DON'T CALL ME BRUCE

I'm Caitlyn.  The picture of Caitlyn on the cover of Vanity Fair is just stupendous--both in terms of the photography by Annie Leibovitz and the amazing changes to the person who previously was know as Bruce Jenner.  I do hope this furthers the issues, concerns, and causes of and for transgendered folks.  And yet....this is a person who was part of that whole Kardashian publicity hound crew.  He is already signed to do a reality show based on the changes and he will be getting an award at the ESPYs.  Maybe this will all be good; but maybe there are many other trans people out there who will not be bringing in the big bucks and who may not even be able to avoid the surgeries.  It makes me a bit nudgy.

Kudos:  to  CP for making that lizard look like he is climbing up a wall; to  R and M on the arrival of their first grand child whose parents are those yummy M and M's; to the nation of Ireland for okaying gay marriage in the face of fierce Catholic church opposition.  It did not help the church that many of its priest and nuns engaged in abusive behavior to those most vulnerable members of its flock.

Fucking Texas.  How about inviting three different biker gangs to a mall in Waco to lick ice cream cones and just hang out for the afternoon.  Maybe they will make peace with each other.  OOPs--nope they just have a shootout and 9 of them die while innocents and the police manage to escape.  What city in its right mind would even allow this--Waco and its elected officials knew about the meeting and then express shock at the result.  Then a terrific article in the Boston Globe about the belief of a bunch of Texans that they are about to be invaded--and not by Mexico but by the good old U.S. Army.  At a meeting, 30 miles east of Austin (ahem), they even shouted down a high ranking Army officer who was trying to defuse the whole thing.  They hate the government (though they love their Social Security benefits) and they specifically hate Obama. Their fine Senator, Ted Cruz, gave a little impetus to the crazies by saying he would look into it.  As if.  (By the way, almost 20 million of us are now covered by Obamacare.  I almost hope the Republicans try to repeal it.)

How can the city of Boston approve a car race along city streets without a public hearing but continue to struggle with any approval for the Olympics.  Good luck if you are here in September of 2016--wear earplugs.  Speaking of the Olympics, I happen not to give a shit but this city has such a sucky attitude we are about to kill the possibility of having it here.  And the Mayor continues to fight the casino location in a nearby suburb.  Fucking up everything seems to be the theme of the moment.

Ends and Odds:
--There were "spectators" hanging outside the federal court awaiting the Tsarnaev verdict.  Ghouls every one of them.  Not relatives of the injured or dead; not connected in anyway; just get me some tv time and I am there.
--CNN posted 171 mugshots of the bikers involved in the Waco fiasco.  Why?  I am surprised Wolf Blitzer did not fly down to interview some of them.
--More domestic assaults, sexual assaults, and animal cruelty incidents amongst the fine group of NFL players.  But Brady gets 4 games for supposedly screwing around with a football.  Priorities.
--Good news: Russ Feingold is running for the Senate.  We need to give him money especially if that screwball governor Walker runs against him--need to give him money no matter who runs against him.
--Bad news:  Don't expect the Iraqi Army to defend you if you are in danger.
--More bad news:  Netanyahu shoots his mouth off again about the world being anti Semitic when it supports the rights of Palestinians.  He needs to shut up.
--Letterman is gone and I have to say I don't miss him.  I just wonder how "tame" Colbert will have to be to
 survive.
--Cuba is no longer a terrorist state.  When I read that ferry service was about to start, I was quite happy that we went when we did.  Its about to get a bit touristy.  But you know what, they need the dinero.

No sports talk except to smile at the anguish of Red Sox fans.  Tough luck.

Sayonara