A VERY COMPETITIVE CONTEST

Not.  Slackers all of you and yes, you have disappointed me--so sad.  If I indulged in fake news, I could say that the meager response to my effort to increase readership was stupendous.  But I refuse to indulge in the same fantasies that POTUS subscribes to (subscribes, get it?).  You have two more weeks so get onto it--and I am calling you out AG.  Bam.

Moving on. A thought or two about the first lady and her husband.  And I am talking about, don't you know, Ivanka and Jared.  He apparently is in charge of half the government if not more.  She is likely in charge of the other half but that's the half that is not important.  Once Jared resolves the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, he is to move on and make the government more efficient.  Ivanka, in her half of the draw, will solve all issues related to day care and then move onto other issues of interest to women--unless they involve Planned Parenthood.  Good for the Berlin crowd who hissed and booed her as she attempted to defend poppa. John Oliver eviscerated them on 4/23.  His bottom line is that neither of them ever earned anything having been given huge responsibilities by daddies.  One of whom is a convicted felon and one of whom is a bully.  You guess.

ENDS AND ODDS
--Sebastian Gorka is leaving the White House but they will likely lie and not say it is because he is virtually a Nazi.  It will be an amicable parting.  He will land in some soft spot in the alt right and keep spewing.
--I do not care one whit about the death of Aaron Hernandez.  He is no loss unless it is to his daughter who will now not have a father figure.  But him being some sort of role model for his daughter is really stretching it.  He was a violent man who shot a bunch of people.  And his lawyers are keeping the fires stoked for god knows what reason.  Publicity is my guess.
--This French election could be a nightmare.  Le Pen is right up there with POTUS in her immigrant bashing and nationalistic rants.
--Please tell me where many of the homeless folks on the corners learned to "god bless me".  I am thinking they believe it will induce me to give them some spare change tho I am already induced and often feel like telling them to shove that god shit.
--I do think little Baron will be in long term psychotherapy.  He is a child who dresses like an adult (I mean have you ever seen him in blue jeans or sneakers?) but by age is a child.  What can he be like in school?
--What to make of "Mother Pence"?  Is that out of Little House on the Prairie or what.  It is too late for her to benefit from therapy.  But be careful of wishing for an impeachment--having Mother and Father in the White House will not be any less ugly.
--Two important congressional races in Montana and Georgia.  The guy in Georgia won the primary mainly because there were about a dozen Republican candidates.  Now there is only one.  The good news is that if he keeps all the folks who voted for him and picks up about 5% of new voters, he can win.  Give whatever you can.
--Breaking news:  POTUS and the boys are after Obamacare again.  POTUS dies not understand why the Civil War kind of could not be negotiated..  Those three good ole boys in Lousiana must love this slavery denial.  Why maybe the Mayor of New Orleans will put those statues back. But his recently passed budget includes no money for the wall but does include money for Planned Parenthood.

SPORTS TALK
--I am not giving them the pennant but I love the youth and exuberance of the Yankees.  And yup the Red Flops miss Big Papi.  Serious baseball talk will not occur until after 7/4.The talking heads of sports radio are at loose ends since they predicted a Celtic loss after two home defeats to the Bulls--and now of course the Wizards will take them out.  Maybe/maybe not.  No one gets by Lebron anyhow.  I go to the BB Hall of fame next week with my Western Mass relative--first visit and am very excited. See ya JC.

Ta Ta