One of many great scenes in LOTR. If you have no idea what is happening here; Gandalf and the Hobbit Pippin, against the will of the Regent of Gondor light the signal fires, calling on The Riders of Rohan to come to the aid of Gondor. Love the line at the end “Now is the … Read more
From the Wall Street journal. The guy who amongst other absurdities claimed the Sandy Hook massacre of students and teachers was a “false flag”. No need to email or comment that this is a violation of his free speech rights. Federal judge’s decision clears a hurdle for the conspiracy platform to liquidate to pay roughly … Read more
Numerous witnesses as William Paul starts a drunken tirade. He says some pretty vile stuff. Lawler is my congressman. Here is an apology from Wiliam –
Back on my quest to beat my 77 straight correct record.
Maybe not. Xi Jinping likes the Greek analogy because he thinks China is the rising power and the U.S. in decline. He might think twice about that. “His real point was warning Mr. Trump not to risk a war by interfering with China’s designs to retake Taiwan—by force if necessary.” ************** Thucydides was the great … Read more
Double rats. Having failed on Thursday – now two misses in three days.
The 2nd leg of the Triple Crown is this evening at 7PM. There is an official cocktail – called the Black-eyed Susan. Of course there are numerous renditions of the cocktail and three are in the video below. I will put the “official” official Pimlico Cocktail (thank you Gemini AI…) below and it’s the one … Read more
A detour from a cocktail (very rare!) This brought on by a trip to Vermont this past week – no cocktails but Fiddlehead IPA (stands for India Pale Ale, originally brewed in Britain and exported to India “with high hop content and alcohol levels acting as preservatives to survive the long hot voyage from Britain”) … Read more