I finally get a break from appliances!
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Appliance reprieve, but no worker reprieve:
Yesterday the only fedgov employee I regularly interact with — a Forest Service manager — was severely bummed by a new seven-page memo from OMB, directing two more phases of RIFs (Reductions in Force). This memo is included in an article yesterday titled “Trump administration sets stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in new memo | AP News”.
Meanwhile, the Orange Oracle of Obduracy announced that 65 percent of EPA workers will be fired. Michael ‘Red Guard’ Regan may be gone. But his loyal cadres aren’t leaving without a fight:
https://ibb.co/k6xxf1DH
Unemployment claims in the District of Corruption have tripled since 2025 began:
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1895106030188847322/photo/1
Hi Jim,
Most of the District is unemployable, of course.
Most of the District of Corruption is UNNECESSARY….
FIFY…
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Are the Jews asking the rest of the world to help Palestinians live a life?
Obviously not.
All they want is more for themselves, you don’t count.
All you are is the appliance.
If the nuance is there.
A WRX sedan with a manual transmission and pull up emergency brake was the star of the opening scenes of “Baby Driver”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ARFyrM6gVs
Eric, With all due respect; you really have to up your video game.
These videos are too shaky to watch and look like a case of distracted driving. Release as audio only? Otherwise need a stable video that doesn’t look like it was filmed while you are drinking and driving.
When sharing this site with others, people have asked what’s up with the videos. I have no explanation for what they are seeing.
I apologize if this comes off as overly critical. I really do enjoy the audio content.
Hi BID,
You’re right, of course. But the thing is I haven’t been able to afford to buy a replacement such as a GoPro because of all the money being extorted from me lately to pay for “coverage” and the “assessment” on my place (in addition to the cost of everything else). So I have to poor boy it until I can afford not to.
Understood. Resources aren’t infinite and government theft only makes it worse.
One cheap option might be to have your better half hold the camera. The human body does a really good job stabilizing the camera when that’s all it has to do.
Surely takes the spontaneity out of it but it works and is practically free aside from what ever you have to do to bribe her to do it.
Other ideas: newer iPhones (others too?) have video stabilization. Yeah – spy in the pocket; I get that very real concern. However if you are using it to release video to your site is it a tax write off? Maybe partial write off? But at least useful at other times vs. dedicated Go-pro?
Anyway, thank you for acknowledgment and I’ll leave it up to you how to best manage your resources and website.
Great site as always and really appreciate that you produce both automotive and Libertarian leaning content.
On Christmas Eve last year I spied a bike helmet in a ditch in the woods, I stopped and retrieved it, under the visor was a GoPro8! It was rain and snow covered, but I took it home and dried it out and it worked. I learned how to use it and ordered an accessory kit on Amazon. Great camera for hiking, I use a head band mount, leaving your hands free, sweet. It has horizon stabilization mode, really nice feature, but there’s no zoom. I also ordered 2 longer life batteries and charger, a must have, as the GoPro burns through it’s rechargeable in about an hour. One of the best features is timelapse, they call it timewarp, I can record an entire ride or hike.
For the last week I have been thinking of asking you to think about having a weekly open political thread, like they do over at wattsupwiththat. I find so much good stuff to share, like this video of Jeffrey Sachs who explains in painful detail exactly how the Ukraine war went down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD_KEFpuIro
I Like the idea, Jack –
I really like the idea of having that sort of interactivity on this site – and so not beholden to Google/YouTube. But it apparently would require a custom-build of this site that I cannot afford right now. Rock meets hard place, etc. Of course, if I began hawking Rough Greens like Glenn Beck then it’d be no problem. Except I’d need to drink even more than he does.
Manual trans shifter plus hand-lever parking brake … hell yeah! My 28-year-old ride has those.
Hill holding is done with right hand on the brake lever and left foot on the clutch. Fancy that.
Surely there’s an iPhone app to do this for me? /snark