In Case You've Wondered

My blog is where my wandering thoughts are interspersed with stuff I made up. So, if while reading you find yourself confused about the context, don't feel alone. I get confused, too.

If you're here for the stories, I started another blog: scratchingforchange.blogspot.com

One other thing: sometimes I write words you refuse to use in front of children, or polite company, unless you have a flat tire, or hit your thumb with a hammer.

I don't use them to offend; I use them to embellish.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

It's Been This Way A Long Time

There's some irritation, conjecture, finger-pointing, and denials about Joe Biden having advanced cancer. Pundits, and experts, are theorizing on how long it was known, and how the media was silent. It's no different that when FDR was in such poor health, he required a wheelchair most of the time, and few citizens knew about it, while the press kept quiet. It's the game of using the power of the pen to determine policy, regardless of how the power wielded by a compromised important officials can be used for personal purposes. 

Saturday, May 17, 2025

A Problem That Needs Solving

From what I see, nobody that works for the Feds can be fired without permission. That's a problem, which is probably due to undue union influence, which is another problem that needs solving. Public sector workers should never be allowed to negotiate, since those that pay their salaries have too little input into the process. When you add the approval of anyone else, including federal judges, the most important task of any employer is removed. They don't control their position, since their position is basically feckless due to their inability to determine who works for them. It's like hiring a plumber to fix a drain they're unable to fix, but you have to keep paying them, continue with a broken drain, and you have to go to a judge to fire them. That's unacceptable. 

Friday, May 16, 2025

Now What Happens?

If a man in a wheelchair in Podunk writes a nasty letter, calling for mayhem, and sends it to the President, they'll kick down his door, go through everything he has, probably arrest him, and make his life miserable. Comey posts a photo of his desires written in shells, and he'll probably just get a phone call. That's what justice has become in the United States. Until those with connections are held to the same standards as citizens with very little, there is no justice, and regardless of what your "betters" tell you, that's the way it is. That's why those Epstein bought are still not in jail. That's why judges get away with breaking the law. That's why outright slanderous calls for violence by the media are ignored. That's why people are fed up with the justice system.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Now We'll See if She Will Have Charges Dismissed

 Hannah Dugan made headlines when she hampered the arrest of an illegal alien. She is now under indictment, and has filed a motion of having her charges dismissed. I doubt the court will allow that, and the legal rigamarole starts. Next, they'll try for a change in venue, while digging for dirt on the court with jurisdiction. There will be numerous announcement hearings, where they'll try to avoid a plea for a long time. If I had to guess, if she ever makes it to the point she has to plea, it will be well over a year from now. 

Monday, May 12, 2025

Rice Rockets and Mayhem

 I live close enough to a rural winding highway to hear the motorcycles as they travel. The Harleys have their special rumble, and there may be many as they go on their weekend rides. The what I call rice rockets have a different sound. The riders have a mostly clear straightaway after a long curve, and that is where they open up, lay low over the handlebars, and reach speeds a sane person would not want to reach. We have had a few accidents, but no fatalities, but it could happen. There are deer, trees very close to the highway, and plenty of driveways on blind curves. Mistakes at around 100 mph don't lead to skinned shins, or a few bruises. I hope it doesn't happen, but it's almost a guarantee it will.