Ahhh.The Good Ol' Days

It's What Good Friends Are For

Did You Ever Hear The One About A Banana

Since I live in a Columbus, Ohio suburb I keep my eyes open for stories from the area that catch my eye.

It seems there's a middle school, Starling Middle School, to be exact on the south end of town that employs an art teacher who is deathly allergic to bananas. Students, faculty and visitors are greeted with a sign as they enter her classroom to keep all banana products out of this room.

Kids, being kids, decided to 'prank' the instructor. Eight or so of them got banana juice on their hands and spread it on the classroom door knob. Said instructor grabbed the door and had an immediate reaction. One epipen was administered but to no avail. Her throat began to close so another epipen was injected. Thankfully the teacher recovered.

According to the news the students could be charged with attempted murder.

One of the parents was interviewed(don't know if he/she was a parent of one of the kids)and said she realized teachers have a tough time. Now, I don't know what this has to do with anything but the parent then went on to state that some of the kids think the teachers don't like them. I'd say after this episode it might be 100% true.

One Of My Favorite Pictures

I snagged this photo from a web site titled, Ace of Spades. I like it a bunch. I don't know his/her name but the beauty of it's actions is thus. If a story doesn't fit it's liking it will throw verbal poo.

Pretty neat, huh?

Call Me Naive

I could never be a good thief because I'm not smart enough to get away with illegal activities. Most people aren't but I'd say there is a certain percentage who get away with a scam. It's sad to say I've been a victim a few times in my life

Yesterday I took my daughter and her three kids into Walker, Mn.(pop 970) for lunch. Afterwards we walked the streets, all three blocks looking in shop windows. One of these stores had kid trinkets so we stopped in. I bought my granddaughter a sweatshirt. I thought this type of clothing was sort of silly since she lives in Scottsdale, Az. where there temps average 2,000 degrees F.

Anyway, as I paid the bill I read a sign on the checkout counter reading: We do not accept American Express or checks. I inquired about the checks and the store owner explained. She stated, "There is one motel in town and the police captured a guy in his room who had a check making machine". Call me naive but I'd never considered such a scam. Of course, I still believe people would never do such a thing but, hey, what do I know?

I'm flabbergasted people, unless they are under the influence, would commit any type of crime. Everyone has a smart phone to take videos. Every corner has a camera to catch everyone's actions, good or bad.

The one advantage for me when crooks get caught is it makes me feel much better about myself. And that's a good thing.

Creep!

Where Did The $$$ Go

"President Trump has given $16 billion in 2018 alone to Elijah Cummings' district in federal grants."

"My question to you guys is this: what are you actually doing with the money, asked the head of HUD, Lynne Patton.

The Baltimore Sun confirms this story

"What's That Thing, Ma?"

Orkin's Top 10 List Of Rattiest Cities

1. Chicago
2. New York
3. Los Angeles (+1)
4. San Francisco – Oakland (+1)
5. Washington, DC (-2)
6. Philadelphia (+1)
7. Detroit (+2)
8. Baltimore (-2)
9. Seattle – Tacoma
10. Dallas – Ft. Worth (+4)

Life Is Short

Life is short. Make certain you spend as much time on the internet arguing with people you don't know about politics.

Same Stuff, Different Day

The big clean up for the mass exodus back to civilization will begin tomorrow. Our Ohio children leave for home on Monday and the Arizona kids follow a couple days later.

I'm giving fishing one more shot tonight. For the first time in five days there are no white caps on the lake. After the sun goes down my son, grandson and I will troll the lake with large Rapala's hoping to snag the monster walleye. I'm not holding my breath.

There's a tradition at our lake that's been going on for 25 years. When people leave they go down to the dock and wave good-bye to the lake. I don't go. I stand on the upper deck porch and say to myself, "good riddance".

We're renting the place out in mid-August. This means all has to be in order from a cleaned yard to a spic and span inside of the cabin. One of the best thing I can say about this place is we've never had vermin inside over the winter.

I set a record of sorts at the Minnesota place this summer. I arrived on June 10 and will leave August 2. This is the absolute longest I've been in this place in the last 25 years. As for fishing I caught two snake type Northern Pike, four teensy weensy large mouth bass and a plethora of rock bass(inedible).

One day I motored to the center of the lake, put a leech on my hook, shut off the engine, put on my radio head set tuned to Rush and let the waves take me wherever they desired. It was the most relaxing day of my vacation.

September is the very best time to be Up North. In a moment of delusion I briefly entertained the idea of driving back from Ohio to enjoy the changing of the leaves. I did write 'briefly', right?

So, in a short time it'll be back to Ohio. I'm sure by next spring I'll have forgotten the realities of Ten Mile Lake. I'll be thinking positively of the possibilities of catching strings full of walleye, large and small mouth bass and the monster Ten Mile monster residing at the bottom of this 212 feet deep lake.

Hope springs eternal.

Dropping The Soap Is The Least Of His Problems

Diogenes Middle Finger

Gun Control In Mexico

Mexico has only one gun store and stringent gun controls, neither of which prevented the murders of 3,080 in that country in June alone. Interesting this one gun store is run by the government.

Breitbart

I wonder if Mexico has an organization akin to the NRA.

Words Of Wisdom From An Old-Timer

Drawing A Female Goat

New Toy On The Market

I Once Had A Dog Named Jasper

Proud grandparents Bill and Hillary Clinton beamed with joy as they made their way to visit the newest addition to their family - baby Jasper Clinton Mezivnsky - on Monday evening. The former first daughter Chelsea Clinton announced that she and her husband Marc Mezvinsky welcomed their third child, a son, early Monday morning. 

UK Daily Mail
*I received a notice from the DM telling me I'd been banned from the comment section for life. Gasp! I don't remember ever commenting on it.

Coming To A Town Near You

A young cow escaped slaughter at Bloomfirld Connecticut meat market — only to have its throat slit in public in Home Depot parking lot by, you know, Muslims..

The gory scene prompted the closure of the Saba meat store in Bloomfield, which kept livestock on its premises to be prepared in accordance with Islamic law, NBC Connecticut reported.

NY Post

Summer In Minnesota

Is He Having A Worse Day Than You

The moral of the story is never put your head into an opening in a large tree.

The Proper Way To Plant A Garden

Bernie Proves A Point

Poor Bernie. He's been on the stump touting a $15 minimum wage. Some of his staffers came out this week and stated not even they were receiving that amount.

Bernie has come up with his plan. He's going to either cut staff or reduce their work hours. I kid you not.

Stop Your Whining

It seems the major topic of conversation across the nation this week is the heat. Hey, it's summer. What do you expect? Hmmm! I wonder if this is due to global warming. Just for the hey of it I checked the records for 1930. Take a gander at what these people went through.

High temperatures of over 100°F were recorded during two heat waves that occurred in late July and early August of 1930. The July heat wave high temperatures are as follows:

July 19 – 102°F
July 20 – 106°F
July 21 – 103°F
July 22 – 100°F
July 23 – 94°F
July 24 – 93°F
July 25 – 100°F
July 26 – 100°F

The August heat wave high temperatures are as follows:

August 2 – 94°F
August 3 – 100°F
August 4 – 102°F
August 5 – 102°F
August 6 – 88°F
August 7 – 97°F
August 8 – 104°F
August 9 – 102°F

The Countdown To Fifty

As much as the Queen and I love our children and grandkids, and we do, we decided to get outta Dodge two days ago to take a break from the action.

There's a quaint town of 10,000 on the banks of the St. Croix River across from Wisconsin and 15 miles east of Minneapolis. Her Majesty has fallen in like with a knit shop in the community so we made the trip.

Our plan was to walk the streets and visit some of the shops. When we arrived I parked our car in an outdoor lot next to the knit shop. As I stepped out of our vehicle I melted to the asphalt. The heat was torture. We made a beeline to the shop and I reveled in the air conditioners cool breezes. I could have stayed forever.

After we left I suggested we walked the main street looking in shop windows. We made it exactly one block and it was back to the car.

There was another reason for our getaway. The next day was the anniversary of our 50th year of when we became engaged. I thought it would be nice to celebrate it in one of our favorite communities. Folks, it was so damnable hot we got a motel and never left. The AC was turned up to high. Her Majesty wasn't all that hungry. I drove to a Quik Trip and bought a pizza and she got a chicken sandwich. That was our big night.

As for the engagement day that was rather non eventful. July 20, 1969 as you know was the day Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. My big question occurred at exactly 1:30 in the afternoon in my crummy little apartment above the Women's Dress shop in downtown Storm Lake, Iowa. I asked and she said yes and that's how our history began.

We immediately walked across the street to a jewelry store and the future Mrs. Hawkeye picked out her ring. Ladies and gentleman, being a coach making $7K per year allowed me to spend $100 on the ring. It had a diamond one half the size of a fireflies butt. She pretended she didn't care because we were in love.

Oh, I didn't have a hundred dollars so I had to borrow the cash from guess who.

The United States Of America

Global Climate Deaths

Here's a nice correlation for you...the amount of CO2 in the air is proportional to the decrease in climate-caused mortality, therefore CO2 is protective.

Prove me wrong!

This 'N That From Ten Mile Lake Minnesota

Alert! Fishing is rotten. That is all.

Banned By Facebook As Hate Speech

"Let us never assume that if we live good lives we will be without sin; our lives should be praised only when we continue to beg for pardon. But men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. They seek to criticize, not to correct. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others."

St Augustine

For the life of me I don't know why Facebook finds this offensive.

We Hate Trump

The Phone Call

For Fat Slobs Only

Inside-The-Beltway Logic

Dancirucci.com

Question Of The Day

I wonder how many voters believe if Trump was impeached Hillary would become president? Think about it.

Why People Die Young

Proof: Hollywood Celebs Are Moronic

Courtesy of Alyssa Milano

Do Not Send These Emails

I'll receive 200 or more emails daily. Quite a few are for ads of companies. Many are of a religious wanting cash nature because because I enjoy their sites. Others, many others, are from friends. I can always tell the content of them before they're opened. Big Buff sends personal notes almost daily. I like that.

The Council Bluffs Cowboy will forward anti-liberal nonsense. I, too, like that.

There are emails I receive that automatically go into the dust bin of history.

How many of these do you receive? For example they look like so:

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I could never understand why anyone would send out an email that makes you work to understand it. If I wanted to play Sudoku I'd go to another source. It's like going to a movie that makes you think. Ridiculous!

Word to the wise. If you're going to send me an email in vertical form don't. My first move is to press the delete button.

Most Common Question Asked By 70 Year Olds

And the answer is, how'd we get so old so fast?

I think getting older is when you rather day drink than go out all night.

Childhood memories:

fell off my bike
fell out of a tree
twisted my ankle

Old people memories:

slept wrong
sat down too long
sneezed too hard

I can't wait to eat vegetables and go to bed early at night. I've become everything my 7 year old self hated.

Why Women Are Not Athletes

When You Feel Crappy About Yourself

Evidently She Doesn't Understand The Term 'Car Pooling'

An Illinois mother was arrested after authorities say she was driving around with her kids inside a pool on the roof of her vehicle.

The Dixon Police Department said they were notified by a concerned citizen about the vehicle on Tuesday.

Officers found the vehicle driving around with a blue inflatable pool on the roof with two juveniles inside of it.

Police conducted a traffic stop and spoke with the driver, 49-year-old Jennifer A. Janus Yeager.

Officers were told Yeager drove into town to inflate the pool at a friend’s house and had her two daughters ride inside of the empty pool to hold it down on their drive home.

WBNS TV Columbus Ohio

Yeah, This Should Get Her Elected

Democrat presidential primary candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is promising to import at least 700 percent more foreign refugees into the United States if she becomes president.
Breitbart

Uh, No, I Don't Think So

I Don't Know Why

This 'N That From Ten Mile Lake Minnesota

And the wild ride continues on from Minnesota.

Three house south of our place is a single guy who owns a Mastiff pooch. He keeps him tied up all day---almost. I call the brute Cujo but it goes by the name of Heidi. Two years ago he bit our neighbor lady who lives next to us so she called the sheriff. That's the end of that story. Nothing happened. Yesterday Cujo, unchained, came into our yard and attacked by beloved squirt lap dog. Charlie barely escaped while the Queen opened the back door and he came running up the stairs into my arms. He's been so nervous lately I'm afraid I'm going to have to hire a doggie psychologist.

Her Majesty again went to the sheriff but evidently dogs in the woods are exempt from whatever laws there are for dangerous animals, Cujo included.

My neighbor and I were going to go golfing today but since the forecast called for a 50% chance of rain we called it off. I didn't realize rain came out of the sun because that's what I'm seeing.

The forecast for last week during the 4th was for rain five days in a row beginning on Independence Day. We received zero, zip, nada  moisture. So, I ask you this. How can learned scientists(AOC excluded) predict global warming thirty years in advance when they screw up a four day forecast?

We're anticipating the next two weeks with trepidation. In our cabin we will house all three of our children and their spouses along with ten grandchildren ranging in age from 5-14. Along with them will be another family with four children. My only problem with this is who has to buy the food. I don't even want to consider my toilet paper bill.

I bought nitecrawlers four days ago for daily fishing. As yet the boat hasn't left the lift. I wonder how long worms in the fridge last before they rot. I guess we'll find out.

In Sacramento California it is now illegal to work on your own car in your own garage.

I read a story in the news this morning about a guy in Missouri who was a crook and had gone into hiding. He was quite successful until all of a sudden he had an enormous, how do I tastefully write this, had an internal gas explosion and was successfully apprehended. The moral of the story is if you wanted to be a thief avoid baked beans.

Our women's world cup soccer champions are demanding equal pay with the men. After all they were a $70 million dollar operation last year. The problem for them is them men earned $4 billion. In addition, It’s not that the American women are better in an absolute sense than the American men. In 2017, for example, the U.S. women’s team was beaten 5–2 by a team of Dallas boys no older than age 15. It's the same as comparing professional women's basketball with the men.

 Let me ask you a question. When was the last time you sat down to watch on TV or paid cash to watch professional women play round ball?

Have a wonderful rest of the day and remember to stay out of the rain.

It's Good To Be Barbara Streisand

Barbra Streisand spares no expense for her beloved cloned pooches.

The 77-year-old singer decided to bring her poodles, Miss Scarlet, Miss Violet, and Fanny, on a trip to London so they could watch her perform from their custom, VIP dog-buggy.

Streisand reportedly also goes the extra mile for herself, with her biographer claiming that she demands her assistants sprinkle rose petals in her toilet.

Washington Examiner

Personally, I don't understand why this is even newsworthy

For Special Rear Ends Only

Show Me The Girls

Sad Soccer Team

What'a sad about the women's soccer team is that their star, Megan Rapino, will be remembered more for her lesbianism and saying, "I won't go to the f*cking White House" than she will be for her athletic talents.

Vacationing In Detroit

What If They Are Right About Trump

Forgive me on this post but it was from Don Surber, a super talent. I'll try not to put political items in here but this is too good.



I see where Britain's ambassador to the United States had some mean things to say privately about our president.

The Daily Mail reported, "Britain's Ambassador to Washington has described Donald Trump as 'inept', 'insecure' and 'incompetent' in a series of explosive memos to Downing Street.

"Sir Kim Darroch, one of Britain's top diplomats, used secret cables and briefing notes to impugn Trump's character, warning London that the White House was 'uniquely dysfunctional' and that the President's career could end in 'disgrace.'"

When a British ambassador's private insults about a head of state become public, he embarrasses his government not the target of the tirade, or in this case tirades.

But what if everything they said about President Trump were true?

I shall start with Hillary's basket of deplorables.

What if he were racist? Would it matter? After all, he lobbied for and signed the First Step Act into law.

This crime reform already has reduced prison terms for more than 1,000 people. The reductions average six years.

93% of the people seeing reduced sentences are black. And black people make up 36% of the federal inmate population. He worked with Kim Kardashian West and his daughter, Ivanka, in this endeavor.

What if he were sexist? Would it matter? After all, his was the first successful presidential campaign to be headed by a woman.

What if he were homophobic? Would it matter? After all, his most successful ambassador is Richard Grenell.

What if he were xenophobic? Would it matter? After all, his wife is an immigrant. Four of his children are the children of an immigrant, as is he, as was his father.

Then there is the tiresome Hitler taunt. If true, Ambassador Darroch then is correct in calling President Trump inept, incompetent, and uniquely dysfunctional because the president would be the worst Hitler ever.

I mean, where are those concentration camps? He has yet to even design one let alone build one.

Not only are Jews walking about, but his political opponents have yet to be arrested.

Judges rule against him with impunity. Newspapers libel him. Unlike the previous president, he does not spy on journalists or the political opposition.

The only secret police are the Deep State thugs who tried to usurp his presidency.

And I am still waiting for instruction on how to goosestep.

Worst. Hitler. Ever.

But if all this were true down to the size of his penis, what does that say about the elitists in D.C., Manhattan and Malibu who lost to an inept, incompetent, and uniquely dysfunctional basket of deplorables -- even after spending twice as much money?

They have wasted the first 2 1/2 years of his presidency trying to impeach him.

Meanwhile, President Trump has given us the first corporate tax cut, 3.7% unemployment, 3.1% economic growth so far this year, 3.1% wage growth, 44 circuit judges, new trade agreements, the end of terrible regulations, and the best and most entertaining rallies ever.

Gee, maybe these super-duper smart people are wrong.

How Emily Became An Orphan

knuckledraggin.com

This Car Wash Is Going Outta Business

One Final Thought On Colin Kaepernick

Mr. Kaerpernick has made tons of money for Nike this week. I don't care. I don't care about Colin Kaepernick personally. Know why. Colin my boy will someday be dead. I will someday be dead. Everyone now living on the entire planet will someday be dead.

Gee, I hope the Cubs pick up the pace and soon.

Why Not Call Themselves The Ex-Confederate Railroad

Southern rock band Confederate Railroad has been removed from the lineup at the Du Quoin State Fair in Illinois due to their name. The decision has prompted a few of the band's peers to speak up in support of the group.

According to Southern Illinois' WSIL-TV and the Pinckneyville Press, a local newspaper for the nearby city of Pinckneyville, Confederate Railroad were scheduled to perform at the Du Quoin State Fair in Du Quoin, Ill., on Aug. 27. However, according to Du Quoin State Fair Manager Josh Gross, the Illinois Department of Agriculture chose to remove the band from the fair's lineup after a writer for the Illinois-focused political blog called Capitol Fax posed the question of whether or not it was appropriate for the band to be playing at a state-owned venue.

theboot.com

Let The Good Times Roll

It's been a topsy turvy last five days at our Minnesota cabin. There have been ups and, unfortunately, downs but today all is right with the world .

To begin with my boat motor conked out last Monday. If you know me you know that my mechanical and electrical knowledge is less that nil. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't know how to turn on a push lawn mower.

Anyway, my children and theirs begin rolling in at the end of next week so I was in a panic about the motor. I called three different sources and none could work on it until next Monday. It doesn't make any difference though because two years ago due to a severe storm two large pine trees fell on my boat trailer damaging the axle. This means I had to find a neighbor to help me out or pay an engine repair shop to come and pick it up. We're talking a thousand dollars, folks.

A bolt out of the sky hit me and I went out on the dock, crawled inside the boat and began looking at what I didn't know. I pulled and tugged and finally found what I saw was a loose connection and Viola IT STARTED! I'm going to Mass twice today and three times tomorrow.

Our next door neighbors, good people, have allowed their newly graduated high school son to bring up 12 of his buddies beginning Monday. Their porch, where they hang out, is screened which means the Queen and I will received the benefit of what ever godawful music kids listen to today until 3 am. I'll have to dig out my Barney Fife uniform.

On Friday our Olathe, Kansas kids(5) arrive with their friends who have 4 kiddies. Four days later our daughter and her three children fly in from Scottsdale and a day after that our son, his wife and four children drive in from Cincinnati. Charlie will luck out because they have a dog and they're great pals doing things like sniffing each other and running around the yard. It's going to be a riot at Ten Mile Lake. I wonder who will get the thrill of buying the food. Hmmm!

The very best news is we're not coming back in September after renting out the place for August. I'll have been here for two months which is for me an all-time 25 year record. It's mind boggling for me to tell the reason why we've decided to stay in Ohio instead of making the drive. Flat out it's too tiring.
And this coming from a guy who drove 75,000 miles a year for twenty years working.

Life is good.

All Hail Chickens!

Caldwell Idaho Mayor Garret Nancolas isn’t sure why he got mixed up in an animal rights group’s mission to change the name of Chicken Dinner Road to something it thinks is more poultry-friendly. 

PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, sent the mayor and local media a letter on Wednesday. It asked the mayor to change the road name to “one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as ‘dinner.’”

On social media, PETA said the name was “speciesist,” and the organization hoped the road would be renamed, more simply, Chicken Road.

This led to swift responses from Idahoans and others on Twitter, most of whom thought this was a bizarre idea. Here’s some of what they wrote:

“Dear PETA, don’t cluck with our road. — Idaho.”

Alternatives To Google

When it comes to privacy, using Google search is not a good idea. When you use their search engine, Google is recording your IP address, search terms, user agent, and often a unique identifier, which is stored in cookies.

Here are ten alternatives to Google search:

• StartPage – StartPage gives you Google search results, but without the tracking (based in the Netherlands).
• Searx – A privacy-friendly and versatile metasearch engine that’s also open source.
• MetaGer – An open source metasearch engine with good features, based in Germany.
• SwissCows – A zero-tracking private search engine based in Switzerland, hosted on secure Swiss infrastructure.
• Qwant – A private search engine based in France.
• DuckDuckGo – A private search engine based in the US.
• Mojeek – The only true search engine (rather than metasearch engine) that has its own crawler and index (based in the UK).
• YaCy – A decentralized, open source, peer-to-peer search engine.
• Givero – Based in Denmark, Givero offers more privacy than Google and combines search with charitable donations.
• Ecosia – Ecosia is based in Germany and donates a part of revenues to planting trees.

Note: With the exception of Mojeek, all of the private search engines above are technically metasearch engines, since they source their results from other search engines, such as Bing and Google.

Personally, I've been a DuckDuckGo user for quite some time.

A Good Career Move

Joey Chestnut won the Coney Island hot dog eating contest. There's nothing new here, though. He's won the last 12. What is interesting to me is that in the last 14 years he's earned over $800,000 stuffing dogs down his throat.

For any young people looking for work I'd say this is the career path to take.

Then Peter King at ESPN had to step in and ruin the fun with this tweet. Earth to Peter. Have these kids enter the contest.

 @peter_king

ESPN and the @30for30 franchise has done some really great docs and journalism. A shame that as at least a fifth of children in America go to bed hungry nightly they’re highlighting gluttony, treating someone who overeats excessively as a “competitive athlete.” Truly disgusting.

Happy 5th Of July

My Hero

Did You Know........

Did you know that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826 fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence? James Monroe also died on the same date but years later.

Kentuckians On Suicide Watch

A Jim Beam warehouse filled with about 45,000 bourbon barrels in Woodford County remained on fire midday Wednesday, and bourbon runoff has gone into a nearby creek and the Kentucky River.Two barrel warehouses at the Jim Beam facility on McCracken Pike near the Franklin County line caught fire about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Drew Chandler, Woodford County Emergency Management director. (Tweet/Video) One standard bourbon barrel usually holds about 53 gallons of bourbon that eventually turns into around 150 to 200 750 milliliter bottles. If all the barrels held bourbon, that would be a loss of at least 6 million bottles.

Louisville Courier

Mom, Prepare This Meal For Your Family

CHICAGO -- Officials say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport thwarted a man's attempt to import several pounds of African rat meat.

Customs spokesman Steve Bansbach said Tuesday that the man declared the 32 pounds of meat on June 26 when his flight arrived from the Ivory Coast. The meat was confiscated and destroyed.

Bansbach says the man did not face a fine and continued on his journey because he was forthcoming about what he was bringing into the country. He says customs officials prohibit the entry of African meats to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

The Department of Agriculture says the highly contagious and deadly viral disease affects domestic and wild pigs and is not a threat to humans. The department says it has never been found in the U.S.
Chicago7news

Never Ever Give Up

Hypocritical?

This week, sportswear giant Nike agreed to pull their “Betsy Ross Flag” sneakers after former NFL player and anthem-protester Colin Kaepernick, advised them that the American flag is a symbol of racism, hate, and slavery. However, the company has had no issue offering shoes with many other national flags and colors, including human rights abusers such as China and Turkey. Naturally, Nike was quick to create gay pride flag-themed shoes. There are quite a few styles set up in the rainbow colors of gay pride. So, as far as Nike is concerned, gay pride is great, but American pride is “racist.”
Townhall

I Don't Know What It Is But It Works For Me

The month of June has been a bonanza for page views. It's too bad I don't have paying sponsors but who cares. June 2019 has seen an all-time record. I hope you all have enjoyed some of the articles.
I especially want to thank Golondo from Westerville, Ohio. He has convinced me, and rightly so, to eliminate the massive amount of conservative articles I place on the blog. Therefore, I've attempted to include personal interest stories and cartoons. It seems to be working well, don't you think.

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A Friend Of Mine Criticized Her Teeth. I Think He's Gay

It's A Bonanza

Of course, it’s a summer holiday week. So, this good news somehow slipped by most media critics of this president. But the latest government figures just showed that in April the United States produced a new record amount of oil per day — a stunning 12.16 million barrels of oil every 24 hours. [Snip] Of more significance, the oil production jump makes the United States the world’s largest producer of oil, ahead of the usual slippery suspects like Saudi Arabia and Russia. How’s that for energy independence?

Hot Air

Life On The Lake on July 1

It's a gorgeous July 1 at the lake and I'm enjoying it. Twenty years ago when I was sort of a young man I saw my neighbor sitting outside on a recliner looking at the lake. He had a magazine on his lap and every so often closed his eyes and took a short nap.

It was then that the thought hit me, "Why would a person drive X miles to do nothing"?. He could have been in a kayak, boating, fishing; a myriad of other things rather than sitting. After all these years I've figured him out. He was relaxing!

At the age of 73 I've learned, I think, how to relax. Oh, I could walk to our boat at the end of the dock. I could go golfing. I could even play a game of solitaire if I desired. The problem is, and I've recently learned this, in doing so one is required to exert themselves. It's much easier sitting in a lawn chair, the lake breeze hitting your face coming out of the west and closing ones eyes for what's called a cat nap than it is getting in the car and driving, or boating or playing solitaire.

It is now three days prior to the 4th and the cabins are beginning to fill for the week. We've been blessed with wonderful neighbors except for one who has, count 'em, six dachshunds. These neighbors are fabulous. Their dogs not so much. Our pooch won't go near they're yard. Would you if you knew you'd get your ankles bit constantly? Four years ago these same people had a dachshund that drove it's fangs into my leg. It was bitter sweet for me in that they put the dog down. Well, not so much bitter.

It's normal in northern Minnesota for animals, other than the deer, to stay in the deep woods. This spring as it was all across the U.S. there have been massive rain storms. This causes me to wonder why the bears have been roaming our back yard. How do I know there are bears? Because our neighbor on the south side of us saw one mid-afternoon. Hey, if you leave them alone they'll leave you alone-------unless they're really, really hungry. The animals I hate most are porcupines and one is nesting a quarter mile down the road. Those critters climb our large pine trees, eat sap from the top, then the pine tree dies and I'm stuck with a $600 bill to have the tree(s) cut down and hauled away. I went online to see how to safeguard against this problem. I'd have to purchase a 3 foot high fence border around the tree at a cost of $100 a tree. One of the guys at Swanson's Bait Shop in Hackensack had a better idea. He told me to shoot 'em. I told him I didn't think my bb gun would do the job.

This blog piece has sort of tired me out. I do believe I'll take a nap.

Why Didn't I Think Of This

It's Called A Photo Op

 The picture above goes back to 2018, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez conducted a photo op at the Mexican border. She posed on one side of a chain link face, her face contorted in horror as she, apparently, viewed Trump administration outrages taking place on the other side of the fence, children in cages etc.

Take a look at what was on the other side of the fence. Can you say parking lot?


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Not Your Run Of The Mill NBA Player

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Veteran guard Darren Collison has decided to retire from the NBA after 10 seasons primarily to concentrate on helping the less fortunate through his Jehovah's Witnesses faith, he told ESPN's The Undefeated in a letter.

"While I still love basketball, I know there is something more important, which is my family and my faith," Collison wrote Friday. "I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and my faith means everything to me. I receive so much joy from volunteering to help others and participate in a worldwide ministry. The joy I feel is unmatched. With that being said, I have decided to retire from the NBA."

Collison's contract for next year was $10 million.

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