President Trump dodged another assassination attempt and quickly put out a statement, “Tell everybody I’m fine.” Not sure how he keeps a sense levity. It reminds me of President Reagan who gave a speech after he was shot. A balloon popped and without a pause he said, “Missed me.” It takes a certain resolve to have that attitude. The suspect is in custody and there are unanswered questions. How did he know to be at that location at that time? There are many things we’ll probably never know. For instance, why is the CIA still spooked about releasing everything on President Kennedy’s assassination? Shortly before he died President Ford (Who served on the Warren Commission) said, “We were never convinced that Oswald acted alone, however, there were pressures from the FBI to bury the matter.” Meanwhile, President Biden put on a Trump hat and posed with kids wearing Trump t-shirts. Bet his staff are sending a message to Kamala and Nancy. Some called it an awkward moment. Not sure how this is awkward. Nancy and his party threw him under the bus, I’d vote for The Donald too.
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A few years ago, which means maybe 10 or 12, I read a paperback called “The Coming Super Storm.” It predicted the advent of wilder weather than we’d ever dreamed about. Do you suppose the authors meant right now? Tornadoes and floods have cost people 11 billion dollars this year. And brace yourself for a wet winter! The Farmer’s Almanac predicts a season of “Rapid fire storms that will bring both rain and snow, with little downtime in-between.” We better hope the New Madrid Fault doesn’t decide to rev up again. The last “Biggie” was in the early 1800’s and caused the Mississippi River to run backwards. Clive Cussler wrote an account of that earthquake. Fascinating story.
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There is other scary news. Bill Gates says there will be another pandemic within 25 years and talked about, “Enhanced quarantine techniques.” That sort of thinking should rattle everyone. It’s code for taking away civil liberties and freedom. What does Bill know that the rest of us don’t? Ah well, the Devil always tells us what he’s going to do. Wonder if it will be some “Rare” virus that makes us allergic to meat and we have to live off the lab grown stuff?
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Enough of this meandering! I was just sitting here to see what popped into my head and you were inflicted with the result. Hang in there and hold on tight Old Buddy. There’s a scary climate in this country right now.
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'Til Next Week
J.M.W.
