Why Democrats Need To End Their Failing Shutdown

Whether you support the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agency or not, apparently Senator Schmuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats have, once again, shut down the government over an issue which has been funded through 2029.

Instead, the shutdown over DHS funding is impacting the Department's funding for all its agencies EXCEPT Border Security and ICE. TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA,  Cyber Security, the Secret Service and other agencies within the department are impacted.

The impact has affected airport security, help for those looking for relief from natural disasters, like weather, fire, floods and other losses, interruption of internet and other cyber-related services and maintaining security for industries like fishing, sailing and currency protection against counterfeiting, and other functions.

Most of the current shutdown  impacts the daily lives of Americian citizens, you know, VOTERS, who will choose the entire House of Representative and one-third of the Senate in November. This will play out as a a bad strategy for Schumer and his cronies if it continues into the Spring and Summer.

And considering that the display of Democrats in attendance at the recent State of the Union address, when President Trump asked Members of Congress to stand if they supported American citizens, and Democrats remained seated, it was a visual display of the disdain they have for us. Nothing they could say would erase that image.

So, ultimately, their shutdown over ICE is beginning to backfire against the Democrats, especially since the shutdown does not affect ICE and CBP funding for another four years. Even after the reassignment of Former Secretary Kristi Noem to another position, which was a serious concern, seems to be a non-starter.

It appears that Schumer and his cohorts are acting like spoiled children who have picked up their  marbles (or lost them) because they aren't getting their way. Such petulance!

With the rise of the threat of domestic terrorism, as witnessed by the terrorist attacks this past weekend at Gracie Mansion in New York, and the terrorism on a Southwest Airlines flight which made an emergency landing in Atlanta, should make all of us protest against the continued stupidity by the Democrats to stop with their failed tantrums. And do their damned jobs by stopping their childish crap.

And finally stand up and work with President Trump and their Republican counterparts to work for the AMERICAN people they were elected to represent.

Or risk becoming a party which could join the Whigs in the pile of  failed American political parties.

What Time Is It?

 

Daylight Savings Time is upon us once again. Whether you love it or hate it, we know it signifies the ending of winter.

And what a winter we had! Snow, cold, wind felt in all parts of the country. Two major snow storms in the Northeast. Along with record-setting cold temperatures all through the country, including Florida. Joined by higher than normal winds and gusts 

But; today it is 64* in New York, 86* in Central Florida, 65* in Dallas, 87* in Los Angeles and 56* in Chicago. Seems so long ago, like two weeks ago. we complained how cold it was!

Not TODAY!

Instead, we had sunrise well after 7:30 this morning and we will have sunset at almost 8PM in some parts of America. Saweet!! 

Yes. While we are going ro soon enjoy some really nice days, soft breezes and beautiful, later sunsets, we will eventually get some hotter, more humid temperatures. And we will complain about those.

However, on those days, unlike the days we had in January and February, when we could not get warm, we will be able to to cool ourselves off in the pool, the air conditioning or under a sprinkler to find our comfort level. And remember how cold we were in February.

So, Happy Daylight Savings and all that is to come over the next seven months or so. And know that right after Halloween, we get to change the clocks, again.

The Time. It just keeps on moving along.

The Great Anti-Freedom Appeasers

In September, 1938, after watching Adolph Hitler continue to dismantle Europe in his quest to achieve Nazi dominance over the continent, British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain met with the Nazi dictator in Munich to resolve the “Sudetenland” problem, which Hitler claimed as German within Czechoslovakia. His stated goal was to “free oppressed Germans” held captive within that country.

After meeting in Munich on September 29 and 30, Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain signed the agreement, while Czechoslovak representatives were excluded. Chamberlain returned to London with the signed agreement, believing he was successful to stop Hitler in his tracks.

​He was quoted as saying, "My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time".

On October 1, Nazi forces began occupying the contested area, and within weeks, all of Czechoslovakia was absorbed into Nazi Germany. Less than one year later, Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and World War II had begun.

Until now, he was known as the "Appeaser-In-Chief" for his conduct leading into WWII.

Now, he is finally removed from his sole ignominious place in history and has been joined by Senator Chuck Schumer and the Democrat Party for continuing to attempt to prevent President Trump from freeing Iran from the grip of the modern-day Nazi Party, the IRGC. And this is after we all witnessed  that tyrannical, Islamist regime killing over 30,000 of its own citizens since December 28.

In his speech, Schumer slammed Secretary Hegseth for appearing "gleeful about going to war" following US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Schumer argued this language is not how a responsible military leader speaks and proceeded to call for the Senate to pass a resolution enforcing the War Powers Act.

He also pushed for the Senate to pass an additional resolution to the War Powers Act, ensuring Congress retains its constitutional role in authorizing conflict.

However, he ignored that all Presidents since the Act was  passed in 1973 have incurred military action WITHOUT asking the Congress to micromanage their actions, since, while complying with the guidelines within the Act; each President has considered the Act Unconstitutional and in violation of Article II, Section 2, as Commander-In-Chief.

But. He conveniently ignored the reasons why Israel and the US attacked Iran: That country has fomented terror throughout the region for forty-seven years, has ignored continued world-wide protests in its quest to become a nuclear force, has indiscriminately killed  Americans, Israelis and others without regard to life, and of course, the brutality the Ayatollah and his henchmen foisted on the Iranian opposition to his cruelty.

All to appease and pander to the Socialists, Marxists, Neo-Nazis and Islamists who have captured the party of JFK and Truman, the last Democrat Presidents who actually loved our country. And wanted ALL people in ALL nations to live with the freedoms WE cherish and take for granted.

Thus, the Senator joins Chamberlain as the purveyors of international folly to appease those who wish to deny freedom to others, while he pays lip service to "world peace". What a fool not to recognize how history repeats itself when stupidity overtakes common sense!

It is time for Schumer and his pro-Islamist wing of a once-proud party to join Chamberlain and his pro-Nazi wing of his party into the dustbin of history.

Where all losers who oppose freedom and liberty belong.

When Will the Gilgo Beach Victims Get Justice?

A name we haven't seen lately in the news is alleged serial killer, Rex Heuermann. We thought he was done and over.

The accused Gilgo Beach serial killer contacted at least SIXTY sex workers more than 500 times in the four years leading up to his 2023 arrest, prosecutors alleged in a Tuesday court filing that provides the most detailed account of the case against the Massapequa Park resident to date.

Heuermann’s "modern day use of burner phones to patronize prostitutes is probative ... of [his] modus operandi," Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Andrew Lee wrote in the motion filed Tuesday.

The filing comes as prosecutors faced a court-imposed deadline to respond to a defense motion seeking to suppress evidence at trial, including search warrants used to obtain cellphone and email data for accounts Heuermann allegedly created in the years after his alleged crimes. Heuermann, 62, of Massapequa Park, is set to stand trial in September for seven killings he is alleged to have committed between 1993 and 2010.

Lead Heuermann defense attorney Michael Brilown, of Central Islip, said he had not yet had an opportunity to fully review the district attorney’s response, which was submitted to the court minutes before the close of business Tuesday, and he declined to comment late Tuesday night.

Prosecutors ultimately argued that State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei should deny all nine suppression requests Heuermann made in a January 13 filing.

Lost in all this legal gamesmanship by both the defense and prosectors are the rights of the dead victims. The defense is claiming the rights of Heuermann are paramount, while the prosecution is fighting to get the trials over and done.

And sadly, after that is said and done, thirteen girls (at least) are still dead. And no amount of court fighting over Heuerman's constitutional rights will bring ny of them back.

Or give peace to those the deceased left behind.

I wonder how quickly Michael Brown would be fighting for Heuermann if he killed any of HIS family?

It isn't circumstantial evidence which is being argued. Heuermann's DNA was found on several victims.

Time to wrap it up. 

The Elusive Blood Moon

Those of us who set our clocks to wake up early this morning were witness to a sight we will not see again in the United States until December 31, 2028.

The "Blood Moon" is a total Lunar Eclipse which occurs when Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the satellite’s surface and causing it to appear crimson, according to NASA.

This eclipse is the last of three consecutive total lunar eclipses, said Dr C Alex Young, associate director for science communication in the heliophysics science division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The first of these total lunar eclipses occurred in March, 2025 and the second took place last September.

It was certainly one to behold for essentially one-third of the Earth's population, as it was seen in North and South America, the Pacific Islsnds, Australia and a large swath of Asia. 

Even when it is not a blood moon, the March full moon goes by many names, which can reflect seasonal changes or animals, according to the Farmers Almanac. Some of these are the "worm moon" and the "snow crust  moon".

This year, sky-gazers will get to see two full moons in May, making thirteen full moons for the year. Because a full moon happens every 29.5 days and most months are longer than that, sometimes two full moons occur in one month, creating the "blue moon" phenomenon roughly every two and one-half years. But it does not actually turn blue.

So make your plans now for New Year's Eve in 2028 and get ready to celebrate the next time you will see the next  beautiful blood moon.

A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations?

​For most of us, we have never really known a Cuban government which allowed relations with the United States to truly defrost. Prior to January 1, 1959, Cuba had a dictatorial government which allowed US businesses to operate provided that a costly “vig” was paid  directly to the Fulgencio Batista government.

And prior to Batista, the Cuban government was deep into graft with all sorts of criminal enterprises for its  own gain and not for any benefit for the Cuban people. This was revealed in many “entertainment” outlets in books and movies, most notably The Godfather.

Hence, the Cuban Revolutions throughout the 1950s led by Dr Fidel Castro and others.

We all know about the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the Cuban Missile Crisis which occurred during the Kennedy Administration. And subsequently, until 2015, when President Obama tried to normalize relations, this island ninety miles from Key West was essentially a true adversary.

Many Cubans have come to the US to live freely, giving much to this country, but wishing for the same freedoms for the countrymen they left behind.

Now, it is possible to see those dreams to come true. Especially in light of the fall of the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

For over sixty-five years, the Soviet Union, and then Russia, had been the Cuban government’s “protector” and sponsor, militarily and economically to prop up the Cuban government. But the cost to Russia to continue this relationship has proven costly, and impossible, as it continues to fight its war with Ukraine.

As well, the Chavez and Maduro regimes in Venezuela provided economic assistance in exchange for Cuban intelligence capabilities and other benefits. But no longer.

Curiously, we saw the Cuban government fire on an American fishing boat with no response by the US government. The battle is discussed among other issues in Saturday’s  Miami Herald and other media sources. Then, when asked about it, President Trump would only say, “They’re talking with us, and maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”

And in light of other recent developments with Iran, and by extension, China and Russia, we may bear witness to a major shift in US-Cuba relations. 

It would be a huge foreign policy accomplishment by President Trump. Time will tell, for sure.

The Justification to Help Free Persia From An Intolerable Yoke of Opression

​If one looks at the “Big Picture” with a discerning eye for fairness and humanity, you would agree that what happened in Iran yesterday was done for the good for ALL the oppressed people in Iran. Surgically, with a real goal to protect the women and men who are ordinary citizens.

One with a brain, with the ability to see  that reasoning would be able to make the distinction.

But for those blinded with anti-Israeli, anti-Semitic hatred, or raging, incurable Trump Derangement Syndrome, those irrational mindsets are too overwhelming and too difficult to overcome.

You will find either of these mental illnesses prevalent in many Democrats, with the likes of Mayor Mamdani, Minority Leader Jeffries, Senator Schumer and Governor Newsom, among others, But you will also find all rampant in the “Hollyweird Glitterari” like Mark Ruffalo, Jane Fonda, John Cusack and Rosie O’Donnell.

While we in America believe in our right of Free Speech, to say what is on one’s mind, we also agree that we should ignore those who speak from their mental illness. 

Apparently, these individuals are so close-minded with their diseases, they are unable to recognize that the attacks on Iran were NOT against the Iranian people, who implored President Trump  to free them from the misery of the oppressive regime who have made their quality of decent, humane life intolerable. Instead, it was an answer to their supplication to liberate them from an intolerable life which offered little hope for everything WE take for granted.

You know, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We are about to celebrate our country’s 250th anniversary of OUR freedoms from what our ancestors felt was Absolute Tyranny. And they were helped by those people who agreed that THEIR cause was just.

How could America AND Israel, two countries founded with the beliefs that ALL people should be free to chose their own destinies, stand by and ignore those who beseeched us to help them achieve the same? The leaders of these two countries, Trump and Netanyahu, heard those pleas and answered no matter what would happen to their own reputations.

Because they knew it was RIGHT!

As for those countries who saw what was happening and did nothing to help the people of Iran, when you saw and heard the conditions they lived under, you are now in no position to judge. You have earned only enmity of the oppressed for your silence and inaction.

Soon, the people of Iran will be free of the yoke of the Islamic Republic and will once live in a free Persia, which gave the world so much and will roar again with the Heart of the Lion.

It can’t come soon enough.