Big Beautiful Bill - 7/5/2025

In the shadow of a B2 Bomber and F-35's, President Trump signed the budget bill on the White House lawn yesterday. I have mixed feelings about it. Some assorted thoughts:

1.) Thank goodness we're finally defunding Planned Parenthood. American women kill 1,000,000 babies a year. Right to choose my ass. 1,000,000 is too many. And Planned Parenthood, all the intentionally misleading propaganda about providing essential health services aside, provides nearly 40% of those 1,000,000 abortions. Do the math. You want a right to choose whether your baby lives or dies? Fine. Don't use our money to kill hundreds of thousands of babies.

2.) Making people who can work work as a requisite to receiving government health benefits seems fair to me. Not everyone can work. I get that. I am not talking about someone who literally can't work. There are also a hell of a lot of people who can work but think they can't or choose not to. We mollycoddle a whole lot of them, in doing so we help to convince them they can't work. And some know they can, but why bother? Work is hard. Free shit is easy. F*** those lazy mother***ers.

3.) IDGAF if people here illegally don't get a dime of taxpayer money for anything.  The free shit is why they're here. Do I mean all illegal aliens? No. Some, maybe many, are pulling their own weight. But the ones getting the free shit? Nah. No more free shit. Why not? Because they're not entitled to it, and because we can't afford it.

4.) I do not like that we raised the debt ceiling. I don't like it at all. I supported DOGE, but I recognize that the entire apparatus resisted DOGE actively, passively, aggressively, and stubbornly. I was staunchly behind Elon and his attempt to make an impact on the financial insanity in Washington, and I get, totally, why he's pissed. MAGAs are making him out to be the bad guy. Nah.

A couple of notes, unrelated to the BBB:

I don't like calling the immigrant processing facility Alligator Alcatraz. I do support deportation on a massive scale, but calling it Alligator Alcatraz feels wrong to me. The decision to deport someone, and the process of doing so, are serious business and not an internet meme. If they call is "Everglades Alien Processing Facility" or "South Florida Processing Facility," at least there's some dignity in it. I'm sure many disagree, but I'm not a fan of the Alligator Alcatraz name at all.

I read that three "unnamed sources" claim that SecDef Hegseth cut off some military supplies to Ukraine, saying that he was doing so to ensure our own readiness, despite having been told the supplies could be given without impacting our own readiness. I hope these Alexander Vindman types of unnamed sources are out of work at the Pentagon by week's end. IDGAF if they disagree. So be it. But to go rogue deep state and piss and moan to a reporter because the SecDef disagreed with your assessment in a clear attempt to undermine him and his authority? F*** all the way off!

Connecting a few dots: Socialist Zohran Mamdani, Democrat New York mayoral candidate, has said New York needs to tax whiter neighborhoods. Let's just stipulate to the evil of that and leave the racism and race card he's playing there aside. This guy is the same guy who used misleading racial identity on his college application. Hmmm. Perhaps Mamdani was just trying to set the stage so when elected he could save money on taxes?

Arriverderci Facebook - 6/20/2025

Bye bye, Facebook, at least for a while this summer. After that, who knows?

I deactivated my Facebook account Tuesday. I will make the explanation as short and to the point as possible. Here goes.

1) Because I've lost too many friends because I expressed my political point of view on there. People I used to care about have extricated themselves from my life. I mourn their departure, but at the same time have a sense that it's good riddance. I care about my country and my countrymen, so because my opinion differs from theirs, they've abandoned me. In a very small number of cases, it is I who abandoned them, but in each specific instance, it was their arrogance and insult that inspired me to sever our Facebook connection. I was stupid, uneducated, a racist, etc. If that's what they think of me, I don't need them in my life, anyway.

2) As the situation in our country continues to evolve, devolve is probably more like it, I find myself becoming intolerant of dissenting voices even absent of insult. The insults are still there, mind you, but no longer a prerequisite to my intolerance. At the same time I find continuing to express myself futile and counterproductive. I just do. More than anything, though, as much as people's intolerance toward me and my views as I described in the preceding paragraph has hurt me, those feelings serve to makes me uncomfortable with my own, similar feelings toward others. It just ain't worth it.

I decided to sit Facebook out for a while. I'll reassess later this summer. We'll see. For now, I'll concentrate on family, taking care of stuff at home, reading lots of books, and continuing my Italian Lessons. 

Arriverderci Facebook. 

The "No Kings" Assassin, a Turning Point for Me - 6/15/2025

The "No Kings" Assassin is a Tim Walz political appointee in Minnesota.

You read that right. The "No Kings" assassin is a Tim Walz political appointee. I've seen attempts to turn him into a Trump supporter or MAGA dude, but he's not.

Before I ramble on, my condolences to the family of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and wishing a full recovery to Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were also shot by the No Kings assassin. We should not overlook the tragedy the No Kings assassin has brought to the lives of the Hortman's and Hoffman's family and friends.

Vance Luther Boelter is the "No Kings" assassin. His motive remains unclear. My hunch, just a hunch, is that he was involved in some kind of corruption and was at risk of being caught. I read this morning that his wife and two family members were stopped by police in Minnesota with money, passports, and guns, likely making a run for it to Canada. Was she in on something? Who knows? But running off to Canada sure don't seem all innocent and pure like windblown snow kinda stuff to do.

I find it ironic that on a day when an assassin with No Kings flyers in his vehicle kills a politician and her husband, and attempts same with another, that liberals across America, in the same No Kings protests against Trump, carried guillotine posters, severed Trump heads, posted posters with the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the crosshairs, and carried abundant 86 47 signs, which at this point can't be denied: are all allusions to assassinating the President and now the Vice President. By the way, Tim Walz, who appointed the No Kings assassin, has called publicly for bullying Trump and Trump supporters like me. Condemnations from my so-called friends on the left? Crickets.

Yesterday was a bit of a turning point for me, on a personal level. I have pretended that my friends from the left, I should say former friends, thinking about the ones who have abandoned me and our friendship, are decent, good people who simply disagree. I have deluded myself into thinking we are still friends. I am sad to report, I have given up that thinking. Some will notice I am giving up on them and may act like it's me, but with very few exceptions, they have cut me off and out of their lives long ago, probably with spoken or unspoken "good riddance."

I am done with people who hate Trump more than they love or like me. I am done with people who hate Trump more than they love our country, our flag, and our Army. I am done with people stupid enough to continue to think that the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and the rest of the leftist establishment propagandist media are impartial deliverers of fair and unbiased content. I am especially done with people who drink in their "facts" from these sources who think I'm the one with a closed mind. And, more than anything, I am sick and tired of far-leftists who pretend to be moderate and reasonable. One of the worst symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome is the afflicted not recognizing that indeed they have it.

I do NOT think Donald Trump is perfect. Far from it. I do not think Trump has pitched a perfect game since his return to office. Far from it. But I will be goddamned if I'm going to sign on to the leftist, socialist, social justice insanity that the left poses as an alternative.

A reprise from earlier in this piece, but I want to say it directly and clearly: If you have cut me out of your life because of my politics, go fuck yourself. You were a phony friend and you are an asshole. Be out of my life. You are gone from it by your own choice, so stay gone from it. It is as you wish. Live your own life of media leftist propagandized lies and delusion. I will be just fine without having you in mine. 

20,000,000 or More is a Problem. My Proposal - 6/12/2025

20 Million or more illegal aliens is a problem. For starters, IDGAF if the protesters or illegal immigrants are black, brown, yellow, red, or white. I have no problem with diversity. If you think that my opinion on immigration is shaped by some innate or inherent racism, I will never convince you otherwise. So, fuck it, think whatever you want.

I vehemently oppose all the nonsense going on to oppose ICE. Democrats have screwed the country with immigration insanity, especially since Trump took office the first time. But, finger-pointing and blame aside, I'm here today to propose a solution to the problem. If you don't think there's a problem, stop reading here and now. You're too indoctrinated and biased or too plain stupid to gain even a morsel of understanding, so please, stop reading here.

1) A Constitutional Amendment that eliminates all illegal aliens from being counted in the U.S. Census. This means congressional and electoral apportionment are calculated ONLY on the basis of the number of legal residents, whether legal alien or U.S. Citizen.

2) The same Constitutional Amendment to restrict or repeal aspects of birthright citizenship to children born to a parent or parents either are U.S. citizens, or who have PERMANENT LEGAL residence in the USA. This would exclude children of either illegal aliens or persons here on temporary work or tourism visas.

3) The so-called Big Beautiful Bill will tax remittances by 3.5%. This is not high enough. A remittance tax of 15% is good. 20% is even better. How about 3.5% remittance tax for foreigners who can show they have legal status in our country, and 20% for anyone who can't show same?

4) Illegal aliens who commit ANY additional violent crime or other serious crimes, after the misdemeanor of entering the country illegally or overstaying a visa or work permit, to be deported expeditiously. This would be incorporated into the same Constitutional Amendment.

5) Background checks on all immigrants processed for ANY crime after arrival here. Expeditious deportation if found to have committed serious crimes in their home country before immigrating here.

6) Illegal aliens here now to be afforded 3 options only:

a) Immigrants who declare themselves present with the desire to remain in the U.S. permanently, who chose NOT to return to their native country to apply for LEGAL residence, can be awarded a permanent work permit, if a background check shows they have NOT participated in criminal activity once here. These individuals will NEVER be eligible for citizenship, but their children would be under birthright. Commission of crimes here in the U.S. would be cause for automatic revocation of legal residency status. 

b*) Immigrants who declare themselves present with the desire to live in the U.S. permanently, but who are willing to return to their native country to start a legal immigration process. (I know our legal immigration program is broken badly. We need to fix it.) These immigrants will be eligible to apply for citizenship in accordance with existing U.S. law after they are granted permission to return and subsequently returned if they are cleared in a criminal background check and can show they have or will have gainful employment upon return to the U.S.A. In light of their willingness to go back and do things the right way, some form of financial aid to assist their departure, and expedited handling and processing of their return authorization.

Immigrants with proof of gainful employment here in the U.S. may receive this same authorization from the consulate of their home nation here in the U.S. A. This would require their employer to "sponsor" the immigrant and to pay a reasonable but significant fee that would offset the cost of expedited immigration processing, and entail a criminal background check.

*this paragraph updated 6/13/2025. 

c) Immigrants who hide out in the U.S. and continue to reside here illegally, but do NOT declare under "a" or "b", above. These persons will be exempted from obtaining any benefits or assistance, subject to swift deportation upon discovery and apprehension, and permanently barred from returning to the U.S. or seeking U.S. citizenship. Their children would NOT be eligible for birthright citizenship under the Constitutional Amendment I envision.

Employers found to be knowingly employing immigrants in category "c", preceding paragraph, will pay exorbitant fines for the employment violation of hiring these people, to be codified into law. Perhaps a fine at one level if the company has <20 employees, higher if they employ from 20-200 illegals, higher still for 201-1,000, and for employers with >1,000 illegal immigrants in category "c", the highest fines, something extremely high, like 25% of total revenues.

Immigration is a turd. Nobody wants to clean it up, because there's no clean end to pick it up from. There is no solution that will please everyone. If my proposal doesn't please you, I'm sorry about your luck. I most assuredly haven't seen YOUR proposal.

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.