“Luigi: The Musical” is a satirical musical comedy about three high profile jail inmates . One is “Luigi Mangione,” the top suspect in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year.
Fiction. About their experiences in prison. Turns out it may be a theatrical hit.
I write about it because the perpetrator of the killing in the musical is named Luigi. Luigi is Italian for my name, Louis. In my youth and early school years I was often referred to as Luigi. Initially it was common to be called Luigi when I lived in the “Italian ghetto” in Utica. Later when we moved and I was attending school where there were few of Italian extraction, it was as an insult.
The earliest discovered plague goes back 5,000 years to Siberia. Called Yersinia Pestis Bacterium. Wiped out whole families. It was spread by coughing and sneezing.
Lincoln, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln once worked, had a local court house, two colleges, a bottle factory and a state prison. Today, all gone. The people of Lincoln have run out of major employers.
Trump signed the Peace Agreement with Iran. He bragged about the benefits of it and threatened force if it fails.
Trump initially demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” He failed. Iran has beat up the world strongest military power using “economic chaos” as a weapon.
Good job, Donald! The next Presidential election cannot come soon enough!
The American dream is failing. Will it come back? Fewer than half of Americans believe it will.
Who is to blame? First those who elected Trump as President two times. Then Trump himself.
We have to work hard to achieve a return of the U.S. that was. Especially for the young.
The little guys continue to beat the big guys. Again, look how Iran has handled us. Then there is the Ukraine. Defecate on them not! The Ukraine recently destroyed a Moscow refinery in a huge scale assault.
The Knicks ticker tape parade this morning. Watch in person, watch on TV. It will be New York City at its best.
The Obama Presidential Center will be unveiled in Chicago today. A star studded party. A big deal for the former President.
Four Presidents will attend the affair: Bush, Clinton, and Biden, as well as Obama himself.
Trump was not invited. He recently compared the Center to a “trash heap.”
A big deal for Obama’s adopted home of Chicago. The Center cost $850 million and sets on a 19 acre campus which provides goodies for the young and old in addition to the building itself.
Upstate New York is in for a tornado storm today. Albany, Schenectady and Troy will be involved. Albany is New York’s capital. I maintained an office in Albany. I also tried lawsuits in the three cities.
Key West weather continues to be horrible. The heat atrocious. High 80s and low 90s every day. Heavy humidity. Tough! I ordered another air conditioner yesterday. Need more cool! I sweat throughout the evening.
Query: Will Trump ever pay for his “sins?” As Frank Bruni wrote in this morning’s New York Times, “Trump blusters about having returned America’s greatness – about our country being the ‘hottest’ in the world, whatever that means – while making it look smaller, sillier and stupider by the day.”
Algae continues in the Reflecting Pool. Trump claims he fixes everything perfectly. What happened with the pool? Why the algae?
The War of 1812 began this day in 1812.
Napoleon met his match this day in 1815 at Waterloo.
Two beauties who would be dead in five years met this day in 1940. Hitler and Mussolini were at the height of their power. Five years later, both would be dead. Hitler by suicide, Mussolini killed by Italian patriots.
“Gas station heroin” on the rise. A highly addictive opioid sold across the U.S. in sweet fruity flavors. Screws everything up big time where ever it takes hold.
Dr. Norris back. I have an appointment with him at 2:30 this afternoon. Re my throat choking problem. He wants me to have the surgery and I do not. Reasons on both sides. Going to be an interesting discussion.
Enjoy your day!