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Summer Solstice

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Today, Tuesday, June 21st, is the Summer Solstice.

Just what, precisely, does that mean?

In a few words: it is the longest day of the year in terms of daylight.

From this day forward, the amount of light per day will diminish towards Fall and then Winter.

I love every season with the very specific exception of Summer.

Summer, to me, means agonizing heat, some humidity, clogged roadways (in my case, up I-80), melanoma, carcinoma, my cancerous past, screaming kids, bawling infants, skyrocketing gas prices, rude vacationers, and long days to cover my fellow supervisors and deputies who customarily take the bulk of their time-off in this period.

Which is why, when I vacation, I do so in late October, December, January and February. When the fewest number of persons are on the roads or in hotels or in my way. And — oddly enough — hotel/motel rates are at their lowest. Imagine that.

I enjoy the rain, the fog, the snow, the cold, the sleet, the massive waves at the ocean, the horizontal snowstorms in the Sierras, the lack of people to mar my view of nature.

Predominantly, I hate people. If you vacation in Summer I likely hate you. I avoid you like the plague. You can deal with your fellow mindless locusts buzzing about with your ilk and kids. You can clean up your kids’ vomit and snot. Leave the booth at the restaurant as though a war was fought there — that’s how inconsiderate you are. Bring your squalling horde of infants to the movie, dining place, outdoor venue I’d like to otherwise enjoy with my wife.

You can keep Summer. I stay at home and I work in the shade.

Which is why I can’t wait for the Summer Solstice to subsume and grow smaller. Which means: people will be, by-and-by, going away.

This always makes me smile. It’s all downhill from here.

BZ

P.S.

Year Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
2000 June 21, 01:48 December 21, 13:37
2001 June 21, 07:38 December 21, 19:21
2002 June 21, 13:24 December 22, 01:14
2003 June 21, 19:10 December 22, 07:04
2004 June 21, 00:57 December 21, 12:42
2005 June 21, 06:46 December 21, 18:35
2006 June 21, 12:26 December 22, 00:22
2007 June 21, 18:06 December 22, 06:08
2008 June 20, 23:59 December 21, 12:04
2009 June 21, 05:46 December 21, 17:47
2010 June 21, 11:28 December 21, 23:38
2011 June 21, 17:16 December 22, 05:30
2012 June 20, 23:09 December 21, 11:12
2013 June 21, 05:04 December 21, 17:11
2014 June 21, 10:51 December 21, 23:03
2015 June 21, 16:38 December 22, 04:48
2016 June 20, 22:34 December 21, 10:44
2017 June 21, 04:24 December 21, 16:28
2018 June 21, 10:07 December 21, 22:23
2019 June 21, 15:54 December 22, 04:19
2020 June 20, 21:44 December 21, 10:02

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Spanking Your Child: A Felony

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In Corpus Christi, Texas, it’s a felony to spank your child and leave red marks:

Judge has harsh words for Mom before sentencing her for spanking her kid
Rosalina Gonzales had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of injury to a child for what prosecutors had described as a “pretty simple, straightforward spanking case.” They noted she didn’t use a belt or leave any bruises, just some red marks.

“You don’t spank children today,” said Judge Jose Longoria. “In the old days, maybe we got spanked, but there was a different quarrel. You don’t spank children.”

Rosalina Gonzales had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of injury to a child for what prosecutors had described as a “pretty simple, straightforward spanking case.” They noted she didn’t use a belt or leave any bruises, just some red marks.

As part of the plea deal, Gonzales will serve five years probation, during which time she’ll have to take parenting classes, follow CPS guidelines, and make a $50 payment to the Children’s Advocacy Center.

She was arrested back in December after the child’s paternal grandmother noticed red marks on the child’s rear end. The grandmother took the girl, who was two years-old at the time, to the hospital to be checked out.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: am I ever glad I never had children, much less had to raise them in this current Leftist environment.
Spanking your child is now a felony.
So in lieu of that, one applies what, pray tell? Sarcasm?
And note, if you will, it’s not sufficient that the mother be placed on probation; she needs mental governmental reprogramming as well. Coming soon to a local court near you, if it isn’t already present.
In the meantime, we need to let more druggies, pedophiles, armed robbers, gangbangers and murderers out of our prisons because, after all, I’m sure that spanking placed them right where they are and conditions are bad in prisons.
So remember: if a child is crying, a parent needs to be jailed.
Your thoughts?
BZ
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Press 1 For Spanish; Press 2 For English

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Is anyone, like me, so damnably tired of a phone or ATM menu which asks you for your so-called “native language” — in the United States of America?

“Press 7 for Urdu.”
“Press 9 for BC Aramaic.”
“Press 11 for Central Siberian Ket.”
Um so weiter. . .
So when I hear and read of GOP Texas Senator Chris Harris (Arlington) interact during testimony:

Antolin Aguirre of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition was testifying against Senate Bill 9 that would help crack down on illegal immigrants in Texas. Aguirre spoke through an interpreter even though he had been in the U.S. since 1988.


Two minutes into Antolin Aguirre’s testimony, Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirre’s interrupter, “Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?” Harris asked. “Why aren’t you speaking in English then?”


Through his interpreter, Aguirre said Spanish is his “first language and since it is his first time giving testimony he would rather do it in Spanish.”


“It is insulting to us,” Sen. Harris fired back. “It is very insulting. And if he knows English, he needs to be speaking in English.”

I’m with Texas Senator Harris: not only is this insulting, but it’s stupid, retrogressive, assumptive and racist.
The man speaking before the Texas committee has been in an English-speaking land since 1988. In that span of time no one has apparently had the guts to point out the obvious: you’re an Ignorant Mexican Parasite.

So, in TWENTY-THREE years, since 1988, this man had a CHOICE every day of his life.
Do I learn English or do I decide to subsume?
He purposely chose to subsume the easiest, most recognizably-Victimist path.
Though, in truth, he enjoyed the many benefits of the United States of America. He didn’t mind that at all.
A few years ago, a Mexican business in Reno, Nevada thought it cute to fly the Mexican flag above the American flag. An honest American Patriot responded:

And set things right. He was interviewed here:

I’d care for your thoughts now.
BZ
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Obama Admin Blocks Drilling In Alaska

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And, once again, clear information that the Obama Administration wants three clear things:

1. The American economy to tank;
2. Reliance on foreign oil and no energy independence;
3. Further control of individual American lives via transportation and all aspects aligned with the production, refining and distribution of various forms of oil;
From Greenwire:

Obama Admin Objects to Alaska Oil and Gas Development Bill

By PHIL TAYLOR of Greenwire

Published: June 16, 2011

The Obama administration today said a proposal from House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to expedite oil and gas leasing and energy infrastructure permitting in an Alaska reserve could force federal regulators to flout environmental laws and includes a costly, redundant resource assessment.

This is HR2150, proposed by Hastings.
In the meantime, the Obama admin continues to speak in terms of nothing but energy tax hikes, known as Cap and Trade — which in truth is Cap’N Tax.
Hastings said:

Americans are feeling the pain at the pump as gasoline prices climb towards four dollars a gallon. Tapping the SPR may provide some temporary relief but we must consider America’s long-term energy security. For two years, the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats have fought nearly every attempt to insulate America from unstable OPEC countries by opposing job-creating American energy development. The SPR is specifically for situations when there is a dramatic supply shutdown or shortfall of oil on the world market. Short-term releases of oil from our strategic reserves does not replace the 300,000 barrels a day this Administration has squandered due to inaction on offshore drilling permits, nor will it put the thousands of people in the Gulf back to work. We can protect against future price spikes, spur our economy and create good paying jobs by moving now to develop untapped reserves in the Gulf, Alaska, the OCS and our public lands.”

So yes, let’s simply let oil die on the vine because we have so much more other infrastructure already built. Surely, as everyone knows, we have the capability to transition over to another energy base in, what, a week or two?
Of course.
Just ask a Leftist.
BZ
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