FARSHTUNKEN UND FARSCHIMMELT

For all you non Yiddish speakers out there, the title roughly translates to:  it smells bad and is rotten.  I no longer have enough English words in my vocabulary to describe the mess in this country being created by POTUS.  He is venomous and hateful.  He cannot even reach out to the victims of Harvey without boasting of himself and the great job he and his team are doing.  He does not have an empathetic bone in his body. And Melania with the spike heels like she is going to a big party!  No words--seriously.  Unless you want to discuss Madam Press Conference herself--that would be Sarah Huckabee Saunders.  Has she yet gotten back to anyone whose questions she does not answer?

Then there is this.  We have to rely on the Generals to tone down his attacks on LGBT folks in the military. We have to depend on another General (Kelly) to keep the crazies under control in the White House.  We have to depend on a former POW (that would be Senator McCain) to confront him about his misunderstanding that Congress does not work for him but for us.

Jewish men and women trapped in their synagogue while the Nazis and white supremacists marched outside. Unsafe to the point that they leave by a rear exit with their Torah.  And then we have to hear a so called balanced message from him about people on "both sides".  There is only one side and someone on that side was murdered.

In the aftermath of Charlottesville, his trade councils imploded with the first gutsiest resignation coming from the Merck CEO.  Then the Arts group blew up in his face and he decided not to attend the Kennedy Center celebration--such a bully who of course cannot take it when folks push him into a corner. A so called feminist daughter who supports the defunding of studies related to pay equity.  She is no friend of women. Anything connected to Obama must go and we must listen to Huckabee tell us Obamacare is failing when that is an outright lie.

Finally, on a brighter note, the Berkshires were wonderful.  I feel very comforted and secure when all my family is literally in one place even if it is for a much too brief period of time.

SPORTS TALK
I like the Kyrie trade despite loving Isaiah.  The loss of Edelman is huge.  The Yanks are in danger of missing out on the wild card as "The Judge" struggles mightily.

Shalom