Here I am,

 and in this city, with a fistful of dollars
And baby, you'd better believe (Ace Frehley)

yesterday i awoke and decided enough was enough.....this Ranger home ice drought has got to end......Gabe Perrault was called up.....he chose to wear # 94 ( a great sign and ominous reminder) and the stumbling preds from Nashville were in town.........and so I donned my lucky new hooded sweathsirt and went straight to Molly Darcy's.....the closest thing to a Manhattan Mahogany Oasis i can find down here....and low and behold the Rangers played 60 strong minutes and chased the Preds starting goalie enroute to a comfortable 6-3 win........i declare the crisis is Over.......we have one of the best coaches of young talent and we have enough pieces in place that we should be a playoff contender.....and we absolutely be above .500 st home......so buckle up....we have a good team.....Sullivan is still playing with the lines and evaluating talent.....but i think we are ready for a run....

 2+3=BEEER         and RANGER GOALS !!

I'm back, back in the New York Groove
I'm back, back in the New York Groove
I'm back, back in the New York Groove
Back in the New York Groove, in the New York Groove

I watched with glee

 While your kings and queens

Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made (Jagger-Richards)

If the people of NY were not concerned enough with all the stories and resurfaced videos of Zohran Mandani, then i suppose nothing will ever change their minds...but again, i blog for the history books.......if the earth is still around in 100 years and the internet has not been purged by the mullahs, maybe these posts will shed some light on what was really happening while Nero Fiddled. 

First let me say that I left NY in 2000.......i can make observations, but i do not have a right to complain about whomever they elect. I, like so many others;  chose to move to NJ for some open space and some white Christian neighbors......I wanted the 5 boroughs to stay the same forever so that i could enjoy occasional visits....BUT i wasn't willing to sacrifice my adult life to stay and fight.

Gujarat is a region in Western India....Mandani claims the he is a Gujarat Moslem...he says people are amazed to hear this because PM Modi of India waged a genocide against the Gujarat Moslems (his words). He says defiantly that HE is one of the few to survive.(google it if you like).....such a tale of David and Goliath....some would be impressed.........now here is the truth ....and yes i read multiple accounts from both sides......a group of disgruntled minority moslems, living in the Biggest Hindu country on the Globe, attacked and burned a train of Hindu Pilgrims returning from a worship trip, they killed 59 Hindus.........and so this sparked 3 days of rioting and Hindu mobs attacking the moslems in retaliation ( gee sound familiar yet ?).  The official figures state that 1,044 people lost their lives.....790 of which were Moslems........the mass Genocide that Mandani miraculously survived never happened.......today there are over 5 MILLION Moslems in Gujarat.....so why would anyone be amazed by his existence ?  better question....this was only 24 years ago.....why would he make such outrageous, false claims ?  Because the world is filled with people that NEED a villian.....that crave tik tok conspiracies that make them feel better about themselves....people that can't be bothered by the truth when they are romanticizing by their own perceived victimhood......you know these fucking idiots.......the same ones that STAND with fictitious palestine ....even though Sharia Law calls for their beheading......Zohran must gave a good laugh at the over educated morons that are following his trail of bread crumbs to the alter of their own slaughter.

You see, The Moslems have been playing the long game for centuries, but have made enormous strides the past 100 years....they have a playbook that works very well for them. they infiltrate a region, then attack and massacre the majority .....then use the inevitable retaliation to recruit new naïve members and to sway global opinion as to whom the real victims are. it has been working .....and just by watching the protests in this country, it will continue to work....the simpletons that shun the first POTUS in decades to put the health of America ahead of everyone that is trying to destroy us....the morons that are addicted to the narrative that Israel is responsible for every rainy day.....the purple haired tranny-dykes that think islam is a religion of peace and tolerance........the moslems are not here to assimilate and succeed ( they way we define success) they are here to advance their cause of global dominance and forced conversion.....and like i said they now have a foot in Congress, the Senate, and multiple Mayors and city councils.....

to the people who said "let Mandani win, he'll bankrupt NY and that will be the end of socilaism"  i laugh in your general direction........what happened to Never Forget ? in the same city that saw 3,000 innocent people slaughtered at the hands of Moslems , we now have a Mullah Mayor.......do you really think anyone will hold it against the infiltrators in 20 years if New York goes bankrupt ? ......oh, and in case you forgot.......the real victims of 9/11 were the poor moslems that were afraid to wear a hijab on the subway in the aftermath......you get that through your thick skull Infidel.

2+3= GOATS milk you racist

Just as every cop is a criminal

And all the sinners saints

As heads is tails just call me Lucifer

I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well learned politics
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah

don't speak too soon

 For the wheel’s still in spin

And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’ (Dylan)

so here we are on election day......the nation once again goes to the Polls and cast their votes for their respective leadership.....I guess King Trump didn't cancel elections just yet.....maybe next year.

although the actual power of the Mayor of NYC may be limited, the psychological impact of electing an anti-Semite  moslem communist cannot be overstated. his mantra of going after the rich , to make things free for the masses is frightening.......and believe me.....it's supposed to be frightening......mandani is not afraid of the 1% club moving out of the city.....he is counting on it.....he wants to buy their precious land....BUT at a discount.........he wants to change the complexion of the city........he wants blue collar white folks to pack and run.....he wants trust fund moslems to buy up everything from the exodus jewish landlords.....that would be a giant step forward for the jihadists and their global intifada.......i think this is a real death struggle......i'm not waving the white  flag just yet.....early voting has been up significantly .....i have to think that benefits both Cuomo and Curtis...time will tell

over in joisey, i think Jack wins big.....and if he does, i hope his first agenda item is to stickup for Jersey resident who are being unjustly singled out by congesting pricing to pay for the MTA's disgustingly bloated budget.......if I am Jack i would workout a plan with Met Life Stadium to use their parking lots for Free Commuter parking Monday-Friday , and then offer free shuttle service to the Secaucus station just a few miles away....if even just 10% were to take this option (9 or 10K) it would hit NY in the pocket book for over $6 million a year........secondly, target NY business with the highest % of NJ residents on their payrolls.......offer them a tax break to incentivize relocation to the Garden State.....lastly , invest in the rails and even the buses, and offer subsidies to encourage NJ residents to leave the car at home and try mass transit again.....but when or if they do ......you then have to offer, clean, fast and reliable service.....it's that simple.

as simple as 

2+3=BEEER

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’

i was talkin to my dcotor

 down at the hospital,

he says son it says here you're 27,

but that's impossible.

COCAINE......you look like you could be 45  (Jackson Browne)

it's now painfully clear that is the Govt shutdown is ALL about Obamacare.....both for illegals and legal citizens alike.....you see the projections came out for open enrollment for coverage in 2026.......well it seems that the cost of Obamacare is going up 26%.....IF the republicans cave and give in to subsidies.......and IF they Do Not.......well the costs are projected to double.....so somewhere in a dark cave, Schumer and his band of idiots probably got together and decided they would shut the govt to save Obamacare ....OR.....at least blame the republicans when obamacare implodes.

we all know that Obamacare is the biggest "contribution" to government that the demonrats have made in the past 50 years.....when it ultimately collapses they will have nothing to tout....except the inflation reduction act that created historic inflation....or the infrastructure bill that was just another version of the green new deal , and it hasn't resulted in any notable infrastructure projects......so they somehow have to steer the debate and convince their bases that the Republicans killed obamacare.....it was quite funny to see dipshit Durbin crying about the Republicans not funding his party's failed Monster Socialist Medical plan......but it's par for the course to see the demons punish citizens on behalf of the illegals......they insist on going down with a sinking ship.

Richie Torres represents a section of the Bronx.....a district.....not the full borough..the 15th district in the South Bronx has a total population of 750,000 people....and yesterday he claimed that over 300,000 people in his district receive SNAP benefits.......how many do you think are illegal ?  how many are working OFF the books and should not really be receiving the benefits based on their true income status, how many are adults living in Mammy's apt, playing video games and getting high all day......and how many are legitimate citizens living below the poverty line ? 

In any event....the avg SNAP benefit is $190.00 a month ...multiply that by 300K people and you have a reasonable $57MM a month......peanuts to a communist slob like George Soros.....surely he could slink out of the shadows and write a check to the 15th district....Republican citizens stepped up and ensured that the Military would get paid.....where are all the AWFUL women and wealthy nyc protestors ?  dip into your trust fund and pony up the cash to feed your wonderful neighbors.

on a national level we have 41 million receiving SNAP benefits ....over 7 Billion a month......imagine if we cleaned up the fraudulent claims ? the legitimate claims could probably see their monthly stipend increase to $250 a month.....you would think every American would want to see that happen.......think again......it's enough to make you sick.

6 7 was just declared the word or phrase of the year......it means absolutely nothing in reality, but speaks volumes to today's youth....it is their humorous answer to society........hmmm

2+3=BEEER

now i'm losing touch with reality

and i'm almost out of blow

it's such a fine line, i hate to see it go

Cocaine, running all around my brain

Philosophy, is the talk on a cereal box

 Religion, is the smile on a dog (Edie Brickell)

This Government shutdown really is a small picture of a much larger problem.......too many elected officials were elected based  off of sound bites or optics......they really don't understand the issues today, and they either do not have a constructive thought or they have become too paralyzed to voice their own ideas........fear that down the road their own words would be used against them.......but here is the thing .....if your thoughts and suggestions are authentic....if they are your own.......if you believe them at your core.......what are you afraid of ? and that eliminates the majority of those governing today........their thoughts belong to the party or their top intern.....they do not understand basic economics, let alone some of the complex stuff they carefully tap dance around..... and so they resort to Bully posturing, Trump derangement sound bites, matador avoidance, Let's have a conversation after these hot microphones are OFF, or my favorite....."my position is available on my website, and I'm either too stupid or lazy to regurgitate what my staff put together".  the sad thing is that those too afraid to govern are being rewarded by the shutdown......the confirmation process for new judges is being blocked/delayed.......air traffic controller new class........pay for the military and other no brainer issues are all idling in the slow lane.....it might be nice if the dbags were also missing paycheks.....but alas, Congress & Senate still get paid as if they were working.......talk about a corrupt system.

for all of about 12 seconds i was rooting for Toronto to beat the hated Dodgers......but that crackhead mayor Ford decided to use our national past time to air commercials , falsely portraying Ronald Reagan of criticizing POTUS use of Tariffs   .....the Reagen foundation immediately cried foul and went on record to say the Gipper was being manipulated by the deceptive commercial.....and in truth President Reagan himself absolutely applied tariffs on Japan because of a threat to National Security.......didn't stop Canada from continuing to air the commercial all weekend......and their target is the SCOTUS and an upcoming hearing for Nov 5th on President Trumps use of tariffs.........talk about a foreign Nation interfering in American Politics ? well of course nobody in our stupid country is even paying attention or understands the intended purpose of the commercials....did i say nobody ?  i stand corrected.....the Great Donn has immediately broken off all discussions with Canada on trade and is planning to Raise their tariffs.......Slainte Baby.

i know it's all part of the judicial game, but it's still disgusting that these defense attorney's are most concerned with how their client can dress for his trial of killing Charlie Kirk ?  it's a blatantly obvious statement that the American jury system is filled with hapless clowns that could easily be swayed by a defendants appearance....and not the facts.

Brian Kelly OUT at LSU.........couldn't happen to a bigger douchebag than Kelly.........I would hate to see Kiflin leave Ol Miss.......but i do hope LSU finds a good coach.

if NYC falls for this act by mandani, they deserve what thy get......he gave a speech last week about 9/11......and how his poor Auntie was afraid to ride the subway in the aftermath because of rampant islamaphobia.......yep, he is serious.......3,000 innocent people murdered by his fellow moslems and his aunt was the true victim........turns out his aunt wasn't even in the country.....and so he quickly pivoted and said he was talking about someone he referred to as auntie......she conveniently died a few years ago.........he talks about affordable housing......but he is a multi millionaire and his wife is even richer.....they live in a rent controlled apartment that was supposed to be for low income individuals......yep....think carefully NY....

Choke me in the shallow water,

before i get too deep

I've been warped by the rain,

  driven by the snow

I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
And I was out on the road late at night
I'd seen my pretty Alice in every head light
Alice, Dallas Alice (Lowell George)

nobody had their finger of the pulse of America back in the day quite like Lowell George  and Little Feat....another character of the long dark night taken from us way too soon......but i myself have just extricated myself after 4 long days journeying the roads of the south.....through State parks and national Forests......up mountains, around lakes and so on........we rolled through Greenville, took a respite in the land of JR.......we stopped in Nashville for 48 hours of Mayhem and rounded it out with a Visit to Clemson......saw a hockey game, caught a Blues Traveler concert at the Ryman and ate and drank like a Pirate looks at 60.....

I am Happy to report that America is Alive and Well.........the economy is booming for hardworking Patriots that played by the rules...lowered their heads and endured a lot of BS the past 20 years.....the dark cloud has lifted........and MAGA Nation was out on the streets of Nashville taking a victory lap , enjoying the seasonably warm temps, drinking cold beeeer like oxygen and Loving Life in the USA.

That's not to say that our great nation does not have a long, hard fight in front of us......the truth is the left was smart enough to seize the education system 40 or 50 years ago.....and we have to deal with a lot of people that have been brainwashed by the liberal ideology that globalism/Socialism is better than Capitalism....that open borders and traveling Nomads are better than controlled immigration and protecting our sovereignty , and that by tearing down the top echelon of society you somehow raise the bottom rings of the ladder.........the demonrats own the teachers union and use them as a piggy bank.......they have been fighting hard for decades to eliminate the Catholics schools and now the Charter schools.....they despise choice.....they want one singular voice telling students from 1st grade to college that America isn't exceptional, that we were built by slaves and trans is normal and not a mental disorder...... that it's okay to defy Federal law to protect an illegal alien but don't you dare try to form a sanctuary city for the unborn fetus........and for the first time in our lifetime there was a glimmer of hope on the college campuses.......a beacon of free, honest, truthful speech.......and after he was murdered by a trans adjacent assassin,  i was shocked to learn that conspiracy theories immediately arose to accuse a tired old villian.........Israel.......are they simple enough to believe that everything  bad in the world is the fault of the jewish state or are they clever enough to spew this nonsense as a distraction to the vapid ?

The next two weeks will offer a glimpse into the future of America.........NY stands on the precipice of electing a Jew Hating, Moslem, Socialist as mayor.......Nj may chose another DEI empty suit without a plan or an idea.....even her own party has distanced itself from her lone position on energy costs.......she was admitted to the Naval Academy at a time when anyone with a pair of tits and a pulse was given a free pass.....and she was caught up in a cheating scandal and not permitted to march at Graduation..... and down in Virginia the party of tolerance is supporting an AG Candidate that wants to put a bullet into his opponents head and the head of his children.....and their candidate for Governor can't bring herself to condemn these words......so yes, there is a lot of work ahead of us......

silly side note....the liberal left media is losing their minds because DJT is building a new ballroom on the White House.....using his own $ and Corporate donations.....unfortunately they couldn't delete all the clips of CNN reporting with admiration and glee when Obama spent $200 million of taxpayer $$ to construct a basketball court at the same White House........selective outrage and hypocrisy rule the day.......but hey......at least we still have NASHVILLE.

2+3=BEEER

 And I been from Tucson to Tucumcari

Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me weed, whites and wine
And you show me a sign

I'll be willin', to be movin' 

Greetings from the Palmetto State

 

Suddenly I turned around

 and she was standin’ there

With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm” (Dylan)

There is a lot that can be said of Donald J Trump......the positive and the negative....but for today at least, he should be allowed to bask in the glow of accomplishing something that most of us ( including me) felt was impossible........imagine if someone in the final 20 hostages released was a friend or family member ?  so many times over the past 2 years i felt as though the hostages were already dead and that Israel should just go into ghaza and kill everyone.......i am stunned and astonished that they somehow got 20 more innocent souls released....well done.

Where do the American protestors pivot now ?  for 2 years they have cried about about a fictitious genocide, ignoring the fact that Ghaza and Hamas started the conflict and took human hostages.......but now the war has been ended by their greatest enemy....the evil Dr Orange .....what now ?

i suppose there is a big huddle this morning with Bernie, AOC, Omar and the rest of the jv squad.......how do we react ?  how do we find fault with Trump? how do we shift focus in a different direction? which buzz words will the echo to Martha Brennan , Norah O'Donnell and meet the press ?

how tiring it must be to limp through life as the perennial victim .

Kudos Mr. President......i personally did not think it was worth the time or effort to focus on the hostages for so long.....but i stand here corrected.

2+3=BEEER

In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation an’ they gave me a lethal dose
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

Look out any window

 any morning, any evening, any day (Lesh-Hunter)

it's one of those Box of Rain days.......i feel invigorated....i have time and i have energy.....i may take a swing at the great American novel.....or just spend more time on this wildly popular Blog.

One thing i love about AI is messing with Google's Chatbot and their AI mode search.......i ask deliberately bizarre questions just to annoy the robots....and see what type of jibberish they come back with.......i'm also hoping that when the robots go to Happy Hour across the street and sling back a few beers they tell funny stories about my questions......my top 3 lately have been 

which one of Bidens Uncles was eaten by Cannibals ?

What was the one thing Kamala Harris said she would do differently than Biden if elected President ?

How many Democratic politicians did Conservatives  assassinate during Jan 6th protests ? 

and of course , does 2+3=BEEER ? see the response below

No, in mathematics, 2 + 3 = 5

. The equation

$2+3=\text{BEEER}$

is a non-sensical, humorous phrase that is sometimes seen online and in meme culture, similar to other absurd math "problems." It's not a real or solvable equation

Finally , AI recognizes me as being ABSURD.....

anyway....i also intend to make Millions like Mikee Sherrill by daytrading in my accts.....now that i am no longer subject to my firms draconian restrictions......and although i love the blue chip high dividend players, i have also done extremely well the last 18 months with some technology stocks........i loaded up on PLTR at $30.......NVDA after the split at $120....VST at $160.....and some bitcoin and ethereum...

Today i want to share a home run play.....definitely a swing at the fences....not a sure thing....but i think a logical play...and i will share my reasons.

the stock is Aurora Innovations....symbol AUR...this is their analyst objective recap

Aurora Innovation, Inc. develops the Aurora Driver, which is designed as a platform to adapt and interoperate among a multitude of vehicle types and applications. The Aurora Driver is an advanced and scalable suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services to transform the global transportation market. The Company has integrated the Aurora Driver into numerous different vehicle platforms designed to meet its requirements: from passenger vehicles to light commercial vehicles to Class 8 trucks. It intends to launch Aurora Driver for Freight, its driverless trucking subscription service, as its first commercial product. Its second core market focuses on passenger mobility, initially targeting the ride hailing space with Aurora Driver for Rides, its driverless ride hailing subscription service. Its third core market is local goods delivery, which spans several sub-segments, including last-mile parcel and post, prepared food, grocery, and business-to-business (B2B) delivery.

so the piece i am betting on is their driverless freight trucking subscription......America is buying more online and wants everything shipped to their front door asap.....America has a shortage of 18 wheel drivers......Sean Duffy is using ICE to stop and apprehend illegal aliens that are driving these trucks and putting ALL Americans  in danger.........the demand is there and will only increase.....AUR is already operating limited driverless freight service between Dallas-Austin-Houston......these trucks can drive all night without taking a break......24/7 back and forth and back again.....and no drivers union to pay/negotiate with........there is competition in the field although AUR seems to be the leader......whomever gets their first can basically write their own ticket...everyone from Amazon to Walmart would love to ship their goods from the San Diego ports to Athens Georgia without worry of an accident...liability or theft ....and here is the kicker.....i initially bought at $5.75   a share....their 52 week range has been from $4.75 to $10.75.........today it's in the low range of $5.45.........so nothing is given....but theres a good chance it could double just on speculation or a good story like it did back in February and go back over $10.......on the down side, it's only .70 cents above it's 52 week low.......so it probably won't dip much below that bottom ( famous last words)..............anyway....this is a risk........AI is wide open......but this one is a relatively cheap stock with real world potential.......driverless freight is coming mainstream in the next 5-10 years......AUR may not get there first.....but i think it's got a fair shot..........but like my college picks.....i have been wrong before.

2+3= an absurd Meme......oh...and BEEER

And it's just a box of rain
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
Or leave it if you dare
And it's just a box of rain
Or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there

Almost Heaven

Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze (J. Denver)

This morning i awoke to 53 degrees....the coolest it has been here since i moved........0% humidity.......not a single cloud in either of the 4 directions.....i donned a light sweatshirt , grabbed a cup of coffee and took my pal for a walk.......i let him linger over all the interesting smells he could find......i did not have to rush home and sign on.....i said a prayer as we walked....a prayer of thankfulness......nobody knows how long we will live, but this morning i made it to retirement.....and we all have lots of friends that did not......and so if i am gone tomorrow or enjoy another 5,10,15 or 20.....know that i experienced a day like today.......and i was grateful.

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong

Good Morning America

 how are ya ?

Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

and just like that i am on my way......

2+3= Amtrak BEEERS

Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again
The passengers will please refrain
This train got the disappearing railroad blues

pigskin prognostications

 this is a big week for the American conf......a lot of games against the power 5, they need to hang tough and earn some respect......hopefully nobody gets embarrassed.

I like the Tulane Green Wave getting 11.5 at the grove in Ol Miss

I like Arkansas laying 7.5 at (where the hell is ) Memphis

and i think the Fightin Illini keep within a FG....take Illinois and the 6.5 at Bloomington against the Hoosiers

finally i do not believe oklahoma is sec worthy....i like Auburn on the road Plus the 6.5

Find the cost of Freedom

 buried in the ground ( Steve Stills)

we talk a lot about Freedom and more recently, Freedom of speech......it is probably the most misinterpreted amendment to the constitution ...when i was in 4th or 5th grade they explained to us that the right to Freedom of Speech does NOT mean you can go into the Fortway Theater on a Saturday Night and scream FIRE......I guess the rest of the world missed school that day.

All actions, including speech; have consequences.....people have been suing each other for slander/ liable since the beginning of lawyers......but this Jimmy Kimmel story is really gone down the wrong path...colbert too.....nobody has stopped or prevented Kimmel or colbert from spewing their nonsense......they can stand on any street corner , attend a protest and ask for a microphone or address any assembly that will have them......but CBS and ABC do not have to offer them the platform to do it.and or pay them a kings ransom.....if it were a popular opinion that people wanted to hear OR if it was the good comedy they were hired to produce.....they would still be on the air.....if the ratings were high and advertisers wanted to buy spots on their respective shows...they would still be on the air......but they were both hemorrhaging money and losing viewers.......maybe the country sees through their tired act.....maybe the country is tired of being lied to.....maybe some people are believing their eyes instead of their ears.

the other night on the FIVE Harold Ford lamented that President Trump did not address the nation after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and preach peace, reconciliation and trying to turn down the temperature.........my question to Harold is, if Trump had given that speech, how would it have been received ?  The Left and the MSM media are opposed to everything that Trump says or does....if he is opposed to crime, they are in support of criminals.......does Harold really think the left would listen and take his words to heart ?  does he really think Norah O'Donnel and the rest of those washed out hags wouldn't pick on something in the speech and find a group think negative response....does he really think Schumer, AOC and the moslem squad would not find fault in his words and dismiss the speech.....the truth is you really do reap what you sow........they have unabashedly united to fight Trump at every turn.......countless silly elections at the lowest level of govt have turned into candidates fighting against Trump....every candidate on the demon platform this November will have probably run an ad or two bashing their opponent for supporting Trump.......so even if he made that speech and even if in the hearts they agreed....they simply cannot say that out loud because it blows up their entire agenda.

no....Freedom isn't Free....but occasionally beeer is half price during Happy Hour.

2+3=BEEEER

Hope to see a nice group of lads one week from today at Dyker for the OLA outing....giddy up.

Mother earth will swallow you,

lay your body down

Vote for me

 and i'll set you free,

rap on brother, rap on  (The Temptations)

the good, the bad and the ugly benefits of having a doctored Firestick , is that i am still watching the NY channels for news every morning.....and so with that comes the political commercials this time of year.

Mikie Sherrill is a complete disgrace.......she is a deep rooted member of the democratic machine in the state, a state that her fellow demonrat Phil Murphy has run into the ground for 8 years....and yet she is running a campaign on all the great changes ( like freezing utility bills) that she will make.......if she had any "good" ideas then why wouldn't her pal Murphy implement them today? 

Truth is she fully endorsed the Green new Scam, and even went so far as to admit it will cost and arm and a leg, BUT you'll do it because you are a good person.......and now that utility bills in the state have tripled, she has no plan to address energy cost other than a price freeze.....waive the white flag and surrender to these new high costs, and freeze the prices so they energy providers eventually walk away from the state.....

The truth is , she is the white Kamala Harris....she has nothing.....when pressed by Marcia Kramer as to what's the first thing she would do as Governor she mumbled, bumbled and tossed a great word salad that would be the envy of Kamala....she finally said something about sending money back to the state to......to.....to do what what sweetheart ?  nothing.....she's running on her record as a former Navy helicopter Pilot and even recreates her time in uniform for her commercials ....side note, hero's don't have to remind people that they were once great.....true service speaks for itself.

she is a nothing burger.....the poster girl for DEI......no better than Biden announcing his VP will be a woman of color....ANY woman of color.

with mandani lurking across the river...if new jersey does not elect Cittarelli....it will get what they deserve.

2+3= a beverage, a beverage that adults like to drink, especially when it's hot or you are outside in the summer, because it's hot and you want something to drink, you know something that other people or even you might suggest is cold, a cold beverage and that's why we drink it...i think

Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything

And the band played on

So, round and around and around we go
Where the world's headed, nobody knows

pigskin prognostications

 i'm either the sharpest tool in the shed.......or the biggest sucker.

today i'm going against my gut and trying to outsmart the zen tricksters.

how the hell is the mighty Clemson only laying 2 1/2 ? not sure but i'm on the Buckhead bandwagon....i'll take the Ramblin Wreck of Georgia Tech, cause i wanna be mayor here.....

how the hell is mighty LSU only laying 6 1/2 against the God Awful Gators ?  not sure but i'm going with Bill Napier in a life or death struggle.......FLA plus the points.

all signs point to the USF Bulls running out of gas vs their 3rd straight ranked opponent to open the season............gimme the Convicts of Miami minus 17 1/2 big points..

and i'll give another all American 3 team parlay:

Charlotte minus 3 1/2 over Wooly Monmouth

Coastal Carolina + 9 1/2 over the Pirates of East Carolina

And the squids are not living on Tulsa time.....take Navy and give the Golden Hurricanes 14 1/2

2+3= BEEER

 they say heavens high above us,

and hell's not far below

but inside that subway tunnel,

there was no sure way to know. (Loudon Wainright III)

12,000 plus songs on my IPOD shuffle.......and the second song it decided to play today was No Sure Way by Mr Wainright......an obscure beauty about a particular area of lower manhattan......A I is a living , if not breathing; BEAST

Stay Safe / God Bless..........Rest in peace Charlie Kirk...hopefully you too are in a better place this morning.

The walls were tiled I hadn’t noticed they seemed so antiseptically clean
But we knew what we were under the lights were on that seemed obscene
And there I saw the three initials W, T, and then the C
I'd survived somehow was living but somewhere I shouldn't be

Blue, Blue windows behind the stars

 Yellow moon on the rise,

Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us (N. Young)

i wasn't ready for the anxiety this time.......a feeling of sorrow and a gut punch of being homesick .

This week for the first time...i will observe a September 11th anniversary outside my safe space in the garden State....i will not get to sit outside my garage on Edgewood  with a fire on the evening of the 10th.....and listen to the spirits rustling through the trees as they arrive......I will not get to raise a glass at Donnavans Reef or walk the seawall in Seabright or the boardwalk in Asbury Park or Spring Lake........i won't be at Off the Hook to see the Twin Lights of remembrance or Martells Tiki Bar ....I won't even have a somber afternoon beer in Brannigans with the rest of the lost souls band...

Honestly....i don't have a plan.....i'm lost, slightly.....i will find the ocean, and i will stare at it most of the day...i just hope the ghosts can find me......i will listen to my tunes......but it will hurt to NOT be in the Metropolitan area this year......i deliberately pushed my trip north  back 2 weeks because i was afraid of emotional overload....i didn't want to retire to close to the 11th ....a wise move.......but today....i wish i was there......i don't know what to expect down here in the south.....so far away from new york city......both a blessing and a curse.

Helpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
The chains are locked and tied across the door,
Baby, sing with me somehow.

pigskin prognostications

 back by an extremely mild demand, i will start posting my college and NFL picks....you can go with me...or you can chose to make some money and go the other way.....

today we like

Duke  plus the 2 1/2 against Illini

South Florida  plus  18 1/2 in the swamp vs the Gators

Navy minus 20 1/2 over Alabama........Birmingham

2+3= BEEER

Rat in a train ditch

 Caught on a limb

You know better but
I know him (Hunter-Garcia)

yep, i smell a rat........Mandhani won the primary because the voter turnout was low, and few people were paying attention........most of NY, especially the women: were disgusted with Cuomo and indifferent towards Adams........the general election will be different......NOW everybody in the country is paying attention.......mandhani needs to distract people from his policies....distance himself from his own radical/socialist agenda, and somehow make this a rallying cry for the far left Trump haters.

In steps the NY Times......suddenly flooding the waters with stories about the Trump Administration injecting themselves into the race........supporting evil Andrew Cuomo over their own nominee (Sliwa) and the sitting Mayor who has cooperated with their immigration policy (Adams).

The Times is quoting anonymous sources (here we go again) that insist that Trump is offering jobs in his administration to Sliwa and Adams if they drop out and support Cuomo...........i smell BS.

I think this is a desperate attempt to make the race about the poor underdog (mandhani) against the big powerful political machine (Trump-Cuomo and other nefarious characters)......just another case of the evil orange man sending in troops to control the city....just like DC, LA, and Chicongo. the left loves to paint themselves as martyrs, casting a stone against Tyranny.....and the New York Times is more then happy to construct the narrative.

speaking of Trump and Crime........can you imagine if he sent the National guard into Florida, Texas or any other Red State......can you imagine if he made the Metropolitan area the focus of his crackdown on crime ? or if he wanted to protect the white suburbs of any state ?

well the left would be crying that all he wants to do is protect his own assets ( Mar a Lago, Bedminster or any of his hotels) and that this all just doing favors for his Republican friends and using Federal $$ and troops to preserve and protect white utopias....... .....yep, he is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't........instead he is sending help to the bluest staes and cities to help the blackest people and save them from their elected leaders.....racist bastardo

2+3=BEEER

Lost one round but the price wasn't anything
Knife in a back and more of the same
Same old rat in a drain ditch

Take the Highway

Lord knows I've been gone too long
Lot of sad days
One day you'll turn around and I'll be gone

And the time has finally come
For me to pack my bags and walk away

Hear me say (Toy Caldwell) 

Today is a big day for me.....for the first time since the Fall of 1988 , I am beginning a College Football season while living in SEC/ACC  Country. I remember fondly the days of living in Jacksonville and heading to a the Bars of Atlantic Beach on Saturday afternoons to watch the Likes of Georgia, Florida, Bama and Auburn. Tonight i will take a 7 minute stroll to Joey's Clubhouse ( I live between the 7th green and the 8th tee box, and the bar is between the 9th & 18th greens)  to watch the big Clemson-LSU game , but first we are headed to the beach to watch Texas-Ohio St from a Tiki Bar.....that's my version of America.

Before i talk about the upcoming season i need to eat some crow......I have been very vocal in my criticism of the Big Ten, and although i still stand behind my accusations of cronyism , weak non conference schedules and inflated poll rankings......I have to admit that they have won back to back National Championships, and honestly i think the expanded playoffs will favor this conference....one rivalry loss will no longer sink a teams season........and the midwest voters are blindly loyal to all things Big 10, so not only will they continue to put multiple teams into the playoffs, but they will probably host early round game(s) , so they have a greater chance to advance.

That being said....I will continue to call out the absurd when i see it.

There really is no point in making predictions anymore....with expanded playoffs, college Football has become like the NFL and other sports, just get in, and then hope for good matchups........but I will continue to shine a light on some overlooked Conferences......starting with my favorite, The American Conf.....Tulane, South Florida and Memphis are legitimate programs that can give anyone a game and will play any one.....Army and Navy do not need any introductions and  Tulsa, Temple and East Carolina are always solid and occasional spectacular........the jury is out on Charlotte....a program with great potential.

The Most fun conference to watch however will again be the Sun Belt, and i am not just saying that because of my proximity to Conway, Home of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (although the Teal Field is awesome).....but throw in the Dukes of James Madison,  The App State Mountineers, Troy, Marshall and the Warhawks of UL Monroe and you have weekly mayhem and chaos.

The one thing i like about the creation of the Super-Conferences is the elimination of Divisions  ...the ACC, SEC and BIG 10 all went back to one large division from head to toe......that makes every Conf game count....nobody wants to live in the basement and everyone is clawing their respective ways to the penthouse...

on a personal rooting note, I have always been part of the Wolfpack and still am....but i have added Clemson and South Carolina to list of core favorites along with perennial members Navy and Coastal Carolina.....and of course Army 364 days a year.

i am looking forward to sipping bourbon in my Garage and in my Carolina room and thinking back to the legends of the Grid Iron from the Deep Red South...and i look forward to many road trips in my retirement years to visit the massive Cathedral like stadiums  erected on Campus...and participating in the local tailgating customs, it's time to take back September after a long retreat.

Today also marks the final show for Mr. Lee Corso,,,,,an old school classic fella.....funny but Legit....his good natured , self deprecating demeanor takes way from the fact the he was an incredible teacher and groomer of young men ...and a football genius.......his son told a funny story about when he played for his Dad at Indiana.....Corso Guided the Hoosiers to the second Bowl game in school History in 1979...they played the undefeated and heavily favored BYU Cougars in San Diego .....when they arrived on day one Corso told his players there were only 2 rules.....the first one is that there is NO Curfew , you are all adults.....the second rule is when you go to breakfast, put on a clean shirt so nobody knows you were out all night.........the game came down to a last second chip shot field goal attempt for the win from BYU......Corso called over his friend Father James Higgins ( the IU team priest) and he said "cmon, nows your chance, say a prayer....it's you against 6 million Mormons".....and the BYU kick was blocked......IU won 38-37........first ever bowl win in School history.

Sweater Nite will be proudly represented in Chestnut Hill as the Rams of Fordham take on BC ....look for the Hospitality tent flying the SN Flag...............and also down in Hollywood Florida for Irish against the Hurricanes........slainte

2+3= 6 points

I'll be back someday
But darling, please don't wait for me too long
There's just one place I can't stay
Memories of your love still lingers on

And the time has finally come
For me to pack my bags and walk away
Make me stay

Take the highway
Take the highway
Take the highway
Take the highway

The silicon chip inside her head

 Gets switched to overload

And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's gonna make them stay at home (Bob Geldof)

there are many many roads branching out from the Minneapolis church shooting, so many issues and angles...where to begin ?

First and foremost we know the shooter was mentally ill,  because we know the shooter was a Man who wanted to be a girl....so much so that he changed his name to a girlie name.

We know he was angry that he allowed himself to be brainwashed by the Trans movement and their enablers.

We know he regretted the steps he took in trying to become a girl

We know Mommy was an enabler and she signed off on his name change documentation.

We know he hated Christians, Jews and Trump.

How do we know all that ? it was in his manifesto, the one that the mainstream media is ignoring .....all the news that's fit to ignore.

We watched as the demonrats piled on Catholics in their time of grief by mocking thoughts and prayers.....it was another unified front and talking point....all the demons woke up on Thursday and viciously attacked Christians for praying......Gavin Newscum mocked the fact that the victims were literally praying when they were shot......i  assume the deity that he worships would be expected to step and in and stop bad things before they happen........the moronic jenn psaki echoed his stupidity....and the rest of the morons followed the lead...as if they had just discovered something new and were eager to be the first to share........over on Fox the self loathsome imbecile Jessica Tarlov dug deep into the shooters manifesto to suggest it was too easy for him to buy the guns.......this soulless twat has to be taken off the air....she is a combination of lazy and stupid.....she gets all her talking points from chatbot for morons.

They also went after Robert Kennedy for questioning America's dependency on anti-depressant drugs......the same drugs that often result in suicide........considering the alternatives, it might be better to crack a bottle of Jamesons and put on Muddy Waters or BB King.

The shooters Mommy by the way is refusing to talk to the Police and has hired a criminal defense attorney.......it is high time we start going after the enablers.....the pathetic parents that accept or encourage their child trans Mental Illness....the ones that buy Johnny a dress and a bottle of SSRI's.

I remember in the 90's when Israel was being inundated with suicide bombers......day after day the palestinian losers were blowing themselves up in markets and restaurants, and since the bombers were in a million pieces, the Isrealis identified them through DNA and then tracked down the parents....and bulldozed their homes that same day.....hows that for due process ?  it is time we did something similar......can't hurt, could very well help.....we should start by not only allowing assisted suicide, but insisting upon it for lost causes......anyone who keeps crying that they want to kill themselves should be locked in a room with enough pills to do the job.......and if they refuse.....they should have COWARD tattooed across their foreheads , so all the world knows......compassion and meds are not  working.....let's try something new.

2+3=BEEER

be sure to check back Saturday for my College Football predictions.

And Daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons
Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown