Machiavelli Looks at the Goings-On in the U.S. House

Machiavelli Looks at the Goings-On in the U.S. House

https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/machiavelli-looks-at-the-house-oversight-committee/

Prediction: The DEMs are shooting themselves in the foot.

J

DNC bars Fox News from hosting primary debates

https://www.breitbart.com/news/dnc-bars-fox-news-from-hosting-primary-debates/

Cut my ratings.

When you only talk to your own disciples you don't need broad exposure but you also won't get any more votes.

J

My Brother Dave

My Brother Dave

Just thinking about my little brother, he is going in for bypass surgery today.  My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Speedy recovery,

J

Science Magazine Goes Nuts Over Happer Committee

https://climatechangedispatch.com/science-magazine-apoplectic-happer-committee/

Hmmm must a bit nervous about their conclusions.  Climate change is both a geological fact and a political religion.  

J

Amazon Bans Tommy Robinson’s Book, ‘Mohammed’s Koran’

Amazon Bans Tommy Robinson’s Book, ‘Mohammed’s Koran’

https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/amazon-bans-tommy-robinsons-book-mohammeds-koran/

I am a big amazon customer.  No, I don't buy clothes or groceries from them, I just buy books.  When they begin to censor books, ie not offering them they move beyond the point of why they were so successful.  You could get anything you wanted.  Now it seems you can't so the new amazon that does not censor will arise and replace the old.

Rule 1:  When you decide to go political you lose customers.

J

Victory in the war against Gillette Price Gouging

Victory in the war against Gillette Price Gouging

https://www.kentofinglewood.com/

I shave everyday.  I like a close  shave.  For years I had been using Gillette products.  I had stolen my dad's gillette razor back in the late sixties.  He had started using cartridge razors and a  Philips electric razor so he didn't miss it.  I used it for about fifteen years until I dropped it and it stopped being a great shave.  Not being able to be replaced I started down the road of the multi blade razors, the Trac 2, Atra, etc ending with the five bladed razors they offer today.  Not bad shaves so I didn't mind.  I noticed in the last few years that the replacement cartridges were getting more expensive.  I started running the blades longer, getting a lousier shave.  The prices kept going up and I noticed they now only sold 4 cartridges instead of 5 in a package.  That gave them a nice revenue increase.  Smar marketing but that was  enough, they had passed my price vs value point.

My battle began by only shopping sales.  That gave me some price relief but taking a dollar off didn't do much.  Prices went up more.  I began looking at other brands, Schick, Bic etc.  Harry's and Dollar Shave.  The blades were cheaper but the supply in stores was really sloppy.  Gillette had managed to dominate the racks.  I would have gone to Harry's or Dollar Shave but I travel too much to rely on mail delivery.  I also couldn't stand the amount of waste with the disposals.  There had to be a solution.

Finally I started searching for my old Gillette Double edge safety razor.  No joy, Lyndy had junked it.  With a little research I found that out in the far reaches of the internet there is a thriving community of shaving aficionados.  There were new razors being made, blades were cheap, guys were raving about the great shaves they were getting.  Just about the moment I was getting ready to order a new razor I found Kent of Inglewood here in Calgary.  With all the new brands (new to me) I thought I would drop in and see the real thing.  

The store on the southside of Ninth Avenue was easy to find.  The store is a combination of shaving, knives, axes, almost anything with a blade and a thriving barber shop.  I met Mike, one of their reps and explained my dilemma, he ran  me through the razors and the blades, I was only going to look but ended up buying a new Merkur.  My battle was won and the war is over.

J

HERE’S WHAT THE ’60 MINUTES’ REPORT ON THE KIDS’ CLIMATE CRUSADE MISSED

https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/04/climate-change-lawsuits-oil/

Here is the back side of Children's Crusade. 

J