independence day – Moe Lane

I hope everyone had a good Fourth of July.

I grilled burgers, had a drink, made sure my kids understood that they lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. You know, the usual stuff. Oh, and I got S’Mores fixings for my wife, so that she could help the kids make some. All very traditional, around here. Fireworks aren’t really until Saturday, so we’ll do those later.

Happy Fourth of July!

Movie of the Week: INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Swapping this in for the usual Book of the Week*. Why?

I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023

Oh, no reason…

#commissionearned

*There’s like, this series of books, though.

PS: Yeah, it’s another spy balloon. Still. You want to watch INDEPENDENCE DAY now, don’t you?

Movie of the Quarter-Century: INDEPENDENCE DAY.

I am reminded that this is the 25th anniversary of INDEPENDENCE DAY. I don’t know why I’m putting up this link, though. All of you already own this movie.

Moe Lane

Happy Independence Day!

And light posting between now and Sunday. You know how it is. And thank God and a lot of people whose job description includes “sometimes get accurately shot at by artillery*” that how it is is how it is.

Moe Lane

Fourth of July: REPUBLICAN BREEDING GROUND!!!!!

I suspect that the Democratic party probably doesn’t want to ever see this sentence from a Harvard statistical survey appear in a news story:

Taken together, the results indicate that Fourth of July celebrations in the United States shape the nation’s political landscape by forming beliefs and increasing participation, primarily in favor of the Republican party.

…for fairly obvious reasons . Short version: going to Fourth of July celebrations (using a statistical rule of thumb* of good weather = participation) as a child results in an increased possibility of voting Republican as an adult (it apparently doesn’t move the needle at all when it comes to voting Democratic). Oh, and progressives are why the Fourth became a public secular holiday in the first place**. Lastly: if you want to zap your kids into patriotism and/or Republicanism, the key dates to get them to a parade are from 7 to 10 for later partisan identification, and 15 to 18 for increased voter participation. Continue reading Fourth of July: REPUBLICAN BREEDING GROUND!!!!!