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Larry-Lambert

 

At Carter’s Exit Party

(Spectator) (excerpt) Why isn’t there distance between Bush, the Clintons, and the Obamas? Ostensibly, they hold opposing political views. But there’s the rub. They don’t. Worldview, philosophy, and political actions are more alike than different. Who they unite to oppose is you, the American voter. In that, they’re united. They bow down to the same special interests. They ultimately have similar priorities. They’re possessed of the same arrogance.

Donald Trump’s politics repudiates all of them. Trump also knows all the ways each of these couples tried to destroy him, and they all wanted to destroy him. Hillary Clinton created her made-up Russian dossier and, used the CIA FBI, and even laundered intelligence through MI6. Bush had his Cheney and the sham J6 committee. Kamala met with state-level prosecutors to bring suits against Trump. Obama’s Department of Justice and third-term administration, in the name of Biden, hounding Trump, including the Mar-a-Lago raid, spying on the Trump campaign in Trump Tower, and on and on. Then there’s Mike Pence’s destruction from within.

The people against Trump, viewing themselves as the saviors of democracy, destroyed trust in nearly every government institution. They brought America and the world to the edge of collapse with cultural Marxism and warmongering insanity. They’ve been participants in the destruction of the American economy and life in the West. And they had the temerity to be angry at Trump and are so shameless they can’t even conceal it.

 

NASCAR Begins

 

Bullet Points:

** No one invites me to karaoke. Maybe it’s because I can’t sing.

** Catching a ball…international methods are explored.

** Incredibly, the Los Angeles County Fire Department shipped “surplus” equipment to Ukraine in 2022. It is now caught without the capacity to respond to the fires destroying the city.

** Science questions.

** Ex-Royal Couple – Prince Harry and Meghan’s $15 million Montecito mansion (far from the fires) could face power cuts due to the firestorm destroying much of Los Angeles. They put out an urgent plea not to cut their power.

** Elon Musk says he will donate free Starlink terminals to Los Angeles as the city fights devastating wildfires.

** Making Tacos with DRJIM.

** Los Angeles could not find funds to maintain essential fire services. It did find the cash to create an entirely new Equity and Human Resources Bureau in the Fire Department. The mission of that office is to root out the male “racists” and “sexists” who have been oppressing everyone at the department all these years and to double the number of female firefighters. Four pages of the Fire Department’s 2023-26 strategic plan are devoted to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The city also found funds to dedicate to housing the homeless, most of whom are illegal aliens. Los Angeles spent $1.3 billion on housing the homeless in its last budget.

 

 

Buying Love and Support

(link) Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican critical of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism, draws significant financial support from pharmaceutical industry executives, The National Pulse can reveal. Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Cassidy called RFK’s position on vaccinations “wrong.”

Federal disclosures reveal an influx of campaign donations began on February 10th, 2023, shortly after Cassidy’s appointment as the ranking member of the Senate Health Committee.

Notable contributions from the period included $5,800 from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, $5,000 from Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks, $2,900 from Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Giovanni Caforio, and $2,500 from Biogen CEO Christopher Viehbacher, all of whom are members of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) board.

Further support came from various pharmaceutical companies’ political action committees, with contributions like $2,500 from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), $1,000 from Boehringer Ingelheim, $1,000 from Novartis, $2,500 from Takeda, $2,500 from Alnylam, $1,000 from Bristol Myers Squibb, $5,000 from Astellas, $2,900 from Eisai, and $1,000 from Gilead. Individual contributions were also made, including $5,800 from Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day, $1,500 from PhRMA COO Lori Reilly, and $1,000 from PhRMA Senior Vice President for Federal Advocacy Anne Esposito.

More comprehensive information logged by OpenSecrets shows that the health professionals and pharmaceuticals/health products industries are among Cassidy’s top backers. The former gave him $1,163,554 from 2015 to 2024, while the latter gave him $667,137.

 

Flags

 

The New Costco?

Construction on a residential apartment complex in Los Angeles that will sit atop a Costco will begin this year. This is the retail giant’s first such development. Amenities will include a rooftop pool, a fitness center, and convenient access to the country’s best inflation-proof hot dog combo.  It would make shopping at Costco a lot simpler. Then there’s this.

 

The Aardvark Graveyard

 

In Romania

(Spectator) The pernicious political crisis was ignited in Romania by the Biden administration in early December when Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted “large-scale and well-funded” Russian interference was to blame for the unexpected victory of a distinctly Trump-like presidential candidate, Călin Georgescu, in the first round of Romania’s presidential election. (READ MORE: Romania’s Trump Explained: Rejecting ‘Forever Wars’ and Woke Politics)

In a bewildering act of slavish fealty, Bucharest promptly canceled the election’s final round, scheduled for Dec. 8, already underway in polling stations worldwide — despite assurance from the national authority overseeing cybersecurity that the election’s first round was clean.

It was an unprecedented and patently undemocratic move, affirmed by an unpopular incumbent, President Klaus Iohannis, who supported the decision with “declassified” documents alleging manipulation by a “state actor” via TikTok. (Iohannis has held office since 2014. The Romanian constitution says his mandate can only be extended beyond two five-year terms, by law, in cases of war or disaster.)

As no evidence of Russian meddling emerged, Iohannis warned reporters in Brussels that it was elusive: “Don’t imagine these attacks are signed ‘With love, from the East.’ No, they are very hard to document.”

Russia–Russia!

By Dec. 20, with zero evidence of Russian interference, officials from the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, charged with investigating possible electoral fraud, began leaking what they did find: proof that the primary entity paying hundreds of thousands of euros to about 100 TikTok influencers to promote Georgescu’s platform was … the National Liberal Party (PNL), the sitting president’s political party. Romania’s version of Snoop even unveiled the social marketing firm that wrote scripts for the influencers — nothing odd for these channels or the business of campaigns.

The scheme was supposedly hatched to draw conservative voters to Georgescu away from another sovereigntist and better-funded conservative candidate, George Simion, to facilitate the PNL candidate’s entry into the second round. Simion, who heads the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) and opposes a coup d’état, explains the tactic in English (18:20-20:45) to X mega host Mario Nawfal.

Close observers of social media trends had already noted in November that influencers usually promoting makeovers or cars were advancing more political messaging. The hashtag that benefited Georgescu was #echilibrusiverticalitate, which means balance and verticality (standing tall)—hardly an incendiary phrase.

Yet, the U.S. ambassador to Romania continued to advance the Russian interference narrative even after news circulated of the PNL TikTok tactics.

Asked by a TV reporter, “How do you see this complicated moment for Romania? What are your thoughts on the Romanian election?” Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec ineloquently responded (following the transcript strictly), “Uh, yeah, well we, uh, of course, uh, along with everyone else, uh, we were concerned, uh, by the information that came out by the efforts of, uh, Russia, uh, to have a malign influence on the election and to affect the outcome and of course, um, no one should interfere with uh Romanian elections. Uh, uh, Romanian democracy should be protected. Uh, we have come out in support of all the efforts to get to the bottom of what happened.” (READ MORE: Biden’s Last Gasp Subverted Romania’s Democracy) (more at the referenced article)

 

Identify the Aircraft

1

It could be a tricky ID – Technical Air Intelligence Unit – SWPA S17 markings

 

2

 

3

 

Name the Feature Film

A

 

B

 

C

This may be a bit more difficult – think Chicago PD

 

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65 thoughts on “Rain falls on us All”

  1. C looks like RoboCop.
    As for fire engines – out of state engines sent to help out are currently undergoing mandatory vehicle inspections. If they don’t pass they will have to return home.

      1. Proving the mental degenerate rot runs deep into the “leadership” cortex out there, no way to reconcile that…well, that’s legal.

        1. The air tankers are now scooping from the ocean and it’s only a matter of time before corrosive salt water will take its toll on that equipment.

          1. Another story out there – a news reporter’s drone collided with one of those air tankers. The tanker landed safely, but is now being inspected for damage instead of dumping water on the fire. Sounds like they know who the drone operator is – hope he gets roasted in court.

          2. It put a 12″ hole in he fuselage of the air tanker. It will be down for three days for repair and inspection before it flies again.

    2. Follow-up: another site is saying the inspection story is just an online rumor, so we shall see. It is VERY believable, though :)

  2. The Aardvark graveyard- thats some boneyard i think i spot a few dozen A-10 Warthogs lined up behind the Aardvarks. Shame.

    2. Where are all the long extension cords that kept the Aardvarks flying? AMARG had to store them somewhere.

  3. Paraphrasing Tacitus: To plunder, butcher, steal, these things they misname DEI: they make a desolation and they call it L.A.

  4. Identify the Aircraft:
    1. Nakajima Ki-84 Frank
    2. Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton
    3. Douglas A2D Skyshark
    Name the Feature Film:
    A. Event Horizon
    B. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    C. RoboCop (1987)

    2. About 50 years ago, Plane of Fame and Cars of Stars had a Skyshark in their equipment yard. I haven’t seen it listed in their inventory in recent years and haven’t seen any news of anyone claiming to have it. That is a big plane.

  5. IDA:
    1. Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate
    2. Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton
    3. Douglas A2D Skyshark
    NTFF:
    A. Event Horizon
    B. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    C. Robocop (1987)

    1. Carter Memorial- ADJT (about ready to lose the ‘A’) was incredibly magnanimous as The Magical Mr O sidled up to him to see if any of the actual magic would rub off his waning red matter star that has lost its luster. Trump was yucking it up…a true leader who knows what’s what, and the rest in attendance in along the front row know it. Melania who clearly did not want to be there because of what was done, and almost done, to her husband, was gracious as We The People expect from our First Lady, showing up the other hags. Yet even today we have that evil scumbag Merchan desperate to make Trump a felon…never before in history, proving Shakespeare was right about loy-yerz. May God strike that black robed arrogant SOB down before court. (Yeah, I said it.)
      ***
      The Hollywood elite, who determined by their status they were untouchable, are now emerging from their Liberal stupor (not all are Leftists, some like James Woods are Conservatives) and going after those in charge who eff up everything they touch in the name of feel-good foolishness, that has now turned deadly. The Mayor, The Kristen Squad, and Hairgel did this, no one else. This did not have to happen. But hey, we have pretty hydrants…as art commissioned by the local highly impotent (sp. on purpose) Art Commission. Woods’ comments we heard about his 8 yo niece bringing out her piggy bank…heartbreaking.
      ***
      DrJim is onto something…if you need 6 tacos (my limit) just grab a 6-pack, even if the tacos are lousy, you won’t care.

      1. Huh…unsure why that posted there…couldn’t be operator error (2025 resolution is to blame others for everything…helps keep the personal stress down.)

        1. APDJT has already prescribed a plan…and it would work in spades. But what have we gotten from “the others”? Pandering and “it’s not our fault”, passing the buck around the obfuscation cul-de-sac while trying to find some department head schlub to take the fall for their massive ineptitude and downright epic failures as leaders.

      3. >ADJT (about ready to lose the ‘A’)
        Rex quondam, Rexque futurus.
        Ave, Imperator! Ave Donaldus Maximus.

        1. Typo on that one, I missed the ‘P’…but, absolutely! That has a nice Presidential Seal ring to it, let alone the SISU visual.

  6. Surly correct me if I’m wrong…
    1. Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate The name ‘Hayate’ means a gale, and it was named after receiving the most votes from the Japanese people in a corner where a Japanese newspaper at the time submitted a name for a new fighter jet ahead of development . The official name is ‘Army Type 4 Fighter Hayate’, and the Allied code name is Frank. It is a fighter plane with the highest performance among the fighter planes produced by the Japanese military during the Pacific War.

      2. It gives me no pleasure in knowing that I’ve bested you in the Jap fighter category Surly. What motivates me to be in this category of fighter is knowing how hard my grandfather fought as a gunner identifying and bringing them down time and time again in the south pacific during WWII.

  8. Had a fast moving grass fire start in northern Oklahoma from a welders torch, spread quickly into the gypsum hills west of medicine lodge. The state fire “officials” at that time, stopped the Oklahoma crews at the state line because of arrogance. After getting their collective butts kicked for several days, they actually listened to the guys on the line, and were much more welcoming on the next one a year later!

    No Santa Ana winds here. The proper term is Tuesday, or any other day which ends in Y!

    1. Last August watched a fire up in Wyoming, from 1am on…blew up quick as winds picked up. Other larger fires left to burn in the Wind Rivers kept crews busy. Lower hillside of this fire is ringed by aspens…green line usually wide enough as a natural containment. Finally the USFS teams arrived (great folks of course) and were on it by 4am. Later in the morning two helo’s with dip tanks came and were very effective drawing water from a nearby ranch and dropping them every 5 minutes onto spot crown fires. Worked well. An hour later the slurry tanker arrives from Idaho…drops the load on the ridge that was not burning, as we sat there wondering why are they using containment vs. dropping it on the fire? This repeated for four hours then they left. We were concerned with the wildland fire crews on the ground killing themselves for days. Then the winds picked up causing the fire to breach containment lines, especially the ridge and burned down the other side. The lower slope fire stopped at the aspens.
      –
      The USFS does not put fires out, procedure is to “contain” them, which hardly ever works in windy areas. They prefer to let them burn as “that’s natural” (think Yellowstone), and wilderness is treated differently than NF. But, mostly these fires take care of their 50 year crappy (lazy) forest management practices by burning that area to the dirt. But every year as this gets worse they will cite all these large fires they have to fight in order to demand a larger budget. Cali will do the same on the backs of We The People…spread the pain as it were to those who have no responsibility for their created mess. Waiting to see what FEMA does, will it be $750?

      1. Ps. What was a 5 acre fire resulted in around a 500 acre loss of timber…delays in getting after it early left it to burn for a week.

      2. Paul, when I was on Tanker 131, we built a retardant line ahead of the fire as opposed to helicopters and scoopers dropping water directly on the fire. The line was directed by the forest boss so that the hot shots, engine crews and other resources would be able to work where they were needed the most to extinguish or contain the fire.

        1. That’s what it looked like to the “not a wildland firefighter”…me. Being an engineer type it would seem best, at that time when the fire was fairly small, to drop it right in the fireline, not 100 yards uphill…but what do I know. The crews on the ground, total hat tip to them doing the front line work, toughest for sure.

          1. The firefighters out here are amazing. They dive right in, and beat the fires down.
            .
            The Cameron Peak fire a couple of years ago made this area look like Dante’s Inferno…..

  9. Those flatfoots only got 24 gallons in that bust? How much went into the trunks of their cars?

  11. vaccine skepticism
    I am a skeptic. Not an anti-vaxer.
    When my wife got shingles and I saw it up close I ran, not walked, to get the vaccine for it.
    When I describe the shingles to others, even vaccine skeptics, they ask the name of the vaccine.

    1. Some work as prescribed, but most of what Big Pharma pushes is to combat self-induced problems, now we have the Clot Shot that wrecks DNA and causes all manner of things one may have had much later in life to manifest early (ask me how I know).

      1. I had chicken pox twice. Once as a child and once as an adult where it nearly killed me. My MD said there was a 10% chance that the shingles vax would trigger full blown shingles so I took a hard pass.

    2. “Vaccine skeptic” and “vaccine denier” are modern-day equivalents to “heretic” only dressed up in Scientism. And ironically, used most often by smug little pricks (of either sex) who sneer at those calling someone a heretic for religious reasons.
      —
      I’ve gone over the bullshit I’ve waded through to not take the mRNA shot, so won’t repeat it. But I will note that even very smart medical people bought into it without doing any critical thinking about it specifically. Which of course makes one wonder what else have they swallowed whole without even tasting it? As to the yearly flu shot and all that, I used to be a good little boy and take it, because I thought it was a good idea, on top of it being required for my job. But now? Not only is my trust shattered, I’m refusing to take it out of genuine concern that I may be given something other than advertised. Also, refusing out of pure spite.

          1. Probably not, unless Mom had a more interesting social life than I am aware of….
            That said, it’s been established that I’m shit at being an East Asian. (Chinese over 80% tell me I’m not one of them. The Pretty Korean Girl informs me I’d not prosper in the ROK. The Japanese are more polite — they just smile and change the subject.) I’m not even great at the Celtic (Scots-Irish/Hillbilly) thing. More like 50% Germanic-ish, 25% Celtic-ish, 25% East Asian.

          2. You’d make a great Viking, drinking mead from the skulls of your enemies and all that, Mike_C. You could make a significant contribution at Ragnarök by releasing Fenrir. For the uninitiated and unwashed, Fenrir is a giant wolf who is prophesied to break free from his chains and kill Odin during Ragnarök, the destruction of the gods and giants.

  13. F-111 are really big compared to F-16. The jammer pods on the tail are the size of a small car. They are very fast on take off.

  14. Sen Bill Cassidy: “[medical industry interests A and B; A] gave him $1,163,554 from 2015 to 2024, while the latter [B] gave him $667,137”.
    That’s $183k per annum over those 10 years. He could have made considerably more than that as a hepatologist in private practice. (Yes, I understand that was only one of probably several “revenue” streams, but my following point still stands.) I’m not surprised that “our” representatives allow their consciences to be hijacked by special interests. I’m disappointed, but again not surprised, that they sell us out and violate their oaths. What makes me furious is that they sell us out FOR SO LITTLE.
    —
    Don’t get me wrong, $183,000 is a LOT of money to me. But my Word is worth more to me than that. Screw what the public thinks of me. And screw the laws even, for that matter. I won’t do that stuff because it violates my internal ethical code, regardless of whether I’m caught or not. But that comes off as offputtingly arrogant to a lot of people, so when someone says, “Go on. No one will know!” my answer is not the preceding, but “God will know.”

      1. Point. And this sort of crap is how you get a thousand Luigis.
        —
        Sitting here listening to ADA Joshua Steinglass speechify about Trump’s conviction right now. I hadn’t seen even a photo of Steinglass prior to this, but the man gives off Alexander Vindman energy. The tubby little shit. Shits, both of them. And of course they have The Thing in common. Vindman: MA from Harvard. Steinglass: Harvard JD (and Yale undergrad).
        —
        What? Of course the Harvard connection is The Thing. What else could it have meant? (I have The Thing too, FWIW. Not proud. But what I don’t have is the double chin.)

        1. They are all cut from the same rotten cloth, it’s built into their DNA…let alone the upbringing.

    2. Mike_C

      Indeed!

      G-d sees/knows all.

      I am disinclined to knowingly allow His Temple within me to be defiled.
      And always looking for flank and rear guard actions ( “cures” in foods, soaps, shampoos, livestock feed, etc)

      I consider it all as gain and thanks for His ultimate sacrifice/gift.

      fwiw

      Juan

  15. LA (and California) got what they voted for! Yes, Davis Monthan AFB, and I see a bunch of P-3As in the background of that photo. It is one helluva airplane graveyard, and well worth it if you ever get the chance to go prowl around it…

  17. I saw the P3 retrieved from china push across the tarmac in Marrietta. They had cut the wings off its big circular saws to load it. It was on about eight carts with 30-40 guys pushing it by hand in the middle of the night. It was quite a sight. Tom

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