Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport.
My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front).
Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42.
Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
Finally, the final (late) Christmas car gift build, for 2023, is done! And it is a fine example of why, back-in-the-day, some kit builders did not like AMT.
Video-1, a little late, but finally!:
Video-2, stories of Subaru hell!:
Video-3, it’s a Brat!:
Video-4, Subaru hell never ends!:
Video-5, updates? What updates, where’s the spare?:
Video-6, a rushed job:
Video-7, finagle-y:
Video-8, if play with it you break it, you bought it:
On 22MAR2024, my middle daughter Aryssa, along with my dog Struppi (and I) took a hike through the thawing Cherry Springs Nature Area, in Southeastern Idaho.
There was a heavy-wet snow storm a few weeks prior, causing power poles and trees across the region to snap, the South Trail was littered with downed branches and trees:
I went through U.S. Army basic training in 1982 (Fort ‘Lost-in-the-Woods’, Missouri), and at the end of a rough day the Drill Sergeants would yell “Attitude check!”, and we would always respond “Fuck it!”. In many ways those were better days than today.
On the 15th-16th of March 2024, Idaho State University (ISU)-College of Technology Automotive Program held its ‘Chrome in the Dome’ car show. This is just a couple of the many Hot-Rods in the show.
06 April 2024 (01:01-UTC-07 Tango 06) 18 Farvardin 1403/27 Ramadan 1445/28 Wu-Chen 4722/06 апрель 2024 года
“This is a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico…”-Andrés Manuel López Obrador (aka AMLO), President of Mexico
On the evening of 05APR2024, Ecuador conducted a police raid of Mexico’s embassy, in violation of international law! Mexico says it is now ending diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy because former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas had been taking refuge in the embassy since December 2023: “I am very worried because they could kill him. There is no basis to do this, this is totally outside the norm!”-Roberto M. Canseco, Mexican Chancellery & Political Affairs
“Me acaba de informar Alicia Bárcena, nuestra secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores que policías de Ecuador entraron por la fuerza a nuestra embajada y se llevaron detenido al exvicepresidente de ese país quien se encontraba refugiado y tramitando asilo por la persecución y el acoso que enfrenta. Se trata de una violación flagrante al derecho internacional y a la soberanía de México, por lo cual le he instruido a nuestra canciller que emita un comunicado sobre este hecho autoritario, proceda de manera legal y de inmediato declare la suspensión de relaciones diplomáticas con el gobierno de Ecuador.”–Andrés Manuel López Obrador (aka AMLO), President of Mexico
Resolution A/HRC/55/L.30 also denounces the use of artificial intelligence (A-I) in combat as it might be a cause of international human rights crimes.
But the UNHRC is a paper tiger, any resolution adopted by the UNHRC has no legal standing.
28 UNHRC countries voted in favor, six against (including the United States), and 13 abstentions.
02APR2024 White House presser, Admiral (retired) John Kirby gets frustrated with the barrage of questions concerning Israel’s attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria, supposed U.S. aid for Gazans, but especially about the execution of World Central Kitchen workers by Israel. I did edit this presser to show only those questions concerning the above mentioned.
04 April 2024 (03:41-UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Farvardin 1403/25 Ramadan 1445/26 Wu-Chen 4722/04 апрель 2024 года
More proof God is Evil as Israeli military leaders are now blaming their never ending, and obviously specifically targeted, war-crime attacks on civilian charities operating in Gaza.
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is calling their Artificial Intelligence (A-I) assassination machine ‘Lavender’. They admit the computer brain ‘Lavender’ has an error rate of ten percent!
Did an Israeli program Lavender to consider everybody in Gaza as a terrorist? Remember, A-I is created by humans.
Re-education? Soviet style? Chinese Communist style? Corporate Capitalist style? It’s getting so you can’t tell a commie pinko from a blue blood capitalist!
Non-declared Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
1979 Dodge Magnum XE.
In 1970 (Cold War), the first in the U.S. fully enclosed colligate sports arena opened; the ASISU (Associated Students of Idaho State University) Minidome. In 1988 (Cold War), the name was changed to Holt Arena to honor the athletic director who pushed for the creation of the Minidome. In January 2024 the name was changed, again, to ICCU (Idaho Central Credit Union) Dome, due to the arena’s recent refreshment being funded mostly by the financial institution.
My video, 1979 Dodge Magnum XE:
On the 15th-16th of March 2024, Idaho State University (ISU)-College of Technology Automotive Program held its ‘Chrome in the Dome’ car show.
