Happy Greek Orthodx Easter!

 

HAPPY GREEK ORTHODOX EASTER!  You know, the real one :-P

Weirdest Middle Eastern conflict ever....

 

I am not sure what the point was.

Over 300 Drones and missiles were launched from Iran.  The Israelis saw it coming and intercepted 99% of the incoming ordinance.  Of course, I am wondering how they missed the 5k missiles in Gaza in October 2023, but that is something else.

  The Iranian missile attack was an appalling failure.  I thought it was wiser for Israel to publicly laugh at the Iranian failure.  That would have been that.  Especially since the IDF is fighting hard in Gaza.

Israel launched an airstrike, flying over Syria and Iraq, invaded Iranian airspace and hit......nothing.

Satellites saw no impact craters or wreckage.

It is better that seeing a Middle Eastern war, but it was strange.  Both sides did not really seem interesting in hitting each other.  Seems like it was just a big light show.

Maybe it blows up later.  Hopefully not.  The anticipated and feared Israeil-Iran clash turned out to be a nothing burger.

Just as well. 

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!