Here Comes My Girl

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Tom Petty was born October 20, 1950 and died October 2, 2017.  His was one of the first concerts I ever went to, and this song, Here Comes My Girl, was the first song a boyfriend said reminded him of me.

Here Comes My Girl

You know sometimes, I don’t know why
But this old town just seems so hopeless
I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times
Were just a little bit more in focus

But when she puts her arms around me
I can somehow rise above it
Yeah, man, when I got that little girl standing right by my side
You know, I can tell the whole wide world “Shove it!” Hey!

Hey, here comes my girl, here comes my girl
Yeah, she looks so right, she is all I need tonight

Every now and then, I get down to the end of a day
I have to stop, ask myself why I’ve done it
It just seems so useless to have to work so hard
And nothin’ ever really seem to come from it

And then she looks me in the eye, says, “We’re gonna last forever”
And man, you know I can’t begin to doubt it
No, ’cause it just feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain’t never gon’ change our minds about it

Hey, here comes my girl, here comes my girl
Yeah, she looks so right, she is all I need tonight

Watch her walk

Yeah, every time it seems like there ain’t nothin’ left no more
I find myself havin’ to reach out and grab hold of somethin’
Yeah, I just catch myself wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’
About some silly little things that don’t add up to nothin’

And then she looks me in the eye, says, “We’re gonna last forever,”
And man, you know I can’t begin to doubt it
No, ’cause it just feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain’t never gon’ change our minds about it

Hey, here comes my girl, here comes my girl
Yeah, she looks so right, she is all I need tonight

That’s right
That’s right!

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76 thoughts on “Here Comes My Girl”

    1. Good morning! Wheezer is back this morning. 50 here, too; clear skies directly overhead but a ring of clouds all the way around, with red skies in the east….”red sky at morning, sailors take warning….!”

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  12. Jake

    October 20, 2025 7:05 am

    Demanding Homage To Islam, Mamdani Proves Migration Without Assimilation Is Just Conquest

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/17/demanding-homage-to-islam-mamdani-proves-migration-without-assimilation-is-just-conquest/

    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams hinted at the incompatibility of America’s republican virtues with the values of Muslim nations after meeting with the Islamic ambassador about the Barbary states’ inclination to make war upon nations that did them no wrong, after they were informed it was a requirement of the Quran.
    “We took the liberty to make some inquiries concerning the Grounds of their pretensions to make war upon Nations who had done them no Injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation,” the duo wrote in a report to Congress.

    “The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman [Muslim] who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

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      1. OMG!

        I just got back a little while ago and drove the Jeep into the garage and tried to put it in park–it wouldn’t go into park. The shifter wouldn’t engage! I sat there with my foot on the brake honking for hubby. He came down and I got the emergency brake on but we couldn’t get it to shift. So we turned it off and now it won’t restart. we’re gonna have to find a tow truck driver to come get it i guess.

        Then I came upstairs and sat down at the computer, and a TREE fell right on the well by the garden. it’s an ash–they’re the dead trees–and it fell in exactly the right spot–not into the pond and in a place where hubby can cut it up easily. it’s just scared the crap out of me!

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          1. hubby just came back from going down the street to call the mechanic. they CAN get the rollback up here and will do so on Wednesday. He thinks it’s in the shifter itself. hubby says there’s a small ball in the linkage and after 20 years it could be dry rotted and just fell out. he’ll know more after he sees it.

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  14. “Inside Xi’s China: The Purge, The Power, and The Party’s Grip on the Gun”

    Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET), Oct 20, 2025

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “In recent weeks, the world has witnessed a defining moment in the Xi Jinping era—a moment when the full weight of China’s political and military machinery has turned inward. From sweeping purges within the People’s Liberation Army to the Communist Party’s latest five-year planning session, it is clear that Xi is tightening the reins of control across every lever of state and society.

    Xi Jinping is not merely the head of state; he is the state. As General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People’s Republic, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, he holds the three keys that unlock every door of authority. The National People’s Congress formally elects the president and vice president, but in practice, it does not oversee their work. The real power flows from the Party, not from the state institutions that exist largely to legitimize decisions already made by the Party leadership.

    The same dynamic applies to the military. The State Military Commission exists on paper, but the Party’s Central Military Commission is the true command structure of the Chinese armed forces. The so-called “Party commands the gun” principle remains the core of Xi’s leadership doctrine. Even China’s system of oversight reinforces Party dominance.

    The National Supervisory Commission operates jointly with and under the leadership of the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Together, they ensure ideological and political conformity within both state and military ranks. The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, often portrayed as a space for diverse viewpoints, is mentioned in the state constitution’s preamble but excluded from the section on state institutions. Its advisory role serves one purpose to provide the illusion of consultation while reinforcing unity under Party leadership.

    China’s long history has swung between unity and division, stability and upheaval. Since Mao Zedong’s victory in 1949, the Communist Party has maintained an unbroken monopoly on power. Since 2012, Xi Jinping has not only consolidated his control but restored the Party’s central role in every facet of Chinese life. He has merged Party and state into a single organism, where loyalty to the Party is indistinguishable from loyalty to Xi himself.

    Today, Xi’s most immediate challenge is internal: to reshape, modernize, and control the military. The People’s Liberation Army has undergone sweeping reforms designed to strengthen joint operations, expand cyber and space capabilities, and project Chinese power far beyond its borders. But this modernization campaign has been matched by something darker, a campaign of purges and discipline that has reached into the highest levels of command.

    Just this month, China expelled two of its most senior military leaders, including General He Weidong, the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Admiral Miao Hua, the top political officer in the PLA. In total, nine senior commanders were purged in one of the most extensive shakeups in decades. Officially, the move was part of an “anti-corruption drive.” In reality, it was a loyalty test, a reminder that no one, no matter how powerful, stands above the Party or its supreme leader.

    China purges 9 top commanders in People’s Liberation Army

    Two of the top five men in the whole PLA, plus the heads or commissars of EVERY MAJOR BRANCH- Army, Navy, Rocket Force, Armed Police, and the main eastern theater command. These purges signal a fragile truth. For all of Xi’s control, the regime remains deeply concerned about the loyalty of its generals. Corruption charges in China’s military often serve as code for political disobedience, private networks of influence, or insufficient allegiance to Xi himself. The speed and scale of these removals suggest that Beijing sees internal cohesion as a matter of survival.

    At the same time, Xi’s government continues to redefine the structure of the armed forces. The creation of new units like the Information Support Force underscores a shift toward data-driven warfare, cyber defense, and integrated command networks. It also ensures that the military’s technological brain communications, intelligence, and cyber capability remain directly under Xi’s supervision.

    While Xi’s consolidation may appear absolute, there are hints of internal strain. Reports have surfaced of his absence from key international gatherings and rumors of growing discontent within the senior ranks. The Party’s own announcements suggest that new rules could allow Xi to delegate limited authority to trusted deputies, a move that could either strengthen the system or quietly prepare for an eventual transition.

    Yet beneath the appearance of order lies uncertainty. A purge of this scale carries risks. It can unsettle morale, disrupt command structures, and remove experienced officers in favor of loyal but less competent replacements. For a military that is rapidly expanding its reach, from the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea, instability in the chain of command could lead to dangerous miscalculations.

    What happens next depends on how successfully Xi can balance modernization with control. A stronger, more loyal military gives China the ability to project power and defend its interests abroad. But a military fearful of internal politics is one that may hesitate, or worse, act rashly to prove its loyalty.

    For global observers, the message is clear: The Party rules the state, the state serves the Party, and the military belongs to both. China’s recent actions reflect a dual ambition to modernize its forces for twenty-first-century warfare while ensuring that no individual or institution can act independently of the Party’s will.

    In essence, Xi fired nine generals because the leadership judged that the sum total of corruption, personnel malfeasance, contested loyalties, reform backsliding, and institutional network risks in the military had reached a threshold where action was required. The move advances a dual agenda: clean up the force and ensure it is loyal, modern, and tightly controlled.

    Whether this purge strengthens or weakens China’s military effectiveness in the near term will depend on how swiftly the command vacuum is filled, how capable the successors are, and whether the force can maintain momentum while undergoing discipline and structural change.

    Top Flag & General Officers Investigated & Expelled from Party & Military

    Xi Jinping’s third term was never about continuity; it was about consolidation. The events of the past week, expulsions, investigations, and renewed Party discipline all serve one end: to secure absolute control. Whether this makes China more stable or more brittle in the years ahead remains to be seen.

    The world is watching a paradox unfold: a nation of 1.4 billion people governed by one Party, led by one man, and armed with a military that answers only to him. The purges may strengthen Xi in the short term, but they also expose the cracks beneath the surface of his power.

    What follows may well determine not just the future of China but the balance of global power in the decade to come.”

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  15. Just The News: “Amazon said Monday that its cloud computing service was recovering from a major outage that disrupted online activity across the globe.

    Users on DownDetector, a website that tracks online outages, reported issues with Fortnite, the McDonald’s app, Robinhood, Roblox, Snapchat, and many other services, The Associated Press reported. Both Coinbase and Signal said on X that they were experiencing issues related to the Amazon Web Services outage.

    Around 3:11 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, AWS reported on its Health Dashboard that it is “investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 Region.” The company later reported that there were “significant error rates” and that engineers were “actively working” on the issue.

    About three hours later, AWS said that it was seeing recovery across most of the affected services. “We can confirm global services and features that rely on US-EAST-1 have also recovered,” AWS said, adding that it is working on a “full resolution.”

    AWS provides remote computing services to many governments, universities, companies, and organizations globally.”

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  16. Oh, hell no to Trump Jr.!!!!!

    Just The News: “Vice President JD Vance is currently the strongest contender for the 2028 presidential election among Republican voters, according to a new poll.

    The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, conducted by Noble Predictive Insights, surveyed 2,565 registered voters from Oct. 2-6, 2025, via opt-in online panel and text-to-web cell phone messages. Only those who identified as Republican or Independent were asked to choose who among Republican contenders they’d vote for.

    Among 978 registered Republicans and 178 Independents, Vance led the pack as the top choice among a group of potential GOP primary candidates and household names in the Republican Party. Thirty-eight percent of Republicans indicated they would vote for Vance if the Republican primary were held the day they were polled, as did 41% of Independents polled.

    The other top contenders were Donald Trump Jr., who, though selected by 26% of respondents, still trailed the vice president by 12 points, along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Vance and Trump Jr. were the only ones, however, to poll out of the single digits, while DeSantis and Rubio polled much closer to the other potential candidates at 6% and 4%.

    Of the nine contenders, Vance performed best among Americans ages 45 and older, whites and other races besides Blacks and Hispanics. He secured 40% or more support, as well as those with a household income of $100,000 or less. He also nabbed 42% support from non-colleged-educated respondents. Those 65 and older favored Vance more than any other demographic, with 50% indicating they’d choose the vice president in 2028.

    And while Democrats typically win most of the female vote, Vance actually performed better among Republican and Independent females than males, securing 40% support from women to 36% from men.

    Conversely, Trump Jr. was twice as popular among Republican voters as Independents. Only 13% of Independent respondents chose the president’s son, while he captured 26% of Republicans’ support. And while he and Vance appeared equally popular among the college-educated (both received 33% support) Trump Jr. saw far less support from those without a college degree (18%).

    Trump Jr. polled slightly better than the vice president with Hispanics and Blacks – 23% and 21% to Vance’s 19% and 18%, respectively – but was the clear favorite among the younger demographic, nabbing roughly 40% of respondents ages 18 to 44. He was more popular with male voters and higher-income households above $100,000.

    As far as regional and community preference goes, Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author, saw 47% support and polled better among suburbanites at 42%. City dwellers clearly preferred Trump Jr., at 44%. Vance also performed best in the country’s Midwest, South and West regions, but Trump Jr. polled better in the Northeast, claiming 38% support to Vance’s 31%.

    Among the rest, DeSantis held 6% support, followed by Rubio at 4% and Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at 3%. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Glenn Youngkin and Tom Cotton polled lowest. Fifteen percent of respondents indicated they weren’t sure who they’d vote for.”

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    1. Just checked up on the eligibility of all his kids – none of them are NBC’s! According to the REAL definition!!! I didn’t realize that Marla Maples wasn’t a US citizen when Tiffany was born either.

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  17. Info from CV re: GA: “I have no information about Sally Q’s obituary. I didn’t see it. But I did find the general phone number of The Villages Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, where I think Sally Q lived, and where her father (“Frank Q”), a retired MD, lives: 352-430-0017. The facility is at Lady Lake, FL, 32159.”

    I just called – none of it sounded familiar to the person who answered and w/o a name, she can’t do anything. I suggested that if she had the inclination, it would be very much appreciated if she could take a few minutes and maybe ask around to see if anyone else knew. She was very patient but it did not sound promising…..sigh….

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  18. Just The News: “(The Center Square) – A federal judge certified a class action lawsuit this week, representing all California parents and teachers affected by Parental Exclusion Policies on students’ gender identity, following a lawsuit by the Thomas More Society.

    U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez certified a class action lawsuit on October 15. In the case Mirabelli v. Olson, the Thomas More Society, a nonprofit law firm, is representing the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the Escondido Union School District, the California Department of Education and California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

    The court order in Mirabelli v. Olson means the case will represent over 300,000 California public school teachers and the parents of more than 5 million California public school students.

    Judge Benitez wrote in the court order, “Injunctive relief on behalf of the proposed class would achieve systemic changes to the California Department of Education that would obviate the need for future lawsuits seeking similar relief.”

    On November 17, a summary judgment hearing could end California’s Parental Exclusion Policies statewide. The hearing will decide if Judge Benitez rules that these policies violate parents’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to their children’s upbringing and for teachers, their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religious expression.

    Under these policies, teachers and administrators are required to use preferred pronouns requested by a student and hide a child’s gender identity from parents. They use biological pronouns and legal names only when speaking with parents, if the child requests parents be kept in the dark.

    “Judge Benitez has recognized that California’s gender secrecy policies affect millions of families and teachers, and that everyone impacted deserves to have the fundamental constitutional issues squarely resolved,” said Paul Jonna, special counsel for Thomas More Society and a partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP, in a press release. “With this class action certified, every affected parent and teacher in California now has a voice in court.”

    The suit began in April 2023 when two Escondido teachers, Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori West, sued their school district in San Diego County and the CDE, after the district refused to grant them religious accommodation.

    “Parents have a fundamental right, recognized by the Supreme Court for over a century, to direct their children’s educational and moral upbringing,” said Peter Breen, executive vice president and head of litigation at Thomas More Society, in a press release. “California’s Department of Education and school districts cannot override that right by keeping parents in the dark about major issues and developments in their child’s life.”

    The Center Square reached out to the CDE and AG Bonta for a comment on this court order, but has not received a response.”

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    1. “Laminin is a family of large, heterotrimeric glycoproteins that are major constituents of the basement membrane, specifically the basal lamina, which serves as a structural foundation for most cells and organs. Each laminin molecule is composed of three nonidentical chains—alpha (α), beta (β), and gamma (γ)—arranged in a cross-shaped structure, with a high molecular mass ranging from approximately 400 to 900 kDa. These proteins play vital roles in cell adhesion, migration, differentiation, and the maintenance of tissue integrity and phenotype. The human genome encodes five alpha, four beta, and three gamma chain variants, which combine to form at least 15 distinct laminin isoforms, each with specific tissue distributions and biological functions.”

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  22. Now that’s a nice fire pit!!!!

    “Jabba the Hutt was based on a renowned Film Noir actor. In case you’re unfamiliar with the name Sydney Greenstreet (which is entirely possible, since the man has been dead for 60 years), he was an English actor best known for his roles in two of the most famous Humphrey Bogart movies ever made, Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, wherein Greenstreet essentially played human versions of Jabba the Hutt. 

    For example, in The Maltese Falcon, Greenstreet played the coldblooded smuggler/criminal Kasper Gutman (appropriately nicknamed “The Fat Man”); then, in Casablanca, Greenstreet portrayed Signor Ferrari, an infamous underworld figure known throughout the city for his various criminal dealings, which incidentally included slavery, just like a certain obese space worm from the Star Wars universe.”

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  28. Just The News: “President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday signed an agreement on rare earth minerals at the White House.

    Trump and Albanese signed the agreement at the start of their meeting on Monday, with the president telling reporters that it had “been negotiated over a period of four or five months,” NBC News reported. “We got it done just in time for the visit,” Trump said. “And we work together very much on rare earths, critical minerals and lots of other things, and we’ve had a very good relationship. We’ve been working on that for quite a while.”

    Albanese said that Australia has an $8.5 billion pipeline “ready to go” for the deal. Australia has the minimum tariff rate of 10%. When asked on Monday if the U.S. plans to lift the tariffs, Trump touted his general trade policies and then said, “I will say this, Australia, pays very low tariffs, very, very low tariffs. Australia pays among the lowest tariffs.”

    Albanese’s office said Sunday that he and Trump are also expected to discuss defense cooperation, Indo-Pacific stability, and the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.

    AUKUS is a $240 billion trilateral security deal whereby Australia would buy U.S. nuclear-powered submarines in 2032 and then build a new submarine class with the United Kingdom.”

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  29. Just The News: “A federal appeals court on Monday delivered a significant win for President Donald Trump by lifting a court order that blocked him from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, amid his multi-city crackdown on crime. 

    A lower court judge had blocked the Trump administration twice so far from deploying National Guard troops to Portland amid heavy protests. The troops are expected to protect an ICE facility where protesters have clashed with agents.

    The order comes after the Ninth Circuit restored Trump’s control of the National Guard troops last week, but kept a hold on the troops being deployed until Monday.”

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  33. (VIDEO)

    “This Peace Deal Will Not Fail”

    Clandestine, Oct 20, 2025

    “This peace deal will not fail. Why? Because this deal was agreed upon, long ago. Trump and the Arab/Muslim world came to an agreement to get rid of Obama’s Deep State assets in the region, which included Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and Iran’s proxies like Hamas.

    Iran and their proxies were destabilizing the region and posed a threat to the world, so the other nations of the Middle East, most notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE, all agreed that the threat must be eliminated in order for peace to be possible.

    Trump is eliminating Deep State assets created by Obama, and practically the entire world agreed to it.

    Flashback to May 13th: Trump speaks in Saudi Arabia and pretty blatantly says that they will bring a new era of peace to the Middle East and end all the “ancient conflicts.”

    The deal was made long ago. We are just witnessing the execution phase.”

    https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/this-peace-deal-will-not-fail

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  35. TheseTruths

    TheseTruths(@thesetruths)

    Online

    Wolf

    October 20, 2025 17:00

    O’Keefe Media Group Exposes MASSIVE $100 BILLION Federal Contracting Scam — Minority-Owned Firm Admits to Breaking Federal Law, Securing $100M+ in No-Bid Contracts While Outsourcing 80% of the Work

    In a shocking undercover video posted on X, OMG revealed how ATI Government Solutions, a federal contractor supposedly “Native American-owned,” admitted to exploiting the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program to grab over $100 million in no-bid government contracts, while outsourcing up to 80% of the work to other firms…

    James O’Keefe, posing as representatives from a fake cybersecurity firm called “Sev-Zero Solutions,” met Cromwell under the guise of hiring her catering side business.

    Within minutes, the ATI executive bragged about how the company leverages its Native American tribal affiliation with the Susanville Indian Rancheria to obtain exclusive federal contracts, then turns around and pays subcontractors to do almost all the work [while they keep most of the money].

    More at the link and on the OMG website: https://okeefemediagroup.com/breaking-100-billion-federal-contracting-scam-8a-firm-admits-to-violating-federal-law-using-minority-owned-status-as-a-front-to-obtain-100m-no-bid-government-contracts-while-outsourcing-80-of/

    This seems ilke something that could be immediately nipped in the bud.

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