nomadpete

Could be!

I would add, the good ole daze of low paid factory workers, protectionism that favoured the mega rich factory/railroad/oil families. Why did so many go to war ? Because it was a chance to get a regular income. After all USA was not risking its territory, it was only making money from selling arms. Post WW2 was their golden era but the eventual goal of free capitalism is always to demolish free enterprise, remove competition, and replace it with megarich monopolies. All done now. But no room for self sufficiency of the country, so long as the oligarcs can reside in their own entitled bubble. (Sorry, Wolfie is in me)

This says it all.... Trump has nil concern for anyone outside his close circle of family and devout followers.

GON. There is no way to bring back the good ole daze of USA. It's too late. Besides, neither TRump nor maga, nor the republicans can suddenly make USA productive. Their culture is not going to allow it. TRump is simply fast tracking their fade away from the global stage.

Evolution is still at work in USA....

Wait til they see the White House!

Random thought.....

Not sure if this is old news, or even true. But not unexpected. "the Brave New World. The sale of Dominian is but one part of that. One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think."

Well good for you. It might be *SPRING!* where you are. But it aint spring down here. We have been promised 2 & 3 degree mornings all this week. And not reaching 10 degrees even if the sun breaks through. Climate sure is changing!

The present crop of house batteries start at 5Kwh which would only run the average oven for half an hour. They are usually used to minimise peak period power biling (lowering household power bills). However, many people are buying up to 20Kwh batteries, which, when combined with a proper roof full of solar power (say 11Kw) of solar panels, can run an all electric home (with a little care). Present price for 11Kw of panels with a smart inverter is $9,000. Back when they went off grid, Mr & Mrs Octave would have loved prices like these.

I dug this one up from back in 2004. You can change the names but the message still applies today..... "President George Bush was in the Oval Office wondering which country to upset next, when his telephone rang... "Hallo, President Bush" a heavily accented voice said. This is Archie, up 'ere at the Harp Seal Pub in Badger's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada ey? I am callin' to tells ya dat weare officially declaring war on you ey!" "Well Archie," George replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?" "Right now," said Archie, after a moments calculation "there is myself, me cousin Harold, me next-door-neighbor Mick, and the whole dart team from the pub. That makes eight!" George paused. "I must tell you Archie, that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command." "Holy jeez," said Archie. "I'll have ta call ya back!" Sure enough, the next day, Archie called again. "Mr. Bush, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!" "And what equipment would that be Archie?", George asked. "Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Harry's farm tractor." President Bush sighed. "I must tell you Archie, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army to one and a half million since we last spoke." "Lard T'underin' Jaysus, bye", said Archie, "I'll be getting back to ya." Sure enough, Archie rang again the next day. "President Bush, the war is still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified Harrigan's ultra-light wit a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four byes from the Legion have joined us as well!" George was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell you Archie that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!" "Jeysus, Mary and Joseph," said Archie,"I'll have ta call youse back." Sure enough, Archie called again the next day. "President Bush! I am sorry to have to tell you dat we have had to call off dis 'ere war." "I'm sorry to hear that" said George. "Why the sudden change of heart?" "Well, sir," said Archie, "we've all sat ourselves down and had a long chat over a bunch of pints, and come to realize dat dere's no way we can feed two million prisoners." CANADIAN CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE SHAKEN!

Thanks for the Hubble link, Space. I don't think i can download a 2.5 Gb picture to my phone! BUt the link has lots of great stuff. Tighten your seatbelt, we're gonna crash!

Got it OT Agatha Christie. In 1922? Did you cheat?

No. Hint.... a writer. Try again.

Here's one for ya.....

Religion:- Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. Catholics drink on the front porch, baptists drink on the back porch. We believe life begins at conception,” says the panel’s Catholic priest. “We believe life begins at birth,” says the liberal Protestant. “We believe that life begins when the kids are out of the house and the dog dies,” says the rabbi.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. The whole aim of modern politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. And it makes it even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Not sure if I'm allowed to post flying memes here, but.... for all those doubting Thomas's....

Deleted. Sorry, for some mysterious reason it double posted.

What, Whisky? No, but I do turn it. ... BTW, remember - don't eat the yellow snow.