Bayou Renaissance Man

The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Putting the illegal alien invasion in perspective

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Received via e-mail, origin unknown: I'd say that gives us a pretty graphic perspective on the problem, doesn't it? And ano...
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"Shrinkflation" - yet more evidence of the declining value of your money

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I've been saying for years that the "official" US rate of inflation is vastly understated - deliberately so, in order to allo...
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An excellent first novel

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Jason Fuesting and his wife have been online friends with my wife for some time, although I've only met them once, during a trip to St....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Google Mail and Blogger problems

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Just a quick heads-up:  Gmail and Blogger have been logging me out for the past hour.  I can't check e-mail at all, and this is the fir...
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For once, I think Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is right

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I mostly ignore the verbiage spouted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).  She all too often displays arrogance, a sense of entitlement...
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Saving money on taxes, with Uncle Sam's blessing

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I've had a hectically busy couple of weeks, finalizing taxes and associated book-keeping.  It all worked out in the end, and has been v...
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Sharyl Attkisson brings logic to the illegal alien problem

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I'm sure most of us have been following the debate (and the outrage) over President Trump's proposal to release illegal aliens in s...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Rhodesia and white supremacists

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The New York Times recently published an article titled " Rhodesia’s Dead — but White Supremacists Have Given It New Life Online ...
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Notre Dame

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I share the sadness of millions around the world at the loss to fire of much of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris yesterday. In cultura...
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Monday, April 15, 2019

IQ, countries, and coping skills

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Readers who've been following my series of articles on the current Ebola crisis in Congo will recall that one of the biggest problems i...
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Clearly, "spend a penny" no longer applies!

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Back in the day, a common British expression was "to spend a penny".  This referred to the coin needed to operate the doors on pu...
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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Sunday morning music

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Let's mix genres this morning in the person of  Nadja Kossinskaja , a Ukrainian classical guitarist from Kiev who's also made quite...
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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Windy, wet and stormy

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The big storm system currently plaguing the Southern states has been parked over our home since the small hours of this morning.  All day,...
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More about larger cannon for infantry fighting vehicles

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A week ago, I wrote about how several nations are up-gunning their infantry fighting vehicles (IFV's) and armored personnel carriers (A...
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Talk about daylight robbery from taxpayers!

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I'm mind-boggled after reading about an Illinois political lobbyist who's legally receiving tens of thousands of dollars in pension...
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Friday, April 12, 2019

How I've longed to do this sometimes . . .

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Scott Adams brings the smackdown to a peculiarly irritating form of office pest.  Click the image for a larger view at the Dilbert comic s...
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Spring preparations

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Aesop, over at Raconteur Report, has a very useful checklist-type post about checking your emergency gear and preps for the change of seaso...

Good question!

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Found on Gab : I somehow doubt it, but it's still a good question! Peter
Thursday, April 11, 2019

"Influencers", Instagram - and fraud?

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About a year ago, Instagram blogger Sara Melotti published an article titled " Instagram Created a Monster ", alleging massive fr...
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Learning from another blogger's misfortune

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Herschel Smith, who blogs at The Captain's Journal , was recently laid off by his employer .  At his age, with his narrow qualification...
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