IRAN IS THE NEW NORTH KOREA

Now that POTUS thinks he has settled all our differences with North Korea, he has decided to move on and threaten Iran with annihilation. Those three old boys down there in bumfuck Louisiana are just itching to take on the Ayatollah--'cept of course they will still just be sipping their bourbon while a bunch of young Americans actually do the fighting.

What POTUS has succeeded in doing is letting Netanyahu loose to wreak havoc on the Palestinians.
Even as he does that, Netanyahu is compromising all the ideals that Israel was founded on as he begins to narrowly define what it means to be a Jew.  The ascendancy of the ultra Orthodox right wing in Israel has given him "permission" to target the Palestinians, allow more settlements, and allow the Orthodox rabbinate to define the nature of the country.

Moving on:

--On our most recent flight to the great state of Texas, we had a all female crew--both in the cockpit and in the cabin.  Kind of interesting.
--Two strong thoughts about attire coming from an expert in the field.  Men should not have cuffs on their shorts--way too weird.  Second, I have seen a woman twice in the last week who is at least 10 months pregnant (!) and wears a halter so that her belly is right out there.  What are we to do other than stare?
--Karl's Sausage Kitchen is well worth the trip to Peabody--simply has the best non kosher hot dogs I have ever eaten.
--Boston Globe--a big article about a raccoon biting a child.  This was in the same week POTUS tripped over his tongue in Helsinki.  Priorities?
--A factoid--The NY Times had an article in yesterday's edition about the bus station in McAllen, Texas.  This is the station where immigrants go if they are cleared by the Border Patrol.  They put 12 staff onto this two page story.  And the Globe gives us raccoon attacks.
--And contrary to yet another lie from the White House.  Both the Times and the Post are making money if only because of who is living in that white house.
--Words cannot do justice to the spectacle of our President interacting with Putin.  It is an embarrassment.  and there is worse--the Republican conservatives in Congress, who are virulent anti-Communists, are silent.  Not a peep from Ryan or McConnell.
--Did ya see that Beauregard toady joining in the "lock her up" chants?
--We have managed to lock up children and now seemingly cannot locate their parents.  Isn't that child abuse?
--Off to the west.  See you in September.

SPORTS TALK
--The French won the World Cup.  Hope you noticed that a significant number of the players were either first or second generation immigrants.  Wonder if the La Pen family noticed that.
--I'm all agog and trembling at the return of Mr. Brady and the boys.  But truly sickened by Mr. Bill and his arrogance.
--Red flops playing really well but Mookie is not the MVP.  My boys struggling mightily but did make some good trade moves.

Shalom