Midwest Chick's Place

NASA scientists (and I use the term scientist loosely) are being paid to come up with scenarios such as one included in a report that “…speculates that aliens, worried we might inflict the damage done to our own planet on others, might “seek to preemptively destroy our civilization in order to protect other civilizations from… Continue reading

Something I’ve noticed is that many folks who would like to see the rest of us go without electricity, clean water, and transportation (especially teh EBIL Diesel trucks) have an idealized idea of how it is to oh, heat your house by wood or transport the myriad things that life in the country necessitates (and… Continue reading

Of course, since everything is a crisis with Obama, he wants ‘quick action’ from Congress.  This is from a guy who decides to roll around the Midwest for a couple of days and then go on vacation for another 10.  How about actually looking at the issues, debating them on their merits, actually doing some… Continue reading

I was reading an article today about Obama wanting Congress to pass a transportation bill.  The sentence reads:    President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass a transportation bill to ensure funding for roads and construction jobs, arguing that failure to do so would spell economic disaster.  I looked at Himself and asked… Continue reading

We have some Jehovah’s Witnesses who come by every couple of weeks.  We’ve never really talked religion, but usually about MPG of the cars vs. diesel, tractors, and heating by wood.  They’re nice folks and invite us to things, although we’ve never gone. Today he came by with an older guy instead of his wife. … Continue reading

Jon Hutt was trapped under a piece of logging equipment that fell off his trailer in a place with no cell phone service so he cut off his toes, wrapped them and his foot up, and then drove himself to the hospital.  And from the 911 call and such (once he was back in range),… Continue reading

So, in a totally transparent wish to upstage the Republican debate next Wednesday, Obama comes out and announces that he wants to address a joint session of Congress (and also preempt network television programming) at the same time as the debate.  The Speaker of the House, Mr. Boehner, comes back with a ‘well, that won’t… Continue reading

He found out that his docs think there might be an issue but he’s having to wait for his test results to come in at the end of the week.  Himself’s and my thoughts, prayers, and good wishes are with him. Continue reading

It seems that the Muslim Brotherhood is starting to flex its muscles in Egypt. They are wanting to put Islamic type dress and mixing and mingling of the sexes codes onto beaches. Whatever, it’s their country and I will never need to go there to get some beach-time.  However: Abd Al-Munim A-Shahhat, a spokesman for… Continue reading

 I learned: That of course the Mighty Og and Himself/Mr. B both speak Taze (of which there are 147 dialects, including Dog/Electric Fence Collar). And I now know that shock collars will leave burn marks on human skin and that it takes two weeks for a sphincter to completely unclench after being tazed (please don’t… Continue reading