April 2024: March 2017

Friday, March 31, 2017

I'm a recluse & a Political junkie...so I do look back on Political happenings...like how come Hillary is not the President when she had backers like these Bozos...

Have you ever spent one day of your life thinking about NATO?

NATO is located in Brussels Belgium

...After WWII Europe was ascared! Most of their countries had their ass kicked by Germany. The USA & Russia helped Europe & beat the Germans.

It took until 1948 for the European countries to convince the USA that they were still

ascared. They were fearful that Russia was gonna take up where Germany left off.

So they asked the USA for protection.

A side note...none of these European countries lended a hand while the USA was also fighting Japan.

They did have their hands full with the Germans.

Anyway, Europe asked the USA if we would help them out cause they were rebuilding after WWII.

So, we instituted The Marshall Plan & we agreed to join NATO.

The countries of NATO

NATO Headquarters in Brussels

Meetings of Members of NATO

can you even imagine the Bullshit that goes on in one of these Conferences?

I mean NATO has been called to respond about 6 times since 1949!

Anyway, NATO was established in 1949. The NATO motto was & is

"if one NATO country is attacked you have attacked all NATO countries"

So, the 1st time the motto had to be defended was 43 years after it was established, 1992. Bosnia. From 1992/1995.

The 2nd time was Yugoslavia in 1999...

So that brings me to the gist of my Post.

President Trump & SOS Tillerson are now telling these NATO countries that they have to pay

for what they signed up for in 1949.

The USA pays 70% of NATO's costs. NATO countries, and there are 28 members & more than 20

'associated members' that should be paying dues which amounts to 2% of their GDP.

There are just 5 countries that are current on their Dues:

1) USA

2) Greece

3) Estonia (can you find them on a Map?)

4) United Kingdom

5) Poland...Polish people pay cash for everything...

So this may be a small thing to you but I think it is a Big Deal

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Do you have microphones dangling from your ceiling for Impromptu recording sessions?

Kelly recently Posted that Amanda won a Prize for her juggling talent

In Spain juggling is not what we think in the USA.
This video is an example of Juggling in Spain.

Communication between me and the exPats in Spain is sketchy to say the least.

Apparently there are no girls that play Soccer in Spain. They do play basketball & Ski.

So from what I understand, Amanda was out there among the boys

'juggling' for so long that the Officials blew the whistle

and Awarded her with a Prize!

Two tickets to a Pro Soccer game in Madrid...

Amanda was not happy. She claims she could have kept juggling 'til the cows came Home!

# 261

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2017/03/28/heres-why-the-bib-number-261-at-the-boston-marathon-is-so-significant?s_campaign=bcom%3Asocialflow%3Afacebook

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Owls sometimes need Help

Whoo...whoo...whoo

Just wing it you Owls!

Irish Rover

Friday, March 24, 2017

Tupelo Honey

Now let me ask you...

Can you do this?

Can your Daughter/Grandaughter do this?

I'm just askin'!

I Shall Be Released

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Are these two having too much Fun or am I to just ignore their Talent & Creativity?

Ophelia with a Tuba!

How to get a ride on Air Force One when you started out as a nobody...(hint: bernie helped)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Mastromonaco

And then write a Book about it!

https://www.popsugar.com/news/Obama-Deputy-Chief-Staff-Alyssa-Mastromonaco-Interview-43317216

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

How weird is it that Ivanka is working for her Dad in the White House?

...as far as I can tell, President Trump has more Adult kids & Grandkids than
any former President...

So if you feel like reading some History...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Family_of_the_United_States

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

cracks me up...

Monday, March 20, 2017

If you see dust, it's road dust...

Saturday, March 18, 2017

The original Ophelia

McKendry brothers Ophilia

Friday, March 17, 2017

The Topic is Foam & Corned Beef & Cabbage

Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, which is a really

important position in DC made a toast on the House Floor.

He toasted St Paddy's Day with a pre-poured glass of Guinness.

The former pajama boy model was not pleased

MSNBC's Chris Hayes criticized Paul Ryan for the

lack of foam on his Guinness

Meanwhile, Chris was foaming at the mouth.

While reporting the Lack of foam on the pre-poured Guinness!

I wonder what the Hayes criticism would be about Paddy's

Corned beef & cabbage dish...

I'm thinking the Pajama Boy would need a Drool Cup!

Under blizzard conditions

Our staunch maintenance crew plows ahead

@ Time & a Half!

Oh yea... & school was cancelled for the day...

My Grandkids...

Justin turned 12 on the 6th of March

Amanda eleven on 3/16

Luke will be 9 on 4/16

and Brynn is studying to be a Marine Biologist!

(the earlier years)

Cool Kids

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Just in case you missed this exciting Breaking News the other night...

Also, Tweets can lead to embarrasing moments. As can Blogs.

In a tweet re: Trump's 2005 tax return veteran Reporter April Ryan implied that the
Tax return proves that Trump is not a Billionaire because he only made over a
hundred million that year!!!

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2017/03/16/white-house-correspondent-april-ryan-trumps-2005-return-proves-he-was

But TV is all about The Ratings & Rachel did win Big!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/16/maddow-s-tax-returns-show-beats-all-of-cable-in-ratings.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Trump is now pretty much gonna be Impeached!

Trump is now done-for. Brought down by that Rhodes Schloar

Rachel !

And Rachel is Really Happy about the demise of The Donald!

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/white-house-releases-trump-tax-ahead-tv-report-010032705.html

Rachel somehow got the first 2 pages of Trump's 2005 Tax Return!

and now the Crap has hit that spinning fan...

My thinking is Trump should Dump about 30 years of his Tax Returns

on the Media

Can you imagine? The Media would come up with all kinds of analysis within 24 hours of the Tax Return Dump that Trump perpetuated...Democrat Politicians, Tax Attorneys, Celebrities,

Poor people claiming the Rich are stealing from them (how does that happen?), they would all be demanding Face Time!

Meanwhile...we do have a Watchdog gov't entity that, I assume, has been tracking The Donald's Dad Fred & young Donalds tax status for about 60 years now...and we have heard nothing

about Tax fraud.

The IRS has not whispered a word or leaked a word about

The Donald & Taxes

On the other side...Lois Lerner has now retired.

But Rachel does have the first two pages of the 2005 Trump Tax Return.

So stay tuned...

There are Wizards out there that can twist the Facts

any way you want the Facts twisted ...

Looks really Happy...

contentment

How many songs do you know the words to?

A Decent Dude

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pregnant-woman-gives-man-decent-dude-award-for-giving-up-subway-seat/

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Why you don't want to be in or on the water in a thunder storm

After much review and discussion, the scientific community said that this strike is something known as a secondary lightning strike.

HowStuffWorks explained that there is a phenomenon of secondary lightning strikes. “It is very possible that a main strike can be followed by 30 or 40 secondary strikes. Depending on the time delay between strikes, we may see what looks like one long-duration main strike, or a main strike followed by other flashes along the path of the main strike.”