Just the Thing

I have had a couple of tick-borne illnesses, one that made me chronically ill (Lyme Disease) and ehrlichiosis that nearly killed me. Now, right before I have to appear before the judge for the first time in the divorce I did not initiate, I am struck again, sick and hurting. I need this like a hole in the head.

Pro Basketball's Best

I used to be a huge fan of professional basketball during the Magic-Bird era, and then, watching the incomparable Michael Jordan. I know any list of this sort is a debate starter, but here goes:Starting five by skill level not position- Twin Towers of Bill Russell from the Dons of San Francisco and the force behind so many Boston Celtics championships and Wilt Chamberlain with his brief stay at the University of Kansas and on several National Basketball Association teams and perhaps oddly, the Harlem Globetrotters on a team of showmen that with Chamberlain probably would have been capable of beating any team in the NBA. Wings of the aforementioned Magic Johnson (out of Michigan State and leading the Lakers to their second era of dominance), Oscar Robertson from the University of Cincinnati, who won only one championship with the Milwaukee Bucks, but who was the first and one of the few pro players to ever average a triple double (points, rebounds, and assists), and last but certainly not least, Michael Jordan, the North Carolina Tarheel who with the Chicago Bulls was virtually unbeatable once he had a quality team around him. To summarize these starters would have the greatest defensive force of all-time in Russell, the only player to score a hundred points in a single game in Chamberlain, the most balletic point producer in Jordan, and two assist kings in Robertson and Johnson with Magic being the first one through five positionless player to be dominant in the game.

Ever on Sunday

I would never question the Lord. I am an infinitesimal being, less than a speck to the Grand Creator of all things. I offer myself humbly as His servant on Sunday and all other days.

Chose Somebody Else

Maybe, Muslims should be the "Chosen People". After all, there are a couple of billion of them as opposed to around fifteen million Jews- if even that many- thirteen million might be the more credible number. There is one tiny Jewish State as opposed to fifty-seven Muslim nations (with many other countries likely to soon have Muslim majorities). Islamic nations have vast natural resources, including most of the world's oil while the Jewish State has almost no natural resources. Is it too late for the Lord to change his choice?

Now the Floods

As a Jew, I often wish we were a little less chosen. As if generations of persecution, including genocide was not enough, now ten Jewish teens have just drowned on a hike in Israel. We have too much tragedy to contend with to think "chosen" is a good thing.

Not Great Britain

The British seem to be marking disabled babies for death. After murdering Charlie Gard, Britain is determined to kill Alfie Evans before he reaches his second birthday. The English are allowing themselves to become as warped as Germans were just before World War II.

Now Knife Control

Great Britain has long had stringent laws restricting the possession of firearms. Now, with knife attacks on the ride, England is instituting bans on carrying knives and even screwdrivers. These laws will not work. If someone is determined to murder, they may do so with a rock, a branch, their hands, a piece of broken glass, or any number of other items that are readily at hand everywhere and can never be legislated out of existence. The murders are not due to the presence of knives or guns but due to the absence of morality in those doing the killing.

Was Toronto Terror

I have no idea if religious or political fervor caused a man in a rented truck to mow down over two dozen people in Toronto or if the driver was just crazy. What I do know is that whatever the killer's motivation was, the injured are still hurt and the dead are still dead.

A Sovereign Citizen

The Waffle House murderer may well be clinically insane, but he also seems to be part of a fringe political movement known as "sovereign citizens". Sovereign citizens have murdered before, notably Lynda Lyon Block and George Sibley, who gunned down a policeman in Alabama in 1993. They also routinely fabricate liens to harass those who oppose them and refuse to recognize the authority of US courts. I hope the shooter is apprehended quickly and put where he may not be able to do more harm.

Waffle House Massacre

An evil person murdered at least four innocent people at a Nashville Waffle House. An assault rifle did not commit the crime. An individual, who was wicked, or crazy, or both, did.

Two for Five

How do we measure success? I suppose a lot of that has to do with whatever particular endeavor we are engaged in at that moment. Let us say a fellow is an athlete who plays both basketball and baseball. In the last basketball game of the season, he is held to two made shots in five attempts. He and his team probably feel that he did not play a very good game. Baseball season starts and this same sportsman goes two for five in his plate appearances in his first game. He has batted astoundingly well. If he keeps it up all season, he will have batted .400 and be a superstar. In both sports though, he is two for five.

Throwing Blessings Away

Some of us are so fortunate- our children are healthy. Others are not as lucky. Last night, someone we have known casually for a few years, since before her pregnancy and birth of her son who is now less than a year old, told us her child is blind and likely has cerebral palsy. We will keep her and that precious baby in our prayers. We, who have not had to contend with such a challenge, should count our blessings. We have been so blessed so far with a healthy daughter and I thank the Lord for that. As older parents, that healthy youngster was anything but a given. We are not strong. Our time is not long. We take far too much for granted.

Just as Brutal

The new dictator of Cuba may not have Castro as a last name, but he will likely be just as ruthless in putting down any dissent. I do not see any leader in a line initiated by Castro as loosening up on tyranny and allowing Cubans more freedom.

War or Peace

North Korea is talking with South Korea and the US. If North Korea can be persuaded to give up nuclear weapons without a war, the talks will have been a great success.

Public Relations Disaster

Having two black men arrested for trespassing at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is an awful a corporate image. In this day and age, treating a customer who is a member of a minority like that is suicide for a business.

The Russia Menace

A few years back Barack Obama laughed at Mitt Romney, when Romney said Russia was the greatest threat to US national security, during a debate before the Presidential election. I don't think too many folks are laughing now.

The Loyal Opposition

Democrats always seem to rally around their trash. Whether it is Bill Clinton with numerous marital infidelities and possibly rape, to the late Ted Kennedy with a drowned girl and with Chris Dodd, a "waitress sandwich" sexual assault, to Barney Frank with his male lover running an escort service in Frank's basement, to Gerry Studds being applauded and re-elected after his sexual relationship with an underage boy, who had been brought to DC as a Congressional page, or Hillary with her Clinton Foundation slush funds and unsecure server leaking national secrets, Democrats never condemn a high ranking Democrat, no matter what is alleged against him or her. Republicans, on the other hand, can not wait to turn on one of their own. Look at the difference between how Democrats put Bill Clinton's accusers and Ken Starr on trial in the court of public opinion, and how different it is with almost all Republicans talking about the integrity of Robert Mueller and the objective nature of his investigation. When allegations against a Republican arise, maybe Republicans think if he is knocked off, they will be the one that rises to replace him.

Russia Promises Retaliation

After the US and her allies struck the chemical weapons capacity of the criminal Syrian regime, the poisoner Putin has promised retaliation. When Putin is not trying to murder Russian defectors in Western countries, he is propping up other dictators, some even more bloodthirsty than he is. One of Putin's worst allies is Bashar Assad who has used indiscriminate methods of killing against the Syrian people, including barrel bombs and poison gas. After the last outrage, a gas attack that killed women and children, America and the West had little choice but to respond by force. Not punishing Russian client Assad would have been an open invitation to the Syrian butcher to use WMD even more than he has. It would be a terrible mistake for Russia to follow through with their threats but knowing the nature of dictators, particularly Napoleon-complex little men with big egos like Putin, I am absolutely certain Russia will attempt some foolhardy ad ultimately self-defeating act of revenge.

War Seems Inevitable

The US may launch an attack on the Assad regime that has been oppressing Syria tonight. President Trump has affirmed that America believes Assad has used chemical weapons against his own people yet again. Unlike when Obama was President, Trump really means to enforce redlines, even if it means World War III.

A Brief Reprieve

World War III has not started yet in Syria, but could happen at any moment. I can not imagine why Russia continues to be enchanted by the Assad dictatorship, but they are. In fact, to keep the bloodthirsty despot Assad in power, it seems that dwarf despot Vladimir Putin is willing to fight the US and the West. Tyrants of a feather, I suppose.

War on Wednesday

Will this be the day the US and her allies make the bloody-handed dictator of Syria pay for his crimes against humanity? Forces from the US, UK, and France are reported to be readying a strike against Assad's forces of oppression. Israel, for its own reasons, already launched an attack in Syria this week. The problem with any military action is that while you can plan the beginning, no one can predict how it will end.

A Prosecutorial Disgrace

Our President's private lawyer has just had his records seized by prosecutors. This travesty would not have been permitted with a mob attorney or a lawyer representing a street thug, but has been inflicted on President Trump, the leader of the free world!

Miracles on Monday

Thousands of babies were born today, Those enjoying the miracle of life can thank their mothers in later years for not murdering them through abortion.

Syria's Bloody Barbarian

It appears the bloody-handed dictator of Syria has used chemical weapons again, killing innocents, including women and children. With his indiscriminate murder by poison gas attacks, barrel bombs, and even use of nerve agent, Assad has condemned himself. America, France, and the civilized world should finish off this mass murderer and his regime of thugs.

Containing China's Menace

President Trump may have acted just in time to prevent Red China from becoming the world's hegemon. America was being crushed by unfair trade, currency manipulation, and espionage by Red China, but while the US still has the industrial capacity left, Trump said "ENOUGH" and began to fight back!

Israel Is Innocent

Israel is being roundly condemned for efforts at self-defense against the swarming mob of jihadis in Gaza. All Israel is trying to do is protect innocent life. Hamas is orchestrating aggression, conducting continuing incitement to murder Jews, and using women and children as human shields for terrorists trying to infiltrate Israel. Only one side bears the blame for loss of life in Gaza and that side isn't Israel.

Matter of Context

Rush Limbaugh said the EPA administrator should "hang". Oh, I should add that Limbaugh said "hang in" as in hang tough, hang in there, and hold onto his job.

Real Invasion Force

If America does not have rigorous border controls, what is going to stop committed jihadists from strolling into the US to do great damage? Already, people not from Mexico or Latin America are sneaking into our country. Why couldn't someone who has been fighting for ISIS buy an airline ticket to Mexico and simply join the thousands of Latins already streaming across?

Fake Refugee Caravan

Mexico is allowing invaders from the South to pass through to infiltrate the United States. If I were President, not one of these leftist Latins would be permitted to break into our country. If Mexico will not stop them or send them back, our military must defend our border.

An Unusual Pope

The current Pope seems like an anti-capitalist who is less devoted to God than former Popes have been. This Pope apparently declared there "is no hell" in an off the record conversation with a reporter. While John Paul II was one of the most fervent anti-Communists in the world, Pope Francis often sounds like a Communist.

An April Fool

I will gladly admit to being a fool on the first day of April. Leftists can claim that title all three hundred and sixty five days a year.