Saturday, December 30, 2023

Hillbilly Hunters Joke

Two hillbilly hunters got a pilot to fly them into the far north for elk hunting. They were quite successful in their venture, and bagged six big bulls. The pilot came back as arranged to pick them up.

They started loading their gear into the plane, including the six elk. But the pilot objected he said, “The plane can take out only four of your elk. You will have to leave two behind.”

One of the hunters pushed forward, “Hey, last year our pilot let us take out six elk. It was the same model plane, same weather conditions, and everything. What’s with this? We want you to allow us to fly out just like last year.

Reluctantly the pilot finally permitted them to put all six elk aboard and the men all climbed in with their gear. But when they attempted to take off and fly out of the valley, the little plane could not make it. They crashed in the wilderness.

Climbing out of the wreckage, one hillbilly said to the other, “Do you know where we are?”

“I think so,” replied the other hillbilly. “Yep! I think this is about 100 yards further along than where we crashed last year!”

How The Banking System Works

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

A Bunch Of Random Thoughts

Isreal Hamas War:
Between Hamas and Israeli combatants which are suppose to be the good guys at this point? Is this war one of retaliation or ethnic cleansing.

The Presidential Election:
Trump/Biden.. out of 300 million some people these two are the best we can do? Why would an honest intelligent person even want such a thankless a job?

Illegal Immigrants:
Maybe if the United States would stop sanctioning and meddling in South American nations there wouldn't be this problem. Karma?

Congress:
If congress spent just 10% of the time doing what they were elected to do instead of trying to destroy one another the American voters would be forever grateful. The U.S. budget is over $6.3 trillion dollars. How many in congress even know how to budget their own personal financials considering they have other people do it for them? I would like to see each of them on TV series day at a time play 'The 'Price Is Right'.

Speaking Of Congress:
I watch C-Span off and on when they air the so called committee hearings. At least half turn out of be a game of let's humiliate and burn the witnesses. Seems all those members already know all the answers. After asking a 3 minute question and repeatedly interrupting the witness testimony every 3 seconds seems pointless to me. Often times guys like Ted Cruz and others aren't even there for the whole hearing. They walk in take their shots and leave. A hit and run so to speak I have yet to see any one of them whose mind was changed from when they walked in the room. A shit show for the public as far as I'm concerned. All the real sausage getting made is behind closed door hearings.

TV Commercials:
Yes I know they need revenue but is 10 minutes necessary for every 30 minutes? Between program intros and end credits we're lucky to get 18 or so minutes of actual entertainment. Then there's pharmaceutical ads. Is there anyone you know who only pays $5 a prescription they claim is possible? I have HD TV but I'll be damned if I can read the fine print at the bottom of these ads they flash for 2 seconds! Seen an ad today car customers could get up to $14,000 back on one of the car manufacturers new vehicles. Bait & Switch?

Sports Betting:
With several billion dollars involved it makes me question how legitimate these games are. Speaking of gambling, how about them big lotto drawings. The lotto itself gets half before announcing a big prize. One which may (if taking cash option) only be worth 50% or less after taxes. In other words out of 1 million dollars in revenue players end up with only about 25%. With government involved in gambling and now marijuana sales, prostitution can't be far behind. Yea I know there are some damn good jokes I could make about that.

Change My Password. Keep my information safe?
Are you kidding me! Big time hackers have hit the bonanza many times by scanning the servers whom we do business with. Passwords, users names, third party verification have become almost meaningless when businesses themselves have been subject to hackers who've gotten 10's of millions of pieces of information despite our individual best efforts. Some states have even sold some of their DMV info. I just read Google has removed a bunch of VPN (Virtual Private Network) encryption apps. Seems they were downloading spyware. So here were a bunch of people trying to keep their identities safe yet resulted in just the opposite. I never did trust the damn things knowing every time you click it went to one of these providers for encryption. What makes anyone think these VPN providers were some kind of saints?

Well I have lots more thoughts but that's about it for the day.

Friday, December 22, 2023

Yule Log (Philly Style)

"9th Street Italian Market Burn Barrel At Christmas HD (2 HOURS) Crackling Fire Sound & Holiday Music". This holiday season, sit by the fire with friends and family to do a little people watching on South Philly's 9th Street.


Christmas Eve's Feast Of The Seven Fishes

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Another NDE

I've read and watched dozens of these. What impressed me about this guy is how well he describes just about every other experience others had. He speaks so well I cannot imagine someone describing the experience better then he.

UPS Truck Gets Booted By Allentown Parking Authority

lehighvalleynews.com
UPS Truck Gets Booted By Allentown Parking Authority
"According to the APA website, vehicles may be immobilized for unpaid parking tickets and may be towed or impounded at any point after. It’s unclear how many unpaid tickets UPS had in Allentown that led to the vehicle being booted"

Santa better be careful!

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

bald and bankrupt's Most Dangerous Adventure Ever

Perhaps with these two videos we will have a different perspective when it comes to so-called illegal immigration and these peoples desperation. One has to ask themselves what would they do if they found themselves in the same situations as they? Is there any possible way of turning these dire conditions around?

When the word Darien started appearing in the news in recent years by way of the migrant crises I decided that now was the time to explore it for myself. And so myself and my good friend @TimmyKarter headed north from Medellin in search of a way across the infamous jungle, avoiding cartel and bandits, injury and tropical diseases, on an adventure with migrants from all over the world where national laws don't apply. Only the laws of the jungle.




You have probably seen the videos of us walking through the Darien jungle. This is our story about everything that happened to us on that journey. All the planning that went into it, or lack of planning, and how we eventually met the cartel. Please watch our story.



These are the kind of videos I enjoy watching. The kind you'll never see the likes of on the highly polished TV specials. I've seen things I never knew about places I hadn't a clue existed. Also amazing the amount of people who are filmed unfiltered in some of the least known places on earth.

Most of us here in the United States only are told what some wish us to believe. If it were not for the internet few would discover what the "REAL" world is like outside of our own limited experiences.

Friday, December 8, 2023

One Of My Pet Peeves

Repost WITH UPDATES


I remember very clearly in 9th grade when my English teacher lambasted a kid for saying it wrong. "What are you, a baby?... goo goo dada. You're in 9th grad now. Say it right!"





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There is no such thing as "AVE". The word is avenue.
It's not "MERCH". It's merchandise.
It's clearly not a road when the street sign says "STREET".

WFMZ is the worst offender. They are especially annoying reporting an accident occurred at EXIT NUMBER so and so. Who the hell knows exit numbers. Tell us what the actual exits are for. Same goes when they report from so and so county or township. In what city or suburb are you reporting from? When people are shot or laying on the ground they are not on a "FLOOR". They also need to learn how to pronounce towns correctly. They've been around long enough they should know better. And don't get me started on Dick Dean's highly skewed surveys. The way he words them is obvious he's trying to force people to see things his way. If he really wanted to know what people were thinking he wouldn't make himself invisible to any kind of feedback whatsoever.

Anything you want to add?