Monthly Archives: May 2025

05/30/25

Kudzu and Government Regulations

Comes today the issue of Trump 2.0 fighting to lessen the burden of government regulation and what that looks like in real life. It is not a sexy subject, but it is essential to allowing the American business genius to prosper. A growing body of regulation is never a benefit to business.

Lots of prospective projects are smothered in their cribs by regulation.

I think of unnecessary and overly broad government regulation like kudzu, that infamous Southern invasive species that grows and kills everything.

If you have travelled in the South, you have seen kudzu smothering the landscaping and killing the hosts that carry it. It was introduced into the United States as a potential soil stabilizer in the late 1800s. Continue reading →

05/28/25

Donald J Trump Did Not Go To Harvard

Today we explore the growing confrontation between the Trump administration and Harvard University over money. It’s always about money. the media will tell you it’s about “free speech” but, trust me, it’s all about the money.

It’s damn hard to get the real story from the media amidst all the rock throwing. It’s slightly complicated.

Harvard, who is Haaaaaaarvarhd, Big Red Car?

Harvard University, founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is where higher education in the Colonies first took root as a religious school. Continue reading →

05/27/25

The Russian Economy: A War-Fueled Mirage Teetering on Collapse

Hypothesis: Russia is in deep economic trouble. Putin is bluffing about his continued ability to make war in Ukraine. He’s bluffing. Here’s my case for that assertion and the impending economic collapse of Russia.

Fuck Putin and the horse he rode in on.

Buckle up, because Russia’s economy is a house of cards propped up by war spending and oil fumes, and it’s wobbling hard. Continue reading →

05/27/25

The Power of Pickleball in Toms River, New Jersey

Comes now the weird tale of pickleball and a second century church in Toms River, New Jersey, a city of 100,000 and 75% white and, apparently, keen on pickleball. Who knew?

Buckle up, folks, it’s your old pal, the Big Red Car, and I’m about to run over the boneheaded scheme cooking in Toms River, New Jersey.

The township’s council, in a move that reeks of small-town stupidity, wants to seize 11 acres from Christ Episcopal Church — dating from the US Civil War — via eminent domain to build a fancy-pants waterfront park with 10 pickleball courts, a soccer field, and a skate park. Yeah, you heard that right—pickleball courts!

This isn’t just a land grab; it’s a gutless attack on a church’s mission, and I’m here to call it out for the pathetic power trip it is. Toms River’s council needs to get its head out of its collective rear and ditch this dopey plan before it crashes and burns. Continue reading →

05/22/25

Why Is There No PEACE In Ukraine?

President Trump, during the campaign, famously promised he would  end the war in Ukraine between Russia and Ukraine in one day. He even suggested he would settle the matter before Inauguration Day.

Once in office he put Steve Witkoff (here are my thoughts on Witkoff) in charge to negotiate the final deal. Trump 2.0 has a lot of confidence in Witkoff, your Big Red Car does not.

It was a bold promise, but one he has been unable to deliver on which brings us to the central question — Why? Continue reading →

05/16/25

President Trump’s Gigantic Syrian Bet

Donald Trump is remaking the US – Middle East power relationship in a four day swing through the region that includes a reapproachment with Syria after terrorist Abu Mohammad al-Julani became Ahmned al-Sharaa and interim President of Syria after defeating dictator Bashar al-Assad in a lightning quick 12-day military campaign that included seizing the capital, Damascus.

It’s hard to trump seizing your opponent’s capital.

President Trump greeted by MBS — defacto ruler of Saudi Arabia. Mohammed bin Salman. I still think of MBS as the guy running the show when that journalist got chopped up, Mohammed Bone Saw.

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05/14/25

Nobody Is Above The Law, Including Judges

Your Big Red Car was idling in the driveway, enjoying the warm Savannah sun, when the hot little Mercedes that stables with me muttered something about a woke judge in Wisconsin getting into some hot water. Naturally, my curiosity was piqued.

Let me paint the picture for you.

So, what’s the setup, Big Red Car? The backstory?

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan found herself in a boiling cauldron of stank recently. She’s been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of obstruction of justice and concealing a person from arrest. Seems serious for a judge in particular.

WTF did I do? I just helped an illegal criminal evade the legal apprehension of ICE? WTF? I’m a bloody judge. I can do anything.

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