Some Thoughts about Trump's Win
Just think, if Clinton had won, there would not be the "tame" protests we are experiencing. Instead, there probably would be armed vigilantes roaming our streets, shooting at anyone they thought was not 100% American.
But don't worry.. the fun we had, waking up each day to experience those Trump schadenfreude moments during the campaign, will probably continue. A tiger does not lose his spots, and President Trump will probably keep us entertained for four years... or, at least until he gets censured or impeached. I, for one, hope that he is successful in his governing, but I admit I am a little skeptical.
The stock market has zoomed since the election and I must admit that I am richer today than before the election.
We can now recycle this famous bumper sticker: "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him."
Cartoonists are in ecstasy over Trump's win. Especially Mr. Troudeau.
The election gives hope to the people whose patron saint is Archie of Bunker, who foresaw this election almost 50 years ago.
Archie said: "Just raisin' the flag to let everyone know -- including the foreigners -- that this house sits on American soil."
Archie said: "I never said aa man that wears glasses is a queer. A man that wears glasses is a four eyes. A man that's a fag is a queer!"
Archie said: 'Look, Archie Bunker ain't no bigot! I'm the first to say -- it ain't your fault you're colored."
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Life Goes On
Diva Demands
The Week magazine reports that while on her world tour, Beyoncé demanded that her dressing room be supplied with hand-carved ice balls, water chilled to exactly 60.8 degrees, and $1,000 titanium straws.
This reminds me of the time when I was putting on a major computer management conference in the Baltimore Convention Center. I was not allowed to overspend my budget, but the head of Health and Human Services (a political appointee) asked for and obtained a massively expensive conference room whose only purpose was to give her some space to put on her makeup.
Major Criminals
The Week magazine also reports that Tampa police raided and shut down a $4 a round mah-jongg game played by women between the ages of 87 and 95. These miscreants were appropriately arrested and fined for their heinous crime.
Nutritional Codes
UCLA Health newsletter lets us know what certain nutritional phrases mean:
Calories
Calorie-free: Fewer than 5 calories per serving.
Low-calorie: 40 calories or fewer per serving.
Reduced calorie: 25% fewer calories compared with the original item and its serving size.
Light or Lite: 33 fewer calories compared with the original and its serving size. .
Fat
Reduced fat: 25% less fat per serving compared with the original.
(Watchit! Less fat often means more sugar to make the product palatable.)
Low-fat: Three grams of fat or less per serving.
Fat-free: Less than 0.5 grams of fat per serving.
Trans-fat-free: Less than 0.5 grams of trans-fat per serving. Trans fat will soon be removed from food products, but until then the less, the better.
Sodium
Reduced sodium: 25% less sodium than in the original product.
Salt/sodium free: Less than 5 mg of sodium per serving.
Very low sodium: 35 mg or less per serving
Low sodium: 140 mg or less per serving
Light in sodium (or lightly salted): At least 50 % less sodium than the regular product.
No-salt-added or unsalted: No salt is added; however this does not mean the food is sodium free.
Vitamins and Minerals
Excellent source of: 20% or higher of the daily value of the vitamin or mineral per serving.
Good source of: 10 to 19% of the daily value of the vitamin or mineral per serving.
Enriched with: The vitamin or mineral was removed during processing and then added back into the food.
Fortified with: The vitamin or mineral is not naturally in the food, so it is added.
Other Label Codes
100% organic: Products have been inspected to ensure their organic practices.
Organic: At least 95% of the ingredients are organic.
Made with organic ingredients: At least 70% of ingredients are organic.
Use-by/Sell-by/Best-by: Dates by which the product should be eaten due to quality. Use your judgement; When in doubt, throw it out.\
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