2 years ago this image got me in trouble here so I thought I'd re-visit it again

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Sunday November 11, 2018 · 7:57 PM PST

2018/11/11 · 19:57

I have no idea why this image earned me a suspension here.

I expect russian trolls, of course.

So I thought I’d see if the same people object so damn much they try to silence another voice.

If you don’t remember, this is a pic of Obama’s WH staff watching Trump come in.

"Daily Coast" lampooned on Youtube for objecting to impeachment of Dem WV justices

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Monday August 20, 2018 · 10:02 PM PDT

2018/08/20 · 22:02

Not having pay-for teevee currently I have taken to watching all kinds of stuff on Youtube. Occasionally I’ll watch “Ring of Fire” by Farron Cousins. In this August 15 2018 video discussing the West Virginia supreme court impeachment Farron takes objection to an un-named Daily Kos blog which tends to put progressives in a poor. The “shout-out” comes at 2:18.

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And here's the sickening part to me though. In addition to the spending scandals, the witness tampering, the fraud, the false statements, all of that, is that there's actually some Democrats out here who are furious that this has happened. The Daily Coast is mad because they're saying, "Oh, this is just the Republicans and the legislature, they're trying to take back over the court. You could tell that from the timing of this."

Sadly Farron does not mention the blog title or author. I generally enjoy his presentations, and I perked up when I heard the shout-out to DK. Then I read the transcript, and searched the comments to see if anyone else spoke up. Not seeing any other reaction I posted a comment requesting the title of the blog post. Upon a re-listen, Farron does not say “Coast” so that’s probably a auto complete bug. But he does paint everyone here with a wide, damning brush.

Part of me considers the fact that Daily Kos has some renown, and any troll farmer in Macedonia can post almost anything anywhere these days. Discord is sown.

Sadly I’m off to bed shortly so unable to comment below.

Filming Cops - in Medellin Colombia

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Friday April 13, 2018 · 12:09 PM PDT

2018/04/13 · 12:09

Many years ago I spent nine months in Medellin Colombia as an exchange student. I loved the place, the people, the whole experience.

I did have only one run in with the policia at a midnight roadblock driving home from a club — apparently carrying rolling papers made me a very suspicious character.

Now and then I google up some images or videos of Medellin, and last night this video stopped me in my tracks! Its made by a guy who flies his little drone cam around for some great views of the gigantic sprawling mega-city.

He is on his bicycle when a street cop stops him for something like a stop & frisk, I guess. The gringo filming started to put his camera away when the cop reaches over to it and re-directs it back to himself, stating “No worries you can film me”

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Colombia decriminalized marijuana some time ago. I miss the place

I second that emotion

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Friday December 01, 2017 · 9:01 PM PST

2017/12/01 · 21:01

Hey now folks, I see another one of us has recently secured a sweet, sweet income source, which beats no income source and its associated dismays. Tip of the hat to sheddhead, may your new gig suit you and yours well.

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I too have finally freed myself of the travails of self-employment. There is actually a time-clock to punch in and out of. I feel back into old habits and signed back up with a worker-owned cab company in Madison WI. I switch from driving my ‘85 Chevy van to these dinky little Prius’s.

Took me half a shift to find the switch to turn the headlights on, and another half a day to finally find the km/hr → m/hr toggle. The seats are feats of ergo-fail, and most drivers sit on an extra cushion. I step into and out of my van: I enter the Prius like a hermit crab its shell. Generally, a nice set of speakers depending on the year of the car and usually an AUX audio input.

Back in the 1990’s I was with the same coop, driving paratransit vans around Madison.

I really appreciate the kindness so many of you sent this way.

So do the kids.

A homeless Thanksgiving

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Friday November 24, 2017 · 2:52 PM PST

2017/11/24 · 14:52

This Thanksgiving I get to reflect on the people I spent past Thanksgivings with, and how it is I am now homeless due to that person.

The last few days have been brutal, emotionally. Events that transpired to leave me in a friend’s basement along with my two cats and a puppy will be fodder for future holidays, since the life-altering conduct will reverberate for many years to come.

She nearly begged me to move into her farmhouse as she had fled for the Coast, having fallen In Love™. We had known each other for a few years when this happened. I guess I just didn’t know her enough.

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Friday October 06, 2017 · 2:04 PM PDT

2017/10/06 · 14:04

The village clerk asserts its only been falling off the pole for two months now.

Recently I crash-landed in lovely little Monticello WI, with a downtown all of two blocks long. There are a pair of flags on every light pole, and then there is this. In this day & age when taking a knee is deemed disrespectful to god and country and a firing offense in some minds, seeing this right outside my little upholstery shop is particularly upsetting to me. I saw this when I was out walking my puppy, so the next time I saw the village peace officer pointed it out to him. Then today I spoke with the village clerk who told me its been like this for two months.

One good gust and this flag pole might be sticking out of someone’s windshield. Or their skull.

The village clerk declares they can do nothing about this disrespect, since a boom truck would have to be hired. I said, “I have an extension ladder that will reach that — what if I took it down?”

She said, “It’s Village Property.” If someone files a complaint, Mr Peace Officer would come have a nasty little chat with me.

As an aside for others who read my last diary, I’m feeling much better now and thanks for the input. However I still hate it here.

No way out now. All hanging by a thread.

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Monday October 02, 2017 · 4:04 PM PDT

2017/10/02 · 16:04

How can a person begin to cope with the world as it is, what easy answers can be offered when it seems all hope is lost? What does it mean that I feel I was not among the lucky host who lost their lives in the senseless carnage in Las Vegas? How should I compare my situation with those in Puerto Rico drinking water from creeks and streams, homes and all possessions lost in the storm? How can I possibly compare my loss with those who have lost everything? I am worth no more than they, whose lives and loved ones were cast into disarray and death through events far outside their own control.

As the song says: Nobody's fault but mine.

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Sunday September 24, 2017 · 12:58 PM PDT

2017/09/24 · 12:58

3 quarts pumped out like blood from a severed artery . Wheel of Karma says!!!!!!!: Van still runs! YEA!!!!

With all the nonsense going on with Tweetolini and his unwinnable jousting against Pro Players taking a knee, I have kept up the struggle of being kind of homeless while still trying to open an upholstery shop. My travails pale in significance when held up to the pressing issues of the day: Can Steve Mnuchin even recite the words to his beloved National Anthem, and next time he demands someone else’s employees do what he says, lets see if he can sing the whole thing: acapella! Mnuchin & Donnie Two Scoops can maybe do a duet? We the People demand it! or STFU….

Me, I’m just trying to keep the lights on, and my vehicle running. The drip drip drip I see behind my van gives me great pause: what new seal has been broken now, and what new hell is unleashed upon me in torment eternal?

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Friday September 15, 2017 · 2:35 PM PDT

2017/09/15 · 14:35

Back in ‘89 I got busted by Madison WI cops who just happened to have a DEA agent along for the ride. That made my arrest Federal, and not a state bust. Due to the prevailing nature of The Law in which an LSD carrier medium (in my case blotter paper) weight was included in mandatory minimum sentencing, I earned myself a five year bit for only 1000 hits. Due to the nature of my situation, I was released on personal bond for the few months between sentencing and having to self-surrender at Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Duluth, Mn. I had a friend drive me there. Smoked my last (for awhile) joint as we drove into the facility.

Other’s are not so lucky, and are given a harder row to hoe. Martin Shkreli smacks of the type of inmate who will, in all likelihood, end up undergoing what is known within the system as “Bus Therapy”

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Friday May 05, 2017 · 9:29 PM PDT

2017/05/05 · 21:29

no image description available — Atlantis before the tsunami, and what remained after.

A few years ago I began following a show on TV called The Naked Archeologist, with a Canadian fellow by the name of Simcha Jacobovici. Aside from that show he also worked with James Cameron on a couple of projects which took on stories of mythic proportions, like why, when, how and by what route The Exodus of the Jews from Egypt actually happened? Also under which Pharaoh? That is perhaps for another post at another time, but if you are interested the show is called The Exodus Decoded. Simcha applies very basic science to the “mystery” behind the 10 Plagues, very convincingly making the case for Moses merely taking the opening Nature offered with the explosion of Santorini.

But this diary is about another one of Jacobovici/Cameron production titled Atlantis Rising (trailer). In this exciting movie-length production Simcha delves into Plato’s description of Lost Atlantis, said to once lay beyond the Pillars of Hercules. It turns out in fact, just to the north a wee bit, up the coast of today’s Iberian Peninsula.

Right smack dab in Tarshish.

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Saturday April 22, 2017 · 2:33 PM PDT

2017/04/22 · 14:33

Click & Clack are no more, so I need whatever help I can get!

I am trying to put fresh brakes on my 1985 Chevy G20 van. I’ve done this before on different types of vehicles but this time I am stranded. I have a big move upcoming, another life upheaval but everything grinds to a halt without wheels!

The red arrow indicates an overlap of about 2 mm, enough so that I cannot slide the caliper fully into position. The caliper fits fine with the inner brake pad in place, but simply will not with the outer pad in place.

I do not know if the sleeve at the tip of the red arrow moves; I have tried to press it back with a C-clamp with no movement of the sleeve at all. This has become a real problem; its my only ride, its in my driveway without a wheel, and I have $50 to my name. My greatest fear is having to detach the caliper, forcing me to bleed brakes single-handedly.

The auto part store is already closed, and the only local mechanic I know just up and died. I went to his wake earlier today.

Thanks for any suggestions!

I suggest that if you want to stop that from happening, you take down both diaries. It is not neces

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Sunday November 13, 2016 · 11:25 PM PST

2016/11/13 · 23:25

I suggest that if you want to stop that from happening, you take down both diaries. It is not necessarily going to stop it from happening, but it might help.

This image is about to get me a 30-day banishment.

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2 years ago this image got me in trouble here so I thought I'd re-visit it again

"Daily Coast" lampooned on Youtube for objecting to impeachment of Dem WV justices

Filming Cops - in Medellin Colombia

I second that emotion

A homeless Thanksgiving

Respect our flag? Like this?

No way out now. All hanging by a thread.

UPDATE! DIY Mechanics : I did not know that could happen!

A convicted felon's thoughts on what Martin Shkreli is about to experience

Descendants of Lost Atlantis may be...wait for it...Jews!

Please, is there a mechanic in the house?

I suggest that if you want to stop that from happening, you take down both diaries. It is not neces