Second Coming

Just continuing yesterday's line of thinking about the possibility of human flight I think walking on water is also in our near future.

Some people look at the new leader of the free world as the messiah who can easily walk on water. Will see, said the blind man!

Politics is a very strange business. It creates strange bedfellows. Today's adversary will easily becomes tomorrow's best buddy.

There is  common saying in prison: don't bend down for the soap in the shower!!!! Politics is like that also. The politicians have absolutely no conviction of any kind. The American politician believe in the power, the comfort the position provides and after their fall a safe future.

It is not a coincidence that most of the lawmakers have legal backgrounds. That is how they know how to circumvent the law. They probably teach that in law school and in political science classes.

Typical scenario is when a member of a body of lawmakers gets elected on the platform of a particular party then later on changes his or her alliance. Now, in my book that person if he is disillusioned should resign because if I voted for him/her, at that instance he/her is no longer representing me and just proved that he got into that position under false pretenses.

What a world we live in!  

Human Flight

 The king is dead, long live the king!

I was watching the inauguration ceremony on and off during the day and I tell you I was embarrassed. In an African or South American military dictatorship have ceremonies like this was. The people everybody claims to represent were excluded, only the A-listers were there (politically speaking).

The streets were empty except security some poor government employees who were ordered to be there and look enthusiastic. After the swearing in and other meaningless happenings the new president and others headed back to the White House. Not far from it him and the missis decided to walk the rest of the way. This is a tradition now.

They walked an almost empty Pennsylvania Avenue. And what is interesting that they kept waving to whom? It was pretty embarrassing. I can not believe that this man does not see the difference between now and 12 years ago. Then there was a crowd now there was no one. 

He must be so scared that is why there was such security. He claims to represent the American people but the people were excluded from this ceremony.

I am very excited because in time we will be witnessing a life altering discovery. The wife of the new president is always waving so vehemently that eventually she will take off. And when that happens human flight will be invented. And the Democrats will take the credit. 

Advanced Age

Tomorrow is not just a victory day for the Democratic Party but a victory day for the AARP. All of us who are over the half a century mark are familiar with this name.

One of the goals or aims of the AARP is fighting age discrimination. Almost every issue in their publications deal with the useful employment of the older generation. I sympathize with this because years ago my company made me an offer I couldn't refuse. And thus my retirement was born.

But now the world is changing. Tomorrow a 79 year old man who is not in perfect mental health will get the highest chief executive position in the world. In addition, one of the most powerful politician in Washington is an 80 year old, fairly unattractive grandmother.

So, things are looking up for us old folks. Maybe we all can get such good jobs in the future.

A pretty frequent question that comes up at job interviews is: where do you see yourself in five years?

I wonder what the gentlemen from Delaware said or would say. I could come up with a few variations but I just won't.

That grandmother from California apparently doesn't want to spend any time with her family but rather be with the "boys" in Washington. Maybe at home nobody listens to her around the dinner table. Sorry to say but this virus is to her advantage. She has to wear a mask all the time.

 

Monday

 Today is Monday,  two days before the coronation. There is little else in the news than the preparation and the controversy surrounding this entire circus. I don't think I want to dwell into this thing right now.

I don't remember if in the past I ever mentioned that we have a dog. He is a cute, white, small Maltese. Today was the day he went to the doggie beauty parlor. He got a shampoo, manicure (cutting only) and trimming. I don't want to say he loved it but he tolerated it. At the end it was worth it because now he looks beautiful. This is not an easy exercise. During the entire trimming process he had to stand without moving. And that process takes over an hour. We don't realize how easy we have it because we can seat through our beautification processes.

Ok, he stands on four and that reduces the supportable weight, but still it is not easy. No wonder he is so happy to see us at the end.

While he was being treated we went shopping to a nearby Walmart. It was very disturbing that at 11am the store was half empty. The shelves were empty, no merchandise and no sign of people stocking them. When I inquired I was told people are hoarding again. 

This is pretty disturbing because this is exactly what happened early last year when the pandemic started and people bought up everything in  sight. I hope that situation will not repeat itself. 

Next to Walmart there is a large wine establishment. We went in to buy a few bottles of wine. Walking around I saw a locked glass cabinet. It contained very expensive spirits. What cought my eye was a 26 year old bottle of whiskey. It was not the bottle that was interesting but the price. $2,299 a bottle. This must be some good whiskey!

I wonder how many bottles they sell a week and if there is anybody who buys mofre than a single bottle at a time.

Too bad I am not a fan of whiskey!

  

Long Live The King

We are living in a very interesting time. Things are happening that affect every person in this universe. Politically, economically and not the least healthwise.

I came to this country 63 years ago hoping to find peace and prosperity. Well, neither is given away on streetcorners.

I worked, I studied and I fought and eventually I succeeded. Now I have beautiful family that I love dearly. They make my life easier and comfortable. 

As I said I am living here for quite a while, I saw political and financial upheavals but never anything like what we are going through now.

There was a presidential election not long ago that one fraction claims was stolen. Maybe yes, maybe no. I will not judge. The winning side is extremely unpopular but winning is winning! So, on January 20 they will take the throne. And a political revolution will begin.

The losing side will disappear on that day and everything they did in the previous four years will be stricken from the history books. This is normal in the American  political system. When an opposing party wins everything goes in the opposite direction. It is idiotic but that is the way it had been and it is.

And both sides claim to represent the American people. With all this good will the American people are ripped apart by the opposing parties.

On January 6 there was a violent demonstration in Washington with the demonstrators breaking in the Capitol building. Members of the House of Representatives were running for their lives like rats running from a burning building. Why were they running? These were the American people on whose behalf they are doing all those good things. These were the people they claim to represent. Or maybe not?

Things deteriorated so much that currently there are over 30,000 armed security in Washington to ensure a "peaceful" inauguration. This is how they do things in some of the banana republics and in some dictatorial African countries. 

The other thing is this virus. Our local economy went to the dogs, our social life is non existent. This unfortunately effects people all over the world. I am convinced that this is a political virus. Maybe after the coronation it will mysteriously disappear. Nobody knows and only time will tell.

There is a possibility that as of January 20, America becomes a dictatorial monarchy.

Sign of Life

Before you read this I must explain the contents. This was written a year ago when things looked quite different. I was more optimistic than I am today. But I didn't want to erase it so I kept it. It should make interesting reading because this might be looked at as a time capsule from the past.

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I am back amongst the living! At my age that is no small feat.

First Happy New Year to all! According to all the business forecasters we are looking forward to a banner year.  The market is continuously reaching record highs and that must be good. Yes, it eventually will fall but hopefully not too badly.

Anyway, I am to tired to worry about this right now.

I know I skipped a long period of time but not doing anything is at first habit forming and second it takes up a lot of time. Laziness is contagious and a stubborn malady. It is not something two aspirins can cure. I cought it a while ago and it is very difficult to get rid of it. Maybe one day they have an antilazy vaccine.

Being a sort of useless old man I have plenty of time to do absolutely nothing. That also includes watching a lot of news on the telly.

Lately all the antisemitic attacks in New York are taking center stage. This is very disturbing and extremely upsetting. Unfortunately, most of the videos indicate that the perpetrators are black youngsters.  From ages 12 and up. I believe they are doing it just for fun because they think it is fun to hit a defenseless orthodox man or woman.

My question is: where is brother Al Sharpton? He is the defender of the African Americans. According to him they can do no wrong. Why he does not speak out against this, maybe he condones this kind of disgusting behavior? For every little thing he organizes demonstrations. Is this not important enough for his schedule? The same question applies to our glorious mayor DeBlazio. He occupies himself with everything but fighting this epidemic. Maybe he is afraid to admit that most of these attacks were committed by blacks. He is a lame duck mayor and I guess his interests are now limited.

We are living in a very peculiar world. The American military kill an Iranian terrorist the democrats are quick to criticize the president. The president is the commander and chief and that comes with some responsibility. Congress is not running the office of the president as much as grandma pelosi would like to. But this subject is for another time.

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I wrote this a year ago. Life was different then. Since that time we were hit with a political virus called Covid-19. Its worldwide side effects are staggering. This thing effects every human being healthwise, economically and socially. But this at another time.

I just wanted to reintroduce myself and let you know that I am here. 

Sunday

Today is Sunday and it is not snowing, yet. Even Though the weathermen were hysterical about the cold weather and the possibility of snow.

I guess that is what makes a good weatherman or weatherperson to be politically correct if that person gets hysterical about any weather. If it is too cold that or if it is too hot that. If it rains that is news, if it snows that is news. If there is none of that that is also news.

This does not seem to be a bad job providing that person is working. TV stations lately are filled with more and more weather people who are not meteorologists by profession only took some courses in college in order not to look totally stupid front of the cameras. They hire a meteorologist who works in the background and does the real scientific work for a fraction of the glory and money than the on-camera people get. Is this fair?

But then this America.

Yesterday, Donald Trump went to Alabama to attend the LSU Alabama football game. There were some apprehensions that there would be interruptions to the game but it went on without a hitch LSU winning. Interestingly, before the start of the game the President and his wife were introduced to the crowd. He was greeted with a sufficient roar but then the crowd went wild when the First Lady was introduced. I guess regardless to all the stupid press comments and criticisms she is pretty likable.

And this also America.