Saturday, August 24, 2019

Bingo!

B-7...ah, wait a second...BINGO!...remember those days?...when the casinos went ballistic on this game?...used to be a terrific fund raiser for a number of sites, companies, and churches...so, when the casino biz was a newbie for the 'Indigenous Tribes of America'...their inception began with selling cigarettes, then alcohol, then the BINGO!...shortly after came the one arm bandits, and the rest is history...you ever wonder who ACTUALLY runs those casinos?...it's not the ITA...for sure...

G-7 is actually holding a party and Donny is gonna crash it...there are times that I feel the best thing that we have going, is when Trump is on his golf courses...away from all political stuff...anyhoo, the Europeans and gasp, Trump, are meeting...they call it the G 7...recall that I have said that the Euros are joining forces to trump Trump in their own tariff war...can you even believe that this is happening?...

B-11...the mighty Padres got hammered by ELEVEN runs to zilch...nada...zero...0...by their nemesis, the Boston Red Sox...we were up on the 32nd floor...enjoying the evening on the deck...and NOISE from the ball yard erupted!...lots of it...thoughts went to the Pads scoring...nope, it was the enormous Bosox crowd, who had invaded Petco Park...a sign, AJ, a sign...what you are doing is NOT working...

O-632...that is the number of points the DOW fell yesterday...in direct reaction to the Tariff War that Trump has going with China...listen, I keep hammering this point home...for all of you to chew on...the amount of exporting that China has is in the TRILLIONS of dollars, and the US is in BILLIONS of dollars...who is in charge?...guess again, Donny, NOT YOU!...

B-2...Trump opened up his talk at the G 7 with this odious statement, ah what else does he say?...that the leaders there, were 'friends of mine, for the most part...'...I figure TWO of them are...

O-3,000,000...the number of signatures accrued in New York City...to rename the landfill for the city...to Donald J Trump...I can't make this stuff up...

B-1...probably one of the most idiotic statement that ever came out of Donny's boca...proclaiming himself 'as the chosen one...'...you Evangelists, does this not bother you a bit?...

G-30...the number of very rich PGA dudes in the finals out in Hotlanta...all 30 make a lot of cash...the winner gets an obscene amount...the leaders at the halfway point?...Brooks, JT, and Rory...

O-69...the year that 'Woodstock' happened...'69...we were watching a wonderful film on this...Netflix...find it...it's not what you think...it's from the very thought of it actually happening to the fruition...great flick...

B-1...the order by Trump, that American businesses must leave China...by his decree...is a FAKE ORDER!...he can't do that ONE thing...he may ask, but he can't demand...what a piece...

N-40...how much it cost me for some eyeglasses...on the web net...$40 bucks...no line bifocal, with anti glare...really...well, I mean they are not the best looking...but, consider the source of moi...what the heck!...text me for the site...

N-45...the anniversary number for us...45!...who'd a thunk?...and NOT going to Maui for the first time in like 16 straight years...what do you get for the 45th?...mood rings?...

B-13...the number of seasons that the Padre management has told us 'followers' to 'wait until next year'...well, that's all the time we have lived here...I hear it's more like 30 straight seasons...

B-11...the national pre-season ranking of the Ducks of Oregon in the AP Poll...well, one of them...11th...this will totally change if we can beat Auburn in game number ONE!...

I-84...not a highway, but seems appropriate...but the year that your girl Madonna writhed on the floor with her big hit, 'Like A Virgin'...1984...didn't George Orwell write a book about that?...well, not the song, but...ah, c'mon Horse...

G-1...Donny starts his new DEMAND act...'I order you, Ivanka, to take YOUR company out of China!'...and it begins...

BINGO!!!








Friday, August 23, 2019

Tariff War

How'd the latest rendition of the USA/China Tariff War go?...just look at today's DOW...down half a thousand (actually -623)...almost a quarter of a thou (-239), down at the Nasdaq...as China increased the tariff reversal towards Trump...how many of you out there, even had a clue about the tariff situation...prior to Trump?...his only method of country domination...or so, he thinks...

To combat the Chinese move, Donny was thinking that if the Fed drops the interest rate, the country, er, OUR country would be somewhat happy...but...the Fed did not make a move...and Trump is IRATE!...took to his Tweet to lambast the Fed leader...his name is not necessary...as if he can, Trump will fire him....or make it so miserable for the bloke to go to work, he will resign...

The rumor is that after the bell today for the market...Donny is to unleash even more tariffs on China...na na nee nee na na nee nee....when you fire from the seat of your pants...or what I call 'arse fire'...it becomes amusing...and horrifically sad, at the same time...yes, you Repub faithful, that will bury your head in the sand, while this dude continues to run amok...blindly follow the path of incompetence...might you rethink your thoughts?...

Not to be missed, is the fact that Europe is bonding together...quietly, with the singular memo of taking down Trump...well, all but Russia...hmmm, are they in Europe or Asia?...as the Euros are working on the very own tariff war on Donny, and thus, the USA...won't be long before way too many countries are pointing their collective fingers at US, and in particular, Trump...

So important is that the Demos must get their act in motion...find the one that will be the next best fit for our leader...proper leadership that we so need...polls polls polls...are suggesting that Joe Biden will be the one...followed by Eliz Warren and Bernie Sanders...I am still holding out for Kamala Harris, but we will see...

Speaking of polls...they are ALL devastating for Trump...he can call out fake news all he wants, but what is there is REAL NEWS...he has been losing votes, in almost unbelievable fashion...in so many ways...including his base...listen, kids, he will not go quietly...ah, 'Mutiny on the Bounty?'...

OK, then....

We just got back from the kids place...Marsh was a nanny for awhile...they are terrific parents...and the boy, Cyrus, is a real gem...so proud of them and him...

The mighty Padres host the Bosox...normally, er, for the past decade...we have been fodder for the Sox...we hit dingers...but, so does everyone with the alleged 'juiced beisbol'...but, we get few dudes on the base paths....is it lack of talent, or misuse of the players we have?...

The PGA finals are in Hotlanta again...no Tiger, so the viewership is down...duh...but, they are having east coast torrential type of weather...and the round is delayed....HATE the lightning...JT is still leading...for now...

My back you ask?...better...I should be able to get out and hack next week...

I'll be blogging like regular in the morning...have a fantastic Friday eve...


Thursday, August 22, 2019

The Land of Barbara

Morning, kids...after a 5 hour drive...with my dog Sammi...BTW, not an easy task....she has become very finicky in her elder age...we landed in the beautiful city of Santa Barbara...apparently, the land of Barbaras, right?...I mean, why else call it that?...to meet up with the nanny Marsha...and the kids with their kid...all good...man, Cyrus is just days away from being a crawler...so strong!...they are great parents...must have had great role models in their past...

Barbaras?...I double dawg doubt that there are many here...but still got me thinking about that name...is it not one that was used like way back in time?...let me see...Barbara Bush...K...Barbara Stanwyck ( a real or made up name?)...Barbara Eden (came out of a bottle, like a Genie)...Barbara Hale (Perry Mason's secretary}...Barbara Mandrell (country sanger)...and there were some who were spinoffs... Barbra Streisand...Barbara WahWah...and, of course, who doesn't remember Barbi Benton...is Barbi short for Barbara?...I digress...

Kind of some 'what the heck' stuff going on with Trump...duh...is he or isn't he going to back deeper background checks on guns?....might he be feeling the heat of the campaign to change his feeling yet again?...money or votes?...

The mighty Padres lost again in Cincy...doing them in was their former SS Freddy Galvis...just why didn't AJ keep him?...amazing fielder...and is developing his hitting...elsewhere...which seems to be a mantra...where we strike out way too often...not sure what the theory is, but we have had so many batting coaches....the concept must be coming from above and I'm not talking God...

Oh my...FOX News has hired a new political analyst...Sarah Huckabee Sanders...'fair and balanced?'...this is a real stretch...

Gotta run...

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

He Said WHAT?

The absurdity of his comments as the acting President of these United States...Donald J Trump...has been ramping up lately...as he feels the need to say whatever he wants...or thinks...the reason?...only he knows the answer to that...but to alienate an entire section of our population with his latest is the most unpresidential, if not inhuman of all...talking the inhabitants of the US now, "any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or great disloyalty"...guilty or disloyal...to whom?....

We, the people, need a leader who is reserved in what he says...who thinks through the entire ramifications of the spoken word...prior to any release...NOT one who blurts out whatever his temper leads him to say...certainly not to alienate a portion of our citizenry...I have sensed that the power that Trump feels, much like a dictator, has just propelled him to newer depths of belligerent improbable domination...

The eery way that he let time wipe away his sentiments toward any possible gun control legislation...after conferring with the NRA, should leave us all fearful...as NOTHING has changed since the last 3 massacres of US citizens...NOTHING!...he called for increased background checks, a universal tougher one that is in place....when the emotions were high of the country...and then...backed off from that...leadership?...or self preserving in the office that he sits in?...

Hey, I know we all have freedom of choice...you pick who YOU want as the political people who represent us...you may feel differently than I...fine...but, I sense many have similar thoughts as mine...the deal is this...get involved...do not shed your right to vote...as this 2020 election just may be the most important one of our lives...hear me very clearly...do YOUR civil duty for ALL of us...

OK, then...

Of much less importance, but still...newsy...Denmark won't sell Greenland to Trump...he is mad...and told them he is canceling his trip there...hmmm, they have a golf course?...BTW, doesn't Congress have something to say on any country buying?...I can't believe I just wrote that...in WWII, Hitler just overran the country and took it...I can't believe I just wrote that, too...

Dancing With The Stars...well, pseudo ones...was announced today on GMA...I'm getting this from the Eastern feed...but, Cheryl is back...yea...the stars?...a bunch that I don't know...but a couple I do...Lauren Alaina and the Bachelorette, Hannah B...hmmm, does she have a last name?...oh yea, and KK's old hubby, Lamar Odom...

In my lack if inactivity, I have been watching way too much of the pixels...'Bachelor in Paradise' was on my screen last nite...a first for the show, was one of the ladies...spurned a bloke for another lady...kind of uncomfortable for all, as the picker was with them both...well, not at the same time...you know what I mean...I think...do I know?...anyhoo, the production made a BIG deal of it...I guess in their eyes, TV groundbreaking...

Me back is still on the outs...had to cancel golf, like everywhere this week...upside down smile...egads, a frown, Horse...and am reducing the time of bachelorhood...go pick up the little woman early...geez, I wonder how the rig trip will affect the back?...we'll see...

I enjoyed watching the Little League WS, moreso than the mighty Padres game...what does that mean?...

The pundits were all over the story of Kamala Harris dropping 12 points in that last NBC poll...and Biden taking a huge lead for the Demos...and one thing that was and is really clear...the poll also shows the number one thing on the radar...that beating Trump is far more important than any issues they come up with...duh...

Larry King, age 85, is divorcing his wife, after 22 yrs of marriage...what?...that dawg been cheating?...I keep thinking this is a joke...

Geez, gotta clean this place up...you know how guys are...

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

PB & J

There I go again, using these dang initials for a meaning...but, really, is there only one term for PB & J?...I'm going to go down this road...what to eat for lunch!...some may call this another 'wackadoodle' moment by the Horse...c'mon, let's talk a bit about it...gluten free?...plant base only?...salads and fat free dressing?...or, oil and vinegar?...healthy shakes?...ham on rye?...tuna on sourdough?...OK, you get me drift...it's hard to beat a peanut butter (chunky) and raspberry jam on 12 grain organic bread...

What the H is with all this organic stuff?...I even have seen the organic bananas...ah, what?...you are telling me the Guatamalans (or Ecuadorians) grow these beauts without any pesticides?...we even have stores that only sell organic...just down the road from us is one...and the prices are for the birds...rich birds...you actually think that Donny has organic Big Macs every day?...geez, I forgot to add burgers to the aforementioned lunch items...bad bad Horse...

What a treat last nite...not only getting the HH from my friends the Mackles...who, I'm sure took the pity old moi segment I laid on the world...and invited me to drink and feast with them...ah, it worked!...but, I am also talking about the hour of pixel pleasure...as James Corden and Paul McCartney went back to Liverpool...Paul said it was his first time back in a long while...to where he grew up...his old home, and well, everywhere...reliving his days before the Beatles were actually a band...as John and Paul would write songs in the McCartney home...suffice to say it was great and if you didn't see it, find it On Demand...or whatever source your cable or TV service has...

This video calling is great...one thing however, I can see me self portrait on the tele...and oh my, aghast I am...at how white me goatee is...and now, was...a hairless Horse...well, goatee less one...

Seemingly, whenever I give the mighty Padres up for...being finished...they go on and a W streak...this time in Cincy...taking the Redlegs 3-2...don't ask me how...anything to stay out of the cellar in the west, MUST be the incentive...who knows...

Time for a NEW poll...this time to rank the Demo candy peops...according to it, there is now but a top 3...Biden, with strong numbers...Warren and Sanders next...lurking...but dropping lots, was Harris...listen, kids it is but a poll...and sure, very few of you out there get polled...I never have...

'Better universal background checks' was the statement by Trump, fresh off of the massacres in the past 2 weeks...then yesterday, a change of course...reportedly after conferring with the NRA brass...he backed off from this notion...time will heal all wounds...tell that to the people struck by the bullets and those families who lost loved ones...can there be more shame than this guy has?...

'Somebody burnt down my she shed'...if I see this one more time...I'm gonna SCREAM!!!...

One of the things that is done in professional sports...is to keep your own personal commentary to a minimum...especially if you are a player...the Browns (was a Sooner) QB, Mayfield...for whatever reason popped off, "why the Giants drafted QB Jones?...the name of the game is to win"...I am now pulling for Jones like never before...and hope that Mayfield gets hammered...

Listen, you Republicans who are denying that there is a global warming...watch the results of the glaciers from the north, melting into water...like never before...and witness the rising of the waters around the cities that are on the shorelines...actual airplanes showing it happening...c'mon, get real...

One more Trump...he said that Google 'manipulated' the last election...the one he won...via the Electoral College...and that's the rub...he thinketh that he won the popular vote, too...egads, as per usual he says whatever he wants...factless...just goes on and on...cuz he can, he is the Prez...executive privilege...good gawd, ya'll...

Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx have split...what?...they were going together?...wasn't she still married to Tom Cruise?...I have got to read more TMZ...am out of it...

Did YOU know that Fredo was a derogatory name for an Italian?...I've heard of others, but not that one...

One thing...I will not have a PB & J for breakfast...nope...J on toast, yes...but PB, nope...


Monday, August 19, 2019

Messin' With Ya Monday

Hey now, it is at least a 2 cup morning...how was your weekend?...yup, mine, too...average at best...so much talk about another bloody recession...alas, that went away, as Trump blabbered out that there is none...nope...no signs of it...there you go, you MUST be relieved...cuz, if he says it, it is GOLD...right?...OK, I'm just MESSIN' WITH YA...one more item this am...Trump is convinced that there is a 'conspiracy' to distort economic data...

The Futures are mysteriously UP pretty good this am...not sure what signs we are looking at...as 1 out of 3 economic 'experts' are predicting a recession...apparently, it will not start on this fine Monday, August 19...

JT!!!...as I thought, he didn't have a great 4th round, but it was enough to win the T...ha ha, JT won the T...I humor myself...as he heads to the finals...the top 30 compete...and he starts it with a 2 shot lead on the 2nd ranked dude...up to 10 ahead of the 30th guy named...just an odd thing, if you ask moi...a couple of the stars didn't make it, Lefty and Tiger...there is a whole lot of cash to be won...even if you are the last bloke...

Hong Kong is precariously holding on to a Democracy...I guess, that is what you call it...but, witness the build up of the Chinese troops at their border...well, I fear a brutal time ahead...sincerely hope I am wrong about this...

The CMA's...lawdy, another award show...in the past 5-8 years it has been hosted by Carrie and Brad Paisley...you might know him (if you are not a country singer follower) by his commercials with Peyton Manning ( you might know him if you are a NFL junkie)...anyhoo...the combo of Carrie and Brad have indeed been GOLD...funny as hell...but somehow, the powers to be axed him...there must be more to the story...cuz, they were the best duo in all of them award shows...all of them...ah ha...here it is...it's a celebration of women in country music nite...so, Carrie is with 2 legends...Reba and Dolly...OK, I get it...

The Mooch got under Donny's skin...as Trump Tweeted what a bad guy he was...blah blah blah...the best of what he said, 'was that Trump would be replaced before the election of 2020'...something to that effect...ha ha...lol...funny as can be...laugh a minute...

Dang if it isn't a 3 cup morning...

The mighty Padres got the series in Philly...go figure...weird, as the star of the opponent, Bryce Harper, got pulled in the middle of the game...dehydration...really...the hitting star for the Pads?...C Austin Hedges...4-4 with a dinger...leave him in, AJ...or whomever calls the shots...

Staying in beisbol...there are record amount of home runs hit this season...witness the crazy stats in AAA, too...which has adopted the MLB baseball...hmmm, the stadiums are the same as ever...the players are not juiced anymore (I guess)...the strike zone is the same...it must be the ball, kids...the pitchers say it feels different...ah duh, the era of the restricted flight pelota is gone, baby, gone...routine fly balls, are carrying out...

Listen, the fans LURVE it...most would much rather watch an 8-7 game, than a 2-1 fray...right?...not every fan, but MOST...there you go...

Finally, this single life is not good...TG for video calls...get to see the baby...but, really, I haven't spoke to nary a person since the wife left to be a nanny...I mean, Sammi even turns her head...how do you do this?...cooking for one...cleaning up after me...I can't do that...ha ha...especially since I am laid up with this back spaz...

I hope you continue to read the Horse...the numbers are great...up almost 180%!...spread me around...and for a kicker, send me a note once in a while...tell me your thoughts...geez, I just sounded like Donny...forgive me for all my sins...


Sunday, August 18, 2019

JT


Imagine the humility when the people out in the crowd, shout out "JT!"...yea, sure...it's an earned thang...to become popular enough for that to happen...I mean, one has to achieve SOMETHING!...back a bit, there was but one with those initials...James Taylor...the singer...ah, yes, still going strong...even had an album cut that was named 'JT'...count that as one...

Along came this boy band wonder...a 'JT'...who may have been more popular for dating Britney...ha ha...another singer of sorts...sorry, you who lurve him, but his voice is way marginal...but, he does have the 'it' factor...and makes some mighty swinging dance music...wait, 'swinging?'...I mean groovy....er, rad...far out?...nah....hip?...funky?...getting closer...what do you call it, anyway?...oh well, I am talking Justin Timberlake...man, it must be nuclear to make all that money, and then rest on your laurels like he has....am I saying, a has been?...

That has taken a long list of words to get to the now factor...'JT'...is none other than the PGA golfer dude, who is like red hot...shot a 61 in Chi-town...on a course that has, in the past, been very difficult...Medinah...and is walking away with the semis...Justin Thomas...by all accounts, an extremely likable guy in real life...like that makes a difference...anyhoo, take a peek at his final round today and see if he can win the T...it's way hard to shoot well after a terrific one...'JT!'...

Thinking about the initial thing a bit more...who has got that?...lots of people are recognized by their front name...a few, aforementioned Britney, Cher, Arnie, Jack, Madonna (ew), Tiger, Shaq, Carrie, Hillary, Beyonce, to recall some from the top of my fingertips on my keyboard...but, those with monogrammed ones...let's see...MJ, JLo, KK( ha ha), JFK, FDR, OJ (really), hmmm, now that I think of it...not that many...I'm sure it is territorial...like, you have friends that are known by their initials...I'm sure...

Even moi, as I have people shout out 'Horse', as they see me...well, a few do...and its that front name and not by my initials, PAJS...I mean, who would say that?...

I could have put Donny in the above paragraphs...but, you might think of Osmond...or Deustsche...and not Trump...shoot, we could call him DJT...but that might insult the JT guys...

Wanted to head on out to the track to watch the horses  yesterday...Pacific Classic Day...loads of great races and fillies and mares...but, the back is still giving me fits...so, it was a TVG day...I hit some good ones...thus, I still have $ in my account...the best?...in the Classic itself, I was all over 'Higher Power'...it was a good day...

I'm waiting for a proper (improper?) response, er Tweet, from Trump about the Fox News poll that shows him getting his arse kicked by the top 4 Demos in 2020...he can't really say that is fake news...as that is HIS only supportive network...

The wife is being a nanny and left the dog and my selves alone to try to cope...where is anything?...geez...and just try cooking for one...yea, maybe you do all the time...but, it's been awhile for me...and it's all about me...man, and to take Sammi out 4 times a day...c'mon...I need a nanny, too...

Have to mention a big win for the mighty Padres in Philly yesterday....of course, they finally had HR (Hunter Renfroe) back in the lineup...after a 2 day rest (whatever)...just a thought AJ (Preller), maybe try little catcher Mejia at 2B...over the winter...problem solved...and put the outstanding defensive C back where he belongs, Hedges...

Time to get that dog out...and rustle up some grub...


You Say It's Yer Birthday...

Well, it's my birthday, too ....ah, them Beatles ...thanks to all of you who sent birthday wishes...it's always cool to get them...s...