YUP, THERE'S MORE

I heard an interesting analogy the other day.  The Mueller investigation is like an iceberg--you see some of it above the surface of the water; but there is much more going on below the surface.  And the stuff below the surface could be worse than what we already know.  He is taking his sweet ass time and that must make our impulsive POTUS pretty berserk.  But those speedy lawyers down in Manhattan (led by a POTUS appointee) are going full speed ahead and have already got Cohen headed to the pokey.  I'd love to see Ivanka in an orange jump suit. Moving on.

Items of interest:
--You have got to read the Doonesbury cartoon of 12/2.  Hysterical but also scary.
--While you are at it, find a way to see Mrs. Maisel--an Amazon series about a Jewish comedienne and her family.
--A final cultural recommendation.  The play "The Man In The Ring" is about the boxer Emile Griffith.  But it is really about gender and family and dementia and a whole bunch of other things.  And it is very thoughtful.
--Lost and found department (Part one):  Evangelicals are ecstatic about the POTUS judicial nominees to all levels of the federal judiciary.  They love the Israeli capital moving to Jerusalem.  Given their religious fervor, why are they silent about payments made to two women POTUS had affairs with?  Affairs and payoffs are worth the trade off?
--Lost and found department (Part 2):  If you can find any Republican Senator with any guts (and do not tell me about Susan Collins) other than those retiring, send me their names.  Their silence makes them complicit.
--Lost and found department (Part 3):  The outgoing Governors of Wisconsin and Michigan are signing off on new legislation limiting their successor's ability to change certain laws. Didn't the voters kick them to the curb?  They lost but they are overriding the prerogatives of the voters?  EEK!
--Last Sunday, in the NYT, Frank Bruni penned an open letter to Joe Biden telling Joe how much he loves him and, because of that love, he does not want Joe to run for President (read it).  I feel the same about Elizabeth Warren--I love her but she should stay in the Senate.
--A reminder:  There are now about 15,000 unaccompanied minors in shelters across this country.  Just sayin'.  And a 9 year old in one of them has passed away. No uproar over that, huh.
--2 Million Americans would be affected by this federal court decision limiting Obamacare--many of them certainly are Trump supporters.  Better get in line at the ER early or show some blood if you want to get seen.
--PTI (Pardon the Interruption) is the only regular talking head sports show I watch.  Wilbon and Kornheiser are just very articulate and bright people.  Last week they were all over Steph Curry for denying the moon landing. They more or less said the following:  Kornheiser (he is a member of my tribe) said it was on the same continuum as holocaust deniers.  Wilbon (he is African American) said denying slavery was on that continuum as well.  They both said it was time for these sports stars to either shut up or start making sense.  And no, this was not a sport item.

Have a Merry Holiday.  Shalom

MY DOORS WERE DOUBLE LOCKED BUT THE CARAVAN NEVER CAME

Oops, I guess he lied about that too.  Those embedded Middle East terrorists must have returned to their Middle Eastern countries because they did not show either.  The soldiers stationed there without A/C and without cooking facilities in that fucking Texas heat must be happy they did not have to capture any children.  By the way, as of earlier this week, we (that means us, the citizen of the US) have 14,000 children in facilities where they are separated from their families.  That ordains a large future load of PTSD clients for therapists.  And the younger those kids are, the more they will be damaged.

Sure, we have a liar for President (he faintly just remembered a project in Russia; but just faintly);  a marbly mouthed Senate President; and a base which has a large percentage of neo Nazis.  But forgetting about them, I blame myself and my fellow citizens for the following:  We have moved on and forgotten about Parkland, Charleston, and the Tree of Life.  We have let them get away with too much and I am talking about you Evangelicals who care only about abortion (remember Kavanaugh?) and forgive all the sins of this President.

A very local aside:  I do not want to hear another word or read another sentence in the Globe about the murderer Aaron Hernandez; the criminal Whitey Bulger; or the art theft at the Gardner.  If we can move on from the deaths of students studying or adults praying, we can do without any information about those 3 items.

The following may seem like sports but truly it is not.  Colin Kapernick of the NFL has not had an on he field job since he knelt on the sidelines during the national anthem.  Kareem Hunt kept his job despite an ugly assault on a women last summer.  He only got suspended (with pay) when a video surfaced of the incident.  Reuben Foster was released by his team after his second incident of domestic abuse--only to be immediately picked up by another team not bothered by his history. The NFL continues to be in the dark about how it responds to this violence.  And it is worth noting that the good old boys (of NFL owners) are a bunch of white guy while the majority of the players are African americans--just sayin'.

Did you know there is much a thing as a dental studio?  Saw a billboard for one this week.  I can hardly wait to visit and just know they have a few artistic types filling cavities.

Had a gret turkey day in the nyc/nj metropolitan area and hope all your bird fantasies came true.  May your Hannukah lights burn bright the coming week.

Shalom