George Rebane
Power outage on Hind Tit Road. Unannounced, PG&E decided to turn off power at 1130pm last night, and then back on at 4am. The transients did their predictable share of problems starting with no internet (the ATT modem did not reset properly) to our well pump controller deciding to shut off. One required the usual interminable call through ATT’s phone system maze, and the second required a manual ministration at the well house to get our irrigation system back up. Other electrical/electronic systems required their own pain-in-the-ass resets. When PG&E deems us worthy of a heads-up before shutting off power, we can then turn off or unplug all the sensitive stuff to avoid the hassles as we turn on the generator and then back to line power. Ahh, the benefits of living in God’s country.
Cubans are rioting in the streets. Cuba and Venezuela are the proxy goals of the kind of America that Team Biden and his socialists are promoting here. “Cuba promotes itself as a world-class healthcare powerhouse. But as the scabies epidemic shows, the decrepit hospital and outpatient network cannot even tend to run-of-the-mill illnesses, never mind Covid-19. Things are not much better in the Cuban colony of Venezuela, where the virus is spreading, many medical professionals have fled, and basic needs in hospitals, like reliable running water, are no longer met.” I recall on these pages our lefties hailing Cuba’s healthcare as model of what nationalization can provide for its people. Our problem is that no one can connect the dots between all those workers’ paradises and America. Or worse, most of our electorate doesn’t even know the dots exist. (more here)
[13jul21 update] I have limited internet access after the power outage Sunday night. Will advise when back to normal. Now it’s time to scour the streets for an ATT truck and get the tech to come to the house.
[14jul21 update] ‘California Fleeing’ is a well-documented essay by Joel Kotkin, Chapman University fellow and much-published analyst of all things California. In it he presents oodles of data that overwhelms the head-in-sand denials that our state has a years-long and accelerating out migration problem. “Some longtime Californians view the continued net outmigration from their state as a worrisome sign, but most others in the Golden State’s media, academic, and political establishment dismiss this demographic decline as a “myth.” The Sacramento Bee suggests that it largely represents the “hate” felt toward the state by conservatives eager to undermine California’s progressive model. Local media and think tanks generally concede the migration losses but comfort themselves with the thought that California continues to attract top-tier talent and will remain an irrepressible superpower that boasts innovation, creativity, and massive capital accumulation. Reality reveals a different picture. …” This piece was discovered and shared by one of RR’s astute readers and regular commenters – many thanks. I repost here so it gets a more appropriate prominence in these pages.
Biden’s insane speech yesterday set a new record of being totally devoid of and detached from any semblance of reality. The WSJ observed (here) that “the Democratic narrative on voting is becoming unglued.” Example: The new Texas voter integrity law is the greatest threat to our republic since the Civil War. The number of lies and ignorant citations of history in Bumblebrain’s narrative was simply jaw-dropping, and again demonstrated that he is too dumb to be evil, but his handlers are not. Moreover, what equally astounds is that his handlers and the Democratic leadership are convinced that half the county is so ignorant as to lap up the crap out of Biden’s mouth without a second thought. And dear reader, the strong possibility of that is the greatest ongoing tragedy in our beloved republic.
The Dems’ latest censorship initiative. This time their particulars are focused on “misinformation about vaccines” with the DNC exhorting to “engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work alongside phone companies to combat misinformation about vaccines shared via social media and private SMS messages” according to Politico. (more here and here) The Democrats' national censorship initiatives have now broadened to social media corporatists who deny the posting of data published by government agencies like the CDC and NIH when that does not fit the Democrat narrative. Marxism on the march.
My internet has mysteriously returned through a modem that ATT diagnosed as being faulty. Wonder of wonders.
[18jul21 update] “We’re going to get it done!” shouts Schumer on a video as he escorts Bumblebrain with a vacant stare off camera. The “it” is passage of a $3.5T vote buying bamboozle advertised by the Dems as the most significant and desperately needed stimulus since FDR’s New Deal. Out of the other side of their mouths comes praise for a robustly recovering economy that then must be compared to a dysfunctional spending plan during the depth of the Great Depression over 80 years ago, one that also did NOTHING to bring the country’s economy back. On the eve of WW2, after 8 years of Democrat nostrums, unemployment was still at 25% and the economy was on its ass, waiting for the war to kick industry back into gear. Now we have a vibrant economy coming back from Covid, peace around the world, tolerable tax rates, …, and Team Biden wants to flush the economy down the toilet just so that the Dems can stay in power, no matter how poorly Americans will fare on Main Street.
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