Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Wonder what the seabird body count will be if this passes?

     Louisiana’s legislature is pushing an offshore windmill project and its citizens are not real happy about it.  Much like the devil’s-deal that the US and other governments struck with Pfizer and Moderna, this legislation would hand over 25,000 acres to private companies and there would be absolutely no government oversight or accountability for the actions… Continue reading

  • A reminder for those who 'indulge'

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  • What part of 'illegal' are they not understanding?

     To paraphrase American Express–citizenship has its privileges.  Except in states like Illinois, California, and New Mexico, where you don’t have to be a legal citizen in order to reap the benefits of being a citizen of the United States. In Illinois, illegals can have taxpayer (citizen paid) healthcare at no cost to them.  Any illegal… Continue reading

  • New Math??

     The below was actually used as a math quiz in Missouri.  Once it was discovered, they pulled the quiz and explained it came from a website where ‘educational’ materials are shared.  But this is the importance of the need for curricular transparency.   Because this assignment is definitely more than just math and I’m pretty sure… Continue reading

  • A-10s Rolling

     B posted a pic showing a couple of A-10s over at the Fort Wayne airport a couple of days ago.  I finally got my video of them rolling into a manageable format.   Wasn’t able to catch them actually in takeoff due to the way we were positioned on the taxiway. Continue reading

  • It's about time they ended this farce

     The Republican National Committee has (finally) voted to withdraw from the Committee on Presidential Debates.  This supposedly non-partisan committee has been showing its bias for decades and really showed its favoritism during the last two Presidential elections, both by the ‘moderators’ it chose and by the rules it set. The 2016 debates were  complete farces… Continue reading

  • I know why they are obsessed with masking people…..

     Brandon et al are extending the transportation mask mandate again despite (or maybe because) of the effect it has on travel and over the objections of the heads of transportation industries and at least one flight attendants’ union. They are blaming the latest non-issue covid variant (hint to them, there will always be another covid… Continue reading

  • I think that small liberal arts colleges closing would be a good thing

     A white professor of English at Anderson College in Indiana (by Indianapolis) is defending the college’s decision to have segregated diversity and inclusion sessions (I guess they are missing the point about inclusion).  From the quote below, she’s kind of batshit or she thinks that if there’s a group of people who don’t make sure… Continue reading

  • Hubris, ego, and stupidity

     Oberlin College hasn’t paid the money they owe to Gibson Bakery (the court ordered it paid by April 1).  They say that are ‘exploring their options’.  Not sure how that’s going to end for them, but it won’t end well.  They’ve lost twice in court.  Their only recourse is the Ohio State Supreme Court and… Continue reading

  • America's Gnome of Doom

    Many countries and places have their own harbingers of death and destruction.  The banshee, the Mothman, hyenas. The most recent doomsayer in the US is Anthony Fauci, who seems to embody all of the above.  He only comes out when he thinks there is a chance to cause chaos and hysteria (or when there’s a chance… Continue reading