The Portland wounded

“When do we get to hear from the federal officers defending the courthouse in Portland, who were blinded with lasers and wounded by incendiaries, while @JoeBiden called the rioters “peaceful protesters,” and @KamalaHarris called federal officers a “paramilitary”? #ImpeachmentTrial.”

Via Joel Pollak on Twatter

Bitter cold

Thermometer is hovering around 31 degrees, with rain and wintery mix and icing expected according to the National Weather Service. Tomorrow and Saturday-Sunday expected to be even colder, dipping into the 20s and teens. Good for killing hibernating bugs such as scorpions. But potentially bad in the form of power outages from the ice on the lines.

UPDATE: Local news reporting a 26-car pileup on a highway near us on the edge of the Hill Country. Police “begging” drivers “to drive to the conditions.” Ha! Fat chance.

Land of the free

WASHINGTON, DC – An eight-foot tall steel fence topped with concertina razor wire circles the U.S. Capitol, and the Capitol Police want to make it permanent.

Grieving

One of my favorite podcast hosts is Brian Smith of Grief2Growth and today he said something so generous I have to share it. He said about half the country is grieving the inauguration of Bozo Biden. Well he didn’t actually say the name of the inaugurated. That was from me. But at least 75 million and more feel cheated. Hence our grief.

Brian wove his sentiment into a discussion of grieving, which is of course his subject matter, mostly involving the death of our beloved, which in my case was my wife of 25 years, which is why I listen to Brian and his interviews about the Afterlife. Five years after Debra’s passing, I still get occasional waves of it. They aren’t overwhelming any more. But I have never fought them and with Brian’s continued help I never will. Grief is and will be my companion, until I see her again.

The Impeachment Fraud

Why keep hammering Trump when you’ve already got rid of him? Maybe because you know you cheated him out of election and you know at least 75 million voters know/suspect it. Not to mention Trump himself, who will surely continue to challenge the results.

So that without continued harassments to discredit him with some of those 75 million, your man Grampa Gropes looks mighty lame. Even if he has signed 52 executive orders, many more than any other president—including Trump who was branded a dictator for signing any. And because the Army national guard continues to guard the seat of our illegitimate government. Just like a third world dictatorship.

Bronco’s third term

Navarro: DOJ slow-walked Trump’s executive orders while fast-tracking Biden’s. No surprise. Obama had eight years to stock the DOJ with loyalists and these Dimocrat bureaucrats are now on his third term. You didn’t really think that dumb-as-a-rock Biden was running things?

Via The Epoch Times

DD214 on iphone

I was keeping the paper copy in the car, until someone suggested photographing it for the phone. Probably best to keep it there to avoid losing it, though I have several copies. Mostly I use my VA card for discounts when asked but AT&T asked for the full 214. And it was worth it, shaving $70 from my monthly bill. Veteran bennies, such as parking spaces and discounts, are a new thing. Wasn’t so long ago being a veteran was no benefit at all.