Solar Eclipse!

 

We have a solar eclipse marching its way across the country's midsection tomorrow!

That is always fun to see.  Not sure why people are buying eggs and milk though...

Still, it is the first one since 2017 and we have to reach back to 1978 go find another full eclipse though we had a partial one in 1984.  I don't think it is a harbinger of doom or anything.  Given the way our society is falling apart, I might need to get my plague beak costume out...LOL

I have my sunglasses from seven years ago, so all is well.  

There is supposed to be another in 2044, so maybe we can have it in time for the 100th anniversary of Normandy!

Happy Easter!

 

Happy Greek Independence Day!

 

HAPPY GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Border chaos

 

Remember this picture

Unarmed criminals, aided and encouraged by the US federal government, charged and fought with the Texas National Guard to get into the county.

No word of arrests or thrown back into Mexico.

The Texas National Guard, armed with rifles, did not shoot at the invaders. That is what they are--invaders.

Meanwhile, billions of dollars are sent to Ukraine, but our own border is wide open.

The first duty of any government is to protect its people.  They are not even trying.  Meanwhile crime spirals out of control.  The government is $34 trillion in the hole and does not seem in interesting in balancing it budget.

Sometimes, a society is just too stupid to survive.

Didn't get rid of this?

 

I thought we got rid of Daylight Savings Time?

Well, Congress was on it, so that might explain why it is still around.  Arizona did the smart thing and decided to go without it.  Living in the desert seems to impart wisdom.

Daylight savings time did come in handy for my a few times though.  Once, we forgot to set the clocks ahead an hour and showed up at church just as it was ending  :-)  Another time, my cousins and I were playing Dungeons and Dragons (back when it was board game!) until 2am.  Because of daylight savings, we can say we played until 3am!  Twice, when I was working overnights in radio, I got an extra hour (and whopping $7) and got to program whatever I wanted because our nincompoop of a program director apparently forgot about Daylight Savings Time even though we have used it since the First World War.

And you wonder why they went bankrupt...

Still, I will enjoy the longer daylight hours and lobby, as usual to maintain this version of it, and get ride of Daylights Saving Time for good.

Congress says they want to get rid of it, so that means it is around forever,

I can play football outside a bit longer at least!

Ukraine war grinds into third year...

 

What was supposed to be a quick strike is not in its third year.

It seems Russia in pushing forward and might win.  All of the aid to Ukraine is not helping and I, along with millions of others, are wondering where the money went if the Ukrainians are sort of ammo.

Once again, the whole war could have been avoided if the US gave Russia what it wanted--a written guarantee that Ukraine would not join NATO.  It would have cost nothing.

Plus, who would want Ukraine in NATO anyway.  The corruption there makes DC look almost saintly.

I am thinking that they give Ukraine enough to keep the war going so arms dealers can make money off a war they want to continue forever.

It looks like they might have underestimated Russian determination to win.

I don't think Russia will conquer all of Ukraine, but I don't see a real end to this war soon.

Just like the arms dealers want.

Staggering into oblivian

 

This is the guy claiming to be president.

After that disastrous interview after his deposition for mishandling classified documents, there is grumbling from all quarters, including his own cabinet, to invoke the XXV Amendment

Biden reminds me of Brezhnev of the old USSR stumbling through speeches and being a general embarrassment. Our politicians are in their late 70s and early 80s, giving us more Soviet vibes.

The southern border is in chaos, the economy is in trouble, and everyone hates the federal government, including elements of the federal government itself.  It is a view of an expanding disaster.

Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are acting more aggressive and soon they will go beyond mere provocation   They are clearly watching the unstable US situation waiting to strike.  April and September is the best time to launch an attack across the Taiwan Strait.  The US is getting further embroiled in the Middle East.  Sending aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan is stretching American inventories to the breaking point.  And let's not forget there is an election in November that the weak Biden is favored to lose.

The time to strike might be close.

On the other hand, we might see more foreign election interference in order to keep Biden in office to further weaken the US from inside.

 I get the feeling there are new pages in the history book being written right now.

Will it be in English or Chinese?