“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

Thomas Paine, The American Crises, 1776

Biden has sold some of the US Strategic Oil Reserve to other countries, including CHINA. Even the dems are now running away from poor ole Joe.

Happy Birthday to The 14th Dalai Lama, known as Gyalwa Rinpoche to the Tibetan people, born on 6 July 1935.
🎂 🙏 🎉

There are over 12 million freedom loving, law abiding citizens living in my home state of Illinois. Highland Park still has a competent police force that located and took into custody within eight hours a young man who had murdered six people & wounded over two dozen others. 🙏

I got an email from WARCA, the World Amateur Radio Contesting Association, which I didn’t know existed!

In their 2nd annual ranking, I came in at #31,905 out of a total of 58,522 entries, based upon my 2019 score in the ARRL CW contest. Not too bad for not even trying. 😄

Politico reported that Biden “has expressed exasperation that his poll numbers have sunk below those of Donald Trump”.
Wait’ll the books come out!

Biden started his speech tonight by saying that this time we must “Do Something” about these mass shootings in America. His slogan is too simplified. At the very least, it must be “Do Something Effective,” which is not so easy.

This is an excellent video of a hike to the summit of Mt Whitney.
I did this hike in 1967, just before I started grad school at UC, Berkeley. It was a peak experience in my life. I encourage all young people to hike this challenging trail! 🌄 🎢

87°F outside here this afternoon, 80° inside. It is the first time this year that we have turned on our air conditioner in the house. It instantly starts cooling things off inside. That’s some great technology!! 🏠

On the 5th Day of May.

Dylan performs Isis during Rolling Thunder Revue. Here we see video from Montreal & hear audio from MSG, something you can’t get from attending a show in person!

So great to see GOOD news coming out of NYC for a change. One priceless video on FOX was of the New Yorker who spotted the subway shooter at a McDonalds & called crime stoppers with the tip that quickly led to his arrest & removal from the streets. Very well done to all in NYC!

This is NOT a movie. This is REAL LIFE.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
On 60 Minutes, 10 April 2022.

This man is a real hero, like the American leaders of the Greatest Generation who got us through WWII. America needs leaders like that again, and fast!!

Althouse to the Rescue

I can’t take it any longer. I have this subscription to Winer that shows up in my email every night at 11 pm. But more often than not, especially the last two nights, it is disturbing. Last night it had triggered a well deserved long thread on Twitter about how wrong he was! This happened before when he wanted Hillary to win so bad and could think of nothing else.

Several days ago Colin Walker had pointed to Althouse in a Word of the Day posting. What a relief! It had been a long time since I read her. Soooo much better. She’s smart, has a sense of humor and she’s from the Midwest. So now I’m gonna read her at night, instead of my previous bad habit.

Video clip from ABC News.
For many years I drove a BMW R-50 motorcycle, which was from the same class as the R60/2 in the video. But I was never stupid enough to ride mine without a helmet.

John 3:16:
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Posted on 3/16

The top architect in my hometown in the 1920’s through 1940’s, who built and lived in the home and raised his family where we now live, passed away only eleven days after JFK was buried. He built many standout properties, the most famous being the 1930 tallest office building in the town, which is featured as a Notable Example in the Wikipedia page on the Architecture of the Night. It featured the first use of General Electric’s Thyratron  tube dimmer, plus a revolving beacon on the dome. The landmark building became known as the Castle in the Cornfields. There are certainly not a lot of castles in the Midwest!