somebody got murdered

goodbye....for keeps....forever (The Clash)

70 shootings this week in the 5 boroughs ( that we know of) and the body count keeps rising.
So to is the chorus to defund or abolish the Police and absolutely remove them from the schools.

In an ironic twist that is so juicy the mainstream media forgot to report it, the City council in Minneapolis ( the folks that are in the process of ABOLISHING their Police Dept)  have hired a PRIVATE security detail to protect them from what they say are death threats. Let that sink in...….the people that are  insisting the rest of their city DO NOT need Police....have in fact hired PRIVATE police for themselves on the taxpayers dime...…...kind of like ol Green new Deal Deblasio being chauvered in an SUV by a Police security detail everyday from Gracie Mansion to the his old Gym in Prospect Park...…...say it with me HYPOCRISY.

in an interview that CBS NY had the balls to air....the Head of the Union for the NYPD school safety unit stated that 90% of their members are Black or Brown and that 70% of them are women. He went on to say that the teachers safety will be jeapordized by removing his officers from the NYC school system and he would not be surprised if a good deal of them quit...……..the union President btw is a Black Male...….you would think all of the networks would love to interview a man of color , a man who has risen through the ranks and is the President of a law enforcement union.....but that doesn't really fit the narrative.

I will leave you with some good news tho…….after a dust up with a crow in the backyard ( Matteau Matteau actually had the bird between his paws before he flew away) Matteau seemed to hurt his front leg......but he went to the VET and passed his physical with flying colors......although it seems he has put on a few pounds since his annual checkup in March.....we'll chalk that up to quarantine poundage....

This is how I spend my days
I came to bury, not to raise
I'll drink my fill and sleep alone
I play in blood, but not my own  ( Dylan ) 

the town that Billy Sunday could NOT shut down

Chicago....Chicago...….my kinda town. (Sinatra)

wow, that was fast.....21 people shot over the last 24 hours in NYC...…..one peaceful citizen was washing his car in broad daylight in Da Bronx when a "bad apple" walked up to him and shot him in the head ( caught on surveillance camera, great stuff)……...for some strange reason the news stations didn't release the names of any of the people shot …...how are we supposed to make posters and placards ? how are we supposed to "SAY THEIR NAME" ……..why didn't abc or cbs interview any of the grieving widows, mammy's or baby mamas of the dearly departed ? didn't any of these shooters get the message that Black Lives Matter ? do we need to have more marches ? do we need to break some ore store windows ?

in a truly ironic twist......the guy who fell asleep at the drive through in atlanta….the husband of the year and dad of 3 who grabbed the cops taser and pointed it him while resisting arrest …..well it turns out he had a 29 year old WHITE girlfriend …….and SHE is the one that burned down Wendy's in the aftermath of his fatal shooting …...can't make that up.

back to NYC.....Mayor debozio says he will put more "resources" into conflict mediation in Crown Heights, Canarsie and Jamiaca Queens...……..sometimes the quote itself is so humorous that I don't have to add any flavor...….thanks Bill.

as Ralph Kiner would say....today is fathers day , so to all you Dads out there "Happy Birthday"

Oh come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

when the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love  ( Dylan) ^ I oft times live in the past and reflect on significant dates, events, months etc from a prior time.....I daydream and mentally travel back in time and can clearly recall what I was doing, what I was feeling , even what I was drinking 5, 10, 50 years ago......it's a blessing and sometimes a curse. ^ this being June, I tend to recall the most dramatic 2 junes of my life.....1985 and June Carter Cash.....no, not the 2nd one.....we'll get to that. ^ each morning at Boot Camp we were roused out of bed at 5:30 and had about 90 seconds to be fully dressed in the uniform of the day and get out on the grinder in formation (the Grinder.. that's where we marched, and marched and marched). And each morning while we were forced to stand at attention without flinching for a few minutes, we would stare straight ahead into the abyss....or in this case at a row of bushes before a chain link fence and a dirt embankment that rose about 5 feet high and there sat the "railroad tracks"...……...and every fucking morning  we stood there , a prisoner of Uncle Sam, stripped of our liberty, unable to make even the simplest of choices ( like when and what to eat or when to go to bed or get up) a programmed robot.....molded and brainwashed....but the one thing they couldn't take away was our ability to think...…..i don't know what my fellow meatheads were thinking as you wouldn't dare speak or confide with anyone.....but i remember every morning approx. 5:37 or 5:38 the Roar from the North...…..the ground would shake...….and a silver bullet train would fly by on those tracks......and i knew where that train was headed. ^ for 10 or 15 seconds as that train roared by it became to loud to hear the drill inspector barking commands so even they would take a respite from their never ending spew...….and i would do the math in my head ….( ive been here 8 days....i have to be here 56....so i have 48 to go etc etc) and I would tell myself that I would survive....i would get by.....and when i did ?  I would be on the motherfucking train for CHICAGO...…..and the beer would be cold and flowing...….and the closer i got to the end.....the wider my grin....and that warm embrace that Dylan sings of ? i could feel it engulfing me. ^ it matters of course what's happening in the world today....the hopelessness and despair that is being spewed at us on a daily basis...like a drill instructor reminding you that are pathetic and a prisoner....but as Dylan also said.....let me forget about today until tomorrow...…….me ? i'm not burrying my head in the sand.....I do watch the news and read the paper and worry about my white male nephews and great nephews and their children....and all of my friends and their children and grandchildren...some serious shit out there......BUT.....i also wait for that train.....usually now around 2:15 (thanks to work from home)….and that Roar is usually the Grateful Dead or Mr Dylan on the Stereo.....and i have that cold refreshing glass of beer in my hand.....and i sit in the yard and i dream.....and for a few seconds i can't even hear the work computer chiming or beeping or whatever the fuckin noise it makes...….i live for those 10 or 15 seconds...……..we'll talk about that other June tomorrow. ^ The storms are raging on the rollin’ sea
And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

18 MONTHS

in a juvie facility....must serve 6 months.....that was the incredibly harsh sentence handed down to the 14 year old BLACK male that stabbed WHITE college student  Tess Majors to death in Morningside park...…..I wonder if BLM will chant her name ? they can't chant his because it was sealed because of his age...…...all this on the heels of the NYPD dismantling their undercover unit......the NYPD will no longer be proactively preventing crime but rather showing up on the scene to take a report after a crime has been committed...…..hello Chicago, here we come.


I am curious.....when Rashard brooks passed out drunk behind the wheel of his car while idling in the drive through of Wendy's …...who called 911 and why ?...…..was it a fellow African American waiting for their chicken sandwhich at 11:00 at night ?  Why didn't the Community handle this ? why didn't the concerned citizen in the next car approach the sleeping Brooks and knock on his window ? perhaps they were afraid to approach this man , but why call the Cops to do their dirty work and encounter this drunk ? we all know the answer.....I think it's time we start making the 911 calls and the person that calls in the "emergency" public......let's see the BRAVE protestors who hide behind their cellphones and call the Cops when someone passes a funny looking $20 bill .

I can't help but here Cheap Trick playing over and over in my head.

Surrender
Surrender
But don't give yourself away
Surrender
Surrender
But don't give yourself away

They used to grow food in Kansas

Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw ( Dylan)

I can see the headline from 2030 now.......Navy rushing attack too much for the drone like defense of the Space Force Academy as the squids roll through the 18th round of the ncaa eternal playoffs....For the Midshippeople it’s on to the University formerly known as Clemson ( now known as the Stymie Buckwheat Woke Academy) and for the space Force ?? It will be a long , quiet flight back to MARS to regroup for next year.

Lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too

don't get up gentlemen, im only passing through. (Dylan)


wanna know why there were no protests, marches, outrage and looting when college student Tessa Major was mugged and stabbed to death by 4 black teens in Morningside park ?

Because it's a pretty common occurrence...….sad yes......shocking no...…...remember the outrage when they tried to shame the dead girl by saying she was trying to buy weed ? me neither.


wanna know why cities like NY and Chicago and Los Angeles got so worked up over a man being mudered ( yes, murdered) by a Police officer in Minnesota ?  because it's so rare......the media unwittingly admits how rare it is when they recount 2 other cases this year of blacks being killed by whites , not even cops...just white people ( Arboury and that other girl who's name I cant even bother to look up)

Truth is anyone who saw the video of George Floyds death should be and was outraged, anyone who grew up in Brooklyn has also had a run in with a scumbag Cop, they exist and they are not all racists....some of them are just scumbags ( hardened by the job perhaps or just born that way). some of them are nasty bullies to everyone they encounter.

Truth also is that anyone who abides by the law ,and follows the norms and mores of society; appreciates, needs and defends the men and women of our Police Departments...…..without them we do not have a country.


I was arrested years ago for assault...…..while handcuffed an Imported Rican female Cop got in my face and was spitting with anger...she told me "this ain't the wild west, you can't go around beating up your neighbor" ….she was very tough with me in handcuffs and 5 male cops standing behind up......I was extremely drunk.....you know what I said in response ?  not a fuckin word.....because even in a drunken state I knew better......I was under arrest....and what do you do while under arrest ? you comply with the arresting officer and nothing else...…….

I went to a school that had the motto "The Truth shall set you free".....it's true, I was exonerated of all charges ( no contest actually)…...but the big X should amend that quote...…."the Truth and a Very Expensive Lawyer shall set you free"......that was 15K I will never get back, but worth every penny…….point is start drinking early everyday and wash yer fucking hands...…...sorry I forgot that Corona Virus is Old news...………..speaking of that...true story....in the 3rd race yesterday at Belmont.....PRIONER beat FAUCI by 2 lengths.....let's hope that a sign of things to come.

People are crazy and times are strange
I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range
I used to care, but things have changed

the enemy i see

wears a cloak of decency ( Dylan)

in the last 48 hours....two religious leaders have turned to the media to condemn the President of the United States for visiting religious sites under their purview. The both apparently can see into the Presidents heart and have the ability and the right to JUDGE his actions and motives...….impressive. Maybe, just maybe Mariann Budde ( the Diocesan Bishop for the Episcopal Church ) and Daniel Gregory ( the roman Catholic Arch Bishop of Washington) should use their powers to see into the hearts of the protestors and identify the few bad apples that are really there to loot Sneakers and Cell Phones.....that would be a great help to the Police...…...OR maybe just maybe they should be in the streets stopping those rascal bad apples from setting their churches on fire , maybe they should go the heart of the protest and share Jesus word instead of sitting on the couch, watching TV and being a Tuesday morning QB on social media.

maybe just maybe this is why so many people....myself included....have walked away from organized religion......man corrupts....we know this....the message of God is no different.....man corrupts, twists and uses the word of God to improve their own station...…the Catholic church has forever had it's hand out and in your pocket...….read the bible, follow the 10 Commandments and just live a good life.....try to make a positive impact on society......and try not to be a negative impact...…...it's okay to Hate the Islanders, but don't hate your fellow man......you can dislike those that have harmed you, but get your blood pressure up over people you have never met and probably never will...….and if it's all too confusing...….listen to the words of Tom Waits

Cause jesus gonna be here
Gonna be here soon
Well I've got to keep myself
I've keep myself faithful
And you know that I've been so good
Except for drinking
But he knew that I would
When I'm gonna leave this place better
Than the way I found that it was

And jesus gonna be here
He gonna be here soon

oh, what did you see my blue eyed son

Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall   the seeds of revolution / civil war have bloomed. I know now for certain that this nation will never be united , it must be divided. There will never be harmony , there has to be a separation between the 2 main opposites....not black & white...….conservative and liberal......it won't be easy ...one will rise and one will fall into decay and ultimately they will clash.....and ultimately one will destroy the other.....if Russia and China were smart they would attack us tonight....we will never come together again...…..do you honestly think a business owner who was forced to shut down by the government for 3 months , pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and now when a sliver of light appears on the horizon....a group of protestors destroy your store, your building, steal your merchandise because they can and because the same govt that shut you down appeases THEM and the Police can not be found....do you think that business owner will ever be united with those that destroyed him ?    # Hindsightis2020   I wonder if I can get a trademark on that hashtag ? 

Murphy’s law

As we talked about back in March.......it’s always about the almighty dollar.......the politicians dollars not yours.........Gov Murphy vetoed a bill that would have allowed small businesses to suspend their rent payments for 3 months.......so he ordered businesses to close and now insists that they still pay their rent......with what?  Personal savings?

But the ironic part is in his remarks on why he vetoed.

Murphy said the bill shifts the financial pain from small business to commercial landlords “ who may not be relieved of their own obligations to pay mortgage payments and property taxes”

And why not ?  Because that’s Murphy’s money..... that’s his magic money faucet....he acts as though he doesn’t have the authority to suspend property taxes on landlords so that they could in return suspend rent collection from businesses the Government overreached and illegally shut down.

I wish I could say that I was surprised

Somethings burning baby

Are you aware?
Something is the matter, baby, there’s smoke in your hair 
What’s your position, baby, what’s going on?
Why is the light in your eyes nearly gone? ( Dylan)

I have been a staunch defender of the police on this page for ever, but there’s no excuses for the murder in Minneapolis....... the man was subdued and in handcuffs.....whatever ensued did not require placing him face down with a knee to the throat for 7 minutes....whatever he may have said or tried to do is irrelevant....he was already in cuffs.

Something is missing from the story I think......Floyd was accused of trying to pass a counterfeit $10 bill .....seriously? Who would even check on a $10 bill.......first cops on the scene were calm.....handcuffed him without incident........the cop who murdered him had to have a history with this particular person.....it’s the only explanation.......not an excuse or a defense, but an explanation.

In short, the cop with the knee should have been arrested day 1.......even as the investigation continues.

hockey revisited

leave it to the NHL to over complicate everything...….they have decided to go straight to the playoffs but because the Blackhawks, Canadiens and Rangers were all OUT of the playoffs on the final day they have decide to expand the playoffs to 24 teams ( because to be honest, nobody gives a shit about the rest of the league) ...…...the top 4 teams in each conf will play a round robin tournament against each other in order to get back in shape and reseed...…...the next 8 teams in each conf will play a best of 5 series to advance to the traditional playoffs.....strange yes.....but now here's the tricky part...….the #12 team in the conf would normally miss the playoffs and be eligible for the Draft Lottery.....maybe that's what they would prefer too......so the league has set up a potential 3 rounds of weighted lottery balls to determine the draft order to include the teams that are not in the top 24 and the teams that loose in the first round........sooooo….potentially a team like the Penguins.....#5 in the conference ( pretty good team) could get knocked out in the elimination round ( after a 3 month hiatus anything is probable let alone possible) and end up with the #1 pick in the draft.... …..the whole idea of the lottery was to prevent teams from tanking at the end.....well since they are not playing the last 20 games of the regular season that point is moot......why not just set the draft order based on the standings of March 12th in reverse order....let the worst teams pick first , move the draft up to next week and get some attention from the sports starved populace ?  I guess that would make too much sense...

From the ridiculous to the sublime

The Belmont stakes will be held on June 20th as the “First” leg of the Triple Crown and the distance has been shortened to a mile and 1/8th ( down from its historic mile and 1/2.......there will be no fans......the Kentucky Derby will be held on Labor Day weekend.....this feels like a never ending Acid    dream......

And if you are watching SNY replays of the 86 series...... I have a funny feeling the Mets will turn things around up in Fenway

shotski

from the first Saturday in May.....to the Worst Saturday in May...…..all the bourbon rattling in glasses and the lasses in the Derby Bonnetts......where are they now ? this pandemic has sucked all along....but today it's personal...…...before the world shut down I was ready to announce SHOTSKI as my Derby Pick......let's see if he is even in the field come labor day weekend.

In the moonlight....in the midnight

If you ever feel sorrow for the deeds you have done
With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun
And the ocean is howling for the things that might have been
And that last good morning sunrise will be the brightest you've ever seen.

Lord keep an eye out for a good friend named Danny Mccurdy, you called him this morning, he will be missed terribly here in the Redrock and greater Redbank area....A good man , a funny sob, a kind soul.

Rest In Peace Danny.....Gene Mumford was the man and I’ll take that to my grave.

sometimes i don't know where

This dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin'
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just waitin' around to die  ( Townes Van Zandt)

well friends it's not that dire, but such an awesome song that sums up Corona 19 for so many, that I just had to use it.

Truth is , what we talked about in mid March has of course come to fruition. Gov Cuomo went to D.C. yesterday for a meeting with the President and by all accounts it went well......except for one quote by the NY State Governor that caught my attention. Cuomo praised the paycheck bill that was approved last night but then he asked a frightening question...…"it's great to support little business and allow them to continue to pay their employees but what about funding for Police ? what about funding for Fire Depts and Schools ? "

First...let's differentiate……..small business ( bars, restaurants, nail salons, etc etc) were ordered to close because they were deemed Non Essential.....that decision was made the by the states and cities ( ie walter Wilhelm)...in some cases absolut Draconian measures were taken.....in some cases personal animas came into play and local governments decided to close gun shops because hey....they don't like guns...….their decisions were not to be questioned and or debated......out of an abundance of caution they knowingly closed their states......even forbid evictions......even encouraged Mortgage Bankers to allow a 90 day deferral ( no mention of property taxes, but that's a different story) ...in any event they ALL went before the cameras to defend their decisions...ok...…..and when the President talked about restarting the economy they shouted him down...….and reminded him that it was under THEIR Authority to reopen their states....NOT the Federal Govt......ok.

Police, Fire, Transit  and School Teachers are deemed essential and have remained open and continue to get paid...…..problem is the magic waterfall the funds the never-ending pool that pays everyone has been turned OFF...…..Taxes, Taxes, Taxes.....that's where the secret $$ comes from....and when you close your state you turn off the spigot .

And so now we will begin to hear the trickles from Gov Cuomo that States like NY and NJ ( that Tax everything to Death and still manage to spend more than they could ever take in  ) for the Federal Govt to somehow fund these states...……….well just like Nancy and Schmucky Schumer insisted that any Company that accepted Govt $$ would have to allow Govt oversight ( no dividends, Bonus payments or Stock Buybacks and other ridiculous restrictions like adding minorities and women to the board of directors,,,not because they are qualified, but rather just because)….I say if any of these states are given a DIME , then their future budgets must be balanced and approved by the Fed Govt and they MUST repay every single penny...……….

This pandemic could not have been imagined a year ago......but the Civil War it may ignite has been talked about on this blog for many a years...….

now.....more importantly....the question at hand.....should I kill myself NOW,  or wait until A-Rod buys the Mets ? ?

Together we're gonna wait around and die
Together we're gonna wait around and die

Fun facts to raise your blood pressure

Under the ridiculous CARES Act.......Hedge funds can and have applied for Loans ( under the definition of a small business) and online Gamblers in Nevada can classify themselves as self employed independent contractors and file for unemployment.....not a joke.

silver linings

it's not always easy to find some good news in the midst of a global pandemic , but let's what we can do on this day 35 of quasi isolation.

• "it's like that song about the twelve days of Christmas, without the stupid pear tree and all those birds" that was how Steve McEvoy described the unintended benefit of FREE golf at the abandoned Dyker beach Golf Course...…"there was no backup on the 10th tee box and there's always a backup on 10 ! , and they don't even chase you off during the week, just hop one fence and your good to go".....that was until the NY Post did their exclusive expose about scofflaws playing free golf...….ah , but we are staying positive this Friday so let's focus on the long suffering golf playing public of South Brooklyn enjoying a months worth of Fast, Cheap , worry free golf...and did I mention it was FREE.

•  Recipe Exchange: I participated in a recipe exchange yesterday and after much trepidation decided to share my secret recipe for Peace, Love and Understanding...it's a recipe that has been shared for generations on the shores of bayridge, The Schoolyards and 76th street stairs all the way to the Promenade at Riis Park and Breezy Point....enjoy
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• Step 1 ) place 30 to 60 cans of beer in an ordinary cooler 
  
  
  
  Step 2) place two bags of Thomas Ice ( or equivalent) on top of the beer
  
  
  Step 3 ) turn on the Grateful Dead channel 23 on Sirius ( very loud)
  
  
  Step 4) allow beer to sit in melting ice for a spell
  
  
  Step 5 ). Drink an ice cold beer.
  
  
  Step  6-60) repeat step 5. 

•  Lastly.....today marks 3 weeks of shutdown at the new Belmont arena construction site. As previously reported the arena "live cam"  depicts at least 5 Tee Pees on he grounds , as a small tribe of Shinnecock Indians have relocated to the site and claimed the land for their ancestors, the builders for the site Sterling Equities ( aka Jeff Wilponzi and the Metropolitan baseball team) are seriously considering filing for bankruptcy to take advantage of Federal Bailouts. This coupled with the loss of revenue for the last month of the season has pushed the hockey club to their own precipice of Chapter 11....we did reach out to John Ledecky for comment last night but it was the busy time for the Local Chicken Delight where he picked up a few shifts making deliveries and he was out on a run and could not be reached...…and as hockey withers and dies on the vine  our Commander in Chief has vowed to get Baseball back on the field...as the President said and i qoute " I'm tired of watching Baseball games from 14 years ago" us too Mister President.......us too.  

it's awild Thyme

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 .

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.

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