NEWJERSEY: Whatever happened to the famous “clean hands”?

Saturday, April 4, 2026

https://nj1015.com/workers-rights-immigration-status-nj/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=cusy9rx0mh&di=e30645710cafb597f9350d761535fb4a

Rick Rickman
Published: March 20, 2026
NJ law protects workers who are in the country illegally, court rules 

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  • Top court rules all workers must be paid regardless of immigration status
  • Employer who hired immigrant worker now on the hook for years of unpaid labor
  • Decision impacts all businesses using off-the-books employees.

The highest court in New Jersey has ruled that all employees must be paid for their work, including unauthorized immigrants hired illegally.

Under federal law, employers cannot hire unauthorized migrants. Civil penalties for businesses that break this law range from $250 to $10,000 per person hired illegally. Employers who engage in a pattern of hiring unauthorized migrants can face up to six months in prison.

In New Jersey, state law requires employers to pay their workers overtime and at least minimum wage. Put simply, a person must be paid for their work. The state Department of Labor says it enforces the law “without regard to immigration status.”

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However, Chief Justice Rabner said the lower court ignored the employer’s responsibility to keep accurate records.

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Whatever happened to the famous “clean hands” criteria made famous from Judge Judy?

Remember the sources of my education: I’m just a fat old white guy low index Jasper injineer with “degrees” in: Law from watching Judge Judy, Medicine from watching Doctor Phil, Building from watching “Holmes on Homes”, Investing from watching Bernie Made-off, and sensitively Managing Human Resources from watching Chef Ramsey. 

What the Chief Justice ignores is that while “employers cannot hire unauthorized migrants” Lopez AND Ruane BOTH knew he was an unauthorized immigrant. 

Therefore, IMHO, neither had “clean hands” and the matter should have been immediately dismissed.  The Chief Justice should have: remanded both Lopez and Ruane to jail, notified ICE about Lopez and Ruane to the Federal Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey. 

Also, Congress, and Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee politicians and bureaucrats should ALL get a collective kick in the ass for “birthright citizenship” and an insane non-recognition of peaceful law abiding “illegal immigrants”.   

If I was “king”, I’d solve this in a heartbeat.  

  • Change the rules about federal funds for States who don’t abide by or hinder Federal law (i.e., don’t take federal funds if you don’t want to follow federal law).
  • End “birthright citizenship” PERIOD!
  • ALL peaceful “illegal immigrants” get a green card which is IMMEDIATELY revoked upon a felony convictions.  
  • Naturalized citizens are “denaturalized” IMMEDIATELY  if they committed fraud or a felony.
  • Illegal immigrants, who came is as children, get a green card and must abide here in peace without committing fraud or felonies.  (We don’t punish people for what their parents do!)

Simple, easy to understand, fair to the 

Argh!

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HISTORICAL: A rare edition of a Winnie the Pooh book appraised

Friday, April 3, 2026

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/article-15670685/antiques-roadshow-value-book-charity-shop.html

Antiques Roadshow guest gasps ‘seriously?!’ as she learns staggering value of book she bought from charity shop for just 20p – with expert gushing over ‘absolutely wonderful find’
By CONOR O’BRIEN, TV REPORTER
Published: 05:31 EDT, 23 March 2026 | Updated: 05:41 EDT, 23 March 2026

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An Antiques Roadshow guest was left amazed to discover the staggering value of a book she bought from a charity shop for just 20p.

The BBC team visited Beaumaris Castle, situated in Anglesey, North Wales, where members of the public brought in their treasured relics.

One guest met with book specialist Clive Farahar – presenting a rare edition of a Winnie the Pooh book.

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Elsewhere, another guest was amazed to learn the whopping value of the ‘first Christmas cards ever produced’.

The visitor brought these cards, which had been owned by her great-grandfather, to be evaluated by expert Justin Croft on the BBC show.

Upon examining the collection at Tarvit Mansion and Garden, Justin remarked that they ‘look to be Victorian’.

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I wonder how many “rare things” just wind up in the trash?

Can’t say I spend a lot of time in “charity shops” but, from time to time, I have.  Wonder what “finds” I missed just from ignorance?

With the inet, and “circle to search”, it should be easier to find them.  Maybe AI might be able to quickly scan for us?

Hmmmm?

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RANT: Immigrant Households Take Government Welfare

Thursday, April 2, 2026

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/nearly-half-immigrant-households-take-government-welfare-census/

Nearly Half of Immigrant Households Take Government Welfare, Census Data Shows
by Ben Kew Mar. 22, 2026 7:45 am

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Nearly half of households headed by immigrants in the United States receive welfare, according to a detailed analysis of Census Bureau data by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).

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“Birthright Citizenship” generates welfare benefits.

Back before the USA got “woke”, no one got “welfare”.

Seems like we need to end being a “nation of welfare farmers”.  Some estimates are that this is the FOURTH GENERATION of this life style.

“I feel that it is terrible, that you see destruction all around you, and that you are moving toward disaster until and unless all of those welfare state conceptions have been reversed and rejected.— Rand

I’m not heartless.  People have made decisions based on the current environment.  So let’s reduce ALL welfare by 5% each year for 20 years.  That’s plenty of time for EVERYONE to adapt.

Sorry if you thought you won some “money for life” lottery scratch-off but Gooferment “promises” are all lies.  The politicians and bureaucrats are immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy. Remember that when you vote next time.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Why we need more school choice

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

A post on FACEBOOK, got me on a rant about Gooferment Skrules.

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Without Gooferment Skrules funded by tax dollars, parents would choose their education options.  

Gooferment Skrules kill Catholic Schools in several ways:

  1. Catholic families are taxed for Gooferment Skrules regardless if they use them or not;
  2. It’s impossible to compete with something given away for “free” by the Gooferment;
  3. Gooferment Skrules teachers drive up the market rate and absorb the supply;
  4. Gooferment imposes diktats on all “schools” that only Gooferment Skrules can meet or ignore without penalty;
  5. the Teachers’ Union wields tremendous clout over Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats and sets the “curriculum” and “the rules”;
  6. the “education” provided by Gooferment Skrules is so inferior to private schools that can’t be ignored. What are parents supposed to do? Vote more! Argh! 

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It’s like if the Gooferment subsidized McDonald’s by forcing Burger King customers to pay for a McDonald’s burger too.

We can IMMEDIATELY see that as “unfair”.   

But the powerful elite think that “education” is something only Gooferment can do.

We need the SEPARATION of Gooferment from almost everything it does.   Let’s start with “education”.  

Argh!

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POLITICAL: No doubt that “immigration” needs to be reformed

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

https://johnklar.substack.com/p/ice-turns-its-attention-to-sanctuary?publication_id=779141&post_id=190837721&isFreemail=true&r=3vwsqx&triedRedirect=true

ICE Turns Its Attention to Sanctuary State Vermont
The Green Mountain State favors criminals above public safety.
John Klar
Mar 19, 2026

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This perversion of logic was clearly visible in the Burlington fiasco on March 11. A Mexican national who has entered the country illegally at least twice, and who drove drunk at risk of killing someone’s child, was defended while police officers were targeted. The vehicles were not unmarked; Corona-Sanchez was not sought for speaking Spanish.

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Mob Rule by “Peaceful” Agitators

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Vermont has ostensibly favored criminals and illegals over law-abiding residents for years. Illegals are granted driving licenses that are also used to register them to vote. Taxes for residents have steadily skyrocketed, driven by spendthrift climate change policies, ever-burgeoning public “benefit” programs, and failed schools that hire ever more bureaucrats as student enrollment declines in tandem with plummeting scores in core subjects. The once-Republican mecca has become an unrecognizable sanctuary for failed progressive experiments.

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Comments on social media suggest many Vermonters object to this whirlpool of Marxist-like policies that are creating an economic cesspool in this once-thriving, idyllic state. Progressive extremists engage in toxic tactics and bizarre optics, such as the attempted Burlington arrest of an illegal criminal repeat offender, taunting ICE to send more agents to uphold the rule of law that once prevailed. Meanwhile, more and more citizens beg ICE to dispatch more agents to rescue them from this anarchic disgrace.

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Akin to a “heckler’s veto”¹, this is really “mob rule”²!

Citizens have the right to petition for a “redress of grievances” but that is usually ignored by Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats.   They do have the power of “jury nullification”³ that id aa much bigger “slap in the face” to powerful!

Mob rule is unacceptable in a free society.  

If the mob doesn’t like the law that ICE is enforcing, jury nullification is the proper remedy.

I, for one, would much rather:

(1) More reasonable DUI laws for first offenders.  So if I was on a jury in a DUI case for a first offender, where there was no damage, injury, or heaven forbid a death, then I’d vote “not guilty”  because of the draconian penalties;  on the other hand … … 

(2) Strict sentences for repeat DUIs.  The Gooferment exists to protect us from ourselves.  Hence, those otherwise draconian penalties are warranted.

(3) When someone has come to the attention of the judicial bureaucrats, it’s fair to examine what else they may be guilty of.  Immigration status is perfect time for enforcement. If you have no right to be here, then you should be IMMEDIATELY deported.

There’s no doubt that “immigration” needs to be reformed.  As does “welfare”, but by reasoned discourse; not mob rule.

IMHO

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¹ A “heckler’s veto”occurs when a  crowd restricts or silences a speaker to prevent a hostile, disorderly, or violent reaction from an audience. Coined by Harry Kalven, this concept describes how a crowd’s negative response can effectively veto free speech.

² Also known as “mobocracy,” it is government by the masses or a chaotic crowd.

³ While juries have the power to nullify (a “not guilty” verdict is generally final and cannot be overturned), they are not often told they have this right, and lawyers are generally prohibited from directly advocating for it in court.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Anti-religious Bias in Gooferment?

Monday, March 30, 2026

https://www.judicialwatch.org/fbi-targeting-of-traditionalist-catholics/

March 17, 2026
Judicial Watch: Federal Court Sets Hearing in FOIA Lawsuit on FBI Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics

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(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court hearing will be held in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. ET in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over records about the Biden FBI’s targeting of “radical traditionalist” Catholics.

Judicial Watch, along with CatholicVote Civic Action, sued the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Justice Department in April 2023 for records containing key words and records about a FBI memo targeting Catholics (CatholicVote Civic Action and Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Federal Bureau of Investigations and Department of Justice (No. 1:23-cv-01166)).

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“Why won’t this DOJ and FBI reveal the full record on one of the most notorious abuses of power under Biden—the FBI’s targeting of Catholics for their Christian religious beliefs,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “This concerns the First Amendment, and the Biden Justice Department’s flagrant abuse may be criminal.”

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There is a war on “freedom of” versus “freedom from” religion, it seems obvious that there is an anti-religious bias in government. I attribute that to the communist/leftist/woke progressive that inhabit government.

Leave people alone! 

This is not Orwell’s 1984 where the Gooferment is everything to everybody. Gooferment continues to attack organized religion the was a queen bee kills all her competition to lead the hive.

Argh!

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GUNS: Take Responsibility for Your Own Defense

Sunday, March 29, 2026

https://reason.com/2026/03/16/recent-shootings-are-a-wake-up-call-to-take-responsibility-for-your-own-defense/

Self-Defense
Recent Shootings Are a Wake-Up Call To Take Responsibility for Your Own Defense
At best, the authorities will show up after the threat has already occurred.
J.D. Tuccille | 3.16.2026 7:00 AM

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‘Armed Citizens to Defend and Protect Them’

“If my family were being attacked by bloodthirsty terrorists like those in Kenya or Paris, then I would want armed citizens to defend and protect them,” former Interpol Secretary General Ron Noble, an American who previously worked in the U.S. Treasury and Justice Departments, concluded in 2016. He raised similar concerns during his term in office following the 2013 Westgate mall attack in Nairobi.

Unfortunately, not all authorities are open to people possessing the means to defend themselves. Old Dominion University bans weapons, including knives with blades over three inches long. That policy didn’t stop Jalloh, who also illegally purchased the gun he used from another criminal. Despite the abject failure of policy and law, Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi called on lawmakers to pass tighter gun restrictions. He must be furious that ROTC students found the means to resist a terrorist.

But the students at Old Dominion University did successfully halt the attack on their class, as did the guards at Temple Israel. Likewise, parishioners and staff at Crosspointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, engaged and killed an armed attacker last June. And Elisjsha Dicken shot and killed a would-be mass murderer at Indiana’s Greenwood Park Mall in 2022.

Hopefully, nobody else will ever again have to shoulder such responsibilities. But hope isn’t a plan. Being ready and able to take on unpleasant situations should they arise offers a better chance for good outcomes.

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“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” — Robert A. Heinlein

I wish that our “liberal leftist” society would have some common sense.  You are your own “first responder”. 

“Victim disarmament is the view that it is somehow better to see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose, than see her with a gun in her hand.” — T.D. Melrose

Everyone who has been in the military knows enough about firearms —  the safety rules, how to make them go bang, and come reasonable close to the target —  to be trusted with the defense of our civil society.

GUNS: Let’s sprinkle in a few “sheepdogs” with big teeth in the flock

Guardian Dogs for Sheep - Cornell Small Farms

I out the pictures in to better illustrate the point.  Since some of out fellow citizens and residents don’t get it.

There’s a reason why criminals don’t rob gun stores or bars where cops hang out.  Connivence Stores, Gas Stations, Jewelry shops, and some Liquor Stores are much safer.  Those and old senior citizens just trying to exist.  (Although it is funny when one of this miscreants blunders into one.) 

Let’s let the sheepdogs loose!

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SECURITY: One has to admire the swiftness of the criminal’s response

Saturday, March 28, 2026

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/south-korean-police-accidentally-post-cryptocurrency-wallet-password.html

South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password
Posted on March 17, 2026 at 6:01 AM • 1 Comments

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An expensive mistake:

Someone jumped at the opportunity to steal $4.4 million in crypto assets after South Korea’s National Tax Service exposed publicly the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet.

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Wish I’d seen it first.

Hopefully the crook used a VPN and no cookies.

I’m jealous.  Sort of like a reverse lotto?

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testing 1.2.3

Friday, March 27, 2026

WORDPRESS

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HEALTHCARE: “free” heath care in socialized medicine ain’t so free

Friday, March 27, 2026

https://www.foxnews.com/health/patient-canada-waits-over-12-hours-hospital-emergency-room-id-rather-pay

Patient in Canada waits over 12 hours in hospital emergency room: ‘I’d rather pay’
Nearly all of the waiting room’s 150 seats were full, patient shares
By Melissa Rudy Fox News
Published March 16, 2026 6:00am EDT

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A woman seeking emergency care for severe abdominal pain recently shared her frustration on social media with the long wait times at a Canadian hospital.

Amanda Gushue, 37, first visited her primary care physician — who sent her to the emergency department (ED) with a swollen appendix.

After waiting for two hours in triage, she was sent to the waiting room — where she was shocked to see that it could be anywhere from five to 15 hours before she could see a doctor or nurse.

She ultimately waited another 10 to 12 hours before she was seen.

Nearly all of the 150 seats were full, according to Gushue, a resident of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. “This is what we deal with when we go to the hospital on a regular basis — you’re looking at spending a full day there,” she told Fox News Digital.

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What is the value of your time?

Lawyers and plumber bill by ten minute blocks.  $400 per hour is 6.66666¢ per minute.  

The patient’s time is valued at zero?

As “bad “ as health care is in the USA, most ERs advertise the wait times on bill boards.  And, we have enough “Urgent Cares” to accommodate everyone with money.  Sucks if you’re poor and depend on “charity care” or VA health care.

On the road to Niagara Falls, I saw ads for MRIs for $100 cash from midnight to 8 AM.  That’s for all the Canadians who have to wait months for an MRI.  I’ve read stories that cancer patients’ tumors metastasize and become inoperable while they were waiting. Argh!  That sucks.

So clearly, the systems in both countries need improvement.  

Perhaps, there needs to be better insurance on both side of the border.  I remember a similar time when you had to pay for service and get reimbursed a large percentage of the cost.  Maybe that is the key to improvement. 

For me, my regular primary care doc is 5$ per visit, urgent care, is 30, and an ER is several hundreds.  So my time value dictates urgent care.

My hint, from my spouse, is call and ambulance to go to the ER.  She believes, and I think she’s right, that that gets you seen sooner.  Costs more, but saves time.

Time to get the Gooferment out of HEALTHCARE!

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NEWJERSEY: Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401 bar closes

Thursday, March 26, 2026

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0awGKRMyNTf8CgPLTEUonQ5UCujxomJCRTcXqxQYTQDetQE8ifTjdpajYKoyvWTXql&id=100064614704958&notif_id=1773840318132016&notif_t=notify_me_page&ref=notif

Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401

Our last official “closing the bar” event at Post 401 will be held on March 27. After March, Post 401 will no longer sell liquor as we are not renewing our “club bar license”.

Janine will be hosting and she has arranged live music for our event, see below: Many thanks to Janine, Juan, and Gary for your support and servicing the Bar.

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Sad, it was “killed” by the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee’s over reaction to Covid and all the high “taxes” (i.e., license frees) and onerous regulations on a tiny organization. Well done Gooferment! Argh!

I guess the Gooferment doesn’t want civil societies to exist that don’t serve the State.

Argh!

A plague on all the parasitic politicians and bureaucrats!

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PHILOSOPHY: Is there “free will”?

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

“We are nothing more or less than the cumulative biological and environmental luck, over which we had no control, that has brought us to any moment.” — Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky

https://bookfreak.substack.com/p/book-freak-202-determined?publication_id=1194226&post_id=184457506&isFreemail=true&r=1uhcoe&triedRedirect=true

Book Freak #202: Determined
A Science of Life without Free Will
Mark Frauenfelder
Mar 17, 2026

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Core Principles

  • You Are the Sum of Luck You Didn’t Choose
  • Your Brain Decides Before “You” Do
  • Childhood Sculpts the Adult Brain
  • No Justifiable “Deserve”

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If there is “free will”, then is it in the small choices we do get to make? 

If there is no “free will”, is anyone ever “responsible” for what they do?

If there is no “free will”, are we all just NPCs (Non-Playing Characters) in a totally random pin ball game?

Determinism feels wrong.  We’d like to believe we are “in control”.   But are we?

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VOCABULARY: Dummheit — collective stupidity

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/war-the-father-of-all-mind-viruses?publication_id=1119676&post_id=191045812&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

WAR: The Father of All Mind Viruses
Fear of an enemy — real, perceived, exaggerated, or fabricated — is the emotional incubator and superspreader of all mind viruses.
John Leake
Mar 15, 2026

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer concluded that they had been afflicted with collective stupidity (German: Dummheit). He was not being flippant or sarcastic, and he made it clear that stupidity is not the opposite of native intellect. On the contrary, the events in Germany between 1933 and 1943 had shown him that perfectly intelligent people were, under the pressure of fear and propaganda, rendered stupid—that is, incapable of critical reasoning.

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“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.” — Will Smith

‘Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.’ — Muad’Dib in DUNE

“To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls.” — Shirley Jackson

FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real —  I Kings 19:1-15

Maybe this is where our English word “dumbshit” originates?

AI Overview — “Dumbshit” is a vulgar slang term referring to a very stupid, foolish, or incompetent person. It is used as a derogatory noun or, less commonly, as an adjective to describe extreme foolishness. Originating in American slang around the 1940s, it serves as a harsh term of address.

That’s about the right timeframe for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s observation to appear in the USA.  

Seems like a good label to apply to a lot people in today’s population.

Maybe to plagiarize Jeff Foxworthy —  

— if you have any of these “derangement syndromes”, you maybe a dumbshit!

— if you believe anything a politicians or bureaucrats says, you maybe a dumbshit!

— if you echo anything to see or hear on “social media” without citation or evidence, you maybe a dumbshit!

Nota Bene:  Everything I blog about starts with a link of what prompted it.

“My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.” — George Carlin  

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GOVERNACIDE: Gooferment Skrules adults are “racist”?

Monday, March 23, 2026

https://nypost.com/2026/03/13/us-news/california-appeals-court-sides-with-student-punished-for-writing-any-life-below-black-lives-matter-sketch/

Schoolgirl, 6, off the hook for poignant hand-written BLM letter principal said was ‘racist’ thanks to 1960s civil rights ruling
By Ross O’Keefe
Published March 13, 2026, 8:17 p.m. ET

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“Today’s ruling affirms what should be obvious: Students don’t lose their constitutional rights just because they’re young,” Caleb Trotter, senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, said in a release published online. “The Constitution protects every student’s right to free expression. No child should be punished for expressing a well-intentioned message to a friend.”

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Child's drawing on white paper that says "Black Lives Mater any life" with four colored ovals underneath, held by a hand.

I know at least one child who is “pure of heart”.  He really doesn’t “see” color yet.  And he too is “pro life”.

“Suffer the little children to … …”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
— Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” Aug. 28, 1963

Gooferment Skrules are designed to produce cannon fodder for the Army, willing morons for the factories, and useful idiots to vote for and be led by the elite.  

For this “principal” to see racism is the problem.

Argh!

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SAFETY: Keep a portable carbon monoxide detector in your cars

Sunday, March 22, 2026

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15643759/aubrie-morgan-carbon-monoxide-death-michigan.html

Woman, 18, killed in terrifying freak accident while sitting in her running car – and no-one could work out what happened to her, until they hoisted vehicle into the air
By NATASHA ANDERSON, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 15:50 EDT, 13 March 2026 | Updated: 18:48 EDT, 13 March 2026

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It wasn’t until police hoisted her 2010 sedan up onto a lift that they noticed the small crack on her engine’s manifold.

The crack allowed exhaust gases to leak inside Aubrie’s vehicle, which investigators say led to her death by the so-called silent killer of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Aubrie’s heartbroken parents are now urging other drivers, especially those with older cars, to keep a portable carbon monoxide detector in their vehicle.

They also plan to start a nonprofit organization in Aubrie’s name that will focus on raising awareness about the Carbon Monoxide exposure in cars, Today reported.

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I have heard the advice to ensure that a car’s exhaust pipe is clear in blizzards.  This is the first I’ve heard of a crack in the exhaust pipe of an old car causing a fatality.

I have a small monitor for when we travel because hotels have several exposure risks.  It was cheap, $40 and good for a decade. 

Seems like cheap insurance?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: OOOPS, facial recognition got it wrong

Saturday, March 21, 2026

https://boingboing.net/2026/03/12/grandmother-jailed-108-days-after-facial-recognition-got-it-wrong.html

Grandmother jailed 108 days after facial recognition got it wrong
Ellsworth Toohey 4:44 pm Thu Mar 12, 2026

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Fargo police had identified her as a bank fraud suspect using AI facial recognition software. The software was wrong.

Lipps spent nearly four months in a Tennessee jail without bail — classified as a fugitive, she had no hearing, no interview, nothing. North Dakota officers didn’t retrieve her until October 30, 108 days after the arrest.

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Sorry, but which politicians and bureaucrats are going to jail for 108 days?

In another great example of “justice” (habeas corpus for me but not for thee), this lady lost everything due to a “software error”.  Even a modest amount of investigation would have prevented this.

Hope she gets a good lawyer and can penetrate “qualified immunity”!

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS:The first to go should be the politicians and bureaucrats and their relatives

Friday, March 20, 2026

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/as-iran-war-escalates-congress-passes-automatic-involuntary-draft-registration/

As Iran War Escalates, Congress Passes Automatic Involuntary Draft Registration
By Daniel McAdams
March 11, 2026

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As often happens, the NDAA bill contains some of the worst language of all legislation. This year is no different, with language slipped into the bill that automatically and involuntarily registers young men for the military draft. With the war in Iran escalating and talks of troops needed.

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Where is the spirit of Charlie Rangel when you need it?

Former U.S. Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY), a Korean War veteran, repeatedly introduced legislation between 2003 and 2015 to reinstate a military draft, known as the Universal National Service Act. He argued that mandatory service for all, including women, would ensure shared sacrifice and force Congress to be more cautious about entering conflicts.

All us crazy little L libertarians would chime in to pass it.  Not because we wanted a “draft” but we wanted all the politicians and bureaucrats on record.  None of this non-sense about an “all volunteer army” when the body bags start coming home and its a disproportionately composed of poor and minority men.  When all the rich and powerful kids seek out convenient slots in the National Guard or Reserves.  As a Viet Nam era draftee, I didn’t have any such political pull.  So “register and take” everyone —  men, women, rich, poor, white, black, brown, or green.

So, I am fundamentally opposed to “the Draft” —  didn’t Lincoln free the slaves? —  as an infringement on our basic human rights.

So if the Congress wants to have a draft, then the first to go should be the politicians and bureaucrats and their relatives!

“No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain” – @ThomasEWoods.

“Any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, or by millions, calling themselves a government.” — Lysander Spoone The Unconstitutionality of Slavery

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NOTRECOMMENDED: Presidio Digital Vault aka AARP Digital Vault

Thursday, March 19, 2026

2026-03Mar-12

NOTRECOMMENDED: Prisidio Digiital Vault aka AARP Digital Vault

It all started when I was at ‘McD’s and started an upload to the Digital Vault.

NG!

No VPN. 

Sigh! Argh!

Then I started to investigate what exactly was securing my documents.  I was expecting that my User Id / Password combination was being used at a key.

WRONG!

When I dug into it deeper I referred to ₿itcoin; “Not your keys, not your coins” is a popular cryptocurrency mantra meaning that if you do not hold the private keys (or seed phrase) to your wallet, you do not truly own or control your digital assets.

It turns out, I assume, that Presidio has only one set of keys.

Hence, when it gets hacked, all my data is at risk.

Note I said “WHEN” because I can’t imagine more of a motherlode of data.  They suggest putting everything in “your vault”.   When I hears images of credit cards, that’s when I went FULL STOP.

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Hello Ferdinand,

I hope you’re doing well!

One of our support reps asked that I review a support case he has open with you. I wanted to personally address your concerns about VPN access and encryption.

On the VPN question: I totally understand why blocking VPNs seems counterintuitive from a security standpoint. While VPNs are great for legitimate, personal privacy, they’re also heavily used by attackers to hide their tracks and mask where attacks are coming from. It’s unfortunately become one of the most common ways bad actors try to access accounts. So yes, it’s a trade-off – we’re blocking VPNs to protect against credential stuffing and other attacks that exploit that anonymity. Unfortunately for those of us that use personal VPNs, we’re out of luck.

Regarding your encryption concerns: While I cannot disclose the specific technical details of our encryption implementation for security reasons, I can assure you that:

  1. Your data is encrypted both in transit and at rest using industry-standard encryption protocols
  2. We follow security best practices designed to protect against the exact scenario you’re concerned about – ensuring that a breach doesn’t result in compromising customer data
  3. Our security architecture is built with multiple layers of protection

That said, we recognize that different customers have different security requirements and risk tolerances. If our current security model doesn’t align with what you feel comfortable with – we completely understand.

I will definitely share your thoughts and concerns with our security team. Feedback like this is important – it helps us understand what matters most to our users and where we might need to evolve our security model.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or feedback and I will address them to the best of my abilities. I’ll ask our support rep to close your support case as you are welcome to reach out to me directly should you have any other concerns to share.

Thanks Ferdinand – have a great day!

 

 

Mark Wilkins
Director Support Services, Prisidio

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MY CANCELLATION FOLLOWED

YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary!)

I don’t understand why all the TECH BLOGS are not “jumping” all over this?

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PEACE: The old policy of avoiding “entangling alliances” is a better — foreign policy!

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5a7LX5MA6MR2nBy7cNMHmY?si=j4iZJvfuSzymwAGhffae6w&nd=1&dlsi=d14082ab8d034d52

Is Paleoconservatism Isolationist?
The Brion McClanahan Show
Think Locally, Act Locally

<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2026-03-11>>

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I would never describe a paleoconservative foreign policy as “isolationist.” That is a pejorative used by its detractors. Non-interventionist would be the proper term. This is the traditional American conservative position dating to the Washington administration. It is not pacifist or ideologically anti-war–paleocons are not Quakers–nor does it seek to cut off diplomacy or trade with the rest of the world. The old policy of avoiding “entangling alliances” is a better interpretation than “isolation.” 

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And, maybe if our Gooferment had a better handle on diplomacy, then 175 “little girls” (IDK how “little” they were, but school aged) would still be alive.  And 7 Americans and an unknown number of Iranains.)

“No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain” – @ThomasEWoods.

Congress has unconstitutionally delegated the power to “make war” to our now “elected king”.

“The current state of American government is that members of Congress just want to be influencers because writing good laws and doing actual oversight requires to much work, presidents just want to play war because domestic policy is too hard and not as fun, and judges get to write laws and play president because it’s easier than getting elected.” — Sean Davis of The Federalist

Argh!

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JOY: Saint Padraig’s, Padriac’s, or Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

St. Patrick's Day Symbols - Shamrock Meaning, Why We Wear ...

Traditional symbols of St. Patrick’s Day include the shamrock (representing the Holy Trinity), the color green (for Ireland’s “Emerald Isle” and Irish pride), leprechauns with pots of gold, the harp (a national emblem), and the Celtic Cross, blending Celtic and Christian imagery. Other popular symbols are rainbows, Irish music, and even dyeing beer green, reflecting Irish culture and mythology.

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Personally, Saint Padriac’s Day is the end point of my Seasonally Affected Disorder beciase a cascade of “bad events” seems to fall between Thanksgiving and March 17th.  Most of the deaths in my sphere occur during this window.  Almost like a self-fulling (self-licking ice cream cone) prophecy.

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NEWJERSEY: The wealthiest residents and businesses to chip in — not voluntarily!

Monday, March 16, 2026

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/k3z6t/sherrill-looks-to-end-crisis-5-takeaways-from-nj-budget-address?user_email=6977bb79afc18d89968a6a0494d4b398a8e9e97df94217a36edb8fcfd93b518e&user_email_md5=cff302c94eb4f6351922680bba576fdd&lctg=512c02461e240a9c3f318080

Sherrill Looks To End Crisis: 5 Takeaways From NJ Budget Address

  • What might get cut – and how much? Are any new taxes on the table? Here’s the latest update from Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff
Posted Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 2:54 pm ET
Updated Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 8:49 pm ET

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MORE MONEY

Sherill has insisted that her administration is not planning to raise taxes on New Jerseyans. Her administration recently released a policy blueprint that cites a plan to boost revenues without new taxes.

The governor repeated that message again Tuesday, saying that her budget proposal “does not raise taxes on individual New Jerseyans.”

Instead, the state will be looking to its wealthiest residents and businesses to chip in.

Sherrill said her budget proposal will pare back corporate tax breaks in the state, capping the deduction that our highest-earning companies can take for net operating losses.

“After COVID, more started claiming this deduction, to write off losses seen in those years,” she said. “It’s time to move on. We won’t keep shortchanging the future. Limiting this loophole saves taxpayers almost $500 million dollars.”

At the same time, some companies have been using a deduction that was introduced 15 years ago to help small businesses weather the Great Recession, she said: the Alternative Business Calculation.

“The whole point was to level the playing field for entrepreneurs,” Sherrill said. “But bigger companies started using it, too. So our budget limits that deduction to the actual small businesses it was meant for, capping eligibility at business income of a million dollars a year.”

“The car repair shop and the diner down the block are the ones who should benefit,” Sherrill said. “This fix will save another $120 million dollars a year – without taxing families a dollar more.”

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[<synonym for excrement from a male cow>!

First, “chip in” should be voluntary.  There ain’t nothing voluntarily. 

Second, any increase in State spending is a tax on everybody in the State.

Third, corporations are just a legal fiction.  Only REAL PEOPLE pay taxes.  So in everything you buy, their costs are in that product.  Buy a bar of soap and an uncalculable sliver of the cost is taxes —  Fed tax, State tax, gas tax to get it to you, real estate tax for the store you bought it from —  you can’t figure it out, but it’s there!

 … … … … and the politicians and bureaucrats like it that way.  

Why do people know about sales taxes?  Because it is broken out and printed on every receipt!

Argh!

Let’s break out the effect of EVERY tax so “We, The Sheeple” can see how badly they are being robbed!

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2026-03Mar-12

https://nj1015.com/sherrill-budget-impact-businesses/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=vypudpl6xz&di=0bab583a05e28e6772cd8a0bf9b4db7f

Corporations don’t pay taxes.  They are a FICTION! Argh!

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SAFETY: Put what3words on your fridge

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Is what3words on your fridge?

BBC Radio Nottingham recently shared a clever way to help kids tell 999 call handlers where to find your home in an emergency: stick your what3words address to your fridge.

By turning what3words into a household staple, you’re giving your family a useful tool that can make all the difference when every second counts.

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If you have a landline, then I’d put it on the phone as well.

Seems like an easy “2do”.

In addition to their name, address, and phone number, their what3words address should be easy to get them to remember.  Like their safety word.  Maybe that could be their safety word?

With all the stick on clothing labels, you could add that too.

Good idea?

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INTERESTING: Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI) may make something happen

Saturday, March 14, 2026

https://thewalrus.ca/dream-engineering/

Science
Meet the Researchers Who Can Engineer Your Dreams
The tech is called “targeted dream incubation”—and it changes everything we know about sleep
by Karen van Kampen Updated 1:25, Mar. 2, 2026 | Published 6:30, Feb. 28, 2026

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What’s new, and what I set out to investigate, is Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI), which uses external stimuli to connect with a dreamer and encourage them to focus on a particular topic or theme. Adam Haar and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University developed this contemporary incubation method using sound and touch to reach a dreamer as they traversed through sleep onset, moving from waking to sleep. These first few minutes of sleep are characterized by hypnagogia: dreamy thoughts and images that are often related to recent waking experiences. As a montage of images, thoughts, and sensations flooded a person’s mind, a voice recording prompted them to focus on a chosen topic.

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I’ve always been interested in “lucid dreaming” and what dreams could possibly mean.

Is it “nothing” or just the brain doing the biological equivalent of a computer’s garnage processing?

IDK!

I guess because I have “night terrors” as well as “very vivid dreams”,  I always have thought that is why my parents were functional alcoholics.   They had “night terrors” so bad that they were often afraid to go to sleep.  Hence the alcohol which seems to disrupt it.

Not wanting to be an alcholoic, I have trained myself to not take these too seriously.  The more I laughed at them and shared them, the less the impact they would have. 

A frequent one was being lost in a hotel where the room numbers were not sequential or there me four digit room number in between three digit ones. For example, 135 would be next to 1351 and 1352 then 136.  And on and on.

Strange?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: There are a lot of unsolved murders … …

Friday, March 13, 2026

https://www.boredpanda.com/suspicious-true-crime-cold-cases-msn-2/

Published Mar 07, 2026
22 Baffling Unsolved True Crime Cases That Are Not For The Faint-Hearted
Edvinas Jovaišas
BoredPanda staff

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Nowadays, many people seem to be fans of true crime TV series or podcasts. I would be lying if I said I didn’t watch true crime series myself. But for some, it can be difficult to understand why someone would want to spend their time immersing themselves in upsetting or even terrifying stories.

Well, we got curious as to why they would do something like that, too. So we got in touch with Dr. Kevin Bennett, a full teaching professor of psychology at Penn State University, Beaver Campus, and creator of the Kevin Bennett Is Snarling podcast, who shared that people’s interest in true crime and dark or troubling stories can be attributed to a combination of psychological, evolutionary, and social factors.

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Everyone always focuses on the “crime rate”.  I think we should focus on the “unsolved crimes”.

If we form a Gooferment to protect us from foreign and domestc enemies, then it hasn’t done a very good job.

The LEOs should be focused on “solving” crimes and judges should be focused on very long incarcerations.  

Where possible for electing sherrifs or judges, this should be the only criteria.

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ConspiracyTheories: Epstein Prison Guard Made a Mysterious Deposit

Thursday, March 12, 2026

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/revealed-epstein-prison-guard-made-mysterious-deposit-before/

REVEALED: Epstein Prison Guard Made a Mysterious Deposit Before P*dophile’s Supposed Suicide – Also Googled Epstein Just Minutes Before His Body was Discovered
by Cullen Linebarger Mar. 7, 2026 2:00 pm

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A total of 12 deposits began in April 2018, the bank said, and culminated in the largest deposit, for $5,000, on July 30, 2019, the records showed.

The files only contain Noel’s bank records beginning in December 2018. They show seven cash deposits totaling $11,880. Noel started working at the Special Housing Unit — where Epstein had been held — beginning on July 7, 2019, just weeks before his death.

Noel, who drove a $62,000 2019 Land Rover Range Rover, wasn’t asked about the cash during her DOJ interview, records showed.

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“Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Go home, you looky-loos.” Officer Barbrady’s Catch Phrase South Park

Sorry, but something stinks.

Time for someone at DOJ or SDNY to ask some hard questions!

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Garden State Gov. Mikie Sherrill positioned herself as a reasonable, middle-of-the-road candidate — fooled some of us!

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam
https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/opinion/texas-democrat-james-talaricos-moderate-act-exposes-his-partys-new-scam/

Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam
By Karol Markowicz
Published March 5, 2026, 6:46 p.m. ET

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So voters need to look deeper at these “normal” Democrats, because the staid moderate act only lasts so long.

Just look at New Jersey and Virginia, whose new governors both veered sharply left after running “moderate” campaigns.

Garden State Gov. Mikie Sherrill positioned herself as a reasonable, middle-of-the-road candidate. She ran on affordability issues and rarely mentioned immigration.

Upon taking office, she immediately signed an executive order limiting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on state property — and started pushing a 7% sales tax hike.

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​Two faced lying grifters.

But how do “we” fix it?

Clearly “We, The Sheeple” have no recourse to lying politicians, who fool us into voting for them.  We need a better “system” but I don’t know what that would be.

Perhaps, a smaller, more decentralized, prganizational principle might work better.

Instead of large “States”, we should have size limits based on area, population, and age distribution.  Maybe a “county” might be even too big.  It would have to balance overhead versus efficiency.   Now some municipalities are larger than foreign countries.  

States like Wyoming are not “equal” to cities like New York, Los Angeles, or any big metro area.  Imagine the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk being divided into governing bodies of less than 100,000 people?  Power to the people!

Technology makes smaller governance groups possible without travel.

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