My grandson Robert visited me for two hours yesterday. I was under the weather. He leaves to return to Florida State today. I will not see him again till Christmas.
We are close.
Robert has had an interesting life. Worrisome and sad initially. Now normal. Perhaps better than normal.
He was born with cancer of the liver. Spent the first 8 days of his life at Miami Children’s Hospital where he had two major surgeries. Followed for years thereafter by Miami Children’s. No more fortunately.
A good kid. No other way to describe him. A top tennis player. Becoming a top notch golfer.
Graduated #39 in his class from Key West High School. Now entering his senior year at Florida State where he has distinguished himself. His cumulative average is 3.5. Mostly A’s, a few B’s and 3 C’s. This will be his last year at Florida State. Next year at this time he will hopefully have obtained a good job and earning a living. He will.
Robert will end up a writer or announcer. Most likely in the sports field. He has excelled the past 3 years while at college performing in those areas for pay and non pay.
I love him! He is the best!
I am still not in the best of health. You would suspect I would not be so after 58 consecutive days in four different hospitals. I have been out for about one month now. Still generally feel crappy. Tired. Using a walker. Lacking in endurance. Rarely going out. I did make 90 years old, however. There was a time when I thought I would not.
Trump is flooding Washington, D.C. with National Guard. Eight hundred at the moment. He is using them to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department.
Washington Mayor Muriel Browser called the National Guard move “unsettled and unprecedented.”
Is such conduct necessary? I doubt it. Nothing more than Trump “out of the ordinary” activity. He has his nose in everything. Being President alone not enough for him.
A bottom line concern is the U.S. military still not supposed to be used against American citizens.
Trump continues “tariff game playing” with China. He signed an Executive Order extending his tariff truce with China for another 90 days. The “truce” allows Trump to hold back on 145 percent in tariffs on Chinese goods.
In 2010, the initiation fee to join Mar-a-Lago was $100,000. As of last fall it was reported to have gone up to $1 million.
Trump is upset Zelensky resisting a “land swap” with Russia. Putin wants some Ukraine lands for a peace deal.
The Summit Conference is a joke. Trump pursuing in hopes to get the deal he wants and a Nobel Peace Prize as a result.
Two whorish pursuits. Neither feasible.
D.C. is not what Trump thinks it is. Not the dirty filthy place. Does he ever walk the streets to actually see Washington’s beauty. I have. Trump is missing the boat. He sees what he wants to see.
The U.S. News and World Report recently completed a list of the 25 cities with the worst statistics for crimes and murder, using FBI crime reports. D.C. did not even make the list.
Trump constantly embarrasses the U.S. in every possible respect. Not the function of a President.
FEMA has joined other federal agencies in canceling union contracts.
Tonight hopefully The Grand for me. My palate desires crispy duck.
Enjoy your day!
Hope you feel better soon! Gus
Old saying: “Keep moving. When you stop moving, they throw dirt on you.”
Recent deadly mazz shootings at the CDC in Georgia and the one in Texas were both NOT done by immigrants, legal or otherwise. They were both done by angry white male AMERICANs, with ridiculous access to all sorts of guns.
Wake up people, it is NOT immigrants that are the problem,it is ordinary americans with bad attitudes and TRUMPed up grievances.
If Joe Biden had mistakenly announced that he was going “Russia” this weekend, instead of “Alaska” as planned, all hell would have broken out and calls for his impeachment would be coming from everywhere!
But Herr Trump gets away with anything – the ULTIMATE bully
Hey Lou, let Karen know the Austin shooter has a history of MENTAL illness and criminal history. Instead of incarcerating these individuals, let’s continue to have social workers talk with these “should be in prison” people and see what their feeling are! Social workers… This is how the Left deals with crime! It’s not a gun problem!!
Explain away your reasoning (excuses) to those who died.
Almost all of these problems are caused by those on the right, not liberals.
Without guns, and the almost non existent gun controls, much or all of this would NOT be happening. Perhaps they would not have died if we had better gun controls and mental health help? Something those on the left have been calling for and Republicans constantly refusing.
Let’s not forget it was a REPUBLICAN president (Ronald Reagan) who eliminated all those federal mental health issues, pretty much guaranteeing just such issues/problems.
Quit trying to twist thing around that are simply NOT true.
AND STOP POSTING OUTRIGHT LIES on Lou’s blog
There is no record of Ethan Nieneker receiving ANY help from any social worker. Nor any record of him being under any mental care. Not unusual here in RED state Texas, where human mental services are not well provided by the state, leaving that to the individual and/or his family/caregivers (thanks to Ronald Reagan).
Although Nieneker often claimed “he was Jesus,” that is not a punishable crime in Texas.
Regardless of Nieneker’s mental conditions, he was not breaking any laws. Had he not been able to so easily obtain a (family) gun he would probably not have done what he did. If Republicans were not so gung-ho with hate and revenge, he probably would not have even thought of killing innocent people.
Trying to pin this and everything else YOU don’t like or agree with on “leftists” is typically cheap “far right” blame gaming everybody but themselves, for issues for which they are responsible.
STOP the nonsense and at least try and make America great again.
Not true, Nienker had broken many laws in Texas over the years but he was usually let off from any jail time. The courts (almost all with Republican appointed judges) were either pitiful of his condition, or just unwilling to jail another nut case. In all cases the judicial system in “red” state Texas, just cannot be considered to be left leaning or liberal.
More importantly, how did he obtain a gun. Reports say it was a “family” gun – putting the issue about gun owners responsibly protecting their lethal weapons from people just like him.
That’s just a slogan, and obviously incorrect as is shown over and over again. Why are they not being prosecuted?
Republicans, once again, show us they are wrong on so may issues, not with rhetoric but with actual deeds.
The Guard will do “ride alongs” with the real cops and try to keep out of the way. Hopefully they may learn a thing or two. Their usual employers will keep their pay going while they are deployed and they will pick up some extra government jingle. Not a bad deal.
Hey Lou, it seems so many on the left know for sure gas and egg prices are going to continue to increase. Might be a good time to make a sure thing stock market play on that information! Might help someone recoup their divorce losses!
You are not only an annoying truth twisting troll, but a dishonest jerk, as well.
Please get your own blog, so some of us can annoy you back!