TBT…

We all have those ‘generational’ memories…

I found another pic from the 60s of some of the girls at the pool party…

Yes, it’s black and white, and the suits are plain, but the girls are nice!!!

And 20 years later, there was a ‘new’ board game that caught everybody’s attention…

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It’s a complete game set I haven’t pulled out in years… IMG_2357This is an original version dating to 1984, that we used to play back in the day. It spawned a lot of ‘trivial pursuit’ games in bars, and we had one helluva team and won quite a few drinks over the years! 🙂

Strangely, our best sports answerer was a young lady who was into statistics!!!

And to be perfectly honest, I think the real board games were a lot more fun that playing online. You got to see the actual expressions real time, and could make fun of the outlandish answers…

What games do you have squirreled away? Do you still play any of them???

My grandkids are now playing Monopoly, Risk, and a few other real boardgames. It’s also teaching them how to plan tactics, and how to lose gracefully… mostly… 🙂

Welp…

It’s on this morning…

California is ‘counting’ votes for not only LA mayor’s race, but the race for the governor’s office. Since these are ‘jungle primaries’, the first two get to go forward for the governor’s office in November.

If no one gets over 50% in the mayor’s race, there will be a runoff for the two top vote getters.

Soooo, I want to hear y’all’s guesses as to how long it will take for California to ‘count’ the votes.

3 days, 5 days, a week, or???

And will we find out how the principalities voted? And when the votes came in???

If the Dems follow their normal ‘playbook’, the major Dem strongholds will be the last ones to report their final numbers, that way they will know how many votes they need in which direction (can you say Virginia, Georgia, NY, and Pennsylvania?), I knew you could…

Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota also had primaries yesterday, and those were for both state and federal office, so those will be interesting too!

To ‘my’ way of thinking, NJ and NM are lost causes, they are going to go Dem as usual, so no great loss there, other than for the people who continue to drink the kool aid…

Iowa, Montana, and South Dakota will be interesting to watch, as they have fairly equal voting and seem to obey the rules a lot better than the others.

It just wasn’t worth watching the vote counts last night, as most of the races weren’t getting called at a reasonable hour anyway…

Sigh…

When you’re losing, blame somebody else…

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico said he believes state laws have stacked the deck against him as he looks to become the first Democrat to win statewide office since 1994.

“Means you’re probably going to have to win by a little more than we would have to in a completely free and fair election,” Talarico said in a recent podcast interview.

Talarico’s posture towards Texas voting laws reflects a broader Democratic belief that Republican dominance in the Lone Star State is due to low turnout brought on by election security measures rather than the state’s conservative leanings — a theory that continues to drive long-running attempts to flip the state.

Full article, HERE from Fox News.

To put it mildly, Talarico’s beliefs are just a ‘tad’ weird…

His bible interpretations are off the scale weird, and his personality is just flat creepy. Now he’s claiming the deck is stacked against him, since illegals aren’t allowed to vote legally in Texas.

What I’ve seen of his speeches just make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. He reminds me of one of those sleazy TV preachers who says you’re going to hell if you don’t support ‘him’ directly.

YMMV, IANAL, etc…

A little humor…

To start the week…

THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED IN STAR TREK

-The Enterprise runs into a mysterious energy field of a type it has encountered several times before.
-The Enterprise goes to visit a remote outpost of scientists, who are all perfectly all right.
-The Enterprise gets involved in an enigmatic, strange, and dangerous situation, and there are no pesky aliens they can blame it on in the end.
-Some of the crew visit the holodeck, and it works properly.
-The Enterprise visits the Klingon home world on a bright, sunny day.
-The crew of the Enterprise discover a totally new lifeform, which later turns out to be a rather well-known old lifeform wearing a funny hat.
-An attempt at undermining the Klingon-Federation alliance is discovered without anyone noting that such an attempt, if successful “would represent a fundamental shift of power throughout the quadrant”.
-The crew of the Enterprise are struck by a mysterious plague, for which the only cure can be found in the well-stocked Enterprise sick-bay.
-Picard hears the door chime and doesn’t bother to say “Come”.
-The Captain has to make a difficult decision about a less advanced people which is made a great deal easier by the Starfleet Prime Directive.
-Picard doesn’t answer a suggestion with “Make it so”.
-The Enterprise successfully ferries an alien VIP from one place to another without serious incident.
-Picard walks up to the replicator and says “Coke on ice”.
-An enigmatic being composed of pure energy attempts to interface to the Enterprise’s computer, only to find out that it doesn’t know the password.
-Kirk doesn’t get into a fistfight.
-Kirk gets into a fistfight and doesn’t rip his shirt.
-A power surge on the Bridge is rapidly and correctly diagnosed as a faulty capacitor by the highly-trained and competent engineering staff.
-Worf actually gives another vessel more than two seconds to respond to one of the Enterprise’s hails.
-The Enterprise is captured by a vastly superior alien intelligence which does not put them on trial.
-The Enterprise is captured by a vastly inferior alien intelligence which they easily pacify by offering it some sweeties.
-Kirk doesn’t end up kissing the troubled guest-female before she doesn’t sacrifice herself for him.
-The Enterprise visits an earth-type planet called “Paradise” where everyone is happy all of the time. However, everything is soon revealed to be exactly what it seems.
-When Worf tells the bridge officers that something is entering visual range no one says “On screen”.
-A major Starfleet emergency breaks out near the Enterprise, but fortunately some other ships in the area are able to deal with it to everyone’s satisfaction.
-Guinan forgets herself, and breaks into an expletive-laden stand-up comedy routine.
-The Enterprise is involved in a bizarre time-warp experience which is in some way unconnected with the Late 20th Century.
-Beverly Crusher manages to go through a whole episode without having a hot flash and getting breathless every time Picard is in the room.
-Kirk (or Riker) falls in love with a woman on a planet he visits, and isn’t tragically separated from her at the end of the episode.
-Somebody takes out a shuttle and it doesn’t explode or crash on an isolated planet.
-Counsellor Troi states something other than the blindingly obvious.
-Mood rings come back in style, jeopardising Counsellor Troi’s position.
-The warp engines start playing up a bit, but seem to sort themselves out after a while without any intervention from boy genius Wesley Crusher.
-The Enterprise separates as soon as there is any danger.
-Wesley Crusher gets beaten up by his classmates for being a know-it-all little wanker, and consequently has a go at making some friends of his own age for a change.
-The crew of the Enterprise are struck by a strange alien plague, for which the cure is found in the well-stocked sickbay.
-Spock (or Data) is fired from his high-ranking position for not being able to understand the most basic nuances of about one in three sentences that anyone says to him.
-The transporter is actually able to lock on to someone’s signal when they’re in danger.
-Most things that are new or in some way unexpected.
-Worf kills Wesley by mistake in the holodeck.
-A redshirt sneaks down a deserted corridor, turns a corner, and suddenly has a surprise birthday party.
-Data falls in love with the replicator.
-A redshirt manages to avoid the thrown knife, phaser shot, arrow, or whatever.
-The deflector shields hold through the duration of the battle.
-Kirk meets a woman whom he’s known for years but never had sex with.
-Kirk says “Uhura, I’m frightened”.
-Kirk gets court-martialled for violating the Prime Directive.
-An unknown ensign beams down as part of an away team and lives to tell the tale.
-An android race turns out to be completely friendly and not threatening or menacing in any way.
-Some patient of McCoy’s who’s NOT a central character lives.
-Scotty doesn’t mention the laws of physics.
-The crew of the original Enterprise disperse, Sulu gets his own ship, and nobody suffers major emotional trauma.
-A major character dies and isn’t resurrected.
-The episode ends without Bones and Kirk laughing at Spock’s inability to understand the joke and doesn’t raise his eyebrows.
-The mysterious giant threatening object is on a direct course for some world other than Earth.
-Artificial intelligence and android technology make human exploration of the galaxy obsolete.
-A major character has a serious character flaw.
-A VIP visitor to the Enterprise is not a relative, lover or close friend of a major character.

Virginia again…

This…is so over the top it’s almost a caricature…

Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League asked a Virginia court Thursday to hold the state in contempt after it began enforcing a universal background check previously blocked by a permanent injunction.

Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed HB 1525 into law on April 22 after the General Assembly concurred with her amendments directing the Virginia State Police (VSP) to enforce the law blocked by the injunction and adding an emergency provision. Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg issued a permanent injunction in October 2025 after declaring the state’s universal background check unconstitutional, leading to Thursday’s contempt motion brought by the pro-Second Amendment organizations.

Full article, HERE from Daily Caller.

So, they modified the bill, called it an ’emergency’, didn’t get the required 80% approval of the Virginia legislature, but ordered it anyway…

Sigh…

I can’t help but wonder where/when the recall for Spanburger will pop up first. And kudos to Phil Van Cleve from VCDL for once again being on top of the 2A issues in Virginia.

At this rate, I’m gonna way 400 lbs from all the popcorn I’m going to be eating, while I watch this whole mess blow up in their faces…

Memories…

Our high school group supper last night was a combination of a get together and a wake, remembering one of our classmates who died earlier this week. It was great to åsee the 30+ people it turned out, but at the same time we’re getting old. It is funny how little some people’s “attitude“ has changed since they were in high school, and how much other folks have changed. Most of us are retired now and some people are traveling. Others are busy with things at home, and a few are more concerned with grandkids and education, and wishing they were closer!

I do find it interesting that our particular class seems to stay in touch more than the other classes either side of us. I think it is because most of us grew up together, going to the same elementary schools, junior highs, and playing sports together from junior high on. I think around 75% of us have college degrees, and that may be a factor of the draft in the late 60s early 70s.

There will be a breakfast this morning, and a few other things planned, so we’ll see how the day goes. And then I get a lovely 5 Hour drive back home (@#$#$@#$$ traffic and road construction).

Changes…

Keep coming at CBS, with Bari Weiss revamping 60 Minutes this time…

In a bid to remake the country’s top-rated news program, Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, on Thursday unveiled an overhaul of “60 Minutes,” replacing the show’s executive producer with a tech journalist and firing two of its on-air correspondents.

Ms. Weiss named Nick Bilton, a former New York Times technology columnist and a filmmaker who has directed and produced documentaries for HBO and Netflix, as her pick to lead the 58-year-old Sunday show. Mr. Bilton, who has never worked in traditional broadcast news, will replace Tanya Simon, who had been at the show for more than three decades.

CBS News also fired Cecilia Vega, the program’s first Latina correspondent, and Sharyn Alfonsi, whose segment on torture in Salvadoran prisons was pulled off the air abruptly last year by Ms. Weiss, who requested more reporting. It aired in full at a later date. Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of “60 Minutes,” was also fired, as was Matthew Polevoy, a senior producer.

Full article, HERE from the NY Times.

The Times, in their ‘infinite’ wisdom, keep pushing the narrative that Weiss has no experience in television, but she does have actual news experience. Seems like she is bringing in people who also have actual experience…

I haven’t watched the show in years, and probably won’t watch the ‘new’ version either. But if you enjoy that stuff, feel free…

IMHO, the current show is a pale imitation of what it originally was, leaning more and more left, and more about politics than actual documentary reporting. Much the same way Meet the Press went from a hard hitting interview program under Lawrence Spivak to the pale shadow it is now (another show I no longer watch).

Most of those shows today are filled with talking heads, spouting whatever emailed talking points they and the interviewer got from their handler(s) that morning. And I’ve got better things to do than listen to that crap.

TBT…

Back in the day… Now, every thing on this page is in your phone, except the CD player…

And these were your grandmothers, back in the 60s… The other thing to note is not a single tattoo to be seen, nor a bunch of rings or bracelets, and of course no cell phones, so folks actually talked to each other…

And, although I don’t have any pictures, our HS parking lots were full of cars that would, today, be a massive car show! This was my contribution…

It was even clean!!! Gold with a black top and black interior, no power, no air…

Once again…

NYC is getting what they voted for, as long as you’re NOT a property owner…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani kicked off his plan to “fix” the city’s affordability crisis with his official housing policy agenda, titled “Block by Block,” under which one of the first priorities is to allow the government to seize property from owners deemed “negligent” and redistribute it to so-called “responsible stewards,” a category that includes anyone from land trusts, nonprofits, or even tenants themselves.

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“Through our new citywide campaign, Fix the City, we will focus on the worst landlords in New York City,” Mamdani announced. “When necessary, we will take aggressive legal action to remove negligent owners and property managers. And for buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards. Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants themselves.”

Full article, HERE from Town Hall.

Soooooo, Mamdani’s people are going to decide ‘who’ is negligent and take the property and give it to somebody else…

Does this make ANY sense??? And what is their definition of a ‘community land trust? It is well known that rent control is one of the reasons upkeep has been less than perfect, because the upkeep costs more than the property is bringing in, but that is not the owner’s fault.

I know from my own family’s experience that rental properties are not supposed to be a losing proposition, much less one that costs you money every month. I wonder how many of the actual property owners in NYC might actually be ‘happy’ to get rid of properties?

In other news, I wonder how far behind NYC Seattle and LA are going to be? We know what the new Seattle mayor is saying, and if Bass wins LA again…well, bets are off there too!

Really???

I didn’t think the Dems were this tone deaf…

Democrats: Racist Republicans want to replace black legislators with whites! It’s the new Jim Crow!

Also Democrats: Vote for Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s remaining majority-minority district!

Even at that time, though, it seemed difficult to believe that Democrat leadership would act this shamelessly. After Democrats went all-in on redistricting in Virginia (and lost), they claimed that the Supreme Court ruling in Callais amounted to “Jim Crow 2.0,” or maybe 3.0, or possibly even World War Eleven. Republicans would use the ruling, as well as their own redistricting, to steal congressional seats from black Democrats, they claimed. 

So when Debbie Wasserman Schultz – a former DNC chair and head of the House Dems’ steering committee – suggested last week that she might run in Florida’s new 20th district, it raised eyebrows even with Politico. The new FL-20 consists mainly of the majority-minority district last represented by Sheila Cherfilu-McCormick, who resigned ahead of an expulsion vote while awaiting prosecution for embezzling $5 million in COVID relief funds. It’s one of the few safe Democrat districts in Florida’s new map, and it is still primarily a non-white district. Wasserman Schultz had other options to choose for her political survival, including the new FL-22, but that will be much more competitive.

Wasserman Schultz doesn’t like competition, apparently. Instead, she has chosen to poach FL-20 in her bid to keep her position in Congress.

Full article, HERE from Hot Air.

Frankly, another case of do as I say, not as I do. And it is obvious ‘she’ will do anything to stay in power. But I wonder what the FL voters think???

That just might get ‘interesting’ to put it mildly! I’d love to see her kicked to the curb by the voters in FL-20 myself…

I hope you had a good Memorial Day and took a minute to remember those who didn’t come home.