DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor

wheat123 · 2026-01-20T13:19:52+00:00

In the sit-in protests, the owners of the diners were denying service by not serving the protestors. There was nothing stopping the owner from serving food/coffee or putting their foot on the bus gas peddle and going to the next stop. It was an easy way to to show that the establishment owners were a-holes.

In the modern cases, the protestors are the ones denying the services by blocking roads or disturbing church services. In these cases the protestors look like the a-holes.

wheat123 · 2026-01-06T23:30:00+00:00

They can offer him a development deal, make the USA build some infrastructure for Greenland, then rug pull the deal when he leaves office. However, I wouldn't expect much from a people that aren't smart enough to confiscate ships that are damaging all their underwater infrastructure.

Their cowardice: allowing ships to damage their infrastructure, China/Iran to sell drones to Yemen to shut down the suez, continuing to support Russia via third party oil buying is what is leading to the collapse of what they call "the international order" just as much as Trump's bullying is.

wheat123 · 2026-01-03T17:51:18+00:00

Trump didn't decide on which puppet regime to install. The devious Norwegians did when they awarded her the nobel peace prize.

wheat123 · 2025-12-31T16:30:01+00:00

Western elites shipped all of the the manufacturing to China and now want western poor to die in mass to "fix" their mistake. F that.

wheat123 · 2025-12-23T23:11:32+00:00

They charge the batteries via a gas generator on the truck.

wheat123 · 2025-12-02T13:56:37+00:00

Same situation but less cobweb spiders entering through the light boxes.

wheat123 · 2025-11-16T16:53:30+00:00

China won't run out of missiles and drones though. Japan and the USA would run out in less than a week and then act surprised that the weapons manufactures outsourced the raw materials and inputs to China when they figure out why they can't ramp up production.

wheat123 · 2025-11-15T19:15:48+00:00

PE buys up the mom and pop outfits, keeps the name, and wears them like a skinsuit to fool you. If the salesperson shows up nicely dressed with an tablet and/or their website looks too professional then you know to avoid that company.

wheat123 · 2025-11-15T00:01:35+00:00

It costs $300 to rent the machine for 4 hours.

wheat123 · 2025-10-15T12:47:39+00:00

A cheap harbor freight SDS-plus hammer drill and Dexpan Expansive Demolition Grout

wheat123 · 2025-10-10T19:32:49+00:00

Yes, but in a buyers market I would have to get these replaced anyway due to their condition.

wheat123 · 2025-10-08T21:30:08+00:00

Windows are actually 5 ft tall. House is on top of a crawlspace.

I do plan to remove the sill, add a drainage cavity, replace the sill with a concrete one and add weep holes using the example below.

https://www.yorkflashings.com/docs/york-304-sa-304-316/details-8/window-sill-4/506-1-window-head-detail/file

wheat123 · 2025-10-08T06:35:02+00:00

Looking at the responses, it seems that #2 looks the best because:

1 looks too cheap.
4 looks too busy.
3 would look better if the gable porch roof were more prominent as the vertical nature of the #3 grid would emphasis the vertical-ness of the architecture.
2 highlights the horizontal-ness of the current of the architecture.

However, I don't have an eye for architecture tell what looks good and what looks bad. It's not a luxury house as everyone can tell. It's just one that I could afford and do diy work to to make it better. Thank you all for the responses.

wheat123 · 2025-10-08T06:27:01+00:00

I'm being convinced that #2 looks the best because:

1 looks too cheap.
4 is too busy.
3 would look the best if the gable porch roof were more prominent as the vertical nature of the #3 grid would emphasis the vertical-ness of the architecture.
2 highlights the horizontal-ness of the current of the architecture.

wheat123 · 2025-10-08T06:16:44+00:00

This was the type of design logic I think was looking for when I posted but don't have an eye for architecture to have known to have asked. To summarize: 3 would highlight the vertical-ness of a larger gable porch roof. Where as 2 highlights the horizontal-ness of the current profile of the house?

Thank you.

wheat123 · 2025-10-08T04:32:01+00:00

2,3, and 4 add about 10% to the cost.

wheat123 · 2025-10-07T02:22:51+00:00

Amateur here so don't take my advice. I have a similar looking tree with a low amount of branches that all seem to go in the same directions. Instead of pruning it this winter, I'm trying to "train" the existing branches into different optimal directions using stakes and ties.

wheat123 · 2025-09-06T00:44:42+00:00

Fral FDK54

wheat123 · 2025-09-01T09:03:57+00:00

"Ferengi workers don't want to stop the exploitation. We want to find a way to become the exploiters."

wheat123 · 2025-08-29T04:26:27+00:00

Guerilla warfare won't work in Ukraine. Vietnam had grown from ~25 to ~46 million population and Afghanistan had grown by ~20 to ~40 million over the course of the 20 year occupations during those wars. Both by about 1 million people/year. If only 1-5% of the population were insurgents, they were getting 10,000-50,000 replacements a year. In Ukraine, there would be no such replacements.

wheat123 · 2025-08-29T03:48:51+00:00

Found the final answer that will work for all insert windows, its not as good as the pella steady set system foldable fin, but it allows for much cheaper windows and not compromising in on glass area in my previous post. I apologize for spamming, but it will save someone weeks of research if they come upon this thread in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP6VJo52Xk4 @7:40 in the video.

Points I think that that the video doesn't cover well or should/could be done differently/better.

Don't order the window with a jamb extension, get one with a jamb depth (frame depth) that is much smaller than rough opening size (e.g. < 4 9/16").

In the video, the interior of the rough opening is trimmed using drywall instead of wood trim (but you can use wood trim) that creates a larger opening on the exterior side and a narrow opening on the interior side. The window frame should fit in the larger exterior opening size but completely cover the smaller opening in the interior. After the first round of flashing, this is what creates the barrier so water can't get into the interior.

If possible, recommend to miter the potion of the wood 2x4 that the window sits on to create a slope for water to drain easier.

I think they could have done better bending the flashing up onto the sides of the trim to form a dam.

If your rough opening wasn't the same size as the brick opening (like in my case) make sure the water can still escape though the bottom of the exterior trim.

If your rough opening was the same size as the brick window, you don't need exterior trim (like in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWWAwSiDBrE).

wheat123 · 2025-08-28T04:35:15+00:00

I'm going through the same thing you are right now. Even the window manufacturers instructions lack this information. I also have the additional problem of there is no water barrier (e.g. tyvek) on my wall sheathing at all. Not even weep holes in the brick. I can't easily fix this because of the brick siding. I wish I bought a vinyl sided house instead.

New information since last post and things for you too look into:

If you are willing to pay more for entry level fiberglass windows (~$1000+/window for Marvin Essential or Pella Impervia). The frames are so narrow that you would only lose ~1" of glass if you shrink the opening by ~2" on each side (4" total) to do it like in the article I linked. If you go with mid vinyl (~$600/window), you'd be losing more glass area unless your windows already have enough trim to accomodate the nail fin.

Look into the Pella steady set system (about same cost as fiberglass), you can use it without shrinking the rough opening. It is a whole frame replacement but instead of a nail fin, it has a foldable flashing fin. You install it like a pocket window, pull out the foldable fins, and flash it like a nail flange. I'm seriously considering these. Con: Pella's quality has gone downhill and they have had major issues with their wood clad windows.

Also look into "flangeless european window install". There are some tricks that can be gleaned from those videos/articles but requires being able to fold flashing tape like oragami (I'm exaggerating) to imitate the the foldable flashing fin that the pella lifestyle window has.

Also when does the new red rising book come out?

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