Had to do a double take on the gun one. For some reason my liberal council here in NJ is passing an ordinance banning any gun stores from ever opening. Now, I’ve never heard of one ever trying to open a store here and haven’t heard of one attempting to come here and open one. The Dems just gained full control of our council after being thrown out the last election two plus years ago and now this is a top agenda talking point? I can’t recall any time in my life long history of living in NJ where any gun company or small business owner trying to open a gun store in the two small towns I’ve lived in for over a decade. I don’t endorse this because I’m a huge 2A supporter and don’t understand why this is even some talking point here but this is where we are in a deep blue state. I can tell you one thing though. The only time I’m giving up my firearms is when they pry it from my cold dead hands. Yes, it will be both of them too. Wtf? Oh, we will never know why the planes were grounded either.
Alternate theory - they will try to extend that ban to internet sales in NJ. That could have nationwide ramifications if lots of blue areas did this and put internet gun stores out of business.
Sometimes it's telling to hear about things happening on the ground. A friend texted us that the north Georgia 'rednecks' were filling up gas containers by the dozens. The local stations are running out of premium. What do they know?
liked them all but the one about "entitled to financial consideration" really tickled me. Wife and I each just got $16 bucks from a lawsuit filed vs an optical shop. Wonder if that reflected what the lawyers,got?. Had not really even knowingly joined the class action.
The day after the FAA shutdown and the tanker hitting the cruise ship there was a bomb discovered at an ethanol plant in Illinois and DFW airport was shutdown due to a bomb threat. "Situation is being monitored". Too many "situations" in two days for me to believe they are somehow NOT connected.
I used two different AIs to try to track down if there were suspects, where they were from, and information about the threat beyond the very limited details from the media. Including information about more bombs. Basically, the government has gone dark. AIs could find out nothing.
Some insight. This will be closely held, especially the bomb incidents. No press. Minimal digital footprint. Word of mouth for some things. If you want to really keep it out of the spotlight, hand written reports or reports typed on stand alone systems only, until you have suspects, support and the network wrapped up. If there is a press briefing, information, known only to LE or the suspects, is ALWAYS held back.
If you write it down it becomes discoverable. If you use electronics it becomes findable.
Something happened in the background. Many of us seem to agree on that.
"Consider the bigger picture. Airlines grounded by computer failures. Hospitals crippled by ransomware. Banking systems knocked offline. Government websites suddenly inaccessible. Shipping and transportation networks increasingly dependent on interconnected digital systems that fail spectacularly."
I will add, imagine living in a place where a few weeks every January/February, the temperatures outside dip to about -35 C. Added to the fact that new home builders are installing only rental HVAC systems (you pay another company by the month for this), in which the digital controls can be hacked. In February, for instance. Oops...there go all your water pipes, bursting all over hell and creation.
I agree photos could just disappear. I have been printing books from Shutterfly with pictures from our vacations. I try to print special pictures to have hard copies. My family room in my basement is covered in special family pictures. Hard copies not to be erased. I have original pictures that my mom had of my great great grand parents. Print pictures for your family history.
I have almost everything I own in Hard copy. and accused of being a hoarder and pack rat. I do have a shredder in my office BUT bottom line.. I have family photos which go back a century (for real) from my mother ..and a whole spare room of photos. and memorabilia etc. when I am dead they can throw it all out. I did what I was supposed to .. as the family historian and oldest daughter. Yeah I will try to get Shutterfly done this year we will see.
I agree doubly. Most people have been bamboozled by the shiny new things, and simply have not thought out the implications over time.
I use neither a cellphone nor a TV in my life. And there is a sign in my home vestibule, "Your cellphone will be safe while stored here during our visit. Nice to see you!"
I do use Kindle Books from Amazon, but only for book titles I could afford to lose if they were to impose sudden censorship and wipe out your digital copies.
As you read modern fiction and realize that acceptance of all forms of woke dictates and perversions must not only be accepted by today's authors but seemingly required inclusion in their offerings it becomes obvious the literati are morphing into the illiterati.. Sick.
Yet digitizing the government's vast, vast, vast storage of paper generated by the government is one positive thing. Oh yeah, Musk and the other smart Tech guys did that.
UNLESS.. :) I have all mine saved and put on line over the decades and also on flash drive and HDD. that is a good example.. :) LOL .. yeah.. icould .. if only icloud would stop blocking my virtual egress. ok.. well must go. :) coffee time again..
My son called Friday to inform us all flights across the country had been cancelled. I looked at my phone and there it was. My first thought was that the cyber attacks have begun. My son in laws business emails were not working when Microsoft went down.
When the time to be prepared is here the time to prepare is past. Don’t wait. Get prepared!
My daughter said to me yesterday that she wishes that she were born in the 50’s. Life forward looks pretty grim.
Have a great day and remember if you’re prepared there is no need to fear.
Actually, todays "hacking" theme fits here rather nicely as an introduction to the appropriation of the human mind. They do not simply target your digital devices this way, you know.
A very sad truth in there with Government better protecting us from raw milk than illicit drugs. Poignant truth about free. Get your "free" flu shots. You cannot help but admire the largess of pharma providing flu shots for "free". Even freedom is not free.
Hubby and I have flights to CO the week of Thanksgiving. He bought the cancellation insurance, which we don't usually do, so we have decided to drive. Maybe I am paranoid, but we don't travel often and the car ride together with no interruptions will be nice. An ounce of prevention......
Gave some thought to “We the government are monitoring the situation “, but didnt think to long on it. If a nuke fell on California from some where they would probably say the same thing, or nothing to see here!
Agee. The glitch in the mainstream media matrix is extremely sus and has me tilting my head towards independent media talking about Iran. ...A sobering truth of what Fox and CNN has done to me.
Having worked in the FAA for 25 years since the strike where Regan fired 90% of them. In 1981 they were still using punch cards to program their "computers". We never had up to date equipment because neither party would it. We never worried about getting hacked because the systems were so old there was no one around who had the knowledge to do so. Staffing never recovered after the strike. (blame the FAA, Democrats, for that one) You don't want DEI, race quota hires controlling airplanes. To blame the FAA shows a total lack of understanding of the FAA. It has two mandates, promote flying, safety. Which one do you think the airlines push for the FAA to do first and foremost. which one do you think congress supported the most?
No body worries about the FAA until some one dies or the elites are inconvenienced. It is truly the rule change because of death agency. For anyone to criticize the FAA shows they should have nothing to do with changing or up grading the FAA. Although they are the most dysfunctional agency in the Federal government, it is you the voter who voted in the congress people who were more interested in Epstein then the safety of the skies.
The crisies come next. Being an MS hater, appreciated 365 (is it?) going down. I read MS basics can't be replaced, only patched and more issues are lurking ahead. :)
As for the tanker-cruise ship electronic communications faIlure, the cruise ship had been docked for a while. Didn't anyone on the tanker have functional eyes?
Have not seen 1 peep about the super tanker. I have seen reports we (USA) are undergoing a color revolution. Are we so dense this isn't recognized as a possible truth, to be aware of and challenged as needed? Are the Grifters winning?
Oh!!! LOVE the offer of a ride to the charging station! Expecting the DSAs to try and put us back to windmill power and arrays of solar panels.
If we have valuable, viable beliefs, for our and heavens sake push them on available kids. Our kitties don't need human stink in their pans!
I'll be working Thanksgiving, weather permitting - so with luck won't get entangled with excess calories.
Have a pleasant weekend! Be ready for more excitements on our trails ahead.
For years I've been trying to find an affordable laptop that does not have MS built in - almost impossible. In the late 90s early 2000s I worked for a company (about 15k employees across North America) and the CIO refused Microsoft products of any kind. I forget what we used but he said Microsoft was built for viruses, so they could also sell the fixes; many of us know that now... - sort of like vaccines.
My favorite is the tag line of "...her son came into use the litter box...". A great Sunday LOL!!
Do you remember when Klause Scwab stood at the podium with a map of the world, he then showed all the lights going out? Sounded like a threat to me.
Klausie was a good friend and collaborator of King Charles the Betrayer.
and mentored by Henry Kissinger at Harvard.
Henry K. certainly got around in his day. Spread his tentacles everywhere. They say he was a Psychopath.
Nancy Pelosi is retiring. She wants to spend more time with her stock portfolio.
Or keeping hubby out of jail
Paul and Nancy...should have been connected to the Democrat-fixed ballot counting devices...They were heavily invested in them.
The Shrew was never Tamed! Witch rhymes with .... ? There never was a more vitriolic personage like her in congress.
Ted kennedy comes to mind
Had to do a double take on the gun one. For some reason my liberal council here in NJ is passing an ordinance banning any gun stores from ever opening. Now, I’ve never heard of one ever trying to open a store here and haven’t heard of one attempting to come here and open one. The Dems just gained full control of our council after being thrown out the last election two plus years ago and now this is a top agenda talking point? I can’t recall any time in my life long history of living in NJ where any gun company or small business owner trying to open a gun store in the two small towns I’ve lived in for over a decade. I don’t endorse this because I’m a huge 2A supporter and don’t understand why this is even some talking point here but this is where we are in a deep blue state. I can tell you one thing though. The only time I’m giving up my firearms is when they pry it from my cold dead hands. Yes, it will be both of them too. Wtf? Oh, we will never know why the planes were grounded either.
Alternate theory - they will try to extend that ban to internet sales in NJ. That could have nationwide ramifications if lots of blue areas did this and put internet gun stores out of business.
Doc is correct. Stock up my friends. Stock up.
Who would have believed 10 years ago the best thing you can leave a person in your will would be guns and ammo?
Ummm…Me?
My kids have already split up my guns. I have another 30+ years to go before my run here is over.
Sometimes it's telling to hear about things happening on the ground. A friend texted us that the north Georgia 'rednecks' were filling up gas containers by the dozens. The local stations are running out of premium. What do they know?
liked them all but the one about "entitled to financial consideration" really tickled me. Wife and I each just got $16 bucks from a lawsuit filed vs an optical shop. Wonder if that reflected what the lawyers,got?. Had not really even knowingly joined the class action.
Just start adding zeros to the Lawyers payout until it feels right then triple it.
The day after the FAA shutdown and the tanker hitting the cruise ship there was a bomb discovered at an ethanol plant in Illinois and DFW airport was shutdown due to a bomb threat. "Situation is being monitored". Too many "situations" in two days for me to believe they are somehow NOT connected.
I used two different AIs to try to track down if there were suspects, where they were from, and information about the threat beyond the very limited details from the media. Including information about more bombs. Basically, the government has gone dark. AIs could find out nothing.
Maybe, just ask Jensen Huang's Mistress.
Some insight. This will be closely held, especially the bomb incidents. No press. Minimal digital footprint. Word of mouth for some things. If you want to really keep it out of the spotlight, hand written reports or reports typed on stand alone systems only, until you have suspects, support and the network wrapped up. If there is a press briefing, information, known only to LE or the suspects, is ALWAYS held back.
If you write it down it becomes discoverable. If you use electronics it becomes findable.
Something happened in the background. Many of us seem to agree on that.
Works both ways though - the resistance can go back to analog and hand written notes. Stay off the radar is the best advice.
Yes it does brother.
Which is why we cannot believe or trust anything the government says. Regardless who is in charge. It's not a swamp it's a cesspool.
"Consider the bigger picture. Airlines grounded by computer failures. Hospitals crippled by ransomware. Banking systems knocked offline. Government websites suddenly inaccessible. Shipping and transportation networks increasingly dependent on interconnected digital systems that fail spectacularly."
I will add, imagine living in a place where a few weeks every January/February, the temperatures outside dip to about -35 C. Added to the fact that new home builders are installing only rental HVAC systems (you pay another company by the month for this), in which the digital controls can be hacked. In February, for instance. Oops...there go all your water pipes, bursting all over hell and creation.
All things considered -- looking at overall net benefit -- I truly doubt whether the advantages of this digital-life outweigh the disadvantages.
I agree.
Remember when all the files were paper.
Permanent.
Now, try to find something from 2 decades ago.
Photos being stored via a subscription service - icloud. Just one crazy example.
Just think what that means for families and their history - whole photo libraries disappeared when the bill can't be paid.
I agree photos could just disappear. I have been printing books from Shutterfly with pictures from our vacations. I try to print special pictures to have hard copies. My family room in my basement is covered in special family pictures. Hard copies not to be erased. I have original pictures that my mom had of my great great grand parents. Print pictures for your family history.
I have almost everything I own in Hard copy. and accused of being a hoarder and pack rat. I do have a shredder in my office BUT bottom line.. I have family photos which go back a century (for real) from my mother ..and a whole spare room of photos. and memorabilia etc. when I am dead they can throw it all out. I did what I was supposed to .. as the family historian and oldest daughter. Yeah I will try to get Shutterfly done this year we will see.
Absolutely.
I agree doubly. Most people have been bamboozled by the shiny new things, and simply have not thought out the implications over time.
I use neither a cellphone nor a TV in my life. And there is a sign in my home vestibule, "Your cellphone will be safe while stored here during our visit. Nice to see you!"
I mean safe on cellphone which is the most dicey digital thing around
for sure that is not true
I do use Kindle Books from Amazon, but only for book titles I could afford to lose if they were to impose sudden censorship and wipe out your digital copies.
As you read modern fiction and realize that acceptance of all forms of woke dictates and perversions must not only be accepted by today's authors but seemingly required inclusion in their offerings it becomes obvious the literati are morphing into the illiterati.. Sick.
Perhaps it is a planned "memory-hole disappearance". There's a lot of that going around these days.
Yet digitizing the government's vast, vast, vast storage of paper generated by the government is one positive thing. Oh yeah, Musk and the other smart Tech guys did that.
UNLESS.. :) I have all mine saved and put on line over the decades and also on flash drive and HDD. that is a good example.. :) LOL .. yeah.. icould .. if only icloud would stop blocking my virtual egress. ok.. well must go. :) coffee time again..
Thank you both for a fun a,m
The computers the FAA has, have no resemblance to any computers other than the ones 20 years old.
Ilhan Omar confronts Brandon Gill on the house floor.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18qCYAVrKx/?mibextid=wwXIfr
lol greatness, I heart <3 Brandon Gill
My son called Friday to inform us all flights across the country had been cancelled. I looked at my phone and there it was. My first thought was that the cyber attacks have begun. My son in laws business emails were not working when Microsoft went down.
When the time to be prepared is here the time to prepare is past. Don’t wait. Get prepared!
My daughter said to me yesterday that she wishes that she were born in the 50’s. Life forward looks pretty grim.
Have a great day and remember if you’re prepared there is no need to fear.
Was already around in the fifties. While not perfect by any means, the 50ties are my favorite times to date.
I was born in the 50’s as well.
The "Orange Man Bad" hypnotist meme?
Well, it's not so far off. Do you know how this stuff works?
Actually, todays "hacking" theme fits here rather nicely as an introduction to the appropriation of the human mind. They do not simply target your digital devices this way, you know.
A very sad truth in there with Government better protecting us from raw milk than illicit drugs. Poignant truth about free. Get your "free" flu shots. You cannot help but admire the largess of pharma providing flu shots for "free". Even freedom is not free.
Hubby and I have flights to CO the week of Thanksgiving. He bought the cancellation insurance, which we don't usually do, so we have decided to drive. Maybe I am paranoid, but we don't travel often and the car ride together with no interruptions will be nice. An ounce of prevention......
Gave some thought to “We the government are monitoring the situation “, but didnt think to long on it. If a nuke fell on California from some where they would probably say the same thing, or nothing to see here!
LOL you know that is absurd.. and the next statement "now we will take it from here" right do that. :)
Agee. The glitch in the mainstream media matrix is extremely sus and has me tilting my head towards independent media talking about Iran. ...A sobering truth of what Fox and CNN has done to me.
Having worked in the FAA for 25 years since the strike where Regan fired 90% of them. In 1981 they were still using punch cards to program their "computers". We never had up to date equipment because neither party would it. We never worried about getting hacked because the systems were so old there was no one around who had the knowledge to do so. Staffing never recovered after the strike. (blame the FAA, Democrats, for that one) You don't want DEI, race quota hires controlling airplanes. To blame the FAA shows a total lack of understanding of the FAA. It has two mandates, promote flying, safety. Which one do you think the airlines push for the FAA to do first and foremost. which one do you think congress supported the most?
No body worries about the FAA until some one dies or the elites are inconvenienced. It is truly the rule change because of death agency. For anyone to criticize the FAA shows they should have nothing to do with changing or up grading the FAA. Although they are the most dysfunctional agency in the Federal government, it is you the voter who voted in the congress people who were more interested in Epstein then the safety of the skies.
Seconded. My now ex brother in law was hired after Pres. Reagan fired them.
Interesting stories of the FAA and it's dysfunction.
GREAT SELECTION! ON THE MONEY!
The califlower pizza - 1st prize!
The crisies come next. Being an MS hater, appreciated 365 (is it?) going down. I read MS basics can't be replaced, only patched and more issues are lurking ahead. :)
As for the tanker-cruise ship electronic communications faIlure, the cruise ship had been docked for a while. Didn't anyone on the tanker have functional eyes?
Have not seen 1 peep about the super tanker. I have seen reports we (USA) are undergoing a color revolution. Are we so dense this isn't recognized as a possible truth, to be aware of and challenged as needed? Are the Grifters winning?
Oh!!! LOVE the offer of a ride to the charging station! Expecting the DSAs to try and put us back to windmill power and arrays of solar panels.
If we have valuable, viable beliefs, for our and heavens sake push them on available kids. Our kitties don't need human stink in their pans!
I'll be working Thanksgiving, weather permitting - so with luck won't get entangled with excess calories.
Have a pleasant weekend! Be ready for more excitements on our trails ahead.
For years I've been trying to find an affordable laptop that does not have MS built in - almost impossible. In the late 90s early 2000s I worked for a company (about 15k employees across North America) and the CIO refused Microsoft products of any kind. I forget what we used but he said Microsoft was built for viruses, so they could also sell the fixes; many of us know that now... - sort of like vaccines.