Monday, November 7, 2022

THIS & THAT XXII

           On the internet, I am a sucker for the “23 Life Hacks That Will Save You Hours Every Day” variety of clickbait.  And, of course, they are always disappointing.  Typical of the advice you get is to “Save cabinet space by hanging your pots and pans on hooks!!!”

          However, I recently saw one life-hack that struck me as brilliant, and which might literally save my life someday.  When disposing of a body, the site advised, bury it vertically.  Since all of the imaging tools cops use, from helicopters and such, are designed to find objects underground that are six feet long and two feet wide, your victim will never be flagged.

          For additional safety, once you bury the human body, put a dead dog on top of it so that even if the cops decide to dig, they will find the canine and dismiss the search as a “false positive.”

 

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          There are two things that bother me about tomorrow’s mid-term election.

          First, I wanted (and expected), this election would be a referendum on COVID policy over the last two years.  I understand people care about crime, and the reversal of Roe, and the miserable condition of the economy, and the sexualization of schoolchildren, but I also hoped the COVID madness of lockdowns and mandates would be addressed.  I would like candidates to be asked, among other thing, “Would you authorize a mask mandate under any circumstances, and if so, what are those circumstances?”  Yet the horrible damage inflicted on all of us by leftwing politicians and authoritarian bureaucrats has never been addressed.

 

          The other concern is the level of cheating we will see from the Democrats.  I think we can expect the Dems to get crushed across the country, but there will inevitably be some close contests decided by a few thousand votes.  In a big Democratic city, with an entrenched Democratic machine (Cleveland, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Philly, Detroit, for example), any close race where a Republican gets more votes is likely to be stolen.   

 

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          One of the ways LGBT/Trans activists teach the youngest schoolchildren their philosophy is with the Gender Unicorn, a purple Barney-like figure.  The five aspects of “gender” are listed as Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Sex Assigned at Birth, Sexually Attracted To, and Romantically/Emotionally Attracted To.  Each of these has its own symbol, which appears on the cartoon unicorn.  For example, the Gender Identity symbol is located in the unicorn’s head, and the Sexually Attracted To symbol appears on the unicorn’s heart.  The overall effect of the image is to stress that Sex Assigned At Birth is of very minor importance in determining your Gender.

          This is what is used to teach five- and six-year-olds.

 

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          A new taste treat I discovered on Halloween this year is the combination of a dry red zinfandel with a cherry Tootsie Roll Pop.  Since the Tootsie Roll Pop takes a while to consume, you might need two or even three glasses of the wine, so make sure you have plenty on hand.

 

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          Trivia: the standard Tootsie Roll Pops are chocolate, grape, cherry, raspberry, orange and lemon, though the company makes many other flavors, including pomegranate.

 

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          “One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument.  They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans---anything except reason.”  ---Thomas Sowell

 

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          Call it a “conspiracy theory,” but I am slightly concerned that the government’s politicized DOJ will be mobilized in tomorrow’s election to arrest people and seize election materials on the grounds that Republicans are “suppressing” votes.  It may not be that likely, but I also didn’t think the federal government would censor social media sites or raid the home of a former president.  And then they did.

 

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