"AGAINST STUPIDITY THE VERY GODS CONTEND IN VAIN" (Schiller)

.....After a few deliberations RH+ left for NY this morning.  At first she didn't want to go. Then she felt she needed to see Ally graduate from H.S. Then she said she would not go if there was not to be someone in the house to care for me. I told her that I didn't think that was necessary since I was perfectly able to care for myself. I'm not your ordinary nonagenarian. At any rate I emailed you guys to see if anyone wants that job; son Bobby said that he would come. So Rho decided that she would go. I proceeded to get her a ticket to JFK. After I got the ticket, she was very upset because she really didn't want to go to NY because it would be too much for her. I offered to cancel her flight and to tell Bobby to do the same, but now she said she would go again. She accused me of buying the ticket without her approval--but this was not the case. By this time I needed a Xanax--maybe two.  At any rate she did take off this morning and  hopefully she enjoyed the business class seat I got for her.   

.....Now, I don't know how many readers I had who enjoyed reading the nonsense I wrote, not how many continued reading the blog as a way of flogging themselves for the sins they may have committed--and we all may have stored away a few. At any rate, I simply cannot refrain from getting back to creating a post or two, even though it's become very difficult to do so. 

June 30

 

.....Well Bobby came and now he's back home in D.C.  But he was a delight when he was here. As far as taking care of me, he put on my shoes and socks and rubbed my arms and legs with lotion. My skin is like paper. I woke each morning with blood on the sheets and when Rho came home, she had to wash and change the sheets each morning until now.  All the bandages are off and where I had them they are now "scabby".  One day Bobby and I drove to the Florida Lottery Office in Okeechobee to cash in my $1000 winning scratch off ticket.  However, the agent there rejected my IDs. I showed her my VA ID which was not good enough for Florida. Then I showed her my DOD ID card (Dep't of Defense) which she would not accept. She insisted on a Florida ID card which I got along without for 30 years. So I transferred the ticket to Bobby. She accepted his driver's license from D.C.!! Smoke came out of my ears. She accepted an ID from D.C. but rejected a VA card and a U.S Gov't card from the Department of Defense!! Bobby took the $1000 check and endorsed it over to me, and I deposited it in my checking account.  Stupidity did not win out.

 

.....Hi Ruthie--Sorry I haven't been able to use my computer because I just haven't been well enough to get on it to write anything to anybody. Now, I feel OK so I want to thank you again if I haven't already for the lovely card.  Well, I suppose you have heard about the 41 people who were shot to death in the Pulse Club for gays, and the horror in Turkey. Where is God? Napping, I suppose.  No matter, I worship Zeus. I've been reading about Britain and Brexit. Or is it Brisket? Rhoda makes a pretty good Brisket if Mr. Cameron wishes to indulge himself on it.  Personally, I don't understand why the UK held a vote involving Brisket? I suppose you have your own Trumps. 

 

..... and as Mr. Pope might say, "and so good night".

 

 

WORDS, WORDS, MERE WORDS (WS)

.....Our revered elective system is all f---ed up. The Republicans have been glued toTrump and Hillary had to be concerned with Ernie, bless their hearts. On the one hand, with millions of votes, and besides that, a Carnival Clown. On the other party--the Democrats--a female and a Jew. Now I have nothing to do with either of them, although I get entertained by a clown, and I love women; especially my treasure of a wife!

THURSDAY, JUNE 16

.....Whoever said, "You're in the Golden Age" ought to be shot, hung, drawn and quartered. I am not in the Golden Age. Neither are you who use a walker or a wheel chair, the icons of the afore mentioned period. Perhaps, the Golden Age may be known much better as the Bronze or even the Iron ages. Darwin was right; man develops from apes {or even--if I may ad,--Dinosaurs). Witness the gorillas of Isis, or the animal of a "man" who murdered 49 people etc.

 

.....As for me being a Darwinian "person", I may not yet be there. But I believe that I am close. (Ruthie may agree). I hope so. The problem is that I am short of models; I also have several illnesses that Imped my progress. Friends

 are all deceased.

 

.....The strangest event occurred while I scratched off  my $2 scratchoffs. I most always scratched off a winner the first one, of a batch. At least it seemed so--over time. I always worked with these interesting tickets on our kitchen table. So Usually you get a winning ticket of $1 or $2.  This time, however, I was stunned to scratch off  prize of  a winning prize of $200, not $2!! I kept scratching off a winner of $200 again.

$200 a fifth time. I realized I had won a $1000 on my $2 ticket!!! I was breathless, but I recovered slowly. Darwin was right; he wrote "If you are human, someday in life you will win $1000.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF YOU CANNOT CONVINCE THEM CONFUSE THEM

....Once more do I question the use of "African American" or "Asian American." and other racist ID's. These Americans have never been to Africa or Asia. Why not refer to our citizens simply as Americans? Because they are Americans. If not, why not monikers such as "Eskimo Americans" or India Americans or one day "Transgender Americans"? Then of course during primaries it would not be out of the question to wear a button called "Hillary American".  Using these terms to identify a person or a group I consider racist. They tend to keep Americans apart rather than united. Our country has a great colorful diversity of groups. We need to unite.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Dr.N wrote

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Before signing anything at all, I have a bad habit of wanting to

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a few facts or the reasons for some action.

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Nothing too bad about this. 

   

1. Releasing tax returns is not a requirement or a law or a rule. It is not in the Constitution.  Presidential candidates do not have to if they choose not to.       

What is the reason for releasing something as personal as tax returns for the media and everyone else in the whole world to pour over ? As well as meat for the media.

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  I don't show anyone in my family my returns, and my business dealings are my business.  I fail to see what tax returns have to do with being President. 

 

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From: "Magda Garshol";magdagarshol@gmail.com>

Subject: I just signed this petition to hold Donald Trump accountable -- will you?

I just signed a petition calling on Donald Trump to release his tax returns. That's something that every presidential candidate has had to do for the past 40 years, but Trump has refused to do so far. Americans need to get the truth about his business dealings, claims of extreme wealth, how he truly makes his money, what tax loopholes he is using to dodge taxes, the tax rate he actually pays, and how his tax plan would benefit him personally.

 

   

.INCOMING FIRE HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY

.....pheww! I finally got done what had to be done...and; that was a lot. Now I can use my second amendment rights. So who was the nut who told the folks in Syria to put a white flag on their roofs. Didn't he know that the ISIS guys could also put a white flag on all the roofs & let the houses in the town be obliterated in the battle to come white flags or no. And as Mr. Trump says in his speeches we shall (that's us) obliterate ISIS.  I shall not be there.  Not because I'm fearful, I would go, except that my uniform doesn't fit and I am Jewish. And in the exit polls, I'm in the old category.

.....I've been watching CNN and MSNBC and I keep hearing "African American" whenever the discussion turns to Don Trump and others. That's a fearful way to indicate that someone is "black".  Otherwise we might as well begin to use the words American White, or Israeli American.  Or perhaps Italian American or German American, etc. A "Black" is black. The Black may not ever have been in Africa. And be wary of how someone with Indian heritage in our country is described. I suppose you can call them Native Americans. Redskins just won't do!

.....Something weird happened today. The local Floral store called and asked if it was OK if they delivered some flowers. We knew nothing about this request. I knew I didn't order flowers and we could not think of anyone we knew who would send flowers for no reason. Nevertheless we told the store owner  it would be OK to deliver them whether we knew who sent them or not.  But when they came it was the most beautiful arrangement we had ever seen, and was surely at least $75! It came with a note: "Mr. Ross, our conversation truly touched me. We cannot thank you enough for your service to our country." I then recalled my call to my Master Card company to complain about an interest charge of $8.36. The guy I spoke to said he would remove the charge. Somehow we must have gotten into my wartime experience. We tried to find out his name, but Cap One could not recover it.  Therefore we gave it up. But in a restaurant the checkout girl said someone paid for our lunch but we didn't know who. Then in another restaurant some gentlemen paid our check for $60. So I made about $108.36 something for fighting a war. No wonder we're losing guys to ISIS. It pays better.

 

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