Saturday Tunes - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn2-b_opVTo&list=RDPn2-b_opVTo&start_radio=1

Significant Events In Music This Week - 2.21 - 2.27

February 21st In Music

1974 - Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie" is certified Gold.

1976 - The Four Seasons hit No. 1 on the American charts with with "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)." It's the only UK No. 1 for the group, but they also topped the American charts with the song, where it was their fifth  No. 1.

1981 - REO Speedwagon's ninth album, Hi Infidelity, goes to No. 1 in America.

Birthdays:

1948 - Paul Newton. Bassist for Uriah Heep. Born in Andover, Hampshire, England.

February 22nd In Music

1975 - Scottish group The Average White Band went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Pick Up The Pieces', the bands album AWB also went to No. 1 on the US chart.

1977 - The Eagles released 'Hotel California' the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name. Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey its long guitar coda was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist in 1998. The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.

1983 - Styx release ‘Kilroy Was Here’, a concept album about a dystopian future where rock and roll is banned and technology has run amok.

February 23rd In Music

1970 - The Doors' ‘Morrison Hotel’ is certified as the band's fifth consecutive Gold album.

Birthdays:

1946 - Rusty Young. American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, with American group Poco who had the 1979 US No. 17 single 'Crazy Love'. A virtuoso on pedal steel guitar, Young was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2013. Born in Long Beach, California.

1948 - Steve Priest. Bassist with English group Sweet, who scored four top-ten hits in the US: 'Little Willy', 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Fox On The Run', and 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. Born in Middlesex, England. He died on 6.4.2020 at the age of 72.

1952 - Brad Whitford. American musician, guitarist with Aerosmith who scored the 1993 US No. 1 album Get A Grip and the 1998 US No. 1 single 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing', Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. Born in Winchester, Massachusetts.

February 24th In Music

1968 - Fleetwood Mac released their debut studio album (also known as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac), a mixture of blues covers and originals penned by guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer which stayed on the charts 37 weeks. This is the only album by the band not to feature keyboardist, vocalist Christine McVie in any capacity.

1973 - Roberta Flack had her second US No. 1 when 'Killing Me Softly With His Song', started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The song was written in collaboration with singer songwriter Lori Lieberman and was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the Don McLean song 'Empty Chairs.

1975 - Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.

1976 - The Eagles 'Greatest Hits (1971–1975)' became the first album to be certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. New certification's represented sales of 1 million copies for albums and two million for singles.

Birthdays:

1942 - Paul Jones. English singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter, from British group Manfred Mann who had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy. Jones is also a member of The Blues Band. Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

1944 - Nicky Hopkins. English pianist and organist, who worked with The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Who and The Small Faces. Born in Perivale, Middlesex, England. Hopkins died on 9.6.1994 age 50.

1947 - Rupert Holmes. British-American composer, singer-songwriter, who had the 1980 US No. 1 single 'Escape, (The Pina Colada Song). Born in Northwich, Cheshire, England.

1947 - Lonnie Turner. American bassist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No. 1 single 'The Joker', the 1976 hit 'Fly Like an Eagle' and the 1982 US No. 1 hit 'Abracadabra'.

1950 - George Thorogood. American musician, singer and songwriter. His high-energy boogie-blues sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs 'Bad to the Bone' and 'I Drink Alone'. Born in Wilmington, Delaware.

February 25th In Music

1957 - Buddy Holly recorded 'That'll Be The Day' with his band, The Crickets, at Norman Petty Recording Studio in Clovis, New Mexico. The title being taken from a phrase used by John Wayne in the film 'The Searchers.'

1970 - Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie" on Sesame Street. It goes over so well that the song is released as a single, which in September reaches No. 16 on the Hot 100.

Birthdays:

1943 - George Harrison. Guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles. The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No. 1 Beatles single ’Something’. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No. 1 album 'All Things Must Pass' and the 1970 worldwide No. 1 single ‘My Sweet Lord’. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died on 11.29.2001 age 58.

1957 - Stewart Wood. From Scottish group Bay City Rollers who had the 1976 US No. 1 single 'Saturday Night’, the 1975 UK No. 1 single 'Bye Bye Baby' plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles’.

February 26th In Music

1977 - The Eagles went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'New Kid in Town', the group's third US No. 1. The single written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther was released as the first single from their fifth album Hotel California.

Birthdays:

1928 - Fats Domino. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1932 - Johnny Cash. US country singer, songwriter who was considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is remembered as a country icon, his songs spanned other genres including rock and roll and rockabilly and blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Born in Kingsland, Arkansas.

1943 - Paul Cotton. American guitarist and singer-songwriter, most notable as a member of the band Poco and as the writer of the international hit song from that band, 'Heart of the Night'. Born in Fort Rucker, Alabama.

1950 - Jonathan Cain. Keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Journey. Born in Chicago, Illinois.

February 27th In Music

1981 - The Who release "You Better You Bet," their first single since the death of their drummer, Keith Moon, in 1978. Their new stickman is Kenney Jones, formerly of the Faces.

Birthdays:

1948 - Eddie Gray. American rock band, Tommy James & The Shondells who had the 1966 US No. 1 single 'Hanky Panky', and the hit 'I Think We're Alone Now'.

1954 - Neal Schon. The guitarist does time in Santana before founding the groups Journey and Bad English. Born on an Air Force base in Oklahoma.

1960 - Johnny Roy Van Zant. American musician and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Born in Jacksonville, Florida.

Random Political Social Media Posts - 2.21.2026

 

2.20.2026 6:39 PM

https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/2023823180146843826

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2024587598279164004

 This beyotch is craaaazy.

https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2023383181961884083

https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2024482886259290590

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2023915025048506463


 

The "Peace Sign"

(I've posted this almost every year since I had this blog. Posting it does not mean I am a pacifist or a hippie. I just like to share this stuff.)

The “Peace Sign” was created on February 21, 1958 by British graphic designer and Christian pacifist Gerald Holtom. Holtom was tasked with creating the banners and signs for a nuclear disarmament march in London, and he wanted a visual that would stick in the public’s mind.
The peace symbol debuted on April 4, 1958, Easter weekend that year, at a rally of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, which included a march from London to Aldermaston. The marchers carried 500 of Holtom's peace symbols on sticks, with half of the signs black on a white background and the other half white on a green background. In Britain, the symbol became the emblem for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, thus causing the design to become synonymous with that Cold War cause. Holtom was a conscientious objector during World War II and thus a likely supporter of its message. 
The design is, in part, modeled after naval semaphore flags that sailors use to communicate. Holtom combined the codes for “N” (two flags angled down at 45 degrees) for “nuclear” and “D” (one flag pointed straight up and one flag pointed straight down) for “disarmament.”
Holtom never copyrighted his design for the peace symbol intentionally, so anyone in the world can use it for any purpose, in any medium, for free.

Random GIF Dump

 

 

 

 

Sexually Deranged Legislator Throws Tantrum Over Not Being Allowed In Women’s Bathroom

(I checked him out ... he wasn't elected to office ... he was appointed by 6 democrat precinct captains to fill a vacated seat. He actually has to run for his seat later this year.)

Even heartland Kansas is infested with moonbats. For the most part, sanity continues to prevail for now. The Kansas City Star reports on a welcome state law that will prevent men from using the wrong restroom in government-owned buildings:
Kansas Republicans this week overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of SB 244, which also prohibits transgender Kansans from changing the gender markers on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates. Under the new law, identification documents that have already been amended must be surrendered and replaced with versions that reflect the person’s sex assigned at birth.
Let’s hope Kansans’ legal status must also reflect the species assigned at birth. That way, lunatics can’t escape assault charges if they bite people’s legs and then proclaim that they identify as dogs.
Speaking of lunatics, Democrat State Representative Abi Boatman is not taking it well that he will no longer be allowed to intrude in the ladies’ room:

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2024257224437092552

Barks the bully:
“This is about blaming women for the bad behavior of men.”
No one is blaming women, but the behavior of sexually deranged men who won’t respect women’s privacy has certainly been bad.

https://moonbattery.com/sexually-deranged-legislator-throws-tantrum-over-not-being-allowed-in-womens-bathroom/

Friday Rides - The Good - The Bad - And The Ugly

1958 Studebaker Transtar Deluxe 3E5 Half-Ton Pickup

92-horsepower, 185-cu.in. inline-six

SCOTUS: US Supreme Court Rules Against Trump's Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down sweeping tariffs that Trump pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies.

It hands a stinging defeat to the Republican president in a landmark opinion with major implications for the global economy.
In a 6-3 ruling authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, the justices upheld a lower court's decision that Trump's use of this 1977 law exceeded his authority.
The justices ruled that the law at issue - the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA - did not grant Trump the power he claimed to impose tariffs.
"Our task today is to decide only whether the power to "regulate ... importation," as granted to the president in IEEPA, embraces the power to impose tariffs. It does not," Roberts wrote in the ruling, quoting the statute's text that Trump claimed had justified his sweeping tariffs.
The White House had no immediate comment on the ruling, but as we just reported Trump called it a 'disgrace', according to sources familiar with the event he was at when he heard about the decision.
Democrats and various industry groups hailed the ruling.
Trump has leveraged tariffs - taxes on imported goods - as a key economic and foreign policy tool.
They have been central to a global trade war that Trump initiated after he began his second term as president, one that has alienated trading partners, affected financial markets and caused global economic uncertainty.
The Supreme Court reached its conclusion in a legal challenge by businesses affected by the tariffs and 12 U.S. states, most of them Democratic-governed, against Trump's unprecedented use of this law to unilaterally impose the import taxes.
The three dissenting justices were conservatives Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh.
After the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case in November, Trump said he would consider alternatives if it ruled against him on tariffs, telling reporters that "we'll have to develop a 'game two' plan."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/scotus-live-us-supreme-court-rules-legality-trumps-tariffs-2026-02-20/

Here's the traitors response:

New York’s Socialist Mayor Gives Catholics The Finger

(What did they expect … communists don’t usually embrace Catholics or Christians. And he’s not done yet, he’s just getting started.)
(Full disclosure, I’m not Catholic, I’m Christian.)

“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
This phrase was not spoken by Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong or Fidel Castro, but rather by the new Mayor of New York City: democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
New York residents have reason for concern: the millions of people who were murdered under the “embrace” of collectivism offer a sobering precedent of where Mamdani’s rhetoric ultimately leads. Catholics in the city should be especially worried, given that Mamdani’s ideology has historically pinpointed the Church as the primary obstacle to the socialist vision of collectivised “rights”.
Mamdani is already making sure Catholics know that they are not welcome in his city.
Just recently, Mamdani’s first annual interfaith breakfast welcomed leaders from numerous religious groups. Catholic priests, who represent over a third of Mamdani’s constituents, were conspicuously absent. Hours later, Mamdani made history as the first New York City mayor in almost a century to skip the installation of the local Catholic archbishop.
Mamdani met with the newly installed Archbishop Ronald Hicks days later but this belated and private interview felt like cheap compensation after two public snubs – both of which became PR nightmares too predictable to be accidental. Numerous Catholics criticised Mamdani for wanting “nothing to do with Catholics”, while others questioned whether Mamdani held secret anti-Catholic “animus”.
How could Mamdani not resent the institution that has challenged his ideas for centuries? Like all good socialists before him, Mamdani seems to recognise that the Catholic belief in individual human dignity and rights, and staunch defence of them, endangers his utopian dreams of a collectivised “good” in New York.
He is right to be concerned about the Catholic complication. The Catholic Church has historically been a leading voice against the evils of “collectivism”, with Catholic figures such as Pope Pius XI proclaiming that “no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist”. Pope St John Paul II, who experienced the evils of collectivism firsthand, similarly claimed that socialism increases alienation while contributing to “a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency”.
Today, Gen Z and far-left progressives in New York are so enamoured with Mamdani’s promises of free buses, childcare and city-run grocery stores that they seem to have forgotten the truth that subordinating individual, God-given rights to a socialist’s idea of the “collective good” always results in the justification of evil and persecution.
Mamdani’s support for progressive agendas such as abortion and transgender ideology are prime examples. Mamdani’s belief in women’s “right to choose” abortion, and support for taxpayer funding of it, aligns with his view that individual rights and dignity – i.e. those of the unborn child and the consciences of taxpayers – must be subordinated to the collective good. This worldview has resulted in the deaths of over 63 million American babies since 1973. American taxpayers, the majority of whom oppose this use of their hard-earned funds, foot the bill.
Mamdani’s belief that abortion promotes the “collective good” also rests on the premise that it is necessary or empowering for women. In truth, most post-abortive women say they would have preferred to be a parent to the child if they had more resources or support.
Mamdani has decided to remove this inconvenient inconsistency by attacking the evidence that it exists: pregnancy resource centres (PRCs). These organisations provide babies and mothers with an abundance of necessary resources and daily contradict the claim that abortion is necessary or empowering. For this reason, Mamdani is trying to shut them down across the city – denying thousands of babies and mothers critical resources in the name of “collectivism”.
Similarly, Mamdani has been an outspoken advocate of gender ideology, especially transgender surgeries and hormone “therapies”. Mamdani has even opposed attempts to protect vulnerable children from permanent gender transition procedures, which many minors ultimately regret and about which leading medical groups are voicing hesitancy.
As a result, more doctors will violate their Hippocratic Oath to do no harm, and more children will grieve their altered bodies and fertility for the rest of their lives – all because Mamdani and his supporters refuse to undermine support for the collective “good” of transgender acceptance by admitting these procedures are harmful.
The Catholic Church is not as reticent to expose the truth behind these or any other “collective goods” that Mamdani champions. The Church has never shied away from the fact that collectivism in any form typically results in widespread persecution, especially for people of faith, and a decreased quality of life for all.
Perhaps this is why, just over a month into his term, Mamdani is effectively giving Catholics the middle finger. If precedent is a good indicator, Mamdani should know that the Church will not stand idly by while he justifies evil and dismantles American freedoms in the name of collectivism. This enlightenment is already being facilitated by Catholics such as Bishop Robert Barron, who voiced opposition to Mamdani’s claims from day one.
On January 2, the day after Mamdani was sworn into office, Bishop Barron condemned Mamdani’s inaugural address that touted collectivism. “For God’s sake, spare me the ‘warmth of collectivism,’” Bishop Barron posted on X.
Mamdani took these words to heart – not by rethinking his collectivism, but by quite literally sparing Catholics a seat at his decision-making table.

https://thecatholicherald.com/article/new-yorks-socialist-mayor-gives-catholics-the-finger

Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump - 2.20.2026

Mamdani would've actually used goats for this meme ... being a dog-hating muslim.

 

 

Florida Makes Stupid Decision To Appease … Tourists??

(I am in total opposition to this … its not something that I’ll spend time stressing over but I’ve never seen that many flamingo’s except in state parks in Florida. The Mockingbird is everywhere and we love to hear it singing in the yard almost every summer day. Flamingo’s are just beginning to return naturally to the state wetlands to nest.)

After nearly a century of the Northern Mockingbird being our state bird, House lawmakers want to crown the American flamingo as our new state bird.
Rep. Jim Mooney (R-Islamorada) took center stage with his House Bill 11, and Florida’s House passed it through in a 112–1 vote.
Over in the Senate, Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R-Miami) is strutting companion bill SB 150 through the upper chamber. If it passes, and Gov. DeSantis signs off, the sky officially turns pink on July 1.
The scrub-jay lands “state songbird” status.

First Free Grocery Store Opens In Mamdani’s New York City

(It turned out just like we knew it would.)

 
The people of New York City got a good taste of communism earlier this week months after electing Marxist Zohran Mamdani for mayor.
As Fox News reported, a pop-up shop opened up on Sunday for five days in the West Village to offer free groceries to impoverished New Yorkers and people simply looking for an easy lunch. The outlet notes this comes Mayor Mamdani advanced one of his key campaign promises: city-run grocery stores aimed at lowering food costs.
The store, which is called The Polymarket, was opened by a cryptocurrency-based prediction market with the same name. The Polymarket offered yellow ticket granting NYC residents entry to the little store.

Much like communist countries like Cuba, lines grew quite long in a hurry with residents across all five New York City boroughs flocked to get some ‘free’ stuff.
What happened next was entirely predictable to anyone who understands basic economics. The store ran out of tickets and food, while several individuals decided to cut in line.
"I literally got here at 9:00 … and basically what they said is that they ran out of tickets," a woman named Fatima told Fox News Digital.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/watch-first-free-grocery-store-opens-mamdanis-new/

CONSPIRACY !!! CONSPIRACY !!!

There's GOT to be something behind the scenes on this kidnapping thing. It's just ... bizarre.

These days, I don't doubt that something like this could happen.