tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511568528419509872024-03-13T15:42:39.880-04:00Kodiak's CaveLife in Upstate New YorkTKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-64112803588643566552023-03-31T08:35:00.002-04:002023-03-31T08:35:28.563-04:00Lasagna Night! <p> The better half and I like to have a monthly Friday night pizza, lasagna or other type of get together with the family that's available. Last night Netty went all gangster master chef and whipped up the filling for a 12 lb. monster of pasta. It was a ball to make a mess of the kitchen after dinner and smell the amazing aroma filling the house</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiJKPv5VAxbL0ESNUbaX2BB6nN7XOsSHzOnRNALX5VmoziiK-DvHhtzysVtj-_480acFsaCmhDbvHxJzJPKBwgNtwc_jeO6jQM5ci3f2npE_zqo_wNeCzJXPxDE9nK5VUJUG9S2yuXxgN03HjXO_VUDPI1MH1XM8Cuvcgsl6hs-rSV_ABQjmfMHfQfLQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiJKPv5VAxbL0ESNUbaX2BB6nN7XOsSHzOnRNALX5VmoziiK-DvHhtzysVtj-_480acFsaCmhDbvHxJzJPKBwgNtwc_jeO6jQM5ci3f2npE_zqo_wNeCzJXPxDE9nK5VUJUG9S2yuXxgN03HjXO_VUDPI1MH1XM8Cuvcgsl6hs-rSV_ABQjmfMHfQfLQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids are coming over after 4 and the cats are going into hiding from the grandkids. Friday night or for that matter, anytime you can get the crew together cements the importance of family. All too often we see our family tree at wakes and funerals. The downfall of society is when that cement crumbles and we just settle for our own little space. Give your brothers, sisters and cousins a call. Have a pizza night and thrown some vino in there.....TK</div><br /><p></p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-42363151467241567542022-11-23T15:55:00.001-05:002022-11-23T15:59:07.050-05:00How to have a Happy and sane Thanksgiving<p><br /> Tomorrow is a day to give thanks and to share with friends and family. It would be nice and it is rare that family and friends are one in the same. Just to keep the peace for the day I've got some top ten suggestions of things that probably shouldn't be brought to bear (pun intended)or attempted....</p><p>10. Politics-NOOOOOOO...You might as well pull the pin on a grenade.....</p><p>9. Peoples appearance to include: clothing, hair (cut or color), piercings, tattoos.</p><p>8. Discussing genders, pronouns or woke bullshit...</p><p>7. Don't make fun of vegetarians. Remember they are a disadvantaged group.</p><p>6. No stupid Tik Toc attempts at Thanksgiving pranks</p><p>5. Do not attempt to assist in the kitchen unless it is your kitchen. The turkey won't be the only thing getting carved.</p><p>4. Whether or not the turkey was "organic" or "free range".</p><p>3. Have all phones checked at the door, like in the old west when you had to check your gun. This way there will be no photo evidence of gluttony, intoxication or explaining to your friends how that picture ended up on Facebook.</p><p>2. Don't count the buns or assign a limit on them, Good lord it's thanksgiving.</p><p>1. Never ever dis the gravy or taters and lord help us, complain because you don't like the kind of stuffing I made. It is the best, I say so, and I'm the one packing heat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIitpF4bfVpvjkDtdP_F7cf9K8cATVC_YIJbe5nOouELAwzbkoYAHpPlPmJEj7ZISUtPuiFCOrzJxaDfyARTwmvqsH5vlh5TOvV1zLlv7ypnVb8LkGDEqqpgNq90b2d6sILTUD7-Hk7NiVEVGsmfeZrB8Z_s22wA_fwfRKERpZoCGCk7bHwN_LZBEsw/w168-h223/Stuffing.jpg" width="168" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a wonderful, healthy, sane and stress free thanksgiving!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-42088009526861172282022-04-20T08:21:00.003-04:002022-04-20T08:21:31.516-04:00Success!! Trout dinner on the first day!!<p><b>I LOVE TROUT</b> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I forgot to do an update on my April 1st trout hunt. Went to my favorite stream and found no one else anywhere near the place. Years past there was always other fishermen around. Seems like people just don't hunt and fish like they used to anymore. Kinda sad, there is so much beauty out on the stream. Kingfishers, Eagles, various ducks and other birds, a beaver and I even found some trout!!!</div></div><p></p></blockquote><p> Caught an 18" brown first. Then I hooked it's twin and lost it at the bank, no big deal as I usually put that size right back to fight another day. I caught a 16" and then the 14" fish below that I kept because he was gut hooked and bleeding. Awesome dinner that night.</p><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj619ZWMNz6NcGPtNtQx_rmTVkFfqSDvAH86Y-gY7OY6dwmizXypIL-saLVLuzZvXMzDJZmBhEPDR2BzyO_VDcRhH6E40c9yvfKJJEI-6yQaDswNlFTRfARNdKlwC-NFLBeszaa-R4ogoqzi3cXcssq21immJtJ64dqRs6b11lb3hyGuL0rQ_E-fecghQ/s960/browntrout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj619ZWMNz6NcGPtNtQx_rmTVkFfqSDvAH86Y-gY7OY6dwmizXypIL-saLVLuzZvXMzDJZmBhEPDR2BzyO_VDcRhH6E40c9yvfKJJEI-6yQaDswNlFTRfARNdKlwC-NFLBeszaa-R4ogoqzi3cXcssq21immJtJ64dqRs6b11lb3hyGuL0rQ_E-fecghQ/s320/browntrout.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Funny how when you're fishing and enjoying nature that politics, peeves and annoyances just fade to dark....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-709049377565340032022-03-26T13:07:00.002-04:002022-03-26T13:07:14.738-04:00Countdown.....<p> It's just about 6 days until the opening of trout season. If you're fishing in New York you'll find some new <a href="https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/124258.html">regulations.</a> Looks like the streams are not too high but it will be a bit nippy out there. Wouldn't be the first time I had ice build up in the rod guides. Below is an East Branch Delaware creek Brown Trout. I caught him years ago and he is my personal best Brownie ever. The creel is an antique I got back in the '70s and finally the plastic buckle holding the shoulder strap broke. I called L.L. Bean to see if I could get another buckle and sent them a picture of the creel. The young lady who was on the phone with me saw the pic and said the creel was older than her...Geeezzz thanks... I finally got the hardware online but Bean sent me a brand new creel and I didn't expect that...Really great of them.</p><p>Hey, get your line tight!</p><p>TK</p><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3oIRfou-_MYv6B9M4kvD8eRiizyddCf6ES9h6_NxbebdrtlVLb-zaGpeGya4Q17Al4GZUram10D4dVMpHySI0vcAcrA18zZ-yOuUBQ9KpBWOv392x4NpGnrjxEkEYcWTuWaDIa93i2kriwlyl2Sb_c-BOorqOsfyRIBCE38OsS9w-GXMdkyDf1i8ZAw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3oIRfou-_MYv6B9M4kvD8eRiizyddCf6ES9h6_NxbebdrtlVLb-zaGpeGya4Q17Al4GZUram10D4dVMpHySI0vcAcrA18zZ-yOuUBQ9KpBWOv392x4NpGnrjxEkEYcWTuWaDIa93i2kriwlyl2Sb_c-BOorqOsfyRIBCE38OsS9w-GXMdkyDf1i8ZAw=w380-h285" width="380" /></a></div><p></p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-40832055518813019362022-02-16T14:37:00.002-05:002022-02-16T14:38:03.323-05:00Kayak Project Trailer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I was inspired during the COVID lock-down to take up another way of fishing for my favorite freshwater species on ponds and lakes that frowned upon gas fired monsters speeding up and down the waterways. I decided that in addition to my 16' 50 hp aluminum bass boat and my canoe, I really needed a sit on kayak. I watched this avid <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/KayakUSA1 " target="_blank">yakker </a> T.J, on YouTube and the hunt was on for my fishin' yak.... <div><br />I sold my canoe for a great price but I didn't want to spend 2-3k on my first fishin' yak. I hunted down a <a href="https://www.lifetime.com/lifetime-90846-lifetime-yukon-angler-116-fishing-kayak" target="_blank">Lifetime Yukon</a> kayak at just under 500 dollars. It was about 75 lbs. so I decided to find a trailer to haul it with as my right shoulder isn't up to heaving that much up on top the car, nevermind the yak is 12' long... I found a trailer in Glens Falls for 300.00 that needed a little TLC and dragged it home. Over the next few weeks I did a rehab on the trailer, got it registered and inspected and went to work on making it just what I needed to pull off a functional fishing and camping rig. I've a lot more to do but I had to store the trailer for the winter.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfK4aU_bFtR2wmUPjDXTPczFo_Z1luwt3LL8tSHZ6S1JNKqkTEwqMjJKQaZlrMxrEvBt0Q7dL57aa0nL8m3wqGDrieojmH2saSopA_YbczBkil_ZWtKCLbbZbDZnLTea-jNuEaKKBpwGOnjRbc65eqsMWW1XThPvEhS8WLcQShoZrWfAMFdX0j_jki1Q=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfK4aU_bFtR2wmUPjDXTPczFo_Z1luwt3LL8tSHZ6S1JNKqkTEwqMjJKQaZlrMxrEvBt0Q7dL57aa0nL8m3wqGDrieojmH2saSopA_YbczBkil_ZWtKCLbbZbDZnLTea-jNuEaKKBpwGOnjRbc65eqsMWW1XThPvEhS8WLcQShoZrWfAMFdX0j_jki1Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Counting the days down until the ice melts and it gets a whole lot warmer!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TK</div>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-73246326062845807882022-01-01T11:38:00.003-05:002022-01-01T11:38:15.120-05:00Dell update<p> I'd love to say they saw the light and just sent me another laptop immediately but that didn't happen. When I started my social media blitz to get their attention they finally got sick of hearing from me and over-nighted me a replacement on the 29th and the next day they sent back the dead one too... I called them and asked why...They didn't know why...I had them send me a return sticker and it's going back on Monday...What a way to run a business......</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW Happy New Year!</p><p>May you all be healthy, happier and prosperous in 22...</p><p>TK</p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-62471184793901360432021-12-28T06:37:00.001-05:002021-12-28T06:37:35.026-05:00How not to do Customer Support. DELL....<p> T<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hank you so much Dell.</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A new low for customer service. I've had Dell pcs and laptops for years, never had a problem until I bought a new laptop November 27th. I PAID for it and took until December 8 to get delivered. On December 13 it DIED. Call tech support and they said they'd send me a box to send it back for repair? Repair? It was GD brand new, the right answer was send the other back we'll send out a replacement. That didn't happen. I sent it back and it arrived at the repair center December 15. I have called them numerous times and I get the same foreign accent and bounced all over the place. I then took to Twitter and let out a "thanks Loads Dell" and got an immediate response from a BOT. Useless. I called Dell every two days and finally got an email saying the part was back ordered. This is the 28th and I still don't have my laptop. I did get a phone call from a tech support supervisor who was almost concerned and that he was going to escalate my issue. I'm already escalated.... Beware of Dell. When I ran a PC business this never would have flown. Imagine if you bought a new car and it died on the fifth day and they told you the part was back ordered and didn't know when it would be in and they are keeping the car until...... Lets Go Dell..</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">@DellCares is a joke. Even better, if I wanted to return the laptop they would have to mail it back to me broken so that I could send it back for return....I really am missing that logic....</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEWARE OF DELL....Never again.....</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TK on my old laptop....</div>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-72596966148892218002021-12-25T13:53:00.003-05:002021-12-25T13:53:44.095-05:00Merry Christmas<p> It's Christmas Day, the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. That right there scares the living daylights out of the left and it really shouldn't. You may not believe in God or that he sacrificed his only Son for our sins and that is on you. It shouldn't be cause for scorn or shame or labeling as domestic terrorists.. Our country was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs. The family was the building block on which communities were built and should be. Just let it be.</p><p>Couple of thoughts I had and I wonder if they would ever work. First, how about we put a stop to "social justice causes" and the thought that rioting, burning of cities and business is ever going to convince anyone that your "cause" is just when you are just acting like a criminal. MLK did more with a single march and a speech.</p><p>Second, we can't change the past by tearing down statues, burning books or wiping out history. We should always have a statue of our rights and wrongs so that we don't become destined to commit the same mistakes again.</p><p>Third, just treat everyone like you would like to be treated. It has nothing to do with race, religion, sex or your cause; it has everything to do how you act, react and are perceived. If you project an aura of peace, confidence and serenity, blood pressures all over go down. If you project anger it is met with anger. Just doesn't work.</p><p>Last, think before you speak. Look at the long term effects of your actions and words, spoken or written. Nothing ever goes away on the web. Your "social outrage" posted 10 years ago can come back to haunt you. No one should ever be judged on something stupid they wrote when a teenager. Calling for someone's job or attempting to "cancel" them over words is moronic. I'm thinking we can call them "Dumbass for a Day" and give them a chance. I love people who have social outrage who apparently forgot some of the stupid things they said and did. It's the glass houses thing, remember it.</p><p>In closing this year of pandemic, rioting, lawlessness and the "woke" actually trying to create segregation by teaching CRT in schools, we should take a big deep breath and pray that the upcoming year will be the year we start to become more tolerant.</p><p>Merry Christmas and Happier New Year;</p><p>TK</p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-15537694911013516522021-12-18T08:19:00.006-05:002021-12-18T08:19:59.460-05:00The art of governing<p>The art of governing is very much like the art of supervision. A good supervisor knows what the job is, how it should be done, who can do it best and when to just let the people get it done. A great supervisor lets the best people get it done, and isn't afraid to listen if there is a better way to do it. The great supervisor welcomes input and no one working for them is afraid to say "that doesn't seem right". The great supervisor doesn't hover, micro-manage and they are a cheerleader for their people. Nothing comes out of their mouth that hasn't been thoroughly thought out first. There is a plan that has been thought out and all ramifications are considered. It seems to me that there is not enough thought going into what comes out of the mouths of the elected officials and gov't employees. It's really a simple process and maybe some governors should take a course in supervision.</p><p>1. Have a plan. Experience says it won't survive the first hour, have a back up and be fluid.</p><p>2. Know the rules, the laws and the true scope of your authority. You have to answer for your errors.</p><p>3. Don't be afraid to let people around you give their honest evaluation of your idea and fire any yes men or women that you have. You might not be the smartest person in the room. Remember you got into office via personality contest, not brains.</p><p>4. If you screw up, own it. Don't blame you subordinates.</p><p>5. Just do the opposite what our NY governor is doing right now. I'm convince she doesn't really want this job because she is sure as hell doing everything she can to throw the election to a conservative this next year. </p><p>Keep it up, Woke-ul... Which, by the way, is what your own state employees call you....In your first week as Governor there was a massive moan let out by disappointed masses who were praying you weren't another Woke-ling...</p><p>Want to know what a true conservative Governor would do?</p><p>1. Bring back the nurses, the police, the firemen, the first responders that you "mandated" to get the vaccine or get fired, with no ability to get unemployment. They were on the front lines during the worst part of the pandemic and no one should be treated like that. Hochul eviscerated the medical facilities throughout the state of New York and you don't shoot the dog that just saved your life.</p><p>2. Repeal the bail reform law. That was so predictably stupid that the whole legislature should be fired. Bail is to insure that you return to court and don't run out and do it again. Judges should be making that decision, not your apologizing for being white, I must please the left morons.</p><p>3. Repeal the issuing of drivers licenses for illegal aliens. It was illegal and the law is a mockery or being a citizen of the US and NY.</p><p>4. Shut down unemployment for anyone who refuses to work when there are millions of jobs available.<br /></p><p>5. Enforce the rule of law. </p><p>Anyone who thinks they are <b>above</b> the law usually finds themselves <b>under</b> indictment in the end, right Andy?</p><p>Happy week before Christmas!</p><p>TK<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span> </span>Public Service Announcement:</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5XC9ipe98ahNUfjC3EAcByZ8UeHE8fDgd4ED1BUkFbxthVV1xA8IjFUoBSJfeGD1cLkmBKqKgihqFDn01D7nazFpqNNGWqIbZ0KHsPdniIdwyXibC0VzezSOT0_19hP_fYHeH_Z1A5FHZt4TQyTQXW3LA7wppQikzIz8tiCdCu5ir1YK_InYSOZr1lg=s183" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="183" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5XC9ipe98ahNUfjC3EAcByZ8UeHE8fDgd4ED1BUkFbxthVV1xA8IjFUoBSJfeGD1cLkmBKqKgihqFDn01D7nazFpqNNGWqIbZ0KHsPdniIdwyXibC0VzezSOT0_19hP_fYHeH_Z1A5FHZt4TQyTQXW3LA7wppQikzIz8tiCdCu5ir1YK_InYSOZr1lg" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> If your cat goes AWOL...Check the Christmas Tree first.</div><p></p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-39282276344867906502021-10-02T07:43:00.008-04:002021-10-02T08:11:09.822-04:00So much for any hope with Kathy Woke-ul....<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>👿Now that Andy is couch-surfing on the island (cause no one can stand him more than 1 day) we have Kathy Woke-ul that has stepped right in and picked up the tyranny right where Andy left off... Putting on the robe, grabbing the scepter right after the coronation to continue the unimaginable... <div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBFA3hnR-hSjZfRowkBRlu6SWFYP48JYNdyvHWCVUAMM26LzVtyZ6L7JxfoQZlL8yfRm11RA07BZiMzKJfeJZm6dgrJse77fPlZLF5_7uSnJhlSQ8bxDfLWOzOUrBtMEmkhLtcZO_39xg/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1366" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBFA3hnR-hSjZfRowkBRlu6SWFYP48JYNdyvHWCVUAMM26LzVtyZ6L7JxfoQZlL8yfRm11RA07BZiMzKJfeJZm6dgrJse77fPlZLF5_7uSnJhlSQ8bxDfLWOzOUrBtMEmkhLtcZO_39xg/w200-h107/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><div>Round 1...Ms. Hochul....Do you remember July 7th when we had that <a href="https://abc7ny.com/hometown-heroes-parade-nyc-ticker-tape-new-york/10864961/" target="_blank">parade </a>for "heroes" in NYC? Did you forget the health workers who stayed in the hospitals and worked the MASH hospitals for the last 2 years?</div><div>Now you want to fire them, demonize them and then refuse them unemployment benefits. What's next? Their heads on pikes on the entrance to NY City to make your point?</div><div>You are acting like a tyrant, a petuous 2 year old throwing a fit because someone refused your unconstitutional fiat. Grow up and work with them. You, Governor, work for the people of the state of New York and we won't rehire your kind when your term is over. We are a free people and have free will. Not taking a vaccine is personal choice, not a crime. Remember "My body, my choice"? If you want to go there, abortion is a personal choice and a taking of a life....I don't see anyone putting out an edict refusing them employment and taking their rights....</div><div><br /></div><div>Round 2...Nice speech in NYC...In a church where you asked us to be your apostles? Are you so infatuated with yourself that really said that? I'm sending some fish and loaves of bread to the capital for you to feed the masses in that case. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exodus... I'm not against the COVID vaccine, but I absolutely understand peoples reservations about it. Talk to your doctor and make the decision that's right for you. I've taken it because of the work I do. I'm getting my flu shot this week of my own volition not because of what you think I should do as your "apostle"...</span></div><div><br /></div><div>The UpState Bear...TK</div></div>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-6223195482892378762021-08-11T06:21:00.001-04:002021-08-11T06:23:53.323-04:00A chance to fix New York<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbvRuqkcAywl3Utp-w4UdtJeqsowfwJEbSu49SXjO9Xios1ISXJnjb9-d74jgzXCLl9a-IMw3FL7cHEYFbFiVUWoMoUJaDxFy_LeBJZ_dfmf9klzqpzUcKj_k5HwA08WUF4SsHgcl4EJu/s1600/Scouts+130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbvRuqkcAywl3Utp-w4UdtJeqsowfwJEbSu49SXjO9Xios1ISXJnjb9-d74jgzXCLl9a-IMw3FL7cHEYFbFiVUWoMoUJaDxFy_LeBJZ_dfmf9klzqpzUcKj_k5HwA08WUF4SsHgcl4EJu/s320/Scouts+130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">What I'm finally feeling.... A peace and some hope for NYS...</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br />See ya Andy, you Lech. Finally, the left ate it's own, although begrudgingly, and forced AC to submit his resignation. That's a start. Let's take this time to rebuild NYS. We've gone from 34 House seats to 26 in the last two decades.... Wage earners who actually work and pay their way have left NY due to the leftist agenda that has driven NY into a death spiral...</p><p>The path back to a prosperous NY:</p><p>1. Repeal bail reform. In no imagined hell should a violent offender be tossed back into the streets to offend again and again before trial. This reform has turned the streets of NY state cities into mayhem.</p><p>2. Stop chasing guns and start addressing the real problem, a culture that doesn't respect the rule of law or anyone for that matter. Bring back the death penalty and use it. IT IS A DETERRENT, and the 86% recidivists won't do murder a second time.</p><p>3. Ditch the SAFE Act and start a state run Civilian Marksmanship program to teach firearms safety and give our citizens the right to defend themselves.</p><p>4. Give NY City to Jersey.... It's a dump anyway.</p><p>5. Let small business run their business and cut the red tape that strangles them.</p><p>6. Give cops a raise and more training. Not defund them... How stupid...Do you want a Doctor with no training working for you and prescribing medicine or doing surgery? How can you even imagine that defunding the police was a good idea. People like Cori Bush should be in prison for the lies they told and the lives they've cost...</p><p>Kathy Hochul; I wish you Godspeed and good luck. You have a chance to right this ship before it goes all the way under.....</p><p>TK</p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-67537401240619640872020-10-24T07:28:00.001-04:002020-10-24T07:28:35.889-04:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o5l03zRaFMGoR2U0_ChggKD509WIsWbGj6esv37htpRzbRHoD4mzTYSt8M3Qr0ZSz9hzj8F6n0PFwKsG_NhIZ6ILo7BRT9oCDoHzbFqu0mzNXi6EFOkHZBdSk9fYik9VhDjyL11Zxh0V/s1600/BeaverPond+July+%252829%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o5l03zRaFMGoR2U0_ChggKD509WIsWbGj6esv37htpRzbRHoD4mzTYSt8M3Qr0ZSz9hzj8F6n0PFwKsG_NhIZ6ILo7BRT9oCDoHzbFqu0mzNXi6EFOkHZBdSk9fYik9VhDjyL11Zxh0V/s320/BeaverPond+July+%252829%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>What I don't need:</b></h2><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Nancy Pelosi for anything. We need to investigate her and every other politician who made millions during their time in office. If you have restaurants, a winery and a myriad of houses with 15 dollar a gallon ice cream in the huge refrigerators, you are dirty. Right Joe? I mean Big Guy or The Chairman.......</li><li>Gwyneth Paltrow telling me that "white male patriarchy" is over. Anyone who names their child "Apple" needs to go out back and finish their reefer and just shut up.</li><li>Jimmy Kimmel telling me to give up my guns and what a caring individual he is...This is from the guy who ran the "Man Show"....</li><li>Chelsea Handler trying to tell 50 Cent about what color he is. He has a mind of his own and the fact that she thinks she has to remind him of his skin tone tells me she has hit her head one too many times while intoxicated and in unflattering acts.. </li><li>Bill Maher telling me anything about anything.....I do give him kudos for having the brass to invite conservatives to his show and being fairly civil.</li><li> ANYONE who uses the word "WOKE".... I've been awake for over 60 years and the "woke" crowd is asleep at the wheel when it comes to common sense and reality.</li><li>Any Demoncrat running a city or state. Look at Michigan, Washington state, Oregon, California, New Jersey and New York... Perfect examples of how to ruin an economy and kill old folks.</li><li>Pollsters who claim "Biden" is going to win....Come on man...How wrong were you all in 2016?</li></ol><h2 style="text-align: left;">What I'm thankful for:</h2><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>The Lord our God and his Son Jesus.</li><li>The beauty of Nature.</li><li>Donald Trump in the White House.</li><li>4 more years of Donald Trump in the White House.</li><li>The Constitution.</li><li>The second amendment that allows me to enjoy shooting sports, hunting and self protection. If you threaten me with burning my house down I'll be glad to demonstrate how it works.</li><li>The Supreme Court as it is. Contextualists not activists.</li><li>My brothers and sisters in Blue.</li></ol><div>Regular Programming will now resume::::</div></div><div>TK</div><p></p>TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0Albany, NY, USA42.6525793 -73.756231714.342345463821154 -108.9124817 70.962813136178852 -38.5999817tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-61129411352162700582020-08-18T13:58:00.002-04:002020-08-18T13:58:59.360-04:00Beavers are smarter than people....<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvge9BWVQ6p0-0SOotO8pyTAWl53Uz8qQ-h5hRzVGTrXLvkn1LXmeY1ynh39lq6Ag6j9iEWF8Mq-zmx_aY4CRRR6T2d_00ratgiUcFrePTS5ZF0RfGx8E6mwLIxK8qJy1OO5HvALxQuOi/s1600/BeaverPond+July+%25288%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvge9BWVQ6p0-0SOotO8pyTAWl53Uz8qQ-h5hRzVGTrXLvkn1LXmeY1ynh39lq6Ag6j9iEWF8Mq-zmx_aY4CRRR6T2d_00ratgiUcFrePTS5ZF0RfGx8E6mwLIxK8qJy1OO5HvALxQuOi/w410-h307/BeaverPond+July+%25288%2529.JPG" width="410" /></span></a></div><b style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></b><p></p><p><i><span style="color: red;"><b>Beavers teach their young how to survive, be a family and how to build a home. Imagine if </b><b>every parent had the same instinct and told and taught their children common courtesy, civility and the word no.</b></span></i></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Stand </b>for the flag that flies proudly because of the people that fought and defended it to make this great country. If this country was as bad as some would have you believe, why are so many people trying to come here illegally and legally? Why do you think so many beavers live here?</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Stand </b>for the first responders; Police, Fire and EMS who run into situations everyone else with a brain is trying to get out. No one is in those jobs to make money, they are there to serve their community and they are the first to be budget cut, maligned and killed. They are only human and humans make mistakes and some are just damned evil in every profession.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Stand </b>for the essential workers; the Doctors, Nurses, Grocery workers, Truck Drivers and the Waste Service people. They are the front line against the COVID pandemic.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Kneel </b>at the cross because Jesus was given up for your sins. If you kneel for "Social Injustice" and want to defund or eliminate law enforcement you had better look at all the crime stats first. The police are not the problem. The "urban woke culture" is born of bad decisions by leftist leaders and governments giving people what they want and not what they need, self-respect. Self-respect comes with a strong family bond and values, a good education and a good job you can be proud earned by your work, not your gender or race. No one with a sense of morality and self-respect could go out and riot, loot, kill and injure people for the sake of George Floyd. Thousands of criminals tearing down cities, rioting and killing is not righting a wrong.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Bow </b>your head for the moment of silence to pray for the end to <b>all </b>injustice and that all may see that <b>all </b>lives matter. Bowing your head offends no one and prayer is much stronger than rioting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Shake </b>your head in disbelief at what you see in Oregon, Washing State and D.C., New York City and Chicago. Leftist, marxist, socialist or whatever you call them have run their cities into the ground. People are running from California and New York; so-called bellwether states, because of mismanagement and corruption. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Lastly</b>, to all you parents that love your children, it'</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">s ok to say "no". It's ok teach right and wrong, your shrieking</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> child is not going to be scarred forever it they don't get their way. You are their parent, not their friend. You are their first and most important teacher and they must learn winning and losing graciously. Stop giving trophies of participation, stop telling them they were cheated, sometimes someone is better at something than they are. 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I love this.... <a href="http://unwoke.hr/">Unwoke.hr</a> is a website that helps the "unwoke" post and find jobs. Unwoke employees won't try and hijack your company with social justice warrior BS. They just want to work, get paid, work their way up the ladder and go home each day to their simple happy little lives. </div>
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Red Bull just fired a load of top brass for trying to link up with BLM and hijack the compamy. Bravo Red Bull!!!<br />
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I know I'll never buy another pair of Nike's in my life, watch another basketball, baseball or football game or watch MSNBC or CNN.. They have been hijacked by the "woke" and their stats bear this out. BTW the Biden tour will end badly because they've hitched their party onto this out-of-control wagon going straight to hell. Joe and Kamala are the sacrificial lambs because the Dem's know they can't beat our President Trump.<br />
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OK, back to my point....<br />
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Unwoke.hr will not post race, religion, sex or what your SJW cause is. Clients are looking for work or posting jobs for people that just want to work. This isn't for the SJW morons and they hate it.<br />
Let's take a moment and place the SJW clan in perspective.<br />
Usually a younger left-wing, liberal living in Mom and Dad's basement, odd-colored hair, pierced to the max whose usual vocal utterings sound like the screeching of a harpy. They wasted their time and Mom and Dad's money on a degree in Lesbian Interpretive Dance, The Breeding Habits of the Naked Mole Rat or Democrat Socialism taught by SJWs at a questionable college suggested by a "woke" high school counselor. Because their degree is not going to make them money they have become addicted to the "woke" cancel culture and their Tic-Tok, Instagram and smart phones. They have been fired for bringing their views to work and bashing people over the head with their "wokeness". They think antifa and the blm movement are real. They think that they can shout people down, troll them online into killing themselves and getting them fired. Not if you realize what they really are. Sad, pitiful excuses for primates.<br />
<a href="http://unwoke.hr/">Unwoke.hr</a> is the adults in the room standing up and putting a boot in the ass of the "woke" set. Common sense is not dead. It just sat back and watched the show until it got ridiculous.<br />
TK<br />
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<br />That amazing Covid virus, Cuomo incompetence and really stupid stunts by the Dems and the left</h2>
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We were told to hide inside for 3 months because the Covid virus gonna get us all and if you didn't do it you were subject to arrest and all sorts of other punishment and bullcrap. Flatten the curve, if you were exposed you were quarantined. 113 days of Mussolini Cuomo preaching to us about the sky falling and how everyone must do social distancing and wear masks. 180 degree from the beginning of March when Cuomo and DeBlasio told us to go out and party the virus won't get you....5000 elderly killed by the virus that Cuomo caused by sending them back to homes that weren't prepared to handle Covid. Then he blames President Trump because he was following CDC guidelines. Wrong again! Cuomo was called out and <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-yorks-nursing-homes-ship-empty/" target="_blank">fact checked</a> and he screwed up. If President Trump had done that they'd be stringing a rope up.</div>
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Then the levels of reopening from Cuomo were so contradictory it was mind-boggling...Level 1 ok for you, not for me. Level 2 ok for me but not for you. Cuomo ranting over people saying screw it and going to bars in NYC and hanging out. Don't make me stop the car and shut the state down again!!!!Shutting down an economy and country didn't work....</div>
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Protesters Won't catch Covid but Trump rally attendees will die!!!</h3>
Then lets throw it all out and have RIOTS. Protesters were absolved from social distancing and masks and it was ok to fill the streets arm in arm. Now that our President wants to have rallies again, the Covid virus will get everyone that goes!! Isn't that amazing that protesters and rioters were immune but Trump supporters are doomed?<br />
Please note that I do believe the protests were fine and with good reason. Riots are NOT FINE, anarchy must be met with force and the rule of law.<br />
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Police Officers Matter!</h3>
Remember this; these calls demonizing and defunding of police are going to backfire..Cops are retiring and leaving in record numbers. Your calls for service in some parts of the country are going to be answered by social workers. That won't last long...trust me..<br />
.Killing and assaulting innocent police officers is unconscionable. The bad apple in Minnesota is getting charged and he should be. The officers in Atlanta were served up as a political stunt and they will be found not guilty.<br />
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This fall I hope all of you that are left in NY City remember what incompetence your leaders have shown. That is if anyone is left in NYC...Seems everyone is heading to safer ground...Can't blame them..<br />
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Say hello to my new front door greeter! Got him from The Bear Den on 2493 Highway Rte 20 in Carlisle, NY. Awesome craftsmanship and really nice folks. Very fair pricing and they have some other amazing pieces for sale. Wall art, carvings, they even do commissions.<br />
<a href="http://beardencarvings.com/">http://beardencarvings.com/</a><br />
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TKTKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-49693026666767831612020-05-10T10:23:00.000-04:002020-05-10T10:34:07.321-04:00It's Time...Don't be fooled<h2>
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The Covid19 virus is the worst thing that ever happened and is gonna kill us all!!!!!</h2>
(Hair on fire, waving arms and screaming while running in circles...) Slap...slap..slap... Dammit fool, calm down.....I hate it when Al Gore loses it....<br />
This was never about saving lives. It was about destroying the greatest economy we ever had in an attempt to remove President Trump in the next election. Fortunately, with Biden as the Demoncrat contender hiding in a basement dodging rape charges that is a moot point. Never let a perfectly good crisis go to waste when it can further your political agenda, right Hillary?<br />
Never mind the Demoncratic held House has run for the hills so nothing can get done but the GOP held Senate is business as usual....<br />
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People will die from something in the end. New or old virus, some we've cured and then have come back. I don't mean to sound cold but you only live until you die and if you live right and have a bit of luck that might be 100 years. Shutting down an economy and country was stupid. Letting this go on is even crazier. What's worse is if we do find a vaccine probably only a few people will actually take it because "I never got the flu shot...why this now?<br />
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<span style="color: #544f4c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Absolute power in the wrong hands corrupts absolutely. Look at the Governors (read tyrants) in NY, Michigan, Virginia, California and NJ.... If you're a Demoncrat it's OK to rip up the constitution and bill of rights, or in the case of NJ, "I never thought of that, it's above my paygrade" NJ Governor Phil Murphy (D)</span></div>
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Here's my beef...Meet Loaf (when you make it everyone will want to meet you to get a piece)<br />Directions:<br />Put the oven at 375 to warm up and pour the chef their favorite cocktail for making this amazing dish.<br />In a large bowl mix:<br />2 lbs of 80/20 ground beef<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />2 eggs<br />2 cups seasoned bread crumbs<br />1 package of cheesy taco seasoning<br />1/2 cup steak sauce (your choice)<br />1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce<br />2 tsp garlic paste</span></div>
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Put that monster in the oven for 45 minutes and then take it out to rest for about 10 minutes. Goes great with Potato Grenades (another recipe) Accept all the praise and have another glass! Enjoy!!<br />TK</div>
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Finally. The first part of fall which is warm during the day and cool at night. It's a great time for apple picking, cider donuts, farmers' markets and one more fishing trip on the lakes. Last weekend I went up to Lake George and spent two days fishing on the lake. 45 degrees as I had a campfire at the NYS <a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/24453.html" target="_blank">Battlegrounds Public Campsite</a>. I spent a comfortable night in my tent but I need to remember I should bring a mattress pad.... I launched the boat the next morning and it got up to 80 degrees on the water by noon. Perfect...<br />
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Fall farmers markets rock. Downtown Troy, Colonie's Crossings and the Saratoga farmers markets are the best. Lots of good food and drink, some entertainment and lots of produce. Shut off the the TV, put down your phone, ignore the news and go enjoy the beautiful views of Upstate NY.</div>
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TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-55026004719077634462019-07-15T21:05:00.000-04:002019-07-15T21:05:38.892-04:00Can we take a breath?I've never seen the like in 62 years. Politics have eroded to subhuman levels. Demoncrats have lost their minds and their civility. They have allowed a "Squad" or should I say a "Squalid" of four to start an uncivil war. I cannot believe 4 people can be so inept and unschooled or moronic to hold office. I'm sure it will be a short tenure. Thus goes my suggestion that we have a test for office before we run for it....<br />
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I have watched the left sink to lows that I didn't think were fathomable. Thank you, we'll have another great four years under our President Trump for which I am extremely thankful. He is a pragmatist, a patriot and is putting our country back to where it should be.<br />
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Nancy Pelosi, retire. You gave it your all and now you look like a pathetic geriatric suffering from old-timers disease. You're one step from a Silver-alert on MECC... Don't make us audit your fortune or all the undocumented illegal aliens you employ at your vineyards and restaurants.<br />
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Adam Shift... go crawl in a hole, you are below useless and obnoxious. In my world you would have been charged with malicious prosecution and harassment.<br />
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OK...we have a two-party system...I don't count Socialists or Communists, (same thing). That doesn't work, history provides the examples. It's OK to have a differing opinion but agree to disagree. Identity politics are venomous and dangerous. You are feeding kooks who'll use guns, trucks, knives, boats, binkies or whatever to make their pointless point. Leave the constitution and 1st, 2nd and other amendments alone. The forefathers had a much more poignant and logical reason for what they did and it is timeless. They already dealt with kooks like the left and made sure they wouldn't enslave another nation. Yes I said enslave. That's what demoncrats have done, enslave by way of freebies, welfare and entitlements for anyone that will put them in office.<br />
<br />TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-68008912567859451862019-05-16T08:53:00.002-04:002019-05-16T08:53:51.597-04:00ABCs of Climate ChangeHow can scientists and politicians be so egotistical and so wrong.....?<br />
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First...If the climate hadn't changed you wouldn't be here. The earth started as a ball of dust that grew, compacted, increased in gravity and was struck billions of times during the early universe.<br />
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Second...Once things stabilized a bit and the earth cooled from violent volcanic activity and water pooled the atmosphere was absolutely unbreathable to anything on earth now. Water existed and soon life in it's earliest form occurred and evolved. No human could have existed then either. Hell, we've only been around about 200,000 years because the earth climate CHANGED..<br />
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Third... Plate tectonics, vulcanism, global cooling, global warming, solar cooling (yes the sun changes) and eruptions affect the climate. We have never had any control over that. In the life of the earth we are about a 20 minute blip out of eons the planet has been around. The belief that we can "save or kill" the earth is absurd. It's like believing a paramecium can build and pilot a star ship.<br />
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In all seriousness, climate will change no matter what. (Sorry Bill Nye and get some help for that Turret's issue) Seas will rise and fall, land masses will move and we will have global warming and global cooling..It's a cycle... New species will be found, some will become extinct and some will adapt. ( Look up the "Pizzly" bear).<br />
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The people that peddle this tripe are in a power grab fueled by bad science, social engineering and taking advantage of peoples good nature and caring. Use your heads, not your feelings.<br />
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This bird was in my feeder the other day. In 2 million years his descendants will evolve and may not have wings. They may swim or dig in a much warmer or cooler world with different continents due to plate tectonics.. who knows.?<br />
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Took a 340 mile ride to do some law enforcement training out in Cattaraugus county which is just north of Salamanca on 86/17 in western NY. We stayed in <a href="http://www.ellicottvilleny.com/" target="_blank">Ellicottville </a> at the <a href="http://www.ellicottvillewingateinn.com/" target="_blank">Wingate Hote</a>l and worked in Little Valley.<br />
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If you like small towns, nice people and good food get in the car and get moving. This weekend July 29 and 30 is the Jazz and Blues Fest. Catch some music and then head over to the <a href="https://www.ellicottvilleginmill.com/" target="_blank">Gin Mill </a>on Washington Street for some awesome bar food and suds.<br />
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TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-77392967261124196422017-07-09T13:22:00.000-04:002017-07-09T13:22:32.208-04:00Today's Police Officer <div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>NYPD Police Officer Miosotis Familia was </b>shot in the back of the head while sitting in a police car. She spent 12 years on the force doing what she loved best while raising 3 children. She was shot for being a cop. 67 law enforcement officers have been killed so far this year. 50,000 more will be assaulted this year. From California to New York over 200,000 men and women wear a shield and the prerequisites to do this have changed immensely.</div>
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What is required in most states to become a cop:</div>
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<li>A desire to want to help your community. </li>
<li>NO criminal history and good driving record.</li>
<li>A high school diploma and a college degree.</li>
<li>Pass a civil service exam ( and score high enough to be reachable).</li>
<li>Pass the physical agility test.</li>
<li>Pass the medical physical and drug test.</li>
<li>Take an oath of office.</li>
<li>6-8 months of basic police training.</li>
<li>1 year of probation and mentoring.</li>
<li>Wear a camera that only proves you were telling the truth.</li>
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The problems:<br />
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<li>There are some bad apples in every profession and are dealt within policy and law.</li>
<li>Once cleared by internal affairs no one should indicted and tried to appease the "morally outraged".</li>
<li>People should know the facts before trial by social networking.</li>
<li>Criminals looking to assault a cop because the "urban" culture embraces violence.</li>
<li>Community activists without a clue. Also known as "politicians".</li>
<li>Hate groups (and they know who they are) which includes some high-profile "religious" leaders.</li>
<li>Politicians with no understanding of what it takes to be torn from two sides after you defend your life or another's. They can't hold a real job and there should be the conversation about 2 term limits.</li>
<li>Judicial activists that don't think that the crime the defendant committed was all that bad and lets the felon out on their own reconnaissance for the third time only to have that felon kill someone's child.</li>
<li>Sanctuary cities. Immigration Laws are just that, laws. Civil leaders, elected or appointed that don't comply should be federally prosecuted for violating those laws.</li>
<li>Stop blaming guns. Laws like the "Safe Act" only create criminals out of law-abiding citizens. Criminals don't care how many bullets they have in the magazine.</li>
<li>News media,,,no strike that, "entertainment industry media". There are few real reporters anymore. The current model is to beat a subject to death even when everyone knows it's BS and make yourself the news.</li>
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How do we fix this?<br />
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<li>Protests are fine if done civilly. Do not allow riots. If someone is burning a building or breaking windows in the interest of "social outrage", lock them up immediately. </li>
<li>Incarcerate those who instigate violence and don't preach to me about 1st amendment rights; you can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater. </li>
<li>The media must STOP giving a podium to criminals, hate groups and morons.</li>
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I did this job for over 20 years, survived and retired. I have been training LEOs for the last 17 years and the job isn't getting any easier or less technical. Unless you've been a cop you don't really understand what it takes to be one. It is a huge sacrifice and burden for your family and friends. You find yourself becoming very conservative-minded because you seen what "liberal" policies have done. You finally understand that the biggest racist is the one yelling "racist" because it's not the color of your skin or their's. It's your uniform they hate.<br />
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TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-48011427914034021092017-03-18T12:33:00.001-04:002017-03-18T12:33:32.133-04:00My New Favorite Song!!!!<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Home Run!!! Go <a href="http://constitution.com/must-see-video-can-friends-safe-spaces-win-song-year/" target="_blank">Here:</a></strong></span><br />
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<b>T</b>his is the funniest parody I've seen in ages. Two Country Artists/Comedians wrote new lyrics to Garth's "Friends in Low Places" and I don't think Garth minds too much... I've added the words for posterity....9-)<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>SAFE SPACES</strong></span><br />
Blame it all on our roots we never wore boots<br /> and never once played in the street<br /> We feel very bitter<br /> get our news off of Twitter<br /> And we just can’t handle defeat<br />
You saw the surprise and the fear in our eyes<br /> When Donald became president<br /> Screamed this can’t be true<br /> Americas through<br /> And to the safe spaces we went<br />
I’ve got friends in Safe Spaces<br /> And If you don’t go with us<br /> Then you must be racist<br /> That is our catch phrase<br /> Where is my latte<br />
Come on in and let’s get cozy<br /> Showing off participation trophies<br /> Watching CNN<br /> In Safe Spaces<br />
Well we all get along<br /> And sing happy songs<br /> And watch movies by Michael Moore<br /> We hate the alt right<br /> We’ve got puppies on site<br /> And we lay around on the floor<br />
Oh there’s coloring books<br /> And sad long faced looks<br /> And tears just explode from our face<br /> But give us an hour we’re delicate flowers<br /> We just need an embrace…..<br />
Oh I’ve got friends in Safe Spaces<br /> If you don’t go with us<br /> Then you must be racist<br /> That is our catch phrase<br /> Where is my latte<br />
Come on in and let’s get cozy<br /> Showing off participation trophies<br /> Watching CNN<br /> In Safe Spaces<br />
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<br />TKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-28346767259831523832017-02-20T08:09:00.000-05:002017-02-20T08:09:38.689-05:00Refugee fix from a blogger (not me)I just got done reading a blogger's suggestion to the refugee problem at the <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/" target="_blank">timesuseless website</a> by <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/donna/the-possible-refugee-solution/200/" target="_blank">Donna McMullen</a> She wrote <a href="http://the%20possible%20refugee%20solution!/" target="_blank">"The possible refugee solution!"</a> and I love it. Go there and read it. She suggests that the Hollywood set, flailing dems and libs all pool their money and buy land in Belize and set the refugees up there. Works for me, but my suggestion is to send a Hollywood denizen, liberal and democrat along with every 10 refugees to mentor them until they are self-sufficient. You'll never see those stars, libs or dems again!!!! Major win lets tweet it!!!<br />
TKTKodiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757486024695109636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156852841950987.post-51101769838710553722017-02-01T07:11:00.000-05:002017-02-01T07:11:03.857-05:00How to hook a liberal...Just for sport.Tried an interesting experiment with our resident liberal at work last week. I got out my trusty political rod and reel and baited up with a real stink bait. I put "Immigration Hold" on the hook and let fly past Mike's cubicle and in one turn of the reel and I had about 150 lbs. of liberal flopping in the bottom of the boat. Swallowed the hook and everything. I'm always amazed at how when you hook these bottom-feeders they all spew and screech the same talking points like it was engrained in their DNA.<br />
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Trump stole the election....</div>
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The Electoral college must go..</div>
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Trump is not the legitimate.....</div>
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It's a Muslim ban....</div>
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Had to finally throw him back before he hurt himself...Remember folks it is for sport so always give them a nice belly first toss back in. That takes the wind out of them just long enough so you can get your hearing back.</div>
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