A Deal by The Deal Chump-in-Chief

    So, the timing: his 80th Birthday amidst a Fight Club Party at the White House in D.C. The Showman. Always looking for 'free publicity'-that is his specialty.

     The detail will follow, of course. He claims that the wording has already been finalized and the Iranian negotiators have announced a deal also.  Maybe, just maybe, some truth can be gleaned from such statements. We've heard it all before.

     Among the statements: The Strait of Hormuz will reopen to all(but a "fee" will be imposed, not a "toll", that has different implications/meaning. So, maybe the squeeze worked; but let's see the small print; the detaails as they are spelled out, word for word.  Maybe the IRGC leaders blinked. Maybe the new head of the Fed Res said no to an interest rate reduction until........?

    Meanwhile The Show must go on: World Cup Fever(now that the Knicks are off the front pages of both newspapers).   The 'mericans even scored 4 goals-the most ever for a team from USA. They looked good, too: fast, aggressive, skilled and young. It's group play so no shootouts, and ties are recorded with points given to both teams. The last game of the day between New Zealand and Iran ended in a 2-2 tie. The Kiwis had both goals by a scrappy forward-Just. He added to his international goal totals. Tomorrow's slate looks good and games will start early.

Watch 'em. 

Chinese Shut Out of Largest IPO Event

    By order from above, the SpaceX IPO was unavailable to Chinese investors whether from HongKong or Shanghai.  This clear indication that the treasury Dept., The White House; Homeland Security, and the State Dept. are squeezing Chinese foreign investments.

     This widely publicized stock offering by Elon Musk's company set a record for numbers starting with volume and price.  Many retail investors were shut out completely ; many insiders were gleefully counting their good fortune to be an insider, seeing long awaited pricing for their paper holdings over the last 15 years.  Many fortunes will be made, some now, some later.

And then there's Elon. His wealth is hard to comprehend. Oh, well. He makes a lot of people wealthy, that's for sure.  But not the Chinese. 

Birthday Sunday for the Chump

    So, sports fans tomorrow will feature a number of World Cup group play contests. On the same day, another game will be played in the Oval: The Chump-in-Chief will celebrate Numero OTTO, BD.

In my country, we say Buon Compleanno, Numero Otto. What a day: the Liar-in Chief arrived at his 9th decade on the planet. And he leads the free world as its most powerful person, ever. I wonder if the mullahs, Palestinians, Israelis, Lebonese, Haamas leaders, Hezbollah leaders, Pakistani leaders will send greeting cards or , in the case of Tehran, missiles and drones to the party.

      Will there be a small, intimate gathering in the White House (Casa Blanca)?  What will Raul Castro send via diplomatic channels?  Poor Raul, indicted for being a  Cubano. No, not really; indicted for being a Commie criminal, and murderer. Makes sense, given Fidel is in the ground somewhere.

   An 80-year old president-who would believe such a thing? Mike Johnson? Bill Pulte? Kash PAtel? Whoopie Goldberg?

Dua Lipa? 

World Cup Goes to Los Angeles

     So, football fans: the World Cup tournament has begun. After all the hype, the teams faced off all over the Western Hemisphere. From Mexicao to the Canadian provinces, players finally appeared on the pitch to play the Beautiful Game as it is called.

     The USA team faced off against favorite Paraguay.  Within the first 7 minutes, the USA got a gift when the Paraguayans scored an own goal, putting the USA on the board. By half time, the USA had added two more scores.

   After the half began, the Paras decided they had enough. Soon, they, too, had put one into the net. Now 3-1, US  But the score stayed the same for the rest of regular time.  7 minutes were added at the end. Soon enough, the USA boys put another ball into the goal making it 4-1.

    Great start for the boys from the host nation, scoring more goals than any other USA WOrld Cup team.

Keep it up. 

We Need a New Intelligent Department Head

    Goodbye, Bill Pulte. So, the Oval listened as the midterms approach. Pulte's named was erased from contention as the new head of Homeland Coordination Dept.; the great federal Waste Department. Who's next.

  Who is Jay Clayton? Anyway. 

Knicks Take Command: Again by 1 Point

    The gods have nodded in favor of New York. Not too many NY fans beyond the boroughs; even Chump wasn't excited-he was sleeping in an undisclosed location, to borrow a phrase.? Not many

   The Poor Spurs gave up a 29 point lead; the knicks performed the greatest playoff comeback in nba finals history. And they won on a tip in with 1.8 seconds to go. And the Spurs missed again.

Now the Spurs are in a deep deep hole. What  are their chances of a comeback-they must win 4 in a row. Not happening this year. Maybe next year.  How many games in NBA Finals history have been won by 1 point?

25th Amendment Time

   Who does that: bomb, stop bomb. Bomb, stop bomb. Kill innocents, stop killing innocents. Crazy people. Where are the psychologists? Sleeping? On vaca?  Somebody in the Party? Where are the editors in the media? Why can't the editors come out and say what they are thinking about this situation we find the country in?  Nobody has a spine.

     Mike Johnson? Retire now; go back to your rabbit hole and eat some cabbage leaves. Your time in Congress is O V E R?

   So the Oval says that peace is at hand. Cry wolf, what happens? Everybody continues on with their work. Nobody beleives the Little Boy who cries , "WOLF, wolf, woooolllllffffffff. It's a joke.

Time to step up and call for the 25th Amendment.. Read it: it says what action to take when the Oval is incompetent and a hazard to the country's future.