Summer’s End Is Here

​Today, August 31, is the last day of Meteorological Summer. Thoughout the country, we have witnessed higher than normal temperatures, unbearable heat indexes and higher ambient units of rain.

But, thus far, no US landfall tropical events.

We have made it halfway through the 2026 Hurricane Season and we have had only four named storms: Arthur, which made landfall in Mexico, bringing heavy rain on the Gulf Coast, Bertha, which was a rain event in Louisiana, Cristobal which petered out as soon as it was named and Dolly, which formed just this week in the North Atlantic.

By this time in 2024, for example, we had already had several destructive storms and fifteen storms to date. Last year we had thirteen total storms and none made landfall in the continental US.

Tomorrow is September 1 and the beginning of Meteorological Autumn. The promise it brings is led by steadily cooler temperatures, another football season and knowing that Halloween and Thanksgiving are next. And don’t forget the midterms!

In fact, as you walk through the “big box” stores, you see evidence of both already. Can Christmas and Hanukkah be far behind?

What comes next will be a surprise for everyone.

Remembering Beloved Celebrities

​This has been a sad week and month with so many famous and beloved people passing away. There have been so many others who have passed this year, but these are the latest.

Dolly Parton - 80 was the Queen of Country Music for half a century, song writer, creator of Dollywood, and Philanthropist

Shelley Fabares - 82 was a singer and  actress, made her start as both on the Donna Reed Show, starred in several successful TV series and was a voice-over actor

Tim Curry - 80 was a cult favorite in Rocky Horror Picture Show, starred in many plays both in London and Broadway, as well as on TV and in film, including Home Alone 2

Jaye P Morgan - 93 was a singer, actress, comedian and favorite game show panelist, making her mark on The Gong Show and as a frequent guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

Hayden Panettiere - 36 was a child actor (Remember the Titans), who proved she could sing and act (Music and Lyrics), appeared in the Scream films and TVs Nashville 

Vincent Pastore - 80 was known for his roles as a Mafioso (Sopranos, Gotti and Goodfellas), an accomplished Broadway actor, a podcaster and his own Italian sauce

There is much more that could be said about each of these fan favorites but Page 6 and other entertainment publications will give more on each. Suffice to say, this writer enjoyed watching them over the years and will continue to enjoy their talents.

Surely, many of you will, as well. May they all rest in peace, knowing they gave us some joy in what they did.

Ruling on Mail-in Ballots

​One of the worst ideas left over from the COVID Era, and God knows there were many, was the indiscriminate and corrupt mail-in ballot scheme which was championed by the Democrat Party leadership and twenty-three Democrat-led blue states. It was surely a means to corrupt a system which had worked very well since our country was founded.

On March 31 of this year, President Trump issued an Executive Order which directed the USPS to remit ballots, with bar codes, to citizens who claimed illness, military and out of the country, whether on business or pleasure during the period leading up to the Election. The same Democrat states immediately sued, claiming it would harm the election process by corralling those states to administer elections as deemed under the Constitution. 

The Supreme Court disagreed and ruled 6-3, with liberal Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting, giving a major victory for Trump, but appears to leave room for future legal challenges that could delay the president's order. 

In its ruling, the high court overturned a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing the March 31 mail-in voting order in response to a lawsuit filed by those twenty-three Democratic-led states.

The Court did not rule on whether Trump’s order was lawful, but determined it was too early for states to sue over it because harms must be “concrete” rather than “conjectural or hypothetical.” 

The majority further noted that federal courts are barred from adjudicating disputes dependent on “contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all.”

And immediately after the ruling was issued, the usual howls were heard by the usual corrupt politicians. Each protest seem to be how unfair that the ruling was done by the court. What  they actually were saying, was that their ability to cheat was called into question. It was like watching children stamp their feet in a tantrum because they did not get what they wanted.

Yet, finally, it seems that common sense has prevailed with this ruling. And the Supreme Court has put a halt to the wanton abuse of our election system. For now.

The Democrats will continue to obfuscate and complain that their rights have been violated. And perhaps the Congress will finally grow a pair to pass the SAVE America Act, which over 80% of ALL citizens demand.

This is the first, logical step to finally guarantee a fair, uncorrupted means for future elections.

Another Season To Fly Through

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Now, it is the Jets’ turn to give hope to the loyal fan base. In the two games played in Preseason, the offense scored 33 points while the opposition scored a total of 24 points in the first two games. 

In fact, the Jets won 17-0 last night. And next Friday, it is the Battle for Met Life Stadium, when the Jets play the Giants for the final preseason game before the Jets open against the Titans in Tennessee on September 13.

So, much to hope for, much to watch until the team reveals how good they might be.

Geno Smth, who was the team’s quarterback ten years ago, is leading the offense once again. Hopefully, he has learned a few things during his hiatus in Seattle and elsewhere.

The offense seems to have been improved over last year’s dismal performance, while the defense has been sharpened significantly. Let’s see how it all comes together when it really matters.

Once again, our hope as a loyal Jets fan is to have a winning season, with a berth to the playoffs. Then, since the Jets have been 0-4 in winning AFC title games, one AFL title and one Super Bowl win since 1960, maybe this could be a year to cheer for.

And as a loyal fan, I say J E T S Jets Jets JETS!

Proving Honest Elections Can Be Efficient

​Here is a riddle for you. How long should it take to count election ballots?

Hmmm… that’s a tough one. 

Let’s see. In California, it took weeks to figure out who won the “Jungle Primary”, since  the two Republicans were leading the Democrat and THAT was not acceptable. In Nevada, it took six days. Probably because all the bets had to be covered.

In Illinois, Downstate was done after a day, but the Chicago machine could not get it into gear. You would think Mayor Daley would have perfected his 1960 election scam, but sadly, there is a new crew in town.

Elsewhere, claims of fraud, inefficiency and threats of lawsuits seemed to gum up the works, causing delays and runoffs and other questionable interfering before the voters in many states knew for sure.

And finally, we come to Florida. Way back in 2000, Florida was the laughing stock in the country, with its Chad Voting system. It took about forty-five days, after dozens of recounts and court cases to have the Supreme Court decide who would be the next President.

You know, Bush or Gore?

And now, Florida has the best system in the country. Within fifty minutes after the polls closed, 85% of all votes cast were counted. I was still dismantling the voting precinct, when winners were announced. 

And by 815 (715 in the panhandle due to the time zone difference) 100% of all votes cast were counted, too. Even mail-in ballots from the sick, travelers and military.

And all voters were identified because Florida has the SAVE Act in place. Not bad, yes?

So, with all the voters in Florida, and there are millions, it shows with proper procedures and no cheating permitted, voting can be accomplished with clear efficiency. Can you say the same in YOUR state?

Primary Thoughts

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This past week, I worked early voting in the Florida primary, It will still go on until Tuesday, August 18.

Sitting there over the last few days, it occurred to me that the build-up of the daily count of voters seemed to increase as early voting brought out more voters each day. 

As a die-hard Beatles fan, what immediately came to mind for me was the crescendo of the final twenty-four bars of the classic “A Day In the Life”, where George Martin had an orchestra start low and quiet, while frantically climbing through the score, until reaching that high climax. And then, finally, playing the four-part  piano “E Chord” for at least another twenty seconds at the song’s end.

There will be, of course, Friday, Saturday and next Tuesday when all the votes are counted. Hence, the final  chord is yet to be played.

And Florida, once again, leads the way with a good turnout, an orderly, speedy  process and all sides recognizing the benefits of voter ID. Isn’t that the way it was intended by the Founding Fathers?

Now if only we had this same process across the country for the Mid-Terms and all elections to follow!

Watching the Destruction of the Democrat Party

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We are beginning to see real cracks in what was the party of FDR, Truman and JFK. This may be the beginning of the end of the traditional Democrat Party.

The recent movement to the left by the Socialists who seem to preach about the ills in our society are dominating the message being heard by the people. But traditionalists like Bill Maher and James Carville are calling out the Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) by sounding the alarm that the party is being hijacked.

Even  former Jill Biden press secretary Michael LaRosa said he won’t support Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, citing the candidate’s refusal to distance himself from far-left streamer Hasan Piker over his past remarks about the September 11 terrorist attacks.

LaRosa, who served as press secretary to former first lady Jill Biden, made the unusually sharp break with his party in a post responding to reports that he was supporting Republican Mike Rogers over El-Sayed. 

Bill Maher offered that with with this latest craze by some Democrats to vote for people like Mamdani and El-Sayed, he would be inclined to vote for Sarah Palin if she ran. And  long-time Democrat strategist Jim Carville said that the political tent was not big enough to house the DSA.

As Maher said on his show, “You know what else is in the big tent? Clowns.” And an image of clowns and Gavin Newscum appear suddenly on the screen.

Democrats need to rise up this year and yank their party back from the precipice or the party will be lost. The DSA will have destroyed their noble goals forever.

We Can Be Sure Change Is Coming

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We are well into the Florida primary season, as early voting commenced earlier this week. The Florida Primary day is officially August 18.

Also, school starts this coming week on August 10. While we are still in the midst of one of the hottest summers in several years, sadly for our kids, it is time to ring those school bells again.

We are approaching the 40% mark in the 2026 Hurricane Season and thankfully, no significant storm sightings are yet seen on the horizon.

Soon enough, we will begin the slow turn to fall which will mark more seasonable temperatures, pleasant days and soft nights. And in just a few short weeks later, early voting will commence for the midterms, which looks like a doozy.

So, get ready to enjoy the one thing we are sure to count on: change. Change of weather; change of seasons; and maybe, a change in our House and Senate.

One thing is for sure, people. We are in for a ride.

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.

The Commemoration of a Solemn Anniversary Vilified

​Just under seven full weeks from today, on Friday September 11, we will commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the saddest day in our history, where we lost almost 3,000 souls, including 2,753 at the World Trade Center, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 at Shanksville. In addition, all 246 passengers and crew were lost in the four hijacked planes.

This is a sacred day in American history, much like Independence Day and December 7, a Day Which Lives In Infamy. It does not deserve to be besmirched by anyone.

And, of course, the families of 9/11 victims are demanding NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani be banned from the 25th anniversary of the attacks at Ground Zero, branding him an apologist for Islamic terror whose presence would be an insult to the memories of those who died that day.

“Our objection is based on his public record, his failure to meaningfully acknowledge the horror of that day, and his employment of, support for, or association with individuals who have minimized 9/11, defended terrorists, or even suggested America ‘deserved’ the attacks,” said Giovanni Galante, whose 29-year-old wife Grace Catherine Galante was among 2,977 innocents killed by al-Qaeda terrorists.

Galante, 55, is one of the organizers of a petition drive that has collected over 1,100 signatures in a little over a week, including from at least 300 victims’ families.

“It is not political, and it is not a platform for those connected to such views. His presence would be deeply hurtful and inappropriate, like an unwelcome guest at a deeply personal ceremony.”

Galante and other petition organizers hope to gather enough signatures to convince local lawmakers and the ceremony’s organizers, the nonprofit 9/11 Memorial & Museum, to keep Mamdani away from the silver-anniversary ceremony planned for the former Twin Towers site in Lower Manhattan.

The petition posted on Change.org cites an array of concerns about Mamdani, who is the city’s first Muslim mayor and has promoted his religion since taking office in January.

Galante and many others have contacted the non-profit 9/11 Memorial and Museum to disinvite Mamdani from the event, due to his support for those groups who endorsed candidates and has been endorsed by individuals who openly said that ‘America deserved 9/11.

Mamdani spokesperson Jeremy Edwards said the mayor still plans to attend the ceremony, despite the petition drive or the wishes of the surviving families.

“Mayor Mamdani will proudly honor the families, survivors and first responders forever impacted by these devastating attacks by standing alongside them at this year’s 9/11 Commemoration, reaffirming that we will never forget the solemn day felt by all of us who call this city home,” said Edwards.

In actuality, Mamdani is a vainglorious, narcissistic, sycophantic POS, who cares only for his own wants and needs without considering the opinions of anyone who desires or would consider an opposing viewpoint. 

This is typical of EVERY Socialist or Communist. Only theirs matters.

He will disregard even his City Council should it consider the viewpoints of the families and their supporters. He will insert himself into the ceremony regardless.

In this most vile manner he conducts his every move. Let us pray he fails.

Murder in the Name of God

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Once again, the Occupied Government of Iran, known as the Islamic Republic, has executed two more men “in the name of God” because they belonged to an Islamic State cell that formed after the group’s territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria and had planned attacks inside Iran.

And of course, the executioners were “holy men” dressed in cleric’s clothes as they blasphemed their way to right the wrongs against Allah.

The report  broadcast on Iran’s Islamic State television were identified as Mohieddin Abdollahi and Hossein Palani.

This execution was conducted after the Supreme Court of Iran upheld (rubber-stamped) their death sentences. Kind of like the horrors meted out under Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.

But while those entities did not introduce God in their evil  acts against humanity, these monsters invoke God into every inhuman act, as if to give credence for the rest of us to accept. Well, decent God-fearing people don’t accept that sick, perverted blasphemy.

It is time to remove this satanic entity from the world forever.

Recognizing That Changes Have to be Made.

​Seventeen games under five hundred (40 and 57) pretty much sends the Mets packing it in at the All-Star Break. So much for any chance for a playoff berth.

Now, the “Boy Wonder”, David Stearns has to begin dismantling his band of has-beens and never-wases which he chose after he decided to trade or not re-sign the core of Alonzo, Nimmo, Diaz and McNeil.

The team is now in a rebuilding state, which has only a few certainties. These include Benge, Ewing, Soto, Lindor, McLean and the catching core. And maybe, one or two more pitchers. Everyone else is expendable.

Steve Cohen needs to shed payroll and bring some sanity back to the roster. As fans, we recognize that his five-year plan is not happening now and Stearns’ patchwork of misfits is a failure. 

The Boy Wonder may have been a success in a small market, but has no idea of what he is doing in New York. Even with unlimited resources. And his smug attitude has become tiresome, as he blames everyone else for his own shortcomings.

This team has brought back reminders of past years under the Payson and Wilpon ownerships. But at least we knew that failure WAS an option, and the cost of witnessing disappointment in person was not your monthly rent payment.

And the desperation of putting cheeks in the seats by offering giveaways to the first 15,000 people doesn’t cut it anymore, either. Perhaps, the ‘86 Mets World Series Ceremony and Carlos Beltran’s Retirement Day will provide a positive response to an otherwise disappointing season.

We can only hope that a new manager, coaching staff and a revamped roster will come to pass for 2027 and give us something better to root for than this disaster. Anything will be better than this.

Wait until next year. Let’s Go Mets!

The Latest Mamdani Public Relations Disaster

We have forever acknowledged, proudly, that this country is a nation of immigrants, coming from all parts of the world. And for our entire history, we have recognized the contributions each generation from each ethnicity has made to our unique development as a nation.

Until this week.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Socialist Mayor of New York City and an immigrant himself, willfully neglected to recognize a key group of immigrants who helped to make New York the Greatest City in the world in his “immigrant map” by omitting Little Italy and the enclave it represents.

But Italians were not the only ethnic group which was neglected. While the City Council’s Italian-American caucus fumed Thursday over Mamdani’s map which didn’t list Italian enclaves, and pointed out that big Irish and Jewish neighborhoods were also eliminated, his map spotlighted thirty other areas, including Little Palestine, Koreatown, Little Pakistan and Little Odessa.

“You cannot tell the story of immigrant New York while airbrushing out one of the city’s most recognizable and historically significant immigrant communities,” the caucus said in a statement Thursday, calling the omission “incomplete at best and insulting at worst.”

The caucus said the Mamdani administration should work with historians and community groups so the next version of the map gives Italian‑Americans and other groups a fair shake.

“Italian‑Americans are not a footnote in the history of New York,” the group added. “We are one of the city’s foundational immigrant communities, and our neighborhoods, churches, small businesses, feast traditions, civic institutions, and family networks helped build modern New York.”

The Italian Caucus pointed out Belmont in the Bronx, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights in Brooklyn and Italian‑American pockets in Queens and Staten Island are also neighborhoods where Italian roots run deep.

But this is typical of actions by the Socialist Mayor. He has frequently neglected history of his city, while glorifying the groups who pay homage to his agenda.

Hopefully, New Yorkers will remember this in November and elect a new Governor, who will remove this disaster from New York City under the State Constitution before he destroys it completely. 

The current governor certainly does not have the guts or nerve to do it.

More Failure by Democrat “Leaders”

​Once upon a time, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand happily endorsed Graham Platner for the Democrat nomination for Senator from Maine after Janet Mills withdrew from the primary race. They thought this Democrat Nazi was an excellent choice to run against RINO Senator Susan Collins in the Fall.

Now, they are calling on Platner to “immediately withdraw” from the Maine Senate race after the embattled Democratic candidate was accused of rape by an ex-girlfriend. 

 “The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing – violence, abuse and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable,” the New York Democrats said in a statement released by the DSCC.

“Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw as the Democratic nominee for Senate and allow Maine Democrats the opportunity to choose a new candidate who can defeat Susan Collins,” Schumer and Gillibrand continued.

They publicly backed Platner even after he met with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill last month following bombshell reports in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal about the former oyster farmer’s suggestive texts with at least six women.

They were so blinded by their need to win this Senate seat that they ignored all the warning signs Platner freely revealed before and during that primary. And afterwards, too.

Doesn’t say much for their evaluation and vetting of their candidates. Does it!?

Most recently, Jenny Racicot, Platner’s ex-girlfriend, alleged in a Politico piece published Monday that the Maine Senate hopeful drunkenly broke into her home and raped her about five years ago.

But it took until now for Schumer and Gillibrand to grow a spine and join many other Democrats to call on Platbrt to step aside. As usual, Schumer, the Minority Leader, stuck a finger in the air to see which  way the political wind was blowing. Then, he humpfed up like a big shot to act like he had a pair.

It is time for New Yorkers to send these two failures out to pasture before they can do any more harm to the State and the Country.

Celebrating Independence Day Weekend

​It has been a week since this writer posted anything about anything. A well-deserved vacation to recharge the batteries was needed, even though much activity was occurring over the last few days, including the celebration of 250 years of our Glorious Independence and Liberty.

The world went on as usual, with the same pluses and minuses as it always has. And, by the way, the anticipation of the wedding of the year spectacular is also finally behind us. T and T FINALLY got married. Thank God, we could not take any more of PAGE SIX.

Iran is still acting like a belligerent tyrant during this period of ceasefire while rattling its destroyed weapons. And is still murdering innocent civilians, who only want water and lights, all while the occupiers blaspheme God. 

In New York City, Socialist (Communist) Mayor Mamdani continues to push his anti-American agenda even harder since his candidates beat traditional Democrats in the recent primary. 

And has the audacity to sit behind George Washington’s desk denigrating this country as he mocked Independence Day calling out the “powerful” who treat American ideals as a given only for the “select few.”   But he forgot to mention the sacrifices made by so many who made this country great.

“We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions,” he intoned. “We see the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, one where children go to sleep hungry while the world’s first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections.”

Spoken like a true Socialist, born with a Communist spoon in his mouth.

But enough about him. Instead, we can remember that we still live in a country where we can say anything, even when we disagree, knowing that no other country has that same freedom. And can condemn same without fear of reprisal.

God Bless America, Land that I Love.

Another Reason For the SAVE America Act

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When someone says there is no “Election Fraud” committed by anyone, point them to this. It is rampant, even in a school board election.

A Long Island school clerk overseeing board of education elections tore up ballots and threw them in a dumpster to rig the election for a local DJ, a newly revealed internal probe found.

Hempstead Union Free School District Clerk April Keys allegedly rigged the May 19 trustee election by smuggling official ballots out of her office and handing absentee ballots to incumbent candidate Victor Pratt so he could trash them, according to a 51-page petition filed by the district with the state Education Department.

Keys could now face criminal charges as the district is looking to overturn Pratt’s razor-thin win. Pratt is a third-term trustee and former school board president who moonlights as a local DJ under the stage name DJ Vic-Lover, according to his social media.

“The Board of Education Trustee election must be overturned because widespread irregularities affected the outcome of the election and were so pervasive that they vitiated the electoral process,” the filing, from the Hempstead school district’s attorneys, said. “The Board of Education Trustee election must be overturned because widespread irregularities affected the outcome of the election and were so pervasive that they vitiated the electoral process,” the filing, from the Hempstead school district’s attorneys, said.

The filing, which was submitted June 15 but emerged Thursday,  asks state Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa to order a new one election, with a replacement clerk and oversight by the state Attorney General’s Civil Rights office.

The district launched an internal investigation after it discovered major irregularities in its election for the unpaid trustee seats.

What a surprise! NOT!!

And here is another little tidbit, friends. Pratt won by just 81 votes, boosted by a suspiciously large number of absentee and early mail ballots that boosted him to the win even though he only came in third on machine voting, the probe found.

Pratt racked up 87% of absentee votes and 55% of early mail votes, compared to just 27% of in-person machine votes, while other trustee candidates received fewer than 100 absentee and early mail ballots combined, the probe found. 

If this can happen for a local school board election, with only two people involved, one can only extrapolate that with many more people at state and federal levels counting absentee and mail-in ballots, greater fraud is probable. Especially when there are no fail-safe checkpoints like cameras installed in the rooms where ballots are counted.

Eighty percent of ALL Americans want election integrity in our elections. It seems that forty-five Democrats, two Independents and several Republicans keep voting to allow fraud in our elections by voting against the SAVE America Act.

It is well beyond time to finally pass and enact this bill.