watch out now, take care

 Beware of greedy leaders

They take you where you shouldn't go
While Weeping Atlas Cedars
They just want to grow, grow
Beware of darkness (Geogre Harrison)

Although the ink on the deal is not dry, and we are still dealing with leaks and nobody knows for certain what the final deal will look like......i have to say the POTUS is making a critical mistake if he follows through on any deal at this point.

I am very dissapointed with the Donn.....i hope he proves me wrong, but it sure feels like he is following in the steps of Bush and Obama....right off the cliff.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has more power now than before this conflict started in late February ( if thats possible) stories coming out of Tehran tell of the militia and IRG cracking down on the people....enforcing the Hijab rules, jailing and killing citizens for no reason, taking control of food and money........the clerics that are trying to make deals with the great satan are NOT in charge.....they will roll over immediately to save their own necks.

We have come this far.......fuck the deal, fuck the midterms......it is time to start wiping out the IRG, destroying the infrastructure and providing small arms to the general public so that they can finally rise up and challenge the powers that be.......level the playing field.....back off....and let their civil war play out.......think i'm crazy  ?  

The only time the Iranian war machine was quiet or held in check globally was when they were preoccupied fighting Iraq for 10 years........no money or time to spend on fighting Israel and everyone else.......but of course the first of many critical mistakes by the USA was when George the father drummed up and ignited the Persian Gulf War...........Iran must've thought they were dreaming.....the Great Satan in America wiped out their heated rival next door............as Mick Jagger would say, they found someone to do their dirty work, found some sucker, found some jerk......and not coincidentally in the early 90's is when the Iranian proxies sprouted up.....Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi Rebels. If they have a civil war on their hands, they will not have time, money or energy to pursue nuclear weapons or sponsor attacks in the Middle east.

If Trump signs a deal it will bail out the bad guys.......nothing will change.....it will be just another rain delay in the great nuclear weapon ballgame...it will send/reinforce the message to both enemy and allies in the region that the USA does not have the stomach for prolonged conflict....for all his bluster , Trump is just another cut and run Biden clone if he signs a deal.

We should be assembling a coalition of Arab nations to step in and rebuild the country after we cripple Kharg Island.....the CIA should be on the ground working with/creating an opposition leader to take the reigns when the dust settles......but i am afraid we are doing nothing........i am afraid we will sign a meaningless deal.....lift some sanctions....and walk away.........and the Clerics and the Army will be twice as strong as before......and the people of Iran will dare not rise up for another 100 years.....the darkness in the desert will be twice as bleak, and our partnership in the region will be viewed as a curse......I hope Trump has the courage to admit this and do everything in our power to prevent this.........but like most Americans......my patience is running out.

side note....to the talking heads on the business channels that see no down side to the Administration taking Govt Stakes in Publicly traded companies.....what could go wrong ?   well the most obvious problem will be when the next Democrat becomes POTUS....and then increases the govt steak to 51% (with your tax dollars) and then decrees that the board of directors need to be woke, blue haired females and trannies..........yep, what could go wrong with the Govt ( any Govt) getting involved in the private sector ?  Lord help us.

2+3=BEEER

Beware of sadness
It can hit you, it can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what we are here for

In a soldiers stance

 I aimed my hand

At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I’d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach (Dylan)

Watching the Knicks game 3 of the NBA finals and i was getting aggravated and quite frankly sick to my stomach. The false idol worshipping of Patrick Ewing and his era of Knick underachievers....they went to the finals twice and lost both times.....his entire tenure was one of high expectations and bitter disappointment. Broken promises and worthless, laughable guarantees.

Now i am old enough to remember the 1973 Championship team very well, and i am grateful that my brothers woke me up for the 4th quarter of the clinching game from Los Angeles, after midnight on a school night.....and i was lucky enough to go to a half dozen reg season games at MSG and sit in the Red Seats that year , compliments of Pfizer pharmaceutical ......but the real era for me came soon thereafter......in my teen years i was blessed to watch perhaps the Greatest Knick of them all.....or at the very least a stone chiseled member of Mt Rushmore.

Bernard King was the best i ever saw wearing blue and orange.....he did not have the supporting cast that Frazier, Monroe, Bradley, Reed and Debuscherre had.......he had to carry the Team and he did.....the bigger the game, the better opponent, the higher stakes........the brighter he shined.......I specifically remember the 1984 playoff run......he broke fingers on each hand and played the last week of the season and the playoffs with soft casts and fingers taped together......imagine having to live like that ?  imagine trying to dribble a basketball or shoot around.......now try to imagine doing that against Parrish and Mchale............after knocking off the Mighty Pistons by avg 42 points a game and shooting 60% from the floor, MR King carried the Knicks up to Boston.....in an epic 7 game series against the eventual champs....Bernard avg 29 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.........with their backs against the wall and facing elimination in game 6......He scored 44 points and willed the team to victory.

I watch the Knick fans today, fighting each other and the Police in Bryant Park and Times Square and i just can't relate.......the night of that game 6 in 1984 I was in the Old Imbiberie Pub.....we did not have MSG or Cable in Brooklyn yet and so the game was NOT on Television........so they muted the televisions and put the Knicks on the Stereo Radio.........we hovered under a speaker at one of the high tops and listened time and time again as Marv Albert punctuated each of Bernard's shots with his signature YES !!......King drives the lane , YES..........Bernard from the corner, YES......Bernard with a running one hander, YES !......it was the greatest game i never saw.........i went onto you tube TV about 15 years ago and finally found the extended highlights of the game......heart stopping, breath taking, a one man show..........they went up to Boston 2 days later on Palm Sunday , on the fabled parquet in a Garden matinee ; they came up way short......Bird went Off and Bernard was double and triple teamed....Truck Robinson and Rory Sparrow couldn't help at all....the C's of course went on the defat the lakers and win the Title......but i still feel that Bernard was the best player on the court that spring and he should've been the league MVP.

I wish this current team well......hopefully they can get it done.

today is June 10th......41 years ago this morning I left Brooklyn for the Great Lakes Training Facility.......where does the time really go ? 

2+3=BEEER

 My pathway led by confusion boats

Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

i'm out here

 a thousand miles from my home
Walkin’ a road other men have gone down
I’m seein’ your world of people and things
Your paupers and peasants and princes and kings (Dylan)

next month i am going to see MR. Bob Dylan in concert in Wilmington.......on the under card he has 73 year old Lucinda Williams, she is recovering from a major stroke a few years back and can no longer play guitar...but she still sings.......followed by the 75 year old Jimmy Vaughan, he had a triple bypass 3 years ago and last year had a battle with cancer..........and finally, the headliner;  85 years young Mister Zimmerman has been around for more than 1/3 of this Countries 250 years.....think about that ...amazing

He has contributed the soundtrack to the lives of more than a few generations of Americans and keeps right on chugging.....i think back to the early 1970's in my parents house, listening to Bob Dylan on the stereo, well before the bicentennial , never imagined that after the semi-quincentennial i would be seeing Bob in concert in North Carolina.......life is strange.

I think of all the other times that i have seen him live......i think of all the times i played his music on a jukebox in a bar......or listened to his music standing around a keg in the park, or the Top of the Stairs or at the beach....of all the old friends that bonded over his lyrics and or laughed over his quirks and quotes........i have zero expectations for the music....whatever we get will be greatly appreciated and accepted.....i just want to have a few beers and the near the stage, along the Cape Fear River, and take it all in...

Here’s to the hearts and the hands of the men
That come with the dust and are gone with the wind

well the last thing i remember

 before I stripped and kneeled

Was that trainload of fools bogged down in a magnetic field
A gypsy with a broken flag and a flashing ring
Said, “Son, this ain’t a dream no more, it’s the real thing”  (Dylan)

if you have not accepted it yet......if you refuse to believe how dire the circumstances are......if you are still rationalizing that this is just a phase......a bad case of TDS.....and that the Demonrats will soon come to their senses.....i have to tell you....it is none of the above.

Yesterday in the Garden States 12th Congressional district primary, the demonrats selected adam hamawy as their nominee.

 In 1991, Hamawy (then a medical student) took a 13-hour road trip with Omar Abdel-Rahman ( The Blind Shiekh)  to attend a Detroit conference where the cleric delivered speeches about jihad. Later, during the cleric's 1995 terrorism trial for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Hamawy testified as a defense witness for the sheikh.....he denied ever hearing the sheikh speak about jihad , and when the prosecution presented the text of that speech that was given in Detroit to hamawy, he claimed it was a misunderstanding or it was taken out of context......the seeds of the first Trade Center bombing were planted in 1991 during that trip to Detroit....and 1 of the 3 people in that car is going to be elected Congressman from NJ. The other person in the car was an FBI informant (Emad salem) that testified that Omar spent the majority of the ride trying to convince the informant to assassinate Hasni Mubarak.

In 1994, Hamawy volunteered with the Benevolence International Foundation, an organization that was later shut down and designated by the U.S. government as a covert front for al-Qaeda.

 During a 2002 raid on BIF's Bosnian offices, authorities discovered weapons, false passports, an Al-Qaeda organizational chart, personnel files of fighters trained by bin Laden, and early foundational notes of the terror network. 

Hamawy secured high-profile endorsements from prominent progressives like Senator Bernie Sanders, and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib. 

this is really it.....we have allowed our borders to be compromised, our education system to become a brain washing experiment and our media to stand guard and reinforce the false narrative........our votes and our intentions no longer matter...WE are the insignificant minority in the Northeast.......i include myself in this because i too allowed it to get this far.....it feels like it is time for the right to start encouraging the mentally ill on our side of the fence to take up arms...you know....they way the left sends infantry line after infantry line over the hill to attack and try to kill the Trumps and Charlie Kirks, the Police and ICE agents,  maybe it's time the moslems got a taste of the anti Semitism that flows freely on the left.......but if it happens , there will be no turning back.....i don't support violence or violent rhetoric...(except in the NHL) but a wise old t shirt once screamed the obvious "Go Down Swinging"

 Señor, señor, let’s disconnect these cables

Overturn these tables
This place don’t make sense to me no more
Can you tell me what we’re waiting for, señor?

The best is always yet to come

That’s what they explain to me
Just do your thing, you’ll be king
If dogs run free  (Dylan)

Fresh off a successful jaunt to Raleigh and feeling good about the Canes chances verse Vegas.....at the start of the playoffs i questioned their defense and goaltending .......i no longer do.........I must admit that should they loose, i will be very happy for Coach John Tortorella.....the beloved former Blue shirt coach.

The Lenovo Center was a gem......they had 2 makeshift bars in the parking lot at the main entrance to the arena and were slinging ice cold cans of Beeer for $5....and since were staying in a hotel we did not have a car or cooler....so this was ideal.......once inside the place was impressive.....felt much smaller than the 18,500 capacity.......we sat in the upper tier in the St Patrick section (317)..........sections 318 & 319 were removed last year and replaced with an open air VIEW BAR with a railing overlooking the ice....pub tables, and flat screen TVS along the walls.....and amongst other things they were serving STORM BREW on Tap.....The Raleigh Durham brewery brewed this beer especially for the arena and Canes fan were allowed to pick the name.......we stayed in a Ramada on the campus and a short walk from the arena.....great experience.

Saw a hysterical interview with Doctor Jill......obviously she has a new book coming out and so now she's talking......she swears that during Joe's debate meltdown she thought he was either drugged or having a stroke.........now most ordinary citizens know; if a person is having a stroke, time is of the essence and every minute counts............so what did Doctor Jill do ?    she took Joe to the Atlanta Waffle House in the middle of the night to shake hands with the natives.......and the next morning she paraded him onstage and praised him for "answering every question" from the night before.......hmm......dam video evidence is hard to argue against.....guess she wasn't too worried about that so called stroke she thought he was having.

Mandani....the Mayor for ALL of NEW YORK......will become the first sitting Mayor to skip the Israeli Day Parade since its' inception in 1964....i hope the tarlovs of the world are happy.......but hey.....when someone tries to tell you WHO they really are......you should listen.

POTUS has accepted an invitation from Jim Dolan to attend one of the Knicks games at MSG in the finals.....must see TV.......hopefully be brings  Tom Homan and has ICE arrest Wemby during the pregame shoot around.

This morning me and my Pal were taking a stroll along the golf course as the sun came up.....he really took his time...sniffing everything....taking it all in......we both watched golfers stretching and prepping by the first tee box....envious perhaps of those that are on the front 9 of life....while we both are somewhere between 17 and the clubhouse........slainte....breathe it all in.....enjoy what you can.

True love can make a blade of grass
Stand up straight and tall
In harmony with the cosmic sea
True love needs no company
It can cure the soul, it can make it whole
If dogs run free

 

going down the road

 feeling bad.

don't want to be treated this way (Trad: GD)

Big win for the hometown Canes last night..........an Overtime W in the Bell Centre in Montreal to remain unbeaten on the road in these playoffs...........5-0 away from Raleigh........10-1 overall in the postseason.....total domination...........i have tickets for game 5 at the Lenovo Center on the campus of the NC State Wolfpack..........it will either be a pivotal game 5 in a 2-2 series.....OR.....Dare i say......a chance for the Hurricanes to capture the Prince of Wales trophy and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals...in any event, Raleigh sb Rockin....and it seems as though Taylor Hall is on a mission to finally raise the Cup....God Speed.

don't want to jinx the Golden Knights, but up 3-0 and things are looking really good for Johnny Torts...a class act, sorely missed by most of Blueshirt Nation......

I'm reading that zohran the idiot is opposed to watch party's around the city for the Knicks during this historic run at a title......he says they are too loud and disruptive.........he is however a BIG proponent of watch party's and relaxed restrictions around the city for the World Cup soccer next month( even though NY is not a host, but NJ is) ....just another example for the argument that he is hellbent on tearing down the old city and replacing it with 3rd world ideals....one big arab bazar and toilet bowl........everyone smoking Hookah and peddling fake watches............hopefully ICE is resting up for a blitzkreig during the World Cup.

I am a little surprised at the ongoing negotiations in Iran.....but i am not conceding.......POTUS and his entire cabinet are headed to Camp David tomorrow for a cabinet meeting.....I have to believe that if Iran does not capitulate to the deal that includes surrendering their uranium and giving up the notion of a Nuclear weapon, and does say by today or tomorrow.......i still feel the Big Hammer is going to drop......these iranians are not reasonable, they see themselves as martyrs, let's make it so........they are hoping that our congress eventually stops funding the military.....not that far fetched......i think Trump really wants diplomacy to prevail, but even he must admit that you can't trust or negotiate with these people....it's way past time......they still think WE are the paper tiger.....let's dispell that notion and dispell a few hundred thousands skulls while we are at it.....

2+3=BEEER

Going where the water tastes like wine
Well I'm going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
I don't wanna be treated this a way

There's a battle outside, and it's ragin

 It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls

For the times they are a-changin’ (Dylan)

As i sit here on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, i am both wishing i was in BAR A and also a fly on the wall of the situation room. I think somewhere in the next 24-48 hours the US will strike IRAN and strike them very hard. I Believe Sen Wicker from Mississippi was on the mark when he criticized and warned POTUS to NOT make a deal with Iran (as they can never be trusted) and to instead "Finish" the job that was started.

Trump said on Friday that he was NOT going to attend Don Jr's wedding on Saturday because he felt the need to remain in Washington, and also on Friday the Dir of National Intelligence abruptly resigns to care for her husband that is battling cancer...........but we also know that Tulsi Gabbard is the loudest anti-war voice in the cabinet........coincidence ?   maybe not. 

In any event.....i think after a long cease fire and talks that are going nowhere, it is time for Trump to raise the stakes, attack their energy plants and make the Iranian public uncomfortable.....this is war, not chess.....it is time to go after the Revolutionary guard and start wiping entire divisions off the map.......he can't risk any more defections and another war powers vote;  after yet another recess.....i fully expect the hammer to drop this weekend.

say a little prayer for the Carolina Hurricanes tonight if you can......i have tickets for game 5 next Friday in Raleigh......so long as the Habs don't sweep.

2+3= DEATH to IRAN

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’