Jimmy Buffett wrote about the Key West he discovered in the 1970’s. The people, streets, Mulberry Square.
He wrote and sang “I Have Found Me A Home.” Key words: “The days drift by, they don’t have names; / And none of the streets here look the same / And there are so many quiet places / And smilin’ eyes match their smilin’ faces…../ You can have everything else I own ’cause I have found me a home.”
Key West is into night turtle nesting time. Be careful when walking on the beaches. Also try to keep condo, etc. lights out near the beaches so turtles can lay their eggs safely and hatchings can find their way safely to the water. Turtles look to the moon to direct them to the ocean. Man made light from the condos and street lights screw them up. They believe the man made lights are the moon over the water and end up under car wheels and people’s feet.
Never made it to The Grand last night. A water pipe broke near the house and we were without water for several hours. Meant no shower or shaving for me if I were to go out without. Smelled “too good” for that so remained home. The water got hooked back up to close to the 4 pm time I was to be at The Grand. Required my canceling with my Greek friends Theos and Dina. We are having lunch instead tomorrow. Maine lobster pizza at Theos’ specific request!
Tonight, I will be at Brady’s Irish Pub. Lasagna the specialty. Excellent! Amazing how an Irish restaurant can prepare an excellent Italian dish! The cook probably a Cuban. That’s the way it is in Key West.
Key West City Attorney Ronald Ramsingh, Code Compliance Director James Young, and Building Department Director Rajindhar Ramsingh were indicted yesterday charged with attempting “to obstruct an ongoing law enforcement investigation.” The investigation of the three was conducted by the State Attorney and FBI.
Further details sparse at the moment.
The Garcia matter ongoing. Trump not bending. A Constitutional confrontation with the Courts in the making. Trump could not be more wrong. A Court resolution may not be possible. American people upset. Also upset with the many problems arising out of the tariffs. A coup in the making?
The situation stinks!
Joe Biden finally speaking up. Time for him to be heard. He spoke yesterday in defense of Social Security and to make people aware of what could occur with the program if Trump has his way.
Welcome back President Biden!
You have to admire Harvard University. Trump has attacked Harvard. They have refused to bend the knee even though Trump is taking away Harvard’s tax exempt status and is freezing $2.2 billion in federal funding.
Donald, get your ass out of college and university education. There are some things you cannot control. Higher education one. Harvard is not “stupid” as you have charged. You are if you think a President should control what colleges and universities teach.
Pennsylvania’s Gov. Shapiro’s home was fire bombed. The Governor, his family and guests were asleep at the time. The Jewish holiday was being celebrated.
The culprit has been caught and charged with arson and attempted murder. The house damaged big time. Fortunate the State Police got everyone out safely.
This crap has to stop! These things are not supposed to happen in the U.S.
On this day in 2007, 32 persons were gunned down at Virginia Tech. The sadness the event itself. Even worse, that gun control not that much better since 2007.
Today is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s birthday. He is 78.
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Henry Stanley’s famous words when he finally located the missionary, doctor and explorer in Africa in 1871.
Dr. Livingstone died 3 years later. His body arrived home this day in 1874 in Southampton for burial.
Turkey is the home to the largest underground city. Now called Derinkuyu. Eighteen levels deep. Constructed in 1200 BCE. At one time housed 20,000 people.
I close with our “good friend” Russia.
Russia was difficult to trust even in the early days of World War II.
On this day in 1939, Stalin proposed an alliance with Britain and France to counter Nazi Germany. The Soviets later signed a secret agreement with the Nazis.
Roosevelt and Churchill had their hands full in dealing with Stalin during World war II.
Enjoy your day!
I hope you have a hefty water stash for when the expired water line up to the mainland pops open again.
Where’s Mulberry Square? Is that a hidden, locals-only spot?
Hey Lou, looks like the NY attorney hero of the left, Letitia James, is facing mortgage fraud allegations. Looks like she falsely claimed on her mortgage application that the Norfolk VA home she was buying was going to be her primary residence while at the same time being required to be a NY resident as NY Attorney General! Additionally, looks like she made false claims about her NY property on the loan application. Wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud is what’s being accused so far! I’m sure you’ll cover this scandal in detail! I’ll wait till all the details come out, but what has been reported so far does not look good for her.
En eyw, Lou’s blog biggest blog bully is more interested in what Donald Trump say’s he’s going to get NYC’s AG Letitia James charged with, but not yet actually done, then he is about Trump not actually bringing down the price of eggs or gas, as he said he would on day one.
Just another case of smearing someone on the left, based on what Donald Trump says is going to happen, someday maybe after he (Trump) get’s back from his next golfing (at the expense of otherwise struggling Americans) weekend?
Does this troll think that Lou (a NYC Lawyer) really hasn’t already heard about this.
Does this obsessed with hearsay troll not see how these childlike posts actually prove how ignorant and spineless he reall looks and sounds?
Retail egg prices are down nearly $1 a dozen since this time last month. Gasoline prices are now at the same level as June of 2021. And… Laticia James is going to prison. If any of you dimwits knew anything about the difference between a four-unit building and a five-unit building, you’d know exactly why. The Virginia residency is bad, but the mortgage fraud on the five-unit is far worse.
Maybe Fire Hose should not confuse his opinions with what is really actually happening. Quit spreading rumors.
Better yet, spread rumors and ignore reality. That is a better way to expose a dimwit.
Those are facts, not opinions. You clearly can’t differentiate between the two, dimwit.
Hey Firehose, whose the dimwit?
Has Letitia James been indicted for anything?
Has Letitia James been prosecuted for anything?
Has Letecia James been convicted of anything?
When exactly does Letecia James go to jail?
I’d like to know those “facts” otherwise they are just opinions and you are the dimwit, or double dimwit, for not knowing the difference between the two.
Good points Mary. She indeed may eventually be in court with Trump’s vendetta, but until she is, this is nothing but that – Trump’s “vendetta” (and Firehose’s false (as it is right now) story and dream.
Who pays for her defense? Me or Her?
….ahhhh – who’s paying for her prosecution, justified or not, win or loose?
YOU, sucker!
Who ever pay’s for her defense AND/OR prosecution, still will not be anywhere close to what American taxpayers are having to pay for Trumps, golfing expenses, reportedly now somewhere in excess of 30 million, already
Currently, Virginia allows a homestead exemption of up to $50,000 of equity in a primary residence.
To qualify for the exemption, you must be a Virginia resident, the property must be your primary residence, and you must file a homestead declaration.
The exemption protects the homeowner’s equity from being seized by creditors in certain situations, such as a debt collection lawsuit or bankruptcy.
Oh, the irony of ignorance when dishing out smear garbage, then using the handle “factoids”
Trump is revealing just how quickly civilzation can crumble.
That may ALL be true about Virginia’s various homeowner rules. It may also be true that Letecia James is guilty of violating these regulations and perhaps punished. What is NOT true is that any and all of that has not been proven, nor has any punishment (including jail time, if any) yet been decided. Actually, she has not even been arrested.
That is the issue, “Pants on Fire” lies that she’s actually guilty and going to jail.
Trolls on this blog are, like all kinds of Republican talking points, lying about everything, this being just one more example.
Maybe she did marry her dad, though.
Hey Lou, it appears Letitia on her loan application listed her father as her husband for a favorable loan rate, but titled the property differently (on the deed he was no longer her husband but was now accurately recorded as her father). Sounds like possible fraud to me! Mail fraud? Wire Fraud? Banking Fraud? I guess that prison cell she had reserved with Trumps name on it may now have her as its future occupant! This is the true definition of IRONY!!
What exactly did she gain, azuming she actually committed fraud. Are we talking $10.00 or $10,000 dollars? And how do we know this actually happened, are these records public, or are they only available on FOX news?
Just asking!
This whole Letitia James thing is just another one of the right wings phony dreams or Trump’s “no birth certificate” nonsense.
Perfect for the wackos like “eyw” and other trolls and losers with unfulfilled lives to salivate about, in what is basically just part of Trump’s revenge tour – truth be damned.