Monthly Archives: May 2017

Having long ago been humbled that I am not the smartest guy in the room or on on this ship I need some explaining from our team. This is my recollection of how it all went down. Please correct me where I’ve lapsed.

During the 2016 presidential campaign the henchman in chief of Hillary’s campaign, John Podesta, got a phishing email from some porn site or something that looked like a legit website. He clicked on the link and entered or reset his password and thought he was done.

The server he was directed to may or may not have been in Russia, but most likely was, but could’ve been run from anywhere on the planet with a dial up AOL account. Podesta’s password was used to legitimately access … Continue reading →

For our callers abroad, BDB reports that the local dial-in numbers can try to trick you into hanging up by prematurely and erroneously informing you that there are no other callers. Upon your entering the access code, the voice tells you there are no other callers even if there are. Then it asks you for the host code or to just hit #. Do the latter.

US: 515-604-9908

Access Code: [see chat in “BDB Chat” tab above]

International Local Dial-in Numbers Corresponding to 515-604-9908

Albania +355 4 454 1702

Argentina +54 351 569-7183

Australia +61 2 8077 0505

Austria +43 1 2650524

Belgium +32 3 294 11 50

Brazil +55 11 3042-5274

Bulgaria +359 2 495 1701

Cambodia +855 96 696 7824

Chile +56 2 3210 9930

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Okay, my Zen State is still barely intact.

The media and their monkeys in the DNC and the Deep State, plus McCain and sundry Nevers are accusing Trump of leaking a story about intelligence that was already in the papers , disclosing a city that might reveal the source, except he was not briefed on the city and no one in the room was asked to corroborate the story.

Can we just accept we are in a cold civil war right now and there will only be victory and no compromise?

I had always assumed we would be the insurgents fighting the deep state, but apparently the progressives are now in near open revolt.

The progressives are offering nothing but vitriol and bile.

Meanwhile, industrial output is at … Continue reading →

Weekend Tour- Volcanic Legacy Scenic Drive

Crater Lake in Early May, Cascade Mtns, Oregon

Upper Klamath Lake, SW Oregon

Lava Beds Monument, N California

Just a wandering 1000 mile drive for the weekend. I do love the west.

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I took this picture on our honeymoon, just above the trail head down to the excursion boat.

I have finally acquired a sense of Trumpian Zen.

After the eight years of concern about the most dangerous president the country ever elected and the constant terror that they would be successful in dismantling the last bastion of freedom, I am finding a sense of peace descending.

The media is not longer worthy of following day to day, minute by minute.

The White House is mostly sticking to their agenda and trying to learn as they go to avoid pitfalls. What is not happening is a series of dangerous , insane crazy initiatives that will change the republic beyond recognition.

The people on the other side now can sweat minute by minute , day by day and waste their energy on the end of their world as … Continue reading →

(It took four times for my mom to get it right then she bore my younger brother. )

At BDB’s –Where Refills Are Free I want to wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. Yes, everyone because all of us have been part of the mothering process from the inside. I don’t know about you but I cried when I got the pink slip and had to enter the “work force”.

My Mother’s Day mostly consisted of giving a Mom’s Day call to Florida and having some special strawberry shortcake at church to celebrate the day.

Do you know how they celebrate Mother’s Day in South Korea?

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So far we have concentrated in our discussion on the WAR part. Perhaps it is time to hone in on the PEACE part.

?What exactly IS peace. One definition might be the absence of war. That may be literally true but reeks of the kind of thinking we see today among our “journalists” and “leaders”. Take things at their most superficial and run with it.

A bit more contemplation might, however, lead us to Freedom as the definition of peace. After all, freedom is the right to do as you please, to be unfettered by silly or useless regulations, to “spread your wings and fly” so to speak.

Of course with freedom comes responsibility. Your actions have consequences. You have to be prepared to face those consequences. Some … Continue reading →

So the Dems are going to shut down the Senate unless Trump appoints a special prosecutor and Sessions is not involved in replacing Hit The Road Jack Comey.

I think the media bubble is at full boil and the way past the public giving a damn.

So far, Old Mitch McConnell seems to be standing up. Time for some rule changes and killing the filibuster , along with making McCain chairman of the post office naming committee.

Meanwhile, jobs are growing and OCare is blowing up.

Let us see if the GOP gets a clue and learns to play hardball.

Hillary Clinton may unravel at last, thanks to those whom she sought to influence in her family’s shady business trading government favors for private donations.

As described in this awesome little article, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh spills the beans on just one example of the (at best) unethical dealings gotten up by the Clinton family.  The article is short, and fills in the details undergirding the claim that then-Secretary of State Clinton “made a personal call to pressure Bangladesh’s prime minister to aid a donor to her husband’s charitable foundation”.

While the linked article stands alone as good news for those who have long suspected the illicit quid pro quo nature of the Clinton family’s enterprises, what really makes this noteworthy for me is that this … Continue reading →