The big news story came
at 6:20 last night ten minutes before ABC network news came on. President Trump retaliated against the Seran
gas attack by Syria the other day. He
confined his attack to the one air base from where the Seran gas missiles were
launched against the “rebels”, and as you know a lot of children and babies
were included, which President Trump was sure to highlight. 59 Tommyhawk missiles were launched ant 58
hit their targets. The Russians claim
that only half of the missiles hit their targets. This
event was fresh when the West Coast edition of ABC network news was on. President Trump gave a rather somber speech
about the attack saying that he’s praying for the souls of the people who
died. President Obama was going to do a
more massive missile attack in 2013 but Obama copped out and went to the intransigent
republican congress, whose goal it was to deny him even one victory even when
they agree with him. Many people on the
left have questioned this attack saying among other things that it could start
WW III. Either that or they point out
all of the death and hahem that the United States has unleashed on the Moslem
community over the past fifteen years. I
would have done the same thing President Trump did given the appetite of the
American people for war. He would have
come under attack from his own party had he delayed to find out what actually
happened. Some say the weapons were ISIS
weapons, which is an interesting thought.
The US Senate this
morning confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch on a vote of 54 to 45.
Clearly they had to eliminate the filibuster rule to get the thing to
pass. The vote of Neil Gorsuch of
Colorado for Associate Justice is confirmed.
As you know yesterday they eliminated the filibuster and there was no
democratic vote on that. I am puzzled
who the vote to eliminate the filibuster couldn’t itself be subject to a
filibuster. It was just two days ago
that the Democrats voted to uphold the filibuster on a vote of 55 to 45. It wasn’t some act of political vengeance but
was merely a democratic vote on their opinion and they expressed it. Most of the remarks made by Mc Connell and
other Republicans yesterday suffered from severe projection and were other-wise
nonsensical. The looming fact is that if
a democratic justice dies in office in the last term of Donald Trump’s
presidency the President will not hesitate to appoint a successor right then.
Governor Jerry Brown
got his gas tax measure passed last night by the California legislature. The word was that the pro gas tax side didn’t
have the votes for a two-thirds vote in both houses necessary to raise a
tax. But there was no doubt a lot of arm
twisting and deal making. The people of
California are generally against these measures, though not entirely. There is a twelve cent gasoline tax, and we
already have the highest gas prices in the nation. There is a bigger tax on diesel. There
is also a hundred dollar “green car” tax, and a lot of auto registration fees
are hiked. People are against these
measures because we’d have the money if we didn’t allocate money already set
for road repair to other politically based applications.
President
Trump removed Britebart publicist Steve Bannon from the National Security
Council, leaving the post for Mc Masters, who took over Flynn’s position. Flynn had absolutely no business on the National Security Council even for a day. President Trump may one day stop floundering around and get about the serious business of governing with qualified people in the right positions.
On a personal note I've had a mysterious skin condition for the past week and a half. I have itching all over my body and when you look you see a few bug bites but no rashes. It itches where there there are no bug bites and it feels as if there were ten times as many bug bites as there actually are. Nobody has put a name to this conditions. The only thing is others also have it. It isn't Scabies. Others have lent me their lotions but I'm supposed to get my own cream as of last night but I haven't gotten it yet.
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