Daily Archives: 1/21/2025

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It just doesn’t happen here

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This is a picture out of the window of our house looking across my front yard.

For those who don’t get it, that’s SNOW. A little over THREE inches! Thirty miles from the Gulf of Mexico America, and we’ve got snow. Just to bring you up to speed, South Louisiana gets an accumulation of snow about once every decade. This is that.

Yeah, I can hear you all now… “‘Tis nothing.” Maybe to places north of here, but right now my state is SHUT DOWN. Seriously, it’s better that way. These people have enough trouble driving on dry roads.

Me? I did Korea. Germany. Kentucky. North Dakota in January. I know the deal. I am exercising the Louisiana subroutine. That’s “stay home and enjoy a good, hot bowl of gumbo and some old movies.

And three hours later, it’s more than SIX inches. Youngest dog, Oscar, went out, madea little loop in the back yard, then started barking to come back in. Oldest dog, Charlie, saw all the white stuff, declared the demise of the world as he knows it, and refused to go outside.

History

Today in History – 21 January

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1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. It’s not healthy to go against the state religion. Back then, that was Catholicism. Today, it’s socialism, DEI, and global warming.

1774 – Abdul Hamid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. This was the same timeframe as American colonists were discussing separation of church and state.

1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France was executed by the guillotine. The French Revolution is the textbook example of what you get when “enlightened” moonbats do a revolution.

1924 – Vladimir Lenin dies becomes a good communist; a lengthy power struggle emerges between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin begins, culminating to the latter’s consolidation of power c. 1928 and Trotsky being assassinated in Mexico.

1932 – Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty. In seven years the Soviet Union invades Finland, once again showing the worthiness of negotiating with blood-thirsty dictators.

1941 – First commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater at Freeport, TX. This becomes a big deal because magnesium is a major component in aircraft.

1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched in Groton, Connecticut.

1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. Losses: Us – : 572 killed in action, 1,600 wounded, 7 missing. VC/NVA: estimated between 10,000 and 15,000. The network news showed the same crashed C-130 on the Khe Sanh airstrip for weeks in a display of “unbiased” reporting…

1977 – President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada. Can you say “simpering SOB?” I knew you could…  ‘Carpenter’, my ass!  He deserves the same flaming pile of shit in Hell as Jane Fonda.

1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board, equivalent to two day’s worth of Biden’s “Open Borders” policy.

2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow. Wonder if Israel will be coerced again?

2017 – Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women’s march, on Donald Trump’s first full day as President of the United States. Overtaken with shame, he immediately resigns, telling the nation that Hillary Clinton is indeed the Kwisach Haderach.