Imagine How Proud...

Cole Allen: from graduate to gunsel

...his parents must be!

"Ma," Dad crows as he points to the TV screen, "our boy Cole just tried to assassinate the president of the United States!"

"I know," she replies contentedly, "we're practically famous now!"

Their son certainly is, but according to the left, the profound mystery here is "who was he really trying to kill?"

Reporters?  Celebrities?

The Gray Lady (aka The New York Times, and here we must assume "Gray" is used as a synonym for "Delusional") claims we may never know:

But wait...the overweening Mr. A was condescending enough to leave us a detailed explanation:

<Gunman's Manifesto>

Very revealing!

He explicitly states his target was Trump and his administration.

Ironically, he chose the White House Correspondents Dinner to make his doomed-to-failure attempt, but then again, why not?

Was there anyone in that room who hadn't written a hit piece on Trump?

With a democrat to republican ratio of almost 100 to 1, rare indeed is the msm journalist who doesn't despise Donald J Trump.

The dems have been calling Trump and Maga "Hitler" and "Nazis" for years now, and their lapdog stenographers have dutifully regurgitated every attack.

Intellectual featherweights like Jamie Raskin...

..and Temu Obama, Hakeem Jeffries...

...have been leading the charge, while the propaganda arm of the DNC have been faithful apparatchiks, breathlessly repeating every outrageous claim.

Cole Allen was simply the weak minded weapon they locked and loaded with their <non-stop litany of hateful rhetoric toward Trump and his followers>.

In the aftermath of yet another attempt to assassinate President Trump, there will be the usual farcical political theater, hand wringing and of course, "DARVO":

Deny the accusation;

Attack the accuser;

Reverse Victim and Offender.

We've never tried to incite violence against Trump, but Trump constantly attacks us!

He's not the victim, we are!

Of course it's Trump's fault!

Just another day in paradise.

My daily prayer:

"Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered."

    - Proverbs 11:21

Lord, let it be so.

We're going to change subjects without even a half hearted attempt at a clever segue:

You guessed it, my first round of the season!

The good news?

This pretty picture is not the best thing that happened on the course.

In other words, it was a decent round for my first time out.

Hit ok from the tees, well from the fairways, and surprisingly well around the greens with my lofting iron.

Putting, as usual, was my downfall.

I play bogey or better wins the hole, double bogey or worse loses, and this was a win, 5 holes to 4.

Definitely committed to playing better as the season progresses, but I walked off the course feeling ok about my round:

A little exercise, a little solitude, and a pleasant stroll through the countryside.

Let's hit the 23 Skidoo trail:

big happenings this past week: #2 grandson tied the knot...

...and Larry opened his cottage up north.

we're making some progress with the courtyard...

...and Lady Baysweep is back in action.

the ornamental cherry tree in Ryan's Corner is getting ready to bloom...

...and the lilacs are making their welcome appearance.

in springtime Tom Turkey's thoughts turn to love...

...while the thoughts of his intended turn to fleeing.

It's an oft repeated request, but please pray for peace:

"I exhort therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men;

"For kings and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty."

    - I Timothy 2:1,2

later, mcm fans...

July 13th, 2024...

...the day we won the election.    

The nation wouldn't vote for another 4 months, but that was the day President Trump stood tall and proclaimed "Fight!  Fight!  Fight!" moments after an assassin's bullet nearly ended his life.

Two things became crystal clear on that day in Butler, Pennsylvania:

1) Trump is God's choice for the task of restoring our constitutional republic, -and-

2) It's not possible to despise our legacy media (aka, the propaganda arm of the DNC) enough.

Remember how the stenographers for state run media covered this assassination attempt?

There weren't bullets fired, they were "popping noises" and "loud sounds".

Trump wasn't shot, he was "startled", "he fell", "he was escorted from the stage".

The big headline wasn't an assassination attempt on the president's life, it was "gunman dies in attack".

These are truly despicable human beings, devoid of a functioning moral compass, absent a conscience, who wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in their ever widening <archterstes>.

Oh yeah...and they're democrats, every last one of them.

Democrats: the party of slavery in the 1800's, the party that <opposed the civil rights legislation in the 1960's>, and the party of abortion today.

Remember, like rats and other disease infested vermin, you should avoid direct contact.

If you must deal with them, your main goal should be "don't get any on you".

It stains.

Our friends in Canada are at it again...

That's their "wildfire map" as of today.  Roughly 10% of their country is going up in smoke.

Why do we care here in Michigan?

Well, in spite of proposed tariffs on Canadian exports, apparently they're able to export wildfire smoke for free, courtesy of Mother Nature.

Yeah...our air quality has dropped through the floor lately, same as it did a couple of years ago:

that's wildfire smoke, not fog, from 2023

Praying for winter to come early in Canada.

No HGU today...the course where I practice the black arts of hickory golfery...

...is having some kind of tournament or corporate event...no early tee times.

Ergo, you're off the hook...

wondering how many people actually know why this picture is here

...for now.

Lacking any good reason to prolong the suffering, I say we 23 Skidoo:

why do we care about pics of the ceiling...

...in our bonus room?

more to come.

ready to get out on the lake at Larry's cottage

beautiful shot of the Renaissance Club links by the North Sea in North Berwick, Scotland

first black eyed susans of the season

Under the inspiration of God's Spirit, Isaiah wrote <chapter 53> in his book of prophecy, approximately 700 years before the birth of Christ.

It's an astounding chapter that summarizes Christ's life and purpose in 12 short verses.

It's worth your time and effort to memorize all of Isaiah 53, but here's an important truth from the middle of it:

 5  But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement our our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.

later, mcm fans...

 

Evil Tried...

...but failed...praise God in heaven.

Details are still emerging, but what's clear is a Biden supporter - now deceased - attempted to assassinate President Trump at a Pennsylvania rally this evening.

And according to an eyewitness, this disaster could have been prevented.

He and his friends saw the shooter "bear crawling" on the top of a building with a rifle...

...and tried to <alert the authorities> a couple of minutes before it occurred.

Why did the Secret Service let this happen?

"Extreme incompetence or it was deliberate. Either way, the SS leadership must resign."

 

            - Elon Musk on X

In Musk's inimitable style, his use of "SS" clearly evokes Germany's dreaded <Schutzstaffel>, and why not?

The left's constant drumbeat that "Trump is Hitler!"...

...is not just grossly irresponsible, it's an open call to violence.

It's true the shooter pulled the trigger, but the democrats and their complicit media allies loaded the rifle.

Thankfully, President Trump - though grazed by an assassin's bullet - is fine, and for that every decent person gives thanks.

Sadly, the left has no decency, and they're already flooding social media with <hateful messages>.

Despicable, but totally in character.

There's no segue from evil to normal, so I won't try.

What do you see in this picture?

How about now?

Animals possess an ability we humans often do not:

That of stillness.

For them, it's a survival mechanism; the ability to remain perfectly still could be the difference between living another day or becoming dinner.

For us, it's a spiritual checkup; being still in the presence of our Creator reconnects us with what actually matters in life.

We live in a chaotic time of constant distraction and directed thought.

Most of us won't go anywhere without a cell phone and few of us can resist checking it constantly.

For what?  The latest fakebook post?

When was the last time you enjoyed a few calm, independent, self-directed meditative moments, free from TV, radio, internet?

                        - Psalms 46:10,11

We live in dark and dangerous times, but take heart: God is still in control.

later, mcm fans...