Flooding from Hurricane Ian is forcing wildlife into Florida neighborhoods.
Wild boards? You mean trees? Layers and layers of editorial oversight, indeed.
Blog News
Server Issue
I know the blog has been looking like it was nuked. It wasn’t. What happened was that I got screwed by the IT guy that was my partner in the server venture.
Back when Biden first took office and the left was cancelling voices on the right, I was approached by an Internet guy with a business proposition. His proposal was that I rent some space on a server that he had in Europe, and share the cost with other like minded bloggers. He offered to run the entire thing for me, where I would pay him and then share the costs with those other bloggers. I went with his plan, and have been paying him ever since. For now, we will call him IT guy.
There are people who have shared my server with me. Some, like BCE, since the beginning of the new server, while others have done so at various points since then.
All went well until about two months ago, when another blogger wanted to move his blog to my server. He paid me for a year in advance. I contacted the IT guy and asked him to set up the migration. A month went by. No action.
Eventually, IT guy stopped responding to emails, so I tried calling his cell phone. He told me how busy he was, and said he would get to the migration that afternoon. It still didn’t get done.
Then BCE’s blog got nuked, so he asked me to bring his backup site from its slumber and reset the password. You guessed it, no response from my emails to IT guy, and IT guy is no longer answering my calls, nor is he returning voicemail messages or emails.
At first I thought he was ill. Nope. Not to busy to cash checks or post to his blog. I paid him on a quarterly basis, and he cashed the last check on October 3 without a word about why he wasn’t doing what he was charging me for.
So I began looking to migrate my blog over to a new server. I had to learn how to run the server and do all of the Internet geeky stuff myself, all while my grandson was in the hospital and a lot of other stuff that had higher priorities. Something had to give, and that was sleep. I’ve been getting less than four of hours a night of sleep as I rented some server space in Europe, set up a multi-site server, along with a private email service, SSL certificates, and all of the rest. I am determined that no one will shut down my voice until I feel that there is nothing left to say.
There were some technical hiccups. That’s why the blog looked like it had been nuked. I contacted the other bloggers who were sharing the server, and all but two of them have been migrated to the new server. The other two have yet to answer my attempts to get ahold of them. I don’t know how long the old server will continue to be functional. Once it gets shut down, their content will be lost forever.
The new server is actually better than the old one. More memory, more processing power, more storage space and a lot more bandwidth. This situation won’t happen again because this time I am in control of the entire thing.
I’m not posting IT guy’s identity just yet, because I am giving him a bit of the benefit of the doubt. I am not going to accuse someone of taking my money and ripping me off, mostly because I don’t know for sure what is going on. I wish him well with his own blog and his endeavors.
Blog News
Blog Changes
With the new server comes some style changes. I am tweaking the look of the blog. Please bear with me, and let me know of any problems. I am working on readability and appearance. You will note that the text/background contrast has improved. I will continue to work on things.
Military
To Expect Loyalty, Give Loyalty
The US government had a former Marine fighter pilot arrested because he was teaching Chinese pilots how to fly their aircraft. This happened shortly after the US military began firing its servicemembers for refusing the COVID vaccine. What did you expect those now unemployed people to do?
Criminals
Teacher Arrested with Gun in Car
A Levy county teacher was arrested for having a gun in her car on school property. I think that the cops may have screwed up on the charges. She has been charged with a violation of 790.115 2b, possession of a weapon on school property, and two counts of 827.03 2d, willfully or through neglect endangering a child. The first charge might not fly. Granted I am not a lawyer, but the law reads:
A person shall not possess any firearm, electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon as defined in s. 790.001(13), including a razor blade or box cutter, except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, at a school-sponsored event or on the property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop; however, a person may carry a firearm:
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3. In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(5); except that school districts may adopt written and published policies that waive the exception in this subparagraph for purposes of student and campus parking privileges.
The question here is whether or not the school board has published a policy that states that no one may park on campus with a firearm in their vehicles. Most school districts in Florida don’t publish rules like that. A sharp lawyer might be able to beat this.
The child endangerment charges though, those are likely to stick. I mean, she gave two 4th grade children the keys to her car, knowing that there was a loaded handgun in it. She deserves to go down for that.
I would certainly suggest a plea deal.
Me
Acuity
After an evaluation of his lab results, the hospital felt comfortable moving him out of the ICU. He has been moved to a normal pediatric unit. He still cannot speak, eat, swallow, or move his upper extremities. He can only walk with large amounts of assistance. It’s tough to watch. The only way that he can communicate is by looking at something and laughing or crying. Things like “Which movie do you want to watch?” Then holding them up one at a time until he laughs at one.
Still, a week ago he was still unconscious, and ten days ago he was near death. Even if improvement doesn’t come as quickly as we would like, it is still coming. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember that. Still, at this point it is impossible to know what long term deficits he will have, if any. You can tell that being unable to do anything is wearing on him, and he gets visibly frustrated at times.
But progress is slow. I won’t do updates unless and until there is something to report.
On another front, his school contacted my daughter and asked for a doctor’s note for this extended absence. So it was provided to them. The next thing was the school telling her that he would have to disenroll or transfer to Florida virtual school. That is complete and utter horseshit. Federal and Florida law require them to offer him services. The law says that he is entitled to home education visits while in the hospital, and having spent time as a teacher, I know what the law says. We are going to go through the process, and if the services required by law aren’t provided, I will gladly hire an attorney.
Crime
Animals behaving badly
A 17 year old in Putnam county argued with a man before shooting a 5 year old child in retribution. He was arrested on one count of aggravated battery, three counts of aggravated assault and one count of firing a missile into a vehicle — all of which are felony charges.
Silence the opposition
Correction
I want to make a correction to my earlier post about the Rubio staffer who was attacked. It turns out that the attacker was Christopher Monzon. The man who attacked him was Javier Jesus Lopez. I got the names reversed in my original post.
I also want to add that the press, especially the openly communist press in Miami, is running with the “white supremacist” claims. The press is now reporting that Monzon was at the Charlottesville protest. I don’t see what that has to do with anything. Let’s say that every claim is true- he WAS at the Charlottesville protest. How would his attacker have known that? Even if Monzon was there, and even if his attacker knew that, does that mean his attacker gets a free pass?
This is dangerous territory. A continuation of Antifa’s “punch a Nazi” campaign, it’s a call to political violence. They forget that this can work both ways. Did a person say something mean about you? Beat them within an inch of their lives…” I seem to recall a certain asshole calling me deplorable.
Race baiting
Don’t Label Me
A staffer for Marco Rubio was attacked merely for being a Republican. It wasn’t enough that they put him in the hospital. Now the communists and their lackeys in the MSM are adding insult to injury. ABC news in Miami has decided to doxx him. It turns out that his name is Javier Lopez, a 22 year old staffer Christopher Monzon, a canvasser for the Rubio campaign. ABC news takes it one step further and calls him a “white supremacist.”
Sören Kierkegaard wrote, “Once you label me, you negate me.” This is exactly what the left is doing. The label that they have found most effective is “Racist.” There are others. They accuse gun owners of having a small penis. They accuse parents of being terrorists and abusers.
It’s an effective tactic. It not only forces the person labeled to defend themselves from the accusation, but also allows the person and their family to be targeted by the communists’ black bloc enforcers. This young man and his family will be targeted at work, at the store, and at school. Your job, your spouse’s job both forfeit. Your kids will be bullied at school. You may even have physical security threats at home.
Look at what they have done to George Zimmerman, the original white supremacist Hispanic. The lesson there worked as intended, with people afraid to report crimes or confront criminals for fear of being labeled and negated.
I have been hit with that label pretty often. It’s a tool used to silence and negate others. It’s a weak argument.
