Not gonna comment tonight, has some thoughts, but let ’em gel up.

2 hours, lots of talk, some I knew, some I know OF, some was news,

Having had 5 friends of Russian nature, two actually from Russia herself, as well as a couple of Czech friends back in the 90’s after the Bosnian debacles (college age kids expatriated to US by NGO’s) ,,,,

lets just say that the start of the interview made complete sense to me even though Tucker seemed to take some beef with it at first.

All Asian societies have that ‘briefing’ style, and its not being rude, its to STOP rudeness before it begins. “this is our history,,, please respect this,,,” (note, its also a bit enlightening to those Americans with Public indoctrination, where Russian history might have started with 1917, maybe,,, I know my education didn’t take it back as far as he does, so I did learn something as well.)

Granted this is aneathema to Western Journalist, who really want to cut to the bone and ‘get the story’. That doesn’t work in cultures that are thousands of years old,,, Unlike our ‘upstart society’ of less than 300,,,, I can well imagine that (and you can see it by the first statement from Putin “are we going to have a serious discussion”) in the leaders of those cultures minds, we are spoiled teenagers by how we approach things political. (and I can’t say I disagree.)

My thoughts to what was said will wait until such time as I have digested them, Like I said, some if I knew, some if it I knew OF, and some it was brand new.

more laters.

((wastin’ time for the Tucker/Putin interview, here’s some stuff that grabbed mine eyes over the last couple))

I’ve been saying sumpin for years; “get the hard stuff in ur head now, while you have the luxuries.” Check out this guy’s vid, see the mental glitches he has over some odd stuff,,,

Tejas is one section of our problem,,, at least ‘of the physical sections’, we have some less tangible ones, usually with a series of Politico names attached (cough cough, Schumer McTurtleboy, and meat puppet Biden cough cough)

So let’s take a different look at the whole problem,,, (thanks to Irish for the post I stole this from)

And of course there are the lies,,, I linked this previous, and yes, it’s a copy/ paste from Newsweek, presented without comment,,,

A main stream view of things

It’s not just the lies that are the problem,, but all those that believe this shit is ‘too complicated’ and won’t make a minute to even attempt to see truths. There are far more of them than I wanna believe, but they are still sucking down the swill, and that’s why these liars are still up n running.

I mean, if they could shutter DC for a national event like a Presidential Swearing in (how that prez came to be beside the point, though the actions say they were concerned that ‘they hadn’t pulled off the hiest’)

yeah,,,

anywhoos,,, some meme’s for your enjoyment,

Tonight at 6PM Tucker Carlson releases his interview with Vladimir Putin,,,,

I truly don’t care what your stance is on Putin,,, Love him, hate him, think he’s a tyrant, or a nationalist or empirialist,,, Don’t give a shit. I have some thoughts on it, but no one listened back before he invaded Ukraine (keep poking the bear and the bear is gonna rip your fuckin’ face off) so it doesn’t matter what your stance is, NOR MINE,,,,

BUT, Dammit, Tucker is absolutely right,,,

we need as many sides of the story as we can get and MAKE UP OUR OWN MINDS,,, don’t let the trolls of mass media dictate to you what to think!!!

And the fact of the flak he is getting in social media, being called traitor and russian shill,,,, LOLOLOLOL Keep it up Tucker,,, if you are getting flak, you are ON TARGET!!!

I am waiting with anticipation for this interview. I am not going to watch it with any bias, I just want the info.

Will it confirm some of my thinks from two years ago, before they invaded Ukraine? Dunno,,, might find out.

Will it shatter some illusions about other aspects of the world? VERY FRICKIN’ LIKELY,,,, because this is going to be a side unheard HERE, EVER,,,

SO, Go watch it at 6pm, keep an open mind, and know that EVERY SINGLE MASS MEDIA OUTLET IN THE U.S. IS TRYING TO CRATER THIS “EXPOSE”,,,, They are scared of something and KNOW WHAT IT IS *, and that gives me all the reason I need to want to see it.

*and I believe the ‘thing’ is called TRUTH

Post script addendum:Can you count the number of debunked BS this article spouts? This is why I WANT to see this interview!!! What has been seen can’t be unseen and I have seen HOW they lie,, and in that article there is a Meme about ‘repeat a lie 100 times, and it is NEWS’ THEY FUCKIN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!!

let me start by explaining this part,,, Burnout,,, dood at work,,, been giving him rides to work, and often get stuck with him through the day,,,

and to say his life is full of drama would be an understatement. Self-inflicted wounds to boot (they almost always are)

And I have been playing life coach to the big dummy,,,

He listens, at least while I am talking to him, but I don’t see ‘change’,,,

I know there will be many instances where changes are small, incremental, etc,,, but honestly, there is one change he MUST make if he wants to retain sanity and thats to dump the GF that cheats on him and recently bore someone elses child,,,,

Yah, I know,, not my place right? And you’re right,,, Whatever hooks she has in his emotions, she dug in deep and from all I can tell, makes sure, everyday, that they are still in place. She’s a user,,, plain and simple,,,,, BUT, getting that through BUrnout’s thickened skull and prior drug reduced mind,,,,,, (reason we call him Burnout,,,,)

When do you cut the cords? As I told him yesterday,,, “I could go above and beyond for you, but at what cost TO ME? My best bet is to offer advice, point you in a direction and then, its up to you. YOU HAVE TO DO THE WORK,,,Ain’t no-one gonna do it FOR you,,,,” I WILL NOT be the intervention,,,, I won’t,,, BTDT b4 and the burn marks are still twitchy,,,,

No good deed goes unpunished,,,,

And I feel like I am tempting Karma something fierce right now,,,,

sigh

I wanted to be a teacher,,, not a life coach,,, but the teacher instincts kick in anyways, and

here I am. Saddled with a wastecase, running downhill to destruction at break neck speeds. And I DO NOT WANT TO GET DRAGGED ALONG.

Ok,,, I’m vented,,,,

Sadly, he is “average” around here,,,, No better no worse than most. And the ONLY reason I have been trying to help: his efforts, as observed by me and others, to ‘stay clean’ (he is the only one that doesn’t show up to work with tweaked eyes/slurred speech and movements.)

but ya can’t fix stoopid

(yes you can,,, very large hammers work wonders!!!)

(Shush Teena!!! you werent’ invited to this conversation,,,,)

Sweat it out last night. long night of it, but good nuff,,, Feel tons better this Ay-em,,

Its well below freezing outside right now, and I get to go out in this shit. Wonder why peeps get sick this time of year,,,,

Must be something in the atmo,,, BCE posts this up,,, and I was gonna put up something similar, though not the same,,, SKILLS. Get ’em! Meself, I have been piling them on since AUghtEight, Self taught machinist (rude form but effective) sand crabbin'(foundry work)some medico stuff, (not quite corpsman level)

one area where I am weak, I have ten black thumbs. I plant it, it dies,, PERIOD, end of discussion,,, part and parcel of why I went the mekanik directions. One, I am good at those things, and two, those that can plant and grow may not be BUT they will need someone too keep those tillers and other implements functioning: free market enterprise sort of thing,,,

And I wholly concur,,, GET IT IN HARD COPY!!!! Yeah, dead tree versions are heavy and take space,,, BUT, they don’t suffer EMP failure, or the more simple failure of “battery ded on arrival” I like my e-books, for the simple fact that I can carry a backpack worth of books in the same space that occupies my phone, internet access and other entertainments, BUT, dead tree is the way to go for certain… I have several, from early 80’s BSmanuals, to reprints of 1920’s machining trade books and many many more. Some are GOV books from ArmyCorpsNavy, but those are some of the better ones as they are written to get the message across to the average person fastest. May not make you an expert, but you are gonna have skillsets that you didn’t

AND PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. Reading is one thing, doing is something else, and if you do the first without the other, you may as well be masturbating over cold tofu,,,,

Granted, some of those skills are hard to practice, but there are ways. I recall when working at UC hospital, Internists would sit at a table and suturing surgical towels together. If they had down time, they were practicing SOMETHING,, So, yeah, you can find ways of practicing even those skills without needing actual blood and guts in the way. (that puts a different spin on it anyway, so make sure you have the muscle memory down pat PRIOR.)

Go camping,,, primitive style, practice making a fire in the rain, make a shelter from materials on hand, little shit like that. Don’t know, get the books and READ, then go practice.

my alma mater,,,, make it yours

Achy, Feverish, tickle in the throat,,,

NOT galvanized poisioning: been using a set of P100 filters all week even if not welding but in the shop,,, (and they need changed soon, hot pink filter looks like something from internal organs now)

Gonna self medicate with high test, jump in the shower after turning up the stat on the water heater, then bundle up and CRASH!!!!

thanks Da, Thanks Aunt D, and thanks to anyone else that brought this shit to the hollar,,,,

Ugh,,,,

more tomorrow,,,

The other day I posted this screed up and in the tail end, I mentioned the ‘life, liberty. pursuit’ thing from our Founding Documents.

BUT, what defines happiness? I think that is a deeper problem than many consider. Can’t define it can you? You start reaching for it and suddenly, it hits this “well, that made me happy, for a minute, but,,,,”

And, and this is in My Opinion, due to that fleeting nature, lack of definition in modern, can be understood by everyone, words, Materialism has been the goto effort,,,, I see it all the time on the ‘Zon, fashion trends to make you feel happy that are here today, gone by Friday, and you have all this ‘stuff’ that made you happy for a minute, but now have to store it somewhere.

Great to keep the economic wheels on the bus,,,, Shipping and handling costs, the storage building rentals, property values for such: its a long line of economic transactions that follow ‘make me happy’,,,

Me and Kayaking,,,, I find peace (happiness of one sort) while out kayaking, but between times, there are the thoughts of “what where when how” that keep me on edge. And I spend mad money on ‘toys’ to make getting on water more enjoyable/safer, as well as the off/on of training and education of techniques: all to make mitigating danger less cumbersome, so that I CAN enjoy that peace (happiness) more.

The Inuit/Aluetians didn’t have that problem because the Kayak (Qajaq) was a tool to survival and transportation,,, NOT a toy or hobby. It was a critical component towards that PURSUIT of happiness, not the ends. The other parts, like the tulek, paddle, throwing stick, floats, were all tools of the trade for safety or recovery of the game. Different stresses on the mind from ‘pursuit of happiness’,,,,

I was at Da’s on Sunday, he had some independently produced show up, along the lines of a NatGeo documentary, on peoples of the Amazons. One part hit me sideways,,, the Producer was discussing how the tribes are being ‘civilized’ and brought into the modern world (and that was obvious with the littles running around with tablets and iphones,,) but how the Elders were falling into states of depression, and sometimes, actual madness,,, One of the interviews with an elderly couple was saying how this new world is ‘too stressful’, needing money, and remembering living in the forest that provided everything they needed ‘for free’ (not true, but it was there for the taking, if you knew how to get it (also called ‘work’ ) )

Not a great example towards my ‘pursuit of happiness’ thinks, but shows that such is NOT the same for everyone,,,,

I honestly do not think pursuing material goods is where it is at. I think that happiness, being so fleeting, is NOT the direction. JOY, is a direction, because joy can be sustained,,, Joy is not dependent on WHAT you have, but what you are, how you feel, how you think. Its that peace I feel when out on the water and getting the kayak to edge perfectly, Its the feelings I have when I turn a wrench, just so, and things do as they are supposed to. More the Zen moments than the effort moments.

LOL who am I kidding,,,, I can’t even define JOY properly,,,, I only know Joy is much less fleeting than happiness,,, Joy is not as intense in ‘flavor’ but much more filling,,,,

and its getting late enough in the AM, that I need to drop this ball into the mix, and get me ready for the J.O.B. today,,,, Toss any ideas ya got into the fray, or call me a bullshitter if ya want,,,,