Trump claims the Reflection Pool problems are not his fault. If not his, who then? Nothing is ever his fault. He the man who screws everything up!

The Reflection Pool is a disaster. Appears to be getting worse by day. It would have been better had Trump left it alone in the first place. That which he tries to fix or change generally ends up a mess. The ballroom for example.

Trump wanted to change the color of the Pool. He has. Not from what he intended: American flag blue. Rather to algae green. With the blue newly painted on the bottom coming up and away from the bottom.

Trump claims vandals are causing the problems with the Pool. He has offered no evidence, merely the bald faced misrepresentation. He describes the vandals as “radical left lunatics.”

Hydrogen peroxide is being dumped into the water to hopefully eliminate the algae. The hydrogen peroxide is purportedly “a milder treatment than chlorine used in swimming pools.”

Back to the vandals. The White House claim is they are serious criminals doing destruction to a National Monument. Worthy of years in jail. Jeanine Pirro, D.C. Attorney, intends to prosecute with vigor.

The word is algae is common in the Washington, D.C. area this time of year. Sort of conflicts with the vandals theory.

I have a grave concern. I was an environmental attorney during my legal career. Clean air, clean water! The E.P.A. pushed both. The Pool water is obviously contaminated one way or another. This past week it was reported the algae green water was going into a drain to remove it from the Pool. Where is it going? What will it do? Will it contaminate another place?

There should be answers before action. These are important questions. I doubt they were raised or considered. As with many other things, do something, do it! What happens, happens. Not the way to handle these matters.

The E.P.A. should sit everyone down who has been involved in any fashion in a large conference room to answer the questions and others. That is how it was done in my day. We fought and argued around a huge conference table for days, sometimes weeks,  as to cause and responsibility under the careful professional eye of the E.P.A.

Probably was not done in this case. I doubt there will be a correct answer until done. Done the way all significant dirty water cases are handled.

A bit more Donald.

Trump’s Iran war has hurt many. Actually all Americans one way or another. Several ways each has been affected.

The farmers took a big hit. Up to this point, supporters of Trump. I doubt they will be further. If the War does end, it comes too late to help the cash-strapped farmers.

Vance is trying to end the Iran War. He is having difficulty as he tries to navigate Trump’s whims while so doing.

Moving on.

A new Tennessee law is cloaked in unAmericanism from my perspective. Americans are always concerned about children. Even those of parents not citizens. Tennessee has now made its caring of such children not their concern.

The law cuts off life saving care for the children of undocumented parents. The alternative were it to have continued being provided with no problems was/is to bring ICE into Tennessee big time.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “Its high noon in America: Does our story take us to High Ground, or do we drown in the muck of cynicism?”

On this day in 1992, John Gotti, the “Teflon Don,” was sentenced to life in prison.

I am preparing to sell some of my paintings. Most have been in storage for several years. I locked them up back when and never returned to view them.

My mind has slowed down. I have recently considered I had 12-15. Turns out at least 100. Many worth a heavy dollar.

Grandson Robert helped me yesterday. Glad he did! We got through about one third of them. Dusted them, photographed them, measure them, noted where purchased, who the artist was, etc.

Took a long time and was hard work. We still have two more visits at a minimum ahead of us. I could not have done the work without Robert. A terrific grandson!

Today Tuesday. Later Happy Hour at The Grand.

Enjoy your day!

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