knock knock

 who's there ?

Ah

ah who ? 

AHHH HOOOOOO Werewolves of London, ahh hooooooooo

this is supposed to be a hockey blog eh ?

Sweater Nite 24 will be held on Sunday Afternoon the 20th of FeBREWary  at the hallowed grounds of Lief Eirikson Pub on 5th ave in the neighborhood once known as Yellowhook... in the borough of Churches and the birthplace of pizza. This is of course Presidents weekend and so some folks will be off the next day.

Interesting tidbit.....the NHL will be on hiatus because of the Olympics ....and because of the time difference between Brooklyn and Bejing, the Gold Medal game which will be played in the land of wuhan on Sunday afternoon,  will be aired live in the Unites States at 11:00 P.M. Saturday Evening .

so do we go out saturday night and watch the game in the Taverns and Beerhalls of 11209 ? or in the friendly confines of the Gregory Hotel ? In any event i am sure that NBC will replay the game sunday afternoon.......hopefully the friendly faces dressed in Red, White and Blue will be donning their Gold Medals by the time we arrive at PC's for the pregame skate.

Cracker Jack Steve Mac again holds the reigns as the Music coordinator , he's not sure if he's playing with The High Tides....ShaDumski ....or relinquishing the stage to local favorites Bobby Microwave and Colonial Road......either way we are in for a treat.

I'll of course expound more on the subject in the annual letter , but I hope everyone that does attend appreciates how special it is and how lucky we are to still have an institution like the  Lief  in our rotation. I can't walk into the Bar without thinking about Dano and the countless hours and fantastic times we spent there.....Super Bowls, World Series, Hockey Playoffs , Norwegian days, St Pat's parades.....very special place......proud to claim it as an integral part of my youth.

how bout some NHL chatter

my preseason pick to win the Cup took a hit when Joel Quinnville was forced to step down as Head Coach of the Florida Panthers after an a 7-0 ( now 8-0) start.....if you haven't heard the story.....google it........i'm too disgusted to repeat it......save to say that nobody who is who i thought they were.....Not Joe Paterno, not Bob Baffert and apparently not Joel Quinville........I still have faith in the ownership of Brooklyn native  Vinny Viola and wish the Panthers well.

another team of interest is the Carolina Hurricanes........as i continue to look for a retirement town in North or South Carolina , it would appear that the Blueshirt alumni has settled in nicely to the Raleigh Durham lifestyle.........The Mighty Canes dress at least 3 of our old Rangers in Tony Deangelo, Aanti Raanta and one of my favorites Derek Steppan.......the Canes also are off to a franchise record 7-0 start.

and lastly the Calgary Flames have caught my eye.....they came east and ran the table without breaking a sweat.....easy road Victories over the Caps, Preds, Rangers and Devils.....they are fast....they can score...and played solid defense on the road........Johnny Geaudreau (johnny hockey fm BC by way of New Jersey) and Andrew "the hungry window" Mangiapane , alomg with a Tkachuk and you have the foundation for winning hockey....we may see Geaudreau and Tkachuk for team USA in China....

anyway.......i thought it as time for some light hearted banter to keep this blog entertaining.....my dog Matteau who usually writes these posts is too consumed with politics lately.......drink up....it's saturday somewhere

all the words had all been spoken

 And somehow the feeling still wasn't right

And still we continued on through the night

Tracing our steps from the beginning

Until they vanished into the air

Trying to understand how our lives had led us there  ( Jackson Browne)

new day, same topic.....but an important one.....The FDNY held a significant protest outside of Gracie Mansion yesterday protesting the city's vaccine mandate.....this truly is a critical juncture for this city and everyone that lives here, works here or intends to one day visit. 

It's redundant to say, but i will anyway....everyone outside of the criminal element breathes a little easier, feels safer and is reassured when we see the men and women in BLUE on the streets , in the subways , outside a sporting event, patrolling a park or driving through their neighborhood.

As someone who has worked in many buildings in lower Manhattan....some new, some ancient with archaic elevators , narrow stairwells and faulty elevators.....some high rises....some enviable targets for those that hate us......i was always trepid when working in these buildings, it was and is my nature.....but i always volunteered to be the fire warden and looked forward to my first fire drill where the FDNY would send out an expert to walk us through the safety features and detail what steps to take in an emergency.....truthfully i always felt that all i had to do was be lucky enough to survive the blast or collapse or being engulfed in smoke long enough for the Fire Dept to arrive ( and their response times have always been off the charts) and that i would be okay........and that's exactly what happened on 9/11... a fella my own age opened the door to the 4th floor of tower one and told me it was safe to proceed down the stairs despite the rising smoke  and to take everyone with me ......we went down to safety, he went up to the next floor.

I kind of wish that i was still working in manhattan, so that i could organize a protest amongst my fellow workers , to pressure my company to pressure the city and end this mandate ( or else we wouldn't report to an unsafe work environment.....because make no doubt about it......everyone in the city will be less safe come monday)

I think back to the dark days long ago , March 2020.........i like millions of others were told to stay home....lock the doors, wash your face and don't touch your hands......i'm still home.

The essential workers were told "hey, you took an oath to protect and serve, now get back out there or else"

now these same folks are being told "hey, we don't need you , get the jab or get out"

The saddest part is that we have allowed a lame duck mayor to exert so much power and influence. This is not right, this is not the only answer, we have alternatives, there is no need to draw a line in the sand, daily testing and or less public facing roles for the unvaccinated should be an option......and it would be if this was truly about public safety....but alas it is not, it is about power....I am apoplectic with rage at the very real possibility that 26% of our Police and 32% of our Fire Dept will loose their jobs and are being put in this position.....painted as the enemy, portrayed as the problem, all lumped into one negative stereotype. this isn't a problem searching for a solution......the answer is there...but the powers that be don't wish to fix this, they wish to tear it down.

Our Favorite Garbageman Craig Pazarecki just called and reminded me not to  forget the Sanmen that clean the streets and sweep up after our mess....unfortunately i had already hit post.......better luck next pandemic SDNY. 

How long have I been sleeping?

How long have I been drifting alone through the night?

How long have I been dreaming I could make it right?

Young man Rhythm's

 got a hold of me too

I got the rocking pneumonia

And the boogie woogie flu  (Johnny Rivers)

Staten Island State Supreme court judge Lizette Colon ( diversity) gave NO REASON for blocking the PBA's request for an injunction on the city's vaccine mandate. This is a decision that may lead to thousands of Police and Fire being blocked from going to work this Monday if they are not vaccinated. This is a decision that will put the entire city in harms way.......this is a decision that demands a REASON.

Covid has been with us for almost 2 years.........Vaccines were fast-tracked for emergency use 10 months ago.....and the majority of the nation has chosen to get vaccinated. The constitutionality of these mandates will eventually be decided by the SCOTUS......so again i ask the tired question....Why at this point in time would we draw a line in the sand, quite possibly an illegal line, quite possibly a line that can physically harm or at the least  morally compromise the vaccine recipient ? And if these vaccines are for everyone's good, even if people are too stubborn or stupid to see that; then why not mandate that EVERYONE in public housing or receiving public assistance ( unemployment/welfare) get vaccinated ? why does this only apply to those employed by the city ?

Gov Murphy's chief of staff was caught on camera telling someone that the Gov was waiting until after the election to impose his own mandate....."ya know, because the independents and undecided are all about my rights and that shit"...........when reached for comment the Gov attacked the person who made the recording.....seriously.........if it were not true he could have squashed the entire discussion by declaring he would NOT impose a mandate.....the fact the he instead attacked the video as a trap tells anyone that cares what his intentions are.

Herschel Walker is running for Senate in Georgia. I was eyeballing his twitter account and boy did he receive some ugly, ugly responses. A lot of people are loosing their religion over his candidacy......in case you have not followed him, Herschel is a common sense conservative black man , born and raise in Georgia, he loves his country and is concerned with its current direction......fair enough right ? Great to see a vibrant, successful, middle aged black man taking an interest in his community and offering his opinions, vision and service to his home state.........oh........but he did support President Trump......and unfortunately not just as a voter....but as someone who has known Donald for 40 years....someone who worked for Donald.....someone who by his own admission baby sat for Donald's children when he played for the NJ Generals and Trump was the owner......and here's the killer.......someone who insisted that Donal Trump is NOT a racist.........well now, we can't have that...........mixed in with his twitter feedback was a lot of support from all folks, but mainly white America........it lead one fellow with the handle Denny Forrest @ Sweaternite to comment......"look at all these white racists supporting a black man, maybe it's the message and not the color of his skin"

 I was feeling, so bad

I asked my family doctor just what I had 

and the only sound that's left

 After the ambulances go

Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row  (Dylan)

on this miserable rain soaked tuesday, let's take a break from politics to talk some sports.....and my personal favorite punching bag....the little ten.

the big ten and the writers that cover the conference have it all figured out.......if we put as many of our teams in the top 25 as we possibly can, then whomever emerges from Conf play with have a nice resume of wins over ranked teams.....that's the only way you can explain it........the schoole themselves seemed to have figured out that strength of schedule means little or nothing, so there is no reason to schedule a tough non -conference opponent.......all power conferences play powder puff games, but the little ten seems to be shying away from any real non conference ranked teams.......and sadly when they did play someone with a pulse it didn't go so well.

Ohio State lost to Oregon at the Horseshoe  , Whisky lost to ND , Nebraska lost to Oklahoma, Purdue lost to ND, .......even the wins weren't against this years top teams....Penn St beat Auburn, Michigan State beat Miami, Iowa beat Iowa St  and Mighty Michigan beat an unranked Washington team , but at least it was someone from a power conf .

still...somehow ...this conf has 4 teams in the top 9......this week #6 Mich plays #8Mich State....and the winner will have an impressive victory over a top 10 opponent......Penn State.......lost to Iowa ( Iowa got crushed by Purdue)....Penn State lost fo friggin Illinois....in happy valley......and in 9 ot's.....PSU could not convert on 7 straight two point conversion attempts.......and this week when Ohio State beats them by 50 it will count as a win over a ranked opponent.....somehow PSU is still ranked #20.......who knows....maybe if they get enough style points they will leap frog Cincinnati and make their way into a playoff spot.......i am not a big ND guy.....but they don't shy away from a tough schedule....some years like this years, their opponents aren't having great seasons....but in fairness the schedule is made years in advance.......so far they have beaten power Conf Opponents USC, Whisky, Purdue, @ Va Tech,  @ Florida State, they still have to play 4 more in UNC, Virginia, Georgia Tech and Stanford...... their breathers come against Toledo and Navy ( not exactly Fordham and Villanova who Nebraska and PSU played ) and so far their lone loss was against the #2 Cincy Bearcats........good enough only for a #11 ranking .....i think every team on their schedule has been ranked in the top 25 at some point over the last 5 or 10 years

anyway i suppose i should just sit back and enjoy it while we still have it......Coach Huggins on the basketball side at WVU says it makes no sense that the power conferences continue to share revenue from the NCAA mens basketball tournament with the likes of Robert Morris (NEC) and any of the other smaller conference champions that qualify for the Tourney ( Never mind the fact that these schools continue to show on the court that they belong....ie Loyola)....it's all about revenue Huggins says......the power conferences should walk away from the NCAA mens tourney and hold their own tournament amongst themselves and sell the rights to CBS and keep ALL the Money.........translation ?  Fuck Cinderalla..........but at least he's honest, even if his opinion is unpopular.

***i am a little too upset to even talk about Fauci sponsored experiments on dogs...maybe tomorrow , all i can say is that when i sit in the yard with my Pooch, it reinforces my strained belief in a higher power**

Right now I can’t read too good
Don’t send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row

Mother, should i run for President ?

 Mother, should i trust the Government ?

Mother, will they put me in the firing line?

Ooh
Is it just a waste of time?   (Roger Waters)

***Millions of dollars of steel sit rusting on the Texas side of the border......steel that was bought and paid for with taxpayers dollars to build a wall at our southern border .......a wall that Joe biden cancelled contracts unlawfully and the US Government will have to continue to pay for work that is not being done.....all because senile Joe bows to the progressive left and wants millions of illegals so stroll across our border monthly as lifelong voters for the democrat party......heh, they are loosing black support with every election so they have to replace them...

*** the same US Government just authorized $500,000 to build a fence around Joe Bidens summer Home in Rhobeth Beach Delaware....

the Philly DA says it's just not true that people were videotaping a homeless man raping a woman on the subway in Upper Darby.......he argued that some people got on the train after the assault began and may have thought the sex was consensual, but although "Nobody" tried to stop it , they certainly didn't take out their phones and tape it........at the end of the very same press conference...when pressed by reporters....he admitted that prosecutors have new video of the attack that was given to them by riders on the train....   ummmm...okay then.

jenn psaki mocked Peter Duecy fm Fox over his questioning of president biden visiting the border......turns out biden was driven across the border a few years ago....so take that America.....she also angrily asked "what would he do there anyway " ? ( i can think of a million things, maybe show support and pledge more assistance to the Americans serving as Border Patrol).....she argued that to go to the border now would be nothing More than a photo Op..........when reminded that the president said at his town hall that "maybe i should go" , she moved on to the next topic without comment......okay then.

on a bright note.....i am delighted for the people and the business community of Atlanta.......after being robbed of the All-Star game because of Georgia's  common sense voter reform by MLB....thye now get some revenge by hosting the World Series........would love to see Rob Manfred have to hand them the World Series Trophy in Hot Lanta...with all those fans doing the tomahawk chop.......fun fact...you still can't attend a broadway Play without a photo id.....fucking racists....

this past Sauturday in the Redrock we got together for a Memorial Service to remember 2 regulars from the brannigan/Redrock crew......Dan Mccurdy and Michael Del Priore......very well attended event ....lots of great stories and ice cold beer.....it was nice to see so many old faces back in the stomping grounds in Redbank....Cheers

andlast but not least.........bidens nominee for Comptroller of the currency...Saule Omorova ; is an unabashed communist....no really.....she went to school in Moscow and did a thesis on Karl Marx ( not nearly as funny as Groucho or Chico) ....she praises Russia and condems the USA for gender pay discrepencies......she openly spews her hatred of the Banking system and was even opposed by her future Boss Janet Yellen ( herself a bayridge leftist progressive scum).....she eants to privatize the banking system and have the government instead hold your deposits and offer you checking and bill pay.....gee , what could go wrong there.......and so in closing i remind all the Ostrich's that were scared of Trumps mean tweets, the ones that put their heads in the sand and voted for biden or threw their votes away.....the blood is on your hands when this carcass of a nation collapses.....

Ooh baby
Ooh baby, of course mama's gonna help build the wall

 

i hope you get the connection

 'cause I can't take the rejection

I won't deceive you, I just don't believe you  (n. young - revolution blues)

happy friday friends, romans and countrymen.......looks like a great day to drink a 30 pack in the yard under the guise of work.

let's start at the top.......our demented president held a town hall on CNN last night and said Police, Fire, Teachers and medical staff that refuse the vaccine sb fired........i wonder how the unions that ushered him into the whitehouse last fall feel about that ? Mandates are working he whispered awkwardly into the camera...... cringe worthy tired act....vaccines are for your own good........fine....then why not mandate that anyone in public housing or receiving govt aid has to be vaccinated ? why only professions like Pilots, Police, Fire, and doctors and nurses ?  also known as white trump supporters......my advice to those people is keep your job, get the shot , and immediately hire a lawyer and plan to sue whomever mandated you to do so......in a few years the supreme court will rule mandates illegal and you should be entitled to a few sheckles.....

sticking with our beloved NYC civil servants.......hows your pension ??  did you know that yesterday debozo and AOC held a press conference to announce that all city pensions will Divest from any fossil fuel related stocks over the next few years and instead invest in green companies ?  that means blue chip stocks like Exxon, Chevron, and Con Ed will be sold off..........say goodbye to market appreciation and robust dividends......and will be replaced by the likes of obamas favorite "Solectron" ....thats the california based solar panel company that took 100 million grant from obama.....and then filed for bankruptcy  .....so now, in effect; bozo and AOC are acting as your financial advisor and deciding how to invest your retirement savings.

AG merrit garland went to the hill yesterday and lied to the American public when he danced around using the FBI to go after Parents that were protesting the teaching of the Citical Race Theory ( thats the blame whitey horsehit that is todays kids are being brainwashed) in truth he referred to them as Potential Domestic Terrorists..........ps....his son in law is on the board of a company that pushes the CRT training in Virginia and other states.............anyone smell hypocrisy ?

and i saved the best for last......on 2 or 3 occasions....Rand Paul and the gindaloon Fauci went at it on the hill......Paul insisted that the NIH funded "Gain-of- function" research......thats is where they take a virus and weaponize it in a lab so that they can learn how it mutates.....Paul said the NIH funded this type of research in Wuhan on Bats and that is what lead to the Covid Pandemic..........Fauci said NO......over and over.........the last time he testified Sen Paul reminded Fauci that he was under oath and even offered the Ginny Shit an opportunity to change his prior answers, Paul reminded Fauci that lying to congress was a crime.....to which the Dago doctor said "the only one lying is you"........

last night the NIH admitted in a letter to the House oversight Committee that a "limited experiment was indeed conducted" .........................to which the mainstream media reported cricketts in the fields ..........zero, zip, nada............so the origins of the disease that they have been reporting on ad nauseum for 18 months may have come to light.....or at the very least......the doctor that has been pushing his own agenda and driving the country off a cliff has been caught lying to congress.......and all the media wants to talk about is Alec Baldwin and brian laundries teeth...................and so i turn to cold beer and rock and roll , as i have my entire adult life but especially these past 18 months.......at least i don't have to get on the train .

 I got the revolution blues, I see bloody fountains

And ten million dune buggies comin' down the mountains
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars

still the searcher

 must ride the dark horse,

racing alone in his fright. ( N. Young)

NYC is in freefall, that is not even up for debate.

Crime is up exponentially .......unprovoked crime in the subway system is Off the charts.

the streets are a dangerous freeway of mopeds, electric scooters and bicycles flying around in all directions, mowing down pedestrians at will. Automobiles scoff at traffic lights and speed restrictions....i haven't been in manhattan to witness this, but if the liberal slime at 2, 5 and 7 begrudgingly report it , i am sure it's even worse.

Murders, shootings, stabbings and Rapes all on the rise.........big time Corporations are listening to the workforce, the delay in returning  to the office is more about crime than it is about covid,,,,i haven't spent a nickel in jersey city or hoboken since this all began , and pre pandemic i was good for $100 a week in the train station deli alone.

so why ? WHY ?? would you enact a vaccine mandate on ALL municipal workers at this time ( Cops, Fire, EMS, Sanitation ). no following of the science.....not even allowing a dialogue about natural immunity for those who have survived covid , everyone is the same, everyone has to get vaccinated by nov 1....that's what debozo is expected to announce today.  

lets not forget that debozo is cut from the same cloth as obama.......desperately wanting to change the fabric of this nation, obsessed with racism and wealth distribution.....well what better or faster way to do that than to fire hundreds or thousands of experienced WHITE males & females and replacing them with minorities........ sound far fetched ? did you know that the "Build a better Taliban" bill has $$ set aside for a $25,000 gift to first time home buyers ??  not every first time home buyer , just minorities ( according to Larry Kudlow and i don't dispute) whites need not apply. Did you know the federal farm bill has $$ earmarked with encouraging preservation of farmland ? not every farm, just minority owned farms......white America not only allowed this to happen, they actively participated and then went on facebook to celebrate the stolen election.

totally off topic but worth mentioning.......i have down what i professed i would never do....i have dipped my toe into the imaginary pool of crypto-currency, i have invested in the greyscale bitcoin express.......shirley now it will all collapse......i figure we'll all be dead soon God willing....Uncle Sam can't steal my money if i squander it all away on bitcoin......does anyone know when Mescaline will be legalized ??

Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself

When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell?

Tell me why

Tell me why

the Change it has to come

We knew it all along

We were liberated from the fold, that's all  (Townshend)

after blogging about American skepticism about the fast track china flu vaccine, i decided to do a little more research on the great London plague of 1665......a clear cut example of politicans under pressure grasping for straws and then holding those straws as gospel truths.

 in the aftermath of the plague they concluded that fleas on rats were carrying and spreading the disease, but that was to late to save many bowsers and fluffies..

.in 1665 by mid  July over 1,000 deaths per week were reported in the city of London . It was rumored that dogs and cats spread the disease, so the Lord Mayor ordered all the dogs and cats destroyed. it is  estimated that 40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were killed. The real effect of this was that there were fewer natural enemies of the rats who carried the plague fleas, so the germs spread more rapidly.

The nobility left the city for their estates in the country. They were followed by the merchants and the lawyers. The Inns of Court were deserted. Most of the clergy suddenly decided they could best minister to their flocks from far, far away. The College of Surgeons fled to the country

By June the roads were clogged with people desperate to escape London. The Lord Mayor responded by closing the gates to anyone who did not have a certificate of health. These certificates became a currency more valuable than gold, and a thriving market in forged certificates grew up.

Anyone in constant contact with plague victims, such as doctors, nurses, inspectors, were compelled to carry coloured staffs outdoors so that they could be easily seen and avoided. When one person in a house caught the plague the house was sealed until 40 days after the victim either recovered or died 

yep, what goes around comes around......and those that do not study and learn from history are doomed to repeat it......today we live in a world that choses to censor or rewrite history, and that my friends never works......todays politicans are counting on a lethal combination of stupidity and apathy .....common distractions and grand jestures and misdirection.....whats the old saying, fool me once shame on you , fool me twice and i must be a fucking idiot......

And the world looks just the same

And history ain't changed

'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

she said "there is no reason"

 and the truth is plain to see " ( Keith Reid - Procol Harum)

and yet today the truth is but an illusion.....remember when everyone used to get all worked up over President Trumps tweets ? well weds sleepy joe's chief of staff retweeted a comment from a liberal economist that claimed inflation was just a high class problem......first, tell that to anyone that has gone grocery shopping this past 6 months......i don't think groceries are considered high class....but even better (or worse) was Jen Psaki's arrogant , juvenile dismissal of the tweet.....her nervous school girl giggle (like camel toe) and asking if 2 tweets make it more so........and then insisting the White house isn't monitoring the Chief of staffs tweets....silliness.....its below them........but It's Not.......they can move the goal posts everyday ( and they do) , they can rewrite the rule book weekly ( and they do) but everyone knows if anyone in the Trump Administration retweeted such a "Tone Deaf" arrogant opinion on inflation it would be again, grounds for impeachment.

and politicians that lie for a living.....that take hypocrisy to newer depths daily, that embody the rules for thee, not for me lifestyle.....these same scumbags can't understand why the public is skeptical about a vaccine that they are pushing down everyones throat......go figure.........remember when Cuomo, Harris and Newsome all said that they would never take a vaccine that Trump has anything to do with....and now that same vaccine that was fastracked under President Trump under operation warped speed is being put upon teachers, pilots and medical professionals...........someone sent me a great text yesterday.....a very fair question was raised......if Biden wants everyone vaccinated..and Biden insists the vaccine is for our own good ( even if we are too stupid or brainwashed by bad guys to realize it) and if Biden is such a champion for the minorities........why doesn't Biden pass one of his Mandates that anyone accepting social services, welfare, unemployment, etc etc get vaccinated ...or....NO CHECKS .......seems like a no brainer to me..........lets take it one step further........why aren't the 100,000 illegals crossing the border each month getting vaccinated ?  or at the very least tested ?? but no...yesterday Maria B revealed that over 90% of these new illegals are being granted parole status.....which is like a green card....it means that they can legally apply for work .........and we know what comes with work....yep a slew of entitlements..........all this while the materials to finish the wall......materials that were bought and paid for by the American taxpayer; sit in pile of rust on the Texas border and legal contracts are being broken by the Federal Govt.

And so it was that later

As the miller told his tale

That her face at first just ghostly

Turned a whiter shade of pale

you say it's your birthday ?

 it's my birthday too yeah  ( Lennon - Mccartney)

pensive would describe my mood yesterday.

anxious  ?  perhaps

i waited and waited and waited....i kept checking my phone.......but no messages were incoming.

was verizon down ? did i loose my connectivity ?

surely someone soon would send me a birthday message celebrating the 246 Birthday of the Worlds Greatest Navy ........nope

i wore my Navy Polo shirt and went to dinner at the beach.....surely the bartender would notice and offer salutations.......nope

oh well.....maybe if i am still around for the 250th birthday.

side note....insanity 2021....the Rolling Stones have retired their hit song Brown Sugar following backlash.......backlash from whom and for what is not clear.......even Keith Richards says he wants to know where the "Sisters" are coming from on this one......the song talks about a slave owner that whips the girls around midnight down in new orleans, but certainly doesn't glorify that.....oh well...thankfully Jay Z has not retired songs like  2 many Hoes....Niggas in Paris....and Big Pimpin ...and will not change lyrics like " I got 99 problems, but a BITCH ain't one".........whew, that was close.

Te Jean Caddotte was unavailable at press time to comment on whether Shadoobie will follow suit on Brown Sugar.........Mac's comment had something to do with track work near Schermerhorn St causing delays on the A,C, R, Q and G lines.......well ok then.

Joe Gruden had to step down as coach of the Raiders for a "racial Trope" that appeared in one of his emails from years ago.......the good news is he is now free to call everyone a NIGGA and a HOE and grab his crotch ...as long as he does so at the Halftime show @ the super bowl.

Yes we're going to a party party

Yes we're going to a party party

Yes we're going to a party party

they took all the trees

 and put em in a tree museum ,

they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see um. (Joni Mitchell)

lot of discussion lately about tree equity....seems the biden administration wants to include $$ in their spending bill to plant trees in poor neighborhoods.....

so NYC , which funds 70 agencies and employs 300,000 workers and has a projected budget of 98.7 billion for 2022 ....that city needs Federal funds to plant more trees in the projects and crime ridden neighborhoods.

so cities like NY and San Francisco , which made dramatic cuts to Police Budgets and insisted that community outreach deserves those funds , these cities and their community outreach groups can't find a few scheckles to plant trees in poor neighborhoods.?

you know how many trees i have planted on my property in the last 20 years ? 23

you know how much federal funding i received ?     exactly.

but hey, that's government, that's the swamp.....why open your own wallet when you can get some sucker to open his....but as margaret thatcher said...the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of others peoples money to spend........the united states of america has quite possibly passed the point of no return......we are the fatted calf being groomed for the slaughter......i don't think the next generation will be ready, willing or able to answer the bell when it tolls......big tech companies like twitter and facebook control the messages and have censored the opposition....google has vowed NOT to work with the US Military.....if you are China or Russia , why waste a nuclear bomb on the continental US ? just sit back and wait...........we have stopped oil exploration and pipelines on our soil and begged OPEC to produce/sell us more oil......only we could do that to ourselves....Russia and China couldn't do that to us.... we have given away our oil independence and are nearing the great collapse....first a civil war and then extinction........ i hope if a martian colony someday finds this blog in the CLOUD , you will understand that some of us down here DID see what was happening....we saw the great fall before it happened , but we were too busy watching the Real Housewives to do anything about it.

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

 

the funniest thing was

 When I was leavin’ the bay

I saw three ships a-sailin’ , They were all heading my way

I asked the captain what his name was, And how come he didn’t drive a truck

He said his name was Columbus

I just said, “Good luck”   ( Dylan 115th dream)

today the biggest lie of the fake media nation will be on full display.

The gindaloons and cheesemakers will be marching down 5th ave with their flags and drums.

a total miscarriage of justice that in the year 2021 our country is still celebrating this man.

no, i don't give a rats ass about the redskin savages that were too weak to protect their own land...the whiskey drinking indians who would gleefully trade the isle of manhattan for $24 and a few blankets.

chief knock-a-homer and chief wahoo.....the..."Where the Heckowee" tribe or any of the other beloved mascotts of their silly culture, marlon brando, pocohantus and me.......that's not the issue.

THE FACT is that on October 9th the true founder of AMERICA is always celebrated by those in the know. The Greatest Explorer of them all, Hail Lief Eirikson found this continent 3 or 400 hundred years before  the gondola driver from naples....(Brendan the explorer never made it past the Aran islands off Galway) Lief...we knew he was from Norway cause his head couldn't fit through the doorway......i am proud to say i have drank in his bar and park for many many years.....

HAIL LIEF

The man says, “Get out of here

I’ll tear you limb from limb”

I said, “You know they refused Jesus, too”

He said, “You’re not Him

china doll, alcohol,

 duality , mortality

Mercury rules you and destiny fools you
Like the plague, with a dangerous wink
And there’s no time to think  (Dylan)

more betrayal, more indignation,  how can i possibly be on the wrong side of everything ?

i used to believe the bullshit that the catholic church was selling with regards to the Pope and infallibility. 

but yesterday i saw Francis having a heartwarming one on one with nancy fucking pelosi...the queen of abortion rights....murderer of the unborn, slaughterer of the defenseless....and well quite frankly if the catholic church is willing to look the other way for the likes of pelosi and biden then the catholic church is dead in my eyes....i believe in jesus , but not the church that was founded in his name by men....organized religion is the cause of most wars, organized religion is the biggest problem on the planet....live a fair honest life, treat everyone with respect and show empathy to the less fortunate....that's all i believe in.....the rest of their horsehit can take a hike....and francis can rot in hell with the rest of the pedophiles and crooks.

the head of homeland security is urging congress to cancel all open contracts for the border wall.....the head of homeland security is urging congress to make Our Homeland Less Secure...you too mayorkas....you too can rot in hell.

the whitehouse  and joe biden vowed to make the Border Patrol officers seen doing their jobs on horseback pay...pay for what ? for doing their jobs ? the whitehouse made great fanfare around their announcement to launch an investigation...i wonder how they will bury the results that vindicate these officers....probably a friday afternoon press release....shh....nothing to see here.

as i watch the baseball playoffs and secretly wish that a suicide bomber would takeout half the stadium, i find silver lining in the once hated braves of Atlanta winning the east and hopefully advancing all the way to the world series.....i would like nothing more than to see that POS Manfred have to attend a world series game in the city he robbed of the All Star game...all because of voting laws that required a photo id....meanwhile liberal broadway and all of these summer concerts required a photo id and proof of vaccination to enter....and bob fucking weir cancels 2 concerts in Florida because he doesn't like desantis and he's afraid of the china flu but he gladly played citifield, Philly and Wrigley field with upwards of 40,000 people in attendance....yep, i would like to see manfred have to hand the braves the WS trophy while a packed stadium does the tomahawk chop.......you too manfred can rot in hell for your sins.

Socialism, hypnotism, patriotism, materialism
Fools making laws for the breaking of jaws
And the sound of the keys as they clink
But there’s no time to think

turn up the TV

 no one listening will suspect,

Even your mother won't detect it

No your father won't know

They think that I've got no respect

But everything means less than zero ( Elvis Costello aka Declan Mcmanus)

America thinks they have a social media problem and of course we do.....but the crisis at hand is one of Parenting or a lack thereof.......teenage girls feeling worthless because of instagram ?

who gave them the phone ?

who told them to sit in the corner and play video games ?

who used them as photo ops and vacation props to impress the neighbors ?

Yes, social media is an addictive disease that is crippling a generation , but it starts at home.....parents propping up their kids and posting glorious updates, creates at atmosphere where normalcy  is not an option......nobody wants to see a post that little johnny's team lost 10-0.......or that little suzie pigtails didn't get a ribbon for participation....and the so called adults are at the center of it all.....this undying need / thirst for positive reinforcement .....this crying out to be accepted or "LIKED" is pathetic.......as the late great John Barlow would say "just cause you said it, that don't mean that it's so".

it's time for this generation, to pick themselves back up, put down the fucking phones, and live your lives.....set that example for once.........i too am guilty......my Pal Matteau has complained to me that he feels exploited by my posts on Instagram....he feels the weight of the world trying to live up to the high standards that Gravey set........i told him he should close his account.

I ain't burning, Lord, I'm still only learning

How to become a man of my own.

Just want to find out what's right and what's wrong.

I ain't crazy, all the world keeps on turning,

I'm still trying to find out what's right and what's wrong.

I ain't crazy!

the usual suspects

 Thanks to those that carved out some time and traveled great distances to raise a glass and share some tales and ales about an old friend. It wasn't easy, it never is, but to those that drove in for hours, or took multiple trains and ferries,for those that rearranged their work schedules or took a day off,  Thanks. It was a great afternoon and in some cases and an extended evening, i think the Chairman of the Board would have appreciated our collective efforts .