Trump has to be sitting and gloating with his immediate success in the war with Iran.

First a young girl’s school was bombed and roughly 800 young ladies killed. Nothing to be proud of. Nevertheless, a big hit. 

Soon the same day or next, Iran’s Supreme Leader’s home and capitol building are bombed. Ayatollah Ai Khamenei was killed.

Trump should beware how he gloats. What goes around, comes around. I suspect Iran will devise a plan for reaching the White House and/or Mar-a-Lago. They may very well get Trump.

This disastrous attack on Iran reminds me of Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy was wiped out that first day. Thousands killed. Yet some 6 months later the U.S. “came back” and basically destroyed the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea and then the Battle of Midway.

Iran has vowed “no leniency.” Revenge/retribution will be theirs.

Iran claims the U.S. and Israel violated U.N. Security Council Rules. Unusual. The U.S. generally follows U.N. Security Council Rules. Not surprising however that Trump may have violated the Rules. He has a track record for violating everything. 

Note also that peace negotiations were ongoing at the time the U.S. and Israel dropped the first bombs. The ones that killed the young girls. While Iran was talking peace with the U.S., no warning was given Iran that the U.S. considered the talks were a failure and was bombing Iran. Dirty pool of a sort. Not the U.S. way of doing things. Trump’s way apparently.

Trump’s attack on Iran unprovoked. The nuclear weapons Trump has been pontificating about are still roughly seven years away. The U.S. was facing no immediate danger. There was no legal basis for the strike. The attacks Hitleresque. 

Prior to Trump, the U.S. led the free world. Ninety nine percent of the time. Trump as eroded that recognition. The U.S. a mess. The world a mess. With one thing certain. Most countries, if not all, not following an American President’s dictates any longer. Thank you, Donald.

Iran faced with an even worse situation this year. Food inflation. Not because of the war. The food inflation for Iran in 2026 was predicted in a study late in 2025.

What follows is shocking. Iran was suggested to be the hardest hit re inflationary food prices in 2026 at 56 percent Would you believe? The war and food inflation at the same time. The war not a cause of the food inflation. However will surely cause it to rise.

Enough of the war. Necessary to comment on various phases, however. The war could be the bedrock for future adverse results globally.

Melania Trump led a U.N. Security Council meeting. Why? Is it because she is a Trump and can do anything she desires?

Kennedy Center “Honors” are getting a new name. The name finalized. The new name: “Trump Kennedy Center Honors.”

A disgrace to the Center and President Kennedy.

Immigration detention centers are basically void when it comes to spiritual care. Religious groups are suing for access. Others denied entry are waiting to see what happens with the lawsuits.

What did ancient Romans eat? Not bad. Appears healthy. Olives and olive oil big. A daily key essential. Grains like barley millet and spelt flour. Cherries, peaches and dates. Where meat was available, ox, pork, deer, lamb and pigeons. 

The Articles of Confederation were ratified and went into effect this day in 1781.

The Peace Corps was established this day in 1961. Highly popular. Did much good.

An excellent person for our next President is Mark Kelly. Presently a U.S. Senator, formerly an astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran, Captained a carrier. Please consider him as time moves on.

Enjoy your Sunday! A warm one!

The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. 

A stupid move!

We are at war!

Trump is calling for a regime change. He was a Sneaky Pete re the attack. He did it while negotiations were still ongoing. The U.S. has not been known in modern times as an initiator of war. No good can come of this!

The attack invites Iranian retaliation on the U.S. Especially to copy where certain U.S. bombs fell in Iran. On the palace home of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the home of Iran’s previous leader. Neither were hurt nor their families.

However the door has been opened for Iran to attack Trump’s two homes. The White House and Mar-a-Lago. An Iranian submarine can easily dump missiles on both from long miles away.

Iran has already began retaliatory attacks in the Middle East. They have dropped missiles not only on U.S. bases. They also have bombed any Middle East nation supported by the U.S. 

Trump may have initiated a world war.

A warmonger at heart. 

A glory seeker also. He is adding his name wherever he can. He wants to be a remembered as a big guy. He is. In body only, however.

Word is Trump is trying to change the name of the carrier Gerald Ford to Donald Trump. The carrier now in the Mediterranean as part of the attack force on Iran.  The carrier is the largest in the U.S. Trump bigness thing again.

To change the name, an insult to former President Ford.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in the process of keeping one of his campaign promises. A network of five City run grocery stores. 

Most grocery experts believe the move ill fail.

I don’t know. I do know this. Nothing wrong in giving it a try.

Bill Clinton testified yesterday before a Republican controlled Congressional Committee. The same one his wife testified before the previous day. His response over five hours of grilling included: “I saw nothing, I did nothing wrong.” That’s the way it was. His testimony factual or they would have nailed him.

There is a gross error involved. The Republicans subpoenaed two innocents in the Clintons. Nothing more than politics and government at its worst. Let’s stop screwing around, release the Epstein papers and go after those really named. 

I keep wondering if the Committee is protecting Trump. 

Musk and Epstein. It as been reported Musk asked Epstein for “the wildest party.” Musk now claims to stand up for the Epstein victims. In effect a 180 degree turn. If any of this is true, Musk is is trying to cover his ass before the deluge befalls him.

Ten U.S. governors signed a deal with Canada’s Carney. They agreed to continue doing business with Canada, claiming they were protecting their people and businesses. Trump is going crazy.

A recent poll reveals Americans saying they can only afford the basics. I believe it. Trump has or is causing prices to rise. His economic and other games are killing the U.S. and rest of the world.

Woe is we!

We are about to turn night into day. Sunlight 24 hours a day. Who wants it? Not me. My 90 years have made me accustomed to a day and night scenario. I like the dark and stars. Why change?

The oldest living horse is 37 years 329 days today. The horse’s owner is exactly the same age. They are enamored with each other.

It is not only humans who divorce. Certain birds also. Who and when depends on the nature of the bird. Babies and food involved. Failure to breed also a reason.

A record number of people watched the series final of MASH this day in 1988. One hundred six million. I was one of them.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “State of the Union: Ugly and unnecessary.”

Caitlan Clark leaving Indiana. To play in Europe. 

I do not blame her. She made the WNBA big time in a short period of time. Nevertheless, the black players beat up on her. Badly. The WNBA itself did not help her. She was insulted in international matches by mostly being left to warm the bench. Her famed number 22 was withheld from her. All the time she was making the WNBA, team owners and players a bit richer.

They will regret her leaving.

Trump is not a warrior. Never in the military. Here he is waging war against Iran. A war his military Chief of Staff Cane suggested might not be wise.

Leads me to Senator Mark Kelly. Formerly an astronaut and 25 year veteran. Captained a U.S. carrier. Highly qualified to be President. Whereas it is being proven on a daily basis how unqualified Trump is.

Enjoy your day!

Bad boy at it again. Trump is seriously considering giving the President extraordinary power over voting. His tool the one he uses to do things his way when there is no other way. The Executive Order. The Constitution says voting power belongs to the States.

I fear Donald is readying himself for a third run at the Presidency in November 2027. The Constitution only allows a President two terms. Trump wants three.

If the Executive Order is legal, it would also give Trump significant control over State elections.

When will Trump realize the American people do not want a king? Citizens, whether Democrats, Republicans, Liberal, Conservatives, etc., do not want a monarchy. The November elections will prove it when the Democrats are victorious in the November mid-term elections.

When will Trump get the opportunity to testify before a Congressional Committee re the Epstein files and his involvement/participation if any in Epstein’s highly immoral activities? The Republican controlled Committee had subpoenaed Hilary Clinton to testify re the papers. Yesterday she was subjected to six hours of time wasted questioning.

Her position was the same as it has been over the years. She knew nothing. The deposition was “political theater” in her words. She testified she never flew on Epstein’s plane, visited his island, offices or home. Nevertheless they kept beating at her. She claims the hearing was “repetitive” and “unproductive.”

They ran out of Epstein issues to ask her about. So they went to U.F.O.s. Pedophilia in flying saucers? If so, how?

Hilary was also questioned about Epstein’s close female cohort Ghislaine Maxwell. The reason being she attended her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s wedding. Turns out Maxwell was not invited. She was “a guest of a guest at the wedding.” Clinton “did not really know or talk to her in any way.”

Former President Clinton will testify today.

I am confused. England and other European nations are going after and crucifying anyone related to or mentioned in the Epstein papers. Heads continue to role.

In the U.S., we are sitting on our asses. It is obvious Republicans are or may be protecting Trump and prominent persons mentioned. Lets get at whatever the expose is and get Epstein behind us. There are more important matters for our government to be concerned with.

Trump said in his State of the Union Address that the U.S. is in its “Golden Age.” Not so. Actually the opposite is true.

War or no war with Iran. Things now look like there may not be a war. If so, why did Trump recently send 150 war planes to Europe and the Middle East?

Is Trump linked to the Mexican drug cartel?

Enough of the Donald!

To other matters.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a disaster. Even before he became a member of the President’s Cabinet. A man who admits that in his earlier days he licked cocaine off the rim of a toilet bowl. Does he think that experience qualifies him to be a Cabinet member today?

We all know he is anti-vaccine. So far it has generally been limited to children. An item in this morning’s Washington Post concerns me. An Opinion piece claims Kennedy is next coming for the elderly with his anti-vaccine crap. Wrong!!! I am 90 and want every shot I can get!

Babysitting has become lucrative. UrbanSitter has done a study. The most expensive city is San Francisco at $29.63 per hour. The cheapest San Antonio at $18.21. I recall the late 1950s when we started with babysitters. Twenty five cents an hour. Rose over the years to $.75 an hour. Then we did not need them any longer.

La Concha Hotel is 100 years old this year. A major hotel on central Duval Street.  I stayed there on my first trip to Key West many years ago and a few times thereafter.

Remember when ordinary every day Americans could afford a new car? Good luck! No more!

Syracuse University has purchased three near downtown hotels and turned them into dormitories.

Tennessee Williams died February 26,1983. He lived many years on Duncan Street in Key West. His home 1 1/2 blocks from Lisa and Corey’s.

A glorious day for the U.S. On February 26, 1945, U.S. troops recaptured the Philippine island of Corregidor.

I rested all day yesterday. In bed. The first three days of the week were busy with doctors and nurses. I was exhausted.

I continue to remind you of Mark Kelly. The correct person to be our next President.

Enjoy your day!

There is another Leaning Tower of Pisa. In New York City of all places. Rarely heard about. New York’s leaning tower is located in the Financial District at 161 Madison Lane. Its popular address 1 Seaport.

When planned and under construction it was intended to join the ranks of the World Trade Center, Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. However, when the developers discovered the building was leaning slightly north in 2020, construction came to an abrupt halt. The condo tower’s 60 stories were left unfinished. It was discovered the building had been tilting 3 inches to the north since 2018. 

The structure remains vacant and unfinished. Repair considered not viable.

The building has become known as the Leaning Tower of New York.

Because I was not feeling well yesterday, I did not write about Trump’s State of the Union Address. Left it for today.

May have done myself and you a favor. Many watched the Address and/or became aware via social media. Ad infinitum. To the point of sickness. Ergo, my thoughts re the Address will be short. I will bore neither you nor I.

One person did bore all of us, however. Trump himself. His Address boring, put many to sleep type. Too long also. The longest ever. One hour forty seven minutes. He loves to hear himself talk!

Lies galore. I have come to the conclusion Trump does not generally lie intentionally. He just lies. Does not know better. The lies in reality truth to him.

He knows not what he talks about. Affordability he does not understand. Claimed groceries prices down. It is obvious he does not shop. If anything, they go up constantly. Claimed wages up. If so, why do some persons have to decide between food and prescription medicines? Gasoline prices down to $1.85  gallon. Where? Not in Key West. I do not recall the last time it broke $3 a gallon into the $2 range. Always $3 here. Sometimes high $3s, sometimes lower. However, always in the $3 range.

There was a time most people could afford a new car. Trump claimed car prices down. I wrote the other day how hard it was to find a new car under $20,000. Reality is $50,000 for a new car on the cheap side. Which is why new cars are not selling.

He played tough with Iran. Going to beat them up. Would not stand for a terrorist nation having nuclear power. Trump always threatens. Assumes he is scaring the opposition with our military. Then generally backs off from the actual war.

May he back off with Iran. We do not need a war! Especially one that could get out of hand and involve other nations also.

Finally, Trump appeared sick to me. From the time he entered the Congressional Chamber. Also the way he conducted himself as he talked. Not the Trump of old. Again, I suspect he is sick.

Enough as to the Address itself.

One other point. After the Address, the channel I was watching interviewed Trump followers across the country. Not only as to the Address, but also did they still support him, etc. Each person remained strongly adamant in support. Disgustingly so. A few acknowledged his errors, but it made no difference. What is the matter with these people? It is obvious the blind cannot see.

Dr. Blass again yesterday. Two days in a row. Ross’s for two items I will need for wound care. Bank stop also. I am still without a car. Mine in the shop for repairs. Good people driving me around.

Today a good day. No doctor or nurse care. I am going to lay around. PERIOD!

Too tired to write further.

Remember Mark Kelly.

Enjoy your day!

No blog today. I am tired and shot. 

Yesterday Dr. Blass and my cancer ankle. Back to him again today for what appears will be a biggie procedure. Of all my medical procedures, it has been the most painful. I do not look forward to my visit with him today.

Tomorrow I will share my thoughts re Trump’s State of the Union Address. Long and boring.

Enjoy your day! I am not looking forward to mine.

Love this weather! It sucks! It will be in the high 50s all day. My heater broke. Does not help the situation. 

Tomorrow will be back in the 70s. All I have to do is survive today.

Yesterday at 3 it was in the 60s. I was outside waiting for a cab. A couple walked by. Smiling and happy. We catted for a bit. They were vacationing from Wisconsin. I apologized for our weather which had to be affecting their vacation. They smilingly said no. It was warm for them. They had snow in Wisconsin.

So much for trying to be a nice guy.

Don and Stephanie Manaher are in Key West for a visit. I have missed him. He owned and operated Don’s Place for many years till he got ill. I

believe he now lives in the Chicago area.

There is a party tonight at Larry Smith’s home, an old friends party. I look forward to it. The party is to give everyone an opportunity to see and greet Don.

Putin has diminished Russia economically because of the war with Ukraine. He has put Russia’s future at risk by remaking the economy for the war. Half of Russia’s budget goes towards the fight in Ukraine. Monies remaining do little to support Russia’s long term development.

Russia began its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. How time flies! Putin thought he had a quick win. The contrary is proving true.

Trump should pay attention to Russia’s plight as he considers invading Iran. Already he is receiving noises from his Chief of Staff that perhaps it would be better if the U.S. did not invade Iran. I will comment further on the Chief of Staff’s concerns in the Trump section later in this blog.

Most common fields of study have changed from 1970 till now. College majors going in another direction.

Business has reached number one. Health professions and related programs shot up to number two.

I studied to be a lawyer and practiced my profession for 46 years. I was curious where the law placed. In the 29th position. Law classes may be a bit smaller today.

Phil Knight: “If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be few, the highs like nothing you ever felt.”

How true! I loved practicing law. Worked till I was 71. Could have retired years earlier. However, I could not walk away. It was my life. The blood that fueled my existence.

The Winter Olympics have ended. The tally. Norway first in total medals won with 41. Gold medals made up 18 of the 41. The U.S. was second with total wins of 33. Second in gold with 12.

The U.S. has had significant success in winning Summer Olympics. Nineteen times out of 29 appearances. The Winter Olympics another story. The U.S. has placed first only one time in 24 participations.

Norway is to be congratulated.

Marbury v. Madison was decided by the Supreme Court in 1803. A most significant decision. It established the principle of judicial review. In effect, made the Supreme Court the court of last resort.

Yesterday was a visit with Dr. Norris. Today, Dr. Blass. Later a visit by Nurse Sara. At my age, I am resolved. Doctoring in one fashion or another is now part of my everyday existence. 

Time for Trump. Last today, but not least. He creates too much news.

Trump’s State of the Union message tonight at 9. Are we in for a typical Trump ranting address? I suspect so.

Trump’s top General, Chief of Staff Chairman Dan Cane, foresees acute risk if the U.S. attacks Iran. The problem as he sees it is a lack of munitions and allied support. Both would create greater danger for the U.S. militarily. 

In spite of all the Navy forces sent by the U.S. to the area, the U.S. approach has been described as “sleepwalking.”

In a New York Times article this morning, the Times reported General Cane’s comments to the President were told to Trump at high level White House meetings concerning the invasion problems as the General saw them. Trump later claimed publicly Cane’s statements were in effect inaccurate. However, the Times article reported Trump was admitting their veracity in private in his office.

Trump says he has brought down inflation, but families are still struggling to pay bills and plan for the future. Many Americans are cash strapped. Basic living has become a burden.

I conclude as I have for some time now. If you want a for real President, one with the experience that qualifies him, vote for Mark Kelly as your next President. He presently is a U.S. Senator, formerly an astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran. One of his Naval functions was serving as Captain of a U.S. carrier. A Donald Trump he is not. Note also that Kelly worries Trump. He has been attacking and having him sued. 

Enjoy your day!

Wow! Has the weather changed!

Several days of warm delight. Overnight cold again. Temperature at 7 this morning as I am writing 61 degrees. Temperature will otherwise be consistent all day. Sixty degrees!

Sucks!

Besides which my heater broke during the night. I can’t win. No heater and no dear to delight me.

Lunch yesterday with my dear friends Fran and Tom Dixon. At the Key West Square Grouper. My first visit.

We arrived at Square Grouper at 11:30. The place packed. However, we were fortunate to get a table. Th place is beautiful inside. The menu expensive. How about stone crabs. Twenty five dollars EACH. Obviously we did not order stone crabs. I was not particularly impressed with the food. Merely ok. Fortunately none of us were drinking. If we were, I would have had to get a bank loan to pay the bill.

Tom was finally able to rent a car. At National Car Rental.

Some minimal Trump. He is worth less and less report wise each day.

What is the man up to? He is talking of sending a hospital ship to Greenland.

The Supreme Court with its tariff decision Friday is finally standing up to Trump. Till now the Supreme Court generally found a reason to side with Trump. I was beginning to fear that the strongest Court in the land was fearful of Trump also. 

Judges have been growing angry over Trump violating their orders. Especially federal judges.

An example involves 35 cases since August where a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases. Trump’s people ignored federal decisions.

No one fails to follow a federal court order. Unheard of in the legal profession. Trump’s people do, however.

Let’s move on. Enough of the Donald.

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. Would you believe? The Sahara is not. The Antarctica desert is almost twice as large as the Sahara.

Confusing. All that ice and snow. The desert is actually below the ice and snow. Additionally, Antarctica has the largest body of fresh water in the world.

This whole concept of Antarctica having the largest desert, etc. is beyond me. I read and read and found it impossible to comprehend. The story does not make sense. Some of you may wish to research the issue on your own. Let me know what you figure out.

Historian WEB Du Bois was born this day in 1868. One of his special quotes: “There is but one coward on Earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.”

Rotary telephones became popularized in the 1950s. Most American homes got one. Today, they are no more. Replaced by the cell phone. The cell phone has the capacity to be “everything.” Better and more convenient. An example of the effectiveness of progress.

An outstanding article in today’s KONK Life re the Red Barn’s “And the World Goes ‘Round.” Why not! Joanne Celi does the Red Barn’s advertising. She has the touch!

Harry Truman loved Key West and Key West loves Harry Truman even to this day. On this day in 1957, a dinner was held at the Casa Marina Hotel honoring Truman. Proceeds to go to the Truman Presidential Library in Missouri. 

It was the first time Truman returned to Key West after leaving office. The event was a major success.

On this day in 1945, the famous raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima took place. Famous to today and in all likelihood will be famous throughout American history.

The U.S. does not need Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. I recall how bad polio was into 1954 when the polio vaccine was introduced. Many of my grammar and high school friends were struck and had to be sent to special hospitals in cool places. 

Children began receiving polio vaccines for the first time. The vaccine worked and polio slowly but surely was eradicated. Now Kennedy wants to do away with the vaccine. He’s crazy! He does not understand…..It is not wise to argue with success.

Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington, D.C. this day in 1861 to take office as President of the U.S. A dangerous trip for him. He traveled in secrecy. Seven States had already seceded and the threat of civil war hung in the air.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a genius! During the Great Depression, he came up with a great idea as part of the New Deal. He made librarians out of certain of the unemployed. Librarians who delivered books in rural and desolate mountain areas on horseback.Technically referred to as “horsepacks.” Their delivery area primarily in the Appalachian Mountains.

Packhorse data: 63 percent of Kentucky residents were served, 75 percent of schools in 1937, 50,000 people overall. The monthly salary of a packhorse librarian was $28 a month. A tidy sum in those days.

A visit with Dr. Norris today. He and April Gallagher following up my most recent medical problem which developed three weeks ago.

Mark Kelly my candidate for our next President. Hopefully, he will be yours also. Presently a U.S. Senator, formerly an astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran. Captained a carrier.

Enjoy your day!

Key West has a car rental problem. Too few if any cars to rent.

The problem came to my attention the past two days. My Buffalo friend Tom Dixon is in Key West to visit sick Louis. He always rents a car. Not this trip. He tried all the rentals. None available.

The reason is Key West’s cold spell earlier this year. Many visitors could not fly back home because many plane flights were being cancelled. So they rented a car and drove north to their homes. The car rented in Key West was left with their home town rentals. To remain. Leaving Key West with a seriously depleted source of rental cars. And no car for my friend Tom.

I was not aware of the problem till Tom encountered it. I checked back editions of newspaper reports to see if any carried what has now become a serios problem. I could find none.

We cancelled dinner last night because Tom did not have a rental. We may do lunch today. Tom is considering renting a golf cart.

Two meritorious Lincoln quotes.

The first: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” A phrase often remembered. Often stated. 

Another Abraham Lincoln quote. One of extreme truth: “Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.” Lincoln had a rocky marriage. His wife Mary Todd Lincoln made her husband’s marital life not the best. Historians note they often quarreled.

Crotch enhancement at the Winter Olympics. It is rumored some skiers are injecting an acid serum into their genitals to artificially increase their genital size. The issue has been put to the World Anti-Doping Agency for review.

Crotch enhancement in the Olympics for real? Also dubbed “crotch cheat.” Bizarre. 

Hard to believe. However nothing is surprising these days. Time will tell.

Iran appears to be first on Trump’s present list for war. There may be another nation. Nigeria. A country where for a significant time Trump has been sending ground troops. More sent recently.

When the Supreme Court tariff decision came down Friday, Trump said he was going to levy a global 10 percent tariff. One day later, he raised the new global tariff he was considering to 15 percent. 

Stability is not one of Trump’s virtues. He changes things constantly. He makes it difficult for economics to operate on a sound basis.

One of history’s rarest baseball cards is the T206 Honus Wagner card. The same family has owned it for 116 years. They have decided to sell it.

The card will be offered for sale through Goldin Auctions. It is expected to sell for between $5 million and $7 million.

A recent poll found Trump had a 60 percent disapproval rating among Americans. I am surprised it is not more.

Japan has transparent public toilets. Transparent when not in use. Purpose is so users can see whether one is clean and safe before entering. When locked from the inside and in use, the transparent walls turn opaque for privacy.

I mentioned this some time ago. Worthy of repetition again. “Steamboat Willie” was the first film to feature Mickey Mouse.

George Washington was born this day in 1732.

Andy Warhol: “Making money is art and business is the best art.”

Did King Arthur really exist? Questionable. In spite of the fact he is claimed to have been King of Camelot, created the Knights of the Round Table, and fought against Saxon invaders, his existence remains questionable.

Barbara Jo Rubi became the first female jockey to win a U.S. thoroughbred race.

A Key West item of importance. On this day in 1906, Stock Island and Key West were joined for the first time by a new 12 foot roadway built for the Florida East Coast Railroad.

Mark Kelly out there hustling. Sharing truth with the American public. Keep him in mind when you vote for President in November 2027.

Enjoy your Sunday! 

Ho, ho Yogi Bear! Trump blew it again! And got called out big time for it!

Trump lashed out after the Supreme Court struck down most of his tariffs yesterday. The President slammed the Justices in unprecedented terms a few hours after the ruling and vowed to impose new levies. Forget not, Trump is President and believes he has almighty powers to do anything he wishes. From his perspective, how dare the Supreme Court rule against him as they did in the tariff decision.

The 6-3 result is expected to reverberate widely, affecting global trade, inflation and the pockets of every American.

The ruling results in Trump losing the negotiating tool he used to make peace and money.

Trump will retaliate. One is by ignoring the Supreme Court decision and continuing to impose tariffs in certain area. Trump in effect doubling down.

Trump continues to lose in the courts and in public exchanges. He is losing ground in many areas. He will continue to lose in greater proportions as time moves on. 

Following receipt of the decision, Trump referred to the six Justices who ruled against him as “fools and lap dogs.”

Trump’s respect factor for others continues lacking.

A loser thou art, Donald! You bought it! You made it! You created it!

Norway doing terrific in the Olympics. Presently in first place. Seventeen of its medals gold ones.

The U.S. running second. Several medals behind Norway.

Several sources believe the U.S. military could be ready to attack Iran as soon as this weekend. Such is based on a buildup in recent days of U.S. air and naval assets in the Middle East.

An upstate New York woman faces criminal charges after paying two minors for babysitting with marijuana. The arrested woman is 24 year old McKenzie L. Fisher of Perry, New York.

Foreign visitors to the US. were significantly less last year. Eleven million less. Things do not look good for this year either. The fewer number is expected to increase. The reasons the same: Increased scrutiny at the border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies.

On this day in 1965, Malcom X was assassinated. Only 39 years old at the time.

Karl Marx published the Communist Manifesto this day in 1848.  The Communist bible. Would change the world some 70 years later.

Theodore Roosevelt: “No man is above the law, and no man is below it.”

Stop signs have not always been red. At the beginning in 1915, a simple square sheet of metal with black lettering. In 1935, yellow. In the 1950s, the red we know today.

The number of vehicles in the U.S. staggering! In 2023, 284.6 million.

An interesting tidbit. William Phelps Eno is called the “father of traffic safety.” He helped invent the rules of the road. One interesting fact. Eno never learned how to drive! He preferred horses to cars.

My Buffalo friends Tom and Fran Dixon arrived in Key West yesterday for a short visit. Two reasons. One to celebrate Tom’s birthday. He turned 80 Thursday. The other to see me. They are aware I have not been feeling well.

We were to have gone out last night. Did not. The Dixons were tired. They had to rise at 3 a.m. in Buffalo to catch appropriate flights to Key West. They were shot and begged off re last night. We celebrate instead tonight.

I also begged off. Felt like shit all day yesterday.

I look forward to seeing them this evening.

Mark Kelly the person for President in the November 2027 election. He has the credentials. Presently a U.S. Senator, a former astronaut and a 25 year Navy veteran. He captained a U.S. carrier.

Enjoy your day!

Trump appears ready to attack Iran. A warmonger he is.

Why war? Why now?

His explanation to the American people is minimal. Public debate little.

Trump claims doing nothing is “the reckless of all options.” His war support is based on selective intelligence and in certain

instances outright false claims. 

Many historians believe that a today war with Iran would be one of the “greatest errors of modern times.”

If bombs and/or troops find a place on U.S. soil, woe is we. Sad time for having a President so war prone. Our children and grandchildren will be in danger. Many killed. American properties destroyed. Where Germany and Japan were unable to attack American soil proper, Iran may.

Kimmel released Trump’s grammar school IQ. A roaring 89! Not a genius rating. No where close. Trump was upset when he heard and yelled “I’m a genius!” 

The large military surge in Minnesota has ended. So reported Tom Homan, Trump’s Border Czar. Where will ICE and Trump’s military now go? What city and state will they ruin next?

You got great people, Donald!

Rubio disappoints me as Secretary of State. Many of his thoughts radical. A Trumpie at heart. He is selling his soul to Trump today in hopes of a more significant role on his own in future years. I doubt they will come. People will not forget.

Cocoa prices remain high. Popular candies suffering. Hershey has been changing some of its candy recipes. Reese has made adjustments to some of its products.

The latest coffee information is that drinking it will prevent dementia. True or false! Questionable. Test results will reveal whether the statement is accurate.

Anderson Cooper is leaving ’60 Minutes’ after two decades.

Gallons of sewage has been pouring int the Potomac. Spill began January 19. Several weeks or months yet required to correct the problem. Everyone from the President down upset. Age the cause. An old pipe broke.

An Illinois Judge has ruled that a “boneless wing” does not have to be meat from the wing bone itself. Any part of the chicken will do. The decision the result of a $10 million lawsuit by a chicken wing consumer who was upset the meat did not actually come from a wing bone. He lost.

I am still feeling under the weather. Lousy to be frank! My whole body!

Mark Kelly for President in 2028. Let’s not screw up in the next Presidential election!

Enjoy your day!