MOstly alive

Posted on by Sarah A. Hoyt

Slept 13 hours last night and I’m better. Meaning my brain is mostly working, but my body is still shutting down on the regular. Have vegged in front of a lot of stupid utube videos.

I do have posts to write. And books. But …. not yet up to it.

Don’t break anything. Don’t set fire to any large bodies of water. Do not invade any third world countries. If you take your guns on a water journey, remember to give them life vests. (Americans are lousy boaters.) Turn off the TV before so called journalists compell you to put a shoe through it with force. Or shoot it. (Remember, well brought up Americans do not go strapped in front of a TV that might assault them with stupidity at any moment.)

Okay, the above is the ramblings of a fevered brain, but a fevered brain housed in a body that has Miss Muse the kitteh on her knees. She’s very worried about mom kind of drifting off every five minutes. Signally this morning while drinking tea….

Hopefully tomorrow real post. Now returning to vegging.

90 thoughts on “MOstly alive”

  3. “Mostly Alive” is much better than “Mostly Dead”. [Big Crazy Grin]

    Rest up and don’t get your kitties worried about you. [Smile]

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  6. So maybe I shouldn’t have been rummaging through your purse for loose change, Great Aunt…

    But seriously, not taking shots at the TV (and car radio when it’s put on the news) is a full time job these days. I’m almost wanting the election tomorrow so that we can get past all of this BS and start on the next disaster.

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  7. Two pence, four pence, six pence a Peso, all for Sarah stand up and say so.

    Stolen from ‘Zorro the Gay blade’ staring George Hamilton as both Zorro’s. Back when movies were funny and nobody took them too seriously.

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    1. People say Blazing Saddles could not get made now (correctly) – Zorro the Gay blade is vastly moreso.

      If you tried to pitch that now they’d call security to escort you out.

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  8. Anyone following this “third assasin” in Commiefornia?

    Sounds to me that this is more a “Sovereign Citizen” attention whore than a genuine try at whacking anyone.

    Fake vehicle tags.

    Fake passports.

    Fake IDs/passes.

    Guns not in compliance with local whatever.

    Threats of litigation.

    Weird “not me bro” explanations. Flat out delusional statements.

    ….

    Weird.

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    1. Yeah, that’s how it struck me, too. Serious assassin wannabe? Are you kidding? Was there anything he had or did that didn’t shout KOOK! while drooling down his shirt?

      Of course, even kooks can be dangerous, and need to be watched. But I think you’re right; “attention whore” is closer to the mark.

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      1. And the major problem for VIP protection, is that the lone crazy is the usual successful culprit. You just cannot predict what the loon will do. Anyone capable of thinking successfully along the same lines is almost always bent beyond repair.

        Look at what Hinkley said about why he wanted to hit Mr. Reagan. Totally bonkers. Oswald was too Red-Crazy for the Soviets.

        So the 3rd loon can be reasonably taken as “third try”, and “Nice work, Deputies!” If he doesn’t immediately start filing vexatious litigation against everyone in a 2 mile radius, then perhaps not “SovCit” adjacent, just a parallel nutjob.

        This is why very few USSS folks make it to 20 years retirement.

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    2. Yeah, all those sketchinesses you listed, all in the same dood, and they cut him loose on only $5000 bail? The radio says he was a Republican contender for something or other in the Las Vegas, NV area; that he came in third in a field of four. Smells off, don’t it?

      In other malodorous news–specifically, the stench of burning libraries–the Internet Archive has been down for about a week. Can anybody here think of anyone with Real Governmental Clout who would be at all upset if it never came back online?

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        1. I used to be in an RPG game of Morrow Project, long ago. The “Project Director” made up some really cool “Morrow Project ID” cards. A few players added a strip of magnetic tape and some peel-n-stick refractive tape strips.

          Of course some idiot had to go and use one in an encounter with LEO. Well, officialdom fussed. The things were clearly “Morrow Industries” and “Morrow Project”. I was told several alphabet-soup agencies got involved.

          Too funny.

          I still have my various “ID Cards” from a Star Trek convention in 1975. The “Starship Captain” ID was cool, as was the “phaser license”. Also, what was billed as an authentic TV-show-used Tribble. Lost all the paperwork but the IDs in a flood. Also lost tot he flood Phil Foglio’s “The Star Trek Primer”, drat. Still have the tribble.

          Also still have my Star Trek Blueprints, with George Takai’s autograph. (Thanks again!)

          So if I disappear, check with ATF for a beef over the phaser license. I keep it set to stun, but you know how Feds can be…..

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          1. I keep it set to stun, but you know how Feds can be…..

            If you vanish, it’s either that or you’ve had your one and only ND where the setting was “disintegrate”. 😏

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      3. What did the dead white males who wrote “Excessive bail shall not be required…” intend bail to be for? It seems to me that it’s getting (ab)used for process-as-punishment, prosecutorial virtue signaling about how evilly McEvil and guiltily McGuilty the accused is, and a deniable torment to get the accused to confess in a plea deal. It’s traditionally a right-wing tradition, but the Left gets into it too (See the bail imposed on Mr. Rittenhouse.) And the low/no cash bail thing is a case of

        1. Take a respected custom, reasonable policy, or desirable reform
        2. Poison it
        3. Weaponize it
        4. Wave its stiffened carcass in the air as a banner, while demanding compliance

        With reform of the screwed-up bail system being the desirable reform in (1).

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      5. Apparently the Sheriff is a Republican contender for the Legislature in 2026. So I have to wonder whether this is also, on his side, a “My people thwarted an assassination attempt!” ploy.

        Even 48 hours later, I’m not believing very much of what ANY of the participants are claiming.

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        1. The loon was there, armed, and loon-ing.

          We can give him and his deputies credit for detecting and detaining said loon, who is -definitely- loon-ing, and Sherriff’s high-fiving is within appropriate limits.

          Pass. Nice work!

          If the low bail lets him bolt, loon is now some other jurisdictions problem, so there is that. (grin)

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          1. Other than his own admission of having firearms without any knowledge of how to use them, the only “evidence” of looniness is the unsupported word of the Sheriff. Who, as I noted, has potential motivation to “shade” the facts.

            Which complete story is actually factual, cannot be told at this time, and may never be.

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            1. If the Sherriff goes into court and the tag wasn’t sketchy and the passports not sketchy, he is in real trouble. And he knows it.

              False passes to the event. No Trump team saying “heywaitaminute!”.

              His own words ring “loon” loud and clear.

              Loon. Star-struck loon, loon-struck loon, whatevs. Loon.

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    3. I watched about two thirds of the guy’s very long winded statement on Rumble. It looks like most of what is being said about him is nonsense. He is a former Hollywood liberal who questions much of what he used to believe because he has been closely following the Cliven Bundy saga. He has not become a coherent conservative or libertarian, more of a paranoid and lost former liberal.

      The guns were in his trunk. He bought them in his current home state of Nevada for personal protection, but says he has never fired them, or fired any other firearm. He appears to know nothing about guns or the pitfalls of California gun laws.

      He is a Trump supporter and has had personal interactions with Trump family members, probably including Trump himself. I think he’s an idiot, but I don’t think he’s a potential assassin. Beyond that I will withhold judgement and not put much faith in anything said about him in the press or by law enforcement.

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      1. Or, perhaps, he is a paranoid delusional loon. From the various statements he has made, I believe “delusional” is quite accurate.

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    4. I saw a post claiming the guy worked on a documentary to expose the Federal Bundy abuse, and was working on anothor documentary that wouldn’t have been good for the Deep State.

      It was on the Instapundit Open Thread from a couple of days ago, so the source is kindof sketchy.

      Conspiracy theorists, am I right? Yeah, we shouldn’t put too much stock in it.

      And in this day and age, “don’t put too much stock in [a conspiracy theory]” means “Expect it to be confirmed by the New York Times in about a week.”

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      1. The half-life of Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories keeps getting shorter and shorter…

        …and the Babylon Bee looks more and more like they’ve got a direct pipeline from the future…

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        1. The Reader has maintained for a long time that the Bee has a used, erratic time viewer that often although not always gives them glimpses of the future. Where they got it, God only knows.

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      3. If you care more than I do about this non-story, you don’t need to rely on internet rumor and gossip. His journalistic and documentary efforts are easy to find on Rumble at America Happens. I’ve already watched as much as I care to, but if you want to describe what he has to say you might want to actually look at what he has posted rather than repeating what someone else claimed he said. I’ve already summarized my judgement of the guy. If it turns into a bigger story I might look some more.

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        1. I wasn’t sufficiently curious to do that, but my point was this: that these days, random internet gossip is more trustworthy than the FBI, the CIA, and the MSM — indeed, although I said it would be the NYT that confirmed the story, it would have been a confirmation forced on them while kicking and screaming, rather than one where they are voluntarily exposing a scoop!

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    5. WARNING: It’s only gonna get EVEN WEIRDER as we close in on Election Day.

      As LSD (etc.) isn’t legal, I can only suggest watching (in low doses!) Sid & Marty Krofft productions to build up a tolerance. Mind, that’s tolerance, NOT immunity.

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  9. A good night’s rest (or two) is very important after a lot of traveling, especially overseas.

    FYI, I think I have a bunch of comments stuck in moderation. I gave up trying to post the past 4 days or so as a result, since they seemed to be staying stuck there, as coverage site ref apparently may not have recognized me as a regular commentator here.

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      1. Yep, WP was blackholing most but not all of mine yesterday, somewhat randomly, looking like they went through after each demanding yet another sign-in, then nada. WPDE.

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      1. I usually never had an issue with posts getting caught in moderation until after it forced me to create a WP login; before that I posted as a guest, putting in the needed info, and usually never had a problem.

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      2. So the founder of WordPress, Bob WordPress, seems to have gone nuts recently.

        (Not his real name, but if you look up WordPress on wikipedia.)

        Guy who runs the WordPress open software organization, and also an IT services company is feuding with one of the one of the companies that provided hosting for hire, WP Engine.

        He’s apparently been screwing around with the software as part of this, per Pixy Misa at ai dot mee dot nu. But, I have not paid close attention, and it is certainly possible that my trust in a guy who calls himself after a magical girl from a decades old anime may prove poorly founded.

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  10. Get all the rest you need. No really. Don’t scimp on this. Do some comfort tasks. Enjoy your home. Read some books you love. Give yourself time to get back to work excited, not obligated. Cheers and congratulations on your son’s wedding!

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  12. Aw. Kitties missed mommy. Kitties worried about mommy. Let them cuddle and the purrrrrrr roll over you.

    Feel even more better soon.

    Sleep. Sleep. More sleep.

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    1. Yeah, but she’s only mentioned Miss Muse. Based on his track record so far….

      Where’s Indy? cue ominous music.

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        1. Indyyyyy????

          “Uhhhh, I’m in pit crew training for the Indy 500… Yeah. I mean, it’s even named after me, riiight???” 😇😏😸😸😸

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  13. The Cuyahoga River isn’t a large body of water. And I can’t find it just now, but there was some poor Mid-West town that was both flooded and on fire.

    Accidents will happen.

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      1. Been following an emergency doctor in Florida. Doctor’s house flooded (was at the hospital on duty, family evacuated). Neighborhood house flooded AND burned to the ground. Apparently this can happen if power is on when house is flooded. That is part of the protocol. If you evacuate, turn off your power. If you don’t evacuate, turn off the power at the first sign of might be flooding.

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    2. Grand Forks, ND as well. There were some spectacular photos of it, alas for the folks there. (When the Red River of the North floods, there’s no place for the water to go but out. And then Canada.)

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      1. I was in Grand Forks in the 1997 flood. When I left, the downtown was flooded and afire. To the north, the Red River was forty miles wide.

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      2. Grand Forks, ND

        That’s the one I thought I had remembered – thanks. Saw it on the evening news for a few days.

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    3. That happened to Fargo some years back. Not sure the fires were huge, but I do recall seeing flood and burning in the same pictures.

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      1. Minot flooded when the Corps of Engineers had to open floodgates. We worked the late end of disaster rebuild there.

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  18. I’m sitting here laughing my ass off at Miss Pippi trying to see where the mouse on the screen went behind the display. Playing mind games with kittens can be so entertaining.

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  22. are we allowed to do a hostile fork of the wordpress software, and see if crazy people who can’t program can make it any worse?

    I guess I’m asking for a friend, because I think my supervisors would not approve.

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  23. Does Luxembourg count as a “third world country”?

    Just asking … for a friend … yeah, that’s the ticket, a friend! So, for a friend it is!

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      1. reminds me, a few years back, the Swiss Army were doing maneuvers and went the wrong way down a valley. They turned around, and when back at base, called Liechtenstein to apologize for the Invasion.

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  24. Re: TV violence: saw a short clip of two liberal women attacking a tv with Trump on it. Destroying their own tv. My inner Gene Hackman just went “…with all this advanced technology when will these people learn to use remotes?”

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  27. If you are stuck again watching yewtoob vids, check with me. I can steer you to some that are not silly at all.

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