Merry Christmas In July!

Yay! If you live in Florida, it is Christmas In July! Yes, Friends. You read that right.

 

For a limited time, Publix Supermarkets will be featuring a holiday favorite sandwich. It is their delectable Turkey Cranberry Holiday Sub, which is fan favorite from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

“For the first time ever, Publix brings back this beloved sub outside of the typical holiday season to spread cheer,” the release reads. “Enjoy this seasonal favorite while supplies last.”

According to Publix, a customer’s choice of sub roll comes with:

• Publix mayo

• Boar’s Head Ovengold roasted turkey breast

• Publix cranberry orange relish

• Boar’s Head precooked bacon

• Boar’s Head smoked Gruyere cheese

Yum! And considering that people have good feelings during the holidays, Publix wants to extend that good cheer as we enter into the dog days of summer. Just to feel like you are going to cool off a bit.

While you are there, why not pick up a couple of items for dessert or a late-night treat, like Publix lactose-free chocolate peanut butter and pretzel ice cream or Publix peanut butter and fudge cookies? Oh, yes!

And you know Publix and Boars Head represent quality, at reasonable prices.

So, why not pick up a Turkey Cranberry Holiday Sub today? And celebrate the season of fellowship, good tidings and cheer a little early, this year?

Who knows? Maybe you will feel better about everything and let nothing you dismay.

Oh, tidings of comfort and joy. And have a Merry Christmas In July.

Socialism Is Coming To NY - Mamdani Is Promising That

One of Zohran Mamdani's signature campaign promises, if he is elected Mayor, will be to make New York City grocery stores look like those you find in Caracas. You know, the ones with no food inside.

 

And he is already adopting an idea which exists right here in the United States. A viral video showing a desolate publicly funded grocery store in Missouri has drawn fresh scrutiny on Socialist Mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to bring city-owned markets to the Big Apple.

The eerie footage showed virtually bare shelves inside the Kansas City store, with local outlet KSHB 41 reporting this week, that a rancid odor also wafted inside the shop, with no produce or other essentials which most of us buy as necessities. Including meat, frozen goods, or other food.

Gristides and D’Angelo’s supermarket chains, popular in the City, will certainly be impacted. Surely, John Catsimatidis, the owner of these two chains, and a prominent talk show host on WABC in New York, will have a lot to say.

And what about those people who don’t drive? Will they be able to get to a Shop Rite or Stop and Shop on Long Island, Westchester or New Jersey for decent food? Probably not.

Oh, and since the wonderful corrupt tolls to get into Manhattan below 60th Street were enforced by Krazy Kat Hochul, food delivery services like Pea Pod and others, will be even more reluctant to venture into the City. Which means residents will be forced to shop at a city-owned barren store.

But Mamdani has a slick answer to the concerns for his voters. “It’s like a public option for produce,” he said in one of his TikTok videos. “We will redirect city funds from corporate supermarkets to city-owned grocery stores whose mission is to lower prices, not price-gouging.

“These stores will operate without a profit motive, or having to pay property taxes or rent, and will pass on those savings to you. They’ll partner with small businesses and nearby farms and sell at wholesale prices.”

Right. And everyone will live happily ever after. With no food on the table to eat. But they will enjoy living in a fairy tale.

And then, his next campaign promise will be to have free Coca Cola and Sprite be dispensed from the public water fountains.

Or better yet, free ice cream parties every day in all the public parks throughout the City! YAY!!

Yeah, that is what the people want. After all, they can get free drugs anywhere they want, right?

This guy is promising free bread and circuses like the Romans did, which the Soviets did and both Castro and Madura did. And all of that turn out?

Be careful what you vote for; you just might get it.

How To Beat Life's Adversities

In May, 2024, after battling with bladder cancer for three years, having multiple surgeries, chemo, Keytruda and other treatments and therapies, I was going to try BCG as a treatment.

 

It was a long-term solution to a longer-term problem which was ruling my life and my prognosis. And unlike when I was first diagnosed, BCG seemed to become more readily available, since Covid was no longer holding up supply chains.

For well over a year, even with all the difficulties to get the treatment, I braved through it. Of course, I maintained a positive outlook.

So, last month after a year of treatment, I had a biopsy done and hoped the result would be favorable. Instead, the opposite result was reported.

I still had bladder cancer. Four years of my life, dominating my being.

Now, we are back to square one to treat it. Only, this time, it will be with a more aggressive treatment of chemotherapy.

And I still remain positive and hopeful that this time, success to finally eradicate it will be the result. After all, becoming negative at this stage of treatment for a successful outcome will surely guarantee failure.

So I remain positive. And hopeful.

I share this with you to encourage you to remain positive in the face of adversity. As long as you are looking DOWN at the daisies, there is always hope that it will be better tomorrow.

And find your humor. It helps big time when you are feeling down. 

I have, since 2010, faced several battles medically, some simultaneously, and have kept a positive outlook. And I am still here.

I have lost a kidney, had colon cancer, lost my spleen, had diabetes three separate times, lost my gall bladder, had back surgery, developed hypothyroidism, had a small stroke and finally, have continually fought the freaking bladder cancer.

One doctor said I was a walking medical miracle, albeit much slower than even two years ago. But I persevere. I have still much to do and much more to live for.

So, it can be done, with a strong support system, good doctors and the right attitude. And the want to beat it.

I write and read every day to keep my mind active. And that certainly keeps the positivity flowing.

To sum up, laugh, love life, and stay positive My Friends, as I do.

An Expensive Education Lesson for Columbia to Learn

Yesterday, the administrators of Columbia University, and its President, Claire Shipman, finally came to their senses. It cost the university $220MM to learn the cost of allowing anti-semitism to rage uncontrolled on its campus for the last two years.

 

The Ivy League university is pledging to reverse racially discriminatory practices and resolve civil rights violations against Jewish students, and others who defend them. How long it will last is unclear until we see what happens when the school year begins.

The settlement, under which Columbia will agree to submit to independent monitoring to ensure it is complying with merit-based hiring and admissions requirements, is likely to put pressure on other schools, like Harvard, that have crossed the White House over tolerance of extreme Jew-hatred on campus since the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas against Israel.

The resolution comes after just four months of negotiations between Columbia and Trump, striking a stark contrast with Harvard, which decided to drag the administration into court for stripping the school of $2.6 billion in grants and other funding.

The Ivy League school has also agreed to end all programming that discriminated against faculty or students, bringing it into full compliance with the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning race-based affirmative action, and create some yet-to-be-announced faculty positions in the name of broadening intellectual diversity.

The settlement further calls for Columbia to maintain a trained security force to block demonstrations in academic spaces and coordinate with the NYPD to prevent a repeat of the takeover of Hamilton Hall by anti-Israel rioters in the spring of 2024, while the university will impose a complete ban on masked protests. Facial coverings will still be allowed for medical or religious reasons.

Disciplinary rules will no longer be governed by the faculty senate but rather by the Office of the Provost. On Tuesday, Columbia announced that dozens of students were going to be suspended or penalized, and a handful expelled, for a recent disruptive library demonstration and anti-Israel tent encampment that engulfed the campus last year.

Additionally, the Morningside Heights school will comply with Title IX and no longer force women to compete with biological men in sports or use their locker rooms, housing or other facilities.

Finally, most of the $400 million in research grant money and the more than $1.2 billion of frozen federal funding yanked from the prestigious school, representing roughly 8% of its taxpayer funding, will be returned.

“This agreement marks an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty,” said Columbia acting president Claire Shipman.

“The settlement was carefully crafted to protect the values that define us and allow our essential research partnership with the federal government to get back on track. Importantly, it safeguards our independence, a critical condition for academic excellence and scholarly exploration, work that is vital to the public interest.”

The final agreement declared: “Columbia may not use personal statements, diversity narratives, or any applicant reference to racial identity as a means to introduce or justify discrimination.”

We will see how strongly the University will keep its word to hold the students accountable before the campus devolves once again into chaos. It will be a much more costly result this time if students’ education becomes once again a terrorist haven.

The university, its facuty and its student body are on notice.

Stop Spewing a Double Standard

Let us understand this important premise which the Supreme Court codified last year. A President cannot be charged with a crime while fulfilling his normal duties as President.

 

Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court determined that Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution presumptively extends to a President's "official acts" - with absolute immunity for official acts within an exclusive presidential authority that Congress cannot regulate such as the pardon, command of the military, execution of laws, or control of the executive branch. He also must be able to speak freely with his advisors, without fear of subsequent prosecution, to be able to consider all legal options presented.

Therefore, it becomes incumbent upon all of us to stop talking about prosecuting President Obama for listening to ideas discussed in the run-up of President Trump’s Inauguration in January, 2017.

However, this immunity does not extend to Clapper, Comey or Brennan.

The House Intelligence Committee had compiled the “egregious” errors by the CIA back in 2020 — errors that included burying intelligence that the Kremlin was preparing for a possible victory by Democrat Hillary Clinton, according to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

“Not only did CIA Director Brennan, FBI Director [James] Comey, DNI [James] Clapper and others include the Steele Dossier in the 2017 ICA, they overruled senior Intel officials who warned them it was fabricated and should not be used,” Gabbard said, calling the move “the most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history.

“In doing so, they conspired to subvert the will of the American people, working with their partners in the media to promote the lie, in order to undermine the legitimacy of President Trump, essentially enacting a years-long coup against him,” she added.

“The Russia Hoax was a lie that was knowingly created by the Obama Administration to undermine the legitimacy and power of the duly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump.”

Certainly, Obama could listen to these advisors and ignore any alleged illegal advice. And since it appears these cretins acted on their own, Obama is immune from prosecution.

And while I was never a fan of Barry O, I believe that the same standards must apply to him as it did for Trump. No matter what anyone wants to say otherwise.

After all, what is good for the goose, is good for the gander.

The Continuing Demise of Delaware

Earlier this month, I wrote a commentary called The March Out of Delaware, where I discussed Andressen Horowitz, one of the world's most influential venture capital firms, and its move from Delaware to Nevada, citing the ongoing corporate lawfare in that State.

 

In that same commentary, I cited several other companies which moved from Delaware to friendlier venues, including Tesla, SpaceX, Simon Properties, AMC, MSG, Trump’s TruthSocial and several other big-name companies.

Now, one can add Dilliard's, one of the largest department store chains in the United States, to that group, as it will be moving to Texas. This is a big loss.

Dillard's, which operates about 270 stores in 30 states, employs around 40,000 workers and generates over $7 billion in annual revenue. The company has long been a staple in American retail, offering fashion apparel, cosmetics, and home furnishings.

According to the SEC filing, the company cited "certain high-profile litigation outcomes in Delaware that involved companies with controlling stockholders" as a primary reason for the proposed move.

You would think the State politicians would open their eyes and see what is going on. And finally demand the courts to stop with their anti-corporate behavior. But, apparently, no one has the guts to stand up for business.

Another frequently cited case contributing to Delaware's decline as a corporate center is the $787 million defamation settlement between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News. Settled in 2023, the Delaware case set a new record in defamation cases.

Fox's then top legal officer, Viet Dihn, sharply criticized the Delaware Superior Court Judge, Eric Davis, for not applying standard defamation law in the case or allowing Fox to engage in appropriate libel defenses.

In a speech to Harvard Law School, Dihn called the court's rullings "illogical" that questioned thet "fairness and integrity" of the Delaware courts.

Even former Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz has urged corporations leave Delaware as their domicile, saying that an entrenched and "cozy" relationship between powerful plaintiff law firms and activist judges in the state have put defendants at a significant disadavantage in any litigation. Lesson learned, class dismissed.

Pretty soon, the First State will find itself know as the Last State, as no business will want to find itself supporting whatever remains of the tax base. And sadly, it will be the fault of the judges and elected politicians.

Note to those judges and the politicos left in the State – you went WOKE, soon you will be BROKE.

Time To Make a Mad Dash While He Still Can

It would behoove Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to begin implementing his exit strategy before he is fired and possibly prosecuted. It seems Representative Anna Paulina Luna, and others have, or will have, prepared criminal referrals against him for lying to Congress and committing perjury.

 

He allegedly lied to Congress about $2.5 billion in renovations for a new HQ rivaling the “Palace of Versailles” in its opulence.

Powell denied during a Senate Banking Committee hearing last month that the lavish upgrades, including plans for a VIP dining room and roof terrace gardens, were being made to the Marriner S Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on the National Mall and said the facility “really needed a serious renovation” since it “had never had one.”

Both those statements are false, according to a criminal referral that Luna (R-Fla.) passed along to the Department of Justice on Saturday.

“According to the Federal Reserve’s final submission to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), nearly all of those assertions … are contradicted by the actual project plans,” she wrote.

“The Federal Reserve Board conducted a comprehensive renovation of the Eccles Building from 1999 to 2003, which included the replacement of the roof, all major systems, and a full refurbishing of interior and courtyard spaces,” Luna added.

This is just the latest old Jerry is dealing with. President Trump has been calling for the Fed to reduce the Fed discount rate almost since he returned to office, but in his hubris, he has kept the interest rates higher than almost all other world central banks.

His reasoning? Inflation will continue to skyrocket with the advent of the Trump Tariffs. But he has been proven wrong every single month, as inflation has dropped every single month since Trump took office, remaining under 3%, even as the tariffs remain in effect AND the markets continue to rebound.

And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett recently revealed that there is a short list of candidates to replace him, should he suddenly resign.

It might be time for Jerome Powell to make a mad dash out of Dodge while he still can.

Hunter Crawls Out of His Hole

It has been a while, but Hunter Biden had remained under the radar and had not been in the spotlight enjoying his notoriety. So, now he emerged from his mole hole to peak his idiotic thoughts.

 

Biden faulted Democrats’ disloyalty to his father for the electoral drubbing they suffered last year and President Trump’s return to power.

“We lost the last election because we did not remain loyal to the leader of the party,” Hunter Biden said on former Democratic National Committee boss Jaime Harrison’s new podcast, according to excerpts.

“That’s my position. We had the advantage of incumbency, we had the advantage of an incredibly successful administration, and the Democratic Party literally melted down,” he added in what appears to be his first public interview of the year.

Too bad he didn’t remain incognito. But, as he is a narcissist, he couldn’t control himself and decided it was time to spread more lies.

Unfortunately, as with other Democrats, he can’t admit he was a large part why the Democrats lost. He was found to be untrustworthy, and that he painted a broad brush on his father AND the Party.

But, being a narcissistic liar, he will never see it that way. Why? Because he is walking around with a questionable, tainted pardon, like it give him a “get out of jail free” card.

He would be so much better off by keeping his mouth shut. Yet, he can’t because he is dumb and stupid.

Anyone else would slink into the weeds and stay quiet. But not this dope. No, he keeps turning up like a bad penny, just to try to stay relevant.

But he isn’t. Instead, he is even an anathema to the Democrats. He needs to crawl back into his hole.

And keep his trap shut.

America Enjoys a Surplus - The First in a Quarter Century

Recently, the US Treasury reported a surplus of $27 billion in the federal budget for June 2025. This follows a significant deficit of $316 billion in May.

There are several driving factors for the surplus. They include:

- Surge in Tariff Revenue: Customs duties totaled roughly $27 billion for June, representing a substantial increase compared to both May and the previous year

- Reduced Spending: Government outlays retreated to $499.4 billion in June from $686.9 billion in May

- Treasury officials project that tariff revenue could reach $300 billion by the end of 2025

- It's important to note that a single month's surplus doesn't necessarily indicate a sustained trend. Further monitoring of budget data in the coming months will be necessary to determine the long-term impact of tariff policies and spending trends on the federal budget. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) (controlled by Democrats) projects a deficit of $1.9 trillion for the entirety of fiscal year 2025, which would be the same as the actual deficit for fiscal year 2024

It is looking at the Trump Plan unconventially to realize what he has done and plans to continue to do.

The Big Beautiful Bill will prove to be just the keystone of what will be forthcoming in rhe months ahead.and the Democrats know it. They are fearful of what the 2026 Mid-Terms will produce.

This is why they continue to struggle for a winning message. But are failing. MISERABLY.

Soon enough, the proof will be in the pudding. We will continue to see a massive recovery in the economy, with everyone enjoying a much better standard of living.

Prices on many food products will continue to fall, energy prices will level off at pre-2021 costs, and taxes will continue at current levels.

Ahh, the Trump Effect will wash across the entire American landscape, while killing the Democrat and Never-Trump negative arguments. While the rest of America continues to prosper.

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.

Cuomo's Impossible Mountain to Climb

Ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce this week that he is staying in the New York City mayoral race as an independent, despite the latest polls showing his odds of winning are slim. He is currently the strongest candidate to face Democrat-Socialist nominee, Zohran Mamdani.

 

Currently, the polls show Cuomo is the leading alternative to Mamdani among the candidates still in the race.

Mayor Eric Adams, who is also running as an independent, appeared to be visibly annoyed on Sunday by Cuomo’s move when when the media caught up with him at the Bolivian Day Parade.

“We’re moving straight ahead. It’s so important that we continue to move ahead,” the Mayor scoffed after at first refusing to comment and then quickly ducking into a car.

But he was in much better spirits later in the afternoon at Manhattan’s annual Carneval Vegano, as he cut the ribbon and the crowd began chanting, “Four more years!”

He denied speculation that he might consider withdrawing from the race. “Are you kidding me?” he responded, annoyed.

Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo is still not making friends with other Democrats. “Andrew Cuomo lost the Democratic primary by double digits and is now doing the same thing he did to respected leaders like Charlie King, Governor David Paterson, and Carl McCall, Assembly Keith Wright,” the campaign wrote in a searing statement.

“This kind of political double-dealing is exactly why so many New Yorkers have lost trust in him. The people spoke loudly; he lost. Yet he continues to put himself over the number one goal- beating Mamdani and securing our city future,” the Adams camp continued.

“Let’s not forget the damage he caused as governor. Cuomo led the charge on a flawed bail reform law that made our communities less safe. He failed New York’s most vulnerable during COVID with deadly nursing home policies. And he signed a cannabis law with no enforcement plan, unleashing thousands of illegal smoke shops across the city.

“Now, in the face of a serious threat an inexperienced opponent, Cuomo is wasting time and dividing voters. He failed then — and he’s failing New Yorkers now.”

This is the sentiment across the Party, with some calling him a loser.

“Andrew is a loser. The voters called him a loser. Stop playing games with the voters and get out of the race,” said Allen Cappelli, who has known Cuomo for more than 40 years.

Cuomo is proving he has a a bigger mountain than Mamdani to climb.

AOC - Proves She Is the Bronx Buffoon

Perhaps she didn’t get the memo. Or maybe, she was absent the day they taught "research your facts first" in class. But, in the end, it really proves she is the dumbest bartender serving in the Congress.

What else could it be?

Unless she wants to follow on the footsteps of George Snuffalopolous. At least ABC and Disney paid HIS settlement for calling President Trump a r*pist.

She will have to pay it herself unless she creates a GoFundMe account. Because you KNOW Trump is not averse to suing when he feels he has been disparaged.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sparked outrage when she tweeted Friday about Trump and the release of files related to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X, apparently referring to Trump and the 2023 civil trial where he was found liable of sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.

She wasn’t even smart enough to have told it to someone, have them attribute it to her, and then say she was misquoted when the tweet was posted. No, she posted it to her OWN account. And then, thumped her chest proudly.

Not too smart a move by the self-described “Bronx Girl”. From middle class Yorktown Heights. Is it!?!

“AOC likes to play pretend like she’s from the block, but in reality she’s just a sad, miserable blockhead who is trying to over-compensate for her lack of self-confidence that has followed her for her entire life,” White House communication director Steven Cheung said in a statement.

“Instead, she should get some serious help for her obvious and severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted her pea-sized brain,” he added.

This goes beyond the pale, even of The New York Times v Sullivan, the most famous defamation case, which set the standard for liability in defamation cases. And the Snuffy case set the bar for fines which could result in any future case against her.

In the end, AOC isn’t a tough “Bronx Girl” at all. Instead, she has removed all doubt that she is a whacked out dumb@$$, who did herself more harm than good by her brainless tweet.

And will anyone support her stupidity? If they have half a brain, they won’t. Unless they are as dumb and are looking to be dragged into her cesspool.

She is now Kryptonite and will self-destruct very soon, if she hasn’t already.

The March Out of Delaware

One looks at the corporate landscape and sees a lot of movement out of the State of Delaware. Funny, but Delaware, for over a century, was the “go-to” state whe a company was exploring incorporation, and later, LLC options.

 

But no more.

Andreessen Horowitz, one of the world's most influential venture capital firms, announced it will move its corporate headquarters from Delaware to Nevada.

The investment giant is the latest corporation to join a Delaware exodus that began after a state court voided Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $55 billion pay package in response to a 2018 lawsuit filed by a shareholder who thought the amount was excessive. Musk also moved SpaceX to Texas.

The pro-woke state must have blinders on because the exodus to leave is gathering more steam with each passing day. It seems, on the surface, that the state politicians and judges are on board, as the state continues to lose these businesses and the lucrative tax dollars they had been willing to pay.

Once the state is forced to make up the shortfall by passing the loss onto its voting public, there will be hell to pay. The free ride will be over.

"It used to be a no-brainer: start a company, incorporate in Delaware. That is no longer the case due to recent actions by the Court of Chancery, which have injected an unprecedented level of subjectivity into judicial decisions, undermining the court's reputation for unbiased expertise," Andreessen Horowitz said Wednesday in a news update on its website.

“We have therefore decided to move the state of incorporation of our primary business, AH Capital Management, from Delaware to Nevada, which has historically been a business-friendly state with fair and balanced regulatory policies," the company said.

Known in Silicon Valley as A16Z, Andreessen Horowitz boasts about $45 billion in assets, with notable investments including Facebook, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Lyft, according to Leave Delaware.

Other major companies to leave Delaware recently include the nation's largest mall owner Simon Property Group, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management, online retailer Mercado Libre, Roblox, Tripadvisor, Affirm, AMC cable networks, Madison Square Garden, and Dropbox, among others.

Also in May, President Donald Trump's media company joined the exodus from Delaware, fleeing the left-leaning Blue State for the more "pro-business" climate of Florida.

And the exodus continues.

Disgusting Endorsements

During World War II, thousands of American Christian and Jewish men and women died to save European Jews from extinction by European anti-Semites and the Nazis who professed hatred for Jews generally. 

And since then, we believed in the concept of “Never Again” as it applied to all attempts at genocide. Whether it applied to Jews or others.

 

So, it is astounding to see the rise of anti-Semitism so flagrant in the United States, and especially, among Jewish descendants, directly or not, of the Holocaust. 

Unless they are Jewish as it suits their purposes, like taking the Jewish holidays off from work or school.

Otherwise, known as Jewish In Name Only. Like Schumer, or Sanders, or Nadler, or Wasserman Shultz, or Blumenthal, or Bloomberg. Or so many others.

So, today, it was announced that a coalition of Jewish leaders is pushing other Jewish Democrats in office to get behind Socialist and anti-Semite Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York, hoping to cash in on their fears of being primaried by similarly Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates next year if they don’t rally around their party’s Israel-bashing nominee, so many have said.

The “Jews for Zohran” offensive to win over Jewish pols includes Mamdani’s top Jewish surrogates, city Comptroller Brad Lander and Representative Jerry Nadler, sources additionally told the media.

Nadler, the dean of the New York House delegation, first elected to the House in 1992, and who represents much of Manhattan, endorsed Mamdani after he won the primary. He is the first, but not the obly, nor the last.

Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Brooklynite and the highest-ranking Jew in Congress, congratulated Mamdani but has yet to endorse him. Neither has Representative Dan Goldman, who represents Lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn. But they will.

It actually is disgusting.

But then, once again, Hitler had Jews in Nazi Germany and elsewhere in Europe who went out of their way to support his crimes. With nary any remorse.

One Year Later...

This Sunday, July 13, we remember the assassination attempt made against President Trump. Fortunately, whether you like him or not, had he died, another stain would have been would have blotted America's reputation.

Since then, an investigation started immediately after the event, resulted in the top tier supervisory staff being dismissed from their positions.

Yesterday, six additional members of the Secret Service have been suspended for failures related to last year’s assassination attempt against President Trump at that same rally in Butler, PA.

The suspensions for the six agents ranged from 10 to 42 days, and they won’t be paid while on leave, Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn reported to the media. The agents will not be fired, but upon return to work, they will be placed in roles with diminished operational responsibility.

“We aren’t going to fire our way out of this,” Quinn told the outlet. “We’re going to focus on the root cause and fix the deficiencies that put us in that situation.”

Seems like these agents are fortunate to have found their supervisors in an magnanimous mood,  to be suspended,  rather than being outright fired.

And lest we forget, firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed shielding his family from Crooks’ bullets, and two others were left with severe injuries before the 20-year-old gunman, with a clear line of sight to Trump, was taken out by a Secret Service sniper.

A scathing Senate report on the assassination attempt released in September determined that “multiple foreseeable and preventable planning and operational failures by [Secret Service] contributed” to Thomas Crooks’ ability to carry out the deadly shooting.

“These included unclear roles and responsibilities, insufficient coordination with state and local law enforcement, the lack of effective communications, and inoperable [counter-unmanned aircraft] systems, among many others,” the damning report read.

Quinn insisted that the Secret Service is “totally accountable for Butler.”

In addition, he said, “Butler was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again.”

Finally, the official noted that the agency now has a new fleet of drones and mobile command posts that let agents communicate over radio directly with local law enforcement.

Some good has come out of what could have been a very terrible event.

The First Step to Destroy Education In the City of New York

Here is some “good” news for parents who wish to have their children force-fed socialism at their local New York City elementary, middle and high schools.

 

Apparently, the left-leaning United Federation of Teachers, the most powerful teachers union In the United States, and certainly representing the City's teachers, have lost their minds and endorsed Democrat-Socialist candidate for Mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

The union's resolution recommending Mamdani’s endorsement applauded his pledge of “revamping mayoral control [of schools] to give more say to educators and parents.”

Mamdani’s education platform “supports an end to mayoral control” in favor of “co-governance.”

“As a union, we have to protect public education, public employees, and public service from attacks from Washington, DC,” UFT president Mike Mulgrew said following the vote.

“We have to make New York City safer and more affordable for working- and middle-class families,” he went on. “We have to make the jobs of educators and nurses more attractive with better pay and benefits, and retain those already doing the work. We need a mayor who understands the task before us and who will help us get it done.”

Funny thing about Mamdani and Mulgrew’s approach to public education; it sounds a lot like Saul Alinsky's theory, only with a softer sense of verbiage.

You remember Alinsky, yes? From your college days, who wrote Rules For Radicals? You know, in his book Rules for Radicals, he teaches us there are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state.

This is the short form of what he says about education. “Take control of what people read and listen to. Take control of what children learn in school.”

And this is the long form of this philosophical thought:

He viewed education as “a tool for empowerment and social change, rather than a means of passive assimilation." He believed "education should equip individuals with the skills and knowledge to critically analyze their circumstances and actively participate in transforming their communities." Alinsky's approach emphasized "practical skills, public engagement, and hope for positive change, aligning with his broader philosophy of empowering marginalized communities.”

Seems eerily like the City is definitely going to be destroyed for good if Mamdani is elected Mayor, because he WILL follow Alinsky and Marx’s precepts related to education. With the unbridled support of the UFT.

Unless, of course, he and the UFT are turned away by the people with reasoned judgement.

A Win for Airline Passengers and the Constitution

The Department of Homeland Security and its Secretary, Kristi Noem, has exercised its judgement to order the TSA to cancel its intrusive violation of personal space for travelers to remove their shoes while going through airport security.

 

It is about time.

The change is, in fact, being rolled out at airports across the country today, according to aviation insider blog View From the Wing.

Travelers who are cleared for TSA PreCheck have long been able to enjoy not walking on filthy airport floors in stocking feet, but now the rest of us will be able to experience the sensation, for the first time since “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid smuggled explosives aboard a flight via his footwear back in 2001.

And since then, he is, to date, the ONLY reason this obtrusive law was enacted to violate Americans’ rights at a time when we were all in another place after the attacks on 9/11.

There are said to be caveats, however. Passengers must be in possession of an approved, now-required Real ID, and must not require special screening. An important note, one cannot get onto a plane in the United States without a Real ID, since May 7, with certain exceptions.

Other frequent flyers are already betting on the next onerous requirements to be scrapped; for example, the large electronic removals policy, given the widespread implementation of more detailed X-ray screening technology. Or some of the nonsense under the Patriot Act, which consistently seems to violate the fourth amendment provision of illegal search and seizure without a warrant, and certain other Constitutional rights.

It certainly is a first step where we restore freedom over a misplaced sense of false, misguided security.

And hopefully, not the last.

A Doctor Suffers From TDS

It was terrible that so many people died from the flash flooding which occurred in Texas this past weekend. And so many of the deceased were children.

 

That’s why it is disgusting that a pediatrician would decide to politicize this terrible event.

Dr Christina B Propst drew widespread scorn following the disparaging, since-deleted post under her old Facebook username, Chris Tina, according to Mediaite, where she posted many of the deceased were President Trump supporters who got “what they voted for.”

For this post, since deleted, she was fired from her job at Blue Fish Pediatrics, in Houston.

The post included, “May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry,” Probst wrote in the now-viral post. “Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts.”

Initially, she was suspended by Blue Fish after the post went viral, but then issued they following, “As we previously mentioned in our original statement, we strongly condemn the comments that were made in that post. That post does not reflect the values, standards, or mission of Blue Fish Pediatrics,” the company said.

“We do not support or condone any statement that politicizes tragedy, diminishes human dignity, or fails to clearly uphold compassion for every child and family, regardless of background or beliefs,” the doctor’s office added.

This is a terrible circumstance to invoke politics in the death of these victims. But Dr Probst should have re-thought her post before she hit the send button.

Apparently, she is just another person who suffers from TDS and has let her illness overtake her sensibilities.

But then, to paraphrase the good doctor, may she not get what she was aiming for. Bless her heart.

The Effects of a Surprising Poll

A survey conducted by New Jersey-based GOP firm National Research Inc. found that 91% of self-identified Republicans call themselves patriots, compared to just 50% of Democrats.

 

It actually makes sense. Most Democrat leaders will side with any other country against American interests.

Thus, self-described Democrats ALWAYS play Follow the Leader.

The poll showed a near-identical schism among 2024 voters, with 90% of those who backed President Trump identifying as patriots compared to 55% of former Vice President Kamala Harris supporters.

National Research founder Adam Geller, a Republican pollster and strategist whose resume includes work for Trump’s 2016 campaign, told media outlets that while the results may stem in part from “a little leftover saltiness” from the election, “we need to have a country where even if you don’t love the president, you’re still proud to be an American; you still hold those values.”

According to a recent Gallup poll, just 36% of Democrats called themselves “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American, plummeting from 62% in 2024 and the lowest level among thel demographic this century.

And Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) bemoaned that finding on X Friday. He wrote, “Last week, Gallup polled only 36% of Democrats are ‘extremely or very proud’ to be American. In the greatest country in the world, that’s just wrong. I’m unapologetically grateful for our nation and the American Way of Life—today, and always.”

He is actually one of the few Democrats who feel this way.

Ironically, almost twenty-five years ago in January 2001, Gallup gauged that 87% of US adults were very or extremely proud, a figure that jumped to 91% after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

What happened? America became more a divisive, intolerant nation probably caused by an unpopular war in Iraq, and was split along ideological lines, even within families.

We need to put our differences behind us or we will find a nation divided against itself will not continue to stand.

 We only need to look at history to see the truth in this statement.

We have to come together to fight the tyranny looking to kill off this great nation. We must remember we are one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

It is time we all remember this.

Revisiting Sum, Sum, Summertime

Here is an oldie but goodie, from July 1, 2013,for your reading pleasure. Just to help you kick off the Fourth of July weekend with a BANG! No politics, No negativity. Only Nostalgia from a day gone by. And think... only twelve years ago, when life was easier.

Enjoy your holiday weekend. And enjoy your

Sum, Sum, Summertime

So. Did everyone have a good weekend? I know it's rhetorical, but the optimum answer is yes. The reason? Most of you will have a 3-day work week this week. Unless, of course, you are on vacation, or retired. Then, no work for you!

This is the time of year we all look forward to. There are vacations to plan, BBQs to attend, pools to swim in, even late graduation parties to enjoy. And we can't forget about the free concerts in the town square, the park or the beach. Or going to see that long-anticipated blockbuster movie.

And, for the more adventurous among us, there is camping, hiking or fishing to get us outdoors to enjoy this special time of year. After all, we are easily distracted from life's problems when the right setting is in view.

As you can see, I really don't want to comment on anything happening in the news today. I would rather sit back and put my feet up. I am looking forward to Thursday, Son's house, BBQ, fireworks, late night and long weekend.

This is what this time of year means to me. The Joy of Summer. Actually, the Fourth of July represents the middle of summer, with Memorial Day and Labor Day representing the bookends. I mean, even though summer ends on the calendar on September 22, after Labor Day, it's back to school, pool is closed, leaves are changing, and much cooler days and nights prevail.

We have so much summer left, so it is a sin to waste it worrying about things that others are responsible to work on and resolve, and are paid to do so. We are in charge of our own destiny, as it were, so let's enjoy what we can do to make our own lives today and tomorrow better than they were yesterday.

I know I am rambling, but isn't it better to think about what is sweet and good for what ails us, than to get down on life? I believe that summer is nature's way of lifting up our souls to the next plateau, so we are better able to deal with the challenges we face all year long.

Today, My Friends, just know that we have something to look forward to and not even current events will get in our way. There will be soon enough the days and weeks ahead to concern ourselves with the things we can't really control.

But for now, it's Summertime and the Living Is Easy.

Is the End Near For the Iranian Regime?

In an effort to dissuade and dissemble, it was reported that Iran released 240K bots in Israel and the US, as part of its cyber war to try and influence public opinion in both countries. But they were found out, according to groundbreaking research commissioned by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism.

 

The investigation, which analyzed social media activity on X during “Operation Rising Lion,” identified at least 100 fabricated accounts systematically promoting Tehran’s strategic messaging. Beyond merely spreading disinformation to glorify Iranian successes while fabricating Israeli failures, Tehran invested substantial resources in targeting domestic audiences within Israel and the United States.

Researchers examined approximately 100 X accounts exhibiting clear signs of automated rather than human operation. These accounts maintained continuous activity across all hours without typical human patterns of rest.

Moreover, they generated content at superhuman speeds, posting thousands of messages daily. The content frequently appeared identical or remarkably similar across multiple suspicious accounts, strongly indicating coordinated bot activity.

Iranian messaging operations were divided into four distinct categories, promoting regime loyalty and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “The bot network advanced Iranian nationalism, seeking to frame the conflict as targeting Iran’s people rather than its government,” according to the research.

A second messaging category targeted both Iranian domestic audiences and Israeli citizens with fabricated reports of Israeli military failures. These automated accounts circulated manipulated imagery and AI-generated content depicting false scenarios such as Tel Aviv engulfed in flames or Israeli aircraft destroyed over Iranian territory.

It also gave comfort to Hamas, with additional messaging streams seeking to characterize Israel as a terrorist state that “murders children” and “massacres Palestinians.”

However, the research identifies Iran’s most significant operation as systematic efforts to turn American public opinion against President Donald Trump’s military action targeting Iranian nuclear infrastructure.

These accounts amplified messaging identical to Republican critics of the military strikes. Following Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s claims that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exercised control over the president, Iranian accounts circulated imagery depicting Trump as Netanyahu’s marionette or as a dog owned by the Israeli leader.

A lot of time spent by the IRGC and its stooges trying to win the disinformation war, wouldn’t you say? And still no nuclear facilities to boast about.

Soon enough, the thugs in Iran will find themselves walking to the cranes they hung so many who protested against their corrupt regime.

Why We Celebrate this Uniguely American Holiday

By sometime this afternoon, most Americans will begin their Independence Day celebrations, remembering that 249 years ago, 55 men put their lives, their fortunes and their reputations on the line by declaring their independence forever from the tyranny of King George III and from the motherland, Great Britain.

 

They borrowed the words from many philosophers, including John Locke, when they claimed they were endowed with certain rights from their Creator, including that all men were created equal to pursue their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

They wrote of the injustices of the King toward them and instead, how it would be different from that point moving forward.

They gave instuctions to the future, which is us, by giving us the authority to protect the freedoms they would die for with these words:

“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

These are the most important words of the document. It has been called upon only once in the 249 years since then, during the period we call the Civil War.

But then, we learned a lot as Americans since then, by freeing the slaves, granting voting rights to many Minorities and talking TO each other, rather than AT each other. And respecting each others’ opinions.

We celebrate that we are a unique nation, a melting pot of the world, where people from all over the world are welcomed when they come here legally. And integrate themselves into our society, swearing allegiance to our way of life, expecting liberty and justice for all.

So, blast those firecrackers, shoot off those Starbursts and light your sparklers as we remember those 55 men who gave us our liberties and freedoms we enjoy today, 249 years in the making.

Happy Independence Day!

The Big Beautiful Bill

On Tuesday, the Senate, by a vote of 51 to 50, passed President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill with VP Vance casting the tie-breaking vote,  sending it to the House for final approval following a 27-hour blitz of amendments.

President Trump is expected to sign it on Friday, Independence Day.

This will make permanent the 2017 tax cuts, which were set to expire at the end of the year, raising taxes on everyone to pre 2017 levels. In addition, Trump's campaign promises of no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and an increase of State and Local tax deductions (SALT) were included.

“Today was a historic day for our country, and, we’re very excited to be a part of something that is gonna make America stronger, safer, and more prosperous,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters following the vote.

 “This is historic in my time in Washington DC,” he added. “This is the first time we’ve done anything meaningful on entitlement reform.”

The megabill, which clocks in at nearly 900 pages in length, extends most of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts; reduces taxes on tips and overtime pay; and increases spending on defense, border security, and energy exploration while slashing entitlement outlays.

Eventually, leadership agreed to deepen cuts to Medicaid from the version that passed the lower chamber last month, assuaging Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson’s concerns.

“I’m convinced they’re committed to returning to reasonable pre-pandemic spending, and I’ll be highly involved in a process to achieve and maintain it,” Johnson told “Fox & Friends” Monday morning.

It now goes to the House for final passage. It remains to be seen if the changes made are acceptable as is.

In the meantime, Promises Made, Promises Kept.