More Banality 2023

The world-war-by-proxy in Ukraine continues to be of interest. Aside from the approved list of Net sources, other sources of information are sporadically perused including Moon of Alabama, Paul Craig Roberts, Larry Johnson amongst others. Sometimes the reader comments are perused. In the past few months, many of those “armchair generals” have become impatient with the Russian “incremental” offensive strategy, although they themselves are irrelevant. However, “heavyweights” like Paul Craig Roberts have always criticized the strategy, warning that a world war would be the only possible outcome. Now, even Colonel Doug Macgregor is making similar statements.

No one in the collective “West” (or outside of Russia) has any business deciding what’s best for Russia. There is no doubt that President Putin, Defense Minister Shoigu, the General Staff, et al. have “gamed” all of the options. They know all of the possible outcomes. So, what if Vladimir Putin has decided that a (possibly thermonuclear) world war is the best and only option for Russia? Surely, the Russian leadership is aware that the megalomaniacal Fascists in the “West” will never stop their pursuit of the total destruction of Russia. President Putin himself offered an ominous hint when he asked, “What is the world without Russia?”

Lahaina Mau’i - Aftermath

Locally, the big news is that nearly the entire historical township of Lahaina on the island of Mau’i has been destroyed by wildfires raging even at this moment. Lahaina was once the capital of the indigenous Kingdom of Hawai’i and is most notable as a former whaling village. Nearly all of the structures were constructed of wood. News accounts are ubiquitous at this point in time, so there is no need to rehash the details. Edward Dowd, by the way, resides in Wailea (there are wildfires in that area as well). He has not updated his Gettr feed as of this post.

Face masks are making a dramatic comeback in Hawai’i. Could the new “Eris” strain of  “super-duper corona” be the cause of the hysteria? Yes, the whole face mask bullshit is both tiring and banal.

The situation at the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki is … well, extremely boring. The mausoleum is officially an “existential vacuum.” There are now intrusive thoughts about finding another rental residence (using the additional financial reserves) instead procuring some kind of foolish grandiose automobile. Maybe the idea of the homeless motorhome should be revisited, eh?

On a side note, the crappy iPhone lockscreen has two toggles for the camera and the flashlight, both of which are easily activated. Twice now, the camera was unwittingly opened and the device placed in the gym bag. The iPhone becomes extremely hot and depletes the battery rapidly all within a few minutes. And, the battery health goes down, too. Needless to say, the face of stone nearly cracked.

There are only two remedies … disable the camera “app” using Screen Time or create a Shortcut Automation. So, the latter was created in which opening the camera “app” immediately enables the lockscreen. So, pressing the camera toggle on the lockscreen only locks the screen again. The camera “app” itself never opens. So banal!

Addendum: Edward Dowd has updated his Gettr feed. The opposition will not be silenced!