President Trump wasn’t to
be a dictator and yesterday took another giant step toward becoming one. He took away ex CIA director John Brennon’s
security clearance away so he can’t view classified information any more. Brennon was CIA director during the capture of
Bin Laden in May of 2011. James Clapper and Jim Comey are part of a long
list read off at the WH press conference including Susan Rice and others from
the Obama administration. None of these
people had broken the law or in any way abused their trust. The WH press secretary said that Clapper and
Comey and Brennon have been making “eratic statements” that threaten national security”. This is a classic case of projection. It’s just a power play for Trump. As John Brennon said in a recent TV talk show
Trump’s goal is to styfle free speech and stir up divisiveness in America. Trump thrives on things like racial
conduct. Omerosa or however you spell her name- - is
still in the news but not even the main-stream media trusts her. I haven’theard how well her book is
selling. The Manifort trial is going to
the jury today, this morning. They quoted liberally from the prosecution and
defense summation statements this morning.
The defense put all of the blame on Gates. Of course Manifort and the defense
restedwithout putting on a single witness and Manifort himself didn’t
testify. The jury should be reminded (as
in Travon Martin) that attorney’s arguments are not testimony. Selah.
. This is Thursday August 16, 2018 and I didn’t
type yesterday. Aritha Franklin died
this morning or maybe last night. I
think she was 76. The family had
previously stated that she was “gravely ill” and asked for our prayers, but
they wanted their privacy. She died of pancreatic
cancer, and you know how serious that is. Aritha Franklin was from Detroit and
a life long resident, apparently, and the daughter of a gospel preacher. She was the Queen of Soul. There are either five or maybe six songs
included from her on my “all time hits of Rock”. “Respect” in the spring of 1967 was the first
time where “Sock it to me” was sung in repetitive fashion. I learned the news while eating breakfast in
the dining room. She changed her appearance
a lot over the years.
In a belated story there
was an altercation at a store parking lot involving parking in a handicapped
place. The white guy complained to the
Black guy about and the Black guy knocked him down and the white guy responded
by shooting him dead. Originally this
was seen as Florida’s “stand your ground” law.
But then they looked into this white guy’s history and they decided to
charge him with manslaughter and Black groups were happy about it. This case isn’t as black and white as Trayvon
Martin was, so maybe they’re evolving for the better. I think the public has had enough of these white
on black shootings.
Alvin told me at a
quarter after eight that we had to leave at eight thirty for the dentist. I had to shuffle stuff around getting ready
for the room cleaning. Fortunately I had
already brushed my teeth. I got there at
a quarter to nine and had a cigarette.
Then a guy from the inside opened the door for me even though they don’t
open till nine. I wasn’t called in till
five after nine. The assistant did a lot
of the work adjusting the four crowns and drilling and stuff. There was a lot of jabbing of the teeth and
gums and my mouth was sore the rest of the day.
Then Dr Bui came in and she did more endless taking out and putting in
of the four new crowns. She did the
final cementation and I counted the four crowns as she put them in. I was done at eight after ten. She showed me a mirror to look at them and
they looked good. Dr Bui said that they
were “weakened” and the teeth could crack.
This alarmed me. I also noticed
that I now had an over-bite I never had before.
Dr Bui denied that this was the case but it’s my mouth. I had the receptionist lady make the phone
call to this place. Three different
attractive young women came in during the next hour. One of them had a little baby. After ten thirty I had her call again
because Alvin hadn’t arrived. They said
it would be “ten or fifteen more minutes”.
I went out for a second cigarette.
I didn’t get picked up till twenty after eleven. Alvin was taking Andrew to the doctor on
Romnya street in north Amaheim. Now
Alvin would drop me off and go check on Andrew.
Fortunately they had saved my lunch.
It was now eleven thirty. We had
a good lunch. We had roast beef on a
long bun with beef dip, we had a baked potato with butter and sour cream, and
we had corn with amberosia for dessert.
Patty was still there. I got a
cup of coffee from someone across the tablewho had left. I checked on the room and the cleaning cart
was next door. They were doing double
duty working both sides of the hall at once.
I had a minute or so to go to the bathroom and lay down for a
moment. Then Nora came and I had to
leave. I saw her inspecting the bed
covers for bugs but I guess I passed the test.
Except when I returned at a quarter to one the place smelled of bug
spray. I don’t know if Rene was brought
in to look at the bugs, if there were any.
Nora had put a heavier spread on the bed. Then I watched “Days of our
Lives”. The air conditioning has been
working well.
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