Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Congrats to Florida for winning the National Championship over Houston. This may be remembered as the Final Four where every team leading at the half ended up losing… The stock market reversed it's weekend losses and many are attributing it to reports the EU saying they are willing to discuss a zero-tariff agreement. Donald Trump says that's just the starting point... What's not to like?... The Supreme Court upheld the Trump Administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act allowing it to continue with the deportation of dangerous illegal immigrants. Justice Amy Coney Barrett ruled against Trump which is disturbing to many… Perhaps the scariest detail to come out on the Ukraine war details was that the Presidential autopen might have been used to authorize bombing in Russa. If that's the case you have to ask who was in charge and that fact alone may invalidate the autopen pardons too. Was Joe Biden aware of any of this?... Inflation is falling and keeps going down... First it was reciprocal tariffs - now the Trump Administration says it may get rid of the capital gains tax... RFK Jr. says the CDC may stop recommending the fluoridation of the water supply. As I understand it - the final say is with the local municipality or county. This may become a big real estate concern with people asking about the local schools and then “is there fluoride in the water?”… Understand why some are comparing this throw to something Dwight Evans would do but it reminded me of Ichiro Suzuki... After the Gators win over the Cougars I once again did not see One Shining Moment. I have yet to see that song played and I’m kind of proud of that… Reminder that not only did Alex Ovechkin break Wayne Gretzky's NHL goal record but he gets to keep adding to it. Ovie is far from ready to retire and should be back next season at the least... How the night sky truly looks... Reportedly Israel will be meeting in the White House today and a zero-tariff agreement between the two countries is expected. Hope that military matters and any Gaza issues are handled separately... Going to have to start drinking whisky for "medicinal" purposes... Learn something new every day: GNC is supposedly owned by the Chinese Communist Party? I guess it's the Vitamin Shoppe for me from now one... Reminder Bill Clinton was wrong about everything here. It's like when he said if people would donate to the Clinton Foundation they would help the people of Haiti... Taiwan is also among the nations seeking a zero-tariff agreement with the US to avoid the new tariffs. The list goes on and on...

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