THE GAMES THEY PLAY ....

 It doesn't matter who's in charge .... although, the Dems seem to be a tad beter at it than the Repubs .... but whoever is on the minority side of the aisle, must throw on the brakes on the National Budget.

So the Repulicans are in the majority power of the House of Representatives - who controls the purse strings, as my father used to say - and they MUST pass a CR (Continuing Resolution) in order for the government not to shut down ....

Well, Shumer has decided he needs to add a bit of money to the budget ..... $1.4 TRILLION .... wait - what?

AMERICANS don't get free healthcare, why the heck should these people?????

I know - WWJD, and all that stuff - but I think itt would be better for our underpriviledged people to give up their citizenship and stay .... against the law .... so they can get all these free things too!!!

What the heck -- you know I'm joiking - I am against these moves .... but today's youth WON'T even try to learn what is going on .....

why those with questionable immigration should get these things ... for NOTHING .... they will will say "why not?"

But .... This is the same group of people who don't understand the way Apple Pay works .... I will see if I can find the clip on this one ...

BUT - let's just say they should not be ALLOWED to be in a better position than ANYONE ELSE in the country ....

That's all I'm saying.

MARLOW MURDER CLUB: SEASON 2, EPISODE 4

Now, this is disappointing .... in Season 1, there was a SINGLE murderer and the thrill was trying to figure out who the heck it was supposed to be .... but apparently in Season 2, there will likely be several SEPERATE murderers.

Such that episodes 1&2 were one murderer and now here we have a new mystery to solve ....

so, let's start with the obligatory

SPOILER ALERT
    This post is likely to contain information from the show, which may give away important elements of the plotline.
    You have been WARNED

Okay - here we go:

First - both bodies were born the same year, although they had died in different years, obviously, but it is likely tthey may have either known each other  .... or .... they may have been mixed up for each other.

It turns out, they had been in a rock-n-roll band together ... and the one found dead in the cul-de-sac had showed up at the buried ones mother's funeral.

All this was relayed by the father of the buried one, who had busted into Judith's house ... wow - she greeted him with a spear laced with chili powder and bleach, btw.

Turned out the both murderers have to do with a girl .... at the time, she was a girl .... 

But - the Club finds/solves the whole thing, while the police are just standing there scratching their heads.

Hmmmm .... we still have more episodes to come too.

MARLOW MURDER CLUB: SEASON 2, EPISODE 3

 Well - I have to say I am a little disappointed with the new season .... yet somehow, it seems more "American" .... that is ...

Episodes 1&2 were a single mystery ... by the end of episode 2, it was done.  Shocking - last season took the WHOLE SEASON to find the killer .... I am kind of hoping somehow each of the murders will bundle together.

So episode 3 .... NEW MURDER CASE ..........

It opens with a dead body laying in the middle of a cal-de=sac, you know, a circular drive which services several homes ... not a circular driveway, which are all the rage in American McMansions these days.

Meanwhile, at Judith's house, the Club is deciding to help her clear out some of her aunt's old things. When Beck accidentally knocks over a photo of the aunt - a dyed-in-the-wool bachlerette, didn't need nor want a man - when Judith picks up the photo, she finds it has been folded in half.  On the other half is the other part of the photo - with a mystery man.

I'm thinking this likely is a red herring, just like the crosswords from the first 2 episodes.

The Club hears the police sirens and show up at the crime scene - unusual, they didn't beat the cops this time, huh - where a group of neighbors have gathered to watch the "fun" - luckily, Susan knows a way into the crime scene through the woods - she is a dog-walker by trade, remember?

When they show up - instead of getting booted out (as they should have) Judith approaches the body and snaps a photo of the man's she - which have a model number on the bottom.

his is so corny ... and viola - they now have his ID... so contrived ... Susan points out the pollen on his pants belongs to ragweed, which is all through the woods.

The Club talks to a pair of neighbors who didn't come out to look - but when they leave, a mysterious old man takes their photo .... hmmm, what's this all about??

Beck is beginning to get a story of her own as well - she has always been a fairly "background" character, all we know of her is she's the vicar's wife and has 2 kids ... but now, we find she has something going on with the Art teacher!! But what it is .... well, that's a mystery ... for now.

The mysterious old guy is looking up internet news stories about Judith - so we're likely to have some development there.  I'm going to guess it has something to do with her aunt.

At the end - a second body is dug up .... hee hee.

Total body count: 2

MARLOW MURDER CLUB: SEASON 2, EPISODE 2

 Ahhh, this is good ... Last episode we learned all of the suspects and why they were such ....

1)Son - he likely was the ninheriter of the original Will to begin with, but any changes might have changed that.
2)Daughter - she needed money, but wasn't mentioned in the original Will at all.
3)Nurse - she was supposed to marry the old man and apparently wasn't mentioned in the Will either.

All three seemed obsessed with the will ....

The police higher ups are pushing for it to be found an "accident" and to move on - but the Detective in charge of the case, I can't remember her name, but it starts with a T, believes there more to it than that.  So she is looking the otherway, while the Club gets down to business.

--------EPISODE---------------

The hardest part is how to tell this so I'm not giving anything away .... that would be like reading the ending of a book first.  And why would I do that?  But I will try.... but ... fist

SPOILER ALERT

I may or may not give up details you should watch the show to learn.

....

So, it opens at a park - where children are playing. and on a bench sit Judith and Beck ... Cop T(still haven't remembered her name yet) sits next to them but no one looks at each other.

Judith says "you probably aren't interested in ..." and she gives a name and address for the Son's female accomplice (I think it's his yet unknown wife but let's not get ahead of things here) ... and they begin to swap back and forth things that the other's DON'T want to know about ....
Which, as Beck finds out, means they actually do want to know .... but since it's supposed to be "case closed" they aren't supposed to be talking about it.

Got it?

New Suspect: The Ex-Wife .... turns out she was at the party univited, undetected by anyone.  The print of her boot was found by the Club outside the victims Study window.

The new will is  found, naming the Nurse as the sole inheriter, but since it is torn into pieces, it won't stand up in a court of law.

The gardener, he tried to imply that the Son stole some rat poison in episode 1, makes a comment on how the old man had promised to "take care of him" but he isn't even mentioned.
Quite interesting - since he witnessed/signed the Will when it was drawn up!!!

So, Son's girlfriend/wife, whoever she was, tells him about 2 old ladies asking about him (Judith & Beck) ... then next time we see her, she's DEAD also.

Body Count: 2 (old man, girlfriend/wife)

Oh - this is getting good! 

MARLOWE MURDER CLUB: SEASON 2, EPISODE 1

OMG - They brought it back for another season!!!!

I'm so glad -- Here's hoping this season is as good as the last one.

___EPISODE 1__________

It opens with Beck running through town - which catches the attention of Judith and Susan, who - naturally -- run after her to see what is going on .... turns out, she had to let a old lady into a crypt.

But then Judith recieves a phoone call from a man asking her to attend his engagement party .... And .... all threee ladies show up at the party.

It isn't long before the man's son shows up, and there's tension between the son and the upcoming step-mom and his father.

Stepmother-to-be runs off, followed by Fathe ....then there is what sounded like a big bang, and a locked door.

Now - a coupld things.

1)Susan has already wondered to the Club, why the faher was wearing RED PANTS ("what's with the red pants?") to which one of them answers back "At least we won't lose him in the crowd" .... Hmmmnever

2)The stepmom-to-be is nearly the same age as the son .... makes me wonder .... 

3)The father - who personally called to make sure Judith would be there - never went over, or acknowledged her in anyway once she showed up.

Well - they bust open a door - which the SON led them too - and he broke it open, to find ..... ominous music here ...

A shelf - big, heavy shelf, took quite a few people to lift it - on top of the old man (Faher) .... I smell a RAT in the room!!!

by the end of the show we have everyone with an alibi .... a key which cannot be copied (according to the blacksmiths the police talked to), and a whole lot of suspects.

Oh --- and a MISSING WILL!!!

Judith also made a discovery, by the off chance - that the local newspaper's daily crossword puzzle always seems to have a code held within it  .... in the 4 coners there is a date, time, location .... 

I'm going to guess that it will have something to do with the murder by the end of this!!

Stay tuned - I have another episode to watch still ... then I will be cuaght up and waiting for Sunday night!!

THEY DON'T EVEN CARE ANYMORE ....

The ABC News depar5mnet have lost thie collectiv minds!!

And they just don't even care - this week on This Week wih .... (ABC News) .... this week GeorgeStephanopoulus was nowhere to be seen .... in fact, he has been anywhere very often lately, hmmm .... so he was replaced by a "Diane Sawyer" lookalike.

She looked so much like her, that I couldn't believe how young Diane was looking - and then I realized, this wasn't her .... can I remember her name? NO

Which might explain the look ....

But her political leanings were on FULL DISPLAY - she had several interviews ...

The first was Gov. Moore (Governor, D- Maryland) and she brought up him having that he had earned a BRONZE STAR on his resume, but he did nothing to dispell that "mistake" .... and he simply said, they (the Pentagon) told him he could do it - even though it has been on his resume for OVER 20 YEARS!!!

Well - she let him off the ropses, explaining that he finally DID get the Bronze Star, so that must make it okay then ...

Her next interview was Sen. Emmer (R-Mn) ....they spoke about the recent shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church/school in Mpls.

Emmer brought up that, Tim Walz (Governor, D-MN) - another guy who flubbed on his resume, btw, just saying ... and how while many school districts has asked for more money for SCHHOOL SECURITY, they had been turned down ...

Well, she brought up a couple bills which were passed, but Emmer had voted NO on .... 

Emmer was honest .... he said he could not remember exactly WHY he had voted No, that was all.  

The bills did NOT deal with any type of security of grounds or buildings - they dealt with mental health, and counselors, and if I remember correctly, had more to do with hiring MORE student counselors for the school systems.

Emmer said that the bills she was referring to didn't prevent ANYTHING - it only increase personale and talking.

Well, she didn't let that go at all - she cut him down to size .... I have no issues with counselors - IF THEY ARE TRAINED and actually do the work, instead of simply working their way up to a better job (it is so common these days) 

Then they went to the Round Table - where there is usually 2 from the Right, 2 from the Left - or 1 EACH from the Right/Left, and 2 "neutral" parties .... This week it was 2 against 1 ....

And she was the Ring Master!  

The Democrat (Donna, For some reason I cannot remember her last name) was allowed to attack (verbally only) Pirxler (he used to work for Trump in the WH, and was a former Director of the RNC) .... 

Well - he defended himself pretty good, untill the end - Donna went after him like  .... a tiger after a gazelle - she took him down with style.

But - commercial break came right after that .... even though they were still going at it ....

ABC News just doesn't CARE any more about hiding thier TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) ... ... and they don't care how anyone feels about it.

And NO .... likely you will not see anything about he Mpls shooting here - I don't want to give the creep that did it any more publicity than they already have gotten..  

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I COULD NOT STOP LAIGHING ...

 Honestly ... 

BABIES ARE CRYING .... AGAIN!!!!

 Okay - begore I begin .... let me first say, I am NOT a Democrat, I am NOT a Republican, I'm NOT even an Independant any longer, since it has actually become a political party in my state ....

I AM an Unaffiliated Conservative (at t least fiscally) and a bit of a socially Liberal .... like the MAJORITY OF AMERICA right now ....

So, Texas Democrats - who have RAN AWAY to avoid one vote, and hurting everyone else by missing another - you all are coming acrossed as absolute BABIES!!!!!!

I have an idea ....
Instead of running to A DIFFERENT STATE - where you DON'T have a vote - get your butts back HOME to Texas and FIGHT for what you say you believe in!!!

Stop pulling this whole "boo hoo, we can't win" .... say, okay, we won't win BUT let's give it a good go!

Go down SWINGING .... IN TEXAS ....taking a "stand" in Illimois ... or Massachusetts ... or New York .... or wherever you decided to take this unscheduled "vacation" - cuz you know they ain't doing any work - and SHOW people the HUTSPA you've got ....

But Don't do it from a different state ....

You aren't being a Yexan .... you've turned tail and ran .... Texans don't do that - they might find higher ground, but they are gonna fight, they don't RUN from a fight.

Remember the Alamo!!!!

Get your butts back to Texas .... help those harmed by those horrible floods.