Zelensky Rebuffs Trumpie

      Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, met with Pres. trumpie in the White House today, ostensibly to sign an accord that would afford security commitments by the USA for Ukraine security while fighting Russyan army units in Ukraine. Trumpie verbally abused Mr. Zelensky after which Mr. Zelensky and Mr. trumpie called off the signing of any documents related to the mineral exchange for security guarantees.

     So, Americans everywhere can thank the South African Jackal and the Orange-Haired baboon for another failure in diplomacy.

Steph Curry Has a Big Night

       Golden State Warriors point guard, Steph Curry, put on a big show last night in a regular season game against the Orlando Magic. He started the game at a regular clip. As the clock moved forward, Curry adjusted his tempo: shifting the momentum to Golden State. By virtue of his uncanny ability, he started dropping 3-point shots with aplomb. The Warrior's lead opened up.

      By the 3rd quarter, the crowd sensed that they were witness to a very memorable night. He scored 22 points- in the 3rd quarter alone. Defensively, the Warrior's efforts were slipping, and the Magic closed the gap, getting to w/i 6 points in the 4th quarter. But Curry continued his"magic" dropping more 3's on the opponents. He finished the night with 56 points, putting his career among the best of the NBA greats. He had 12 3-point baskets.

      Well done, Mr. Curry.

What 5 things Did I Do Last Week at My Job

Joining with millions of workers, I listed 5 things here that I accomplished: 1. Arrived at office fully dressed. 50 points 2. Greeted all office staff with appropriate salutations. 50 points 3. Moved bowels appropriately in room identified as a Men's restroom, not all gender, transgender, or gender neutral. 100 points 4. Answered multiple inquiries from 2 clients interested in advertised positions. 75 points 5. Passed wind without causing significant change in CO2 within 2 square miles. 60 points Point Total: 335 points: qualifying for bonus pay of 1.5% annually

To Resign or Not To Resign- That is the Question

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb

  

    Well, now, Chaos-in-Chief in the Oval Office has put an offer in front of 2 million Federal workers: tender your resignation by Feb. 6, 2025 and we will pay you your salary through September, 2025. All that one needs to do is put the word 'resign' in an email in your personal account to OPM.  And you can go home and play pickle ball all day; go to the race track; build a hot rod; take a lesson in bon sai; or sit on the porch and read Camus, or Kafka, or Hemingway. Hmmmm. Sounds almost too good to be true.

      Well, perhaps it IS too good to be true. Congressional opinion runs to: 1) there is no legal basis for the offer; 2) Congress holds the purse strings by law; 3) Trumpie would take any opportunity to change his hare-brained mind midstream; 4) resulting chaos would put millions of American families in financial jeopardy; 5) court challenges could tie things up for a very long time,w/o paychecks for those who submitted the word resign in an email.

      Hare brained Musk, the premier Anti-American foreign-born alchemist, lauded the move on X platform, telling his simpleton followers that this would help the country. Hah.

Dear Leader, Mr. Trump

    

  How did other actions keep computer chips from DeepDeek? Hmmmm. Vaunted export controls of Ai-necessary chips didn't work. The Chinese startup foound a way around those controls to build a new, simpler AI program at a much smaller cost apparently, the results which cratered the tech values of American companies that thought it would be years before the PLA/Beijing techies would catch up. Oh, you Nvidia stock owners, stop whining. Oh, LArry Ellison and all the "Stargate" billionaires, just stop it. trumpie & Co. only  fooled all.

     And the chaos: does he care a wit about workers no matter where they are found? NO, NO, and NO.

Is a Fence Going in the Darien Gap?

    Sec. of State MArco Rubio will talk with the President of Panama this week. The topic-the Panama Canal. A side light will be the Darien Gap-that jungle covered extension of Colombia that occupies the southern edge of Panama, and is the passage way to the north and America of migrants looking for work in America. Trumpie wants to plug the  "Gap" or at least put in a "wall" that will keep out undocumented migrants, killers, rapists and criminal elements among them.

     By Monday, we'll know what was said during conversations overlooking the Canal.

Sec. of State Marco Rubio is going to Panama

    Newly appointed Sec. of State, Marco Rubio, will head to Central America to talk for his boss, Trumpie, about the Canal. You know, as in Panama Canal that we built. Yes, somehow someone in Trumpie's world mentioned it. Now he feels he has to own it. Next he'll tell ship owners to boycott the Canal passage and go the long way around Cape Horn to get to the Pacific Ocean, soon to be the American Ocean.

     Or maybe, Elon will build a new canal through Nicaragua to reduce the price tag for a ship's passage across the isthmus. A million dollars for a one way ticket? Hmmmm. Sounds reasonable, but I'm not buying a ticket. Recently, while in Panama, the Mayor was able to witness ships passing through the canal. Looking closely, a sailing yacht was observed   joining a large container ship in the lock. The yacht probably paid less than a million $$.

     What will Marco Rubio say to the president of Panama? "Well, Mr. President, President trump is concerned about the Chinese Government taking control of the canal. This will not stand. Have you heard of the Monroe Doctrine.? Yes, Marilyn Monroe did not like Chinese either; so we have to preserve our rights in the Western hemisphere and protect you and me from the Peoples Liberation Army and its Communist leaders. We are not afraid of Communists wherever they appear. So, let's agree: we'll take back our property and you can keep your sovereignty. Deal?"

Released HAMAS Hostages Speakout

        SO, the pirates of Gaza released a few hostages as part of the cease fire agreement. Israeli families whose loved one were returned, rejoiced in the experience. UN investigators spoke with the released captives to learn details of their individual and collective experiences while in captivity. The information reveals a group of depraved Palestinians bent on revenge and retribution for alleged past behaviors. All the released captives had been subjected to various forms of torture. The women were especially targeted for violence by the Palestinians. Many were subjected to inhuman sexual violence, physical abuse in all its forms.

       None of this information is surprising given the past of HAMAS and its soldiers. The IDF will not forget-ever. The world cannot be stunned by this news; the world has only recently faced the fact that HAMAS is a terrorist organization run by depraved individuals who rule by terror and fear, the same as its chief sponsor, Iran. That Iran has been able to continue its campaign against Israel with its proxies clearly indicates the depth of the Middle East world and its vexatious cultural divide: Arabs v. Jews.

    On the 80th Anniversary of the opening of Auschwitz Concentration Camp at the end of WW II yesterday, the Israelis are more aware of the ongoing efforts to erase the facts of the Holocaust by modern revisionists. This week, oligarch Elon Musk, the American billionaire, told a German audience to move on from the past history of the country. This did not go over well, even in Germany. 

      The IDF has allowed Palestinians to return to the northern Gaza area, now mostly ruins. What will become of them is an open question, even as Trump asks that nearby countries accept palestinian refugees as permanent residents. This is a non-starter for most of them: who wants resident terrorists in their midst? None, thank you.

     Now, about housing in Gaza. Hmmmmmm. will the Saudis help out their neighbor? Don't hold your breath.