Swamp Angel

I swear I thought the Subject said "Dark Monkey" and I just KNEW a ban hammer was about to be applied. Apparently I'm getting senile and dyslexic in my old age.

I agree that if they get scammed they deserve it, but I also believe that the little Hadji deserves having the shite beat out of him by anyone who discovers he's the little bastard interrupting our day with his attempted scam call. I can't afford to not answer a call since it may be a general contractor calling to ask a question about my bid on a project, or possibly to award a project. But when I answer and hear that little [blip]... Hello, thees ees Kevin. I yam callingk you about yourrr Part A and Parts B of Medeecare...

No. I'm not going to get scammed. I just wish the most evil things that could possibly exist would happen to these people simply for interrupting my day.

We need to bomb the hell out of these call centers more than we need to bomb Iran.

It had gotten relentless and unbearable earlier this year. Most of it was "Our records show you are were in an accident within the past two years and have not been properly compensated," and "Our records show that you are not receiving all the benefits your are entitled to in Medicare Parts A and B..."

1) I have had no accidents in the last several years
2) I'm still a bit too young to be using Medicare or Medicaid
3) Absolutely NO ONE with a heavy pajeet accent like that is named Michael or Kevin. (I can't wait for the day when one calls and says his name is Braxton.)

I finally gave in and tried "Cloaked" in an effort to try to alleviate the constant distraction. It was around a hundred bucks for a year's worth of monitoring various databases and removing my contact information from them. Yeah, I had an extra hundred that I figured I'd gamble on it, so I tried it.

I still get three or four calls from the little Hindu (or Muzzie) bastards during a day, but it's no where near the thirty or so that had been blowing up my phone daily.

I'm not pitching Cloaked by any means. I believe there are probably a few more lesser known data-wiping services out there as well (and they might be better at it). Obviously they don't stop ALL the incoming bullshite, but it does seem to have significantly lessened the frequency and constant hammering by these flea-infested, goat humpers.

Oh yeah, one more...

"I am calling to ask you if you are interested in selling your property at 362 Summit Ridge Drive, in ....."

Yeah. I sold that place more than two years ago to get away from Atlanta. That tells you how old these data bases are that these H1B-types are using to build their scams.

If only there were a way to reach through a phone and strangle someone...

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Siegfried "Congo" Mueller, Wehrmacht officer turned African mercenary

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Wonder if he knew Roland the headless Thompson gunner?

His continual overreach in proposing new city ordinances, creating public groceries, etc. demonstrates that he is not executing the duties of his office in good faith and thus ought to be removed from office and a successor named in hasty fashion. He needs a harsh reminder that being mayor does not grant him dictatorial powers in any way, shape, or form.

Short of that, the residents of NYC wouldn't be blamed if they suddenly performed a good, old-fashioned, literal tarring and feathering.

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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I would feel pretty safe saying that "and effects" covers electronic communications. Hopefully the courts will see it that way as well, but one never knows these days.

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Werner und Ike

Heil Military Industrial Complex!

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If I recall correctly, Eisenhower warned us (congress) to keep a close eye on the MIC to keep it from becoming as bloated as it has become. He had an idea of how military budgets worked from his leadership in WWII and he was already seeing during his presidency that the MIC was getting greedy fast.

Sadly, we failed to listen to Washington about staying out of the affairs of Europe, and Eisenhower about keeping the MIC under control.

Anyway - That's a good pic, soccerfüt.

I was last there in 2009 and 2014 during the Obama years. It had been turned from a wonderful museum into a temple for Obama worship. I haven't seen it in a dozen years now, but I had hoped that it would have reverted back to a respectable institution once the great god and worshipful master, Obama, had left office. Apparently it hasn't.

Went to see Christopher Cross, Men and Work, and Toto last year in Atlanta. It was so weird to see all the old folks there instead of the young teenagers that used to go se them in the 1980s. Then I realized that I was one of the old people too.

The other day, one of my co-worker's twin boys were at the office so I gave them both a couple treats to take home to their new dog that afternoon. When Jim went in to get them to take them home they showed him the treats I had given them for "Murphy". He asked them where they got the treats and they said, "The old man who is always here gave them to us for Murphy."

"The old man..." What the hell, kids???

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.Gotta wear your toughskins on swing day

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Without a doubt! And yes, Dad put the trapeze bar on it for us too. I think it disappeared from our yard sometime during my first year of college while I was away. That swing set provided many years of enjoyment for three kids.

Do moving pictures (movies) count as pics from days gone by? I found some old 16mm home movies reels in the attic recently. This one is the LSU campus and the state capitol bldg from 1947. (Mike I makes a brief appearance around the 1:30 mark.)

Sorry for the quality, but after 79 years movie reels tend to get a wee bit brittle.

eta: The fellow wearing the sport coat at 0:32 is Murray Hawkins, the cornerstone of LSU Petroleum Engineering.