“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”–St. Augustine.
Well, the Chatmoss Member-Guest did not disappoint. What fun!
The martinis were cold, the beef was rare, wine flowed, and cigars were smoked. And if you wanted to play golf, no one minded, so long as you did not annoy the members.
Many thanks to Brandon, Blake, and Dustin for organizing this grand event. Many thanks to P.C., Rickey, John, Dean, and all the Chatmoss Country Club staff for their hard work in making sure everyone had fun. And thanks to all who played. Another successful event!
Spoiler alert: John and I did not win. We survived. And finished 2nd in our flight, which pays prize money. It was all spent on booze. WOO HOO!
English and Dudley came down. Their presence made everything merry. Dudley was even in a good mood!
GOOD MORNING JASON AND KATE MUEHLECK! Key West will miss you. Or you will miss Key West. Maybe both.
“Now, I think it’s only appropriate that we kick this convention off properly with a land acknowledgment. I’d like to acknowledge that we stand here today in the state of Texas and the United States of America, the ancestral homeland of great American PATRIOTS, pioneers and explorers who put down roots, fought for freedom all over the globe, and bled and died to build the greatest civilization EVER KNOWN to man.
My friends, we live in the finest country in the history of the world, and we’re NO LONGER going to apologize for that.
There’s another political movement in our country right now that doesn’t believe that America is, or ever was great. They sometimes call themselves socialists, some even call themselves communists, but most of them simply go by Democrats.”
–Representative Brandon Gill (R. Tx.), opening the Republican Mid-Term Convention, in Dallas, Texas.
On the opening night of the midterm Republican Convention, President Trump promised to provide every adult citizen with a $5,000.00 “dividend”. Forget the details, this is a HORRIBLE idea!
Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gave a rousing speech, reminding the American people of the differences between the Democrat Party of his uncle, President John Kennedy, and the Democrat socialists controlling the party today. It was accurate, spell binding, and spot on.
“F$&k this guy and his entire administration for ruining our country. Our food is poison, gas is up, groceries are up, women have no reproductive rights, immigrants are in concentration camps, wild horses are being slaughtered, the LGBTQ+ community is under attack, billionaires are getting richer. We’re still baffled that there are people in America who still support this fa$cist regime. So, we’ll do what we do best. Speak out. We’re absolutely disgusted by these criminal clowns and what they’ve done to America, and even more repulsed that Orange Face will be in our city this week. F$&k T$UMP.”
–statement issued by Hive Bakery, in Flower Mound, Texas, outside of Dallas.
Based on Hive Bakery’s statement, I am guessing that they were not asked to cater last week’s Republican Mid-term Convention.
ABC News reported that the Republican Convention in Dallas was “unfair” in painting Democrats as “radical”, “Leftist”, “socialists”, and “communists”. A better characterization would be accurate.
“As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to ‘do what the people want’ instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.”
–the late Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
A Massachusetts federal district court judge–a Bill Clinton appointee–censored, and rewrote a couple of questions on the federal application to become a civil service employee. Because federal judges are so smart that they should be empowered to second guess routine decisions by the Executive Branch.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I. Vt.) introduced legislation to halt the development of Artificial Intelligence programs until there can be established a federal Cabinet level agency to regulate AI, and that agency issues appropriate regulations. The legislation would further provide a “corporate death penalty” for companies that violate the law and regulations, as well as up to 20 years in federal prison for developers.
Want to kill the United States’ economy? Implement Senator Sanders’s legislation.
In advance of the mid-term elections, Democrats are insisting that “woke” is dead. Well, if “woke” is dead, why do we still capitalize the “B” in black?
Tazza Cafe is a restaurant near Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center. The Washington Post is reporting that the formerly thriving restaurant is now suffering a loss of business. And to no one’s surprise, it is Donald Trump’s fault.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D.) was campaigning at a county fair, when she claimed that she was attacked by a MAGA supporter. That is a lie. Amy Acton had asked that no one record her remarks. Why? Well, according to released video, she was a drunken fool. But the man who supposedly attacked her was nowhere near her when her security team tackled him for refusing to turn off his iPhone video recorder. Furthermore, the country prosecutor refused to press charges, because it became rather clear that the man did not attack her.
Amy Acton. Drunken liar. Good luck to you, Ohio Democrats.
“We still have people in this church who wish that the young man had not just nicked his ear, but had been more successful.”
–Reverend “Babs” Miller, Minister to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, discussing the attempted assassination of President Trump in Pennsylvania.
Is not St. Andrews the church that U. S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D. Tx.) has called his spiritual home since he was 2 years old? Is not St. Andrews the church where Mr. Talarico still attends, and sometimes delivers the Sunday sermon? Why yes! Yes it is! There he worships, surrounded by people who wish that Donald Trump had been murdered in 2024.
The Texas Board of Education approved curriculum changes that Democrats are calling “controversial”. For example, students will now be taught that the 9-11 terrorist attacks were caused by “radical Islam”. That is controversial? The material also requires students to study early Islam through Prophet Muhammad’s “brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes,” the “normalization of slavery” and the taking of female captives as “harem slaves.” How is that “controversial”? It is all true!
A Muslim man from Gambia shot and killed a pro-Palestinian photographer and his friend as they were leaving a Tucson, Arizona gay bar before turning the gun on himself in what police are calling a hate crime. Hmmm. Wonder if this will make the group “Queers for Palestine” reconsider their support for Islam?
“We, as the church, have an opportunity to give an example to a culture right now where there are forces at work trying to push us back on everything. What we’ve learned about pushing back against the kind of religious fundamentalism in our church can serve us as we continue to push against the Christian nationalism in our nation, the fascism that is trying to turn us into an oligarchy rather than democracy.”
–Reverend Susan Russell, speaking at The Episcopal Church USA’s “Full and Equal” Conference, which celebrates the sin of sodomy.
What in the hell is she talking about? It is all gobbledygook to me.
The Girl Scouts will now sell cookies for . . . dogs. Dudley need not get excited, I am not buying them.
I used to buy Girl Scout cookies every year from the secretaries in my law firm. It helped their daughters, and my Mother loved Thin Mints and Trefoils. Then I resumed buying Girl Scout cookies from the granddaughter of my neighbor in Berryville. Again, it helped her, and my Mother loved them.
But now? The Girl Scouts are Leftist dominated, Muslim loving, man hating Democrats in training. I do not buy cookies anymore. And Dudley gets Hubs nuts, and that should suffice.
Canada houses “trans” women (i.e. men) in women’s prisons. Canada admits that these “trans” women (i.e. men) rape female prisoners. Yet, Canada insists that its policies do not violate women prisoners’ rights.
Canada is the country Democrats want to emulate? Really?
China is stealing Artificial Intelligence technology from American companies. This is news? Of course they are! And the American government (and companies) are complicit. You do not leave your front door wide open, only to express surprise that burglars walked through and helped themselves.
LIV golf tour filed for bankruptcy protection. Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are screwed. Oh, well.
The Southeastern Conference is considering kicking LSU out of the body. LSU was a founding member of the Conference in 1933. Wow.
Texas erased a 20 point halftime deficit and stunned #1 Ohio State. Things did not get better for the BIG 10, as hapless Oklahoma State beat #6 Oregon. Rutgers lost to Boston College. But Michigan won, beating #11 Oklahoma, and without having to cheat. Iowa won, but Minnesota and Illinois lost. Maryland won, and Dick Kent is still partying.
SMU trampled UC-Davis. California beat Syracuse, much to Robert’s chagrin. Pittsburgh won, as did Wake Forest. UNC won, as did VPI.
Auburn beat Southern Mississippi. Tennessee beat Georgia Tech. Kentucky played inspired football against Alabama for 30 minutes, after which the Crimson Tide woke up and rolled to victory.
Utah beat Arkansas. BYU beat Arizona. Kansas State beat Washington State.
Wyoming, New Mexico, and Boise State won. Colorado State and Fresno State prevailed. So did San Jose State. San Diego State lost to UCLA. Texas Tech beat Oregon State.
On Friday, September 11, a streaker wearing only a Palestinian flag, ran into the outfield at Yankee Stadium, during the Mets/Yankees baseball game. It did not turn out well for this despicable disruptor.
Prior to the “Border War”–the annual football game between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri–Kansas released an absolutely tasteless video accusing Missouri of being an “evil” State and school because some 160 years ago, Missouri was a slave State. Sigh. Let it go, Jayhawks. Race has no place in college football. Or the United States of America.
Missouri beat Kansas. GOOD!
“I take a lot of pride in this: Being a black woman here. It’s two black women here in this finals. They’re two black men in the semifinals.”
–Taylor Townshend, speaking about the importance of “representation” in sports, after winning the U.S. Open women’s doubles title.
Sigh. What has race got to do with anything? Did Taylor Townshend’s skin color help her win? Race has no place in athletics. None.
By the way; Taylor Townshend’s playing partner was a white woman. Did not hear too much about her.
Douglas “Doug” Edward Riddle has died at age 82. He was a friend to all, and never met a stranger. R. I. P.
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