Cat’s up.
[Found here.]
Author: Bunk Strutts
Boogah Boogah.
Sunny And Warm With A Chance Of Scattered Hot Links
How to use a step drill. [h/t Lucy D.]
No A/C? How to make a swamp cooler.
Organic farming: Weeding without pesticides. [h/t Alan U.]
The 5th Amendment of the US Constitution addresses Double Jeopardy. It prevents one from being prosecuted for a crime, acquitted of that crime, and being prosecuted again and again and again, for the same crime, until a conviction is obtained.
The protection from double jeopardy is over 2,355 years old and is one of the oldest legal concepts in Western civilization.
The Attorney General of New York Barbara Underwood wants to rescind the 5th Amendment. REALLY.
30 years ago he spoke into his watch and owned a driverless car. Then he ate a cheeseburger.
[Top image from Camel eats cactus, found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Kmac2021, Stevie Ray Vaughan with Jeff Beck, and Don Nix with the Mar-Keys
Kmac2021 is a one-man Spinal Tap. Reminds me of the vids entitled, “What It’s Really Like To Work In A Music Store.”
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Okay, so where do we go from here? Goin’ Down.
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jeff Beck covered Don Nix‘s “Going Down.”
I always thought it was a Freddie King song. So what else did Nix do? A lot.
From Wiki: Don Nix began his career playing saxophone for the Mar-Keys, which also featured Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and others. The [1961] hit instrumental single “Last Night” (composed by the band as a whole) was the first of many successful hits to Nix’s credit. […] The Mar-Keys evolved into Booker T. & the M.G.’s.
What a convergence of talent at the right time and the right place. God Bless Stax Records.
Have a soulful weekend, folks, be back here tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 537 – Blimpcycle, Steel Cutter, & The Popeye & Olive Construction Co.
[1st one was snipped from this cartoon. Second is an eye-witness .gif Guy’s cutting rebar for dowels and burning his pants at the same time. 3rd .gif is the way high-rise steel buildings were once constructed, with red-hot iron rivets tossed from below.]
What To Do If You’re Happy And You Know It.
Dog’s Got Balls.
[Hound found here.]
Ouch.
This kinda crap should piss you off.
The California Primaries are coming up on June 5th, the campaign flyers are filling up mail boxes in every neighborhood, and everyone is eyeballing the race for Governor except for those who aren’t.
California has “Open Primaries” which allows one to vote for any candidate regardless of one’s party affiliation, i.e., Democrats may vote for Republican candidates and vice-versa. Although it may sound reasonable to some, it has the potential to allow one political party to determine the nominee of the opposing party, which dilutes and undermines the credibility of election results. Getting the weaker candidate of the opposing party nominated is the game.
The race for California Governor is interesting this year, because there’s a chance, albeit remote, that the voters might wrest control from the incumbent socialists. The top four contenders as of 28 May are:
Gavin Newsom (D)
John Cox (R)
Antonio (aka Tony Villar) Villaraigosa (D)
Travis Allen (R).
Now back to the campaign flyers. Check this out.
That’s a typical flyer of half-truths and misinformation, but who paid for it?
Major funding from
Reed Hastings (Netflix CEO)
Eli Broad (NYC multi-billionaire, philanthropist, anti-2nd Amendment, pro-taxes)
Michael Bloomberg (ex-Mayor of New York City)
Note that the not-so-cleverly-embedded “Hillary Logo” attempts to equate John Cox to HRC. Pheeew.
California State Assemblyman Travis Allen is certainly qualified for the position of Governor, but he’s a long shot compared to John Cox, so why would people opposing Cox support Allen? Seems obvious.
[Sources: RealClear Politics 28 May 2018 and scan of an original mailer. Crossposted here.]
Memorial Day
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Hot Links con Huevos y Salchichas
WIN.
These are Maori War Faces (minus one).
Her knees are real and they’re fabulous.
I hear, “Brain Needle.” It’s The McGurk Effect. Oh, and I hear “Yanny.”
If you ever need to fold a 5 dollar bill into something completely awesome, this is how.
Retiree uses a common Microsoft program to create artwork, and it’s NOT MSPaint. He uses MSExcel.
Guess which three countries contribute the most to plastic pollution of the oceans, then click here.
My respect for the late Muhammad Ali just went down a notch or two. Ohio Democrat Congressman Wayne Hays, Sly Stone, an unidentified British Jew and Ali discussed racism on The Mike Douglas Show.
[Top image: That’s Bambi Nicklen’s heel. Story here.]
Tacky Raccoons 