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The US Supreme Court refuses to hear cases related to home appliances

| January 21, 2024 | 34 Comments
The US Supreme Court refuses to hear cases related to home appliances

A couple of energy development related cases were presented to the US Supreme Court for possible consideration. One of these cases involved home appliances. The Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the arguments advanced by 11 red states. These states sued the US Department of Energy over its policies related to […]

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Written Monday, Trump leads Iowa. Warning: Rant

| January 16, 2024 | 113 Comments
Written Monday, Trump leads Iowa. Warning: Rant

As of Monday afternoon, the polls say Biden is leading the non-existent Democrat field, and Trump has a yuge lead on the Republican side. Going into the frigid Iowa polls (DAMN, it’s chilly out!) right now it appears we will have the election, a repeat, that no one wants.  One of the candidates is a […]

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Feds have been busy

| December 16, 2023 | 29 Comments
Feds have been busy

Well, the Supremes, in a major disappointment, refused to rule on Illinois’ “assault rifle” ban despite the fatuous reasoning of the 7th Circuit Court from whom the buck was passed. Last year, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that gun restrictions, in order to be constitutional, must be analogous to laws on the books at […]

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They did/said WHAT?

| December 12, 2023 | 20 Comments
They did/said WHAT?

here’s one of those fee-speech things you hate to see. The Palestinian flag was raised at city-owned Eaton Plaza in downtown Fresno on Friday. The ceremony came nearly two months after the raising of the Israeli flag in the same location, and followed weeks of complaints from community members who said the city was valuing […]

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Wrong line of work, H-town

| December 11, 2023 | 24 Comments
Wrong line of work, H-town

Not that anything in the military is a wrong line of work, but some skills are more remunerative than others. When I went in I was advised to look at MOS that were shortage and consistently promoted quickly.  Turned out to be good advice – thanks to a bunch of former sergeants and chiefs who […]

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P-8A recovered, Oil, and Gold Bars

| December 7, 2023 | 27 Comments
P-8A recovered, Oil, and Gold Bars

As someone observed in the comments a few days back, the Navy managed to get its wannabe flying boat P8A out of the waters off Kaneohe Bay The plane was floated from where it had come to rest using inflatable airbags and then slowly rolled – sometimes at a pace of just five feet per […]

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Military extremism, CV22 crash, Venezuala

| December 6, 2023 | 33 Comments
Military extremism, CV22 crash, Venezuala

Military.com is pearl-clutching that there are allegations (not proof, just allegations) that 183 service folks can be called extremist or supporting extremism. The statistics indicate the military continues to grapple with extremism following its public denunciations and a stand-down across the services ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in 2021. Furthermore, the numbers do not […]

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Fox News Friday: Biden, Homeless, Tree, and one helluva prostate massage

| December 1, 2023 | 11 Comments
Fox News Friday: Biden,  Homeless, Tree, and one helluva prostate massage

When the government contracts out big projects, one of the requirements is that developers pay development fees. Federal statute mandates that developers pay that fee prior to construction on their lease, a potentially hefty fee designed to guarantee federal property is returned to its original state after a lessee departs its lease. The Bureau of […]

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