More HEAT! 51 degrees in Pakistan.... that's Celsius, folks. It should get to the upper 90's today in Maryland.
Politics
Well, thankfully, the RNC is over. It ended with Mr. Trump reiterating his goal to be the American messiah who will be eternally known as our greatest "Law and Order President." Nixon said the same thing, and look what happened to him. Ronald Reagan also implied the same thing.. but did he do anything amazing along that line? I don't know.
If you are planning to vote in November, I hope you are going to do, I would ask you to read two articles in the July 25, 2016 issue of the New Yorker. (You know, that magazine that Donald Trump says that nobody reads anymore.)
#1 Trump's Boswell Speaks by Jane Mayer. Jane writes about Tony Schwartz' recent revelation that he was the sole author of Donald Trump's "breakthrough memoir," The Art of the Deal, which spent almost a whole year on the Time's best-seller list. You have to read Jane's article yourself, but the gist of the article is that "Trump is unfit to lead." (I wonder what Mr. Trump is going to do about this "stab in the back" by someone he supposedly shared royalty money with.)
#2 Flying High by Ryan Lizza. Ryan talks about the two Conservative Republican ex-Governors who are hoping to lead the Libertarian Party to some kind of victory in November. Gary Johnson tops the ticket. Gary has been involved with marijuana issues for a number of years. Bill Weld fills the Vice President slot. It amazes me that Bill was a former moderate Republican who became the leader of ultra Liberal Massachusetts. (Wait a minute... I forgot about Mitt Romney.)
If these two guys can earn the respect of 15% of the electorate (as determined by polls, I suspect) Johnson would earn the right to debate Clinton and Trump. Some think that Weld would be the better debater. Time will tell. Sounds like fun to me.
Some Questions for a Candidate
Frank Batavick is a Friday columnist for the Carroll County (Maryland) Times. Today's column intrigued me. Frank had 9 questions to be posed to Mr. Trump as he pushes to "make America great again." Since the questions are not aimed at me, I will list them here as though I were asking the questions to a Trump supporter. (I don't think Frank would mind, but please read the original column yourself.)
1. Why are some items with the Trump label made in China?
2. Why are the Chinese obtaining so many Trump fashion jobs, rather than Americans?
3. Why do you think that Mr. Trump will not release his tax returns? (Is he not really a billionaire?)
4. What happened to the large amounts of money that Mr. Trump said he donated to charity?
5. How come Mr. Trump missed being drafted?
6. How come Mr. Trump banned the following news organizations from his rallies and press conferences? What about Freedom of the Press?
o The Washington Post
o The Des Moines Register
o Univision
o BuzzFeed
o The Daily Beast
o The Huffington Post
7. Why does Mr. Trump show a "dangerous naivete about foreign affairs?"
8. Why do White Supremacists and Nazi sympathizers seem to like Mr. Trump?
9. What era in America's history would Mr. Trump like to return to?
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