In my postdark thinks and clocks ticking, I mentioned the Brinksmanship of Trumped having severely negative effects on my psyche.

I was reminded of growing up under the Cold War state,,, Never knowing if/when, though the how was quite well-spread and Illustrated

Trumped may have been confident in his Posturing: me, seeing a different picture, the one from old boots on the ground, looking at current alliances, and general ill-will that we are experiancing as a nation across the globe: self induced ill-will, mind you. At no other time in history has a sitting President (no matter if he was duly elected or shammed in: thats a different point entirely) was kidnapped from his home in the dead of night to stand trial in a foriegn country. With many charges against him being strictly laws of the kidnapping country,,, That action is going to have long reaching consequences, and not all of them will be to our benefit. (I can garantee you, every sitting pres, or PM or whatever UPPED the security around them within hours of that report coming out…)

I’m no fan of the FUSA being “World Cop”. and the current trend has taken the old trend to a whole new level.

BUT

I am starting to get the impression that Trumped is starting to realize he was the “Mark” in the MiddleEast game of Three Card Monte.

And I lay equal blame on his staff of yes-people that don’t want to show him the reality of the situation for fear of his reactions…. Thats the problem with “zero tolerance’ administrations. People need the freedom to tell the boss “You’re Fucked in the head sir, if you go this route”. The Boss may not like it, but too damned bad: that freedom of expression is the colbalt rod in the nuclear reactor of world politics.

Now, last night I posted that Trumped has thrown his people under the bus. I’m talking all the MAGA people, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson,,,

All of the people in that ‘Truth’ social post he mentioned. I see the vitriol spreading to others out here in the Main Street USA as well, and I wanna ask, “Are you no longer in agreement with thier ideas, or are you just sucking the teat of propaganda so hard you can’t hear yourself think?”

No need to answer that,,,, I have my opinion thats buried in how I phrased that.

Heres the clarification. I have never made any statement saying I “like” Trump. I have always felt he is an arrogant obnoxious narccisist, but out of the other side of my mouth, I have stated he IS a successful businessman and that what this country needed was a CEO, not some politico career oriented stool pigeon.

The problem as I now see it, is one of INSULATION and COMPROMISE. He is far too insulated from us “Boots on the Ground” types, is potentially compromised by those that are in esscense providing that insulation. He may even be further compromised by a certian YOUNG STATE from the ME that has tons of dirt on him, as was, quite breifly, aired then deleted, with the initial release of the Epstien Files. (and oh boy, the stuff leaking out from what was captured,,,,)

That combination has, is having, serious flashback. IT could even flashback harder than what we have seen. I as I stated to one of the guys I was discussing this with IRL, “The problem with bluffing like that? Eventually someone is gonna call your bluff.”

And then there is a thing that Sarah Hoyt has pointed out on occasion, among a few others. Nuclear weapons have a half life, everything radioactive has a half life: degradation is literally built in. And what I am gonna say next applies to ALL Nuclear powers, not just us. The Cold War was technically over in 92. That was over 30 years ago: Does anyone even know if our 30+ year old weapons are still viable,,, Or Russias, or Chinas,,, I know the Ballistic missiles we designed back in the day are so antiqueated that we don’t even know how to make the propellant anymore. Whats the status of Russias’? Though we do know they didn’t stop making missiles, and have even exceeded our tech on that note: the question being, are their Nukes any good?

How much of this posturing is completely Empty threats that ALL of the Superpowers KNOW is empty threats because the toys are now ‘hot lead’, but tossed out there to keep US, the boots on the ground, the populace that keeps the machine moving with tax revenue, on the edge of our seats and scared silly?

We may never know, and honestly, I hope we never find out,,,,

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SO,,, now that I have done a little clarification, let me address the way I see me moving forward here at the shop. THIS post is the last of the political sprectrum, though I may occasionally toss out an Anti-Government MEME or three.

INSTEAD, I am going to post topics about Living off-grid, how to’s, alternate things that are options for all of the above, and maybe a thing or three on how to avoid the middleman of G00bermint in permission slips. Keep in mind, your state is going to have different laws and opinions of ‘acceptable’ behaviour: I am no lawyer, nor do play as one on TV, Take my words as entertainment only and NO CONSEQUENCES ACCEPTED BY SELF if you choose to make the attempts on your behalf.

One of the biggest things I want to talk about is “Building materials” and Building codes that are not designed to make your home ‘more livable’, but to line someones or some industries pockets. There is a dead simple way to keep homes cool in the summer without HVAC units that measure in tonnage of air movement. A simple Black pipe (4-8″ dia) on the south-west corner of the house, external, but plumbed back through the wall to some ceiling vent. Floor vents that access the crawl space or basement area. The sun hits the pipe, creates a pressure difference, that pulls hot air out of the house, replacing it with cooler air from beneath the house. The whole thing can be shut off in the winter months. Total cost $100-$1000 depending on if you do the work or hire out. If built while building,,,,

Theres more,,,

Some of the subjects may be things I have done, am doing, wish to do, and I will let you know the difference as I post them.

Self sufficiency is my Center,,, DOING THINGS is my ground, and as long as I can keep the “News of the day” not get embedded in my skin, I can keep those two points just fine.

Hope all of that unfiltered mind-dump explains the past few days.

LIVE, REALLY LIve!!!

LOVE, like you never hated

LAUGH like you were 5 again.

LEARN like Socrates

LOAD, because real insurance isn’t free.

I’m not suicidal: I may not fear death, but I am still sort of addicted to breathing.

But recent events, in my personal and external worlds have led me to do some serious soul searching. One question I keep asking, “Is this MINE?” and most of what has been causing me the greatest greif is NOT such. Thats not to say I haven’t any problems,, I has plenty

But the ones causing the drinking to increase, the sleepless nights (the reason for the the drinking: so I could get to sleep without stirring about staring at walls.) Which led to other issues that only started a downward spiral in spiritual equilibrium,,, No, those weren’t mine, they were caused by stoopid hooman powergrabbing tricks. Brinksmanship moves by power players that threatened world populations: not mine. The ditching of a base that carried you into power and then backstabbing them, calling them NUTZ and other things: NOT MINE.

It made me see the world through a different set of lenses and I didn’t like the view, and I came real close to burning out. And to boot, Seeing how others are still buying into the propaganda feeds without questioning ANYTHING, despite the fact that just months ago, they were saying completely opposite things: the mental gymnastics I would have to go through to accomplish that feat would have me sedated and bound into a straight-jacket.

WHEN I HIT THAT LEVEL,,, I fall back to the most psychotic movie of the 90’s “Fight Club” Why? Because for all the Multiple personality Disorder problems Tyler Durden had, his alter ego had some solid foundations in place. Hence the videoclip from that movie in yesterdays post. “Our Great war is a Spiritual War, Our great Depression is Our Lives.”

Foundations. Maybe thats part of my problem. The last few months, BlooTwuck trials and tribulations, Da taking a downward turn for a spell, Property issues needing addressed and under a deadline sort of thing ,,, My foundations have been tossed and turned like San Francisco during a major Earthquake.

Ground and center: Thats the goal post now. Find that ground and center. Make it something CONCRETE, and not fluid like my kayaks (those aren’t going away, just won’t be the main line defense against the rest of the world.)

recently I made mention of a changing up how I keep the house warm during the winter months. That project will be part of future posts. Getting BlooTwuck solid again, also post oriented (more on that later in the post) And of course, my spiritual efforts in some way shape or form will be post material.

But the Fake and Gay bullshit of Bought and Paid For Politicians? Zion/Muslim tantrums? Posturing for status in a dying system as the world slowly but steadily DECENTRALIZES and the word EXPERT is becoming a bad joke,,, Naw, not gonna talk about that shit no mo’.

Like BCE stated,,, Keeping an eyeball on it as it does have trickle down effects (Like fuel prices through the frellin’ roof and only climbin’) but I can not let it dictate my SPIRITUAL WELL BEING, and it was trying so hard to take over.

Something something about Archons here, and if you have any Gnostic background,, Well, I was being fed upon and it was starting to show up physically. I lost 10 pounds over the span of a week,,,My focus was shot to HELL, and well, I’ve told ya; I was drinking way more than I should’ve.

I’m grabbiing the reins back.

Live

Learn

LAUGH

LOVE

LOAD!!!

OOps,,, Forgot to tell ya: Going to pick up a running block for BlooTwuck this weekend. Gonna swap out the smoke-machine sometime over the next couple weeks. Prefer to do it one ‘take’, not spread out across weeks of J.O.B. Borrowed an engine hoist from one of the many cousins in the area so thats one thing out of the way and not an added expense. (goes back to my wrenching days: Borrow once: Ok, Borrow Twice: put money aside to buy, Borrow third time; buy as soon as available. )

Lane changes upcoming,,, stay tuned

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LLLLL!

Maybe I should start off by bringing up Glubb’s “fall of empires” again. We’re at that stage, and current events keep pointing right back at us. It’s getting harder each year—honestly, lately it feels like each week—to ignore the simple truth:

We aren’t what we were.

Lay it out—–
An economy built around the petro-dollar—propped up by Saudi Arabia agreeing to transact in our currency—now showing real cracks as tensions escalate in the ME

A federal government that seems incapable of restraint or correction. You look around and see fraud, corruption, and abuse out in the open… and yet where are the arrests? The indictments? The prosecutions?

And the Fourth Estate, supposedly a check on power, has become openly one-sided. Narrative-driven. Divisive. Everywhere you turn, it’s “us vs. them,” as if the country itself is fundamentally fractured. I don’t think we are—but we’re being pushed to see each other that way.

I could go on, but most of you already see the same pattern.

So how do we fix it?

First, we admit something no one in power wants to say out loud: we are not going to be the global superpower forever. That’s reality. Fighting it only makes the landing harder.

So bring it home.

Pull back from the idea that we have to be everywhere, involved in everything. Reevaluate the alliances, the bases, the constant outward projection of force. Not from weakness—but from necessity. If the focus shifts inward, the structure of everything else has to follow.

That doesn’t mean dismantling strength. It means redirecting it. If we’re serious about securing the country itself, then resources and people should reflect that priority.

The economy… that’s a harder knot to untangle. It would mean rethinking the foundations entirely—how the currency works, what actually backs it, and how dependent we’ve allowed ourselves to become on external arrangements. That’s not a small fix, and pretending it is won’t help.

And then there’s accountability.
Not selective. Not performative. Real.
If there are things being hidden—scandals, corruption, abuses of power—then they need to come into the open, regardless of who it implicates. Leadership means owning your actions, not burying them and hoping time or distraction erases them.

Because right now, what’s missing more than anything is trust.

I keep coming back to this image: we’re like a long-time drunk at the end of the night. The party’s over. The damage is done. And now comes the hard part—sobering up.

That’s not pleasant. It’s humbling. It forces you to see things clearly, maybe for the first time in a long time.

But it’s necessary.

We don’t need to abandon pride—but it has to be grounded in reality, not inflated by old myths or inherited victories. A little humility would go a long way toward rebuilding something real again.

and to roll this missive out, a word to the PTwB: Guys, the COLDWAR is OVER, stop resurrecting it!

LLLLL!

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There are days I question my own sanity.
There are days I question the sanity of the entire world.

Watching some of Trump’s recent tweets, I’m seriously questioning his sanity right now.

Iran and Afghanistan are where empires go to die. History has proven it time and again. Persia has persisted for over 5,000 years through countless regime changes—same language, same core culture and history. Few others can say that.

Let me be crystal clear: I am not antisemitic. I am anti-Zionist. And the current government of Israel is explicitly Zionist. Empire-building has been their priority for decades, and any ally’s loyalty to them should always be viewed with skepticism.

Trump would be smart to keep the history of backstabbing front-of-mind when dealing with this group.

Spud sent me this Diary of a CEO episode with economist Steve Keen—you all need to watch it:

Tonight at 8pm Eastern we’ll know if the world tips over the edge. If Trump’s threat (“a civilization ceases to exist”) plays out, the retaliation from Russia, China, and everyone else will be catastrophic.

If he has a moment of clarity, admits he’s been played, and walks the U.S. away… we might get another chance.
But as Keen points out in the podcast, admitting failure is almost impossible for Trump’s personality type.

And if Israel pulls the Samson Option… same apocalyptic result.
We are on a razor’s edge for the next few hours.

Post posting update: There are things that Professor Keen mentions that I DO NOT Agree with. His view on Socialism/communism for one. His take that we haven’t ‘done enough’ about climate change (and long time readers know my stance on THAT mess.)

but his points about the economy and the implications of what this four week (five now?) mess have already done, and the long range applications if it continues,,,Even the short range ones if Trump carrys through,,,

but one thought that keeps coming to mind, and mentioned openly in that video is “the pump and dump scheme” IF, that is what really going on,,, That puts a whole new spin on just where our sitting president truly aligns, and its not a pretty picture. I’ll leave that right there for now. The deadline is still two hours out by my watch, I guess we will see. If you hear about DC going up under a mushroom cloud, I think you will know what direction things went,,,, If we are lucky enough to hold some infrastruture together to get information that is.

FINAL UPDATE TO THIS POST: Just saw that Trump made a statement that he is postponing the destruction of Iran for two weeks, and made statements that both sides are negotiating,,,,

Broken record skip,,, Seems this is the same song and dance we heard just a couple of weeks back and there were statements out of Iran claiming “Bullshit! We aren’t talking and WON’T!!!” So this could be circumstancial evidence for the Pump and Dump scheme mentioned in the above vid: “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me”.

I can tell you this much. Trumps popularity on all fronts is waning And there are many in this world that are about sick of the games, including people within our borders. Blow it up and make a stink if you disagree, but before you do,,, watch that vid, and ask yourself,,, “DOES ANY OF THIS SHIT MAKE SENSE?” on both sides,,, the events ongoing, and the scenarios mentioned in that vid. Use some critical thinking: not all is as it appears.

Four of the other Emps no-showed. Two, had reason (funeral) the other two,,, who frellin’ knows,,,, Not I said the fly

but, long day, 99% of a job completed, Client understands reason behind not completed (Green concrete) but at a point where I can follow up in short order.

WHEN becomes the operative word and I don’t have any say in that facet. Fact: I’m sitting on THREE jobs in need of completion and I continue getting sent out to pull others out of the fire.

I do believe, that is called JOB SECURITY,,,

ROFLMAFAO,,,,,

I wont’ go into logiistics or finances,,,, I just find it funny as F!

1995ish,,,, GIve or take a year or three,,, After Desert Storm, before Y2K,,,

I was standing at the door to my Bay at a local Pro-Care,,, not the main-dude, just another tech pulling the wrenches and keeping the wheels turning,,, I was talkin’ to Frank Doctor (long since lost contact, and probably no longer in this plain of existence, RIP if so my mentor) But I said to him, as I was looking out on Route 48,,,,”DOC,,, you see that traffic jam out there? Its Job security!”

jump forward in time,,, 2015ish,,, (truly, 2008 with Cash for Clunkers) And it ain’t so secure now is it?

Not gonna give more than a moment on that note,, just a reflection of ‘what was, what is’…. My current ‘thing’ is sorta self created. was hired as a welder,,, That isn’t my main hat these days,,, One of, not the only. And I am very much a required peice of equipment in the day to day of that company. I DO try to get the other crew leads to learn a thing or two , but dangit,,, THEY don’t wanna!!! “No Dio,,, no one can do this like you do!”

Of course they can’t when they start the day with “I CAN’T DO,,,,” That four letter word is dirtier than the word FUCK In my humble opinion. I fight with myself DAILY and it always boils down to catching myself saying ‘I Can’t,,,”

When I catch myself saying that, I FORCE the issue and reframe the point: “How can I?”

And thats one point in AI’s favor. AI is a tool, especially the LLM’s. Those are geared for such as myself, a jackleg wordsmith. There are times where I write a couple hundred words and ‘urk, grrk,, um,,, what was that supposed to mean?’ and I will copy and paste it into an LLM and say “HEP!” I’m a tool user, LLM’s are tools,,,,

The results are usually damned GOOD!!! And I even asked one once, “How do I emulate what you just did?” and it even coached me on how to write better. Don’t give it all away, make the feels the center, not the logic,,, And I’m paraphrasing some of it.

And here is a serious/adlib discussion of what I am talking about,,,

I like Mike,,, down to earth and came a long way from schlepin’ cheap goods on a cable Channel.

WE don’t know whare this is going, but one thing I can promise you, like the guest in that clip, I WILL be the writer behind the words on these screens. I may ask for help cleaning up a deluge of mind-dump: but after all of that THE WORDS ARE MINE.

hell, most “PRO” writers get assistance from editors several times before final draft. Tha’s all I am using the AI for (and some really pathetically boring Admin shit thats backed up for YEARS here in the shop)

And here is my punchline. Even in that clip Rowe asks the question. I’ll ask it here.

Have you ever been able to spot where MY WORDS stop, and the AI edited stuff began? And There have been a couple points in the last few months where AI did re-write my prose,,, But did you ever catch it?

Honest,,, be honest. (and quote the passage in question. I’ll be honest myself and fess up or tell ya “nope,, that was ALL me”)

I’m gonna leave that right there for the moment. Leave a comment in answer for me.

Love y’all

LLLLL!!!