The Best Posts of the Week of February 19, 2023

The best posts of the week of February 19, 2023.

Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist. XLV. At War With Nature and the Metaphysical

A few things.

1.  There's always some "bill in Congress" that won't pass that organizations seeking money can use to scare the gullible with on the telephone.

2. By the same token, if you live in an area that's on the political extreme, your Congressman or Senator sponsoring a bill that's also extreme is not a reason to believe that it'll pass, or even be particularly excited about it, should you either favor or oppose it.

3.  A paid telemarketer is not likely to have the slightest interest in the actual subject that they're calling on.  They'd probably call for the opposing side, if the money was there.

4.  If the telemarketer is inarticulate and botches your name, that ought to be the end of it.

5.  If an organization that is seeking to have you donate money is using a paid telemarketer, part of what you are donating for is probably telemarketing.

6.  If certain events keep happening, and certain solutions keep being proposed, responding that your rights are being trampled or about to be, isn't really an adequate response.  You have to have a real basis to your argument.

7.  There's really no reason to pay any attention to Marjorie Taylor Greene on anything, so we shouldn't.

All of these will make your life easier.

Pancake Day.

The Oral Address. Don't read to me. Watch the Clock. Stick to the point.

A Lenten Plea for the Working Man.

Subsidiarity Economics. The times more or less locally, Part XII. Holding back the tide.

The 2024 Election, Part II. What could go wrong?

Wars and Rumors of War, 2023, Part 2. The Gathering Storm.

What are you listening to?

Another reason to be a distributist. Remote cooperation with evil.

PFC Foley's boots.

This is a well known photograph of PFC Edward J. Foley, 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 36th  Infantry Division near Valletri, Italy, 29 May 1944.  It's an interesting photograph for a variety of reasons, including the number of M1903 Springfields it depicts.

In looking at it, I noticed something odd about Pvt. Foley's boots.  Note that everyone around him is wearing service shoes and leggings.  I figured he'd acquired a pair of paratrooper boots, but that's not what these are.

It looks like the top 3" or so of the boot are a separate leather piece, and they have speed lace hooks, rather than eyelets, in that portion.  They also don't have tapered heels, like paratrooper boots do.

Altered service shoes?

The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. The road ahead, again. (Vol 6).

Wars and Rumors of War, 2023, Part 3. Spring Storms.

A question that should be asked. Who are the dupes, fellow travelers, and assets? Op eds and the Russians.