BCE posted this last night, and I always catch up in zero dark.  

Some thoughts.    MOST ALL drones in use that I have seen are rotary winged,   Blades no spinny, droney no fly.  

That thought was the one behind the current anti-drone ammo being sold.   A shotgun shell that holds a weighted net to be fired at the drone: the net binds the wings and droney becomes dead weight.

and as fragile as those blades are,,,,   Not that they are fragile, but they must be made thin, and lite, due to the nature of the beast, and they are spinning at incredible speeds.   They shred fairly easily when they come into contact with other fixed objects.   That was the basis behind the Ukes using a drone with a ‘stick’ to down some of the russian fixed wing drones.   Little fuzzy drone with a stick follows behind fixed wing drone and shoves that stick into the prop: prop comes apart at speed and now fixed wing is a glider with high ratio sink path.

Trying to think outside the box here.  Lots of ECM stuff in comments over at BCE’s, but I much prefer more direct kinetic or mechanical solutions.  Much less that can go wrong, easier to train on, etc etc etc.    Think AK47 solutions.   does the job and built so a tank could drive over it and it still work.

That the battle space has taken to tech was unavoidable.  That it has evolved so quickly,,,, Hell, we HAVE been here before.   Back in WW1,,, planes.    Planes totally changed the battle space and tactics and the OldGuard was caught flat footed.  

Time doesn’t repeat, but she sure does rhyme, no?

I thnk what bothers me the most about this trend, is how American MIC manages to overbuild EVERYTHING.   Yeah, the MIC was the first to use RPV in war.   and the damned things were built like fullsized warbirds with electronic packages on them that required GROUND CREWS.    The stuff the Ukes have been using is off the shelf CIvvy designed TOYS and they have a ground crew of ONE,,, with a portable control unit that can hide faster than a feral cat.   The Russians are keeping pace apparently.   Seeing how that FOG-D is from their side   (and Russia has been leading the charge in ECM-CECM for over a decade now.   THEY should know the best counter to ECM is a direct physical line.)

Sadly, I need to trundle my arse to the shop for a day of J.O.B. and chasing the elusive FRN’s.    More thoughts on this later.   (and if you want to further see whats capable, Look at the  book I have listed in the sidebar.    Its a bit dated now (only a couple years, but thats decades in the FPV world.) but still holds some clues as to what we are up against.  

Live, learn, laugh, and load,,, more later

Socialists Day upcoming,,, potentially a three day weekend at the J.O.B.  

IF’n sO,,,,   Thinking of loading up BlueJean and heading to the lake as soon as I get released from the duties on Freeday/notfreeday,,,

Why BlueJean???   Cuz ol’Gurl just holds more gear, and if I am gonna go for three  nights, two full days, I want to carry a bit more than I can stuff in Lyssa.  No other reason.

And what is Ol’Dio planning with that little getaway?    Doing a full circumnavigation of Laurel lake with camping along the way.   Put in head left and keep going till tired, grab a spot and make camp, get up the next day and REPEAT,,,  The Kids will be fine, lots of kibble in the storage barrels; mama will just have to deal with Kibble and catch as catch-can.   She will be mad but oh-well,,,she ain’t gonna starve in three days,,,

But, Not sure yet as to what IS the current plan of J.O.B.,,,    I need to put out some feelers with bossman and get word sooner than later.   Want to make sure Da is in the loop (and will make a photostat of my chart with possible campsites and which areas I plan on hitting and which I will skip completely.)(FYI my chart is sealed for weather, can be written on with grease pencil and has emergency info on the back side under the seal.   Nothin’ fancy, since we don’t have tides or currents to deal with, but it works for keeping me in the right direction, and why I ‘got lost’ two weekends ago,,, no chart.   From the waters surface, things take on different perspectives and often look much the same as other areas.)

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Watching the propaganda outlets, on both sides of the aisle and some few indies/out of country sources.    It really puts a new light on just how IN BED our media are with the DEEP STATE (yes, I do think there is such a thing, and its whats in control, not the elected,,,)   I even see doubt seeds being spread about the TRUMPED/ RFKjr alliance, and soon to be Tulsi Gabbard among others.   Some are saying ‘bringing on so many ‘reformed Dems’ is gonna drive off his base.   I dunno.   A lot of his base is already from ‘reformed Dems’ seeing how the Demoncrap party has gone Full on Trotsky/Left of Lenin psychopathy,,,   

and like my earlier post,,, There is NO WAY they could convince me that a Kamal-Toes WIN is legit.   NO WAY.    The whole thing stinks of rotten garbage: TO MUCH CARRY OVER from 2020 hi-jinks with the addition of Lawfare against the opposition.   The whole thing reaks of ‘Banana Republic’ tactics, up to and including attempted assassination(s)  ((I bet there will be more attempts,, they still have a full 2 months between now and the day of voaating,,,   And another three months after that to play games with ‘not eligilble’ or any number of other games they want to play, like having Kamal-toes sit at the seat while Congress decides how to handle the electoral college,,,,   Think that won’t be a snafu from hell, even though, as one of the Nominees, she SHOULD recuse herself from that particular shit-fest (she won’t.)

And that’s why I am planning on campinmg over the weekend.   Phone will be with, but not active for surfing.    I plan on tracking my route, just because I’m curious what I can do in one day. (and I do plan on pushing)  I have not pushed like that since the last race, and that was a race, not ‘sun-up to sun-down-what can Dio do?’ sort of ‘test’.     I had planned on doing the camping thing during the following weekend, since that is my hatch-day weekend, but a three day weekend seems like the better move.    Will see, things still need clarified.   (am I thinking in circles?   I believe I am,,, dammit,,,)(that shit RIGHT THERE, is why I need a vakay from things,,,, )

On other subjects,   I am working out details of “HOW” I want to make this food drier/smoker.   If it were one or the other, it would be half done now.  Being both, there are some details I want ‘right’ before I get to cutting and welding.   One of the biggest details is “hanging rods or grates”   I like the idea of the hanging rods as they are easier to clean between sessions, but the grates make things more versatile (and more expensive) and there is an option of ‘why not both’, but I haven’t worked out the details on that as yet.  

When I start the welding/cutting process, I start taking pics and from there will work on the details post.    Till then,,,, patience grasshoppa!

keep on livin’

never stop learnin’

laugh like the gallows were a themepark ride

and load for large rampaging mutant zombie bears.

An update:

This is tracks from 4 trips on Laurel Lake.

You can see,  Ive purt-much ‘done’ the entire lake.

In chunks.

Conundrum: if I follow through with the plans above, do the whole lake in one weekend, whats next???  

May be a moot point, weather liars are saying this,,,

Not just rain: rain is no biggie.  That flashy bangy stuff though,,   and with the hot dry spell we’ve been under, we are due for t-boomers.

Its only Twosday,,, might change yet.

From TL Davis

There is no way, knowing what I know now about how these votes are created and inserted into the system, the infrastructure in place to do that and only that, that they will ever convince me that she won,

Emphasis mine

More later

LLLL

‘Twas a muhnday, like most other muhndaze,,,

Murphy and the Gremlins had been up all weekend on a Meth binge, playing Uno and discussing how best to toss grenades into meetings and Carbide grit in the gear boxes of a productive machine,,,,

best I can say, no one was killed, no one quit and no one got fired,,,,

sorry y’all,,, gotz nothin’ tonight,,,, (I needz a vakay,,,,)

live

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laugh

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First, ya gotta read THIS.

ya back?  Good.

SO, here’s where I am confused.   The heads of Bureaus are part of the EXECUTIVE branch, right,,, I mean, they execute the rules and laws of the organization called GOVERNMENT, right?   This is what I found in my little internet surf,,,,

Based on the provided search results, the following entities and offices are part of the Executive Branch of the US government:

1. The President: Head of state, leader of the federal government, and Commander-in-Chief of the United States armed forces.
2. Vice President: Supports the President and assumes the presidency if the President is unable to serve.
3. Cabinet: Comprises the heads of the 1… https://search.brave.com/search?q=What+parts+of+the+US+gov+are+under+the+executive+branch%3F&source=android&summary=1&summary_og=86ec22b7b40934bc1975ab

(and WP is being stubborn about letting me make that a link.  You’ll need to copy and past the last part to your browser)

NOW, I do know that there has been inroads made to make it ‘illegal’ for certain SES members to be ‘fired’.   They get the priviledge of resigning in disgrace, but can NOT be fired by the President,,,, EXCUSE ME????   Who the hell signed off on THAT peice of DREK????  NO ONE, thats who,,,,

LOTS of house keeping needs done, because that little peice of legislation is COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL,,, there are no amendments making it law, its just a line item in the Federal Registar and has the force of law because its “trial date’ has passed without anyone arguing against it.    AND WHY it has not been argued and brought before the Supremes is beyond me,,,,

The Agencies should NEVER be allowed to write Laws.   That is a function of Congress and is written as such.   IF for some instance, the agency does need that ability, it should have a FINITE SUNSET DATE and no chance of ‘roll-over’.  And I still don’t believe, even then, that they should have that ‘right’.   Send the information to Congress, let the TRULY elected (choke! did I just write that,,,,) decide and let the people have the final say by removing those that ‘fukitup’.

In that article, 54% of the agency heads DO NOT THINK “We the People” have the ability to decide the direction of this country,,,,,,

Again, I go back to  “Not sure THEY are human,,,,”   

arrogant fuk-knobs with more degrees than brain-cells, me thinks.  (and likely mostly from diploma mill type schools so they can say ‘yeah, I have a phD in,,,,” with no actual knowledge of what that subject contains in reality.)

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SO!, with that in mind, I can see part of why the first term of DJT hit that wall.   Not all of it of course.   I do think his hiring many of the swamp creatures as his cabinet was part of the problem too.   I would hope that IF he makes the grade and defeats the STEAL, that he learned a thing or two and hires REAL GUNNER TYPES (like RFKjr seems to be,,,) to clean house, and Takes that little tidbit of Regulation STRAIGHT TO THE SUPREMES for nullification  so he CAN ‘Drain the Swamp’ of those overpaid undereducated asshats that wouldn’t last  a year in the Private marketplace,,,,

(that may be broadbrushed: I am sure there are more than a few highly intelligent types in the SES, but the displayed ARROGANCE of the entire group is TOXIC.))

More like a large pond really: I can lap the whole thing in about 15 minutes, without pushing hard.  My timeline in photos (on phone) showed the last time I was here, was exactly 2 year ago.

I recall now, why I don’t come here: bad water weed infestation.

  Water is murky year round (appears black from a distance, dark green brown on it)  At least it doesnt smell bad like that other water weed covered lake Ive been to.  Probably makes for some good fishing,  but that isnt why Im here,,,

How the day started,,,   and why I NEEDED a Church day,,,,

Da’s truck was in need of some repairs’n’bandaids.   Needed a new silencer/baffle box/muffler for one, and second, another patch on an already patched and repatched frame.   And while under there, found a broken shock, so needed to replace those, and had to weld a new mount to the frame for one side, since the one there broke off when I hit with the ratchet.

Honestly, never again!!!

That frame is more rust than steel, other than the patches I have welded on.  It bothers me to know he drives it because I DO NOT think its road worthy, , ,

But he wont hear it!!!  “Just fix this and it will be fine!” 

Doesnt help that he did price out a few others and decided “prices,  his age, fugdat!!”  And I do understand, prices are outrageous right now,(why I’m investing in Buffalo) and he is 84,,,   he doesnt drive it much, or far,  but,,,,  yeah,,,

Toyota truly screwed the pooch in the late 90’s.  Just working on his, turned me off from their trucks in a big way, and I used to love the older ones (that 22R engine just would! NOT! DIE!!!!)  Not anymore,,,  shiite frames and less than stellar drive trains /powerplants,,, lots of bells n whistles but no ass with rotting skeletons to carry it.  The only thing worth a crap on his truck, IMO, is the rear diff with that electric locker.   (We’ve rebuilt or replaced the front diff, TWICE) Its built for a larger engine so holds up, and when ‘locked’, will climb walls like a kat on the zoomies. 

Did I mention its a V6?  Yeah, NO ass for an engine that size.  The in-line 4s seem stronger (different ratio’d diffs but that shouldnt make THAT big a difference)

(Considering how worrisome this truck makes me, with him driving it,  that ‘no ass’ thing is probably a good thing, no?)

Anywhoos,  it has a new muffler n tailpipe now,  new rear shocks,  and two new bandaids on the frame.  Welds are solid where they are,  but there is so much rot that can’t be seen,,,,

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Its back to the mines tomorrow: at least I managed some cockpit time on water. And its REALLY QUIET out here.  No hooligans with boomboxes or bad attitudes,,

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I’m a libertarian, NO PARTY AFFILLIATION,,,  But the small ‘l’ type libertarian.   I am also a free market capitalist.  

And I understand and TRY to apply the N.A.P. to most of life.   Note; Non- aggression principles DO NOT mean I won’t kick your ass, it just means “don’t start nuthin’, won’t be nuthin’ ” 

but where I run into an issue is in some of the things RFKjr brought up in his speech.   We obviously do NOT reside in a free market economy: that there are mega-corps feeding on massive profits isn’t the problem,,, its that they are doing so with no accountability to their customers, and from all that RFK mentioned, they are doing their customers GREAT HARM.   Harm that spans decades, and is growing in intensity.  

I’m all about making a profit, but not so much so that I would fuck over a customer to make that profit, let alone, damage them in health, or prosperity.   The whole idea of free exchange is that both parties are satisified with the ending.    If one side is unaware of the dangers in a transaction but the other side is aware of, and willfully established the danger in production, then I have a serious problem with it.

Think about it this way: the Automotive industry does recalls for safety issues on a regular basis,, yes, the protocols of that are sort of weak (so many deaths/damages paid=recall, below that; ‘fuck ’em’.) but they do it because to not do it will damage thier integrity to the point where they may not be able to do business at all.   Granted, they are also regulated Giants, and have some sway in things (until Oblammy-o-boy and his EPA mandates that are killing the whole industry.) but there is some Integrity and ethics involved.

We know Big Pharma has linched-pinned into the entire Medical Complex and that there are doctors that will push whatever their bosses want pushed this week (like a certain weight loss drug, Ozempic, that is banned in several Euro states and with good reasons.  Its being pushed big time here, and is moving because we DO have a weight problem in this country.  Problem being, there are OTHER ways of dealing with that problem and it boils back to Big AGRA stuffing our food full of shit that makes food ADDICTIVE (and hormone laden and stuffed with additives that are  questionable in their need or utility to the product.)

And Our Government is rife with agents of both industries, as well as flooded with the lobbyists that pad the pockets of the ‘faithful’ elected that keep the trough over-flowing in regulation and laws that choke those that DO have integrity and want to keep their custom base alive, so they can keep spending money.   The whole thing reeks of Conspiracy to keep milking the herd for every ounce of gelt they can get, until the individual herd members choke and die.  WHO cares so long as the herd as a whole keeps on buying those cheetos and doritos and stuffing their gullets with CRAP,,,, so that the Medical complex can keep making (lifelong) Patients and milking the other side of that Cow.

And of course the GOV gets to tax us on everything else along the way,,,,,

Thinking along these lines,,,,, I really want to just ‘give up’,,, but that does nothing good and living like Crusoe is not viable in this world.    Yeh, could go and become a homeless person and drop from the societal roles, but that does nothing to change the fact that the food we are allowed choice in (for the most part) is ABSOLUTE POISON with long term effects.

Point of order here: a few years ago (around the time the COVIDIOCY began) I was dallying with the Paleo Diet.   Nothing but MEAT,,,  Red meat, white meat, fish meat, bird meat, you name it,,,,   And my energy levels EXPLODED and I started dropping weight WITH NO OTHER CHANGES.  Just what I was eating at meals.    I was buying the fresh stuff, nothing in a can or box (in the case of fish) and kept what I drank during the day the same.    I dropped a pound or so a week for the first three, then it went to two plus, and after three weeks at that, went back to a pound and started to decline.   I was back to my “fightin’ ” weight’ of 185, puttng on some muscle while shedding that belly and flab.

Of course, when shit went sideways with lockdowns and what not, keeping to that diet was harder: Hours were down, getting into the stores that sold the fresh stuff I prefered was off the table (I refused to wear that muzzle of shame and Krogers was very much on that horsecart then,)

Right now, I am ‘shopping around’.    I want back on that diet, I need a refrigeration system I can rely on. (my current fridge is ‘maybe today,,, maybe not’, and I don’t keep anything in it that can spoil quickly, like fresh meat.   I buy kow for mama daily because she will eat what I buy before it ‘turns’.)   and a new unit must be ‘three way’ : AC, DC or propane.   I don’t have the power supply to run an AC fridge 24/7.  that means I use the DC or propane (winter time)

and those fuckers are pricy, let me tell you. 

BUT, Shopping around.   I found the cattle guy over in TN so beef isn’t an issue, it’s just cost prohibitive until I can afford to buy and KEEP a side of beef ‘on ice’.   (and why I am building that food drier)  I’m looking for a supplier of chicken and eggs (and may opt to start raising them myself instead,,,).    Dairy is something that I will use the stores for still, since we don’t really have much dairy land around here; its all shipped in.  I just have to be frugal and start reading labels n such. (more so really,, already do, and avoid things like ‘anything SOY’ or some chemical name that requires me to resort to phonics to sort out,,,,)

The other option ( which is even more expensive) is to go back on grid and install AC in the house and go through all the inspections I was able to bypass by living off-grid, and LIKELY being told I would have to demolish my place and rebuild (not to code!!!)

I’m not looking at living forever, but I do want to be able to enjoy the rest of what I have left.   And I found that eating ‘normal fair’ has done bad things to me. Reading about it from RFK only reinforced what I was thinking on that matter.  

THEY are trying to kill us, dumb us down and make us mere cattle for their benefit.

FUCK THEM!!!   I’m human, You are HUMAN.   I’m not sure about THEM anymore.  (no, I am not buying into the ‘lizard people’ thing, but the way they act and the things they do, I have to wonder just how much humanity has been bred out of that group,,,,)

My hope for the future is that Trump manages to beat the steal, that he brings RFK on board to head the BIG PHARMA/BIG AGRO clean-up crew, Rand Paul to head the clean up of the Education side of things, and Rand’s Dad, Ron to head the Department of Treasury (that would be a hoot,, talk about being able to DEMAND an audit of the FED!!!)   I know, pipe dreams, but we are getting to the point that is all we have left because to focus on what looks ‘inevitable’ is damned depressing and makes a body want to crawl under a rock,,,,

only the future knows what it holds, and it IS NOT written in stone.   Anything could happen in the next three months to election day, and the remaining three months before inaugeration.

and nukes could fly on November 6th,,,

no one KNOWS,,,,

Eat well,

keep on livin’

learn something new today,,,

Keep laughing at them, because while they are scary in their beliefs, they are also quite funny in their stoopidity,,,

and keep loading those inventories of what you have and will need.