Post For the Day

I was going to whine about people who don't tip. But I still need to work on it.

And yes, it did involve Dihydrogen Monoxide.

Safety Tip Of The Day

There is a mist of Dihydrogen Monoxide in the early morning (pre-sunrise) air here in Minneapolis. Upon touching the ground it freezes into a slippery surface. Because of this I've decided to stay indoors until the air warms up.

Thought For the Day

Those who believe they can do no wrong, with absolute certainty, will do wrong.

Act Of The Day

Dihydrogen Monoxide is falling from the sky in solid form in Minneapolis.

I shall remain indoors today.

Dream State

I just woke up from a dream where I was with a member of the Edison High School cheer leading squad that I never met before and stuck in a weird cross between an episode of STAR TREK: VOYAGER and THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW set in the State of Wisconsin.

Nothing sexual happened, as in the real world.

Dihydrogen Monoxide was not a factor in this dream.

Thought For The Day

I'll die first before I vote for a Democrat.

Idiot of The day

Andy Driscoll, a host for the the non-profit leftist radio station KFAI believes as real a photo-shopped image of three drones flying in formation over the Obama inaugural ceremony.

The image was originally published in THE ONION.

And Driscoll is still taking the image seriously.

Story in the CITY PAGES.

Thought For The day

We live in a dynamic universe. Changes in physical objects, such as galaxies, stars, planets, as well as geological features and the climate occur as a result of entirely natural processes. This occurs completely without any conscious direction by anyone at all.

Some people cannot accept this. They apparently believe that without conscious action the universe that we perceive would exist in a steady state. Without any change.

In order to account for the changes they see they conceived of a series of higher beings, ending with God, to hold responsible. Because God is seen as the agent of change and control, some men sought to influence him for their own benefit. Thus religion was invented. But because there is no God, the practice of religion has no effect. As a result some men, in the form of the progressive state have stepped into the perceived vacuum.

The progressive state, as the stand in for God, has to show that they are in control and a benefit to men. But because they cannot effect natural processes they must exercise control oven men. Thus they created the Prohibition Acts, economic controls, gun control, environmental legislation, and the welfare state in general. As the substitute for God they need to control every aspect of human life.

And as a result of this process the state, and in particular the leader, is mentally deified. The leader is treated as the living embodiment of God, to be worshiped and obeyed It does not matter to them that their premise is false and their actions are ineffective or negative.

Cartoon Of The Day

From BALOO"S Cartoon Blog:

That could explain some things.

Dehumanization

In reporting on the massacre carried out by Muslim terrorists in Algeria the Daily Mail said this:

He said more than 20 British workers – whom the terrorists called ‘kuffar’, meaning non-Muslims – were rounded up.

This is incorrect. The correct translation of the word “kuffar” is bug. That is a non-human being with no right to live.

When I was writing for THE RESISTER, the editor -- under the apparent influence of Saul Alinsky -- told me that we have to dehumanize our opponents on the Left.

I disagreed. I said that the Left, by what they chose to believe and how they chose to act have already dehumanized themselves. All we as writers have to do is accurately observe and report on their beliefs and actions.

In this case the jihadists who chose to believe that non-believers are not human -- and act on that belief -- have chosen to dehumanize themselves.

State of the Union

A friend sent me the following message:

In 2013 both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address will occur on the same day. This is an ironic juxtaposition of events. One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication. The other involves a groundhog.

What are your questions on this block of instruction?

Oh, Did I mention that some Dihydrogen Monoxide was released in Minneapolis today?

A Blast from The Past

Oh... Here's something I just dug up from some old files:

The effectiveness of totalitarian gun control as described by the commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division of the Soviet Army. One of the units sent to suppress an anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan. As told to Carey Schofield, author of "The Russian Elite: Inside SPETSNAZ And The Airborne Forces."

"We landed by night, and some of our aircraft came under attack as we did so. One carrying personnel from Tula landed with twenty-two holes in the fuselage. The people thronging around the airfield were armed with sub-machine guns, knives and clubs. I went over to the crowd and said, 'Look! The Army is not a cat to be swung around in the air. Clear the road!' The KPP (Control and Command Post) of the airfield was blocked with KRAZ and KAMAZ trucks loaded with boulders. People started shouting that we wouldn't get through. While I was talking to the crowds my sappers were cutting the wire fence about 200 meters to the left and right of the KPP. I gave the crowds five minutes to think things over. They began jeering and laughing. Within five minutes two companies from my Ryazan regiment had crossed through the holes in the wire. The whole crowd was ordered to lie face down. We kept them there all night, to let them think things over. When we told them to clear off, the next morning, nobody wanted to admit that he had come armed. They all just left their weapons behind. So I said, 'okay, let's just say we found them'."

If gun control doesn't keep firearms out of the hands of criminals (genocidal criminals at that) in Soviet Russia, it is not going to do so in Soviet America.

What are your questions on this block of instruction?
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Horror Of The Day

A government that does not protect the citizens of the nation is a contradiction in terms.

For example: FRANCE

Just read the whole thing.

The current Socialist Regime is apparently making the Vichy Regime appear to be studly.

The Rule Of The Outlaws

During the course of writing a novel I had a bad guy character state:

“Don’t be silly Madame Keller,” he said in a manner that was clearly speaking down to her, “we all know that laws are only made for the purpose of controlling the little people for the benefit of their betters.”

Under the Primacy of the State the function of law is to control the productive population for the benefit of the ruling parasites. The rulers, and their immediate servants, are not subject to those laws themselves.

David Gregory of NBC News, a statist propaganda organ, is a servant of the rulers. What in the former Soviet Union was called the Nomenklatura.

WASHINGTON (AP) — NBC journalist David Gregory won't face charges for displaying a high-capacity ammunition magazine on his "Meet the Press" news program last month, District of Columbia prosecutors announced Friday.

The city's Office of the Attorney General, which handles low-level crimes, said criminal charges wouldn't serve the public's best interests even though possession of the magazine — capable of holding up to 30 rounds of ammunition — was clearly against local gun laws.

The actual interest of the actual citizens is irrelevant. What matters is the whims of the rulers and those who willfully serve them.

Under the Rule of Law all real laws must be applied to all citizens equally. Such as the laws prohibiting homicide.

As our Socialist rulers and their willing servants regard themselves as exempt from compliance with the laws, on what grounds can they claim to be protected under them?

Now, what are your questions on this block of instruction?

Fact Of The Day

As a nearly lifelong resident of the state of Minnesota I can say that walking on a patch of frozen Dihydrogen Monoxide can be hazardous to your health.

Quote Of The Day

From Capitalism Magazine:

And it’s the supposedly intellectually superior among us who are hell-bent on protecting the nonviolent by making life more comfortable for the violent.

-- Dr. Michael J. Hurd

Those who see themselves as infallible are already in the failure mode.

Thought For The Day

I had thought that the villains in my science fiction novel project were a bit absurd. And then I read pages 38-39 of THE DIM HYPOTHESIS by Dr. Leonard Peikoff:

A philosophy professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology makes eloquently real the connection between nihilism and anti-integration. I quote from a letter from one of his students:

An anecdote from his own life... He said that he sat his 5 year old daughter down on his lap one day and asked "Where's Daddy?" She responded by pointing to him. He said. "No, that's Daddy's body. Where's Daddy?" She looked perplexed and then pointed to his head. He responded, "No, that's Daddy's head. Where's Daddy?" This conversation continued for some time until he had reduced his daughter to tears while she screamed, "Where's my Daddy? Where's my Daddy?" I dropped the course very soon after that...."

Over the course of writing this blog I've been accused of being Satanic. Of having my humanity surgically removed. And of being the embodiment of all evil on Earth. But this is simply sick. This so-called man effectively admitted to being a soulless being. And his daughter should have been removed from his custody as a result of this action.

I will have to finish reading THE DIM HYPOTHESIS before I resume writing.

What are your questions on this block of instruction?

Free Literature

I was wring a science fiction novel. At a bit past 42,000 words I decided that two aspects, the extinction event on Earth and the villains where a bit too absurd, So I'm starting over again.

If anyone wants to read the existing MS send me an e-mail.

lesbates_traveller at yahoo dot com

Thought For The Day

Harry Binswanger, PHD wrote:

Laws prohibiting or regulating guns across the board represent the evil of preventive law and should be abolished.

Read his online column in Forbes here.

Gun Control also reduces the citizen to the status of livestock and therefore constitutes an act of treason.

Islam Is Death

Pamela Geller passes on a report in the Daily Mail about the latest Islamic atrocity in Pakistan:

Five female teachers in Pakistan have been slaughtered by Islamic militants bent on keeping women and girls away from education.

They were murdered in a New Year's Day ambush on the van carrying them home from their jobs at a community centre and primary school in the north-west of the country.

The teachers and two health workers - one man and one woman - were killed this afternoon in the conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

What is it to be human?

To be human is to see things as they are to be the master of existence. Therefore true humans cannot be the livestock or playthings of the gods.

As such a true human will not blindly submit to a prophet and blindly obey such anti-human trash.

A true human has absolutely no use for predators such as the obviously false prophet Mohammad and his false god Allah.

And those who chose to behave as predatory animals must be identified and treated as such.

What are your questions on this block of instruction?