Politics/war

Went to a pro Trump rally in my hometown today, it was fun…

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Yeah, I know I’ve been quiet on the blog a lot lately but that’s probably because the election is making my head spin and going fucking crazy. Ya, Biden didn’t win the election. It’s not over. The media can’t just announce the election winner, that’s not how it goes and you know it. I’ll speak on more thoughts about the election craziness another time but for now, here’s me at a small Trump rally in my hometown of Greenwich earlier this afternoon.

It was fun. I had fun doing the flag waving and cheering on the Trump supporters that drive by honking their horns in return… but of course, there were plenty of haters driving by giving us the middle finger/thumbs down but that’s okay. I’m okay with that as long as the haters don’t get out of their cars to start fights with us. This was meant to be a peaceful thing and it is.

In this little event, I met a few new friendly people today. Other Trump supporters are very friendly. I was talking to this one guy and this one lady, they are a couple I think and they both seemed really nice. We were of course, talking Trump, the election fraud and other political stuff. They were easier to talk politics than liberals anyways. That is one thing I love about the Trump supporting community ’cause we treat each other like family unlike lefties who are all about hate and division.

I’m glad I went to this and hope to do more Trump rallies and events like this ’cause people are doing stuff like this all over the country even though Trump is not there. We just want to show our support for Trump, ya know? That’s what it’s all about and it’s why we do what we do put on our own rallies, parades, flag waving events, etc.

Joe Biden didn’t win the election, though… don’t fall for it. I’ll talk more about that in another post.

Kev

Politics/war

Happy election day, y’all… Yes I voted this Morning…

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Today’s an exciting day for sure and you know an easy Trump re-election is gonna happen tonight and I can’t wait.

I went into town this morning on the bike to vote at the polls at around 8-ish this morning and then I went to the gym for arm day. Yeah, it was cold and windy but I went anyways ’cause I wanted to get the voting done and get arm day at the gym out of the way.

After dinner this evening, I’m going to watch election coverage for the rest of the night… so no watching anything on streaming services tonight.

Yeah, voter fraud will still be a problem with a lot of states but we’re still gonna win big so you lefties reading this better be ready for tonight. Trump voter turnout is pretty massive this time.

Biden has no chance. Why would you want to vote for a guy who wants to raise your taxes? A guy that touches children in a creepy way and sniffs their hair and all that? Biden can’t even speak well at all either… can you imagine him doing a State of the Union address?

Tonight’s going to be a wild ride. I’m excited and ready. I’m not worried at all tonight. Pretty confident Biden is gonna lose big. I voted straight Republican today ’cause I will never vote Democrat again.

Tonight is gonna be awesome.

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Sean Connery 1930 – 2020…

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Yes, Sean Connery was mostly known as the original Bond… he played in 6 Bond films in his career. Some of you probably know by now that Sean Connery passed away yesterday on Halloween day. Predictably, when the news came of Sean’s passing… all people are going to be talking about is mostly his famous role as James Bond. He was the first actor to play Bond, the 007 movies.

Just to remind you all that Sean Connery is way more than just James Bond and most people don’t even know he starred in many other great films over the years. His other well known roles which people probably forgotten were Henry Jones Sr. in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. Sean only played Henry Jones Sr. once but it was one of his best roles for sure and he was also famous for the role of Captain Ramius in “The Hunt For the Red October” in which he starred alongside Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. Sean had many other great roles too, though such as “Highlander I and II”, “The Rock” (an action movie that he starred with Nicolas Cage), “Rising Sun”, “Just Cause”, “Entrapment”, “The Untouchables”, etc.

Sean has done movies in pretty much every genre and he wasn’t afraid to star in violent action movies either. I grew up watching Sean Connery movies and every role he has done was enjoyable and entertaining as hell. Not once did he disappoint us with his acting. He killed it in everything he did really. Sean was acting since the 1950’s and retired in early 2000’s with his final film being “The League of the Extraordinary Gentleman”. He never did a live action film ever again after that.

Sean was a genius and he has always been one of my favorites. Loved him in the Highlander movies too which were underrated movies, in my opinion.

2020 took another good one. RIP Sean and thanks for the great films.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Here’s me smashing a 290 lb. deadlift heavy single today… it was easy, felt like I could do more…

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I had a great deadlift session earlier this afternoon. Feeling strong on deadlift again. Easily smashed a 290 lb. heavy single. Felt so easy, I felt I could do more. Like the IG post says, I could probably smash a 300 lb. single and will give it a shot next week.

I could probably get past 300 lbs. for more reps very soon.

Trying to take technique and form very seriously and I just had a veteran powerlifter tell me in FB this lift was perfect.

Covid 19 didn’t take away my strength at all to be honest. In fact, it actually made me slightly stronger, lol….

Enjoy.

Kev

music

Jimmy Page reveals that Led Zeppelin were going to make a way more heavier and riffier rock album after “In Through The OutDoor”…

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Jimmy Page has a new book coming out and to help promote it, he just did an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Jimmy just revealed that Led Zeppelin WAS on the verge of making their 9th studio album before John Bonham died. They were going to make their follow up to “In Through the Outdoor” but after Bonham died, the band split up. Anyhow, Jimmy and John Bonham were in discussions at the time making plans of their next album after “In Through The Outdoor”. Jimmy revealed that Led Zeppelin were going to make an even heavier and riffier Led Zeppelin album. They wanted to make their next album a lot harder than “Presence”. They wanted the riffs to be a lot trickier.

With an album like “In Through the Outdoor” being a totally different album than the albums they did in the past, I guess they wanted to rock out loud again. “In Through the Outdoor” was kind of a mellow and soft album with all the keyboards and pianos and stuff. It was different.

Just imagine if John Bonham didn’t die and they made that heavy album Jimmy was talking about. It would have been cool to hear ’cause Led Zep is best when they are loud and heavy. Jimmy says the next album would have been a lot heavier but too bad it didn’t happen.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimmy_page_speaks_on_direction_he_wanted_to_take_led_zeppelin_in_before_john_bonhams_death__type_of_drumming_he_was_into.html?fbclid=IwAR1aOd76y-lQrSAHy_-RoyqJOWXjpGDBjT48lcShGlYU4VUfYQ4xV4inLXg

I can picture in my head of what that album would have sounded like… Jimmy banging away heavy riffs with distorted guitars with John banging on the drums, Robert’s usual screaming vocals and John Paul Jones trying to stay in the pocket with his bass and also adding some organ/keyboards like usual.

If John didn’t pass on, I’m sure Led Zep would have continued.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Will I one day be able to lift the big ones in powerlifting? Ya know, be able to bench over 300 lbs. and squat/deadlift over 500? Someday…

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Yup, that is definitely my goal in powerlifting is to be able to one day bench over 300 lbs. and squat/deadlift over 500 lbs. It’s funny that some people criticizing my powerlifting in a negative direction. I’ve only gotten into powerlifting for a few years now… started in 2018… yeah, I discovered powerlifting pretty late in life. Been doing this powerlifting/strength training thing for 2 years now so I’m still learning and got a lot to learn.

I’m doing powerlifting training all self-taught pretty much. I do work with a few other powerlifting friends but they live all the way out in the Albany area and I only get coached by them at the meets… other than that, I’ve been teaching myself powerlifting. Although, admittingly, I would like to hire a coach or get a powerlifting partner ’cause it would be pretty useful. I just need to find a powerlifting coach/partner more locally, ya know? I’ll try.

I do my best to do good technique on the big three lifts: bench, squat and deadlift. Ever since I started powerlifting, I was never the best at squats but I’m getting better at squat form and technique now.

Yes, my goal someday is to lift the big ones like everyone else. Someday I would love to bench over 300 lbs. and squat/deadlift over 500 but it’ll take more time to get there. I was reading a book about powerlifting and it’s actually quicker to gain strength than building muscle and I’ve noticed that. Maybe in several more years or more I’ll get to those numbers that I want, maybe sooner than that…

…. anyway, I’m gonna take my time, stay humble and not rush. Not get ahead of myself. Train and smart and train good. Consistency really is key to getting the big numbers. No other way around it. Stay consistent, do every rep in good form and technique every time and you’ll get there before you know it.

It’s funny that some make fun of me at the low numbers but they feel heavy to me with my bodyweight being at 150 lbs. so that’s okay for someone just starting out in powerlifting.

People also tell me that I need to get big and fat, gain weight in order to get to the bigger weights. Um, no. I’m not gonna stuff my face with a lot of calories and not gonna get fat. I do wanna gain more weight but I want to do it right and safely. I want to gain muscle pounds, not “fat” pounds if you know what I mean. I just read a great book on Powerlifting by Dan Austin and Bryan Mann and even they say you don’t want to get fat. So with that being said, you still need to train and eat like a bodybuilder too. So I do both bodybuilding and powerlifting. I do bodybuilding to gain muscle growth and size, I do powerlifting to get strength.

A lot of people make the mistake that as a powerlifter, you can eat whatever you want and stuff your face with calories ’cause powerlifting responds to food. No. In my view, when you’re a powerlifter, you must be a clean eater and have proper nutrition like a bodybuilder. Continue to eat your proteins, complex carbs and healthy fats.

I want to one day be able to lift the big ones, lift a bar with all kinds of weight plates and load it up but I’m gonna take it slow, ya know? If you rush, it’ll lead to bad form and lots of injuries. Gotta train responsible and smart and that’s what I’m gonna try to do.

Kev

Politics/war

Things usually get crazy when it gets close to election day, everything will calm down sometime after…

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Usually, when it starts to get close to every president election, things usually get real crazy… with the mainstream media and the left… conservatives get crazy too, no doubt… I’m not leaving them out. 7 days away ’til election day and things are getting crazy and whacky right now, it’s unreal.

Have you noticed that all talk of rioting/looting/protesting have quickly faded and now the news is all about Covid spikes? What happened to talk of George Floyd, BLM and Antifa? Seems that talk of race relations and all that have quickly disappeared… now the media is about covid-19 going sky high which is odd since the election day is 7 days away.

I’ve said from the beginning ever since the covid shit started back in March, it was all about the election and it was all political from the beginning. The lockdowns, social distancing, face masks and the slow reopening of the country… all power and control by the media and governors ’cause it gives them something to run on since they have nothing else.

On Nov. 4th when Trump wins the re-election, I’m predicting like most that you won’t hear about Covid ever again. Country will go back to normal. Facemasks, social distancing and small capacity crowds will all be gone. All businesses will fully reopen, live music will return, sports will return with crowds and everything will get back to normal sometime after the election. This covid thing was just an opportunity to help get Biden elected. The left and Dems are all blaming Trump for covid and the mess that it’s in so that’s a clue this whole thing was all political.

I’m getting stoked to vote on Nov. 3rd, though. I didn’t participate in early voting. I could have if I wanted to but I always vote on Nov. 3rd every four years on election day… always do and will do the same this year. Vote in person on Nov. 3rd. I’m going to vote straight Republican like always.

Getting stoked for Nov. 3rd and can’t wait to hit the voting booths to vote for Trump/Pence again.

Can the left and Dems ever pick a candidate who isn’t corrupt to the core? Like corrupt to the core from top to bottom. I know Hillary was corrupt to the core but Biden is way worse. Many on the left hate Biden too but you know they will vote for him anyway hoping to beat Trump. They will fail, though ’cause an easy re-election for Trump coming. It’s gonna be bigger than 2016.

This election is actually pretty exciting, really. Trump is definitely the best president we ever had. There is no reason to hate that man. If you hate that man so much then you’re brainwashed by the media and social media left-wing groups.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Squatting with depth this time… breaking paralell squats for powerlifting…

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Ever since I got into powerlifting full time two years ago, I’ve always struggled on trying to get squat form right and I think I’m finally starting to get the hang of it. In powerlifting competition especially the USAPL federation, to get squat depth right, you gotta break parallel. Meaning no parallel squats /w the legs parallel to the floor… you can’t squat like that in powerlifting… they want you to go deeper. Going deeper means that you gotta squat low until the crease of the hip goes below the top of the knee.

I always google information on squatting on how to get squat depth right and watching powerlifting competitions online on how they do it. The trick to getting squat depth right that the USAPL ask for is to get the hips lower than the knee caps… making the hamstrings touch the top of your calves is the way to do it.

So in order to go below parallel, I had to go for lighter weights, I guess and I was able to break parallel every rep and didn’t miss a single lift today in squats. Felt good. I smashed a 130 lb. single which was the best I could do. Like the video says that lift was a fighter but I was able to lock it out.

I’ll take 130 lbs. heavy single for now and I’ll try my best to go up in numbers before the end of the year. Hopefully get up to 180 lbs. or 190 lbs. before the end of the year and I’m gonna do my best to get there. I really need to bring my squat numbers up and if going lighter is what it will take for now so be it. I’ll still do 1 – 5 heavy reps, just do the weights that I know I can do. I’m gonna train smart. No more messing around. Time to go up in numbers on the big three.

Squats really is an awesome lift. I’m liking it more and more. Enjoy the video above.

Kev

Politics/war

Is it finally time to drop this fear of covid-19??? Yes, Trump beating the virus himself is proof that it isn’t the most vicious virus some wanna believe…

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I think all this fear of covid-19 is just silly and ridiculous. All this control and demands by the government, media and Dr. Fauci has gotta stop. Trump just proved that the virus is recoverable. Not the most vicious and dangerous virus like the media is trying to push it out as. All this bullshit has gotta stop… social distancing,facemasks, low capacity crowds during the slow reopening, etc. All of this has gotta stop and the country needs to fully re-open.

Yeah, Trump had covid himself and beat it in just a few days. I think that’s good enough to see that the virus isn’t dangerous like some wanna believe. Facemasks and social distancing doesn’t work and there’s no evidence proving that it does. Since the virus is invisible, I’m sure someone can catch it despite taking part in facemasks and social distance. They don’t work if Black Lives Matter and Antifa can still go out there and protest and riot while we are losing our freedoms like crazy. It’s insane that lefties freak out about us wanting to go out there and do things like take part in events and things like that but they can go out there and protest with their BLM shit. Lefties freak out about Covid-19 but they protest BLM in small towns and cities all over the USA… and most of the time social distancing isn’t followed by them.

Yo, if it’s dangerous for us to go out and do things for ourselves then you can’t go out there to protest your BLM bullshit. Virus’s go where they want to and anybody can catch them including protesters. This is weird and doesn’t make any sense how BLM are allowed to protest but we can’t do what we want.

All this bullshit will come to an end if we stop complying to all this power and control. There are all kinds of problems that are way worse than covid-19. Cornavirus is a virus that is easily recoverable and it’s fading away already.

There are people that die of way worse things like cancer, AIDs, heart disease… and also drug overdoes, suicides and violent crime like murder is more of a problem.

It really is time to drop the fear of all covid. I’m tired of it all ’cause this has gone on for far too long. A lot of people including myself been predicting that it’ll all stop sometime after Election Day and the country will fully reopen then. We could be wrong the virus could stick around after the election but I’m sure it’ll pass soon. The country will get back to normal sometime before this year ends, hopefully.

We can’t live like this forever. Yeah, the government and the media will try to keep it going forever but we can’t live like this. Sooner or later, the government and media will have no choice but to drop it all.

Hope you’re enjoying all this control and bullying. A country that I thought was once “free”. This is why you gotta stop voting Democrat. The country didn’t have to shut down and we didn’t have to be forced to wear facemasks ’cause this is all Democrats have to run on. Notice that they are the only ones telling everyone to “wear your mask”. Facemasks don’t work ’cause many Democrats been caught not wearing one… they only wear their mask when they are on camera.

Who cares about covid-19. Trump beating the virus is proof that there is hope. Living in fear is not good and that’s what the gov. and media wants.

Kev

music

Instrumental shred guitar music is still alive and well, believe it or not…

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Some may make the mistake of thinking that instrumental shred guitar is “dead” but in reality, it’s still here. The genre is still alive and well. It may not be big and mainstream like it was in the 80’s but shred guitar is still huge and successful.

I first got turned on to shred guitar when I was young and it was Joe Satriani’s “Surfing With the Alien” which was the first shred guitar album that I ever heard. It was my guitar teacher in the past who recommended me that album so I took it and I was hooked to that album. It’s a masterpiece of a shred album and I got hooked to Joe Satriani music ever since.

Of course, I try to listen to other guitar shredders like Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Al Di Meola and guys such as those but Joe Satch will always be my favorite.

One thing for sure, though, I’m so sick and tired of people saying “shred” guitar music is boring. Just a bunch of fast notes, just noodling and never sounds musical. I laugh when people make that argument. I try to listen to all the shred guys listed above and they all sound very “musical” to me. Playing shred can sound musical and tasteful.

I’ve been listening to instrumental shred guitar for years ever since I was in my 20’s and still do listen to that genre today. While a lot of the old shred guys are still releasing new albums even to this day, there are a bunch of new up and coming shredders… like Tosin Abasi (who plays in Animals as Leaders and I love that band), Nita Strauss and Lari Basilio to name a few. I’m sure there are plenty more of new shred guitarists that are around but can’t think of ’em right now.

Anyhow, I love instrumental guitar music. Always had. It just relaxes me, ya know? It’s fun and enjoyable to listen to. One day I would love to start making instrumental guitar music myself ’cause I always wanted to. Maybe that’s what I was meant to do all along, ya know? I was never the best singer in the world, I just did it for fun but I don’t have to sing if I don’t need to. Not saying I’ll give up singing but I just want to try writing instrumental guitar music myself some day. Make my own backing tracks and just jam along to it and see what I come up with.

Shred guitar is still around. Before the pandemic hit, shred guitarists go out on tour and still sell out shows all the time. Even if there’s no live music, these shred guys keep coming out with new records which is great. People still love this stuff. The new Joe Satriani album, “Shapeshifting” is really good, though… and can’t stop listening to that one. The new John Petrucci solo album, “Terminal Velocity” is an excellent record too and there’s plenty of shred on that album.

I still buy shred albums even to this day ’cause I just love that type of guitar playing. Yeah, admittedly, I do want to become that guitar player myself and really working on it. It’s a slow process but the more you keep at it, you will get there.

Kev

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