Mission possible

 Sweater Nite has successfully landed an operative behind  the mozzarella curtain and is spreading the artificial intelligence warming….one bathroom wall at a time……next up…..we will be carving this important message into the walls of the colosseum.

open your shutters

 I'll open my doors

And we can go howling neath the vagabond moon (Willie Nile)

someone once told me that Willie Nile was gonna be the next Bob Dylan.....and i'm sure to her he was....and that's all that counts. terribly saddened to learn of the passing of Jean McEvoy Brown.....she was a rock n roll pioneer, an all around genuine good person and a kind hearted communist....she was born to protest and i am sure she is organizing one upstairs today.....God Speed Jean, you were a good egg, thanks for telling us about so many fantastic bands in the mid 70's /early 80's.

on this the 188th anniversary of the Texas Militia slaughtering Santa Anna and his band of dirtbags......the Great Sam Houston attacked the Mexicallis on the San jacinto River and later renamed that tributary the Little Dog Lagoon.....i wonder if any school in America still teaches about the Mexican aggressors who tried in vein to rule the Cowboys and ranchers in the free state of Texas...i doubt it  

today is big day in the history of the blog........we have sent a spy on a secret mission to Europe to bring the word of this hockey gospel to the gindaloons......we shall see if Alvarez is able to access this blog or if the EU has blocked us.

Overnight reports are coming in that Israel shot some missiles into Rafah and killed 16 people......13 supposed kids from the same family....this coming just hours after the House approved a huge spending bill with financial aid to Israel......i expect the protests in the US to turn up a notch after this news spreads.

I was dissapointed with their response to Iran....although i think it was basically a forewarning to the Mullahs ...letting them know that Israel knows exactly where the iranian Nuclear program is centered....and hopefully next time they wipe the entire facility off the map.....I still would have preferred to see some Iranian military bases hit hard.......but without real support from the US i geuss the Israelis have to play it safe.

anyway its a great day to settle in and watch some playoff hockey........and raise a few glasses to the Great State of Texas and remember fondly how they never forgot the Alamo and ultimately slaughtered the wet backs......yipee.

“I know I’ve seen that face before,” Big Jim was thinkin’ to himself
“Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody’s shelf”
But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the houselights did dim
And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him
Starin’ at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts

Now i'm goin back to Canada

 On a journey through the past

And I won't be back 'til February comes (N. Young)

well today starts what we hope is a 2 month Journey to the center of the hockey earth. This may sound strange but i think the first round will be the toughest test for the Rangers. The Caps are a slow , old, boring team with a HOT Goalie.......i am extremely nervous that the longer let them hang around each game and the deeper the series goes, the greater the chance that the caps find a way......Conversely if we come out and take care of business in 5 or 6 games and beat them soundly in the wins......then we will cruise to the Conf Finals and I think we play up to our opponents level and Beat Boston, Fla, Tampa or Toronto............the Finals will depend on how healthy we are and who is our opponent.......but that miserable first round could derail the express.......let's hope i am dead wrong.

side note, the NHL says that the latest date for a game 7 of the finals in Monday June 17th......just so happens i will be in North Myrtle Beach on that date......how surreal to watch the Rangers win the Cup in a Gin Mill on the water in South Carolina of all places.

The Rest of the 1st round series play out like this.

Canes over Isles  

Florida Over Tampa

Toronto over Boston 

out west

my blue plate special again is Winnipeg

Jets over the Lanche

Nashville over Vancouver

Dallas over Vegas

Oilers over Kings

i looked it up....last year i went  4 of 8 in the first round......that's pathetic....but that's also Hockey.......if all 8 of the teams i think will lose , were to actually win.....i would only be mildly surprised....and you can't say that about any other sport....

I will stay with you, if you'll stay with me"
Said the fiddler to the drunk
And we'll keep the tab on a journey through the past

I can't get , any rest

 People say I'm obsessed

Everything you say is lies
But to me there's no surprise  (Fine Young Cannibals')

oh no Joe......the demented CIC was giving a speech in Pennsylvania yesterday and went off script.....he started talking about his Uncle who was in a plane that was shot down off the coast of New Guinea and Joe assumes he was eaten by Cannibals' because they never found his body ........unga bunga bunga binga 

2 questions

Joe has been a politician for 40 years......8 years as VP and 3 1/2 as POTUS.....what took so long for him to suddenly care about the US Steel Industry and his desire to put tariffs on Chinese steel ?

and more iportantly question 2.....everyone talks about New Guinea but you rarely if ever hear anyone talk about Old Guineas ......why ?

Rangers-Caps.....i am already having nightmares about Lindgrens brother in nets for the Caps.

Anxiously waiting for Israel to Hit back on Iran........i have to believe it is coming and it will be substantial.

Jorma tonight at the Vogel...giddy up

She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
And I can't help myself

an eye for eye

 a tooth for a tooth

Vote for me and I'll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on (The Temptations)

sleepy Joe is at it again....trying to persuade Israel NOT to retaliate after Iran shot 120 missiles into Israel over the weekend.....the sad sack leader of the free world says since we shot down their missiles we won....no need to take further action....and that is precisely why Iran fired missiles in the first place...because the leader of the free world is as feeble as a pussy cat.

The law of the land.....their land....the middle east.....since the beginning of man has always been an eye for eye.......strength is the only thing they understand.....people that aspire to beheadings as a form of persuasion are not concerned with moral victories......the only response acceptable to these people would be for Israel to fire 121 missiles at Tehran.....anything short of that will only ensure that Iran and their proxies will live to attack Israel another day........peace is not an option.....the only peace this will region will ever know is the incredible silence after Israel kills a few hundred thousand iranians and the people of iran finally overthrow the Mullahs.

this being tax deadline day , the prophetic words of the Temptations echo across the land.

Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything

And the band played on

So, round and around and around we go
Where the world's headed, nobody knows

the bills are due and the baby need shoes

 But I'm busted

Cotton is down to a quarter a pound
But I'm busted 
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
The county's gonna haul my belongings away
'Cause I'm busted 
Oh, yes, I am  ( Harlan Howard / Ray Charles)

nobody sang the blues with a touch of humor better than the great Ray Charles, although the late Walter Lure did a remarkable version with the Waldos....Walter played Hank Szala's 60th Birthday party at Webster Hall and included the above referenced song in the setlist as a special request from yours truly.

saw an interesting interview with  Jim Grant the other day...he is a self acclaimed Fed Watcher....and he was talking about today's inflation and the inflation of the 1970's......we talk a lot about bad history repeating itself because people are either unaware of the past or willfully ignorant.

MR. Grant said that rising energy costs were the biggest factor for the decade and i think we all remember gas rationing ....even and odd days plate sales....and long lines at the pump.....but i wasn't old enough to recall or slept through in class ( as if anyone ever taught anything relevant or worthwhile in school) ...there were 3 occasions where the inflation data partially  cooled and Wall Street and others declared premature victory ....he said they were looking hard for silver linings and a reason to decide and believe everything was over and now ok.......only to see inflation roar back even stronger and interest rates to peak at 20%.

sound familiar ?  The POTUS lies and says inflation was roaring when he took office (it was 1.2% for the 6 months prior to inauguration) and then he compares 2024 inflation to 2023 to prove that it has cooled and conveniently  ignores the 2021-2022 numbers.....since Joe took office cumulative inflation is north of 6%....but Wall Street and the Oval office are still pushing for a Rate Cut.......Chairman Powell is fighting for his Job and will probably cave and cut rates in an attempt to help Biden.....Trump has already said he will not Keep Powell when elected........funny thing is that Trump is also a big proponent of lower rates....so whomever he brings in will also cut rates..........so i think we should once again stock up on Beer and Pretzels because inflation is here to stay.

Well, I went to my brother to ask for a loan
'Cause I'm busted
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone
But I'm busted, I'll tell ya
My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu
And I was just thinking about calling on you
'Cause I'm busted too"

It was a paradise for lizards

 when young Brigham saw it first

He said I've seen some nasty deserts Lord, but this one here's the worst
Then the Lord called down to Brigham, said "I've got a great idea"
I want a mighty city and I think I want it here (Barlow-Weir)

It is starting to look like the NHL will pull the carpet out from under the skates of my beloved Nomads, the Phoenix Coyotes. The team just announced last week that they decided on a parcel of land that they intend to bid on in June and the build their new arena with 0 public funds. the problem is that will take approximately 3 years and the League does NOT want the team playing in the 5,000 seat Mullet Arena on the campus of Arizona State...........that is the sanitized and partially true version that Mt Bettman is feeding to the media....but nobody logs onto this Blog everyday looking for MSM bullshit.......so what's really happening.?

Ryan Smith is the 45 year old Billionaire owner of the Utah Jazz basketball team and the Delta Center that they play in.....he wants another tenant and has made it known to Gary Bettmen that he wants  an NHL team.......he is incredibly wealthy and Salt Lake City apparently is an up and coming market.....and there's nothing Bettmen worships better than the almighty dollar.........so the rumor is that the NHL will buyout the current owner of the Coyotes Alex Meruelo above market price, and then sell the Yotes to Ryan Smith for an even higher sum, and since the Coyotes are 25 years old and have a good farm system and management team in place, they are worth more than an expansion team.......The Coyotes and their young stars move to Salt Lake this summer and play in a 19,000 seat NHL Professional arena this September........Meruelo uses his proceeds to pursue that land purchase and build his new arena, and in 3 or 4 years the league will award him with an expansion franchise........just another example of the rich getting richer....not stephan richer.

anyway...as the Rangers limp to the finish line and a possible first round exit....the future of the Blueshirts will be on display Saturday night at 6:00 on ESPN  as their top prospect , Gabe Perrault; and the BC Eagles take on the Denver Pioneers in the NCAA Frozen Four title game ...giddy up.

I hope right about now that the piece of shiite OJ Simpson is roasting away in hell and maybe , just maybe, for the first time is truly sorry for all the bad things he did as Officer Nordberg on Police Squad and those stupid Hertz commercials...........save a seat for biden Juice.

In their online obituary for the double murderer, the LA Times referred to Simspon as Trump....no joke.

They were talking about OJ getting out of jail and said  "on a fall morning in 2017, Trump walked out of Lovelock Correctional Center outside of Reno a free man".............that's one more example as to why you can't believe everything you read online ......unless it's on THIS Blog........Man bites dog, film at 11:00

Salt Lake City, where Brigham made the desert bloom

Salt Lake City, put a colour TV in every room
And they got them crazy Mormon chicks, yes I'll be going there real soon