Wake of the Flood

 Laughing water, 49

Get out the pans
Don't just stand there dreaming
Get out the way, get out the way

Here comes sunshine
Here comes sunshine  (Hunter-Garcia)

The footage from the flooding in Nepal is a not so subtle reminder that Water is the strongest force on the globe....Water covers 71% of the earth  surface.....water extinguishes fire....and water ruins a nice glass of whiskey.

not defending Zuckerberg or Face page.....but this settlement is crap....Madison Avenue spends 24 hours a day trying to come up with ad campaigns that convince people watching television that they cannot live without the products they are pitching.....millions of entrepreneurs spend their life's worth trying to create a product that can capture the imagination of the consumer and hold them for a Kings ransom....the objective of every business in a Capitalist society is reel in as many customers as possible and to crush their competition......to hold FB financially responsible just because they did IT better than anyone else is shameless money grab.

NJ will get close to $700 million......will they invest in roads or paydown their debt ?  no, they will create a new State run agency to combat social media addiction....i wish i was kidding......i wonder if Zuck regrets giving $100 Million to the Newark School System over 20 years ago ? 

NVIDIA blew away the estimates with their earning release last night....stock is up over 7% in after hours trading....still a bargain at $225 a share.

lots of chatter lately about Data Centers....my feeling is that although they are unsightly, ugly warehouses.......they are essential to the AI future......local communities can use this opportunity to pull themselves out of debt and even fund some of their pet projects, they can put in reasonable guardrails that ensure the DC's are energy self sufficient and not a drain on the grid, insist that they use non drinkable water for cooling, and they can prohibit them from buying farmland or open spaces to build.....one idea that seems like a no brainer to me would be to force these data centers to occupy/convert abandoned shopping malls or outdated warehouses or yesterday's factories......but the one truth that cannot be denied is that if these municipalities get greedy and have unreasonable demands.....well the private sector is always two steps ahead of govt jugheads......they will build the DC's in the desert, underwater or as Elon suggests; in outer space....they will utilize mini nuclear power plants and will keep all their Coins to themselves....and the stupid politicians will blow another chance to save their sinking ships.........i hope when the Martians are reading this is 250 years, they will leave a comment and tell me if i was right or wrong. 

Stay tuned for an exciting offer from Sweater Nite......we are finalizing the Design for some Blisstock T-Shirts ....we will be donating the proceeds from the sale of these shirts to a worthy local Bayridge Institution.....John Duffy's alma mater; The Guild for Exceptional Children....i hope to have the link to order shirts by tomorrow.

2+3=BEEER

Line up a long shot
Maybe try it two times
Maybe more

Be good to know
You got shoes to wear when you find the floor
Why hold out for more?

Once upon a time

 I had a little money

Government burglars took it long
Before I could mail it to you
Still you are the only one
Now I can't let it slip away
So if the man with the ticker tape, he tries to take it
Well, this is what I'm gonna say (Elvis Costello)

This is a very interesting time for the stock market.....It honestly could swing violently in either direction or remain the same as if nothing were happening all around....on one hand i am adding to my position in Nvidia (on the eve of earnings) and at the same time i am moving more $$ to the sidelines ...on the off chance that the market is eventually spooked by,  or take notice to;  the countries $40 Trillion debt.......we are currently borrowing an addittional $93,000 every second...we spend more $$ annually on the interest payments than we do on National Defense.....it would seem to most that we are on the precipice of a great collapse......yet the market seems to shrug and say, let's wait and see......Scott Bessent is dipping into Treasury reserves to buyback govt bonds, to try and stabilize surging yields on the 10yr and 30 yr.......feels like a shell game , but nobody even flinched......is this a 1990's market repeat....as Greenspan dubbed "Irrational Exhuberance" ? does the market not believe that stocks can and will go down in value ?.....just when i am ready to pull the plug on some funds that have been up 30% ytd, i watch an interview with an economist who insists that a 1% moved in GDP will bring everything back under control and a 2% increase will eliminate the national debt entirely. If the new economic sanctions against Iran manage to cripple the regime and oil prices tumble, does everything else fall in line ? and what about the new trade war that POTUS just launched against Canada ? (side note, i have his back 100% on this one, and i believe Jamieson "Winston " Greer that the northern frogs tried to hoodwink our trade deal by adding too much bull crap at the midnight hour)  and it is true, they need us a lot more than we need them.......hopefully our friends in Alberta see through Mark Carney's BS.....they are shocked and outraged that the bad orange man would tariff canadian goods.....but never have anything to say about the 200% tariffs they levied on US Farmers during the Clinton and Obama years.( took me 4 questions and about 10 minutes to get A I to admit that....they kept insisting that Canadian tariffs were merely retaliatory )

anyway there it quite a lot spinning on the financial globe at the moment.....reminds me of David Lindley and Jackson Browne discussing Cocaine....."it takes a clear mind" to figure what moves to make next ....or perhaps......sit still and do nothing........glad i cleared that up for you.

side note.....i really love this guy Jameis Winston...a funny guy with a positive outlook...he has the tools to be a starter for sure, i'm glad he seems content to be a Giant Backup.....especially with Darts concussion history.

2+3= $40 Trillion...........yikes

I think I've lived a little too long on the outskirts of town
I think I'm going insane from talking to myself for so long
Oh, but I've never been accused
When they step on your face, then wear that good-look grin
I gotta break out one weekend before I do somebody in
But every single time I feel a little stronger
They tell me it's a crime, well, how much longer?

Blame it on Cain
Don't blame it on me
Oh-oh, oh, it's nobody's fault
But we need somebody to burn

Now i'm going back to Canada

 On a journey through the past

And I won't be back 'til February comes (N. Young)

speaking of February, as mentioned prior; the NFL will hold the Super Bowl on Valentines Day, Sunday February 14th ....which is also the Sunday of Presidents Day Weekend...which is also the unofficial placeholder for Sweater Nite.

Now, i may have been born drunk, but it wasn't at night...or something like that.....Sweater Nite will NOT stand toe to toe with Pete Rozelle.....we are being pushed back to Saturday Feb 20th......Rangers-Flyers High Noon from the spectrum.....the last surviving watering hole from our childhood will be the Host.

but i digress.

This is a post about the good people of Alberta Canada ( not an attack on Mr Young)....it seems that through the beauties of open borders, tiny northern enclaves like Edmonton and Calgary have seen a surge of migrants in the past 10 years.....between 600,000 to 1 million....they are drowning financially and seeing their culture eroded...and the Uber Liberals in Ottawa could not give 2 shiites.....and so on October 19th, when the Oiler and Flame faithful drive their pickup trucks to the voting stations, they will be asked one very specific question:

Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Govt of Alberta begin the process to separate from Canada ?

this is just a few years removed from the Authoritarian crackdown on the Canadian Truckers protest, when Trudeau & Friends labled their own blue collar truck drivers as terrorists because the drove to Ottawa to protest........rules for thee, not for me.....the liberal agenda and battle cry....these same left wing frogs were downright giddy and supportive of the black olives matter movement on American soil.

I have not seen much in the US papers and TV about this Vote in Canada.....hopefully the MSM wakes up and gives us some coverage.....yeah right.

Neil Young by the way (sorry, i cant resist) considers himself as manning the front line against Trump and US influence in beloved Canada, he maintains a dual citizenship....guess he can't make up his mind.........the old Neil would have written an entire album worth of songs in defense of the Truckers, but he couldn't even release an official statement.......and as far as where he stands on Alberta secession ??   cricketts.

2+3=Lanny McDonald

"I will stay with you, if you'll stay with me"
Said the fiddler to the drunk
And we'll keep the tab on a journey through the past

seemed like such a simple thing

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The judge he smiled

 when he picked up his pen

Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Penn
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
But I can't forget that day I shot that bad bitch down (G. Thorogood)

it may seem like a small story, big it is emblematic of a much larger issue. Last night 3 belligerent fools ran onto the field at Yankee stadium and delayed the game....security , the ground crew and ultimately uniformed police were needed to tackle, cuff and remove these idiots.

Why does this keep happening ? especially in NY.....NY has the Calvin Klein Law that states anyone interfering with a professional sporting event by running onto the court or field will serve 1 year jail time.

so i did a little research and you probably guessed......nobody has ever served jail time for running on the field at Shea, Yankee, Citifield , MSG etc.......every single time the Judge has instead imposed fines and or community service.

If a law is not enforced, does it even exist ?  until some Judge has the guts to do their job, we will never know if the harsh penalty works as a deterrent......not very different than cashless bail......if they recidivist offender is habitually released a few hours after committing their crime, well then there is literally no deterrent.

2+3 sometimes does equal 5........but not in NY

 Come on you hotheads you listen to me

Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be

Trouble with you is

The trouble with me
Got two good eyes
but we still don't see 

Come round the bend
You know it's the end
The fireman screams and
The engine just gleams (Hunter-Garcia)

Happy Friday.....let's keep it light.......easy listening music......only good news to report....yeah right.

Let's jump right in, that lazy ignorant twit on the Five , Jessica Tarlov; likes to say that democrats are Okay with Photo ID to Vote , but argues that getting a birth certificate to prove citizenship is going too far and or difficult for married women......OK, lets allow that premise for the sake of the discussion, (even though it doesn't seem to be too difficult to get a passport so they can go to Europe on vacation)   ........THEN say we go with a simple Photo ID to vote.....what about the sanctuary Cities that are giving drivers licenses to known illegal aliens ? how does this Matzo Ball think we should handle that ?  will the cities ever agree to stop giving a drivers license to an illegal ? will they create a special License with Bold Print at the top that admits NON CITIZEN ID ?  i doubt that.

The MSM and the left are trying really hard to get everyone whipped into a frenzy over this guy that died at Delaney Hall.....lets see this weekend if they can get large crowds to protest outside or if everyone is in te Hamptons instead........40 year illegal....deported a few years ago.....came back......has a 12 year daughter and Mother here......no clarification on whether either of them are legal or also illegal.....Dude had diabetes and serval things wrong with him.......media wants desperately to pin this on ICE.....but his Mamma already did an interview for TV.....obviously before Gov Mikkie Mouse and the rest coach coach her.....and she admitted that her Son said he didn't feel well and he had numbness in his hands........no mention of bad treatment inside the facility....no claims of being denied medical attention or his medicines being withheld.....sucks.......Mamma should have said all of the above....who knows maybe next week she will sing a different tune.

it's funny how NYC is now all of a sudden going after e bikes and electric scooters.......Julie Menin insisting this is a crisis and they are passing bills to outlaw these deadly bikes....can you imagine if Trump or any Republican was the sponsor of this Bill ?  It would be just another racist attack against the wonderful hard working immigrants and people of color,  who work 3 shifts a day for Uber eats to feed their 19 children, or go to community college and can't afford a car or gasoline.........hypocrisy and the liberal agenda walk hand in hand......Instead this is just another example of the elitist 1% Manhattanite scum that really wish to wall off their island and keep it for themselves.....tax every car that dares to enter from the outer boroughs and get rid of these lousy scooters that the Mexicans and chineese use. I personally hate these scooters and agree that the drivers are reckless, ignore traffic patterns and are a menace to pedestrians....when crossing the streets in Jersey City, you had to keep your head on a swivel , but what did they think would happen when they tore up the streets in all of these cities and put in bike lanes ? where they expecting old ladies on their schwinns with a cute basket on the handlebars ?

It is interesting to watch the Democrats getting squeezed out of their own party.....Chuck Schumer keeps saying there's plenty of room in the tent for Jew Hating moslem jihadists....I can't wait until they get the numbers and tell Chuck and the rest of them that there is no room in the tent for the jews.

amazing how many pundits still don't understand that mandani is not trying to run the city well or be a multi term success under traditional standards... they still don't see or refuse to admit that he is here to teaer down and destroy the great Jew city of New York.......the people that own second homes/apartments in NY are a Godsend to any mayor......they pay full price on their property tax and use a fraction of city services....they do not have kids in school, ride the subways or visit the ER,,,,,,when in town they use taxis, ubers, and spend top dollar on fine dining and the arts.....one millionaires taxes will cover social programs for a few of the sloths that he loves.....so what business model would suggest driving them OUT of the city ?  the ones that ends with Manhattan becoming a moslem paradise in a generation or two.......lets legalize or stop prosecuting prostitution in Jackson Heights and other neighborhoods....lets allow for unlicensed street vendors to drive out the rent paying shops and stores on Canal Street and everywhere else and ultimately let's punish the jewish landlords until they give up.

on a bright note......BLISSTOCK is only 6 weeks away.....Saturday Sept 19th......followed by the Hoban run at the Big X on Sunday morning.....Thursday&Friday (17,18) may very well be local 11209 drinking or golfing days if anyone is around.....i'll be holding court in the Gregory for 4 days...giddy up.

2+3=BEEER

Drivin' that train
High on cocaine
Casey Jones you better
watch your speed
Trouble ahead
Trouble behind
and you know that notion
just crossed my mind

Hear that hot blooded singer

 On the bandstand croon

September song, Memphis in June
While they’re beating the devil out of a guy who’s wearing a powder blue wig (Dylan)

Lot of attention to the WNBA and Sophie Cunningham and the lesbo's in charge lately......to recap:  a few teenage girls went to see Sophie and her Indiana team take on Seattle in Seattle.....the girls had a simple home made sign that read "Thanks Sophie for sticking up for girls" and the dyke minority owner of Seattle verbally accosted these kids and her friend ( a 50 year old male) joined in and called the kids trash ......coaches, players and most media outlets jumped into the fray... The media, mainly FOX ; could not understand why the WNBA players were not standing up for themselves and protecting their own jobs in a women's only league...they continue to argue that these players will change their tune when some men donn skirts and take their jobs on the team.....but one key ingredient was missing from this pathetic stew.

The WNBA already has a provision that blocks male athletes from competing in the WNBA ...their official stance is that only biological woman can compete.....they refuse to clarify ...like Katanji brown, what a woman is...and incredously refuse to release an official policy on "trans" athletes......if they just ignore it, it will go away...but miraculously there has NEVER EVER been a biological male allowed to play or try out for a team....how is that possible.........well, believe what you wish....but 6 months ago i read on the internet that a Biological male had to be on hormone blockers and have a testosterone level not higher than an average female......NOW....all that language has been purged from the internet and AI insists the league never had an official policy.....so i ask the same question i did last year.....if you are a homeless 6 foot 5 male that played D1 Ball at Oregon State and now find yourself living under the highway in Portland.....would you be willing to say that you identify as a girl and get paid 50K to dominate in the WNBA ???  i tend to think there are more than a few takers out there........but again......like Fauci & Co.......

it's Rules for Thee.....but Not for Me 

These dykes want boys to play in girls sports at the lower levels or in College....to swim on your grand-daughter's team and get dressed in the same locker room because the league is doing their dirty work and protecting their livelihood..

after 2 hours of fighting with A I , i was finally able to get them to admit to this ( I asked what would happen if tomorrow , Jalen Brunson said he feels like a woman and wants to play for the Liberty) .....i finally asked if the WNBA bans trannies but is too scared to make that official policy:

While that is a common interpretation of the league's silence, it is more accurate to say that transgender women are effectively barred by a web of external rules and systemic structures, allowing the WNBA to avoid the political and legal fallout of making an official policy.

How can an entertainment business in a capitalist society operate and survive with practices ( or lack thereof) like this ?  well....they don't.....you see, the WNBA is only in existence because they are subsidized by the NBA.......that's right....anything men can do, women can do better.....as long as the men pay for it......laughable.

so the league that doesn't need to make a profit can allow the dykes to beat, stifle and strangle their only marketable player in Caitlin Clark....they can march off the cliff with the .001% of Americans that think Men should be welcome in the girls room , because at the end of the day, when the whole thing implodes....David Stern will be there the clean things up....Yaaa Womens Lib.

2+3=BEEER

I been to Babylon
I gotta confess
I could still hear the voice crying in the wilderness
What looks large from a distance, close up is never that big