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."