Lagniappe’s Lair is working down there and sharing his experiences.

For those who don’t know how this game is played, the cartels are all in over here and they keep a network of lookouts in place both on their side of the border and on ours with optics and communications gear just to watch for us and to guide their smugglers across. These scouts also approach small groups of illegals trying to cross without having paid the cartels a crossing fee and they will beat those illegals and send them back to Mexico to pay.

I find more insight on what he reports about the little patch of land where he stands than all the CNN/MSNBC/ETC combined.

The latest flip-out from the NeverTrumpers.

Let us ignore for a second that since 1942 we have a state-run media outlet called Voice of America and nobody flinched at the idea this bad before.  But I am willing to bet that a good percentage of those freaking out about the idea are fans of a very well-known News Broadcast and of at least one show of one of the biggest state-run media conglomerates in the world: BBC.

BBC News, Top Gear, Dr. Who, Sherlock, and I have no idea how many Victorian-Era mini series and movies, are/were produced by the British Government and by extracting funding by forcing the British Subjects to pay a yearly license to own a TV within the Kingdom’s realm.

And, just to make sure you are a good subject and pay the Queen’s fee, they have a fleet of TV detection bans that roam the country making sure no Evil TV apparatus are being used without the proper transfer of quid.

Do I support an US version of the BBC? Hell no. It would be just another useless Federal paycheck generator and probably we would not see the return for our money unless it is miniseries like “Karl Marx: Champion of Transsexual Haitian Lesbians with Asperger’s.” I just find funny that many BBC lovers will find the same principle applied to the US absurd and akin to put people inside concentration camps.

HANCOCK PARK (CBSLA) — Some people in a Hancock Park neighborhood said a driver targeted them because they are Jewish. Now police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
The suspect in the case, identified as Mohammed Mohammed, was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.

Hate Crime: Driver Targets Jews In Hancock Park

Damned Mennonites!

I expect him to run for congress and win in 2022.

Some people in a Hancock Park neighborhood said a driver targeted them because they are Jewish. Now police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. Joy Benedict reports. pic.twitter.com/cu04OmMRQ9

— KCAL News (@kcalnews) November 26, 2018

Nothing to see here, just the Palestinian tactic of trying to run over some Jews on a sidewalk.

It worked (for a while) in Israel.

It worked in France.

It worked in the UK.

Now they are trying it in the US.

This is why I carry.  You never know when someone will try to kill you for whatever reason they choose.

I really don’t care what caliber you carry, but I will make one recommendation.  With more of these car attacks happening in the US (Ohio State and Charlottesville) I recommend getting bullets that pass the FBI test protocol that include window glass.

The new Golden Saber Black Belt has good test reviews, and I know the Critical Duty round is available at Cabela’s.

Redneck repairs are universal.  The Spanish language has a word for it: Chapuza. And ladies and gents, I am a graduate from the Redneck Chapuza College.

The freezer door of our fridge of 30 years was hot to the touch, specially around the gasket-thingy area. After the obligatory Google search, I found that it could be one of two things” The refrigerator condenser fan gone kaput or a lot of crap down there that was impeding the flow of air.

Now, this is me we are talking about and a fridge from the last century, so it ended being both problems. I cleaned up as much as I could and removed so much matted cat hair that for a moment I thought it was fiberglass padding or a filter. I guess three decades of kitties do leave a trace behind them.

Next I tried to figure out how to replace the fan and had to come to the sad conclusion that I would have to hire somebody since there was some tubes with cooling in the way and there was a good chance I’d screw it up big time with the obligatory beat up by the missus for losing all the food in the fridge or having to rush to the Big Box store to buy a new fridge and the suckers do not come cheap.

So, while trying to figure out what to do, I decided to test the efficiency of a clip on small fan I bought years ago for work.

Here is the experiment:

It is aiming at the general direction and not directly at the coils, but guess what? 10 minutes later the door of the fridge was no longer hot.

Obviously this is just a temporary fix. I saw there is almost 2 inches of space between the dead fan and the coils and the dim lightbulb lit. I just ordered a $16.99 muffin/axial fan for ventilation projects pushing 51 cfm and of the 120 AC persuasion. It is small enough to fit in the available space and figure it will push enough air to keep everything cool. Only drawback is it will never stop, but it is low noise, rated for 7 years and hidden inside the fridge so, who cares?

I’ll let you know how the substitute fan works after installed.

How about if
a) You aren’t a scientist; or
b) Have no interest in citing scientific consensus on climate change; or
c) Are financed by groups with a proven interest in denying climate science,

Then you shouldn’t have a seat at the table w/ people addressing climate change.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 25, 2018

This is a member elect of the United States House of Representatives saying that on perhaps one of the largest economic issues in the country, only people who pass her ideological purity test should be allowed at the decision making table.

There is no room for any view outside the accepted orthodoxy of the DNC Politburo.

If you disagree, expect to feel the boot of Progressive government on your neck, or more immediately, in your wallet.

The party that has been complaining for two years about American not having proper representation because of the Electoral College and the Senate just told half the country to sit down and shut up.