Democrats are Communists and wanna-be Ruthless Dictators - Their Followers Useful Idiots

Faldo returns for a few minutes of venting.

Gas prices have doubled and will continue to rise.

Food prices are rising and will continue to rise.

Dictators are starting wars because they know the USA is no longer a Republic and is run by their kind. Our own military supplier base is demanding it be so.

Food and part shortages in the United States of America from now on, for no other reason than Democrat/liberal policies.

Criminals are now the 'good guys', cops and citizens defending themselves are the bad guys.

District Attorneys and city mayors are allowing rioting and looting. It is now acceptable behavior for the USA black community.

USA government keeps just printing money, giving almost all of it to foreign countries, and internally to illegal aliens to get more voters for Democrats.

Every person that dies, becomes a Democrat voter. Multiple times in multiple states. 

Inflation continues to rise and will continue to rise.

Ignoring our Constitution when the Democrats feel like it will continue until the USA is no more.

Our elections are rigged right out in the open and the Democrats and media are not ashamed about it. The Republicans, and our citizens are doing nothing about it.

The media hide and make excuses for a president who has lost his faculties and for a VP who is - to be kind- not up to the job she was given. But these puppets do show that not even our government officials are running the United State.

On that note, when Biden is finally replaced by the media, and the Democrats finally move from a blow job receiver by an intern in the White House, to a blow-job giver of a congressman to get to VP, who will her VP be? Don't look now, but Lebron James, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopie Goldberg or Will Smith are all very viable candidates for the reality show that is now our government leadership positions. Try and argue against any of these candidates, without being called a racist. I dare you.

Hypocrisy runs rampant as our media lies openly to the citizenry as they are all members of the Communist / Democrat cabal. For just one example, mask wearing/vaccine mandates or abortion rights. In one case they scream it is not your body if it affects others. In the other, you can kill others before or right after they are born, because 'it's my body.' People cannot sell their bodies for sex legally. No one can parade their bodies in public naked in public legally. Liberal hypocrisy is everywhere.

The Media employees and the Democrat Party Run government people move from government job to the media and back again - and no one screams 'conflict of interest'. Or Faldo's term for this - incest in one family for generations.

When Faldo ran for state office, I told the truth to the State School Board. It is run of course by liberals/Democrats/Union thugs/ and Communists. Even the President of the Teacher's Union proudly declared, "I'll care about students when they pay union dues."

 I told the State Board the USA pays double per student what the #1 nation in education in the world pays - Japan. The problem is not lack of money. It is where the money goes, and it is not to education. It is to the union, the administrators and the Democrat Party.

Our students finished 24th in the world at that time. Now I read it is now 31st in the world. Our children know nothing factual about the Constitution of the United States, and they cannot find the USA on a map of the world. But they do know Heather can have two mommies and they can change their sex if they want at age 6.

 Our education system gets worse in the colleges. Socialist/Marxist propaganda is the education and free speech and free thinking are outlawed. Try it and you are banned or failed. They push useless degrees that have no value in the workplace, but only in no pressure-no performance required jobs in government or education, where the propaganda machine continues.

Free speech is a thing of the past. ALL of our news organizations. Yes, even Fox News - as they stopped covering, investigating or mentioning the presidential and other elections being fixed. They are all either cheerleaders for the Democrat Party or there to keep the citizens thinking it is not quite over yet. Either way you are being lied to. This country is gone. It needs a fresh start. It is not fixable any longer. 

Our Health Care system is government controlled now. Socialized medicine and the flood of people with no ability to pay anything for health care has over run our system. This was by design. Our hospitals depend now on government to keep them operating. As such, like our education system, you will spread the propaganda they tell you to, and kill the citizens they want you to.

How did hundreds of thousands of old people die of Covid, but almost none of our old fossils in government die of it? How come they were getting medicines that were banned to the citizens? These are valid questions we would never get an answer to.

Memorial Day

 

Nancy Pelosi Bans ‘Gender’ Terms.....

 

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-MA) unveiled the rules for the 117th Congress on Friday, which contain “future-focused” proposals, including the elimination of gendered terms, such as “father, mother, son, and daughter."

 

It  is the opinion of this blog that if you vote for Democrats then you are mentally ill.

Last Straw - Niks Poker Palace Officially Closed on PokerStars

Tonight, in pitch black darkness, PokerStars cleared the 2020 Nik's Poker Palace Finals tournament plane for landing. Someone there at the Isle of Man PS headquarters must have got a giggle of it.

Faldo is not recovering the plane. They can have it.

Turn out the lights - the party's over. They say all good things must end.

Fun Parties. Fun poker games. Fun poker tournaments and leagues. Fun Chess Clubs.

Even Republics and Constitutions end. Not a bang, but a whimper.

Yes, all good things come to an end eventually. So does Niks Poker Palace.

Our NPP Final tonight was scheduled. Faldo believes he saw five players already registered of the nine that qualified - including your host.

But when Faldo logged in - the tournament was not there! It mysteriously disappeared. The same way 3 to 5 weeks of our poker results during the regular season did.

Well, between losing control over my on line poker statistics, losing freedoms as an individual in my state and then having my country stolen by obvious voter fraud, Faldo is just not in the mood to fight little windmills like PokerStars.

Faldo was planning on setting up the tournament for 50 weeks next year, but with the uncertainty of PokerStars software, why bother?

Faldo wishes to thank all the players who have supported this league and this blog. You are the reason it was a labor of love. But the desire in Faldo is gone. The get up and go in Faldo...has got up and went. 

It's move, bend, surrender, step aside, or walk away humbled for Faldo from now on.

There will be an occasional post. Odd thoughts, pithy observations. Maybe a recap of NPP history starting at a re-telling of the White Whale saga and each year recap of NPP history! That is a year of posts right there.

We will see what the new year brings.

My prayers and best wishes go out to all of you my friends. 

Faldo

LittleRedElf and Absea98 Add to Their NPP Win Totals in 2020

 

Hello Readers. Remember these vanquished losers? Well our voting system just put them in very high positions in our next Presidential branch of government. Be sure to thank every liberal you meet for the destruction of our nation.

Now back to poker:

Here are the results for weeks #9 and #10 of 12 in the last poker quarter in NPP history. As Faldo mentioned, he was going to let the voters (actually the people who manufacture votes and decide which votes to actually count) decide whether NPP would continue. As the country goes, so does NPP. That would be right down the old sewer. But Faldo digresses as he usually does.

Sorry your humble scribe missed this Tuesday but the Lovely and Talented Mrs. Faldo was in a minor fender bender. Faldo had to go and make sure she was unharmed and then safe on the long walk home in the cold rain and snow by following her walking while in my nice warm car. 

The little car wreck was not her fault but you can't start spoiling them even after decades of training.

The standings are on the right side of the blog and Faldo will update after next Tuesday so we all know where we stand on the last last regular season poker tilt.

This week;

1st - Absea98

2nd - Douge2

3rd - Rjmech

4th - T3chlady

Bubble - GMOgolf

Congratulations to Absea98 on his 3rd win of 2020 and his 21st NPP win all time!

Last week:

1st - LittleRedElf

2nd - GMOgolf

3rd - Absea98

4th - Douge2

Bubble - Tomservo2

Congratulations to LittleRedElf on his 6th win of 2020 and his 58th NPP win all time! That leads everyone!

Now sing along to "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" - Tears for Fears 

Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep 
They will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on the Constitution
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's an old design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
We will try to make the most Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There's no room where they won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad liberals had to wreck it
Everybody wants to rule the world

I can't stand this indecision
Citizens with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world

Say that you'll never, never, surrender to it. 
Liberal headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world

We were for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

Unfair to Governor Whitmer

 Guest post by Myron the progressive intern.

This seems harsh and unfair.  I friend/comrade told me this about over the weekend at a joyous celebration with hundreds of other progressives (these celebrations do not spread COVID just so you know).

Rejoice and pay off my student loans

 Guest post by Myron the progressive intern.

This is not as good as Bernie Sanders becoming President but I guess it will have to do.

These two had better see to it that my student loan debt is forgiven.  I'm entitled to this!!!!

I'm kinda nervous about these two now that I'm hearing about what they intend to do but ORANGE MAN BAD!

4th Quarter 2020 Standings Update - Four Rounds Left!

 

Hi fellow comrades from the Peoples Republic of the United States and the temporarily 2nd biggest economy in the New World Order.

Here are the last three tournament results:

1st - LittleRedElf

2nd - Mikeniks-Faldo

3rd - TCRico

Bubble - Tomservo2

Congratulations on LRE's 5th win of the year and NPP leading 57th of all time!

1st - Derf-63

2nd - GMOgolf

3rd - Johnnied55

Bubble - Mikeniks-Faldo

Congratulations on Derf's 6th win of the year and NPP leading 52nd of all time!

1st - Mikeniks-Faldo

2nd - Absea98

3rd - Derf-63

Bubble - T3chlady

Congratulations to the Democratic Communist Party for finally being able to rig elections in their favor and destroying the greatest nation there ever was.

Singing to the music of Too Much Too Little Too Late - Johnnie Mathis

Guess it's over, call it a 
Sorry that it had to end this way
No reason to pretend
The media made it end some day, this way

Yes, it's over, the country's gone
What's the use of tryin' to hang on?
Somehow we are no longer free
Nothing will be left for you and me and it's clear to see

Too much, too little Too late, 

Lies again with you

Too much, too little Too late

To save the nation again

We're in the middle of ending something that we loved

It's over
Oh, it was over

Too much, too little Too late, 

Lies again with you

Too much, too little Too late

To save the nation again

We're in the middle of ending something that we loved

Ah, it's over
It's over

Yes, it's over, the votes were rigged
(Whoa)
Nearly all our buildings burning down
Whatever chance we had, let's face it widened-eye
It's over
(It's over)
It's over

Too much, too little Too late, 

Lies again with you

Too much, too little Too late

To save the nation again

We're in the middle of ending something that we loved

Ah, it's over
It's over

Another Faldo Truism

 "You can vote yourself into Socialism but you'll have to shoot your way out".

2020 4th Quarter Standings Update - And You Don't Ever Vote for a Person You Idiots - Vote for the Platform!

 

Democrat voters are Useful Idiots! Look up the term. But first, poker.

Two week update.

Win #5 of the year and #46th all time for Tomservo2:

1st - Tomservo2

2nd - Johnnied55

3rd - T3chlady

4th - TCRico

Bubble - KingUnix

Win #2 of the year and 20th all time for Absea98:

1st - Absea98

2nd - Derf-63

3rd - Mikeniks-Faldo

4th - T3chlady

Bubble - TCRico

Updated standings on the right side of the blog.

Here is an email Faldo received to prove my point. If the Democrats win, the country is over. Pure and simple.

"That moment when someone says, "I can't believe you would vote for Trump."

I simply reply “I'm not voting for Trump.”

 I'm voting for the First Amendment and freedom of speech.

 I'm voting for the Second Amendment and my right to defend my life and my family.

 I'm voting for the next Supreme Court Justice(s) to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

 I’m voting for the continued growth of my retirement 401K and the stock market.

 I’m voting for a return of our troops from foreign countries and the end to America’s involvement in foreign conflicts.

 I'm voting for the Electoral College & the Republic we live in.

 I'm voting for the Police to be respected once again and to ensure Law & Order.

 I’m voting for the continued appointment of Federal Judges who respect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

 I’m voting for our jobs to remain in America and not be outsourced all over again to China, Mexico and other foreign countries.

 I’m voting for secure borders and legal immigration.

 I'm voting for the Military & the Veterans who fought for this Country to give the American people their freedoms.

 I'm voting for the unborn babies that have a right to live.

 I’m voting for continued peace progress in the middle east.

 I’m voting to fight against human/child trafficking.

 I’m voting for Freedom of Religion.

 I'm voting for the American Flag that is disrespected by the Democratic Party.

 I'm voting for the right to speak my opinion & not be censored.

 I'm not just voting for one person, I'm voting for the future of my Country.

I'm voting for my children and my grandchildren to ensure their freedoms and their future.

 What are you voting for?"

Update of Standings - Get in the Hunt

 

Democrats reaction when truth is told to them.

Still 9 weeks (not 9 1/2 Weeks, but I digress) left in the season. Get in there. The 4th quarter seat is still available, not to mention qualifying for the Tournament of Champs. Get in there!

Also, if you vote Democrat you are either a traitor, a moron or mentally ill. This fact and not even debatable.

Week 3 of 4th quarter:

1st - Tigercub8189

2nd - Derf-63 

3rd - Johnnied55

Bubble - Allicat15

NIks Poker Palace League Back Up and Running!

Thanks to Absea98 (who never gives up!), he let Faldo know that PokerStars seems to have fixed the record keeping function for our tournament! Well done, Absea98! 

Faldo looked for like 2 months and gave up. PokerStars did catch up most of the records but is missing these 5 weeks: March 16, March 22, March 28, April 7 and April 14. If you won any of these weeks, please let Faldo know so he can catch up the Walk of Fame. But points earned are lost forever. Sorry, blame PokerStars. However, here are the results as we know them: 

Winner 1st Quarter: Tomservo2 

Winner 2nd Quarter: T3chlady 

Winner 3rd Quarter: mikeniks-Faldo and Absea98 

 4th Quarter Standings (1 of 12 rounds played): 

Mikeniks-Faldo – 5.03 pts 

Derf-63 – 3.56 pts 

Absea98 – 2.90 pts 

CometGirlXO – 2.51 pts 

 Total Points Standings: 

Derf-63 – 48.73 points 

Rjmech – 47.85 pts 

LittleRedElf – 45.14 pts 

CometGirlXO – 29.82 pts 

Douge2 – 26.50 pts 

KingUnix – 21.98 pts 

GMOGolf – 21.66 pts 

95corolla – 11.6 pts 

Tigercub8189 – 9.5 pts 

Jb1974x – 8.88 pts 

Theedouble*d – 5.58 pts 

BigChipawan – 4.95 pts 

TCRico – 4.38 pts 

Johnnied55 – 3.30 pts 

K9isadog – 2.86 pts 

 Already Qualified for NPP Final: 

Mikeniks-Faldo – 63.27 points 

Absea98 – 50.59 points 

T3chlady – 43.88 points 

Tomservo2 – 35.55 points 

 Faldo will place the standings back on the right side of the blog. 

 Now…..”Let’s play some cards.”

Rules For Thee But Not For Me - It's OK!

 Guest post by Myron the progressive NPP intern.

I am so mad at people picking on Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House, whatever that is).

Watch this and accept her heartfelt explanation of how she was the victim of a set up!!!

 

You must understand:

• Politicians in power are exempt from the rules us regular people must follow.
• Politicians will exempt themselves from any health care legislation imposed on us - and that's OK since they are better than us.  Keep this in mind when Kamala Harris is president.
  
• An 80 year-old women is not necessarily a high risk with regard to COVID-19 if she is a liberal. 
  

They (Democrats and Liberals) Want You Dead

From Churchmilitant.com - Vortex-they-want-you-dead 

If there is one thing about conservatives that is far and away the most grating, it is their refusal to understand, come to terms with or believe the truth about the Left. The truth is, they want you dead. Period.

They may let you slide — for a while — as long as you keep your mouth shut, but opening it is a sure ticket to extinction. Now, you won't be facing the gallows immediately; it will come gradually at first. And as evidence, we already see that. Various people lose their jobs, have their social media accounts de-platformed, get doxxed, have their yard signs ripped down and a host of other things.

Then — on a larger scale — we face the riots, threats from politicians, being described as deplorable and so forth. Corporate America has completely bought into the Left's narrative, and it's not just because of business concerns. Many corporate chieftains and captains of commerce in board rooms all over America actually agree with the Left's narrative.

Little by little (and sometimes a lot by a lot), conservatives are being relegated to the proverbial ghetto, marginalized and demonized. And in some ways, this is their own fault. There's something weird in the DNA of many conservatives — and this certainly includes orthodox Catholics — where they simply refuse to recognize danger and admit the full reality of what is happening.

It's hard to nail down. Is it an unwillingness to come to terms with evil — as in it's hard for them to understand that someone else can really be that evil — and since they can't conceive of it themselves, they think it can't be true? That is supremely naïve.

Or is it that they just don't want to face reality because they are unwilling to leave their little comfortable life on Maple Drive out in the suburbs and to stop going to Mass at St. Suburbia with Fr. Gay? Are they simply scared?

The Left — Marxists at the end of the day — want you gone, erased from history, as surely as those statues they are constantly tearing down.Tweet

Or is there an inherent wimp-factor in conservatives? Are they are so "reserved" that they just don't want to look at the big picture and see how all the dots connect? Again, bad call.

The political and theological Left are terrorists, straight-up terrorists. And if you offer one peep of resistance to their identity politics or identity religion, they want you rubbed out. You are sitting across the table from people who want you dead.

Why? Because for them, all this insanity is their identity. It's personal. You holding a different view from them about their homosexuality, for example (or whatever), they internalize as a condemnation of them as people. They have exploited the victim label so well, they have actually come to believe it. 

These types of people do not believe in God or the afterlife. All situations — in their minds — must be settled here on earth, because there is no next life. So they get passionate, serious and even vicious.

Conservatives, on the other hand, adopt an inexcusable stance of, "Well, it's okay, God will take care of it all. Sure it's bad, but hey, there's always Heaven." That is a coward's cop-out.  

And, as a marker, they sure wouldn't be satisfied if someone broke into their house threatening their children at gunpoint and somehow they managed to call 911 and heard from the dispatcher, "We'll be out eventually, maybe, but it's okay — God will smooth it all out in the end. Good luck."

That attitude fosters an extremely uncharitable approach of indifference. After all, if God is going to take care of it (eventually), then there is nothing to really worry about, right? It's unfathomable that any believing Catholic could look at the corruption in the hierarchy and not have his blood boiling.

Yet, millions still go on about life as though none of this is that big of a deal. Sure, it's saddening, but as soon as the headlines have passed in a day or two, it's back to life as normal. These corrupt bishops have far greater regard for your wallet than they do your soul. And yet too many Catholics either don't understand that or remain unmoved by it.

And then there are the ones who fall back on piety, somehow thinking to ever say a word about a cleric is horrible. Was it horrible for the Boston Globe to expose the raping of altar boys and the subsequent cover-up by the dozens and dozens of members of the U.S. hierarchy?

Conservatives, on the other hand, adopt an inexcusable stance of, 'Well, it's okay, God will take care of it all. Sure it's bad, but hey, there's always Heaven.'Tweet

In times past, when the Church was in need of great reform, it was accomplished by people who realized that reform was needed and then set about to reform Her. They got down into the trenches and slugged it out. Yes, they prayed and strove to increase in sanctity. That was the fuel for their efforts. But they did the work.

And oftentimes that meant calling out the crooked shepherds. But they did the work. They did not pretend it was something God would do and then absolve themselves — excuse themselves from the fight for justice. Yet this is precisely the approach so many political conservatives take, right along with self-described orthodox Catholics.

God will handle it, or someone else should do something. But when it comes to accepting the reality and rolling up your sleeves and getting in the game, nope. A Fox News poll last week revealed that 77% of Republicans believed the current political climate made it unsafe for them to express their views and beliefs: That's three out of four.

The country is in the peril it is now precisely because conservatives let it get to this. They've apparently not taken to heart that freedom and liberty must be fought for in every generation: They are not automatic, and neither are they guaranteed.

The Left — Marxists at the end of the day — want you gone, erased from history, as surely as those statues they are constantly tearing down. You will either bow to the gods of the State, or you will die. What a sad commentary, in the end — that all of this could have been prevented if only conservatives had not gotten so comfortable that they believed they could ignore reality.

But reality isn't like that. Either you deal with it or it will deal with you. That's true in politics and most especially true in the spiritual realm.

The Revolution is Here. Faldo Predicted This in 2002. No Applause, Just Get Rid of Liberals

If you find a Liberal, it is time to make them go live with their own kind. Tell them they should pack up and move the the liberal garden spots of the nation. They can be found by looking for the riot fires.

Liberals are rats. They make a stink hole, leave and move into a nice neighborhood, and start voting for another stink hole. Send them back to their stink holes.

Faldo was forwarded this video on d.Tube - (whatever that is) - and para-phased it here:

"What we are seeing is the systematic implementation of communism in the United States. Every news event is a step to achieve that objective.

COVID is just another rung in the ladder with the dramatic use of word play.

Like we should stop calling it “quarantine.” That is a term for people isolated who are already sick. This is a house arrest mandated by the State. We should stop calling it ‘social distancing’. There is nothing social about forced isolation.

We should stop saying “safer at home.” Most Americans don’t have basic necessities at home to fit their needs on a daily basis. And we all assume that everyone’s home is a safe environment for everyone.

We should stop saying “this is for the greater good.” When you close the economy closing millions of jobs and businesses that people worked their entire lives to get, it is anything but “good”.

We should stop saying “this is the new normal”. That is just mind control drivel. There is nothing normal about forced house arrest, treating your neighbor like they have the plague, breathing your own body waste thru a mask and living in constant fear of any contamination.

After all, if this virus is so deadly, why hasn’t it wiped out all of the homeless? They don’t social distance, they don’t wear masks, their diets are terrible, they don’t wash their hands at all and their overall health is suspect.

1.3 million people died of tuberculosis across the globe in 2019. How come you were not told to wear a mask? Why were you not told to isolate? After all, 13 million Americans are living with a latent TB infection. It’s because the government did not order you to and the main stream media did not tell you to.

 There is no tuberculosis pandemic anymore than there is a COVID pandemic. What we are really being forced to participate in, is a Beta-test for facial recognition. Cameras work best when people are apart. Thru ‘computer machine learning’ they are figuring out how to recognize people who’s faces are partially covered.

It is also a way to monitor which people are compliant and which are not. Who does the propaganda work on and who does it not?

A society that kills millions of babies a year for convenience, has shut itself down to prevent adults from dying. The same people that demand free access to slaughtering babies in the womb, now lecture us on the sanctity of life. It’s double speak - double talk.

There are two standards at play. One of the ‘inner circle’ and one for the rest of us.

If I violate a ‘stay at home’ order, I can be arrested. But the state lets criminals out of prison so they don’t get the virus.

This ‘crisis’ had unproven and later proved to be faulty models to make national policy. Along with faulty test results, false death rates, false positives, inaccurate news reporting, lying by officials, fake hospital overruns, manipulated death certificates. Does a real crisis need to be helped along like this? Uh…..no.

When the government shuts down millions of small businesses, but lays off no government employees, its not about your health.

When the State bans dentist from practicing, but deems abortion clinics necessary, it’s not about your health.

When the State bans you from buying seeds for your garden or carpeting for your home, but allows the sale of lottery tickets, its not about your health.

A government that has the power to literally destroy Earth with nuclear bombs, should not regulate personal self-defense.

A government that has racked up 23 trillion in debt even before COVID, should not be managing the Social Security Fund.

A government that was caught spreading STD’s in Guatemala in 2010 should not be running our health care system.

The government says we all need quarantines, masks and hand sanitizers. But then they let dangerous criminals back on the streets, allow riots and looting and stop police from coming to the aid of citizens. The government cannot be in charge of our safety. They have proven that is not a priority.

People voting for Democrats, looking to the government for answers is a special kind of stupid, ignorance or mental illness.

Our founders created a government to serve the people. But now the people are serving the government. And they are running over the top of us.

If you want to know who is in charge, just think about who and who you cannot criticize."

Faldo wants to add that Black Lives Matter is a communist organization. Pure and simple. Deaths of Americans that happen to be Black has risen dramatically since the Floyd death. It's time to ask the relevant question; What good has BLM done for anyone, anywhere? I know it made their leaders wealthy and powerful. But what else?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wBVprLojEQ

China > USA

Guest post from Myron the progressive intern:

Check this out from CNBC:

China more betterer than the USA.

You don't see the people of the USA praising their government!  

I showed this to my Dad and he told me that if you asked a slave, in front of their master, a similar type survey question that the results would be just as positive.   I don't understand his logic.

Still No Standings Update From PS Or Explanation - Add it to the List of Disrespects

"I used to be Hell on wheels, back when I was younger man.

Now my body says 'You can't do this boy'.
But my pride says 'Oh, yes you can.'

I ain't as good as I once was.
That's just the cold hard truth.
I still throw a few back, talk a little smack,
When I'm feelin' bullet proof.
So don't double dog dare me now.
'Cause I'd have to call your bluff."   - Toby Keith song

After Faldo had some stress related health issues - Faldo had to back off and realize he could not save this country. And as his children married, the career dwindled down and the grandchildren arrived, it was time - for Faldo's family's sake that he mellow out. 

Faldo made an honest commitment to his family, his friends and himself to 'chill out, enjoy what you earned and own, and enjoy the more time available to be with family and friends. It was time to retire from the fight, and let others pick up the mantle to fight tyranny on the front lines. Faldo did his best with his blog, his book and his running for office.

Faldo was all set to just relax and just enjoy life. For fun he had his poker league, his chess club, his golf club, his shooting club, fishing, nice dinners in restaurants with his wife and enjoy campfires in his legally permitted firepit in his back yard.

"Mother earth has changed since I was a child.
The east is a beast and the west is really wild.
And the headlines say the end looks grim,
And the future don't look so bright.
You can't even open your mailbox, you can't take a plane,
And everybody looking for somebody to blame.
I think I'm going to let the president save this old world.
Tonight I'll light us a fire and she'll turn off the news.
We'll open a cold one and shake these blues.
I'm just a regular Joe with a beautiful wife.
Just getting by in a day to day world.
We don't have a lot, but we don't need anything.
When you are sitting on top of the world, man we got everything."- Toby Keith song

I have news for you Toby. You got nothing. You own nothing. You can do nothing without permission. Your money is actually worthless. Don't pay your taxes and they take your home. You live in the best nation in the world - and you are still a slave.
They add more rights violations and disrespects to ordinary citizens every single day.
Faldo stopped battling tyranny, so the Tyrants came after Faldo. Pure and simple.

STOPPED - Poker League - operators stopped keeping records for no apparent reason and will not answer as to why.

CLOSED - Chess Club - Location closed by dictatorial State order.

CLOSED - Golf Club - Golf course and restaurant closed by dictatorial State order.

RESTRICTED - Shooting Club - Partial use allowed sometimes but all events and membership benefits cancelled by dictatorial State order.

PROHIBITED then RESTRICTED - Boating and fishing by dictatorial State order.
PROHIBITED - Bars and Restaurants by dictatorial State order.

PROHIBITED - Campfires in backyards - even in well constructed and legal permit approved pits - by dictatorial State order.

Faldo was just minding Faldo's own business - trying to enjoy what's left - and then tyranny decided to poke the old man in the rocking chair.

"I ain't as good as I once was.
My how the years have flown.
But there was a time back in my prime.
When I could really hold my own.
But if you all want to pick a fight,
Guess none of you look all that tough." - Toby Keith song

I ain't as good as I once was, but I will be as good ONCE as I ever was.

I Love Gretchen Whitmer

Guest post by Myron the progressive intern.

I love this woman!   I wish she was my Mom and could take care of me 24x7.
Three more reasons why we need her to be Joe Biden's VP choice:

• She's a stone cold Socialist with more balls than most elected Republicans.
• She knows if you are in an "essential" line of work or not.
• She knows how to tow the party line.  Remember #MeToo?  

#MeToo - Towing the party line

#MeToo - Towing the party line

Don't Be Distracted By COVID-19

Guest post by Myron the progressive intern.

Once again I find myself alone and sad in my parent's basement.  This "COVID-19" has taken a personal toll on me.
It has taken media coverage (especially from the conservative CNN network) away from the most important issue of our time - CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!!!!

I will leave this scientific chart here as a reminder to all that we must vote in November for politicians that will take care of the planet.

Proud of Mayor Bill de Blasio

Guest post by Myron the NPP intern.

I'm so proud of Bill de Blasio!!  The Mayor of the great state of New York!  Democrat!

Here are some recent tweets of his.   See if you can spot the difference in attitude:

Compare with:

Perhaps an even better idea would be to require Jewish people to wear some sort of mark so they can be more easily identified!  This would surely help the Mayor.   Perhaps a yellow star of some sort:

No PS Update Yet - So Now That You Have a Gun - Time to Learn About Them

Last post Faldo listed some handguns that are good choices for home and personal defense. Now that you have one, Faldo wants you to be able to handle this responsibility properly.
Luckily, the gun community does a great job of educating gun owners on not only how to practice with your handgun, but also how to maintain and clean your gun, upgrades you can make to your gun, what ammunition is best for your gun and situation, and also how to deal with the laws and etiquette concerning your handgun.

Here is Faldo's Top Ten Gun Channels on You Tube. These videos are not only entertaining in their own right, but they will give you all the knowledge you need on any gun subject you desire. Enjoy.

1. Paul Harrell - Military veteran who has seen and done it all. Been in defensive shootings, won dozens of national and international shooting competitions, a hunter and outdoorsman....and his videos are super entertaining!

2. God Family Guns - Not a religious site so some of you - don't get your panties in a bunch. This is just a great guy sharing his knowledge of firearms, because he has fired them all! His Top 5 or 10 lists on different types of firearms and ammo are well done with plenty of straight forward information every time.

3. Colion Noir - This site is more along the lines of the 2nd amendment, politics and laws around firearms. Colion has debated the liberal hoard at their locations and stopped them speechless. They stopped booking him as they have Ben Shapiro on politics. Liberals never stand a chance in 2nd Amendment discussions with him.. He is a lawyer by trade and defends the 2nd Amendment with the true arguments to destroy the liberal lies. Check out him being interviewed by liberals Bill Maher and Joe Rogan. Classic stuff. And Colion's updates on the Democrat's attempt to destroy the 2nd Amendment are a "must hear".

4. TFB TV - Entertaining but great information on a wide variety of guns and ammo. James - the host - uses formulas to break down exactly what guns are the 'best'. Even though most of the time the difference is negligible, the discussion is entertaining and you learn plenty about any gun you might be interested in owning.

5. Sootch00 - Technical analysis of a handgun currently on the market. Simply search for the handgun you are thinking about, and look for his work on that gun. Outstanding information and presented well!

6. Hickok45 - The Godfather or grandfather of You Tube gun channels! He is not #6 because he is not as good as the ones above. It's because he does one gun at a time - like Sootch00. Hickok45 is more like the uncle teaching you about a particular gun. Sootch00 is like a professor or gun store owner. It's a matter of preference. The only one who might be a better shot than this guy is Paul Harrell. Or the guy below.

7. Mixup98 - Just a cowboy out in the Arizona desert shooting different types of guns. If you have or are thinking of getting the gun he is shooting or one similar to it, he will give you all the information you need and entertain you while doing it. Faldo wishes he had Hickok's compound or Mixup's available space!

8. Yankee Marshall - This guy does it all. He admits to not really being a gun channel and is more like Colion Noir. The difference is Yankee thinks the NRA is a corrupt organization and currently is more about making and spending money than protecting gun rights. He is usually at odds with some of the gun guys on this list as being shills for the NRA. But he is entertaining, thought provoking AND has great information on most guns! And he does Top XX lists also. An all around good channel! He has a podcast also. Just because he is #9 don't think Faldo doesn't like him. He does.

9. Iraqveteran8888 - A nice channel on a variety of gun topics. He asks questions like "how far can a .22 LR bullet go and still be lethal?" ( Hint: 400 yards and it still is) He does Top X gun and ammo lists also.

10. The rest of them. Some are good - some are not. "You be the judge." - Paul Harrell

Pandemic Hand Gun Suggestions and PokerStars Has Not Updated Standings!

Some people see what is,  most see what they want to see.

Some of you know Faldo has been recovering from surgery, so has not been posting as often. Myron has filled in to fill the void. Thanks Myron.

Faldo is waiting patiently for PokerStars to get their act together. Why their software does not automatically update standing and why PS is not answering emails is a complete mystery. And don't give them a pass with this Corona farce. You can answer emails from home - even if it is the standard BS reply - 'because of COVID-19 blah blah blah..."

Anyway, Faldo has been getting requests about what should someone new to gun ownership should buy now that an actual SHTF (poop hits the fan) scenario may be slowly building. And take note friends; the next SHTF scenario probably will not come with a two month build up. You may wake up one morning and the SHTF situation will make this pandemic seem like a Swedish massage (hat tip to "Grama" in Rounders).

Faldo is by no means a gun expert. But a Michigan State Police marksman trained me for my first CPL (Concealed Carry Permit Licence) handgun. Faldo was traveling plenty on business by car and away from home for a week at a time a lot. So, a gun with me and a gun for the 'lovely and talented' at home just made sense. As we all should realize, "when seconds count, the police are only 11 minutes away on average." And my concealed weapon did save my life one evening coming back home from Chicago. Where, if I had obeyed the laws in Illinois, I would be dead right now. But I digress.

Being an old Army sniper, Charlie said to get a .45 ACP  1911 as a carry weapon. Why? "Because they don't make a .46. Size matters." The 'knock down" power of the .45 - the theory at the time was - will stop a hyped up drug user in his tracks where as smaller calibers would not. And Faldo also wants to point out that the .45 ACP and the 1911 gun platform is still a formidable carry choice - especially at up close and personal encounters.

There is some validity to that statement of 'stopping power', but 'shot placement' is still KING at stopping anyone or anything. To add to what all the studies Faldo have read, any caliber .380 and up is 'usually' good enough to stop someone after 1 to 3 rounds are fired. From what small amount of reliable data there is on self defense shootings, there was no difference between the .380 and the .44 magnum as far as effectiveness in stopping an assault.
So your .22lr and .320 type weapons are better than nothing of course, but the stats just don't support it to be considered adequate for self defense. That being said, a .22 lr bullet can still be lethal at 400 yards! It won't 'stop' someone, but they will still have a bad day if they get hit.

Faldo won't go into great detail as to why the 9 mm handgun is now KING, and has replaced the .45 ACP, (usually 230 grains or .52 oz bullet) and the new caliber on the block, the compromise - .40 ammo (180 grain or .41 oz)  But police have found that the advantages of the 9 MM (115 grain or .26 oz) are:

Ammo is cheaper (more practice!), 

There is less kick than the other two rounds mentioned, 

The 9MM bullet has a higher velocity (faster) out of small weapons for better penetration thru hard barriers like doors, car doors and glass. 

And what you lose in  "knock-down" power with a 'cannon ball' .45, you can make up for with being able to also carry more rounds in your gun! Typical full size guns carry - .45ACP - 10 rounds, .40 - 13 rounds, 9mm 17 rounds. 

Now you know why Faldo is listing only his COMPACT / CARRY 9mm handgun suggestions (with a few .38/.357 revolvers and .380 pistols) in these lists. And the ranking is not arbitrary, but be warned, Faldo is not saying these are the best guns or the only guns out there that are any good. Only you can decide what is best for you.
Go to a gun store and see it, hold it and ask about it. If you can rent it, or know someone who has one and you can shoot it - even better.
Another bit of advice; If you have been away from guns for a while, and now are rushing back because you feel the need is there. If you have experience with only rifles - get a rifle! Shotguns - get a shotgun! Go with what you know. Learn the other types of guns later when there is no SHTF scenario going on.

If the gun is here, Faldo either owns it, has owned it, has fired it or has read and seen so many good reviews (GR) on it, that it should be a winner. But I am sure I have missed a bunch of great guns. So here you are:

Prices shown are estimates only so your price may be higher for many reasons right now.

Faldo's Favorites

Sig Sauer P365 x1                           $550                 GR - On the top based only on reviews seen!
Glock 26                                          $500                   
Smith & Wesson Shield 2.0              $370     
Sig Sauer   938                                $520                 Smallest pistol in this group
Springfield  XPS                             $400                   
Walther PPS  M2                             $490
Glock 43                                          $450                 Small also
SCCY                                              $200                 Reliable, glovebox option, lifetime warranty

Upscale
Glock 19                                          $580
Kimber Micro 9                               $500
H/K VP9 SK                                    $560                 GR
H/K VP9                                          $600                 GR
CZ   P-10 S                                      $540                 GR
H/K  P-30                                        $700                 GR

Revolvers
Ruger LCR  (.357/.38)                          $550                 Revolver
Smith & Wesson 640 J-Frame       $610                Revolver
Ruger LCR  (.38 special)                 $430                  Revolver          Very easy to clean and operate
S & W  642  Airlite (.38 special)     $400                     Revolver           Smith & Wesson Tiny gun
EEA Windicator (.357/.38)               $320                         Revolver    glovebox/nightstand option

Pocket Carry
Sig Sauer   938                                $520                   
Sig Sauer P365                               $430  
Glock  43                                       $450
Ruger LC9 S                                   $310  
Kahr   CM9                                     $360                 GR

Senior Guns
Sig Sauer P365                               $430                   
Ruger LCR  (.38 special)                $430                  Revolver         Very easy to clean and operate
Glock 26                                         $500                    Easy to clean
Smith & Wesson Shield                  $320     
S & W Body Guard (.380)               $330                  Smith & Wesson       Tiny  gun      GR
S & W  642  Airlite (.38 special)     $400                  Revolver        Smith & Wesson Tiny gun
Walther   PPS   M2                         $490
Ruger  LCP II  (.380)                      $270      
S & W Shield EZ  (9 MM or .380)   $380                 GR   Smith &  Wesson

Lots of videos on You Tube and lots of help available at great gun stores in Livingston County, MI:
Huron Valley Guns - South Lyon
Peacemakers - Howell
Rural King - Hartland
Guns Galore - Fenton
Oakland Tactical - Hartland

Put questions or comments in the comment section or email Faldo.