Key West Lou / UTAH THE MOST RECENT STATE TO BAN BOOKS…..ONE OF JUDY BLUME’S INCLUDED

Utah has decreed that certain books must be removed from every public school, class and library. A dark day for the freedom to read in Utah.

Judy Blume’s book Forever is one of those banned. A 1975 novel by Blume. Took Utah 49 years to decide it was “bad.” The book deals with teenage sexuality. It has been frequently censored over the years by others.

Nothing bad about the book. Merely helps teenage girls understand and accustom to their maturing process.

Key West loves Judy Blume. She and her husband have been here for years. They own and operate Books and Books.

My three daughters also learned from and enjoyed Blume’s works while they were growing up.. The girls are all in their late 50’s or early 60’s today. Blume was part of their educational process. Her words helped rather than hindered them.

Our country continues on the crazy/whacky road. I hope the election of Harris/Walz will eliminate book banning thought. Hitler burned books.  The world has had enough of that kind of stuff.

Yesterday a rally day for Harris/Walz. Two places. Eau, Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan. A major success in both places. Each rally packed. Twelve thousand in Eau and fifteen thousand in Detroit.

Vance is appearing wherever Harris/Walz do this week. Assumedly to give his own speech and rally. No rally. In Eau, it was chatting with people. In the Detroit area, it was speaking from the steps of the Shelby Township Police Department. Minimal numbers of people at both places. He claimed in Shelby Harris “was a fake.”

In Detroit, one UAW member described the Harris/Walz turnout as “a statement.” Another, “biggest since Obama.”

Someone described Vance’s turnout in Shelby: “JD Vance’s Michigan rally could have been an email.”

Beware Donald! The Harris/Walz team is gaining momentum.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a dictator. The whole world knows it, except for Donald Trump and JD Vance. Orban is one of Trump’s “heroes.”

An example of how different Walz is to the Trump/Vance team, Walz says Orban is not a democratic leader. He further says U.S. policy should not be one copying that of dictators like Putin and Orban. He calls them as he sees them!

Vance on the other hand speaks well of Orban on issues such as education and being friendly with China.

Vance thinks like Trump. The reason why Trump selected him. Do you want two Trumps running around the White House?

Vanity Fair’s Bess Levin published an interesting article  about Trump’s assertion that Kamala Harris doesn’t like Jewish people. Its title: Donald Trump, Who Has Been Likened to Hitler By His Own Running Mate, Claims Harris Selecting Walz As VP Pick “Insulting to Jewish People.”

Levin wrote that the humor of it all is Trump has a long list of engaging in all sorts of antisemitic representations and literally – literally!- was once called “Hitler by his number two.

Levin spelled out Harris’ appropriate response to her being against Shapiro because he was Jewish with…..Harris’ husband Douglas Emhoff is Jewish!

Levin repeats Trump’s further off the wall statement which he made on FOX & Friends in an interview: “I think that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat should have their head examined.”

Levin comments in the article re Trump’s personal anti-Jewish stance over the years. A long list. Opens with Trump ran for President three times and neither asked for a Jewish VP nor sought one. Levin closes with Trump kept “a book of Hitler’s speeches next to his bed.”

I believe and have so for many years, that climate change is a major problem. Not everyone believes so, however. Especially politicians who are supported by the industries in the area they represent and those deeply involved with coal and oil. Their jobs are more important than truth.

A report yesterday makes my last statement blatantly clear. Twenty three U.S. Senators and one hundred House members do not believe climate change is dramatically affecting us in many ways. Interestingly, ALL are Republicans.

Whores!

A most wanted fugitive arrested working as a cop. He has been on America’s Most Wanted List for 20 years, as well as Ohio’s, for a murder shooting death which occurred in 2004.

Antonio Riano is now 72. He was arrested legally by U.S. authorities on August 2 while working as a police officer in Oxaca, Mexico. He is already sitting in an Ohio jail awaiting trial.

The Mona Lisa once hung for a period of four years in Napoleon’s private bedroom. Purpose: For his own private viewing. He was enchanted by the woman in the painting. He referred to her as “Madam Lisa.”

At the end of four years, the Mona Lisa was transferred to the Grand Gallery of the Louvre Museum in 1804.

Dustin Hoffman is 87 today. I have loved his acting throughout his career. One of the greats. His second movie in 1967 was The Graduate. The film shot him to stardom.

Enjoy your day!

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