Only the names are different

This morning at Metro Fitness I was chatting with the man at the next machine.  He thinks the Iran deal is just fine and he plans to vote for Hillary Clinton.

From Dennis Prager's column this week:

"The American and European negotiations with Iran have so precisely mirrored 1938 that you have to wonder how anyone could not see it.

The Nazi regime’s great hatred was Jews. Iran’s great hatred is the Jewish state. The Nazis’ greatest aim was to exterminate the Jews of Europe. Iran’s greatest aim is to exterminate the Jewish state. Nazi Germany hated the West and its freedoms. The Islamic Republic of Iran hates the West and its freedom...s. Germany sought to dominate Europe. Iran seeks to dominate the Middle East and the Muslim world.

And exactly as Britain and France appeased Nazi Germany, the same two countries along with the United States have chosen to appease Iran.

Today, people mock Chamberlain. But just change the names, and you realize that we are living through a repetition of Munich. Substitute the Islamic Republic of Iran for Nazi Germany, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for Hitler, Barack Obama and John Kerry for Chamberlain, Israel for Czechoslovakia and for Europe’s Jews, and the increasingly unsafe world of 2015 for the increasingly unsafe world of 1938."

Obama visits a prison

Obama must have used a lot more drugs and committed crimes while doing so or sold them to others if he's comparing his drug use to those in prison. His current crimes against the country are probably more serious. Maybe that's what he really meant?

In the 1970s we used to visit men in the old Ohio Penitentiary in downtown Columbus --black, white, Christian, Muslim, young, old; murderers, thieves, organized crime and white collar--you name it, we met them and developed relationships. One charming young guy in for burglary and drugs had even pimped for his wife. I never met one who said he didn't do the crime, but they didn't like the time or the parole board because it was "unfair" that someone else did less, or got released early. Taking risks was an even bigger "high" than drugs. Nor were they crime free before what sent them to prison (except for "crimes of passion" which were usually one time) they were caught after many years of pulling it off.

http://truthuncensored.net/obama-visits-jail-compares-himself-to-criminals-video/#!

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/19/why_americas_prison_problem_is_so_much_worse_than_even_barack_obama_wants_to_let_on/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/16/obama-el-reno-federal-correctional-institution-criminal-justice-reform/30234017/

Ohio’s governor Kasich has joined the crowd

It's not embarrassing to have sixteen candidates on the Republican bench, 14 of whom could run the country, it's richness beyond imagining. But it is embarrassing that there are so few Democrats willing to challenge Hillary. There aren't many Democrat governors (31 Republicans, 18 Democrats, and one independent) and that's usually the best preparation for the presidency. And it's not true that there are just right wingers running--it's a media scare tactic. The Democrats have moved so far left that it just appears that way. Three candidates with failed European socialist model. . . 2 of whom have had to apologize for thinking all lives matter and one of whom won’t talk to the press or anyone not selected for her audience (wouldn’t appear at Netroots where the other 2 were skewered).  But it is the party that had to take a special vote to keep the word God in the party platform, and then it barely squeaked through.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/john-kasich-election-2016-announcement/

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/what-john-kasich-believes/399044/

As speeches go, his was pretty dull; sounded like a Democrat from the 1980s.

This is what white privilege looks like

Wealthy.  Lived abroad.  Private schools. Top colleges. Power.

Prevent neck hump

Do you have years of poor posture?  Hours of sitting at a computer?  Or just getting old? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X1D8RgWpZQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ7kNF5s9gA  Several posture videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uzd_nFzj0Y

http://saveourbones.com/weekend-challenge-the-hump-straightener/

http://2beingfit.com/super-effective-hump-back-correction-exercises/

There’s a lot we didn’t know, but now we do . . .

Black lives matter, white not so much

People of European, Asian and Indian ancestry will need to leave the Democrat Party. Saying "white lives matter," or "All lives matter," is now forbidden among the black radicals who are trying to control the language (blacks are now the minority among the minority). They haven't even read the police statistics--more whites are killed by police and at a higher rate than blacks. The leading cause of death of black children under 5 is not guns or whites or police--it's the people who care for them--fathers, mothers, step-parents.  And 38% of abortions are for black babies. Obviously, someone in that "black lives matter" movement doesn't know or care that even black children in the womb and crib and Head Start have lives. Someone hasn't looked at the CDC stats on AIDS among young black men.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/bernie-sanders-netroots-nation-black-lives-matter/

This morning I watched a Fox News commentator Jehmu Greene call Donald Trump a douche bag on national TV; what does she call these Black Lives matter Lovers of Ignorance? And she applauds HuffPo for refusing to recognize Trump as a candidate (she uses him to smear all Republicans). But she refuses to address these crazies who took over an entire Netroots forum. How much does she get paid for this bias on Fox? She's a Liberian-American, another product of white privilege wearing a black mask.

I’m with Fred Kaan, Dutch hymn writer

“The post-war years witnessed an explosion of hymn writing that can loosely be categorised into two groups. There were those writers who worked in a traditional style, seeking to add their 20th-century contribution to the corpus of hymns used down the years by churches of all traditions. And there were those who introduced a new style of "worship song" designed to appeal to today's congregations.

Kaan was impatient with this second group, referring somewhat disparagingly to their songs as "the nursery rhymes of the church". His place was firmly with the former group, standing alongside the likes of Fred Pratt Green, Alan Gaunt and Brian Wren. His hymns, which include both original work and translations from a variety of languages, address the modern challenges to faith, notably issues of peace and justice, and are known and used right across the spectrum of Christian churches.”

His story.

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It’s not economics; it’s ideology

Katie Steinle, questions from Megyn Kelly for Obama

Kate’s murder has exploded into a national debate on illegal immigrants, sanctuary cities and crime,with the White House ducking the issue of its own acquiescence in these cities’ decisions to flout the federal immigration laws which were duly enacted.

When asked repeatedly this week to speak to this case, White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to weigh in other than to refer folks to the Department of Homeland Security.

A stark contrast to what we saw after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson. A man whom we know was attacking a police officer at the time of his death. His funeral saw three Obama officials in attendance, his death drew comments from President Obama personally and his administration also sent in the DOJ and 40 FBI agents dispatched to Missouri after Michael Brown was killed.

Where is the swarm of agents in San Francisco?

Then there was Freddie Gray in Baltimore, a repeat drug offender who was killed in police custody. Here again his funeral was attended by three Obama administration officials and again the President spoke personally to Freddie Gray’s death. And again sent the DOJ in to investigate. When Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida, the president spoke to his death which was later ruled to be in self-defense.

But Katie Steinle, nothing. No comments, no swarm of FBI agents, no DOJ investigation, nothing. Why?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/07/09/megyn_kelly_why_is_obama_ignoring_murder_of_katie_steinle.html

Obama remains silent because he cannot make Steinle’s murder about himself.

Obama remains silent because her murder illustrates the dilemma with one of his schemes profoundly to transform the United States.

Obama remains silent because her murder illustrates the dilemma so indelibly.

Obama remains silent because Sanchez represents the politically incorrect illegal alien crime wave.

Obama remains silent because he cannot plausibly turn Steinle’s death to his narrow political advantage.

Scott Johnson, http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/07/the-meaning-of-obamas-silence.php

Lakeside’s Herb Class (Wednesday 8:30, Train station)

This week's herb group was on cinnamon. Large crowd probably because the weather eliminates anything else, and everyone knows what it is. We learned all about history and countries of origin, and difference with cassia. Donna Shoemaker submitted the recipe for Cincinnati's famous Skyline Chili which contains cinnamon. We all got a sample. It was delicious. I intend to try it. You can use it over spaghetti; or add red beans, or put it on a hot dog.

We were all big girls (plus 2 men and a boy) with probably combined 900 years in the kitchen, so no amounts were given in the recipe. Ground beef & pork, warm water, canned tomato sauce, tomato paste with water, dried yeast, fresh cinnamon, salt, fresh diced onions, fresh garlic, dash of paprika. Cook all together slowly, low heat 1-2 hours stove top or low in crock pot. If you need amounts, here’s a recipe.

On another delicious topic:

"Trail mix" sounds so healthy. I think it's from that eco-friendly 70s era. But today it means you're not burning up calories hiking in the woods, looking for grubs and berries, but sitting on the couch munching an addictive sweet/salty mix while watching unreality shows.

Democrats obsessed with race

Democrats are obsessed with Obama's race. I think it's left over from the days of Jim Crow and fighting lynch laws the Republicans proposed in Congress to protect blacks. If Obama makes a bad deal with our enemy Iran, then it's his race we don't like, not his treaty. If he destroys our health insurance system, then we are racist to complain when the system crashes, our medical records are vulnerable and rates go up. If he attacks Catholic nuns who are taking care of the elderly poor, then we must be paranoid birthers to not see the good intentions behind his destruction of our First Amendment rights.

Christians need to be examining who buys the fetal tissue

Christians, politicians and many secular pro-aborts were justly horrified by the recent video of a PP CEO discussing selling body parts of aborted babies. Well, are we showing equal horror at the research components of drug and medical companies (aka capitalists) that are buying them from supplier StemExpress? Using fetal tissue and embryos was never illegal, even during the Bush years, and Obama opened the Federal coffers to do so in 2009. That said, all major break throughs are using adult stem cells, not fetal.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/planned-parenthood-director-accused-of-selling-baby-body-parts-names-stemexpress-company-that-offers-fetal-liver-cells-for-24k-in-product-catalog-141600/

What is so unreasonable about negotiating for four Americans? He did it for Bergdahl and released five Taliban.

http://dailysignal.com/2015/07/16/obamas-annoyance-shows-major-garrett-asked-the-right-questions/

http://www.frantzradio.com/2015/07/13/obamas-iran-negotiation-worse-than-5-taliban-for-bowe-bergdahl/

Why can’t Obama take the tough questions? Bush did.

Buck Sexton writes:  “President Obama's response to Major Garrett today was snide, arrogant, and completely unbecoming of the Office of the President.

You can't ask this President a real question without being scolded.

You can't interrupt the administration's victory dance on this calamitous Iran deal without being punished.

...

It's preposterous to read the commentary from many on this who say the question was "disrespectful to Obama."

First of all, the question was completely legitimate. Not everything is about how awesome Obama needs to look all the time.

But more importantly- with 5 seconds of searching, you can find the kind of questions the press used to ask of President Bush, like this undermining, loaded question tossed at him back in 2006 that accuses him of being a liar and a warmonger:

"QUESTION [Helen Thomas]: I'd like to ask you, Mr. President -- your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime.

Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is: Why did you really want to go to war? From the moment you stepped into the White House, your Cabinet officers, former Cabinet officers, intelligence people and so forth -- but what's your real reason? You have said it wasn't oil, the quest for oil. It hasn't been Israel or anything else. What was it?"

That's what disrespect looks like. “

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/21/bush.transcript/

Garden and storage sheds of Lakeside, pt. 5

The graceful, classic gable

I think the door is on the other side, and molding has been added to dress up the window.

I have my suspicions that this might be a reuse of a privy.

It’s difficult to see the colors, but this is behind the classic 19th c. cottage at 4th and Sycamore.  Nice details added.

Handsome and roomy dressed with a nice cupola. Cottage has a gambrel roof with lovely porch.

This is next to the Plymouth House as seen from parking lot.

Some garages become sheds, but I think this is a shed made in a garage design.  It has a foundation and sits above ground.

Somewhere there must be a pink cottage I can’t see. Very large door.

Garden and storage sheds of Lakeside, pt. 4

Gambrel, or barn roof, or Dutch Colonial

You’ll see a lot of gambrel roof styles because it offers the most storage space in the attic when compared to a gable or saltbox style shed roof and at Lakeside every little space counts.

The brick drive way and flower pots dress up this gambrel shed.

This one has extensions.

Healthy ferns add a nice touch and color match.

This one probably has some loft storage.

Obama and Kerry are laughing too

Garden and storage sheds of Lakeside, pt. 3

Basic.  What you see is what you get sheds.

This little shed is made of metal with corrugated roof and a few peek holes for windows. It’s behind Jane and Don Leach’s cottage on Lynn, but based on the property line of hostas, probably belongs to the next cottage.

This one is concrete block, painted gray to match the cottage which is probably early 20th century farm house style.  Also on Lynn.

Here are two off the lot sheds, decorated to match their cottage, simple and inexpensive, but they get the job done.  The one on the left is a gambrel roof (also called barn roof), or Dutch Colonial, which is really the most authentic style since it is from the 1600s.  The Victorian style which many covet for cottage architecture came much later. The owners have dressed it up with shutters and a window box.  The one on the right is a simple gable, and is nice for areas that may get a lot of snow or rain for run off. The double doors really help for limited storage.

These two snugged together have basic shed roofs, but I suspect the one of the right may be an old garage from the old days—there’s just something about those doors.  The other is an off the lot style, and it’s been painted to match the house. The grass was wet when I took the photo, so I didn’t go closer.

This is on South Oak and is so hidden in trees and weeds that I can’t tell if it’s being used for storage.  If it is, no one has been visiting for awhile.  But it’s possible there is an entrance I can’t see from the street. It’s large enough to have been a garage.

Something about this one says chicken coop to me.  Possibly it was moved to this spot from another location. It seems to be much older than the cottage. But it is also possible this was a children’s play house at one time.