Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Commentary--Syrian Govt. siezes hill overlooking Golan Heights.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Syrian governmen siezes hill overlooking Golan Heights. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/syrian-government-seizes-strategic-hill-overlooking-golan-heights-180717071515549.html No one but trmp and Putin + 2 interpreters, know what the 2 talked about, and either of them may say anything, so we don't know if they spoke about Syria, among other things. Putin is described as having a strict daily regimen of exercise, food, work etc, including swimminn every morning, and reading "3 bound folders" from his own people every night, so most commentators agree Trump was outclassed by Putin. Mrs. Albright, former Secretary of State said on MSNBC's Morning Joe that Putin always takes notes and has a stack of paper (also the other article says he does most if not all his work on secure networks) so the contrast with trump is appalling. I have been trying to find out how the Occupy Lafayette Square (newly formed)near the WH to "welcome trmp home" last night is going, but I am not well enough to go myself. Michael Avenatti, the porn star Stormy Daniels' lawyer, is supposed to be coming to Lafayette Sq. this evening. Ms Daniels is trying to fight a NDA Non disclosure agreement,that she signed (she says trmp did not sign it) so she can talk about her affair with DJT. She wants to return the money that was given to her to shut her up, through Michael Cohen, but trmp won't accept it. A. says her recent arrest was a sting operation, and the police have since apologized. She and her lawyer may seem like unlikely heroes but are playing the game well. A. has said he has been approached by several people to lead the Resistance (against trump) and he has also spoken for victims of trmp's policy of separating children from migrant parents, so-- I post this here because Burmese have always put so much trust in Democracy, but as events here in USA and Burma show, it is not a rose garden, and like Jefferson's house, it requires constant work, even when you think it's a good system and you can sit back and relax--but as comedian Trevor Noah has said, the pilot is not a good one like President Obama anymore, so you have to figure out how to work the brakes and so on. Stay engaged, healthy, and active, kmk 7-17-2018

Beautiful Mark Carney speech--follow Dean Blundell on Substack.

Not like old blunderbus.