need to be cognizant of the elephant in the room which is young, has poor reading skills, and couldn't care less about the information before him, her or it unless it shines with the glitter of the Internet. And they often don't have the slightest idea about the point of the newspaper or magazine story begging their attention. Add drugs, stupidity and the tendency of publications to appeal to one political party and the recipe for disaster is complete. That's a -30- for sure.<br /><br /><b>President Treason hates Texas</b> and Florida: Cutting off 20 percent of LNG exports to other countries will harm TX and FL economies, and don't think this yet-unindicted criminal didn't know that.<br /><br /><b>Return to the military draft:</b> We can't leave this one alone. Right now there is, nevertheless muted, talk of war in Congress. At the same time, military recruitment is still down dramatically. The Armed Forces, especially the Navy, are hungry for new recruits, and those men and women are not going to magically appear in a cabbage patch. To be honest, polls demonstrate that most young folk feel no need to join the military, and patriotism is something left over from the Bronze Age. The very best among possible recruits also look poorly upon transgender and Woke nonsense. Kindly old Grandpa Joe Treason will come for the kids if the time is right.<br /><br /><b>Anchors Away</b>: The one thing Congress could do before anything is to outlaw anchor babies, the kids made instant citizens simply because they are born in the USA. Ramaswamy had this idiocy all figured out and believed it illegal according to law, despite what many think. We will see.<br /><br /><b>By the way, the weak cog</b> in the immigration fight is the immigration attorney. How can we know the number who will "approve" most of their clients to remain in the USA? This field of law absolutely must be crawling with leftists sympathetic to anything that shows up at the border. We need to watch this bunch carefully. Meantime, let's hire lots of I.C.E. agents and turn them loose.<br /><br /><b>Remember the Stockpile:</b> We still wonder why the Federal Government bought up so much ammunition for numerous agencies, including the IRS, and for other agencies which would seemingly have no use for as much as one bullet. Aside from the military, plain old government offices may be the largest ammunition depots in the country. And again we ask -- why?<br /><br /><b>They'll like Byrna, Too!</b> The "Byrna launcher" defensive weapon which shoots tear gas and other substances to ward off bad guys is quite popular on ads currently. What they don't mention is the obvious fact that the bad guys will also be purchasing the device to use on YOU during acts of criminality. Because "it's legal in all 50 states," and not considered a firearm or dangerous weapon, crooks are going to take to this thing like flies to honey. Nice try, though!<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-91017530088601794122024-01-25T14:50:00.002-05:002024-01-25T14:50:45.223-05:00 Bits and Pieces for January 2024<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKqeN_cM67Gzteuuut-FE6NSEsuYQPxNlv3Q0MQrm_i9EmR6TRKhZRnURHBjz1jKAar-2LxdoUzqazpo9Mh1rlFsQ2JRVeassaAx-OHflmFZW_JsltGZYwVQEKc4CQ_j351iUQNy9qNeVHOgNxgd4EC4ZJ2A7FV0GsO8OJqhEU0hrGWInX-WhwAkl_gTs/s1064/SF%20writers%20knew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1064" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKqeN_cM67Gzteuuut-FE6NSEsuYQPxNlv3Q0MQrm_i9EmR6TRKhZRnURHBjz1jKAar-2LxdoUzqazpo9Mh1rlFsQ2JRVeassaAx-OHflmFZW_JsltGZYwVQEKc4CQ_j351iUQNy9qNeVHOgNxgd4EC4ZJ2A7FV0GsO8OJqhEU0hrGWInX-WhwAkl_gTs/w400-h304/SF%20writers%20knew.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">W</span></span>inter shouted a big, icy hello</b> this month, and may I say, I hope those of you who bought into the idea of electric vehicles were thrilled about being stranded without a fast (if any) charge on some back road -- and I sure hope you were conscientious enough to sacrifice any idea of running the energy-sucking heater which automatically deprives the battery of some 40 percent of the charge. Assuming the Republicans regain office in the USA, wouldn't it be nice if vehicle manufacturers would go back to just making simple cars or trucks capable of getting one from here to there? Do we really need electric windows, butt-warming seats and enough installed cameras to produce your own TV show?<br /><br /><b>Just keep the waiting list in mind.</b> When the inevitable sun or nuke-precipitated EMP destroys everything equipped with a chip (yes, that means every everything) someday, those old enough to remember will beg for the inconvenience of old, alternative devices which will probably never return.<br /><br /><b>Socialist fantasy of the week</b>: The United Auto Workers (UAW) union endorsed Biden's re-election. UAW president Shawn Fain gave a spirited speech to encourage membership to vote for . . .for. . .a U.S. President who forced the industry to build electric vehicles that few potential buyers want after witnessing the phony promises of EVs. Should the Biden gang's efforts force car manufacturers into bankruptcy, we suppose Fain will pretty up the situation by insisting failed companies produce less pollution and the green results should be embraced by all. Modern unions, still lacking the growth they once enjoyed (Biden would love to fix that), will destroy America like locusts in the crops. Really, can we not negotiate reasonable contracts as individuals? Do we need nanny unions to direct and control our lives?<br /><br /><b>Strange bedfellows</b>: Appears as though the New York State legislature has decided NOT to ban wood or fireplaces because people do often require this fuel to stay warm and cook. Now, the interesting thing is that the legislature concedes that wood fire puts more particulate matter into the air than other fuel sources. Wha...? Then. . .why not leave gas, oil and coal alone instead of banning those sources of heat and cooking? We still pray for court intervention on crazy decisions spewed out lovingly and often by state governors and governing bodies which seem clueless, of not ignorant on purpose.<br /><br /><b>The Citizen Judge</b>: I had some blowback about stating that thousands of plain old citizens could become deputized judges to hasten the fate of millions of illegal aliens in the USA. So why not? Remember military draft boards (which, in my opinion, may return)? They were often composed of people in the community who made choices about who would be considered for the draft. At any rate, we need to find a fast and economical way to process these mostly ineligible border crossers and get them out of here. Compassion can and will destroy the compassionate.<br /><br /><b>Nikki Haley's deficit:</b> Okay, Trump's the anticipated winner, but Haley's underestimated problem is her voice. When she speaks loudly or with emotion, her voice becomes shrill, just like Hillary Clinton. That is not a plus.<br /><br /><b>Return of the Tranny Murder</b>s: Dylan Butler kills two people at school, then himself, then among his social media writings we discover he has a gender identity thing going on. What is it with you young homicidal trans people? Something besides being bullied is going on in those twisted little brains. Butler wasn't just trans-fluid, he was transfixed.<br /><br /><b>That's Entertainment</b>: If nobody plans to arrest Dr. Fauci in the near future for his Covid advice, we wonder whether he might show up as a tap-dancer in one of those televised singing drug commercials. Tap-dancing, even in several directions at the same time, would seem a natural talent for this show-off.<br /><br /><b>Oh, oh, oh Canada:</b> How much longer must you endure this blockhead of black face named Trudeau? If Argentina, and now the Netherlands can elect sanity, maybe you can, too. The world currently needs a deficit of elitists, and your dear Justin seems just one more cog in the wheel of the World Economic Forum. At least, on the bright side, you have Jordan Peterson! Hope the Canadian psychiatry mafia doesn't mess with his brain during "re-education," which, to my mind, might be something like what Martians did to people in a small town in the movie, "Invaders from Mars" (the original fifties version). Canada, don't be woke, and don't let your shameful government assist even teenagers in suicide. Someday, maybe public hangings of the proper officials shall return when the world becomes re-infected with common sense.<br /><br />I don't know what Canada does when a leader turns out to be dangerous to his or her country, but here in the USA we have laws regarding treason which should be followed, but have not emerged so far. However, I look forward to a day when the Biden bunch meets this fate, if not indeed added to charges under the RICO (gang criminality) laws, which it surely should because the criminal alien invasion it allows has seriously drained our security abilities. We are currently "negotiating" with Mexico about aliens, which historically means paying them off in a big way for little in return.<br /><br /><b>Davos</b>: We understand that conservatives and others on the right are making quite an impact in Switzerland, putting the Elite in quite the defensive position. Good. The most evil of leftists are quite concerned at the moment about banning DIS and MIS information, which we will naturally assume is done by overriding these with even more disinformation and misinformation. Really, the world has gone crazy.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-47638040458642550892024-01-12T15:22:00.000-05:002024-01-12T15:22:13.756-05:00Will the Word in Fear of its own Existence Be Uttered Soon?<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeLYc1CC6U9qFzXsvDEmfAdfAxAaDWinOqp-S45Mk_wE9-tloz-lC5goF02l5dKUr3OJuLQZVgQ8GE3h1KE7LxKE_J6LvFx7aTZk5_hgME8C9Faz6biea5p-WkZ_hx8faYw-iJvGvRoHesXKp0BfSAB5JGBVJTEBBzVTna2x9FCMtw6j78gfJsU_iFClL/s960/the%20question%20in%20question.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeLYc1CC6U9qFzXsvDEmfAdfAxAaDWinOqp-S45Mk_wE9-tloz-lC5goF02l5dKUr3OJuLQZVgQ8GE3h1KE7LxKE_J6LvFx7aTZk5_hgME8C9Faz6biea5p-WkZ_hx8faYw-iJvGvRoHesXKp0BfSAB5JGBVJTEBBzVTna2x9FCMtw6j78gfJsU_iFClL/w400-h266/the%20question%20in%20question.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>an you smell it?</b> The odor sort of seems like perspiration mixed with something rotten -- a fragrance nauseating enough to make the scent of a skunk akin to the finest perfume.<br /><br />Have you not yet been assaulted by the aroma? I have, but as opposed to something detected by one's nose, the odor is more of a brain hit. What is it, so strange, so distant, yet so familiar?<br /><br />Of course, now I remember. In 1967-68 a military draft board determined I would be carried off for compulsory military service. That's the odor of familiarity for me, and that's the aroma of reprise wafting almost, but not quite inconspicuously across the USA today.<p></p><p></p><p>The draft, oh goodnight, the draft? For real?<br /><br />Call me crazy, but I'm keeping one eye open in expectation that our dwindling number of personnel occupying the Armed Forces will need bolstering, and while we call some things begging or pleading, an actual draft shows little mercy to young people entrenched in the belief that nobody can touch them or spirit them away for military service. Did young folk believe when they reached 18 and signed up with the government that the door knock would never come?<br /><br />The knock approaches. If Middle East conflicts expand, or if any of a dozen other encumbrances sprout up without warning, Uncle Sam and his war-lovin' Democrats are coming for the kids. This is what leftists and others of various political persuasions received as a gift when they voted for Biden simply because they "hate Trump."<br /><br />I eluded the final dreaded draft notice by one week, but only because I enlisted. This time around, kids, what you envisioned as kindly old Grandpa Joe will gobble you up for his war machine with no apologies, and you can't even run to Canada because the USA made sure that the Canadian escape route is no longer an option.<br /><br />Is a new draft on the way? Might as well sniff the wind and wait.<br /></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-79762706002871357652024-01-10T18:11:00.000-05:002024-01-10T18:11:15.398-05:00 Illegal Immigration and the Citizen Judge<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSfeAogk7P4joZXkxpxzG4a_GHg3Cf975mL6i1-efFr6di00jbGOKe_pkizntmRqUSXam2Jl6vMxTfITK-iLjNa7f2BvwGjaKjJ_QA5vfLKmcq0-Mg9qgoGAj8eDoDbPdKUGY1XWyRyVxO5ljLb262B5mWawfMNjFPRij-3pUDHfBv1OFjQaxv0MB2AKW/s511/Nobody%20gets%20away.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="511" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSfeAogk7P4joZXkxpxzG4a_GHg3Cf975mL6i1-efFr6di00jbGOKe_pkizntmRqUSXam2Jl6vMxTfITK-iLjNa7f2BvwGjaKjJ_QA5vfLKmcq0-Mg9qgoGAj8eDoDbPdKUGY1XWyRyVxO5ljLb262B5mWawfMNjFPRij-3pUDHfBv1OFjQaxv0MB2AKW/w400-h328/Nobody%20gets%20away.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In due time</span></b>, these primarily leftist scoundrels who have willingly and purposefully allowed the USA to overflow and swell with invaders from all over the world must be arrested, tried and punished in old-fashioned ways. Impeachment has become such a meaningless word, holding as little effect for the politically guilty as a can of expired insect repellent. Treason is a far better word, absolutely relevant and applicable to the Biden bunch whose inner cartel picks and chooses established laws according to a politically carved-out whim. That immigration laws already set in stone have been so blatantly ignored is an outrage which craves attention.<br /><br /><b>A proposed solution</b>, simply put. . .<br /><br />We are already immersed in the realization that millions upon millions of criminal invaders, be they single or with the children they hope to use as battering rams for permanent residence, are increasingly -- what? -- six or seven years away from orders to show up for an immigration hearing. We are told there are not enough judges.<br /><br />We say, one does not need to be an attorney to sit on the Supreme Court. Maybe your cocker spaniel could be nominated for a spot, but I'm not sure about that.<br /><br />However, this is the United States and the country grew not strictly because of people pigeon-holed into specific roles, but the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker also enjoyed the additional duties of teaching others in hastily built school houses, or in constructing places of necessity using talents and experience already available.<br /><br />So why can't American citizens (the legal kind) be enlightened with a few comprehensive instructions on what people stay and what folks exit the nation, after which by the thousands they are stationed all around the country to swiftly make final decisions?<br /><br />Oh, I know -- this will piss off every "immigration attorney" in the country, but so what? If the USA is truly a nation of immigrants, and it obviously is, what's the problem with legal residents making remain-or-go decrees based upon fundamental guidelines? As things stand now, and I like the word, "stand," we apparently host currently many millions of border jumpers qualified without argument for instant deportation.<br /><br />As Americans are forced to pay for housing, health care, feeding and education of the world's masses who persist in walking in and raping our legal system without consequences from our friends on the radical left, this would seem the best approach. After all, what is the argument against meeting insane illegality head-on with something else that seems a little crazy, yet could be the best weapon the common tax-paying man or woman has in their arsenal? And again, yes, the left will bring out the pitchforks and torches in such numbers as to amaze and terrify those who just want this ongoing nightmare to end for those stuck with paying the tab and being forced to accept the clearly unacceptable. Another downside, of course, is the immense costs involved with deporting people, and hoping we can send them where they need to go. (Suggesting that Boeing provide its special "open airplane window" sucking accommodations for a smooth and effective departure at high altitude is probably a bit too harsh.)<br /><p></p><p></p><p>At the very least, we need a Republican president and a right-leaning Congress, I should think, because otherwise the chances of Americans being allowed to fight for their country before it transforms into a coast-to-coast place of unrecognizable laws and values are almost guaranteed to fail under leftist rule.<br /><br />It's your country, not theirs -- and never forget, as elections near, we live in a constitutional (otherwise known as a representative) republic, NOT the "democracy" the left would impose upon us which would easily rival any dime-store communist leadership. Let's wake up, but don't be woke.</p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-10009010012414093252024-01-06T11:13:00.003-05:002024-01-10T17:53:33.259-05:00David Soul and His UFO Movie Role<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEty3L-nkDYU9-H4N1DHmhnxTD1TtcyQj6jhzJseFfCgV-M_WW91r55eVberlzJjMY0hlfyAGLOabCa-ijaKmhV8VwFXS6wvCa1qRlCVVaiZadSNWOTX_543iqk8MkVrNM_4KxPDgS2AE3MHR3APpNu7UYl1iWvjL5BTo_A-Eo57g3e6pT9WXn73XyHFGb/s1134/David%20Soul,%20actor.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1134" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEty3L-nkDYU9-H4N1DHmhnxTD1TtcyQj6jhzJseFfCgV-M_WW91r55eVberlzJjMY0hlfyAGLOabCa-ijaKmhV8VwFXS6wvCa1qRlCVVaiZadSNWOTX_543iqk8MkVrNM_4KxPDgS2AE3MHR3APpNu7UYl1iWvjL5BTo_A-Eo57g3e6pT9WXn73XyHFGb/w400-h339/David%20Soul,%20actor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Actor David Soul died at age 80</b> this week, and while most people will remember him for his role in the TV series,<i> Starsky and Hutch</i> -- and for a brief but popular singing career -- few may recall his role in a movie about UFOs.<p></p><p>In 1974, a low-budget TV movie entitled, <i>The Disappearance of Flight 412</i> premiered on the NBC TV Network. Starring Glenn Ford and several other familiar actors, one of the characters who portrayed an Air Force pilot was David Soul.</p><p>We have mentioned this motion picture on several occasions over the years, but the notable thing about it was that one of the script's writers, himself with a military background, was actually putting into fiction an actual event with which he was familiar. In this case, two Marine pilots disappear while checking out three radar UFOs, and later on only a little aircraft wreckage is located with no trace of the pilots. A similar jet scramble happens only days later, but this is only mentioned by the narrator toward the end.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIQSEMga3QXJnKmmmIsxZw65Q4U7WKQfaJVjaVtDr3DkJ1phnmeJBi_URo_e4b56soMXbOp98wn-DN6zs1LeSYlj7M54h30mAsOSgxoEe4pjoL1trjl4xxBYGdMWpvdpyeSAO-vpKbYELzdZDudarBGWTySZGbCrL7FwD0NXtPywcgQf9ct54akNaTIGi/s868/Disappearance%20of%20Flight%20412%20TV%20ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIQSEMga3QXJnKmmmIsxZw65Q4U7WKQfaJVjaVtDr3DkJ1phnmeJBi_URo_e4b56soMXbOp98wn-DN6zs1LeSYlj7M54h30mAsOSgxoEe4pjoL1trjl4xxBYGdMWpvdpyeSAO-vpKbYELzdZDudarBGWTySZGbCrL7FwD0NXtPywcgQf9ct54akNaTIGi/s320/Disappearance%20of%20Flight%20412%20TV%20ad.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Adding to the intrigue regarding production of the film, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) of Arizona, then one of the oldest private UFO organizations in the world, provided purportedly real photos of UFOs, and these were displayed as part of the story.</p><p><i>The Disappearance of Flight 412 </i>has long ago faded into the background, probably because of its obvious minimal budget and lack of aliens with laser weapons threatening the planet, but once the viewer understands that there's real -- frightening -- history here, the production takes on a different value for us.<br /></p><p>David Soul's role was no more or less noteworthy than that of the other actors, but the fact that he took on this project, primarily a showplace for Glenn Ford, who himself was a military officer and already held views about UFOs, should be of interest particularly to those interested in UFO history. I just wanted you to know.<br /></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-56547500349544169932024-01-02T18:32:00.000-05:002024-01-02T18:32:34.318-05:00 Invade, Lie, Rape, Steal, Demand, Thank the Democrats, Rinse and Repeat<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm_A1MR9VUv0RRWskaVlJWb9HzABSYcdG1AloZZ5YamwL7EkYSt0ZCdgQe5vl4aVGdBbBHcSbNfiCgoP337bORP770-n-sCyjBHfyRUxyLMB5v5pBzIZ8c8xZtzT3b4irEuXg8rekpuqbA06fp0uX53T3CnBmStFgCROVFaYok5LmOheP90Ey6v19uMfE/s1204/welcome%20back%20clotter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1204" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm_A1MR9VUv0RRWskaVlJWb9HzABSYcdG1AloZZ5YamwL7EkYSt0ZCdgQe5vl4aVGdBbBHcSbNfiCgoP337bORP770-n-sCyjBHfyRUxyLMB5v5pBzIZ8c8xZtzT3b4irEuXg8rekpuqbA06fp0uX53T3CnBmStFgCROVFaYok5LmOheP90Ey6v19uMfE/w400-h331/welcome%20back%20clotter.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The</span> definition of treason runs so deep</b> in this country right now that it almost seems rare to find a federal government agency or official Washington relationship not wrapped up in or at least touched by it. Why are things so bad? Well, for one thing you can't have justice without a squeaky-clean Dept. of Justice unbridled by political corruption and deceit. On that matter, we're screwed for the foreseeable future.<br /><br />A few years ago, the dumb-ass RINO Republicans had an opportunity to fix the immigration system because they held power in all three chambers. Instead, most shrugged off what could wait until "later" and continued basking briefly in political sunlight. They blew the opportunity to sweep Democrats out of the way to opt for common sense, instead of allowing for the radical left's disaster currently eating the Southern (and Northern) border alive.<br /><br /><b>In related news</b>. . .why be surprised at the rush of Covid, flu and other infections right now? What do you think is coming over the border? Certainly not anything sterile and infection-free. Disease incubators on foot are claiming the USA by the thousands every week, and your cousin twice removed in Texas wonders why she's feeling poorly all the time. We have become a nation of sick people who think they are dead and dead people who thought they were merely sick.<br /><br /><b>The blood-feast</b> enjoyed right now by Democrat officials in numerous states, as they attempt to deprive voters of constitutional rights by striking Donald Trump's name from reality, could not offer a more outrageous example of people dedicated to destroying the America we know. Or knew.<br /><br /><b>At the borders, like locusts they come</b>, intent as zombie-like masses to eat and steal Americans out of house and home so they can have "a better life" as yours declines in kind. Assisting them are individuals and groups (deserved of execution) coached in advising invaders exactly what fabricated tales to relate in order to gain entry and government assistance. Cartels and "relief" organizations become fabulously wealthy in the process, but you don't matter except as an entity forced to cough up funding for illegal and questionable ventures orchestrated by others. I don't know how many more times it's worth warning that compassion in excess can kill the best of intentions -- and societies, yet the proof continues to march and slither unabated before us.<br /><br /><b>Voter fraud </b>is real and probably far more significantly ingrained in the election process than we know. Yet Trump is the evil conjured by the left. When one looks back upon Trump's accomplishments during four years, compared to Biden's tear-down of our promised fortunes, there is no comparison. Yet, the political war of calculation and stupidity goes on. In Congress, one mentions established collusion against conservatives among social network, political and corporate sources and the left can only respond with the word, Trump, to divert prying eyes.<br /><br /><b><i>Trump</i></b>. The left whips up an insurrection for what, in the most articulate of circumstances, could only be called a riot. Absurdity abounds as one political party counts upon a stupid, uninformed electorate to choose it as the nation's one and only, forever and ever.<br /><br /><b>Funny how the</b> New York Times is suing Microsoft and others for copyright infringement for allegedly letting AI steal its stories and relating information as it is taught various things. The question popping out to me, however, is -- wait a minute: Is AI being pumped up with a fund of knowledge ONLY from leftist sources, thereby making its future one of total censorship and omission of opposing values and history? Is artificial intelligence primed to be a leftist tool in every way, forcing us to submit to altered truths and "cognitive security" as covertly intended by social media, government and corporate entities?<br /><br /><b>From automation to</b> ultra-mation we have advanced. What luck, what determination, what danger we have prescribed for whatever living things survive the future. Should Mars say thank you as we bring it on?<br /><br /><b>Referencing government institutions</b> known by three characters as the "alphabet mafia" in the current atmosphere could not be more applicable to our situation.<br /><br /><b>And of course</b> we watch Israel responding with "what for" as a natural reaction to its people being massacred by cowards. Palestinian protestors in NY, DC and elsewhere should be grateful that they reside in a nation which freely allows public demonstrations of rage by both morons and lunatic activists alike.<p></p><p><b>Choose. . .anybody as a replacement?</b> Seems that Harvard U. lacks a president as of this date, the doctor-president variety. As I always said, if ya haven't performed at least one prostate exam or executed the delivery of a calf, you ain't no doctor. Also, plagiarism may be good enough for Joe Biden, but we should certainly expect more from our D.E.I. cookie-cutouts in their role as America haters, as they continue a progressive course via their own self-impressive credentials to change the nation into something alien and depressing.<br /></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-69811833762638264652023-12-26T19:13:00.000-05:002023-12-26T19:13:23.378-05:00"Used to Be" Don't Live Here No More<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lnPkL3b-7U8qaOCyl47f9qnWojwcc-5K_UxgaHDRR8NvHE6zOnNo_ypql6NfFAOSpFw7N6vaFP9Q7I8m1Cs7BH0zlAmDZQ16Bu-wt8vCk0nH4YqWZdmIFepCn4WJlji58af05wMvr_-guL1vVHzzPiu2L48MFESG260XRlpX30B-uennfAziyIFrPjG4/s450/clothes%20make%20the..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="450" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lnPkL3b-7U8qaOCyl47f9qnWojwcc-5K_UxgaHDRR8NvHE6zOnNo_ypql6NfFAOSpFw7N6vaFP9Q7I8m1Cs7BH0zlAmDZQ16Bu-wt8vCk0nH4YqWZdmIFepCn4WJlji58af05wMvr_-guL1vVHzzPiu2L48MFESG260XRlpX30B-uennfAziyIFrPjG4/w400-h390/clothes%20make%20the..jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i><br /> (First -- The Christmas Angel of 2023 has to be Elon Musk. We so appreciate this guy, oh yes, especially because "they" hate him and will never stop trying to dismantle him as a person, inventor and truth-teller who lets you know where he stands - whether you like his words or not. Too bad he has brains, a diagnosis always inflammatory to leftist morons. )</i><p></p><p><i> </i><br /><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">W</span>here hair lives</b>: Time was, men primarily concerned themselves with the hair on the tops of their heads. But something apparently needed to change with the times, so now keeping heads and, strangely, even groins shaved as if preparing for entrance into an alternative beauty contest seems all the rage. Yet, when it comes to beards and mustaches it's a far different story, as males beyond puberty appear all the more obligated to cover their faces, chins and necks in human fur.<br /><br />I've mentioned before that I'm no fan of beards because I personally feel that most of them conceal, rather than enhance one's personal emotional or self-concerning physical qualities. Deep emotional scars or wicked past lives which perhaps shouldn't be closeted can hide behind beards. Intense, horrible secrets can remain just beneath the surface of the bearded. People intent upon committing vicious crimes or hoping to remain unidentified as cameras reveal their crimes in real time prefer beards. Could be some just want to be bad and look bad.<br /><br />Others merely desire to look intellectual or tacitly collegiate, or perhaps there is an innocent desire to just cover a facial flaw originated from birth, or maybe due to a serious accident. Yes, many grow beards because they believe they enhance their looks, and maybe they do, considering how a lot of women (and gay men) prefer and encourage beards for their husbands, partners or boyfriends. Some people surely don facial hair because they believe themselves coyote-ugly. Anyway, even I have trouble fully trusting the bearded among us, who cares what I think? The brain-dead, that's who.<br /><br /><b>On to</b> other matters. . .<br /><br /><b>While watching</b> ABC-TV on Christmas Eve morning, I noticed the network ended one of its show by listing hundreds of people responsible for keeping their Democrat-complicit ministry of electronic truth operational, and I thought, my god, it takes so many hands in the pie to keep the Marxism, lies and turds beautified, perfumed and progressing as intended. Must be expensive to employ all those helpers and no wonder, therefore, that they run all those drug commercials for stuff that might kill you in your sleep before you can even change your underwear so the neighbors won't say unkind things about your hygiene.<br /><br /><b>Hate.</b> The media is much-consumed by hate these days, though its members would be the last to admit the fourth estate's role in promoting hatred to sell news. Yet, emotions of hatred, in my view, are inevitable right now. The old days have withered on the vine and we are left with savage thoughts and savage people. I suspect that we have come to realize the nature of our species, and we are frightened over our inability to do anything about it until extinction rears its inevitable head. I know, many of you believe we are going "to the stars." Maybe. Maybe not. The universe will decide regarding the who, the what or the if.<br /><br /><b>Have we not</b> stated on more than one occasion in the past few years that compassion can kill? Well, hello Southern border, hundreds of thousands more bodies crashing the party every month, deadly drugs, rape and murder (a high school Texas cheerleader being the latest victim, killed in her own bedroom by an illegal alien). When your culture ends up swimming in human excess with people who know nothing of and care nothing about it, this is how it shapes up. Currently, the invasion is composed in large part by single military-age males whose illegal resume' in the USA offers little but an ability to become baby-making rape machines, thieves and murderers. We are so close to losing American freedoms due to political infighting and the Democrats' refusal to let Trump's fence control foreign invaders that total recovery may be impossible for years to come, if ever.<br /><br /><b>This nation is busting </b>with hatred right now, and unfortunately the Democrats and their complicit press and social media are helping. These are the folks gushing with news telling you how great the economy and everything else is on an upward trend. Nothing to see here. Lies and liars, all prettied up for your nightly TV news shows.<br /><br /><b>Why are so many</b> jobs going unfilled? A few observations for you from me, a blogging lunatic:<br /><br /><b>Police:</b> This one is obvious. Who wants to be a cop when you are so disrespected by a vocal minority of the people you think you're serving? They shout you down with obscenities, throw and pour substances your way, kick and beat you, and shoot you dead given the slightest opportunity. So-called Soros prosecutors and those of a similar misguided mind do little to nothing to keep criminals off the streets, and with extra time on their hands state legislators often cook up other ways to de-criminalize criminal activities (NY's Governor Hochul wears this one proudly). Dedication to the badge used to be the highest of tributes, but when dedication slides into dead-ication, who needs it? <br /><br /><b>Fire fighters</b>: With fire fighters coming under similar attacks recently, we wonder even how that occupation will draw enough applicants in the future if criminals and crazy people aren't held accountable and removed.<br /><br /><b>Teachers:</b> They did not struggle through college and state licensing procedures in order to endure a daily wrestling match with students deemed unruly, but more likely than not also a danger to everybody around them. Being punched, kicked, stabbed, shot, sexually abused and even murdered by "troubled" children carrying or concealing weaponry isn't in their contract. Adding to the madness are teachers' unions demanding gender discussions and accessories, and demands that teachers go "woke" whilst also keeping parents uninformed about the controversial aspects of classroom learning. We won't even get started on school administrations.<br /><br /><b>Airline pilots: </b> It's no wonder some drink on duty. Vicious, miserable and lunatic passengers, federal regs galore, and stress over the next near-miss due to control tower fatigue or error. Why fly anybody's ass anywhere when you can stay on the ground and avoid airborne chaos? It's bad enough that airline fleets have almost taken on a prison atmosphere for both passengers and crew. I will think back fondly of what little air travel I had while in the Air Force and during the years thereafter, but those often great experiences are gone forever. Cattle cars of the air is what we see today. This is another place where hate lives.<br /><br /><b>Day care workers:</b> Are you kidding? One wrong, even insignificant move, and you're arrested and/or sued for your life.<br /><br /><b>Child protective service workers: </b> Ditto the last entry. It's not the child, it's the politics.<br /><br /><b>Potential adoptive parents:</b> Ditto the TWO previous entries. These days, whether you did anything or not, even a whisper in the wind from somebody who dislikes you for any of a multitude of reasons can put you in the slammer for life. Instead, get a pet or a plant for your own safety.<br /><br /><b>EMTs and hospital staff: </b> Used to be, patients were in pain and screamed out as a result. Nowadays, that's not enough, as the modern requirement seems to dictate that people in pain shout threats and obscenities at those who have come to rescue them during an "emergency," and if they can get a punch, abrasion or scratch in during a confrontation with a health worker, so be it. Also, who in the hell wants to lift demanding 300 or 400 lb. blubber monsters who could have -- SHOULD have -- taken better care of themselves instead of devouring snacks in front of the TV for years on end? If you strike back as a medical worker, your career is effectively over. If there is any occupation craving for attorneys and administrators to get the hell out of the way so's proper physical revenge can be extracted, this is it.<br /><br /><b>Delivery personnel:</b> Pizzas, lunch, furniture, name it, all the drivers get assaulted. Who wants that kind of job unless they need the money? All of them should carry guns and be allowed to shoot until the perps are dead.<br /><br /><b>Postal delivery personnel: </b> Oh, ditto, ditto ditto. The USPS endures great difficulty in attracting postal deliverers, who should be required to carry AK rifles as they make their rounds. Any thief attacking to get a mailbox key must be eliminated on the spot, but what post office is about to provide its employees with weapons and the blessing to discharge freely at will?<br /><br /><b>The Armed Services,</b> of course: Ooh, not many want to join anymore. The Army blames the lack of recruits on drugs use, physical condition and a new generation interested in great-paying job opportunities far outside of the military. There's also the sad fact that patriotism is quickly disappearing from whatever culture we're turning into. Military upper echelon won't admit it, but Biden's insistence on messing with gender and terminology is also keeping out the best and the brightest, often with parental guidance. Wokeness is death in the Armed Forces, no matter how you pose it.<br /><br /><b>We've only scratched the list</b>, but it is obvious that America, as it stands, is in terrible distress. Unfortunately, somebody may come to "save" us in all the wrong ways.</p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-85903929282550660582023-12-20T19:03:00.000-05:002023-12-20T19:03:11.488-05:00 'tis the Season to Address the Treason<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBY7Jo8Fx__TCxDyPzvh3CC3N2f71L_gBLSp_SUnXK4gJNYMatpOuuhaCrMYsIst3s69PdtyZdsdlebvh2oqU-cXGteBk_w1ksncpnXv8NkCG45epj1YdmouKH8GjikYxRAWsMI53thl-cjc1jDpm-81GUqdAyM9O6HzzkMt6HaICFzVnbQ3WSRPDZUU5/s349/santa%20clause%20evil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="327" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBY7Jo8Fx__TCxDyPzvh3CC3N2f71L_gBLSp_SUnXK4gJNYMatpOuuhaCrMYsIst3s69PdtyZdsdlebvh2oqU-cXGteBk_w1ksncpnXv8NkCG45epj1YdmouKH8GjikYxRAWsMI53thl-cjc1jDpm-81GUqdAyM9O6HzzkMt6HaICFzVnbQ3WSRPDZUU5/w375-h400/santa%20clause%20evil.jpg" width="375" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S<span style="color: #6aa84f;">o</span></span> enough already.</b> The spirit of Christmas (or that of 'Happy Holidays," according to wussies of the marketplace who can't bear to draw from reality, as they advertise using anything BUT the words,<i> Merry Christmas</i>) would normally show itself in many places via many ways. Yet, no matter the direction one turns, unresolved issues and boundless tragedies overwhelm customary activities.<br /><br /><b>We extend the season's best</b> to our Jewish friends whose suffering at the hands of sub-insects is incalculable. I would also wish radical Islam's hairy beasts, um, um, happy holidays, but head-chopping and treating women like stupid cattle isn't my idea of exchanging warm wishes. Which reminds me -- how come, with all the fighting going on between Israel and Hamas, that TV networks still seek out members of C.A.I.R. for advice on the Palestinians? Did C.A.I.R. -- ever so comfy in the USA -- not spring from the Muslim Brotherhood, a group considered terrorists and banned in many Middle Eastern countries?<br /><br />Oh well, aren't we fortunate to host the A.C.L.U. as an alternative. . .or something. . .? I think that stands for American Communist Liberties Union now.<br /><br /><b>And the Democrats and Republicans</b> are trying to "do something" about border issues. But first Donald Trump must be blamed for using words and phrases such as poisoning of the country's blood, which of course causes the Democrat Jack-in-the-box to pop out with flags portraying Trump as a Nazi. If there are Nazis in America, we suspect their identity is more in keeping with the left, should anybody care to compare. <br /><br />Why the fuss, as border-violating criminals invade like locusts? The solution is simple: (1) We must enforce current laws already on the books and (2) when the winds of politics shift, as they will if there's a functioning brain remaining among the voters, high-ranking officials in this country must be arrested for treason, simply because they let the invasion continue and worsen, putting all Americans in jeopardy. Ten IEDs found near the Arizona border? That's pretty terrifying, but I'm more worried about the nukes -- and air-bound vehicles that could import terrorists and weapons quickly and efficiently. When the worst ultimately happens, remember the names Biden and Mayorkas, and many others complicit in attempting to change America according to an unconstitutional agenda. The word, much over-used throughout the years, is <span style="color: red;">treason</span>, and it no longer sounds like a political fantasy cooked up by a lunatic fringe.<br /><br /><b>We offer lies</b> and fabrication, vote for us, might read Democrat campaign posters. The Republicans aren't heroes, either, for it was theirs who just squelched potential release of a lot more information about UFOs than we have now. <br /><br /><b>New York's governor </b>Hochul, perhaps the most capability-questionable governor currently holding office among the 50 states -- hers recently being named again the very last in supporting basic freedoms among all 50 states as residents escape by the growing thousands -- signed legislation to allow a "study" into the viability of offering reparations to black people with slave ancestors. Congress has tackled this issue and put it to bed years ago, but here we go again. New York's funds have basically run out and the state is running on air, yet the Democrats have no shortage of ways to find money in support of socialism by way of dividing everybody into them and us, this time called reparations. Will dead black slave owners, themselves numerous back in the day, find their great-great-great grandchildren forced to fork over funds to pay off current black folk who wouldn't know a plantation if it showed up on the evening news? What of nearly 800,000 white soldiers who died fighting against slavery during the Civil War? Will their heirs be showered with riches paid for by innocent New York taxpayers who had no dog in that particular fight also? We fondly hope that Hochul's reparations commission remains the sad joke that it is, yet one can't help raising an eyebrow, knowing how the political left has a knack for turning bad ideas into glitter financed on the backs of people with no voice in the matter or reason of spending. One would believe that a cavalcade of opportunities established for the racially discriminated since the sixties might already have met the challenge, but in a society wrapped up in greed these days even the unlikely becomes possible.<br /><br /><b>I think</b>, the more authoritarian a person or leadership becomes, the more they are susceptible to a mental illness. It certainly demonstrates itself increasingly as time goes on.<br /><br /><b>But not to worry</b>. As the birth of artificial intelligence and its successors gets its hooks into us, I'm sure it won't do something like create and engineer transportation for a new virus intended to kill all life on Earth. <i> Happy 2024</i>!<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-87803131086042016402023-12-09T12:03:00.000-05:002023-12-09T12:03:14.401-05:00 Dick's Dumb Idea<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnmZSxjt9PqEPD9lhVc26xrzqJbxhxh8H9hTDiHpiudxkcXb4CGpuH2aCUySnJL7FjvYOo5-CW2-ry-KlXNybCW18BWWgszp0srNW9xjVrOEmTDuv8PmfEpeKDeeMHimPJ59d29M1plesEHqhPLUg52owQmJrhe3paqh9cggIb8z-BznG1H1JTydUW6Zs/s1600/dei%20today.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1600" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnmZSxjt9PqEPD9lhVc26xrzqJbxhxh8H9hTDiHpiudxkcXb4CGpuH2aCUySnJL7FjvYOo5-CW2-ry-KlXNybCW18BWWgszp0srNW9xjVrOEmTDuv8PmfEpeKDeeMHimPJ59d29M1plesEHqhPLUg52owQmJrhe3paqh9cggIb8z-BznG1H1JTydUW6Zs/w400-h313/dei%20today.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">J</span>ust when you thought</b> there was nothing more the Biden bunch or its sympathizers could do to work on weakening, if not destroying the most efficient military force in the world, consider this nightmare:<br /><br />Make believe you're 18 or 19, barely out of Army basic training, and you're sleeping in a barracks somewhere in the dark of night. Suddenly, the room erupts in gunfire and before you can barely open your eyes several of your fellow soldiers fall to the floor, dead. You panic in the darkness, unprepared even to make sense of the bloody rampage happening all around you until you, too, are shot dead by somebody or some bodies unseen. None of this should have happened, for you were 100 percent in the company of your fellows, supposedly protected by sentries outside. What could possibly have gone wrong?<br /><br />This is exactly the scenario that came to mind when I heard Senator Richard "Dick" Durbin make an absurdly dangerous suggestion -- that the United States government should take a percentage of ILLEGAL aliens (the folks who violated our borders, and that's a crime) and put them in our understaffed military. What?!<br /><br />For one thing, Senator "Dick" -- whom I believe made an interesting comment about U.S. Marines years ago, though I've no way to look that up at the moment -- would know, or maybe he does, that the reason our military is so short of soldiers is the Biden administration's cult-like efforts to make men and women gender-interchangeable, and the more trans the better. Frankly, anybody with common sense realizes that the contract one signs to endure military rules means one's life will be "woke" beyond words, and few want to put up with this phony nonsense. Yes, this certainly leaves the military short on recruits, and it's no mystery -- even though the government is fond of blaming drug use and obesity for the absence of a well-staffed fighting force.<br /><br />The truth is, right now most of the border-jumpers from nations all over the world are primarily single, military-age males, and that's creepy enough. But for Durbin to make this outrageous gesture?! Let Senator Dick take a few dozen of these unknown qualities home to sleep in his house for a few weeks and see what happens. Military recruits? No way. Illegal people with no obligation, no ties to American values or laws. Promise automatic citizenship to people whose mindsets are totally unknown to us? Dick, Dick, Dick -- are you nuts? Who wants their kid joining the military with serious questions about who can trust whom? Does one really want to trust national security with young males who may have been criminals where they came from?<br /><br />So much just seems crazy. I'm writing this late at night, probably to be uploaded in the morning, and all along the way I have a TV on in the background. The sheer number of pharmaceutical commercials featuring people at play or fuzzy animals being cute whilst the narrators, almost as an afterthought, run down the obligatory list of potential side-effects, cause me to wonder why every rotten drug-pushing commercial on the screen isn't forced to display a huge skull and crossbones image as potential contraindications are read aloud.<p></p><p></p><p><b>Republicans straight out of the can:</b> You folks never seem to get it. The abortion issue is not yours to hold up as a winner during the election season. Your deep-seated beliefs are appreciated and laudable, but when it comes down to getting votes, you may as well just hand pretty much any political office over to the Democrats. Watch for the same old same old in the coming months.</p><p></p><p><b>Oh, NO thanks a lot, too,</b> for Republicans defeating any new chance of having the government release anything deep and crucial about UFOs (UAPs) last week. They made Sen. Charles Schumer look like a knight in freedom armor for sinking his and his fellows' intended sorta-kinda-disclosure legislation. <br /><br /><b>Winter weather</b> seems to be on the move, and during these months my blogging appearances can be hit-or-miss, so if I'm absent for an extended period of time (thus pleasing some of you) it doesn't mean I'm dead. Then again, it doesn't mean I'm not. Yet, I do so hope to be up and about when a televised celebrity groundhog sees its shadow and announces six more weeks of winter. I have a woodchuck who lives nearby, but mine only goes underground and hibernates all winter, providing no reliable forecast services whatsoever. I will assume that TV groundhogs possess lucrative contracts.</p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-41314487744274664822023-12-04T19:40:00.001-05:002023-12-04T19:40:32.826-05:00We Got'cher Hate Speech Right Here<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdc-Sx2xjOxQ76jzi9NLBlN67By8x2gzFxjJpxZSl_dVbL_OI1kyF5CJWYzBqsrDacF3Z7b9bIM8Dg0wuPr0ANhh0ossI332PBcUxDfWj-mZGo1ghOZKSUX3FFKZxIN3PNCEz3wBkPj0k2zH6ahu9aNt5H_PHTJ_gHBGcMG539hebxMw2r7g-q3zAutaZt/s800/govern%20fail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdc-Sx2xjOxQ76jzi9NLBlN67By8x2gzFxjJpxZSl_dVbL_OI1kyF5CJWYzBqsrDacF3Z7b9bIM8Dg0wuPr0ANhh0ossI332PBcUxDfWj-mZGo1ghOZKSUX3FFKZxIN3PNCEz3wBkPj0k2zH6ahu9aNt5H_PHTJ_gHBGcMG539hebxMw2r7g-q3zAutaZt/w400-h266/govern%20fail.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">T</span></span>he varmints I hate most</b> are the people dedicated to banning "hate speech" from public view. Hate speech for one might be love speech to another, or at the least a different perspective on something allowing the reader, viewer or listener to contemplate and decide what is worthy of interest, or perhaps not worth the time of day.<br /><br />Regrettably, the worst purveyors of censoring so-called hate speech are government agencies with the clout to influence multimedia forces -- as we recently discovered when a plethora of documents began spewing forth regarding government and pharmaceutical company lies about Covid vaccines. In those instances, hate speech was anything in conflict with official statements from somewhere on high, especially if alternative comments happened to be absolutely true (which they often were).<br /><br />Excessive brain power should not be necessary to figure out the identities of the true hate speech haters, as documents continue to emerge.<br /><br /><b>Nevertheless, </b>my jaw dropped last week when reporter Michael Shellenberger appeared before Congress and dropped a crap-load of documents showing how the governments of five Western nations have developed a method of spying on each other's citizens for years in order to accomplish something even more nefarious than snooping: An ongoing attempt to change public thinking on various issues little by little, in such a seemingly insignificant manner that nobody notices how they have soon been spun into a spider's web of compliance which they thoroughly believe they concocted all by themselves. The eventual goal appears to be the end of free will in any Western society, and to observe the situation as even more wicked it seems that nations let other nations perform the dirty work in their own countries in order to keep the public off guard regarding a domestic influence which by design appears nonexistent. Wow -- hate speech definitely required here.<br /><br />All of this, of course, is a prelude to major governments drooling to control the Internet and your thoughts censored on or off the Internet. Remember: Biden in collusion with the FCC just gave the administrative state vast powers to control the Net, no matter how they announce it publicly. And just look at Canada's disturbing leader, Justin "Blackface" Trudeau, who insists upon censorship (so Canadians can't say anything negative about this appalling elitist moron and his failing administration?).<br /><br />I'm not doing a very good job of explaining this because I've only glossed over a few news reports (no, NOT the poop currently splashed on your TV news), but instances such as this demand that you stay in touch with sites such as revolver.news (see link), whose ever-changing menu of must-read stories will keep you informed as informed was meant to be.<br /><br />As governments have doubled down around Covid immunizations, knowing full well that the damned things can apparently cause immense health problems and even deaths, watch for further attempts to censor well-credentialed researchers who try to tell us the truth. I hate censorship and the people who wield its barbs for purely political reasons or because the bottom line financial agenda is at stake and must survive at all costs.<br /><br /><b>Who else</b> deserves hate speech? This week's TV episode of "Full Measure" revealed an albeit short list of big money interests promoting the transgender issue, and their influence upon young now-mutilated people and their overwhelmingly unprepared parents. My hate speech easily extends to anybody encouraging young people to mess with their gender almost as a fashion statement, and I hope one day the few ("from the top down," per the report) who organized and then set this tragic phenomenon afire upon society's weakest who never had the chance to develop as nature intended receive the punishment they clearly deserve. We, of course, are not making reference to the tiny minority who actually require transgender intervention.<br /><br /><b>What's not to hate</b>? With hope, we applaud the win of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and remain curiously cautious about the new president of Argentina, both seemingly on the political right. If they don't rule to the point of tipping their countries overboard, perhaps we'll have something to celebrate in a quickly changing world. Then again, here in the good old USA we still suffer the corrupt Biden and his gang of magnificently inept clowns for the foreseeable future. Quick, find me more hate speech. . .<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-10955607976938014232023-11-30T19:43:00.004-05:002023-12-04T19:41:19.769-05:00 The Fixer<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzLBwo_zCff36_SCdzYPAehO6mlJuzF5KObqZlLvHJDErHfG-5hIafU7SUc86tbTLtZnlWyMj3BtkhHbOFa18g_xnUSNwiDihWAX1U2hktb0UXS6qcbM8VSt9eD23Nvw2dK9esvzcl0teYqL-UquG0VkGS-F4rd7bVz8MTLv-zIU7_sNKfG6rJ8Isj-qm/s586/when%20to%20call.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="586" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzLBwo_zCff36_SCdzYPAehO6mlJuzF5KObqZlLvHJDErHfG-5hIafU7SUc86tbTLtZnlWyMj3BtkhHbOFa18g_xnUSNwiDihWAX1U2hktb0UXS6qcbM8VSt9eD23Nvw2dK9esvzcl0teYqL-UquG0VkGS-F4rd7bVz8MTLv-zIU7_sNKfG6rJ8Isj-qm/w400-h210/when%20to%20call.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">U.S.</span> prices at the</b> grocery store and everywhere else continue to climb as the Biden bunch continues to tell Americans how great things are moving along. The Biden gang and thug elements of the United Nations and the World Economic Forum maintain a cozy relationship as people in power demand even more of YOUR power and wealth in the name of a scam called "climate change" (didn't the latest scientist who won a Nobel just excoriate nations for buying into this fraud?). We need to vote responsibly next time and clear the government of charlatans and greed, and it appears, per Argentina (and, we hope soon, Canada) and other nations whose people exhibit a flickering desire for conservative leadership, that changes for better times may be on the horizon via baby steps. Meanwhile, I wonder if Todd could help?<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-80037655290222665082023-11-20T19:05:00.000-05:002023-11-20T19:05:09.714-05:00 My Abounding Thankfulness<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNtgg7hqb0jiZ-D-d2m-pRpp0eQG2J_hPuO7_6osIDVUVZY8UJs7A6XGHJ4-FxaPb3OP-c83xaDdsURgI68Yw4q-YAoknbvsCBAMr9x2pAOBYdkNaZjGDEViKhSTuv9cVLvzAJZYuBjLbmlrrPgulA4xzl_c4IXwtLKyh7gJG69R4B1Bdb5T2wZzAceL0/s402/tg%20pick%20nose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="402" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNtgg7hqb0jiZ-D-d2m-pRpp0eQG2J_hPuO7_6osIDVUVZY8UJs7A6XGHJ4-FxaPb3OP-c83xaDdsURgI68Yw4q-YAoknbvsCBAMr9x2pAOBYdkNaZjGDEViKhSTuv9cVLvzAJZYuBjLbmlrrPgulA4xzl_c4IXwtLKyh7gJG69R4B1Bdb5T2wZzAceL0/w400-h361/tg%20pick%20nose.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span></span>nother year,<span style="color: red;"> a</span>nother Thanksgiving,</b> far removed from small populations of grateful celebrants in days of old, advanced now to millions of people demanding mega-murders and cooking of animals far and wide for no particular reason anybody can remember. But I digress. Am I thankful this year? I'm thankful as hell. Here are just a few things which delighted me:<br /><br />1. UFOs: They continue to astound observers, show up on videos, illustrate their presence electronically and betray science as we think we know science. I'm grateful for their continued presence, because even as AARO, NASA and God knows what other government agencies persist in screwing up the people's right to know in the interest of "national security," UFOs apparently have no intention of going away to give government operatives an opportunity to declare "case closed" once and for all, even if you call 'em UAPs. Of course, it would also be nice to know what strange things in the sky do when they become strange things on the ground, and if government officials won't concede that incidents such as the UFO abduction alleged of two fishermen in Pascagoula, MS in 1973 may well be related to the subject at hand in general, they are either lying or simply too inundated with evidence of something terrible or immense to comment.<br /><br />2. I'm so appreciative that the Biden administration and FCC desired to allow the administrative state immense powers (that's total control) over the Internet -- but I'm grateful only because Congress and some members of the inquisitive public have noticed, almost assuring this nonsense will be overturned by others who understand the dangers here.<br /><br />3. Colleges and universities in antisemitic turmoil: At last, Americans are seeing the cost of letting radical professors fill their kids' heads with poison politics instead of critical thinking abilities. In these institutions one will also find reasons why a certain element is absolutely rabid about taking down statues and other reminders of American history (once erased, a "new" history can be implemented). U.S. higher education establishments have provided a great home for the ghost of Karl Marx for decades, and the dirt is now out in the open with every new "protest" in support of Hamas and the 90 percent-PLUS of so-called Palestinians who chose Hamas to lead them in a quest to destroy Israel forever. Be not confused: Israel first, then the West is on religious terrorist menus.<br /><br />4. Thanks for Washington, DC journalists who overwhelmingly support the Democrat Party: I always have hope that the rest of the country will figure out exactly who these people are. The fourth estate, especially with assistance of the Internet's social network, has never been more unhinged. We pray that the country will progress from WOKE to awake and realize the nature of printed and electronic lies being whispered romantically into public ears.<br /><br />5. I appreciate Tik Tok this year for exposing itself as a prime indicator of a major reason children can't think rationally, as kids are hypnotized and conquered by Chinese misinformation. How interesting, yet terrifying that China uses Tik Tok in its country to educate young people, whilst the U.S. version makes champions out of those who fart the most times in a minute. Tik Tok is the ultimate entertaining stupidity manufacturer, and we suspect there are ignorant parents who consider its charms equivalent to home-schooling.<br /><br />6. Thank you, leftists, for open borders and sanctuary cities. Now, Americans are doomed to experience the wrath of millions of illegal aliens who have nothing to offer America except crime and hands held out for welfare on demand. Nevertheless, the dilemma is now near the top of the must-do heap for both political parties and can no longer be ignored. We just wonder how many hold-ups and rapes of public officials and their families will occur before definitive action is accomplished?<br /><br />7. Thanks, God, for barbed wire. Though I never want to see it used to contain animals anymore, its shine and elegance really come through for Texas, as they try to stem the flow of border-jumping criminals. That some of these folks might find themselves injured and bloody trying to navigate over the barbs demonstrates the quality of what attempts to enter the USA by the hundreds of thousands. If you join up with Numbers USA (free, see link), that organization will write e-mails of condemnation for you and send them to your senators and congressional representatives.<br /><br />8. I'm so grateful for solar panels, wind turbines -- and of course EV vehicles that can't easily be charged and which many people simply do not want and will not buy, no matter the government-issued bribes. As we continue to scar the land and waters with wildlife-killing and environmentally toxic monstrosities supported in large amount by government payoffs, what's the benefit beyond riches for China and other financial interests chained to big money?<br /><br />9. I'm thankful for digital chip plants being built in the USA and continuing knowledge about them -- and I continue to wonder how these will survive even one EMP blast from either the sun, or from a nuke explosion high overhead. Talk about fried and 100 percent useless. . .<br /><br />10. What a super idea, another attempt per the Biden bunch to create a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians -- as Hamas and many Palestinians want to destroy Israel and its people in total. A two-state solution is impossible when one side is dedicated only to subtracting the other via war and decimation.<br /><br />11. I appreciate the spike in shoplifting this year. it's so bold and intense now that even the Democrats whose actions have allowed this to become commonplace in their nearly destroyed and business-abandoned cities have taken notice, albeit reluctantly. As this phenomenon (?) further strangles the services afforded decent people, at least for a while let's do the right thing -- which is to fund law enforcement and allow shoplifters to be shot on sight, an approach which certainly became standard for looters following natural disasters. It won't take many such instances, but it's really amazing what the sight of a few dead criminals littering the streets or floors can do to a society of lawbreakers who seem to believe that stealing is a Constitutional Amendment.<br /><br />12. I'm strangely thankful for public knowledge of young people appearing to drop dead shortly after enduring Covid immunizations. There's something very nasty going on here, and the mainstream bastard media are not covering it. As more medical voices come forward, I'll be especially thankful when the errors, hidden studies and sloppiness of major pharmaceutical corporations are exposed. Yes, some tried-and-true immunizations are great, but we've become a society mesmerized by televised drug commercials forcing the idea that we can't live reasonable lives unless "vaccinated" by questionable substances or somehow enhanced by the pill of the week.<br /><br />13. Athletics: Oh boy. I'm grateful that I see no purpose in athletics becoming a multi-billion dollar industry involving putting a ball in a hole or transporting a ball from one place to another. It's amazing how both young and old put their hearts and souls into this stuff, whilst ignoring all the bad things the political system does behind their backs. Like in ancient societies, you build the stadium and keep the populace focused on the game, the game, the game -- while terrible decisions are made by manipulating politicians and, too often, the corporate greed bunch. Coaches? Those are vehicles in which one rides. Locker rooms and showers? It's all ambiguously gay, really.<br /><br />14. I'm heartened by the cursed memory of Osama (Usama?) bin Laden, apparently the hero of a new generation of young people raised to be more stupid than the dictionary term, stupid, ever contemplated. If the elementary and high schools were teaching about 9/11 and American heroes instead of how to become transgendered and hate one's country as activists, this outrage wouldn't be happening. I long for a day when the primary Marx names worshiped in this nation are Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo, definitely not Karl.<br /><br />15. I couldn't feel more blessed to discover that numerous federal agencies have purchased guns and ammunition by the truckload, presumably just in case of a REAL insurrection or something. Why am I pleased? Because at least we know where to go if we need guns or ammo ourselves, and I've little doubt these agencies would willingly hand guns and ammo over to their fellow Americans in our time of need to fight the enemy, which clearly turns out to be. . .the enemy within. . .oh oh.<br /><br />16. Attempts to combat climate change: My gratitude extends to revealing the morons of science and their new-age cultists who believe we can change climate, and whom sometimes extend their efforts to fudging the so-called science (speaking of the University of East Anglia a few years ago). May more REAL scientists come forward and explain the truth. The UN, the World Economic Forum and others making tons of money off this fraud deserve appropriate punishment, if not additionally the act of simply being ignored. Cult mentality and the difference between environmentalists and enviro-MENTAL-ists must be carefully determined. Meanwhile, the Biden bunch is just so wrong about climate influences. There is NO climate crisis.<br /><br />17. I'm grateful that the Democrats and their inflationary tactics are in so much trouble that there are even rumors of ditching Biden and running, I think it's spelled, Ms. Hell Obama. What a clown show, if true, and what a tragedy, if this queen among socialists ever took the helm, even temporarily, to save their beloved rotten political party.<br /><br />18. Finally, I'm thankful for musings among some scientists about just how long humans are doomed to survive as a species, because these who came before our current Homo sapiens lot all disappeared unceremoniously. Going, going, gone? It certainly wasn't because of the SUVs they drove. When our grand and deserved goodbye arrives, I sure wish I could be here to get a front row seat in the cheering section.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-70089316670979460822023-11-16T18:51:00.000-05:002023-11-16T18:51:20.365-05:00Russ Reardon's Quest - Part Eight (Final)<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6Lagwund45ycvBKKQ__ziwvSs3U9oHPU96mm7uJdp0eUk1luxFnTRSmfmItkFFsBFKQJUlPadqN86CWNmPGYYFT13KdhyphenhyphenKyObQMqKvV2ihljTBloZ-ZC_Y5EIqT6ZNO35jniKMZEuQImiRIAhAsTCPjhof0yDjeNM_6oXlVTFJVqrsnKvNCEp_pSsNA4/s1780/1993-08-00_Russ%20&%20Susan%20Reardon...as%20Russ%20nears%20his%20demise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1228" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6Lagwund45ycvBKKQ__ziwvSs3U9oHPU96mm7uJdp0eUk1luxFnTRSmfmItkFFsBFKQJUlPadqN86CWNmPGYYFT13KdhyphenhyphenKyObQMqKvV2ihljTBloZ-ZC_Y5EIqT6ZNO35jniKMZEuQImiRIAhAsTCPjhof0yDjeNM_6oXlVTFJVqrsnKvNCEp_pSsNA4/w442-h640/1993-08-00_Russ%20&%20Susan%20Reardon...as%20Russ%20nears%20his%20demise.jpg" width="442" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span>one rejection:</b> No, we're not talking about a surgical transplant, but we're certainly referencing a bone excision completed at Palenque, its entirety whisked off to the USA.<br /><br />As two letters from Russ show, nobody in the field of the strange & unusual contacted through his efforts wanted anything to do with this toe, a bony remnant of a Palenque ancient. I suspect the shady circumstances of retrieval may have had something to do with that, but I also wouldn't doubt that Russ's persistent attitude had a bearing on his rejections.<br /><br />Unrewarded by his exuberance, condemned to acquire no answers as to a possibly mysterious (extraterrestrial?) origin of the skeletonized remains from Palenque, Russ Reardon had no option but to display his find on a shelf at home, perhaps serving as at least a conversation piece to help fill in the days remaining of his life.<br /><br />During the remainder of 1993, not counting the letters displayed here, I received 11 more letters from Russ, each retreating further from the Palenque trip as subject matter shifted to other stories in the news, or to topics momentarily on his mind.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeq1_G9KOJKaj6gpNwFkBcIz2AcnkBY45dTbP7jRf-zkRO31mvJfUvJnlc181x0L4wzM6zkBup5v1uqXgz-vr7J46njyQBDFkxydcBTor0RZ5JLXo2iyODeigrZFFJd8lpUYJN1rCZ7yQ0HZ3ARsWM0y3XsSOuueqfEtikgN0UpfABgryZgKiT4GLXGZTT/s3310/IMG_20230912_0024_Oct%2029%201992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3310" data-original-width="2582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeq1_G9KOJKaj6gpNwFkBcIz2AcnkBY45dTbP7jRf-zkRO31mvJfUvJnlc181x0L4wzM6zkBup5v1uqXgz-vr7J46njyQBDFkxydcBTor0RZ5JLXo2iyODeigrZFFJd8lpUYJN1rCZ7yQ0HZ3ARsWM0y3XsSOuueqfEtikgN0UpfABgryZgKiT4GLXGZTT/s320/IMG_20230912_0024_Oct%2029%201992.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /> Among the letters was this photo of Russ and Susan, apparently taken in 1993, and it was the nicest -- and last -- picture of them I would ever receive. <br /><br />With his final actions, it was almost as if he knew time was growing short, and I had actually come to realize that Russ, having no children, was in some way using me to document his, and occasionally his wife's, activities -- no matter the outcome.<br /><br />His last letter was dated November 18, 1993, and as 1994 swept the previous year away I was never again to receive an envelope postmarked from his location. While I still need to pin down his obituary, I'm pretty sure Russ met his demise around that time, or maybe he suffered another stroke or heart attack and lingered for a bit. At any rate, his ultimate exploratory quest had been fulfilled, despite the outcome.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6JTFZiqP47kS2I7FDSt4aHkeBFeTYkKLgo0yFtUiK4VJyq6AtXHxvEFahoO_YQAMlcCaws11drbtxaMo3qk3mpNJ9iAUGSwl3dsZ9YXPFCrlesQT7PFatMPDHWmdZi80svosGeQwytgXgl7uE4Pnj89jDKG9Ii6UoGkJFWqHxZbpqBSixso_jgk0XPjD/s3304/IMG_20230912_0012_Apr%2016%201993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="2580" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6JTFZiqP47kS2I7FDSt4aHkeBFeTYkKLgo0yFtUiK4VJyq6AtXHxvEFahoO_YQAMlcCaws11drbtxaMo3qk3mpNJ9iAUGSwl3dsZ9YXPFCrlesQT7PFatMPDHWmdZi80svosGeQwytgXgl7uE4Pnj89jDKG9Ii6UoGkJFWqHxZbpqBSixso_jgk0XPjD/s320/IMG_20230912_0012_Apr%2016%201993.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br />What of the bone? With Susan's death in 2012 as a very old woman, the mystery of the toe's final destination may never be known. Maybe it went to a distant family member of Susan's, or perhaps it sits in a museum somewhere. I, however, wouldn't be surprised if it simply ended up in a box of discarded kitty litter in South Carolina -- hardly fitting for the toe of Mayan royalty.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-89509092414342970032023-11-14T19:07:00.000-05:002023-11-14T19:07:19.041-05:00Russ Reardon's Quest - Part Seven<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqoFXzPdwG06GgF2NBjWiNc2UxsbIqwgXoM6UEalbMlEBip1FcBDEbvXMzzRiBFBIHRujG0nnNNiMd1pRdEMvWwtO7eKb3Xwta6utExh7FgWY4O_xtsXX6DKrFj2TyxPCZISK3mbx5j1LFxk3LNgHQ7GI4zmSQa7JuERFd9EhR1g685tP52_X50GTEgDq/s1616/1992-06-15a_Russ's%20postcard%20photo%20of%20Palenque%20ruins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1616" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqoFXzPdwG06GgF2NBjWiNc2UxsbIqwgXoM6UEalbMlEBip1FcBDEbvXMzzRiBFBIHRujG0nnNNiMd1pRdEMvWwtO7eKb3Xwta6utExh7FgWY4O_xtsXX6DKrFj2TyxPCZISK3mbx5j1LFxk3LNgHQ7GI4zmSQa7JuERFd9EhR1g685tP52_X50GTEgDq/w400-h248/1992-06-15a_Russ's%20postcard%20photo%20of%20Palenque%20ruins.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>requently, I had the impression</b> that Russ, though focused on this one thing, was nevertheless pulling himself in several directions at once, all of which would culminate in little but disappointment.<br /><br />Lacking my invited (and declined) presence as a grave-robbing companion, Russ and Sue journeyed at last to the Palenque ruins in June of 1992 and encountered the ancient skeletal remains of a very tall person. As pictures here illustrate, he first mailed off a postcard to me, one side showing excavated remnants of the city, and the other scribbled with a note regarding the tomb itself.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHd4kWoK8ZR-1HtS8KKq6X-MXJ34n7qWYXyTECnPSH3m7R6JbDyun0JCHK4aB70HY2KRd5IKKfB4v12TzZ4SFCOi8zQzUEMOPib20qG-WwahhTwC75bek4f6_GSKAdgAT6-reYo5SHxDjDIYZ5ICmnWnEOWwxt8l2adFka1EGMLO14rATnrxXT2MjBCqv/s1668/1992-06-15b_Russ%20Reardon's%20postcard%20note%20to%20Barrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1668" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHd4kWoK8ZR-1HtS8KKq6X-MXJ34n7qWYXyTECnPSH3m7R6JbDyun0JCHK4aB70HY2KRd5IKKfB4v12TzZ4SFCOi8zQzUEMOPib20qG-WwahhTwC75bek4f6_GSKAdgAT6-reYo5SHxDjDIYZ5ICmnWnEOWwxt8l2adFka1EGMLO14rATnrxXT2MjBCqv/s320/1992-06-15b_Russ%20Reardon's%20postcard%20note%20to%20Barrow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />The close-up photo of the tomb was snapped by Russ and on the reverse he, obviously excited, wrote, "I have a bone!" after the deed was accomplished, apparently sans authorities, police or tomb-protective ghosts.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF_DEch7gg9K9TZQbq51Wcd4x6GCMLb_BZEhRSz_pz2m79EONGQS7qAvi1727_LgGBALTbXro-xnqHWN2d745_MCwfjkQ7lZFKX0VBE3O_40FkfzYOWgy0orikEmFHlagbx9fRmQwgqy2a2SXTkScVPzpKhJE_xIYPmv7EjXKDGIxO4m76XphXYATebl3/s1780/1992-06-15c_Russ%20Reardon%20photographs%20the%20Temple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1780" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF_DEch7gg9K9TZQbq51Wcd4x6GCMLb_BZEhRSz_pz2m79EONGQS7qAvi1727_LgGBALTbXro-xnqHWN2d745_MCwfjkQ7lZFKX0VBE3O_40FkfzYOWgy0orikEmFHlagbx9fRmQwgqy2a2SXTkScVPzpKhJE_xIYPmv7EjXKDGIxO4m76XphXYATebl3/s320/1992-06-15c_Russ%20Reardon%20photographs%20the%20Temple.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />The result? We'll cover that -- and finish this series -- next time.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZes0nCvfwihhnz483V0EOnJkvqGGjOE7DYFqBeHOFlbdXyf9n39_Fd9PiTdSPistV_J2shUCa0VUXa_kWYrg2sFRtLZL9Qf-SDDaLCdVRkbMkDMeSOpukjBu_GIT77N9JhwmPSo-TW9ntsz-kIeoHYPxavlyy6Yd8tQfORk0cJbw8Nd47Zyv9gK4PrxT/s1768/1992-06-15d_'I%20have%20a%20bone'%20exclaims%20Russ%20Reardon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1768" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZes0nCvfwihhnz483V0EOnJkvqGGjOE7DYFqBeHOFlbdXyf9n39_Fd9PiTdSPistV_J2shUCa0VUXa_kWYrg2sFRtLZL9Qf-SDDaLCdVRkbMkDMeSOpukjBu_GIT77N9JhwmPSo-TW9ntsz-kIeoHYPxavlyy6Yd8tQfORk0cJbw8Nd47Zyv9gK4PrxT/s320/1992-06-15d_'I%20have%20a%20bone'%20exclaims%20Russ%20Reardon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-19282049742358602292023-11-09T19:23:00.002-05:002023-11-09T19:23:56.018-05:00Russ Reardon's Quest - Part Six<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">P</span>eople</b> go to Mexico for many reasons. For some, vacations and leisure time quench their desires. For others, the drug trade attracts like moths to the flame.<br /><br />In a letter dated December 3, 1989, Russ indicated plans for his own Mexican trip, involving neither vacation or drugs. His focus was upon the ruins of Palenque, an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico, documented to have perished in the eighth century A.D.<br /><br />Among his interests was -- you could call it roughly -- the ancient astronaut theme, and he was determined to explore human remains still accessible in the now-vastly restored and explored city reclaimed from a concealed jungle of thick vegetation. Russ was particularly obsessed with one ancient Mayan ruler, who he suspected was born of some other universe.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FUw0Tn_l5q5P2f5MLMJQp91K9eOxOw3-Zlym-qLntB3xLkcvt7PdNmBU-ABLJH5W64FuO1-mII9Z1dAzbxFRv7iMY7ezj8D_AYicXNjvPEX7HDYkG6J9-4js0zytixfgH6S74ekr1ctQzONyIrV81gTatw9dobEj43a_GAAYjps7FYr_EleCEIPs7vHF/s3328/IMG_20230912_0008_Apr%2024%201992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3328" data-original-width="2604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FUw0Tn_l5q5P2f5MLMJQp91K9eOxOw3-Zlym-qLntB3xLkcvt7PdNmBU-ABLJH5W64FuO1-mII9Z1dAzbxFRv7iMY7ezj8D_AYicXNjvPEX7HDYkG6J9-4js0zytixfgH6S74ekr1ctQzONyIrV81gTatw9dobEj43a_GAAYjps7FYr_EleCEIPs7vHF/w313-h400/IMG_20230912_0008_Apr%2024%201992.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br />But it wasn't until April, and then May of 1992 when possibilities turned into actual substance. Two letters from those months shown here explain the situation, and while I was heartily invited to join the two-person (Russ and Susan) expedition, I instead did what I became increasingly comfortable with as years went by: I declined.<br /><br />As we'll see next time -- Skeleton, LOOK OUT!-- Reardon's on the way and he's coming for you! (Part of you, anyway. . .) <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmQKetQ-6OllPEHR1SQQ9Yb144uqeefYl0rK3AQequv3MTsBOlTefuHA2rwq5IswrZaC_Z5ROk3ZKLc3oxUoEO4Ymw3Zh7KRvV6HKiHHa2V6TzyPD5q1ov9tbcdVkm8_w5gu0UAHKnU57EZVAnJS5OWBgVcYVvNhr380ggkC8Fqu8uHuMG6pO8cqUxjgR/s3352/IMG_20230912_0010_May%2012%201992.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3352" data-original-width="2604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmQKetQ-6OllPEHR1SQQ9Yb144uqeefYl0rK3AQequv3MTsBOlTefuHA2rwq5IswrZaC_Z5ROk3ZKLc3oxUoEO4Ymw3Zh7KRvV6HKiHHa2V6TzyPD5q1ov9tbcdVkm8_w5gu0UAHKnU57EZVAnJS5OWBgVcYVvNhr380ggkC8Fqu8uHuMG6pO8cqUxjgR/s320/IMG_20230912_0010_May%2012%201992.jpg" width="249" /></a><br /><br /></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-76963775016158243332023-11-06T18:54:00.000-05:002023-11-06T18:54:07.481-05:00 Russ Reardon's Quest - Part Five<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>ollowing a brief absence of</b> correspondence from my Isle of Palms friend, and this picks up a few years after Part Four of these blog entries, I received a letter dated July 28, 1989. From this point on, Russ Reardon's letters would characteristically be filled with spelling errors, cross-outs and a sloppiness previously unseen. The reason for this abrupt change was a "minor stroke" as he called it, and my immediate reaction was, the damned cigarettes finally took a toll. That he apparently bounced back physically is either a tribute to his medical care or to his well-honed stubbornness. From what I know, he continued smoking in years thereafter. This addiction, however, did not stand alone: An obsession for knowledge can be just as overpowering, as I would discover years later.<br /><br />In another context years ago in this blog, I mentioned Russ's encounter with a doctor and used the word, psychic, but after locating his original letter I can clarify what he actually said when his physician encountered Russ after the stroke. Why didn't you come to see me before you had the stroke? asked his doctor. "Because I'm not clairvoyant," followed his savvy reply.<br /><br />October of 1989 brought another devastating surprise when Hurricane Hugo wiped out a good deal of South Carolina's coast, including Isle of Palms. Russ and Susan lost their home and pretty much all of their possessions (some of it to looters), forcing them temporarily to move into a tiny apartment. They were also forced to relocate from Isle of Palms to Mt. Pleasant, SC by May of 1990, where they would live for the rest of their lives.<br /><br />Just before that move, however, Russ Reardon was already making plans for a journey south, way far south. I had a hint of this in a letter dated December 3, 1989.<br /><br />Shortly after their relocation to Mt. Pleasant, Susan Reardon required a double mastectomy (per letter of July 31, 1990) from which she emerged well, but I'm not so certain that the stress of both the hurricane and Russ's stroke hadn't exacted a toll on her both physically and emotionally. The solitary photo included on this page today shows Susan Reardon relaxing at their new home in (fast forward to) 1993 with a female friend (not shown, at least not much of her, as I edited the picture)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGGaS-tZUiSvZ5RAGOR1VHgdzvZ9YG0r6ztrjNnRFJdTF9KAASrRE85e-fo17vR72Ar8HGxKI2nMkHl-yvV7tp2O-eDtix03YasCwlokLyLCIDi9OP0VXA4UGcpqu4aHzX5c9YtKZZTkLdBx923fflcdCq5QWM76w6oTM0NhnlXI_F8gkoxo31L0rUjWU/s1182/1993-04-29_Susan%20Reardon%20relaxing%20at%20home%20with%20a%20friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1039" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGGaS-tZUiSvZ5RAGOR1VHgdzvZ9YG0r6ztrjNnRFJdTF9KAASrRE85e-fo17vR72Ar8HGxKI2nMkHl-yvV7tp2O-eDtix03YasCwlokLyLCIDi9OP0VXA4UGcpqu4aHzX5c9YtKZZTkLdBx923fflcdCq5QWM76w6oTM0NhnlXI_F8gkoxo31L0rUjWU/w351-h400/1993-04-29_Susan%20Reardon%20relaxing%20at%20home%20with%20a%20friend.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br />.Over a year later (letter of September 11, 1991) Russ was still disappointed that his collection of letters from Paul Bennewitz had not been returned by a person who I now knew was named Steve Nelson. Whether the move from Isle of Palms to a new place had a relationship to this situation, I do not and would never know.<br /><br />As the calendar skipped to 1992, I realized that old Russ was about to accomplish a very ill-advised project. How could I NOT know, since he invited me to participate? It was <i>no thanks</i> from me, but full speed ahead for Russ Reardon, and even Susan went along with the deal reluctantly, probably hoping to keep him out of trouble.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-79825559051165379322023-11-02T19:27:00.000-04:002023-11-02T19:27:16.174-04:00Russ Reardon's Quest - Part Four<p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zEGKNeLVEchyG5bZp0OT6RikXAC1e-b5F_HXYJSfD-aQm-2PmT1U-AirkpuzRSvc_OZzg5iDGS4aEmnbgWeW_EfBB41SNkHrxcrgLjbudGujoy4eM3g1L0MvFvcXdQitiJ_0SOtc3edu9XtE5gG_f0cVFmWtC3dtWDN7lv1abwNgwY89E5hykEqph0MC/s2582/IMG_20230903_0029_Apr%207%201983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2582" data-original-width="1692" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zEGKNeLVEchyG5bZp0OT6RikXAC1e-b5F_HXYJSfD-aQm-2PmT1U-AirkpuzRSvc_OZzg5iDGS4aEmnbgWeW_EfBB41SNkHrxcrgLjbudGujoy4eM3g1L0MvFvcXdQitiJ_0SOtc3edu9XtE5gG_f0cVFmWtC3dtWDN7lv1abwNgwY89E5hykEqph0MC/w263-h400/IMG_20230903_0029_Apr%207%201983.jpg" width="263" /></a></span></i></b></div><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"The Premise,"</span></i></b> Russ Reardon's paper suggesting that Jesus remained young and alive, safely escaping the aging process as he sped through the universe and avoided Earth's time lag in a spaceship, finally saw print after its concept was rejected by other sources. The Cambridge UFO Research Group (Canada) approved the piece and featured it in their newsletter of March, 1981. Interesting though the idea might have been, his attempt to speak about it at a church meeting did not go well (see scanned letter).<br /><br />Years passed as Russ and I corresponded about mundane issues and, again, from him a plethora of partially laid out commentary which often made little sense to me. Maybe in the end I'm just stupid?<br /><br />As April of 1984 rolled by, Russ seemed thrilled, yet a little uncertain to relate how he was invited to be master of ceremonies at his 11th Airborne reunion, an affair which both he and Susan could attend and enjoy. The Bonnie Wheeler mentioned in his letter (see image) was head of the Cambridge UFO Research Group, and the group's newsletter seems to have included plenty of UFO-related cartoons in each printing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZgRcf2P6INWOOAfQQlrjcM-GrJoJW2zVMQlPfDgFYkCIaNKndhWqJJMTDvNGofVRLsCavfbawnJWWyUOz5zk2HqxRjDEJsp0R8gPfQ5Ird9dV5NssXHhREJkrmXQ3T2HjsKprTukxi6KGUnVXDTeeY6gQmaY7Gr_cuFGbE4qy7vkXYN9WTt4XeYQfCEZ/s2186/IMG_20230904_0026_Apr%2026%201984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="1492" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZgRcf2P6INWOOAfQQlrjcM-GrJoJW2zVMQlPfDgFYkCIaNKndhWqJJMTDvNGofVRLsCavfbawnJWWyUOz5zk2HqxRjDEJsp0R8gPfQ5Ird9dV5NssXHhREJkrmXQ3T2HjsKprTukxi6KGUnVXDTeeY6gQmaY7Gr_cuFGbE4qy7vkXYN9WTt4XeYQfCEZ/w273-h400/IMG_20230904_0026_Apr%2026%201984.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br />If anything would extract Russ Reardon from months on end of disappointment and ventures unfulfilled, it was eventual publication for the second time of his article, <i>"The Premise,"</i> this time in the journal, <i>Pursuit</i> in 1984. I was actually amazed because, as a regular writer/book reviewer for<i> Pursuit</i> myself, I knew that Russ had badgered director Robert Warth and other staff members for months on end to get his paper printed in the respectable pages of <i>Pursuit</i>, and his persistence was probably not like a ray of sunshine, particularly to Warth. (By the way, all editions of<i> Pursuit</i> printed by the now-defunct SITU are available in a special collections section for free online. The journal mentioned here is designated Vol. 17, No. 4, Whole Number 68, Fourth Quarter 1984.) <br /><br />By 1985, maybe earlier, Russ had begun corresponding with the late and much maligned Paul Bennewitz (if you are familiar with the UFO "scene" look up references to Bennewitz and Richard Doty) about aliens and religion -- especially the latter. Written communication and at least two phone conversations between the two of them was not exactly cordial as time progressed, from what little I have seen, and most of the actual letters from Bennewitz apparently ended up in the hands of a person whose name I do not recognize. This person was supposed to return everything to Russ, but never did so.<br /><br />As the mid-eighties rolled on and matured to the next inevitable decade, Russ and Susan began encountering several tragedies, all of which seemed to force upon Russ a profound impatience about taking a bold step while he still could. I don't know about Jesus manipulating time in a spaceship, but I did realize that time was indeed of the essence for Russ as he appeared caught up in curiosity. <br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573964021450689822.post-54076573167047752162023-10-30T17:41:00.003-04:002023-10-30T17:48:02.526-04:00Russ Reardon's Quest - Part 3<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>lthough many things</b> about Russ Reardon's life eluded me, he was more than happy to supply brief responses when asked. He did clarify something of his intriguing history in broadcasting, as snippets from a few of his letters demonstrate. He actually went through a succession of typewriters as years ensued, and at least one machine failure resulted from a male household cat urinating on and converting its parts into rust (no, I can't imagine this either!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTRekrZCvCiVaXc4p-ZmcW2iCqPV2g3u59EDW3XFE11nxghEpa8vVKXKFQnwfDUKfW8HrRzn7SUnK3_-ubJdCWBWFTF9UvwciNxv-CtJz24wde5xvv1iY0uzfJNQpRL0IgOU-yQAwIbcpAxxQmurpX64ZisrA13czQzVzrqn4-uEuro4giuD7uOMcTKAV/s2538/IMG_20230830_0121_Nov%203%201980.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="2538" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTRekrZCvCiVaXc4p-ZmcW2iCqPV2g3u59EDW3XFE11nxghEpa8vVKXKFQnwfDUKfW8HrRzn7SUnK3_-ubJdCWBWFTF9UvwciNxv-CtJz24wde5xvv1iY0uzfJNQpRL0IgOU-yQAwIbcpAxxQmurpX64ZisrA13czQzVzrqn4-uEuro4giuD7uOMcTKAV/s320/IMG_20230830_0121_Nov%203%201980.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> All in all, by the time we began corresponding, I know he was restless about retirement and projects he might not be able to complete because of his age. As a post WWII serviceman, the passing years would hardly be kind to one with boundless ideas interrupted by slowly waning energy. He also smoked, a lot I believe, and smoking would turn out to be one of just several demons working to defeat, to borrow from writer Ernest Hemingway, the old man and the scene.<br /><br />On three occasions over the years, Russ admitted to taking trips to Mexico and even to the area of the ancient Palenque (Mayan) ruins, where he obtained artifacts of some nature for collectors. He wrote about this to me in May of 1977, but provided no specific details (such as, oh, I don't know -- was this legal?).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETCB7XlV-csUZ4cHLD9Qn65Rwnk017uj7VdKcMCiiqgOVZId027VAWpqOYmGCmC0xtdI6yTidgF457je1-qtVqeu1KRsNi2flvwuGLUBkLeNM4mJFgDSqhrxAm-tx84fHJyFZynLK7mwv9joyJ-CuyMYmByA7XcVhJIkhvvsK7yOF9nfpL2MxG9wOHkR2/s2552/IMG_20230830_0130_Nov%2023%201980a.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="2552" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETCB7XlV-csUZ4cHLD9Qn65Rwnk017uj7VdKcMCiiqgOVZId027VAWpqOYmGCmC0xtdI6yTidgF457je1-qtVqeu1KRsNi2flvwuGLUBkLeNM4mJFgDSqhrxAm-tx84fHJyFZynLK7mwv9joyJ-CuyMYmByA7XcVhJIkhvvsK7yOF9nfpL2MxG9wOHkR2/s320/IMG_20230830_0130_Nov%2023%201980a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>As you might guess from his letters, Russ had become rather partial to a concept that Jesus could still be very much alive in body, kept relatively "young" by traversing the universe in a spaceship where time barely squeaks along, while planet Earth time advances concurrently by hundreds or thousands of years. He would subsequently write an article about this, but in the meantime (April, 1978) he was quite happy when, recalling his interest in the Palenque ruins, I referred him to an article in the Winter, 1978 issue of <i>Pursuit</i>, journal of the (now defunct) Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU). The piece referenced something with which I think Russ was already familiar -- a particular skeleton entombed below ground at ancient Palenque.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTHswcwfUcpnkyvRzBAErCraLl03_3Wmi05B5GxFKTBP31D0lDThqbyLakN2Eow_ND0lg-UES1CpLpkJ39ysAxc8kMOk67MeWTAmP4aFWKbF3wRb0o72NPXWeo54KCgFYhIw8AEsSb1Phm5cjFMKfmwtotEDP0O-WQoN1cgChrYba9U6wEKq285GFyo5Z/s2552/IMG_20230830_0131_Nov%2023%201980b.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="2552" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTHswcwfUcpnkyvRzBAErCraLl03_3Wmi05B5GxFKTBP31D0lDThqbyLakN2Eow_ND0lg-UES1CpLpkJ39ysAxc8kMOk67MeWTAmP4aFWKbF3wRb0o72NPXWeo54KCgFYhIw8AEsSb1Phm5cjFMKfmwtotEDP0O-WQoN1cgChrYba9U6wEKq285GFyo5Z/s320/IMG_20230830_0131_Nov%2023%201980b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />By his own admission (August 10, 1980), Russ Reardon had become more the heretic than a Christian regarding religion in general, and appeared quite intrigued with certain aspects of the "ancient astronaut" theories. In a few years, his infatuation with such things would drive his curiosity to the max. Why? Maybe because sitting around and watching the clock of age advance as you admire endless photos of yourself, the cat and the flowers (shown here) outside just isn't enough for a curious mind on the loose. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMxe84soPhjrmsJF-7yxJPZizkIQ9Tc6xRJOko1dgnaZxhAsyPu_MEVKcNZyWPKREduTYfSXxXjofztQGitDCaeYttsdcV_7YbFWFqcjlC_Me6vk3DYL1ReEudQ3qV6vCjLz6mI3Fwjx5AcZBP8XGEC6RKtdcVb3BZZdIT45jY4BVWy7aEhPFlqg0bgxI/s2504/1993-05-00_Russ%20Reardon,%20cat%20--%20and%20flower%20photo.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2504" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMxe84soPhjrmsJF-7yxJPZizkIQ9Tc6xRJOko1dgnaZxhAsyPu_MEVKcNZyWPKREduTYfSXxXjofztQGitDCaeYttsdcV_7YbFWFqcjlC_Me6vk3DYL1ReEudQ3qV6vCjLz6mI3Fwjx5AcZBP8XGEC6RKtdcVb3BZZdIT45jY4BVWy7aEhPFlqg0bgxI/s320/1993-05-00_Russ%20Reardon,%20cat%20--%20and%20flower%20photo.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.com