That time of year again – when hope is strong…
As a Padres fan, I know that pain is coming my way. Ah, well! Its Opening Day…for now, its all good.
With all the woke garbage, baseball is still American. Of course, some bits of legend are fading – I was at a minor league game with the grandsons last Spring and after a guy whiffed I commented “Mighty Casey has struck out” and got blank stares from the boys. I was shocked: they had never read Casey at the Bat…but, then again, I don’t think the kids are reading much of anything these days. Anyways, they’ve heard of it now…and they both like to play a bit of Little League ball. It goes on.
One thing that is still amazing me is how so many on the Right still go along with the Left Narrative. The Signal thing is just that – another Left Narrative. We know the Left doesn’t even give a darn about national security. Heck, they hate the USA with a white-hot passion. But they got their little report (provided to us by a known and quite notorious liar who has routinely lied about Trump since the get-go) and they’re running with it…and the Usual Suspect Right voices are “well, this is bad, we should do something, there should be investigations and resignations!”. Which, of course, is the point of the exercise.
Back in 2017 the resignation of Michael Flynn and the start of the “Trump-Russia” special counsel investigation was really the beginning of the end for that Trump term. Very much good was still accomplished but so much time was lost and as people were forced to resign, they were invariably replaced by Establishment hacks who undermined Trump at every turn. I get us falling for it a bit in 2017 but in 2025? Come on – only a moron would go along with this.
And there they go – going along with it. So, morons.
The good news is that Trump is not allowing himself to be stampeded here – he’s holding firm and so are his people, and if you think the AG is going to recuse herself and appoint a special counsel, you’re nuts.
Meanwhile, the lawfare against Trump continues – with the judicial rulings getting ever more absurd…which, in the end, will play right into Trump’s hands. Keep in mind that Trump does not want to defy these rulings. As I’ve said for a while, Trump is the most law-abiding President we’ve had in ages. He wants to work within the system…but the system does include his ability to deport any foreigner he wants (no reason required) and to hire and fire at will in the Executive Branch (Executive power is vested in the President per Article II…this power is 100% Trump’s, not the judges – it can’t be taken away in any form save by Constitutional amendment). Our hope – and likely, Trump’s – is that the Supreme Court calls the District courts off…tells them to stop doing this. If they don’t…then on the matter of deporting criminal illegal aliens, Trump will openly defy and the American people will back him on it.
Don’t want it to be this way – I want us to retain judicial review (which is not, by the way, written into the Constitution…it isn’t even really implied in the document; the independent Judiciary was created so that the Executive wouldn’t have the power to jail people…it wasn’t set up to play referee on political matters) but we can’t let judges decide the course of the country. That is for the people via their elected leadership to decide. The Courts should only intervene if there is a really egregious violation of the obvious requirements of the Constitution. No penumbras here, guys. And if the Courts don’t curb themselves, then they’re going to find that they have no mechanism to enforce their rulings. The Judiciary has no army or police…and even if they want to hold in contempt and issue fines, the President can just pardon his people. I hope that Roberts can see the writing on the wall and reverse course.
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If they don’t…then on the matter of deporting criminal illegal aliens, Trump will openly defy and the American people will back him on it.
I don’t know if it’s a possibility, but I’d like to see the Justice Department arrest Judge Boasberg (for starters) for aiding and abetting.
That would be an extreme measure…but, I wonder?
8 US Code 1324
“…aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts…”
There is clearly no power in a judge to stop the President from carrying out the powers vested in the office…so, if a judge does try to stop the executive action does that aid and abet the commission of any of the preceding acts?
Let’s haul him into court and find out…and in this case, the process is the punishment.
Homan has cited this law, which I have linked several times in discussions about sanctuary cities, etc. so it is out there for people to consider. I had not thought of citing a sitting judge for complicity but I don’t see why not. There is nothing in the law or Constitution that says the black robe conveys permission to break the law. I have been expecting some mayors and attorneys general and maybe even a governor to trip over this law, though. I’m liking the idea of the judge being perp-walked and booked for complicity to violate this code.
Successfully prosecuting Boasberg would definitely send a message to other activist judges.
The arrogance of some judges reminds me of an old joke about doctors: What is the main difference between God and a doctor? God doesn’t think he is a doctor. These days you could substitute “judge” for “doctor” and it would be even more true.
In happier news, the DOJ has opened a civil rights investigation against the LA County Sheriff’s department. The cause? The Department is violating the civil rights of American citizens to keep and bear arms!
Love it!
Liberals have loved the DOJ Civil Rights Division because its essentially been the enforcement arm for the race-baiting “Civil Rights” groups as they shake down individuals, corporations and groups. But the thing is the laws don’t say you can’t discriminate against black people – it is that you can’t discriminate against anyone. And keep in mind that the standard has been “disparate impact”…the DOJ doesn’t have to prove an actual program to discriminate, it just has to show a pattern of action which is discriminatory. Liberals have loved “disparate impact” because, well, let’s face it – the people they want to steal money from are not racist and not trying to discriminate. “Disparate Impact” has allowed liberals to essentially convict people for nothing.
Best here is that this isn’t nothing – the Second Amendment, confirmed by multiple recent Court rulings, secures the right of the people to keep and bear arms…if you are throwing up all manner of legal roadblocks to this then you are violating civil rights. A right in theory is meaningless if it can’t be exercised. This will be a very fun case – and will form the basis for all manner of additional cases. It is, of course, against the law to set up a DEI system designed to get more “marginalized” people into the system if this has the disparate impact of, say, preventing well-qualified white and Asian students from getting STEM and Med School slots. And on and on.
if you have never been to a spring training game, do so sometime, they are the best. Went and saw the Giants (my team) play the Diamondbacks last weekend and what a fun time. The venues are smaller and more intimate, the ball players throw balls to the kids and sign autographs, and the people are just relaxed and having fun. NO POLITICS. Just good clean Americana fun …. I go to a few spring games every year. Go Giants!!
I wish you had posted this earlier. I am within 40 miles of three major league spring training venues, one just about 15 miles from me, but I totally spaced out an old idea of going to some games, and now it’s too late.
Next year 😉 and you have a lot of them to choose from in Florida
The Phoenix AZ area is ideal for spring training. Looking at a map of the area will show a multitude of ballparks used largely for this reason. I know one of the owners of the Diamondbacks and his family. Great people.
I’m about halfway between Bradenton and Fort Meyers and only 15 miles or so from Port Charlotte, where the Rays have their spring training. This was a squirrely winter, with lots of back-and-forth to Colorado and Wyoming, and I never did really settle into my Florida time. But I got a lot of things checked off my list, and look forward to a long winter here next year, if the hurricanes leave me alone.
How much extra work and time is having multiple places and traveling between them? Do you still have livestock & horses? If so, who takes care of them when you’re not around? I’m not sure if I would have the stamina to keep up with your pace, though I suspect you still find time to enjoy life.
Yes, some extra work and time. I still have horses but it is my old retired breeding herd, and they are on property in Wyoming that has a couple of houses on it. I let a woman live rent free in one of the houses in exchange for keeping an eye on the horses and putting hay out for them in the winter. At this point in their lives they don’t work any more, just ramble around on open range in the summer playing Wild Mustangs of the Rockies and hang out closer to the houses and shelters in the winter eating hay and snoozing in the sun.
Usually I leave my Colorado house in late fall, when the hurricane season is over, and go back around the middle of April, with maybe one quick trip back sometime in the winter but not necessarily. My Colorado neighbor watches that house for me, checking on it at least once a week and keeping the automatic cat feeders in the garage filled up for the two garage cats and filling their water bowls. When I am in Colorado a neighbor in Florida, who has a very nice little side gig watching houses for people who are, like me, snow birds, goes through my house at least once a week to make sure everything is OK, and the lawn and pool service is year round.
I have tons of Frontier miles because that was my business card for years, but lately their schedule is insane, so I have been putting every expense I can on my United card (and then paying it off right away) so I have a lot of United miles I can use to either buy tickets or pay down the cash price for a ticket.
Having a house on each end of the trip means I can travel with just a large purse just big enough to hold my e-book tablet and my phone and a couple of little odds and ends—-as a rancher I got out of the habit of carrying a purse years ago so unlike many women I don’t usually haul much around with me. So I don’t even need to use the overhead compartments.
If I’m going to be in the “other” place more than three or four days I fly with my cat, who has a spinner-wheel carrier that slides under the airplane seat in front of me, and she is a great traveler with many trips under her collar. We’ve got security clearance down pat—-I have to take her out of the carrier and hold her while the carrier goes through the X-ray machine, which she doesn’t like because of the noise and all the people, but she is very good about it, just trembling till her safe house comes out of the machine and she can get back in. She seems to like the sound of the wheels as they go across the different floor surfaces in the airports. On the plane, she just curls up and naps. Otherwise I have someone come in and check on her and visit with her a couple of times a day, and she has an automatic feeder and waterer.
But you are right—having two houses (three if you count the little one in Wyoming) is a pain, because no matter what you want it’s in the other house. Fortunately my life is now very simple, as I live in jeans or shorts for the most part, with heavy clothes in Colorado and light clothes in Florida. It’s worth it to me to get out of the cold and, especially, the snow. I had a high-altitude mountain ranch for many years and more than paid my snow dues. I could not afford to have the house in Florida except for the fact that my husband’s will gave me a life estate in our old Denver house, with the option to sell it and buy another house of equal value for me to use for the rest of my life. He had set up a small trust that pays the basic expenses for the house as well, such as insurance and taxes, which makes it workable for me. We had talked about moving back to the Denver house when we got out of ranching, because Denver used to be a wonderful city, but by the time I was ready to retire Denver had turned into San Francisco Lite, and I had already moved my downsized ranch to Colorado, so I just rolled over the Denver house into one in Florida.
I often ask people; “If money weren’t an object where would you live and why?” Every place has pros & cons, sometimes depending on personality, and a 1 or 2 week vacation rarely gives a good overall picture of what it would be like living there on a regular basis. The most common answer tends to be a split season between someplace warm for winter and a 3 season place, late spring, summer & early autumn, for the rest of the year, -or- simply getting away from a blazing hot summer for a few months. Sometimes the getaway is an owned property, other times a 2-4 month rental providing the ability to try different places and eliminates the need for having someone watch it while you’re not there. One down side being the necessity of having to transport clothes and personal items.
People able to enjoy such arrangements tend to be well off financially. Not necessarily rich as in millionaire status, but certainly not destitute. Some people I know have college age kids or older, who work resorts between semesters and are smart enough to understand the dynamics of providing excelled service and cheerful conversation to these people, realizing how it reflects on tips, especially from people who appreciate youngsters who go above & beyond and are able to compensate them for it.
The best climate I have ever experienced was in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s high and dry, at about 7200 feet in altitude, so the air is crisp and clean. There is a ski area within the city limits, so there is definitely a winter, but it’s only about three months long, with clear skies and sunshine even then. When I lived there we had rain every afternoon for about half an hour, and then the sun would come back out, so everything was clean and fresh. Spring comes early and fall comes late.
But the culture is weird, partly hard-core Lefties, partly resentful natives (often Native Americans), partly uber-rich and partly tourists. When I lived there, there was no middle class, for the most part. It was the best native food I ever had—if I had to choose any one kind of food for the rest of my life it would be Northern New Mexican. The history is interesting (the books “Sky Determines” and “The Lieutenant Emory Reports”, both by Ross Calvin, offer insights into the Anasazi and the early American military expeditions). It’s a couple of hours from Los Alamos, which is a fascinating place, and the drive from the “back side” of Los Alamos through the Jemez Mountains is spectacular.
It breaks 90 degrees a few times in the summer, but not often, and winters are mild. Similar to Spook’s neck of the woods it doesn’t get tornadoes or earthquakes or hurricanes, though there have been a few bad fires up in the mountains. One that was interesting back in the late 70s got no national press, but friends who lived in Santa Fe told me there had been alerts of possible mass evacuations if a big fire in the Jemez got “too close” to some mystery somethings stored or buried near the old laboratories up there—-as the crow flies it’s only about 25 miles to Santa Fe from Los Alamos, though the drive is a lot longer.
I often ask people; “If money weren’t an object where would you live and why?”
I suspect I’m in the minority. I REALLY LIKE where I live: rural northeastern Indiana, especially with the effects of climate change the last few years (heh). For several years in a row we’ve had mild summers and mild, mostly snow-free winters. Our last really cold, snowy winter was 2013/14. I’m not sure if we’re just in a weather/climate sweet spot, or if there are other areas of the country that are similar. My youngest daughter and her husband live about 3 hours north of me, and they get 5-10 times the snow we get. Even an hour west of me gets a lot more snow. My other daughter and her husband live west of Kansas City, and they break 100 in the summer way more than I break 90. And I don’t have to deal with hurricanes, earth quakes, forest fires, and mud slides. We do have the occasional tornado, but I have never been a victim of one.
For me that sweet spot would be the stretch of coast from La Jolla to Del Mar in California. But we’d first have to exile the people who live there as they are largely upper class white liberals who ruin all the rest of California while carefully guarding their coastal enclave.
That said, I do like the Las Vegas area climate – it really does matter that even the worst heat is a dry heat. We rarely freeze, its mostly sunny, I can get in the pool from March to October. My only two complaints are that traffic on the freeways gets worse by the year and some idiots out there aren’t taking care of their pools (this is likely a bit of downward slurge in overall Western civilization) and so we’re getting far more mosquitos than we used to…they’ve always been in the Vegas valley, of course, but as they need water to breed they were usually down by the Vegas Wash a good 7 miles straight line from me…but idiots who neither clean nor drain their pools are causing us to be rather plagued with mosquitos at times.
I can’t argue with you about that stretch of California coastline, and I might even extend it further north. But, as you say, based on weather alone, not the cultural rot that has made it uninhabitable.
You guys are overlooking the obvious … if money was not object, the place we would all live would be HAWAII. It’s absolutely perfect in Hawaii every singe day. At least that’s where I would be
Except for the isolation factor of living on an island in the middle of a vast ocean hours by air from everywhere I agree about Hawaii—except that it’s not money that is the factor as much as the political culture.
My cousin married a guy from Hawaii. He moved to the central NY area where his wife is from. I asked if the cold & snow bothered him especially considering the year-round weather in Hawaii is typically what most people seek. He actually appreciates the change in seasons and mentioned that; as many people who say they wish they could live in Hawaii, there are many islanders who wish they could live on the mainland that offers far more variety, opportunities for adventures and various lifestyles / cultural experiences.
I agree with your cousin’s husband. That is what I liked about Santa Fe—it has actual seasons and an actual winter. It’s just a short winter and a mild one. And I think I would feel claustrophobic living in a place with such defined boundaries.
Yep – Las Vegas is sometimes jokingly referred to as Hawaii’s 9th island due to the number of Hawaiians who live here. They do love and miss their Hawaiian paradise but, face it, after a while you do go rock happy. The Big Island is 4,000 square miles…which might seem like a lot but its greatest distance side to side is 93 miles – you can drive that in an hour and a half or less if the cops aren’t around.
What a breath of fresh air!
It’s so funny to read comments on articles like this. The first is totally typical of the Left, just baseless name-calling and snarling without a hint of substance to back it up.
I notice the article does not mention thimerisol (?) which was banned when it was finally proved to cause autism.
This is really huge and desperately needed. So much of “medicine” is untested or undertested and that which is tested is often not subject to the oversight most people think. To actually be able to review the “data” (even if it’s skewed) would definitely be a good first step. Then, having an actual working system to track efficiency and injury is the only real way to determine overall value / danger. Far too much of what big pharma produces is shielded from liability. Also, as many have already pointed out, removing direct advertising of prescription drugs would be significant on many levels. It seems many are anxious to see what RFK is planning and able to accomplish, while others with will attempt to resist or shut down anything he does. Not out of concern for other people but because of the negative impact for themselves.
I’m as speechless as John Stewart.
Laugh of the day by a caller to the Clay and Buck radio show. (Tennessee is playing Kentucky tonight in the NCAA Tournament for a spot in the Elite 8)
“Do you know why the Tennessee Volunteers wear orange? It’s a universal color, they can wear it in the game on Saturday, wear it hunting on Sunday, and wear it when they report for community service on Monday.”
I have friends to pass that along to who will get a laugh.
From Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert cartoon;
We’re at a point where we’re subjected to the Left’s hysterics over imaginary crises, and that’s where Adams has founded a new government agency: the ‘Department of Imaginary Concerns,’ which will take all the whining and complaints from the Left.
Please direct Russian collusion inquiries to the Department of Imaginary Concerns. If the issue concerns cuts to Medicaid, the Department of Imaginary Concerns can help the media with their questions. Global warming inquiries can also be directed to the Department of Imaginary Concerns.
I loved that idea of Scott Adams. Keep in mind that Elon Musk has a strong streak of whimsy, as we see with his adoption of the word “doge” after it started as a simple misspelling of the word “dog” that he thought was funny, and his admission of why he made his rockets “pointy” so I would not be surprised to find his agency with a Department of Imaginary Concerns Department (handling both imaginary concerns and redundancies).