7-26-26, Sunday meme dump

 W: 316.6         BS: 130

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Give up your weed to stop drug violence.

                                        But, I don't do any drug violence!

Welcome to the gun control debate.

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7-25-26

W: 315.2            BS: 94

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 I remind myself.

It's okay to acknowledge the reality of people without understanding them. It's possible to see other peoples blind spots while not understanding them. It's reality that when people see help is needed, and they can help but don't, it's because they choose not to. It's reality that there is no point taking it personally when people are simply revealing who they are.

It doesn't have to make sense. It doesn't have to be understandable, and one cannot profitably spend a life trying to understand what is not understandable. One can simply choose to live with that reality, or one can change the reality by disengaging with the people involved. Those are the choices.

Violent crime

The cities of New York city, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Memphis, Detroit, Baltimore, Dallas, and San Antonio represent 8.2% of the US population.

They are the top 11 cities with the most violent crime in the USA, representing over 20% of such crime. 1/5th the violent crime in the whole nation takes place in just 11 cities.

A curious person might wonder the reasons for these numbers, and what the cities have in common that help them make this list.  It's not a simple thing, but there are some standout factors.

7-24-26

 W: 316.2        BS: 134

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I remind myself.

It's okay to acknowledge the reality of people without understanding them. It's possible to see other peoples blind spots while not understanding them. It's reality that when people see help is needed, and they can help but don't, it's because they choose not to. It's reality that there is no point taking it personally when people are simply revealing who they are.

It doesn't have to make sense. It doesn't have to be understandable, and one cannot profitably spend a life trying to understand what is not understandable. One can simply choose to live with that reality, or one can change the reality by disengaging with the people involved. Those are the choices.

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Alas New York, you were once a giant....

1977 New York blackout

New York city has set a new record.  For the first time in history the city had intentional rolling blackouts simply because there is not enough electricity to run the whole city.

New York state has lost 1.5 gigawatts of generation, mostly due to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act rammed through by the party running the state for the last 50 years.  This act banned new fossil fuel plants and dumped enough regulation on existing plants that they are slowly packing it up as a lost cause.

Nuckular?  Oh, how I laugh.  That starts with NO and goes downhill from there.  The state had five clean and safe nuclear generation plants.  One never even started due to unending lawfare.  Another, operating without flaw since the 1960's was recently shut down.  25% of NYC's lost electrical generation comes from just one shuttered nuclear plant.

NYC, and New York state, have no prospect ahead but a downwards spiral.  They can't even keep the lights on anymore.

Hey, youse gots one of dees in the kitchen drawer?

Do you have an egg slicer in the kitchen someplace?  That thing with the wires that slices an egg into perfect thin slices.  You have one?   Yeah, so that is a unitasker, isn't it?  Just slices eggs.

I don't like unitaskers.  Some widget that only does one thing.  Our kitchen is small, crowded, and too gadgetry laden already.

But, is that slicer really a unitasker?  Nay Nay I say!

Give it a shot with small to medium mushrooms, and be shocked at how easy it is to make perfectly sliced mushrooms in a heartbeat.  This thing took 90% of the knife work out of our mushroom toast breakfast.

7-23-26

 W: 314.4         BS: 114

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Mushrooms on toast with baked ricotta. I'll write up a recipe if I find a reason.  Meanwhile, this.

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"I refuse to answer your pertinent, direct, and reasonable questions because I am the DEI queen of the ABA.  I'll simply keep blathering the same bovine exhaust over and over because I am the DEI queen of the ABA".  Ad Nauseum.

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You know in that Sci Fi story where the super dangerous alien entity finds out it's deathly allergic to humans .5 seconds after biting one?  It's almost instantly reduced to a writhing pile of gnashing teeth and tearing hands, quickly ripping itself to pieces.  Yeah, that.

Hey Tribe!  Welcome to the jungle! 

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So, what's with all the Memes and Cartoons and stuff?

Ever since I was a lad I've had a thing for political cartoons.  The common artwork that adorned editorial pages as early as there were newspapers. They had a role, served a purpose, and revealed the thoughts of their time. Most were designed to sway opinion, and that is all the stuff up till the modern age.  Once our world became electronified, the lid came off and everyone could vent their thoughts and opinions.  It was no longer the realm of only chief editors, but truly a wide open field of expression.  Well, in some countries of course.  Those nations ruled by people who can't afford free expression may do tings differently.

As I waddle through my days, I come across examples of memes, cartoons, and such that strike me as humorous or well pointed.  I collect them (Steal) and re-publish the lot each day here on my blog.  Biased, I know, and temporary as well.  Perhaps one day I'll print a few hundred of them and assemble a home made book showing attitudes and opinions through the years.  Meanwhile, here are some more to enjoy.

7-22-26

 W:  317.6          BS: 144

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Fee Fi Fo Fum
I spy a dinner soon to come

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Nights in white satin,

Never reaching the end,

Letters I've written,

Never meaning to send.

Beauty I'd always missed

With these eyes before,

Just what the truth is

I can't say anymore.

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Meh.  They voted to suicide their own city.  Let it burn.

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What's worse than hate?

It's easy to blame Muslims, or radical Muslims, or fundamentalists of any type one wishes. Or any other label, group, or political divide our personal social group tells us it's okay to blame.

The reality is actually simpler, I believe. There have always been people for whom hate is their only reason to live.... or to die.

Such people often gravitate to positions or groups that empower their hate, giving themselves over to it completely. The Muslim religion is not the only one such people find a home in. Most major religions can boast of extreme violence done in their name. Hell, even Buddhism hasn't escaped the evil in the hearts of some people. It just happens that Muslim leadership around the world has created the latest and greatest place for evil to fester, hide, and grow.

Religion is not alone in this. Most every form of government known to man has found places for the darkest and most evil minds imaginable. Communism has slaughtered millions, using hatred to run blood by the river. Socialism has proven itself a premier home for the evilest among our species. Capitalism has not escaped either, having shielded and empowered many humans with dark souls. The green movement, drug culture, medicine, education.... all have nurtured their own forms of evil mindedness. White power, black power, brown power.... our lives matter and yours don't power..... every single group, culture, or belief system has at one time or another been a home for evil people.

You see, it's not the group... it's the people. The individuals who hate.... and hate.... and hate. Hate to the point where it becomes their existence. Hatred of other people with other ways, or just other people breathing air.

This hatred may seem the most evil and darkest part of humanity, but I suggest there is something worse. That would be those who seek power, who plan and plot, and who USE those filled with hatred to achieve their ends.

One can always.... always.... identify such creatures. They are the ones who tell us it's okay to hate. They are the ones who justify evil in the name of their cause. They are the people who apply labels, dehumanize, and fan the flames to fuel their own power.

THEY are the worst among us.

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