Reflections from the Road 3.31.25

 I spent Wednesday through Saturday at the Carolina Pickers Antique Festival at the Denton Farm Park in Denton, NC. I had been a vendor for a couple of those events two or three years ago but was not satisfied enough to become a regular vendor at the twice a year event.

I signed up to be a vendor at the event this year in the hope that I would have a better experience than before. I will be kind. I did not have a better experience. The same problems continue. The roads through the event are mostly gravel at the Farm Park and this time of year, especially with the drought, it is very dusty. I could deal with that, but they have people with golf carts and ATVs and other offroad vehicles that ride around like the whole thing is a 600 vendor drive through. By the end of the event, most of my merchandise and my skin and clothes are covered with a layer of dust. At home Friday evening, my wife asked if I had been making mud pies in the bath. I get dirtier selling "stuff" at the Carolina Pickers Festival than I get mowing my yard on a hot day.  If by now, you have surmised that I will not be returning to the Pickers Festival, you are correct.

Incredibly enough, no one approached me to ask if I authored the Random Moments of Lunacy blog. Cue Mac Davis singing "It's Hard to be Humble". Good news, four days toiling away in literary anonymity has not altered my perspectives a bit. 

I hate the whole "Pickers" terminology. It somehow gives the impression that I search high and low looking for unusual items that people are going to empty their pockets to own. It's simply not the case. I am in search of cheap shit that I can sell for a healthy profit. Sell to the masses, live with the classes. Sell to the classes, live with the masses. I haven't sold enough crap yet.

I am certainly not a "Picker" like Mike, the late Frank, Robbie, Jersey John, Dave and Danielle are. If you don't know those names, turn on any rerun of "American Pickers". Regardless of the time, it's on a cable channel near you. My encounters are not scripted. Rest assured that my comments are not the work of a scriptwriter. Plus, there are no commercials when I speak. It's pure unvarnished swill when my lips move. 

While I toiled away without anyone aware of my literary prowess, I did get high praise for my memory. The vendor next to me and I were talking on Saturday morning. I had told him that I worked in the restaurant business. He asked if I had worked in Davidson County. I told him that I had managed a Popeye's in Lexington from 1986 to 1989. He asked if I remembered two girls Angie and Tiffany, who had worked there. I gave him their last names and said that Tiffany was a big-haired blonde girl. His wife laughed and said that she had seen the old pictures, my memory was correct. The guy was stunned by my recalling them. They are relatives of his. He said that he would be talking to them on Sunday and telling them about meeting me. At least the memory still works.

There was a guy across the way from me who was even more loud and obnoxious than I could ever hope to be. By noon on Thursday, the first day of the sale, I had heard him repeat the same story more than forty times. The guy next to me was pointing out the little variations in his story. By Friday morning, I was considering offering a cash reward to the first person to duct tape that guy's mouth. He claimed to be a teacher and a coach. He reminded me of a pedophile who I know. I am thinking about calling his school system. Could he be the first Picker Pedophile?

A few other observations after a few days of crowd watching. I miss the days before we started wearing underwear as outerwear. If your belt is below the crack of your ass, you need to pull up your pants. RFK is right, we are a fat nation. When a twelve-year-old asks "What is a magazine?", we can go ahead and close the case for supporting public education. Four Americans on a golf car is just our version of a railroad cattle car without the rails. There are more Hispanics than rednecks in Randolph County. 

A kid who looked to be about ten years old, started to pick up a pocketknife that I had for sale. I told him that I didn't let people under eighteen handle the knives. He replied, "It's okay with my parents if I handle them!" It only took a nanosecond for me to respond, "Your parents don't own the knife, I do. Put the son of a bitch down!" If you guessed that he didn't buy anything, you are correct. His parents were smarter than he was, they looked in my direction but didn't bother discussing the issue with me.

A female vendor was complaining on Thursday morning that it was cold. I pointed out that her pants were torn in several places and that she might be warmer if they were not torn. She assured me that this was the "style". I told her that she needed to be stylish in a warmer locale. Her husband pointed out that he had told her the same thing and she called him a "smartass" also. Was she a slow learner or a slave to fashion??

Here's a free plug for a supplier of mine: Glaze King Donuts in Asheboro. I stopped there on my first trip to the Farm Park a few years ago. I stopped there every morning on my way this year. My wife said that it was the highlight of her day when we stopped there. Just a couple of notes here: The huge apple fritters are a meal. The maple bacon bars have chunks of bacon on them, not bacon bits. You can feel the cholesterol surge through your veins as you eat one. On Saturday, I treated my heart to a stress test and had them fill the maple bacon bar with vanilla creme. (50 cents extra) I didn't bother checking my blood sugar again until Sunday, I knew that it wouldn't be low. Wait!! Glaze King Donuts is on Albermarle Road, just a few yards off I-73. Closed on Sunday, sorry.

IQ Tests for Feds?

 It's obvious that we need to administer IQ tests to federal judges. A federal judge has ruled that Trump cannot keep transgenders out of the military. Memo to moron judges: Trump is the Commander-in-Chief of the military, you are not. Trump can ban fat people, criminals, bearded people, alcoholics, drug addicts and scores of other breeds unsuited for military service. A careful reading of the United States Constitution would show that the Commander in Chief does not report to District Court Judges. Try reading!!

It's amazing that Federal judges are not only ignorant about the Constitution, but they also don't show any evidence of having read that same document. Trump needs to declare martial law, enrage Democrats across the land and jail some federal judges. We all have our dreams. 

Judge "Bozo" Boasberg has been selected to handle the "Signal-Gate" case in the DC Court. He said that this is a result of an electronic lottery system used by the court. One has to watch a replay of the Beverly Hillbillies where Phil Silvers tried to sell Jed Clampett New York's Central Park to find a bigger swindle. No one who can read without moving their lips believes this story.

It's only my forecast but look for a swell in population for the District of Columbia as suckers flock to the city attracted by such an easy to pick the winner lottery system. Other than federal judges, when was the last Powerball winner from the District of Columbia? Asking for a friend.

I spent the day at the Carolina Pickers Antique Festival at the Denton Farm Park. I realize that this is not a scientifically based sample of random thoughts from Americans, BUT exactly zero people who I spoke with at this event mentioned "Signal gate" to me. The liberal spin machine, pardon me, the news media is going to have to work much harder to get Americans to worry about some has-been magazine editor or writer who claims that he got secret war plans on his cellphone. The public interest is actually even lower than the complainant's credibility. 

Things are so "messed up" in Washington that Democrats have paid some witch doctor to try and bring back Joe McCarthy as a Democrat.

The really sad part about all of these federal judges is that they aren't smart enough to see that they are less credible than the National Enquirer or MSNBC. Of course, that is setting a pretty low bar, even for a federal judge.

Long ago and far away, when I still lived in Tampa Florida, there was a judge with the nickname of "Hanging Harry". About anything more than a parking meter violation would cause him to issue a severe and lengthy sentence. After more than twenty years on the bench, he became the State Attorney for Hillsborough County. In 2000, after eight years as State Attorney, he committed suicide. He had accumulated a sizable mountain of debt from his love of greyhound racing and his inability to pick winners. Memo to DC Circuit Judges: "Judge not lest you be judged" should be in every judge's daily prayers.

Group Chats and other trash?

 I am amazed by the guy from the Atlantic "Magazine" who claims that he was sent battle plans and other secret information as part of some "group chat" swill. If this was so disturbing, why didn't he immediately contact the source of the information? What's the thought process in finding out that the world is going to end, but not mentioning it to anyone until the opportunity arises to discuss it on a national network? 

In the interest of full disclosure, I don't use group chats or group message threads or bulletin boards if those still exist. Why not? You are reading this swill, and you have to ask? Are you serious? Are you sober? 

I am being "shadow banned" by Google and you are wondering what I am talking about? Really? I have been removed from group threads at church. My sister removed me from a group thread about a family reunion. I was a Unit Director at Bojangles for less than 72 hours before I was removed from the group message thread for store managers. My area director told me that he would just call me if there was anything that I needed to know. The ensuing calls were scarce.

How long do you think that I would last on some kind of national security thread? Even the slow among government workers would quickly realize that something was amiss. The guy who claims to be my only friend removed me from a group thread after someone's grandmother was allegedly offended. I can't believe that at her age there were words that she had never heard. I can't believe that people even use this form of communication. These are people too lazy to send separate messages. Evidently, people in government do not understand that whole "assumption of risk" idea. Here's a thought for you message spreaders: Every group has its weakest link or loudest member, remember that before hitting "Reply All". I have a sign on my desk that says exactly that. Some days, I just don't read it.

What four words do Americans not understand? "No Parking, Fire Lane". Every time that I go to the grocery store or Walmart, my blood pressure rises as I have to weave in and out among the cars parked in the fire lane just to get into the store. If the Police Department would start towing cars, they could clear that situation up pretty quickly. Word would spread quickly on the "Group Chat" for dumbass drivers.

How long before John Roberts and the Supremes grow some balls? They need to smack down some district court judges and explain their limits of authority. If District Court Judges can issue national injunctions, what the hell do we need with the Supreme Court?  I am tired of hearing about how the legal system works for Americans. I am going to need to see some evidence.

John Roberts said that impeachment is rarely the best action. Unfortunately, Mr. Roberts, it's the only tool in the toolbox for us to use. Of course, we could try that revolution thing again and start by hanging judges.

I have decided that MSNBC is just the video version of Mad Magazine. No one should take it seriously. What me worry?

The Carolina Pickers Antique Festival is Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Denton Farm Park. I have a space about 150 feet in front of the old church. God is smiling at me.

I Got Your Oligarchy Right Here!!

 Senator Bernie "Boris Badenov" Sanders and his sidekick Rep. AOC "Natasha" are touring the country on their MAMA tour. That's Make Americans Miserable Again or Make America Mediocre Again, you pick. 

Natsha and Boris claim that that United States has become an "oligarchy". That's the idea that the nation is run by a small group of people. Before going on to anything else, I suggest that Boris and Natasha check the turnover rate in the United States Congress.  What percentage of the population is the Congress? But let's move on. 

The real oligarchy that liberals don't want to talk about is that the federal government is actually dominated by a group of about 900 federal judges, none of whom were elected. It's time for some serious changes in the federal judiciary.

Right now, Judge James "Bozo" Boasberg is trying to insert himself into the job of President. I don't hear liberals chanting that no one elected Bozo as President. How about Judge Tonya Slutkan, also in the DC District court? She's just openly functioning as a Democratic operative. It's time to clear the bench in the DC Court.

Before you lose your mind and start ranting about how the US Constitution protects all of these wannabe presidents posing as federal judges, allow me to direct you to Article III of the Constitution which establishes the federal courts.

No where in Article III are lifetime terms mandated or even mentioned. The only thing the founders seemed to be concerned about was that the pay of the judges cannot be reduced during their term. There is no mention of how to remove a federal judge. There is not even a mention of the process to become a federal judge. So basically, all of the rules about how federal judges assume office were created by the Congress which means that it can be undone by Congress. We don't need a Constitutional amendment; we just need a Congress with a spine.

For those who say that the Constitution mandates a life term, the Constitution says that judges " shall hold their offices during good behaviour". On what planet does that translate into a lifetime job? I don't believe that the judiciary's interpretation of that statement into a lifetime job is valid. We don't let jobholders decide their term of office. The voters decide.

We need to mandate a five-year term for ALL federal judges with a maximum of two terms at any level. We need to end the retirement plan for any future judges. Why would we pay anyone as much to not work as we paid them to work? In what solar system does this make sense?

If Congress is unwilling to rework the judiciary, then we need to work on replacing the Congress. These are just criminals protecting one another. Congress needs to start impeaching a judge a week until we start seeing a flood of resignations out of the judiciary. Start with Judge Bozo!!

Don't waste your time looking for Article III of the Constitution. I have provided it below as a reader service.

Article III

Section 1.

The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

Section 2.

The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;--to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction;--to controversies to which the United States shall be a party;--to controversies between two or more states;--between a state and citizens of another state;--between citizens of different states;--between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects.

In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.

Section 3.

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.

Missing Night Court?

A court show with a crazy judge is being filmed in Washington DC as Judge Boasberg attempts to stage a coup and take over the Presidency. I don't think it will end well for Judge B.

 Longer ago than I care to remember, I attended a Zig Ziglar seminar. He told us everything that we needed to know about education. He said, "In schools, there is no correlation between funds expended and educational excellence." Looking at Columbia University students, one cannot challenge the accuracy of his words.

How do so many stupid people run major universities? Asking for a bunch of friends.

Harvard has an endowment of more than $50 billion. Why are we giving them money? I think that Penn has more than $20 billion. Why do they need my money? They want our money because they are smart enough not to waste their own money on these programs.

Hitler and the Nazis burned books. Today's fascists burn Teslas. Leftists have established some kind of world flip-flopping record by how quickly they have changed their positions on electric cars. Apparently, they hate Donald Trump far more than they want to "save the planet".

It's time to indict some leftists for inciting a riot. 

The left has one set of responses for everything that they perceive as unfair.  They march, loot and burn. After watching this repeat itself ad infinitum, Americans are just tired of this shit. Hey guys!! It's time to get a job and go to work. This protest crap isn't going to make anyone see your point of view. Pack it in!

Andrew Jackson, one of the founders of the Democratic Party, is reputed to have said, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling on the Cherokees. If you guessed that nothing happened to him because of this, you are correct. Joe Biden ignored the Supreme Court ruling on forgiving student debt and the media loved him. If you are a liberal, explain how this differs from Trump ignoring a district court judge obsessed with his position. Trump should issue a ruling holding Judge Boasberg in contempt of the American people, jail him and move on. Trump should just do what a Dem would do and ignore the federal courts. Let them eat cake! 

Pam Bondi needs to charge Judge Boasberg with interfering with a government function and jail his ass. Don't waste your time telling me that it can't be done. If a district court judge thinks that he can stop the government from enforcing immigration laws, he is suffering from delusions of grandeur. Trump should just stop sending people to his courtroom to explain.

If Jasmine Crockett is the best that the Democrats have to offer, somebody needs to get to Delaware and dig Joe Biden out of the ground.  Crockett leaves me longing to hear the whines of AOC. 

If you don't believe in Trump Derangement Syndrome, turn on the news. If Trump announced tomorrow that he was in favor of ending income taxes, Democrats would come out in favor of a 75% income tax bracket for minimum wage earners. Trump wants peace in Ukraine, Democrats want to fight Russia. Before fighting Russia, Democrats might want to have one of their spiritual advisers contact Hitler and Napoleon.

On a personal note, my struggle with this eye allergy bullshit is almost over. I am retiring the Braille keyboard after this post.

Making a federal case out of this?

 The television news is alive with the sound of liberals wailing!! They are outraged that Donald Trump ignored a federal district judge's order that he could not send a couple of planeloads of illegals to El Salvador. Trump maintains that they had already departed and were in international airspace when the order came through.

I must have missed the same liberal outrage when Dementia Joe Biden repeatedly forgave student loan debt after the United States Supreme Court told him that he could not do that. Please direct me to the outrage experienced by Democrats when Biden ignored the Supreme Court.

Leftists act like this group of illegals was the Vienna Boys Choir instead of a group of gangsters and criminals. Look at the pictures of those guys and tell me that you want those guys walking down the street where you live.

Memo to liberal morons: A federal judge who tells the Trump administration to "turn the planes around" has an over-inflated view of his actual authority. These people were all here illegally. If you come in illegally, you can't complain about the way that you leave the country.

We need to clear the air in Washington, DC about who is in charge of the executive branch. We can start that process by finding out who was in charge for the last four years. Who had control of the "autopen"?

Chief Justice John Roberts said that impeachment is not the answer to problem judges. If the Chief Justice really believes that, how does he suggest that we deal with bad judges? Mr. Roberts is the head of the federal judiciary. How does he suggest that we deal with liberal judges who are part of a liberal conspiracy to control the country? Do we just wait for them to die?

Former Supreme Court Associate Justice and fulltime socialist Stephen Breyer said that we need to stop talking about impeaching federal judges. I'm sorry Mr. Breyer, but the Constitution allows us only one action to correct a history of unacceptable performance by a judge appointed to administer "justice". The electorate has only one arrow in the quiver and that arrow is impeachment. How does Mr. Breyer suggest that we hold judges accountable for their performance?  

Article III of the Constitution establishes the federal court system. It does not mention lifetime employment. We can establish terms for federal judges and term limits without amending the Constitution. The time has come to take action.  I have seen and heard from a bunch of nominees in the last few years. You can't convince me that we don't have any better legal minds than those.

We need to set term limits on federal judges. The concept that someone has to die to end their employment is a scene from the theater of the absurd. Let's go with five-year terms for district court and circuit court judges and a ten-year term for Supreme Court Justices. 

We need to end this bullshit where people go from judge to judge to find one sympathetic to their cause. Federal district judges should have exactly zero power outside of their districts. We have a Supreme Court to deal with the legislature and the executive branch. The idea that more than 700 district court judges have the power to stop the workings of the government is absurd.

When I was a kid there was a popular expression that went something like this, "You don't have to make a federal case out of this." But years later, everything is a federal case. We need to cull the herd of lawyers who are making their living filing legal actions.

Trust me on this one, but the time will always come when you need to terminate an employee whose performance is unacceptable. The only method the Constitution gives us for federal judges is impeachment. Let's use it.

Monday Morning Mad Man Mix

 I have been wrestling with some kind of allergy thing in my eyes for the last few days. Monday morning came and so did enough of my eyesight to hack out a post. So, a few quick thoughts while I can still see.

In 1945, after visiting a German concentration camp, Gen. Eisenhower had these words for the press.  “Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Ike must have had a vision of the United States in the 21st Century.

In New York City, which liberals believe to be the center of their universe, protesters are demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, who has been jailed by the Trump Administration. I believe that Khalil is one of the people who Eisenhower warned us about eighty years ago. Khalil's brain-dead followers claim that he is simply a "Pro-Palestinian activist". Yeah, right! Bonie and Clyde were just a couple of travelers who borrowed money with a gun.

To believe that Khalil is simply a pro-Palestinian activist, you have to believe that Hitler was a pro-German activist. In that same alternate universe, Stalin was just trying to slay his way back to the glory days of the Romanovs. Mao killed millions in an attempt to make sure that there was enough rice to go around in China. I guess that planting more rice was out of the question.

I won't go into the history of Castro in our own backyard, but I will point out that no one trying to cross the Florida straits to flee Cuba has ever run into someone fleeing in the other direction. Yes, the Coast Guard has never picked up refugees from Key West heading to Havana. 

Before listening to whining foreign students and their spineless American associates talk about how their rights are being denied, they need to ask themselves what would happen if they did this crap in any other nation on earth. Why don't they go to Syria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Iraq or Iran and demand that the government give Palestinians a place in their country? I will wait to see what happens on that one.

Anti-Semitism has been a problem for ages. Trying to disguise it as "pro-Palestinianism" is simply too big an exercise in bullshitting for me to tolerate. Half of the students at Columbia are from other countries, it's time to return them to the senders. Do you ever see videos of American students marching and demonstrating in China? I will just wait here for that video link to come in.

I am fascinated by our group of liberals who are okay with blacks hating Jews but get outraged if someone says they hate blacks. American blacks have a history of anti-Semitism in this country that liberals are seemingly completely uncurious about. You either believe that anti-Semitism is wrong, or you don't. It's time to pick a side!

What other countries give visiting students the ability to protest that nation's policies? As a nation, we should be tired of being played for suckers by foreign "students". How do all of these folks have time to study with all of the protest rallies going on? 

In the United Strates, we are currently being told that students need to support terrorists who launched the October 7 attacks on Israel. It's time to get a second opinion. 

Spring Forward!!

 As I struggle to adjust my sleep patterns so that I can find something to do with that relocated hour of sunshine, these thoughts.

It's back to being dark when I go outside with the dog in the morning. I told the kids down the street waiting for the bus that at least they will be coming home in the daylight. None seemed enthused. Apparently, when the sun is shining has no effect on your smart phone usage.

If Democrats were as concerned about what the DOGE folks are finding as much as they worry about who is finding it, we would be better off as a nation.

Who actually signed all of those orders that the autopen signed with Biden's name? We are back at the "Who was running the country?" discussion and it's not looking good for Democrats. Nobody knew who was in charge at the Biden White House. This was the administration of the same Dims who talked about chaos around Trump.

Hunter Biden told a judge that he can't afford to continue suing the repairman about his computer. He says that he hasn't sold a single painting since his dad left the White House. In other breaking news, the sun rose in the east this morning.

Flea market, antique show and car show season is almost here. I am in the process of sorting through my acquisitions for just the right merchandise to haul to market. I can't count how many times in the last week that I have opened a box and thought, "What the hell did I buy this for?" It's kind of like looking at Christmas gifts in July and going to get a garbage bag. 

It's time to start impeaching some federal district court judges who don't understand that they are a "district court judge". While waiting for that, let's get that constitutional amendment going to get term limits for all federal judges. There's an idea that sane people can all get behind. For the rest of you, there's still the Democratic Party.

Tampon Tim Walz said the Democrats problem in the 2024 election was that they were playing a prevent defense when they had no chance of winning. Tim, promise us that you won't run again in 2028.

Democrats have already got their 2028 campaign slogan ready. "Let's Go with hate in '28!"

It's time to cut the COW Republic loose from the rest of the nation. That's California, Oregon and Washington if you are not a regular reader here.  Do that and the Democrats will never control the House or the White House again. Those people are operating in some kind of alternate universe. 

Just for the record, for those in the COW Republic or those Yankee states in the North, we settled that whole issue about the supremacy of Federal laws in a "Civil" War fought from 1861 to 1865. I am fascinated that the states who in 1861 proclaimed the supremacy of federal laws, today believe that states can pick and choose which laws that they obey. Obviously, nobody west of the Rockies reads this because I have advocated this position several times in this location without a single death threat.

The Trump Administration should consider doing what the Biden Administration did. That would be to ignore federal court rulings. How many times did Biden keep "forgiving" student debt after being told by the Supreme Court that he could not do that? The "news" networks all seemed to ignore those rulings.

"Where's Waldo?" has been replaced by "Where's Chuck Schumer?" Elvis has been spotted in front of a television camera more than Chuck the Schmuck has been since January 20. Chuck's too busy appearing at rallies of leftist wingnuts to do an interview. As a cheerleader, Chuck the Schmuck seems to lack personality and enthusiasm. Those glasses perched on the end of his nose aren't helping to build the crowd's enthusiasm. Chuck should turn it over to somebody under 70.

I am not going to call Hakeem Jeffries a loser, but Nancy Pelosi is reported to have admitted missing Denny Hastert. Obviously, Bionic-breasted Nancy has forgotten that Denny was a Republican. 

Judges, Senators and Congressmen are busying proving the old adage that "Older is not the same as wiser."

The NCAA basketball tournament is about to start. That's like three weeks of video Sominex for me. The real March Madness is all of the gambling going on with the tournament. 

If you must bet on something, bet on how long after Joe Biden checks out does Hunter Biden start sleeping with his stepmother. Before you scream about how tasteless that comment is, remember that he had an affair with his brother's widow. Hunter acts like he is from Hollywood or West Virginia. If you are from West Virginia, I am sorry about that cut!

How does one save Daylight??

 Sunday was the first day of Daylight Saving Time. Memo to government morons: Daylight cannot actually be saved. DST is like cutting a foot of material off a blanket and sewing it on the other end and then claiming that your blanket is longer. There's no more daylight. Like every other government program, it's mostly a fraud.

The world is divided into 24 time zones. Where I live in North Carolina, we are in the Eastern Time Zone. Long ago and far away in a place called the United States, there were more than 144 local time zones. In 1883, we went to four time zones in the continental United States. We did it for transportation schedules. The trains needed standard time to operate efficiently. Today, the trains have been replaced by the airlines. It's obvious that the airlines don't care about being on time, but we are stuck with Standard Time

One of the most frequent reasons heard for the fraud of DST is "My kids are coming home from school in the dark." So, we go to DST so that the little bastards can go to school in the dark. It just doesn't make sense since most schools are out in the summer.

So, if your reason for wanting to screw with the time is about your kids going to school in the dark, there's a better solution.  Let's end summer vacation for schools and go to winter vacation. Let's face it, the number of kids out on vacation who are working the farm has dropped substantially. Winter vacation could be from December through February. That would miss most of the winter weather and you wouldn't have to worry about your teenager out in the dark at the bus stop at 5:00 PM. They would be at home on winter vacation and instead would be playing outside at 5:00 PM in the dark. 

Give students two weeks of vacation during the school year just like most workers get vacations. Wouldn't life be simpler if you picked when you wanted to take your kids on vacation and not let the school board decide? That would be easier than giving everybody time off in the summer. Instead of going to Florida in the summer, you could go in the fall or spring, when it costs less. You could go to the mountains and go skiing on vacation. You could go to Washington, DC when Congress is actually there, and it isn't so hot when you are in line at the Smithsonian museums.

I don't think that people understand that sunrise and sunset occur at different times in different places in the time zone. This morning, the sun will rise in Kitty Hawk, NC at 7:20 AM. In Reidsville, it will rise at 7:36 AM. In Pigeon Forge, TN it will rise at 7:52 AM. So, Daylight Saving Time doesn't work as well on a spherical planet as it does on a chart in a government office. 

But I saved the most egregious example for last. Lubec, Maine is the most eastern point in the Eastern Time Zone and the United States. For those of you who aren't geeks and nerds, here's another reminder that the spherical planet doesn't work like a flat map. Lubec is the closest point in the United States to Africa. That's why I have a globe. Ontonagon, Michigan is the furthest west city in the Eastern Time Zone. Today the sun will rise in Lubec at 6:49 AM EDT. The sun will rise in Ontonagon at 8:19 AM EDT. Let's drop all of that "kids at the bus stop" talk.

Here's the reality. It takes a couple of weeks for people to get accustomed to the time change. If we will just wait a few weeks until the spring equinox, the days will be longer anyway. Productivity drops every year for lots of businesses at time change. People who are on a regular schedule take time to adjust. What time did you wake up this morning?  Is being able to watch your kids play outside at 8:30 PM really worth it?

A friend of mine and his wife visited Hawaii a few years ago. He said that you can tell who the East Coast people are visiting Hawaii. They are the ones out walking the beach at 3:00 AM. 

Call your Congressman. Tell him that it is time to stop screwing with the time. 

Ivy League Klan?

 My beloved and I have returned from a visit to Colonial Williamsburg and the surrounding area. I usually don't have the time or energy to blog while on vacation. After a day "on vacation" I usually just need to get a good night's sleep.

I didn't see Trump's address to Congress live on television, but I woke up in the wee hours of the morning after it and watched the lowlights from the lowlifes on the other side of the aisle and wherever else the scum rises to the surface.

The "Rep." preceding Al Green's name obviously stands for reprehensible. Crazy Al just started his eleventh term in the US House.  Al is a walking case for term limits. Al is seventy-seven (77) years old. In any job other than politician, he would have been retired by now. But, in the United States Congress or the Land of the Walking Dead as the insiders call it, he's just hitting his prime.  Crazy Al would be considered a youngster if he was in the Senate. 

Crazy and Lazy Al Green is now trying to blame his removal from the House Chamber during Trump's speech and his subsequent censure to be based on racial discrimination. Pardon me Al, but can you direct me to the old white guy who stood and waved his cane at the President and shouted at Trump? I'm sorry, there wasn't a white guy who did that. So, if you can show us a white Congressman who did the stupid stuff that you did and didn't get censured, call me. 

We are watching the rise of anti-Semitism live on television from Ivy League college campuses. The colleges and universities need to end this crap immediately. Those people wearing masks and those checkered tablecloths as headgear are the new Nazis. Hitler had the "brownshirts", Democrats have their "checkered tablecloth warriors".

I have spent my life listening to liberals accusing every white conservative of being a "Nazi". We have all been called "racists". Why aren't the hired protesters at Columbia and Barnard wearing those checkered tablecloths and face masks being arrested and taken to jail? Reporters keep asking the "tablecloth heads" what they are protesting, but no one seems to have read the script provided by the Communists who hired them. No one wearing the tablecloth headdress can tell us what they are actually protesting about. Did the Dims find these people at "Rent A Nazi"? Sounds a little like a Soros operation.

Are those checkered tablecloths the new pointed hat of the Klan? What's the difference between the Klan hating Jews and a bunch of college protesters hating Jews? Why is anti-Semitism suddenly negotiable? Is it only wrong when conservatives are involved?  Is it okay for blacks, liberals and Palestinians to be anti-Semites? It sure looks like that is the liberal thought process or unthought process, to invent a word. Who knew that the racists and haters are all in liberal colleges?

Why isn't the FBI on this like they were on the January 6 protests? The same FBI that spent four years tracking down conservative Americans has their heads up their asses on the college anti-Semitism demonstrations. Why isn't Letita James prosecuting these people in New York? Where's Alvin Bragg on this? Democrats are all MIA on this issue. Why? Jews overwhelmingly vote Democrat. And this is how they get treated by Dims? Bragg and James are both black and Democrats. Why haven't we heard from those two? Trump is right, cut all federal funds going to the Ivy League schools.

Good news!! If you are dying and need a kidney, Joy Behar has announced that she wouldn't give a kidney to a Trump supporter. Allow me to level the playing field. I wouldn't take a kidney from a cunt like Joy Behar if I were dying. While I understand that ABC stands for Always Broadcasting Crap, how long before they wise up about "The View"? 

How about that video of female Democratic congressthings called "Choose Your Fighter"? Where did the Dims find that many whacko broads with single digit IQs to appear in that? If pride really goes before a fall, the Dims are done! 

The only thing that I understand about the "Choose Your Fighter" video is that the next Academy Awards ceremony will include a trophy for that video. 

Is Hakeem Jeffries just a hand puppet for Nancy Pelosi? Can somebody tell Nancy to quit moving her false teeth around in her mouth while watching a Trump speech? 

Hunter Biden told a judge that he hasn't sold a painting since his father left the White House. Apparently, Hunter's sugar daddy, Kevin Morris, has cut off the "loans". If you don't understand how this happens, you voted for Kameltoe Harris.

Let's just ban the word "inclusivity".  Everybody who uses it is lying.

Monday Morning Milieu of Madness

 Just for the record, the expression "coming up short" was in use before Zelensky was even born. Of course, no one has ever illustrated the expression as well as Zelensky did by arguing with Trump in the Oval Office on Friday. 

I keep hearing politicians who are sending the Ukraine billions of our dollars and shiploads of equipment say things like, "We stand with our friends." Memo to morons: If you have to pay them, they aren't really your friends. That's like giving a hooker an engagement ring. They are just going to pawn it. Wake up folks!! This is a no-win situation. 

Is it true that Trump's last words to Zelensky were, "There's no free lunch for you, little man"? The White House staffers who were able to eat the lunch that was going to be served to Zelensky, and the others were grateful for the good meal that Zelensky accidentally furnished for them.

Democrats are screaming that we must protect the Ukraine. I don't want to be crude, but this is an old song that has lost its appeal. Where shall I start? How about the billions, if not trillions of dollars that we invested in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Syria? What about all of the money and lives that we poured into Vietnam, only to end up fifty years later buying cheap sneakers and tools from there?

How about Korea? Seventy years after the armistice that ended the fighting, we still have more than 28,500 US military members in Korea. Make no mistake about it. The 28,500 troops would not be able to stop a North Korean incursion. They are there to operate as a human speed bump until we can put the nuclear weapons into play.

It's the same old story that I have repeated many times. The United States has an unnatural weakness for supporting tyrannical dictators. South Korea, South Vietnam, Cuba, Panama, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Taiwan, most of Africa, the list just goes on. It just never ends well. What evidence is there that the Ukraine situation will end up any differently?

A Norwegian company announced yesterday that they are not going to supply the US Navy with fuels. If it wasn't for the United Staes entering WW2, the Norwegians would be speaking German today. If you live in Norway, Google "blitzkrieg". Maybe it will jolt a few memories.

Lisa Murkowski says she is "sick to my stomach" about how Zelensky was treated. Taxpayers are sick to our stomachs about the wasted money and supplies going to a corrupt little dictator like Zelensky. Why won't he allow elections? When will martial law end? Just for Lisa's information, I am sick to my stomach about her claims to be a Republican. She voted with Obama over 70% of the time. Wikipedia claims that she is a "moderate Republican". Lisa can't even spell Republican. She's a Democrat in drag.

Later in the day, former Governor and alleged Republican John Kasich told the six living people who were watching him on MSNBC, that he too, was "sick to my stomach". I am sending a link for this blog to the Democratic Party in case they decide that they want to change the writer who scrawls out all of their responses. Either they are all following the same script or there is some kind of stomach flu outbreak among Democrats. Maybe it is just a reaction to all of those COVID shots?

The Academy Awards were last night. That is where a bunch of loser liberals gather to tell each other how great they are and pass around a guy named Oscar. God only knows what they do with him. It's a lot like a Democratic convention; I don't care who won.

I saw Marxist Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen on the news yesterday. The Communist Van Hollen claims that Trump was trying to extort minerals from the Ukraine in exchange for the aid that we have sent to them. As we have sent the Ukraine more than $44 billion dollars and have received exactly nothing, not even a thank you note, "extortion" sounds a whole lot like typical Democratic exaggeration. 

Van Hollen claimed that nothing like this has ever happened where our government asked for something in return for aid. One would think that the son of a U.S. diplomat and ambassador would know more about history than a retired restaurant manager. You would be wrong!! Senator Chris the Commie is evidently not familiar with the history of World War 2. 

There were several agreements in World War 2 where the United States received raw materials and precious metals from Russia, Great Britain and other countries in exchange for military supplies. In fact, in 1940, we had a Destroyers for Bases deal where we sent the British 50 destroyers in exchange for rights for bases in the Carribean. So much for the value of Van Hollen's master's degree from Harvard. I couldn't afford Harvard, I just read a couple of history books instead.

Here's a solution. Let's send Elon Musk and a bunch of DOGE guys to audit Ukraine and see what they have done with all of the money and materials that we have sent them. Then we can talk about whether or not to flush more money down the Ukraine shitter. There are rumors that Zelensky is selling US weapons and munitions to other groups, such as Hamas. While the media denies this, they all support Zelensky, so credibility is not their strong point. Let's just have the Doge boys look at the records and let us know.

What if we just let Europe make it on their own this time? At some point in life, we all have to stop bailing our kids out when they get into trouble. The Ukraine is that kid who keeps testing the limits. It's time to "Fly little birdie, Fly!!"

I'm So Old?

 I woke up this morning feeling older than usual, but the good news is that I did wake up!! It's those small things that make life worthwhile.

On some days the age thing bothers me more than other days. Those are the days that I really feel old. So, what's it like getting older? If you are currently alive, do your own analysis. If you want my take, read on.

I'm so old that I remember when all of the questionable shows would be on cable. Today, you can see the same crap on broadcast television. 

I am so old that I remember when there were real Republicans in California. I am not so sure now that there is real human life in that state.

I am so old that I remember when Democrats would work with a Republican President to accomplish things. Republicans actually worked with Bill Clinton to get stuff done. Of course, there was an ugly rumor that Newt Gingrich had Monica's dentist on the GOP payroll. 

I am so old that I liked the Ukraine better when they were part of the Soviet Union. Other than that occasional malfunction at a nuclear power plant like Chernobyl, things were pretty calm in that area.

Almost everyone in our country over the age of eight has a phone on during every waking moment. I am so old that I remember "party lines". You don't need a party line phone to listen in on the conversations of others. You only need to be in a public place while everyone shouts into their phones talking to others. By the time that you finish dinner in a crowded restaurant, you know more about some people than even their doctor knows. People don't need to "mute" their phones, they need to mute themselves. Trust me on the this, the rest of the world doesn't care who you are sleeping with or how many times you have sex. Most of us realize that you are making up those numbers anyway.

I am so old that I only need to receive one picture on my flip phone of your child performing some athletic accomplishment. I don't have the attention span for two or three pictures, much less a video. On my flip phone, pictures are about the size of a postage stamp. With that perspective, everybody's kids and new pets look strikingly similar. Trust me on this one!

I am so old that I have seen more than my share of pictures of pretty women. Even a closeup of your newfound babe's bosom is almost impossible to discern on my flip phone. I can wait until you take us to dinner to see those puppies. Unless we are meeting for dinner at a place that requires reservations, don't bother inviting us. I will work with the picture instead.

I am so old that I remember when people sent cards and letters. They would also call you on that thing that hung on the wall in the kitchen or sat on a table in the living room. Now, we all carry those phone things around, and no one actually "communicates".  Receiving a phone call used to be special. Now, your phone rings every five minutes and it's just a pain in your ass or wherever you keep yours.

I am so old that the word I use most frequently to describe interactions with others via the magic of cellular phones is "banality". Banality has gone from being the exception in describing phone conversations to being the rule in describing phone conversations.

I had to get my phone repaired the other day. Apparently, it has not been working right for more than a month. If my wife had not tried to call me, I would have never known.

I am so old, that when I was growing up, phone calls were a dime at payphones in Florida. If I could get phone service for a dime a call, my bill would be less than five bucks a month.

I am so old that I remember when the Democratic Party had members who could speak without shrieking and insulting their political opponents.  I will give them credit for one thing. They do excel in sticking to the script that someone is writing for them all.

I am so old that in high school a lot of the other students hated Richard Nixon, I didn't. In my thirties, a lot of people hated Ronald Reagan, I didn't. Now a lot of people hate Donald Trump, I don't. I am past giving a rat's ass about what people think. It's not like they are calling me. 

Finally, I am so old that when I was in school, we had more kids who could read than who couldn't read. We could write in cursive. We could do math without whipping out our phone to enter the numbers.

I am so old that I realize that we have taken our eyes off the ball.  I have to go; the phone isn't ringing!!

Biggest Balls, A New Standard?

 Only a few hours after writing that Jake Tapper surely has the biggest balls in the land, apparently the King is dead. I'm sorry Jake. Volodymyr Zelensky, AKA Little Fidel, from Ukraine showed up at the White House yesterday and announced his entry into the Biggest Balls competition. 

Big Balls Zelensky decided to argue with President Trump and Vice-President Vance in Trump's office. It went downhill for BB Zelensky from there. It ended with his making an unscheduled early departure from the White House after being told to leave. No free lunch for little Big Balls!

Not to be outdone, later in the day the Democratic Party quickly entered the Big Balls fray with their own candidate. From the same state that gave us Ted Kennedy, the hero of Chappaquiddick, Rep. Seth Moulton entered the battle for the coveted Biggest Balls award. Moulton appeared on The Communist News Network (CNN) to praise Zelensky. In commenting on the Oval Office "Over the Top Rope" event yesterday in Washington, Moulton claimed "The only hero in the room was the Ukrainian." 

Apparently, "Zelensky" was just too hard for Moulton to pronounce, or he just didn't even know his name. Moulton's claim that Zelensky was "the only hero in the room" is at best dubious, if not absurd. Moulton's "only hero in the room" is the same guy who has declared martial law in the Ukraine. In addition to martial law, "the hero" has prohibited any elections in the Ukraine until the war with Russia ends. Seth, if this is a hero, what does a tyrant look like? Asking for a friend. Beyond all of that, how much of our tax money has "the hero" pocketed?

It's obvious that Moulton is suffering from a bad case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Moulton is only one more Trump television appearance away from the "foaming at the mouth" stage of the TDS. Moulton has been busy funneling American tax money to the Zelensky kickback machine. How much has Moulton received from his cousin Volodymyr?

I am not sure if Big Balls Moulton is not old enough to know or has just chosen to ignore it, but his comments on Putin are ignorant of historical precedent. Moulton and almost everyone in the "mainstream" video blasted Trump for talking to Putin. All of the faux outrage bullshit that you hear about President Trump associating with a dictator ignores the track record of the United States. We have a history of supporting tyrants. It's not like Joan of Arc was the leader of South Korea or South Vietnam? Look up how long it took free elections to happen in Taiwan. Do you even want to discuss the relationship between the CIA and Manuel Noriega in Panama before that situation exploded in our faces? Look at Panama today, aren't they hanging out with China? Have the libs forgotten that FDR, the closest thing to God that Democrats worship, allied the United States with Joseph Stalin and Russia? I don't recall seeing any photos of Stalin playing Santa Claus at Christmas parties. Stalin makes Putin look like an Eagle Scout. Get a grip, folks!

If you want to accomplish something in another country, you have to work with whoever is in charge. Our ability to cause changes in government style is best illustrated by our history of dealing with Iran. In Iran long ago, the CIA and British intelligence funded a coup that overthrew an elected leader and brought back the Shah. How did that work out for us? Zelensky is just a dictator with less experience and a smaller nation than Putin. He's learning on the job. He is already bleeding American taxpayers dry. We are borrowing money to send to a corrupt government led by Zelensky. The good news is that he isn't wasting any of our money on clothes!

We have never been successful in telling other people how to run their countries. We can't even get California to act like they are part of the United States.

We are killing the chickens to prevent the spread of the avian flu. How many Dems have to go to slaughter to fight Trump Derangement Syndrome? I am not actually advocating killing Democrats, but we can distribute these handbooks on the joys of suicide. Calm down, it's only humor. Relax, they will find the handbooks on their own.

I have ranted about this before, but since JD Vance picked it up and ran with it yesterday, let's raise money to buy Zelensky a collared shirt. Leaders need to look like leaders, not the guy waiting to dig a latrine. You don't dress like you are going to the beach to go to the bank for a small business startup loan. 

What's the difference between Zelensky and myself? First, I have put on a coat and a tie since he last wore something like that. Doesn't Zelensky's military have a dress uniform that he could wear if he is obsessed with his military-like appearance? Maybe he could get the French to give him a couple of Napoleon's old uniforms? Napoleon and Zelensky probably take about the same size. I think they both wear about an 18 Dwarf. That's a European size. 

What's the other difference between Zelensky and myself. I have visited the White House three times, and I have never been asked to leave. Of course, I was wearing a collared shirt.