It be happenin’.

“Greece cannot make debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month unless it achieves a deal with creditors . . .”.

Yep, they have used up all their credit. The Socialist dream has “run out of other people’s money”.

All those financial instruments are set to fold. 230 BILLION dollars are, essentially, uncollectable…. Trillions of dollars of derivatives are triggered. Some say Doom is upon the financial markets. Perhaps. Perhaps only some folks who gambled wrong will face losing their fortunes. It isn’t gonna be pretty.

This is, of course the beginning of the end for the European Union.

How long until the US is in the same boat?  England? Japan?

One expects this from a country like Greece or Argentina….but the US isn’t that far from the same catastrophe.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen:

You know who I am speaking to. You stood up when it was needed and did what had to be done. You sacrificed yourselves for the country….Or maybe were just unlucky…but you were there…doing what had to be done……maybe for a wife, or girlfriend, husband or boyfriend. Parents, Kids…. I dunno.

It really doesn’t matter why. You just did. Gave it all. Died in the service of your country.

So thank you.

I appreciate your sacrifice.

I remember. I hope others do.

If they have internet wherever you ended up…Heaven or not, you might be reading this. If not, I hope someone tells you.

Not everyone thinks this day is just the end of a long weekend.

Some of us remember.

So, to you who DIDN’T come home,,,,,Thank you.

Overheard yesterday:

“It oughta  be a law that we make every kid under 30 wear red wool MITTENS when driving so they can’t F%$#$#IN text or Facebook, or whatever. Then the little bastards could stay in their lane and goddam drive.”

I agree wholeheartedly.

If the Franchisor would allow it, I’d be closed on Monday.

So the Senate refused to extend the Domestic Surveillance program….

Not even for two weeks.

Wow.

Sanity break out in the strangest of places….

CNN reports that there is a bulletin warning of possible revenge attacks against Texas cops by the Bandidos and other motorcycle groups:

      The bulletin warns of plots targeting high-ranking law enforcement officials and their          families with car bombs. The bulletin is based on unsubstantiated information from an        informant who claimed to have obtained it from Bandidos and Black Widows                       motorcycle gang members.


Perhaps the cops need to learn reality from fiction. 


Seriously.


An overreaction to a biker brawl….Cops kill 9…….And now they can’t even be bothered to find out that the “Black Widows”  MC doesn’t exist outside of a  Clint Eastwood movie.  As a parody….

I’m wondering if the Waco cops were so afraid of the bikers that day because all they knew about bikers was what they saw in the movies.

When you are enjoying your freedom on you 3 day weekend…

Grilling burgers and dogs and watching the races or attending parties with friends, or whatever you do on Memorial Day weekend.

Take a few moments and remember the reason for the holiday (not just so that Government workers can have a 3 day weekend, really): Remember those who Memorial Day is meant to honor.

Raise a glass to their spirits.

Say ‘Thank You” ……it’s all that they would ask.

Remember them, honor their memory, and their sacrifice.

Because of them, you have the freedom to celebrate.

(And please understand, I am waiting like the rest of you to find out what the official story is/will be/evolves into regarding the “shootout” at the Twin Peaks in Waco….First it was no cops doing the shooting, and as of this posting they are admitting that 4 of the deaths were from Police firearms as well as several of the injuries….)

Now, I wasn’t there, and likely neither were you. I’m not willing to pass any judgement on what happened…..we don’t know, and likely never really will know just how it went down.

But I do know this. All of the members of the Bandidos and the Cossacks (and likely the rest of the Clubs there) were white or appeared to be white …maybe somewhat Hispanic.

None were black.

Had this been a group of black people, there would already be rioting and crimes and looting. Because “Black”.

While I really doubt that the members of the motorcycle clubs deserved to be shot at and killed by the police in Waco, they weren’t choir boys either……

Oddly,  I don’t see any white folks rioting…. Nor looting. Nor sympathy riots or marches in other cities….

(Although I hear that the Bandidos other member clubs are gathering to demonstrate their displeasure to the Waco police, but that is personal).

Dude goes walking. While open carrying. With his dog and wife.

A Pants Shitting Hysterical person calls the police.

Cop arrives.

Overreacts.  Threatens, Handcuffs
Arrests  (for “Inducing a Panic” ….  (then  Detains) Mr. Open Carry.

Finally cites him for “failing to disclose personal information” and lets him go after a few hours.

Dude sues. Illegal arrest and detainment.

Courts agree to hear argument that the police, at least in this case, have no “Qualified Immunity”. 

In this case, they are likely right.

I do believe that a police officer should have a partial shield of immunity if he is doing his job in a reasonable manner and simply makes a mistake. But there has to be limits, which, up until very recently, there have not been.

Good to see the courts are willing to reexamine the concept of blanket “‘Cause I’m a cop and I can get away with it” shield that some police officers use to hide behind for their bad or stupid (or often vindictive) behavior.

Cue Murph in 3…2…

That Brian Williams will be giving us a live report of what he remembers from the Shooting at the Waco Twin Peaks last week……Apparently he was there and witnessed the entire thing.

Philim at 11.