Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Israel PM Netanyhu visits China - wow didn't see this was coming. I figured China would be searing after the Israeli air strikes of Syria.

I finished City of thieves, an interesting tale of Russia during WW2 by David Benioff , yesterday. Benioff blended humor in nicely to brutal tales of the German occupation of Russia. The character Kolya,  a Red Army deserter and fledling writer, quipped a few times about how a writer  often  borrow  the best lines of other writers.

When I first heard the line  "nothing is true , everything is permitted"  in a Jim Carroll song  (circa 1980),  I considered it a solid line from the jaded junkie,  however most data points back to this line being a deathbed utterance of  Hassan-i Sabbah, the early 12th century leader of the Hashashinis (later to be called Assassins). Then again, that may not be true.

Sports, politics,  and assassins- did I capture the events of the day?


Put in a penny,   check the Chechnyans,  pat the poet,

enough of this vamp: To put together; fabricate or improvise:

8/28/13

Is Obama going to take us to war ( recall Libya?)  with Syria w/o Congressional  approval. Why not let both sides (Assad & Iran vs.Al Queda) kill each other? And,  I get the chemical warfare argument.

9/1/13

 Now King Barack says he'll consult Congress on Syria although he doesn't have to. Load of crap from BO

10/26/13

FBook follows Obama's NSA lead trying to give me cyber staph with its search graph . The govt and  corporations don't value privacy so stop trying to sell us that crap.

Is Putin's attempt to incorporate Ukraine  going off the rails despite the $$$?  Ukraine's Prez is compromising but folks want more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25923199

4/21/14

NSA spying , invasive  airport searches ,   and a kid hops the fence and sneaks into the wheel well of a plane. Indeed everything is permitted.  link

4/28/14

Fits with the topic title. Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA Clippers before a lifetime ban for racist comments, was a DNC & NAACP donor.

7/20/14

Blog title  fits my  theme of the day.
USA border agents strafed at the Rio Grande
Russian separatists moved the bodies from  the Malaysian airlines ' wreckage

11/13/14

Thought this would fit the blog title from BBC:

European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker denies allegations he encouraged tax avoidance during his time Luxembourg prime minister

12/09/14

Didn't Feinstein sign  off on the alleged CIA ills she's exposing today?  quite a time for Dems to be transparency

4/9/15

What happened to Feinstein's "war' with the CIA?

4/13/15

Hey China: Why not reduce taxes on the mainland?  or other things. link

Parallel trading has been a key factor in the growing anti-mainland sentiment in Hong Kong.
There is huge demand in China for household items from Hong Kong, in particular milk powder, as they are seen as being both cheaper and better quality.

7/31/15

Is mainland China creeping into Taiwan's culture? link

 But opponents have charged that the revisions whitewash Taiwan’s authoritarian period under Nationalist rule before it became a democracy in the early 1990s, and amount to inserting pro-mainland China ideology into the curriculum.

1/17/16

Good election for Taiwan:  Taiwanese voters have voted for Ms Tsai  to keep Beijing at a distance. Hope she's succesful.

1/18/16

China's response is not surprising but still chilling. 

Chinese state media lashed out swiftly in the wake of the victory, saying that Taiwan should abandon its "hallucination" of independence.

6/5/16

 Malka Leifer an Israeli woman facing 74 child sex charges in Australia, is mentally unfit, due to panic attacks, to face extradition. I'd have panic attacks, too. Plus they just lifted her house arrest

7/25/16

A political marriage  #kyi and Gen Min Aung Hlaing , not only permitted but possibly working. Kyi has gone from being under military house arrest to getting  a  visit from Gen Hlaing. #burma

9/5/16

My favorite headline of the day

What Al Capone can teach India about prohibition

Gujarat, a state in India ,outlawed alcohol in 1958, but contraband liquor is still readily available at hooch stalls.

1/1/17

#shawcross is proposing a charity tax to fund a  hotline that will advise charity trustees how to increase and enhance public trust in charities.  and this guy is permitted to keep his job as chairman of the UK Charity Commission

4/11/17

Mainland China has hurt a once vibrant #hongkong  economy, but did permit Hong Kong leader-elect Carrie Lam to state the obvious on  Tuesday: 
"there is no room for moves towards independence in the former British colony which she said needs the support of the central government in Beijing to boost economic development over the next five years."

6/25/17

Update on #malkaliefer: #israel continues  to prevent her extradition as she leads a normal life in Israel  then runs to a nuthouse each time she faces an extradition hearing to Australia.

6/30/17

Hey we're just enforcing the law. F'n commies: Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 37, known as "Me Nam" #MotherMushroom was sentenced  ten years in jail by a court in #Vietnam for blogging. Yep, she dared to question the state.

9/20/17

American Left on a mission to destroy Dems: #NancyPelosi heckled as 'liar' in DACA protest in San Francisco.

11/04/17

Politicians permitted to say anything. #Bush1, the ex Prez who said read my lips, no new taxes, then raised taxes, calls #trump, a blowhard. Now that's rich!

11/29/17

#SlobodanPraljak drank from  a small bottle a liquid what he claimed was poison during a War Crimes Trial. I guess security permits this????

12/29/17

This would prove everything is permitted:  I've been invited to #PrinceHarry 's wedding. Now, back to dislodging my tongue from my cheek.

2/18/18

This fit the blog theme. Nigeria's top anti-corruption judge, #DanladiUmar ,tasked with high-profile cases, has been charged with illegally accepting money.  accused of demanding a bribe from a suspect.

9/26/18

I guess everything  has been permitted in #acapulco : The entire police force has been disarmed and put under investigation for being under the control of drug cartels.

4/28/19

 Ain't this sadly amusing from #JeremyCorbyn who can't control the anti-Semites in his Labour Party: #TheresaMay should not be rolling out the red carpet for a state visit to honour a President (Trump) who used racist and misogynist rhetoric,"

10/28/19

 A vase given to then PM Thatcher by former #Cyprus president #GeorgeVassiliou three decades ago was sold at auction. Diplomatic protocol bars selling off state gifts. No answer yet from the British Government.

11/10/19

 Outgoing Sri Lankan President #Sirisena  pardoned #JudeJayamaha, from a wealthy, high-profile family, saying he had behaved well in prison and had been jailed  at the age of 19 over an "incident of impatience". The act of impatience was the 2005 murder of a Swedish woman #YvonneJonsson .

1/14/20

 Watch out folks! A Swiss judge, Judge Philippe #Colelough, said due to the imminent danger of the climate crisis the students ,who played tennis inside a Credit Suisse branch in 2018 in protest of fossil fuel investments, were not guilty of resisting arrest and refusing to pay fines. Yep, everything is permitted.

Disarm Colt 45s, road Ravens

Briefs on the Colt 45s
Yep, an MLB team had guns in it's logo.


All the FA chatter buried a big headline . The NFL did not get it's way. The  Bucked up O's could be in the playoff hunt so why the NFL thought they were going  to alter the O's plan is just another notch on their belt of arrogance. OPACY (O's stadium) and M&T (Ravens stadium) are about a five-minute walk apart.


"As such, the Orioles will play the White Sox on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m., and the Ravens will open the season on the road, instead of the recently traditional Thursday game."

"Since 2002, the defending Super Bowl champion has hosted the NFL Kickoff Game, which is usually held on a Thursday night."  corrected this in 9/5/13 edit



And then the MLB proves they can be every bit as arrogant by opening the season attempting to create a new intrastate , ALW rivalry between the Texas Rangers & the lowly Houston Astros, the new kid on the ALW block. Could you imagine the headlines if this were the early 1960's? Rangers attempt to disarm the Colt 45's. Wait, the Rangers were the second Washington Senators in the 1960's. Original Senators moved to Minnesota in 1960.



Senators disarm Colt 45's. I don't see ESPN hyping it that way.  Is Sen Diane Feinstein throwing out the first safety lock?
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6/11/13 

The federal gun grab legislation is on the back burner.

Astros had a 6 game winning streak snapped by the O's last week.

O's remain in the playoff hunt.

Ravens released Vonta Leach--odd move.

8/13/13

 Ravens lucked out that Leach was surprising still a free agent and they signed him about two weeks ago.

9/5/13

 Ravens will win on the road. Here's a Billick 2012 quote: "The league inaugurated the Kickoff Game concept (opening the season on the Thursday night after Labor Day) in 2002, and settled on its present incarnation — the defending Super Bowl champions playing at home —in 2004"  link

10/23/13

I was WRONG about the Ravens winning  GM1 on the road. As week 8 approaches. Coach Hairball needs to inspire the troops. They lost look lost in all phases of the game. Eugene Monroe,the OT acquired from the Jags  has some fire in the belly.

Ravens accept 130, 000 to promote Obama care (Washington Examiner) . That should be a PR nightmare

11/05/13

Ugly loss in Cleveland. Did the Ravens lose too much talent in the off-season?
Paul Kruger is doing Ok in Cleveland.

11/20/13

Ed Reed returns to M&T in Jets colors this Sunday

11/28/13

Ravens /Steelers, a Thanksgiving night tie? We'll see.

12/28/13

do or die tomorrow for the reigning champs

1/16/14

Was Caldwell  getting fired  by the Ravens  before getting the HC job in Detroit?

2/7/14

Wonder if Ed Reed comes up in a conversation between new OC Kubiak and Hc Harbaugh.

2/17/14

Ray Rice arrested - I'm surprised- altercation with his fiancee

7/25/14

Seven months later and Rice is suspended for two 2014 games.  Goodell's decisiion took too long, and I'm guessing Rice's lawyers had footage that we'll never see. probably enough to warrant no suspension. Issues inside a relationship are always complex, and then you toss  inebriation into the mix. If you  say the punishment was suitable then somehow you condone beating woman. The outrage is excessive. Move on. Ray's wife has.

7/28/14

Reports claim Ray's wife appealed to Goodell foir leniency- be careful judging so quickly

8/1/14

Watching some sports radio this morning and they're spending more time on Ray Rice than the baseball deadline trades. ESPN and CBSSN  have been Oprahfried

10/28/14

Wives and girlfriends will withdraw thie criminal complaints when their man's career is at stake. In the NHL Ms Voynov, wife of an LA King has.

12/1/14

maybe it's time  some of the public & press let the Rice family move on. 

1/3/15

The focus is on the 2014/15 playoffs but is Kubiak off to another head coach gig in 2015?

1/16/15

Rice and Ravens have settled. I wonder if and where he lands in the NFL next season.

2/18/15

Does Rice land with Rex Ryan in Buffalo?

3/3/15

Kubiak in Denver, will he trade for Andre Johnson

3/24/15

If Thuggs or Flacco had received a DUI would the Ravens have cut them? Pierce hasn't been producing, and the Ravens found an easy out.

6/1/15

Ray Rice  is proof that video kills. How else can one explain Hardy & McDonald (who blew it) getting second chance , and  Ray not.

6/16/15

This blog veers everywhere. Colt 45  going under.Colt Defense LLC-bankrupt

Gun maker Colt Defense LLC said late Sunday it is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection, amid business-execution issues and a heavy debt burden.

7/11/15

Greg Hardy suspension reduced to four games. Ray Rice must be saying WTF, Tom Brady, too.

9/25/15

Headline from June 16 link about gunmaker: Colt Defense bankrupt could be used for the 2015 NFL Colts.

9/27/15

Will the Ravens look at Ray Rice? Just felt like stirring the pot after the Ravens anemic rushing game today

10/06/15

The Astros  wear Colt45 throwback unis for tonight's playin game- won't happen but it would set the Twitter world ablaze.

10/12/15

Ravens D has been disarmed, destroyed, etc. you get the point.

11/3/15

Since 1984, I enjoy a Colts defeat. Camthers 26 Indy Colts 23 OT

2/8/16

Quite a trek for Kubiak to a SB ring as the head coach.

2/27/16

How often has an NFL team put a franchise tag on its kicker? Ravens put the the tag on Justin Tucker

6/10/16

Too many Hairballs in the  news. John for violating NFL pre-season rules, Jim for self promotion

9/1/16

When I started this  blog entry Paul Kruger had left the  Ravens for the Browns , and yesterday he signed with my Saints.Hope he's got something left cuz the Saints D needs all the help it can get.

9/23/16

Possible headlines from last night: #Patriots disarm #Texans. #Osweiler shoots blanks.  NE 27 Hou 0

10/25/16

Osweiler and the #houstontexans shot blanks with no TDs against Denver.  #HoustonCougars lost to SMU and are  fading in the #AAC.  rough weekend for houston football teams.
And the Ravens wilted in New Jersey.

12/29/16

Maybe it could occur only in Texas , but the Astros wore throwback jerseys,  that included a pistol below the name Colts, for a few games in April, 2012.  #BudSelig , then the MLB commisioner, was not happy. link with Colt45 jersey

5/27/17.

I 'll continue to veer this blog all over the sports road. #HoustonAstros (33-16) , once, the #Colt45 s, ain't shooting blanks this season.

10/7/17

#astros , once the #colt45s , ain't shooting blanks this post season

11/2/17

Congrats to the #Astros, once known as the #Colt45s. The history revisionists haven't wiped that away...yet.

1/22/18

Love to see a repeat of this in April 2018: Astros wore throwback jerseys,  that included a pistol below the name Colts, for a few games in April, 2012. #colt45

2/16/20

Hey #HoustonAstros : Find a can of Colt45 malt liquor, sip on it, and shut up!

3/27/20

Jimmy Wynn, "The Toy Cannon" died last night at age 78 last night. I had his baseball card. He played for the Astros from 1963-73

Jan 25, 2022

Former Ravens HC #BrianBillick joins Herm Edwards Arizona State’s staff as an analyst on offense. He'll also be working with his former Ravens DC and later Bengals HC, Marvin Lewis.

June 23, 2022

Tony Siragusa, former Raven's DT died at 55.

 Jaylon Ferguson, the 26 year old Ravens LB, was found dead in his residence and investigators are not ruling out the possibility of an overdose. Ferguson played college ball at La Tech(CUSA).

Oct 9, 2022

Starting to wonder if Billick is having more of an influence after Herm was fired.  ASU has a decent running attack, and they upset UW 45-38 yesterday. BTW, Tom Herman is being chatted about to take over in 2023.

April 18, 2023

Hurts gets 179M of 255M guaranteed from Philly. Will this change LJAX's  negotiations with the Ravens?  

And did Dillingham keep Billick as a consultant at ASU?

April 14, 2024

Arizona State returns to hiring ex NFL assistants with the addition of Hines Ward as wide receivers coach.

He coached the XFL’s San Antonio Brahmas in 2023. His resume:  worked with the receivers at FAU in 2021 and serving as an offensive assistant with the NYJ(NFL) in 2019 and ’20.