HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE! JUST GOT THROUGH UNPACKING THE SUITCASES SO LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS!
What the hell is going on with this weather??? I spend 2 months down south and my blood is thinner that water and my first day home, it's 33 degrees.....during the day! ENOUGH. BRING SPRING TO ME!!!
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The situation in the Ukraine is absolutely terrible and I truly believe it's a no-win for the people of that very proud country. 140 million people against 40 million is a huge mismatch and without DIRECT INVOLVEMENT from the west, I fear that country is doomed. You can send all the guns and ammo you want but eventually, they will run out of people to fight the Russians. Putin is an animal who needs to be put down like a diseased dog but nobody wants to risk the next world war by shutting down the airspace.
The real bad news for Ukraine happened over the weekend when Putin named General Alexander Dvornikov as the new leader of the struggling Russian army. Not familiar with him? Dvornikov was responsible for the atrocities and war crimes committed in Syria back in 2015 when he was in charge of that war. Known as a "take no prisoners" strategist, his advance thru Syria was similar to Sherman's march to the sea at the end of our civil war where his troops were ordered to burn EVERY structure as they advanced through Atlanta and that included schools, hospitals, homes, outhouses, barns and general stores.
NOBODY likes paying five dollars a gallon for gas but the embargo against Russia makes gasoline the price we pay for humanitarian efforts. I can honestly say that I don't know what I would do if I was in charge but I think Joe Biden has made the best decision for America at this time.
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An interesting problem has arisen regarding Mexican female domestics who snuck into this country decades ago and lived law abiding lives while being paid cash by their employers but not contributing to the social security program. As they reach their sunset years and are no longer able to clean houses, they are released by the employers. WHAT NOW? No benefits, no health care and no income. If their parent family is not in the states, they have no place to go. It's a situation that we'll all hear more about in the coming months.
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75 years ago on April 10th, Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that he had signed JACKIE ROBINSON to a professional contract and Robinson would become the first black player in the major leagues. Was Robinson any good or was Rickey just trying to attract African Americans to the ball park??
To answer your question, Robinson played ten years and was the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1947 and the MVP and BATTING CHAMPION in 1949 plus leading the league twice in stolen bases along with being a 6 time all-star. Throw in his FIRST BALLOT election to the HALL OF FAME in 1962 and I think you have your answer. Plus he changed baseball forever.
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Ixtapa, Mexico is slowly recovering from two years of shutdown and loss of jobs and believe me, their government does not send out free money in times of need so those people really suffered. My friend Amador lost his job as a waiter for almost a year and when we sat down to talk about it, he said he was sick of beans and rice because his family ate that EVERY DAY for a year during the shutdown because that was the one thing the government gave away. Many schools are still teaching via ZOOM and will do so until September.
I'm happy to say that Mexican people line up in long lines to get vaccinated and only the people living high in the mountains have resisted coming to town for the shots. Ixtapa was just entering phase 3 of the vaccination during my time there. Good for them. Still the hardest working people in the world bar none. 10 hour shifts, six days a week. Wanna try it?
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Good news about my friend, the RED HEADED VIXEN. As I figured, she has kicked cancer's ass and is on the expressway to recovery. Ashley, give 'em hell!
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COUSIN JACKIE, our thoughts and prayers are with you every day and I hope your pain is minimal in hospice. Let those professionals do the job they're trained for and rest comfortably.
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That's it for now. Time to get back under the blanket.
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