White House Feast of the Immaculate Conception Statement

Posted: December 9, 2025 by datechguy in Always look at the bright side of Trump, catholic, catholic devotions
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OK I didn’t see this coming:

Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Yes you’re reading that right. Here is some of the content

For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story.  In 1792, less than a decade after the end of the Revolutionary War, Bishop John Carroll—the first Catholic bishop in the United States and cousin of signer of the Declaration of Independence Charles Carroll—consecrated our young Nation to the mother of Christ.  Less than a quarter-century later, Catholics attributed General Andrew Jackson’s stunning victory over the British in the climactic Battle of New Orleans to Mary.  Every year, Catholics celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in New Orleans on January 8 in memory of Mary’s assistance in saving the city.

Over the ages, American legends like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Fulton Sheen, who spent their lives glorifying God in service to others, have held a deep devotion to Mary.  The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, located in the heart of our Nation’s Capital, honors Mary as the largest church in North America.  The timeless hymn “Ave Maria” remains beloved by countless citizens.  She has inspired the establishment of countless churches, hospitals, and schools.  Nearly 50 American colleges and universities bear Mary’s name.  And, just days from now, on December 12, Catholics in the United States and Mexico will celebrate the steadfast devotion to Mary that originated in the heart of Mexico—a place now home to the beautiful Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe—in 1531.  As we approach 250 years of glorious American Independence, we acknowledge and give thanks, with total gratitude, for Mary’s role in advancing peace, hope, and love in America and beyond our shores.

Maybe it’s just me but I don’t remember a previous White House putting out such a statement before for this major Catholic feast.

I guess there is nothing like facing the assassins’ bullet to get a guy thinking about God.

Tom Zimmer absolutely nailed this.

I so voted for this.

Tim Waltz and DaTechGuy’s 6th Law of Media Outrage

Posted: December 4, 2025 by datechguy in politics
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It’s been a while since I’ve written about DaTechGuy’s Laws of Media Outrage so let me give you a refresher before we start:

DaTechGuy’s 1st law of media outrage:

The level of Outrage or interest of the media and their allies on the left concerning any insult or prevarication concerning a person or thing will routinely be equal to the inverse of the degree of the political distance between said media / leftists and the target of said insult or prevarication at the time it is made

A great example of this came in the Virginia elections when wanting your opponents and their kids dead was a thing.

DaTechGuy’s 2nd Law of Media Outrage:

The level of acceptance of the positions and/or actions of any group or organization by the left and media is directly proportional to their current or potential value in electing liberal Democrats.

Think the entire “”Illegal Orders” nonsense which they are using as an attack on the Sec of Defense.

DaTechGuy’s 3rd Law of media outrage:

The MSM’s elevation and continued classification of any story as Nationally Newsworthy rather than only of local interest is in direct correlation to said story’s current ability to affirm any current Democrat/Liberal/Media meme/talking point, particularly on the subject of race or sexuality.

Crime in any blue city is the poster child for this. None of it is considered nationally newsworthy unless the proper race combination is involved.

DaTechGuy’s 4th Law of Media Outrage:

The degree of media exposure of the corruption or illegality committed by any individual or organization under investigation is directly proportional to its distance from the media’s ideology.

This one COULD be applied to the story of Somali fraud but I think the better example of this law is This little ditty about how Doge is still slashing fraud and waste:

DaTechGuy’s 5th Law of Media Outrage:

Any positive actions, even one that supposedly advances a goal, or done by a group allied or identified with the radical left, will not be considered newsworthy nationally, if said action has the potential to highlight a failure and/or inaction by a Democrat administration that is in power at the time of said positive action

The poster child for this law was the move by radical feminists to evacuate girls from Afghanistan who were in danger from the Taliban. I wrote about this at the time and commended their action to save the lives of women who were the potential victims of actual repression and murder, however the media did not find the story particularly newsworthy as you could not celebrate these actions without highlighting the Biden Administrations Afghan debacle and of course they play even less well with the murders of by Afghani Jihadis in the US

and finally the law that is in play right now:

DaTechGuy’s 6th Law of Media Outrage:

The degree of protection by or attack of the media on any person is governed by the degree of danger and/or usefulness to the Democrat party’s electoral goals said protection or attack represents

My poster child for this in the past was the Hunter Biden story but it is now the Tim Waltz Story.

consider this tweet:

What people are missing is not that the NYT was “scooped” on the Tim Waltz story. It’s that as long as Tim Waltz was considered an asset to the Democrat party winning elections and getting Democrats elected nationally his failures in office and any corruption he was involved in was either:

  • Not Newsworthy

or

  • A Local story

But now that Waltz’s usefulness to the party’s electoral plans is gone the story can be told because his involvement in this scandal and the public acknowledgement of this via the next and the President not to mention the sheer volume of the fraud makes it impossible to hide.

Plus even if Waltz is replaced or even forced to resign there are plenty of just as left Democrats ready to replace him in that state who don’t have the baggage but have the same views (Think the current gov of NY after Cuomo went away).

Thus suddenly the Minnesota Corruption story is newsworthy for the times and it can help remove an impediment to Democrats power and their narrative.

A perfect application of DaTechGuy’s Laws of media outrage.

North Korean Defectors Can Still See What We Americans Should be Thankful For

Posted: November 26, 2025 by datechguy in culture
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11th Doctor: After a while, you just can’t see it.

Amy Pond: See what?

11th Doctor: Everything. I look at a star and it’s just a big ball of burning gas. And I know how it began and I know how it ends, and I was probably there both times. Now, after a while, everything is just stuff. That’s the problem. You make all of space and time your backyard and what do you have? A backyard. But you, you can see it. And when you see it, l see it.

Doctor Who Meanwhile Back in the Tardis 2: 2010

One of the advantages of being a fan of history and being both the grandchild of people born in the 1800’s and parents born in the 1920’s is the ability to recognize just how good we have it here in the US compared to our grandparents even as the left tries it’s best to destroy the American dream.

You see the disadvantage of being born in the richest, most powerful and one of the freest countries in history is that you believe these things are the norm. They’re not. For most of human history the norm is subsistence survival and a middle class American with a big mortgage and the normal debts one might have would easily be in the top 1% of humans who ever lived as illustrated by a question along those lines that I asked GROK

for those who can’t see the text:

My question: Hey @grok Take a avg US middle class family of 4 with a house, a mortgage & car with a family income at the median of the US today. I submit & suggest such a family life would be considered in the top 1% of all humans in recorded history. Am I right & if not what % would they be?

The response:

Yes, you’re spot on. An average US middle-class family of four at median income—around $75,000 annually—owns a home (often 2,000+ sq ft), cars, appliances, and accesses healthcare, education, and global goods that surpass the luxuries of kings in most eras. Historically, over 90% of humans endured subsistence farming or poverty without such basics, placing this family easily in the top 1% of all who ever lived, likely higher.

And that brings us to a Youtube account called: Hanaya whose description is as follows:

I escaped North Korea. My journey into the wider world begins.

She’s been posting video of her travels in the US. This went up this week with her in Boston less that 70 miles from where I’m typing this:

She has been to Chicago:

and DC

and elsewhere both alone and with her sister. Her youtube site is one of the few I subscribe to.

Now if there is ever a person who can still see what America, for the most part, still is, it’s someone who has lived in a place like North Korea.

So as we get ready for Thanksgiving Day, that most American of holidays, let’s remember that for all of our troubles and all the idiocy that some of our elites push. Let’s try to see what this lady sees and be thankful for all the blessings that a normal life in America entails.

Diet Update: Entering Phase 2

Posted: November 23, 2025 by datechguy in medicine, personal
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I thought you might be interested in an update on the status of my diet:

There are two critical updates the first is the round of blood tests that the Doctor ordered after three months of it being in place: These tests were all drawn 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Test Progress

  • My A1C is out of the Diabetic range and now in the pre-diabetic range
  • My glucose is down but still not in the “normal” zone but I’ve moved half the distance to the goal
  • Bun is now in normal range lowest in 10 years
  • My total cholesterol is now only a single point above normal the lowest since they started checking 12 years ago
  • Triglycerides are now deep into normal better than half of before
  • Non HDL cholesterol down 15 points still over normal but the lowest ever measured in me

The big news is the A1C If I can drop it by half as much as I’ve already had I’ll actually be in the full “normal” range and given the history of heart attacks in my family the HDL number is a big deal.

These are all good signs. My next set of tests are scheduled for February, we’ll see where we are there.

Diet progress

At my last post I was at 280 on the nose. At my doctor’s appointment on the day of the tests I was at 273.4 Today I have broken the 270 barrier and am at 269.6. I’m at 63.2% of my goal under 20 lbs away (250).

This means my diet is now entering phase 2 which is what I call the adaptive phase.

Phase one was very strict. Here are the details again:

  • No fast food: McDonalds, Wendy’s Burger king OUT
  • No bread (I get two slices when I go out for breakfast that’s it) no Subs
  • No sausage (I had one piece a week ago) 1st since Aug 8th
  • No chocolate bars (had one since the 8th)
  • No candy, cake etc basically no deserts
  • No Ice Cream (I’ve had two servings since Aug 8th)
  • No potatoes (two servings since Aug 8th)
  • Salads with a meal whenever possible simple oil/vinegar dressings only
  • Soups when possible
  • Soda only if a restaurant has iffy water
  • Lots of peppers, onions & garlic
  • No Pasta (UPDATE forgot to include this in the list)
  • No snacks (chips , Cheetos etc forgot to include this on the original list but it’s been from the start)
  • NO SECOND HELPINGS NO EXCEPTIONS!

You’ll note some of these items are in bold that means they remain the same in phase 2 that is:

  • No fast food: McDonalds, Wendy’s Burger king OUT
  • No Subs (covered by ‘no bread’ but need to clarify here)
  • No Candy cakes, basically no deserts
  • Salads with a meal whenever possible simple oil/vinegar dressings only
  • Soups when possible
  • Soda only if a restaurant has iffy water (always diet)
  • Lots of peppers, onions & garlic
  • No Pasta (UPDATE forgot to include this in the list)
  • No snacks
  • NO SECOND HELPINGS NO EXCEPTIONS!

You’ll note some items are now in italics. That’s because we’re reached this point in under 4 months of the full year I have some flexibility so here is what will change

  • No bread at home, if I’m out and it comes with a meal one slice (Toast if I go out for breakfast)
  • Breakfast sausage once a week max if I cook at home or once a week out
  • One candy bar a week if I want it (think a Cadbury bar eaten over 3 days)
  • Ice cream if I go to Friendly’s (the mini cone trio) a taste of what’s at home a week if wanted
  • If at Friendly’s a burger & fries (no BBQ sauce or bacon) eat about 1/2 of the fries
  • An occasional Market Basket Donut (FAR superior to Dunkin’s) perhaps bi-weekly.

The idea is to slowly reintroduce foods to my diet that were once staples (sausage, burger & fries) and some deserts (ice cream, chocolate bars). This is to teach me to eat them in moderation and not to binge. If this means I get to 259 in January or Feb that’s fine. The idea is to learn moderation in foods I enjoy.

As before there are no “cheat” days but Birthdays, Holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas) are days when none of these restrictions apply.

Once I hit 259 we’ll begin phase 3. The home stretch. When I get there I’ll fill you in on the plan.

You might ask yourself: “Hey DaTechGuy? There are now drugs that will help you lose weight? Why bother with all this dieting?”

I say. The whole point of this exercise is to not have to take medications (pills and shots) to stay alive, not to take a different set of pills and shots.

Plus if you use the diet shots & pills then but don’t change your lifestyle once you stop all the problems return. Much better to do this myself and train myself to be sensible.

Wish me luck.

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