Key West Lou / REPUBLICANS KEEP BAD MOUTHING WOMEN…..WHY?

Why do Republicans keep coming up with new ways to bad mouth women?

The Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin Bernie Moreno expressed mystification that suburban women are so focused on the issue of abortion. Especially older suburban women over 50 who are “a little crazy” to care about reproductive rights at all.

Two answers from Louis.

The first, take one right from women and others will follow. To be removed, also.

Second, what about an over age woman’s daughters and granddaughters?

Moreno, you’re an asshole!

Trump issued an all caps message friday that women were financially better off four years ago than today. He claimed his election would solve the “problem.” The problem is there is no such “problem. Merely another made up by Trump.

He lies again.

Trump is desperate. He knows he is going downhill. Throws everything against the wall. Hopes some will stick.

The weather. An issue today.

Wind is fickle. Go sailing and find out how it blows every which way and with varying degrees of speed. Wind is surprising. I know from experience.

Hurricane John was on the southern coast of Mexico monday 25 miles southeast of Acapulco. It had been forecasted to be a tropical storm. Suddenly, in just one day, it blew into a powerful Category 3. Abrupt and unexpected.

My message. Beware! You never know.

Helene a tropical storm at the moment scheduled to by pass the Gulf side of the Keys by miles. Projected to hit as a Category 3 somewhere round the Panhandle. Now, warnings are being issued that Helene’s power as a tropical storm may endanger the Keys with winds and flooding.

Yes or no. For real? I have expected heavy rains. Suddenly we are warned maybe it will be worse. Before the day is out, the warning will be it is worse. When it really will not. Some will panic.

I respect those who predict our weather and hurricanes. However sometimes I question if things are as bad as they suggest. Are they merely  being simply overprotective? Generally, most of the time, nothing of significance occurs.

What happens is people tend to ignore warnings after so many false ones are issued. Which means when a bad one hits, we may not be ready.

A weather item worth mentioning. The summer’s onerous humidity seems to have gone. Hopefully. This past week has been normal warm, not heavy and sticky.

Israel must stop! Israel is overdoing retaliation! Most recently, an Israeli attack killed 492 and injured 1,600.

A full fledged Middle East war could be imminent. One which could draw the U.S. in on an active basis. A war you and I do not want.

Biden and Harris have to draw a line in the sand. An enforceable one Netanyahu will understand. Netanyahu is a Trump out of control.

Being President calls for difficult choices on occasion.

Washington, D.C. is one of our Nation’s most hungry communities. Eleven percent of the population going hungry.

Guess who has been their major source of assistance? Punks from the music community!

An example we are all one family.

Sex trafficking is on the rise. All over the world. Big bucks! The biggest!

In Iraq, those trafficked are referred to as Isis sex slaves. The number unbelievable. A new one every 26 seconds.

Why so many? Again the answer simple. Big bucks! Economically lucrative!

Syracuse/Holy Cross saturday at noon at the Dome. Syracuse expected to win.

A bit of Key West.

On this day in 1998, Hurricane Georges swept over Key West as a Category 3. Key West’s famed Houseboat Row, then on South Roosevelt Boulevard, was largely destroyed.

It was my first hurricane as an owner of a Keys property. I left. Fortunately, my new home suffered minimal damage. A few roof shingles and some trees down. A large palm tree in the pool.

Hemingway and six toed cats.

A visit to Hemingway House in Key West brings visitors into contact with numerous six toed cats. Hemingway responsible for them.

Hemingway was a well known cat lover. He had a six toed feline named Snowball. Over time, selective breeding took place to ensure Snowball’s six toed descendants would be all over the property. Snowball joined Hemingway in being responsible for all those six toed cats!

Tennessee Williams lived in Key West for many many years. Wrote books and plays while residing on Duncan Street.

One play was A Streetcar Named Desire. It was made into a movie starring Marlon Brando. Brando played Stanley Kowalski. Brando always said thereafter he disliked playing the part. He said he “loathed” his character claiming Kowalski had “the kind of brutal aggressiveness that I hate.”

Brando called himself “sensitive by nature” and Kowalski being a sex symbol drove him crazy.

Yesterday was a new one for me. A good dental visit and Happy Hour at The Grand.

My dental problems are half resolved. I have uppers, no bottoms. The bottoms involve implants.

Dr. Mullins and his assistant Susannah of Old Town Dental worked on me yesterday. I am 2-3 weeks away from the completion of their work and I will then have a full set of teeth and be able to eat normally again.

I figured I would gamble. I had uppers. Did Happy Hour with Matt, Steve, Cindy and others. It was great to be out!

Decided to try some non-liquid food. I have lost 60 pounds so far because of my inability to eat normally.

I ordered conch fritters. Between my uppers and tongue, I thought I could get them down. I did with minimal difficulty.

Interestingly, I was full after eating only two of the conch fritters. Shows how my stomach has shrunk. I forced the remaining two down.

Progress is progress so I am not complaining. Can’t wait to enjoy my first steak!

Enjoy your day!

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