As I begin to ramble this afternoon, I have just come in from playing with the snow blower out in the driveways to clear them before the next storm coming on Thursday. I’m also happy to report that, when we got home Saturday afternoon from the beach house, I still had my satellite dish attached to the house so I was able to watch the Blazers (lose) and that boring Super Bowl game yesterday. I hope y’all enjoyed the Super Bowl and took advantage of that free “Hangover Burger” today from Carl’s Jr. You know, the one that’s been hyped for the past month by that young lassie strutting down the sidewalk with her bosom uncontained by her whatever you call that bra-like thing. Anyhoo, hope the game didn’t cause you to drink in excess and you are enjoying this marvelous day. If you watched the game yesterday, it’s too bad that LIX was the last Super Bowl we will ever see again. I have it on good authority that next year it will be called The Trump MAGA Bowl and will be played at Mar-a-Gaza provided Trump Construction can get our military in and out in a timely manner. And, you can sure bet that the new silly kickoff rules that Trump calls “stupid” will return to the good old days of ‘full steam ahead’ to make sure the kick off receiver gets his bell rung. “The worst part of the Super Bowl, by far, was watching the Kickoff where, as the ball is sailing through the air, the entire field is frozen, stiff.” “College football does not do it, and won’t! Whose idea was it to ruin the Game?” said that bone spurred football super star. The Question of the Day – will the Eagles visit the White House if invited?
I think J.D. Vance might be getting the attention of our judiciary after some crazy comments he made yesterday on X (formerly known as Twitter.) While we were all watching Patrick Mahomes get clobbered after every snap, ol JD was spouting that judges don’t have any control over Trump’s executive power. On X he suggested that federal courts “aren’t allowed” to limit a president’s “legitimate power.”
As more and more of Trump’s supporters and allies (and 6 of members of the Supreme Court) make similar statements, we come closer and closer to moving from a nation based on democratic principles to one that is governed by an authoritarian, whose biggest goal in life is to have a parade in his honor similar to the ones of his heroes. Hitler, Mussolini, Putin, Jong Un, all know how to have a ‘beautiful’, ‘beautiful’ parade with military tanks rumbling down the boulevard and soldiers marching and saluting the Grand Master.
Our “leader” isn’t going to let that Musk get the better of him and make cuts to the federal budget before he has a chance to show what stuff he’s got to offer. He sure showed Musk and us today. He has directed the Treasuring to stop minting pennies. “Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time,” says he. Actually, I might be in agreement with the ol’ boy on that one. Let’s go after those nickels next. Oh, I get it now. It’s the first step to going total cryptocurrency. Silly me.
Yesterday, February 9th, was my Dad’s birthday. God bless his soul, he would have been 110 years old. Just so you know how I came by my political leanings, when Ronald Reagan was president, Dad used to say, “I just wish I could s**t in that SOB’s mouth.” I’m sure he would be voicing something similar today if he were still around and I’m also sure he is rolling in his grave knowing he now has to share his birthday with Trump’s new executive order naming February 9th as ‘Gulf of America Day.’ Sheesh, what will be next?
With that, I bid you adieu. Blazer game coming up soon and I need to prep. Have a great evening! Ziggyman
Mountain Man Musings 
I think we need to keep an eye on how Trump is going to sabotage next year’s midterms. It’s one of the only checks we have left on his power grab.
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I agree, but would add Musk to that. He has already threatened to put whatever $$ is necessary to defeat GOP congress members not ‘on board’ or who resist Trump’s playbook. Thanks for following.
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