Justice for Robin.

Posted on October 2, 2023 by On the North River

Zelda’s rage Robin Williams’ daughter slams ‘disturbing’ use of AI to recreate him

I’m with her.  Justice for Robin and for the other’s that have passed away leaving a legacy of wit, talent and great performances.

Posted in 2023, Movies, PSA | 1 Comment

Answer: Psychology isn’t a science.

Posted on October 1, 2023 by On the North River

Question: If the discovery that massively popular and highly-cited research in modern psychology may turn out to be a complete fraud, the writers research just fiction, then what does that do to the ‘Science’ of Psychology?

Well that has happened and it’s effect in the field of Psychology was … nothing.  Because a lot of people already know, psychology isn’t a science.

Betteridge Falls: How overly-convenient Obama-era psychological research continues to unravel, to the point that it endangers the entire field. (New Yorker)

Posted in 2023, All the News not fit to print. | 6 Comments

Media ignoring implications of attack on Trump.

Posted on September 28, 2023 by On the North River

“I put everything on the line to fight for you,” Trump said. “I have risked it all to defend the working class from the corrupt political class that has spent decades sucking the life, wealth, and blood out of this country. That’s why I’m here tonight to lay out a vision for a revival of economic nationalism.”
Trump To Michigan Auto Workers: ‘You Built this Country’

The real estate world is in disbelief after far leftist judge Arthur Engoron estimated the value of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, at just $18 million while ruling the former president had overvalued his business empire.

The intentional devaluation, intended to harm Trump and his private business interests, comes despite a nearby patch of trees selling for $150 million.

“If Mar-a-Lago is worth $18 million… I’ll take 10 please!!!” remarked Trump’s eldest son Don Jr. Eric Trump, an executive vice president at the Trump Organization, added that “real estate circles in Florida are laughing at this foolishness.” Forbes has previously cited real estate brokers as estimating the estate’s value at over $200 million, with brokers based on Palm Beach turning in even higher estimates of up to $725 million. . .

[Libs of TikTok Chaya Raichik on X-Twitter]:

– – Hunter Biden’s paintings are worth $500k and a 20-acre property in Palm Beach is worth $18 Million.
– – 36 Hunter paintings can buy Mar-A-Lago .
– – Are you paying attention yet?

One Far Left Judge.  All by himself.  Is being allowed to cripple Donald Trump’s business empire in New York State.

By manufacturing a specious claim that the Trump companies falsely reported the value of his businesses and holdings, and that was criminal fraud.  This judge is threatening to levy fines of hundreds of millions of dollars… AND… revoke the Trump organizations business licenses in the State of New York.  However to substantiate this charge the judge, by himself, is placing ludicrously low valuations on Trumps assets.

Some of the business dealings even if illegal in some way are past the statue of limitations.  And have been investigated before, and cleared of any illegality.

No investors in these deals lost money.  No businesses failed.  No taxes owed went unpaid. There are no victims, there was no crime. Unless it’s a crime to run for office and a crime to frighten the Deep State and the Swamp.

What’s supposed to be a crime, at the State and Federal levels, is Election Interference, Election Fraud or Election Tampering.  Which is exactly what this all is.

Posted in 2024, Deep State, Elections, FBI crime family, President Trump, vote fraud | 3 Comments

The problem is worse than that it also doesn’t work.

Posted on September 26, 2023 by On the North River

Study: With each Covid vaccination, healthcare workers get sicker – applying for progressively more leave and taking more analgesic medication after each dose

Here’s the chart of average sick days for each dose …

… and here’s the percentage of healthcare workers claiming some amount of sick leave for each dose:

Overall, the boosters resulted in 27.9% of the entire sample taking at least one day off of work. Of 21 participants who received AstraZeneca for their first dose, fully 11, or 52%, landed on sick leave. Moderna was also clearly worse than the BioNTech-determined average, sending 106 of 255, or 46%, of participants who received it as their third dose home for recovery.

The broader subset of healthcare workers who took medication to relieve post-vaccination symptoms paints the same picture. By the third dose, the vast majority of everyone in the sample (86%) were taking drugs to relieve the acute symptoms of the jabs:

Posted in 2023, On the Ebola River | 2 Comments

Real Estate Tax, Sales Tax, Luxury Tax… the key word is “Tax”.

Posted on September 25, 2023 by On the North River

With Only $55 Million In Coffers, Los Angeles Plans to Spend $150 Million From Mansion Tax

L.A.’s mansion tax redistributes money from the sales of houses above $5 million. The law, which took effect on April 1, charges 4% on all residential and commercial real estate sales in the city above $5 million and a 5.5% charge on sales above $10 million.

Initially, proponents estimated the tax would raise about $900 million per year, but a March report from the City Administrative Office lowered that number to $672 million, The Los Angeles Times reported.

“But once the tax took effect, L.A.’s luxury market froze,” The Times reported. “Only two homes sold for more than $5 million in the month of April, and the market hasn’t quite recovered since.”

Luxury homeowners seeking to avoid the tax have either refused to sell their homes or hired tax specialists to find loopholes, The Times reported.

Perhaps someone should have clarified that it’s really “Tax, Collect, and Spend”.

Or, don’t plan on spending it before you’ve got it!

Same thing happens with every new obnoxious tax the Dems and Socialists come up with.  Be it soda, booze, or luxury homes; people, especially rich people with lawyers, are going do everything in their power to avoid paying out to the grasping Democrats attempts get their sweaty hands on ‘Other Peoples Money’.

Oh, and the new tax may be unconstitutional.  As if anyone cares.

 

Posted in 2023, Can't fix Stupid, Tea Party | 2 Comments

No loafs for Oaf.

Posted on September 23, 2023 by On the North River

He may be allowed to dress like an oaf in the United States Congress — but Sen. John Fetterman would be shown the door at the Big Apple’s finest restaurants.

Sen. John Fetterman may be allowed to dress like a slob in the halls of power — but it’s still a capital offense in New York City’s finest restaurants.

Intrepid Post reporter Jon Levine learned that hard truth this week when he crisscrossed the Big Apple’s culinary landmarks wearing Fetterman’s trademark hoodie, gym shorts and sneakers and tried to gain entry — only to face scorn and mockery from maître d’s with more common sense than Congress.

“He would not be permitted here,” sniffed a maître d at Daniel on the Upper East Side, where a seven-course tasting menu runs $275.

At famed Le Bernardin, a suited maître d named Julien served up an amuse bouche of stink-eye when The Post arrived.

New York Post reporter Jonathan Levine.
New York Post reporter Jon Levine was unceremoniously shown the door at Jean-Georges.
J.C. Rice

“No athletic wear,” he said flatly, staring The Post down and denying even a nibble of chef Eric Ripert’s $480 dinner and wine pre-fixe menu.

At the double-Michelin star Jean-Georges near Columbus Circle, no less than four sentinels outside its dining room vetoed The Post’s entry, ending the dream of feasting on the famed $368, 10-course tasting menu that includes caviar salad, king crab and smoked squab.

“Inside we don’t allow shorts,” said one, repeatedly insisting it would be “impossible” to get around the dress code, which also forbids jeans, sneakers and sweatshirts.

Workers at The Grill — an ultra-lux chophouse occupying the legendary Four Seasons Restaurant space in midtown — wasted no time rejecting the faux Fetterman, holding the door tightly shut after they caught one glimpse.

“If you went and got a pair of jeans it would work,” offered a doorman named Don who boasted, “We treat the billionaires just like millionaires.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) ripped the Senate for recently relaxing rules to allow Fetterman’s wardrobe, which he insists he needs for his mental health after his stroke, say Senate Democratic insiders.

“The Senate no longer enforcing a dress code for senators to appease Fetterman is disgraceful,” Greene posted on X, formerly Twitter.

“Dress code is one of society’s standards that set etiquette and respect for our institutions. Stop lowering the bar!”

Posted in 2023, All the News not fit to print., Can't fix Stupid | 2 Comments

Light posting but smaller heating bills this winter.

Posted on September 23, 2023 by On the North River

No new posts for a few days, that was due in part to medical appointments but mostly to getting a contractor in to resolve a problem with the windows.

Though the house is insulated we came to find out that the frame around all the windows was not.  Nothing between the window molding and the outside plastic edge of the window. That’s an half inch to three quarter inch gap on the sides and closer to an inch on top.  Add all the gaps around all the windows and that’s a hole seven inches wide and thirty-four inches tall, nothing but a thin piece of wood and a thinner piece of plastic going directly to the outside.  And that’s just the first floor.

With Natural Gas at $2.08 CCF going into this winter, that’s a heat loss I can’t have.   The joys of home ownership.

So here are some Fall photographs from years past.

Great year for fall photos, not a turkey in the bunch…Err?

White Mountains

A Four Hour Trip, a four hour trip…

 

Posted in 2023, Personal | Leave a comment

International Talk like a Pirate Day! Annual repost.

Posted on September 19, 2023 by On the North River

On Sept 19th it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers, of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.Wikipedia

The iconic word, Arrrr, turns out to be a West Country UK word for yes. It was popularized in the 1934 movie version of Treasure Island. With a parrot upon his shoulder, crying pieces of eight, and a peg leg, Beery brought to life the iconic imagery of Robert Louis Stevenson.
1934 film Treasure Island on Wikipedia

Though I wonder if it would be more popular as “Dress like a Pirate Day!”…

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This most years I really think we could all use an excuse to forget this grim modern world for a day and have a little fun.

Arggg!

Posted in 2023, Tongue in Cheek | Leave a comment

If seen, is that a good or a bad thing?

Posted on September 18, 2023 by On the North River

The Marines Need Help Finding a Lost Stealth Fighter and Nobody Can Stop Laughing

Those F-35 stealth fighters must be even closer to invisible than I thought because the Marines lost one on Sunday and nobody can find it.

A Marine piloting the special vertical takeoff and landing version, the F-35B, suffered some kind of “mishap” and was forced to eject over South Carolina. He ejected safely. He’s fine. We can go on and laugh. The plane, however, was nowhere to be found. Weighing in at over 32,000 pounds even when it isn’t filled with jet fuel, you’d think the missing jet would be easy to find, but no.

So whoever runs the social media for Joint Base Charleston took to Twitter to ask for help finding the super-invisible stealth fighter.

This, of course, is when Twitter lept into action as only Twitter can.

Tim Murtaugh
@TimMurtaugh

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Have you tried walking through the parking lot pressing the remote over and over?

Others know an easy buck when they see one.

“When you ask Twitter if anyone has seen your missing fighter jet, are you expecting anything other than snarky answers?”

Maybe somewhere on Twitter, there’s one really earnest guy, walking around his backyard, looking for an F-35, just in case.

He gave it his best shot. Even looked in the shed, just in case. But then he had to tweet back to @TeamCharleston, “Sorry, no. What color was it?”

Since the jet was left on Autopilot it could have traveled an enormous distance before it ran out of fuel.

Wait a minute!   I’ll check the back yard…

Posted in 2023, All the News not fit to print., Military, Tongue in Cheek | 3 Comments

Another possible Kennedy assassination attempt.

Posted on September 16, 2023 by On the North River

BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Assassination Scare | Heavily Armed Man Detained

A heavily armed man who posed as RFK’s security was arrested at a campaign rally.

This comes after RFK’s unsuccessful requests for Secret Service protection since declaring candidacy in April: “I am the first presidential candidate in history to whom the White House has denied a request for protection.” “I’m still entertaining a hope that President Biden will allow me Secret Service protection.”

Both RFK’s father and uncle were assassinated, so this attempt is severely distressing for the Kennedy family.

STATEMENTS BY RFK: –

“The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines was carrying a U.S. Marshal badge on a lanyard and beltclip federal ID.”

– “He identified himself as a member of my security detail.”

– “Armed GDBA (Private Corporate Security) team members moved quickly to isolate and detain the man until LAPD arrived to make the arrest.”

Update: As David pointed out in the comments, this location is scary close to the site where RKF Jr. father was assassinated.

Posted in 2023, Biden Crime Family, Deep State | 2 Comments