Ball Diamond Ball

If you look at my bio, you will see I list myself as a “Heinlein American”. I grew up cutting my teeth on Robert Heinlein’s juvenile Sci Fi and went on to read nearly everything he wrote. He too came from a 1930-40s progressive background and evolved considerably rightward as time went on and progressives abandoned many things he held dear.

One of his books which scared me sleepless when I was eight was “The Puppet Masters”, a solid exploration of the mind controlling alien invasion theme.

Normal, everyday people were one by one helpless slaves to the alien presence.

At eight, thinking  your parent s could become someone they were not was the thing of sleepless nights. Later in life I met children of addicts who … Continue reading →

Once upon a time this nation had a cabinet position of Secretary of the War Department. Clearly misguided, the Founders thought things ought to be simple, plainly labelled, and obvious to citizens.

So we once had the War Department. Judging from its plain English meaning, it was in charge of managing war and all the aspect of that that the nation might be involved in. We fought an ugly Civil War with just a War Department. The Army and the Navy were part of it. It was the most destructive war on our soil and the largest percentage casualties of any war we have ever fought, including WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam

Then in 1947 we reorganized what had worked quite well in WWII – because the enemy … Continue reading →

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The hue and cry over “fake news” is not complicated, but it is disturbing.  I hate crap as much as the next guy, but the #FakeNews nonsense is classic censorship with a progressive twist.  The two-fold goals are to get the government in the business of shutting down publication of conservative thought, and to attach a stigma to Trump’s victory that even the offended wings of the GOP will accede to.

Bullshit is still bullshit, and you still need to regularly tune your bullshit filters to get through life — same way you need an ID card to exist in the real world.  But in the Progressive police state, an ID card is too hard to get, and the existence of incorrect thoughts cannot be borne by a … Continue reading →

For some reason, you must enter an even wager for $1 — win or lose — on one of two outcomes, but there’s a twist: Instead of a fifty-fifty choice like a coin toss, or picking 1-3 or 4-6, this one is pretty easy.  Using a fair die (not crooked or “funny” in any way), you can bet that it will show 1,2,3, or 4 on the one hand, or you can bet that it will show 5 or 6 on the other.  Those are your choices — 1-4, or 5-6.  You know that if you had to do this a hundred times, you would come out money ahead by standing on 1-4, as this will win two times of three.

However, you only have one swing at … Continue reading →

The innkeeper of this establishment is paying me a sinful amount of money to generate world class content and to date I’ve been remiss in my duties. My apologies all.

With the election put to bed everywhere except Wisconsin where the lovely and talented Dr. Jill Stein has lost what’s left of her mind and tricked endless snowflakes into funding a boondoggle that will no doubt reveal an even larger margin of victory for President Elect Trump it is time to call out some bullshit for what it is.

Side Note: I would consider it a tremendous favor from any of our esteemed colleagues at this last outpost on the right if one of you would be so kind as to direct me to the portion of the … Continue reading →

Good to see you!  I have upgraded your account, so you can play in all the sandboxen.  Glad you’re here.

Have had a stomach ache for days now, and Thanksgiving dinner gives me a great opportunity to bellyache about it and chalk it up to being s-o-o full.  It’s the kind of thing where  full and hungry and grouchy all at once, but fear not — I suspect the grouchiness is a pre-existing condition.

Anyway, it’s probably nothing a little coffee and a sammich won’t take care of.

I ran into a couple of people at the Black Friday sale, once I did wrest my bad self off the couch for the last time. Good stuff.  I was just … Continue reading →

The history of the Thanksgiving Holiday is complicated, but the intent is not. Here is part of the story.

My favorite line?

…to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them…

I just had a whopping Thanksgiving dinner at the swankmost US joint in Tokyo, the New Sanno Hotel.  Wife and son and I took another little guy who has been my son’s friend since they were just peas in a pod at the day care.  Also ran into some friends.  This year, I have much to be thankful for.  Kind of like every year.

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