Posted on 04/01/2024 4:29:24 PM PDT by ransomnote
She’s back!
Well, one man-—with a skill set——and a really bigaxx machine anyway. yup. One of the funnest things you might ever get to watch is a portal crane pilot and his happy band of Shop 72 Riggers on the ground, in an industrial shipyard. There is no language. Just hand signs. The Riggers waddle around with huge bundles of cables, straps, shackles, and such. The crane follows them and while there is a ground -to-cockpit phone it almost never gets used-—just for emergencies and relocates. The Riggers seem to scurry around a bit, hook up some really big chunk of something, and a few finger points, thumbs up, arm swings, hat waves, and maybe a bye-bye wave, and that big chunk starts moving to its new home. The only sound is that bigbleeping engine revving a bit for the lift.
As big/high as they are the driver can’t always see the thing his ground crew is working on. The flight deck on our super carriers is higher than the cockpit so a third Rigger stands between the cockpit and the load to relay hand signs. That’s some dicey stuff right thar but those guys never miss.
The operators are a bunch of hermits. They climb 30 to maybe 50 feet to mount the cockpit and they stay there for the whole shift. I’ve never seen a driver come down during his shift. Even the old cockpits are like Winnebagos-—full service, lunch, reefer, terlet, the works. Some even have a bunk for on-call duty. Some have been accused of doing their own laundry up there but that’s un-confirmed or un-admitted?
Those crews deserve a segment on Stu Varney’s “Made in America” show.
That was an awful time, Little Linda.
I think of you and your dear pup, because we adopted a rescue pup in early February. We live in a secluded wild area and have plenty of coyotes and probably a few wolves. Believe me, I think of how easy a simple mistake can be made, and then very bad things can happen with an active puppy around. Heart-breaking to go through that, still sending you my condolences, FRen.
Maybe they can string things out until after the election.
Does the person have to have a law license to fill any legal position where the president has a need?
After Pres. Biden took the oath of office, “they” hit the ground running, like immediately, and didn’t waste any time signing E.O.s and filling positions. To date, they also haven’t made a lot of personnel changes.
Pres. Trump did not do that in 2017.
If elected, I pray that he has his people in place and will do the exact same thing...take the oath then take a flame thrower to the place on the same day.
To get any other things done, we have to keep the House and take the Senate....and right now, that doesn’t seem to be getting any ink.
A few headlines...
https://modernity.news/2024/04/03/police-scotland-deluged-with-nearly-4000-complaints-as-new-hate-crime-law-is-weaponized/
Police Scotland Deluged With Nearly 4,000 Complaints As New Hate Crime Law is Weaponized
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-blackmail-tucker-carlson-1886758
Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests Mike Johnson Is Being Blackmailed
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/hold-epidemiologist-says-us-not-doing-much-monitor-health-status-those
Epidemiologist says US is not doing enough to monitor health status of border crossers
Over 189,000 migrants arrived at the southern border just in the month of February.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/state-bar-wisconsin-changing-diversity-definition-end-discrimination
State Bar of Wisconsin changing diversity definition to end discrimination suit
The State Bar agreed to tweak the program and make it about the diversity of ideas and experiences, rather than base the clerkship on race and gender.
https://justthenews.com/government/state-houses/nebraska-senate-fails-advance-trans-sports-bathroom-bans
Nebraska Senate fails to advance trans sports, bathroom bans
Republicans secured a two-thirds, filibuster-proof majority in the state’s unicameral legislature this week when Sen. Mike McDonnell defected from the Democrats to join the GOP.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/200000-deportation-cases-dismissed-because-dhs-failed-file-paperwork
200,000 deportation cases dismissed because DHS failed to file paperwork
Because DHS did not file 200,000 NTAs with their respective courts, the courts had no jurisdiction to hear them and the cases were dismissed.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/parents-special-needs-kids-fight-school-transparency-gender-identity
Parents of special-needs kids fight for school transparency on gender identity, right to record
Federal appeals court ruling would prevent recording of virtual meetings in the home, where “egregious constitutional or legal violations are more likely to occur,” SCOTUS petition says.
One more!! Of course...
https://modernity.news/2024/04/03/15-year-study-vast-majority-of-children-grow-out-of-gender-confusion/
15 Year Study: Vast Majority Of Children Grow Out Of Gender Confusion
But not if they’re plied with puberty blocking hormones or worse.
End Wokeness should be shown the door...stage LEFT.
The same people who went from Jim Crow to the party of black people in less than ten years while staying racist.
I think an Attorney General has to be a member in good standing with the Bar and able to practice law in DC. If not he’ll never get Senate approval.
Captured by 📷Dan Martland yesterday. That same day a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern coast of the United States. Is God trying to tell the US administration something…?
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