I see people changing faces all around me (Jefferson airplane)
let this sink in for a minute.....put your political feeling aside for 1 minute and seriously think about the actions of this man ( Gov Murphy)
Gov Murphy welcomes illegal immigrants with open arms......Gov Murphy wants to offer them drivers licenses, health benefits, free college and financial aid. Gov Murphy wants NJ to become a sanctuary state....he does not want NJ law enforcement cooperating with I,C.E. and or assisting the Federal Govt to locate and deport violent criminals who are in this country illegally.
Gov Murphy also does NOT WANT New Yorkers who own second homes in the Garden State to spend time at their own homes during the Chinese Virus Pandemic....that's right...you live in Brooklyn,.....you and your spouse worked hard and saved money to buy a summer home down the shore...….you pay exorbitant Property Taxes 12 month a year ( even though you only live in the shore community for 5 or 6 months a year), a bulk of your taxes go towards the school system ( even though you send your kids to school in Brooklyn) You are every much a Citizen of NJ as I am …….but our shared Gov doesn't want you escaping the City and riding out the pandemic in the less congested area of your summer home...…...
we have reached a point where law breaking illegal immigrants are more welcome than law abiding tax paying citizens.
someone asked me this morning " why doesn't the Kennedy Center just refuse to accept the $25 million that Nancy insisted on attaching to the China Virus Bill "
when I stop laughing I promise to address that...…...but seriously the negative press attached with that 25 million would make "most" organizations at least pause and try to take themselves out of the furious debate.....but not the liberal Kennedy Center.
I often talk about hypocrisy...….and I have often wondered on these pages how America would react to our next National Crisis...…….would we rally together like 9/11 OR would it sadly further divide us ?
I think the people of this Great Country are Still Great.....and the people look for ways to help each other and not to point fingers of blame......sadly our politicians thrive on and feed off discourse....the sow the seeds of anger and stir the pot of animosity, and I doubt that will change in my lifetime.
I consider the real quarantine of having started on Monday March 16th (when the bars closed) which would make today DAY 13 ……..stay safe, wash your hands .
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Friday, March 20, 2020
if the Rain comes
They run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes
If the rain comes (lennon - McCartney)
can't help but feel we are collectively hiding under our beds as the Federal Govt tramples our liberties to SAVE and Protect us from the FLU....the fucking FLU...……...what are they saving us for if in two or more weeks our Country will be unrecognizable ?
ENOUGH.
when does it stop ? lets follow the $$$ and the hypocrisy of our locally elected officials....let's use club Gato as an example.
Gov Mutphy says Club Gato has to shut down......and so Head Bartender Matteau Matteau is laid off.....and Gov Murphy says that the Feds should give him unemployment.....OK...….but as the owner of Club Gato I still have to pay rent....so Gov Murphy says the Federal Govt should give my small business an interest free loan so I can continue to make payroll and pay my rent...…..that's what is called throwing good money after bad …...continuing to pay bills to stay afloat even though we are closed and there is no revenue stream......so how about we tell the property owners and the banks to suspend rent collections and mortgages since we are ALL in this together ?...…...and the property owner in turn has a reasonable request...how about you forgive and suspend my property taxes so I can suspend rent collection and my tenant can use emergency funds to pay his staff ?
and that my friends is where I predict this Hysteria will end...….when the local Govts are asked to do their share instead of just holding daily press conferences and blaming the President....when they realize that there are NO sales tax being collected because nothing is being sold , no Hotel occupancy Taxes because the city is shut down, and when the pressure is on for them to forgive Property taxes to keep business alive OR God Forbid slash their own budgets to be more in line with the $$$ they collect.....THAT is when it will suddenly become OK to reopen Bars and Restaurants...….and I seriously think that we will hit that point next week.....and the Bars will slowly reopen the following week....perhaps with reduced max occupancy....and perhaps restuarants will be asked to reduce and spread out seating....and we can get back to being a country....and guess what ? a lot of people will get the Corona Virus....and guess what ? a lot of elderly people and those with underlying conditions will die.....but guess what ? That's OK...….that's normal.....that's the life cycle.....it happens every year with the regular FLU...….WE NEED TO MOVE ON !
nice side note......Nice move yesterday by the private sector automobile makers....Ford, Tesla and GM all said they would convert assembly lines to produce ventilators and or whatever was asked of them....that my friends is American Spirit......THAT is our Country Digging out of the Rubble....next step is let the healthy people Get Back to Work......keep my stimulus check.....give it to the folks who should stay home as a precaution....give to the unemployment benefits for those business that it's too late to save.....but let the rest of us save this fucking country before it is too Late....I would rather catch the disease and even die while doing my part for America than live with my head under the bed
I am a Pisces....we are optimistic people....I believe March 19 & 20 will be viewed in History as the days that America woke the fuck up.....let's hope I am right.....until then I leave you with the Beatles.
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes
If the rain comes (lennon - McCartney)
can't help but feel we are collectively hiding under our beds as the Federal Govt tramples our liberties to SAVE and Protect us from the FLU....the fucking FLU...……...what are they saving us for if in two or more weeks our Country will be unrecognizable ?
ENOUGH.
when does it stop ? lets follow the $$$ and the hypocrisy of our locally elected officials....let's use club Gato as an example.
Gov Mutphy says Club Gato has to shut down......and so Head Bartender Matteau Matteau is laid off.....and Gov Murphy says that the Feds should give him unemployment.....OK...….but as the owner of Club Gato I still have to pay rent....so Gov Murphy says the Federal Govt should give my small business an interest free loan so I can continue to make payroll and pay my rent...…..that's what is called throwing good money after bad …...continuing to pay bills to stay afloat even though we are closed and there is no revenue stream......so how about we tell the property owners and the banks to suspend rent collections and mortgages since we are ALL in this together ?...…...and the property owner in turn has a reasonable request...how about you forgive and suspend my property taxes so I can suspend rent collection and my tenant can use emergency funds to pay his staff ?
and that my friends is where I predict this Hysteria will end...….when the local Govts are asked to do their share instead of just holding daily press conferences and blaming the President....when they realize that there are NO sales tax being collected because nothing is being sold , no Hotel occupancy Taxes because the city is shut down, and when the pressure is on for them to forgive Property taxes to keep business alive OR God Forbid slash their own budgets to be more in line with the $$$ they collect.....THAT is when it will suddenly become OK to reopen Bars and Restaurants...….and I seriously think that we will hit that point next week.....and the Bars will slowly reopen the following week....perhaps with reduced max occupancy....and perhaps restuarants will be asked to reduce and spread out seating....and we can get back to being a country....and guess what ? a lot of people will get the Corona Virus....and guess what ? a lot of elderly people and those with underlying conditions will die.....but guess what ? That's OK...….that's normal.....that's the life cycle.....it happens every year with the regular FLU...….WE NEED TO MOVE ON !
nice side note......Nice move yesterday by the private sector automobile makers....Ford, Tesla and GM all said they would convert assembly lines to produce ventilators and or whatever was asked of them....that my friends is American Spirit......THAT is our Country Digging out of the Rubble....next step is let the healthy people Get Back to Work......keep my stimulus check.....give it to the folks who should stay home as a precaution....give to the unemployment benefits for those business that it's too late to save.....but let the rest of us save this fucking country before it is too Late....I would rather catch the disease and even die while doing my part for America than live with my head under the bed
I am a Pisces....we are optimistic people....I believe March 19 & 20 will be viewed in History as the days that America woke the fuck up.....let's hope I am right.....until then I leave you with the Beatles.
When the sun shines
They slip into the shade
And sip their lemonade
When the sun shines
When the sun shines
They slip into the shade
And sip their lemonade
When the sun shines
When the sun shines
Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine
Shine, the weather's fine
Thursday, March 19, 2020
While you were gone
these spaces filled with darkness
The obvious was hidden
With nothing to believe in
the compass always points to Terrapin ( Hunter/Garcia)
well it's dark out there but certainly not as bad as the media is playing it out to be, and if we learnt anything from Mama Cass and the Momma's and the Papa's we should know that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.
I have used this space to praise, promote and defend our dear Leader...but today I have to weigh in with a dissenting voice. The proposal to send over 500 billion in checks to every American is lunacy...not every American is in the same canoe....I am working from home, getting paid and maintaining my benefits.....I do NOT need a check for $1,000 at this time...….my thoughts, fears and concerns rest with the people that suddenly awoke to find themselves unable to work …..our bartenders, waiters, chefs, stadium concessioners, barbers, tour guides, hotel staff and all the industries that are being forced to shut down amid this Corona Virus...…..sadly a large % of these folks were working off the books and surviving on Tips ….these folks due to no fault of their own are in crisis....with Federal, State and Local Governments overreaching and trampling the Constitutions and ordering these places of business to shutter.
I suggest using that 500 billion to increase and extend unemployment benefits and to allow "off the Book" workers to file as well......that goes against everything I normally stand for, but desperate times call for desperate measures.... …..will there be fraud ? Yes an abundance......will the people that need it the most receive a helping hand or lifeline ? ? Yes they will......and so it must be done....let's get through this …..let that bartender file an unemployment claim and even though his employer may be illegally paying him off the books, offer them both amnesty and just get through this stretch...is that going to solve the cirisis ? no...….but as the richest and most advanced capitalist society we should set the example and show that we take care of our own......don't send me a check, it won't stimulate the economy if there is nothing open that I can spend it on anyway...….offer low or zero interest loans to small business, and take an ownership stock in the airlines, hotels, fracking companies and other larger business that need it...…...let us the billions in BUYBACK shares to post as collateral and when everyone has recovered let the Corporations buy the shares back from the Government at a profit for the American people...…….that's what the misnamed bailout of the financial system was really all about in 2008.....the Feds turned an incredible profit at the hands of Morgan Stanley and others...…...do it again where needed.
thta's my two cents on a dollar...and seriously I could sit here and type all day , but alas I must get back to work...……..there are brighter days ahead....Stay Calm & Drink On.
The sullen wings of fortune beat like rain
You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again
For good or ill again
The obvious was hidden
With nothing to believe in
the compass always points to Terrapin ( Hunter/Garcia)
well it's dark out there but certainly not as bad as the media is playing it out to be, and if we learnt anything from Mama Cass and the Momma's and the Papa's we should know that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.
I have used this space to praise, promote and defend our dear Leader...but today I have to weigh in with a dissenting voice. The proposal to send over 500 billion in checks to every American is lunacy...not every American is in the same canoe....I am working from home, getting paid and maintaining my benefits.....I do NOT need a check for $1,000 at this time...….my thoughts, fears and concerns rest with the people that suddenly awoke to find themselves unable to work …..our bartenders, waiters, chefs, stadium concessioners, barbers, tour guides, hotel staff and all the industries that are being forced to shut down amid this Corona Virus...…..sadly a large % of these folks were working off the books and surviving on Tips ….these folks due to no fault of their own are in crisis....with Federal, State and Local Governments overreaching and trampling the Constitutions and ordering these places of business to shutter.
I suggest using that 500 billion to increase and extend unemployment benefits and to allow "off the Book" workers to file as well......that goes against everything I normally stand for, but desperate times call for desperate measures.... …..will there be fraud ? Yes an abundance......will the people that need it the most receive a helping hand or lifeline ? ? Yes they will......and so it must be done....let's get through this …..let that bartender file an unemployment claim and even though his employer may be illegally paying him off the books, offer them both amnesty and just get through this stretch...is that going to solve the cirisis ? no...….but as the richest and most advanced capitalist society we should set the example and show that we take care of our own......don't send me a check, it won't stimulate the economy if there is nothing open that I can spend it on anyway...….offer low or zero interest loans to small business, and take an ownership stock in the airlines, hotels, fracking companies and other larger business that need it...…...let us the billions in BUYBACK shares to post as collateral and when everyone has recovered let the Corporations buy the shares back from the Government at a profit for the American people...…….that's what the misnamed bailout of the financial system was really all about in 2008.....the Feds turned an incredible profit at the hands of Morgan Stanley and others...…...do it again where needed.
thta's my two cents on a dollar...and seriously I could sit here and type all day , but alas I must get back to work...……..there are brighter days ahead....Stay Calm & Drink On.
The sullen wings of fortune beat like rain
You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again
For good or ill again
Thursday, March 12, 2020
if your memory serves you well
We were goin' to meet again and wait,
So I'm goin' to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late.
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell,
But you know that we shall meet again
If your mem'ry serves you well. (Dylan/Danko)
well today is a strange day.....let the record show for all eternity that society has collapsed on Thursday March 12th 2020.....as the Sant Johns Redmen were battling Creighton in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament...a noon tipoff before family and friends only.....the markets were in freefall over the Corona , My sharona, virus.....the markets dropped 2,000 points on the heels of a 1,400 pt drop the prior day......the Big Ten cancelled their tournament.....followed by the ACC......preceeded by the NBA....and the NHL was preparing to play in empty stadiums.....and the Johnnies played on, leading by as many as 8 points..……..Governor Cuomo banned events for more tha 500 people.....and Murphy said hold my beer.....and quickly banned events tallying 250 or more..... Lake Como NJ announced that they would be changing their name Back to South Belmar because they didn't want to be associated with Italy, and Corona beer said they would temporarily change the name of their signature beer to Limey Lagers......the markets halted....reopened.....and dropped again...…...the NHL then suspended the remainder of their season and the Johnnies went to Halftime with a 3 point lead...…..and then they Cxld the 2nd half.....and on and on it goes...…..major league baseball pushes opening day back 2 weeks at least......and still the dow tumbled...….not sure I can remember anything quite like this......had a similar feeling in the week or so after 9/11 with the constant rolling of sad news and losses....and a little like the credit crisis of 2008 with stocks falling and falling and falling......just weird and shocking...…..still less than 1,500 cases in a country of 300 million...….I still feel it will be the overreaction that is remembered and NOT the impact of the virus itself......what would be so terrible if the entire country had the flu for a week....we'd get over it , right ?....and so as I watch the post-market shows over a glass of delicious beer in club Gato, I feel a slight fever developing, but alas it might just be that I am too close to the Wheel.
This wheel's on fire,
Rolling down the road,
Best notify my next of kin,
This wheel shall explode!
So I'm goin' to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late.
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell,
But you know that we shall meet again
If your mem'ry serves you well. (Dylan/Danko)
well today is a strange day.....let the record show for all eternity that society has collapsed on Thursday March 12th 2020.....as the Sant Johns Redmen were battling Creighton in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament...a noon tipoff before family and friends only.....the markets were in freefall over the Corona , My sharona, virus.....the markets dropped 2,000 points on the heels of a 1,400 pt drop the prior day......the Big Ten cancelled their tournament.....followed by the ACC......preceeded by the NBA....and the NHL was preparing to play in empty stadiums.....and the Johnnies played on, leading by as many as 8 points..……..Governor Cuomo banned events for more tha 500 people.....and Murphy said hold my beer.....and quickly banned events tallying 250 or more..... Lake Como NJ announced that they would be changing their name Back to South Belmar because they didn't want to be associated with Italy, and Corona beer said they would temporarily change the name of their signature beer to Limey Lagers......the markets halted....reopened.....and dropped again...…...the NHL then suspended the remainder of their season and the Johnnies went to Halftime with a 3 point lead...…..and then they Cxld the 2nd half.....and on and on it goes...…..major league baseball pushes opening day back 2 weeks at least......and still the dow tumbled...….not sure I can remember anything quite like this......had a similar feeling in the week or so after 9/11 with the constant rolling of sad news and losses....and a little like the credit crisis of 2008 with stocks falling and falling and falling......just weird and shocking...…..still less than 1,500 cases in a country of 300 million...….I still feel it will be the overreaction that is remembered and NOT the impact of the virus itself......what would be so terrible if the entire country had the flu for a week....we'd get over it , right ?....and so as I watch the post-market shows over a glass of delicious beer in club Gato, I feel a slight fever developing, but alas it might just be that I am too close to the Wheel.
This wheel's on fire,
Rolling down the road,
Best notify my next of kin,
This wheel shall explode!
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Are they lost or are they found
Have they counted the cost it’ll take to bring down
All their earthly principles they’re gonna have to abandon?
There’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend (Dylan)
That’s my go to song these days, I think I want that played continuously at my wake....
So as I was enjoying a cool refreshing beer on one of NJT’s slow trains last night and contemplating the 2,000 point beat down the Dow took....I think figured something out that brought a wide smile to my face......on Sunday the Saudi Arabian dynasty choose to flood the market with cheap oil after an agreement with the Russians fell apart.....that sent global markets into a nosedive.......but President Trump didn’t seem bothered....in fact he tweeted that this was good news for consumers as Gas prices would drop......and then I thought about who would suffer the most from this oil price plummet?
Iran of course.....a regime already in trouble could possibly fall..... the Iranian people ( the non religious fanatics) are already furious with the revolutionary guard shooting down a civilian plane by mistake.......and the outbreak and coverup of the corona virus....coupled with the squandering of cash to fund hezbollah and other terrorist organizations , all while their infrastructure crumbles.....could this be the final straw that breaks the ayatollahs’ back ??
That would make the US and Saudis very happy....and if it further isolates North Korea and inflicts some financial hardship on the Russians ? Well those are just added benefits......perhaps 41 years after those scumbags attacked our embassy we will finally get that Regime change!
Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see
Wears a cloak of decency
All nonbelievers and men stealers talkin’ in the name of religion
And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend
All their earthly principles they’re gonna have to abandon?
There’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend (Dylan)
That’s my go to song these days, I think I want that played continuously at my wake....
So as I was enjoying a cool refreshing beer on one of NJT’s slow trains last night and contemplating the 2,000 point beat down the Dow took....I think figured something out that brought a wide smile to my face......on Sunday the Saudi Arabian dynasty choose to flood the market with cheap oil after an agreement with the Russians fell apart.....that sent global markets into a nosedive.......but President Trump didn’t seem bothered....in fact he tweeted that this was good news for consumers as Gas prices would drop......and then I thought about who would suffer the most from this oil price plummet?
Iran of course.....a regime already in trouble could possibly fall..... the Iranian people ( the non religious fanatics) are already furious with the revolutionary guard shooting down a civilian plane by mistake.......and the outbreak and coverup of the corona virus....coupled with the squandering of cash to fund hezbollah and other terrorist organizations , all while their infrastructure crumbles.....could this be the final straw that breaks the ayatollahs’ back ??
That would make the US and Saudis very happy....and if it further isolates North Korea and inflicts some financial hardship on the Russians ? Well those are just added benefits......perhaps 41 years after those scumbags attacked our embassy we will finally get that Regime change!
Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see
Wears a cloak of decency
All nonbelievers and men stealers talkin’ in the name of religion
And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend
Monday, March 09, 2020
I got the horse right here
His name is Paul Revere.........add Aquaduct racetrack to the list of Corona Virus victims.....,,2 men wearing surgical masks ( just like everyone else) robbed at gun point the cash collectors at Aquaducts Racino Saturday night and got away 250k.....that’s significantly more than Churchill downs stole from me in last years controversial derby.........authorities suspect an inside job....no shit.
Stock futures are off 1,200 points this morning as the saudis are flooding the oil market.....a seriously good buying opportunity for Exxon Mobil (XOM at $47) and British Petroleum ( BP at $26)
Stock futures are off 1,200 points this morning as the saudis are flooding the oil market.....a seriously good buying opportunity for Exxon Mobil (XOM at $47) and British Petroleum ( BP at $26)
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
johnnu hockey
no truth to the rumor that a Johnny Godreau Calgary Flame jersey ordered from the Wuhan Province for Sweater Nite 22 was the reason for the Corona Virus outbreak...…..truth is poor Donnie STILL hasn't received his sweater.
Nice 55th Birthday present yesterday......largest single point Gain in DOW History...…..
Nice 55th Birthday present yesterday......largest single point Gain in DOW History...…..
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