A simple yet accurate statement: The America we have is rapidly slipping away.

Another simple yet accurate statement: Trump is economically illiterate.

A New York Times Opinion Piece suggests some Presidents act like 5 year olds. I agree.

Gaza’s hunger is a moral crisis. Israel and the world could do much more to alleviate the emergency.

Universities and the President should not be in bed together as some are becoming. Independent thought is vital. It has to come from somewhere. Be certain. Disagree when necessary. Come up with new thoughts on occasion.

What is happening today is wrong. Trump is crucifying and changing the modus operandi of our institutions of higher learning. Freedom of thought is on the chopping block.

Trump is operating the Justice Department from a personal perspective. With no credibility. He has his nose in everything.

The year 2026 has become everything. So suggests Frank Bruni. He believes Democrats must prevail in the midterms. I agree.

Trump’s actions against civil society harm us all.

A California county is experiencing a fast moving wildfire. The fire has grown almost 5,000 acres as it spreads.

Trump has ordered the Pentagon to be used where it has not before. He is requiring the armed forces to carry out certain police enforcement activities. 

The military are not police officers. Not trained to be, nor do we want them to be or so act. “We the people” do not want our military to be cops also. Understand!

Ukraine is greeting the planned Trump-Putin summit with deep skepticism. They do not believe Trump and Putin have the ability to deliver a peace plan they can accept. Especially when Ukraine has basically been kept out of the planning for the summit.

Trump is up to it again! He has revived his first term policy of separating migrant children from their parents. Even more wrong, the newer version is happening far from the border.

The Trump Administration has begun to strip federal workers of union protections. The Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be the first agency to begin such terminations. The anticipated terminations thus far more than 30,000.

Government takes the place of management. It functions as management does in non governmental employment. Protections are required in the public governmental sector also. Especially where Trump is the boss.

A federal judge has chastised Trump for moving FEMA funds from one area to another. Judge said no way, Jose! Trump cannot be permitted to screw around with FEMA. The man must be taught to leave well enough alone.

Lawmakers from both parties have castigated the White House for letting money for cancer research be moved to other areas. How stupid Trump’s people are to have allowed such activity.

GOP doing fewer town halls. Understandable! People, regardless of party, are getting beat up. They know and don’t like it. They are refusing to take it anymore. 

Will it affect the 2026 elections? Of course!

Trump continues to play get even. One example is Lteta Jones’ successful fraud case against the Trump real estate empire. A second suggests the Justice Department is looking into James’ high profile litigation against the NRA.

Sick! Not the way government at its highest level should be conducted.

Everyday items like cars, coffee and clothing are poised to get pricier with new tariffs. Average U.S.D. tariff rates will get higher .Eventually jump to a high not seen since the Great Depression.

Thank you, Donald!

I have been out of the hospital 3-4 weeks. Better, not well yet however. Still using walker. Cannot use cane. My activities strictly limited. Not driving, not walking without assistance. Fortunate to have friends and relatives to drive me around and run errands for me.

Doctor says another two months till better better. Normal, hopefully.

Sometimes I am not a happy camper. Limited overall re activities. However I am 90 and still here. So I try to complain not and say thank you to all who assist me.

Enjoy your day!

Nearly 2 million Americans are on unemployment. The highest since 2021.

Lanternflies are swarming Virginia. Threaten Virginia’s $8 billion wine industry.

Word is the FBI will assist Texas law enforcement in locating Democratic lawmakers who left the State to block a Trump backed redistricting effort. A wrong as to the FBI. Texas Democrats have every right to exercise their freedoms as they see it.

Trump is “power crazy.” Now wants to take over what he considers crime in Washington, D.C.

Bess Levin is dealing big time with RFK Jr. in Vanity Fair’s “This Is What We voted For!” MAHA would celebrate mRNA (Experts Say It will Kill People). Read Levin’s article.

The FAA wants to hire 9 thousand air traffic controllers. It won’t be enough. What do we do?

I do not understand. Hegseth wants to return a Confederate Memorial to Arlington Cemetery. The Memorial was removed in 2023 at the recommendation of a Congressional Committee to remove Confederate symbols and memorials.

U.S. and Japan deal not a deal “yet.” May not be. Japan claims details not spelled out. Wording full of arrogance. 

The problem a draft one. Typical of quick type deals Trump makes so he can appear to have made a deal. Wording vague.

Enjoy your day!

I can write. However I cannot correct mechanical defects. As proven by the several days my computer was sick. I had to wait for Sloan to come over and do that which I could not.

Always find it amazing. I spent two days trying to fix before I called Sloan and then waited a few more days for her to work me in. Sloan arrived and it took her all of two minutes to discover and correct the problem.

Trump’s newest tariffs to take effect today. India being one. Trump in effect penalized India with an additional 25 percent tariff because India was selling oil to Russia. Trump is under the impression that the world must do what he wants all the time. If not, he will do whatever is necessary to punish.

Economists are convinced Trump’s tariffs on imports will get passed onto U.S. consumers and businesses.

Young American men continue to be depressed. They must learn how to overcome their problems. Sleeping in Mom’s basement and complaining about not being able to get a decent job not the answer.

Young men must learn to stand on their own two feet and go after the good which life can provide. There was a time they did. No more. Sit back and cry if they fail to move forward economically. Stay poor as a result.

U.S. economy is receding. Trump’s fault. Always is. America’s working class must move its ass! Wait not for Donald to move his ass first nor be the moving force for economic good in every instance.

Trump has in effect begun a war with China. No way to play political games. Too much at stake. Lives primarily!

Donald is forcing an economic recession. He does not possess the smart mind he believes.

Trump has made the U.S. a global pariah, allowing Xi to flip the script.

Warren Buffett says when the tide goes out, you will see who is not wearing shorts. Donald is coming up bare ass!

Japan is home to the world’s most populated city – Tokyo. In 2022, Tokyo’s population was 37.3 million people.

Live and learn. The Great Wall of China is not a continuous structure.

Interesting! Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was one of France’s leading sculpturers in the 19th century. As a result, he was a national choice to design the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was built even before the Eiffel tower.

Traveling through the Panama Canal generally takes 8-10 hours. Two weeks if and around Cape Horn. The Cape Horn fee extravagant, however. Average toll $150,000. Larger ships more One so big it cost $829,000.

FBI says crime is dropping across the U.S.

A significant day in American history. In world history. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Eighty thousand killed, thirty five thousand injured. Helped to end World War II against Japan.

An interesting item to close with. A fruit. A pineapple.

There was a time when when the theft of a pineapple landed a person in prison. In the 1700s. The fruit was rare and expensive. Roughly $17,000 to $23,000 in today’s money.

Wow!

Enjoy your day!

Donald, thank you! No Social Security COLA payment will in all likelihood be made October 15th. Nor at any time this year. It will mark the first time this century that one will not be paid.

Warm weather, warm water. Means hurricane season an almost certainty. May such avoid the Keys!

It has happened. The inevitable. Why? A Catholic priest is back to work in the Vatican’s Secretariat. A priest who was convicted of possessing and distributing pornographic materials. Convicted by a Vatican Court and sentenced to 5 years in jail. Served 2.

He is the Rev. Carlo Abbot Copella. Now 58.

Pope Leo has a problem. What to do with a priest so convicted working in the Vatican? 

Trump leaves people confused. He claims the U.S. has given $100 million to Gaga aid so far. Actually $30 million of which only 10 percent ($3 million) has so far been disbursed to the Gaga Humanitarian Foundation.

He lies!

Trump plays “get even” often. Not the way a President should function.

Jack Smith the perfect example. He properly prosecuted Trump. Trump now prosecuting him. I repeat, not the way government should be run!

Today is National Watermelon Day.

The U.S. is one of the top 4 porn sites worldwide. Kind of a Mount Rushmore of virtual smut. It attracts some 2.3 billon American visits per month. Typical users remain 8-10 minutes.

Confucius: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

Norway’s lighthouses are ancient. Need to be brought into the 21st century There are 1,000 constructed along Norway’s coast. All need work.

The Smithsonian has removed all references to Trump’s impeachments. The error recognized. The impeachments are scheduled to return.

Small earthquakes jolted New Jersey and New York City around 10:20 last night. Near the Teterboro Airport.

Trump intends to build a new large ball room as part of the White House. Experts do not agree as to its necessity or location.

Fantasy Fest 2025 kicks off October 17 this year. A bit early. Why?

Two interesting Comments in Citizens’ Voice.

One is the claim “Make America Hated.” Allegedly our new slogan since January 20. The whole world hates us, is disgusted with us, and cannot wait for this tyranny to end. If we ever needed another “Summer of Love,” it’s now.

The other is the battle over Pride Walkways. The cry therefore proof strangely that homosexual Key West is moving in an opposite direction. Glad the City has put a temporary stop to the idea.

I have a concern. Many of you also perhaps. The weather. The heat has been too much this summer. My concern the heat will provide the basis for a hurricane. We definitely do not want one!

Enjoy your Sunday!

Carolla wrote me yesterday. Pictures included. She is in Ireland for one month visiting her 94 year old Dad.

Seventy years ago, her Father helped start a soccer club there. His recent honor was for his contribution at the time. The soccer club building was named after him these 70 years later.

He was proud. Carolla was proud. Everyone in attendance was proud.

Carolla is a good daughter. Visits her Dad one month a year in the old country. Her son with her.

I did not make it to Brady’s last night for the pierogi dinner. No car available. Still using walker. The walker and I will continue being friends for several more weeks.

Trump more and more a war monger. He keeps pressing things. I have mentioned several times his pushing is going to get us into a war.

Now he is stepping on the big guys. Russa in this instance.

Trump yesterday deployed two nuclear subs into tactical positions after online threats from former Russian President Dmtry Medvedev. Such escalated tensions between the two nuclear superpowers not wise.

Why do Trump’s frustrations constantly rise? He could/may accidently push us into a war of significant proportions!

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is going to shut down following failure to finance by Trump and Congress. After being a cornerstone of American culture for three generations. 

Job growth slowed big time in July. Only 73,000 jobs added. A dangerous sign. The first major economic sign pointing to danger ahead for the U.S. economy.

The Vatican is the world’s smallest fully established nation-state, yet one that most others would like to have.

The Vatican Museum stretches through four miles. Includes 29 museums that contain more than 70,000 exhibits.

The Sistine Chapel, decorated by Michelangelo, is the last museum located in the Vatican complex.

FOX was the first to run a U.S. President on TV. It was Frankin Delano Roosevelt during New York’s World Fair in 1939.

Enjoy your day! 

Me thinks we continue to lose friends! The fault being Trump’ s tariff policies.

Trump’s tariffs are aggravating and insulting. Former friends, good friends, are becoming enemies. In due course, a war could occur with a “former friend.” Like Canada for instance. Trump announced he was raising tariffs on Canada from 25 percent to 35 percent today.

Trump claims the reason therefore is because Canada has failed to cooperate in curbing the ongoing flood of fentanyl flowing into the U.S. Experts on the other hand claim relatively little fentanyl comes into the U.S. via the northern border.

Donald, you are destroying the U.S.

The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to an all time low in 2024 with births 1.6 per woman. Prior thereto, the U.S. rate was 2.1 births per woman. The 2.1 number was sufficient to insure each generation replaced itself.

August 1. Today is International Beer Day. Drink hearty, my friends!

Men born in the summer season months are more likely to be gloomy with depression later in life. Based on a study done at Kwantlen University in British Columbia.

I agree. I am July born. Now 90 years old. I have found in my later years a tendency to be occasionally depressed. Mentioned it to my doctors. Their comment it’s common. I don’t worry about it.

Excuse my repetitiveness, but Trump is tariff crazy. Canada received a 35 percent increase which began immediately. Other countries receiving increases, though in lesser amounts. One exception. Mexico getting a 90 day reprieve.

Smithsonian has an Impeachment Exhibit. The museum removed Trump from any part of the exhibit. Wrong! It is remaking history. What was is. Cannot be changed.

Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes. From millions of years ago. Now has a life of its own.

Senator Bernie Sanders said it well! “There is no miliary purpose in starving thousands of children.” Well said.

The Washington Post writes it best: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Well written.

Trump is 79. He is on a national health tear. Trump is telling everyone to live and act healthy

The pot calling the kettle black. Trump again is 79. He has swollen ankles, enjoys feasting on McDonald’s and Diet Coke. and soon will be the oldest President to occupy the White House. Trump weighs 224 pounds (if it can be believed).

He obviously wants good health for everyone except himself.

A MAGA champion who said Trump would fight child predators has been arrested on charges of being a child predator. Scott Souckey is the husband of a prominent Wisconsin GOP operative has been accused of possessing child pornography. Ten counts. He was accused of possessing child pornography received through a file-sharing system.

Mark Twain: “It’s better to keep your mouth closed and, let people think you ae a fool then to open it and remove all doubt.”

Moby-Dick author Herman Melville was born this day i 1819.

I recall the incident as if it were yesterday. On this day in 1966, a sniper killed 14 and wounded 31 at the University of Texas.

Today is friday. Hope to get out tonight. To Brady’s Irish Pub for Polish pierogis. Depends on whether I can get a ride. Still getting around with a walker. 

Hard to believe. The cost of eggs continue to rise.

Enjoy your day!