The View from Lady Lake

Friday, July 3, 2026

Woke ain't no joke in LaLaLand, and you patriots be damned...

Their vision of what America is is so skewed, so bent, they'd rather celebrate anything but our own Country A Southern California county is facing backlash after plans for a completely unpatriotic Fourth of July celebration leaked online.

The post on X came from an internal email showing a breakdown of the schedule of events for the July 4th San Diego County Fireworks celebration, per San Diego County’s El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells.

The itinerary kicks off shortly after 5 p.m. with a celebration of Native Americans and Local Tribal Community Stories, including a Tribal Intimate Blessing and a Welcoming and Land Acknowledgment.

From there, the schedule devotes several hours to Latino Community Stories, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Community Stories, and Black and African Community Stories.

Note - more than a half hour for this LBGTQXYZ+/- bullshit. Maybe we can slice them off and trade 'em to Mexico for a coupla cases of Coronas. That's about all they're worth...

Costco's rotisserie chicken is good, right? Well, not so fast...

Costco's iconic $4.99 rotisserie chicken has earned a cult-like following among shoppers for years, but Consumer Reports says Sam's Club now has the best bird in the warehouse club business. After evaluating rotisserie chickens from 10 grocery chains, warehouse clubs and big-box retailers, Consumer Reports named Sam's Club's Member's Mark Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken its top overall pick, edging out Costco's Kirkland Signature bird.

According to Consumer Reports, tasters gave Sam's Club the edge for its flavor, seasoning and juicy texture. Costco's chicken also landed among the publication's top picks, though reviewers found the seasoning to be less consistent between samples.

I'll second that emotion. The Babs and I'll do at least one of these a month, and we'll get somewhere between five and eight dinners out of 'em for only five bucks. Two breasts, two thighs and two wings, plus the carcass meat and the carcass for stock means a lot of good eating our house. And, besides, we don't belong to the new Costco they just built here. Waiting for our BJ's membership to lapse...

More idiots doing more idioitic thingh, but we love it, don't we...

This was a meme-makers gift from the Gods. I happened to be on the 'puter for quite a while yesterday, and I was being bombarded with these Empire State goofs - comin' in from every direction - X. Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, everywhere.

I'll spare you but a couple, but some of 'em were damn near brilliant. It is kinda funny how fast these guys can tear in to a new subject...

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The airport mentioned is MOC - Orlando International. This kinda shit is a daily occurence here during the rainy/stormy season - basically from May until November. The unions at the airport have management by the balls, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

It's in the baggage handler's contract that if there is lightning anywhere withing 15 miles of the airport, they shut down - and they decide when to resume operations, not management. This kinda shit's happened to me a number of times, especially coming back from Europe. Last year when we were returning from Ireland, we had to wait 2 1/2 hours for our luggage. To say we were more than a little pissed would be a gross understatement.

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Back in the Revolutionary War era, Americans weren’t all drinking the same kind of beer. Colonial brewers made two very different types, and one of them could hit a lot harder than today’s average lager. In a time when clean water was hard to trust, beer wasn’t just for fun — it was part of everyday life.

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The heavier stuff included strong ales, porters, and what people called tavern ale. Those drinks could run about 6% to 9% alcohol by volume, and some were even stronger, reaching 11%. They were dark, rich, and brewed to last, which made them a smart choice when people needed something that kept longer than plain water.
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Then there was small beer, sometimes called table beer, and that was the everyday drink. It usually sat around 1% to 3.5% ABV, so it was much lighter and cheaper.

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Back in 1957. Elizabeth Taylor and her (fill in a number) then-husband Mike Todd did a shindig at the Garden to commemorate the opening of his movie 'Around the world in 80 days'. It did not end well.

Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler provided music during the star-studded night. CBS carried the event live, with famed newsman Walter Cronkite anchoring the broadcast. But the carefully planned publicity stunt quickly spiraled into chaos as the giant crowd became difficult to control. Cronkite later described the evening as “an essay on empty extravagance.” The festivities ended with guests hurling food around the arena in a massive food fight, Teen Vogue reported.

Todd later joked that he had learned his lesson about throwing parties on such a huge scale. “I’ll never have a party for 18,000 people,” he said. “Never more than 17,500 people. Eighteen thousand gets unwieldy.”

It's my imporession that that quote 'empty extravagance' is appropriate for this Taylor Swift/Kelce joke of a wedding. Must be nice to have so much money to go along with those two massive egos. And - tell me that motherfucker isn't pussy-whipped. Good god, man. Juss' sayin'...

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How about this - you're so concerned about over-taxxing the grid, but you let 20+ million people in to the country without our permission. How much are they 'taxxing the grid', huh? And, y'all wanna do so much of that bullshit AI photomagic voodoo shit that we have to have a scagillion of them 'data centers' that eat power like a kid eats Cracker Jacks, and for all that you wanna mandate what temperature we live at?

How about go fuck yourself and just send me the friggin' electric bill. How do you like them apples? (one of my new favorite phrases)...

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Seriously. They do this same exact shit every year. I call it the 'June swoon'. They stop hitting, start making errors in the field, and the pitching breaks down. Every year. At the end of June. And way too many star players on the DL. Fuck me, it's hard to be a fan sometimes.

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At least they don't suck as much as the Saux...

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Up 'n at 'em, surf's up...

Early in the morning, we'll be starting out

Some honeys will be coming along

We're loading up our Woody with our boards inside

And heading out singing our song...

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Thursday, July 2, 2026

Girls telling stories about other girls...

Dogs are fascists...

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Baby, it's cold outside. Somewhere - maybe Montana, where it snowed Tuesday...

A late-June winter storm struck Montana, dumping over a foot of snow in higher elevations and closing the Beartooth Highway near the Idaho border. The unexpected weather blanketed parts of Yellowstone National Park and created mid-winter scenes in places like Cooke City.The sudden cold front forced highway crews to clear massive snowdrifts, prompting officials to advise travelers to check on current road conditions via Montana 511 before planning any mountain trips.

Meanwhile, back up in Communist New York City:

If that was the case here in Florida - well, in our house anyway - I'd have to drop the thermostat DOWN four degrees.

We keep our house at a very comfortable (for us) 82 at this time of year - and at 68 in the winter...

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Be sure to use a lot of Dihydrogen Monoxide this weekend...

What you see here describes the Dihydrogen Monoxide parody, a famous science fair project by Nathan Zohner in 1997. The Experiment Zohner provided his classmates with a list of technically true but frightening facts about "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO), including: It is a major component of acid rain. It can cause severe burns (in its gaseous state). Accidental inhalation can be fatal. It is found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors.

The Result, based on these alarming descriptions was that 43 out of 50 students voted to ban the substance. They learned a valuable lesson without even realizing itt. The project is a classic example of how scientific illiteracy and fear-based framing can be used to mislead people.

"Dihydrogen monoxide" ($H_{2}O$) is simply the chemical name for water. His point? Facts don't always lead to truth if you don't think critically.

He won first prize...