Key West Lou / RAISE HELL KEY WEST

Raise hell Key West!

DeSantis and Florida Republican leaders are neither good people nor supporters of LGBTQ. Actually, sneaks. Florida’s tourism marketing agency quietly removed “LGBTQ Travel” from its website in the past few months. No notice to any Florida LGBTQ business owners, including those in Key West.

Though not a crime, a dastardly act. When are Florida voters going to wise up and throw these Tallahassee Republicans out of office?

Note Key West has a strong Republican business community involved in LGBTQ matters. I wonder how they feel knowing they have been stabbed in the back by DeSantis and his cronies? And not for the first time.

Key West really has no friends in Republican Tallahassee, though many Republican Key Westers believe they do. How many times has Tallahassee screwed local Republican businesses? More than you can count. And they continue to do so. Wise up Key West Republicans. You are bending over and saying to Tallahassee do me some more.

What a week for me physically! Sick, sick and more sick!

It all began tuesday with my COVID and flu shots. My arm hurt like hell tuesday night. Never happened before.

Following physiotherapy wednesday morning, my left foot hurt. Pain increased during the day. By night, it was horrendous. I thought I might have broken a bone doing some balance exercises. Thursday foot not just swollen, continued swelling all day. Spoke with Dr. Norris. He thought it was gout. I failed to tell him about the COVID shot.

Norris put me on the gout pill. Twenty four hours later, pain and swelling down 65 percent. Saw Norris this morning. One more day on the pill and I should be fine.

Turns out the COVID shot can cause gout. By tomorrow, the pain should be totally gone.

Forget the other two problems. One corrected itself. The other under examination.

Dr. Norris is wonderful! An excellent diagnostician!

A former Marathon resident Bryan Roger Bishop, age 52, was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release thereafter for his July 6 participation in the terrorist attack on the Capitol.

He pled to coming out of the Capitol crowd following which he aimed and sprayed a chemical irritant at a line of police officers.  One police officer was sprayed directly in the face, a second by aiming the spray at an upward angle in order to spray under the officer’s face shield. After spraying the officers, Bishop entered the Capitol building and walked through various rooms.

A leader!

On this day in 1861, Major William French issued an order that all male citizens of Key West must take an oath of allegiance to the U.S. within 60 days, or they would be removed from Key West. A valiant, brave move by Major French. The Civil War was underway. Key West remained loyal throughout. The rest of Florida went Confederate. Key West was  vital to protecting Union shipping and preventing Confederate shipping.

Liz Cheney announced she will not vote for Trump. She will cast her vote for Harris. He announcement was expected. Cheney said she is voting for Harris because Trump will set the Constitution on fire in a second term.

Hunter Biden pled guilty yesterday in the tax case against him. He will be sentenced on December 16. He faces up to 17 years in prison and fines up to $1.3 million. He was “required” by the prosecutor to plead guilty to nine federal criminal charges.

His plea acknowledged he failed to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016-2019. He has since paid the amount, however.

My professional past included working out federal tax pleas for some whose problems resembled Biden’s.

Tax attorneys and CPAs would have their clients retain me to handle the federal charges. A basic in every case was the taxes first had to be paid in full or in an amount satisfactory to the government. None of my clients ever did jail time, though they were heavily fined.

Biden did wrong. But the Republicans have forced him to pay a price for his sins far heavier than in my experience. The Republicans are punishing Hunter beyond normal to embarrass and cause pain to President Biden.

Wrong!

If Trump ends up with jail time for any of his wrongdoings, he should not complain. He set the modus operandi by which he will be judged.

Trump said in a speech this week that global warming is not a problem.

I view it as every nation’s problem. Especially a nation that pollutes heavily. The U.S. is one.

Trump said his concern is not global warming so much. It is minimal from his point of view.  He is concerned with “nuclear warming.” I fear he would drag us into a nuclear war. The man is dangerous! Trump does not know what he is doing. He can wipe his derriere with his bravado!

No, no, no! JD Vance calls the reality of school shootings a black “fact of life.” Means we can do nothing about it. Vance said schools should beef up security, rebuffed stricter gun laws.

He speaks what the NRA dictates.

Who needs a Vance one breath from the Presidency!

Harris raised $361 million in August. Nearly three times more than Trump did.

Go Kamala!

The pain continues. Four souls gone, four lives ended. Because of a whacked kid who may not have received the attention he required from his parents.

Yesterday the father of the 14 year old shooter was arrested and charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter. He bought his son an AR-15 for Christmas. The AR-15 was used in the shootings.

Rome is considering charging tourists to visit Trevi Fountain. Only one or two euros. Not to make money, but to control crowd size.

Thirty five-forty years ago, I spent an entire month in the Rome area with my family. We visited Trevi Fountain several times. Never a crowd.

Steve and Cindy Thompson were in Rome in the Spring. Visited Trevi Fountain. Told me of the crowd, showed me some pictures they took. I found the crowded condition hard to believe.

The plan being formulated will not only charge tourists a minimum fee, but also require scheduled times to visit. Make an appointment!

It might work.

As far back as I can recall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has done the same for certain short term major exhibits. The system worked. You knew when, went and had your quiet uncrowded time enjoying the exhibit. There were many people, but not shoulder to shoulder. No aggravation involved.

I close with a live and learn addage.

The snack food you can thank monks for inventing. The pretzel way back in 610 A.D. A soft variety made from leftover bread, baked and twisted into the well known pretzel shape. Supposedly to look like arms crossed in a prayer pose.

Enjoy your day!

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