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I occasionally succumb to a desire to embrace what my daughter calls “retro”. It comes easy being a codger, but it is also a state of mind.

Mine is shaving. I was the beginning of the multiblade marketing tsunami, where entire generations were lectured that two blades was far superior to one, complete with animated pictures on television of the second blade neatly slicing the follicle off after it eluded the ever incompetent first blade.

As two blades went to three and Teflon doo-dads were added, (I think they tried lemon scented for a short while)  the process of forced and dictated obsolescence was in full swing.

At five blades and costs approaching  fifty dollars at Costco for a package of replacement blades, I decided to get off … Continue reading →

Last Thursday I did a quintessential guy thing ,I bought a new truck.

My last new one has  been a loyal servant since 98 when I brought it home from the Ford dealer.

240000 miles later, it is getting on in years and I can hear the transmission struggling to change gears once it warms up.

The Expedition has lasted through three collies who loved it and jumped in eagerly , always assuming it would take them to places of new and interesting smells.

It travelled well, never breaking down during a trip, always getting us where we planned.

It rolled over snowy mountain passes, cruised up ocean beaches, crossed deserts and Forest Service roads, handled rain , mud and ice with surefooted ease.

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Just had to share this ad. It just drips with defiance for Correct Speech. May we see much much more of it.

The article below takes a somewhat different cut at where the great struggle for ideas is right now.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/03/the_end_of_the_worldfor_liberals.html

Like many, I have sensed a shift in the way people perceive things, a great change in perspective that usually is the harbinger of social change.

We had civil rights, slavery, isolationism and a number of constructs that required a new way of thinking to emerge.

I do believe we are seeing a change in thinking and the reason the left is going crazy is they are beginning to realize the world will not return to the old status quo. They have lost the concept high ground and only win with raw naked power.

I predict increasing turbulence.

Fasten your seatbelts and put your tray tables in … Continue reading →

I guess we ae seeing what Trump is made of.

Under fire from the media and the deep state, wavering Nevers getting bolder , he seems to have decided to fight and fight hard.

After months of hearing theory on Russian collusion based on purported wiretaps, the media suddenly realizes he just called their bluff and targeted their standard bearer who they must defend.

He either has rock solid proof from Rogers at the NSA that there was surveillance or he is going all in on a hunch. Either way, he just threw down and the opposition has two choices- either their allegations  are … Continue reading →

I am trying to decide if the Administration understood the deep state problem before they got attacked by it. It was pretty obvious for all to see in hindsight.

So, if they had advance knowledge, what strategy might they undertake ?

Fire them all? Not possible and very very bad optics.

Arrest the perps? Needed the Justice Dept fully staffed with loyalists.

It is possible they might have embarked on a very deliberate anti media campaign to blunt the delivery tool of the deep state- the NYT, CNN and so forth. If you spent December positioning the media as untrustworthy, lying jerks and the Dems as … Continue reading →

I have a question for the BDBheads, or the BDBers, or the BDB kids in the hall. (What do we call this taxonomy of folk?)

I post here because I see a community in formation, with some potential to be interesting. I hope that sentiment is shared.

So we need a name. I used to belong to group that had a name and it worked for a while.

So, folks, what is the name for members of the community?

Some suggestions

• BDBrawlers
• BDBumpkins
• BDBros
• BDBangers
• BDBeauties
• BDB plorables (before you are deplorable, one must be plorable, no?)
• BDBicans

Your suggestions needed. It … Continue reading →