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

I don't sense affection

 No gratitude or love

Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above (Dylan)

So here we go again, another major US corporation with a steady and loyal customer base has turned over the reigns to their business to a young , white female.......Julie Fells Masino.......and just like the progressive white female that tore down the Bud Light Empire, the latest dingbo is steadfast on destroying Cracker Barrel .

We have talked about this before.....it was not the Dylan Mulvaney ad that killed the Bud Light brand, .....all companies make mistakes, endorse bad ideas or produce stupid commercials........the American Public will not abandon a brand they like because of that........it was the aftermath of the Tranny mistake that sank Bud Light...it was the interview Alissa Heinerscheid conducted after the initial push back.....she painted herself as the victim.......she said the #1 Beer in America was a dying brand....and it was her job to Evolve their customers.......she referred to her loyal customers as Frat Boys and Rednecks.......

Americans have thick skin........but we aren't stupid.......we do not stay where we are not wanted,,,we will pick up our pile of cash and go somewhere else......Bud was embarrassed by their clientele and so a significant portion of their fan base left......in the 2 years since the uproar, Bud Light sales are down 40% in the USA.

Now comes Cracker Barrel..........the old white man on the logo is gone........the country charm decor is also gone.......and like we said......Companies make mistakes....but here is another white female that seemingly Hates the brand that employs her......she is embarrassed by their client base.....she looks like an AWFUL ( affluent White Female Ultra Liberal) and someone who would not be caught dead in a Cracker Barrel.....she wants to turn Cracker Barrel into an East Hampton Brunch Bistro......and instead, if they do not immediately reverse course and apologize; they will face the same fate as Bud Light.

i am not part of the Cracker Barrel fan base......i have been there once or twice in my Florida/Mississippi days.....and i didn't really have a strong opinion about the franchise.......but if they apologize and undo the changes of this AWFUL woman, i will give them another try or two.....just to remind Corp America about the purchasing power of the silent majority.

2+3=BEEER

Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself
You’ve never learned to read or write
There’s no books upon your shelf
And your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark

 

Quasi-Annual Sweater Nite Sweaters Promulgation

 now that's a mouthful.

Last year we were thwarted by sleepy Joe Biden and his Chinky Chow chow friends.....the Jerseys we ordered were first delayed, and then outright cxld......and although after the inauguration, Mr. Trump tried feverishly to help locate the Sweaters in time for Gala...we simply ran out of time.........so this year we have a double award.......

4 Sweaters will gifted to loyal and deserving skaters.........and they are beautiful.......we channeled the slate Blue of the Utah Wooly Mammoths.   without Further Ado...the honorees are:

Roy Delorenzo , Steve O'Dowd, Kevin Woods, Steve Collins.

Congratulations lads....the Sweaters are in my possession and will be mailed to you shortly.

also today on the agenda in the Alaska summit between the Donn and Vladimir, is the details for Sweater Nite 28....the exact date and Location will be decided without input from that ungrateful half a fag Zellensky.......details to follow.....

This winter is an olympic year.....so our choices are to stick with Presidents weekend and on that Sunday afternoon at 3:00 (9:00 pm in Italy) we have a preliminary round game between the USA & Germania.................or we push back one week....that FRIDAY we have the semifinals  at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 pm New York Time.......and the gold medal game is Sunday at 8:00 am...............i have a reliable source that has assured me that if the USA advance to the semifinals that there is an agreement that their game will be the 2nd game......so 3:00 on Friday afternoon..........lots to consider...stay tuned.

2+3=BEEER

The Drunken Politician leaps

 Upon the street where mothers weep

And the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you (Dylan)

Just when you thought the world was coming to their collective senses, out of the shadows steps a special breed of pandering nonsense......Skip Bayless..........the hold my beer for stupidity award goes to the espn moronic mouth piece.......wait , i take that back........we can forgive stupid, but Skip doesn't believe a word of what he utters....he is not moronic....he is calculating.....he is hoping he will earn some street cred by playing the race card and calling out teams in the NFL that passed on Shadeur Sanders....racist fools were his exact words.

The first and silliest point is that good old skip is basing this on 2 quarters of play in the first exhibition game of the season......hold off on chiseling that plaque in Canton Ohio please......it takes a little more sustained success ; maybe even some regular or dare i say post season success,  before they enshrine you in the Hall.

Secondly, i remember draft day well.......and while Sanders was dropping from round to round the word was abundantly clear that his interviews , not his play on the field, were giving teams a pause on drafting him. His arrogance and apparent feelings of entitlement were the qualities that teams were not excited to bring into their locker rooms........again.....a couple of TD;s in the exhibition opener and a muted post game press conference do not close the Book on this story......time will show who was right or wrong...but these teams are billion dollar investments....in a league dominated by African American players,  it is insulting to my intelligence to suggest that a team passed on Sanders because of race.

saw something funny on FB.....a guy i know was crying about Trump tariffs......apparently he bought hard to find part for one of his toys or musical instruments and was whining about a $23 charge for shipping...the manufacturer attributed this charge to the tariffs.........this fellow was able to retire in America well shy of his 60th birthday and is living a comfortable life........so even if it is true that the charge is really related to Tariffs, then i say GOOD........He obviously can afford it......the poor downtrodden that the left claims to care about are not on the internet buying rare parts from overseas....so these working men are spared......yet we all benefitted from the supplier paying that beautiful Tariff at the port of entry and only the elitist 1% that insist on buying imported goods will pay the tax........meanwhile the national debt is shrinking and should totally disappear by the nations 250th Birthday party next July.......shirley i jest.

stay tuned tomorrow for a Big Announcement in the Sweater Nite Community

2+3= Tariffs

Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
He spoke to me, I took his flute
No, I wasn’t very cute to him, was I?

advertising signs they con

 You into thinking you’re the one

That can do what’s never been done
That can win what’s never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you  (Dylan)

those Dems are right about one thing.......there is a disgusting mainstream television ad polluting the airwaves....one with direct ties to Nazi Germany..........no, not the Lovely Sydney Sweeney......i'm talking about the racist Meinekee ad....with the nerdy goofball German walking around America talking with an exaggerated accent about how he only trust "Mein a Key" with Meinekee....disgusting propaganda.

Speaking of Ms. Sweeney ....when a reporter told POTUS that she was a Registered Republican the Don looked right into the camera and said "she's a Republican ? oh wow, Now, I LOVE that ad"....that should make some heads explode.

sticking with Donn for a second......Bobby Kennedy was talking about cereal companies removing harmful dyes from their product and was asked about  Mr Trump......to which Bobby quipped...."he's good, he calls me at least twice a week and says What are you doing ? and you need to make  America healthy again real soon"....classic

The Gerrymandering and redistricting has been going on forever, so why are the Dems so angry ?  because they want to wait until After the next census before they face the music.....they know that their 10 million ( or 20 million) illegals were counted in the 2020 census and House seats were based on those inflated illegal populations ....they are hoping to replace some if not all of those deported by the next census. The Republicans know they have to wait until 2031 before the Blue state flight and deportations are counted , and so in the meantime they will redraw districts to negate democrat cities.

Illinois is a state with a large Republican population, a state that Kamala only won by 4% , yet their representation in the House is far smaller than their actual #'s.....why ?  because the Democrat Machine in the city of Chicago is very strong and has drawn the districts to milk as many seats as possible.....legal ?  Yes.........Ethical ? probably not but both sides do it whenever they have power.....in NY years ago they combined 2 of the few Republican neighborhoods ( Bayridge and Staten Island) to limit the Republican to one seat......and a few years ago the drew a ridiculous map that included parts of Communist Park Slope with Bayridge to try and steal that seat for the midget max rose. so it is ironic that the runaway dems from texas are partying on Rush & Division and crying foul.

The Sad fact is the only thing to get the Democrats this mad,  to Flee the State in Protest and stand up and fight;  has Nothing to do with the People they represent....and everything to do with preserving their own Power.

that being said....Gov Abbot should not try to have these runaways arrested by the FBI....no need to make them martyrs....just quietly draw up a resolution to have their seats vacated for abandonment and then put them back on the ballot....every single one of them....he should clean out their offices on Friday and put their crap in storage......that would have a strong chance of standing up in the Surpreme Court.

the irony of these politicians both running away and also declaring that they are standing up and fighting back is rich.

PSA the OLA golf Outing is Friday Sept 26th.......I am coming up and i have 2 foursomes booked for the day.....nice party in the gymnasium afterwards....looking forward to hitting the links and the bars with some familiar faces that day.

Keep the Pazarecki family in your prayers.....they were abducted yesterday and are being held hostage by cannibals in Nairobi as we speak.........just kidding, but they are on a safari in the Bush, so the Cannibal story may be coming next week.......Craig was a little nervous until i reminded him that he didn't have to outrun the Lions and Cheetahs....he just had to be faster than Pam.

2+3=UNGA BUNGA BUNGA

An’ though the rules of the road have been lodged
It’s only people’s games that you got to dodge
And it’s alright, Ma, I can make it

 

Daddy's rifle in my hands felt reassurin

He told me red means run, son

NUMBERS add up to nothin

but when the first shot hit the dock, i saw it coming (N. Young)

much ado being made about Trump firing the Labor statistics Chief, and of course the MSM is deliberately getting it wrong....they are claiming he is firing the messenger because he didn't like the numbers......not accurate.........his anger and outrage stems from the fact the the stats included the largest "Revision' from the prior numbers in history.......last week they revised their own June numbers from 63,500 new jobs to a mere 7,500 ....thus painting a much grimmer picture of the economy and providing cover for Chairman Powell to hold steady on the rates....how can you trust either number ?  how can there be such a significant revision ? ....these are the same people that released the final Jobs report prior to the November election and showed the Economy was Booming......only to be significantly revised after the election......Trump had enough and fired the head of the stats as being either incompetent or deliberately misleading for political reason...or both........that is his prerogative as the CIC.

This story is nothing new to those of us who read and followed NY Post contributor John Crudele. I had to search for him this morning and found his website.......he was born and raised in Sheepshead Bay, went to Syracuse and NYU and wrote financial columns for 40 years.. Crudelle would painstakingly  demonstrate how the Govt had no Effin idea what the true numbers ever were....and that all of their stats were based off ADP payrolls and their past history....for example they added jobs every spring because they figured that businesses were hiring for the summer....i kid you not, their parameters were built around suspicion and expectation...NOT FACTS,,,,his columns are worth searching for if you are not familiar with him......he had a great way with words and was very funny...,,..he lived in Old Bridge and was a regular guy and a decent golfer for many years before relocating to Eden Praire Minnesota....i sent him the below letter on Sunday.

Hi  John,

I loved your columns in the NY Post. I am from Bayridge Brooklyn,  worked in Brokerage (Margin Back office)  the last 35 years(Waterhouse, Instinet, Fidelity) and i lived in Little Silver (not far from Old Bridge) for 25 years until my recent move to South Carolina. I had to search for you this morning online after reading about POTUS firing the Labor Stats Chief......i remember the hundreds of times you dedicated columns or gave mention to the fact that Govt way of counting or guessing stats was archaic and inaccurate.....and i made sure to tell colleagues every time the stats were released to "take em with a grain of Salt" and to Read your column in that days Post.....thank you for shedding light on this for so many years, i never forgot the valuable lesson.......I Hope you are well.....I miss reading your educational and funny column in the post......I moved away from Monmouth County this spring and i am loving South Carolina, looks like you are in Minnesota these days....I hope you are doing well.            

Thanks again,

Tom O'Dowd

2+3=BEEER

Raised my rifle to my eye,

never stopped to wonder why

went to see the Captain

 the Strangest i could find.......

Happy Birthday Jerry , Thanks for the memories.

Your conscience betrayed you

 when some tyrant waylaid you

Where the lion lies down with the lamb
I’d have paid off the traitor and killed him much later
But that’s just the way that I am  (Dylan)

it can't be stupidity or naivete , it has to be a deliberate attempt to disrupt the wheels of change. Is it just Trump derangement Syndrome or something more sinister ? 

I am talking about the fact that France, the UK and  Canada are now 'threatening" to recognize Palastine if Israel does not agree to a cease fire in Ghaza. take a deep breath and let that settle in.....there is so much wrong with all of this.

First let's tackle the most obvious problem.....HAMAS attacked Israel, Killed over 1,000 innocent civilians and took hundred of hostages, the atrocities of October 7th  are well documented....the torture and rape of both men and women and slaying of parents in front of their children.....and children in front of their parents. Hamas still holds possibly 20 hostages and the remains of some of the people they murdered.....Hamas refuses to release the final hostages or agree to a ceasefire, even as their own people are starving to death.. ..if these 3 scumbag nations are going to apply pressure it should be on Hamas...NOT Israel.

Secondly......the people of Ghaza are probably no longer on the side of Hamas (if they ever really were) .....any goodwill that existed before October 2023 has evaporated, the rest of the Arab world (with the exception of Iran & Syria) is in agreement that Hamas can NOT be part of the ghaza equation going forward....they launched an ill-conceived, unprovoked  barbaric attack that killed innocent people and ended up leveling their own homeland and destroying anything and everything they had on Oct 6th. they have lost any sympathy or empathy that existed for their cause, with the exception of the Soros backed Ant-Semites in the USA......the end was near....Hamas was on the Ropes, the whole world was giving them a 10 count.............UNTIL.....these 3 asshat nations decided to "recognize" their desire for statehood............wait, what ?  yep.....Winner Winner Chick Peas dinner........Hamas was right along, the west is weak......and it took the bravery of Hamas to launch the Oct 7th liberation offensive that has Finnally delivered the recognition of Palastine by the West.......Hamas isn't the villian, Hamas is the new Hero......that is how it will be remembered and taught to the next generations of Arabs in Ghaza......Allah Akbar..God Willing......forget baby steps...Hamas has taken a giant leap towards independence and a homeland......now sit back and let France and friends rebuild Ghaza....collect Billions from the UN and the Naïve Americans, and Plot the next Oct 7 attack......who knows what concessions we will get from the stupid west the next time ....

so why are they doing this ? 

A) they are stupid and short sighted and think somehow this is best.......force the victim to concede to a bad agreement so we can enjoy a short term peace.

B) they truly hate Israel and the Jewish people, they want to give hamas or hezbollah or any similar group a chance to catch their breath, rebuild and restock and get ready for the next attack of Israel.

C) TDS....they have to go the other way than Trump on every single issue....and if it ever appears that he may score a  significant win, then they have to double down on the disruption.

D) they are trying to waive the white flag....send a virtue signal to the Anti Semites and islamic terrorists in their own countries, we are on your side, please don't kill us too.

or maybe a little bit of all of the above ? 

One can only hope that Israel, the USA and the rest of the Arab world stand tall against these 3 idiots.

side note.....God Bless the lovely Sydney Sweeney for putting All American Sex Appeal back into advertising...American Eagle should score commercial of the year or decade with Sydney channeling her inner Brooke Shields......hopefully this is the end ( for a while) of round, grotesque, hermaphrodite wannabees selling products on TV ...

2+3=BEEER

No time to choose when the truth must die
No time to lose or say goodbye
No time to prepare for the victim that’s there
No time to suffer or blink
And no time to think

if the Ocean was Whiskey

 and i was a Duck,

you know i'd swim to the bottom,

might never come up.....tell me how long do i have to wait. (Trad-Jorma)

sit down and pour yourself a whiskey.....i have a shocking prediction about this upcoming NHL season....There is a Team out there that may take a Giant leap from the basement to the Penthouse.... I still love the Coyotes, and although i do think they go deep in the playoffs this year, it can no longer be considered a shock or a Cinderella story.....in fact the past 2 years the Utah Hockey club has underachieved......but i digress......the team that will defy the odds and make a run at Lord Stanley's Cup = The Ducks of Aneheim.....i'm not quacking up.

The Ducks have the welcomed back one of the top Coaches of the last half Century in Joel Quenneville , (back from a forced hiatus as part of punishment for the videographer sexual assault case back in Chicago....apparently he delayed taking action against one of his coaches that was sexually harassing a young player until after the playoffs.....horrific stuff no doubt, but the team did win the CUP that year, so who's to say what would have happened to the mini Kane/Toews Dynasty if Coach Q had blown everything up )

They also dress a nice mix of youngsters and Veterans.......and more importantly; 4 ex Rangers in the twilight of their career.....a now or never attitude always helps in crunch time.....Kreider joins Frank Vattrano and Ryan Strome and of course former Capt Jacob Trouba....and they have a good young netminder in Lukas Dostal..........watch out for these Ducks.

sticking with hockey.....Chris Drury sb on the phone with Edmonton every day....the window is closing on their star players.....the Oilers have lost back to back Finals to the Panthers and the main difference between these 2 teams is Goaltending.....specifically Bobrowski........Bob has stymied them when it mattered most........and Drury should be offering our Russian imposter for a boatload of prospects and picks.......Edmonton just might overpay for a Goalie they think can get then over the top........i know it would make Bob Dylan and his grandaughter happy to see Shisterkin moving out of the apple....

anyway   2+3=BEEER

Well now, the eagle on the dollar says "In God we trust"

You say you won't obey me, you wanna see that dollar first
How long, dear, do I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?

Boys in the street

 beginning to play

Girls like birds flying away
I'm carrying the roses that were given to me
Thinking 'bout paradise, wondering what it might be (Dylan)

read an amazing tidbit from the never ending world wide tour that Mr. Dylan is on, last week while performing in Chicago he stopped the show and told the audience he would like to introduce them to someone that holds a piece of his soul. (if you've ever seen Dylan you know that he rarely talks to the audience and when he does it is usually unintelligible jibberish.)  The story continues that he then introduced his 20 year old Granddaughter and she sang Forever Young.....the story i read even had 2 or 3 pictures of the two embracing on stage..I even sent the story and some pictures via text to some of my loyal readers........great stuff.....and about as real as 2+3=BEEER

While i was digging deeper this morning to gather all of the pertinent facts that were left out of the Facebook story i began to hit some road blocks....i couldn't find anything on Bob's official page or any reviews of the Chicago show...so i went to Setlists and it turns out he did NOT play in Chicago on this current leg of the tour........so i turned back to the internet and was alerted by A.I that there was a false story making the rounds of social media and that there was no evidence to support the story that Bob has ever brought a member of his family onstage with him...now that's more like it.......i would say we are only a few months away from the age old question about 2+3 going viral.

2+3= Idiot Wind

Once I had a pretty girl and she did me wrong
I'm marching to the city, boys, and the road ain't long

Times have changed

 and times are strange

Here I come, but I ain't the same
Mama, I'm coming home
Time's gone by, it seems to be
You could have been a better friend to me
Mama, I'm coming home ( Ozzy)

Hunter, Hunter, Hunter........he just couldn't leave it alone....he is the gift that keeps giving to the Republicans......he refuses to go gentle into that good night.......he is a coked up deviant that somehow thinks he is a man of the people....he did a 3 hour podcast and cursed out more than half the country along with fellow libs Clooney, Obama, and company.

too many gems to quote them all, but my favorite was when he talked about illegal imigration...he said F you to anyone that doesn't support illegals...he asked the question "who do you think cleans your hotel room ?" .....wow that should endear him to the masses......like when Debbie Wasserman Col Schultz asked.....who is gonna pick all the fruit ?  such compassion from the left........Hunter went a little further...he said if he were President, he would call El Salvador and demand they send BACK all the people that Trump Deported....and if they didn't comply he would invade........it's obvious the Dems are trying desperately to find out what's in the secret sauce......why is Trump so popular.....must be because he curses a lot and says batshit crazy things....

Epstein ?   honestly have mixed feelings on this one.....i think the administration has fucked this up.......first of all....we all should know that if there was even a sniff of mention of Trump or anyone in his inner circle, it would have been leaked during the Biden Administration........especially as we got closer to the election last Fall....there is no way in hell they would have sat on anything bad for Trump.......secondly, they have had the files in their possession for the past few years.....do you trust any of it ? they had the FBI, CIA and others on their side....they murdered Epstein in his cell and made it look like suicide and there were no repercussions for anyone......do you think they couldn't or wouldn't plant evidence inside the files  ? and more importantly; remove evidence that they did not want to see the light of day.

funny side note......i was reading an article about next years World Cup Finale at the Meadowlands and whether or nor NJ Transit would fuk it up......and these miserable lowlife apologists for NJT blamed the super bowl fiasco in 2014 on the NFL.....they said the NFL lowballed their expectations for how many people would be taking the train ........you can't make this up.....it was a Sunday Night in February.....no work commuters that day.......2 teams playing on at a Neutral Site....half the parking lots were closed.....it was too cold to tailgate.......and all of the hotels were in Manhattan......a 3rd grader could surmise that the majority of attendees were taking mass transit or an Uber......but NOT NJT.....they blamed the NFL for the disaster ...if you remember the game ended around 10:00 pm....and people were still waiting through the freezing night for trains until 4:00 a.m.......stay far away from the Garden State next June through July....or at least avoid mass transit.....that's my advice.

sad note to end on....but rest in peace to the Prince of Darkness....Ozzie Osbourne....it took me a long time to appreciate the music of Black Sabbath and Ozzie..i eventually found a space in my heart and soul for his music......and i'm glad i did....the Grateful Dead Facebook page released a video yesterday of Ozzy singing the the song we used today.....Mama, I'm coming home....it's a ballad written for Sharon Osbourne and the last time he performed it was 2 weeks in his hometown of Birmingham England....poetic justice..the circle is unbroken.....he was a true pioneer and legend on the Heavy Metal scene...and a funny guy, and more importantly a Good Egg.....he will be missed.

2+3=BEEER

You took me in and you drove me out
Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah
Lost and found and turned around
By the fire in your eyes

Your brow is sweatin

 and your mouth gets dry,

Fancy people go driftin' by.

The moment of truth is right at hand,

Just one more nightmare you can stand. (Robbie Robertson)

Perhaps the most heartwarming moment from last nights MLB all-star game came just prior to the National Anthem. Commissioner Rob Manfred took to the field and addressed the stadium over the PA and a world wide audience on television and appropriate streaming devices. Mr Manfred delivered an emotional and heartfelt apology to the great citizens of Atlanta and the state of Georgia , he was sorry......sorry that MLB caved to the progressive left with a kneejerk reaction and hasty decision and moved the all star game OUT of Atlanta back in 2021.......a move that was advanced and supported by then POTUS Biden....the move was in reaction to Georgia passing an election reform bill that required voters to present an ID , and it prevented people from passing out snacks, food, water and other free stuff to people waiting in line to vote......at the time Rob Manfred and the Demonrats slandered the state of Georgia as being a pack of hillbilly racists , Biden,  or one of his interns with an auto pen ; called them Jim Crow on steroids. Manfred went on to explain in detail WHY now, after a few years; that MLB was back in Atlanta for a rescheduled All Star game.......he admitted that Democracy did not die and voters of color were not denied the right to vote.....in fact voter turnout #'s actually increased...there wasn't a dry eye in the house i tell ya. 

See the man with the stage fright

Just standin′ up there to give it all his might.

And he got caught in the spotlight,

But when we get to the end

He wants to start all over again, hmm hmm,