South of 5 and 20: 2013

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas!

Staff Christmas party at South of 5 and 20

Friday, December 20, 2013

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Monday, November 11, 2013

Thank You, Veterans

Jimmy Buffett, with James Taylor and Deborah McColl, Sending the Old Man Home, 1979

"The sailors will dance in the street, then they'll mothball the whole damn fleet"

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Love and Affection

Joan Armatrading, live on the BBC, 1976.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Candidates to Discuss SAFE ACT

UNITED GUN OWNERS OF

NEW YORK STATE

MONTHLY MEETING

SUNDAY OCTOBER 20TH AT 2:00 PM

CANDIDATES FROM SENECA, SCHUYLER AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES RUNNING IN TOWN, VILLAGE, AND COUNTY LEVEL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK AND TAKE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW YORK STATE S.A.F.E. ACT. THIS INVITATION IS FOR ALL PARTY AFFILIATIONS.

SOUTH SENECA SPORTSMEN’S CLUB

6894 YARNELL RD

OVID NY 14521

THE GOAL OF THE UNITED GUN OWNERS OF NEW YORK STATE IS TO REPEAL THE NYS SAFE ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS

Saturday, October 12, 2013

I'll Never Find Another You

The Seekers, 1968

The Seekers, 2010

Monday, September 30, 2013

Tom Reed: End Congressional Obamacare exemption

CONGRESSMAN REED: GET RID OF SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR CONGRESS

Rep. Tom Reed introduces bill to end special treatment under Obamacare to Congress, President, Congressional staff

Rep. Tom Reed is taking an additional step to encourage the Senate to avoid a government shutdown. Rep. Reed introduced the End Special Treatment for Congress CR Monday to end the special treatment Members of Congress, congressional staff and the President receive under the President’s health care law.

“If Harry Reid and the President continue to refuse to negotiate to avoid a government shutdown, I present a simple request to them: end the special treatment under Obamacare that Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the President support,” Reed said. “Even if the Senate fails to do any work today, like it failed to do over the weekend, I will be here working to find a solution, working to avoid a shutdown. Ending the special treatment for Congress is a basic minimum to ask for.”

While Senate members and the President say they will not negotiate with the House, Rep. Reed says that position makes a government shutdown even more of a reality: “We are here, working to find a solution,” Reed said. “Harry Reid and the President saying they won’t negotiate isn’t helpful and is grossly irresponsible when the country is just hours away from a government shutdown.”

“I did not come to Washington to support the status quo,” Reed continued. “To me, getting rid of special treatment for Congress is a no-brainer. My bill keeps the government open and puts Congress on a level playing field with every other American. We need to clean up this obvious inequality. It is the right thing to do, it is the fair thing to do.”
The House of Representatives sent an amended continuing resolution to the Senate over the weekend, where the bill now sits. The Senate is expected to convene later this afternoon.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Lawn Mowing Season Winds Down

South of 5 and 20's mowing crew winds up the best Finger Lakes lawn season in quite a while.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Citizens of the Finger Lakes, this could happen to you:

New York State does not regulate wind turbines!

Apologies to Kingston Trio.

Monday, August 26, 2013

My Wife Thinks You're Dead

Mr. & Mrs. Junior Brown

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Egypt In The News

Monday, July 22, 2013

Everybody's Gone Surfin'

Photo by Loomis Dean, 1950. Click image for larger.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Seventy-two killed resisting gun confiscation in Boston

BOSTON, MA

National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.
Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order. The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons.

Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms.

One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily." Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans. During a tense standoff in Lexington 's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.

Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces overmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.

Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large.

Additional details available here.