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Musings: China, Pruitt, Feta Cheese

Culinary I was turned off to Feta because of its high salt content but I gave another brand, Mevgal Authentic Greek, a try. It's very different. They put it in a weak brine and it tastes smooth and delicious--I'm hooked on Feta. POTUS Yesterday, I was saying that I'd pay for Secretary Pruitt's  hunting trip with Cheney; but now, I'm thinking, what if as Session's replacement, he eliminates the Federal pot laws--after all, they're stopping many a "budding" entrepreneur. China: you go, Trumpie, hit them with your best shot--100B--yeah. Not only will you make America frugal again but you'll bankrupt Bezos at the same time while saving the forests from the Amazon boxes. I'm not kidding, it's a good thing. I didn't think you could do it without Bannon but apparently he's indelibly and chaotically engrained beneath that windswept mane of yours. Media Chalian breaks character and it took Mudd to get him to do it. Mudd was us...

Trump's First One Hundred Days as Witnessed by an Ersatz Supporter

I gave my money to Bernie, I condemned HRC for being a hawk, and I voted for DJT even though I knew my State would not go along. DJT appealed to me mostly because he seemed to be less militaristic than HRC. The fact that he held numerous properties all over the world was a kind of collateral against collateral damage. To date, I remain optimistic--Syria, Afghanistan, and N. Korea notwithstanding. First though, the negative. I should have realized that he would put himself first before the country. In fact, I was hoping for this vis-a-vis his properties. But it was not apparent to me that he would go hog wild with his "Ferengi" crew. In this, my prognostications failed miserably but even if I had been more attuned to things, I still would have felt that the emoluments clause would be sacrosanct and would have prevented any graft on the part of the President. To me, everything in those first few weeks of his presidency, spoke of fascism and corporate greed. I wasn't t...