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About Art

55 years old. By training, ability and experience I am a master toolmaker. My most recent projects include designing and building a process to grind a G rotor pump shaft with four diameters and holding all four diameters within plus or minus 4 microns of nominal. This was an automated process using two centerless grinders refitted to my specifications using automatic load and unload machines plus automatic feedback gauging. I also designed and built an inspection machine to check for the presence and size of a straight knurl on a hinge pin using a vision system for non-contact gauging.

Did you hear the one about General Milley creating an invasion plan for Iran and forcing it on President Trump? As if we live in a country where the military decides who to invade next and not the Commander in Chief?

How about the one where Mr. Trump didn’t have a document in his hands because it was a big sheaf of papers? Here’s a good one: This is the invasion plan for which the Top Secret flagged cover was found … Continue reading

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Space Ship Earth is Carrying Nearly Eight Billion People.

We’re well past time to begin the active management of our climate controls. Our quest for clean water has affected the weight and balance of our space ship. By By Aara’L Yarber June 27, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Humans … Continue reading

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The President of the United States and his Relationship to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Or: Who gets to Choose Which Country to Invade? Recently our public discourse has veered into the ramblings of former US President Trump, in that people are trying to claim that “Our Poor Mr. Trump” is being framed by General … Continue reading

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The Fog of War

Where in the World is Vladimir Putin? What do we know? Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin literally marched on Moscow, Russia. Before turning away and disappearing from view. We’ve been told that Mr. Prigozhin is headed to sanctuary in Belarus with Dictator … Continue reading

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is so dumb . . .

How dumb is she? Miss Greene is so dumb she can’t even ask a proper “gotcha” question.

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One Person Can Make a Difference

Leonard Leo is a name it’s quite likely you’ve never heard of before, but this one man, with the financial support of wealthy patrons is the founder of The Federalist Society, and the architect of the successful strategy to overturn … Continue reading

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Jensen TV Manual

http://arts-attic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/jtv19dc_manual.pdf

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I Repaired Our Onan Generator’s Electronics!

When “off-grid” we rely on an Onan Emerald II 4KW generator for battery charging and 110 VAC requirements.  Typically in the winter time we run the generator 1 hour for breakfast, 1 hour for lunch and 1-2 hours in the … Continue reading

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Yes, The System is Rigged. But not the way you think.

So. I turn 62 soon. I live on SSI and the SS has deemed me totally and permanently disabled. But SSI rules require me to apply for all forms of income that for which I am eligible. So I move … Continue reading

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Adversarial Debate and its Pitfalls

Rough draft, stream of conscious sort of thing. Or what happens when you drink your own Koolaid. I’ve been walking our dog and thinking.  I’ve been tempting southern baptists to think, but that’s only my mean side showing.  Paige Patterson, … Continue reading

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