Helping the Unhelpable

 

  Fate is a fickle mistress.

This idiom was unable to be attributable to anyone in particular. Mentioned having a hand this quote were William Shakespeare as well as Mary Shelley. Alas both were summarily dismissed following a lazy, halfhearted interweb search as to its origin.

Plus, I made up the word “Unhelpable” in the title. Still, none of those trivial touchstones are as egregious as the shenanigans going on in local, state, and federal guvment agencies, today.

A few months ago you may have learned of shady goings-on in a purgatory named Minnesota in general, Minneapolis in particular, on this blog site. Of course some of this information squirted out via equally halfhearted news stories in dribs and drabs for a few years. But they, too, were reported in such a way as my earlier idiom search.

Be that as it may, “the Unhelpable” mentioned herein consist of arrogant, weasely, self-centered, anointed, and greasy politicians who find glee in antagonizing the proverbial ‘hand that feeds them.’

That hand belongs to “taxpayers.” To be precise, taxpayers are people who pay taxes. ‘Nuff said.

People who pay taxes are those legal citizens – otherwise know as those who are natives, whose financial status is derived from legal employment and legitimate means, and meets predefined criteria for household income.

Too many overly-smart pundits are quick to point out that everyone pays taxes; they do not. Sure, if you buy goods, fuel, or nearly anything else where money is exchanged for trade, you will like pay some form of tax. But that sales tax is different from income tax inasmuch as income tax is calculated on income. Hence, the name.

Simply put, if you cannot legally work as a non-citizen, you pay no income taxes since you have no legitimate income. It’s all based upon your Social Security Number (SSN); if you’re not considered an American citizen you can’t get a SSN. Amen.

Onto the next critical fact.

If you believe that a biological boy or man can become pregnant and have babies, I have money for a wager you’ll likely lose.

Males of any species are incapable of conceiving children because males do not have ova (eggs); only females have ova. It doesn’t really matter what you think you are, what you want to be, or which pronoun with which you identify, you’re out of luck in the children bearing department if you are male.

I dare say it’s a good thing someone who is delusional enough to believe males are able to produce offspring are incapable of understanding the mechanics of the human body, reproduction parts, or even how to change their own drool cup.

Speaking of mental illness, our last fact of this week’s adventure involves a modicum of sanity which, I’m delighted to report, will soon hopefully be rectified one way or another. This course correction is apparently beginning at the federal guvment level.

It seems as though the only thing this apparent course correction needed was the installation of adults at the administrative level. Realizing our nation has been hemorrhaging cold, hard cash from every guvment level, the ersatz Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was cobbled together to uncover and ultimately plug sizable moolah leaks from porous guvment capital ineptitudes.

A union created by the collaboration of President Donald J. Trump (47) along with Elon Musk, this ‘kinda’ federal guvment entity was cobbled together to identify and end the suspected fraud being conducted inside the marbled Halls of Congress. And boy, was it massive.

That sacred venue has always been considered off-limits to the hoi polloi by those known as ‘anointed politicians.’ They are anointed because they think they’re special. They’re not, though.

Their magic that is conjured up by them happens with debates, raucous shouting, charts, witnesses, and bargaining, all of which is largely for elementary-style show-and-tell exhibitions scripted for television.

It’s actually often behind the scenes, though, where the shady stuff is produced – much like sausage is made. Hand shakes, winks, nods, “special” gifts, and promises paid-on-delivery regularly become part of deals that shape and affect their constituency. And that’s awfully unsettling.

But these backroom shenanigans, although well known around Capitol Hill, are usually ‘uncovered’ with Congressional and Senatorial colleagues over-emoting replete with audible gasps, faux fainting, and grasping ones pearls, in front of cameras. Oh, the humanity.

DOGE’s noble efforts easily exposed many billions of dollars of fraud and waste, all voted on and approved by Congress. After all, Congress controls the checkbook. Revealing all the palm grease and aid for disadvantaged children, non-English speakers overseas, plus needy illegal families living in the United States, opened an ugly, smelly can-o’-worms.

Stench therefrom demonstrated how simply playing ‘hide the bologna’ was when hundreds of professional thieves known as Congressional Representatives put their hearts and minds into projects that stick it to the taxpayers – the people who actually fund these grifts.

Feigning ignorance once the rocks under which they are hiding are upended, these holier-than-thou types quickly change the narrative to blaming those on the other side of the aisle. And why not?

Sleazeballs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Elizabeth Warren, Ilhan Omar, Eric Swalwell, Nancy Pelosi, Charles Schumer, Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, along with a gaggle of other greasy America-haters, are currently busy contriving excuses for the graft and corruption they helped perpetuate in an attempt to sucker, uh, secure votes for Democrats in upcoming elections.

Independent video journalists have been inundated with work making the rounds throughout Minnesota, California, Maine, Michigan, and Illinois while gathering eye-opening evidence of unimaginable thievery from hard working Americans to benefit arrogant illegals and terrorists abroad.

A recent shakeup at the U.S. Department of Justice helped open doors to literal mountains of hard cash being spirited away to Third World toilets such as Somalia – home to Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar – whose district in Minnesota gives boatloads of hard currency to its 84,000 Somali residents.

What could possibly go wrong?

Let me give you a clue.

Many of those America-hating Somalis have opened shell companies for child care, home care for the elderly, transportation services for the home-bound, and something called a “Learing Center” whose employees misspelled on a prominent sign. Imagine the education attendees receive there.

The arrogant Minnesota Gubenor Tim Walt

The painful part is that billions upon billions of tax dollars were given to fund these front operations. The money, however, wound up being allegedly funneled to terrorist camps in Africa – a breeding ground for animals with a penchant to kill Americans for simply being Americans in America.

Sure, it sounds crazy, but only to sane people. Sane people applauded DOGE’s efforts to stymie pouring unaccountable billions of American dollars to injure or kill as many Americans as possible.

In fact, a fraudster was convicted and sentenced to 41-years in prison for stealing tons of folding money from these charitable efforts. Oddly absent were news stories about this attempt to seek justice. Ponderous, indeed.

On the other hand, protests, rallys, marches, attempted riots caused by the very representatives elected to prevent this mayhem occurred to demonstrate that the powers-that-be were not on your side. In fact, they hate you.

Asserting all this out-of-control fiscal beating was good for the working population, it sailed smoothly until Donald Trump was reelected in 2024. Not unlike vermin scurrying for safety from a sinking ship, Democrats pretended what hard working, honest constituents needed was a more thorough beating.

Unfortunately, the familiar Blue states are hell-bent on keeping their pick pocketing Congressmen, Senators, gubenors, mayors, and local representatives greedy. The making of the perfect storm.

Which summarily leads us back to our fickle mistress.

The rest of the country – the Red states – have simply had enough, and have been morphing back into the once great America: the one that inspired the infamous Make America Great Again (MAGA) slogan.

We’re a few short months away from midterm elections. Some will be for gubenors, some Senators, some for Congressional Representatives, while others will be for mayors.

Now is the time for deciding in which direction you’d like to see your 250 year-old nation head. Teetering on the precipice of self-destruction, our nation needs a thorough, honest look into the mirror.

Otherwise, we’ll all be beyond the unhelpable point of history.

Random Thoughts 17

 

  It’s been some months since we opened the door on those random thoughts running around my head like a squirrel attempting to cross an interstate highway. Yep, we’ve had 16 others already.

Please sit back and enjoy this compilation of both brilliant and inane musings. And thanks for stopping by.

• Where, oh where, is Jasmine Crockett hiding these days?

• I’m delighted the Noo Yoik City voters elected Comrade Zohran Mamdani. Wise choice

• Funny how people gladly paid over $5 for a gallon of gas under Plugs Biden, but now complain when that same gas is $4.50 per gallon during a military action

• College kids who gleefully had AI write papers for them throughout their school years are now having trepidation about AI stealing any possible jobs. Kinda perplexin’

• We’re well into May, and it’s too cold to plant vegetables in the garden. At least my lettuce enjoys chilly temps.

• Why are so many stupid Americans in favor of wiping their butts with The Constitution? I know...because they’re stupid

• By the way, this year is the 250^th anniversary of the United States!

• I certainly hope some pharmaceutical company finds a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)

• How great is it that almost no one in Minnesota is upset their politicians are openly giving their tax dollars to Somalia? That’s pretty cool

• American morons are apoplectic about President Trump building a new ballroom in The White House without public funding. Sane people don’t know why

• Remember when chicken eggs were $7/dozen? Representative Ro Khanna publicly lost his mind that President Trump was doing something nefarious to raise the price

• Now jumbo eggs are $1.86 a dozen and apparently a cat’s got Representative Ro’s tongue

• I’m more impressed by Marco Rubio nearly every day

• I hope KommieLa Harris runs for the presidency for the Democratic Party

• Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Gubenor, has proven to be every bit as weasely as she appeared to be on the campaign trail

• The State of Maine must be delivering weed to every voter based upon for whom they regularly vote and elect

• I hope Santa brings me a new laptop this year. With extra USB ports and a 1TB memory

• Hummingbirds are back drinking out of my feeders!

• Why doesn’t someone make bourbon flavored toothpaste? I’ll bet oral hygiene would dramatically improve

• It seems as though the annoying, married Eric Swalwell may soon be unmarried because of his very public display of affection with his Chinese spy girlfriend. Talk about character

• A Five Guys burger with fries and drink costs $25 in California! At least until they close all their shops

• Burger King is not far behind. A friend and her daughter recently spent $36 on two BK meals, and my last visit to a BK was ultimately my last due to ordering SNAFUs

• My doctor put me on a low-potassium diet. And why not? EVERYTHING contains potassium! Except lite water and lo-cal ice, that is

• I find it odd that during baseball season there’s more football on television than baseball. Who got the incentive award for this stupid idea?

• There’s so much fraud in guvment that the entire system should be summarily shut down with everyone incarcerated – WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS!

• So, Saint Anthony Fauci was lying about COVID-19. Get a prison cell ready with fresh linens for him, at least for lying to Congress. He could use an attitude adjustment

• I actually went to a doctor who told me dihydrogen oxide would kill me. No lie. FYI, that scientific terminology is another name for “water”

• Is it just me, or are Democrats hyper-racist? Suddenly, black Dems – who compose about 13% of the population – feel they deserve 100% of the representation. No, that’s not racist at all

• Are college kids back to hating and advocating for killing Jews?

• So long, Senator Bill Cassidy. Now you’re free to find a real job

• Police officials fear summer will offer opportunities for destructive kids to attack innocent citizens and police officers, for no apparent reason, plus street takeovers. Cops should’ve thought about this years ago

• One-third of high school 12^th graders tested lack basic reading skills. That should frighten everyone who expects intelligent, informed people to vote and find employment

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) appears to be auditioning for a new job as president

• I’ll wager the above sentence is what our current and potential politicians are hoping for

• I know. You shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition.

• Step aside, Gubenor Newsom

• You, too, Gubenor Pritzker

• And Gubenor Hochul plus Abigail Spanberger

• That goes double for Congress Embarrassment Jasmine Crockett

• Weather had better improve soon; I need to get my plants in the ground

• What is wrong with today’s drivers? At least stay on your side of the road!

• I’m still looking to buy a kayak. Cheap

• And finally, Greenbackville just held its inaugural Community Yard Sale, and it was quite the success. Congratulations! Lil’ Ben did a great job with his lemonade stand, too! Get prepared for another sale this autumn.

The Wingman

 

  A movie was released in 1986 entitled Top Gun. It received mixed reviews and starred a fellow named Tom Cruise who played “Maverick,” who was protected by his wingman “Iceman,” portrayed by Val Kilmer.

We learned this term was messaged to reflect a wingman is someone whose job it is to protect the team leader during missions.

It also refers to a person who helps, guides, or supports another, especially one who assists a friend in trying to seduce another person (think: Nightclub scenario.) In this instance, we’re implying the flying definition.

In any case, this wingman term popped up following the election of America’s second black president after Bill Clinton, Barack Hussein Obama. Carefully hand-selecting his staff and Cabinet, Obama made it crystal clear he felt only people of color were capable of driving this bus toward an historic trip.

Obama and his Wingman

One of those anointed to serve Obama was a lawyer named Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., the first black man to hold the position of United States Attorney General (AG). He would likely be comfortable in this position inasmuch as he served as Deputy AG (DAG) under Janet Reno, who happened to be Bill Clinton’s AG. Pretty convenient, I’d say. Maybe even a stroke of luck.

Being a true team player, Holder fortuitously found himself in a position to oversee surreptitiously sending arms to Mexico under the guise of detecting trails of gun trafficking across the Southern Border. Called Fast and Furious, this half-baked operation was an absolute disaster since it lost track of most of the weapons it funneled to criminal gangs. Wink, wink.

Since the Department of Justice (DOJ) happens to be conveniently placed under the purview of the Executive Branch, legal matters were, and still are, handled with the greatest of ease between the friendly DOJ and the Office of the President.

Unfortunately, the AG’s Office is supposed to be independent of the President’s Office, for the sake of impartiality if for nothing else. Blurring that invisible line made it awfully simple for any possible improprieties and questionable dealings.

Mark Twain said, “A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”

I bring this up because the former President Obama just recently appeared on a taped television show, The Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Colbert is a liberal whiner who feels as though his snarky comments about President Trump – along with the three recent assassination attempts on The President’s life – are fair game, and not at all contributing to a toxic anti-Trump environment.

This Obama – Colbert tongue bath opened the door to school America about presidents misusing the DOJ.

Implying President Trump is wreaking havoc on America and its citizens, Constitutional lawyer Obama openly claimed the AG’s Office should be operating neutrally, he said aloud to a sycophantic Colbert.

In the event you’re stupid drunk or stoned, this is the same dynamic duo of Obama and Holder, that worked together, seamlessly. In fact, Holder openly proclaimed he was Obama’s “wingman.”

Please go back and re-read that last paragraph; I’ll wait for you.

Continuing, Obama had the audacity to warn that American democracy “can’t overcome” the “politicization of the criminal justice system” and cautioned that the AG must never become the president’s “consigliere.”

These interesting facts speak volumes when you are able to weave them together like a spider’s web. It is unfortunate, though, that the media is cursed with the ‘forgetful gene,’ leaving them with important gaps where there should be none.

By the way, AG Eric Holder was audacious regarding his control of the AG’s Office. Also attributed to him is the following quote: “I am the attorney general [sic] of the United States. But I am also a black man.” Not the colorblind, unbiased attitude for which Lady Justice supposedly stands.

Taking the Blue Ribbon

 

  Should you ever have visited a state or county fair you would have likely run across one of my favorite activities: eating.

Although being on one diet or another since the time of the Great Flood, I have had some trouble losing weight. But not for trying.

I blame my body fat stubbornness on those aforementioned state and county fairs. Sure, they have plenty of rides, con-games, agricultural displays, plus food trucks, but they also feature contests. Some of these contests involve canning tomatoes, cucumbers, Brussels sprouts, and my favorite, baked goods.

Baked goods are those things that, by nature, have their own special category encompassing cookies, cakes, and pies, along with everything in-between.

Not necessarily known for the weight-conscious among us, baked goods are those things that I have begun to view as mentally therapeutic. Of course, I could be wrong. In any event, baked goods are proudly displayed at these local and state fairs with one goal in mind. To win.

Not unlike well trained participants running the 880 in just under two-minutes, entrants in the fair foodie categories will wait in hope – with crossed fingers – that the judges will taste, then select “The Best” in all the varying categories. FYI, the best in each category is awarded the Blue Ribbon, a sign of true accomplishment.

Unbeknownst to me, there are actually ten ribbons awarded in every category, each a different color. Ranging from blue to brown, and lastly, light blue. And since you may eventually visit a friend or neighbor who proudly displays one, or more, of these ribbons in their kitchen or fireplace mantel, you can actually conduct an intelligent conversation rather than be the subject of a good ‘splainin.

Winning a Blue Ribbon indicates the epitome of trial and error, hard work, patience, experimentation, and force-feeding plenty of calories. But the average fair attendee is not privy to the behind-the-scenes goings-on. Constant baking and making lots of friends and are two components toward the much desired Blue Bragging Rights.

It seems as though this idea of winning awards was hijacked some years ago by Democrats.

Desperately trying to make a point, Dems vilified Donald J. Trump before and after he won the presidency in 2016. They dogged him by using fake dossiers, lies, contrivances, lies, world-wide disinformation campaigns, and lies, all of which led to several failed impeachment attempts.

Still, the pious Democrats doubled down because they had the backing of the legacy/mainstream media (MM), using every illegitimate trick to hobble President Trump 45.

Included in those sleazy tactics toward a total civil disruption were very public AstroTurf movements that handily incorporated the worst of the worst deprecatory language possible. Attempting to drive a solid wedge between voters, Dems bull-horned their lies of Trump being a Nazi.

For the uninitiated, a Nazi is a member of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, begun under the rule of Adolf Hitler, all of which led to World War II. Nazi’s rounded up millions of Jews in Germany, placed them in concentration camps, and largely used them as slaves until most were ultimately killed during this so-called Holocaust.

‘Horrific’ does not come close to describing the atrocities committed by Hitler’s Nazi Party against the Jewish people.

Hate and disgust immediately comes to sane minds when describing Nazis, Adolf Hitler, and the Holocaust, a perfect storm of mental sickness that brought much of the civilized World together for not only peace, but humanity.

Realizing that this Nazi movement was still – about 80-years later – viewed as reprehensible, the smarmy Leftist Democrats thought applying the Nazi tag to President Trump as well as his supporters was a stellar idea. Popping up on TV news and opinion shows, the same tired, hokey, gaggle of Lefty misfits were regularly spouting vile canards toward President Trump.

Those unfounded remarks were meant to hurt President Trump and the country. Realizing that if enough of the voters believed he was a Nazi, or espoused Nazi tactics, the electorate would summarily dismiss him from any and all future public office – to include civic associations.

But after a fruitful four years of President Joseph Robinette Biden opening the Southern Border, giving countless federal tax dollar gifts to illegal aliens, investigating and incarcerating Christians for exercising their religious rights, and breaking the backs of all American taxpayers to the tune of trillions of dollars, American voters had had enough.

But the rhetoric continued with the ever popular fabricated Trump Nazi references, augmented by college pukes marching while calling for the genocide of all remaining Jews, as a means of civil discourse.

What could possibly go wrong?

Since you asked, plenty.

Using similar tactics from the 1970’s until just recently, a fellow from Louisiana named David Ernest Duke ran for varying offices under a banner of the racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK was established by Democrat Southerners following the Civil War.

Although kept alive by a smattering of misfits and malcontents, the KKK has largely become a historical footnote. Still, its mere mention created pause among Southern blacks who feared retaliation for simply being black. Duke was regularly deciding on which side of the aisle to represent.

He was a Republican, Independent, Reformer, Populist, Democrat, but ultimately an American Nazi. It’s easy to see how he could fit into virtually any conversation where questionable loyalty was concerned. He has since faded away into oblivion. Yet his name remains associated with hate and division – not ideal places to leave ones mark.

Yet this bundling of everything controversial has become the norm in politics today. The bottom line being: Nazi = Bad, Jew = Bad, White = Bad, Black = Good, Criminal = Good, Hard working = Racist.

With those terms set in stone today, Democrats have molded their careers around divisiveness all in the name of inclusion. And herein lies the famous “exception to the rule.”

With midterm elections quickly approaching, Democrats have promised to beat the Nazi-Trump war drums until we all cry “Uncle!” Tired and fabricated, the hostility through labels remains on the upswing.

Which brings us to an oyster farmer named Graham Platner. He is running to be a Senator in Maine.

“Platner has painted himself as a working class hero, running far to the left of [current Maine Governor Janet] Mills on issues from tax policy to tribal rights. He represents the younger, activist wing of the party as national Democrats weigh whether to shift to the left or the center in the wake of their defeat at the hands of President Donald Trump in 2024. Platner has never run for elected office before,” states The Maine Monitor.

The Monitor continues, “In October, his campaign was rocked by a series of controversial Reddit posts about rape, race, and the military, as well as a tattoo of a Nazi symbol. His campaign continued on as he covered the tattoo and disavowed many of his past statements on Reddit, saying many were made in the wake of post-traumatic stress from his time serving in the military.”

I’d like to wage on that bet.

So, it seems as though the Nazi tattoo that Platner suddenly covered over, is a moot point. Claiming he has now changed his thoughts, doesn’t really matter as much when a genuine Nazi Democrat is trying to oust a Republican Senator, Susan Collins.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Maxwell Alejandro Frost, and Jasmine Crockett have all proudly thrown their weight as Democrats behind Platner.

Let’s see if all those lying phonies – including Platner – will, indeed, take the much coveted Blue Ribbon for being The Best at pulling the wool over the eyes of the voters.

I’m hoping the voters are smarter than that, though.

Sheeple

 

  It’s high time we addressed the 14,000-pound elephant in the room: Influencers.

Influencers are individuals who have latched on to an idea of making a living by telling the masses how and what to digest in life.

These influencers have been around for eons in one form or another under various names on a variety of different platforms.

Following World War II, returning service personnel often carried enough of their pay to rid themselves of the khaki slacks and shirts, or olive drab battle dress uniforms, or navy bell bottoms, in lieu of sporty “new” fashions of the post-war time.

Tailors welcomed the GIs with a new version of the regular business suits of the 1940’s: the Zoot Suit. Adopted from black and Mexican cultures, these easily distinguished togs became the fashion of the hip.

Sporting jackets with wide lapels, trousers with pegged legs and pleats, worn over two-toned shoes, along with an oversized pocket watch chain, these haberdashery innovations screamed, ‘I have arrived!’ This overindulgence of extra material to create these suits proudly showed everyone we didn’t need to scrimp and save for the war effort; it was now my turn.

Although short lived, this trend was set by influencers of the era. If you wanted to fit in, you needed to heed the sage advice of people in the know. Period.

Alongside the Zoot Suits were bigger, heavier, more opulent cars. With giant fenders and plush, wide seats, these cars were distinct from the older pre-war models with chrome trim and eye-catching white wall tires. The American culture had turned the corner to a place that was to be desired.

Using popular singers crooning catchy jingles of the time in their advertising, Detroit, then the backbone of American auto manufacturing, produced desirable cars. During radio and a new media medium, television programs, one needed to “See the USA in their Chevrolet.” The other manufacturers had their turn with their own ad wars in print newspapers and magazines, too.

While driving American roads, cigarettes were being pushed by influencers, too. “Doctors” in white lab coats bearing stethoscopes along with those banded mirrors on their heads could be seen everywhere recommending certain ciggie brands as being healthier over those of their competitors. If only.

Those are just a few examples of influencers past who effectively changed the direction and tenor of America.

And it was around these times – the 1940’s through the 1960’s – that people became more status conscience than before. With more people working with new skills in decent paying jobs, people were covertly encouraged to spend their newfound riches by Hollywood actors and actresses who often portrayed characters living lavish lifestyles. And it worked.

Cars seen competing in National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) became very desirable following a win during a weekly race. Using the motto, “Win on Sunday, buy on Monday,” became a tried-and-true slogan around car dealerships.

Today we find ourselves immersed in a continued evolution of life still dictated by influencers. Only today, the wannabe people have become effectively known as “sheeple.”

Sheeple are informally defined as people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced – likened to sheep.

While the automobiles have been largely switched over from convertibles with lots of chrome to four-door sports cars and chrome less SUV’s, it is almost impossible to distinguish between makes and models and years.

Rather, our new generation of influencers is comprised of people who still like to advise the sheeple on what is best, strongest, smartest, most fashionable, and hip. But just who are these new influencers?

It seems as though they are comprised of popular individuals who – not unlike the jingle singers of yore – have been raised to idol stature in our pop culture.

Names such as Joe Rogan, virtually every one of the Kardashian and Jenner tribe, Beyoncé along with Taylor Swift who share their influence about everything from tequila and exercise clothing to music along with beauty products.

But also, along with this this gaggle of modern culture and everything stylish influencers arises names such as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Congressclown Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Senators Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, plus a slimeball named Hasan Piker.

Anyone who regularly dabbles in the day-to-day operations of the world through the news and podcasts have become familiar with the above influencers, perhaps with the exception of Piker. It seems Piker – who I admit was new to me – “has been described as one of the biggest voices on the U.S. left,” according to Wikipedia.

He is “known online by the name HasanAbi [sic]” Wikipedia continues, using streaming to influence as a “left-wing political commentator. His content primarily consists of political and social commentary.” It further states “Piker’s Twitch channel ranks among the platform’s most-subscribed.”

“So what?” you ask.

The ungrateful Hasan Piker

Making the rounds to both get his dangerously sleazy message out, as well as to massage his overinflated ego, Piker is now saying the quiet part aloud. The esteemed HasanAbi was recently being interviewed on a New York Times (NYT) podcast when he seemed to projectile vomit his belief that, according to his moral ethics, theft of groceries was “Okay,” but only from a store like “Whole Foods.”

Stealing vehicles was acceptable, as well. What he drives, and where it is currently parked, was conveniently left out of the conversation. Probably because he didn’t want his car pilfered.

Stealing from a small store or a corner deli was no bueno. On the other hand, Piker spoke about his thoughts on the murder of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson, by Luigi Mangione, who gleefully stated that “finally, someone can actually do something about healthcare.” Nice guy, Hasan.

Further ruing the fact Democrats hadn’t done more during the wake of Mr. Thompson’s murder to address the crisis of America’s healthcare system, Piker added that the late “Mr. Thompson can be accused of ‘social violence,’” msn.com offered.

He even went so far as to mention that America deserved 9/11 – referring to the Muslim terrorist attack with hijacked planes – in 2001.

Keeping in mind that this POS himself is a proud Muslim who was born and largely reared in the United States, attending American colleges at the University of Miami as well as Rutgers. Now Piker is showing his appreciation for all this nation has done for him and his family.

By the way, this 34-year-old guy moved to Los Angeles, California in 2021, where he bought a $2.7 million, 3,800-square foot house in West Hollywood. Please reread that last sentence; I’ll wait for you. This is the same fellow who just told his followers it was fine to steal from stores.

Here’s the rub. The legacy media has the morality and direction of wet dishrags, constantly haranguing against The President, his supporters, The Right, and anyone concerned with “the rule of law,” trying to keep our nation on the track of safety and morality. Need more proof?

Other influencers who openly espouse antagonism to stoke anger among the masses include CNN’s Jake Tapper, and late-night television’s Stephen Colbert. Both of these embarrassments appeared on Colbert’s show to imply President Trump was actively working against the First Amendment.

In a clearly uncomfortable skit, Tapper pulled out a pocket handkerchief emblazoned with a crayon-like scribble regarding freedom of speech. Evidently, these two influencers were preparing to make a public scene at the recent White House Correspondents Dinner with their mass media buddies using these pocket silks as props.

The enthusiastic crowd cheered and hollered at this gag that was supposed to appear ‘grass roots’ in nature but clearly wasn’t. Ha ha.

This very fine line of espousing hate, violence, theft, and the utter disruption of a civil society is easy to cross. Unfortunately, undoing the rhetoric can be very difficult, maybe impossible.

Witness the influencers who, just a mere year, or so ago, were openly marching while chanting to ‘kill all Jews.’ This public display of hate was applauded by many, many college students, many of whom will eventually be working alongside, even living next door to these same people they openly hate and wish dead today. (Not the forward thinking in our youth for which one would hope.)

Influencers have their place in society but must remain tempered due to the ability to alter the minds of sheeple. And such influencing is clearly resulting in the weak minded being easily misled toward a dangerous goal: the dissolution of the United States.

Influencing others on the latest music, the best women’s stretch clothing, most shocking conspiracy du jour, current fashion t-shirt, or most shocking comment for office water cooler talk, is palatable. Unfortunately, excusing violence and mayhem, while encouraging death and destruction is not.

‘Nuff said.

Catch-22

 

  Whether you’re visiting EasternShoreFishAndGame.blogspot.com for the first time, or a repeat reader, you are in for a treat today.

This is an historic time – after publishing these flashes of brilliance for over 15-years – when you are being treated to the shortest story to ever appear here so, don’t get too comfortable.

Here it goes:

My sainted wife and I enjoy some of the familiar fare of ‘cop shows’ on television on a regular basis. We tune in to these ‘reality’ shows largely for entertainment which are often peppered with crimes, investigations, and subsequent arrests, all in the name of entertainment.

One particular program we enjoy features a number of varying police and sheriff departments with officers who become familiar over time. This specific show’s badge wearers – who sometimes colloquially speak to the camera – offered his opinion following a DWI arrest on a “live” (read: time delayed) broadcast just the other night.

This aside featured a sheriff’s deputy wearing a campaign-style hat offering his opinion on the apprehension of this suspected drunk driver.

Now is an excellent time to point out that I have never been arrested, stopped, or suspected of driving under the influence of anything other than love.

In any case, this deputy looked directly into the camera and proudly pointed out that “No one should

ever drive drunk from a bar.” A stupid remark? Actually, more stupider than that.

Which leads to a rhetorical question: Why do many municipalities demand ample parking before bars are open for business? A true Catch-22.

This episode’s segment demonstrated just how low the bar is to get a badge in at least one jurisdiction.

Mark Twain appropriately said, “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

By the way, a subsequent ‘breathalyzer’ test proved the arrested individual was NOT above the limit and later released at the Sheriff’s Office.

Gotta be the First

 

  Only last week civilization reached another monumental rung on the ladder of history.

As I am writing this, an American space rocket from NASA has passed from circling the Moon, including the so-called Far Side. The Moon, for your edification, is viewed from Earth on only one side. This fact has been true since anyone can recall. Flying around the entire Moon is important because it has never been done before.

Aboard this spaceship – Artemis II – is a gathering of four specially selected astronauts which, I’m guessing not by chance, appear to reflect the make-up of America. In this group is one white man, one black man, one white woman, and one Canadian. I know, I know, I didn’t identify the Canadian’s sex or race, but suffice it to say, someone at NASA is clearly paying back a debt or needed to convert Metric measurements.

In any case, this historic mission has generated an amazing amount of interest and hoopla throughout the world because it involves so many firsts.

During one of the many press group meetings between Earth reporters and the space capsule via teleconference, a reporter simply had to ask a question that was simultaneously both expected and cringe worthy. And that’s a hard feat to accomplish.

The aforementioned black astronaut, Victor Glover, was tossed a question with – what else? Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Without missing a beat, this reporter dragged race into this for all the tribalists watching and later reading the recaps of this significant accomplishment by not only Glover, but also the other three crew members. Were they already forgotten because they aren’t black?

The query took a path along these lines: ‘How does it feel to be the first black man to fly around the Moon?’

After all, there is a woman seated alongside    
this black man who happens to be the first woman to fly around the Moon. Lest we forget there’s a white man aboard plus a Canadian, who I would consider “firsts” of each special category in which they neatly fit or identify.

But it seems as though Astronaut Glover is first and foremost an astronaut who realizes and enjoys his career as a team player. He quickly interjected his response by poo-pooing the racist reporter’s question by shifting the emphasis towards what this meant for humanity rather than race.

All four Artemis II occupants brought something special to their historic trip, traveling further into outer space than any other humans as yet. That, in and of itself, should be celebrated and held up as a monumental achievement for all of society to applaud and use as a barometer for future space exploration.

That being said, I offer accolades of ‘Job well done!’ and wishes for more inclusiveness rather than exclusions based on shallow, uncontrollable traits.