BARR(ING) MUELLER

I may have (and I actually think I did) put too much faith in what the Mueller investigation would produce.  My distrust of POTUS and his ugly pronouncements contributed to my over the top faith in the report.  Now it appears we are to see the "redacted" version of the report this week.  I get it--some things likely need to be kept secret.  But I'm in an even less trusting mood about this shit given that Barr, selected by POTUS, will be the redacter-in-charge.  I believe that Cuomo guy wondered why we should even trust Barr since you know who picked him. A fair question.  Moving on.

--Speaking of POTUS:  He is closing the border;  he is building a wall that Mexico will pay for; and he wants to totally eliminate Obamacare because he has a better plan known only to him.  What does this say about us?
--I'm so far ahead of the curve.  Flew a couple of times in the last week and wondered on each fight about this:  terrific technology allows planes to use radar and other gizmos to fly "blindly".  Why is it so hard to figure out the passenger loading process.  It is a mess on virtually all flights on all airlines.
Then in this weekend's NYT travel section--a whole article on how specific airlines board passengers.  You must be glad you heard it here almost first.
--Only in Florida item:  a Cassowary (a bird native to Australia) killed its owner down there in the sunshine state.  The man fell and the bird pounced on him for lunch or dinner or just a snack.
--How's this for a seamless transition?  From the Globe:
   1.  A bear killed a horse someplace in my fine state.
   2.  A wild turkey attacked a woman in Cambridge and she was "scared".
   3.  Twenty pets and one resident escaped a fire.
All of this was considered vital news by the fine editors at the Globe. Notice in item 3, how the pets preceded the person.
--The National Football League is frequently called the No Fun League (NFL--get it?).  I'm now ready to call Boston the NFC--the No Fun City.  Legislators have nothing better to do than trying to limit the number of restaurants that want to have beer patios.  They also screamed loud and often
about the TV show SMILF for its brutally honest portrayal of a single mother in Southie.  And they totally screwed up the stupid casino regulations.  EECH.
--In the dark ages I worked for non profits providing services to children, adolescents, and their families.  It is so disheartening to read articles now that document the same problems we struggled with 10 and 20 years ago--e.g.  the foster care system is a mess and kids languish in ER's for lack of beds in residential programs.  And I do not believe money is necessarily the answer.
--Now, some wonderful stuff.  SD was on the Today show using acupuncture on Al Roker.  Her parents have been kvelling.
--Our Governor gets worse hair cuts than me.
--Our VP, who is as stupid as a rock, believes South Bend Mayor Buttigeg is attacking his faith.  I never thought we might be better off with Pence taking over.
--The last episodes of Broad City were tear jerkers--the Jewesses (and those are their words) have left us kind of bereft.
--Iris Dement sings that it is too hard for things to be easy.
--If you celebrate either Passover or Easter, have good holidays.

Shalom.