The Dope from Park Slope

That would be Warren Kaiser Wilhelm Or bill Deblasio as he calls himself......well he chimes in about two disgusting videos going viral that show the street savages of nyc attacking the uniformed police officers with water and throwing buckets at their heads....our esteemed mayor said only one video was confrontational....the second video in Brownsville showed an animal walk up behind a cop on the street and dump a bucket of water over his head....the pathetic cop skulked away, he should have turned and discharged his weapon into the motherfuckers skull....but my question is....if you, me or Pudneil dumped a bucket of water on the mayors head at a press conference would he consider that confrontational ? ? Would we be arrested ?

The sweet pretty things are in bed now, of course
The city fathers, they're trying to endorse
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
But the town has no need to be nervous ( Dylan-tombstone blues)

Let’s talk about the future

now we’ve put the past away “ ( e.costello)
Less than two weeks ago I took to the pulpit to warn that the second civil war was at hand.... and frankly the history books might declare yesterday as the next Fort Sumpter.....the divide widens...it’s beyond repairing....as temps climb higher and higher this weekend the pot will continue to simmer and boil......as the dems and republicans battled over a resolution condemning the President as a racist,our cities and infrastructure continue to crumble....our mass transit is a national disgrace and nobody in Washington cares......people have lost a sense of civility towards each other.....tempers are flaring along with temperatures...I have an incredible sense that something big is coming....perhaps a riot or mass murder, time will tell.......on this Apollo anniversary I will leave you with a quote from the great prophet Robert Zimmerman “ well man has invented his doom, first step was touching the moon”

Give me Liberty ....or Give me Death

When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
Say something once, why say it again?  ( David Byrne)

I only wish I could follow that mantra; alas, I cannot...….I feel like a broken record sometimes,,,but i have to shine a light on the hypocrisy of this world...…….the t-ball generation that hates competition, refuses to keep score, lets give everyone a prize because we don't want anyone to loose ( failure), respect everyone etc etc.....not only doesn't have a problem with the womens soccer teams' childish , disrespectful behavior ...BUT...they idolize and worship it.....they want their daughters to strive to be just like Alex Morgan.....the same Morgan who counted her goals on her fingers when she scored 5 times against a hapless Thailand team...the last goal making the score 13-0 during injury time...class...….the same Morgan who scored the go ahead goal against England in a hard fought semi-final and then went into a classless, rehearsed routine where she sipped an imaginary cup of tea ( fuck you England)...and Rapinoe, the nasty pink haired miscreant that said before the tournament began that when they won the world cup that she wasn't going to the Fuckin White House......she refuses to sing the Anthem, in fact she kneeled during the anthem as a professional last year in solidarity while kolin kapernick………….and kapernick ?  when did the Betsy Ross Flag become a symbol for the good Ol Slavery Days...…..in case you missed it....the corporate shitheads at Nike introduced a new line of sneakers with the Betsy Ross Flag embossed on the heal....then abruptly pulled the sneakers because Mr Kapernick said it was an offensive reminder of Slavery Days …..interesting that the Flag was proudly displayed on the Stage at the inauguration of none other than Barry Obama...…..interesting that Betsy Ross was a widowed female business owner in the 1700's Philadelphia...…...if anyone on the right ever said a disparaging word about Betsy Ross they would be Labeled a Sexist example of Male Toxicity ………..I am a conspiracy guy....I believe Nike acted too quickly....I believe this whole thing was planned to create a controversy that they could be at the Center of......it's obvious that Nike has lost the patronage  my Generation and Most conservatives......sales are drying up and schools are not renewing sneaker and uniform contracts in the south after they hired Kapernick and named him the centerpiece of their ad campaign last year......they need to stay relevant to the left, and minorities and the gangs that murder each other for their product...….ironic that a Billion Dollar company and a Wall Street traded stock would be the darling of Antifa and occupy Wall Street.....give Nike credit....they know who butters their bread and they will pander to them forever....interesting the Bernie Sanders supporters who demand $15 an hour wages don't seem to be bothered by Nike paying .35 cents a day to kids in Indonesia to stitch together $200.00 sneakers..I have heard Bernie bitch and Moan and Walmart , a US company that employs more Americans than probably any other.…but never  a peep about Nike moving jobs overseas and tearting their employees like SLAVES....and how about the border ? back in February when President Trump declared a National emergency at the border....Pelosi, Schumer and all were quoted as saying it was a "manufactured crisis"...…...120 days later it's a concentration camp ( AOC) and migrants are forced to drink out of toilets ( a lie,,,and another AOC quote)…...and yet still....when a bill was introduced to provide financial relief needed to improve conditions at the border , AOC voted against it...…. ..

I was going to save this post until the 5th...….i'm tired , and I wish to just enjoy my Freedom and raise a glass to the Patriots that created this Greatest of Nations.....but sadly this Independence Day I felt an obligation to once again point out the hypocrisy that is destroying America...….I no longer believe we will ever be the United States again....I do believe the 2nd Civil war has begun in the hearts and minds.....the violent clashes on the battlefields are not far off.....I hope i'm wrong, and I hope I don't live to see it.....but I fear it's coming

sycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh-ho-ho
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa, fa,…

“When storm clouds gather round you

Andd heavy rains descend
Just remember that death is not the end
And there’s no one there to comfort you
With a helpin’ hand to lend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end “ (Dylan)

Heartfelt condolences to the extended Nolan family on the passing of Maureen....it’s hard not to question Gods plan when someone so young, the mother of a child that needs her more than most; is taken.......but believing is what we do......if it weren’t so hard then everyone would do it......grief and anger are normal and healthy reactions, just don’t loose faith that somewhere down the path this will all make sense.

“Oh, the tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation shines
In dark and empty skies”

If you ever feel sorrow for the deeds you might’ve done

“With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun
And the ocean is howling for the things that might have been” ( P.Rowan)

Well maybe not that dramatic but yesterday was a day of regret for me, maybe it was the anniversary of the start of my Navy career and too much reflecting and dwelling on mistakes I have made since , but I was down in the dumps and questioning myself as to why I bother....why should I care when it seems know one else does .....and then in the evening mail I received a card, I will keep the details private for now but it was a note of Thanks, a note of encouragement and a generous offer with regards to Sweater Nite 22.....it was a reminder that some people do care and someone in particular cared a great deal about Sweater Nite .....it lifted me up that’s for sure and I will keep that card on my nite stand to remind on the days where my efforts seem futile, that they are not....and I just have to keep plugging away....as we fly through our 50’s it seems harder than ever to get together for a few beers like we used to....take every opportunity, enjoy them all because tomorrow is already in the rear view, we can’t get that one back to do over....not sure if the senders of the card read the blog, but I will be reaching out to them directly to let them know how much I needed that.............” that last good morning sunshine will be the brightest you’ve ever seen “

Going where the water

tastes like wine...........
Monday morning June 10th  “1985”......34 years ago right about now..... I made the longest trek of my life from 554 76 th street to MEPS ( military entrance processing station) on 86th and 7th.....the four years that ensued were life changing and insane....thanks to Steve Mac, Donnie Hoff and Johnny “who shot jr” Rhine for ensuring I didn’t get lost along the walk.

What is a Man , Deep down inside ?

What a Raging Beast with nothing to hide ( Lesh/Monk)

what can be said about this day that has not been said before....on this somber 75th anniversary of the greatest battle the world has ever seen....certainly the most significant...….in short....after 2,000 plus years on the planet....this was probably Mans Finest Moment...……..Men giving their young lives so that evil could be stopped and others could be free...….in a fractured , broken, modern world of petty wars and insignificant outrage, June 6th 1944 can not spoken about enough....lets find a few minutes to raise a glass and say a prayer of THANKS for ALL the men of the World that played a role that day....

The longest day nears

as we approach the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion, I thought I would share some quotes attributed to General George S. Patton.
Better to fight for something than live For nothing.........
“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”...........”No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair......and my personal favorite....”

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.”

now everythings a little upside down

as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped...…..so the great state of Alabama has decided to ignore , disregard and bypass the Law of the Land......they are so certain that they are on the right side of history that they have decided to restrict abortions, punish doctors that perform abortions and no longer accept the supreme courts decision on Roe V Wade......and the left is loosing their collective minds......this is kind of like NYC, San Francisco and other liberal outposts declaring themselves "Sanctuary" Cities.....they refuse to accept the Federal Governments authority on Immigration issues....they refuse to cooperate with ICE and other law enforcement agencies with regard to "illegal Aliens"....they are so certain that they are on the right side of history when it comes to Juan and Pedro......I wonder if they see highlights of hypocrisy when they gaze into the mirror ?

From the sublime

To the ridiculous, as Thomas Paine pointed out  there’s not much difference....comes news from the wonderful world of college education...entrance exams will now include bonus points....not for getting questions right, but for the amount of adversity you faced growing up.....you heard that right....the schools will develop a criteria and then award points for kids who lived in high crime neighborhoods, had divorced parents, lived in city housing etc etc.......so in other words they are discriminating against kids that had a decent upbringing......once again America is punishing success and rewarding failure.....so the parent that works 2 or 3 jobs to raise their family in a good environment, who puts their own happiness aside to send their kids to the finest schools is being punished and the The slobs that leave their spouses and neglect their kids are reaping rewards in reduced tuition and favorable acceptance into schools.....America is upside down....the madness has to cease.

Oh the benches were stained

with tears and perspiration.....
The birdies were flying from tree to tree, 
There was little to say, there was no conversation
As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree....
Yeah well it’s about that time, but sooo very much as changed since Robert Zimmerman graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota......today I read a snippet about a high school ( forgive me but I don’t recall where) that is doing away with the class valedictorian....they feel it creates unhealthy competition and stress......let that sink in..... the same school administrators across the country that have bullied a generation of kids into taking on mountains of debt to go to college because they would be useless without a college degree are now discouraging those kids from embracing their education and challenging themselves to be the best.........my friends, there is no such thing as unhealthy competition....it is in fact the only way to better yourself at whatever task is at hand.....the t-ball generation is afraid to strike out, afraid to loose, terrified of failure.....but instead of using those fears as motivation...they simply change the rules....every one gets to bat, keep swinging until you hit the ball and don’t allow anyone to keep score.....(Patrick Garry was a man ahead of his time, he always kept score at his daughters tball games and he made sure she knew if her team won or lost) .....sadly we are turning into a nation of frightened little girls.... requiring/demanding safe spaces....afraid of debate or differing opinions, unable or unwilling to accept unfavorable results ( elections, entrance exams etc etc) we are the calf that is being fattened for slaughter and our days are numbered....our enemies see it and are bidding their time......we will self implode or be extinguished in the next 50 years if we do not come to our senses.......I just hope their is beeeeer, dogs, music and women in the afterlife.....or wherever the fuck I end up. ( if you are reading this blog in the 22nd century, I hope I was wrong.... and I hope the Rangers are in the Stanley Cup Finals)...........sing it Bobby

I put down my robe, picked up my diploma
Took hold of my sweetheart and away we did drive
Straight for the hills, the black hills of Dakota
Sure was glad to get out of there alive
And the locusts sang, well, it give me a chill
Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody
And the locusts sang with a high whinin' trill
Yeah, the locusts sang and they was singing for me
Singing for me, well, singing for me

Derby Rant 2019

To Drink or Not too Drink, that is the true War of Will , and i'm talking real drinking, like a Long Range Toddy or a shot of Vekoma , not a Plus Que Parfait or some other silly Spinoff, By my Standards if you want to be a Game Winner you got start drinking at sunrise and continue throughout the day....if you have to run an errand on the Bodexpress you better grab a Roadster, if you want to  Win Win Win, just ignore the Tax and buy a bottle of Haikal and get busy...in no time you'll be dancing like a Master Fencer , telling humorous tales and displaying  your Cutting Humor and dazzling the felines like a regular Gray Magician...just always follow your own Code of Honor and if you have to leave your Country House always bring a Tacitus Flask of fine spirits, as Improbable as all this seems , it may just provide Maximum Security.

and that Boys and Girls is how I see the Derby Playing out...…..Maximun Security uptop…...exatca with Improbable......and a 4 horse Triple / Superfects with Tacitus and Country house (  if its wet, forget Country House and include one of the big faves Roadter or Game Winner in exotics)...alas I have been wrong before., but not today.

Omaha Beach

very disappointing to learn that Omaha Beach has scratched. As much as I love Mike Smith I was not going to put the favorite on top of my exotics..... I was hoping he would draw a lot of money his way and increase the payout for the winner ( I will reveal my pick on Saturday as improbable as that may seem.).........final thoughts on the Dan Jam , who knows what evil lurks, where  envy stirs bad intent, what darkness looms in the souls of the disenfranchised. when lifelong friends turn cold in the blink of an eye, one can only wonder why. To those who could not offer a hearty hello, your motives are exposed.

Walk into splintered sunlight

Feel your way, feel your way like the day before......because in the end it truly is but a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago.....in the schoolyard of life with a makeshift cooler, a radio plays far into the night as we inch our way through DEAD dreams into another land

Religion of pieces

as in they blow anyone who isn’t a moslem to pieces....but don’t expect to hear that on the evening news....the usual suspects were at it again....300 dead.....500 injured in Sri Lanka as suicide bombers attacked Christian Churches (Catholic Churches to be exact)......or as abc and cbs reported “ an Easter tragedy “.....and it was carried out by religious extremists.......no.....it wasn’t disgruntled Hindus in neighboring India.....it was of course a Terrorist Attack carried out by Moslems against Catholics and Luxury Hotels....because when you are a low life camel fucking piece of shit, living in squalor , you attack the things that are better than you.....bring the advanced world back to the barbaric desert....attack schools, police, tourism and of course Christianity.....why not the Jews? Because the Jews hit back......

Surprise surprise

not really.....last Friday, 5 days ago....an African American thug threw a five year old boy off the 3rd story balcony of the mall of America......as the days wore on it struck me as odd that they never mentioned the victims name, showed his picture or interviewed his family.....abc, cbs etc reported the story all weekend.....we saw stymies mug shot and learnt his name and motive, but only vague references to his victim .......alas you should have guessed by now he is White and his name is Landen Hoffman.........can you imagine if a white man in Mississippi threw a black kid off a balcony?? Do ya think more attention would be paid to the racial ramifications ?

Silver lining

In every tragedy we can find a little humor and the fire at Notre Dame in Paris is no different, the following tweet came from our Commander in Chief yesterday during the height of the fire..

“So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!”

Where do we start ? Flying water tankers ? Lol ....hysterical..... but the image of the President tweeting and fully expecting the French Fire Brigade to be monitoring his tweets and so he urges/reminds them “MUST ACT QUICKLY “ ......that’s going to be my new catch phrase....whenever I order a beer I’m going to urge the bartender “MUST ACT QUICKLY....free entertainment, enjoy it while we still can ......I also received a text reminding me of the Brian (murderer) Kelly curse at the other Notre Dame.....somehow that slimeball must be involved.

LUCY !!

You got some splainin to do .......oh that loveable Ricky Ricardo sure was a fun Mexican....who wouldn’t want to live next door to that wacky bean eater? Certainly not Nancy Pelosi or Buckteeth Murphy or evil eyes cuomo......and yet.....those same liberals who preach sanctuary cities and states and want everyone accepted at the border and welcomed with open arms, don’t seem to want those same people shipped to their towns.....in fact they called a WH plan to do exactly that “REVENGE “ ..... I must be stupid, naive or both....how could transporting  a harmless Guatemalan child away from the harsh desert land of our southern border in Texas to the land of millionaires where miss pelosi resides be viewed as “anything “ other than humanitarian.....Trump and the White House should get a Nobel prize....

do as i say

you have to love it......the university of Georgetown has approved a bill that will pay reparations to the 400 living descendants of 150 slaves that the school sold back in the 1800's...……..nice feel good story.....the school has billions in endowment..collects hundreds of millions in annual tuition.....….the faculty and staff are chock full of liberal Jesuits...it's refreshing to hear someone practicing what they preach...……..but as the great Lee Corso says...…"Not so fast my friend"

the school, faculty and staff will NOT be required to pay a dime...…..the reparations will be coming from a NEW Fee (tax) on incoming and future students...……..

ah, but isn't that the liberal way...….multi millionaires like Bernie and Fauxohantas are eager to take your money and make nicey nice with the illegal aliens, thugs, miscreants and slobs that feast off the bottom of a healthy economy......just don't expect them to write a check...……


and on the hypocrisy homefront…...OPRAH says it's time for Women to set the agenda for the world….and it will be diverse and inclusive...…...let that set in...……...does she really fail to see the hypocrisy of stating that an exclusive portion of the population ( women) need to set the agenda for the world ( including men) and it will be inclusive ?...….bless heart fat little heart, she probably doesn't see the irony in that statement...……….in a related story....Piscean people born in march of 1965 that lived on 76th street will set the agenda for sweater nite 22 and it will be diverse and inclusive.....aeries and Taurus need not apply.

Hope springs eternal

Well-a, beat the drum and hold the phone,
The sun came out today.
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
A-roundin' third, and headed for home,
It's a brown-eyed handsome man,
Anyone can understand the way I feel.......(John fogerty)

Perfect lyrics for a perfect day......no matter how much I whine and drone about the demise of our great game, it’s still OUR Great Game.....Our National pastime...the boys of summer...and nothing compares with opening day...everyone is tied for first...rounding third and headed for home....God Bless America....and shine down on our beloved Metropolitans whilst you are at it.

on a long and lonsesome highway, east of omaha

yesterday as a light rain fell on the streets of bayridge, in a quiet unassuming bar and even less ceremonious atmosphere, I said goodbye to my former head linesman...perhaps forever.....he's off battle life's demons on greener pastures, and a newer and different battlefield with a fresh set of combatants on the foreign shores of the sunshine state.....I will miss him for sure, but truth be told ive been missing him for a longtime already....he checked out of our circle 18 months ago,  for whatever reason I know not what for.....he was top 5 interesting, entertaining and funny when he was in his prime, he probably never should have left bayridge in the 1st place....he had a good tun in the Garden Satate but it ended terribly and he was never quite the same...he was a modern day walter mitty, an ever changing chameleon, he struggled with the basic truths but he sure was funny and told a great story...i'll save his obituary for when he truky dies not just metaphorically.....I wish him well and I hope he makes peace with himself and enjoys whats left of this life......as bob seger says...."there we goo, turn the page"

“All the things I planned to do

I only did halfway, tomorrow will Be Sunday; born a rainy Saturday “ (Garcia)
More sad news out of Met land and a bitter reminder that our time is fleeting.....Dementia, Alzheimer’s and a stroke are the 3 things that scare me the most....not even the Great Tom Seaver is immune......the legend, the Franchise...has retired from public life as a result of Dementia....just a few short months shy of the honoring of the 1969 Mets 50th Anniversary.....how empty and hollow that celebration will be without TomTerrific .....my namesake, my boyhood idol and hero...he was an all around gentleman and good citizen....run out of town by 2 scumbags.....m Donald grant and dick young ( that filthy douche reporter who trashed Seaver to gain favors from Mets management)....and all these years later the met faithful are still begging for a statue ....maybe now the wilponzis will finally concede.................8 million memories of Tom Terrific , today I will share a funny one.....on or about August 3rd 1985 I was on weekend leave from the Great Lakes naval station and was enjoying a few cold beeeeers on Chicago’s north side with Donnie Hoff, Steve Collins and Eddie G...it was a Sunday afternoon and although the Mets were playing the cubs in wrigley we did not go ( we had been there the day prior) nope...we found a bar to watch the Yankees game as they honored their longtime shortstop and announcer o on Phil Rizzutto Day.....luckily they were playing the White Sox and the game would be televised in Chicago ( long before espn and the mlb network, you couldn’t always watch whatever game you wanted).....oh , but we weren’t tuning in to see the Yankees....no sir ....as luck would have it......George Thomas Seaver took his 299 wins to the mound that day and absolutely silenced the Yankees bats before a sold out crowd and a multitude of METSIE jerseys in yankee stadium....we roared and cheered our approval in a Windy City gin mill in the most surreal surrounding ever.......the bartenders seemed perplexed why a group of New Yorkers were feverishly pulling for the Chisox..... Tom Terrrific got # 300 that day and we got another memory for a lifetime.....safe travels Mr. Seaver, a scary road ahead, we wish you well.....

AOC ......all out crazy

Curtis sliwa coined that nickname for the junior congressman from Astoria , and he’s right on the mark .......her latest brilliant idea is to tax each and every financial transaction, yes; every trade will carry a  surcharge.....again misguided govt involvement where it doesn’t belong and it will have an adverse effect.....my union friends with pensions sb concerned because I promise you that the Fat Cat Wall Street firms will find away to make up for list revenue......they will simply increase fees for managing your pension......the private sector has the brightest legal minds and pays handsomely for their advice, they are always 3 steps ahead of any govt regulations or new tax.

He who cannot be trusted

must fail “ ( Dylan) ....oh Bob , if only it were that easy....the rumbling aftershocks of hypocrisy will one day destroy this country like an earthquake from the highest mount....yesterday the same SCUM that insisted “any deal was better than no deal “ while defending the Obama/Kerry iran deal ( you know, the deal that sent 150 billion dollars to Iran for a ten year break in their nuclear program and a lifting of economic sanctions)..well they pushed their way to the microphone to say President Trup should not trust nor accept a deal with North Korea.....I agree with those sentiments but sadly their motives are to deny President Trump a victory .......even if it was a perfect deal they would oppose.....and if it was obama or Hillary or Bernie or AOC , and it was a horrible deal paying Kim jung in BILLIONS to be our friend for a photo shoot, they would trip over themselves to appluad the deal and demand a Nobel Peace prize ........
“Memory, ecstasy, tyranny, hypocrisy...
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss
In the valley of the missing link...
And you have no time to think”

Now everything’s a little upside down

As a matter of fact the wheels, what’s good is bad, what’s bad is good “(Dylan) ......and so sweater nite 21 ( aka a 21 drunk salute) has come and gone....some old familiar faces from near and far trekked their way back to the birthplace of civilization, Bay Ridge Brooklyn...we may wear different hats in life and live in many houses, hold many different jobs, even marry different people perhaps, but the ne thing you can’t change , the one fact , the one constant; is where you are from ......I’m honored and privileged along with Sweater Nite to be from 11209........Thanks to all who made last weekend one for the books.........”you’ll find out when you’ve reached the top, you’re on the bottom..,,,,IDIOT WIND.”

The wheel is turning

That mover and shaker Denny Forrest is At it again, now he has the Belmont arena in his cross hairs apparently and he is taking his case to the walking soundbite AOC , won’t be long now. Denny Forrest sending tweets to Ocasio-Cortez...@AOC great job on amazon, let’s look at the secret deal Cuomo gave the hockey team to build an arena in Belmont, NOT what the community wants or needs...corporate welfare.

Let’s swim to the moon

Uh-huh....let’s climb through the tide....penetrate the evening that the city sleeps to hide.(James Douglas Morrison) Oh Jim how could you leave us so soon ? Still you left undeniable imagery in our brains and I am thankful that as I walk to the train at 5:30 this morning, that it is the Doors and moonlight drive that is the soundtrack in my skull...it seems to me a combination of incredibly good music with poetic lyrics and hearing that music while my brain was young, functioning and committing to memory... and I am grateful....I don’t know nor do I care what I had for lunch yesterday....but I’m delighted that my brain is on autopilot and finds the right music for the moment every waking day....more than this I will not ask.........” you reach your hand to hold me, but I can’t be your guide..”

This one will last a lifetime

Tonight at the worlds most famous arena, in the heart of the worlds greatest city , MSG honors the Greatest NY Ranger team of them all....coverage starts at noon on the MSG network with replays of key playoff moments from 1994.....ceremony on the ice with the 94 alumni begins at 6:30.....( the molly wee pub opens at 11:00 a.m. ...just sayin)

Stray bullets

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Derby 2019

Positively ridiculous to try and pick a Derby 🐎 horse while still in the frigid month of January, but here goes anyway......BOURBON WAR is on my radar...if IRad Jr keeps riding him and he has a good run in his next prep (3:2 FOY) then he may become my pick for the first Saturday in May.

I ran into the fortune teller

Who said beware of lightning that might strike.......25 years ago last night....@ Madison Square Garden, the future was told and it wasn’t madam Marie.....the NHL all-star was held at the Worlds Most Famous arena....the first place Rangers were represented by Misters Messier, Leetch, Graves and of course Michael Richter....the game was a River Hockey shootout and st one moment the games most exciting and arguably best player found himself all alone at center ice with the puck for a an easy break away goal.....the Russian Rocket; Patel Bure, was flying in on net with nobody to stop him .....nobody that is except Mr Richter....the Garden rose to their collective feet and watched as the greatest American Goalie stonewalled the worlds greatest player....the Garden erupted......and it wasn’t just a great save in a silly all star game....5 months later in the Stanley Cup Finals these two would meet again....this time in Vancouver on a penalty shot, with the momentum of the series on the line Mr Richter once again stoned Pavel Bure.....the Rangers rallied from being down a game, won twice out west and won the series in 7....thanks for the memories Mike

Hypocrisy

Is a dish best served with a shot of tequila and a lemon wedge....so now Nancy pelosi wants the state of union cancelled for security reasons during the government shutdown...yep, she’s worried about “HER “ safety....NOT YOURS....she couldn’t care less about who is strolling across the border, dropping anchor, demanding food, clothing and shelter and in some cases raping and murdering innocent citizens....but when it comes to her safety “ her bedroom window is made out of bricks, the national guard stands around her door..no I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more “

While you were gone

these spaces filled with darkness, the obvious was hidden........ Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated...the hypocrisy of the left demands a spotlight....forget for a moment the words of Obama, Clinton, and Schumer who each warned of disaster at the southern border and the need to stop illegal immigration ....hell schumer wanted to give digital ids to every illegal so we could track them, and Obama cried that illegal immigrants would cripple our economy and that it wasn’t fair to people “ waiting in line for legal immigration “.,.,forget that. about face and focus on the dreamers for a moment......at one time they were the golden child of the American left.....but now they seem forgotten.....pelosi and Schumer could get the dreamers legal citizenship i in a heartbeat, Trump has already agreed in principle; if they will be willing to allocate 5 billion in crumbs towards a section of the wall.....but no.....and why ? Because the democrats own the dreamers, they fill them with fear and lies that Trumps wants to deport them....the dreamers of course are loyal to the dems. So there is nothing new to gain ( except for these poor bastards in limbo) ...and God forbid Trump is the President who gets a deal for Dreamers....it kills the democrats argument that trump wants to deport everyone.....once again politicians have managed to shun their own pet causes because they no longer serve them long term........with nothing to believe in, the compas. Always points y Terrapin.

It’s a shadowy world, skies are slippery grey

in an oft times mean and heartless world there comes a light, there is still decency in the world...….a little boy from North Carolina was visiting family in Utah last month when he was diagnosed with Brain Cancer, his doctors recommended that he undergo treatment in Utah and he did...…..problem was he missed his Labrador puppy back home...….a truck driver who did not know the family heard the story and offered to drive the dog 2300 miles to be with the boy......and he offered to drive the dog back to NC when the child was well enough to go home....as of this writing the Boy and his dog are playing in the snow in Utah, all is right in his scary little world.. Boy and his dog,, Went out looking for the rainbow... You know what did they learn Since that very day..... Walking by the river And running like a blue streak.... Through the fields of streams and meadows Laughing all the way Van morrison

Here comes the sun

Sitting in a bar in Abingdon md, acoustic musician starts playing....old man, peaceful easy feeling, , mrs Robinson, and here comes the sun......makes my heart swell....as the world spins out of control, OUR music lasts forever and still matters.

Time marches on

Time stands still, Time on my hands Time to kill,.. Blood on my hands And my hands in the till Down at the seven-eleven...... Gentle rain Falls on me All life folds back Into the sea We contemplate eternity Beneath the vast indifference of heaven ( W. Zevon It’s over for the planet for certain and unfortunately for the United States too, the pack of miscreants, slobs and sharia law followers elected to Congress yesterday will tear down what’s left of this once great republic...I’ve been rewatching the Civil War documentary by Ken Burns, those who foretold of the demise of this nation in the aftermath of the war were right...everything takes time , especially a downward slope...I’m not talking about the abolition of slavery, that was the right thing to do, I’m talking about the dismantling of all values on the other side...just because...this is Custers last stand, the good guys are outnumbered, unless we somehow stop the flow of illegals into this country, it will dissolve itself quickly, a legal immigrant from Fiji joins the police force and starts a family and is gunned down by an ILLEGAL alien that should have been deported....it’s off the news cycle in 72 hours, yet the liberals that control the media will roll the tape of the fat bastard on Staten Island resisting arrest and meeting his rightful end....it’s subliminal mind control and sadly our next generation of mindless twits are soaking it up...

Suicide in the trenches

I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark........... In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. S. Sassoon And so on Saturday amidst the hoopla and merriment, the cheering crowds and marching bands, the wearing of the Green and Gold and all things Notre Dame, I ask my friends to say two prayers....first and foremost for the family and friends of one Declan Sullivan, he is the young man tragically killed during a Notre Dame football practice in 2010...he was the team videographer that was sent to a 50 ft scaffolding during sixty mile an hour windstorm by the honorable Brian Kelly , head coach of Notre Dame ...in the aftermath of this murder the scoundrels of nd released a 100 page report explaining what happened and insisting it was just a tragic accident, although they did conclude that practice should have been moved indoors on this particular day..the Sullivan family ? They are a different breed, no lawsuit; although dozens of lawyers assured them they were entitled to millions, they turned their attention to their sons legacy, Mr Sullivan quit his job as an engineer and began volunteering with the horizon group, a charity that helps tutor and financially support kids from inner city Chicago, he is now the CFO of the charity, and they took initial donations and were able to create Declan’s kids...a small group of kids each year that received their attention....this year that group rose to Declan’s 90...amazing how some can turn tragedy into opportunities for others....you probably won’t see the Sullivan family on the pregame show as they shun the spotlight ( although kudos to both espn and sports illustrated for airing and writing stories about their charitable work......I did say 2 prayers didn’t I ? .....oh yes, say a prayer that the smug, arrogant, cocksucker that sent that boy to his death is haunted for eternity for his cowardice.....and while you’re at it, say a prayer that Clemson kicks their fuckin ass on the field. ...” You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go”..

delilah jones went to meet her guide

"AND THE OLD MAN NEVER WAS THE SAME AGAIN" in a cruel and unusual twist of fate.....on the eve of Christmas eve....my first guest to the Little Silver House and 19 year companion has died....keeled over....kaput......the Mighty Beer Fridge is No More....say a prayer.

Good times, bad times

You know I had my share....first the good news, sweater nite 21 is slated for Saturday February 23rd in the knights of Columbus.....plan accordingly....and I geuss there isn’t any bad news per se...just the regular bullshit.... I chuckled at the hypocrisy of the university of North Carolina students that tore down a statue that stood for a hundred plus years honoring the school alumni that died in the civil war on the side of the confederacy....”silent Sam” was the name of the statue.....the student body tore it down during the first week of classes back in August.,,the administration is trying to find a new permanent location on campus, but the spoiled brat shitbirds don’t want to allow this....so they carried black olives matter banners and chanted “ this is what democracy looks like “......well kids, your teachers have failed you....,this is mob rule, nothing similar to democracy ....good thing tuition only costs 50k

How does it feel, to be on your own

Well I’m reluctant and disappointed to be on the train and blogging at 10:30 the night of a Bob Dylan concert....sadly.... I bid adieu long before mister Zimmerman was done....his set list on paper was ideal...his renditions were bloody awful...oh well, I knew what I was getting myself into....at least the $10.50 blue Moon was cold.

Bowling Green update

The little publicity stunt, free advertising for a loathsome brokerage house; is gone......fearless girl has been moved...but of course the city allowed the firm that sponsored her to leave behind a placque on the ground inviting tourists to stand in her shoes......oh....and to remind everyone the name of the firm that sponsored it......the city..in their infinite stupidity; has now threatened to move the iconic bull too....after 30 years they have decided its a public safety issue.... in reality they are furious that the artist threatened to take the bull back if the little girl wasn’t moved.....I blog for the 22nd century...let these atrocities live forever.

sometimes.....feel so low down and disgusted

can't help wonder what's happening to my companions (Dylan)….when the lights grow dim, and the camera is off, when the audience leaves and the spotlight gets pointed offstage......when nobody is watching your grand gesture and nobody is listening to your shouts of appreciation, do they still happen ? if a tree falls in an abandon forest is it worthy of a twitter post or a hashtag ? In the home of the brave Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend

And every stop is neatly planned

For a poet iand a one man band (Simon & that other guy)....well I am that one man band....and my stops are neatly planned....today I’m headed to Bethlehem ( no , not Jesus) Pennsylvania....we have a wedding there on Saturday night....but today my solo mission is to roam the streets of downtown Bethlehem, searching for beer and the ghosts of a forgotten past....to walk the ancient empty streets ( too dead for dreaming)..I have come A day early with a list of establishments I wish to explore....I was bitten by the Kerouac bug at a young age....the nomadic caravan of traveling with the Grateful Dead, my years in the navy sailing the 7 continents and my sojourns on Amtrak , cross crossing the country and following the party....I was blessed with a good memory and I never forget a bar ...I would like to think that if I were dropped out of a space shuttle orbiting the earth, that I could find a suitable public house for Ales and tales within the hour....assuming of course one could survive re-entering earths atmosphere....but not only would I find a bar, but I would have it stored in the cognitive part of the brain from a visit in this lifetime....real or imagined.....today I take the train to the port authority and a bus back to Bethlehem....I quench my thirst in RIPPERS , have lunch in fegleys, pop into HARD BALL CIDER for what else ? A cider, down the hill for some whiskey in the Red Stag and some local craft beer in Joe’s Tavern....that should bring me to 3oclock, whenst I can Uber to my hotel and check in...the evening requires a shirt change and a new set of bars in the Lehigh valley....pj whelihans, Maloney’s ( I think) and dinner in a steak place called PRIME....but I doubt it is....night caps will be offered to all still standing at the lobby bar of my hotel...and one hundred thousand years from now I will still recall the names, faces and the stories they will tell...from a tiki bar in Fort Lauderdale in the early stages of dementia, I may ramble a sentence or two about this very day , before snapping to attention and the tasks at hand....leaving all within earshot confused BUT amused....But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me”

“She can take the darkness out of the nightime

And paint the daytime black “.....do yourself a favor and don’t bother buying the Post today....put it this way....the election results are the least offensive thing you will read....I recap in no particular order....a douchebag by the name of joe Russo in staffers nj was sentenced to 90 days in jail for killing a service dog in training by fracturing its skull....a 13 year old was raped by an adult male behind a deli in queens....the Girl Scouts are suing the Boy Scouts because the Boy Scouts are changing their name to the gender neutral SCOUTS.....a 10 year old girl murdered an infant that was in her parents day care center...and 100 refugees from Honduras that were marching across Mexico were kidnapped by drug lords that run the desert.......I’m waiting patiently for GOD to say enough is enough

Sunshine came softly

Through my window today......ah the sweet lyrics of Donavan Leach....sadly...apparently....not everyone benefited equally from their exploration and experimentation with LSD...I certainly did , I am a greater person and slightly insane from all the years of hallucinegenics ...but I doubt I could have survived this long without that healthy insanity....whitey Bulger volunteered to experiment with LSD for the federal government while in prison in the late 1950’s early 1960s.....2 roads diverged in the woods.....whitey, haunted by lsd nightmares, chose the murderous path of a criminal instead of peace, love and the Grateful Fucking Dead...... I created a third path and have been straddling both worlds ever since.....,.We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when? ......I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends .....When you've made your mind up forever to be mine

“Got a steady job

Moving items for the mob “ .....well lost in the James whitey Bulger shuffle, amidst all the outlandish movies and life on the run tales....hiding in plain sight in Santa Monica for a decade. ( I walked past his apartment a few years ago when I was on the left coast for a wedding...nice, but unassuming) the one point that should be explored and dissected is the fact that he was a paid informant for the now DISGRACED FBI....how many agents I wonder...over the years...have allowed known miscreants, murderers and slime balls slide...just so they could get info on other criminals that they would later arrest ...and accept pats on the back for doing such a great job??......there was a time in America where even I would give the Bureau a pass, trust their judgment and defend their decision as being for the greater good in the court of public opinion.....but sadly they have lost all credence and respect....they have proven themselves to be a politically driven pack of bullies, only out for their own good....it would be nice if the mainstream media explored that angle of the story instead of rehashing whiteys murders......my last word on the subject....for now, lol....he was murdered on his first day in a maximum security prison.....how many federal officials were IN on this hit ?? I wonder if that question will even be raised ?....Know the pay's pathetic It's a shame those boys couldn't be more copacetic ( Hunter/Garcia )

"someones got it in for me

they're planting stories in the press ".....yas sir, you can just see them sitting there in the news room, waiting patiently to see who the mystery shooter at the squirrel hill synagogue was......if its a white male we go with the story that he is a GUN NUT and was inspired to hate by Trumps Rhetoric...….if its isis ? we go with the sympathetic arab refuge who's tent was bombed when he was 3 and he was driven to hatred by TRUMPS decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem...….it's really that simple...…….."whomever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick...but when they will ?? I can only guess" ( Dylan)

Idiot wind

Sweeping across the plains....in case you missed it...several bomblike devices were sent to leaders of the democratic far left movement...the clintons, Obama, soros, the low IQ lady and others...none of them actually exploded or seemed capable of exploding ....and I find that odd....desperate times call for desperate measures....the carts are reeling...the party of acceptance has been exposed for being frauds....Hilary demanded “no civility until we are in power “ ....Eric holder said “ when they go low, we kick them,”...low IQ waters encouraged violent disruptions of republicans leaders in restaurants and on the street... suddenly even the liberal media had to report on the unhinged democrats and their hypocrisy.....and just two before the election.....add in President Trump quoting obama and the clintons from 10 years ago stating that illegal immigrants were a threat to our country and must be stopped, arrested and deported...and how it wasn’t fair to those who “wait in line “ for legal immigration as spoonjiah once said and YES...it was time for a diversion...so I call bullshit on these fake bombthreats... I suspect the radical left is behind every one of them to make it look like the gun nuts are getting violent and Trump is responsible....America is stupid, but not that stupid...watch now how others democrats feeling left out will start claiming #metoo ....someone sent me a bomb also....fear of missing out....if you didn’t get a fake bomb , then you are obviously not important enough......as bob Dylan would “ you’re an idiot babe, it’s a wonder you can even feed yourself “

Seems there was an earthquake there

Left nothin’ but a Panama hat And a pair of old Greek shoes ( Dylan )....or maybe it was a hurricane that Panama City this day.....reminds me of animated character of the night from my Navy years... a story I shared with Dano because he had a keen infatuation with the true insane creatures that roam the earth, and he thought it was amusing that I would cross paths with these folks ...”nuts attract nuts” dano would say....ah , but I digress...let me try to share the story of ole Alvarez....it’s a better story in person....in the spring of 1989 I was transitioning out of the US Navy, I was being processed in Pensacola Fla, but still had an apartment with my shipmates in Pascagoula MS.....so on fridays I would take a greyhound bus through Alabama to Mississippi ( I know I have told stories about mobile al in the past ) ....but on particular Friday I met a shipmate by the name of Chris ( smith or Schneider) waiting for the bus to MS...he introduced me to a fellow squid by the name of Alvarez, Alvarez was 30 going on 65....he too was leaving the Navy ( against his will) and eventually going home to Panama City Fla......Alvarez spoke very little English despite 10 years in uncleSams service , but he smiled a lot and was a bonafide alcoholic, no strings attached.... Chris assured me he was a good and I saw nothing to the contrary...it being Friday ( a day that ends in Y ) we decided to get some adult beverages for the ride.....I bought 12 pints of Budweiser and a styrofoam cooler w ice ....Chris and Alvarez went for a 64 ounce bottle of jack daniels...no chaser nor ice...we hit a bar before the bus came...it was late, we were pretty drunk when we got on the bus...at this point it was difficult to understand Alvarez, but his Sherpa guide CHRIS was doing his best to translate...we finally got on the bus and each took our own 2 seater in the back....me and ole Alvarez say across from each other and CHRIS sat in front of me....about 11 seconds into a 5 hour ride it started “hey Chris , hey Chris, CHREEES ?” Alvarez would say in his Mexican accent.....what do you want Chris would reply...” I drink...a little bit of the jack Daniels please, Chris “ .....to which Chris would reply “go ahead “and Alvarez would smile at me, unscrew the cap and guzzle some JD......and he was content...for about 3 minutes....until..... “ hey Chris, hey Chris. Chreeeeese? Until Chris gave his approval for another sip.....and Alvarez would smile from ear to ear after he took each sip......Chris would occasionally ask for the bottle and take a guzzle and they would pass it to me and I would offer them a pint... and so it went....about an hour into the trip Chris said he was going to try to sleep and that Alvarez didn’t have to ask permission every time he wanted to take a drink....Alvarez either didn’t understand or was a slave to protocol, because on it went across the great state of Alabama....”hey Chris, hey Chris “.... sometimes he would say that 10,15 times before Chris said what....”I drink....a little bit...of the jack Daniels please “......to his credit, despite my URGING, Alvarez refused to take a guzzle until Chris gave him the green light....2,3,4 and 5 hours later “ hey Chris, hey Chris “.....sometimes Chris would start screaming at him to let him sleep and go ahead and drink the fucking jack Daniels, the rest of the bus would look back at the three of us inquisitively ...and on it went.... we rolled into Pascagoula after midnight and I of course offered the two of them to crash at the apartment I was sharing with my shipmates and they accepted....the next morning Chris and Alvarez headed into town for a hotel......I saw Chris solo Sunday night on the bus to Pensacola and he told me Alvarez went crazy Saturday night and was locked up in the Mississippi police station...not a good place for a Mexican..... I never saw him again, but I would leave dano messages on his answering machine for 28 years imitating Alvarez....dano never met him, but he would imitate him too.....I miss both of those guys, true characters of the long dark night.

Wilponzis strike again

Mets hiring first female GM ......Kim NG ........she sounds like a triple minority.....female.....probably Asian ( Kim) and she's a NG.,..

whats your name ?

pud n tane…..ask me again and i'll tell ya the same...……..that is of course from the classic series "the little rascals"...but it applies to Ms. Ford, the Kavanaugh accuser……..weepy Christine had an opportunity to testify last week.....she couldn't remember anything..but she is outraged she wasn't interviewed this week by the FBI....but ..as President Trump so delicately pointed out...…..she couldn't remember how she got to the party, how she got home, where the party was held or exactly what year it was...….so WHY on gods green earth would the FBI interview her again ??? ………………..What's your Name ? ? John Brown, ask me again and i'll knock you down.

Clowns to the left of me,

Jokers to the right......so a week doesn’t sound like a long time to complete an investigation, but let’s face it....the FBI is proven to be a biased , incompetent organization... and these allegations amount to NO Federal crimes....this entire investigation amounts to an extended background check.....if a vote is pushed through by Friday ( as Mcconell promises) the liberals have knowone to blame but themselves...in case you forgot, we ar 17 months into the Russian collusion/meddling investigation......it’s going nowhere, but Bob Meuller is lining his pockets and getting fat on the taxpayers dime .....has he even had 1 press conference, offered an status update on the investigation or spelled out a timeline ??this reminds me of Juice Stanley after Pauline Civetello lost his job... the Juice was a temp and nobody knew he existed, he lasted 7 years at that job after Pauline was fired....only in bay ridge boys n girls.

Wake me up when September ends

Tough month,always has been, turn the page, flip the calendar...I need to weigh in on this Kavanaugh circus, but I don’t have a weeks vacation to recap the nonsense...I’ll be brief, one major takeaway...of the 50% of the country that opposes Trump , roughly half have vowed to RESIST him every step of the way at any cost...that’s about 75 million people...and the best they can come up with is a 15 year old from 36 years ago who claims she was groped....her 3 witnesses can’t even confirm that they were at the party in question.....

the smartest guys in the room

I laugh hysterically when I read comments on social media stating that NIKE BLEW IT.....and how they will regret the decision to use Kapernick in their 30th anniversary just do it add campaign......how a boycott is coming and how people are outraged......seriously ? ? does anyone believe for 1 second that this was a knee jerk decision, and that Nike made a mistake ?? this was carefully thought out for at least 12 months, think tanks, outside consultants taking temperature of peoples boiling points, consumer groups etc etc......NIKE knows exactly what it did......I could go on for weeks discussing this....but I will try to stay on point for some main bullets……….by writing one more check.....this one to kapernick…...Nike moved from BAD GUY Billion Dollar Corporation TO the Darlings of the Left...…* Bernie sanders just launched an attack on jeff bezos and Amazon for not paying competitive wages to some of his employees.....did he mention Nike ? no, he did not...….Nike sb the poster boy for occupy Wall St, Antifa, Black Lives Matter etc etc.....Nike moves jobs to Cambodia and Vietnam and pays child workers 15 cents a day to sew sneakers in sweatshops under miserable conditions...….Nike then Hires Prominent Blacks in America ( Michael Jordan and Spike Lee put the company on the fuckin Map) to sell, and promote their sneakers......Nike creates an unreasonable demand for their product aimed at inner city kids..remember "It's gotta be the shoes".....young black kids were told by Mars Blackmon that they were nobody unless they wore air Jordans...in fact air Jordans turned Micheal Jordan into a flying semi God....and YOU HAD TO HAVE THEM......Nike then charged $300 for said air Jordans making it impossible for ANY inner city kids to buy a pair......Nike then watched as kids were mugged, beaten up and in some cases Murdered for their Sneakers...….Nike then wrote checks to the top College Basketball Coaches in the nation to endorse their product and ensure that their student athlete recruits wore NIKE at the Final 4......thugs, miscreants, criminals....the badder the better..street cred....Nike was officially a Status Symbol.....Nike makes Biliions of dollars a year....a fortune 500 company with a soaring stock.....how many times has Al Sharpton and the Action network gone to Eugene Oregon and protested at the doors to Nike corporate Headquarters and demanded that NIKE invest in the inner cities ? none...how about occupy wall street ? Nike should be a prine target for a $$$ shakedown ….none...…..how many college basketball coaches have said I will not take your check unless you build a production plant in philly, Chicago, st louis , East LA and hire inner city kids at a fair wage to manufacter your product ?? laughable......today NIKE is being defended by the Left for being courageous enough to stand up to Angry White America and naming Kapernick their spokesperson......you have to hand it to them.....Jeff Bezos couldn't hold a candle to NIKE...….Nike manipulated an entire race of people, convinced the poorest of the poor that they couldn't exist without their product, and climbed Mt Everest on the back of these same people….just by paying a few of them....fucking brilliant...….im glad I own the stock......and those viet cong make pretty comfortable running shoes...……...the above was NOT written by Warren Buffet.

Oh where have you been ? My blue eyed son.

It’s been 2 years since failing 49ers of San Francisco Bay told kapernick to sit his ass on the bench and let another QB try to move the offense....and Kapernick decided he was suddenly indifferent to the the sport of football so he sat during the national anthem...when asked about after the 2nd week he had no comment....a few weeks later he started taking a knee during the anthem....just a backup QB crying out for attention....a week or two later he started wearing socks with images of Pigs in police uniforms and suddenly he had a cause.....the long the long lead in to my question....what has he been doing to further that cause in the past 2 “off seasons “ and all of last year when he was unemployed ?? How many trips to the south side of Chicago to visit the most violent black neighborhoods in the country? How many days spent volunteering in soup kitchens and community centers ??? How many marches, protests and interviews even ?? Remember, the knee was supposed to be about bringing attention to his cause ...and now comes word that NIKE will make him the center of their “just do it” 30th anniversary campaign....I wonder how many black kids will be murdered for the $300 sneakers he gets paid millions to endorse??..... I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken..... I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children..... And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.!

Been hiding out

In a rock n roll band.....oh my goodness, where should we start today ? I deliberately ignored the death of that quasi traitor John McCain, and I’m still not ready to rehash his lives ....yes.... two of them ....the reality and the propaganda,,let’s save that for another day,...this country has much bigger problems....it started as a whisper, but now the stupidity train roars...there are a significant amount of white retards that are so entrenched in the self hate movement that they are trying to steer the conversation away from the fact that Mollie Tibbets was murdered by an ILLEGAL ALIEN and instead trying to make this a story about the me too movement and men not respecting women.... this pos Guatemalan didn’t kill mollie because he was a guy and that’s what guys do.... he killed her because he has no concept or respect for for borders, citizenship, authority, laws or any other human being.....do these self loathsome millennial fear life and success so much that they choose this path of tearing down everything that came before them ?? Do they want to undo the world because they know they can never live up to the accomplishments of generations that proceeded them....are they scared shitless of the expectations society has for them after they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on education?? They want to burn down the palace and then blame society (white men) for the fire ??.............next story is heartbreaking....I need to dig deeper, but here is the high level horrific recap....a 9 year old boy ..... YES, NINE YEARS OLD... told his mother this summer that he was GAY ....and he wanted to dress more like a girl ....he couldn’t wait for school to begin so he could tell his friends....well he came home from school Monday and killed himself.....this story bothers me on every possible level... a 9 year old boy isn’t gay , but a sick twisted attention starved mommy could convince he is....and that is what my gut is telling me.....secondly there’s no evidence that he was bullied on the first day of school but mommy says she imagines that is what happened....I smell a sick disgusting rat at the center of this tragedy, may God forgive me if I am wrong, but I think mommy wanted to play the victim and grieving mother and get interviewed on the View.....lastly the heatwave is still driving people over the edge, you can see it in the streets if you look for it....lots of wackos boiling over....”SUMMER TIME HAS COME and GONE, my oh my

Mollie Tibbetts "rest in peace"

and so on a day where the media jumped for joy and expressed sheer glee at the Paul Manifort conviction and the Son of David lawyer ( is that redundant) Michael Cohen pleaded guilty and rushed to implicate the President of the United States.....buried in that cornfield with Mollie tibbetts was the story of her murder at the hands of an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT (not just undocumented)…...another U.S. citizen had their life snuffed out at the hands of animal with zero regard for borders or laws of civilized society....the tibbetts family should sue, in no particular order; the State of Iowa, the farm with where this piece of shit worked, local law enforcement, the United States Government and the former president Obama ( who encouraged these animals to cross the border with his zero enforcement of our nations immigration lAWS)...….anyone and everyone that came in contact with this POS Rivera has blood on their do nothing hands...this dirtbag motherfucker sb executed on national TV , but instead will spend 30 years in jail eating like El Guapo and costing the taxpayers millions...….when the next civil war erupts....and it wil…..this moment too will be a precipice to the 2nd Fort Sumptor….. Don't you push me baby cause I'm moaning low... You know I'm only in it for the gold

It sure was a good idea

Till Greed got in the way ( B.Dylan) ...well Bob Dylan may have been singing about Unions in the U.S. , but he easily could have been referring to major league sports in the 21st century...a mere 10 years ago , before i began distancing myself from the professional game ( at one time or another I had season tickets for the Rangers, the Football Giants and I attended a dozen baseball games a year)....I was planning a trip to see the Amazin Mets verse the orioles in the charmed city....and why not, it was a short 2.5 hour ride, had a nice seaport with great bars and nightlife and the ballpark was a fun place...a no brainer....until I called customer service...despite false advertisement on their website, group tickets were not really on sale....if I wanted 20 tickets to Mets/orioles, I had to buy 20 tix to 2 other orioles games....,.why would I do that ? I wouldn’t......OR I could wait until they went on sale to the general public....I did....but when they did I found out that in order to buy tix to the mets, yanks or red Sox games the first week they were on sale, I had to have a credit card with a Maryland address....seems they were embarrassed by all of the fans from those 3 teams outnumbering the locals...and so I passed on tix as i am sure most NY ers did...fast forward to last nights game at Camden yards...a robust 20,000 fans in attendance and at least 25,000 empty seats ...fuck you Baltimore...... Well, the job that you used to have... They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador.. The unions are big business, friend And they’re goin’ out like a dinosaur... They used to grow food in Kansas Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw.... I can see the day coming when even your home garden Is gonna be against the law...

Is it slander

Or a hate crime if it’s true?? The gent in Bensonhurst that has been going around spray painting Asian owned business with the stencil “CHineese smell like Fish” is stating an arguable opinion, yes it’s vandalism; but is it anything more?? It may be a generalization but most opinions are.....whenever I hear someone mock the Irish for being DRUNKS , I get up off my barstool and demand that they either apologize or buy me a shot...dam skippy I do....my apologies for absenteeism on the blog...my social media presence has been dominated by the Twitter account of a chap named Denny Forrest...he’s obsessed with no transit

Insanity laughs

8 month old baby found floating under the Brooklyn bridge, a year old in sunnyside queens falls off a fire escape and lands on passerby....a 54 year old man was hiding inside a restaurant walk-in freezer and attacked the staff and then collapsed and died....just another Saturday in a city on the precipice of exploding.,,”the pressure of knowing what this world is about, watching a good friend scream LET ME OUT”

Seymore Merinsky

Or you may know him as Sy Syms...he could be America’s answer to Russian meddling in the upcoming election...how sad of a chapter in American history are we writing this day? It seems we have collectively thrown up our hands and surrendered to our own stupidity...we have waived the white flag and announced to the world that we are unable to decipher truth from fiction...that we have the attention span of a gnat and we can’t be bothered to either think for ourselves or, GOD FOrbid ; research a story and look for collaboration....we eat ,sleep and drink social media, hang on every juicy detail and giddily repeat falsehoods to coworkers because it’s easier than formulating a thought and or debating an issue without resorting to childish insults, put downs incivility...we have told the world that unlike Roger Daltry , we most certainly will get fooled again... and we will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent you from planting stories on our Facebook pages... because we can’t decipher right from wrong.... what will future generations think of the simpletons we are...if they even bother to study us ?......as good old Sy would say “an educated consumer is our best customer,,,, not today Sy, not in 2018......(*editors note...I’m not a Russian hacker, I’m just a doggie that can type with a thirst for Schmirnoff and Stolikniya VODKA...besides,shouldn’t you be watching videos of kittens playing the violin? )

went to see the Captain

the strangest I could find …….and that was the one , biggest and single game changing moment in my formative years.....I was a different person for better ( or worse) after seeing Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead....so much more than music, it cemented friendships that have lasted a lifetime, bridged gaps, unified generations, soothed the soul and well it just kinda made you feel good all over.....A special Thank you this Agust 1st and every August 1st to the CAPTAIN...Jerry Garcia...… standing on the moon Where talk is cheap and vision true, Standing on the moon But I would rather be with you, Somewhere in San Francisco On a back porch in July... Just looking up to heaven At this crescent in the sky

There's a dragon with matches loose on the town

oh yes, there is a fire brewing on the mountain …..just saw the channel 7 news scroll......101 year old woman stabbed to death in her apartment in NYC....what pray tell could a 101 year old woman do to deserve meeting such a violent end......and the next story ?? a Nanny beat a 23 "MONTH" old child to death...….the pot continues to stir.....the cauldron churns, don't adjust your television sets ladies and gentlemen, it's just the Bronx Burning Down ( Howard Cosell)…….august is gonna be a scorcher.....take a whole pale of water, just to cool him down.

There's a starman waiting in the sky

great story in the NY Post about an FDNY fireman in Williamburg who see's and interacts with UFO's, aliens, Ghosts and Angels......his dead dog often visits him on the Lightship and he once saw Abraham Lincoln at a Fire.....best story I have read this month......may have to use our influence to see if our favorite Battalion Chief can get this Guy to Sweater Nite 21.....get on the case Duff....this guy will be the entertainment, who needs Mac?

Beaky Buzzard

that was the funny character on the bugs bunny cartoons....he used to fly around singin " My momma done told me, to bring home somethin for dinner"..., and then Bugs would get him all confused and ask him questions and while he pondered the answer he would scream "Don't tell me now, don't tell me"......that must be what's going on in Toronto this week.....in case you missed it.....a gunman ….Faisal Hussein ; walked the streets randomly shooting people...killin a 10 year old girl and wounding dozens....authorities were stumped for a motive.....really ? I can tell you one thing...Faisal probably wasn't a disgruntled Leafs fan disappointed with James Van Reimsdyk signing with the flyers ( that would be me)…...oh, silly side note....ISIS claimed responsibility......but let's not rush to judgement...….

Just Like New York City

Just like Jericho...….remember the week before Hurricane Sandy ? I do......it was a bizarre week......a nanny on the upper west side murdered two kids in her care in a bathtub and said she was possessed to do so.....a NYC Cop was arrested as he prepared to kidnap and Cook two people....The Cannibal Cop as the NY Post labled him...and there were more truly insane stories that surfaced in the days leading up to the big storm....some people even theorized that the pressure of the Massive storm was the driving force that sent people that teetered on the brink of insanity.....over the edge.....the heat has a way of driving people over the edge too... this August I think we will see an explosion of insanity in this fair city....America has been boiling since Election Day 2016...I have a strange feeling the lid will pop off next month....high humidity, rising temps and general ill will amongst the masses...I can feel it coming....I just hope that I am in the sanctity of Club Gato when it does....Pace the halls and climb the walls Get out when they blow ( Garcia/Hunter)

I was sittin home alone one night

in L.A. watchin Ol Cronkite...on the seven o'clock news ( Dylan) now I am certainly not an advocate for watching the evening news too closely, it's a horribly slanted attack on our nation....but it is important to watch from a distance just to see what our enemies are up to.....I atch with the sound on Mute and occasionally a video will get my attention and I have to see what exactly is happening...….lately it's been all the same.....grainy, bodegaesque phootage from apartment building security cameras and street survelience etc etc.....but the them is the same.....the natives are getting restless in the heat.....restless and Bold......mistaken identity murders by machette…...everyday attacks on the elderly for pennies on the dollar....and attempted rapes in public places....most recently between 2 parked cars on the upper east side...…...the common criminal can smell weakness in the air....its a return to the days of Dinkins.....a lawlessness that invades the senses and stenches the entire city.....Mookie blaylock has no concern for consequences...…...animales gonna do whatever the fuck animales want.....the crock pot is simmering.....come august it's gonna blow...…………………………….Didn’t seem like much was happenin’, So I turned it off and went to grab another beer.. Seems like every time you turn around There’s another hard-luck story that you’re gonna hear..... And there’s really nothin’ anyone can say..... And I never did plan to go anyway, ... To Black Diamond Bay (

We've got to move these refrigerators

We gotta move these color TV's... that's what mark knofler and Dire Straits were joking about in the mid 80's classic " money for nothing and chicks for free" ( chicks was later changed to drinks for free in Slapstick's).....and on an absolutely ridiculous serious note....good ole Chicago appears to be the first city ready to roll out UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME..... don't scratch your head trying to figure it out America....it is exactly what it sounds like..... Money for Nothing.....the African American has officially waved the white flag and surrendered..... for the past century we have knocked down every excuse....we can't get promoted or hired.....ok here's affirmative action.....we can't afford to live in good neighborhoods and go to good schools.....mandated affordable low income housing in every neighborhood....we can't get into good colleges.....the diversity movement and the elimination of standard testing.....we can't get jobs in this economy..... historically low unemployment....what now buckwheat ? Ok, ok,ok.....we really don't want to work....we are untrainable and have zero work ethic... give us basic income so weezie can axe like we got jobs....... knofler was right.... banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee.

And when you hear that song

Come crying like the wind,it seems like All this life...was but a dream..... Stella Blue.( Hunter/Garcia)......and if it is but a dream, it has been a good one...I sit in the yard on a postcard perfect Saturday, drinking ice cold delicious beeeeeer, listening to the soothing sounds of the Grateful Dead and watching my Metsies on TV.....accompanied by my faithful dog Matteau Matteau....man's best friend.... what else is there ?.. I'm not looking for much more....as Jackson Browne would say.... when the mornin light comes streaming in...we get up and do it again...amen.....none of it matters in the end, it's the days between that matter...."All the years combine they melt into a dream A broken angel sings from a guitar In the end there's just a song comes crying like the wind through all the broken dreams and vanished years"

Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars.

that unmistakable imagery was provided by John Perry Barlow of course and the black Throated wind....i'm in the midst of reading his autobiography..."Oh Mother, American Night"...and I do not want this book to end......as anxious as I am to turn pages and follow his incredible journey through this world, his front row seat to the show of a lifetime and his participation in the Greatest circus that Was/IS the Grateful Dead.....I just don't want to get to the end of this book......our hero dies at the end of course, and don't/wont we all.....I try to limit how many pages a day I allow myself to read on the train....he was a fascinating character.....and as I read it, another one of my nieces/nephews has followed my advice and joined this circus.....my niece Arielle went to her first Dead & Co show last Saturday at Dodger Stadium and was pleased.....in an angry, hostile world , where we are constantly attacked with media, social media and disturbing video news.....at a time where our country is literally fighting for our lives against the entire world....it is essential to take a breath, drink a beer (or 30 ) and listen to the Grateful Fucking Dead......that is the one, TRUE , constant....rest in peace Jerry, Pigpen, Brent and Mr John Perry Barlow....the lucky ones down here will never forget. The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a lie that could almost be true. Ah, Mother American Night, here comes the light. I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do Goin back home that's what I'm gonna do Turnin' around, That's what I'm gonna do

Monmouth Park Sportsbook

debating whether I should stroll over to the track today and place a wager on the Red Army soccer team verses Saudi Arabia...…..Gov Murphy , Sweeney, Fatass Christie and Ray Lesniak will all be there for a photo op and to place an inaugural bet...…… maybe I should bring bail money...…..I plan on standing on the Bar at William Hill sportsbook and start screaming about NJ Transit , the horrible met life stadium and the lack of good delis, eatable pizza and decent Chineeze food.... maybe I should bring Matteau Matteau with me …..I know those guys will have security and I should probably have my canine bodyguard with me..... ** I used to type this stuff knowing full well my phone would ring in a few hours ( sometimes immediately ) with a call from the Woodman with 100 questions....I sure do miss that.....I hope he access to the blog in the afterlife.

hypocrisy

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