Great time last night. Dinner with Cheryl Keast at Antonia’s.

My friend of friends did correct me, however. I mentioned in yesterday’s blog how she left a touch of Roger at Harpoon Harry’s. My description was wrong. My apologies to Cheryl and Roger. Gum not involved. Cheryl carries Roger’s ashes in a tiny bottle of relatively clear nail polish. A portion of Roger’s ashes and the nail polish are mixed. Cheryl shakes the bottle, pours a small amount on her fingers, and rubs it on the underside of a table. 

She does this at places Roger enjoyed. Last night was her first time at Antonia’s since Roger died. He now rests on the underside of one of the tables.

Again, enjoyed dinner with my friend Crystal. She reminded me of the last time we had dinner together years ago at Antonia’s. Cheryl, Roger and me.

Graduated to the implant dentist yesterday. Dr. Mullin at Old Town Dental. The good doctor says 3-4 weeks and all will be done.

I am excited! I have not had a full mouth of teeth since January 31.

A bad “opinion piece” in yesterday’s Washington Post titled: “Should Democrats Tone Down On Their Rhetoric On Trump?”

Stupid title. It contributes to the Vance misrepresentations and lies. Trump should tone down his rhetoric not only on Harris, but also Democratic issues as well.

Pray tell, where are and what are the issues Trump is posturizing on behalf of the Republican Party?

Trump seems only interested in immigration. He talks about little else. 

Megan, one of the authors of the opinion piece, was incorrect in claiming “the hyperbolic rhetoric where the dark night of fascism is about to fall is not helpful to our politics.” She must be deaf and perhaps dumb. Trump is clear that such is where he will take our country.

I agree with Megan that Trump “is not Hitler.” He is far worse.

Springfield.

More than 30 bomb threats in less that one week. I thought one of  Vance’s primary responsibilities was to protect his community constituencies.

Vance says truth/fact checking is up to the media, not him. He is blaming the media to an extent for what is going on in Springfield.

Does not make sense to me.

Springfield a time bomb waiting to explode. I hope it does not.

What is next following the bomb threats? Violence. One form or another. It will not be good. 

Let’s hope the problem will die down. It only can if Trump and Vance slow down, even better cease, their rhetoric. Simply keep their mouths shut!

A sick law: On this day in 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act which created a force of federal commissioners to return escaped slaves to their owners.

On this day in 1851, the first edition of The New York Times was published. The newspaper being proof that mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

I am not an economic genius. However, I know what I want and what will affect my pocketbook.

Biden has done an excellent job in cutting inflation from 9.1 percent in 1992 to 2.5 percent in August.

The Fed is expected to cut today. A 1/4 point cut is pussy footing around. The Fed should cut 1/2 point. More, too much. Less, an ineffective impact.

The Hurricane of 1935 hit the Middle Keys and killed roughly 400 persons. Mostly railroad construction workers. The hurricane was a Category 5.

One of the problems was the attempted rescue of the 400 before the hurricane hit failed. Came up “just short.” Close, but not enough. The hurricane blew the rescue train from Miami off the tracks and up, up and away.

Two years later in 1937, a plan was approved to rescue WPA workers from the Keys in case of a hurricane by using Coast Guard patrol boats to move workers to No Name Key, where they would then be taken to Key West by automobile.

Permit me a bit of humor in closing.

I read the following in Facebook yesterday. Twenty three million Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows. I suspect all 23 million are MAGA Republicans.

Enjoy your day!

Trump his usual self. Blame someone else if something bad befalls him or could have. Trump said “the gunman acted ‘on Biden and Harris’ rhetoric.'”

Vance picked up on what apparently is now a party line. In asserting Biden and Harris are responsible, he has placed the mark of death upon them. Especially on Harris. He has made her fair game for execution. He has in effect invited a MAGA lunatic or some other person to kill her. She is definitely a candidate for political death now.

Both men have created/mobilized illicit 007’s. Words have meaning. Go get her the thrust of recent ones. A gold plated invitation to kill her.

Vance’s recent words accelerate his August statement that Harris should “go to Hell.” His reference to purported responsibility for the 13 American dead in Afghanistan.

This is lunacy politics. Crazy. Must stop before anyone gets killed. I fear it will not. Trump and Vance have found one of the Four Horses of the Apocalypse to ride. Death.

Trump’s campaign is dying. His race to be President again is collapsing. It’s going down the tubes. No question about it. Trump knows it. That is why he is listening only to himself, not to his advisers. One exception to the last sentence. He is listening to Laura Loomer as she whispers bad negative things in his ear.

Loomer has become his “new guru.” Person he respects. He’s crazy. She’s making him crazier!

Everyone around Trump, his closest advisers and supporters, are scared of her. Very scared.

I came across a comment on the internet yesterday re Loomer: “She isn’t Trump’s Achille’s heel; she’s a whole Achille’s leg.”

We may be hearing more re Loomer as the campaign progresses.

The world gets crazier by the day.

Ryan Wesley Routh, who was arrested for waiting with a gun to shoot Trump on a golf course, wrote in a self-published book in 2023, “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” an urge that Iran kill Trump: “You are free to assassinate Trump.” He described Trump as a “fool” and buffoon for both his January 6 Capitol riot and the tremendous blunder of leaving the Iran nuclear deal. He also referred to Trump as “brainless.”

What’s wrong in Ohio? Another wrong move by a prominent Republican.

Bruce Zuchoswski is the Portage County Sheriff. 

He posted a “controversial” Facebook post friday. In it he pondered how things might be different should Harris be elected in November. Note Zuchowski is running for reelection.

Zuchowski suggested in the same social media post that people “write down all the addresses of people who had signs in their yards supporting Harris.” Adding “Sooo…..when the illegal human ‘Locust’ (which she supports) need places to live…..We’ll already have the addresses of their New families…..who support there arrival!”

People in Portage County were shocked. People from both parties. Zuchowski’s comment scared people.

His comment was described in a news article as “bullying” and not the type of leadership people want.

Time moves on. Too swiftly on occasion. Yesterday is today all of a sudden.

The first graders who survived Sandy Hook will vote in their first Presidential election this year.

Syracuse snuck into the AP Top 25 poll this weekend without even playing a game. Syracuse had a bye week. Nevertheless, Syracuse was ranked #24.

Syracuse plays Stanford  friday.

Dinner tonight at Antonia’s with a special lady. Cheryl Keast.

I met Cheryl and her husband Roger on my first Key West visit 30 years ago. We became immediate dear friends. They frequently visited Key West over the years. Home for them was the Chicago area. Roger sadly passed away a couple of years ago.

I have not seen Cheryl in two years. She is a sentimental person. We had lunch that visit per her request at Harpoon Harry’s. Cheryl requested a particular table. She told me it was Roger’s favorite.

Cheryl had a vial of Roger’s ashes with her. She chewed on a piece of gum, spread some ashes on the gum and attached it on the underside of the table. To this day, Roger is still there.

I look forward to this evening. Cheryl is special.

Enjoy your day!

Trump is living in dangerous times. A second attempt on his life. The Secret Service was on its toes and the assailant never got off a shot at Trump. There likely will be more attempts between now and the election. Trump keeps aggravating people and another one or two will probably get sufficiently pissed off to try to do him in again.

Then there is Harris and the two VP candidates. They are in danger also. Nuts exist on both sides of the political fence.

Add on a mass shooting or two between now and the election also.

We have to get these horrific acts behind us. It will begin with a Harris victory. She will then bear the responsibility of calming the Nation down. Trump would never be able to do it.

Trump and his team are imploding. Trump is going down and he knows it. The implosion is a live one and we all have a front seat to it.

Trump’s concern is not just losing the Presidency. It is keeping himself out of jail. The man has problems!

He is listening to no one, except one person. Laura Loomer. The far right conspiracy theorist. She’s bad news for him. However, Trump is desperate and to him her whispers are a breath of fresh air.

Trump’s most recent political statement: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.”

Doesn’t he have more important things to talk about? His statement re Swift will cost him even more votes.

A sicko! Though not Trump in this instance. He likes his women older.

Zachery Scheich was sentenced to 85 to 120 years in prison on sex charges involving high school aged children.

In 2023, at the age of 26, Scheich enrolled as a junior transfer student into a high school. He was short and looked young. He used falsified documents to gain acceptance. His false age was not discovered for 50 days. During that time, Scheich had a field day with the young girls. Sex his goal.

He sexually assaulted a dozen girls, one as young as 13. 

The length of his sentence is proper from my perspective. He has ruined a number of young lives. The Judge was on the ball. Not reluctant to go easy on the sentence. The girls violated suffered failing grades, anxiety, ridiculing shame and a deep mistrust of adults. Besides sex abuse down and dirty. Some of their problems will remain with them their entire lives.

Scheich is going to enjoy his jail time. Especially initially. His fellow inmates will abuse the hell out of him for what he did to young girls. The way it is in prisons.

Ten days ago, police cracked a cocaine trafficking organization running from the Middle to Lower Keys. Twenty two persons were arrested.

Heavy amounts of cocaine involved. The 22 could spend decades in jail.

I began the blog very late this morning. Five people have already called asking where is the blog?

A big morning for me! A dental appointment at 8:30. You are aware I have been without teeth since my heart attack in late January. My teeth were smashed when I passed out and hit the pavement face first.

I thought getting new teeth would be quick. No way! I won’t bore you with the reasons why again. Needless to say, I have now lost 65 pounds because of my inability to chew, etc. I have been on a liquid diet for months.

Two dentists involved. One for the the uppers, another for the lowers.

The uppers had to be completed first. It happened this morning! I finally got a plate. Next, my lowers. Implants. Will not take as long I have been told. The implants are already in. Just need new teeth to clamp on them.

I am waiting for the implant dental surgeon to return my call and tell him he is ready to go!

I can’t wait to have a full mouth of dentures. Can’t wait to enjoy a steak, lamb chops and anything else requiring chew capacity.

Needless to say, I am excited!

Enjoy your day!

Congratulations Trump and Vance. Your lying mouths have caused more shutdowns in Springfield. Two hospitals were locked down because of bomb threats.

I raise a question re the Catholics/Evangelicals who support Trump. Do they really believe all this crap re eating cats and dogs? If so, they must see Satanism causing/contributing to the ALLEGED demonic habits of the Haitians. Such makes these “religious persons” as sick as Trump and Vance.

Wake up! The only God v. Devil battle here is what is coming out of your mouths and minds. The falsity of it all.

Heaven’s Gates may not open for you! Relish that thought for a few minutes.

The mania in this election gets weirder by the day. The “more weird” emanates from the Republican side. 

A USA Today article elaborates on the point. The article is by humor columnist Rex Huppke. I give Huppke credit that the substance of his article was written by him with tongue in cheek.

The article is a follow up to a FOX News one which was inclined to be serious. The article concerned Tim Walz.

Walz was seen drinking a vanilla milk shake through a straw. The FOX article attacked his masculinity for so doing. Huppke followed up on the FOX article with his own comments wherein he added his belief that FOX was “absolutely right” to attack Walz’s masculinity. A ho ho from Huppke’s end.

I drink chocolate shakes. In my old age and with my dental problems, chocolate smoothies. Every day. Always with a straw. Smoothies are served with a straw.

Due to my heart and age, I can no longer consume alcohol. Sad! Now, it is diet Pepsi. In a restaurant and at a bar, a glass of soda is generally served with a straw. If no straw, I request one. I have become germ conscious in my old age.

The verbiage used in ordering the milk shake is attacked. Apparently, Walz ordered a “vanilla shake,” not a “vanilla milk shake.”

What bullshit!

Is the U.S. so cracking up! I hope not.

Straw or no straw, not a campaign issue. Nor is eating cats and dogs. Losing election issues.

FOX News started this straw thing. Nothing more than FOX grasping for straws!

My heart attack in January and its subsequent surgeries and dental corrections have changed my way of life. No longer am I out evenings dining and bar hopping. Without teeth, cannot chew. Mouth sinking in. I drool. Words not precisely articulated. Such has been life for me this year. Hopefully, it will soon cease and I can get back out with people, places and things.

Not going out, forcing myself to remain an apartment recluse, has left me with little to share about Key West. The Keys Citizen sucks. Has gotten worse over the years. Provides little I can plagiarize. I have to see things first hand. 

Tomorrow a big day for me teeth wise. Hopefully my uppers will be completed. It has taken forever. Dentist could not work on repairing lower implants till upper plate finished. If all goes well tomorrow, I suspect I will be two months from an ok mouth. My ticket to going out again. When that occurs, there will be more comment by me re Key West itself.

Thank you for having put up with me this far.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Trump and Vance are gurgitating on a repetitive basis the best of the worst. Haitians eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Missouri. Even geese and ducks and suggesting cannibalism. 

Without stopping. Trump thinks he has the immigration fact pattern issue for the 2024 election locked down. His 2016 wall arguments are the cats and dogs of today.

The Mayor, City Manager and Police Chief of Springfield say no such activity exists. Not even one solitary case. Missouri’s Republican Governor denies it also. World renown singer and entertainer John Legend is a native of Springfield. He says no way. The Haitian community denies it.

The Haitians were invited to settle in Springfield. Springfield had lost 20,000 of its population. The Haitians were welcomed with open arms. Twelve to fifteen thousand have settled. They are in Springfield and its surrounding area via a federal program permitting them to settle there. They are hard workers. Springfield’s largest employer says he wishes he had more. They have settled in. Purchased homes. Attend churches. Their children attend local schools, are good students and cause no trouble.

This dietary lie became an issue in August with the Black Tribe. A neo-Nazi group. Its leader a former Marine, presently a tattoo artist. The group exalts Hitler as a deity. It is a white supremacist group. Interestingly, no women are permitted to be members.

Somehow a woman blogger in Canton wrote an erroneous blog about Haitians and cat eating. The blog content spread. Trump and Vance mistakenly designated Springfield the place where it occurred. The woman who originally wrote the blog at some point even denied what she wrote was true.

Along the way, Trump hooked up with Laura Loomer. He had dealt with her years before. She is back on his team. She is best known as a conspiracist. She denies 9/11 occurred the way it did. It was a creature created by the American government.

Ohio is Vance’s State. He began with the story last week. The next day or so Trump opted to use it in his debate with Harris. He sounded like a fool. An even worse one after one of the moderators corrected him and said it had not occurred. Nevertheless, Trump continued and continues to now make it a main issue of his campaign.

Trump says he will immediately deport the Haitians to Venezuela when he is elected. Why Venezuela, I do not understand. Trump also said this past week he would move to Venezuela if he lost the election. Why does he want to live with the Haitians? Has he already begun enjoying cheeseburgers made from cat and dog meat?

The debate where the cat and dog issue became magnified was tuesday. By thursday, death threats had been received by the Springfield City Hall, the County Motor Vehicle Bureau, two elementary schools and one middle school.

Children are afraid to attend school. Not because of the possible shootings. Rather because they fear being ridiculed by other children. Their parents fear a shooting, however.

Trump and Vance are not going to let this bogus issue die. They believe it is a winner for them. From my perspective, only a winner for setting up some Haitians to die. Shot by a disgruntled anti-Black.

Recall the Pittsburg synagogue in 2018 where one man shot and killed 11 Jews and wounded 6 who were attending services at the Tree of Life Synagogue. He told police after his capture that he wanted Jews to die because they were committing genocide against his people.

A similar nut could pop up in Springfield and do similar damage.

The blame for such an incident would lie solely with Trump and Vance. I would add to the two also those members of the Republican Party who cannot see the danger involved in the lies the two are uttering.

Enjoy your day. This one and the next few with the concern expressed herein. I am bothered and I assume many of you are also. 

The debate should have permitted chairs. For Trump, a high chair. Befits the crying baby he is.

Today is Friday the 13th. Beware! Good luck!

What is the superstitious source of Friday the 13th? Many. The two most popular involve Jesus Christ. One is Christ was executed on Friday the 13th. The other that the 13th guest at the Last Supper was Judas.

I believe superstitions are without basis. Some people however need them to subsist. Gives them something to worry about.

May they enjoy the mental anguish they impose upon themselves.

Donald Trump said yesterday he will not do another debate with Kamala Harris. Trump said in justification, “When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are ‘I want a rematch.'” Trump posted his statement on Truth Social, asserting he won Tuesday’s debate against Harris despite most polls showing otherwise.  

He lies. Misrepresents the truth. How does he live with himself? Harris clobbered him! She would do it again and Trump knows it. So he tries to cover his ass by bullshitting his way out. Americans know his words are “bullshit.”

Trump suggests he will flee to Venezuela if Harris wins the election. He claims the South American dictatorship will be safer than the U.S.

FOX News considers Trump’s debate performance one of the worst ever in the history of Presidential debates.

One problem Trump claims was between the moderators and Trump. The moderators challenged Trump five times for lying and Harris not once. Could it be because Trump does lie and did lie and Harris did not?

It appears Trump may have attended the 9/11 Ceremony in New York City because it is an election year. First time he ever attended a 9/11 Ceremony. 

Trump was hounded by an embarrassing “question” at the 9/11 Memorial Service: “Where were you for 20 years? I’ve been here. Where were you?”

Only 8 hours ago, Trump again asserted the baseless claim about “immigrants eating pets” in Springfield, Missouri. 

He won’t give up! No matter how false. Our Nation cannot afford this demented individual another 4 years.

Enough is enough. Yesterday, the Springfield City Hall, two elementary schools and another entity were hit with bomb threats. No threats were carried out. The Springfield Mayor said the bomb threats used “hateful language toward migrants.”

Trump hates Blacks. Simple. He also always refuses to acknowledge a lie. He is America’s “twisted tongue orator.”

Early voting began yesterday in Alabama. The first state to begin early voting.

The race is on!

The price of gas has dropped in Key West. Over the past few weeks, roughly 40 cents a gallon. May the price go lower!

Once Texas Governor, Ann Richards said, “I’ve always said in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.”

I did physiotherapy this morning for the first time in a week. I wanted to be sure the gout in my left foot was truly gone. I made it through my hour with no problem. Thank you, Lord.

Enjoy your day!

I cannot believe what I am about to share.

Five persons have been indicted in the starvation death of a 7 year old boy who died weighing 7 pounds.

Deonte Atwell was destined for a short and painful life if he had received the best medical care he deserved. Nevertheless he would have lived to his 20s-30s and enjoyed some moments of pleasure.

Instead, his care and treatment was criminal. He died last Christmas at the age of 7 weighing 7 pounds. Suffered every day till his death.

Indicted for murder, manslaughter, etc. are his mother, brother and grandfather. Also 2 health care workers who not only failed to notice Deonte was dying, but also billed Medicaid between $10,000 and $50,000 for treatments Deonte did not receive.

Deonte suffered from thoracic spina bifida and hydrocephalus, a medical condition that required constant care. The condition left him immobile from the waist down and required him to wear a tracheostomy tube and attend physical therapy. The State provided Deonte’s family with all the medical equipment and resources needed to care for him.

The company responsible for providing care at his home did not visit Deonte’s home for at least 3 months  leading up to Christmas, the day he died.

Deonte and his family resided in Fort Lauderdale.

Wow! Harris’ victory over Trump has been described as a “rout!” Harris has been described as “dominant” in every sense.

Taylor Swift endorsed Harris following the debate. Surprising to some. Trump’s people will recall for years that the race is not always to the swift.

Trump is pure insanity. Instead of quietly accepting his debate defeat, he is running around claiming he won. He said yesterday: “Every poll has us WINNING, in one case 92-8. So why would I do a rematch?”

92-8? Not only is he crazy, he lies! Which we all know.

The Trump/Harris debate attracted more than 67 million viewers. It was the most watched debate in 16 years.

Moving on.

Casanova is known as one of the world’s greatest lovers. A gentleman at all times.

 Historically his name has become synonymous with “womanizer.”

On this day in 1705, he was arrested in Venice  and sentenced without trial to 5 years in prison. His “crime” an affront to religion and common decency.

He was a good man who could not be kept down. One year later, he escaped by climbing and running over a roof.

He went elsewhere and continued his romantic exploits. His charm was such that there was always available to him a willing woman.

The Great Wall of China took hundreds of thousands of workers to build. It’s size on completion 13,170.7 miles. Construction began in 220 B.C. and was completed in 1644.

Four hundred construction workers are buried in its foundation. The Wall is recognized as the “longest cemetery on Earth.”

I never knew. Another live and learn. The dimples in golf balls have a purpose. Aerodynamics! They create turbulence in the layer of air surrounding a ball in flight, thereby reducing drag behind the ball.

Sugar Ray Robinson in the early 1950’s was considered the best pound for pound fighter in boxing history. A class act gentleman besides. Loved by fans!

I close with one of our most memorable Presidents, John F. Kennedy. 

On this day in 1962, President Kennedy spoke words that have become a part of American folklore: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Nothing wrong with hard.

A haircut and manicure later this morning. Enjoy visiting with Lori and Tammy.

Enjoy your day also!

Harris decidedly won the debate last night. Trump lost. Pure and simple.

If tests remained for Harris to pass to prove she was qualified to be President, she passed them all. If Trump was being tested, he failed big time.

Harris knocked Trump silly.

Did Trump even prepare? The two moderators had to correct his lies three times. Trump pitched the already clearly disproved story about Haitian immigrants who were eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio. Trump considered them true. He heard it on TV. He told the American people how great the Hungarian dictator Viktor Orban was. How many Americans even know who Orban is?

Trump looked old and tired. The cry he and others used to bring down Biden fell on his shoulders last night. Not only did he look old, his talk was not up to par. It happens at his age.

I was shocked this morning to hear Brit Hume on FOX News admit Trump lost. Trump never loses on FOX.

Trump was on Fox this morning. He blamed the loss on the two moderators. Sounded like basketball players who can’t put the ball in the basket during a game blaming the referees for the loss.

My concern  is whether Harris’ performance was enough to make her the winner in the Presidential race. The election is still close. A handful of voters in seven states will decide this election. Will last night or the next two months be enough to prove to them they do not want Trump’s finger on the nuclear button? That is what this race boils down to. Is Trump Presidential timber in this race? No way. Harris clearly showed she was last night.

Today is 9/11. Twenty three years ago.  The devastation, the sorrow. Who ever expected it?

It changed everything for a long time. For some families, even till now.

Permit me to share my experience. Once a year, my bankers and CPA would visit me in my offices to get a run down on our year. It had been a terrific cash flow year. The best ever.

Then I got a call. Turn on the TV.

My clients were primarily large national and international corporations. Loved representing them. They always paid their bills and paid them timely.

I did not receive another check in payment for services rendered for three months. Nor did any other attorneys who did my type work. The corporations stopped writing checks till they determined how things would work out violence wise. Life went on even though I was not paid. I still had payroll to meet and other expenses.

How life changed for some closely involved in 9/11. Rudy Giuliani for example. One of America’s heroes that day. Look at his status today. Let me add he probably is in the position he is today because of his relationship with Trump.

We’ll never know what Einstein’s last words were as he died on a hospital bed. His nurse did not speak German.

It was 452 A.D. Attila the Hun stood with his army before the gates of Rome. The earth trembled as they had approached Rome. His barbarian horde had scorched Italy, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Attila was cruel and arrogant. People referred to him as the Scourge of God.

Instead of Rome’s army meeting him, an old white haired man in shabby clothes walked to him and knelt. It was Pope Leo I. A feeble elderly man who wanted to save his flock.

The two talked.

History reports Leo said to Attila: “The people of Rome, once conquerors of the world, now kneel conquered. We pray for mercy and deliverance…..We pray that you, who have conquered others, should conquer yourself. The people have felt your scourge. Now they would feel your mercy.”

Attila capitulated and left leaving the Vatican and Rome untouched.

Religious historians claim Attila retreated without causing any deaths or damage because as Leo spoke to him, Attila saw two apostles flanking the Pope. The apostles, Peter and Paul. They were standing over the supplicant Leo who was kneeling before Attila as he spoke. Flashing flaming swords.

Attila saw an army ten times greater than his own behind Leo. Also with flaming swords in hand.

Attila retreated.

The religious aspect of the story has little solid proof. However one thing is certain. The humble Leo on his knees convinced Attila to walk away.

As a result, Leo became the first Pope to be known by “Great” following his name. Leo the Great.

Some sexually related tales from yesteryear.

This a live and learn one. I took several English classes in college. A lot of Walt Whitman. College for me was 1953-1957.

Never heard of Walt Whitman being gay. Yesterday read Whitman and Oliver Wilde may have had sex together. Both homosexuals.

Advertising in the days of Roman brothels. Roman brothels had pictures of the prostitute’s specialty above the door to her room.

Blackbeard and his crew of pirates had a special horn that they inserted into their personals. The horn was then used to flush mercury inside which was believed to be the cure for syphilis.

In World War I, British spies would use semen as invisible ink for their letters.

Benjamin Franklin was a sex hound. Respectfully stated. He enjoyed sex with older women because they couldn’t get pregnant. He wrote literature on the topic.

Embarrassing! French President Felix Faure died while being orally copulated. He was with his mistress Marguerite Steindheil. Their relationship had been ongoing for some time. The French President referred to her as his “physiological advisor.”

As the story goes, when the Presidnet died one of his hands had a handful of Marguerite’s hair in his fist. They had to cut away a part of her scalp to remove it.

Faure’s demise was news immediately. His method of death caused Marguerite to be dubbed “la pompe fandre.” Meaning “funeral pump.”

Oh, the embarrassment of it all!

Enjoy your day!

Tonight, the Presidential debate. The most significant in history. I am anxious to watch. It could determine who the next U.S. President will be.

Would you believe? Republicans threaten a government shutdown unless Congress makes it harder to vote. 

Government funding involved in the threat. September 30 the date by which the federal government must be funded.

Religious dogma speaking Speaker Mike Johnson is a whore. Young, good looking, always spouting God, a leader of the movement. He and a group of Republican Congressmen and Donald Trump want to use the September 30 deadline to force legislation that would make it harder to register to vote in all 50 states. Such conduct is not consistent with a good, moral heart in operating government. 

Yet Republicans don’t care. Down and dirty is their play program.

In the end, the American public will hopefully regardless of party, not accept this way to run the government.

My friends, regardless of your party registration, vote Democrat this time. It won’t kill you. It is the only way to save our government and way of life.

James Earl Jones died yesterday at the age of 93. What an actor, what a voice! Personally respected!

May he rest in peace.

Why do major sport figures these days get knocked badly in their debut performances. I refer specifically to Caitlan Clark and Tom Brady.

Clark survived and established herself in short time as a player. Brady apparently was not that great in his opening performance as a sport announcer. Give the guy a break! He will be one of the best in short order. A professional is a professional.

Nostalgia from the 1950’s. May you enjoy. I enjoyed writing it.

I was in high school, college and law school during those years. Also married in 1957 prior to law school. Here’s what it was like. A different time, different days. 

The memorables: Five and dime stores, home milk deliveries, rotary dial phones, color TV born, kids always played outdoors, average marriage age for females was 20, 2 movie tickets cost under $1, a half gallon of gas less than $1, super markets not common, kids smoked fake candy cigarettes, the Soviet threat always lurking.

Also, you watched Ed Sullivan on TV, the family car required a choke be pulled, toys were simple, boys played marbles, drive in theaters on friday night were a WOW, high school dances were called sock hops, high school athletes wore letter sweaters, 3D movies were cool, the twist was the popular dance, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, telephone booth stuffing was a pop-culture challenge, Marilyn Monroe the ultimate sex symbol, Moms cooked all your favorite foods from scratch in the kitchen.

The U.S. has changed! That is the way life is.

Remember to watch the debate tonight. Your immediate future years will depend on it. Good or bad. No indifferent.

Enjoy your day! 

The glory will fade.

The Monroe County Tourist Development Council, aka the TDC, has recently won several marketing awards.

I am not thrilled. Nor impressed. The TDC has done an excellent job for the organization, but the results have not been the best for Key West. They have changed the island. Additionally brought some corruption with it.

What now?

The “glory” will not last. It will fade. Fade because of what it is turning Key West into and because of what the results of the present criminal investigation may reveal.

The New York Times Editorial Board this morning: Donald Trump Unfit To Lead. “He is dangerous in word, deed and action. He puts self over country. He loathes the laws we live by.”

Need more be said.

Trump is scumbag #1. And yet the race is close. Woe be we should he win!

Mary Trump is Donald Trump’s niece. We are aware from her prior comments she is not a happy camper when it comes to Uncle Donald. 

Mary is a psychologist by profession. She says, “Donald is dementing…..We deserve to be told there is a maniac on the loose.”

The things I recall. This day in 1956. Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Sixty million viewers watched. The figure translates into 82.6 percent of TV viewers.

I watched. Presley was a big deal already! 

He sang Don’t Be Cruel, Hound Dog and Love Me Tender.

A WOW performance!

On this day in 1919, the Boston police went on strike. A no no.

Calvin Coolidge was Governor of Massachusetts. His handling of the police strike eventually led to his election as President of the United States. His handling of the strike made him appear a man of decisive action.

His words during the police strike could not have been  more appropriate: “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone, anywhere, any time.”

I close with a few words by Queen Elizabeth II. A wise sensitive woman. She said, “Grief is the price we pay for love.”

A more fitting statement never said.

Enjoy your day!