Just Got Paid today

 got me a pocket full of change (ZZ Top)

I was in a bar the other evening....ordered a burger...was having a delicous cold frosty beer and the band sarted warming up on the stage....it was 5:30 PM on a Thursday Night......and the music started at 6:00. The Band opened with ZZ Top Just got paid....and they were fantastic.....we stayed for a full set ...ate dinner....had 3 or m4 more beers and made it home before sunset........i thought to myself as i sat there drinking.....I think I'm HOME.

saw an interesting stat about the increased use of wegovy and other weight loss drugs by American teens....the reporter even mentioned the Obesity Epidemic...as if it was a chinese virus...Now i never received a grant from Harvard to do research ( my check was probably cut by that Oligarch Musk) but i have like most American males participated in the battle of the bulge......interestingly i found that when i spent a weekend on the couch watching sports, drinking a 30 pack and living off Chicken Delight and Wetsons Burgers that my waistline tended to expand.....and on those occasions that i found my way to the gym and sneak in a salad or two i managed to hold the line and even drop a pound or two.....go figure.......but why take personal responsibility for your actions when there is a govt funded shot for that ?

get ready ......a leaked report states that Pete Hegseth has instructed the Navy to rename the ship named after Harvey Milk & Cookies.....and the official announcement will come June 13th onboard the USS Constutution.....in the heart of Pride month......the left will scream , cry and throw a tantrum.......but like spoonjiah said...elections have consequences.......rumors say he is also looking into renaming the Ships named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Thurgood Marshall and Harriet Tubman........this is all part of the reestablishing a Warrior Culture.......God Bless.....interestingly the last time a Navy ship was renamed was just a few years ago when the Biden orchestrated Congressional Committee went scorched earth stripping the names of anyone and anything to do with the Confederacy from ships, streets on bases or remaining statues........but that of course was just fine and dandy with the progressive left........yestedays pioneer is today's Hitler.

2+3=BEEER

I just got paid today
Got me a pocket full of change
Said, black sheep black
Do you got some wool?
Yes. I do, man. My bag is full
It's the root of evil and you know the rest
But it's way ahead of what's second best

Just like Crazy Otto

 just like Wolfman Jack,

Sittin plush with a royal flush, aces back to back.
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein,
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line. (Hunter-Garcia)

The brain is the strangest thing we own....hands down.......this morning i had a flashback out of the blue to circa 1971 and the first grade.........the teacher told us that we would be lining up in alphabetical order and going on a Class Trip to the Lavatory.........but my 6 year old brain heard Laboratory..........i was excited .....this was going to be the best day of first grade.......maybe we would do crazy experiments and play with smoking beakers...

well you can imagine my disappointment when we walked only a hundred feet to the huge corridor between the lower division and upper division........and there were two doors on either side of the gigantic wall......one for the girls and one for the boys......it was just a bathroom break.....no experiments...........as i stood there in line i could tell one of my classmates was equally annoyed by the colossal letdown......... separated in line by only Jimmy Mitchell and maybe Mike Nasta was my partner in crime Steve MCevoy........he turned around and complained to us..........." I Thought we were going to the Mad Scientist Lab to build a Frankenstein monster or something".....,,,i was relieved and probably elated that i wasn't the only mental patient who assumed they were taking first graders to a mad scientist lab on a random Tuesday.....but in hindsight perhaps i should have been alarmed that Mac and I were on the same page mentally at such a young age.........but it sure has made for some entertaining the theater the next 55 years or so.....

anyway.....i'm not sure where that memory came from.......but i must say that since i moved to SC....my mind has been digging these tidbits up more frequently......just a little different knowing you can't send a quick text and meet someone for an impromptu lunch......what lies below the surface of the brain is fascinating.....

Goodbye Mama and Papa
Goodbye Jack and Jill
The grass ain't greener
The wine ain't sweeter
Either side of the hill.

Gold will turn to Grey

 and youth will Fade away,

they'll never care about you 

when your Old & in the Way (D. Grisman)

true....BUT.....although we don't really care about sleepy joe biden perse .....we absolutely demand to know who was running the country the last 4 years.

It is not hyperbole to say that this is the greatest political scandal in the 249 years of this republic.....this was a non violent coup.....and the overtaking and hijacking of the oval office. Every bill and order that Joe Biden signed sb brought back under the microscope and HE should be forced to testify under oath if he signed it or not.......anything that was signed by auto pen should be null and void.......anything that wasn't signed in front of a TV or audience should be null and void.......and every other action sb revisited to determine if the POTUS made the decision or was the victim of elder abuse......more to come on this..........but for all the people like myself who railed and railed and railed that "This Guy" wasn't running the country and were dismissed as partisan MAGA nuts, or marginalized by conspiracy theory cracks.......I want an Apology.....because we were RIGHT......and we were the only ones paying attention.

today for the only the second time since 1990, I will miss the Spring Lake 5 (the first time was in the aftermath of Matteau, Matteau, Matteau in 1994)........i hope the torch of Bar A is carried .....i don't care if it's 49 degrees and or raining......those Beeers aren't going to drink themselves.....and still they remain the only true answer to that age old question.....what does 2 + 3 = 

When just a boy, he left his home
Thought he'd have the world on a string
Now the years have come and gone
Through the streets he walks alone
Like the old dog gone astray, he's just old and in the way

Fling you out into orbit

 No one's going to hear you shout

And fools aren't going to follow
You don't need to sleaze about (Jagger/Richards)

it's like watching a building implosion in slow motion.....Pelosi, Biden and Schumer.......people that rose to the top of their fields with double talk and the gift of gab.....wordsmiths that could debate for hours...turn and twist opponents words and steer conversations in whichever direction suited them......now being undone by their inability to Think Clearly and Articulate their evil thoughts.

Biden melted before the entire world last June and has never recovered.......he believes his own bullshiite.......he went on the view last week and insisted Kamala's campaign had 6 full months before the election to run their campaign......but the debate that ended his career occurred 4 months before the election , and it took a good 2 or 3 weeks of threats from Nancy before he announced he wasn't running......another week to 10 days before they burnt democracy to the ground and anointed Kamala as the nominee.......August 1st......or 3 months before the election.....do you think any of the hags on the view dared to correct him ? 

The other day the saddest sack on stage......Schmucky Schumer mustve woke from a nap, he looked disheveled....his shirt was partially untucked.....his hands unsteady.....he tried to tie the Quatar Jet offering to the confirmation of new judges....it made no sense......even for him.....but his eyes darted around the room looking for reassurance or applause.....but it never came.....the small group assembled for his Sunday press conference just took notes......and he looked like a lamb before the slaughter..........even Trump weighed in and said....."i'm not a doctor but it's easy to see something is wrong with Schumer"....he went on to joke that Schumer used to be a Jew , But NOW he's a Palestinian....

and this week he outdid himself......the day after Capn Crunch crashed the Mexican Navy into the Brooklyn Bridge......Schumer tried to link/Blame the crash on DOGE cuts to the Coast Guard......to which the Coast Guard immediately refuted/corrected such nonsensical claims as BS.

I just hope the voting public is paying attention and remembers this for years to come.

2+3=BEEEER

Sad, sad, sad
Mad, mad, mad
Sad, sad, sad
But you're gonna be fine

if you ever feel sorrow

 

for the deeds you have done
With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun ( Peter Rowan)

hockey is just different....it's hard to explain......it just has to be witnessed and experienced.

Thursday night the Winnipeg Jets staved off elimination at home in game 5 against the Dallas Stars.

In the waning moments Jets Alternate Capt Mark Sheifele was being restrained by the lineman after a scrum and suddenly Jamie Benn of Dallas slipped in a left Jab to the face and dropped Sheifele to the ice....it was a dirty punch against an opponent that could not defend himself because he was being held by a referee..... Sheifele went nuts.....and tried desperately to get at Benn.........Benn was tossed fm the game and received a hefty fine.

On Friday Night Mark Sheifele's Dad Brad passed away suddenly at the age of 68..........On Saturday the Jets announced that Mark would play that night because he felt that is what his Dad would have wanted. During the playing of Oh Canada you could see the pain and grief on his face...

Mark scored the only Winnipeg goal of the game and gave them a 1-0 lease midway through the 2nd period...........in the final 15 seconds of a tied game the Stars Sam Steel  got a breakway......Sheifile made an incredible defensive play......he managed to poke the puck off the stick without making contact....but as he fell to the ice his shoulder made contact with Steels skate and he was called for tripping.

1:30 into Overtime the Stars scored the series ending goal with Mark Sheifile in the penalty box.......he was visibly  crushed......his teammates consoled him in the penalty box........during the traditional hand shake line the Stars all warmly greeted Sheifeli and offered condolonces......one player in particular hugged him for a long time.....the two players talked, hugged and patted each other on the backs for a full minute or two.......that player of course was Stars Captain Jamie Benn.

it's just a different sport......men of high character playing a childs game.

And the ocean is howling of things that might have been
And that last good morning sunrise will be the brightest you've ever
Seen

Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio

 our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you ( Paul Simon)

Garfunkels pal could have easily been talking about my Dog and this blog..........holy leave of absence batman......but we're back and we have plenty to say .

let's stay with beisbol for a moment since we were referencing Mr Coffee......Pete Rose is now eligible for the Hall of Fame.....Thanks to Donald Trump who mentioned back in January on Truth Social that Rose belonged in the Hall....but seriously.....the only discussion or debate centers around the Character Clause....is it a factor ? should it be a factor ? and what defines character from era to era ? are racist banned ? what about suspected racists or people who slipped up and had one racist episode ? 

Gambling was a major crime and offense back in the 1970's......hanging around known  gangsters in a club or a restaurant was enough to get a suspension or meeting with the Commissioner. Today every stadium in the league has a side deal with a casino offering live wagering on games in play. The league itself has sold its soul to Fan Duel, Creasers etc etc . .........players are left to the honor system and those they get caught betting on sports anyway get a slap on the wrist.

Pete Rose was arguably the best pure hitter to pick up a bat.........Pete Rose was hands down the most competitive player between the lines.......in a spring training game against the Yankees in 1963 (his rookie season).......Rose drew a base on balls in a meaningless exhibition game and dropped the bat and sprinted to first base.......to which career drinkers Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle commented " get a load of Charlie Hustle ".......and it stuck.

Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame...it is a shame it didn't happen when he was alive.....i will wait for the official induction and i am glad baseball fans get some closure........but i smell a rat.......i'll save it for another day.....but the cynic in me thinks is more about paving the road for the steroid era then it is about Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

How is it possible that NJ Transit Finally goes on strike .....and i MISSED it ? doesn't seem fair.....although truth be told.......i have been/and will continue  working remotely in the Palmetto state for the foreseeable future.....

On a very serious note.....the former head of the FBI took to social media to post a not so cryptic message about someone taking out the POTUS.......the attention starved loser that Jim Comey is /has become must be trying to drum up support for some new speeches or another book.....he posted a picture of a sign in the sand that said 8647.......as in 86 or get rid of President # 47........if you or I posted threats against Biden, Clinton, AOC, Schumer or whomever, we would have received a visit from the Feds and our jobs and livelihoods would be in jeopardy..Matteau walked a fine line on this blog and made sure to never, ever threaten anyone........the Feds better pay Comey a visit today .....put him in a cell with P Diddy and that Milwaukee Judge.....

anyway.....we are back online.........sorry for the absence......and remember 2+3=BEEER

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

Derby Rant 2025

 if ever there was a year to listen to my predictions....this may be it......because truth be told i haven't watched a race since the Breeders and wasn't even sure who was in the field until yesterday......when i saw a comment on this blog requesting the RANT.......well i figured i owed it to my loyal following.

Now everybody knows that i ADMIRE DAYTONA and have had my share of bottomless Mimosa brunches at the LUXOR CAFE , and i was on my way there to meet NEOEQUOS and share one FINAL GAMBIT when a call came in about a FLYING MOHAWK on EAST AVENUE and BURNHAM SQUARE....it would be an insult to my chosen profession of JOURNALISM, not to mention my PUBLISHER; if i were to ignore such a story. I was a little late for the arraignment , thanks to bad directions from BAEZA or the SANDMAN as some people prefer to call him....but i still got there in time to hear that OWEN ALMIGHTY....aka the Judge, refused to RENDER JUDGEMENT on this COAL BATTLE......that despite the fact that .....i don't want to question the SOVEREIGNTY of this court , but there was CHUNK OF GOLD on the line here .....

and in this new era , where every legal resident of our great country has the opportunity to succeed , i'm praying for some CITIZEN BULL to have a TIZTASTIC 2:00 minutes and achieve that AMERICAN PROMISE............and if i still lived near the track that is how i would play it .

1) American Promise

2) Tiztastic ( a distant relative of Dermotts horse)

3) Citizen Bull

if anyone wants to throw in a $2 Triple BOX for me (1-5-14)......and a $1 straight Superfecta  3-2-6-5   I will settle up in a few months....

if the M/L Favorite Journalism wins, Trump will file an inquiry 

let my inspiration flow in token rhyme,

 suggesting rhythm

That will not forsake you, 'til my tale is told and done
While the firelight's aglow, strange shadows from the flames will grow
'Til things we've never seen will seem familiar (Hunter-Garcia)

greetings to all from the Palmetto state........one year ago today i was at a catastrophic low, thanks to nobody but myself......my own drunken antics jeopardized the future i had worked so hard for...i won't go into details, it wasn't a great story, in short i punched someone that desperately deserved it....but the Highlands PD did not agree.........well as stoics do, i lowered my head and got busy righting the ship....hired a very good $$$$ lawyer....i bought a wonderful bouquet of justice, ...i reestablished the finish line and this time i made it happen.........this morning as i type this i enjoy a cup of Java in a rental property 2 blocks from the beach....and next week i close on my future home......i owe it all to the critical life lesson i learned many, many moons ago.......2+3=BEEER

Inspiration, move me brightly, light the song with sense and color
Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last
Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to Terrapin

Well

 I’m going back to Canada

On a journey through the past 

And I won’t be back till February comes

I’ll stay with you, if you stay with me 

Said the fiddler to the drunk 

And we’ll keep good time on a journey through the past…

All I am missing is Alvarez and the bottle of Jack and it would be just like the spring of 89

I just reached a place

 Where the willow don’t bend

There’s not much more to be said
It’s the top of the end  (Dylan)

40 years ago this coming June i took the biggest leap of my life......at the age of barely 20  i left my home and family and everything i knew to join the United States Navy........truth be told i was terrified by the fact that my life was not my own.....i was in fact property of the US Government.......4 months later that Govt sent me to deserted tropical island in the center of the Indian Ocean for 1 surreal year........12 straight months without a phone, live TV or realtime contact with the outside world.......i survived it all.....and then i lost my brother.....nothing could have prepared me for that and i would never be the same.....never shocked again.....that was the greatest shock of my life....from that point on i mentally prepared for everyone i knew to die......as soon as i heard someone was sick i began preparing for their death....not morbid......just refusing to be caught off guard ...it was a difficult lesson ....but my self defense system would serve me well....and the next 3 years i barely flinched when sent to the Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea,  North Atlantic, Cuba , you name it......90 days drug ops.....6 month cruise......crossing the Libyan Line of Death......unfazed..........

25 years ago i took a much smaller leap.........i left Brooklyn for good and moved to the open spaces of Monmouth County....closer to family but leaving all my friends......close to the Ocean, close to the racetrack, plenty of golf courses....but i had to commute to the city....and shortly after i arrived i was knocked out of my seat by the impact of a 767 hitting my building......the 2nd biggest shock of my life.....i went into defense mode and mentally shut down.....on my way home i thought about everyone i knew on the street and on the Cops or Fire and i assumed they had perished..as calls rolled in for the next two weeks i just accepted the horrible news as confirmation.........perhaps spurred on by those events a few more friends came over the Goethals and did enjoy a wonderful 25 year run and i never regretted my time in Little Silver.......great yard, great pets, many parties.

Next week i leap again......this one feels different as i prepare to retire from Wall St after the summer also......i may take a job bartending or the starter on a golf course just to stay busy ....who knows........but having turned 60 i am also putting up the defense system and i am very much aware that as i say goodbye to people....it could be the last time i see them...or the last time they see me..........not morbid....just realistic......i am excited to turn the page and see what lies ahead in the Palmetto state.........i will sit in my new yard with my faithful companion (Matteau Matteau Matteau) and we will  drink cold beer and listen to soothing sounds of the Grateful Dead and the piercing lyrics of Mr. Dylan......i will continue the Blog and hope to be back in time for Sweater Nite......but i know people make plans....and God sometimes has other ideas in mind..........stay safe....stay well.......hope to see you all down the road a spell

2+3=BEEER

Grandma said, “Boy, go and follow your heart
And you’ll be fine at the end of the line
All that’s gold isn’t meant to shine
Don’t you and your one true love ever part”
I been walkin’ the road
I been livin’ on the edge
Now, I’ve just got to go
Before I get to the ledge
So I’m going
I’m just going
I’m gone

hockey playoff predictions

 here we go 

In the East i see Chief Berubi solving the Maple leafs round 1 problems and defeating the Sens

The Panthers have little problems with Lightning

The Caps survive a young Montreal attack 

and my Hometown CANES easily handle the Devils

Out West......I think this is finally the year the JETS soar....but they will have to survive a first rd scare from the Blues.

Dallas will finally solve the Colorado puzzle

The Oilers will outlast the Kings

and Vegas puts the wild out to pasture......

second rd gets trickey 

as  much as i love Chief Berubi.......i think the leafs at their core lack guts and heart......and the Panthers have plenty to spare......sb a good series.....6 or even 7.....but FLA is the defending Champs...and they move ON

Canes are too young, fast and hungry for a Caps team that revovles around a 40 yr old........Go Canes Go 

as much as i love the heart of Winnipeg, i think Dallas may be on a mission........North Stars advance

Oilers are finding their way.....i think they make short order of the Vegas Knights......

Conf finals....where dreams go to die.....

Panthers make short order of my beloved Canes

and the Oilers outhit, outskate and outscore Dallas...

i see a rematch of Last Years Final.........and my prediction is

2+3=BEEER

we shall see.

Thrasher

 It was then I knew I'd had enough

Burned my credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth
And my suitcase in my hand
How I lost my friends I still don't understand  (N. Young)

2+3=Sneaker Bomber Beers

You don't need no Gypsy

to tell you why
Ya can't let one precious day to slip by
Look inside yourself, and if you don't see what you want
Maybe sometimes then you don't

But leave your mind alone and just get high, oh yeah (G. Allman)

tonight we head to the worlds' most famous arena to see a tribute to one of the worlds greatest bands . it'a slice of apple pie with a jack daniels chaser.......the Brothers Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band....giddy up

But meanwhile, I ain't a-wastin' time no more

'Cause time goes by like pourin' rain, and much faster things

 

slippin and a slidin

 and playin dominoes....

Lefting and then Righting,
it's not a crime you know.
You gotta tell your story boy,
before it's time to go.  (N. Young)

are you ready for the country ?

because it's time to go 

2+3=Palmetto brewing Company BEEER

China Town

 Chasing that old dragon down

Madam Wong's
We play the blues with the curtains drawn
Sidewalks of white
While the L.A. sun beat out the night
Pounding brain
My last transmission down the drain ( John Hiatt)

this has sure felt like a spin on the Cyclone.... a roller coaster ride for the ages.....i have spent all my sideline money.....i'm all in on equities...and i am confident...ride the wave......don't sell......this summer will be a rocket ship straight up...

Captain Chaos may have pulled off his biggest victory...... while the media was losing their minds over what they perceived as a switch in policy or even Trump caving....the truth was far from that.

I too wondered why the Donn put Tariffs on Everybody....at first i too couldn't rationalize why he was tariffing goods from countries that we barely trade with or countries that have been our friends......and then i caught an interview with Jamie Dimon on Maria and it was like a lightning strike.

Mr. Dimon said what we all know....Tariffs HAD to be implemented , and the time was Now.....we could not sustain for much longer on our current path of increasing debt and widening trade gaps........he also said that the tariffs , if implemented correctly; would accomplish two things.......weaken China , BUT also strengthen our friends........and that's when it Hit me..........who are our Friends ??   Let's find out.

And so by casting the widest net......one big enough to encapsulate the entire free world (and some commies) we would be given the chance to SEE how everyone reacts in crisis.......talk is cheap.....anyone can vow to stand with you....but let's drop the gauntlet and see who really does.

In the 72 hours that followed many countries in Europe  and the Pacific were approached by China in an offer to form an alliance against US trade.......those that sided with China have exposed themselves for what they are....fair weather acquaintances .......and more importantly the likes of Australia and others told China to Fuk off........have demonstrated that they are true Allies....that is a friend.

And so as China further isolates itself from the world.....the USA has learnt a great deal about the rest of the world......Canada is a lil bitch that will eventually get bitch slapped.....but Japan and India accepted the tariffs as part of doing business and wish to reach deals with the USA....they did not waiver, they did not cry, they did not increase their already high tariffs......you can watch golf all day......you can read a library's worth of books on how to play golf........but until you have to put your BEEER down and hit that Driver .....you can't say that you can play golf........and now we know who can and will play.......and who just dresses like Tiger and never leaves the clubhouse.....

2+3=BEEER

When the master of disaster
Gets tangled in his Telecaster
He can't play it any faster
When he plays the blues
When he had the heart to ask her
And every note just shook the plaster
Now he's just a mean old bastard
When he plays the blues
Now he's just a mean old bastard
When he plays the blues

We used to play for Silver

 Now we play for life

One's for sport and one's for blood
At the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken
Now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in this game
Who don't go home with all
Not with all... (Hunter-Weir)

This is the fight of our lifetime......this is the fight for the future of our country....I wrongly assumed that everyone understood the premise......or at least everyone in my industry understood what this was really about......and then i found myself on a conference call with some naïve simpletons.....defeatists......crybaby loosers......people were actually arguing that the Administration should immediately drop all tariffs....so that things could go back to normal ........NORMAL ??

what was normal before January 20th ? the truth is that our country was in a death spiral.....since the end of WWII our country has been sold out by both sides of the aisle....the internal fight against American Exceptionalism began shortly after we ended with war in the pacific by dropping some calling cards on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.......driven by guilt or a self loathsome trait, we have propped up every other country on the planet at the expense of our own.....we have been and continue to be raped and ripped off in every trade deal....we have allowed our goods to be tariffed and we have refused to tariff incoming goods.......hey, we're rich....we can afford it......and the thieves of Wall Street hide behind the curtain of free trade.......and then for over a half century their insatiable greed forced publicly traded companies look everywhere else in the world to make their products cheaper and increase their profit margins....NIKE and others moved plants to viet nam , cambodia, thailand etc and paid pennies a day to workers, and raised the prices on their sneakers back home.........one isolated example ?  NO......a trend.....Hoover vacums moved to Mexico ....Big pharma went to Ireland....and on and on......to the point where very little is made at home and because of our unions and the costs of doing business , the products that are made at home cost significantly more......that is a strategic problem.........add in the fact that Washington DC ....both sides....have spent so much money that our debt is unsustainable .......we are a house of smoke and mirrors......we are the make believe Rock Ridge.......behind the facade of the Buildings there is Nothing there......we have, have, have to draw a true line in the sand.....gig in......and force the pendulum to swing back......this may be our last chance........Our enemies and allies look at Americans as being soft....unable or unwilling to engage in the long term battle.......ignore what they say publically...privately they are convinced that we the people will cave......we will toss out Trump and Vance in 3 years......and the Gravy train will start running again.....the good old days of paying for Europes wars in the Ukraine...and singlehandedly financing Nato will be back.......our tariffs will go away while their tariffs remain or even increase.......we will go back to paying enemies to like us..we will return to a foreign policy of appeasement......we will offer financial aid to nations that are thriving, while we drowned in debt.....do you think i am being overly dramatic ?  take a look at the protests on the campus of Columbia University....in broad daylight....under the watchful eye of the school administration; they are calling for the end of Western civilization values....they don't want a library upgrade or to change the school mascott....they want you and me burned at the stake.......wake the F up........it is critical for the future of the Republic that we do NOT cave.......this is not just a passing negotiation to get a slightly better deal....this has to be bigger.....we need to do our part......immediately stop buying anything from China........if you need a product, take the time to research, find and buy products made in the USA........Wall street is tricky, they like to hide the country of origin or us phrases like 100% assembled in the USA.......dig deeper....find the plant.....and only buy American....this may be our last chance.

as for the market.......we talked about this two weeks ago.....this really is the American Liberation......this remains a beautiful buying opportunity.....but even if you do not have the fortitude to BUY MORE like me......whatever you do........DON'T SELL in a down market.....i believe the long term future of America is so bright, we indeed gotta buy shades

2+3=American BEEER

 Gotta get to Tulsa

First train we can ride
Got to settle one old score
And one small point of pride...

Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon
Keep him from the sun
Ain't no bed will give us rest now
You keep us on the run

The Cold Blooded Moon

 The captain waits above the celebration

Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid  (Dylan)

Dylan sang and warned of the Changing of the guards.....and that is what we have today.

Just a football fields length from where Secretariat set the High Bar for Equine Greatness, Alex Ovechkin sits one goal away from Hockey immortality. The record that was not supposed to be broken in our lifetime has been tied. Today on National TV against the Gilligans Islanders the Great Eight  will etch his likeness on Hockey's Mt Rushmore...........and just as Gordie Howe passed the torch to the Great One.......Gretzky (and the lovely Janet) will hand over the keys to Ovie. 

I remember the night Gretzky broke the record in Los Angeles.......the Rangers were actually in Edmonton playing the Oilers, and they cut away from the game to go back to the studio to give an update and show the Goal.....it was March 23, 1994.......and now 31 years later we get to see it eclipsed a second time...........Congratulations to Alex Ovechkin.

2+3=895 BEEERS

Gentlemen, he said
I don’t need your organization, I’ve shined your shoes
I’ve moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards

I glanced into the chamber

where the judges were talking
 

Darkness was everywhere, it smelled like a tomb (Dylan)

sometimes i feel like a broken record....but it's worth repeating....the greatest threat to Democracy lies in the judicial system with activist judges. We have slews of politically appointed judges that do not understand or do not care what their role is. Their role is to interpret the law and rule on disputes , it is not to steer or mold society into their vision of what utopia should look like. There are millions of large scale examples in the pushback against everything and anything the Trump administration tries to do , but i will give you a smaller example to show just how lost these people are. To be clear, i am not opposed to all of their decisions, but just because i like the outcome does not make it right either.

the town of Grants Pass in Oregon is trying to address the homeless encampments that line the cities streets and parks. The town has placed restrictions on where and when a person is allowed to setup a tent and or a makeshift campsite. Reasonable rules for use of public property as decided by the Public.

This case even made its way to the Supreme Court last June and SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that municipalities can enact and enforce rules for sleeping outdoors on public property.......the 3 liberal dingbos argued that this will allow cities to criminalize homelessness ......how so ?   Grants Pass will arrest you for putting up a tent and sleeping on the library steps......and they will arrest me for doing the same thing.......the crime is NOT being homeless .....the crime is camping on public property that is not permitted for camping.

The Supreme Court is the last word, the highest court in the land, the place where arguments are settled once and for all.....but the left only accepts decisions that they agree with....and so a new lawsuit was brought against the town of Grants Pass, this one arguing that the camping ban  discriminates against people with disabilities.........not sure what that argument is all about ......are they saying that people with disabilities can't go to the woods and sb allowed to erect tents on city halls' lawn ?  I question the standing of this lawsuit , i doubt there is a single disabled person in the state of Oregon that sincerely wants to camp out on public land in Grants Pass........BUT....I am sure there are plenty of people in Oregon with disabilities who are being persuaded and even coerced into joining the fight against the big, bad, Orange man and all his flock.

Enter Circuit Judge Sarah Mcglaughlin, probably another self loathsome irish lesbian , revolting against a Daddy that drank too much and so full of herself that she thinks she's gonna change the world for the greater good. She decreed from the Mountain Top that the city must increase capacity at locations the city approves for camping and ensure that the sites are accessible to people with disabilities. (first question, what about a city that has no designated areas for camping ? ) She added that IF the city fails to do so, then they are prohibited from citing, arresting or fining people for camping on public property.

Sounds good......quid pro quo.....this for that...a win win........you want to enforce your rules for camping downtown ?  ok , but you have to build camping facilities for the disabled......sounds like a negotiation or a settlement between 2 sides......but it's certainly not the role of a judge or within her powers to decree such terms.......her role was to decide if the cities policies discriminate against people with disabilities....her role is that of judge......she is not empowered to act as Arbiter. She probably went out that night to the weekly meeting of angry dykes at the local "imported" city winery and patted herself on the back and shared her success with the other militants ....and then watched the WNBA and rooted against the Heterosuxuals.....if they could find any. 

so that's just one little story from the not so great northwest , but i think we can all agree that judges need to reign it in, rule on what is before them and apply the law.......even if it goes against their personal desires, dreams or aspirations for this great nation..........and save the decrees from high on the mountain for universal truths , such as   2+3= BEEER

side note....BC scored with 1:17 left on Friday afternoon and then added an empty netter to beat Bentley 3-1.....but i think they are in trouble today against defending champ Denver University.........2 players worth watching on the Eagles are NY Ranger draft picks Drew Fortescue from Pearl River and Gabe Perrault from Hinsdale, Illinois........both should be on Broadway next October and possibly representing the USA in Milan come the Olympics.

There was little to say, there was no conversation
As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree
And the locusts sang off in the distance
Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody
Oh, the locusts sang off in the distance
Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me

 

A Civil War did then engage

 Twas woman to woman and man to man

Shillelagh law was all the rage
And a row and a ruction soon began ( The Dubliners)

This Friday at 2:00 p.m. the gloves come off.....on a sheet of ice in downtown Manchester  New Hampshire.........what exactly is a Hampshire ? and what did they do with the old one ?

The Bentley Falcons make their first ever appearance in the NCAA Mens Ice Hockey Tournament , that alone is a great story.....the one time business College in Waltham Mass, now a University with an Athletic program in it's infancy ; has won the Atlantic hockey Division for the first time and advanced to the round of 16.

And who shall they play ?  A rival from nearby Chestnut Hill and the #1 team in the nation......the Big, Bad, Eagles of Boston College.......just 6 miles separates the two campuses , they probably drink in the same gin mills or jockey for a spot at the bar in Cask n Flagon on Redsox opening day.....but that's where the similarities die......BC is loaded with top recruits, NHL prospects and the expectation of a trip to the frozen 4 every year........the hardscrabble Falcons are future investment bankers that have turned a Club Status team from the 70' and 80's into a D1 program just over 25 years ago. 

Yes this will be a civil war.....and although i have family on both sides of the ice , i know the bassist for Bentley......GOOOO FALCONS.........2+3=BEEER

The liquor scattered over Tim
Tim revives, see how he rises
Timothy rising from the bed
Said "Whirl your whiskey around like blazes
Thundering Jesus, do you think I'm dead?"

You hurt the ones

 that I love best and cover up the truth with lies

One day you’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin’ around your eyes
Blood on your saddle  (Dylan)

oh these silly liberals......not only are they intolerant of anyone and anything that doesn't look, smell, think and breathe exactly like themselves.......they also tend to turn on each other and cannibalize their own base.

Take in point the senseless attacks on Tesla's....Tesla Dealerships and Tesla drivers..........(remember a few years ago when a bunch of us conservatives went to the Anheuser Busch breweries and firebombed them because we were mad about that Tranny spokesperson ??? neither do i. )

anyway the point is the major majority of Tesla drivers are Green New Deal liberals......it makes no sense to attack them......and i tend to think the people that work in the dealerships or the manufacturing plants , the regular everyday Americans that are trying to provide for their families; may take it personally if you put them out of work, burn down their office or even injure of kill their friends and coworkers.

I despise most of the politicians and or talking heads on the left.......and i might boycott their products, or movies or networks......but this is still America.....they have a right to exist, work, live, breathe and believe whatever they want......and i have a right to vote, argue and my Dog has the right to post humorous blogs against them.......if we can't accept and get over these truths....then the 2nd Civil War is coming.

2 under reported but still interesting tidbits about tariffs.....in an effort to avoid the steel and aluminum tariffs, .Century Aluminum is building the first new Smelter on US soil in over 50 years ............helter skelter in a summer swelter, what's a smelter ?   i had to look it up too.....it's an industrial plant used for extracting metals from their ores. they expect construction to generate a few thousand temporary jobs and they plant itself to create 1,000 permanent jobs.... the plant will be located on the Kentucky-Ohio border.

And in NY State of all places.........wine producers in the Finger Lakes are adding staff and increasing production in anticipation of the tariffs on Franch-Italian and other wines and spirits coming into the US........so the country collects a Tariff ....$$WIN.........consumers chose to buy cheaper American made wines, beers and spirits....$$WIN.........and the elitist swine that insist on drinking French Champagne (instead of the champagne of Beers...Miller High Life) they get to pay more for their privilege's..$$WIN

and if wine is too expensive, just remember that 

2+3=BEEEER

or champale

I sure hope Boones Farm Strawberry Hill isn't imported.

 

Someone’s got it in for me, they’re planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they’d cut it out but when they will I can only guess

False hearted Judges

 dying in the webs that they spin

Only a matter of time ’til night comes steppin’ in (Dylan)

the country voted, the people have spoken, but the elitist judges know better....they are going to unite and resist this groundswell movement.....the Trump Derangement Syndrome is so strong that these judicial gangsters are going to step on the constitution to block, delay or derail the will of the people......whether it be DOGE, US Aid, Voluntary Buyouts for Federal employees or deporting of violent criminals..... these 1% liberal elitist all want to go to the next cocktail party at the Met Gala and pat themselves on the back for Resisting......but this time is different........i firmly believe that Mr Trump will not flinch......thanks to sleepy Joe and the stolen 2020 election; our POTUS was relieved of the burden of facing reelection.....his plans went on hiatus for 4 years but this time he is pedal to the medal for 4 years ....no regard or concern for the meaningless MSM or the AOC -Schumer sound bites.....Pelosi is dead....long live the King.

The Donn has also declared April 2nd as American Liberation Day.......that of course is the day that these beautiful "reciprocal" Tariffs go into effect.......it may mean a cyclone ride for the markets, but it will end well......hold some cash on the side for bargain hunting , as i am sure there will be some down days......but then GET IN...and STAY IN.....ride it out......the summer is going to a glorious skyrocket to new heights......at least that is how i see it.

2+3=BEEER

Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name

And when Finally the bottom fell out

 I became withdrawn

The only thing I knew how to do
Was to keep on keepin’ on like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue  (Dylan)

My Opinion ?  this is the bottom for the market........the profit taking from the tech stocks is over.....the obsession with tariffs while ignoring everything else has leveled off, and most importantly ; the recently maligned banking sector was thrown a lifeline yesterday when President Trump named Fed Gov Michelle Bowman as Fed Vice chair for Supervision........once the market fairly digests this information along with inflation flattening out and the train to reduced govt spending is proceeding down the track and has not been derailed ....Musk is finding real corruption that will result in real savings......i think the market will soar.

Trump told us on the campaign about short term pain for long term gain.......he told us he would use tariffs to both raise revenue and ultimately force the EU-Canada-Mexico to lower or drop their tariffs....and that is what he is doing.....he talked to the Irish PM yesterday about how Ireland lowered their Corp Tax Rate at the same time obama was raising ours.....and how Pfizer and Big Pharma all moved to the Emerald Isle..he stressed the need to get that supply chain back on US shores....creating US jobs.......he talked about China building car factories in Mexico and how he would tariff those cars at 200%.........the media hates Trump and is rooting against and actively working against him......but although money may be stubborn....it isn't stupid.........I firmly believe we go up big from this day forward.......and my favorite stock of the past 20 years will lead the way.

JPM is trading at the bargain rate of $228 with an annual dividend of $5...........this is a $300 stock by new years eve.......giddy up.

if you are looking for a cheap way to play the energy sector , my all time stock that i have been holding since the 90's is EPD.........oil & natural gas pipe lines across the Permian basin and the southeast......$33 stock with a div yeild of 7%..........if oil prices drop because of increased supply from the drill baby drill policies....you might want to be aligned with the companies that charge $$ to move the product.....

2+3=BEEER

And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through
Tangled up in blue