The Subway Series Is Here - Again

​Tonight begins the first of two weekends for the Battle For New York, otherwise known as the Subway Series. In recent years, it has been a more evenly matched series of games, with plenty of excitement for the fans of both teams.

Yes, My Friends. We are talking about the New York Mets and the New York Yankees.

There are other baseball rivalries which come to mind: the Cubs and White Sox, the Pirates and Phillies, the Dodgers and Giants, the Rangers and Astros, the Reds and Guardians, to name just a few. But no rivalry matches the Yankees and Mets.

They play in the Greatest City in the World, after all. You know, the City That Never Sleeps; the Home of the Macys Thanksgiving Parade; the Big Apple; the Empire State of Mind; the Concrete Jungle, for the Big Hustle; and of course, New York, New York.

There are no other rivalries which generate this much interest. It is Davey v Goliath, Underdog v Bulldog, Kid Brother v Big Brother. Upstarts v Bombers - the Mets v the Yankees.

The Mets have won only two World Series in their history, while the Yankees have won FOURTEEN times as many. And this year, the Yankees are once again competing for a pennant, while the Mets can barely keep their heads out of the basement.

But for this weekend, they stand on even ground before they begin play tonight. Why? Because one pitch, one hit can make all the difference in a game. And there are THREE games which will be played from now until Sunday afternoon.

And when the dust settles, the fans of one team will hold the bragging rights all summer until the next meeting is held  in September. Meanwhile, who knows what effect this series will have on either team going forward until they face off again?

Until then, long-suffering fans of the Orange and Blue can cheer, LETS GO METS!

Believing in Truth, Justice and Human Rights For All

Xaviaer DuRousseau, 29, revealed that he did a complete 180 from his liberal upbringing during the 2020 George Floyd riots as he realized that the movement was a money grab and that he was indoctrinated.​

“Once I started looking at the conservative side of the argument, I started realizing, oh, wait, socialism has literally never worked. BLM has always been a scam, and the Democratic Party has always been the party of racism and violence,” DuRousseau said on former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines’ podcast Wednesday.

“I have just been drinking the Kool-Aid because this was the indoctrination that was put upon me from the age of a little child,” the PragerU influencer added.

“With growth and maturity, I recognize that there’s a huge difference between individualized or circumstantial racism that’s happening person to person versus a systemic issue that needs to be addressed at a larger scale.” he told Breitbart News last year.

“In retrospect, I came to understand that yes, there are racist people, but ultimately the average American and the majority of people in this country are so adamantly against racism that it’s foolish to even consider that systemic racism is still a trope in this country because we’re so far removed from that.”

Most Americans would agree with Mr DuRousseau. We are not racist by nature; we recognize we may have differences in cultural backgrounds, musical tastes, political beliefs and and even social concerns. But we all breathe the same air and we all bleed the same color.

Smart Americans will respect each other for who we are, without prejudice, and will accept each other without regard to skin color and instead, for the content of their character. Ignorant people of all races are the bigots and racists in this country.

And those who stir the racist pot of hatred are the demons who can only survive to satisfy that sickening and putrid stench which consumes their souls.

Let’s all continue the fight to achieve truth, justice and human rights for all Americans.

Let’s Not Repeat the Stupidity of Covid

​While many tragically died the last time a “pandemic” was declared, we have learned much from the lies which were perpetrated in order to spread fear and confusion, so that a few could control the populace at large.

We were told that maintaining a distance of six feet from each other, with masks on our faces, would control and stop the spread of an unknown contagion. But we have since learned that a piece of paper would NOT be a protected device.

We were told that an experimental, untested “shot” would give us immunity from the disease. Then, we were told we needed a booster to ensure its efficacy. And then another. But many still came down with the disease anyway. Several times. So false again.

We had to walk through a restaurant wearing a mask if we wanted to dine, but it was safe to take it off once we sat down at the table. Like the cheeseburger and fries had some magic power of immunity. Or, we had to sit outside in the cold and rain under a tent. Like that wouldn’t make us sick.

We had to follow the lines on the floor in a store to shop. Your local store was required to close, but “big box” stores were safe to browse. 

You were arrested if you went to worship, and were shunned on social media for protesting for your rights to pray or speak against all the dictates which contradicted the official line of government BS. And  lost your friends and neighbors because you stood your ground.

You were told that long-standing drugs like Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroqine were not permitted to be prescribed, even though they were proven to be effective for so many previously unknown diseases.

And you were fired from your job if you did not fall in line with the demands of the ruling class to get the “shot”. Which caused many to lose their homes, and in some cases, lose their families. 

And one political party tried to make us vote by mail, in order to control the outcome of elections. And allowed our representative to “proxy” vote in order to allow a few “loyalists” control the passage of desired legislation.

Essentially, we all had a taste of Communism, or Fascism. Or a demanding form of totalitarianism. And decided we did not like it. AT ALL.

Now, conveniently, there is another “outbreak” of potential election interference, under the guise of hantavirus, and other called norovirus, caused by rats in a controlled environment of a cruise ship. Just like the last one called Covid, in a controlled environment of a lab in Wuhan, China.

Let us hope we will not fall for the lies again from our government. We have have learned to be suspicious when our rights are being taken away “for our own good”. 

Or next time, we may not come back to what we have now, and may lose our freedoms and liberties forever.

End the Vulgarity in Iran

When will it stop? The regime is so paranoid that it is executing its future teachers and scientists in a warped belief that they are “committing sins against God.”

Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged at dawn after being convicted of stealing classified satellite information from the scientific organization where he worked, Iranian state media reported. He was a promising graduate student at the University of Science and Technology in Tehran studying aerospace engineering.

The regime had accused Erfan of funneling details on satellite activities to the CIA and the Mossad. One of the many reasons to be a claim of “a sin against God”, a true blasphemy.

Shakourzadeh was arrested in February last year and forced into making a confession, according to the Iran Human Rights Society. He later retracted that forced confession just prior to his execution, according to the human rights group.

Shakourzadeh, who is the fifth person executed since the war broke out in February, spent nine months in solitary confinement where he suffered “severe physical and psychological torture,” the group added.

The IRGC, the Mullahs and those who support their cruel, barbaric, uncivilized form of “justice” have no regard for human life. Even those in the US, the EU and other parts of the world who ignore this demonic behavior are as guilty as those who actually commit these genocidal crimes.

The NAZIS in the 1930s and 1940s gave a basic lesson in holocaustic behavior, but the Islamic Regime brought it to a whole other, unspeakable level. It is truly reprehensible, despicable and repugnant.

Any agreement which allows the theocracy to continue unabated only condones this deplorable, satanic behavior by the regime. It is time to completely eliminate the IRGC and remove forever the theocracy from the face of the earth.0

And end the cruelty in Iran as it returns to a civilized society governed by freedom-loving people.

A Potential Strike Could Come on Long Island

 

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is considered the largest and busiest railroad in North America by volume. It  serves over 100MM passengers annually and connects Long Island with New York City.

Key features of note:

• Ridership: As of early 2026, it carries approximately 336,300 passengers per weekday.
• Capacity: The system operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 11 branches over 700 miles of track.
• Key Hubs: It serves Penn Station and the Grand Central Madison terminal.
• Distinction: The LIRR is the oldest commuter railroad in the US (founded 1834) that still operates under its original name.
• Competition: It frequently holds the title of largest over other major systems like Metro-North Railroad and NJ Transit.

Presently, five LIRR unions representing 3,500 workers are threatening a strike for May 16, 2026, over failed contract negotiations involving wage increases. Workers seek raises to match the high cost of living, while the MTA argues LIRR employees are already the nation's highest-paid, offering proposals that unions dismiss as "gimmicks".

And while MTA Chairman Janno Lieber stated that progress is being made and that a strike would be "crazy," unions maintain that a massive wage gap remains.

The cost for a ticket can range from $5.25 to $49.00 for a one-way ticket, depending on the time of day and the zone. And a monthly ticket will range from $172 to $488, depending on time and zone.

No matter whether the employees strike Friday at midnight, the end result will be an increase in the fare. And a strike will become a nightmare for “Dashing Dan” and “Dashing Danielle” who need to find other means to get to work.

The LIE and the parkways will become parking lots and for those who work in Manhattan, additional fees for “congestion pricing” will be paid should they drive in. And the higher cost for gas is no help, either.

The federal government intervened to prevent an immediate Long Island Rail Road strike last year, with actions extending into 2026. President Trump established a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to review contract disputes between unions and the MTA, initiating a "cooling-off" period that delayed potential work stoppages. But now, unless tte Department of Transportation and/or President Trump intervenes again, the strike WILL happen.

The last time the LIRR experienced a strike, OJ was in a car chase in Southern California, the World Cup kicked off in Chicago and the Rangers won the Stanley Cup. That was all on the same day in June, 1994.

For the sake of all the commuters, let’s hope the strike will be averted.

Why It Is Time to End the Filibuster

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Simply defined, a filibuster is a United States Senate procedural tactic used by the minority party to delay or block a vote on legislation by extending debate indefinitely. It forces a 60-vote threshold (cloture) to end debate and move to a final vote, effectively creating a supermajority requirement for most legislation.

Recently, much discussion has taken place over the necessity for continuing this older parliamentary maneuver in the US Senate.  Traditionally, the use of the filibuster has shown the Senate to be more deliberative on matters of importance, protecting the rights of the minority, and having specific rules on which to end a filibuster.

But, as witnessed by us recently with the shutdowns of the government by the Democrats in October, for forty-three days over the overall budget, and by the Democrats, again, in February for seventy-six days over funding for Homeland Security, and in both cases delaying salary and benefits to employees, it has been revealed to be a weapon against Americans. Yet Members of Congress and their staffs continued to be paid.

Now, once again, the Democrats in the Senate, led by Charles Schumer, have threatened to invoke the filibuster again in order to defeat the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, often referred to as the SAVE America Act, which has passed several times in the House of Representatives. This is a law in which is supported overwhelmingly by Americans, across all racial and political persuasions.

The Act is a major federal legislative proposal focused on tightening voter registration requirements for US federal elections.

Yet, less than FIFTY men and women refuse to support something that over seventy-five percent of American citizens want. This isn’t Democracy, which the Democrats claim to favor. Instead, it is the tyranny of the few in this country who would rather stand for illegals’ “rights” than for Americans.

This is actually abuse of power which dictators do all the time. Or is it really “abusive power”?

Senator Schumer has terrorized Democrats to fall in line with his petulant, controlling, Un-American mindset or they will be politically punished, especially should Democrats be elected into the majority in the Senate again. This is truly undemocratic to its core.

The American filibuster is 220 years old and was created in 1806, when the Senate removed the "previous question" motion (which allowed a simple majority to end debate), inadvertently creating the potential for indefinite stalling. But the abuse is nothing more than a tantrum by a minorty to get what it wants. Like a spoiled child.

It is time to end the filibuster. NOW!

Happy Birthday 1951

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The primary, traditional gemstone associated with a 75th birthday (often termed a "Diamond Jubilee" birthday) is the DIAMOND. Diamonds symbolize timelessness, longevity, and strength, making them the classic choice for this significant milestone, mirroring the 75th wedding anniversary.

Those of us born in 1951 are in the midst of celebrating this monumental occasion.

We have seen much change in American society, beginning with having a television in our home, to the Space Race, to the Moon landing (and all that technology which resulted). We saw computers as big as gymnasiums to the one we hold in our hand.

We witnessed the automobile  go from a two door coupe, to the T-Bird, the Corvette and the Mustang. We went from gas-guzzling Cadillacs and Lincolns, to the inefficient Celebrity and station wagons. We saw the change in our driving habits with SUVs and electric cars and trucks.

We saw phones go from the one on our kitchen wall, to the one we carry in our pocket. Our bank was one where we needed to visit to make a deposit, to one where we send an electronic/digital image to our account.

We went from waiting for days on line to see a first-run movie to ordering it on our TV or digital device. We have gone from spending hours on Saturday to buy a product or groceries, to ordering from the comfort of our home, even late at night, and have it delivered later in the day or the next day.

And we have seen so many other advances, which are too numerous to mention. We can only imagine what our children and grandchildren will witness as they achieve this sought after milestone.

Anyway, for those of us who.are sharing this amazing birthday, I wish each of us a Very Happy and Incredible Birthday and pray for another reasonably healthy year!