Author: polistra
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Seeing is believing!
A question on Quora asked whether railroad tracks had to be bent in the factory before laying, or heat-treated on site to bend them. A real railroadman gave the astonishing answer. Neither! Rails bend easily to the curve needed for regular tracks. The much sharper curves of a streetcar line might need heating. Here’s a…
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Not quite up to standards!
Looks like career arsonist “Misty” Horne will spend at least one night in jail. No new arson fires while he’s off the streets, but Spokane is returning to its normal condition: Car Jacking Reported. Reported naked male was unloading trash in a field and was confronted. Deputies located the naked male who then ran towards…
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Interesting baseline
Not from History Today, just something I noticed while reading about medieval measurements. Time immemorial casually means forever, longer than anyone can record or remember. Originally it was quite specific, marking the start of common law in 1189. Anything that happened before the baseline of 1189 was legally immemorial, thus didn’t exist in the Common…
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Unsurprising
Chad “Misty” Horne hasn’t been released yet, but it’s a safe bet that he will be. Here’s part of the Jail Roster for today: Six charges of 2nd degree arson, max sentence would be 60 years if consecutive. Only $1000 bond, and listed as “bondable”. Typically the bondsman will charge 10% up front to make…
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Thatcher as editor
Enjoying the latest print issue of History Today. I appreciate both the content and the form. It resembles an old-fashioned newspaper with features and short human interest stories. I read those first, then the articles that look interesting. This month includes an inside look at Thatcher’s speechwriters. Unlike most politicians she recognized her own limitations.…
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Caught the terrorist!
Spokane Police arrested Chad “Misty” Horne at 7PM tonight. GOOD WORK, COPS! And good work by the normal people who called in tips. Horne was found in Liberty Lake, quite a distance from the usual homeless hangouts. No more arsons for a few hours. We can relax for a few hours. The cops and firefighters…
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Don’t just shout there, DO SOMETHING.
Dems are holding a “science fair” to show off some projects canceled by Trump and Elon. Dammit, protesting doesn’t help. You should be FUNDING THE SCIENTISTS instead of showing them off. You have billionaires on your side who are allegedly pro-science. Get them to set up a new system of aristocratic patronage. Most of the…
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Bye, Prevost.
He seemed to be on the side of Natural Law at first, but now he’s revealed his true Deepstate colors. Didn’t take long. Continuing the long Roman tradition, he’s working for the billionaires. Gaia is his god. I’m tempted to go a whole lot farther than just bye-bye, but I’m trying to stick to my…
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Why people trust facebook groups
Recent polls by Pew and others agree that most people in the western countries totally distrust the regular media. Most people rely on less formal sources like local facebook groups. Fine example yesterday. A serial arsonist was working HARD. He started six fires in one hour around 5AM, then went west of the river and…
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Change one letter
Headline: Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Prize. He’ll win. No doubt about it. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, then after the damage was done he started the prize to reward people who avoid dynamite. Since 1970 the prize has served Nobel’s commercial interests, not his pretended repentance. The prize goes to the biggest and best customer…
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Sanity elsewhere doesn’t help here
Via Shepstone, apparently the Dems in some states are listening to a bizarre radio signal from a distant galaxy. They’re attempting to please the incomprehensible alien species called “voters” instead of their required instant obedience to billionaires. Quoting from the orthodox Dem Politico: = = = = = START QUOTE: Stung by the party’s sweeping…
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Speaking?
Most old movies and TV shows have totally unrealistic phone behavior. Businesses don’t pick up the phone with the name of the business, they just say “Hello” or “Yeah?” The caller always does the ID. “Is this Acme Construction?” When shows try for realism, they use a method that may have been real in some…
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Nulling the local balance
This year I’m trying to null the balance, make more beauty and order, do things the right way whether recognized or not, trying to restore the activities that were bombed by the Bush-Trump monstrosity in 2020-22. One of those activities was yard care. I’ve been mowing regularly but not sprinkling or trimming things. A nearby…
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Spoiled brats
“Journalists” are worried about Google’s new chatbot. = = = = = START BRAT: The consequences for the internet as we know it will be profound. For news publishers, they have already been profound. Industry executives are quietly sounding the alarm about “Google Zero,” a term popularized by The Verge’s Nilay Patel to describe the…
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Personal schadenfreude
Via Gizmodo. Chegg, the company that offered a variety of online courses and homework cheats, rose to a fine Tech Tyrant peak of Holy Share Value during the Bush-Trump concentration camp. Investors are cheaters, so they love a cheating technology. Since then, the Tech Tyrants moved on to the superior cheating and stealing of AI,…
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