Massacre

I felt a bit like Jim Mckay during the 1972 Olympics in Munich when the Isreali Team was kipnapped and murdered by the peaceful muslims....."They're all gone" Jim said.......and I echoed that this morning....when the ice of the pond finally thawed and hundreds of Goldfishers floated to the surface like Mob Victims at the 69th street pier....."they're all Gone" I told Gravey....."They're all gone".......thankfully Val had a skimmer handy and a Garbage Can.......Now they're REALLY Gone....

oh eggroll

ah dios mio......not even honorable eggroll can spin this one.....don't pick up the Post tday Das Strovika...

The Department of Education pays about 1,500 teachers for time they spend on union activities -- and pays other teachers to replace them in the classroom.

It's a sweetheart deal that costs taxpayers an extra $9 million a year to pay fill-ins for instructors who are sprung -- at full pay -- to carry out responsibilities for the United Federation of Teachers
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/union_classic_le_en_jrQKCmKdjWQbMAtzqHASxI#ixzz1FAUHuhjL

horsey sauce results

well i got my tailfeathers handed to me for the better part of the afternoon at Gulfstream Park, but as luck would have it my old pal JOEY BRAVO was uptop of STORMY CAT in the last race of the day for a huge bailout.....19.80.....8.60...6.00 ....thanks to King of Monmouth Park i BROKE even for the day.....

Casper was crushed..two horses established themselves as contenders

FLASHPOINT

SOLDAT

to Dream, the impossible Dream

The Terriers of Remsen Street are on a roll, haveing locked up the No 5 seed in the NEC and a date @ Central Conn for the first step in an improbable run at their innaugaral berth in the NCAA......below is the NEC bracket...Go TERRIERS !


Quarterfinals

Thurs. Mar. 3 #8 Saint Francis (PA) at #1 Long Island 7:00 pm

#7 Mount St. Mary's at #2 Quinnipiac 7:00 pm

#6 Wagner at #3 Robert Morris 7:00 pm

#5 St. Francis (NY) at #4 CCSU 7:00 pm

Semifinals
Sun. Mar. 6 Lowest remaining seed at
Highest remaining seed 12:00 pm or 2:00 pm

2nd highest remaining seed at
3rd highest remaining seed 12:00 pm or 2:00 pm

Championship
Wed. Mar. 9 Championship at higher seed
7:00 pm (ESPN2)

Worm of the New Millenium

in the biggest continuing story you'll never here on the evening news, it appears the Stuxnet Worm has struck again, and continues to keep the iranians in the infancy of their nuklear program.....whomever contributed to the creation of this computer worm should get a few extra sheckles in their Christmas bonus....and more importantly the Bieber has a new haircut...details AFTER the oscars.

TEHRAN, Iran -- In a major setback to Iran's nuclear program, technicians will have to unload fuel from the country's first atomic power plant because of an unspecified safety concern, a senior government official said.

The vague explanation raised questions about whether the mysterious computer worm known as Stuxnet might have caused more damage at the Bushehr plant than previously acknowledged. Other explanations are possible for unloading the fuel rods from the reactor core of the newly completed plant, including routine technical difficulties.

Big Bob, gone but not forgotten

derby 2011......the dark horses

no no no.....not those silly negros , but rather the long shotz, the horsies that currently lie under the radar, the equines that only true degenrates are even aware of, but the ones that could shock the world come first saturnalian saturday in May. these 4 horses are currently NOT ranked in the top 100 , but I think they each have a legit chance to be one of the 20 that enter the gate at Ol Churchill:

Caspers Touch
Bowman
Travelin Man
Bail out the Cat

some of these will be running in the Fountain of youth Stakes later today, so jump on em now and u get a good price......yesterday the Gods of Wind and Rain conspired against me when the cancelled the card at Big A .....and me left stranded onthe sidelines with the winner in me pocket and no race to bet on....FIRST Day was the horse,,,,,,in CASE you were wanderin.

shocker

well they brokeup another terror plot in the making down in old texas and once again it was a Middle Aged WHITE Female , it's time we started profiling them......oh wait, no it wasn't......shocker it was a young male of middle eastern descent......let's not jump to conclusions....islam is a religion of peace...maybe he just wanted to fertilize half the lone star state....

finally a response

* Mid East in flames
* Al Queda backs libyan protesters
* Irinian Warships transit the suez Canal
* American citizens murdered by Somali Pirates
* Democrats go awol in 3 states to avoid voting on budgets, thus challenging and cirumventing the fundamental principles of a democratic society.

oh i bet barry's gonna go on tv and wag his finger at the world and scold these scoundrels from sea to shining sea.........or maybe not

The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will no longer defend the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman


when the going gets tuff, at least he has the gays BEHIND..... him

khadaffy

so i recall being onboard the USS Luce (DDG-38) in the spring/early summer 1988 somewheres off the coast of Sicily , on our way to some well deserved liberty/shore leave in Palermo , and the only channel on Tv , the armed forces television service breaks into coverage to show a news report, (not sure if this footage ever made it back onto mainstream US TV, may have to do a google search or you tube someday to see if i can find it) but it was footage of "Colonel" khdaffy in full dress uniform , holding a sword over his head and Boarding a small Naval Vessel on Libyan state Tv , he was ceremoniously going to out to sea to confront and destroy the UNITED STATES NAVY.....as we had 3 battle groups ready to cross the line of death and conduct operations in the Gulf of Sidra, something we did annually under the CIC Ronald Reagen, just to let the world know that we CAN and WILL go anywhere we please, you could do that way back when we had a 500 plus ship peacetime NAVY.

and suddenly we all realized , as Rodney Dangerfield would say.."We're not going to Palermo, we're not going to Palermo" , and sure as shiite our liberty stop was delayed and we began steaming due south towards libya, although the mood on the ship was upbeat and excited, we desperately wanted a confrontation of some sorts to wipe these Carthaginians off the planet once and for all..........this exercise though went without incident, the libyan navy never really showed up, at least they never hit our radar, the USS America and her escorts sailed right off the coast of Tripoli and nothing happened.

A few weeks later the libyans were deemed responsible for bombing a disco in berlin and killed a few US soldier or Airmen, don't quote me on the timeline, shortly after that President Reagen ordered the air strikes that killed one of khadaffy kids and almost killed the "colonel" himself.

I will enjoy watching his demise in the coming days, i honestly hope the people get a hold of him and hang him in Green Square, it would be nice to that miscreants lifeless body hanging from a flagpole or cedar tree.

on a happier note, we did eventually make it to Palermo and drank cold bottles of Peroni and had bologna sandwiches on the finest bread i have ever enjoyed, so we can close the book on this chapter in the life of Gato as soon as wacky khadaffy is dead.

Lucky 13

now that EVERYONE has the blog address on their beeeere coozies, i expect increased traffic to ensue. A special thank You to all who made the effort to be there, i had a blast as always and i hope you did as well.

stress kills

One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York
He could see it comin’ through the door as he lifted up his fork
He pushed the table over to protect his family
Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy

A New Day will dawn

ahhhh spring has sprung in the valley of the winter of our discontent, gone for the moment are the howling winds and frightening drifts of snow that sent us scurrying for shelter in the bar of our afterlife....ahhhh spring indeed, as glasses of ale wear smiles for all the despots to see....spring glorious spring, the dog has a jump in her step, the stoudt holds its head higher than the norm, the grill crackles with kielbasa and the birds sing an all too familair but forgotten tune....spring......is there anything better than to sit in the yard while unlce Jarry strangles his axe on the satelite, imbibing, engulfing, inhaling.......spring.......don't ease, don't ease.

Bid Trouble in Old San Juan

AP: 04:45 16feb11 SANJUAN

Bedlam ensued this day shortly after flight neighty-Nate from Laguardia touched down on the isle of Puerto Rico. As ticketed passengers began to debark the plane local hero Brian Quadlibo Duffy stormed the cabin and demanded that they turn plane around and return to Brooklyn for sweater nite. "I was channelling Steve Mac" Duff would later tell investigators "I told them I don't want to kill ya, but i HAVE to kill ya"....The pilot tried to rationalize that sweater nite was a good 72 hours off in the distance and that Duff should take the familty to the beach, enjoy some sunshine and have a burritto and some local flavor for lunch and then catch the next plane to NY as opposed to committing air piracy and hijacking flight neighty-nate......to which Duff responded by pummelling Cap Sullenberger with a jagged "empty" bottle of Bud light....."Shadumski twice" were his last words as being led away in handcuffs.....a moment of silence will be observed during the festivities this Sunday.

84 days and counting

until Das Derby......and even though the prep schedule is just starting, i already know who like.....i like Jaycito.....the Mike Smith / Bob Baffert pairing....i may try to sneak over to the grounds at Monmouth Park this weekend to quaff a pint or two, pony up a few sheckles, and watch via simulcast the colorful beats circle the sun drenched oval in Miami or So Cal......spring is coming, lets ice down those beers and fire up those grills.......this Thursday Jorma and Jack bring the Hot Tuna Family wagon to the Count Basie in Red Bank....an all start crew is forming for that nite...

Today is the Sam Davis Stakes from Tampa approx 445 post time.....all eyes will be on Todd Pletchers nag BRETHREN......

for the record UNCLE MO is the early favorite for the roses in May.....but time will tell.

Hank Jr

boy its really hard not to crack open a cold one when your listening to Hank Williams Jr and reading Jack kerouac.....i do surround myself with alcohol enducing friends and distractions don't I ?

Lordy, I have loved some ladies
and I have loved Jim Beam
and they both tried to kill me
in 1973
when that doctor asked me
Son how did you get in this condition
I said hey sawbones I'm just carryin on
an old family tradition

So don't ask me Hank
why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs you wrote?
Stop and think it over
Try and put yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tradition!

bloomberg

When I read Mayor Bloombergs comments about "obviously innebriated" Irsih Folks hanging out windows and waving, my blood boiled and one thing came to mind......why the hell wasn't i there, it sounds like a great party...

seriously, i am not a big fan of the mayor, but we as a country have to lighten up, let's just hope he is as tolerent the next time someone makes an off "color" (not black) remark about the jews or anyone else.

speakin of the Jews, PG told me the story about the jewish kid who asked his father for 20 dollars......"Ten Dollars" ? ? the father asked....."whatta ya need with $5 dollars?

Ipod Alarm

the ipod alrm that goes off to your Music at random shuffle is the greatest invesntion of the 21st century fox.the good news or bad news depending on yer perspective is that when i listen to music and want to drink......and when i drink, I HAVE to listen to music.......today i feel a 12 pack comin on.....thanks to SWAY by the Stones at 3:45 a.m. little silver time.

Did you ever wake up to find
A day that broke up your mind
Destroyed your notion of circular time

It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway

Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground
For all my friends out on the burial ground
Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

There must be ways to find out
Love is the way they say is real, startin' out

Hey, hey, hey now
One day I woke up to find
Right in the bed next to mine
Someone that broke me up with the corner of her smile, yeah

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me...

It's just that demon life has got me...

Lucky Man

So my darling Angel of a wife went to barnes and Noble and picked me up.....not just another copy of ON THE ROAD , but a special edition of the actual SCROLL....for those of you unfamiliar, Jack Kerouac typed ON THE ROAD original version on one never ending sheet of scroll paper in a two week Benzedrine high in his apartment in Ozone Park.....7 years later the miscreants and mugwumps at Viking Press clipped, chipped and chopped away a significant portion for libel and obscenity reason and printed a more sanitized version of Jacks work, still a timeless classic that inspired millions and like Robert Frosts road less taken, changed the path or at least altered the attitude of soo many , many people.....I honestly count my blessings that i read the book whilst still an impressionable young man and not yet a cad carrying member of the brown and gray wall street nation...it was Jack that steered me into the Navy by instilling an unquenchable thirst to travel, i can't imagine who or what i would be today if not for THAT book, the grateful dead, Illegal substances and ALL the unforgettable, forgotten moments that followed.......Today, you can now read the original version........I am still reading the 100 pages of introduction from various literary figures and already my Days are growing brighter......

Chrysler

i deliberately waited 2 days to see if I was alone in my outrage over those Chryslers commercials during the super bowl, and apparently I am.......this is a Company lest we forget that filed for bankruptcy less than 24 months ago....told hundreds of millions of shareholders that their certificates of stock were not worth the paper they were printed on, took hundreds of millions of dollars from the taxpayers to "start over" and this is how they spend their money ? ? ? a two minute, pat me on the back, self congratulatory commercial featuring Eminem......"imported from detroit" .....like we should feel Patriotic supporting these skumbags......and whilst everyone talks about the E*trade baby, and Kim Kardashians sketchers, there is not a peep about Chrysler.......i'm dizzy.

flashes from the past

as we often like to do around headquarters, we stop, tack a backwards glance and reflect on sweater nites of yesteryear...

Sweater Nite 13

just 13 days till sweater nite 13........let the countdown begin.

Hip....Hip....HOORAY...

i knew if I kept reading the Wall Street Journal I would stumble across something useful.......yipee..


A Toast to Your Health
Warning: Alcohol may increase your life expectancy and reduce dementia.
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By STANTON PEELE

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans on Monday. There weren't many surprises in its recommendations to reduce fat and salt, eat whole grains, and cut the overall amount we eat.
But here's one thing that might surprise you. Chapter Three, titled "Foods and Food Components to Reduce," deals with alcohol. The Guidelines, created by America's leading health researchers, state: "Alcohol consumption may have beneficial effects when consumed in moderation (up to two drinks daily). Strong evidence from observational studies has shown that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Moderate alcohol consumption also is associated with reduced risk of all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults and may help to keep cognitive function intact with age."
What was that again?
Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced risk of all-cause mortality and may help to keep cognitive function intact with age? You mean, alcohol is associated with living and remaining mentally alert longer?
Isn't this news to most Americans? The Guidelines rush to list all the detriments of excessive drinking. They also say no one should begin drinking moderately for their health, since alcohol has so many negative effects.
But aren't most "middle-aged and older" Americans drinking too little in terms of these Guidelines? The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2009) says that only 55% of 50-year-olds have had a drink in the past month. Half of people 60-64 and just 40% of those 65 and older (a group in which I proudly count myself) have done so.
These percentages surely drop drastically when considering daily drinking. In any case, since the figure for "middle-aged and older" Americans who drink even as much as once a month hovers around a half, aren't too few Americans benefitting from alcohol?
Right about here we get into a technical discussion about the meaning of "associated with." Critics rush in to claim that drinkers appear to be healthier (a) because they have otherwise healthier habits, (b) alcoholics and those in poor health have been forced to quit drinking.
Let me point out (a) this isn't true and (b) it doesn't matter.
Researchers at the Harvard Health Professionals study team, which has tracked the health of doctors and nurses for decades, have consistently found that the health benefits associated with moderate drinking are real. They measure all forms of health behavior in addition to drinking (e.g., smoking, diet, weight, exercise, concurrent health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease) and have uniformly found the benefits of alcohol to persist within each category.
But let's accept the criticism at face value-that drinkers live longer and maintain their cognitive functioning better because of other aspects of their health and lifestyles.
Doesn't that put drinking in a different context? Shouldn't that make health professionals consider how drinking seems to fit so well into healthy lifestyles?
If we did change our thinking in this direction, it would create a major shift in health policy. Health educators would have to explain that drinking can be good for you; advertisers could make health claims.
And-returning to the Guidelines-does the Agriculture Department want to reconsider whether alcohol belongs among things we need to reduce? How about putting it in a chapter on smarter use of things we put in our bodies-which is what, after all, the Guidelines are all about.

Grateful Dead IKO IKO Egypt 1978 (Giza Cairo)

EGYPT in a more peaceful happy time.......click on the hyperlink to see some good ol grateful dead circa 1978 at the pyramids