Still a MAGgot?

Monday Morning Smile

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

At Changing of Guard at Buckingham Palace this morning, Respect paid to Aretha Franklin.

BIGGER

Thursday Therapy

Thirteen Years

Pictures and stories at a page I created in the aftermath of the storm:   http://www.angelfire.com/la3/judyb/katrina.html

A Moment of Beauty

 Daniel Schatz plays Bach - Sinfonia Prelude 1006

Bored?

A perfect online past time for wanderlusters, virtually step through the secret door and be transported to a random location just about anywhere on Earth– Google Earth, that is. From a time capsule shed in the Antarctic to an abandoned house somewhere in China or a cozy pub in London, virtually travel the world with this nifty little site, hosted appropriately enough by a window and door replacement company called Safe Style.  Here's the link:    http://ww3.safestyle-windows.co.uk/the-secret-door/

Monday Morning Smile

The Last Republican

An excerpt from this link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/25/john-mccain-death-donald-trump-old-republican-party-editorials-debates/692818002/

Sadly, his death serves as an almost perfect metaphor for the death of the old Republican Party, the one personified in the past 100-plus years by the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. It was a party that believed, like McCain, that the United States should stand for the advance of freedom abroad and the rule of law at home. It was confident that American commerce could compete with anyone, and that immigration was essential to a growing nation.

In remarkably short order, that party has been turned into a Donald Trump cheering section. It has adopted Trump’s previously un-Republican positions on trade, immigration and authoritarianism, while enabling his childish outbursts and ethical outrages.

In short, many in today’s GOP are woefully lacking in character and pragmatism, the very McCain hallmarks that made him such an invaluable senator and statesman. To say he will be missed hardly conveys the void his passing leaves. He had the gravity to serve as a beacon in a troubling time, to remind his country and his party of genuine American greatness.

We need more leaders to show us true north. McCain left us a shining example worth following.

The FDA

  A story about the FDA and Dr. Ley is here: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/14/archives/demoralized-fda-struggles-to-cope-some-top-jobs-remain-unfilled-at.html