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!

Friday, July 19, 2024

Chain reaction?

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  Here's an interesting and impressive video showing how giant ship anchor chains are forged. A lot of people assume that the flukes, or...
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Biden quitting the race? That could be very risky for all of us

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  The news and social media are full of rumors that President Biden may announce his withdrawal from the 2024 Presidential election.  That d...
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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Kinda busy...

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  I'm updating the publication text of various books published by my wife and myself;  fixing errors spotted by readers, re-formatting s...
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Conspiracy theorists are at it again...

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  I've seen several claims that large quantities of shares in President Trump's social media network were " shorted " imme...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

How do you get rid of drug cartels if they're running a government agency?

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  That's the unspoken question posed by a cartel takeover of a Mexican port . A sharp increase in drug seizures has been reported at Mex...
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Skyrocketing crime rates - not just in the USA

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  I note that violent street crime, shoplifting, etc. are  rapidly increasing in Britain , just as much as they are in the USA. Shoreham-by-...
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The fallout continues after Saturday's shooting

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  Four days after the assassination attempt on President Trump, there's still an awful lot of smoke blocking our view of the fire.  Unfo...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

For everyone interested in military and geopolitical strategy

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  Editor Jeremy Black , already a well-known expert in military strategy, has curated a large number of articles by numerous authors into a ...
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Training combat drone pilots the hard way

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  There's a very interesting article over at The War Zone on how Ukraine is training its FPV (first person view) drone pilots to take o...
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Not the best chosen headline...

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  CNBC put up an interesting article (it's worth reading) about how, since men tend to die earlier than women, older women are likely to...
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Monday, July 15, 2024

The Finnish Hobby Horse Championships

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  I had no idea that this was a thing .  Here's a video clip of the 2023 Championships. Is it a real sport?  Let a participant tell us ...
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Yikes! - aviation edition

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  A very worrying report indicates that airliners may be vulnerable to a clash of technologies that might "mask" dangerously low ...
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Memes that made me laugh 218

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, July 14, 2024

The assassination attempt on President Trump

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  I've said nothing yet in these pages about yesterday's attempted assassination of former President Trump.  I won't have anythi...
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Sunday morning music

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  Following news that the "Fanfare for the First Lady" was nothing more than the lightly reworked theme music from "F Troop...
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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Saturday Snippet: The day the Mississippi ran backwards

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  As mentioned in a blog post a couple of weeks ago, I've been reading about the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 .  Among other sou...
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Friday, July 12, 2024

Something weird is going on with Comments

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  I've noted in the past that there are times when Google simply doesn't seem to know what to do with Comments on this blog (and oth...
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The fog of war on October 7th, 2023: Israeli pilots speak

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  The phrase " the fog of war " has become a cliché, but it remains as true as it's always been.  It appears to have dominated...

Somebody in the Marine Corps Band has a sense of humor...

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  This news is a couple of days old, but I only just came across it.  After I stopped laughing, I thought I'd share it here for others w...
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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Climate truth

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  From Chris Martz on Twitter/X : This plot shows the average number of days per year with daily maximum temperatures ≥95°, ≥100° and ≥105° ...
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