GLAD I'M NOT A DEMOCRAT

I renounced being a Democrat in 1964.  I am glad that because I am a registered Independent, I am ineligible to vote in primaries held in the state of Florida; this year I am thankful for that as I would not be able to choose between them.  They are as fine a group of candidates as I have seen in many years.  I will gladly vote for any one of them in the General Election.

A PUBLIC SERVICE FOR WOMEN

Trump says that he did not rape a New York woman because she was "not his type". This, of course, leaves open the possibility that he would rape a woman who is his type.  As a public service, the appropriate authorities should ascertain what type of woman should fear being raped by the President so that they can avoid any contact with him

PRE-ELECTION JITTERS?

Trump's story about asking the military, with minutes to spare, about casualties in undertaking a retaliation raid on Iran, just does not have the ring of truth to it.  Not only would his briefing have estimated Iranian casualties but would have contained an assessment of possible damage inflicted on our own troops in Iraq in response to such an attack.  That the attack on Iran would have imperiled thousands of our men in Iraq might have appeared as a footnote in the assessment provided to Trump, by the military, and Trump's aides only got around to reading it just minutes before the scheduled attack.  The fact that a large number of our own casualties might have a major effect on the 2020 election was probably not lost on Trump's people.

TRUMP'S NOBEL PRIZE

It is said that now that Trump has stopped our military from punishing Iran for the downing of a drone aircraft, he has instructed our ambassador in Norway to make sure he receives the Nobel Peace Prize before the 2020 election.  After all, who better to receive it than a person who doesn't start one to begin with?

HISTORY OF ATTACKING THE WRONG COUNTRY

Despite the fact that the Taliban, an ally of Saudi Arabia and a foe of Iran, has claimed responsibility, Trump and his surrogates are claiming that Iran attacked vessels in the Persian Gulf.  Pictures of the vessels seem to back up the Taliban claims because they show 2 small holes in the vessel's outer hull and no oil leaking.  Had they been hit by an Iranian missile, they would be pictures of a fireball since they were carrying a combustible material.  

With our history of attacking the wrong country, it is little wonder that the world is skeptical of Trump's claims.

STRESS FOR TRUMP, QUANDARY FOR PUTIN

Threats, possibly arising within his own administration, to his reelection efforts, are putting much stress on Trump, in recent days,
Just when Trump has advised his Russian allies that they are clear to provide assistance, as needed, to his 2020 campaign efforts, an article appears in the NewYork Times that the U.S. has the capacity to retaliate on the Russian electricity grid.  Trump is infuriated by this undermining of his efforts to enlist Russian assistance and rushes to assure them that the U.S. has no such capability.

Now the Russians have to decide whether to believe Trump, the source of over 10,000 lies, or resistance to Trump within the U.S. bureaucracy.  Should Putin risk massive retaliation or let Trump take his chances in an election.

BIG PHARMA FOLLY

Even as prices for pharmaceuticals soar out of the range of affordability for much of the American public, Big Pharma is spending millions on TV ads to convince us not to change the system so Big Pharma can have many new breakthrough drugs which we will not be able to afford either.