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Posted by on Oct 26, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

How to Piss Off a MAGATS (Finally!)

 

 

HOW (FINALLY) TO PISS-OFF A MAGAT

Question: Has there ever been a more dirt-dumb, selfish glob of gullible, immoral, brainwashed imbeciles than a MAGA Trump supporter?

Think about this…..

1. Another dumb ass Middle East war based on lies, with no plan, nor end ….. <silence>

2. National deficit explodes to $42 trillion (and rising) ….. <silence>

3. Health care coverage slashed for millions–including children ….. <silence>

4. Working people struggling while Trump crime family reaps billions ….. <silence>

5. Ballrooms, water fountains, giant arches, helicopter pads, gold leaf walls ….. <silence>

6. Trade and tourism with Canada collapses ….. <silence>

7. America’s allies insulted, threatened, treated like enemies ….. <silence>

8. Foreign thugs and nations committing war crimes praised, supported, embraced as allies ….. <silence>

9. Tariffs paid for by Americans, then government rebates returned to corporations ….. <silence>

10. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario, now proposing to change — “New Mexico” ….. <silence>

11. Constant threats, lies, embarrassments, and grade-school bullying ….. <silence>

12. Dehumanizing attacks on women, female journalists, even abuse victims ….. <silence>

13. Promising to release Trumpstein Files, then lying and covering them up ….. <silence>

14. A lifelong history of racism and ugliness, now official government policy ….. <silence>

15. Vicious insults directed at immigrants, including legal naturalized citizens ….. <silence>

16. Murdering Americans who protest in the streets, then lying about it ….. <silence>

17. Hiring the most callous, corrupt, and incompetent staff and cabinet in American history ….. <silence>

18. Oil companies $92 billion in profit (record high-last three months alone) while Americans are told to to suck up ….. <silence>

19. Openly stating he doesn’t care about high prices or people suffering ….. <silence>

20. Republicans controlling ALL branches of government, and every federal agency amidst the chaos ….. <silence>

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WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It costs $140 to fill up a pick-up truck !
W.T.F. ???
STOP !!!
SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING !!!

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Posted by on Oct 25, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

Spaghetti Sauce Wars

 

 

Something unusual happened yesterday. Marieta made spaghetti and she combined two different brands of tomato sauce. She changes recipes all the time — on some occasions cooking everything from scratch, and on other occasions using a store-bought brands.

For 20 years, Rao’s has been our “go to” sauce. Sometimes, we try other brands. But Rao’s always delivers quality and consistency.

Then, came yesterday’s surprise. We made a new discovery.

Marieta brought over two jars to me. She asked me to do a smell test. This was foodie’s perfume (see pict). I couldn’t believe the difference.

Rao’s is always good. But this unfamiliar brand we’d never tried before was — GREAT.
CARBONE is the brand (Noah, is this your family?). Cost $8 a jar (Rao’s is typically $9, but you can often find it on sale). So far, we’ve only tried the Arrabiatta.

As for taste, it was impossible to compare the two because Marieta had combined the sauces. Next time, we’ll use the Carbone brand exclusively and see if there’s a big difference.

Grocery shelves are crowded with many different brands of spaghetti sauces. The low-end sauces are almost inedible. Last time I tried Prego, my eyes stung. Ragu might be okay if you’re locked in a Guyanan prison and your name is Papillon and you can’t find any bugs. Good old-fashioned Hunts is simple, and fine in cases of an emergency. But those cheap brands loaded with preservatives, chemicals, and sugar belong in the garbage disposal.

Spaghetti sauces are like beer, cars, and cigarettes. Brand loyalty is a big thing.

I think I’ve found a new spaghetti sauce brand — CARBONE.

Anyone have another brand they think stands out?

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Posted by on Oct 24, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

2026 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 7

 

 

NFL WEEK 7
ANALYSIS AND PICKS

I made 15 cash bets this week (so far). Please click the link here to read all the picks and plays of the week.

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Here are a couple of appetizers for what I hope will be a Sunday feast:

GREEN BAY at DETROIT
Line: Lions -3
O/U: 53.5

I’m betting against Green Bay this week. Translation–I’m not betting so much on Detroit as against the Packers. The Lions’ offense needs no justification or write-up. We all know that this is one of the best in the league and now they’re back at home, where the Lions often put up big numbers. The Lions simply look like the better team, even with their defensive lapses.

Regular followers here know I’ve been “anti-Green Bay” most of the season. They’d been a horrid covering team up until a few weeks ago (two straight covers currently), failing ATS in 9 straight games before that–dating back to last season. We can credit the Packers for a couple of back-to-back home wins. But was beating CHI (which started a third-string QB) and the floundering badly-coached Cowboys (one of worst defenses in the NFL) really such a big deal? Going on the road at Detroit will be a far bigger test for Green Bay. In horse racing this is called a big step up in class.

This point deserves more emphasis: Green Bay faced these opposing QB’s, so far this season:

MIN (Murray making his first start with a new team, then replaced by the backup)
NYJ (Smith making his second start on a bad team)
ATL (Penix, Jr., coming off an injury)
TB (Daniels making his first-ever NFL start)
CHI (a third-string QB, with Williams and Kennum sidelined)
DAL (Prescott, suffering a miserable season)

Now, they’ll say hello to Jared Goff and the Lions, who also rush the ball very well. Stats: QB Goff has 12 TDs and 0 INTs this season. Repeating the horse racing thing — that’s quite an step up in class.

The Packers rushing game ranks as the league’s absolute worst, with just 60 YPG, for a horrible 2.8 YPC average. That’s a putrid figure. So, Green Bay must pass the ball and keep up with the Lions on the road. I’m glad to fade GB QB Jordan Love, who is an erratic performer and has yet to show he’s worth all the money they’re paying him.

I’m trusting Detroit’s offense to simply outscore the inferior team and cover here. I’d skip this if the line was -3.5. Laying only a FG seems quite reasonable.

Wager:
Full-Game Side: DETROIT -3 (-115) vs. Green Bay

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NY GIANTS at HOUSTON
Line: Texans -10.5
O/U: 42.5

It’s rare to see a team with a better W-L record as a double-digit underdog. This line opened at HOU -9, but crossed a key number up to -10.5 based on the midweek announcement that QB J.J. McCarthy will start for the Giants. He’s basically the third-string QB and was acquired only a month ago from Minnesota. His couple of starts last season were torcherous, though last week he put up decent numbers due to playing in the 4th quarter versus a prevent defense that gave McCarthy plenty of trash-time stats. As much as I wanted to grab the Giants and take the juicy points here, I can’t. Houston may also have shed its monkey on its back after a horrible 0-4 start, having won two in a row. The Texans looked terrific on offense last week beating Jacksonville.

The standout play prop value could be HOU WR Nico Collins. He’s scored a TD in 3 of his 4 games this season (two games were missed with injury). He’s likely to be targeted generously this week, given he’s the Texans’ “go-to” receiver. NYG CB Newsome has been ruled out for this game, which means the Texans’ best deep threats will be up against a backup corner. I expect this game could also turn into a confidence builder for Houston given they’re winless at home this season and here’s a great chance to run up the score and please the home crowd. Yes, those things come into play in prop betting.

I rarely make “player scoring a touchdown” prop bets. Here’s an exception. Houston’s Collins has a good chance to get into the end zone at least once. His prop price to score a TD is +130. Houston’s passing attack looks back on track after seeing they put points on a good defense last week, and is certainly now much better with Collins in the lineup. Now, he’s up versus a wounded defense and looks to be a star player to bet on to score a TD.

Wager:
Player Prop: HOU WR Collins to score a touchdown–YES (+130)

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FINAL LIST OF WEEK 7 WAGERS:
[For those who just want the picks]

Full-Game Team Total: CHICAGO OVER 26.5 points (-115)…W
Second-Half Team Total: CHICAGO OVER 13.5 points (-105)…L
Player Prop: NOR QB Shough OVER 227.5 passing yards (-115)
Full-Game Line: NEW ORLEANS +3.5 (-110) vs. Pittsburgh
First-Half Line: NEW ORLEANS +2.5 (even)
Player Prop: TB RB Irving OVER 35 rushing yards in 1H (-115)
Player Prop: TB RB Irving OVER 15.5 rushing attempts in full game (-105)
Player Prop: TEN QB Ward UNDER 187.5 passing yards (-115)
Player Prop: CIN RB Brown UNDER 51.5 rushing yards (-115)
Player Prop: MIA RB Gordon OVER 52.5 rushing yards (-115)
Player Prop: IND QB Jones to throw an interception–YES (-125)
Player Prop: HOU WR Collins to score a touchdown–YES (+130)
First-Half Line: ARIZONA +3 (-120)
Full-Game Side: DETROIT -3 (-115) vs. Green Bay
Player Prop: SEA QB Darnold to throw an interception–YES (-115)

 

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Posted by on Oct 23, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

One Step Froward, Then Two Steps Backward: Remembering the Gun Control Act of 1968

 

 

On this date 58 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson’s GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968 was signed and became the law of the land. It’s worth remembering on this anniversary — especially since an epidemic of domestic violence and misuse of firearms and mass shootings have become so frequent as federal laws have since lapsed and attempts to control the proliferation of deadly firearms have become a thing of the past.

Sadly, gun laws have not progressed. They have regressed.

As many know, I greatly admire LBJ and view his presidency and domestic agenda as one of the three most progressive periods in American history. Among all the progressive initiatives by LBJ (Civil Rights, Medicare, War on Poverty, etc.), his advocacy of gun control is sadly forgotten. It deserves remembrance. And a reawakening.

Incredibly, it took nearly FIVE YEARS to pass this important bill. After it was learned that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald has bought a scoped rifle for $19.95 in a mail-order from a sporting goods store to murder JFK, the Johnson Administration sought new laws to stop dangerous people from getting firearms. Conservatives in both parties opposed the early attempts to pass gun laws. No surprise — no matter when or what party, conservatives always seem to be on the WRONG side of history. And we all suffer and pay the price. Two men of great vision paid the ultimate price.

When the assassinations of MLK and RFK happened in 1968, those shocking tragedies put gun control back on the domestic agenda. But oddly enough, it was something else that became the tipping point. More than anything else, *racially-motivated fears* gave us this new law and sparked these landmark national gun restrictions. White fears about the ongoing “race riots” in many U.S. cities and panic that disorder would become even more violent if minorities had easy access to guns triggered action. So, the conservative elders in both parties began acknowledging something had to be done. Yeah, that’s what it took to finally change minds — not a dead president murdered on a Dallas street, nor a political candidate gunned down inside an LA kitchen, nor a peaceful preacher covered in blood on a Memphis motel balcony. It was the Blacks rioting in Watts and Newark and Detroit. Time to do something!

Even with overwhelming public support, incredibly, there were still holdouts — far Right wingers in the South (Wallace Democrats) and the holdover Goldwater Republicans remained opposed. Nonetheless, the Gun Control Act passed the House 305-118. It passed the Senate 70-17. It became law when LBJ signed it on Oct. 22, 1968. Back then, even the NRA supported the law and put out a public statement. I know — shocker.

It’s astonishing that nearly six decades have passed since this date, and we’ve regressed into a sad and broken nation that tolerates — and even accepts — gun violence as something that’s normal. School shootings aren’t shocking anymore. They’re expected. A hardline conservative activist even argued that some measure of gun deaths were an acceptable price to pay, before being murdered in public in broad daylight by a disturbed individual armed with a rifle.

At least we tried to take one step forward on this date, before taking two steps backward.

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Posted by on Oct 22, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

Non-Partisan Comments (and Questions) About the 2026 Election

 

 

I have a number of comments (and questions) about the 2026 midterm election which is happening right now and will conclude in a few weeks.

Hooray! It’s nearly over!

Some thoughts. And several questions. Here it goes….

 

–POLITICAL JUNK MAIL–

I wish to report a crime. Mailbox abuse. It’s an epidemic. I don’t understand the flood of candidate junk mail. Are these mailers effective? Who reads them? Anybody? The only thing I see these rectangular cardboard cutouts being useful for is as a dustpan. Who votes based on what they read on a political flyer? How many of you are sick of getting dozens, if not hundreds of junk mailers?

True Story: A few nights ago, our postman came at 7:15 pm. I went outside asked him why he was so late, since it’s never been delivered during night time. He said all the political mailers clog up the postal system and create delays in delivery. Who knew?

 

–CITIZENS UNITED / CAMPAIGN FINANCE–

Corporations and rich people buy our politicians and sway our elections. That’s a fact. While a dirty strain of grift and corruption has always infested politics, it’s never been so pervasive, expensive, destructive, and anti-democratic — as now. Public service shouldn’t require a candidate to raise millions of dollars. Big money has ruined representative democracy. Granting the most powerful forces in society all control over laws, rules, regulations, and how we live is catastrophic for a democratic society. Unless the sick distortion of a broken system we use to elect our leaders changes, then nothing else will change. Likely, it will only get worse.

 

–POLITICAL TV COMMERCIALS–

Want to know one of the biggest reasons why nothing ever changes? Easy answer. Somebody’s getting rich! Let’s look at *who* exactly profits from perpetual conflict….who makes the most money off of hate and fear and division…who saps the endless bombardment of ad wars? Answer– bingo! Corporate media giants earn BILLIONS in profits all across the country running a constant cycle campaign ads 24/7, mostly TV commercials. National networks. Social media. Local TV stations owned by mass corporate conglomerates. Giant media companies (and their leech shareholders) rake massive profit off both sides. Secretive PACs with hidden agendas funnel much of the money raised by campaigns into corporate coffers, which spews a seemingly endless pipeline of distortions. It’s a grotesque merry-go-round. Corporate media is making a killing, off of killing democracy.

 

–NEGATIVE ADVERTISING–

Most voters will insist they don’t like “attack ads.” They often complain about negativity all the time. Then, what do voters do — they pick candidates as a counter-reaction to the negatives of the opposite candidate. Fact is — negative attack ads work. That’s why we see so many of them. Nothing motivates a low-information voter more than anger. Love conquers hate? Wrong! Not in politics and campaign ads.

 

–PHONE CANVASSING / ROBO CALLS–

Question Does anyone get calls from pollsters? For years, I never received a call from any major polling organization. Now, I can’t shut them off. Of course, most “polls* we come into direct contact with are not legitimate. Most are actually dubious in nature. They “push poll” questions aimed at undecideds, or confused voters susceptible to suggestions and cherry-picked issues. These tactics are political snake oil. I should note that back in 2016, I got “push polled” by the Hillary Clinton campaign, wrote about it, then my social media accounts and website blew up and went viral with more than a half-million views, threats, etc. From that point forward, I went to war with “push pollsters.” Then, I got so overwhelmed that I gave up and stopped answering the phone. It was like trying to drain the ocean.

Another True Story: Our Century Link home landline stopped working a few weeks ago. How did I know? For an entire day, the phone never rang. Not once. We were receiving at least 5-10 calls per day, many recorded messages. Also, I got on the pollster’s *sucker* list, and get at least a few calls daily from “research” companies. Then, dead silence. It was wonderful! As I was thinking about summoning the repairman and getting my landline fixed, instead I decided to wait. This was a gift! No more political robocalls! I’ll call the repairman after the election.

 

I’ll have more stuff to share, but that’s it for today.

Feel free to post your comments. Even better, if you know answers to any of my questions, then please respond. Maybe we’ll all learn something.

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