If we are to believe the Mainsteam Media, the FBI foiled a mass-shooting in Kerr, Texas. The narrative is that the would-be-perp is a white-supremasist-neo-NAZI.
The news articles showed the image displayed above to prove how scary-bad the accused was.
I was not satisfied. All that highly-paid research ability and they didn't identify the various "scary" items. I decided to help them out.
From left-to-right:
N.) Neo-NAZI flag.
S.) Green flags with white Arabic writing are rarely associated with Neo-NAZI. What is this? Oh, it is the national flag of Saudi Arabia (where Islam was born). Funny, they didn't say anything about Islamic terrorists.
R.) Russian Orthodox Calvary Cross. For those readers who are a bit fuzzy on history, the original NAZI and the Russians didn't get along very well.
F.) Flag associated with Franco in Spain. Hitler did provide material support to Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Franco was a dictator and Spain was neutral during WWII.
Tee-shirts: One has a picture of a hypodermic needle. In San Francisco the ground is littered with the actual devices so I don't know why a tee-shirt with a silk-screened image of one is supposed to be threatening. The other tee-shirt shows three crosses.
I liked it much better when the evidence was produced in a court-of-law. The defense attorney did his job and the prosecution did theirs. The prosecution gains an unfair advantage when law enforcement agencies and politicians give press releases and provide photos of "evidence" to the press. Those leaks show all of the professionalism of 7th grade girls trying to slag a rival on social media.
Orchard grass and orchard report
The orchard grass is starting to pollinate. Orchard grass is my kryptonite.
The Black Locust is blooming and the Autumn Olive is done.
I did a quick census in the orchard. I have a good crop on the Nova Spy apples and the European pears. The other apples have a light crop but may surprise me by having a limited June drop. Hope springs eternal that the fruit will size up well and I will still end up with a good crop.
Catfish spawning structures
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| This design was proposed by Don Garling. Two, five-gallon buckets; mouth-to-mouth |
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| Joined by three slats. I used self-drilling pole-barn screws to shoot through the buckets into the slats. |
Getting permission from Michigan's DNR was an exercise in frustration. I talked to three different people who first said they had the authority. Then, at the end of the ten minute conversation they waffled and said, "But you really need to call this person..."
Their listening skills need work. I told them repeatedly that this was a temporary structure, like a boat dock.
All three went off on a long jag about how the structure needed to be made from natural, not manufactured materials blah, blah, blah.
They didn't hear a word I said beyond "structure".
If anybody asks, those two buckets identify as a boat dock.
Smolder
In climax forests, the next generation waits patiently for the canopy layer to open up. Eventually disease or insects or wind or lightning kills one of the super-trees and sunlight hits the forest floor.
Seedlings that might have only grown three feet in height over the decades explode in size, racing each other to dominate the hole in the canopy.
Some biologists call that waiting phase "smoldering". They say the decaying vegetation on the forest floor elevates the CO2 relative to the air that is higher up. That gives the shortest trees a slight advantage, enough so that they can hang on in spite the very low light levels.
Smoldering is a useful concept. If you look, you will see many examples of organisms hanging on in hopes of better days ahead.
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| A persimmon seedling hanging on in spite of mowing. |
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| I am still baffled by this potato growing in the shade next to the dog kennel. |
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| This hole is where a grape vine lived. |
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| Location of the misplaced grape vine is very close to the center of the frame. Not exactly the center of the grass aisleway but hard to miss when mowing. |
About seven years ago I extended the orchard to the west into an area that had a vineyard. A few of the original grape vines were clinging to life. One of them was in the mown aisleway between the rows of trees. Sometimes I mowed around it. Sometimes I was distracted and I mowed over it.
I came to admire the plant's tenacity...which as every gardener realizes it 1000% better than oneacity.
I moved it into an empty spot in the "new" vineyard. I will kick myself if it has wild grapes. But, still, it earned its spot.
Random photo from yesterday
If you zoom in on the base of the "cup" you can see it holds water. These are a big favorite of tree frogs!
Busy day, and of course no one wants to take responsibility!!!
ReplyDeleteBureaucrats' default position is "No" like a dam across a river.
DeleteIf their default was "Yes" they are afraid they would not be needed.
Looks to me that the "neo-nazi" could just grab whatever he needed that day. So maybe "provocateur" is a more appropriate description.
ReplyDeleteTypical FBI...they have long since adapted the motives, strategeries, and tactics of Uncle Joe's Soviet era KGB.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else see any similarities between modern America and the USSR ?
Even in J. Edgar Hoover's day, the FBI was extraordinarily sensitive about how it was perceived by the public to the point where they only hired agents who looked like movie stars.
DeleteWhile there are undoubtedly many dedicated, intelligent agents in the FBI, the general impression they give me is of an in-bred, Irish Setter; too dumb to get out of the rain. All looks and no brains.
But then I never had the looks to be a show-dog, so maybe I am biased.
I suspect the rank and file FBI are well aware that their DC leadership reeks to high heaven, and has undermined their credibility and public image with at least half of the citizenry.
DeleteI hope it bothers them. The rank and file, that is.
Their leadership is sensitive to how they are perceived by partisan political, intelligence and media factions. Factions that want to control America outside of any democratic process.
My advice is no longer speak voluntarily to the FBI, about anything. That's about all a law-abiding citizen can do. Non-cooperation. If they come to your door without a warrant, tell them to leave. If they "insist" on an interview, only provide it in your attorney's office with recording equipment running. Never agree to speak to them in their offices or without it being recorded, and preferably with credible witnesses present.
The FBI has become more of a threat to America than the enemies they are supposed to be targeting.