<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974</id><updated>2026-10-13T16:26:43.404-04:00</updated><category term="Politics"/><category term="World View"/><category term="HaHa"/><category term="OddNews"/><category term="Quotes"/><category term="Little Brown Men"/><category term="Movies"/><category term="Misc"/><category term="Book Report"/><category term="Sport"/><category term="JunkMail"/><category term="Signs"/><category term="On This Day"/><category term="Black History Month"/><category term="Davis Cup"/><category term="Great Americans"/><category term="Electric Lunch"/><category term="Bruce&#39;s Family"/><category term="Another Otis"/><category term="NotReally"/><category term="MegaVote"/><category term="Puzzles"/><category term="Southernspeak"/><category term="Our Dogs"/><category term="Garden"/><category term="Rule 5"/><category term="Industrial"/><category term="Jeet Yet"/><category term="AKA"/><category term="ROP"/><category term="Cars"/><category term="THWG"/><category term="Teats"/><category term="Economics"/><category term="World View."/><title type='text'> Irritable Engineer</title><subtitle type='html'> Is sarcasm an expression of enlightenment or a by-product of laziness?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2379</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-5737477280341242138</id><published>2026-09-09T09:21:01.562-04:00</published><updated>2026-09-09T09:21:01.562-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Italy Suffers The Religion of Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;The immigrants from the African continent, largely Muslim do not have respect for people of any other culture than their own. The immigrant populace basically overcomes a culture by impregnating as many of the women as it can. I wonder if the perpetrators understand what they are a part of or are they simply pawns encouraged to follow their carnal impulses.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/09/in-italy-migrants-make-up-9-of-the-population-but-commit-almost-half-of-all-rapes?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;Migrants are 9% of the Population, but Commit Almost Half of all Rapes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Within their independent communities, they appear to coexist well enough.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, except for the stoning, bestiality and such.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/5737477280341242138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/09/italy-suffers-religion-of-peace.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/5737477280341242138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/5737477280341242138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/09/italy-suffers-religion-of-peace.html' title='Italy Suffers The Religion of Peace'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-6217922469053818360</id><published>2026-09-04T18:47:09.139-04:00</published><updated>2026-09-04T18:47:09.139-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>The 25th Anniversary is Approaching</title><content type='html'>Robert Spencer&#39;s article on the anticipated slant of reporting and editorials regarding the media position on 9/11.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/09/the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-is-approaching-so-get-ready-to-hear-about-islamophobia&quot;&gt;The 25th Anniversary of 9/11 is Approaching, So Get Ready to Hear About ‘Islamophobia’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have little doubt that there are many good people of the Muslim faith in our country that are disillusioned by the prejudice that evolved from the murderous attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.&amp;nbsp; Such is the inevitable clash between cultures who have segments that are outwardly violent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Terrorism, in the name of religion, can only be dissipated by wholistic internal reformation, followed by unification.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here in the states, the press fights for the tenants of Christianity while simultaneously ridiculing the beliefs. It is as if they feel obligated to lend equal defense of Islamic violence as their atheistic judgements of the western world&#39;s efforts to restrain enemies.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/6217922469053818360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-25th-anniversary-is-approaching.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6217922469053818360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6217922469053818360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-25th-anniversary-is-approaching.html' title='The 25th Anniversary is Approaching'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Atlanta, GA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>33.7501275 -84.3885209</georss:point><georss:box>5.4398936638211524 -119.5447709 62.060361336178843 -49.2322709</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-4745605891553963877</id><published>2026-08-29T11:53:52.157-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-29T11:53:52.157-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sam</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a 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text-align: center;&quot;&gt;For our new neighbors first child.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/4745605891553963877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/sam.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4745605891553963877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4745605891553963877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/sam.html' title='Sam'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQoY-AElzVHRR2XOMPtxowLn9mZTt37-hv1BWzzcnapy-3SJvV6MAJWQWGRC21F9oNH61WX0yImYQYb_bgsRvQswolpzjYDyF9w_m4ohVMFTltSQk2B84fkswwB234aXM09Wr1ej70tZP9WisYHmSKUSuhqaxJVlRUSy-6tjsINIxHJABPndk/s72-c/Puzzle%20Sam.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-9020638487870884119</id><published>2026-08-29T11:51:24.374-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-29T11:51:24.375-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Puzzles"/><title type='text'>Theia</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3jqghfVmLD3kaVb6FNiv89gccT5-k26hTKUoqL81HoQ3pWRh1SXyZU1IIlTGQzUyxJc7-csy5pqftJM14weZ8ZJXFnXuniw85ICjaNEx-jF9Gg7seGujjZuvvGIAdtsFMWGdoGQp4D_aZYvRERfB8_DCG24YJUyEmpR2G3_Q3rB7jHpzipM_/s4032/Puzzle%20Theia.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;3024&quot; data-original-width=&quot;4032&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3jqghfVmLD3kaVb6FNiv89gccT5-k26hTKUoqL81HoQ3pWRh1SXyZU1IIlTGQzUyxJc7-csy5pqftJM14weZ8ZJXFnXuniw85ICjaNEx-jF9Gg7seGujjZuvvGIAdtsFMWGdoGQp4D_aZYvRERfB8_DCG24YJUyEmpR2G3_Q3rB7jHpzipM_/s320/Puzzle%20Theia.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Jace&#39;s little sister.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/9020638487870884119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/theia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/9020638487870884119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/9020638487870884119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/theia.html' title='Theia'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3jqghfVmLD3kaVb6FNiv89gccT5-k26hTKUoqL81HoQ3pWRh1SXyZU1IIlTGQzUyxJc7-csy5pqftJM14weZ8ZJXFnXuniw85ICjaNEx-jF9Gg7seGujjZuvvGIAdtsFMWGdoGQp4D_aZYvRERfB8_DCG24YJUyEmpR2G3_Q3rB7jHpzipM_/s72-c/Puzzle%20Theia.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-9083269179167417288</id><published>2026-08-29T11:48:24.328-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-29T11:48:24.328-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Puzzles"/><title type='text'>Mayes</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL2DqF3q5aYN9VQrYDqRw-08gz35rzPfw41RYSOAisqWb4HwSQytvy6EDQNdRAn_2hcF1zZLVu6zNsvanvPoJKh0pWGE5zP5NPpn4Wth6OL3eNLhssChgUuxou7wmkKf_0yKqcycuwgBGjop9bM8Q3BK8qKSKjWxWyTZbkKaAsSnPT6TjOak1/s2048/Puzzle%20Mayes.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL2DqF3q5aYN9VQrYDqRw-08gz35rzPfw41RYSOAisqWb4HwSQytvy6EDQNdRAn_2hcF1zZLVu6zNsvanvPoJKh0pWGE5zP5NPpn4Wth6OL3eNLhssChgUuxou7wmkKf_0yKqcycuwgBGjop9bM8Q3BK8qKSKjWxWyTZbkKaAsSnPT6TjOak1/s320/Puzzle%20Mayes.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Jace&#39;s little brother.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/9083269179167417288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/mayes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/9083269179167417288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/9083269179167417288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/mayes.html' title='Mayes'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL2DqF3q5aYN9VQrYDqRw-08gz35rzPfw41RYSOAisqWb4HwSQytvy6EDQNdRAn_2hcF1zZLVu6zNsvanvPoJKh0pWGE5zP5NPpn4Wth6OL3eNLhssChgUuxou7wmkKf_0yKqcycuwgBGjop9bM8Q3BK8qKSKjWxWyTZbkKaAsSnPT6TjOak1/s72-c/Puzzle%20Mayes.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-2230332994859141741</id><published>2026-08-29T11:26:25.824-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-29T11:26:25.824-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World View"/><title type='text'>All I&#39;ve Got is a Photograph</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;A lyric from Ringo Starr&#39;s best solo career single.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/08/the-new-york-times-gaza-photographer-what-he-shows-and-what-he-hides?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;The New York Times’ Gaza Photographer: What He Shows and What He Hides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As if we didn&#39;t suspect that this was happening.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here the NYT obliquely corrects it misrepresented photographs revealing an intend to shape the Gaza narrative, with intent on increasing the pressure on Israel to relent on its prosecution of Hamas.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/2230332994859141741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/all-ive-got-is-photograph.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2230332994859141741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2230332994859141741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/all-ive-got-is-photograph.html' title='All I&#39;ve Got is a Photograph'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-7006931000674939040</id><published>2026-08-10T17:21:28.445-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-10T17:21:28.445-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Nearly 1/2 Billion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Khaled Ahmed Satary came to America, from Gaza, in 1992 on a student Visa. He learned criminal skills quickly, first incarcerated for DVD piracy, he did three years in prison, was released back to the public and stepped up his game.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/08/one-gaza-palestinian-547000000-fraud&quot;&gt;One Gaza Palestinian... $547,000,000 Fraud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The man should have been deported in 2008, but government policies made this arduous. Khaled moved on to medical fraud, sending vast piles of money to his people in &quot;Palestine&quot;. See what happened, follow the link.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ROP is an acronym for Religion of Peace, maybe it should be Religion of Pilfering.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/7006931000674939040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/nearly-12-billion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/7006931000674939040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/7006931000674939040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/nearly-12-billion.html' title='Nearly 1/2 Billion'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-2271796753445020135</id><published>2026-08-03T16:17:58.770-04:00</published><updated>2026-08-03T16:17:58.770-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Spain Blames Israel</title><content type='html'>I take this as a sign that Spain has completely submitted to Islam.&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/08/spanish-accusations-that-israel-fomented-the-ceuta-crisis?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;Spanish Accusations That Israel Fomented the Ceuta Crisis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;ROP is an acronym for Religion of Peace.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/2271796753445020135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/spain-blames-israel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2271796753445020135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2271796753445020135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/08/spain-blames-israel.html' title='Spain Blames Israel'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-2994694812492560963</id><published>2026-07-29T11:54:51.981-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-29T11:54:51.981-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World View"/><title type='text'>European Commission Blocks Attempt of Europeans to Halt &#39;Non-Western Migration&#39;</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Many in the United States wish to emulate the European models.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In western Europe the assimilation is nearly complete, any opportunity for nationally based governance is evaporating. When complete the peoples only choices will be submission or revolution. Such a revolution will be hampered by the fact that the populations are already significantly polluted with foreign persons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;An excerpt from the linked article.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The European Commission has refused to register the “Save Europe Act”, a European Citizens’ Initiative calling for a moratorium on new immigration from non-Western countries and a fundamental reform of the EU’s migration and asylum system.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The initiative was launched by Austrian activist Martin Sellner and Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Its organisers say it has already gathered more than 580,000 signatures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Commission ruled that the initiative failed to meet the legal requirements for registration as a European Citizens’ Initiative.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It said the proposal’s call for a moratorium on immigration from “non-Western countries”, including for study and family reunification, and its reference to the “ethnic and cultural continuity” of Europe’s “native peoples” would amount to discrimination based on race or ethnic origin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;My guess is that they are going to get many more signatures, and the commission with forever deny the legality.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/07/european-commission-blocks-attempt-of-europeans-to-halt-non-western-migration?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;European Commission Blocks Attempt of Europeans to Halt &#39;Non-Western Migration&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Returning to my original statement, centralized power is the preference of nearly all politicians, socialist systems require complete centralization. In such systems there is a ruling class, and the rest are the workers without a voice in their governance. In the United States our rights are considered from God, not the government, a truth that is encroached upon daily. We must endeavor to make as many persons as possible aware of this possibility, this potential loss of freedom.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/2994694812492560963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/07/european-commission-blocks-attempt-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2994694812492560963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2994694812492560963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/07/european-commission-blocks-attempt-of.html' title='European Commission Blocks Attempt of Europeans to Halt &#39;Non-Western Migration&#39;'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-7577846475039521952</id><published>2026-07-20T12:31:18.912-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-20T12:31:18.913-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Tehran Billboard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/07/tehran-billboard-features-trump-and-his-family-in-coffins?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;Tehran billboard features Trump and his family in coffins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While I support the actions being taken in Iran by the United States, it isn&#39;t hard to imagine that the people controlling Tehran have animosity the President.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/yirmiucderece/status/2077778605564694918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2077778605564694918%7Ctwgr%5Ec77f2012d1d6408dc7a71e6a2d1b83d74e5efb27%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjihadwatch.org%2F2026%2F07%2Ftehran-billboard-features-trump-and-his-family-in-coffins&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The propaganda within Iran isn&#39;t likely to change unless the regime is wholly replaced. As outsiders we should not presume that the citizens will rise up and oust the religion-based government.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/7577846475039521952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/07/tehran-billboard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/7577846475039521952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/7577846475039521952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/07/tehran-billboard.html' title='Tehran Billboard'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-4549502773954943961</id><published>2026-07-07T11:43:14.238-04:00</published><updated>2026-07-07T11:43:14.238-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Religion of Peace</title><content type='html'>Strikes again....&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/07/french-woman-who-married-pakistani-muslim-man-rescued-after-twelve-years-of-captivity?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;French Woman Who Married Pakistani Muslim Man Rescued After Twelve Years of Captivity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet multitudes of women support the hegemony of Islam.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/4549502773954943961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/07/religion-of-peace.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4549502773954943961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4549502773954943961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/07/religion-of-peace.html' title='Religion of Peace'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-6810867831404543877</id><published>2026-06-29T15:48:09.017-04:00</published><updated>2026-06-29T15:48:09.018-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="HaHa"/><title type='text'>Uninformed Voter</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;A doctor was explaining to an Uninformed Voter how nature adjusts for certain physical disabilities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“For example, if a man is blind, he develops a keen sense of hearing and touch. If he’s stone deaf, he develops other senses.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“I know what you mean,” said the Uninformed Voter. “I’ve noticed that if someone has one short leg, then the other one is always a bit longer.”&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/6810867831404543877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/uninformed-voter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6810867831404543877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6810867831404543877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/uninformed-voter.html' title='Uninformed Voter'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-7395346761870451410</id><published>2026-06-29T12:19:47.076-04:00</published><updated>2026-06-29T12:19:47.076-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Silly Mistake?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Tarek Miah characterized his rape of a disabled child as a silly mistake.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/06/bangladeshi-muslim-migrant-in-uk-rapes-12-year-old-autistic-child?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;Bangladeshi Muslim Migrant in UK Rapes 12-Year-Old Autistic Child&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The offender was also found to be grooming another girl, 9-years-old.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A 15-year prison sentence has been imposed; I do not expect that this will be a pleasant tenure; but in my opinion punishment could not be terrible enough to repair the wounds he has inflicted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The man is probably clinically pathological, so punishment will likely be ineffective, therefore permanent physical impairment is deserved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/7395346761870451410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/silly-mistake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/7395346761870451410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/7395346761870451410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/silly-mistake.html' title='Silly Mistake?'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-4501389124200735330</id><published>2026-06-24T22:32:48.791-04:00</published><updated>2026-06-24T22:35:23.819-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Quotes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sport"/><title type='text'>He was a Great Pitcher</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Who said some crazy things, like…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I ain&#39;t what I used to be, but who the hell is?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;— Dizzy Dean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;single-quote&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background: 0px 0px repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;sans serif&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 33px; margin: 20px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/4501389124200735330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/he-was-great-pitcher.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4501389124200735330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4501389124200735330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/he-was-great-pitcher.html' title='He was a Great Pitcher'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-4575609419031878220</id><published>2026-06-02T20:08:38.803-04:00</published><updated>2026-06-02T20:21:14.183-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Quotes"/><title type='text'>Why Do People Hate Ayn Rand?</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;When watching some of my brides favorite shows, there seems to be a general screenwriters’ animosity focused on Ayn Rand. &amp;nbsp;The novels, particularly The Fountanhead and Atlas Shrugged, coupled with a the author’s experience with communism, speak of responsibility, logic and causality fostering an unbreakable moral code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;—Rand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/4575609419031878220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/why-do-people-hate-ayn-rand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4575609419031878220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4575609419031878220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/06/why-do-people-hate-ayn-rand.html' title='Why Do People Hate Ayn Rand?'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-1071958901646294278</id><published>2026-05-12T11:06:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2026-05-12T11:07:20.308-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Congressional Candidate Attacks Front Page</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;It should not be a surprise that terrorists believe the mantra of the best defense is a good defense.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2026/05/congressional-candidate-attacks-front-page?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;Congressional Candidate Attacks Front Page as ‘Anti-Islam’ After It Exposes His Jihad Terror Ties&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/1071958901646294278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/05/congressional-candidate-attacks-front.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/1071958901646294278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/1071958901646294278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2026/05/congressional-candidate-attacks-front.html' title='Congressional Candidate Attacks Front Page'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-3483673375119125897</id><published>2025-12-08T17:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2025-12-08T17:14:16.787-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROP"/><title type='text'>Why Do People Dispute What they Are Told?</title><content type='html'>I suppose it&#39;s possible that a religion could be both dominant and peaceful, but to me the terms dominant and peaceful conflict.&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jihadwatch.org/2025/12/chicago-islamic-scholar-islam-did-not-come-to-coexist-islam-is-always-superior-and-should-never-be-surpassed?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup&quot;&gt;Chicago Islamic scholar: &#39;Islam did not come to coexist. Islam is always superior and should never be surpassed.&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Religions often have conceptual conflict, the adherents interpreting scripture in different manners. Christianity touts supplication, charity, but there are countless contradictions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;We see many examples of the the expressions of dominance sought by Islamists. If Islamists seek to dominate all religions and their scripture advocates killing of non-adherents, why all the effort by secularists to describe Islam as a peaceful religion?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The code of Islam is segregationist by the scripture.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I do wish them any ill will, but I also do not see this being solved in my lifetime.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/3483673375119125897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-do-people-dispute-what-they-are-told.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/3483673375119125897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/3483673375119125897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-do-people-dispute-what-they-are-told.html' title='Why Do People Dispute What they Are Told?'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-6015129240619294417</id><published>2025-11-02T18:35:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2025-11-02T18:35:48.821-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="HaHa"/><title type='text'>That&#39;s Just Wrong</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;cf iB&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #777777; font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; table-layout: fixed; text-wrap-mode: nowrap; width: 1466.56px;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;iA g6&quot; role=&quot;gridcell&quot; style=&quot;color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: top;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;What&#39;s the difference between Amy Winehouse and Captain Morgan?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;iA g6&quot; role=&quot;gridcell&quot; style=&quot;color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: top;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;iA g6&quot; role=&quot;gridcell&quot; style=&quot;color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: top;&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Captain Morgan comes alive when you add coke!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/6015129240619294417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/11/thats-just-wrong.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6015129240619294417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6015129240619294417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/11/thats-just-wrong.html' title='That&#39;s Just Wrong'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-1155853693662705134</id><published>2025-10-26T20:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2025-10-26T20:50:19.205-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Book Report"/><title type='text'>A Half Million Miles of Road Trips</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This summer I had reason to call an old friend with whom I had become estranged.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not having his contact information, I called his older brother whose whereabout I did know.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That brother is Sam Allen, and he did put me in contact with his younger brother.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sam and I talked some of motorcycles, me proudly sharing that I had finally stepped up and purchased a Road King with which I am still becoming familiar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, Sam described to me his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiO4MCOixF8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; channel about Route 66 and talked of a couple of books he had written.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Half-Million-Miles-Road-Trips/dp/B0C9SF27TX&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Half Million Miles of Road Trips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt; is the first of these two books. It reads like the diary of man that wants to share how he has loved life.&amp;nbsp; The diary includes many vignettes of experiences had, places visited and persons that made impressions.&amp;nbsp; Primary focus was on good places to visit on Route 66.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sam and his family have been important people in life, his parents and brothers are all dear to my heart.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are a motorcycle person, a Route 66 aficionado, or seeking a fun read, order the book&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/1155853693662705134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-half-million-miles-of-road-trips.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/1155853693662705134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/1155853693662705134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-half-million-miles-of-road-trips.html' title='A Half Million Miles of Road Trips'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-4367288515207111179</id><published>2025-08-15T22:34:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2025-08-15T22:35:38.355-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Electric Lunch"/><title type='text'>Rikki</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I heard that the Steely Dan song was about Rick Derringer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not sure about that, to me the song smacked of being about a homosexual relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is Rick’s other hit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/xQPqbUaNH_U?si=XXHzQkYVdvS7lstx&quot;&gt;https://youtu.be/xQPqbUaNH_U?si=XXHzQkYVdvS7lstx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My grandmother bought me the 45 rpm record of Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/4367288515207111179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/08/rikki.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4367288515207111179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/4367288515207111179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/08/rikki.html' title='Rikki'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-2711464461351749347</id><published>2025-08-15T22:04:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2025-08-15T22:11:16.300-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Quotes"/><title type='text'>At the Center of It</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;~ P. J. O’Rourke&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/2711464461351749347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/08/at-center-of-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2711464461351749347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/2711464461351749347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/08/at-center-of-it.html' title='At the Center of It'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-5564841336243568362</id><published>2025-05-27T17:31:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2025-08-15T22:07:16.159-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Electric Lunch"/><title type='text'>Richard Dean Zehringer, RIP </title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Better known to the world as Rich Derringer passed away yesterday, 26-May-2025. He was 77 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I was in high school, my grandmother gave me a two 45 records, one of which was&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll,_Hoochie_Koo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which I thoroughly enjoyed. The other 45 was the Carpenters&#39; &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_World_(The_Carpenters_song)&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Top of the World&lt;/a&gt;, so there&#39;s that. Derringer had already achieved majors success as the front man for the McCoys and their hit single&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_On_Sloopy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hang on Sloopy&lt;/a&gt;, to which the following link is worth a glance, he looks so young. The students at Ohio State should be in mourning today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/TlTKhPkZSJo?si=yjhr7f_E8V8WfjPa&quot; style=&quot;background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TlTKhPkZSJo/hqdefault.jpg);&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After his solo hit single, Derringer worked with many well known performers such as such as Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter Group, Steely Dan, Bonnie Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Barbara Streisand, Ringo Starr &amp;amp; His All-Starr Band, B.B. King, Roger McGuinn, and Leslie West.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rest in peace.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/5564841336243568362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/05/richard-dean-zehringer-rip.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/5564841336243568362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/5564841336243568362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/05/richard-dean-zehringer-rip.html' title='Richard Dean Zehringer, RIP '/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/TlTKhPkZSJo/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-8897562520125409543</id><published>2025-05-26T17:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2025-05-26T17:33:29.123-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Book Report"/><title type='text'>The War on Warriors</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Bought the book about a year ago after watching him on television discuss his work and hinting at how his military career was torpedoed by politicians and sycophantic officers. I started the book immediately, got bored, but then the author chosen and confirmed as the Secretary of Defense, so made quick effort to read the darned thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fully titled &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_on_Warriors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The War on Warriors, Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;, the book is short at only 256 pages.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A majority of the book focuses on how public political theories creep into and corrupt proven military processes. Particularly how the Obama and Biden regimes inserted DEI dogma into many facets of military operations and training.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I suppose that this is the nature of politicians in times of peace, and the nature of military leadership to relax at the simultaneously. They cling to their positions more than reality, often until it&#39;s too late.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The book itself started weakly but did recover and end well. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pete Hegseth&lt;/a&gt;, it is a nice short read.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/8897562520125409543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-war-on-warriors.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/8897562520125409543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/8897562520125409543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-war-on-warriors.html' title='The War on Warriors'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-3889950240346413148</id><published>2025-05-11T19:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2025-05-11T19:57:16.320-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Book Report"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Economics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Politics"/><title type='text'>The Creature from Jekyll Island</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/091298645X/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1236950936265419&amp;amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eaTmU-Pgb2SYTyJxXgHlfRk3XCVfmyYg1Be0UPl9UOrWTV_kHMmrZl053rWUKOjkN5wu7aVF1n9_k7ywWr6yDQw1B8xTeDat4ky-FV76cNMdA3-cHdbHCKqG8pnExe0WlNh-td1hkGAZ_nh6wJI2Epl-T3XYMWEEifMLKNVYfk1Vft5lYpxCsxCAx77o5hVM1FV8NdsScDJHCv9-1F1Hf1n4g2KqzoLfABIpBanAclE.FkvH46GXihnB6T5Il3QQ3OwuZQgIIIieJ__431EB4kQ&amp;amp;dib_tag=se&amp;amp;hvadid=77309602354442&amp;amp;hvbmt=bp&amp;amp;hvdev=c&amp;amp;hvlocint=113495&amp;amp;hvlocphy=79045&amp;amp;hvnetw=s&amp;amp;hvqmt=e&amp;amp;hvtargid=kwd-77309711475944%3Aloc-190&amp;amp;hydadcr=25522_13592263&amp;amp;keywords=creature+from+jekyll+island&amp;amp;mcid=ab19aaad458232029f1284ce6669a7f1&amp;amp;msclkid=519a52235aa216e7f4be35d5fc5e5888&amp;amp;qid=1744217858&amp;amp;sr=8-1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Creature from Jekyll Island&lt;/a&gt; is a book that, for me, a wonderful gift from my brother Kye. Written by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Edward_Griffin#The_Creature_from_Jekyll_Island&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;G. Edward Griffin&lt;/a&gt;, the book was published in 1994.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As said the book was a gift, a couple of years ago. At roughly 700 pages and being somewhat technical in nature, it took me a couple of months to read, amongst other books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The author is not loved by academia or media types, but it does present a reasonable theory as the way banking works in the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basically, the process is this banks love for governments, and not just the United States to spend more than they bring in. This motivates governments to generate revenue by increasing the money supply, aka inflating the currency. The revenue is supplied by, in the US, issuing notes to the Federal Reserve, who intern lend that money to commercial banks, who in turn can lend the money out to whomever why maintaining, theoretically 10% in reserve. The commercial banks can now leverage that remaining 90% into multiple or the original amount. Essentially creating money that is never printed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The book in depth discusses fiat money and how the true value of money should be tied to gold or similar. Anchored currencies are the safest, but the politicians hate being tied to a commodity and the bankers can&#39;t profit on reserves not in play. So, we are likely doomed to a future of more of the same.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I might add that most financial systems are subject to dynamic forces, no system is perfect, all have had booms and failures.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Loved the book, recommend it highly. Don&#39;t be too public with it, you might be judged a right wing not rather than a financial scholar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/3889950240346413148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-creature-from-jekyll-island.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/3889950240346413148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/3889950240346413148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-creature-from-jekyll-island.html' title='The Creature from Jekyll Island'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734974.post-6314300259229822603</id><published>2025-04-09T12:55:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2025-04-09T12:55:37.560-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Book Report"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Politics"/><title type='text'>The Last Lion</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Lion:_Winston_Spencer_Churchill&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Last Lion&lt;/a&gt; is a segment biography written by William Manchester. Published in 1988, the work covers nearly 700 pages, detailing events for Winston Churchill (WSC), beginning in 1932 and closing in 1940.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During most of this period Churchill was alone in public opposition to Hitler and developments in Germany. Out of favor with the politicians that happened to be in power, WSC spent the eight years fostering sources of intelligence, writing essays and books for the public. Winston&#39;s connection to the general public was much greater that that he had with the ruling class. The English political regime, and the monarchy had strong historical ties to German royalty via marriage and a common hatred of Communists.&amp;nbsp; In that posture, they resisted recognition of German aggression in favor of a misguided hope that it would end at the doorstep of France. They were wrong, WSC was right and it took Hitler invading Poland and the lowlands of Belgium to declare war, war which they were unprepared for.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the point war was inevitable, the PM and his cabinet were still clinging to control. The public and correspondingly the House of Commons wouldn&#39;t have it. Churchill then became the Prime Minister, which was basically the end of the book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The book affirms my belief that in times of peace, politicians waste military capital by allowing equipment to become obsolete and diverting money to social objectives. Their actions and inactions tend to make us weak, confirming my belief that politicians, by and large, suck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#39;m a fan of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manchester&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;William Manchester&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; biographies, in part because for a time he lived in my hometown which was adjacent to the city where he was a professor.&amp;nbsp; This biography is no different, I&#39;m pleased to have added it to my pile.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/feeds/6314300259229822603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-last-lion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6314300259229822603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32734974/posts/default/6314300259229822603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irritableengineer.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-last-lion.html' title='The Last Lion'/><author><name>Otis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406351078625499983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7NfFp_jokDnn_tTJBmmYWRD_UtjalXP5HmqCVq18xZN734z9AaH429reWq3Fg1FZB1kG3_WMc1woYy63efWOjlHraBfitRoinMHQtsLdWOywoYHecmVplbthiICUGXY/s113/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>