Older and Meaner

 

De-escalation Tactics

A recent encounter with a neighbor while delivering a mortgage company letter got ugly. Seems the neighbor is a retired policeman and has taken upon himself to be a neighborhood watchman.

He confronted me, demanding to know my business, and I politely told him to fuck off. Upon reflection, I didn’t use good de-escalation tactics. Upon further reflection came the realization I don’t give a fuck. He was still in the street making threats as I drove off.

Yeah bitch, lay hands on an “at risk senior”. Felony in Colorado.

Frugal

Indifferent to what people in general think of him is my second son. Who else drives a 2001 Ford Focus with 200,000 miles on the odometer?  He would rather spend $1,500 to $2,000 a year on repairs and tires than work overtime and Saturday to make the payment on a new car, like many of his contemporaries. The car gets regular oil changes. He uses a shop that is willing to work on an “old piece of shit”.

He makes his cheapskate father proud! What really makes his father prouder is his nearly a decade of sobriety.

Tools

                                                                                                         

Over the years I wonder how many “borrowed” tools I’ve replaced.

https://www.chickenwingscomics.com/

Idaho Co-ed Murders

Seems the perp now will plead guilty. Seems everyone has an opinion. Here is mine. He will be going away, forever.

 Yes, we won’t have a trial circus and endless appeals for years to come. That is a bad thing?

 Lastly, high praise for that small town police department doing their job so well the prosecution had a strong hand.

As always, YMMV

To Flee, or Not To Flee?

Surprise!

Illegal Alien criminal skips court appearance. Seems the judge isn’t that good at judging.

MORE

Wamsutter, WY

My favorite Wyoming town to bash is Wamsutter. Example: Hell will be working in an outbound call center and living in Wamsutter.

Seems it does have something to offer besides petrol dispensers.

MORE 

Latter Day Luddite

My 2^nd computer wouldn’t connect to the internet. Paranoid, I assumed Microsoft, with their shitty Windows 11, was trying to force me to use shit like Edge and Co-pilot. After much cursing and increasing paranoia, I checked all the cable connections. Suddenly, everything started working.

That matches my cursing the new coffee pot. After much consternation, I added water. Miracle! Coffee!

Truly, there is no fool like an old fool. At least the little head no longer thinks for the big head (much).

Local Hypocrisy

With much publicity the Greeley Police Department is introducing “photo radar” and will issue tickets. Recently, while driving 40 mph on a posted 35 mph four lane street, a Greeley patrol SUV passed me going much faster. No lights or sirens. Lead by example?

(P)regressive Virtue Signaling – Gun Law Addition

Emperor Polis signed into law HB 25-1171. If you are convicted of vehicle theft, you cannot use or posses a firearm in Colorado. Somehow the idea someone stealing cars isn’t likely to care about another law must escape these people. The senator representing my district, Andrew Bosenecker was a sponsor.

 As an aside, he wasn’t elected. He was a State Representative. When a Democrat Senator, newly elected, then decided to ‘retire’, the party picked him to fill the vacancy. That is the way (P)regressives roll in Colorado.

Doggone

Some readers are interested in Banner, the smelly treat hound that shares my home. Age 13, he seemed to be declining. Then, he developed bad diarrhea. Off to the vet where fecal examination revealed three different parasites in his gut. After a few days on meds, he is alert and energetic.

 I took pictures of the 20’ of poop across the apartment to show to the vet. Nobody I offered to share the pictures with accepted the offer. Should you want to see them, ask in comments.

 The blasted beast is a glutton who will eat almost anything. He is especially fond of grass which may be contaminated with bird droppings. He gets high quality food along with chlorophyll drops but still grazes.

 As always, YMMV

Banner Got Skunked

 

Banner Made a New Acquaintance

The internet sources recommend a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and a few drops of dish washing soap. At 2330 choices are limited. That helped. Three baths later there is still an odor. A cousin in Texas recommended this product.

It worked better than the H2O2 mixture.

 My fault. I let him off the leash before checking out the hillside he likes to explore. The ladies in the building all have opinions and are not shy in offering them.

Banner? Once his mouth was cleared, he didn’t care at all.

Conspiracy Theories – Climate Change Aligned

Starting with the word “robust”, the current buzzword for wannabe tyrants, suspicious minds can find several ways this “scientific” study feeds into the NOW agenda and general econazi goals. Note that it comes from Satan’s laboratory.

MORE

Yeah, That Will Work – Denver Edition

Solving the homeless problem?

MORE

The devil is in the details. For example, with an already underfunded/understaffed police department how will public safety be assured?

The picture is off the internet. Location is  San Francisco.

 Will the current tent dwellers be willing to move to a place with rules and restrictions?

Denver has always been a city with an unlawful edge. What makes the mayor think that will change?

Finally, the City of Denver is a financial disaster.

MORE

Is Denver a long term Democrat controlled city? Does a bear............?

H.O.A. Scams and Abuses

A long report by real investigative reporters.

MORE

Circle Firing Squad – Environazi Edition

Nasty little fight brewing on who is the most righteous 

MORE

Somewhat related, the local rag publishes a weekly oil spill report. Please keep in mind the county has 17,000+ wells. Many are inactive. 

MORE

Attempted Suicide by Cop

The story isn’t unusual but the prison sentence shows the difference between rural areas and Democrat run big cities.

Fort Collins is the county seat and much of the I-25 corridor is being built up. Think of Fort Collins are a blue smear in a red county that voted GOP 76% in the last presidential election.

MORE

UFO Interest

Colorado’s San Luis Valley (Headwaters of the Rio Grande River) has long been a hot spot for UFO sightings. One resident has made a business out of public interest.

MORE

While neither a believer nor skeptic, circa 1972, I had an experience I cannot explain.

Around 0100, traveling westbound on Wyoming Highway 39, in a moonlight valley with the Wasatch Mountains in the distance, a huge irregular shape passed in front of me traveling north to south. Perhaps five to ten miles in front of me, it absorbed all the moonlight. My car, a 1972 Ford LTD, started running poorly and I stopped. I could clearly see the mountains in the distance on either side of the object but not directly toward the object. All of this lasted about ten minutes (long enough to exit the car and empty my bladder) then the objects was gone. The car went back to running normally.

To answer a question others may have, I was stone sober and not a drug user.

Damn, as if our traffic on US 34 and I-25 isn’t bad enough

MORE

Environazis screw Eastern Utah

MORE

The Moffat Road never extended past Craig, CO. There are no geographic challenges to extend it to the old D%RG, now Union Pacific, line in Utah. This might be an alternative solution.

MORE

 Snide side note. Utah has significant deposits of tungsten. Right now all of our tungsten is imported. One guess as to who is the primary supplier.

Regulation!!! More Regulation!!!

OK, this is from New Zealand. Who doubts the woke USA crowd salivates on this kind of news?

MORE

As always, YMMV

Hypocrisy, Writ Large

 

Al Gore, John Kerry, et al

MORE

Of course, the wealthy are justified as they do so much to insure the well being of the world and they must continue their work.

What is unusual is for them to be called out by environazis.

MORE

Careful, biting the hand that feeds you may cause you to need a real job.

Cutting out the Middleman Pawn Shop

Want to bet thieves have already found ways to defeat whatever safe guards these machines employ?

Yes, not much of a blog. Others bloggers have done a better job writing on topics that frost the family jewels, you should read them. Besides, it is only Monday.

As always, YMMV

Climate Change Money Trough

 Going Green Full Throttle

With no good evidence to prove it, I’ve always believed locals are being paid off by Vestas to ease their way.

MORE

On the other hand all those jobs are welcome.

XCEL Energy

They sent an email with a multi question survey. Big whoop, a $100 WalMart gift card given to the lucky 100 respondents who filed out the questionnaire.  The questions were written in a way to get the response Xcel wants. Reminded me of the surveys the Dems sent me until I unsubscribed. I doubt Xcel will appreciate my remarks.

Bat Shit Crazy

The spillover of strong evidence COVID started in a Chinese lab keeps people on edge. Witness the butt hurt of “scientists” over public skeptics about a bat research lab to be built in Ft Collins.

MORE

There are good reasons for doing this research.

MORE

I have some confidence in the integrity of Colorado State University (Go Aggies!) but can agree with the doubters. This needs careful ongoing monitoring IMO.

As to the butthurt “scientists” your silence and go along, get along means you no longer have the benefit of doubt with a large part of the population.

Banner – The Accidental Hero

We have a routine. In the elevator I take off his harness and when we arrive at our floor he gallops down the hall looking for treats neighbors often leave for him. He makes a lot of noise.

My 86 year old neighbor had fallen and lay on the floor for four hours. She had managed to crawl to her door. When she heard Banner running she managed to open her door and call out to me.

With the help of other neighbors we were able to get her up and the neighbor’s wife helped her with clean clothes.

My neighbor said she was so happy to hear Banner running down the hall.

Yes, we have talked to her about an alert button or a holster for her cell phone. The lady is a tad bit stubborn.

In other Banner news he has a new collar that not only provides contrast but is reflective. He doesn’t care but the ladies in the building are complimentary.

Found on Falsebook

When I say “I’ll figure it out” I mean I’ll just adapt to whatever new level of hell is coming.

 Seems spot on.

 Coming Retail Automobile Market Crash

I’ve written about it in previous blogs. This YouTuber does a good job explaining what is happening.

MORE

Disclaimer. The video contains ads. I won’t offer an opinion on their products. Caveat emptor.

Idaho University Murders

I’m no true crime junkie. Once in awhile I come across something that interests me. I like this lawyer and enjoy his posts. 

MORE

Lesson here is being a hick police force is no guarantee that the police force isn’t damn good at policing.

As always, YMMV

 

 

Is There a Clickbait App?

 

Enhanced Minuteman Silo Security

The silo installation is fenced. The area outside the fence in many places is open range. The picture was taken from Colorado Highway 14 a few miles west of Sterling, CO. Those Red Angus bulls might not be friendly. Mess around and find out.

Climate Propaganda

The Little Ice Age ended around 1850. Now the climate in the Northern Hemisphere is warming. Hence, some glaciers are retreating. I don’t see any reference to what may be a natural process is this alarmist piece.

MORE

But, but the eco warriors can claim a victory!

MORE

Made me chuckle, a Liz Cheney slight

MORE

Yes, shows my lack of character. Sue me!

Oh, come on!

MORE

Of course, we will always find something like this in any “climate change” article.

“suggesting the need for future regulatory policies to address such non-fuel-derived pollutants”.

Yah, more regulation is always the answer.

Those who can do, do. Those who can’t do, teach. Those who can’t teach, administer.

Lt. General Maurice Rose

A Colorado hero remembered.

MORE

Side note. Rode the troopship AP-1 26 named after him to Europe in 1964 and my oldest son was born in the Rose Memorial Hospital.

Retail Theft

IMO, the result of “woke” politics and gutless prosecutors.

MORE

No consequences for thieves lead to higher prices and less convenience for the rest of us.

Not every Colorado city/town tolerates retail theft. It is the senior management of these stores that tolerate retail theft. Madness, IMO.

Studies Show What Those Funding Them Want?

MORE

Back in my management days I hired “people” I thought could get the job done. Quaint, I now know.

No Human is Illegal

A favorite (P)regressive saying. Assuming, the (P)regressives believe, these illegal immigrants are leaving horrible conditions to come to a better life, will these immigrants be better off? How many will be raped on the way? How many will be bringing the same criminals harming them at their homes with them? How many are selling themselves into perpetual debt and exploitation?

For as long as I can remember, the USA has spent billions in foreign aid. Seems like many charitable organizations in our country, where 10% of donations actually reach those in need while “administration and advertising gets 90%, is the same with foreign aid.

Do I lack compassion? No, I’ve always rooted for the underdog having been one myself. What I am is clearly seeing graft and scams on a huge scale. Your opinion may differ. Do I have a solution to offer? Not a realistic one but think the tree of Liberty needs watering with the blood of the scumbags profiting from this outrage.

Wet Spring

After several dry years, the area is receiving a lot of rain with thunderstorms nearly every day. The good? Everything is wonderful shades of green. The bad? A bumper crop of mosquitoes.

As always, YMMV

Stuff - Nothing Profound

 

Working Road Trip

Assignments took me to Southwestern Nebraska and then to Scottsbluff Monday 4/3. I can’t remember seeing so many dead deer alongside the road. Did a harsh winter force them to look for food along the right of ways?

Other than a bitter cold wind from the East the day was sunny until I approached Scottsbluff. Tired after driving 400 miles I spent the night in Scottsbluff. I knew a storm was coming but better some bad weather driving than falling asleep at the wheel.

The next morning.

The roads were passable and by the time I hit the Colorado state line they were wet but clear except for the usual places with wind driven snow drifts.

Sisty keeps reminding me I now have time and am not doing offsite sales and working/driving 18 hours a day. I still enjoy the challenge and the extra pay that comes with these assignments. The Jackie Cooper, “Winners do what loser won’t”, is too ingrained for me to quit.

Fringe Political Parties

The upstart, “No Labels” party, is gaining some attention.

MORE

Before you dismiss them, there is a lesson from 1976 in Washington State.

MORE

This close election went to Dixie Lee Ray (D) who went on to prove women can be as incompetent in public office as any man.

Local Crime

Our area is fortunate to have good law enforcement. Still, they get frustrated as shown in this FB post.

Weld County Sheriff's Office

This is what leniency on crime looks like in Northern Colorado

In late March of this year WCSO investigated a felony burglary where some lawn equipment and tools were stolen from the victim which amounted to them losing around $4,000. The investigation lead deputies and detectives to several local pawn shops where the victim’s belongings were either pawned or sold. This is not a post to blame the local pawn shops. After all, the suspect(s) in this case committed the burglary-not the pawnshops. Deputies worked tirelessly to follow up and solve this case and ended up arresting the suspect(s) within days from when the burglary was reported. The agency was able to recover 23 of the 53 items stolen from the victim, however more stolen property is still out there, and WCSO Detectives are working to find it. The suspect(s) were booked into jail the day of the arrest for three felony charges, relating to this crime-this will be important later in the post.

Fast forward 20 hours after the arrest-yes, we counted, and the suspect is back in the community because they were given a personal recognizance bond. It is also worth sharing days prior to the suspect(s) arrest, another local law enforcement agency responded to a traffic crash where the same individual(s) hit a local business building with a car and did not provide insurance for the vehicle at the crash and were driving under restraint.

Ask yourselves Weld County, are cases like these “just property crimes?” The items stolen were used for the victim’s business to support their livelihood. If you were a victim of these crimes and you later learned the suspect(s) were able to get out of jail so soon, would these still be, “just property crimes?”

Edit: in review of some comments, it is apparent that some very unfair judgements have been posted about the Weld County District Attorney’s Office. I Would like to publicly state that the Citizens of Weld County are fortunate to have DA Rourke and his team; this post should not reflect on their performance in any way! (Sheriff Reams)

Kimball, NE

Convenient one stop shopping. Who needs a mall?    

One Way to Name a Town

The town was originally a 30 acre manufactured housing development that is an eyesore. Now it is surrounded by new two story stick built houses on tiny lots. The name comes from the first two letters of each ladies' name.

Personal opinion; in thirty years the new houses will look more decrepit than the current forty year old manufactured homes.

When You Lose, Claim Victory

This fine Democrat (who wants to be a Senator) had a 200% office turnover in her first eighteen months in office. Yes, she is a "Karen".

MORE

Woke Journalism

This should be a straight news story on a legitimate public interest situation. Instead, the reporter didn’t resist sneaking in (P)regressive “talking points”. YMMV

MORE

Green News

No mention of the dollar amount we taxpayers are fronting. Given the usual suspects present, most likely a lot.

MORE

Save our Democracy!!!!!

Current meaning; keep Democrats in office, peasants.

Good News

DrJim is home from his ongoing broken hip repair.

As always, YMMV