HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAY BAYS! May today be even more special than all your other special days. I miss you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON! Can Samuel shovel my driveway?
“How do you know a man is thinking of his future? He buys 2 cases of beer instead of 1.”
–The Tao Of Frank.
A long-time dear reader and golfing companion wrote to express his puzzlement at my non-mention of the recent Unpleasantness of s***. He is right to be puzzled, as I am prone to complain about the lightest dusting of the white stuff.
The truth is that the media focused so much attention on this recent Unpleasantness, that I was tired of the subject. There is nothing I can do about it, except prepare and tolerate it.
The s*** and sleet arrived, and blanketed the area. Horses and cows could be seen from our home’s windows braving the weather, the horses with their blankets, and the cows . . . well the cows were just plain grumpy. Dudley was none too happy, as he hates s*** as much as I do; perhaps more, as he is consigned to his bathroom duties in the outdoors.
But English and I hunkered down. We read. We watched old movies. English prepared wonderful cocktails and delicious meals. It was a little break, of sorts.
We are still awaiting our s*** removal guy to clear the driveway. And even after leaving our property, we have to navigate the gravel lane and icy, narrow country roads that lead to town. I may not leave the house until April.
But this particular event has focused me on 2 things. One, I need to put in a natural gas powered generator in our house in Chatmoss. Second, we need yet another house, no further North than South Carolina, and possibly, maybe, in Southern California. English opposes the latter, but after this recent Unpleasantness, she may relent. Carlsbad is nice, as is Laguna Niguel. Because, dear readers, rest assured, I still detest s***!
President Trump ran on a platform calling for the restoration of law and order. Instead of apologizing for the police, and excusing and coddling criminals, law enforcement would be allowed to do its job. And now we know the results. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, crime rates have plummeted–not slowed, plateaued, or dropped, but plummeted–in 2025, compared to 2024. Good job, Mr. President!
The Energy Department cancelled $30 billion in “green energy” loans, previously approved by the China Joe Administration. Good. “Green energy” is a scam.
Fifty-seven (57) House Republicans joined all Democrats to defeat a measure that would have repealed a China Joe mandate that all newly manufactured automobiles have a “kill switch”, which would allow a vehicle to automatically shut down if it–the vehicle–determines that the driver is driving erratically or dangerously. The Stupid Party Lives!
Last week, the mainstream media and Democrat politicians reported and cried that ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota had “kidnapped” a 5 year old boy, and used him to lure his illegal alien father into being arrested. Moreover, ICE was preparing to deport the 5 year old boy, along with his father. FAKE NEWS!
What actually happened is that the father–an illegal alien–was walking his son home from school, and when he spotted ICE agents, he ran away, abandoning his son on the sidewalk in freezing temperatures. ICE agents took the little boy into custody–what were they supposed to do, leave him alone on the sidewalk?–and fed him McDonald’s and entertained him while other ICE agents searched for a relative. ICE located the mother, who refused to accept her son! ICE then asked the father, who had been apprehended earlier, if he wished to keep his son with him in detention, and take him with him upon deportation. The father indicated that he did, and so ICE reunited father and son.
The media, Governor Jazz Hands (D. Mn.), Mayor Frey (D.), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D. Mn.) all lied about this incident, repeatedly, even after the lie had been debunked. No matter. Because . . . Orange Man Bad.
An anti-ICE agitator bit the finger off an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Was this part of a “mostly peaceful” protest?
Austin, Texas’s City Council declared January “Muslim Heritage Month”. The resolution was championed by the Council On American Islamic Relations. CAIR is a terrorist organization. Good job, Texas Lefties! Surrender to the enemy.
“It’s just reprehensible that they would even go down this road. But, it seems to be what’s happening in Richmond.”
–Representative Robert Wittman (R. Va.), addressing the Virginia General Assembly Democrats’ all-out offensive against The Virginia Military Institute.
VMI was founded in 1839, and is the nation’s oldest military school. It’s alumni include Generals George Marshall and George Patton, United Nations Ambassador Michael Walz, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, James Caine. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson taught at VMI. And in 1864, the Keydets marched North from Lexington, many barefoot, all under supplied, and decisively defeated the professionally trained and supplied Union Army at New Market, Virginia. VMI counts among its graduates titans of industry, doctors, lawyers, and active duty career military men. But no matter. The Democrats in Richmond are determined to destroy this unique, historical, storied, and successful educational institution. Shame on them!
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has folded like a cheap suit. The Lefty Labourite wanted to return the Chagos Islands, which hosts a U.S./U.K. air and naval base which commands the Indian Ocean, to Mauritus. China Joe supported the give-back, but President Trump opposes it. So vociferous was President Trump’s opposition, that Mr. Starmer relented. For now, the world is a tad safer. Thank you, President Trump.
What would likely have occurred if President Trump had not successfully faced off against Keir Starmer? The Red Chinese would be occupying that air and naval base, and in command of the Indian Ocean.
Sade’s Cocktails, a dive bar that has operated in Carmel By The Sea, California for 100 years, closes later this week, for good. Very sad.
The Daily Telegraph, a British cesspool of fake news, is claiming that William Shakespeare was actually a black woman. Uh, huh. The Bard was a pasty white guy from Warwickshire, who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon. Sigh. What a bunch of chuckleheads must work at this newspaper!
Eileen Gu is a world champion skier. She used to compete for the United States in the Olympics, but in 2022, she competed for Red China instead. Which she is still doing. So why did the City of San Francisco, California make her the Grand Marshal of its Lunar New Year Parade? Miss Gu deserves no honors in this country. She is a commie, more committed to an adversary of the United States, than the country of her birth. Let her go to China, and live, if that is what she prefers. She may have been born an American, but she is not an American. Traitor.
Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani will play for Team Japan in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. A regrettable decision, given their status came through playing baseball in the United States. But, unlike Eileen Gu, these guys were actually born in Japan.
“I hope President Trump sends in the National Guard. We need curfews. We need real consequences for attacking law enforcement. These men and women should be able to do their jobs and go home to their families safely. We’re deporting their voters. That’s part of what’s happening, and it’s blowing up their whole plan.”
–Former University of Minnesota star football player, and Minnesota Vikings captain, Jack Brewer, commenting on the chaos in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
GFK
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