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Switchblade: A flying car...

I'm cleaning up bookmarks and came across a story about an electric car with airplane capabilities. The story said it's 14 years in the making and going through it's next series of tests. In July, the FAA determined it was safe for flight testing.

Expected to retail for $170,000 when it hits the market and the reserve list is up to 1,600. A deposit of $2,000 is due within 45 days after the first vehicle takes flight.

I've seen lots of 'Popular Mechanics' reviews of flying cars... dating back to when I was a kid. I'm skeptical as I cannot recall any makers who have viable aircraft for sale.

Always reading the comments, I found some interesting details, like requiring a pilots license, insurance for both a car and airplane, needing expensive safety avionics not mentioned in the story, only able to fly in or out of FAA certified airports, only certified A&P mechanics are allowed to work on the vehicle. Not one comment I read had anything positive to say about the Switchblade.

Big on hype, bigger on B.S.

Since you can only take off and land from an airport, the dream of flying out of snarled traffic isn't going to happen.
Maybe the prototype will get used in the next Mad Max movie!


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The fallout continues...

Allen Weisselberg has agreed to a plea deal and testify against The Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation at trial, which is scheduled for October.


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Former Trump supporter Alex Jones declared he would back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Conservatives dictionary...

I'm thinking about writing a book for liberals to understand words spoken by Conservatives.
It will be sort of a political dictionary and the title will be:
"I speak Connese, do you?"

Examples of the first edition will include words like:

farce b i = FBI
libs = liberals (the derogatory name for democrats)
demonrats = democrats
'crats = democrats
obozo = Obama
obismal = Obama
Hussein = Obama's middle name used in an attempt to annoy libs (liberals, see above)
o'biden = Biden
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Freedom of speech?

I suppose.
News story about Luis Miguel seeking a house seat in the Florida Legislature states on Twitter that 'under his plan, federal agents could be shot on sight in the state.' He told the website Florida Politics that Twitter had notified him that his account had been permanently suspended, which he later confirmed to NBC News on Friday. According to the story, a Twitter spokesperson said the account is permanently suspended for violating the company's hateful conduct policy.

Miguel confirmed to NBC News that his tweet on Thursday said: “Under my plan, all Floridians will have permission to shoot FBI, IRS, ATF and all other feds on sight! Let freedom ring!”

Obviously, conservatives are 'going off the rails' since the FBI served Trump a search warrant and seized boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago.

The scary part is the unruly activity and growing support for Trump despite several investigations to him and his corporations.



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Anne Heche...

Until last week, I didn't know who Anne Heche was, only that she was involved in a fiery car crash when her vehicle struck a building. The crash was being investigated for felony DUI, but that's all a moot point now.
While she was in a coma and not expected to live, the news came today she passed away at the age of 53.

American actress, director, and screenwriter Anne Heche. May she rest in peace.

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Bed sheets...

I read a news article where people were surveyed about how often they changed their bed sheets. The average was every other week and single guys went as long as 3 months between changes. I find that unless you are living in a log cabin in the hills of Tennessee, three months to be totally unacceptable. They probably change sheets in prison more often than that!
My mother taught my (older) brother and me to do laundry... every week and that included sheets. While we had several sets, the dirty sheets would be removed and sent to the laundry room hamper. Often, the mattress would air-out for a while before clean sheets would be put on.
Visiting my brother in college once, he had a duffel bag filled with t-shirts and jeans (that was his basic attire) and due to financial reasons would only go to the coin laundry when he ran out of clean clothes. Since it was a dormitory, he could shower as often as time permitted so fear of stench wasn't an issue, especially as he shared the space with 3 other students.
One rock band I was in often did some short travel usually back the next day. We had a week long engagement that was a 6 hour drive so the nightclub provided an apartment for the gigging groups to stay at. We had to provide our own bath towels. There were a few racks for use to hang our towels.
I remember hand washing the towel after each use and near the end of the week the other guys towels were dingy... you can see which one was mine. One of the other guys attempted to grab my towel, "PUT THAT BACK!" I said

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Smart Appliances...

This is worse than a disease... People are spending more on appliances than the kitchen that goes around them.
$10,000 for a refrigerator?
It can Wi-Fi to your phone, so if you want one with a camera to see what's inside without having to open the door... they cost that and more!

Appliances are now linked to the internet so you can access your appliances anywhere.

Washers and dryers also fall into the remote control category. You are alerted by the app on your phone when the dry cycle is done, no need to run downstairs to the laundry room to check.

One drawback: they can be hacked in the same way people are hacking doorbell camera systems.

Smart appliances... maybe not smart enough?
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Daddy, PLEASE don't run again...

I saw an article where Ivanka expressed her desire for her father not to run in 2024. It's been hard on her and Jared as their personal lives still require security. Media follows their moves and they don't enjoy the continues stress of questions by news asking about their future. It's kind of a "Just leave us alone, we want to return to a more normal lifestyle" sentiment.
Melania is right behind her with the same sentiment.


Blog tagged family as it's family that's affected.

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Goodbye Freya...

If you live in the coastal area of Norway, you may have seen Freya, a 1,300 pound walrus.
Freya became an icon for both good and bad as this walrus had climbed on back of some boats to sunbathe and sank a few.
It was determined that sightseers were getting too close and it was feared an endangerment for people, so as a "last resort," spokesman for the Directorate of Fisheries Vegard Oen Hatten said they had to put the animal down.

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All things UFO...

Friday, July 8th 1922 marks the 75th anniversary of the Roswell incident that happened near Corona, New Mexico in 1947 involving the US Army Air Forces from Roswell Army Air Field.
Talk about the granddaddy of UFO conspiracies, this one is it!
We've got the military on record for crashed weather balloons... no, it's alien aircraft with eyewitness to 4 dead alien bodies removed from the crashed spaceship and autopsy footage.
Debunk, debunk and more debunk.

That leads me to watching a handful of HISTORY channel UFO movies this week. Years and years of collective research, photos and videos with all kinds of possibilities, but nothing exact. At least nothing exact in my mind.

I think I can sort out the TV drama BS stories versus some genuine mysterious sightings. Sightings of what?

Since the videos were all produced by the HISTORY channel, they read to me like watching episodes of CSI or CRIMINAL MINDS.

A few 'key phrases' were stated in several of the episodes that rubs me like 200 grit sandpaper. "Blaming the United States government for not protecting us"
It didn't matter if it came from eye witness citizens or from ex-military UFO chasers. They sounded like Trump supporters shouting "build that wall"

Anyway... I could come up with any number of analogies, one being we've got a guard in front of the bank... he's standing there doing nothing. Why? because no one is rushing in with a gun and mask!

They are blaming 'our government' for not protecting us, but there hasn't been an actual threat. Or has there? Buzzing over Arizona mountain tops isn't exactly an act of aggression. (you can quote me on that)

They know our presence... read our radio and TV signals, have the ability to stop and restart car engines when they hover over them. Can fly at blinding speeds and change direction in flight without having to make a banked turn like conventional aircraft.
We're not sure when fighter jets are behind, if they in pursuit or part of a secret mission and the 'alien' aircraft is part of a top secret US government project.

One other thing... I'm wondering if Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, India, Italy, France, Spain and every physically large country has their own version of Area 51 complete with TV shows and eyewitness accounts of Alien encounters.

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Not an official vacation...

Many of the people I work with typically take vacations in July and August. I've been doing mini-vacations of a day or two locally and will probably schedule an official vacation to visit my brother in Ohio when kids go back to school... or we hear less nightmares of 1,000 cancellations on any given weekend.
I'm finishing up on 4 projects that only need some touchups and minimal service to be 100%. A few new projects have been released to manufacture and I'm currently working on another round of estimates.
So, I'm busy. Maybe a little more than I expected, but that's a good thing.

I told my flying buddies, no time to fly helicopters during the week. Practice will have to wait until the weekend.
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Mind control...

From time-to-time I read or hear an unusual word or phrase from a group of people, often unrelated. This week, it's "Banana Republic!”
Why are so many saying it?
Because Trump said it.
“My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides," Trump added. "Banana Republic!”

He's testifying Wednesday (today) in a NY investigation.

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