You're welcome to come fish with me in the eastern Sierra or mighty Pyramid Lake in the Paiute Nation. Anytime...

Sounds fantastic. 👍

I had an incredible time. Blue skies. Huge horizons. Still a little snow. Beautiful lake. Even saw a bald eagle. The fish where there, always are. But, this time they didn't bite. I took one picture...a frosty can of beer on the step up to my bow, with the lake and trees in the background. Heaven...

One of my lines fulfilled its promise overnight, which is when it usually does. Today's harvest is about a 10 lb catfish.
Did you have a good afternoon on the water?

LMAO!

I checked my bait trap this morning and had a 3" baitfish to put on the bamboo pole.
Just came back with a ~3 lb catfish to clean, and also had 3 more 4" bait
fish in the trap. Baited 2 bamboo poles and I'm keeping an eye out for another
harvest this afternoon or tonight. A 15 pounder is a ~3% possibility (compared
with nothing at 60%. Turtles love stealing my bait fish.)
Have a terrific afternoon in the great outdoors, Abaco!

Yep. We could be a terrific source of good things in the world. Instead, we're like that gorilla with a machine gun at the end of one of the Three Stooges shorts. Check that one out for a good visual....haha...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YUPZCuGe1Y

Sounds wonderful. I'm taking the boat out fishing this afternoon. Always results in a complete decompression. I've been seeing and learning some things lately that indicate: 1-people are getting either dumber or more corrupt (one or the other) in general, 2-people don't have the freedoms they think they have in America, 3-Stephan Molyneoux's old video about how the government is the farmer and we're the livestock remains very true, and 4-true reforms probably aren't coming. There's a power higher than those we elect. This power apparently applies the carrot and stick with ultimate expertise. This is why we see those who professed to be reformers in order to be elected or appointed are now wide-eyed and scared as hell or just not performing their duties while looking good. Haha...Kind of funny, really, if you have a sick sense of humor like I do. Our public schools are shit because we really don't care about our kids, we're paying too much taxes, our infrastructure is decaying, our debt is choking any real progress, contracts aren't being enforced anymore. As an old fellow aerospace engineer I worked with used to say, "It's o-f%$king-ver!" ...going fishing....

I didn’t recall the STNG role. Have to go look that up.

Dina has looked great as a guest star in several tv series episodes since then (Criminal Minds, Castle,
The Mentalist, Burn Notice, NCIS) and as a STNG-Nemesis Romulan Warbird commander.
Ironsides acting has always impressed.

Love that movie! Dizzy (Dina Meyer) was WAY hotter than Denise Richards! Also love Chance Brown and Michael Ironsides! Ironsides was a Canadian arm wrestling champ. I love arm wrestling.

Are you quoting Starship Troopers now? ;^)

I'm sick of Iran, but the best solution to end the Middle East as a relevant place is to end dependence on oil. Nuclear Power, et al need to be LAUNCHED. Such investments are better dollar-for-dollar in reducing the threat than military.

However, why not just crush those bugs? We should have gotten rid of them rather than Iraq. Saddam was actually keeping Iraq in check.

Yes, our serving of thunderstorms just hit here, too.
Stopped raining for a few minutes now, but expecting more.
Our dock (on the state managed lake) was under water for the past few days, above water today.
The house is about 20 ft higher. ;^)

It's STILL raining outside. This May and June have been the rainiest age 78 me dino can remember here in Alabama.
Past getting tired of it all.
Last month I was with my wound specialist on the fifth floor of a hospital when I said, "I thought April showers were supposed to bring May~~" Here I deliberately paused to hear what Dr. Dye would say.
"More rain," Dr. Dye said while probing at my wound.
The wound is an ulcerated hole brought on by Type 2 diabetes.

Glad to hear you stayed dry, dino.
We are expecting some rain later, too.
Only had a single drop while I was getting some sun for the past hour.

Thank, Abaco. Just came back in after an hour of
sun and the latest Harry Bosch novel (good so far.)
Brought in some flowers earlier, too. ;^)

"I've read that it's in the Koran (or however you want to spell it) that it is A-OK for Muslims to lie to infidels about anything." I believe it's called "taqyyia" or something like that. Marxists and corrupt politicians hold a similar standard. Tough to trust any of them about anything.

I'm back. Felt a raindrop hit my cheek as I drove a loaded electric cart out of the store. Saw a lighting bolt flicker from a dark sky.
At home hurried up unloading groceries by sticking them on my canopy-topped porch instead of taking them all inside trip for trip.
Once I parked my car where it's supposed to be and two seconds after I stepped inside my porch, the sky unleashed a downpour.
That's when I thanked my deity through His Son for answering a prayer. Sorry for the sermon. I'll try to avoid doing that again.
BTW, Trump has a rep for "promises made, promises kept" during his first term.

Can't say what I learned yesterday from an Israeli friend last night. But....given that, and some other big observations I've seen lately, I think the deep state is in power for keeps and would not be surprised at all if we're fully involved in this mess pretty soon. Yeah...I don't think I'll say much more about that... Enjoy yourselves everybody. Go outside and smell the flowers and enjoy the sunset.

Not the only problem, but, yes, D.C. is the big one that causes others to become problems for people.

I am saddened to say that I realized some time ago... That America IS the problem!

And Israel is the one yanking our chain.
So that we fight their battles.

Our forefathers were right. Leave everyone alone. Be a good Citizen of the world.

It's funny because WE ARE the #1 KAREN on the global stage. As opposed to being the "live and let live" Consummate Gentleman (we should be a Libertarian Actor on the Global Stage).

"DeepState HATES when countries have Nukes"
Exactly right.
Armed people (or countries) aren't afraid of being punished for doing what is best for themselves and their families -
and not consenting to slavery by the Deep State (and the banking cartel.)

We have OUR OWN problems to solve.
This whole "we have to attack them BEFORE they get Nukes".

Is "Gun Control" on a Country Level.

Let that sink in.

Nukes to destroy the earth have been around for a while now. With MANY Countries having them.
Usually when they get them, the push them aside and reserve them for protection from "The Iraq" Treatment.

If Israel can have nukes, Pakistan, India.
Why not Iran? (Because we are told those people are crazy?). They know the outcome.

Meanwhile... The USA, through Ukraine, has pushed us closer than ever to WWIII... But lets ignore that.

I think the DeepState HATES when countries have Nukes, for the same reason LEFTISTS don't think WE should have guns!

To be clear. When WE Meddled with their elections, and likely triggered the color revolution that caused them to devolve into the position we find them now?
Probably.

But this war drum... Is all crap. They have been Weeks, Years, Months, and Days from having nukes forever.
It's the same Tripe, different stuffing.