Iran Pushing the Envelope

There are extreme warning signs out there, kids...IRAN...flexing, I guess you could call it...shooting down the US drone, for a starter...and now, detaining a couple, like TWO UK tankers...British ones...and it's a different reaction than the one that Donny put forth...their words, the Brits, have teeth...I keep thinking that Trump's stance is connected to Putin...hey...my point is this...we are on the verge of conflict...real conflict...that we may get involved in, by the connection we have with Great Britain...we need a negotiator, not a clown in control...

Hey, whatever happened in Venezuela?...the 'inevitable' overthrow of the government, apparently was squashed...have you noticed that there is NOTHING being released anymore about this?...Trump and his regime, said that they were behind the revolution...but were told by Putin to stay out of it...did we?...this bother you at all?...

Here in the mainland, we are watching Trump dodge accusations after accusations...personal and political...seems like he spends a lot of his time, defending himself, going to self gratifying pep rallies, Tweeting, and golfing...but...running our country?...too much time for the former...

OK...

The mighty Padres are sinking fast...in just one week...that is how tight it is in the west...2nd to last and out of the 'possibles' for a playoff spot...of course, it would take a 5 game win streak to get back into it...so, let's not panic...yet...BUT...putting together pitching, hitting, and defense in one game, appears to be a very hard proposition...right now, we are brutal on fielding the pelota and then throwing it, to someone who can catch it...

The Open...over the pond...blimey, we can't get the US dudes to get a win there, can we?...JB Holmes?...Jordan Spieth?...let's see how moving day works out for us...

50 years since Woodstock...the little singing gig, that got outta control...people were hungry for change...and that was the beginning of the 'hippie movement'...that grew and grew...so upset with the government's war in Vietnam...

The end of July and all of August is the time for reunions...people getting back together to talk old times...my high school group, I understand still prepping for next summer's...good gawd, it will be our 55th!...woah, can't be...I need my calc...if yours is this time around, do have some fun...and take pix...

A sidelight here...with all these people dressing up and flaunting their costumes here at Comic-con, I have no idea who they are supposed to be...other than Wonder Woman, and Batman...the rest?...I dunno...do you?...

Safety at beisbol games...the ball parks have increased their netting down the baselines...more is needed...to protect the fans from the line drives...and the splintering of the bats, is no longer an issue this season, it appears...they must have different type of wood...nobody talks about this...

More...shit...Trump refuses to go to the NCAAP Convention in Detroit...why?...they want to ask him questions...he does not like that format...ha ha...he prefers the song and dance version in the south...where he can have Roger Stone lead chants as he spews his hatred and rhetoric...I digress...imagine him responding to the racial innuendos...

Are you a follower of the summer CBS series, Big Brother?...a reality show that whittles down contestants one by one...each week...no worse example of bullying, cliques, lying and a cheating....or, should that be 'better example?'...something like that...there is one gal, in particular, and she is the worst...the worst, Jerry...

Finally...have you ever thought of getting a tat?...like a tattoo?...if so, you have to wear stuff so it shows the bloody thing off...if you are a lady, put one on your arm, or leg...if you have a flat tummy, then one can go there...same for the blokes, I suppose...but, if your aged, it's not a good look...but, you still have the urge...get one on your arse...I am, a peace sign...so...I'm gonna get me some funky Levi's, with a hole in my seat...that shows me tat...

Comic-con

We sauntered down to the GQ...late afternoon...with them ornery
Mackles...coerced the waitress to move our table to an open spot on the patio...which gave us front row seats to the spectacle of the year in San Diego...COMIC-CON...the 4 or 5 day phenomena that permeates the Gaslamp and the Convention Center...permeates?...well, takes over, would be a better description...peops of all ages come to it, from all over the map...many dressed in their finest COMIC attire...we were situated a bit early, to get the view of the real wild costumes, I reckon...but, still...if you have never attended the event, you may want to give it a try...

Late as we were a returning, it gave me a tickle to watch the Open on the Golf Channel...which is on late at nite, as the bloody T is in Scotland...Ireland?...is that the same?...so, if ya'll want to watch it live, you start it in the middle of your sleep time...alas, the midnight call came from Sammi, and I was up to watch the golf...until me eyes finally closed...3 of the favs of peops, Tiger, Lefty, and Rory, have been atrocious...which leaves many out as viewers...ah, playing that game in the rain, I have done it for years, and I DON'T MISS IT...ha ha...actually, I don't even like peering at the blokes trying to withstand the stormy conditions...

The mighty Padres have been amiss...lost 2 of 3 in Florida...egads, kids, they had a horrific time in the  field...take their sorry arses to Chi town to vie against da Cubbies....they may need their hard hats when on D...or, will they do the way of this team, play tough against the good clubs?...

Trump happily announced that his troops (they are HIS, right?)...shot down one of Iran's drones...ah ha, eye for an eye...they did one, so we did one...oops, Iran is declaring something else...that they have all their drones in tact...that Trump shot down one of his own...hmmm, so who does one believe?...

The horse world in Cali has been on the close watch...as many horses have died while in training, or racing...up in LA...the number for this season is 30!...some say that there is too much BUTE or LASIX givin out...I dunno...now, that the Del Mar meet is in full swing, the eyes are keenly on the situation here...a bizarre scene unfolded on the training set, like at 6:45 am...two horses collided and died...as one was going the wrong way...have NOT heard, but it had to have bolted...I have told you about this before, but I was talking to a horse owner and trainer out of Australia...and their rule is to give a drug to a race horse only ONCE!...that's not the practice here...

Still, I am figuring out a time to visit the off track...as I have cash built up...and am raring to hit yet another Pick 5...today or tomorrow...

Get this...on our '04 Lexus...which has been GOLD, kids...we have a blinking tire pressure light that won't quit...blinking...took the rig into the Lexus Service...had to replace the faulty airbag...and had the blinker thang looked at...there are sensors in each of the wheels...and their estimate was over $1100 to fix 3 that were needing it...what?...I said no way, dude...found that tire stores did the same replacements...Discount Tire...and it is WARRANTED for 10 years...$80 a wheel...you do the math...take the Lexus in Saturday...

For you that are 'Grease' junkies...did you know that Olivia Newt John had to have her black leather pants sewn on every day...she could not get them on any other way...true Horse fact...

Here is one of them polls thangs...the most admired American woman is....drum roll, please....
Michele Obama...the lady who I think should run for Prez...ah, it's the YouGov poll...whatever...

Have you seen the face app?...shows what you will look like in years to come...or, what you looked like when you were younger...it's funny...Carrie actually published a pix of her in her later years...now, that's moxie...mine just shows more and more hair, leaving me head...

Am hungry, Georgie...

The Greatest Divide

Aloha mates...my Mac is finally done, and am picking it up in the morning...yup, they had to replace the hard drive...at a cool cost of $200 bucks...however, I am writing in the eve...and publish this in the am...it's been a hassle, but I am getting twice the power of the original...ah, did NOT blog this morning, as I left the casa at 6:30...something that some might call golf...another 4 letter word...

My title for the day, has to do with what I witnessed on CNN the other nite...as a reporter had a group of 8 ladies from Texas, representing a 'typical' selection of peops from that state...all were eerily dressed up similar...with the same type of Farrah hair, yet with a few years of experience in their political minds...they were stubborn Repubs...ah, make that proud elephants...and somehow tied their allegiance of the party with Trump...they resisted that he had said anything even remotely racist...in his reference to the 4 lady congressionals...and this...one can see that there is no way in this world, that they could be swayed from their feelings...NONE!!!

Which brings me to this...there is a HUGE DIVIDE in our nation over the racial bias...maybe the worst it has been since the 1950's...it awakened me again, to the subtle situation we have...he has HIS base...I have thought for a couple of years, it was blind faith...that the Repubs were cattle and would follow the steer wherever he would lead them...in the end, they would come to their senses and bolt from the hysterical masses....

I am wrong...er, was wrong...their following is real...witness the Republican block of the House of Reps, steadfast in their support of Trump...it is factual, kids...their values are much different than mine...and maybe yours...which makes this upcoming 2020 election of great importance to the stability of the country...

I'm not talking the incredible lack of character of Trump...or his inability to govern our nation...or his pathetic lack of methodology to unite the free world...no, kids, much deeper than that...there are people out there, lots of them, that are hell bent on electing this guy....again...

AS  a warning, I tell you to take heed...get involved...find the best candy man or woman to take HIM down...and support your candidate however you can...get others out to VOTE!...it may take every single one of the marks to beat him...

Yes, this is an extremely high spirited oration, that needs to be repeated and passed on...please, take the time to email this blog today to your friends...add your own commentary...for sure...

The Horse...

Fact or Fiction?

Morning, ya'll...I can't tell ya how much I miss my imac...am hoping that the finished product is soon...anyhoo, will use Marsh's and get on with it...missed yesterday, cuz we had a 7:37 tee time, thus, I was out the door at 6:30 AM...like in the wee hours of the morn...and, I might add, I was turrible...add to that summation, a whopping 94* out...not a fan of that hot, anymore...used to lurve it...

My blog title has to do with the Showtime Channel series of the life of Roger Ailes...the premier episode goes back to 1995, as he helped usher in the FOX news station...convincing his boss, Rupert Murdoch, that it would be a hit...if true, he was absolutely ruthless...the concept was, that there was no station out there that represented the conservative side of the things...in politics...so, they put together FOX...which took them about a year to do...think about it, they were right...way right...we have only got thru the first hour of it, and there is none of his hitting on women shenanigans...yet...one more thing, unbelievable that the gent playing his part is Russell Crowe!...

Your guy Trump has no idea when to shut his mouth...the condemnation of the 4 young House of Rep ladies is absurd, and highly non-presidential...but, then again, what does he do that is?...I wonder when his connection to Ailes will come out in the series mentioned above?...

We are about to embark on the weekend of weekends here in the GQ...Comic-Con...HUGE!...the billboards, the shows, the convention itself...brings hundreds of thousands of folks milling about...ie, into Sammi's play yard...they have no idea what they are sitting on, ha ha...one of the eve's, we will go down and gather at a drinking hole...on the outside deck, and just watch...people...dressed in their finest attire...you KNOW I'll have pix...

EVERY single rotten time I mention the idea of the mighty Padres getting into the playoff race, we go on a horrific down turn...losing gads of games...this last debacle at home, was winable...and you know I think that managing in beisbol is the easiest of all in sport...BUT, this mgr we have pulled the wrong strings and was the reason for the dismay...it's just not that hard, dude...figure it out!...

The Open is this week...like over the pond...it's always a fun viewing thang...the ball bounces forever...the pros have to hit it in front of the greens and let it bounce up...shoot, I do that all the time...go ahead, pick a winner...it's a crap shoot...but one item jumped out at moi...Lefty said he lost 15 pounds (not the English ones) by doing a radical weight loss program of water and an energy drink...only...15?...one week?...I may try it...fact or fiction?...of course, I may add some beer to the two items...no prob, eh?...

The Bachelorette...why are you admitting to the rendezvous?...c'mon girl...but, even more than that...why did you keep that bloke around so long?...did the producers tell ya to?...egads, he was a joke...AND this...these pretty dudes and ladies...they have to have suitors all over the place, right?...I can't believe they are single and forlorn...as the show commences...

I need to mention the Demo race...the Horse Poll has it very tight...with the odds today...drum roll please...Biden 22%, Harris 20%, Sanders 14%, Warren 10%...as the leaders...watch closely for the endorsements, kids...as this will give ya'll a hint as to whom the DNC leans...oh yea, to whom does the Horse poll?...a select few knowledgeable  peops, who may or may not be citizens...I digress...

Can YOU believe the spelling of 'knowledgeable?'...what foo came up with that?...

Finally, is there a more despicable Senator, than Lindsay Graham, from South Carolina?...his  comments about the incarcerated immigrants is a disgrace to us all...and the present government...

The ICE Age

Is this controversial?...I am NOT at a loss for words on the topic...the 'police force' of Trump's...ICE...as he sends his troops out throughout the country and rounds up 'illegal' aliens...regardless of their time in the USA...he blatantly has said they came here illegally and they need to be deported back to...wherever...never, have I been as disgusted with a human being as I am right now...and ashamed of him and his policy...the RAIDS are going on as I write...imagine the knock on the door...I wonder this, how accurate are the records and info on the people he will arrest?...I guess it is an arrest...where will ICE put them?...prison?...jails?...busses?...

What makes the act of ICE near bizarre, is that it is apparently politically motivated...Trump's need to show his power...feed his base with what he has said they need in a leader...

You tell me...

Other much less important stuff...

You have heard of our desire to move out of here...actually, to go back to our homeland...of sorts...as we have both retired, the 'fixed income' is no longer a joke...but, a reality...so...we wait for the uptick in the market for downtown SD...we get many available homes that are on the market in Oregon...quite simply, salivate at the pricing...it's just a matter of time...

The mighty Padres lost game 2 vs the Braves...here is a major point of concern...at HOME!...went OT, and we ran out of pitching...and even worse, Lil Mgr Green, used up his bench too soon...we had NO hitters left...as we went down with a pitcher batting, with the bases jammed...very poor managing...Atlanta realized it and intentionally walked the bases loaded to get to our...pitcher...one guy doing his job right, and one NOT!...

Del Mar kicks back into action on Wednesday...a beautiful track that the area supports superbly...not sure if I am going there right away, or hitting the off track...it will be crazy around here...it is also the opening of Comic Con...

I mentioned Costco yesterday...we went to the one out on Morena Dr...to say it was slammed, is an understatement...the one negative?...the parking for that store, is....atrocious!...

This...my mac is only 4 years old...why would the hard drive give out so soon?...I think this one of Marsh's is at least 8 years a running, and no prob...makes no sense...

It took $70 bucks to fill up the Lexus yesterday...!!!...there should be a senior citizen rate for petrol...is this not a great idea?...

Well, kids, I hope your day is fruitful...