So I Guess I Need To Shun Subway Now?

Because apparently their new spokes-thing is the anti-American purple haired unpatriotic Team USA women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe. I typically don't care about someone's politics, sexual preferences, or ethnicity unless they put it out there to be their whole identity and persona.  That piece of shit represents the United States on a world stage, and if you can't stand for our flag like a normal human being then fuck you and EVERYTHING you represent, including Subway.

So until that cunt (dick? not sure about relationship roles) is no longer doing Subway commercials, I won't be eating there.

Classic Rhodesian Ridgeback

Eli (named for Eli Whitney) is the 4th Rhodesian Ridgeback we have owned. He will be 1 year old next week.

My handsome boy mugging for the camera

Like his predecessor Ernie that we lost at the end of 2018, this is the favorite spot to be on the couch when I am watching TV. Snuggled up in the crook of my leg resting his head on my knee. In the background at the other end of the couch is my Miniature Poodle boy.

Nothing better than a warm Ridgeback on a chilly and rainy afternoon

I guess his nose got cold because this is what he did right after I took the previous picture.

While Rhodesian Ridgebacks are certainly high drive and energetic dogs, they can also be couch-potato cuddlebugs. He has recently really found his legs and runs super fast. He can outrun but not out maneuver my female Standard Poodle that is his playmate. She gets mad because she can't catch him anymore, and he can certainly catch her. But she is so springy and agile like an NFL running back, that she can bounce far out of his reach in an instant.

Well, The TV Commercials Have Begun

We've all seen them, from the big national "slip-n-fall" law firms, fishing for clients harmed by asbestos, Round-Up weed killer, pedophiles in the Boy Scouts and church, and both prescription and OTC medications.

The newest ones show several "clients" that were supposedly harmed by... DING! DING! DING! DING! you guessed it... VACCINES! Unfortunately, there is no video up yet, so I will have to try and capture one. So far I have only seen them on late night TV.

And Kommiecticut is now on a "pause" with distributing Johnson & Johnson vaccines because of the possibility of blood clots. Ole Gov. Jolly Ned Lamont says don't let that be one more reason not to get vaccinated.

IT IS ONE MORE REASON NOT TO GET JABBED!!

This Is What It Will Take

So the Gropey Joe/Harris Ho administration has declared their allegiance to the EnviroNazis that are going to dictate our lives in the future based on the farce that is global warming/cooling - climate change/disruption caused by human activity. NEWSFLASH - temperature on the planet is controlled by one thing only... the giant ball of fire in the sky. Find the thermostat and try to control it instead of trying to control the world's population.

Here is what it will take for me to willingly purchase an EV (electric vehicle), bullet point by bullet point. There are no compromises, this is an "all or nothing" GO-NO GO list. This was lifted and updated from a post on my old blog.

• A new vehicle will have to be comparatively priced to its gas/diesel powered counterpart, whether a sedan, SUV, or full-size pickup truck. WITHOUT TAXPAYER FUNDED SUBSIDIES
• All vehicles must have "horsepower" equal to or greater than fuel power counterparts.
  
• Sedans and SUV's must have comparable comfortable passenger capacities
  
• Full size pickups must have comparable passenger, cargo, and towing capacities. The vehicles stand- alone GVW must not push the GVW of a combination with a trailer to require a special license.
  
• Battery range must be equal to or greater than liquid fuel, including when carrying cargo or towing a trailer. This includes the operation of environmental controls, lighting, and windshield wipers.
  
• Charging stations are as numerous, compatible, and easy to use as a gas station.
  
• A re-charge while on a road trip is as quick as filling a liquid fuel tank. Charging overnight at home is optional.
  
• Battery re-charge prices are the same or less than a tank of liquid fuel.
• Battery banks and motors last as long as a gas or diesel powered drive train, and are not any more expensive to replace. 

We bought a brand new 2005 Toyota 4Runner and traded it in at the end of 2019. It had 268,229 miles on it and basically only needed fuel, oil, tires, brakes, and batteries. It had a couple of repairs for normal worn parts. It was in need of tires and a worn wheel bearing, but we traded it in because the tailgate was rusted out. If not for the tailgate, my wife would still be driving it because the engine and drivetrain were running strong. The vehicle that replaced it was a 2017 Toyota RAV-4.

• Normal maintenance items are not stupid expensive (like a routine brake job on a Mercedes or Range Rover for example)
• Aftermarket accessories are easy to add and connect to power
  
• The choice to buy is mine, not a government mandate. 

The irony is funny as to how much environmental damage occurs in mining the minerals for the batteries, and how much "dirty" electricity from coal, oil, and gas is used for charging these supposed clean vehicles. Then there is the HAZMAT problem of battery disposal. IMHO, the only real reason to buy one of these things is to virtue signal how much you care about the environment. If new gas/diesel vehicles become extinct, I see myself becoming like a Cuban that keep 1950's vintage cars on the road into the 2020's.

A New Hero For EVERYONE

This incident took place in Calgary, Canada on Holy Saturday. This guy... Pastor Artur Pawlowski let the jack-booted (literally... look at the blonde female as she walks away outside) goons know they were not welcome in his church, and to come back with a warrant. Who knows about such things better than someone that grew up and lived behind the old Soviet "Iron Curtain?" H/T to the Zelman Partisans for making me look into this further, and having another hero of Polish descent.

 Below is the video of the news story with Mark Steyn interviewing the Pastor on FoxNews.

The Pastor's actions, while certainly admirable and heroic, have unfortunately secured his passage in one of the first boxcars of the early train to the extermination camps.