AN ILLEGAL GETS AN UNJUST SENTENCE?

I can't believe it: Up in Portland, Oregon, an illegal who has been deported 20 times was caught and sentenced to 35 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 65-year-old woman.  He also stole her car and headed off to another location where he assaulted another woman.  After what happened with Kate Steinle's murderer in San Francisco, this guy's 35 year sentence in totally amazing to me. 

The V.A. has an office in Miami; the office building has a cafeteria.  The cafeteria just underwent an inspection ordered by the agency's administration and it failed; there was evidence of insect and rodent droppings, unrefrigerated food and dirty drawers and storage racks.  A V.A. representative says roaches in food is a constant thing around the V.A., so I guess that makes it acceptable.  Next time you eat in their cafeteria, if you ever do, use plenty of Tabasco Sauce. 

Here's another great Florida story: last month, an opossum broke into a Florida liquor store and drank a bottle of booze.  When found, the animal was pretty well under the weather and was taken to a nearby animal shelter where it was flushed for two days with fluids before recovering.  Word has it the opossum is a registered Democrat. 

The U.S. is scouting the west coast looking for places to install a missile defense system against the possibility of a North Korea attack, according to recent news stories.  I guess that means that up until this time we have been unprotected on the west coast against an attack by Russia or China.  I wonder what has happened to our military posture; back in the 60's and 70's, we had plenty of west coast defenses.  One thing I do know is that no country in its right mind is going to nuke Burney. 

Why haven't we banished George Soros from this country yet? 

Former Florida Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for mail, wire and tax fraud involving a sham charity.  How can that be?  She's a Democrat, isn't she?  She was in Congress, wasn't she?  How can she be sentenced for anything? 

John Conyers is sick and tired of everybody including Nancy Pelosi  picking and carping at him, so he's going to show them!  He's retiring and wants the job to go to his son, John Conyers III; that way, he can continue to keep Washington graft and corruption in the family. 

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"Make crime pay.  Run for Congress." ~ The Unknown Scribbler

A POX ON TARGET AND BELK DEPARTMENT STORES!

The Salvation Army is one of few charities in the country where every dollar they take in in donations goes to its intended purposes, in this case feeding and caring for the homeless and otherwise distressed people of the country.   Target banned the Salvation Army from putting up kettles and ringing bells in 2004; now, Belk is joining in. 

They say its about a new look at "social consciousness."  But, I'm sure truth is that they figure the $2 million or more that the Salvation raises in front of their stores would be so much more useful if spent inside their stores as opposed to being tossed into donation kettles.   Well, I put my money where my mouth is; you couldn't get me inside one of those stores if they were giving their merchandise away for free.  Period.  
 
I'm beginning to think what Mueller is to "the establishment," Putin was to the KGB.

Those who think Franken and Conyers should resign are in for a rude awakening... it's called "Up Yours America."

Attorney Gloria Allred says that Judge Roy Moore wrote in his accuser's high school year book when he was in his 30's.  Moore denies it and asks Allred to submit the yearbook at a knowledgeable but disinterested third party to get the "writing" authenticated.  Allred refuses.  Get the picture?  

Convenience stores become targets for criminals, particularly in the wee small hours of the morning.  That's why you see plexiglass between the registers and the customers in many such stores.  Well, one Philadelphia politically-correct council member says the plexiglass barriers make customers lose their dignity and she wants them to come down.  She doesn't care if clerks get shot or not; it's all about "dignity."  It's better to have a dead clerk than to have one of her constituents lose dignity. 

A whole lot of people are ticked off at Elizabeth Warren and her fake Native American status.  I don't know what the problem is; I can't think of a Democrat in Congress who isn't as phony as a four dollar bill...

TODAY'S QUOTE: 
"I'm just happy I'm not a phony." ~ MIke Tyson
 

NORTH KOREA READIES ANOTHER LAUNCH

Word late yesterday is that North Korea is feverishly preparing a site at its missile launch center for another launch.   Sanctions seem to be working really well...

Judging by the way things are going, I think the sexual revolution has just revolved again.

John Conyers is in the hospital with "stress problems."  I don't know what he could be stressed about, unless they discover that he and Pelosi had an affair...   The other day she was glaring mad because we were picking on that celebrated Democrat "icon," and yesterday she said... he's gotta go bye bye. 

I'm not saying Kim Jong Un is short, but I sure would appreciate it if someone would pound his sorry butt another three feet into the ground and then he'd be totally buried.   

In reading about alien's in history on foxnews.com, I discovered that scientists exhumed Napoleon's body to see if they could figure out why he was so small and they discovered a microchip in his skull, somewhat akin to microchips you plant in dogs.  Now, how could this happen that many years ago, even before microchips were invented?  Of course, this all begs the question: does Barack Obama have such an implant?  I mean, Napoleon and Barack both had a lot of similarities...to dogs, that is. 

I guess it's now official: Al Franken is a breast man. 

How long do you figure Ryan, McConnell and Schumer can keep their mouths shut over these Congressional sex scandals and the top secret slush funds?

I keep getting emails from Trump's campaign team... It's my last chance; If I don't pony up by midnight, they won't allow me to contribute ever again. 

TODAY'S QUOTE: 
"The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.  

BUFFALO HILL

Okay, Hillary... You have become the 1,300 pound (no insult intended) buffalo in the room.  You've made it abundantly clear that you don't give a damned about America by going to Beijing and talking treasonous talk, soliciting the aid and comfort of our adversary by saying that we have no right to get tough on them or on Korea.  Enough is enough: either shut the hell up or get out of our country.  Hillary, if you feel that strongly about it... why don't you stay in China; we all know how much you loved and admired Chairman Mao anyway.  Hmmm... Buffalo in a China closet? 

The Chicken Littles of the world keep running around hollering that North Korea could take out our electrical grid at any moment.  Well, that would have some benefits: for one thing, it would silence the left-wing, mainstream media. Trump wouldn't be able to Twitter.  CNN would fold its "fake news" tent.  We wouldn't be able to recharge our cellphones; robocalls would stop.  And we wouldn't have to be confronted with Pelosi's Grand-Canyon-sized mouth every time we look at the tube.  

So, China sends an envoy to North Korea to settle them down, and Kim responds by firing off another missile.  I guess the Chinese can't tell North Korea how to act?  Could it actually be that Kim Jong-un is now the de facto authority over China?  That's an interesting do-si-do, isn't it?  I mean... talk about the tail wagging the dog! 

I don't know why anyone should be upset because Schumer and Pelosi refused to attend a meeting at the White House.  They did the whole country one great big favor.  Someone should send them each an ice cone.  

An Argentinian woman has been arrested after she allegedly cut off her boyfriend’s penis with scissors.  I wonder if they were pinking shears?  I also wonder if she is any relation to Lorena Bobbitt.  Anyway, I presume that ended their snippy relationship.  

TODAY'S QUOTE:

"If you don't have integrity, you have nothing.  You can't buy it.  You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing."  ~ Henry Kravis 

THE EARTH IS FLAT

Mike Hughes, no relation to Howard, planned to launch a steam-powered rocket into space over the weekend to prove that the Earth is actually flat and that anyone who says otherwise is nuttier than a fruitcake.  He claims to have built the steam-powered rocket out of scrap metal parts in his garage. The project cost around $20,000, including the purchase of a motor home off Craigslist that was converted into a ramp.  “I don’t believe in science,” Hughes said. “I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles, and thrust. But that’s not science, that’s just a formula. There’s no difference between science and science fiction.”

Rumor has it that he also believes global warming is real and that it is caused by too much methane gas emanating from humans drinking too many lattes.  From the sounds of everything, he must be a full-fledged left-wing, establishment Democrat, and yes... he's from California.

Senator Chuck Schumer says he's against adding a gas tax to fund the national infrastructure.   Why, I ask.  California just piled on a huge gas tax increase; why shouldn't the feds?  I mean, even with the cost of healthcare, federal and state income taxes, licenses and other fees, we still manage to keep three cents out of every dollar we make; why shouldn't they seize that, too?  Who needs money for condoms anyway?

Have you noticed that 100% of those seeking to have Judge Roy Moore quit the Alabama senatorial race are Trump haters?

The NFL is moving toward keeping teams off the field until the American flag has been raised and the National Anthem has been played.  Now, if that doesn't totally lay bare their anti-American bias, what does?   I don't know about you, but I'd just as soon see them throw all of their cleats into garbage cans and let all of the air out of all of their balls... play on words intended.

Lois Lerner wants a Federal Judge to rule that testimony she gave under oath regarding the IRS targeting of Tea Party organizations must be sealed... forever.  Maybe they can just throw it into the vault with the documents on the Kennedy assassination?  

So, Michigan Representative John Conyers is now on the hot seat for inappropriate behavior.   His latest accuser claims he held meetings while wearing nothing but his skivvies, brown streaks and all.  Let me guess: It's not only his mind that's small?

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a stunning 1,500-year-old Christian mosaic that was once the floor of a church or monastery.  Scientists attempting to decipher a Greek saying inscribed thereon says it mentions something about the Russians colluding with Abraham Trumpf. 

Capping the Thanksgiving indigestion off with this:  A fellow in Frankfurt Germany parked his car, a VW of course,  in a parking garage some 20 years ago and forgot where he parked it.  Well, workers were getting ready to demolish an old industrial building a few days ago when they discovered the car.  Now, that's not the amazing part of this story.  During those 20 years, no one ripped off the tires or hubcaps, no one broke into it and stole the radio and no one had sex on its hood. 

TODAY'S QUOTE:  
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."  ~ P.J. O'Rourke

GETTING THE BIRD FOR THANKSGIVING

I think back about where we were last year at this time, all optimistic and looking forward to the many great things that would be coming our way under the Trump Presidency. 

Well, so much for healthcare reform.  The wall is in jeopardy and the Republican Senate is doing everything it possibly can to scuttle Trump's new tax plan.  Hillary is still moping around saying she got cheated out of the presidency, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of State continue to stonewall and get away with it, and the Democrats have successfully prevented anything from getting done in Washington.  In fact, the only thing of substance coming out of this great new government is Neil Gorsuch.  And the stench that Trump refers to as "The Swamp" stinks worse by the day.  

I think we Americans are really getting the bird this Thanksgiving.  

It's evident that Colin Kaepernickle is still in charge of the NFL, even though he doesn't work there anymore.  

Kim Jong-un hasn't budged an inch in the last year.   As a matter of fact, the fat midget is closer than we think to being able to send nuke to Pahrump, Nevada... and that's really scary. 

No man in his right mind wants to be within 100 yards of a woman these days.  

Nobody is talking about the number of U.S. sailors who have died or are seriously ill from radiation poisoning as a result of the Fukushima nuclear explosion six years ago.  Why is that? 

What's going on with the Clinton Foundation these days and where's all the money?  

Now that I've managed to ruffle your feathers, have a Happy Thanksgiving.  See you next week.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor." ~ Phyllis Diller

IT'S BACK! THAT VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY!

Hillary certainly hasn't faded into oblivion as most of Americans would prefer she do.  Instead, she's back to her old tricks, especially regarding the Uranium One scandal, where she sold 20% of the country's uranium stockpile to the Russians and garnered over $145 million in contributions to the Clinton Foundation in the process.  She says the whole thing is a political game by Donald Trump, designed to distract the nation from Trump-Russian collusion allegations.  Yip... it's all part of that old right-wing conspiracy that just simply won't go away.  Damned Republicans anyway... aren't they just such the nuisance?

And, just as a side note, a year after the fact she says she wants an "independent commission" to investigate and determine how it was that she lost the election.  Hillary, it's simple: you and Barack didn't buy off enough of the right people in the right places.  By the way... what happened to all, of that money in the Clinton Foundation?

Grab your 12 gauge shotguns and head for the porch; Joe Biden has all but announced he's going to run in 2020.  That'll most surely burn Hillary's caboose...

Leon Panetta claims the Trump team met 30 times with the Russians.  No mention of how many times he, Bill, Hillary and the Clinton team met with the Russians.  Come on, Leon... what's the real skinny here?   

Oh, and Leon also says Bill more than paid the price for the Monica Lewinsky thing.  Or was it HIS thing?  So anyway, it's only fair that Roy Moore be disqualified... according to Leon.   As for Al Franken,  he says he's not going to resign.  Like Bill, he's a Democrat and he doesn't have to. 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I shouldn't make fun of the blacks: President Obama is a personal friend of mine.  He was over to my house yesterday, but the mop broke." ~ Don Rickles

SECRET CONGRESSIONAL SEX FUND

Congress has a top secret slush fund of $15 million or so used to buy off women who  bring sexual misconduct charges against Members.  These are the same guys who want to hang Judge Moore out to dry.  And Members of Congress are now accusing each other of sexual harassment.  I find it sooo hard to believe, don't you?  I don't understand why they want an ethics probe;  they have no ethics to investigate! 

They treated Jeff Sessions with kid gloves in Congress the other day.  Like the rest of establishment members who have testified before Congress, he wasn't asked any questions of substance and he didn't recollect much anyway.  He has to go, and I don't mean to the restroom.

Joe Biden says the AR-15 used to bring down the Texas church shooter should be banned.  Yeah, Joe, go ahead and run for president and see what happens.

Judge Roy Moore is absolutely right on one point: Mitch McConnell has failed conservatives miserably and must be replaced.  Just as a side question, I wonder how many times Mitch has dallied with a young dish in his day?  What gets me is the number of women now coming forward claiming they were sexually harassed or mistreated 40 years ago; to me, it defies all logic that not one of them... not one... spoke up at the time... and none of their relatives or friends did, either. 

The US Army says it wants to take in recruits with histories of "depression, self-mutilation, bipolar disorder, drug & alcohol abuse." Hell, everybody in Congress is going to end up in the Army!  

McCain says he does not believe in America First.  Maybe he believes in Viet Nam first? 

Papa Johns has just made their pizza taste like bad custard over their NFL waffling.  I'm a veteran; I don't need their damned pizza.  

Anthony Weiner says he wants pen pals while he's in prison.  Get the picture?  

TODAY'S QUOTE: "One good way to prevent aging is to die early." ~ The Unknown Scribbler 

WHERE DID OUR COUNTRY GO, ANYWAY?

Thanks to Harvey Weinstein and the liberal cavalry, we now know that the nation is full of molesters and rapists.  The problem is that the liberals have not yet decided which is worse... rapists or racists.  All a woman has to say these days is,"I think..." and the Republican establishment, the Democrats, the main-stream media and Gloria Allred all go rabid.  In Judge Roy Moore's case, all of the above are so anxious to derail Trump's Presidency that they're more than willing to throw due process out the window. 

While the allegations against Moore may be true, who's going to prove it?  We're 40 years down the road; there's no evidence.  By failing to bring charges, the "victims" became complicit in the events years ago.  This whole scenario is nothing but a well-organized political "hit" job, and I'm sick and tired of everybody who is participating in it.  You're disgusting... all of you.  The man is entitled to his day in court before he is found guilty. 


Why hasn't the mainstream media reported on attendance at NFL games over the Veteran's Day weekend? 

Another thing not getting reported is that the Texas church shooter was shot three times... none of the bullets came from cops. 

It appears that the liberal establishment is now going after Sean Hannity.  They intend to destroy FOX NEWS one way or another. 

An emergency alert system that would have notified northern California residents that a fire was headed their way, was delayed by the Obama Administration.  Literally hundreds of residents were never notified to be ready to evacuate. 

I think the odds of Sessions actually naming a special council over the Clinton matters is about the same as the odds of the Republicans getting behind their President. 

Rand Paul is back to work in the Senate, but he is unlikely to take any ribbing.  

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology." ~ Jay Leno

SICK AND TIRED OF CONGRESSIONAL GAMES

Whatever happened to the idea of a flat tax?  What about getting rid of loopholes and having tax simplification?  It seems to me that things now in the works are even more complex than what they are today.  Yes, we're having changes, but to what?  We should have learned by the Obama-Pelosi healthcare example that we should be careful what we wish for; we just might get it.  The new tax plans are just like the new health care plans were: a whole lot of bullshit and nothing of substance. Maybe we shouldn't worry about it anyway; every day that goes by convinces me more and more that there's going to be no new tax plan in this Congress. 


Speaking of healthcare, I don't qualify for ObamaCare.  I'm on Medicare and just got the bill for my new supplement.  It's going up to $825 per quarter, (and that's just for me) ... 165% of what it was four years ago.  There's nobody anywhere in Washington talking about relief for middle Americans on fixed incomes.  I don't know about you, but everyone in Congress needs a good, strong enema. 

Yeah, I really agree that Bowe Bergdahl should receive $300,000 in back pay, don't you?  I mean, if you're going to insult the military and patriotic Americans by letting him off the hook,  why not just rub some serious salt in our wounds and pay him?

Then there's this Judge Roy Moore thing... some 40 years after the fact, during which the accuser(s) have kept silent, and now that he's about to become elected as a U.S. Senator, they come forward and claim they were sexually molested... all according to that venerable bastion of veracity The Washington Post.  What's worse is that the members of collective Republican "establishment,"  all of which despise Moore because he's not part of that "establishment," are crawling back under the rocks in the sewers from whence they came.  


I see that Little Rock, AR has no interest in bringing in the new "second" headquarters for Amazon along with 50,000 new jobs and $5 billion in construction costs.  While that would certainly jack up real estate values and add to the local economy, I think the residents figure they'll have much more trouble finding a place to park.  

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office." ~Will Rogers

TIME TO CHANGE UNDERWEAR

They're now alleging that  the Star Spangled Banner is racist.  I guess everything that's American is racist these days; I checked the labels and it's even time to change underwear. 

MS-13 is running around killing people and causing mayhem.  I think it's time the Democrats confiscated their guns.

A self-driving shuttle has crashed in Las Vegas, where they just launched the project.  Well, the whole idea was a roll of the dice to start with...

A UPS driver was delivering a package to a house in Oregon when he heard a loud plea for help coming from inside.  So, he called the cops.  They showed up, presumably with guns drawn, and discovered that the cries for help were coming from the family's pet parrot.  The owner's name?  You guessed it: Susan Baird. 

A good chuck of San Francisco is built on very unstable ground.  There's a monster building there called the Millennium Tower which has sunk more than a foot and is still sinking.  Residents are afraid that the project will soon be under water...

Interesting headline of the day... "The Dangers of a Bowel Obstruction."  I'm not kidding; it was on FOXNEWS.COM in the health section.  Okay... I'll quit talking politics.

Well, police just arrested a man at an Indian airport.  At the time of his arrest, he was wearing a condom stuffed with heroin, among another thing.  I wonder if his last name is Weinstein? 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The word 'racism' is like ketchup.  It can be put on practically anything... and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'" ~ Thomas Sowell

LET THE FINGER POINTING BEGIN

We always knew the DNC and the Clinton Mob were as corrupt and crooked as you can get.  I could never figure out why someone within some facet of their criminal empires wasn't coming forward to squeal.  Given the fact that she had provided Hillary with debate questions in advance, the last person I expected to pop off at the gums was Donna Brazile.  But, bless her pea pickin' little old heart, she's singing like a canary. 

What you can expect now is that more rats, each trying to save him or herself from political disaster and avoid time in the Federal pokey, will come forward and add their little tales of "oversights, misinterpretations, spins and lies" to the pile while others shuck and duck and point their knobby little fingers of blame at whoever happens to be in the line of fire.  Those bullets of blame are going to be flying in Washington much faster than even an AK-47 can spit them out.  Maybe that's why they're all so high on gun control? 

I see someone has been ribbing Rand Paul.   

A Dallas man was arrested at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after traveling to Washington to kill all white police.  Why is it that so many nutcases show up at the White House?  Just sayin'...

There was a car crash near Nisku, Alberta.  When cops arrived, they found five naked occupants in the car.  Police think drugs or alcohol may have been a factor.  There's evidently no truth to the rumor that they're all from the Harvey Weinstein family.  

Speaking of nudity in public, there's a new restaurant in Paris for nude dining only.  It's called O'naturel and they're getting a lot of people to hang out there... 

"The world changed.  Hollywood changed.  I think we've lost something and we don't know how to get it back." ~ Roy Rogers 
 

THE SAVINGS THAT ISN'T

This Daylight Savings Time is about the dumbest thing I have ever heard of.  We changed time yesterday, now it takes six months to get used to it and then... boom... we change time back. It's no wonder we're always grouchy.   One of the big arguments is that school kids are more vulnerable in the dark; well, why not just change the school hours, then?  Another argument is that you get an "extra hour" to do things in the summertime; there are no "extra hours."  There are only 24 hours in any one day.  One big argument against changing time after time after time is about us old farts.  We're more stubborn and set in our ways and America should respect its elders.  If you want to keep changing your sleep patterns, just reset your own damned clocks and leave the rest of us alone.

Well, this German discovered what he thought was a World War II bomb in his backyard.  After all of these years, it just suddenly appeared?  And it was just laying there, right on top of the ground.  So, he called the cops and they went rushing over to his place with the bomb squad in tow, sirens blaring.  Yeah, it turned out to be an extra-large zucchini.  They have all just qualified themselves to be Members of Congress.

I would guess that the odds of anyone in the Clinton Mob being held accountable for their dirty and illegal deeds are about the same as the odds ObamaCare will ever be repealed or that true tax reform will ever be passed.   I'm also inclined to think we should tar and feather every politician and bureaucrat in Washington and then run them out of the country on a flight back to Mars.

If you caught the Oklahoma - OSU game Saturday you'd certainly have to agree that the NFL isn't worth the time of day or the price of admission.  Who wants to pay that kind of money to watch a bunch of idiots make poison ivy out of themselves? 


Have you noticed that everyone in the country is talking about sexual harassment except Bill Clinton?

Obama and Pelosi played a horrible trick on America with ObamaCare.  But, they taught us a lesson: when the scalawags are all touting how good something is in Washington, it probably is not.  Now, the Ryans the McConnells the the Trumps of Washington are all touting their new tax plan as being the best thing to happen to the country since the Declaration of Independence.   Just sayin'...

"It's daylight savings time, then it isn't.  You spring forward, then you fall back.  It's like the Republicans getting out of bed." ~ The Unknown Scribbler

THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE NFL LOOMS

Colin Kapernick's attorney says Kaepernick is on the verge of signing a contract with an NFL team.  It seems hard to fathom a team willing to take on a player who is suing the NFL alleging collusion by team owners against him.  Given Kaepernick's abhorrent conduct and the NFL's blatant disrespect for American patriotism, I would suggest that they can all rot in hell, but I suspect that even hell wouldn't want them in.  

Why is it that Paul Manafort gets indicted over things that happened as far back as 2002 while Hillary Clinton goes Scott free?  It's obvious that George Soros, through Clinton and the "establishment," now rules everything in the country.  King George III has been reincarnated.  Anybody for a good, old fashioned Boston Tea Party?

The Economist, a left-wing magazine, says the U.S. Armed Forces are not patriotic Americans; the only reason they fight, according to the left, is to help their comrades.  It also says Americans have a hopeless romantic love affair with the military.  Well, they are very lucky they're not in my foxhole and that, my friends, is why I have more than one gun and a big pile of ammo.

News reports suggest that the FBI has been busy trying to determine a motive for the NYC terrorist attack.   Duh?  Anybody knows that terrorism is its own motive.  If they have to ask that question, I think the FBI needs a glass stomach so it can find its way around.

Antifa, MS-13, BLM, Mexican drug cartel, ISIS... The left says don't worry, we're strong, continue on with business as usual, don't be afraid, don't get angry.  I say, bull... The governments, federal state and local, are not going to protect us; they've made that evident.  We need to get angry.  We need to arm ourselves to the teeth and get ready to fight, because that is what it is going to come to if we continue to allow officials to stick their heads in the sand and do nothing about it. 

And how about this great new tax plan?  It looks to me like a lot of dumbo mumbo-jumbo.  Well, you get a larger individual tax deduction, the rates are a tad lower... and the exclusions of current deductions are of enormous affect.  Could our government be foisting a "smoke and mirrors" slight-of-hand on us?  No... no way... not our politicians; they'd just never do that. 

So, Hillary took total control of the DNC in 2015 and stacked the deck to prevent any possibility of Bernie winning the election?  Wouldn't you refer to that as a "rigged election?"   Could it be that Team Trump beat her at her own game?  Maybe that's why she's so pissed off.  


"Politicians spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke and cow manure." ~ The Unknown Scribbler

DEMOCRATS PLAN TO GET RICH DURING FEDERAL TAX REFORM

The governors of California and New York are salivating at the prospect of  screwing citizens by raising state income taxes right after proposed federal income tax reform takes effect.  Never ones to miss an opportunity to get into our pockets, the governors figure you're not entitled to any extra money in your pockets, but they are. 

What I can't figure out is this:  Robert Mueller, the know-it-all, high-priced attorney who was given a mandate to nail Trump to the wall for collusion with Russia, hired 15 equally high-priced, know-it-all attorneys... and all that he can come up with are some obscure charges against Paul Manafort which have nothing to do whatsoever with Trump.  In fact, any two-bit attorney fresh out of law school could have done better.  Gosh, could it be that Mueller and team can't even manufacture a case against Trump?

Here's hoping that by now you've gotten rid of your annual Halloween sugar high...

Lindsey Graham says there will be "holy hell to pay" if President Trump fires Robert Mueller.  Once again, Lindsey makes it clear to the whole country just how sweet and charming he really is... What a guy!

Glamour Magazine has award Maxine Waters its lifetime achievement award.  The rumor is that it was a tossup between her and Kathy Griffin... 

Just as we have another terrorist attack, this time in New York, we have a couple of Federal judges who insist on preventing the Trump Administration from taking steps to limit who is coming into our country and under what circumstances.  How can they sleep at night?  

"Terrorism is a psychological warfare.  Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty and division in society." ~ Patrick J. Kennedy
 

TODAY IS THE BIG DAY

Today is the day that Robert Mueller is going to try and fend off the wolves demanding his resignation by making public the particulars of a grand jury indictment.  Yeah, it's under a strict gag order called a "sealed" indictment, which is Washington-speak for leak at will and that, of course, is why we even know about it.  Maybe James Comey had something to do with it.  Anyway, wouldn't it be something if the indictment is against Hillary Clinton?  Eric Holder?  Loretta Lynch? Yeah, right. 

By law, everyone involved knew that all remaining JFK files were to be released last Thursday night; they knew it for 25 years.  So, the obvious question is: Why did they want until the afternoon of the day when the files were to be released to request a delay?  Especially since it's been major news for several weeks now that the documents had to be released by midnight last Thursday?  And why did they say some 32,000 files remained, and then allege somewhere around 18,000 were left?  What happened to the other 14,000?  Are they being hidden in Hillary's basement on a server?


Scientists have been all atwitter because some unidentified object from outer space flew into our solar system and passed Earth at 24 million miles and is now headed back into outer space after circling the sun.  It defies everything they understand about comets and the rest of its behavior gives them no clues.  Could it be that aliens arrived in a spaceship, took a gander at us with their binoculars and decided to get out of here ASAP, setting a course for home?  If they caught a glimpse of Maxine Waters, I could understand why.

So, this 26 year-old Michigan teacher was having sex with a student in her husband's basement man cave.  I hear Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Bill Clinton are desperately trying to get in touch with her...

Ashamed over their increasing prices of meats, the nation's grocery stores are taking to a new slight of hand.  Take a rib steak for example, selling at $9.99 or $10.99 a pound, now being advertised in big bold red numbers at $6.99, then in small letters underneath the words "for ten ounce steak" are added.  

"The real national house of horrors is on The Hill in Washington, DC." ~ The Unknown Scribbler

IF YOU'RE INTO MATH, YOU'RE A WHITE SUPREMACIST

Mathematics is now to blame for white superiority, according to University of Illinois professor Rochelle Gutierrez. “On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as White,” Gutierrez argued.  She also worries that algebra and geometry perpetuate privilege, fretting that “curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans.”  I don't get her ridiculous angle. 

It looks like the "Big C," Colin Kaepernick, is going to make a bundle of money by signing a million-dollar book deal with Random House.  Now in this instance, I advocate for a huge book burning party.

Senators Bob Corker and Jeff Flake are making a lot of noise after they announced they will not run for reelection.  Only 98 more Senators to go...

A recent survey shows that 89% of Americans are upset with the way the government spends our tax money.  Evidently, the other 11% must be beneficiaries of that 89%.

I don't see the problem with all of these sexcapades in Hollywood and television.  I mean, they're all liberals aren't they?  Aren't liberals entitled to screw everybody?  Sorry there, Mr. McCain... Hope I didn't step on your toes. 

Speaking of sex, it now appears that Stephen Paddock's brother has been involved in child porn.  Wow, what a fine American family!  Plus, they say Paddock removed the hard drive from the laptop found in his Las Vegas suite.  Now, if he had the lap top there, I would have to think he needed it for something.  So, how did the hard drive get out of the room?  And what was so urgent that the Mandalay Bay security guard headed straight for Mexico?  Just askin'...


I think Hillary now has her tits in a wringer.

And speaking of tits, or the lack thereof, that fine American jewel, Kathy Griffin, appears to be in the Clinton Camp, calling 63 million of us "deplorable."  Griffin tore into the 63 million Americans who voted for Trump, blaming them for her D-list career. “These Trump folks self-identify as ‘deplorable,'” she said. “They’re psychos. They’re nuts! I don’t know what’s happening in my own country.”  That's the problem, Kathy: you see, it's not your country; it's ours.  

"God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists since we cannot prove it." ~ Andre Weil

AN AMERICAN MOMENT

While Santa Rosa's Fire Department Station 5 crew was out fighting fires, their station burned down, including the U.S. flag on the pole out front.  A fire crew from neighboring Contra Costa County brought a new flag to Station 5 and raised it up to the flagpole as a sign of support.  It should be mentioned that no one... not a single soul... was down on knees while the flag went up.

Justin Timberlake is going to do the halftime show at Super Bowl?  That's another reason I won't be watching this year.  Why don't they get Colon Kapernickel to sit on his keister and sing the Star Spangled Banner while they're at it?

Maxine Waters says she's going to "take Trump out."  I wonder what Melania has to say about that?  Maybe all three of them will go out for dinner at Denny's? 

Kathy Griffin  is evidently tossing her attorney, Lisa Bloom, out of the Kathy Griffin Fan Club and asking Bloom to refund her attorney fees.  Better be careful there, Lisa; the next thing you know, Kathy's going to be dangling your head at a press conference and it will be Donald Trump's fault. 

Hillary is using curse words again, this time to describe how she was trying to get out of attending Trump's inauguration.  And Trump was wondering who in the hell the jackass was that invited her.

How many more years do you think it will be before the mainstream media even mentions the Clinton-Russia crimes?

Mitch McConnell is now running around and gushing over how much he loves and admires President Trump.  I think some joker slipped acid into Mitch's brandy...

North Korea is preparing biological weapons for deployment in the near future, according to a study by Harvard University.  Preparations are in the works for smallpox and the plague to be used to destabilize economies and create fear among populations prior to an all-out attack.   It would be very easy to deploy such agents in South Korea.  Maybe we should infest Kim Jong-un with cockroaches first. 

I wonder how many people are going to be thanking Bowe Bergdahl for his service on Veteran's Day?  I even heard he's a nominee for the Jane Fonda Achievement Award. 

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." ~ Edward Abbey

ILLEGAL ALIEN SET CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

It tuns out that the arsonist suspected of starting fires in California's Sonoma wine country is an illegal from Mexico who has been twice deported.  But, since California is now a "sanctuary state,"  I guess that means he can't go to jail?  ICE says they issued five retainer requests for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez in the last year alone, all of which were ignored by California law enforcement.  If you think that's wrong, you're a racist and a deplorable.  Suck it up, America; we have become our own worst enemies. 

U.S. Representative Frederica Wilson is reprehensible beyond description; she is the classic definition of "obscene," being that of having no redeeming value. I did hear through the grapevine that she's up for an honorary lifetime membership in the Kathy Griffin Fan Club. 

NFL players say they will not, repeat WILL NOT, stand for the National Anthem until Colin Kaepernick gets a job?  Let them all rot in hell... or San Francisco, whatever.

I don't see the real problem with Harvey Weinstein screwing everybody.  Congress does it every day.

Did it ever occur to you that we lived a previous life, badly misbehaved and got sent to an earth infested with Democrats?

So Robert Mueller has a reputation of being an underhanded and unscrupulous attorney?  Wow... who would have thought...?  Doesn't it tick you off that his longtime buddy Ron Rosenstein got him that job, and that Rosenstein is there because of Jeff Sessions?  And that Jeff Sessions is there because of Donald Trump?  And that Donald Trump is there because of Hillary Clinton?  Just sayin'...

Proof that Democrats have no conscience:  Republicans will occasionally cross party lines to vote what is best for America and to vote their conscience.   Democrats, however will not.

Billionaire George Soros has sunk $18 billion into his anti-gun, anti-conservative political machines.  By the looks of things in Congress, he's single-highhandedly purchased just about every politician he possibly can.  Think about what good that money would do toward caring for the poor, sick and elderly in this country.  I guess such humane ideas are not on his agenda, but we all know what is.  

Our intelligence and government law enforcement agencies community seem to be controlled by imbeciles and vermin. 

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein

JUST WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?

Samantha Power is asserting that the numerous unmasking requests attributed to her were not all by her; some were made by someone using her name.  So, having not heard, one has to ask, "Who?"  Maybe it was Barack, or Joe or.... gasp... someone in Rusia.  Surely she has to know who; otherwise, how would that "someone" know her credentials?  On the other hand, could it be that no one was asking for credentials and they were just unmasking at the drop of a hat?  No, perish the thought; Obama's administration was surely the most secure administration in American history.  Surely. 

So, Anthony Weiner's laptop had thousands of Huma Abedin's government documents on it?  You don't suppose she was saving porn pictures too, do you? Maybe they had some secret pictures of Bill and Monica... Ewww!

Poor, mistreated Colin Kaepernick; his playing record is less-than-stellar, he won't stand for the National Anthem, and now he's suing the NFL because he can't get a job.  Wah.  Not only Wah, but wah, wah... and so forth.  


Hollywood celebrities are now again bashing the NRA and concealed carry permit holders for gun crime.  I don't get it.  The rule was that nobody could carry a weapon into that Vegas concert.  So, the only guy with a gun was shooting at the disarmed attendees.  If no one at the concert was carrying a gun, how can you blame gun owners?  But, what do I know...

Bigfoot is still alive and well in northern California according to Jeffrey Gonzalez, a paranormal expert.   Several have been spotted near Avocado Lake.  “One of them, which was extremely tall, had a pig over its shoulder." Have Barack and Michelle come out of hiding?  Oh, sorry; that probably wasn't politically correct.  

Jane Fonda says she' not proud of America.  Speaking as a veteran, the feeling is mutual.  The question is: why doesn't she move, then?  Maybe she should move in with Colon Kaepernickel.

North Korea's Kim Jong-un is feeling neglected again.  The pompous little midget is just begging to start World War III... and probably will someday go totally off the rails and do it.  But, all we need to do is to go in and retrieve his little rubber ducky and that should put an end to it.   

Here we are, just a a few weeks down the road from when Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell swore on a stack of empty Bibles that they were going to skip their summer vacations if it was necessary in order to get a health care bill passed.   Having not done that, they are now promising on a stack of the same empty Bibles that they will work through their Christmas vacation if necessary to get a tax overhaul bill passed.  I don't know about you, but I'm getting sick and tired of being fed the same old bull for dinner, over and over again.  How they have the audacity to say these things and to keep a straight face amazes me. 

"Corporations and politicians cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls." ~ The Unknown Scribbler

IS OBAMA STILL PRESIDENT?

Hawaiian Federal Judge Derrick Watson, appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, has once again ruled against a travel ban imposed by President Trump.   I believe it's the third time he's done so; the first time, he issued his ruling just hours after Obama made a special trip to Honolulu to visit him.  Just how any one Federal judge can strike down a Presidential order is beyond me; only the Supreme Court should be able to do that.  On the other hand, he's a Harvard graduate, which makes him holier than the rest of us.  

In keeping abreast of the news, I see Larry Flynt is offering up to $10 million to anyone who can provide information that will lead to Donald Trump's impeachment.  Personally, I think  it's a hustle, pardon the play on words. 

Everyone has a theory about who really killed President Kennedy.   They've been hiding thousands of documents pertaining to the investigation as being "classified" for years.  It is now possible that those documents might be released, but doubtful.  The real secret here is that Kennedy was killed as a result of a Russian-Trump conspiracy.  There you have it Hillary; now you really know for sure who to blame for the "lost" election. 

It's now known for certain that former FBI Director James Comey planned to exonerate Hillary long before his official announcement... even long before key witnesses in the matter were interviewed.  That's somewhat akin to the entire jury in a murder trial knowing the defendant is innocent even before he's been arrested.  But catch this... the vast majority of key-level FBI employees on the job when this decision was made are still there.  I don't want to say the FBI is still corrupt, but where is Mister Magoo when you really need him?

I'm no fan of Mitch McConnell, but CNN reporter Daniella Diaz crossed all lines of propriety when she mocked Donald Trump for helping McConnell up the stairs the other day; McConnell is a polio survivor.  Her behavior is about as funny as a rubber crutch, (again, pardon the play on words), but is well within the bounds of corporate policy and culture at CNN.

The F.B.I. has proven yet once again that it is corrupt to the bone.  They have long said that they had no internal documents regarding that "secret" meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch on the Phoenix Airport tarmac, but have now revealed as the result of a Judicial Watch subpoena that such documents exist.  The Department of Justice is refusing to release unredacted copies of the documents; my guess is that they show the meeting was not happenstance but was, in fact, planned in advance.  They could even show the true nature of the meeting was not to discuss grand kids or golf.  Gadzooks!   

"Americans are hard working, innovative proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams." ~ Tim Walberg

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE IMMINENT

Scientists researching Yellowstone National Park say that it could erupt again as a super-volcano much sooner than expected.  If so, all of life as we know it could disappear in another volcanic winter.  I presume this would include liberal Democrats.  It seems to erupt every 6.5 million years or so, and last erupted 630,000 years ago.  For its part, NASA is working on a way to prevent the super-volcano from destroying mankind; perhaps plugging it with Chuck Schumer's fanny would accomplish that task.

As a side note, UFO's have been spotted over the park.  Yellowstone has long been a hot spot for alien sightings and enthusiasts. According to the National UFO Reporting Center, there have been hundreds of reported sightings in the state of Wyoming, going all the way back to 1871.  Maybe they've decided they'd rather take a hot bath in a volcano than listen to any more bull from Congress.

Good riddance... NFL Tennessee Titan's  player Rishard Mathews has issued an ultimatum: if he's forced to stand for the National Anthem, he'll quit the NFL.  I hope the doors to the stadium give him a solid whack on the ass on his way out.

This explains a lot: They're now saying that the mysterious sounds aimed at the U.S. Embassy in Havana gave our people working there brain damage.  Didn't Obama visit there?

The expected news story of the day is that Megyn Kelly has been destroying NBC's ratings ever since she joined the network.  Isn't it poetic justice that a woman who once had her head screwed on straight and then allowed her to ratings to destroy all sense of humility is now screwing the very business that made her what she was?  I wonder what all of the enemies she made going up the ladder think of her now that she's coming back down the very same ladder...

The resident idiot in the California Governor's office just signed into law a bill that says if you don't call an LGBT patient in a nursing home by the name or pronoun he prefers you can be fined $1,000 and spend a year in jail.  Well, that's a violation of my Constitutional right to call the person whatever I want.  Getting a quick start in that direction... Moonbeam, you're an absolute imbecile and a total jackass.   It's time you moved into a nursing home.

"It seems to me that the only way to fix the problems in our government is to first require that every lawmaker and every bureaucrat have an IQ of at least 40."  ~ The Unknown Scribbler

SUPPOSITION 101

Supposing this Pakistani I.T. guy Awan who worked for Congress for all of that time installed secret "back door" connections into the Congressional I.T. system.  That would enable Pakistan, Russia or anyone else who knew of the "back doors" to have unfettered access into the system right now as you are reading this, and well into the future.  But, of course, Congress is smart enough to take a long, hard look at the system to make sure that couldn't happen... aren't they?  I mean... just saying.  Oh... I forgot about the DNC not wanting anyone to look at their computers; especially the FBI. Remember that?  Again, just sayin' and not trying to be sarcastic or anything like that.  Not me.  No ma'am.

Who the hell is Harvey Weinstein? 

Now that the bottom line of the NFL teams is being affected and Roger Goodell's fanny is finally and squarely on the fire, he's come out with a statement that says NFL players "should" stand during the National Anthem.  There's really no need to stress about it, Roger; we get your gist.  And a reminder to all veterans and Americans who support our country, our flag and our anthem; national plans for a Sunday, November 12th Veteran's Day Weekend boycott of NFL games are still in effect.  Maybe Roger and his players "should" stand for that. Word has it that even Kathy Griffin doesn't want them in her fan club. 

Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill is pandering to the Native American vote; she wants to change the name of Columbus Day to "Indigenous People's Day."   If she had bothered to look into the situation before opening her flap trap, she would have realized that Native American tribes have taken it upon themselves to recognize Native American Day and/or American Indian Day for many moons now.   Perhaps she should have checked with "Pocahontas" Warren first. 

Most conspiracy theories being floated about the Las Vegas Massacre aren't worth the time of day.  One  theory is being hugely suppressed, but it does bear looking at: Paddock, the shooter, had been radicalized to Islam and the Vegas authorities are covering that fact up because  they don't want tourism to Vegas casinos to be adversely affected by fear of another I.S.I.S. attack.  I would guess if that is the case, they're willing to take a roll of the dice on getting caught. 

By the way and speaking of Indians and massacres, the fake media and press keep referring to the Vegas shooting as the biggest single massacre in America since the Civil War.  Actually, there was the Bear River Massacre near Preston, Idaho in 1863 where our soldiers killed more than 250 Native Americans on a cold January morning.  How quickly we conveniently forget. 

Finally and speaking of Friday the 13th... Happy Birthday to Jerry Jones.  

"We know of every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them." ~ Steven Pinker

NORTH KOREA GETS THE LAST LAUGH

While Trump & Company have been making a whole lot of noise about how they're going to deal with the North Korean midget brigade, Kim Jong-un has been laughing his buns off.  It turns out that North Korea has hacked into top secret plans for South Korea and the United States to deal with the nuclear threat.   Rhee Cheol-hee, a lawmaker in South Korea, confirmed the data breach to the BBC. The hack consisted of 235 gigabytes of military documents and about 80 percent of what was stolen hasn’t been identified. 

Republican Senator Bob Corker has announced he's not going to run for reelection.  Like that's a big wah?  He and the rest of the Republican and Democrat establishment swamp should have left a long, long time ago.  Our Congress has become like one big cock fight.  Shakespeare said that all of the world is but a stage and all of the people are nothing more than actors, but those actor dudes are all burning the stage beneath their feet.   Good move there, Bob; take a kneel for the NFL.

Hey, fellow Californians!  How does it feel to be a sanctuary state?   Be sure to welcome all of those illegal alien felons who will soon be moving in.  And Sacramento wants us to give up our guns? 

Where's Nancy Pelosi going to get her whine if all of California's wineries burn up? 

Since the Republicans are already saying they won't get any tax reform legislation done this year, you know what that means: it'll be another damned boondoggle just like health care reform.  Maybe we should send a bunch of hookers up to The Hill to teach them all how to unzip their pants?

The real reason Mitch McConnell doesn't play golf is that it takes balls.

"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a Member of Congress; but, I repeat myself." ~ Mark Twain

ABOUT COLUMBUS DAY...

Yes, it's a national holiday.  It's one of those days during the year when we pay extra-special respect to our flag and what it represents. 

If you want to disrespect it, then be like Columbus and get on a boat and go sailing... far, far away.  

Let's see how much of your bullshit they put up with in Venezuela, North Korea, China, Russia or Iran. 

TRUMP BECOMES LEFT-WING PUPPET

Donald J. Trump is now President of the United States in name only; he is simply a front man, a puppet for the left-wing's new high potentate... Robert Mueller. 

That's correct: Robert Mueller is now in charge.  As a result of the President's pardon of Joe Arpaio, Mueller, whose task was originally supposed to only be to investigate "collusion" with Russia, has now hired another Democrat operative to his team with the specific job of finding a way to rescind that pardon.  Mueller seems to believe that only he, the Special Counsel, has the right to determine what the President can and cannot do. And Congress, the entire body of which is controlled by that same left wing, is allowing Mueller to become the self-appointed arbiter of presidential powers. 

Unconfirmed reports are that Mueller has sent President Trump a terse memo directing that, from now on, all Executive Orders must first be reviewed and initialed personally by Mueller.  The President must also obtain permission from Mueller's office before signing any legislation or making public any policy decisions.  Mueller's memo was accompanied by ten cases of soiled toilet tissue.

On another affront to American sanity, one has to wonder how many of Steve Paddock's weapons were purchased at a gun show and whether or not he had a concealed weapons permit and complied with federal and state laws when he transported them to the Mandalay Bay suite.  Had he taken the mandated gun safety courses and were his ammunition purchases all from licensed ammo shops?  If not, then Congress must immediately pass a new law requiring anybody who has a gun in his possession to abide by all of the laws.  Such a law will undoubtedly stop any criminal from pulling a trigger until his attorney issues a notarized statement of compliance. 

North Korea's Kim Dung-ung is evidently upset that he is being upstaged by the shooting in Las Vegas and the recent hurricanes.  He's been holed up in his palace bathtub playing with his rubber duckies, among other things. 

Viewership of NFL games continues to plummet while players and the league continue to show blatant disrespect for our flag and national anthem.  The only people watching these days are those who tune in to see what dumb sideline moves the players are going to make next and, as could be expected, those who also don't give a damn about our country.  (I apologize for bringing Paul Ryan into the conversation).  

PUSH FOR NEW STATE GROWS

There are those of us in California who are sick and tired of the far-left-wing element that has seized control of our state.  The overwhelming majority of state citizens live along the coast, in San Diego, Los Angeles, Burbank, Oakland and San Francisco.  Their elected representatives simply run roughshod over the rest of the state so, for several years now, there has been a move to create a new state, the State of Jefferson, and to divorce itself from the rest of California; let them all fall off into the ocean and float far, far away. 

Now that "Moonbeam" Brown and his liberal henchmen have declared California to be a "sanctuary state," the groundswell of disenchanted citizens who think we should abide by the laws of our country is mounting a major push to get the State of Jefferson accomplished.  Since Sacramento relies on our tax money from out in the boondocks to support its largesse, they are fighting the idea tooth and nail.  Some citizens have even considered buying a few tons of gunpowder and blowing the lid off of the State Capitol, but they've come to the realization that Sacramento is not, after all is said and done, really worth the powder it would take to blow the liberals all to hell. 

Speaking of crackpots, some loving, self-described teacher named Ann took to social media shortly after the Vegas rampage to pray that only "Trumptards" got killed.  Meet the latest full-fledged member of the Kathy Griffin Fan Club. 

The number of people impacted by the Equifax breach has increased by 2.5 million.  Evidently, the only people in the country who are not impacted are members of the Black Lives Matter movement, who can't qualify for credit anyway.  

The number of calls going to Budweiser to rant and rave against its sponsorship of the NFL has gotten so enormous that it's driving company executives to drink.  


“Tom Price and the rest of the ever- swampy Trump WH is a permanent reminder of how honorable and scandal-free an administration Obama ran.” ~ Brian Fallon, spokesman for Hillary Clinton's campaign

 

TENNESSEE TITANS: UP YOURS, SPORTS FANS

If you don't like how the NFL is dealing with respect for the flag and anthem, stay home.  That's what tight end Delanie Walker, (and I mean really tight), had to say last Thursday.  Several team members seemed to echo Walker's sentiment: “And the fans that don’t want to come to the game? I mean, OK. Bye. I mean, if you feel that’s something, we’re disrespecting you, don’t come to the game. You don’t have to. No one’s telling you to come to the game. It’s your freedom of choice to do that.”

The new strategy?  It's going ahead and standing up, linking arms in solidarity and refusing to place their hands over their hearts.  Can't fire them for refusing to stand, right?  But, it's an in-your-face show down... them against us.  If we don't like it, T.S.  As far as I'm concerned, they can all sit their happy asses on the curbs and gutters of Puerto Rico and flip off whoever they want.  They've all obviously made enough money that they don't give a damn what we think.  There's even talk that the NFL will quit playing the National Anthem altogether; that'll surely show us a thing or two.  Maybe they should all join the Kathy Griffin Fan Club.

REALLY HOT NEWS: Some six months after the fact, Tokyo Electric Power has announced radioactive water is leaking from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.  Since they say it poses no significant risks, one had to wonder why it took this long to report it.  Could it be that they wanted so sell off some stock ownership first?  Ask Equifax.

WORD HAS IT: Democrats eat crow more than any other meat.  

YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING: If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must be Kim Jong-un?  

SPEAKING OF DIMWITS AND KATHY GRIFFIN... She says our reaction to her Trump beheading photo was overblown and out of proportion, and "I will openly accuse the President of the United States of human rights violations."  Maybe she should consider drug rehab.  

"If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction." ~ Jennifer Granholm 

OMMM! OMMMMM!

It's almost like living in a looney bin these days.  While they control both Houses of Congress and the White House, the Republicans are busily going about convincing America that they are as useless as teats on a a boar hog.  For seven years now, they've been chanting "We're gonna repeal and replace ObamaCare."  It kind of reminds one of a long line of monks in a jungle full of baboons chanting the same hums over and over again, "Ommmm.  We will repeal and replace ObamaCare!  Ommm!  Ommmmmmmm!"  They design a worthless piece of legislation, it fails to pass,  they come to the microphones and chant, "Ommmm.  We will repeal and replace ObamaCare!  Ommm!  Ommmmmmmm!" 

And the Democrats smile so... so demurely, nod their heads and flip their birdies.  

Followed by the Republican cretins, who predictably point fingers at each other, make excuses, stare blankly at the ceilings, sit on their thumbs and chant, "Ommmm.  We will repeal and replace ObamaCare!  Ommm!  Ommmmmmmm!"  

In between these endless chants, they make other wild gestures and crazy promises.  They're going to investigate James Comey.  They're going to depose Susan Rice.  They're going to demand another special prosecutor.  They're going to revise the tax system.  They're going to raise the debt limits.  They're going to pass the best budget ever invented in the history of mankind.  They're going to fix immigration.

And, they're going to do all of these magnificent and glorious things before Easter!  Ah, well, before the 4th of July.  Before they take a summer recess, by damn!  End of September?  Before the snow flies?  Their track record is already so putrid that it smells worse than a Schmucker Fart in a whirlwind.

That whole damned Capitol, all of the way up and down Pennsylvania Avenue, isn't worth the powder it would take to blow them all of the way back to Oz.   "Ommmm.  Ommm!  Ommmmmmmm!"

REMEMBER WHEN?

There was a day when any organized professional sport in this country required that its players conduct themselves in a manner which would reflect favorably on the team.  You didn't get busted for drugs, you didn't beat up your girlfriend... hell, you'd get fired for getting a DUI or even a speeding ticket!  These days, I don't think you could get fired for throwing a game in order to win some sports book money, so you have to really wonder how many games ARE fixed.

Roger Goodell has made it clear that  American patriotism is not one of the requirements for being on an NFL team.  He couldn't care less about how many times a player gets arrested on a rape charge as long as he beings money to the bottom line.  We used to look up at sports players; now we look down on them because they are on their knees during our National Anthem.  As far as I am concerned, any network that shows an NFL game and any "fan" who attends one or watches it on TV is just as as guilty as the player who disrespects our country.  If they dislike America all that much, why don't they just take their whole damned league to far western California where they will be much more welcomed?

Speaking of way back when, remember the good old days when everybody believed in our country, when we all supported our president even if we didn't vote for him, when no law told you who you had to go to the bathroom with, when it was legal to shoot a hungry bear that was trying to break down your door, when you didn't have to change your clocks twice a year in order to please some jackass in Washington, or when a youngster could sell a glass of lemonade without a business license?  Well, you'll certainly enjoy Heritage Day at the Park, an annual event at McArthur- Burney Falls Park that's free to the public on Sunday, October the 8th.  No politicians are scheduled to be there, so you won't need to bring your guns.

Anthony Wiener, the pervert who just happened to have many of the nation's top secrets on the laptop he shared with Huma Abedin, just got sentenced to 21 months in jail.  Oh... and he has to give up his I-Phone. Will SOMEONE please let me off this planet?  I remember the days when the bastard would have been sentenced to life in Des Moines. 

And, getting back to the opening of this post... Alejandro Villanueva is the Pittsburgh player who had the good old American courage to defy the rest of his team members who hid out in the locker room during the rendition of the National Anthem last Sunday.  Villanueva is a West Point graduate who served his country with honor and dignity, and who stood by his country in the face of adversity.  Team Coach Mike Tomlin, however, is madder than hell that Villanueva put his American patriotism before his team.  And that tells me everything I needed to know about the NFL.  Piss on them;  I'm not planning to watch the Super Bowel. 

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." ~ Oscar Wilde  

THE RESURRECTION

The Burney Mountain Hermit is coming back to life, albeit halfway.  Instead of posting six days a week, it'll only be three, being Monday, Wednesday and Friday.   So, here goes.

Let me start off by extending sincere best wishes for the far western sliver of California to have a serious earthquake and fall off into the ocean.  The radical left-wingers of the state, which includes San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley, have managed to hijack the rest of the state and impose sanctuary state status on the complacent wizards who live there.  Now, every illegal alien in the country who has committed or intends to commit a felony, will be heading here.  Personally, I think it's way past the time when the rest of the state should kick their butts, (left-wing politicos), out of the country.  They're not Americans; they're all Congressional Republicans in disguise.

And while I'm at at, I have a new motto: 
To hell, with the NFL.  If they won't stand up for America, I won't stand in line to watch one of their stupid-assed games.  

Remember that terrific promise Obama made to retrain workers for new jobs when he virtually destroyed the coal industry?  He hired a tech company to administer the re-training problem.  Well, being an Obama-hired government contractor, they didn't perform worth a diddly-squat, a fact vastly under-reported in the mainstream media.   The last I heard, the firm was in Buffalo, Wyoming seeking to get more government money to expand their stellar success.  

As it so often happens in media country, so does it in the retail market.  Amazon.com has been caught playing a little hanky-panky with the book ratings of one Hillary Rodham Clinton.  It turns out that so many buyers of her latest book were trashing their reaction to the new American Bible of Idiocy that Amazon decided to suppress the negative reader ratings,  raising her results to a staggering 4.8 favorability from what probably should have been a -10.0.  Predictably, Amazon's owner, Jeff Bozo, who also owns the WASHINGTON POST and who appears ready to run for president in 2020, denied the allegations.

The Air Force is running low on bombs and missiles... so low that there's talk about continuing diplomatic negotiations with North Korea into the 22nd century.

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. Andy Rooney
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"The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it.  We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress,' doesn't spread.  ~ Andy Rooney
 

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.
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THE HERMIT MAY BE COMING BACK TO LIFE

Stay tuned.  There have been many requests to rejuvenate this blog.  There are things to put back in place if that is to happen.  

 

FALL BEGINS

As hot as it is, it may not feel like fall.  But, fall is actually on our doorstep. Usually, somewhere around the middle of September, the oppressive heat breaks and overnight temperatures begin to plummet.  

With these changes looming, summer activities reach their final peak and we drift into winter.  School begins, Labor Day comes and goes, the Intermountain Fairgrounds comes to life, the veterans organizations recognize POW/MIA day and the McArthur-Burney Falls Park caps off the season with Heritage Day at the Park. 

This year, we've had the wettest in recorded history and also the hottest.  But, we have a whole lot to be thankful for.  We're not under five feet of water everywhere.  No major fire has threatened our way of life.  No earthquakes, diseases or pestilence have besieged us.  And newspapers carry only good news.  

How can we ask for anything better than this?  

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