On By Hook or By Crook & Open Boxes

 

On Wilt & Trust

 

I like this guy's take on Iran

 The Edges of the Empire - by Publius Americus - Nero's Riot

Choices

We are all defined by the choices we make.

President Trump has chosen to abandon America First and involve us in a war in the Middle East. Right now, they are arguing over how much destruction they did to Iran. Whether or not the nuclear capacity was destroyed. The military and Trump say that it was "Obliterated." The lying media said it was not based on leaks from the Deep State. What's true? Who knows.

Just now that it was leaked to justify more war. More money for Cheney and Eye Patch McCain. More war. More Death.

Will Trump make the right choices?

Now I have my doubts.

On Unfolding Events & Today's Smile

 

On Invasions & Notions of Greatness

This past weekend, 45,000 to 50,000 people showed up to attend the 2025 Electric Forest Festival, held yearly since 2011, in the woods on the edge of the Manistee National Forest in Michigan.  Thumping vibrations from the bands could be heard/experienced 10+ miles away.  It seems everyone has their own personal idea of what makes life in this country worth living and America Great. 

 

I will be the first to congratulate Trump if this turns out to be true. Well done!

Déjà vu- or is that a Crosby, Still, Nash and Young song?

When I was about 11 in 1965, we lived in a rental apartment as my dad didn't buy a house until 1970. We had the parlor floor apartment on Tompkins Place ever since my parents were married in 1956. 

It was a four family house and on the top floor there were two brothers. One was my age but the other one was a senior on high school. He had been working as a mechanic for a couple of  years and had a sweet Mustang convertible that he drove around the neighborhood.  He always had a couple of broads in the car. Big titied Italian beauties who put out for him. He was banging two at a time like Fredo. He had the life.

Then he enlisted in the marines. He came home after basic and looked really sharpe in his uniform. Everybody was very proud of him.

Six months later he came home with no legs. He was driving a wheelchair. They had to move because he couldn’t get to the top floor. He is still alive believe it or not. But he had a miserable life. All because of a war that they swore we had to fight to “protect America.”

How many of our boys will be coming home like that because of ego and the machinations of the deep state. The mullahs just bombed a US base. All because we didn’t put America first and got involved in another endless war in the Mideast.

When you see Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell and Eyepatch McCain celebrating you know we made a mistake.

 I saw this and figured I would post it here. 

And this:

What is it good for?

It's not making us safer. 

The Russian president has already said that several countries are willing to give Iran a bomb. Or maybe  sell them one. I bet North Korea or Pakistan will be happy to sell a few.

By bombing Iran, we changed the target from Israel to us. Yeah, yeah, Iran plans to destroy us like they have for the past forty years. But now we have to bomb them based on intelligence provided by the Deep State that never saw a war they didn't want to start. Lindsey Graham is creaming his panties. John Bolton has a stiffie. 

President Trump was elected on the promise of no more endless wars. They are going to find another reason to bomb or send boots on the ground. We have to do it. Otherwise, the world will end. 

Just like with Saddam, Assad, and Gaddafi, and all the rest.

On Same & Different

 

Let's Drop the Big One and see what happens!

"Yesterday I was lying, but today I am telling the truth." Bob Arum

Reminder

We are not starting a war. We have been at war with Iran for 46 years, ever since old Bucketmouth Carter let the mullahs take control. People were getting tired of the Shah and, as with most revolutions, the middle class was out front in a coalition with the mullahs and the socialists. Zigzag Brzezinski told Bucketmouth David Rockefeller (Tri-Lateral Commission) wanted the socialists in charge and the middle class pushed aside. As always, Bucketmouth screwed it up and the mullahs proved a lot shrewder than expected and put the hammer down on the socialists.

What, you thought Bucketmouth got elected all on his own?

Remember the embassy? Remember Bani-Sadr? Remember Ghotbzadeh? Remember Desert One?

Funny part is, if you can believe Fake News, the people want the Shah back.

And any retribution is likely to come from all those illegals Idiot let in.

Watch your six.

Say what you will

 

Regarding the ineptitude, malfeasance and sloth of our AG, but you have to admire how she was able to get the Epstein files inside of the Fordow facility just prior to it being bombed! She is just that good!

On Differing Views, Motives & Vehicles of Persuasion

 

Trump got rolled by the Hebes

On Bets, Hunches & A Pair of Queens

 

  

GIve Peace a Chance

Lisa and I have been spending a lot of time at the Oceanside Library. They had built a beautiful multimillion-dollar edifice, and it is great. We go to lectures and classes and are there five or six times a week.

We have been taking Tai Chi and Chair Yoga that even a fat crippled fuck like me can do. So what if eighty-year-old women are more flexible? I still get a lot out of it.

One of the best classes they have is sound healing. They have a native American woman who runs an hour class where you lay down and she plays various instruments that help you heal. I was very skeptical, but I have to admit it works.

She told me about this guy. I looked him up and YouTube and I have been listening to his stuff as background music. It is extremely therapeutic. Give it a chance.

Johann Immanuel.

Have we learned nuthing from Richie Aprile?

 

 Who are these guys?

All leaders of various nations that the United States toppled leading to unexpected consequences. Sometimes it led to our involvement in endless wars with thousands of our boys being killed or wounded. Sometimes it led to an even worse regime being installed. In every case, it led to a disaster foisted upon us by our incompetent intelligence services.

They were wrong every time.

Now they swear that just one little bomb will make it all right. It will not go any further than that. They swear they won't come in your mouth if you just suck a little harder.

America First means no endless wars. No foreign entanglements. NO WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Bonus points if you can name all of these poor saps, especailly the ones who trusted the United States)

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

As Trooper mentioned, the current administration is dragging us into a war in the Middle East at the behest of those who would destroy us. 

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)

Keith Moon's solo starting at 7:37 was a revelation to me - as it turns out, it was his last one. 

Won't Get Fooled Again

The exact same people who told us about Saddam Hussein and the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" are the ones selling this Iran War.

The Jews are doing a good job. Let them finish. We don't have to be the Shabbos Goy to turn off the lights.

America First!

Stay out of endless wars in the Middle East.

On Kingdoms & Jokers

 

On Anointed & Entitled

 

On Swords & Snake Eyes

 

On Who You Gonna Believe & Mostly Peaceful

 

5D Chess, Cap'n Kirk?

I was intrigued by a little piece linked to one of my usual haunts and, given Kirk always seemed to beat Spock at 3D chess, I thought it might be interesting for all to contemplate. Keep in mind we're talking about a guy whose favorite author is Sun-Tzu and another who isn't only the richest guy in the world, but also one of the smartest.

Also keep in mind Trump is one who is known for offer the carrot before he applies the stick. He's been willing to do some horsetrading to get his BBB past, but the Undocumented Democrats have been abusing the privilege. Thus the bromance is no longer.

Or is it?

A lot of speculation has been attracted by a twit on X, "Most entertaining outcome" should have more than a few worried. Remember, Elon has talked about a new party, one that just might freeze out, one speculates, the Undocumented Democrats. And then there's his response to Schiffty's praise for his stand on the BBB. And the presence of a serpent in the Garden of MAGA, we are told.

It is said nobody trolls like the God Emperor of the Cherry Blossom Throne. That he lives rent-free in the minds of the bad guys. Could this turn out to be the Yugest Mind F Of All Time?

Stay tuned for our next exciting episode.

On Deep Fakes & Impersonations

 

On Smoke in the Air & A Slow Start to Summer

 

We are currently living with and breathing in the smoke that's been blowing down from the wildfires burning in the central prairie region of Canada.  It's been filling the Mitten this week.  Before it descended, we were already awash in enough pollen from this year's late burst of spring to activate noticeable allergy symptoms in MrM and me.  Now, with this, we are both coughing, hacking and feeling miserable.   It's no fun to be outside right now or trapped inside with the air running.  Even though temps have been mostly moderate, some nights are still dipping down into the 40's!  It's been an oddball spring, with a slow intro into summer.   A bubble off center, from my perspective.   

On Friendly Waves, Ear Tags & Hitting the Mark

 

I saw this meme and thought of what MamaM used to say:

 

 

And just so we are clear, this does not refer to MamaM herself.

On Dead Heads & Paper Lectures

 

In Michigan news, thousands/hundreds (depending on the report) of peony blossoms were cut from the U of M's Peony Garden bushes and left lying on the ground in an incident of malicious destruction of property at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor early Sunday morning.  Police say that 100 signs were also left by the vandals.

The peonies were nearing peak bloom.  Just two days prior, the following had been posted on Mlive: 

 "ANN ARBOR, MI – The nation’s largest collection of flowering peony plants is nearing peak bloom at Ann Arbor’s Nichols Arboretum.

The University of Michigan’s W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden holds more than 800 distinct peonies. It began in 1922 when alumnus W.E. Upjohn, founder of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company, donated a large collection including several plants from his own garden.

Cool temperatures delayed the initial bloom of flowering peonies this year, including the hardier herbaceous “tree peonies” surrounding the main beds. University experts peak bloom this weekend, according to the garden’s official website. At peak bloom, visitors can see about 10,000 individual flowers."

On Escaping the Claws & Navigating the Hammers

 

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On Tales Told & Hills Climbed

 

Plus, found this one on The Other Tapper, from 2018.  Who knew then that all that tapping would eventually lead to a Twitter Turnaround and the Surprise of a Second Presidency?