Sunday

 Melina Mercouri used to sing never on Sunday

That is my theme song now.

Ukraine, again

It boggles one's mind how idiotic the American people are capable of being. I know that there are problems now in Ukraine. I also said that I have no real feeling towards them. I don't know what caused the problem nor am I interested knowing it.  The refugees I am sorry for. I know exactly when one's life is turned upside down and a comfortable existence suddenly becomes an uncertain future.

But the reaction against Russia is taking ridiculous measures. In New York, at least people are boycotting Russian stores, restaurants. Why? Those businesses are not owned by the Russian government, they are owned by immigrants like most of us. Those people came here hoping to make a life for themselves. I really question that boycotting the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan will really upset Putin. Maybe not buying Russian vodka might hurt some businesses, since they are exported from Russia. But not all of them either. I think they are also produced in other countries.

The flip side is that some of the more popular restaurants are now more readily available since they are not full. I live in a predominantly Russian neighborhood where most of the businesses are Russian, and Jewish owned. I certainly hope this wrong thinking will not reach this area because I really like their stuff. I am just curious to see if these businesses will be able to get inventory in the future.

Something else.

The United States used to be energy independent. Now gasoline prices are going sky high, and they blame Ukraine. As I hear on the news, we are getting a considerable amount of oil from Russia. Now the interesting thing is that even though there are sanctions in place we are still getting the Russian oil with no disruption. Well, if we do then why the price is going up and up?

This entire thing is politics. And not just any politics but dirty politics where people lose their lives. Maybe the powers to be decided that the Covid-19 didn't take enough lives and a war is needed!            Something to think about!

Clowns

Schumer and Pelosi acted like two clowns at the recent State of the Union this last Tuesday. Chucky Schumer made a total joke of himself by jumping up at every sentence Biden made and clapping whenever it was not even called for. His loyalty to his great leader could only be matched to Kim Jong-un's disciples. Whenever he did something stupid, he kept grinning like an idiot and turning around showing how funny he is.

From a majority leader one expects a little more restrain and more civilized behavior. Ass kissing has its time and place, and it is certainly not in the halls of congress at the State of the Union.

That old woman pelosi is another story. The way she behaved indicates that she is not totally there. Her idiotic grin and her constant jumping up and down and clapping showed that it didn't matter what her leader said as long as it was said by him. At one point she jumped up and started rubbing her knuckles together like an imbecil.

Every talk show, regardless of their political leanings made fun of these behaviors. And I am sure the world saw it, too. It really made us look ridiculous. 

This kind of behavior and the one when in public she tore up Trump's speech shows the woman's imbalance. How can a person like that be the speaker of the house, the representative of the majority? Is it maybe because the democrats think this is a perfectly normal behavior? If so, it doesn't say much about the democrats!

And these are the people who represent us and believe they know what is good for us. Scary!

Race

I came to the conclusion that this country is very, very racist. They preach equality of the races but at every corner they designate people by their color or origin. I heard a million time here and in my country the designation about an individual that he is Jewish but nice. If that is not a racist remark, then I don't know what is.

Our glorious president promised during his presidential campaign that he would nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. Why was it necessary to say black and why was it necessary to say woman? What about qualification regardless of race and gender? If a white male would be more qualified for the post, then he would not be in the running? If this is not racism, then I don't know what is.  

My daughter, Abigail and I'm sure most of her friends are colorblind. Colorblind as far as racial discrimination is concerned. She sees nothing wrong with being friends with whomever she wants to regardless race or creed or sexual orientation. In her high school and lower schools, she had many friends from different parts of the world. This is very commendable even if we the older generation see it differently.

It is surprising that she sees the world through her rose colored glasses, when our governments (federal down through local) are making sure that most of their choices are based on race. They are playing the race card because everything is politics and everything is about being reelected. By alienating a particular minority could cost an election and they all know it.

New York City elected a black mayor. The second in its history. This man is playing the black card with both hands. His ineffectiveness is showing in the terrible increase in crime in the city. He goes around saying that he is not being understood, nobody understands where he came from.

The first black mayor was not much effective and after one term he was kicked out. This man is not looking forward to a better future either if he continues his business this way.   

Show of shows

Yesterday was the day for the State of the Union message the president presents annually to congress. Last year there was none so this time it was the first for Mr. Biden. I watched it and found it very entertaining. Biden was dancing around issues, stayed away from reality and made promises knowing that they wiould not be kept. A 100% politician.

The inflation, high price of gasoline and prescription drugs, unemployment were mentioned but just vaguely without offering any remedies.

The vice president, Kamala and the speaker of the house Nancy were sitting on the dais behind Biden. Nancy Pelosi is a joke! All throughout the speech she had a stupid grin on her face showing absolute happiness of the subjects mentioned. She behaved like a proud parent watching her child perform. When she was not grinning, she was busy pushing her dentures back and keeping them from falling out.

A few times she tried to talk to the vp but even she ignored her. She was very busy tracking the speech from her copy that at times she even forgot to get up or to sit down. I think pelosi had a spring iserted into her anus because she kept jumping up and applaud with such a vigor that it is not possible without any mechanical aid.

Schumer who is the majority leader (for now) did the same thing. Applauded and kept grinning like an idiot. I am an equal opportunity criticizer. The minority leader (for now) sat in his place expressionless and with no movement. I wasn't sure that he was alive until he blinked.

At his entrance and departure, the democrats fall all over each other in order to get near him and suck up to him while the republicans couldn't care less about him.

This whole event is a circus. Even better than Barnum & Baily used to be.

Medications

I know I wrote about this before, and it is not old age where one gets to repeat himself. This is something that I keep seeing and it bugs me.

I have total faith in doctors. I never second guessed my doctors and I never questioned any procedure or medication they ever prescribed me. With that in mind what we, the common people are supposed to do with the myriads of prescription medications that are being advertised on television?

Do they think that I will go to my doctor, my specialist and present him or her with the name of that particular medicine and question why that is not what was prescribed? A doctor will prescribe a medication that in his opinion is best suited for that particular ailment or condition, taking all preexisting conditions into account.

Doctors really hate when a patient is diagnosing himself and requests a particular medicine. That shows absolutely no confidence in the doctor. These medical advertisements should be in the medical journals and not on tv. 

Businesswise they are big advertisers and tv stations must love them. Hell with the ethics of it all.

Something else

More and more doctors agree that the booster shot is causing problems. It affects the immune system and causing dormant ailments to come to life. We asked several doctors, and each said that they heard complaints related to the booster shot.

Award

Yesterday they were broadcasting the first in a series of show business award programs. This one was the awards by the Screen Actors Guild. I think the reason for this big presentation was that it was being held just like in normal times. The guests were sitting together at tables, no separation, no masks.

This entire show is about self-adulation, gratulating to themselves for the exceptional work they were doing. As I mentioned earlier, last year there was supposed to be a pandemic that stopped a lot of businesses, and supposedly also Hollywood. Yet, there were a long list of productions that were done during 2021.

The star performers and presenters show up in gowns that are given to them (free, mind you) by the particular designers while the jewelry on the women come with the necessary security guards making sure they are returned at the end of the show. With all the decolletage I saw more pancakes than at any IHOP. I can not understand why some female performers (like Lady Gaga) can't see that a low cut gown is not to their advantage.

Anyway, the show was long, drawn out and boring, and I only watched a short portion of it. Unfortunately, this particular presentation is the beginning of the award season. Good shows will be preempted because of the upcoming awards. Also, even though I do watch a lot of TV, none of the nominated shows meant anything to me. I never saw them, never heard of them.

Years ago, the three major networks ruled the awards. Then slowly the cable channels started to be recognized. Now the majority of the awards go to these cable networks for which we have to pay extra if we want to see them. I will not pay for the privilege.

Maybe just as well.