Humpday Happenings...

It would appear that any rain has held off (for the time being).
It's slated to come in later today and carry over into tomorrow, so that should prove interesting as usual.
Our Hoosierland weather for today brings us mostly cloudy skies (increasing as the day progresses with scattered showers maybe by this afternoon), temps again reaching to around 80, and of course, some humidity just to make things sticky.

Now, let's all get that refreshing drink to start our day, as we see what else has been going on...
*** First out of the bakery is our WHO SAID THAT? quote for the week:

"An imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint memories of the past, shade perceptions of the present, or paint a future so vivid that it can entice... or terrify, all depending upon how we conduct ourselves today." 
And, on the plus side, isn't imagination fuel for the engine of ideas?
I would like to think that it is.
So, WHO said that? The answer at the top of tomorrow's post.
Meanwhile, back at the Theta Xi fraternity...
*** Next, we bring you our "What the hell happens today, Bob?' feature:
JUNE 18 -
National FreeBSD Day

(it's a computer tech thing)
National Garfield the Cat Day

It's the 41st birthday for the comic strip feline.

Here's the WIKI on him:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_(character)

And his creator, Jim Davis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_%28cartoonist%29
He didn't do bad for a boy with asthma from Marion, Indiana.
And, he's received a LOT of awards over the decades.
Juneteenth

(Think of it as a "summer kwanzaa")
National Martini Day

(vodka...shaken, not stirred)
National Watch Day

(sure miss the old Timex kinetics)
*** Next up...More proof we've got a major SOCIETAL problem in America:
https://whnt.com/2019/06/16/north-carolina-suspected-home-intruder-who-got-hit-with-a-machete-and-escaped-from-the-hospital-has-been-caught/

Can't even leave a youngster home these days with such beasts roaming the streets.
Now this 11 year old boy did the right thing, and I applaud his courage in the face of imminent danger.

Winner                          Loser

And the perp got what he deserved - a machete cut to his primate head.
Plus, this POS was arrested at his parent's apartment (and they need to be brought up on accessory charges of purposely raising a DUMBASS!).
*** Next...This story shows the sign of our times (yet makes me smile):
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/06/18/15000-kilos-of-cocaine-confiscated-during-drug-bust-at-philadelphia-port-federal-sources-say/

Packard Avenue Marine Terminal

I know exactly where this is...way down in south Philly, and that terminal isn't far from the ball park (that took the place of Vet Stadium) where the Phillies now play.

Nice haul by federal authorities...over ONE BILLION DOLLARS in cocaine at the marine terminal. Over SIXTEEN TONS of the drug was seized (Ernie Ford's got a song for that...heh).
That's a RECORD amount of drugs.
Bet someone's gonna catch holy hell over THIS one, starting with the crew of that cargo ship...lol.
*** Next up...The latest Kerry Hubartt column regarding the "post-Christian" era in the City of Churches:
https://www.news-sentinel.com/opinion/2019/06/17/the-last-word-how-can-the-city-of-churches-now-be-thought-of-as-post-christian/
Says Pepperdine University's former president, David Davenport ((“Long known as ‘a Christian nation,’ the U.S. has turned sharply in a secular direction, thanks to the trickle-down influence of elites and handed-down dictates from courts. This historic shift will affect everything from elections to education to ethics and beyond.”))
It would sure seem to be true, and that's why our society is going down the crapper.
Somehow, I wouldn't equate belief in our one, true GOD to a "hobby".
Haven't come across ANY hobby yet that promises eternal life.
*** Next...While we're on the topic of secularism a (and how we ignore what's right and just), WTF is with giving driver's licenses to ILLEGALS?

This column is from April this year:
https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/04/26/editorial-no-driver-s-licenses-for-undocumented-immigrants
Are you people effing NUTS?
When are we going to STOP all this "rewarding of bad behavior" BS?
Bet if I illegally entered a foreign country, I couldn't get a driver's license, so WHY do it here?
This crap is getting WAY outta control.
((What’s the point of having citizenship at all if non-citizens can obtain the same benefits as citizens through a less-stringent set of standards?))
An EXCELLENT point (of many) made in this article.
*** Next up, time once again to drop by "Kitten Corner"...
The kids were a lot better behaved yesterday.

Not easy to get the shot left-handed.

Only a few (very) brief bouts of running about.
Actually, they spent most of the day napping, but came out for meals and naturally, when I had ice cream later in the evening after our dinner.

"Mmmm, good."

This has become another one of those "routines" - a few licks of the ice cream bar. No one got sick, so I guess it's okay.
*** Next...let's check back in with "Midnight and Whiskers"...

"What's he up to now?"

Our furry duo didn't get ice cream, but they both got back step treats - morning and evening.

"I'm taking it easy. It's warm out here."

And I went out to check on them periodically, making sure they had fresh,  cool water to drink.
It was getting a bit "warm", especially if you have to carry a full body fur coat everywhere.
*** Last back to the border... We're at a crucial tipping point in this country.

And, to be honest, I don't think we should even BE here in the first place.
It used to mean something to become a CITIZEN in our country.

And we created Ellis Island just for the purpose of ALLOWING immigrants to come here...LEGALLY.
We even had a state of the art (for that time) hospital built so anyone with a communicable disease could be treated before entry to the USA.

Yet, we continue to see TENS of millions illegals coming across our southern border, who are taxing every system of infrastructure we have set in place for those ALREADY HERE (legally) or otherwise born here for generations.
I'm all for a "path to citizenship", but I am vehemently against "breaking in" to our country by whatever means is available. That's a crime.

Everyone has to be held to the SAME standards we have set down and which appear in our founding documents.
To pursue another avenue in the (false) name of social justice will be our eventual downfall.
I want OUR nation back...and so should you.

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.