Boomer Makes a Prediction

It was reported in Friday’s afternoon edition of the New York Post that football great, New York radio personality and avid New York Mets fan Boomer Esiason is predicting, or at least hoping, that the Mets and Pete Alonso may agree on a contract by today.

 

This is wishful thinking if you are a Mets’ fan. And still minimally possible.

“I’m feeling like Pete is a Met tomorrow,” Esiason wrote on X at 8:48 PM on January 30.

But the he repeated his prediction on this morning's broadcast, which is simulcast on the CBS Sports Network. “I’m thinking today is the day, and I’m thinking it’s probably gonna happen at 10:05. I just wanted to get out in front of it,” he said on his “Boomer and Gio” show, with his predicted time of signing coming five minutes after his show goes off the air.

While it still hasn’t happened, or at least not announced, there is still hope for it to happen for EVERY Mets’fan right up until it is announced he has signed with another team.

“As a diehard Met fan myself, I want the guy at first base, I want him in the lineup,” he said. “Steve Cohen has done a lot of great things for us since he’s taken over ownership of the team and this would be another one. This would be another nice, little present for us as I believe, hopefully they’ll come to an agreement today.”

By now, the truck bringing supplies and equipment is well on the way to Port St Lucie. And players will begin showing up next week. Pitchers and Catchers will officially begin on or about February 12 and the first Spring game will begin at 1:10 PM against Houston on the 22nd.

The hope is that the entire drama will be resolved long before then. Every Met player and Mets’ fan wants what is best for Pete, the fans and the team.

And in a final comment, Boomer said, “Everybody just pump the breaks for five seconds. I put it out there, I will stand by it, and if it doesn’t happen, you can call me a jackass,” he said. "I want a full team and I want him on this team. I’m telling you, this would be like Saquon Barkley leaving the Giants.”

We surely could agree with that, Boomer. It would be stupid for all sides to allow THAT to happen.

Let’s Go Mets!

Promises Made, Promises Kept

Since January 20, President Trump has been working at break-neck speed to fulfill his promises. Within hours, he had signed several Executive Orders undoing many of the EO's the clown who pretended to be the President since 2021 put into place.

 

He ordered the start of mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens across the country. This resulted in several high target criminals to be removed from our cities. During this process, he threatened Colombia with tariffs and canceled diplomatic visas when that country refused to take back its citizens.

Also in the first ten days, he has made trips to North Carolina and California to address Hurricane and Fire damages, respectively, in those two states. In the process, he announced that additional funds wòuld be forthcoming to help recovery efforts, would consider shutting down FEMA and ordered water to be redirected from Northern to Southern California.

Meanwhile, he has begun to dismantle the grip of the Deep State by offering buyouts to employees who opt-in to refuse to Return to Work by February 6 with benefits or face termination. In addition, he has directed his Acting Attorney General to reassign many career DOJ attorneys to lesser positions, knowing they will resign rather than take demotions.

Also, the Trump administration has also placed approximately sixty senior staffers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave. In doing so, the administration cited actions that appeared designed to “circumvent the president’s executive orders.”

But, he isn’t done. Not by a long shot. He has shut down all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) departments because they actually foster reverse discrimination. DEI is just an acronym for affirmative action.

He also appointed Ed Martin, the new interim U.S. attorney in Washington, DC, to launch a comprehensive review of previous prosecutorial decisions. Martin is particularly focused on cases related to January 6 defendants, whom Trump pardoned within hours of his swearing in.

The administration’s swift action sends a clear message: the era of weaponized federal agencies is coming to an end.

These sweeping reforms mark just the beginning of what promises to be a comprehensive overhaul of federal agencies. The administration’s actions demonstrate a commitment to restoring trust in American institutions and ensuring that government powers are never again weaponized against the American people.

Basically, it is the active dismantling of the Deep State and a return to President Reagan’s vision of a smaller, but more efficient government, which works FOR THE PEOPLE.

In the first ten days, President Trump  has proven this: Promises Made, Promises Kept.

Defending a Dubious Title

At one time, it was rumored Joe Biden was given the label of “Dumbest Man in the Senate” by none other than the “Lion of the Senate”, Senator Ted Kennedy. And others had repeated it along the way, including “The Great One” Mark Levin, and the late, great Rush Limbaugh.

 

And then, today we found out that Biden was finally overthrown from that long-held title, even after he was long past being a Senator. Yes folks. Today, that title was claimed by illinois’ own, Senator Dickie “The Dunce” Durbin.

You see, Dickie The Dunce decided to ask Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, "So do you think that America is safer because the 1,600 people have been given an opportunity to come out of serving their sentences and live in our communities again?”

To which, Kash responded with a reference to Biden’s decision in the final hours of his presidency to free Leonard Peltier, a far-left activist convicted in the 1975 murders of two FBI special agents, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, who were gunned down in a shootout in South Dakota.

“I have always advocated for imprisoning those that cause harm to our law enforcement and civilian communities. I also believe America is not safer because President Biden's commutation of a man who murdered two FBI agents. Agent Coler andi Williams' family deserve better than to have the man that point-blank range fired a shotgun into their heads and murdered them, released from prison. So it goes both ways."

Fox News and others reported that The Dunce tried to spin the Q&A against Patel, but he stood his position, as he replied, "Senator, America will be safe when we don't have 200,000 drug overdoses in two years. America will be safe when we don't have 50 homicides a day."

Looks like we all found out that Dickie The Dunce is even dumber than Joe Biden was in his hey-day. If that were even possible.

So for today, Senator Durbin earned his new title, Dumbest Man In the Senate. And tomorrow, he gets another chance to defend it.

Will Joe be watching?

Drop the Weaponized Charges Against Mayor Adams

It seems that Mayor Eric Adams wasn’t looking for a pardon, after all. Instead, he is looking for the Department of Justice to dismiss the whole damn case against him.

 

And, in actuality, he is right to have the charges dropped. Any reasonable person would agree that the only reason they were brought in the first place was because he complained that Biden, or his henchmen, was dumping so many illegals into New York, stretching the ability by New York City to house and feed them with its limited resources.

He was told to be a "Good Democrat" and to sit down and shut up. But he continued to object because the City could not handle the overload.

So what did the Biden Regime do? They continued to dump illegals into the City, AND decided to trump up (seriously, no pun intended) charges against him to ruin and sully his re-election chances.

And had Biden or Harris run and won, you can be sure they would have done everything to ruin the Mayor.

Talks between Adams’ team and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York have gone through the office of Trump’s new deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, the New York Post learned late Wednesday.

Before taking office, Trump said he would consider pardoning the Mayor, saying he thinks Adams had been “treated pretty unfairly.” And Trump knows about a weaponized justice system first-hand.

So, in all fairness, the charges against Mayor Adams should be dropped.

Calling Out Democrat Racism

It has become apparent to anyone who might be fair-minded, that a Democrat strategist can say something racist, and the liberal, leftist, legacy media will let them or her get away with it.

 

Yesterday, Democratic strategist Jenna Arnold warned that illegal immigrants are needed in America for tasks such as “picking strawberries.” 

She said this on CNN’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip,” as part of a panel which spoke about the Trump administration’s crackdowns. “I can’t wait until American women can’t get blueberries for their smoothies,” she said.

“I cannot wait until there is a full crackdown on all small businesses, as if that’s going to be the solution to the immigration problem,” she claimed. “It is just going to put immigration-related issues further into the darker corners. We‘re not going to see them. It‘s just going to become even harder to solve the problem. It doesn‘t make sense to punish individuals and people when there is a broken system.” on illegal immigrants across the US.

It was reported by the New York Post and other normal and fair media sources, but not in any liberal outlet.

“If you are trying to actively hire illegal immigrants, if you think that‘s best, if you are trying to game the system, if you are trying to help someone break U.S. federal immigration law, I think if we‘re going to have a true crackdown on illegal immigration in this country, it has to involve everybody who‘s participating in it,” Scott Jennings said. He added that “employers and anyone else who is part of this pipeline, I think they ought to be put on notice. And you got to play by the rules. Everybody has to play by the rules.”

The debate continued among the panelists but Ms Arnold dug in her heels and expanded on her position.

“Picking strawberries,” Democratic strategist Jenna Arnold interjected.

And Abby Phillip allowed this to slide. But if a Consevative or Republican said these racist comments, the New York Times or the Washington Post would have had a massive banner headline screaming across their papers.

Perhaps, it is time to call out Democrat Racism when we hear it.

Secretary Duffy Needs To Re-examine New York's Congestion Pricing Fiasco

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy indicated during his confirmation hearing that his first order of business would be to visit Appalachia and Asheville, North Carolina to give his input on the transportation needs of the people. That is an act that was missing with the previous Cast of Characters.

 

Then, he should take look at the congestion pricing fiasco that Krazy Kat pushed through, and along with new EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, put a halt to this pollution-generating money grab until ALL environmental impact studies are completed. And in compliance with all clean air violations.

And then, once that is completed, have the FHA complete an audit of all monies given to the MTA since 2015.

Surely, irregularities will be found which will force the MTA to admit there was fraud committed by the New York State MTA Board. Or at least some defalcation of records which was committed.

The Federal government has given $20Bn since 2020. Where did that go? And what about the five years before that? Are there no records for that? And, by the way, who WAS watching the cookie jar?

And what about the BILLIONS in tolls and fares collected? Someone needs to take ownership of the expenses.

And the way Krazy Kat pushed it through after the election, well, it borders on criminal. She paused the implementation LAST JUNE so Democrats would not be negatively impacted. The day after the 2024 election, she lifted the pause.

Secretary Duffy needs to be certain this plan is justified before allowing it to be restarted, in its present form.

Punish the Guilty Who Take Away Anothers' Rights

President Trump was expected to sign an Executive Order for the Justice Department and other entities to investigate the widespread outbreak of anti-semitism on college campuses especially since October 7, 2013. If necessary, he will order the prosecution of those involved, and if found guilty, to deport anti-Jewish activists who violated laws.

 

As reported in this morning’s New York Post, the order requires agency and department leaders to provide the White House with recommendations within 60 days and outlines plans for the Justice Department to investigate pro-Hamas graffiti and intimidation, including on college campuses, according to a document describing the order.

That order contained a passage that called for the US to “ensure that admitted aliens and aliens otherwise already present in the United States” do not “support designated foreign terrorists,” though the intended effect of the wording was not immediately clear.

In addition, six Republican-led House committees issued a report last month calling for the federal government to do more to address anti-semitism, including by conditioning federal aid to colleges to force stricter policies against anti-Jewish bias.

Many Jewish students were intimidated by the violent protests which occurred on several college campuses, including Columbia University, which shared heavily in the more than $2.7Bn in Federal grants in fiscal year 2023.

Hate speech generally is legal in the US, but the House GOP report released last month argues that federal law bars recipients of taxpayer funds from tolerating discrimination, allowing a way to force recipients to stiffen policies.

Anti-semitism is generally considered hate speech. But the actions of those who practiced it went far beyond some verbal bullying. There was physical harm involved against Jews generally, and Jewish students in particular.

In addition, while free speech is a right under our Constitution, Federal courts have found that non-citizens have fewer free speech rights than American citizens.

Foreigners who are found s guilty of such despicable acts should be deported immediately. And Americans who engaged in this violence must realize that free speech does not allow you to take away the rights of others.

Punishment of such heinous acts must be meaningful and enforced.

Appeals Letter

1/29/2025

From: Fnaname@zzz.com

To:Appeals@ fb.com

Re: Blocked Facebook Account

Hello,

On December 11, 2024, I was blocked by your Fact Checkers, for violating Community Standards and was told that we ban was in place for 180 days.

I am a blogger who has posted to Facebook since December, 2013, and only during this past election cycle was any of my blogs taken down for that cause.

Now, since your policy has changed by ridding your service of that censorship service, and will instead move to Community Notes, similar to X, I respectfully request that I am reinstated as soon as possible, so that I can continue to exercise my Free Speech.

Please advise what additional identification you may need from me.

Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to your reply.

Cordially,

Frank McHale

Getting a One-Time Chance For a Buy-Out

In a move to help motivate those employees who wanted to continue to work from home, the Trump Administration's personnel arm, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making a one-time offer via email to resign by February 6. If one does so, she or he will receive eight months of severance pay with benefits.

Fox News and other outlets reported this on Tuesday afternoon after the emails went out.

Common sense indicates that should one not exercise this option, he or she will be terminated for cause for not complying with the “Return To Work” executive order.

“After four years of incompetence and failure, President Donald Trump is committed to making our government efficient and productive again," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Tuesday.

“American taxpayers pay for the salaries of federal government employees and therefore deserve employees working on their behalf who actually show up to work in our wonderful federal buildings, also paid for by taxpayers.”

It is so refreshing to hear someone actually speak on behalf the American taxpayer and not try to justify the freeloading which was condoned by the last Administration.

The offer is recinded the morning of February 7, and anyone not exercising thi option would then be subject to termination.

Logically, if one sues the Trump Administration, no judge could rule against Trump because he offered a severance package.

We will see who is smart enough to take Option A.

Touching the Face of God

Do you remember where you were thirty-nine years ago? I was in Woodhaven, Queens, New York on a lunch break at my bank's Data Center learning a new computer system to ultimately teach to two banks.

 

But that isn’t why I remember that day. Instead, it was one of those days of infamy, like December 7, 1941, November 22, 1963, June 5/6, 1968 or September 11, 2001.

January 28, 1986 will be remembered when seven souls lifted off on a cold day from  and never came back alive.

Earlier, prior to the launch, there was concern that the temperature was too cold to attempt that day. But as the morning progressed, the decision was made to go.

At 11:38, the Challenger lifted off. Seventy-three seconds later, it was over.

Later that afternoon, a stunned nation heard from President Reagan when he said, “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.''

Please remember these heroes today.

DHS FINALLY Has a Leader Who Leads

If you had any doubt that Kristi Noem would be a pretty face sitting in DC as the DHS Secretary awaiting word of a raid to get bad guys, you are sadly mistaken. Secretary Noem went on a raid in the Bronx last night and proved she is a bad@$$!

 

She was present at the Ogden Avenue apartment, across from elementary school PS 11, aka the Highbridge School, when ICE, DEA and other DHS agents went in too take Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, a wanted ringleader of Tren de Aragua into custody.

“We are doing this right, doing exactly what President @realDonaldTrump promised the American people, making our streets safe. Live this AM from NYC. I’m on it,” Noem wrote on X (formerly Twitter) just before 5 AM.

“Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets,” she added.

If you recall, TdA is the Venezuelan gang which took over an entire building in Aurora, Colorado last year. Apparently, according to the New York Post, Pacheco made his way to the Bronx last summer.

The gangbanger, who sources described as a leader of the vicious Venezuelan gang in Aurora, had a warrant out on him for a slew of charges, including kidnapping, burglary and menacing, in Colorado.

Even if she never went on another raid again, Noem proved she was the proper person to lead DHS more than Alejandro Mayorkas ever would be. But, being the leader she is, she will be there again.

She earned her badge, and the respect of every Agent, two days into her job.

The Takers and Fakers Are Given an Economics Class by a Master

Given the mess that the Biden Regime placed America's economy over the last four years, it stands to reason that the Trump Administration put a pause on all grants, outlays and other disbursements, loans or obligations until the OMB and other entities review what was included. It is a temporary pause which seems reasonable.

 

The pause also includes new grants. However, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and “assistance paid directly to individuals’ are not impacted nor included in the temporary pause."

According to CNN, the pause is effective at 5 PM today. It marks the latest attempt by the Trump Administration to gain control of all Federal funding, including that which was already allocated by the Congress.

According to Acting Director Matthew Vaeth, “This temporary pause will give the Administration time to review all agency programs, and to determine the best uses of funding for these programs, consistent with the law and make certain it is in line with the President’s priorities.”

And, of course, all the Democrats and their pet entities were all aghast and alarmed that the President was exercising his discretion as the Chief Executive.

Senator Patty Murray and Representative Rosa DiLauro wrote a letter expressing their “extreme alarm” that President Trump would dare to exercise such a move.

And, Senator Schmuckie had to throw his two cents in, claiming, “Congress approved these investments and they are not optional. They are the law.” Schumer continued that this action is "breathtaking, unprecedented and will have huge consequences across the country.”

Too bad Schumer, Murray and other Democrats did not consider this when they were bankrupting the middle class with their Inflation Reduction Act, which increased the effects of inflation, or the Green New Deal, which gave rise to increased prices of gasoline and other high energy costs.

President Donald Trump studied Economics, built a successful business and knows a thing or two about spending money. Smartly, unlike these “takers and fakers” in the Congress.

Get a grip folks, as President Trump looks out for ALL Americans, not just the Democrats’ special interest groups.

Time To Replace the Incompetent Krazy Kat

Last week, when I discussed Governor Krazy Kat Hochul's budget in my commentary, Krazy Kat Is Slick and a Fool, I mentioned that she was going to take a surplus of $5Bn and give it away on “social” programs. 

And she bragged how safe the subways were under her tenure.

 

She also said  she would take $77MM to “fortify” security in the subways with her five-point plan (see chart).

But, Krazy Kat still hasn’t addressed two glaring issues which came to the forefront on Monday: the unworkable failures of “No Bail” and the growing homeless population due to lack of mental health treatment.

Early on Monday, as reported in the New York Post, an unidentified woman was pushed into an oncoming “A” Train at 175 Street by Markeese Brazelis, 26, who already has sex abuse and trespassing cases hanging over his head.

He was identified as homeless, and had been arrested and released TWICE in the last several weeks, including on December 21 and January 19. Both times he was released without posting bail.

Michael Kemper, the MTA’s chief security officer, was outraged that Brazelis was walking the streets after two recent run-ins with police.

“It’s beyond comprehension how this menace can be arrested two different times … only to be turned loose to cause more mayhem,” Kemper said in a statement Monday.

But actually, it isn’t, Chief Kemper. Not in Krazy Kat’s New York. She pays loads of lip service, first to say the subways are safe, and posts pictures of herself on social media in an empty train car, and then, thows a $77MM bandaid at the problem because she knows no one believes her.

But the problem will persist because she is an incompetent idiot, following the playbook outlined by the party bosses and social justice warriors.

Perhaps, if she took the $5Bn surplus to fix the mental health problem rampant among the homeless, rather than socialist giveaways to buy votes, that might help solve at least some of the problems.

Oh, and repeal the “no bail” law.

That would fix a huge problem, too. Criminals walk around with no fear of consequence, right now.

It is time for real action by a competent governor for New York because Krazy Kat ain’t it.

Wacha Gonna Do When ICE Comes for You?

It has been revealed that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with many other Governors and mayors, care about the rights of people like a CONVICTED criminal illegal alien, Sam Seda, a known CHILD sex offender, than about the rights of law-abiding citizens and LEGAL alien residents. 

Seda was picked up by ICE in Chicago and was interviewed by TV’s Dr Phil Mcgraw, who went along with Border Czar Tom Homan in a ride-along.

In an article which appeared in today's New York Post, Seda, a Thai national, smugly and openly admitted he was not a citizen.

Seda told McGraw that he recognized him from TV, but was dismissive of nearly everything else he was asked about his background.

Asked if he had ever been deported before, Seda replied “No”, before confirming that he had “been in the system before.”

Earlier, before going out with ICE, McGraw revealed that agents aimed to pick up 270 “high-value targets” around the Windy City.

“These are known criminals and terrorists. We’re talking about murderers, child traffickers, child rapists. We’re talking about bad actors, both in the countries they’ve come from, and since they’ve been here in the United States.”

ICE officials told Dr Phil that it partnered with the DOJ to “enhance targeted operations” in Chicago and elsewhere to preserve public safety but did not provide further details.

ICE will be continuing to forge ahead to rid cities of criminal illegals each day and night, without further notice. They know ICE is coming, and they have already received their prior warning.

They should pack and be ready to take the long trip home.

Never Forget the Holocaust

It was on this day, January 27, 1945, that Russian/Soviet troops took possession of the former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, freeing Jewish prisoners interned there and scheduled for extermination. There were also Poles, Russians and other ethnic groups housed in that camp, but the Jews were the majority.

 

Eighty years later, the world remembers this day, this time, with memorials to those who were slaughtered because a madman hated them. And sadly, people who feared reprisals against their own loved ones carried out these crimes against ALL humanity blindly. A total of 1.1MM people died at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

In 2005, the UN designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Today, many nations’ leaders and senior representatives will trek to the site, which remains standing because the Polish government will not allow Germany and the world forget what atrocities were committed on their soil without that nation’s consent.

The United States will send a delegation of twelve, led by Special Middle East Envoy, Steve Witkoff and Commerce Secretary Nominee Howard Lutnick as American representatives to the memorial. Russia, whose troops actually liberated the camp, will not be in attendance due to its continued war with Ukraine.

King Charles, President Macron and Prime Minister Trudeau will represent their respective countries. In addition, kings and queens, etc, from other European countries will be present.

Polish President Andrzej Duda, whose nation lost 6 million citizens during the war, placed a candle at the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed, among them Poles who resisted the occupation of their country. He was surrounded by elderly survivors of the camp assisted by family members.

It is a solemn day and the focus is about the tragedy. It certainly is not a day for celebration.

The message still must be shouted to all: Never Forget!

The Round-Ups and Deportations Are Moving Right Along

Two events concerning the removal of illegals were reported on Sunday afternoon. And both are great.

 

The first has two parts. Part 1. The US sent two military planes filled with illegals to Colombia. The Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, denied permission for the planes to land, claiming that repatriation had to be done in a dignified manner.

When It was reported that the planes were refused, President Trump IMMEDIATELY slapped 25% tariffs on all Colombian products and canceled visas of all Colombian citizens and diplomats. He then said tarriffs would be increased to 50% by Friday.

Part 2. Two hours after Trump’s announcement, Petro not only acquiesced to Trump’s demands, he even offered up the official Colombian presidential plane to help shuttle migrants back to the country, calling it a response to “the Government’s commitment to guarantee decent conditions.”

That ended THAT.

The other event was reported late Sunday afternoon, as well. However, it happened on Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

Federal agents rounded dozens of members of Tren de Aragua in an overnight raid on a “makeshift nightclub” in Denver, after the vicious Venezuelan prison gang terrorized the city and the suburb of Aurora.

Included in the bust were at least fifty gang members, cash, weapons, guns and drugs, including Tusi or “pink cocaine,” a powerful narcotic that the gang has played a major role in distributing across the US.

All in all, President Trump is proving there are no more second chances and his program to rid our nation of criminal illegals is moving forward. And surely, there is no way Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro will dare try to pull off the same stunt that Petro tried to pull.

The world is coming to know that President Donald Trump is NOT Dementia Joe.

Happy New Year and Like a Snake

On Wednesday, with the rising of New Moon, the next Lunar New Year will begin. It will be, in Chinese lore, the Year of the Snake.

 

The Snake has both good and bad qualities associated with it.

Some of the most common foods for your carnivore are mice and rats.

Some of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples venerate snakes as guardian spirits, and while the island is home to species potentially deadly to humans, including vipers and cobras, deaths are rare given the wide availability of anti-venom.

The Asian zodiac is divided into twelve-year cycles, in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and finally Pig. In Vietnam, however, the Year of the Rabbit is celebrated as the Year of the Cat, due to the similar sounding name for Rabbit and Cat in Vietnamese.

Foods to eat? Why, festive cakes and puddings! And noodles, of course. For some people, they will enjoy a variety of delectable Asian Fusion meals including Sweet and Sour Chicken or Pork, Teriyaki Steak, Moo Goo Gai Pan, Fried Rice, Lo Mein, and that old stand by, Wonton Soup.

Red is the color of the season and the sound of firecrackers fill the air. Why? Because according to legend, these protect you from Nian, the underwater beast with sharp teeth and horns which will crawl out of the sea onto the land and attack the local village.

And finally, this year on February 12, the fifteen-day celebration is done, with the Lantern Festival, which welcomes the first Full Moon of the year, the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. It is a Joyous Day, sometimes called Chinese Valentines Day, because young girls were allowed to go out and admire the lanterns of the young boys.

So, get ready to celebrate the coming Lunar New Year and treat your snake with kindness. Don’t slink or slither away in fear. It is, after all, his year to shine.

Happy New Year!

Calling Out Hypocrisy With Shock and Awe

President Trump made a promise during his campaign to rid the nation of criminal illegals. And thus far, he has kept his word. In fact, within days of his election, he named Tom Homan as his Border Czar.

 

Today, Vice President JD Vance was asked about it and that ICE was now authorized to arrest illegals in churches, schools and other previously deemed “sanctuary” areas and locations. He was not afraid to place the blame on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops for its criticism of the policy.

“As a practicing Catholic, I was actually heartbroken by that statement,” Vance, 40, told CBS News’ Face the Nation.

“I think that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognize that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants. Are they worried about humanitarian concerns? Or are they actually worried about their bottom line?” he asked.

“If they’re worried about the humanitarian costs of immigration enforcement, let them talk about the children who have been sex trafficked because of the wide open border of Joe Biden,” he added of the Catholic group.

Blunt and to the point. Conservatives calling out this hypocrisy over this issue makes liberals, Democrats and the media cringe because the Vice President and others are speaking the truth.

Biden and his regime did not really care about the children because, if they did, they would have done DNA testing as they allowed so many "families" to cross to make certain the children were really part of the family unit.

And as for the Pope and anyone else who feels it necessary to criticize what the Trump Administration is doing now, you maintained your silence while this was happening over the last four years. So, please sit down and shut up.

Also, today it was revealed that ICE will be joined in Chicago by other Federal agencies to continue to clean up that city of criminal illegals.

These will include agents from the FBI, ATF, CBP, DEA, the US Marshall Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Shock and Awe? It surely is, to say the least. At WARP Speed. It is time to give America back to law-abiding citizens and return illegal criminals back to their countries.

President Trump promised he would do this and he is, with lightening speed, keeping his word.

Being Early and On Time Is a Sign of Maturity

For people who really know me, there are several creeds I follow each day of my life. Some are religious, some are philosophical, and some are even spiritual. Many, of course, are secular.

But there is one which is my overriding mantra, one which my children and siblings have heard forever. One which governed my approach to business, which I preached to my employees when it was offended or broken. One, actually, I included in several of my books, as the protagonist was required to recite when it was necessary to be be said to fit the circumstance to the story.

Early is on time; on time is late; and late is unacceptable.

Why is this a topic today? Well, in Saturday’s afternoon edition of, you guessed it, the New York Post, an article discussed why Gen-Z, or as I call them, I-Gens (because they were born as we saw the rise of Intel, the Internet, I-Pods, I-Pads, the I-Phone, etc), have a cavalier attitude to punctuality and lateness. Perhaps it is that our society has migrated to “flex-time” at work, due to changing societal norms or COVID, working from home or even being just “fashionably late”.

While the I-Gens seem notoriously earmarked as the reason, maybe due to immaturity, this attitude has filtered down through all the demographics. It seems only the "Boomers" and the decreasing aged "Greatest Generation" are impervious to this phenomenon.

A meager 14% of employees cite tardiness as an irritating office behavior, according to a survey of 1,000 workers conducted by the job recruitment company Monster.

Many white-collar workers are now glued to their smartphones around the clock, meaning they can communicate with colleagues via email or tools such as Teams and Slack, even while they’re commuting into the office for one of their mandated “in-person days.”

But in the end, this attitude seems to convey lack of maturity and disrespect. Disrespect for your employer, your colleagues, your family members and your friends. You don’t care about the value of THEIR time when you are late.

But most of all, it is a sign of disrespect to the value of YOUR time. Isn’t your time worth something to YOU?

I conveyed this in a book I wrote in 2021 called I Am A Paperback Writer, where the protagonist became annoyed with two people who walked in late to a seminar and blew it off when they said, “Sorry, traffic.” He replied, “How do you think I got here? Helicopter?”

That came from a real-life experience from my own life when I was teaching a mortgage class on Mondays. And I felt I, and my students, had been disrespected by these two other colleagues. I was definitely annoyed.

Perhaps, being early for an appointment or work, or whatever, may seem trifling and a bit invasive of a few minutes of YOUR time. But it shows you convey respect for THEIR time.

And ultimately, being early and on time is truly a sign of respect for YOURS, too.

Another Pillar Is Erected

In a much less contentious nomination process and Senate vote, Governor Kristi Noem from South Dakota was confirmed today as the new Homeland Security Secretary, by a vote of 59 to 34. Six Democrats, including John Fetterman and Elissa Slotkin, joined with fifty-three Republicans to confirm.

 

This was good for bringing the Senate together in a bi-partisan way after the vote to confirm Secretary Pete Hegseth.

As reported in the New York Post, she promised to restore Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy, and shutter the parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, which she said gives migrants a free trip to the US, courtesy of Uncle Sam.

“There’s several of these programs that need to be eliminated, and we need to ensure that we’re following legal immigration laws.”

She will work with Border Czar Tom Homan as the DHS is responsible for securing the border, supervising the Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, TSA and the Secret Service. In total, over 260,000 employees work for DHS.

With Secretary Noem’s confirmation, President Trump has now in place four important pillars supporting his National Security policies; State, Defense, CIA and Homeland.

Hopefully, by the end of the month, we will see many more appoints confirmed and finally in place.

When Reasonableness Governs Reasonable Decisions

The State Department announced yesterday, as reported by CNN, that it was halting the payment of foreign aid for ninety days. Good.

While the outlays of funds via the US Agency for International Development (USAID) accounts for very little of the overall US budget expenses, it is time to re-evaluate the need of many of the recipients. Some are truly needy; but some have grown accustomed to America's largesse when we can’t even afford to care for ourselves.

It amounts to billions of dollars each year which WE borrow only to give it all away. Here is one idea. How about if those countries go to the country (read China) and see if they will give it away directly without the US being the middle man and incur unnecessary debt for someone else.

And how about, instead, we stop giving it to countries who align against us while gladly running out with our tax dollars. After all, if they hate us already, then they can hate us for free. Yes?

We don’t need to pay them to hate us. Or while they vote against the hand that feeds them.

In the coming month, the Trump Administration will review if assistance is "aligned with President Trump's foreign policy agenda." Seems like a reasonable approach.

"Decisions to continue, modify ot terminate programs will be made following this review," as stated in a memorandum from SecState Rubio within a reasonable time frame. And reason dictates that eighty-five days is sufficient time to reasonably decide.

It is amazing when reasonableness enters into the decision-making process. It seems most reasonable.

Then, reasonable people will reveal their decisions and the reasons for why they were made.

Confirming a Battle-Worn Soldier to Lead the DoD

In his first official role as Vice President, JD Vance cast the deciding vote for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

 

Despite all the roadblocks Democrats put up against him, and despite the actions of three RINO fossils, Hegseth is now positioned to clean up the damage that his predecessor created following the orders of a demented old man by repairing those disasters.

No one has a problem anyone questioning Secretary Hegseth for the issues which came to light during the last two months. But the hypocrisy that some Senators showed was amazing.

What characters of virtue do any of these people have more than others? They are no more qualified than any of us to hold their special positions, other than they has financial backing and support to get elected.

Does Senator Warren or Senator Murkowski hold some moral high ground to which we are not aware? They both have skeletons and misdeeds they buried in their closets.

And how about it, Senator Kaine? Was it morally acceptable that it was OK to run as Vice President with the Benghazi Backstabber who deleted 33,000 emails? Or, how about petulant Moscow Mitch? Was he always pure and saintly? There is no halo atop his head.

No. These Senators had no business asking the questions they did. So self-righteously? None had the right to pick up the stone and throw it. But they did.

Fortunately, fifty Senators looked at themselves and realized they were not without sin and decided they were no better than Hegseth to not vote for him. And the Vice President agreed with them.

The Secretary promised to begin fixing and cleaning up the nightmare caused by the last administration. He, at least, deserves a chance to prove himself capable.

And knowing what President Trump expects, he will be held accountable fairly quickly. His  first order of business is to evaluate those presently in the highest positions and reset the morale of all who serve. 

Just like the Congress, the decay in leadership on the Armed Services must be cleansed and removed immediately.

How a President Is Supposed to Lead

While the post that President Trump would be taking $2 Billion earmarked for illegal immigrant housing may be satire (it is still unclear), what he announced Friday in North Carolina is not.

 

In Friday evening's online edition of the New York Post, it was reported that the President doubled and tripled down, telling a roundtable of federal and local officials that he will be “signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly, that FEMA’s not good.”

He also said, “Earlier this month, the Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of contemporary housing into freezing 20 degree weather,” Trump told assembled survivors in the severely damaged town of Swannanoa.

“I don’t know how they did that one because it was cold, even while your government provided shelter and housing for illegal aliens from all over the world. But under the Trump administration, the days of betrayal and neglect are over.”

He has appointed Michael Whatney, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and North Carolina resident, to lead federal recovery efforts in his home state from Helene, which killed more than 230 people and unleashed devastating flooding in late September.

He will also have Congress provide direct funding to the state and will have permitting requirements bypassed in order to “just get it done” the way it used to be. And he offered this in closing, “I guarantee that.”

Now that is how leaders lead… by saying it, doing it and taking ownership of it.

What anti-Trump group will dare take him to court over THAT?

Trump Meets With Newsom To Bail Out California

In a paraphrase of a line from the play, Oliver!, the New York Post began its Friday night edition of the article discussing President Trump’s visit to California sardonically placing Govenor Newsom in the title role pleading, “Please, Don, may I have some more?”

The Governor appeared to be the contrite child looking at his Daddy as he made nice with the President. And President Trump seemed very classy, with no recriminations expressed how the Governor was handling the disaster in his State.

“I appreciate the governor coming out and meeting me, Gavin,” Trump told reporters on the tarmac, after Newsom said Thursday night he would be there to welcome the President despite not having been officially invited.

“We’ll be talking a little bit. We want to get it fixed. We want to get the problem fixed. And there will be some ways,” the President added. He also indicated that California was hit by a bomb, comparing to cities in Europe during WWII.

It certainly was not a love fest, by anyone’s imagination. But both men carried the day with respect. And isn’t that what they are supposed to do in a time of crisis?

In the end, there was friendly bantering by both men. The Governor flattered Trump to the assembled media, hours after the President suggested that federal aid to rebuild the Golden State would be granted on the a “condition” of state legislators first requiring IDs to vote in the state.

 “We will, we’re going to get it done," said Newsom.

Trump concurred, later adding,  “We will get it permanently fixed so it can’t happen again.”

To which, Newsom replied, “I have all the confidence in the world we’ll work that out.”

Not too much criticism can the media make of that, can it?

Cya - And Don't You Come Back No More!

This is one example of the thousands of illegal immigrants who were sent back to their original countries. The unnamed person, the Haitian gangster who defiantly yelled “F–k Trump, Biden forever!” claimed he was “not going back to Haiti,” when he was picked up during immigration raids.

 

But Tom Homan, new Border Czar, as reported in the New York Post replied, “Well, he’s wrong. He’s going back to Haiti, I can tell you that.”

And so are more people every day.

ICE is sweeping through the country like a blizzard, especially in cities like New York, Boston, Chicago and Denver to gather the worst of the worst and get them the hell outta here. As fast as the trucks can drive and the planes can fly.

Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" in the United States were arrested Thursday and hundreds of others were flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Trump's promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors." Tren de Aragua is a violent gang that started in Venezuela and has now started to spread into the US.

Meanwhile, a defense official said there had been two flights overnight. Both went to Guatemala, according to two sources. A Guatemalan migration official said three flights have arrived: A flight from El Paso, with eighty people, arrived early Friday morning. Another flight from Tucson, which also carried eighty people, arrived at around 7 AM, and a third flight from El Paso with around 105 people arrived Friday afternoon.

Leavitt stated, "The Trump Administration also deported hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals via military aircraft. The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway."

Make no mistake. President Trump was not making empty promises to get elected. He is tired of the BS which has gone on over the last four years. And he knows Americans are, too.

There is a new Sheriff in town and his Border Czar is carrying out his marching orders, starting with the Haitian gangster.

An Executive Order Provides For Common Sense

At the beginning of COVID in late 2020, early 2021, most companies and government agencies made accommodations to allow remote access to jobs and schools, etc. Kids learned from home on the computer, business meetings were conducted on Zoom or Meet, and remote access was given to employees to company mainframes and networks.

 

But now, almost five years later, most entities realize that this is not necessary since the pandemic is done. So Chase, Amazon, Walmart and others have now issued “return to full time office” requirements, giving reasonable return dates for employees to be in compliance. Failure to do so may jeopardize future employment.

Prior to leaving office, former President Biden issued an executive order granting Federal employees until 2029 to return to the office. As you know, as part of the flurry of EO's President Trump issued, that order was canceled, and directed, instead, for all Federal/Executive departments to follow the updated EO, as reported by Fox Business and other media sources.

"Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary," the order reads.

Agencies must begin the move to fully in-person work by 5 p.m. on Friday, the order stated.

One of those initiatives was ending remote work and viewing the requirement that federal workers return to the office as a way of spurring voluntary layoffs. Why should the taxpayers foot the bill for those who have enjoyed this benefit long after almost everyone else has returned to their jobs to work in person?

And, so many others snickered as they bragged about being “coffee-badgers”, those who punched in via their badge or other method to be seen by other employees and then just go home? It doesn’t seem right, does it?

So, if an employee does not return to work by the required date, they will have been considered to have resigned, with no further obligation to pay additional benefits by the government.

Obviously, there are some who are wringing their hands about this order. And surely, they will try to stop it via a court order. But they will lose.  Then, they should be forced to pay all legal fees to give restitution to the government. And the taxpayers.

But ultimately, the working of government for the people is now being restored because a President has used common sense.

Trump's Executive Order on the Three Infamous Assassination Coverups

It was reported late on Thursday by USA Today, the New York Post and other media outlets that President Trump signed an EO to release all remaining data on the JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations. He is giving a timeline of fifteen days for the Attorney General and Director of National Intellegence to comply on the JFK files and forty-five days on the RFK and MLK files.

It would seem reasonable once these Cabinet officials are confirmed. Presently, Democrats are obstructing Tulsi Gabbard and Pam Biondi's hearings from moving forward based on political objections.

There are many, including me, who believe the government, both Republican and Democrat administrations, have not been forthcoming over the years as it drip-feeds information. We have been deemed conspiracy theorists, but we have reason to believe the government lies to protect its own self-interests. All the time, and delays releasing the information, hoping we will just go away.

But we won’t. We, instead, can handle the truth who killed these men, these American leaders, who promised to guide us to a better place. Where there would be Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men and Women, no matter who they were.

Since the release of the Warren Commission Report, I have never believed that one lone, misguided weakling masterminded the assassination. It is too implausible. And the entire document reads now like a work of fiction.

Bad fiction, at that. I mean, three bullets, one missed and the other two did all that damage? PLEASE!

I learned from that report that while l could love my country, I have never trusted my government. And that belief was reinforced by the MLK assassination report, the RFK assassination report, the 9/11 Commission Report and so many other lies the government has tried to spin.

So, I look forward to see what Tulsi and Pam finally reveal. I pray it will be the truth.

After all, a sixty-two year track record of lies cannot continue to be covered up. Can it?