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.

BREAKING NEWS

A report just came across my afternoon local newscast about a shooting at a Knoxville TN high school. No details, possible multiple victims.

Yup. Another shooting at a Gun Free Death Zone (GFDZ). Will the #LIBTARD gun-grabbing hoplophobes EVER see the correlation? If not, then they are truly just mentally retarded.

Personal History For Today April 12, 2021

I was reminded of today's anniversary by my fellow blogger at Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated with his daily posts on "Today In History." In today's post, we are reminded of the first launch of a crewed space shuttle, Columbia STS-1. This is also an important date in my personal history.

I enlisted in the US Army Reserves on December 3, 1980 in the delayed entry program. I was nearing the end of my first semester at Hartford State Technical College, and wasn't doing so hot. But this type of enlistment was going to let me do both, staying in college and serving in the reserves.

Halfway through my second semester, it was obvious college life was not for me. I contacted my recruiter at the recruiting office in Enfield, CT and told him to cancel the delayed entry and get me in as soon as was possible. I was told it would be mid-April and I immediately dropped out of school. I never regretted doing that, what I did regret was not moving from the reserves into the regular army.

Early on the morning of April 12, 1981 my Dad dropped me and my bag off at the AFEES (Armed Forces Examination and Entry Station) located in the main US Postal Building on Main Street in Springfield, MA. While waiting in the holding area, there was a television on and of course, every network (there were only 3 after all) was broadcasting live from Cape Canaveral. I watched the launch hoping it would go OK. You see, the original launch was supposed to be April 10th but it got scrubbed. It was such an ungainly looking spacecraft I didn't see how it was possibly going to work as expected. There had been a few years of test flights launching from the back of a 747. But then, I'm not a rocket scientist so what do I know?

I spent that morning finalizing paperwork, getting a physical, and reciting my Oath of Enlistment. The next item was getting lunch, which was on Uncle Sam next door at the White Hut burger stand. It would be my last meal as a civilian for the next few months. In mid-afternoon, I boarded a bus bound for Fort Dix, NJ where we arrived in the early evening. Because we were fresh off the bus and going into the "in processing" area, we were given a USGI boxed lunch for supper, which was most likely a bologna and cheese sandwich, a bag of chips, and a can of soda. It was then the usual welcome to the Army we are all familiar with. A half dozen drill sergeants moving around the holding area screaming at everyone, having to dump your bags on the floor looking for contraband, and then packing all your stuff back up for the double time to the barracks. After a restless nights sleep, boot camp started in earnest!