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AverageOldGuy's JournalQUICK!!! Call Trump's pool guy!!!
Just returned from grocery store, turned on CNN, chryon read:
I've read somewhere that when ships sit for even a brief time, barnacles and other crap can foul the hulls, adding drag which adds big $$$ in extra fuel to overcome the drag.
CALL TRUMP'S POOL GUY!!! Sounds like a $500 million contract in there somewhere!!
Who wants to bet . . .
. . . this week -- if not today, Sunday -- the Secretary of the Interior and maybe even Director of the US Park Service and/or Chief, Park Police will hold a press conference to announce that the algae and loose paint on the Reflecting Pool were the work of midnight vandals . . . paid for by George Soros,, encouraged by Biden and Obama, maybe even trained by Mr. Michelle Obama, you know, the man posing as a woman.
You heard it here first.
The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period.
Excellent Guardian essay. Here's the crux of the essay.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/ng-interactive/2026/jun/21/american-racial-anxiety-white-working-class-rights
Of course, LBJ said it in fewer words.
I was born (1944) and reared in a rural, crossroads, cotton-picking village in SW MS. I escaped at age 18 and never looked back. I have 14 cousins, all living in MS and LA, 4 of them are Democrats the rest are Republicans -- college-educated, financially successful but to hear them talk, it sounds like the words I heard in MS in the 1950's . . . their children and grandchildren attend lily-white " segregation academies." they do not refer to Black people as "Black," instead, it's "n####r" just as it was 60-70 or more years ago . . . and they are for Trump all the way.
How about we cut Secretary Kegbreath some slack??
I mean, I'm reading all kind of criticism and attacks on this Brave Warrior.
He may have screwed up 100% in Iran, but BY GOD, HE IS PROTECTING US FROM THOSE FISHERMAN OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.
GOP Congressman caught on camera faking cell phone call to avoid questions.
First, the facts:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/gop-rep-caught-faking-phone-033104305.html
Approached by a reporter for MeidasTouch and asked about Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to cut Social Security, Virginia Republican Rep. Rob Wittman pulled out his phone and began speaking into it.
"Hey, how you doing? I'm good. I'm good with that. I'll be there in just a few minutes," Wittman says into his phone while walking, as the reporter follows.
However, half of his screen is visible in the video posted by MeidasTouch, and it appears he was not on a call at all, as it does not show the typical phone call screen.
Now the background.
Rob Wittman, VA-01, Republican, 100% Trump voter, was elected in a special election in 2007 and had been re-elected ever since by margins ranging from 65-35 to more recently 54-46. His district includes some very rural areas that go 70% for him and Trump and some Richmond suburbs that are beginning to shift away from him. In fact, the DCCC has made Wittman one of their targets and he along with the Republican in VA-02 are in trouble -- VA-02 no doubt will flip and Wittman is neck-and-neck with a generic Democrat. Seven Democrats are in an August primary to face Wittman in November.
Wittman is basically a non-descript back-bencher with no legislative accomplishments. Just outside his district is all the naval installation and shipyards around Norfolk, so, he has been on the House Armed Services Committee since he joined Congress, although his military expertise is limited to accepting checks from defense contractors.
Wittman claims to be an avid fisherman -- some of his district borders the Chesapeake Bay. However, the fish mounted on his Congressional office wall all are deep-sea critters, caught while he was on all-expense-paid fishing expeditions courtesy of defense contractors.
Up until mid-2010 Wittman held frequent in-person town halls around his district. In August 2010, he was attacked over and over by Tea Party assholes from his district, so, he quit holding town halls -- something for which he is roundly criticized, to no avail. His responses to phone calls and letters are boilerplate.
He needs to go in November.
Let's take a break for some serious stuff . . .
. . . and watch FIFA -- the World Cup football/soccer tournament that will go on for weeks.
My first impression: Does not matter which country is playing -- the fans are batshit crazy!!! I mean, I grew up with SEC football but these national soccer fans make even LSU football fans look sleepy by comparison.
"Michelle Obama is a man."
Josh Hokit, one of the doped-up thugs fighting at the White House tonight, knocked out his opponent then immediately hopped up on the top rope of the ring and shouted "Michelle Obama is a man." Goddam crowd went wild.
The Washington Post is publishing online vignettes from tonight's sick, putrid event on the White House lawn . . . no, I will not post a link. The whole Trump family is there -- Trump, Melanoma, Barron, and the rest. Because of weather delays, the spectacle will go on until after 1:00 AM.
US Army Major General (retired) Pat Brady -- a recipient of the Medal of Honor -- disgraced himself by escorting one of the thugs to the ring. I know Pat and will see him in about six weeks. Thinking I may ask him exactly WTF moved him to take part in this disgusting spectacle . . . he was in uniform, too.
My son is traveling in the UK, in London tonight, headed for Scotland tomorrow. Talked with him late this afternoon, he said several folks have asked him WTF is going on at the White House and when he describes the spectacle, they are disgusted.
Jalen Brunson hits 3-pointer as Knicks hold on to win NBA Finals
Source: ESPN
Knicks come back to win first NBA title since 1973
Read more: https://www.espn.com/
Yes, they did. Knicks came back.
I absolutely love this "modern world"
I probably should not post this very lolng personal rant on DU, but I’m at the point that I have to rant for my mental health.
Monday morning 9:30 Ms, Average Old Guy called me from bed, vomiting, choking. Got her airway cleared, managed to walk her to bathroom. She did not know were she was, what was going on, her own name. Called 911, go to ER. Raging UTI and pneumonia. Admitted. From Manday afternoon until Thursday morning multiple IVs of two high-powered antibiotics. Back home late Thursday afternoon, she was weak but in fairly good spirits. Ate a bit Friday, weak, but almost her usual self.
So far, so good.
Then came Saturday. We have tv, phone, and internet through a provider whose name I will not mention but begins with an X. My bill came in through email. Normal bill is around $180 per month. This month was $519.24. No luck calling “customer service” – all AI, no real people.
Started at 11:30 AM
Left her at home, drove 20 minutes to local X store. Kid there listened to me, told me they would have to cancel my account and start all over; go back home and bring in my modem. So I drove back home, 20 minutes – disconnected modem – leaving her with no tv, phone, or ‘net. As I was headed out the door she asked: “Did you have your pistol with you?” “No.” “Good. Leave it right here.”
Back at the store. Three “customer service reps” put their heads together for 45 minutes. Gave back my modem, told me to go back home, hook it up, and call this number (wrote the number on a scrap of paper).
Back home. Not exactly happy. Hooked up the modem, all my service came up.
Called the number, damn if I didn’t get a real person, speaking unaccented English on the 3rd ring. Explained the matter, asked why the $250 increase in my bill. Put me on hold.
Came back quickly. Told me to look at my printed bill and he walked me through it. On the bill was ‘net, tv, phone . . . and a section of “additional premium services.” Turns out that about 90 days ago, we wanted to watch something on one of the tv apps, got a message that said this would cost $5.99 so we checked OK. We did not read the very fine print that this action would sign us up for introductory service and pricing on ELEVEN streaming services, all of which would revert to full price in 90 days. That was the reason for the huge increase in my bill.
Told him to remove all that crap from my service, which he did. Walked me through every service, took it off one by one.
Oh, but wait. When you do something like that over the phone, they must have a legally-binding way to show what you ordered. I listened to a 3-minute AI voice reading to me the changes in my account and telling me to push 1 to agree. I tapped 1. And waited. And waited. The rep came back on and told me to tap 1. “I already did that.” “Oh.”
We repeated that farce FOUR TIMES.
Okay, he said, I’ll send you an email with a link to validate the changes. I got the email, clicked on the link, my browser said “You do not have authorization for this site.” Tried on my desktop, my laptop, my iPad, my daughter’s laptop. Same thing.
Tried that four times.
Finally the rep said “I will put you on a recording, at the end you will be asked to say ‘Yes.” It worked.
AND THEN – as I was trying to get off the phone, GODDAM IF HE DIDN’T TRY TO SELL ME SOME MORE SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ended at 5:00 pm – 5-1/2 hours.
The only good news is that a few minutes ago I pulled up my account and, sure enough, all that extra crap was gone, my bill is back to normal, and my service is good. Bad news is I have only half-a-liter of Jack Daniels and half gallon of Tillamock Mud Slide ice cream to get me calmed down.
What does college football have to do with the US Senate?
In the case of Texas, it's a big deal.
Texas Tech hotshot quarterback, Brendan Sorsby, headed for the pros, was censured by the NCAA because he was betting on his own games. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has now sued th NCAA, saying that Texas will let its college football quarterbacks bet on anything they want.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7351517/2026/06/11/texas-attorney-general-big-12-texas-tech-brendan-sorsby/?source=athletic_user_shared_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a formal letter to the Big 12 Conference on Thursday on behalf of Texas Tech University, stating any sanctions imposed by the Big 12 against Texas Tech regarding quarterback Brendan Sorsby would be considered “unlawful” and met with legal action.
. . .
Sorsby was granted a temporary injunction by a Texas state court on Monday that reinstated his athletic eligibility for the 2026 college football season. The decision essentially overruled the NCAA, which had deemed Sorsby permanently ineligible for committing thousands of gambling violations, including betting on his own team as a member of Indiana in 2022. Sorsby will serve a two-game suspension, according to the injunction ruling by Judge Ken Curry in the 99th District Court in Lubbock County, where Texas Tech University is located.
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, is the Republican candidate for the US Senate. He's all in favor of players betting on their own games, especially if the player is a pro football prospect who is reportedly receiving $5 million from Texas Tech to play for them. Is this what we should expect from a US Senator?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/brendan-sorsby-granted-2026-eligibilty-texas-tech-qb-ncaa-gambling/
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