FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HIDING

I wanted to communicate today with a leading writer. I knew I had valuable information she would appreciate and advice from her would greatly benefit me. But like many famous people today she is unreachable at least unless you jumped through all kinds of hoops involving passwords and an explanation of just why you wanted to communicate with this exalted person. I think celebrities make a huge mistake by becoming so unreachable. They deprive themselves of unwelcome and valuable criticism as well as ego inflating praise. They miss out on opportunities that never occurred to them. And best of all they become participants, once again, in the real world.

FLEETING FREEDOMS

 Right now as an American you have lots of rights, probably more rights than citizens of any other country. Enjoy them, because if the Republicans get their way and elect Trump, you won't have them much longer. Republicans have already taken away a woman's right to her body, children's rights to read the most innocent books, and the rights for LGBQ persons to be themselves. Who are these. GOP bullies? In many cases just old, fat, pseudo-Christian bigots and homophobes who aren't smart enough to know how ignorant they are.

LABCORP WHERE ARE YOU?

YesterdayI got a note from my cardiologist advising me to visit a local Labcorp and have a blood test. In looking up their locations I found that the Labcorp nearest to me was at 2601 37th Avenue. but when I called to make an appointment I got the usual jumping-through hoops runaround that ever doctor, bank, and corporation uses today to avoid ever speaking with a human customer. But since they said an appointment wasn't necessary I headed for the lab. What I didn't realize was that 37th Avenue in Miami has an insane numbering system, so after several false stops and lots of walking I reached the actual 2601 only to discover that Labcorp was not there and had moved nearly a year before. I  wouldn't have minded so much if I was 22, but at 81 I was to put it politely pissed off at Labcorp for leaving false information on the Internet proving you can't trust anything you read on the Internet. If you have an appointment with any of the many, many Labcorp locations,  I suggest you make sure it still exists.

A DROP IN QUALITY, NOT IN PRICE

 I you have a dog or cat as a pet, you have fleas. They are irritating, maddening parasites that make your pets miserable and don't do much for you. If you buy flea medicines you will note that they don't work very well or not at all. That is because fleas are becoming immune to most deterrents. That however has not stopped the greedy pharmaceutical companies from charging outrageous prices and telling even more outrageous lies about their product's effectiveness. Fleas are detestable and inevitable and hopefully someone will come up with an effective way to combat them. In the meantime you can keep getting ripped off by Revolution, Frontline and all the other scam artists or give your pets a daily bath or combing (not likely).

THE MORON OR THE HARRIDAN

I see where Nikki Haley is suggesting that Trump is too old and senile to serve as president. But his age has nothing to do with his incompetence. He's basically too self-centered and ignorant to consider the needs of an entire nation, and so is Haley. I have no use for people like her who lie about the value of others like Biden, a highly moral and competent leader, in order to boost their own value. In addition, I find it very annoying that she questions Trump's "mennal" value, not because he isn't a nutcase - he is - but because she can't pronounce mental which isn't all that difficult for educated people. I hope she does well in New Hampshire because it will infuriate Trump and she will remain a loser. 

WISE UP MAGAS

The most hilarious thing about Magas is how gullible they are. Trump says he's religious and they buy it, though he never goes to church, can't quote a single Bible verse, and he announced years ago that he's an atheist. He says he's a billionaire, but his hand is always out for donations from the working class. He says he has a high IQ,  but is forever making blunders and misquotes. He says he's a brilliant businessman, but has a long history of failed companies: everything from casinos to colleges. He says he's a great golfer, but everyone who has played with him calls him a shameless cheat. Either his fans are just plain stupid, or beyond forgiving of a con man's failings. I go with the first choice. Which means they can't wise up because they can't effectively reason. Sad.

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

Well Boots DeSantis has finally thrown in the towel, and removed himself from a race that he was never in in the first place. He has run away on his stubby little legs from the absurd belief that he could ever be president. Now he can use those same legs to backpedal on all the nasty things he said about Trump, and return to kissing Donald's ass. What he doesn't realize is the danger of kissing an ass that is very likely to shit on you, especially if you made a deal with Trump that he has no intention of keeping.  How wonderful it is to see arrogance defeated, to see a book banning homophobe and his Stepford wife sit through till the end of his shameful Governorship wearing a shit-eating grin on his bobblehead face. He probably has visions of being chosen for a Trump vice presidency, where he will do his obsequious best while hoping the increasingly dotty Don will have a stroke, or  trip on his ill-fitting trousers and fall down the Capitol steps. But even if Trump won an election (ha ha) why would he want such a pathetic loser on his ticket, a moron almost more weirdly self-centered than him? He wouldn't. And fantasies aside I doubt that the American people would willingly give up over 200 years of freedom for four years of chaos, violence, submission, mendacity and required adoration to a fat, flabby, flatulent, four-flusher. Because of the traitorous Republicans our country is in bad shape. Millions of gullible brainwashed boobies are insisting that our excellent president hasn't accomplished all the he has. Irrationality is rampant. But even with all the upsetting news there are still little gems of delight, like Ron DeSantis is what we always knew he was, a loser.