EMBRACE THE SUCK??

 @Danbongino recently posited a new idea explaining the current state of our culture...EMBRACING THE SUCK. Although that applies to a Secret Service agent on protection detail when your boss decides to visit a shithole country for a photo op, that does not apply to Americans!! We don't embrace the suck. we kick it's ass!!

Our job is not to embrace the suck, but determine it's source and eliminate the suck. Right now, that source lives in Washington DC at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and the halls of Congress. It is our job to vote out the rats!!

Who is John Galt?

Any follower of Ayn Rand's writings know who John Galt is. I recently came across a 3 part mini-series called ATLAS SHRUGGED...I was forced to read the words in the mid-70s and they made no sense to me at the time.

Until I grew older and wiser, and could actually watch the meaningless words come together in a screenplay. As I watched in fascination, the only conclusion that I could come up with is...

DONALD J TRUMP IS JOHN GALT!!!

Democrat/Progressive Strategy for 2020

Allow me to lay out a few observations in advance of the meat of my argument...NY governor signs a law allowing abortion UP TO the point of birth of a human being...standing ovation in the chamber and skyscrapers lit in pink to celebrate.

Next: VA Governor advocates law allowing POST-PARTUM abortion (after birth, for those in Rio Lindo), i.e. INFANTICIDE and garners widespread praise.

A majority of Americans and lawmakers disagree and begin petitioning for the resignation of the governor...BOOM! Out comes a picture on the Governor's Medical School Yearbook page showing him either in blackface or a KKK costume...he initially admitted the blackface but then rescinded that admission saying that he would never do that because shoe polish was so tough to remove from flesh.

Let that sink in for a minute...how would you know, Governor? Done it before? Oh yes...he did it for a talent show where he did Michael Jackson's Moonwalk...attempting to re-create that moment from 30 years ago during a Press conference, his wife admonished him against it along the lines of "time and place...this isn't it".

And then? Jussie Smollett is "allegedly" attacked by two Trump supporters wearing masks and MAGA hats yelling "This is MAGA country, you n*****r f*g!" The ambient temperature in Chicago at the "reported" time of the attack (2am or so) was 5 degrees, with a -30 degree wind chill...Hmmmm, seems a little fishy from the git-go. The story unwinds from there and it turns out to be a total hoax...the ones who "attacked" him were paid by him to stage the attack.

The MSM narrative NOW is that he was unhappy with his reduced screentime in the show EMPIRE, and his salary apparently wasn't enough to satisfy him.

Folks, I am throwing the flag on this play. Each subsequent narrative has effectively removed the prior bad news from the headlines, and it is by design.

The endgame is a race war, and it is being orchestrated by the Democrat party and the Lamestream media. The goal is to kick it off and affect the 2020 election...the collusion lies with the left, not with the Russians.

Every time Mad Maxine Waters, Crazy Bernie Sanders, and any of the rest of the Democrat candidates call President Trump a racist, bigot, homophobe, Islamophobe or whatever, the are dog-whistling to the psycho base of the Progressive wing of the Democrat party to STAGE THESE EVENTS! The are tacitly approving of these tactics, and in the case of Jussie Smollett, have only deleted their incorrect early tweets and not addressed the fact that they sent them in the first place!

I have faith in true blue red-blooded Americans...we're not going to take this crap much longer. You politicians put *US* who pay your salaries first again...or we are coming for you.

Our Democracy *IS* under attack...but not by who the Lamestream Media a.k.a. Fake News is telling you...I rest my case with this article published by none other than USA TODAY.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/10/donald-trump-russia-election-inept-monarch-abolish-presidency-column/923543002/

Yes, Ms. Dupuy is calling for amending the Constitution to abolish the Presidency merely because her candidate had her ass handed to her by a media juggernaut, a.k.a. Donald J. Trump. They blame the Electoral College, the Russians, hackers, and us Deplorables for her defeat. Never mind that she skipped several critical states in her campaign, could barely speak for 10 minutes without going into convulsive coughing fits, and could barely stand without support from handlers thrusting her into a black medical van at a 9/11 event.

Folks, our election system is under attack for a single reason...the only thing standing between leftist Progressives and TOTAL CONTROL is WE THE PEOPLE...and that is not acceptable in their mindset. After all, we are way too inept, uneducated, unsophisticated and irrelevant to decide what is best for each of us as individuals!

The whole phony Russian collusion delusion is designed to cast aspersions to the INTEGRITY of the public vote, in order to one day eliminate it. When they lose as badly as they did in 2016, it must be rigged, hacked, meddled or interfered with. Now, on the occasion that they win, it will be said that "yes, the Russians attempted to meddle, but we successfully fought them back."

It is all an endgame to ENDING elections, even though Rod Rosenstein admitted publicly that no vote was changed and the outcome of no elections were altered by what the indicted Russian trollbots did (especially since they appeared AFTER the election results were posted).

We are in dangerous territory here folks, and the Lamestream Media *IS* the propaganda arm of the Democrat party, make no mistake about it.  Keep your eyes and ears open, automatically distrust anything you see, hear or read in the mainstream news...question everything and research the issues for yourself to determine your own truth...because no one, with the exception of Rush Limbaugh, is giving it to you straight these days.

The Un-Hackable password

Recently, my work computer died. I placed a request for a replacement to our IT department, and they called me shortly afterwards to get my domain login info for the replacement PC.

Tech: I need your domain password to configure the new PC.
Me: Qg4qyqjO8hd9oh
Tech: How the fuck did you come up with that, and how do you remember it?
Me: It's AbrahamLincoln with all characters 1 keystroke up and left.
Tech: Dude, that's brilliant, but I screwed it up...your new password is spring2018.

Needless to say, I changed the password as soon as I got the new laptop...E9hqoe%47j0. (DonaldTrump)

Enjoy!

Profound Thoughts That WE ALL HAVE (even if you don't admit it aloud)

From a post on a forum...

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think, of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us. Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
God bless you as you share it with friends. No Nation or people can ever survive or succeed without Jesus Christ.

'Nuff sed...

Eclipse 2017: In The Path Of Totality

I have seen numerous, spectacular celestial events in my life, including the Aurora Borealis from Norway and St. Elmo's Fire from off the coast of Chile. I have witnessed several lunar eclipses from shore and asea, but never a full-fledged solar eclipse such as crossed America on the 21st of August.

Planning for the event began 6 weeks ago...my girlfriend from Rochester, NY had planned on traveling to East Tennessee to join me in witnessing this celestial phenomenon. I got us a pair of eclipse glasses while they were still only $1.99, and she picked up the T-shirts...

(T-4 hours to totality) We drove from Rutledge, Tennessee to Madisonville...along the way, we stopped at a convenience store for beverage refreshments and on the way out I suggested that we try the eclipse glasses...both of us donned them and looked up at the sky...as advertised, nothing but the full sun was visible through these ISO-certified lenses that were the equivalent of a Level 17 welder's shield.

(T-2 hours to totality) We had passed numerous roadside pull-offs, parking lots and even houses offering eclipse parking from anywhere between $10 and $40...eclipse glasses from $5 to $10 per pair. Many local businesses in the area had Police caution tape or vehicles blocking their lots with "NO ECLIPSE PARKING" signs prominently posted.

(T-1 hour to totality) I was looking for a particular event that the local Knoxville television station was broadcasting live from, but the availability of restrooms and refreshment facilities were limited, and the parking fee was $40. We agreed that was not the best deal we had seen, and drove back to the Madisonville Wal-Mart that we had passed 10 minutes earlier. The parking lot was almost completely full of RVs, minivans, SUVs, station wagons and even a semi-truck with an open spot next to it...we pulled in there and walked to the store for a much-needed restroom run and snack/soda reload.

(T-30 minutes to totality) We left the store with refreshments in hand, and the first thing that I noticed that is was demostrably dimmer outside than when we had walked in...when we got back to the car, we each put the eclipse glasses on and checked the progress of the eclipse...the moon was about 50% of the way to covering the sun...the image was stunning, to say the least!

(T-10 minutes to totality) Rather than craning my neck staring straight up to check the progression towards totality, I discovered that I could see the exact same thing (with the eclipse glasses on, of course) in the windshield of the Dodge Caravan parked immediately behind us. The truck driver climbed out of his cab, and we asked him to take a picture of us geeked out (see picture above). He explained that he was from Laredo, Texas and his company had cancelled his load pickup that day due to the anticipated traffic woes (great call, getting out of there was quite difficult!) I asked him if he had eclipse glasses and he replied "no"...the moon was about 90% across the sun by now and it was noticeably dimmer, but still daylight.

He put the glasses on and glanced skyward, and muttered "Oh my God, that's beautiful"...he handed me the glasses back and climbed into his cab.

(T-2 minutes to totality) The storefront signs began to come on, as well as the headlights of cars with the auto-on headlights. The parking lot was becoming noticeably darker by the second and the buzz of conversation was increasing...

(T-30 seconds to totality) The sun is a mere sliver in the afternoon sky. The temperature has already dropped by about 3 degrees according to the car's dashboard readout. I was no longer watching it via the Caravan's windshield, but staring straight up at the dark side of the moon.

Totality...A huge cheer and applause erupts from our fellow parking lot viewers...the eclipse glasses came off and I looked directly into the face of God.

Since the moon is not a perfect sphere, but one featuring hills and valleys much like Earth, the corona danced and darted about all around the silhouette of the moon.

(Totality + 2 minutes, 44 seconds) Michelle asks when the glasses need to go back on for safe viewing...I said as soon as you see the DIAMOND RING, put 'em back on.

(Totality + 3 minutes) The diamond ring has appeared and the glasses are back on. Another raucous cheer from the parking lot crowd and round of applause for sheer appreciation of a truly magical event...in which tens of millions of Americans from Oregon to South Carolina were all united as...Humans.