Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Monday, January 26, 2026

A storm for the ages

Well not quite, at least where I am, although farther to the south where they had an ice storm I expect people are extremely miserable. I was right in the bullseye for snow -- I got 18 inches. Fortunately it's very dry and light, on account of it's cold as hell, but that's still a major pain in the ass. I got my truck dug out and my driveway plowed and I made it to the post office and back, just to get a look around. 

 

The PO driveway had been plowed but you had to wade through two feet of snow to get to the front door. I had a snow shovel in my truck so I did the town a favor and shoveled out a path. Looking at our resident's Facebook page I saw a lot of this going on -- people plowing neighbors' driveway, and of course old folks need somebody to shovel for them. (I can still shovel out my vehicles and a path to my front door, but I won't be able to do it forever. I'm not sure what will happen then.)

 

Which, circuitously, leads me to this by Scott Lemieux.  Apparently the inhabitants of Wingnuttia cannot understand how the protests in Minnesota can be happening spontaneously, and that people are just showing up, and volunteering to supply food and beverages and hand warmers. They must have "supply lines," and somebody must be paying them. George Soros, presumably, by way of ANTIFA -- which by the way does not exist, although George Soros does. The fact is they are socially and morally crippled. Like their God Emperor. 

 

 

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