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1966 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually Pickup - "Ponderosa" - RTech Fabrications

Details Mecums 2023: https://www.mecum.com/lots/1093298/1966-chevrolet-custom-pickup/

Pictures are from different sites and that accounts for the color variances.

Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Gerrymandered Redistricting Effort

Virginia Will Retain 5 Republican Districts

In an opinion delivered by Justice D. Arthur Kelsey [appointed by then-Gov. Mark Warner (D)] the Circuit Court says the process Democrats used to draw new congressional boundaries was unconstitutional. That process “incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy.”

 

 

The court said that maps put in place in 2021 must be used in the November elections instead. Three justices dissented from the court’s ruling.
VIRGINIA – The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday overturned the state’s redistricting ballot measure that would have given Democrats an edge in four House districts, dealing the party a massive blow ahead of the midterms.
The ruling now gives Republicans a clear lead in the gerrymandering efforts over the last year, which were further inflamed by the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision last week.

Obama The Martyr Claims Trump Is Ruining His Marriage

(Just another reason to love Trump, AFAIC.)

Ex-President Obama claims he has such a patriotic duty to protect the populace from President Trump he’s doing so at the peril of losing his marriage.
In an interview with The New Yorker the former president says his wife is mad at him for paying more attention to Trump than to her.

“She wants to see her husband easing up and spending more time with her, enjoying what remains of our lives,” Obama said. “It does create a genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her.”
At the beginning of Trump’s first term Obama stayed largely silent about his successor’s performance, maintaining a protocol that modern-day presidents have after their terms ended, according to Fox News.
“During Trump’s second administration, Obama has broken those norms, arguably becoming the current president’s most high-profile critic, a fact Obama acknowledged in his interview with The New Yorker,” Fox says.
But Obama claimed that Trump’s “recklessness” forced his hand, The New Yorker wrote, prompting him to weigh in on a wide swath of Trump’s actions from pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accords to dismantling Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement, the Affordable Care Act.
His opposition to Trump has spurred Obama to delve back into politics “more than I would have preferred,” he told the magazine.
“Obama’s revelation is not the first time he’s publicly addressed strife in his marriage,” Fox says. “In 2025, he admitted he had been ‘digging myself out of the hole I found myself in with Michelle,’ after she did not join him during the January funeral for former President Jimmy Carter or for Trump’s second inauguration.
A Newsmax anchor wondered aloud Wednesday whether what Obama is really up to is signaling a possible divorce and using Trump as his excuse.

https://www.themainewire.com/2026/05/obama-the-martyr-claims-trump-is-ruining-his-marriage-now-weve-heard-everything/

Random Political Social Media Posts - 5.8.2026

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2052513951725060403

 Somebody needs to put that arrogant booger BOY in his place.

https://x.com/amuse/status/2052414231329280091

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2052103914976080126

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2052525248352829802

https://x.com/TRHLofficial/status/2051710575806222545

Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump - 5.8.2026

Trump Admin Cuts $11M Contract With Catholic Charities

President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated an $11 million federal contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, effectively shutting down their taxpayer-subsidized operation housing and caring for unaccompanied illegal migrant children.
The contract, funneled through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), supported the Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh Center, an 81-bed shelter and broader reunification program that has been running for over 60 years.
That gravy train is now over. The program will be forced to shut its doors within the next three months.
This is Trump delivering on his promise to end the radical left’s open borders nightmare that turned Catholic Charities and other NGOs into multi-billion-dollar facilitators of the Democrat invasion.
The Miami Herald reported:
The Archdiocese of Miami said late Tuesday that Archbishop Thomas Wenski was not immediately available to discuss the contract’s cancellation or the Trump Administration’s rift with the church. But it shared a statement that Wenski, a longtime immigrant-rights advocate, wrote for the Miami Herald’s editorial board.
“The U.S. government has abruptly decided to end more than 60 years of relationship with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami,” Wenkski wrote.
“The Archdiocese of Miami’s services for unaccompanied minors have been recognized for their excellence and have served as a model for other agencies throughout the country.”
Wenski added: “Our track record in serving this vulnerable population is unmatched. Yet, the Archdiocese of Miami’s Catholic Charities’ services for unaccompanied minors has been stripped of funding and will be forced to shut down within three months.”

Archbishop Wenski

In response to a Miami Herald inquiry, the Department of Health and Human Services said the daily population of unaccompanied migrant children in the agency’s care was “significantly lower,” at 1,900, under the Trump administration compared to a peak of 22,000 under the Biden administration.

ORR is closing and consolidating unused facilities as the Trump Administration continues efforts to stop illegal entry and the smuggling and trafficking of unaccompanied alien children,” said Emily G. Hillard, the Health and Human Services’ press secretary, though she did not single out Catholic Charities as an affected organization.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Trump administration terminated/suspended USCCB cooperative agreements for refugee resettlement and children’s services (effective around Feb. 2025).
USCCB later announced it would not renew partnerships for refugee and unaccompanied children programs (April 2025), citing untenable conditions; they sought reimbursement for ~$24 million in prior services. This impacted local Catholic Charities affiliates nationwide that partnered on these programs, leading to reported layoffs and program closures at multiple sites.
Catholic Charities and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have been raking in billions of your hard-earned tax dollars to resettle, house, feed, and transport millions of illegal aliens flooding across the southern border.
In 2024 alone, these groups pulled in over $1.4 billion while helping redistribute the greatest illegal migrant invasion in American history.
The funding cut also arrives as tensions escalate between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV.
The Pope recently criticized U.S. foreign policy, prompting a sharp response from Trump, who publicly rebuked the pontiff.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/trump-admin-cuts-11m-contract-catholic-charities-migrant/

The church received $2.9 billion during the Biden administration alone for illegal immigration. One of the reasons the pope is so anti trump and anti-deporting illegals is money money money.

Wild Beaver Attacks

(This has happened to all of us guys at one time or another but this time it was a young kid. sarc/)
 
Video captured a beaver attacking a small child while he was fishing in a New Jersey lake, after earlier pouncing on other unsuspecting visitors. The unidentified 8-year-old boy was with his family at Lake Henry in the Continental Soldiers Park complex in Mahwah around 6 p.m. Sunday “when the beaver exited the lake and charged him,” police told News 12 New Jersey. “The child began to run away but tripped. The animal bit the child in the upper thigh and continued to attack him,” Mahwah police said.

  

One of the relatives kicked the animal as a pet dog also joined the fray, before someone managed to fling the wild attacker back into the water. The boy was transported to a local hospital by EMS crews for treatment. The extent of his injuries isn’t known. Police later learned the same beaver had attacked other park guests earlier in the day. It was unclear how many or how serious their injuries were, beyond news that they also needed treatment. Animal control officers responded and reported that the animal went on the attack because of an illness. It was captured and sent for testing.

Video on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/4329288620671072

https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/us-news/beaver-attacks-boy-8-fishing-in-new-jersey-lake/

Damn Wild Fires

Well, I'm going to be out of touch for some, maybe most of the day. We have a lot of wild fires going in Florida and for the next several hours, the smoke from one of the larger fires is tracking right across where I live and no amount of filters will keep it out of the house. I've been thinking I could deal with it but I think I'm going to temporarily relocate out of the downwind area. I was already under a little bit of pressure from all the activity the other day and now this is too much for right now. I'll be back when I can. Take care.

Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump - 5.7.2026

Frontier Airlines employees knowing they're about to get all of Spirit's customers.

Random GIF Dump - 5.6.2026

I'm still recovering from my trip and molestation from my doctor visits and all the walking. Give me a day or two and I'll try to get the blog fired up again. Take care.

GO ! Get your own EBT card.

Lucky F'in' retard.

This is the fast lane, 5-0.

I hate to be callous, but I don't think even the Jaws Of Life are gonna do them any good. He should have just ran over the dude on the motorcycle.

Two devious bastards and a dumbass.

I love to see these early celebration fails.

 

Stick to your training. He's been watching plenty of cop shows.