It's Halloween - Trick Or Treat!!

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene

This is from to the theme song of the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. And today, kids all over will be singing this song because today IS Halloween!

Dressing up as ghosts, goblins or even Spiderman or Cinderella has been a tradition even when I was a kid. And when you were, too!

So get your sacks ready to have them filled with candy, crayons, money, whatever. Schools get into it, too, with Trunk or Treat. That is where parents come to make sure every child gets a treat.

 It is just a fun day to be a kid. Isn’t it?

Don’t be like Linus sitting in the pumpkin patch, waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear, because, sadly, he won’t. And hopefully, you won’t be unlucky like Charlie Brown and get a rock.

So I wish you a Happy Halloween today. Trick or Treat!

Hold Violators of Their Oaths Accountable

All elected persons, military persons and others have sworn to uphold the Sacred Document of the United States. Our Constitution.

 

Too bad so many who have sworn to uphold it choose to disregard their oath or affirmation. The reason this is an issue is that the Constitution is very clear that CITIZENS have voting rights in this country. This is spelled out in Article IV, and Amendments 14, 15, 19 and 26.

On Wednesday, it was reported by Newsmax, CNN and many other media outlets, that the Supreme Court upheld Virginia's law, which was fought by the Harris-Biden regime and others, to purge NON-CITIZENS from that State’s voting roll by a 6 - 3 ruling. The three liberals on the court dissented.

Apparently, liberals and many Democrats, especially those in the Congress, have no problem violating the voting laws spelled out in the Constitution. They swear to uphold the Constitution, but then, violate their oaths of office.

This should be grounds for impeachment and removal, since violating one’s oath to the Constitution is a high crime.

Certainly, ALL elected officials are supposed to be held to the same standards. No matter what office they hold.

The laws of the United States are supposed to be applied equally to all who violate them. No matter whether they are elected officials or not.

It is about time to hold those who violate their oaths accountable.

The Choice Is Clear - What Is Yours?

We are entering the last six days of the most controversial and consequential election in our most recent history. The choice could not be more clear.

 

On the one hand, one could vote for more of the same: higher prices, rampant inflation, the continued march toward socialism and unending wars. If you want that, then Kammy is your girl.

On the other hand, your choice is much different: a return to common sense, lower prices for food and energy, reduction to the pain of inflation, the bolstering of a capitalist economy and peace throughout the world. If you prefer this, then the Donald is your guy.

During this last week, the Kamster has resorted to calling Trump the rebirth of Hitler. And Biden has called Trump’s supporters “garbage”. Not exactly a unifying message, is it? And doesn’t it all remind you of Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” comment?

Democrats, when they know their messaging has failed, seem to resort to name-calling as a last resort. Makes them sound tough. But, instead, it makes them seem divisive and hateful to the other side. Because we disagree with them.

So, the clock is ticking with less than one hundred thirty hours to Election Day. Make your decision soon.

I already did.

Another Paper Declines to Endorse A Candidate

The Washington Post is now the second major newspaper in the United States which is not endorsing ANY candidate for President. Jeff Bezos, the paper's owner, is following that of the LA Times, which took a similar position.

 

Last week, the LA Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, took the position that the paper's readers do not need the paper to help make the decision for whom to vote. 

On Monday, Jeff Bezos wrote an op-ed piece which said in part, that it was ending its long-running practice of endorsing a candidate for the White House because it is a “principled decision, and it’s the right one.”

He continued, “Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, ‘I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.’ None.”

He made the point that, “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence.”

More than 200,000 Washington Post readers have ended their digital subscriptions following the controversial decision, NPR reported on Monday.

And as with the LA Times, several editorial staff members quit their jobs in protest.

As with all jobs in America, if you don’t like the boss, you are free to leave. No one is forcing you to stay.

But, remember this: you WILL repent in leisure when the rent comes due, the lights are turned off and there is no food in the cabinet. All because you acted in haste and got your nose out of joint.

Because you disagreed with the boss and you wanted to show him your displeasure.

Oops, and Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas are fast approaching.

Your RIGHT To Vote

Early voting began last Monday, October 21 in Florida. According to WESH-2 News, the TV station which serves Central Florida, it is reporting that local counties are reporting higher than normal, record turnout and long lines, thus far.

 

As one who is working in one of the districts set up in Lake County, Florida, I can attest to this.

As of yesterday, we had run almost 7,000 voters through our machines for the seven days prior to today. When we opened on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the line seemed not to end for the first two hours. Thereafter, it was steady to busy all day. We never had a lull.

We had many first-time voters, mostly young people. But in several instances, we had several people as old as sixty or more who had never found the time or interest to vote. Ever.

I have provided you with the official tally/stats as provided by WESH-2 for your review, as of 2:30 PM today from the various counties’ Supervisors of Elections. You will agree that this election is proving to be the most consequential election in many, many years.

It may behoove you to make sure you vote early, since Election Day is sure to be a mad house at YOUR local polling location.

And when the dust settles next week, you will be able to take pride and credit for having done your part in promoting our most sacred right – the right to vote as YOU wish.

Another Food Processing Scare

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, E. Coli… Wait! What IS going on here?

 

McDonald's is just the latest legacy fast food chain affected by an outbreak of listeria or E coli.

Last month, it was Boars Head cold cuts, until it was discovered in the plant which made liverwurst. Earlier this year, BrucePac Chicken, Costco Smoked salmon, chicken and frozen waffles, and BrightFarms salad and spinach kits.

YUM! Brands, which is the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, also pulled the onions off the menu due to precautions concerning the processed onions it uses, until the FDA completes its investigations.

It was not nationwide, but when it happened, we were not aware that each outbreak was in a different region of the country.

Yet, we were on guard to make sure we each were not affected until it was specifically determined. But it makes us question the sanitary conditions of every food processing plant and their procedures to protect our food supply.

After a few days of worry, Fox Business reported that McDonald’s was given an all-clear approval this afternoon. It was a regional issue in the western United States which affected only the quarter pound burgers. So far.

Makes you begin to wonder if some entity is trying to poison our foods. Yes? 

Considering much of our food is now processed in other countries, we know they don’t necessarily follow our country’s Department of Agriculture and FDA guidelines. And yet, we continue to allow this.

Perhaps, it is time to bring it all back home to make sure those guidelines are enforced.

When Negativity Results In Positivity

With eight days until Election Day, desperation is settling in to the left-wing of the Democrat Party. They know the Kamster has lost a lot of her sparkle from the high-watermark days of the Summer, after she was shoved onto the electorate by the bosses of their Party.

 

Even longtime Party leaders, like Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, among others, are not criticizing Donald Trump and joining into the “fascist-calling hate-speech”, while THEY desperately try to hold onto their seats. The Blue Wall is definitely collapsing around Kacklin’ Kammy.

Now, MSNBC has been severely criticized for splicing Trump’s MSG rally with a Hitlerian rally from 1939 at the Garden. The New York Post is reporting on this today in its midday edition.

The juxtaposition of the two videos was blasted as “shameful” by conservatives, who pointed out the diversity of the crowd.

“Yesterday’s Trump rally was filled with Americans from every walk of life including orthodox, conservative, reform, and secular Jews. I saw a woman in a burka. It wasn’t anything like a Nazi rally. Shame on MSNBC," a viewer was quoted. It was the sentiment by many.

And Mediaite is reporting that the Kamster scolded Nora O’Donnell because she interrupted Harris during an exchange about Trump’s potentially supporting a nationwide ban on abortion if elected to a second term. Harris claimed Trump would do so and cited the lengthy blueprint for an ultra-conservative agenda, Project 25, that Democrats have latched onto and Trump has repeatedly disavowed, O'Donnell said.

Ah, yes. The mark of a desperate candidate who knows her place in the sun its rapidly setting. And she can’t do anything about it because she is who she really is.

An unqualified, unmitigated disaster. And his support of her will finally let America know that Obama, the puppetmaster, needs to be retired, too, to the land of political has-beens like the Clintons, Kerry, Schumer and others. And take your wife. Please.

Finally, maybe it is time for NBCUniversal NEWSGroup to cut ties with MSNBC before its Communist, anti-American agenda destroys it stock price further. And the same with Disney to cancel the idiots on The View before Disney’s stock stock further erodes.

The signs are clear that all of this negativity isn’t working anymore with the American voter to prevent the election of Donald Trump as our Forty-Seventh President.

It can’t come soon enough.

The Succesful Appearance by Donald Trump at the Garden

In spite of what the dumb@$$ governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, said yesterday, the MSG rally Donald Trump held was a rousing success. He had twenty thousand joyful people inside, and many more thousands outside, who were turned away because of the arena’s capacity.

 

The police said there were at least ten to fifteen thousand listening to The Donald speak outside, and many more in the bars and restaurants around rhe Garden watching it on the TVs.

And what did the Governor say? She claimed he was raising rhe “White Flag of Surrender” because he wasn’t in a swing state like Kacklin’ Kammy was.

No, Governor. He was making a play to take YOUR state’s twenty-eight Electoral votes, along with Connecticut's seven, New Jersey’s fourteen, and maybe even Pennsylvania’s nineteen, by speaking from the most famous indoor arena in the world, located in the Greatest City In the World. And capturing many wins against Democrats of the down-ticket candidates' races from her state, including that Schumer-flunky, Kirsten Gillibrand.

But then, she is too dumb to see his bigger play in his march to a win next Tuesday. I wonder if she was absent the day they taught Political Science in school?

Apparently.

Donald Trump gave his usual address, sprinkling in a kind word of comraderie to Mayor Adams for HIS troubles with the Harris-Biden DOJ because he raised an issue about all the illegal migrants the regime dumped into New York City. It did not go unrecognized.

He introduced some friends of his who may end up in his next cabinet, including Bobby Kennedy Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy and Dr Phil. He promised there would be no wars initiated by him, and said he would immediately end the War in Ukraine and the conflagration in the Middle East.

And of course, he congratulated Elon Musk on the success of his landing the booster on the ship with robotic arms capturing it, with nary a scratch, with both praising Musk’s advances in automotive technology while promising to continue to drill for oil and natural gas.

All in all, it was a rousing success yesterday for Trump, as he and Melania sang the last verse of New York, New York and danced to YMCA.

And in eight days, we will all know how successful his appearance in Hochul’s territory REALLY was.

The Witnessing of Political History Being Made

Could the improbable happen in nine days? You know know, where Donald Trump wins the Empire State's twenty-eight Electoral votes? Improbable, maybe; but not impossible.

 

There has been a fervor during this election cycle that people are truly fed up with the lies and deceit coming out of the Kamster’s mouth, called word salad, followed by that insane witch’s laugh, that even CNN analysts have criticized her. And the lies she espouses are nothing more than Obama-speak, with a female lilt.

This afternoon, Donald Trump will speak at a long-anticipated Madison Square Garden event. The New York Post has reported that hundreds of people began lining up on Saturday at Ten AM, like waiting for Beatles tickets to go on sale at Ticketmaster.

Imagine sleeping in the street to make sure you got yours. It is a major political event, that even Mayor Adams has made sure police presence and protection are all on the highest alert.

The Donald has had huge crowds everywhere, but this is expected to be the season’s spectacular show. Even other media outlets are in awe.

If you were lucky enough to get in, this will be a story you will share with your kids and grandkids in years to come. Just to say you were there. Wow!

And if he wins on November 5 and takes New York’s Electoral votes, it WILL BE a history-making event. And we were there to see it happen. LIVE!

So sit back, hold on, and enjoy the ride we hope brings our country back from the cliff of the last four insane and demented years.

Who Will Stand With Israel?

Can anyone blame Israel for the response it made this morning against Iran for its attack in an attempt to kill Netanyahu on October 19, for its bombing of Israel on October 1, for its clandestine support of its clients Hezbollah, Houthis and Hamas over the last two years, including last October 7 when it kidnapped and killed over 1,400 innocent festival attendees, or the countless other attacks while Israel held back its full military response?

 

And even after Netanyahu warned it in an address at the UN last month, Iran would be dealt with should its government continue its aggression against Israel, Iran still continued with its hostile actions?

After a while, Israel would be justified to smack back in self-defense, especially after it gave countless warnings it would so. Did Iran’s leaders think these were hollow and empty words because it thought Israel was cowardly? Or weak?

No, Israel was patient, much like someone who gets bullied for his lunch money, or for being attacked in the gym while being taunted by the school bully as the crowd watched and said nothing.

And now, CNN and Fox News are both reporting that Iran is acting like it is the injured party, claiming it has the right to defend itself against Israeli aggression. Had the Ayatollah and Iran's mullahs heeded israel’s warning and stopped ITS aggression, then Israel would not have responded as it did.

But of course, the anti-Semites who control the UN will blame Israel and demand it back off any further attacks against Iran. Why? Because it, too, hates Israel.

And when the Security Council votes for sanctions against Israel, rather than utilize its veto, the anti-Semitic Harris-Biden Administration will abstain, which will allow sanctions to commence. Even though Iran was truly the aggressor.

Israel has lost faith in the current American government to be a trustworthy ally, especially since its confidences were betrayed. So, Israel feels it is on its own.

In ten days, Israel will know if the United States will elect a President who will once again defend it or if the next President-Elect will be allowing the Final Solution to be accelerated.

You must know who Iran is hoping for. And it isn’t Donald Trump.

The Kamster has proven her sympathies or NOT with Israel.

The Person Most Willing to Take Away Religious Freedom

As many of you know, I am a former Catholic, now a Christian, choosing this path for myself as I have found greater peace for my soul. I was an altar boy growing up, was going to be a priest until I wasn’t and am a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus.

But my Sacred Document is the Constitution of the United States. I pledge my allegiance to its precepts and to the symbol of my faith, our flag, the blanket under which all our laws are protected.

First among them is our First Amendment, which is first for a reason. All which come after are equally applied, but without this one, the others would have no teeth.

The First Amendment provides that we have the following freedoms and rights: Speech, the Press, Assembly, petition the Government to address Grievences, and Religion. It is the last of these I wish to discuss.

Freedom OF Religion is a God-Given Right, that we can choose what we wish to practice. The Congress, and therefore the Government, cannot tell us what we must believe. In fact, it is OF religion not FROM religion. And there is no litmus test in order to hold office. None.

But, the current Vice President, running presently for the Presidency made it so. On more than several occasions, as a Senator, she questioned nominees for the Judiciary how they would vote, since they were Catholic. In 2018, Kammy grilled federal district court nominee Brian Buescher over his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal and charitable organization.

JD Vance reminded us in a recent op-ed piece, “Harris suggested that Judge Buescher was unfit to serve on the bench because of his Catholic faith,” Vance wrote. “Any first-year law student would tell you that her line of questioning qualifies as an unconstitutional religious test for public office.”

But that was her criteria to vote against a nominee. Since he was Catholic, he was unqualified to be deserved of appointment. She unabashedly made it a test of his ability to apply laws fairly due to his religion. SHE violated the nominee’s fundamental First Amendment right.

She has done this constantly; criticizing people for their faith in God, Jesus, and other beliefs. She will not relinquish this practice if she were elected President. It is ingrained in her.

SHE, along with Biden, mandated and supported closing of Churches, Synagogues and other places of worship during COVID.

She is a danger to all of us and will come after you if violate HER precepts.

When You Lose Your Most Ardent Cheerleaders...

It seems that the glitter that the media sprinkled, no, poured onto the candidacy of Kacklin’ Kammy has begun to lose its glue. It isn’t sticking on her any more.

 

Last night, at yet another Town Hall, she was questioned on several topics by members of the audience (no scripted questions this time) and rather than answer them, or maybe, unable to answer them, she went into her well-known, tired,  long-winded word salads. Anderson Cooper of CNN basically did not let her get away with it and instead, followed up on several questions to make her actually commit to a position to the question asked.

The New York Post and Newsmax revealed that CNN’s analysts, Dana Bash, Van Jones and David Axelrod, called her out for this devious maneuver and failed avoidance/evasion.

Finally, even a friendly network has decided it had enough obfuscation from her.

"The things that would concern me is when she doesn't want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to Word Salad City," Axelrod said. "And she did that on a couple of answers."

“The word salad stuff gets on my nerves,” Van Jones agreed. “I think some of the evasions are not necessary.”

CNN anchor Dana Bash said Harris may not have been persuasive enough for some voters.

“What I’m hearing from people who I’ve been talking to … if her goal was to close the deal, they’re not sure she did that,” Bash said after the town hall outside Philadelphia.

Hey, Kammy! Here is a takeaway for you. If you lost the confidence and support of your most ardent cheerleaders, you have definitely lost the interest in your message of those you were trying to reach. You know... the voters. 

The people are beginning to turn deaf ears to your nonsense.

But then, maybe you were cutting class the day they taught Communication Skills at Howard University.

Why Isn't the LA Times Giving Its Endorsement?

Here is a bit of a surprise this election cycle. That bastion of a liberal voice in California, the Los Angeles Times, has decided NOT to endorse ANYONE for President.

 

Can you imagine that? It was reported in Wednesday's late online edition of the New York Post that Mariel Garza is leaving her post as the Editorials Page Editor at the Times because she wants “to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent” after biotech entrepreneur, Patrick Soon-Shiong, publisher and owner, scrapped the paper’s endorsement for President.

For months, the paper has pushed for Biden, and now Harris, in articles and editorials written about this election, and its position that it would be “bad for America” to re-elect Donald Trump. Last week Ms Garza had written the editorial endorsement and was told the paper was not going to publish it.

This is a paper which, at one time, endorsed Richard Nixon. In fact, for 90 years, from its founding in 1881 until Nixon’s re-election in 1972, the Los Angeles Times was unwavering in backing Republican nominees for President.

Then, suddenly, it stopped the practice until it endorsed Barack Obama twice, Hillary Clinton and in 2020, Joe Biden. Now, it has taken another hiatus.

The paper has long been a left-wing paper, much like the Washington Post and the New York Times. But for reasons yet unexplained, the paper and its owner has not said why it made this decision.

After news broke that the LA Times would forgo a Presidential endorsement, the move was cheered by the Trump campaign.

And while the paper has chosen a Democrat for President since 2008, it didn’t endorse Harris for California attorney general in 2010, instead opting for Republican Steve Cooley, the Columbia Journalism Review reported.

Does the owner know something about The Kamster he feels is not acceptable to him?

Hmmmm.

The Ineptness and Deceit Running the White House

Was it a hack or a leak? In the scheme of protecting our secrets, and those of our allies, especially Israel, the Harris-Biden regime has proven to be a colossal failure.

 

It either doesn’t know how to set up safeguards to prevent some unwanted entity from gaining access to our country's private secrets. Or, it has hired someone, pretty high up in rank, who has unfettered access and is leaking our secrets to our enemies. And to the enemies of OUR allies.

Biden has announced he remains “deeply concerned” about the leaking of sensitive Pentagon documents that detailed Israeli preparations for an attack on Iran and plans for a potential Iranian counterattack, announced he is monitoring the investigation closely. How? By discussing it with someone he doesn’t realize is the leaker? Or the hacker?

And now, the FBI has announced it, too, is investigating all of this. In fact, the FBI actually put out a press release.

"The FBI is investigating the alleged leak of classified documents and working closely with our partners in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community," the FBI wrote in a statement, The Washington Post reported. "As this is an ongoing investigation, we have no further comment."

Maybe they, too, have said too much. Doesn’t anyone know how to keep information secret?

Apparently not.

instead, they are all running around telling and showing everyone what a great job they are all doing! Look at me! Look at me!

Imagine if someone had hacked Robert Oppenheimer’s files in his Los Alamos laboratory and disclosed the Manhattan Project for all the world to see? How do you think World War II would have turned out?

Meanwhile, any ideas that Israel might have had to retaliate against Iran for its missile attack have be dashed. And to add insult to injury, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s home was attacked Saturday by Iranian missles.

To put it in perspective, imagine Russia or China launching missiles at President Joe Biden's Delaware home. Or worse, the White House. The deafening silence from Washington speaks volumes.

This brazen attack shatters every diplomatic norm and constitutes a clear act of war.

But the Harris-Biden regime has shown it cannot be trusted by Israel, and therefore, Israel will be on its own. It must make its way to respond without revealing its plans to the current American leaderhip. They have failed Israel terribly.

And who could blame Israel for distrusting America at this late hour? No, Biden, Harris, Blinken, et al, are true failures on the world stage. And every nation knows it.

Newsmax, The Hill and even CNN reported last week that Israel was ready to launch a counterstrike against Iran in response to Tehran's recent missile barrage against the Jewish state. And it could happen before the Presidential election in thirteen days.

Everyone knows now. Including, not surprisingly, our adversaries. Good job and congratulations to the inept and deceitful fools at the White House.

You have moved the Doomsday Clock closer to World War III.

Tulsi - A True American Patriot

Yesterday, during a campaign appearance that she made in North Carolina for President Trump, she made a surprising announcement. Even Donald Trump admitted he was surprised. And the look on HIS face left no doubt.

 

She began, “The Democrat Party has no home for people like us, but we do have a home in the Republican Party, where we are welcomed with open arms by President Trump and so many of you who love our country,” Gabbard, who switched to independent in 2022, told the crowd at Trump’s Tuesday night rally in Greensboro, NC.

…. “And it is because of my love for our country and specifically because of the leadership that President Trump has brought to transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people, and the party of peace, that I’m proud to stand here with you today, with President Trump, and announce that I’m joining the Republican Party,” the 43-year-old declared.

This is a person who was held in high esteem by the Democrat Party, serving as the Vice Chair of the DNC from 2013 to 2016, served in the House from 2013 until 2021, and was a candidate for the 2020 Democrat nomination until she decided to end her campaign.

In 2022, she announced that she was registered as an Independent, saying in part, that the Democrat party with its “cowardly wokeness, anti-white racism, (being) hostile to people of faith and spirituality, and dragging us closer to nuclear war", was partly why she decided to leave. Essentially, she paraphrased Ronald Reagan. The Democrat Party left her, too.

She is currently a member, along with Robert Kennedy Jr, as part of the Trump Transition Team. She and Kennedy both hope to be included in the next Trump Administration, which I mentioned in Trump Cabinet Choices and Trump Cabinet Choices - Part 2.

And every time she appears on TV or Social Media, I make sure I let you know she is someone who I agree with more each time she speaks. She is truly a Great American Patriot who loves and puts her country first. Every time.

Love Tulsi!

The Latest Boeing Disaster

This has not been a good year, or decade, for Boeing, has it? First the 737-MAX jets started crashing a couple of years ago. Then, earlier this year, the Starliner had issues, first with its launch and then, its failure to return with its assigned astronauts.

 

Now, its communications satellite, purchased from Boeing by Intelsat in 2015, which had served Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, exploded in space, spreading debris and junk all over the place. The “anomoly”, as it was described by Boeing and Intelsat engineers, began having “issues” on Saturday.

“The anomaly previously disclosed on October 19 has resulted in the total loss of the Intelsat 33e satellite,” the satellite-powered communications company Intelsat said in a statement. “We are coordinating with the satellite manufacturer, Boeing, and government agencies to analyze data and observations.”

But this was not the first Boeing-Intelsat issue. Intelsat lost another Boeing satellite, called IS-29e, in 2019, according to Space News and the New York Post. The cause of its destruction, just three years after its launch, was never fully determined, but was believed to have been the result of either a wiring issue or a meteorite collision.

And consider the contract the US and Boeing have maintained for over a half century. Primary to this is that the President of the United States had traveled in Air Force One since 1960. Made by Boeing. And during the Trump years, a newer version of that 747 jet was placed in service.

Are we certain it is safe?

Perhaps, a rethinking of our entire loyalties to the Boeing brand needs to be analyzed. It is a truly American company, which seems to have lost its credibility in many people’s opinions.

We cannot afford to stand by and allow another disaster to go unaddressed BEFORE it happens again.

The Shattering of Our Special Relationship

The United States and Israel have maintained a special relationship, geopolitically, since 1947. While it seems that Israel has benefitted more than most other nations, especially militarily, from our alliance, Israel knows that without us, it would have ceased to exist long ago.

 

But then, so would have western Europe and other countries around the world. Nazi Germany pretty much gobbled up most of Europe by 1939 and was freed by the US because we got involved, finally, in 1941.

Also, Soviet Russia would have had its border moved from the Baltic to the Atlantic had we left.

And had we not remained in South Korea after 1953, who knows if Japan, the Phillipines and Taiwan would be absorbed into a greater Chinese Empire?

So, we protect Israel, the only democratic nation in the Middle East, which would have been crushed and dissolved by its neighbors had we returned to our previous isolationist existence after World War II. With no real visible benefit that we gain from it. Other than support in the United Nations, without question.

Even Canada does not align itself with our positions all the time.

So, here we are. We have maintained that special alliance with Israel for almost eighty years, through thirteen American Presidents’ Administrations. Until now.

While there was a huge fallout during the Obama years, like many friendships in life, disagreements will occur. But even Obama was smart enough to recognize that it was important to maintain even icy connections without cutting off the friendship.

But now, the Harris-Biden Administration has gone farther to blow up that alliance by perpetuating an aggressive anti-Israel and anti-Semitic posture. It is clear to all that Biden’s Vice President is on a mission to subvert Israel and the American position going forward. With his tacit consent.

In recent weeks and days, the Kamster has perpetuated what amounts to a modern blood libel by suggesting Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Whether born of ignorance or calculation, Harris' rhetoric crosses a line into modern anti-Semitism that demands unequivocal condemnation.

She is extremely sympathetic to pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests here are home, and during a recent rally, agreed with protesters when she said, “Listen, what he’s talking about, it’s real. That’s not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it’s real and I respect his voice.”

If one were paying close attention to her actions and her words, she is telegraphing what she will do if she were to be elected President. Within weeks, she would begin to cut of military and financial aid to Israel and nod as its neighbors begin its final solution.

And by her recent statements and actions, no one, not even our own Jewish politicians, could prove otherwise. Her actions and words are loud and clear.

Then, the American-Israeli Special Relationship will be tossed into the dustbin of history, destroyed by the most anti-Semitic President we would ever elect.

God help us all.

Witnessing An Incompetent Buffoon in Failure

When one thinks of a Town Hall, especially during a Presidential campaign, it means that the general public, regardless of party, gets to ask the candidate questions. Unscripted. With no advance knowledge of the questions to be asked.

 

That did not happen last night at the Harris-Cheney Town Hall in Michigan.

According to the New York Post and other outlets, Maria Shriver, former host of Dateline and other NBC News programs, was the moderator of the night's events. 

When an audience member said she had a question, Ms Shriver responded, “You’re not, unfortunately. We have some pre-determined questions. Hopefully I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head.”

Basically, it was no longer a Town Hall, where the moderator was there to keep the flow of the event moving. Instead, it was a campaign rally.

It immeduately went viral, creating a less than stellar look for the Kamster. But then, the same thing happened later that evening.

Harris held a similar “town hall” event with Cheney in Wisconsin, moderated by anti-Trump commentator Charlie Sykes, after the Michigan forum. It is unclear if the audience questions at that event were also “pre-determined.”

No wonder she won’t have a traditional press conference. She can’t because she is inept. If she can’t answer questions from American voters, she has proven why she won’t do a press conference. She is afraid to be found out. To be an idiot.

She is worse than Biden because his excuse is that he probably has dementia. Her excuse, she is just an incompetent buffoon.

God help us if the American people elect her our President.

The Ownership Is the Problem, with No Solutions

Last year, Aaron Rodgers signed with the New York Jets and fans went wild. We couldn’t wait for the 2023 season to start. But then, fate played that cruel joke four plays into the season when he damaged his Achilles heel.

 

We were all impressed how quickly he seemed to recover and actually believed he would be back for the last game of the season.

But it was not to be.

So this year, being the loyal and long-suffering fan that I am, and many others are, we looked forward to this season with high hopes. And when the dust settled after Week 1, we saw that we escaped with a win that we almost lost.

And in Week 2, while we won again, it was a repeat of Week 1, where we held on for dear life. It was very telling.

Since then, there was plenty of drama between Rodgers and the offense, Rodgers and the now-departed Head Coach Saleh, and the signing of the receiver Aaron Rodgers had to have. And you know what? They lost again.

It is starting to look like 2008 all over again. When the Jets signed Brett Favre to lead the team, he was hailed as the second coming of Joe Namath. But he wasn’t. In fact, for a guy who had played his entire career in Green Bay, I recall a game he started, and lost, because he played like he never saw snow before.

And then, at the end of that season, he was gone and went to play in Minnesota. Another bust for the Jets who had a Hall of Fame career. For someone else.

So, now, Aaron Rodgers, who replaced last year’s quarterback, Sam Darnold, is 2 and 5. And Darnold was released because he was so bad last year. 

Hmmmm.

But, as with the Favre Fiasco, once again, whether it is the owner, Woody Johnson, or his current GM, both have proven they know nothing about evaluating quarterbacks. And Woody has a penchant for signing another team’s discarded has-beens for huge contracts.

As for Sam Darnold, he is competing for a playoff spot, and leading the Vikings to a 5 and 1 record so far. He is tied for first in his division.

And what is to come? More of the same? It is a travesty that the Jets are unable to put a winning team, with a winning coach and a decent quarterback on the field to compete.

And the last season the Jets made the playoffs? Fourteen years ago, in the 2010-2011 season with Mark "Butt-Fumble" Sanchez playing quarterback. A mere flash in the pan.

Maybe, instead, it’s time to get rid of the know-nothing owner.

Relegating Biden to Waterboy

Joe Biden, President of the United States, has been relegated to Cheerleader for the Kamster. Such a sad come down for the allegedly most powerful person in the world.

 

It was revealed yesterday by NBC News and Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker that instead, Kacklin’ Kammy will be campaigning with Barry O these last fifteen days, while Biden plans to support Harris indirectly by stirring up his shrinking longtime supporters to back Harris. So, essentially, he is now only going to sit on the bench.

Like a waterboy.

She wants to prove that she is her own person, with her own ideas, and try to distance herself from the decisions, she previously claimed she was part of making. She told Brett Baier of Fox News recently, "My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency, and, like every new president that comes in to office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas. I represent a new generation of leadership."

This was after she insisted on The View and other media shows when asked if if she planned to do anything different and replied, “There is not a thing that comes to mind." She went on, “I've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”

Kammy has had to walk a tightrope between remaining loyal to Biden and touting the accomplishments of the past four years, while also extending an olive branch to voters on both sides of the aisle who worry the country is heading in the wrong direction. And polling is beginning to show that her message is failing.

And now, ol’ Joe is going through the motions to play President, like LBJ did in 1968. But he still allegedly is in control of the office and can subvert it, no matter who wins the election. A frightening thought.

Let’s hope we can get through the next fifteen days and wake up with Donald Trump on November 6 as the next President-Elect (again). Than all of this will be behind us.

And then, hopefully, the following seventy-six days of the inter-regnum period will be uneventful until Donald Trump takes over.

A Fun and Unexpectedly Memorable Season

The Magic was not there tonight. It was a must-win game and they could not pull the trigger.

 

It wasn’t as if the didn’t have opportunities to win; rather, they had the opportunities and scored five times. But, they never found that big hit. And the Dodgers were better. Barely.

They left thirteen men on base and seven of them were in scoring position. They even left the bases loaded a couple of times. But when you don’t score, you don’t win.

And when you don’t cash it in, then it wasn’t met to be.

Yet, they were far and away a Miracle Team. They were not expected to be in the playoffs at all and they took the National League Championship Series to six games against the number one seed in the league.

There Is no shame in that, especially since they were the sixth seed. They gave the Dodgers a run for their lives, and scared the heart out of them, even tonight; until the Magic died, finally, in the ninth inning.

So, while there won’t be a Subway Series this year, the Mets played like they had something to prove. And did. They aren’t scrubs.

Next year, when the season begins, there will be a fire in the belly; it will burn hot all the way to the NLCS, and then, take them to the 2025 World Series. And they will not forget what this year taught them all. About winning. About focus. About Team.

And next year, in Year 5 of the Cohen Era, they WILL be back and will be the final team standing. After all, they ARE amazing!

And yes, I am still a long-suffering, but truly loyal fan of the Orange and Blue Since 1962. Crazy maybe. But proud of it. And them.

So, to the New Mets I say, thank you for a fun and unexpectedly memorable season, one for the ages. Wait ‘til next year.

Happy HalloThanksMas, Everyone!!

Today, I walked around Costco to do some shopping and to see what they have. And what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a full-blown HalloThanksMas spectacular!

Trees and lights and wreaths of all different sizes and colors. Thanksgiving ornaments to take home and decorate the front lawn. Even delicious pumpkin pies and other holiday treats.

They had plenty of evaporated milk available, along with cans of pumpkin for the adventurous home-style, holiday baker (like me). And bags of stuffing to buy ahead of time, before the rush in November 

Then, it was onto Home Depot, which had some Christmas decoration items already on clearance. And plenty of ten-dollar stocking stuffers, for Dad and the kids, (and Moms, too) strategically placed by the trees and lights to be impulse bought.

We stopped at Aldi, which ALWAYS has an aisle set up for people looking to buy a gift or two, as they approach the registers. I did that back in the summer when I bought frying pans that looked too good to pass up. It is always about purchasing what you think you may need at moment's notice.

And finally, the stop at Dunkin’ featured seasonally-flavored coffees and Halloween and Thanksgiving decorated treats. Of course, who could pass up a scary donut, right?

And although we didn’t stop at our local Publix today, I know if I want a seasonally-flavored ice cream, I can hop into my car and pick up a couple of different flavors as my mood sees fit. They feature EIGHT! YUM!!

Yes, everyone is getting into a festive mood, with all sorts of seasonal items available. It makes the ho-hum seem just a little more pleasurable. Yes?

So, let me, on this sunny Sunday in October, with the Fall temperature,  here at least in Florida, at a comfortable  82*, be the first to wish you a very Happy HalloThanksMas to you and yours!

Hear Her Words, Watch Her Actions

Genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial,

political, or cultural group. This is the simple definition found in my Merriam Webster dictionary app. Succinct. With no need to dress it up.

If you recall 20th Century History, it was practiced quite like this in Pol Pot's Cambodia, Hutu Rwanda against the Tutsi, and Ottoman Turks killing off the Christian Amenians, among other horrible events.

But none of these acts of genocide were as brutal, cruel and as systematic as that which Nazi Germany did to the European Jews, gypsies, and other “inferior” groups as defined by Adolph Hitler in his book, Mein Kampf.

We have seen and heard the anti-Semitic protests against Israel and the pro-Hamas calls on our college campuses for a couple of years. And while the Harris-Biden regime has given lip-service support to our ally Israel, the actions by Biden-Harris-Blinken and others tell a different story.

The New York Post, Fox News, Newsmax and other outlets reported yestesday that the Kamster left no doubt where her sympathies lay. We recall when Prime Minister Netanyahu came here for a state visit, how she ignored his appearance at a Joint Session of the Congress and then, redressed him when she finally, and reluctantly, met with him.

At a Wisconsin rally, when a protester in a keffifah criticized Israel for committing genocide, her response was, “Listen, what he’s talking about, it’s real. That’s not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it’s real and I respect his voice.”

That comment left no doubt what she will do if elected President. She will overturn almost eighty years of American support for Israel and be a tacit supporter for its destruction.

“Kamala Harris just publicly validated the false and vicious accusation that Israel is engaging in genocide,” said David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel. And he is right.

Kacklin’ Kammy has been showing her true colors in snide comments she has made over the last several weeks. She is not only anti-Semitic, she has revealed she is truly an anti-Judeo-Christian person.

We are a country founded on Judeo-Christian principles. She is a Marxist who despises them. And is proud of it in her comments, most think are word salad.

We cannot vote for her to be President or our country WILL BE lost. Her words say it all the time.

And as a final thought to my Jewish friends, a vote for the Kamster is a vote for genocide for Israel.

The Border Disaster and Seventeen Days

According to Speaker Mike Johnson, Joe Biden is blaming Mexico for the border crisis. Instead of looking at his own faults, Joey, and the Harris-Biden regime, as is the custom of all failures, has chosen not to blame its executive order of canceling the Trump policies that were in place for causing the disaster.

 

And Kammy is blaming Trump, too, instead of her own inaction as the border czar.

It was reported in Friday’s New York Post that Mike Johnson said, “‘Just do “Remain in Mexico” again,'” Johnson recounted his entreaties to the president. “I begged Biden myself, personally, to do that. And he said he wouldn’t.”

So, the disaster at the border belongs to Biden and Harris. Biden could easily write an order overriding his own mistaken order right now. Today. And it might even take some heat off the Kamster.

But then, Biden is filled with revenge to undermine Harris for having participated in the coup against him. And he is trying to get even. Even at the risk of the Democrats losing in seventeen days.

Donald Trump just needs to focus on his own campaign and he will be elected. The Democrats are doing a fine job committing party fratricide without his help. Even Democrat Senators Bob Casey and Tammy Baldwin are helping Trump’s cause.

And when the dust settles, President-Elect (again) Donald Trump will set forth his agenda to fix what Harris, Biden and the Democrats broke.

Playing Like the Winners They Are!!

We live to play another day! It seemed that everyone stepped up, knowing it was a win or go home game.

 

Twelve runs. Fourteen hits. Five walks. And best of all, NO STRIKEOUTS. Everyone, even those who made an out, swung hard and made contact.

No one gave up. That is the mark of a winner. Even in failure, you try.

Now, the Mets go back to LA, energized by this win. Gotta win just two. But just play for tomorrow. And they know they can do it. They showed themselves how it is done.

Sunday night, they play another do or die game. But then, since June 1, that is how they have played, night after night.

Just play for the next one. Don’t play for the one after that. Just what’s next. That attitude has worked well for months.

Everyone is on deck. And everyone plays. For each other. And everyone cheers each other on. That is the mark of a TEAM.

And this team believes in itself. If you’re a Met fan, you have to believe in them, too. I do, since 1962.

All I can say is, LETS GO METS!!

Let's Win It This Afternoon!

The Mets are on the brink of losing a playoff game that, before Independence Day, they weren’t expected to even be in the conversation to be in the playoffs. Today, they are hoping to win Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. And, so are their fans.

They have managed to overcome all the experts’ predictions and prognostications. They won their entry to the NLCS playoffs by beating the Braves in Game 161 of the regular season, the Brewers in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series, and the Phillies in four Games of the Division Series.

It has been a great second half of the 2024 Season. And for some of the players, they have excelled well beyond their abilities.

When Steve Cohen bought the team before the 2021 season, he promised that he would have the team in the World Series in five years. In fact, he said that he would be "slightly disappointed" if the Mets did not win the World Series in three to five years.

In Year 2 of his ownership, the Mets made the Wild Card Series and lost to the Padres at Citifield two games to one. This is Year 4 of the Cohen Promise. And if, by some Miracle in a Year of Miracles, the Mets win this afternoon, and then the next two against a formidable Dodgers team in LA, we will be starting the World Series a week from tonight. 

But first, let’s root our Mets To Success today. LETS GO METS!!

Americans Having Fun at the Al Smith Dinner

Last night, the Archdiocese of New York held its annual Al Smith Dinner, a political event, meant to be a bi-partisan night of fun and good cheer, for the purpose of raising funds to support Catholic Charities. While most political glitterati were there, noticeably absent was the Democrat Nominee for President, the one and only Kamster.

 

While she sent in a prerecorded message, she had a previous engagement in Wisconsin to address supporters and tell them how she “stood up to veterans” while touting her tenure as California’s attorney general when she mistakenly bragged about standing up to America’s war heroes.

The dinner, which in a presidential election year traditionally features both major party candidates for some good-natured ribbing and roasting, Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris declined to attend Thursday night, is named after the first major-party Roman Catholic presidential nominee, four-term Democrat New York Governor Al Smith, who lost to Republican Herbert Hoover in the 1928 election.

The last time a Presidential candidate declined to show up was in 1984, when Walter Mondale had to stay home and watch paint dry. And we know what happened that November when Ronald Reagan won 58.8 percent of the popular vote, and defeated Mondale by a popular vote margin of eighteen points, taking every state except Minnesota and DC.

The New York Post reported that many politicos were in attendance . SNL's Jim Gaffigan was MC'ing the event which had the attendees laughing as he joked about Kacklin' Kammy's absence. “I mean, consider this, this is a room full of Catholics and Jews in New York City. This is a layup for the Democratic nominee,” Gaffigan said.

Donald Trump was self – depreciating, saying, “I guess I just don't see the point of taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a hell of a long time. And they shoot, right?"

And then he said, "It's really a pleasure anywhere in New York without a subpoena for my appearance," Trump said to laughter. "Anytime I don't get a subpoena, I'm very happy."

He even poked fun at New York City Mayor Eric Adams, “Mayor Adams, good luck with everything," Trump said while looking at Adams on the huge dais. "They went after you. They went after you, Mayor. Yeah, boy, I knew that nine-and-a-half months ago. I said, you know, he just said something bad about the Biden-Harris administration. He's going to be indicted. Any moment.

"And guess what happened? But you're going to win. I think you're going to win. I know you're going to win. So good luck. Good luck. I don't like what they do. I don't like what they do."

When it was done, the attendees went back to their corners to prepare for another day. Democrats to the Left of me, Republicans to the Right. And I am in the middle with you.

For one night, the gloves came off, the tuxes came on and everyone shared a good time just being Americans.

The First Steps to Fix the Secret Service

I finally agree with something the Harris-Biden regime created. They put together a “blue ribbon” panel to investigate the failures of the Secret Service after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July.

 

The panel, led by Mark Filip, deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush, Janet Napolitano, the secretary of Homeland Security under former President Barack Obama, and others, recommended leadership in the agency be replaced with outside individuals who could change the culture of the Secret Service, including the “present sense of complacency within the Service.”

It was reported by CNN Politics and Newsmax that, “The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved,” the panel wrote in its report released Thursday 

Any reasonable person would agree. Former Director Kim Cheadle was allowed to resign and Acting Director Ronald Rowe, who, though not named directly in the report’s recommendation for leadership change, comes from inside the ranks of the agency and was appointed after Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in the wake of the near assassination.

But the culture is stagnant and will not change as long as the existing leadership remains.

The 52-page report issued Thursday took the Secret Service to task for specific problems leading up to the July 13 rally in Butler as a well as deeper one within the agency's culture. It recommended bringing in new, outside leadership and refocusing on its protective mission.

I agree. And when Donald Trump is elected again, his first order of business should be to appoint Dan Bongino to head up the agency and give him complete autonomy to clean up the Service as this bi-partisan panel believes. He knows what is needed.

The morale of the rank-and-file is suffering from the negative political climate caused by the current lack of real leadership and needs someone who can lead them like they want and need. The sooner this happens, that attitude will be improved.

And in nineteen days, we can all make that happen by electing Donald Trump.

What Can Prompt Your Cherished Memories

Just one week ago, we woke up to incessant rain and winds blowing at 85 MPH and gusts over 100. It had been raining since Tuesday afternoon, and was non-stop all through Thursday.

My daughter's children were excited because the last time they witnessed such a storm was when we were in New York in 2021 and a tree branch pulled down a wire in front of their house. In addition, this time, all the grandparents had to sleep over. So it was a Hurricane Party atmosphere.

I shared this all last week in my Commentary, Here Comes the Sun.

Today, I want to tell you something new. When I woke up, it was a crisp, autumnal day, not unlike I used to enjoy on a mid-October day in New York. The sky was blue, with wispy clouds, the air was cool and dry, and it was the coolest day since April, at 54*. It was refreshing.

I know that for my friends in the northern climes, this is a normal day for you since probably Labor Day. But for this transplanted Long Islander, it was something we generally don’t see in Central Florida. At least, not until after Thanksgiving.

Funny thing how something simple and unexpected happens, like a change in the weather, and memories flood back from a day gone by. Or a special song. Or a fragrance or smell from your youth. Like Sunday Sauce. Right?

And instantly, you are transported to another place and time. Even for just a brief moment. That is what happened to me this morning.

And then suddenly, reality returns, leaving you with a wistful smile, knowing those days are gone. Forever. But the memories are there to be recalled when you least expect them.

And you smile, knowing they are yours to cherish. Always.

Like the memories my grandchildren have locked away, until they are recalled for them unexpectedly. Like they were for me.

Until this morning, at around 7 AM.