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What would any of us look like working with/for Murphy for five years?

News12 reported she died of 'undisclosed medical conditions'.

Wasn't sure where to put this. But to my twisted mind, eventually it's just funny. "Just when you think journos cannot possibly go any lower, they pull this magic wand out of their bonus holes," NY Times gets blasted for publishing 'best clitoral vibrators' review using ‘150 cumulative hours of research and testing' - TheBlaze 150 hours of research? Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

You got that right. It's like climate change zealots believe electricity comes down from the God of Mother Earth with no attached cost.

Who wants to admit owning firearms? Boom: Up to 60% of Americans could own guns, twice estimate | Washington Examiner

One thing dawned on me. Make a comparison of how well the remote works coming home (after you've been out a while), as opposed to when the door is already open. Because when you come home the opener's lights are off (unless you locked them on), so there's no interference. When the door is open they're probably on, like when you just pulled out and the opener won't work within 15 feet. That's how I got fooled for a few days. Sometimes it worked fine, other times not.

Route 46 to reopen in both directions Sunday following landslide cleanup, repairs in Warren County - WRNJ Radio Murphy requests major disaster declaration for N.J. after severe storm devastates county - nj.com

There's a method to his 'madness'. Madman Murphy wants to take away your gas appliances (nj1015.com) Assemblyman DiMaio asks, “Who elected the BPU?" - WRNJ Radio N.J. BPU president gaslights critics of Murphy’s anti-natural gas agenda. | Rooney (savejersey.com) Another Day, Another Ban | Scharfenberger (savejersey.com) N.J. GOP Senate leader taunts BPU over heat wave “tips” amid electrification push (savejersey.com)

Probably. I have APC units. The older ones had serial connections; later models use USB. Your unit would need some kind of interface and then software on a PC to query the unit. Assuming your UPS is an intelligent model. Not all UPS units are. I have three dumb ones where I don't need smarts. Check the Cyber Power website and get the specs for your model.

Meanwhile, in Texas... Texas man tracks down and kills alleged car thief, gets shot himself in mall gunfire chaos (nypost.com) @Displaced Texan See that you avoid these scenarios.

I checked my UPS logs this morning and voltage has been between 119 and 123 for the last 48 hours. We're usually pretty stable. We have our own ground-mounted transformer from the 7KV primaries about 40 feet from our house. The only downside is our primaries are a straight eight mile run from the substation. There's no grid. So anything that goes wrong along that run takes us down. The alert continues. "Prepare Generators": Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency Alert For Second Day | ZeroHedge

McConnell Suffers Stroke, Surges To Lead In Democratic Primary | Babylon Bee "We all know Democrat voters love impaired candidates," said pollster Frank Luntz. "Joe Biden, John Fetterman, and Diane Feinstein are all beloved among Democrat voters. It makes sense that they would flock toward Senator McConnell after his unexplained episode. With this latest health scare, he's the ideal Democratic candidate."

Decarbonization? “Governor Murphy has said that ‘no one is coming for your gas stove’ even as his bureaucrats at the BPU were advancing plans to ‘decarbonize’ the state, which means eliminating natural gas and electrifying everything,” said Pennacchio (R-26). “Unless we have ironclad guarantees written into state law to protect energy choice and the right of New Jersey consumers to buy and use gas stoves, the governor’s words are meaningless.” Senator Pennacchio urges action on bill to protect right to buy and use gas stoves - WRNJ Radio The operative word above is 'meaningless'. “Our bill would guarantee the right of New Jerseyans to use gas stoves and prevent state regulators from implementing any intrusive and expensive bans,” Pennacchio said. “If there are no bans or mandates coming down the pike, Governor Murphy should have no problem saying he would sign this bill into law. Unfortunately, I don’t expect we’ll hear that from him.”

And the heat doesn't help them out either.

Are we prepared to sweat? Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency Alert Amid Scorching Heat | ZeroHedge

I got my Novice around 1974, then around 1983 went all the way to Extra. WITH the Morse code requirement. However in the 90's forgot all about renewing it and lost it. Then in 2016 found out about the 'get your Extra back with no code' option, took the Technician's exam, got back my Extra class, and a vanity call that made sense for me to boot. Boo Yah. I'll consider a P.O. Box at renewal time too. 73's.

Hence my 'under the radar' assertion. Be patient. Phil's in a race with Hochul to see who can be the biggest gas ass.

To license, or not to license. That is the question. Should you get a Ham Radio License or Hide from the Government? If SHTF, The First Place They Would go Would be The Ham Operators And Take Them Offline – Site Title (family.blog)

Well that didn't take long. Email alert just came out. ANJRPC Suing To Overturn Carry Training Requirements - Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs

Be careful what you wish for. Phildo loves excuses.

I thought this was worth a separate post. I'm pretty sure many of us cook with gas, and I think they're trying to sneak this in under our radar. Wednesday: BPU plans “special meeting” to initiate N.J. gas stove ban (savejersey.com)

Who knew? Not me. Just had the occasion with a dead garage door opener (Chamberlain Whisper Drive) to replace the control/power board. Much cheaper than buying a whole new one. Afterwards, I noticed my remote was very intermittent, and at different distances and angles. So I was thinking the used board I bought actually had a RF sensitivity problem. (Yes, I had already put in a new remote battery.) I'll cut to the chase and spare you the details. While I was replacing the board I finally thought it was time to 'upgrade' to LED bulbs and kick in my share of savings to global warming climate change. It turns out that many LED bulbs are little RF generators so they interfere with the control head's reception of the remote signal. There are however some LED bulbs specifically designed to not interfere with the remotes. I'm going to try some next week, and I'll post up if they do in fact work properly. In the meantime, hello incandescent! I found that out by accident while searching for just the control PC board to swap it in. Glad I did. Light Bulbs That Can Be Used in Garage Door Openers (chamberlaingroup.com)

Well Jack, I admire your conviction and determination. Someone has to blaze a new trail, and it might very well be you. For the record, I agree with almost everything you have said. I, on the other hand, would not have this much determination. At least not at this point. Why? Because I remember Robert Torricelli was a candidate for NJ U.S. Senate. Until he dropped out of the race less than 30 days before the election. And the 'law' said there couldn't be any changes to the ballot within 30 days. So the Republican would have won the seat by default. So said the 'law'. And then, no less than the New Jersey Supreme Court said the 'law' didn't matter, did what the hell they wanted to regardless of the 'law', and we wound up with Frank Lautenberg. And during the whole COVID debacle much of the 'law', or the U.S. Constitution, didn't matter either. No less than our esteemed Governor confirmed that, pointing out that Constitutional matters were 'above his pay grade'. So he ignored them and did what the hell he wanted. So my only caution to you would be to carefully consider how much the entire legal apparatus in New Jersey respects and obeys 'the law'. And what they would feel free to do in your scenario. Regardless of your decision, I wish you luck and success.

I think we need to enact Safe Lawmaking and Proficiency Qualification statutes requiring that anyone who wants to work in the New Jersey Legislature needs to pass several tests. If they can't demonstrate an ability to write a law that makes sense, they can't run for office.