Why yes, San Antonio is run by Democrats

and so is Bexar County.
Which is why along with a light rail system (that's unfunded and unpopular) we just got a pre-pre-K city run school which just got voted a .25% sales tax (against popular notions also).

Now, the brain trust that keeps getting voted back into office has decided to create a BOOKLESS Library.
And no-one has mentioned a problem with spending money on funding something that you have to actually travel to....to do what you're doing on line right now--reading off a computer in the comfort of your own home, office or smart device.

Oh, and nowhere I could find tells how it's financed...

So, it wasn't "The Little People"?

That made the door in that San Fran Elm tree.

It was actual boat people, and they came forward to take credit.
Knowing the eco-nuts in San Fransisco, I'd bet they'll be up on charges of some kind soon.

Not that I'm surprised that it was people that did it, what made me post about this is the authors complete lack of ...umm.... giving regular people credit for something I hope any of my readers could do in about 5 minutes with a jig-saw or band saw--

Tony is a skilled craftsman with the chops necessary to shape and carve wood, the blog reported.

F'ing seriously?
How hard does Chris Roberts think hacking a chunk of waste wood into a vaguely lopsided triangle is?   

Thursday rule-5 Why did they think that?

Goes to Jamie Lee Curtis, and why they'd ever think she was a hermaphrodite?
Seriously guys?

Fourteen people?

And we don't hear anything from the president who says we need to impose reasonable restrictions on law abiding citizens for guns.

I think we need to have a dialogue about the reasonable restrictions on military style assault knives!

0bamas war on women

Because the only choices Liberals want women to have is choosing abortion.

I just got done shopping at Wally-world

The most expensive thing I got was a $19 co-pay for BP meds.
I walked out with four bags and spent almost $100.

Thanks Barry- I f&cking appreciate the way you're taking care of business.



When you're not taking some hugely expensive vacation somewhere expensive on my Dime.

Oh, and I'm not shopping for a family of four anymore, just me and the wife...

@sshole

Our favorite Female protesters are in the news again

Something about Sharia, - don't understand Ukrainian.

Looks cold over there....and they even have muffin-tops!

Just work stuff

Firstly.
Do I work for a great company or what?
They knew my birthday was coming up, so they bought me a ...TOY!

Yep, that's about half the size and 2/3 of the tires I'm used to using.

When you have three people that are either Journeymen, foremen or ex-foremen- the super is pleasantly surprised when everyone working on electric switchgear has their own tools for the job. He was kind hurt that we didn't want to use the company tools....

Thursday Rule-5 Word search

I keep getting hits looking for Billie Piper, so I try to please:

And one that's a photoshop...

True Dat!

What a horrendously ugly personality....

It's almost sacrilege to include her and teens sexual inquiries in the same picture......... :-p

The more there is, the less it's worth

And we see that in the ever increasing demand for degrees in what used to be HS diploma jobs.
The more Big Education pushes college degrees, the more watered down degrees are out there for people who can't do HS Senior work, so now to make a demand for those worthless degrees- even McDonalds is starting to require bachelors degrees for being a farging cashier.

TEOTWAWKI and pets

I've been looking at different sites for ideas if or when this whole thing goes pear shaped.

I see a lot of different scenarios, but most gloss over the whole *what do you do with your pet* thing.
We have two cats and two dogs. One dog tries to be a dog, but the other is just a fur footrest.

I could see living with them if we had enough food and water and we stayed in one place, but the dilemma is when we might have to move on foot. One cat is savvy enough that she'd be able to keep up and out of trouble- the other one is a house Tribble.
I'd be tempted to throw down a steak for the dogs and end it for them while they're doing their favorite thing.

On the other hand, should we force them to get lost (maybe) and live through the starving times in the hope that something better will come along? I don't think any of them except the cat could catch their own food, or stay out of trouble if walking free.

Any ideas, or just something for you to think about later....

Happy Easter

From your friends at g00gle:

Some people consider him G-ds other son, but most call him Ceasar Chaves. Because the Chicago Jeezus named this C.C. Day- because there was nothing else worth celebrating today.


And the alternative:

Al Bore not impressed

Gaea devistated-

But my little yeasties are happily making CO2:

*note* I put the videos after the break to load a little faster....

A blast from the past

Guess who?

hello friends,
Last year I made the decision to trust my life on the street to Second Chance body armor. I got the level IIa because it stops the most rounds. plus I got the Trauma Plate for the front.
What scares me is that, although I can fit an extra trauma plate in the front, I cannot fit a second one in back. As of late I have taken to duct-taping a second trauma plate to the area of my back where the heart and vital organs are located. Then I put my vest on.
Here is the questions. The duct tape solution, although tactically sound, is hot and painful to remove. I would like to go to the single-plate solution in back. What I am worried about is repeated hits to that area with .308 ammunition. I have a high-risk security job and I fear that I would be the target for repeated long-distance shots to my back.


UPDATE-
10:48pm

GuardDuck Knocks it out of the park.

Here is the link to the entire thread:
Mall Ninjas

Thursday rule-5 Body language

Lets start with some not so subtle hints:

Happy yeasties

I made two packs of champagne yeasts very happy tonite.

I'm experimenting again.
1 gal. apple cider
1 gal. apple jiuce

Each one got
 1c. dark brown sugar
1/2 c Lite brown sugar (Because I had two partial bags)
1 Pk wine yeast.

AND three pics that I forgot to set the auto-focus ...

You'll notice you get slightly more cider (which is probably made up for the pieces in it)

Happy yeasties waking up and ready to make more happy little yeasties :-)

Take care of yourselves for the next two weeks...

In not news today

We have the admission of CNN that they quit even trying to be a news organization with their newest show- the "Kathy and Anderson Show".

Plus, someone needs to tell Lurch that it's bad for his brain to be putting too much stress on a body that has so many Purple Heart awards.

But, then again- he does seem to know more about a European game than an American one...

The Governor's a real bad-ass isn't he?

Kicking ass on zombies that would take down a normal person and kicking ass on un-dammaged people.
Must have been a real pillar of something before the Zombieclypse.

I kinda feel bad for Daryl, having to finish off Merle and all... but the world's a better place
without him.

And--WTF is with the History channel and that stupid "Vikings" BS? Seriously? A crappy, badly written soap that I couldn't stand to watch more that ten minutes of???
I hope they didn't pay too much for the writers, costumers (plywood shields??) or actors for this thing.

I guess the new meme

going around my blogosphere is the boot meme;

My newest boots with my last ones-

Really Joe-

Let someone else do the thinking...

Got nuthing

Oh- wait! Boobies!
It is Thursday....

1000 words

The difference between us and them:

For all of you in the Great White North

Who are enjoying AlBores Global Warming right now-

Yesterday at 1:30:

Don't be H8tin.....

For any of you with Netflix

and those that remember the old BBC of the `80s (or 170s maybe).
Who remember watching the TeeWee adaptation of "All creatures great and Small"

Helen was kinda hot- in an entirely natural way....

Link updated from a different posting.........

For my readers

For GreyLock:
San Antonio Home Brew Supply doesn't have a website that I could find.
Here is a citysearch for them, their hours are 11:00AM- 7:00PM close Sun. and Mon.

And for Bob S.
Future housing for the Warriors of the Air:

Sorry it's not the best, but taken from Military Hwy heading home.

A tale of a texas schoolhouse

Back in 1937 there was a schoolhouse in New London, Tx which was responsible for the odor you associate with natural gas today.

On this day in 1937, a massive explosion caused the steel-framed school building in New London, in Rusk County, to collapse, killing a reported 298 people. It was the worst school disaster in United States history. Of the 500 students in the building, only about 130 escaped serious injury. The explosion, which was heard four miles away, occurred when a manual-arts teacher turned on a sanding machine and inadvertently ignited a mixture of gas and air. Three days after the explosion, inquiries were held to determine the cause of the disaster. Investigators learned that in January 1937, to save gas expenses of $300 a month, the school board and superintendent had authorized plumbers to tap a residue gas line of H. L. Hunt's Parade Gasoline Company.

After investigating, the TX Railroad Commission ordered that, because natural gas is almost unidentifiable by people without gas detectors, there be added to all domestic and utility gas an odorizer  so anyone would know when the had a gas leak.

This orodizer comes in two types, B.P. Captain and Mercaptan. Both have the sulphery smell that we now associate with gas.

A lot of people are talking about Cyprus

And the EU demand that savings be stolen to fund their bailout.

They're wondering if it will happen here, and when.
It HAS already happened here, you probably don't remember the UAW GM bailout that stole some 90% of  stockholders property and gave it to the UAW for their payoff in getting 0bama elected- do you?

The price of convenience

Yesterday, instead of searching for a set of contacts for the A/C, I got one from a tech- off his truck.
That part online was about $28 (+shipping) but they wanted $50.

I ended up going into San Antonio anyway and bought Karens birthday meal and we headed over to get brewing supplies for the next experiment in potent potables.

PLUS I filled up both trucks and still have to do the weeks shopping...........

Spring Break!

So, are the 0bama girls going to be reported on this time?

And are they going to have to give something up for the Sequester?
Just wondering because we know Barry isn't giving sh1t up to help anyone.