Hillary Surrenders E Mail Server

The FBI has taken control of Hillary Clinton’s E mail server.  They’ve had it for a week and are just getting around to telling the public.  Hillary now claims she “gave it to them” but as Rush says “The FBI doesn’t make requests; they just come over and take the item”.  It would seem as if Hillary is guilty of indictable offences and could get jail time if they really want to press the matter.  Bernie Sanders is leading Hillary now in New Hampshire and is close to her in Iowa.  People have a theory that Bernie Sanders will or has “peaked” because once all the progressives discover he’s out there- - he will reach a natural ceiling.  Others say that hard campaigning like in New Hampshire will continue to raise his poll numbers..

The judge in the Tom Brady “deflate-gate” case is leaning hard on the NFL because they may have over-charged - - made allegations they can’t prove.  This Judged ignored the fact the reason why there is so little evidence is because Brady destroyed his cell phone.  I didn’t know just how long the period was.  The first game Brady will be able to play is deep into the season on October 18^th.  This is partially because the season starts later this year, and there also must be a bye week in there someplace.  I’m on the fence on this one.  I haven’t decided.

Former President Jimmy Carter has cancer.  The cancer started in his liver and has now spread to other parts of the body.  I think Glenda has the same condition.  Carter is 91 so he was the first president to be just younger than Dad by a few months.  We wish him well.  Carter is the most moral president we’ve ever had, something the Christian community conveniently forgets.  He has worked tirelessly for habitat for humanity and has written a lot of books, including his later one, “A Full Life” or something.  They showed clips from his carrier as though they were reviewing the life of someone who had just passed on.

Donald Trump brags he's the only republican candidate running that was against the Iraq War when the war was being discussed.  Bernie voted against the war; Hillary voted for the war.  It would be funny that on health issues and women's issues- - that Trump actually ended up garnering the most votes from women on the Republican side.  Judy doesn't like Trump and it's understandable that anybody would question Trump's "presidential timber" for running his mouth the way he does.  The mantra is repeated now by the media (and they've played all the clips) that "Trump isn't specific on issues".  But often the Media will run away with a catch phrase or sequence of words- - and they play the same words by ten or twelve sources almost as if they'd all been written by a master script writer.   Trump answered the charges saying that when you "take on" a business or plan a deal- - you have to be sensitive to the pulse of the moment and read other people and constantly reassess and revise your plans.  You can't walk in there with a bunch of ten step Dr Levy notes that will guarantee you a victory.  If it were me- - I have specific ideas what I'd do.  So what does Donald Trump think of MY ideas?

Jesus was the ultimate hyper-legalist.  Jesus said for everyone to tithe ten percent, which is something the Apostle Paul never officially required.  Jesus taught that if you marry a divorced woman, both she and you are guilty of adultery.  Also if you merely look at a woman lustfully you are guilty of adultery.  Jesus taught if you were angry at someone without cause, or even call them a name, you are guilty of damnation and hell fire.  It’s utterly ludicris to suppose that Jesus of the Bible would go along with either homosexuality or abortion.  In fact the ONLY area where Jesus went against the law was in constant skirmishes about keeping the Sabbath.  Jesus never condemned the Sanhedrin or claimed they had no right to judge him.  Jesus, if you will remember said not one point of the OT law would pass away without “all things being accomplished”.   This is the “Syrian Church” view of the law.  Jesus never condemned the Priests per see.  He condemned the pharicees and scribes and doctors of the law.  But remember Jesus said “When you are cured of leporacy, show yourself to the Priest as the law requires.”  Justin Martyr was the spokesman for this type of legalism.  Justin never spoke of a bodily resurrection from a tomb, or a rolling stone.  He always made it spiritual.   The other wing of Christianity was Marcionite Christianity, which came against “The Law”.

 We had dense vegetable soup for lunch but not the creamy variety we’ve been having.  We had home made pizza with a green salad and honeydew for dessert.  I’m not aware of seconds.  I had Shawn Hannity on.  I intended to go to the front room and sit there for a while till Dr Levy’s class.  However the eye doctor was still in there.  Once again I had failed to get my name on the list even though it’s been seven years.  (2008)  I informed Dr Levy that I had finally gotten a letter from Tim in an E mail.  Dr Levy said he received it.  Tim gave me his number but otherwise indicated he hadn’t tried to contact Dr Levy.  Dr Levy said he hadn’t been contacted by Tim.  We talked on Creative Aging for the millionth time and contrary to what was said last week, we were not given a choice in the matter.  But class participation was good even while Sarah and Augustine were there.  We met in the back TV room.  Joe and David left.  Lishia showed up and sat next to me though it was a tight squeeze on that couch.  Dr Levy worked off his notes the whole time and we were given an outline I recognize portions of from before.  I did not have the opportunity to bring up how desperate I was to get money.  There was no “check in”.  Teresa was in this class.  We broke up at a quarter till two keeping the class short.  I went out back.  I got two glasses of iced tea from Dora in the courtyard- - and for once there were no classes she had to dart off to with the cart. Then I finally got around to putting away the clean clothes.  Everything was there.

My name was called for seeing Dr Messina.  I caught the line when there was just one person (Larry Barton) in with the doctor.  I brought up dropping the Celexa because it did me no good at all and suggested switching to an entirely different drug as Dr Levy had hinted about the week before.  I asked about a nicotine substitute such as Zyban or Chantex.  Dr Messina said of the two he thinks Chantex is better but “In you it could cause side effects”.  He also said that perhaps I’m not giving the increased Celexa a chance to work.  He raised it from 20 to 30 mg, so it was not doubled.  He said that the money problems I had mentioned and the fact I was getting less coffee now - - were “external factors” and “When things improve in your life then the full effect of the drug will kick in and you’ll feel a lot better.  I disagree of course because the money situation has been getting steadily worse on an almost downward straight line for eight years now (since late summer of 2007 when I got my last rebate check.  Lishia will be leaving on Friday and Phyllis may be taking the cat when she leaves, though she said Yadera might take the cat as a pet.  Glenda is leaving here also because she and Andrew are getting married soon.  I didn’t know that.  So the visit wasn’t exactly a “success”.  I decided not to turn on Norman Goldman or the computer at all but turned on “Millionaire” on KABC for the second half of the game, and watched the first half of “Jeopardy” before I decided to hang out outside.  We had baked chicken not prepared in any fancy way.  I started with two drumsticks, and got a third one from Dora.  We also had sliced potatoes (not exactly “scalloped”) and broccoli with orange Jell-O for dessert.  Bill had fed the cat his chicken and she was already done by the time I got out there.  Later the cat came back looking for more food.