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It all started when the union attacked Fort Sumter! LOL someone actually tried to tell me that once!

LOL do NOT get me started!

Jan 6 knuckleheads were told beforehand they would be pardoned LOL! The irony of this just drips and it’s so delicious. What have I always said? Do. Not. Trust. The government. Nor anyone in it. how do you know if a politician is lying? They’re saying something. LOL I keep thinking about this and laughing. Imagine a bunch of people who are angry at the government, because they think the government is lying, disrupted the government because somebody in the government told them they could get away with it!

@ComradeYellow

The movie was just "pretty good". Lucy Fry and Debby Ryan made it worth watching.

Bye, Maryland? Lawmakers in 3 Counties Float a Plan to Secede From the State. Nothing will come of this. And that is a shame. I think counties should be free to reorganize themselves into other geographically continuous states by simple referendum if the new state is receptive. The democrats will bleat and screech about "democracy" until the exercise of it diminishes their power and influence. But they would and have act JUST like the Republicans with gerrymandering, voter suppression and intimidation if it is to their benefit. Never forget poll taxes and literacy tests was ALL democrat ideas. And both parties fight like starving sewer rats to keep third party candidates off the ballot. There are no real advocates for democracy in either party. When they say they are they are just shoveling bulls--t and expecting us to eat it with a smile.

150 mph without a driver: Indy autonomous cars gear up for race Please, please tell me the cars are controlled by teenagers with X-Box controllers!

Well I will say this about Biden. His administration has not done anything overtly unconstitutional that I’ve noticed. That’s certainly an upgrade. They don’t appear to know what the hell they’re doing on most anything. So that’s a push. If we can get into the midterm elections without any major legislative accomplishments and at least one house of Congress changes hands I’ll be happy. I don’t really care who wins elections anymore as long as the government is divided I’ll be happy.

Seriously worn out after yesterday’s activities. Today is going to be even worse. Oh well. Putting it off won’t make it easier. Times like this is when I wish I had kids LOL

So we’re the same height and build but you’re “packing” an extra 15k "somewhere"!

I watched “night teeth“ on Netflix last night. It was pretty good. Or at least those two vampire girls were pretty freaking hot together. definitely worth two hours of your time. After all of his acting work I imagine Alfie Allen is going to have a negative association with knives.

Sitting at my kitchen table drinking coffee. Going to be very, very, busy for the next few days. I rented a new storage unit in Dyersburg. Larger, air-conditioned place. More expensive and with better security. I rented a truck from them for two days and I’m going to move all the crap in the one in Covington up there. That’s the plan for today. Tomorrow is really going to suck though. I’m going to have to start packing up things in my house and moving them to the storage unit. The gun safe is the thing I dread the most. It weighs 400 pounds empty.

@ShadySandshow has your little guy been doing?

Cancer sucks. Sorry about your friend Majestic

Blanks are regular ammunition that have propellant but no projectile. For a semi automatic firearm to use them you have to stopper the barrel. In the military we had a red box with a screw that you actually screw into the end of the barrel that traps most of the gas from the propellant burn so it will work the action of the rifle and chamber the next round. I believe in this case Baldwin was firing a handgun so the barrel of the handgun would have to be blocked inside in such a way that it wasn’t visible. Usually that means “leading “ the barrel. Blocking it permanently with lead or silver or some other malleable metal. Once you do that the gun can never be used for regular ammunition again. I was reading the description of the movie and it sounds like it’s an old West movie. Which means the prop would’ve been a revolver. Since it’s not semi automatic there is no need to block the barrel. So that really comes down to inventory and asset control. How did live ammunition get on the set? as accidents go this is about as tragic as it gets. Alec Baldwin is a pretty substandard human being by most of my criteria. He treats his children and the people around him like garbage and has a reputation for just being an all-around ****. That said I’m certainly sympathetic for how he’s feeling right now. This is not his fault obviously but it would still be a very hard thing to deal with knowing that you were the one holding the pistol at the time.

You’re right. I forgot about that one.

Sheriff's office: Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun that killed crew member, wounded director WTH? Movie prop guns are actual functional firearms? I didn't know that! That strikes me as being not only stupid but extremely dangerous. As this story indicates.

How cool is this? Internet Sleuth Solves 45-Year Guitar Mystery Returning the Beloved ’57 Gretsch to a Rock Idol

I hear you. That WAS a very generous notice. But IIRC some of your tenants have been with you for a while. I'm not expecting big jumps in interest rates. More likely a steady but slow increase. The Biden Admin will lean on the FOMC for that. They are independent but not above influence. As for long term, the treasury notes will do what they are going to do. There is no predicting that. Kiplinger's had an analysis last month that said the Fed was going tp taper purchases of T and mortgage securities. That mean "probably" no big jumps in rates. My lot in Dyersburg closes in two weeks. The one in Brownsville hasn't gotten even a sniff. But I have decided to list my house and see what happens. That as not an easy decision to come to. But like you said (and I agree) if the bottom drops out it will be a number of years before it turns around.

A somewhat non-biased analysis of the stupid rules experimented on in the minors this past season