Mattes's Musings by KC2GIK

 Over the years the City of C ape May has hosted training events for  numerous police departments on the eastern seaboard. One of my favorite times is when mounted patrols come into town. They usually set up along Beach Avenue twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. Usually t he horses patrol the promenade onto  the beach itself.  My house is on the route from the Parkway down to the beach front and today I want paying close enough attention to the radio that I figured out they were doing a photo  shoot at  the Cape May Point Lighthouse. So I quickly grabbed my phone and snapped some pictures right from my front porch, of course I was in bare feet.  A couple of radio tidbits for  the radio enthusiasts who read the blog. All of the departments were using the Jersey Shore Region talkgroup 4 (4187) on the NJICS system . There are three other talkgroups but this is the only one I've heard acti ce since I started  listening to the system a f...

The release of the Epstein files have dominated the news since President  Trump, his AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, took office. In classic Trump fashion he dangled the nugget of releasing the  files since he first started his third run for the Oval Office. Now that he's back as President the people that backed him are wanted him to keep that promise while Trump's enemies, yes he has enemies=, are hoping whatever is in the files will bring Trump down once and for all. A few major things have happened, including two assassination attempts during the 2024 campaign.  There's also the problem of  President Trump never gets the benefit of the doubt. Whether it's the Russiagate Hoax,which I will get to in a second, Ukraine phone call "scandal" or the bogus charges brought  by biased DA's Letitia James or Fanni Willis, it only works out when the weak cases crumble! By then the damage is done, Trump's die hard supporters once again  circle the wagon...