Will Justice Be Served?

​The die may have been cast last week for the disgraced Dr Anthony Fauci. But unlike most Democrats and those others on the left, or even Republicans looking for some sense of COVID justice, that die was cast only by that doctor of perversity by his own hubris. In his diaries.

He has been subpoenaed by three state attorneys general who are investigating whether he promulgated health guidance for “personal profit.”

Florida AG James Ultheimer has joined an investigation, along with AGs from Louisiana, Liz Murill, and West Virginia, John McCluskey, into Dr Fauci, former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director, following Fauci’s explosive decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right and not answer any questions during a congressional hearing last  Wednesday.

“Fauci’s lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable. My office is launching an investigation into Dr. Fauci. It’s past time we get the truth of what happened during COVID,” Uthmeier wrote in a Wednesday post on X.

“Fauci’s diary focused more on self-promotion than the legitimate safety concerns from the mRNA vaccines. While Fauci was pushing for book deals, awards, and fortune and fame, Floridians were being deceived and harmed by his misrepresentations.”

The request followed Sen. Rand Paul’s release last month of Fauci’s personal diaries, which had been made between 2019 and 2022 and preserved on government computers at the Department of Health and Human Services.

“What we know already is Fauci lied, we just don’t know yet how much,” Murrill claimed. “But he lied about something as basic as keeping a diary.”

To top all of this off, Senator Rand Paul’s Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines Thursday to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions about the prize money, COVID lockdowns, US funding for so-called “gain of function” research on viruses, or the possible origins of the pandemic.

The chairman is seeking to have the contempt resolution certified by Vice President JD Vance in his role as president of the Senate, forgoing a full chamber vote and delivering the request for prosecution directly to DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office.

Sometimes, one must learn patience to see how events play out over the long term. Maybe this will be one of those times.

A Special Stearns Song

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Now that the MLB Trade Deadline is in the rear view mirror, we can look to see what the result portends for the Mets. It is ugly.

During the last off-season, Boy Genius  Stearns gave away the core of the team, in Alonso, McNeil, Diaz and Nimmo. To replace them, he brought back Peralta, Semien, Bichette and Polanco.

Well, Peralta is gone now, Polanco has been absent and both Semien and Bichette have had sub-par performance. All of them will be free agents at the end of this season.

And while the Boy Wonder has made a proclamation that the deadline moves have a return of players who would help the Mets compete in 2027, any knowledgable fan knows he is blowing smoke and is hoping you can’t smell or see it.

By the way, it is rumored that it was Peralta who managed to broker the peace between Lindor and Soto, who made no secret they disliked or disrespected each other. And, poof! now he is gone.

Good move, Smart@$$!

So, we can cheer Benge, Ewing, McLean and maybe Thornton to give us some shining moments, and perhaps, witness one or all of them in the Rookie of the Year battles in November. And watch as Carlos Beltran has his number retired in September, 

But for the rest of this lost season, it will take a miracle to win 70 games. At least the season can’t be as bad as 1962, 1963, 1964, 1977, or 1993. Can it? We hope not,

And as for the Boy Genius, with his smug grin, maybe it time to sing a special song as he thinks about packing his bags to send him off to the sunset.

How does “Nananana, Heyheyhey, Goodbye” sound?

As always, Let’s Go Mets!

Calling Out Iran’s Latest Scam

​Do you remember when you were a child playing a game called chicken? You know, when you were dared to do something, and when you didn’t, you were called “Chicken”?

Or, as an adult, a reckless dare where two drivers speed directly toward each other or down the center line of a road. The driver who swerves or brakes first is publicly mocked as the coward ("chicken").

Or, political standoffs, such as budget battles or nuclear deterrence (like the Cuban Missile Crisis), where nations push to the brink of conflict hoping the other blinks first.

Now, the Islamic Regime flat-out rejected President Trump’s claim that new negotiations were due to get underway later Monday, with officials stating that no talks were taking place or scheduled.

Trump told reporters en route to Washington Sunday night that he had called off a planned “massive attack” on Iran at the request of US partners in the region, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.

“They thought that a deal is imminent,” said the president, later adding: “Now what we’re doing is talking to them [Iran], in the form of a ​negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon.”

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei claimed Monday that no negotiations with the US were in prospect and Tehran had no plans to host any foreign delegations or send negotiators abroad in the coming days.

It is becoming apparent that the Occupying Regime of Iran is playing a long game of “chicken”, betting that they can outlast the Trump administration, that they can return to a time before Trump, and continue unfettered its terrorist ways both inside and outside Iran.

Monday’s developments appeared to fit a pattern that has emerged since Trump launched “Operation Epic Fury” alongside Israel more than five months ago. On several occasions, Trump has threatened military action only to later cite diplomatic contacts as a reason for stepping back.

Iran, however, has publicly rejected negotiations with Washington since a June memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict collapsed in early July.

It is time to call the Regime for what it is: Scam.

The Coming Iranian Liberation

​It may be weeks, or even days, when we wake up to find that the Iranian citizens have risen up to take back the country from the Regime and the IRGC, which have occupied and had taken the Iranians hostage back in 1979. Soon enough, the rats will scurry away, hoping to find friendlier countries to grant them asylum.

The streets of Iran are near a breaking point over public executions, economic collapse and a war that’s been raging on for more than five months, anti-regime figures in Tehran told several American reporters.

“A revolution can happen any day now, people want revenge,” a protest leader said, referring to the regime’s brutal January crackdown that President Trump said killed 52,000 people.

An independent journalist active in the Iranian underground said that preparations are already being made for the next uprising, and that activists from all walks of life are determined to make a final, decisive blow against the regime.

“We’re studying the protests from January, determining what tactics worked and which didn’t; we’re analyzing maps to determine the safest and most dangerous areas to congregate,” the journalist said.

Small groups are working clandestinely to procure firearms to distribute to demonstrators, utilizing guns stored in certain private homes and smuggled from abroad, the protest leader claimed. They did not specify who would be providing these weapons.

It certainly seems like a “day of reckoning” will soon be upon Iran and the world. And it is time for American critics of the war to shut up and take a seat, so that the Iranians can finally know that all Israelis and Americans support the goals to liberate Iran from the tyrants which are destroying their country.

Much like our forefathers needed and achieved 250 years ago.

One Man Asks “Mea Culpa”

​One MUST give credit when a critic apologizes for a previously held position when he is faced with piece of evidence which contradicts his previously held beliefs.

ESPN personality Stephen A Smith issued a shocking on-air apology to Kyrie Irving for blasting the much-maligned NBA superstar’s refusal to comply with mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, which derailed the Brooklyn Nets’ 2021-22 season.

Smith interrupted his scheduled vacation Friday after watching Dr Anthony Fauci deflect questions from Congress about the origins of the pandemic by pleading the 5th Amendment, saying he “felt compelled” to issue a “mea culpa” to Irving who was ruthlessly shamed for deciding against getting the COVID shot.

 “I watched Dr. Fauci on Capitol Hill yesterday and the person I thought about most was Kyrie Irving,” said Stephen A.

“There’s several people that we all owe apologies to, and I’ll put myself at the front of the list, but none more so than the apology that I owe to Kyrie Irving,” the 58-year-old said at the start of his near 20-minute monologue.

“The reality is that Kyrie Irving, no matter what we think, may have been more right than we have given him credit for and unquestionably was more vilified than he deserved. And ladies and gentleman, it starts with me,” Smith continued.

“We saw vaccine mandates and booster mandates and you know distancing stipulations and mask mandates and all of this other stuff. And along the way, there were a select few individuals in the world of sports especially that stood up and said, ‘Nah, I’m not down for this,’” Smith recounted.

It takes a brave man to say publicly “Mea Culpa”, knowing he will be criticized for reversing his long-held position. He knows he may lose ratings and is williing to sacrifice them in order to maintain his integrity.

But reasonable people will respect him  for admitting he made a mistake. I certainly do.

Meandering Through the Year

​Today is July 31. We are 2/3 through Meteorological summer, almost 70% through the baseball season, not including the playoffs and World Series, and 1/3 through the Atlantic Basin hurricane season.

Oh, and graduations and those parties have been celebrated for High School and College graduates.

For many of us, some are looking forward to Fall and Winter. And for some of us, we wish it were Spring and Summer all the year long.

We are experiencing one of the craziest summers on record, with each day giving us something to talk about. Whether it is “feels like” 110* in Florida, endless rainy, cloudy days on Long Island, or pleasant days on the West Coast, we all have something to say.

As well, we are well into the Midterm Primary Season, with the final primaries wrapping up by September 9 in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Then, we can look forward to the November 3 General Election.

We are about a month away from the start of the 2026 NFL season, where all teams start off with an equal chance of competing for a playoff berth. But by Halloween, we will have a better look at which teams may succeed to achieve for the prize.

And then, suddenly, the 2026 Holiday Season will be upon us, with Christmas music filling the airwaves right after Election Day. Which will be the sound we hear through Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Finally, we will welcome 2027, with the hope we will again have a Happy New Year.

And Welcome August First!

The Abuse of the Fifth Amendment

“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question on the grounds it might incriminate me.”

​After watching the Senate-Fauci hearings today, one can say that the good Doctor invoked the Fifth Amendment more times than any Mafia figure in American history. 

This Amendment was written by James Madison in order to prevent the government from forcing a person to give evidence against themselves or face trial twice for the same crime. Congress added the phrase "in any criminal case" to limit self-protection rules to criminal trials rather than civil ones.But it was not a “get out of jail free” card.

Unfortunately, people who are guilty of the crimes for which they are accused, use this Amendment indiscriminately to the point of madness. This is abuse of the purpose of the Amendment.

Eventually, a Mafia Don or his subordinates generally will be found guilty of the crimes for which they are accused. Also, most criminals when offered immunity, will answer questions without fear of indictment, even if his answer would otherwise incriminate him.

However, Dr Fauci, who held a Presidential pardon in his pocket, decided to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights over SEVENTY times. This was his narcissistic way of obstructing justice on a whole level of self-preservation reasons.

But, instead, the die may be cast for Fauci to be held in Contempt on Congress. . Deservedly so. We The People have the right to know what happened, from soups to nuts, to cause the disaster known as COVID-19.

What he did was to abuse our rights under the Fifth amendment to save his own skin.