Bill’s flag, opposite Bill’s bench is in need of repair. Anne has offered to resew it for him, but I do not believe that her efforts will repair the rift in the fabric of our country. Such is the damage that Maga has wrought. Their blind-sighted pursuit of policies that are fundamentally racist, which they choose to pursue without regard to reason, the law or even commonsense. Their reckless immigration policy is destroying the economy, along with a fruitless war against Iran.
Early this morning, in a fit of indigestion induced insomnia, I was up reading the NYT. The opinion lead at that time was, Susan Faludi’s marvelous essay, The Barbie Backlash. I was doubly impressed, both with her writing and what she had to say. In her piece she drew upon this summer’s hubbub over Chris Nolan’s Odessey. Using it to introduce the hero’s journey, Ms. Faludi launched a thousand ship conveyance that brought her argument to the present. From Odysseus to Pete Hegseth, history has seen misbegotten men stumble through life, making a mess out of everything. The problem is that as they stumble forward, they ruin other’s lives.
In a previous game, U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun earned a red card, disqualifying him from last night’s match against Belgium. Trump intervened and Balogun was reinstated. This triggered worldwide outrage, not the least from Belgium. Last night, Belgium came out gunning and handily beat America 4-1. All of his meddling was for naught. This scenario is a perfect illustration of the Trump effect, everything that he touches dies. Like our country is doing.
This morning, I dropped Anne off at the hospital and went off to do laundry. When I returned Jane and all of the doctors had come and gone. Harry was a lot more lucid today than yesterday. He recognized us without prompting for one. I’m glad that yesterday was just a bad day, after an even worse weekend. But these events serve to illustrate the fragility of his health. The process to move him to a rehab center moved a step forward. Jane picked three from the list and none of them were any of the ones accused of senior abuse or neglect. Sorry David, no 60 Minutes exposé nursing homes for your grandfather. Save those for your parents. No idea yet on the availability of beds at any of these places. I suspect though that the exposé ones have greater availability. Meanwhile, the care at St. Joe/Trinity is great.
We are going to a wedding this weekend. So, Anne got her toes painted. Aren’t they lovely? Earlier, back in Monterey she also found a new to her dress at Nice Women’s Consignment Boutique. It looks like the weather will even cooperate this weekend with her wardrobe selection.
Here is a little link to a throwback video game, Epic Furious. You can die in it and since you’re playing the President maybe that’s a victory after all. Try it!
In an attempt to rebrand the murderous ICE organization, Trump has relabeled them NICE, but nice people do not murder other people. Still unfunded, DHS is managing to pay this little Gestapo army somehow, probably illegally, but when have they ever let the law stand in their way. All this cruelty is just part of Trump’s quest to distract us from demanding the full release of the Epstein files.