Seventeen Game Season?

For dominant teams, the extension of the season by one game seems fine. Their fans have another opportunity to root them on to victory (hopefully). For teams that are merely competitive, their supporters have the suspense of an additional contest, but for teams like my home town Titans, the season can't end soon enough. Sixteen games are already too much if your team hardly ever wins any of them. 

The Titan Collapse

The Tennessee professional football team should replace the head coach because you can't realistically fire all the players. Their performance was abysmal Sunday hosting Cincinnati, and there were as many Bengal fans in attendance as home team supporters. Show me one aspect of improvement for the team this season. 

Never Say "Die"

This season's Tennessee Volunteer men's basketball team seems different. Many past squads looked spectacular, but when push came to shove, they just could not get it done. Last night at Illinois, playing a tough physical opponent (and their pet refs), the Vols somehow managed to still prevail after their two best players were fouled out. Former teams even under Coach Barnes had not been able to win under such dire circumstances, but this squad has the guts of a champion! 

No Air Force?

Where is the United States Air Force to intercept what are presumed to be large drones of uncertain origin popping up around the United States? This question must be answered, unless of course the drones are from some covert program within the American government and are being permitted to fly because they are part of our national defense. 

Other Foreign Power?

A Defense Department spokesperson assured Americans that what is being seen over New Jersey are not "Iranian drones". Did you note that our government did not declare absolutely that the objects being spotted now are not from a foreign source? The denial was not a blanket assurance but only limited to the drones not being from a mother ship sent by Iran. 

Syria's New Leader

The up and coming dictator of Syria who just replaced Assad, the despot of long-standing who fled the country, has copious amounts of American blood on his hands. The fact that the new great leader has (or perhaps "had") a ten million dollar reward on his head placed there by American authorities, did not stop the state Department from recognizing him as the legitimate head of Syria. I just love the way the Biden regime so easily casts off all decency in service of ridding all the moral underpinnings that heretofore kept order in the world. 

Iran in Retreat

The Islamic Republic is withdrawing its thugs from Syria. At the same time, Israel is vanquishing Iran's Hezbollah proxy in Lebanon. We had best remember though that a vicious animal is never more dangerous than when it is cornered, and the Mullah Regime has never felt more threatened than right now. 

Future for Syria

Syria has had bleak prospects for years, and it remains to be seen if the fall of Assad brightens that. Between the chances of an enlightened democracy or even a state that tolerates more than one strain of faith and a Sunni dystopia, the Middle East does not often spawn anything resembling a welcoming coexistence. My hope is this is what Syria becomes, but realistically, it has NO chance. 

Pity the Kurds

The Kurdish population of Syria may well be about to face an attempt at genocide by the Sunni butchers who have captured Damascus and their Turkish sponsor Erdogan. It is unlikely anyone will come to their aid. If they were near the Golan, the IDF would likely prevent them from being massacred, but most Kurds are unfortunately distant from where Israel could plausibly help them defend themselves. 

Edifices Are Falling

The Assad regime in Syria was under threat for more than a decade, but with the backing of Iran and Russia, seemed as permanent as death and taxes. Now, the Islamic Republic and Putin's playground are so weakened that they barely keep themselves in power and have been forced to cut loose their dictator friend in Damascus. The Deep State in America too is also under threat, but I fear even the mighty Trump can't bring it down. 

With Pants Down

On December 7, 1941, the United States was caught unaware and unprepared for what the Empire of Japan had been planning. There had been some speculation that Japan had intentions to respond to the pressure FDR was ratcheting up against Japanese aggression and conquest, and even an early radar sighting of the enemy flying in for the attack, but radar was a relatively new device and what was observed was discounted by higher ranks than the initial radar man and not passed on to the servicemen about to be attacked. Would a few minutes of extra warning prevented the massacre? Probably not entirely, but the defense would have been more vigorous and the casualties likely less. On September 11, 2001, America was again subjected to a surprise attack. Constant vigilance is required by our great nation. 

Prospects for DOGE

There is certainly plenty of fat that could be trimmed from the Federal Government. Even as I write, the cabal behind the Biden regime and the Deep State itself are placing obstacles up to the Department of Government Efficiency and entrenching themselves to keep Trump fro succeeding. You see, everyone from slackers who work for you but have not been in the office since COVID to certain Republican Senators, love the Swamp and hate the taxpayers. There may ultimately be some small cuts at the margins, but four years is likely not enough to drain the quagmire that enslaves Americans. 

A Brazen Murder

Would you want to visit New York City right now? You are not really allowed to defend yourself and your family there, and the authorities are not even protecting executives arriving for business meetings. 

Not Shaping Policy

In some Presidencies, the Cabinet is essential in governing the direction the nation will be headed. For Trump, the Cabinet will be for implementation of Forty-seven's own ideas and policy prescriptions. Do you see Trump deferring to anyone advising him over anything? 

Korea in Turmoil

South Korea has declared martial law. The leader has declared that North Korea has sympathizers within Seoul. Few doubt that there are Fifth Columnists there, but a cynic also realizes this crackdown will be a great way to remove opponents who have nothing to do with Pyongyang. 

Pardon Me Boy

To the surprise of almost nobody, corrupt and faded Joe pardoned his son and bag man Hunter Biden. I had thought senile Joe might resign in favor of Harris with the arrangement already made that Kamala would pardon all the criminal Bidens, but Alzheimer Joe could not wait apparently. The Bidens are a national disgrace and stain on the nation and world! 

Demon of Inflation

There is a restaurant chain in my home state of Tennessee that is somewhat similar to the more well-known White Castle that used to occasionally sell twenty square little burgers for one dollar even in my lifetime (fifty-eight years). When we drove past one of these eateries yesterday, Mom read the sign and said it was promoting "12 Krystals for just $14". I do not know if they were ever health food or even all that good, but they sure are not worth over a dollar apiece. From five cents a burger to one dollar and seventeen cents each is mighty testament to inflation run wild.