670 Presidents - The Judicial Coup in Defiance of Democracy - 5/29/2025

I'm going to make this short and sweet today.

The so-called democracy savers from the left are defying the democratically expressed will of the American people every day. Some of you are so blinded by your Trump Derangement Syndrome, aka TDS<  that you can't see it. I recognize I can't cure your blindness.

670+ Federal District Court Judges were never meant to control the Administrative Branch, but well disbursed leftist judges, and activists bringing lawsuits have effectively executed a bloodless coup d'etat, wrestling power from the people in favor of leftist special interests, but more importantly, in defiance of the President (all the TDS sufferers holler 'Hooray!') and the will of the people. It's disgusting, there's no other way to describe it. I remember at one point a couple of months ago, I read that the ACLU had 94 different lawsuits all challenging Trump Administration deportations ready to file in all of our District Courts. Why 94 and why in every District Court? To find one leftist piece of shit activist judge to issue an injunction, usurping the President's constitutionally based broad authority with regard to immigration.

Activist shadow-President Boasberg.

I've had it. I mean it. That's why I'm so rarely writing here. Let me close with a couple of quick hitters:

First, our Universities have become anti-American leftist indoctrination camps and leftist centers of power. By way of clarification, what I'm getting at is "fuck Harvard" and all the rest. I don't bend my knee to them, none of them. If the intellectual elitist snobs at Ivy league and so-called elite institutions of learning want to think me beneath them, so be it. Tell them I said to go fuck themselves.

Second, I applaud Elon Musk and his efforts at DOGE. If nothing else, he did expose the depth of the graft, greed, corruption, ineptitude, and waste, as well as the connection, by way of that greed, to our Congressmen and Senators.

Lastly, I'll finish where I started: to all the people who know the media lied about Trump/Russia collusion, COVID vaccine efficacy, the Hunter Biden laptop's authenticity, Joe Biden's cognitive impairment, among other things, but who still go to the same sources of news and information who put forth all those lies and more, you quite likely have Trump Derangement Syndrome. I know, I know... you're too stupid, too opposed to Trump, too gullible, and too far down the path to change up now. That's primarily your problem. Seek help. If nothing else, change the fucking channel. Find a different newspaper. Get a new therapist, hopeful NOT one who also has TDS, because you need help.

Biden Cancer - 5/19/2025

Joe Biden prostate cancer was kept hidden from the American people during his term as President.

As I did last night on my Facebook page, I wish Joe Biden a full recovery from his prostate cancer. That's it. That's as far as the cancer recovery and treatment part of this issue goes for me. Got it?

Joe is still the beneficiary of a deep state, Democrat, and media conspiracy to get him elected in 2020. Everything, including the kitchen sink, was done to ensure Trump wasn't re-elected. I'll mention a laptop which WASN'T Russian disinformation and stop there.

Remember when Joe went full Hitler in Philadelphia? I do.

Joe is still the son of a bitch who vilified me and many, many like me with his evil Nazi-like speech in Philadelphia. Fuck that Joe Biden. Capish?

Joe is still the guy who had debilitating dementia throughout his presidency, an ever worsening problem that calls into question the integrity of his staff, nearly every fucking lying propaganda spewing journalist in our country, his Vice President, and most of all his wife. These people hid his condition in the interest of keeping him in office, all the while with unelected, anonymous, nameless, faceless activists doing work up to and including signing documents in his name.

Turns out Joe had cancer, too. This, in a country that operates within some norms and boundaries, is information that is ALWAYS put before the American public. But, no. Not only hiding the dementia, these corrupt pieces of shit in the "so called" Biden Administration, felt they needn't share this important health information with us. "But they only found out last Friday." The fuck they did. And you know damned well it's a lie, too. So while I'm at it, fuck you, too.

These people wielded presidential authority in the name of an incapacitated man, no doubt in my mind at all, and they acted in violation of the U.S. Constitution by using technology to sign documents in his stead, Biden being too far gone congnitively to do so on his own.

"But, Matt... show some compassion, Joe has cancer!" No. I am NOT overlooking all that went on. If people without authority criminally exercised presidential authority, I want them arrested, perp walked, tried, and if convicted, given the absolute maximum, harshest sentences possible. Now, I know that's not even remotely possible in deep blue Democrat activist Washington D.C., but that's what I want. And since I know a conviction isn't possible, I hope Pam Bondi and Kash Patel will make the process a penalty.

I do hope he recovers from the cancer, though.

A New Pope and a Bit of Other Stuff - 5/10/2025

There's a new Pope. An America from Chicago, Robert Francis Prevost, a Cardinal who was presiding in Peru prior to his election, has succeeded Pope Francis and is taking on the Papal Name: Pope Leo XIV, or, commonly, Leo the 14th.

Pope Leo XIV

A few thoughts on Pope Leo and Popes, in general. First, I really don't give a shit that you disagree with Catholics having a Pope. One point five billion Catholics can't operate without a leader. I understand your theological objections. I disagree with you. I also understand that there is nothing you're going to present to me that will convince me the Pope is some kind of blasphemous or sacrilegious office. At the same time, nothing I say will convince you otherwise, I'm willing to risk eternal damnation by believing that my Church having a Pope doesn't put my salvation in jeopardy. So, how about this: move on. It ain't worth it.

Second: I don't care that the Pope is a flaming Chicago liberal. He's not my President, Senator, Congressman, State Rep, Sheriff, or even County Dog Catcher. His job is to look after the faith and activities of the Catholic Church. His stance on abortion, migration/immigration, the death penalty, or any other issue is in the best interest of a church, and humanity. I take his opinion to be important and informative. When it comes to my country, each and any of the 133 Cardinals who voted for Pope Leo who happens to be an American citizen gets a vote here, too. One vote. Same as mine. I expect the people we elect in our government to put the best interests of my country and our people ahead of those of the church and or humanity/mankind. So Pope Leo is a liberal. God bless him. It's ok with me.

This meme didn't hurt my feelings or insult me. It is, nonetheless and in my opinion, truly and fully asinine.

I am not going to go point by point and item by item assessing Trump's performance so far. I will say this, which is something I said to a Trump hating friend earlier this week: Every third thing he says is asinine. The Trump/Pope meme is just a recent example. But, and this is important: despite all the unforced errors, nothing, not close, not within 3000 miles, has made me for a second think Joe Biden or Kamala Harris would have been a better choice.

And while here I am criticizing Trump, let me make clear, the Democrats are worse. They were yesterday, They are today. They will be tomorrow. If Democrats want to come back from approval ratings in the 20's, they/you better start moving toward the middle. Democrats rarely, perhaps never take a stance on the issues important to me that I agree with. Ever.

I hope Letitia James winds up bankrupted and in jail for a long, long time.

We do not elect Popes to be President. Neither do we elect U. S. District Court Judges, but U.S. District Court Judges do seem to have staged a silent coup to usurp Presidential power in favor of the judiciary. Judge Boasberg is NOT my President. He's just acting like he thinks he is.

To close today, something I have come to truly believe, and I believe it is true whether you are on the right or on the left, is that your stance on the issues is far, far, far more a byproduct of your choice of news sources than anything else. Our echo chambers are seductive, too seductive. We willingly and willfully get only half the information, the half we want to hear, and we completely disregard other contrary information. We are the political equivalent of an opposing pair of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil monkeys." Yep, the news we watch is making a monkey out of is. If you're reading this, it includes you.

Happy Mother's Day.

Hiatus, Yea or Nay? - 4/16/2025

Well hello there friends. Just a short note this a.m. in the way of an update. I'm back from our great vacation. I'm toying with the idea of staying on hiatus or not, possibly returning to blogging here about the insanity. Honestly, I'm not sure. I had thought the hiatus would have me chill out a bit over what's going on in our country, but I find myself angrier than I have ever been before in my life over what's going on in D.C.

As I have said a good number of times, for starters, I do NOT think Trump is pitching a perfect game. That being said, nothing, not close, not by a mile, not by an Elon Musk Mars mission, has me thinking the fucking insane, evil, anti-democratic, unhinged left would have been a better choice. Neither do I think some other Republican without the balls or will to fight the fucking insane, evil, anti-democratic, unhinged left would have been a better choice.

I am watching as the lawfare has blossomed into an encompassing political strategy. Am I sure every one of Trump's initiatives can withstand legal scrutiny? No idea. What I do know is the shit the left is fighting for is completely foreign and unacceptable to me and a lot of like minded voters.

I don't want an unaccountable 4th branch of government shaping the world into a leftist Nirvana by handing out taxpayer money to study how lesbian bees in Argentina differ from lesbian bees in Europe during brief cold spells during a full moon. I'm sure the three radical leftist lesbians who are getting the money would be kicking back mightily to Democrat pols and PACs, all the happy lefties getting rich together, but I don't think this is how it's supposed to work. I'm also sure the smaller group of more conservative lesbians, think Tammy Bruce, they won't be getting shit. See, this is a money grab and political power grab. (The lesbian bee thing is tongue in cheek, dumbass, but it's only 1/8" off from some of the other USAID insanity, and you know I'm right.)

The people fighting against Trump Administration efforts to find fraud, waste, and abuse? They're the ones committing the fraud, wasting the waste, and abusing the system. You'll have a hard time convincing me otherwise. Help me understand people over 115 getting SBA loans, please. And while I'm here, persons terrorizing Tesla owners and dealerships need to do hard time. I wish a whole hell of a lot worse on them, believe me, busted kneecaps and heads, stuff like that, but hard time will have to be good enough.

I don't want the same fucking liars and crooks who said Biden couldn't manage the border short of legislation, who were trying at the same time to codify into permanent law via legislation the insane unacceptable immigration policies that got Trump elected, thus allowing 10 or so million in illegally or with the wave of Biden's magic wand now fighting tooth and nail to thwart every single deportation effort in every court in the land. You want "due process". Fuck you. I'm reminded of a cliche: if you owe the bank $10,000 and you can't pay it back, you're in trouble. But if you owe the bank $10 million and you can't pay it, the banker is in trouble. Well, if we had 1 million people here illegally, it's a problem, but a manageable problem. When you have maybe 25,000,000 people here illegally, and you have to adjudicate each and every deportation on a case by case and due process basis, you're fucked. There's no easier way to say it. Who fucked us with this problem? We all know damned well who it was.

Furthermore, who in the fuck fights to keep Venezuelan murderous rapist and gang members here? Who in the fuck fights to return criminal Salvadoran gang members here from their home country? Who in the fuck fights to keep radical, anti-American, green card holding students who shut down universities in support of murderous, rapist, hostage holding Hamas here? Spoiler: it is evil, victim hating, U.S. A. hating, satanic, mindless, Trump deranged leftist Democrats, that's who.

Our founders didn't predicate Presidential power on the approval of any of 677 Federal District Court judges. Immigration and foreign policy are the distinct responsibility of the Executive Branch of our government, under the authority of the Chief Executive and President of the United States. But here we are.

"Ms. Orange Man Bad" might have to change her name to "Ms. Orange Jump Suit".

Oh, Letitia James. Ain't that rich. The fucking Trump-deranged leftist piece of shit legal warrior lied on her mortgage application, allegedly calling a state she isn't allowed to live in while in her job as NYAG her permanent residence AND calling her father her husband on a mortgage application. Bankrupt her fucking leftist ass and lock her up with no key. It couldn't happen to a nicer bitch.

For what it's worth, I hope you dumbasses run AOC atop the ticket in 2028. Go for it. Really. Please. She's exactly what you need. I promise. I may even donate to her campaign. I want her to be your nominee that badly. I may register as a Democrat in 2028 to vote for her in the Primary here in FL. I'm serious as a heart attack.

Yeah, maybe I'm not quite ready to come back. What do you think: Hiatus, yea or nay?

Hegseth's Gaffe - 3/25/2025

OK, I'm back for just a second here to make an observation.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally including Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg on a text stream. I'm not going to sugar coat it, it's a fuck up. Please read that last sentence back one more time before I continue. It's a fuck up. Now that that's out of the way, a couple of things. First, the texts I saw weren't actual war plans, you know, order of battle, jumping off point and time, logistics, etc. Second, what I saw was absolutely consistent with what the Trump Administration has been saying publicly about the Red Sea and the Houthis. What I saw didn't put anyone at any greater risk than they already faced absent these accidentally leaked messages, and in a way it's refreshing to accidentally find out the Administration is consistent in private with what it says in public.

Former Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin

Contrast Pete's gaffe with his predecessor, Lloyd Austin. I do have empathy for Secretary Austin having had, maybe he still has, prostate cancer. I'm not discounting that, nor do I fail to recognize the personal nature of dealing with cancer, something many people feel very private about, wanting discretion until they have a good handle on their own situation before it becomes the topic of calls and well wishes, even. I get all of that. But Secretary Austin was incapacitated for health reasons and didn't tell the boss. The read it again line this time is: "was incapacitated for health reasons and didn't tell the boss." Now, maybe he had an even better excuse, desire for privacy aside. I mean, Joe Biden is and was an intellectual vegetable most of the time. Even if he had been told, he'd likely have remained unaware. But even so, the chain of command below Austin needed to know and his assistant ought to have stepped up in an "acting" capacity.

I never felt Austin ought to be fired for failing to disclose his incapacitation. For some other stuff, yes, but not for that. Neither do I need to see Hegseth gone. Was this a major league screw up? Absolutely. The breach needs to be addressed so it isn't repeated, but anyone calling for Hegseth's job who didn't call for Austin's? They might just be a little biased. That's all I'm saying.

I'm glad I was able to get that off my chest without blowing my stack. I've struggle to express myself lately, and that's why I've stayed away from this blog. I simply can't tolerate or deal civilly with Trump Deranged people anymore, no matter who they are. I don't want my blog to be one redundant and offensive "go fuck yourself". And that's where I am headed if I comment on all the things happening around us.

Brief Hiatus, Some Parting Thoughts re: Ukraine - 3/3/2025

You'll feel blessed to know this blog is taking a short pause. I'm traveling to attend the funeral of a dear friend, a fellow Marine Navigator, gone too soon. Since it's the Monday after, and still a hot topic, here are my thoughts and questions, of which, at least in my mind, there are more of than there are answers.

How is that the guy who wants peace is the bad guy?

Is it possible, at any time at all in the future, for there to be peace from this conflict without terms, whatever they might happen to be, that Russia agrees to?

How much is public opinion on Ukraine influenced by the military-industrial complex?

Is there any limit to the financial and other support for Ukraine?

How much is public opinion on what happened in the Oval Office informed by the full range of dislike of Trump's bombastic style, to full-on Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Did you watch the whole exchange in the Oval Office, or did you see what was reported on television?

Is there anything at all that took place in the Oval Office Friday that, in your opinion, Zelenskyy needs to apologize for, or was his demeanor and behavior exemplary and above reproach?

Have you heard or read reports that in recent weeks, that Zelenskyy has made and then quickly reneged on minerals deals with Trump Administration representatives?

Can Ukraine win the war without U.S. or other foreign troops on the ground engaged to fight Putin?

I agree, Putin was the aggressor and that Putin is the bad guy here. Are those of us who have doubts to downright distrust of Zelenskyy supposed to overlook it because Putin is bad?

Do you think there is or that there may be corruption associated with U.S. money and other support? Like kickbacks, payoffs, embezzlement, etc?

How long do you think things would have to remain as they are now, with the war ongoing, before Putin loses his resolve? Can Ukraine outlast Putin's resolve, even with our continued support?

Does the 1994 Arms Treaty with Ukraine have a "till death do us part" clause? Is there any point at which, despite our best efforts to support them, it simply "is what it is," despite that we've done our part?

Can we agree that Putin invaded Crimea on Obama's watch and Urkaine on Bidens watch, and nobody on Trump's watch?

Are the Ukrainian lands now occupied by Russia worth World War 3 and or a nuclear holocaust to you? Will you feel it was worthwhile that your kids and grandkids are dead?

You don't have to answer. I'll see y'all in a week or two. 

Oval Office Dust Up - 3/1/2025

Holy shit this one's going to be unpopular. My thoughts on the disaster in the Oval Office yesterday acros a range of issues.

Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova appears to have a headache... or something in the Oval Office yeasterday.

1) The war in Ukraine. What's the end game? Can Ukraine win the war without the U.S. (or some other 3rd party) putting troops into combat? I don't think so. To me, it appears like the strategy is for us to keep dumping money in and hope that Putin / Russia loses his / it's will before Ukraine runs out of soldiers. I think the war, from Ukraine's point of view, is unwinnable, absent insertion of U.S. or other troops and a massive escalation that has a high potential to result in a 3rd world war. Peace is a better solution. I do not see a path to victory, and I do not see how we can afford to endlessly dump money into an endless war that has no potential happy ending. The war mongering neocons here love it. Wealthy business people here and corrupt politicians here are getting rich, rich, rich off of it.

2) Russia, Russia, Russia, Putin, Putin, and Putin Puppets. Russia are the bad guys in the war. There is no doubt in my mind. But, and this is a huge but, I really and truly do not give a shit about Putin. The absolute weakest argument to support continued fighting, or to criticize anyone who questions the wisdom of continuing down this same path, is to call me / us / whoever is questioning it a "Putin puppet" or to say we're 'playing into Putin's hands". I hate to tell you this, but on the list of things on anyone's political "to-do list", or on the "don't do list," playing into Putin's hands or having some asshole here call me a Putin puppet because I don't give a shit about him, what he wants, needs, or what makes him happy, ain't on them. And while we're on the "Russia, Russia, Russia, Putin puppet thing, lemme remind you. Russia invaded Crimea on Obama's watch. Russia invaded Ukraine on Biden's watch. And Putin, he's a bad guy. Sure. But you calling me his puppet because I question continuing and endlessly sending money to support an unwinnable war, it's aggravating, but empty. You want me to support continuing to fun that war with our money? Paint me a picture of an outcome worth supporting and tell me how we get there from here without U.S. troops or world war 3.

3) Zelenskyy. I already declared Putin the bad guy. That doesn't make Zelenskyy a good guy. I don't trust him. I don't like him. I never have. I don't see a path to me feeling good about supporting Ukraine, knowing he's their leader. Zelenskyy was in the middle of the CIA's plot to destroy Trump 45 via impeachment. You know, the Chiarmella/Vindman "perfect phone call" thing. Whether he was an active participant, or passive, he was in the middle of it. And for those of you who get your news from progressive or neocon propagandists, you won't know this (or may have conveniently forgotten) what Trump was asking about was how Biden had been bragging on camera about having leveraged U.S. money to force Ukraine to fire the prosecutor who was investigating Barisma, the firm his son Hunter was a part of, and what many, myself included, believe was a channel of corrupt money to "the big guy." To make matters worse, Zelenskyy played his cards all wrong last year, making an appearance with PA Governor Shapiro on the campaign trail supporting Democrats.

I saw U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an interview last week talking about how he and Vice President Vance had a deal worked out with Zelenskyy on the minerals Trump has been talking about. Accordin to Rubio, Zelenskyy said he had to get approval from his Parliament before he could sign on to it. Then two days later, Rubio said he saw Zelenskyy on television saying he had rejected the U.S. proposal. I guess they circled back and had worked through it, but the Trump Administration clearly felt Ukraine was in some way "playing both sides against the middle", and not being forthright with us.

Last thing on Zelenskyy and his part in this disaster: arguing with ANY U.S. President in the Oval Office in front of cameras, talking to Vance the way he did, I find it unacceptable. Some of you hate Trump so much you're unable to see a problem with anyone, anytime, any place if they're taking on Trump, you're glad to see it. You're certain they're in the right. My immediate take on yesterday was that Zelenskyy had made a bad boo boo. How can you possibly see it any other way? A lot of us have questioned our support for this war, not seeing an achievable outcome worth thousands and thousands more lives, and billions and billions more dollars. Zelenskyy galvanized that sentiment for many. Many.

4) Trump. Yesterday, Trump's biggest demons, his thin skin, and always getting in the last word got the better of him. I know you Trump haters think everything that happened was his fault. I don't. Zelenskyy had fences to mend with Trump for all the aforementioned stuff. I saw him talking down to Vance and talking over Trump and Vance in a way that was absolutely sure to light Trump's fuse. Yes, I realize some of you didn't see that. I also realize you hate Trump and it affects every single thing you see or don't see as it relates to Trump.

But for his part, I think Trump's handling of the fatigue and sweater wearing, disrespectful Ukrainian made a bad thing worse. As soon as things started to go sideways, Trump should have adjourned to press conference and retired the conversation to a private room. He, as he is inclined to to, failed to see there was a high road to take. While he may have felt he was in the right, and you likely did, too, how it played out was not a good look. That conversation perhaps needed to happen, but it ought to have been in private.

I relate it to a personal experience. I do realize in my career my stage was smaller, but indulge me. In my airline, there had evolved a lot of distrust of the local FAA, to the point there was a counterproductive, adversarial tone to much of the relationship. The FAA and my company both wanted to evolve to a more cooperative and effective working relationship. It had to be so. I see a real parallel with the Trump - Zelenskyy relationship. We were about to embark on a major initiative to conduct an FAA inspection jointly and cooperatively with them. I had a big meeting room in the airline's place, and in it were 15 or so FAA inspectors, and 25 or so of my airline peeps from all the involved departments. Anyway, this one FAA guy, he decided it was the perfect time and place to grandstand, and he turns my meeting, the first one in this new co-operative working relationship, into his own Festivus airing of grievances. He proceeded set us straight with the public ass chewing of the year. Some of what he had to say may have been legit, but I couldn't hear it. He was in our house, disrespecting me and everyone I represented there. I was mad and the more he talked, the worse it got. I was ready to explode. It had the potential to be career ending for me, I was that pissed.

I recognized where it was going and that if I didn't do something it would be unrecoverable. If not me, someone  I was the host of the meeting and our airline's coordinator for the effort, I said simply, interrupting him, "I don't think this is the meeting we expected, nor prepared for. We're not at all prepared for this. I'm adjourning this meeting and we'll reschedule when we're better prepared." I then asked the asshole FAA guy's boss's boss if he and I could talk privately afterward about "a different topic." I wish Trump had recognized and done the same. "This is not a conversation we're going to continue in front of the press and here in the Oval Office." All the good things aside, Trump is a street fighter, a bully in many ways, has thin skin, and always, always, always wants to get in the last word.

Not a good look. For anyone.

I give Trump a grade of "D" for this episode. This episode will go down in history as the low point in either of Trump's terms.

I give Zelenskyy an "F". I realize you Trump haters won't and can't see that, but the body language of Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. in the photo I posted earlier says I'm right in my assessment.

Lemme summarize: I question the bottomless money pit, endless death, and unwinnable nature of the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin is not my boogie man, I don't care if you call me a puppet because I question the war. I don't like or trust Zelenskyy. I never have. He made things worse, at least with me, yesterday. Trump embarrassed himself yesterday. It was Trump being his worst self.