Mall Security

 I think this picture shows everything we need to do to stop the looney tunes from messing with the Reflecting Pool:

 

(Well, yeah, ok, arm them.)                                                                                     Pic by Grok

Happy Doggo Day

(Niall Harbison is saving the world, one doggo at a time.  Please go read his story, and help if you can!)

Today Is Our Most Important Day Of The Year

Saving millions of dogs

Niall Harbison

Jun 17, 2026

Just over 4 years ago I wrote about starting a mission to help street dogs. I had about 1000 followers online at the time and had just started feeding dogs dry kibble from my moped.

I didn’t have a clue what I was doing but I as soon as I saw their pain I knew I had to help the suffering of these poor voiceless creatures.

The mission quickly evolved into “halving the number of street dogs suffering globally during my lifetime” and regular readers have seen the progress we’ve been making.

I wanted to explain how today is a day where we hope to take another huge step forward on this mission. But we need your help…

(More here... )

Help by Contributing, If You Can....

 Donate HERE!

 

https://gofund.me/6e96d67fa

One more revolution...

 ...around the sun.

76 of them to date.

Wow! 

Meet Betsy

 I've watched the introduction of Great Britain's Amelia, and her fight for sanity over there.  She has spawned similar characters, one in Holland ('Emma') and one in Germany ('Maria').  All three seem to be nationalist, against radicalization and illegal immigration.

I thought we (the USA) needed our own, so I spent a couple of minutes with Grok to come up with a candidate. Who I got is 'Betsy'.

Betsy is actually modeled on Amelia Erhart, since I asked for an American 'Amelia'.  I decided on Betsy because she is perhaps the most well-known woman from our Revolution.

I'm neither a cartoonist nor an editorial writer, so I just want to put her out there for you perusal, delight and use. I hope the idea resonates with you; and if it does, use the idea to make some meaningful art.

Anyway, meet Betsy:

 

 

 

Daily Comics Change

 I've been debating pulling Sinfest from the comics listings for a while now, and, sadly, today is the day.

I have been reading it for years, since the old line art days. But, no more. Much to my disappointment, it has been becoming more and more antisemitic. At first, I thought it was a new tear for Tatsuya, as he has been a fairly equal-opportunity satirist. I've been giving him the benefit of the doubt for a long time. I kept wondering when he would move on to another target. 

He hasn't. In the last week or so, he has gotten blatant.

And I can't, in good conscience, support him. 

I'm all for freedom of speech, and I don't have to support speech the I think is harmful. I believe that the Jews are under more than enough threat from the left without me providing another voice any kind of platform or support.

Happy Birthday...

..Martha!  (Re-posted)

 

Hello, world!

 New look, fixed the links, moved the dead links to MIA.

More soon!

Eggnog, Irish Whiskey, and Irish Coffee

BUMPED for this year yet again. (Ditto for 2023.)

I'm once again posting the egg nog recipe, with a side note that started as a tweet to some friends:

Instead of brandy or burbon, this year I am using Tullamore Dew. It is far and away The Best Irish Whiskey, unlike that cursed sinn feiner (spit) Jameson's. It also makes the Best Irish Coffee evar.

OK, this is turning into a post. I'll pass it on.

You have the egg nog recipe. Irish coffee below the fold.

Ike's egg nog:

This sucks...

UPDATE: Gerard passed early yesterday morning (1/27). Neo tells us what's next.

 

 

Gerard is in hospice.

 

Steve Crowder

Sondrak has moved....

 ...that is all.

A Quick Thanks...

...to those who found their way here via Gerard to wish me well. I get so few comments that I rarely check them, and just happened to do so the other day.

Getting better after the relatively minor setback. (Below)

Just takes time.

Getting Better All The Time

Spent half of last month in the hospital because of yet another bladder infection. IV fluids and antibiotics did the trick. Back to home PT for a while, Best news is no catheter, which greatly reduces the risk of bladder infection.

Which I'm all for. Two is enough.

(In other news, I decided the site needed a change, so a new look.)

I Am A Neurological Mess...

...according to one medical professional familiar with what I've been through in the last three months.

The short version is thus:

• Total knee replacement
• Go home
• Start falling down
• Fall down hard enough to squish the dressing hard enough to make Hitchcockian spatter
• Get re-admitted
• Surgery to repair the open wound (looked like a watermelon with a big wedge cut out of it - I have pictures!)
• Go to the nursing home I think fondly of as Bedlam
• Develop a UTI and sepsis - hold at a LaGrange point for about 5 days (no memory except 3 little snippets) until getting back to low-Earth orbit, then touching down five days later.
• Lost 25 pounds
• After a month at Bedlam, off to the surgery center to release pressure on my cervical spinal cord.
• Weakness, numbness, and lack of range of motion, endurance, strength, and sense of touch slowly returning with physical and occupational therapy. 
• Lots and lots of physical and occupational therapy. 

Three surgeries in two months. 

Neurosurgeon says 18 months of healing. And I may not get everything back, but we stopped the continuing damage.

It wasa scary to wake up every morning, wondering what I won't be able to do today.  Now, it's kinda fun to wake up and find out what I can do today.

Friends remark that I seem  to be in good spirits in the middle of all this. I try not to worry about the things I can't do.

I also think about the man I saw in therapy, who was re-learning to correctly say the names of a fork and a spoon.

I got no problems.

Just For Fun...

...found at American Digest.

...and another one

A Little Light Reading

 

The really interesting part (to me) is the data from Israel. Starts at the bottom of the third page.

Go, RTWT!

Listen To The Man

Go and listen:  

If you happen to try to get there from Twitter, you will see this first:

Click thru and listen.

Ivermectin for the Win!!

 A new study finds a very high degree of effectiveness using Ivermectin to treat Covid-19.

Article is here.

OTC Covid Killer

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl), and a protein in milk. Link to article below.

Two Common Over-the-Counter Compounds Reduce COVID-19 Virus Replication by 99% in Early Testing