Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Born with a silver spoon

 

Donald Trump grew up with wealth from his faather, a real estate developer named Fred Trump, who always protected his son and kept him out of the military draft, Thus Donald never experienced the financial deprivation that so many of us have experiencesd in our lives.

The Hill

Trump launches midterm offensive against Democrats over ‘communism’


Donald Trumo accuses Democrats of being "communists", slapping them with that label in  hopes that voters will reject them. What is the evidence? Trump is not big on evidenece, he just likes to call Democrats pejorative names, hoping that voters will share his scorn.  



PBS, Supreme Court rejects Trump limits on birthright citizenship

Big blow here to Donald Trump, who now that his own family members have arrived, including his wife from Slovenia, just wants to keep all other newcomers out. 



It takes money to make money,


BREAKING

Trump Had a Billion-Dollar Windfall After Returning to the White House

NY Times

A financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly President Trump’s crypto businesses, were stunningly lucrative.

Trump's presidential salary of $400,000 is the least of it. 

(That just came out in all-Caps.WHY?)

And why do Any additions from now on appear in all -caps?


Here is a message i just sent to a friend in Arizona:

"OK, today for first time this year, we are turning on our central A/C, with the indoor thermostadt set on 80 F," 

(Although that was just copied from MY message to my friend in Arizona, certainly not written in all caps, this copy came out here in all-caps. WHY? SEEMs like Time to start a new post!). 



(This below was written before the all-caps appeared,)

In Ecuador, Spanish and the Indigenous language Kichwa blend together. This creates a unique way of speaking called Media Lengua. It uses Spanish words for the main ideas, but uses Kichwa grammar rules to change them. 

(That explains why I sometimes struggled to understand what was being said by some speakers in Ecuador.) 

OK, let's close up here and see what happens next,