The squash plant that ate Pequea

 

In the foreground are two healthy zucchini squash plants.  In the background are tomatoes and peppers and beans and cucumbers.

Everything else there is Butternut squash.  I planted just TWO SEEDS in a mound of mushroom soil and wood chips.  Now they are headed into the driveway and across the road. I'm 'trimming' the squash plant with a riding mower, and little touch of fear.  I mean... what if it reaches up and grabs me?

Let the ignorance shine!

 

This is completely out of touch with reality.  Only an ignorant fool* would try to make this happen.

10%?  Most grocery stores operate with a profit margin under 3%.  The only way New York grocery stores could survive this would be an across the board price increase of at least 10%.

*GROK:

Yes. New York Assembly Bill A11501, introduced on May 28, 2026, by Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas (D-Brooklyn), would require food retail establishments (supermarkets, grocery stores, or other food retailers) that offer self-service checkout to reduce the price of any goods purchased through a self-checkout kiosk by 10%.

The bill amends the General Business Law and defines a self-service checkout as an automated process allowing a customer to scan, bag, and pay without human assistance. It applies to goods bought via those kiosks at qualifying food retailers (which can include stores like Target or Walmart that sell food). It was referred to the Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee but did not advance before the legislative session ended; it would need reintroduction and passage in a future session to become law.

Lucas’s stated rationale is that self-checkout shifts traditional employee work (scanning, bagging, payment) onto customers, generating savings for retailers that should be shared with shoppers for fairness. Coverage from outlets including the New York Post, Forbes, and others confirms the details of the proposal. It is not a statewide mandate on every retailer or every item outside the defined food retail context, and it has not been enacted.

Ayup.

7-31-26

 W: 314.4   313.0        BS: 104

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I slept good, and so did Herself for a change. I woke refreshed, but here a couple hours later the energy tank is bouncing on empty.  Not sure why, besides the heart thing. I need to examine what factors I can and be proactive about this.

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I was fixing to send someone a slew of passages from the Fauci confessions, pursuant to a discussion we were having.  Then, I adulted at myself and realized she can look it up herself if she is interested, and there is no profit in me being pedantic.

Sometimes it's difficult to understand not everyone is interested in what I'm interested in.  I mean, they should be of course, but they aren't.  Inexplicable, but real.

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The California high speed rail line was authorized in 2008. After 18 years and 16 billion dollars spent, the rail line is now two decades behind schedule, zero rail has been laid, and the costs are now estimated to be 230 billion dollars.

Meanwhile the original company planning the California HSR, who dropped the project saying California politics are too dysfunctional to even flush a toilet, went to Morocco to build their 2nd high speed rail system. In only 8 years it's first section is in operation, and they only spent 10 billion dollars.

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Ceuta, a tina separate bit of Spain for about 600 years, has been overrun by tens of thousands (60k) military age men flooding in from Morocco over the last few days.  This is why belt fed weapons were invented.  Spain's total lacks of balls is why Ceuta no longer belongs to them.  

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Fauci 'Took the 5th' more than 100 times before a congressional committee. A great many people think he can't do that since he has a blanket presidential pardon. Can't be prosecuted, can't take the 5th, right? I was one of the people who thought this.

Florida just opened an investigation into Fauci's actions regarding Covid to determine if state law was broken. They are the first of 17 states that expressed an interest in doing this.

A federal pardon apparently does not work for crimes at the state level.

I now think the little man had every interest in taking the 5th since he is very much under the treat of prosecution. Having his personal diary (which he kept on government owned computers!!) released has already put him in a very, very bad situation. Why should he keep digging a hole that's already way over his head?

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7-30-26

 W: 316.0        BS: 140

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The woman, she eats well. Sliced vine ripened Tie-Dye tomato with a drizzle of balsamic glaze and garnished with fresh picked Genovese basil. Fresh picked cucumbers, sliced thin lengthwise, and rolled with a bit of salami.

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7-29-26

 W: 316.6            BS: NA

5 hours good sleep, then awake at 2am.  Not optimal, but better than it used to be.

Much storming yesterday.  No apparent damage here found so far. Garden is nice and moist, but also a bit beat up.  I think it will come back just fine.

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This mornings loaf is made with 25% whole wheat flour. Looking for a bit more texture and flavor.

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First slicer of the season.

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7-28-26

 W: 316.2            BS: 94

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I've never looked forward to tomatoes so much

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Let's see.  This bit hurts.  That bit down there hurts. The headache is right there. Breathing is tight.   Yup yup... Cap'n, the glass is falling.  I think we are in for a bit of a blow, and not the good kind.

First cell is past us.  Waiting on the big storm line.

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7-27-26

 W: 315.4        BS: 74

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PA Game Commission has been pulled back by a unanimous state supreme court.  No more totally fabricated 'Open Fields' doctrine for the the gamies.  The court decided both the federal and state constitutions mean exactly what they say.  Now officers will need a warrant or permission before they operate on posted private land.  No more 'Bow before the KING'.

In it's life the Pa GC has done some damned good work.  They have also maliciously fucked over too many citizens.  Depends on the agent, and I have met both kinds.

This court decision, especially as it's unanimous, will go a long way I think.

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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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