Sing a new song

The Momma in Chicago done changed her tune..Janet cooksey.....the mother of quintonio Grier is now crying foul....originally after her bat weilding son was engaged by police responding to a 911 call at 4:30 a.m......resulting in his untimely demise..... Ie shot to death.....momma said her boy was troubled and had anger issues..... Well Rev Al musta got to her......yesterday she said her Son called Police for help , but they shot him first and asked questions later........no more mention of his anger.....side note, not that anyone cares......but his pappy was the one that called the police cause Quintonio was going crazy......so much so that Daddy called the neighbors downstairs and warned them not to open the door and let Quintonio in......oh well....who cares about facts......there's gold in them that hills.

Legacy

So its been a few days since 6 American servicemen and women were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan and.....forgive me if I am wrong.... But the President has not gone before a camera to address the attack.....reassure the Nation......propose stricter gun laws or climate control for Afghanistan..... You know.....the bullshit he does before the blood dries when there is a mass shooting in the U.S..........where is he anyway? Hawaii on Kwanza vacation ?

Remember how he smirked like a smug sob chesire cat when he held that press conference in the Rose Garden with bergdahl parents to announce the prisoner swap......he , the noted historian and wise man; reminded us the U.S. military has a long tradition of leaving no man behind......that was his justification for releasing 5 al queda commanders.....then that dipshit Susan Rice went on TV to say bergdahl served with honor and distinction...... Where's the press conference now ? ?  Now that the treasonous lech is being court martialed and faces life in prison. ( he should get the death penalty)........ Well.....sad to say.....not that anyone is paying attention......but bergdahl broke his silence to create podcats with a filmmaker to tell his side of the story and the White House not only supports this, but they are eager to get these out in an attempt to garner empathy for the poster boy for treason.

Let this sad chapter in American History be forever documented and included in obamas legacy

The Elephant in the Room

So while everyone is going crazy about Trump, there have been 2 major developments unaddressed or acknowledged........back in June in an interview with PBS news correspondent Judy Woodruff.... John Kerry emphatically stated that IRAN had to answer ALL open questions about their prior nuclear activity OR a deal would not be done.........the International Atomic Energy Agency was probing Irans Military directions...."They have to do it....it will be done.....it will be part of the final agreement " are 3 direct quotes from Kerry regarding the issue...... Well.......yesterday the U.S. voted to end the probe without IRAN answering open questions..... " its time to move forward..... It's more important to get a deal then worry about the past" were quotes attributed to old purple heart Kerry yesterday.... Sounds like an obama clone worrying about his legacy....... Is it any wonder that nobody trusts anything the government says.....ever...is there any doubt that the citizenry of this Nation should remain armed to deter and combat our own government.... Let alone foreign enemies.... I will never own a gun.....i drink way too much to own a weapon.  But I sure hope my neighbors are armed and ready.

Sadly.....the second tidbit ignored by everyone except Fox news...... Iran tested another mid range bsllistic missile in defiance of UN Security council restrictions.......this was reported on the morning of 12/7.....But I didn't hear barry Hussein mention it in his address from the oval office.......

We are doomed

That didn't take long

So less than 3 weeks after obama ridiculed Republicans as being afraid of widows and orphans, comes the revelation that the WIFE was the mastermind behind the San Bernardino terrorist attack...... Way to go barry, you've outdone yourself.

Quinnipiac poll

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Rubio at 17%......I'll say it again.....he will be the nominee.

Da Lords of Flatbush

Tonight on Atlantic Avenue.... The surreal will graduate to the sublime. The Hockey Rangers of Madison Square March triumphantly across the Brooklyn bridge for the first time in their stories franchise existence.... Believe NOT what your eyes see and scoreboards do tell, for undoubtedly whilst IN the Borough of Churches.... The NEW YORK RANGERS are the home team.

The other white meat

Oh turkey......you lowlife scumbags....you just threw a monkey wrench into the world stage that may Shake up everything.....

In case you missed it..... Our "ally" turkey just shit down a Russian fighter jet......seems our nato ally, the one that refuses to allow us to use their air space.....the one that ships weapons to Gaza and challenges the Isreali blockades....seems they couldn't handle the US, France and Russia coming together against ISIS.

Will be Interesting to see what spoonjiah says about this.

F*ckin tourists

The President of the United States of America said yesterday in regards to the bill to pause taking in refuges..." The notion that these refuges pose a greater threat than the thousands of tourists in the US everyday, just doesn't jive with reality "

I did not make this up.........but I give up.

Ted Koppel

Lest we forget , that piece of shit Ted Koppel and his night line publicity stunt in 2004.....he read the names of every U.S. Soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Not out of respect, but rather as a means of destroying support and turning the country against the war.....3 1/2 years later the country was beatin down by nightly newscasts focused on the negative and we elected the spoonjiah..... Who in turn withdrew the troops, which in turn left the vaccum that became ISIS... obama doesn't call them ISIS because the last S stands for Syria.....and he vowed to wipe Syria and Assad off the map after the line in the sand was crossed...and then decided not to... He prefers ISIL because the L stands for Levant... An area that includes Isreal.....the real terrorists in his opinion....

So I wonder if old Ted and all the journalists that "shape" the news to fit their agenda feel any remorse ?  Dan Rather ? Stephanapolos ? .....  I doubt it .
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Shhhh part 2

Even the ONION couldn't make this up.....the baby Mama who wailed in the streets of Chicago last Weds cuz her 9 yr old son was executed cuz Poppa was a drug dealer and gang Banger.......well someone in her inner circle with computer literacy initiated a GoFundme page , so she could bury her son........welllllllllll.......mama took the cash and done bought herself a slick new ride.......papa ? He's selling memorial t-shirts for $45 with his kids picture...... Why not, it worked for Mike Brown........... Baby mama said why y'all Facebook people care what I do ? .....and  direct quote..I swear...." I was the best mama I was to my son "........the onion has nothing on reality.

Apocalypse now

The president of missouri has stepped down after the black football players threatened to boycott this week's game because they ......um.....well....... Not really sure...... They suck.....1-5 in the conference...... But it has something to do with being minorities on campus and one white guy disrupted a meeting and two others drove around with Rebel flags...... Um yep......the SEC should give them the boot........the alumni you cease all contributions......and its probably time all college athletics are non scholarship extracurricular activities...... No more scholarships...... Enough is enough.

Shhhh

9 year old black kid shot to death on street in Chicago...... Momma crying on TV asking for someone to come fwd and say who done it........kids Dad is a gang member and he refuses to cooperate with Police.......# black lives don't always matter.......# papa ain't no snitch # the Rebel FLAG musta done it.....# whofuckincares .

Gallup poll

The resolution on the ballot in Little Silver to allow for our First Liquor license for a Bar is off to a great start......early results show a 2-0 lead.......it would have been a 3-0 landslide but Matteau forgot to register.

Carson V Trump ?

I still say Rubio gets the nomination....... As soon as Jeb, Cruz, Huckabee and Kasich drip out, those 4,5 & 7 or 8% are going to Rubio. not Carson or Trump......his support will rise to high 20's low 30's......then the real debating will start........but alas......I have been colossally wrong in the past....lol.


Mets now 0-5 in World Series game 1's.......I say they win the next 4......just like 1969.

Mets still waiting for 1st no hitter

My hatred for yohan Santana is well known, I refuse to acknowledge the umo aided 1 hitter he through against the cardinals...... But now.....after all these years of befuddled looks from my fellow Met Fans, I feel vindicated.

Let's revisit why I turned on this carlis imposter.

Let's flash back to the opening week of the Season in 2009......an optimistic Mets team only 2 years removed from the beltran fiasco, and coming off the heals of consecutive September collapses ; were in Miami to take on the hated marlins........Santana was pitching in the 2nd inning when a fly ball was hit into the April sunshine of left field......."our" rookie left fielder....(.a kid who never played the outfield before the prior season in double A.....the Mets asked him to switch to cover for an injured player.... He happily obliged).......struggled with the sun....broke back first....then awkwardly came in and misplayed the ball off the heal of his glove. 1 run scored on that play and another later in  that inning and the Mets lost 2-1.

Santana..... A multi million dollar veteran could have reacted in many ways......he could o talked about the need to score more runs, he could have said its a long season and we  are all in this together.....he could have said that kid is still learning and his bat will win some games for us , but instead he threw the kid under the bus.....said his 2nd inning error cost us the game and every game is crucial. And last year we missed the playoffs by 1 game and blah blah blah.......... A divisise force in the locker room..... Driving a wedge between teammates...... A true ...me first scumbag......and that's was the day I began to hate Santana ( although I still like his music )......that's why I was infuriated when he threw that asterisk one hitter........David Wright said the inability to hit and NOT the error in the second inning cost the Mets the game...... He said the kid is a helluva player, learning left field as he goes and he will win us a bunch of games with his bat, fire and intensity...... That's why be is CAPTAIN....


That left fielder by the way.......by now you should have guessed....... Daniel Thomas Murphy.

Harvey

if he has a soul...if he is really a human being and not just a scott boras robot.....last night might have been THE turning point in the career of Matt Harvey.......for 7 2/3 innings he was shown what it is like to perform and WIN in the NY spotlight....in particular; the NY MET spotlight.......our championship seasons are rare compared to some other local teams, but when we win....there is no better atmosphere than Flushing Queens........in the bronx there is an expectation to win, and relief when you finally do....which is pretty arrogant for a team that has 1 world  series in 15 years....but in flushing there is unbridled enthusiasm for every step along the way.....there is a subtle expectation of impending doom , even in 86 when we had the best record in baseball; the post season was an excruciating high wire act where we were constantly on the brink of elimination......and so it continues today........always hopeful ....but always fearful......it brings out raw emotion from a rabid fan base...the cheers begin a year or two before we even make the playoffs, with diehards sitting in the brutal August Sun watching the triple A callups perform and the dream begins...ever hopeful.....and if you wear a Met uniform and perform on the big stage, you are appreciated and never forgotten........if Harvey still wants to leave via free agency, i suspect he is a robot......BUT.....if he stays, i suspect last night was a big part of the decision......in a season of side show distractions and an ugly "me first" attitude, the fans roared his name all night.......you might get that in Kansas City....but who wants it.........when you get that in NEW YORK, the world notices.....it's why 30 years later we still hold Darryl, Doc, Hernandez and Carter in high regard.....it's why 30 years later we still talk about where we were for the Buckner play and the Astro game and we remember every crazy detail...and those old enough recall the Buddy Harrelson v Pete Rose fight like it was last weekend and not 42 years.......as Casey coined....We're Just the Amazin Mets.

Cards vs Cubs

Is the media this stupid  ? Or do they just not give a shit ?
Evey talking head from Boston to Boise is marveling at the fact that the Cubs and Cardinals have NEVER met in the playoffs before this year ? Over a hundred years in the league together......wow.

Maybe, just maybe because for the first 70 odd years there were NO divisions.... And they were both on the National League..... No playoffs unless you end tied for first..... Something that only happened once or twice between the Dodgers & Giants....     Then in 1969 they added an east vs west NLCS............but the Cubs and Cards were both in the East......same rare probability..... Then in 95 they went to 3 divisions and 1 wild card.......but a division winner couldn't play a wild card from their own division in the first round........so they would both have to qualify for postseason and then win their first round series to meet.

It's only been the past 3 years in this bastardized extended double wil card nonsense that they could meet before the LCS.


Add in the fact that the Cubs have sucked 98% of the past 107 years and it's really no surprise at all........hell....for all their history the Yanks and Redsox only finished tied for first once; in 1978..........and did not meet for a playoff round until 1999.

Can anyone believe that the Astros and Rangers have never met in the postseason either ?

Happy note......Nice win Metsies..... Stay focused......gotta close it out tonite.

Utley the filthadelphian

Here's my problem with MLB and the NFL.
You have successfully killed the spontaneity and flow of the game with replay reviews, and still you seldom get it right.

The fact that they could review the Utley play to find irrefutable evidence that the tip of tejadas toe came off the bag a split second before the ball was in his glove, to further arbitrarily decide that this was not a "neighborhood" play and he was not entitled to sweeping near the bag while turning two ( a rule that was put in to protect shortstops) and after all that nobody thought to call Utley OUT for interference is ludicrous.

And so Joe Torre reviews the play and decides to suspend Utley.......save your fucking suspension....... Make him suit up at citifield and face the wrath........ Did Torre also say that the Umps blew the call ?.......if it wasn't interference, then why the suspension ? ?   It can't be both.

The Quest

And so it began last night in Chicago...... The Broadway Blueshirts took the first step towards the 2016 Stanley Cup......and although Pope Francis got to raise a cup at MSG before queen Henrietta...... I think this squad.....is THE SQUAD..... To win the next Rangers Stanley Cup.......time  will tell of course.

And they'll know we are Christians

By the bullet holes in our skulls apparently........ Shhh......the media is not talking about that......don't want to offend radical Islam........ I am almost too angry and disgusted to type......remember Dylan Ruff ? 6 hours after his rampage and before he was apprehended, we knew his name, his motive, we saw Facebook pictures of him with the Rebel FLAG ( funny, no obligatory pics of him in a cap & gown like all the miscreant recipients of police gunfire)....,..and yet here we are on day 2 of the Oregon shooting and we know the gunman was 20 years old......his name was probably kept secret until Hilary's friends could scrub his Facebook page........ And the POS POTUS rushed to National TV to make this ALL ABOUT gun control....... And every media outlet airs his clip over and over and over............ I wonder when they will get around to mentioning that the shooter asked his victims their religion first.....and then shot Christians in the head......and others in the leg.........shhhh.......Joaquin is coming......... All you need to know about Oregon is that guns are bad.....

Zadroga Act

Shame on Congress..... This should not be a political football..... Work it out and renew this act..... Not even sure if it covers civilians who were caught in the smoke that day.... Ot just first responders...But if it does I may need it someday.

Russia and obama

Benny Avni in today's NY Post raises some great points about the fading influence of the USA and the increased bullying of Obama's good friend Putin.........remember that pickup by the microphone when obama told Putin " I will have greater flexibility in my second term "........so nice of him to offer such friendly insight to our greatest enemy and threat.

But even better......as Russia supplies daily doses of weapons and heavy machinery to " the great reformer " Assad......and continues to quietly invade the Ukraine......and fly's sorties of their Bombers off the coast of Alaska and taunt our pilots on the 4th of July..... We are reminded of obamas 16 year old girlish comeback during the 2012 presidential debate......when Mitt Romney asserted that Russia was the USA's number 1 geopolitical adversary...... And barry Hussein quipped " the 1980's called, they want their foreign policy back "........hahahahaha.......... Who's laughing now ? ? Hilary and Kerry have brokered America to the point of extinction and annihilation....... Is Russia launched a Nuclear weapon at America today.....how confident are you that we would stop that missile and respond in kind ? ?

Religion and State

Soooooo......for those of you keeping score at home......if your religious beliefs are such that you need to annually slaughter chickens in the street , good news....you have the religious freedom to do so.....

But if your religious beliefs are such that you feel the need to refrain from signing a gay marriage license or catering a gay marriage or making flower arrangements for gay weddings, you are held in contempt of court or your private business is fined and you are hit with a lawsuit.


Follow the money........maybe its as simple as which religion you practice........ They don't call that gold bling around your neck christianelery......its JEWelry for a reason

The TINY Ten

I know......Ohio state is the defending national champs, so I should move on, and leave the BIG TEN alone..... But I can't

Penn State. Michigan , Minnesota, Whisky and Nebraska all lost on opening weekend....... But at least they all played div 1 teams.

Observations from the Bean Post Window

It's ironic and sad that at a time where oul is at its cheapest price in a very long time.....a factor that would continue to cripple Irans economy.....a factor that should drive them to the negotiation table begging for relief from sanctions and voluntarily shuttering their Nuclear ambitions......we are instead tossing them a billion dollar lifeline and ensuring they not only survive this financial crisis from lost oil revenues, but actually strive , purchase conventional weapons and build a BOMB....sad

And while barry Hussein is jetting around Alaska renaming mountains and lecturing us about global warming, and blaming us for leaving future generations with weather related issues from glaciers melting........he has no problem with our kids and grandkids living in a nuclear age with the ayotollahs having a BOMB..........a BOMB they will shoot into orbit.......wiping satellite technology and destroying our banking systems as well as our radar to detect and protect from future attacks.

And where once POTUS ...POS.....felt compelled to weigh in on every crime against blacks fm coast to coast.......( the Beer Summit...... Treyvon could be my son.....sending the attorney general to Ferguson... And summoning sharpton to the blackhaus after Eric garner resisted arrest )......he's quieter than a church mouse as Our Police nationwide are under attack and being executed......

I know its over......but I blog for future generations to realize that not everyone was drinking the Kool Aid.

Scam of the millennium

If you thought the Grateful Dead farewell shows in Chicago were a scam, you ain't seen nothing yet.
As bad as it was for the DEAD & Company to announce a fall tour while some suckers were still making their way home from the "Farewell" shows in Chicago......Pippins has them beat.

After a month long pilgrimage from loyal customers and folks who just had to be a part of something for FOMO reasons , Pippins announced on the eve of the shutdown, that they would be reopening ( can you call it reopening if you never really closed?) At a popup location on 91st and 3rd.


Glad I didn't save my receipts for memorabilia.... Or my ez pass charges........when reached at BarA for comment on Francessa Day....my head linesman Chaz Higgins suggested that we now had an opening paragraph for the SN 18 letter.

What did Duff know ?
And when did he know it ?
Stay tuned.

a dark complexion

that was the description of the coward that shot a Houston Sheriff in the back as he pumped gas in uniform......if we are afraid to call criminals what they are......White, Black, Hispanic , Asian, Middle Eastern, whatever.......we are doomed..................a Dark Complexion........maybe he just came from a tanning bed....maybe his ancestors are from Sicily .......

when that jackoff dylan ruff shot those innocent folks in the prayer service the rush was on to condem the confederate Flag.....obviously the flag was the culprit.....lets go after Ruff and everyone kind of like ruff and hold their ancestory and upringing in contempt and put those things on trial.

what that jackoff bryce williams or dj flanagan or whatever his name is killed those innocent folks during a live TV station interview the rush was on the condem congress and the NRA for not agreeing on gun control.

if you thinks its bad now, imagine a world where law abiding folks have to surrender their guns and  only the criminals with nothing to loose are carrying weapons.......i've never owned a gun and i probably never will.....i rely on law enforcement to keep me safe and i try my best to use common sense and avoid high crime areas whenever possible.....but i support 200% the rights of law abiding citizens to register and own guns........I also totally believe that the fact that Americans own their own weapons will prevent a President from ever trying to become a dictator...........certainly our politicans won't.....they will follow the pied piper of their own parties into hell if it means bigger bread crumbs along the way ( Thats both Dems and Repubs).......and we see already how a 2 term President can cripple and demoralize a once Strong and Proud Military.....imagine if he had a 3rd term ?

Like a raisin in the sun

Do me a favor, let's hold off on that congressional medal for Stevie Wonder for giving a "free" concert in Central Park.

To hear the local news reports this day, one might surmise that the aforementioned Mister wonder had found a cure for penicillin......when in fact. He used taxpayer dollars and central park to promote his upcoming tour ( Tix for that are not free).

He played for 40 minutes and talked about his upcoming shows.....he pulled the same stunt in Washington and filthadelphia earlier in the day......why not Baltimore ( where's dat?)

Every station in the tristate area picked up the story and ran clips from the concert.....he got more air time today than when he was a geust on the Bob Hope Christmas special.............. How much coverage would a traditional press conference have received ?

So he was very smart, very shrewd business and he probably enjoyed playing......I appluad that.........but he's not mother Theresa bringing free music to the ghetto.....si let's give it a rest.

Incidentally..... His new wife was in attendance...... Maron Ami.......have you ever seen this broad ? ? ?

Neither has he.

The iceladies of lone ghislan

I stand behind my previous prediction that on the eve of the Season opener in the Barclay's center that the icefags will announce they are returning to a refurbished ad nauseum colisiem..... They milked their final season.... And bilked some morons into shelling out big bucks for the Barclay's prime seats, but in the end it will be one and done while the coliseum is renovated...... It was all a back room scam between Bettman   Charlie Chan   the new owners, Rattner and the officials in Nassau.


Mark my words.

Fingers crossed

Let's hope Ol' Country Joe Biden runs for President....... As long as he is in the race, Hilarry will have to tone down her lies and rhetoric..... She won't be able to rewrite history if there someone else from the administration in the race.....hopefully Joe calls her out on her bullshit as soon as she tries to distance herself from her disastrous term in the State Department.

the cynical new yorker

so as i ripped my beloved mets for 48 hours at the trade deadline, even i had to ask myself WHY ?

why did i simultaneously express anger at both proposed deals and the lack thereof ?

why so much venom and vinegar being spewed in the direction of my favorite franchise, where did all this distrust, anger and angst get its genesis ?    I may have a partial explanation.

I was 12 years old in the summer of 1977.......my name was Thomas and I was a Mets fan.....the years preceding my 12th birthday had been extremely good to this young mets fan.....i saw my team knockoff the big Red Machine in the NLCS....i even went to game 4 of that series, we had a chance to clinch.....the excitement and nervous feeling still seem fresh today......we went on the play the Swinging A's and came within 1 win of our 2nd World Series triumph, and the MAN that ruled the Roost....the Best pitcher in baseball, my idol and namesake ( George really,  shh) Thomas "Tom Terrific" Seaver was a Met for life.....and so as a naive 12 year old i thought.............i should have known better.......less than 2 years prior my beloved Rangers 'WAIVED" the franchise netminder in a space clearing, money saving , heartless move.....Eddie, Eddie, Eddie Giacoman has been let go....only to return 2 nights later in the hated Redwings Jersey and admitted to crying throughout the game under his mask ( it's okay Wilmer) as the Garden faithful chanted his name throughout....EDDIE.....EDDIE....EDDIE........i cried that night as a 10 year old listening to Marv Albert describe the scene and i vowed to hate the Rangers till death.....that passed.....

fast forward 2 years to the spring and summer of 1977.....i read the scumbag Dick Youngs column everyday as he whined on and on about Seavers contract and how ungrateful the franchise pitcher was......we should have realized then that Young was on the mets secret payroll and was smeering our hero to soften the unfathomable upcoming blow........it didnt work of course........and on June 15th, Bayrdige...Brooklyn....New York,....the Tri state area...and the world were knocked for a loop when       M. Donald Grant traded George Thomas Seaver to the Cincinatti Reds (theres that color again)  for a package of players that all sucked........the franchise would sink to the bottom of the national league and become the laughing stock of baseball for years to come....

as painful as it was to see him in a Reds uniform.....to throw a No Hitter for somebody else while we still await our first ( santanA doesnt count)....the worst was yet to come........after the 1982 season we got him back........we greeted him with soldout exhuberance on opening day 1983 and all was right with universe...he even struckout that douchebag Pete Rose on opening day........and then after the 83 season......instead of a career ending long term deal.....they left him UNPROTECTED..........and he was stolen by the White Sox.....forced to wear that silly softball team uniform and win his 300th game in Yankee Stadium........

in the years to come we would sit in the upper deck and watch management dismantle the 86 Mets for financial and political reason, they again painted our heros as demons.....left them on the sidelines while Shea closed and Citifield opened...as if 86 never happened......

so there is a lot resentment and hatred i feel towards this franchise......but only because i care....because I love the Mets so much.....like Wilmer......like Zack Wheeler........we dont have to win the series......but please Wilpon....for the love of God....leave us some dignity.......

All wrong

The mainstream media got it all wrong last night.....Wilmer Flores did break down in tears while on the field during the Mets V Padres...... But he was crying because he heard his impending trade to the Brewers was SCRAPPED........ His "get out of Mets jail free card" had been revoked........ Poor Wilmer....... He's stuck with the miserable Mets like the rest of us.

and they're off

sad state of affairs in America when i can't scare up a single compadre on a picture perfect Friday to play hookie, go to Beautiful Monmouth Park, enjoy cool refreshing beer and watch live racing while betting the simulcast from Opening at the SPA in Saratoga........what is the world coming too ?

anyhow....I will trudge over solo.....i'll be at the Coors light Silver Bullet Bar with the Babooshka twins bartending, if anyone has a change of heart......thats where youll find me.  

The Devils and Mister Lou

Wow.....shocker.... Lou Lamoriello resigns as Devils President and takes the Maple Leafs GM position..... Interesting.

I think the Bluejackets acquiring Branden SAAD fm Chicago is the biggest move of the off season thus far....... Colombus is not only back in the playoffs. But they have a real chance to come out of the East.

I think Nashville breaks out in the West....

Emotional Rescue

Forgive me if I am a little weepy today......but news of our supreme leader barry hussein visiting Kenya have made me nostalgic.

29 years ago this very week I was on my way back to Diego Garcia after a successful 15 days leave in Bayridge for the reopening of the Statue of Liberty......

There is no commercial airline permitted to serve Diego, so you have to fly in military aircraft..... Which means you sit parachute style along the walls of the plane with pallets of cargo....no windows...... And you have to ask permission to use the head.

My flight plan took me from Newark to Norfolk, to Banger Maine, to Rota Spain then to Siggonella Sicily and then to Nairobi.......5 flights over 30 plus hours....layovers as they unloaded and loaded pallets onto the plane....and we weren't allowed to get off.........upon arriving in Kenya we were told there was a problem with the plane and we had to disembark while it was fixed......we were in civilian clothes of course, but we were greeted by machine gun toting stymies and escorted to a private room in the airport..... Not allowed to mingle with the general public..... But they had a small service bar.....so I had a few quasi chilled bottles of "Tusker" beer....as the afternoon wore on, we were told they could not fix the plane until later that night.... And since the Kenyan military could not secure the runway after dark, we would have to spend the night. ( there was a civil war going on at the time. Isn't there always ? )

So.....the State Department picked the 8 passengers and 6 crew members up and took us to the Hilton.....we gad to share rooms....I can't remember my roommates name, but he was fm Oklahoma or Nebraska........ "Do not leave your rooms for any reason, you will be captured and taken hostage....order room service and we will be back to get you at 5:00 a.m."

Well......suffice to say that 18 seconds after the State Department left our room, I was in the next elevator...... I convinced my roommate to come downstairs for a drink in the lobby.....and then to hit a few other Hotel Bars on the strip....( I didn't want to get captured alone)......and so we drank our Tusker Beer and talked about College Football, and i imagined I was in the same watering holes as Hemingway in snows of Killiminjaro.....back from a wild game hunt where I shot a rhinoceros and 2 wilderbeast...... And the next morning we boarded our plane with machine gun escort and flew to Athens and finally Diego.

Who knows..... Maybe barry Hussein's dad was cooking the family dog for dinner in the hills by the airport..... Or in the kitchen of the Hilton for that matter.

Anyway....... Maybe he'll get caught in the crossfire of the civil war..... I'm sure it's still going on

Don't look now

A-Rod ......at the age of 39.......is only 89 homers away from Barry "swollen head" Bonds........ He hit # 20 last night......still in July.......if he hits another 10 this year, he will only have to play 4 more years.....maybe 3......and average 20 a year.....he could break the record before his 43rd birthday....... I would love to see that happen.

This world can be cruel

So the iceladies are having an everything must go sale at their merchandise store.......75% off.......before they relocate to Brooklyn........ And where in the world are the Molloy Brothers ? ? ?

8,000 miles away in Lake George..... With no cell phones or internet access.....meshuginah...... What an infamnia....

Oh well......they'll just have to wait to get the new All BLACK t shirts, jerseys and hats once they reunite with the Nets........and change their name to the "Battery Tunnels"

Nuke deal cont'd

By now it should be obvious to anyone and everyone that the obama administration sees Isreal as the bad guy in the never ending mideast saga......and its clear that they feel a moslem nation needs the "bomb" to balance the Jews and keep them honest.....I'd love to see them come out and admit that and open the debate....but to do so would cost them jewish votes at home....can't let that happen.

If your keeping score at home.....obama is okay lifting a weapons ban on Iran.....they are poised to purchase long range missile launchers with their billions we are about to unfreeze.......and this deal is sooooo good for the world that he has promised more military aid to Israel.... The likely first target of Iranian aggression....... So more weapons for everyone overseas...... But stricter gun control at home......a recipe for destruction.

Historians will look back and wonder if we all were stoned.

NJ Transit

when asked why they Board chose a fare increase instead of service cuts , Veronique Hakim stated that service cuts would have resulted in 1,000 layoffs.......

so.....they are running an inefficient railroad.......they are loosing money on certain trains, lines etc etc.etc

but instead of addressing their failures and eliminating waste and unproductive service (night times, weekends, whatever).......they will just go ahead and raise rates again..........good for those 1,000 NJT employees.....not so good for your riders.

Nuke deal

Oh Sarah Silverman.... You witty Little bitch.....remember when you pleaded with your jewish American Friends to tell their grandparents in Florida that they wouldn't come visit unless they voted for Obama ?

Well your beloved Isreal doesn't have a friend in the world now......nobody will support an airstrike on irans nuclear facilities.... Thanks to obama and his "legacy" building deal......10 years ? That's less than a blink of an eye in the historical timeline...... Let's hope cooler heads prevail and this deal is rejected internationally..... But if not, say goodbye to your ancestors Sarah.

Parade Day in the city

No...they arent throwing a parade for the Mets for being over .500 at the all-star break...but they should.

seriously....first let me state that I love the US Womens Natl Soccer team....they are good , and they're pretty hot....not all that butched-up like previous years...these gals are stunners.

secondly....i fully support and embrace the idea of throwing them a ticker-tape parade down the canyon of Heroes....they deserve this spotlight.

my problems lie with the politicians and media jerkoffs that ruin everything......

first, why are there Floats for the Red Bulls and NY Futbol Club ?   2 mens teams that are professionals and happen to play in the tri-state .....why is this becoming national soccer day ? money, money, MONEY....sad.....

next deblasio......he stated to the effect that this team represents want women can accomplish and what needs to change in society..........wrong on every level..........they won a womens tournament......someone had to win....there were no mens teams in the womens world cup this year, so WTF is he talking about......next, what needs to change in society ?   should women be limited to competing against each other , like the world cup....is that what he meant ?   womens only schools, and professions ? i'm lost.

the media today will undoubtedly twist a feel good moment into something that its not, they are already talking about equal pay for professional women soccer players compared to men....not sure why they can't focus on 23 girls that won an international championship and are beloved by their country.....isnt that a good enough story ?

Interesting times

So in the past few weeks while the debate over the Confederate FLAG, Gay marriage, the parade for the U.S. National Women's Team and the immigration status of the landscapers at Trumps golf courses has dominated the evening news .....a few interesting things have happened.

Did you know that the Chinese are building man made islands to be used as military installations in the South China Sea ? And that they have threatened anyone that gets to close with military action.

Did you know that Iran is insisting on a lift on the arms embargo as part of the nuclear treaty ? Yep...this peaceful nation of islam that only wants nuclear capability to make electricity , wants to be able to legally buy weapons from Russia as a giveback to signing a nuclear treaty........ A treaty they need to have economic sanctions lifted on them.....strange how they seem to be dictating terms.

Did you know that the Russians have doubled their troop buildup in the Ukraine ?

Did you know that on the 4th of July.... At the same time Putin was on the phone with obama, that 2 Russian bombers were flying off the coast of Alaska....and that the Air Force had to scramble two fighter Jets to warn them to stay out of our air space.

Did you know we reduced our active military force by 40,000 the other day ?

And of course yesterday..... At approximately the same time..... American airlines and the NYSE suffered,   so far ; unexplained  computer failures that grounded all flights and trading activity.

And where has barry been? Besides tweeting about the soccer game ?

If we are not under cyber attack from China, Russia or ISIS..... Or all 3........they are at least testing the waters for a future attack...... Perhaps one where our nuclear weapons are disabled just long enough to take us out........

Oh....who cares.....now back to our regularly scheduled distractions.

Boycott Trump?

Hell no.......boycott Macy's, NBC and anyone else who is trying to silence a presidential candidate through financial bullying.....it may be a stretch to feel empathy for the Donald ( not Donn).....but he made a strong statement about illegal immigration..... Specifically about the types of people coming across the border fm Mexico.....the same people that obama wants to grant amnesty........ But he spoke the truth......some are rapists and drug dealers...... People that would not be granted legal immigration status...... He could have softened the message...... But if he did. It would not have made the evening news....and maybe he understands that it is time, as a nation. That we took our heads out of Kim Kardashians ass and paid attention.......... Or maybe he's a biggot.......... Point is..... In America today..... A straight white male better keep his mouth shut if he wants to run for president.... Or keep his day job.

The deep slide continues

Sooooooo.....Walmart will no longer accept an order for a cake decorated with the Flag of the Confederacy........

However.......... There is always a however.....

They have no policy that prohibits the decorating of cakes with the ISIS FLAG.

Say goodnight Gracie.

Shuffle off to buffalo stymie

Anybody catch the name of that old school Baptist minister that ended his sermon/eulogy by breaking into song and singin amazing grace ?

Well raise my rent, it was none other than that old sheihk barry barry hussein....

Strange occurrences in the deseet

I just read the NYPD blotter in the NY Post...the 3 bad guys pictured appear to be African Americans.....that's weird.

Sooooo.....I geuss after realizing that significant changes to gun control were not going to happen in the aftermath of the Charleston shootings, our friends on the liberal left have their sights set on the Confederate FLAG.....an imteresting debate could be had on the merits of the Rebel FLAG....what it originally stood for. What it has come to symbolize in the modern day.... I personally did not like seeing that FLAG in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and other southern locals I frequented while serving in the Navy.....as a northerner in general and specifically a new Yorker..... I didn't feel welcome in some of the watering holes I stumbled into........ Imagine me NOT being welcome in a BAR ?

I do think a knee jerk reaction and attacking the flag for the acts of a misguided, loner. Mentally impaired looser are not the way to go.

I do think its worthy to discuss whether flying the Flag over the state capital could be considered treason, since it does represent an enemy combatant.... But there is no such outrage with Japenese company's displaying the "Rising sun" on our soil.

Heck, every nation we ever fought is free to display their colors at the U.N. except the Confederacy.

I hope we still live in a land of free speech and that states still have rights......if the people of South Carolina decide it's time to move on, then so be it.


Onto POTUS and his latest mistake.....and no.  I am not referring to his disgusting uttering of "Nigger" on national radio....I am talking about his public proclamation that American citizens who negotiate with terrorists and attempt to pay ransoms for the release of loved ones will not be prosecuted..........oy fucking vey.....where do I start?

Hey ISIS .......its open season .grab every American you have and start communicating with their families for a few sheckles to set them free........ They can no longer say they can't negotiate with you...... Make them empty their bank accounts, take second mortgages....10k, 50k, 100k......whatever they can spare to get their exchange student daughter out if captivity.... And then kill her or let her go....

I can see scam artists in this country falsely stating that they are middlemen for ISIS....and for 5k will setup a meeting with ISIS to discuss terms for your daughters release...

Is this part of obamas plan to redistribute American wealth to the sand niggers of the muslim world ?

Does this stupid motherfucker ever stop and think before speaking ? ?

What's good for the geese

So I would love to go on social media and start banging the drum for a conspiracy theory that states that the obama administration was behind the Charleston church shootings, to use this horrific incident to further push his anti-gun agenda.

Can you imagine the outrage ? The venom and vile that would be spewed my way ?

And yet these 9/11 truthers who Insist that planes did not hit the WTC, and that the Bush administration used dynamite to take down the towers........ They are given legitimacy and allowed to spread their bullshit without any public outrage or condemnation......... The liberal movement has torn apart a great nation in the 50 years that I've been a witness........ We now honor the transgendered for being courageous, but still allow our returning military to live in poverty and isolation..... You can burn the flag cause its free speech, but you can't say you dislike black people or voice an opinion if it is negative towards certain races, religions or creeds.......I worry where we'll be in another 50 years.........as for me ? I hope I'm sipping a margarita , listening to the Dead on a fluffy cloud with Christina Ricci.......ah, but I digress.

Not that anyone noticed

It's been 18 months since that filthy C++* Lynn Stewart was released from prison because she was dying from cancer anyday....what is it with these terrorists who get compassionate release.....they showed zero compassion to their fellow man, and yet we let them live out their days at home......or months and years in some cases......I at least hope she is in insufferable pain on a daily basis.

It's all in the timing

I should have dug deeper the other day when I saw the headline about a bizzare outburst by Barry Hussein while speaking off the cuff at the G-7 summit....

"I am the closest the United States has come to electing a Jewish President"

Strange......even for him.....at an economic summit......... Why the sudden need to project yourself as being pro Isreali.... Or even neutral...... When everyone knows that you and your pal Erdogan despise Isreal.


Well John Podhoretz explains in today's NY Post that a book is coming out in two weeks written by the Isreali ambassador to the u.s. from 2009-2013.......I have a feeling this book will vindicate all of my hunches on this blog the past 6 years......let's wait and see.

As for Barry ? He's no different than Marion mosbley..... He's gonna plead his case to the media before the book comes out.

the longest mile

shadows of a sailor forming,
winds both foul and fair all swarm.

June 10th 1985 i took that long walk off a short pier.
I left my home and my family...no more than a boy as Paul Simon would say.
I took that long walk from 554 76th street to 86th and 7th...the
United States Military recruitment center where i surrendered my freedom and my
life for the next 4 years. accompanied by Steve Mcevoy, Donn Hoffman and "Who Shot JR Ryan and the Rhine River".....as they drunkenly navigated 5th ave in the Monday morning dawn, i nervously strolled, secretly hoping for an earthquake or natural disaster that would delay my departure for the Great Lakes Bootcamp facility......as each street of my youth passed under my feet and immediately into a distant memory...my life was changing before my eyes....i had no idea what changes lay in store, but could sense they would be dramatic and swift , and i was right..........weddings, funerals, births , defections did rain from the skies onto bayridge in the 4 nomadic years i spent in the service of Uncle Sam....with each return trip i felt more detached and isolated on the gang plank of life.....sink or swim.....i dropped anchor for 10 years in Brooklyn upon my return to civilian life in 1989 , but it was never quite the same.....the buildings remained, but it was a like a bad movie sequel, they had B list actors playing the parts of your favorite characters......i will never forget that walk....and i am glad to say that even then on that very morning, 30 years ago tomorrow....I knew the Gravity of my actions.....i said goodbye to my pal Snoopy, and hello to the very special insanity that was the UNITED STATES NAVY !

And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels in rhyme

I wouldn't pay it any mind.

Don't turn to your television or local newspaper if you want to know what's happening in the world..... Buried deep beneath the waves , behind Caitlin Jenner, the tony awards and all the general nonsense of the day lies a STORY OF HOPE.....the Turkish people have voted, and against all odds , have taken the  majority AWAY from American Hating Recep Erdogan........obamas pal and confidant.

In case you haven't been following.... Erdogans' party was hoping for 400 seats in Turkeys Parliament..... This would allow for an unchallenged national referendum that would pave the way for him to change the constitution and strengthen power for generations to come.

Under Erdogans' leadership..... This NATO ally ( laughable contradiction) has denied the U.S. use of Turkeys airspace in the wars against IRAQ and ISIS , and has sent boats with weapons disguised as humanitarian aid to challenge Isreals blockade of GAZA.

Erdogan has been on a personal mission to erase national hero ATTA TURK from the history books and to discredit his contributions to Turkish Independence.

To sum it up , this is a west & democracy hating scumbag and a very dangerous man.... No surprise he is pals with Barry Hussein Obama.

With 99% reporting......Erdogans' party AKP , is going to fall way short of a majority.... Instead of the 400 seats he hoped for, they will only control approximately 265.

Finally some good news on the world stage....let's make sure word doesn't get out before the Espys.

My good friend Siebel from O'Hara's jersey city is probably dancing in the streets with her Turkish countrymen.

Pharoah shutout

Thats what I'm feeling this morning...
...I am going all in with Frosted and boxing the Gray Ghost with materiality and tale of verve......I am dying to toss a few sheckles on the mike smith/nick zito frammento..... But will not...... Every last Euro i can find goes on Frosted...... I've been waiting 20 years for a Baffert triple crown, and when it finally comes along I abandon it like unicorns on Noah's ark.

Rumor control

No truth to the rumor that Zuccarello was in the same speech therapy classes as one of sweater nights own 2 time MVPs.......who himself is recovering from multiple brain injuries over the past 50 years.....no. Not higgins

Gad Zoooks

Did you hear what Zuccarella said after he took that slapshot to the head ?

"..... - -- - - ogggggg ........"

Total fucking silence and gurgulations...... Just like rick nashs game....He lost the ability to speak for 3 days....obviously he's not a North American born player or else he would have been back on the ice and let his game do the talking.

Anyway blueshirts will be fine next year.....keep Nash around for another year....he is a good regular season player.....we need more grit.....but we already have it......we need Hayes to get Nastier and Krieder to throw his size around too.....Stepan is an all-star and Miller is headed that way......either handle or Boyle need to go.....obviously st Louis is done.......we don't need a goal scorer, we need a stick handling playmaker to help setup our scorers........but then again.....as zooks would

" unga bunga bunga , bunga binga banga bunga "

On to Belmont

Well, with another hockey season faded into the rear view mirror we are reminded again just how special the 94 lads were......the Graveys. Messiers, Matteau's, leetchies , Buek, Tikanen , Richter and all......this current group is too soft. No grit, princess Henrietta has to go, same too Nash, st Louis , yandle, Boyle etc.....

We are also reminded that the Belmont stakes is this Saturday..... And I'm gonna shock ya......I'll wait for post positions, but I am eyeballing FROSTED, MATERIALITY and another horse TBD to close out my triple....not the Pharoah......

So in other words....we are guaranteed to see a triple crown.

Baltimore

In the month since those peaceful protesters took the streets in support of Freddy gray there have been 38 homicides in Baltimore...... Maybe black lives don't matter after all.

what a day

So on the bird queens big 50th birthday we kick things off with a shotgun start at dyker at 8:00 , and 12 hours later we drop the puck for game 7.

seven again

What can you say about the new York hockey rangers that hasn't already been said about nervous breakdowns, heart attacks, paranoia and schizophrenia ?

And so we go once again to game 7 , with a trip to the finals on the line.....be still my pounding heart.

call me the professor

So......Prof Hough and I share some points of view with regards to blacks and Asians....but he will probably be fired for his honesty.....Duke has already apologized.... Won't be long now.

He is right if course......if we are ever going to solve the centuries old problem of negroe failure, they need to stop playing the victim and start being held accountable for ALL their actions fm an early age.......we should look To the asians, or the Polish or the Irish and Italians for that matter........all minorities and immigrants that want to assimilate and succeed do so by providing their children greater opportunities than they themselves had.......how do they do that ? They are willing to work 2 or 3 jobs.....sometimes lousy jobs.....so.etimes dangerous jobs.....all for the benefit of their children........so should we start calling out blacks who impregnate various baby mamas and offer no support to their kids ??

To do so would risk being labeled as a racist.... But it's the only hope for change.

Duke professor: Blacks riot because they’re lazier than Asians and have ‘strange’ un-American names

Duke professor: Blacks riot because they’re lazier than Asians and have ‘strange’ un-American names

shame

Can't remember the last time the phone rang or a text came to alert me that some scumbag or maggot was killed or dropped dead too young
......its always the good guys......

Rest in peace Brian Monaghan.

mad men conclusion

I was wrong.....nobody jumped out a window and became the falling man.....but I felt the ending was perfect.... It restored my faith in the show.... It didn't cop out.  And it didn't try to say that the 7 years invested in the show were not a waste...... Don Draper is back..... On a high note.....he dipped his toe into the hippie movement and exploited it and created one of the must successful commercials of all time....I'd like to buy the world a Coke......perfect ending.... All is well on Madison Avenue..... It's the real thing.

Preakness

Only 1 bet today..... No birthday Exactas....no superfecta........ Just a $50win and place on Dortmund.........yes I did have the Pharoah and Firing Line in Churchill. But I think Dortmund and his odds , cannot be overlooked.... Time to make some coin.


Alas I have been wrong before

mad men finale spolier alert

Don Draper is the Falling Man......he goes back to his pent house appt......contemplates Betty having cancer and the future road ahead......And Jumps.

Or does roger sterling throw himself out of a window of the old building ?

stay classy Yanks

Always a role model for class , the Yankees invited Jim "I'll have another" Leyritz back for old timers day.....and also announced that they would be placing a memorial plaque in Monument park for the young waitress he killed while driving under the influence...... Wow, tears will be flowing that day.....another made for Steiner Sports moment compliments of the Yankees.

Side note......my cell phone must've been out of order on Tuesday, as I didn't get a single call or text about Golf at Dyker with the Vodka Clubs.......lots of one way streets in this world.

take a look around ya boys

Its bound to scare ya boys....

The climate on the street has changed for the negative.... I hope I am wrong , but I can feel a major black on white attack coming.....there is no fear of repercussions.... The aggressive panhandling in NYC and Jersey City is sign one......the traveling in packs if thugs....and open marijuana smoking is part 2......the animals are restless.... And its heating up......a major incident with mass rioting is coming soon to a street corner near you.

if your memory serves you well

How many times in an elimination game did Mark Messier limp off the ice to the dressing room ?  Once, twice ?  How bout fucking NEVER........ You never leave the bench and let them see your hurt.....toughen up mcdonagh .....or take off the damm C.


Krieder keeping us in this singlehandedly..... Henrik played well....but should never give up 3.

im baffled

as dano would say....this friggin guy says its a Hockey blog, yet he never mentions hockey....wtf ?

well i shall speak........henrik lundquist is playing well enough to win.......thats a ringing endorsement from me........Nash = useless........St Louis = finished, a shell of his former self.......Mcdonagh = not a captain, in over his head, playing like a deer in headlights.....that game winner was ALL STEPAN............Kreider = best player on team along with Stepan...........so is there a little life left on Ol Broadway ? you better fukin believe it.........back to the Nations capitol we go......1 game at a time lads.

Derby Rant 141

Mr. Z was earlier than usual when he strode into the El Kabeir Public House and Lounge and ordered shots of Frammento over Keen Ice for all....how many exactly ? demanded the Dortmund behind the bar...OCHOOCHOOCHO screamed the Upstart newcomer.....and i of course being the Materiality kind of guy that I am pulled out a Tencendur to pay for everyone........Mubtaahij i shouted after tasting these delicious drinks.....itsaknockout the congregation did agree, your an International Star i told the bartender, a modern day American Pharaoh i continued....he then poured more shots of Bolo and set mine down to the far right , in the shadow of the Danzig Moon and at that moment i realized it was time to Carpe  Diem .....no more WarStory......and if you put me on the Firing Line I will tell you

it's FROSTED......all the way to the BANK.....


and the big bets for me center on Frosted and Firing line.....with the Pahaoh, Carpe Diem and Dortmund rounding out exotics.....

alas....ive been wrong before.

run for the roses ....141

The official derby rant comes on Saturday.... Along with the official wager for sweater night......but today we try to narrow the field....

It hurts to toss Mike Smith and far right, but that 20 post is too much.....same does for D. Wayne and Mr Z....just don't z it happening.... Mubtaahij and RL kaebir are very good... But I have to say nay.

American Pharoah , Dortmund, Firing Line, Carpe Diem and quasi long shot Frosted are on my radar....more to follow.

Baltimore.... where's DAT ?

Well let's see.....we have a black mayor, a black city council. Almost half the Police force is black and 40 miles away a black/Hawaiin/Indonesian president......surely you can't play the victim card here.....surely you can't throw your hands up and declare that the deck is stacked against you because you are black....can you?

Well to do anything else would be the equivalent of surrendering your eternal victim card....and that can't happen..... And why should it.......in the aftermath of INEXCUSABLE violence that was unilaterally condemned by "almost" all....hell , even the bulk of the citizenship of the charmed city objected to the merits of burning ones own ghetto............... But POTUS could not bring himself.....72 hours after Saturdays riot, and a full 24 after Mondays bloodshed, to condemn the violence without also pointing a finger at Law Enforcement across this country ( his adopted land).....a slow moving crisis train as a RESULT of Police Brutality , thats how he described the conditions in America....

And you wonder why good eggs like Freddie Gray, the honorable mike brown and choir boy treyvon martin had zero, zip, Nada respect for authority of any kind.

Side note.....the city council of Baltimore passed legislation to outfit the Baltimore police with body cameras in January..... The mayor vetoed it...... Thank God the mayor is black or else shed have some splainin to do.

2nd note.....the city of Baltimore lured and negotiated with CVS for yours to open a pharmacy in the heart of the jungle...... Ya think they are coming back ?

frightening times

college campuses throughout the 20th and 21st century have always been a place of free speech and demonstration......whether they went to far at times is open for debate.......whether you agreed with the various messages matters not , but the core value was always open ended discussion....a place to voice any opinion....or to protest anything someone else is demonstrating....even denouncing your country's involvement in War....or supporting the troops......open dialogue, exchange of ideas....tolerance for ALL IDEAS......students have weighed in on everything from Wall street investing in Darfur to vaccines for babies......racism...gay rights...vegetarians against the Klan ( Joe Jackson) ...no idea or cause was too contreversial, freedom to state anything... And also the freedom to protest or debate anything....both sides get to voice their opinion..... Sometimes on the same lawn in opposing camps.

earlier this week the University of Michigan gave in to protets from Islamic staudent who were offended by the Movie "American Sniper" because it displayed negative islamic sterotypes.....and so the school cancelled a showing of the Movie in the student Union,......you see as Christians we are told by the liberal left that we must be tolerant and accept others right to free speech, even if that means defacing a painting of the Virgin Mary with cow feces and calling it art......one big happy Utopian exchange of ideas.....stimulates the brain....leads to greater understanding of opposing views.

Forget for a moment the merits of the movie or the protest......its irrelevent.

What is painfully relevant is that Sharia Law has come to the United States and is alive and well on College Campuses......they will silence and stifle anything that offends the Prophet......no dialogue, no exchange of ideas, NO TOLERANCE......so a college campus, where you can burn an effigy of your own president and the flag of the Nation, where you can denounce the military and law enforcement or spit on the constitution has said you can not watch a Movie....you are not free to hear the message and decide for yourself....... Because "We The Educators  . will decide what your allowed to see and hear........

.any movie.....any statement of free speech could be next.

it's over.

not AWOL, but AWAGFR

I wasnt absent from my blogging duties without leave, but rather; I was Absent With A Good Fukin Reason...... This world has me beatin down to the point I don't even want to comment...... But a pep talk from Brian Duffy in a watering hole in Battery Park City has convinced me to blog on.

So the family of the dearly departed in south Carolina stated matter of factly that he owed child suppor . So thats why he was running away from police when he was shot to death.....failure to pay child support is punishable by Jail time in south Carolina.... Better to end up dead than in jail I suppose..... These quotes will of course never see the light of day on your evening news....... And so we will march and scream that black lives matter.... But nary a moment shall be wasted caring about the little black child living in squalor because papa Bear wasnt paying his child support.

Also buried in news rooms across the land was Barry Hussein's admittion that future presidents will have to deal with a nuclear Iran.... Just hours after HIS press Secretary argued that this was a forever deal to prevent a nuclear Iran....I hope Sarah Silverman lives to see the day Isreal is attacked with nukes.....oh, who am I kidding.... When that happens it will still be Bush's fault.

NFL hires a female line judge...... I knew they respected women..... Not a publicity stunt.

A second family killed from carbon monoxide gas from a generator after the Electric Company cut power for failure to pay their bills.....its very sad...I have no comments or judgments against the deceased...... BUT.....how long before Big Utility is blamed, and the rules are changed to help the deadbeats at the expense of paying customers ?

The world in 2015 is sliding towards oblivion my friends....I blog as much as a learning tool for future generations as I do for the current few who can turn away FM Facebook long enough to watch and care about the news......I only amebas in 3015 can read.

army training sir

The Black Knights no more.....Army ....aka the Navys doormat...announced on Monday that they were abandoning their nickname and preferred to be called THE CADETS.... Will that be enough to generate a win over Navy ?

metropolitan misery

From the flushing files of being a tormented Mets Fan:

The incredible rash of devastating injuries continues with Zack Wheeler.......in what has become a right of spring came the news he needs Tommy John surgery....by Memorial day we'll have half the rotation and bullpen on IR.

Side note......if I read one fuckin less than enthusiastic comment from terry Collins about Juan Lagares, I may drive down to Florida and strangle him myself.

This sob is a gold glove center fielder with speed and he hits for average.... Pencil him in the lineup with a permanent sharpie and leave him alone.

cops shot in feguson

Well its been about 72 hours since those Cops were shot in Ferguson and I haven't heard their names or race description on the news.......let alone seen photos from their high school graduation and proclamations from their families about how saintly they are.

Happy Birthday

Phil Lesh = 75
Breanne O'Dowd = 23

saint Francis

Kudos to Glenn Braica for not trying to sugar coat the loss.......he was brutally honest and 100% accurate...... The Terriers lost the NEC title game because certain alumni were too preoccupied and self centered to watch the game..... Glenn showed hutzpa by calling out his old bishop ford teammate by name....."Dennis Nolan, or eggroll as some of you know him, flat out refused to watch the game" Glenn stated....." He had a meeting......not a special meeting.....but the same ol tired meeting he has been attending for twenty plus years".......,he continued... " this is a meeting he attended on Monday and will probably attend on Wednesday..... The same format and hungover rambling that plays out 179,000 times daily across the nation in churches, school cafeterias and pine rooms"....the angst and frustration was clear on Glenn's face as he struggled to continue.... " a frustrated Ford Falcon I suppose" was the only reasoning Glenn could come up with when quizzed further about the absent eggrolla...... But it was plain to all that Das Das Strovika had cost his beloved almamater a shot at history.

Stalwarts from around the tri state area ( and Staten island,) gathered in Taverns to cheer on the Terriers and attempt to out drink the coolers....I was in Brannigans of Red Bank with former Saint Franks Valedictorian Donnie Hoff as the mood swung from a new years eve gala to groundhog day.

Young Dan Woods was spotted in the Yellow Hook sipping an IPA and waxing poetically about the Trapp Bros and Joe Friesen to no avail.......as once again the college of knowledge snatched defeat from inevitable victory........."I did my part" Dano was quoted as saying as he waltzed out after the game.

Steven Oliver and Dennis McDermott were inconsolable after the loss, but Roy Dilorenzio banged to put it in perspective.... " most guys were more interested in the Rangers v Islanders to be honest"......good point Roy.....the truth shall set you free.

the Terror's of Remsen Street

Hang on to your bowler hats and skull caps.....the borough of Churches is about to erupt like never before..........Tuesday Night.....live from the Pope Center in Brooklyn Heights, the Saint Francis Terriers host Robert Morris......a berth to the NCAA tournament is on the line........buckle up for safety......this is gonna be a wild one !

Kentucky Derby

Big Day yesterday in the Derby Preps for 2015

El Kabeir won the Gotham.

Dortmund won the Santa Anita

Carpe Diem took the Tampa Bay Derby.


American Pharoh and Bob Baffert are looming on the horizon.........s/b a great next 60 days until a showdown at Churchill....

selma and louise

the 50th anniversary of the edmund pettis bridge march and selma  and all things civil rights......i swear as i watched the ceremonial walk over the bridge yesterday, i couldnt help but think that obama was BLACK....he had that old man civil rights shuffle down pat.....holding hands and talking like a southerner.......reminded me of when Hillary marched in south carolina and declared..."i aint in no ways tired" as a show of solidarity with black woman....because that's the way they talk...they dont know none good english them blackies........oh but if a white man every pandered down to this lowest common denominator....let the crufixion begin.

but seriously, the irony of a twice elected black president stating that blacks still face insurmountable odds against succeeding in America 2015 was priceless.......he and other black elected officials went on to say that some of the black kids today have NO IDEA what it was like 50 years ago in America.......well....just saying.....maybe thats because those conditions that you continue to blame for everything from unemployment, drug addiction, single parent families to not winning powerball.....are gone........but to admit that would be to surrender ones CRUTCH........to state the obvious truth that there is nothing preventing a black man from going to school and becoming President of the United States would be to accept responsibility for your own actions......AND THAT CANT IN NO WAYS HAPPEN........

nope , we have to remind these young black kids today that the white man is the devil, the cops want to murder you and you might as well crawl back into the ghetto and start shooting up and cashing your welfare check......the cards are stacked agianst you....even with a black president, we cant win......we want admittion to your country clubs, but we also want our own Kwanza Hollidays......we want to be able to live in beverly hills and Palm Beach....but we resent yuppies and fags from buying homes in the ghetto and fixin them up..........we are equal....but still oppressed....and we hate the Mexicans, Chineese and every other immigrant that has followed in our footsteps and climbed the ladder to success ahead of us.....while we still clammer for handouts, and special treatment.......and on the 100th anniversary of all this nonsens....what can we really expect to be different ?   just asking.

acting my age

Don't expect a clamer gentler blogger just because I'm fifty in dog years.

just like Ronnie Van Zandt....a triumphant return to Jacksonville.

silencio batman.....no hay banda

As the sun peaks over the horizon, my stealth Amtrak loco motive sneaks over the Georgia border bound for Jacksonville.... Just like Ronnie Van Zandt before me.....I've returned to the scene of soo many crimes.

oy vey sarah

Oh Sarah Silverman..... You whiny bitch....your Indonesian boyfriend Barry Obama thinks its okay if Iran gets a nuclear bomb in 10 years......meshuginah..... And you campaigned so hard for him.....and told your Jewish friends to bully their grandparents in the critical state of Florida into voting for Barry Hussein...... Remember sweety ?  I do......all too well......you told young Jews to tell their grandparents in FLA that they wouldn't come visit them UNLESS they voted for Barry....... Looks like you signed isreals death certificate bubbie.

greatest of the GREAT

do you believe in Miracles ?

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!.........35 years ago today.

nhl tonight

from the "youve got to be kidding me files"........this morning, PJ Stock stated and i quote " I never understood why goalies can't play every game without a rest , when all the other players do".

hmmm.........maybe because a goalies ice time is 60 minutes minimum , and 65 plus shootout in a worst case scenario........whereas your best players log between 17 and 23 minutes....maybe more for top defensemen....but still a goalie is playing double the minutes of a forward on a nightly basis....what a maroon.

surfin U.S.A.

Wow the ex Mayor of NYC calls the two time elected President of the United States out on his Patriotism, The Leader of the Free world being challenged for his Love of Country.........first off Rudy is right of course....the full quote stated that he never speaks in the familiar tones of President Reagen OR President Clinton for that matter.....whatever we feel about Bills policies....he certainly loved the U.S. ....born and raised in Arkansas......he grew up going to high school football games, chasing skirts , drinking beer and NOT inhaling marijuana when it was offered to him.......Barry by contrast....grew up in Indonesia eating dogs with his african father and then in Hawaiaa ........how manay Americans can relate to that...or Better yet....how many Americans can he relate to ?  he doesnt feel like a true American because he is not like us, he has a jealousy towards us instilled in him by his father while they were snacking on prairie dogs in the slums of indonesia....he is afraid to come out and show the world his own religion.....he lives in denial.....how that must suck.

But certaainly this is his chance to show the world that Rudy is wrong and he loves his country.....a finger wagging speech to rattle Rudy's cage.......what did he say.....what did he say ? ?

White house Press Secratary issued a no comment statement......"the President wasn't in the room when these comments were made and does not feel it is appropriate to respond"

Trayvon Martin, the Beer Summit, Ferguson or any other event that occured outside his earshot is fairgame to weigh in on.....BUT NOT this.......wow.

spoiler alert

So I've been watching reruns of madmen..... One of the greatest shows of the past 20 years, and as we gear up for the final season , I have a shocking prediction for how their series ends.

Another series of increasingly embarrassing DRUNKEN escapades.... Don Draper will find himself alone in his penthouse apartment..... Drunk & depressed....... A series of flashbacks of all his mistakes will flash through his mind.....the slider door that was broken at the beginning of series 7 will beckon him to the balcony......a final drink and a cigarette and OFF he goes....... Don becomes the falling man we have watched in the opening credits for the last decade...... Everything comes full circle.

Alas , I've been wrong before.

leading FM behind

Or talking out your ass ?

Joe biden condemns Russian backed rebels for breaking ceasefire...... Yawn.........meanwhile Putin accuses United States of supplying weapons to Ukraine.....our response ?  Crickets.

Workplace violence, lone Wolf bad guys.  Random acts.......it seems everything is anything.... Except what it really is.....Islamic terror........... You can call ISIS the JV , but words and finger wagging won't stop them........in fact we can trace the increasing bravado of current ISIS back to one fateful day that sent a horrifying message to the middle east that the U.S. was weak.

I was working FM home and watching on TV as first john Kerry ( ol purple heart) and then Barry Hussein himself stepped to the podium and declared military action against assad and His Syrian regime for the heinous act of gassing his own people..... "We are prepared to go it alone, with or without allies or the approval of Congress" King barrak said....." He crossed a line in the sand and now he'll be hearing from me" .....or words to that effect.......... And what happened next ?  More crickets......... The liberal left convinced Barry not to strike....he didn't want this to be his legacy..... So he blamed congress and went back to the golf course...... And the message was clear to ISIS...... Launch aggressive attacks now while this camel jockey is running America...... And they haven't looked back.....each execution more gruesome than the previous one...... Each victim more innocent....... Today we learn they are executing doctors for not assisting in their human organ harvesting....... You read that on CNN, but its out there.


Duff is still waiting for my response to the crusade comments....... Its coming.

can't do that....against DA rules

So the great spoon in the sky issued a statement through the blackhaus stating he was proud of the way the Chicago little league baseball team represented their city and country........left unsaid was any remorse for the kids in Las Vegas Nd Rhode island that were eliminated by the Jackie Robinson team from chitown and thus denied their spot on the world stage......and a trip to the blackhaus to boot........who cares....why ruin a good story.....at least Michelle didn't call the adults that illegally compiled the team " knuckleheads"

Kevin Hayes

# 13 is heating up, this kid is a big time player and he's gonna hit his stride for the playoffs and lead the Rangers to the Cup.

Tally playing well.......we faced Toronto twice before Lundquist injury and gave up 11 goals......so 5 last nite is par for the course.

just plain weird

The Etan Patz murder trial was interrupted yesterday amidst a positively bizarre incident. Judge Alonzo Rasputin was forced to call a recess after NBC news anchor Brian Williams emerged from the gallery to confess to the crime.......Williams swears he was there and that he committed the crime, but seemed confused when questioned further........."maybe I just remember reporting the story" Williams told his bartender in O'Keefes during the court room lunch break.

American Sniper

I love my country and I served my country, but what Chris Kyle did goes beyond honor, duty and love. I don't care who you are , it is human nature to say after a harrowing life or death tour in a foreign country, that I am done.....I did my part , its someone else's time.....but ...to go back.....and back a third time, AND BACK A 4TH time.......only he can explain that........talk is cheap, coach Coughlin is right.....the commitment Chris Kyle felt towards his colleagues goes beyond words......if you haven't seen the movie, please do so.....you owe it yourself as an American to feel good for a few hours, to be happy, sad and scared....all at the same time....... It sure says a lot about a person when strangers line the highway to see your coffin go by in a Hearst.


I won't touch on the controversy's surrounding this movie, the loathsome self hating liberals do not deserve to be mentioned by name in the same story as this  great American Hero...........see the movie..... And decide for yourself.

Tally

well its put up or shut time.....not for Tally ...aka Cam Talbot, but for me......I have been the anti-KING....one of the few Rangers fans not enamored with Henrik Lundquist...and we will see how the next 3 weeks go......he played well enough yesterday to get the W against the best team in the league on the Road....but at this time of year there is no room for error......and you have to find a way to win.......get back on that horse tonight at home against Dallas......

it's on the tip of my tounge

What's the names of that Paul Simon song they keep playing at the Nassau moselieum?

Oh , I remember........ Slip, sliding away....

First half wonders.....the icefags are lucky Bobrovsky is hurt or else's the Bluejax would catch them for the final berth.

redouble the vigilence

That's what spoony said the world will do to respond to ISIS burning to death that Jordanian pilot.......words, words and more words.

Jordan took a different approach...... They immediately executed the 2 al queda prisoners on Death Row.....including the horse faced girl that ISIS wanted back in a prisoner exchange.

rambling from the rails

So what's new and exciting on a rainy Monday..... ( not mister Raymond Neowski....that was the Mcevoys dog).

I hated both teams, so I am glad one of them suffered an inconsolable loss.....I wish it was Fag Brady that threw the pick....but I will live with slimy Pete Carroll insisting they called the right play...... "We were trying to waste a play, not even score"........ Really ?...


Even the Starbucks heroin addicts and Courtney Love ain't buying that bullshit..... I am just glad that Dano hit the final in the Kilcar House.

Sweater nite is dying on the vine.....barely on life support..... Stabbed in the back like Ceaser.........for the record, its almost always Presidents weekend......valentines day is the one that moves around, not sweater night.....I geuss I underestimated the power of les miserable.

For all their pomp and circumstance the icefags are barely ahead of the rangers..... They are going out in the first round..... And then packing up the Mayflower moving vans and truckin up to Hamilton in the middle of the night.

Class of 1979......OLA's finest.... Is getting together in the McLaren Room at Pippins for a reunion on Sunday May 3rd......noon start....... Sure hope Duffs working so we can rehash the NFL draft for 6 hours.....mister Flanagan would love that......mac might even start drinking again......" Who is this placekicker from Cal Poly Obispo that the Chiefs drafted? ..we need a d lineman like Curly Culp...not a fuckin kicker, I'll kill Andy Reid on the street... shadup Higgins ...and duff get me 3 more coldskis and buy Ed Podolak a shot of whiskey bwaaaa baaah bahhhski..

bold face prediction

I don't like either team.......will be difficult to see one of them win.....i'll be rooting for my Boxes.....but my prediction is

Patriots        27
Seahags       19


I think Gronkowski is the difference maker and has a day big enough to win MVP.....but they will probably give it to pretty boy Brady.....or the lockerroom attendant.

somber goodbye

I started my Wall Street career on October 9th 1989 for Waterhouse Securities in 77 Water Street 4th floor.......there were 4 Margin Clerks, 2 Acat clerks, one wire operator and 1 Manager....( and a p&s manger in the next section and a new wire operator a few months later) ..its amazing to realize i have stayed in very close contact with 7 of the 10.......Pascale, DeVito, Coniglione, Whalen, Micucci , Coleman and Perniola.

We have attended each others Weddings, kids christenings, milestone birthdays...we have befriended each others spouses...we have had annual BBQ's aka slobfests....attended ball games. Racetracks, breeders cup parties...taken road trips., fla, Vegas,  Atlantic city, Cooperstown.......we've met for drinks, discussed our careers and grown up / matured together.......maybe I havent matured yet, but close.

All of these events...... Every single time I have gotten together with this group , it has been joyous....laughter and celebration....even .in the days after 9/11 there was a tinge of relief that our little core group survived.....

Thats why it was so very hard to get together last weekend and say goodbye to Victor "Beans" Perniola..... The center of it all......the guy who kept us all in touch with him and each other......the guy who kept us all laughing...... The guy you couldn't look at when someone else was venting or ranting because he would crack you up.......

We will continue to get together..... And raise a glass for beansie.....but it will never be the same.

turkey.....continued

Shshhh......don't say this out loud.....but in our good friend and allied nation of Turkey...a NATO member no less....they are refusing to allow distribution of the new edition of Charlie Hebdo if it contains images of Mohammed........ All great houses are destroyed from within.......throw Turkey out of NATO before its too late.

where is America ?

In the height of the Pacific battles of World War II......Admiral Bull Halsey deliberately wandered off course chasing the Phantom Japs carriers......Admiral Nimitz sent s desperate message for Halsey to return and Help at the Battle of Leyte Gulf......the message read "where is, repeat; where is Task Force 34 ?"....... But included in the message was the not so jibberish padding to fool Japs code busters....a simple phrase " the world wonders".......Halsey thought that was from Nimitz and took it to be a harsh and sarcastic personal attack.... Blaming Halsey in part for the casualties at Leyte Gulf......the message operator was simply stealing a line from the Tennyson Poem ( charge of the light brigade)......ah...but I digress.........

Where the F&(k is America on Moslems and Terrorism...... The World Wonders.

wake up America

as if the past 6 years of evidence were not enough to convince the people of this nation that our president is in fact a Moslem, a terrorist sympathizer and a lone wolf hellbent on destroying our allegiances and pumping up our enemies ....comes yesterday.

3 million citizens and world leaders from around the globe came out in Paris to stand up to terrorism and support France......Angela Merkel , Netnyahu...even palastinian imposter mahmoud abbas showed......who wasn't there ? ?  by now you should have geussed...AMERICA.......M.I.A..........not even the Biden Puppet......i guess joe got a reprieve after attending the NYPD funerals for the Hawaiin Golfing obama.

seriously....this is a new low.......and i am getting tired of saying that........this man is disgusting.....where the fuck is he ?   he was all over TV before the Paris attack promising free Community college for everyone....so we know he is not still on vacation......he broke his 16 day silence in Hawaii to tweet KWANZA greetings ( not a joke).........he couldn't even dipatch purple heart Kerry to attend ?

we continue to sail into oblivion,  and that was his plan all along.

harpoon that whale

The good news is that any chance that fat slob Christy had at running for president crashed and burned with his imitation of a giddy 16 year old girl, fawning over jerry Jones and trying to find someone to high five at the cowboy game yesterday.... Maybe he sent a text to his good friend obama, since Hawaii is too far for a hug.......disgrace.....embarrassment..... He's history......

let them eat crow

I was wrrrrr
I was wrrrrrroooo
I was wrong.

I ripped Ohio State all year and I now admit that they were much better than I had ever given them credit for.......Urban Meyer is a great coach, that was never in dispute, but to put up 40 plus points on an SEC champ (Alabama no less) in the Sugar Bowl is amazing....

GO DUCKS is all I have left to say.