What if Joe Biden had worked as hard on these issues as I did? Maybe he might have made a difference in his 40-something years in "service."
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
More files for the trash
I'm throwing out files from 40-50 years ago. I was a Democrat then. I wrote to anyone who would listen/respond from Robert Lazarus to the chaplain at the Ohio Penitentiary, from the Principal of my kids' school to the public library director, from the Columbus Dispatch editor to our church's education director--about prison conditions, bank practices that hurt the poor, story hours that included racist or weak female story lines, the number of black clerks that Lazarus hired for Upper Arlington Kingsdale, fair housing practices and the morally squishy material from ELCA. I remember attending meetings to discuss the need for a local food warehouse that was going the "end" hunger, and a planning group for a community center for Upper Arlington. I was carrying posters at the state house about the ERA. I was beyond woke, but I was asking specific people and companies to change their policies. I wasn't asking the government to do it. I guess I should have organized some protests and thrown bricks through windows instead of writing letters.
Sierra Club’s Free Gift
Yesterday we got an appeal for funds from Sierra Club (went into the waste basket) which included a small note book with bookmarks, first aid checklist, and pocket calendar along with some to-do lists and marketing. Some of it was very preachy—“bring your own mug and dishware for food eaten at the office,” “carpool, bike or take transit to work” “use non-toxic cleaning products and brighten your work space with plants” “buy ENERGY STAR certified light bulbs and fixtures,” and “print on the back side of old documents for faxes, scrap paper of drafts.” The last one gave me a little chuckle since my grandmother was way ahead of her time and always saved letters and advertisements and used the back side for her carbon copies when writing business letters. I used a lot of them in my research about farm families.
Being good to the environment is being good to ourselves, but when an article headline is “12 ways to halt climate change” that’s just ignorant and giving people “feel good” bad advice. Climate change couldn’t be halted by any or all of these rules.
1. Grow a garden. Organic. Plant a tree. Think of the millions of people who might have space for a flower pot in a window in their city apartment building. There are many advantages to having fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables, but saving the planet won’t be the result.
2. Speak truth to power. Demand clean energy like wind and solar from your energy supplier. Really? Does the writer believe there is no cost to the environment to produce solar panels or wind mills and store the energy for no-wind and sunless days? According to PBS which I consider a liberal source, we currently have about 17% in renewables, a fraction of that 100% activists were demanding a year ago. Nuclear power plants are closing and they were up to about 19% of the total.
3. Stop using incandescent bulbs and use more efficient ones. You’ll have to buy American to make any difference.
4. Look for Energy Star label in buying new appliances. Wash clothes in cold water; or dry on clothesline (many areas are regulated against this).
5. Insulate walls, attic, windows. New windows are making our home more comfortable and efficient, but it won’t save the world.
6. Lower your thermostat.
7. Power at the poll. Vote.
8. Reduce, reuse, recycle. This is a feel good, virtue signaling act. Asia and China are no longer taking our trash and we’re not building any recycling plants that I’m aware of because there’s no market—our labor is too high. And since Covid carry-outs, I’ve never seen so much trash on pick up day.
9. Plan trips and commute. People have been doing this for 40 years.
10. Ready for 100. Sierra club marketing plans for 100% renewable energy which I think the protestors last year demanded by 2030—less than a decade. Remember, we’re at 17%.
11. Pep talk—change the world—but it’s about climate solutions and protecting the planet, not about HALT Climate Change.
12. Join Sierra Club.
The antidote for Sierra Club: read Michael Shellenbarger’s apology for being an alarmist about climate change. “ On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare.” He has a book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All and also articles, but the left really attacks him because he’s left the alarmist plantation. https://wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Schellenberger-Apology.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/?sh=311df21db1b8
Sidney Powell on Dominion
Sidney Powell: "I never say anything I can’t prove. Secondly the evidence is coming in so fast I can’t even process it all. Millions of Americans have written I would say by now. Definitely hundreds of thousands have stepped forward with their different experiences of voter fraud. But this is a massive election fraud, and I’m very concerned that it involved not only Dominion and the Smartmatic software, but the software was essentially used by other election machines also. It’s the software that was the problem. Even their own manual explains how votes can be wiped away. It’s like drag and drop Trump votes to a separate folder and then delete that folder. It is absolutely brazen how people bought the system and why they bought the system, in fact, every state that bought Dominion for sure should have a criminal investigation or at least a serious investigation of the officers in the states who bought the software. We’ve even got evidence of some kickbacks, essentially."
https://spectator.org/maria-bartiromo-sidney-powell-dominion/?
Monday, November 16, 2020
More boxes to go through
This afternoon I'm going through all our trip memorabilia--most of it in two large storage boxes in the furnace room. Alaska, Arizona (twice), Arkansas, Baltimore, Bartlesville, Boston, California (3 times) Canada (Vancouver), Chicago, Finland (many cities), Florida, Germany (many cities, river cruise), Greece, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (Columbus, Madison), Ireland, Israel, Italy (numerous cities), Kentucky, Michigan (Detroit, Boyne City, Bay View), Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Springfield--these were mostly architectural tours), Oregon, Philadelphia, Russia (St. Petersburg), San Antonio, Spain (Madrid, Murcia, Granada, Cordoba), Turkey, Washington DC (3 times). Post cards, maps, guides, newspapers, magazines, hundreds of receipts for restaurants, hotels, museums, art galleries, tours and airlines. Stacks of photos we couldn't use in the albums.
It all needs to go. But as I looked through the things, I couldn't help but think of the thousands of jobs related to tourism and travel, from the maps and brochures to the hotel staffs, the bus drivers, the cooks, waiters, cleaners, and tour guides. All out of work now.
Granada 2015
Alaska 2001
C.S. Lewis quote for our times
This makes me think of the pro-abortion team of Biden-Harris and their threat of a national lockdown, and their entire method of governing, for that matter.
More silencing by tech firms
Now it is Mailchimp censoring Conservatives. Try to Substack. https://substack.com/ A lot of journalists who have been silenced are starting their own newsletters. If you use Mail Chimp, back up your e-mail list every day, or you might not get it back. I'd never heard of Substack until yesterday when Glenn Greenwald who'd lost his own publication for investigating the Biden Crime family (my term, not his) noted he was using it to get his information out. Then Dana mentioned it on her radio show today. Substack operates a platform for creating paid and free subscription newsletters. The company makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. Its publishing tools allow writers to publish to an email list and website simultaneously, and to accept and manage payments from subscribers.
Generation Z is conservative
Generation Z (born 1997 and after) is more conservative than the Millennials, and have had strong support for Trump.
- A 2016 American study found that while only 18% of Millennials attended church, church attendance was 41% among Generation Z.
- Polls found eight out of ten members of Gen Z considered themselves “fiscally conservative.”
- In certain areas, Generation Z is more risk-averse than the Millennials. In 2013, 66% of teenagers had tried alcohol, down from 82% in 1991.
I heard a lovely young lady on The First TV News channel this afternoon. Quite informative. Also, if you're a conservative, you like this channel. Sunday it was featuring an expose of Black Lives Matter. The First is dedicated to free speech, bold opinions, and big ideas. Americans who are tired of being marginalized and are ready to speak up should check it out. https://pluto.tv/live-tv/the-first Hosts include Bill O'Reilly, Dana Loesch, Buck Sexton, Jesse Kelly, Mike Slater, and a many top contributors. The First currently offers eight hours of original programming daily and is part of the OTT (Over The Top) platform Pluto TV — a free internet-based streaming television site.
Madison Cawthorn, who recently won a congressional seat in North Carolina just turned 25, and is the youngest member of Congress in over 200 years.
Do churches know this? Are they bleeding young people? Maybe they should pay attention and stop trying to be so "woke."
Violence against pro-Trump supporters in DC
There was a huge rally for President Trump on Saturday. I’ve seen the photos—it was definitely more than 10,000 which was reported by the Wall St. Journal. Tens of thousands. They came from all over the country. I know a few people who went, so I’ll ask them. The reports were it was peaceful until after the rally when “counter-protestors” Here’s how Buzzfeed (leftist online media) describes Antifa. “Antifa, short for anti-fascist, is a decentralized movement that protests against the far-right, with some occasionally resorting to violence.” Yes, tell that one to all the people in Minneapolis, Kenosha, Portland, etc. whose businesses and city buildings were burned, looted or destroyed in “occasional violence” during the summer of 2020. Those silly Biden supporters who think now everything is going to calm down need to see some of the attacks on children and restaurant diners.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/lawmakers-condemn-violence-in-dc-call-on-trump-to-act_3579624.html
Saturday, November 14, 2020
GARRISON KEILLOR ON "METHODISTS"
We make fun of Methodists for their blandness, their excessive calm, their fear of giving offense, their lack of speed, and also for their secret fondness for macaroni and cheese.
But nobody sings like them. If you were to ask an audience in New York City, a relatively Methodist-less place, to sing along on the chorus of "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," they will look daggers at you as if you had asked them to strip to their underwear. But if you do this among Methodists, they'd smile and row that boat ashore and up on the beach! And down the road!
Many Methodists are bred from childhood to sing in four-part harmony, a talent that comes from sitting on the lap of someone singing alto or tenor or bass and hearing the harmonic intervals by putting your little head against that person's rib cage.
It's natural for Methodists to sing in harmony. They are too modest to be soloists, too worldly to sing in unison. When you're singing in the key of C and you slide into the A7th and D7th chords, all two hundred of you, it's an emotionally fulfilling moment. By joining in harmony, they somehow promise that they will not forsake each other.
I do believe this: People, these Methodists, who love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of people you can call up when you're in deep distress.
*If you're dying, they will comfort you.
*If you are lonely, they'll talk to you.
*And if you are hungry, they'll give you tuna salad.
*Methodists believe in prayer, but would practically die if asked to pray out loud.
*Methodists like to sing, except when confronted with a new hymn or a hymn with more than four stanzas.
*Methodists believe their pastors will visit them in the hospital, even if they don't notify them that they are there.
*Methodists usually follow the official liturgy and will feel it is their way of suffering for their sins.
*Methodists believe in miracles and even expect miracles, especially during their stewardship visitation programs or when passing the plate.
*Methodists think that the Bible forbids them from crossing the aisle while passing the peace.
*Methodists drink coffee as if it were the Third Sacrament.
*Methodists feel guilty for not staying to clean up after their own wedding reception in the Fellowship Hall.
*Methodists are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at the church.
*Methodists still serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color of the season and think that peas in a tuna casserole adds too much color.
*Methodists believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take themselves too seriously.
And finally, You know you are a Methodist when:
It's 100 degrees, with 90% humidity, and you still have coffee after the service.
You hear something funny during the sermon and smile as loudly as you can.
Donuts are a line item in the church budget, just like coffee.
When you watch a Star Wars movie and they say, "May the Force be with you," you respond, "and also with you."
And lastly, it takes ten minutes to say good-bye!
Friday, November 13, 2020
That explains a lot—church attendance restrictions, Pew survey
59% of Democrats who attended church this past summer either in person or on-line heard sermons about supporting Black Lives Matter. 29% of Republicans who attended church this past summer either in person or on-line heard sermons about supporting Black Lives Matter. But did either group of Christians hear the truth about BLM, its mission statement, and its role in the destruction of liberty and property in Democrat run cities this past summer? Were they told that the three women who founded it are radical Marxist lesbians who don’t believe in private property or the nuclear family?
Only 42% of Republicans who attended church this past summer either in person or on-line heard sermons in support of abortion, and only 28% of Democrats hear a similar sermon. And yet, about 1/3 of the abortions in the U.S. are for black women. Who is the smallest and weakest and most needy among us? Certainly not the adults rioting and looting on behalf of the mission of BLM—American blacks are the top 5% in wealth of the global population of blacks, most of whom live in Africa.
The headlines in this Pew article are very misleading. About 42% of Americans never attend church, so when the story about accepting the rules imposed on churches includes “Americans” one needs to read the entire article. No, the majority of church goers were NOT OK with the restrictions, some of which were far more restrictive than other gatherings.
Actual numbers are not given in the Pew study, however, even in a 2015 Caddell poll, 46% of Democrats never attended church and 24% of Republicans never attended. And when separated by ideology, only 18% of liberals said they regularly attend church and 62% said they never go. For conservatives, 41% regularly attend and 34% never go.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Purging again--old photos
It was not my intention to look through old photos. Old framed photos. Old, dusty and moldy framed photos with glass that had to be washed. I was collecting Christmas dishes to go to the resale shop and opened a box. There they were.
After I got the Christmas boxes moved we (Bob had to help me move things) also found two big storage boxes of memorabilia from trips; but that will be another blog.
In the middle of the night it came to me. I'd remove all the portraits from the frames and donate the frames. After a very long nap today that left me too groggy to tackle this job, I first found an album that had no photos in it, and the open slip was at the top of the pages so it would take large photos. So I took it to the basement and began removing the photos from the frames, wiping and washing as I went. Things were going well until I came across a church directory photo of my parents, about 5 x 7 and somewhat faded, and a very unattractive hair style for my mom. When I turned it over to remove the backing I discovered it had been glued. I had to get several tools to separate the backing from the wood frame, which had glued brown paper under it. When I finally got that separated from the wood, I discovered that the photo had been nailed in! Yes, 10 thin nails about 1/2 inch then pressed against the photo. In a thousand years, this 45 year old photo wasn't going anywhere. Obviously, this had been done by the directory company. Without breaking the glass, there was no way to remove the photo. So, I've scanned it and will have to throw away the photo. The frame is raised, so I couldn't close the lid of the scanner making the image fuzzy. It's painful to throw away photos, and I still have boxes to go. I've labeled it 1973, however, until I find the church directory, I won't know for sure.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
What President Trump didn’t do, Mark Levin
"President Trump didn’t use the IRS and FBI against his political opponents like at least 4 of his predecessors.
He didn’t use the Oval Office to have sex with interns like at least 2 of his predecessors.
He didn’t lie to the American people about something as horrific as the Holocaust like 1 of his predecessors.
He didn’t lock up journalists or shutdown newspapers like at least 3 of his predecessors.
He didn’t round up 120,000 Japanese Americans and send them to internment camps like 1 of his predecessors.
He didn’t resegregate the military and civil service like 1 of his predecessors.
He didn’t try to expand and pack the Supreme Court like 1 of his predecessors.
He didn’t suspend habeas corpus like 1 of his predecessors.
He didn’t use his office to enrich himself like several of his predecessors.
And so on. Indeed, President Trump was a victim of abuse by the Obama administration in the worst scandal in our history, subjected to a bogus criminal investigation and impeachment, and hounded by a dishonest media from day one."
And I'll just add to Levin's comments that President Trump isn't guilty of participating in what leftists call "systemic racism" like all his predecessors including Obama-Biden--in fact, he openly supported the advancement of all minorities, especially economically. He also didn't try to take over 1/5 of the economy like his immediate predecessor and force Americans to buy a product or go to jail.
Conservative news, journalism, opinion, talk shows H–M
Sean Hannity, Fox News host opinion show, radio talk show https://www.hannity.com
Victor Davis Hanson, columnist, professor, farmer http://www.victorhanson.com
Daniel Henninger, conservative commentator, deputy editorial page director of The Wall Street Journal, Fox News contributor. https://www.wsj.com/news/author/daniel-henninger
Hugh Hewitt, radio talk show host, attorney, academic https://www.hughhewitt.com
Jim Hoft, conservative news, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com
David Horowitz, conservative writer, founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's publication, FrontPage Magazine;
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, commentator, https://www.mikehuckabee.com newsletter
Laura Ingraham, radio talk show host, book author, political commentator https://lauraingraham.com/
Andrew Klavan, conservative commentator, novelist https://www.andrewklavan.com
Mark Levin, conservative commentator, radio, TV https://www.marklevinshow.com/
Dana Loesch, talk radio host, television host. Big 2A fan https://danaloesch.com https://www.youtube.com/user/thedanashow/featured
Rush Limbaugh, most famous radio talk show, conservative, children’s book author, https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/
Heather MacDonald: political commentator, journalist City Journal, author War on Cops various videos as speaker for conservative groups
Michelle Malkin: political commentator, blogger, author 4 books, weekly syndicated column.
Michael Medved radio talk show, conservative, author of several books, pop culture http://www.michaelmedved.com/
Eric Metaxas, Christian, biographer, radio talk host http://ericmetaxas.com
Dennis Miller radio podcast, conservative commentator, humorist https://tunein.com/radio/The-Dennis-Miller-Show-p123379/
Dick Morris pollster, commentator, author, https://www.dickmorris.com
Charles Murray, author, lecturer political, scientist, various sites as speaker,
Links A - G of conservative links http://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2020/11/conservative-news-journalism-opinion.html
Contact the Supreme Court
“I am very concerned about how this election was handled especially on November 4 and later with mail in votes and found ballots all for Biden. There has been a lot of fraud, and each charge needs to be investigated. Using Covid as an excuse for mail in should not be permission to cheat. I am a supporter of President Trump and Vice President Pence. Our election system has become a disgrace and embarrassment.”
Monday, November 09, 2020
Is the vaccine ready?
Good news on the vaccine—Pfizer --and the markets are responding. Although I wouldn't be surprised if some powerful Democrat CEO in the company didn't arrange for the news to come out after the election (yes, a conspiracy theory that is completely understandable). It's easier than digging up dead voters. Democrats don't care about life issues, so yes, even if they killed more people. This is Trump's legacy--cutting through the red tape and getting some reform in fusty musty departments buried in the muck of the deep swamp.
First priority will be medical staff. I've heard that the elderly are second, but I think it should be those people--gen-x and millennials--who are going back to work. Let's keep them healthy or Biden, if his crazy count wins, will lock us all in to die alone.
Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech on Monday said their experimental vaccine has proven more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study. Nigeria PM News
Saturday, November 07, 2020
Conservative news, journalism, opinion, talk shows A - G
America’s Voice News 24/7 digital entertainment and news network, focusing on Conservative family values. https://americasvoice.news/
Sharyl Attkinsson: Investigative Journalist. "Full Measure." https://sharylattkisson.com/
Fred Barnes: executive editor of The Weekly Standard https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/fred-barnes
Glenn Beck: politics, author, producer, filmmaker, and entrepreneur https://www.glennbeck.com/
Bill Bennett: pundit, politician, political theorist, author http://thebillbennettshow.com/
Brent Bozell: Founder, President Media Research Center; columnist, TV commentator https://www.newsbusters.org/people-and-organizations/brent-bozell
Breitbart News https://www.breitbart.com/
Tammy Bruce: nationally syndicated radio host, author, and political commentator. Lesbian. https://tammybruce.com/
Tucker Carlson Fox News Opinion show host, conservative journalist, political commentator https://www.foxnews.com/shows/tucker-carlson-tonight
Ann Coulter: Lawyer, author, columnist, frequent TV guest https://anncoulter.com/
Steven Crowder: American-Canadian conservative political commentator, YouTube channel and podcast https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/
Dinesh D'Souza, Indian American conservative, speaker, author, film https://www.dineshdsouza.com/
Larry Elder, black conservative talk show host, https://larryelder.com/
Richard Fernandez, Filipino-Australian, conservative columnist, https://pjmedia.com/columnist/richard-fernandez/
John Fund, senior editor at The American Spectator, National Review, https://www.nationalreview.com/author/john-fund/
Mike Gallagher, conservative radio talk host, https://mikeonline.com/
Pamela Gellar: Commentator, Activist Counter-jihad movement https://gellerreport.com/
Jonah Goldberg, syndicated columnist, author, political analyst, and commentator. The founding editor of National Review Online https://jonahgoldberg.com
Sebastian Gorka, British Hungarian immigrant, conservative talk show host, https://www.sebgorka.com
Greg Gutfield, Fox talker, comedian, author https://ggutfeld.com/
How accurate are Covid PCR tests?
"So, even if the test has a very high specificity of 99%, when the virus stops being present at pandemic levels in the population and starts to decrease to more endemic levels, you quickly get to a point where most positive results are false positives, and where the disease seems to be much more prevalent than it really is.
As you can see, the less prevalent the disease is in reality, the more likely the test is to generate a false positive result, and the less useful the test is as a method for figuring out who actually has covid. And the less prevalent the disease is, the more prevalent it will seem to be in relation to reality. If decisions about covid continue to be made largely based on what PCR tests show, we might never be able to call off the pandemic!" https://sebastianrushworth.com/2020/11/06/how-accurate-are-the-covid-tests/
Friday, November 06, 2020
President Trump earns minority vote
"I heard yesterday that all the new Republican congress people are women, minorities, or veterans. Damn those racist sexist Republicans." Anna Loska Meenan
President Donald Trump got 26% of nonwhite voters, highest of any Republican presidential candidate in 60 years, while also doubling his support from voters in the LGBTQ community from 2016. He is breaking the strangle hold of victimhood lies and offerings of more government programs. He's opened the gates and let the prisoners of dependency free. Republicans had been the party of freedom for blacks and minorities until LBJ and the so-called "War on Poverty" and loading up the cities with black politicians he and future Democrats could control. No, it wasn't slavery, but neither was it freedom. Trump came along, pointed out the corruption and offered a path to real freedom. The summer riots showed he was winning that battle and had to be stopped.
Early Covid tests failure rate 33%
So how does the blame game work? If Trump was at fault for hospitals not being prepared, is it also his fault if CDC failed on the tests?
“On Feb. 6, a scientist in a small infectious disease lab on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus in Atlanta was putting a coronavirus test kit through its final paces. The lab designed and built the diagnostic test in record time, and the little vials that contained necessary reagents to identify the virus were boxed up and ready to go. But NPR has learned the results of that final quality control test suggested something troubling — it said the kit could fail 33% of the time.” Read the story: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/06/929078678/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway
The fact that NPR would publish this failure of CDC and it’s been so critical of everything Trump indicates to me that this will be recorded as a Trump failure.
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