More signs of insanity...

seriously.

Reading the news is dangerous to your mental health. 

Politicians are still wrangling over the Confederate flag.

American Thinker:  Keep the Confederate Flag Flying

People who consider themselves adults think running in "mud races" is fun.  What the hell happened to chess and reading a good book? Or how about sitting around in pretty clothes having adult conversations with other adults while enjoying an adult beverage.

The Blaze: Texas Woman’s Horror Story of How Participating in a Mud Run Damaged Her Eyesight

You'll be happy to know that The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the West Village, has been named a city landmark.  And later today, Odumbo will have a reception for homosexuals in the White House to celebrate gay pride month - or something. I've had about enough of the 2% of the population that seems to garner 99% of the attention.

Weasel Zipper:  Obama’s America: Erase All History Of The Pre-Civil War South While A Gay Bar Becomes A National Historic Landmark In NYC…

Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse:

Corporations, individuals and the federal government continue to rack up debt at a rate that is far faster than the overall rate of economic growth.  We are literally drowning in red ink from sea to shining sea, and yet we just can’t help ourselves.  Consumer credit has doubled since the year 2000.  Student loan debt has doubled over the course of the past decade.  Business debt has doubled since 2006.  And of course the debt of the federal government has doubled since 2007.  Anyone that believes that this is “sustainable” in any way, shape or form is crazy.  We have accumulated the greatest mountain of debt that the world has ever seen, and yet despite all of the warnings we just continue to race forward into financial oblivion.  There is no possible way that this is going to end well. read the rest

And Greece is ready to implode.

But, hey - don't worry about all this silly stuff. 

Guess What?

A blogger who thinks teaching at a two-year community college (otherwise known as high school grades 13 and 14), makes him a member of the intelligentsia, and who thinks making juvenile comments about the size of a lady's breasts (hey, how about those hooters?), called my blog lame.  I think he also called me stupid, but I'm not sure since he doesn't express himself very well.

I'm honored.

More Insanity:

iOTWreport.com Demands That Anything Named After Senator Robert Byrd Be Changed

Moonbattery:  The Confederate Flag, Symbol of Rebels

Creative Minority Report:  So the Confederate Flag Should Come Down But Margaret Sanger Belongs on the $20 Bill?  


Posting will be light in the next few days as we prepare for a minor heat wave.  Today I ordered a portable air conditioner, and even paid an extra $49.00 for expedited shipping which made my thrifty little heart race.  It should arrive on Friday.  Considering our age, I think it will be a good purchase and well worth the $500.00 I just spent.

The Weather Report:

Saturday

Sunny and hot, with a high near 100.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 105.

Monday

Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 101.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100.

More sorting of the trees from the forest...

it's been a busy morning day of reading.

Now it's time to think, observe, and try and sort it all out.

While being distracted by a myriad of things happening, it might be a good idea to step back from the trees, take a look at the forest, and try to put things in a semblance of order.

The Insider has a rather alarming post up.  Is it true?  I don't know.  Is it plausible?  Most assuredly.  I try not to be one of those people who say, "It couldn't happen here" (whatever "it" happens to be.)  History as far back as is documented says otherwise.

First read:

DHS Insider: Obama’s cyber warriors & preparing for collapse

One thing that alarms me is the continued focus on Obama, when he is nothing but a sock puppet.  His handlers keep him in a constant state of busyness - flying here and there, essentially saying nothing to anyone that cares while they continue about their business. 

Next watch, via iOwnTheWorld - and we thank them, what amounts to a test in conformity regarding how easy it is to make someone deny what is clearly right.

For some reason the video won't embed anymore.

Go to iOwnTheWorld to watch:

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I know after watching that you'll say, "But I'd never do that."  Really?  Over the years when I've traveled to my home state of Minnesota, the conformity of the rabid liberal opinions have always puzzled me.  Most of these people have resided in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area their entire lives, and indeed, for many generations.  When you are completely surrounded by people who think a certain way, the temptation to buck the tide will probably be almost nonexistent.

Would I be a liberal if I had not escaped from Minnesota when I was 17 years old?  I'd like to think not, but the truth is "probably."

Yesterday I linked to an article from Alt-Market.  It's long, but if you didn't get to it yesterday, please put it on your reading list.

The Linchpin Lie: How Global Collapse Will Be Sold To The Masses 

While growing up my mom had a favorite saying (actually she had a ton of favorite sayings, but we don't have time for all of them.)  She used to say, "He who controls the money and car, controls the kid."  So, who controls our money?

Who Controls The Money? An Unelected, Unaccountable Central Bank Of The World Secretly Does

and

Do Wall Street Insiders Expect Something Really BIG To Happen Very Soon?


Take a moment and quietly take stock of everything going on. This is by no means a comprehensive list.  It consists only of a few things that have popped into my mind.

• Agenda 21.
• The possibility of drones filling the skies where you live.
• The constant and recent drumbeat of gun control.
• A country pushing 17 trillion dollars in debt with no let up in spending in the foreseeable future.
• A public school system designed to indoctrinate rather than teach.
• The almost complete breakdown of the American family.  Close to 50% babies born today are illegitimate and do not have a father in the home.
• Abortion used as birth control. 
• The "jamming" methods used by homosexuals to further their agenda (it's working quite well, by the way.) 
• Staggering unemployment numbers.
• Record number of people receiving food stamps and disability payouts. 
• The looming threat of Obamacare.
• The infiltration of the churches by Alinsky's "social justice" doctrine. 
• A "news" media unwilling to report the news honestly. 

Today at American Thinker, Ed Lasky does a good job of putting a happy face on the possibility of the GOP finding their way out of the forest.   I don't think the evidence is really in favor of his happier outcome.  Are we to ignore what the evidence is saying?  And what exactly are we to do about this state of affairs?

I really have no idea (my husband has interjected that he thinks I do have an idea - maybe so, but I think everyone should think this through for themselves without my puny input), therefore I would like to hear what you have to say after pondering the available evidence. 

More: 

  American Citizen Indefinite Detention NDAA (S.1867) 1031

Tell me again what Obama said about "math?"...

here's some real math for him.

$16,015,769,788,215.80... Trillion!!!...

national debt as of 4pm this afternoon.

Any questions?

I didn't think so.

Bill Whittle: The impending economic collapse is the real existential threat to this country...

and conservatives understand this!

This is why the seniors, at least those my age (66) and over, like Paul Ryan.  We attended school when math was still taught.  We can add and subtract and understand you can't spend what you don't have. 

Debt Perspective...

brought to us by Dave Blount of Moonbattery - and we thank him. 

He has a few graphics help illustrate what Obama and the Democrats are doing to our future with their relentless wasteful spending.

Debt Perspective