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JPPaverage

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JPPaverage's Journal
March 8, 2024

Now if Biden just said "Shut the fuck up"

To mtg, who could blame him? Good grief shes a loud mouth asshole.

February 18, 2024

Before i forget...just wanna say thanks for the hearts

Ok i know its a bit late, but i just want to say thank you to the people who sent me hearts recently during the DU fund raiser. Its always nice to be wanted and i feel wanted here. Even though I'm a fat, bald, working class beer drinkin' slob. Thanks everyone.

February 15, 2024

A person cant even have fun in this country

It seems that we cant even have fun in this country anymore. Fans gather for a celebration of their teams championship, a shooting happens. People go to a concert in Vegas, a shooting happens. People go to a nightclub in Orlando, yep, a shooting happens. Not to mention many schools, department stores and every other place getting shot up.
Around here, there are several businesses that have "no firearms allowed" signs on the entrance door. This fucking madness has to stop.
And i am not anti gun, but i am anti semi automatic guns. Weapons of war have no place in everyday life.

August 13, 2023

What happened to this once great state?

We are bordered by Illinois. Bluer than blue, Minnesota, fairly blue, and Wisconsin, which has problems but is at least purple. We won't mention Missouri or Nebraska. But anyway, there are plenty of progressives near here. But this state is deep red. It's almost like we sank into a wedge between Alabama and Mississippi. I don't like it. We've had some decent Governors, although not for many years. The Democratic party has no real candidates for Governor except maybe Rob Sand. Maybe. Our dictator, er, governor and her cohorts are waging war on education, women's freedoms, poor people, immigrants, and on and on. I used to love this state. But not anymore.
Sorry if I sound like Danny downer.

August 10, 2023

Finally! I've discovered why the women's soccer team lost!

Are you ready? This is huuuggggeeee!
The reason team USA women's soccer team lost in the round of 16 is....



Because they didn't play good enough. Now that took a lot of painstaking research to uncover that fact.
No, actually it took about as much research and brain power as saying that they lost because of "wokeness" like most of the anti American crowd was saying.

July 20, 2023

Sometimes there just ain't any justice.

Ok as I'm sure everyone is aware of, the Powerball drawing has reached unbelievable heights. So naturally a lot of people are playing, including us. No real expectation of winning but we can afford $2.00 every now and then to buy a ticket. We'll, the guy that lives two houses north of me played and miraculously won a million dollars. That's $1,000,000. Yes, that's a lot of money. And when he got interviewed by local media he said all the things one would expect. Going to fix the house, help out the grandkids, etc. All well and good. Now here's where the injustice comes in. This guy is a hard core trumpite. His yard and house had and has trump garbage everywhere and he wears that damn red cap every time I see him anywhere.
It should have been a Biden backer who would donate to good candidates and/or causes. But nooo, it had to be a trumpite. Well I guess there's no reason to complain. He just got extremely lucky and I hope he enjoys the money. But damn.... A trumpite. Just doesn't seem fair.

June 25, 2023

Ok I'm sort of an idiot

But could someone please tell me how to post videos in here? As I said, I'm a low tech guy in a high tech world. Thank you for the information.

June 21, 2023

Deafening silence from the nra

It is my understanding that Hunter Biden can no longer own firearms as a result of the charges against him. And from the nra...crickets.
Ja Morant, a (superb) NBA player just got a 25 game suspension for stupidity, er, flashing a gun in a video. As far as anyone knows, the gun(s) in question was legally obtained by Morant. And yet...silence from the nra.
Could it be that Biden is the son of the PotUS and that Morant is an African American? Could that be the reason the nra has said nothing publicly to support either man's "2nd amendment rights"?
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that if Don Jr. or a Caucasian basketball player had the same situation, the nra would be screaming like crazy. Just sayin'.

June 1, 2023

Where the hell is reynolds?

By now I'm sure nearly everyone has heard about the building that collapsed in Davenport. If not, just go to kwqc.com or basically any other news source in Iowa and beyond.
There are at least 80 families that are homeless and one woman had to have her leg amputated to be freed from the rubble. There are about three or four people that are unaccounted for as well. Now what I want to know is why hasn't governor Reynolds made an appearance at the scene? She's hell bent on sending National Guard troops to the Texas/Mexico border even though Iowa is nowhere near the border. And I have called her office a couple of times to ask why. The staffers basically said they wouldn't talk about it. Now to be fair, she did declare a disaster and the victims will be getting financial help. But it sure would be nice if she'd show up and at least offer support for the victims.
I'd be willing to bet that the owner(s) of the building ate Reynolds supporters and will not face any punishment from her for shoddy conditions. The city may take action, but I doubt if Reynolds will.
I just hope that the missing people can be accounted for.

May 24, 2023

Helping the kid with homework

I was helping my (step) child with her homework last night and it was all about the civil rights movement and Jim Crow laws in the country. Being in Iowa, I expect that sort of lesson to be banned very soon. Although the school board in this district is still relatively progressive, so that should help.

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