8 May 24

Few things in this world upset me more than witnessing unworthy scum-bags desecrating/vandalizing our nation’s national monuments, particularly our war memorials!

 These craven buffoons, none of whom ever served their country, are unfit to stand in the shadow of heroes who fought and died, along-side me, in Vietnam!

 Their lawless, disrespectful vandalism is tolerated only because we have cowardly college presidents, city mayors, and assorted other contemptible “officials,” who are no better.

 “Posterity!

 You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom!  

I hope you will make good use of it.  

If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the pains to preserve it!”

 John Adams, 1814

 /John

This is not “protest” : Pro-Hamas protesters took out their frustration on Old Glory and American heroes from World War I with no police in sight after failing to disrupt the Met Gala Monday night.  The agitators vandalized a 107th Infantry Memorial in Central Park. The base was defaced with hideous graffiti reading “Gaza” in large black letters. Other terror supporters vandalized the statue’s soldiers with stickers of the Palestinian flag that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.” Some of the agitators climbed atop the statue and draped the flag of terrorism over the figures. This is not “protest”, this is desecration, vandalism, and destruction. And does their “cause” no good. Storyteller

Happy Sams

Last week I had a story about a minister and his attempted shooter. Reminded me of my experience……………….

Captain Revenge always figured he’d give me enough rope to really hang myself. It never worked, but he kept trying.  I guess he figured the other times were just flukes.

He calls me into his office and explains how much faith and confidence he has in me, because now he’s got a really “special” assignment, just for me.

We had just started the 9 week mids cycle, 10:30 pm to 7:15 am. For the rest of that cycle, I would do nothing but cruise late night areas, except Hotel Street and Waikiki areas. I was to stay out of those areas.

I was to check bars, restaurants, parking lots, and other late night open establishments. If I was in the “immediate” area of an “in progress” call I could respond, but otherwise I was to observe, make “on view” arrests, and he wanted a full “To-From” report at the end of every shift detailing where I was at all times, who I spoke to, and what information I had gathered.

He would be the sole judge of my performance. Again, enough rope to hang myself.

So night after night that’s what I did.  I patrolled the strip club parking lots. I talked to bar owners and late night restaurant managers. I did not go into Waikiki or Hotel Street areas. I did not go to the big restaurants and bars. And every morning I put a typed report on the Captain’s desk.

The 1^st one was something like 6 pages. They got bigger almost every night. In a month, 15 pages were the usual.

I also got wanted vehicle and warrant lists from records and dispatch. That was my idea.

Now my nightly reports also included stolen vehicle operator arrests, outstanding warrant arrests, and a load of usable information for the detectives. Let’s face it; sleazy bars need love and protection too.

One of those little sleazy bars was “Happy Sam’s” on Kapahulu. Sam’s had been through a number of evolution’s over the years but at this time was just a small hostess bar on the outskirts of Waikiki, outskirts being the optimum word.

The owner, a middle aged Korean lady who called herself, well Sam, was nice enough. She didn’t encourage her girls to rip off customers or try to sell way over-priced “champagne”.

The clientele was mostly neighborhood men, sometimes couples, and the hostess’ were mostly girls trying to pick up a little extra money with a couple of Sam’s relatives called in on Friday and Saturday or whenever the club got really busy during sports nights.

A nice clean neighborhood hostess bar, sometimes strangers would wonder in, stay or not. Sam’s had a pretty regular group. Good drinkers that could walk home or would use a cab. No problems. Sam, and her bartenders and hostess’ always seemed glad to see me and always treated me with courtesy and respect.

No trouble at Sam’s.

Which made it even more surprising when dispatch called me to report the manager of Happy Sam’s had called requesting my assistance with a customer.

I wasn’t too far away, told dispatch I’d respond, and another area officer, Bobby L. says he’ll back me up.

Bobby and I got there about the same time. As I got out of my vehicle, a customer walks out the front door, and starts across the street.

I look into the club and Sam is pointing at the customer walking away. Pointing furiously and speaking Korean, of course.

I told Bobby to talk to the guy walking away. Get some ID or something to hold him till I talk to Sam.

Bobby walked across the street toward the departing male. I walked to the front door and there met Sam and one of her girls.

The hostess was jabbering away. Of course, in Korean and Sam was trying to tell me in English. Finally, I heard one word clearly “gun”. And the hostess is rubbing her hand around the back of her hip like someone was hugging her and patting her right hip. But I heard “gun” loud and clear.

I looked across the street and the former customer had been stopped by Bobby. The customer had his back to me, and Bobby was still talking so I started across the street as fast as I could without actually running.

As I approached, I heard Bobby demand some ID. It appeared it wasn’t the first time Bobby had asked for it. The customer reached his right hand behind his hip as if reaching for a wallet. But from my vantage point I could see the outline of a wallet, in his left rear pocket. As his right hand reached under his shirt I could see a small holster, hidden by his shirt, at the back of his hip.

As he pulled the gun, a small semi-auto pistol, I was right behind him.

I yelled “Gun” to Bobby, grabbed the guy’s right hand, and pulled it hard, against my chest, and bullet proof vest.

Bobby was a serious weightlifter and had big biceps. At my yell, Bobby didn’t even hesitate; he just threw a right-hand punch. The sound of his fist impacting the guy’s head was almost louder than the “click” of the guns hammer falling. Almost.

As I had grabbed the gun, his grip had pulled back the trigger. The gun was later identified as a Colt Junior, a .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol with an external hammer, and it had a round in the chamber. Because the “junior” didn’t have a grip safety, it didn’t require a complete grip to fire. But it hadn’t fired. It just went click. The round didn’t fire.

Bobby’s punch had knocked the guy unconscious and as his body collapsed on the ground. I stood there holding his hand and the gun tightly to my chest.

When he saw what I was holding Bobby’s knees sagged just a little but he was right back and pulled out cuffs. We cuffed the guy, I put the gun in my pocket, and we had to almost drag him to Bobby’s vehicle.

Once we got him secured in the vehicle cage Bobby called for a sector supervisor, a detective, and ambulance for our “customer”. I cleared and locked up the gun and we started the investigation fun.

Sorting out what Sam and the hostess had to say was as I guessed, confusing. The hostess had sat down next to the customer, he bought her a drink, and when she slid her arm around his waist she felt the holstered gun.

She tried not to alert the guy, so she kept smiling and told Sam in Korean, what was up. The customer may have spoken some Korean or may have just spooked, but he walked out without finishing his beer. That’s when we got there.

The customer turned out to be a Marine stationed in Kaneohe. A search of his vehicle turned up a K-bar knife, a smoke grenade, and an explosive grenade simulator which is basically a very large firecracker.

Basically, the detectives took over from there. Bobby and I went back to type our reports.

At the end of that watch, 7 weeks later, the next shift Commander also assigned units to check the bars, parking lots and restaurants. To do what I had done for those long weeks. Two men units were assigned after that. They were assigned to succeed, not hang themselves. And of course, Captain Revenge received an attaboy letter for coming up with the idea.

Shortly after the Happy Sam’s incident, Bobby was picked to transfer to a plain clothes unit from which he eventually became an investigator for the City and County Prosecutors Office under Charles Marsland.

I don’t know what happened to the “customer”. I tried to follow up with the detectives and was told the case had been “passed upward” whatever the hell that meant.

At the end of that 9 weeks the Captain, put me back into the patrol pool and I spent the next 2 cycles patrolling the area around Hawaii Kai, Sandy Beach, and Hanauma Bay. Basically, the ass end of district 1. But at least I was away from the Captain.

I’ve heard that “click” in my nightmares in the years since, sometimes it goes off. Well, it is just a nightmare.

At least that’s what I keep telling myself.

Well, that settle’s it: Well know scholar and self made idiot Kathy Griffin says Stormy Daniel “Does not lie and will not lie”. This comes from a person that admits she meow’s like a cat and moo’s like a cow during her “yoga”. This to help her with her TIPTSD (Trump Induced PTSD).

Never let them forget: “You’re willing to walk among us unvaxed, you are the enemy”, Gene Simmons; “Who gets the ICU bed? A vaccinated person, come right in. An unvaccinated person who gobbled horse goo, rest in peace”, Jimmy Kimmel ; “Screw your freedom”, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Don’t you forget them, their lies, and what they REALLY think about you.

Gor for a cruise, it’ll be fun they said:  A cruise ship,  the Meraviglia,  has pulled  into NYC  harbor bearing a gruesome cargo in the form of a huge, 44’ long, dead whale sprawled across its bow. The incident happened on Saturday, and the event is being held by some as further evidence of the unfortunate impact on sea life that large vessels can have. (AND) Angela Bridges was aboard the Carnival Venezia cruise ship with her family, including son Aiden, en route to New York City from the Caribbean when he fell seriously ill, concerning the medical team on board. At the time of the critical medical incident, the ship was outside of North Carolina and more than 350 nautical miles off the coast. The 920th Rescue Wing of the Air Force, consisting of two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, two HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and two teams of combat rescue officers and pararescuemen had to fly to the ship’s position to safely extract the patient for transport to the nearest capable medical center. In other words, I’ll pass.

I commented on this in the past: U.S. House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday to add a citizenship question to the census and exclude noncitizens from the official headcount when determining population for representation in Congress and electoral votes. They have 37 ways to determine your “ethnic background” but not one on your citizenship. Time to fix that.

The check was in the mail: A recent audit revealed tens of thousands of pieces of delayed or undelivered mail at a single Minnesota post office. The audit was conducted at the Bemidji Post Office by the USPS Office of the Inspector General with its findings released on Monday. Last year, there were reported concerns about increased package volume disrupting mail service. Did you know there are over 1,200 ARMED Postal Inspectors? Hmmmm. 

A four-legged hero: An 85-year-old Colorado woman who went missing last week was found by a K-9 police dog after she got stuck along the side of a “steep ravine,” officials said. Within minutes of beginning the search, Mercury located the woman “clinging to a tree down a steep ravine where she could not be seen from the roadway or canal.”  A body-worn camera video that showed Greenwood Village Police Department Officer Austin Speer and K-9 Mercury working to track the unnamed woman, who had been missing for around two hours on Thursday, May 2.  Wat to go Mercury.

Or a picinic basket: A driver likely killed in a horror car crash in Massachusetts was found next to a bear that appeared to have then dragged his body into woods, according to cops. The driver lost control of his car on Route 91 in Hatfield Sunday morning, striking the guardrail multiple times before hurtling off the road and down an embankment. Another driver alerted police to the remains of the wreck off the roadway around 11 a.m. When first responders reached the scene, the deceased male occupant of the vehicle was outside the car and a bear was observed in the woods in the vicinity of the scene, evidence suggests the bear at some point had made contact with the victim’s body. Maybe Yogi was just trying to help.

Way too much time on their hands: Noelia Voigt’s decision to relinquish her Miss USA crown has sparked a flurry of online speculation after fans noticed a strange detail about her statement.  in the comments of her post and elsewhere on social media, users noticed that taking the first letter in each sentence of her statement reveals the phrase “I AM SILENCED” — though this discounts the last three sentences, the first letters of which spell “HIP.” It was not immediately clear whether the message was intentional. People, for godds sake, get a life.

No, I didn’t go to the Met Gala. I was doing something really important, watching re-runs of “My Mother The Car”.

This is not “protest” : Pro-Hamas protesters took out their frustration on Old Glory and American heroes from World War I with no police in sight after failing to disrupt the Met Gala Monday night.  The agitators vandalized a 107th Infantry Memorial in Central Park. The base was defaced with hideous graffiti reading “Gaza” in large black letters. Other terror supporters vandalized the statue’s soldiers with stickers of the Palestinian flag that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.” Some of the agitators climbed atop the statue and draped the flag of terrorism over the figures. This is not “protest”, this is desecration, vandalism, and destruction. And does their “cause” no good.

This is third world communist stuff: Andrew Weissmann is the face of DOJ corruption. He has been overturned by the Supreme Court and he’s been behind most all the efforts to attack President Trump through lawfare. Now he’s a top Deep State player behind DA Bragg’s bogus Manhattan case against President Trump. In a tweet this past weekend, Weissmann shares that he believes that a defendant in the US must prove their innocence. Silly me, I always thought it was “Innocent until proven guilty”. Beyond all shadow of doubt doesn’t seem to apply anymore either.

One more step to the loss of freedom: The feds are set to launch new safety rules for transporting some livestock. However, some ranchers are now concerned about how much it might impact them. Ranchers and cattle farmers are bracing for a big change. Under a new rule, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soon expected to require high-frequency or low-frequency electronic tags on most cattle and bison being transported on any American highway. “They” will know how many cattle you have, where they are, and when you move them. Can some kind of “tax”, (for the good of public safety), be far behind?

World involvement has started: France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. The French soldiers are drawn from France’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France’s Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère). The initial group of French troops numbers around 100. This is just the first contingent of around 1,500 French Foreign Legion soldiers scheduled to arrive in Ukraine. Hey France, does Dien Ben Phu ring any bells? How about Algeria? Ding Ding Ding

Remember; The people who shut down your businesses and killed your careers are now telling you to re-elect them so they can keep their jobs. Never forget what they’ve done to you and your families. If they are re-elected, they WILL do it again.

It’s not a “protest”: Paint splattered on floors. Spray-painted messages and screeds covering walls. Furniture moved and overturned. Security cameras disabled. Fire extinguishers missing and entrances blocked by stacks of chairs.  A white sign painted with red lettering that proclaimed, “WELCOME TO THE REFAAT ALAREER MEMORIAL LIBRARY,” was draped over a painted mural that generally greets library visitors. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators renamed the library after the Palestinian poet who died in an Israeli airstrike in December. The library’s ground floor was splattered with orange, red and yellow paint, with empty water bottles strewn about. File cabinets and other furniture blocked elevator doors. Glass-covered displays were smashed. There are also reports from campus security and staff of potential thefts of rare archival material, including its full Dark Horse Comics collection. You ae NOT a protester. You ARE a vandal, a burglar, and YOU ARE A THIEF. You should be treated as such.

Not much sympathy here: At the height of his Magnum P.I. prominence in 1985, Tom Selleck was reportedly earning $500,000 per episode, which in today’s economy is equivalent to an estimated #$1.2 million dollars. In recent years, Selleck is best known for the role of Frank Reagan in CBS’ police drama Blue Bloods — for which he reportedly earns $200,000 per episode, averaging a total salary of $5 million per season. Sellek,79, has been starring “Blue Bloods” since 2010, but later this year, the show is set to end. Without the income he earns from it, Selleck may be forced to give up his California ranch.? ? Hey Tommy, tell me again about that “reverse mortgage” you do commercials about. Maybe take your own advice.

Protected class: A second “black book” of 200+ contact names and numbers belonging to the well-connected late sex offender Jeffrey Epstien is going up for auction in two weeks time. On May 15, the black book will be offered for private sale by sealed bids by Alexander Historical Auctions. A forensic document examiner’s report on its authenticity will be provided alongside it. And not one -single-solitary indictment.

Hoisted on his own petard: The word “petard” comes from the French word  that means to break wind. Kevin Parker, a Democrat state senator representing Brooklyn, is calling the Adult Survivors Act unconstitutional, and yet he voted for it. When Democrat politicians in New York passed the Adult Survives Act to punish Donald Trump and provide the ability for E. Jean Carroll to go after Trump 30 years later, their Trump Derangement Syndrome blinded them to how it might impact them. So the demorats are hoisted (exposed) on their own farts. (Te He snicker snicker).

Outlived their worth: The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has many demands in their latest salvo in negotiating a new contract with the public schools system. he $50 billion they are asking for includes a 9% wage hike, fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities, and a myriad of LGBT-related requirements. I have often said, union’s have outlived their usefulness. Theu no longer do their “members” any good.

Shades of Baader-Meinhof: College campus protests are being infiltrated by outside forces and supported by professional agitators. One such alleged professional agitator is James Carlson, who was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall and has no affiliation with the University.  Carlson “fights the man,” and rages against capitalism, which he can afford to do since it has benefitted him and his family, he goes home each night to his lavish $3.4 million Brooklyn brownstone property. Useful idiots like this don’t realize, the first thing “they” will do after “the revolution” will be to line people like him up and put a bullet in their head. Why take the chance they’d start another revolution.

Feel old? American Graffiti was filmed in….1973. Half a century ago. Ouch.

Follow the money: Officers from the New York Police Department went to 2 different universities on Friday morning to clear out anti-Israel agitators and break up demonstrations being held on campus. Across the country at 46 different locations resulting in the arrest of over 2,300 “students”. The NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations also spoke to reporters, saying there is “somebody” or “some organization” behind the massive movement where students and other protesters are taking over schools and academic buildings, chanting antisemitic slogans, resisting law enforcement and administrators’ orders to disperse, and getting away with no consequences. You mean all those professionally printed signs, t-shirts, flags, frozen water bottles, and gas masks weren’t spontaneous?  Well then. Who’s paying for all this? Asking for a friend.

Words, just words: George Alan Kelly, 75, had his trial for the second-degree murder ended in a hung jury in his favor. Various headlines listed the “victim” as “a Mexican man”, a “Mexican citizen”, a “Mexican national” and a “migrant”. How come nobody refers to him as an illegal immigrant. The optimum word is “illegal”. I won’t argue the case, I don’t have all the facts, but they (the msm) have to duty to name subjects what they really are, “ILLEGAL ALIENS”. Words have meanings, use the correct ones.

A suggestion to Kristie Noem; when you get to the bottom of the hole, stop digging.

W T H: The U.S. Department of Justice has told Iowa’s top officials it plans to sue the state over a new law making it a crime for a person to be in Iowa if they’ve previously been denied admission to the U.S. the DOJ informed Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and state Attorney General Brenna Bird that it intends to sue unless the state agrees by May 7 not enforce the law, according to a letter sent Thursday. SO the DOJ says the state can’t enforce laws that the doj won’t enforce. Why?

YOUR MONEY AT WORK: The Internal Revenue Service is demanding a further $20 billion from Congress in order to hire another 14,000 more employees as part of an effort to better “serve taxpayers.”  According  to IRS Commissioner, Daniel Werfel, the agency needs the money in order to fund technology upgrades and improve its “customer service”. Did you know there are 4 times as many irs “agents” as there are border patrol “agents”? That’s because the Illegal aliens don’t have any money the .gov can take.

It’s just me: They’re saying the new Baltimore Bridge Span Will Cost $1.9 Billion And Won’t Be Ready Until 2028. But “we” can build a new dock in Gaza right now. Did I miss something here?

May 24

“In the City of Constance (present-day southern Germany) on 6 July 1415, John Hus was burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for the ‘heresy’ of criticizing corrupt Church practices that were not supported by Scripture (much as Martin Luther did a century later).  

Curiously, Hus’ personal safety had been repeatedly guaranteed by Church hierarchy.

 Who witnessed the event reported that Hus died singing!”

Forget about “Protection of Law!”

 This past weekend in the City of Buffalo, NY two workers, who had been hired by a local realtor to clean the interior of an unoccupied house, were attacked and murdered by a squatter whom apparently no one knew was there.

 This murderer had been arrested multiple times, and always failed to subsequently show-up in court. There were thus multiple warrants out for his arrest, but why bother arresting him (again)? He’ll only be “in custody” for an hour of two, and then released once more!

Had he been in jail (where he should have been, and where he could have harmed no one) these two innocent cleaners, who were only trying to work for a living, would be alive and well.

Democrats call this travesty “bail reform.” Democrats, instead of protecting good and decent people, instead protect violent criminals, and then solicit their votes.

 These two innocent workers should have been able to assume their government was doing its best to protect them.  

Quite the opposite!

“Public safety” currently enjoys the lowest rung among priorities of leftist politicians, who work tirelessly to keep dangerous criminals out on the street and not in jail, as we see.
The weapon used to commit these murders was a KelTec folding carbine (9mm), what we call a PCC (Pistol-Cartridge Carbine, illegal in NY). When it was seized by police, it had a fifteen-round magazine locked in the magazine well (also illegal in NY).

I am quite certain that violent criminals like this one are smart enough to have figured-out the advantages of carrying a PCC in a backpack. There are never any consequences, so why not?

This murderer was obviously unconcerned about the illegality of his weapon and magazine. Again, he has been arrested repeatedly, formally charged, and then immediately cut-loose, never to experienced any

unpleasant follow-up. He was intimately familiar with “The System!”

Gun laws are only enforced upon good and decent, tax-paying citizens (who have something to lose), and who are scared to death of these protected and coddled criminals (who have nothing to lose), and who are by and large unhindered as they prey upon the innocent, violently.

This is the leftist NIMBY (“Not In My Back Yard”) standard, in action!

This is the “Rules for Thee, but Not for Me” mindset, cynically practiced by all liberals (along with “Guns for me, but not for Thee,” as gun laws don’t apply to politicians)

This is a palpable curse upon this nation, where we now have a “Caste System,” based on an arrogant, elitist school of thought.

Gone are the days when good citizenship was the “gold standard” for personal behavior!

Now, immoral, unethical behavior is piously excused, providing the actor: 1) Belongs to the “correct group,” favored by leftists/elitists, and 2) Engages in acts of destruction and terror focused upon “deplorables” (the law-abiding, Jews, Christians, tax-payers, legal American citizens)

 Thus, looting, squatting, burning, vandalizing, and general terrorizing of local communities is not only permitted, but encouraged, under the excuse that destructive riots are falsely re-labeled “mostly peaceful protests”

 Police are given orders to stand-down and not enforce the law. BLM, ANTIFA (and now Hamas) “activists” are given free reign to wreak havoc, so long as they vote for Democrats.

 However, when any species of protest occurs at a liberal “Ivory Tower,” we see a completely different set of “standards” being applied. Now, police (and tax-payer-funded bodyguards, armed with “weapons of war”) are suddenly needed to “restore order” and are expected to do it quickly, so that no elitist liberal is ever inconvenienced.

We are only as good as our upbringing and education. When parents fail to parent, our media despises the truth, and “educators” teach only evil, we are in for a rough ride!

 In the interim, life-threatening emergencies are, by definition, unplanned!

 As our “Criminal/Justice System” collapses under our feet, personal readiness will determine life or death!

 /John

 **Ni cannot agree more. Be aware, be ready, be safe, Storyteller**

The Eyes of Madness

The doctors said he was dangerous to himself and others. The family was afraid of him so they filed commitment papers. They were afraid.

Just a year ago he tried to hurt his mother with a kitchen knife. Four months ago he hurt his brother with a piece of pipe. Three weeks ago he hurt his father with his fist and a bat.

So now the doctors said he was dangerous. After thirty-five years, in and out of the revolving door of the state mental institutions, they said he should stay in the hospital this time.

So the family called and requested the police stand by and wait until the ambulance arrived to transport him to the state hospital.

Being the junior officer, I had the blue and white vehicle with a cage between driver and “passenger.

We met the family a few blocks away and followed them to the house. They had all the papers, commitment order, state custody and all the rest. The sector sergeant checked them out; counter signed, and said we’d wait until the ambulance arrived.

I was young then, with only a few years on the street. I’d just follow the sergeants lead, watch and learn.

He was cooking when we got there.

First Mom and Dad tried to explain how this was all for his own good. He would be happier “there”.

As they were talking I got my first look at his eyes, they were the same eyes I’d seen in trapped animals. They darted from side to side looking for a way out. Looking for a place to run. Every third of fourth glance he would look at the dishes in the sink, there were several knives in there.

I moved slowly and managed to put myself in front of the sink and the trapped look becomes desperate and pained. There was a hint of betrayal in those eyes whenever he looked at his family.

The ambulance did not come. It turned out all of them were on calls and it could be two or three hours before one could be dispatched.  So the sergeant decides I should take him to the Hospital. The family would meet me there and do all the paperwork. I was just the cab driver.

As I put handcuffs on him, the looks turned from fear and betrayal to anger and planned vengeance. I truly hoped they would keep him in the hospital.

After the cuffs, we put him in the back of the patrol car, in the back seat with the cage around him, like a trapped animal.

It wasn’t a long drive, 20 or 30 minutes. Every time I looked into the rearview mirror, he was looking at me. The eyes never stopped.

They say the eyes are the window to a man’s soul and mind. For that drive I looked into eyes I would remember for many nightmares after.

For many nights when the darkness began to seep into my soul, I’d remember looking into those eyes of madness.

Dire prediction: You think you’re mad about the Ukraine money now? Wait until they lose the war (they will) and make a peace deal giving Putin everything he wants (they will) and then the Demorats in Congress will authorize the spending of $500 billion of your money to “rebuild Ukraine”. Write that down. It’s coming.

Not a hole deep or dark enough: Recently a video surfaced of a confused three month-old puppy after being dumped out of a car and abandoned in a mobile home park. This seems to be a thing in California lately. You know, it’s bad enough when you abandon a fully gown dog, but a puppy? Can’t even be bothered to take it to an animal shelter? These folks should have their names posted…be outed for their cruelty. Faces shown on television. Out these people. Demonstrate what kind of people they are. There isn’t a hole in hell that is deep or darkn enough for these P O S.

A sad Good-Bye: Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock and roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86. I saw him in person during the 60’s when he would join in whatever band was playing at the Friday night “surf dance” behind the old International Marketplace. I still love his performance as the “karate killer” in the old biker flic “The Savage Seven”. His talent and music will be missed.

Who loves ya baby:  Announced back in 2015 Diesel is re-teaming with Universal Pictures, the studio behind Fast & Furious, to develop a movie based on Kojak. The original TV series starred Telly Savalas as Theo Kokaj and ran for three seasons after debuting in 1973. The series revolves around Kojak, a New York detective known for being willing to go beyond the law and a love for cars and lollipops, and follows him as he investigates different cases. Well, who loves ya baby? Well, certainly not hollywierd of they’d think of something new.

Something good: How about a good story to end the week? A chiropractor in Oklahoma had a special patient with a lot of neck to adjust. Not only does Dr. Joren Whitley work on humans, but he treats animals, too. That’s why he was called in to relieve a jaw problem on Gerry the giraffe, who was having an issue with chewing. Whitley, who has adjusted other animals, said working with a giraffe was a dream come true. “Being able to work on a giraffe is a chiropractor’s dream. I mean it’s the largest neck in the world,” Whitley said. Gerry’s owner said the giraffe’s chewing improved after his adjustment by Whitley. The doctor said the giraffe seemed pleased, too. “He absolutely loved it. I mean he was rubbing all over me. He was licking all over me,” Whitley said. In Oklahoma, it is legal to own a giraffe. Gerry’s owner purchased him five years ago from a Texas wildlife safari park when Gerry was 2 months old after his mother had rejected him. Good going Doc.