Checking in at the BWW Crystal Ball
A Bongino-Mandani Update
ICYMI, last Sunday – 7/13 – I posted “two outrageous predictions”: the political future of Democratic Socialist cum Communist, Zohan Mandani, and the immediate future of Assistant FBI Director and former podcaster, Dan Bongino.
While I was technically off on Bongino (he didn’t quit (yet), but his office presence remains debatable; a phone call from DJT got a ‘the kid is alright’ comment). But the jury is still out as to his FBI future. Everyone is hoping the distractions of the news cycles will make it all go away. The rest of the team wants the troika of Patel, Bongino, and Bondi to stay in place as rumors suggest some seriously Bigger Fish are about to be sautéed in public. Once again, “Hope springs eternal,” but the foreplay has gone on long enough for the MAGA Faithful. Something big better pop real, real soon or…..
On the Mandani front…BWW Founder, occasional Guest and Official BWW Wine Consultant, Richard Arrowwood, and several others weren’t too enthusiastic about my prediction that Mandani would be the new Mayor of Gotham come November: “Even NYC doesn’t deserve a creep like Mandani”. Agreed. But….Here’s a current headline backing up my prognostication:
Vivek Ramaswamy to Debut Billboard in Times Square Urging New Yorkers to Flee Zohran Mamdani and Move to Ohio
You don’t have to read-all-about-it to get the gist of the plan and how it connects to my Crystal Ball. If Vivek’s ‘Come Hither” campaign has its desired effect, Ohio will enjoy the economic and demographic tsunami currently rolling across NJ, CT, VA, FL, GA, TX, WV and more looking to escape the already sky-high cost of living and doing bidness in the Big Wormy Apple. And this is just in anticipation of New Yawkers electing the guy who can scuttle the Great White Way and the 5 Burrows [sick] at the same time! Chase off the Producers while giving away Free Stuff - Ayn Rand couldn’t have scripted it any better.
“His progressive platform, which includes raising the minimum wage to $30 per hour, implementing rent controls, and increasing taxes on corporations and wealthy residents, has drawn sharp criticism from business leaders and economists concerned about the city’s economic stability.”
Former Governor and unindicted killer of thousands, Andrew Cuomo, current ingratiating Mayor, Eric Adams and Guardian Angels founder and former talk show host (a BW student), Curtis Sliwa, are all waiting to split the vote, ushering Mamdani into Gracie Mansion.
Curtis S. all grown up!
A lotta ZM’s sordid history is being dredged up by those in a panic, but the bulging-eye crowd who already think he walks on water couldn’t care less. Socialism is the –ism they want most of all. Free Stuff! No Rules! No Consequences! What’s not to like - and for Free!
Waiting for a miracle…
BW
I was 5-7 years old in 1957-59. My parents and the three kids lived in Parma, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Cleveland was a polluted mess downtown. I remember my Dad taking me to see my first baseball game at the old steel girder stadium on Lake Erie. Driving through downtown was like Dante's Inferno. Lake Erie was so polluted that swimming wasn't allowed. Eating the fish in Lake Erie was a genetic experiment.
The Indians were playing the Red Sox that sunny July day in 1958. Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and Rocky Colavito. It was freezing in the shade under those steel girders. The breeze off Lake Erie was straight from the Arctic.
During batting practice, I ran through the seats to get a foul ball. The usher made me give it back. It was a dirty old ball. I guess the Indians couldn't afford new baseballs.
It was a good life in Parma.