in Dime stores and bus stations

 People talk of situations

Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall (Dylan)

and so one year ago.....Donald Trump, the American people and the entire planet dodged a bullet......literally and figuratively. It was much more that the shot heard round Butler, PA....it echoed through the canyons , across the plains, down every Main Street and continues to reverberate across the oceans.....to the mountain tops and the Dead Sea....It confirmed for MAGA nation that the threat was real....."THEY" really were conspiring to Kill HIM and silence US......it made the talking heads of the mainstream media look silly when they were dismissive towards MAGA and forged on with their scripted lies....the worm turned....and it bit the head off the dragon.

I was in my yard enjoying a cool glass of beer.......i had just turned the music off and turned the sound up on the TV, i wanted to hear what the DONN was saying....it was surreal when i saw him grab his ear and then get tackled by the Secret Service....i thought he was hit for sure......it all happened so fast, but i was already mentally preparing for the news that he died on the way to the Hospital...the tried and true Kennedy formula.......and then he popped up, and started pumping his fist......i doubt we will ever again see something quite like that on live TV........i bought a T shirt the following week that reads MAKE AMERICA DEFIANT AGAIN......i were it proudly.....i am happy to witness this...i am Happy to be a part of this American rebirth.......this time i think Mr Trump realizes that time is of the essence....he has to push through as much of his agenda as soon as possible....the obstructionist RINO's need to stand down.....they have never accomplished anything meaningful....Murkowski, Collins, MCconell and friends ......they all need to GO.......we have 3 1/2 more years to save the nation, get this Cadillac's wheel out of the ditch and back onto the New Lee Highway and road to recovery.........but our chances get better with each passing day......with every trade deal, both the ones that get signed and the ones that get torn up....with every penny of Tariff collected.....with every reporter slammed by Karoline Leavitt and every piece of common sense legislation.....GOD Bless America......2+3=BEEER

Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there’s no success like failure
And that failure’s no success at all

you're a man of the Mountains

  you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds, you’re a dream twister
You’re going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care? Ain’t nobody there would want to marry your sister (Dylan)

there is a vile scum element in this country. they are deranged, ill informed and very dangerous.

This past week the worst of the worst on the democrat side were on display and on the airwaves....no shame for themselves and no compassion for innocent victims they have never met. The immediate attacks on the Trump administration after the historic and horrific floods in Texas.....the false claims that a budget that was passed 72  hours prior,  somehow impacted staffing and created shortages at the National weather Bureau ....that was technically impossible but also 100% inaccurate....records showed that they were actually overstaffed in the region...........so they shifted to a new line of attacks and claimed there were no warnings or alerts.....sadly for them it was also debunked.....multiple alerts warning of flash flooding were indeed sent out hours in advance.......we know they hate the orange man, we know they want the world to end , so they can say I told you so......but there are families grieving the loss of young children...give it a rest.....when the dust settles and the dead are buried, if there are lessons to learn then so be it......but tame your ignorance in the interim.

Also this week 10 people were arrested for their involvement on an attack on ICE agents . One in Portland....and another in Texas......the one in Texas saw these terrorists lure the Police to an ICE detention center with a fake 911 call.....and then they opened fire on the first responder.......at what point do we charge the likes of Hakeem Jeffries, Tim Walz  and all the other scum that have called for ICE to be unmasked.....that have called ICE the Gestapo, that have urged their followers to take the fight to the street, get arrested, spill blood.........these people are not stupid....they know exactly what they are doping.....they saw 2 assasination attempts on Donal Trump ever calling him Hitler and an existential threat to Democracy.....they know full well there are plenty of deranged people in this country....they lie and tell them that the ICE, and TRUMP are coming for them...coming for their Medicare....coming for their Social Security and coming to deport or Jail them for being different......they hope that someone, anyone will pick up a gun and do their dirty work......this HAS to stop....we need to find a way to charge the agitators .

SCJ Jackson is one incredibly dumb, arrogant black female that does not understand the world or her role on the planet.....she continues to render decisions based on her personal and political beliefs....she can not be bothered to listen to arguments and reach decisions based on constitutionality.....it is as if she thinks she is running for office and that her decisions are also an endorsement of the case matter......case in point....she was the only Justice to vote NO on whether POTUS can reorganize the Federal work force....her dissent was solely based on her opinion that federal layoffs could be "bad" for some people.......forgetting her shortsighted ignorance for a moment....she fails to understand that her role is SOLELY to decide whether or NOT the constitution gives the President the authority to do what he is doing....it does.....even kagan and sotomayor can see that........this moronic spoonjiah is a living breathing argument against DEI.......remember joe biden said he didn't know whom he was going to nominate for the court...BUT it would be a black female.....and now we are stuck with miss jackson , if you must......she lacks a grasp on what her job is......the right needs to call her out at every turn....i didn't like Ginsburg, but at least she took her job and her role seriously and she put in the work to site precedence when she offered her decisions....

anyway....the court did reach one unamimous decision yesterday.....i am surprised it did not receive national attention.....but the court ruled 9-0 that 2+3 does in fact = BEEER

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

Wile storm clouds gather

far across the sea
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free
Let us all be grateful that we are far from there
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer (I. Berlin)

Woody Guthrie did not care for Irving Berlins ode to America, he though it was too elitist....and so he countered with "This Land is Our Land", but then again Woody was a communist , pacifist and an atheist.

Irving Berlin wrote God Bless America shortly after being drafted during WWI, while he was stationed on Yaphank Long Island.......100 years later it still stands alone......as we kickoff the year long celebration for AMERICA 250 it is crystal clear that God is indeed still Blessing America....it is frightening to imagine how different things would be if the  Butler shooter was a 1/4 to the right.

2+3= Stars & Stripes

God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above
From the mountains to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home
God bless America, my home sweet home

 

i'm just a poor wayfaring stranger

 I’m trav’ling through this world below;

There is no sickness, toil, nor danger,
In that bright world to which I go. (trad)

over the years i have enjoyed sharing tales of the Characters of the Night that i have crossed paths with or even shared a ride along on the road to insanity for a while. One fella slipped through the cracks......and even though i have often talked about Diego Garcia, there was one guy i haven't thought about in a long, long time......that ended last night.....and i think i know why........in my Uber from Raleigh the other day, the driver seemed familiar to me......i knew that i did not know him, buy he sure reminded me of someone.

Jerome Timms from some tiny forgotten town in the great State of Georgia was indeed a character from the road.......he was approx 35 when i met him...i was 20.......a 2nd Class Petty Officer working in the Post Office and the Airport on Diego Garcia....just like me.......and he lived next door on the 3rd floor of the Barracks ....he was an African American from a dirt poor area in GA....he was always in clean, starched and ironed uniform and he had his hair cut almost every week...he was good at his job and he took his role in the Navy seriously....a lifer for sure.....but a great guy........it took a while for him to warmup to me....he was guarded, and he thought I and the other guys & gals in the Post Office drank too much ..go figure......but one day i was sorting the mail for our division and saw a newspaper in a brown wrapping addressed to Jerome Timms.......so since we lived next door, i brought his paper back to the barracks and knocked on his door.....he was very appreciative......here is where it gets weird.......this was the spring of 1986....and this black guy fm Georgia was a subscriber to the PACKER REPORT ...it was published by Ray Nitschke , it was approx 30 pages and was published on a monthly basis and it was cover to cover stories on the Green Bay Packers.......the Packers were avg at best in the mid 80's....far removed from the Lombardi Days, and Brett Favre was a decade away......so as Timms opened up his newspaper he asked me if i read it on the walk over.........i laughed and said no......he then insisted that I could borrow it as soon as he finished reading it......again i laughed and said no.......Timms had a roommate named Robert B.A Bivins from Americus Georgia......and Timms considered Bivens to be a Big City Boy because Americus had running water, electricity and a population of about 10,000......( I wish i could remember Timms town)........compared to Timms town i guess Americus was like NYC.......so Timms said to me , "Hey T.O. , you better call dibs on my paper, i think old Bivens wants to read up on my Packers"........to which Bivens would protest and insist he didn't give a SH!T about the Damm Packers.......and then i realized that Timms had a great sense of humor and loved to try to get under people's skin....and that became our running joke.......everyday....and i mean everyday he came into work , he would ask really loud if anybody seen his Packer Report........and people took him serious and would answer NO, and or try to help him find it...........meanwhile he had it in his back pocket the whole time........we had 30 people in the division and he called everyone PC ...(we were all Postal Clerks and our rating was PC) except he took to calling me T.O for my initials ......if someone new came into the office for work he would yell over "Hey PC, you seen my Packer Report ?" .......and i would chuckle.....and this  went on all day....everyday.......the Big boss was a Senior Chief....he didn't mess with him....but he would come over to where i was working with a few other folks and would say "I  think Ol Senior Chief took my damm Packer report....he was eyeballing it last month".....and some people would try to convince him that Senior Chief would never do that.....and i would crack up laughing.....one other guy he never messed with was another Black Guy...also in his 30's...a Big Dude named Larry Groth from Chicago......and he didn't find Timms to be funny.....so when Larry came into work Timms would talk quietly to himself , but loud enough for me and Bivens to hear..."Mr Larry Groth did NOT take my Packer Report....he's too angry.....he wishes the Bears had their own newspaper"...........eventually he started coming to the enlisted club with us after work, and whenever there was a lull in the conversation he would ask someone how they thought the Packers were gonna do this year......or, of course; if they had seen his Packer Report....or wanted to borrow his Packer Report.......and whenever his roomate Bivens would chastise him or tell him to shut up, he would say "ya see T.O. , ol bivens mad, those big city boys don't like small town guys"........"Americus is BIG, BIG city....he has no use for the rest of us".....then he would wait 10 seconds and say " Allright B.A. , you can borrow my Packer Report"......when we used to have mail call, people from all over the Island would come to pick up their Divisions mail......and Timms would always ask people to check their mail and let him know if they found a copy of the Packer Report mistakenly in their mailbag.....he would make up a crazy story about some Admiral that was hot under the collar because he hadn't received the Packer Report in 2 months.....and people promised to bring it back if they found it....and he and would crack up.....when we used to go to the Chow Hall for meals he would ask the Fillipino workers if they had seen a copy of the Packer Report....sometimes he would come into the Bar during baseball season with a dead serious look on his face and walk up to someone and tell them....."Mr Ray Nitscke thinks we can be real good this year, i read it in the Packer Report" and he would keep nodding and walk away...... .never really figured out WHY he loved the Packers......he told me he did not have a TV growing up in the 60's when the Pack were winning titles....i guess he listened on the radio and fell in love with the team....i think i was the only mental patient that really got a kick out of him......most of the other people would talk about him behind his back and most thought he was retarded....but me and Bivens knew better......I remember the day he left the island , i told him i would have a shot for him if the Pack ever won another Super Bowl......not sure if i kept that promise......but if you are still out there Mr Timms, God Speed Brother.

2+3= Nitschke

I want to sing salvations story,
In concert with the blood-washed band;
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land.

I’m going there to see my brothers,
They passed before me one by one;
I’m just a going over Jordan,
I’m just a going over home.

and when i hit the ground i was making tracks

And they were just taking my car down off the jacks,

so i threw the man a twenty and jumped in and fired that Mother up (C. Daniels)

Do you think when Charlie Daniels tipped his mechanic that he wanted 28% of that twenty to go to the IRS ?? No Sir...and so the first piece of common sense legislation in decades is close to becoming a reality, the first change that will truly benefit the working man and women....the lower and middle class will finally see a significant boost to their bottom line......the Big Beautiful Bill contains the most important change for main street.....NO TAX on TIPS.

10-15 years ago everyone carried cash and paid for most service items with cash.....bars, restaurants, taxis etc etc......but today nobody carries cash.....people pay for a lousy cup of coffee with their debit card......and thus...if there is a tip , it is electronically recorded and ultimately paid to the employer and NOT the poor slob slinging drafts.....the Employer of course notifies the IRS for every penny that eventually makes it's way into the servers hand and they are taxed on it.......we know this government has a serious taxation problem, they have an insatiable thirst for other people's money......but if i decide to give a bartender an extra $10 or $20 for going above and beyond, there is no reason the Federal Govt should get a piece of that $$$ , so they can then redistribute it to someone who deems bartending work as beneath them, or they are too lazy to work for .....or to pay college tuition for an illegal or to chop the nuts off some teenager with mental health issues that wants to become a Nancy.

you might think this would be bipartisan.....that even the demonrats would support such common sense  legislation that benefits sooo many voting Americans...but they are so crippled with Trump Derangement Syndrome that they just can't agree with The Donn on anything.......if he cured cancer they would bitch about the job losses in the health care system.....but hey.....let hem keep standing with the 20% in these  80-20 issues........i mean seriously...how many Americans have never worked for tips or earned overtime ?  this one is a no brainer.......like 2+3=BEEER

The Rangers drafted a defensemen in the 6th or 7th round of the draft by the name of Passmore.....no joke.........if the Blue seats still existed i bet it would only take one or two shifts before they started chanting "Shoot the puck Passmore, shoot he Puck"

But I figured I had better go ahead and split before the cops got there
When I hit the road I was really wheeling
Had gravel flying and rubber squealing
And I didn't slow down 'til I was almost to Arkansas

Headed Down South

 to the land of the pines

And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road
Pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight ( Ketch Secor - Bob Dylan)

I had a very difficult few days in the Garden State.......highs and lows.......Track was an amazing reunion/celebration day.......perfect weather, great turnout and cold beer.....it was the highlight of my trip.........sadly my days in the office were marred by NJ Transit........a total nightmare...and i won't bore you.........Amtrak was a disaster both going and coming.....and i was so rattled and frazzled that i left  a day earlier than planned.....skipped Alexandria and rode the train for 14 straight hours to Raleigh.......I had to get on the right side of the Mason Dixon.....spent the night in a hotel downtown, went out for a few drinks in Wolfpack Territory and tried to unwind.......the following day at sunrise i found myself in a $300 uber desperately trying to reach home base at Capt Archies before they opened at 11:00 a.m. ....one the way out of town the above song came on the stereo.....i had no idea that Bob Dylan wrote the chorus for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid soundtrack and received a co writing credit........the version by Old Crow Medicine Show is both beautiful and haunting and it summed up my trip........it remined me of the time i was leaving  Dublin in 92....and Dirty Old town came on the radio......it was defining moment for me.....the my life was in flux and a state of change....the haunting sound of Shane McGowan was powerful.....a song that has stayed with me to this day.......but i digress.........as i rolled out of Raleigh i embraced the fact that I am a Southerner Now....this is my home....my safe space...the place i want to be.....and i love it......i take it all in and i am enjoying myself........BayRidge and Little Silver were great to me....and i loved my time there.....but this now is what i am all about....and i am grateful to be livin the dream......I will be back to Raleigh someday soon.

2+3= GRITTS

And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh
At least I will die free

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train

Hey mama rock me 

Good old Randy Newman

 No one likes us-I don't know why

We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now

The ice age is coming

 The suns zooming in,

Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin,

Engines stop running, but I have no fear. (the Clash)

There is a force that is uniting to disrupt my pilgrimage to the North, train delays, heat restrictions, tornadoes, power outages and credit cards being declined…..the last acts of desperation……but alas I shall overcome.

2+3=armegeddon

I LIVE BY THE RIVER 

a lot of people won't get no supper tonight

 A lot of people won't get no justice tonight

The battle
Is getting harder
In this iration
Armagideon time ( The Clash)

it almost makes you think of Blazin saddles , the classic response when Sheriff Bart tells the town folk " can't you see this is the last act of a desperate man?"     ....to which Howard Johnson says " We don't care if it's the first act of Henry V, we're leaving"

the streets of the planet are in serious turmoil, but it is is starting to feel like this is a feather trying to stop a steel pendulum.....the good guys have the momentum and the return to some form of common sense and normalcy are inevitable.

Russia is killing itself off and going bankrupt by the day.....whenever the blood shed in the Ukraine stops they will be an empty shadow of their former selves.

Iran is getting ready to limp back to the negotiating table, but i think it's too late.....i think, hope and pray that Israel lands the knockout punch today.....take down the electric grid and bomb the oil fields.....let the people rise up and throw out the Religious regime once and for all. POTUS left the G-7 summit in Frogland early last night, he then told the 10 million citizens of Tehran to evacuate immediately....could be a ploy to force Iran to the table....but he doesn't really bluff when it comes to live and death......we'll see.

and on our shores the people have tuned out the media......the resistance is nothing more than a dating app for restless singles....go to a protest, meet a future boyfriend...put on an arab scarf and pretend you care about whatever is trending ........Gaza, Mexicans, lgbtqlmnop Alphabet community........their leaders are tired retreads......schumer, pelosi, amy wine garden have lost their steam, they are going through the motions....even they don't believe their rhetoric and nonsense.

I think these American protests are in fact the last acts of some very desperate people, and I think by Labor Day the world will be in a much better place, but what do i know, i'm just a doggie born with the gift of Gab.

i do know that 2+3=BEEER

Remember
To kick it over
No one will guide you
Through Armagideon time

All the early Roman Kings

 in the early, early morn’

Coming down the mountain, distributing the corn
Speeding through the forest, racing down the track
You try to get away, they drag you back
Tomorrow is Friday, we’ll see what it brings
Everybody’s talking ‘bout the early Roman Kings ( Dylan)

On this beautiful Flag Day we send Birthday greetings to King Don....(not Don King)

We Raise a Glass to Honor the Stanley Cup Champions of 1994.

We Salute the US Navy and Army as they celebrate their 250th anniversary

and we wait patiently for the Police, ICE and National Guard to crack some skulls on the streets of this Nation.

In case you missed it.... there are 1500 protests and One Magnificient Parade scheduled for this weekend. As our Commander in Chief celebrates his birthday, his military will donn their finest dress uniforms, roll out the latest weapons and strike up the Band and fly the colors of our great Nation. 

and thousands of illegal alien criminals will gather with self loathsome miscreant citizens of this nation to cry for Rapists, Murderers and Pedophiles....we have a crybaby loser culture in this nation.....when Biden won, when Spoonjiah won ....i wasn't happy......but i went to work everyday and still proceeded with my life.....i still gathered with friends and enjoyed cool refreshing glasses of Ale....i even went to weddings, parties and Thanksgiving dinner that i knew would be attended by liberals that voted for the other guy.....i didn't protest in Bryant Park......i funneled my discontent and energy into the Blog and made rational arguments against the demonrats.....occasionally my dog grabbed the keyboard and took some lowbrow racist jabs at the Indonesian Prince....but hey, obama ate dogs....so we're even.

But a large portion of our Society just can't function......they live in fear of some Wooly Mammoth Orange Beast that is going to do unthinkable things to them.....they relish in their fake victimhood.......like their party elders....Newsome , Padilla and all....they wish to be arrested and persecuted to validate their fears and to enjoy the avalanche of sympathy from their peers.....their just rewards are to wallow in the mire....they secretly pray for the Govt or someone to cancel their life so they have someone to blame for their own failure on the planet....it's so much easier to sit in Mommy's basement and lament that the system is rigged.....as opposed to stepping into the arena, taking a job and working hard to excel.......today I will drink beer in the Deep Dark Red South.....a Yankee in Captain Archie's Court....i will reward myself for my years of hard work , and i will patt myself on the back with each beer i drink.....and i won't laugh at the other side because that is what they probably want....but i will chuckle when i think of Henny Youngman....back when the jews in America were funny.

"She's a great cook...she made a meal fit for a King.....here King, here King"

PSA....next Saturday is the annual PC's BBQ at Monmouth Park.....look for the Sweater nite flag in the picnic area.

2+3=BEEER

If you see me coming and you’re standing there
Wave your handkerchief in the air
I ain’t dead yet, my bell still rings
I keep my fingers crossed like the early Roman Kings

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’   (Dylan)

but what if the senators are on the side of the rioters ?  what if the governor and his stooges are suing the Federal Govt to block the National Guard and the deployment of the Marine Corp to restore order ?

The battle outside on the streets of Los Angeles is for the soul of America, the battle is between those that believe in the union of a nation and maintaining our sovereignty......verse those that want open borders, no law enforcement, nomadic tribes that roam the globe and setup up tents wherever and whenever they want.....this front on the streets of LA will go a long way in determining which path America eventually takes. The people spoke in the last election....we can only hope that the people have the stomach to stay the course and support the dirty work that comes with reversing 4 years of a govt supported invasion.

it's hard to fathom, but somehow the demonrats are actually aligning themselves with Mexican flag waving thugs, the car & US Flag burners, the Soros hired agitators, the border crossing rapists, wife beaters and even murderers......AGAINST.........the Los Angeles Police, ICE , the National Guard and our military...........but in a twisted world at least they are taking a stand.....they are openly anarchists and socialists that wish to tear this society down.......i don't agree with them, but at least they are not hiding behind a rock.....the worst element in our society are the people that walk the tight rope.....you know them, they work in your building and live amongst us.......they denounce violence but defend mostly peaceful protesters....they claim to support ICE but don't want them in schools, prisons , court houses or sanctuary cities.....they don't like criminals but believe every Cartel member deserves due process......they dismiss the fact that these people broke the law to get into this country.....they want to overwhelm the courts so that nobody gets deported....because secretly they are the same as the anarchists, socialist communists....but they don't have the balls to stand with them....they have a caveat for everything.....they full smug in their own half & half horseshit....they think they are Better than Maga Nation and the Far Left....they are NOT......they are the weak kneed flip floppers that consistently change their vote against whichever party is in power because they are scared to chose a side.....they proclaim to be Independents but they are the reason the Dems and Republicans keep rotating in and out of the White House....a revolving door.......well it's time to make a decision and chose a side.....the choice cannot be any more clear than it is today in LA.

side note... all these chinese nationals being arrested for smuggling biological materials , roundworms, pathogens into the country have ties to the University of Michigan...it's time start asking the tough questions......."What Did Harbaugh know, and when did he know it ?" 

It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’

Just Got Paid today

 got me a pocket full of change (ZZ Top)

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

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

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

2+3=BEEER

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

Just like Crazy Otto

 just like Wolfman Jack,

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

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

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

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

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

Gold will turn to Grey

 and youth will Fade away,

they'll never care about you 

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

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

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

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

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

Fling you out into orbit

 No one's going to hear you shout

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

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

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

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

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

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

2+3=BEEEER

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

if you ever feel sorrow

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Derby Rant 2025

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

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

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

1) American Promise

2) Tiztastic ( a distant relative of Dermotts horse)

3) Citizen Bull

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

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