The View from Lady Lake

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

What is today, anyway...

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Lightning is striking again...

This sounds poetic, which is usually your first clue it’s not science. Lightning absolutely strikes the same place multiple times. Tall buildings, towers, and anything that sticks out get hit over and over again. The phrase stuck because it sounds wise, like something you’d say while looking into the distance. In reality, it’s just a metaphor that somehow got promoted to fact and nobody stopped it. Now, let's kick in them 'Buppy ai ooh's...

To shower, or not to shower. That is the question, right?

This one feels like basic adulthood. Of course you shower every day. What are you, an animal? Except for a lot of people, daily showering isn’t necessary and can actually mess with your skin by stripping natural oils.

Now, if you work in construction, or you’re a doctor, or you spend your day covered in things that should not be on a human body, sure, shower daily.

But if you work in an office… when exactly are you getting dirty? Did the spreadsheet attack you? Did the meeting leave residue? This isn’t a universal rule. It’s a habit that got upgraded to a moral standard.

Don't waste the water - or, as we say in our house, 'Non sprecare l'acqua' - if you don't need to. That's a good rule to follow. And that's what wash clothes and deoderant were invented for, anyway...

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At some point, will we have to bail them all out?

The White House is finalizing a financing package to help ailing US budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which could receive as much as $500m in loans as rising costs continue to plague the company. News of the potential deal comes as Spirit and others struggle with soaring fuel costs due to the war with Iran.

Donald Trump said he’s aware that the company is struggling and hinted that federal aid could come. “Spirit’s in trouble, and I’d love somebody to buy Spirit. It’s 14,000 jobs, and maybe the federal government should help that one out,” Trump told CNBC on Tuesday.

Spirit has spent the last few years dealing with financial troubles, filing for bankruptcy twice in the last two years as the company struggled to bring in revenue amid higher costs. Reports from earlier this month suggested Spirit was close to liquidation and was holding talks with its creditors.

The company has lousy management. As stated, they've declared bankruptcy (and fucked their creditors) twice in the last less than 24 months. Maybe they do need to go under. That's one half of a billion dollars of our money - money they'll never manage to repay. And the airline sucks to fly on. I know from personal experience. Maybe they do deserve to die a natural death. Some one will replace them somehow, and maybe with better management. Juss' sayin'...

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It's the crime of the century already, and we're only 26 years in......

So much for using his noodle... A California man pilfered thousands of dollars in Lego toy sets from the retailer Target in a return-based scam, sometimes swapping valuable figurines with dried pasta pieces and before returning the construction-centric toys. The alleged plot ended with the arrest of 28-year-old Jarrelle Augustine, accused of grand theft for allegedly stealing the Lego sets, whose manufacturer is known for the interlocking miniature bricks and figurines, according to Irvine, California, police.

“You read that correctly,” police said in a Facebook post announcing the 14 April arrest. “We are talking about durum wheat semolina pasta, and what we are calling a pasta-tively terrible plan.”

In this weather? He's a fanatic...

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Sad to say, we have 'em here, too...

Reported By: CBS News and Florida Hillbilly April 21, 2026 - Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) has officially resigned from Congress, stepping down just hours before a scheduled House Ethics Committee meeting. The bipartisan panel was prepared to recommend disciplinary sanctions following an investigation that found she committed 25 out of 27 alleged ethics violations during her time in office.

The committee concluded there was substantial evidence that the congresswoman participated in a scheme to steal approximately $5 million in federal FEMA disaster relief funds to finance her 2021 campaign. Cherfilus-McCormick is currently facing a 15-count criminal indictment, including money laundering and theft of government funds, which carries a potential sentence of up to 53 years.

It’s a swift and messy fall from grace for a politician who was supposed to be representing her community, not treating federal disaster relief like a personal ATM for her campaign. Resigning right before the committee dropped the hammer is a classic "jump before you're pushed" move, but it won't do much to help her when she faces those federal judges. In Florida, they say the sun shines on everyone, but it’s looking pretty dark for this particular career right now.

It's about time Jersey - and the rest of us - stop sucking up to this phony icon...

His hatred for all things Trump is irrefutable. He's been very outspoken about it. And he may be the biggest fucking hypocrite of his (my) generation. In January, Springsteen released the single “Streets of Minneapolis”. He performed the protest song at an anti-Trump “No Kings” rally in St. Paul, Minnesota two days before purposefully beginning this “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Minneapolis March 31. He’s been joined each night by Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and an 'icon of seething rock rebellion', to emphasize his fury.

One problem: It’s all hypocritical crap. Profiteering over legitimate protest. Springsteen’s artistic identity, as a bleeding-heart populist who sings for the destitute and downtrodden, has never been more disconnected from his economic behavior as a touring act or businessman. The blue-collar troubadour now charges exorbitant amounts for his tickets - up to $2,900 retail for the best seats in Newark Monday; prices he agreed to despite fan backlash.

He’s selling “No Kings” branded flags for $90 in the arena concourse. And last week, his merchandise distributor got an injunction passed to ban bootleg T-shirt sales outside the venue, even as crews of independent sellers - fine examples of working-class people he’s romanticized for 50 years - hawk merch at nearly every other Prudential Center show without issue. Thanks to NJ.com for the heads-up on this and thanks to the NY Post for pointing us in that direction.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/media/bruce-springsteen-trashed-by-nj-paper-over-pricey-anti-trump-concerts/

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Yeah - that about sums him up...

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'Bottom of the Sixth' (Three Umpires) by Norman Rockwell for the April 23, 1949 issue. This Rockwell cover depicts Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Here, the Dodgers are trailing the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 in the sixth inning. If the arbiters - left to right, Harry Goetz, Beans Reardon and Lou Jorda - call the game because of rain, the score will stand as is, and Pittsburgh will win. This irks the Brooklynites, who dislike having other teams win. In the picture, Clyde Sukeforth, a Brooklyn coach, could well be saying, “You may be all wet, but it ain’t raining a drop!” The huddled Pittsburgher - Bill Meyer, Pirate manager - is doubtless retorting, “For the love of Abner Doubleday, how can we play ball in this cloudburst?”

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This is a good example of how we prove to ourselves that everything is relative - relative to it's time and place in sociey and history.

These are the children of a miner on the back porch of their house, for which the family pays $5.25 monthly rent plus 90 cents for electricity in Bell County, Kentucky, back at the end of 1945.

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The pollen counts are still very high all over.

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And you think parking is bad where you live?

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Me thinks our friend McGroarty is getting a bit jaded...

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Tucker Carlson's latest podcast episode with his brother Buckely Carlson shocked both the host and viewers after the pair floated wild claims that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are homosexuals.

'Most people don't talk about that,' Buckley continued, adding, 'They should.' Tucker Carlson's face immediately soured as he stammered out a response while his brother repeatedly apologized.

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Does the bear shit in the woods?

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I'll call your LGBTQXYZ!@#+ and I'll raise you...

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ is an official, comprehensive acronym now used in Canada representing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Inter3sex, and Asexual+ people. It highlights the intersectional, high rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals. I swear - on my Mother's eyes - this is legit. You CAN NOT make this shit up. And my Mother had glaucoma.

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Here a great gift idea for that special

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