The Morning after Colonial Treason Day and Southern Nostalgia Round up

We always have fun tormenting our British friends. [Why you cheeky bastard-Ed]

Last night our year-round neighbor, who is related to an extremely famous baseball player, a top-5 hitter of all time, and owns land in that player's ancestral state, set off fireworks he purchased in that state and brought up north. These were professional grade fireworks, the kind of pyrotechnics us Yankees can't get. There was quite a bang, or series of bangs we should say. We were so close, too close, that several times expired munitions fell on us. There was an 'I run, you run,' moment too. No one died. [No one was hurt?-Ed] I said no one died. 

Pick a navy movie. Mr. Roberts, The Whackiest Ship in the Navy, PT-109, Operation Petticoat...You know that scene where the chief engineer says to the captain, 'Look skipper, the engine's flooded, the batteries are cracked, the alternator is dead, the prop is bent... we put this thing in the water we'll be swimming back.' That's where we are with the boat. It's July. We shake our head in acceptance. Waterproof, 2016-2022.

Speaking of, there's been some commentary on 'Louisiana' being misspelled at a Kamala event the other day. The banner behind that woman read, 'Lousiana'. We're not one to defend the Biden Regime, and we're not doing that now, but this blog would be remiss if it didn't point out that our Baton Rouge/Waterproof raised grandmother did in fact, refer to her home state as 'Lousiana'. We're reminded of our Kentucky cousins. For outsiders, don't even think of pronouncing Louisville 'Lou e vil'. That's a good way to get your ass kicked.* I can't quite say it as a native, but one has to swallow all the vowels. There's a lot of 'l' in there, 'Lulvl.' 

In comments, the leader of this blog's Confederate readership pointed out, in his own way, that Arab nations must be dealt with firmly. In this, our Confederate reader is 100% accurate. It was on Politically Incorrect after 9/11 that the estimable Bob Costas pointed out that Arabs don't respect restraint. The Arab only respects, the Arab only understands force. To him, holding back is a sign of weakness. He wouldn't. Tel Aviv would be a radioactive pile of rubble half an hour after the palestinians acquired a nuke. 

Let's see what's happening in the Land of Canaan....Interesting: 'Prime Minister Yair Lapid threated Tuesday morning to “rein in” Hezbollah if Lebanon doesn’t force the Iran-backed terror group to stop attacking Israel’s natural gas assets in the Mediterranean Sea. Lapid made the remarks to reporters as he prepared to board a plane for Paris, where he is set to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.' There is always the matter of what we know, vs what we don't know. What are the Israel unknown unknowns? To put it another way, how is Israeli secretly messing with Hezbollah? Yes, we are growing overconfident.

*Also, going into University of Kentucky Wildcat basketball country and saying something positive about the Louisville Cardinals. Those people out there take that stuff seriously.