Monday, June 30, 2025

Alligator Alcatraz - Tamiami Trail

Well, I guess 'Alligator Alcatraz' is supposed to be operational tomorrow, 7.1. Those of you that aren't from south Florida probably have no idea how isolated this place is. It's actually not as isolated as it was when I first started going down there to work on crab traps, during the off-season, back around 1976. But it's still in the middle of nowhere compared to either one of the coasts to the east or west. Construction began in 1968. It was originally intended to be the Everglades Jetport and it was originally scheduled to be the largest airport in the world at that time. Construction was halted in 1970 due to massive environmental objections and the failure of one of Boeing's proposed jet projects. The property still belongs to the local government and due to the one extra large runway it was named the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport and was used until recently as a landing/take-off training area for large jets.


The renovated facility is located just north of the Tamiami Trail, U.S. 41 and slightly closer to Miami but about halfway between Naples and Miami. Different people pronounce Tamiami differently, but people who are from that area and have lived there since before there was a Tamiami Trail, pronounce it as Tami (like the girls name) and ami (like the girls name without the T) (/ˈtæmiˌæmi/)

No, Alligator Alley and Tamiami Trail are not the same road. Both roads have gone through several confusing road designations but Alligator Alley is now I-75 and Tamiami Trail still goes by that name but is also U.S. 41.

Quiz: Can you correctly name the 3 reptiles shown below. We have all three in Florida, so it would be handy to know which one is tearing you apart if you wander into the wrong waterway.

 


Random GIF Dump - 6.29.2025


 At least most of them had on life jackets. Poland.


Dumbass. Probably has no clue how close he was to being a hood ornament. You can see the blue smoke from the rear tires.


 

 Cat: "Not today, bitches. Not this kitty,"

 

I feel for her but how long do you have to have long hair before you learn not to get close to things that it could get caught up in?


 No ... f*ck you, lol.


 Silly games, silly prizes.


I'd give it a 4. Absolute disaster of a dismount.


I was so glad to see those bushes. Seriously broke his fall.


Too close.

October 7th Mastermind ‘Eliminated,’ Israel Defense Forces Say

Israel Defense Forces announced on Saturday that Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa — one of the Hamas terrorists who helped to plan the October 7 massacre and train those who carried it out — had been “eliminated.”

A longer statement from the IDF read, in part, “Yesterday (Friday), in a joint activity, the IDF and ISA struck and eliminated the terrorist Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa in the area of Sabra in Gaza City. Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was a senior figure in Hamas’ military wing and was considered one of the founders of the terrorist organization. His current role was Head of Combat Support Headquarters in Hamas’ military wing.”
“Throughout the war, and over the past few days, Issa served as Head of the Combat Support Headquarters, and advanced aerial and naval terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,” the statement continued.
“The IDF and ISA will continue to operate to locate and eliminate all terrorists from the different terrorist organizations who took part in the brutal October 7th massacre,” the IDF concluded.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/october-7th-mastermind-eliminated-israel-defense-forces-say?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Virginia+Kruta&category=News&elementPosition=3&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=October+7th+Mastermind+%E2%80%98ELIMINATED%2C%E2%80%99+Israel+Defense+Forces+Say

Karoline Leavitt Just Lays It On The Line Sometimes

This was just before the 250th U.S. Army Parade. I actually thought I had already posted this, but I guess not.

 https://x.com/drefanzor/status/1932861677139279955

If An Industry Can’t Survive Without Subsidies, Let It Die

Even better, be merciful to the taxpayers and cut the throat of the parasitic industry. The solar industry is in a panic because the Green New Deal scam has been exposed and is dying. Mass bankruptcies are on the horizon. Because, as we all know, it’s been a scam all along. Wind and solar sound good when you’re sitting around and passing a joint or you’re supplementing power in a single home, but they do not scale up and they cost more than you’re going to get in return. And, ultimately, both solar and wind are harder on the environment and wildlife than fossil fuels. They’re also a great place to shuffle money around and to look virtuous while grifting.
Because what they refer to as ‘clean energy’ just isn’t clean. And it’s not self-sustaining.

(Zero Hedge)—It’s no secret that progressive billionaire elites, their dark money-funded NGOs, far-left lawmakers, and legacy corporate media orchestrated one of the most elaborate propaganda campaigns in recent memory—weaponizing the narrative of an imminent “climate crisis” to ram through green legislation on Capitol Hill. The result? A massive heist on the Treasury, all under the noble guise of saving the planet.
It’s almost as if the “climate crisis” only dominated headlines when Democrats needed political cover to push green legislation through Capitol Hill …

Now, the darker side of the green scam is coming into focus. Reuters reported earlier this week that a draft tax bill released by Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) proposes an accelerated phaseout of clean energy subsidies established under the Biden-Harris regime’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Specifically, the legislation would significantly dial back solar and wind tax credits to 60% of their original value starting in 2026, with complete elimination by 2028. Under current law, these credits are scheduled to begin phasing out in 2032, meaning the proposal would effectively shorten the incentive window.
Crapo stated in a press release that this draft bill “achieves significant savings by slashing Green New Deal spending and targeting waste, fraud and abuse in spending programs while preserving and protecting them for the most vulnerable.”
Slashing clean energy tax credits, essentially the lifeline of the green industry, would unleash a tsunami of bankruptcies across the sector. Think of Solyndra’s high-profile collapse under the Obama administration in 2011—but multiplied many times over.


Read the rest at:
https://thelibertydaily.com/real-distress-hits-solar-industry-as-bankruptcy-tsunami/

Random Political Social Media Posts - 6.30.2025

 

That's good .. Now you need to ARREST some MF'er's and put some asses in PRISON.

 

 

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1939112079727702502





https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1938348276777910391

 




https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1938469727359373363

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Twitter/X - Pat Condell

I don't tweet but every once in a blue moon and I've had a twitter account for a while. I do go check selected twitter accounts every other day or so because I find out a lot of stuff on twitter. One account I kind of forgot about was Pat Condell. I agree with Condell on a majority of issues. He does have a rough opinion on all organized religions though, he's a declared atheist. Anyway I recently scrolled through and collected some of his posts from the recent past. If you don't care for Pat, this post will be a complete waste of time.









Who Doesn't Like Cheetos ...

Cederq, remember the Cheetos I referenced when we were discussing the Chevy deluxe sedan ...



Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump - 6.29.2025

 

 

 

 

 

 



  


Friday Rides - The Good - The Bad - And The Ugly

  1956 Chevrolet 210 Two-Door Handyman Station Wagon - 350 OHV V8