Que Dios te bendiga siempre
y pases un lindo día 
Sirley
When I was at the beauty parlor recently, sitting right there in the salon chair just ahead of me was a man getting his ear hairs trimmed. What? Wow! Can ears grow hair? I never knew that ear hairs were a thing. Maybe even Donald Trump has hair in his ears?
Here is what Google says:
Hair in ears (auricular hypertrichosis) is a common, harmless, age-related condition, primarily affecting men due to testosterone changes. While it acts as a natural barrier against debris, thick or long hairs (terminal hairs) can be removed for cosmetic reasons. Common, safe removal methods include specialized electric trimmers, plucking, or waxing.
So now at age 88, I've just learned something new--about hair in ears! Wow!
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Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively: Poll
Yet, a rather small majority of American voters actually chose him as our president in the last election, with now more than 2 1/2 years still left to go. Some Trump voters now are regretting their choice. A lot can still happen in the next 2 1/2 years under President Trump, so are we all going to make it? The prospects are uncertain as the guy is so unpredictable, so we'll just have to wait and see and do whatever we can to try to counteract him. Here locally, gas prices have continued going up. Not long ago, gas was $2.99 a gallon, but is now it's been rising inexorably toward $5.00, thanks or no thanks to Donald J. Trump.
While Trump often snoozes during the day, he is a regular night owl often keeping his staff awake into the wee hours. New wave of ICE deployments could impact more than 40 states
This Trump policy, like so many of his ideas, is quite detrimental to our national interests, as well as to the very individuals caught up in it. Our country would actually benefit from having more immigrants, not fewer, as has been discussed before on this blog.
Apparently Donald Trump, whose own wife and mother have been immigants, both lacking proper papers, still thinks immigrants don't belong here and that we don't actually need them. That is obviously not true, or they wouldn't even be coming. Our country simply does not have enough working-age folks and is not producing enough babies able to grow up to become working-age in a couple of decades. So, yes, here right now, we still need immigrants and immigrants also need jobs, which is a fair exchange, just basic supply and demand.
No country in the world has ever created a workable immigration system. Obviously, the doors cannot be flung wide open, but ingenious folks who have managed to somehow get into our country should be permitted to stay, as we really do need them or else they wouldn't even be here now.
DOJ moves to strip citizenship of 12 people amid denaturalization push
California farmers must destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes its canneries and cancels more than $550 million in long-term contracts
Trump and Netanyahu's war of their own choice against Iran is still going on and is spreading now throughout the region.
Israeli strike kills seven in south Lebanon, Lebanese health ministry says
Trump has given Israel and Netanyahu carte blanche to do whatever they want, not limited to just Israel/Iran, now even killing a Lebanese child, in this case.
Israeli troops are raping and sexually torturing Palestinians. Trump and other Reublicans have not called out against this ongoing abuse.
Gooogle says:Since October 2023, numerous reports from international organizations and human rights groups have documented systematic sexual violence and torture committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian detainees. These allegations include rape, forced nudity, sexual humiliation, and physical abuse specifically targeting genitals.
Trump admits the war with Iran is not settled, but he's just taking a breather right now.
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The End of Sherritt: A Victory for Helms-Burton and the Power of Targeted Sanctions
After more than three decades of open defiance, Sherritt International—the Canadian company dubbed by Bloomberg in 1995 and once hailed as Fidel Castro’s “favorite capitalist”—has been forced out of Cuba. On May 7, 2026, Sherritt announced the immediate suspension of all its direct operations in the island’s joint ventures. The trigger was President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14404, signed on May 1,
Google travel advisory, Ethiopia
No, it is not safe to travel to much of Ethiopia today, and the overall travel environment remains highly volatile.
The U.S. Department of State maintains a Level 3: Reconsider Travel advisory for the country, alongside specific Level 4: Do Not Travel warnings for several entire regions.
Yes, I have often traveled to Ethiopia, and from there going to elsewhere in Africa.
Wash. Post, She fled genital mutilation in Togo. The U.S. deported her.
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Here's an article regarding China relations and human rights by my friend Nina Shea.
May 7, 2026
New York Post
Trump's China summit is a golden chance to inspire freedom
Trump’s China Trip Offers a Golden Chance to Inspire Freedom
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Charleston, the state capital, has a higher elevation than Berkeley Springs, our own location, and so gets much more snow.
Here is Patrick in his classroom discussing countries all around the world where he has traveled. Retired now from regular teaching, he is on-call as a substitute.
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Unfortunately, folks, because of where I live now, I can no longer do jobs like the following on offer today, but I still appreciate being on the call roster. I had really enjoyed Spanish medical interpretation work, with almost every assignment providing a new challenge and evoking a wide range of human emotions. I often confronted very difficult situations that few of us ever encounter in regular daily life. But we interpreters are sworn to secrecy, so I cannot provide examples.
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