NO MAS

School's out for the summer!! And I have a few gems for your consideration. Here goes: --Hate to say it but I would have to take Marjorie Taylor Greene in any wrestle mania bout with AOC. AOC wins all other battles. --I will not discuss the case of "Spencer the Goat" which of course appeared in the Globe. --I am so so disheartened by the Hamas/Israeli "war" and the deaths of so many. Netanyahu has to go but I fear this tragedy may get him the support he needs to stay in office. --Have come to love the Dropkick Murphys. A kind of old fashioned rock and roll band--first time in too long that I have gotten into a new group. --We all know that Gaetz did all that shit, right? That's it. No mas. I will be back in the fall. Have a good summer.

THE TURTLES

No, not the teenage mutant ninja ones. And not Flo and Eddie who collaboratively called themselves the Turtles (as in a singing duo) in the fabulous 60's. I'm talking about the cute live ones who appeared on my computer screen at the scene of a fire in my neighborhod. After the Globe assured us that people were saved but that the loss was estimated at $500,000--after that, they not only told us that the turtles were saved but shared a picture of the little things. They just cannot help themselves and use so much footage from third parties,you would think they had no staff. Moving to other items of note: --I do not want to hear the words "proximate" or "transparent" coming out of the mouths of any politician. First of all, I have no clue what they mean about proximate. Second, they have to quit yakking about transparncy and just behave in a transparent manner. Talk continues to be cheap. In light of that, kudos to Liz Cheyney for being so direct about the Trumpster. --MSNBC lhas to do something about Reverend Al. He has a regular show on the network but also is the President of an activist group whose issues he forcefully addresses when he is on the air. He also sits at a desk with the name of that organization prominently displayed over his shoulder. Seems like lit is proximate to being a conflict of interest. Just sayin. --No more apologies emanating from the mouths of public figures. Either shape up or get kicked to the curb. --Two little factoids frokm my birth state (which is Fla. for those who forgot). First, the CEO of some private school informed her staff that if they chose to get vaccinated, they would be fired. Seriously. No insight abouit what if they get the virus. Then, in a state with too many private airplane pilots, one decided to land in the water off Cocoa Beach. And not way out there in the water; but within yards of the beach. He got out and just kind of sat on the wing for a bit. Probably looking to be congrautlated on his perfect crash landing. This is a state which has a Governor who makes the Trumpster look almost normal. --My current fine state will shortly be using helicopters to drop anti rabies medicine in places where racoons and coyotes live--seems they frequently are rabid. But, omg, maybe we should tell people not to go near them? --I was very scared about the Chauvin jury while they deliberated. I did not want to be around if, like many juries before, they returned not guilty verdicts. I am frequently referred to as a Luddite because of how I am not a big fan of cell phones. But I have to say that without the video shot by onlookers, that guy would be free and likely back on the force. --Despite a bunch of signs and fairly clear recycling guidelines, our common trash area is a fucking nightmare. My fellow condo dwellers either ignore the signs or don't care. But there is trash all over and no shared plan to address it. --There are regularly a bunch of law suits involving the Boston Public Schools. Usually they involve the elite exam schools in the system. The suits are generally filed by parents who want their kids to go to these schools and are usually white. If the other schools in the system were of a high quality, this woud not be an issue. But the Teachers Union is in control of that system and change is consistently opposed and seemingly not in their vocabulary. --The Worcester AAA farm team of the Red Flops opens its first season this week. Predictions of the end of the world accompany this opening because of worry no one will attend the games. These folks who worry about things before they happen drive me to distraction. Shalom