Tuesday, July 29, 2025

One day at a time



Looking back now at the most recent blog posting, I have no idea why all caps appear in some places, though never there to begin with, and why they still resist correction now. There is really no remedy, so we simply must yield to the will of the blog gods, whose ways and  motives remain inscrutable. I am grateful for this free forum and hope it endures. We just have to put up with its quirks. 

Today, while my son and I were out in the car, we came across a wild turkey standing all alone in the road. My son hit the brakes and we waited until it went into the woods. In these parts, we give the right-of-way to all sorts of wild creatures: deer, geese, ducks, raccoons, rabbits, beavers, and squirrels. The area is teeming with wildlife, which is always exciting to see.


Farmers are facing a fork on Trump's immigration highway. So what's next?


Farmers need workers right now to pick crops, but simply cannot find native-born 
Americans able and willing to do that. Unauthorized immigrants are both willing and able, though 
first must cross that tight southern border, an increasingly difficult challenge. Is there a
remedy? Crops ready to harvest simply cannot wait. 
Trump may now be yielding rather belatedly, saying he 
wants to make farmers responsible for their workers. But can a system be created in time to
satisfy both Mr. Trump and the farmers? 





  • Reuters: ICE raids are disrupting the construction industry and worsening labor shortages.
  • CEOs say raids are causing project delays and cost overruns.
  • Some construction workers are in hiding to avoid deportation.
  • DHS says workplace raids help combat trafficking and exploitation.

Tim Harrison, whose Alabama company is building a recreation center, said he cannot 
easily replace construction workers born in Mexico and Central America with native-born 
Americans, because most simply don't have the skills.


Ex-MSNBC star Chris Matthews insists that 'the country is moving toward' Donald Trump 
despite some increasingly negative polling for the president on key issues. Matthews may be
right, but needs to offer more specifics. 








 Basically, U.S. policy in the Middle East is a stepchild of Israeli policy, and Netanyahu keeps playing Trump for a fool (which is not hard).
The Gaza dealth toll has reached 60,000 but Israeili citizens are not informed of these deaths and presumably 
don't even t know they are taking place at the hands of the Israeli military.  
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. The TPS designation for the country expires on Aug. 3, 2025, and the termination will be effective on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. 
U.S. citizen told "you have no rights" during immigration arrest speaks out

This young man was born in the US and is Hispanic. Isn't his arrest an example of racial profiling? 


Message from a former Cuban political prisoner is shared below in part. 
Querida Bárbara, he tenido mis problemas de salud, sobre todo con arterias tupidas, pero 
sigo adelante. Todos estos inconvenientes, como es lógico, obedecen a los años que nos 
va sumando el almanaque, por lo que hay que cogerlo con calma y hasta con un poco de 
alegría. ...¿Crees que tú también estás entre el cielo y el purgatorio? En fin, yo diría en el 
"border line". Bueno, mil gracias por tu nota. Siempre te recuerdo con cariño.

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