We will NEVER recover from this,,,,

 Let's talk honestly - DO you really think that we as a nation can recover from the current Regime and thier policies. ??

First - It has not even been 6 Months of the Dump administration, and he and his MAGA nut jobs have managed to tank the Economy ,  Take away more and more rights that we have had as a Republic fot over 200 years, Dishonored us on the world stage to the point ht we are a laughing stock among other nations,  Talk of taking Greenland, and making Canada the 51st state. Taking Healthcare from Millions, defunding programs that help the poor and underprivileged people - destroying the Government from within in the name of refueling the pockets of Billionaires,  Defunding programs that will KILL Children, and seniors,   appointing all these totally unqualified people to very important positions that used to secure our Health and safety and support our military - but now onl look to bend the knee and kiss the ring of the Orange Jesus.  ICE agents and Masked , unidentified individuals kidnapping immigrants off our streets and out of their homes - Not violent criminals as they said but working people , men and women ,  transporting them and incarcerating them in forgien prisions that are = as the administrator has admitted are out the reach of our justice system and out of the view of the free press.  Talking about american Free Press as the Enemy of the state and using the same terms about anyone that dares to disagree with them or offer a conflicting viewpoint to the FAT NIXON's agenda.  Handing out talking points and pretending that those talking points are government policy -  LYING LYING LYING at every turn, and the doubling down on those lies when they are caught in them.   Sewing division into the US .vs THEM mentality.  Taking responsibility for NOTHING - it's always always, Biden or Obama or Clinton. NO member of the House or Senate staining. up and says Enough in F-ing Enough !  Calling for the Arrest, impeachment and/or deportation of those judges and elected officials that dare to even question them.  Giving us BS about states rights on the one hand and on the other looking to Authariting rule - see also - deploying the Military to LA to act against   AMERICAN CITIZENS !!   Using what is now a Extremely corrupt Supreme court to backing  their play at nearly every turn - supporting the POTUS to the disreguard of the LAW... 

Even of he was to leave office this afternoon - How long  ?  IF EVER -  do you think it would take for the Country to recover from just over 5 months of Tyranny ...???  

the AG of the US goes before Congress and will not answer questions about the actions of her department - but wants to spout Dumpo's taliing pints about the Bidens  - 

The secretary of defense - (Jesus wept) did the same - could not explain where and how his budget was being cut ....   was to have a Budget to the Congress and missed that deadline -   and that  ois not just a nicve IDEA to have the Budget submitted - its the LAW..   but hey  Pete (3 olives in my Martini) Hegs, said that that the strike against Iran was " .....the most complex and secretive military operation in history". WTF ?!?!?!  in History ???  I think the folks around the Manhattan project , D-Day - oh yea that D-Day,   and the Killing of Osama bin Laden to name a few that I can think of sitting here....   And Obliterated  - I think the ENTIRE cabinet got an Email that said they would get a bonus - maybe Trumpo Steaks - every time they use that word in the next week !!!

Homan - the so called Border Czar now thinks the border extends to NYC after the Democratic primary there had a guy win that he dont like, the Guy that supports destroying families, deporting Parents cause the broke the law by entering country illegally - a Civil charge - not criminal ...  and  we are spose to feel bad that he is being criticized by others on the left to the point he can't live with his family anymore - now no-one is suggesting violence against him and certainly not his familiy - but seroiusly - we are spose to feel bad for him ???

Bessent - thinks people that need help from the government to simply exist are LAZY .....that we should remove Federal assistance from them - LAZY>?!?!?  and  he works for guy that plays golf 25 % of the days since his inauguration in January - the WORLD burns = and the economy tanks , and Dumpo grifts money and Bessent thinks that folks that need a little hep TO SURVIVE -

I am more and MORE sceptical that we can ever recover fro what has gone on the past 150+ days - to say nothing of the Ongoing damage that is being done every day - and will continue mostly unchecked for the next THREE AND A HALF YEARS 

etiquette in Pickleball - really ???

 ok  - there has been discussion in a Pickleball group I follow about Court and play etiquette..

The subjects were Poaching  and Group of 4 playing together... and I am commenting on these as it is REC CENTER  - aka  Friendly play..aka = not tournament play... 

A) Poaching - this happens in every game - and I think when you can do it a - it is a good strategy.  Your opponent is waiting for the ball to be hit by player A - but player B jumps across and returns it instead - many times it has been successful - as they are not ready for the ball... and yep it has happened to me more times than I care to say - HOWEVER - this discussion was about one player constantly taking the ball  that is headed to  their partner  - to the point the partner and at times even the other team - says " hey - you gonna let me/them  play - or you taking all the shots " - now I guess it was directed to a younger and maybe more skilled playeer - but IMHO that makes it worse...  There is no Trophy to be gained here ...  NO checks handed out at the end of the day....   if you want to go get balls you think the other can't get - thats ONE OR TWO - fine,.  but this is REC Play - let it go =  think how it makes the other player feel .  when even being called out for it , and being spoken to by other players does not make you stop  - then I hate that the solution might be - NOPE - NO one is playing with them - wanna be a one person team - go hit balls by yourself.....  

I am going to expand this Poaching discussion to one team continually peppering the "weaker" player - again - Friendly play - NOT tournament.  I witnessed a few pissed off players when the opponents continually hit the ball to theless experienced player .  I gotta ask - If you do that .. Is that really fun for you ?? that whoa - you can slam the ball past a less experienced player ....   BFD..... and what fun for them ?? did someone do that to you when you were learning ?? when you were the less experienced player  ?? Gimme a break -   If you really are the more experienced player - act like it and get both of your opponents involved - 

 B) Group of four playing together ,... ok and I get it ...   your Group of four comes off the court and there are NOT  4 paddles in the next stack....   you don't wanna break up your 4 ....  OK - but 1) you DO NOT get to jump the line.... if there ain't 4 - then the court stays open till the next game ends that has a player or Players willing to join the less than 4 paddles waiting - too bad if a cour t has to stay open.   and I get it - you want to play competitive games - every game ....   and frankly no matter what skill level you are - or think you are - I have Questions.,....    Are you on the Pro Pickleball Tour ???  How long have you played this game. ??? a year - 2 years - or were you voted Ms/Mr Pickleball in your Grade-school Class ??  First day on the court you knew the rules,,, the scorings ? you were the one that defined Lobs and 3rd shot drops and you drew the first Kitchen line???  ya get my point. ?? as the kids say "you feel me" ??  NO ONE = NO ONE was born with a Joola Ben Johns in their hand....  everyone learned the game = so gimme a break - we have a responsibility to play games with players at all levels, and skills -  EVERY game ??  no - but enough games that others are included = and don't give advice or Coaching unless asked.,....   many players are just oth there to move and sweat a little , to get their heart pumping, and be part of the Group to converse and meet/greet others on a daily basis....  they might not be a 5.0 player and that is not their/our  goal.   i read a while back about - playing say 50-60 % of your games with people of equal skill level as yours,,,, and then 25-30 % of the games .vs people better than you - and the rest of players with skill level less that you (and maybe you work on drop shot or a lob or dinking in those games)  

and ok - let's talk about Unrequested  coaching  - Simple - DON'T DO IT !!!  - simple - DON'T do it ! keep your YAPP shut....

  If your partner asks you about where to stand or move ,, or how they can better return a shot,..  OK , thats your opportunity.. try criticizing your own play when you miss hit  a hit long or side out or into the net.   Saying things like "I know better than to make a full swing at a ball this close to the net - I know I should just kinda Punch it" or "darn - I need to get my paddle down close to the ground when that shot is returned high to the other side - man I gotta remember when their paddle goes up = mine needs to go down"  "whoa - they hit that serve hard - I have to take a step back from the End line so I can return it" ....  or darn it - look where I am - no man's land - I need to get closer to the Kitchen Line"   and like in managing people - sometimes the $hit Sandwich works best -  that's an improvement - sandwiched between two compliments..  "you really have that serve  down - you put it right in the  box every time .....  then remember the party is at the net - so when I move up - try to move up with me -  But keep getting that serve in - gives us great chance to win the point.. !!   

buy you a military rank

 huuummmmm.  I am really close to having enough money to buy me some Silver Oak leaves !!!  oh yea and there is some BS about High tech innovation ....  so - for all you that served or are currently serving - get ready to salute these Military men who are now Lieutenant Colonel's...  

One could ask why they could not do the same work and bring the same innovation to the Military  as Non military American Citizens ...   but then Dumpo would have had to do without the Billions that they gave to him .... and Hegseth that totally unqualified FOX  Entertainment weekend host - would not have recieved his kick-back from the Administration .....

Astonishing: Give Trump a million dollars and you get to become an Army officer, complete with uniform and everybody must salute you! You, too, can play warrior if you’re a large enough Trump donor! Hegseth’s Army just rolled out a new program called “Detachment 201: The Army’s Executive Innovation Corps” that says its goal is to “fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation.” That bullshit-speak for “we’re going to give tech billionaire Trump donors an officer’s commission and a uniform.” So far four tech moguls have jumped at the opportunity to strut around in uniform with Lieutenant Colonel’s silver oak leaves on their shoulders, forcing enlisted and inferior officers to snap to attention and salute them, and every one of their companies have shoveled at least a million into one of Trump’s slush funds. This is Kristi Noem-level corruption and cosplaying, funded with your tax dollars.

pitiful yankees - comfortable lead lost in less then a weedk

28 hits and just FIVE  5 runs in 5 games ....

 Here is the data going back to the win in KC - then swept by the redsox in Boston and a loss to LA last night...

6 doubles - no triples  - 1 - ONE homerun - 14 walks in 178 plate appearances... 43 Strikeouts that is 43 of 164 at bats or  26% of the time - STRIKE OUT !!    These are pathetic numbers --- 

And last night was awful - they had a man on 2nd in the bottom of the ninth via a Stanton double - Jazz strikes out - oh Doningues runs for Stanton - and why the hell isnt  Jazz taking a pitch or two to let the Martian steal 3rd - I have no clue - so K for Jazz - Volpe - on the craziest play hits the ball directly to 3rd exactly where Dominguez is sliding into 3rd - so he is OUT - 2 down - Volpe on 1st - Immediately steals 2nd - then - you you guessed it - Wells strikes out...

OK - lets go to the 10th - Wells is the ghost runner at 2nd - LeMahiue cannot get the bunt down  - and he Strikes out - then they pinch run Peraza for Wells - cause they did not move Wells to 3rd - Grisman flies  - moves Peraza to thrid Goldschmitt flies out - inning over.  

11 th - Down one run -  Goldschmitt on 2nd - they intentionally walk Judge -  who wouldn't - bellinger flies out - Goldschitt to 3rd... Domingues pop out to short infield - Goldschmitt out at home - 2 down - Judge to 3rd - Volpe out on a forces out domingues at 3rd - GAME OVER - 

Lemahiue not getting the bunt down

JAzz not letting dominguez steal third 

I guess they dod not want to run Escarra for Goldschmitt - aas he is the last catcher...

the end of Democracy

 SO    Kash Patel posted to X, saying, “Hit a cop, you’re going to jail… doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks to you. If the local police force won’t back our men and women on the thin blue line, we @FBI will.”

Unless you wear a MAGA hat and fly a Trump flag like those that assaulted Law enforcement on Jan 6th ,,,,  all were pardoned by the POTUS... 

This is exactly what Dumpo wants ....  distraction from current issues =  Dumpo being all over the Jeffery Epstein tapes and investigation - having laws passed that reduce or eliminate the Judicial oversight of the executive branch- having this Dictator  wanna be decleare martial law - deplay troops to the states to take control , Eliminate the free press . call out American citizens right to assemble and protest and deplay the Guard and the Military against them - This is Democracy Dying... being executed right before our eyes -  

ARE YOU OK with this ??? really ??? You will be until ita affects YOU or Yours ! then we will hear from you - then you will be outraged - with the THEN be too late ?!?!?!?

August 2022 - A man armed with an AR-15 dies after trying to breach FBI offices in Cincinnati. A Pennsylvania man is arrested after he posts death threats against agents on social media. In cyberspace, calls for armed uprisings and civil war grow stronger. Federal authorities and private extremism monitors warn. A growing number of ardent Trump supporters seem ready to strike back against the FBI or others who they believe go too far in investigating the former president.

 The current leadership of the House is proposing harmful cuts to Federal law enforcement, in order to satisfy their most extreme Members,”  . “These cuts will force the FBI to reduce its workforce by thousands, and will also force huge reductions in Federal prosecutors and other Federal personnel who fight violent crime, terrorism, espionage, and other dangerous threats.

And just like that the people that voted for a known Sexual assaulter and convicted Felon are all about THE LAW,,,,

Only 6 times  in our history have Active Military troops were deployed against American Citizens - 

1863: The New York City Draft Riots

1932: Disbanding the "Bonus Army"

1967: Detroit's 12th Street Riot

1967: Newark Riots

1968: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Murdered

1992: Los Angeles Riots

2025 : Los Angeles 

And . Let's remember when it was Roe V. Wade - we heard all about states Rights !!?

He campaigned on granting the states greater latitude to implement policies and programs.

He was all about  giving the states greater flexibility in delivering healthcare accessibility.

We hear “let Trump be Trump”, the outlook of a second Trump administration might be “let the states govern”.

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THAT BS??

A Shadow Administration - and Cabinet positions

 I've read about this idea of forming a "Shadow" Cabinet - a Subject matter Expert qualified for each  position in the Cabinet - U.S. Attorney General; Secretaries of Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Education; Energy; Health and Human Services; Homeland Security; Housing and Urban Development; Interior; Labor; State; Treasury; Transportation..... It  might just be the method to fight back against the insane administrative policies  - the Democrats need to do something more substantial than each of them seemingly fighting a one person war against this  administration. This would give them a centralized group to highlight, rebuff and then communicate with the American people - sure nothing will turn the MAGAs (like the guy with the DUMPO swimsuit at the beach yesterday) but will serve as a Resistance group - communicating why the Administrations is out and out LYING !  and how their  policies are killing the Constitution, the Democratic Republic and the American people...

From Thom Hartmann :: 

The benefit of Democrats forming a shadow cabinet now will be twofold:

First, it can serve as a platform for critiquing the policies and behaviors of the GOP. A press conference being held by a random member of Congress criticizing, for example, Trump’s anti-labor policies won’t have anything close to the impact of the “Shadow Secretary of Labor” convening members of the press to hear a well-prepared presentation by a person fully qualified to be the next Labor Secretary. More credibility and more publicity.

Second, having Democrats fill the shadow equivalents of every major position in the Trump administration gives each of the prospective candidates for the next Democratic administration an opportunity to fully inform themselves about the issues facing, in this case labor, and thus prepares each shadow secretary to hit the ground running after the next election.

Turns out that it’s not just good politics; it could become one of the best and most essential tools to fight for democracy’s survival.