Power corrupts. The more one has, the more one wants. Might does not make right.

Trump the perfect example. He began his term roughly six months ago. First it was colleges and universities. Law firms, also. Now other nations.

Where next? Only one place left. Heaven. God is in His Heaven, all is right with the world. What a smashing victory it would be for Donald!

Donald is sick. Badly. He has to be stopped. He is screwing up the entire world. 

He is a bully, also. Bullies are big guys who go after little guys. Compared to the U.S., Greenland is a very tiny country. Only 30,000 people. It will take Denmark and NATO to save it from Trump’s greedy hands. 

As Venezuela was fentanyl inspired for the attack when in reality Trump was really after the oil, Trump is bullshitting the world with the excuse he must save Greenland from Russia and China. Trump is merely a pig. He wants to show the world how “big” he and the U.S. are. Nothing more.

Cuba and Mexico will follow.

Keep in mind Trump’s most recent words re Greenland: “One way or the other, we’re going to have Greenland.”

Trump continues to be tariff crazy. He is imposing a 25 percent tariff on all countries that do business with Iran. He fights them first in their pocketbooks. Something he does not understand is that the ultimate consumer ends up paying. Many times the American buyer.

Epstein’s brother claims Epstein was murdered in jail. Not a suicide. He said medical and physical proof being compiled will prove the same. The proof will be released in February.

Fifteen thousand nurses have gone on strike in New York City. Their demands are for increased pay and other benefits.

The hospitals struck seem to have been prepared for the event. Most had temporary nurses close to the striking number available to work. 

Mayor Mamdani stood outside in the cold with the striking nurses to show his support .

A “jumping spider” the newest recommended pet. I find such unattractive. However if certain American people are turned on by them, they should go for it. Ugh!

Two nurses yesterday. Paige and Sara.

Paige a physical therapist. She worked me in the house. I basically did well. Tired me a bit.

I was in an ambitious mood. Suggested we walk outside. A different nurse had walk me one half block last week. A big deal!

I pushed with Paige. We walked three blocks. Big time for me. I did well. Well till about two hours later when suddenly a feeling of exhaustion overwhelmed me. I was tired the rest of the day. Proud nevertheless that I had done the three blocks.

Sara my butt nurse. I spent many days in the hospital and home in bed thereafter. I developed butt sores. Taking forever to correct. Primarily my fault. I am not the best patient in caring for the problem at home. However, and it is a big however, this was the second week in a row that Sara complimented my improvement instead of chastising me. Like getting a gold star!

The longest burning light bulb has been shining since 1901. It presently is on 24 hours a day in a San Francisco fire house. The second longest burning light has been glowing since 1908. Both impressive!

Wyatt Earp died this day in 1929 in Los Angeles. He was 80 years old.

Earp did not spend his entire life in the West of cowboys. He steadily moved to the Pacific Ocean. He mined gold and owned saloons along the way.

The last several years of his life were spent as an unpaid technical consultant in western movies. He became good friends with many of the western stars of the day, It is reported he had a close relationship with Tom Mix who openly cried at Earp’s funeral.

Hopefully, I will make it to The Grand tonight. It has been weeks since I last enjoyed the patrons at the bar. I have had a desire for fried calamari lately. I shall satisfy it tonight.

Mark Kelly is being pushed to the wall by Trump and his cronies. Kelly has sued Hegseth for the negatives he has said about his Navy career, his reduction in rank and reduction of pension. Trump fears Kelly. He should. A U.S. Senator, former astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran. A man with a clean record. One of service to his country. Trump has given less years to his country. Most have been corrupt.

Enjoy your day!

The U.S. has changed dramatically since January. From the time Trump took office again.

We must return to days of yesteryear. Today not normal. We cannot live with ICE, other federal agents and the military living in our cities. Abusing Americans.

Only one way to accomplish this. Trump has to go. He is getting closer to being deposed. Whenever not soon enough.

No foreign country is safe. Nor any U.S. person internally who disagrees with him. Donald wants to rule as he sees fit. Everything. Must be difficult for him, though he is not aware of his shortcomings. He is a man who knows the Constitution as well as he knows the Bible. He comes up short with both.

His most recent attack yesterday. Federal prosecutors commenced an investigation into Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell. Simply because the two disagree on whether interest rates should be cut.

Trump appears to dislike Blacks. He hates them. The government should never have helped them. His most recent statement to the effect that Civil Rights led white people to being “very badly treated.”

Good people do not want to be associated with Trump. They are deserting him. The Kennedy Center a perfect example. After performing at the Kennedy Center for many years, the Washington National Orchestra announced it will no longer do so.

Amos and Andy debuted on Chicago radio this day in 1926. I enjoyed the show for many years. Even onto television.

Big day in professional football! It was this day in 1969 that the Jets won the Super Bowl. A Joe Namath victory. My Father and I watched the game together from his living room. Exciting!

On this day in 2010, an earthquake in Haiti killed 100,000 people.

First publications can bring in a lot of money! The first Superman comic book was published in 1938 and sold for 10 cents. Considered the “Holy Grail” of comic books. Also an “Icon of American Pop Culture.”

Sold years later for $15 million.

What does “gravy train” mean? By definition: “A much exploited source of easy money.” A sweet place to be. Unexpected and generally unearned success. My motto re the same: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

A Happy Birthday! to the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden. Turning 90. A celebration will take place January 30.

Shrimping in Key West was big business in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. On this day in 1952, there were 250 shrimp trawlers. Brought in 2,500 shrimp per trip.

Two nurse visits today. Paige at noon for physical therapy, Sara at 2:15 to care of my sore butt from lying in bed so long.

Repetition is key to success. Doing good, not evil. Keep in mind Mark Kelly. A good guy for our next President. Not a Trumpie. Kelly presently a U.S. Senator, former astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran. The things Trump has never been. And Kelly has never been any of the deplorable things Trump is.

Enjoy your day!

Smarto Donald Trump has done it again. A major screw up!

While Trump was sitting in the White House with representatives of the major oil companies trying to work out a deal with them, China was negotiating successfully to buy more than half of Venezuela’s oil presently and in future years. More Venezuela/China oil deals expected.

The oil companies sitting in Washington said a deal was not possible. They knew what Donald did not. That China was working to make a deal with Venezuela at the very same time.

Smart ass lost again!

He has not addressed the China purchase publicly yet. 

In the meantime, both he and Maria Corina Machado have advised that the two will meet and she will give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded in 2025. The one Donald had and still does have his tongue hanging out for. Whether the Nobel Peace Prize will still move over to Trump in view of China’s brilliant move remains to be seen.

Yesterday the Nobel Peace Prize Committee advised a transfer to Trump would be improper and not recognizable under their rules.

At the moment it appears Trump’s Venezuelan moves have left the U.S. with Venezuela’s problems with nothing significant in return.

Trump does not understand. Refuses to understand. He is being authoritarian. Even fascist. Greenland does not want to be part of the U.S.

Greenland and the rest of the world understands. Only Trump does not. The pig is in the move!

Trump claims the U.S. must take over Greenland to prevent China or Russia from doing so. They have not tried in all these years. Why does he think either would try now?

The U.S. is supposed to be a democracy. Not so when Trump says the Greenland take over will take place “whether they like it or not.”

In the meantime, Canada and many NATO countries are gearing up to oppose a U.S. takeover. Some are considering an action to oppose a U.S. take over even before the U.S. makes its first move.

Trump is going to get us into a world war. With everyone against us. Bombs and boots on the ground will be in the U.S. Our young will be involved. My grandkids Robert and Ally will be in uniform.

None of us want this bullshit. We must depose Trump as soon as possible.

Trump is even offending God. Pope Leo has had to chastise Trump twice this past week.

ICE screwed up in Minneapolis. A 34 year old mother of three is dead. Shot in the face. Trump reacted appropriately from his perspective. Word is he is sending in 1,000 more federal agents.

Is this our U.S.? Does the U.S. still belong to the people? Donald has done an excellent job of screwing everything up. He has to go!

Stephen Miller is one of Trump’s closet advisers. Perhaps the closest. His advise too far to the right and extremely authoritarian. Senator Thom Tillis spoke of Miller thusly: “I’m sick of stupid.” We all are!

Basically the world is protesting the U.S. No wonder. Trump screwing up all over the place. Trump’s actions are uniting the world against us. I fear bad could come from this. Bad for the U.S. We are becoming Hitler’s Germany. Look where Hitler and Germany ended up!

Corey is excited! His alma mater is Indiana. Received his Bachelor Degree in archeology there.

Football never a winner till this season. Indiana #1 in the nation. Just beat Oregon 56-22.

Our President in 2028 should be Mark Kelly. How can we do better than a person that is a U.S. Senator, was an astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran. Donald was none of those. Never an elected official, never an astronaut, never a military person. He had spurs in his heels. I question the spurs, do not question he is a heel.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Donald Trump has spoken: “We’re in the oil business…..we’ll be selling oil.” He claims the U.S. will remain in Venezuela until the country is safe, proper and judicious. Until it is able to transition to something. Probably and assumably an oil or oil companies.

What happened to the fentanyl?

Who is Trump kidding? The oil will stick to his hands and those of his family for many many years, if not forever. The Trumps know a good thing for themselves when they see it.

The U.S. Border Patrol also got into the fray in Minneapolis. Attacked high school students as they were leaving to go home. The scene descried as “animalistic.” Students beaten, even those on the ground. A viciousness which kept escalating. Provocation for the attack lacking. Schools closed for the balance of the week.

Is this the U.S.? Trump resign! Congress throw him out alternatively! Whatever, his time to go was yesterday. Get rid of him. Our country going downhill under his rule. The worst President I have seen in my 90 years.

A Minneapolis woman was shot and killed by an ice agent as she was driving. A mother of 3 and a poet. Trump, Vance and Noem lying about how her killing occurred. Covering their asses. The FBI is keeping State officials out of the investigation.

My America? Your America?

Republican defections in House and Senate votes increasing daily. Trump has to be getting nervous. The noose is tightening. 

Think about this. The U.S. does not need Venezuela’s oil. Which means Trump is going after it to enrich his own pockets.

Trump is sick. His knowledge and understanding of national and international laws nearly non-existent in many respects. He now claims very clearly that the only limit on his global powers is his “own morality.” Trump judging himself. The King judging his own actions.

This “my own morality” is one of the arguments Trump is using to brush aside international law in his attempt for the U.S. to own Greenland.

Trump does what he wants. Till now. Everything collapsing in around him.

His family gaining financially. Which means Donald himself doing so. He will benefit from those riches when he is out of office.

Hollywood has returned to Key West.  Filming a movie. Basically about Key West and the Keys. Only one day of shooting outside the Keys. 

The City of Key West an oldie. It was incorporated this day in 1828.

Canada is standing strong against the U.S. It believes the U.S. has become guilty of “Gangster Fascism.”

While getting a haircut yesterday, I ran into Aaron Whecter. If I spelled his last name incorrectly, I apologize. One of my first Key West friends. We have not seen each other in years. We both hope to remedy that loss.

We need an old type, old time President. That person is Mark Kelly. A U.S. Senator, former astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran.

Another Trump we need not.

Enjoy your day!

I have been up since 5 this morning working on this and that. Today’s blog one of the items. Never completed my research till now. Ergo, the blog is late today. Sorry.

Trump is now a minor part of Mar-a-Lago. A very minor part. Perhaps merely a room. The New York million dollar lawsuit he lost plus its significant interest has finally resulted in the New York Attorney General being able to levy on the property to help satisfy the New York debt owed by Trump.

I would not be surprised in Trump Towers and other Trump properties soon follow in a similar vein.

The world is catching up with Donald!

Maduro winning the Venezuela battle at this point from his New York cell. What the world sees is Trump wants Venezuela and may improperly have taken it. He may be improperly holding on to it. Many American nations, European and Asian ones also, are standing together against the U.S.

Trump miscalculated. Four days post taking, no one seems to be standing with Donald in supporting the U.S. action, except Trump and his hoods.

An international meeting is scheduled for Monday. I suspect the U.S. is going to be deservedly abused big time.

Pope Leo is reducing the manner in which Christmas henceforth is to be celebrated. The world is reacting with anger and confusion.

Leo said he is not canceling Christmas, he is merely indicating “sacrifice,” not “celebration,” is what Christmas should be.

Leo believes Christmas has  been an expression of “wealth.” Claims it should not be. Believes we need more help for the poor and attention to their needs.

I do not agree with him. I give big time to those in need at Christmas. I believe the U.S. affluent generally do. Perhaps such is not the case in Peru or other lesser countries that Leo has served.

My advice is do not try to change what is working in the U.S. Do so in other places if you can actually see the need is required.

I speak from 90 years of experience. The Pope his lifetime also. He may be wrong in this instance. I fear he may be reacting in Chicago fashion. Mafioso style. Jump in and do what you believe is correct when it may not be.

Syracuse beat Georgia Tech in basketball Tuesday night 82-72. Syracuse having another topsy tury season. Winning some, losing some. Nothing to get excited about.  Its record now 10/5. Georgia Tech was an “equal opponent.” Its record now 10/6. 

I recall some of the Boeheim days. We had great basketball teams.  Boeheim only faltered near the end of his career. I rarely missed a basketball or football game for 20 years. I had a private box seating 16 with a bar and server. The were fun games, even if Syracuse lost. I followed the basketball team everywhere, especially New York city. Also wherever and whenever Syracuse was playing a big game. Even did four Final Fours.

I was a fan!

Those were the days!

The Senate blocked Trump’s takeover of Kennedy Center. Good bye to Donald’s name on the building and I assume his self-appointed Board of Directors.

Some oil firms say they are owed billions for earlier Venezuelan investments. Companies like Exxon Mobile and Concord Phillip claim the money is owed for investments some two decades ago.

Proof Trump did not do his homework. Probably no homework re the insurance companies before he attacked Venezuela and captured Maduro. His months of “planning” were not sufficient. The “smart man” shot from the hip again without adequate research.

Trump’s next job? To hear him talk, he might consider giving up the Presidency to have a full time job at Kennedy Center. Perhaps as its Director.

God luck, Donald! No one is going to want you!

Jack Smith will bury Trump. Trump knows it.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a recent White House meeting told Trump “to shut up!” He was upset Trump was knocking Obama and did not understand Canada was not for sale.

A Minnesota ICE person shot a Minnesota woman to death as she was operating her car. A perfect example of ICE being weaponized.

Trump has to go! ICE has to go! Most if not all Trump’s programs must go! 

We must return to the normal U.S. we once knew.

Videos show the ICE agent who did the shooting lied. Trump appears to have done so also, as well as Homeland Security Secretary Noem.

Forget not Mark Kelly. Honest and dependable. Experienced in many ways. Would make a great President!

Enjoy your day!

The world is screwed up. Getting worse by day. Primarily caused directly and indirectly by Trump. The falling and disarray of an American President sufficient to blow up the good achieved since World War II.

Some of what is going on.

Trump and Rubio have made much to do about taking down Venezuela. Next may be Cuba, An easy one. Small. Only 90 miles from the U.S. Key West military prepared to pounce. Appears Trump and Rubio working on it.

Woe be Trump and Rubio. Woe be us. One war after another will lead to many. Bombs and adversarial soldiers on the ground will occur on U.S. soil. Many Americans will die. We may lose a generation of our young. I fear for Robert and Ally.

Hegseth playing/doing Trump’s dirty. His attack on Mark Kelly the most recent. By attacking Kelly, Hegseth is helping Trump to early get rid of  a possible 2028 Presidential candidate. Kelly a good man whose principles are basically diametrically opposed to Trump’s.

Kelly too strong and respected. Hegseth will bite the dust on this one.

Pope Leo XIV will not tolerate adversity to the Papacy and himself directly. Forget not that the Papacy is a government also. As such it has members near the top who believe they have been God appointed and are equal to the Pope in power. Over the years they have become a Papacy within the Papacy, answerable only to the themselves.

The Jesuits are such a group. The top seven Jesuits who are Cardinals and operate within the Church’s government in Rome decided to take on Leo. Set the record straight so to speak as to who was boss and who merely a figurehead.

Leo said up yours in effect. Took them on immediately and publicly. Fired the top seven Jesuit Cardinals in the Papacy, he expelled them from the Papacy the same day. No longer would they operate from within as they had done for years. Threw them out. Arranged for temporary sleeping quarters elsewhere. Even fired the head of the Jesuit order internationally, appointing a new person to lead them. A person of his choosing.

I like Leo. He is Pope and is exercising his leadership role. He will not tolerate those who abuse him. He meets them head on and deals with them as he did the formerly all powerful Jesuits.

Go Leo! Do the job as you see fit. Do the job you were elected to do. As you are doing. Meet opposition strongly as you have.

Trump is doing well with Canada! A joke! He has destroyed a forever strong relationship in a small time.

Canadian Artic Waters an example. Belong to Canada. Permitted the U.S. to use them. The U.S. always claimed the water belonged to the U.S., their right to use proprietary.

Canada has obviously become pissed with the U.S. The U.S. forbidden to use Artic Waters. Probably will have to pay. The loss a $900 billion one annually. Includes the vast minerals available. Gold and diamonds big.

What now, brown cow? Trump is hanging on a wire fence by his testicles. War?

Would you believe? The White House is in the process of or has already published a website that REWRITES the history of the January 6 attack.

How can Trump even conceive he will get away with it. Five years later!

Another nail in the coffin.

Elon Musk’s Grok.com is flooding the internet with sexually explicit photos of women and minors. He must be advised to cease and desist. What he is doing is a misuse of AI generated content.

Trump has halted $10 billion in social services to 5 Democratic states, Note, only Democratic states. President of ALL the people?

Thank you Donald and JFK Jr. Recommended childhood vaccines are to be reduced from 17 to 11. Experts say “children will die.” Children’s lives more precarious than they have to be.

Oil companies not rushing in to meet Trump’s claims re what they would do in Venezuela. I doubt they will invest their monies. If Trump wants money invested it will have to be American tax dollars. Another example of Trump speaking without researching an issue. He shots from the hip too often.

If the U.S. tries or does take over Greenland, it will be the end of NATO. How destructive Trump has been and will be. Plays right into Putin’s hands.

One of Trump’s most trusted aides is Stephen Miller. A whack job in his own right. He says the world must be governed by “force.” The U.S. needs this type advice like a hole in the head! Trump’s advisers primarily Hitlerite’s.

On this day in 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game. I recall in my grammar and high school years they visited Utica once a year. My Dad always took me.

Many Presidents had strange pets. Jefferson two grizzly bears for a time. Coolidge racoons, a donkey and a bobcat. Van Buren a pair of tiger cubs, Theodore Roosevelt a badger and hyena. 

History speaks! Galileo discovered the first three Jupiter moons this day in 1610.

Hegseth took his best shot against Kelly. I think he whiffed. Kelly will bury him before he is done.

Continue keeping Kelly in mind as our next President in 2028.

My cancer wound getting worked on. Some pain. Visited with Dr. Blass yesterday afternoon. He is pleased with the progress. Another visit this afternoon to get a new type bandage.

Oh, the pain! The worst I have experienced in my lifetime.

Enjoy your day!

So much happening! My thoughts everywhere. Random thoughts. I share them with you with no particular order. Merely as they popped up in my mind and then my notes. 

The Doncom doctrine. Trump’s substitute for the Monroe Doctrine. Will represent his take over of Venezuela and in the near future the attempted takeover of other nations. The American people will not stand for it!

Trump is a sinking ship. He is taking on water every day. He cannot remain afloat for a full 4 years. One way or another, he will sink.

The Oxford Dictionary has announced its new word for 2025: Rage Bait. Actually two words. Means the supposed effect of low quality control on the brain. Confusing. First time I heard of it was yesterday. Who speaks or writes it?

Scientists finally know what is actually happening when your mind goes blank. Scientists call the phenomenon “mind blanking.” A new study suggests a distinct mental state, separate from daydreaming or distraction. 

There is a cure for Alzheimer’s disease in humans in the making. The first step has been reached. Scientists have reversed the disease in mice.

Adult cremation is not new. Archeologists have identified the earliest adult cremations. Go back 9,500 years to Malawi in Africa. It is the oldest in situ adult pyre in the world. A unique approach. The head was removed before the body was burned.

Trump failed to timely appear for his recent 11 a.m. news broadcast. The one American people were interested in hearing. Concerned attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro and his wife. Trump was 39 minutes late. Reflected a disrespect for Americans.

The broadcast took place in the Mar-a-Lago Tea room. A first time there for me.

Trump claims Venezuela “stole our oil.” I didn’t know. How? When?

He also said, “We couldn’t let them get away with it.”

If they stole it, why did he wait so long to recover it? Also, why didn’t he do something earlier? Why didn’t other Presidents do something to get the “American oil back?”

The truth be known, Trump is acting like a thief. The oil belongs to Venezuela and not the U.S.

Interesting. On January 1, 2026, copyrights for comic books, movies, musical compositions, and creative works from 1930, as well as readings from 1925, expired. We can now use things like Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and the Maltese Falcon for free.

Senior sex lives after 65. Forty percent are active. Most satisfied. Men more interested. Women may be satisfied. For men, using it or losing it appears to be true.

A confusing problem. Seizing Maduro was quick. On the other hand, fixing Venezuela’s oil production will take years.

Rubio disappoints me. He’s a pretty boy with an evil mind. He said a couple of days ago that a military “quarantine” on some oil exports will remain in place to continue placing pressure on Venezuela’s leaders. This was before Maduro’s overthrow. 

He is coming off as one of Hitler’s aides.

We do not need Greenland! We have done well with the way things are for years. Donald is playing Adolph once more. What’s wrong with Trump?

He is truly sounding more like a Hitler type with each passing day.

Cuba may be next for Trump. An easy takeover. He is crazy! Look for war. I fear more may be coming. Hope I am wrong. The American people do not want wars. Neither does most of the world. In a short time, Trump has failed the U.S. and rest of the world.

Foreign nations and the Pope also fear Trump inspired wars around the corner. For example, Trump said Greenland will belong to the U.S. in 2 months. Smells of a war!

Donald may not realize it. However, he is more and more being a hothead. Why? Does not make sense. Threats, pressure and threats of annexation not part of the free world. Get off this kick, Donald!

Canada even in Trump’s sight. He’s nuts!

Even the Catholic Church is in turmoil. A group of 20 Cardinals sought to diminish Pope Leo’s power. They failed. Leo survived the onslaught. Spoke as God’s man on Earth. He spoke and acted as if God was so acting. An interesting story. Read it in detail. You will enjoy and find parts hard to believe.

The Papacy is a nation and government. It has had problems for several years now. Problems similar to lay nations. Men will be men.

A UN Security Council yesterday morning condemned Trump’s actions re Venezuela. Trump’s adminstration responded bullshit in effect. Makes me uncomfortable. U.S. respect for other nations falling apart. It is Trump against the rest of the world. As was Hitler.

The House has returned for January business. Guess what? Only 12 days of formal work scheduled. Does not make sense. One thing we need is a new budget by the end of January. The House is Republican controlled. When are they going to get off their asses and take back their power from Trump?

How does Trump invading Venezuela and capturing Maduro make American lives better? It does not. It may enrich Trump, Rubio and their friends in the final analysis, however.

A check on Trump is required. Constitutional ones sufficient. Republican Congress controls. They must function as the Constitution  intended. Not as a group of persons scared silly of Trump. Grown men at that.

Rubio has achieved the prominence he sought. Had to sell his soul for it, however. A pretty face with a sick mind.

How will the U.S. Senate vote if the issue of American troops on the ground arises to protect American oil interests in Venezuela?

Trump’s people fear Mark Kelly. The are seeking to defrock him of past glories earned. His Navy benefits seeking to be stripped amongst other things.

As I have been saying for some time. He would make  great President. Trump and his allies know it and are seeking to soil and taint the man improperly beginning now. 

Watch the battle as waged. Kelly a stand up guy. He will win no matter what lies and bullshit Trump, Hegseth and other Republicans throw at him.

I had two nurse visits yesterday. Dr. Blass this afternoon for my cancer wound. Do not like it. Always hurts!

Enjoy your day!

Trump’s world is crashing around him. Judicially and economically. Piece by piece. 

Now this Venezuela thing. After years of crying fentanyl, his reason for taking down Maduro appears to be oil. 

Joke of jokes. Major oil companies will bear the expense. A route he generally takes. Someone else will bear the brunt economically. In the end, it is the American taxpayer.

Rubio concerns me in this scenario also. A good looking face does not necessarily reflect a proper mind.

Another Kennedy Center problem. One which will also boomerang on Trump.

Again I mention Mark Kelly for your consideration for the Presidency in 2028. We need a return to a “good person” for the office. Kelly’s credentials are noteworthy and appear without blemish. A U.S. Senator, former astronaut and 25 year Navy veteran.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Caracas attacked. Successfully Trump says. Maduro captured and flown out of his country. Perhaps his wife also.

Not certain whether Congress contacted and advised by Trump first.

Trump appears happy at the moment. A brilliant victory from his perspective. He will make an announcement to the Nation at 11 this morning with details.

The attack was early this morning. Other locations in Venezuela were attacked also. 

The attack pure stupidity from my viewpoint. For months we have been advised Trump’s claim of drugs coming out of Venezuela to the U.S. not true. No proof of the same.

As Trump is dying economically, it appears he is attempting to gain success and notoriety in another fashion. By actually initiating a war on another country’s grounds. He is a warmonger. Moving slower than Hitler did, but moving.

Attorney General Bondi said Maduro would receive “American justice on American soil in American courts.” She referenced an indictment in the Southern District of New York. Proper place to try Maduro?

I have a feeling Trump will come out of the attack as well as he has with his actions at the Kennedy Center.

Appears Trump is prepared to wage war against two Nations simultaneously. He is threatening to utilize American troops in Iran. His purpose to “protect Christians.”

Trump is crazy. He was not elected to wage wars. It was to help the poor, lower food prices, lower rental prices, and things of that nature. He spoke one way during the campaign and has acted in another since elected.

Key West weather warming up a bit. Not by much, however. High today will be 73. The night was in the mid 60s. Hopefully our day time temperatures will soon return to the 80s with the evenings in the 70s.

A Keys’ great is celebrating his birthday today. Howard Livingston. Happy birthday, Howard!

In his senior years, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has become a prolific writer. He calls them as he sees them. Right on!

Three recent observations.

First, an unasked for happening. The U.S. hit 2,000 measles cases for the first time in 2025. The first time in years. The U.S. hit the 2,000 number last years ago.

Another. Older adults are still sexually active. Not surprising. Surprise is sexually transmitted infection rates are on the rise.

Finally, the much older are enjoying sex. Even at 90, I am. 

The problem diseases. Chlamydia has tripled in the 65 and older. Gonorrhea has increased six fold, syphilis tenfold.

The “why” clear. Only 3 percent of adults aged 60 plus use condoms. Keep in mind, more older persons are divorced, singles adopt a new life style. A new type dating. Safety forgotten. And most importantly, the elderly are enjoying sex at a time they feared they would not. They “go for it!”

Venereal disease in one’s golden years can make those years less golden.

So much for today. 

I am anxious for 11 a.m. to arrive. Can’t wait to hear Trump lie and misrepresent.

Please continue to keep in mind Mark Kelley for President in 2028. He would not make the mistakes and create the problems Trump does.

Enjoy your day!

Key West is famous for many things. One are the “drops” New Year’s Eve. Certain restaurants and bars drop something or some person from high at midnight. It is Key West’s Times Square ball drop.

There are several. Three have gained prominence. 

One is the Bourbon Street Pub Shoe Drop. A drag queen dropped from the second floor of the hotel portion.

Another is Sloppy Joe’s. A dropping Conch Shell.

The third is Schooner’s Wharf. A pirate wench dropped down a boat mast.

All attract crowds. Huge crowds. Each a fun event.

Staying with Key West for a moment, a piece of history. Not involving a dropping whatever. Rather, girls’ basketball.

It was on this day in 1928 that it was announced the first girls’ varsity basketball team was being organized at the Key West High School.

Some Trump. Too much Trump. Problem he was all over the place yesterday and into today.

Trump continuing to screwing around with Iran. Trump appears to enjoy the blood of war, as long as not his nor that of a member of his family. 

Trump claims Iran killing “peaceful protestors.” Trump says if it continues, “the U.S. will come to their rescue.”

I have never made a New Year’s prediction. Feel compelled to do so today. It is that Donald Trump will not be President next year at this time. His “record” is coming apart.  His problems manifesting themselves. He probably will have departed the U.S. and will be living in a country without extradition.

Trump claims U.S. born workers are experiencing a job boom. Data reflects to the contrary. No way, Jose! A Trump lie, misrepresentation, and/or bullshit. Your choice!

Word is Venezuela’s Maduro is holding out the olive branch. Wants to talk with Trump.

Trump’s administration has terminated Washington, D.C.’s three public golf courses. The National Links Trust has operated the courses for the past 5 years. The lease agreement was for 50 years. However, the Department of the Interior cancelled last week.

What plan does Trump have for the courses? His name? Taking them over completely and making them part of his worldwide owned golf courses?

Why can’t Trump leave well enough alone?

Thank you DT and RFK Jr. For the first time in more than 30 years, the U.S. hit 2,500 measles cases in 2025.The last time 2,000 cases were exceeded was in 1992.

Miscellaneous matters.

Snow. Heavy snowfall will continue today in northern New York State. Syracuse will get some. Not as much as the past few days.

Oswego County is north of Syracuse. It is expected snow falling on Oswego County over the next 36 hours will be considerably heavier than Syracuse has experienced.

The winter problem for the Community of Oswego and the County of Oswego as a whole is that they border on Lake Ontario. Winters are hell! Cold and snowy. I know from experience. I tried many cases in Oswego. Big ones! Very cold snowy winters.

The accident cases were big. For a community of relatively low income, they thought big when it came to awarding dollars. In one case, I walked away with a $2 million settlement the first day of trial. Received several $1 million results. Six figure results were frequent.

Hershey Chocolate was founded in 1894. The company continues to have a long life. What’s better than Hershey Chocolate candy?

Tootsie Rolls and the Korean War. Would you believe?

It was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. U.S. Marines were in trouble. Surrounded by Chinese and North Korean forces. Radioed for help. Requested 60-millimeter mortars. Ordered them by their code name “Tootsie Rolls.”

The Marines received boxes of real candy tootsie rolls.

The Marines ate them. Ordered more of the mortar kind.

The candy served more than the one purpose of being eaten. Some of the rolls were heated and used to plug holes in bullet-ridden cars and radiators.

In the end, the Tootsie Rolls helped the Marines survive the Battle.

On this day in 1865, Joe Namath spurned the NFL to sign a record deal with the AFL New York Jets. Turned out to be a smart move on his part!

Live and learn. A polar bear’s life generally lasts into the mid 20s. If the bear is confined and receiving constant care. Otherwise, the bear’s demise is earlier. 

An Ontario wildlife refuge recently held a “sweet 16” birthday party for one of its polar bears. His name Ganuk. Gifted him. An oversized driver’s license, a large toy car stuffed with tropical fruit, a pumpkin birthday cake, and wrapped gift boxes loaded with snacks.

A big day for Ganuk!

Roald Reagan was sworn in this day in 1967 as California Governor.

I had the privilege once of meeting the man. It was when he still was Governor.

I was a member of Miami’s Jockey Club for a number of years. So long that I was treated special. The maitre de saved the best table for me for dinner each evening. I rarely dined elsewhere.

One evening I came down to dinner. Walked “to my table!” Two couples were sitting there. I must have looked strangely at them. Asked me if something was wrong. Without thinking, I uttered “my table.”

By this time, I recognized one of the men. Ronald Reagan. I had heard he was at the club. Staying on a large boat in the marina.

Embarrassment prevailed! I was embarrassed by my stupid comment. They were embarrassed because they were guests in the club and had remained sitting long after dinner enjoying the ambiance.

By this time, the maitre de appeared. All flustered and embarrassed. To them and me. 

We all made nothing out of it. Shook hands around. I took a table next to them. Second best, but ok.

When Reagan and his party were leaving, Reagan stopped at my table to apologize again. A gentlemen. We talked for about 15 minutes. While his friends waited at the bar.

I complimented him for the fine job he was doing as California Governor. Told him I hoped he would have the opportunity to run for President. I Would vote for him even though I was a Democrat.

I did.

Ankle till painful. Swelling going down. Must go to buy a few groceries today. The refrigerator is down to one bottle of water and one inch of orange marmalade.

I read an article earlier this morning listing Democratic candidates for President in 2028. I was disappointed. Mark Kelley’s name did not appear. Politicos do not know what they are doing if he is not in the mix. From my perspective, he was better than any of those listed.

Enjoy your day!