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The Beginning of the End

The constant screech by our left-wing-media betters has been informing us of impending downfall of the President since the day he took office. You would have thought that the dems would be exhausted by now; apparently not. These mindless followers are like a demented Charlie Brown character that cannot decline one more try at a Lucy held football.

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A Good Harvest Day

I started out on a Blackberry quest this morning at around 10. It’s the first day this year that I gave out before the berries did. I pulled a quart off of my place and a little more than a gallon off of the neighbors, working my way around the field about halfway (along the tree line) before the thunder signaled that I should be moving on. As a guess,there is about a week, maybe 10 days before the berries will be finished for the year. If I stay on top of them I should be able to get 4 or 5 more gallons.

I hit the cucumbers yesterday and again today. I did re-can 5 quarts into simple dill pickles yesterday evening and I have enough cucumbers on hand to put up another 8 to 10 quarts this evening. This go-round I’ll adding some kick to the pickles by including jalapeno peppers (pulled from the garden today), cracked red pepper (Cayenne peppers pulled from the garden and dehydrated last year), black pepper corn and mustard seed.

The cuc’s have to be harvested daily if we want the vines to continue to produce. If just 1 cuc is left to ripen on the vine then the whole vine shuts down and dies. Finding them is the challenge as they have an amazing way of camouflaging themselves among the leaves. When it comes to cucumbers, diligence is it’s own reward.

Next batch? Bread and Butter Pickles !

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Exactly As It Should Be

Every time I hear of a conservative justice voting along with liberal justices on any given decision, I think that this is the way the court was meant to be. It should be manned with folk that apply their knowledge and intellect to the issues, weigh them against the constitution, and decide. I want them to vote on what they believe the law is and not determine the worthiness of a decision based on where a conservative or liberal label dictates they should be.

That you would see Gorsuch vote along with liberals tell you all you need to know about his worthiness to serve. That you never see the other justices ‘cross over’ also shows their worthiness (or lack thereof).

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That Huge Sucking Sound? | Our Southern Border

I’m pretty sure that you will create the largest humanitarian crisis ever seen if you fail to secure the border and give away free shit. Ten’s of Millions will flood in and absolutely demolish the economy. We’re not talking Latino’s, we are talking all of Africa and India. Subjugated population in China will be heading our way as well.

Where will they be housed, how will they be fed, into which homes do the enter and plunder when the system collapses?

I will absolutely guarantee that we will experience Ebola (and other exotic plagues) in the homeland if this crap at the border persists.

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How Bad Yahoo Has Gotten

Here is a rundown on what articles Yahoo is running with on our President today. Never, never is there an article that is fair or balanced on this administration. Is it any wonder that folk begin to believe their drivel?

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A Crash and Burn

Well the pickle making crashed and burned. I had gotten 6 quarts in the canner and it was rapidly coming to a full boil when thunderstorms rolled in and we lost power.

Damn

Power is now back on (obviously) after a few hours of down time. Will see what can be salvaged of the first canning of the season.

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Around the Farm

Well, the most opportune fishing times for the week have passed without me getting to the water. Today and tomorrow are covered up with garden and farm work and I abhor putting in during the weekends. It’ll be next week before I can head out that way.

The Ball Waterbath Canner came in yesterday along with the food-mill that I ordered. So I ran both through their paces to see how well they work. In short, Beautifully.

I was able to get two quarts of blackberries out of the bushes and into the freezer; one from my place and one from my neighbors. There were three places on my farm that I did not pull from, and one on his that I have yet to visit so with a little luck I can get another two quarts in today. I chatted with another nearby land owner and have his blessing to pull from his ranch as well. Both of these landowners are ‘absentee’. The one I visited yesterday has a little over 500 acres that he uses exclusively for hunting. The other neighbor (the one I’ve yet to visit) has 60 or 70 acres in pasture. He has 50 or so head of cattle here and owns a couple more farms where he raises also raises cattle. Because I don’t wanna be dead, I checked with both before wandering onto what is theirs.

I went up to the garden and picked the first cucumbers of the year; I guess it’s about 10 or 15 pounds worth. Now that I have the canner (and know use it) I’m much more motivated about getting them in and put up. There are three varieties of pickling cucumber (there is a difference between a ‘normal’ or slicing cucumber and one that’s used for pickling) that I’m growing: Boston Pickling, National Pickling, and Rhienish. My slicing cucumber is ‘Straight 8’.

The first round of canning will be a simple dill recipe: water, vinegar, canning salt, and sugar to make up the brine. Garlic and dill stuffed in each jar as they are filled. I stopped in at a supermarket and picked up some fresh dill and have plenty of garlic from the garden.

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Social Justice at GWU

Breitbart is carrying a story about George Washington University and their new mandatory course requirements. A new program (EVERFI) instructs students on a set of social scenes where one student breaks the “rules” of political correctness. In short it is a mandatory social justice course that paints ‘whiteness’ in a highly unfavorable light.

I believe, unfortunately, that the course is not ‘foundational’ but rather a refresher or reinforcement to the already brainwashed youth. Given the photo above, it may be more beneficial to instruct this population in civics or US History. Better yet, a quick course on economics that demonstrates the utility of their chosen degree against the cost of carrying student loan debt throughout their lives.

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Expectations

I am told that dissatisfaction arises when the outcome of an event or action is different than the anticipated outcome. That being the case, the needless raising of expectations of ‘reparations’ by our good friends on the left can have not any outcome other than to rend further the social fabric of our nation. There’s a war coming and it will be fought between those who have been manipulated and those that are determined to defend some semblance of a free society.